Video Planet Finance 1) What were the main causes of the most recent global financial crisis? The biggest cause of the global financial crisis stems from the use of mortgages and government overspending. Mortgages were fixed for 20 or 30 years and people began not being able to make payments on the mortgages. Property ownership became a trap. Restrictions were lifted on American banks‚ and they began to raise savings rates to attract new customers. Then they started loaning more and more‚ as the
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The Dangers of Tanning Beds Many times‚ a lack of education and communication can have detrimental consequences. For example‚ there are some incidents where one might unknowingly make a mistake‚ but by the time they realize the problem‚ it is too late to fix it. In Lord of the Flies‚ the author‚ William Golding‚ tells a riveting story about a group of young boys who feel that they are invincible and have the freedom to do what they want. This leads them into great trouble‚ and even death. Similarly
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Is There Life On Other Planets? This creature was created a long time ago before we can even imagine‚ and it was thought to be a myth‚ but in the last few years they have become very popular‚ with movies‚ books and even scientists obsessing over them‚ these creatures are…..aliens. Now the idea of aliens has stirred up all sorts of different emotions‚ like in some religious views aliens are demons‚ and are not really accepted‚ some people are worried that earth could end due to aliens‚ some are
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In the book‚ “The Only Alien on the Planet” written by Kristen D. Randle she writes the quote‚ “I think that things happen‚ and if you don’t do something to change them‚ they just keep happening. Sometimes that’s a good thing‚ and sometimes it’s a nightmare”. A character from the book‚ Ginny‚ wants to have a relationship with a boy named Michael‚ but the problem is that he doesn’t communicate with anyone. Ginny tries to push him‚ but pushes him too hard and he ends up in a hospital. Now she has
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Alien Planet Kepler-452b Our Milky Way Galaxy is filled with exoplanets—statistically speaking at least one for each of the hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy. An astonishing finding is that the most common type of planet in our galaxy are those with sizes between those of Earth and Neptune. This has become a new class of planet that is neither terrestrial nor giant and one without an accepted theory for its formation. Planets on orbits between the hot planets and the cold planets are also
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Their Comfort Zones and Ours Kenneth Stewart‚ one who professed at college and taught high school‚ wrote an article about his learnings with teaching called "Lessons From Teaching Millennials". In the article‚ he told us about his 2005-6 classes. He wanted to share his observations about their behavior‚ his teaching mistakes while working with them‚ and his beliefs about how we can best work with the current generation of college students. He believes that students should be both challenged and
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Duneier discuses the role of homeless people in society‚ so do does Mary Douglas in Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo‚ where she explores societies views of cleanliness and purity and the different conceptions involved. Purity and Danger is well known as an outstanding text in the field of anthropology as it was recognised throughout many disciplines. Within Purity and Danger‚ Douglas gives representation to the significance of anthropological enquiries as she presents
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In the 2011 Places Journal article “Landscape Is Our Sex”‚ writer David Heymann questions the legitimacy of landscape based design‚ insisting that such designs do not equate to a building that is sympathetic to the landscape from which it was conceived. Moreover‚ he expresses his view that architects apply the ‘site as source’ rhetoric as a means to deliver a convincing sales pitch. Although Heymann provides some interesting points‚ the article is largely biased and rhetorical. Heymann claims that
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Guns are a Danger to Society Just imagine sitting in a movie theater around midnight and suddenly some mad man comes in and begins shooting. On July 20‚ 2012 that’s what happened at a Century Movie Theater in Aurora Colorado‚ which resulted in about twelve people that lost their lives and about 58 other’s injured‚ including a baby. (Wikipedia‚ n.d.)There are several arguments that always comes up in the defense of gun use‚ which are guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people‚ guns reduce crime and
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In the article “How the Food Maker Captured Our Brains” by Tara Parker-Pope talks about why we can’t control ourselves with it comes to junk food or anything that has sugar. Dr. Kessler finds some similarities in the food industry that they created food or combined them in a way that makes us desire for more. Dr. Kessler mentions in the article by combining fats‚ sugar‚ and salt in food‚ the food makers have tapped into the brain’s reward system that makes wanting to eat more even if we’re full
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