LAT1 Task 5 Final 8-2-11 Paul D Burns Western Governors University Unemployment is a Serious Social Issue Unemployment is the condition and extent of individuals out of work within an economy‚ measured by the “official” unemployment rate (U-5). This measure is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian labor force. As of June the “official” unemployment rate stands at 9.2%. What is rarely reported‚ and even more ominous‚ is the underemployment rate. This rate includes two
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major topic today in America‚ it just may not be as obvious as it used to be. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about two young children‚ Jem and Jean Louise‚ and their father Atticus‚ who all live in Maycomb County‚ Alabama. Atticus is a lawyer who is dealing with his toughest case yet‚ with his children being dragged along and starting to understand how life really is. This novel is being compared to the article “America Has a Big Race Problem” by Jeff Nesbit‚ which is about how nearly every
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Symbolism in Camus’ "The Plague" For the first essay for Integrative Studies 300 I would like to write on the Camus work‚ The Plague. Since Albert Camus has a philosophical view unlike that of many western writers‚ the book can serve as an excellent reflection on an unpopular view of life‚ living‚ and death. Life without a god poses many ironies; Camus attempts to satisfy those ironies. By using many examples of symbolism‚ Camus conveys his own philosophy in a certain way so that his characters
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song in class your challenge is to memorize and/or remix it!!!! First God sent‚ Plague number one‚ Turned the Nile into blood. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low‚ They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!" Then God sent‚ Plague number two‚ Jumping frogs all over you. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low‚ They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!" Then God sent‚ Plague number three‚ Swarms of gnats from head to knee. All the people in Egypt were feeling
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Griffin1 Kaylee D. Griffin Ms. Bramlett AP English III 2nd 4 February 2015 The Plague of the 21st Century Rape. As I say that‚ I guarantee that if I were to take a head count based on the amount of students in a class‚ I would find at least 5 people that shuffled their eyes around the room in search for someone that shared the same sense of discomfort as they were feeling; I’d notice some anxious fidgeting amongst the seats; and I’d realise that majority of the eye contact that w
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May 14th‚ 2098 After the dreaded plague‚ we are what remains of civilisation. What remain of earth is made of ash‚ a graveyard for a lost cause. Empires sunk without a trace‚ gone down with all their men and all their machines into the unexplorable depths of the centuries; with their laws‚ acedemies and histories. And as I ponder in the abyss of history‚ captured by the gallows of death‚ I can make out the phantoms of great ships laden with wealth and intellect. The disaster that had sent them down
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The plague/Black Death first popped up the the 13th century. A ship had arrived in Europe with many people that had the Black Death. They had symptoms that included fever‚ unable to eat‚ pain that was so bad they became crazy. One of the weirdest symptoms is having black boils on their skin. Boils are infected places of the skin that become full of pus and become swollen. The Black Death is caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. The bacteria is most common in animals. It got passed to humans
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Global warming is one of the most serious issues that the world is facing today. What are the causes of global warming and what measures can governments and individuals take to tackle the issue? You must answer these three things in order to fully answer the question: 1. What are the causes of global warming? 2. What can governments do about it? 3. What can individuals do about it? Example of composition: Probably the most worrying threat to our planet at the present time is global warming
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Designer clothes‚ Hollywood‚ and actors are the priority of many people today. The book that explains all this is J.D Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye. This novel is about a teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who notices the world around him. He sees how a materialistic view on life has dominated over a spiritual view. The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger indicates that ways of a material world is present‚ just the way it is today. When parents are not there for their children‚ they will often buy
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The Plague It was may 9th and we were at my birthday party and my present was a rock but I liked it and I wanted to go to my friend house.Mom said “No” Then someone I never seen came over she had black spots all over her arms and big bumps on her neck mother was asking her if she was ok and she told mom about the plague I couldn’t hear what they were saying all I could hear was about a plague after that mom said for me and my brother charlie to go to bed and we listend. In the morning I woke up
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