Brandy Ricker WR122 Global Warming…Fact or Fiction? One of the largest current debates in the world is whether or not global warming is being caused by unnatural interference to the environment or is it a part of the Earth’s natural cycle of climate patterns. It is glaringly obvious that the world as a whole should agree on some drastic changes to improve our environmental situation immediately. ProCon.org states that the US National Academies of Science‚ the National Aeronautics and Space
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The Facts about HIV & AIDS After working in the healthcare field for a few years‚ I have come to the disturbing conclusion that there are still so many of us that have no knowledge of this deadly epidemic that’s spreading across the U.S.. This disease is called Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome commonly known as AIDS. AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ also known as HIV. This disease is one of the leading
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for their property‚ plant and equipment on the balance sheets. How they got caught: A new CEO and management team went through the books. Penalties: Settled a shareholder class-action suit for $457 million. SEC fined ArthurAndersen $7 million. Fun fact: After the scandal‚ new CEO A. Maurice Meyers set up an anonymous company hotline where employees could report dishonest or improper behavior. Enron Scandal (2001) Company: Houston-based commodities‚ energy and service corporation What happened: Shareholders
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References Adoption Facts - Adoption - Adoption.org. (n.d.). Adoption Services‚ Agencies‚ International‚ Adoptive Parents‚ Baby. Retrieved May 15‚ 2013‚ from http://www.adoption.org/adopt/adoption-facts.php Adoptions can be done through an agency or an attorney. Adopting parents must pass a home study in order to adopt. All adoptions must be finalized by the state in which the adopting parents live in. Florida is one of the few states who doesn ’t support gay or lesbians as adopting parents. All
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Salem After the Fact Throughout the years‚ many have wondered what happened to Salem after the famous Salem Witch Trials. The recovery period that was necessary after these trials lasted for a quite a while; people were scared and afraid that something along the lines of the trials could occur again. As a result of the trials‚ in the next decade to come apologies were issued publicly‚ and compensation was paid as restitution to the families of those who were affected; much of the cataclysm had settled
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Are They Really “Old Enough To Do The Crime‚ Old Enough To Do The Time?” Juveniles in the adult criminal system are 34% more likely to be rearrested for another crime than youth retained in the juvenile system (Key Facts: Youth in the Justice System) so there for the juveniles aren’t learning their lesson. More and more teens are doing time alongside adults in prison recently after 100s years of adolescents committing serious crimes. Most juveniles tried as adults usually become reoffenders‚ they
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Historical Facts of Richard III Richard was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire. His father was Richard Plantagenet‚ Duke of York and his mother Cecily Neville. Richard´s father and older brother died at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. In 1461‚ Richard’s brother‚ Edward‚ became Edward IV and created him Duke of Gloucester. In 1470‚ Edward and Richard were exiled when Henry VI was briefly restored to the throne. The following year‚ they returned to England
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According to Cecilia Ridgeway (2011)‚ suggest that gender frame affects social relationships based on gender inequality. Ridgeway states”Comptemporary levels of gender inequality represent a dynamic‚ changing balance between forces that act to undermine gender as a principle of inequality”(189). Gender frame should be eliminated because it affects on how sex and gender are defined by cultural beliefs. Also‚ sex and gender are looked as inequality because of social relationships in work force and
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Trojan War: Fact or Fiction? The question many scholars still have today is whether or not the Trojan War was fact or fiction. Throughout the years evidence has been found in favor of the war happening and evidence that it did not happen. Hittite documents mention names such as: Wilusa/Wilusiya is perhaps Ilion‚ and Taruisa may be Troy. There is also an Alaksandus-Alexandros‚ ruler of Wilusa‚ a vassal of the Hittite king Muwatallis in the early thirteenth century. Some may think that Alaksandus
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Fact or fiction? Have you ever wondered what was said on the news was fact or fiction? Well during the time of the tragic occurrence of the Sandy Hook massacre many theories have taken place‚ whether this was an actual event or a conspiracy. If you never heard of this horrible event took it place on December 14th‚ when armed gunman Adam Lanza allegedly shot and killed twenty-six people ‚ twenty of which were innocent children kindergarten to first grade and six teachers. Police also say that
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