THE 3Rs OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: REDUCE‚ REUSE‚ AND RECYCLE Across the country‚ many individuals‚ communities‚ and businesses have found creative ways to reduce and better manage their trash through a coordinated mix of practices that includes the 3Rs of solid waste management: reduce‚ reuse and recycle. Reduce Source reduction‚ or waste prevention‚ means consuming and throwing away less. Source reduction can conserve resources‚ reduce pollution‚ help cut waste disposal and handling
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native community. The Native Americans were outraged by their inferiority and on the colonist’s treatment of the environment. The Chief Seattle’s 1854 Oration is a speech in response to a proposed treaty in which the Indians were persuaded to give up thousands of acres to the US government for a sum of 150‚000 dollars. The Chief Seattle’s Oration is considered to be the most profound environmental statements in history. The Chief Seattle was the leader of the Dkhw’Duw’Absh‚ and a prominent figure
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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ACTIVITY 5. POWER OF A STUDENT (Teacher’s Notes) PROCESS SKILLS: Measure‚ Observe‚ Compare‚ Test‚ Explain OBJECTIVE: The objective of this activity is to motivate the concept of power‚ or rate at which energy is transformed‚ and to apply it to the rate at which students do work to increase their gravitational potential energy in climbing a flight of stairs. IDEA: Students are asked to measure their gain in gravitational potential energy as they climb a flight of stairs‚ then to calculate the rate
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The webinar presentation‚ loneliness among older adults in Canada presented by Professor Norah Keating. The presenter began by defining what loneliness was using various geriatric theories about the aging process. Prof. Keating described the difference between being alone and being lonely. During her study‚ she wanted to research what risk factors cause people in Canada to be lonely and how to reduce them. Loneliness is the quantity or quality of one’s social interactions and expectations regarding
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People’s Lost Dignity As the girls screamed hysterically‚ Mary Warren‚ helpless‚ realizes that she is trapped: the vengeance of the girls about to befall her. People develop traits causing the immature to lose dignity while giving them a false impression they are making themselves better‚ but in reality they are only making themselves worse. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible takes place in Salem Massachusetts 1662‚ in a time of struggle. Vengeance rules the hearts of the people‚ cowardliness clouds
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Dignity of Human Labor. What is labor? * Employment * Physical and mental work done by people * Productivity activity for the economic gain * Work gives us the opportunity to express and to develop one’s talents for one’s own good and for the good of others * From a Christian perspective‚ we can say that work is a vocation in the service of discipleship. * * * * * * * * It is not only a basic human right‚ but also a duty from our baptismal
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different pieces from people like Pericles‚ Aristotle and Dahl from those we learned what they think makes a democracy work. Pericles was the leader of Athens from 460–429 B.C. He developed a democracy based on majority rule. In “Pericles Funeral Oration” he describes Athenian
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Ethics of Dignity and Freedom SUBDOMAIN 110.1 - Competency 110.1.4 Kant’s theory of the Categorical Imperative was the first ethical theory to be based on the concepts of the dignity and freedom of man and the concept of reason as opposed to moral obligations derived from God‚ other human authorities or the preferences or desires of human agents. He believed that morality could be summed up in one ultimate principle. He called it the Categorical Imperative. It attempts to describe a decision
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A Manipulative Speaker: Marc Antony’s Funeral Oration George Bernard Shaw once said “Words are the postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap.” After the death of Caesar‚ Brutus and Antony give a funeral speech for Caesar. Both are excellent orators‚ and convince the crowds very well. However‚ Brutus made Antony promise that he “shall not in your funeral speech blame us‚ but speak all good you can devise of Caesar.” (pg. 106-7‚ 247-8). Marc Antony uses many persuasive devices such as
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