Reasons why smoking is bad for your health Take a good look at the following: tar‚ carbon monoxide‚ ammonia‚ nicotine‚ arsenic‚ acetone‚ cadmium‚ benzene and formaldehyde. The substances that make up a cigar or cigarette are toxic. Still people are willing to spend money on this dangerous habit. It’s obvious that smoking is bad for you but not many people know the reasons. The phrase “smoking is hazardous to your health” has truth to it. The main reason why smoking is bad is because of lung cancer
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An Analysis of “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor The author‚ Flannery O’Connor‚ wrote a short story in entitled “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”‚ which took place in Britain during the late 1700s. In the story‚ the main character‚ Tom T. Shiftlet‚ a drifter‚ meets Mrs. Crater‚ an old toothless woman‚ and her mute daughter Lucynell. The use of irony helps to show the true identity of Mr. Shiftlet while the theme shows the struggle humans face in redeeming themselves. Mr
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goals that you had set for me. I have been listening attentively to whatever you could tell me and respect your authority. I have never been late at work; working six days in a week‚ regardless of how busy we get I have always managed to keep the work in a balance and keep my internal customers satisfied. You could always give instructions to me on a new job and let me find away out to it. Once a specific task is given to me I accomplish it to make sure I make customers happy. When you tell me to
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In Amy Cuddy’s “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are”‚ she discusses the way our body language describe the type of person we are‚ and other ways our non verbal communication speaks for us. In this speech‚ Cuddy uses both causes and effects to convey her argument. However‚ I believe she uses more effects than causes to convey her message. Cuddy’s purpose of this speech is to bring awareness to people that their body language tells other a lot‚ and that they should be cautious of it. This is one
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Being personally aware and responsible means knowing the skills and strategies to: stay healthy and active‚ regulate emotions‚ manage stress and persevere in difficult situations. There are many ways that I show Personal Awareness and Responsibility. I will write about: the activities that support my well-being‚ how I manage my emotions and how I keep a healthy and balanced lifestyle. I have two main activities that support my well-being: basketball‚ and a water drinking app. First‚ my family goes
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In his article “ No‚ You’re Not Entitled to Your Own Opinion”‚ Patrick Stokes suggests that while you can express an opinion‚ if you expect others to listen‚ you need to provide an informed argument. He describes Plato’s distinction between opinion or belief and knowledge. An opinion of personal preference is unarguable. However‚ a personal opinion on technical-based issues is sometimes confused with knowledge and is presented to others as an undeniable fact. In this case‚ amateurs think they have
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Agency is often used by respondents to capitalise on othering so that the position of the other can become imbued with value. In order to write this essay‚ it would be good to start by defining and explaining the concept of othering and agency; and next to explain how the aforementioned respondents use the previously mentioned strategy to resist the unequal distribution of power and how it reproduces particular social relations. Before we start with the main topics‚ it would be best to classify
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What Matters Most To You? Why? What matters most to me is making meaningful improvements in my native Iran. Although my short-term dream is to form a successful Internet business‚ my long-term aspiration is to graduate from business to politics. I take my cue from America‚ where industry leaders like Michael Bloomberg have revitalized communities and made great people leaders. Iran has been ravaged by several decades of “ivory tower” politics‚ corruption‚ unemployment and caste divide. For
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In her Ted Talk‚ “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are‚” Dr. Amy Cuddy argues that how a person holds their body shapes how they act in situations. She starts off her speech offering everybody in the crowd a free no-tech life hack. She continues to talk about different ways of how people may be sitting‚ and the crowd reacts by changing their posture. Cuddy then continues on to describe to the crowd how the human race is fascinated with body language. She then puts up a few pictures on the board
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Have You Lost Your Nut Graph? If you have‚ then I know a way you can get it back. On the other hand‚ if you don’t know what a nut graf is‚ you wouldn’t know that you had never had it in the first place‚ right? A nut graf‚ is a concise‚ catchy‚ sharp‚ and highly targeted opening sentence‚ designed to grab your readers’ attention instantly and to hook them to your post. In journalism this first‚ catchy‚ highly targeted opening sentence is called a nut graf (graph)‚ and is a summary of‚ or the
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