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    California has been in a drought for about 4 years now and it has been considered the most severe drought in the last 15 years. The California drought has been causing multiple ongoing problems for the last few years. The state of California has tried to take actions toward ending the drought, but the efforts put forth are clearly not enough to end this drought. The main focus in ending the drought has been water conservation, but many California resident are taking the seriousness of the drought

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    Disparities In Sociology

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    Todays social epidemic is still the fallout from generations past. We are still being ‘Lynched” so to speak. Sociological’s today suggests to see what education should look like. From a structural-functional approach, “Schooling performs many vital tasks for the operation of society, including socializing the young and encouraging discovery and invention to improve our lives” (Macionis, 2009). The concept of school also helps us develop a diverse community by giving us a place to teach, learn, and

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    Project on Ultrasound

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    1.1 INTRODUCTION: The human ear can hear the sound waves between 20 Hz to 20 kHz. This frequency range is known as “Audio Frequency Range”. The sound waves having frequencies above this audible range is known as “Ultrasonic Waves” or “Supersonic Waves”. Supersonic waves have the velocities higher than the velocity of sound i.e. more than 1200 km / hour. Ultrasonic waves can not be heard by a human being but a cat or dog may hear them. The wavelengths of ultrasonic waves are very small as

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    9 REFERENCE 10 INTRODUCTION The Land of New Zealand has shaped its people, as the people have struggled to shape the land. The nation’s two main cultures Maori and Pakeha are as distinct as the forested mountains are from the crystal clear lakes and roaring rivers, but they are also united and divided by the rugged land they have conquered and tamed. In all the cultures of the Pacific region, that of the Maori stands out in its rich stock of plays, dances in highly-refined and complex

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    published. From its very first issue, The Liberator did not mince words regarding its goal, which was the “immediate and complete emancipation of all slaves” in the United States. William Lloyd Garrison, co-publisher of the newspaper, made this agenda crystal clear in the aforementioned first issue. In an open letter to the public, Garrison references The Declaration of Independence and its position on the unalienable rights and equality of men, finally ending his speech with the famously powerful words:

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    Identity In Odd Places

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    would inevitably knock me out. One thing that I liked, even though it is also part of the reason I fell asleep, is that during the first hour of driving I got to see the interesting change in scenery from my suburban town with huge houses and crystal blue lakes that sparkle as I go by. Then it slowly faded into one office building and then another and another until a city erupted from the ground around me and I had seen the city lights and people of all different races, cultures, and backgrounds go

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    Wales called Chester. His family lived in a quintensental Victorian white house with brown frames attached to neighbouring houses. His house, was called Drovers Tumble. It was on a large section of land. The property included a large backyard with a lake and swans, a shetland pony, and even a forest which was shared with neighbours. His family sat on the higher end of society. Chester, is on the border on Wales/England. It boasts a population of 328,100 people and is a small town heavily decorated

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    Aboriginal Beliefs

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    The Aborigines had, and still have, a complex belief in creation, spirits and culture, that gives a definite distinctiveness from any other religion in the world. Thousands of years ago, Australian Aboriginal people were living in accordance with their dreamtime beliefs- today, a majority of the Aboriginal community profess allegiance to Christianity, and only 3% still adhere to traditional beliefs. These beliefs have provided the Aboriginal people with guidance and perspective on all aspects of

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    Adaptation In Ladakh

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    Adaptation- Dictionary definition of Adaptation (adapted by me) states that it is a process of changes- by means of which any organism or species becomes better suited to live & thrive in its environment. Synonyms of the word Adaptation are- Adjustment, Conformity, Acclimatization, Familiarization, Habituation etc. In the context of Cultural Ecology or related ecosystem approaches in anthropology- Helena as well as Osmaston & Clarke in their work provide examples of the Adaptation by the people in

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    Tourism of Switzerland

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    be an advantage for multilingual Switzerland, which has always nurtured close contact with its neighbours. Geography: Switzerland has an area of 41,285 square kilometres (15,940 square miles). The productive area - that is, the area without the lakes, rivers, unproductive vegetation and no vegetation at all - covers 30,753 square km (11,870 square miles). It  measures 220 kilometers (137 miles) from north to south and 350 km (217 miles) from east to west. The Jura, the Plateau and the Alps form

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