Brandt starts her article by talking about Nicholas Carr and how he is basically a Luddite‚ believing that technology‚ specifically the Internet‚ is making everyone illiterate‚ uneducated‚ and ignorant. Brandt then talks about how traditionally reading and writing are thought as one thing‚ you can’t have one without the other. But she then counters that concept‚ saying that our society is changing and we are just evolving with it. Reading and writing‚ she states are traditionally thought as one in
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The article‚ Study: Students Need More Paths to Career Success discusses offering career-driven alternatives to a four year college degree (Armario‚ 2011). In examining this article I will answer the following questions: 1. Is the title of the news article a positive or normative economics? 2. Does this article apply to macroeconomics or microeconomics‚ and why? 3. Which of the five key economic principles apply to this article? 4. Identify at least two economic concepts to this article. The
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The Woes of Body Image In the 1998 article‚ Pressures to Conform‚ Celia Milne has tackled the topic of body image‚ a subject that has had a negative impact on so many women around the world. Milne voices the struggle of the unrealistic ideals women are up against‚ while using statistics to support her argument during a time of unhealthy trends‚ and targeting an audience of not just young women‚ but their mothers as well. Milne dives deep to uncover the horrific facts about the way that society
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Article Rebuttal BCOM/275 July 11‚ 2011 Article Rebuttal In Stephen C. Webster’s article titled “White House admits marijuana has ‘some’ medical value” the opening line is a contradiction in itself. The Webster (2011) website states‚ “Days after the DEA insisted that marijuana has no medical value‚ the White House says there may actually be ‘some’ medical value to ‘individual component of the cannabis plant’ after all.” The DEA is supposed to be up to date with drug effects;
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prayer and trust. The article that I will be reviewing is on Couple’s prayer and trust. The current studies advance this line of research by examining the effects of praying with and for a partner on trust levels reported in close relationships. We hypothesize that regular joint prayer in relationships will increase levels of trust‚ and that increased relational unity or emotional “oneness” will mediate this relationship between prayer and trust. I selected this article because both my husband
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The author of the article‚ “‘The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” and the familiar feeling of pop’” is Jia Tolentino. Some of Jia Tolentino’s credentials are‚ “contributing writer for newyorker.com. Previously‚ she was the deputy editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Times Magazine‚ Grantland‚ the Awl‚ Pitchfork‚ The Fader‚ Time‚ and Slate” (Tolentino n.p.). Even though Jia might not be an expert in pop culture music she can still state her
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Following treatment of head and neck cancer‚ many side effects occur‚ such as dysphagia‚ depending on the type of treatment that is chosen. In this journal article review‚ it will provide a brief summary of the article‚ “Rehabilitation of Dysphagia Following Head and Neck Cancer‚” the key concepts expressed in the article‚ and my thoughts on what the article taught me
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An article written to persuade its readers can only be effective if it does just that; persuade. There are countless ways to successfully portray an opinion or topic but the topic should be considered beforehand to ensure the use of the most effective techniques. The components of a persuasive article include giving information and background knowledge to the reader so they can better understand the topic at hand. Powerful words are often times used to appeal to the reader’s senses when making important
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Wallace‚ Alfred Russel. (1858). On the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type. Zoology‚ 3‚ 61-64. The author of this article clearly states his purpose of writing within the first few paragraphs: “to show that (the assumption that varieties occurring in a state of nature are … analogous to or even identical with those of domestic animals‚ and are governed by the same laws as regards their permanence or further variation) is false‚ that there is a general principle in
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Wall Street Journal Article Review #2 Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees Article by Authors‚ Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig Abstract In the article “Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees”. Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig discuss how getting rid of such a system will benefit the company. The authors cite several sources. They don’t go into too deep of detail on why CEO Mr. Ballmer decided to implement the change‚ only that before he leaves the company for good he wanted
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