Alena Brown Internet Paper #4 12/4/2012 Article: BP stops oil leak in Gulf of Mexico for first time since April Author: Suzanne Goldenberg Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/16/bp-oil-spill-leak-stopped The safety issue that I chose was the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The BP oil spill was the largest oil spill in United States history. This oil spill occurred due to a methane leak‚ and an explosion‚ causing a fire aboard an offshore oil drilling rig. The
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The struggle now being waged in the professoriate over which writers deserve canonical status is not just a struggle over the relative merits of literary geniuses; it is a struggle among contending factions for the right to be represented in the picture America draws of itself. (Tompkins 201) In 1850‚ with the help of her well-known father‚ James Fenimore Cooper‚ Susan Fenimore Cooper published Rural Hours‚ a natural historical account of one year in the Otsego Lake area of New York state.
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principal suggests that one of your students who performed poorly this year repeat second grade next year. Given what you know about the research on retention‚ how would you respond? I would ask the principal to reconsider his decision and to examine the student’s situation more carefully to make an informed decision. First I would present the scientific results on retention students. According to the scientific study‚ retention has negative effects on students rather than positive. It’s a misconception
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The Harmful Effects of Computers and the Internet Robin Diaz Student ID# Strayer University Abstract Computers along with the Internet have come a long way from their first uses in the military and by large corporations. Today‚ computers are an important part of modern life. More and more people are purchasing computers for use in the home. Whether they are surfing the web or managing their finances‚ computers have become a useful tool. Some parents are purchasing computers and using
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Stress Among College Students We live through daily hassles and also have to face real life experiences that have a negative affect on our emotions and our physical self. Stress becomes a part of life for us. Stress is defined as events that strain the physical being g and emotions of an individual through exertion of pressure (helpguide.org 2010). Stress in most cases is usually an event. Whatever may cause the stress for us may be different for another. As a college student I have and still do
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“Why do the highschool students of St. Peter’s College of Ormoc tend to focus on their love commitment than on their studies?” 1.1 Statement of the problem : The main problem of this study is to determine why do the high school students of St. Peter’s College of Ormoc tend to focus on their love commitment than on their studies. Specifically ‚ it attempts to answer the following questions. 1. What are the factors as to why High school Students of St. Peter’s College
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adolescents With the number of 80% 12-17 years old adolescents in America own a video game console‚ video games become the leading type of electronic entertainment among the society. Nowadays‚ video game grows into a common free-time activity for many young people. The adults and moreover the society now have more concern about the effects of video games on teenagers. Video games negatively related to the development of social skills. As playing video games require the player to pay close attention
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There are several positive and negative impacts of the Internet on education. For rural areas especially‚ the access to information that the Internet offers is an incredible positive force‚ allowing almost anyone to find the answers to basic questions simply and easily. It helps education in that when someone is curious about something (and therefore open to learning)‚ they can find out some information to feed that "learning hunger" immediately. If you are curious about the ants in the backyard‚ or
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you. Well‚ here is the shocker: I’m serious about this. TV addiction is very‚ very real. More so than smoking‚ more so than pot‚ and more so than alchohol. It is more insidious than any of these addictions because an entire industry and institution has been built around television entertainment. It is such a part of mainstream America that we don’t even realize what we’re doing until it’s too late. TV addiction is uncontrollable. The price for TV addiction is higher than any of us will consciously
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need to visit their offices five or six days a week since some companies allow workers to work in their houses. Moreover‚ almost every year telecommuting expands despite of risks appeared with using technology in everyday life. This paper will focus on negative effects of the growth of telecommuting as isolated insecure society that feels out of the loop‚ uncontrolled work of employees and compromised data security. Being a part of public institution is important side of the life in the community
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