measures that individuals can take to address these problems. Two of the biggest threats to the environment are air pollution and waste. Firstly‚ the increasing world population is putting pressure on the natural resources. Gas emissions from factories and exhaust fumes from vehicle lead to global warming which may have a devastating effect on the planet in the future. For example‚ rising temperature will cause melting of the polar ice caps. As a result‚ sea levels will rise and we can expect more extreme
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INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION CCITT THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND PROTOCOLS FOR TELEMATIC SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – DIGITAL COMPRESSION AND CODING OF CONTINUOUS-TONE STILL IMAGES – REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES Recommendation T.81 T.81 (09/92) Foreword ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is the United Nations Specialized Agency in the field of telecommunications. The CCITT (the International
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Africa‚ The Indian Ocean‚ The Silk routes‚ China and The South China Sea‚ Europe and The Mediterranean‚ and The Atlantic Exploration. The goals and functions of world trade today vary from when it started. Long distance trading today is a big part of everyday life for us. Most of our products‚ as you can see‚ come from China‚ Japan‚ Italy and other places across the ocean. Where would we be today if long distance trading wasn’t a part of everyday life? Asia and Europe play a huge part in our lives
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Factors and Motivations That Influence Biological Warfare Maham Ahmed November 11th‚ 2010 Modern World History Katie Ehrlich Many troops during the years of World War I met their demise in what is arguable the most terrifying and inhumane of all military tactics - biological warfare. Soldiers inhaled a deadly acidic gas that burned them from the inside out‚ suffocating them in an excruciating and unimaginable pain. Kurth Audrey‚ a professor of strategy at the U.S. National War College in
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The conflicts of men have been recorded ever since the dawn of mankind. Comparing from the times of Alexander the Great‚ warfare has immensely evolved. For almost 10‚000 years‚ combat technologies did not change until around 1000 AD. During this time‚ the Chinese had discovered the potential of gun powder and were using it for fireworks. A few hundred years later‚ Arab and Western European powers had started to develop fire-arms and cannons (powered by gunpowder) for combating the Mongolians in
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will have to make to determine their future. Time off from college can either be beneficial to a high school student or harmful to him/her. Many students take time off before entering college because they are not confident in how they will be able to afford tuition‚ they are unsure of the direction to travel to become successful in the world‚ or they have made life long affecting decision prior to college. The reasons students choose to take time off from college can have lifelong effects on their
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Some scholars in Islamic economics argued that the concept of time value of money is a key to the door or riba which is prohibited in Islam. However‚ some scholars are of the opinion that time value of money is a concept valid in Islamic economics. What are your opinions on this issue? DISCUSSION: Islam prohibits riba because riba deprives justice and discourage people from undertaking real economic activities. Profit earned from money that is loaned to debtor is considered as interest or usury
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It was my first time away from home and family. I was five years old at the time and I was staying at my granny’s house. The daytime was always great with Granny. We would run around the garden and play with the dog. In the summer we would listen to the lone cow’s moo in the field. When we heard it we would fall to the ground laughing in the bright‚ dazzling sun. I had never slept at Granny’s house before but I did always stay for tea. There was always a smell coming from Granny’s marvellous
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For almost two years‚ we have been in search of what we believed were time capsules‚ hidden away between the years of 1400‚ when the Renaissance period started‚ and 1750 which marks the end of the Baroque period. We are pleased to announce that our nearly twenty-four year search has ended in the discovery of two such capsules. Each of these capsules contains information‚ vital to the understanding of past cultures and their origins‚ and necessary to the development of culture today. In what
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What do psychologists mean by theory of mind? Discuss the claim that theory of mind is an evolved adaption This essay will be discussing the claim of what psychologists mean by theory of mind and the claim that it is an evolved adaption. ‘Theory of mind is essentially the ability of an individual to respond differently‚ according to assumptions about the beliefs and desires of another individual‚ rather than according only the others overt behaviour’ (Bryne and Whitten‚ cited in Clegg‚ 2007
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