Debate between- Robert Honacker‚ Gail Queen‚ Elizabeth Baker‚ and Mark Tanner. Today in the United States gun control is a topic of immense debate‚ because of the shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary located in Newtown‚ Connecticut. This most recent tragic event ended the lives of 20 students and six adults. Similar events have occurred across the United States at a movie theater in Colorado‚ on college campuses in Texas and Virginia‚ or at the grocery store in Arizona each destroying
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The Importance of Keeping Our Environment Clean Introduction As you know‚ today’s population is increasing and everyday people are destroying the environment. Scientist predict that within the next 50 years or so‚ global warming will cause the earth to increase in temperature which will in turn cause the earth to have to experience more hurricanes‚ droughts and floods and many more climate changes. All of this though‚ could be avoided if we simply reduce the amount of air pollution‚ reuse and
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The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men‚ but that men will begin to think like computers. This quote‚ relayed by Sydney G. Harris‚ has many meanings to it. The basic meaning that Harris is trying to convey is that one should "open up his/her minds" and realize what is really occurring‚ not what is being covered up. These days‚ the tendency is generally for one to think about how one day‚ computers might be able to think like humans‚ and the problems that that might generate
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Americans are getting fat and lazy. When I was a kid I would get on my skate board and ride ten miles out to the beach. My son doesn’t want to walk two blocks to see his friend. He will just get on the PlayStation and play games. It also can be a good thing everything you need is at your fingertips. You can instantly get a hold of anyone you need to. If I can’t find my kid I can just ping his phone and get his location. I’m glad my mom didn’t have that feature. I would have been in a lot of trouble
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children to stay up late‚ which makes them miserable. The number one reason why children in the uk do not get enough sleep is because they stay up every night doing homework into the late hours of the night. If there was less homework‚ children would get good nights sleep and would be happy. Children are stressed. Why cant the government see this? We worry if we have handed our homework in on time? We spend hours on our homework yet is it still enough? The overload? Piles of homework due in the next
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Imported food products from other countries may contain high quantity of lead. Example of it are canned goods and candies. It is safe not to store food in open imported cans to lessen the exposure of lead in the food. Candy wrappers may contain higher than the prescribe amount of lead level by the food and drug authorities. Lead in the wrappers may move out
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Vaccination has become the most common way to prevent an epidemic from happening to anyone in the world‚ as humans that are not prone to diseases as well should get vaccinated at least nine vaccines and the flu shot yearly. Mostly children should be getting vaccinated but some parents don’t believe in those sort of beliefs and sometimes they may think it would harm their children. Many people have had some complaints about the vaccines and the effects they have had throughout the years. So the purpose
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Cars‚ a necessary transportation tool‚ are becoming more and more significant in our modern society. Using a car is faster than taking a bus especially when time is limited. It does not have to stop as frequently as a bus‚ and at the same time‚ it is much easier to keep to a tight schedule. However‚ some people argue that cars cause a series of problems‚ such as air pollution‚ energy crisis. As far as I am concerned‚ cars have a greater beneficial effect on the society. To begin with‚ the advantage
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People face trade-offs‚ to get something we like‚ we usually have to give up something else that we also like. Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another. (1-1a pg4) With that said‚ I disagree‚ to say that due to the high prices of illegal drugs‚ fewer street drugs are consumed. According to the CDC‚ from 2001-2014 there was an increase in cocaine overdose deaths by 42% that is 6 fold. Other informational statistics: 3‚880 were male while 1535 were female. The drug business favors
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Use of Computers in Schools Shelley Frost Shelley Frost has been a freelance writer since 2007‚ specializing in parenting and education. Her work can be found on websites such as ModernMom.com and PreschoolRock.com. Frost holds a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education with a minor in reading from the University of Northern Iowa. * Computers play an integral role in society‚ from educational purposes to controlling the operations of large corporations. The use of computers in schools
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