Magazine Article Reviews Samples For Students

The Construction Cost Trends for 2014 September/ October2014 issue

The BNi@ Building News and Design Cost DataTM are regarded as important American magazines used in the construction industry. They are the leading providers of the industry intelligence. The articles are mainly devoted to delivering the industrial critical information to help in providing reliable cost estimates to all the industry concerned bodies. The article is quite helpful for the construction professionals’ on matters such as projecting future building cost and the building trends (BNi@ Building News 24).

Authors and Audience

The Construction Cost Trends for 2014 magazine contributed by BNi@ Building News, shows how the housing trend is recovering from many parts ...

The article in National Geographic Magazine was entitled “Ocean Acidification”. It was written by Elizabeth Kolbert and the photographs were taken by David Liittschwager. The article discusses the acidity of the sea and how carbon dioxide and harmful greenhouse gases are seeping into the ocean and affecting life in the water. The study takes place in two locations, the first is in Castello Aragones, which is west of Naples, and the second location is in Australia, by the sea in the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland.
The article first explains why the locations were chosen and what was ...

This paper intends to discuss the article, “Egypt after Mubarak”. The article is authored by Paul Amar who is working as an associate professor at global and international studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prof. Paul is a well known name in the arena of comparative politics, global ethnography, international political study, theories of gender and race. A number of books, research works, articles and other scholarly items are written by Prof. Amar.
The article that we are going to discuss in this paper was published in a magazine, ‘The Nation’ on 23 may, 2011. The nation is a ...

Path – goal theory is a leadership theory that specifies leadership style whose main aim is to achieve set goals through enhancing working environment for employees. It seeks to motivate, satisfy and empower employees so as to increase their productivity in the firm. Leader – member exchange theory is a leadership theory that focuses on the relationship between managers and their employees. It suggests that the relationships between managers and their employees are classified into three stages. These are role taking, role making, and routinization. Transformational leadership is a type of leadership style whereby managers work with their subordinates to come ...

Summary and Reflection: Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamott

Summary and Reflection
Anne Lamott discussed the value of first drafts in writing through the article Shitty First Drafts, an article in her best-selling book Bird by Bird. As a professional writer, Lamott disputes the commonly held notion that good writers find it easy to create written works without any indication of anxiety or difficulty whatsoever. For Lamott, all writers experience obstacles related to their written works. In turn, Lamott referred to first drafts as those that tend to reflect the obstacles of all writers towards producing the final version of their written works (Lamott, 1994).

Lamott does ...

Introduction

The topic on genetically modified foods has evolved into one of the most equivocal topics that have generated a contentious debate across various settings all over the globe. This can be accredited to the much hypothesized repercussions of genetically modified foods. Worth noting is the fact that researches carried out in the recent past such as the much hypothesized studies on the effects of genetically modified corn pollen on butterflies have radicalized the public to respond differently regarding the issues on global warming. In fact, it is as a result of such researches that the federal government has established regulatory procedures ...

Section 1

The article was published in the August issue of 2014 of The Atlantic Magazine. The Atlantic Magazine, founded in 1857 and currently based in Washington D.C. has over the years grown to become a well-respected politics and social justice commentary.

The article was published in the technology section of the magazine, which is issued ten times every year.

The article was authored by Erica Gies, an independent writer, editor and photographer whose areas of specialization include; energy, water, climate policy, urban planning and green living.

Section 2

The article is talking about the current wrangles over underground water in California. Gies highlights the disputes that have come up as farmers battle over the underground water.
Gies also highlights on ...

This summary will reflect over the wonders of science through four articles. The topics that will be discussed are robots. Robots can be seen, in the developments, in many fields.
This field is constantly researching and updating because of our incredible technology developments of our society. The possibilities that might be able to accomplish through this could save a life and make our world even more powerful. That is the beauty of the power of science with robotics.
“Military Lays in Push for Robotic Ground Vehicles,” by John Markoff provides an in-depth picture of this robotic vehicle to ...

Introduction

According to Californian Supreme Court marriage is an individual fundamental right that gives an individual opportunity to share his or her life with the person of choice. People who have entered into this union are recognized and protected as a family and must posses equal rights and responsibilities. The law then governs everything on the land and therefore no individual should be allowed to stereotype any one subject to sexual orientation.
The United Nations Human Rights Commission had declared that women and men of any civilization, race and religion have the right to marry a spouse of his or her ...

McIntyre, M., McDonald, C., & Racine, L. (2013). A Critical Analysis of Online Nursing Education: Balancing Optimistic and Cautionary Perspectives. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 45(1), 36–53. Retrieved from http://file:///C:/Users/Customer/ Downloads /A%20Critical%20Analysis%20Online%20Nursing%20 Education%20(1).pdf
As populations of nursing students become more distributed, the ability to teach is increasingly relying on technology through the development of online nursing education. Learning institutions incorporate the nontraditional method in order to remain competitive, accessing students residing outside urban cities. E-learning programs use computers to obtain materials and to interact with the instructor and other students ...

1. Anderson, L.V. (2016, May 19). Ethics compliance training is a waste of time. Slate Magazine.
This article, despite the cynical title, provides good research concerning the process by which companies implement ethics compliance training programs, including what incentive they have and how the external legal environment influences them to do this. The article begins by stating that the predominant form of ethics compliance training that all onboarded employees typically take in corporate organizations in the United States are in the form of eLearning courses. The article describes the typical mandatory basic ethics, harassment and discrimination training that are ...

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The present paper reviews three different articles that are focused on teaching and learning concepts. The first article is based on fixed versus growth mindset which is written by Popova (2014). In this article, the author discussed the fundamental belief that is most common among people. Most of the people believe that the character, intelligence and creativity are the hereditary blessed traits that cannot be changed. These people are classified as fixed mindset individuals who believe that striving for success is worthless and it better to avoid ...

- Employment related Laws
Laws reflect dominant values of the society, particularly labor laws, and they are made to prevent injustice of any kind to the members of the society. Various laws relating to employment are existing in the US, and they are at various levels such as local, state and federal. Laws of employment are intended to protect the rights of both employees and the employers equally. It is believed that compliance with the laws by every one, benefits the society as a whole.
The prominent employment related laws in the US are anti-discrimination laws to bring ...

White collar crimes are financially motivated and non-violent crimes majorly committed by people of high social status. The term “white collar crime” was coined in 1939 by Edwin Sutherland in his speech to the American Sociological Society.White collar crimes are difficult to detect and prosecute. Perpetrators employ highly sophisticated methods to commit crimes and hide the heinous activities through a chain of complex financial transactions. Punishment for these crimes involve: incarceration, restitution, community service, probation, criminal forfeiture, fines or disgorgement.

Bernie Madoff's $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme-Forbes Magazine

This prominent investor was involved in a Ponzi investment scam with the Madoff’s Hedge Fund. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent ...

Review of “Industrial and Commercial Training”

The study indicates that 21% of the companies with at least 500 workers prefer providing online learning opportunities for their workers. The paper expresses that the human resources managements, in general, are still suspicious about the efficiency of online learning programs for the workers. Only 30% of the companies those provide online learning opportunities for their workers express that they have received positive results from the online learning programs, and the rest of the companies indicate that they need relatively more time to make a certain decision whether the online learning programs have positive results (Kirkup, 2014).
The paper ...

Brief Summary

Knowing the definition of “gifted and talented children” is important. Unfortunately, there really is no general meaning for it. The Angleton Independent School District (2013) defines “gifted and talented” as someone who has the potential to achieve an outstandingly high level of accomplishment and who can display a high performance capability, compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment. It refers to someone who excels in a specific academic field (Angleton Independent School District, 2013).
In the article Do Gifted and Talented Students Need Special Schools?, the opposing views of John Cloud (2007) and Susan Winebrenner and Dina ...

The writer of this article talks about some challenges that efforts at implementing gun control measures in Canada tend to face. He brings forth his main idea that Canada has got very strict gun laws as compared to those of the United States. He acknowledges this by giving a corresponding opinion from one respondent to his articles that confirm about the Acquiring a gun in Canada is no longer easy. He attributes this to the lessons that Canada gets from neighboring United States' public shooting incidents besides the Marc Lepine's incident in 1985 where the twenty five years old man killed ...

Editing Form

Use this form and the paper of your choice (not yours) and email them to me . You will be graded on whether or not you know if the papers are cited correctly and if you can recognize the use of first or second person and contractions. Answers must be clear yes or no.

Grammar:

Use of First person: No
Use of Second person: No
Use of contractions: Yes
Complete sentences: Yes

Citations: Yes

All information is cited: Yes
All citations in the paper are on the works cited: Yes
Length (is the paper 3 full pages plus a ...

Abstract

This paper will reflect over the 10th amendment of the constitution. It will reflect
this amendment with current news. It will briefly reflect on the importance with this

Main Body

The tenth amendment of the Constitution state that power is given to states and people. The tenth amendment states power is not given to federal. This further reflects a definition of this amendment as being known factor. A known reason is one of the key factors to this media case.
This is from the article from FOX political news. The article, “Tenth Amendment Movement Aims to Give Powers Back to ...

Article title: Following the flock

This article provides a description of how a retrovirus DNA was used to determine the migration of a flock of sheep. Samples from different breeds of sheep were collected from different continents in the world. Extraction of the DNA involved the application of the extraction process for obtaining DNA. Since DNA fingerprinting involves obtaining, isolating, and making images of DNA sequences, scientist looked for six variants of the retrovirus in sheep referred to as Jaagsiekte, which is responsible for causing shortness of breath. This retrovirus common to sheep had inserted itself in the DNA over time and could be located in different ...

Introduction

The article explores the life of a young boy-Brandon Simms-who believes he is a transgender (Rosin, par. 5). The author explains the confusion that the boy faces in different social settings and as a participant observer; she relates the Boy’s parent’s assimilation process in regards to their son transgender identity (Rosin, par.7). Rosin’s thesis is that transgender children in the society are becoming more acceptable to their parents though still rejected by conservative families and social institutions.

Discussion

I think Rosin wrote this article following the gay and antigay movements that characterized a transforming American society hence the correct timing expected ...

Healthcare Class: Comparison and Analysis of Two Critical Articles

Introduction
This paper reviews the two critical articles written on American healthcare system. The author, David Goldhill, has narrated his personal experience of American healthcare system in his article “How American Health Care Killed My Father” (Goldhill 2). Whereas the other article “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us” written by Steven Brill is essentially a critique on the current US healthcare with much of its emphasis on current US President Obama’s healthcare policies recognized as ‘Obamacare’ (Brill 7).
The complexities of US health care system has raised countless debates and discussion in the American social ...

In the article ‘playboy’ (which was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s) the author made reference to an idealized bachelor house giving a cross section from the house and evaluating the aspects of interior design as earlier mentioned.
- Pile J. Interior Design, New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 2007
- Elizabeth F. A journal of urban history: Playboy’s urban lifestyle, 2008. Retrieved from http://juh.sagepub.com/content/34/5/747
Responding to this post, I can claim that in my opinion the idea of interior design was considered keenly in the building. The aspect that a swimming pool and seats were ...

The first article titled Home Economics: Will Rising Food Prices Ruin the Recovery written by Michael Schuman in the Time discloses the problem of food prices and its importance to the global economy. The rise of prices is usually caused by droughts and other unsuitable weather conditions. However, the food is one of the basic conditions of life on the Earth. Therefore, the rising of food prices causes two very important changes. First, it is consumption effect. Families, who are to allocate larger share of their weekly income on food basics, are forced to save money on something else: ...