My research was mostly conducted over the internet but by using newspaper articles on the subject of discussion or magazine articles that are online. I decided to look at dieting and obesity for my research task. I first thought about whether or not I thought dieting was good for a person and decided that it wasn’t good for people. Then I started to research more and found that what I believed was right. Dieting isn’t good for a person because once you lose weight; you put it back on when you stop
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In this quote‚ Mathabane describes his struggle to find meaning in school during the apartheid through his father’s comments about education. Mathabane uses parallel structure to demonstrate the contrast between his father’s view of the value of an educated man and the value of an uneducated man. His father‚ having grown up in an impoverished tribal reserve‚ is unable to understand the use of an education to his son’s wellbeing. He uses the word “books” (151)‚ as metonymy to represent education as
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Animals living at high elevations where there is less oxygen must have adaptations to ensure that sufficient oxygen is delivered to the tissues. Since the total air pressure is reduced at high altitudes‚ the partial pressure of oxygen is also reduced‚ so hemoglobin may not be saturated and tissues would fail to get enough oxygen. In order to combat this‚ animals can alter the amount of oxygen carried in their bloodstream by increasing the concentration of hemoglobin‚ increasing the hematocrit‚ or
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Synthesis The idea of gender wage discrimination being widely practiced in the United States today is a difficult concept for many to swallow. With the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ the realization of the existence of the gender wage gap surprises many Americans. These authors bring to the forefront the idea that there is more to the gender wage gap then just companies discriminating against women and minorities. They sight many sources with defined data
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Racism has provoked inequality among Americans for centuries. Although it has been claimed to have dissolved‚ racism is still apparent in the very set up of our nation. It pulls apart the unity of our nation by forming groups that in time will break the equality and freedom given in America. The ideal of racism still exists in today’s society‚ having found new ways to insert itself into our everyday life. As segregation and slavery have faded from American culture it is socially accepted that‚ with
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What does it really mean to be a man or a woman? Masculine or feminine? Different cultures and communities have assigned certain characteristics and attributes which define each sex. But do these traits describe every man and woman’s behavior? Individuals should have the free will to act in any way they wish to‚ whether in favor of society measures or in favor of their own conscience. Throughout the course of history‚ men have been viewed and perceived to be chivalrous‚ audacious‚ dauntless‚ and
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Caught up in our busy lives‚ Americans tend to take things for granted and fail to appreciate the little things in life. These little things have big meanings‚ and are much more important than we care to admit. For instance‚ we often pay little attention to small amounts of currency in the form of coins or more specifically‚ pennies.. We bustle around cities and schools and workplaces‚ fishing for cash to purchase a much-needed coffee or snack. Upon arriving to the cash register‚ we scramble
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Personal experience with ISIS and its predecessors I deployed to Iraq as an infantry soldier on July 4‚ 2010. On May 2‚ 2011‚ at Forward Operating Base (FOB) McHenry‚ near Hawijah‚ Iraq‚ we watched President Obama announce on television‚ that Osama Bin Laden was dead. The September 11th attacks were finally avenged. Soon we handed over the base to the Iraqi Army as we made our way back home. Needless to say many of us were dismayed when we later read the news that ISIS had taken over the entire
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"My house has been destroyed multiple times‚" is the quotes of people who have been affected by tornadoes and hurricanes each year. At up to 150 m.p.h. (Source 4)‚ hurricanes are deadly‚ and definitely with tornadoes who sweep in at a whopping 300 m.p.h. (Source 3)! These storms are life-threatening! Their characteristics‚ cost and damage‚ and their formation have a lot to do with their danger that can approach on you when you least expect it to. If you live in a mid-western state‚ you may be in
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It is interesting to think about how television could possibly affect your attention span. In Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (1985)‚ he states a particular fact that “the average length of a shot on network television is 3.5 seconds‚ so that the eye never rests‚ always has something new to see.” This fact alone shows that your attention is constantly shifting and changing focus to see what else is there or what is coming next. With the coming of the internet age‚ written narrative is coming
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