No human life is worth a cell phone. States have been passing laws to prohibit cell phone use while driving. Though some people may not agree with my stand on this topic‚ I wholeheartedly believe cell phones are a distraction that needs to be eliminated. When someone gets distracted behind the wheel of a vehicle‚ accidents happen and accidents will kill. Using a handheld ‚or any kind of phone‚ will take your attention away from the task at hand‚ driving. No matter how great of a multitasker
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Julio Alvarado English 914 “Driving While Stupid” Summary In his article “Driving While Stupid‚” Dave Barry shares his experience of bad drivers. He talks about many scenarios that are taking place in many places. He first starts by stating that downtown Miami is home to the worst drivers. He claims that although some may try to say otherwise‚ that there is no way to compete with Miami on the worst driver scale. Barry backs up his clam by giving examples of how he has driven in every major U.S.
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Fair & Lovely : Redefining Beauty Faculty Contributor : Avinash G. Mulky‚ Professor Student Contributors : Ajay Jain‚ Debasish Das‚ Karthik Rangarajan‚ Praveen Singh‚ Sulakshana S It is common perception that many Indian women are partial towards fairer skin. Recently‚ noted dermatologists commented that people are now openly asking for a solution to something that has been an obsession through the ages. Equating fairness with beauty has turned out to be a key consumer insight in the case of the
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Our society is consistently changing. Different generations of people may have different kinds of life. Since my mother and I grew in different environments‚ we may have different set of values. I have had interview with my mother who grew up in an environment which is different from mine‚ and I found that our personal history‚ sense of cultural and social history are very different. Although she grew up in a relatively poor environment‚ she still succeeds due to her hard work. My mother was born
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Good Parenting What does it take to be a good parent? The most important things of being a good parent is being responsible for their children. This responsibility means that you are making sure that your child is doing the right things until they become of a mature age to make their own decision’s. First‚ a good parent should make sure that their providing their children with a roof over their head‚ food ‚ and put clothes on their back. Besides providing shelter‚ I strongly believe that
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WEARING SEATBELTS We have all heard the excuses before‚ "It’s uncomfortable‚ I’m only going around the corner"‚ I’d rather be thrown out of a car than be stuck in a seatbelt‚" and my favorite‚ "I’m a good driver I don’t need to wear one." Well you may be a good driver but there are situations beyond your control such as bad weather‚ road conditions and not to mention other drivers that can affect your safety. Seat belts can mean the difference between life and death in an auto accident. Wearing
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Daniel Lizama ENG 102 March 2‚ 2013 The Effectiveness of Prohibiting the Use of Cell Phones While Driving The use of cell phones while driving causes the driver to be distracted. “According to Major Huxtable‚ cell phone use can distract a driver’s attention from traffic and road conditions” (Wisconsin Department of Transportation). As technology advances more and more people are starting to own cell phones often times at such a young age. “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Why Texting While Driving is Bad Purpose: The main purpose of this speech is to persuade people that texting while driving is bad and how dangerous it can be. I. Introduction: Visual This: You’re on your way home from school or work. Then receive a text message from your friend. You decide to text them back right away. Composing and sending a text message can take a couple of seconds. In those few seconds‚ you could have run over a person‚ hit the car in front of you or gotten of your lane
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trying to support. The most noticeable technique that Kelley uses is the repetition of the phrase “while we sleep.” She says this over and over again several times in her speech. This repetition allows her to get her point across and stress the importance of her argument. She uses “while we sleep” because it shows how children are working countless hours in factories with horrible conditions each night‚ while the rest of the world is at rest. By repeating the
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Terrorism and Human Rights Total wordcount: 7921 COUNTER-TERRORISM & HUMAN RIGHTS The duty to comply with Human Rights while countering terrorism Introduction Since the end of the Second World War‚ and the Cold War‚ terrorism has been one of the main issues of the international community. Not only has terrorism been perceived as a threat to the peace and the security‚ but also‚ an aggression of the fundamental rights and to the democracy. Following the 9/11 attacks
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