Zika Virus: Separating Fact from Fiction The Zika virus’s northwards travel from South America has been a trending topic and, often, the reports raise as many questions as they answer. With a history of enabling peace of mind through pandemic consulting, Iridia Medical wants to clear up any misconceptions and rumours by sharing concise and accurate information about this virus. From February 15th to 25th, we released daily infographics through social media to answer frequently-asked questions about
The South China Sea: Separating Fact From Fiction By Mark J. Valencia THE South China Sea conundrum has risen to the pinnacle of regional security priorities. It has generated a veritable fountain of government pronouncements, propaganda, and biased analyses. Some of these conflate information with misinformation. It is time to separate fact from fiction. 1. “THE US pivot or rebalance to Asia is enhancing security and stability in the region.” That is certainly the stated intent. But
Despite the fact that human’s personality and preferences may change over time, philosophers have always sought the answers to how people have the impression that they are the same person. At first, philosophers presumed that people need to have the same body to be the same person. However, Locke proposed that consciousness, which is in this case memory is the key to determine identity. In this paper, I would discuss how memory as the mental states grounds the notion of psychological continuity.
about the city I currently work in and learning about how to make my resume stick out. The second fact that I’ve learned in this course is finding balance in your life so that you can go through the stay focused, during the semester, we had the good discussion about a thing in our life that we enjoy. This all comes down to balance and taking care of ourselves so that we can stay sharp overall. The third fact that I took away from the cause is the process of helping at the veterans in our community; we
Framing The Truth: Analyzing News Stories When presenting news stories, framing is an essential part of telling a factual story. While pure objectivity is impossible, certain techniques journalist acquire can provide for a more unbiased article. Delving into a more specific case study regarding the different aspects of framing, the two articles presented come from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and The Guardian. The topic of both articles concern the cancellation of the UC Berkeley Milo Yiannopoulos
Truth is Real Beauty In the short story by Anna Guest, “Beauty is Truth,” the main character learned that to be beautiful is to be true to who you really are. The same concept applies for the article, “US Beauty queen Victoria Graham doesn't hide her scars,” written by Victoria St. Martin. These two sources have the theme that something beautiful doesn't have to be perfect or pretty, it has to be real and truthful. In the short story, “Beauty is Truth” written by Anna Guest, is about a girl,Jeanie
Truth is the real beauty In the short story by Anna Guest, “Beauty is Truth,” the main character learned that to be beautiful is to be true to who you really are. The same concept applies for the article, “US Beauty queen Victoria Graham doesn't hide her scars,” written by Victoria St. Martin. These two sources have the theme that something beautiful doesn't have to be perfect or pretty, it has to be real and truthful. In the short story, “Beauty is Truth” written by Anna Guest, is about a girl
What do Gertrude, Jupiter and Francis Weed all have in common? What effects do they have on life in Shady Hill? In story of The Country Husband the character’s Gertrude, Jupiter and Francis Weed all reside in a white, middle class, post-war city Shady Hill. These characters all have commonalties which affect them in different ways. Gertrude, Jupiter and Francis are not the typical residents of Shady Hill. They all have disruptive behavior, which effects not only affects their environment but
Nolan Sorrento’s persistence in taking over the OASIS is showcased by his actions and conversations throughout the book “Ready Player One”. Nolan Sorrento’s avatar portrays his desire to take over the contest. Sorrento's avatar is described to have blonde hair, blue eyes and, a hawkish nose and is wearing the standard sixers uniform ( Navy blue with gold epaulettes and a silver IOI logo on his right breast). Sorrento's conversations with others shows us his determination to win, “ Your trailer is
Is there really a dragon in the garage? The most convincing author was Shermer In “How Thinking Goes Wrong” because of all the facts, logos that he implemented in his article. He backed up all his statements with lengthy factual information that can be proved or be cited. The article did not appeal to any emotion but it was trustworthy because of its factual statements and certainty. The article was organized in topics with explanations and factual information to make the reader trust what was being