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    Smoking has been around for centuries but yet most of us hate that it still is. Smokers do not realize the effects that smoking has on them and others. Smoking should not be done in public in my opinion. It looks like nothing, but it 's only doing more harm than good. The stench of smoking is so disgusting and no one wants to go around smelling like some burnt garbage. Smoking has caused health problems and adds to the pollution of the world. According to the world health organizations, more…

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    Utopia in Renaissance Utopia, our city has a great and noble vision that is “investing in the human resource”. All the citizens ' problems could be solved by solving his psychological problems, so the city will care for every citizen’s needs and fancy. We are now in the year of 2200, Utopia, with 200 years old, is now a city that exceeds all the kind of imaginations. It is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of Egypt, in the west of the delta. Also the River Nile "Rashid…

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    Iris Young, a 20th century political theorist, believes that “the powerless have little or no autonomy, exercise little creativity or judgement,..have no..authority, express themselves awkwardly, especially in public, and do not command respect.” After reading Marguerite Bouvards "Taking Space: Women and Political Power," I have come to conclude that this is not the case, and believe that civil disobedience holds a very important role in social change, location can have a direct impact on the…

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    William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” captures the horror of loneliness and isolation in the heart of a community. Emily Grierson is an out-worldly and unwanted presence in the town of Jefferson, encompassing all the opposite values of the place and time she was living in. She represents the old, aristocratic world, forever in conflict with the modern values and fast-paced new generations, from which she retreated under an impenetrable shell. What is interesting about Emily Grierson is that she…

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    Anse Bundren, the patriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, is not much of a patriarch at all. He completely rejects the traditional role of a typical father, a man who works to provide for his children and who protects them no matter what, by failing to support his five children emotionally and financially. Anse’s character faults include hypocrisy, laziness, and worst of all, manipulation of others. Those most affected by Anse’s behavior are his neighbors, Samson,…

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    Governments are created by the people to protect their rights. When a government is corrupted and fails to do its job, the people rally against it because it has strayed from its purpose. Many different people have different viewpoints on their government. An excerpt of “Civil Disobedience” shows Henry David Thoreau’s ideal government, and how his current government went against the ideals he believed in. In Chapter Seventeen of “The Grapes of Wrath”, John Steinbeck explains how the camps of the…

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    Analysis and Application of a Clinical Practice Guideline: Screening For Breast Cancer The purpose of this paper is to analyze a current clinical practice guideline (CPG) on breast cancer screenings by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). A CPG is a statement that compiles the highest level of evidence-based research from systematic research reviews (SRR) and other research to direct practitioners with appropriate health care interventions (Sriganesh, Shanthanna, & Busse, 2016).…

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    believes that the art shown in museums should be determined by the public. The writer conveys his ideas through analogies, diction, and syntax, also the relativity of his or her concepts will be explored. To begin, the writer uses an analogy about a library to strengthen the argument at stake.[D:…

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    although isn't the main reason this book is banned it has a major factor. For example there is the use of racial slurs like the “N” word. As well as the fact that an african man had been beaten and crippled. In this book there is talk about african americans being seen as property rather that people. Examples are found on pages…

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    The Toronto Public library is a resource facility that gives people access to free books, programs, computers, and more. To use these services, you must live, work, or attend school in Toronto or pay a fee. The picture I used shows one of the 100 library branches in the city. The Toronto Police Service protects and serves the city of Toronto in Canada. Their job is to be present and help in any crimes or emergencies that occur throughout the city. The photo shows one of the vehicles, officers…

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