...Is homosexual marriage a right or privilege? Julie Camp PHI: 103 Informal Logic Instructor: Stephen Krogh September 24, 2013 Is Homosexual marriage a right or privilege? Informal logic is used to provide reasoning’s to assist in examining an argument. A conclusion needs well supporting evidence to provide productive and positive results. A political argument today is on homosexual marriage. My argument will be that the union of homosexual marriage does not have strong enough reasons to provide a productive and positive result because first, God created the institution of marriage, moreover going against the values and morals this country was built on, lastly same sex marriage will not produce a fruitful union. First, God created the institution of marriage between opposite sexes. A nation build on Christianity and under god, religious beliefs found to be just as important as the political one on equality. Traditionalist argue that marriage between a man and a woman should not be changed because of “prism of contemporary American society” (Campbell & Robinson, 2007, p. 131). This is the refracting of understanding of scripture. As Montgomery (2003) states in Kingston-Whig Standard “God is still the supreme ruler of this land, and neither the multicultural program of liberalism nor the strong homosexual political machine can change that, no matter how hard they try” ( para. 8) . Regarding the war on gay marriage the public opinion constitutes a “hard case” for the...
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...could’ve ever happened to me was the day I found out I was pregnant. Having being sick and facing different health issues I was told at the age of fourteen that I would never be able to have kids. Hearing that statement, sent chills up my spin, and made me feel empty inside. My husband and I continued to have the faith that one day Go would see fit to bless us due to the fact we come from a religious background. The ones who know me know I have a passion for children and a diagnosis like this made me feel less of a woman. Happily to say bad news turned into good news. Being able to give birth to children is an honor and blessing, each development process is different and the fact in knowing you can help nurture and see your kids grow up is a priviledge. Firstly, being able to give birth to children is an honor and blessing. The first time I was told I was pregnant seemed like a dream because I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Every little thing I was instructed to do by my OB/GYN I made sure I did it to the fullest. I didn’t want anything to go wrong, and I even researched on the internet as well as brought books I felt would help me during my pregnancy. Knowing that a precious seed was growing inside of me changed my body tremendously, but in the end it was all well worth it. In the midst of my pregnancy my husband had to buy me some new shoes and clothes as my body transitioned. It didn’t bother me at in any way because I was elated to know that God decided to bless me to carry...
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...Nahusha story in Brahmin versus Shudras(B.R.Ambedkar) In the essay “Brahmin vs. Shudras” Ambedkar points out three major points of disputes and contentions between Brahmins and Kshatriyas. Firstly, Brahmins had the right to receive gifts. A payment without any kind of work is generally called the ‘gifts’. According to the Brahmins nobody but only they had the right to receive such ‘gifts’. Thus the contention between the Brahmins and Kshatriyas went on. Secondly, the Brahmins thought that it was the priviledge of the Brahmins only to teach the Vedas. Thus the Kshatriyas had no right to teach the Vedas. So, that particular right of the Brahmins also created a major contention between the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas. Thirdly, the right to officiate at the sacrifice was one of the major issues of the contention between the Brahmins and Kshatriyas. Brahmins believed that Kshatriyas had no right to officiate as a Purohit(priest) at a sacrifice. Thus a dispute emerged as the Brahmins had the priviledge to officiate at a sacrifice. The story of Trishanku,narrated in Ramayana is an immediate instance of the dispute between the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas. This contention is particularly on the third point that is the right of the Brahmins only to officite at the sacrifice. King Trishanku wanted to perform a sacrifice by which he would go bodily to heaven but Vasishtha, the brahmin rishi says that it was impossible. Then Trishanku sought the help of the...
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...VULNERABILITIES EXIST FOR THIS WORKGROUP LAN BASED ON ADVISORIES?LIST FIVE OF THEM. Answer: 2755801, 2719662, 2854544, 2846338, 2847140. 2. DO ANY VULNERABILITIES INVOLVE PRIVILEDGE ELEVATION?IS THIS CONSIDERED A HIGH-PRIORITY ISSUE? Answer: 2846338 involves privilege elevation, Vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution, and is a high priority. 3. IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT AT LEAST 3 VULNERABILITIES AND THE SOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE CLIENT CONFIGURATIONS. Answer: Three vulnerabilities and Solutions related to client configurations. Advisory Number: 2719662 Microsoft is announcing the availability of an automated Microsoft Fix it solution that disables Windows Sidebar and Gadgets on supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Disabling Windows Sidebar and Gadgets can help protect customers from potential attacks that leverage Gadgets to execute arbitrary code. Customers should consider the following ways that an attacker could leverage Gadgets to execute arbitrary code: Microsoft is aware that some legitimate Gadgets running in Windows Sidebar could contain vulnerabilities. An attacker who successfully exploited a Gadget vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take complete control of the affected system. An attacker could create a malicious Gadget and then trick a user into installing the malicious Gadget...
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...30. Graduate and registered nurses nowadays are really going through a tough battle after the 4 year course, difficulty in finding a job, practicing the profession, even a volunteer work. Challenges and competition is really what we face right after we got our licenses. During my volunteer work as a Registered Nurse, I did experienced difficulty especially during my application, we were a pile of applicants then considering also the other applicants who uses a clout just to be taken in. I really learned a lot during my volunteer work, I can say I am quite fulfilled since my motivation to practice my profession is what i hold up to despite the load of work of 12 hours in a day, 5 days a week, no salary or even allowances, and I have to travel 1 and a half hour just to get to work, I am blessed to have parents who are really supportive. After more than 6 months of being a Nurse Volunteer, I am so blessed that my mentors and my alma mater were so supportive on my career that’s why I was given the opportunity to work and teach as a clinical instructor in the school where i graduated from then in a university after 10 months of teaching experience, even though academic and experience wise, I am not still qualified. Qualifications wise, I believe is what I still have to strive for to pursue my teaching career or practice my Nursing profession in the near future. Merits, awards and average grades during the undergraduate schooling is not enough, I believe, in aspiring for a brighter...
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...a given time (“Wikipedia”n.d). Governments consist of the legislators, administrators, and the arbitrators. Government is the way that state policies are enforced, as well as the way of determining the policies of the state (“Wikipedia”n.d). The role of Government can consist of many different views. It can be viewed as our protector, someone who defends our nation against our enemies, such as terrorist, or even as a burden in our everyday lives, such as the taxes that we have to pay. The Government also plans against tough times by putting aside surplus, commodities, and against famine (“Wikipedia”n.d). According to the Former Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson, “The most important single function of government is to secure the rights and freedoms of individual citizens. The government greatest role in our economy is to enforce laws and rules that must be abide by the people. One example of the ways that the government enforces laws and rules is by examining criminal copyright violations, get indictments and prosecute criminals for their actions. The government also supplies statutes for civil enforcement and hands jurisdiction to federal courts in order to hear a copyright case against a violator. Last but not least, the government agency plays a vital role in the time of disaster. In the aftermath of a disaster, the government offers programs that help people who have lost their homes and property due to these disasters. A program that the government provides is...
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...It thrills me to write to you today on behalf of Dana Wright, my close friend and collaborator. Since my arrival at Jonathan Alder High School in 2007, Dana and I have collaborated to revolutionize the way we teach ELA at JAHS. JAHS students do not see Mrs. Wright as a school librarian. She is a co-teacher and resource whom they can rely on to help them in any subject area, with any assignment, even after they graduate and enter the collegiate or work worlds. The beginning was a glorious time as I was one of the few teachers who saw the genius of Dana’s knowledge and teaching abilities. The library became my second classroom and Dana a part of our regular curriculum. As other teachers saw the benefit of collaborating with Dana in lesson design,...
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...The definition of whiteness, and who has the right to be a citizen, has been an ongoing debate throughout our country's history. Starting as far back as 1790 up though present day, the guidelines for who is ‘white’ and in turn, who has the right to become a citizen, have changed over and over again. This podcast explains a lot of the reasoning and thought process that went into the decision of the Wong Kim Ark case back in 1895, when he tried to reenter the country when the Chinese Exclusion Acts were taking place, and how he had to fight to prove that he was a US citizen. In the Wong Kim Ark case, a big portion of what decided whether he could re enter the United States or not, dealt with the concept of birthright citizenship. His parents...
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...Masangcay, Maureen Joy, M. BSA-3102 14th POLITIKAPEKONOMIYA Tomorrow’s Forecast: Our future is Now Forum create discussion environment by saving any information posted on a certain topic for others to see at any time, thus people can have high-quality discussions since they would have time to think about and research the topic or comment at hand. It also improves the ability to express and see differing views and opinions on a diverse range of topics. The forum was called “Politikapekonomiya” The purpose of the event is to discuss political and economic issues over a cup of coffee. The theme of the forum was “Tomorrow’s Forecast: Our future is Now” The mechanics of the event discussed by Ms. Gina Bonifacio. The invited experts were introduced by Ms. Rica Ani. The speakers were Mr. Carl Joseph Sammocte, Mr. Arnel Lopez S Jose. Nparrato Jr., Ms. Marissa Argente and Mr. Romeo Sulit also attended. Two issues were discussed and were presented through video clips. The first issue was "What Pnoy and administration has done and if the statistical data reflects the real situation of the country and what can be done by the next administration?" It is an economic issue. The second issues tackles about "Information Shortcut." Information shortcut refers on how educated we as a voter. It is a political issue. After the discussion of each issue, there is an open forum. Questions from the audience are entertained and answered by the experts. Ms. Shien Guhit did the synthesis and Ms. Bendalyn...
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...What is Social Accountability (SAc)? | | Accountability in common parlance means “answerability”. It is about holding people to account for their impacts on the lives of people and the environment. It involves the rights of those impacted and the obligations of those with power. Thus, accountability can be defined as the obligation of power- holders to account for or take responsibility of their actions.Thus, Social Accountability can be defined as ‘the duty to provide an account or reckoning of those actions for which one is held responsible. Thus, accountability involves two responsibilities or duties: the responsibility to undertake certain actions (or forbear from taking action) and the responsibility to provide an account of those actions’ (Rob Gray, 1996, Accounting & Accountability). | Social Accountability of NGOs | | The priviledge of being an NGO comes with the onus of benevolent and public purpose activities. An NGO comes into existence only with the pre condition of working for charitable purposes involving public benefit without having any profit motive. There is a big difference between the social responsibilities of an NGO and a profit making corporate. A profit making commercial organization may opt for various activities, which enhances its social accountability as well as credibility. An NGO on the other hand has to work for public purposes in order to retain its legal and ethical entity.As organizations interact with a number of other institutions...
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...As a saying, Business makes the world go round. Money is a very essential material in our daily lives. Practically speaking, all of us can’t live without having money in life. Money is business. It is important for us to know much about the business world, its structures and its essential parts. Companies usually communicate through business letter. It is needed that each member of a certain company should know how to understand at least one business letter, most importantly those inter-office memo, which is also a kind of business letter. Also those people in the company that belongs to HR and executive level are required to know how to prepare or put their ideas as well as their concerns to the company using business letter. It is important to know the parts of the business letter. Basically, the business letter contains heading which includes company or organization letterhead, it identifies the company’s image; it also includes its name, address, landline, and e-mail address, at times, there are also some additional data such as names of the top executives, and slogans. Next is the dateline, it is important to know when a letter was written to both the writer and the reader, it is unwise to assume that you and your reader will remember the exact order of events related to a particular matter, includes the date, month and year. There is some business letter that indicates notation, if the letter is personal or confidential, it may be type in all-capital letters or this...
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...HomeworkISA3 Year: 3 Name: CHHAY TRY Class: Evening I, enable administrator and power user on log on screen http://www.theeldergeek.com/missing_administrator_account.htm [Start] [Run] [Regedit] Registry Key: HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below. Data Type: DWORD// Value Name: Administrator Setting for Value Data: [0 = Disabled / 1 = Enabled] Exit Registry and Reboot II, disable administrator change IP address: The two policies I've enabled under User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network >Network Connections 1. Prohibit access to properties of a LAN connection 2. Enable Windows 2000 Network Connections settings for Administrators This GPO works on Windows XP Professional but not in Windows 7. B. To prevent local administrators from turning Windows Firewall on or off http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775424%28WS.10%29.aspx Open the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in to edit the Group Policy object (GPO) that is used to manage Windows Firewall settings in your organization. Open Computer Configuration, open Administrative Templates, open Network, open Network Connections, open Windows Firewall, and then open either Domain Profile or Standard Profile, depending on which profile you want to configure. In the details pane, double-click Windows Firewall: Protect all network...
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...any middle ground with this debate, one is either in support of this issue of gay marriage, or one is opposed to it. Whatever your feelings are regarding this issue, there is no denying that gay marriage will be an issue for debate for a very long time. While religion may say it is wrong many people believe gay and lesbian couples deserve the same rights as straight couples and do not deserve to be treated differently. Webster’s dictionary defines marriage as n., (1) the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual or contractual relationship recognized by law,(2) the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage>. This change in definition was made in 2003. Marriage should be about getting married to that special someone that you love, it is not just a piece of paper that ties us together. It also involves legal, economic and social aspects as well. Civil unions and domestic partnerships are discussed every day in society, but neither is the same as a “legal” marriage, and are not afforded the same rights as straight married couples. Health insurance is difficult enough for married couples without the challenge being faced by same sex couples. Every state, as well as every insurance company has a different set of policies, rules, options and benefits. Now a new batch of standards is arising as the Affordable Care Act begins to take effect. In California...
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...ideas rather than the ideas themselves. Under section 13 of the Copyright Act 1957, copyright protection is conferred on literary works, dramatic works, musical works, artistic works, cinematograph films and sound recording. For example, books, computer programs are protected under the Act as literary works. Copyright refers to a bundle of exclusive rights vested in the owner of copyright by virtue of Section 14 of the Act. These rights can be exercised only by the owner of copyright or by any other person who is duly licensed in this regard by the owner of copyright. These rights include the right of adaptation, right of reproduction, right of publication, right to make translations, communication to public etc. Copyright protection is conferred on all Original literary, artistic, musical or dramatic, cinematograph and sound recording works. Original means, that the work has not been copied from any other source. Copyright protection commences the moment a work is created, and its registration is optional. However it is always advisable to obtain a registration for a better protection. Copyright registration does not confer any rights and is merely a prima facie proof of an entry in respect of the work in the Copyright Register maintained by the Registrar of Copyrights. As per Section 17 of the Act, the author or creator of the...
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...The first thing in [flight] training, after a couple of flights—if I can remember it right, it was a long time ago—on the eighth hour or like on the eighth flight, you have to fly solo without any instructor. That is to overcome the confidence—so that you must have the confidence to overcome the fear so that they will let you fly alone so, yeah. If you're going to have a pilot as a career, during the early days of your training, confidence is already being buildt up on you so that is to overcome the fear, so that you won't have any fear—like in my case, I'm in the airline industry, I'm carrying like a hundred-eighty passengers [on] every flight, it won't look good if you [have] fear on the flight deck so a pilot must not have any fear or anything when doing his...
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