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MP3 Audio
Number of Words: 687 / Number of Pages: 3
... the format, the rippers that compress the audio files with the MP3 format, and MP3s themselves can all be downloaded freely from the Internet.
While this may sound like a great format, some may question its legality. Any music CD can be used to create MP3s, even commercial ones. While some users download these copyrighted songs from the Internet, which are very easy to find, the act is illegal. However, there are many bands that release their music online for publicity, which is completely legal. The only time it is illegal is when the audio file is that of a copyrighted music track used witho ...
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School Prayer
Number of Words: 743 / Number of Pages: 3
... created and supported by a government violate the very essence of the spirit in which the US was formed. (Haas35) Therefore, having a prayer in school would be unconstitutional. “A radical amendment would attack the heart and soul of the bill of rights which safeguards the rights of the individual from tyranny of the individual.” (Jasper96) Teachers are public employees, paid by the taxpayers. The time it takes to recite a prayer is an expenditure of tax dollars. (Haas36 ) This is a violation of the separation of church and state. This whole issue is a big waste of time because students do have the ...
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Definition Essay
Number of Words: 627 / Number of Pages: 3
... the trait is classically defined as one who is ignorant and is involved with the usage of drugs, or most often referred to as the “beach bum”.
When people look at surfers all that comes to mind is ignorance, drugs, parties, so forth and so on, but little do they know that surfers are always amongst them doctors, lawyers, teachers, and even their own kids. Surfers are one of the most peace minded and charismatic types of people. Ten percent of the Australian population surfs. Most Doctors are repeatedly saying, “surfing is the ultimate stress reliever.” I will tell you one thing though, if I ever ...
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Bilingual Education Is Beneficial To Students Abilities To Assimilate In The Mainstream Culture
Number of Words: 1052 / Number of Pages: 4
... a students language and preservation of their culture is essential for the upward mobility of today’s youth. There always have been some immigrants who viewed themselves explicitly as the preserver and savior of their languages and heritages. Since the late 1800s, ethnic minorities in America have been consistently characterized as culturally inferior. Their language right has consistently been the subject of political review. Politicians do not have the right to force people to master their language and values just because they are the dominant society. They should encourage and support students to t ...
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Overpopulation
Number of Words: 981 / Number of Pages: 4
... "The leading cause of vertebrate declines is human destruction of old growth forests, wetlands, chaparral, and other rich habitats," Worldwatch reports. "Worldwide, over two-thirds of the earth's habitable land surface has been significantly disturbed by human activities. Nearly half of the world's 233 primate species are threatened, largely because of their dependence on large expanses of tropical forest, a habitat under siege around the globe. In hotspots of forest loss, such as Madagascar, the Atlantic rainforest of eastern Brazil, and Southeast Asia, roughly 70 percent of primate species face e ...
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Endangered Species In Canada
Number of Words: 1477 / Number of Pages: 6
... cannot be met.
In this century, loss of habitat has been one of the main caused of
extinction (pg 8, Silverstein). People share the country and the planet
with all the other creatures that live here. As human population grows,
people spread out into areas that once were wild, and they compete with
animals for living space. Mort times than not the animals lose in this
battle.
People cut down forests for lumber, clear fields for farms, and fill
swamps to build towns, highways, and factories. Land can also be cleared
for such things as mineral extraction. Wild animals get fenced out fro ...
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CRANBERRIES
Number of Words: 582 / Number of Pages: 3
... Ò brand of fresh to stores nationwide, as well as to Canada and to some European countries. Since first marketing in 1993, Northland has gained a 22% market share of the seasonal domestic fresh cranberry business and as of October 29, 1996 Northland's stocks were going at 17 ½ a share up a ¼ from the day before.
are a native species to Wisconsin. Commercial farming of began near the town of Berlin in 1860 and were grown in ditches.
are Wisconsin's largest fruit crop and are being grown on about 12,000 acres in 18 of Wisconsin's 72 counties. Besides the 12,000 acres for growing Wisconsin ...
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Transcendentalism
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... Talking about Emerson, he had puritan influence. He struggle in
his life, and this help him with his writing. Emerson was transcendentalist.
Emerson did lot of writing. One of them was " Nature ". One of his
transcendentalist sentence was, " I become a transparent eyeball. " With his
inner soul, he really become it, it was real, what he feels. He wouldn't be
able to smell or to talk to anybody, and he didn't needed to listen. With his
eyeball, he was able to see everything, very far. The word he use, "
transparent,'' I think is that because he was so lonely, he felt transparent. ...
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Community
Number of Words: 444 / Number of Pages: 2
... they can make you to be alone by yourself. So, as a , if a gives happiness to people, people will live happily, and they will try their best to make their to be the best of the best.
For example, a such as cyberspace should give security and happiness to people who are using cyberspace. Since the internet business is more advanced and complex year after year, it is getting harmful to internet users. Because some people put a crashed or virus programs and sites on the web to make other users crash their computers. They are not only harmful to certain people, but to other users. That's why ...
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Vancouver International Airpor
Number of Words: 568 / Number of Pages: 3
... For example, if a company applied these measures and another did not, the company that did apply the measures would be put at a great financial disadvantage. Therefore, citizens living near the airport remain exposed to the large amounts of noise.
Physical damage to one's property is another common characteristic that originates from noise pollution. Damage to homes makes it unpleasant for prospective homebuyers and thus drives down the value of the property. Soundproofing one's home may seem to be a viable option; however, the cost is soundproofing is an unnecessary expense that the homeowner should ...
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