Essays on Outsider

“If it has ‘science’ in its name, it ain’t (Minnick).” Those words were said to this writer by the smartest person he ever knew personally, a man with PhDs in Mathematics and Physics, a true scientist. He went on to explain that science, if it is science, can be reduced to mathematics and then can predict. “Science can generate electricity or flatten cities,” he said. The problem, of course, is that whenever one deals with the “soft sciences,” political science or economics (the dismal science) or sociology or history or any of the disciplines that are housed in ...

Introduction

Operating budget can be defined as a combination of two budgets – revenue budget and budget of expenses (Gapenski, 2012). Creating and monitoring an operating budget is essential for healthcare providers. Changes in regards to diminishes in repayment for administrations gave, numerous directions for patient security, and an expansion in the maturing persistent populace looking for therapeutic administrations assume a part in how well the working spending plan is kept up all through the financial year of the budget. Understanding and actualizing successful financial management practices is the way to making a precise anticipated budget and also checking changes in ...

Derogatory Terms Used as Tools for Maintaining the Privileged Status of Young White Males

In the United States of America, young white males from the middle class occupy a privileged status and therefore enjoy many benefits, such as being able to attain their goals without facing social pressures and barriers. While this group is occupies a position of power, people who fall short of any of the characteristics which would allow them to enter it, are discriminated from one or more points of view. Race, class, ability, gender, age, sexuality and ethnicity are some of the demographic features which are considered when establishing the power relation in the society. Groups which occupy a ...

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Lett, J. (1990). Emics and etics: Notes on the epistemology of anthropology. In T. N. Headland, K. L. Pike & M. Harris (Eds.), Emics and ...

Strategic Messages to Different Stakeholders

Key message to executive: Introducing a new CEO Objectives: Issues: According to Koyne & Koyne (2007), the executive should know that the new CEO and managing partners are likely to reorganize the company through layoffs and dismiss top management. However, the top management can tell the new leaders that they want to help them achieve implement the changes. Porter, Lorsch &Nohria (2004) established that CEOs should focus on managing the organizational structure and not on daily operations. Additionally, the CEO at BrightStar should understand that his position does not give him the right to lead or a guarantee that the ...

Marking Luther King Jr. is one of the most prominent figures during the civil rights movements of 1960s. He led the African-Americans in a peaceful demonstration to imply resistance to racism. In a letter during his time in Birmingham City jail, King articulated his position in support of the non-violent resistance to racism. As a theologian, King emphasized the values of Christian living in understanding the nature of violence. One of the strong arguments indicated in the letter is the statement that, “it is wrong to use immoral means (meaning violence) to attain moral ends”. In this argument, King ...

Virgin Mobile: Pricing for the First Time

Young people are critical to many markets including mobile, fashion, technology, and entertainment. Other than forming a key component of the current market, young consumers are potential markets for the future. A business that captures their interest and commitment today has high possibilities of securing a lifetime relationship with them (Mitchell, 2012). However, marketers have not clearly identified the exact tastes and preferences of the young people as a unique market segment. The recent developments in information technology and the use of social media have complicated the marketing equation for this group. The requirement for transparency, relevance, and communication ...

Affiliated Institution

Introduction In order to understand the cultural practices of other people and our own without being affected by ethnocentrism, we can use the guideline of cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is about understanding the cultural practices of other cultures by examining them from the contexts of those who practice them. Similarly, we can understand our cultural practices better by examining them from the context of others or outsiders. Ethnocentrism pushes a person to perceive his/her culture as superior to others, making it difficult to understand other cultures. This also makes it difficult to understand another culture from an emic perspective ...

The objective of this paper was to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the possible security vulnerabilities that an organization’s computer and network operating systems may have; and also to provide appropriate techniques in order to boost protection based on the findings of the said assessment. The organization, whose computer and network operating system framework would be focused on, that was chosen is Target, operator of one of the largest network of malls in the United States’ retail industry. What makes this computer and network operating system security case analysis significant is that any form of risk involving ...

Immigration is the development of individuals to one nation from another permanently. There are numerous reasons why individuals decide to live in another nation they have been living in - to join their families, to acquire better occupations, or that they cannot stay in or return to their particular nation. The vast majority have a supposition about how migration influences the work market. Some express concerns about its effect. Their fundamental emphases are that movement will cause an increase in the unemployment rate and that businesses are acquiring gifted specialists from abroad instead of preparing neighborhood laborers. Then again, ...

What kind of vision does MLK offer in the letter from Birmingham jail? A positive one to strive for or a negative one to avoid? In his letter, Martin Luther King’s vision seems to be a negative one to avoid. He provides the recipients of the letter with a realistic view of what the circumstance of blacks actually is and what the effects of discrimination and segregation has caused. He ensures that the reader is aware of why he is taking action and why it is important for others to do the same. He consistently admonishes the reader ...

Teenage boys may feel that girls are aliens, because they seem different, but in Neil Gaiman’s short Sci-Fi story, “How to talk to girls at parties”, the girls really are from another planet. The author humorously recounts the experience of two teenage boys, Vic and Enn, whose lack of experience around girls and nascent sexuality, cause them to ignore the visible signs that the girls they meet at a party are not from this world. Throughout the story, Enn, from whose perspective the story is told, is so focused on trying to talk to the girls he meets ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was considered to be one of the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights era. In his letter, Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is writing in response to a letter that was written to him by eight Alabama clergymen. In their letter, the eight clergymen expressed a dislike for the activism of Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They believed that the demonstration that Dr. King was participating in was “led in part by outsiders” (Carpenter et al.) Additionally, the clergymen seemed to praise the police of Birmingham. In ...

Coming-of-age novel The House on Mango Street composed by Sandra Cisneros represents a mosaic of various events that shaped life of Latina girl named Esperanza Cordero. Due to the writing style and vignette form this novel presents reader with vivid but at the same time incomplete pieces of memories that are aimed at conveying particular emotion rather than facts. It should be mentioned that inspiration for writing this novel was Cisneros`s life along with stories from people she knew or met. With this in mind one may observe mixture of semi-real and semi-fictional stories that reveal reality of ...

The letter from Birmingham was written by Martin Luther King Jr. as a response to the religious leaders who criticized him for taking part in anti-segregation movements. King claimed that it was not like him to easily respond to detractors, because doing so would consume all his time which would otherwise be used for productive purposes. However, he thought that it was best to answer the criticism thrown at him by the clergies. His message in his letter from Birmingham may be thought of as his way of defending of himself from his detractors, yet a closer analysis would ...

Philosophy

Compare Views: Obligations of the Citizen

In his ‘letter from Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King wrote to eight white clergymen, addressing their disapproval over his nonviolent protests against racial inequality. Martin Luther King answered the charges of him being an outsider, by claiming that anything that happened anywhere in the United States affected everyone else, and that no one was an ‘outsider in the United States. King further addresses the clergymen’s opposition to the black demonstrations. King’s central idea regarding the obligations of the citizen is that it is the duty of the citizen to oppose all ...

Phenomenology methodology:

Developing a theory: The first step in a qualitative research paper is developing a theory. The American elections of 2016 greatly influence this research. This has been one of the most controversial elections in history. The Republican Party front-runner is a party outsider who has taken over the party and receives a nomination to run in the general election. This paper will try to investigate whether the rules of a contested convention established in the 1700s apply in today’s political environment. This is because there has been talk of the party holding a contested convention with an aim ...

In 1997, Hong Kong experienced “the Handover.” According to the Basic Law, it became a Special Administrative Region of China with a high autonomy degree in every issue except international and military affairs. However, the misunderstanding of the “one country, two systems” principle and Beijing desire to intervene into Hong Kong policies that became especially crucial last years fueled tensions between Hong Kong and China. The aim of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the issue of Hong Kong-China relations through the theoretical framework of pluralism. For a start, it is necessary to give a brief overview of ...

Introduction

Summer is a novel by the esteemed writer Edith Wharton, who is mostly known for her books such as Ethan Frome. Summer is seen as a continuation of the theme that Edith delved in her previous book Ethan Frome. The plot similarities can be seen as both protagonists of the two books were ambitious and tired of living an average life. The story revolves around Charity, an eighteen-year-old, who craves for adventure from the bleakness of her situation. She is soon entangled in a love affair with the visiting Lucius Harney. The story is about the sexual awakening, naivety, ...

Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail remains one of the most famous essays written by Dr. King, and demonstrates his mastery of rhetoric as well as ethics. Dr. Martin Luther King penned the letter while in jail for protesting segregation and Jim Crow laws in the South, and for equality and over all civil rights for African Americans in the rest of the United States. King has always been considered the most important of the civil rights leaders of that period, and the eloquence and his masterful use of rhetoric and other persuasive techniques on display ...

The purpose of this assignment is to understand the different religions that have been studied throughout Unit 3. Vedic, Spirit Possession, Hindusim as well as Islam and Judaism will be evaluated. Lessons that have surrounded each of these paradigms suggest that there are considerable core concepts that can be defined throughout religion universally. Lesson 10 on Christian Hymnody in Uganda explains an important issue relating to song contests. The way that Catholic Identity and African methods of expression have contributed towards observable comparisons in multiple ways. India is the motherland of not only particular religions, but a unique spirit ...

Summary

The story revolves around the members of Monroe’s family i.e. Mac Four, Mike Monroe, Bea, Little Bit and P. Dee Chambers. Dee is a family business consultant with a great experience. Once she helped Mac by reporting about a president. It was a Sunday night. Mac called Dee to ask for some help regarding Carolina Construction Supply which was running short for wages. He wanted Dee to help him. They decided to meet (Miller). Mac started by telling about the Georgia Building Supplies. It was started by Mac and his business partner Morrie. Mac was the salesman, and ...

Van Helsing as a Protector: The Role of the Vampire Hunter the Present-Day Vampire Culture

Abstract The vampire culture grew out of the Gothic genre and became extremely popular throughout the world. The first and most famous representative of the vampire cast is Dracula, who first appeared as a protagonist in Bram Stocker’s book with the same name. Dracula was created as a predator that hid within his threatening castle, and attacked helpless women. The author also introduced Van Helsing, the hero who acted as a protector of women and fought to destroy the monster. However, Van Helsing remained a less popular and well-known character as compared to the monster he hunted. In ...