...Sirui Liu Meihung Lin English 106 November 24, 2008 In lots of ways we human distinguished ourselves from other species, such as straight-walking, the invention of language, the use of tools, etc. We also have highly flexible hands – their versatility doesn’t fall short of a Swiss army knife. But you may have noticed at times that one of your hands is not nearly as flexible, or useful, if you want to put it that way, as the other. Typically the “better” hand we have is the same hand we use for handwriting, which in most cases is the right hand. It is also known that not only do people prefer one hand over the other, but they also have preferred feet, eyes, even ears. Again, the right side is favored. However, study on chimpanzees – specie that shares more than 90% of our genes, showed some preference in body usage but unlike that of a human it was never consistent: close to 50% of them use left side and 50% right (McManus 192). This makes one wonder if there is something special about human that makes us shift towards right-handedness, and that what the shift has to do with our other unique qualities. The way our brain operates has always been more of a myth. A study on the relationship between hand preferences and brain functioning could lead us to better understand the developmental neurobiology of our brain. Finding the underlying mechanism of the cause of handedness not only satisfies our curiosity but also contributes to our knowledge of how we function as specie. It...
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...Kozminski International Business School MODULE HANDBOOK Management in Context GRADUATE PROGRAMS Academic Year: 2015 - 2016 Module Tutor: Kaja Prystupa-Rządca © Kozminski University 2015 str. 1 Kozminski University Management in context MODULE MANUAL ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-2016 CONTENTS Page 1. Module Staff 3 2. Teaching and Learning Strategy 4 3. Recommended Readings 4 4. Module Assessment 4 5. Length 6 6. Structure of essay 7 7. How to start writing your essay 8 8. Grading 8 str. 2 1. Module Staff Office: Internal (direct) phone: E-mail: Office hours: str. 3 Room C/15 22 519 -21-65 kmprystupa@kozminski.edu.pl Please see current information on www.alk.edu.pl 2. Teaching and Learning Strategy Class Organization Please see detailed timetable below: dates may differ depending on which group you are attending – you will receive specific timetable with dates on the first day of class). Attendance and Participation As a general policy, I do not accept latecomers in this class. People who are more than 5 minutes late for the class will not be allowed to participate in the course. 3. Recommended Readings Several copies of “Organizational Behaviour and Management” by D. Knights and H. Willmott are available in the library. This book is an excellent companion to this course and should be also helpful in preparing your final assignment (Essay). It may also be a useful supplementary...
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...INTELLIGENCES? | |The topic that I have chosen is Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983 as a model of intelligence that differentiates intelligence in to various specific modalities, rather than seeing it as dominated by a single general ability. Gardner argues that there is a wide range of cognitive abilities, and that there are only very weak correlations among them. For example, the theory predicts that a child who learns to multiply easily is not necessarily generally more intelligent than a child who has more difficulty on this task. They may best learn to multiply through a different approach, and may excel in a field outside of mathematics, or may even be looking at and understanding the multiplication process at a fundamentally deeper level, or perhaps as an entirely different process. Gardner, Howard (1993) It is vital to realize that a student’s capability can’t solely be judged according to the student’s academic performance. It is the duty of educators, parents, and others who work with the youth in our schools to understand that a student’s capability should be based upon their individual learning style. This learning style is affected and determined by many factors in a student’s life; one of them however, is the unique and individual make-up of one’s brain. For this reason, many educators have looked to Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences to help them meet the individual...
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...4 lessons learned in Project Management Keep an open/honest channel of discussion with your boss/manager: Sometimes it is important to understand that management expects nothing but the best their team members. What should you do when things do not go well? Keep an open dialogue. Explain to your boos about the situation and always propose a solution to the problem at hand. Most direct reports do not approach the boss with solutions and merely present the problems, almost always exasperating the senior manager. This is important because it teaches crisis management and delivering bad news. Closing down a project: Closedown is the final phase of project management. Every project has an end point-the time at which objectives are achieved and deliverables are handed over to stakeholders. At that point, the project must fold its and the members must return to their assignments. This step is important because every project team should reflect on the their past activities- what went wrong? What could be done different in the future? The lessons learned through reflection must be recorded and incorporated into future projects. Commitment to a common goal is important: A shared understanding of the goal is extremely important but really effective teams go a step further. Their members are committed to the goal. This is extremely important because there is a big difference between understanding and commitment. Commitment is a visceral quality that motivates members to do work and...
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...reality is Josie moved from one abusive situation to the next. Her husband, her father, her co-workers and superiors were all abusive males. This says something about the society as a whole. Anita Hill was the first to begin this battle. It is a shame that was not so far in our distant past. It all began with the voice of one person to spark change (slow but progress). It is fascinating to me that it took the father so long to finally stand up for his daughter. This shows how firmly planted his gender role was that he would allow his daughter to be treated so badly. It was not till his relationship with his wife was threatened did he open his eyes to the situation. This was a time and community that acted upon what was set before them and handed down from generation to generation. In theory this would be social learning. This theory creates a lot of fear with in all involved. The freedom to evolve is not recognized. Every society needs order but also every society needs freedom. This balancing act is difficult to achieve and maintain but something we need to continue to work toward individually and as a country. ...
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...out and regulate a variety of different functions and behaviors. Each of the two hemispheres is responsible for a distinct set of duties in brain lateralization; the left side handles analytical, logical, and verbal thought processes while the right oversees more sensitive processes, like feelings, intuition, and sensory matters. The duties of the two hemispheres are reversed in left-handed individuals. The thought that the two hemispheres manage these brain functions and behaviors for the overall operation of the individual and can be utilized as a situation demands is the theory behind brain lateralization. Autonomy: autonomy is a complex socio-cognitive system, subject to internal and external constraints, which manifests itself in different degrees of independence and control of one’s own learning process. It involves capacities, abilities, attitudes, willingness, decision making, choices, planning, actions, and assessment either as a language learner or as a communicator inside or outside the classroom. As a complex system it is dynamic, chaotic, unpredictable, non-linear, adaptative, open, self-organizing, and sensitive to initial conditions and...
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...Lola Bunny Dr. Michael English 2301.01 10 December 2002 Negotiating Death Now and Later: Humanism, Eternity, and Milton's "Two-Handed Engine" Lines 108-131 of "Lycidas" have been disputed for over three centuries, and the debate over the meaning of Milton's "two-handed engine" is still far from over. 1 I join here the seemingly illimitable number of readers who propose a solution to lines 130-131, and I argue that we need go no further than the poem itself to discover that Milton has in mind the Pilot's keys. My aim will be, first, to foreground the combined Christian and humanistic feature which informs the unity of the work. Then I propose a clear identification of the speaker in the passage. A number of unsatisfactory interpretations begin with a misunderstanding of who the "dread voice" really is, and smoking him out will, I hope, enable us to derive from Milton's other poetry and prose the most likely meaning he would have attached, within the context of the poem, to a "two-handed engine." The Pilot of the Gallilean Lake passage is, after all, a series of lines whose context begs to be situated; it deliberately invites a close reading of its structure. Even so, we shall see that the passage does not at all cloak itself in mystery. The reason for the sudden appearance of the disruptive "dread voice," coming as it does about three-fourths of the way into a pastoral elegy, has occupied critics who struggle to account for the unity of the poem. Cleanth...
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...Volleyball Fans and players are anxiously awaiting the start of the game. The players are jumping and fidgeting around on the court waiting for the referee to blow his whistle to issue the start of the game. The whistle blows and the visiting team serves the ball while fans in the stands are clapping and stomping on the bleachers trying to distract her. The serve is good and the Titans returns a pass, set, kill and the crowd goes wild. This could be just the beginning to a fun filled game of volleyball. The sport of volleyball was created by a man named William G. Morgan of Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895. Morgan was a physical education teacher at the YMCA and originally called it "mintonette". The first rules were made by Morgan himself. His rules called for a 6 foot 6 inch net and a court of 25x50 feet. A match composed of 9 innings and 3 serves for each team in each inning. In case of a serving error they got a second chance just like in tennis. If the ball hit the net on a serve it was considered a foul and it caused a side out or a point was taken away. In 1896 during a demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps "volleyball" would be a more descriptive name for the sport. Since the first creation of volleyball there has been many rule changes. For instance in 1900 the net height was raised to 7 feet, 6 inches, the dribbling line was eliminated, and the length of game was changed...
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...School of Health Sciences Division of Nursing RN-BSN Option I will discuss two theories and apply them to different vulnerable populations. Vulnerability is an important factor for nurses to consider when working with clients across the lifespan. Vulnerability is a result of uncontrollable individual factors over which the patient has no influence (Creasia & Feiberg, 2011). Vulnerability is a general concept meaning “susceptibility” and has a specific connotation in health care “at risk for health problems” (Chesnay & Anderson, 2012). The first theorist is Lydia Hall’s care, cure, and core theory. It refers to patients as having three needs of care: the physical, the medical, and the social needs. Nurses can easily provide the care, cure, and core theory to meet the needs of patients with congestive heart failure. Nurses using Lydia Hall’s theory assist with education, medical management, and provide physical, emotional or social support for congestive heart failure patients. The medical management and education offered by nurses increase patients knowledge, and the ability to manage their disease. They can prevent exacerbations, and reduce hospital readmissions (Davood, 2009). The care model dominates when nurses provide hands on care to the heart failure patients produces an environment of comfort and trust. It promotes open communication between nurses and patients. Open communication encourages the patient to express thoughts of fear and decrease their...
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.... Introduction If one asks what is really new after the end of the so-called Cold War, one has to accept that instead of new, modern order concepts in secur ity policy theories there is much inertia, which extends the life of old order concepts, and still also a prevailing thinking in categories of East- West and North-South confrontation. Today, this certainly happens in categories which are rather free from ideologies, but still according to ge opolitical perceptions of balances and counter- balances. And one must not forget that the main opponents in the Cold War, the U.S.A. and Russia, still maintain their strategic nuclear ar senals and, therefore, an antagonistic base component in their relations. Beyond that it is also necessary to develop courage for new scenarios, for new thinking, indeed perhaps for something like ‘mind games’ - in an essay - based, of course, on perceptions from the past and the present. Extrapolations are indeed permitted when dealing with future scenarios. Also, potential constellations have to be aimed at which guide beyond historic reflections or so-called current analyses. Therefore, the reader will occasionally also come across subjunctives in this essay. The future is open ; occasionally, we may also encircle it with ‘unbrushed thinking’. Is the East-West conflict really over? Or has it only declined in importance because of a much weaker Russia - compared with the Soviet Union - , her concentration in...
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...research and this freedom of thought was “guarded” within this group of researchers. RAND attracted creative talent and individuals who were free thinkers who found comfort in not being held to a deadline or driven towards an A or B outcome choice. RAND fostered strategic thinking based on all of the intellectuals from various disciplines like economics, mathematics, research analysis, were placed in an environment with colleagues from the most influential intellectual institutions of the day as well as the federal sector, military and civilians branches of government. RAND received a grant from Henry Ford II ($1,000,000) which allowed the organization to become a non-profit organization with no direct oversight and agenda handed to the early key minds. These intellectuals could collaborate across fields and often bought in leading intellectuals that could contribute to the cause of connecting military scientist and industry, with several players coming from academia prior to the war, to figure out how science, social sciences, math,...
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...Critical Analysis #2 – Article Critique Brent Melnyk Ethical Fundamentals – JRSB311 Wes Sallenback February 5, 2013 Sarah O’Donnell, on May 11, 2009, wrote an article for the Edmonton Journal entitled, 'No-zero' policy gives students a do-over; Deadlines in the adult world often just as flexible. She describes the Edmonton Public Schools policy of “No-Zero” and allows for both sides of a touchy subject to be heard. On June 1, 2012, Edgar Schmidt, the superintendent for Edmonton Public Schools, penned an open letter to the citizens of Alberta. He wrote “In order for students to be successful in school and in life, they need the knowledge, skills and attitudes to make a smooth transition into the world of work and post secondary education. By taking an all or nothing approach to a missed assignment, we are not doing our job as educators to prepare all students, including those who face significant challenges, to take the next step in their educational journey as a lifelong learner.” (Schmidt, 2012, Para 6.) Schmidt (2012) also said, “The reason we assign a certain grade is to give a student feedback on what they have learned. If a student writes a test and gets all the answers wrong, they are assigned a zero on that test. This tells the teacher the student does not know the material and needs extra support. The mark is then put in the context of all their other learning that takes place during the year. If, by the end of the year, the student...
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...The term “fair” has many different connotations depending on whom is asked. As a kid growing up in the working middle class I learned that “fairness” is earning something that you worked for, not having something handed to you. Society is founded on the wants and needs of the people, but mostly the wants. The society in this hypothetical world that author John Rawls imagines can easily be defined as a communist and utilitarian society. In the Theory of Justice, John Rawls theoretically explains a society that would be ideal for the majority of the population. According to him, the theory of justice will only be adapted by society if it “guarantees the right of each person to have the most extensive basic liberty compatible with the liberty...
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...------------------------------------------------- Ethics and Social Responsibility Prof. William J. Lawrence ------------------------------------------------- Fall 2012 Course Syllabus ------------------------------------------------- SBES 601 Monday 8:20 - 10:50, Rm;MC26-502 ------------------------------------------------- Required Text: ------------------------------------------------- Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know You Are Right. Mary C. Gentile. Yale University Press 2010 ISBN 978-0-300-16118-2 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- MBA Oath: Setting A Higher Standard For Business Leaders. Max Anderson and Peter Escher. The Penquin Group. 2010 ISBN 978-1-59184-335-1 Course Overview: This course will be managed more like a workshop or seminar in that the materials covered will be done in a discussion and debate format and not a lecture format. The major objective for this structure is to recognize that most often there is no "correct" or "singular" way to deal with ethical problems we can expect to encounter. The seminar structure fosters shared alternative opinions and differential thinking as to how each of us might approach any particular ethical problem can be fully explored and experienced by every member of the class. This does however, put a major responsibility on the part of the student to come to each class prepared and...
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...My curiosity towards Civil Engineering began in Year 8 when I was set the task of constructing a bridge out of newspaper that could withstand a substantial weight. The concept of creating a model out of inadequate material was initially challenging but the final product exceeded my expectations. I am determined to study Civil Engineering because of the initiative required for translating ideas into reality and the opportunity to make an influential difference to my surrounding environment. I see engineering as a means to unleash my imagination and creativity to solve economic and technical crises. As part of the HEAPS programme, I was chosen to attend a residential course at the University of Cambridge, where I experienced theoretical and practical sessions; learning about the effects of speed and direction on an object in motion, along with inspecting the elements of a dismantled lawn mower. I was fascinated by how different mechanisms come together to form a final output. I am now hoping to enjoy the hands on and interactive nature which this particular course will provide. I was selected as one of twelve candidates from the West Midlands to participate in the Ericsson Work Experience programme. I worked with people whom I did not know, which helped me to develop my interpersonal skills. I also visited many field sites and shadowed an engineer gaining an invaluable insight into how telecommunication operatives work under pressure to get local area networks operating efficiently...
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