A Silent Killer Chairperson: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I’m Joleen and standing next to me are Fred and Eva. We are a group of 14 year olds trying to make a better community. We are here to speak to you about our future. Have you ever come home with the stench of smoke clinging to your clothes? Or inhaled a cloud of smoke as a group of smokers passed‚ causing you to cough and choke? Neither experiences are pleasant and this is why smoking should be banned in public areas. Smoking is
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Patrick Henderson Ms. Gabaldon English 4H March 6 2013 The Silent Killer Nicholas Carr‚ in the article “How the Internet is making us stupid” cites that the internet and social medias such as facebook‚ twitter etc. is making out brains more exposed to distractions. Carr supports his cities by explaining how his research shows signs that people who use the internet more tend to get more distracted than people who use the internet less. Carr purpose is to inform everyone of the effects of going
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The night was silent. The half moon gazed down benevolently on the city‚ alone in a starless stretch of black sky. The streets were empty‚ and all that reached out into the shadowy darkness were the street lamps‚ placed so methodically and evenly it made them seem more significant than they really were. Near one of these lamps‚ on a bench‚ was an ancient man‚ his hair grey‚ his face was warped with deep wrinkles‚ a pair of round rimmed spectacles perched on his nose. His dull eyes‚ seeming to be
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The following quote "The sedge is withr’d from the lake‚ And no birds sing‚" (Keats) seems like a very simple sentence with no meaning to it. However‚ after reading Chapter 6 of Silent Spring ‚ I realized how loaded the comment is with meaning. The quote is describing humans and how humans treat the plants here on earth. The quote describes a scene where humans continue to destroy plants because they feel that they are in the way or that the plants are not appealing to look at. However
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Maribel Ruvalcaba Biology 384N T/Th 1:30-3:10 December 7‚ 2010 Silent Enemy Many people have serious health problems they may not be aware of. One of these health problems is Osteoporosis. Most people do not even know that Osteoporosis exists; they have no knowledge of what this disease is about or how to prevent it. In the article “c-Maf and you won’t see fat” Laurie McCauley defines Osteoporosis as “a metabolic bone disease that results from an imbalance between the process of bone formation
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AP language and composition free response question 1 In the passage from “Silent Spring”‚ by Rachel Carson‚ she portrays her strong emotions about American’s attitude towards the environment and the mindset obtained that it is justifiable to kill species because of an inconvenience they might cause. Carson is able to render that through rhetorical strategies such as exemplification‚ repetition‚ and cause and effect. Carson uses exemplification to help the reader understand her point on the pathetic
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English 1613.010 March 25‚ 2011 Nixon’s Silent Voice In a nation divided by war in 1969‚ Richard Nixon delivered a speech with the hope that it would bring Americans together. At this time the American people stood divided on their views on the war. Many people wanted to withdraw from the war and many people supported the war in the quest for peace. The Vietnam War had already been going on for quite some time when Nixon came into office. Nixon was the second youngest president; he came
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In the book "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson‚ Rachel describes the damage of pesticides on the environment which had not yet been well known because of the hidden truth. Officials have either denied or prevented speaking about the harm of dangerous chemicals even though humans were negatively affected by it. This quote references the ideal expectation of a civilization because it generates the idea that a civilization can only be classified as one‚ as long as they avoid destruction. The occurrence
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intimately tied to the concerns of modernism. In this sense‚ both the developing institutions of animation and Surrealism were tied to a similar cultural moment. In fact‚ the development of silent animation throughout the early 20th century parallels the development of Surrealism as an aesthetic‚ with silent animation first
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Robert Luke Benson Mr. Lowe Composition 1 June‚ 7 2013 The Silent Treatment Trying out for Chain Lightning was one of the harder things I have done in my life. I showed up to try out for one of the top ten ultimate teams in the nation the summer of my senior year of high school not expecting much at all. I ended up making the team‚ probably not for my speed or disc skills‚ but more than likely for my ability to keep cool. When I was trying out people kept looking down on me as if I didn’t belong
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