Essays on Divergent

According to the recent State of the World’s Cities Report 2012, a holistic and integrated approach is essential for the well-being of all. It is critical to get aware of the new risks and support the cities to make the world progress economically, socially and environmentally. Although different crises of varying intensity have hit the cities, it is felt that cities can provide a solution for the regional and global crises via flexible and creative platforms. Part One: Prosperity and Urban Trends The future cities will be the center of prosperity. The human beings find their basic needs ...

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The Impact of Insurgency Efforts During the Vietnam War 3 External Sponsors of Insurgency Movements 6 Conclusion 10

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Introduction Among the many lessons to be learned from the Vietnam War is that counterinsurgency efforts must be stopped, but it is growing increasingly difficult to do so. Fanatical individuals who are deeply devoted to their cause often head insurgent movements. Unless an equally fanatical force on the other side exists, the necessary division of labor between external sponsors and clients states in the prosecution of counterinsurgency simply cannot be met. The issue of insurgency is not unique to the United ...

The organization of society is structured around particular systems. The legal system of a group or nation is dependent on many factors from diverse fields. Justice develops as a result of history, religion, culture, or necessity. In order to study the organization of justice among peoples, it is necessary to be informed of different theories of sociology, anthropology, and psychology. My bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of California, San Diego, has prepared me for versatility in learning and through academic development I have discovered I am interested in studying law.

During my elective in Advanced Studies in ...

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Enterprise architecture can be described as an approach involving the analysis, planning, and formulation of a strategy coupled with a criterion of execution aimed at improving the performance of a business entity. Advancements and the transformation of businesses enhanced by the availability of gadgets and computers have revolutionized Enterprise Architecture to be not only a tool of performance, but also aid to competitive advantage (Jonkers). The clearance of this business cue extends with respect to the potential of enterprise architects. The need to plan and implement a strategy remains a paramount objective for every business. The significance of planning coupled with execution of new ideas ...

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This paper intends to present a detailed analysis concerning the Muslim faith school in London. An attempt is made to understand the historical and socio-cultural factors impacting the issue of Muslim faith school. The various issues faced by the Muslim faith schools have been touché upon. The case for and against Muslim faith school in context of its implication of social cohesion and unity has been analysed. Muslim faith schools have been analysed in the context of various theories like liberalism, communitarian, multi-culturist and the case for and against Muslim school has been presented in this paper.

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Organizations device divergent strategies to spot critical factors that would motivate its employees in delivering the best results in delegated activities. However, numerous cases exist of factors that jeopardize optimal production of employees in the form of motivational aspects (issues that show lack of motivation). Logically, a good and responsive employee is intrinsically motivated and does not wait for external pressures to push him/her to the limits of professional clearances. One particular issue is sub-standard performance in responsibilities. For instance, a recruiter mandated with the responsibility of acquiring fresh employees for a particular process in the American Red Cross ...

Emotion is a conscious experience exhibited by human beings in reaction to biological, mental, or cultural components. Emotion is a physiological response of communication and expression to factors that influence the mood, personality, temperament and motivation of an individual (Zachar, 2014). The psychology of emotions has close links to the arousal of the nervous system. Emotions also relate to a complex state of feelings associated with physical or psychological changes that influence the behaviour of an individual. Psychology is a science that endeavours to study the mental functions and behaviour of human beings (Tracy, 2014). Psychologists explore human concepts ...

Many students groan and cringe when they are told that they have to work as a team. Regardless of the negative attitudes that students have developed towards working as a team, group work has been proved to be healthy for both students and teachers as well. Even in the real job market, most employers want employees who have already developed teamwork skills, as this will help when it comes to relating with co-workers(Caruso &Wooley, 2008). In addition, students who take part in collaborative learning end up getting better marks and grades as compared to individuals who do not prefer ...

Blackburn, M., Busser, R. & Nauman A. (2001). Removing Requirement Defects and Automating Test. Software Productivity Consortium NFP

This article underscores the problems that impede operations and growth. In this regard, the article discusses model based approaches to reducing defects in the production process. The article discusses the use of model-based approaches in order to reduce defects, reworks and rejects in order to increase scheduled savings and reduce costs. Automation of development and tests is important in the production process. According to the authors of the article, automation in this way helps reduce resources and time in an attempt to develop high quality production systems. This article is important for this topic as it gives a different perspective ...

Marketing department is, usually, faced with the dilemma of whether to concentrate on the profit margin of the company or provide social responsibility. Moreover, it is always difficult to satisfy the whole segments of the market. This is because the department has to concentrate on a certain segment/area of the market that is viable for the business. At the same time ignoring others that are not considered profitable to the firm although they are essential to human needs. Additionally the marketing department is faced with a tough choice of whether to promote social responsibility. (On the contrary the social responsibility doesn’ ...

1. Divergent Thinking for Convergent Futures

Future is something that no one can predict with accuracy, even remotely. Businesses have a method of developing over time and expanding as well as contracting depending on the market situation, demand and technology changes. One the ways that have a scientific basis on predicting and preparing for the future is scenario spinning – method by which different future scenarios are painted along with the probability of their occurrence and then preparing for the future!

While indulging in scenario spinning it is vital to make them as divergent as possible, and this is where the ...

Fundamentally, rational long-term planning modes of strategic management have divergent effects on not only the external environment (which the business exists in), but also impacts on the survival of small businesses in the same sector. Strategic management is essentially a field of study which provides evaluations of business objectives and formulation of strategies with respect to large established business corporations. As a matter of fact, the study objectifies the provision of long time strategies for the success of big stable corporations. The businesses environment in which such corporations exist in are characterized by different types of pressures. There are issues like ...

PART A: Description of work related experience

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At the time of the subsistence of the Make an Impact Week, our course instructor required me from a group alongside my colleagues with a view to meeting the requirement of the coursework in executing a task. We were charged with the responsibility of raising a total of $ 200 to help fund the activities of the Environmental Club in the school. Alongside my colleagues, we formed a group of five persons so that we could execute the task as a group as required of the coursework. We met on a record three times to discuss and pitch our idea of raising the necessary cash where ...

Genetics has progressed over the recent years. Very sophisticated methods of studying genes and researching how species have evolved from one cell into complex animals. The purpose of the research by Lee, Lai, Malik, Saldarriaga, Kelling, and Slamovits at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University was to observe and gather more information about The Oxyrrhis marina (O. marina). The species is very good for studying about the development of two taxonomic groups of “protists, dinoflagellates and apicomplexans” (1). The molecular structure is simple, so it is at the ...

In 1968, the research vessel Glomar Challenger ventured on a year-long scientific expedition, between South America and Africa and drilled core samples at specific locations assigned to it. When tested, these samples provided the conclusion that proved the seafloor spreading hypothesis to be true. The JOIDES Resolution is a deep-sea drilling ship of the 1990s. This ship is capable of carrying more than 9,000 m of drill pipe. It is also known for its precise positioning and deeper drilling than the Glomar Challenger.

According to the maps and diagrams on the website, where are the major concentrations of the world's earthquakes? Where do most of the earthquakes in Europe occur?

The most important concentration of earthquakes occurs in the region so called Ring of Fire, which encircles ...

The constitutional amendments and the court rulings among the American institutions in matters regarding abortion have led to multiple reactions among the people on the stance of the government. The restrictive aspects of the abortion policy define the nature by which the people regard the abortion policies. The Obama health care bill provides for only elective abortion meaning not all the people with an insurance cover can undertake abortion. Court rulings have not left the issue to chance as with a number of cases having no favor for abortion. The most notable decision was in the case of Roe vs. ...

Introduction

Civic engagement entails the various ways that the residents of a place are involved in so as to better the living or welfare conditions of others. This is aimed at shaping as well as determining the future of that particular community. Traditionally, civic engagement has been viewed and limited to the youth but successful community development projects have reflected the importance of involving every stakeholder. Precisely, civic engagement is the making of a difference by combining the efforts and skills of the community members then allocating them the necessary resources to make that difference. This is in an effort to promote ...

Organizational culture and the national culture of the global organization:

For a global organization that brings together employees and managers of different cultural backgrounds and ethnicities to the workplace, the national culture is very important. In the study conducted by Hofstede, a single multinational corporation had striking cultural differences. His study showed that 50 per cent of the differences between the attitudes and behaviors of the employees could be explained by the national culture. Therefore, national culture could be explain the differences more than would professional roles, age, race and gender etc. moreover, in a multinational organization, the national cultural differences are usually more prominent especially if the employees are from various ...

Artful scenario spinning is a form of convergent thinking about divergent futures

Steward Brand was in essence explaining the concept of scenario thinking from a broader perspective. Indeed, scenario planning passes out as a courageous look into the future. As Brand puts it, scenario thinking focuses on predicting the future outcomes of decision models. In this regard, scenario planning can be rightly perceived as a thought process of the divergent futures. However, the requirement to pool the thought processes together to come up with a comprehensive state of affairs brings out the convergence of thought. Brand later observes this as convergent thinking of the divergent futures. In addition, one would want to consider scenario planning ...

Genesis - Schultz’s leadership model

Great leaders usually have certain characteristics that make them special. For any organization to be successful, then they should have great leaders with special characteristics. This research will evaluate the leadership of Howard Schultz whom I believe is a leader who possesses the characteristics of a good leader.

According to leadership theories, a good leader takes care of the other employees’ needs. They should help the other employees to work through activities such as delegation (Michael, 1). In addition, the leaders should allow employees to give their ideas that can assist the organization. Howard Schultz reports that good leadership involves observation of ...

Gettysburg address

Alive people and authorities haven't the right to consecrate part of a field near Gettysburg, because they - brave men have already consecrated the land of their struggle. Thus, the author concludes the survivors and the next generation must prove that those men did not die in vain, and that this country (the United States) is ruled by the people and for the people and that it was a new birth of freedom.

Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction

The report of the joint committee on Reconstruction reports about the request of Senators and Congressmen from states of the so-called Confederation and subsequent comments. In summary, this ...

Introduction

Strategic management involves all the actions and decisions made by managers that affect long term performance of organizations through creating programs. It includes a set of those managerial decisions from environmental scanning; both internal and external, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation and control. This video Changing Education Paradigms evaluates the challenges that mainstream public education careers in the modern world. It looks at the weaknesses and threats facing the system and why it is not working. Further, it demonstrates that the content taught to children in schools was orchestrated in an industrial area and thus not fit for ...

Importance of Teaching Pragmatics in a Foreign Language Classroom

Abstract Pragmatics requires a well-defined environment for the learner to grasp the basic concepts of communicative aspects of the target language. The complexity and sophistication most foreign languages are characterized with, a foreign language student would take as long as 10 years to attach quality communicative meaning like the natives; this can be reduced by enhancing the quality of pragmatics for second language learners. Like every learning situation, the environment has a big role to play in the learning process. As a matter of fact, language is tied to culture and socialism and shaped by psychology; therefore, the most appropriate place to ...

Introduction

Contemporary studies view parties as alliances of politicians whose ultimate objective is to win electoral office. Parties make promises on behalf of their candidates about what they will do if elected, and help improve chances of reelection for incumbents through their records of implementing their programs (Bawn et al. 571). It is plain to see how these parties might serve democracy. Citizens can give more effective direction to government by voting for a party instead of an individual. They create an incentive for responsible governance by holding an entire party rather than a single politician accountable for government actions (Bawn et ...

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Decision-making is process physicians do in various aspects of their professional care provision endurance. However, the critical nature of decision-making in the health sector makes physicians vulnerable. The best decisions yield the best quality in care provision. In this context, the formulations of decision support systems have been an aspect of concern in the contemporary health care society. The numerous cases of physicians making wrong decisions and jeopardizing the quality of care have been a topic of criticism that could be effectively solved by these decision support systems. A comprehensive analysis of various case studies depicting the success and efficiency ...

The Turkish independence war led to the birth of the Republic of Turkey. The post-colonial government was expected to be a bastion of freedom and civil liberties. The Ottoman Empire had been defeated in the First World War, and the Sultanate abolished. The Turkish people formed the Turkish National Movement to wage war against the allied nations to grant independence to Turkey. A nationalistic government was formed in 1923 after the Treaty of Lausanne, which led to the establishment of the Turkish Republic. After independence, the government was considered to be despotic in relation to the human rights. The Kurdish ...

The society today is facing a rather disquieting series of developments affecting practical academic life in the contemporary society. Arguably, these developments risk degrading the pivotal role of cognitive endeavor or reasoned evaluative criticism in achieving, maintaining, and enhancing of good social justice program in the society. It is hard to simply educate on methods and means of doing evaluation; it is vital to convey the idea of evaluation as realistic, intellectual outlook and disposition on social and political platform. Overall, there is a pressing necessity to learn the need of humanistic evaluation in the social Justice programs. According to Geoff ...

Control valves are an important gadget in engineering and the building of structures. Virtually, there are thousands of loops that determine how machines operate. Fundamentally, a valve controls the thermodynamic flow of fluid through regulation of fluid volume and speed. In essence, material flow at every point in the loop is the control using a control valve. In the engineering, there are fluid loops that contain energy transmission fluids, as well as loops containing different materials related to the nature of the end product manufactured. As a matter of fact, besides the structural characteristics that a control valve possesses, there are numerous accessories ...

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Studies in mechanics have evolved to be the most fundamental tool in the innovation of new materials and advanced technology. Specifically, studies in Continuum Mechanics, has been very influential in producing materials that exhibit various desirable characteristics at the expense of size and weight. Nanotubes are a perfect example of how this study has impacted the evolution in material technology. It has been used as the basis for the explanation of these complex materials as well as provisions for their behavioral effects during machining. The wide use of nanotubes in fragile fields like technical textile supplements, truly depict the stretchy ...

The significance of value analysis is demonstrated by the wide use of the SWOT analysis by every business nowadays. This test can be viewed as a feasibility test that predicts to what extent a business is going to be in a pre-determined duration. As a matter of fact, before any business embarks on strategies and sales methodologies, different kinds of tests that display the potential of the business are performed. This system is widely used to determine the position of businesses in a particular marketable ecosystem. For instance, a corporation that objectifies the profitability of its business entities will have to calculate its current profit ...

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The field of healthcare is widening on a daily basis with a corresponding increase in the number of stakeholders who run the sector. The viability and significance of the sector are so pronounced that the government cannot afford complete control of its spheres of influence. Therefore, the healthcare services market is composed of common consumers with a divergent array of service providers, a factor that makes marketing strategy a crucial part of organizational undertakings. It is a fundamental aspect that each stakeholder in the healthcare market develop acute knowledge of the market it serves to give it an upper hand in competitive coexistence. The ...

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This essay revolves around the peasants’ war of 1524-2525. The peasants’ war, also known as the revolution of 1525, is the largest insurrection or revolt in the history of Europe before the French Revolution. The goal of this essay is to explain the history before the revolution on the administration, economic situation, the culture of the peasant in ration to their agrarian development and the different social classes that existed. The causes of the war outbreak, movements and the suppression of the peasants’ war 1524 are discussed in the essay. Under the leadership of Martin Luther and ...

Implications on Managing Organizational and Personal Change for Organizational Practice

Overview In an organization where people are striving to achieve a particular goal, there exists collision of strategies instituted by individuals towards perfecting a given task. Managers and junior employees utilize the learned expertise to perform a given task, a situation that culminates in acrimony especially if either of the individual models performs dismally below expectations. Such collisions are the hindrances to change management in the organization. Change in an organization is presumed to be inevitable especially if it emanates from the looming threats from competitors or economic demands. The senior management takes the lead to instigate appropriate changes to be implemented ...

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1. In assessing and interrogating the success and /or failures of social protest many social scientists and historians introduce the “ human dimensions” of leadership as an explanatory variable (factor) , with regard to its impeding or catalyzing effects on policy and actions. In so doing they examine critically, the strengths and flaws of personal actions by these leaders in their quest for social change. With this context as a framework, please evaluate the leadership of Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jnr, and FDR, with regards to how the “human dimensions” of their leadership impacted their efforts, positively or negatively, ...

“With No Direction Home: Homeless Youth on the Road and in the Streets” is a case study that explores the situation of life amongst the youths that are homeless in New York City. Marni Finkelstein, the author of the text conducted research to establish the condition of life amongst the homeless children in the city. Finkelstein applied ethnographic methods of studies in a bid to initiate understanding on the condition of street life and street children. In addition, Finkelstein utilized anthropology and all techniques that a company it in order to establish critical understanding of the homeless youths and children on the ...

Hate Crimes: Definitions and Introduction

A “hate crime” are “criminal actions intended to harm or intimidate people because of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or other minority group status,” as listed in the works of Herek (1989) and Levin and McDevitt (1993). In the 1990s, the issue of hate crimes, or “bias crimes,” has generated rising attention from activists, policy makers, and social analysts. Much of the amplified concern has displayed an inference in that all criminal activities have adverse impacts for the victim, bias crimes must be considered as a unique case owing to their heightened effects on the victim of the crime ...

Resource mobilization theory and the political process theory have been developed in the field of sociology, with the aim of explaining the development of the social movements. Resource mobilization theory is one of the major theories in sociology that emerged in 1970's.This theory is an explanation of the developments of the social movements by concentrating on how the movements gain momentum through successfully garnering resources, posing competition with other movements, as well as mobilizing the available resources. The political theory, on the other hand, is a social movement approach that is heavily influenced by the political sociology. These two theories ...

CMN598 Rhetoric of Social Issues

12-05-2014 Abstract Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and digital media have led to transformations in the way humans communicate and interact. One of the latest waves of the new media is a social media tool that have “introduced new communication patterns, created new forms of expression and stimulated wide civic participation” (Bardici, 2012). In the recent past, social media platforms have become important in driving social change. A case in point is the Arab Spring. In Egypt, for instance, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube were instrumental in fuelling the revolt that led ...

Introduction

Technology Administration is an important aspect of any organization today. Over the past decade, institutions are increasingly focusing much attention on technology administration and delegating these responsibilities to professionals such as technology coordinators and administrators. Traditionally, these roles were handled by teachers who had little or no knowledge in technology administration (Hubbel, 2012). Information technology is becoming a key component in nearly all learning processes today and as such, more intricate IT processes are developed to aid the leading learning process. These processes require a dedicated team of professionals to help in the planning, implementation and adoption of these emerging technologies. ...

Censorship would be defined as the accepted means of controlling information that would have otherwise been circulated to the general public. It was practiced under the explanation that there were fundamental institutions that needed filtered information. Protection of information that were deemed to be unfit for consumption by all and sundry were always filtered under the pretense of morality. It was achieved by examining information either in newspapers, audio systems, audio visual machines, films and even movies. Those ideas found in media to be offensive were either altered of deleted altogether so that the ugly parts did not reach ...

It is without a doubt that the Bible remains one of the few readings that attracts various elucidations and interpretations among its readers. The cause for that varies from the nature of the Bible itself to the divergent concerns that the readers have when it comes to the readings. Additionally, the difference in Bible interpretations would be as a result of the familiarities as well as individualities of individuals. That explains why there are numerous annotations and critiques of various verses of the bible in recent times. Certainly, Paul’s letter to the Philippians attracts divergent interpretations and that will be ...

The United States society is made up of people different cultures; they migrated into the country before it got its independence. Majority migrated to the United States in search of freedom. People who were facing persecution, torture or exiled from their country found United States a suitable place to escape from their miseries. Another group came to do business/trade, farming while others got employment opportunities. Unfortunately, other came to United States as slaves. As a result of this migration, cultural diversity was created. This diversity continues to be reinforced by international students who have decided to settle into the country. This ...

Security studies approaches have evolved over time in the international arena. In the globe currently, there are major driving forces that influence the advancement of global security studies. The reasons cited for this change include deep power politics, technological innovation and crucial events in the international security arena. Moreover, other reasons include institutionalization, local dynamics of intellectual deliberations. It is of immense significance to discover which forces are of massive significance that makes the decision in denoting a security incident. (Mukherjee, 2013). Core factors like realism and liberalism also feature prominently in the discourse of regionalization of security matters in ...

Conflict at workplace is any disagreement or contradiction between workers at workplace. Thus, conflict at the workplace cannot be avoided. This is because workers at any workstation that is democratic will always have divergent opinion and perspective on various things. Therefore, due this divergent on the opinion and perspective conflict cannot be avoided. Conflict at workplace can also happen due to miscommunication between workers. Hence, management at the workplace must come up with mechanisms on how to solve conflicts amicably so that all parties work in harmony. Workers, who work in harmony, increase their productivity. This will also reflect ...

One of the points of Ken Robinson in his video is that the world’s education system is designed to benefit the labor needs of corporations. Public education institutions are molding the minds of people from a very young age that they need to study hard, finish a degree and get jobs. Children are taught that the aforementioned steps compose the ladder of life. People should be stepping on the ladder and nothing more to be able to live. With today’s era of globalization, the ladder of education, the world’s superpower dictate should also be set in a global standard. ...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a fictional novel by Junot Diaz. The book chronicles the lives of its main characters in two contexts, New Jersey in America and the Dominican Republican. The main character in the book is Oscar Wao, an obese boy growing up in New Jersey who is obsessed with fantasy and science fiction books as well as falling in love. Oscar is also obsessed with a curse has he believes has plagued his family for many years. The book also features a host of other characters with one of them being Yunior who is Oscar’s ...

(NRS 441V: Professional Capstone) - Abstract A sizeable research shows that the currently witnessed nursing retention problems have significantly hampered the provision of healthcare across the United States. Nursing shortage is directly tethered to the low retention rates and not unless drastic steps are taken to avert this problem, the entire healthcare system is set to experience a hard time ahead. Therefore, this paper intends to explore what are the probable causes of this problem and subsequently give recommendations on the best evidence-based approaches to resolve the issue. Overwhelming evidence shows high levels of work stress and dissatisfaction ...

Euthanasia has been debated for a long time now. There are many divergent and convergent opinions on the issues of Euthanasia. One wonders whether is it is possible to justify euthanasia. There are two types of euthanasia, passive and active. To differentiate between the two, one has to carefully analyze the fundamental differences from a traditional point of view. From a traditional point of view, passive euthanasia is permissible while active euthanasia is highly prohibited. However, active euthanasia is more humane than passive euthanasia that is mainly just letting an individual die (James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, 2011). The boundary between the ...

Building Lego

Childhood Game: Building Lego When I was younger, my older brother Timothy and I used to build our own empires. Not the literal ones, but the ones made of Lego. As such, we learned a lot from playing with Lego that we could still apply today. One of things we learned was creativity. Another thing we learned was problem solving. I, in particular, learned another thing – teamwork. All in all, my time spent with playing Lego helped me to become a well-adjusted child in many aspects including mentally and emotionally. However, you might find it a little odd if I just ...

Introduction

According to Russell, Hertz and McMillan most biologists define a species according to morphological characteristics (Russell, P., Hertz, P., & McMillan, B. (2013.These characteristics serve as indicators of species genetic similarity to or divergence from other species. A species is a collection of interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other species in nature. The experiment was carried out to find out the outcome of geographically separated lizard populations. Russell, Hertz and McMillan state that speciation resulting from divergent evolution among geographically separated populations is referred to as allopatric speciation (Russell, P., Hertz, P., & McMillan, B. (2013).If these allopatric populations ...

The subject of ethics is definitely wide, with various interests and resulting to impetuses that are inclined to spread their occurrences. Situations that often lead to arising of immoral actions are numerous, and it is in the light of this that considerations have to be made depending on the exact situation. Nonetheless, the principles of ethics in practice often seem related to each other in one way or the other as portrayed by theorists such as Aristotle, Kant and Bentham. Thus; this essay presents an occurrence I underwent that present an ethical dilemma, with the succeeding viewpoints. After ...

In the narration “Two Ways to Belong in America” Bharati Murkheje provides a precise account of the events that led to her current status and that of her sister as immigrants in a foreign land, America. Far form, their country India. For the last thirty-five years of their life, Bharati and her sister Mira have lived to see the reformation, transformations and revolutions that have characterized America. Bharati recounts the starting point of their long journey to the new land which they have found as the new home far from home. She recalls the very moment her sister Mira began her ...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a fictional novel by Junot Diaz. The book chronicles the lives of its main characters in two contexts, New Jersey in America and the Dominican Republican. The main character in the book is Oscar Wao, an obese boy growing up in New Jersey who is obsessed with fantasy and science fiction books as week as falling in love. Oscar is also obsessed with a curse has he believes has plagued his family for many years. The book also features a host of other characters with one of them being Yunior who is Oscar’s ...

1970-1980’s (Newman, Parse, Watson, Rogers) iv. Development of the metaparadigm per Fawcett

v. Development of paradigms 1. Simultaneity and Totality 2. Particulate-Deterministic, Interactive -Integrative, Unitary Transformative III. Discuss knowledge development in nursing (10 points) a. Carper’s Ways of Knowing b. Emancipatory Knowing c. Ways of unknowing d. Role of research e. Role of the socio political environment IV. Application/Synthesis for Advanced Practice (10 points)

Describe how the new advanced knowledge, in the course to date has informed and influenced your own perspective on nursing:

i. Philosophic a. What philosophy is most congruent with your own personal philosophy and why? ii. Paradigm of Nursing a. Discuss the congruence between your nursing philosophy and your nursing paradigm b. Describe ...

Is there a universal morality?

There are many divergent opinions on the existence of universal moral system in the world. Many people disagree on such topics as abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, animal rights, and social justices. The existence of such divergent opinions puts forth the question as to whether there is the universal moral system or not. This paper seeks to analyze the arguments and counter arguments that surround universality of morals. Some scientists, such as Marc Hauser (2009) of Harvard University and several others claim that there is a universal moral system in the world. Hauser argues that the world tend to have a particular ...

Introduction

Plate tectonics is important because it explains the reasons for the deformation of Earth’s surface. Plate Tectonics theory assumes that the Earth’s surface was broken into several small plates and the plates have collided with each other to form the continents. The theory explains that the oceans and continents also move in addition to the tectonic plates. It also explains the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes. The plate tectonics explains the major features of the earth, such as the continents and oceans, the earthquakes and volcanoes and the mountains and valleys. The theory explained that the ...

This paper evaluates arguments put forward by various authors Ron Kaufman and Laknath and Ritson with respect to the effect of television on our lives. This analysis will be based on two concepts: technological determinism theory and social shaping perspective. First, it is essential to understand these two concepts. Technological determinism theory holds that society’s technology influences the society’s cultural values and social structure. In other words, this theory proposes that technological advancements, as well as productive technology, shape social relations. Besides, society’s economic and technological base shape the cultural practices and social relations of ...

In recent times, economic volatility in asset prices has become the norm rather than an exception. While the reasons for this are varied including better data access to monetary and political changes, fast flow of information globally and better money flow system for the global investor, we seek to explore the effects of monetary policy on asset prices (stocks, currencies and commodities). We refer to the article written by Weber. From past experience of monetary policy changes and corresponding data (Magnus 123), I would certainly agree with the basic fact that monetary policy brings economic volatility. As far ...

IMPACT OF CYBER-TERRORISM TO THE US ECONOMY

Impact of Cyber-Terrorism to the US Economy It is disturbing to think nowadays how computers are now used by politically motivated international and national insurgent or terrorist groups as weapons against the people for the sake of their ideology. With just one click, these groups can easily shut down critical infrastructure in any part of the globe, paralyzing the entire country in seconds. Consequently, the impacts of these attacks are very severe to the country that leaves the government and the people intimidated or scared of these groups. Since the first wave of cyber-attacks were done by terrorists ...

Part One: Analysis of the Military

The military is a key area that deserves to be given substantial attention in terms of the nature of the choices made by the leadership. The military leadership should be robust and should only further courses that promote learning and improvement within the defense entity. Questions as to whether the military entity is a perfect learning organization has been posed to by many critics. Criticism has clouded the operations of the army as to the credibility of their activities and operations in the war fields. Many lives of soldiers and innocent civilians are lost in absurd circumstances. The situation is not ...