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    In Malcome Browne’s photo called The Burning Monk‚ the ethical issue raised is the means and extent of protest. The monk‚ Thích Quảng Đức wholehearted believed in the freedom to practice Buddhism and was willing to sacrifice himself to garner attention. However‚ many people would argue that his form of protest was too radical and not ethically correct; self-immolation takes protest too far. Regardless of how radical and shocking a protest may be‚ or how uncomfortable it makes people feel‚ it is still

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    In the discussions of if burning the flag should be illegal‚ one controversial issue has been that it shouldn’t be. On the one hand‚ many american argue that it should be illegal to burn the flag. On the other hand‚ some americans contend that burning the flag is a way to get there point across. My own view is that it should be illegal. For instance‚ Andrew Cohen argues that there is not one “American Flag” but a bunch of individually owned flags. Since they bought them they are property and that

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    that the rationalist project fails to produce answers to the deepest human questions‚ is doomed to failure‚ and that we are on our own for seeking answers to questions about human meaning.” (Mr. John Mays) Sarty Snopes in William Faulkner’s Barn Burning‚ explores these questions of human meaning‚ which ultimately classifies this modernistic short story. The dichotomy and differences between Sarty and Abner Snopes creates an undeniable tension within the character of Sarty‚ while he battles himself

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    Crude Oil Use

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    English 102 24th March 2013 Crude Oil use What can we do to use crude oil efficiently but reduce the negative effects it has on the environment? For over three hundred million years‚ right before our existence‚ Oil has been around. Right from when the earth was covered in big‚ huge trees and extensive vegetation; crude oil has been around and can be found in Pools of deposits inside the sedimentary rocks beneath the earth surface‚ after all crude oil is decayed vegetable matter. There is

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    Coal mining has been around for decades since the 1800s and coal has been powering our lights even till today. The documentary called‚ "Burning the future: Coal in America" presented a lot of vital information about how the coal industries work and how coal helps the nation stay lit. Countries that build the world ’s biggest coal plants are the United States‚ China and India. The states that practice coal mining are Kentucky‚ Tennessee‚ and Virginia. Coal power plants emissions contain many elements

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    become loyal to someone or something in our lives. In “The Barn Burning”‚ William Faulkner shows how loyalty is established through life events‚ how loyalty can be tested‚ and how one can decide what they are loyal to. The protagonist in “The Barn Burning” is a 10 year old boy named Sarty who is taught loyalty at a young age. We learn in the beginning that the protagonist’s father Abner has been called to court for the crime of burning a barn. He is the only witness to the crime and has been called

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    delegates‚ of the constitution put together a plan for a stronger federal government that would not only benefit their own time‚ but also benefit the centuries to come. There is a lack of success in passing an amendment; for example‚ banning flag burning. The history of the constitution gives us an idea of why it is relatively difficult to amend the U.S. Constitution. The plan was designed to embrace a federal system of government. Checks and balances were incorporated so that they did not give too

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    Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet LITERARY FOCUS: THE PLAIN STYLE The Puritans favored “plainness” in all things: in dress‚ in the architecture and design of their churches‚ in their forms of worship‚ and in language. Unlike the ornate “high style” popular in England at the time‚ the Puritan plain style used simple sentences and common words from everyday speech. The plain style contained few or no classical allusions‚ Latin quotations‚ or elaborate figures of speech. The plain

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    Exxon Oil Spill

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    Alex Bordeau P.6 3/27/16 Ms.Whittaker Exxon Oil Spill The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska‚ on March 24‚ 1989. Exxon Valdez‚ an oil tanker headed for Long Beach‚ California‚ struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef at 12:04 am local time and spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil. Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System radar which‚ if functional would have identified that the ship was off course an heading

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    Palm Oil Industry

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    Palm oil is under increasing scrutiny in relation to its effects on the environment. Palm oil‚ produced from the oil palm‚ is a basic source of income for many of the world’s rural poor in South East Asia‚ Central and West Africa‚ and Central America. An estimated 1.5 million small farmers grow the crop in Indonesia‚ whereas about 500‚000 people are directly employed in the sector in Malaysia‚ plus those connected with spin offs.[1][2] Palm oil (from the African oil palm‚ Elaeis guineensis) is

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