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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-a0c4856e-1019-4937-96fd-8714d70a48f7 This is an article i had to read for my math class. in it it tell the tale of men who lived on/by the Aral sea, and what happened as the sea dried up. the sea was reduced to 5% of its original volume, leaving behind a desert of toxic dirt in its wake. the sea wasn't destroyed by normal processes, this was caused by people damming it up and diverting the in-flowing rivers away to water crops. this article just got me thinking how sad it is that people would do something like this. you can very visibly see that your destroying vast amount of land and yet they continued until there was nothing left. more than that, now that they've destroyed the sea, they cant even use the water to supply the crops that destroyed the sea. I find this article to be a great example of what happens if people aren't vigilant about calling out destructive policies/actions.

with 4 college girls having been attacked with acid in France, the prevalence of acid attacks, as well as their lack of details, have been on my mind. I think in this past year alone I've heard of more acid attacks than i have my whole life. this makes me wonder, why has acid become a popular weapon as of late? acid is not the most reliable of weapons, as to do serious damage you would need to either buy strong acids or leave the area untreated. since the common person can't buy strong acids, they must be distilling them from household items, like muriatic acid or batteries. this makes the attacker have to put in inordinary amounts of time, when frankly they could do more damage with a knife or gun. Personally, i think these attacks are more for statement than true damage. i think the people doing this are trying to stir up fear, as an acid attack sounds alot worse and a shooting etc, or gain public attention. Additionally, why are picture of the attack never shown? is it becau

1. The scene that really got to me was when the former members saw Micheal in Hawaii and he had rebuilt his following after being exposed and abandoned by almost all his congregation. I reacted to this scene with disbelief, almost anger, at how these people could fall into his trap eve after being exposed. how could people knowingly follow a man who was exposed for psychological and sexual abuse? But then you realize you know exactly why its happening again. At the start of the film, i though how is this even a cult, they all found happiness and purpose in their lives. these people helped others and Micheal seemed like a genuinely good guy. As i watched them become invested in the cult, i at times thought to myself that maybe there was something to what they were doing, and maybe there still is. I myself had begun to enchanted by it all, until it all changed. This is why people follow him, they become enchanted almost by him, and while i originally though it crazy that people would con

Having just finished my second week in school, I've gotten the hang of my routine. Now that i know what my day-to-day schedule is like, i can say with confidence that I'm disappointed with college. I've always been told how much free time and freedom in general college would bring to me. however, this is not the case for me. I've found that while i have more free time, I also have far more work and studying that i have to do if I am to succeed in the DAP program. On top of it all I have to work far more to help pay for my college expenses. So while it is true that college does give you so much more free time, it is also a lie. This is because college gives you the freedom of choice. You can choose to not go to class, to not do your work, but for the people who do go to class, who do do their homework, they're just as busy, if not more, than they were in high school. So I can summarize my feeling for college with this, its just more of the same.