...Our world is teetering on the edge of a chasm of destruction. Earl Nightingale says, "Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations". If we expect our planet to be around for the future, then we need to change our attitudes now. We cannot wait until it is too late before we decide to act. We need a wakeup call ... and soon. Global warming, deforestation, strip mining, frakking for natural gas deposits, depletion of our renewable sources and carbon emissions are all contributing to mankind's ever encroaching, and too often, indelible carbon footprint. Take a look at some of the statistics - they represent an alarming reality. In recent years roughly 27,000 plant and animal species have become extinct; 85% of the larger fish species in the oceans are no longer around; there is more and more plastic in the oceans and less and less phytoplankton and more and more forests, grasslands and prairies are being destroyed by humanity's population explosion. The population explosion on Earth is growing at a rapid rate and man's seemingly insatiable need is encroaching ever further on the land and the oceans in our quest to feed ourselves; accommodate ourselves and continually, and too often exponentially, develop our technological and industrial appetites and needs. We are spraying significant quantities of pesticides and chemicals to try and grow sufficient food; we are exploiting our renewable resources like fish...
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...society. There are many environmental issues facing our green world today. We the new generation owe the basic responsibility of protecting our green world. Some of the issues which we can focus on to improve the earth's environment are mentioned below; Save fuel The biggest issue the world faces today; it is our dependence on oil. This dependence we have is so strong that, we have started wars for oil. It is time we do something about it and try and find an alternative form of energy. Because soon this problem will be too much for us to handle and by then it will be too late. Save energy o Set your thermostat a few degrees lower in the winter and a few degrees higher in the summer to save on heating and cooling costs. o Install compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) when your older incandescent bulbs burn out. o Unplug appliances when you're not using them. Or, use a "smart" power strip that senses when appliances are off and cuts energy use. o Wash clothes in cold water whenever possible. As much as 85 percent of the energy used to machine-wash clothes goes to heating the water. o Use a drying rack or clothesline to save the energy otherwise used during machine drying. Save water o Take shorter showers to reduce water use. This will lower your water and heating bills too. o Plant drought-tolerant native plants in your garden. Many plants need minimal watering. Find out which occur naturally in your area. Save Trees o Illegal cutting of trees shall be stopped. This reminds...
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...Do you want smarter people in our society? Many schools start late and there are not a lot of benefits for that. If school starts at 8:00 AM there is time for more extracurricular activities and time to play outside, which makes kids smarter and healthier. You can be tired if school starts late, and outside will be even more dangerous. If somebody stays up too late, from staying at school too long, there will be a serious loss of sleep and they will be very tired in the morning. If kids are tired in the morning, they may not be as sharp in the morning, and this could lead to worse grades. If schools start later, it will be dark when you come back and it will be dangerous for kids walking home as they cannot see anything. Kids can get hurt...
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...the role of a member of a team of managers wanting to know how to go about introducing a new product. The paper will discuss if it is better to use a late-mover theory or a first-mover theory through the use of positives and negatives of each which will be supported by examples of sixteen companies. Finally, a decision will be made as to which style should be used and why. Introduction Within this paper the late mover theory and the first mover theory will be defined. Once they are both defined each one will be shown to have advantages as well as disadvantages. All of these advantages and disadvantages will be supported with real life situations and businesses that have used both for the positive as well as the negative. This analysis is being done because the head company wants to know which theory to go with in terms of releasing its new product. Unfortunately, the product is unknown as well as many other facets of the company. The benefit to that is the decision can be made with an unbiased approach and only the facts will hold true within this report. Advantages & Disadvantages of the Theories The “First-mover” theory and the “Late-mover” theory are both ways of attacking the global marketplace with regard to product placement as well as the best time to strike. Many corporations in the world will come up with similar or even identical ideas at the same time. The difference is whether to try and be the first to put it on the market or wait...
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...and falter. It is in how the people learn their errors that will help in the next turn of successes. Borders Group, Inc. was one of those companies whom were not successful in the business world. First founded in 1971 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Tom and Louis Borders felt that their look of books would be transfer to the many people of Ann Arbor. The former Chairman and CEO Mike Edwards and former President Scott Henry were optimistic as well of this retail bookstore to grow and make money. With the idea of growth, Borders grew to 511 superstores in the United States by January 30, 2010 and 175 Waldenbooks Specialty Retail, which is subsidiaries company seem to show things were going good, Non the less in February 16, 2011, Borders applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. What could have happened in the short 40 years that would make this company lose it all? Even the mission and vision statements of Borders Groups cloud not save this company. The Mission statement was divided in to two parts: “Our Vision” and “Our Values” and their vision statement stated, “To create richer and more satisfying lives through knowledge and entertainment.” (Farfan, para 3). There could be much reason why Borders did not success has these articles states these are explanations on why: 1. It was too late to the Web....
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...Punctuality checks unnecessary wastage of time. Time is very valuable for us. We can save it only by punctuality. Time and tide wait for none. Seconds, minutes, hours and days pass by in right order. There is a maxim "We should hold the time by the forelock". If we be punctual, a single second of us will never go waste. The English men are very punctual. They put on wrist-watches to exercise punctuality. But we, the Indian put on wrist-watches only as ornaments for show. We cannot progress. If we do not be punctual. Punctuality helps us in our progress. It also saves money in other ways. There is a saying. "A stitch in time saves nine". So, if we take our food punctually, we will never be sick and so we will never have to spend money on medicines and doctors or to worry our near and dear ones in this connection. And this principle applies well in all other cases. Conclusion: Everybody should be punctual in his everyday life. Every students should make a habit of punctuality. The people who have become great in their lives are very punctual. Punctuality is the first condition for becoming great in life. So, punctuality should be the motto in our life. We should not only be punctual ourselves but also advise others to be punctual. Punctuality is considered to be the noblest of virtues. It is the mark of civilized and cultured people. It is the habit of doing things in correct time. ‘A stitch in time saves nine’, so says an English proverb. Doing things in time,...
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...Dreaming I'm thinking of you tonight And there's nothing that I want more Than to be by your side And let you grab so tight to me As you whisper the words good night to me Late at night I love you, it's true You mean everything to me Words cannot explain how I feel I must be dreaming when I'm awake Your heart is fixing me Without saying anything My worries fall like rain As these melodies run through your veins Let me take you far - just hold onto me And we'll take this world and you will see That in the end, I'll be there for you I love you, it's true You mean everything to me Words cannot explain how I feel I must be dreaming when I'm awake There's a sunshine floating I see clearly now So clearly now There's so much more That I hoped I'd ever find I love you, it's true You mean everything to me Words cannot explain how I feel I must be dreaming when I'm awake Echos My minds at erase And my thoughts are done Ive been meaning to tell you this Since my lies begun The way I feel inside Reflects of the souls in your eyes Ive been meaning to tell you this All of my life To think of who I am Shows much of what you were too Slowly I realize Ill be fine without you I gave you your chances And you just put them aside To find out too late Of who I am inside Show me yourself come show me who you are These are the times we wish it never went this far Hidden by your words oh god please let me see How someone plays with...
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... Sometimes I can get really confused that do I really have to be that hurry? Can I slow myself down to finish something? So, when I saw this sentence, I really want to know if speed is progress. However, a question is not always wind up with a right answer or a wrong answer. We all know that time flies. As an old saying goes, “Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.” Our life time is limited, but things we can experience in the world is unlimited. Faster we are, more meaningful things we can try. So, In many people’s opinion, speed definitely is progress. In the article, author shared his experience teaching in a Brazil college. Student there go to class around half an hour late and leave the class around half an hour late too, which means they are being late to do next thing for one hour or more. Nowadays, our life is so wonderful but very challenging at the same time. As a college student in the US, if i dont finish my work on time, I am not gonna get good grades. And if I am procrastinated and spending too much time on one thing, I am not gonna have time to do other things ,like hanging out with friends, going to cinema,doing things I like, etc. We have to track ourself step by step to assure we are in a right way to our goal. You may notice those successful people around us. They have one common trait, which is they are good at manage their time. So top students in...
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...widen on the subject “How the world became this way?” Of course before reading this my mind was already set on the fact that us, humans, were the reason for this terrible tragedy. However studying this book further I have begun to learn more about how we are heading into chaos. At first I thought we were only causing minor damage but after reading “Ishmael” I have learned that we are doing so much more and why. In my essay I will explore my opinion of how we are gluttonous, brainless, human beings harming our own lives and how Ishmael wants us to fix it. I will examine how we have a mass contribution to destroying our planet and how I think Daniel Quinn...
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...said. Woman buys winning ticket ― an hour too late Months-old winning ticket turns up in random drawer . Women who trade crowns for Congress Illinois lawyer Erika Harold, a 33-year-old former Miss America, launched a run for Congress this week. But she's not the first to hang up her tiara for politics. Indonesia axes bikinis for 2013 Miss World pageant Chris Harrison to host Miss America pageant . Search: Stars who really made the cut There was a time when Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise & other stars used to have long, manly manes. Check out the amazing before & after photos. Jackman & Pitt among Hollywood's hairiest hunks Which star had the best hair at the CFDA Awards? . Baby born nine miles into marathon training Trish Staine didn't know she was pregnant, but the pain became unbearable after a training run. Then came little Mira. The crazy story doesn't end there. Is it safe to exercise during pregnancy? 10 things that might surprise you about pregnancy . Find: Dropout stars who made the grade They never finished high school, but that didn't stop these celebs from earning top marks in music, sports & the red carpet. (Kids: Stay in school regardless!) Search: Celebs you never knew were cousins Search: Are you smarter than a famous person? . Save some real bread at the supermarket Video: Spending too much money on food? You can save some big bucks if you can manage to break some...
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...Abstract The topic of this paper is Sea turtles endangered by Global warming. It argues that global warming have a bad effect on the environment and threatens some species in the world. In the specially, sea turtles which is the oldest species in live in the world so we need to find solutions to protect this specie. There are three reasons for this argument. The first is that we need to find solutions to decrease global warming. The second is that we need to decrease the pollution due to human. Finally, protect the sea turtle of human and predators. Sea Turtles threatened with extinction A lot of species are endangered because of global warming and more specifically the Sea turtle, which is the oldest species known in the world (Velaquez-Manoff 2007); it lived during the dinosaurs. Now the change of the climate threatens these species, and if we don’t do something in a hurry, this species will disappear. The increasing temperature (more than 2 degrees these last years) have an impact directly on the turtle’s eggs (Velaquez-Manoff 2007, Brahic 2007). The problem is that more females than males are born; that means the future will be difficult for reproduction. According to WWF (2007), it’s not only the future population which is in peril, because there is also habitat loss and degradation, pollution, disease because of human and marine pollution, and natural predators. As Bhattacharya (2007) said, we need to do something and we can already...
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...Samantha George L. Baysa September 24, 2014 BSABE Movie: Home Reaction Paper Earth was perfect, a miracle perhaps. Everything was linked. Every organism has its own role and a place in this big world, none was futile. The Earth and all the organisms on it were balanced, under a fragile harmony- until humans came. From being nomadic, hunting food for survival, humans settled down. Then, land, water and life combined. We are benefiting from the 400 billion year legacy of the Earth. We get what we need from her- food, shelter, everything. But from needs, wants grew and now, we just can’t get enough. We want everything and by doing all the experiments and all the activities, we are slowly disrupting the balance of life on Earth. We just ruined the atmosphere; we just made the temperature high; now, the sea level is rising, small islands are gone. Pollution is everywhere and we are the guilty suspect. We are triggering the crises of habitat destruction, energy depletion, climate disruption, degradation...of the environment, health, economic disparity, and more. Human population is almost equivalent to the number of car, cars that emit bad smoke that ruins the atmosphere. And if I continue to rant all of the things we have done, this one page will never be enough. But everything will be a great punch to us someday; we are...
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...Before It Is Too Late The current climate our planet has these days is unusually hot compared to the previous decades. This is so because of global warming. It has been Al Gore’s campaign during the U.S. federal elections since America has been the biggest contributors to global warming. However, Americans have not yet realized then how global warming could bring abrupt changes worldwide. All they were after was reform in their government. Global warming, as described in the film An Inconvenient Truth, is the trapping of green house grasses causing the earth to be hot and is bound to get worse over the years. It is because of the thinning of the ozone layer, which guards every living individual in the planet from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. It is also mentioned that the more carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere, the more heat is trapped in the earth. According to the researches in the film, 40% of the world is dependent with their drinking water from the rivers and springs of Himalayas. Antarctica, Patagonia and other parts of the world covered with ice are gradually melting. Dry lands, on the other hand, get parched, thus making it unsuitable for vegetation. The comparison of carbon dioxide composition in the atmosphere for the past 600,000 years has been shown in the film and for the graph for year 2005 was way shoddier to the previous years. This year had the highest carbon dioxide composition in the atmosphere. With global warming, there will also be a...
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...Climate change has damage the planet beyond repair. Melissa Giannotti (1100 words) ‘Unless we announce a disasters, no one will listen’ (J.Houghton, 1994). The continuous struggle to halt climate change and save the world is perhaps the biggest challenge the humanity has ever faced. The world-threatening rise in temperatures, the extinction of species and the flooding of oceans, is coming under challenge as never before. The world has known about global warming since the late 1970s, but since that time a little has been done to halt it. This essay sets out to examine why is too late to find a solution to save the planet. The first thing to get straight is to define the meaning of climate change. Climate change involves any changes in weather patterns, such as colder, wetter, cloudier, and windier condition. According to McGuire (2008,a), over the 4.6 billion year history of our planet, the climate has constantly changed in response to several factors. Until now, many have argued that since the industrialization has started, more greenhouses have been added to the atmosphere, causing the warming Earth’s climate. In fact, research conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2013) states that the warming of the climate system is certain. Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than any previous decade since the 1850. For instance, the evidence demonstrate a clear increase in warming of 0.85 [0.65 to1.06]°C over the period 1880 to 2012...
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...Although you can’t be on the streets after ten o'clock in Dierks, Arkansas, some cities in America does let them wander around the streets that late. First and foremost, cities does not want people wander around the streets because hideous things can happen on the streets if you let them walk around them. Shootings can be going on during the night if you don’t have a time when you need to get off the streets during the night. Horrible things can go on during the night if cities and towns don’t put limited time so you won’t be on the streets during the night. In addition, people do not want curfews because they think they can be on the streets whenever they want too, and they think it’s not fair that there’s a curfew on everything they do...
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