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In the news today i read a very short article about a man that was fined for reading porn articles to little children. It happened in stockholm. A swedish drama student gave a group of 6 yr olds a theater project on children's sexuality. First of all, that is an inappropriate subject for six year olds. They probably dont even know what the word ...

Well this blog is supposed to be about what i'm learning in class. I dont think i'll bore everyone with what im learning in my gen chem2 class or my calculus class so i guess the easiest one to write about is Jazz. Im taking it online but the current section that i'm on  is talking bout the '' Cool Jazz'' era. This was around the late 1940's ...

Seriously, when it comes to healthcare in America, we should be very thankful. Many countries are not half as fortunate as the United states when it comes to stays at the hospitals, surgeries, and healthcare in general. I read this article today about a diabetic woman in Kolkata, India. She went into this state-run hospital for treatments on her ...

Chapter 15 in the writing arguments talks about proposal arguments. Proposal arguments are amoung the most common arguments that are encountered or will be called on to write. their essence is that they call for action. There are two different kinds of arguments. The first is the policy proposal. This proposal is where the writer offers a ...

we've all heard the stories of dead animals in drinks. these animals are usually smaller insects such as cocaroachs or rats or whatever. well in this article that i found a woman from iowa found a dead turtle in a pack of her folgers coffee. at first she thought it was a toy she said.....but when did coffee start making toys in their coffee? what ...

I never knew that halloween was mostly something that people did in America. I guess is should have figured it out because im not American and we never had halloween or thanksgiving. Doing things in America  you just assume that everybody else does it. I read this article about a halloween incident that happened in Rome, Italy,  where ...

The topic of my paper is on abortion and i've done alot of research and readings on this topic to form my argument. I've decided to go with the Pro-Life side of the abortion debate for several reasons. Through some readings i found out that not only does abortion kill the baby but it also affects the woman as well. It affects the emotional and ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051027/ap_on_sc/robotic_surgeons;_ylt=AjJOf.07zzHirR5gzlyOlp2sONUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNIYwM3MTY-I found this website that says that they now have a tiny robot that can perform surgeries. They are tiny 3 wheeled robots ( about 3 inches tall) that are slipped into the incision and then computer controlled by the ...

The reading assignment for this week was in the penguin handbook and the topic was Writing to Persuade. Persuasive writing is also known as an argument. Written arguments are aimed at readers who will not immediately accept or reject a claim expressed. It attempts to change the readers minds by convincing them that this argument/claim is valid and ...