Every second‚ 1.5 acres of trees are cut down in a rainforest. That’s equivalent to two football pitches per second. At this rate‚ the Amazon rainforest will become devoid of life by 2030. Cutting down trees not only damages large habitual areas of the estimated 30 million people who live in the rainforest along with the animals they solely depend on‚ but affects the environment in many harmful ways. This can be through rapid and violent changes in the climate‚ an unbalanced ratio of carbon dioxide
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things that it is impossible to reduce them all to one simple idea‚” which can be found in Solove’s article “Privacy Matters” (Solove 181). What Solove writes about in “Privacy Matters” is essentially why the “I-have-nothing-to-hide” argument is entirely untrue (Solove’s “Privacy Matters”). Everyone has something to hide‚ it just may not be something bad (Solove’s “Privacy Matters”). As technology becomes more and more sophisticated‚ the concept of privacy is disappearing. These days‚ any information
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Do Words Matter? Words are very powerful‚ and sometimes the words we use offend people. Freedom of speech is highly valued but what happens when your freedom becomes hurtful or disrespectful to someone else? There are so many different kinds of people and different things that offend each person. In this day where we are more inclined to say whatever we want‚ we see more and more offense being taken to the words that get said. It’s hard to understand why certain words can be insulting to someone
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from our thoughts‚ excreting noise from the depths of our being‚ that’s our true signature. Since I have such a powerful tool available to myself‚ I don’t understand why I never fully use it to the advantage. I believe‚ that since my voices matter‚ I should make more of an effort to talk to my peers face to face. In my day and age‚ my generation is known for its dependence to our distraction. I seem to have lost the ability to talk to my peers. Everybody is more confident over barriers
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nearly as important for noninstructional educators. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False . Question 2 .2 out of 2 points Multiple intelligences can best be measured by the Stanford-Binet IQ test. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False . Question 3 .0 out of 2 points Which would not be considered educational technology Answer Selected Answer: Photography. Correct Answer: Educational standards. . Question 4 .2 out
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A Temporary Matter Husband and wife Shukumar and Shoba are notified that their electricity will be turned off at 8:00PM for five evenings in a row in order to fix a power line. Shoba tells her husband this news. He looks at her‚ noticing that her makeup has run from her time at the gym. He reminisces about how she would look in the morning after a party in happier times. Shoba insists that the electric company should work on the lines during the day. Shukumar takes slight offense at this idea; since
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Best Answer - Chosen by Voters well first off Invictus was a short poem written by a british poet by the name of William Ernest Henley and was first published in 1875. the word invictus is latin meaning "unconquered" but the poem in itself no one is quite sure the meaning behind it. but many have come up with their own interpretations of it. like saying he’s making reference to how each one can choose how his life will play out and how we ought to try and keep right....many linking his poem to
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Why the Greeks Matter During the NRP broadcast ‘Why the Greeks Matter’‚ Cahill‚ Straus and the listeners mentioned a lot of important points concerning the Greeks. How they lived their everyday life‚ what influenced their customs and what democracy meant to them are just a few that were mentioned. One of the first compelling points Cahill and Straus describe is excellence. Excellence is what the Greeks cared most about because it was dominated by alpha males. Cahill mentioned
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statement‚ ‘‘our prime educational objective must be to form men and women for others‚ who believe that a love of self or of God which does not issue forth in justice for the least of their neighbors is a farce.’’ is concluding that we‚ as citizens‚ should focus our primary education on being a well-rounded person. With that said‚ the best way to put forth our best self is to work to be sure everyone in our communities is provided with basic necessities that are essential to help one live. I have witnessed
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project‚ or your view of the text.” (21) “Summarize when what you have to say about a text is routine and quote when it is more contentious.” (22) Example from Race Matters by Cornell West (24) Assignment for Coming to Terms – use with selected article on environmental issue chosen for class (25) “. . . your aim should be less to prove [the author] right or wrong‚ correct or mistaken‚ than to assess both the uses and limits of their work. That is to say‚ academic writing rarely involves
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