across the country. Yyet in 1990‚ there was lobbying to completely eliminate the funding for this federal agency. To speak against this‚ American composer‚ Meredith Monk‚ addresses the public in her speech‚ “Some Thoughts About Art‚ America‚ and Jumping off the Cliff.” The musical artist is a composer‚ singer‚ director/choreographer and creator of new opera‚ music-theater works‚ films
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One of the biggest perks of being a teenager is being able to drive. When a teenager begins to drive‚ they are happy and feel like they have more freedom. However‚ the dangers of teenage driving are higher than ever. According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles‚ “Vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-20 year-olds” (“California”). Teenage drivers create many dangerous distractions when behind the wheel of a vehicle. These distractions usually occur in three different
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INTRODUCE: Supermarkets have long been recognised by farmers and campaigners as a danger to community life and good food‚ but during the last four or five years‚ with an ever-deepening farming crisis and food scare after food scare‚ supermarkets have come under even more intense scrutiny from the public and eventually even the government‚ with its Competition Commission report‚ which was released in late 2000. Sainsbury’s‚ as Britain’s second largest supermarket chain‚ has been criticised for its
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The dangers of Following Traditions Blindly Symbolism is the application of symbols to signify things or bring them to mind. In her story "The Lottery"‚ Shirley Jackson expresses her emotions towards man ’s carelessness and violent practices of traditions. This is shown when the lottery takes place in the story and the "winner" is stoned to death to help crop growth in the village. Shirley Jackson uses symbolism to represent a sequence of events that occur throughout the story. She uses symbolism
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Will you do the same thing? I don’t think so. This story is very well connected to my topic today. A very good morning to the honorable judges‚ time keepers‚ teachers‚ ladies and gentlemen and fellow friends. Today‚ I want to talk about the ‘Dangers of Smoking and How to quit it’. Let me begin by asking a few questions. What is smoking? What are cigarette? I bet all of you know the answer but in case you don’t know‚ smoking happens when a person smokes and to smoke a person will need a cigarette
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Black Lung Many miners lose their lives each year‚ not just to accidents at mines‚ but also to the greatest threat to American miners: black lung disease (also known as Coal Worker ’s pneumoconiosis). Black lung is a disabling occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of excessive levels of respirable coal mine dust. The risk or the possibility of contracting the condition increases with continued exposure to coal mine dust. Chances are also raised in people over the age of 50. Even when
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No one likes to suffer. None of us like to feel pain‚ but factory farmed animals such as cows‚ pigs‚ and chickens experience great pain in their short-lived lives. The website factoryfarming.com‚ states‚ “a standard beef slaughter house kills 250 cattle every hour.” The method used is “stunning” this is done by using a catapult gun and giving the cows a mechanical blow to the head. It is to render them unconscious‚ but this procedure is terribly imprecise: “as a result‚ conscious animals are
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Issue Paper Thesis: Driving fast is very dangerous for peoples because it’s causes environment‚ vehicle‚ money‚ society and serious injury or death. Introduction: As a human we all like to drive fast because we think it is fun. But we should know that driving to fast also the third leading contributing factor in traffic crashes. So please now took a minute to think how bad is driving fast for our society and us? I think just by searching in your mind you can find by yourself that speeding could
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Fact or Fancy? Mark M. Pollitt FBI Laboratory 935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington‚ D. C. 20535 Abstract: This paper discusses the definition of cyberterrorism‚ its potential‚ and suggests an approach to the minimization of its’ dangers. The definition of cyberterrorism used in this paper is combines the United States Department of State’s definition of terrorism as politically motivated acts of violence against non-combatants with a definition of cyberspace as the computers‚ networks
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Because the brain cannot fully focus when multitasking‚ people take longer to complete tasks and are predisposed to error. When people attempt to complete many tasks at one time‚ “or [alternate] rapidly between them‚ errors go way up and it takes far longer—often double the time or more—to get the jobs done than if they were done sequentially‚” states Meyer.[8] This is largely because “the brain is compelled to restart and refocus”.[9] A study by Meyer and David Kieras found that in the interim between
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