American culture to a melting pot is that “it has never adequately captured the diverse experiences of exclusion and adjustment of non-White migrants with strong ethnic ties‚ or many immigrant groups who have lived in the United States for generations” (Sorrells‚ pp. 107-108). This means that the melting pot does not take into consideration that some immigrants do not easily adapt to the American culture. The ingredients of the melting pot do not simply form into one final result‚ but rather‚ form into a
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know about it. Importantly‚ I have a similar response to some other students about culture‚ which is “I don’t have a culture”. Until I have read the first chapter of the book Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice by Kathryn Sorrell‚ I began to think more deeply about this concept‚ about my cultural identity and positionality. My view about culture became broaden when I learned about the definition of culture which is a site of shared meaning‚ of contested meaning‚ and a resource
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Edmund Haislmaier contends that the PPACA overrides both the employer and employee’s freedom to choose how they spend their money on health care. He maintains that since employer-provided health insurance is a type of compensation paid by an employer to its workers‚ the ethics of how this compensation is spent is of consequence to both parties. Haislmaier claims that “moral obligations attach not only to the employer’s decision with respect to selecting or designing the plan‚ but also the employee’s
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BACKGROUND PAPER ON THE EFFECTS OF SEQUESTRATION ON TOTAL FORCE READINESS 1. On August 1st‚ 2011‚ the United States’ National Debt was moments away from breaching the 14.3 billion dollar debt ceiling imposed by Congress on February 12th‚ 2010. One day later‚ on August 2nd‚ 2011‚ President Barack Obama signed into law the Budget Control Act of 2011. This national-level policy mandated reductions to the United States (US) budget totaling 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years. Of the 1.2 trillion
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In recent discussions of bio terrorism being the biggest threat on national security‚ a controversial issue is that nuclear bombs/ warfare is a bigger threat on national warfare. On one hand biological war can be more dangerous due to the terrorist attack could be hidden as a normal disease or a pandemic. On the other hand nuclear bombs could be a lot more dangerous because a bomb could wipe out an entire continent with one explosion. Or the radiation that comes off from the explosion. In summary
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physician other nurses and her drug addiction. Even though the show has questionable ethical circumstances it undoubtedly shows her compassionate caring nature. “Jackie is smart‚ caring‚ respected by her peers and a vigilant advocate for her patients” (Sorrell 2009). However‚ due to Nurse Jackie’s questionable ethical practices many nursing organizations feel that this portrayal hurts the image of nurses and hinders them from recruitment‚ retention‚ and allocation (Nemeth 2011). In which many organization
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Ayotte‚ Stetts‚ Keenan and Greenway‚ 2007. Boudreau et al.‚ 2009. Distefano et al.‚ 2009. Boren et al.‚ 2011. Ekstrom et al.‚ 2007) to determine gluteus medius activation and function during strength‚ neuromuscular and core stability exercises. In a pre-test
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Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry‚ 32(6)‚ 873-879. Sommers‚ B. D.‚ Baicker‚ K.‚ & Epstein‚ A. M. (2012). Mortality and access to care among adults after state Medicaid expansions. New England Journal of Medicine‚ 367‚ 1025-1034. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa1202099 Sorrell‚ J
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According to Sorrells and Sekimoto‚ social justice movements or problems are “focused on single identities such as race‚ gender‚ or sexual orientation.” (Sorrells and Sekimoto 269) Intersectionality is a double discrimination against a certain group of people. In the TedTalk by Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ she explains intersectionality as an overlap of social justice problems‚ which include sexism and racism. Crenshaw brings up an interesting point that we often do not even think about. Crenshaw talks about
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ASSESSMENT ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF HOUSEHOLDS IN BUSAY HEIGHTS‚ BUSAY‚ CEBU CITY: BASIS FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION REDUCTION _________________________________ A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Accountancy School of Business and Economics University of San Carlos Cebu City‚ Philippines _______________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the course BA 109 ____________________________
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