...Nature vs. Nurture vs. Tofu 2 Without conducting any research, I realize that I have never really thought about the subject of nature vs. nurture. By knowing a little of what the controversy is about, I am able to ask myself the right questions to complete my thoughts and come to a proper opinion. Usually I am an extremist by going with one side and not lingering with thoughts in the middle. However, this is a subject that does not deserve one end. By looking and observing those around me, many may notice that people share similar traits. Some traits are the result of nature and others are the result of nurture. There is no 50:50 ratio that is involved in the deciding factor of how much of each side contributes to the individuals we are today. Because biological factors and conformity are two different subjects, there is no scientific way to measure an accurate ratio of nature to nurture. Instead, I believe that each and every person is the product of 100 percent nature as well as 100 percent nurture. As my boyfriend and I are out to lunch, I throw my thoughts at him about nature vs. nurture and he makes me realize that tofu is a great example of both nature and nurture. He asks me how I am able to eat something so bland and tasteless. I tell him that tofu does have sort of a creamy nutty taste to it and is delicious plain uncooked. However, when tofu is cooked, it conforms to and picks up the flavor of the food or sauce that is being cooked with...
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...responsive to the environment and their role clearly changes with respect to the environment. It should be noted that heredity is not some sort of master puppet holding the strings and controlling the environment. As a matter of fact, genes change or evolve based on the environment hence explaining the reason why things such as mutations and variations occur. Therefore, the way heredity influences human behavior at one point in time may not necessarily be the same way it does years to come. Conversely, hormones are very specific in nature, their presence or absence may change but their role remains invariably the same. Consequently, both hormones and heredity affect human behavior but heredity is the foundation and hormones form the structural components (Faraone, 1999) . When one talks about heredity they are fundamentally talking about genes or genetics because genes are the basic biological instruments responsible for transferring human...
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...1. In your opinion, how should the Gdańsk vs. Danzig controversy have been resolved? (100 words or less) In my opinion, voting was the most amicable way to resolve the Gdańsk vs. Danzig controversy. Although there were other options such as allowing a Wikipedia arbitrator to make a final decision, democracy is at the core of Wikipedia’s identity. If the two sides were allowed to debate further, it is unlikely that a mutually agreeable consensus would have ever been reached. The vote allowed both sides to put forth their agreements and provided a definitive conclusion to the conflict. Thus, although the vote didn’t satisfy everyone, it was the most fair resolution. 2. In your opinion, did Essjay do anything wrong? (100-150 words) Essjay was...
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...Arguments are all around. Companies, individuals, organizations, and the like state arguments that are displayed in excess throughout the world, attempting to get their point across to anyone who will listen. These can range from quick-glance text and images such as billboards, pamphlets, and commercials, to longer media like films and pieces of literature. Films, in particular, often exude opinions on social issues to the viewer, who can then form their own opinions on them. Not every film is effective in doing so, and they must contain certain elements in order to successfully convince others that their argument is the correct one. Films that intentionally focus on social issues are effective as long as they contain sufficient evidence, emotional components to tug at the viewer’s conscience, and an explanation to develop the importance...
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...Assignment 1: The Executive Compensation Controversy Objectives: At the completion of this assignment, you will be able to: 1. Deliver a clear and concise argument for or against the widening gap between the compensation received by chief executives and the average employee. Instructions: Review the following videos: 1. interview with Professor Roger Martin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU26MKtN6mo) 2. Interview with Irving Becker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJnxVCmMH2Q) Additionally, review 2 recent articles on the current state of executive compensation. Draft a 500-word paper summarizing the 2 videos and 2 articles and discuss YOUR thoughts and opinions on the controversy surrounding executive compensation. That is, is it too high, too low, just right, do we have proper controls, etc. Finally, how do you think Say on Pay will impact executive compensation over the long term? Deliverables: To earn full credit, you will need to post the following in the assignment drop box. 1. Attach your paper in word or pdf format to the assignment dropbox prior to the due date. ------------------------------------------------- http://philanthropy.com/article/Executive-Pay-Increased-by/134476 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/executive_pay/index.html / Over the past three decades, executive pay has risen dramatically relative to that of an average worker's wage in the United States and to a lesser extent in some other countries...
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...1775 Guidelines for Technological Controversy Assignment Instructor: Dr. Vera Pavri Once you have selected your academic and popular sources, I want you to gather information about each side of your debate and then start organizing the various arguments. Don’t worry about choosing sources that only present one side of the argument or another. That is not the point. Many scholarly sources for example, are likely to provide you with arguments that you will use for both sides of your controversy. While you don’t have to worry about choosing the same number of “for” articles and “against” articles, it is important to make sure you have a balanced number of arguments for each side of your debate. Finally, you also don’t need to separate your popular and scholarly sources as they are likely to examine similar issues. You don’t want to be repetitive when describing various arguments, so think about a way of effectively organizing the arguments you will presenting. Your paper is essentially going to be divided in two parts. The first part will be about describing the arguments on either side of the debate. I call this the descriptive component of your paper. The second part of your paper is the analysis. You will be analyzing two things. First, I want you to compare and contrast how your topic is presented in scholarly versus popular media. Think of areas like language (simple versus complex), use of references, and length of article as a starting point for your analysis. Make...
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...Sabrina VanDerwarker Elisabeth Rutledge English 1302_71 25 November 2014 Researched Argument Audience Analysis: Abortion 1. Who is your audience? What is the name of the person or group for whom you are writing this argument? Why have you chosen this person or group as your target audience? Why will your argument have exigence for your audience? My audience would be to pregnant women. I have chosen my audience to be pregnant women because women who get pregnant are often asked if they know all their options. 2. How open is your audience to your argument? Is it undecided or hostile? Keep in mind that the more hostile your audience is, the more time you will need to spend establishing common ground between you and your audience. My audience would have to be more towards hostile because abortion is a sensitive subject to some people. 3. How will you organize your argument to accommodate your audience’s level of openness to your position? Will your argument have a classical structure? Will it have a Rogerian structure? Will you be presenting your reasons and evidence before directly stating your thesis? Why, based on your knowledge of your audience, will your argument have the organization you will be using? I will give both of the sides of the argument and keep an open mind when presenting both sides. My argument will have a Rogerian structure and my thesis will come after all the evidence is presented. 4. What are your audience's priorities and goals? What...
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...Capstone final project Student’s name Course Title Instructor Date submitted Is United States justified to adopt a first-strike policy against independent nations in war on terrorism? The attack on United States on September 2001 brought the truth and reality of terrorism to the land of America in a way that most people had not imagined. Over three thousand people lost their lives. With that several innocent lives lost, America and other friendly nations joined to condemn terrorism. United States accused Taliban government of Afghanistan of harboring perpetrators. The accusation led the United States to begin military operations in Afghanistan. Many nations accepted the military operations as a justifiable response. The Taliban became an easy target because they were sympathizers of terrorist. After a short successful military operations in Afghanistan, United States turned attention to Iraq. They began to build a case against the regime government of Saddam Hussein. The United States suggested that Iraq had also been supporting terrorist and developing nuclear weapons. It was after those inflammatory suggestions about Iraq that a different debate surrounding military operations in that country started to emerge. In September, 2002, American government published a document titled The National Security Strategy. The President, George Bush, pointed the enemy of twenty century as a shadowy network of individuals who were out to harm the society with inexpensive weapon...
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...These studies incorporated "thousands of children, not just 12", and reported evidence from several nations including the U.K., Finland, and Denmark (Ziv, 2015, p. 14). Ultimately, the medical community did not find an association between the two components, disproving the fundamentals of Wakefield's claims. Not only were the doctor's studies determined as fraudulent, leading to a retraction of The Lancet's article, but as stated by Ziv (2015), the doctor was "stripped of his license in 2010 by the U.K.'s General Medical Council for ethical violations and failure to disclose competing financial interests" (para....
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...Much like the decision made by former U.S. President Harry S. Truman in regards to the use of atomic energy against Japan in hopes of concluding the death toll of World War II in 1945, the controversy over stem cell development derives from the same question, just because we possess the ability, does that justify its use? Scientists believe the process of extracting and cultivating stem cells for medical use may unlock the cure for countless conditions plaguing human life. As Arshad Chandry, a highly regarded publisher of The Science Creative Quarterly, states: “Stem cells have generated more excitement, Scrutiny and controversy than any other area of recent scientific study” (1). The research of embryonic cell cultivation is accompanied by three very important questions: is it ethical, is it safe and what can it potentially cure? Researchers in the field claim the ability to treat devastating disease and injuries such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and muscular dystrophy, just to name a few, by replacing and fighting damaged cells with cells altered in a laboratory. Until a semi recent softening of government regulations, strict restrictions had severely hindered the legality of this study based on ethical concerns. Cell cultivation was produced from the discovery of mans ability to sustain the life of molecular cells outside of the body. The HeLa cell, as sustained and grown by Dr. George Gey, was retrieved from the malignant cervical tissue...
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...Steps for Writing Critiques (from Behrens and Rosen’s Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, 12th Edition) 1. Introduce. Introduce both the passage under analysis and the author. State the author’s main argument and the point(s) you intend to make about it. Provide background information to help readers understand the relevance of the passage. This background information may include one or more of the following: * an explanation of why the subject is of current interest * a reference to a possible controversy surrounding the subject of the passage or the passage itself * biographical information about the author * an account of the circumstances under which the passage was written * a reference to the intended audience of the passage 2. Summarize. Summarize the author’s main points, making sure to state the author’s purpose for writing. 3. Assess the presentation. Evaluate the validity of the author’s presentation, distinct from your points of agreement or disagreement. Comment on the author’s success in achieving his or her purpose, by reviewing three or four specific points. Base you review on one or more of the following criteria: * Is the information accurate? * Is the information significant? * Has the author defined terms clearly? * Has the author used and interpreted information fairly? * Has the author argued logically? 4. Respond to the presentation. NOW you can respond to the author’s views. With...
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...Healthcare REFORM, Essay Component 1 Essay on Healthcare Reform: In Defense of Obamacare by Ultius in Sample Work Without a doubt, universal healthcare is one of the numerous issues that was discussed intensely in the 2012 elections that will continue to be debated into the future. While President Obama passed his compelling piece of legislation in 2010, the Affordable Care Act, there was an undeniable polarization within the American people which ensued. Regardless, even with all of the potential economic ramifications that may arise from new health care policies, it is formidable legislation the United States should continue to uphold and support. This sample essay written before the 2012 presidential election, touches on the sociopolitical background of Obamacare, outlining the differences between Republican and Democratic ideologies on the matter. If you are interested in learning more about this topic, or would like to buy an essay from our awesome site, give us a call or simply check out our pricing today! Universal Health Care and the 2012 Elections: What is Washington Saying? The new health care policy provides more coverage to a larger percentage of Americans, is more cost-effective for the United States’ budget especially during these dire economic conditions, and is a moral cause and sign of community that all Americans should strive for. Furthermore, it is important to note that while democratic presidential candidates such as potential incumbent...
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...published posthumously) – both of which are entirely taken up with philosophical issues in religion. The linkage between these various works, on this account, is that the later writings on religion are simply an extension and application of the sceptical and naturalistic principles that Hume developed in his earlier writings. While it is certainly true that there is an intimate connection between Hume's scepticism and naturalism and his irreligious objectives and orientation, it is not evident that this relationship should be understood in terms of Hume drawing irreligious consequences in his later work from the sceptical and naturalistic principles that he laid down in his earlier work. There is a more intimate connection between these components of Hume's philosophy than this account suggests. Apart from any thing else, the traditional account seriously underestimates the irreligious content and aims of Hume's earlier work...
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...“Aspartame: Sweet Friend or Bitter Enemy?” Responding to the Public (Week 5 Alternative Assignment) HCS 539 What is Aspartame? “Human beings have an attraction to sweet food. Even ancient cave paintings at Arana in Spain exhibit a Neolithic man procuring honey from a bee’s nest. (Blachford, 2002). Aspartame is the name for a non-carbohydrate, non-nutritive artificial sweetener. It is synthesized from two amino acids, aspartic acid and the essential amino acid phenylalanine. It is the most commonly used sugar substitute on the market. It was first isolated and discovered in 1965 by James M. Schlatter. Schlatter was a chemist working for G.D. Searle & Company. It was an incidental finding while Schlatter was in the process of making an anti-ulcer drug. While turning a page in his reference materials, he licked his finger, only to find it incredibly sweet. During initial safety testing, there was some early debate as to whether aspartame was carcinogenic , or cancer causing, in laboratory rats. It was subjected to further studies before it was submitted to the FDA for approval as a food additive. Aspartame was finally approved for use, in dry foods, in 1974. Searle was initially not allowed to market it until 1981. In 1980, the FDA convened a board of inquiry into the claim that aspartame could have carcinogenic properties in rats, particularly brain cancer. The board’s findings were equivocal. They found that aspartame did not cause any documented...
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...Arguments in Regards to Traditional Marriage Angela Richardson PHI 103 Informal Logic John Ludes April.27 2015 Arguments in Regards to Traditional Marriage There are a lot of arguments in regards to traditional marriage and allowing same-sex marriage. This essay will review an argument in regards to the stance on not changing traditional marriage and will also provide a counterargument argument on the stance of not changing traditional marriage. This essay will also evaluate and identify the different components of both arguments. There has been a lot of debate in regards to whether traditional marriage should stay in tack or if it should be alltraled. The first argument we will review is against any changes to traditional marriage and that it should remain between a man and a woman. This argument consists of the idea that marriage should stay between a man and a women in order to produces and raise children together and that if marriage is changed it will no longer benefit society as it was originally designed. The argument also states keeping traditional marriage intact does not conflict with everyone’s liberty. One of the biggest premises the argument hold is that “Marriage exists to bring a man and a woman together as husband and wife to be father and mother to any children their union produces” (para. 8). This premise is based on the fact that it requires a man and a woman to produce a child and the belief that every child does better when raised by a mother and father...
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