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    About fifteen percent of children in the U.S. are constantly absent from school because of illness‚ making them much more likely to fail and eventually drop out. If all schools would make everyone get vaccinated the number of ill children would go down. Immunization is very important for the health of all children. All children should be immunized before starting school to help prevent widespread diseases‚ to help fight infection‚ and expand the child’s immune system. Having your children vaccinated

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    A dream is a wish your heart makes Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times‚ one only remembers to turn on the light. - Albus Dumbledore Do you sometimes sit and wonder what you are doing? What is your purpose of living or are you even living or just surviving? I’m sure all of us have and as we grow older these questions become more and more complex sometimes‚ even terrifying. Sometimes we think our life is a total waste. If the world is just an illusion then what is the purpose of

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    From reading the author’s book "Ecology of Fear‚" Mike Davis’ main thesis for writing this book was to make readers become aware of the underlying problems and threats which have existed or currently exist in Southern California and how these problems shape the way we live today and in the imminent future as well. Although Davis did not really provide us with any remedies for the problems facing Southern California‚ this book made it very clear to the readers that problems do still exist‚ although

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    Drought in Australia Definition: A drought is a prolonged‚ abnormally dry period when there is not enough water for users’ normal needs. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was‚ much of inland Australia would be in almost perpetual drought. Because people use water in so many different ways‚ there is no universal definition of drought. Drought occurs because rains are unreliable and in some years the ITCZ (Inner Tropical Convergence Zone = area of rainfall) may not move so far north.

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    This then increases greenhouse gases‚ which leads to the warming of the planet. Studies have shown that diesel engines‚ wildfires‚ and cookstoves are the leading producers of carbon. Wildfires and cookstoves are most attributable to underdeveloped nations‚ which still burn fires as a heat source‚ as well as for cooking. The stakeholders in this situation are poor families from underdeveloped nations who

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    Renewable Energy Projects Cut down use of fossil fuels Small scale projects – solar panel‚ turbines Bio fuels More expensive than fossil fuels Tree Planting Acts as carbon sink Benefits not felt for at least 10 years Energy Efficient Most effective way Remodel factories – optimum use of energy Greener power stations Recycling Green transport – hybrid technology Rising temps More droughts Melting glaciers Water stress experienced by 40% of population Applied at all scales

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    over (Bose‚ 2012). In some developing countries‚ massive deforestation is on-going and shaping climate and geography (Science daily‚ 2015). Deforestation may lead to a lot of causes‚ ranging from slow forest degradation to sudden and catastrophic wildfires. Deforestation results from removal of trees without sufficient reforestation; however‚ even with reforestation‚ significant biodiversity loss may occur Moreover‚ deforestation also alters the hydrologic cycle‚ the moisture in the atmosphere and

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    Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Brittiany Taylor NUR 408 February 19‚ 2012 Felita Patterson Community Emergency Preparedness and Response This paper discusses subjects in newspaper articles and scenarios in the Pearson Health Science Neighborhood in season two‚ episode five in the University of Phoenix student website under the course materials section. A fire began in the Neighborhood community and the residents developed respiratory complications related to the smoke from

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    Climate Change: The Effects and Reforms in America Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists in the United States agree that climate change is happening and is becoming an unfortunate reality for future generations (TechTimes). In the United States‚ large corporations receive little to no environmental regulations leading to unhealthy gas levels potentially breaching holes in the ozone layer. Slowly‚ this issue has become a public concern and has more recently been brought into the radar of the

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    economically‚ in this dominating world where men are known to be the right at the top of the hierarchy since the very beginning of time. To start right at the beginning‚ feminism probably started as a discussion from person to person‚ then spread like wildfire and got right through the mass media.

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