non-smokers of the same age. Lung function continues to worsen as long as the person smokes‚ but it may take years for the problem to become noticeable enough for lung disease to be diagnosed. Smoking causes many lung diseases that can be nearly as bad as lung cancer. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a name for long-term lung disease which includes both chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD most often starts unnoticed in young smokers‚ and usually gets far worse before it’s diagnosed
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The Bad Trip It was October‚ 2012‚ when my uncle Dan was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Everyone was devastated‚ cancer is bad‚ but stage four is the worst. Mom was crushed‚ Dan was like a dad to her. So she went up to Batesville‚ Indiana for as long as it took for him to get better. Sadly‚ he passed two months into his treatments. The family and I suspected mom would be coming home soon‚ but that didn’t happen the way we suspected. Mom was leaving and she wasn’t coming back. I couldn’t believe
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Published: September 1‚ 2011 Technology in Education The rapid and constant pace of change in technology is creating both opportunities and challenges for schools. The opportunities include greater access to rich‚ multimedia content‚ the increasing use of online coursetaking to offer classes not otherwise available‚ the widespread availability of mobile computing devices that can access the Internet‚ the expanding role of social networking tools for learning and professional development‚ and the
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Breaking Bad A typical audience tends to support the main character of a serial television show‚ which can lead to the viewers to be blind to the fact that the protagonist may be becoming the antagonist. Spectators begin to form special connections with the characters and root for their success or their demise‚ “fans will frequently develop sincere emotional attachments to characters”(Mitell‚ “Characters in Complex Television” 10). But for those of us who have not invested our time into the fictional
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English 1315‚ essay 5 Jenna Garrett 26 October 2011 Jenkins i Outline Thesis statement: Slavery is a bad way to run a country ethically‚ socially and economically. I. In all the regions of the world that have experienced slavery‚ slaves endured many experiences that could be seen as unethical. All forms of slaves were oppressed while being enslaved
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Lilian Lam March 4‚ 2014 Dr.Hoban FYS: Transformational Technology Impact of Television Television is defined as a system that transmits visual and audio information for entertainment‚ education‚ or informative purposes. The goal of the television is still the same as today and most likely will not change in the near future. Although television was made with good intentions‚ it is obvious that with every good‚ comes the bad. Which evidently happened in the case of the television‚ the
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Anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States ages 18 and up which about 18% of the population. Growing up with bad Anxiety was not the easiest thing to handle. I use to be very self-abusive to the point I ended up finding out I had anxiety induced bulimia and little thing to some people might mean a bad episode for me like a test an addition or even reading in front of a class because I might mess up because of my dyslexia. But in my junior year of high school‚ I found a way to fight my
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ologyTechnology as a double-edged weapon. We live in a generation that relies heavily on technology and on the Internet. People spend much time online on the Web‚ whether for work‚ school or University homework‚ for fun or just for social networking. So‚ for this main reason this issue of excessive use of technology and the Internet is a topic of great interest for all of us. That’s why we decided to do our research project related and based on the different types of websites that are of main interest
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In the book “Bad Girl” by Abigail Vona‚ she describes her struggles while surviving in a mental hospital known as The Village. Throughout the story she dramatically changes towards being a better person. Abigail‚ also known as “Abby‚” longed for sharing her story in a book while being dyslexic. Fifteen year old Abby created idiotic adventures thinking all teenagers lived this way. She smoked‚ drank alcohol‚ ran away from home‚ went to insane parties‚ and snuck out of her home frequently. Clueless
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Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Does a bad experience as a child determine one’s future? I refused to let planers choose who I was going to be. When I was child‚ I experienced some real traumatic situations growing up‚ my family and society’s statistics labeled me as if I would not have a successful future. My family often said to me‚ ”you will never be anything in life”. “You will end up in prison or dead.” Society’s statistics labeled my future as one that would involve in depression and poor
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