to the effective working of democracy. The U.S. Bill of Rights sets forth the rights and freedoms that cannot be denied or abridged government. The scope of the First Amendment is extensive and prohibits any law which would abridge the freedom of speech‚ or of the press. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is responsible for determining and advocating telecommunications policies that ensure the First Amendment rights. The privatization of the broadcast airwaves‚ one of our most important
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The First Amendment gives Americans the right to freedom of speech‚ but this freedom is not unlimited! For example‚ one does not have the right to lie. We still have laws which prohibit lying under oath and misrepresenting products and services. It is a great abuse of the First Amendment to say it gives the vile
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A Thunderstorm It was a warm Saturday afternoon. I was alone at home as my parents had gone to visit my grandmother. I had just finished my school project and decided to relax on the veranda outside my room. I looked up the clear‚ blue sky and saw some white puffy clouds chasing one another. There was no hint of rain although I felt sticky all over‚ despite the fan going on at full blast earlier on. Then I heard the rumble of thunder a great distance away. A small squirrel scurried up
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A hurricane is a huge storm known as a “tropical cyclone”. These can also be identified as typhoons.The tropical storms winds must reach at least 74 mph to be considered a hurricane. Anything below this is just considered a tropical depression or a tropical storm. Hurricanes usually only occur in the Atlantic Hurricane season (June 1-November 30). Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. They use the warm moist air as fuel at the bottom of the hurricane. As the huge storm produces high wind speeds
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An essay on cyclone A cyclone is a very violent storm. It never comes alone. Heavy showers of rain‚ thunder and lightning are its companions. When a cyclone blows‚ it moves round and round in the form of small circles. It always changes its course when it blows. It does not move in the same direction like an ordinary storm. It occurs mostly in the warm parts of the world. India is in this region of the world. Hence cyclones often blow over her. In cold countries there is no cyclone. The signs of
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In Australia 2007 160 pilots undertook the cross country challenge at the summit of Mt Bora. Among them was Ewa Wisnierska a member of the German team and the world’s leading paraglider who had narrowly escaped death‚ with just a fractured pelvis in Switzerland August 2006. Six months after she had fractured her pelvis‚ she was going after the world championships. Ewa had to work very hard with her physical strength to return to the top after being out for six months. After four years of flying she
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Each day over 40‚000 thunderstorms are taking place on earth. A thunderstorm is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth’s atmosphere known as thunder. The meteorologically assigned cloud type associated with the thunderstorm is the cumulonimbus. Thunderstorms can generally form and develop in any geographic location‚ perhaps most frequently within areas located at mid-latitude when warm moist air collides with cooler air. They are the result
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Lesson Objective: After reviewing key vocabulary from and reading for comprehension the book titled‚ Eye of The Storm the learner will complete a comprehension and vocabulary worksheet. Standard Addressed: CC 5th Grade ELA Standards #1 & #4 #1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. #4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text‚ including figurative language such as metaphors and similes
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Flash flood From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Driving through a flash-flooded road Nepal Monsoon A flash flood after a thunderstorm in the Gobi‚ Mongolia A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes‚ rivers‚ dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm‚ hurricane‚ tropical storm‚ or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods may occur after the collapse
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski is filled with a copious amount literary patterns; simply like the ones discussed in How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Within this coming of age novel‚ the occurring indicative of weather commonly takes place throughout Edgar’s life. Fundamentally‚ rain is never just rain in a story. Usually‚ it can be used as an indication for something. At the very beginning of the book‚ inside the prologue‚ it begins with‚ “After dark the rain began to fall
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