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    Strong Supports Drivers have long known that slowing down on the highway means getting more miles to the gallon. | Steve from Idaho writes: It is about time we Americans quit whining and start facing the reality that our lifestyles are going to‚ have to‚ change! We pride ourselves on having 3.2 cars in our garage and feel it’s our right to drive our big 8-cylinder SUVs. Lowering the speed limit to 55 miles an hour‚ times millions of cars‚ will save gas‚ reduce waste and may even bring the price

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    What is “The Lost Ways 2”? The Lost Ways 2‚ is a 300 page survival guide book‚ authored by Claude Davis. The author‚ Claude Davis gives you strategies that seek to bring back lost survival skills of our ancestors by giving you ancient tips to survive world disasters including war‚ terror attacks‚ diseases‚ famine‚ natural disasters‚ economic crises. Technology and modernization has seen governments taking over the responsibility of providing essential services like water and electricity. This

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    Perth‚ Western Australia‚ in 1960‚ he is the author of several novels for adults‚ including Shallows (1986)‚ a novel set in a whaling town‚ and Cloudstreet (1991)‚ the tale of two working-class families rebuilding their lives‚ both won prestigious Miles Franklin Awards in Australia. A theatrical adaptation of Cloudstreet toured Australia‚ Europe and the USA to universal acclaim. His novel That Eye‚ the Sky (1986) was adapted for theatre by Justin Monjo and Richard Roxburgh‚ and also made into a film

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    A Durkheimian Analysis of the Execution of Troy Anthony Davis Section A: Synthesis of Durkheim Durkheim’s major argument in The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912) is that society is the basis of religion and religion is basis of society. Essentially for Durkheim‚ religion’s central concern is society. Religion is a set of symbols‚ rituals‚ and beliefs that exist in order to solidify and reinforce society. Religion is not just the realm of the supernatural‚ of spirits and gods. This is

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    earn in all? *A. $1‚062.50 B. $780.20 C. $1‚052.50 D. $790.20 9. What is 51/4 ÷ 22/7 ? A. 12 B. 2 C. 1219/64 *D. 219/64 10. To get to a job site‚ you must travel 45 kilometers. How many miles will you travel? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. A. 34.25 miles *B. 27.96 miles C. 28.16 miles D. 42.15 miles 11. What is 51/2 × 21/3? A. 127/8 B. 131/6 C. 132/5 *D. 125/6 12. If you pay $8.50 per square yard of carpeting‚ what is your total cost for 27.5 square yards? A. $223.75 B. $232.75 *C. $233

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    Davis’s “Thinking Like a Chicken.” One of the many interesting sub-topics of animal ethics addressed in this paper is the topic of domestication. If we created and formed domesticated animals through selective breeding do they deserve rights? Karen Davis and I would argue that they do (Davise‚ 1995). This is a case however when our preconceived notions about animals are right. Domesticated animals in our absence would die. They are no longer adapted to their local environment; they are adapted to the

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    Miles Enterprises: Code of Ethics Keidra Miles OMM 640: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Dr. Onatolu March 16‚ 2015 The fictional Company Miles Enterprises will be the corporation discussed in this paper. Miles Enterprises is a multi-city management consulting firm based in Louisiana. The company will soon venture abroad. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines created by the United States Sentencing Commission in 1991 presented a detailed set of guidelines to govern the sentencing

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    a one mile race. But‚ in school‚ we already had to run a mile in gym‚ and I wasn’t very good. All of my siblings said "yes" to it‚ so I had to also. I had no other choice. So‚ after a few days of doing nothing about the race‚ my dad asked me if I would go on a run with him to get ready for it. I didn’t have much of a choice. The way he said it was with a "do it now" kind of voice‚ so we ran about a half mile. By the time we got back‚ I was out of breath

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    RECONSTRUCTION PRE-CRASH: On 12-29-2016 at approximately 0315 hours‚ a 2015 Nissan Altima was westbound on Boyette Road in the outside lane‚ approximately .37 miles east of and approaching the intersection of McMullen Road. The driver of Nissan did not see Pedestrian 1 enter the roadway from the north road edge. Pedestrian 1 was walking from a private driveway at 12012 Boyette Road‚ southbound across Boyette Road from the north side of Boyette Road‚ where there is not a marked crosswalk‚ or any

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    Illinois should remain 65 miles per hour as currently posted on the roadways. Body: I. Negative aspects : "What’s wrong?" Significant subject: There are numerous problems associated with raising the speed limit. Currently‚ the legal speed limit is 65 miles per hour on rural four-lane highways. Many people believe it is okay to go about five miles per hour over this posting (The news gazette). Raising the speed limit to 70 miles per hour will have people believe 75 miles per hour is acceptable

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