it creates a dangerous‚ slick surface. Driveways‚ sidewalks‚ patios‚ and parking lots covered with ice can cause falls‚ making you liable for injuries. So most people rely on deicers such as salt because it does a great job melting ice‚ but it also damages concrete surfaces over time. How does salt damage concrete surfaces? Salt lowers the pH balance in the concrete. Because it is acidic‚ it weakens the strength of the concrete and increases the sizes of the pores. This allows water and other elements
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On average Americans consume 75 pounds of sugar in one year. John Oliver jokely said that’s roughly like “ eating Michael Cera’s weight in sugar every year.” Throughout his jokes comes the shocking truth of how it’s affecting our country. His 10 minute segment on Last Week Tonight about sugar brought forth the truth that is hidden from millions of Americans each day. I hope that everyone knows that having too much sugar is not healthy for anyone. Yet‚ two thirds of Americans are considered overweight
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Technology like culture‚ varies significantly across counties. Technology means we can adapt to our environment‚ control it and even change it. A chair‚ computer‚ fork‚ iPod‚ couch‚ and phones are all products of technology. The variation and availability of technology are often surprising‚ particularly to an entrepreneur from a developed country. Technology has come a long way over the last 20 years. It has seen the gain of the internet as well as the rise of smartphones and many other types of
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Why is it that as time passes acts of violence with teenagers and sometimes even younger kids increase within schools and outside of schools? In the past few years‚ statistics have shown that violence has increased drastically. What changes have occurred to make this happen? One factor could be technology. Almost everywhere one looks kids are holding some type of technology. Along with that a lot of information is readily available to them such as violence. Children from an early age are exposed
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(Simon‚ J.E.‚ 1984)Even though poppy is still considered to be one of the most important medicinal plants it does has its dangerous effects on the body when misused and abused just like any other addictive drug. Short term effects of opium use are mostly related to the euphoric feelings that come from smoking the drug‚ which includes felling sleepy‚ drowsy‚ or
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Firstly‚ with regards to families‚ it can be more difficult for older women to get pregnant and they may experience more health problems‚ such as a miscarriage‚ high blood pressure or diabetes‚ during pregnancy. Also‚ the parents may find the whole experience of bringing up children more tiring if they are older. In one respect it may be positive for society because if people
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the brain.” Which mean there is some changes happen on our brain in the neurons. Carr (2010)‚ think that technology make memorizing minus. Maybe this means that people’s brain will be Weaker because of their dependence in technology. But other experience shows that majorities of people who use technology said that it helped them a lot to learn (Purcell & Rainie‚ 2014). In this scenario‚ there is a positive and negative effect of technology on our brain. At first people thought that technology have
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How is saltwater affecting our drinking water? Saltwater is becoming a problem to our drinking water because it is getting into the rivers that we get our drinking water from and it and the saltwater it is also intruding aquifers. The place where you can see the most change is in Florida because of the climate change. Because whenever it floods in Florida the seawater gets into the rivers and also seeps into the grounds. When it seeps into the ground it gets into the aquifers and that’s how Florida
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perfect hair and skin and etc. They also view Barbie as having very high standards. Some also believe Barbie is unrealistically successful. This means that she can get a job at the snap of her fingers‚ without having to accomplish any school beforehand. “How popular and perfect she is‚ and so naturally these girls are beginning to want to be just like Barbie‚ happy and perfect all the time‚ which starts many of them on their way to eating disorders” (citation). This is true‚ Barbie can cause a serious disorder
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The Extreme Inequality is Damaging to the Economy In Jonathan Rauch’s article called The Wealth Divide Between Rich and Poor Harms the US Economy he talks about how the large gap between the upper class and the lower and middle classes is‚ contrariwise to past beliefs‚ actually quite harmful to the economy. So much so that it has and can causes depressions. Many progressives are beginning to believe that inequality has already reached damaging levels‚ which has not been the mainstream economic consensus
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