Effects of Carbon Dioxide in the Seas Several decades ago, in the atmosphere carbon dioxide levels did not match emissions caused by fossil fuel burning. The ocean contains 50 times more carbon than the air. Christopher Sabine states, “The ultimate take home message for this is whether we live 1,000 yards from the beach or a 1,000 miles from the shore, we are all having a profound impact on the global ocean and the creatures that live there.” (Sabine 2012). In this paper, I’m going to describe the
It seems like society has always had an issue with powerful, sexually liberal women. There is nothing more threatening than a woman who knows exactly what it is that she wants, and does not need validation from anyone. Attractive, intelligent and ambitious women are quickly deemed as power-hungry and scheming and, as a result, are turned almost unavoidably into an enchanting, if deceitful seductress, ruthless in their desire for power either on their own or their children’s behalf. Two powerful women
Joyce Sutphen is an author from Minnesota, she got her PhD in Renaissance drama from the University of Minnesota. She is a professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter and she teaches British literature and creative writing. Joyce has also won the Barnard Women’s Poets Prize for her first collection of poems called, Straight out of View (Joyce Sutphen). She is from a large family and has three children and several grandchildren. Most of her poetry is influenced from her family and farm background
1 Could a machine be conscious? This question is often dismissed as simple by those that would say “yes” in response. The usual claim made by the pro camp is that man is a ‘biological machine’ and is conscious, ergo, a machine is conscious. If we, humans, are truly biological machines and we are at the same time conscious then I would agree that yes, categorically, a machine could be conscious. But is it really that simple? I contend that it is a more difficult problem but not that it is a complicated
Eighth Edition Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts Thomas P. Edmonds University of Alabama–Birmingham Frances M. McNair Mississippi State University Philip R. Olds Virginia Commonwealth University Edward E. Milam Mississippi State University (Contributing Author) FUNDAMENTAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020. Copyright © 2013, 2011, 2008, 2006