Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that texting and driving shouldn’t be allowed. Central Idea: Simple fact on how it puts everyone on danger that’s on the road and how many accidents it creates. Attention Getter: Imagine your leaving your house on your way to work and you need to drop off your daughter but you receive a text message‚ so as you are driving you look down and take a look at it but soon you realize it’s far too late and you have already hit the side of
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individual people and larger groups are becoming aware of the use of child soldiers globally‚ though. In the past two decades‚ multiple support groups have been established and have helped child soldiers demobilize and reintegrate into society. More attention needs to be given to the children who have yet to receive help. The United Nations‚ along with other human rights groups and individual governments‚ should increase pressure on governments and rebel forces who recruit child soldiers. Even though
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individuals convicted of armed robbery to receive double the sentence that it is now? In my opinion the answer is no. Policy making in the field of criminal justice is extremely vital to society. Punishments can be very confusing in the fact of what is appropriate. What is too much and what is too little? There have been many studies that show that there is little or no deterrent of crime such as armed robbery when the punishment is a long sentence to prison. The reason for this lack of deterrent is because
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1. In one or two sentences‚ describe your career goal: (Limit 575 characters with spaces) I plan to promote community-driven development by working as a community advisor for an organization that provides microgrants and guidance to communities‚ specifically in rural areas. I will bridge the gap between the community leaders and the general population and give them the resources to create a unified vision‚ to write a proposal for a specific project to better the community‚ and to guide them through
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Cherry’s notion of selective attention explains how people follow what they want to hear in spite of several distractions. He refers to this phenomenon as the cocktail party effect. He studied this in a laboratory controlled experiment using the shadowing technique. An auditory message was presented to one ear of the participants over headphones whilst a simultaneous distractor message was presented to the other ear. The participants had to ’shadow’‚ i.e‚ ignore the distractor message while repeating
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To quote a wise crusher operator‚ Crushing is not just about tons per hour; it’s about safe tons per hour.’ But consider that a safe workplace is not achieved via mere lip service and signage‚ but rather from the right mindset--from owners‚ managers and workers--and from the manufacturers of each piece of processing equipment. Importantly‚ manually digging out the crusher before repairs or restarts puts workers in dangerous positions. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has reported
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Ritalin Chandler Bair 2/20/13 5TH Ritalin is a very good drug to use if you have either the disease ADD ADHD. Although you can use it the right way you can also Abuse it. What is Ritalin you may ask? (Beal‚9) “Ritalin is the brand name for the prescription drug Methylphenidate”. Methylphenidate is a generic drug produced by several companies. Generic drugs and brand name drugs are similar in their effectiveness. However generic drugs usually cost less. Dexedrine and cylert are two other types
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Complex Sentences: 1. While the lethargic dwarf Sleepy moped about the cottage‚ Snow White galvanized him by unexpectedly singing a song about working in order to inspire a greater work ethic from the sluggish dwarf. Metacognition: I used juxtaposing adjectives to word to provide a clear differentiation between Sleepy and Snow White. These adjectives lead to the shock brought on by the word. The purpose of a complex sentence is to depreciate one clause in order to make the other one more prominent
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Sofía Fernández Becerra Grammar 1: Task 1 English Studies‚ group 220 24/03/14 Task 1: Constituent structure 1. Constituency tests (4 points). Are the following sentences examples of VP-ellipsis‚ gapping‚ ordinary coordination or shared constituent coordination? What does each test prove in terms of the constituency of the elided‚ gapped‚ coordinated or shared sequence of words? 1. Tom got away with a lie and with an excuse. 2. I argue about politics and my mom about religion. 3. Wallace designed
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1. What is the difference between a. and a. In six sentences or less‚ explain the two factors courts evaluate when considering whether an agency’s actions or determinations are arbitrary or capricious. Courts evaluate whether an agency provided a rational explanation for its decision and whether it considered all relevant factors. This involves ensuring that the decision-making process was logical and based on relevant evidence‚ and that the agency weighed all relevant information before reaching
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