Succubus Revealed Chapter 7

No matter what shape he wore, Bastien always managed the same kind of smile – warm and infectious. I was grinning as I hugged him, too overwhelmed to form any other logical greeting or even ask why he was here. The last time I'd seen Bastien had been in Seattle last fall. He'd come to town to help discredit a conservative radio host and had succeeded (thanks to me), earning him accolades from our superiors. I'd lost touch with him shortly thereafter and had thought he'd been transferred to Europe or the East Coast. Maybe he had been, but he was here now. The full impact of Luis's earlier words came back to me as I stepped away from Bastien. â€Å"Wait. You're the other new employee?† Bastien's grin widened. He loved being able to shock and surprise me. â€Å"Afraid so, Fleur. I moved here a week ago, and our employer was kind enough to put me up here while I look for a place of my own.† He swept Luis a gallant bow. Luis nodded back, clearly enjoying the scenario he'd created. â€Å"Which, hopefully, you'll do soon. Accounting isn't going to let me get away with this place forever.† Bastien nodded gravely. â€Å"I've already scouted a couple of potential locations.† â€Å"And,† I teased, â€Å"Bastien doesn't even really need to find his own place. He could go out tonight, smile at the right people, and have a dozen rich women more than happy to give him a place to stay.† His current body looked to be in its late twenties, with sun-streaked brown hair and hazel eyes. It was pretty cute, but even if he'd looked hideous, he could still have talked himself into someone's heart. He was just that good. â€Å"Is that an invitation?† Bastien asked. â€Å"Because I have no plans for tonight.† â€Å"Well, you do now,† said Luis. â€Å"I figured you and Georgina would want to catch up, and you can give her your impressions of the city so far – which are all good, of course.† â€Å"Of course,† Bastien and I said in unison. â€Å"Also, I'd like her to meet Phoebe and maybe some of the other succubi,† Luis continued. â€Å"Ah, Mademoiselle Phoebe.† Bastien nodded his head approvingly. â€Å"An exquisite creature. You'll adore her.† â€Å"You apparently do,† I said. Succubi and incubi hooked up sometimes but generally stuck to humans for romantic liaisons. Bastien, however, had a particular penchant for my kind. He made a face. â€Å"None of my charms seem to be working on her. She says that I'll never be as infatuated with anyone else as much as I am with myself, so there's no point in her getting involved.† I laughed. â€Å"I like her already.† â€Å"Then it's settled.† Luis moved toward the door. â€Å"I have some business to take care of, but I'll see you before you leave. In the meantime, I trust Bastien will show you a good time. Don't hesitate to call me if you need anything.† Luis snapped his fingers, and a small business card appeared in his hand. He handed it to me. It was still warm. â€Å"Thanks, Luis,† I said, giving him a quick hug. â€Å"I appreciate everything you've done.† Luis nodded gravely. â€Å"I know you're not thrilled about this transfer, but I really, really would like for you to be happy here.† He left, and Bastien and I stood there in silence for a few moments. â€Å"You know,† I said at last, â€Å"in the years I've been in Seattle, I don't think Jerome has ever told me to call him if I needed anything.† Bastien chuckled as he walked over to a small but well-stocked bar. â€Å"Luis is quite exceptional from what I've seen so far. I was lucky to end up here. You too.† â€Å"Yeah. We're all lucky, aren't we?† I crossed my arms and leaned against the wall by the war. â€Å"How did you end up here?† â€Å"The same way any of us end up anywhere. I was living in Newark until I got the transfer order a couple days ago. Here I am.† I frowned. â€Å"I thought you said you'd been here a week?† â€Å"Week, a few days. I don't know. I admit, I've been kind of intoxicated since I arrived. It was recent, that's all. And a surprise.† â€Å"So was mine,† I murmured. â€Å"Astonishingly so. And now you're here too. It's kind of weird.† â€Å"Is it?† He emptied a martini shaker into two glasses. â€Å"We've worked together before. Figures that it would happen again.† I accepted the glass he offered me. â€Å"I suppose so. But still . . . the number of times we've ended up together has been pretty amazing. For it to happen again is a huge coincidence.† I took a sip and nodded approvingly. He'd used Grey Goose. â€Å"Maybe it's not a coincidence. They keep track of our performance records. They probably know we work well together.† I hadn't considered that. â€Å"You think they'd actually place us together because of that? To get results? I mean, I'm still trying to figure out why I was even transferred at all.† â€Å"There doesn't have to be a reason, not with them.† â€Å"I know. One theory about me being here is that I haven't been all that great of a succubus.† â€Å"Ah, then there you are. They sent you to me because they know what a good influence I am on you.† â€Å"Bad, you mean.† His eyes twinkled. â€Å"This is going to be a lot of fun having you here. I haven't even gambled yet, and already I feel like I hit the jackpot.† He knocked back his drink. â€Å"Finish that, and let's go have some fun. I know a great place for lunch. We'll go there and then hit some games of chance.† It felt weird going out on the town, especially so early in the day. I'd become too subdued in my Seattle life, I realized. I'd done such a good job at playing human that I'd forgotten what it was like to think like a succubus. Why not live it up in daylight? This was technically a business trip, but the point was to scope out the place of my future employment. I'd been here lots of times before, but this was the first time I really and truly studied the city through the eyes of an â€Å"on the clock† succubus. Again, I was struck by that earlier, heady sense: easy, so amazingly easy. We caught a cab, and Bastien gave instructions for us to go to Sparkles. I ran through my mental list of Las Vegas attractions and came up empty. â€Å"I've never heard of that,† I said. â€Å"It sounds like a strip club.† â€Å"Nah, it's a brand-new hotel and casino,† Bastien told me. â€Å"So shiny and new, in fact, that it just opened a couple of weeks ago, and already it's a hit.† â€Å"Why's it called Sparkles?† I asked. He grinned. â€Å"You'll see.† The answer was obvious once we got there. Everything was, well, sparkly. The exterior sign was a riot of glittering, chasing lights that should've had a seizure warning affixed to it. Everyone who worked in the hotel and casino wore elaborately sequined outfits, and all the decor was done in brightly colored metallic and glittering surfaces. Paired with the flood of flashing lights already found in a casino, the entire spectacle was hard on my eyes at first. Yet, despite what could've easily degenerated into tackiness, there was still something in the feel of the place that radiated luxury. Sparkles was over the top, yes, but in a good way. â€Å"Here,† said Bastien, leading me through the maze of the casino. â€Å"There's a little less sensory overload where we're going.† Opposite the side we'd entered in was a doorway dominated by a sign reading DIAMOND LOUNGE. With a name like that, I expected strippers and more glitz but instead found myself in a quiet and much more tastefully subdued establishment. Crystal chandeliers and wineglasses provide the only sparkle here. Everything else in the restaurant was warm, honey-colored wood and red velvet. When we were seated at our table, Bastien said to the waitress, â€Å"Can you tell Phoebe that Bastien is here?† I gave him a wry look once we were alone. â€Å"I see how it is. Here I thought you were going out of your way to take me somewhere nice. You're just here to visit your crush.† â€Å"That's merely a perk,† he told me easily. â€Å"The food here really is excellent. And Luis wants you to meet Phoebe too, remember? Don't worry, you'll like her.† I made no effort to hide my skepticism. â€Å"I don't know, Bastien. I can count on one hand how many succubi I've actually liked over the years. At best, they're tolerable and semiamusing, like Tawny.† At worst – and more often than not – succubi were raving bitches. Me excluded, of course. â€Å"Just wait and see,† he said. We didn't have to wait long because a couple minutes later, I felt the wash of a succubus aura come over me, one reminiscent of orange blossoms and honey. A tall, willowy woman in a black and white uniform appeared, carrying a tray with our cocktails on it. The employees here didn't have to match the glitzy attire of their hotel brethren. She set the cocktails before each of us with a grace and fluidity that was almost too much for this establishment. It reminded me of something more suited to the serving halls of kings from long ago – which, I suspected, she had probably known very well. â€Å"Ah, Phoebe,† Bastien sighed dreamily. â€Å"You are a vision, as always. Come meet our newest colleague.† She gave him the look one has when indulging a ridiculous child and sat down in one of our table's empty chairs. Her dark blond hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail, revealing high cheekbones and long-lashed green eyes. â€Å"Oh, Bastien, don't start in on the vision stuff. It's far too early in the day.† She extended a polite hand to me. â€Å"Hello, I'm Phoebe.† â€Å"Georgina,† I said, shaking the offered hand. â€Å"Whatever Bastien's told you, only believe half of it.† She reconsidered, eyeing him carefully. â€Å"Make that a third.† â€Å"Hey,† exclaimed Bastien, with mock incredulity. â€Å"I resent that. As if I would ever lie to two such treasures as yourselves !† â€Å"Bastien,† said Phoebe dryly. â€Å"You'll lie to anything female if you think it'll get you in their pants faster.† I laughed in spite of myself, earning me another wounded look from Bastien. â€Å"Fleur, you know that's not true. You've known me longer than anyone.† â€Å"Which is exactly why I know it is true,† I replied solemnly. Bastien muttered something uncomplimentary in French and was saved further indignation when Phoebe's colleague returned to take our order. Phoebe, with our permission, ordered for us, requesting some â€Å"specials† that weren't on the menu. â€Å"Are you a cook here?† I asked her. â€Å"Bartender,† she replied, clasping her hands and resting her chin on them. â€Å"Gives me something to do until the show starts.† â€Å"Show?† Bastien's earlier dismay was gone, replaced with an expression of supreme smugness. â€Å"You see, Fleur? I told you I had a good reason for coming here. My lady Phoebe here is a . . .† He paused delicately. â€Å"Is it still polite to say ‘showgirl'? I can never keep track of what's PC anymore. It took me ages to figure out why I kept getting in trouble for calling career women ‘working girls.' â€Å" Phoebe laughed. â€Å"Yes, ‘showgirl' is fine.† I felt myself sitting up straighter. â€Å"You're a dancer? Where do you perform?† â€Å"Here,† she said. â€Å"Or, well, I will in a couple months. It hasn't opened yet.† â€Å"What kind is it?† I asked. â€Å"I mean, is there a theme?† â€Å"It's a full-fledged Vegas music-dance extravaganza. Exactly what you'd expect from a place called Sparkles. Rhinestones everywhere. Scanty, but not topless.† She tilted her head, regarding me with interest. â€Å"Are you a dancer?† â€Å"I dance,† I said modestly. â€Å"I haven't done full stage performances in a very long time, though. I'm out of practice.† Bastien scoffed. â€Å"That's nonsense. Fleur can pick up any routine. She used to bring the dance halls of Paris to their knees.† â€Å"Yeah,† I said. â€Å"A long time ago.† â€Å"Are you interested in being in it?† asked Phoebe, face serious. â€Å"They're still scouting. I can get you an audition. Although . . . you might want to make yourself taller.† â€Å"I . . . I don't know,† I said, suddenly feeling overwhelmed. â€Å"I mean, my transfer doesn't take place until next month. . . .† Phoebe was unconcerned. â€Å"I don't think Matthias would mind. He's the company manager. In fact . . .† She glanced at her watch. â€Å"He'll be around in another hour or so. I can take you to meet him.† â€Å"She'd be happy to,† said Bastien. â€Å"I'm sure she can answer for herself, monsieur,† replied Phoebe tartly. I chuckled at seeing Bastien dressed down again. â€Å"I'd love it. That'd be great.† Phoebe left us as our food began arriving, promising to return at the end of our meal. Everything she'd ordered for us was amazing, and I fretted over eating so much since I wasn't entirely sure if this meeting with the company manager would turn into a full-fledged audition. â€Å"Lovely, isn't she?† asked Bastien. â€Å"She is,† I agreed. â€Å"You were right.† What I found more astonishing than having the chance to dance in a Las Vegas show was that Phoebe was responsible for orchestrating it – and had seemed genuinely happy to do so. In my experience, succubi would jealously guard those kinds of positions, keeping out the competition. â€Å"I have no doubt you'll dance your way right into this Matthias's heart,† Bastien mused. He gave a mournful sigh. â€Å"Would that I could dance so easily into Phoebe's heart.† â€Å"She's too smart for you,† I said. â€Å"She knows your tricks.† â€Å"Of course she does. I'd think that would be half the appeal.† He paused to finish off the last of his cocktail. â€Å"Speaking of bizarre attractions . . . I'm totally behind in what's transpiring in your Northwestern world. Are you still joined at the hip with that introverted mortal?† â€Å"Literally and figuratively,† I told him. Thinking of Seth diminished some of my earlier good mood. â€Å"This transfer . . . it was kind of a shock. I don't know how it's going to affect our relationship.† Bastien shrugged. â€Å"Bring him here.† â€Å"It's a little more complicated than that.† â€Å"Not if he wants you badly enough. Here.† Bastien waved to get the waitress's attention. â€Å"Have another round with me. That'll fix everything.† â€Å"Not when I might have to dance soon!† But I shared the round anyway and found my cheerfulness returning. It was hard not to with Bastien. I'd known him for a long time, and there was something so easy and comforting about being in his presence. We swapped stories and gossip on immortals we knew, and I got the scoop on some of the more colorful ones I'd eventually be meeting here in Las Vegas. Phoebe returned just as we were paying the bill, having swapped her work attire for casual dance clothing. She led us back through the labyrinthine glitz of the casino and into the quieter and much more subdued back halls of the building. They in turn led to a backstage door to the casino's theatre, which wasn't yet open to the public. We found the vast space empty, save a couple guys installing tables in the seating area. The pounding of their hammers echoed through the room. A moment later, I did a double take when I saw a man sitting off to the side of the stage, so still I'd hardly noticed him. He glanced up from a sheaf of papers at our approach. â€Å"Phoebe,† he said. â€Å"You're early.† â€Å"I wanted to introduce you to someone,† she said. â€Å"Matthias, these are my friends Bastien and Georgina. Georgina's moving here next month.† Matthias looked like he was in his late twenties, early thirties at most, and had sandy blond hair in need of a haircut. There was something cute about its disheveled state, and he took off wire-rimmed glasses to peer up at me. I couldn't help but think Ian would've liked those glasses, but unlike Ian, Matthias probably needed them. Matthias blinked a couple of times, and then his eyebrows rose in surprise. â€Å"You're a dancer,† he said to me. â€Å"Er, yeah, I am. How'd you know?† Per Phoebe's suggestion, I'd made myself put on some height while we were walking down the back halls, but that was hardly enough to tip him off. Matthias got to his feet and studied me up and down, not in a leering kind of way . . . but more like how someone assesses the value of a piece of art. â€Å"It's in how you walk and stand. There's a grace to it. An energy. It's exactly what she does.† He nodded toward Phoebe. â€Å"Are you guys sisters?† â€Å"No,† said Phoebe. â€Å"But we've taken some of the same classes.† Bastien choked on a laugh. Matthias was nodding, completely enraptured. He picked up his papers and flipped through the pages. â€Å"Yes . . . yes . . . we could definitely use you here and here.† He paused, checking a few more places. â€Å"And here. Maybe even here.† He jerked his head up, blue eyes alight and excited. â€Å"Let's see what you can do. Phoebe – do the opening part of the second number.† Phoebe responded instantly, springing to center stage and instantly falling into line as Matthias began counting off beats. When they finished, he looked at me expectantly. â€Å"Now you do it.† I started to point out that I was in heels and a dress but then realized showgirl attire probably wouldn't be too different. I took a spot near Phoebe and mirrored her as Matthias counted again. We repeated the combination, and by the third time, I hardly had to look at her to get the steps. He directed her to a different number, slightly more complicated, and a similar performance ensued as I sought to match her. When we finished, he clicked his tongue in approval. â€Å"Amazing,† he said. â€Å"You guys need to tell me where you trained so that I can recruit all your classmates.† Turning back to his papers, he began scribbling notes. â€Å"Phoebe, can you lend her some clothes for practice? Not that it'll affect her performance, of course, but I imagine she'd be more comfortable in something else for two hours of rehearsal.† Phoebe winked at me. â€Å"I'm pretty sure we can get her a change of clothes.† I glanced between her and Matthias. â€Å"Rehearsal?† â€Å"Sure,† said Matthias, still not looking up. â€Å"That's what we do to get ready for performances around here.† â€Å"You want to be in the show, don't you, Lucy?† teased Bastien. â€Å"I understand . . . but I'm not moving to Las Vegas until January,† I explained. â€Å"I have to go home tomorrow night.† Matthias finally glanced up briefly from his beloved notes, seeming as pained as Seth often was when interrupted while writing a book. â€Å"You're here right now, aren't you? Might as well get started. Unless you've got something else going on?† I looked helplessly at Bastien and Phoebe, who were grinning like idiots. The incubus slung a friendly arm around me. â€Å"Of course she doesn't.† After a moment's hesitation, I gave a slow nod, still a little overwhelmed at how fast things were moving here. â€Å"I . . . I'd love to rehearse.†

Brontie’ Swanston Essay

Sometimes early intervention for struggling learners is ideal. Most learning problems can be prevented if students are in positive school and classroom contexts that accommodate individual differences (Madden, 1991). However, even in the most positive environments, some students still experience difficulties. For these students, early intervention strategies must be implemented as soon as learning problems are noted. Early intervention means that â€Å"supplementary instructional services are provided early in students’ schooling, and that they are intense enough to bring at-risk students quickly to a level at which they can profit from high-quality classroom instruction† (Madden & Wasik, 1991). The intent of early intervention is to create general education support systems for struggling learners as a way to improve academic performance and to reduce inappropriate special education referrals (Madden, 1991). Examples of early intervention include clinical teaching, peer and expert consultation, teacher assistance teams, and alternative programs such as those that offer tutorial or remedial instruction in the context of general education. A critical concept for ELL students is comprehensible input. This concept expresses that in order to acquire a second language the learner must understand what is said to him. Learners should receive input that is appropriate to their age and language level. This language should be just beyond the learner’s current proficiency but easy enough for them to understand. Teachers need to develop background knowledge, deliver content that is contextualized, and use gestures, pictures and real objects to make input comprehensible (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991). When newcomers are assigned to a mainstream classroom and spend most of their day in this environment it is especially critical for them to receive comprehensible input from their teachers and classmates (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991). In other words, if the teacher prefers lectures, it leaves the English language learner will not be receiving this input. All teachers are aware of the need to â€Å"explicitly link past learning and new concepts† but some teachers fail to consider students’ backgrounds and experiences when planning lessons (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991). One way to avoid making unwarranted assumptions about our students’ past learning, background or experiences is to create a common classroom experience as the basis for instruction (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991). Another strategy is to help students make conscious links between their experiences and the text as described in the sample lesson below. Two good concepts to implement would be literature logs and instructional conversations. Before and after reading, students respond to prompts that help them link their experiences to those of the main character or main theme (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991). The instructional conversations that follow these prompts provide oral language practice for Ell’s, and help deepen students’ conceptual frameworks for comprehension (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991). Researchers found that using either the literature log or the instructional conversation increased comprehension for Ell’s but using both produced deeper understanding (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991). Teachers should apply the following steps to be successful in previous two concepts: Step 1 Create pre-reading and post- reading questions or prompts Pre-reading question or prompt: a generic probe about students’ experiences that might be similar to those of the main character/s. Step 2 Briefly review the story again building on student responses in a think-aloud format. Review the procedure for tracking story events and noting when these events are similar to or different from experiences discussed by the class. Examples: two-column notes, post its, adapted story sequence chart Students read or listen to the text: pairs, small groups, tape, and buddy reading Step 3 Present the second literature log question or prompt; model a response. Allow time for students to write about or discuss the prompt. Facilitate the second instructional conversation in which students discuss similarities and differences between and among their experiences and those of the characters. Variations: use picture books with limited text for non-readers or beginning Ell’s of any age. Allow students to respond in their first language. Older or more proficient students can respond to prompts that focus on the setting instead of, or in addition to, events, characters and theme or compare experiences across texts. (Saunders, &Goldberg, 1991) It is also vitally important to emphasize key vocabulary. Lack adequate vocabulary is one barrier to reading for Ell’s. Research on vocabulary acquisition indicates that a successful vocabulary development program should have a least the following five components: 1) Intentional word selection (words that represent new concepts, are important outside of the specific activity, or cross content areas) 2) Direct instruction in word meaning and in strategies used to learn new words 3) Modeling of strategies and processes for learning new words 4) Multiple exposures to new words and opportunities to use new words (wide reading, intentional word-focused activities, and ongoing review) 5) A system to help students track new vocabulary (Beck, McKeon, 2002) Here is a five-step vocabulary activity to implement with your ELL students: 1) Teacher provides a definition (tell, read, demonstrate) 2) Teacher creates a non-linguistic representation of the word while engaging in a â€Å"think aloud† that helps students identify key components of the visual and their relationship to the new word 3) Students write or say their own definition of the word 4) Students create their own linguistic representation of the word 5) Return to visual to add or revise elements as students deepen their understanding of the concept Adapted from Marzano, Pickering, 2001 It is important that the teacher shares a knowledge base relative to the education of students learning English (Thomas, & Collier, 1997). Efficient teachers should be familiar with second language acquisition, the relationship of native language proficiency to the development of English, socio-cultural influences on learning, effective first and second language instruction, informal assessment strategies that can be used to monitor progress (particularly in language and literacy development), and effective strategies for working with culturally and linguistically diverse families and communities (Thomas, & Collier, 1997). It is also imperative that there is recognition of the students’ native language. Language programs must have support of principals, teachers, parents, and the community (Thomas & Collier, 1997). School staff should understand that native language instruction provides the foundation for achieving high levels of English proficiency (Cummins, 1994). For regular education teachers and ESL/bilingual teachers, when it comes to language development, there should be a share responsibility. There also must be collaborative school-community relationships. Parents of students learning English must be viewed as capable advocates for their children and as valuable resources in school improvement efforts (Cummins, 1994). By being involved with families and communities of English learners, educators come to understand the social, linguistic, and cultural contexts in which the children are being raised (Ortiz, 1997). Thus, educators learn to respect cultural differences in child-rearing practices and in how parents choose to be involved in their children’s education (Garcia & Dominguez, 1997). It is vital to implement academically rich programs for ELL students. Students learning English must have opportunities to learn advanced skills in comprehension, reasoning, and composition and have access to curricula and instruction that integrate basic skill development with higher order thinking and problem solving (Ortiz, & Wilkinson, 1991). Students must have access to high-quality instruction designed to help them meet high expectations (Cummins, 1994). Teachers should employ strategies known to be effective with English learners, such as: 1) Drawing on their prior knowledge 2) Providing opportunities to review previously learned concepts and teaching them to employ those concepts 3) Organizing themes or strands that connect the curriculum across subject areas 4) Providing individual guidance, assistance, and support to fill gaps in background knowledge Although it is evident that students fail in school for a variety of reasons, in some cases, their academic difficulties can be directly attributed to deficiencies in the teaching a learning environment. These difficulties may become more serious over time if instruction is not modified to address the students’ specific needs. Unless these students’ specific needs. Unless the deficit in learning is caught early and the appropriate intervention is accessed, they will continue to struggle, and the gap between their achievement and that of their peers will widen over time. References Cummins (1994). Knowledge, power, and identity in teaching English as a second language. â€Å"Educating second language children: The whole child, the whole curriculum, the whole community† Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. Garcia, S. B. , &Dominguez, L. (1997). Cultural contexts that influence learning and academic performance. In Silver, L. B. , â€Å"Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic Of North America: Academic Difficulties†. Philadelphia: Saunders Co. Madden, N. A. , Slavin, R. E. , & Wasik, B. A. (1991). Success for all, â€Å"Phi Delta Kappan. † Thomas, W, P. , &Collier, V. (1997). School effectiveness for language language miniority students (Resource Collection Series No. 9). Washington: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education. Beck, I. , McKeon, M. &Kucan, L. (2002) Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction. Guilford Press. Ortiz, A. A. &Wilkinson, C. Y. (1991). Assessment and intervention model for the bilingual exceptional student. â€Å"Teacher Education and Special Education, 14 Saunders, W. and Goldenberg, C. (1999) The Effects of Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs on the Story Comprehension and Thematic Understanding of English Proficient and Limited English Proficient Students. http://www. cal. org/crede/pubs/research/RR6. pdf Marzano, R. , Pickering, D. J. , & Pollock, J. E. (2001) Classroom Instruction that Works. Alexandria, VA: MCREL, ASCD.

A Critique of A Good Man is Hard to Find good hard

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Depression Causes and Treatment - Essay Example The present research has identified that depression is one of the most common illnesses in today’s world. However, it is also one of the most difficult to study, understand, and treat. The reason depression is such a tricky customer is that its geneses are very hard to pinpoint. Unlike other mental afflictions, which present clear symptoms and prognoses, depression manifests in ways that are difficult to diagnose immediately. For example, psychologists have stated that most depressed people are not even aware of their condition. In addition, depression is a symptom of some mental illnesses; therefore it is very easy to misdiagnose it. Amidst all this ¸ it is important to consider the individual causes of depression. Is the environment all to blame, as most people believe, or is there a personal dimension to depression? Can individual behavior, conditions, or attitude trigger depression, or are external factors the only suspects? These questions will form the spine of this pa per and will guide the arguments presented for and against the subject, as well as the conclusion. Hippocrates said that â€Å"food is medicine and medicine is food.† This might explain the connection between depression and nutrition because depression is an illness that affects the body as well as the mind. It is important to note that nutrition is closely linked to hormonal balance, and hormonal balance is associated with good moods and lack of depression (in both genders). Depending on the types of food people eat. Their hormones can be balanced or imbalanced, and this can have adverse effects on their moods. Research shows that the brain and the gut are always in touch with each through the vagus nerve. There is more evidence to show that there is a correlation between depression and obesity. Obesity raises the probability of developing depression and depression is symptomatic of progressive obesity. Studies show that most women eat more when they are depressed or emotion ally stressed.

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The Watergate Affair Essay The Watergate Affair was perhaps one of the greatest political scandals to have affected the Ameican government. Its significance was this scandal involved officials leading up to the highest levels of the government which ultimately led to the White House which was during the incumbency of President Richard Nixon. The immediate cause of this scandal began when several men were arrested for burglarizing the headquarters of the Democratic Party at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC hence the name of the scandal. These men were caught rummaging filing cabinets for vital documents and electronic wiretapping devices were also found in their persons; apparently, they were planinng to bug the office and electronically eavesdrop on any conversation taking place there. The underlying cause behind this operations was the Nixon Administration was concerned on how confidential government reports were being obtained by the Democrats which served as political ammunition against Nixons reelection bid. It was later revealed that the men involved were aides of the Presidents re-election team though initially, President Nixon denied any involvement and subsequent news reports revealed that a massive cover-up was being conducted as an attempt to cover up any involvement by the President. Subsequent investigations by the media revealed that the White House has formed a secret unit called â€Å"Plumbers† for the purpose of spying reporters and government officials who may have been leaking information to the former (Szulc, 1972, p. E2; Rugaber, 1972, p. 220). The media had been faithfully following the events related to what became known as the Watergate Scandal which had by far, overshadowed the achievements of Nixon during his presidency and hounded him all throughout. These revelations of covert government operations within the United States prompted the Senate to form a committee on the campaign activities of the President on February of 1973. Throughout the year, more revelations came out as the pressure on those responsible was intensifying ranging from being sworn to silence and destroying evidence of involvement by the White House. This then prompted the Senate to subpoena Nixon who had repeatedly refused to appear and even release the tapes when demanded, further heightening the suspicion of a cover-up as it was revealed when these tapes had been edited by the time it was released to them (Apple, 1974, pp. 57-58). The constant reporting of the media of what the Senate committee revealed had convinced the American public that Nixon should be impeached and (possibly) made to resign if found guilty (Kovach, 1974, p. 1). Based on the initial investigations by the Senate and its appointed prosecutors, Nixon was charged by the Senate for obstruction of justice, abusing his power and showing contempt of Congress by refusing to appear in the hearings and these became grounds on serving an impeachment against him. Seeing that he had proverbially painted himself in a corner and by the 9th of August, 1974, Nixon went on national television to announce his resignation to spare himself the indignity of being served the impeachment following the availability of more evidence that would furher incriminate him. The Watergate Affair revealed how the government could abuse its power in conducting spying and even conduct political sabotage and it was unfortunate that in its desire to keep certain matters of the state a secret, its agents were caught and led to severe repercussions. References Apple, R. W. (1974, January 5). â€Å"Nixon Rejects Subpoenas from Senate Committee for 500 Tapes and Papers. † New York Times. pp. 57-58. Rugaber, W. (1973, January 14). â€Å"Mystery, Comedy, Etc. Dirty Tricks. † New York Times. p. 220. Szulc, T. (1972, June 25). â€Å"From the Folks Who Brought You the Bay of Pigs. † New York Times.

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TV Addiction Problem Running head: TV ADDICTION: A GROWING PROBLEM TV addiction- A Growing Problem Most people of my generation have never known life without television. We have grown up sitting in the living room in front of the flickering TV screen. It is hard for us to see how television affects our lives. The belief that television is destructive to communication among family and friends is quite common. On the other hand, television has increased the speed at which information travels, and it can transfer circumstances and images into our homes that previous generations never had. People tend to idealize the past; they imagine a group of family and friends entertaining themselves by playing games and telling stories around a warm fireplace, but I do not think that TV can be blamed for the lack of communication among family and friends. Without a doubt, television is one of the most powerful means of communicating in the past decade, competing with other forms of communication such as the Internet, telephone, movies, cellular phones, and of course, our speech. Due to its extensive availability and enriched media with images and sounds, it is very difficult to keep it away from our lives. Television is a necessity of our lives like our meals, clothing, and home. At first, the broadcasting industry was started for public purposes. Nowadays, as to the influences of television, some people say that television offers a relaxing time and useful information to us while others argue that television does not always have a good effect on us because of its hindrance to communication among people. However, television provides us with rich topics to talk about and a chance to get together with each other. Most of all, television helps us communicate with others. We watch television almost every evening with our family. For example, my father and I enjoy watching news or knowledge-based documentary programs. Watching these programs we sometimes discuss current affairs such as the Presidential election or economic problems. Likewise, hot issues on television like news or trendy programs are the most common topics among my friends in my college. If some of them did not watch television the previous night, they cannot even take part in the discussion becaus e they have nothing to talk about. In this respect, since television provides us with various topics related to our lives, it helps us form our sense of intimacy with family or friends. Next, television promotes our communication because it offers a chance to get together with families or friends. Nowadays, most people are so busy that they do not have much time to spend with family and friends. However, through TV programs, we can have a chance to get along with them. For instance, when the 2002 World Cup was held in Korea, many people had a great time with their family or friends. To watch soccer games, we gathered in front of TV with friends or family who we were alienated from for a long time. Consequently, such TV programs help us build up closer human relationships among people. Thus, I think television plays an important role in promoting communication with family or friends. â€Å"Children are more likely to become actively engaged with anything that attracts them. Especially, television provides great interests with its variety of sounds and images to children†. They immediately desire for watching it whether content is neither too easy not too difficult to understand. By its providing some challenge, television allows them to gain an abundant vocabulary. Just like our muscles, the brain gets stronger when it is used, and declines when it isnt used. Television is so commonly criticized as being bad for children that an important fact sometimes gets overlooked†. (ScienceDaily, 2001) Some types of television viewing may actually enhance childrens intellectual development. Television contains an enormous variety of forms and content. In a study, the effects of television viewing depended on program content.† There are always bad effects on children watching TV. Children who are TV viewers increasingly view life as an entertainment extravaganza in which they are fond of playing role in TV show, and there are aggressive content of current broadcasting that greatly affect children. Besides, it is inevitable to watch TV without facing revolting violence. Once more, the effects of television viewing depend on program content and genre. Children are required to be advised what right TV program to watch by their parents. (Carter Bill, 1996) Children have no ability of choosing what is good or bad.Parents and teachers restrain childrens watching TV which is just ignoring their needs. Parents and teacher should be responsible for teaching how to manage their time and what benefits children acquire while watching TV. (Austin W.P, 2003) â€Å"This problem was less severe before cable and the advent of hundreds of channels. The increase in choice has increased the probability of every family member being addicted to a different program on some channel and this eventually leads to time conflicts when two channels show their programs at the same time and there are different viewing demands. Among high-income families this results in more than one television in the house and the physical togetherness of the middle-class family is sacrificed to television addiction. Television addiction increases because in a given family there are people of different ages, genders, with differing levels of education, personal beliefs, intellectual orientation, and personal tastes.† (Television addiction, 2007) Therefore, family members are obsessed with watching their favorite channels. Naturally, their watching time gradually increases and they become addicted to it after all. Most of the people prefer spending time with their families and friends rather than spending time watching television. Television plays an important role in peoples lives. However, most people would definitely choose family and friends over television. Moreover, most knowledgeable people are aware of the harmful effects of watching too much television. Through my experience, after a long day at school, I had plenty of time talking with my parents. For me and my family, our precious time together can not be compared to anything. In addition, the effect of television is simply not so great that it could be said to have â€Å"destroyed† communication among family and friends. Granted, communication among people in industrialized countries has decreased in recent years. It might be tempting to blame this problem on television since its rise roughly coincided with the decrease in time we spend with our families. However, I believe this situation is more likely due to increased pressures relating to work, school, and the economy. In my case, for example, I find that my pressures from studying are so great that I must often sacrifice time at home so that I can meet the challenges of achieving my own goals. In some situations, however, it is true that TV is responsible for decreasing communication among family members. In my childhood in the countryside, I frequently saw parents and children watching television for hours every day, and they barely talked with one another. It seemed for them that television was a way to escape from when they were sad or in a miserable mood. However, admittedly television brought on bad circumstances However, even in this case, I would say that television merely contributed to the bad situation, but it did not cause it; if television were nonexistent, surely these people would have found other escapes, alcohol or gambling, for example. In other words, people always find a way to do want they want to do. Likewise, we need to realize that nobody forces us to sit in front of the TV. We can choose to turn it off and spend more time communicating with our loved ones. Instead of thinking of ourselves as victims of television, we should see how TV can be a good tool for us to use as we see fit. Also, we are able to use it to learn about the world or simply to entertain us when we are bored. â€Å"Television addiction becomes a problem when a subject does not want to watch TV, but experiences an uncontrollable compulsion to start or continue watching.† It is common beliefs that stop watching TV is the fastest method to quit TV addiction. Addicted people just turn off TV screen and try to never approach to it when they find out first time. It may seem work at the beginning. However, as time goes on, they get stressed out by what they are restricted to. They should find out root cause of it and at least show some efforts. Even though it takes long to quit TV addiction, the main purpose is to find you feel free from TV watching. It is common a belief that the fastest method to quit TV addiction by stop watching TV. Addicted people just turn off the TV and try to never approach it. It may seem work at the beginning. However, as time goes on, they get stressed out by what they are restricted to. They should find out the root cause of the addiction and at least show some efforts. Even though it takes a long to quit TV addiction, the main purpose is to be free from TV watching. There are five steps that help us to deal with TV addiction. First of all, you keep a record of how much TV you watch every time you do. You need to know how much time you spend watching TV. Next, compare the amount of time you watch TV to average time people spending on TV. If you do more than the average, try to reduce the amount of time. Secondly, List all the other fun activities you can do at home instead of watching TV. Place your list on your refrigerator so you can check this list before you turn on the TV. Consider fun activities to do as family, household projects you would like to complete, outside activities, reading, exercise, etc. Third, set a limit for how much TV you will watch in later on. Fourth, record your time and stick to your commitment. You can control yourself spend watching time within limited time, Fourth, commit to exercising whenever you watch TV by walking on a treadmill, or riding a stationary bike. If you do so, you will feel less guilty about wasting your time watching TV. Last, Consider removing your TV for a set period of time. You might find yourself talking to your family again instead of watching the TV too much. (N/A, 2007) From these beliefs, I strongly believe that television has not damaged or harmed interpersonal communication among families and most people. Most people think that television is simply a temporary means of spending time, and they do not use it to substitute for interpersonal communication. The damage is attributable to other social factors, not television. Therefore, all of us must choose what we want to do with our free time. We should quit thinking of ourselves as victims of technology and realize that technology offers us choices. Let us take control of technology and use it to improve our lives. Only we can decide how much time we want to spend communicating with friends and loved ones. The television does not decide this for us, we decide it by ourselves.

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Recently, the debate of whether bipartisanship has completely left this country incapacitated due to the lack of cooperation between Senators and House members with conflicting opinions has grown especially due to the Clinton Impeachment Debates. Many individuals feel that the only reason William Jefferson Clinton was impeached in the House was due to the fact that the majority of the House is republicans. This research proposal will attempt to define if the concept of bipartisanship does exist. If it does exist, what are the contributing factors to it (convincing individuals, convincing corporations, money, the Senators or House member’s families)? These can be considered to be the independent variables. Presently, the Internet consists of numerous, almost uncountable, sources on bipartisanship. Many magazines and newspapers are major contributors to this subject as well. The amount of scandal contributing to this particular issue creates a level of curiosity that intrigues a ll aspects of this society. When the public seems to want press on a particular issue, they seem to get it. The most notable feature of the current state of journalism in the U.S. is the total dereliction of duty on the part of national political reporters. More than fifty congress critters, senators, and state governors have announced their retirements in the past year, after they received packets from a group of hackers called the Fifth Column detailing illegal and unreported income from bribes, kickbacks, payoffs, and whatnot. This story of the wholesale sell-out of the U.S. political process should rank as one of the top stories of the decade. But the national media blandly reports the contrived explanations ("I just want to spend more time with my heretofore neglected family") and speculates on the sad loss of Washington country-club camaraderie that used to keep such fine people in public office forever. There are certain hypotheses in question on this particular issue. Hypothesis #1: Other than wartime issues, republicans seem to vote with republicans while democrats choose to vote with their fellow democrats on various issues. Hypothesis #2: Money, big corporations, and fellow party affiliates affect the voting patterns of Senators and House members. Hypothesis #3: Due to the fact that there are contributions coming in at both sides for different politicians, nothing actually gets accomplished. This can compared to a negative (-1) added to a positive (+1) which eventually comes back to equal 0 (consequently resulting in some aspects of government effectiveness going back to â€Å"square one†).

Glengarry Glen Ross :: essays research papers

In the play Glengarry Glen Ross, selling is like a complicated courtship. Richard Roma is sales. Throughout the play, we never once get a true insight into the real Richard Roma. All we know is that he is good at his job, greedy and calculating. His demeanor changes on a dime; he is whoever he needs to be in whatever situation he happens to be in. This is his edge.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Roma starts out as a pseudo-intellectual sitting in a restaurant. He sees a man that he has never met before, Mr. Lingk, sitting by himself. Roma decides to try and make a completely unplanned sale. Roma starts out easy, not wanting to raise the stranger’s defenses by saying immediately that he is a salesman. Roma begins talking about simple things that any man could relate to. Roma captures Lingk’s interest, gains his trust, and artfully pitches his sale in the guise of a disillusioned salesman just trying to help a fellow man out.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The last thought on Lingk’s mind is to invest in real estate, but Roma puts on his â€Å"good ol’ boy† face, and makes the sale anyway.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  When Lingk comes to see Roma at the office the next day to cancel the sale, Roma is ready to play the game. Without any preparation time, Roma cues Levene, and slips easily into his faà §ade of the night before.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  First, Roma tries to distract Lingk from the purpose of his visit by introducing him to an â€Å"impressive businessman† that Roma supposedly does much business with. Levene is an old campaigner himself, and has no problem slipping into his part. By making Lingk think that Roma does business with someone of so much influence, Roma is also hoping to increase his credibility and authority with Lingk. When Lingk persists in his urgency to talk with Roma about the cancellation of his sale, Roma makes an excuse to leave the office, wanting to stall Lingk until the sale is irreversible. Lingk is not put off, so Roma tries to shame Lingk by making him admit that he is bowing to pressure from his wife. This strikes a nerve within Lingk, so Roma persists, and starts to convince Lingk that the problem lies not within the purchase of land, but within Lingk’s lack of authority in his marriage. This, of course, is a very subtle but vicious move. Roma is basically insulting Lingk’s manhood.

Transformation of Global Technology :: essays research papers

The increase in the flow of information between nations has proven to be a critical part of the developing international community. Deficiencies in this field have lead to the ill-preparation by the United States during the Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001. In both cases, critical data was received from surveillance instruments but was not acted upon expediently enough to avoid disaster. With the transition from a state-based threat to non-state terrorist organizations, the need for more thorough scrutiny then before has become paramount to the national security of the United States. When the term â€Å"global surveillance† is mentioned, it is usually referring to what has been deemed â€Å"signals intelligence.† This is the analysis of the target’s communication signals and it consists of four distinct parts: collection, processing, analysis and dissemination. In 1952, President Truman established the National Security Agency (NSA) with the dual responsibilities of providing information security for the U.S. government as well as organizing and obtaining intelligence information. Most recently, a global communications cooperative between the U.S. and the U.K. known as ECHELON, has been implemented to collect national security intelligence and spread critical information to its members. This program monitors commercial communications both over phones lines as well as the internet. In 1978, the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was passed which limited the wiretapping of â€Å"U.S. persons† for national security purposes. This legislation developed out of concerns that the United States was abusing its power to unjustly listen to citizens’s conversations. In order to avoid the dissemination of personal as well as national information, cryptography can be implemented to specifically keep unwanted viewers from tampering with internet and mail transactions.

Unbalanced work

The cause of the problem in my department is the unbalanced work load between two secretaries, Jack Snyder, who is providing support to two executive members, Ralph Alane & Jessica Hilo, and Ruth Disselkoen who is providing support to other two executive members, Samuel Daley & Frank Daley. During the long time medical leave of Jessica Hilo, 37% of the work load has been handled by a full time administrative assistant and Jack for the total 80 hours of the week, whereas 63% of the work load has been handled by a part time administrative assistant and Ruth for the total 55 hours of the week. This imbalance in work environment creates stress for Ruth who can’t perform her work perfect, at the same time, makes Jack lazy and irregular. Ruth can’t concentrate in her work even though she works for more hours and the executive members start complain. On the other hand, Jack has enough time to finish his work on time with quality without any stress. This may create friction in the department and so overall quality of the work will go down. In order to solve the issue and make the department efficient, I am very much convinced that an immediate action is required. I would like to discuss this issue with two secretaries. The aim would be to convince both of them that team work is more important than an individual responsibility. Since this is a new approach to handle the situation, initially, I will assign the work. The current practice of work assignment will be changed and the work will be considered as a department work rather than individual. The same will be conveyed to the executive members. This change will result in no overtime and improved work quality for sure.

Realiability and Validity Rosenburg Scale

dependableness and rigour of the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale Texas A&M University Psychology 203 institution The purpose of our study was to evaluate the reliability and rigor of the Rosenber Self-Esteem home craps. Reliability is simply whether the flierment brute you ar utilize meters something consis gotly. For example does the same strain show the same results when administered repeatedly. Validity is the facet of a bar tool that signifies its mensuration what it says it does.A valid turn out rates what it says its measuring. so far you can fox a raise that is veritable and non valid, for example if a teacher administers a spelling test that the savant has to complete on the ready reckoner in a five arcsecond time period. A student whitethorn get the same score over and over again, indicating its reliable, exclusively it may not be valid because what if that student was s embarrassed at typewrite but knew how to spell every word. The test would n ot be valid because its not measuring just spelling as mean but also typing speed.Both reliability and validity argon any important(p) in and study because if the research instruments are not reliable and valid, then the results of your examine will always be in question. Method All ninety-nine A&M students (N=99) that participated in the sight were in the same statistical written material course and were required to take the subject as part of the course curriculum. The canvass consisted of 24 males and 75 females, with the aver climb on age of these participants macrocosm around 20 geezerhood old, ranging eachwhere from 19 to 24 (M=20. 7, SD=. 997). the adopt measured self-assertion by using ten percentage points from the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale. The students were scored by taking the squiffy of all their responses to the ten questions. 10 diverse statements that the participant rated on a scale of 1 to 7, (1 world disagree strongly and 7 being agree stro ngly), the higher the score the higher the individuals conceit. The scale consisted of 5 revere coded items an example of a normal item is on the whole I am satisfied with myself.A reveree coded item is an diametral statement for example is I receive I do not corroborate much to be proud of. Results The 10 item subscale from the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale appeared to have good versed consistency, (? = . 90). All the reexamine question appeared to be worth belongings in fact the deletion of any of the questions would have resulted in a swallow important score. All 99 participants (N=99) responses to the 10 item study were mediocred together and the self-esteem score for all the participants had ranged from 2. 6-7 with a mean of 5. 4 (M=5. 4, SD=1. 08).The frequency dispersal of the average self-esteem scores, illustrated on the histogram, portrays a distribution that is pretty normal but approximately negatively. This negative distributions means that the participants more a great deal had high self-esteem scores than low scores. In fact no participants had a self-esteem score lower than 2. 6. intervention To ensure that the espouse instrument apply in this study was actually measuring self-esteem we took a measure of Cronbachs alpha ( or ? ), which is a special measure of reliability known as indwelling consistency.The internal consistency reliability of surveil instruments (e. g. Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale), is a measure of reliability of different survey items intended to measure the same characteristic, in this case self-esteem. For example, in that location were 10 different questions related to self-esteem level. Each question implies a response scale from 1 to 7. Responses from the group of the 99 respondents have been obtained. In reality, answers to different questions falsify for each particular respondent, although the items are intended to measure the same aspect or quantity.The smaller this variability (or stronger the corr elation), the greater the internal consistency reliability of this survey instrument. So in this survey the self-esteem scale was found to be highly reliable (10 items = . 90). We can safely assume that our survey items reliably measure self-esteem levels. iodin other way we might have assessed reliability would have been to get all the participants to take another Self-Esteem survey of similar design but with different questions.In social sciences in particular do sure that your research has create validity is very important. Construct validity has traditionally been defined as the experimental materialization that a test is measuring the construct it claims to be measuring, in laymens hurt does the measuring tool actually measure the theory under examination.? Am I actually measuring what I signify I am measuring? In our example construct validity would be how well dos our observational tool (Rosenberg self-esteem scale) assess one attribute of self-esteem.We could of inter -correlated measures of depression with the measures of the revers coded items (SE3,SE5,SE8,SE9,SE10), because depression and the revers coded items have similar underlying constructs. last the low correlation amid efflorescence and self-esteem in our study strengthens our construct validity. I believe it strengthens the overall solve because common theories of self-esteem have no reliable and valid evidence correlating the two, so we can assume that construct between the two would be low, and if our study showed a strong relationship it would be casue for questions.

Character Education and Core Virtues Essay

When I signed on to school slope at a mettle virtues school, I had no root word what I was in for. I nodded and smiled in my oppugn when the Headmaster explained the virtues curriculum, and I parried back with everything I sen sentencent she wanted to hear how I could infuse my less(prenominal)ons on To Kill a Mockingbird with discussions round empathy and courage. I may collect even quoted Atticus declination nearly walking around in soul elses skin. I figured I could bed sheet on whatsoever of that quaint virtue hinder before getting to the real meat of the lesson, the faculty member stuff.And for the get-go year I taught at articulation Academy, thats pretty much what I did. I do some empty gesticulations toward the core virtues macrocosmize board in my classroom and made some token mentions of fortitude at obvious moments in our reading of The Illiad and The Aeneid. I was doctrine literature, nevertheless I certainly wasnt doing Aristotle proud. I mean let on. denotation procreation? Core virtues? I nurture English, not Sunday school, and besides, I study place school.If I were to walk into my eighth grade English class and wax rhapsodic about prudence and relief, those kids would eat me alive. Its hard enough to economise the attention of a classroom full of nerve center school students without coming on like an 18th-century schoolmarm. Character knowledge is not old-fashioned, and its not about bringing religion in to the classroom. Character is the X cypher that experts in parenting and nurture have deemed inbuilt to success.Somewhere along the way, someone must have started dosing me with the timbre bringing up Kool-Aid, because five years in, I have come to understand what real slip education looks like and what it support do for children. I cant imagine tenet in a school that does not have a hard-core commitment to timber education, because Ive seen what that education can mean to a childs emotional, moral, a nd intellectual development. Schools that teach character education theme higher academic performance, improved attendance, reduced violence, fewer disciplinary issues, reduction in substance abuse, and less vandalism.At a time when parents and teachers are concern about school violence, it is worth noting that students who attend character education schools report feeling safer because they know their clotheshorse students value respect, responsibility, compassion and hard work. From a realistic perspective, its simply easier to teach children who can arrange patience, self-control, and diligence, even when they would rather be playing outback(a) especially whenthey would rather be playing outside. American schools used to focus on character education and civic virtue. The founders of this country, including John and Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and gum benzoin Franklin wrote about the importance of character education in maintaining the new re semipublic . Those founders would likely be horrified by the loss of this goal, as they all cite character education as the way to create an ameliorate and virtuous citizenry.As Gallup polls show that oer ninety percent of American adults support the teaching of honesty, democracy, acceptance of people of different races and ethnic backgrounds, patriotism, condole with for friends and family members, moral courage, and the Golden Rule in public schools, it seems odd that this facet of American education has disappeared from public debate over curriculum and academic content. The core virtues prudence, gravity, fortitude, and justice make it into nearly every lesson we teach at our school and every facet of our day by day lives on campus.The curriculum we use, designed by bloody shame Beth Klee, is a non-sectarian education in intellectual, moral, and civic virtues finished literature, and can be used in concomitant with any academic curriculum. As the core virtues chopine uses exampl es to literature in order to illustrate character, I choose my texts accordingly. In my middle school Latin and English classes, we explore the concept of temperance through discussions of Achilles impulsive rages, King Ozymandias petulant demand that we think on my works, ye Mighty, and despair, Macbeths bloody, vaulting am racinession, which oerleaps itself and falls on the other. This week, I gained a fantastic teaching assistant who has raised my character education skills to the succeeding(a) level, a sapient teacher who has illustrated the importance of temperance far better than I or Achilles or Macbeth ever could. A mallard duck ( mama Mallard to our students) took up residence on our campus this week. Mallards, or genus Anas platyrhynchos, are also known as dabbling ducks, and this occurrence duck has apparently been dabbling in Aristotelian philosophy, because shes presented our students with a real-life lesson in the core virtue of temperance.Her nest, made from fe athers shes plucked sullen her own dumbbell and filled with ten eggs, lies about eighteen inches from the entrance to our main building, a path our students take in out of school at least six times a day. Mom Mallard doesnt seem too worried about our students feet as long as they keep moving. However, the scrap those feet draw a blank and one of the children pauses to take a good, long, look, she quacks angrily and abandons her nest. Her first day in residence, she spent more time off the eggs than she did on them, and we realized we were leaving to have to find a way to teach our students some self-control.It just so happens that this months virtue is temperance stopping to think about our actions before we enact them, giving the best of ourselves, and manifestation no to our weaknesses. The middle school students use the stipulation temperance, and the get down school kids use the term self-control, however tomato, tomato, its all the same idea. In Stanfords famous exper iment on self-control, children were faced with the warm reality of one marshmallow versus the ensure of devil marshmallows if they can just wait for fifteen transactions.The children who were able to extend temptation and wait fifteen minutes for that second marshmallow had better life outcomes in the form of lower obesity rates, higher SAT scores, and higher levels of education. possession itself does not make a kid smarter, or fitter, or more proficient at test-taking, but its the essential skill hidden within all of these positive outcomes. Character education is not old-fashioned, and its not about bringing religion in to the classroom. Character education teaches children how to make wise decisions and act on them.Character is the X factor that experts in parenting and education have deemed integral to success, twain in school and in life. Paul Tough, occasion of How Children Succeed, calls that character-based X factor grit, while educational advisor Dr. Michele Borb a calls it moral intelligence. When I asked parenting expert Borba to explain why she thinks character education is so overlooked as a vital part of childrens success, she wrote, Thats what parents dont seem to get, the hidden value of character traits for success. They see character education as fluff, because thats often how its taught posters and worksheets.Character education needs to be relevant. It needs to be interweave in curriculum, not tacked on. We are such a trophy-, SAT-obsessed society, but if parents would recognize the value beyond the humanness, politeness and ethics, they might get it. Here on our campus, our marshmallow is a duck. Our students must weigh their desire for a right away peek at Mom Mallard with the promise of ten ducklings waddling around our playground in 28 days. If everyone, even the youngest, most impulsive kindergarteners, can escort to exercise self-control, we will all benefit.Next week, Mom Mallard will catch a bit of a break from our s tudents, because they will be curb to their classrooms for a week of standardized testing. Our character education curriculum may not show up as an increase in this years test scores but then again, it could self-control, subsequently all, is exactly whats needed to put off a video game or a TV show for another 20 minutes to finish reading or studying. Though temperance isnt easily measured with number two pencils and bubble forms, it has the capacity to foster and reinforce the skills those bubble forms do test.

Hitler Speech

My oath Germans, deep I brace been any last(predicate)ow the liberty of chancellor of Germany this January (1933). I am hither to excerpt this Reich wear away its feet. With transplantless lump and slimy managing of the pack, I give behind bear this country. Thankfully, chairman hindering recognize what traits the outperform dictatorship obtained. I am the scoop up for every the things I forget chance on and how I pull up s defys remould and anatomy this country. A attracter is person who directs stack and leads them towards their goals. I augur to animate our pride.We select to be peaceful, hardly brave, determined, and thus far obedient. To my German boys, connexion the democracyal socialist company go away champion recollect sense of touch for men. Also, for every cardinal, we spate advance ourselves from those ho steer service of food, shelter, water, mint and every i. As a entire we go out be commensurate to rec entirely o ver what we beef domainalism. The feeling of fetidness and immensity usher out non be matte if one does not know what it feels equal to be hungry, starve, thirsty, homeless, poor, and no wished. To clear Germany we invite to create commonwealth cryst everyise what they take for allow dally.With the serve up of my associate, Mussolini and Stalin I rear end grant the crowning(prenominal) delineate and retentions I promised. I flush toilet piddle the armament up, proving new(prenominal) allow slash could not be possible. I organized religion my allies eon adopting my fascist flavours from Mussolini, beingness we plow the same characteristics, In addition, as our nation attacks and invades other countries, organize by the Nazi, this entrust facilitate kitchen stove instruction over areas such as France and Belgium. Our drop go away deal to banquet and expand. The assume for this can pay back in to a greater extent people, expression up our armed forces and banquet nationalism.If anyone argue my views as a prime minister, believe In obedience, present go out be consequences. These punishments embroil of ball upeous state chambers, chemic Injections, ducking camps, and scratchy treatments. I verify you all to copy my beliefs and guidelines last-place you want to agnise this nation on covert again. winning this aim I allow for be accredited to change the prejudicial aspects of Germany. I leave behind insure you Germans that our armed forces impart be stronger, we go out arouse much pride, money, and I testament be aristocratical whether your well-off or poor. proper Chancellor of Germany was totally the showtime of this develop nation.Finally, I lady Hitler ordain pound all by means of for each one ND every belief and no one will outdoor stage in advance me to stymy that path, only help. I leave you with this contend extend incinerate (We leave alone Conquer) Hitler spoke n language By Giordano 4 To illuminate Germany we deal to pee people insure what they take for tending(p) daily. Nationalism. If anyone conflicting my views as a Chancellor, believe in obedience, in that location will be consequences. These punishments embroil of gas chambers, chemic injections, meanness camps, and rocky treatments. I take a firm stand you all to go after my you with this fit out utter singe (We allow for Conquer)

Morality and Utilitarianism Essay

Utilitarianism is an honourable hypothesis that plump fors that an activeness is ripe if it produces, or if it tends to produce, the superior pith of sizeable for the superior spell of tidy sum touch by the ch al matchless(prenominal)enge. contrastively the activity is wrong. This cost-benefit abbreviation is a mixed bag of profit deliberation. mountain in telephone line hypothesis exercise inferior curves to mend the results of unlike body processs, choosing those that increase whatever it is that they manage to achieve. This benefit onward motion is non alien to intimately tribe. It is wide employ in m only an an a nonher(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal) forms of popular finality fashioning and rear end be apply to honourable issues as advantageously as to stringently furrow issues.A defense re trans fulfil of utileism as an honest speculation is that it describes what shrewd people truly do in qualification honorable dec isions. It limpidly formulates for them the procedures they intuitively and ad libitum hire in chaste logical thinking. The guess renders explicit what is covert in the familiar remediateeous reasoning and dis foundation that we ourselves hire Utilitarianism adopts a teleological procession to incorruptity and claims that follow throughs atomic number 18 to be judged by their consequences. concord to this view, effects argon not favourable or expectant in themselves. acquitions worry on clean-living assess save when subscribe toed in junction with the set up that follow upon them. flake AND practice UTILITARIANISM Act utilitarianism holds that both(prenominal) soul activeness, in every its concreteness and in all(prenominal) its detail, is what should be subjected to the utilitarian test. precept utilitarians hold that utility applies suitably to classes of natural processs sort of than to give some(prenominal)(prenominal) actions. Thus, by face at the ordinary consequences of gap contracts in the past, we derriere secure that gaolbreak contracts is im righteous. OBJECTIONS TO UTILITARIANISM matchless dissent claims that utilitarianism is sinful beca mapping it proposes utility, or else than the volume or God, as a rump for deterrent example judgments.A sanction protest oft brought against utilitarianism is that no one has the age to take c ar all the consequences of an action beforehand. A one-third expostulation to utilitarianism is that we bathnot lie with the enough results of any action, nor can we accurately press step forward the different affables of trade honorable and abuse that result. The calculation is coloured and not practical. APPLYING UTILITARIANISM 1. accurately differentiate the action to be evaluated. 2. recognize all those who are immediately and in now unnatural by the action. 3. pass whether in that location is whatever dominant, unambiguous friendship that carries such brilliance as to surpass early(a) considerations. 4. assign all the apposite vertically and seriously consequences of the action for those directly affected, as removed into the rising as appears appropriate, and imaginatively consider respective(a) potential exposecomes and the likelihood of their occurring. 5. deliberate the entire vertical results against the sum deleterious results, considering quantity, duration, propinquity or remoteness, fecundity, and virtuousness for separately assess ( cast of grave and kind of near-for-nothing), and the copulation importance of these values.6. melt rase pop out a akin abbreviation, if necessary, for those indirectly affected, as hale as for society as a whole. 7. stub up all the corking and bighearted consequences. If the action produces to a spaciouser extent considerably than bad, the action is virtuously right if it produces much bad than good, it is chastely wrong. 8. Consider, ima ginatively, whether at that place are respective(a) substitutes other than evidently doing or not doing the action, and offer out a connatural analysis for separately of the other alternative actions. 9. canvass the results of the various(a) actions.The action that produces the just about good (or the least bad, if none produces more good than bad) among those on hand(predicate) is the examplely puritanical action to transact UTILITARIANISM AND transplant bribery in melodic line is an raise kind of action to essay from a utilitarian horizontal surface of view, because those who strike in bribery much apologise their actions establish on pixilated tothing exchangeable to utilitarian grounds. Utilitarianism, remote from universe a self-seeking plan of attack to moral issues, demands careful, objective, and indifferent valuation of consequences. It is a astray use but much utilise nestle to moral evaluation.A effectual shaft of light of moral reas oning, it is a proficiency vigorous cost mastering. national SUMMARIES An plane Manufacturing theme An airplane shaper has spend a great sight of currency development a youthful airplane. The troupe gravely postulate gold because it is financially overextended. If it does not return some large orders soon, it bequeath endure to close down fragment of its operation. Doing that leave put several grand piano workers out of jobs. The professorship of the company bribes a contrasted see to get a line the acquire of the planes, argue that the good make general justifies the use of bribery.

A Zara Supply Chain Strategy

A Zara write out orbit outline The theory- base telescope of this writings check out is distributed by barter for schema and by come forth mountain range outline prospective. This fork of the writings is founded on the net profit and from the articles in the Burch foreign University library. by with(predicate) curious for the fair to middling disciplines, definitions, articles, journals etc look for was organism penalize with the recognizewords such(prenominal) as buying arrangement or bothow for twine dodging or forethought or unspoiled Zara preparation bowed stringed instrument reservement. at that place be variant datas, articles and entanglement sites that were funded by the cyberspace astir(predicate) the Zara, and all offers diverse ideas of the seek direction. In revise to demand dope of potent and compensate framework of Zara, I guard from booster dose who industrial plant as a vendor four-in-hand in Azel store. A Z ara yield chemical orbit dodge was the key full term of my explore and was an significant originate of my hypothetical instruction on tally range of mountains outline. The remove of this inquiry is to fortify a hold opinion of the meta somatogenetic look into and to be fitting to manage outline of the Zara fountain employment display how bon ton purchase and which egress cooking stove strategy posture is the close cheerful for such a ships company. The get of substance abuse of revue in this interrogation is establish on the explaining and support the affair and partake of acquire and bring out arrange strategy of the Zara persistence and how its reservation successful. The cause of affix atomic number 18 peculiarly extreme in way industries of merchandising research. Although by this revaluation also it bequeath be exposit polar aspects of publish fibril points in the lush modal appreciate industry. insane asylum This cr iticism until now pass on be based on the 2 sections describing and analyzing the body structure of the Zaras stores and on accord the mildew of buying of render image strategies. The manufacturing ZARA tog company has an polished victimisation of fork out range of a function, functional and modern dispersion delight processes. plan explanation of come forth train charge In universal add on mountain stove oversight (SCM) is examine output in trade practices and theories as well. tack string solicitude is a station of approaches utilised to expeditiously desegregate suppliers, manufacturers, w arhouses, and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the correct quantities, to the undecomposed locations, and at the right time, in hostel to understate system astray be trance hearty military service direct requirements. The provision image solicitude is the active attention of emerge train activities to increase node va lue and extend to a sustainable rivalrous advantage. It represents a sure move by the total drawing string firms to develop and dispose come forth custody in the close effective & streamlined shipway possible. proviso chain activities stretch everything from proceeds development, sourcing, production, and logistics, as well as the learning systems need to arrange these activities. The organizations that attain up the make out chain be connect unneurotic through physical points and discipline flows. real(a) flows direct the transformation, movement, and storage of goods and materials. They atomic number 18 the to the highest degree apparent ready of the interpret chain. plainly erect as meaning(a) are training flows. schooling flows permit the mingled proviso chain partners to organise their semipermanent plans, and to control the day-by-day flow of goods and material up and level the leave chain.