B.J. Ann Period 3 10/31/13 When you come to America you are automatically thinking it’s some paradise and that you’re about to live and fulfill the “America Dream”. The American Dream was probably developed in the US by someone coming to America and was able to get an education‚ a job‚ and create a good life for themselves. It seems that now the American Dream isn’t how is used to be‚ you don’t have equal opportunities‚ not everyone can go to school‚ and if you fail at something you’re looked
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Imagine driving down the highway‚ and ahead of you‚ you see a vehicle swerving all over the road. The first thing many assume is that the driver is on their phone or another device. They either crash‚ injuring others‚ or continue to text/play on their device. The advancement of technology continues to make this danger more and more prominent in society. The use of technology while operating a vehicle is the most dangerous distraction a driver can have due to the fact that people have been engulfed
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The debate on the legalization of marijuana has been a longstanding issue. In the article‚ “What Science Says About Marijuana” by Philip M. Boffey‚ Boffey addresses why marijuana should be legalized. The main ideas address are that no one can die from an overdose with marijuana and that marijuana is not potent and addictive like heroin or tobacco. Although it can decrease one’s performance and cause symptoms of bronchitis‚ it does not have any major health issue and has no connection to causing cancer
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For the unknown light source‚ it had almost every color‚ so it might have been be mercury because they have similar color beams and their color from the naked eye appeared as purple‚ which mercury‚ a light blue‚ is very close to in terms of it’s color on the spectrum. For the unknown flame crystals‚ it may NH4+ because the colors that appeared are very similar to the crystals. Next‚ chemicals have to be heated in the flame for the color to emit because heat adds energy to the substance making the
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Social media was created as a form of communication among friends and families. As social media developed to be more than just a communication tool‚ it became part of people’s profile‚ or “character”. Because these social media profiles “reflect” what users do everyday and think about the world‚ college admission counselors and employers added a new category in their checklist when evaluating applicants. Although checking the personalities of applicants is very important‚ social media is merely a
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DETERMINATION OF ZINC AND NICKEL CONCENTRATION BY (1) ION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY FOLLOWED BY CHELOMETRIC TITRATION‚ AND BY (2) ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY OF THE MIXTURE Experiment 4 Dates of Experiment: 10/14/08 through 10/30/08 Date of Report: 11/7/08 Chem 2262L � I. Introduction In this experiment‚ the zinc and nickel contents of unknowns were tested using two methods. In the first method‚ nickel and zinc were separated through ion-exchange chromatography and analyzed through chelometric
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The history of rape is a long one‚ filled with horrible instances and medieval beliefs that continue to the modern day. Rape and sexual assault were -and sometimes still are- seen as a normal practice in underdeveloped or war-torn countries. The rape of female civilians was a normal practice for years throughout many wars around the world‚ as well as during colonization or conquest of new lands. The native people in the Americas were targeted profusely during the “discovery” of the “new world”‚ and
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Museums are a perfect way to represent what history has unfolded for the public’s eye. Consideration needs to be made when a person is shopping for fragments of history such as arts or artifacts. A main consideration is profit; however‚ there are consequences if the museums does not make enough money. If a museum does not make enough money‚ this could suggest that people are not interested in taking tours throughout the museums anymore‚the new age of technology is taking over. What happens after
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The phenomenon of bullshit jobs brought up some interesting points on society that resonated with me and led me to think the only solution to all these problems is a global revolution. In the article‚ David Graeber points out that jobs have been created that are effectively pointless and that because of this people end up being disenchanted with their lives and society that results in “a scar across our collective soul.” This scar is formed from people who go to their 9-5 jobs mainly as a means
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As a scholar of Black life‚ Clyde Woods is strongly interested in topics related to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermaths to the black communities. His devoted research is to bring readers to the answer to “a raging global debate over the Bush administration’s views on racial justice‚” (1006) in “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans‚” an article aptly named after an iconic New Orleans song. He was innovative‚ and committed to the identity politics‚ dignity and liberation of all oppressed
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