...On the other hand, Peter Carruthers’s arguments could have been stronger. Carruthers uses the slippery slope fallacy, which is portrayed when he states that if moral rights are denied to humans on certain grounds that they are not rational agents, then that would lead to trigger a chain of events to humans who are rational agents (Carruthers, 1999, p. 114). Someone who argues that since animals do not have rights, therefore babies do not have rights, therefore there can be no moral objection to the extermination of Jews, Gypsies, gays, and other so-called ‘deviants’, is unlikely to be taken very seriously... (Carruthers, 1999, p. 115). He is claiming that no slippery slope exists between animals and humans, which is a big statement to make....
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...weakness of this analogy. Strength • Merchant and CC companies benefit by customers returning to shop • Keeps business going/growing while accepting some amount of loss Weakness • Consumer/Client information at risk • liable for fraudulent transaction claims • Security measures and Integrity of business are at risk 4.) If U.S. law enforcement agents in the United States caught the leader of a South American drug gang that smuggles drugs into the United States, they would arrest him. Is this comparable to arresting Dmitry Sklyarov or David Carruthers? (See Section 5.4.1.) Explain similarities and differences. Both cases are similar in that they are both illegal in the U.S.A. one of course being drugs, the other for online betting and not implying copyright laws. They are different in that the drug leader is aware that smuggling drugs is wrong just because he has to smuggle them in the first place while Mr. Sklyarov and Mr. Carruthers unbeknown to them their business/software is selling/used around the world besides U.S. territory because it’s illegal. I’m sure if they knew the U.S. law they wouldn’t have step foot in the country. ...
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...is not treated effectively. Recovery from botulism can be slow, sometimes the effects last for years. Over the years treatment for botulism has been more effective than in the past. This could be due to trial and error of the previous cases. Once a case is discovered it must be reported to the CDC. Botulism is a very aggressive and serious illness and should be treated as such. With proper and aggressive treatments, the survival rate will hopefully continue to grow positive outcomes. References Blitzer A, Brin MF, Keen MS, Aviv JE. Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Hyperfunctional Lines of the Face. Arch Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery.1993;119(9):1018–1022. doi:10.1001/archotol.1993.01880210108015 Carruthers, J. D., and Carruthers, J. A. (1992), Treatment of Glabellar Frown Lines with C. Botulinum‐A Exotoxin. The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 18: 17-21. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725. 1992.tb03295.x Scott, A B. “Botulinum Toxin Injection of Eye Muscles to Correct Strabismus.” Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society 79 (1981): 734–770. Print. ...
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...Evaluate the contribution psychological research has made towards our understanding of how children from birth to five learn and develop competencies in the processes of observation, problem solving, exploration, experimentation and prediction, thinking and decision making. Introduction The aim of this essay is to evaluate the developmental theories of ‘Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy’ (PSRN) and an ‘Exploration and Investigation’ aspect of ‘Knowledge and Understanding of the World’ (KUW) in Foundation stage children. This essay will explore Piaget and Vygotsky and their points of view on PSRN and issues which arise from development and it will consider current research and documents relevant to practice and the implications and recommendations for early years practice. Furthermore key concepts of emergent numeracy, mark making, counting and number development will be explored. The skills of observation, problem solving, exploration, experimentation and prediction, thinking and decision making fall into all six aspects of children’s learning and development and these skills led themselves to science and teaching as well as PSRN on which this essay is going to focus on. Theoretical approaches Piaget’s constructivist theory saw children as actively constructing their knowledge of the world, for themselves, and as being active seekers of solutions to problems (Martin 2007). It could be agreed as practitioners acknowledge the importance of child-led activity as being...
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...In the first year of the program for the public college systems in Tennessee, freshman enrollment rose 10 percent. With this information most people would believe that this system is headed in the right direction. However, this information is only based off of one state that has done this program. Celeste Carruthers,an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, is a prime example of someone who believes that this system is working and giving students the chance to go who are uncertain about attending because of the price. Carruthers brings up a point that “‘free community college’ is effective at getting more students into college, particularly when combined with mentoring.” While these students may take advantage of the free tuition program, many issues could be created. Even the values of the degrees might decrease with time because so many are preparing to take these classes. This meaning people could be looking for jobs in higher places, with better pay, but because so many people would be entering college there is more competition and less spots that need to be filled in the working...
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...A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND U.S.A. B.S. NURSING CURRICULUM In Partial Fulfilment of The Final requirements for the Subject CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ________________________________________ Prepared and Submitted by: ROTSEN J. JAMBONGANA, RN CHARMAINE S. DACLES, RN ANA TESSA SOLIGUEN, RN STEPHANIE VARELA, RN TRACY SARMIENTO, RN MICHELLE CAñA, RN PEARL DOLALAS, RN ________________________________________ Respectfully Submitted to: MRS. MERLE SALVANI, MN Professor MASTER IN NURSING University of St. La Salle March 2011 Abstract At the undergraduate level, individual college and university administrations and faculties sometimes mandate core curricula, especially in the liberal arts. But because of increasing specialization and depth in the student's major field of study, a typical core curriculum in higher education mandates a far smaller proportion of a student's course work than a high school or elementary school core curriculum prescribes. In the United States, most control over education rests with the various state governments. Each state has different laws and objectives for education, but the states generally permit schools and colleges to operate with considerable independence and autonomy. As a result, American educational institutions can vary widely in the type and quality of their programs. To maintain consistent standards of education, the U.S. Department of Education officially recognizes private accrediting agencies...
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...“I have no title to aspire/ Yet when you sink I seem the higher” In light of this statement, analyse the role that power plays in a text you have studied. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the role of power is widely explored through Alyson, The Wife of Bath. The Wife’s ability to manipulate and gain dominion over her husbands can be a result of her sexual and libidinous nature, as she uses this attraction to gain pecuniary and societal power. Furthermore, marriage is portrayed as a crucial tool in the gaining of power, as it plays an extremely important role in Alyson’s “wynning” of status and money, as without her husbands one would be without these fortunes. However, the Wife’s dominance and power is questioned by the raw youth of her later husbands, as one experiences the endearing aspect of her fifth husband, Jankyn, as he represents the power left in the patriarchal hegemony of the era, withdrawing all the previously gained power the Wife had obtained. Firstly, the gain and control of power in the Wife of Bath can be seen through the role of sex within the tale, as sex not only secures money and land for the Alyson, but also rewards her with great dominance within the patriarchal hegemony: “I wo lde no lenger in the bed abyde, If that I felte his arm over my syde, Til he had maad his raunson unto me; Thanne wolde I suffre hym do his nycetee. And therefore every man this tale I telle, Wynne whoso may, for al is for to selle.” Here, the Wife explains that...
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...INTRODUCTION Development is a multi-faceted process. It is most often synonymous with the progression and growth from lower economic status to that which is advanced it be of a community or country such that its productivity noticeably increases. Many scholars as such agree that growth in economic proficiency as is brought about by economic growth is a yardstick for development. It is on this particular premise that this paper shall endeavour to describe economic growth and further elaborate why it is considered a crucial element in defining development. In this light, the paper shall also attempt to highlight and explain the limitations of this approach in measuring development. Economic Growth- Defined As suggested above, economic growth is a factor in achieving development. An accurate description according to the IMF (2012) is that economic growth is a process that involves the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economy over time which is conventionally measured as the percentage rate of increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP is the What this approach therefore depicts is that for development to be considered to have taken place, there should be an increase in the capability of an economy to produce goods and services, as compared from one period of time to another. This increase must be measurable with respect to the productive output of each sector of the economy. In relation to this, Todaro and Smith (2011) state that economic...
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...What significance did The Great Patriotic War have on Russia in the period of 1941-1945? On June 22 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa; an full scale military invasion against Russia; forcing her entry into The World War causing devastating consequences in all of Russian society, as well as her domestic economic and political affairs throughout 1941-1945. The war featured social effects; the ‘war of annihilation’ of the Russian citizens by Germany in pursuit of Moscow and the increased need of unity and patriotism domestically, economic effects; the complete transition to Russian war time economy to fuel the war and the devastation of Russian industries, however it was the consolidation of Stalin’s communist leadership that was to reign the most significant in terms of its domestic impact but also its lasting effect. The Great Patriotic war forced the Russian economy to transition into a war time economy to fuel the war effort. The final one and a half years of the 3rd five year plan saw a shift into a wartime economy as the Germany invaded Russia; increasing economic mobilisation and increased its PPP usage towards supplying the front with more resources, even more efficiently than Germany due to the war economy. By 1943 60% of Russian output was devoted to its war effort, keeping Soviet army and navy adequately supplied with rearmaments, food, and fuel throughout the war. Through propaganda, Russian labour production shifted importance from developing the economy...
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...Executive Summary: Total quality management and lean provide a means to improve the delivery of services using a disciplined, qualitative and minimalistic approach. They also bring numerous advantages to an organization and the surrounding environment if implemented properly, but it also risks being regarded as another management or profit oriented move. This paper aims to evaluate these business processes, and provide guidelines for the application of total quality management and Lean in the port activities in Singapore, through its maritime port authority. As this is the scope of the paper, an analysis is also carried out to identify the areas that the maritime port authority of Singapore has applied these measures, the impact of these methods as well as recommendation of aspects that can be leaned in order to improve both port activities and sustainability. Secondary data sources is the main methodological method used in this paper, and various pieces of information have been retrieved from these sources to indicate and support claims made in this paper In addition, this paper is targeted towards administrators and scholars responsible for a wide range of public-sector services, including those provided to citizens and those provided to internal customers both in the logistics and supply chain industry such as ports authorities, and as a business process improvement measure. Introduction: The economic development in Asia, and in particularly in the south...
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...The San ANT 101 Bruce Carruthers 16 July 2012 Kinship is an important part of survival, especially for foraging societies. Foraging, or hunting and gathering, is the oldest form of human society. The San, or “Bushman”, are one of the most known communities and they date back thousands of years. I will identify and describe the kinship system of the San, and I will describe how the culture is impacted by their kinship. Last, I will compare the San to my own society and the impact kinship has in my own life. The San have many kinship systems that are important to insure their continued existence. I will discuss the kinship system as it is related to food, conflict, and marriage. The San are hunters and gathers and food is part of surviving. The San follow a form of exchange in which no tabs are kept, or generalized reciprocity (Nowak & Laird, 2010). This means that all the food is collected and distributed equally through out the group. This means that no one will go hungry. This has a lot of impact on their culture as well. It prevents an excess of wealth, so no one is rich or poor. It insures everyone is healthy and reinforces social ties with their kin. “Kinship is the central organizing principle” (Nowak & Laird, 2010, Managing conflict, para. 1). There is limited property and everyone shares food so there are limited major conflicts among the San. Since the San’s kinships are so strong, arguments are the extent of their conflict...
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...Sue Denim 118 Albany Rd Stanforth NSW 2048 M: 0000 000 000 T: (02) 9999 8888 E: s.denim@email.com Summary I am an enthusiastic and determined professional with a solid background in IT consulting and customised web and server-based projects. I have extensive experience in planning, executing, monitoring and closing projects, and have yet to encounter a deadline I couldn’t meet. I am highly organised, have good knowledge of project portfolio management software, enjoying interfacing with clients, and can effectively implement procedures following PMI methodologies. I am valued for the passion I put into my work. More than anything, I look forward to a stimulating position in a supportive team where I can continue to exercise and develop my skills. Education SEEK Learning Online PMI Project Management Professional Graduated: 2008 University of New England Armidale, NSW Bachelor of Information Technology Graduated: 2007 Work Experience April 2008 – Present: Junior Project Manager Diverge Data Sydney, NSW Diverge Data is a specialist IT services provider that helps clients build and manage their IT infrastructures. Responsibilities: * Manage and deliver low risk projects with medium-sized development teams * Assist the project manager in project delivery * Prepare and assist with project documentation, scheduling, issue tracking, resource management and QA * Present project reports * Liaise with project stakeholders directly...
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...Effects of Technology on Education Airricka Carruthers AIU-Online Effect of Technology on Education The rise of technology and the fall of the human mind, where will earth stand? The rise of technology has changed the way the children in today’s society are educated, and not in a good way. They are no longer required to use their brains, instead they are taught to memorize things and/or use an alternate source such as: computers and calculators. They don’t do their own work anymore, soon mankind as we know it will be replacing our thoughts to even breath for ourselves, as well as think for us, hence a “Matrix” way of life. Computers, today more than often parents and teachers are allowing children to use the internet, cutting and pasting their little lives away. I read where there were studies conducted and it revealed that when a person reads information from a web site or other net-based resource, they are more susceptible to believing even things that are not factual and or valid, as appose to someone who is a skilled reader reading from hard copy sources who are more likely to be able to determine the validity of the information read. Children who spend less time in front of a computer and more time in books, newspapers, and magazines seem to have higher IQs than those computer Geeks. Children of none technology upbringing are skilled in critical reading and thinking and those “Geeks” aren’t. They the “Geeks “tend to be more technical and least likely to be critical...
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...“I found a toaster”1 is all Kit Carruthers has to say to his blank young girlfriend after he takes her father’s freshly murdered body into the basement and emerges with a neglected kitchen appliance. This subtle gesture marks the beginning of a killing spree that will drive Kit and Holly across the apathetic plans of South Dakota. A rampage that fictionalizes the true life story of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate as a violent portrait of myth and meaninglessness. Asserting its difference amongst other crime films,Terrence Malick’s Badlands departs significantly from classical Hollywood norms through conventions that portray a narrative in self conscious ways. In a quiet, subtle, and oblique way it transcends New Wave films by being radically different and...
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...No Child Left behind Act– Final ENG 122 English Composition II August 19, 2014 The No Child Left behind Act has weakened the sense of community in the educational system, often causing a sense of hopelessness to be more obvious among disadvantaged students or neglected educational systems. Throughout the ages one theme among a populace of peoples of common mind, language and religion along with survival that has maintained its importance is education or knowledge of its peoples. People throughout the ages attained different degrees of education but its importance was vital to the survival and advancement of what once were nomadic tribes to the nation states we now know of today. Many famous philosophers liked to give their opinion on the merit of a good education, their disgust with ignorance or how education or the lack of knowledge was a powerful political tool. While ignoring the fact that an education wasn’t available to all people’s and in many parts of the world this is still the case even in the twenty-first century. Take a look at a world map, how many continents can you name? How many countries can you identify? How many of those countries speak a common language and share common ideals and values, forms of governance and religion. That wouldn’t be possible without an education or a system that at least at some basic level provided for an increase in the general of its people. The mighty and the great, the warriors and the kings, along with the humble peasant...
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