world, China is the third largest country which is situated just behind Canada and Russia. But the population of china is one-fifth of world's population approximately 1.2 billion people live in China. About China (GEOGRAPHY, facts) China is quite diverse land containing mountains, fertile river basins and deserts. Most of the western China is mountains with Tian, Pamir ranges and Himalaya. The western China also covered with the large desert. However, the Central China contains mountainous regions
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The movie Hidalgo is a 2004 spin off of a traditional Western. Frank Hopkins, the American rider, faces many challenges across the Najd desert, but with each obstacle Frank overcomes, he begins to discover his true self. At the end the film, Frank has a great realization and transforms into a completely new person. Frank Hopkins begins as a man who hides his true Indian heritage, throughout the film he struggles to decide whether to be an American cowboy or Sioux Indian, but in the end he reveals
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citizens of the state ( Texas ) since they are the one who it will affect this most. One thing is true however; Mexicans are not crossing the border to take our jobs; they are crossing to create a better life for their children. When Jose Luis Zelaya was just 13 years old in 2000, he immigrated to the United States from Honduras all by himself out of fear of his abusive father. His lone-travel took 45 days, where he illegally crossed into Texas. He was
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in life. My parents decided to cross the border so me and siblings could have a better life in the United States, since the U.S is the land of opportunities. Risking their life they decided to walk for 12 hours straight in desert and another 12 on car. Walking down the hot desert risking a bite from the nocturnal rattlesnakes and dying in couple hours. Or even getting raped by the smuggler who's taking you to the new land. When my mother crossed through the Rio Grande i remember her telling me how
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1970’s. The focus on rehabilitation gave way to the focus on fairness and justice which was considered the “just deserts” model. Then the sentencing practices moved on toward a crime-control model which became extremely popular in the 1980s and 1990s. These changes lead to the sentencing practices that are used today and focus on four major goals; retribution this refers back to the just deserts model meaning that people who break the law deserve to be punished. The three other goals deterrence, incapacitation
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right from wrong; the classical view depicts that one “knowingly” decides to do wrong not caring the consequences. This is where Cesare Beccaria comes into play, he decided that “do the crime, pay the time”, he felt that one’s punishment should be as just and fair pertaining to the crime itself; this is why all punishments have certain mandatory sentences imposed on them. Beccaria however, did not believe in capital punishment, he felt has though that it is not man’s job to inflict death upon another
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without frightening them. The child continued to play with my sheep for quite a while and suddenly the child took my both hands and transported me to the Egyptian pyramids. Then the child said to me, ‘if you come here you will find a treasure’ and just as she was about to show me the exact location I woke up both times.” Well this is a hint of what the boy’s Legend is all about. One of the fundamentals of a good novel is its
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So many people are afraid of riding dirt bikes. There are three wonderful reasons to why people should stop being afraid and just go ride a dirt bikes. There are so many more benefits to riding a dirt bike over not riding. Have you ever rode a dirt bike before, if not you need to. I’m going to tell you some of my whole life experiences as well as some facts that have help me to believe that everybody should ride a dirt bike. I started riding when I was 2 my dad has pictures of me. If you want to
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This at first was interpreted as the final nail in the coffin for finding life on Mars until it was discovered that the results were actual a product of reactions between perchlorates and organics in the soil. This does not mean that life is present just that organics are likely present in Martian soil. Viking and subsequent missions to Mars have taught us that it is
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natural hazards. Every year they cost millions if not billions of dollars in damages, to people everywhere. They affect a lot of people worldwide. Floods can also be caused by a number of events. Snow melts, tropical storms, and dam or levee breaks are just a few of the causes of floods. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While river flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, people have traditionally
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