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elliott reyes

Sample Chapter for Fung, A.: Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy. - 2 views

  • Changing a name, of course, cannot itself raise test scores, make classes more orderly, build classrooms, or increase children's readiness for middle and high school
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      by changing a name of the school offcourse your not going to change the way the students test score will go up, but it will sure motivate kids especially since the majority are black and they name the school HARAMBEE. AND SINCE PEOPLE WERE trying to attempt to advance their programs.
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Amsterdam as Smart City: Going Green, Fast - Businessweek - 2 views

  • in local bus stops will be powered by small solar panels. Elsewhere, 500 households will pilot an energy-saving system from IBM (IBM) and Cisco (CSCO) aimed at cutting electricity costs. An additional 728 homes will have access to financing from Dutch banks ING (ING) and Rabobank to buy everything from energy-saving light bulbs to ultra-efficient roof insulation
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      IBM is thinking smart by doing all this were gonna save energy and Gas having electric trucks that are nonpolluting is a benefit for us it will take jobs away but overall will be better for our inviroment.
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Does the Invisible Hand Need a Helping Hand? - Reason.com - 8 views

  • The fine seems to have undermined the parents' sense of ethical obligation to avoid inconveniencing the teachers and led them to think of lateness as just another commodity they could purchase."
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      offcourse the parents are gonna come later who wants to get fined for being late to pick up your kid from school especially if the parent was working i mean if the parent was having fun and constantly did it then maybe i wuld agree but i dont think thats the case with the majority of the kids someone needs to pay for the daycare so i dont think parents were late at first for b.s reasons
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Chimp Fights and Trolley Rides - Radiolab - 13 views

  • The most interesting possibility is that the brain may have more than one way to handle complex decisions. I'd have to say that at this point science can't say much beyond that when it comes to morality and ethics. Morality and ethics are constructs we come up with to try and put some order into personal actions both on an inter-personal level and in larger groups and societies as a whole.
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