K THOMPSON 1/12/13 OPINION EDITORIAL 1ST DRAFT YOUR FREEDOM‚ YOUR RIGHTS AND YOUR GUNS On December 14th‚ 2012; 20 year old Adam Lanza‚ entered Sandy Hook Elementary School to carry out the mass murder of innocent staff and children of the school. This shooting as well as others‚ such as the "Batman" shooting in Colorado‚ have sparked the emotions of almost everyone in our local communities. Members of the media as well as government have been left asking how did this happen in our
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What attribute of your personality are you most proud of‚ and how has it impacted your life so far? This could be your creativity‚ effective leadership‚ sense of humor‚ integrity‚ or anything else you’d like to tell us about. (*) (200-250 words) A “Personality”‚ to me‚ is the outcome of the behavioral features controlling a person’s mental and physical abilities. Thus‚ the attributes of a personality are its abilities and its behaviors and attitudes. Objectively‚ the inquiry as I understand it
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In his article “ No‚ You’re Not Entitled to Your Own Opinion”‚ Patrick Stokes suggests that while you can express an opinion‚ if you expect others to listen‚ you need to provide an informed argument. He describes Plato’s distinction between opinion or belief and knowledge. An opinion of personal preference is unarguable. However‚ a personal opinion on technical-based issues is sometimes confused with knowledge and is presented to others as an undeniable fact. In this case‚ amateurs think they have
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The "Stand Your Ground" statute states that “a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force‚ including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony” (Sherman). Many people will say that
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tells me what to change. Also when you peer edit‚ the editor tells you what grammar or spelling mistake you have made‚ so you can change it. I believe that when you peer edit‚ it helps to make your writing that is the best. It also help you learn how to write better sentences and helps you see if the reader understands your point or you need to explain it in another way. When we peer edit multiple times‚ you get to know the opinion of more than one person on your writing. That helps me in many ways
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In Amy Cuddy’s “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are”‚ she discusses the way our body language describe the type of person we are‚ and other ways our non verbal communication speaks for us. In this speech‚ Cuddy uses both causes and effects to convey her argument. However‚ I believe she uses more effects than causes to convey her message. Cuddy’s purpose of this speech is to bring awareness to people that their body language tells other a lot‚ and that they should be cautious of it. This is one
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task‚ I would like you to conduct research into which communication support services and tools are available to you and your clients; I would like you to find 2 support services. Consider: How accessible the service/tool is - what is the process for accessing the support? What types of communication barriers this tool or service might help you to overcome? The Jobcentre Plus is a one of many support services which we use at Amethyst and have been one of the better service for which we get
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In the article “You Can Grown Your Brain”‚ the author makes a clear connection stateing‚ with research‚ that the brain can grow with the right “exercise”. The author elaborates what this exercise might be to his audience. Since the article is mostly informational but simply written‚ it is targeted towards those whom‚ with the authors help‚ wish to improve their own IQ. In the beginning the author says the brain is a muscle‚ intelligence is more complex than labeling someone as smart or dumb. It
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Chapter 2 Summary In the beginning of chapter 2 of Spradley’s‚ You Owe Yourself a Drunk‚ it talks about how many people went to jail for public drunkenness around the late 1960’s. It walks through the process of what will happen or what you can do if you went to jail for public drunkenness. The main character of this chapter is Mr. William R. Tanner. He is a 49-year-old Caucasian who has never been married. He was arrested nine times for public drunkenness‚ and served nearly two hundred days on
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Have You Lost Your Nut Graph? If you have‚ then I know a way you can get it back. On the other hand‚ if you don’t know what a nut graf is‚ you wouldn’t know that you had never had it in the first place‚ right? A nut graf‚ is a concise‚ catchy‚ sharp‚ and highly targeted opening sentence‚ designed to grab your readers’ attention instantly and to hook them to your post. In journalism this first‚ catchy‚ highly targeted opening sentence is called a nut graf (graph)‚ and is a summary of‚ or the
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