Article review by Dawn Drake – Writing sample 5/2008 dawn.drake@yahoo.com Lieff‚ J. (1982). Eight reasons why doctors fear the elderly‚ chronic illness‚ and death. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology‚ 14(1)‚ 47-60. Jonathan Lieff‚ author of this article‚ holds a B.A. from Yale College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical College‚ and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry (Ages Health Services Inc.‚ 1996). When the article was published in 1982‚ Lieff had developed services
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APA Format: Article Rebuttal Lori M. Slack BCOM/275 February 17‚ 2014 Rod Klein Article Rebuttal Marriage is not about a piece of paper‚ a ring‚ or sexual preference. It has never been about any of these matters‚ and should not be considered so. Marriage is the commitment between two people who love each other unconditionally. According to Psychology Today‚ “marriage is the process by which two people who love each other make their relationship public‚ official‚ and permanent” (Psychology
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act By James A. Millar and B. Wade Bowen The article first begins with an introduction of how and why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) came about as a result of large scandals such as Enron and Tyco. Many companies believed that the costs of these new regulations exceeded the benefits‚ which is found prevalent with the addition of section 404 which required an auditor’s opinion on annual financial reports. In particular‚ the article is focused on the increased fees that are paid to a
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11-9-12 Article Summary In Power Failure‚ Megan Scudellari talks about mitochondrial dysfunction and how it can influence complex diseases. She introduces Douglass Wallace and talks about how he came up with this idea that maybe the mitochondria is linked to certain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancers. He was the first person ever to discover that mutations in mtDNA cause disease and from that point on his research began to expand. At first many scientists turned a blind eye to this theory
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Article Rebuttal Timika Dorsey Tim Wolfe Business Comm. and Critical Thinking BCOM/275 June 8‚ 2013 Controversial subjects comes in all forms and fashions and sometimes presents disagreements within. The controversial subject that I have chosen has been around for many years and have allowed individuals to take a stand for their opinions about the situation. “The debates on video games violence has arguably been narrow‚ in that it assumes that such games have only negative
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James Baldwin‚ an american writer for his novels on racial and perosnal identity focus on civil rights struggles in the united states during the civil rights movement. Notes of a native son‚ written in the 1940’s to the eraly 1950’s allows the readers to understand baldwins first hand experiences during this movement‚ where he faces the consequences of racial descrimination. throughout the novel‚ baldwin explores the most obvious actions of sexual and racial descriminations in western
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required to determine the reliability and validity of information from various sources‚ such as journals‚ text books‚ and web pages (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu). The article in question looks at “the impact of early dementia an outdoor life”. Bennet (2001) is the framework that will be used to help structure the evaluation of this article‚ as it should then give an indication if the information is clearly justified or not. The study was carried out by four researchers: who have clearly stated their
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“Biology Article” Barbara Manley Professor Trinna S. Johnson Introduction to Biology May 9‚ 2013 A New System for Cancer Detection This article summarizes a new technique that would allow for cancer cell detection without being invasive to a person’s body. It states that currently‚ human cancer cell detection is conducted through a person being cut on or biopsied. This new procedure allows for humans bodily fluids to be utilized in detecting cancer cells. Chandra states‚ “While current
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The article that I found is called “Black educators fired from private Manhattan preschools because of race: suit”. The article is about five African American women that filled a lawsuit against their employers because of race discrimination. These women worked as educators at a private Manhattan preschool and were fired between 2010 and 2013 after the private preschool brought in a new head administrator named Renee Bock. They claimed they worked in a hostile environment and that after getting fired
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The urbanization of the United States of America has progressed throughout the entire history. Since 19th century the country has been transformed from a predominantly rural nation into an urbanized one. However the attitude of Americans towards the city and urban life has been changing over the years. Main social issues of 20th century have been changing from combating poverty and racism in 1930s - 1940s through predominance of wealth and status and the emptiness of suburbia in 1950s - 1970s‚ culminating
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