Should We Do Something About Leaf Blowers? Surely leaf blowers seem innocent enough, right? Other than the noisiness of those things, I can't really complain. I'm all about getting things done quickly and efficiently. These garden power tools can blow at up to 200 miles per hour. With speed like that, they have to work better than a rake or a broom.
At first I thought the yard workers in our neighborhood were using the leaf blowers to blow leaves and trash into a pile to make them easier to pick up. When I actually sat down to watch them one day, the workers were just blowing the trash from the yard they were working on into another.
I did some research on exactly what was being blown through the air by the leaf blowers. Some call this potent mixture "fugitive dust," and it includes everything from carbon monoxide, mold, and pesticides to bird and animal droppings. Mmm! Doesn't that sound like the most appetizing thing to have on your picnic table? Let's not even think about how that mixture will impact the elderly, children, and people with breathing problems.
Are leaf blowers even all they are cracked up to be? A study conducted in California had a 50-year-old grandmother to compete against gas and battery-operated blowers. Using a rake and broom, she was able to beat the battery-powered leaf blower. She was almost as fast as the gas-powered machines. And, in fact, she did a better job than either of them because she was able to get the small nuts and twigs they couldn't.
You may be surprised to learn that some cities, like Los Angeles, have made it illegal to use leaf blowers near homes. It turns out that using a leaf blower for one hour produces the same amount of pollution as driving a car 50 miles.
As homeowners, should we take the steps to have regulations against leaf blowers in our neighborhoods, too? Should the city ban the use of leaf blowers? Should we be willing to pay a little extra for our yard crews to remove leaves and debris from our yards manually instead of using the blowers? Or, could we just ask the workers to use lower power levels when using them? Until we come to a consensus, it's safe to say whoever removes leaves from their yard last has the cleanest yard.

What is the author of this article trying to persuade the reader to think?

A. that leaf blowers are more trouble than they are worth

B. that people who use leaf blowers can injure themselves

C. that manual lawn care is hard work without leaf blowers

D. that manual lawn care can be satisfying work for you

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.

Which evaluation category receives the highest rating? which evaluation category receives the lowest rating?

Read the passage. (1) since prehistoric times, milk has been a vital source of nutrition for human beings. (2) some doctors and nutritionists believe that consuming milk can be detrimental to our health. (3) milk is one of the most nutrient-dense beverages we can consume and it should be an essential part of a healthy diet. (4) drinking just one 8-ounce glass of milk per day puts you well on your way to meeting recommended daily intakes for important nutrients. which transition would be best to use at the beginning of sentence 2? finally additionally however specifically