Abstract This paper describes the circumstances of the scandal that arose around Patricia Dunn, chairman at Hewlett-Packard, when she had to investigate why secrets regarding corporate strategy began appearing in the press. The author explains that when evidence pointed to board member Jay Keyworth as the source of many of the leaks to the press, his friend and fellow board member Tom Perkins took offense at Dunn and launched a campaign to discredit her. The author concludes that it seems that the charges brought against Dunn are largely the result of Perkins's discrediting campaign against her.
From the Paper "Someone from the board had been leaking valuable company info to the press - not only about HP corporate strategy, but about whom the board was considering for CEO as well as the company's interest in buying another tech company. The majority of the board asked Dunn to investigate the source of the leak. The investigation went a bit too far, and Dunn was eventually indicted on charges of pretexting - that is, using false pretenses in order to obtain the personal information of board members and journalists connected with the leaks."
Tags: unethical trust journalist illegal, Wall Street Journal, e-mail
Abstract The paper states that learning styles are just as different as the individuals who utilize the various styles of learning. Taking these into consideration in the use of instructional strategies in music, education has long-term payoffs for the student in relation to educational outcomes. The paper examines the possibilities of using the Dunn and Dunn Model to teach music, specifically eurhythmics, a method of learning and experiencing music through movement. The paper notes that music instruction and the learning derived from instruction are referred to as declarative knowledge, while practical knowledge is the ability of the individuals to use sensory motor and cognitive skills.
Outline:
Introduction
Meaning and Ability
Types of Individual Learners
Five Characteristics of Learning
Intrinsic (Inner) & Extrinsic (External) Motivation
Application of Different Strategies
Performance Marks
Sensory Integration Into Music Categories
The Dalcroze Approach to Music Education
Summary and Conclusion
From the Paper "There are both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards that motivate students meaning that they are motivated 'internally' or 'externally' by the promise of the reward. The learning environment is a 'key' aspect of the motivation of the student in learning and the work of Hallam states that the learning environment is the combined: "...complex interactions between the characteristics of the individual and the environment that they find themselves. [And that it also] refers to the cultural climate at the time, the place of learning, and the people who are in it, including teachers, family and peers."
Abstract This paper examines the scriptural basis for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and compares it to James Dunn's classic work on the same. It looks at how Dunn approaches the subject from a dispensational and existential philosophy and how so many of his conclusions are subject to reconsideration under the full light of Scripture. It shows how his questionable belief regarding the deity and messianic identity of Christ is also reason to question the conclusions he draws. In conclusion, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the church's experience of the same are compared and contrasted to the Eastern Christian views of the theology of the Holy Spirit. Vladimir Lossky.s work, "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church", also provides the basis for this comparison.
From the Paper "This debate has carried with is the unspoken corollary which needs to be addressed in order to clearly evaluate the scriptural record. In Christ, all men, women, slave, free, Jew or gentiles are forever equal. Yet, in experience, there are some who do participate in the experience of the Holy Spirit baptism, and some who do not. In discussing this issue, the related underlying question is "Well, if some do have it, and some don"t, then some Christians must by "closer to God" or "more right" than others. This emotional based value judgment has clouded an effective discussion of this experience for centuries. Each believer is on an individual walk with Christ. Those who have been a part of the Christian traditions for decades are no more favored by God than those who have just begun their journey."
Abstract In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the poems "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake and "Hard Work" By Stephen Dunn. Specifically, the writer discusses how the two poets view labor - young people's labor in particular. The writer notes that both of these poems use labor and work as their central theme. The biggest difference in the two works is the reason the boys must work hard. The writer points out that in Blake's poem, the young boy has been sold to a chimney sweep and lives almost like a slave, while in Dunn's poem, the young boy is not working to survive, or to save his family. The writer concludes that work does not have to be something without opportunity, but when a person has no other choices in life, like the chimney sweep, then work is the very worst thing that can happen to a person, and it can even lead to his death.
From the Paper "William Blake's chilling poem is a criticism of a society that allowed young boys to be sold into servitude in an attempt to save a poverty-stricken family, while Dunn's poem shows the boredom and control in a factory assembly line. Both poems take a dim view of hard work such as this, and both show that finding alternatives can make all the difference in a person's life. The young chimney sweep has little choice in his profession, but the young man who works on the assembly line knows that is not the work he wants to do for the rest of his life, and that he has choices to make his life better. The chimney sweep ultimately has no hope, while the boy does, and that is the biggest separation between the two characters. Without hope, the chimney sweep has nothing to live for, while the modern boy has far fewer worries and concerns. He has hope for the future, and with hope, anything is possible."
Abstract This paper analyzes Katherine Dunn's novel "Geek Love", whose main theme is inverting that which is expected with that which is unusual. By examining the "unusual" events in the novel, the paper attempts to show that, perhaps, they are not so unusual. It maintains that Dunn places this recurring theme in the novel to show the readers that the word "normal" does not have a defined meaning; it varies for each community, and possibly each person, around the world. The paper concludes that the novel illustrates the point that normality is all in the eye of the beholder.
From the Paper "Another scenario that is extremely atypical is that Arty, the child who has flippers and fins as arms and legs, starts a cult "Arturism". Arty's cult has people admiring him and idolizing him and wanting to be like him even though he has a deformed body. Today, people want to be like celebrities who are beautiful, something very far from what is presented as Arty's character. Arty has many fans who even have surgery to be like him as Olympia describes on page 185, "From a half-dozen simple characters wandering the midway with white bandages where fingers or toes had been, there grew a ragtag horde camped next to the show everyplace we stopped. Within three years the caravan would string out for a hundred miles behind us when we moved." Arty's followers worshiped him so much that they even began to have surgery so they could turn their "normal" bodies into deformed ones that looked like Arty's. What is peculiar about this is that once again there is an inversion between what is expected and that which is not: people have cosmetic surgery to make features on their body look symmetrical so they can be considered normal. A follower of Arty changing his normal legs to flippers is parallel to a person with a perfect symmetric nose going under the knife to add an unattractive bump to his or her ideal nose."
Abstract This paper analyzes the book "The Adventures of Ibn Battuta" by Ross E. Dunn. The author explores whether the world in which Ibn Battuta traveled was a unified civilization, what the similarities and dissimilarities were that he encountered in the various areas he visited and how his background affected his experiences.
Abstract This paper explains that the poems "Hard Work" by Stephen Dunn and "What I Wouldn't Do" by Dorianne Laux describe work, which is menial, repetitive and boring in atmospheres that are less then ideal, experiences so common as to be nearly universal. The author relates that, in "Hard Work", which is set in a Coca Cola bottling plant in the 1950s before total automation and robots, the narrator's job is to carry empty bottles to the line; whereas, in "What I Wouldn't Do", the narrator tells of a whole string of quite different "drifter" jobs. The paper concludes that the poems present valuable information that working for awhile at a low-status jobs give a sense of what a person wants to accomplish and how to proceed or, at least, a sense of what a person does not want to do for the rest of his or her life.
From the Paper "Later, the boy himself with a sense of anger, and emulating what he saw earlier, breaks some of the bottles deliberately, again for revenge and to impress the other men he works with. His "petty act of free will" is a way to get even for all the mindless hours spent on the line working for the riches of someone else. Coke, after all, is the quintessential American product. The Company reaps billions of dollars a year in profits, selling Coke in every country in the world, while the workers suffer hours on end of boredom, low pay, and a body that "hurt with that righteous hurt men have brought home for centuries." The term righteous hurt implies that "hard" work is supposed to be noble, a myth the narrator's father seems to have internalized but the narrator rejects."
Abstract In this article, the writer studies the poems "The Chimney Sweeper" by Robert Blake and "Hard Work" by Stephen Dunn and looks at their similarities and differences. The writer discusses the differing social themes portrayed in the two poems. Further, the writer examines the aspect of class consciousness as it is demonstrated in both works. The writer notes that the narrators in both poems come to the conclusion that resistance is all but futile; that the system is so firmly entrenched in society that for one person to break free seems impossible.The writer concludes that although written from two entirely different perspectives, the two poems show how the working classes are subjugated by the wealthy, and that the ones who own the means of production are also the ones who can control social norms.
From the Paper "Stephen Dunn's poem "Hard Work," on the other hand, is more about resistance. The narrator of "Hard Work" is also a young boy, but unlike the chimney sweeper he quits his job and "exercised the prerogatives of my class". Both narrators are conscious of their proletariat position in society and in the end, both feel powerless to change. However, the chimney sweeper's positive attitude suggests that he is willing to conform to the status quo, whereas the boy in "Hard Work" is less willing to do so. Both Blake's "Chimney Sweeper" and Dunn's "Hard Work" deal with Marxist themes such as class stratification and the use of labor to control the masses, but Dunn's challenges the means of social control whereas Blake's discusses the virtues of acceptance and conformity."
Abstract This paper presents a discussion about the book "The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveller of the Fourteenth Century". The author of this paper takes us on a discovery mission about why the author wrote the book and what purpose it served.
Abstract At the basis of all nursing ethics there is the desire to be a keen and practical professional, balanced with the most human of emotions and sincerity. This paper reviews several articles on ethics in nursing, including "Ethics in Action" by Amy Haddad and Marianne Dunn's "Knowledge Helps Health Care Professionals Deal with Ethical Dilemmas", where she promotes knowledge of other cultures and backgrounds as a means to better nursing.
From the Paper "Perhaps one of the hardest tests on the ethics of nurses is the act of Euthanasia. It is a controversial subject where many family members have had to serve time in prison, or otherwise deal with the moral and ethical dilemma that faces them and their terminally ill-loved one. As a nurse, it is important to have "an understanding of the ethical and legal basis of euthanasia to acknowledge and define their possible future role in relation to the provision of life-terminating acts" (Moody, 2003). Janis Moody outlines in her AORN article that euthanasia laws and social views are changing, and reform is inevitable. She elaborates that while the doctor is considered the most important link in healthcare, "the nurse's role is pivotal and, as such, the nursing profession needs to be ready to be actively involved in any debate on euthanasia" (Moody)."
Tags: home, care, bioethics, burn-out, AORN, euthanasia
Abstract This paper discusses how poetry, perhaps more than prose, is open to a variety of possible interpretations and how, when ?Holy Sonnet 14? by John Donne is analyzed from the perspective of discourse analysis, a variety of interpretations become possible. The poem is considered from various contexts of situations, specifically field, tenor, and mode. It looks at how the field construct shows the religious background of the text, while tenor reveals the complexity of the relationships involved. It also shows how mode demonstrates the emotion with which discourse is modified.
From the Paper "It is from this forced relationship with the devil that the speaker's anguish relating to his relationship to God comes from. It is because of the enemy's devious use of his own weakness against him, that the speaker cannot devote to God the actions that match his love for the divine: ?Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,? (line 9). The speaker wishes for a closer relationship to God than the one he has with the devil. It is obvious that he does not yet feel accomplished in this. It is also clear that he does not feel himself worthy of God's love before God has complied with his request to "divorce" him from the hold of the devil."
This paper discusses women in three Shakespearean plays as presented in the film versions. These include Kenneth Branagh's "Much Ado about Nothing", Trevor Dunn's "Twelfth Night", and Baz Luhrman's "Romeo and Juliet".
Abstract This paper explains that women play almost every conceivable role in Shakespeare's plays; however, women cannot be the hero. The author points out that Shakespeare's plays treat women as a piece of "goods", not worth having if they are not virgins, which was the attitude of the time in which the plays were written. The paper relates that Shakespeare symbolizes Juliet's youth in a display of numerological virtuosity designed to impress upon his audience and readers her unreadiness for adulthood and its attendant complexities.
From the Paper "In "Much Ado About Nothing" the kind of love that Shakespeare chooses to display is the more realistic kind of love that is displayed more often in society around us. This is shown in the couple of Benedick and Beatrice. These two quick wits are constantly bickering and at each other's throats, until they are tricked by their friends into each believe the other loves them. At this, all of their criticisms of love and claims to remain unmarried until death go right out the window. Suddenly, they are seized by a desire to be with each other, and their true feelings come out. It shows how love actually works in real life."
Abstract The paper presents a critique of a research article that follows standard article critique format. The paper demonstrates that the article, "Nursing Experience and the Care of Dying Patients" by Karen S. Dunn et. al. published in Oncology Nursing Forum in 2005, is an adequate example of research, is well structured and, while not conclusive in its findings, demonstrates solid analytical skills on the part of the authors.
From the Paper "Karen S. Dunn, Cecilia Otten and Elizabeth Stephens wrote and published an article entitled, "Nursing Experience and the Care of Dying Patients," in Oncology Nursing Forum. Well designed, crafted, and carried out, this research study demonstrates that the greater the level of skill and experience a nurse has, there is a corollary increase in the quality of and experience with patient care for the dying. It is based on the hypothesis that experienced nurses will be able to better distance themselves from the death aspect of dying and focus a greater level of attention on the comfort, care and final experiences of the patient. The authors sought, "to examine the relationships among demographic variables (e.g. gender, age, race, religious affiliation, level of education, years of nursing experience, contact with terminally ill or dying patients) and nurses' attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients."
Abstract This paper discusses the movie "Million Dollar Baby". It provides information on the characters and actors (Hillary Swank, Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman) and the use of lighting and other features throughout the movie. The paper concludes that despite the excellent performances, the movie was a slight disappointment.
From the Paper "The music and the editing support the directing and the actors and contribute greatly to getting the message across. Sound editing excels at making punches sound like nearby explosions and one can almost feel and imagine their full blast. Image editing creates the suggestive fighting scenes and the play with dark/light sequencing. The music is soft, sustaining and complementing the emotional moments of the movie."
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses that the genre of a work can provide important clues to the meaning of a passage. The writer also notes that theologian, James D. G. Dunn, suggests that the church kept Romans because of its distinctiveness, rather than its conformity to any particular literary form. The writer then points out that the genre of the text Romans 5: 1-11 is an address to Christians and Christian Jews in Rome, shortly after Jews returned to Rome, after being expelled by Claudius. The paper provides an analysis of the background of the writing using historical clues in the text and concludes that unity and reconciliation are the central themes of this passage. Additionally, the paper explains that Paul is talking about the reconciliation with God that takes place when a person accepts Christ into their life. Further, the writer claims that he is also talking about the necessary reconciliation between the Jews and Christians in Rome.
Outline:
Commentary
Context of the Passage
Paul's Purpose in Writing
From the Paper "In verses 3 and 4, Paul refers to the future and to the present. This suggests that the term "hope" indeed means an event with a degree of certainty. Paul states a certainty that nothing in the present can change this future, if we possess the Spirit. Paul talks about our trials and tribulations, reminding us that through these trials and tribulations, we receive endurance and character. When Paul talks about "hope" he is referring to heaven and the reward that we will receive when our time on earth is complete. Only through keeping the faith will be able to build endurance and character."
