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Sri Lanka Rainy Season
2,012 wordsGliricidia was first used in Mexico to provide shade for cacao plantations. It is from this use that the Aztecs labeled the tree "Madre de Cacao" (Mother of cacao). Later, in the 18 th Century, Gliricidia was brought to Sri Lanka to provide shade for coffee plantations. Today, the tree's long leafy branches are used to shade vanilla and tea crops as well. The tree is also known in Spanish as "Palo de Hierrro" (Tree of Iron) which eludes to Gliricidia's hard, heavy wood. This makes it ideal for f...
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Theory Of Evolution Origin Of Species
887 wordsBefore November 24, 1859, many people simply believed that species were created by God in their present forms, or that it was possible for organic matter to be spawned from inorganic matter. However, Charles Darwin used these ideas to create his thesis, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. The first true theories on evolution arise during the classical Greek period. On a handful of Greek philosophers believed in the theory of evolution and natural selection. Unfortunately, the...
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Costa Rica Atlantic Coast
1,201 wordsHuman habitation can be traced back more than 10, 000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Limn on September 18, 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas, there were probably no more than 20, 000 indi...
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Storm Surge Tropical Storms
1,424 wordsWhat is a hurricane? Hurricanes are part of a family of weather systems known as "tropical cyclones. " The word hurricane is from the West Indian word hurricane, meaning "big wind. " A hurricane begins its life as a disorganized storm system, which forms over warm, tropical waters in the Atlantic. When the storm system become more organized, it is classified as a "tropical depression, " and given a number by the National Hurricane Center. If the winds in a tropical depression grow in intensity t...
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Nuclear Weapons Peace Keeping
581 wordsThe United Nations was formed fifty years ago. It's purpose has been to preserve world peace. Throughout it's long life, it has helped solve various disputes between nations, reduce tensions, prevent conflicts, and put an end to fighting. The United Nations is mainly a peace-making, peace-keeping organization that has done more than enough to keep peace in the world. Many examples of the UN's peace efforts proves that it has done ample work in helping to restore peace throughout the world. A few...
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Roman Catholic Church Central America
965 wordsMost people think that Catholicism is the main religion in the region of Central America. But if we look closer, we will see that there are other important religions besides Catholicism in these countries. Santeria is a religion, which gain more and more members the last years. Santeria the way of the saints is a combination of Nigerian Yoruba folk religion and Catholicism. The Yoruba people was a small nation in Nigeria, farmers and hunters, with a complex of believes. The nation was formed as ...
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Competitive Advantage Commercial Enterprise
1,977 wordsStrategic Global Management 1. General Impression Guajilote Cooperative Forestal appears to be a classic commercial enterprise in underdeveloped country, which is based on cooperative principles. It has come as a result of USAID deploying a new economic assistance strategy in such countries. This program emphasizes on only helping people at initial stage to set up businesses, which are meant to become self-efficient, without requiring an additional financial investments. It is hard to give an ev...
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction War With Iraq
1,848 wordsCase for War on Iraq In this paper I would like to express my attitude as to the war in Iraq. I think there are many reasons for waging a war in Iraq against Saddam's regime. The Saddam has always been ruthless and cruel in his attitude not only to the people outside of his country but also to his people. It can be seen in the hard economic situation in the country. People do not have enough money to buy necessary products, meanwhile he builds palaces. Saddam has ruled through a privileged elite...
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Quot Quot El Salvador
5,073 wordsCarolyn Forche? is known as a political poet, calling herself a " poet of witness" [source]. Growing up in Detroit in the 1950 s, poet Carolyn Forche? recalls discovering photographs from a Nazi concentration camp in Look Magazine. After her mother confiscated the journal and hid it, young Forche re-confiscated it, marking perhaps the beginning of a poetic vocation devoted to exposing tyranny, injustice, and bearing witness to the atrocities of the 20 th century. Born one of seven chil...
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Cattle Ranching Carbon Dioxide
1,876 wordsThe Environmental Impact of Eating Beef and Dairy Products There are currently 1. 28 billion cattle populating the earth. They occupy nearly 24 percent of the landmass of the planet. Their combined weight exceeds that of the earths entire human population. Raising cows for beef has been linked to several environmental problems, and eating beef can worsen your health. The Dairy Industry puts not only your health in danger from consuming their products, but the lives of the cows that produce them....
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Costa Rica San Jose
963 wordsCosta Rica is officially known as the Republic of Costa Rica. It is 19, 575 square miles in size and has a population of approximately 3, 342, 000 people. It is bordered by Panama and Nicaragua. The capital of Costa Rica is San Jose. Its coastal areas are hot and humid and heavily forested. It has a large chain of volcanoes rising over 12, 000 feet. The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. It is a democratic nation and has no military. Costa Rica has only 3 national newspapers. History Ch...
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Iran Contra Affair Central Intelligence Agency
2,004 wordsIn 1922 President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Good Neighbor Policy. This policy was created to keep the United States from getting involved in problems that could and would occur in Central America. This policy, however, did not stop many government agencies from interfering and creating a few new problems for United States neighbors. Of course, all of this was done in an aim to better the political position of the United States. In 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency created a rumor of ...
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Sixteenth Century Spanish Conquest
2,074 wordsImperialism is the practice by which powerful nations or peoples seek to extend and maintain control or influence over weaker nations (Freeman 2). Some people associate imperialism solely with the economic expansion of capitalist states, others reserve the term for European expansion after 1870. Imperialism and colonialism are similar in meaning and are often used interchangeably. However, there are distinctions between the two (Freeman 3). Colonialism usually implies formal political control in...
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Iran Contra Affair Central Intelligence Agency
2,578 wordsIran Contra: Hidden Policy In 1922 President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Good Neighbor Policy. This policy was created to keep the United States from getting involved in problems that could and would occur in Central America. This policy, however, did not stop many government agencies from interfering and creating a few new problems for United States neighbors. Of course, all of this was done in an aim to better the political position of the United States. In 1953, the Central Intelligence...
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Latin America El Salvador
1,703 wordsDue to the incredible amounts of human rights violations committed by graduates of the School of the Americas as a direct effect of their training funded by U. S. tax dollars, the School of the Americas must be closed down. The school is a cold war dinosaur that needs to be brought to the attention of the American taxpaying public. The people of our nation need to be aware that every time they get a paycheck, they are contributing to the oppression and killing of the indigenous peoples of Latin ...
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W E B Dubois Back To Africa
1,147 wordsThe Life and Theories of Marcus Garvey The 1920? s were a period of struggle for African-Americans. Slavery was abolished, but blacks were still oppressed and were in no way equal to whites. However, at this time blacks were starting to make some progress toward racial equality. The Harlem renaissance started the first real sense of African-American culture through art, jazz, dance, and literature. There was also at this time the beginning of strong African-American movements to further the blac...
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U S Forces U S Troops
1,126 wordsEL SALVADOR AND THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS (Fort Benning, Georgia) The School of the Americas, established in 1946 and funded by the U. S. government, instructs Latin American and Caribbean military officers and soldiers in counter-insurgency, psychological operations, interrogation techniques, and military intelligence. Each year, the program trains between 1, 000 and 2, 000 soldiers, and many of the Schools graduates have been implicated in numerous murders, assassinations, and massacres throu...
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Teddy Roosevelt Wallace Stevens
1,356 wordsPanama Canal It didn t take long for the world to realize that Panama is the narrowest strip of land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. From the early sixteenth century, explorers, conquerors, treasure seekers, settlers, the military and engineers have descended on Panama to find a route that would join the two oceans. A modern day Panamanian anthropologist says, A road, a railroad, or a canal; they didn t concern themselves with the rest. That s been the story here for hundreds of years. ...
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United States Congress United States Army
988 wordsPANAMA CANAL The canal is joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It runs from Cristobal on lemon bay, a part of the Caribbean sea, to Balboa, on the Gulf of Panama. The canal is slightly more than 64 km long, not including the dredged approach channels at either end. The minimum depth is 12. 5 m, and the minimum width is 91. 5 m. The construction of the canal ranks as one of the greatest engineering works of all time. In history people had interest in a shorter route from the Atlantic to Pacif...
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Theory Of Evolution Origin Of Species
913 wordsBefore November 24, 1859, many people simply believed that species were created by God in their present forms, or that it was possible for organic matter to be spawned from inorganic matter. However, Charles Darwin used these ideas to create his thesis, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. The first true theories on evolution arise during the classical Greek period. On a handful of Greek philosophers believed in the theory of evolution and natural selection. Unfortunately, the...
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