...Dogs make better pets than cats? 1. You can train a dog better than a cat. Have you ever seen a cat sit on command? Roll over on command? Stay? Neither have I. 2. 2. Dogs are smarter. Have you ever seen a dog fall into a fish tank? I haven’t either. 3. A dog can protect your home much better than a cat. 4. 4. Dogs are better suited to lead you to a more active lifestyle. Have you ever seen anyone walk their cat? 5. 5. There are a lot of things cats will jump up on that dogs won’t. The cat I had for a month would NOT get off my computer keyboard. Dogs won’t do that. I’ve also seen cats up on kitchen counters. Your dog also won’t climb a tree. 6. 6. Dogs are much more fun to play with than cats. 7. 7. A dog knows when you’re sad. And he’ll try to comfort you. Cats don’t care how you feel, as long as you remember where the can opener is. 8. 8. Dogs will wake you up if the house is on fire. Cats will quietly sneak out the back door. 9. 9. Dogs are Happy. Dogs think you’re the best person in the world even if you are grumpy, when you come home from school or work your Dogs will be there licking your face and jumping around and they can’t wait to see you, while cats don’t notice if you are there or not as long as they get their food. 10. 10. Dogs Listen. When you talk to dogs they will make faces and tilt there head and try to work out what you’re saying while cats just meow and walk away. Counterargument 1. Cats treat your guests politely. Better manners. When friends...
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...Dogs versus Cats: Which Makes a Better Pet? Vicki Fournier COM/155 November 13, 2011 Genevieve Fraser Dogs vs. Cats: Which Makes a Better Pet? There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Some people say they are dog people, some people say they are cat people, and some people say they are both. Beyond the pros and cons, the decision to what makes a better pet often comes down to a person’s lifestyle, expectations, or in certain circumstances a person’s needs. Remember “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” (Hungerford, 1878) Both dogs and cats are common domesticated pets. Dogs have been domesticated for 14,000 years and cats for 7,000 (Cats vs Dogs, n.d.). It appears in my research that most people that were asked this question “which makes a better pet, a dog or a cat” replied with the answer “dogs,” but if dogs are the better pet then why is it that there are 96.3 million homes that own cats and only 77.5 million homes that own dogs. The scientists at Oxford University released a study that claims dogs are smarter than cats and The London Daily Telegraph has reported dogs have been named as more social animals and therefore have bigger brains than the “alone loving cat” (Gatton Star, 2010, p.11). Here is something to think about: have you ever heard of a cat running full speed into a glass door? Sure a dog is a “man’s best friend” and is always there by your side, he can catch a ball in his mouth, and he knows exactly...
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...Beneath my couch lies a villain with cute little claws ready to rip at my socks and feet. There’s an obvious reasons why dogs are consider man's best friend instead of finicky felines, and it’s because cats are dicks. In all actuality, the main reasons are dogs care and listen. Though I’ve only been around for 20 years, I’ve never meet a dog that didn’t at least know its name, yet countless number of cats don’t even look when its name is spoken. Somehow people still think cats are smarter than dogs. In spite of knowing this, I’m a frequently annoyed, yet somehow still proud cat owner. My mom and I put up so much crap with Roxas. I’m surprised I’m still a cat owner. If he isn’t chewing on things he isn’t supposed to, he’s waiting to strike within the couch when someone sits down. Not to mention, he leaves a piece of him, in the form of fur, everywhere he goes. Though he doesn’t have control of that last pet peeve. For someone like me, who’s a child at heart, there’s nothing worse then waking up only to find out my self proclaimed cuddle buddy decided to have my beloved DS charger for a midnight snack. I had planned my...
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...We do care and respect all different kind of animals, even the the ugliest animal like blobfish. However, people are limited. There are billion different kind of animals and people can’t help them all. Cats and dogs are pets. In other word, they are home animal which mean that they need help from the people in order to survive. Monkeys, lions, elephants, snakes, etc are wild animals which means that they dangerous, and they also have the ability to find their own food without people’s help. In the article said that we need to respect blobfish and I think we already did. There’s no report saying that people try to get rid of blobfish, instead we are encourage to leave them alone in the ocean because they’re wild fish. I personally believe that blobfish exist before human which means that they don’t need help from the people and can still survive plus blobfish is not in the endangered level. Tiger has the highest endangered level which extremely need to protect. People do protect wild animal like tiger even though they are dangerous. I also believe that human is an animals, but the difference is that human are smarter than other animals. That does not mean that we are responsible to protect endangered animals. Therefore, we only care for animals that we considered adorable and animals that need help from the...
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...dolphins is called a pod. It can also be called a school. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout! Animal Intelligence TINKER: Now dolphins don't have to spend time in schools to learn stuff. Alright, I know. It's a little early to break out the puns. But it turns out, these animals might not need to. Some scientists have been studying dolphins' intelligence, and say the creatures might be a lot smarter than any of us think. Randi Kaye explains the porpoise of this research. (BEGIN VIDEO) RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Spend a day with a dolphin, and you're quickly reminded of why they've always captured our imaginations. They are playful, sociable and just incredibly fun to be around. But scientists say there's a lot more to these animals, and they're just beginning to understand the intricate thinking of these so-called, big-brained mammals. Here you go, Nani. Good girl. We came here to the Baltimore Aquarium to see just how intelligent dolphins are. You see them playing with their trainers all the time, but scientists who study them say there's a lot more happening there than just play, that their intelligence actually rivals ours. Here you go. To see up close what has scientists so excited, we climb down into a tiny underwater lab with a window into the aquarium, where scientist Diana Reiss puts a two-way mirror up against the glass. DIANA REISS, SCIENTIST, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: Now, this is the mirror. KAYE: The dolphins can't see us, but Reiss can study how...
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... snow, and ice. To the tigers in the zoo Madeline just said, ‘Pooh-pooh,’ and nobody knew so well how to frighten Miss Clavel”(Bemelmans 13-15). The theme of this book is bravery. Madeline always was the one to be outgoing and go against the grain despite her size. Madeline was the first to be excited about any endeavor, and the other eleven girls knew that. When Madeline had to get her appendix out, rather than being weak and gloomy afterwards, she was jumping around showing off...
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...I. Background Information Wag the Dog is a hilarious new satire movie directed by Barry Levinson. Ironic with the genre of the film as a comedy, it carries a serious and an eye-opening message about the relationship between politics and mass-market entertainment. This is one of Levinson's best films, and the screenplay, co-penned by noted writer David Mamet along with Hilary Henkin, is brilliantly on-target. The story begins with presentation of the premise which is the president of the United States is accused of having sex with a teen aged girl who belongs to an organization similar to the girl scouts and the election is less than two weeks away. A brief encounter with a Firefly Girl becomes public knowledge, and now his 17% lead is about to go downhill. The president's opponents get wind of the story and use it to their advantage. Thus, this led the president's Public Relations team to take action regarding the crisis. Winifred Ames played by Anne Heche, one of the President's top aides, calls in spin doctor extraordinary, Conrad Bream (Robert De Niro). Conrad goes to work immediately, thinking of the best way how to turn away the public's attention from the Firefly Girl issue. He came out with the idea to create another bigger issue for the public to think about and over power the bad publicity caused by the sex scandal. "Change the story, change the lead" is his motto, so he decides to manufacture a small, cost-effective war against Albania, which he euphemistically refers...
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...I choose this image of a cat chasing a mouse because in the story, The saying, a cat playing with its prey, comes up many times. When Zaroff is hunting Rainsford, he finds Rainsford in the woods multiple times, but he heads back to the chateau. Rainsford soon realizes why Zaroff does this. He does this to keep the game going, he is the cat playing with it’s prey. Zaroff’s red smile symbolized many things within the story. In the text, it says he smiles with his red lips and his pointed teeth are revealed. This gives the reader a vivid image of Zaroff and that his intentions are not well. The reader can infer that there is something more sinister behind this man. This image represents Zaroff’s hounds. They’re green eyes described in the...
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...and violence. The genre of this novel is very hard to pinpoint; we cannot just put it in a box and give it a label. It can be described as a retrospective first-person satire—a multifaceted blend of unconventional realistic fiction and fictitious memoir. Vonnegut writes the story in chapters, but the text within each chapter is divided into many short chunks, which depict the individual scraps and bits of paper that the fictitious author used to write on (as opposed to standard-size paper), giving the story a very fast-paced feel. Each chunk ends with a profound statement or revelation, such as how stupid we are as humans. Hartke once says: “We are impossibly conceited animals, and actually dumb as heck . . . Ask anybody. Dogs and cats are smarter than we are.” The writer also writes out numbers, such as ‘1’ instead of ‘one—’ he believes that words only weaken the meaning of quantities, quantities such as how many people he killed. The book is a gateway drug, fusing the ordinary bleakness of society with visions of intergalactic aliens and racist computer programs. It leaves the reader in a hazy stupor of euphoria and shock, leaving him craving for more, and more, and more . . . ...
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...content that’s important, and a reliable guide to existence. As we’ve gotten older we have come to realize that this isn’t quite true as we would want it to be. For that we have to go in depth with what is wrong with the main stream media. From time to time, the greatest messages have been propagandized through the usage of movies and drama over the asphyxiation of motive and emotional sequences, disregarding any logical or factual sequences, thus having media outlets pushing emotional content to its viewers, distorting fantasy from reality. This content is necessary in the eyes of the distributor that is trying to get its consumers to do something or believe in the same ideology as the distributor would want them to believe in. Rather than go through a discussion or debate using logic and facts. Let’s take Fox News for example, a right wing news outlet that specializes in taking tender topics to the extremes to get its viewers hooked on its coverage for consumption, allowing one side of an argument to be seen but not the other, thus having its observers believe or follow their sayings. A prime example of that would be the Trayvon Martin story. Hour after hour coverage on the case would go through the roof with new information coming from its host and guest to pick, analyze and leave out information that they see fit. Headlines such as “Trayvon Martin Could Have Killed Someone with Skittles and Iced Tea”...
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...When she grew up she became a circus elephant. She was not a good elephant. She reportedly killed three men. The circus owner wanted to put her down. Guns weren’t large enough to kill her. The idea was to hang Topsy, but that idea was turned down. The owners gave her to Thomas Edison. Edison who had just lost the “War of Currents” took in Topsy. In the past Thomas Edison had been reported killing cats and dogs to prove that A.C is dangerous. Many people think he was at war in his head. Others think that Edison as still mad about losing to Tesla. The circus owners ejoyed the publicity. The killing of Topsy was the same as if a person was put to death. She struggled and put up a fight. Once Topsy as calmed, Edison electricians started the electrocution. Almost instantly she was dead. To make sure Topsy was dead she was strangled for ten...
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...to Universal Studios and water parks, when we did not go anywhere my dad would grill on Sundays and we would all get together and eat. Family time was always important to my parents. When I was four my mom and I experience a horrible car accident. When we turned on a street light to go to McDonald’s an incoming car hit the front of our truck. I remember the whole thing perfectly. Although the accident scared me it did not affect my life. Thankfully no one got badly injure except for our truck. As a kid I spent most of my days playing with my friend Jake, we would play soccer on the street or head to the park. My friend Jake and I would always like to mess with animals like dogs and cats. When I was eight I met my neighbor and his son. His sons name is Bobby and after that day he’s been more than a friend, we consider ourselves as brothers. At the age of ten my mom surprise us with the great news of expecting a little brother. At first I was excited about having a younger sibling. That just meant I was going...
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...Loading... Animals In The News Weird News Things You Can't Do Naked Paranormal Smarter Ideas More Log in Create Account August 24, 2012 weird-news The Internet Newspaper: News, Blogs, Video, Community Edition: U.S. FRONT PAGE Politics Ann Romney's Heartbreaking Loss 7k Why Do Fox News Female Anchors Wear So Much Makeup? 4k Mitt Romney Makes Birth Certificate Joke 31k Leaked Documents Link Romney Money To Some Shady Business 24k Paul Ryan Weighs In On Chick-Fil-A's 'Free Speech Rights' 4k Go to Politics More in Politics Pollster 2012 Blog Speculatron Off The Bus Election Dashboard You might also like World Green Black Voices Latino Voices Gay Voices Business Target Hides Horrible Truth From Customers 2k 10 Things You Should Never Pay For 200 Leaked Documents Link Romney Money To Some Shady Business 24k Romney Will Be President, CU Professors' Model Predicts 27k Texas Judge: Obama Reelection Could Lead To 'Civil War' 13k Go to Business More in Business Small Business Money You might also like World Tech Media Arts Sports Weird News Crime Crime BREAKING: Gunman Shoots 5 Outside Empire State Building 16k Child-Welfare Agency...
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...Since the Age of Reason humanity has constantly toyed with the idea of how the end of mankind will come. The idea itself appears in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus proclaims, "After the Gospel of the Kingdom is preached as a testimony to all nations, then the end will come." (Matthew 24:14) In a time like the one we live in, where science and technology is on the verge of dictating everything we do, people look for reasons for the end of mankind. In 1985, Isaac Asimov's written text Robots & Empire asked the question: will robots be the solution to our problems or will they be the root cause for the end of humanity? (Asimov, 1985) In response to Asimov, this argument will undoubtedly attack the statement, by saying that: Despite the large advancements in science and technology due to robotics, many texts theorise that this sector of technology poses a massive threat to the human race. To further defend this point two key texts will be addressed, they include: I, Robot, a fictional movie that exemplifies the fact that Robots can take over humanity and an article from renowned author George Dvorsky who ponders over the possibility of Robots becoming sentient and fighting for their rights, resulting in the end of human beings. Using both the fictional and non-fictional text it will be proven beyond doubt that future robotics pose a massive threat to the human race. Ever since Fritz Lang’s, Metropolis movie, robots have been a reappearing figure in the film...
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...The New Astrology by SUZANNE WHITE Copyright © 1986 Suzanne White. All rights reserved. 2 Dedication book is dedicated to my mother, Elva Louise McMullen Hoskins, who is gone from this world, but who would have been happy to share this page with my courageous kids, April Daisy White and Autumn Lee White; my brothers, George, Peter and John Hoskins; my niece Pamela Potenza; and my loyal friends Kitti Weissberger, Val Paul Pierotti, Stan Albro, Nathaniel Webster, Jean Valère Pignal, Roselyne Viéllard, Michael Armani, Joseph Stoddart, Couquite Hoffenberg, Jean Louis Besson, Mary Lee Castellani, Paula Alba, Marguerite and Paulette Ratier, Ted and Joan Zimmermann, Scott Weiss, Miekle Blossom, Ina Dellera, Gloria Jones, Marina Vann, Richard and Shiela Lukins, Tony Lees-Johnson, Jane Russell, Jerry and Barbara Littlefield, Michele and Mark Princi, Molly Friedrich, Consuelo and Dick Baehr, Linda Grey, Clarissa and Ed Watson, Francine and John Pascal, Johnny Romero, Lawrence Grant, Irma Kurtz, Gene Dye, Phyllis and Dan Elstein, Richard Klein, Irma Pride Home, Sally Helgesen, Sylvie de la Rochefoucauld, Ann Kennerly, David Barclay, John Laupheimer, Yvon Lebihan, Bernard Aubin, Dédé Laqua, Wolfgang Paul, Maria José Desa, Juliette Boisriveaud, Anne Lavaur, and all the others who so dauntlessly stuck by me when I was at my baldest and most afraid. Thanks, of course, to my loving doctors: James Gaston, Richard Cooper, Yves Decroix, Jean-Claude Durand, Michel Soussaline and...
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