Professor George Frisvold Argument Analysis

In the event that erosion has become an extreme issue farmers have begun to watch more it much more closely. Ways to protect the water have been put into use

Gerald Graff is a professor of English and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Graff, in his essay, emphasizes the importance for instructors to teach and increase enjoyable courses that students shall truly understand. Graff assures that all kids have hidden intellectualism trying to emerge from within, and as a teacher he feels partly accountable to help those kids develop their competencies in educational work. The essence of Graff’s argument is for students to know that intellectualism lurks within them all, and they need to implement their potential at school. Furthermore, he enriches the essay based totally on his own life experiences, along with his hidden intellectualism, while he attended school during the anti-intellectualism

Since the dawn of mankind, clusters of innovations throughout history have allowed for societal progression at an explosive rate. While primarily fostering a centrifugal system of advancements; humans’ interests in expansion is spiraling out of control. Throughout history elements of collapse can be traced through civilizations and natural resources. Wright’s argument posits humans have hyperextended their utilization of resources at a rate that cannot be replenished, therein by setting up the world for the largest ecological collapse in history (Wright, 2004, pg. 130-131). Due to the cyclical process of past collapse and reformation humans have an advantage to rectify our current consumption rates ultimately avoiding a fate similar to past societies (Wright, 2004, pg. 131). As such Wright’s argument should frame larger discussions of responsible citizenship.

“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Not really, but times were getting tough. The year is 1858, and sectionalism is on the rise. States trying to determine what they can do and what the Federal government can't do is causing a small amount of friction. Alright, a lot of friction. States rights was a huge issue, causing disagreements in areas such as slavery, tariffs, nullification, even things as seemingly small as road maintenance. It seemed everything was falling apart.

The Quinnipiac University poll was done during early September to test the waters before the first presidential debate between Clinton and Trump. The sample size was roughly 960, supposedly voters from across the nation with a margin of error of +- 3.2 which isn’t horrible. The numbers look fine and because it was a nationwide poll, the possibility of getting a fair and accurate cross section of views is fairly high, that being said there are a few issues with this poll that cause me to be concerned with the accuracy of this poll for many reasons.

The complainant, Cindy Sproull, indicated the smoking and loitering behavior began on her street as early as 9 am. As such, I decided to be at her home at 9 am to witness the student’s actions, as well as discuss the complaint with her and receive a first person account of the problem. When I discussed my strategy with Assistant Chief Vaughan – which included obtaining a first-hand account of the issue, confronting possible offenders, and discussing proposed solutions with the Sproulls – she elected to join me. Prior to leaving for Frey Lake Rd, I spoke with Deputy Chief Stevens who told me he was informed of this complaint by Sgt. Massengill yesterday and although he could not remember specifics, he did remember her mentioning CPC Foust

Mark Zepezauer’s article, “MK-Ultra from the Book the CIAs Greatest Hits” discusses the psychology experiment conducted by the CIA, MK-Ultra. The MK-ultra conducted a study that used mind control on their participants. Zepezauer recounts the events of the CIA tries to defend their stance by claiming they used the method in response to the brainwashing from the Chinese that was happening in the fifties. He says that mind control practices took place prior to 1953, but became popular after the experiment. He continues to explain how the CIA would use drugs, including LSD, and test them on their patients that were unaware of what tests were upon them. Zepezauer reveals that multiple suicides also took place in response to the given substances. He deliberated how the CIA rented out apartments and used prostitutes in their study. They used them to slip the drugs into their client’s pockets and the CIA would look through one-way mirrors to see the client’s response. Once the auditors discovered this, the MK-Ultra shut down and renamed the MKSEARCH. Mark Zepezauer

This week, Ted Rall analyzes the positive aspects about presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton’s campaign, as well as the negative. He states that Clinton has acquired many “followers” because she has professed herself as a “progressive” individual, but there is scant proof indicating that she has actually accomplished anything reputable. Rall also suggests that Clinton is one who steals ideas from Sanders--bringing up the health care issue to gain more followers. Although, many people have already acknowledged her motive. Rall also reports that her personality is something that causes many to go against her, claiming that she possesses no charm whatsoever, which is a trait that may provider her with publicity and many more voters. According

After watching the video and reading the article provided, I found that the arguments the two used were very interesting because of how different they were. In the video, Robert Lustig’s argument, in which he claimed sugar was bad for us, was limited to added sugar. He mentioned that 80% of foods have added sugar, and used soda several times in his video to argue his point. For example, he shared a statistic about the relationship between soda and the risk of diabetes. He also mentioned that sugar causes fat accumulation in/around organs, specifically mentioning the liver. To anyone listening, these are great reasons to dub sugar ‘evil’. However, David Katz’ article was written to counter the claims made in the video. In it, sugar was not made out to be a ‘villanous nutrient’. In fact, Katz included the importance of sugar as an evolutionary mechanism. He explained that it was a method of natural selection, in which, for the most part, sweeter things were classified as good for us, while bitter things were classified as bad for us. In addition, I think it was a smart move on his part to take the argument out of the realm of added sugar. He argued that the types of food (and, therefore, the types of sugar) were important, as strawberries and soda do not have the same nutritional values.

In this essay, I will be discussing whether it is morally obligated by parents to use genetically advanced technologies to have a child that is best suited and best expected to have the best life possible. I will be looking at Julian Savulescu view on Procreative Beneficence in support of this idea that the best child should be produced, and in response to Savulescu’s argument, I will also be looking at Michael Sandel’s response against the use of genetic technologies. After considering both for and against arguments I will lay forward my response to the idea that genetic technologies should not have to be used by all couples when it comes to having their child, and is not a moral obligation.

Water shortages are a concern to agriculture because a lack of water leads to either poorly developed crops or to dead crops, thereby creating food shortages. Biologists has two primary roles to play in the fight against water shortages. The first role is a research role, which is the development of more water efficient crops, cropping systems and creating alternatives to meat which has a very high water cost. The second role they have to play is with interacting with both the public and the government and working together with them to improve legalisation in agricultural legislation, taxing and helping form public and school education programmes talking about the water footprint.

From my perspective, it seems that the writer is instead of using the article as evidence; she is trying to tear the argument apart. If she is using the source as evidence to her point, then she does not state her side about the topic at the end. This way she stays neutral. However, seeing how she is using evidence from one source, it seems that she is trying to argue with Bruce Schneier. This way she stays neutral.

Dr. Silvertooth raised several global questions during his talk. The most significant questions raised were how are we plan to provide enough water to grow the amount of crops we are projecting to need in 2050, as well as have enough freshwater for the population. There are three limiting resources that affect how much a plant grows: sunlight, water, and bio-available nitrogen. The more availability to these resources a plant has the better. However, as we look towards the future, we are seeing that the Earth is running into a freshwater shortage. Currently 70% of our freshwater is being put towards agricultural production, but it only supports 40% of the total crop yield. This supports between 40%-45% of the Earth’s population. With so much of our freshwater going towards food production, and not even sustaining half of the population, we have a serious issue arising if we need to increase this production level. Ultimately, Dr. Silvertooth brought up the question how do we plan to both conserve our freshwater supply and increase our crop yields?

The journal article “Impact of Agriculture on Water Pollution in OECD Countries: Recent Trends and Future Prospects” shed light on the effect of agriculture on our natural water systems. The OECD is the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. This organization has over thirty-five countries as its members, and aims to research and uses the research on a wide spectrum of topics to ensure governments foster economic growth, financial stability, and overall prosperity of the country. This article specifically touches on agricultures effects on water resources. The article looks at this topic in trends and overview of current agriculture pollution, the economic cost of agriculture water pollution, the OECD policies implemented in improving water quality and lessening pollution, Future prospects and movement towards sustainable management of water resources. I chose this article because it addresses a problem and goes into the research about that problem from many different countries, but the article offers solutions or gives way to some band aids, for improvement. That was the main difference I noticed in choosing an article, most of them offer no solution and only weigh the reader down with impenetrable problems. Also this organization has access to data that spans over thirty-five countries, so it seemed to be the most reliable source of information. Although the organization of the article could have been better it was an overall enlightening read.

“Agriculture must mediate between nature and human community, with ties and obligations in both directions. To farm well requires an elaborate courtesy toward all creatures, animate and inanimate” (Wendell Berry). Farming is a delicate balance between producing the most possible from the land without destroying the land. In order for farming to be sustainable more has to be grown with less. Water conservation can be addressed in developing countries by simply embracing modern farming methods. In developed countries more money will have to be invested into water saving irrigation methods. There was a time when you didn’t shut the water off when you brushed your teeth and now it is habit to shut the water off to save that little bit of water. The same spirit will have to implemented in farming simple methods can be used to save water. In order for farming to be sustainable in an ever changing world, more time and effort needs to be dedicated to water conservation because the population is growing, water is a finite resource, and using less water allows farmers to irrigate more land with the same amount of water.