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    The Rural Economy Of Fiji

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    Sugarcane industry, today dominates the rural economy of Fiji and employs a large number of rural population. The first sugar, introduced by the European colonists, was produced in Fiji in 1862 around the flatland areas near Suva (now the capital city of the country) due to the availability of fertile alluvial soils (FSC 2014). However, after the first few years the center of production shifted to the rural western and northern parts of Fiji’s two biggest islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu (also known

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    Fiji Research Paper

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    The country I chose to do my report on is Fiji. I don’t know much about the country, but I like to drink Fiji water and I know it comes from there. I also think the name Fiji sounds pretty cool. I learned that Fiji was originally named “Viti” but when the islanders were pronouncing it, it sounded like ”Fiji”, so that is how it got recorded. Fiji is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, 1,300 miles northeast of new Zealand’s north island in the western hemisphere. The total land area of

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    Not Celebrating Christopher Columbus Essay

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    feeding everyone, the Taino also maintained a spirituality that encompassed the respect of their animal and other natural food sources. (Barreiro) The Tanios all lived together in little villages and had a developed agriculture of corn, yams, and cassava. They could spin and weave, but they had no horses or other work animals. They had no iron, but they wore tiny gold ornaments in their ears. The word Taino in the Arawak language meant "men of the good," and based on what the historians have seen

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    A prominent theme in A Long Way Gone is about the loss of innocence from the involvement in the war. A Long Way Gone is the memoir of a young boy, Ishmael Beah, wanders in Sierra Leone who struggles for survival. Hoping to survive, he ended up raiding villages from the rebels and killing everyone. One theme in A long Way Gone is that war give innocent people the lust for revenge, destroys childhood and war became part of their daily life. In the A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah, a twelve-year-old explains

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    The Role of Women in Things Fall Apart       Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart explores the struggle between old traditions within the Igbo community as well as Christianity and "the second coming" it brings forth. While on the surface, it appears the novel narrows its focus to a single character, Okonkno and his inner battles, one can read deeper into the text and find an array of assorted conflicts in the realm on human vs. human, human vs. nature, human vs. society, and society vs. society

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    Kenya: Food Secure or Insecure? Kenya has an extremely diverse nature to it. On one hand, Kenya has an unemployment rate of 40 percent and 43 percent of the people living in Kenya are impoverished, and on the other hand Kenya has a plateau region that is very fertile and the people in Kenya grow a variety of agriculture products, such as beef, eggs, poultry, coffee, tea, corn, wheat, and sugarcane. Even though Kenya has some fertile land, they have been experiencing a severe drought that continues

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    One way is the way they set up their meals. Many of their dishes include a meat, rice and vegetables such as cassava or sweet potatoes. Fish is also a common food in the coastal area, and tropical fruits, such as bananas and plantains. For a snack, the people like to fry the plantain with salt, hot sauce, ginger, or sugar. Egusi soup is also popular it’s made with

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    SCIENCE INVESTIGATORY PROJECTS FROM MUNTINLUPA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL :) 2012 DepEd Regional Science Fair Winners from Muntinlupa National High School Science Investigatory Project Competition SIP Title: "Wound Healing Activity of Fire Tree (Delonix regia) Leaf Extract in Albino Mice"  Researcher: Ian Oliver Moscardo Co-researchers: Berroya Bradly Jay; Corral, Nathaniel D.; Gerardo, Nicholi C.; Rances, Jason P. Research Adviser: Mrs. Ma. Regaele A. Olarte ***4th  PLACE*** Cluster 2 Life Science

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    Agriculture

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    Zambia’s agriculture has the potential of enhancing economic growth and reducing poverty. Good agricultural policies and a well performing agricultural sector translates into significant improvements in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment generation, and broadens the country’s tax base since the livelihoods of the majority of Zambians depend on agricultural-related activities such as farming. The sector, if well developed, should contribute significantly to welfare improvement

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    Health History and Physical Examination RUA Chamberlain College of Nursing November 2014 In this Assessment nursing course, one of the major things that is taught is the most important part of giving proper care to a patient. Correct patient assessment is needed before any nursing care plan or treatment can be implemented. This post-review of a person’s assessment will demonstrate the proper way to go about assessing a person’s health. Health History and Physical Examination Health History

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