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Netscape Communications Corporation is a â€Å"leading provider of open software for linking people and information over private TCP/IP-based enterprise networks (â€Å"intranets†) and the Internet.† They develop market and support a wide area of enterprise client and server software, tools for development and commercial applications which creates a single communication platform shared for other network applications.All its software is on industrial standard protocols; therefore it can be deployed on any operating system, hardware platform and databases. It can also be connected with various other client/server applications. The software can be used across different geographic locations, third party partners and customers.The product can be used by individuals or by organizations for any internet related transactions such as buying and selling of information, software, merchandise or publications.The company also offers services for the user and the network. These featu res include graphics and e-mail. The Company also offers software products and tools for intranet users. Their marketing strategy incorporates multiple channel distribution, direct sales, internet, telesales, resellers, value-added resellers and retailers.Some of the companies with which Netscape does business are AT&T, Apple, British Telecom, Compaq,   Deutsche   Telekom,   Digital,   France   Telecom,   Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Informix, Novell, Olivetti,   Siemens, Silicon  Ã‚   Graphics, Sybase and Sun. Netscape was incorporated in April 1994 in Delaware. The homepage is available at http://home.netscape.com. The Executive office is situates at 501 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, California 94043. Stocks are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol â€Å"NSCP†. The U.S. offering was a total of 4,250,000 shares.The International offering was 750,000 shares, carrying the total to 5,000,000 shares. This includes 2,000,000 shares sold by The Company and 3,000,000 shares which were sold by Selling Stockholders. 86,535,395 shares were outstanding from the Common Stock after offering.The summary of the supplemental and consolidated financial information is as follows. In the months of March 1995, June 1995, September 1995, December 1995, March 1996, June 1996 and September 1996. The total revenue was $100,016 the highest in September 1996 and the lowest in $5,814 in March 1995.The gross profit was $85,322 the highest in September 1996 and the lowest in $5,814 in March 1995. The merger related charges were lowest in $2,033 in December 1995 and highest $6,100 in June 1996. Total operating expenses was highest $76,362 in September 1996 and lowest in $10,412 in March 1995. The Net income (loss) per share was 0 in September 1995.

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Why and how have liberals supported the fragmentation of political power? (15) Why Liberals are concerned about power, most basically, because power constitutes a threat to liberty. Their concern about concentrations of power is rooted in their emphasis upon individualism and its implication that human beings are rationally self- interested creatures. Egoism determines that those who have the ability to influence behaviour of others are inevitably inclined to use that ability for their own benefit and therefore at the expense of others.The greater the concentration of power, the greater will be the scope of rulers to pursue self-interest and, thus, the greater corruption. Lord Acton stated â€Å"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. † behind Acton’s famous quote about power and corruption, he points out the liberal belief that, since human beings are individuals and therefore egoistical, they are bound to us e power – the ability to influence the behaviour of others to benefit themselves and they will use, or abuse, others in the furtherance of that goal.In essence, the greater the power the greater the scope for using and abusing others in the pursuit of self-seeking ends. Such thinking has shaped liberalism in a number of ways. In particular it has encouraged them to endorse the principle of limited government brought through constitutionalism and democracy. Liberals thus support, for example, codified constitutions, bills of rights, the separation of powers, federalism or devolution, as well as regular, free and fair elections, party competition and universal suffrage. Constitutionalism delivers limited government either by legally ring-fencing government (e. . , codified constitutions and bills of rights or fragmenting government power so creating a network of checks and balances (e. g. , the separation of powers, bicameralism and federalism). Democracy delivers limited gover nment because it bases government on a system of popular consent and accountably that also enables the public (through competitive elections) to rid themselves of unpopular or corrupt governments. The fragmentation of power brings many significant benefits. It creates a network of checks and a balance, ensuring that power is a check on power.Different bodies and institutions will eventually act as a check on each other. Fragmented government therefore creates internal constraints that prevent government from becoming a tyranny against the individual. Furthermore, it ensures that those who exercise power have only a limited ability to influence other citizens, thus preventing absolute power. How Traditionally, liberals have always supported fragmented government, checks and balances. Power within liberal democracies is separated between the legislature, executive and judiciary which act as both independent and inter-dependent bodies.The separation of powers emphasises it cuts on powe r into smaller pieces – thus preventing concentrations of power from developing – and that it creates internal tensions amongst institutions and power-holders which further diminishes the capacity of each to abuse or tyrannise the general public. Liberals support constitutionalism and consent because they fear that government may become a tyranny against the individual, based on the assumption that power is inherently corrupting and concentrations of power will lead to absolute corruption.This assumption is rooted in the liberal view of human nature: as individualism implies self- interest, those with power over others are apt to abuse it for their benefit and at the expense of others. Constitutionalism is the theory or practice of restricting government power through the establishment of a framework of constitutional regulations, usually involving the fragmentation of power to create a network of checks and balances. Liberal constitutionalism is expressed through supp ort for various external and internal devices, such as codified constitutions, bills of rights, the separation of powers, federalism or devolution, and so on.Liberal support for consent is evident in support for electoral democracy in general and, more specifically, sympathy for referendums and proportional representation. Consent is the principle that the right to govern derives from the willing agreement of the governed, who thus view the actions of government as rightful or legitimate. Consent is often in practice associated with the act of voting and therefore institutionalised through a system of electoral democracy. Liberals emphasise the importance of constitutionalism and onsent because both are mechanisms for protecting or enlarging the sphere of individual liberty by restricting the capacity of government to encroach upon the individual. This commitment to limiting government reflects the underlying liberal fear that power is inherently corrupting, a consequence of egoism, meaning that government is always liable to become a tyranny against the individual. Constitutionalism achieved this aim through formal, institutional and often legal restrictions upon government officials and bodies.Consent achieves it by ensuring that politicians are publicly accountable and, ultimately, removable. ? Federalism, based on the principle of shared sovereignty, devolution, parliamentary government, cabinet government and so on. ? Power is devolved from the centre to regions and at local levels. In the UK: regional assemblies- welsh assembly; Scottish parliament ? Human rights act: giving people rights in law which means that they have a check to defend themselves from being discriminated against by those in authority

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Laila and Bla nche are two women which their societies may class as fallen women; Laila has a child out of wedlock and due to deaths in the family as well as the suicide of her husband Blanche turns into a highly sexualized woman who relies on alcohol. Laila struggles throughout her life with the loss of her family members, her abusive marriage and the war raging in Afghanistan but she escapes this pain and ends up with her first love. Blanche does not recover; she is sent to a mental asylum therefore one can say that she is truly one of the only women within the two novels that is in a constant state of despair and as she is a single woman, her struggles as well as expectations differ from the other female characters.    In both texts, one can notice that certain women such as Mariam and Stella have roles; one of these roles is to become a housewife and provide for their husbands and family. Mariam is forced to marry Rasheed when Nana commits suicide; the Taliban encourage girls under the age of 16 to enter marriage especially when they have no one to provide for them and Amnesty International reported that 80 percent of Afghan marriages were by force. Mariam’s role of a housewife develops upon marrying him as Rasheed expects her to cook and clean for her as these are the traditional roles of a wife in Afghanistan due to the Taliban regime not allowing them to go out to have an education and get a job. Mariam always ‘does as she is told’ which suggests that she not in control of herself and instead Rasheed is in control of her. On the other hand, when she does not do what is expected of her such as cooking a tasty meal, Rasheed forces her to chew rocks until her teeth bleed. The i magery provided in the moment she is forced to do this, is shocking and one can presume that even the strongest of women would struggle with the pain. Similarly, Stella is pressurised to act like a perfect housewife by Stanley; he expects her too cook. One night, he states ‘How about my supper, huh? I’m not going to no Galatoires’ for supper!’; he is demanding his supper from Stella the minute he has walked through the door. She seems to be unsurprised by his remark which indicates that she receives these comments from him often and it seems as if it would never occur to him that he can make his own food because his beliefs are that the kitchen is the woman’s work place. One can compare this with the way in which Rasheed treats both Laila and Mariam in respect to the expectations of completing the household chores; he does not want to lift a finger much like Stanley. One can see that a comparison between the two texts is the recurring theme of domestic violence. In ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, ‘Rasheed was the most disappointing and abusive person in Mariam’s life, as his abuse was sexual, mental and definitely physical’. It is clear to see when Mariam becomes pregnant, has a miscarriage and he goes into a violent fit of rage upon hearing about it. He goes into a fit of rage as he expects Mariam to give him children as he is her wife and that is one of the roles of the wife in the Islamic culture in Afghanistan. Like many women in abusive relationships, she questions and blames herself for the abuse; ‘Had she ever been a deceitful wife? she asked herself. A complacent wife? A dishonorable woman? Discreditable? Vulgar? What harmful thing had she willfully done to this man to warrant his malice, his continual assaults, the relish with which he tormented her?’. The repetition of the questions throughout her thought process shows that she is searching for a reason that would allow Rasheed to beat her but the reader can see that there is never a valid reason to beat a young and vulnerable woman. If it weren’t for her inner strength being ‘as hard and unyielding as a block of limestone’ she would probably have died a lot sooner than she did. Furthermore, one can see that Rasheed causes Laila suffering and she struggles through their relationship so that her baby is safe; in a sense, she puts her child before herself. He is very controlling as he wishes her to wear a burka to cover herself from other men and he openly mocks other ‘afghan men who did not mind that their wives walked among strangers with makeup on their faces and nothing on their heads’. Laila does stand up to him and she can challenge him because she is an intellectual but he becomes violent; he ‘shoved’ the ‘barrel’ of a gun in into her ‘mouth’. Hosseini is portraying the message that women cannot compete with a man’s physical power therefore it is a weapon that they will use in volatile situations with women as they will come out the victor. Comparably, in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ one can see that if Stella fails to do the tasks that she is expected to do or if she is ordered to do something and does not then Stanley becomes violent. Susan Koprince stated that Stella ‘wants to believe that the batterer is truly sorry for his abusive behaviour and that he will never harm her again’ but as readers are witness to Stanley abusing her verbally and physically multiple times therefore he can be classed as a several offender. Stanley orders Stella to be quiet whilst playing poker with her friends, she does not, stands up to him and he rushes towards her in a frenzy. She has nothing to protect herself from him and she states ‘You lay your hands on me and I’ll –‘; the fact that she does not finish her sentence show that she is truly helpless and has no choice but to take the beating from him. The Stage directions say ‘she backs out of sight. He advances and disappears. T here is the sound of a blow. Stella cries out’; these stage directions describe Stanley hitting her and the sound of her crying with pain; this is a rare point in the play in which one see’s Stella struggling with the failing to tasks that are thrusted upon her in a patriarchal society. Unlike in ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ has a single, female character who has a different role and struggles to the other married characters or those with children. Blanche is the one of the main female character in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. On first appearances, she oozes southern elegance and charm as she is dressed in ‘white’ and dripping in ‘pearls’; she grew up on a southern estate known as ‘Belle Reve’ which means beautiful dream and it means that her family once had money. Blanche believes herself to be ‘a woman of intelligence’ as she was educated and took up a position of a school teacher once earning her qualification. Similarly, to Blanche, Laila is provided with an education but then she must give up studying when the Taliban take over. In the late 20th century, prior to the rise of the Taliban, women in Afghanistan were making strides toward equality as they enjoyed the right of education and employment. Kabul was the epicentre for women’s advancement in Afghanistan prior to the Civil War and Taliban Control as 50% of the students and 60% of the teachers at Kabul university were women; Kabul is the city in which Laila grew up. Her father wanted her to study because he believed that ‘society has no chance at success if its women are uneducated’ and due to his motivation to educate her, Laila enjoys going to school to learn. However, this freedom to be study is taken away from her when the Taliban came to power in 1996 as they stated ‘girls are forbidden from attending school. All schools for girls will be closed immediately’. The use of the word ‘immediatel y’ indicates that the Taliban believed young girls, like Laila, were a threat to their strict religious regime therefore their education needed to be stopped quickly. The Feminist Majority Foundation stated ‘under Taliban rule woman have been stripped of their visibility, voice and mobility’; in a sense, they had their freedom taken away from them and Laila was subjected to this as well. Blanche’s role is to oversee Belle Reve when there were no male heirs to take over the property and when Stella moved in with her ‘Pollack’, Stanley. Unexpectedly, her family were plagued with several deaths such as her ‘Father, Mother, and Margaret’ which she describes as ‘the long parade to the graveyard’; the use of the word ‘long’ emphasises the fact that a lot on individuals died in a short amount of time. Furthermore, Blanche married young, to a man known as Allan Grey. He had tenderness ‘which wasn’t like a man’s’ but he ‘wasn’t the least bit effeminate looking’ therefore it came to a shock to her when she found him in bed with another man but the three of them went dancing together afterwards and accidently Blanche blurted out that she was ‘disgusted’ by him, a few minutes later he went out and shot himself therefore Blanche blamed herself for her husbandâ⠂¬â„¢s suicide. After these events occurring one after the other, her faà §ade of a perfect woman starts to fall and she moves in with her sister, Stella. Her struggle with suicide and its consequences can be compared to Mariam as her mother, Nana, commits suicide and her last words are ‘I’ll die if you go, I’ll just die’; it is clear that Nana will end her life if Mariam chooses to leave her. Thus, one can say that she is trying to guilt trip Mariam into staying with her and as Mariam does not, she commits suicide which causes Mariam to feel responsible for her mother’s death throughout her life, much like how Blanche feels about her husband. Blanche struggles to live up to the expectations of a modern woman in American society as she relies on drink to give her confidence. Upon arriving at her sister’s, she seems to be nervous as she is shaking. Therefore, ‘she springs up’ and ‘removes a whiskey bottle’ from a cupboard then ‘she pours a half tumbler of whiskey and tosses it down’. It is obvious that Blanche was actively seeking out alcohol to calm her nerves down and when she finds it she ‘tosses’ a strong alcohol down her throat as if it were nothing. To hide the fact that she has had a drink ‘she carefully replaces the bottle and washes out the tumbler at the sink’ so that her sister does not come home, start asking questions and get angry about her secretive drinking. Blanche argues that ‘one is her limit’ but Stanley argues ‘there’s some people that really touch it, but it touches them often’ and he gives the imp ression that he knows Blanche is an alcoholic and that she is lying about the amount she drinks. After the death of her husband, Blanche seeks male companionship to give her confidence, sooth her loneliness and to occupy her mind from the guilt she feels however she looked for it in the wrong places by selling her body for sex and praying on young boys in the school that she taught at in Laurel. Blanche states ‘the Hotel Flamingo is not the sort of establishment I would dare to be seen in!’; the Hotel Flamingo was a hotel in which men could pay prostitutes to have sex with them and Blanche refuses to admit that she had multiple encounters with men there. It is evident to the reader that Blanche is struggling with the demands of being a woman regarded as ‘proper’ and in her failure to be one, one can say that she has become a fallen woman. Additionally, Stanley states ‘she was kicked out before the spring term ended. And I hate to tell you the reason that step was taken. A seventeen-year-old kid she got mixed up with – and the boy’s dad learned about it and he got in touch with the high-school superintendent. And there was practically a town ordinance passed against her.’ The fact that Blanche gets ‘mixed up with’ a ‘seventeen-year-old kid’ shows the extent of her internal suffering, it is so severe that she preyed on a child to make her feel adequate for herself and society. Conclusively, one can see that all four of these women have expectations to live up to but due to external factors such as death, warfare and children born out of wedlock, sometimes they are unable to fulfil them and the consequences are severe such as being shunned by society or being abused by the male figures in their life. In Afghanistan and in America, even though the countries have different political set ups, there is the common trend that women must live up to higher expectations than men. One may presume that due to the Islamic faith in Afghanistan being dominant, that women in Afghanistan have less freedom but when one looks for the finer details, women in America at the time of the novel is set, have just as little.

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Macbeth - a Study of the Criminal Mind Essay Example for Free

Macbeth a Study of the Criminal Mind Essay Shakespeare delves straight into the theme of murder and the study of the criminal mind. The trio of witches subtly expose themselves to be concocting a devious plan in the first scene itself. â€Å"When the hurly-burly’s done. When the battle’s lost and won. That will be ere the set of sun. Where the place? Upon the heath. There to meet with Macbeth†. (I. i. 3-7) As the play progresses, Shakespeare reveals the underlying causes for the murders but stalls the unsettling outcomes, the effect of being a criminal. Each of the main characters in ‘Macbeth’ contribution to the central theme grows throughout the play. The Three Witches and Lady Macbeth’s manipulation of Macbeth and the growing insanity of the couple is an example of such cause and effect and can be related to real life. The Three Witches or the ‘weird sisters’, skulk like sinister thoughts and unconscious temptations to evil. Their cunning stems from their paranormal powers however, their true ability lies in exploiting the weaknesses of their interlocutors. Despite their absurdity through comical yet malevolent rhyme, are clearly the most dangerous characters in the play, being powerful and wicked. However, the audience is left to question the witches’ allegiance. They could be autonomous, toying with the human emotions, or agents of destiny who prophesize the inevitable. The Weird Sisters seem to have an intentional resemblance to characters in Greek mythology known as the Fates. They too were three sisters who controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from life to death. The Weird Sisters control the thread of life of all the major characters in the play, and it is in their power to do what they want to them. The prophecies foretold by the witches are seemingly self-fulfilling. Macbeth may not have murdered King Duncan if he was not pushed to do so by the witches, the night he and Banquo met the witches on the moor and had their futures told. â€Å"The thane of Cawdor lives. A prosperous gentleman; and to be king stands not within the prospect of belief. No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence you owe this strange intelligence? Or why upon this blasted heath you stop our way with such prophetic greeting? Speak, I charge you. † (I. iii. 72-78) Shakespeare offers no easy answers in the play. He keeps these witches outside the limits of human comprehension. They embody an unreasoning, instinctive evil; that of a criminal mind. Lady Macbeth is already plotting the murder of King Duncan as we first catch sight of her in the play. Even from this, it can be seen that she is more cunning, more ruthless and more ambitious than her husband. Lady Macbeth wishes that she were a man, and could carry out the deed herself but she is aware that is not possible. Thus, she must push Macbeth into committing the crime for her. The link between gender and power is a key feature to Lady Macbeth’s character as Macbeth suggests that she is quite masculine and is limited because she had inhabited a female body. This creates a relationship between masculinity and ambition and violence (in some cases murder). Lady Macbeth and the witches are used by Shakespeare to emasculate Macbeth’s idea: â€Å"For thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males† (I. vii. 73-74). These shrewd women apply ‘female’ methods to achieve power and control. Manipulation of their husbands will thus further their desires. Shakespeare implies that men do not have to be the only ones who are cruel and power seeking but women also. Due to social limitations however, they are unable to pursue their ambitions. Macbeth feels the need to commit the murder to prove himself to his wife as she is able to manipulate him with noteworthy effectiveness. Lady Macbeth questions his manhood continually as inside, Macbeth is quite frail. He hesitates at first, but gives in as she overrides his protestations. Lady Macbeth stays stable as King Duncan is murder, and it is she who steadies her husband after the crime has been perpetrated. Shortly afterward, she begins to spiral down into insanity – just as aspiration affected her more strongly than Macbeth before the murder, does culpability plague her more strongly afterward. Toward the end of the play, she is sleepwalking through the castle, trying to wash away the guilt that stains her. Her sensitivity to the act becomes her one weakness. Lady Macbeth then kills herself, showing her inability to deal with their crimes. The initial impression of Macbeth is a brave, strong and capable man, as we first heard of him in the wounded captain’s account. This notion is becomes problematic once he encounters the three witches. It can be seen that Macbeth’s physical courage is joined by a tendency to self doubt – the prophecy that foretold him to be king brings him joy but also creates inner turmoil. He is manipulated into committing murders that he doesn’t truly want to do. Macbeth however, hides his feelings as he says â€Å"I am settled, and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show: False face must hide what the false heart doth know. † (I. vii. 79 82) He fluctuates between fits of fevered action, in which he plots a series of murders to secure his throne, and moments of terrible guilt (as when Banquo’s ghost appears) and absolute pessimism (after his wife’s death, when he seems to succumb to despair). Shakespeare uses Macbeth to show the terrible effects that ambition and guilt can have on a human who lacks strength in character. Often, examples in real life start off with an innocent person who is mentally incapable of handling such a thing, and is influenced by something in their lives. With this in mind, Shakespeare’s Macbeth truly is a study of the criminal mind. It can be seen through the inner workings of the Three Witches, the manipulation by Lady Macbeth and the growing insanity of both Macbeth and his wife, as they are not able to cope with the guilt of committing a series of crimes.

Restaurant Management Essay Example for Free

Restaurant Management Essay Staff developing is vital for restaurants to run smoothly. A restaurant is composed of two sectors; a Front of House (FOH) and theirs a Back of House (BOH). The front of the house is what is visible to the customers? eye. Customers can not see the back of the house. Back of the house is where cooks prepare the food and where the dishwasher is located. Manager Brian Aycock explained that if a manager develops his staff, it makes the restaurant run smooth. The store will profit, the employees and the guest will be satisfied (Aycock). If the staff is not getting along, a lot of tension will grow inside the restaurant and co-workers will not work with one another as a team. In return the customers will not be happy and the profit will not be as desirable. When customers are not happy with the visit they had at the restaurant, they will then spread the word to all their friends. Each staff member of the restaurant should have nice and clean hygien

Credibility and Uses of Psychological Experimental Evidence

Credibility and Uses of Psychological Experimental Evidence Abstract Experimental psychology is the aspect of psychological science that explores the human mind and its perceptions and behaviors through experimental methodologies and subsequent interpretation of the obtained results. Again, â€Å"evidence-based practice in psychology is the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences† (American Psychologist, 2006). This definition is in line with the one advocated by the Institute of Medicine (2001) that says, â€Å"Evidence-based practice is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values† (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, Haynes, 2000, p. 147). Experimental psychological research makes use of controlled conditions in experiments to conclude about the validity of a hypothesis and evidence-based practice in psychology constitutes a large part of it. This essay attempts to discuss the various experimental evidences used in psychology and form an opinion on the usefulness and credibility of those evidences. How Good is Psychological Experimental Evidence Evidences from experimental psychology are of interest to researchers working on human behavior, brain mechanics, neurology, and so on; regardless of where these are performed either within the laboratory or outside of it, human beings form the major part of the experiment. The primary goals of experimental psychological research are to be most cost effective, improve quality and increase accountability. However, the psychological community—including both scientists and practitioners—is concerned that evidence-based practice initiatives not be misused as a justification for inappropriately restricting access to care and choice of treatments (American Psychologist, 2006). Experimental psychology and its psychological approaches broadly deal with psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and cognitive psychology. Since psychoanalysis explores the mind and explains its behavior, it is of prime importance; that said, it has been argued that psychoanalysis is overrated, as it is only able to explain the behavior after it has occurred and not make any helpful advance predictions. Behaviorism explains a wide range of behaviors from language usage to moral values using the principles of behavior shaping, generalization, reinforcement etc. Behaviorists were able to come up with moderately consistent predictions but absolute predictions for individuals was not possible. Cognitive psychology, on the other hand, follows a very scientific approach to explain primarily non-discernable mental processes through experiments and models. The empirical approach to psychology is questioned by the advocates of the humanistic approach who lay emphasis on individual conscious experience and disregard experimental evidence. They stress on subjective perception and understanding rather than objective reality. The argument put forward by the humanists says that human behavior is the sum of one’s feelings and aura, and is shaped by the perception and understanding of one’s environment. Thus, humanists contend the experimentalists on the premise that a perspective of the whole person is important to settle on any outcome; one should look through the ‘observer’ lens as well as the ‘observed’ lens. The humanists are advocates of free will and reject determinism; they do not support scientific approach and are not concerned with predictions and control over human behavior. The right of the individual to control and dissect one’s own behavior is endorsed by humanists. In ‘Psychology as a Means of Promoting Human Welfare’, Miller criticizes the controlling view of psychology, suggesting that â€Å"understanding should be the main goal of the subject as a science, as he asks, who will do the controlling and whose interests will be served by it? â€Å" (Miller, 1969). Psychological experimental evidence can be valid in evidence based practice as it gives a data point on the theories that are being explored. It is about integrating individual clinical expertise and the best external evidence (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, Haynes, 1996). Thus the external evidence provided by scientific approach like statistical methods is helpful in making deductions that in turn assist in forming the foundation for evidence based medicine. An experiment by Cathy Faulkner, to substantiate the use of confidence intervals for estimation is a case in point. In her study, she â€Å"asked a group of leading clinical researchers to think of a clinical trial that they have designed and then to think of the most central question in the trial. 81% of the respondents thought that it was – is there an effect? Then she asked them to rate the importance of three possible questions: 1) is there an effect? (2) How large is the effect, and (3) how clinically imp ortant is the effect? Given those prompts her expert respondents rated all three as highly important. In other words, their first response was influenced by their automatic dichotomous thinking but when prompted they immediately recognized that a trial psychological therapy is only useful if it tells us how large an effect the therapy is likely to give and how clinically important that is. So, estimation, meaning confidence intervals, is what we need for fullest information about the size of an effect and the best basis for assessing its clinical importance† (Cumming, 2012). The value of experimental evidence lies in the fact that it is able to provide a basis for future research and enable replication of the same, wherein a number of psychologists, after skillful experimentation would come up with similar answers. For example, in experiments on effects of drug habits, the experimental results would almost always validate stress as a consequence of drug abuse. Thus by replication of results and consequent corroboration of facts, a theory is likely to gain acceptance. Nonetheless, the limitations of the empirical approach following a specific scientific methodology are many: Since psychology deals mostly with humans, and no two human conditions can be the same, the results are never absolute. Moreover, human behavior changes with time and so would the results of experiments. In establishing causes for incidents, psychologists take the deterministic view and discount the peripheral variables that influence human behavior and ones they have no control over. Also the range of paradigms in psychology makes it difficult to advocate a universal law for any occurrence/observation. Again, since most of the parameters are unobservable, like memory, and some immeasurable, testability becomes an issue in such experiments. â€Å"Whenever psychologists involved in research or practice move from observations to inferences and generalizations, there are inherent risks of idiosyncratic interpretations, overgeneralizations, confirmatory biases, and similar errors in judgment† (Dawes, Faust, Meehl, 2002). Objectivity is almost impossible in some cases. Thus, integral to use of psychological experimental evidence and â€Å"clinical expertise is an awareness of the limits of one’s knowledge and skills and attention to the heuristics and biases— both cognitive and affective—that can affect clinical judgment† (American Psychologist, 2006). Judgmental errors and volatility of psychological experimentation is exhibited clearly in the 1971 Stanford prison experiment led by researcher Phillip Zimbardo, held in the basement of the psychology building at Stanford University. The objective of this experiment was to test a hypothesis on prison behavior, how captivity influences and changes an individual’s response and behavior. Zimbardo and his team wanted to find out if the cause of abusive behavior in prisons was the inherent personality traits of the prison officials. The participants of the prison simulation experiment, including Zimbardo himself got so engrossed in the characters they were playing (after sessions of de-individualization, disorientation and de-personalization) that it turned dangerous for the them and they were forced to stop it after 6 days. However, it was concluded that the situation is the biggest influence on a person’s behavior rather than the individual’s character. The Stanford prison experiment was an eye opener for ethical issues regarding psychological experiments using living subjects. It led to creation of better safeguards for the participants and meticulous scrutiny before embarking on experiments. It became imperative to demonstrate the necessity of the experiment and show how it would contribute to the advancement of psychology, and also provide clear option of opting out of the set up if it gets uncomfortable for the subject. Concerns on informed consent have also been dealt with to uphold the safety and health of subjects. Several other pioneering experiments like Stanley Milgram’s Obedience to authority experiment in 1974, Ivan Pavlov’s classical Conditioning experiment way back in 1903, Henry Harlow’s Emotional Attachment in rhesus monkeys have employed living subjects; the answerability thus automatically escalates when using such participants. In conclusion, it is clear that psychological experimental evidence plays an integral part in the progress of psychology; however, the researcher needs to strike a balance and critically decide on the need for empirical approach in preference to humanistic approach. Studies designed to investigate the credibility of psychological theories and explain certain behavior patterns by isolating situational controls using living subjects (human or animal) need to be handled with utmost care and precaution. The researcher should be in a position to adequately address any ethical issues that might arise out of the experimental set up. It is to be borne in mind that humans are prone to error and judgment might be prejudiced in some cases; it is important to be prepared for these contingencies. To tackle the concerns from humanists and warrant the use of experimental evidence, Slife and Williams (1995)have suggested: †¢ We need to try at least to strive for scientific methods because we need a rigorous discipline. If we abandon our search for unified methods, well lose a sense of what psychology is. †¢ We need to keep trying to develop scientific methods that are suitable to studying human behavior it may be that the methods adopted by the natural sciences are not appropriate for us. References American Psychologist, Vol 61(4), May-Jun 2006, 271-285. Cumming, G. (2012, June). Australian Psychological Society. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://www.psychology.org.au/inpsych/2012/june/cumming/ Dawes, R. M., Faust, D., Meehl, P. E. (2002). Clinical versus actuarial judgment. In T. Gilovich D. Griffin (Eds.), Heuristics and biases: The psychology of intuitive judgment (pp. 716 –729). New York: Cambridge University Press. Institute of Medicine. (2001).Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Miller, George A. Psychology as a means of promoting human welfare. American Psychologist, Vol 24(12), Dec 1969, 1063-1075. Sackett, D. L., Straus, S. E., Richardson, W. S., Rosenberg, W., Haynes, R. B. (2000). Evidence based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM (2nd ed.). London: Churchill Livingstone. Sackett, D. L., Rosenberg, W. M., Gray, J. A., Haynes, R. B., Richardson, W. S. (1996). Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn’t. British Medical Journal, 312, 71–72.

Threats to Democracy :: essays papers

Threats to Democracy What threats to "Democracy" presented themselves during the first few decades of independence? How did leaders of the U.S. solve these problems? During the first decades of our premature nations' existence, it is hard to imagine that the United States would evolve to become such a great democracy. A democracy others would prefer to believe with hypocrite reasoning. When the U.S. first won its independence it was a united group of people left to fend for themselves. This group was to become a nation and creating it involved more than winning independence from Great Britain. In 1783, the U.S. was a country forming in its premature stages. By 1787, this baby begins to develop, to become a nation. By 1787, people perceived that their constitution represented what the people desired the U.S. to be; well at least the Federalists presumed this. The Anti-Federalists watched for signs that threatened their "republican principals" for which they so recently had fought the American Revolution. After winning the war the unity and optimism among Americans did not translate easily or smoothly into the creation of a strong central government. The Federalists and Anti-Feds were very opposed to eachother's views. By the late 1700's and early 1800's, a deep political division had occurred amongst the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Anti-Federalists were mostly from the South, and were labeled "Jeffersonians". Their label came from the fact that they defended slavery and third President, Thomas Jefferson, was known for owning herds of black slaves. Southerners held agreed with many of Jefferson's views. The Anti-Feds, Republicans, believed in strict interpretation of the constitution, peaceful foreign relations, and a reduction of the role of the federal government in the lives of average citizens. They were opposed to a strong central government and felt states should hold the power to govern. The Federalists believed that the constitution should be loosely interpreted and that America should follow the spirit of it to make laws and judgements. Federalists wanted to organize the states so a strong federal power could govern over them in order to keep enough power for the economy, war and ruling. Many were opposed to this form of government because it so closely mimicked that of Great Britain. Between these t wo diverse groups, their followers split the nation. The United States was geographically split North from South.

The Perils of Regionalism:Genocide in Rwanda :: essays research papers

  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  In Priestley’s â€Å"Wrong Ism†, he claims that nationalism is not the strength that binds a country together, but rather all of the small local areas we are all accustomed to growing up in that gives us strength. Priestley considers nationalistic ideas and movements to be headed by people who have a love of power and who have left out their regional ties. They no longer have feelings for the areas they came from and any loyalty developed over their lifetime is watered down.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Priestley feels regionalism needs to be given more credit. He assumes it provides us with roots and a sense of attachment to our community which affect people’s lives in such a way that it creates a unique bond that can be very hard to break. So in a sense, regionalism shapes our identities and I agree with his assumption that people view themselves more as part of their region rather than a part of their nation. Loyalty to one’s region can be compromised when individuals allow national power and greed to destroy their roots.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  There are many examples of how nationalism tries to take over a region to destroy its people. For instance genocide, in nearly all examples, has been started by a power-hungry national figure who has an agenda in mind that never takes into account what a local area's wish might be for their future. Hitler is an example of this type of authoritarian oppressor who had a very complex national strategy in place to exterminate the Jews. He certainly did not consider or recognize regional differences in Europe, but rather put forth his own agenda. Genocide is on a whole different level than all other crimes against humanity. The circumstance I will describe shows how Priestley’s concept of internationalism also comes into play showing how our global watchdog agencies, such as the UN, can be slow to respond to an atrocity. For the most part, the UN has avoided and has not responded to many genocidal conflicts. Every time subjects of genocide or other similar crime s against humanity have come up, debate was intense. This probably occurred because of the many different world perspectives and ideas concerning human suffering. In addition, the punishment of genocide deals with the crime after the annihilation of people occurs. The real problem to be dealt with is that of prevention of such crimes.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  It seems that a large percentage of every population are ready to obey national authority and be controlled, especially when many of the people are suffering from oppression and

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight :: Sir Gawain Green Knight Essays

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English romance poem written by an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist, Sir Gawain, survives two tests: a challenge, which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur's knights accepts, to behead the fearsome Green Knight and to let him retaliate a year later at the distant Green Chapel; and the temptation to commit adultery with the wife of Lord Bercilak--in reality the Green Knight--in whose castle he stays in en route to the chapel. This story is emblematic of life; how it issues tests and challenges and the consequences rendered as a result of failing or succeeding these challenges. Sir Gawain is a very symbolic character; symbolic in the sense that he represents innocence in life. He was not afraid to accept a challenge because it meant saving the kingdom from the affects of anarchy as a result of not having a king. Sir Gawain accepting the challenge from the Green Knight instantly represented one of the things that knighthood represented, fearlessness. People accept those kind of challenges everyday. This could possibly be where the term "sticking your neck out" could have come from. When people accept challenges, most do not want to accept the consequences as a result of being unsuccessful. Gawain was not like this. When the year passed he gallantly mounted his horse and set off for the Green Chapel. This showed that Gawain was brave. This was preceded by the warning "Beware, Gawain, that you not end a betrayer of your bargain through fear." Along this journey Gawain faces peril and self-reluctance in the form of the elements and the never-ending search for the chapel respectively. These feeling can be characterized as the inner turmoil suffered as a result of dealing with one's conscience. The journey also tested his faith in the sense that he was constantly in prayer during his journey, and not once did he curse or renounce the name of God. It seems as if the prayers were what kept Gawain sane and focused on the purpose of his journey. Gawain's prayers were answered when he rode along and finally came upon a place that he could petition for possible rest.

Acs Assignment 2, University of Winnipeg

ACS 1803 – ASSIGNMENT 2 Due: February 11, 2013 To be done individually. 1) a) 8 A hospital ward wants to computerize its data about patients and medications / dosages prescribed for the patients. {In your mind, compare this situation with the in-class example about students, courses and grades: student is like patient, course is like medication and grade is dosage}. Then, use the following fields of hospital data that are put into one file (table): patient No. , patient name, patient address, patient birth date; medication name, medication dosage (this means how many tablets or teaspoons of that medication the patient must take each day).Use the following data: ? John Smith Date of Birth: Oct. 10. 1969 Address:123 Dialysis Way. Prescription: Prilosec. Three tablets daily Adavart . Three tablets daily Patient ID: 1849 ? Marla Johnson Date of Birth: Jan. 31. 1955 Address:842 Blossom St. Prescription: Oxycontin Two teaspoons daily Neulasta. Four tablets daily Lamictal Two tablets daily Patient ID: 1850 ? Jane Doe Date of Birth: Aug. 01. 1949 Address:725 Olive Ave. Prescription: Remicade. Three tablets daily Diovan. Four tablets daily Gardasil. One teaspoon daily Patient ID: 1851 Show this in one table with all your data records.Then explain fully why this would not be a good way of organizing data on disk. b) 10 Convert the one table in the previous question to a relational database design. Fill each table in your design with data from the previous question such that no information is lost. Show how your design satisfies the criteria for being a relational database, and why it is better to store data on disk in this way rather than all in one table. c) 7 What is database management system? What steps would the hospital ward need to take to prepare its data to be ready for producing meaningful output from the DBMS? ) 5 What are two main forms of output from a DBMS? Provide one example of each form of output using hospital data from your database in b). Hint: Utilize the â€Å"Input-Processing-Output† Model and focus on the ways data can be produced i. e. Report versus Query. See Data Modeling Explanation from Lecture 4. 2 Notes for additional information. 2) 10 If a business organization has its data stored on disk as a relational database which is managed by a database management system such as Access, why might it want to go further and have a management information system constructed, that would use this relational database as input?Why would just using Access directly not be enough for the organization? Explain fully with examples. ACS-1803-053 Assignment 2 1. a. ) Patient NO. | Patient Name| Patient Address| Patient Birth Day| Medication Name| MedicationDosage| 1849| John Smith| 123 Dialysis Way| Oct. 10. 1969| Prilosec| Three tablets daily| 1849| John Smith| 123 Dialysis Way| Oct. 10. 1969| Adavart| Three tablets daily| 1850| Marla Johbson| 842 Blossom St. | Jan. 31. 1955| Oxycontin| Two teaspoons daily| 1850| Marla Johbso n| 842 Blossom St. | Jan. 31. 1955| Neulasta| Four tablets daily| 1850| Marla Johbson| 842 Blossom St. Jan. 31. 1955| Lamictal| Two tablets daily| 1851| Jane Doe| 725 Olive Ave. | Aug. 01. 1949| Remicade| Three tablets daily| 1851| Jane Doe| 725 Olive Ave. | Aug. 01. 1949| Diovan| Four tablets daily| 1851| Jane Doe| 725 Olive Ave. | Aug. 01. 1949| Gardasil| One teaspoon daily| Using one table to record all the data would be an unefficient way. As the table above, the same information such as: No. , patient name, address, birth day, has been record more than once, which causes the waste of store space and costs more labour time.However, with the increase in data, it might make some mistakes by multiple-display the some information. For instance, we have five patients named Jane Doe, and each of them has three kinds of medications. When we search the key words â€Å"Jane Doe†, we will get 15 results with the same patient name, Jane Doe. It makes mistakes easy and takes more tim e when we have to find the only one information we need among such a bunch of results. b. ) Patient Personal Information: Patient Patient NO. | Patient Name| Patient Address| Patient Birth Day| 1849| John Smith| 123 Dialysis Way| Oct. 10. 1969| 850| Marla Johbson| 842 Blossom St. | Jan. 31. 1955| 1851| Jane Doe| 725 Olive Ave. | Aug. 01. 1949| Patient Medication Information: Medication Patient NO. | Medication Name| Medication Dosage| 1849| Prilosec| Three tablets daily| 1849| Adavart| Three tablets daily| 1850| Oxycontin| Two teaspoons daily| 1850| Neulasta| Four tablets daily| 1850| Lamictal| Two tablets daily| 1851| Remicade| Three tablets daily| 1851| Diovan| Four tablets daily| 1851| Gardasil| One teaspoon daily| The tables in relational databases organize data in rows and columns, simplifying data access and manipulation.It is easier for manager to understand the relational model than put all data in one table. Besides, a relational database allows tables to be linked. And the linkage reduces data redundancy and allows data to be organized more logically. In a word, relational database is easier to control, more flexible, and more intuitive than approaches. c. ) The database management system (DBMS) a group of programs used as interface between a database and application programs, or a database and the user. It is used to create and implement the right database system ensures that the database will support both business activities and goals.For the hospital ward, there are four basic steps need to take to prepare its data to be ready for producing meaningful output from a DBMS: 1. Setting schemas. Installing and using a large database involves â€Å"telling† the DBMS the logical and physical structure of the data and the relationships among the data for each user. 2. Establishing a data dictionary. In this case, the data dictionary should contain the following information: patient No. , patient name, patient address, patient birth date; medication name, medication dosage. . Storing and retrieving data. Establishing tables and input all the information, like â€Å"1849, John Smith, 123 Dialysis Way, Oct. 10. 1969†, into them according to the data dictionary. 4. Manipulating data and generating reports. After a DBMS has been installed, users can use it to review reports and obtain important information. d. ) There are two main forms of output from a DBMS, which are query and report. The query is a database function that extracts and displays information from a database given selection parameters.Database users use Structured Query Language (SQL) to select and extract data from a database, and the SQL is the industry standard language for relational databases. The report is a compilation of data from the database that is organized and produced in printed format or presented on screen. The report generator is a specialized program that uses SQL to retrieve and manipulate data (aggregate, transform, or group), and the repo rts are designed using standard templates or can be custom generated to meet informational needs. Query Example:Select â€Å"patient ID†, â€Å"Medication Name† from Medications Where Medications Name = â€Å"Adavart† Order By â€Å"Patient ID†; 1849| Adavart| Three tablets daily| Report Example: show a report of patients live on Olive Avenue. Patient No| First Name| Last Name| Street| Patient Birth date| 1851| Jane| Doe| 725 OliveAve. | 1949-08-01| 2. The Access is a database management system (DBMS), organizations use Access to implement database, after database designed. There are two main steps to use Access: step one is setting up the database, the DBA needs to create the database, figure out tables and link them together.The second step is using the database through the DBMS, where we have to know the features to design and create queries and reports. We can also use Access as an information system developer, and use a customized information system for specific purposes and needs. That is the reason why it might want to go further and have a customized information system constructed, which would use this relational database as input. Using Access directly just only open a computer files in order to get or add information, it might not be enough for an organization.The customized information system is created according to processes and specific needs in order to improve the operational efficiency. The customized information system consists two parts: up-front and controls. Up-front refers to its own menus, input screens, output (query) screens, and reports and, in the background, it will have a database with related tables, and programs that take the raw data from the database and convert it to the required queries and reports; the system will also have controls, that is, mechanisms that try to ensure that the output is correct and that the data is safe from accidental or deliberate destruction.

The Boy King’s Treasure

One of the most famous of every of the Egyptian mightinesss or pharaohs in chronicle is the son mogul, Tutankhamen. Tutankhamen was non known for his accomplishments (even though he opened up spectral tolerance which was absent during his fathers reign) or groovy building projects, notwithstanding rather the artifice calculate that came knocked out(p) of his burying chamber in the V bothey of the world powers. His grave accent is unique because most of the revalues and art was untasted and stable intact.The treasure that was regurgitate in the tomb dispositi championd the wealth that would be conceal with the pharaohs and kings, and how much wealth the past Egyptian culture has been disjointed to modern multiplication due to tomb raiders. There be many symbols that show the religion of the ancient Egyptians within the tomb such as the hawk symbol for Horus. The detail that was too shown on the death bury, sculptures, and even the position is a true marvel of alloy run fors. Tutankhamen was a king during the natural region period of the 18th Dynasty. The death of twain kings some two divisions upstartr(prenominal) resulted in the accession of Tutankhaton, as Tutankhamun was at that placefore called, when he was about nine years old and married to Ankhesenpaaton, Meritatons jr. sister. 1 Tutankhaton was also known to commit been spoil and weakened, but by the painting and statues of him you would never guess. Tutankhaton did not rule long all everyplace Egypt dying at the aged of nineteen. Tutankhaton contrary the kings of the past with the giant pyramids, he was buried with many different kings of his time in the Valley of the Kings.The Valley of the Kings is, which is a granitic desert west of the Nile opposite Luxor,2 this took few resources and had more room for the kings to pick up their tombs put into. Figure 1. Egyptian, Thebes grave accent of Tutankhamen King Ay nail down ghost equivalent rite of inaugur ation of mouth on King Tut represented as Osiris, experience 1580-1085 B. C, Luxor, Egypt, impertinently solid ground-Dynasty XVIII1580-1085 BC The prove above was found inside of Tutankhamens tomb which shows Tutankhamens successor Ay, and Tutankhamen dressed as the god, Osiris. The idea of this is to show the phantasmal aspect where the King hopes to be equal to(p) to rise from the dead just akin Osiris.The picture depicts also a ritual called the opening of the mouth. This was merge to both own and death on someone. Historians were able to bear on that the opening of the mouth ritual through with(predicate) Tutankhamens tomb and the pyramid texts that the opening of the mouth ritual has been somewhat since the obsolete Kingdom in Egypt. Although flint pss-kfs atomic number 18 r ar after the beginning of the beginning(a) Dynasty, models of the implement, often made of other types of stone, atomic number 18 known from gray Kingdom tombs and wait to occur occasio nally as late as the Eighteenth Dynasty. 3 This was a great discovery for the religious and belief constitution of ancient Egyptians. This picture also show that the Canon law which was used when Egyptians render people, which was used in the Old Kingdom was still in use during the New Kingdom during Tutankhamun. Showing that both the religious and art basics within Egypt has not changed much over the parentage of the hundreds of year that span from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom. Figure 2. Egyptian, Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen, hear 1333-1323 BCE, Luxor, Egypt, New Kingdom, Eighteenth DynastyThe funerary cover that was found inside the tomb of Tutankhamun is one of the most famous pieces of art to have been discovered in the tomb. The funerary disguise shows the amount of wealth the kings and pharaohs gathered over time. The materials that were used within the mask are made of solid gold and other semi-precious stones. The demotions of the funerary mask are, height 54. 0 cm, width 39. 0 cm, depth 49. 0 cm. 4 The shape of the mask is believed to be a pretty good depiction of what Tutankhamun looked like when he was alive. The rather narrow eyes, profound lips, and shape of the nose and chin all agree with the features visible on his mummy. 5 This mask would have been buried on King Tutankhamun in the coffins for there were three coffins that were luscious inside one another (kind of like the Russian nesting dolls). All the coffins also had the most identical mask piece as the funerary mask. The coffins were also made with innate care and precision, which includes both wood work and metallic element work. Figure 3. Egyptian, Statuette of Tutankhamen on Papyrus Boat as harpoonerFront 3/4 from Tomb of Tutankhamen, Date 1350 B. C, Luxor, Egypt, New Kingdom-Dynasty XVIII1580-1085 BC This piece of art has shown the amount of treasure that the kings gather being that it wooden attribute gilded in gold. But the commemorate that is that through scienti fic data there believe that Tutankhamen was a dis seed and weak person so to show him as a harpooner does not produce to mind. This could be to show that the king was not weak to the outside and even to have the king to have a material body in the afterlife.This piece of art also shows the Egyptian sculptors ability to represent realistically the hover of the human body in the course of movement. 6 The rest of the statuette was odd out was a hippopotamus of Seth which was what Tutankhamen was harpooning. It was left out for a simple yard that it may be dangerous to the king in burial place of the king in the afterlife. This gilded wooden figure represents Tutankhamun as Horus throwing a harpoon at one of Seths hippopotami. 7 The information that the king was the embodiment of Horus was still around from the beginning of the Kingdoms.Thanks to the discovery of the boy kings tomb historiographer are able to see religious aspect of the ancient Egyptians and the wealth that has b een lost through history. With the art work you buns also see the masterful work of metal work that Egyptians mastered over a long time of metal working. Historians can also see that the times during Tutankhamuns rule that the Egyptian were still using the canon of proportions as the Old and Middle Kingdoms periods. The tomb of Tutankhamun was a sight of the past that was lost to historian and Egyptologist which helps to link the past with dates further back and to the afterlife of the Egyptians.

Educational philosophy Essay

I believe that training is an psyche, unique generate for each(prenominal) school-age child who enters a classroom. In hostel for children to benefit from what schools offer, I think that t severallyers moldinessiness full understand the importance of their job. First, I believe that instructors mustiness consider education to be a lifestyle, non a mere forty-hour-a-week job, because a instructors goals for his/her savants encompass much more than relaying out-of-context facts to passive learners. As professionals entrusted with the education of young minds, teachers must facilitate skill and growth academically, personally, and h iodinestly.By providing a quality education to each unmarried in ones classroom, a teacher equips children with the tools necessary for success in life. In order to accomplish these lofty goals, I think it is important first to establish a mutually respectful, honest rapport with students a family in which intercourse is of the lavishl yest priority. Through this relationship, a fair, elective environment based on trust and compassionate can be established in the classroom, making it possible to interact confidently and safely in an academic setting.Once this foundation is established, the educator has already accomplished a major goal the ethical characteristics of equality open, honest communication and trust micturate been emphasized and put into practice without having to preach to students. Demonstrating these ethically correct behaviors in the classroom and expecting students to model them prep atomic number 18s them for big(a) interaction and survival in the future. Academic encyclopedism must begin with motivation and inspiration. Students deserve an educators passion for both the outlet at hand and nurture as a whole. pedagogy and learning exit a simultaneous tour for both the teacher and students when students energy is aroused by a teachers genuine ardor for learning, because everyone is read y and willing to participate in sprightly learning. To achieve active learning, a teacher must demonstrate enthusiasm and express confidence in the students abilities to learn and be successful. Employing constructivist methods of precept in ones classroom forces students to take an active character in their education by making choices and take for granted responsibility for intelligent inquiry and discovery.For instance, discussions, projects, and experiments ensure student achievement and allow students and the teacher to discover individual students preferences and strengths. This approach facilitates differentiated activities for each students distinctive ambitions, making the subject more relevant to every students life. Personal growth is accomplished when a teacher adopts a mentoring persona. Displaying warmth and compassion shows students that teachers love them and are empathic, feeling human beings.One-on-one mentoring involves personal conversations virtually goals, and taking time to share ideas and experiences. To be a mentor to every student, a teacher must project positivity, exhibit flexibility and confidence, set high expectations for oneself, and demonstrate fairness and consistency. In doing so, students can represent appropriate adult behaviors first-hand and begin to emulate them as they mature. I believe that all children befool the king to learn and the right to a quality education. every(prenominal) youths, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, and capabilities should have the opportunity to learn from professional, levelheaded teachers who are sophisticated and knowledgeable, both in their flying field of expertise and life. Certainly, every child has different learning styles and aptitudes however, by having a personal relationship with every student, a teacher can go along each an equal chance of success. By recognizing every students potential and having separate, individual goals for each, a teacher can accommodate pers onal needs and abilities and push the pursuit of academic aspirations.I think that teaching and learning are reciprocal processes. When teachers nurture individual talents in each child, educators can build self-consciousness and may encourage a lifelong skill. By supporting these special abilities, teachers can, for example, guide students research, and students can, in turn, neaten teachers about subjects in which they may not be as knowledgeable. This mutual respect for individual skills cultivates a professional academic relationship, leading to a word educational alliance.This liaison allows students to feel that they are on equal intellectual ground with their teachers, thus creating a strong academic atmosphere. In addition to having a reciprocal relationship with ones students, it is vitally important for teachers to form partnerships with fellow educators. Solid communication among teachers will promote the sharing of ideas and methods and provide a network of support. By working as an educational team, teachers will continue to develop their craft and give the best education possible to their students.In choosing to become a teacher, I have made the shipment to myself and my future students to be the best academic, personal, and ethical role model I can be. It is my goal to have a mutually enriching teaching career by keeping an open mind and continually communication with my peers and students. I am prepared to rise to the challenges of teaching in the 21st century, and I promise to sweat to provide an honest, well-rounded education to every student I encounter.

Identity of the Artist: Bob Dylan’s Chronicles Essay

azoic on in his straggly memoir, Chronicles (2004), give chase Dylan expresses a move affiliation. Id larn that embrace. Voltaire, Rousseau, thr champion Locke, Montesquieu, M artistic creationinLuthervisionaries, revolutionariesit was a worry(p) I k up adeptt those guys, like theyd been biography in my backyard. (p. 30) This backyard of the songwriter, determine by means of oft prison terms of his vocation with rottenness and rebellion, is a big revelation, though the capable cognitive content of his some far-famed proterozoic albums may, in retrospect, be viewed as a zeal for it.In various(a) a nonher(prenominal) slipway Dylan is surprising. It seems ap mention that he in additionk on the paper of the retain pop divulge of a effort to crystalize his course-motive, to ascertain the temper straightaway with get wind to some(prenominal) his chaste here(predicate)ditary pattern and his re arrogateation as a unisonal composition. The pigeon hole of the misunderstand lockman applies in his case, in a vogue to suck up non his internal verity as a mystagogue, or governmental luminary, scarce as a man, relatively, of designfamily-oriented, taking joyousness in consumption, in friendship, in legal residence professership, in winner as a p arnt and provider.With wedding ceremony and gethood, in neerthelesst, Dylan seems un perplexityably to keep back the banner of his deliver manque citation. policy-making/ ethnic spokesmanship is non for him. In fact he repeatedly deplores the carriage of activistic governmental employment a nonher(prenominal)s taste to visualize him in. In the recent sunrise chapter, he writes The events of the day, entirely the cultural mumbo jumbo were imprisoning my intelligence wicked me urbane rights and policy-making leading field gunned win the hale shebang. I was ascertain to put myself beyond the annoy of it all. I was a family man now, didnt paupe rism to be in that assemblage portrait. (p. 109) chase after Dylans Chronicles 4 Fame and governmental miscasting burgeon forth in conclusion into a martyrdom. seem royal of his acquaintances among the formulaicly and competently nonable (actor Tony Curtis, vocalizer receptive Sinatra newborner , e put up music leash greyback Cash), he wants no divorce of any his optimistic fans, or his politically revved-up and misdirect allys. His piazza is no refuge. Pursuers fall out him to the country. intolerably besieged, he moves from Woodstock in country-bred unexampled York, to bleak York City, to the western hemisphere Coast, to eastern United States Hampton on retentive Island, where at utmost he seems conduce on partial derivative refuge.Visited at that place by Bono of the essential base U2, he shares not so oft some(prenominal) politically counterbalance views, or high-powered visions of convince, as his recollections of small-townspeople a tomic number 25 memories of mundanity the jumbo kitsch statue of a Viking in the town of Alexandria, the Mesabi press out be adrift where he grew up (pp. 174-175). unity of the more(prenominal) impressive aspects of Chronicles is Dylans candid self-assessments, peculiarly in the Oh mercy chapter. My achievement geezerhood in big(p) occupation had been contrition to a game for a while, had nigh contend to wax stop. I had single-handedly grab myself in the peck besides more dates.You pee-pee to drive kins mob the goods, not take your time and everybody elses. at that place was a lacking(p) soul inside of myself and I necessitate to give away him. (p. 147) here the artisan appears as an proficient lendman. His fame established, he recognizes that his experience surgical processs absorb boastful shoddy. He takes himself to task, rejects lenience and excuses. I entangle by for, a burned-over crash (p. 147). such(prenominal) comments are not t he evasions of a content drone, or a set down arise resting on muddy laurels. This is the congresswoman of hurt manhood, of the hard-boiled own(prenominal) stance.The utterer goes on from here to annals his in the flesh(predicate) attempt toward a new performance style, eventuating in a hearty change of move up. Dylans strength to massage through crises appears to straw from fictile childishness situations ulterior recapitulated in his tuneful influences. In the ordinal chapter of Chronicles , River of Ice, sorrel Dylans Chronicles 5 he reminisces close the plosive speech sound in his career exclusively foregoing to his relocating in juvenile York City. At this time he is nutrition in Minneapolis, in the uniform state as his family, flooded in gopher tortoise resonances and recollections.That he is so powerfully force to the music of treelike Guthrie is intelligibly ascribable to the workings- fellowship environs of his premature home anima tiontime, the unornamented truths purveyed as regular growing-up get it on by his parents. His father, he tells us, was hardheaded and forever had a word of honor of mystic advice. His puzzle c erstwhilerns herself with his not being harmed by a heap of knave business out thither in the world (p. 226). within 2 pages of these recollections, he makes unambiguous his averting for the mondo teeno diorama and his alternative for the tralatitious crush with a outstanding T (p.228). And the vocalist who embodies for him the familiarity of working class grow and the tralatitious stuff is, unquestionably, Guthrie. The un dissever uniqueness of Dylans melodic art seems to take its archaeozoic rapture from this loom depend, whose work separate everything in his trend to pieces and had the eternal hybridise of mankind in it (p. 244). It is not too a great deal to aver that Guthrie is even a father figure to the young musician, who aspires to be his great disciple and feels, though he has neer met the honest-to-god man, that the both of them are link up (p.246). An make familiarity amid Dylans category-music-and-blue-collar inheritance on the one hand, and his quite upper-middle-class approach to biography in the take fire of his scotch conquest as a star on the other may not live on chuck out in the singers own psyche. Notwithstanding, the ingestion to a weaken life understood as an change magnitude office to procure and strikeis as oftentimes an American customs duty with a upper-case letter T as folk music, or essence membership.Dylan makes it take a leak that, once he has a family (and plausibly before), there is never some(prenominal) question of divided loyalties, or the assumption of a section disadvantageously at odds with the political posture quo. For him, the American snap of his callowness was coarse circularisenot further was it not bucket along by God, provided it wasnt reach b y the give chase Dylans Chronicles 6 trounce either (p. 293). And, on the tell of his career and allegiances, this oppose consequence has turn up s plentiful for him. curtsy Dylans Chronicles 1 tally judgment move DYLANS CHRONICLES identicalness of the operative dock Dylans Chronicles ring trail prof occupation sour grass Dylans Chronicles 2 compend In his autobiographic memoir, Chronicles, dock Dylan reveals a character that is conventional and politically unradical, condescension familiar misreadings and the attempts of his activist genesis to levy him as spokesman for radical causes. His life and work tell starchy allegiances to handed-down American family life and American folk music, in particular that of birken Guthrie.

Business Model Canvas of United States Postal Service Essay

USPS caters the draw in away and packet boat slant scarper to a mess of several(predicate) guests. It has diverse transformation of reformment depending on what the node wants. So client surgical incisions be dissever harmonize to the persona of work the USPS issues. 1. case-by-case citizens The USPS has the initiatory circle ring armor and ideal tick off that the citizens disregard map to physical exertion to b ar ad hominem cards, garner, philippic payments, and so on base exclusivelyy anything that is little than 13 ounces smoke be rank by means of inaugural social sort get by forward, and is featureed within 2 to 3 old age in the coterminous states. initiative affiliate situation is seal off and saved, tour streamer carry is non ( prototype spot may as wellhead as fulfill deferred discourse scarce it is more than(prenominal) hail utile for guests). alike get off boat run be nominated to hurl tracts mor e than 70 lbs. 2. Businesses The USPS as well as caters to distributively the notice inescapably of subscriber linees. Banks utilise of wakelesss and go low gear class light for tar of calculate or opinion cards, and youthful(prenominal)(a) surreptitious randomness as it is protected and handled properly. excessively the standard dismount, which is a approach-effective mickle hop out class, is use by fe ares for expressing advertisements, yield samples, and so on and is delivered within 9 to 10 days.Businesses stock-still use tract operate for language of rescue of client orders. a. These guests entangle line of business line to consumer rescue (e-commerce) much(prenominal)(prenominal) as amazon and EBay. 3. Publishers The USPS has Periodicals, which is a beam class for classical publishers to carry magazines, newspapers, journals, and so forth 4. opposite harness providers The USPS has partnered with FedEx and UPS for their pull do ne and through and through land mile escape spoken language. Since the cost of saving in inelegant areas is mellowed for twain FedEx and UPS, they ready partnered with the USPS to deliver their unhorse and packages in areas where the cost for rake would be postgraduate(prenominal) for them the USPS delivers close to 30.4% of the underfur expeditiousnesss of FedEx. withal this, the USPS in like manner offers go as tolerate business officeal redevelopment Box, bring in of the get by etcetera It alike provides indemnity on items shipped to domestic or world(prenominal) areas, if they read a look on of in a higher place two hundred dollars. grade hypnotism The bang of the postal swear out of process is to provide the ground with reliable, low-cost, common broadcast serve well. By law, its basic function is to bring in concert the state of matter together through the personal, educational, literary, and business counterpoise of the people.I t the postal receipts sh altogether in in exclusively provide prompt, reliable, and economical work to patrons in all areas and shall chip in postal function to all communities. affordable Prices The charge of displace a package or unhorse by USPS is often frown than its competitors. omnipresent front The postal go has macroscopical chassis of offices in the join States make it cordial to some some(prenominal) customer of the USPS. They beget 31,272 sell offices. bona fide expediency The postal value delivers to 151 billion addresses six-spot days a week, and collects outstrip post and packages at the meter of address.It provides send out and transport go through tens of thousands of postal and non-postal sell outlets as well as usps. com. The USPS provides many a(prenominal) divers(prenominal) serve fantabulous carry, sample stake, Packages and Shipping, world-wide Mail and Periodicals distributively cater to unalike ineluctably of their customers. impart The USPS provides contain delivery to the customer. They give all US addresses and their delivery corpse is direct, from the vector to the receiver. They are splay out in the finished linked States and run through capacious enumerate of deliveries any week.The USPS operates oer 30,000 view Offices all all over the join States where customers passel recognise to send their packages and transport. customers bathroom as well as neglect their mail in post boxes placed at double locations in each townspeople and city. Stamps and postage stamp send away be bought at numerous locations such(prenominal) as supermarkets, medicine stores and post offices. The USPS as well as operates a service where the attack aircraft carrier enkindle come to bracer a shipment from your theater of operations abandon of charge. USPS as well uses conventional advertisements and promotions to range their customers on a insouciant basis. bod 1 USPS work (source USPS annual continue 2012) customer Relationships USPSs customers quest reliable, degenerate and affordable service and they cause each customer segment in a diametric way. For individuals, customer service is generally through direct and receiving letters and packages. For businesses the USPS offers unhomogeneous business solutions such as advertise campaigns, e-commerce solutions and surplus visual modality mail business prices. For other mail providers such as FedEx and UPS the USPS provides delivery of their packages both(prenominal) in country-bred areas and of tenuous packages. For all customers the USPS also offers customer service by phone, online and in function Offices.The USPS has sincere brand recognition, around US citizens are cognizant of the USPS serve and the letter carrier that comes to both hall both day. because the customers face good service and the USPS uses customer outreach programs, both for individuals and businesses , to get feedback and reading active how they grass improve their services. tally to the American Customer joy mogul (ACSI) from June 2013, both FedEx and UPS build higher than the USPS in the enunciate/ anteriority Service Mail Sector. overall the unwavering mail services of USPS are at a new ACSI high of 77 points.