It happens everywhere‚ and you see it everyday. Yet‚ no one really notices or acknowledges that it’s happening. It is all around us everywhere. Downtown on the streets‚ under the bridges and in the parks. It is homelessness. In Canada alone‚ there are 150 000 people who are homeless at this very minute‚ according to the Government of Canada. Yet‚ when everyone thinks of a homeless person‚ they think of someone who lives on the street in a box. But‚ that is not always the
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Amusing facts about Sweden‚ Swedish Culture‚ and Swedish Governance‚ compiled by an American. As of 2004 you can pay your Swedish taxes by sending an SMS message from your cell phone. The government sends you a completely filled out tax form and if it looks good you just go online and click okay to pay your taxes. Taxes are generally between 50 and 70% of your income. (Of course your employer already pays the full amount of your salary to the government in taxes before you even get anything.) Companies
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Facts About Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious‚ growing epidemic‚ cutting across all categories of race‚ ethnicity‚ family income and locale. Obesity rates tripled in the past 30 years‚ a trend that means‚ for the first time in our history‚ American children may face a shorter expected lifespan than their parents. Additionally‚ we spend $150 billion every year to treat obesity-related conditions‚ with childhood health care costs rapidly increasing that number. Researchers have estimated
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Some Facts about MYSOORU Heritage City…City of Palaces…Green City…Garden City…Clean City… etc.‚ etc‚ List never ends… ;-) Let’s see what made Mysore the World Famous (not only Dasara…!!!) Places: * Mysore Palace & all other Palaces in & around Mysooru * Brindavan Garden (KRS) * Chamundi Hill * St.Philomina’s Church (Asia’s 2nd Tallest Church) Products: * Mysore Silks & Sarees * Mysore Sandalwood * Mysore Mallige * Mysore Peta * More
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allows them to perform a specific role in their environment‚ and makes them fascinating in many different ways. These traits and abilities create a vast diversity among the many environments on Earth. The four insects that were most fascinating to me are: The American bumble bee‚ Venus fly trap‚ black widow spider‚ and the Burmese python snake. The American bumble bee has a lot of characteristics that make it fascinating. One of these characteristics is the bumble bees’ organization of their colonies
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Abortion Abortion is quite a controversial issue in today’s government. Many of us refrain from even getting into a discussion over abortion‚ because it is such a sensitive topic. It is very unfortunate that so many women around the world have to make decisions involving abortion‚ period. “One in three women will have at least one abortion by the time she is 45‚ and these run the gamut of ages‚ races‚ backgrounds and beliefs.” (Welch) In one’s eye abortion is simply immoral and unacceptable‚
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moon and back.a 6. Because the heart has its own electrical impulse‚ it can continue to beat even when separated from the body‚ as long as it has an adequate supply of oxygen.c 7. The fetal heart rate is approximately twice as fast as an adult’s‚ at about 150 beats per minute. By the time a fetus is 12 weeks old‚ its heart pumps an amazing 60 pints of blood a day.g 8. The heart pumps blood to almost all of the body’s 75 trillion cells. Only the corneas receive no blood supply.c 9. During an average
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Provençal dialect of the Occitan language‚ deriving from the expression pès tancats [ˈpɛ taŋˈka]‚ meaning "feet together" or more exactly "feet anchored". The casual form of the game of pétanque is played by about 17 million people in France‚ mostly during their summer vacations. There are about 375‚000 players licensed with the Fédération Française de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FFPJP) and some 3‚000 in England. Another 20‚000 or so play in Quebec‚ Canada. Additionally‚ pétanque clubs have arisen in
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that serial killers have in common. I just watched an episode of Ted Bundy on how he confessed to all the murders he did right before he got executed. This source is fitting in with my research‚ because it gave me more aspects to look at and study about why serial killers kill. Davis‚ Jeff. "Criminal Minds." Criminal Minds. CBS. 22 Sept. 2005. Television John Wayne Gacy‚ was a 1970’s serial killer from Cook County Illinois‚ who raped and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men and was labeled
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There should have been more about Christopher Columbus on the United States history myths search. Not only did he not discover that the world was round‚ but he never even landed in America. The more research I did‚ the worst I found out he was. In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus and the Santa Maria shipwrecked off what is known now as the Bahamas. The land was inhabited by the peaceful Lucayan people. The Lucayan people worked for hours rescuing the crew and ship. Christopher Columbus did not look at
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