Walter Huffstutler ENC 1101 Ms. McNulty 10/23/13 In a split congress‚ our government tends to bicker among minor issues‚ which leads to turmoil among the nation. With a deadline for the 2014 fiscal year budget‚ our congress couldn’t agree on the amount of money being funded to Obamacare and the Medical Device Tax. Republicans fought for cutting of Obamacare funding‚ while the Democrats opposed and eventually won out. As October 1st approached‚ Republicans made a proposed budget that cut the
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Zoos are a popular house for animals. People can see many kinds of animals at zoos. However zoos are more harmful than good for animals. There are some causes to this such as bad environment for animals and small enclosures. One of the reasons for the bad effects of zoos is a loss of real conservation. Today animals are endangering since their habitats are shrinking because of pollution‚ less food‚ and destruction of the ecosystem. Many kinds of animals were sent to zoos because of people who argued
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Jaime Mariscal Writing 121 Draft (Claim) The 4.4 million children who play tackle football sustain more than 500‚000 concussions in the United States. The problem is players usually don’t report anything after a hit to the head and that hit can always lead to brain injury. Football helmets should higher their technology to combat concussions because helmets are still causing major head injuries. For this to take effect helmet companies will need to invest more in there research to construct
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Max Nathan Gower English II 4/27/13 Alcohol Interlocks Saving Life’s Ignition interlocks have been issued in forty-eight states. Presented on June 22‚ 2000 by Pennsylvania‚ Ignition interlocks are similar to in-car breathalyzers that measure a driver’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC). They prohibit the engine from starting if an alcohol-sensing device registers above a pre-set level‚ typically around 0.02 BAC. This ignition interlock act started at one state
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Danielle Adams 4-11-12 Tenure: A Student Stalemate “Carpe Diem. Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary.” Mr. John Keating in Dead Poets Society (1989). Time and time again‚ Hollywood has presented the power and influence a good teacher can have on the lives of young students. Most of us have had an influential teacher at least once in our lives. Imagine what we could have become if all our teachers had been willing to pull extra weight to help us achieve our full potential
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While mental health issues are traditionally treated with therapy and/or medication‚ a California neuroscientist wants to make video games a popular treatment‚ writes Lindsay Holmes at the Huffington Post. “Neuroracer”‚ a video game developed by Adam Gazzaley of the University of California’s Gazzaley Neuroscience Research Lab‚ was made for this purpose. A preliminary study by the scientist demonstrated that the game‚ by requiring the player to multitask‚ can provide enhanced cognitive control in
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The Facts Sal is our kickbutt narrator. In our humble Shmoop opinion‚ she’s one of the all-time best young adult narrators. She is wise beyond her years‚ and she loves life with every molecule of her being. She copes with lots of sadness and pain‚ and she does it in a pretty remarkable way. Also‚ she uses all five of her senses when she observes and notices things. All these awesome qualities make for a truly delicious story told by a delightful character. We learn right away the following things
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Teens and Young Teens Sexting The term “sexting” is a combination of the words sex and texting‚ and refers to the practice of sending sexually photos electronically. Sexting seem like fun and games in the beginning‚ but it can take its toll. The act of sexting has many negative consequences that people are yet to realize. Sexting gives teenagers the feeling of acceptances and the chance to be popular by gaining attention. What they fail to realize is the attention they are receiving is negative
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Piaget theorized that adolescents in the formal operational stage experience their own form of egocentrism that includes an imaginary audience and a personal fable. The imaginary audience exists as a belief that one is the center of everyone else’s attention; adolescents with these beliefs may assume that everyone is noticing their inadequacies or criticizing them for certain things about their physical appearance. The girl in the video shows a prime example of this belief by thinking that everyone
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Although there may be several theological disagreements between most denominations and Christians‚ there is one continuity‚ one thread‚ that is found in all of Christianity: the belief that the Bible is the infallible word of God‚ inspired by the Holy Spirit. This divine authorship is paramount in Christianity for multiple reasons. One reason being is that if the Bible‚ which is an authoritative and foundational collection of scripture‚ is the word of God given to His church‚ then the Church has
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