...Deseon Jenkins Dr. Culp MG350 March 14, 2014 Business Article 2 In this article, it explains how GM has recalled more than 1.6 million cars worldwide due to defective ignition switches which caused cars to either shut off, causes accidents, and defective deployment of airbags. This defect has been known about by the GM Company but they failed to act upon the action and complaints till now. Now GM and other sources claim that they did not have enough evidence to call a major recall of the many vehicles that’s being recalled. The recall even includes the Chevy cobalt’s and the Chevy Cruzes that recently came out. A GM spokesman said that without rigorous analysis, it would be just speculations to assume that these allegations would have anything to do with them and draw any meaningful conclusions that would lead to the recall of many vehicles. Recently, GM has recalled six cars due to defective ignition switches. The problems led to that if it was bumped or weighed down by heavy keys, it will shut the engines and power systems off, and disable airbags. It was bad enough to where the 2003-2007 Saturn ions, the 2006-2007 Chevy HHRs, and Pontiac Solstice and 2007 Chevy sky is no longer in production anymore. Currently, research and investigation is underway to investigate why GM waited so long to take action on these allegations, and why they chose not to act upon this problem till now despite the fact that GM knew long ago about these problems. First off, I would have to...
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...persons to jail. This article explains to readers about different shaming punishments and the way you perform these punishments. Also, Kahan discusses the courts choices and the way they see punishment by shaming. Kahan does a good job explaining and arguing the reasons behind why shaming is both good and bad. He explains the point of views from both liberal and conservative reformers. None the less the tone he uses, the diction he presents, and the example choices keep us wanting to know more. Kahan argues in favor of the use of shame as a punishment that is, “an effective, cheap, and humane alternative to imprisonment.” He tells us to think about the times when we were punished as children, and who punished us: teachers, parents or other authority figures. What kinds of bad behavior were we punished for? What type of punishment worked best to deter you from changing your ways? You may not remember everything from an incident but do you recall being ashamed and bashed in front of other people? The tone he chooses to get the point across is both sarcastic/funny and meaningful. He oddly adds phrases here and there to further the argument by using a stern tone to explain his seriousness. His quotes, that include different shaming requirements by law, help us better understand the circumstances in which shaming is used. Like how, “if you drive drunk in Florida or Texas and you might be required to place a conspicuous ‘DUI’ bumper sticker on your car.” In some cases it is both funny...
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...Minimalism Essential Essays Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus Also by The Minimalists Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life Also by Joshua Fields Millburn Falling While Sitting Down: Stories As a Decade Fades: A Novel More Info TheMinimalists.com JoshuaFieldsMillburn.com Published in 2011 by Mins Publishing Copyright © 2011 by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus All rights reserved, though it would be appreciated if youʼd tell other people about this book if you enjoy it, whether you paid for it or not. Let it be known that any profits from this book will most likely be spent on coffee and/or burritos. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Minimalism: essential essays / Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus. — 1st ed. ISBN-10: 1-936-53945-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-9365394-5-1 1. Title. 2. Minimalism. 3. The Minimalists. 4. Simplicity. 5. Self-improvement. Feel free to take pieces of these essays and replicate them online, but please give a link back to www.theminimalists.com along with it. If you want to use more than a few paragraphs, it would be great if you’d email theminimalists@theminimalists.com and let us know what youʼre up to. Contact Information: Joshua Fields Millburn Ryan Nicodemus email: theminimalists@theminimalists.com web: theminimalists.com Cover photo by Mick Evans and Hillary Hopkins Cover design by Colleen McCulla Formatting by Chris O’Byrne at ebook-editor.com Special thanks to four people who helped make this collection appreciably...
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...Minimalism Essential Essays Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus Also by The Minimalists Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life Also by Joshua Fields Millburn Falling While Sitting Down: Stories As a Decade Fades: A Novel More Info TheMinimalists.com JoshuaFieldsMillburn.com Published in 2011 by Mins Publishing Copyright © 2011 by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus All rights reserved, though it would be appreciated if youʼd tell other people about this book if you enjoy it, whether you paid for it or not. Let it be known that any profits from this book will most likely be spent on coffee and/or burritos. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Minimalism: essential essays / Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus. — 1st ed. ISBN-10: 1-936-53945-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-9365394-5-1 1. Title. 2. Minimalism. 3. The Minimalists. 4. Simplicity. 5. Self-improvement. Feel free to take pieces of these essays and replicate them online, but please give a link back to www.theminimalists.com along with it. If you want to use more than a few paragraphs, it would be great if you’d email theminimalists@theminimalists.com and let us know what youʼre up to. Contact Information: Joshua Fields Millburn Ryan Nicodemus email: theminimalists@theminimalists.com web: theminimalists.com Cover photo by Mick Evans and Hillary Hopkins Cover design by Colleen McCulla Formatting by Chris O’Byrne at ebook-editor.com Special thanks to four people who helped make this collection appreciably better...
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...Short Story Reader Response Title: what we talk about when we talk about love Author: Raymond Carver Theme Compose a complete sentence that states the author’s purpose (meaning or main point) in the story. What we talk about when we talk about love, written by Raymond Carver, talks about what true love is in everyone’s mind. Setting Describe the occasion, time, place, atmosphere, etc. Give details. The setting is very casual. Two couples are just talking during their spare time in the kitchen of one’s home. It is a good sunny afternoon, relaxed, and also not an annoying rainy or windy day. “My friend Mel McGinnis was talking.” “The four of us were sitting around his kitchen table drinking gin. Sunlight filled the kitchen from the big window behind the sink. There were Mel and me and his second wife, Teresa-Terri, we called her- and my wife, Laura.” Language Cite some quotations (at least three) that are particularly meaningful or interesting. Explain why you chose each. “He kept saying, ‘I love you, I love you, you bitch.’” Terri was memorizing what Ed said to her when he beat her. What Ed said was kind of contradictory. Did he hate Terri, or did he love Terri. In Terri’s mind, this is a different way to show his love, but as I know, this is love, while a sick way. The contradictory way he said can show this very completely. Just a several words, but readers can feel what kind of person Ed is. “‘Terri’s a romantic. Terri’s of the kick-me-so-I’ll-know-you-love-me...
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...would do there and explain why this would be a special trip. 者 违 ， 播 传 或 制 复 得 不 可 许 经 未 ， 有 所 帮 人 达 思 雅 和 师 Well…a special trip I would like to go on in the future…let me see…I guess I want to go back to the United States. Look, I went to college in the States 5 years ago. And I studied in the University of Minnesota. It’s a great experience. Now I’ve graduated for two years. But I still miss it very much. And I always see myself going back there in my dreams. So…I guess, if it’s possible I’d like to go back to visit the place where I spent the best part of my youth. Now if you ask me who I would like to go with…well, I can’t make up my mind. Right now I can think of many people I’d like to go there with: my parents, my wife, some of my classmates who also came back to China after graduation. Anyway…maybe I’ll just go there with my wife first, and then my parents, and then my school buddies. And speaking of what I would do there, like I said, I plan to revisit the university, and then probably, I’ll spend some time visiting friends, and then I guess I’ll take my wife and travel through America from coast to coast, from ocean to ocean, from border to border. You know what, when I was studying in college, I never really had time traveling, because I was a straight A student, and I spent most of my time in classroom and in library. Yes, seriously, no joking. And…to say why this would be a special trip…I don’t want to make it complicated...
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...you would do there and explain why this would be a special trip. 者 违 ， 播 传 或 制 复 得 不 可 许 经 未 ， 有 所 帮 人 达 思 雅 和 师 Well…a special trip I would like to go on in the future…let me see…I guess I want to go back to the United States. Look, I went to college in the States 5 years ago. And I studied in the University of Minnesota. It’s a great experience. Now I’ve graduated for two years. But I still miss it very much. And I always see myself going back there in my dreams. So…I guess, if it’s possible I’d like to go back to visit the place where I spent the best part of my youth. Now if you ask me who I would like to go with…well, I can’t make up my mind. Right now I can think of many people I’d like to go there with: my parents, my wife, some of my classmates who also came back to China after graduation. Anyway…maybe I’ll just go there with my wife first, and then my parents, and then my school buddies. And speaking of what I would do there, like I said, I plan to revisit the university, and then probably, I’ll spend some time visiting friends, and then I guess I’ll take my wife and travel through America from coast to coast, from ocean to ocean, from border to border. You know what, when I was studying in college, I never really had time traveling, because I was a straight A student, and I spent most of my time in classroom and in ...
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...Edward Lee Thorndike Assuming Thorndike's revised a law of effect to be valid, do you feel classroom practice in the United States is accordance with it? Child rearing practices? Explain. Thorndike's revised lot of the facts stated that reinforcement increases the strength of a connection, where as punishment does nothing to the strength of a connection (text). What this tells me is that when someone is stating their opinion and is encouraged or agreed-upon by others this exit him on to continue and gives them confidence in what they’re saying but if they do not get a positive response. When it comes to teachers in the class room, when the student gets an answer correct they tell them good job, when they get the answer wring they say good try but do not praise them like they would if they give them the correct answer. Some teach this way and some are very bunt to say not that is wrong. The same with parenting the parents are trying to always make their child feel good and at time they do not want to tell them that they are wrong in fear of hurting their feelings so they do not react at all. Discuss Thorndike's principle of belongingness and polarity. Thorndike's principles of belongingness and polarity basically states that when elements belong together it is easier to learn and retain them than elements that do not belong together (Pritchard,2009). For example, when a child or adult is reciting the alphabet they start with a and A with Z. If a child or adult was asked to...
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...he does not understand the math concepts. In addition, it is imperative that he builds his self-esteem, experiments success, and feels that he is a valuable member of the class. Rob needs to be encouraged to achieve success relative to his personal potential in a positive learning environment. Interests: Rob has an interest in mechanics; he works at a car dealership after school that seems not interfering with school homework. Therefore, Rob interests are kinesthetic and physical. Preferred Way of Learning: Rob learns and process information in a kinesthetic manner. He likes to use graphics and visual objects such as graphs in math. He might learn better watching how to resolve math in presentations than lectures. Rob is a tactile student and he likes mechanics; therefore, his preferred way of learning is personal. Rob may respond positively to one-on-one attention by the teacher and he may definitely respond to an instruction when he can use grids, graphs, or other tools. Given the data provided about this student which of the family of models of teaching and / or theorist would you primarily draw on for help? Why? Support your ideas with citations from your text, and from other materials you have read. First, I will apply the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, “Maslow (1970) suggested that humans have a hierarchy of needs ranging from lower-level needs for survival and safety to higher-level needs for intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization… each of the...
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...bringing the internet to everyone everywhere. Google knew that the large key players such as AT&T and Verizon, although doing their best to provide internet access to rural areas Google could do it better because it has so much more money to invest in the research and development to succeed. The interview by Marguerite Reardon with Chris Saca, head of special initiatives for Google he explains why Google is so interested in the 700 MHz spectrum: Q: Why is Google so interested in the upcoming 700MHz auction? Sacca: The 700MHz spectrum auction represents the last big chance that the United States has to create an opportunity for meaningful change in access to the Internet for the broadest set of people possible. But why is Google, in particular, interested in this spectrum? Sacca: I think it's consistent with our company mission statement and consistent with our history of interaction with users. We have fought hard on a number of fronts to make the Internet as available as possible to the largest number of people as possible. Right now, the Internet is not available in too many places. And it's still too expensive for most folks. (Reardon, 2007). Google’s support for the Open Access fit is that they are willing to do whatever it takes to provide internet to those who simply cannot afford it or to...
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...How to be a better General manger As someone wise said ''start with the end in mind '' before this class I only know what the end was but not the process of push start. for me before class I see it like there was a taxi waiting outside of my house I know I want him to take me to the best places I just did not know how I am going to lead him there. So vivid management class was all about bringing people together and work together to get the job done I just did not know how to bring them to one place work together. Coming from low masculinity highly collectivist country where things are yet in the process of growing people are taught that they must look after one another, guide the young once, remain with old family values and at the end of the day regardless of how a horrible day that you had, saw a young boy get hit by a car or you just came from your daughter’s wedding and she is expecting a baby. You have to share your news with the people that cares about you and they make sure you get the best treatment regardless when you get to the house at all time because they yet not know if you had good or bad news for them always making sure the napkin or the knife is there to cut the cake. In my country Ethiopia there is one thing that takes huge part of peoples day to day life in every corner every town and every single house and for most people it is internet that made the people stay connected with each other instantly so easy you don't even have to meet the person...
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...Is Intrinsic or Extrinsic Motivation Better? Motivation is a conceptual theory which used to explain and understand the reasons of individuals’ behaviors, actions and desires. Another explanation to motivation is that the psychological process that arouse and direct goal-directed behavior. From past to nowadays, motivation is a significant initiator in many incident. For instance, World War 1, World War 2, exploring new continent such as America, foundation of new companies, people’s life and etc. There need to be an initiator for incident to occur. Motivation is the first thing that comes to mind for the initiator role. There have been a lot of academic journals and researches about the effects and forms of motivation. Researches show that every human being has a different form and satisfaction level of motivation. In theory of Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan which called the Self-determination theory focus to the choices that people make without any external influence and interference and the individual’s behavior whether is self-determined and self-motivated or happens with an external influence. This theory brings us to studies that happened in 1970’s which are the intrinsic and extrinsic motives. Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivations are the exactly the opposite of each other. “Intrinsic motivation occurs when we act without any obvious external rewards. We simply enjoy an activity or see it as an opportunity to explore, learn actualize our potentials.” (Coon, 2010)...
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...10 Things Happy People Do Differently 10 strategies happy people incorporate into their lives Published on October 16, 2012 by Paula Davis-Laack, J.D., M.A.P.P. in Pressure Proof Happiness is having a large, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns How happy are you and why? This is a question I spend a fair amount of time thinking about, not only as it applies to my own levels of happiness, but also as it applies to my family, friends, and the people who I work with. Since graduating with my master’s degree in positive psychology, I’ve worked with and observed thousands of people in a wide variety of settings, and happy people just flow with the groove of life in a unique way. Here is what they do differently: 1) They build a strong social fabric. Happy people stay connected to their families, neighbors, places of worship, and communities. These strong connections act as a buffer to depression and create strong, meaningful connections. The rate of depression has increased dramatically in the last 50-75 years. The World Health Organization predicts that by 2020, depression will be the second leading cause of mortality in the world, impacting nearly one-third of all adults (Murray & Lopez, 1996). While several forces are likely behind this increase, one of the most important factors may be the disconnection from people and their families and communities. Related Articles Choosing the Object of Your Devotion Happiness Depends Upon Close Relations The...
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...on the sides of buildings, both public and private. There has always been an ongoing debate about whether graffiti is art or just a form of vandalism. Often it is store owners and the owners of establishments who critiscize this form of expression because it is on their property that graffiti appears. Graffiti is most prominent in urban environments, in cities like New York and Los Angeles. People living in big cities often come into contact with graffiti whether it is on the train or simply walking down the street. Because of this most passer-by have grown used to its presence and barely even notice it. So why is it that some so strongly object against graffiti while otherwise recognize it as a cultural icon? One of the biggest distinctions to be made between art and graffiti is that art is sanctioned by the property owner whilst graffiti is done illegally. That is why two pieces that can be both classified as works of graffiti can illicit entirely different reactions. For instance, if the owner of a store allows a graffiti artist to spray paint a mural or even just a symbol on the side of his establishment, the end result would be considered a work of art. Scrap 1 is a photograph of a mural done by some local artists in the neighborhood commemorating their deceased friends. It is painted on the side of a hair salon and the owner allowed the artists to create it. It is an intricate and large piece that obviously required artistic talent. The people who live on that street...
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...social environment (workmates/housemates/family) Situational Influences: time of day Learning Outcome 2: Define consumer value and compare and contrast two key types of value Value: What you get – What you give up eg. 7/11 convenience of opening 24/7 allows the company to introduce a higher premium Utilitarian: utility aspect (product, functionally, does something for you) Hedonic: facebook updates on your phone Learning Outcome 3: Apply the concepts of marketing strategy and marketing tactics to describe the way firms go about creating value for consumers basic benefits, plus augmented benefits, plus 'feel' (hedonic) benefits value co-creation: customers play a part, interaction with each other C2C Learning Outcome 4: Explain the way market characteristics like market segmentation and product differentiation affect marketing strategy Learning Outcome 5:...
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