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    The Chernobyl Disaster

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    bases are added. A nucleotide mutation repeats short DNA sequences a number of times in a row. A substitution is where one or more bases in the DNA sequence is replaced by the same number of bases. There were many short and long term effects after the Chernobyl disaster that would affect plants‚ animals‚ and humans. One of the animals that was affected nearby was a mutated catfish in the Pripyat River. The radioactivity from the

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    GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECTS Global Warming effects on the natural balance of environment. The world climate is going a significant change day by day. There are many causes of Global Warming. The destruction and burning down of tropical forests ‚ traffic clogging up the city streets ‚ rapid growth of unplanned industries‚ the use of CFCs in packaging and manufacturing products‚ the use of detergents etc. cause Global Warming. Besides‚ overpopulation‚ deforestation are the causative factors

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    Least Favourite Character

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    My Least Favourite Character My least favourite character in the novel ‘Stargirl’ is Hilary. I don’t particularly have a strong distaste for her. I simply think that throughout the story there were many opportunities for Hilary to become more open-minded and to mature‚ but whenever these opportunities came‚ she would bluntly reject them. She let her pride and fear of the unknown interfere with her life‚ and due to this she ended up hurting those who were around her‚ including herself.

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    The Revolutionary War could have been avoided if the colonists took a different approach to handling their problems.For example‚ as pictured in supporting question three‚ source three‚ it depicts the British colonists dressed as Mohawk indians dumping precious teas into the Boston Harbor. The colonists dumped the tea to show their views against the high tea tax imposed by the British. Because of the colonists rebellious behavior‚ the British government was forced to respond. They imposed the Intolerable

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    Disasters to Success

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    Disasters to Success Can success be disastrous? Everyone has a dream of having a million dollar house‚ Lamborghini‚ and an attractive spouse. To most people‚ that is how they define success; but will that really make them happy? Success can be very disastrous and can ruin lives. An old saying that every child has heard says “be careful what you wish for.” Every child has wished to be rich and successful but haven’t fully thought about the disasters to success. The dream of success can often

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    Least Favorite Relative

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    Keh Keh September‚ 14‚ 2011 My Least Favorite Relative My least favorite relative is my aunt. When I lived in Burma I used to be good friends with my cousin. We used to hang out during the school time. I liked her but I didn’t like her mother. They are rich people and they discriminate against the poor people. In the beginning we liked each other very much until I went to her birthday party. After that I felt that I didn’t like her very much

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    Engineering Disasters

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    ENGINEERING DISASTERS We can also call Engineering as in invisible science. No one can actually see how it works but it actually exists like an air. Example: Plain flies‚ building stands and many more. We don’t think how a building can stand weight without collapsing. Similar to apple’s company’s Moto ‘it just works. Here the main problems are not the designs but the material the use up building that design. The concept of total cost minimization is the roots of such accidents that just ruins lives

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    Ecological Disasters

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    species to become endangered because of global warming and climate change. One of the greatest factors of climate change is caused by the greenhouse effect. This is due to human activity such as burning gasoline to drive vehicles‚ burning oil‚ coal or wood to produce electricity for heating and cooling and burning forests to clear land. The greenhouse effect has the potential to reach levels of heat that our world has never seen before; our polar bears live in the arctic where they rely on the cold Canadian

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    The Enron Disaster

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    1. What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when AA consulting became its own separate entity‚ named Accenture. Revenues from consulting services surpassed revenue from auditing services. A natural competitiveness grew between the two rivals and this is where the problems began to start. Management held maximinizing revenues as their primary focus of success and promotions/bonuses were based on this factor. The CEO of AA‚ Joe

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    Natural World

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    The natural world or nature represents the physical world and the living elements found within it. In its broadest sense‚ nature entails all the living and inanimate things that exist within the physical world. All the elements of the natural world‚ whether living or inanimate‚ significantly depend on each other. Of all the living things‚ man crucially depends on the elements of nature for his survival. On the same account‚ we have the responsibility to ensure that the natural world remains intact

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