helped to shape the country that we know today. The Irish Potato Famine was one of the most significant environmental factors that helped develope and expand the United States because it not only lead to a population swell‚ but contrubuted to our work force due to the large number of immigrants that came to the U.S. as a result of it. Before the famine‚ the Catholic Irish peasents lived a very poor lifestyle and were constantly under fear of being evicted by their land lords as their farms were downsized
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Sonny Phan 5/7/12 Politics of China Second Paper In the film “China Blue”‚ a seventeen year old girl‚ Jasmine Li‚ works in a Chinese jeans factory. From this documentary we learn about the pay Jasmine was receiving for her hard work‚ half a Yuan an hour which is equal to about six US cents. We also learn about the condition of the factory and dorms‚ the rules that the workers have to abide to‚ and how important these factories are. From just these sweat shops we learn about the economic‚ social
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Jack Wu Wu 1 English 1B – Professor Meehan 03/31/13 Sonny’s Brotherhood Reading James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues‚” one can see the unspoken brotherly bond between the narrator and his younger brother Sonny is illustrated through the narrator’s point of view. The two brothers have not spoken in years until the narrator receives a letter from Sonny after his daughter dies. He takes this moment as an important sign from Sonny and feels the need to respond. While both Sonny and the narrator
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Underage Driving and Road Safety Many lives are shattered by underage drivers going for a joyride in the vehicles of their parents or older relatives. We are aware of many unlicensed drivers going for the short drive – but often overlook the nature of the risks and the consequences to these youngsters. Parents are urged to familiarize themselves with the risks associated with underage driving. The facts about underage driving: Teen drivers aged 16-19 years are four times more likely than older
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off course. Most of these ships were recovered‚ but one such ship drifted so off course that it could not be recovered. The name of the ship was the Blue Raccoon. The number of passengers was twenty. It went off course while going on‚ what should have been‚ a routine trip to mars. On the way it when off course. Over the next Twenty million years the Blue Raccoon drifted through the cosmos‚ until it came upon a planet. This planet was green and had life‚ much like early earth. This planet long forgotten
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When it comes to driving on the road many people do not ever think it could be their last time‚ driving on the road is a lot scarier then you really think. In 2014‚ 9‚967 people were killed in an alcoholic related accident in the United states making it one third of all traffic related deaths‚ say CDC.gov. Many people these days are finding it more acceptable to drive while under the influence‚ and those people are usually the ones who cause the accidents and sometimes deaths. Somewhere there is
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teen drivers being killed in car accidents‚ forty five percent of the time there is a passenger in the car. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. Speeding is a major factor in teenagers driving. Of all injured teenagers in car accidents one third of them were caused by speeding. When teenagers stay up late there is more of a chance for them to get in a car accident due to drowsiness. Single vehicle crashes are most popular in the teenager’s
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Ross Lodge Wheeler English 1302.004 3 October 2014 Varsity Blues In the movie “Varsity Blues‚” not everyone can appreciate what a small town Friday night feels like. Living life underneath a microscope. The whole town in the stands. You can practically fell them breathing down your neck criticizing every move‚ every play the team makes. That’s what it felt like for the boys from West Canan. No matter how tough things get you can always stand up for yourself‚ friends‚ and family. Growing
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forever altered my perspective on certain situations. Death is a part of life; we live‚ and we die. However I strongly believe if we make better choices‚ our lives can be prolonged. As I research how every day in America‚ 27 people die in an impaired driving fatality every 53 minutes it brings me back to the time I lost my role model. My cousin Heath’s poor actions not only cost him to lose his life‚ but others lives were lost to. At the time‚ I never grasped how many people drink and drove. I had always
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drive as soon as they can. The driving age should be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws; they are easily distracted by cellphones while driving; and tend to drive intoxicated‚ which commonly results in deadly crashes. First‚ the driving age needs to be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws. To start with‚ it has been found by
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