Category: Writing

1. What is your persuasive speech topic? What side are you going to be arguing? (for example: “for animal testing” or “against animal testing”).
2. List all counterarguments that oppose your position/claim (your claim is what you are trying to prove or persuade the audience to do or believe).
3. Choose the strongest position against yours and list it here, along with how you will address it in your speech. See your textbook for ideas on how to address counterarguments.
4. Which persuasive speaking organizational pattern will you use to organize your main points? Why did you choose this pattern?
5. How do you plan to use ethos, pathos, and logos in your persuasive speech? Please be as specific as possible and write about all three (ethos, pathos and logos). For example: “I will appeal to pathos by providing…”

While this paper raises many potential legal issues, I want you to concentrate exclusively on whether a New York state court has personal jurisdiction over PARTA, an out-of-state transit company. You’ll find all the legal rules you need to analyze the scenario in my lecture, the textbook and other course materials — you do NOT and should NOT attempt to research this legal issue online. In addition, Do NOT discuss whether Ishiguro could also have sued in federal district court based on that court’s diversity of citizenship jurisdiction. Do NOT discuss whether PARTA was properly served with notice of the lawsuit (service of process). Do NOT discuss the legal standard for a court to grant a motion to dismiss (in New York state courts or anywhere else). Do NOT discuss the underlying tort issues and whether PARTA can be held liable for the personal injuries Ishiguro sustained when he fell as he exited the PARTA commuter train at the platform in Wilmington, Delaware. Those issues only become important IF the court has jurisdiction over the lawsuit. In short, only focus on the personal jurisdiction issue. Your paper must be in Word format and contain: Section headings (ex. Facts, Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion) Ishiguro v PARTA The Pennsylvania Area Regional Transit Authority (PARTA) is a public transportation authority that has its principal place of business at 9712 Lancaster Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PARTA operates bus, rapid transit, commuter light rail, trains, and electric trolleybus services for nearly 4 million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, PA. PARTA also provides commuter rail service to Delaware and New Jersey. PARTA trains and buses do not serve New York state, but PARTA does sell transit tickets from a New Jersey Transit window at New York’s Penn Station in New York City, NY. Kenichi Ishiguro is a 55-year-old resident of New York City, who does not speak English. On October 18, 2021, he boarded a PARTA train in Philadelphia traveling to Wilmington, Delaware. Ishiguro claims that when he reached his destination, the train was leaning to one side, creating a dangerous gap between the train and the platform. As he tried to step from the train over the gap to the platform, Ishiguro said he fell onto the platform and dislocated his right wrist. Ishiguro claims that as a result of his injuries, he needed two surgeries and had to leave his job as a sushi chef. In February 2022, Ishiguro sued PARTA in New York state court. His complaint alleges that PARTA was negligent in operating its commuter train from Philadelphia to Wilmington, Delaware, resulting in his wrist injuries, his medical expenses, and his loss of income. PARTA moved to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the NY trial court where Ishiguro filed his lawsuit lacked personal jurisdiction over PARTA, an out-of-state defendant. Section 302 of New York Consolidated Laws, Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR 302) is the state’s long-arm statute, which grants New York courts personal jurisdiction over non-residents (called non-domiciliaries in the statute) for certain specified acts, specifically where a non-domiciled defendant 1. transacts any business within the state or contracts anywhere to supply goods or services in the state; or 2. commits a tortious act within the state, except as to a cause of action for defamation of character arising from the act; or 3. commits a tortious act outside the state causing injury to person or property within the state … if he (i) regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered, in the state, or FIRAC Assignment #1 2 (ii) expects or should reasonably expect the act to have consequences in the state and derives substantial revenue from interstate or international commerce; … You are the judge of the NY state trial court assigned to this case. How do you rule on PARTA’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction?

A.All of the following are examples of vowel reduction except: a. tonight –> [t?n??t] b. going to –> [g?n?] c. domestic –> [d?m?st?k] d. pending –> [p?nd??]
B. Which of the following words has a voiced palatal fricative? a. Peaches b. Cowboy c. Sheep d. Measure

Here are two versions of Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup’s song, “That’s Alright Mama” performed by Crudup himself in 1946 and another by Elvis Presley in 1954. That’s Alright Mama was the first single Elvis recorded at Sun Records in Memphis, and since it was the first of Elvis’ records to be played on the radio, many consider it to be the first rock and roll record. Due to the fact that this record was relatively obscure, it shows how familiar Elvis was with rhythm and blues at this point in his life. When listening to these two versions, consider what changes Elvis made to Crudup’s original version to make it his own.
Arthur Crudup: That’s All Right Mama (1946)
Elvis Presley: That’s All Right Mama (1954)
1. Discuss some of the important features in the music of the two major artists above. Compare and contrast the two artists and their music.
2. What about the two artists strikes you as common musical elements of rock?
3. Do you feel there is a difference in their interpretation of rock music? If so, how does their interpretation differ? What musical elements are different?
4. State the reasons for your opinion. Finally, discuss which artist you prefer and why.

Loreta’s inquisitive aunt is asking her all kinds of questions about life on campus. Complete each question by choosing the word from the list and writing it in the blank. Use each word only once. Remember to capitalize the first word of a question. TIP: The question words in the list have different forms: masculine / feminine and singular / plural. To choose, consider both the meaning of a word and the form it needs in the particular context. cuál | cuáles | cuántos | cuántas | cuánto | cuánta | quién | quiénes 1.i clases tomas este semestre? enter answer ¿Cuatro o cinco? 2. i es tu clase preferida? ¿La clase enter answer de inglés? 3. i tarea hay? ¿Hay mucha? enter answer 5. ¿ es tu mejor (best) amiga? Es enter answer Victoria, ¿no?