The Welfare System Must Remain Public Welfare is an important support system of the United States government. Welfare has its benefits‚ but the system has pitfalls. Instead of abolishing welfare as critics of the system suggest‚ reforms can be made to correct the problems while government‚ either on the state or federal level‚ can continue to assist the impoverished. The term welfare is used to describe a variety of programs that provide income support and create a safety net for poor individuals
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1. How does bleeding from a wound be stopped? A wound stops bleeding due to the process of clot formation called coagulation. Coagulation is from the Latin coagulatus meaning "to cause to curdle". All this chemical action creates a plug called a blood clot. After a time‚ moisture is squeezed out of the clot and it contracts. This process is called syneresis. It’s not widely known but the same chemical process of syneresis also happens in the formation of jams and jellies. 2. How does the immune
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Legislative History Must be used When the wording of a statute is not clear and explicit‚ then it is difficult to know how a particular statute should be applied. Supreme Court Justice Scalia wrongly clams that legislative history should not be used when interpreting an ambiguous statute’s meaning. He is wrong to state that it is undemocratic to use legislative history because legislators‚ staffers‚ and lobbyists are all a part of the process of the creation of statutes. Legislators often intentionally
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Discipline is a must at home and in school. Discipline is the training of the mind and character; the exercise‚ development and control of the character‚ intended to produce obedience and orderly behavior. The definition above is apt enough for the type of discipline intended for the young people at school. The need for disciplining young people cannot be over-emphasized. A wise saying goes “Spare the rod and spoilt the child”. An undisciplined child becomes a spoil child. The disciplining does
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grisly murder scenes‚ dismemberment and disembowelment‚ nonstop profanity‚ rape and torture scenarios" (Bennett par 14). By placing scenes like these in movies for the youth to see the media is causing America to become more violent than is needed. We must prevent violence in schools‚ solve violence in schools and violence needs to stop now. Although overall school violence is declining in America‚ mass shootings in suburban and rural areas are becoming more common ("School" par 1). On April 20‚ 1999
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white lynch mob that targeted blacks in Washington. There were 28 public lynchings in the first half of the year‚ and the following summer and fall came to be known as "The Red Summer" of 1919. The Red Summer was the motivation behind McKay’s "If We Must Die." However‚ even without the history behind it‚ Mckay’s poem is still a powerful message‚ universal enough to relate to any person facing their own destruction. The poem start with the speaker establishing that he and his allies are under attack
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Driving under the influence‚ driving while intoxicated‚ drunken driving‚ drunk driving‚ operating under the influence‚ drinking and driving‚ or impaired driving is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs including those prescribed by physicians. In the case of alcohol‚ a drunk driver’s level of intoxication is typically determined by a measurement of blood alcohol content or BAC. A BAC measurement in excess of a specific threshold level‚ such as 0.05% or 0.08%
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Alcohol: Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Karita Lockwood Professor O’Quinn COM 323 October 29‚ 2012 Introduction Alcohol is a drink that is made from corn‚ barley or a beverage containing ethyl. There is currently an ongoing debate as to if the legal age limit for alcohol consumption should be lowered. Despite the dangers‚ everyday in the United States more than 13‚000 children and teens consume alcohol. The age range between eleven and eighteen is the most influential period when youths
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In the short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge"‚ by Flannery O’Connor‚ the author creates a struggling relationship between two main characters‚ Julian and his mother. Through this relationship the author shows us how Julian and his mother use racist tendencies in quite different ways to fulfill their interests and to contribute to the theme of racism in the story. In the story‚ Julian’s mother is described as a woman from the "Old South" where racial tendencies are
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In rhyme and meter‚ Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die” generally conforms to the conventions of a Shakespearean sonnet‚ but at several moments throughout the poem‚ McKay also strays from the rules of the English sonnet. In composing his poem in the style of the traditional Shakespearean sonnet‚ McKay creates a clear narrative that is both easy to follow and equally artistic. However‚ in deviating from this conventional style‚ McKay draws attention to specific phrases that contribute greatly to the contrasting
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