High heels are ’good’ for you | Mail Online High heels are ’good’ for you by JENNY HOPE‚ Daily Mail After decades of dire warnings about the perils of wearing high heels‚ doctors have now dramatically put the boot into the idea that they are bad for women. In fact‚ stilettoes may be kinder to female knees than sensible ’flatties’‚ say researchers. They discovered that wearing a high heel may make women less likely to develop arthritic changes in the knee joint in later life. But‚ at the
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Rap and Moral Character Various critics have railed against the alleged harms of rap music. It is misogynistic and promotes violence (especially toward women)‚ crass materialism‚ and street crime. Virtually all of the arguments about rap focus on its alleged effects—harmful or‚ occasionally‚ beneficial. Yet such arguments are difficult to prove. While not suggesting we abandon approaches like this‚ the focus on effects ignores another important moral argument—rap music is both a sign of
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Monique Agbro 4 A/B 2/17/15 The Omnipresent Migraine Can our American government be changed by civil disobedience? Well that depends on one’s perspective of change. Is change the smallest alteration from one aspect to another‚ or is it a longer process that adjusts specific circumstances into a better situation? If it is the latter then our government is indeed a human force that can be changed by civil disobedience‚ including small acts of defiance. A change in government’s laws‚ rules‚ and regulation may be a tedious
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Capitalism works on profit. The mass media cannot venture too far from society’s mainstream values or it will lose its audience. Popular taste becomes the only criteria and culturally rich and significant works are ignored. In the popular Afrikaans music sub-culture thousands of raging Nicolas Louw and Kurt Darren fans is the proof of this easily pleased crowd with no demands except catchy beat and attractive looks. American and Western cultural intrusion: Through media imperialism‚ motivated by profit
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Written Assignment 8: Writing an Evaluation/Argumentative Essay Write an evaluation/argumentative essay on a topic of your choice. Several possible topics are listed below‚ but you are free to come up with your own. Develop your evaluation/argument in an essay of about 500 words. If you wish‚ use statistics‚ examples‚ or quotations from sources you find helpful and supportive. Possible topics: * A review of a book you have read or a movie or television show you have seen. * An evaluation
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Drew Houser Robin Sonstegard English 1100 15 October 2013 Funding the Arts The United States‚ as a whole‚ depends immensely on the development of arts programs‚ big or small. Americans need the sense of culture and social gathering‚ and what could possibly be better to do on a Friday night than hear the local orchestra play or catch the next town over’s middle school production of The Wizard of Oz? The funding of arts departments in schools‚ colleges‚ and universities is absolutely imperative
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SULA This essay is a compare and contrast of the character’s Sula and Nel from the novel ‘‘Sula’’ by Toni Morrison. Throughout the progression of the novel‚ Nel and Sula complement each other in ways that allows them to form a single functional unit friendship. The symbiotic nature between Sula and Nel began during their childhood years. Sula depended upon Nel for sturdiness and comfort‚ while Nel preferred the unpredictable nature of her sula. They used the other’s lifestyle to compensate
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Argumentative Essay Checklist Introduction ☐ Sets the context in the introduction by reviewing the topic in a general way ☐Establishes why the topic is important (exigence) or why readers should care about the issue ☐Presents an explicit thesis statement (stated directly) ☐Presents an arguable thesis statement (it can be proven valid) ☐Follows the guidelines set forth in the assignment by narrowing the scope of the thesis statement to meet the conditions set by the key question Transitions ☐Uses
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This article examines the adoption and adaptation of rap by white listeners‚ whose only experience with African American culture is through their music. Hayes draws upon evidence from his interviews of white people in a rural town in Ontario to ascertain whether or not this trend of fascination with rap music can help to promote racial relations through informing audiences on rap culture. Hayes notes that those who aligned themselves with rap music tended to see themselves as more experienced than their
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Outline Issue: Should companies reduce working hours for their employees? Claim: Companies should reduce working hours for their employees‚ because it can bring benefits. Such as‚ increase labor productivity‚ solving social and environmental problems‚ and making people’s life happier and healthier. Supporting details: 1. Reducing work hours can create productivity. Workers or employees can be more focus on their task or business without wasting time‚ and higher efficiency of production could
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