Global warming is a threat to humanity. As an international student from Singapore‚ I am alarmed about the catastrophic consequences of climate change. It is already happening in our lives. Rising sea levels caused by the melting glaciers poses a direct threat to my home. Island nations and coastal cities will suffer the inevitable if we do not act now. In six degrees‚ Mark Lynas warned the impending arctic tipping point‚ once passed‚ the melting of the glaciers cannot be reversed‚ leading to a loss
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This Argumentative essay will discuss about the argument of same sex marriage. The contents are: meaning‚ brief background and thesis statement for the Introduction; for the Body of the discussion is the counter argument; and for the conclusion part: the summary and the restatement of the thesis statement. Same Sex Marriage also known as gay marriage or equal marriage it is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity. In the 20th and 21st centuries various
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Paper Topic III: What’s So Bad About the Matrix? I believe that through living in a matrix or being a brain-in-a-vat‚ you are ultimately alienating yourself from the world and missing out on the true experience of life. In this paper I will argue that life is not only comprised of the mental state‚ but rather the combination of a physical and mental existence. There are three reasons that justify my stance on life and existence. The rejection of a matrix and the brain-in-a-vat scenario is simply
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lots of different ways like if you had something bad going on in your life‚ video games can help you escape all of that for a little and when you play them it feels like you are in a different world where you can fly‚ and it comforts people to forget about their problems for a little. Also if you were angry at something you could take your anger out on aliens or other
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people are killed during these war crimes‚ they need to stop. The Holocaust was one of the worst war crimes ever committed. 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. “11 million people were killed in the Holocaust: 6 million were Jews‚ and about 1.1 million were kids” (Taylor 10). One way that people would be killed is that they would be forced into these large rooms and then the room would fill with gas and they would all die from it. Another way that they would kill people is that they would
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Researchers say that the first three days are the hardest for smokers that are trying to quit. People go through nicotine withdrawal‚ they have resentment towards everything‚ and extreme anxiety. The UK Times says‚ “E-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than smoking‚ it’s helping people to quit tobacco and there’s no evidence it’s a gateway into smoking”. There are various benefits of e-cigs and vape‚ but there are also some downfalls. E-cigarettes/vaporizers are a electronic cigarettes. It
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people have died at the border. Overall they just want a better life. We don’t know much about their past lives but we do know that they want to come to the states for a better opportunity for them and their family. Immigrants affect the United States in many different ways. Illegal immigrants affect the United State by causing the united states to have debts. "Illegal immigration costs U.S. taxpayers about $113 billion a year at the federal‚ state and local level”(Federation for American Immigration
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sugar consumption‚” stated Briggs Adam. The idea that if the taxes on sodas raise it would impact people’s health and hopefully help them change their diets. On the other hand‚ taxing sodas could greatly affect the lower class greatly. It is all about what people chose to do when these taxing and laws are enforced in a community. Against ) The idea that taxing sugary drinks will reduce obesity is being studied by one of the nutritionist specialists at the University of Carolina “soft drinks are
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has been part of our American Culture for nearly seventy years. What started from a single McDonalds has grown to become a huge organization. Since fast food has become such an easy answer to a lot of our problems‚ most people do not stop and think about what they are putting into their bodies and the long-term effects it will have on their health. Therefore‚ the fame of fast food has caused Americans to experience an increase in adverse medical problems. Americans today are obsessed with the idea
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attacks of September 11‚ 2001 on our country was one of the most tragic and deadly days in our history. It brought a country together and the American strength of freedom and unity became a battle cry. After the dust had cleared‚ the questions came about that asked‚ how could this have happened? Were there not security and intelligence infrastructures and policies in place? Where did these failures occur? Will our country be vulnerable going forward? The events of 9/11 brought a large amount of
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