the mongoose family. They belong to the order Carnivora‚ and they are classified in their own family the Herpestidae. They were formerly included within the Viverridae‚ a very old carnivore family that includes civets and genets. (Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ 2013) Mongooses have long bodies‚ four short legs‚ and long tails. Many kinds of mongooses live alone while others live in small groups. Meerkats live together in large group of numbers. A group of meerkats are usually
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said about the term karma? Most individuals are acquainted with the notion of karma‚ but there are a couple of key focuses that should be discussed. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ karma is a widespread law in which great or consequential activities figure out the perspective modes of a person (Encyclopedia Britannica). It is said to be one of the fundamental clashes in the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism (Religion Facts). Karma is likewise said to be the beginning disasters of the start
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Piaget.” Britannica School). At the age of 11‚ Piaget studied an albino sparrow. His detailed notes on the sparrow were soon published‚ and he continued to study and research animals. Many of his articles were
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After a few months after meeting the other adult‚ the red panda gives birth to one to three young red pandas (Panda...National 431). The text states that “One to four young are born in the spring. They stay with the mother for about a year” (Panda...Britannica). Red pandas normally live alone or in small groups‚ except for breeding season. According to the text‚ “...in zoos most breeding pairs are housed together year-round for enrichment” (Red). Red pandas are very shy animals and they do not enjoy being
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Rwanda‚ a small landlocked country in central Africa‚ has a long and rich history of differences and conflicts. One of the most known historic events of this region is the Rwandan Genocide which took 800‚000 lives over the course of four months (Britannica). The conflict between two tribal groups‚ the Hutu and Tutsis‚ had been accumulating for decades before it finally reached its breaking point. The Rwandan genocide can be attributed to three main factors: Belgian colonial policies‚ tribal tensions
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His father was the head of their clan‚ and was constantly fighting for the rights of blacks in that area of South Africa as well (Encyclopedia Britannica). It was the sufferings of his people that motivated him to become a lawyer. Mandela had gone to many different universities to study Law‚ even going outside of the country at times (Encyclopedia Britannica). After finishing law school Mandela‚ was admitted to the African National Congress‚ also known as the ANC‚ which had the main goal of giving
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after the race riots of 1935. They made up most of the Cotton Club’s customers‚ so it was forced to shut down on February 16‚ 1936. The Cotton Club then moved to Broadway and 48th Street‚ where it continued to be in business until June 1940 (PBS) (Britannica). Harlem‚ in New York‚ started out as a black neighborhood and was thought of as a slum. The whites had a negative attitude toward African Americans because of slavery and no belief in racial equality. The segregation of the Cotton Club was strengthened
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Oceans Oceanography April 2‚ 2013 What is Ocean Acidification? “Ocean Acidification‚ is the worldwide reduction in the pH of seawater as a consequence of the absorption of large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the oceans.” (Britannica). Ocean acidification is largely the result of loading Earth’s atmosphere with large quantities of CO2‚ produced by vehicles and industrial and agricultural processes. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution about 1750‚ roughly one-third
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Especially in Russia‚ nihilists were related to violence and extremism. “Eventually the nihilists of the 1860s and ‘70s came to be regarded as disheveled‚ untidy‚ unruly‚ ragged men who rebelled against tradition and social order.” (Encyclopedia Britannica) they abandoned all social ties and believed that all evil is tied to ignorance‚ which could only be overcome by science. Those who became nihilists in this revolutionary time period‚ inspired and influenced many artists‚ philosophers‚ authors and
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1818 (Karl Marx). He was the eldest son of Heinrich and Hennrietta Marx. He was born in Trier‚ Germany. Karl was the oldest surviving boy of nine children (Coser). Heinrich Marx was a very successful and well-educated lawyer ("Marx‚ Karl"‚ Britannica). Both parents were Jewish and descended from a long line of rabbis. About a year before Karl was born‚ Heinrich and Henrietta converted. Karl’s Jewish background brought him some prejudice ("Marx‚ Karl"‚ Encarta). The prejudices‚ which he may
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