In 2006, former senator Al Gore created an academy award winning documentary on global warming entitled “An Inconvenient Truth” . The movie earned several awards including an academy award for best documentary and gore later received a noble peace prize. The movie discussed several different topics of great concern to global warming; such as permafrost, climbs in temperature, extinction of species, drought, and fatigue to name a few. Four writers in five different articles discussed the three topics
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watching the movie. Your answers must be typed or written neatly on a separate sheet of paper. Trivial responses (responses with no thought put into them) and responses that do not relate to the movie will receive zero points. Questions 1. Al Gore considers global climate change to be a moral imperative. Do you agree or disagree, and why? 2. Of the evidence and images presented in the movie, which did you find to be the most persuasive, and why? 3. Of the evidence and images presented
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Dennis 1 Synopsis Decisions are made every day. The choices people make are often swayed one way or another by outside forces or by those that frame decisions and their choices. Nudge focuses on decisions and how they are made. Half of Nudge covers decisions and how their choices are framed and how we as people can better understand why choices are set up the way they are, how to make an optimal decision, and how to nudge others toward making optimal decisions. The second half of Nudge illustrates
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Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our times. Recent events have emphatically demonstrated our growing vulnerability to climate change. Climate change impacts will range from affecting agriculture - further endangering food security - to sea-level rise and the accelerated erosion of coastal zones, increasing intensity of natural disasters, species extinction, and the spread of vector-borne diseases. [1] This issue is of immense importance for every global
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Director/Producer who has produced several television dramas as well as Documentary films. I think by using AL Gore he was able to really grab the international audience as well. Living in Switzerland during the years around 9/11 I found out quickly what the Swiss people really thought of our Nation’s leaders. I found that the public opinion was particularly high when it came to two people Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. This leads me to believe combined with Al Gore’s passion for the environment combined
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SECRET LANGUAGE of • HOW LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION THROUGH NARRATIVE The LEADERSHIP STEPHEN DENNING John Wiley & Sons, Inc. More Praise for The Secret Language of Leadership “Out of the morass of strategies leaders are given to transform organizations, Denning plucks a powerful one—storytelling— and shows how and why it works.” —Dorothy Leonard, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business, Emerita, Harvard Business School, and author, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring
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that the reason there is so much suffering is because, the population keeps booming at a faster rate and this adds to the overuse of scarce depletable and environmentally hazardous resources. In line with that in his film, An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore also attributes the increase in global warming to population explosion, which he projected to reach over 9 billion by the year 2050. Rachel’s argues that our decision of having or not having children creates horizons of possibilities that have practical
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had also been aggressive in its external relations with both government and industry. Haney, with the assistance of Washington lobbyist Peter Knight, had been successful in gaining the attention of government officials all the way to Vice President Gore. The company also successfully leveraged its relationships with industry giants such as Lockheed Martin, Rollins, Fluor Daniel, Westinghouse SEG, Hoescht Celanese, and DuPont to establish its three commercial start-ups: two in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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in the certified vote totals of 215 votes identified in Palm Beach County and 168 votes identified in Miami-Dade County for Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and Senator Joseph Lieberman, Democratic Candidates for President and Vice President. The Supreme Court noted that petitioner, Governor George W. Bush asserted that the net gain for Vice President Gore in Palm Beach County was 176 votes, and directed the Circuit Court to resolve that dispute on remand. The court further held that relief would require
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Board of Directors Apple the corporation that opened the market with the greatest phone technology ever created. “The board of directors, there has the obligation to approve all decisions that might affect the long-term performance of the corporation. This means that the corporation is fundamentally governed by the board of directors overseeing top management, with the concurrence of the shareholders”(Wheelen, T. L, pg.43) The Board of directors has the responsibility to “1. Effective board
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