Dangers of Texting and Driving George Koudelka COM/155 February 09‚ 2014 Amy Hankins Dangers of Texting and Driving The letters LOL‚ TTYL‚ or just saying "Hey" have the power to cause an accident within seconds. The National Safety Council estimates that "1.4 million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200‚000 of those accidents alone are from texting while driving."(How) The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences. We now
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we hear only a single story about another person or country‚ we risk a critical misunderstanding. Things are not usually just black and white and we have to make every effort to open our minds and explore what is real. Elif Shafak talks about the danger into which writers from different cultures are put at; the pressure-that-makes-them-feel-as-a-representatives-of-their-cultures. She makes a strong division between fiction and reality - fiction and daily politics. Although‚ both of the writers are
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Abstract Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has unfortunately become more common among new born children. While much progress has been made in understanding the consequences of drinking during pregnancy‚ it is still difficult to find the underlying damage that is caused to the child. This research paper will look at the harmful effects of FAS. The effects will look at not only the physical damage but the cognitive damage as well in the child. This research paper
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"The ownership of exotic pets poses a danger to human health‚ advocates say‚ and the recent incident in Zanesville‚ Ohio‚ highlights the need for strict laws to ban the possession of these animals by ordinary citizens (Rettner)." Mostly because of a the incidents that have happened. For instance
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It is understandable that impeachment is not a simple process since it has detrimental consequences if misused. The systematic dangers associated with the process can highly destabilize a government‚ especially in the wake of a powerful and liberated media freedom. The role of an American president in the international scene symbolizes national unity‚ both domestically and in the
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An Ugly trend Society has always valued beauty. In literature‚ attractiveness often symbolizes an admirable protagonist‚ while ugliness indicates the abominable antagonist. As children we are taught‚ without even realizing it‚ to prize beauty. People of every race and culture have gone to extremes in the name of beauty – from foot-binding in China‚ to dangerously constricting corsets in Victorian times‚ to nose jobs in 800 B.C. India. While plastic surgery has been around since ancient times
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Minor characters play a very crucial role in Shakespear’s Hamlet. They serve as narrators for events that occurred outside the immediate play: the Dane’s ghost. Distinct contrasts are created through the usage of the play’s minor characters. The reader gains new perspective on Hamlet’s character when he is compared with Laertes. The presence of these minor characters can also have a direct effect on the action of the play. The actors in the play within the play are used to expose the guilt of Claudius;
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motorist from 2006 through 2012 (“Bicycle Accident Statistics”). Obviously cyclists are more susceptible to injuries involving these accidents. Since 1932‚ 44‚000 cyclists have died in traffic crashes in the United States (Dangers in Terms of Cycling Safety.”) The dangers of sharing the road with cyclists are obvious. Certain places are taking steps to make sharing the road safer. Just this month‚ England’s government promised 94 million pounds to be invested in making cycling easier (“Make Cycling
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These are 3 powerful quotes from The Danger of a Single Story that made me rethink how I will consider a story in the future: - “So that is how to create a single story‚ show a people as one thing‚ as only one thing‚ over and over again‚ and that is what they become. “ - “The single story creates stereotypes‚ and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue‚ but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” - “The consequence of the single story is this:
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there is no death from marijuana. I think it is ward that the FDA thinks that alcohol and cigarettes is safe and weed will kill you that is mind boggling that alcohol and cigarettes are good. Alcohol is known to cause liver cancer and cigarettes is known to cause throat and lung cancer. Many people say that marijuana is bad but the statistics say that alcohol is worse. It seems to me that alcohol has all these dangers‚ yet‚ according to the statistics‚ marijuana has very little risk in comparison
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