Social Network: an online community of people with a common interest who use a Web site or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information‚ resources(dictionary.com). There are almost 500 million users of social networks and spent over 700 billion minutes a month using them. Is this hindering our social skills? There are many ways that people interact with each other such as e-mail‚ texting‚ a social network but the least used interaction is face to face. A negative impact
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“More than half of adult New Yorkers are obese or overweight‚ according to the city’s health department‚ which said it believed 5‚000 New Yorkers died every year as a result of health problems related to obesity” (Grynbaum). This mind-boggling statistic is what lead the mayor propose a soda ban that would limit the size of soda that could be sold. This ban‚ in an effort to fight obesity‚ would discourage people from buying larger sodas by banning the sale of sodas of more than 16 oz. Although this
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desire to be held accountable and a willingness to have their performance measured" says Steve Reinemund‚ former chairman of PepsiCola. High schools should not cut back on their sports programs since they offer individuality and discipline towards future careers. During my years of high school so far‚ I have thrived off being a student-athlete. Sports have offered me a path towards good career choices and academic development. Along with individual maturity‚ coaches are a main factor in student-athlete
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Should Animal Hunting Be Banned? I personally think animal hunting should be banned because hunters are one of the main reasons why animals suffer‚ are extinct‚ and are endangered. Because of hunting animals are becoming extinct‚ and with arsenal of rifles‚ shotguns‚ muzzle loaders‚ handguns‚ bows and arrows‚ hunters kill more than 200 million animals yearly. It Is Cruel; Animals deserve just us much respect as we do. There are primates that are the closest living animal to us and we hunt them.
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‘Violent Sports should be Banned’ to start with‚ Sports is basically an activity done for pleasure‚ which needs physical effort and skill. Some people‚ who dedicate themselves to this activity‚ consider it as a passion to compete against others in their skill‚ ability and spirit. Sports also help in inculcating a certain discipline as well as the spirit of brotherhood or the ‘team spirit’ in the sports persons. Sports ideally are not meant to do anything with violence. Sports for some is a mode of
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steroids which are constantly being used in sport‚ they are synthetic drugs that are often used by professional athletes in order to increase the production of testosterone. They are available in pills‚ powder or injections. They are illegal in sport as they give players an unfair advantage and can cause serious health problems. There have been many claims that state that the use of performance enhancing drugs dates back to the beginning of competitive sports and
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The burqa should not be banned in Australia A nun can be covered from head to toe in order to devote herself to god. But when a Muslim woman does the same she is being oppressed. It may be argued that wearing a burqa benefits only a few and brings more harm than good to society. The real question is who does it harm? That should be the basis for banning this piece of clothing‚ not one based on fear or an arguably feeble argument that the women do not have a choice. To say that a ban on a specific
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after a stressful day of school and activities and do pointless homework. Teachers should be teaching these things in class‚ not making the students learn it themselves. It’s preventing children from leading balanced lifestyles‚ with a healthy amount of sleep and activities to keep them fit and active. How is a student supposed to do 3 to 4 hours of homework‚ study for a plethora of tests and quizzes‚ play sports‚ get involved in the community‚ eat food with nutritional value‚ and get an adequate
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met to review its program and make changes for the upcoming Summer Games. The committee discussed changes for events within the 28 existing sports‚ as well as options to add new disciplines. The board rejected the International Amateur Boxing Association’s (AIBA’s) proposal to add a women’s boxing program to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. IOC sports director‚ Kelly Fairweather said the decision was taken on a "purely technical basis." The IOC did not feel it has reached the stage where it
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abhorrence. This anger has been brought to them through the protest that they have acted with‚ not standing or kneeling during the national anthem‚ in the past few years. Football players should be protected by the first amendment of the constitution‚ which is for free speech and protest. Football players should not be punished for their action about the issue in which they protest in the United States because it brings awareness to social issues‚ players that have high profile social status; consequently
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