It’s sad that we can’t do what’s best for our own health‚ but that’s sadly what it has come to. Therefore‚ the government needs to impose a soda tax. The soda tax debate has garnered big headlines in newspapers. It ’s only fitting that the attention surrounding America ’s obesity epidemic might come to rest on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs.) The nation ’s penchant for soft drinks is on the rise; we now drink on average 50 gallons per person per year‚ about double the amount we drank in 1977.
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Formal Outline: Child Beauty pageant Introduction: 1. How many of you guys have heard or seen the show Toddler and Tiaras? It’s a show where toddlers and young children take stage wearing make ups‚ spray tans and fake hair to be judged on beauty‚ personality and costumes. Tiaras are following families on their guest for sparkly crowns‚ big tittles‚ and lots of cash. 2. Preview : I think child beauty pageant is absolutely unacceptable. Children should be on the play ground playing
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Male circumcision has long been a debate with decisions based on cultural‚ ethnic‚ religious and social preference of the parent. There are both benefits and risks associated with the procedure of male circumcision. The procedure involves the removal of some or‚ the entire foreskin around the penis. Neonatal circumcision is rising among English speaking countries and it is known now that more than 80% of the male population has been circumcised. (CDC‚ 2006) This number is rising however; studies
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When an individual decides to take race into account‚ there are two modes by which he or she may do so. The first form is undeniably destructive for example‚ a shopkeeper keeping harsher surveillance over Black customers than White customers‚ or a real estate agent reserving nicer neighborhoods only for his White clients. The majority of Americans would concur that the first form of racism is unquestionably immoral. This method of taking race into account is generally identified as "racism" in
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Pro national licensure debate by Zhaojun Huang Introduction Suppose there is a Labor/Delivery nurse with many years of experience; a national healthcare organization employs him or her to be a teletriage nurse‚ a role which he or she enjoys and contributes more to the public. He or she can be located in Calofornia‚ giving advice to a patient in North Carolina. Software programs are used to guide patient through a series of questions. Depending on this nurse¡¯s
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Nike: The Sweatshop Debate MGT/448 May 31‚ 2010 Instructor: Adrianne Ford Nike: The Sweatshop Debate The purpose and intent of this paper is to describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that face the Nike Corporation in their global business ventures. This paper will also touch on the roles of the host government and countries where Nike manufactures their products and the author will summarize the strategic and operational challenges that Nike managers face in globalization of
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Debate on Collective Memory One of the most distinguishing aspects in Maurice Halbwachs’ discourse in social frameworks of memory is the strong association of memory with cultural perceptions. Through various examples‚ Halbwachs illustrates the existence of collective memory and social memory frameworks. He goes further to assert that our personal thoughts reside in these social frameworks which actively play a role in the process of recollection. We are able to remember things more vividly and
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Notes Birth Control Debate – Should a parent provide birth control pills to their teenagers? Are you a parent? Has your teen daughter had a boyfriend for the last few months? Have you talked to your teen about sex? Do you want your teen to have unsafe sex? Is there pro’s and con’s to birth control? Parents may have talked to their teens about sex and be confident that there is no sexually relationship‚ although the parent may be worried about what could happen if the teen decides
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Walker Doven Doven Mrs. Yurman 5/2/13 Jefferson‚ Valeria. "An Overview of the Genetically Modified Food Debate." 2009. Genetically Engineered Foods. Ed. Nancy Harris. San Diego: Greenhaven Press‚ 2003. At Issue. Rpt. from "The Ethical Dilemma of Genetically Modified Food."Journal of Environmental Health 69.1 (July-Aug.2006): 33-34. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. This article was written by Valeria Jefferson‚ a corresponding author for the Journal of Environmental Health‚ and the
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OBSERVATIONS AND PROPOSED REBUTTAL TO STEVEN PINKER’S PRESENTATION IN “THE GENDER AND SCIENCE DEBATE BETWEEN PINKER AND SPELKE” Steven Pinker’s presentation on the gender and science debate brings into foray the controversial and the somewhat touchy topic of under representation of women in the field of physical sciences‚ mathematics and engineering concentrating on the elite universities like Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. In a niftily presented staging of
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