There are many social forces that had a play in my choice of attending UC Merced. Financial aid‚ friends‚ family‚ and my desire to move to a different town. From the other colleges that accepted me‚ UC Merced was the only one that offer me the most financial aid. Most of my friends decided to go to this university. As a result‚ I would like to attend a university that has my friends from back home attending it. Lastly‚ I would love to explore more of North California because I have been living in
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begin‚ I would like to pose a SIMPLE question to all of you.. “What does an apple have in common with an orange?” Think about it. (Pause) Can anyone give me an answer?? Yes‚ they are both fruits. They are both sweet. Stephen King once said‚ that Books and Movies are like apples and oranges. They are both fruit‚ but taste completely different. You just can’t compare apples to oranges‚ they are both very different. Don’t you hate it when your mother compares your academic results with
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My Orange Blanket In today’s society usually people are either a cat person or a dog person and a rare few like both‚ but they still always have a favorite either way. Dogs are portrayed as man’s best friend‚ gentle animals that will always be there for you. Cats‚ on the other hand‚ are displayed throughout the Internet in all kinds of ways. There are made up videos‚ pictures‚ and ads‚ anything that will catch your attention and make you laugh. Cats are simple awesome creatures. They have so many
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everyone around them. Missis Jan‚ as I would call her‚ loved orange shades‚ both in her outfits and in the restaurant’s interior decor. Warm orange and yellow-pomegranate furniture‚ sunny-colored napkins and curtains‚ country-style hard wooden tables and stools at the bar – everything was solid and comfortable about the place. Missis Jan would always have something orange in her outfit – to match the place‚ as I then thought. Be it a bright orange ribbon in her hair‚ or a peachy neat cotton dress‚ or creamy
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bigger problems. Agent Orange was contaminated with TCDD‚ a toxic dioxin compound. Agent Orange’s was a powerful mixture of chemical defoliants. It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped barrels in which it was shipped. The government of Vietnam says that four million of their citizens were exposed to Agent Orange. Three million have suffered diseases. This includes the children exposed. The exposure causes many diseases and genetic mutations. How does Agent Orange tie into the waste
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Approximately 19 million gallons of Agent Orange were used by the US military in southern Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. An aggressive herbicide which defoliates trees‚ it was used on a large scale in Vietnam’s jungles to enable US troops to spot Communist troops more easily. It eradicated around 15% of South Vietnam’s vegetation‚ and gave rise to serious health problems for the soldiers‚ civilians and local wildlife that were exposed to it. Agent Orange contains dioxin‚ a highly toxic substance
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The Fatal Harvest Reader. Sausalito‚ CA: Island Press. Rowland‚ Jess and Rinde‚ Esther 1997. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Memorandum. Washington‚ DC http://www.24d.org/Rev4.pdf#search= ’2‚4D%20group%20d%20carcinogen ’ Veterans and Agent Orange. 1999. The National Academies Press. Washington‚ DC http://www.nap.edu/books/0309063264/html/
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the argument/purpose I. Introduction A. Background on the War 1. Purpose of the War 2. Numbers (Wounded and Killed) i. .7 percent of Vietnam veterans died of injury or factor from the war‚ number still rising with agent orange and other long term effect 1.8% had to go to hospital due to their injuries. ii. About 1‚830‚000 were in the war‚ not all US. Large number were physically wounded. 3. Buzz of the war i. War hadn’t always been dreadful‚ volunteers
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Violet Hamlet Goldman AP Lang per 1 10 April 2013 Beginning the Evening With a Bit of Ultra-Violence The movie A Clockwork Orange touches on rather interesting topics such as the corruption of government and our society and also the reoccurring theme of sex and violence. The film could be considered a classic of the adolescent vs society. The brutal violence and some rape scenes are a bit much but are done in a way to help the theme and idea of the film as a whole. In 1971‚ Stanley Kubrick
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paradoxes. Society uses opposites that help us define the meaning of values and attributes that are acceptable. Could we know what is desired without knowing what is unwanted‚ recognize hatred without love or good without evil? In the novel A Clockwork Orange‚ our humble narrator Alex‚ is a teenager in a futuristic city where citizens are controlled by a corrupt‚ authoritarian government. Adult society seems to have been brainwashed into a trance as their free will is stifled. Alex is at odds with the
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