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    Forest, Special Protection Zones and existing Parks and Reserves as seen in figure 12 and 14. The area is home to large ash forests, rainforest and vine thickets, eucalyptus tall open and open forests and woodlands. This area is under threat from logging, bushfires (Figure 3) and the destruction of habitat of precious animal and plant species, 40 of which nest in the hollows and crevices of large trees. Some species found in the area include the Leadbeater’s possum…

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    Bear, makes a deal with a logging company to have all of the trees on a nearby mountain cut down. This happens to be the same mountain where Dellarobia had her vision of what she thought was some kind of fire, so they decide to investigate further before going ahead with their plan. It turns out that the orange “flames” that Della observed were actually a huge swarm of monarch butterflies, a discovery that would divide their small town. Bear wanted to go ahead with the logging (because, as we…

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    With a value over $1 billion, JustFab, the owner of many prestigious lines such as Kate Hudson’s Fabletics, Kim Kardashian’s ShoeDazzle and FabKids, has come under fire recently over the accused and justified scandal. Though the ‘hinky business’ have dated back to 2004, the release of Kate Hudson’s Fabletics’s line in 2014 caused am abundance of women to come forward complaining about unauthorised credit card charges coasting the consumers to lose $49.95 per month. JustFab claims the charge’s…

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    to an evergreen forest—it was my extended classroom. I came to love this forest. I could see myself as a creature interdependent upon nature as described in the New Ecological Paradigm (Dunlap, pg. 333). Midway through my teenage years, the local logging company cut down the majority of trees behind our house, leaving a small buffer strip of what once was. The contrast between what once was (a beautiful forest) and the current state of the land (a clearcut devoid of the life I had seen before)…

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    hypocrisies of their actions of advocating reduced logging while still importing…

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    I read the book Nine Algorithms that Changed the Future by John MacCormick. Nine Algorithms that Changed the Future is a 210-page book that covers fascinating algorithms that we all use in our everyday lives. As MacCormick puts it “Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact.” MacCormick’s writings explains…

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    fall of 1851, two courageous brothers landed at Alki Point on the west side of Elliot Bay. They spent a winter there before ultimately deciding to migrate to the east shores where they established what is now Seattle. The first major industry was logging. The timber trade proved to be the primary source of growth in this small northwestern town. With the protection of the bay and the abundant and lush millennia-old coniferous trees made Seattle the perfect location to start a major industry and…

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    Henry Suzzallo served as president during 1915 to 1926. During 1924 was the beginning of the struggles between Suzzallo and UW against Governor Hartley. These two men have different views about certain agendas and issues. These problems affected the University of Washington and Governor Hartley’s business. It was a big problem because Governor Hartley had more power than Suzzallo to do most things because was the Governor of Washington. Henry Suzzallo was born in San Jose, California on August…

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    Malicious insiders are posturing exceptional security difficulties to organizations because of their insight, abilities, and authorized access to data frameworks. The scopes of potential digital evidence supports have grown exponentially, be it hard drives in personal computers and laptops or solid state memories in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, even while idleness times linger behind. This paper discusses four best sources of data that forensics experts hunger to get their…

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    To have a better understanding of the topic I am writing about, I will explain the definitions of corruption, bribery and public safety. What is Corruption? Transparency International defines corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain . This means that people with entrusted power in a country (government officers, finance ministers, senior officials) abuse their power and make private deals for money to use for themselves rather than for the betterment of society. Corruption…

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