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    Nowadays more and more youngsters become addicted to obtaining tanned skin in order to look better despite even lethal consequences. The weekly newsmagazine Maclean’s via its article Kids Want to Tan provides readers with the information about the risks related to indoor and outdoor sunbathing resulting in skin damages. According to the different sources‚ a number of young people in the age of 12 to 17 (79%) realize the drawbacks of tanning; moreover‚ nearly 81 percent of them find it possible to

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    Speckled Tongues When I was five years old‚ my family had a magical talent. They knew exactly when I was lying‚ and after getting caught countless times‚ I learned that telling the whole truth was a lot easier than being put on the spot. I could never comprehend how my mom perpetually looked through my fibs. The drill was simple‚ and included the presence of my older brother and parents. I would take a seat on the middle cushion of our leathery sofa‚ with my brother on my left‚ my father on my right

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    themselves and focus more on others and their problems. This can make the conversations between parent and child become scarce. Even without the difficulty of language in the way like with the mothers and the daughters of “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan; we still have difficulty communicating with our parents. My mother and I do not speak all the time‚ yet in our tame relationship we still know of each other’s unconditional love. Even though‚ we could be called distant‚

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    United States of America‚ is a melting pot and with us we bring our own identity such as: language‚ culture‚ religion‚ and traditions. Losing any of these traits could results in losing who you are‚ as we read in‚ “Speaking In Tongues” by Zadie Smith and “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldùa. Smith and Anzaldùa both shared a similar problem. They were afraid that they may lose or already lost their voice/language. While Anzaldùa did everything to prevent that‚ “I had to “argue” with one

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    Bottom of Form c Bottom of Form Proper Use of the Tongue In our last article‚ we reviewed the improper use of the Christian’s speech. Now‚ let’s think on the proper use of the tongue. Paul writes of “speaking the truth in love” in Ephesians 4:15. Here‚ we have the content (truth) and the motivation (love). How we speak the truth and with what tone we use is as important as what we say. Our tone and approach will affect the reception of that truth. Proverbs 15:1-2 tells us that a “soft answer”

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    Single parent‚ Teenaged mothers‚ Unmarried mothers Shawna Wilson Psychology 101 Dr. Syed October 24‚ 2012 While single parenting is not a choice many people would intentionally make‚ it can have its rewards. Many times single parents discover they are capable of doing more than they ever thought possible and that they

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    Amy Winehouse was one of the most popular singer/songwriters of all time. She broke the record for the most awards for a female artist when she won five Grammy awards in 2008. She also won two BRIT awards for her music. Despite her success‚ she continued to be in the media for erratic behavior with her drug and alcohol abuse and multiple run-ins with the law. But‚ her music is still influential today and she is still a icon in popular culture. Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London‚ England to Mitch

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    Sydnie Sivongxay ENG 2000 Christy Williams 23 February 2013 "By and By" by Amy Bloom "By and By" by Amy Bloom is told through a first-person narrative from the perspective of the deceased protagonist’s roommate. Though the narrator shifts in and out of past and present tense‚ the story is simple. Anne (the protagonist) went on a camping trip with her boyfriend Teddy‚ and Eugene Trask (the antagonist) suddenly appeared to murder Teddy‚ then he kidnapped Anne‚ resulting in her missing

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    The Arrival‚ by Shaun Tan‚ is a book that I found to be very interesting. I have never read a book without words before‚ so this was a new experience for me. During the times I read it‚ evaluated it‚ took notes on it‚ and read it again‚ I questioned how something so complex could be a part of children’s literature. I began to ask myself what age group would be able to look at this book and understand the story within. Children’s literature is usually seen as simple‚ straight forward‚ and easy to

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    How To Tame A Wild Tongue

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    talk to during a day vary from it being a teacher‚ a parent‚ a friend‚ a sibling or even just a random person or individual who ask something. You wouldn’t talk the same to your parents than you would to a friend. In the story‚ “How To Tame a Wild Tongue‚” the author Gloria Anzaldua states‚ “A monolingual Chicana whose first language is English or Spanish is just as much as a Chicana as one who speaks several variants of Spanish.” She tells us how there are so many languages or ways we talk in the

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