o A yardstick for measuring the absolute time of evolutionary change based on the observation that some genes and other regions of genomes appear to evolve a constant rates…
1. The process of industrialism threatened traditional and social hierarchies in both societies. In Russia, the aristocracy was threatened by the abolition of serfdom, the creation of regional zemstvoes, and reforms of the army. In Japan, the samurai were almost destroyed by the fall of the shogunate, the destruction of feudalism, and military reform. Both nations used territorial expansion as a means of mollifying the aristocracy and building support for the imperial government.…
|1. |At the global scale, political geographers study the spatial manifestations of political processes expressed in the organization|…
Being a big sister I have always been introduced into the basics of how to take care a children. For my senior project I chose the self-development option where I took a class at WITC on “Intro to Child Care.” The class had a Pass/Fail grading system. I decided to take the class as my senior project to expand my prior knowledge on childcare. Also I took the class to determine if I want to pursue a career in childcare so I would know what colleges to go to and what programs I would need to pursue. The initial goals I had before starting the class were to complete the class, to expand my knowledge and to decide whether or not to pursue childcare as a career.…
One summer day I was thinking about what I should do to make the day more interesting. I was thinking for a whole hour and finally came up with a great idea. I went up to my dad and asked "Can I could go to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the weekend to go visit them in Arizona?" My dad snickered and said "no", the reason was because I didn't have enough money to pay for what I wanted if I went down to visit them.…
Being a child in a military family made it so that I have never been afraid of traveling, or being immersed into new cultures. My unique experience of living in 6 different states has made me appreciate and crave to gain more knowledge about cultures. Although I have not had the financial means to gain any international cultural experiences first hand, I have continuously consumed knowledge about new places through documentaries, research, and my education at Texas A&M. Studying human geography has been so rewarding in that it is my job, as a student, to learn as much as I can about different cultures around the world. I was not lucky enough to be a part of a freshman immersion program my first year of college, but it is never too late to start…
Furthermore, I learned how can teaching skills with curriculum content improves learning. Silva (2009, p. 630) stated, “An…
Personal reflection is thinking about or reflecting on what you do, and how you examine things. It is closely related to the concept of learning from experience, how you view things, and the sequence of how you image things to occur, and decide from that what you may or may not do differently next time. Personal reflection has numerous benefits such as: increasing self-awareness, which is a primary component of emotional intelligence, and in developing a better understanding of you. Personal reflection can also help you to develop creative thinking skills, and encourage active engagement in work processes. A best practice I exercise in the corporate environment is to keep a learning journal. The journal will support more meaningful discussions between your manager, and yourself about career development, and your personal development, including at personal appraisal time or coaching opportunities for improvement. The journal allows you to explain in detail how you view your performance and skills. It also creates productive dialogue between you and your manager regarding future endeavours for your career path. It will also help to provide you with examples to utilize in competency-based interview situations. My perspective of how I view myself could be totally different of how others view me.…
Yes, I believe that everybody should be involved in their community, in my case I learned many things about trees and the environment “hand-on” which is a valuable experience that will stay with me forever. I have told everyone of my experience helping in the botanical center and many people have alredy ask me about information to the program and how to join because they want to…
Reflection on the Transcription of The Saint Crispin's Day Speech scene from Kenneth Branagh's film of the Shakespeare classic Henry V (1989)…
When people talk about race cars or high-performance sports cars, the topic of turbochargers usually comes up. Turbochargers also appear on large diesel engines. A turbo can significantly boost an engine's horsepower without significantly increasing its weight, which is the huge benefit that makes turbochargers so popular. A turbo basically makes your car go faster by forcing compressed air into the engine. It’s a type of force induction system; it forces more air into the cylinder which means more fuel can be added in which results as more power is produced. It increases the power to weight ratio, and which is good because the turbo charger in addition does not weigh very much.…
It was another reason to wake up early and gear up for some exhilarating morning for us, Lasallians to be part of one of the biggest event in DLSU which is One Run, One Family, One La Salle (OROFOLS). It was held at Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. This is actually my first time to join an event like this. Good thing DLSU offered this to us, it was very tiring but nice experience though. Since this is a requirement, we froshies have to join in this event. We joined the 3k run and it was very exhausting but it was worth it after all because I was able to bond with my block mates. We were not after the prize of any sort or for finishing in the top 10. We were there to support the event and to actually experience it. We had a great time and we were proud that we actually finished the run without shortcuts, without thoughts of giving up. I realized the need to have a more active lifestyle. It was hard to run continuously even for two or three minutes. And I don’t see competitiveness and endurance there. We should all take steps in living a healthier and more active lifestyle. If you think so, do it soon before any ailment strikes you and stop you from doing any physical activity.…
and the daughter whose mother was killed in the suppression of Falun Gong, the book not…
In my lifetime I have come across many different people from all walks of life. Since my childhood I have always interacted with people who did not look like me, but it never bothered me, because I never saw another's race or color; I just saw people. My parents never instilled any type of racism in me, so therefore I never had a problem with anyone of a different race or background. If anything, I was taught to respect others as I would like to be respected myself. Also, I was heavily influence by the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King was someone I look up to and respected, and for some odd reason I felt a strange connection to him; it was later on in life I found out that me and Dr. King have the same personality type. It has always been my belief that as humans we are very capable of getting along with each other. When you watch kids play you never really see segregation or bigotry among them, that’s because they have not learned what racism is yet. Being comfortable with other cultures is a natural gift we all have, the reason I believe there is so such much discomfort with many of us mixing and interacting with other cultures is that we condition ourselves to be that way. I believe people will be people! Someone from another country should not be viewed as some alien from another galaxy. If everyone was the same this would be one boring planet! It is our differences that make us all unique, and getting acquainted or comfortable with "differences" should be something we all should strive to do.…
“It is simply freedom. Not freedom in any political or individualistic sense but inner freedom from everything that circumscribes or conditions the sense of infinity one has within, that is, freedom from all relation to the cause and effect of karma within or without” (55). Hinduism is not really a religion, per se, but more of a way of living. Karma is what happens to people because of something they have done, whether it is good karma or bad karma. Dharma is “basically… understood as the social order of human civilization when it is righteous, that is, in accord with the order…and it is the rites of the priests that sustain both” (53). “Dharma means regarding life as ritual” (53). This basically is the word used when talking about a Hindu’s lifestyle in regards to their religiousness and moral behaviors. Dharma doesn’t really have an exact meaning but it has to do with how a person upholds the order of things in a positive way. Therefore to each person dharma is perceived a little differently depending on their place in life and in the religion. Hinduism has four stages of a human life, which consist of student, householder, hermit of forest dweller, and renunciant. These are also called ashramas. There are also The Four Ends of Human Life which are pleasure (kama), gain (artha), righteousness (dharma), and liberation (moksha). Brahman is what Hinduism refers to when talking about the one holy being…they believe that there is a god for many of the things they need (god of water, god of the weather, etc) but all of those gods are a manifestation of the one single god, which is Brahman. It did not come from a particular founder like other religions, but it came from traditions that were influenced by the Vedas and other teachings from later on; for example, the Laws of Manu. The Laws of Manu are based on the caste system, which is the division of society. There are many texts for Hinduism but the most fundamental official scriptures are the Vedas. “The oldest and…