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Why You Should Buy Used Cars Instead of New

According to the New York Times, on average American households contain 2.28 cars amongst its residents, multiply that by the millions of families in the United States and you get a vast amount of vehicles on the road just in our country alone. I am trying to get across as to why it is much smarter to purchase a used car then it is to go to a dealership and buy a brand new one. Most of us will eventually buy a car, or possibly already have, it is my goal to relay some advice when you are out shopping for your new four wheeled friend.

           The obvious point to get across here is the financial aspect of my position. It is exponentially cheaper to buy a used car then a new car. Now I know some people might argue my point and say that new cars have all the gadgets I want where a used car wouldn’t. In some cases, that is true, but there are many used cars with an arsenal of gadgets for your liking. I did some research and from the information I got on Chrysler’s website, the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Minivan costs $28,595, and only had 2017 just had the touch screen navigation, heated front seats, and a back-up camera included in the options. I also did some research on the used equivalent, Palme Motors of Kenosha, WI was selling a used 2013 Chrysler Town and Country for $20,998 which included touch screen navigation, two TV screens and DVD players for the passengers, heated seats all around, back-up camera, sun roof, and a 25,000 mile powertrain warranty free of charge. Besides being a few years older, the second van came with an array more of options and was nearly $8,000 cheaper than the new van, proving in that as far as purchase cost goes, that a used car is much smarter choice.             Another strong point as to why you should buy used is the massive variety of choices you have.

The vast amount of used car dealerships, to online shopping for cars there are many options to suit both your needs and wants. To provide an example, when I bought my first car when I was 15, I shopped around for about a month, and eventually found a car on the popular public trading website craigslist, I purchased a 1996 with 110,00 miles on it for $1500 and is the car I’m currently driving this day with 140,000 miles on it and counting. Some people may argue that I just got lucky, and there are many con-artist out there waiting to dump their piece of junk on you. Although it is true that there are people like that out there, I didn’t “get lucky”, I did extensive research and had mechanic check out any car before I bought it. A great tool to assist you in the car shopping process are vehicle history reports, you can obtain these for a small fee of usually $30 or less from popular users such as Carfax. Something else that is important to consider is cost of parts and maintenance.

When it comes to maintenance such as oil change, tires brakes and etc.., these things can be quite costly on newer cars, especially if the dealership didn’t give you a warranty or maintenance plan when you bought your car. A good example of this was a while back, my mom had come across a 2 year-old Buick Enclave (Crossover) and we had to replace the tires, which weren’t covered by the maintenance plan that my mom paid out of pocket for, each tire cost $232 because of some fancy sensor in the tire, being a grand total of nearly a $1000. Compare to my car for example, I replaced all four tires on my car this past winter and it only cost $300 for all four. Someone might say that the reason parts are so expensive on new cars is because they are of higher quality, which just isn’t true, it wouldn’t make sense for manufactured to change the materials, that would drive up costs of vehicles that are supposed to be “affordable”. The only reason these cars are getting more expensive to repair is that more technology is being added to cars, required special training to repair them, whereas someone like myself with no prior mechanical experience, can pick up a guide book at an auto parts store and fix their themselves, cutting the insane labor rates. Speaking of rates, there is one rate that I have yet to talk about, insurance rates.

Nearly every U.S. state requires you to have auto insurance (except New Hampshire) according to nerd wallet, so odds are you will also be purchasing auto insurance at some point or another. I went ahead and did some research on Gieco’s online insurance quotes, I created the profile that depicts an average male college student, with no previous accidents or tickets. Then I picked two cars, a 2017 Toyota Camry and a 2006 Toyota Camry, both your average 4-door sedan. You might think they’d be at least somewhat similar in cost, but no the rate for the 2006 is $119.47 a month whereas the 2017 is $390.18, more than three times difference between the two. You might think that the 2017 gets better coverage because it’s worth more, but that’s not true either, both cars receive the exact same coverage for the previously stated rates. It just goes to show, yet again, how much money you can save when you buy a used car.

           It is unbelievable how much money you save when you buy a used car over a new car. I strongly advise you to consider buying a used car instead of you, it’s much less of a hassle, it’s cheaper, and it’s all around a better choice.

Sources:

1)      "More than just car insurance." An Insurance Company For Your Car And More | GEICO. Web. 08 Mar. 2017.

2)      "All New 2017 Chrysler Pacifica." Chrysler Official Site - Cars and Minivans. Web. 08 Mar. 2017.

3)      "Kenosha-Racine cars & trucks - craigslist." Kenosha-Racine cars & trucks - craigslist.  Web. 08 Mar. 2017.

4)      "Show Me the CARFAXTM." CARFAX. Web. 08 Mar. 2017.

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Wiley Burch & Shea Hillishiem Review

Wiley Burch-

Anime is trash, now don’t get me wrong i love anime watch it all the the (extra the) time but it’s trash. Now i know what you’re thinking how can you like anime and think it’s trash, well there are a few reasons why.   (Combined two sentences) First weeaboos are disgusting, anime is perverted and disgusting. (Added period)The japanese are brainwashing our youth. My goal is to explain/rant to you why anime was a mistake.

 First off let me explain what a weeaboo is, (unnecessary capitalization) They are non-Japanese people who think Japan and Japanese culture is superior to all other cultures. (captilization) they are sad depraved people who worship anime and the japanese. Having gone to anime conventions myself I can tell you first hand how repulsive these people are. They shut themselves inside and almost never bath so they always smell like literal shit, they don’t know how to communicate with normal people. (capitalize) they try and use the four japanese words they learned from anime as much as possible. They are barely capable of dressing themselves and like to herd together like sheep. Weeaboos are unproductive members of society and disappointments to their parents.

Anime is way to sexual, and (Capitalize) i’m not talking about hentai (which is anime porn). Too many anime have excessive female nudity. in fact some shows practically revolve around nudity like it’s a plot point, it’s an ongoing joke in the anime community that “plot” is slang for boobs. But the problem is deeper than this there are shows that explore taboo subjects that not even culture differences can justify. One such show is called “kissxsis” which is about high school boy Keita who has two twin step-sisters. They have been siblings for most of their life, the whole show is about Keita’s sisters trying to have sex with him and he does just about everything short of intercosure (spelling error) with them. The best part too is that Keita is dating his teacher, and that actually is illegal.

Now here's what they don’t want you to know, anime is a secret plot by the Japanese government to brainwash america’s youth. Japan is still secretly super pissed about WWII and they hate america. The Japanese government is  being run actually being run by a race of shape-shifting lizard people from the andromeda galaxy who are using anime to broadcast their mind control hypnosis. Their plan is to brainwash the american youth and raise an army to topple the evil American (capitalize countries) government, then take over the world and steal all the planets natural resources. They will then enslave the human race and make us farm cabbages on their home world.

This is all you need to know about the toxicity of anime and how it is truly trash. Weeaboos are sub-human scum, all anime is basically porn, and the Japanese government is run by lizard people. I hope this has opened your eyes to the evils that your kids, friends, and family members might be exposed to. With this you can know to avoid anime at all costs. Stay ever vigilant.  

I’ll admit your paper was an interesting read, was not expecting to see it go the way it didi. A few suggestions for improvement, spellcheck is a tool that you can use, specific country names are proper nouns so they should be capitalized. Some things could use some more explaining, you don’t have much credibility since you included near zero sources.- Quentin Gitzlaff

Shea-

It is no secret that sports are a multibillion dollar a year industry, that being said, college athletes won’t see a cent of that money for themselves. This raises the question whether or not they should be paid. On one side are people who support the payment of college athletes saying how rigorous their schedules are and how (fair they are untreated) unfair they’re treated because of the use of their name and likeness benefits the school in major ways. On the other side are the people who don’t support it, an example of this argument is, numerous scholarships that most of these athletes earn to get a free education along with saying how it will ruin the tradition of the game. I happen to be against the payment of college athletes because most of these athletes are already receiving huge athletic scholarships that cover most of the cost of going to college itself, they are being given the opportunity to train in fantastic facilities not to mention traveling to new places all the time and auditioning themselves for an opportunity to go professional and make a lot of money, and lastly because college is about education first and they should be treated just like normal students. (really long sentence, separate into two)

The average athletic scholarship given out is worth around $10,400; keeping in mind that this is only an average and it doesn’t sound like a lot of money, especially at big time expensive schools (Give examples of these schools), it is important to remember that there are some athletes who receive full ride scholarships and some who don’t receive any scholarships and walk-on (I don’t understand what you mean by walk on). In most of the research I found in favor of paying college athletes, the athletes whose name and likeness is used most and how big of a star they are (delete one of highlighted portions) would be receiving most of the income if they were to be paid. This creates a problem because most of the star college athletes we see today were once big time recruits who earned huge scholarships or maybe even full ride scholarships while the other lower end recruits. They most likely didn’t receive big scholarships, or maybe none at all, might not get any playing time or recognition and will be paid substantially less. It was also pointed out, by Andrew Zimbalist a professor of economics at Smith College, that fewer than two dozen of the 350 Division I athletic departments actually make a (provide a numerical figure of what a significant amount of money is in this context) significant amount money. This means that only a handful amount of schools would be able to pay their athletes a reasonable amount of money while other schools would have to cut other programs just be able to pay their athletes their fair share.

Most big-name colleges offer their athletes better meal plans(examples, which colleges), that are completely paid for most of the time, just for being on the team per NCAA rules. This gives athletes an advantage over most normal (not-athlete) college students that must pay for their meal plans and don’t have access to free food like the athletes do. Athletes also get the luxury of completely paid for travel to games where most of them stay in nice hotel rooms and the ability to experience different cities around the nation. Most of these athletes are competing for chances to go professional, while only about 3.5% of them do, where they hope to make millions of dollars. The average salary for NFL, NHL, and NBA athletes are as follows: $1.9million, $2.4million, and $5.15million. Not to mention most of these athletes get to train in top-notch facilities to help their professional dreams come true.

Finally, most colleges, even if they are more sports oriented, still strive to preach about the importance of education. Most of them succeed in doing this and have strict academic policies that each athlete must follow in order to be eligible to play. They are called student athletes for a reason and that is because they must be a student first and an athlete second. This is no different from normal (non athelete) students who may have other responsibilities outside of schoolwork that they need to attend. According to Amy Perko, an executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (what is this?), “paying players would mean schools were essentially operating professional teams under the banner of an institution of higher learning.” Many athletes are already being paid under the table so to speak and are being given unfair academic advantages. An example of this is former Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant, now a member of the Dallas Cowboys. He was named second team academic All-Big 12 in 2008, although through several reports by a few players and even fewer coaches that he barely went to class unless he was forced and student tutors did most of his assignments for him. This lead to him being accused of academic fraud and it was later discovered that he and several of his teammates were also receiving money from sponsors and boosters that they are not allowed to receive per NCAA rules.

“College sports are becoming incredibly profitable, but the athletes who perform the dazzling dribbles, slam-dunks and deep threes that leave us enamored see none of that money.” That is a direct quote from Raman Mama of USA Today College stating one of his opinions on why college athletes should be paid. He later goes on to say “paying athletes in college would eliminate the rush to chase these immense contracts (at the professional level), allowing players to finish their education and have other job prospects if they do not play professionally” also in the defense of college athletes receiving payment. While both of his opinions are valid there is still a side of not paying these athletes including how many advantages these student athletes receive opposed to normal students, being offered lucrative scholarships, and the chance to play professionally.

In conclusion, college athletes should not be paid for three simple reasons: it is more important to focus on education rather than making money because the chances of going professional are very low, the advantages of being an athlete are already extremely high and the athletes are given several opportunities to excel in life.

Very strong paper overall, I think there are a few organizations that need more description, few grammatical errors but overall good job. -Quentin Gitzlaff

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Brief But Spectacular Take- Video

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Brief But Spectacular Take- Script

Patience, that’s the key. When you bust your chops to get the food to the customer as fast as possible, with the best attitude possible even though it’s -20 outside, you slipped on the customers long frozen downhill driveway,  they’re complaining about how they didn’t get enough toppings and continue to insist that you’re a fat idiot who doesn’t know what you’re doing. Yeah, “patience”.

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So yeah, being a pizza guy can be tough, but it’s also super fun and you get a lot of stories. I get to drive my car around town running from house to house providing the good people with their delicious hot pies. I’ve seen customers at the worst and at their best. Let me tell you something that’s really great about this job is how fun it can be at times, I’ve been asked to sing Happy Birthday and put on  fake british accent it’s pretty awesome. Now there are some people who like to ruin the fun, now I’m going to talk about what not to do when you come into dominos wasted @ 2:30 am(tell story) just let ;/me give you a tip for when you order pizza, please put some clothes on!

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Brief But Spectacular Take Idea

I intend to do my brief but spectacular take on my “career” of being a pizza delivery guy. There are many fun stories I could share or lessons I could teach. I am excited to show you the struggles and perks of being the delivery boi.

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End of a Legend- Self Narrative

Quentin Gitzalff

April 4, 2017

Dr. Glenda Jones

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 First, this might just seem like a funny pose on Snapchat, but it has much more meaning behind it. It was on this day that I said goodbye to all my family, friends, and girlfriend, this was the day before I left for college. It was a day I’ll never forget, many hugs, tears, and emotions came on this day. I had visited people all over my home town of Kenosha, WI that day, even cousins and uncles I hadn’t seen in a long time. I’m going to explain to you just how special this day was to me.

First of all was saying goodbye to my friends, it was a hard day for me. I started off by going to one of my favorite restaurants, a drive-in burger stand called Big Star, with three of my best friends from high school Ashley, Chris and Josh. We drove around down by the lake reminiscing about what a great summer we had. It was depressing because all three of them were staying nearby for college and I was the only one going away, but they promised they’d come visit which they have once. After I had spent a few hours with them and said my proper goodbyes, I went to go pick up my best friend from kindergarten, Randy. We drove around town for a while and just talked about our plans for life after high school. It was nice to connect with my good friend knowing I wouldn’t get to see him for a while. This day was crazy, I felt like I had to stuff so many visits and rush through it all, the time with my friends seemed to go by so fast and then I was visiting my family.

I have a whole lot of family that live in my town, so there was a lot of bouncing around to do. I first went to my aunt Katie and uncle Terry’s house, they were really surprised to seeing as we haven’t seen them in a year, it was nice to catch up with them and see how their lives were going. The I went to go see my cousins Alex and Lalo, over the years I had much fun with these two, gotten into a lot of trouble too. I stopped and told them they were welcome to come visit me if they wanted, but if not that I’d probably see them this summer, we shared soe pats on the back and said goodbye. Next I went to see my grandparents on my dad’s side, but I only got to see my grandmother because my grandpa flew down to Florida to stay in his vacation home for a few weeks. My grandmother and I talked for a while she pulled out some pictures of me and she cried a lot and I shed a tear or two. After that I went to my dad’s house, it was especially heartfelt, because this was the first time I saw my dad cry. Like a lot of guys, he’s the tough guy who doesn’t like people to see him cry, I’ve always had a difficult relationship with my dad, but it was nice to know that he was that proud of me. While I was there I said goodbye to my step mom and my eight-year-old brother Austin, which was hard but I knew I’d see them again soon. After that I went to home to where I live with my mom and my two other younger siblings, this was probably the hardest part was saying goodbye to them, well them and saying goodbye to my girlfriend. When I walked inside my grandmother, great grandmother, my 6-year-old brother Ramone, 3-year-old sister Ruby, and mom were all waiting happily in the living room. My little brother and sister came up to me and hugged me, they always seem to wait for me to come home no matter how long I’m gone. We spent most of the evening packing up the truck with all my things, my mom cried almost the whole time. After we got the truck packed, I got to say goodbye to both my grandmas, then they went home and then it was time for the kids to go to bed. I put my little brother to bed like I do on most nights, but this night after we read a book, I just hugged him really tight and cried into him, because it I knew it was going to be hard for him to understand why I was gone because of his mental disability, that night I cried harder than I ever had before. After he went to sleep I went out in the living room and talked to my mom for probably two hours about how I was going to miss everyone. It was really nice t know that I was loved by so many people. The next person I had to say goodbye too was just about as hard.

I took the hour drive to my girlfriend’s house the day before, she lives in a small suburb of Chicago in Illinois. I was really excited that I got to see her, I always miss her and I wasn’t happy the distance between us was about to get much larger. I took her out that day, I just wanted to pretend like it was regular visit and that I was going to see her again soon. We reminisced about the amazing summer we had together, she had thanked for all of the things I had done for her which I appreciated and I thanked her for loving me so much. I knew I was going to miss her more than anything, just because if the great connection we had made in the past couple months of us dating at the time. We went to Portillo’s hot dogs, because she knew that was my favorite thing about Illinois was their Italian beef. We talked and planned about how we were going to visit each other, I told her I’d fly down from Minneapolis to Chicago and stay with her for a weekend. When I had to leave she cried and I cried. That night we stayed on the phone for hours just talking about how much we were going to miss each other. I still miss her to this day as I do everyone else and I can’t wait to seem them in May.

In the picture I put at the top of this paper, it really represents all of the things I left behind when I decided to come up to UW-Stout. I’ve learned many things through my first year here, but the thing I learned is that there is no way I could bring myself to be separated from my loved ones again. This is why I have decided to go to UW-Milwaukee next year, although I’m going to miss a few things about Menomonie and Stout, it’s most important for me to be back in my hometown, because home is where the heart is.

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Mutt Love Rescue

The Mutt Love Rescue does a very good job at appealing to potential adoptees. Their website has many great quality photos of each dog, which pulls on your heart strings. They use many great words to describe each animal, trying to match you with the perfect pooch. They provide detailed descriptions of the dog’s demographics as well, such as: age, breed, gender and so on. The one thing that stands out as soon as you enter their website is the dog named Shirley, it explains that she needed medical treatment and how much was raised, showing the importance of donations. Although I think they have a very nice website already, there is a few things they could do to improve. On the home page, they could add a slideshow of different dogs, other than just Shirley, showcasing all the impacts that donations do. They could also change the format up a bit, use more of some empty space to make it more appealing.

http://muttloverescue.org/available.html

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Revised Film Review

Quentin Gitzlaff

Dr.Glenda Jones

English 101

02 March 2017

Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge was a very exciting and interesting movie and kept me on the edge of my seat at every scene. Before I get into details, let me sum up this amazing film. This movie is the biographical story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a pacifist World War II combat medic, who was Seventh day Adventist Christian. Because of his morals, he refused to wield a weapon of any kind, but still wanted to help his fellow Americans in this perilous war. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Before he could even join the fight, he had to fight against army high-ups in military court, who said it was required to carry a weapon if you wish to join a combat unit. Throughout this fight he was taunted and physically abused by his bunk mates, his sergeant, and just about everyone. After spending a short period in jail, Doss ended up winning his court battle, with the help of his father Thomas Doss (Hugo Weaver) who was a World War I veteran. Once he is granted permission to enter battle without a weapon, he ships off to the Pacific, where he finds himself in a battle zone, where the death toll is ever rising. His battalion scales the surface, where they find themselves in a hell-on-earth situation. Doss is constantly saving lives throughout the battle, gaining the respect of his fellow soldiers. After an intense battle their unit pulls out, but Doss stays up on the ridge, and continues to save the lives of helpless soldiers in the enemies’ shadow. He lowers the injured men off the ridge with a rope he fashioned, by the end of the film Doss saves a total of 75 men, including a Japanese soldier who was bleeding out when he was left behind. This incredible story was told so well, with amazing use of CGI, it looked incredible as well, and sounded incredible as well. I watched the Oscars, and Hacksaw Ridge was a nominee for best picture, and it also received two academy awards, one for best sound mixing, and another for best film editing. Don’t just take it from me that this film was great, I have some statistics to go along with it as well. With a budget of $40 million, the film grossed $175 million worldwide, which is good for a historical piece, rather for any movie in general. This movie would appeal to most movie goers, whether you like a good drama, a heartfelt story about achieving a goal, or an action-packed war story, there’s even a bit of romance in the film as well. I looked at other reviews of the movie, and almost all of them had positive things to say about this movie. For example, it got an 86% on rotten tomatoes, with an overall “fresh” review. In conclusion, I would give it five stars, this is a movie I would be willing to enjoy over and over, I am going to go get myself a copy and I recommend that you do as well!

 Hacksaw Ridge. Dir. Mel Gibson.

Perf. Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn.

Summit Entertainment, 2016. Film.

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Film Review

Quentin Gitzlaff

Professor Dr.Glenda Jones

English 101

25 Februrary 2017

Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge was a very exciting and interesting movie and kept me on the edge of my seat at every scene. Before I get into details, let me sum up this amazing film. This movie is the biographical story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a pacifist World War II combat medic, who was Seventh day Adventist Christian. Because of his morals, he refused to wield a weapon of any kind, but still wanted to help his fellow Americans in this perilous war. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Before he could even join the fight, he had to fight against army high-ups in military court, who said it was required to carry a weapon if you wish to join a combat unit. Throughout this fight he was taunted and physically abused by his bunk mates, his sergeant, and just about everyone. After spending a short period in jail, Doss ended up winning his court battle, with the help of his father Thomas Doss (Hugo Weaver) who was a World War I veteran. Once he is granted permission to enter battle without a weapon, he ships off to the Pacific, where he finds himself in a battle zone, where the death toll is ever rising. His battalion scales the surface, where they find themselves in a hell-on-earth situation. Doss is constantly saving lives throughout the battle, gaining the respect of his fellow soldiers. After an intense battle their unit pulls out, but Doss stays up on the ridge, and continues to save the lives of helpless soldiers in the enemies’ shadow. He lowers the injured men off the ridge with a rope he fashioned, by the end of the film Doss saves a total of 75 men, including a Japanese soldier who was bleeding out when he was left behind. This incredible story was told so well, with amazing use of CGI, it looked incredible as well, and sounded incredible as well. I watched the Oscars, and Hacksaw Ridge was a nominee for best picture, and it also received two academy awards, one for best sound mixing, and another for best film editing. Don’t just take it from me that this film was great, I have some statistics to go along with it as well. With a budget of $40 million, the film grossed $175 million worldwide, which is good for a historical piece, rather for any movie in general. This movie would appeal to most movie goers, whether you like a good drama, a heartfelt story about achieving a goal, or an action-packed war story, there’s even a bit of romance in the film as well. I looked at other reviews of the movie, and almost all of them had positive things to say about this movie. In conclusion I would give it five stars, this is a movie I would be willing to enjoy over and over, I am going to go get myself a copy and I recommend that you do as well!

 Hacksaw Ridge . Dir. Mel Gibson.

Perf. Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn.

Summit Entertainment, 2016. Film.

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