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Jon Stewart – Hotspots

An absolutely ridiculous idea. The idea of making homeless people stand around so everyone with smart phones and tablets can use there expensive devices to get something as unnecessary as 4G networking. I understand trying to help a homeless person … Continue reading

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Drinking Age

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Kony

I find this Kony business ridiculous. I looked further into the video, and there is much more to it than one youtube video. People do not understand how long this has been happening, the fact that it has practically been … Continue reading

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Group Minds

This article seems to be clear and straight to the point. It doesn’t seem to be proving or arguing much, rather than simply stating an opinion on societies conforming capabilities and trends. I can see how it relate to “Opinions … Continue reading

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Opinions and Social Pressure

I found this experiment to be effective in some ways but ineffective in others. In the type of setting that it was, with college students in a classroom style environment, it was a well executed experiment. The results seemed to … Continue reading

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Obedience to Authority

I found this experiment to be quite a drastic description of how to obtain obedience. I felt as though there was a lot of pressure and fear that may have been an interference in the experiment in which could have … Continue reading

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The Power of Situations

I found this article quite interesting. I thought it conveyed all the main possibilities of Johns situation accurately considering the little information given in the example. I agree with the thought process the article used in that it mentioned what … Continue reading

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Obedience to Authority

I found this article to be quite extreme. It seemed to only discuss obedience on levels that are of high authority and really none of a lower, less significant manner. I also think that adding religious stories such as Adam … Continue reading

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Regina George

“How do I begin to describe Regina George?” (Janis). This is the perfect question to ask about who Regina George is as a person. Many rumors float around the school, every one explaining how perfect Regina George is. She is … Continue reading

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Adolescent Sleep, School Start Times, and Teen Motor Vehicle Crashes

The article presents is facts very well, relating its abundance of statistics directly to its main purpose; more sleep = less car accidents. It is relatable to its audience of teens because it is obvious that all teens would love … Continue reading

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SOPA

If SOPA had passed people would go ballistic first and foremost. It may sound ridiculous, but I truly believe that people would rampage with the lack of Facebook, youtube, twitter and even simply using wikipedias information. Society today has gotten … Continue reading

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Haywire

It appears that in this movie that all the men underestimate the skill and power of the main character, a woman. This movie seems to want to show that woman have the capabilities to beat the sh*t out of men. … Continue reading

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Essay 1 Criterion

Clarify Audience: Making the audience apparent in an article is very important so the reader knows whether they are in the audience or not Notify Audience: The reader must effectively and clearly explain what the problem is. It must be … Continue reading

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Archer

Two criterion that a spy must have are the ability to think quickly and knowledge of a wide array of technologies. Archer seems to be quite a lousy spy. He is always a little behind when it comes to the … Continue reading

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TED: Sleep

Jessa Gamble’s main focus is humans and the natural clock in our body that tells us when to rest and when to wake. She compares the body clocks to different people all over the world who deal with different time … Continue reading

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America’s Sleep Deprived Teens

To begin, the audience of this article is clearly adolescents, but also includes parents, who remain somewhat responsible for the teens living and sleeping in there household. In comparison to the previous sleep essay, I found that this one provided … Continue reading

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A Third Of Life – Paul Martin

I found the essay on sleep quite interesting considering I am an avid and regular sleeper myself. This should obviously be applicable to every human out there, the species being the audience, as everyone partakes in the activity. It interested … Continue reading

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O’Malley

O’Malley discusses the debate over testing. That includes whether or not large tests that cover a lot of information are better, or whether smaller tests on a more common basis would be more effective. She believes that smaller tests would … Continue reading

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Goldwasser

Amy Goldwasser discusses the issue of technology in upcoming generations and how kids no longer read, write or care about anything other than their iPods. She talks about how the older generation is afraid of what the young ones may … Continue reading

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Estrada – Sport names

Estrada discusses the issue of Native Americans being associated with mascots of sports teams. He tell how several high school and even Stanford college has changed their mascots due to the issue. Estrada strongly opposes separating the Native Americans in … Continue reading

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