Victoria Climbie Agencies at Fault. Lord Laming’s concerns‚ was not with the way 1 agency had discharged its duties but the way all the agencies involved had done so. 4 social services departments 3 Housing departments 2 specialist child protection teams in the metropolitan police. 2 different hospitals and the NSPCC Victoria died at the hands of her great aunt Marie Therese Kouao and her partner Carl John Manning. She was a frightened little girl who probably became incontinent
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Queen Victoria was born on May 24‚ 1819. She was the daughter of Prince Edward‚ Duke of Kent who was the minor son of the reigning King George III‚ and Victoire of Saxe-Coburg‚ who was a German princess. Both her father and grandfather died in 1820‚ the year her uncle became King George IV. When George died without issue in 1830‚ Victoria stood to reign the throne after the daughter of her second royal uncle‚ King William IV‚ died in infancy. William himself died in 1837‚ and the eighteen-year-old
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Nile Perch in Lake Victoria By Andrew .m Introduction Lake Victoria is largest lake in Africa‚ seventh largest in the world by volume. And second largest freshwater lake in the world. The lake is surrounded by three different country’s Tanzania‚ Uganda and Kenya. Figure 1 depicts Lake Victoria and the surrounding countries. All three countries share the lake and its resources‚ but one of the biggest issues is that the governing laws involving the resources and the lake regulations are
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The Eutrophication of lakes. Eutrophication is defined as ¡§the aging of a lake by the biological enrichment of its water¡¨ (encyclopedia.com). This biological enrichment is caused by the addition of nutrients. There is natural eutrophication and cultural eutrophication. Cultural eutrophication is usually defined as the over-enrichment of lakes and rivers with nutrients‚ usually phosphorous‚ leading to excessive growth of algae and other aquatic plants. Cultural eutrophication is becoming more
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Lake Baikal is the largest fresh water lake and the deepest lake on the planet. This lake is located in the south-eastern part of Siberia. To the Russians Lake Baikal is spelled Ozero Bayka. Baikal is is a word from the Turk language. The meaning behind the name of the lake is wealthy lake. The word “bai” means “wealthy” and “kul” means “lake”. This lake is one of the most beautiful places in the world; it is home to 1‚085 species of plants and 1‚550 different species. Baikal is very old roughly
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Lake District National Park is located in the North West of England‚ located specifically in Cumbria. It starts from Caldbeck to Lindale‚ Calbeck is in the north and Lindale is in the South and from Ravenglass which is situated in the East which is Shap. It is one of the fourteen national Parks in the UK. Lake District National Park has 101 sites of Special Scientific interest and 6 national nature reserves which also give it its beauty. There are around 400 villages where the population of over
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LAKE DISTRICT Source: (Google maps) PRESENTER: MJ WONG History of Lake District: * Lake District is famous for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and Lake Poets. * Historically‚ Lake District shared by the counties of Cumberland‚ Westmorland and Lancashire. Location: * Lake District is located in north west England‚ it lies entirely within the modern country of Cumbria. ATTRACTIONS: 1) NATIONAL PARK 2) BLACKWELL: THE ARTS
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The English Lake District The Lake District used to be regarded as a remote region in north-west England but modern transport developments mean that it is easily accessible from the main centres of population. * About 12 million people visit the Lake District every year making it the second busiest of the national parks. * 90% of visitors come by car. * The main attraction is the scenery and landscape. Other attractions are the clean air‚ peace and quiet and good walking. * 10 million
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Biology 1C March 3‚ 2011 Extreme Environment of Lake Vostok in Antarctica Throughout the earth‚ there are so many places that are so extreme that we thought that no living things could adapt to the environment. Interestingly‚ there are some organisms that can inhabit in extreme environments‚ and they are extremeophiles‚ which are microbes that can thrive and adapt under extreme conditions. There are many types of extreme environment‚ such as extremely cold or hot‚ too acidic‚ lacking of
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Version The North American great lakes including Lake Erie‚ Michigan‚ Huron‚ Superior‚ and Ontario. Lake Huron is the 3rd largest lake out of all five of them. It measures at 850 cubic meters of water; it extends to about 3‚827 miles‚ measures at 206 miles across‚ and about 183 miles north to south. The average water depth in this huge lake is 195 ft. These lakes are the largest fresh water supply and home to many of the world’s wildlife. For several years the Great Lakes have served as a dumping ground
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