Are computers bad for our health? The internet/computer only took an astonishing four year to reach 50 million users while it took the television 13 years and the radio 38 years (Shrivastav‚ "Interesting Facts about Computers"). Everyday more and more people are starting to use their computer for all kinds of different reasons. The use of a computer is appealing to everyone because it is so easy to do anything on it. Adults can read news for free and children can play games on it. Computers are
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Did you know that the first thing to be impaired while drinking is your judgment? Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous things that you could do while on the road. If you have been drinking you should not be on the road. You should know the effects that drugs and alcohol take on your body. Drunk driving will not only impact the driver’s life‚ it will impact anyone involved on the roads. Drinking will impair your driving‚ it is very dangerous. The more alcohol that your are consuming
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Texting while driving is a large taboo in this country. We are told not to text while driving in school. We are shown the tragic advertisements‚ the heart wrenching statistics‚ but all of this still leaves a disconnect. It can never happen to me is an unfortunate assumption that most of us make everyday without even intending to be self-centered. The idea that we could cause ourselves or others harm is a mood point that few care to consider‚ but we must if we are ever going to face the epidemic
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Visual Impaired Definition Blindness is the inability to see from light to dark or just the inability to see at all. In some cases it leads to total loss of vision. Visual impaired is a severe reduction of vision that can’t be fully treated by medical treatment or lenses. Blindness and visual impairment are often used as synonyms‚ in the sports world. The International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the U.S. Association for Blind Athletes (USABA) serve persons whose vision varies from
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in “mediation 17” god is presented as being analogous to a. a publisher 11. Which of the following excerpts from “mediation 17” expresses the major theme of the poem? a. “Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind...” 12. In
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Hearing is one of the major senses and like vision is important for distant warning and communication. It can be used to alert‚ to communicate pleasure and fear. It is a conscious appreciation of vibration perceived as sound. In order to do this‚ the appropriate signal must reach the higher parts of the brain. Hearing impairment - A reduction in the ability to perceive sound; may range from slight inability to complete deafness HI- it is a distinction between deaf and hard of hearing. Deaf
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Mentally impaired people in prisons: The detention of mentally impaired people in prisons is a problem that is currently occurring within Australia‚ mostly people of Indigenous descent. As this is a reoccurring issue‚ is yet to be resolved. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)‚ everyone is entitled to human rights no matter what age‚ background‚ sex or religion. Everyone is entitled to the right to liberty‚ life and freedom of speech. This critical issue is breaching individual’s
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The legal driving age should not be raised because students need to get to school and after school activities‚ kids need to take on responsibilities‚ and they will still be inexperienced drivers by raising the driving age. The legal driving age should not be raised because students need to get to school and after school activities. An article from Tribune Business News shows that‚ “After years of carting kids to school and back and taking them wherever they need to go‚ it’s a relief to let them
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Did you know that 20% of crashes involve teen drivers? Well‚ they do and something needs to be done about it. A couple of suggested ideas are that the driving age should be changed to 18‚ or to have graduated licenses (GDL’s). Instead of waiting until teenagers turn 18‚ it would be better to have GDL’s so that they have more driving experience‚ they would have a shorter waiting period than waiting until they are 18‚ and there would be more checkpoints to see how capable they are to drive. These are
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In the United States‚ every state has their own laws and the minimum driving age for driving‚ but in most of states‚ the legal driving age is sixteen years. However‚ it is dangerous to drive a motor vehicle alone for a sixteen years old driver. Some people believe that older teenagers can make a responsible decision while driving. On the other hand‚ some people believe that younger teenagers can do jobs because they can drive themselves. Statistics show that young drivers – sixteen to seventeen years
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