Essays on Divergent

Importance of Teaching Pragmatics in a Foreign Language Classroom

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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 Continue reading...

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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 ( Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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, Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

“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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

CMN598 Rhetoric of Social Issues

12-05-2014
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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 to Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

(NRS 441V: Professional Capstone)
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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 are Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 being Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 which ways of knowing are most integral and important to your theory, philosophy Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 that Continue reading...

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 as Continue reading...

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 and Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Introduction

According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, a third party logistics provider denoted as 3PL/TPL is a firm whose main objective is to provide services to their clients (third party) who outsource their services, as well as their supply chain management functions. The TPL entails all aspects that involve the management of the manner in which resources were transported from where they are produced to the end destinations where they were required Bhatnagar & Viswanathan, 2000. That implies that the third party logistics major in incorporating operations, warehousing, shipping, and other services that might as well be sorted Continue reading...

Killing can be motivated by one or several motivators. There are various motivators that would result to numerous people getting killed for the need of self-preservation, justice, as well as the need to belong. The actions based on these motivators when someone is killed can be reactive versus impulsive, revenge versus a level of understanding, and conforming versus non-conforming. The impact of society, organizations, and gangs in influencing actions can be tied to the motive and basics for the action. Examples of these influences are rules and regulations, education and awareness programs, and dispute resolution.
The prerequisite for self-deterrence, Continue reading...