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    Dangers of Smoking

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    Today’s soceity is all about image. As we grow up we all look up to a role model or follow the crowd. Some of us get mixed up and do not make the right decision for ourselves. Smoking and other tobacco products are being used every second of every day. More young adults are consuming tobacco products now than before‚ due to big tobacco companies and society portraying them as harmless and the cool thing to do. Parenting can be difficult‚ but sometimes parents do not stress the important topics

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    Pathological Gambling Treatment is the Brain; You Can Bet on It! Alcoholism‚ substance use disorders‚ and process addictions‚ or behavioral addictions such as pathological gambling may affect the brain in the same way‚ according to some experts. Research at Imperial College London has identified two areas of the brain that scientists believe cause pathological gambling. The study showed that the connections in the brain responsible for impulse control may be weaker in problem gamblers. “Gambling addiction

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    Dangers of Knowledge

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    A mans pursuit of knowledge can lead to many different events‚ and horrific situations will arise. Having knowledge is something similar to having money‚ because if you didn’t always have it‚ it can and will change you as a person. Frankenstein described his childhood to be happy and loving‚ full of friends and family. Frankenstein states “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself ” (Shelley 33). He was an innocent man who was loved by many but suddenly all of that changed

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    Chanelle Whitfield “Othello: The Danger of Isolation” Othello is a Shakespearean tragedy which depicts the incompatibility of military heroism and love; the danger of isolation. I personally think that Othello conveys the balance of human strengths and weaknesses amidst good and evil in society. In my opinion‚ Othello is a cultural and a racial outsider who is a bold‚ strong‚ courageous‚ naive and foolish. Throughout the play Othello represents the strengths and weaknesses in society

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    The Dangers of Pornography

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    Psychology 2800 The Dangers of Pornography Last semester in Psychology 2250 our class had the opportunity of attending a seminar that informed us about the dangers of pornography and how we need to be cautious and alert. But what is pornography? According to the free dictionary‚ pornography is the deception of sexual behavior that is meant to sexually excite its audience. If you think about it there is pornography in everything that you watch. Name one PG-13 movie that does not have a love making

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    and arcade consoles Forms of online gambling The Internet has made way for new types of gambling to form online. The recent improvements in technology have once again changed betting habits just as Video Lottery Terminal‚ keno and Scratchcards changed the gambling industry in the early 20th century. Internet gambling has become one of the most popular and lucrative business present on the Internet. In 2007 the gambling commission stated that the gambling industry achieved a turnover of over

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    horror stories of gambling are common knowledge. Throughout the various tales known as urban legends‚ exist numerous accounts of those who have fallen to the ill nature of gambling; the man who gambled his life savings away and then committed suicide‚ the woman who was hit by a truck after she won the lottery‚ and so on. To counteract these horrors exist the tales regarding others unbelievable luck‚ or those who win everything they could possibly ever want and need through gambling. These tales are

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    a much more desirable item among children and enthusiasts. However‚ the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) now receives over 100 reports a month of dangerous and illegal drone operation. These enthusiasts do not fully understand the risks and dangers of operating a drone and a UAS (unmanned aircraft system) near airports‚ and specifically not aircrafts. Even though drones have become much more intelligent by using cameras‚ GPS systems‚ and sensing technologies‚ they are still not perfect and have

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    Short History of Gambling in the United States of America According to the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gamblinggambling in the United States grossed over $40 billion dollars in 1995 (Dunstan‚ 1997). Professor I. Nelson Rose describes three waves of gambling during the history of the colonies and the United States. The first of these waves began during the start of this great nation and lasted until the mid-1800s. The second wave was at the end of our Civil War and lasted

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    May 11‚ 2012 Gambling is a game in which winning is completely or mostly dependent not on the art of play‚ but on luck. It has long been recognized as an adult pastime but in recent years‚ however‚ gambling has increased significantly among adolescents who have grown up in a culture more tolerant to gambling than any previous generation. Movies‚ TV shows‚ and more acceptable online betting have helped embed gambling in youth culture. Poker tournaments and lotteries have become social activities

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