The Department of Petroleum Resources estimated “1.89 million barrels of petroleum were spilled into the Niger Delta between 1976 and 1996 out of a total of 2.4 million barrels spilled in 4‚835 incidents” (approximately 220 thousand cubic meters) (Vidal‚ john 11). However oil pollutions like this and many others over the past years have caused a high rate of loss in the productiveness in this region. In conclusion‚ the need to have a safe environment surpasses luxurious intent of obtaining
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to raise awareness of global warming. The film An Inconvenient Truth (2006) gave him a platform for illuminating the dangers of climate change before a wide audience. It received an Academy Award for best documentary. The Nobel committee cited Al Gore as “the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted” to halt global warming. Given this historic blizzard‚ should this most recent evidence of a global warming trend be taken
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economic prosperity‚ Vice President Al Gore was destined for the presidency; all he had to do was talk about the economic success of the Clinton administration and how he’d carry that over. Of course‚ Gore didn’t focus his campaign on the economy and he lost the election. What Gore focused on was his thoughts on George W. Bush’s inept ability to lead and the danger he posed to the country if he became the chief residence of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In essence‚ Gore downplayed his policy message‚ and
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The Electoral College is what gives states around America a say in the General Election‚ and is how the people have their say in every national election. The Electoral College is how every National Election in the United States is based off of. Each state gets a certain number of Electoral Votes that is determined by the number of Representatives the state has and their two Senate members.. Whoever wins a certain state in the election‚ will receive the number of Electoral Votes that the state has
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Many Americans believe they pick the President of United States on Election day. The truth is‚ we really don’t have a say so. We‚ in reality‚ just vote for State Electors who then hold the electoral vote to vote for the next president. This is an unjust way to do this in a “democratic” country. I do not believe the electoral college is an equitable way to elect the President of United States. Alexander Hamilton‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States‚ had agreed with the electoral college
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PHILIPPINES: MASSIVE DRUG ABUSE Submitted by: Howard Elton Navarro John Kenneth Maimot Submitted to: Prof. Desserie Maynes March 13‚ 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Grateful acknowledgements are due to the following resources for lending their books and ideas for this research paper. And also the authors for letting the researchers used the following articles and selection of their books for this subject matter. Kaban ng Hiyas Library of Mandaluyong City for the books Google as research engine
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Liliana Vidal Tapia Religion 10 25 November 2013 The Virtue of Hope Hope is the Theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of Heaven and eternal life as our happiness‚ placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on our own strength‚ but on the help of the Holy Spirit. The theological virtue of hope is the basis on which the Christian’s moral life is based on. Through the power of the Holy Spirit‚ the virtue of hope guides Christian’s to have a righteous life with a great
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terrible. The acting is terrible‚ the attempts at humour are cringe worthy and a plot involving an undead lumberjack trying to eat some flapjacks covered in blood is… well‚ dumb. I will give the movie this‚ though‚ there are some pretty cool kills and the gore is not bad. If you’re still worth me and want to see what the movie is about‚ read on… [tabbyending] [tabby title="Plot Summary"] [tabbyending] [tabby title="Movie Review"] Years ago‚ a lumberjack was killed for his flapjack recipe and every some
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Chapter 38 The Eisenhower Era 1952-1960 The Advent of Eisenhower Lacking public support for Truman‚ Democrats nominated Adlai E. Stevenson to run for the presidency in the election of 1952. Republicans chose General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Richard M. Nixon was chosen for vice-president to satisfy the anticommunist wing of the Republican Party. During the presidential campaign‚ reports of Nixon secretly tapping government funds arose. After Eisenhower considered dropping
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Leslie Castromayor Costume History Fashion Zeitgeist and Icon Report February 19‚ 2013 With the end of World War II came the rise of the comfortable middle class. In Britain‚ middle class families were experiencing an increase in wealth; there was no longer a need to rely on elder children of the family to provide money for survival. This provided a new kind of consumer. Teenagers and young adults were acquiring after school jobs to have extra income‚ parents could afford to give them bigger
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