Refutation Paper ENC 1102 23 September 2014 Texting While Driving “Despite the dangers of texting while driving‚ many behind the wheel just can’t seem to stop. One idea from Apple could put up more of a roadblock. Published on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office‚ an Apple patent called “driver handheld computing lock out” proposes a couple of different ways to cut off texting and other cell phone features while a person is driving. In one scenario‚ Apple’s technology would work on its own
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The Importance of Safe Driving According to the Center for Disease Control‚ motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among people ages 5-34 in the United States.1 In fact‚ between 2000 and 2005‚ 42‚000 people died on our country’s roads and highways.2 Additionally‚ the lifetime costs of crash-related deaths and injuries among drivers and passengers were $70 billion in 2005.3 While all of these are the result of accidents‚ a large percentage of these are accidents that could have been
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Academic Writing Task Assignment 1 Q2 “drink-driving” Student number: 12016039 Group: A7 Name: Wang Xiaoyu (Tony) At the moment‚ more and more people are killed in the UK each year as a result of drink-driving. So people think the law about drink-driving in UK can’t enough to control people. According to the new about drink-driving that a princess consort who named Diana was killed in accident. This is because of her driver who is named Paul fast driving after drinking. The purpose of this essay
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How Old Is Too Old? Often times if one asks another what age group they think is the most dangerous drivers one would say teenagers. Lately there have been many reports claiming that these thoughts are no longer true and that elderly drivers are considered the most dangerous age group on the road. The Washington Post said that in the age group sixty- five and over have accounted for “sixteen percent of all traffic deaths and eight percent of the injured‚ but they accounted for thirteen percent
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Narrative Therapy Narrative Therapy was developed by Michael White and David Epston. Narrative Therapy is a method of therapy that attempts to separate the person from the problem. It is used as a form of community work and counseling and encourages people to rely on their own skill sets to minimize the problems that exist in their everyday lives. It holds the belief that a person’s identity is formed by our experiences or narratives. Because the problem is seen as a separate entity from the
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drinking with driving established a powerful link through which MADD and other groups were able to create and impose their definition of the problem . Like other policies ‚ the process of problem definition creates a social construction of the targeted groups ‚ helping us to understand which policy tools will be adopted Introduction Drunk driving is a primary cause of highway traffic accidents causing deaths and injuries with enormous monetary costs to society . The drunk driving was first recognized
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what the appropriate age children should start to participate in competitive sports. A subject like this is puzzling because there are many issues that must be addressed‚ because it is controversial. <br><br>Some American parents push their children too far‚ too young. The average American child usually will start to participate actively in competitive sports between the ages of six and twelve and can be unhealthy to a child’s development (CWG 131). The question at what age a child should start‚
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that there are more and more distracted drivers on the road. These drivers may be distracted by their radio‚ an in depth conversation with a passenger‚ children laughing or screaming in the backseat or even reading or sending text messages while driving. All of which can be potentially dangerous to the operator‚ their passengers‚ an unsuspecting pedestrian or other vehicle operators on the road. As a potential victim to an accident caused by distracted drivers‚ I am very concerned as we all should
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Persuasive Speech: Agressive Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that aggressive driving should be avoided. Introduction I.Attention Getter: Speeding‚ tailgating‚ giving the finger and outright violence. Each day Americans grow more and more likely to take out their personal frustrations on other drivers. It is called aggressive driving and it is on the incline. II. Definition: Driving is a curious combination of public and private acts. A car isolates a driver from
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Alexander‚ Michelle. 2010. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York : [Jackson‚ Tenn.]: New Press ; HV9950 .A437 2010 The Birth of Slavery in the US 1. In the 17th century labor for plantations was based on indentured servitude. 2. 1675 Bacon’s Rebellion 3. By 1770 "By the mid-1770s‚ the system of bond labor had been thoroughly transformed into a racial caste system predicated on slavery. "Racial division was a consequence‚ not a precondition of slavery
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