...Anthropology ISU Position Paper: What makes us human? Humans have existed on earth for an estimated 6 million years. Not only did humans start off with the same conditions, actions, behaviours as any other species on earth, they also evolved by imitating some animals throughout their existence. Yet, 6 million years later humans are more civilized, sensible, and mentally advanced than any other species on earth. This shows that humans are apart from anything else that god has put forth on earth. People may ask, what makes us human? What are things that we have done or can do, that have got us to this point? Many Anthropologists have been thinking of answers to this question and have come up with a number of conclusions, but the 3 most defining characteristics human possess are bipedalism, communication through different forms of language, and lastly human’s ability of realization of belonging. Firstly, bipedalism is a natural trait humans have acquired which allows them to walk on two rear limbs in a vertical posture, with frontal limbs free. Importantly, bipedalism is a trait that has immensely contributed in advancing humans’ abilities and has allowed them to accomplish both simple and complicated tasks, furthermore advancing their repertoire compared to other mammals. It is estimated that humans in general started to become bipedal around 3.6 million years ago. Humans’ first try to attempt standing on their own two legs is in their late infancy stages (7-12 months). The...
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...research is considered to be the most modern of all forthcoming forms of therapy, when in fact it is not. Stem cells were discovered in 1961 by Dr. James Till and Ernest McCulloch who both worked at the Ontario cancer institute at the time. The existence of stem cells and their ability to essentially transform into any other type of cell in the human body was an incredible first step in the long since developed and debated topic of stem cell therapy. Stem cells were immediately suggested as a cure all for diseases originally thought to be incurable and chronic illness; none more notorious than Cancer. Since their discovery, stem cells have made an appearance in every area of human life from politics to medical treatment with regular stops at religion and moral ethics in between. Prior to any controversy, however, the potential of stem cells still had to be unveiled. Stem cells, in a nutshell, are a remarkably blank form of human or any eukaryotic cell. They have the ability to take on any sequence of DNA and become the respective encrypted cell. These stem cells are found almost in every living tissue, the only difference between a stem cell and a regular functioning cell is their ability to renew themselves through cell division and that they can be induced to become any other form of tissue. In example, a stem cell found in the liver can divide and become a brain cell. Stem cells are found in two particular forms: embryonic stem cells and non –embryonic cells known as somatic...
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...pre-Socratics collective, however, based their inquiries within the natural world and used reason as the methodological vehicle. Because this type of thinking was contextualized outside of supernatural forces and myth and magic, the pre-Socratics collective are often times considered the first scientists of Western culture who laid the earliest foundations shaping the study of metaphysics and epistemology (Chaffee 230). This way of thinking sought to answer similar questions as those based in religion and myth, but sought answers through observations and analytical reasoning within the natural world. Generally, this way of thinking embodied the nature and scope of knowledge, theories of knowledge, and the extent to which knowledge about any subject and physical entity can be known. The pre-Socratic collective formed a bridge between a cultural consciousness based in beliefs of gods and goddesses and mythical spirits to a...
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... |Date of Review: | |Review Procedure: Full Expedited |Date of Full Board Review: | |Decision Status: Approve Approve with Modification Defer Deny | Please use this application if you are applying for a change / amendment to a previously CHSR approved study or if you are adding new investigators to the project. Therefore it is important to complete and submit this form in order to secure approval before any amendments can be made. The Document Submission Checklist below provides a general guide regarding the required documents, as applicable, to be submitted with this application. For any assistance, please contact the Office of the CHSR. For more information, please contact: |The Office of the CHSR | | |Lebanese American University |Email: karmen.baroudy@lau.edu.lb | |Byblos Campus, Lebanon |Email: christine.chalhoub@lau.edu.lb...
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...philosophy, the soul is considered the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being, which is often considered to be synonymous with the mind or the self. In theology, the soul is further defined as that part of the individual which is thought to survive the death of the body. However, this view point isn’t taken by all. Viewpoints on the soul can be separated into monism, dualism and materialistic views. Aristotle is a monist believing that the body and soul are not linked, whereas Dawkins is a hard materialist believing that biology is the key. Aristotle defined the soul, or psyche, as the ‘first actuality’ of the body and argued against it having a separate existence from the physical body, unlike other philosophers such as Plato. Aristotle’s belief was that the difference between a live body and a corpse is the presence of the soul. When the soul dies, so does the body. In his book, De Anima he stated that “the soul does not exist without a body and yet is not itself a kind of body. For it is not a body, but something which belongs to a body.” In Aristotle’s view, full actualisation of a living thing is its soul. The soul is the form and shape of the body. Aristotle argued that the soul is not a substance like matter because matter can be many different things, but what gives matter its shape and function is its Form. By suggesting that the soul is the Form of the body, Aristotle means that the soul gives form to the matter which is the body. In just the same way that...
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...Web Human Resources (WebHR) Version 1.0 C3-C1 Conversion Project User Manual for the Administrator Role October 2011 (WEBH*) Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Product Development (PD) Revision History Date | Revision | Description | Author | March 2011 | 1.0 | Initial version (template) | CBeynon | April 2011 | 1.2 | Copied in original Admin manual | CBeynon | May 2011 | 1.3 | Reorganized content and added info from the Admin scripts | CBeynon | May 2011 | 1.4 | * Updated with comments from LO * Updated after 508 review (rec. 5/19/11) | CBeynon | July 2011 | 1.5 | Prepped for ESE Checklist | CBeynon | August 2011 | 1.6 | * Changed dates to August 2011 * Prepped for ESE Checklist | CBeynon | September 2011 | 1.7 | * Changed dates to September 2011 * Prepped for IOC Testing * Added namespace: WEBH* | CBeynon | October 2011 | 1.8 | * Changed dates to October 2011 * Updated with comments from LO * Prepped for national release | CBeynon | 10/25/2011 | 1.9 | Made corrections per PM review | CBeynon | Table of Contents Introduction 1 Documentation 2 Administrator Role in WebHR 3 Appointment of a WebHR Administrator 3 Responsibilities of a WebHR Administrator 4 Recommendation from WebHR 4 User Assignments in WebHR 5 WebHR Customer Edition 6 WebHR Automated HR Edition 6 Administrator Menus in the HR Edition 7 PAID Menu 9 System Menu for HRIS Staff only 13 ...
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...1. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 1. Contract of Employment………………………………………….. 2. Working hours……………………………………………………. 3. Duty Station………………………………………………………. 4. Confidentiality……………………………………………………. 2. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION POLICY 1. Introduction………………………………………………………. 2. Objectives………………………………………………………… 3. Recruitment Authorisation Procedure……………………………. 4. Newly Created or Restructured Positions 5. Employment Procedure…………………………………………… 6. Employment Interview Panel……………………………………... 7. Age………………………………………………………………... 8. Appointment………………………………………………………. 9. Personal Data……………………………………………………… 10. Staff Transfer……………………………………………………… 11. Induction………………………………………………………….. 3. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT POLICY 1. Introduction……………………………………………………….. 2. Objectives…………………………………………………………. 3. Responsibilities of Manager/Supervisors…………………………. 4. The Performance Management Process 3.4.1 Performance Planning ……………………………………… 3.4.2 Monitoring..………………………………………………….. 3.4.3 Performance Summary……………………………………… 3.4.4 Recognition………………………………………………….. 4. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY 4.1 Introduction………………………………………………………….. 4.2 Objectives…………………………………………………………… 4.3 Process and Criteria…………………………………………………. 5. LEAVE POLICY 6. DICIPLINARY CODE 1. Introduction………………………………………………………….. 2. Procedure and Documentation………………………………………. ...
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...the confidence to speak to their managers about their views or any ideas they might have. The last element of the Harrods Human Resources programme is Living the brand values and making sure that all the employees be it senior staff or ground employees who work the shop floor understand and model the brand values. The Human Resources department at Harrods developed this programme in order to improve the job satisfaction of their employees and also to reduce the employee turnover. It has resulted in Harrods having a better relationship with its employees and one in which they feel comfortable approaching management to discuss issues regarding their job etc. This change has made Harrods successful as they put their employees first and always listen to them. Harrods have also adopted different engagement methods to give employees and managers the opportunity to share ideas and views. The methods include: • An internal Employee magazine which is a way of keeping staff motivated as it contains competitions and keeps staff updated to any changes or interesting interviews etc. • An Intranet which allows employees to pick what information they wish to be informed about rather than having to read or learn about things which they have no interest in. • ‘Other forms of employee voice’ which contains a ‘Bright ideas’ scheme which was made in order to allow employees to contribute ideas towards company improvement. • Morning Briefing allows employees who work the shop floor...
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...Fallacy < Formal Fallacy < Logical Fallacy Form: Any validating form of categorical syllogism with an ambiguous middle term. For a short introduction to categorical syllogisms, see the entry for syllogistic fallacy. Example Counter-Example All human fetuses are human. Any human is a being with a right to life. Therefore, all human fetuses are beings with a right to life. All dog fetuses are canine. Any canine is an animal that must be on a leash. Therefore, all dog fetuses are animals that must be on a leash. Exposition: A categorical syllogism is, by definition, an argument with three categorical terms occurring within it. Each such term occurs in two statements in the argument, and the middle term is the one that occurs in both premisses but not in the conclusion. Since each term occurs twice in a syllogism, if any term is ambiguous it is possible that it occurs with two different meanings. If the syllogism would be otherwise valid, it is said to commit the syllogistic four-term fallacy―that is, a single word may ambiguously stand for two terms. In effect, such an argument has four terms, which violates the definition of "categorical syllogism". Moreover, if a word or phrase in such an argument ambiguously represents two terms, the argument commits the informal fallacy of Equivocation. For instance, in the Example above, the three terms are "human fetus", "human", and "being that has a right to life". "Human" is the middle term, because it occurs in both...
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...Vacancy Applied for: Part Time Human Resources Support Officer |Full Name |Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms | |Address for correspondence: | | Post Code: | |Tel No. |Mobile: | |Home: | |Work: | | | | |Email: |National Insurance No. | | | | | |Are you applying for this position on a job share basis? YES NO | ...
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...in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” - Article 4, Universal Declaration of Human Rights For most people slavery is an age old understanding of African people in shackles being captured and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean, where they are sold at public auctions, however the reality is that slavery still thrives. Slavery was officially abolished during the age of enlightenment, further now it has been prohibited in all its forms in international human rights treaties, in international labour rights agreements and in almost every country worldwide. However it still persists as a grave violation of human rights in many countries. Defining Slavery It has been said that Slavery was the very first issue to draw international concern; however, there is no well-set definition of slavery which could lead us to say that over the years it has started to encompass various forms of exploitation in to the ambit of ‘slavery’. With the legal definition of slavery marginalised, people looked elsewhere to define slavery. A survey of the academic literature on modern forms of slavery would show that, it has turned to the work of Kevin Bales (one of the world's leading experts on modern slavery) and his social understanding of what constitutes slavery. For more than fifteen years, Kevin Bales has attempted to build discussions on modern forms of slavery and propose an agenda for both research and effective intervention. According...
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...chapter “Silencing”, from his book, A Language Older Than Words, Derrick Jensen seeks to understand the barbarity that humans inflict upon each other as well as the world in which they live. He fails to understand the fact that “if our behaviour is not making us happy, why do we act this way“ (15)? Jensen uses the help of terms such as Denial and Silencing in order to answer this question. We can safely interpret from the essay that in this particular context, silencing and denial coexist and more often act as synonyms. Therefore, the fact that denial is not explicitly mentioned in Jensen’s essay does not mean that he is ignoring it. Although we shall be looking at what denial is and how understanding it helps the author in answering his central question, the primary aim of this paper is to look at the implications denial has in our understanding of the world. This is so because if there were no implications of denial, other questions of what it is or why it occurs could be rendered completely pointless. According to Oxford English Dictionary, Denial is defined as “asserting (of anything ) to be untrue or untenable”. Jensen talks of three forms of denial in his essay. The first form mentioned is self-denial or in this context, the victim’s denial. Jensen’s own experience with childhood abuse by the hands of his father act as a real life example of this form of denial.When he was a child, his father would beat and rape Jensen, his mother and his siblings. Jensen quotes Judith...
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...Human Trafficking Modern-day Slavery When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity”. - Luke 13:12 There are more slaves in the world today than at any time in history. Human trafficking has quickly become a problem the entire world is faced with and there are no countries that are immune to this rapidly growing crisis. Human trafficking is the second largest illegal industry globally, behind the drug trade. The main contributors for human trafficking are governmental corruption, economic, and social crisis within each nation’s borders. In this report, I will cover the definition of human trafficking, some statistics gathered over the years, and what is being done to prevent human trafficking. Human trafficking is defined as the illegal trade in human beings for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation or force labor and is considered as the modern day form of slavery. Human trafficking is an umbrella term used to describe all forms of modern-day slavery. These forms include, but not limited to forced labor, bonded labor, sex trafficking, child labor, and child soldiers. Forced labor makes up the majority of human trafficking in the world. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that for every trafficking victim subjected to forced prostitution, nine people are forced to work. Forced labor is also known as involuntary servitude. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable...
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...People were killed due to accusations of witchcraft because there was no other explanation for the peculiar event that took place. Religion was the center of almost everyone’s life, and it explained many unknown elements of the world, such as creation. However, with new ideas and a scientific background, the world went through drastic changes. The Enlightenment, with its new radical ideas, particularly about government and human reason, served as the basis and...
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...resolve moral disputes or to reach an agreement on ethical matters. The moral standards that each society practices really can only be judged by their own society. The areas that Lenn Goodman discussed is genocide, politically induced famine (depravation), germ warfare, terrorism, hostage taking, child warrior, polygamy, incest, slavery, rape, and female genital cutting. Lenn Goodman first discusses “Genocide, Famine, and Germ Warfare.” I agree with the statement that because murder destroys a human subject, it is wrong. I believe all societies know murder is wrong in of itself generally speaking. On the other hand, I believe warfare is at times a necessity to protect the greater good. Although I feel it should be the last resort as many innocents are affected by the after mass devastation and many lives are lost. Before warfare is initiated, I think there certainly needs to be a genuine reason such as another country trying to take over our country by committing murder in any form, as it affects everyone as...
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