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    Pros And Cons Of Abortion

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    Arguments in favor of the right to abortion |[pic] |This section requires expansion. | [edit] Bodily rights An argument first presented by Judith Jarvis Thomson states that even if the fetus has a right to life‚ abortion is morally permissible because a woman has a right to control her own body. Thomson’s variant of this argument draws an analogy between forcing a woman to continue an unwanted

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    References: Levitt‚ Steven & Stephen Dubner. (2005) Freakonomics. HarperCollins. New York Organized Crime in the U.S. (2010). Organized Crime and Federal Legislation: 1965-1967. http://www.organized-crime.de/OCLAWS.htm Stephens‚ M. (1996). Global Organized Crime. http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/snyder/globalcrime

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    Facebooks Impact on Teens

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    “ social networking sites and their effect on teens.” 30. Dec. 2008‚ 12. Feb. 2011 http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=74. 8) Dubner‚ Stephen. “Is MySpace Good for Society? A Freakonomics Quorum.” the newyork times .15. Feb. 2008‚ 12. Feb .2011 http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/is-myspace-good-for-society-a-freakonomics-quorum/. 9) Duncan‚ Francis. “social networking: good‚ bad or indifferent”. 30 . April. 2009‚ 23. Dec. 2010 < http://blog.safetyclicks.com/2009/04/30/social-networking-good-bad-or-indifferent/>

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    Reading

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    AP English Language and Composition Reading List GENERAL NONFICTION Ambrose‚ Stephen. Undaunted Courage. Follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson‘s hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific‚ through the heart- stopping moments of the actual trip‚ to Lewis‘s lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. For readers who love detailed history. Barry‚ John M. The Great Influenza. A detailed description of the scourge of the "Spanish flu" of 1918 with interesting elements of the practice

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    APA STYLE BASICS (It’s not so bad!) Melanee Vicedo vicedo@usc.edu 10/9/12 Today’s workshop • Introduce you to the overall format of APA papers. • Address common issues that students encounter. • Show you how to find and utilize resources to help you master APA formatting. 2 3 Basics • Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font. • Keep margins at standard settings – 1in. all sides • Double space everything in the paper 4 Headers • Very top of the paper • On cover page: Running head: SHORTENED

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    1. Introduction "Lies‚ damned lies‚ and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers‚ particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent’s point. The term was popularised in the United States by Mark Twain (among others)‚ who attributed it to the 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881): "There are three kinds of lies: lies‚ damned lies‚ and statistics."

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    Some other example format descriptions are listed on page 186 of the Publication Manual.   Examples of Online References Here’s an example (a blog post) in which we have all four necessary pieces of information (also see Manual example #76): Freakonomics. (2010‚ October 29). E-ZPass is a life-saver (literally) [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/e-zpass-is-a-life-saver-literally/ Sometimes‚ however‚ one or more of these four pieces is missing‚ such as when

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    The Effects of SAT and ACT Test Scores on Students Too often students find themselves cramming information they should know before taking a test. Initially‚ they’ll study the information‚ and mundanely forget it soon after the test. Students often say “getting grades is the most important thing about school” (LeCompte). The more emphasis teachers and parents’ place on performance‚ the more students become set back by a failure‚ which makes an even more vigorous point to this argument (Heyman and

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    How significant was popular media in the progression of African-American Civil Rights from 1830-1969? Jimi Hendrix stated that ’music doesn ’t lie - if there is something to be changed in this world then it can only happen through music ’1 and perhaps this attitude towards music is the starting point for my argument on the impact it had on the Civil Rights Movement. Billy Joel called it ’an explosive expression of humanity‚ ’2 whilst Beethoven stated it to have ’higher revelation than all wisdom

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    Creating Motivated Students

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    2010. Print. Kirschner‚ B.M. “Working with curriculum standards to build a community of readers in a culture of non-readers.” Educational Horizons. 82.3 (2004): 194 – 202. Ebscohost. Web. 27 April 2013. Levitt‚ Steven D. and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: HarperCollins Publishing‚ 2005. Print. Schunk‚ Dale H. and Frank Pajares. “The Development of Academic Self-Efficacy.” In: Development of Achievement Motivation. San Diego: Academic

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