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    Should we drill for oil in Alaska’s Wilderness? The world‚ as we know it‚ is in the midst of having an oil crisis. Our nation starves and bends at the will of this dreadful calamity. Our deprivation for this atrocious corruption has led us to look for oil deposits in the Alaskan Wilderness. The US needs oil and by drilling for oil on our own land‚ we would help our economy‚ but in doing so would destroy the beauty of the wilderness and harm many others. The matter on hand is that should we drill

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    In the year 1973 Alice Walker published a collection of short stories titled “In Love and Trouble” which includes one of the most widely studied pieces of work till this day titled “Everyday use”. In this short story the author Alice Walker incorporates the struggle and stereotypical beliefs that circulated among the lives of rural black American women during the time and did this by demonstrating the numerous adversities a rural family has surpassed by assimilating it through the tension between

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    The Themes of Wilderness and the White Man in William Faulkner ’s The Bear The Themes of Wilderness and the White Man in William Faulkner ’s The Bear William Faulkner ’s The Bear is bilateral in subject and plot. The first half of the story looks at the wilderness and the virtues man can learn from it. The second half applies these virtues to civilization‚ exposing the white man ’s corruption and misuse of the land. A careful look at the interaction of these two halves reveals a single

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    Four major problems: Trust Decision Making Government and Business Legal System Trust Throughout the case‚ one theme that seems to reappear is the issue of trust. Without trust in the federal government‚ people take it upon themselves to do what is necessary to survivie. They no longer trust the government to provide a safe environment for them to live. This issue might starts small but gradually affect areas such as the business transaction‚ the monetary system‚ the tax system‚ and ultimately

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    Although children are a parents responsibility‚ parents are not constantly with their children to keep them from doing irresponsible acts. Parents can only control what their children are doing if they are in their sight. Children will often blame their parents for their actions when in reality the child is either pressured by a friend‚ curious‚ or wanting to live the “life of a teenager” and have fun. It is argued that parents should know where their children are but‚ children are not stupid and

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    far enough away from Trouble then trouble will never find you.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? What kinds of trouble do the characters get into? How do the characters get out of trouble or do they just learn to live with trouble? Use examples from the novel to support your thesis. In the book Trouble‚ Henry’s dad said that if you build your house far enough away form trouble‚ then trouble will never find you. I think that this statement is very wrong. Trouble is really what we call

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    In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a few symbols to illustrate the main themes. The most obvious symbol is the scarlet letter Hester is made to wear. The forest and the wilderness are also key symbols of the story. Another important symbol is the sun. All of these symbols support the main idea of the novel. To begin with‚ the most influential symbol in the entire book is the infamous scarlet letter. Hester walks out of the prison‚ wearing the scarlet letter ‘A’‚ in the second chapter

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    “You gotta love Facebook sex‚” I muttered as my daughter harassed me about messaging my husband while we were both in the same room. I have become increasingly aware of the adverse affects of social media on myself and society. Giving up my iPhone has become a number one priority due to the fact that it is monopolizing my time and life. The use of social media is dramatically on the rise. Facebook alone has an estimated 550 million visitors per month (Das & Sahoo‚ 2011). Social networking sites

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    What type(s) of control- feedforward‚ concurrent‚ or feedback- do you think would have been most useful in this situation? Explain your choice(s) Feedforward control would have been a good start in this situation. It would have been wise to check all of the gages on the ship before heading out onto the water. After checking once it would not hurt to double check in case something was over looked. Since the job is already dangerous‚ there should have been action taken to check the things that could

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    Professor Lawrence American History 17.2 Section # October 30‚ 2009 After The Fact: Where Trouble Comes Chapter 16 Whether you are an officer flying above enemy territory in an assault helicopter‚ or a news reporter covering the story of a military attack‚ the POV‚ or point of view‚ from which an event is experienced determines to a large degree how the story is told. With a situation as controversial at the Vietnam War‚ it is no surprise that there were rarely consistent perspectives

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