2. According to the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training online West Virginia Coal Mining Facts,

     West Virginia produces about 15% of total coal production in the U.S. (The Travel Channel says 30%)

     According to the USDA, McDowell County has the highest percentage of poverty (33%) of all WV counties.

     

A) Discuss multiple reasons why is West Virginia's highest coal-producing county also West Virginia's poorest county. B) Report at least three sources and what they conclude. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

3. A) Define morals. B) Define ethics. C) How are these terms similar (compare)? D) How are these terms different (contrast)?

E) What is global community perspective? (Define this way of looking at humanity.)

F) With these terms and perspective in mind, what ethical responsibilities might a human have by virtue of being born? Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

4. A) Explain at least eight positives of making Lewisburg's downtown Route 219 (Jefferson Street) a "No Left Turn" at Route 60 (Washington Street). B) Explain at least eight negatives. C) Explain multiple issues behind the differing public opinion.

 

 

5. A June '07 Gallup Poll revealed 71% of polled Americans "disapproved" of the "job" Congress was doing. ThisNation.com reported that voters reelected 99% of US House of Representatives and reelected 96% of US Senators. A) Explain multiple reasons why Congress's approval-rating is so different from Congress's

reelection-percentage? B) Also, report (and name your source) how many of the polled Americans voted in the last presidential election? Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

6. One of eight smokers dies of lung cancer (American Lung Association). With these odds, a) explain at least eight reasons why is smoking still so prevalent. B) Explain/discuss why West Virginia tobacco smoking rates are higher than the national average. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

7. Federal law does not allow offshore oil rigs within the eastern-half of the Gulf of Mexico (off the Florida coast) and yet it does allow rigs along the coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisianna, Texas, and near Santa Barbara, California and the Alaskan coast. Explain the multi-faceted reasons that dictates where offshore oil rigs may be constructed and operated. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

8. When identical twins are separated at birth and then reunited years later, to what extent might their personalities be the same? A) Explain "reunited stories" you researched. B) Discuss the personality similarities each pair of twins shared. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

9. Similar to wind turbines converting wind-energy to electricity, non-dam water-current turbines exist for converting tide and ocean-currents to electricity? A) Explain the tide-machine technology. B) Explain where this technology is currently used. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

10. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) explains three reasons why HIV cannot be spread by mosquitoes. A) Explain CDC's three reasons. B) Explain who disagrees with CDC's beliefs. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

11. Some sociologists argue that the American culture is the most litigious society. Some cite wrongful life and wrongful birth cases as extreme examples. A) Define the bolded and italicized terms. B) Summarize a wrongful life/wrongful birth case.

 

 

12. The US Department of Agriculture(USDA) created Recommended Daily Allowances(RDA) for vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. A) Explain how these values have changed over time. B) Explain factors that changed them. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

13. Some sociologists argue that the "best" invention of our era is/was the Internet because of an item called information equality or informational equality. A) Define this term. B) Discuss multiple reasons how informational equality might be abused by those supplying information or misleading to those accessing information. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

14. In 2004 and 2005, two-thirds of the voters of the Vermont ski-resort town Killington wished to secede from Vermont and become part of New Hampshire, which lies 25 miles to the east.

A) Explain why Killington residents wished secession from Vermont?

B) Explain three events that must occur before Killington were to become a Hew Hampshire town? Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

 

15. Newt Gingrich cited a 2006 education study that reported Detroit spent $7,469 per student and that Marin County, California spent $6,579 per student ($890 less). Even though Detroit spent more, 21.7% of its high schoolers graduated on time while Marin County high schoolers graduated 96.8% on time. Gingrich implied that money spent did not help graduation rates. Explain multiple reasons why Detroit students are not graduating on time. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....

 

16. Planetary scientists recently discovered that Mars used to have vast amounts of liquid water, and they likewise agree that Mars used to have a much thicker atmosphere. Contrast the current Martian atmosphere with earth's atmosphere. Explain theories as to what happened to the ancient Martian atmosphere. Explain how can humans "reseed" an atmosphere upon Mars and thus make it more Earth-like. Report your sources by beginning sentences with According to....