their credibility‚ and logos‚ which implies the general message. Shakespeare‚ Lance Armstrong‚ and Amanda Ripley have all written articles arguing their opinion on the value of life. Of the three articles Lance Armstrong best persuades the audience with his argument that life is very valuable and that you could better your life from something negative‚ through his exceptional use of both logos and pathos. Armstrong applies the use of ethos very clearly in his article. For example‚ “I still don’t
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Should Lance Armstrong be allowed to keep from being sued and should sports heroes be held to a different level of ethics? Why or why not? There are two issues addressed here. One is whether to believe that sports figures should be held to a different ethical standard and two‚ whether others should have the right to sue Lance Armstrong. Sports professionals should adhere to the ethical standards of business and the governing body for the sport in which they participate. Professional sports is
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he was trying a new experiment with a lion and a horse. The experiment involved testing different chemicals to make people’s skin smoother. He thought he had finally found the right mixture of chemicals to use to test on the lion and horse. Dr. Armstrong had to use the bathroom so he had to leave the chemicals unattended. Dr. Washington was walking by and accidentally spilled the container holding Dr. Armstrong’s chemicals and mixed them with another chemical near the lion and horse. The chemicals
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Should Lance Armstrong be prohibited from participating in International Sports? Nike Tolentino Lance Armstrong was not only a renowned cyclist but he was considered one of the all time greats in sport. That was until he was found to have used performance enhancing drugs during his career as a professional cyclist. Lance received a life ban and this has caused controversy because some believe that the penalty is too harsh? I am in the opinion that the penalty Lance received is justified and
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“If you worried about falling off a bike‚ you’d never get on” Lance Armstrong When I was younger a very interesting thought never registered in my head and that was‚ “If you worried about falling off the bike‚ you’d never get on” (Armstrong). I was eleven years old and it was the summer of 2007. I was ending school and preparing to begin summer camp for the first time in New York. I would regularly ride my bike unjaded around my neighborhood. Certainly‚ I felt like a professional and as summer was
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Lance Armstrong was no stranger to the Tour de France‚ being a seven time winner of this distinguished international cycling competition. Although on the 17th and 18th of January after two interviews with Lance were telecast around the world‚ it became apparent that he was also no stranger to taking performance enhancing substances. In the second interview Lance did not say that he thought his lifetime suspension from all competition was ‘unfair’ although he did mention that he thought his penalties
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T.D.A 2.4 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1. Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people 1.1 identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity 1.2 describe the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access 1.3 describe the importance and benefits of valuing and
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In order to make an argument contrary to the beliefs of many Americans‚ Karen Armstrong uses her biography Muhammad to portray Islam as a religion that was created simply to seek social change in a problematic time period. One central theme of the book is that at the time when Islam was created‚ it was helpful‚ almost necessary to the people of 7th century Arabia‚ as their lives were undergoing a period of rapid change. In fact‚ one could even take away from Muhammad that the message of Islam could
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On August 7th‚ W. Otis Higgs‚ Jr. of the Peete‚ Higgs‚ and Armstrong law firm on behalf of the South Side Church of God in Christ responded to the allegations made by the South Memphis District Alliance of Neighborhood Associations . The Church outlined its binding covenants from Union Planters and provided evidence of its progress towards build a community center containing a gymnasium‚ kitchen‚ shelter‚ and educational facilities. The court again agreed with the plaintiffs at the August 18th
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Early Americans as depicted in William Bradford’s primary source document Of Plymouth Plantation (1640)‚ were God-fearing‚ compassionate‚ christians who traveled from Old England to Early America were faced with disease‚ sickness‚ hunger‚ weather‚ and Indians. The Puritans that traveled there spread the word of god with the Indians and built a place of worship. While‚ The Scarlet Letter (1850)‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays these traditional Puritans as: harsh‚ judgmental‚ religion based‚ do everything
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