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In this essay, I am going to explore to Nicholas Christakis’ ideas and theories surrounding the influence of social networking. Specifically, I am going to give a brief overview of his ideas presented in his Ted Talk, connect the important ideas presented in this discussion in relation to making connections in the workplace, and finally relate these ideas to my particular social intelligence and strength.
In Christakis’ discussion, he began by stating that he was first interested in the widowhood effect, or the idea that many times spouses very quickly die after the ...

Business

Sound in the television or film is for the purpose of supporting the story of the documentary, television program, narrative, or a film. However, sound can be so effective that it may explain the entire story directly, and it can also be used indirectly in order to enhance effects of movie’s story. It has been argued that television sound is different to film sound. This is because of the fact that there are different perceptual methods and mechanisms for the picture and sound in the television and film; the sound may, however, be integrated by the spectators or the ...

Question 1

The gap between ethics that governs a libertarian and ethics that controls care and compassionate is so wide. There is a great difference libertinism from care and compassionate. In a shallow understanding from the definitions of the two subjects in discussion, we can come up with one common difference that cut across them. First, libertarianism may refer to the ethical moral standard and view that allow individuals to own them fully and have great powers to control their freedom. The powers further allow them to acquire property rights in any external objects that surround them (Ryder, 48). In other hand, care and ...

Build in the honor of the Goddess Athens on the top of the Athenian Acropolis between 447-438 BC, the Parthenon is a majestic temple, which reflects the Greek artistic power and architectural ingenuity (Jenkins 76). This construction was built under the reign of Pericles for celebrating the end of the war between Athens and Persia, but its historical significance comprises many more scenes that left the scars of various dominations through time, such as the bombardment during the Ottoman domination, when, in 1687, the Venetian troops fired the Parthenon, which served the Ottomans as the fortress and the place where ...

Introduction

The primary purpose of philosophy is to clarify and refine the human thought processes so that the state of affairs and hence the reality of the world are clear. As such, philosophical problems are a failure to come up with the explanations of things that happen in the environment and by extension in the world. Philosophy is critical in refining the human's basic concepts that are applied to understand the reality. Just like in other sciences that are driven by the experimentations in the search for the truth, philosophy is informed by the questions that cannot be easily answered ...

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Children are our nation’s future. As cliché as it may sound, the meaning of this statement remains true. The way that children are being raised and taken care of today will greatly impact the coming years. This is because their circumstances as children will contribute to the kind of adults that they will become in the future. However, it is a fact that many children of today continue to face harsh realities due to abuse and neglect. Many have become victims of people who do not care about the impact of their actions and the effect ...

Innovation

Executive summary
Business organizations have implemented and embraced different organizational strategies that have contributed positively to the performance, and general business productivity. Product innovation strategy has been one of the strategies used to improve product performance and increase sales within an organization. Innovation models are important features of a successful organization. Advanced technology has led to the use of improved business strategies in increasing productivity and performance. Business organizations have embraced different changes in the social and technological aspect to provide products and services suitable for customers. Multiple innovation models may be incorporated into the business strategy to provide ...

Introduction

A Computer based crime is misconduct that includes a computer system and a network infrastructure. The workstation might have been utilized in the commission of a crime, or the target of one. Cybercrimes have been defined as: "Crimes that have been committed against entities or sets of people with an illegal motive to deliberately damage the reputation of the target or cause physical harm, or loss, to the target directly or indirectly, using up-to-date networks such as the Internet and different mobile devices. Such criminalities have threatened the nation's security and possibly the financial health. Some of the issues ...

Moral Compass

Moral vision is important when surmising what one’s morals truly are. My moral vision includes being aware of what I am doing at all times in context of a bigger picture. For example, is what I am doing a part of a greater moral picture and will it serve others or myself morally? I ask myself this question often when I am unsure of how to proceed in certain situations, and thus far, it has allowed me to lead a satisfying life. Values that allow me to anchor my moral vision include honesty, bravery, and generosity. I hear ...

Self-Knowledge

Self-knowledge is the process of self-awareness, understanding your deep essence, the meaning of life and your physical and mental capabilities. This need was originally laid in a person, as opposed to animals. A human makes almost everything in his life himself: selects the target, makes and corrects his mistakes, builds relationships with other people. Having come to an understanding of the meaning of his abilities, he becomes interesting not only to others, but also to himself, his personal self-esteem, quality and fullness of life increase.
“I” concept is an individual's perception of himself and his role in the world. ...

Privacy is Theft?

Modern technology gives a lot of possibilities for people in everyday life. It is easier to stay in touch with your family and relatives, work more efficiently and make shopping. But more and more people nowadays are concerned about the privacy of their lives and security in digital age, as all their information becomes available for everyone who wants to know it via social media resources. The topic has been raised all the time by many people, but we always postpone it, thinking that it is not a right time to consider it. But it has found its literal ...

Reasoning is an essential cognitive process that is incorporated almost in every aspect of adult life. Every person lives in a subjective world, the image of which is formed by person’s beliefs, convictions and thoughts. Everything we do and see is the result of mind activity, as our behavior and perception are built on the basis of the experience we have already had with the image of the world. This mind activity depends on the variety of biological, psychological and social factors that all together create our worldview, our unique picture of things that surround us. However, the ...

The short story “The Missing Girl” by Shirley Jackson is one of the chapters in her book “Just an Ordinary Day”. This short story tells the reader about the girl who went missing. All throughout the story the main characters of the story Chief Hook, Betsy, Old Jane, Hilda Scarlett and the others are trying to find a girl. However, at the end all the people in the town doubt the fact that she has even existed in the first place.
This story made me wonder if such case could happen in the real life. And I assume that ...

Often, the large-scale projects are parachuted in the city, towns or communities for a small period. The public artwork is meant to create a remarkable community involvement. However, it cannot be said as to how an audience will accept a piece of artwork, especially if it is a difficult one. Still, there is a need to approach them intelligently and get convinced of the integrity of the artist. One comes across different kinds of public art at various sites and under different conditions of permanence. They are viewed by different kinds of 'public' and artists and critics view the ...

Increasing Self-Esteem

Modern society has a tendency of lowering other people’s self-esteem. Therefore, there are individuals who suffer from low self-esteem and it results in dissatisfaction with their life. There are different ways to boost self-esteem.
The first step may be the most difficult one in increasing self esteem. It is important to understand that such problem exists and that you want to change the situation. Otherwise, it will be very hard to boost self-esteem, if a wish to do so does not exist. One of the major rules that a person has to follow is that he or she ...

A rhetoric situation consists of an article’s context, which equally helps in revealing the article’s target audience, issues, and constraints. Consequently, an article’s convincing power vastly depends on the author’s persuasive techniques and strategies, which help in establishing a robust rhetoric situation towards the target audience. ‘All Black Lives Matter: The Creation of an Intersectional Movement’ is an article by Katie Hinchey, which was published in the ‘Serendip Studio website’ in 2014. The article displays various kinds of persuasiveness and aggressiveness in convincing the audience about the weaknesses and strengths of various movements that advocate ...

International Baccalaureate

Introduction
“The Joy of Writing”, a poem by Polish poet, essayist and Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) is an engaging piece that uses vivid images and everyday language to provide new meanings about the creative art of writing. The poem seems to centre on three questions about a commonplace character, related images created with written words and setting. The poem mentions of a doe that hounds the woods in order to drink water from a spring and lifts its head on hearing some ominous sounds. The initial images that Szymborska uses on paper as a writer using her mind and pen set her ...

This work is devoted to a very current theme about communication that is affected by perception. In my opinion, it is one of the most important issues today, and people should pay more attention to this very theme. Communication is the most significant part of every culture’s life, which cannot be separated from it. It is written the role of culture and perception in communication.
I am very interested in this topic because studying culture motivates and inspires me to learn foreign languages. I can easily read their books and watch their movie in the original language. It ...

IT governance

Executive summary
IT governance is a significant aspect that needs to be taken into consideration in any organization. With the rise of information systems use and the need to have automation of many business processes, there is a need to ensure that there is better management of IT processes. Also, there is a need to ensure that the IT processes optimize the functioning of the business within an organization. Security is a significant aspect of IT. It is for this reason that there is a need to have a structure and framework that will be used to manage the security and privacy of organizational ...

The blood is considered as one of the most important fluid flowing inside the human body. The blood is responsible for the circulation of vital nutrients and also aids in the removal of body waste. There are three formed elements of the blood namely the red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Red blood cells or erythrocytes are considered the most predominant cell in the human body. They contain hemoglobin which is a protein that carries essential iron that is responsible for transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide that is eventually dissolved extracellularly in the form of bicarbonate iron found ...

Impacts of Gender based violence on International Development

Gender based violence refers to the violence that is experienced in the course of cross gender interactions. However, history has been in such a position that, gender based violate refers to the violence that is normally passed on women. In the societal setting, it happens that there are instances that lead to the mistreatment of a certain group at the expense of another group. In a nutshell, gender based violence is an instance that cannot be labeled as one that affects a particular society; however, it is a phenomenon that cuts across all cultures. In essence, gender based violence cuts across all countries as ...

Part A

The standard cost of a good or service is the pre-determined cost of a good or service depending on the various circumstances that surround the business. Standard costing is therefore is an accounting concept that helps to determine the standard cost of a good or service. The predetermined costs are compared to the actual costs and the difference makes the variances (Berger). The variances are analysed thoroughly to find out why they exist and also to find a way to mitigate the risks that come with it. Most companies, big or small, need the standard costing procedure due to various reasons.
Standard ...

Being the US president is the hardest job in the world. Despite the prestige associated with it, the reality and demands of this job make it a tough task. There is a pressure to delivering the promises made to the citizens coupled with competing political interests within the loyal members of the party and other stakeholders’ who had in one way or another influenced his /her rise to power. The hardest part is however on pleasing the American citizen. The President is seen as the face of the whole country and thus his/ her every move is scrutinized in detail. This ...

The historical evolution path that led to the development of computers had a strong bearing in determining and explaining the strategy that America employed in its military during the period of cold war and largely serves as mythological representation of our perceptions of the future. The mainframe computers are icons that brought America into what we know of it today (super-power).Edwards in his book, ‘The closed World’, tries to develop an argument that computers played an important practical role in the cold war defense and also served to provide support, technological in nature, in the different discourses that were key ...

All around us, as we grow and move from one level to another, we experience change of every kind. One sure thing is that even though certain changes can be delayed or hampered, change is an inevitable aspect of every living change. There is change that we can personally initiate, yet there is change that simply happens like growth. It is necessary for a person to master the environment they are living in and motivate change or simply adjust to it when it happens. Change can be negative or positive depending on the attitude we develop towards the situations that ...

ABSTRACT

This academic exploration of the underpinnings of the psychology of marketing provides timely research outcomes providing understanding for consumer marketing focus connected to human behaviour. In doing so, the literature provides historical and contemporary scientific findings about human cognitive abilities used by marketing schemas focused on sales through consumer buying models. In addition, this academic investigation looks at marketing research from a critical perspective offering further insights by professionals in the field of human behaviour in marketing. Included in this discourse is a perspective of where marketing research and human psychological behaviour need further investigation for creating ethical, substantial, and logical ...

Introduction

Ethical dilemmas surround surrogacy and the donation of egg and/or sperm?
The Dilemma of surrogate mothers in India
Dilemma of multiple pregnancies from in-vitro conception
Conclusion
Abstract
This document contains an analysis of assisted reproduction practices, especially, with reference to India. The ethical implications will be thoroughly explored from the perspective of it being a dilemma whereby surrogacy involving the egg /sperm donation poses immense moral difficulties justifying the process. Recent developments reveal that the process presents a dilemma for surrogate mothers in India due to financial commitments and incidences of multiple pregnancies occurring from in-vitro ...

Introduction

Ethics is a field that is essentially relevant to all the aspects of the delivery of health care. All the health researchers and medical professionals need formal training in principles and theories of health care ethics. This set of beliefs, moral principles, and values should be used as a guide for all the medical practitioners in making imperative choices about the medical care. By thinking carefully about ethical aspects of the health care decisions, these researchers and medical practitioners make choices, which are good, fare, right, and just.
The four principles that define ethical duties, which health care specialists owe ...

Introduction

In this essay an analysis will be done regarding the work of Alexander Dumas – The Three Musketeers – in which one will address the book’s plot, the historical context in which it is inserted, and the strengths and weaknesses that Alexander Dumas has used in the writing of this book that all together have made this work a masterpiece of required reading for al generations.

Summary

This book’s plot happens in France, in the 17th century. It tells the story of a young man called D’Artagnan, who leaves his parents’ house to go to Paris and be a musketeer, just like ...

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Campbell, Greg. Pot, Inc: Inside Medical Marijuana, America's Most Outlaw Industry. New York: Sterling, 2012. Print.

This source provides an educational insight into the medical marijuana industry in America. It examines the history and use of marijuana globally. It also provides an analysis of the political factors that surround the legalization of the drug. Indeed, the author of the book is so engrossed in his research on marijuana that he decides to grow marijuana in his own basement. The book examines how marijuana can be used to help patients suffering from certain illness. The source is very credible and ...

Abstract

Childhood obesity currently exists as a substantial problem in the United States and other countries, due to a combination of factors stemming from a lack of physical activity and insufficient nutrition, among others (Brockman et al., 2010). These are just some of the factors relating to childhood obesity that are found in an individual's macrosystem; cultural and social attributes that surround children, as well as laws and customs, contribute heavily to childhood obesity. Due to the combined macrosystemic components that comprise an individual's socialization, multiple factors contribute to childhood obesity, including media depictions of fast food, limited access to healthy food for ...

Arguably, the world in the 21st century is tremendously changing. As a matter of fact, information technology and media have become one of the influential factors, which changes the trends of relations and marriage. Various groups and organizations in the globe treat homosexual and heterosexual relationships differently, depending on the ideologies and beliefs. Moreover, cultures and government have influenced the way individuals view the relationships differently, In some countries it is legal to enter a heterosexual or a homosexual, whereas in other homosexuality is totally forbidden. In fact, there are activist groups that support homosexuality, and others are against homosexuality. Homosexuality has ...

Analysis - Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus was painted in 1486 by Sandro Botticelli. It is a tempera painting, done on canvas, and it is 67.9 inches x 109.6 inches in size. The painting itself depicts, Venus, the goddess of love, rising from the sea as a grown woman and floating to the shore. To her left are Zephyrus, the wind god, and his wife Chloris, the goddess of flowers, escorting her to shore, where Pomona the nymph awaits her. In this painting, the glory of Venus is accorded an almost Biblical sense of importance, likening Venus to the Virgin Mary, the Madonna who ...

Introduction

The film Philadelphia is very touching and also provides a good view of HIV/AIDS issues and the problems that some of the infected people go through. This film is majorly a representation of the discrimination that surrounds STI’s and HIV in particular. There are also several myths, stereotypes and delusions that surround the epidemic. These have led to the victims being discriminated against or the victims themselves taking certain actions that put their life at risk. Having the correct information is the key to prevention and management of HIV/AIDS. If a person is exposed to wrong information and misconception, then their ...

"As a writer, after getting over the idea that I had to know only one truth, I realized that my problem is that I have too much truth to tell rather than too little." --Maxine Hong Kingston

These words of author Maxine Hong Kingston reflect a very unique take on postmodernism. According to the tenets of postmodernism, there is no real absolute truth; the subjective nature of the world allows for everyone to have a different perspective on reality and "truth." With this in mind, Kingston speaks to a unique capability for authors and writers to express this ambiguity of truth; since all ...

Samuel Zwemer's book, Our Moslem sisters: a cry of need from lands of darkness interpreted by those who heard it, is a masterpiece in terms of its content, organization and structure. However, the introduction of this book stands out in the way that it addresses the problems surrounding women in Muslim lands. This paper intends to provide an approximation of a Muslim reply to the characterization of the problems surrounding women in Muslim lands and weigh the solutions that Zwemer recommends to the problems. This paper also aims at taking a stance of whether Qur'anic teachings that are adequate in solving the problems ...

Human development entails a complex process characterized by multidimensional, multi-determined, multi-directional, and other life-long processes. Majority of these factors influencing human development experience both continuous and change qualitative and quantitative aspects of functioning and behavior. Similarly, the current environment plays a key role in influencing the process of human development and factors such as mental illness, minority status, and social upbringing are examples of such factors (Sameroff 1998). Worse still, human development process is impinged when several factors act on a single infant. Majority of research has been undertaken to make individuals understand the factors that hinder the development of children. Findings ...

Analysis of the 1111 Building

In Miami, FL, the building at 1111 Lincoln Road is an architectural marvel – much more so when one considers its utility as a parking garage. The Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron embarked on an experimental and innovative, if not entirely practical, way to make a parking garage aesthetically pleasing. Using elements of urbanism and other architectural practices, Herzog & de Meuron create a truly unforgettable building. This analysis paper will examine the effect the building has on its surroundings, the materials, history, circulation, and location of the building, detailing how these elements come together in this unique piece of architecture.

In the 1950s, ...