Persuasive Essay Raquel Daniel COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing July 7‚ 2011 Cassundra Flemister-White Persuasive Essay Gangs Gangs are killing our upcoming generations. Gangs have always been around for many years and they are still growing. They are becoming more violent now because they are using more than just their body parts to beat up people. These gangs are killing and raping people. It used to be about colors and different language but now it is about something different
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Therefore‚ the situation in Somalia is very chaos and insecurity. The most impressive incident happened in the world is piracy off the coast of Somalia. Since the second phase of Somali Civil War in the early 21st century‚ it has been a great threat to international shipping services. Piracy disturbed the delivery of shipments and increased shipping expenses. According to Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP)‚ shipping companies costing
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Teach places several slow burning fuses under his hat‚ lighting each one by one[i]. With wisps of smoke billowing around his face‚ Blackbeard‚ the most treacherous pirate in history‚ emerges from his cabin to join the fight. In the golden age of piracy‚ Captain Edward Teach‚ more commonly known as Blackbeard‚ stands out as the fiercest and most important figure. Blackbeard and his crew successfully controlled commerce along the North Carolina and Virginia coast from 1717-1718. Blackbeard influenced
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Persuasive Essay Ryan Murphy COMM/215 March 6‚ 2013 Gary Christiansen Persuasive Essay Sequester‚ what is it? How did we get here? Who is at fault? These are the thing we will discuss. Recently a lot of people have been in an uproar over sequester and the spending cuts that will automatically take place. What most people fail to understand is that this is not something that happened overnight it has loomed over us for months and our government has failed to take appropriate action to prevent
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Video piracy is a form of theft. Specifically‚ it refers to the unauthorized copying or use of intellectual property. Intellectual property is knowledge or expression that is owned by someone. One type of intellectual property is movies‚ which is protected by copyright law. Many of the issues dealing with piracy have to do with the difference between intellectual property and physical property. A DVD‚ for example‚ is a piece of physical property‚ but the video on the DVD are intellectual property
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Persuasive essay When you rummage through your refrigerator what do you seek? A bag of chips‚ a fruity flavored yogurt‚ some buttery popcorn? Whatever it is‚ it all fills you up. Whether it is with a junky treat or something partially healthy. Whatever you choose‚ it impacts you. It affects the way you sleep‚ the energy you have‚ and your blood sugar. So the little discussion of picking a chocolate bar and an apple impacts you greatly in the long run. This is why you should start making healthier
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The Impact of Music Piracy According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) the record industry loses $4.3 billion dollars‚ worldwide‚ due to music piracy (RIAA‚ 2003). The American Federation of Artists claims that on-line music piracy has caused some record store sales to drop by 20% and that 20.6 billion illegal downloads occur every month (AFM‚ 2004). Many experts believe that music piracy is currently the number one threat to the music industry. RIAA sources claim 278 million people
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Persuasive Essay By Katie O’Dell To my dear surprise it is legal in some states to get married at the age of 14‚ as long as there is parental and court approval. To me this is completely shocking! I myself have an 11 year old daughter and if she were to come to me at 14 years old and ask to get married I would say “NO” without any hesitation. In my opinion‚ 14 is not just too young to get married‚ it is too young to have a boyfriend for that matter. It apparently isn’t just the child’s fault
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Isaias Santos April 2‚ 2013 Persuasive Essay If school were cyber and all of the classes were online students wouldn’t learn the way they would if they were being taught in a regular classroom. It would be much easier I think if students were taught online because they would be focused more and wouldn’t have as many distractions. Students will most likely will turn in all of their school work done on time. Also it would be good for students that have jobs that give them a good
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Movie piracy has become one of the world’s worst crimes in history. It has cause the movie industry a severe amount of money. It has also cost people that work in the movie industry their jobs. Technology in today’s society has made it so easy to duplicate whatever comes to the theater. The criminals that chose to do such a crime can care less of the penalties that they may encounter. The loss of jobs has made it difficult for the industry to continue to create movies. Major movie companies have
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