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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Reflective Statement Seminar Four: Ethical Leadership Debate Guiding Reflective Question | Student Reflection | What was the definition of ‘ethical leadership’ adopted by the participants in the debate?What is the role of the directors as envisaged by Codes of Corporate Governance and wider society?Are these expectations consistent with the ideas of ethical leadership? | The four characters‚ Mike‚ Jan‚ Mei-Hua and Deshi were portrayed as individuals with starkly differing views on ethical leadership
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The Lincoln Douglas Debates In 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen a Douglas embarked on a series of debates and effort to win a seat in the Senate. This time Lincoln was not very well known in the political arena in contrast to Douglas who was a lifelong political player. However‚ after the debates Lincoln vaulted into the national spotlight continuing on to eventually win the Presidential election of 1860. Lincoln had originally proposed that he and Douglas engage in these debates‚ and discuss in depth
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Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858 The main causes of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 were great in number. The first was Abraham Lincoln claiming that Douglas was encouraging fears of amalgation of the races with enough success to drive thousands of people away from the Republican Party. The second was that Stephen A. Douglas was claiming that Lincoln was an abolitionist for saying that the American Declaration of Independence applied‚ in fact‚ to both blacks and whites. The third cause was
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Since ages‚ people communicate between one another with language. Language is a system of communication whereby people use it as a tool to deliver and receive information. In view of English has been the most powerful language nowadays‚ people tend to question what Standard English is and which Standard English to be used by everybody; Standard British English or Standard American English or any other standard. 1. What is Standard English Debate? To know what Standard English
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History Debate Reflection Essay 10/5/13 Ryan Lan A debate is a structured argument‚ and most of the time there will be two or more team speak on a particular topic or issue. Each team will have two or three people to answer and argue over a topic. Although every team will get a chance to speak‚ but there are time limit‚ which the speaker would questioned as soon as he conclude his speech. Debate can help to argue against a natural point of arguments in an orderly way. When having a debate‚ there
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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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Marijuana and the Great Debate Cannabis or Marijuana‚ is the most popular illegal drug used recreationally today. It is derived from the flowering plant called cannabis and is also known by many other names such as pot‚ weed‚ hemp‚ and grass. Botanically‚ there are well over three hundred chemicals that derive from the cannabis plant. The main active ingredients of the drug are THC (tetrahydrocannabinol or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ and CBD (Cannabidiol). Of the cannabinoids‚ THC is the main
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Staff writer Daniel Wood argues in his article‚ “LAPD shooting reignites debate: Are police cameras effective?” that body cameras are not a reliable source for justifying crimes. Wood claims that there is much more factors considered in justifying events such as police brutality‚ and video footage is only one of the many. In other words‚ Woods addresses today’s controversies of police brutality on African Americans and criticizes body cameras as an imprudent way to justify police brutality. In
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Antonio Smith Jr Gun Control Debate Gun control is a hot button issue that boils over whenever acts of gun violence occur. Citizens‚ lawmakers and gun lobbyists have been debating the issue of gun control for more than a century‚ and there has yet to be a definitive answer. Proponents of gun control don’t believe that state and federal gun control acts do enough‚ and gun rights advocates believe that the laws go too far. Opponents of gun control laws argue that Americans have the right to bear
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