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[Name] [Instructor’s Name] [Class] [Section Number] [Due Date] “Single-Source Essay First Draft” In the US, a increasing number of medical and public agents are advocating for movies smoking scenes to be adult- rated (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). This advocacy is confronted with four arguments (i.e. two are methodological, one is practical and last one is on principle) erecting from the following questions:- • Does a smoking scene in movies induce youth into smoking habit? • Are all of the teenagers likely to fall prey to smoking habits? • Is this proposal effective or efficient in restricting youth from exposure to adult-rated content? • What kind of impact does this proposal has to the society? The arguments are pointed out by the questions above as follows: Does a smoking scene in movies induce youth into smoking habit? (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011)Research studies claim to observe a relationship between movie smoking exposure and smoking uptake in youths. But the proposal do not control for large-scale confounding of the independent variables (i.e. smoking in movies). Therefore, a teenager at risk of smoking will self-select to watch particular kind of movies which may well contain more smoking scenes. To an extend this may influence the teenager uptake smoking habit (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). However, this is highly dependable on factors that are associated with social lifestyle, parental factor, and psychological factors such as self-assessment (“rebellious or not”) and risk-taking (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). Are all of the teenagers likely to fall prey to smoking habit? Not all of the teenagers are likely to fall prey to smoking habit. This is because teenagers have varying attributes (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). Those teenagers, who possess traits such as rebelliousness, care-free attitude and so on, are likely to be more attracted to watching movies with smoking scenes and subsequently influencing them to smoking (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). Is this policy advocacy effective or efficient in restricting youth from exposure to adult-rated content? The policy advocacy that assumes that film classification will actually prevent the youth from accessing movies with smoking scene is naïve since the youth have frequent access to adult-rated movies via friends and internet (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). For instance, in US 2008, an estimated 10.397 million children aged between 12-17 watched a movie on the internet of which others were pornography. This nullifies the workable solution restricting cinemas viewing of smoking to adults due to the exponential changes to technology and internet (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). From the argument, it is clear that this policy advocacy is neither effective nor efficient. What kind of impact does this policy advocacy has to the society? Here, the argument arise from the concern about the assumption that advocates for any cause should feel it reasonable that the state should regulate cultural products like movies, books, art and theatre in the service of their issue. If this were to take effect then the society would feel deprived of their freedom and free-will and of which it may retaliate. In open societies, the role of movies involves far more than being simply a means of mass communicate healthy role models. It is also be a means of depicting the social problems and bad behaviors and smoking in movies mirrors the prevalence of smoking in population. Thus, movies touch on the core issues of the society and portray them in a creative and entertaining manner. (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011) Conclusion All the four arguments against adult-rated movie with smoking scene put down by the authors are logically sound, credible and passionate. References Chapman, S., & Farrelly, C. M. (2011, August 3). FOUR Arguments against the Adult-Rated Movie with Smoking Scenes.

“Single-Source Essay First Draft” In the US, a increasing number of medical and public agents are advocating for movies smoking scenes to be adult- rated (Chapman & Farrelly, 2011). This advocacy is confronted with four arguments (i.e. two are methodological, one is practical and last one is on principle) erecting from the following questions:- • … Read more

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CRYOSPHERE The general climatic conditions of an area; temperature and rainfall; are influenced by the kind of land cover (vegetation or ice and snow) present in that particular area. The two are related because the earth’s surface is a determinant factor of how much solar insolation and absorption an area receives (IPCC Report, 2007). The cryosphere is covered in snow and ice which helps in regulating the earth’s climatic conditions through a number of factors. ( The albedo of polar regions may vary depending on the surface cover. Albedo is the measure of ability of a surface to reflect solar energy. It varies from zero to one. If a surface’s albedo is 0 it therefore means all energy has been absorbed and no reflectivity is experienced. If at one, that means that the reflectivity is high that all solar energy is being reflected away. Melting snow and ice cause changes in the earth’s (polar region) albedo hence a change in the general climate of that area. The colour of snow which is white also highly contributes to its albedo hence regulating the amount of heat on the earth’s surface. Diag.1: Courtesy of IPCC AR4 Report: Climate Change (2007) The diagram above represents the components of the cryosphere that are used to record climatic patterns from wind patterns, temperature and precipitation of that area. When the glaciers melt and heat absorbed by the ice sheets, the water is deposited in seas and oceans hence leading to rise in water level (IPCC Report, 2007). So far, the ice sheet has lost about 160km3 to sea water. Addition of water may change speed of currents in the oceans affecting the rate of evaporation. Higher evaporation leads to high rainfall received. On the other hand, the effect of melting sea ice may not be direct because it exposes the dark ocean floor which enables more absorption of solar radiation hence increased in warm temperatures of the frozen ground(permafrost) (IPCC Report, 2007). The permafrost contains large quantities of carbon released as methane gas responsible for warming of the atmosphere. A rough surface on the cryosphere contributes to more solar reflection than a smooth surface. If the polar regions have rocky substances, they more likely absorb solar radiation leading to warmer temperatures. A smooth surface will easily reflect solar heat hence colder temperatures. Mountain tops that are covered with thick snow tend to reflect solar radiation as compared to those with thin layers of snow. At higher altitudes there’s lesser heavy gases like Oxygen (IPCC Report, 2007). Ultimately, the air around such areas tends to be cool and humid. Warm air from low lying areas rise and cool carrying lesser moisture and hence released in form of rain. Over the years, scientists have used the cryosphere to tract past and predict future climatic conditions. Ice cores can be dated to have existed more than 100,000 years ago. The temperatures in the past had lesser carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane gases (CH4) than experienced in this current years. This means the general global climate then was cooler and characterised by sufficient rainfall (IPCC Report, 2007).. Due to infrastructural and industrial changes the that have led to loss of snow cover, the atmosphere in the present ages is hot and characterised by little rainfall. References: 1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change :4th Assessment Paper Report,2007

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CRYOSPHERE The general climatic conditions of an area; temperature and rainfall; are influenced by the kind of land cover (vegetation or ice and snow) present in that particular area. The two are related because the earth’s surface is a determinant factor of how much solar insolation and absorption an area receives … Read more

75823471 CRM IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY

75823471 CRM IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY In banking, that point where there is an exchange of a service with the customer and what goes on before, during or after that is what is referred to as the touch points. Going by this, the touch points can be endless depending on the context of a customer’s … Read more

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VOLCANOES AND AVIATION SAFETY In the recent past, a number of aircrafts have had terrible encounters with suspended volcanic substances from the explosions from the active volcanic mountains. When the volcanic ash suspends in the air, it gets in the way of flights leading to damages either on the plane or run way. There are … Read more

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E-Commerce: Reverse Auction Sites The recent internet based technological advancement has had major impact on the supply chains management and specifically sourcing strategies. One of the most adopted technologies in this field is the use of reverse auctions also known as electronic/online reverse auctions. In traditional auctioning, also called forward auctions, a seller offers a … Read more