...Design is a work of art that often creates new ways of understanding, seeing and appreciating the environment around us. Art manifests itself in various forms from visible structures such as buildings to invisible structures in physics. Design in the current world is heavily commercialized with corporate giants reaping huge profits due to design ingenuity. Top companies such as Google, Samsung, Walmart and Apple owe their success to design. Much attention has been focused on design functions that yield commercial success thereby leading to minimal attention on design that achieves social change. In the definition of design, it is alluded that design aids in appreciating the environment, consequently leading to improved quality of life. The paper examines design projects executed by simple designers that have led to significant social change. The designers were driven by the need to address the weak and less fortunate in their communities. The first design project in this analysis is by Andrew Shea, and was commissioned in April 2012. The designer uses his skills to help people with a rare genetic disorder. Andrew has partnered with NF Mid-Atlantic to support people with Neurofibromatosis (NF). The designer was challenged by Bernard Canniffe, a professor at Maryland College of Art (MICA), to develop a project that would involve the local community. Shea was a teaching assistant to the professor and had a special appreciation for the tradition in MICA where graphic students were required...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY A Research Paper on the “The Contribution of Baptists in the Struggle for Religious Freedom” Submitted to Dr. Jason J. Graffagnino, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of CHHI 665 – B04 History of Baptists by Elizabeth Linz Barthelemy February 1, 2015 Contents Introduction 1 The Baptist Origin 2 The separatists/puritans 2-3 The First Baptists Believers 4-5 The American Baptist Contribution to “religious liberty ideal”...............................................6 Rhode Island, Plymouth, and Pennsylvania Colonies......................................................7-8 The South Colonies and Their Struggle for “Religious Liberty” 9-11 Conclusion 12 Bibliography.............................................................................................................................13-15 Introduction “Religious Liberty” is a good and perfect gift from above. Contrary to populace belief “the separation of church and state,” did not originate with the ACLU but for the most part, it originated with the first British Baptists that arrived in Colonial America they were defenders of true “religious liberty.” Moreover, the distinction between religious liberty and tolerance of religion is significant. “Religious liberty” is a right of every men, however, tolerance is...
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...Policy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/enpol Valuing a wind farm construction: A contingent valuation study in Greece Phoebe Koundouri, Yiannis Kountouris, Kyriaki Remoundou à Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, 5th floor, Derigny Building, 76 Patision Street, 10434 Athens, Greece a r t i c l e in fo abstract Article history: Received 9 May 2008 Accepted 21 January 2009 Our analysis is based on data from a double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation study implemented to elicit public attitudes towards renewable energy generation and their willingness to pay for the construction of a wind farm in the area of Messanagros in the island of Rhodes, Greece. Results indicate that there are significant positive values deriving from the proposed project. Respondents report a mean willingness to pay a premium in their bi-monthly electric bills of h8.86 for the sole purpose of the construction of the wind farm. The estimated economic benefits to the local population are weighed against the investment cost in a cost–benefit analysis to inform policy making and implications for EU energy policy are provided. & 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Contingent valuation Renewable energy Wind farm 1. Introduction Climate change is currently considered to be among the most serious threats to the natural environment and human health with potentially devastating...
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...Home Is... - Research Paper - Louisemarie 27/12/14 00.37 Login Join Spar optil 50 % The Research Paper Factory www.itasker.dk Join Search Browse Saved Papers Search over 100,000 Essays Home Page » Novels Home Is... In: Novels Home Is... Home is... The main character in Home Is, by Morris Lurie, is Max Gottlieb. Max; an out burned poet with a boyish and sad eyes with an intense look (p. 60, l. 36). He is meeting up in Rhodes with his two good friends, the couple Sylvia and Larry, wich is one of the places he has got a house or a place he calls home. Larry is an artist, a painter. He is very modest and attenuates his answer when Max asks about his painting; “Just dabbling” he says (p. 60, l. 5), even though Max presumes that he is winning prices and making lots of money. Larry doesn’t deny this. His wife, Sylvia, is a very talkative lady, the novel doesn’t tell much about her but that she is sunbathing and likes a good gossip. Since she wants all the gossip before everyone else (p. 61, l. 3) one could think that one of her main doings on a small island like Rhodes is hostessing. Max is out of a rich family; when his father dies he inherits a lot of money; “Max the millionaire” (p. 61, l. 32). Sylvia and Larry seem financially privileged too; him painting and her probably being a housewife. The novel doesn’t tell anything from their background; maybe Larry is such a skilled painter that they can live carefree out of that. Max, Sylvia and...
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...Literature Review in Research: An Annotated Bibliography AB HCS/465 January 26th, 2015 Lane Baggett Literature Review in Research: An Annotated Bibliography Reference Gershon, MHS, DrPHa, R. R., Karkashian, MAa, C. D., Grosch, PHDb, J. W., Murphy, PhDb, L. R., Escamilla-Cejudo, MD, PhDa, c, A., Flanagan, BAa, P. A., Bernacki, MD, MPHd, E., Kasting, MPHe, C., & Martin, PhDe, L. (2000, June). Hospitals safety climate and its relationship with safe work practices and workplace exposure incidents. American Journal of Infection Control, 28 (3), 211-221. This article is in relevance to comparing the work compliance of safety and the safety regulations of working within the safety guards of safe practices and the safety regulations of exposures to blood and other body fluids. In the article it discussed the methods used, which was a questionnaire, which contained 46 safety climate items, which were tested on 789 health care workers based in hospital health facilities. This research was conducted in order to perform evaluations in different settings in order to define the new safety climate scale. In order to target additional problems in hospital safety and guide to reduce incidents that may occur because of failure to follow regulations. Gampper, R. N., George, J., Carter, J., & Jesdale, M. (1998, April). Co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV in high risk clinical care settings in Rhode Island. AIDS Care, 10(2), 221-9. The article is in relevance...
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...Sex Sells Sex work is a broad topic, which encompasses careers such as stripping, erotic massage therapy, pornography, and prostitution. Prostitution is the oldest known profession. In the modern world, it is a source of controversy regarding the debate about the ethics of prostitution. The controversy is revealed through different realms that exhibit different opinions on the ethics of prostitution. Is prostitution ethical from governmental or religious standpoints? How does each approach deal with prostitutes? How do these approaches affect one another? In this paper I will explain both the political approaches of three American states, and religious approaches of Christians and Buddhists on their ethical opinions regarding prostitution. I will argue in defence of the utilitarian approach. The idea of selling sexual favors for money is cause for much debate globally. Separations in ethical ideas of prostitution can partially be attributed to different religious ethics. Two religions that have contrasting beliefs in many cases are Buddhism and Christianity, and this differentiation is clear regarding the topic of prostitution. Buddhist ethics are driven by the avoidance of harm to oneself and to others: Essentially, according to Buddhist teachings, the ethical and moral principles are governed by examining whether a certain action, whether connected to body or speech is likely to be harmful to one's self or to others and thereby avoiding any actions which are...
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...with an uncensored modern perspective to highlight the full range of physical and sexual exploitation during the ante-bellum era. Her art installations evolve from drawings or smaller watercolor sketches she renders that help her determine her themes, and some of her shows have included these preliminary studies in juxtaposition with the final artworks. Sometimes she cuts her images right into the wall of the gallery. Many of them life-size in scale and covering entire walls, her works depict blacks in scenes that initially seem straightforward or innocent, but then assault the viewer with their violence and perversity. A case in point is her 1995 installation entitled The Battle of Atlanta, which depicted a young boy and a girl dressed in paper soldier’s hat and crinolines, respectively, as they carry a dagger while heading toward a...
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...Ever since I participated in this class my skills have greatly improved and have been reinforced. The drafting process for the profile and research paper assignments have taught me alot about where and how I need to improve my writing abilities. During the profile assignment I had some difficulty expanding on the information I was given during my interview and was just listing off the facts about who I interviewed. I fixed this initial rush job by slowing down and expressing her feelings and experiences in greater detail. If I had more time I might have interviewed my teacher again to get more details to add to my project specifically more on her initial experiences coming to the US. The research paper was probably the most difficult drafting process that I have had yet this semester. While autism was a subject that I had a lot of experience and passion...
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...Musician Research Paper Musicians are people who have a special career with musical talent or sound producing talents. They can often go solo or play in bands and tour all around the world. Davies High School does not have a music program but it can point you in the right direction for you start off your music career. It can also give you pointers or help organize a club of some sort at the school. It can help you in many ways that will definitely be very beneficial. However. Many musicians such as Kurt Cobain, Eminem, Adele, and Billie Joe Armstrong didn’t even graduate highschool. A diploma is not required. But it raises your chances for success if you have one. But if you are going to become a musician, you need to have musical talent...
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...Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Food and Beverage Management Commons, Human Resources Management Commons, International Business Commons, Marketing Commons, Other Business Commons, and the Tourism and Travel Commons Repository Citation Zhou, Ye, "Carnival Corporation & plc" (2010). MBA Student Scholarship. Paper 4. http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/mba_student/4 This Research Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School at ScholarsArchive@JWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in MBA Student Scholarship by an authorized administrator of ScholarsArchive@JWU. For more information, please contact egearing@jwu.edu[->0]. Johnson & Wales UniversIty Providence, Rhode Island Graduate School Carnival Corporation & pic A paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the MBA Degree Course: HOSP 6800 Ye Zhou Date 8 November, 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Corporation & pIc is a global|company and one of the|vacation| companies in the world. 1ms paper rp."''';:'''('M the company by analyzing environmental factors, position the competitive strategic history, this evaluates the company's nTP''':p,-" strategies (Carnival Corporation and PLC, 201 Ob). Carnival Corporation & pic is a cruise company whose is broad differentiation grew by acquisition,...
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...Health Care Spending Paper Mary Guzewicz HSC/440 May 14, 2010 Bruce Nave Health Care Spending Paper With in the United States the health care cost for individuals has increased and will continue to increase. This is in a major way due to the fact that equipment, research and technology are always increasing. This paper will discuss what healthcare spending has increased and in which state has a high amount of healthcare spending. The paper will also discuss possible changes that may help lower the cost of three part of our major health care spending. There is wide variation in health care spending across the United States. Health care spending has been on the rise for years. According to (Cuckler, 2011) “In 2009, the 10 states that had the highest levels of total personal health care spending per capita were Massachusetts, Mas Alaska, Connecticut, Maine, Delaware, New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania. The per capita spending for these 10 states ranged from 13 to 36 percent higher than the average U.S. per capita spending level and ranged from $7,730 for Pennsylvania to $9,278 for Massachusetts.” These ten states have the highest health care spending and they share a number of demographic and economical characteristics. Table 1. Real per capita spending and spending growth for select provider types, 1970–2008 Average annual growth rate (%) Total Public Private Total 8.5 9.1 7.9 Hospital...
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...getting their point across. They work hard, day in and day out trying to f ind ways to expresstheir ideas but they cannot seem to get any more support and i f nothing is done to change this,we may lose them f orever. To try to f ind a way to save them, I have decided I will try to seethings f rom their point o f view and try to show just how logical their opinions can be. For myresearch paper, I challenged mysel f to write it about why same-sex marriage should not belegalized. A f ter three days o f research, I regret to in f orm you that, with the in f ormation I f ound,there is no logical reason whatsoever that same-sex couples should not be able to get married. Ihave tried so very hard to f ind a logical argument against it but I was not able to get any reasonsagainst it. I f I may use an analogy, their argument is like a large bucket with a hole in the bottom,except the hole is as large as the top. Also, the bucket does not actually exist but they re f use toaccept that and pour into it anyway. Be f ore I started my research, I thought o f a f ew reasons Ithought I could go f urther with but when I tried to make them work, I could only f ind argumentsagainst them. The reasons I thought same-sex marriage should not be legalized are because amajority o f people voted against it, there would be less procreation, and it would complicate laws by rede f ining marriage.In the United States o f America, we have a...
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...Rhode Island College Digital Commons @ RIC Honors Projects Overview Rhode Island College Honors Projects 4-1-2010 Can Leadership Be Developed by Applying Leadership Theories? : An Examination of Three Theory-based Approaches to Leadership Development Joshua C. Laguerre Rhode Island College, JOSHUA.LAGUERRE@gmail.com Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Human Resources Management Commons, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Commons, and the Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons Recommended Citation Laguerre, Joshua C., "Can Leadership Be Developed by Applying Leadership Theories? : An Examination of Three Theory-based Approaches to Leadership Development" (2010). Honors Projects Overview. Paper 42. http://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects/42 This Honors is brought to you for free and open access by the Rhode Island College Honors Projects at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Projects Overview by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact hbenaicha@ric.edu, andrewjasondavis@gmail.com. CAN LEADERSHIP BE DEVELOPED BY APPLYING LEADERSHIP THEORIES?: AN EXAMINATION OF THREE THEORY-BASED APPROACHES TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT By Joshua C. Laguerre An Honors Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Honors in The Department of...
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...ESPN X Games: Commercialized Extreme Sports for the Masses SMGT 798 Allison Renard A Paper Presented to the faculty of Lasell College in Partial Fulfillment of the requirement of the Degree Master of Science in Management. ABSTRACT For years, extreme sports had little to nothing in common with each other except for high risk, and an appeal to women and men from the ages of 12 to 34. Entertainment Sports Programming Network (ESPN), realizing this age group was a prime viewing audience, brought together several extreme sports and created yet another commercialized sporting spectacle. Since 1995, this television network has produced the Summer X Games. After these summer productions proved to be successful television and live spectator events, ESPN expanded into the winter extreme sports. The Winter X Games have been produced since 1997. This paper, which commences with the rise of extreme sports, is an historical and sociological analysis of the creation and growth of the ESPN X Games. While these commercialized adventure and extreme sporting events have had some obvious growing pains, both the Summer and Winter X Games have grown into events, which annually attract thousands of spectators and viewers while offering fame and a few dollars to their participants. INTRODUCTION One need only take a quick glance at the daily news to discover that society in general is still in a state of constant change (Leonard, 1993). In the United States, this is especially true...
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...In this paper I am going to argue why Marijuana has medical usage and the benefits of having it legalized for that purpose. Does marijuana have any medicinal use? Quite a few say yes marijuana does have medical use and yes it should be made legal for that purpose. The people that think this way are correct marijuana does have medical use. It has been used as medicine since 2727 B.C. were the first recorded use of cannabis as medicine in Chinese pharmacopoeia but not only was it used in China but every part of the world. Humankind has used cannabis for a wide variety of health problems for not just centuries but over a millennium. But there are still people who deny that marijuana had medical use. These people who are wrong marijuana does have medical use. They also have their own scientific studies...
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