...Winston said to Edward, "I want to pay you back for all you have done for me over the years. If you will care for me for the rest of my life, I will give you my office building. I'm frightened because I have no heirs and you are the only one who cares for me. I need to know now that I can depend on you." Edward doubted that Winston owned any office building, but said nothing in response and just completed his examination of Winston and gave him some medication. Since Winston made the statement two years went by. Winston's health worsened and Edward continued to treat him. Edward forgot about Winston's statement regarding the office building. After five years of treating Winston, Edward learned that Winston was indeed the owner of the office building. Edward, remembering of what Winston had told him, immediately wrote a note to Winston stating, I accept your offer and promise to provide you with all the medical services that you may need for the rest of your life." Edward signed the note, put it into a stamped envelope addressed to Winston, and placed the envelope outside his front door for the postman to pick up when he arrived to deliver the next day's mail....
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...In Turkle’s writing of the “Empathy Diaries”, the concept of only showing best oneself to the public thru social media. The whole idea of being able to “edit our responses to get them ‘right’”. So we can review and edit our errors before anyone even knows that a mistake was made. All the decisions made are depending on the type of audience that is following Postman argues the negatives for technology as much as Turkle does but Turkle experiences the changes that access to social media has had on the public's ability to communicate, empathize and discover oneself. Postman uses past inventions in history and their consequences as evidence while Turkle relays what she has seen in interviews with kids and college students and how they act towards one another. The different apps being invented each with the latest technology made to make the user feel more connected to other users. Considering that in Turkle's time social media had already made its debut and the youth had already showed signs of dependency there are going to be more quotes from Turkle than Postman. In Postman’s speech on 1998 computers “She worries that she is spending too much time ‘performing’ a...
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...mathematical equation. People with power are those who have knowledge and wisdom, but there are many who fall below the line of discovery. In order to express that his or her finding is true, one must explain through words. Those who lack the skills of communicating fall behind. A person who cannot fully express their emotions and feelings fall back into the image of a misunderstood child in a temper tantrum. Expression can be loud even in the use of paintings and art. The voice that escapes the canvas is just as important as the words emitted from the mouth. It is the important connection that the author, artist, or teacher has control with the audience. Postman states, “And to the degree that we are unaware of how our ways of talking put such ideas in our heads, we are not in full control of our situation.” In response to the quote, those who hold knowledge and power have better grasps of their situations than those who cannot. If a person needs a glass of water, her or she will ask for a glass of water, and her or she will then receive the glass of water because of their speaking. Even those who are physically incapable of projecting their voices can express their...
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...it commonly accounts for the difference between success and failure or profit and loss. It has become clear that effective business communication is critical to the successful operation of modern enterprise. Every business person needs to understand the fundamentals of effective communication. Communication is a dialogue not a monologue. So, a communication is said to be effective only if it brings the desired response from the receiver. Components of Communication 1. Context 2. Sender/Encoder 3. Message 4. Medium 5. Receiver/Decoder 6. Feedback * Context Every message (Oral or written), begins with context. Context is a very broad field that consists different aspects. One aspect is country, culture and organization. Every organization, culture and country communicates information in their own way. Another aspect of context is external stimulus. The sources of external stimulus include; meeting, letter, memo, telephone call, fax, note, email and even a casual conversation. This external stimulus motivates you to respond and this response may be oral or written. Internal stimuli are another aspect of communication. Internal Stimuli includes; you...
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...Social Impact of the Global Positioning System (GPS) A Paper Submitted to Ann Holms By Writing 2E (11:00-12:50) February 15, 2005 1 GPS – A Navigational Improvement Up to now, navigation has been considered a skill. It took work and knowledge to use a map and compass. In fact, during America’s colonial period, only gentlemen were allowed to learn such techniques. For example, if an ordinary British redcoat was spotted attempting to learn to navigate, he would be hung. Only the officers who were considered gentlemen were allowed to conduct such education [Norman, 1998]. However, as we enter the twentieth century, a new technology emerges to cover the distance between a knowledgeable navigator and an ordinary person. This technology is Global Positioning System (GPS). With a click on a screen, an ordinary person can find his or her way via a complex system involving satellite technology. Essentially, the GPS satellites transmit a signal to receivers on Earth; the GPS receivers then compare the time the signal was transmitted to the time it was received [Leick, 2004]. The results proved extremely precise. However, the new technology not only improves society but hinders it as well. GPS technology improved navigational accuracy significantly in the military, in the economy, and in our ordinary lives; however, it may cause problems for people who don’t have the required knowledge to navigate and it offers an easier way for criminals to accomplish illegal tasks. Military...
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...The experiment attested that “increasing self-esteem decreased the worldview defense that occurs in response to reminders of mortality” (Harmon-Jones et al.1997, pg. 28). An example of the Meaning Maintenance Model is the study done by Bruner and Postman (1949) in which the participants were shown cards that did not reflect the existing playing card paradigm (i.e. diamonds were associated with black, clubs were associated with red, and etc.); as a result, the participants felt distraught (Proulx & Heine, 2006, pg....
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...Examine the different sociological views on the changes in the experience of childhood in the past 50 years. According to Aries, childhood can be defined as a social construction. Children were once regarded as ‘little adults’ and an economic asset rather than a symbol of love due to the high death and infant mortality rates making it hard to emotionally invest. However, now, a key aspect of childhood is ‘separateness’ from adulthood. There have been several state policies that have constructed and defined childhood, one of which is the children’s act which aimed to give children more rights to make a positive contribution to society. It argues the best place to raise children is at home with their parents which brought about the social view that it is essential for children to spend time with immediate family in order to grow up to be independent. Aries argues that childhood has changed. Instead of children being seen as an economic asset we now live in a child centred society which is good for the child. Some sociologists, such as Functionalists and the New Right argue that children are seen as precious in todays society. Parsons believes it is the parents responsibility to raise their children into being good citizens in society. New right sociologists are worried that this way of raising children has been undermined by a ‘child centered society’. In the 20th and 21st centuries it is argued that families have become increasingly child centred. Children are often seen...
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...What Does it Mean to be Human in an Age of Modern Technology? What does it mean to be human in the age of modern technology? Many feel that technology is only a useful tool and has not changed what it means to be human. Others argue that today’s technological advances have become so rapid, sophisticated and ingrained in daily life it is taking away from the interest, welfare and humanistic nature of our society. Most all do agree that technology has certainly played a role in humanity’s social and behavioral progress throughout history. However, to what extent technology really drives the development of our social and behavioral changes can elicit a heated discussion. Humans are driven, curious creatures that seek to solve problems and have a need for social interactions. As well they desire some form of system of belief (though not necessarily religious in nature) and aspire to be part of something collective or feel a sense of purpose to life. Countless studies provide that human behavior arises out of the interaction between individuals and their environment. Although environments do influence human behavior, many contend the basic tenets of humanity such as compassion, the need to have connected relationships and the desire to improve upon our lives have not changed in the face of technology. However, it is clear that human attitudes and expectations today are certainly very different than even several generations ago. Much of which, is a direct result of technological...
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...Search Go! Going Global: The Impact of Satellite Television on News and Society "Consider man, the prosthetic god. Not being able to run very fast or for very long, he has grafted onto himself additional feet, until he can travel farther and faster than any other animal, and not only on land but also on and under water and in the air. He can reinforce his eyes with glasses, telescopes, and microscopes. Thanks to orbiting satellites, he can, without displacing himself, count wildebeest in the African veldt, or missile silos outside Novosibirsk. Lacking the dolphins ability to communicate great distances, he amplifies his voice with the aid of radio waves...[H]e has acquired a perpetually growing communal memory in the shape of the written word, the photograph, and the recording. Everything we know now, we know forever." –W. Rybczynski (1983) from Taming the Tiger: The Struggle to Control Technology Introduction Satellites have changed the way news is distributed and received around the world. Privatization of news media has allowed global news networks, namely CNN and the BBC, to break up longstanding government monopolies. Continuous news has found a global audience, both for convenience and the most updated story details. Breaking news relies on up to the minute updates, and every second counts in the competitive global news arena. CNN dominates the global airways, but critics maintain that this product is merely a cultural export from the United States. E...
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...Outline and evaluate the different levels of accuracy of different types of witness Eyewitness testimony (EWT) refers to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed; it is an important area of research in cognitive psychology and human memory. Juries tend to pay close attention to EWT and generally find it a reliable source of information. However, research into this area has found that EWT can be affected by many psychological factors: anxiety, age, reconstructive memory and consequences. Anxiety is almost always associated with real life crime. Deffenbacher (1989) theorized the ‘Inverted U-theory’ stating that low levels of anxiety cause cognitive performance (memory) to also be relatively low. As the anxiety increases, so does the cognitive performance until optimum level. Any further anxiety produces a rapid drop in the performance. Therefore, it can be predicted that stressful incidents leads to witnesses having inaccurate recall due to their high anxiety levels. Research support for this theory and its relevance EWT can be found in a field experiment carried out by Peters (1988). Loftus (1979) aimed to see whether anxiety in EWT affected later identification. An experimental and control group were tested upon in which the control group overheard a low-key discussion in a lab about an equipment failure. A person then emerged from the laboratory holding a pen in grease covered hands. Next, the experimental group overheard a heated and hostile debate...
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...Tripoli University English language department (Post graduate) Language Testing Testing Reading Comprehension Prepared by : Ahlam Alghrarri Supervised by : Dr. S. Balhoug Spring 2012 1.1 Introduction Reading is one of the major skills involved in language learning, usually conceived of a solitary activity in which the reader interacts with the text in isolation, and is a most important activity in any language class, not only as source of information and pleasurable activity, but also as a means of consolidating and extending one`s knowledge of the language; such reading presented to the student is designed primarily to strengthen one`s control of the oral /aural skills. Readings are generally based on the grammatical structures and lexical items, and content of the material is regarded as acquiring culture by comprehending the content of the text. Reading comprehension is the process of deriving meaning from a connected text. It involves word knowledge (vocabulary) as well as thinking and reasoning. Therefore, comprehension is not a passive process, but an active one. The reader actively engages with the text to construct meaning. This active engagement includes making use of prior knowledge. It involves drawing inferences from the words and expressions that a writer uses to communicate information, ideas and viewpoints, which can be done by testing the reader his comprehension that is what this paper will discuss. 1.2 What...
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...flaunting such retro poisons as martinis and cigarettes, invites us to glamorously rebel against an age of abstinence and political correctness. The folks at Camel advertise their beleaguered product with an image of a femme fatale beckoning us to danger. Tom Ford's new Gucci collection is noir-inspired down to its '40s-era monkey-fur jacket--and even Ralph Lauren is unleashing metal spike heels this season. Not coincidentally, Carly Simon has come out with a CD called "Film Noir," following k.d. lang's torchy, nicotine-infused "Drag." And once disreputable pulp fictions have been canonized by the Library of America series, which has come out with a two-volume set of "Crime Novels" featuring such noir classics as James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and Jim Thompson's "The Killer Inside Me." On our screens, film noir is still exuding its old, shadowy glamour, despite some bottom-line concerns at the big studios. Curtis Hanson's "L.A. Confidential" flips the sunny '50s on its backside to reveal a stylish...
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...So, what are we to make of the chaos and disorder that swept through London and other British cities last week like scenes from a JG Ballard novel? For some, the violence and mayhem brought back memories of the riots that tore apart Britain’s inner cities in the late seventies and eighties. There is, in fact, no comparison. In the 1980s, British cities exploded in response to mass unemployment, entrenched racism and, in particular, oppressive policing. The rioters were part of no organized political movement but they had a sense that they were taking collective action against racist police. They were driven by a burning sense of social injustice and a desire for social change. Last week’s riots were different. There was no sense among the rioters of being part of a collective, no desire to transform society, just an inchoate, nihilistic desire to cause mayhem and to profit from the looting. The riots were not ‘protests’ in any way, but a mixture of incoherent rage, gang thuggery and teenage mayhem. There was certainly looting in the 80s riots but such looting was incidental to the confrontation with the police and the authorities. Last week, smashing up stuff, and stealing it, was what defined the mayhem. In the 80s, people living in Brixton, Tottenham, Handsworth and Toxteth, in the very places wrecked by the disorders, nevertheless supported the rioters. They recognized that the violence and the destruction were not ends in themselves but part of a necessary challenge...
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...Social Media and Relationship Imagine that you live in the past. In those days, you would live with barely any electricity in your house. You need couple days to travel from one place to the other places before technology was ever invented. Moreover, you have to go to some places to make a call because there were only a few places that have telephone. Add to that, either you wanted to send or receive letters to someone you love, you have to wait several days for the postman to come to your house. Isn’t it very upsetting to remember? What caused life at that time was so sad? The most reasonable explanation is in the past technology has not fully developed. However, it was happening in the past. In today’s society, we live in a globalized world. We are provided with a bunch of technology, such as computer, smart phones, Internet, and others. Because of the development of the technology, these days we do not have to feel the sadness and desperation people felt at that time. Moreover, the revolution in technology has become an important part in people’s life. One important part from the Internet is social media. It becomes the unifier to more than millions people across the world. Moreover, social media enables people to engage in completely new and different ways. Even though it involves a ‘brand new’ method of communicating, people tend to use it. Social media becomes a simple form of communication to interact with someone they know or a complete stranger. It is so exciting...
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...reproduced in whole or in part for educational purposes by educational establishments in Scotland provided that no profit accrues at any stage. Contents Introduction 4 Case Study 1: Alton Towers 7 Case Study 2: The Royal Mail Processing Centre, Edinburgh 11 Case Study 3: Soled Out? 16 Case Study 4: Border Tweed to Border Tea’d 21 Introduction This resource is to support the learning and teaching process for Business Management at Intermediate 2 level. It consists of four case studies, each of which is accompanied by a number of questions. Each question has been allocated marks and, in each case, the total number of marks is 25. There are also suggestions on the type of answers that could be considered as a suitable response to the question. The case studies The case studies have a number of features: • They are longer than the case studies used in the Business Management Student Activities (Int 2) support materials, or the case studies that students will experience in the National Assessment Bank material for Business Management. They are, however, of a similar length to those case studies in the final exam. • They...
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