December 6‚ 2011 OBESITY Topic: Obesity in the United States Organization: Problem/Solution Specific Purpose: I would like for my audience to believe in better eating habits so they can avoid or control obesity. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: According to the Forbes website‚ 74.6 percent adults in the world are obese and the United States has the highest rates. II. Relevance: Obesity occurs all throughout the world‚ and with each passing year the rates are higher. We see obesity everywhere
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``“Eyes on the Prize‚” Can Make a Difference. In the video “Eyes on the Prize‚” African Americans were fighting for freedom and civil rights. That’s basically what the prize was. Even though African American were free from slavery‚ which is a condition where a human being is forced into exhausting labor and some freedom‚ they still wanted more. They wanted to be equal. They wanted a different kind of freedom such as equal education‚ equal housing‚ and equal voting. Looking back on our African ancestors
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Having worked in a correctional facility for five years taught me to respect the law. Also talking with the inmates was a real life experience but having read the text of Behind a Convict’s Eyes has made me realize what a great life that already exists. After reading the text in Behind a Convict’s Eyes it has not really changed any of my understandings of prison life. Having worked in the prison system‚ even though the two prisons I worked in were not as bad as the prisons systems that have
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life. The book portrays aspects of life that we can all relate to. The author has a personal way of addressing the reader and connecting you with the characters. Go Ask Alice- I liked that the author made me feel connected the story. It grabbed my attention and kept me drawn in until the book was over. Goosebumps- I enjoy reading Goosebumps from time to time because I love the fictional stories. They take me back to childhood and make me a little escape from the world. 5. One of my values is
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Cat’s Eye Report Cat’s Eye. Margaret Atwood. London: Virago Press‚ 2011. 498 “Why do we remember the past‚ and not the future?” Stephen W. Hawking wonders in A Brief History of Time. This quote perfectly describes the book and turns out to be the main question in this novel. Margaret Atwood tries to attempt her personal interpretation of time and is convinced that time simply never goes away. Elaine Risley‚ the main character of the book‚ has returned to Toronto‚ where she spent her childhood
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Prof. C. Coleman Cultural Diversity 101 CD (W1) October 27‚ 2012 Response Log #2 (Breath‚ Eyes‚ Memory) So far in the novel "Breath‚ Eyes‚ Memory‚" Sophie is in America living with her mother. She was eighteen about to start college. From chapter 9 through 12 she recalls moving elsewhere with her mother and also that she attended a Haitian Adventist school that went from elementary straight to high school. She expressed how much she hated the school because "it was as if I never left
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to explore aspects of attention‚ memory and “automaticity” for the last 20 years. Because the effect only shows up in fluent readers‚ a picture version is being used to diagnose children with learning disabilities. In clinical psychology it is being used to identify phobias: If Joe is afraid of spiders‚ it takes him longer to identify the color that associated words such as “web” or “crawly” are printed. It is also used to diagnose individuals with schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder. In
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Attention Getter: “Flying a kite made by your own hands is sure to put a smile on your face" Topic: How to make kite. Purpose: To demonstrate audience‚ how to make a kite. Introduction: A kite is an aircraft consisting of flat shape with two straight sides. People have been making and flying kites for about 2‚000 years. No one knows for sure who invented the kite. Some historians believe it the ancient Chinese may have started kite flying 2000 years ago. It is still a popular hobby in China‚ also
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Abstract "Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them." David Hume ’s Essays‚ Moral and Political‚ 1742. Beauty: The Eye of the Beholder Beauty is apparent in the moment in time we recognize it. The bases of its perception is not clearly defined by a skeleton pattern‚ but rather hidden within the recesses of our minds derived from the façades of what we love. Beauty then is the moment of one’s realization. Like most stories and novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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In Sharon Zukin’s essay “Attention shoppers...” she explains that Americans shop because their trying to chase their dreams; weather they be‚ higher social status‚ greater education‚ the ownership of a home‚...etc... She also explains that in the last one hundred years or so Americans have been taught to shop from birth‚ and‚ that Americans no longer have the basic survival skills of making and growing things for themselves. She also explains that shopping habits change from child‚ to teenager
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