We must all now be familiar with the Atkins Diet. Of all of the ’trend’ diets that move through our popular culture‚ none has caused as much interest or controversy. Put forward by the late Dr. Robert Atkins in the 70’s‚ the diet that has caused a storm is continuing to acquire both dedicated followers and severe opponents both within and without the medical community. The Atkins diet itself is only the most popular of an approach usually called low-carb diets because of the primary interest in
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Rule in Iraq? Saddam Hussein: a ruthless dictator‚ and a man of many faces. He manipulated his way to power‚ aligning himself with those he deemed beneficial and appeased those who could further his cause. Brutal by his very nature‚ but Saddam is undeniably the manifestation of the textbook definition of a ruthless dictator. Saddam was territorially aggressive‚ was unhesitant to brainwash his country‚ and to set up a military stronghold to protect his regime and; all these factors impacted Iraq‚ either
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Many different people use cosmetics every day all over the world for many different reasons. However‚ many people don’t realize all the different effects that creating cosmetics can have. I choose to look at Benefit Cosmetics. One of the biggest controversies Benefit faces is animal testing. Benefit first opened in 1979 in San Francisco originally names “Face Place.” In 1990 they renames to Benefit Cosmetics‚ opening in Henri Bendels department store in New York City; jumping over seas seven years
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Melissa Weeks Professor Christina Hitchcock HUMA 150 Critical Thinking 24 April 2012 Melissa Weeks: The Controversy of Cochlear Implants While composing this research paper‚ I had been asked what topic I chose by a few close friends. Most of the time‚ the person interested in the topic I chose‚ had no clue what a cochlear implant is. This is the first issue I’m concerned about. Another concern is the choices that are made by hearing parents of a deaf child. Does the parent consider if their
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Banana Wars The banana industry has long been the center of controversy. In some instances‚ the banana has been the necessary means for countries to become economically and politically powerful; however‚ in other instances it has been a hindrance leading to complete dependency and the decline in other industries. Since the banana has turned into a leading crop for a number of countries‚ the struggle to control production and distribution is at an all-time rise‚ thus creating the “banana wars.”
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Throughout its history‚ artificial intelligence has always been a topic with much controversy. Should human intelligence be mimicked? If so‚ are there ethical bounds on what computers should be programmed to do? These are a couple of question that surround the artificial intelligence controversy. This paper will discuss the pros and cons of artificial intelligence so that you will be able to make an educated decision on the issue. What is Artificial Intelligence? The first step in getting anywhere
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debates regarding the reasons for America invading Iraq in 2003. Some critics have gone as far as to claim that President Bush did so to gain control of oil while others saw it as a show of military power and yet others honestly believe it was done as part of the war on terror. The Iraq invasion was a consequence of the September 11‚ 2001 attack‚ and America’s war on global terrorism by going after countries that harbored terrorist groups. Although Iraq did not harbor Al-Qaeda‚ it provided training camps
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it with the term prisoner of conscience (POC). Amnesty International campaigns for the release of prisoners of conscience‚ which include both political prisoners as well as those imprisoned for their religious or philosophical beliefs. To reduce controversy‚ and as a matter of principle‚ the organization’s policy applies only to prisoners who have not committed or advocated violence. Thus‚ there are political prisoners who do not fit the narrower criteria for POCs.: AI uses the term “political prisoner”
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There’s actually a lot of controversy about baby signing in the academic community‚ not about whether or not it should be done‚ just about whether or not it speeds things up‚ or delays talking. “Learning to speak is usually accelerated by teaching sign language and speech at the same time. One possible reason is that both forms of communication stimulate the same area of the brain” (Edelson). While the brain is constantly measuring the amount of activity occurring in the brain at any given time
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The Awakening: Public Controversy The Awakening‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ was a book that was truly ahead of its time. The author of the book was truly a genius in her right‚ but yet she was seen as a scoundrel. At the time‚ it was "a world that values only her performance as a mother‚ whose highest expectations for women are self sacrifice and self-effacement." ( ? ) The people of that era were not ready to admit or accept the simple but hidden feelings of intimacy or sexuality and the true nature
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