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    Ruining English Language

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    broadsheet which is targeted for the middle class‚ middle aged and well educated audience. The point of this article is for the middle aged classes to wonder‚ and be convinced that the use of the abbreviations and made up words by youth and media are ruining the English language. We can tell that the text is targeted to these groups of people as this is a criticism towards the modern language that the youth has created. This was mostly due to the use of technology in young people’s lives‚ such as texting

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    Black‚ Zaqueri Emily Skaftun English 101 06 April‚ 2011 Analysis of Marie Winn ’s‚ "Televison: The Plug-In Drug" In the current world‚ many families have more than one television. It has become a necessity as food‚ clothing and shelter. In Marie Winn ’s essay‚ she describes the effects of television on young children and the family environments at home. Television is one of the most dominating factors that diverts from family time and family relationships. It also has a strong impact

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    Technology is ruining our children’s childhoods. Children have technology that 20 years ago couldn’t of been imagined . Consequently the dangers that once were left outside to now follow your children to their homes and through our front doors. Most children have a phone these days and simply don’t fully understand the dangers of having one. We need to remember kids are kids‚ and need to be treated so. Furthermore‚ a child under the age of 14 isn’t mature enough to understand the

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    Sport is a major global industry generating billions of dollars in sponsorship‚ media rights and gambling funds. In recent times‚ a number of sports have been tarnished by doping scandals. These incidents pose threats to the integrity of sport both nationally and on a global scale. In response‚ sporting organisations and governments have introduced legislation and accompanying punishments to deter the use of both performance enhancing and recreational drugs. However‚ it could be argued that effective

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    Why PEDs Should be Legal in Sports In life we all strive to be the greatest we can‚ we do anything to reach our maximum potential. As sports fans we pay to see the best athletes perform at their maximum potential. Performance enhancing drugs do just this; help athletes reach their pinnacle. Currently most are not legal in professional sports‚ but this should change. With performance enhancing drugs legal it would make professional sports far more entertaining‚ reduce underground and unsafe drug

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    Sports performers of today’s world are encouraged by not only us‚ but from their coaches and managers to win at all costs. But then we blame them for taking supplements when the chances of detection are low. We want better performance from our sports heroes‚ but demonetize the methods used to produce those performances while hiding behind concerns of their health. Concerns for health that are not commensurable with our normal paternalistic attitudes. Quoting Norman Fost‚ “The number of deaths from

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    The use of steroids in sports Corey Nalley GE 117 July 21‚ 2010 Mr. Ryan | The use of steroids in sports Everyone watches sports. Even the Romans used sports to see who the best was. The only difference then it was more one on one. Sports today are more on what team is better rather than what player is better. The use of steroids has forever changed the face of professional sports‚ making it a world fueled by drug contacts instead of skill and talent. Steroids have been a very common

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    PASS Assessment PASS Assessment Year 10 Knox Grammar School Year 10 Year 10 Knox Grammar School Year 10 Name Of Drug | Performance | Short Term Effects | Long Term Effects | Human Growth Hormone | Peptide hormone that stimulates growth‚ cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals. | Increasingly masculine facial appearance and excessive sweating. It can also cause arthralgias‚ which is unusual bone growth. Since HGH affects your hormones‚ it can also

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    The use of illegal performance enhancing drugs in sport is a rising problem in professional sports. Drug use is hazardous to the person using them as well as to other people who are dealing with them. There are many reasons athletes choose to take drugs for sports like‚ to be faster‚ stronger‚ or to gain advantage over the opponent. Even though some professional athletes are not using performance-enhancing drugs‚ the fact that they are using drugs whatsoever is a big problem. Athletes are supposed

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    Why Do Sports Matter

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    Why Do Sports Matter? Sports in America have drastically changed in both positive and negative ways throughout the years. People surround sports as a part of their life and sometimes it’s their main priority. Though you may be a dedicated fan there are people who take it to the extreme leading to almost death in some occurrences. There is such as a thing as dedicated and loyal fan but the fact people do take it to outstanding extremities is ridiculous. Sports are seen in two ways: negative

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