and weaknesses. Show in every paper what evidence is used or misused. Is the evidence reliable? Is it being used correctly? Distorted? Manipulated? Describe the tactics each author is using to convince you! Learn to recognize Ad hominem arguments for example (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem for a good explanation). We’ll start with these. I’ll add more
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memorandum to the Board to: Members of city council from: assistant city manager subject: the executive search date: 12/2/2014 cc: office of the mayor‚ city clerk and city attorney I have been working as an assistant city manager for a long time. I witnessed the city’s ups and downs‚ and now that the late city manager was asked to resign‚ I thought I should share some of my thoughts with you‚ and with that‚ I look forward to aiding the selection process of our next City Manager. The previous
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1.1 General Setting up a new network at a new office will require the purchase of new workstations‚ installing a new server‚ or implementing network security and virus protection systems network wide. LC Comm primary goal is to translate the technology needs of your building into an industry standard solution that produces clear‚ tangible results for the business. It is also my goal to educate and help you understand some of the more technical aspects of your network upgrade by putting it into
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Associate Level Material Open-Book Philosophy Quiz After reading this week’s required readings‚ take this open-book philosophy quiz. Answer the following questions in paragraph form. This is a short-answer worksheet‚ not an essay composition. 1. What is philosophy? Include a brief description of the different branches of philosophy Philosophy is the pursuit of knowledge or wisdom generally topic specific. Philosophers aim to answer three main questions which have become the three
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intelligence. When Saunders described Sea Oaks‚ the apartments where they live‚ it was very easy to picture and realize exactly how unsafe it was. Without telling readers it was a very poor neighborhood he portrayed it vividly by saying‚ “There’s an ad hoc crack house in the laundry room and last week Min found some brass knuckles in the kiddie pool.” “Then he announces Shirts Off. We take off our flightjackets and fold them up. We take off our shirts and fold them up. Our scarves we leave on…What
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Evaluating Business Communication BCOM/230 January 30‚ 2012 Evaluating Business Communication The learning team assignment for the previous week has a formal memo sent to William‚ the CEO; a regular memo sent to Mark‚ the sales manager‚ and Dana‚ the marketing manager; and an email to the accounting department. These communiqués were to inform the individuals about the accounting team’s findings on JJJ Company’s files. Upon reviewing each communiqué from the
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used his television appearance to deny the allegations and outline his personal financial circumstances. Nixon made the American citizens believe in his honesty by using plain folks‚ testimonial‚ weasel words‚ as well as logical fallacies‚ such as an ad hominem argument‚ false analogy‚ and begging the question to deliver his speech. According to the Institute for Propaganda Analysis‚ “Plain folks” is a device used by politicians such as Nixon to win our confidence by appearing to be like any normal
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10 marks) Q2. Describe about your job and responsibilities (The duties may include the following) i. Preparing and maintaining (or assisting) accounting records ii. IT skills iii. Accounting related assignments iv. Other ad hoc administrative work assigned by your supervisor. (10 marks) b.
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Organizational meetings can be just as detrimental to a company as they can be beneficial. Which category the meeting falls into will determine the overall success of the organization. Let’s first take a look at what it takes to run a successful meeting‚ then analyze whether Defense Finance‚ and Accounting Service uses meetings effectively based on current experiences. What does it take to run an effective meeting? The author of Managerial Communication Strategies and Application‚ Geraldine E. Hynes
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reasoning. Heuristic is the well-known set of rule that intended to increases the probability of solving specific problems and encourage us to develop the rules of thumbs or shortcuts in reasoning. The logical fallacy that Sarah has fallen into is the “ad hominem”‚ it tends to discard a theory not because of the lack of evidence or any evidence that runs against it‚ but it is totally depending on an individual person who argues for it. In this case‚ Sarah claimed that all the red-car drivers have
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