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Good vs Bad Graph

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I believe that the above image is an example of a good graph. It shows the units for both the x and y axis, it averages the temperatures which makes it more accurate and makes the data less skewed, but it still shows accurate information. The scale of the y axis is good and is not misleading. I believe that the above image is a bad graph because the graph's unit measurement of the y axis makes it look like there has been no change in the global temperature. It is a misleading graph and it would be a graph used for people to believe that the Earth's temperature has been stable.

Wine to Water

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   On Thursday, September 6th, Wine to Water gave a presentation at Appalachian State University about what they do and more specifically, what they did for Nepal a couple of years ago.    Wine to Water is an amazing organization who does their best to supply water to developing countries. They put up wells in areas where civilians have to walk extremely far to get something that's such a basic necessity. Water insecurity is becoming a bigger problem globally with every passing year. This organization is doing everything that they can do to make people's lives easier. One example of how they did this was in Nepal.    In April of 2015, Nepal was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. It was devastating to the country, especially considering people were already struggling before the natural disaster. Wine to Water was informed of the circumstances and asked if they could help. Unfortunately, it didn't seem that their efforts would be effective there. It look...