The Amazon is a vast region that spans across eight rapidly developing countries: Brazil‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana‚ Suriname and French Guiana‚ an overseas territory of France. The landscape contains: One in ten known species on Earth 1.4 billion acres of dense forests‚ half of the planet ’s remaining tropical forests 4‚100 miles of winding rivers 2.6 million square miles in the Amazon basin‚ about 40 percent of South America There is a clear link between the health
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external iliac vein we travel to the common iliac vein and then through into the inferior vena cava. Once in the external iliac vein‚ we will see how the deoxygenated blood flows between the legs and the up to the heart. We will now continue the voyage into the inferior vena cava. Here you will notice how large the vein is and how is ascends through the abdomen. The inferior vena cava job is to collect blood from several sources like‚ hepatic veins‚ lumbar veins‚ gonadal veins‚ renal veins‚ and
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Since I was a little girl‚ I’ve always been able to read people well. When I go places‚ such as out with my friends‚ or even on vacation I tend to people watch. I always ask the question “why”. Why do people do this‚ what makes them say that. I currently work in retail right now‚ I have been since I was a sophomore in high school. People honestly fascinate me. In order to be what I want to be I will have to go through about 9 years of school. I either want to be an industrial psychologist‚ which
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Welcome to the Fantastic Voyage! Now that we have successfully been shrunk and injected into the patient’s femoral vein‚ let me explain what our journey will entail. The first destination will be the lower lobe of the right lung. The patient’s immune system has been fighting an evil invasion of bacterium in the lung‚ and it is our assignment to document the battle. Once we have witnessed the patient’s immune system in action‚ we will head across the alveolar membrane and onward out the nose. Let
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Man Kills 3 Exotic Dancers‚ He Confesses To Court CCTV footage evidence Darline Montiel STAFF WRITER 23 year old‚ Matthew James was found guilty of the murder of 3 exotic dancers‚ who were found dead inside a strip club called Night Awakened; popular in Los Angeles‚ early this weekend. CCTV footage was found and recorded the massacre. The reason for his revenge was the one of the women‚ who worked there‚ had apparently dated him and cheated on him with one of her co-workers. “One had seen how
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who believe wild or exotic animals can be domesticated as well as become family pets. When taking care of pets such as a lion or primate these animals require more attention and owner responsibility. There are many states within the United States that have laws banning the ownership of wild animals. However‚ people are still purchasing exotic animals as pets through the black market. Local communities should not allow residents to own wild animals as companions or breed exotic animals for profit because
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because they important to the people and wildlife in the surrounding communities and a necessity for clean air . In South America the Amazon River basin covers 40 percent of the continent and is home to the world’s largest rain forest. Since 2000 Brazil has established the world’s largest network of protected areas‚ the majority of which are located in the Amazon region. Since 2004 the Brazilian government has also had a deforestation reduction program in place‚ which includes improved law enforcement
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Resources Mary Ann T. Matreselva November 29‚ 2014 Amazon A year ago‚ Amazon.com workers had to hike miles of aisles each shift to "pick" each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping. Now the e-commerce has boosted efficiency and given workers’ legs a break by deploying more than 15‚000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys‚ books and other products to employees. Amazon.com Inc. faced its single biggest day of online shopping on
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The Amazon Rain Forest Is Not in Danger of Being Destroyed Table of Contents: Further Readings Reprinted from "Q: Is the Destruction of the Amazon’s Rain Forest an Eco-myth?" Insight on the News‚ Sept. 18‚ 2000‚ with permission from Insight‚ © 2000 News World Communications‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Marc Morano is a correspondent for American Investigator‚ a television newsmagazine‚ and co-producer with Kent Washburn of Amazon Rainforest: Clear-Cutting the Myths. There has been talk
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successful as a business on internet and has excellent capabilities supported by information system and e-commerce? 5 The market in which amazon.com operates and how it is organized by region and country: 10 References 12 History of Amazon.com: Amazon was founded in 1994‚ spurred by what Bezos called "regret minimization framework"‚ his effort to fend off regret for not staking a claim in the Internet gold rush. Company lore says Bezos wrote the business plan while he and his wife drove from New
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