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During wars, everyone is but a chess piece, a pawn ready to sacrifice itself for the greater good. As a result, people lose their humanity, becoming one of five million bodies. In World War I especially, lieutenants and generals often expended many soldiers, hoping to receive glory or recognition for their actions, without thinking about the loss of personality and unique traits. Although technologies had advanced, these generals still fought wars in a medieval way. However, following World War…

Every year, between 600,000 and 800,000 people, eighty percent being women and children, are victims of human trafficking. The United Nations defines human trafficking as ”the recruitment, transport and receipt of people across borders by improper means for an improper purpose, such as forced labor or sexual exploitation." Human trafficking generates about 32 billion dollars each year and is the third largest source of illegal trade, behind guns and narcotics. Human trafficking has a traumatic…

Global warming is a rise in temperature in the troposphere that may lead to climate change. Global climate change is a much broader term that discusses changes in any part of the climate on Earth. These changes could occur in temperature, precipitation, or storm intensity. A change in global climate could be a warning or a cooling of the temperature. Often associated with global warming is the Greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can trap and hold heat from the sun.…

Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union drastically changed the course of World War II from that point on. Since nothing was changing on the Western front, Hitler turned to the East. He decided the time had officially come to create living space for the German people. His attack on the Soviets came as a surprise to Stalin, but later contributed to Hitler’s downfall. Hitler also ordered the killing or imprisonment of Jews, Communists, and people who were suspected of anti-German activity. When…

desired to leave Germany for any country that was willing to accept them. The Nazi’s were concerned with getting them out and didn 't have any intentions to kill. Hitler even thought about organizing a deportation of Jews under Nazi-occupied Europe to Madagascar. This was stopped short when the war with Poland broke out. What resulted was about 2 million Jews to deal with in their new Poland land and the left over Jews that were still in Germany. They couldn 't send them as refugees anymore,…

For this learning assignment, I went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and decided to observe the Lemur exhibit. Lemurs are native to Madagascar. Most lemurs live their lives in trees, but some also live on the ground. Their tails are longer than their body. They have pseudo-opposing thumbs and long toes so that they can climb and hold on to things. Their approximate life span is about eighteen years. Lemurs cannot hang by their tail, which is a common myth. Grooming and socializing is part of their…

Ashley Kuroki Science 9/8/15 Insect Olympiad Jigsaw Group B: The Difference between Problematic Insects Moths and butterflies- Moths and butterflies don’t have that many differences. However, moths have feathery antennae while the butterflies have thin antennae. Moths are nocturnal and butterflies are active during the day. Those are the main differences. Even though butterflies have better looking wings than a moth’s, there are some moths that look exactly like a butterfly like the Madagascan…

have been joined at one time. A good example of this are the coast lines of South America and Africa. When you compare them with just a little bit of adjustment that they match quite nicely like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. And see who the island of Madagascar slides next to Africa. The same goes for North America its Easter coastline it fits nicely with portions of Africa. People have been noticing this kinds of similarities for a long time. In the early 1900’s German scientist Alfred Wegner…

In the past two decades in UK, the types of drinks have been developing constantly, from hot to cold, from solid to liquid, even including Smoothies drinks. In 2009, Smoothies the share of market was 437 million pounds, although juice which output is almost 4.3 billion still plays a major role in drinks market. However, from 2009 to 2013，the annual average consumption growth of Smoothies was 23.1% far more than 9.1% in juice marketing. Innocent Drinks as the company just established at last 20…

Suggested Title: Everything that you wanted to know about Ceylon Cinnamon! Suggested Title: Ceylon Cinnamon: Is it really Different and Better than Cassia Cinnamon? From Ayurvedic scriptures to the Bible, cinnamon is mentioned in all of these and more, pointing to the use of the woody spice as far back as 2000 BC. In fact, the use of cinnamon for the express purpose of perfuming oil used for anointing can even be found in the Old Testament. Today, the spice lends its delectably sweet flavor…