Life throws a great number of curveballs at me; sometimes it feels like someone is just waiting out there to get me. Nearly every poor‚ awkward‚ dangerous‚ or unfriendly situation is directly caused by decisions that I make‚ just as good moments get attributed to making intelligent choices. But‚ sometimes there is someone waiting just around that corner‚ waiting to strike. The setting is Nelson B.C. circa 2008‚ in the middle of December; there for the Heritage Classic hockey tourney‚ where we are
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The international court later ruled that whaling in the antarctic by the Japanese was illegal and ordered them to stop. However this is not the end of the story as the Japanese claimed in December 2015 that they will resume whaling in the Antarctic while already carrying out whaling activities in the North Pacific. This has to stop. All of the hunted whales species on Earth have been seriously affected as their population have decreased dramatically‚ the numbers in some
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A. Attention getter: Do you desire to make a difference? Make a positive impact on your life and possibly others along the way? If the answer is yes‚ and I hope it is for all of you. I have a great opportunity for you. B. Introduce topic and motivate audience: Today I will be persuading you to volunteer‚ specifically for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. C. Establish credibility: I can talk to about this topic today because I have spent hours researching various aspects of the organization
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I want you to read and share this‚ but I will warn that it’s disturbing. Our culture of shamelessness and acceptance has created or exacerbated many evils‚ but few as nauseating as this one. The guy in the picture below is a 52 year old “transgender” who pretends he is a 6 year old girl. He abandoned his wife and 7 children to go live with his “adopted parents.” Horrifically‚ there are real children in the house with this pervert. They have been forced to take part in the role play. Obviously
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Informative Speech Becky Schaelchlin Topic: The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Human Health Informative Purpose: To instruct Type of Informative Topic: Issues Thesis Statement: Consistent diet and exercise has a positive effect on chronic diseases. INTRODUCTION I. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as of 2012‚ about half of all adults—117 million people—have one or more chronic health conditions. While seven of the top ten causes of death in 2012 in the US were due to
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Who has a friend or knows of someone that has unprotected sex? Have any of you ever had unprotected sex? Well today I will be persuading you to always have safe sex‚ because you could get HIV/AID‚ Chlamydia or Pregnant. The biggest risk that a person takes when they choose to have unprotected sex is contracting the HIV/ AID virus. HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. A member of a group of viruses called retroviruses‚ HIV infects human cells and uses the energy and nutrients
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the company as any future purchases of Daraprim would be near non-existent‚ Should this have been the only way that stopped businesses from raising the prices to the extreme heights that Martin put Daraprim at‚ or should there be laws set in place to stop the stupidity of people and companies like Martin and his
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Year 11 Students‚ Today I am here to talk about a subject that has been around for a very long time and is very controversial. Throughout the world‚ people are constantly fighting the discrimination battle‚ whether its race‚ religion‚ appearance or anything else that makes us all different. One problem the population is battling on a day to day basis takes place in the workplace‚ and it’s called the gender pay gap. Women who are just as well educated as men are not receiving the equal pay they deserve
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The acute effects of cigarette smoking on memory task performance have been investigated in a number of studies‚ using a variety of measures. However‚ reviews of the effects of nicotine on human cognitive performance have concluded that the findings are very mixed (Heishman et al.‚ 1993; Roth et al.‚ 1992; Sherwood‚ 1994; Wesnes and Parrott‚ 1992). For instance‚ Roth et al.‚ (1992‚ p.253.) noted: ‘Smoking and nicotine effects on memory are contradictory. Improvement‚ no change‚ and impairment have
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Goal: To express my views on open campus lunch. Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to convince my class mates that open campus lunches should be allowed for high school students. Student lunch periods at a typical are crowded and rushed. Many students don’t have time to finish there meal and other students have a hard time finding food they either want to or can eat. And with certain meals‚ the food can run out before everyone has gotten through the line and receive their food. An easy alternative
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