Every second‚ 1.5 acres of trees are cut down in a rainforest. That’s equivalent to two football pitches per second. At this rate‚ the Amazon rainforest will become devoid of life by 2030. Cutting down trees not only damages large habitual areas of the estimated 30 million people who live in the rainforest along with the animals they solely depend on‚ but affects the environment in many harmful ways. This can be through rapid and violent changes in the climate‚ an unbalanced ratio of carbon dioxide
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the hand is for the taking of human life. We believe it is wrong to take a life. That is only for God.” The conflicting notions and difference between cultures is thoroughly represented throughout Peter Weir’s stunning and thematically moving film ‘Witness’ in which two different worlds with two different value systems are profoundly presented to its viewers. Having a sense of belonging is essential to identity; it is a basic human instinct to belong and to have faith in certain beliefs‚ the preoccupations
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Trypanosomiasis‚ otherwise known as African Sleeping sickness‚ is a parasitic infection that is concentrated heavily in central and sub-Saharan Africa. The following research conducted on Trypanosomiasis is based on the African country of Central African Republic where the people there are most affected by the infectious disease. Central African Republic has a total population of 4‚525‚200; where 2‚226‚439 are males‚ and the remaining 2‚298‚770 females. In regards to age group‚ the majority of the
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Even before Americans were known as Americans they rejected a strong central government. They have always worried that it would give the government too much power. They feared they would lose their liberty. People have always feared that a strong central government would end in their destruction and to prevent that they did not let the government have too much power‚ as seen in the Albany Plan‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ and the Anti-Federalists. The Albany Plan was the first time Americans
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Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization‚ with 188 member countries including the United States. Interpol was created in 1923 and headquartered in Lyon France‚ it facilitates cross-border police co-operation‚ and supports and assists all organizations‚ authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime including terrorism. Interpol aims to facilitate international police co-operation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular
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Being in the 21st century‚ with technology and world so advanced‚ we still talk about this subject‚ “Are Women Safe‚ in India‚ especially?” With surveys and understandings of what is happening around us‚ it is time that the country joins hands together to realize that – ‘Women are NOT SAFE in any means in India’. There have many cases that have been reported and many unreported for the torture a woman undergoes‚ yet there has been nothing done to change the law or the system to the way a woman is
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FACTS ON MOVIE: Family is financially strapped; the Company employing John Archibald has changed its Insurance Carrier while at the same time reducing the number of hours Mr. Archibald works. For this reason the insurance coverage is limited to twenty thousand dollars and the family needs two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to save their son. Mr. Archibald tries to raise funds for his son but his efforts simply are not enough. Pressured by his wife to “do something” to save their son‚ Mr.
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New-York. Central Park‚ top view taken by AirPano is a high-resolution panorama photograph of Central Park‚ New York taken from a bird’s eye view from 2500ft above the ground during peak sunlight hours. AirPano is a not-for-profit project that works to capture beautiful cities around the world with the intention to present it in the form of panoramas and as virtual tours for everyone to experience. This slightly obscure photograph captures one of New York’s most famous sights‚ Central Park‚ from
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Main Functions Central bank is the apex body of the banking structure. Each and every country has the central bank but their name differs from country to country. In India the central bank is called RBI and the functions are as follows: Issuer of currency: • Under section22 RBI has right to issue the currency note. • RBI has separate department for the issue of the currency note. • Issues and exchanges or destroys currency and coins not fit for circulation. • Objective: to give the public
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Research Class Group B Research Paper on Central Park Introduction Central Park‚ located in Manhattan‚ New York is the first landscaped public park in the United States and has been a very huge figure in our modern day. More than 30 million people come to visit Central Park per year‚ and has attracted a great load of people who tour it’s phenomenal landscape. In fact‚ according to Sara Cedar Miller book “Central Park‚ An American Masterpiece”‚ the park won the title of a National
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