How did Macedon gain dominance over Greece? What methods did Philip use to increase his power? “The end of the Peloponnesian War did not bring an end to conflict among prominent Greek city-states contending for power over each other. In the fifty years following the war‚ Sparta‚ Thebes‚ and Athens struggled militarily to win a preeminent position without‚ in the end‚ achieving anything more than weakening each other and creating a vacuum of power on the international level. That void was filled
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DISADVANATGES: 1. Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard. 2. The high cost of dam construction means that they must operate for many decades to become profitable. 3. The flooding of large areas of land means that the natural environment is destroyed. 4. People living in villages and towns that are in the valley to be flooded‚ must move out. This means that they lose their farms and businesses. In some countries‚ people are forcibly removed so that
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TV viewing takes away the time that your child needs to develop important skills like language‚ creativity‚ motor‚ and social skills. These skills are developed in the kids’ first two years (a critical time for brain development) through play‚ exploration‚ and conversation. A kid’s language skills‚ for example‚ do not improve by passively listening to the TV. It is developed by interacting with people‚ when talking and listening is used in the context of real life. TV viewing numbs your kid’s
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Marisa O’Steen March‚ 25 2012 Justice – 355 Professor Surrendrahath In today’s economy keeping people in prison is becoming an ugly‚ expensive mess. There are now so many alternatives to incarceration that we need to explore and start using. Johnny Cash wrote a song called “Folsom Prison Blues” describing the angst of inmates‚ permanently immortalizing them in the publics minds. However‚ now that prisons across the country are running out of resources and space
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A new study shows that children who spend more time watching television spend less time interacting with their family and playing creatively. Children watch television more than any other activity. Researchers from University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Children’s Hospital wanted to understand whether and how this affects children’s health and behavior. Dr. Elizabeth Vandewater and her colleagues surveyed 2‚900 children ages 12 and under around the United States and analyzed all of the children’s
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Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) belongs the genus Cicer‚ tribe Cicereae‚ sub-family Papilionaceae and family Leguminoseae. The genus Cicer encompasses 43 species. Among them nine are annuals‚ 33 are perennial and one with unspecified life cycle. Of the 9 annual species‚ Cicer arietinum L. is the only cultivated species. Based on the morphological characteristics‚ life cycle and geographical distribution‚ Van der Maesen (1987) classified the Cicer genus into four sections. Eight annual species‚ namely
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cyclic event that normally releases one egg each month‚ accompanied by cyclic changes in hormone secretion‚ and cyclic changes in histological structure of the ovaries and uterus. Egg development resumes in adolescence. Embryonic development of ovary: female germ cells arise from yolk sac‚ colonize gonadal ridges the first 5 to 6 weeks of development‚ differentiate into oogonia and multiply until the fifth month‚ transform into primary oocytes: early meiosis I‚ most degenerate (atresia) by the time the
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As what I understand about how Science and Technology affects our lives‚ That there are advantages and disadvantages. The Advantages are‚ it makes our lives simple by using equipment that can easily finish and do well the work or job. We can save more time and energy so that we can perform and do our other job. We can now easily communicate our relatives by using cellphone and internet‚ it can connect us even they are in the other part of the world and then with digital camera‚ we can see them
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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF TOURISM Advantages 1. Tourism provides foreign exchange (US dollars) which allows: i) The government to pay bills such as: a) Allows government to pay foreign debt. b) Allows the Bahamian dollar to stay on par with the US dollar. c) Allows government to pay the thousands of persons employed in government their monthly salaries. d) Allows government to have money to do road works‚ school construction and all other governmental works. ii) Allows Bahamians
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like to be stuck in a bathtub your whole life? That is how the orcas at SeaWorld feel. The orcas at SeaWorld are kept in small tanks‚ develop health issues faster than they would in the wild‚ and‚ sadly‚ live shorter lives. There are multiple disadvantages of have orcas in captivity. First‚ the orcas that have been captured by SeaWorld live in very small tanks. The article titled “8 Reasons Orcas Don’t Belong at SeaWorld” states‚ “They would need to swim 1‚208 laps (around the perimeter of the
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