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    smoked or pickled. Rowen will smoke the fish in there homemade smoker. [Smoked fish is fish that has been cured by smoking. Foods have been smoked by humans throughout history. Originally this was done as a preservative. In more recent times fish is readily preserved by refrigeration and freezing and the smoking of fish is generally done for the unique taste and flavour imparted by the smoking process]. After you have smoked the fish you have to put them out on racks to dry out, but its easy pickings for

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    Anti-smoking campaigns have made their way to mainstream media for some time now. It is rare for an average person today to go online, watch TV, or go into urban area without seeing an advertisement advising them not to smoke. The anti-smoking image on the cover page of this essay attempts to scare viewers to quit or reduce their smoking habits by showing a picture of a gun which to many has a negative connotation of possible death or harm. This visual argument is very well thought out and deserving

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    Irving Coffman Summary

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    Based in Irving Coffman's argument that “If tobacco companies have paid a financial settlement with several states due to the health problems it caused. Then, manufacturers of other legal harmful products such as alcohol and guns should also have to pay financial settlements in return for the problems they cause.” I strongly agree with his point of view in order to help prevent more people from damaging their health, and suffering later on. Moreover, if all the legal harmful manufacturers start to

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    Duke on his 300-section of land ranch in Raleigh, North Carolina. His hand-rolled cigarettes were sold to warriors toward the end of the Civil War. It was not until James Bonsack concocted the cigarette-production machine in 1881 that cigarette smoking got to be broad. Bonsack 's cigarette machine could make 120,000 cigarettes a day. He started a new business with Washington Duke 's child, James "Buck" Duke. They constructed a

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    behaviors, such as smoking or drug abuse.” The picture of this ad shows the feed of a lying body presumes death, covered with white cloth and on one of its toes is hung a postcard that reads “Smoking Kills.” Selling the idea that people should not smoke (Frenay). Generally, to my judgment, the author of this advertisement didn’t do a fine job because the ad presents a two-fold argument. The ad is effective due to its ethos point of view, and the authors’ way of analyzing facts about smoking, but the picture

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    Somehow he found his way to being Torrances favorite olympic runner. When louie was younger he was rebellious, stealing, drinking, and bullying. In chapter 1, when louie was five ¨he started smoking, picking up cigarette butts while walking to kindergarten¨(7). This shows that Louie is a turbulent kid, smoking underage on his way to kindergarten. Also ¨he began drinking one night when he was eight; he hid under the dining room table, snatching glasses of wine, drank them all dry, staggered right off

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    The founding fathers created the Constitution but it lacked security, Anti Federalist argued that their rights were necessary to protect their individual's liberty. James Madison created amendments that would place limits on government power including the bill of rights, which are the first Ten Amendments.       The Bill of Rights guarantee protections and freedom of United States citizens. For example the Second Amendment states that a well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of

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    Satirical Cartoon

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    pittsburgh post-Gazette by Rogers. It centers around Gun control, and claims that NRAs deny hard facts in hopes to appeal to their own beliefs and self-gain. The comic writer makes this apparent by using three of the numerous literary techniques, Imagery, flashback, and repetition. The writer uses imagery to their own advantage on numerous parts of the comic to point out their claim; first being the NRAs whole attire. The stereotype shared among pro-gun control people state that NRAs are redneck white

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    Banning The Outsiders

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    war with each other, the two gangs “rumble” to solve their issues, no comprise or grey area. They always live in this world of violence and death, with smoking and drinking, their escape from their pain. Many young readers empathize with these characters which some adults find to be a dangerous thing. Influenced teenagers might believe that smoking and drinking make them cool and fighting instead of talking it out, will solve their problems. The dilemma of planting the seed of poor decision encourages

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    Nonsmokers Body

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    With some of the other causes of preventable deaths such as, alcohol, illegal drugs, AIDS, suicide, transportation accidents, fires, and guns, cigarettes still account for more preventable deaths than those do combined, as stated by Lonnie Bristow M.D. of the American Medical Association at her speech to Indiana University. Some researchers have also found that smoking by pregnant women causes the deaths of over 5,000 babies and 115,000 miscarriages. The best way to get rid of the suffering and loss

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