Think Twice about Texting and Driving “In 2010‚ 3‚092 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver and an estimated additional 416‚000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver” (Distracted Driving). Many people do not realize that texting and driving causes so many injuries and deaths. People believe that looking down at a phone for three seconds is okay and will not cause harm. They are wrong; texting while driving causes more accidents than other distractions
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In the speech “Informing Ourselves to Death” given by Neil Postman‚ he talks about the danger of computer technology that people are not aware of. Firstly‚ the speaker gives explanation of two characteristics of new technologies‚ including computer technology. One that he claims is that every technology has both positive and negative impacts on people‚ and “sometimes‚ it [a new technology] destroys more than it creates” (Postman 1). The other is that a new technology makes difference between those
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take it. Glaucon used the example of the story of the Ring of Gyges. In this story‚ the ancestor of Gyges the Lydian was a shepherd and hired servant to the‚ at that time‚ current King. One day an earthquake opened the Earth and the shepherd came across a dead body with a golden ring. He took the golden ring and discovered that it held a great power. It had the power to turn him invisible. Almost immediately after uncovering the power of this ring‚ the seemingly moral shepherd killed the king and took
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2. In the tale “The ring of Gyges” the shepherd Gyges finds a magical ring within unusual bronze horse. Using this ring‚ he entices the queen and they collaborate to murder the king and takes control of the kingdom. Given his tale‚ Glaucon come to a conclusion that if similar rings were to be given to unjust man and a just man‚ then both of them would behave unjustly. Therefore this proves that people act justly only as an obligation by nature and he claims that all living beings aspire more than
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Evan The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Fellowship of the Ring won four Oscars and also had nine other nominations. Some of which were best picture‚ best effects‚ and visual effects. The movie was shot in New Zealand and filmed in 2001. The Fellowship of the Ring is the start of a trilogy The Lord of the Rings and is a sequel to The Hobbit also known as There and Back Again. The Fellowship of the Ring is an adaption of J.R.R Tolkien’s novels. Many critics have evaluated setting
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Summary The Fellowship of the Ring is the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This story is set in the world of Tolkien’s invention‚ known as Middle Earth. A specter of evil is looming over Middle Earth as the Dark Lord‚ Sauron‚ seeks to consolidate his already immense power‚ by reclaiming the One Ring that he has lost. Most of his power is held in this ring. With this power‚ he can enslave Middle Earth and unleash an incredible evil with
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Vascular Rings Vascular rings are a very dangerous heart defect in infants. Vascular rings occur in early development of the aortic arch (Vascular Rings). It is a ring that encircles the trachea and esophagus during the development of the aortic arch. When a baby is born‚ their body is supposed to break down the arches to form arteries (Vascular Ring). There are some arches that do not break down and those will form the vascular rings in infants. Vascular rings are less than one percent of all
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some think that being in a gang is “cool”. Also at the end of the book the author tells about his current life as a writer and how much it has changed. This told me that everyone could be successful in life no matter what you are right now you can always change your lifestyle and be
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The story of the Ring of Gyes is most simply a story about a Shepard named Gyes who finds a ring with a special power. There was an earthquake on his property and it left a big opening in his land. Gyes eventually when in to this opening on his property finding a hallow‚ bronze horse with a dead man wearing nothing but a golden ring. Gyes took this ring and wore it to a gathering of Shepard’s. While there he turn the ring on his finger and became invisible‚ and the shepherds around his started to
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A week ago‚ I thought I would never want to be seen talking to Brooke(name changed). However that’s not her fault‚ she never did anything wrong. The fault is mine. I had judged her to the point where the idea of a terrible person was in my mind: a rude‚ fake bitch. A single thirty-minute conversation with Brooke showed me that I was wrong. Taking a second and walking in her skin helped me to get to know her‚ learn new things about myself‚ and maybe find a new friend. Brooke is a stunning‚ red-haired
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