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  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051201/ap_on_re_as/world_aids_day;_ylt=ApJWKL9ySjtsv0aii0V6Zzas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-             This article talks about world AIDS day which is a global effort to educate people about the disease.  This spread of knowledge will ...

In my Psychology of aging class we are learning about the mental health aspect of aging.  Some characteristics of a mentally healthy person are: A positive attitude toward self, accurate perception or reality, mastery of the environment, personality balance and independence.  These are all factors that are affected as we age.  Two ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_re_us/prisoners_escape;_ylt=AuYOQpxfCtUi6cNvYkADj12s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg- Two convicts escaped from a prison in Iowa on Monday night.  Only one, Martin Moon was found on Thursday in a car near an Illinois prison.  The men escaped by using a homemade grappling hook ...

My proposal argument addresses the issue of nursing home abuse.  I didn’t know how many different cases I would find in researching the topic.  I was surprised to find out about all the cruel things that are done to the elderly.  When I picked the topic I thought I would find information about nursing home residents being neglected ...

In chapter 15 the book goes over two types of proposal arguments. The first on is a practical proposal, which is used to solve an immediate local problem.  One example of this would be Professor Blackwell’s example given in class about there not being enough lighting in an apartment complex.  This type of proposal argument is more ...

 According to a study, it is more healthy to get angry than scared.  Test were conducted on 92 UCLA students, in which they were asked to count backwards by 7s from weird numbers like 6,233.  They were told that it was an intelligence test but really testers were evaluating their reactions to the stress caused by the questions. ...

I went back to the style book just for fun and I found an overwhelming amount of information in lesson 2. The chapter is called “correctness”.  At first the information seemed like a review of elementary English.  It covers simple things such as the singular and plural forms of to know in 1st 2nd and 3rd person.  The book covers ...

Chapter 10 gives tips on writing arguments.  The penguin defines two types of argument.  Position argument is an argument in which you wish to change someone’s opinion or open their eyes to your views.  For this type of argument you must, define the issue, pick a side, make your argument convincing, and acknowledge opposing views. ...