With her article “Faced With a New Tax, Berkeley Drinks Less Soda,” published in The Upshot of the New York Times on August 25, 2016, health care reporter Margot Sanger enters a fierce debate about the impact of the soda tax on the consumption of sugary drink. Since 2014 when the tax first went into effect in Berkeley, California; attempts to impose the tax have been a matter of public controversy, and this is what motivated Sanger to produce this piece. The story’s “Kairotic moment,” as referred to in Chapter Eight of Writing Arguments (WA), is the new study of the tax in California, which “adds to the evidence” that taxing sugar-sweetened beverages is not the main reason for the reduction of it’s consumption (A3). Throughout the article, the author applies various sources to strengthen the appeals to ethos and logos of her argument. However, her writing style and choice of original genre weakens her appeals to pathos and ultimately, the overall effectiveness of her argument. In addition, Sanger’s inconsistency in her message also reduces her credibility, despite her success in establishing the argument’s ethos appeals early in the article. Sanger uses short sentences with simple and concrete words in her writing, which makes her message easy to understand and suitable for a wide range of audience. She is also careful with her word choices by replacing “soda” with its synonyms such as sugary drink, sweetened beverages, etc. to avoid repetitions. Unfortunately, despite her…
Spongebob Heart shaped gummy Krabby Patties candy. the wrapper is small and rectangular and on the top and bottom the pattern is spiky like the pattern on the teeth of a saw it has a smooth texture the candy is small and it is stacked to look like a burger but each individual piece is shaped like a heart there are four individual pieces it feels smooth except for the top piece which is a little bumpy the colors are a really light brown,a really dark green,a darkish pink,and a tan brownish color…
Seth is the Goddess of Storms/Chaos/Evil. He was known for his animal head, often described as Hippopotamus, pig , or a Donkey. Seth was know as many different names such as Set, Setekh, Sutekh and Suty. Geb and Nut were the parents of Seth. Seth was the brother of Isis, Osiris and Nepthys. Nepthys was not just his sister they were married as well. Seth was jealous of Osiris because he was king. One day he attacked Osiris and chopped him up into 14 pieces and distributed them throughout…
Good morning Diane! ChaCha and I just returned from our run and I was just thinking about you :-) Now I understand why you dislike pesky squirrels and chipmunks, they love taunting ChaCha running across the porch, stopping and looking at her as if to say “ha, ha – you are stuck inside, I spit at you, you stupid dog!!!”. I would love to let her loose, but I know better, the fence will be put up the first of next week and then she can chase all she wants, or at least until she trees or catches…
After that is done, then one will want to start loosening the lug nuts. Do not take them all the way off, just loosen them a little. This will make it easier for one to take the tire off later. However, if someone does not loosen the lug nuts, then when their car and tire is lifted up, it will spin in the air. Lug nuts are tight on the wheel and when one tries to take them off, then they will want to be able to use the ground in their favor. The ground will work as a clamp, holding the wheel in…
variable, or what the scientist changes in an experiment. Then, turn the rover six times towards yourself, and keep count by using the sticky dot. Always turn the rover six times because this is a constant and should not be changed. Next, place the rover on the floor and let it roll. Make sure to use the same surface every time as a constant variable. Follow it and write down the farthest point it travels (or where it stops). The distance traveled -or dependant variable- should be recorded in…
As I was reading the final chapter of the 5 Practices book, I was reminded of how important collaboration is – not only for my college studies but more importantly for my future teaching career. Reflecting on the work Sam & I put into our unit plan for this course, it was helpful to talk through ideas with one another and to see the different perspectives we each had. There are many times where I get stuck in my own thinking and it is truly helpful to be able to gain a fresh outlook when working…
Beam search is an informed algorithm for searching a graph that extends the Breadth-First search (Jungwirth, 2006). The Breadth-First search is essentially a special-case Best-First search where the evaluation function, f(n) is the same as the heuristics function, h(n) (JONES, 2008). Therefore in order to properly discuss Beam search, there is the need for a brief introduction to Best-First algorithm. The Best-First search traverses a tree from top to bottom and searches for nodes on the same…
There were 12 members in my LAPD group presentation including myself. It was my first time having to work with people that I have just met to produce a 50-minute presentation. Before forming a group, I was worried as we are to work in big groups and group size is one of the main factors that may affect a group performance. At first, I felt like we could not delegate our roles equally, as I had past experiences of doing most of the group work. However, during the first workshop, our tutor gave…
The second source is a book which introduced the basic concepts and applications of this methodology. The authors concentrated on the causal discovery of networks and the techniques of using Bayesian networks. Furthermore, they discussed the utilisation of this methodology for causal modelling. This source is important at the initial stage of the project as it contributes to the decision-making process at the modelling technique selection stage. However, it is not as important as the other two…