called a sluice‚ and into the dam reservoir via a one-way gate. When the tide began to fall‚ the gate automatically closed. The stored water was then released‚ and the energy of the flow turned a water wheel‚ which generated power. The first large-scale tidal power plant was built in France in
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The right to the city is a debatable conundrum‚ because of what’s going on in the city. Everyone claims to have a stance in the way the city works‚ but who is really privileged in the city? In a perfect world‚ the people own the right to the city‚ however‚ we don’t live in a perfect world. In the real world we live in‚ the big businesses‚ governments and developers own the right to the city. The reality of the situation is that it’s far more than the individual liberty to access urban resources‚
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Kaila DeBesse Eliminate the SAT The Scholastic Aptitude Test‚ better known as the SAT‚ is‚ “a test designed to predict college performance and to provide a means for admissions people to compare prospective students who have the same grades‚ but who come from widely varying high schools in different parts of the country” (Keisler 1). This standardized test has caused an immense amount of controversy all because of conflicting opinions arguing whether or not that definition is truly accurate
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The myth of German superiority and invulnerability had to be maintained or else the Nazi party would lose popular support. Hitler’s overall goal was to sack Eastern Europe and displace its inhabitants so he felt that on smaller scales this strategy would be shared by his men. In doing so‚ Hitler and his army offended a large population of people that would have happily fought back against the Soviet yoke but instead became yet another partisan force that threatened the Wehrmacht’s
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In this act he managed to kill billions of people and the majority of them were Jewish. This is seen as a horrific act‚ yet it is still being utilized in modern times on a lower scale with those who have money. Trying to create a world with a superior or uniform race is unethical. There is no difference between what Hitler was practicing and the practice of eugenics because the goals are closely intertwined. The use of eugenics
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What are the pros and cons of outsourcing? Outsourcing is often undertaken to provide enterprises a competitive advantage by delegating business process to external agencies and realizing the benefits of low labor‚ better quality and improved innovation. While this provides a good picture of the fair side of the coin‚ most managers however need to grope with the possible shortcoming of the process and the corresponding impact on the company’s core processes. To best analyze the opportunities presented
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that are increasing who have the possibility to override computers and smartphones‚ enabling them to change its settings and monitor its activities. Once‚ any person is under suspicion for any crime and is subject to a formal investigation by any intelligence or law enforcement agency that person may become under online surveillance for counter terrorism and law enforcement purposes (Shulz‚ 2012). Social Media Surveillance softwares allows the user to monitor and collect data post to social media sites
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All the terror attacks that the news broadcasters speak about have gone unpunished because nothing much has been done to fight ISIS. ISIS has many names like ISIL and Daesh. ISIS was a sub unit in Al Qaeda who broke off to pursue their own goals. ISIS’s goal for the past few years have been to create a Caliphate or Islamic state where they enforce Shariah law meaning they use the Qu’ran to make their laws and to decide what to do in times of trouble. ISIS’s members have shown their brutality towards
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Pros and Cons of Designer Babies Designer babies are babies‚ whose genetic makeup has been artificially screened and chosen by scientists‚ via genetic engineering. This concept has raised numerous ethical issues. Let’s have a look at the pros and cons of designer babies. Did You Know? The term ’designer baby’ was actually coined by journalists and not scientists. The term ’designer baby’ made its entry into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004‚ where it is defined as "a baby whose genetic makeup
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When most people think of cloning‚ they think of a scientist that uses DNA to make an exact replica of someone . Cloning is a lot more complicated and more controversial than that . According to the American Heritage Dictionary Cloning is defined as “A group of cells‚ or organism that is descended from and genetically identical to a common ancestor ‚ such as a bacterial colony whose members arose from a single original cell . Ever since August‚1‚2001 Cloning had been banned .Cloning was banned for
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