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S. government to minimize the drinking legal (MLDA) from 21 to 18 so they will be similar to other countries around the world that allowed people to drink at the age of 18. David Justin Hanson, who is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York in Potsdam, has stated in his argument that the US government should decrease the drinking legal age (MLDA) to 18. In addition, people and especially teenagers need to be more educated, so the U.S. may lower the drinking legal to 18

Willis Carrier: The Father of Air Conditioning It is a hot, humid evening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and you find yourself dripping with sweat. The air is still, and you stick to your sheets as you toss and turn and try to sleep in your house that has retained all of the heat from the summer sun’s rays. Uncomfortable and miserable, you think to yourself, “How did people ever live without air conditioning?” yours has been on the fritz, and you cannot imagine what your life would be like if you

In his assessment, Scarseth claims great writers and readers know that “sour” endings in literature works are sometimes crucial. His opinions on what makes a great writer and reader makes sense because he is an English professor at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Because this is an essay and likely to be read by scholars and students, it is reasonable that the author would say, “But the greatest writers and the best readers know that literature is not always only mere sugar candy; it can sometimes

Introduction Chronic knee pain is a common symptom in pathologies and conditions such as tibiofemoral and patellofemoral osteoarthritis (OA), anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, and patellofemoral pain (PFP). These injuries are treated by physical therapists today more than ever before. In the United States, OA is the most common joint-related disorder (Zhang and Jordan, 2010). This study also reported that OA specific to the knee occurred in 13% of women and 10% of males over the age of 60

Ron Kind believes that education is a vital importance to the country, and helping kids become successful has been a long time goal of his. Though student loan debts are a serious problem, so in 2015 he introduced the College Affordability Plan. The strategy contains five key principles: making sure government doesn’t profit from student loans, allow student loans to be refinanced like mortgages, provide tax incentives to address college affordability, make loan payments match earnings, and provide

We live in a diverse world filled with many different types of people who come from many different types of backgrounds. In the United States these people commonly live in two types of settings; rural or urban. From my own perspective I would consider urban fast paced with large amounts of people. Rural is just the opposite, with its beautiful country roads, acres of fields, and practically knowing where every person lives. I am honestly auspicious enough to be one of the lucky kids who got to

book uses the “Cone of Learning” model to show that methods of instruction impact what is learned (University of Washington School of Public Health, 2012, p. 10). It is implied that the different methods of instruction, such as face-to-face, computer-based, problem-based, and other methods of instruction are ways in which instruction can be applied through the use of the “Cone of Learning” (University of Washington School of Public Health, 2012, p. 11). Another example of how the “Cone of Learning”

Introduction With a steady increase of time, effort, and money being poured into digital marketing over the past few years, one can only wonder what this means for the future of online exchange, or E-commerce. It is said that by 2016, the web will impact purchase decisions of sales totaling $2 trillion. This is over half of all retail transactions (van Bommel et.al.). Digital strategy is no longer something that can be overlooked, an extra tool for a company to take advantage of if they have the

I conducted the interviews with five close acquaintances, all of whom regularly use some form of social media and are enrolled at the university. The fragmentation of media is an evolution of a publication or outlet, choosing to direct its support towards a specific platform, or idea, in an attempt to pander to specific sect. The most obvious example of this phenomenon is the polarization

“If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice” -Unknown. Life will not get any better on its own. If life is left as it is, life will kick you to the ground, trying to forcefully crush you under its boot of preeminence. Life is a game of chess, and the goal is more important than the pieces.The novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, should be read by high school students because it imposes the physiological values of sacrifices and how they affect your dreams,