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    attack. There a few scenarios in which both the president and all of the known back ups are in the same room such as the state of the union address. So we can assume that there are even more people who have the ability to launch a nuke just in case an event such as the state of union were to be attacked. This is effective nuclear deterrence that is well thought out but what happens if one of these back ups to the president goes rouge? The results could be world ending. The next problem with the…

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    Human Extinction Essay

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    Extinct” claims that humans will not die out due to a natural event. They also believe that a mass extinction of humans would have to be planned by humans themselves. Their research has led them to believe that there would have to be a series of fatalistic events in order to destroy mankind (Payne); however, the issues they accounted for do not factor in the damage created by human activity. We may not become extinct because of natural events, but there is nothing natural about a nuclear war,…

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    While it’s great to be prepared, the pessimists seem to be more elitists because they have the means to support their advance preparation. This affects us globally because we all don’t have the same means if things were to happen through catastrophic events. Long term the optimists may be okay because of their beliefs in renewal technologies to…

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    This just in: a tyrannical super-terrorist is slaughtering innocents in your neighborhood; are you and your loved ones next? Find out how many of these perverted, right-wing, villainous doomsday-harbingers live on your street tonight, but first, a word from our sponsors. Is the news feeling too accurate lately? Not enough controversy stirring up in the media? Don’t miss the nation’s latest craze, try sensationalism! With sensationalism in journalism, news media, and politics, American citizens…

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    physical terrorist attack, but rather a cyber-related one. In Washington, D.C., you can probably count on one hand the issues that both Republicans and Democrats can agree on – and this is certainly one of them. The inevitability of such a catastrophic event and the destruction that it could cause is a nightmarish scenario that without a doubt keeps our elected officials and military leaders awake at night. The questions aren’t “if,” but “when?” Imagine life for one day, or even one hour…

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    will begin roaming our streets. There is no need to be afraid. We’ll also have pint-sized superheroes, cowboys and astronauts coming to our defense. No matter which doomsday scenario occurs near your restaurant, store or production facility, we at Safe Food Training have developed a Servsafe MN plan to help you prevent your Halloween event from becoming a food-borne illness horror story. ServSave MN Guide to Surviving Halloween Horror If your outlet is open the evening of Halloween, you’ll…

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    Mars Persuasive Essay

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    create this beautiful place where all creature are at its naturally given place. Don’t be selfish! Just imagine it and you can go back to being self-centered and ungrateful in a second. Imagine the perfect tranquility in a chaotic, natural sequence of events. Imagine standing in the middle of the rainforest and looking at world through a tiny drop of dew that’s sitting on the patal of an orchid. Perfect,right? However, it’s looks upside down. Now, back to the real world,which is also upside down…

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    No one understood Mia. She never wanted to be part of this. She had alway rebelled against Edenton since she arrived there. But, Mia did not understand how dangerous this town in South America really was. She never wanted to followed any of the rules, but breaking them came with horrible consequences. Mia continue to daydream of what life is like outside of the Flock. She always feels trapped by the armed guard on the outskirts of the town. But, when a mysterious boy named Gabe arrives at…

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    He then quickly goes to the apothecary where he asks for a potion that will kill him. When he gets to Juliet he weeps, “O true apothecary! / Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die”, ending his life right there and then (V.iii.119-120). Yet his event could have been prevented if Friar Laurence was quicker in sending Friar John to Mantua. Thus revolving around the fact that Friar Laurence was too slow in trying to reach Romeo, and it had major…

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    Year 2000

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    been a devastating computer flaw turned out to be nothing more than an over-exaggeration. When the smoke cleared, the actual events that transpired on 1 January 2000 were frivolous and the “fear associated with the turn of the millennium subsided” (Rothman). The Y2K doomsday believers were left speechless when the entrance into the new millennium was observed with no major event related to Y2K occurring. Pundits who taunted the drastic effects of Y2K were left red-faced when “all the…

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