Did you know that one- third of Americans are obese‚ and an estimated 300‚000 deaths occur per year are due to obesity? Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NYC proposed a ban for soda‚ to be over 16 ounces‚ and I think it’s a great idea. But I will admit at first I wasn’t so crazy about this ban mainly because I don’t like the government having too much control. But reading articles and doing research gave me a huge change of heart! I love people being healthy and alive‚ and I’m also someone who cares health
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have the money to decrease their competitors. There are many people that are unaware of using e-cigarettes and do not want to research it. The liquids use for vaping is not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration‚ and their long-term health effect is still unknown. It has helped many people quit smoking but‚ new laws are saying vaping is the same as cigarettes. I vape as well and it has helped me to stop smoking cigarettes. The transition was a bit difficult but‚ I did feel a lot better
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challenging (Zentall‚ 1993). Difficulty sustaining attention to a task may contribute to missing important details in assignments‚ daydreaming during lectures and other activities‚ and difficulty organizing assignments. Hyperactivity may be expressed in either verbal or physical disruptions in class. Impulsivity may lead to careless errors‚ responding to questions without fully formulating the best answers‚ and only attending to activities that are entertaining or novel. Overall‚ students with ADHD may
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Nathan Clodfelter Mrs. Gallos English 3 Honors 29 March 2018 Should Bump Stocks be Banned? A bump stock is a device that is attached to a semi-automatic weapon and enables this weapon to mimic the fire of a machine gun. It does this by allowing the shooter to hold the butt of the gun in their shoulder and push the gun towards them‚ this makes the gun fire and the recoil “bumps” the gun back into a firing position.(New York Times) The use of bump stocks allows many school shooters and mass shooters
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Should there be stricter gun bans? Handguns are the cause of so many deaths amongst the people of the world today. In the past few months there have been so many awful tragedies due to the access we all have to guns. The repercussions of gun violence make up 50 percent of today’s disasters claiming lives ranging from babies to adults and even elderly. The government needs to make guns less accessible‚ and the law along with the law enforcement need to really enforce the laws they make. This
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have proven to lead to displeasing actions such as suicide‚ murder‚ and even burglary. But how should we respond to these actions to successfully minimize them? According to the Barrack Obama’s spokesman‚ Jay Carney‚ claims that “a complex problem will require a complex solution.” Even though the problem is complex‚ the solution is “blindly obvious” (Carney). After previous results of tightening the laws within buying weaponry‚ it has shown people that not much has changed in terms of keeping a safe
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Amy Gilbert Ms. Homer English October 1‚ 2012 Should There Be a Ban on Specific Dogs? There are plenty of different breeds of dogs that could be considered dangerous. The main targeted breeds are breeds such as Pit bulls‚ Rottweilers and German shepherds. According to the American Humane Association‚ an organization founded in 1877 dedicated to the welfare of animals and children‚ “An estimated 4.7 million dog attacks occur in the U.S” (5). Some people argue that a ban on specific dog breeds
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Title Viewers Perception towards Surrogate Advertising & its Challenges Objective The objective of the study is to understand the challenges faced by companies and the strategies that could be followed to overcome these challenges. To identify and analyse challenges existing for companies and agencies in surrogate advertising. To suggest ideas to strengthen any company’s position in the market. To come up with possible strategies and ways to deal with these challenges. To identify the
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Sappreha Darby English 100 January 8‚ 2013 Why Guns Should Not Be Banned “A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arm‚ shall not be infringed.” The United States constitution states it itself. It protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. To ban guns will be violating the constitution. If a citizen in a state feels unsafe in their environment they have a right to own a gun for safety reasoning. If a state
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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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