At every level of football‚ there are inherent dangers that come with playing the game. These dangers are understood and assumed by all participants‚ and though the game is more safe than it has ever been‚ there are still risks that are ever present during a football game. When I played football I understood those risks‚ and the danger of the game is one of the reasons why I waited until 8th grade to start playing. While I was able to avoid any serious injuries over my five year career‚ the thought
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The Dangers of Texting and Driving T.K. Saunders Government Period 3 In today’s world there are plenty of distractions that can keep drivers eyes off the road‚ from adjusting mirrors‚ to changing the radio station‚ but perhaps the most dangerous distraction of all is texting. According to the CDC at least 9 people die in accidents involving texting every day‚ and over 1000 are injured. 50% of drivers under the age of 35 use their cell phones in some manner while they drive. This
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The Epiphany of Fear It is only human nature to succumb to and delve into the knowledge of the unknown or of foreign threats towards ones safety. It is this prime example of mass illusion that overtook the U.S. in the late 1940’s to early 1950’s with the panic induced by the Red Scare just as centuries before innocents were hung upon the gallows of Salem by those who let fear guide their actions. In response to this plague that was overtaking the U.S. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller was
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head throbbed and girls whooshed by as mere blurs prepping for the first performance. My heart accelerated to a thousand miles per hour‚ it was thrilling and adrenaline filled. Soon that faux mask started to peel off and my smile turned to one of actual elatedness. Never in my wildest thoughts had I experienced a football game like that. All my senses were heightened and I stood dumbfounded at the field that was now on a pedestal to me. I watched as the athletes gave a hundred and ten percent out
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As a society‚ we know the statistics‚ but sometimes drunk driving still isn’t taken as serious as it needs to be; but with an annual cost of 50 billion dollars‚ alcohol related crashes are clearly still a problem. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers‚ especially if impaired‚ (Preventing). Impairment is defined as the amount of alcohol in the blood‚ (Drunk). The way the government/law enforcement can tell if someone is impaired is their BAC level. The government has also
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Burglar Alarm System aimed for the safeness of the individual inside and outside of the house‚ for the user to be aware of his personal belongings‚ for easy monitoring only via text. They stated that robbery‚ larceny‚ shoplifting‚ burglary‚ raid‚ and holdup are some words that are synonymous to the word theft and to lessen this crime the researchers came up to a device called Arduino-Based Burglar Alarm System. Planck’s Radiation Law states that the
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Beowulf The danger of pride Pride can be destructive. In the poem Beowulf‚ we can observe that pride has always been a really dangerous‚ even deadly flaw. The paradigm of pride really obvious in this poem. We are going to study Beowulf’s battle against Grendel‚ where we can observe the importance of reputation. Beowulf’s pride can be related to the epic hero he’s incarning. He represents the braveness‚ the strength and it seems like he doesn’t fear anything. Although‚ his power obligates
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The patrol officer would patrol the community he was assigned to on foot‚ which made him have direct contact with the individuals in the community. The detectives would investigate the illegal crimes that were committed. In today’s society policing dangers there first concern is how they can improve the safety measures for officers. In today’s society with the use of modern technology has become worldwide in securing America’s boarders and every day policing duties. Policing has significant measures
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Danger: Chemical Sunscreens Sunscreen is meant to be a product designed to protect the skin from the sun. The first form of sunscreen was a red‚ petroleum jelly like substance that was mainly used to aid troops during WWII‚ it then transformed into a sort of pasty‚ white substance of zinc oxide. As the years passed and society began to evolve into one that craved sun kissed skin‚ many companies started to brainstorm in search of a new kind of sunscreen. The formula they aimed for was one that protected
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During this week’s reading I found the topic of fear to be quite interesting. According to Aristotle fear may be defined as a pain or disturbance due to a mental picture of some destructive or painful evil in the future. This definition is directed as following that fear is caused by whatever we feel has great power of destroying or of harming us in ways that tend to cause us great pain. I found it quite interesting that Aristotle used death as something we are not troubled because it is not close
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