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Nations should pass laws to preserve any remaining wilderness areas in their natural state, even if these areas could be developed for economic gain. Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position. ****************** Given statement mentions that all nations should pass lawsto protect those which are not yet devleoped for economic gain in their natual state. In my view certain percentage of each nation's geographical area should be dedicated to wild. For those nations which are not yet developed, there is a genuine reason to grow economically and compete with other wealthy nations. But, I do not see any reason for economically developed nations to develop remaining wilderness. First, Planet earth is not just only for human beings, it is for all living orgnaisms. Every living organism has equal righ to have a place on this earth. Because human being can dominate other oganisms with his ingeniousness, he has no right to decimate other natual habitat at his will. If man continues to destroy nature, man has to face consequences. This is what evident in the form of environmental damage, when large dams are built on rivers, polluting factories are built etc, And man has to face the consequences of environmental damange if not now, but in the near future. e.g. Most of the large dams have caused collosal damage to nature and habitat. These dams are now posing threat to areas down the river stream. e.g. China's large dams have inundated many forests, decimated varitety of habitat and dispalced many natives. But these dams are now posing great threat to areas down the stream as these dams may not sustain small earth quake in these areas. Also, planet earth is not only for current generation. Our future generations have equal right on planet earth and they also want to see and enjoy the beauty of nature. If current generations continues to destroy forestsa and kill animals, then future generations will only see concrete jungles, machines on this earth. Future generations will see wild animals only in pictures. Moreover, economically deprived nations have much of their land covered with forests and wild. These nations need to develop econimically and provide food and decent standard of living to their citizens. They have genuine need to use their land for econimic development of their citizens. By stipulating all nations not to touch their wilder areas, current econimic dominance of few nations will be perpetuated. This is not justified and other nations will not accept or obey such rules imposed on them. In my opinion, all nations should pass laws to dedicate certain percentage of their land to wilderness so that other living beings can be given their space and at the same time this will ensure that all nations have equal advantage to compete econmically.

In option A, there are two "it"s. "It is necessary to paint it".. is this ok?? In option E, the last it aptly refers to surface. Whats the official answer??

This Q is similar to the one here "http://www.www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/135125-doctrinal-dispute.html". Is it a rule that when preposition "WITH" or "Where" used it should be repeated??

Interesting question!! is there any difference between usage of "SOME OF WHICH" and "OF WHICH SOME"??

Hi Erin, Is the sentence "Joe likes beans and Bob likes potatoes" correct? Here coordinating conjunction is used. Brent mentioned in post that this sentence is incorrect. Pls reply.

Pls grade this essay.. Tks.. ************* Quotation by the business leader states that obtaining food, clothing, shelter and a minimum of luxuries, i.e. obtaining of living is the objective of business. And the business leader feels that obtaining of living does not consume much time. However, I do not support the opinion expressed by the business leader. If obtaining of living is the sole purpose of doing business, then business man can obtain his living by being an salaried employee in an organization. Instead, objective of business to create money, to create employment opportunities for others and to support the needy in society. First, if the objective of business is to obtain living, then business man can do so by being a salaried employee in an organization. Doing business involves looking for the opporunities in the market, creating new products and services to offfer to customers, constantly innovating internal business practices and staying ahead of competitors. All this is not as simple as to obtain living and great businessmen have invested their life times in creating business empires that span across globe. e.g. If the objective of Bill Gates is to obtain living for his family, then probaly he would have joined as a software programmer in othe comapnies like IBM existing when invented Microsoft Operating System and lived happily forever. Bill Gates wouldnt have established an organization that will span across the globe and he wouldnt have risked legal proceedings in law courts against him and Microsoft. I feel objective of business is to create money, to create wealth for its stake holders, to create employment opportunities for others and to support the needy in society. Any business enterprise cannot be run by a single person. It involves many divisions like procuring raw materials, manufacturing products, marketing finished goods and accounting all payables and receivables. So, business owner has to employ others to do these functions on his behalf. Further, as business grows, it creates wealth for all stake holders. Finally, business man has the social obligation to uplift the society around him. If business man empowers the needy around him, knowledge and purchasing power of people around him will increase and which in turn will create market for his products. e.g. In India, Reliance Group was started by Dhirubhai Ambani with text tile manufacturing business. Now this Groups is the biggest business conglomerate in India and this group forayed into Petroleum, Information technology, Retailing, Logistics etc. And this group employees more than 1 million people on its payrolls. Had the objective of Dhirubhai Ambani was to make living, his group wouldnt have reached this position now. Ambani group is also actively involved in philanthropic activities in areas surrounding its manufacturing plants. To conlcude, I do not support the statement given that final objective of business is to make the obtaining of living. Had the motive of entrepreneurship is to obtain living, then man kind would not have progressed so far and it could not have witnessed so many business entities, which are existing now. Business involves creating money, creating wealth for stakeholders and supporting the needy in society through philanthrophic projects.

Please grade my essay.. ************* Statement asserts that an employee's job security and salary should be based on employee performance, not on years of service. In an organization where promotion and salary are dependent on employee's years of service, employees will be waiting for the time to pass to get their next promotion or salary increment. This will lead to a stagnant and dull work environment where every body waits for the stipulated number of years to pass to get their next promotion without any concern about the future of the company. So, I support this statement as mere contributing years of service without any significant achievements or contributions for the development of oganization should not be a criterion for to promote or to decide salary of an employee. Further, such criterion will discourage people from achieving high levels of productivity or increasing their productivity. In the below paragrpahs I have given examples to support my stand. First, An employee's years of service in an organization is not a valid criterion based on which management can decide whether to promote him or not. Years of service could signify an employee's loyalty towards the organization but there coulde be other reasons also like he might be in his home town or home state etc. Further, an employee's years of service does not spell out his achievements or contributions to the organization. So, decisions based merely on years of service are not justified. And, organization will be come less efficient, if such promotion policies are followed. Indian Public Sector companies are a good example to illustrate this scenario. Indian governement has established manufacturing companies in 1950s to make India self sustained in the fields of power, steel etc. In these companies "years of service" was the criterion for promotion and salary. By 1990s these comapanies were making losses and productivity in these companies was low. Organization structures of these comapnies become a oval which should be a pyramid in ideal scenario with more people being promoted based on their years of service in the company. Second, When performance is the critreion for promotion and salary, employees will strive to achieve better result and improve their productivity. This wil also give them an impetus to learn new skills etc to give better performance. Further, employees will also be motivated to undergo various training programs organized by the company. Indian software companies are a good example for such scenario. Most of the software comapnies in India were established in 1990s. In these companies, perforamnce was the primary criterion for promotion and salary. So, employees were eager to deliver their best to grow in the organization and were quite in active in learning new skills in the ever changing field of computers. This contributed a lot to the growth of Indian software industry and its services are highly valued all over the world. To conlude, I feel that job securtiy and salary should be based on the employee's performance but not on the years of service in the organization. Years of service as the criterion for salary and securtiy will make people lax in their duties and productivity levels of the people will drop. Indian Public sector comapnies make a good example for that.

Please grade my essay.. ****************** Statement asserts that location is one of the primary factors in deciding a business's success. And it further asserts that any improvement in computer communications or other kinds of technologies will not change the importance of location. I agree with the statement and assert that location plays a dominant role in the success of a business. In business, choosing the right location to a manufacture, right location to market and right location to center its operations is very important as any wrong decisions in these aspects could be very costly to the organization. First, traditionally London, New York, Tokyo, Mumbai etc are the cities where major business activities have been located. Reason for many companies to locater their business in these locations is obvious- they all are near to a sea-port, they have a big business-communities to trade with and they have good manufacturing hubs also. So, for any comapny to decide on location for its corporate office, these locations will be obvious choice. Is this the only criterion to locate a business? Need not be. With the advancement in computer communications made easier for organizations to relcoate their business units all over the world. A comapny's head quarters could be in New York, its marketing department could be in Europe and its manufacturing division could be in China. But, still location plays the key role in deciding the success of business. Company has chosen such diverse locations all over the globe to remain competitive in the era of cut-throat business. So, following are the key factors for any company to decide on the location for its various business units: i) Economic environment ii) Political environment iii) Work Force availability iv) Logistics and infrastructure availability v) Presence of other supporing manufacturing units Second, advancement in the computer communications and technology helped in diversing the business units' locations across the globe, but it cannot replace the vital position played by location in the success of business. Companies have exploited the advancement in computer communications and technology to remain faster to market and to deliver the best goods and services according to the changing needs of customers. To give an example, many of comapnies in west have re-located their customer care centers to India. Customer care executives in India were solving the complaints made western customers. This was possible because of the development in technology and technology has given the advantage to re-locate their customer center operations to a more cost-effective place, India. On the other hand, this development in technology has not made companies to move their complete business to India. To conlude, no matter what could be the development in technology or advancement in computer communications, location still plays a key role in determining the success of a business. Location of business is determined by economic, political and logistic factors and advancement in technology and communications cannot replace this.

Please grade my essay **************** Given statement asserts that schools should give students extensive training to make informed decisions before making purchases as businesses use high-quality advertising to sell low-quality products. I do not completely agree with the statement as schools play a part in upbrining of the children. I feel it should be collective effort of schools and parents to make children aware about low-qaulity products and guide them to make informed decisions before making purchases. This topci asserts that busineeses sell low-quality products. This brings up following questions- How to define quality? How to make students know about quality? How to categorize a product as of high-quality or low-quality? If a student is purchasing a jeans after seeing a high-quality ad of manufacturer, how is he going to categorize the product as of low-quality or high-quality? These questions are subjective to answer and depends on individual needs. The word "Quality" itself is having many definitions. So, educating students about these aspects will help them in making informed decisions. But, who has to educate them? First, a student spends only 8-hours of his week day in the school. Further, student is more influenced by advertisements shown on TV than in any other medium and he watches TV watces at his home. So parents also have an equal role in educating children regarding low-quality products. Parents should control the content watched by students at home and educate them about various products of which advertisments are shown or he is interested in. It is difficult for the teacher in the school to know the various interests of all the children in the class and gudie them accordingly. Further, its parents who give the money for all the purchases made by students. So, parents should control what their children are buying and should seek answers from them regarding purchases before giving money to them. Second, schools should also include the topics related to measuring the qualities of various products, in which children might be interested in. e.g. children of 7th standard might be interested to buy foot balls. So, a class to teach them on various factors that need to be considered before one buys a foot ball could be of great help to students. In the similar fashion schools should take activie interest in developing the curriculam for students of different ages based on their general interests. This curriculam will help them to make informed decisions rather than get influenced by high-quality advertising of various products. To conlude, I feel both parents and schools have equal role in giving training to students in how to make informed decisions before making purchases. Schools cannot be made responsible alone as students spend most of their leisure time at home and get influenced by watching TV etc at home. Further, parents should give money to children for their purchases after enquiring in detail about what they are going to buy.

“Nations should cooperate to develop regulations that limit children’s access to adult material on the Internet.”* *The Internet is a worldwide computer network. Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading. 13:45-14:15 Statement given asserts that problem of children accessing adult material on internet should be dealt collectively by various nations. I do not agree with the statement in dealing with this problem. Though internet could be a worldwide network, nations can control the exploitation of children for the sake of adult material on internet but controlling the access to children should be a job of parents. My points against the statement are mentioned below in detail. First, though internet is a worldwide network, it will be accessed by children at their home or at their schools. So, it should be duty of parents and administrators in school to monitor what children are doing on internet. Internet has wealth of information which students can access to improve their knowledge on various issues and to improve their understanding of subjects by viewing multi-media presentations etc. As knife has two edges, internet has its own disadvantages. So it should be the job of parents and teachers in the school to guide the students on right path until they get mental powers to know what is right and what is not. Further, children will access internet at internet cafes in their neighborhood, if they don’t have a personal computer at home. This is the scenario in most of the developing nations like India. So, internet café owners should take responsibility to install proxy on their computers so that, children will not get access to internet. Hence, It should be a collective effort of parents, teachers and community to see that children are not exposed to adverse effects of internet but to ensure that children are benefited from the internet. However, as mentioned in the statement of the topic, as internet is a worldwide computer network, it should be collective effort of various nations to see that children are not exploited by pedophiles to put adult material on internet. In recent past, such cases have come into light in India, where children were exploited by other nationals. However, with the help of Interpol they have been brought to justice. To conclude, I do not agree with the statement that nations should co-operate to develop regulations to limit children’s access to adult material. But, I feel it should be collective responsibility of parents, teachers and community to see that children get positive benefits out of internet. Further, I think that nations should co-operate to see that children are not exploited for creating adult material on internet.

“Some people claim that the growth of mass media has stifled intellectual curiosity. Others, however, argue that the availability of so much information and entertainment has encouraged individuals to expand their intellect and creativity.” Explain your position on this issue. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading." Statement claims that growth of mass media has stifled intellectual curiosity of people exposed to mass media. On the other hand, some argue that availability of such information encouraged individuals to expand their intellect and creativity. I support the argument made by the later, as mass media has opened up the wealth of information to people, who were otherwise deprived of. It was truly said that “a picture paints thousand words”, Without experiencing it or without seeing it, it is difficult to understand the ferocity of explosion of a volcano, it is difficult to understand the devastation created by a tornado and it is difficult to understand the aridness of deserts. Text books in the schools could describe such natural phenomenon in the best possible ways, but seeing them will make the students to remember them for a life time. By watching a program related to volcano, tornado or a desert, students will be able to co-relate the things to what they have read in text book. Further, it will also help the students to visualize the situations in much better way and this will certainly expand their creativity. Further, mass media will not only help students in school, it will also students in college too to understand their subjects in much better way. E.g. A engineering student can learn about engines, structures etc by watching programs related to automobiles, structural wonders etc. Also, a history student can learn more about the incidents in wolrd-wars by watching History channel, where in visuals of war are shown. Further, mass media will help not only in understanding the subject better but also in visualizing what students have read and in challenging their creative cells by posing new questions. Further, mass media will also help the adults to understand their surroundings, nature etc in much better way than they could have learnt in any other way. Programs related to personal hygiene, health etc will help adults to maintain a good life and increase their curiosity in them selves. E.g. a program on breast cancer could catch the attention of a female and increase her curiosity to know more about it and also will help her in identifying the disease at an early stage. To conclude, I support the statement that mass media will expand the curiosity and creativity of people. To support my argument I have given the examples of students in school, students in college and adults. I strongly believe that mass media will help all persons in life to understand their curricula, their surroundings and themselves in much betterway.

“Some experts maintain that students learn best in a highly structured environment, one that emphasizes discipline, punctuality, and routine. Others insist that educators, if they are to help students maximize their potential, ought to maintain an atmosphere of relative freedom and spontaneity.” Explain your position on the issue of structure versus freedom in an ideal learning environment. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading. Some experts might be right in asserting that an environment in which discipline, punctuality and routine are maintained is an ideal ground for students to learn. Student should concentrate on the studies which gives him the knowledge to form an out look towards society and his character itself. On the other hand, some experts could equally be right in asserting that atmospehere of relative freedom and spontaneity are essential for a student to excel. These qualities of environment make them to think broaderly and expand their horizon of thinking. But I strongly support an environment where it is more towards the first i.e. discispline, punctuality and routine are most important with a freedom to explore students’ curiosities and develop their spontaneity. In ancient Hindu scripts, it was written that a person’s life is divided into four stages one child hood, where one gains knowledge about world, Youth, where one uses knowledge to understand the world, adulthood, where he gives birth to other humans and nurtures them with all the good qualities and old age. Even though this could have been told ages ago, it holds good even in today’s fast paced life. As stages in life are clearly demarcated with the physical and mental efforts one can take at that stage of his life, child hood forms the basis for one’s conduct for his rest of life. So, rigourous drill of maintaining discipline, punctuality becomes part of one’s life even in his youth and adulthood. In today’s fast paced world time is money and so maintaining punctuality becomes essential. Further, In today’s modern world with the easy access of TV, internet, videogames children spend more time on these other avogations which do not really contribute any thing to use in the future. That’s why students have to put in rigorous drill to not to distract their attention form their immediate goals. That’s why in today’s modern India, one can see many residential schools are coming up to meet this demand. And I am sure children studying in these schools will not only be more disciplined but also more ready to take on the challenges of the life as they need to continuosly interact with children of the same age. On the other hand, freedom and spontaineity are essential to fathom one’s creative skills and develop choices of one’s own. And I strongly feel these are essential for any learning environment to make a perfect human beings. Without this leverage for the students they will be put into a cast which the learning system adapts and students will fail to hone their creative skills. So, to conclude I support a leranign system where in discipline, punctuality and routine are prime qualities and at the same time it should also give a chance to explore their personal choices and show their spontaneity.

The following appeared in a memorandum issued by a large city’s council on the arts: “In a recent citywide poll, 15 percent more residents said that they watch television programs about the visual arts than was the case in a poll conducted five years ago. During these past five years, the number of people visiting our city’s art museums has increased by a similar percentage. Since the corporate funding that supports public television, where most of the visual arts programs appear, is now being threatened with severe cuts, we can expect that attendance at our city’s art museums will also start to decrease. Thus some of the city’s funds for supporting the arts should be reallocated to public television.” Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc. Argument given states that since the precentate of people watching visual arts programs has increased by 15% , TV had influenced people to visit city’s art museum and there by the similar percentage increase in visitors to museum was recorded. As public TV’s funds will be scarce with reduction in corportate funding, part of city’s funds for supporting the arts should be given to public TV. This argument is not convincing as it has many questionable assumptions and has not stated all the facts in detail. In below paragraphs the same are illustrated. First, argument is having following fallacies: 1) Argument states number of people watch television programs pertaining to visual arts has increased. But, it does not state whether all these programs are shown on public TV. It could be highly possible that people might be watching a private channel dedicated to visual arts instead of public TV programs. 2) Argument owes the increase in number of people visiting museums to increase in viewership of TV programs. But, during past 5 years, museums could have arranged exhibitions of famous artists and that could have attracted many visitors. Statement does not give any verifiable evidence to confirm that reason for increase in visitors to museums is TV programs Statement would have been more convincing , had the statement established a direct co-relation between the increase in viewership of visual arts’ programs and number of visitors. A survey of visitors to the museums like what motivated them to come to museum, which program has motivated to them come to museum, and on which channel that programe is aired would have been more convincing to conclude that re-allocating funds to public TV would surely increase or maintain the number of visitors to the museums. Argument has fallacies like it fails to provide statistics/survey findings etc to convince that TV programs are the reason behind the increase in viewership and the all those TV programs are shown on public TV. So, I am not fully convinced with the proposal made in argument that re-allocating funds to public TV program would increase the number of visitors to museums.

Pls review my essay on the same topic.. Argument given by the publisher states that competing low-priced news paper, The bugle is responsible for the decrease in its circulation and asserts that decreasing the price below that of The bugle will increase its revenues in the form of advertising. This argument is not convincing as it fails to illustrate the scenario in which the circulation has dipped and also falsely asserts that increasing circulation will surely bring the more advertising revenue. I will be addressing these lacunas in the argument in detail below. First, argument should have given description of target customer base for its weekly newspaper. Is it more of local news, in which local population is interested or investigative articles about contemporary issues, in which few people are interested. It should have addressed this issue in detail to understand the change in public likings. Further, it also fails to illustrate how the content in competiting news paper, the bugle, is different from its news. If both the newspapers publish same news, then why the people have to pay more price to buy the Mercury? Had the argument stated the news content of “The mercury”, it would have been easier to analyze the reasons for he drop in circulation . Second, argument also does not state the changes made in its content and format in comparison with its publication five years ago. If the mercury has not changed its content and format in line with the current tastes of public, then obviously circulation will drop irrespective of the price. Further, had the publisher surveyed the tastes of people and the information its subscribers are expecting from the mercury, it would have been easier to judge by comparing the mercury’s current publication and the survey results. Finally, argument also states that decreased price will result in increased circulation and which in turn will result in more advertising business for the news paper. It may not be practicable to assume such things without any valid data to support on current advertising revenues. Subscribers may like to buy “The mercury” at a less price with more content but may not like to buy “The mercury” with more advertisements. In effect, purpose of reducing the price is self-defeated. So, it would be too pre-mature to judge that more advertisements will sustain the increased subscriptions, which resulted because of less price. To conclude, The argument has not clearly illustrated all the relevant information like content of the mercury now, content of the mercury 5 years ago, content of its competitor, current market tastes, etc. to support it. If the argument provides this information, then it is easier to judge.

The following appeared as part of an article in a magazine devoted to regional life: “Corporations should look to the city of Helios when seeking new business opportunities or a new location. Even in the recent recession, Helios’s unemployment rate was lower than the regional average. It is the industrial center of the region, and historically it has provided more than its share of the region’s manufacturing jobs. In addition, Helios is attempting to expand its economic base by attracting companies that focus on research and development of innovative technologies.” Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc. Argument given asserts that City of Helios offers new business opportunities and an ideal location for setting up new business. Reasons stated for this assertion are low unemployement rate in city of Helios, high share of region’s manfucturing jobs and city’s efforts to attract companies that focus on research and development. However, argument is not convincing and fails to connect these reasons with its main point. First, corportations looking for new business opportunities or new location will look for good infrastructure, low cost of resources like man power, electricity etc and hassle free and low tax system etc. Argument fails to give any of these valid reasons instead it tries to establish relation between unemployment rate of City of Helios to the growth opportunites existing in City of Helios. Probably, existing manufacturing companies in the City of Helios might be exporting all of their products to foreign countries, where there is little or no effect of recession is there. So, unemployment rate in City of Helios will be lower. Further, statement tries to establish a relation between manufacturing jobs created by City of Helios to the prosperity of the companies existing in the City of Helios. It could be possible that there are certain clauses where by companies establishing their business in City of Helios cannot fire the employees from their jobs when they are needed. On the other hand, statement also states City of Helios is trying to attract research and development companies. But it fails to provide how these companies will complement the existing manufacturing companies or the prospective coroporations which will establish their business in City of Helios. Argument would have been more compelling, if the argument stated facts or reasons like, avaialbale work forece in City of Helios and their qualifications, comparison of tax structure of City of Helios to others, avaialbale ancillary units or the type of companies existing in and around city of Helios and status of infrastructure available etc. These reasons could have been more compelling reasons to a prospective corporation to look to establish its business in City of Helios. To conclude, though argument is trying to convince the corporations looking to establish their new busieness or manufacturing business with information related to employment level of City of Helios, it would be difficult for any decision maker in the business to correlate employment rate of region to organization’s profitability, if organization establishes it in that region.