Section 68 of PD 705 does not include lumber because the wording of the law categorically specify timber to be collected as to constitute the violation on the said law. He further contends that‚ the law is vague because it does specify the authority or legal documents required by existing forest law and regulation. The prosecution opposed the motion to quash on the ground that it is not the courts to determine the wisdom of the law or to set the policy as rest by the legislature. He further asserts
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St. Augustine’s dichotomy of forms -- the will of man and the will of God‚ the needs of the soul and the desires of the flesh‚ sinful falsehood and the liberation of divine truth -- serves not only to emphasize the direct force and opposition of these forms‚ but to explore their essential duality‚ the interplay of distinct but related states and wills existing both separately and reciprocally of each other. Good and evil‚ however‚ emerge uniquely in their contrast‚ in that the opposition of good
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Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by humanity‚ in a natural form. A natural resourceis often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems. Natural resources are derived from the environment. Some of them are essential for our survival while most are used for satisfying our needs. Natural resources may be further classified in different ways. Natural resources are materials and components (something
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Natural Devastation The largest earthquake in 40 years shifted huge geological plates beneath the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26‚ 2004‚ causing a immense and abrupt displacement of millions of tons of water. Indonesia villages closest to the epicenter were swamped within minutes‚ while elsewhere the waves radiated outward‚ making landfall at speeds topping 500 mph (www.cbsnews.com). The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by
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St. Jude is near and dear to my heart and has greatly impacted my own and the lives of those around me. I lost a very close friend‚ Lauren‚ to osteosarcoma in December of 2015. I witnessed firsthand the significance of the role that St. Jude played and the difference it made. Because of this‚ I have nothing but love and respect for the St. Jude staff and founders. I am forever grateful for St. Jude and what they did for Lauren’s family. I am in complete awe of the amount of work and dedication
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Natural Disasters We have all seen the awful effects of a flood or an earthquake - if we’re lucky only on the news. About 75 percent of the world’s population live in areas affected at least once by earthquake‚ tropical cyclone‚ flood or drought between 1980 and 2000 (Reducing Disaster Risk UNDP report‚ 2005). What causes natural disasters? First we need to get a bit technical. Natural hazards and natural disasters may sound like the same thing but there is a small but vital
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Thomas Jefferson The third president of the United States was Thomas Jefferson. He had been the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. In an age of great men Jefferson was remarkable for his wide-ranging curiosity on many subjects. He helped the United States get started‚ and his plans for the future helped it grow. Many of the good things Americans enjoy today have come from Jefferson’s devotion to human rights. Jefferson is often called the
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Natural dyes are dyes or colorants derived from plants‚ invertebrates‚a or minerals. The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources – roots‚ berries‚ bark‚ leaves‚ and wood — and other organic sources such as fungi and lichens. Archaeologists have found evidence of textile dyeing dating back to the Neolithic period. In China‚ dyeing with plants‚ barks and insects has been traced back more than 5‚000 years.[1] The essential process of dyeing changed little over time. Typically
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Electricity from Natural Gas Natural gas is a fossil fuel formed when layers of buried plants and animals are exposed to intense heat and pressure over thousands of years. The energy that the plants and animals originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of carbon in natural gas. Natural gas is combusted to generate electricity‚ enabling this stored energy to be transformed into usable power. Natural gas is a nonrenewable resource because it cannot be replenished on a human time frame
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Supreme Court Justice: Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas was sworn in to office on Wednesday‚ October 23‚ 1991 after he was accused by a woman named Anita Hill for sexual misconduct. After exploring the charges from Hill‚ the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature found no convincing evidence of proof in the allegations against Thomas. The Committee gave him no recommendation when reporting his nomination to Senate. The Senate voted 52 to 48 to the appointment of Thomas into the High Court. Since
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