Informative Speech Topic: Benefits of Drinking Water. INTRODUCTION Attention getter: What do humans‚ trees and fishes have in common? Anyone have any ideas? It’s what 71 percent of earth is covered with……water. We all need water to survive. So‚ how many of you all drink at least eight glasses of water per day? Purpose: To encourage my audience to drinks more water and the proper way to drink it for them to stay healthy. Importance to audience: Nature has given us plenty of free water for us to drink
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Lowering the Drinking Age “Nearly 10 million youths‚ ages 12 to 20‚ in this country report they have consumed alcohol in the past 30 days.” (“City Council”) Teens use alcohol for a numerous amount of reasons‚ ranging from celebration to stress to boredom and underage drinking has now become a hobby done behind closed doors. The legal limit today in the United states has been 21 since the 1984‚ requiring all states to raise the minimum age for purchase and possession of alcohol to 21‚ but
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and so on. Why is drinking a beer an act of greater responsibility and maturity than flying an airplane or serving your country at war?” (NYRA‚ 2005). The issue of the drinking age in the United States has been an ongoing battle for many decades. Drinking ages varied by each state up until the 1980’s when the federal government threatened to take away a percentage of state’s federal highway fund (Keen‚ 2008). Ever since this threat‚ all states have adopted the national drinking age of 21. They
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ScD. (2010). “Will increasing alcohol availability by lowering the minimum legal drinking age decrease drinking and related consequences among youths?” American Journal of Public Health‚ 100(6)‚ 986-92. Print. Blackwell‚ Wiley. "Does the Minimum Drinking Age Affect Traffic Fatalities?" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 2nd ser. 6 (1987): 180-92. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. "Drinking Age ProCon.org." Drinking Age ProCon.org. ProCon.org‚ 11 Nov. 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://drinkingage
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As population grows‚ drinking water becomes one of the most valuable resources in the world nowadays. The drinking water even becomes an important public health issue in some developing countries such as China and some African countries. During the entire process of drinking water treatment‚ the step of sterilization is especially important. The reason is that the raw water contains many kinds of microbes‚ which may results in spread of infectious diseases. This paper will show some sterilization
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Underage Drinking The youth at this days is drinking much more than the youth in the past and this is a big problem because the world is having more criminality and deaths because of this. The number of women since 1977 to 1993 tripled and there are more men drinking than women. 5000 adolescents a year are death because of alcohol. A 60 percent of college women who had sexual transmitted diseases where on the influence of alcohol‚ 90 percent of the campus rapes were because or the victim or the
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PRO Lowering Drinking Age 1. 18 is the age of adulthood in the United States‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ get married‚ sign contracts‚ be prosecuted as adults‚ and join the military - which includes risking one’s life. [5] [6] 2. Allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to drink alcohol in regulated environments with supervision would
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One major problem in the community of State College is underage drinking. Many Penn State students have been expelled for underage drinking. It’s been a major problem. Patty Kleban mentions how frustrating it gets every new year when students under 21‚ drink and go crazy. She is an instructor at Penn State‚ she mentions the issues with underage students in the community. Underage drinking around state college‚ or anywhere is common. They’re young and reckless. Penn State has a code of conduct‚
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Hannah Alford English 3-4 Bachor January 3‚ 2013 High School Partying The ever growing problem of underage partying including drinking and drug use is a topic that has been pushed aside and deemed as a “teen phase” in todays world. Parties in high school is downplayed as a normal part of being a teenager‚ “everyone does it”(Fidel‚Steve). Teenagers do not realize the harm that partying can do to both their health and their reputation. The alcohol and drugs that get slipped into parties isn’t
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How Old is Old Enough? Drinking Age 11/11/2011 How old is old enough to have an alcoholic beverage? Iris Cummings How Old is Old Enough? The legal drinking age is a topic that has come up for‚ and will continue to come up for‚ many years. The main question that needs to be answered is what is it that determines when a person is able to drink. Should we continue to base the drinking level on age or should we look at other characteristics. Those enrolled in the military
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