Essays on Radford

Gender identity is one of the fundamental characteristics that a person acquires and which will influence her choices and opportunities in life. Gender is not only a trait that one has, but also, gender is performed every day, according to certain theorists (Wood, 2011). One is expected to behave according to his or her gender, and to adhere to the norms and values associated with that gender. To “do” gender from this point of view means to behave as a woman and as a man respectively, simply because others expect one to do so. While I did not give ...

Natural disasters affect a large of people around the worked and this is rising because of climate change and the rising concentration of people inhabiting the areas that are more exposed to natural disasters. These natural disasters reduce the economic growth and a significant impact on poverty and social welfare, which affects the developing countries, and their most vulnerable populations. While natural disasters cannot be prevented, actions can be taken to reduce their human and economic costs. This paper looks at a large-scale natural disaster such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, the effect it had on the ...

Women in Video Game

Video games are the games that are played against a computer. History of video games may go back to the year 1940, when a computer game, “Nim” was designed by Edward Condon. The game had the ability to be played by one player (Kondrat 171). In the recent times, video games have covered a huge market. It has been reported that about $16.6 billion were spent on video games in the U.S. in the year 2012, and the worldwide video game market was at about $67 billion (Fox, and Wai Yen Tan 314). The representation of men and women ...

Abstract

The different forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution or ADR are interesting topics that were discussed in this class. There were five chapters that we consider the most interesting parts of the reading as they provide information that not only increase our awareness about dispute or conflict resolution, but they can serve as guidelines on how to come up with better ideas in providing solutions to various issues. The different chapters of the reading, such as chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 provided insights on cases, which these ADRs can be used. One may think that conflict resolution is ...

Living in the United States it is easy to imagine our current system of law has not only been in use indefinitely, but also that it is a universally accepted system. Often we forget that our law system has a unique history, as do the law systems of many other countries. Historically, law systems have dictated not only what constitutes a crime and the punishment for that crime, but also legal proceedings, dress codes and other accoutrements of law. The historical legal systems of Common law, Hindu Law and Roman Law all have various similarities and differences, as well ...

Overview

When a leader has the facts at hand about patients, the possibility of handling emergencies amicably is very high as this leader will be highly equipped and ready for an emergency. The culture of data evaluation inculcates in leaders the proficiency of offering secure, safe and quality services to their patients. This paper seeks to examine a leader’s role in data evaluation for quality and safety improvement. It will also look at the quality improvement plans and leadership attributes that help in evaluating data, therefore, improving quality and safety. In evaluating quality improvement, the concept of health quality ...

Frequent Interaction with Pets Improves Mood and Leads To Better Health

Studies of pet ownerships have found out that owning a pet leads to reduced levels of depression and increased levels of psychological being (Baker and Woen, 2008). However, according to Robb (1983) there are studies that seem to argue that pets have no benefit to humans. Due to this controversy the need to conduct further research on this issue arises. The research proposed hereby seeks to bring to reconcile the findings of these conflicting findings. The aims of this study are to find out the correlation between pet ownership and health, the correlation between happiness and general health, and the ...

Analysis of articles on ecology and creation

Ruether, Rosemary Radford Gaia and God ( Introduction and Chp. 1, "Three Classical Creation Stories." And Chp. 2, "Does Science Have a New Creation Story"?)

Lynn White, Jr. "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis"

Fox, Matthew "Viriditas: Greening Power" In these articles, the authors consider various aspects of the debate between life and science which is all important in today’s day and age. In the first story, Ruether and Radford espouse the importance of God in the context of the creation which is not always considered appropriately but which also focuses on how the creation may be understood from a non scientific point of view. This intrinsically means ...