Deforestation of South-East Asia The effects deforestation is having on south-east Asia are dizzying. Rapid development since the siege of Khe-Sanh in Vietnam (1968) and surrounding nations of the Mekong region has caused widespread destruction of their forests. Many of these areas are switching trees for coffee bushes‚ threatening the extraordinary biodiversity that holds around 1‚700 different species. These trees are cut down for the furniture export market. Also‚ forests are being wiped out
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As we all know‚ Hitler was the reason why World War 2 started in the first place. Adolf Hitler‚ the guide and leader of the natzi party‚ was born on April 20‚ 1889 and died at age 56 on April 30‚ 1945 as a suicide inflicted by a gunshot. Adolf Hitler initiated World War 2 in Europe when he send his troops to invade Poland. As the result of Hitler’s movements he started the war between all the European countries and the Nazi had Japan and Italy in their command. A few time after that he endorsed the
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document is an evaluation of the unemployment and drug dealing situation in East Harlem New York. It is based on five years of ethnographic data that was collected by the anthropologist‚ Dr. Philippe Bourgois of the University of Pennsylvania. As the social worker assigned to this evaluation‚ I have collaborated with Dr. Bourgois to give an anthropological explanation behind the high rates of unemployment and drug dealing in East Harlem. This report is based on the experiences of a man who worked within
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While Asia was not as severely affected as Africa nor affected comparably to Europe‚ the region was touched in its own unique fashion. Asia was directly influenced economically and politically. Writers often wrote to their audience in Europe and their own people with the purpose of informing the population about the negative effects Europeans have on our region or nation. Europeans impacted nations economically through the process of economic extraction and interrupting the native’s natural system
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The poem "South" repossesses ideas of African heritage through the hybridity that "occur[s] in post-colonial societies both as a result of conscious moments of cultural suppression‚ as when the colonial power[s] [...] dispossess indigenous peoples and force them to assimilate to new social patterns" (Ashcroft‚ et al. 183). Hybridity is the force behind repossession in "South‚" and Brathwaite plays up what must remain from a hybrid (or colonized) identity. The poem reads‚ "But today I recapture the
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further cuts its existing lowcosts at 2.5 US cents per ASK and accelerates our growth plans throughout Asia. The IPO also allowsAirAsia to expand its fleet of 18 Boeing 737-300s. Low cost airlines are anticipated to have greater potential in Asia as there are many Asian cities with apopulation above one million people each as well as a rising middle class population. This growth of middle class in Asia provides a huge market potential for AirAsia to grow. However‚ as the market isbecoming larger
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Literary Analysis of East of Eden The Author and His/ Her Times: The author of East of Eden is John Steinbeck. Steinbeck was born in Salinas California‚ one of the settings in East of Eden. His mother‚ a former school teacher‚ and helped him build his passion for reading and the written word. He speaks of her and her family in his book. They play a vital role in the progression of the book. Many of Steinbeck’s novels could be classified as social novels. His novels usually deal with economic problems
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text‚ numbers‚ images‚ audio‚ and video. a. Data c. Information b. Output d. Input 4. ____ conveys meaning and is useful to people. a. Data c. Input b. Information d. Output 5. A(n) ____ device is any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer. a. output c. input b. communications d. terminal 6. ____ are two of the more widely accessed Internet services. a. The World Wide Web and e-mail c. Mailing lists and chat rooms b. FTP and message boards d
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West Asia Syria and Lebanon As in other parts of Asia‚ there was an upsurge for freedom in West Asia also immediately after the Second World War. You have read in the previous chapter about the movement of the people of Syria against the French rule. After the war‚ the French tried to restore their authority over Syria and Lebanon but‚ in the face of opposition from the people of these countries and the world opinion‚ they were forced to withdraw. Both Syria and Lebanon became independent by the
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Galileo Galilei was an esteemed astronomer who lived in the time of great discoveries. Galileo was born in Pisa‚ Italy on February 15th‚ 1564. He soon moved to Florence with his family where he began his education in a monastery in Vallombrosa. He enrolled in the University of Pisa seven years later to study medicine. However‚ Galileo soon became interested in mathematics and the physical sciences. This interest brought an end to his medical studies. He spent three years searching for a teaching
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