If you ask most people what professional sports gives back to the community the most. A lot of sports fans may be bias and say the National football league‚ major league soccer‚ major league baseball‚ or the National hockey League. Although they may feel as though that particular organization donates more. I feel as though the national basketball Association (NBACARES) has been tremendous in helping people across the world. Since October 2005 according to www.nbacares.com the league and teams have
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The Lowest Animal Miserly‚ vengeful‚ and foolish are just a few ways in which Mark Twain describes why humans are the lowest animal. There are many reasons to agree with him such as violence towards children‚ abuse of animals‚ insults of a racial‚ sexist‚ or religious nature‚ and indifference to the unfortunate. Although all of those topics are worthy to be discussed‚ this essay will focus on the abuse of the elderly. The capacity to abuse and take advantage of the elderly demonstrates that
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The Number Devil The Number Devil - A Mathematical Adventure‚ by Hans Magnus Enzensberger‚ begins with a young boy named Robert who suffers from reoccurring nightmares. Whether he’s getting slurped up by a giant fish‚ sliding down an endless slide into a black hole‚ or falling into a raging river‚ his incredibly detailed dreams always seem to have a negative effect on him. Robert’s nightmares either frighten him‚ make him angry‚ or disappoint him. His one wish is to never dream again; however‚
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A Local Ecosystem Biotic and Abiotic * Biotic Factors – living organisms (trees‚ birds‚ predators etc…) * Abiotic Factors – non living variables (temperature‚ oxygen levels etc…) Abiotic Characteristics of Environments Characteristics | Aquatic | Terrestrial | Viscosity (measure of a medium’s resistance to an object moving through it) | HIGH VISCOSITYDifficult for organisms to move through | LOW VISCOSITYEasy for organisms to move through | Buoyancy (amount of support experienced
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. What are the total number of divisors of 600(including 1 and 600)? a. b. c. d. 24 40 16 20 2. What is the sum of the squares of the first 20 natural numbers (1 to 20)? a. b. c. d. 2870 2000 5650 44100 3. What is∑ items? a. b. c. d. ( )‚ where is the number of ways of choosing k items from 28 ) where is the number of ways of choosing k items from 28 406 * 306 * 28 * 56 * 4. What is ∑
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very short-stemmed plant with a slimy and soothing sap. Binomially‚ this plant is known as Aloe vera‚ but it is a species with a good number of synonyms‚ including Aloe vulgaris‚ Aloe indica‚ Aloe perfoliata ‚ and Aloe barbadensis. It’s important to point out the fact that Carl Linnaeus was the first scientist to describe this species. Aloe vera grows freely in most parts of North Africa‚ including Morocco‚ Egypt‚ Mauritania‚ but nowadays it’s cultivated throughout the world for both medicinal and
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of fluid over 20 days = 21‚300mls Calculations for the total over 20 days * Mean 21300 = 1065mls 20 (This was checked with the use of a calculator) * Mode Using the chart above looking at the totals and using the below code you can see the mode is 1580. = appears more than once. *
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distinct ecosystem.[2] Primarily‚ the factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation that is adapted to its unique soil conditions. Wetlands consist primarily of hydric soil‚ which supports aquatic plants.[3][4] The water found in wetlands can be saltwater‚ freshwater‚ or brackish.[4] Main wetland types include swamps‚ marshes‚ bogs and fens.[5] Sub-types include mangrove‚ carr‚ pocosin‚ and varzea. Wetlands play a number of roles in
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“I can accept failure‚ everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying”‚ told by Michael Jordan. In the New York Times article‚ We have gone crazy as a society‚ bestowing trophies on children for almost everything‚ even just showing up. This shows that‚ we are giving kids trophies no specific reason except for just showing up. Kids should not be able to get trophies for participation because it teaching the kids that losing is so terrible that we can never let it happen and It is not
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“Machines Always and Only Give Rewards”: Teaching Writing and Teaching Machines In late September 2015‚ Les Perelman‚ the retired director of Writing Across the Curriculum at MIT and writing assessment rabble-rouser‚ sent an e-mail out to writing instructors‚ program administrators‚ and writing center directors across the country. He explained his previous stance on automated essay scoring and his discovery‚ at the National Writing Project conference‚ of WriteLab‚ a technology altogether different
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