Name: English 101-11 Instructor: Response paper on “The Last Stop” Date: 1-18-2012 “The Last Stop” is a profile essay written by Brian Cable when he was in his first year of college. The main idea of this profile was to portrait the funeral home Goodbody Mortuary. It is a good‚ valid example of a well written profile. I think cable does a good job overall by following all the basic features of this writing genre. He has done an extensive job by collecting interviews and background information
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Assessing the ability of blind and partially sighted people: are psychometric tests fair? 1. Introduction Psychometric or standardised tests are assessments that measure knowledge‚ abilities‚ attitudes and personality traits. They are used in education and recruitment and can consist of written‚ online or oral tests. Blind and partially sighted individuals are potentially disadvantaged by the use of these tests. RNIB is often approached by teachers and parents concerned about the use
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studied personality test for a long history. At one time‚ personality tests were not perceived as a valid selection method. However‚ personality tests are widely used and get generally positive conclusions today. (1) Reliability and validity In recent years‚ there are many researches focusing on the illumination of the value of personality tests as predictors of performance. In 2007‚ Morgeson‚ Campion‚ Dipboye‚ Hollenbeck‚ Murphy‚ and Schmitt cautioned that personality tests have very low validity
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Ethical Dilemma Derrick SUNY Empire State College Patient confidentiality has become an integral aspect of healthcare ethical standards since the HIPPA law came into being. (Erikson 2005). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) code of ethics “the nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all patient information” (Nursingworld‚ 2005). When a patient’s confidentiality is violated‚ his/ her wellbeing is negatively impacted. Patient confidentiality encompasses
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Looking back on my eleven years of being a Memphis police officer‚ there has been several times in which I have been faced with an ethical dilemma. A police officer can encounter these types dilemmas on a daily basis. I remember one of the first ethical issues I faced‚ was during my probationary phase. We had been dispatched to a one car accident. The dispatcher advised the complaint was a motorist who observed a vehicle severe off the road hit a guardrail and split a pole. My partner who had relinquished
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Workplace Ethical Dilemma Workplace Ethical Dilemma Ethics--"the science of conduct‚" according to some philosophers--is differentiating between right and wrong and then doing the right thing. Ethical problems in the workplace can include questions of pay raises and promotions‚ employee discrimination‚ disciplinary action‚ harassment‚ conflicts of interest and other issues (Workplace Ethical Dilemmas | eHow.com). I have had the misfortune to have been apart of ethical dilemmas in the workplace
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Statement #3: The difference in IQ test scores between African Americans and non-Hispanic white Americans can be attributed almost entirely to different patterns of socialization and environmental factors. The history of the race and intelligence controversy concerns and focuses on the historical enlargement of a debate‚ mainly in the United States of America‚ with the indication to potential explanations of group differences in scores on intelligence tests or IQ tests. Also the correlation between
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a work studied in this course‚ to what extent is a character’s courage or strength revealed through confrontation with a moral dilemma? Moral dilemmas can lead to either revealing courage and/or strength in a literary work or they may simply show the lack of it. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ courage and/or strength are revealed through confrontation with the moral dilemma of Winston rebelling against the party fuelled by his hate vs. surrendering because of the controlling and powerful party and the
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Omelas Moral Dilemma In "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" Ursula LeGuin is raising the moral dilemma of justice vs. happiness. The happiness of the citizens in Omelas depends on the suffering of a child locked in a closet. She briefly describes the contrast between the child’s situation and the citizens’ position‚ portraying a moral dilemma‚ which is when you have to choose to do one of two equally unpleasant things. LeGuin portrays an ideal life “boats in the harbor sparkled with flags
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Cable box: Cable box is a electronic device that gets connected with the TV for watching broadcast channels. Parts: Coax Cables‚ Yellow composite cable‚ Cable box‚ Audio cables Operation: Cable box have ability to get or convert any channels from cable company to an analog RF signal to a channel. Instructions: 1. To begin with‚ first step in setting up cable connection is to connect coax cable from the wall to the cable in port on the cable box. 2. Connect one end of the yellow composite
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