Do you agree or disagree with ACTA? The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is probably the most discussed topic concerning the numerous people who surf the Internet on a daily. I may also be affected by a possible enactment of the treaty. There have been a number of protests in different countries against this treaty since its introduction in October‚ 20110. The reasons of such reactions are alleged infringements of freedom of Internet which in this context means the infringement of rights
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Century‚ people have continuously improved their productivity with technology. Industrialization changed peoples’ lives in many ways. While it generated an era of prosperity‚ it also brought many problems to our society‚ many of which we are just discovering today. The most important problem started by the industrial revolution is a significant increase in Carbon Dioxide emission‚ which leads to global warming. Globe warming brings about various natural disasters. The most significant disaster is
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Natural Disaster/Hazard Paper For my paper I will be talking about the 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17‚ 1994. The earthquake was centered in Reseda‚ a neighborhood in the north-central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles‚ California. “It was a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that lasted 10 – 20 seconds. In addition‚ two 6.0 magnitude aftershocks occurred‚ the first about one minute after the initial event and the second approximately 11 hours later‚ the strongest of several thousand
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As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to drench southeast Texas and flood the Houston area‚ people aren’t the only ones seeking higher ground. The wild animals are‚ too. Reports and images of swimming snakes and lurking alligators are making the rounds on social media‚ and some are not current or real. Some alligator photos were from 2016. A fake photo shows a shark that was definitely not swimming down a flooded city freeway. But the Houston area is home to thousands of American alligators that reside
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Cause and Effect of Volcanoes Any natural opening in the Earth’s crust‚ called a fissure‚ where melted rock‚ ash‚ gases‚ and steam come out is called a volcano. Volcanoes look like mountains‚ but they are really flat land that is pushed upward because of the pressure below the earth. The pressure comes from hot magma and gases that build up below the earth’s surface and that work up to the surface through cracks in the earth’s plates. As it is forced up to the surface‚ the gases and magma push
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Reportage- Natural Disasters: How do they affect the human beings? It is the 31 December of 2004. We are heading for a new year with new expectations‚opportunities and goals. However we have experienced a Tsunami that just very recently struck Thailand. This has left some traces and marks. How has this natural disaster really affected the human beings? I am about to find out. As I walk the beach of Khao Lake I see destruction so far from the paradise pictures I am used of seeing. It is forenoon
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talking about how the testings are very very stressful on students and teachers. Test are not fun at all‚ they might be fun for some people but not everyone. They take the fun out of everything. Teachers are trying to spend time by trying to help the kids figuring out how to get onto the test. Teachers are trying to help the students to get more money.
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and keep trying‚ lose some pride that we may have‚ and also let no one tell you what you are capable or what you’re not. Working together we could all make a difference and change anything‚ so our future would be better. If we want to make a difference we have to lose some pride in our self. We all have pride for what we are and where we come from‚ but sometimes we have to put some pride away to work with other people and get along. “ No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity
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Hurricane Katrina is known for one of the worst natural disaster to hit the United States. The storm itself caused a lot of damage‚ but it was the aftermath that was the worst. The Federal Government seemed unprepared of the storm. I believe our government should always be ready for any natural disaster and how to keep people safe. One way the government did little help in the aftermath of the storm was after the breaking of the levees. The Army Corps of Engineers concluded that‚ the reason why
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will rescue her daughter and finds himself dedicating his life to make sure she is happy. Victor Hugo shows through Jean Valjean’s life the value of self-sacrifice and the positive effects it can have on the people in the world. Self-sacrifice and love go hand in hand. Most of the time people make sacrifices for the ones they love because seeing them happy is rewarding. Jean Valjean sees the link between sacrifice and love firsthand through the Bishop of Digne. Jean Jacque Rousseau’s “Noble Savages”
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