Salt Lake Valley every year. I care about this issue for a couple reasons. The first reason is that I have a lot of family here in Utah‚ and every winter I see how it affects them. Every winter a few of my family members get sick‚ and I am pretty sure it is caused by all the smog. The second reason is that I enjoy to go outside in the winter‚ but I don’t like to breath in all the smog. I have reason to believe that pollution is one of the top reasons for the health problems in Salt Lake Valley
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The Tipping Point is the “biography of an idea‚” that a good way to think of “any number of [any] mysterious changes that mark everyday life is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.” (7) There are three basic characteristics of change — “one‚ contagiousness; two‚ the fact that little causes can have big effects; and three‚ that change happens not gradually but at one dramatic moment…” (9) “The name given to that one dramatic moment
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software and were very limited in function and communications capability. In August 1973 IBM announced the IBM 3650 and 3660 Store Systems that were‚ in essence‚ a mainframe computer packaged as a store controller that could control 128 IBM 3653/3663 point of sale registers. This system was the first commercial use of client-server technology‚ peer to peer communications‚ Local Area Network (LAN) simultaneous backup and remote initialization. By mid-1974‚ it was installed in Pathmark Stores in New Jersey
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one of the last words Idaho teen Jenni Lake said after delivering her baby. Jenni was diagnosed with astrocytoma in 2009 a form of cancer centered in the brain and spinal cord that is almost always fatal by the time she was 16. She would undergo intensive treatment with doctors telling she would have a 30% chance of living only 2 years‚ Doctors also stated that due to her state she wouldn’t be able to get pregnant which troubled the teen. Around 2010 Jenni Lake discovered she was pregnant with her
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Tipping Point Discussion Questions Introduction 1) What was the point Gladwell makes with the Hush Puppy story? Hush Puppy is a kind of classic American shoes which were considered to be old fashioned in 1994. However‚ because no one would wear Hush Puppy in that age‚ this kind of shoes became so unique and catch some fashion designer’s attention‚ and then Hush Puppy became popular again. Hush Puppy story is an example of epidemics in action‚ through this story‚ Gladwell demonstrated
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Assignment Week 2: Greasy Lake Discussion Questions 1. How can the reader tell that the narrator grows and changes during his adventures? How can you explain the change in the narrator’s outlook? The reader can tell that the narrator changes throughout his adventures by his shifting disposition come conclusion of the story. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator illuminates the glory days of his teenage years‚ filling the reader’s head with images of "torn-up leather jackets" and "lemon-flavored
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in cases on point shaving. When I was watching that movie "Blue Chips"‚ which is all about illegal college betting and buying athletes to come to their school‚ there was a scene involving the coach and the point guard regarding a point shaving incident three years ago. After the student was harassed by the coach he finally confessed saying‚ "We won the game‚ we just didn’t beat the spread. That’s only for those gamblers anyway". He has a point with what he said but that’s not the point. A lot
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Lake Granby is located in the Rocky Mountains in what is known as the Middle Park. The climate can be described as subartic due to its low humidity and long winter season. The average low temperature is 21.1 degrees Fahrenheit‚ and the average high is 51.1 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation comes mainly in the form of snow‚ with the total amount around 14.2 inches. The town of Granby is the nearest to Lake Granby. The lake itself is right up against the hills of the mountains‚ while the town sits
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CONTENTS A. The overview of Languages in the United States……………………………………………………………. 2 B. Official language status…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 C. Immigrant languages…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 D. American English and the development…………………………………………………………………………. 7 E. Regional Differences………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 F. American English vs. British English………………………………………………………………………………… 10 I- Pronunciation and Spelling………………………………………………………………………………
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The phrase “turning point” has a lot of meanings but personally‚ for me‚ it is a moment that caused me to realize what has always been in front of me. Turning point may also mean a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs‚ especially one with beneficial results. Recently‚ one event became the turning point of my life and my beliefs. Last Tuesday‚ our class‚ II-St. Therese watched the film “The Encounter”. That movie marked a pivotal moment in my life. It helped me realize that Jesus
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