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Facebook is a social networking website that helps to connect people in different places, who could be students, relatives, workers in different places, or people who do not even know one another. One is only required to register and start looking for friends on the network. This seems to be a good and easy connection and it has attracted very many people who have registered and even uploaded their photographs (Boyed 1). However, Facebook has brought about a lot of problems and it is advisable for those who have registered to quit (Ellison, p. 7). To start with, Facebook has made a lot of marriages and good relationships to break, leaving the involved parties distressed.This mostly happens when a married man comments on something that was shared by a lady on Facebook. The wife, on finding that comment, mistakes her husband to be having an affair with the lady. If that wife then happens to get another person who will discuss that with her in a way suggesting that her husband is unfaithful, she may stop trusting her husband, and it may end up breaking the marriage (Mazer, p. 5). The same case applies to relationships. Many have argued that Facebook is good because it brings potential marriage partners together. However, in reality, it has killed more marriages and relationships than those it has built. There is therefore no need of bringing people together for marriage and then break them or bring mistrust between them, as it only leaves them more distressed and frustrated. Some see Facebook as a good thing because it connects people working in different places and helps them to share ideas without having to meet face-to-face. However, if one looks at the other side of the coin, he or she will realize that Facebook has lowered the productivity of many workers by wasting a lot of their valuable time in work places; it has also made many people lose their jobs. This is because an employee using a computer and expecting messages from friends will keep visiting Facebook. That way he or she will have wasted a lot of valuable time at the end of the day. This makes him or her ineffective and inefficient and at the end of it all, he/she may end up losing the job (Mazer, p. 5). Many have also been attracted to Facebook in the hope that they will be able to interact widely with people and be exposed to many ideas. However they later realize that this is more of a problem than an advantage. This is especially when one receives an irritating message from a person he or she does not know, or when the children are exposed to immoral experiences like pornography. Also, sharing of ideas has brought about social conflicts, where people, especially the youth, get exposed to lifestyles in other countries and decide to adopt them. This at times fails to agree with their home values and brings about conflicts between the young generation and their parents (Mazer, p. 8). In addition, Facebook has increased crimes like robbery, murder and many others.
Introduction Sony is a Japanese company that specializes in consumer electronics, which accounts for about six percent of the market share. The company also operates in foreign countries like the Japan, Spain, United Kingdom and Canada. The company has numerous stores in the United States, Spain, United Kingdom and Canada. It has in the past decade experienced significant growth, enabling it to maintain its position in the competitive market. The company has a large and diversified team of workers who are drawn from all walks of life. Culture at Sony and Human Resource Policy Sony as a company stands on a very strong foundation, which has its roots from the organizational culture. The company is actually strong in terms of its objectives, principles, policies and values that are widely held; whereby all of them are clear, in addition, it is held strongly by its members, particularly the founders. Consequently, this defines the success story of the organization, which keeps on burning in the heart of every worker. The workers are encouraged to participate sufficiently and work together. The employees are free to bring out their ideas. Nevertheless, it is in this state that the company is in a position of regenerating, thus facilitating or enhancing its effectiveness. The development of human resources is one of the most important parts of the human resource policy in the company. The human resource development policy of Sony is to develop its employees by ensuring that they are properly trained so as to keep them acquainted with the latest technology and skills in order to make them competent in meeting the current market demands (Karmar, p.92). Local Training Each and every factory of the company has its own residential training programs whereby the employees are trained in order to be able to meet their particular needs. The biggest part or percentage of the employees at the company receive local training in their respective countries, whereby the training programs are designed specifically to meet the set standards as well as the demands of the particular countries. The programs run every years and the duration taken by an employee in completing his or her training program depends on the course that he or she is taking. In addition, we find that it is the responsibility of the institution to ensure that programs and policies help in the continuing of staff. The workers in the organization should take the initiative of assessing interests and skills and seek activities of development that are compatible with their needs; they should work together to establish development and training objectivities. Many programs of employee training and development fall under the categories of Career Development; Professional Skills; Management Development; Basic Skills and Supervisory Skills. International Training Even though the company mainly prefers local training as the best way of developing the expertise and proficiency of its employees, we find that this has been substantially enhanced by the International Training Center that is located in the corporate headquarters of the company
Parabolas are u-shaped curves that are mirror-like, or in other words, they are symmetrical. A continuous parabola lacks endpoints because it is infinite, facing upwards, downwards, left or right. Two aspects can describe a parabola: the focus and the line. The other name for focus is a “point,” and the other name for a line is the “directrix.” According to Saravia (2018), a parabola has a vertex, where it is a place where the axis of symmetry intercepts. Some of the characteristics of a parabola are that if made of shiny / reflecting materials, the light travels in a parallel direction with the axis of symmetry, and it is reflected in the parabola’s focus. Parabolas may face upwards or downwards and may also intercept at the x-axis, meaning that it has x-intercepts (Saravia, 2018). At times, parabolas may not have x-intercepts if it does not intercept the x-axis. Parabolas will always have y-intercept regardless of the direction they open or intercept. Parabolas that open facing upwards always have positive coordinates, and they are said to form a smile. On the other hand, parabolas that open downwards always have a negative slope or coordinates, and they are said to form a frown. A quadratic equation must contain a squared variable to get an illustrative graph. For instance, y^2=20 or x^-8y=0 Parabolas are present in everyday life. For instance, a roller coaster is an example of a parabola in real life. Roll coasters
Summary of the Thesis After the end of the cold war and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there were still huge amounts of nuclear weapons that left on the face of the earth. In an interview, David Hoffman who is the author of the book, The Dead End, stated that at the present moment, the world has over 23,000 nuclear warheads (Hoffman, 2010). These are weapons that are capable of destroying the world over a million times. It is due to this fact that Hoffman was astonished by the amount of nuclear power that USA and Russia has at the present moment. This is almost two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war. With these stunning facts, Hoffman was curious to re-examine the history of how USA and USSR assembled these huge amounts of destructive power, the dangers that the world was facing and the individuals who were responsible of bringing the arms race to an end. This is the main thesis of the book, The Dead End. Other books that have been written about the cold war only represent the American perspective of the story. Due to this fact, these books normally credit the US under the administration of Ronal Reagan to have ended the war. However, Hoffman has brought in a new perspective into the issue that has changed history as we know it. He was an editor at Washington during the cold war. As a result, he had first hand information of what was going on with regards to the arms race from the perspective of the Americans. On the other hand, Hoffman was also privileged to work in Moscow during the beginning of the 21 st century. While at Moscow, he was privileged to get concrete evidence that revealed the Russians point of view of the cold war. With the combination of this information, Hoffman has brought out a clear understanding of how these two super powers viewed the arms race and the efforts was put to end the cold war. Critical Analysis of the Book The cold war lasted from 1946 to 1991. During this time, there was political, military and economic tension between USSR and the Western Powers primarily the United States. USSR and US were competing for superiority and improving the status of national security. Instead of increasing peace and security in the world, the cold the outcome of the cold war was an increase in tension among these states. In addition, the entire world was at the risk of coming to extinction. This is because these countries (the United States and USSR) built massive nuclear and chemical weapons that would end the world at an instance. The cold war however took a turn in during the 1980s. This was the time when the war was at its peak. After Ronald Reagan was elected the president of the United States and Gorbachev became the president of USSR, it was expected that the intensity of the cold war would increase. Both of these states felt that is was essential to protect and prepare themselves for a nuclear attack. To ensure that this goal is achieved, it was expected that these countries would undertake massive nuclear projects. However, this was not to happen as these leaders decided t
Ethics is generally understood as standards that govern people in their everyday activities. Ethics is a set of rules that are closely connected to morality and imply an awareness of how a human should behave. Every profession has its own set of such rules, including addiction assessment and treatment. The American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) have established codes and principles of conduct that are crucial for protecting clients, reputations, and professional licenses. This week’s media, “Starting the Process,” can be used as an example to demonstrate how addictions professionals adhere and violate the code. In the program, a female speaker conducts an assessment of a male client with symptoms of alcohol abuse. In general, the addiction professional follows the ethical code suggested by APA and NAADAC as she respects the patient’s autonomy and allows him to evaluate his condition. Additionally, the female speaker seems to accept her responsibility to ensure the safety and welfare of the client and demonstrates no sign of discrimination mentioned in Principle I (NADAAC). Therefore, it may be stated that the addictions professional is aware of the ethics code and makes a lot of effort to adhere to it. There are also some cases that may be treated as violations of the code. For instance, the female speaker suggests that the male speaker may be interested in using the website she has developed “to improve the relationships with their children” (Jackson 1). By this notion, she violates the third principle that allows professionals to provide services only within their scope (NAADAC). Additionally, the addictions professional may be accused of exploitation, as she uses her influential position to sell outside products. Therefore, the transcript of “Starting the process” shows the cases of adherence and violations of the code of ethics elaborated by NAADAC. Works Cited Jackson, Justin . Starting the Process. Laureate Education, 2012. NAADAC. “ Code of Ethics .” NAADAC, 2016. Web.
Introduction According to a 1998 Texas poll, 92% of Texas citizens didn’t want children to leave the third grade without being able to read. Social promotion was viewed by 78% as a serious issue (Bingham; cited in Stevens; Tuck; & Zimmerman) 1 . Driving the students socially through the system of education has been blamed for causing millions of expenses to colleges who must offer remedial teaching, and businesses which need to teach new employees on basic skills (Fieldman) 2 . About a half of the students who were admitted into California State University system in 1998, who represented the top third of the California state’s high school graduates, needed remedial English and/or Math instruction (Stevens; Tuck; & Zimmerman) 3 . This is because there was ignorance to the importance of imparting necessary skills during the students’ passage through the education system. This and many other reactions against the idea of social promotion reveals the fact that social promotion does not only lead to extra expenses to stake holders in our economy but also introduces processes that would otherwise have been eliminated with a good structured education system. Besides, the extra processes required to produce competitive work force in various sectors of our economy may present extra expenses and burden to parents who already had paid for the full preparation of their children in earlier or latter processes of education. The negative effects of social promotion in public schools cannot therefore be underestimated. It leads to high expenses in businesses and the society as a whole. Main body Social promotion in public school was approved practice in the late 1950s and 1960s and put in place to allow students pass to the next level of education without meeting the necessary requirements in the current level. Those students who were previously retained but who continued to achieve few academic gains would be promoted socially. This system has been criticized for being unfair and improper. Grammar correction for students is very important because it reduces the burden of parents keeping on correcting the mistakes from their children’s work. An example is a case of Michelle who criticizes the No Child Left behind Act for making teachers focus all their time and efforts to having the children meet the basic
Introduction The study of philosophy boosts a person’s problem-solving skills and opens one’s imagination to aspects of life beyond material science. Philosophical skills allow scholars to examine ideas, definitions, arguments, and issues that directly affect the perception of life (Blanshard 12). Such skills add to the ability to organize thoughts and concerns, cope with matters of worth, and extract what is vital from vast volumes of information. Through its demands on intellectual engagement, philosophy contributes significantly to the educational endeavor. This essay is based on the theme that philosophy is crucial as it opens the scholar’s mind in higher education to world views on thought frequency, vibration, and energy. In higher education, philosophy entails becoming acquainted with significant figures and improvements in antiquity, mastering current techniques, and accepting philosophical issues. Exposure to the concepts in philosophy helps scholars develop critical, analytic, and observational abilities that may be considered the most valuable in the greater scheme of life. Fundamental Traits of a Philosopher Philosophy makes a critical contribution to achieving four criteria that should be foundational to any institute of higher learning. The foundational skills include instilling basic thought patterns in students and improving their text interpretation, writing, and good communication skills. These skills are essential in developing cultural identities and encouraging scholars to engage critical questions about reality, knowledge, and relevance (Rick 583). Specific fundamental traits make a scholar a good philosopher ready to engage in constructive arguments that shape decisions in daily life. The most common characteristics include open-mindedness, skepticism, and a systemic thinking approach. Open-Mindedness Open-mindedness is one of the important that s that define a scholar as a philosopher. Open-mindedness is better understood as a predisposition rather than an occurrence. Open-mindedness is not about one’s honest opinions but about one’s willingness to revise them under suitable conditions. It requires genuine humility in the face of admitted fallibility and adjusting the perception of existing problems (Blanshard 32). Open-mindedness is a constructive virtue in a philosophical framework. It acts as a correction to confirmation bias, an epistemic fault. In this context, open-mindedness is the epistemically virtuous inclination to resist the detrimental consequences of confirmation bias on our capacity to reason correctly and analyze facts and arguments. Skepticism A good philosopher is also supposed to have some levels of skepticism that provide for more research invalidating the information provided in a discussion. Skepticism is the attitude of disputing knowledge claims made in several fields of Western philosophy (Rick 571). Skeptics have questioned the sufficiency or dependability of these statements by inquiring about the principles upon which they are founded or what they genuinely esta
The promotion of health care within the family is of great significance for general positive outcomes. Family health risks refer to the possible factors that can undermine the well-being of the family as one unit or the health of one member. From the example provided, it is known that the nurse has been conducting the assessment for a young family with a baby. It is the task of the caregiver to identify potential risks with the help of the process of health risks appraisal. The nurse has found out that the father does not have the possibility to buy or rent new apartments. Their local neighborhood is not safe. Child development can be in danger due to this situation. The bad neighborhood can impact the development of child’s social skills and general health condition. Parents who are worried that the local area is not safe, may not allow children to go outdoors and play games. Such restrictions may lead to the increasing health vulnerability and psychological problems ( Families and Communities n.d.). Besides, there can be a lack of healthy food or water in the poor neighborhood. The area can be polluted as well ( Where We Live Matters for Our Health: Neighborhoods and Health n.d.). The housing of poor-quality, lack of necessary facilities, and unsafe conditions may become the causes of stress development in parents. Depressed parents influence child’s mental development (Cutrona, Wallace, & Wesner, 2006). Thus, it is clear that living in the unsafe neighborhood may lead to many health problems. Possible interventions for preventing risks should include visits by the nurse. There are also such programs as Medicare and Medicaid. Several volunteer programs exist in my community that help young families in overcoming difficulties. Mary Isaacson (2014) dwells on the problems of ethnic and cultural inequalities in the health care environment in her article “Clarifying Concepts: Cultural Humility or Competence”. According to the author, the cultural competence is still a challenging task to accomplish. Though many nurses, especially senior nursing students, consider themselves culturally aware and not prejudiced, their working journals and nursing surveys prove that it is not so. People from different cultures continue to experience marginalization while receiving health care services. Isaacson writes that the number of immigrants in the US rises. As a result, the number of ethnic minorities is growing too. It is necessary to prepare specialists who are aware of the notion of cultural competence and multiculturalism. The concept of multiculturalism has been introduced in the 1960s. The term was used for the description of the providing equal services and social justice for all people regardless of race, gender, culture, or age. It is also called transcultural approach to nursing. This method was included in the educational programs. It was aimed to teach the new generation of nurses to provide health care services at the advanced level (Pharris & Bosher, 2008). Currently, innovative suggestions to minimize marginalization focus on the necessary preparation of students. Thus, the primary goal is to prepare nurses to be culturally competent. The
Introduction The pyramids of Giza are masterpiece architectural setups that were constructed many years ago in Egypt. The pyramids hold immense historical and cultural significance to most individuals as they give a clear picture of ancient activities and construction styles. The architectural setups that are also known as pyramids of Khufu were constructed in a large area. One of the pyramids remains the largest and oldest compared to other pyramids within the Giza necropolis. This is evident since it covers a wide area of about 350 meters and it measures over 481 feet tall. Indeed, the great pyramid of Giza holds immense historical and cultural significance to most individuals especially in Egypt (Jarus, 2013). It is imperative to note that the pyramids of Giza remain the tallest and most glamorous man-made structures globally. They have constructed over 3800 years ago with the purpose of serving as the administrative and cultural center in Egypt. This is evident since the structures have three main chambers that are well constructed with each chamber having exclusive decorations. The main chambers include lower chambers that are located at the bedrock of the pyramids and queens and kings chambers that are located much higher within the structure (Ismail, 2002). The pyramids were built using quality materials that include casing stones that are of high value in Egypt. The stones that are still being seen around the base of the structures formed their smooth outer surfaces. Thus, this report gives credible information pertaining to the pyramids of Giza that are located in Egypt. It focuses on their development, engineering setups, their design, materials used, and what makes it exclusive. Giza pyramids that are found in Egypt Giza pyramids are renowned monumental tombs that were constructed over 3800 years ago. They were constructed using highly valued materials and traditional artifacts to house king pharaoh and facilitate the execution of traditional activities. This is evident since the oldest structures of the Seven Wonders of the World have provided a good site where rituals, sacrifices, administration, and spiritual activities are being executed to date (Jarus, 2013). Clearly, Giza pyramids that are three in number were constructed under superior structural guidelines and engineering design that has never been witnessed in any part of the world. The engineering design of the pyramids was exclusive and magnificent. Their design alone attracted most individuals who have been keen to understand the reason behind their development, aim, and significance. The designers and constructors of the pyramids were Egyptians who had superior construction skills and top archaeologists who are living within the society. The first pyramid that was constructed by the archaeologists is known as the great Giza pyramid. The great pyramid was built in 2550 B.C. The pyramid remains the largest and tallest man-made monumental structure that has a lot of significance. I