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    Speech: the Gray Wolf

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    Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the gray wolf physical description‚ behavior and relationship with humans. Central idea: The gray wolf is an endangered species considered as a natural villain who has an essential predator role in the forest ecosystem. Introduction * “Grandma‚ why do you have such a big eyes?” Little Red Riding Hood asked. “So that I can see you better.” The wolf answered. * “Grandma‚ why do you have such a big mouth?” she asked. “So that I can eat

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    Hay Paradox Of Punishment

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    Joe Saelmi Crim 402- Willis Thursday‚ February 24‚ 2011 Hay’s Paradox on Punishment When examining punishments and laws of the seventeen and eighteen hundreds it is easy to see the paradox pointed out by Douglas Hay. As societies grew through the ages and Man became more civilized‚ men with wealth also became more interested in control. Especially during Feudal times‚ it is easy to see how those with power were bent on keeping it‚ and how those without it would strive to make ends meet.

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    In James Poniewozik’s the “The Princess Paradox”‚ he presents an article on modern fairy tales providing strong feminist themes backed with evidence from recent films depicting these tails. While his point that women should be princess like‚ strong‚ as well as independent is clearly stated‚ his erratic sequence of evidence and casual tone takes away from his overall credibility. With unorganized evidence and a hard to read tone it is difficult to take the article seriously. In the author’s article

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    Mack Micera Micera.mack@gmail.com Com 212 November 17‚ 2014 Picture and its Consequences Draft In life I believe that people must try and adapt to situations and make the best of them. I will show this in action through a young orphan who just received new shoes The main conflict is between the orphan and his parents who recently put him up for adoption The point of view character will be the orphan I want my audience to realize that although things may change for the worse you

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    Sorites Paradox Analysis

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    Sorites Paradox poses the question as to what defines that whole as one. Essentially asking‚ how much of a part of a whole can you take away before the whole no longer is so (whole). Take a pile of sand. By definition‚ the sand clustered together is a pile. Even if you remove a grain of sand the pile remains. The Sorites Paradox poses the question‚ at what point when the grains are removed does the pile become not-a-pile. As with anything that deals with definition‚ the solution to this Paradox is a

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    Meno Paradox Analysis

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    The Meno Paradox starts around page 79‚ in these pages Meno and Socrates argue about weather knowledge is learnable or merely a recollection. Lets start by reading the “Meno Paradox”. Meno says‚ “How will you look for it‚ Socrates‚ when you don’t know what it is? How will you aim to search for something you do not know at all? If you should meet with it‚ how will you know what to look for?”(80d) My interpretation of the text is this‚ if you know the answer to a question you cannot gain knowledge

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    compared to an object stationary state‚ it left at its source. Let the Object equate to a spaceship if you like. Time is much like an elastic string which can only be stretched in one direction namely; into the future. The twin paradox describes what happens. Twins; One boards a spacecraft that accelerates to near light speed‚ on say a voyage to Alpha Centauri‚ some four light years from earth. The other remains on the home planet. Ten years later the bother who went to

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    The paradox of the raven was best and easily explained through an example using ravens of all things. The paradox of the raven concerns confirmation of a question or an idea in a philosophical way. The confirmation is supported through a hypothesis as used in science and also though life. Evidence may support the hypothesis and then it would need to be confirmed. The evidence might count against the hypothesis‚ which would disconfirm the hypothesis. In addition‚ the final option is that the

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    Robert Gray - Speech

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    Robert Gray most definitely provokes thought and stirs emotion through an effective use of language and techniques used in his poems. One of his major messages are those connected with mans effect on the environment and our constant need to create something new and yet‚ forget about what we already have and where that ends up. Also the sense of our society almost becoming‚ un-Australian and very international. In his poem‚ Flames and Dangling Wire‚ the first line immediately sets the scene allowing

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    an ideal body but are criticized for many of the traditions and beliefs they support. The paradox of the Amish brand often extricates questions on the methods the modern world abides and puts into question the integrity of them. The Amish civilization serves as a utopia. “Utopia” is a name endowed to an ideal community or society‚ used to describe both communities that have attempted

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