Today I will be announcing my support for a law that gives same sex couples, in our country, the right to receive a marriage license. The same right given to our heterosexual couples. Some of the people around me are repelled by the mere notion of homosexuality. They feel as if it is in fact a mental illness. Some look upon homosexuals with disgust, discomfort or fear. Some even say hatred. They were taught that no man was born homosexual, that it is not genetic, or the result of a hormone imbalance
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1. (Trust): When you have noticed (take notice) that the driver is drink-driving you must trust your instinct that the situation can become ugly. This can be the result of alcohol which is a depressant drug meaning that it can slow down the drivers reaction time. This reaction time can be the difference between life and death. Talk: Talk to your friends that are in the car. Be careful as they can give you the wrong idea. It is best to trust your instincts. Advice is just making sure that your
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You are no stranger to the paparazzi. You grew up around the withering gaze of the public simply because of who your parents are. After all, you are the eldest and only son of Oliver and Katherine Wood. Unless, someone had been living under a rock all of their lives, they knew that Oliver and Katie had previously played for Puddlemere United. It was simply assumed that quidditch was in their blood. People made assumptions about you from the time you were a lad because of who your parents were. However
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light of recent events, the question of excessive police is posed almost weekly in news outlets. Since the first of this year, one thousand and 4 people have been killed by police in our country. This number will probably change by the time I give my speech. USA Today reported that excessive force by law enforcement has gone up 25 percent since 2001. Tension is rising at an alarming rate, and something must be done to restore faith in our police officers. This strain is causing mistrust for the good
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You just finished your lengthy four mile run in the intense heat of July. Your legs are jello-like, you’re feeling fatigued, and your body aches from head to toe. Your body is trying to tell you that you need to rehydrate, so you grab yourself an ice cold, Deer Park, water bottle that derived from some random spring in the middle of a foreign tropical island or so they say. The refreshing ice cold drink momentarily makes you forget about how fatigued you are, but how good is that water actually replenishing
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Lauren pulled into the parking lot of Roosevelt Public High School and whipped her Volkswagen bug into a parking space. She was running late and was not the type of person to be fine with a tardy. As Lauren scrambled to get everything she needed for school out of her car it started rolling backwards. Her heart skipped a beat. She quickly reached to the front of the car and applied the parking brake. She took a moment after what felt like a near death experience to collect herself before she locked
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Second trimester is the period between 14th to 26thweek or the 4th to 6th months in pregnancy. This brings to another set of screening tests to be performed to ensure baby’s growth and wellbeing of her mother. The below list will explain the number of tests to be performed and what each test signifies: Routine check up As part of the routine ante-natal check up your doctor will check; your blood pressure and weight measure your abdomen from the top of your uterus to your pubic bone Listen to
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“Stay your hand, knave! Drop your sword, and take off your robe.” Shouted Ivar. “Why should I? What could you do against me?” Croaked the man “Because, last time I checked, a húskarl's axe is sharper than anyone's neck.” The two guards jumped from the shadows and disarmed the man. His sword bounced off the ground as they ripped his cloak off. “You are too late, Hathgard. I'm the king now, and I have no purpose for swine like yourself. You do not even deserve to be called Hathgard; there
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Welcome, Mrs. Foreman and fellow students. Thanks you for coming here today. One of the biggest problems in our community today is the fact that nobody can live up to the American dream. James Adams said, “The American dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. The American Dream was ruined for many when the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929. The stock market crash was
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On Thursday at 10:38 am, the police received a call from a student on Snyder Hall reporting gunfire at Umpqua College. Harper-Mercer went into the building and walked into an English/Writing class he was enrolled in and fired a warning shot. The students were on the floor when the Harper-Mercer asked them to get up, then asked some students to head to the center of the classroom. He gave an 18-year-old student an envelope saying, “You are ‘the lucky one’, I will not shoot you if you give this to
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