Matt Bagwell Week 7 Assignment 1) “Imagine someone placing your head in a stock. As you stare helplessly ahead, unable to defend yourself, your head is pulled back. Your lower eyelid is pulled away from your eyeball. Then chemicals are poured into the eye. There is pain. You scream and writhe hopelessly. There is no escape. “This is the Draize Test. The test which measures the harmfulness of chemicals by the damage inflicted on the unprotected eyes of conscious rabbits. The test that…cosmetic
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March Madness the college basketball post season made $1.15 billion in ad revenue in 2013 (Van Ripper). It is a proven fact that college athletics is a revenue giant so why can’t these athletes get paid to play. Instead, college athletes the main attraction, for endorsement companies, and fanatics, are paid with a scholarship that is worth, an average of $50,000 in four years depending on universities (Jennings). In addition, collegiate athletes are forced to agree to harsh rules and regulations that
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could hear the crowd getting louder and names being cheered. It’s all I can do to filter out those distractions. I need to focus! My eyes follow the official’s every movement. TWEET! My heart leaps and I am grappling. I can honestly tell you that wrestling is what defines me; leadership, talent, comfort, and family. Wrestling was introduced to me at the age of eight with club wrestling, arising in me a growing desire and ache for competition and the will to win. My love of wrestling developed
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The country I know and love is gone. The land of the free and the home of the brave has become a seething cesspool of underpaid, uncaring, Godless, inconsiderate bastard children. Our commander-in-chief has become nothing more than a slumlord, demanding higher and higher taxes in various forms from his subjects, while the infrastructure of the nation crumbles beneath his feet. How long will it take before the infrastructure of our nation crumbles to the point of total disaster? How long can
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Professor Whitman Working for a company has always been a way of life and it was just a given that you go out in the workforce and make a living. Working for a company provides a sense of security that most of the population yearns for. When you work for someone you don't have to worry if the company is generating enough revenue, how many or when the bills are due, or if you have enough to pay employees. All you have to think about is when you are going to get your check and what type of benefits
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because they are not being paid to play in sports events. Money is needed for college athletes when they don’t have enough to pay for food or clothes. First, college athletes should be paid because it keeps them in school. Second, athletes work harder than most students. Third, selling merchandise with signature on it is against NCAA laws. Paying athletes could keep them in school because they could go a different way in their life instead of sports. “If college athletes were paid for the talents that
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Skateboarding has always been a part of my life, when I say always I mean since I was 4 years old. I picked up more aggressively at the age of 6 and really took off at the age of 13. Skateboarding among stress relief has taught me critical life lessons, and handling situations in everyday life. It has also taught me determination dedication and hard work. Ironically it has taught me to eat healthy and stay active. Although it is fun it’s one of the last things I learned from it, it also taught me
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The Art of Cosplay The art of cosplay or costume play has become extremely popular over the past 10 years. The growth of conventions like Comic-Con has given the option of expression through cosplay for anyone who’s interested. Every year both girls and guys of any age work extremely hard throughout the entire year to complete their outfits. Most cosplayers spend a huge amount of time researching their character in order to insure accuracy. Some may look down on these people who are playing dress
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My literacy journey began when I first began going to school, I joined school and I began attending Pre Kinder. At that time in age, I knew nothing about letters or numbers. I can say I barely knew my name and how old I was. The first day of school began with a simple introduction on learning how to write my name. I can still remember how difficult it was to spell out my name! Man it was hard. I remember walking into class that scary morning and meeting a lady who would change my little world forever
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end up losing their jobs, and in some instances, getting black-balled in their line of work. There are those who profit from blowing the whistle, aside from that is the risk really worth it? The answer is yes. In spite of the negative employment aspect, whistle blowing shows that a person has enough integrity to risk themselves in order to correct a bad situation. Three whistle blowers come to mind when the topic of ethical integrity arises; Sherron Watkins (Enron), Harry Markopolos (Bernie
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