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            The article A Family Suicide Risk in US Asians from Time Magazine tells about family conflicts being the primary risk factor for Asian Americans to commit suicide. Although statistics from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that suicide rates for Asian Americans are lower than white Americans, the article focuses on the difference…

One of America’s long standing social and economic issues, homelessness primarily afflicts veterans, drug and alcohol addicts, the mentally ill, and ex-convicts. While homelessness isn’t a new issue, it began to rise to light in the 1980s. Wartime, and the subsequent decades, gives way to an era of prosperity in America. This was no different…

Endangered Animal: Snow Leopard The snow leopard or Panthera unica is one of the most endangered cats on the globe. It is native mostly between 3,500 and 5,500 meters above sea level in the mountain ranges of Central Asia. They can also be found across Afghanistan, India, Mongolia, Nepal, China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan….

Since the end of World War I, Kurdistan has been administered by five sovereign states, with the largest portions of the land being respectively in Turkey (43%), Iran (31%), Iraq (18%), Syria (6%) and the former Soviet Union (2%). The PKK’s origins can be traced back to 1974, when Öcalan, in Ankara, led a small…

Abstract In this research project, I engage myself with the complications that arise within our community and how our society is affected. By researching about homelessness throughout the state and nation, I gained a better understanding of the causes and effects that homelessness inflicts on its community. Areas like Phoenix do not provide affordable housing…

Oxwich bay is located in the south if Wales, and is one of the many and sand – dune complexes in Wales.Most sand dune areas have a fragile ecosystem so they area generally given special protection rights. Oxwich bay is no exception and it has been made in to a National Nature Reserve. Sand dunes…

In Depth: Comparing Feudalisms 1. Do you think the characteristics of feudalism help explain the later success of Western & Japanese societies? Yes, the militaristic characteristics of the Western and Japanese societies help explain how much land they conquered and how powerful they were. 2. Have the political accomplishments of both Japan & Western Europe…

Global warming continues to threaten the human population as its effects on the environment grow over time. Subtle changes in weathers and climates across the world bring destruction to humans and the environment as they make life here on Earth more difficult and worrisome. Air pollutants from vehicles cause respiratory ailments to people especially children,…

            The Aryan History in India which is commonly referred as the Vedic Civilization is termed as the Rig Vedic Period which was between 1700- 1000 BC. The name Rig Vedic, referrers to the “religious praise poems” called the “Rig Veda” that are the oldest forms of Indian Literature.[1] The Aryans were a legendary tribal…

Tropical rainforests cover approximately thirty percent of the earth’s land area, around 2. 5 million square miles, the size of the lower 48 states, despite the fact 80,000 acres (32,000) hectares are destroyed per day for economic reasons. Tropical rainforests are biodiversity hotspots. Rainforests are carbon sinks absorbing about half the carbon dioxide humans release…