This article talks about Hoverboards and how they are now banned at URI due to the fact that they could catch on fire. The audience for this article is anyone who owns or wants to purchase a hoverboard and bring it to school. Due to this change‚ students will not be able to ride them around campus‚ due to safety issues. The purpose is to inform students about this new change on campus. The writers wants the students to not ride hoverboard on campus or else consequences will pursue. Katrin Jomaa
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The article displays a certain type of emotion from beginning to end. Sympathy. William Dameron was faced with the issue of his profile picture being used as catfish bait. He had received two messages from two different woman whom he had never spoken or seen before telling him about a catfisher who had used one of his photos. The picture the catfisher had used was one of William where his wedding ring was exposed and someone who William described as “the man who pretended to be another becomes the
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I’ve always enjoyed reading The NY Times Science section on Tuesdays. The Extra Credit project presented an opportunity to read more and do some research on few recent articles. My favorite was “Cheating’s Surprising Thrill” published on October 17‚ 2013 by Jan Hoffman. The purpose of the project is to analyze how accurately an article in a media reflects the actual study. The research study was conducted at the University of Washington‚ the London Business School‚ Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania
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Gena Rhoades manages her article in a very meaningful‚ smooth way as she states her points in a significant‚ accurate style. The language of the article is very vivid for the readers. In addition‚ the clarity of information in the article makes the readers shift fluidly from one idea to another without breaking their understanding of the topic. Also‚ one of the strength points in her article is that‚ she presents different theories such as the Learning Pyramid and different points of view from different
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Hutchins‚ B. C.‚ & Leung‚ M.-C. (2006‚ April 5). School adjustment and the academic success of rural African American early adolescents in the Deep South. Journal of Research in Rural Education‚ 21(3). Retrieved [date] from http://jrre.psu.edu/articles /21-3.pdf This study examined the relationship between end-of-year grades and the academic‚ behavioral‚ and social characteristics of rural African American youth. Participants included 392 7th and 8th grade students from 2 rural middle schools
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In this article the author was relating teenage obesity to some of the dangerous activities that teens may be experimenting with. The authors theory was that since sometimes teenagers who are obese may be socially isolated‚ they may do things to try to fit in with the crowd. Also being socially isolated may cause stress. Some of these things may include experimenting with drugs and alcohol. One of these drugs might be cigarettes which can become very dangerous to an obese person because of the health
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society in very useful ways. In most cases‚ these people are viewed as being courageous. This kind of a reaction is typical but not always honest. There are a lot of people are uncomfortable around those that are considered “less than normal”. In her article The Abortion Debate No One Wants to Have‚ Patricia Bauer writes about Down’s syndrome and abortion. Bauer is a former reporter and bureau chief for the Washington Post. Bauer writes about some of those in our society who have an indifferent
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Brandon Mulkey Prof. Taherzadeh English 1302 23 September‚ 2014 In the article‚ “Literacy Practices‚” the authors‚ David Barton‚ and Mary Hamilton analyze literacy on not just a level of reading‚ and writing but how it is implemented‚ used‚ and affected by our daily lives. The authors see literacy as more of a social practice than just an ability that is gained. Barton and Hamilton use several propositions as a framework to build their argument. According to the authors literacy is best understood
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The role of mitosis relates directly to the development of Kaposi Sarcoma. In order for cancer cells to begin to form‚ they must have something go wrong inside of the cell or something that makes things work incorrectly. In the article “Do we know what causes Kaposi Sarcoma?” on cancer.org‚ it states “In KS‚ the cells that line blood and lymphatic vessels (called endothelial cells) are infected with KSHV. The virus brings genes into the cells that can cause the cells to divide too much and to live
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In the article‚ The Collaborative Classroom: New Technology Brings New Paradigm‚ Clapp and Swenson describe the culture of a collaborative classroom. In this type of class‚ teachers and students work together and the role of being in control by the teacher is eliminated. Instead‚ teachers guide students to work together and build teamwork. “Open Leadership” promotes empowerment of the students. Students work in teams or small groups to collaborate on work. They share information through digital
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