Social, Economic, Ethical and Political Challenges in Climate Crisis Introduction Climate crisis describes climate change and global warming, the consequences they impact on the world. It’s a terminology used to define the impending threat that global warming poses to earth, and also to create a sense of urgency in developing an effective mitigation plan for climate change. Climate change is defined as an alteration in either regional or global weather patterns. This is mostly change that occurred during the mid to late part of the 20th century and has largely influenced the increase in carbon dioxide from the usage of fossil fuels. Global warming is described as the rise of greenhouse gases that have led to the increase of the earth’s temperature in the atmosphere (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013). Climate change is seen to negatively affect the outcome of life today as a result of global warming. The increase in greenhouse gases has brought about a rise in temperature that has changed the typical structure of the ecosystem. (Hanjra&Qureshi, 2010). The world’s population growth has led to a…
Voter suppression impacts Voter suppression is the procedure employed to impact election results by restricting particular groups from participating in voting (Norris, Garnett, et al., 2015). Voter suppression in the US relates to the allegations concerning distinct illegal and legal efforts practiced to restrict eligible voters from exercising their rights. This paper entails giving a legal issue statement in the US. Legal issue statement Are voting rights under suppression in the US as states enact voter suppression laws? These laws result in big issues for eligible voters by causing them to struggle to participate in the most primary social responsibility in the constitution. From 2008, states in the US have enacted measures to restrict the minority groups to practice their voting responsibility. Voting Rights Act of 1965 In this paper, I will use the 1965 voting rights act that is enacted in the Federal Legislation to prohibit voter suppression in voting. Resolutions of voting rights act in the United States The voting rights act was resolute to remove the discriminative voting laws in the United States. In the…
WOMEN’S LANGUAGE FEATURES USED BY LARA JEAN IN THE MOVIE TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE (2018) THESIS INTRODUCTION Background of Study talking about gender between men and women, there are many things that can be discussed about them, especially the relationship between language and gender. It is interesting to study and analyze the relationship between language and gender. Lakoff (1975) states that there are many things that underlie the emergence of language differences between men and women. Lakoff (1975) states that men’s language is described as more assertive, mature, and men like to speak openly with the right vocabulary. On the other hand, the language used by women is not assertive, not overtly (using figurative words), and is careful when expressing something, often using more refined and polite words or through multiple meanings. Moreover, according to Lakoff (1975), if a woman feels uncertain about a problem, she will question herself and have no confidence in herself. Therefore, many issues that arise end with question marks (Lakoff, 2004 ; Kuntjara, 2004: p. 3-4). The study of…
Biology discussion boards Discussion #1 I am indeed healthy. My circulatory system, which comprises of the heart, the lungs and the blood vessels, works properly. I usually have the right heartbeats, the average blood pressure among others. To maintain the same, I will continue doing physical exercises that are meant to burn any excess calories and fats as well as boost the heart to pump blood through the body. Discussion #2 Cardiovascular diseases are caused by a complex of factors. These include diet, exercises, and genes inherited from parents. Therefore, Tanya may have a heart problem. Cold sweat and shortness of breath are symptoms of a heart attack. What is unusual, however, is that she does exercise and is always in a good diet. Discussion #3 Tanya’s case of extreme thirst and urinating many times is incontinence. She thought that having the urge to urinate could be caused by aging because as one ages, it becomes hard to hold urine in the bladder. Causes of diabetes insipidus include brain damage or tumor destroying the hypothalamus which controls the release of…
What Next for Digital Millennials: Millennials and Health Digital Millennial is a derivative of two words; Digital and Millennial. A Millennial is a generation of teenagers born in the ’80s and ’90s with an age group of between 22 years and 37 years. They are the children of the Baby Boomers. (Foot and Stoffman, 1998, p.1).This generation can also be referred to as Generation Y. The digital measure refers to the ability of this generation to operate modern technological gadgets with ease with their daily lives and livelihood surrounded and depended on advanced technology. The Digital Millennials is a generation that has been raised with the comfort of internet and mobile devices as well as modern digital technologies, making them highly confident and fluent on the same. With the knowledge in internet and modern technologies, a price has to be paid, with most of this generation focusing on the luxurious entity in both investments and a day to day survival routine. We have seen a new era of youngster self-made billionaires all over the globe. Nowadays, age is not a…
WELLNESS PARADIGM INTRODUCTION Wellness paradigm is the incorporation, balance and oneness of the mind, body, spirit and emotions for an ideal being where each dimension is considered superior than a portion since they exist synonymously. It is achieved when one is mindful of their health. To successfully achieve wellness, one must give every aspect of the paradigm their uttermost attention WELLNESS PARADIGMS Mental wellbeing This is the positivity of the mind. The human mind is like a computer program, responsible for the way one thinks, makes decisions, executes actions and feels. When code is not maintained correctly, the whole program collapses. In the same way, the mind, if not properly maintained, is prone to being dysfunctional, which leads to a mental disorder. Wellness paradigm seeks to enable beings to desire to learn from previous experiences and ensure mental stability. Emotional wellbeing This is defined as the ability to scrutinize one’s emotions and feelings correctly. Human beings as the fascinating creatures they have a wide range of different feelings due to hormonal releases. Physical wellbeing The physical aspect of humans…
Introduction to the US Government Party politics involve the organization of groups of individuals having common ideas/ideology regarding the functions, as well as the scope of government. They have common targets and collaborate to choose people to public offices, develop and execute policies, advance agendas, and guide the government and the process of policymaking. Political parties select candidate to run most government levels, such as the national, local, and state level, presidency, and congress. Furthermore, they organize political rallies and make voter ready. Party politics ensure that representative democracy functions. Political parties assist in aggregating and communicating policy preferences, holding politicians accountable, and linking the making of decisions between various legislative bodies. Party politics involve competitions in regular electoral battles, which allow citizens to select among multiple policy packages and to award or penalize ruling parties for their policymaking achievements. Two central norms have maintained checks and balances in the US: comprehension that rivalling parties acknowledge one another as valid opponents and the concept that politicians must have self-discipline when exercising their institutional authorities. Political parties represent their constituents’ views…
How school uniforms can help children be better students Dress codes are composed of the guidelines or policies in institutions, organizations that are out in place concerning clothing. These are formulated according to traditional, cultural, social, religious considerations and seek to define the identity of the group or organization. Historically, the choice of dress was mainly used to distinguish between social classes. Whereas the nobility had its own form of dressing that was different from others, other classes also had their had own dressing to distinguish people along these lines. Nonetheless, institutional and organizational dress codes aim at fostering a form of identity that stretches across society. This essay draws attention to the role played by school uniforms in the United States. It argues from the viewpoint that through school uniforms, children become better students. Both public and private schools in the United States have developed policies through which their students are required to put on school uniforms while attending classes. This is a paradigm shift from previous years, where students attended school in home clothes. However, the acquisition of…
Health care delivery Health care delivery is a critical assignment. It requires good structures, competencies and morally sound individuals to handle such an immense task, failure to which, dire consequences will be realized. Health care delivery requires the right infrastructure, personnel as well as supportive legislations. A number of aspects contributes to good health care delivery as discussed below. Social equity Social equity is the use of fairness when delivering public services. It is egalitarian in nature in that each citizen irrespective of their economic resources or personal traits is eligible and deserves to be accorded equal treatment by the political system. Frederickson (2015) observes that social equity though an old concept only found its way into government and social justice recently after John Rawls writings about fairness. Social equity in public administration has its origin in Minnowbrook I conference (Gooden & Portillo, 2011). Before social equity was utilitarianism, the doctrine that embraces that if actions serve the needs of the majority, then they are right. Social equity has developed through a number of processes. The distributive process which is…
The Missions Act and Veteran Administration Health care delivery is a critical assignment in the life of a medical care provider. It requires functional structures, competencies, and morally sound individuals to handle such an immense task, failure to which dire consequences arise. Health care delivery requires the right infrastructure, personnel as well as supporting legislation. Different factors contribute to the proper delivery of efficient and high-quality medical services. Social Equity Social equity is defined as the act of fairness when delivering public services. Social equity is egalitarian since every person has the right to be accorded fair treatment just like any other person even though economically and in terms of personal traits, they are different. The Mission Act has enhanced access to quality care in the VA medical centers. The quality of services has also improved and extended to the medically underserved areas. The implementation of the Mission Act has given the Veterans more options for medical services as to where they can receive treatment (Adams, Sayre & Saini, 2019). Furthermore, more care is available for the community outside the…