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    credibility to back up his statement while using facts and creative sentence structure to efficiently persuade his audience. Haberman provides credibility to back up his statement. Haberman includes that Governors Highway Safety Association found pedestrian deaths increasing. To make a difference, Haberman provides, the officials in Montclair, Southern California said that 39,000 residents need to keep their “heads-up” while walking instead of being on their phones. Haberman backs that up with…

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    rise to a more middle-class environment. Although the public bus stops at the local Walmart, Target and Giant supermarket the residents must cross over route 100 to get to both shopping centers. That area does not have sidewalks and is not for pedestrian crossing. This makes it more difficult for elderly and those without transportation to access. Overall, the direct observation of Pottstown borough furnished a sense of lower to middle socioeconomic status and this climate remained fairly…

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    According to federal highway fatalities, “there were 5,987 pedestrians fatalities in 2016” - that is the highest number since 1990 (Head up, phone down). In fact, “this represents an increase of 9.5 percent over the 2015 totals” (Abc7). These accidents are because of people being on their phones while texting. This…

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    article, utilizing a cell phone while driving has two dangers. One, it takes the driver’s eyes off of the road, and two, the driver’s ability to concentrate on the act of driving is severely impaired. With these distractions, the safety of the pedestrians and those in the car are put into jeopardy. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association dedicates their effort and spends their money on education the community about several issues surrounding cell phones (Levine, 2001, para. 9).…

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    being hit from the back. The driver took off and was never seen again. My friend was in coma. He was announced dead after two weeks. It was nothing new. He was just another hit and run victim. There were no crosswalk signs to help pedestrians cross the street. Crossing the street was very risky and sometimes it leads to…

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    What is the physical size of the site, and how many residents and residences does it accommodate? The physical size is 59,800 square foot on a 4.2-acre site, once a smaller derelict housing project surrounded by commercial entities. El Paso Housing Authority complex has 73 unit for senior citizens over the age of 62 many applied but only a few were granted the opportunity to live in the community based on their exemplary track records at previous housing projects and willingness to comply with…

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    As an example, a person was talking to some other person with the use of bluetooth while driving. But he was so indulged in talking that he didn’t found the red signal, continued driving and met an accident with the school girl crossing the road with her mother. The mother died at the same moment and the girl became handicaped as her lower body was trashed. Most of the countries of the world has passed a law banning the usage of cell phone while driving. As responsible citizens…

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    Kennedy Ms. Ragan 12B English 3rd 28 March 2016 Beating Mental Illness Imagine a normal day, the sun is out, and there is a pedestrian crossing the street. This pedestrian has to walk in front of a car that is waiting for them to cross. They walk quickly across the street in fear that the driver waiting for them thinks that they are taking too long. This pedestrian starts shaking, suddenly she doesn’t have control of her body or mental state. She is overcome with worry and self doubt.…

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    Kylo was exhausted. He wanted to curl up in bed and sleep. Even the copious amounts of sweet, sugary caf couldn’t keep him awake. He was awake because the Supreme Leader was supposed to be contacting him. And, as usual, the Supreme Leader had his own timeline. Just as he was sipping on his latest caf, the hologram blinked to life, and Snoke was there, on his desk. After all the years of training with him, Kylo still had to supress a shudder at seeing his haunting visage. Snoke launched into a…

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    In recent years, mobile technology have become a dominate way to communicate with others. For my Social work 300 class, I was ask to pick a time management problem that have impact my live. For this assignment, I decided to study the number of times I texted in a 24-hour period. Text messaging manifested into a problem when I was eighteen years old. It was the first time I received a cell phone. It new for me and it became addictive. Before receiving a cell phone, I would use only use the land…

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