Should the Past be Judged? We can learn a lot from consulting the past. We learn more about our world‚ more about our history‚ and even more about ourselves. Spanish aphorist George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (qtd. in Moncur 1). In general terms‚ this famous aphorism means that it is important for us to study and learn from history in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes. However‚ the standards and values that we use today to judge
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Matt Eichelberger Ann Westrick GSW 1120 10/31/16 Do Animal Poaching and Trophy Hunting Have the Same Environmental and Economic Impact? An avid hunter of deer‚ I choose to follow United States hunting laws and regulations for a single seasonal of Ohio deer hunting each year. My personal goal is to provide food for my family‚ a “trophy” deer is bonus not a priority. Poaching and Trophy Hunting are also the hunting of animals however that is where the similarities end. Poaching is the illegal
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What about being prejudice? Prejudice is an opinion that has no reason‚ many times this can lead to offensive name calling. Prejudice is basically being biased. Think about the times where there was no equality among the colored people that is being prejudice. When stereotyping people have a mental picture of the group and the truth about them can be exaggerated. One thing in clear is stereotypes and misconceptions are not the same as being prejudice or discrimination. Discrimination has to do with
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1. Where Are The Worlds Rainforests Located? Tropical rainforests are located around the equator. The weather is bright and sunny for about the same time every year‚ the reason for this being is because they’re located between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer‚ were sun consistently shines. On a yearly basis approximately 160-400 inches (4‚064mm-10‚160mm) of rainfall is recorded on average for each rainforest‚ surprisingly these sunny and wet conditions are quite stable. The top 5 countries with
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Trapping has been used for thousands of years‚ dating back eight-thousand years in Egypt. It is an ancient and mutually beneficial practice. Traps are used by professionals as their livelihood‚ by others to control their animals populations‚ and by conservationists to study and protect the native animals. Trapping can appear inhuman‚ and unnecessary to those who don’t know anything about the process‚ however‚ trapping is a necessity that has many implications to benefit the world we live in today. Trapping
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Jim Corbett National Park—named after the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—is the oldest national park in India.[2] The park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park. Situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand the park acts as a protected area for the critically endangered Bengal tiger of India‚ the secure survival of which is the main objective of Project Tiger‚ an Indian wildlife protection initiative.[2] The park has sub-Himalayan belt
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There are many great Canadians honoured and heard of in media but there are rarely any First Nations Canadians mentioned and it is extremely rare to hear of someone who pretended to be a native being labelled as such a Great Canadian. The Grey Owl (otherwise known as Archibald Belaney) claimed to be a member of the Ojibwa tribe but in fact was born in England under a fake identity which everyone knows as the Grey Owl. However‚ regardless of his fictitious identity Belaney was able to do incredible
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I will also introduce five math vocabulary words‚ they are‚ extraneous‚ proportion‚ cross multiply‚ and extreme-means and the will be in bold. Problem number 56 states: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula‚ Conservationists captured‚ tagged‚ and released 50 nears. One year later‚ a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist’s estimate of the size of the bear population? This is a ratio equation and my variable will be b
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In recent years‚ the depletion of natural resources has become a major focus of governments and organizations such as the United Nations (UN). This is evident in the UN’s Agenda 21 Section Two which outlines the necessary steps to be taken by countries to sustain their natural resources.[4] The depletion of natural resources is considered to be a sustainable development issue.[5] The term sustainable development has many interpretations‚ most notably the Brundtland Commission’s ’to ensure that it
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The Upanishads - refer to teachings passed on from a teacher to a follower(disciple) - Samsara or the endless cycle of birth and death is their way of understanding the problems that human beings face. - Karma‚ the law that every action has its effect is tied with the endless samsara cycle. In short‚ what one does causes consequences to happen. - According to the Upanishads‚ it is knowledge of the Brahman(the one‚ the real) that brings moksha(freedom) for the atman from the cycle of samsara
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