Jeslin Kauffman Persuasion essay 3-15-13 Texting and Driving Have you ever lost a close friend or family member from them texting and driving or someone else texting and driving? I am sure you have been one to text and drive also as much as we hate to admit it. Would you want to be the one who killed yourself or someone just because of that one text? I have personally known two young girls who have been killed from texting and driving. Both were on the same road exactly five months apart. Here
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decline in drinking and driving‚ alcohol-related deaths‚ and injuries on the roads. However‚ drunk driving remains one of the main causes of death and injury. Spreading education of Drunk driving will help lower the number of alcohol related car accidents. The best way to spread education is have people take a test on drinking and driving before getting their permit and drivers license. One of the most critical problems facing our society today is that of drinking and driving. Because we see it all
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Deborah Salerno November 20‚ 2007 SLEEP DEPRIVATION & DRIVING Nothing could prepare me for the news I received six years ago about the unexpected death of my close friend Joey. I will never forget the night he died. How I had been with him just minutes before‚ and how his death was totally unnecessary and preventable. A few weeks before Christmas in 2001‚ Joey‚ myself and a few of my other co-workers were closing down the local restaurant we worked at while attending Umass Lowell. It had
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Drugs and Driving Injuries‚ especially from motor vehicle collisions‚ are the leading cause of death for individuals under age 44. The presence of alcohol is the factor most frequently associated with fatalities in vehicles‚ drownings‚ falls‚ and fire (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 1987). In the first report to Congress on traffic safety and alcohol (U.S. Department of Transportation‚ 1968)‚ it was concluded that more than 50 percent of fatal traffic collisions and 33 percent of
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War Driving With the technological advances in the way we transmit information over the past forty years have come new challenges for security experts. None of these challenges have been more complicated than that of securing information saved on a computer or a network of computers. It seems with every new security measure implemented to protect this information‚ there is someone who discovers a way of manipulating this new measure to gain access. One of the technological advances that have created
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S C H U B E RT C E N T E R Issue Brief | September 2010 for CHILD STUDIES A Series of Research and Policy Publications of The Schubert Center for Child Studies College of Arts and Sciences Case Western Reserve University Teen Dating Violence and Girls In the United States‚ as many as 1 in 5 teens reported experiencing physical or sexual abuse in a dating relationship1 and the prevalence of emotional or verbal abuse may be even higher. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ young
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Online Shopping Introduction It is safe to say that the internet has changed the way we live our lives‚ whether it is the way we connect with friends on social media sites‚ the way we play games‚ and the way we shop. Even for the minor proportion of people who do not purchase products over the internet‚ tend to search prices and product specifications online before buying from any retail shop. This paper will examine the history of online. It will also explore the benefits and risks of online shopping
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teenagers reach the age of 15 ½ they are allowed to officially take their permit test to receive their permit for driving with an adult. After they have officially turned 16 they may take the behind-the wheel driving exam for a driver’s license‚ but the USA plans to change the driving age from 16 to 18. This idea seems to be a mistake seen in many ways. I believe that they shouldn’t change the driving age and keep it at 16 for so many reasons! Turning the age of sixteen is a huge step in the life of a teen
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FINAL PROJECT in ITC 15 – ONLINE QUIZ SYSTEM PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS. (This will cover 30% of your final term grade.) 1. The proponents must design‚ develop a web-based quiz created in PHP. Features of the website include: All quiz takers must register or create a profile first using a database in MySQL. Fields include: user id‚ last name‚ first name‚ middle name‚ course‚ year level‚ subject‚ section‚ address‚ contact number‚ username‚ and password. Other tables (like questions data) may
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According to the New York Times‚ using a phone while operating a vehicle puts drivers at four times the risk of crashing as other drivers. The likelihood that the crash would happen is the same as someone with a .08 percent blood alcohol level (where drivers are considered to be intoxicated) (Richtel 1). A 2003 Harvard study estimated that 330‚000 car accidents occurred in the United States with moderate and severe injuries among the victims as a result of cell phone use. Another 2‚600 cell phone
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