conference. Additionally‚ according to NPD research‚ consumer spending in the game industry in 2012 has reached $20.77 billion‚ the amount slightly more than the total Afghanistan production in the same year. Now the debate continues: are video games good or not? The first yell against video games is about the amount of violence in our video-game contents. The California law defines violent video games as “a video game in which the range of options available to a player includes killing‚ maiming
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Good Food/Bad Food School lunch is an issue in schools throughout our country. Many parents‚ teachers‚ as well as students tried to tackle this problem; but it still remains an issue. Dana Woldow‚ who’s been involved with this school lunch problem since 2002 once said to congress “Try school cafeteria food in your district. Then see if you continue to make the same decisions about how you fund the program.”(Dana Woldow) Schools serve lunches that lack all the nutrients we need as children for
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American story of motherhood. This new embodiment of motherhood questions conventional standards of behaviour‚ standards that associate maternity with specific behavioural traits. In The Bluest Eye‚ Morrison pokes fun at these traditional ideals of femininity and fragility that act to restrict and dictate the behaviour of women. Commonly in literature‚ if a woman falls short of fulfilling her patriarchal duties she is portrayed as an archetype‚ specifically the archetype of the bad mother. Morrison
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Wal-Mart: Good or Bad? The largest corporation in America with $378‚799 million in revenues and employing 2‚055‚000 employees‚ Wal-Mart has become one of the greatest success stories in American history‚ but also one of the most controversial stories since Standard Oil (Fortune). But with all big business comes critics. Today’s critics suggest Wal-Mart unfairly uses it power of size‚ which is goliath‚ to exploit employees and impoverish nations‚ ruin competition‚ and place undue pressure on the
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choice‚ small or big‚ can greatly affect someone’s life negatively or positively. The most significant choice made by any character in Tangerine was made by Mom and Dad to turn a blind eye towards Erik’s bad actions. A result of this choice was making Erik think it’s okay to continue making bad choices. When the problem began with Erik spray painting Paul in the eyes‚ his parents ignored the situation. They took Paul to the hospital and found out that it would be likely that he wouldn’t remember
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Video Games: Good or Bad? Spending hours upon hours playing video games‚ one would think that they would start to influence the day to day life. This controversy is brought up in the article “Defending Video Games: Breeding Evil?” written by the editor of Ecomunist.com. The article argues that violent video games do not necessarily make viewers violent‚ but may in fact be beneficial to the user’s health. The main topic is proving games do not influence their audience to the extent of behavioral
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The Dirty Deeds of Motherhood No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself. ~Rabbi Sofer The famous reporter and feminist Betty Rollin wrote an Essay for Look magazine called “Motherhood Who Needs It?” it reflects on how motherhood is just a myth‚ and women don’t need to have children it’s a choice. Throughout the essay Rollin explains how a woman needing to have babies is something that is a psychological choice not biological. The author gives data from university studies explaining
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The Good‚ Bad and Ugly of Fracking There is a gold rush going on right now. Man is breaking the earth‚ looking for natural gas. It’s a mad scene‚ with hucksters on every side of the issue. There is a lot going on underground and that process is called Fracking. The word alone can stir up controversy. The process of extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing or “fracking‚” might summon in someone’s imagination an environment and damaged communities. Natural gas hides from sight it is invisible
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Running Head: U.S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM How to Change Bad to Good: A Close Look at How to Reconstruct the U.S. Criminal Justice System Tiffin University October 24‚ 2013 Criminal Procedure How can we stop the constant violence and criminal activity that plagues the United States today? In a society where children can no longer be spanked because it’s considered child abuse‚ gun violence is at an all time high‚ and parents fear what may happen
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Professor Aldridge English 1201 GF 29 November 2011 The Good‚ The Bad‚ The Ugly Steroids Anabolic steroids are synthetically produced variants of the naturally occurring male sex hormone testosterone. Steroids can be prescribed to persons who lost lean muscle mass resulting from cancer or AIDS‚ or persons who have delayed puberty. Sometimes‚ either athletes or non-athletes abuse anabolic steroids in order to enhance their performance or to improve their physical appearance. Although the use of steroids
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