Chloe McPhern 4-2-13 Part I: Nonverbal Communication Try This: Research what one hand gesture means in a different country. (You may ask people from other countries/and or conduct your own web search or library search for answers). Some suggested countries/cultures to research might be: Italy‚ Japan‚ China‚ Greece‚ and the Middle East (10 points) Hand gesture: middle finger‚ pointer finger‚ and thumb
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Stop Pretending Boxing Isn’t a Sport Joan Beck’s “Stop pretending boxing is a sport” essay brings up several good arguments as to why boxing should not be considered a sport. However my viewpoint is completely different than hers. In my opinion boxing is just as much a sport as basketball‚ hockey and even golf. Although Joan’s point is loud and clear about boxing only being about knocking somebody out and “unlike cars or planes or bathtubs‚ boxing has no purpose except to inflict enough brain
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Executive Summary Parents across America are deeply concerned about their children’s health and the epidemic of childhood obesity. One out of every three children is now overweight or obese‚ a condition that places them at greater risk of developing diabetes‚ heart disease‚ and cancer over the course of their lives. This is not the future we want for our children‚ and it is a burden our health care system cannot bear. Nearly $150 billion per year is now being spent to treat obesity-related medical
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Topic: - “Lack of Food Security” Fellow delegates‚ I am here today to discuss the problem of Lack of Food Security. Food security refers to the availability of food and one’s access to it. A household is considered food-secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. According to the World Resources Institute‚ global per capita food production has been increasing substantially for the past several decades. In 2006‚ MSNBC reported that globally‚ the number of people who are
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Bullies are made and not born. As a result‚ family‚ school‚ and the community have to work together to resolve the situations that create children who bully. Families have the first responsibility‚ as they are the initial environment that can encourage or discourage aggressive behavior. First‚ families have to teach their children how to not be a victim. Parents need to teacher their children self respect. Confident people are less likely to be targeted by bullies. They need to let their
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Are there any logical reasons to choose vegetarianism? Answer: Yes; there are many. Let’s discuss five logical reasons here. Firstly‚ non-vegetarian food generally costs much more money – and secondly‚ it costs much more than money. These hidden costs comprise the next four reasons and can be represented by the acronym HELL (Health‚ Environment‚ Life – Subhuman‚ Life – Human). Let’s first look at these hidden costs and then see how we can practically adopt vegetarianism. 1. Health: Grain-fed
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Enderson Velasquez ENC 1102 Prof. Layfield Compare and Contrast essay. The biggest fear of a human being is death. Almost everybody is afraid of death; however‚ people have different views on their perceptions of death or the idea of dying. The poems “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas‚ and “Because I Couldn’t Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson have a main theme in common which is death. However Dickinson presents the idea of the acceptance of death‚ and Thomas presents the
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Why Should Colleges Stop Looking at Applicants’ SAT Scores “Why did they reject me? I thought I could get in since I have lots of awards and projects related to my major. I just did not do well in my SAT test. But how could they reject me simply because SAT score was not high? That’s so unfair!” As a tutor working in New Oriental‚ an agency that provides SAT test preparation services‚ I hear this sort of complain all the time. I have seen tons and tons of my students cannot get into their dream
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Puropose: TO persuade the auditence to quit smoking Thesis: Im going to explain why you should quit smoking I. Attention a. According to CDC.GOV smoking is responsible for 430‚000 deaths each year. b. Why do we smoke? i. People used to think tobacco was a medicine that was good for them according to pupiline..nett ii. People thought smoking was mood altering‚ or helps reduce stress iii. People think its coo‚ iv
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Describe the strategies that have been suggested to reduce global warming. To what extent do you think they are successful? Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Since the early 20th century‚ Earth’s mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C. It is primarily caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane produced by human activities such
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