"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." -Cynthia Ozick In the hustle and bustle of everyday life we sometimes take things for granted. We’re so busy getting ready for work‚ getting the kids ready for school‚ making dinner‚ making plans‚ paying the bills‚ looking for money to pay the bills‚ working all day and doing this and that and everything else that’s on our "To Do" list just to get through the days‚ weeks and months. Unless you excel in time management
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English Composition 1 Rough Draft - February 6‚ 2014 I Wouldn’t Change A Thing Of course I parked in a handicapped spot; of course there is no sign‚ except the little painting on the ground that looks as if it has been here since Vietnam; and‚ of course I have to use the bathroom again‚ I am thirty-six weeks pregnant after all. This day has started off to be a great one. Don’t get me wrong‚ being pregnant is a beautiful experience. I love feeling the baby kick and somersault around inside my
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I carried myself up for those first few steps. I carried a worn-out build-a-bear when I was small. Its fur was frayed‚ its button eyes almost popped‚ and its stuffing had seen better days. But to me‚ it was my protector‚ my confidant. I carried it everywhere‚ clinging to the softness and warmth‚ believing it could shield me from anything that lurked in the dark. I carried a notebook too‚ filled with crayon drawings of stick figures with strangely large hands and a sun with large rays. Each page was
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The war on drugs is one of the longest‚ seemingly non-progressive issues the US has ever faced. The fact that the government has been prolonging the end of this war‚ is an issue in itself. The documentary The House I Live In‚ directed by Eugene Jarecki in 2012‚ is an informative and important film for the advancement of the war on drugs. In the film‚ the complete history of the war on drugs is picked apart and essentially‚ it is determined and expressed that the war on drugs is a counterproductive
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"We cannot effectively combat terrorism without a clear definition of what it is." Discuss. If we are to critically analyse this statement‚ we must first look at what ‘terrorism’ is‚ what a ‘clear definition’ of terrorism should include and whether one is available to us‚ and what ‘effectively combatting’ terrorism is considered to be. So‚ what definitions of terrorism are available to us today? Etymologically‚ the word ‘Terrorism’ is derived from the Latin root “terreo”‚ meaning “to frighten
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hardship of poverty? Well‚ there is one thing that most of the poor have in common. According to Samhsa‚ eighty percent of the homeless experienced lifetime drug and alcohol problems. Drugs have been known for their horrific problem igniters‚ and have been heavily used by millions of Americans. The drugs became such a problem within
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The sense of control is a basic human need. (1) It is like a security blanket to a young child‚ it provides them with a sense of protection and comfort; but just like a security blanket‚ when it is taken away‚ they become very uncontrollable. In The Tell-Tale Heart‚ the narrator gives the reader an account of events leading up to him killing his neighbor. In the very beginning of the narrative‚ the narrator tries to persuade the reader into believing that he is not insane. His attempts to assure
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BACKGROUND The term Internet of Things is coined by Kevin Ashton‚ a British technology pioneer who cofounded the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) & is presently executive director. Below is an excerpt from an article presented by him. Nearly all of the data available on the Internet were first captured and created by humans—by typing‚ taking a digital picture or scanning a bar code. Conventional diagrams of the Internet include servers and routers‚ but they overlook
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much from reading the books assigned by their teachers‚ neither are they enjoying those books. She shares her thoughts to educators‚ students‚ and parents about high school’s reading and why most teenagers disdain reading‚ in her essay “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”. Francine Prose believes that reading is extremely important in learning‚ therefore it is “important to make sure that high school students are actually reading literature.” (p.90) She is discontented when she found out
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and two different stories raise that question and leaves many people to speculate the right answer. Eudora Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” are the hosts of the two characters Stella Rondo and Miss Emily Grierson respectively‚ and both stories show the unique‚ yet cryptic tales of two women’s roles in a town and family. Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.” speaks as an explanation of a story that includes a strange family‚ which the narrator and Stella-Rondo are
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