question of influences on biodiversity. Wildfires can alter biodiversity in various habitats on different scales. It can be a direct impact through displacement of species to an indirect impact‚ which again‚ starts with climate change. To further build upon the inverse impact of wildfire‚ we must consider how plant life and soil are influenced. While wildfires are a necessity for the life cycle of certain trees‚ letting fires burn uncontrollably can have negative effects on the conditions necessary
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imaginable electronic communications and designing entirely new invasive methods for domestic surveillance. Some examples defy the imagination when learning that the NSA literally developed programs to spy on Americans through their Xbox video games system along with other online video games such as World of Warcraft. Outrageous leaks of this kind will only continue to surface‚ yet most of the public wants to generalize these breaches in terms of partisan politics. Many conservative apologists during
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issues of privatization of prison and the pros and cons of the subject matter. First‚ what is prison privatization? Prison privatization means the transfer of prison functions from the government sector to the private sector. This can take various forms in the case of prisons. One of the reason why there was a need to allow privatization is the problems of prison overcrowding and high costs may be the "privatization" of prisons. By using the private sector to build or manage prisons‚ many states believe
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also provide livelihoods for millions of people who live within and around them. For example‚ the Inner Niger River Delta in the Western Sahel zone supports more than a million people who make their living as fishermen‚ cattle breeders or farmers‚ using the annual rise and fall of the waters in the river and its floodplains. Ponds and tanks: These can be defined as community-built or household water stores‚ filled by rainwater‚ groundwater infiltration or surface runoff. They
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fosters responsibility in everyone because if everyone has an equal voice than they have the responsibility to speak out when they think that something may need to be changed. Also‚ I believe that a pro is that the issues is stripped back to needs and work off empathy. I do think that there are a few cons‚ including overthinking issues and not reaching or living in the moment with your instincts. Also‚ I believe that consensus may cause difficulties when there is an impending deadline on an issues
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of medical assistance‚ social security‚ food stamps‚ etc. It is not right to take advantage of welfare systems in order to satisfy the wants that people may desire on a daily basis. Taking advantages of welfare is like stealing money without putting work into it. Therefore‚ do not steal money if there was no work effort put into earning the amount that was given. Many abusing the welfare system do not realize that they are making other available workers pay for their “necessities”. These hardworking
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to countries‚ and can change entire cultures. In fact‚ it sparked the flame for the nation known as the United States of America. In the centuries after the Pilgrims landed‚ immigrants such as Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla have created marvels using their severely limited resources. For example‚ when
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comprar nada para que se te quite!” yelled my mother as I strutted down the hall in my jeans that went through rough adjustments the night before. The translation: Javier why did you rip your pants; I’m not buying you anything so you won’t do that anymore. Growing up in a lower middle class Mexican household has its pros and cons‚ additionally being the first born of a second generation‚ but it has shaped me into the individual I am today. I thoroughly enjoyed growing up including the hardships that
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Authoritarianism can be a favorable system of government because it is more efficient that even parliamentary democracy‚ and extremely stable when implemented correctly. Unfortunately this is a slippery slope: while the country has stability it needs to retain its stability‚ and the only way one can do that is by hampering free speech and free press. Once you start hampering free speech‚ one would want to control more and more of the public’s access to oppositional materials‚ and this eventually
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The year was 1492‚ and Columbus and his men were sailing towards land. As they approached it‚ the crew could see huts scattered everywhere across the land. People roamed the place freely‚ some with baskets of fruits and nuts‚ and others with babies on their backs preparing food. Little did both groups of people know that their lives were about to change‚ but was it for good or bad? Once and his men reached the sandy beaches of the island‚ he got of his ship and took a couple of his men with him to
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