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With my heartbeat racing a mile a minute, I took in my surroundings. My eyes were blinded by the aesthetic view. Never had I, a small-town girl, being surrounded by buildings of this magnitude. My sight went out of focus, and in an instant time seemed to slow down while Burr and Hamilton turned to face one another with their guns locked and loaded. Right before my eyes was the most notorious duel in history. I was standing between two guns with their menacing barrels aimed right at my head. The…

“Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars with Adjustable Ethics Settings” Response Paper In this article, Patrick Lin discusses the ethical questions that arise from adding ethics settings to automated cars, comparing them to the train dilemma of killing one person versus five. The author concludes with the statement that no one knows what the solution is because there’s no right answer. Who should be to blame for unavoidable deaths based on ethics settings? Which level of ethics is to blame: the…

when doing so because she is American-Chinese herself and this probably affected her opinions of American-Chinese food. Lee’s assumptions and assertions, however, do agree with those generally held in the field she did her research in. For example Jen Lin-Liu, the author of A Stir-Fried Journey Through China, also shed light on the differences between pure chinese…

Leadership in Team-based Organizations While this organization is likely a frequent topic for team based organizations, I cannot help but want to study Google. Working in a software development industry, the speed to market, and cohesiveness of Google’s products is not an easy achievement. From the beginning, Google has encouraged teams, and team based development (Google, n.d.). On their career page, it doesn’t list departments, it labels its typical departments teams and roles (Google,…

Is ‘Curriculum Integration’ in the New Zealand context considered ‘21st learning? APA reference: Boyd, S. (2013). Student inquiry and curriculum integration: Ways of learning for the 21st century? (Part B). set. Research Information for Teachers, 1, 3- 11. Boyd (2013) will provide context for considering the status of curriculum integration [CI] in New Zealand [NZ] education for 21st century learners. The following critical evaluation will be framed through two quotes; “educators need to…

The First Opium War took place between Great Britain and China from 1839-1842 over Great Britain’s right to trade opium, and to a lesser extent to preserve international trade in Asian Continent. While the war itself is interesting, several significant economic insights can be obtained by observing how the economic conditions of the time brought about war. At the turn of the 18th Century, China saw itself as the best country in the world. They were almost completely self-sufficient and had been…

are usually stroked at hegemonic ideology imposed on minorities. The Asian American experiences within the context of other racial and ethnic experiences in the United States usually relate to the stereotypes. The experience of Jeremy Lin is a good example. Jeremy Lin is an Asian American professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In Lin’s early days, he was just a nameless bench player, but he never gave up. He worked hard every day and thought he could do his…

Introduction: The purpose of the essay is to break the utilization of corporate social responsibility by affiliations and whether it has an effect on their money related execution. Generally corporate social responsibility has been given a broad measure of fundamentals to by lion 's offer of the affiliations and a colossal measure of cash is maintained towards these exercises with a specific completed target to complete a dominating notoriety and some would battle that it manages definitely…

perspective 1.” How Do Zoos Help Endangered Animals? (2009, April 08). Retrieved September 27, 2016, from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-zoos-help-enda ngered-animals/ “Note: This peer-reviewed reference was used for perspective 1.” Lin, D. (2016, May 16). 10 Arguments For and 13 Against Zoos. Retrieved September 30, 2016, from http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalsinent ertainment/a/Arguments-For-And-Against-Zoos.htm “Note: This peer-reviewed reference was used for…

Interview HD is a 103 year old female, whom I have recently started visiting as her home health aide. HD was born October 26, 1912 at her home in Valley Forge, PA. Since she was not born in a hospital, I asked her if she knew how much she weighed, HD stated. “I was too little to be weighed, they didn’t even bother!” (H.D., Personal Communication, September 4, 2016) HD is the youngest member of her family, she had two brothers and a sister. Her sister was deceased before HD was born. She was…