...large percentage of processed foods and animal products, has been shown to be linked to obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Many of these health problems would be reduced if we were to cut back on our unhealthy eating habits. By changing our current eating habits we would benefit by saving not only saving millions of lives but also billions in healthcare costs. In Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables, Mark Bittman uses appeals to ethics, facts and statistics, and logic to support his proposal to fix America's dangerous eating habits. Bittman appeals to ethics by portraying the fast food industry as motivated by greed. When describing the food industry, Bittman states that “[the food industry's] mission is not public health, but profit, so they’ll continue to sell the health-damaging food that’s most profitable, until the market or another force...
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...It would not be a surprise that television, internet, and any other kinds of ads of big fast food companies such as McDonalds® or Subway® have successfully advance their ideas of healthy foods in many of Americans. Yet all of these wealthy corporations, along with many other smaller companies, have many ways to sell their products. These methods could be underhanded loaded with jargon. Information of simple knowledge overfilled with confusing and sometimes random information that otherwise will be too insignificant for people to put an effort to learning about. There are also times where information is overly simplified and have no real background to make a worthy judgment. Amidst all of the fallacies in the fast food industry, there exist reliable sources of information. In recent years, there has been an increase of connecting ideas of the transformation of fasts foods. Although some arguments claim the reason is one clause over the other, some will divert and stray off topic. They exert random facts to either make the claim reasonable or by overflowing them with sources that seems reliable from authoritative figures. Rabin article “Proximity to Fast Food a Factor in Student Obesity” goes to say: Ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese than students whose schools are a quarter of a mile or more away, according to a study of millions of schoolchildren by economists at the University of California and Columbia University...
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...and human. The makers of this dog food ad used the history and research of dog’s demeanor towards humans to create a fun yet clearly stated message for dog owners. The ad shows a blind man being escorted by his companion down a city side walk. Little does the blind man know; the dog is knowingly leading him straight into a dangerous construction hole. In a humoristic and clever...
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...What does Kant mean by "good without qualification"? Obviously people try to seek and avoid many different sorts of things; those things which they seek they call "good," while those they try to avoid, they call "bad". These "goods" which people seek may be divided into those which are sought as means to some further end and those which they seek as good as ends in themselves. Obviously some things may be "good" as means to one end and "bad" as means to some other end. Different persons, motivated by different ends, will thus find different things "good" and "bad" (relative to their different ends). More food is "good" to a starving man, but it is "bad" to one overweight. In order for something to be good "without qualification" it must not be merely "good" as means to one end but "bad" as means to some other end. It must be sought as good totally independently of serving as a means to something else; it must be "good in-itself." Furthermore, while one thing may be good as means relative to a particular end, that "end" becomes a "means" relative to some other "end". So a college diploma may be sought as "good" as a means for the end of a higher-paying job. And a higher-paying job may be "good" as a means to increased financial security; and increased financial security may be "good" as a means to obtaining the necessities of life as well as a few of its luxuries. However, if we seek A only for the sake of B, and B only for the sake of C, etc., then there is never a justification...
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...school systems across the United States, there are many different opinions on whether or not junk food should be banned. Some people favor the thought of junk food in school systems and feel as though kids should be able to eat what they want. Others believe that schools should provide students with healthier snacks and meals to eat. The true question is, how much is too much? There are certain school systems taking over meal plans and completely banning the food selection for kids to only health choices. Kids should be able to make choices for themselves and eat the food they want too eat. Having junk food in school systems has been known to bring up the percent of obesity in kids, but having junk food will give students freedom of choice, will help the vending contract revenue, and it will save money and complications in creating a new lunch program. Schools that allow students to eat what they want give’s the students dining options and also freedom of choice. Many school systems in America are strict enough already; they do not need to be even stricter and be told what to eat and what not to eat. When students can pick out their own food, it gives the student the feeling of personal responsibility. Margaret Johnson, an English and French teacher at West Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico, explains, “ junk food should be sold in schools-along with other food. Students will buy anything that coast under a dollar, is profitable, flavorful, visually appealing...
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...pleasure can’t amount to happiness alone because pleasure isn’t the goal of life according to Aristotle. The goal of life is to strive for happiness. While striving for happiness, pleasure is just something that is included while attaining happiness. I totally agree with Aristotle because for me personally, if I just aim for pleasure for myself, my actions may bring misfortune upon others, be it eating certain types of foods that are very dangerous for people to attain, like The Deadliest Catch crabs for example. Not saying that I will stop eating crab, but if I, and everyone else in the world wanted crab all the time, many lives would be lost for our sake. Happiness isn’t gained from any one thing, but from a combination of things according to Aristotle. There are 5 main things that Aristotle states that we need to obtain happiness. They are bodily goods, which include a healthy lifestyle, external goods, which are money, food, shelter and clothes. Then there are psychological goods, these are friendships, family, and self-esteem. Luck, both good and bad luck, and habits, mainly good habits that has us make habits of making right choices and build good character. This brings me to my last point with why I agree with Aristotle. Yes I agree with Aristotle. From my own personal opinion, all the things that Aristotle stresses that we need to obtain happiness does in fact make my life...
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...Because ads always use some good ideas to get people’s attention, it can teach children how to think about something in other ways. Secondly, children can see the world’s changes in the ads; ads can make children easy to receptive a new thing. On the other hand, advertisements have negative impact too. Ads can make the children get hooked on expensive brand name. They will spend a lot of money to buy something that they don’t need; they will emphasize brand logo when they select goods. Maybe they will forget make a plan on how to spend money. In addition, ads also give the children a un healthy lifestyle. Every company never says their product is bad for people in their message. Children don’t have a good recognition capability to know what true is. They will like junk food, game console and luxury. These are bad for children grow up. In my opinion, we have to take some measures to protect our younger generation from being exploited. We should use more times to let they know what concept is true, and we have to set ourselves an example to them. In conclusion, I believe ad’s impact in the conversion of our concept. If children know how to learning benefit from ads, I think we can take it easy....
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...Montresor for his murder Montresor’s son is disgusted that his father is a murderer Montresor’s son tells of his childhood Explains Fortunato and her mother’s story My mother was not around, my father told me she died during labor and no one seemed to have any memories of her living. I often wondered if Montresor was my real father. It wasn’t a question of resemblance, everyone in our town was dark skinned with dark eyes. I just never related to him. He was not a bad man, he just was not a good one either. He was always obsessed with revenge. My entire childhood was filled with him getting into trouble. The children at school called me the bastard baby from my lack of a mother. I had to leave when he choked one of them. I always resented my father because I thought he was the reason for my problems. One day I went to the Saturday Market to get some food for our manor since the maid had quit. I was not surprised when I was looked at with disgust. Being the son of a murdered in town seemed to be almost just as bad as being the murdered. The entire square was filled with flowers and memorials for Fortunato whom I had never known. The town painted him as a saint. They said he was a good man whom loved his wine. Even the local winery named a bottle after him. There was no Amontillado to be found. It was the wine that lead to murder. I was about to buy my provisions when the owner of the market stepped out and ask me what occasion I was buying groceries for. When I told him it...
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...Explanation of Title Is the title of the book “Detour for Emmy” a good or bad title? Why or why not? On my perspective the title “Detour for Emmy” is good title for this amazing book. The reason being is because everything Emmy goes threw is like a detour for her from start to ending. Emmy went threw a lot from being a regular teenager to being a mother at teenager years. Emmy had to change her goals and her dreams because of on little mistake that happened. But that didn’t stop Emmy from being the best she could be. She continued her life but down another path because she had another life to take care of besides her own. Being a single parent for Emmy was hard because she didn’t have Art there to help her or be there for Rosie. This was another big detour for Emmy because she thought that Art would’ve been a little bit more of a father and help to Rosie and her but he wasn’t. Everything to Emmy was a big disappointment to her in her life but she would just take another turn to make things better for her. Life for Emmy was full decisions to make either she took one path or she took another. Usually one was the difficult path because she either had to give something up she didn’t have the help. She would always have to take the path she knew would be easier for her and would help her with Rosie. “Detour for Emmy” was a very good title for this book as I explained the things Emmy had to go threw and the detours she had to make because of a little mistake that happened...
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...English assignment ’Section A’ 1. Write a summary of "Bad stress, good stress" in about 150 words. Text two. Bad stress, good stress by Sacha Bonsor is an article that deals with the issue of coping with stress. Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand, it can be caused by both good and bad experiences. Sacha Bonsor starts off be saying that stress has become a too common word and an overrated term in modern language which she highlights with the growing statistics over stress from the UK economy. The article also mentions ‘psychological flexibility’. This is a term increasingly used by academics and psychologists, to describe people who use their fearful situations for a constructive end. Some people tries to avoid stress in their lives, in some situations its damaging but it’s also vital to our health and well being. 2. Outline of the various stress-related problems. Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand; it can be caused by both good and bad experiences. The least stressful jobs could be dinner ladies, unlike teachers who experience it daily in the class. “Mind and body this week”: Danger: “Stress at work” by Eilish O’Reagan. Eilish O’Reagan tells us about which jobs have the biggest stress hold and the lowest. The least stressful job could be dinner ladies, because they don’t interact with children the whole day, only during break times. One of the most stressful jobs is being a teacher, because they unlike the...
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...Should youth 11 years old and younger be exposed to competition, i,e, scoring? Competition can be good for children. It can help children develop healthy attitudes about winning and losing. Children are not born with the natural urge to compete. This is a learned skill and behavior. Competition usually starts at about five years old. Competition can encourage growth and push a child to excel. Competition can also be very rough for a young child. There must always be a winner and a loser, but young children sometimes just can’t deal with losing. The question is, can a young child handle defeat and at what point do you no how much a child can take? Losing is a serious business, especially for a child who really wants to win. Winning, losing, or playing against others has little or no meaning for children under the age of seven. They are more concerned about the rules of the game and how the games are played. They often break the rules, because they can’t remember .By the age of eight, children can follow rules and understand what it really means to win or lose. In 2001, a survey was conducted by Sports Illustrated for kids. The survey found that seventy percent of children quit organized sports by the tender age of thirteen. They said that they were no longer having fun. Often this happens because referees, coaches, and parents are continued more caught up in the competition than the children. The focus should not primarily be on winning or...
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...Globalization in Business Donovan Chase PHL/320 12/22/2014 Bridget Peaco Globalization in Business Is globalization good or bad for your business? (1, premise) Globalization is viewed as either good or bad depending on your particular situation. For example, if you are an emerging growth industry, globalization represents a significant opportunity to access broader geographic markets, to accelerate growth and expand your business. (1, conclusion) However, if your business is an industry that has imploded due to the onslaught of global competition, or you have suffered a job loss due to downsizing or outsourcing you probably have a very negative view on globalization being good for business. Is Globalization “Good” Before we can decide what is good we need to have a definition of “good” as it relates to our topic. According to "Merriam Webster" (2014), Good is defined as something that is right or good. Something that has economic utility or satisfies an economic want. An example of good in the way we are defining it is the difference between good and bad. I personally feel that globalization is not good for the business of America. (2, premises) Globalization takes jobs away from people in the United States which raises the unemployment rate. (2, conclusion) Therefore, negatively impacting our economy. Workers can often be forced into accepting worsening...
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...Good afternoon to our beloved teacher Miss Dhi and all of our friends. Today, we are going to perform a role-play titled A Bad Hotel Experience. Chris as a Staff Miko as a Manager KW as Customer A SW as Customer B Narrator KW and SW have booked a room at The Rock Hotel for their three day trip in Penang. Staff Good morning Madam. Welcome to The Rock Hotel. How may I help you? A Good morning. I have booked a room online, can I check in now? Staff Sure, can you show me the receipt please? A Here it is. Staff One moment please. Narrator Suddenly, the staff’s hand phone rings. He picks up the call and starts to chit-chat with his friend like there is no end. KW seems impatient about it. A Hey! This is not one moment! I have waited for half an hour. Staff What is wrong Madam? A Why are you letting me wait for no reason? Staff Don’t you see I’m so busy? If you don’t like it, please make a complaint to our manager, I don’t care. A No, I just want you to complete my check in by now. Staff Fine, room for two, is that right Miss KW? A That is right. Staff I need your ID Card to complete the registration. A Here you are. Staff How would you like to settle the bill? A Credit card. Staff Your room is ready, follow me. A Thank you. -B- KW, I’m hungry, I think I need to eat breakfast now, see you later. A Okay, see...
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...“Greed” Our generation has already been pampered by technologies, luxury, and money. We all need money, and that’s a fact. Money is used to buy foods and food is needed for us to survive. Have you observed how our world greatly changed? Yes, technology is one of the factors, but have you all observed how people loved money more than people? Have you observed how such love for money greatly affects us? In the Old Testament Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit for it will grant her power and knowledge, because of greed and curiosity she ate the forbidden fruit. Greed always existed and will continue to exist as long as every person will develop selfishness in this world. Greed has a lot of negative effects. It does not have concern for the damages it causes. It contaminates the world. It destroys lives. It creates social conflict because it destroys the relationship you have either with your family, friends, or even God. Uncontrolled greed can lead to envy, fights or violent actions, and unhappiness because of discontentment. Greed only benefits the greedy individual. Greed is also the reason why our country is suffering from great poverty. It only shows that our society values things or money more than people or relationships. People begging for foods, people doing bad things to survive. Is this how we want our society to be? Of course not! We want it to be more productive. We want our society to be healthy or good in our eyes and the eyes of others, yet...
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...the downside twist to this great deal that Wal-Mart has offered. They are accused of shutting down local businesses, driving down employment rates and mistreating workers especially women and youth. If anything we realize that this is a very powerful enterprise. Their sales associates, who comprise the majority of workers within the company, only earned average annual wages of $13,861 in 2001. This was about $769 below the poverty line for a family of three. So when it comes to employment there is no debate that it is not the most beneficial thing for the economy. “As of 2006 only 43% of Wal-Mart employees were covered by the company’s health insurance plan.” This shows that their health insurance for its workers was not too good; another bad thing about the company. Wal-Mart was fined five million dollars between 2003 and 2005 by the federal environmental agency. Offences ranged from polluting streams in Connecticut with improperly...
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