Attempts to restore ecosystems (restoration ecology). What attempts have been made? Have they been successful? Why or why not? What are the problems involved in restoring ecosystems? Is restoration a reasonable trade-off for development plans? At what point is a restoration project “finished?”
write a paper about any death-related topic, which I chose the different cultures on death rituals.
What are the chief characteristics of an operating system?
2. How did the Apple desktop rise to such a popular system is such a short amount of time? (Think history and what was the genius of their marketing program).
3. What is the cost of a single desktop license? Explain that there are a couple of different models (i.e. MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro) and what is important between them.
4. If you were a supervisor of a large installation (100+ computers, corporation, school), what would you use as a guideline for the cost of keeping those computers running? (i.e. initial cost of software, training and certifying your staff, keeping them up to date)
5. All three desktop systems (Windows, Apple, Linux) use an Intel processor. What makes the Apple stand out?
Write an essay on the origins of the American Revolution and its triumph over the British in the American colonies. What historical and cultural developments account for the Revolutions extraordinary success?
What caused the American Civil War? What was each side fighting for? Write an essay on the origins and outcomes of what some have called the second war of Independence. Use historical information to support your answer.
Discuss the origins and principles of manifest destiny.
Discuss the importance of Andrew Jackson.
PART II Write one of the following essays.
How did you see your country 18 weeks ago and how do you see it now?
What, in your opinion, are America’s Greatest Hits, Volume One? In other words, which individuals, ideas, or events have been the most important in the first half of American History? List your top ten (or so) and then give your reasons for your first three choices.
Choose a film whose story line deals with an ethnic group other than your own. You might choose a film like Crash that focuses on the interactions among characters from several different ethnicities or a film like Madea that focuses on a single ethnic group. Write an essay in which you examine the ways in which ethnicity is presented in the film. Plot summaries have to be limited to only about a page. The rest of the paper should comprise of an analysis of the themes presented in the movie and the larger implications these have for diversity in the US. [Adapted from Mirror on America]
