Most people assume that the substances they buy from their local grocery store are safe for consumption‚ but that is not always the case. Restriction is a commonly used way to limit how much of a dangerous substance goes into our bodies. For example‚ alcohol and energy drinks are monitored because of the health risks they pose. While these drinks are commonly known to be harmful‚ soda can actually be worse‚ which has led to the recent soda cap size ban. This ban informs people about healthy portion
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Video games are one of the greatest inventions to ever be created. I say this because they have been played and enjoyed for generations. Another reason I say video games are great is because I love them I use them almost every day‚ and they give me joy if I’m having a bad day or if I just want to have fun they are very helpful for that. Video games have helped lots of people in lots of different ways like if you had something bad going on in your life‚ video games can help you escape all of that
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Are video games bad for kids? Back in time in mid 90’s the best source of entertainment for kids was the television that have a great variety of cartoons for the kids to have good entertainment and learn good things. But now they have video games that right now are the top selling industry in the world according to Barbara Ortutay of MSNBC online “the selling of video games on July of this year went to $1.19 billion with a 17 percent more than last year. But the only concern for the society is that
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Guns Should Not Be Banned in the US Just a few weeks ago a man with the name Adam Lanza decided to take the guns of his mother and take the life of 20 children and 8 adults‚ including his mother ’s and his own. This atrocity hasn ’t been the first one. In the weeks since the massacre‚ gun control supporters have called for a new federal ban on assault weapons and for reductions in the number of concealed-carry permits issued to private citizens. However‚ to blame assault weapons for this tragedy
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Introduction In recent decades‚ attention has been placed on the influence of violent videogames on the aggressive behaviour of individuals. While some scholars believe that videogames increase aggression amongst children in particular‚ others claim evidence on the catharsis hypothesis where videogames are argued to be a safe outlet to express aggression (Berger 2002). Although many theories have emerged regarding the influence of violent videogames‚ the debate continues to be divided between those who claim
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Spare Us Smokers There has been much debate recently in Trinidad and Tobago on whether smoking should be banned totally. The Minister of Health and the Cancer Society have‚ on separate occasions‚ promoted this call while tobacco companies rebutted vociferously in the media as well. The focus of this article is to prove that smoking should not be banned. To begin‚ the smoking of cigarettes and tobacco has been ‘linked’ by researchers to heart disease and cancer. The word ‘link’ is important
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society‚ we would not know the history of our world. Books in our society should never be banned because of the knowledge we gain from them and the impact they have on the world. There may be some cases where book banning is necessary due to violence or the tone of the text. “The Jefferson School District was contemplating banning George Orwell’s ‘1984’ at Rigby High School in southeast Idaho after a parent complained about ‘violent‚ sexually-charged language’ ” (Boston). Book banning may be necessary
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In today’s society people seem to have mixed emotions about videogames. It would be hard for you not to have an opinion about videogames in today’s world because everywhere you go you will see people playing games on their computers‚ cellphones‚ or gaming devices. Now with all of the popularity of videogames there are people out there who are against teenagers‚ young children‚ or anyone in general playing them. Videogames being so popular among our youth has gained the attention of parents and other
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The video game crash of 1983 was one of the biggest defining parts of gaming history. The crash caused the major transition from the modern and old era of gaming with its effect still here today. Many today don’t know what the crash was and how it changed gaming forever‚ so I am going to explain it and its effect on the gaming industry. What was the video game crash of 1983 and how did it start and end. One of the major factors of the crash was the over inflation of the market. This over inflation
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It is known that we are living in technological era. Video games have become one of the favorite time-spending of young people all ages‚ and even some adults. Moreover‚ video games are unbelievably complicated and that shows just how deep the connection between people and technology. (Cooper‚ 2010) However‚ addiction to video games‚ one of the main problems has been brought by modern technology. According to Byron Review (2008)‚ a government-commissioned study‚ it is clear that even in the lack of
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