Best Writer

P‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ick one of the following scenarios: Scenario I: The City of Austin bans online video game playing. It will now no longer be legal to play video games across a network, in order to speed up online services for “more important uses”. Scenario II: The City of Austin bans public displays of religious activity, including publicly coming together for religious worship. Scenario III: The new president begins deporting immigrants and citizens of a certain descent or otherwise considered undesirable. Citizens are required to turn anyone who fits these criteria in to the authorities for deportation. Scenario IV: Hands Free Driving Law (the City of Austin has banned the use of devices or being distracted while driving) Answer the following questions: 1. Do you obey the law you have picked? Why or why not? Do you work to overturn it? Do you obey the law in the mean time? [Your thesis s‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌tatement will reflect your position, but not give an explanation – that is for your body paragraphs!] 2. Pick the three strongest arguments from Plato’s Crito which apply to your scenario. Explain them (one paragraph per argument). You must pick between Argument Against Chaos, Argument from Reciprocal Obligations, or Spirit of the Laws Argument (which could include allegory of the cave, simile of the line, and the Forms). 3. Do you agree with these arguments? Why or why not? How do they support or take away from your position? Successful essays will: roughly 1200-1500 words double spaced; submitted through Blackboard/SafeAssign (by clicking on the hyperlink); include a word count; and, include both in-text citations (using Stephanus numbers) and a works cited page. Will not use external sources for the Plato, and may only use one external source for the empirical aspect of the assignment‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌.

In one brief paragraph (75-100 words), apply the Toulmin method to Zizek’s talk. What is his claim? His support? His warrant?
In the second brief paragraph (75-100 words) explain how you might offer a Rogerian argument to Zizek’s talk. What compromises would or could you offer?
To know how to correctly write these short paragraphs there is a 10 minute long video on youtube and it is called “RSA Animation: First as a Tragedy, Then as a Farce” That’s where you will get Zizek’s ideas not off anywhere else

Hypothesis and Variables
Scenarios:

A researcher wonders how well the sense of smell functions during sleep. In general, we know that our sensory systems operate at a higher threshold during sleep. That is, a more intense stimulus is required to elicit a response during sleep than during wakefulness. Furthermore, we are less responsive during some stages of sleep than during others. Experiments using sounds suggest that we are less responsive during stages 3 and 4 sleep (deep sleep) than during stages 1, 2, or REM sleep (lighter sleep). Thus, the 4 – 16 researcher predicts that research participants will be less responsive to odors during stages 3 and 4 sleep than during the other stages of sleep. The researcher devises a system for delivering odors while college students sleep in the laboratory. Peppermint fragrance is delivered at specific times through a modified oxygen mask that the students wear while they sleep. Electrodes are attached to each student’s scalp, face, and chin to determine sleep staging. Electrodes are also attached to each student’s chest to record heart rate. A change in heart rate following presentation of the odor is used to indicate that the participant detected the odor.

Instructions:

Read the scenario above and answer the following questions:
What is the research hypothesis?
What is the independent variable?
Is the independent variable a qualitative variable or a quantitative variable? Explain.
Why might the researchers want to use multiple dependent variables?
Describe one limitation of this study.

Data Collection, Measurement and Analysis
Scenarios:

A researcher wants to know why individuals in Community A have a higher rate of a rare form of cancer when compared to those living in Community B. To find out the reasons for the differences in cancer rates in these two communities, the investigator surveyed residents about their lifestyle, noted the types of businesses that were present in the community and searched medical records. The researcher found that the headquarters for the Toxico Chemical Plant is located in Community A, there is a higher rate of cigarette smoking in this community and residents tended to delay or skip going to the doctor for an annual checkup. In Community B, the largest employer was a department store and on average, residents did not smoke as much as residents from Community A. However, like individuals from Community A, Community B residents tended to delay or skip their annual checkups with their doctor.

Retrieved from http://ori.hhs.gov/education/products/sdsu/eg_desc.htm

Instructions:

Read the scenario above and answer the following questions:
What makes this a descriiptive study?
What type of data collection method was used in this scenario? What type of collection methods are usually used in descriiptive studies?
Why did the researcher collect information about the lifestyle of community residents? What about the type of businesses present in each community? Medical records?
Can the investigator establish that the chemical plant and cigarette smoking are the cause for the higher rate of cancer among those in Community A?
Can the investigator establish that lower smoking rates and the absence of a chemical factory explain the lower rate of cancer among those in Community B?

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Write a one page analysis of the document provided here following the steps of the writing process, as well as showing the thesis of the article, the main points that support that thesis, and your own response and reaction to the author’s point of view and how it is presented. Do this in complete paragraphs using correct formal English that has been revised, proofed, and edited to show good form.

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R‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ead the section "The Caste System" in chapter 3, pgs. Answer the following questions. 1. Is the caste system conceivable without Brahmanism? 2. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the caste system? 3. How is the caste system a cultural adaptation? 4. How does the persistence of the caste system demonstrate its social utility? The Caste System The janapadas developed an interlocking social order based on ethnicity and occupation. As the Vedic peoples settled into northern India, their nomadic society became firmly defined by ritual position and occupational status. There were four varnas (“form, shape”; it can also mean “color”): the first three for priests, warriors, and commoners, and a fourth that included both servants and laborers. The origin of the varnas, according to the Rig-Veda, lay in the seminal sacrifice of the cosmic being Purusha [POO-roo-sha], which gave form to the universe: his mouth became the Brahmans, or priests; his arms became the kshatriyas [k(uh)-SHA-tree-yuhs]—kings and warriors; his two thighs the vaishyas [VIE-sh(ee)-yuhs], or merchants; and from his two feet came the shudra, or peasants, servants, and laborers. The newcomers’ task of establishing themselves as an elite class over the indigenous peoples meant that the system had to accommodate everyone, but with tight restrictions placed on social mobility. Thus, it appears that intermarriage was forbidden between the new elites and the dasas, the term used for non-Aryans, and the latter were incorporated into the peasant/laborer/servant varna. By the sixth century BCE divisions between Aryans and non-Aryans originally based on ethnicity or locale were giving way to ones based on occupation. An elaborate jati, or caste, system was already developing. Based on the original divisions of the fo‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ur varnas, each caste included a huge number of subcastes according to hereditary occupations. A new category of “excluded” castes—the so-called untouchables (today called Dalits)—was added, comprising people whose occupations were considered ritually unclean. The excluded castes also came to include “outcastes,” people who for various offenses had “lost caste” and were therefore placed on the fringes of society. In what was perhaps a lingering vestige of early Vedic attempts at ethnic separation, stringent prohibitions were imposed on sexual relations between shudras and members of the castes within the first three varnas. Brahmans. At the top of the varna and caste system were the priestly class of Brahmans. Note the sacred thread worn diagonally across the chests of these Brahman men in this 1913 photo. The thread indicates their “twice-born” status. The evolving jati system expanded southward as the Ganges River states pushed farther into these areas. Eventually, it incorporated villages, clans, and sometimes even entire tribal groups into their own jatis. Though highly restrictive in terms of social mobility, these arrangements guaranteed a prescribed place for everyone in society. Moreover, the idea of movement between castes became part of Indian religious traditions through the doctrines of continual rebirth and the transmigration of souls. Thus, the Indian response to the problem of incorporating a multiplicity of ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups into its expanding culture was to create a space in society for each, while ensuring stability by restricting social mobility and encouraging good behavior through the hope of a higher place in the next life. The fact that the system continues today despite its dissolution by the Indian government is testimony to its tenacious cultural roots ‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌and long-standing social utility.

E‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌xplain some of the choices one has to make when translating literacy f‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌rom a language and answer this question: What is literary translation‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌?

Using the David O. Selznick memos (attached in files) as a flexible model, write a memo justifying your decision to pursue, or not pursue, a movie “pitch” that has been presented to you. Your memo must include business-oriented reasoning behind your decision; use what you have learned about financing, production, distribution, exhibition, marketing, and so forth. You can create (or find) a brief pitch of your own for the movie, or use one of these:

One of the pitches in The Player
One of these sequel ideas: https://whatculture.com/film/12-crazy-sequel-pitches-that-almost-ruined-great-films
YouTube version:
10 Crazy Sequel Pitches That Almost Ruined Great Films

The memo should be 1-3 pages, single-spaced, with sections with headings, and with blank line spaces between paragraphs.
A sample memo is attached below.

Compose a single body descriiptive paragraph in formal written English. Be sure to include the following:

Topic sentence that provides the main idea for the descriiptive paragraph.
Body sentences that discuss the main idea for the descriiptive paragraph using explanation, examples, details, and of course, descriiptive elements.
Transition sentence: Your descriiptive paragraph must include the use of at least one or more transitions that move the paragraph along.
Conclusion sentence: Your descriiptive paragraph must end with a concluding sentence that wraps up and refers to the main idea of the topic sentence and signals to the reader that the paragraph is over.
Your descriiptive paragraph needs to contain a minimum total of five complete sentences.
Reminder: Descriiptive refers to a style of writing. Choose your sentences for your descriiptive paragraph from the following sentences, and use them together to construct your descriiptive paragraph. They will not all be appropriate for this paragraph, so choose only the sentences that result in a complete descriiptive paragraph as listed above. Use a topic sentence that provides the main idea for a single well-organized paragraph using the steps of the writing process.

Choose the best sentences to construct your descriiptive paragraph, and put them together to make ONE well-organized descriiptive paragraph. Remember that not all sentences need to be used.

It’s a soft, blue-sky break before the gray skies of winter begin to reflect the steely cold waters the lake becomes with the first freeze.
Dogs are sometimes fierce protectors that can attack anyone they feel is threatening a family.
In the old days, dogs were not considered companions, but seen more as working animals.
That’s what we can all call a red-letter day!
My dog, Bosco, is a Harlequin Great Dane that outweighs our 10 year old brother, and to the other dogs in our neighborhood he must look like a tall spotted monster because they avoid him at all cost.
Do you think dogs are smarter than people?
Sometimes our dog seems to know when we are laughing at him because he tucks his head down and appears to shrink into a small ball resembling a lumpy soccer ball.
On a beautiful fall day, my family enjoys picnicking at a quiet beach we know that has a blue lagoon surrounded by rustic picnic tables and tall, green pines.
I really like dogs.
The whole family grabs sweaters and corduroys, Mom packs a cheese sandwich picnic basket with all the junk food we never get to taste otherwise, and we jump into Dad’s old blue jalopy and head out for one last day of fun before all the hub-bub of school gets into swing.
My brother is a great Jayvee football quarterback, my older red-headed sister is a cheerleader complete with red pom-poms, and I play cymbals and drums in the school pep band, so we are usually very tied up in school activities soon after school starts.
That dog can open the refrigerator and grab a can of soda!
I really enjoy the pep band; it’s fun to get all dressed up in my red band uniform and beat those shiny drums during a game.
Our big dog needs to stay at home with the cat because he attracts sand and fleas.
On one hand, it is hard to get everything ready for the day trip; on the other hand, nobody in our family wants to miss such a day of fun.
My brother thinks he is smarter and more well-dressed than the rest of us because he is the oldest.
For example, cats can be really pretty, but they don’t seem to love everyone in the family.
At the end of a great day of flying kites, chasing each other around the lagoon, and eating great junk food, we all go home extremely tired and extremely happy.
A day with my dog.
My family comes in all shapes, ages, sizes, and hair colors, but no matter what we look like, we ALL love to eat.
As night falls and my father drives the old beat-up car towards home, most of us finish up the cheese sandwiches and chips and doze off after a day of fun.