in the tanker causing it to leak oil. When countries are at war‚ one country may decide to dump gallons of oil into the other country’s oceans. Terrorists may cause an noil spill because they will dump oil into a country’s ocean. Many terrorists will do this because they are trying to get the country’s attention‚ or they are trying to make a point to a country. Illegal dumpers are people that will dump crude oil into the oceans because they do not want to spend money on decomposing their waste
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The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological‚ socioeconomic‚ and cultural conditions that occurred in the late 18th century and early 19th century in some Western countries. It began in Britain and spread throughout the world as industrialization. It marked a major turning point in human social history; almost every aspect of daily life and human society is‚ eventually‚ in some way influenced. It continues to develop as it changes the society and every individual in it. When it
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water- meaning that without water‚ there is no life. Although our planet is covered with this liquid‚ only a small percentage of it is actually drinkable. According to USGS.gov‚ only 1% of earth’s water is usable by humans‚ 99% of that water being ground water‚ and only 1% coming from lakes and rivers. The 99% of earth’s water that we cannot use is either saline‚ or ocean water‚ or frozen in ice caps and glaciers. Since we have such a small portion of usable water‚ you would think that our priority
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:PROJECT MANAGEMENT 641 ASSIGNMENT 1: Projects and Systems Theory “The most pervasive intellectual tradition to project management is without doubt the systems approach” Unit Coordinator: David Baccarini Teaching Staff: Geoff Salm By Ben Westerberg 16832778 PART I –THEORY Describe the key fundamentals of systems theory Just about anything in life can viewed as having systems (Baccarini 2013). They can be found anywhere from within nature to anywhere in society and business. To
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awarded to Gonzalez in 1948‚ allowed the aspiring author to travel to Stanford University in Palo Alto‚ California and Columbia University in New York City. While at Stanford‚ Gonzalez attended lectures and classes from many prominent writers‚ Wallace Stegner and Katherine Anne Porter amongst them. After Gonzalez returned to the Philippines in 1950‚ he began a long teaching career‚ beginning with a position at the University of Santo Tomas. Gonzalez also taught at the Philippine Women’s University
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1. Climate Change and the Philippines Recent scientific studies reveal that human activities have contributed significantly to the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that causes climate change. The Philippines is a hotspot for climate change disasters particularly the risk for agriculture and food security due to extreme El Nino and severe tropical cyclones. The spread of infectious diseases are influenced by fluctuations in climate variables‚ temperature‚ relative humidity and
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Many ships dump oil and other waste into the ocean. This causes problems for marine animals. In 1988‚ congress passed a law banning ocean dumping. | Development/Coastal | Real estate development is destroying natural resources around our coastal lines | Pacific Ocean plastic waste is a major issue that caught my attention many years ago. I first heard about this is issue on the Oprah Winfrey show. The topic was about the issue in the Pacific Ocean‚ there’s a massive plastic waste dump site two
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Tizbeth was antsy to move on but Syd made her stop. “It will be a long afternoon.” Tizbeth slumped down and an arrow struck the ground where she had been standing. She swore and rolled away. Syd‚ on her feet‚ created a protection bubble. “Get in you fool‚” she hissed at Tizbeth. “I can‘t do this without you.” Tizbeth scrabbled towards the protection‚ not quite making it to her
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www.OnlineExamHelp.com UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level 1123/21 ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Reading May/June 2013 INSERT 1 hour 45 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This insert contains the two reading passages. This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page. DC (LEO) 57477/7 © UCLES 2013 [Turn over www.OnlineExamHelp.com 2 Passage 1 – The Internet 1 One of the most exciting innovations of recent times has
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The following entry presents criticism of Beagle’s work through 1997. For further information on his life and career‚ see CLC‚ Volume 7. Beagle is praised for his ability to develop characters‚ his use of incongruous humor‚ and his marriage of traditional fables with modern culture and settings. His novel The Last Unicorn (1968) is consistently cited by critics as a masterpiece in the fantasy genre. Biographical Information Beagle was born April 20‚ 1939‚ in New York City to Simon and Rebecca
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