A Risk or a Benefit? As of 2000‚ there were about ninety million cell phone users in the United States‚ with 85% of them using their phones while on the road (Sundeen 1). Because of evidence that cell phones impair drivers by distracting them‚ some states have considered laws restricting their use in moving vehicles. Proponents of legislation correctly point out that using phones while driving can be dangerous. The extent of the danger‚ however‚ is a matter of debate‚ and the benefits may
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Works Cited Dahlberg‚ Linda L.‚ “Youth Violence in the United States: Major Trends‚ Risk Factors‚ and Prevention Approaches” American Journal of Preventive Medicine (May 1998): 14 (4)‚ pg. 259-272 Braga‚ Anthony;Kennedy‚ David; Waring‚ Elin; and Piehl‚ Annie. “Problem-Oriented Policing‚ Deterrence‚ and Youth Violence: An Evaluation of Boston’s Operation Ceasefire” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (August 2001): 38 (3)‚ pg. 195-225 Saner‚ Hilary‚ and Ellickon‚ Phyllis
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the ocean‚ which will cause there to be less land that actually makes up the Bahamas. This can actually make all of the Bahamas a smaller country because more land is being put under water to the rising sea level‚ Warmer ocean temperatures are also now understood to cause coral bleaching. Rising levels of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas emissions) are also decreasing the pH level of the ocean‚ known as ocean acidification. Evidence suggests that this will have a profound effect on the entire marine
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Works cited: 1. The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment‚ 2006 "anesthesia." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment. Bruce E.R. Thompson. Ed. Mary Jo Poole. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2006. 21. U.S. History In Context. Web. 18 May 2013. In 1846 surgeons began using anesthesia in the forms of ether and chloroform to render patients unconscious prior to surgery. Almost immediately some people began advocating the use of anesthesia in executions as well. An essay to that effect
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Works Cited 1. A book by Robert Akins called Greeks and Romans. It was published by Random House in Philadelphia in 1987. Akins‚ Robert. Greeks and Romans. Philadelphia: Random House‚ 1987. Print. 2. A book by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard called Ancient Civilizations. It was published in Philadelphia by Gold House in 1989. Goldman‚ Henry‚ and Elizabeth Howard. Ancient Civilizations. Philadelphia: Gold House‚ 1989. Print. 3. An article called “Writing Utensils” in the 5th edition (published
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that has to have a lot of experience. Criminology is always thought as the study of criminals but it’s not just that there are a lot more details fields involved with it. Some examples could be criminology scientists who don’t work in the field as cops or detectives but they work in the lab trying to find out who did this crime‚ how this crime happened‚ finding fingerprints and other details to help the cops or
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Descartes Chapter Questions According to Descartes‚ Rationalism is an epistemological position in which reason is said to be the primary source of all knowledge‚ superior to sense evidence. In other words‚ rationalism is the idea that people need to have some sort of reasoning to back up their ideas. Nobody is going to believe you just because you said it‚ you have to provide evidence. Rationalists believe that abstract reasoning can produce absolute truths about nature and existence in general
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Work Cited Baron-Cohen‚ Simon. “The Essential Difference: The Male and Female Brain.” Phi Kappa Phi Forum. 85.1. (Wint/Spr 2005): 23-26. First Search. Web. 30 Aug. 2010. Bigler‚ Rebecca S‚ and Lynn S. Liben. The Developmental Course of Gender Differentiation. Boston: Blackwell Publishing‚ 2002. Print. Brody‚ Leslie. Gender‚ Emotion‚ and the Family. Cambridge: Harvard University Press‚ 1999. Print. David‚ Barbara‚ and Michelle K. Ryan. “Gender Differences in Ways of Knowing: The Context Dependence
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generally get more attention and better coaching which just adds up later in life. Redshirting should be allowed because of all the positive effects it has had on the children who were redshirted all over the world. All of the following sentences are reasons that redshirting is a good decision. Malcolm Gladwell‚ author of Outliers when explaining the effects of redshirting in the following year said‚ “You think that at some point these early advantages would dissipate. They don’t. They snowball” (qtd
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