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    Analyse why some pressure groups are more successful in achieving their aims and objectives than others. Pressure groups are organised groups of people who share a common interest that they wish to protect or a common aim that they wish to promote. They seek to influence public policy by gaining access to decision makers who have power. There are two main types of pressure groups; Interest Group and Cause Group – an interest group aims to protect the interests of its members whilst a Cause group

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    The Forest Monologue

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    The Lonely boy in the Forest: I believe it was mid-afternoon when mother and I decided to have a picnic lunch near the forest. The sun smiled at us with its golden radiance‚ and the scarlet poppies greeted us as me and mother set our picnic on the flower bed. “Simply lovely today‚ isn’t it Charles?” mother asked as the two of us rolled out the checkered picnic blanket and finally gave our feet some rest. “Yeah.” I replied in a tranquil yet blue voice. “Oh

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    Preserve the Forests

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    Preserve the Forests In agreement with Kim Stafford‚ who opposes the clear-cutting of old growth forests‚ I feel that it is necessary to preserve the profitable lumber in its natural state for future generations. Currently‚ the tons of lumber produced from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States are taken for granted‚ and most people do not realize that the forests will be destroyed within ten years at this rate of exploiting our natural resources. We must make loggers a profession

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    Living in the forest

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    indigenous groups living in the forest‚ some who have no contact with the ’outside’ world and live in a harmonic environment. Rainforests are the most diverse ecosystems on the planet‚ as well as being the home to an estimated 50 million indigenous forest people. These people depend on the rainforest for their way of life. It provides them nearly everything from shelter and food to tools and medicine. The people living in the forest make practical and sustainable use of the forest. It also plays an important

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    (D20121057804) Internet brings more harm than good. People nowadays can achieve extensive range of information resources and services through the internet. However‚ people always argued that internet brings issue society such as invasion of privacy by hacking people’s account. In contrary with it‚ people move much faster in every way. Instead the people who use it are the one that brings harm. In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that internet brings more advantages than disadvantages to the world. Firstly

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    California Forest Fire

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    com‚ it said‚ “17 wildfires in nine counties have burned more than 115‚000 acres in just the past 12 hours.” The data is reported in the past 12 hours‚ which means the damage is going to be larger‚ and there is no signal to show the fire will stop spreading out. By just looking at the cost it has created‚ I suddenly wonder did we actually consider the wildfires as a disaster? Well‚ I think we have not. In my opinion‚ besides water‚ the forest is the most critical part that we need to protect our planet

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    Human beings are more alike than different “Human beings are more alike than different.” This is a statement that may be argued by many people. Personally I agree with this statement because even thought‚ all of us are unique individuals‚ but the purpose of our existence is the same. Humans are greedy‚ greed is a feeling where we want more than what most people have in the world. People are this way because of society and the world in general. People all want money‚ we cannot do much unless we

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    Loss of Forest

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    sheet of glass on a greenhouse. It lets the sunlight through but does not let all the heats back out. The continued degradation of our forest heightens the threat of global warming because the trees and other plants that take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to be used for photosynthesis are gone. The burning of wood or its decay contributes to the release of more carbon which combines with oxygen in the atmosphere thus increasing further the levels of carbon dioxide that cause the greenhouse effect

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    Timber 2013 Major Folio

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    Timber 2012/2013 Hsc major project folio Research Ergonomics How efficient will it be in a working environment? I have taken into consideration that I am a bit taller than other people‚ and after measuring all cabinets in my house they ranged from 900 mm to 950 mm and for me personally I considered them to be to small. Which is the reason I have chosen to make it to 1000mm. Design How did I come up with the design and why? Originally I started looking on the Internet and browsing

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    Timber Design Solution

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    Gypsum wallboard (½ in.) Wall Dead Load (D) = 10.0 = 0.9 = 2.5 = 13.4 psf psf psf psf c) Wall Dead Load: wall height = 8 ft D = (13.4 psf) (8 ft) = 107.2 lb/ft d) R1 = 1.0 since not considering tributary area R2 = 1.0 for slope less than 4:12 Basic Roof Live Load: Lr = 20 R1 R2 = 20 psf e) R1 = 1.0 since not considering tributary area R2 = 1.0 for slope of 4:12 Basic Roof Live Load: Lr = 20 R1 R2 = 20 psf ______________________________________________________________________

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