History 1301 Why you should not smoke Have you ever been walking into a store and a pungent smell slaps you across the face? You turn around only to see that someone is smoking a cigarette. Have you ever wondered the affects that smoking would cause? How would smoking affect a person’s appearance and health? Have you ever wondered just how many people smoke worldwide? According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)‚ about 43.8 million US adults (21.6 percent of men and 16.5 percent
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Can you get fired for what you post online? In October 2010‚ Mariana Cole-Rivera‚ a domestic violence advocate at the group Hispanics United of Buffalo‚ began the Facebook thread that would get her fired. Cole-Rivera and four of her co-workers who’d responded to her post had lost their jobs. Their boss said their Facebook thread violated HUB’s harassment policy by disparaging a co-worker. The Facebook post said that‚ “Lydia Cruz‚ who is one of their co-workers‚ felt that the group wasn’t helping
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If you were living in the 1800s would you have been for or against Washington breaking away from Oregon? If I were living in Washington Territory in the 1800’s‚ I believe I would have been for Washington breaking away from Oregon and becoming a state. I select this position‚ because of the wide division of government philosophy‚ which the two regions possessed. Washington Territory was leaned more republican‚ Oregon‚ Democratic. The favoritism and federal funding (through railroad grants and other
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YOU WERE MY EVERYTHING This goes out to someone that was Once the most important person in my life I didn’t realize it at the time I can’t forgive myself for the way I treated you so I don’t really expect you to either It’s just... I don’t even know Just listen… You’re the one that I want‚ the one that I need The one that I gotta have just to succeed When I first saw you‚ I knew it was real I’m sorry about the pain I made you feel That wasn’t me; let me show you the way
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Have you ever felt nice? In the story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs.Jones is nice. One reason she is nice is Mrs.Jones is forgiving. Another reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is trusting and the last reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is caring. In particular Mrs. Jones is nice because she is forgiving. The reason she is forgiving is she brought Roger into her home and washed him up. She also fed him lima beans and ham after Roger took her pocketbook. I think that Mrs. Jones wants Roger
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In the article “The Case Against the Death Penalty‚” which appears in Crime and Criminals: Opposing Viewpoints‚ Eric Freedman argues that the death penalty not only does not deter violent crime but also works against reducing the crime rate. Freedman says‚ “The death penalty not only is useless in itself‚ but counterproductive . . . ” (140). This paper will analyze Freedman’s article from the viewpoints of a middle-age working man‚ a poor person‚ and a politician. Summary Freedman
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you Who are you? Who am I? This question has often been asked during the growth of everyone. When we were young‚ studying in the kindergarten‚ we would probably answer the teacher with your name. But at the moment‚ I will think deeper than just the name given by my parent. We all have a different answer for a different age of ourselves‚ maybe when I become older I will change my answer again. The reason why we have different answers towards this question is because of the interaction
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The Fantasy of Life In the novels The Great Gatsby and "Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been" authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Joyce Carol Oates show a theme of fantasy versus reality to convey a deeper meaning within their novels. They express this theme using characters such as Gatsby‚ Connie‚ Daisy and Arnold Friend within the stories. Through these characters lives and experiences the theme is created connecting both stories. The theme of fantasy versus reality is used to a great extent
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The reality of heartbreak and injustice in marital affairs is similarly criticized in both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s modernist novel The Great Gatsby and Anne Sexton’s poem “You All Know the Story of the Other Woman”. Both texts display the other man or woman’s obsession with a fake or previous relationship. However‚ while Sexton’s poem attacks the cheating man and emphasizes his arrogance‚ Fitzgerald’s passage focuses more on denouncing Gatsby’s impractical hope and ludicrous belief in reliving the
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Do it wrong. Cartoonists‚ writers‚ musicians‚ actors‚ filmmakers‚ we all get the same questions. And we all have boring‚ stock answers like ‘draw every day’ or ‘practice a lot’. Sometimes it’s because we don’t know what we did right. But the real reason is that every bit of advice we give you has an expiration date. The world of art is always changing. The things people like‚ the way those things are distributed and sold is always changing. By the time you put in all that practice to get
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