A Buffalo Common Metaphor Over the past few decades the High Plains have consistently been losing its population. So‚ in 1987 Doctors Frank and Deborah Popper introduced the idea of Buffalo Commons. They described this project as “A combination of literary metaphor‚ public-policy proposal‚ futurist prediction and ecological restoration project” (The Buffalo Commons: Its Antecedents). The essential focus of this project was to replace the ever decrease population by returning buffalo back to the
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Common Core‚ the "essential for success in college‚ career‚ and life in today’s global economy‚" according to their website‚ corestandards.org. The thing with Common Core‚ however‚ is all this "research" that went into what is necessary for the student to know for "college readiness is‚" is absolute trash. Looking over the English Language Arts Standards‚ they claim that these standards "[stress] critical-thinking‚ problem-solving‚ and analytical skills that are required for success in college
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Equity is frequently referred to as a supplement to the common law. Cruzon defines Equity as a system of law developed by the court of chancery in parallel with the common law. It was designed to complement it‚ providing remedies for situations that were unavailable at Law. Because of this‚ Equity provided a dimension of flexibility and justice that was often times lacking because of the common law’s rigidity. This rigidity stems from the fact that‚ while courts sometimes altered their jurisdictions
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According to CommonCoreStandards.org the Common Core Standards is a “state-led effort to develop consistent‚ real-world learning goals” in an “effort to ensure all students‚ regardless of where they live‚ are graduating high school prepared for college‚ career‚ and life.” A contributing factor to the initiative of the Common Core Standards was that although each state “developed and adopted its own learning standards” there was no unification between states on what a “sufficiently educated” student
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The Tragedy of the Commons Response Garrett Hardin’s The Tragedy of the Commons raises awareness on and suggests a solution for overpopulation‚ and Beryl Crowe’s The Tragedy of the Commons Revisited is a refutation of Hardin’s work. While Hardin attempts at discussing every aspect of the population problem‚ he has ignored the population trend that has begun from his era and has taken individual freedoms too lightly. He has also made wrong assumptions‚ thus experiencing Crowe’s rebuttal. The following
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John Ogunrinu Professor Peters. Poli 116 Midterm 2: Fog of War essay. What does the "Fog of War" tell us about the role of the individual in foreign policy decision-making? Write an essay of about 1‚200 words that synthesizes 5 of Robert McNamara’s lessons with material in the course text. The movie Fog of War is a documentary film directed by Errol Morris about former secretary of defense‚ Robert McNamara. First‚ this term fog of war means that it is unclear what one should do in certain circumstances
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The Common Core Standards Initiative Sharen Michalec MTE/501 January 8‚ 2012 James Paga The Common Core Standards Initiative Educational reform was conceived in the1980’s when Peters and Waterman published a report and noted that focused on the social and economic state of the United States. It was also decided that more studies should be conducted on the excellence in education. It was noted that there is a poor quality of education in the public sector. This brought about a need
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between Grocery‚ Inc. and its vendors? Do common law contracts apply? Explain your answer in detail. Your answer should compare and contrast law contracts and UCC Article 2 contracts. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 2 applies only to contracts for the sale of goods. The definition of goods is defined as goods that are tangible‚ movable‚ or personal property. However‚ UCC Article 2 does not apply to real estate contracts or employment contracts. Common law contracts are for the sale of services
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The value of common sense Common sense‚ a mere adaptation on one’s way of thinking and acting. It is described as the knowledge and judgment that most people already have or should have. Many people generalise certain acts as an inconsideration for common sense. In my short period of existence‚ I can certainly say that the practice of this concept can only be perceived as anything but common‚ more like rare or occasional. Common sense has no form of value that would allow it to contribute to
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Young Goodman Brown 1. What is the point of view? The point of view is the third person limited ominescient because the viewpoint is focused on the thoughts and actions of a single character. Where does it change and what is the result? The point of view changes when 2. What allegorical meanings might be given to the following: Goodman Brown? His wife Faith‚ The forest? Night‚ Brown’s Journey 3. What is Brown’s motive for going into the forest and what results does he expect
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