created to discover the function of unknown gene and to produce animals susceptible to certain compounds. D. These animals play a huge role in doing research for testing human diseases. [These are just two examples of how transgenic plants are used.] [Lastly…] III. Transgenic plants A. Examples of plants used for this are Golden rice and Hawaiian papaya. B. A new trait will be introduced into the gene to enhance resistance to pest. [So, why are these plants created?] C. To produce certain nutrient
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Lexi Baca B.Stoutamore WRI 95.04 16 November 2014 Music Piracy Informative Essay I Digital music piracy is the theft of online music. Millions of people pirate music without a second thought. Many websites also provide people with pirated music and videos. People use music and other multimedia online. It is more convenient and easy than purchasing a CD. Influences such as social, economic, and behaviors increase the likelihood of one pirating music (Jeong, Bong-Keun). There are negative and positive
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the Constitution which favored federalism hence the Federalist system. According to federalism, the Federal Government and Federal laws are superior to the State Governments and State Laws. The cases on the Affordable Patient Care Act are a good example of situations in which the federal clause can be invoked.13 In these cases, the contest by states is that the federal government has violated the constitutional rights of citizens by making health insurance compulsory. However, the federal government
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for their time and efforts on the field and court, but he's right. This debate will go on for years until somebody or something like, who knows, a players union, stands up for college athletes. The answer is not an easy one to figure out. For example: Do athletes who participate in sports that generate less revenue deserve as much compensation as those involved in football or basketball? To Peterson's point about basketball players, nobody in American society is forced to go to college — it's
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on their side. I began this journey with this thought in mind in pursuit of knowledge so that I could accomplish this much-needed desire to work with children. Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would be learning so much wonderful informative information. I can say that this new venture in my second part of my life feels like I am walking the streets with Plato and learning to “know thyself”! The history of Psychology and its roots may be back-tracked to a period in time where the
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Cameron Thomas Tyler Petty ENG 103 2/3/12 Informative Project Sports have been a huge part of my life since I first began watching the New York Yankees with my dad when I was a kid. This very team developed a bond between my dad and I that will last my whole life. This bond lead to the best vacation of my life, and still strengthens my relationship with my father to this day. For as long as I can remember, my dad and I have wanted to attend a Yankees home game in New York. To both of
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performance made be feel at peace because the string instruments are not as loud and the sounds created from these instruments flow out more delicately then those of a bass drum or trumpet. Different instruments also create a different atmosphere. For example, in “Quatuor de Saxophones,” the different sounds from the different saxophones create a different atmosphere. Although the notes played were in the same time signature as the some of the other songs, the saxophone has a jazz feel and a fuller sound
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Informative Speech Purpose: To inform my Com 110 audience about the implications of overpopulation Thesis: To grasp the true concept of overpopulation and its possible effects on the world we will look at the effects it has on our resources, pollution and the economy. Organizational Pattern: Topical I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: When you think of the word “overpopulation” you may think of an overcrowded dining center or not being able to find a table at the library during finals week
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will do well, you actually will. According to Dr. Hall, a self-fulfilling prophecy is a belief that comes true because we are acting as if it is already true. People today would call a self- fulfilling prophecy The Law of Attraction. Let’s say, for example, that I am going to a party where I don’t know many people. If I believe I won’t make a good first impression, or I worry that nobody will talk to me, I will most likely enter the party acting awkward, anxious, standoffish or all three. In turn, people
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Vera Blazevska Professor Shenkler Communication in Action 7 November 2014 Informative Speech General Purpose: To inform my audience about The Republic of Macedonia I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: Zdravo na site! Kako se osekjame denes? For those of you who do not speak Macedonian let me translate. Hello, everyone! Everyone doing well today? B. Purpose Statement: Today I would like to inform you about my home country, Macedonia. C. Credibility Statement: I lived in Macedonia for 16 years
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Andrew van Klaveren Dr. Hafiza Nilofar Khan EN100-09 Informative Essay April 11, 2014 Genetic Engineering of DNA: What Is It and Why Do We Do It? Do you have a health disorder that you wished you had never been born with? Many people do, but now there is a way to make that wish come true. Genetic engineering, or GE, is when scientists modify the DNA in a living cell. GE could be used to fix flawed genes that cause complications. Genetic engineering has been occurring for thousands of years
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time to break down from the body. “They have lower glymec load”, which means that you will get lower amounts of sugar released, to keep you going throughout the day. Choosing this type of cabers is a matter of making some simple substitution for example brown rice instead of white. Idea Three: Previously when I mentioned that potatoes weren’t the best type of carb to eat every day is because it has a large amour of starch. Starch is another type of a “bad” carbohydrate full of sugar. They are polysaccharides
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Angel Nolker How to Manage Your Stress We have all had the feeling before, our muscles are tense, our stomach is upset, we can’t sleep or eat; though some of us may eat too much. You may feel sad or depressed and when you try to think of a way to fix your problems you go blank. This is because you are stressed. Most of my facts are from medicinenet.com it’s a website edited, wrote, and reviewed by doctors. Medicinenet.com defines stress as a physical, mental, or emotional factor that causes bodily
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Tattoo Informative Speech Thirty years ago the percentage of people with tattoos was one percent today that number has increased to one to four. As a fan of tattoos I have gone through the excitement and pain of getting one getting a tattoo is becoming more and more popular amongst college students. Now days what only used to be property of sailors, outlaws, and biker gangs. Now it is a popular body decoration for many people from favorite teams or personalized symbols people have found many ways
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formed by normal bodily processes, such as breathing, and from environmental contaminants, like cigarette smoke. If your body does not have enough antioxidants to combat the amount of oxidation that occurs, it can become damaged by free radicals. For example, an increase in oxidation can cause low-density lipoprotein (LDL), also known as "bad" cholesterol, to form plaque on the artery walls. Flavanols are the main type of flavonoid found in cocoa and chocolate. In addition to having antioxidant qualities
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of the structural reality of “doing race”. Those powerful social constructions- news media outlets- influence people to view different races in certain ways and, over time could eventually lead to create biased social structures towards race. For example, news programs unintentionally portray non-whites poorly in crime coverage when they distort black crime rates. In order to do this, instead of targeting black criminals, they focus on violent crime. First, while whites are typically showed as victims
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innocent person may be executed, (Washington Post 2008: e.data; Death Row on Trial 2001: video; Giles 1993: 48) and this has proven to be the case in at least five executions across America in the past century. (Death Row on Trial 2001: video) A good example of a case that illustrates the problem with an irreversible verdict is that of Timothy Evans: Evans was hanged in 1950 in the United Kingdom for murders subsequently found to have been committed by the notorious John Christie, and was pardoned
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Informative Speech By:Amber Samworth Topic: Yoga General Purpose: To Inform. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about yoga. Thesis Statement: I want my audience to be informed about what yoga is, its history, and why it has become so popular in recent years. Introduction I. (Open w/impact) According to Ann Pizer, a Yoga Alliance Certified Instructor, in an article last accessed on September 18th 2007, for Yoga.About.Com. “Yoga means “union” in Sanskrit, the language of Ancient India
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the most energy compared to the other strokes, but is considered the most graceful of strokes. 3. Besides competition, swimming can be seen as a beneficial treatment for certain symptoms, but not everything about swimming is beneficial. A. For example, in a study done on the effect of swimming in asthma, twenty-six children with asthmatic symptoms were recruited to partake in an experiment that tested whether or not swimming benefited decrease in symptoms (“Benefits of Swimming in Asthma” 4).
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An Informative Essay On Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death listed in the United States. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness. "In 1996 diabetes contributed to more than 162,000 deaths"(Lewis 1367). "Diabetes mellitus is not a single disease but a group of disorders with glucose intolerance in common" (McCance 674). Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia (increased blood sugar) and results from defective insulin production
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Informative speech Electric Cars Introduction Attention Getter: Central Idea: State an interesting new facts about electric cars. Preview of main points: Today I am going to talk about history of electric cars, where is electric cars today and finally we will explore what is to come of electric cars in the future. Body I.The history of the electric cars A) Where do the electric cars come from? B) When they was billed in the US? C) How they grow up in our country? II.
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Credibility) I have always been fascinated with the mechanisms of dreaming, and I thought it’d be a fascinating topic to research for this informative speech. IV. (Preview Main Points) Although we have experienced countless dreams in our lifetime, do we ever stop to think: how dreams occur? How dreams affect our lives? Do dreams even mean anything? Today in my informative speech about dreams, I hope to enlighten you about dreams forming in our minds, the importance of dreams, and lastly the interpretations
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EXAMPLE OF INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Informative Outline Topic: Impact of Media in the Society and Individual General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience the negative impact of social media in the society and to the individual. Thesis: Social media websites are some of the most popular haunts on the Internet. They have revolutionized the way people communicate and socialize on the Web. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Today, just about
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November 8, 2012 Outline of Informative Speech Kpop Invasion Topic: Korean pop General purpose: To inform… Specific purpose: To inform about Kpop. Central idea: To inform my colleagues about Kpop. Kpop is more than ‘Oppa Gangnam Style’ that many have come to know. From music, it branched out to the other forms of media that becomes a part of pop culture and that of the new generation. Introduction Attention-getter: Play ‘Run by Tiger JK ft. Baby-T & the Jungle. I wanted to play this
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Outline Worksheet: Informative Speech Title: The Failure of Yucca Mountain Speaker: Michelle Hwang Specific Purpose: To explain the intended purpose of Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository, and the resulting failure of the project due to government inaction. Introduction I. Attention-getter: Imagine your old community swimming pool filled with trash. Now as time passes that trash just keeps accumulating; what would you do with that trash? Where does it go or more importantly
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Informative Speech Outline I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Jane Brox said, “Time and task were both disorienting. For if you were to remove everything from our lives that depends on electricity to function, homes and offices would become no more than the chambers and passages of limestone caves… simple shelter from wind and rain. No way to keep out cold, or heat, for long. No way to preserve food, or to cook it. The things that define us, that without their purpose, they lose
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Alternative Energy Informative Speech Attention-Getter: Do you know what this is? This is worsening your asthma at the age of 10 and you developing lung cancer by the age of 30. According to the Centers for Disease Control there are 1 in 11 children with asthma (Centers, 2012a) and approximately 208,000 people diagnosed with lung cancer (Centers, 2012b). Fortunately, there is a better way. Credibility: I’m sure you’ve all heard about or seen windmills and solar panels. For those of you here
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Title of Presentation: The role of the Family and Medical Leave Act in the workplace. Name of Presenter: Maria Vargas Description of Business Audience: Informative presentation to managers to fully understand the new standard regulations of the Family and Medical Leave Act in a company. Introduction: The year 2013 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by President Clinton. Since then, many families has had the advantage of this law
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argued to be vertically polarized. B. In the same manner, if you shake the same pipe in a left to right motion, you will notice horizontal waves making the pipe be horizontally polarized. (Transition) Given this phenomenon, we can connect how the example is used in this technology. V. Light is a form of wave comprising of electric and magnetic fields that differ in time; hence just like the garden hosepipe, light can become vertically and horizontally polarized. A. Jeff Hetch argues that
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(hitting, pushing, shoving, etc.), stalking and sexual abuse (unwanted or forced sexual activity). -- Although emotional, psychological and financial abuse are not criminal behaviors, they are forms of abuse and can lead to criminal violence. -- Examples of these types of abuse: -- Monitors what you're doing all the time -- Prevents or discourages you from seeing friends or family -- Tries to stop you from going to work or school -- Controls how you spend your money -- Humiliates
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