disappearing at the rate of 1% a year (Sherry‚ 6). If the current trend continues‚ at least 50% of all currently existing species will be either extinct or endangered by the year 2050 (Today’s Situation). For this reason endangered species deserve more protection than the current regulations provide. <br> <br>Throughout history there have been many different reasons for the extinction of species. The earliest known reason was 64-66 million years ago when scientists believe a meteorite struck earth causing
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The Struggle Within The Scarlet Letter offers extraordinary insight into the norms and behavior of 17th century puritan society. The basic characteristics and problems of its main characters‚ however‚ are familiar to readers in the present (Encarta 98). In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne develops Reverend Dimmesdale’s internal struggle through his guilt‚ his indecision regarding confession‚ and his final decision to confess. At the beginning of the novel‚ the Reverend Dimmesdale has
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The philosophy of protective relaying is to provide protection or isolation to an area of the electric system that has a disturbance as quickly as possible to prevent damage to the power system. Along with this‚ you want to leave as much of the power grid in tact to continue service to the customers. Protective relaying helps protect equipment from damage due to abnormal operating conditions. Protective relaying does not prevent abnormal operating conditions but limits the amount of time these conditions
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Laura Balmer “Politics is a many sided concept only to be understood if viewed from various angles”. Discuss. Every day we will experience the activities and ideas of politics around us‚ despite not knowing its definition. When the majority consider politics they instantly think of government‚ laws‚ debates and scandal. However‚ the real question of what politics is has been pondered for thousands of years by many profound names‚ one of the many reasons why Aristotle referred to
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Case Study of Environmental Conservation of Ozone in Hong Kong The ozone layer present in the stratosphere of the Earth is utmost important to us as it protects us from the exposure of ultraviolet rays which leads to several harmful effects. Without the ozone layer‚ human will be more prone to skin cancer and eye cataracts. Ultraviolet rays can also cause harm to marine life by reducing the amount of planktons and consequently depreciates the amount of fishes in the ocean. Besides that‚ the depletion
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246 Eleventh Five Year Plan 11 Consumer Protection and Competition Policy CONSUMER PROTECTION 11.1. Promotion of consumer welfare is the common goal of consumer protection and competition policy. At the root of both consumer protection and competition policy is the recognition of an unequal relationship between consumers and producers. Protection of consumers is accomplished by setting minimum quality specifications and safety standards for both goods and services and establishing mechanisms
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pure water they need to survive. It isn’t air that because of one small mistake in their past. The whole of Madagascar has to deal with the fact that they can’t reach safe or pure water. Madagascar is an amazing country famous for its wildlife and landscape yet across the island over half the population lives without access to safe water. It’s home to thousands of animal species‚ such as lemurs‚ Panther Chameleon and Tomato Frogs ‚ animals who are found nowhere else. They also have an assortment
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Safe and Responsible Driving Being a safe and responsible driver takes a combination of knowledge‚ skill and attitude. To begin‚ you must know the traffic laws and driving practices that help traffic move safely. Breaking these "rules of the road" is the major cause of collisions. Traffic laws are made by federal‚ provincial and municipal governments‚ and police from each level can enforce them. If you break a traffic law‚ you may be fined‚ sent to jail or lose your driver’s licence. If you get
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Computer Ethics Reflection Many people may think going online is safe‚ but it can be very hazardous at times. You need to know how to protect yourself online‚ and avoid cyber bullying. While you are writing a paper for school‚ you need to know what academic honesty is. Cyber bulling is the use of the internet and/or related technology to hurt other people‚ in a recurring‚ and aggressive method. Cyber bulling is very common these days. People do it to get a little laugh‚ but never think twice
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From my viewpoint nursing’s biggest challenge today is the issue of safe staffing . This topic has been an issue for a long time‚ and still is. Reductions in nursing salaries has led to the nursing shortage. Nurses have also been in shortage for a long time because of the educational/personal requirements. Nurses are having to work longer hours and this can lead to ineffective care because nurses are overworked and underpaid. State nurses associations are required to staff each unit appropriately
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