Talia Williams Mr. Hedges SPCH 1315 10:20 MTWR July 21 2010 INFORMATIVE SPEECH OBJECTIVES Speech Topic: Hydrocephalus General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about hydrocephalus and how it affects my brother‚ mines and my family Central idea: Hydrocephalus plays a big part in my brother
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Informative Speech on The Controversy Surrounding Pat Tillman’s Death Title: “The Facts Surrounding Pat Tillman’s Death” Exact Purpose: After listening to my speech‚ the audience will have obtained facts surrounding Pat Tillman’s. These facts will allow them to determine weather or not his death was the result of a freak accident or something bigger‚ and did the United States Government cover up his death. INTRODUCTION I. Who was Pat Tillman? II. Achievements and Accolades. III. Pat joins
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According to the dictionary‚ the word ‘alien’ can be used as either a noun or an adjective. As a noun‚ it can mean a person whose native country is not the one which they are currently residing in. It can also take the form of a noun meaning anyone who has become estranged or excluded. The final form that the word ‘alien’ can take as a noun is an extraterrestrial creature. ‘Alien’ can also at to describe something as extraterrestrial through the form of an adjective. Additionally‚ it can be used
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The Endangered Species Act was written to protect and recover the at risk species and the ecosystems that those animals depend on. It was passed in 1973 in hopes of recognizing the natural resources are very important to our nation and people. The U.S Fish and wildlife Service and the Commerce Department’s National Marine Fisheries Service are administrators of the act‚ and they both have their own responsibilities when it comes to implementing the ESA and the animals it protects. “The FWS has primary
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Degrading Importance of the Endangered Species Act The purpose of the Endangered Species Act is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystem upon which they depend on. Since 1973 the Endangered Species Act has saved endangered and threatened species from extinction. The Endangered Species Act‚ also known as the ESA‚ is a list of approximately 2‚195 endangered or threatened species. For a species to be considered endangered and listed onto the ESA‚ the species has to be in danger of extinction
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The Endangered Species Act and So Much More This activity will require you to take a close look at the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA)‚ which establishes a program for conserving endangered and threatened species and their habitats. For a full copy of the law‚ see the EPA website. The questions below must be answered and submitted on Moodle. All responses must be in your own words. PART 1: Visit the National Wildlife Foundation website to answer the questions below regarding
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The invading Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)‚ has been a growing cause for concern for over a decade in Southeastern Massachusetts. It is suspected that the species was first introduced in the U.S. as adults or larvae present in ballast water discharged from incoming global trade ships. The first specimen in the U.S. was recorded in Townsend Inlet‚ Cape May County‚ NJ in 1988. The first appearance in Massachusetts was near Woods Hole on Cape Cod in 1992. By 1994‚ the Asian shore crab was
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Endangered Species Endangered species is a broad issue‚ one that involves the habitats and environments where species reside and intermingle with one another. Some measures are being taken to help specific cases of endangerment‚ but the question I have is should the Endangered Species Act be strengthened. The universal problem cannot be fixed until us as humans protect the natural environments where endangered species live. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the most popular and successful
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Endangered Species should be prioritized (for) We should protect the endangered species. Endangered species are native species that faces a risk of extinction in the future. For example‚ animals that are already extinct like the dodo birds‚ platypuses that are going to be extinct and many more. These animals are endangered due to climate changes and habitat destruction. The term endangered species can be used in a legal or general context. In a general context‚ it means species that are
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Charles Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" Charles Darwin in his book‚ On the Origin of Species‚ presents us with a theory of natural selection. This theory is his attempt at an explanation on how the world and its species came to be the way that we know them now. Darwin writes on how through a process of millions of years‚ through the effects of man and the effects of nature‚ species have had a trial and error experiment ongoing. It is through these trials that the natural world has developed
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