Essays on Gardener

Introduction

Howard Gardener, a psychology professor at Harvard University, in his theory of multiple intelligence, he proposes nine distinct kinds of intelligence. Ingrained in his view, it is possible to classify different types of geniuses. His theory originates from cognitive research that documents the degree to which people possess different abilities in terms of learning, remembering, performing, and understanding (Bogner & Gibb, 2013). His theory portends that people are able to get the insight of the world through language, logical analysis of situations, and spatial representations. In addition, he believes that people have the ability to solve problems and understand themselves ...

Background

Wound healing is one of the most important processes in maintaining the health of a person. Multiple factors affect wound healing in humans regardless of age. A partial list includes diabetes, hereditary healing disorders, obesity, drugs, alcoholism, smoking and compromised immune condition. Infection, stress, nutrition, and radiation therapy can also contribute to delayed or incomplete wound healing (Guo & DiPietro, 2010). In the start of a wound, an inflammatory response is initiated. Blood vessels expand, helping white blood cells and nutrients to reach the wound. Wound healing is achieved through the processes of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Proper sequence ...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the traditional institution of trade and economics among the Trobriand Islanders. The primary focus is on the symbolic interpretation of the acts involved in the kula ring and in yam production, display and distribution. The first section of the paper explains the kula ring and how it operated in Trobriand society at the time of the first ethnographic description of the Trobrianders by Malinowski in 1914. The second section examines how social hierarchy is expressed in trade within the kula ring. The third section looks at the difference between symbolic gift ...

Biography

Being There was written by Jerzy Kosiński, a Polish-American writer who was born on June 14, 1993 and passed away on May 3, 1991. He was born Józef, yet he had to change his identity during World War II as his parents were Jewish. His family survived through assistance of people in his local village, something that was illegal and punished by death to the whole family. He went on to study History and Sociology at the University of Lodz after the war, achieving graduate degrees in both areas while only being 22 years old. In 1957 ...

Executive Summary

Everyone is graving for knowledge of the future especially due to the uncertainty of the markets. People have developed predictive models some using statistical algorithms and big data. Forecasting that is a combination of experts and machines is better than using pure humans or machines. Tetlock and Gardener in the book Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction argued that its time everyone get serious about both (Tetlock & Gardener p.24). Foresight is not an inherited mysterious gift rather it is a product of updating beliefs, gathering information and ways of thinking. It, therefore, means that to accurately forecast one ...

The Crystal Palace is a massive and very impressive building in London that was constructed from iron and glass in 1851 in Hyde Park in London specially for the Great Exhibition of that year. The Palace received its name from the magazine Punch, in which the playwright Douglas Jerrold called it in 1850 as “a palace of very crystal” . Though the building was very beautiful and seemed to have a promising future, after the end of exhibition the Crystal Palace was taken down and moved to Sydenham Hill, the place not far from London. The building there was kept ...

Italian Renaissance in the 15th Century: Funeral Monument of John XXIII by Donatello

Italian renaissance marks a period of rebirth and renewal in the interest of culture. This period was after the dark ages and lasted from the 14th to the 15th Century (Gardener et al. 14). During this period, Donatello was one of the best skilled artists. Donatello was an Italian sculptor (1386-1466) (Gardener et al. 14). Donatello designs the funeral monument to the anti-pope John XXIII and positions it between two columns inside the baptistery. The style of the work is classical antiquity and reflects the grandest Italian tomb in the medieval times. Donatello retains considerable elements of classical antiquity. The ...

_______________ University It is written in the United States’ Declaration of Independence that everyone was created with the unalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” These very words were written by Thomas Jefferson many years ago, and they still ring true today. Many people have attempted to pursue happiness many different ways because each have their own opinion as to what happiness is to them. One such story was made into a film that was written by Steven Conrad and Gabriele Muccino directed. Released on the 15th of December 2006, “The Pursuit of Happyness" is a PG-13 ...

I have chosen to discuss Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner says that intelligence is the ability of a person to understand the world around them and also to solve all kinds of issues including environmental, cultural social ones. According to his theory, "we have eight different forms of intelligence, each relatively independent from the others: musical, bodily, kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, linguistic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic"(367). There is also the 9th intelligence that he presents. It is the ability to be sensitive to have a deeper devotion to understanding the tenets of human existence. This intelligence goes on to ...

Nature is structured into ecosystems that play an important role in keeping the environment and biodiversity healthy. Being a part of nature, humans too can help maintain the environment and wildlife health by creating the garden ecosystem. Building a garden ecosystem enhances biodiversity since it attracts a host of wildlife and provides them with food and a safe habitat for living and reproducing. Such an ecosystem also benefits the environment by limiting air, water and soil pollution. It also regulates local atmospheric temperature and flow of water. Specific types of garden ecosystems also allow for organic farming that permits the production of healthier ...

How nurses can use the change process effectively to promote positive outcomes in healthcare environments

The current healthcare environment has a number of challenges that are affecting the nursing profession. According to Tomajan (2012), rising cost of healthcare, shortage of nurses, technology and increasing patient population are among some of the challenges that are affecting the healthcare environment. However, these challenges present an opportunity for nurses to develop and promote the nursing profession through advocacy. Advocacy can only be effective if nurses work in collaboration with one another and other professions, which influence the healthcare environment. For instance working in collaboration with the information technology sector can greatly help in improving the development of technology ...

Analysis of Philosophy and Falsification by Antony Flew

Antony Flew starts our three-path examination on the ramifications that adulteration has on religious philosophy by demonstrating that any philosophical explanation that is postured must remained up to the same test as any declaration: There must fundamentally be a relating nullification of that affirmation. Most philosophical explanations may not compare with a nullification; that is to say that there is no conceded case in which the announcement could not hold genuine. In denying that there could be an announcement that could nullify any philosophical articulation (i.e. "God made the world"; "God has an arrangement for us"), our announcement, essentially, kicks the ...

Analysis of Philosophy and Falsification by Antony Flew

Antony Flew starts our three-path examination on the ramifications that adulteration has on religious philosophy by demonstrating that any philosophical explanation that is postured must remained up to the same test as any declaration: There must fundamentally be a relating nullification of that affirmation. Most philosophical explanations may not compare with a nullification; that is to say that there is no conceded case in which the announcement could not hold genuine. In denying that there could be an announcement that could nullify any philosophical articulation (i.e. "God made the world"; "God has an arrangement for us"), our announcement, essentially, kicks the ...

The Professor's name

Racism is a name for an ideology that considers the race as a milestone for a society, meaning that by belonging to one race, one's position in a society is determined. Racism is sometimes defined as a belief that certain races are superior or inferior in relation with each other. Based on this definition, racism can be defined as racial intolerance. Even though, racism existed in different forms is the past, it proliferated as a separate ideology in the nineteenth century under the influence of progress in the natural sciences which gave a solid base for a scientific background. The most famous example is the anthropologists’ attempt ...

Andrea Pozzo is an architect, decorator, art theoretician and a stage designer as well. Pozzo was best known in architecture and were the producer of the nave ceiling of the church of Sant’lgnazio. The article produced by Pozzo talks about a Saint Ignatius who went to heaven and the images of the saints description are provided. The Sistine chapel in the Vatican City is a renowned chapel in the palace of Apostolic (Gardener et al 78). This chapel is said to be the Pope’s residence in the city of Vatican. The Sistine chapel is also said to be a place where ...

The world has changed quite dramatically over the past fifty years and how people use their free time has become very different than it used to be. People have always played games to pass the time, but these games used to be physical rather than digital. Games such as checkers or chess were played. Or people spent their free time reading books, talking, or doing work since life for many people in times past required more work. The very first video games can be traced backed to the 1950s, but these were simple simulations that did not have the ...

Introduction

Television is undoubtedly the cheapest form of entertainment. It plays a huge role in our lives in terms of education, information and entertainment. In spite of the positive impact television brings, it has its down side as well. Hundreds of scientific research have pointed out that there exists a strong link between real-life violence and media violence, especially in children. However, the entertainment industry has distanced itself from such findings probably because they do not want to tarnish their image. The children tend to normalize the violence they view on television and try to apply it to solve challenges they face in ...

In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 30 years old and was already considered a world-renowned musicians for his many concertos, sonatas, symphonies and chamber pieces (Bakalar, 2009). During his relatively short career, he died at age 35, he would go on to compose eighteen operas. The Marriage of Figaro, or Le Nozze di Figaro as the original Italian has it, is one of his most important works for several reasons. In the first place it is considered in and of itself to be a masterpiece. After it’s premier the periodical Wiener Realzuitung said of Mozart’s music, “It contains so ...

Application and Effectiveness of Gardeners Intelligences in the Classroom

The modern day application of multiple intelligences (MI) in the classrooms goes back to 1904 when Alfred Binet began to investigate and predict which students were at risk of failing in the classroom. Binet’s work asked the right questions, but his answers hurt more than helped students whose intelligences did not coincide with the intelligences being taught to in schools across Europe and the US. His thought that intelligence could be measured by a single text that yielded an objective numerical score (The IQ Test) came at no help to students who struggled to learn at the same frequencies ...

Part 1

The narrator brings about a controversial of the color between Chinese and white Australia. After establishment of the White Australia policy there was change that took place in Australian social discourse. Though the narrator had argued previously that the image of the Chinese as the diseased, vindictive, and dirty and attacking others. This was sustained in popular Australian and Anglo-Australia fiction but this remains the true that in the work of monitory of writers the image of the Chinese was different. Also the Chinese environments had been inferior to that of Australian (Gibson, 1973). The ethnocentric attitude lies at ...

There are several issues facing the pharmaceutical industry, and as always, there are several controversies. Various companies have begun seeking areas to conduct experiments involving drugs, particularly in third world countries. The fact that these tests are conducted on unsuspecting and in most cases desperate and vulnerable people is extremely wrong and should be illegal. Sharing in the knowledge that people in third world countries experience poor medical care, and high levels of drug deficiencies, upcoming pharmaceutical companies prey on this need and desperation to supply untested drugs, and observe the effects at a distance. This process could go two ...

Facilitator:

The subject of corporate ethics especially in the international businesses is highly contentious. Businesses, companies and organizations have the ultimate role of rewarding their stakeholders by engaging in beneficial activities. However, this is not the case in most of the scenarios where profits for an organization take an upper hand to social responsibility. This contrast in ethical values among local nations, communities and international organizations operating in foreign lands has been the cause for numerous clashes and conflicts. Ethics in international undertakings has become a major concern especially in the current era of globalization. Particularly, employee and human rights and ...

Introduction

Set in the timeframe of 1981, ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ is based on the real life story of Chris Gardner who ascended from a destitute to a stock market magnate. Cast in the role of Gardner, Will Smith did an astounding job in essaying the character to perfection. The movie bagged many accolades and awards upon its release in 2006. The most notable one was the Academy Award rewarded to Will Smith for best male actor. The opening scene gives a glimpse of the phrase ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ as mentioned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that the Americans are ...

Introduction

According to the book garden’s through ages the best way tell art history is by organizing vast artistic monument in accordance with civilization which produced them and by arranging them in a chronological manner. This idea is clearly evident in Robin’s burgher of Calais. The burghers of Calais are the historic modernist response to a public commemoration sculpture. It is a commemoration of the a hundred years of fighting between the French and the English forces. The French city of Calais was under siege by the British for over a year. To save the city king Edward of England demanded that a key ...

Ideological Film Theory in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Movies by definition, toy with us, but few films actually admit this. Movies frequently propose stories as real, and subsequently we are obliged to take them seriously. Some films genre’s can break these rules, comedies for instance, most of Luis Bunuel’s films are more or less comedies which I imagine is so that he can get around and/or play with film structure and essentially do whatever he wants. On the other hand his comedy is not wet; it’s very dry and stark. In The ...

HIST 1301

Roy Quick III Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass “The narrative of the life Fredrick Douglass” is a story about Fredrick’s life as an American slave which he wrote by himself (9). Fredrick’s place of birth was Tuckahoe located in the county of Talbot, Maryland (9). Fredrick did not know his age and neither one of his colleague slaves knew their age as it was the intention of the masters to have them ignorant (9). His mother was Harriet Bailey and the father was unknown to him (9-10). “My father was a white man. He was ...

Ideological Film Theory in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Movies by definition, toy with us, but few films actually admit this. Movies frequently propose stories as real, and subsequently we are obliged to take them seriously. Some films genre’s can break these rules, comedies for instance, most of Luis Bunuel’s films are more or less comedies which I imagine is so that he can get around and/or play with film structure and essentially do whatever he wants. On the other hand his comedy is not wet; it’s very dry and stark. In ...

Concept of Community

Introduction In recent years, organizations that are of benefit to the community have been on the increase, which has been attributed to the different advantages that organizations have over others (Gardener & Fitzpatrick, 2003). These organizations are firmly based on the visions and goals that have been set by communities; thus benefiting the community in the long run. The organizations are considered to be of benefit to the community because they involve members of the community in their general planning and management (Diamond, 2001). Also, this helps to move the communities towards change that the people within the communities ...

Management

Introduction Banking sector play a pivotal role in facilitating economic, social and political development worldwide. Most of the developing and developed nations invest in the banking industry so that to attract local and foreign investors. This goal is achieved through formulation and enactment of effective monetary and fiscal policies that regulate velocity of money, borrowing of credit facilities and interest rates; an idea that create a conducive environment for investment. The banking industry is one of the key industries that contribute in economic development, in the United States. The industry contributes more than fifty-six percent of Gross Domestic Product ( ...

In Margaret Atwood's post-apocalyptic novel The Year of the Flood, Ren, a member of the cult God's Gardeners, begins to gradually fall for a man named Jimmy; once she realizes this, and understands the love of her friend Lucerne for a man named Zeb, she has the following revelation: "I could see how you could do extreme things for the person you loved. Adam One said that when you loved a person, that love might not always get returned the way you wanted, but it was a good thing anyway because love went out all around you like an energy wave, and a creature ...

‘The Shack’ is a book written by William Young and was first published by Windblown Media in 2007. By 2009, it was one of the New York Times bestsellers having sold over five million copies in form of printed copies. The story starts with few simple characters such as Mackenzie Allen Phillips, Missy, his daughter, Nan, his wife, as well as few family friends. However, the story becomes sinister as Missy is abducted in a routine family vacation. Substantial evidence surfaces bringing into realization the fact that she could have encounter brutal murder in a shack that is otherwise abandoned and located ...

John Gardner

Global businesses and organizations demand responsible leadership that enhances professional and institutional ethics. There are several authors who have extensively covered this subject, but John Gardner, in his book On Leadership, provides a deeper insight into the aspects that make responsible leadership successful. Although Gardner’s vision on accountability in leadership is quite appealing, his ideas on leadership expectations do not inspire confidence.

Interesting Ideas on trust and Accountability

I find John Gardner’s ideas on the importance of trust and accountability in leadership quite fascinating. Gardner writes that leaders should set high personal standards when it comes to moral and ethical values. If the leader ...

In the 1930s, American culture was at a crossroads. In the middle of the Great Depression with a failing economy, still reeling from both World War I and Prohibition, crime was on the rise. Organized crime and gangs were a part of the media zeitgeist, as Al Capone, Chicago mobs and other big-city trades peddled drugs, alcohol, and sex. The presence of these vices, and their increased prevalence in American culture, demonstrated the need (or at least the desire) to combat them through preventative measures and cautionary tales to make sure the youth of America did not get lured into these same ...

Summary

Bilal Haq, a scientist from the National Science Foundation Arlingtion, Virginia encountered foraminifera on his trip to Qingdao in China. Foraminifera are small creatures that grow shells on their bodies. Their shells are varied and very diverse, as if they are created by visionary artists. Haq thought the foraminifera would make beautiful pieces of art and should be put on display. Haq’s fellow colleague from China, Zheng, agreed and put things into action by involving local craft workers. It resulted in a park for foraminifera since the end of 2009 and already a million people have visited (Larkins, 2012).

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