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    There’s reasons why teens decided to use their phone while driving. Teens that observe their parents or friends driving while texting and driving‚ adapts them to say “if they can do‚ I can do it too”. Another statistic from “Texting and Driving Safety‚” says that “48% of young drivers have seen their parents drive while talking on the phone‚” – also‚ 15% teen drivers have viewed their parents text while driving. Like I said‚ teens get influenced by their parents‚ and do as they do. But teens shouldn’t

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    Persuasive Speech Plan Topic: Texting while driving is dangerous to you and others. General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience not to drive and text. When I have finished my speech‚ my audience will be able to see why driving and texting is dangerous to themselves as well as others. Central Idea: Persuade others not to text and drive because it is very dangerous. Persuasive Proposition: (Statement of Fact‚ Value‚ or Policy) Statement of fact and

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    Analysis of I am Texting While Driving What makes texting and driving so dangerous? According to Mike Lukovich‚ it can lead to death. Lukovich’s cartoon is originally from the Atlanta Journal Constitution‚ and taken from the website haha.nu/entertainment “I am texting while driving.” It displays a two panel scenario. The scenario consists of a driving man in the left panel and of a figure many recognize as death in the right panel. The message that the artist is conveying in this cartoon can be

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    1) Nuclear power generation does emit relatively low amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). The emissions of green house gases and therefore the contribution of nuclear power plants to global warming is therefore relatively little. Between mining the uranium‚ refining and enriching fuel‚ and finally to building and operating the plant‚ a big 1‚250 250-megawatt nuclear facility produces an estimated 250‚000 tons of carbon dioxide during its lifetime. In contrast‚ coal-fired plants produce close to 2 billion

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    Texting while driving has been a problem in the United States ever since texting was introduced. Many drivers think that the safety of their social lives is a higher priority than the safety of the lives around them‚ or even the safety of their own lives. Many states have come to the conclusion that this is a major issue and that it must be addressed‚ so they made it illegal to use a cell phone while driving. Passing a law forbidding the use of cell phones while driving is a good idea because it

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    had this idea that me being a mono-tasker makes me seem less intelligent than your average texting-and-driving‚ tweeting-and-doing homework multitaskers. However‚ after watching the short videos‚ and the PBS documentary‚ I am reassured that multitasking is not always a good skill to have‚ not when you’re doing something that requires cognitive skills and physical effort (math‚ writing‚ studying‚ driving). I am not good at multitasking. I never was‚ and I never will be. It takes me ages to get

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    because of either them or someone else using their phone while driving. I think driving while using a handheld cell phone should be illegal. Three main reasons I think this is because sending a text while driving can cause many injuries or fatalities‚ having a phone in the car with someone is very distracting‚ and the use of a cell phone in the car with someone is not needed until they reach their destination. First texting and driving can cause a collision where not only the person at fault gets

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    Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation Vol. 23‚ No. 3‚ pp. 280–288 Copyright c 2007 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins The Oral Care Imperative The Link Between Oral Hygiene and Aspiration Pneumonia Minn N. Yoon‚ BSc; Catriona M. Steele‚ PhD Oral health has increasingly become a priority issue for healthcare agencies in North America and worldwide. This review article attempts to (1) inform various healthcare providers of the risk factors that can arise from poor oral hygiene

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    most common uses of multitasking is driving and using our cell phones. A 2006 study by the University of Utah psychologist showed that people who are phone users in vehicles were five times more likely to be involved in accidents than undistracted drivers which is the same level of someone with a .08% blood alcohol level. A drunk driver. All because you had to check your last text. The minimal amount of time that your attention is taken away while texting and driving is five seconds. If you are traveling

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    Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Jessica DeLong NAU Abstract Legalizing drugs has been debated for many years‚ especially legalizing marijuana which is considered a “soft” drug. There are positive and negative outcomes of legalizing the use of drugs. Over the next few pages I will discuss those outcomes. Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros: By legalizing‚ the violent crime rates would drop significantly. With the drug cartels on the top of

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