Essays on Awareness

The process of generating an action plan based on my values, awareness, goal-setting, reflection, and plan for my individual development in the context of my education, career, self- improvement, or relationship stimulates me. I have always been a creative and resilient individual that stays with a plan of action until I achieve my desired objective. My ability to tolerate stress normally makes me very resourceful in solving both challenging and new problems, but I am easily bored by the routine. The process of creating my personal development plan (PDP) started with numerous individual evaluations that helped me recognize who Continue reading...

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Effects of Hookah Smoking
A hookah is a water pipe used to smoke (usually) flavored tobacco which is specifically made for this purpose. It has various names in various languages, such as water pipe, narghile, argileh, shisha, hubble-bubble, goza and etc. The origin of the device dates back to the 16th century in Persia. Today, hookah bars and cafes are gaining popularity around the world, including Britain, France, Middle East, Russia and the United States. Hookah smoking has now become a trend and Hookah itself has been classified as a socially-acceptable drug, with countries all Continue reading...

A symposium can be defined as a topic under discussion of many conferences and meetings. It is that specific on which people make speeches, presentations and other form of communicative pieces. The main purpose is to share the topic with everyone and creating awareness among local people about the respective social issue. For instance, a very common symposium topic can be keeping environment green and healthy by planting more trees. I will choose this topic as my protest art project. Man, today, prefers in enhancing his living standard. He focuses more on building lavish houses and buildings than on Continue reading...

Self-concept is the perception of oneself through an in-built mirror showing how one thinks of himself or herself. Self-concept arises from self-evaluation. It is the awareness that arises as concerns to what concepts best describe oneself. Self-concept comprises of the distinction one makes from others concerning oneself and how one views the world around him or her. The process of defining oneself starts from an early age and continues to develop depending on the environment and the persons who influence the child’s growth. It involves recognition of certain properties that are inherently constant and others that can be Continue reading...

Part A

The video of cognitive robot XCR-1, featured five characteristics of the sentient beings, and demonstrated a machine too can learn simple associations. The robot XCR-1 is a three-wheeled robot, without an envelope that gives a shape and form, with gripping hands, with multiple sensory capabilities and with a capacity to produce words. The robot has limited motor capacity (gripping, moving forward/ backward, talking and touching), but has excellent sensory systems for visual, auditory, touch, pain and tap stimulus. Obviously it has been created for studies and experiments in the field of machine learning. The experiment pioneered by Dr. Haikonen Continue reading...

Hart’s theory of program planning refers to a theory that examines the applicability and history of consciousness raising in programming. It outlines the fundamental principles of creating programs pertinent to consciousness raising. It is based on the actual emancipator action, entire social hold of power and actual practice of power at individual level. Consciousness raising is introduced as a theory that deals with both external and internal effects of power. Being both transformative and emancipatory mode of learning, it focuses on the idea of perspective change through self and critical reflection. The approach was strongly upheld by the Continue reading...

Reflection and self-awareness

Part 1: As you have developed through level 4 have your views of the professional’s role altered and why is this?
My views of the professional’s role have with no doubt altered with time. I have come to understand that professionalism is not all about academic qualifications but the ethics, conduct and integrity of a professional. I have come to realize that there are indeed set standards by given professional bodies. A professional cannot just act based on their own feelings but must pursue to carry out their obligations to the very best that they can. The Continue reading...

Public education and awareness on the harmful effects of Marijuana is the major health policy evident in the podcast. Despite the fact that there is no major evidence on the therapeutic effects of marijuana use, the drug has been legalized in most states. More people are thus involved in the procurement and abuse of the drug. The author underscores the danger that is posed to the developing fetuses because of the constant use of the drug by pregnant women. Notwithstanding the massive awareness that was done on the harmful effects of tobacco and other drugs on the population, none Continue reading...

In life, human beings experience traumatic events; whether accidents, death or any other trauma, such occurrences harm the person’s psychological well-being. In some cases, people are unable to deal with the aftermath of such occurrences; they thus deals with it by pushing it out of consciousness into the sub-conscious. Instead of dealing with the problem, they ignore it through psychological processes; this research paper focuses on the analysis of the process. It is a process known as repression (Loftus, 1993).
Repression is a very general concept in the field of psychology researched by many scholars through the years. Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Executive Summary
Nurses are at the forefront of health care delivery. A patient’s satisfaction to the care he or she receives in a hospital depends on a large extent to the way nurses interact with him or her. At present, there is a growing diversity not only among patients served, but also within the health care personnel. Thus, for nurses to provide the best possible care for their patients, it is important to institutionalize effective mechanisms that promote diversity awareness and self-diversity awareness. An example of such mechanism is the proposed Diversity Awareness Campaign.

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How does the level of social awareness distinguish the historic preservation movement in the United States?

In the 1960s, people had a unique view of social awareness. The view of people to the community meant that everything around them had to have been in place for as long as they can remember. The definition of social awareness during this time was the consciousness of an individual to their neighbors and the history they shared. It was a matter of who lived here and whether that person was born in a place or was he or she a “newcomer.” Another key aspect of social awareness during this time was in the economic status of individuals with Continue reading...

Stroke and Depression

Ranked as the fourth cause of death in United States, stroke remains as one of the diseases that leave a lot of people to live in trepidation as significant numbers of people are orphans due to this deadly disease. Stroke also known as brain attack, occurs when there is a blockage of blood vessels that are responsible for channeling blood to the brain. When this happens, brain cells start to die due to lack of oxygen hence abilities that are controlled by that area is lost. This disease is often associated with depression following trauma that is experienced from Continue reading...

Signages are part and parcel of our life. One would find signage in schools/ colleges, super markets, malls, hospitals, banks, legislation houses, industries and even in funeral grounds. Signage reminds us constantly where we are and passively creates an ambience suited for the place. Owners of fitness centers have an obligation to care for the users of the fitness facility. If this is not maintained then an injury can occur to the users that can be serious or even can be life threatening.

- It promotes awareness: An awareness of, what is available and who is available, can change Continue reading...

Sector 1: Analysis on Real Estate

The survey ha 190 questionnaires issued to the people in real estate and the result findings shows that only a few women were interested real estate as men were leading with 60%. More of the surveyed people were Arabs with the majority of staff being youths. Those in the real estate seem to have been schooled properly as about 70% are graduates and above. The real estate seem to be doing well as the most people are paid above 5000diarham. A larger percent of 70% were not informed about the social environment accounting resulting to over 65% of the Continue reading...

Introduction

Social media or social networking tools often come in the form of internet platforms because firstly, they are based on the internet and secondly, such platforms enable users and members to communicate to other users through virtual means. One of the biggest and perhaps the most popular social media platform today is Facebook. Social media may also be defined as the act of remotely interacting with people by doing activities such as creating contents, sharing contents, and or basically exchanging any form of ideas and information in a practically virtual community of friends and other people . According to social Continue reading...

For my narrative reflection and journey into a visual experience I chose to visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It exhibited many pieces I was able to connect to McCloud’s theories about closure and visual literacy (6). Certain pieces stood out more than others, inanimately, but somehow speaking to me. Collections spoke, punctuated, and ended themselves as comics do with direction, icons, and framework. McCloud’s philosophy on our sense of self in relation to what we see around us was also very present during my excursion (10). I saw myself differently depending on what exhibit Continue reading...

Philosophy

Abstract
Memory is a term that refers to the process whereby the brain obtains information, stores and keeps it and the then later on retrieves it when there is need for it. Memory is influenced by the surrounding environment and events taking place around an individual. Memory involves three important sub processes which are encoding data, storage of the data and retrieval as useful information. At first the data is usually raw and hence the brain transforms it to a form that is essential to the human being. After this the brains stores the data. The individual is usually Continue reading...

Oscar Wilde said, “Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” This punishment that Oscar Wilde speaks of us is what makes self-actualization an incomparably rewarding but also increasingly lonely path. But the gift of fulfillment, wonder, and delight that it offers keeps us going, keeps us evolving towards a higher consciousness. Dreaming is an entryway into that endless field of energy. Modern day dysfunction undercuts the spiritual aspect of existence with its focus Continue reading...

Based on reading of this text, Hegel understanding of the interconnection between time and spirit can be viewed as an attempt to destruction of the history of ontology. The understanding of time of Hegel can be said to be the most radical way and the most offensive way of understanding of time (Pinkard, Terry, 49). In his argument, he believes that the spirit falls into historical time and at the same time be speculative thought.
Hegelian Conceptuality clearly outlays itself as separation and understanding of the difference between the “I” and non-I. The conceptuality brings itself in the form Continue reading...

Summary of the critical incident

During a recent holiday that I had a residential weekend in Newcastle. I took part in a small group and completed many tasks together. My leader told me that I am needed to integrate into the other people’s culture and enjoy it. The reasons for informing me that I need to share ideas during the teamwork. The teamwork has had playing of a major role in the social life and activities I associate with regularly. During the task such as” building the bridges with a span measured over 3 meters, “different country have different ways of doing things. Continue reading...

Introduction

Is there a life after death? This is one of the questions that most people in the world have been asking themselves for years. The survival of consciousness after death is a very complex situation for most people in the world. This is the reason why it has been discussed by many philosophers as well as other people in the world. According to the researches that have been conducted by the scientist is that, they believe that the consciousness and the mind are connected in that the they functioning of how the brain works even after death (Stanislav Grof & Continue reading...

Death is the most powerful uniting factor of all living creatures. We cannot escape the perpetual presence of death, but we are also always free to access its transformational power. While Western society tends to ignore death and keep it shielded from most peoples’ consciousness, developing awareness of our own mortality lends to a liberating experience that results in immensely fulfilling rewards. This newfound awakening of our physical mortality paradoxically serves to accentuate the precious quality of life and encourages the execution of authentic, purposeful living. Furthermore, the profound realization that our souls merely inhabit the physical body is Continue reading...

Sociology

Abstract
Keeping recent water shortages in mind, it is clear that our water resources and supply cannot be taken granted for the future. The population is expanding faster than ever and the access of clean, drinking water to the masses hasn’t been this much of a problem to the authorities. If drastic action is not taken to address this impending disaster, is will soon create an acute shortage of the most basic necessity for the continuation of life, we might be facing the kind of catastrophe that the lesser fortunate parts of the worlds like Africa are facing Continue reading...

Summary of article

This name of this chapter is Philosophical Issues: Phenomenology. Evan Thompson and Dan Zahavi explored consciousness and its relation to body and the processes of the brain. There are relations between “conscious experience and cognitive processes” (Thompson, and Zahavi 67). This article deals with the concepts of method of phenomenology, the understanding of intentionality and phenomenal consciousness and self-awareness.
There is a difference between imagination and visualization and perception. Bodily experience and self-consciousness are related. Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) researched phenomenology in detail.

Husserl introduced phenomenology which has the best methods for studying and explaining consciousness. Other philosophers who addressed Continue reading...

Analysis of A Good Man Is hard To Find

Self- awareness is the ability for people to recognize who they are in the context of the wider society. It is through self- awareness that people will know their strengths, weaknesses, thoughts and even emotions. It is possible that there are those who will lack it and, therefore, fail to understand and know who they really are in the context of their immediate surroundings. Self- awareness generally helps people make ethical choices in life, and lack of it can lead to grave mistakes. In A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor, the presence of self- Continue reading...

Illustrative Essay: Americans are not a Wasteful People

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Illustrative Essay: Americans are not a Wasteful People

Introduction

The United States of America is one amongst the world’s leading developed countries. The States are highly industrialized and its citizens enjoy benefits of innovation, technology, health care and high standards of living. However, being a high income and high industry country the USA produces a large amount of waste as well. Reports are published about the high waste generation per person per year, and USA ranks the top most in these statistics. However, such statistics do not paint the complete picture of the waste production and management Continue reading...

Human beings certainly do not perceive reality like it really is. This fact is immediately evident through both experiential and experimental evidence. If our senses do give us information about the way things truly are, then how is it that if two people go to a concert, they can walk away with different reviews? Was the concert good or was the concert bad? Which one better reflects reality? Furthermore, what explains the phenomena experienced by people who have had brain injuries? Oliver Sacks has written entire books on the subject, including “The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Continue reading...

Philosophy

The field related to artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics is called artificial consciousness or machine consciousness or even synthetic consciousness. This field was formed with the purpose to "define that which would have to be synthesized were consciousness to be found in an engineered artifact". When different parts of the brains, which are named neural correlates of consciousness of the NCC, interoperate then they generate consciousness, as defined by the hypothesis of neuroscientists. There exist various supporters of artificial consciousness who are of the belief that the possibility of constructing machines, for instance computer systems, which follow the interoperation Continue reading...

Man is born to do great things. Quite often, while climbing the ladder of success he is bound to feel stuck. Awareness of his own self helps him realize his true potential and take control of the situation rather than giving in during such testing times. Besides, getting connected to one’s higher self through self-awareness helps in aligning his thoughts and actions toward his goal, no matter how unfavorable the circumstances may be. This article discusses how a manager can be successful by continuously focusing his mind on his higher self-awareness, and learning from day-to-day life experience.

Awareness and Success

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Today, if you approach anyone and asks if they are aware of their self, probability indicates that, most people will respond affirmatively. Statistics show that 75% will commence by telling their names, intellectual status, and job titles. !5% will indicate their repertoire of temperaments of likes and dislikes. The rest will describe their self-awareness in the context of oneness with the divine spirit or universe. However, do they understand the concept of self-awareness and its operations? The self-awareness discussed in this paper propels deeper than the set of beliefs and ideologies.
The art of self-awareness and continued self-development has Continue reading...

Emphatically, personal development is an essential prerequisite for a successful manager. The cited development involves encountering myriad learning. In the world today, innumerable managers encounter distinct challenges in the execution of their functions. The mentioned challenges often occur due to their devoid of adequate self-awareness coupled with limited continuous self-development. The cited attributes often require a lot of patience and dedication to achieve. Notably, managers who extraordinarily exhibit the mentioned attributes often experience a wide range of success. The suggested success habitually relates to the organization mission and objectives. The paper endeavors to extrapolate on how self-awareness and continuous Continue reading...

A few years after Doris Lessing’s wrote the Grass is Singing, Richard Wright releases yet one of the most compelling novel the depicts the story of an African American fugitive slave—The Man in the Underground (1945). In this novel, the lead character, Fred Daniels attempts to escape from a corrupt history and a corrupt society. From a privileged house servant, Fred Daniels character develops into an underground criminal. In the course of Daniel’s journey, Wright reveals a layer of racism above ground. This novel is also quite similar to Ralph Elison’s Invisible Man. However, Wright Continue reading...

Project:

Contemporary Security Issue as an Organizations Problem
The safety of a person, an organization or property depends on how much one has invested in protecting him or herself. Over the years, security has grown from being one person related to organizations. Security has evolved into a complex profession that requires proper training in order for one to execute security duties well. Due to the ever changing world of technology emergent security threats are on the rise every day (Noftsinger et al. 2007). Growing dependence on information technology by organization is inevitable in this era. It has found its’ from Continue reading...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Introduction
The growing concern of the world to global warming can be traced back to pollution. One of the most apparent is water pollution which affects three-fourths of the whole world. The ocean is where most of the human waste, be it intentional or unconsciously, goes. This waste is called marine debris. It does not only include human waste, but also the natural waste occurring in the environment which escalates as the degradation of the bodies of water continues. According to (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2011), marine debris is any persistent solid material that is dumped into the Continue reading...

Abstract

In this paper is considered one of the most popular psychological theories – existential theory. This work is about the history of existential theory, its main questions, problems and purposes, about strengths and weaknesses of existential vision.

History of the Theory

Existentialism (or also the philosophy of existence) is a special area in the philosophy of the XX century, accentuate your attention on the uniqueness of human existence, proclaiming his irrational. Existentialism developed in parallel lines akin personalism and philosophical anthropology, from which it differs primarily the idea of overcoming (not disclosing) the person's own spirit and a greater emphasis on the depth of Continue reading...

Junk food can simply be defined as any food that provides minimum nutrients with a very high amount of calories; empty caloric foods. These foods tend to be more appealing to the consumers as a result of their ever great taste, attractiveness and their advertisements. The busy nature of the 21st century has made these quickly accessible foods preferred to cook by many. With these foods comes the health issue; the food have been recognized to cause a wide range of lifestyle diseases and conditions (Fister 331).
The health hazards accompanying the consumption of fast foods have made the Continue reading...

Introduction

It is common knowledge that everyone may not like the same thing. People are born with different traits. The academic trip I made to Connect Hospitality Expo in Vancouver is worth noting. An awareness of global and environmental issues affecting the hospitality industry is necessary for anyone aspiring to be a professional in the field. This necessity demands knowing the nature of consumers as well as other stakeholders allied to the tourism and hospitality industry. Throughout the course, I have gained considerable knowledge in both theory and practice. Initially, these lessons seemed complex for me to grasp. However, the Continue reading...

Tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) State

Tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) state is the sensation that a person is capable to remember a presently unrecalled word. It could be defined as the state of momentary inaccessibility .
The TOT state, according to Nelson (2000), is the cognitive state in which an individual is aware about incomplete semantic or phonological information concerning a particular thing or word, but is unable to remember the entire remark. He used the expression ‘feeling of knowing’ that pertains to the phenomenological occurrence which let us know that a word is, for the moment, inaccessible. Other investigations on TOT are similar to Nelson’s observations Continue reading...

The all American meal that has become popular all over the world comes with a price. What made it popular around the world was the ability to provide cost effective delicious food at the blink of an eye. The fast food chains have worked hard to maintain the cost advantage over other forms of food but in the process they have neglected the quality of food products they are using. The consuming of fast food to the level of abuse has left many of the younger generation obese and lethargic and causing the various types of diseases. As if Continue reading...

History

Thesis- consciousness, majority rule, personal interest
The government is the only mode that people have chosen to execute their will. Despite all these, it is likely to be perverted and abused before individuals can act through it. Most governments and all governments are at times inconvenient, and yet it should be convenient but also at its best. He believes that the best government is the one which does not govern.

Summary

Thoreau bases his thesis on human consciousness, majority rule and personal interests. He claims that people are led by the strong men and they don’t care what they Continue reading...