GANGTOK UNDER THE NAMGYAL DYNASTY Gangtok, the present-day capital of Sikkim, is perched on a ridge of the Middle Himalayan Range of the Eastern Himalaya Mountain. The name Gangtok, however, is an amalgam of two Sikkimese words, wherein Gang means ‘aptly enough’ and Tok meaning ‘hilltop’, it concertedly connotes ‘aptly enough hilltop’ . Further, the other literary meaning of Gangtok is a ‘hillock cut out…
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“The humiliating expectations and traditions of segregation creep over you, slowly stealing a teaspoonful of your self-esteem each day” (Melba Patillo 1962). A group of 9 African Americans called The Little Rock Nine, enrolled at an all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 1957. September 4, 1957 was the first day of classes for Little Rock Nine. In order to block their…
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DIVERSITY IN HEALTHCARE Instructor: Jayne H WeinbergerName: Jennifer ValdiviezoDate: February 12, 2018Assignment #5Today when people move across continents with the help of technology their culture and heritage moves with them. People from different cultures have a unique view on health and illness. I had interviewed a close friend and her family from Peru. My friend’s family has some health traditions similar to mines. To maintain…
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Personality Assessment TestingAccording to the personality inventory test, Keirsey Temperament Sorter II (KTS II), I may be an Idealist, but I have no way to be certain my results are correct. The KTS II attempts to measure personality and indicate a dominate personality type. Many popular personality inventory instruments used by trait theorists are similar in that they are inspired by Carl Jung’s assertion of…
In to scary “accounts” the townspeople have
In the mind of the people of Maycomb, Boo Radley’s image is that he is a crazy young man, with no amount of sanity left. They blame this on his father, and the way he was brought up. Because of this stereotype assigned to Boo, the townspeople live in fear of Boo and the rest of the Radleys. This kind of fear, though, was not…
Communication or spoken. In other words, any communication
Communication is a important role in our daily life. If without communication, the world will not become a technology lifestyle. Thus, communication is important for everyone, at the same time communication can also cause problem or challenges in our life. There are two types of communication, one is verbal communication, another one is non-verbal communication. Verbal communication can be defined as a type of oral…
Before meaning. For example, Grendel may seem
Before comparing and evaluating Beowulf, Nibelungen, King Arthur, Sir Gawain and Green Night and the Song of Roland, we need to focus on what chivalric romance and knighthood are. It is easily described that both of them are associated with each other, and so we can say that there is no way chivalric romance is formed without knighthood and bravery. Chivalric romance is a literature…
For survived and decided to reside in Cuba
For the most part, everyone knows the story of Columbus “discovering” America. But, what people do not know is the first male African-American maroon appeared within a decade of Columbus’ landfall on the original slave ship to make it to the Americas. One of the last maroons to flee from servitude survived and decided to reside in Cuba just 15 years back. The English word…
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Marco BustamanteProfessor Regalado United States History Corps of Volunteers for Northwest DiscoveryBefore becoming president, Thomas Jefferson had envisioned of American settlers exploring the lands west of the Mississippi River, especially after the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the countries size after the French had sold it to the Americans. Once in office, Thomas Jefferson had now been curious of the geography of the western part of…
Details: Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines
Details:The learning activity and corresponding assignment in this topic requires students to perform a heritage assessment with families selected by students from their local communities.Click on http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/663/679611/box_6_1. pdf in order to access the “Heritage Assessment Tool.”Interview three families from different cultures. One family should be from your own culture. Compare the differences in health traditions between these cultures. Assess the three families using the “Heritage…
