public was informed that‚ “She was touted as the safest ship ever built‚ so safe that she carried only 20 lifeboats- enough to provide accommodations for only half of her passengers” ("The Sinking of the Titanic‚ 1912”). The single most important cause of the sinking of the massive machine was the excessively speeding. Significantly‚ the Titanic was exceeding the speed limit for a ship her size and weight. The “British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry” came to a conclusion that
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Leader Lecture Cause and Effect During the lecture series‚ Tom Leader lectured on works that he has done throughout his career. One of the main points he mentioned was cause and effect in landscape architecture design. During his design process‚ he likes to let the surrounding area and cultures tell him what he can and cannot do. Every landscape is different and he seems to try to use this to his advantage in practice and discipline. One of the cause and effect projects that he talked
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The Causes and Effects of Global Warming. The recent realization of our planet’s continually warming climate is one of modern societies biggest worries. Global warming is not only devastating to our planet‚ but will likely shorten our species’ lifespan considerably if it continues at its current pace. There are three main causes of global warming: air pollution‚ deforestation‚ and the increase in usage of chemical fertilizers. These actions have been engrained into our way of life so permanently
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Lesson II – Effects of Deforestation Deforestation is the removal or destruction of large areas of forest or rainforest. Deforestation happens for many reasons‚ such as logging‚ agriculture‚ natural disasters‚ urbanization and mining. There are several ways to clear forest -- burning and clear-cutting the land are two methods. Although deforestation occurs worldwide‚ it’s a particularly critical issue in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil. There‚ the tropical forests‚ and the species of plants and
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injuries‚ suicides‚ and murders combined. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? Although smoking relieves stress and is seen as cool by some‚ it is also the number 1 cause of death‚ in other words smoking equals death and/or bad health. What causes people to even want to smoke knowing the deadly effects? You may have noticed that you are not allowed to smoke in public places‚ no matter where you live. In fact‚ your local or city government probably passed a public smoking ban. Of
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Runaway youth is a serious problem that America faces today. Whether it’s just a youth’s way of trying to hurt their parent’s feelings‚ threating to run away is no laughing matter. Sometimes it’s not a threat to run away‚ sometimes they leave unannounced leaving the parent usually with grief‚ anger‚ and confusion. Between 1.6-2.8 million youth run away each year in the United States (The Truth About Runaway Teens‚ 2013). Those numbers are just the numbers of youth running away. Even when a youth
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English 101 Dr. O’Haynes 6/30/13 Cause and Effects of Basketball Basketball‚ a sport of humble beginnings in 1891‚ is now one of the greatest and most watched sports in history today. It began because of a physical educational instructor asked for a new game for his students. By the early 1900s‚ basketball was played in roughly 90 colleges and has grown to be one of the best sports today. It has been played at by many who aspire to be the greatest sports athletes of their time. Many
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In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the characters are put to the ultimate test to survive or end up dead. In dangerous and life threatening wilderness situations‚ one needs hunting skills‚ physical strength and mental strength in order to overcome the odds. One needs hunting skills to overcome the odds in a dangerous or life threatening wilderness situation. Peeta mentions Katniss’s hunting skills “She’s excellent‚ my father always comments on how the arrow never pierces the body‚
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“Sue says she wishes she had listened to him more carefully in the years preceding the shooting. She wonders what questions she could have asked that might have encouraged her son to open up about whatever he was feeling‚”(Strasser). People assumed causes for the disaster such as violent movies‚ violent games‚ bullying‚ and gangs. Since the Columbine disaster more and more school shootings have happened. “The hallways erupted in screaming‚ terror-stricken pandemonium as students realised this was…
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The Causes and Effects of Whaling 1 The Causes and Effects of Whaling Whale is the current name for diverse marine mammals of the order Cetacea‚ having the general shape of a fish with forelimbs modified as fins‚ a tail with level flukes‚ and one or two blowholes on top of the head. (“Whale”‚ 2010). Whaling dates back to prehistoric times‚ but it became an important industry in the nineteenth century. Whales have been hunted for meat or made into lighting oil. Until the international injunction
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