Ima Student Mrs. T. Chur English 1301 12 November 2009 Molly Ivins and Her Crazy Gun Theory Molly Ivins‚ in her Op-Ed called‚ “Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns‚” argues for an absolute abolition of civilian gun ownership. Ivins begins her argument with a sarcastic attitude toward gun laws in the United States. She calls herself “not antigun‚” but immediately announces that she is “proknife.” She seems at first to offer an unbiased view‚ claiming not to want
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How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience John Kenneth Galbraith I would like to reflect on one of the oldest of human exercises‚ the process by which over the years‚ and indeed over the centuries‚ we have undertaken to get the poor off our conscience. Rich and poor have lived together‚ always uncomfortably and sometimes perilously‚ since the beginning of time. Plutarch was led to say: “An imbalance between the rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of republics.” And the problems that
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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH International Centre for Health and Society SOCIAL DE TER MI NANTS OF HEALTH THE SOLID FACTS SECOND EDITION Edited by Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Social determinants of health: the solid facts. 2nd edition / edited by Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot. 1.Socioeconomic factors 2.Social environment 3.Social support 4.Health behavior 5.Health status 6.Public health 7.Health promotion 8.Europe I.Wilkinson
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Get rich‚ cure cancer‚ have children‚ fall in love‚ see Paris‚ climb Mount Everest‚ they’re all respectable yet ubiquitous goals that I hear from all of my friends. Every person wants to fabricate a global change but in all candor the first step dawns within ourselves. I yearn to cross this nation with my own two feet‚ seeing the sun rise in every time zone and set on every terrain of this land. I want to see the purple mountain majesty as I stand on the deserted highway in my hiking boots and feel
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Humanities 1 (Online) January 28‚ 2013 The Rich and the Poor‚ Something’s Never Change Today‚ in our nation there is a distinguishable difference between the rich and the poor. This is not a modern concept or a new way of life. This is how our nation and many others have been founded for thousands of centuries. The rich have the power to change things so that they continue to reap the benefits and the poor are always at the mercy of the rich. This can be seen as far back as the Egyptians
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to be rich‚ while another one is to be famous. Though these two words are somehow closely related if you think about the celebrities who are famous and rich at the same time‚ there are some others who only have high recognition but not rich‚ such as Mother Teresa who devoted her whole life doing charity for the poor. Therefore‚ the topic that I am really interested in is about whether to be rich or to be famous is the key word for success. Being famous does not necessary mean bring rich‚ and vice-versa
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There is some truth to the statement "what gets measured gets done" with respect to the work environment‚ discuss. I believe the maxim “what gets measured gets done” (accredited to among others‚ Peter Drucker in his 1954 book ’The Practice of Management’) does hold a semblance of truth when associated within the business world. However‚ I would argue that the sentence in itself is incomplete. Between the ‘measuring’ and ‘getting done’‚ mangers need to insert both critical analysis of the measurements
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Writing 121 9 June 2014 Response: Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns Molly Ivins‚ a liberal columnist who was made famous by picking fun at her home state of Texas and mocking politicians‚ battled breast cancer before she died in 2007. Although her essay‚ Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Ride of Guns is over a decade old‚ her words are still a hot topic today. Molly Ivin’s essay takes on the gun control debate‚ engaging the audience with a sarcastic perspective that leaves them asking
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“It is the duty of the strong to protect the weak There are many things and people in this world that is classified as the strong like for example‚ nations‚ individuals…..but then there are many things and people in this world that is classified as the weak. This term is commonly view as the unemployed‚ 3rd world countries‚ physically disable…… Thousands and thousands of university students graduate each year. Yet despite‚ the fancy gowns and certificate‚ nearly most of them struggle to find
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You find the individual BMI by a maths calculation using the height and weight of the person‚ its calculated by multiplying the weight in pounds by 703 then dividing the answer by the height in inches‚ The total number you get is BMI of the body‚ the‚ I also found out what the number mean for example if the BMI is less than 18.5 the body is under weight and if the BMI is 30+ the body is obese. Formula = Weight in Pounds / (Height in inches x Height in inches) x 703. A unit equal to the kilocalorie
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