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“Multicultural Shared Leadership: A Conceptual Model of Shared Leadership in Culturally Diverse Teams discusses the concept of multicultural leadership of different corporation related instances. The aspect of shared leadership is observed; in terms of the effects that cultural diversity has on this very concept. Therefore, it concludes upon the presence of a multicultural leadership that is prevalent in many societies. Another crucial point targeted in the article by Ramthun and Matkin is the fact that the hierarchical structure of organizations makes it easier to coordinate and collaborate on a collective basis, rather than solely working as a leader. However, ...

Tickner: “Three Voices of Man: Gendered Perspectives on Global Economic Security”

Tickner’s article discusses the various political practices adopted by states in order to promote their economic security. The author’s central idea is that, “the liberal, the economic nationalist, and the Marxist approaches to international political economy are biased towards masculine representations” (Tickner 90). The piece is written in Tickner’s usual style: conventional and educational, but not overly accessible to a wide audience. A particularly interesting point of Tickner’s is that concerning the term “positive peace,” coined in the early 1970s. Speaking of the developing world, Tickner says: “The legitimacy of states that failed to meet ...

Criminal Justice

1 A Spatial Analysis of Neighbourhood Crime in Omaha, Nebraska Using Alternative Measures of Crime Rates

The research focuses on four kinds of crime and their spatial patterns. The crimes studied are: a) robbery, b) assault, c) burglary, and d) auto theft. Geographic information system or GIS procedures were used to correlate the occurrence of these crimes with the characteristics of a neighbourhood in the City of Omaha, Nebraska. Ordinary least square methods were also employed. For alternate measures of the crime rate, crime density and crime location quotients were deduced. There research yielded three vital results. To begin ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

If there has been a recent event that has affected the world greatly after the tragic events of 2001, it has been the Egyptian revolution. Unpredictable, inconceivable and simply unbelievable, the month of February 2011 that marked the uprising of Egyptians for freedom from a seemingly eternity-long tyrannical rule of Hossein Mubarak was a historical moment. How did the Egyptians manage to walk out on streets and display unanimity in opposing to the dictatorship of Mubarak circulated as the million dollar question. It is still a heated debate topic among various political analysts who are still struggling to comprehend ...

Agreement for Globalization to Achieve Sustainability

Globalization and Sustainable Development In his article, Recovering Sustainable Development, Victor discusses the original meaning of sustainable development, the ways in which it has been distorted, and a basic framework to return to the theory’s original principles. The original theory states that boosting the economy, protecting natural resources and ensuring social justice should be complimentary and interwoven ideas to each other. This theory has found its challenges in its application though the vague, high-level statements and lack of actionable specific application for individual countries to follow. Return to the basics includes four courses of action: alleviating poverty, eliminating ...

This article gives a highlight of the changes which have been made in fire protection measures within many residential areas around the globe. The article first takes us to the fire alarm market, when minimal changes have been made, especially over the past year. According to the article, the major important aspect is enhancement of prevention measures within the industry such that there are no losses deemed as a result of poor response and communication during tragic occurrences (Klotz-Young 2012). To meet these measures, many strategies have been put in place to ensure that all buildings that have a ...

Article Review

Snyder, Stephanie. Open primary 'business as usual,' observers say. California Watch. (June 18, 2012) The article by Snyder (2012) titled, open primary ‘business as usual’, observers say, tries to bring out the difficult political situation in California were moderate candidates cannot get a chance to run in the general elections in November. This is true because in the traditional primaries, the candidates that end up in the ballot box come November are either liberals who are democrats, or conservatives who are Republicans. Either way, both sets of candidates are extremes who frustrate approval of budget until one compromises. ...

Chapter 8 investigates the relationship between mental disorders and crime. Mental disorders are viewed differently for the purposes of purposes of law enforcement and jurisprudence than they are understood in the course of general diagnosis and treatment. Mental retardation is now more commonly referred to as mental development disorder and can interfere with an individual’s ability to prepare a defense and stand trial. In clinical practice mental illness, more commonly referred to as mental disorder is evaluated on the degree the problem interferes with an individual’s capability to cope with everyday life. In the Criminal Law Forum, ...

The Author, Walter Hixson has in this article discussed the effect popular culture has on the postindustrial society. This has however, been subject to discussion over the years as some critics argued that popular culture would have different effects on different people. The effects of popular culture, according to the author, played a great role in the shaping of history especially in the 1980s. Most politicians for example Ronald Reagan took to popular culture for themes relevant to the political scene (Wirls, 1992). This essentially resulted into increased scrutiny of the effects popular culture would have on the masses ( ...

Speech: Purpose and Scope

It has always been a common practice for a King or Emperor to give motivational speeches to public and army before the start of a big event specially a war. There has been several such speeches, given by various leaders across the world and this is also one of them however, the patriotism hidden in these words of Queen Elizabeth I, were sufficient to create a victory which made Britain a superpower for centuries. The speech was primarily targeted towards the soldiers who were ready to meet the Spanish armada and the sole purpose of the speech was to ...

In the software industry software as a service (SaaS), is an emerging business model that has attracted interests of a number of consumers in the global market. SaaS model works on the same principles like the application service provider model and it has been found that SaaS can provide software to user’s laptops and computers for application processes. Further studies have revealed that the emergence of SaaS has been brought about by the development of the internet know-hows, since these technologies acts as the founding stone for the SaaS business model as well as the main driver and ...

The journal “Public Health Nursing Vol. 25 No. 4” was written by Terri Rebmann, Ruth Carrico and Judith F. English. It focuses on demarcating the lessons learned by public health professionals from past disasters and resources found to be lacking in previous disasters. The authors undertook to understand what public health professional had learned from dealing with precedent calamities and what steps they would take in case of reoccurrences or other disaster. They diversified their field of study to cover as much ground as possible.

The authors opted to use the qualitative design of study as their research methodology. ...

Police agencies all over the nation use canine units to combat crime. Over 7,0000 police dog programs have been deployed in police agencies around the United States. Police dogs are used in law enforcement for a wide variety of tasks, including the detection of illegal substances, crowd control, suspect search and apprehension, and police protection. Police departments with well-established programs are expanding them, and those that lack canine units are planning to deploy them. However, the use of canine units in law enforcement has its critics and there have been a number of litigations connected to the use ...

1. Design an integrated brand development communication programme for Taris that incorporates name, logo, symbols, and colour. If you cannot draw a label, just describe it, like brand name, background colour, other brand elements, etc.

The name of the new Taris brand should communicate both the characteristics of the oil and its health benefits, while being easily understandable for the American users. The name “Green Olive” is both simple and reveals the essence of the product. The word “green” in the name implicitly suggests that the product is both natural and supports a healthy lifestyle. The logo of the ...

Neonatal HSV infection occurs in a variety of settings, with a rate of 1-6 per 20,000 births. The majority of infections are incurred at delivery, from exposure to HSV in maternal genital secretions. Postnatal HSV infections occur via transmission by healthcare givers with oral lesions. This study, by Gesundheit el al (2004), evaluates a series of eight cases of neonate genital herpex simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection following Jewish ritual circumcisions conducted in three hospitals in Israel and one hospital in Canada. The infants developed HSV-1 symptoms roughly one week after ritual circumcision (± 2.5 days). The traditional ...

In her article, “East Africa Food Crisis 2011,” Shah describes how the worst food crisis is taking place in East Africa, namely in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Published on July 31, 2011, on the Global Issues website, the piece explains how in spite of consecutive futile rains, the emergency has been assessed as unnecessary and man-made, as the situation had been foreseen numerous months prior by a global early warning system. Both international and local governments have been blamed for taking little action in the approach to this emergency. Furthermore, high food prices have caused many people to not ...

Leadership, Roberta writes, “Is the ability one has to influence others to follow their footsteps.” This is the fundamental asset into achieving success. The art of marketing requires the act to demonstrate leadership. This paper will discuss the ability of a learner to exhibit a perceptive of how to lead people successfully. In addition, this paper will look at the complex business environments. The section contains three questions, answered in paragraph forms. As a learner of organization leadership, I have identified various artifacts that demonstrate on how I effectively lead people. First, as a leader, I kept on moving ...

Workplace Bullying

Yamada D.C. (2010). Workplace bullying and American employment law: A ten-year progress report and assessment. Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 32 (1) Retrieved 30 May 2012 via: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1507950

A. Workplace Bullying Enters America’s Consciousness

The problem of psychological abusive behavior at work and its negative effects on individuals and organizations only began to be investigated in the U.S in the mid-1990’s. Drs Gary and Ruth Namie were the first to use the term workplace bullying in terms of American employment and to expose this phenomenon to the American public. They also initiated the Campaign Against Workplace Bullying, created a “Bullybusters” website, and hosted the ...

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass wrote an article titled Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass’. This narrative aimed at the abolishment of slavery in the US (Douglass, 1845). The publication is primarily a work of political agitations. This is because his goal was to abolish slavery and convince his readers to fight for abolition. According to many individuals, his work was regarded as sentimental fiction. Furthermore, the book was more inclined towards racial stereotypes.

Sentimental literature can be defined as literature which was aimed at training and educating the sensibilities of the reader. This meant that the readers were able to ...

This article capitalizes on the idea that today’s media has shifted to a new paradigm of keeping up with what the society treats as being modernity. The author of this article is quick to point out that today’s media looks at the immediate things that are affecting a given society but not things that are based on tradition or history. This is because today’s media is out to publish and release only the information that seems to please that seems to please the public domain. This turn of events, explains Enzensberger, is based on two important ...

There was once a time when countries went to war for one of two reasons: to grow through conquest, or to defend one’s territory from incursion. If a country was having internal troubles, its neighbors would only provide military intervention if it wanted to take advantage of those troubles and add that country to their own holdings. All of that changed, though, after the Second World War. Because colonies were now too expensive (and too unruly), the major superpowers at the time (the United States and the U.S.S.R.) sought to maintain spheres of influence, and they would intervene ...

DevBistro is a major peer review article website that owns the right to several peer reviewed articles and journals. In this paper I summarize the article and offer opinions about the selected topics as well as give clarification of research findings in the article that would aid in the understanding on the topic of testing in operational product line.

Article summary

The article depicts the role of the test manager and what is expected in terms of his or her roles as well as responsibilities in the implementation of a testing process. The author further states that the success of the ...

Theories in the management practices during the early stages did not exist as theories. The earlier distinct practices and occurrences have constantly undergone syntheses and modifications resulting in the currently identifiable theories. As such, there are a number of hypothetical approaches with varying level of suggestions and assumptions. The available theories therefore share a symbiotic relationship with each other as regards the sustaining disciplines. Theories are in management are intended to ensure that all aspects which enhance fine organizational practices are brought to the fore (Daft, 2005). With regard to the management, the three major theoretical approaches relate to ...

Ethics in leadership

The article in review is written by Professor Karen J. Thompson, Elizabeth C. Thach, and Melissa Morelli, both from the School of Business and Economics, Senoma State University. The article is an exploratory study designed with the aim of finding out which of the standard recommended standards for ethical leadership are actually being implemented by leaders as well as their organizations. From the interview conducted on one hundred and twenty eight leaders, the results revealed that majority of organizations do not work at implementing the recommended practices for promoting ethical employee behavior. In addition, significant percentage of leaders who ...

Luxury good

Research has shown that many people in the United States are not ready to marry due to the economic situations facing the citizens. As a result, many young people have children before their marriage since they are not able to raise a family. It is not that the people do not wish to marry but the cost associated with marriage is not affordable to many. A luxury good is a product that is expensive to many and hence not affordable. It is therefore left to the rich people who can afford. The consumption of this good is not meant ...

Business proposal checklist

Amy. Amy, in her business proposal, describes a company called Will Bury that has patented a technology that would convert the printed word to a digital file for consumption by readers or listeners. Therefore, from her explanation Amy was able to identify the market structure for her proposed business proposal. She was also able to make assumptions about the market structure and elasticity as Amy details the companies already in existence within the same e-books market. She also explains how the business is established, and the competition it faces since alternatives are provided by its competitors and would have ...

1. Collaborative tools: More often than not, the information technology department of an organization will not seek the views of other employees when introducing new office tools. They instead impose new office tools within the organization. Such organizations need to be aware that Software user experience varies between employees. Be it Skype, MS Communicator or Lotus project, for software to be effective, the users (employees) should be involved in selection processes. Only when their views on software’s anticipation of their needs, ease of use, content and effectiveness are sought, will communication be flexible. It would be a tremendous ...

1. What is the role of private brands in a product portfolio dominated by national brands? Should a retailer like Migros attempts to change customer preferences in the direction of private brands, or simply stock what customers prefer to purchase?

Private brands in a product portfolio play several roles. Firstly, they help retailers to maximize profits, since private brands usually yield higher margins than national brands. Secondly, since they are offered only in specific stores, private brands help to differentiate product offering, to build customer loyalty and to attract more clients, thus increasing both the sales of private and ...

Deviant Bodies

The issue of deviant bodies has been a contentious issue for quite some time now in the contemporary society and especially in the American society. There have been several studies attempting to describe the ideal body of both males and females. Emphasis though has been on what the ideal woman’s body in the American society should look like in terms of skin color and body size (Terry & Urla, 1995). Deviant bodies can be described as those bodies which deviate from the norms set forth by the society. For instance according to deviant bodies, critical perspectives on difference in ...

Contextualizing Influence Activities: An Objective Hermeneutical Approach

Lueger, Sandner, Meyer and Hammerschmid treat the objective hermeneutical approach, as a modality utilized for developing research papers, meant to develop the knowledge from a specific research area. The authors are utilizing this methodology for studying the influence as a modality of exercising power in different types of organizations. Using the objective hermeneutical methodology, the authors appreciate that the researcher might have the capacity to influence their public through the research they undertake, as they apply specific tactics and strategies to serve their research purpose, which have general value (Lueger et al., 2005, p. 1146). The authors specify the ...

Supply Chain Management

Introduction The global nature of business has been changing over the years, and most businesses are in the quest of growth, and the desire to reach new markets. Most business firms focus on production, marketing and finance, with avid attention directed into achieving customer satisfaction through effective and efficient operations of various processes in the business. In light with this, competition is an aspect that seriously affects many businesses, and in order to address this, most firms consider the use of the supply chains, which aid in the efficient distribution of goods at minimized costs but sufficient profits (Prajogo, ...

Self disclosure is a vital approach for remaining in touch with others. Through sharing information the intimacy in a relationship becomes more intense. The interpersonal relationship with my partner is also enhanced. I can certainly relate to the fact that quality communication is illustrated differently in different contexts. Form experience, I believe that most people misunderstand the sense of disclosure to mean presenting information to another. This perception is far from the meaning of the word especially in a relationship context. Self disclosure is in relationships must however be reciprocated. This is the only way that partners can learn ...

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Assignment 1: Molecular Cell Biology

3001BPS Molecular Cell Biology 2012 Assignment 1 Instructions: Use onlythe 9pages and spaces as provided. Type all textusing at least 10 point font. Diagrams should be hand drawn. PART A

Genetic studies for identifying genes involved in lysosome biogenesis led to the identification of a gene encoding a novel protein of approximately 80 kDa. An antibody was raised in rabbits to investigate the subcellular localisation of the protein using both immunofluorescence microscopy and immunogold electron microscopy. Mouse monoclonal antibodies to a known lysosomallumenal protein, hydrolase , were used as controls in these experiments. The results ...

(a) The two articles “Debt is Good for You" and “Debtors’ Prison" explore the use of debt financing by corporations and contrast it to equity financing, as well as investigate the implications of excess borrowing.

“Debt is Good for You" discusses debt and equity financing by providing a brief overview of the scientific research in this area. It uses the paper by Modigliani and Miller, who claimed that the proportions of equity and debt have no effect on the firm’s value, as a reference point for further discussion and shows the evolution of the theory related to company ...

An Article Review on the Role Dogma plays in Research

Kuhn (1963) stated that to some extent, dogma had a place in scientific research. Dogma was used in this paper to refer to a doctrine or belief that is held by the scientific community. Khun (1963) advocates for the status quo but states that despite the fact that effective research requires commitment to the status quo, the main driving factor in this area is innovation (p. 368 ). Khun observes that a scientist embarking on a study in a scientific discipline is required to have an open mind while at the same time having to consider paradigms that already exist ...

Article Review

Introduction Smoking is the most common drug dependence during pregnancy, and it is associated with a plethora of problems, which may encompass; fetal growth retardation, premature delivery, and low birth weight. In light with this, maternal smoking is not only harmful during pregnancy, but has a long term impact on the baby after birth. Over the decades, public health officials and the government have been in the fore front in the pursuit to control or correct the issue of smoking during pregnancy. Moreover, different medical researches on smoking during pregnancy have been carried out, and they have contributed monumentally ...

The article Identity Ambiguity and Change in the Wake of a Corporate Spin-Off by Kevin G. Corley and Dennis A. Gioia is dedicated to the case study of organizational identity change. Researchers investigated the transformation of organizational unit into an independent organization using the example of Fortune 100. The results of the research reveal previously unreported aspects of organizational change. Scientists state that the change is a challenge for a company because changes bring uncertainty and it, in turn, creates ambiguity. It is rather inconvenient and therefore it creates the context for its own resolution during the period of ...

Article Review - Henri II

In "Criticizing the Savage and Making a King: The Royal Entry Festival of Henri II (Rouen, 1550)," Wintroub (1998) examines the royal entry festival that was held in the city of Rouen in 1550 to honor King Henri II. In particular, the article focuses on the reproduction of a Brazilian village that was created for the festival, within which there were fifty Brazilians to inhabit the village. The creation of this village, and the interaction between the Brazilians and the people of France, creates a number of interesting social questions regarding perceptions of other cultures in the Middle Ages. ...

When the name Al’Dahiyya is mentioned, many people tend to be flooded with ideas of a place that is backwards and one that is not safe to tread into. In fact, many people often feel that they are not safe within the center. The place is more of a ghetto, a place where people do not have no sense of order and where anything can be expected at any moment (Al’Dahiyya, 1). However, a tour of the Beirut Al’Dahiyya reveals a place that has gone through various transformations to be the place that it is today.

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Miscommunication cuts across all classes of society. The article covers the aspect that spouses also fall in the circles of miscommunication. Even though they may know each well, and love each other, loved ones do experience miscommunication. According to the article, new studies suggest that the effectiveness of communication between loved ones may be no better than that with strangers. One of the authors of the article asserts that the cause of this as ‘closeness-communication bias’. According to Boaz Keyzar, this is a phenomenon that makes people underestimate the need to effectively of communication and leads to miscommunication among ...

Scientific Method is a process which researchers utilize in exploring observing and carrying out the necessary experiments in a bid to ascertain the reliability of collected information relating to a specific phenomenon. Accordingly, the methodology usually entails four major steps. These steps include observation, hypothesis, predicting and experimenting. Observation is basically the studying and describing a particular trend while the second step involves the formulation of a theory that seeks to explain the experience.

Observation may, in most cases, take into consideration previous studies. Consequently, the prediction phase relate to using the hypothesis formulated to make a prediction with ...

This is a review and analysis of a source of information about the Milwaukee Civil Rights Marches in 1967. The source selected and used is a document: Restrictive Real Estate Covenants, Fox Point Gardens, dated June 18, 1940 and recorded July 26, 1940.

The subject document is two pages containing a total of 18 covenants, governing and restricting the occupation and use of residential lots and dwellings on a Wisconsin village called Fox Point Gardens, located about 12 miles north of Milwaukee.

The document was retrieved from an archive called the Barbee Papers, created ...

Austin, M., Dal Santo, T., Lewis, D. (2012). Boundary-Crossing Careers of Senior Human Service Administrators: A Cross-Case Analysis. Routledge Tailor & Francis Group.

The article is basically focused on the human service managers with regard to effective management. The management is generally geared towards the connection between nonprofit segment agenda and the public. The study starts by recognizing the capabilities with reference to documenting efforts relating to crossing of boundaries as regards careers of senior managers of human service. To this, the authors have directed their focus to the United Kingdom as well as the United States legal systems. The main purpose of the study, according to the author, is that it is ...

p. 19-33 Victoria, R., Banwart, S., Black, H., Ingram, J., Joosten, H. Milne, E. and Noellemeyer, E. Synopsis of the Article

According to Victoria et al. (2012), the global demand for food has escalated by over 50% with the demand for water and energy heightening by up to 60% and 45% respectively. These increases have consequentially mounted a tremendous pressure on the world’s soils. In this light, the authors contend that soil plays an all-important role in the stabilization of the world’s climate, water supplies and most importantly biodiversity. ...

Introduction

Often, when murders commit their heinous crimes, they do not consider that the circumstances could turn around, making them the victims. They often feel secure and in a safe position to continue with their activities. When brought before a court of law and convicted for their crimes, they often try to plead their case by making the authorities feel guilty for passing the sentence on them. This is what happened with Robert Lee Willie, who, after being convicted for execution in a Louisiana state prison, admitted that killing is wrong whether done by an individual or by the state. ...

A. What the researcher expected to find

Sexual orientation is an aspect that has raised eyebrows among individuals and also the public at large. It has become an imperative phenomenon in the current empirical attention within the victimology literature. The essence of this study is based on the fact that sexual orientation seems to receive increased rates of victimization mostly among the unfortunate in the society. The study has revealed that there is inadequate psychological outcome, mostly, for the lesbians, gay, bisexual and between the transgender crime victims (LGBT). The researcher tries to take a scrutiny concerning victim sexual orientation in a sample of 641 fatal crimes in dire need of immediate medical treatment at a public sector –heath check. ...

This article focuses on some of the demographic issues that are currently facing the education system of United States of America (Linda 2010). The author of this article also focuses on how race and the color of students have a connection with the distribution of resources in the educational institutions of the country. The article also explains that there are differences in the level of quality in the educational institutions due to differences in trainings undergone by the teachers. There is inequality in the distribution of resources in these institutions. For instance, there are some institutions which receive more ...

Channon and Christopher aged 21 and 23 who were a young couple from Knoxville Tennessee ,they were both raped tortured and eventually killed after they were kidnapped in January 2007 following this the five suspects were arrested and charged and they were found to be having multiple conviction on each of them. According to reports, Channon and Christopher had gone out for a date but they never returned home but it turned out that they were carjacked and blindfolded by three black men where they took them to a rented house in Chipman street where they carried out their ...

I agree that two possible reasons for failure of team collaborations is ego and introvert persons. These two affects the team’s communication which is very essential to have a successful team. With ego and introvert persons, the contributions they may give to the success of the project like their ideas may not be fully blown. They have a tendency that they may not voice out their ideas even if these are good because they may be afraid that other members will not like them. ...

Swift’s A Modest Proposal is a successful piece of writing which addresses the problem of poverty in Ireland at the time. The use of satire is entirely appropriate and effective, and the piece is still popular centuries after it was written. Swift’s use of rhetoric successfully evokes in the reader a sense of outrage at the speaker and a sympathy towards the Irish. On reading A Modest Proposal, the reader realises it isn’t a straight forward essay by the second paragraph in which he speaks of making small children useful members of society (Swift, 1729). However, ...

The issue of hate has circulated in the social arena for quite a long time as people seek to establish a solution to this issue. It has existed since time immemorial, and was the cause for the slave trade that led to the demeaning of the African people. The same hate has found its way into the modern world where there are various reports of people who have experienced the bitter ends of hate. All over the world, there had been crimes that were propagated by hate; the killing of Jews by Hitler and the anti-Semitism movements, the massacre ...

“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allen Poe, and “How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barret Browning are both poems with love as their main theme. Although both follow many traditions of love poetry, such as form and rhyme, the fact that Poe’s is a narrative poem and Browning’s a lyric poem cause them to read very differently. The question of which is more effective in conveying the theme of love is a difficult one to answer as this is a matter of opinion. However, overall, Poe’s poem gives the reader more to relate to and, therefore, ...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going—and going, and going until, they snap. People who work in law enforcement must be tough to carry out and overcome the demands of their jobs; but no matter how tough they are, people in law enforcement suffer from stress. Unfortunately, toughness is an adaptation to this type of job, and toughness often acts as a barrier when it comes for the “tough” to seek help for themselves.

Law Enforcement Officers and Stress

Police officers give help but never ask for it; it is seen as a sign of “weakness.” They prefer self-help, and have ...

The journal article “the image of God” was written with the purpose of revealing a number of things. Among these things is the scarcity and brevity with which the Old Testament has referred to the doctrine stated as the image of God. Consequently, the scarce and brief reference has been made in such versus as Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:2 and Genesis 9:6. Therefore, the author came up with the journal as a way of highlighting the importance that the doctrine bears, which is beyond all proportion, in relation to the laconic treatment that the doctrine receives in Old Testament. ...

Alexis de Tocqueville had seen the various attempts his country of France had failed in putting in place a democratic government. He thus became curious and wanted to study the existent prosperous, democratic governments of the time and know their operations. The results of his studies made him conclude that although the move towards democracy had gained much ground in America, it was a global trend that would slowly become a permanent phenomenon that could not be interfered with. This is what Craiutu and Jennings concluded as being the motivation for his tour to America. Gustave de Beaumont and ...

Law enforcement is an inherently stressful profession. A law enforcement officer’s duty is to enforce the law, and to enforce it, the officer must face potentially harmful situations; where the officer is exposed to a number of foreseeable and unforeseeable situations, that the officer may or not be able to control. Potentially harmful situations are stressful on their own, but when the harm becomes real, the level of stress increases; and the officer witnesses, and sometimes experiences—and may be forced to cause—a great deal of harm.

In time, chronic stress may lead to serious physical and ...

We are closing Guantanamo but we refuse to close our own abusive juvenile correctional facilities.

The juvenile-justice crisis in America can be illustrated by the recent Dickens-like scandal uncovered in Pennsylvania, where two judges ruling over juvenile courts were found to be taking kickbacks in exchange for committing thousands of juveniles into privately owned facilities. Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan took over a million dollars each to deliver “justice.” Many children with minor offenses were sentenced for years in private correctional facilities, without legal representation; one child spent a year in a center for stealing a bit of change. It took a constitutional challenge to set him free. Over 5,000 ...

In California, Justice for Juveniles

The California Youth Authority (CYA) was a state prison system for youth offenders; it was founded in 1941 to keep juvenile delinquents out of adult prison and provide them with a support system for rehabilitation. It was the belief of lawmakers and social workers at thetime that a better-educated and trained youth would have a greater chance of becoming integrated back into society. Unfortunately, 50 years later, the system appeared to have broken down, and so damaging to the youth it was supposed to be rehabilitating that the California Youth Authority was eliminated and many of its facilities were ...

Bruce Bower in his well-written article in “Science Today entitled “Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance” argues that” language style matching” is a communication asset between two people, then the reverse scenario of both employing different communication styles does nothing to help the interpersonal relationship between them. The reason for this is simple and only common sense. When two individuals talk or communicate to each other, then the use of similar language styles is usually a step forward towards better communications. Better communication means better comprehension, better empathy and therefore better quality of interpersonal relationships. So far ...

Article Critique: Masking Poor Communication

People often assume that close relationships are based on good communication. However, this may not always be true. We develop close relations with others due to different factors and only one of them is good communication. Children are friends with those that they go to school with, adults with some coworkers and those are people that we did not choose to go to school with, or to work with. We are close to them because we spend a lot of time together and share similar interests. In order to understand each other we need something more than closeness, we ...