state after tropical storm Debbie hit the island in 1994. The country’s economy is traditionally based on agriculture (bananas and other crops)‚ but has a growing services sector centred on tourism and a manufacturing. There are also considerable social gaps and deficiencies‚ one of the most important being a high level of poverty linked to a high unemployment rate. 2. 3. Current Population-174‚000 as of 2010 3. Projected population in 2050- 202‚000 4. Current Fertility Rate: 1.98 births
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Fact or Fiction? Total Recall Paper PHIL 2003-013 Usually at least once in a lifetime a person will question whether a dream was reality or not. It is rare to think “I am just dreaming” in a dream. In the 1990s movie Total Recall the director‚ Paul Verhoeven‚ attempts to illustrate the puzzling question of “what is reality and what is not?” With Arnold Schwarzenegger in this futuristic flick‚ the director cleverly confuses the audience about what is “real” in the movie‚ making one doubt each
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Extended Learning Homework- 30 Facts About Shakespeare 1. Shakespeare was born on April 23 1564 and died April 23 1616 aged 52. He was born and also died on the 23 April. 2. Shakespeare was baptised on April 26 1564 in Stratford upon Avon just three days before the Stratford Parish register recorded an outbreak of the plague. 3. On 30th November 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Whateley. Anne Whateley could be a scribal error for Anne Hathaway. She was 3 months pregnant at the time. 4. Shakespeare’s
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Marissa Sepulveda Health 3011 Fact Sheet What is Scoliosis? Scoliosis is a condition that causes irregular curvatures of the spine‚ or backbone. The etiology of scoliosis can be: • Congenital- meaning that the patient was born with the spine being curved and the failure of the vertebrae to individual form or separate. • Neuromuscular- meaning that scoliosis is a result of another disorder. These disorders include cerebral palsy‚ Duchenne muscular dystrophy‚ and spina bifida • Idiopathic- meaning
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Males in Charge: Fact or Fiction Stereotypes are all around us. In today’s world stereotypes are frowned upon and seem to have no bearing on the limitations one can surpass‚ but they did not come out of nowhere. Something had to have happened for these stereotypes to arise. Gender stereotypes are some of the most controversial stereotypes‚ one being that males should be in charge instead of women. Since the founding of America took place in 1776‚ a male has been in charge of this country
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Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? Is global warming taking place? Are humans the cause of it? Lately these questions are being asked more and more by people who believe that the earth’s climate is growing steadily warmer at an alarming rate. Our planet’s ever-changing climate has captured the attention of those who would have us agree that without drastic modification of our behavior‚ we will ultimately destroy the world in which we live. However‚ these activists are using scare tactics based upon
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Amusing facts about Sweden‚ Swedish Culture‚ and Swedish Governance‚ compiled by an American. As of 2004 you can pay your Swedish taxes by sending an SMS message from your cell phone. The government sends you a completely filled out tax form and if it looks good you just go online and click okay to pay your taxes. Taxes are generally between 50 and 70% of your income. (Of course your employer already pays the full amount of your salary to the government in taxes before you even get anything.) Companies
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Introduction: The aquatic environment can be affected by both natural and anthropogenic events. These may include the addition of synthetic substances to the water or some physical or chemical change that alters the hydrological regime. Most organisms that live in a water-body are sensitive to environmental change‚ whether it is increased turbidity‚ chemical contamination or decreased dissolved oxygen caused by the introduction of sewage. These organisms may die‚ migrate‚ or they may reproduce
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Funny facts about humans 1. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left. 2. The human body weighs 40 times more than the brain. 3. You could remove a large part of your internal organs and survive. 4. The majority of American models are skinnier than 98% of American women. 5. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. 6. A baby is born every seven seconds. 7. The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in
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