is a genre that is based on “imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes” that can challenge and disrupt traditional perspectives of morality and behaviour. Each science fiction text explores but one of the numerous possibilities of the speculative and extrapolative ideas‚ with the author’s own views being placed throughout the text both intentionally and unintentionally. The genre concerns itself with the understanding of both past and present
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Facebook and MySpace are one of the many social networking tools that teens use to communicate. Many spend most of their day browsing other teen’s profiles and updating their own. After all‚ having a cool profile page and lots of friends is very important in showing off your cyber social status. I don’t like to boast‚ but Tila Tequila accepted me as her friend on MySpace. I leave her comments fairly often and I’m hoping that one day she will actually reply! Although she has almost 1‚000‚000 friends
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take it for granted. You see people who need help and still act as if they did something to you and they cannot be helped. You call them “bums”‚ “dirtybutts” and all types of names just because that is what society teaches you. But you forget that one day you could be in that same situation going through the same
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creates the most waste than any other major cause of climate change. According to Keegan Kuhn‚ “The meat and dairy industry uses approximately one third of the Earths fresh water and accounts for 55% of the United States water use.” (“Cowspiracy”). Animal agriculture is the unseen and unheard killer of our planet because in order to stop this atrocity one must make the lifestyle to go vegan and avoid animal products altogether. Eleanor Blau‚ of Auckland‚ New Zealand‚ did a comprehensive study off
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One is sure to work and I will propose that one now. That is to make Obama officially king and give him complete control over the United States. This sounds ludicrous at first but further thinking about it is genius. If Obama has complete control over America then nobody
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Everybody knows that the real problem with illegal drugs is that they cost too much‚ and they are so difficult to get that drug addicts need to commit crimes in order to feed their habits. If only people could go down to the nearest Seven-Eleven and buy a cocaine-powdered donut‚ or drive up to the window at McDonald’s and order a dank 10-piece marijuana nugget meal. Then people wouldn’t need to knock down an old lady and grab her purse‚ or commit a home invasion robbery for some extra cheese. People
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are doing. I mean they are the ones making all the money. The biggest excuse you hear from people is that taking steroids is an unfair advantage to other players playing the game. Well that’s a pretty easy problem to fix‚ if you want to play baseball you should take steroids. Start the kids out young such as tee ball or little league then you can’t say that there is any disadvantage there. I mean they already have to take booster shots at that age so what’s one more needle going to hurt. That
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their shoulders for 15 to 20 minutes at a time. On top of holding the instruments up‚ marchers need to actually move their legs in time and march with very precise‚ grueling technique that requires balance‚ coordination‚ and simple muscle power. One band that should always come to mind when thinking of marching is Moon Area High School Marching band. Through hours of hard work and excellent leadership‚ the group has mastered all techniques of marching‚ balance‚ form‚ and musical ability. Every
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colors. 18. Kabaddi – How long can you hold your breath? That’s a question that needs to be asked before playing this strange sport. It is one of the oldest sport in South Asia‚ and is played by two teams. Originally devised to develop physical strength and speed in young Indian men‚ it involves wrestling seven people while holding your breath. The catch? Only one member of each team is allowed to cross into the opponent’s territory. It is still widely played in South Asia in the present
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and before you know it you’re out cold. You are then injected with many types of drugs. This is what is happening to you today‚ except you’re not human‚ you’re an animal. Were you apprehensive that 95% of animals used in experimentation‚ were you one of the animals that don’t know how to cope with the conditions you live in? What is your stance on this issue
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