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Yen Yu C

Tundra - 0 views

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  • The word tundra derives from the Finnish word for barren or treeless land. The tundra is the simplest biome in terms of species composition and food chains
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      what the tundra biome is and what it means
Ajay V

It's not fair - unequal distribution of wealth in the U.S - Editorial | Commonweal | Fi... - 0 views

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    It's not fair - unequal distribution of wealth in the U.S - Editorial from Commonweal provided by Find Articles at BNET
Thomas C

Glossopedia Home - 0 views

  • lanet Earth is part of a vast space neighborhood called the solar system. Our solar system is an amazing place. It’s ev
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      stickynote
  • Tropical rainforests are warm, wet forests with many tall trees. In most tropical rainforests, it rains every day. Tropical rainforests grow in a narrow zone near the equator. They are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and South and Central America. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest in South America. Tropical rainforests are home to a huge number of different plants and animals. All tropical rainforests are endangered.
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      Tropical rainforest in general
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      stuff
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    come here
Katie Day

Budrus Official Film Website | Just Vision - 0 views

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    "Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel's Separation Barrier. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a women's contingent that quickly moves to the front lines. Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known, movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that is still gaining ground today."
Thomas C

Learning Library | Learning in Other Cultures | Different Views on Education - 0 views

  • Everybody learns. Our education begins on the day we're born. You may have heard the phrase, "you learn something new every day." No matter where you live on the planet, if you're aware of the world around you, you usually do learn something every day.
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    THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD WEBSITE.
Katie Day

RDA Singapore | Riding for the Disabled Association - 0 views

  • the website for the Riding for the Disabled Association of Singapore. Read about the free therapeutic horseridng we offer to the disabled in Singapore
Thomas C

Al-Qaeda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    I know I'm not doing terrorism, but this IS useful to my inquiry.
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    How is the reserch coming on.
Thomas C

NationMaster - Maps of the world (4,118 country maps) - 0 views

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  • Click on the map to view the full size version. Some browsers (and connections) can't get all the maps in one pageload. If that's the case, refresh the page.
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    Maps!! And plenty of them. I think we could defiantly use this page!!!!!
Thomas C

UNICEF - Afghanistan - Girls' education is key to stopping forced and early marriages i... - 0 views

  • Forced and early marriages entrap girls and deprive them of their basic rights.
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      Hmm...So, what does education have to do with forced marrages? Read on and find out!
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    Education can stop these early marriages.
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    Nice reserch guys!!
Yen Yu C

Introduction to Biomes - 0 views

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  • Biomes are the major regional groupings of plants and animals discernible at a global scale. Their distribution patterns are strongly correlated with regional climate patterns and identified according to the climax vegetation type. However, a biome is composed not only of the climax vegetation, but also of associated successional communities, persistent subclimax communities, fauna, and soils.
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      -what biomes are -introduction -what it is composed from
  • The global distribution pattern: Where each biome is found and how each varies geographically. A given biome may be composed of different taxa on different continents. Continent-specific associations of species within a given biome are known as formations and often are known by different local names. For example,the temperate grassland biome is variously called prairie, steppe, pampa, or veld, depending on where it occurs (North America, Eurasia, South America, and southern Africa, respectively). The general characteristics of the regional climate and the limitations or requirements imposed upon life by specific temperature and/or precipitation patterns. Aspects of the physical environment that may exert a stronger influence than climate in determining common plant growthforms and/or subclimax vegetation. Usually these factors are conditions of the substrate (e.g., waterlogged; excessively droughty, nutrient-poor) or of disturbance (e.g., periodic flooding or burning). The soil order(s) that characterize the biome and those processes involved in soil development. The dominant, characteristic, and unique growthforms; vertical stratification; leaf shape, size, and habit; and special adaptations of the vegetation. Examples of the last are peculiar life histories or reproductive strategies, dispersal mechanisms, root structure, and so forth. The types of animals (especially vertebrates) characteristic of the biome and their typical morphological, physiological, and/or behavioral adaptations to the environment.
  • The global distribution pattern: Where each biome is found and how each varies geographically. A given biome may be composed of different taxa on different continents. Continent-specific associations of species within a given biome are known as formations and often are known by different local names. For example,the temperate grassland biome is variously called prairie, steppe, pampa, or veld, depending on where it occurs (North America, Eurasia, South America, and southern Africa, respectively). The general characteristics of the regional climate and the limitations or requirements imposed upon life by specific temperature and/or precipitation patterns. Aspects of the physical environment that may exert a stronger influence than climate in determining common plant growthforms and/or subclimax vegetation. Usually these factors are conditions of the substrate (e.g., waterlogged; excessively droughty, nutrient-poor) or of disturbance (e.g., periodic flooding or burning). The soil order(s) that characterize the biome and those processes involved in soil development. The dominant, characteristic, and unique growthforms; vertical stratification; leaf shape, size, and habit; and special adaptations of the vegetation. Examples of the last are peculiar life histories or reproductive strategies, dispersal mechanisms, root structure, and so forth. The types of animals (especially vertebrates) characteristic of the biome and their typical morphological, physiological, and/or behavioral adaptations to the environment.
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      understand the nature of earth's major biomes
jack parker

rAINFOREST ALLIANCE - 0 views

  • The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.
  • Members & supporters: 35,000 Annual budget: $33 million Board Chair and Co-Founder: Daniel R. Katz President: Tensie Whelan Incorporated as a nonprofit organization in New York State: 1987 Recognized as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization by the IRS: 1987
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    this is a web site for the rainforest and their people and animals
Katie Day

Is Japan Seeing Internal Shift on Whaling? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • “Japan doesn’t like being told what to do,” said Isao Kondo, 83, who retired near here after a career as a manager at the Japan Whaling Company, now defunct. “But like it or not, whaling is dying.”
Ajay V

Deciduous Forest Biome - 0 views

  • Animals Climate   Northeast Asian Deciduous Forest Deciduous forests can be found in the eastern half of North America, and the middle of Europe. There are many deciduous forests in Asia. Some of the major areas that they are in are southwest Russia, Japan, and eastern China. South America has two big areas of deciduous forests in southern Chile and Middle East coast of Paraguay. There are deciduous forests located in New Zealand, and southeastern Australia also.
  • Deciduous forests can be found in the eastern half of North America, and the middle of Europe. There are many deciduous forests in Asia. Some of the major areas that they are in are southwest Russia, Japan, and eastern China. South America has two big areas of deciduous forests in southern Chile and Middle East coast of Paraguay. There are deciduous forests located in New Zealand, and southeastern Australia also.
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      Good few sentences about it's location and where it is. Sorry about the extra stuff I highlighted- accidental
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    A great description of the Deciduous Forest biome.
Antonio D

Savanna Biomes - 0 views

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    Very nice site of all the biomes
Katie Day

Munsch admits to cocaine, alcohol addiction - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

  • For more than 30 years, Robert Munsch has fascinated young readers with his unique stories that have made his books staples of any child’s library. But it is his latest story, one of admission to cocaine and alcohol addictions, that has become the most shocking and captivating one, a story not intended for his young “Munschkin” fans. In a message titled “Note to Parents” posted on his website, the bestselling author admits he's been diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive and manic-depressive. “Those challenges have led me to make some big mistakes,” Mr. Munsch says, without providing further details. But in an interview with Global Television aired Saturday, Mr. Munsch admitted he is a recovering cocaine addict and alcoholic, adding he has been clean for about four months. In his note to parents, Mr. Munsch, 64, wrote that his mental health and addiction problems are not a secret to his friends and family.
Katie Day

GeoHive: Global Data - 0 views

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    General, population, age, area, economic data by country / continents
Katie Day

Singapore Health Promotion Board - Getting support - 0 views

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    Groups in Singapore that help people get support for different substance abuse problems
Yen Yu C

Biomes - 0 views

  • The four major types of biomes are aquatic, grasslands, forests, and desert. Aquatic biomes are probably the most important of all the biomes. Their medium, water, is a major natural resource. Aquatic biomes can be subdivided into freshwater, seawater and atmospheric biomes. Grasslands can be subdivided into savanna, temperate grasslands (prairie) and tundra. This classification corresponds to decreasing average temperatures. Forests receive more precipitation than other biomes and vary from boreal, to temperate, to rainforest. This classification corresponds to increasing temperatures. Deserts have the fewest species and the most extreme climate
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      major type of biomes auatic-marine -grassland forest and desert
Katie Day

Nicholas Kristof -- Op-Ed - Moonshine or the Kids? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • There’s an ugly secret of global poverty, one rarely acknowledged by aid groups or U.N. reports. It’s a blunt truth that is politically incorrect, heartbreaking, frustrating and ubiquitous: It’s that if the poorest families spent as much money educating their children as they do on wine, cigarettes and prostitutes, their children’s prospects would be transformed. Much suffering is caused not only by low incomes, but also by shortsighted private spending decisions by heads of households.
  • Two M.I.T. economists, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, found that the world’s poor typically spend about 2 percent of their income educating their children, and often larger percentages on alcohol and tobacco: 4 percent in rural Papua New Guinea, 6 percent in Indonesia, 8 percent in Mexico. The indigent also spend significant sums on soft drinks, prostitution and extravagant festivals.
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    How the poorest families all around the world often spend money on alcohol and tobacco instead of education for their children.
Katie Day

Vision of Humanity - Global Peace Index Map 2010 - 0 views

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    "The Global Peace Index is a ground-breaking milestone in the study of peace. It is the first time that an Index ranks the nations of the world by their peacefulness and identifies the drivers of peace."
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