Wanderlust‚ the impulse and desire to travel the world. Running through the jam-packed airport to make the flight that leaves in ten minutes to spending hours traveling down the dirt roads to an unknown destination‚ the want to adventure is real. Jetting over to Greece to experience the white house hillsides to going to the “down under” to live the Aussie life‚ it’s a dream for many people across the world. For many‚ it’s hard to make these dreams a reality due to how much it costs currently in the
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in highway accidents this year. More than half of those accidents will involve alcohol‚ alone or in combination with other drugs. A disproportionate number of the dead will be young‚ between the ages of 15 and 24. One group‚ 16 year olds‚ will be in 40% of all the singl-car‚ alcohol related crashes" (Knox 19). This statement shows the high risk and number of fatalities due to driving. It is very important to learn safe and responsible driving skills‚ which is why I am giving this speech. If
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Reid Roman Mrs. Arnold English II- 3rd Block 13. Nov. 2015 Censorship The average citizen would be surprised how often he/she looks at any media related things‚ such as newspapers‚ television‚ books‚ even the internet‚ that are censored. Think about it. Have you ever watched a movie like 21 Jump Street on TV‚ and during a conversation‚ a character’s dialogue goes silent? The character’s lips seem to be moving‚ but no words are being expressed. That is an example of censorship. Sure‚ censorship can
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Audra McFarland Mr. Bergmann Sophomore Honors P6 28th September 2016 Conservation What if I were to tell you that your way of life is at stake? If I told you that your casual cruising around town or your habit of just tossing your drink in the trash without dumping it out was causing major harm to our earth‚ would you be concerned? Today‚ our carbon emissions are skyrocketing so alarmingly fast‚ the atmosphere has not been this warm in 66 million years. The excess carbon has caused a five degree
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I found the persuasive speech of policy to be difficult to put together. I put a lot of time into the organization‚ and practiced my speech many times‚ and I think overall‚ I did fairly well. With every speech though‚ I think there is always room for improvement. I felt my introduction went well. It was organized‚ and I felt that I was able to draw my audience in to want to know more. The topic was well suited for my audience since many are going into the medical field‚ and breast cancer is a topic
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Sexism. It is ingrained in our everyday life‚ it has not faded or diminished or disappeared. We live in a country where a thirteen year old girl cannot walk down the road without being honked at‚ and a forty-five year old woman cannot walk from her car to her house without being in fear. And yet people tell me there is no
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Being over 40 years of age doesn’t mean you automatically become out of shape. This all too acceptable in our nation. Countless times have I heard the comments "I’m too old to get in shape" or "I’m too old to have a flat stomach". Most of my clients‚ when they first come to me‚ can’t look down and see their feet. I usually ask them "What happened? Why did you let yourself get out of shape?" The responses I receive vary but the general consensus is that life took over. I interpret this as working
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our class finished the last of the persuasive speeches. We were persuaded to take certain actions that could benefit our lives or the community around us. The speech that I was assigned to assess was Sam’s speech. His topic was why all division three colleges should have turf fields for out-door sporting events. He had positive techniques that he used in his speech‚ but there were also areas of improvement. First‚ I will begin with the positives of his speech. I was glad that he picked a topic he
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Welcome Ladies and gentlemen‚ Gustino‚ or Gus‚ as he used to shorten it to. Gus comes from a long line of family with very traditional Italian names‚ often shortened to make saying it easier. Now‚ here was a man who knew how to grow a leek‚ and I don’t mean just any leek‚ I mean competition level leeks‚ and not just that‚ he knew how to judge them too‚ a real expert in the field‚ but then‚ that’s not surprising the amount of research that he put in over the years. Gus was a man never happier than
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Self-Driving Cars Are you prepared to give up the control of your personal vehicle to reduce or even stop traffic related deaths and injuries? Over the years that figure continues to rise; now we’re doing something about it. Google have produced one of the several autonomous vehicles that exist today and they are testing them on public roads in busy cities. Some experts believe autonomous vehicles might reduce or even stop traffic related deaths and injuries. Since last year‚ according to Amanda
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