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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Ban On Assault Weapons & High Capacity Magazines By: Ashlee Holt What is a high capacity magazine exactly? It is any magazine for a semi-automatic weapon that can hold more than 10 bullets. Pennsylvania voters want stricter laws on guns‚ including background checks on all purchases and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Democrats controlled both the House and Senate‚ and the nation’s crime rate was a major concern. The assault weapons ban was part of an extensive crime
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For what reasons do official crime statistics fail to provide an accurate portrayal of the level of crime in society? Crime is ‘an action or omission which constitutes an offence which is punishable by law’ (Oxford Dictionary). Criminal behaviour is an issue in society today. Crime statistics providing evidence is vastly important because the government or police forces can look at the level of crime‚ identify if is increasing or decreasing; remedy the situation using prevention tactics. Consequently
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Squeegee-kid ban upheld (Toronto Star) and Court of Appeal upholds ’anti-squeegee’ law (National Post) Rose Bhullar The Mike Harris Conservative government introduced The Ontario-wide legislation in 1999‚ after hearing several complaints from drivers about the squeegee-kids. According to the Ontario Court of Appeal‚ ’regulation pedestrians and traffic and reducing dangers on the streets’ is more important than having a homeless (squeegee-kid) earn money by cleaning your car’s window. After
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Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) A November 2012 Congressional Research Service report found that‚ as of 2009‚ there were approximately 310 million firearms in the United States‚ 110 million being rifles. (Peters) So what exactly makes a rifle an assault rifle or assault gun magazine? An Assault Weapon is most commonly defined as a semi automatic firearm possessing certain cosmetic features. Most assault rifles such as an AR-15 fires a 5.56mm round. The bullet tends not to penetrate walls in close quarters
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Maria College Vallesville – Fatima‚ Liloy‚ Zamboanga del Norte AVE MARIA COLLEGE OFFICIAL WEBSITE with STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (Change Title to “AMC Online Student Information System” BSIT - IV Prepared by: Jeffrey Catipay Wyndee Ken Fajardo Danna Kristal Zozobrado Joan Dagodog Ana Lyn Lantaca Aiza Bantilan Submitted to: Mr. Edmil Rebollos AVE MARIA COLLEGE OFFICIAL WEBSITE with STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ABSTRACT Computers with the power of the
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immediately sparked off. Thus‚ I would like to support the side where English should be made as the medium of instruction in school. There are some reasons to support my view. First of all‚ mastering English help us to face the problem of globalization. Nowadays‚ we need to compete with the people around the world due to the widespread of internet. All the commercial activities are carried out by using the internet and normally English act as the medium for communicate. These shown that we can’t follow
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Often heard people complain why my face is not beautiful‚ why the weather is so bad‚ why I live in such a poor family ... why should we complain about it? Just like what Maya Angelou said:”if you don’t like something‚ change it. If you can’t change it‚ change your attitude. Don’t complain.” I remember I read an article about Helen Keller. The day she became blind and deaf she was only 18 months old! At the beginning she was really sad and very easy to get angry‚ but after a few weeks‚ she
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Introduction • Ray-Ban is an Italian owned brand of sunglasses founded in 1937 by Bausch & Lomb. They were introduced for the United States Army Air Corps. Ray-Ban has popularized the aviator sunglassess and now creates sunglasses to suit everybody. • In 2007‚ Ray-Ban re-introduced the original Ray-Ban Wayfarer design‚ but expanded the colour options beyond the traditional palette to include patterns like checks and camouflage and colours like navy‚ white‚ turquoise‚ red‚ and blue. • You can see
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Type of marriage Arranged marriage- a marriage arranged by the families of the couple Shotgun marriage- a marriage forced or required because of pregnancy. Marriage of convenience- A marriage or joint undertaking arranged for political‚ economic‚ or social benefit rather than from personal attachment. Elope- to run off secretly to be married‚ usually without the consent or knowledge of one’s parents. kinship term Manogamy - single marriage of one man and one woman. polygamy- The practice
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