A Growing Epidemic: Childhood Obesity LaToya N Jorden Instructor Ludvigsen [ November 19‚ 2012 ] Obesity is on the rise amongst children in America. The potential consequences of childhood obesity‚ such as increased risk for depression‚ poor body image‚ and an array of serious diseases are cause for great concern. By using research‚ I will find data that shows this topic is a real problem on the rise. Obesity now affects 17% of all children and adolescents in the United States-triple the
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| | | | | | The “Weak” Tea Party Movement Curt D. Collins Bellevue University Professor Wright EN102-T301 Composition II October 13‚ 2012 The “Weak” Tea Party Movement On Feb. 19‚ 2009‚ about a month after President Barack Obama’s first day on the job‚ CNBC host Rick Santelli railed against the President’s proposed bank bailout and stimulus package on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange calling
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This Organization is one of the most powerful political powers in America and also the biggest hurdle for any kind of law passing to stop guns from being used inappropriately. The NRA receives millions of dollars in donations every year and is extremely radical when it comes to guns. Because of their influence they have
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The article "Firearm Safety in America 2013" by NRA-IRA suggests that "The number of privately owned guns in the U.S. is at an all-time high‚ upwards of 300 million‚ and now rises by 10 million per year." If there were a law put into place removing the right for the average citizen to
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Homelessness affects three and a half million people living in the United States each year. Unfortunately‚ families with children are the fastest growing variable of the homeless population (“Helping the Homeless” 1). There are many different variables that results in these people falling into poverty. These families or individuals are often forgotten or ignored‚ resulting in dropping out of their schooling to search for an employment opportunity. While some believe that these individuals should
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MLK VS. America One of our Country’s greatest presidents once stated“Conformity is the jailer of freedom‚ and the enemy of growth.”. Evidently‚ Conformity is one of the biggest threats there is to mankind‚ yet we have the power to change that! It’s so easy to “follow the trend”. It’s so easy to do something not because it’s right or wrong‚ but merely because “everyone is doing it.” But just because everyone does it‚ it doesn’t justify the morality of the action. For instance‚ if every American
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Jhashon Datcher Business Law 11 January 2013 Attorney Paper Trevor C. Sanders is an attorney that works at Aaron J. Prisbrey‚ P.C. He attended Hurricane High School. He received his Associate degree at Dixie State College and his Bachelor degree at Columbia College. Then he went to Law school at Thomas M. Cooley. The reason why he turn out to be an attorney is because he didn’t believe the garbage in the articles he read. Trevor wanted to represent good citizens. He wanted to make sure laws
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Topic: Child Obesity and Concerned Parents. A big topic here is because many children are obese. There are ways to fix and overcome these struggles. Parents need to listen up and get some advice for this. Who do we blame here? Research question: Asking how parents can change their kids eating habits. Giving suggestions to parents on what to feed kids. Certain problems that are caused by parents and children in America. Working thesis statement: Child obesity is a wide spread
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Is America still the land of the free or is it just for some people? In the past few months there has been a lot of stories about black women and men‚ even children‚ who has been slaughtered by the police. And I say slaughtered‚ because that is how it was. For example Michael Brown‚ the police said Michael had attacked them‚ tried to grab an officer’s gun and hit him. They said the officer only acted in self defense. But here is the funny thing‚ there are no evidence at all that it happened. Witnesses
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The sport of hunting has many different opinions to it. Hunting has helped America since the Indians taught the pilgrims to hunt and fish. This sport has brought food to the table for hundreds of years in times of need. The role of hunting has played a key to the survival of our well being. How has hunting helped develop America and it’s economy. Many Americans participate in wild game hunting each year. The range from men to women‚ from elderly to youth have participated in this sport for many
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