Let’s Ban A Book? It seems we are fast losing our freedoms as American citizens. Personal phone lines are tapped‚ religious freedoms are no longer allowed to be exercised in public schools‚ and never before has there been such a threat to America’s very existence. Our manufacturing jobs have been leaving the country at a steady rate since the 1980’s‚ health care is nearly impossible to afford‚ employers offer fewer benefits‚ social Security has been run into the ground‚ and our nation is in massive
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Nigel LeNoir English 102 4/22/13 Smoking Should Be Made Illegal This year alone‚ cigarettes will kill over 420‚000 Americans. Many more will suffer from cancer and circulatory and respiratory diseases. These horrible diseases were known to originate from cigarettes for years. Nicotine‚ the main chemical found in cigarettes‚ is highly addictive‚ according to the Food and Drug Administration. Even though the smokers are well aware of the risks‚ they continue to do it because it’s so addicting.
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less -homework revolution How fed-up parents are changing the way sehools think—and how you can‚ too By Nancy Kallsh Photographs by Brooke Slezak used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact‚ I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then‚ I could afford to be smug; My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night. But a few years later‚ Allison started coming home with four hours of homework
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Smoking should be banned from public places. Studies show that smoking can lead to cancer. Not only does this put the smoker’s life at risk‚ it also affects the lives of non-smokers‚ including pregnant women. Smoking all together is a dangerous thing to do. It began thousands of years ago with the use or tobacco in South America (Libal 11). No one knew about the long-term health effects of smoking tobacco before the twentieth century. It was decades of cigarette use before society began to realize
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Wu Zhao Sun and Moon‚ Ruthlessness and Courage Wu Zhao is not only a record setting emperor in the prosperity she brought to china and her gender‚ but also in her ruthlessness. Wu Zhao is one of the best known emperors of China for a reason. She brought great prosperity. Wu Zhao also was very strategic in plotting her rise to power. She used and manipulated people and then disposed of anyone who got in her way. Wu Zhao did all it took to get to the top‚ making her successful‚ but exceptionally
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R and Data Mining: Examples and Case Studies 1 Yanchang Zhao yanchang@rdatamining.com http://www.RDataMining.com April 26‚ 2013 1 ➞2012-2013 Yanchang Zhao. Published by Elsevier in December 2012. All rights reserved. Messages from the Author Case studies: The case studies are not included in this oneline version. They are reserved exclusively for a book version. Latest version: The latest online version is available at http://www.rdatamining.com. See the website also for an R Reference Card
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likely to gather on pavements in the area near the entrance to the office building or mall. The assembly of these smokers has produced an increase in litter‚ with waste such as cigarette butts and packaging often discarded on the street. Novotny and Zhao (1999) argue that this litter is plainly observable‚ may remain in the environment for a long time and might be hazardous to young children and animals if ingested. Given the densely packed office environment in the central business district of Hong
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In Molly Ivins says to simply “Ban the damn things. Ban them all.” Her solution is to “Get a dog.” In this essay I will debate for and against gun control What do we really need guns for? Protection? In a world with guns many people feel that because they can’t beat them they might as well join them. If you were confronted by someone in a dark alley with a gun‚ wouldn’t you like to have one as well to make it an even fight? You need guns to protect yourself‚ but if we all didn’t have guns we would
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Zhao Mengfu’s piece entitled Twin Pines‚ Level Distance features two pine trees a small piece of land and it is surrounded by rocks. In the background we can see more rocks‚ or mountains‚ drawn in very delicate cursive-like lines. The exact location that this painting took place in is unknown‚ but we can assume that it is in China. This painting was made in 1310 during the Yuan dynasty. It is currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was painted with ink on paper and was
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Mari Monserrat January 4th‚ 2015 LoL guide to Diamond I / Master / Challenger Hi‚ my name is Dark Schneider‚ I started playing League at around late season 2. I was put into Silver 4 after placements. I’ve always had a desire to reach higher heights‚ so I proceeded to practice everyday‚ for about 20 minutes. During Season 3‚ I managed to make Gold 4‚ which I was pretty proud of. Around the middle of Season 4‚ I decided to make a smurf for the sole purpose of climbing divisions. By playing in
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