...views of current marijuana users, along with those who are known to have to do or to have done stronger drugs such as crack, and cocaine. I plan to utilize the options of surveys and to redo or basically jump into an overt observational form of a focus group by joining in with smokers and talking with them about how they began and what other drugs they may have used. I will use some information from a literary review that talks about the science of how and why people go from one drug to another. I also plan to not only use personal information from my own experiences but also information from documentaries that have been done on the subject at a whole. Introductory paragraphs: There are several aspects to this theory which is what makes society so against marijuana. They naturally believe that it is a gateway drug, not because of any solid proof, but because of society and government have programed into people’s minds. I am sort of bias in this fact though mainly because I am an ex pot smoker and most of the people that I know smoke or do some type of drugs including marijuana either for medical or personal reasons. Early overview: I. Express the point of views of current marijuana users, along with those who are known to have to do or to have done stronger drugs such as crack, and cocaine. II. A literary review that talks about the science of how and why people go from one drug to another. III. Use personal information from my own experience. IV. Use information...
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...informants hung out and what they did for living. First of all she had introduce herself, develop rapport and do open and finished interviews that allowed informants to demonstrate herself about their lives. She had to learn not depend on most people she met at the place even though it was benefit for her and study of prostitutes. Like most cultural anthropologists, Sterk's goal was to describe the life of prostitution from the women's point of view. To do this, she had to be patient, brave, trustworthy, and non-judgmental. Fieldwork is a moderate development, because it takes time to earn people's confidence and to learn their language...
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...declare that I have cited all sources from which I used language, ideas and information, whether quoted verbatim or paraphrased, and that any and all assistance of any kind, which I received while producing this paper, has been acknowledged in the References section. This paper includes no trademarked material, logos, or images from the Internet, which I do not have written permission to include. I further agree that my name typed on the line below is intended to have, and shall have the same validity as my handwritten signature. Student's signature (name typed here is equivalent to a signature): Carolyn D. Morris Assessment Freydia is a twenty seven year old woman who came into the Urban Mental Health Faculty because of her crack cocaine use. This was court ordered as one of her conditions to get her children back. Freydia has seven year old boy and a nine year old girl. She was very resistant to counseling but in order to get her children back she needs to complete counseling session, six weeks of a parenting class and attend narcotics anonymous (NA) meetings. In meeting with Freydia we set up a formal working agreement. It started with an assessment of her, include information on family, problems she was having, “Six classic questions are often used by interviewers to organize their assessment agendas: Who is the client and who should be involved in the assessment process. What do I want to know and what information do I need to gather. Where should...
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...The Altria Group, Inc. Often referred to as “the house the Marlboro Man built”, The Altria Group, Inc. is the world’s largest tobacco company. Altria operates its cigarette business through the companies known as Phillip Morris USA and Philip Morris International, both of which sell Marlboro – the world’s largest selling cigarette brand since 1972 (“The Altria Group,” n.d.). This company controls about half of the US tobacco market. This is also the parent company of Kraft Foods. I chose to do a paper on this particular company because of the practices of lies and deceit that it has followed for many years. Some of the behaviors that I find socially and ethically irresponsible are that the company continually down plays the addictiveness and severe risk to health that their product can cause. Over the years the company has been under scrutiny for many different things including the practice of employing under age children to hand out cigarettes, falsifying legal and medical documents, and the paying off of political and legal leaders to accomplish the things that it wants done. This corporation has also been listed in the Wall Street Journal as Number 1 in a list of the top 10 worst places for a woman to work because of the fact that there are no women in any upper management positions and they employ nearly 75,000 people in the Philip Morris US plant alone (“Unethical Companies,” n.d.). At the annual shareholders meeting in 2011, Philip Morris International celebrated...
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...Refer to Activity 7.1, located in Ch. 7 of Thinking, for examples on how to create metaphors. Example: Event /Person/Place: Mother Metaphor: A mountain in the mist; Strong and everlasting; A blanket of safety and comfort. Answer Here • Summer in Texas: Depths of Hades; A fiery inferno; Barren wasteland; Hot as a scorching oven. • New born infant: Fragile and delicate; Blessed with innocence; unpredictable; uncompromising to any negotiations. • My Dodge Charger SRT-8: A silver bullet speeding through the streets; Loud and vicious; Powerful as 400 galloping horses; an untamed wild beast. • Las Vegas: Bright stars in the middle of a dark galaxy; lively and exciting; A land of temptation; overdeveloped with visual wonders. • Sunday Catholic mass: A temple of enlightenment; Shrouded in mystery; Calm and peaceful; Gathering of diversity; Unity and acceptance. Part 2: Natural/Mental Orders Organize two sets of information using natural and mental orders. Refer to the “Natural/Mental Orders” section in Ch. 8 of Thinking for additional guidance. Example: Type of Organization: Natural Order: Chronological Example: Seeds grow into plants, flower or fruit, produce more seeds, fall to the ground, take root, and produce another plant Answer Here o Natural order: Chronological o The earth’s crust cracks, magma escapes through the cracks, volcanoes are formed, new land is created, volcanoes stop erupting, and...
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...the life and crimes of Lonnie David Franklin Jr, The Grim Sleeper. In Los Angeles, California poverty was everywhere you looked as well were drugs. There were prostitutes on every corner not to mention people openly smoking crack cocaine on the sides of the roads. In Los Angeles less than 50% of high school students will graduate and at least ⅓ of black men will receive a felony conviction at some point in their life. Very few of the black residents do not feel comfortable with talking to the police about any crimes that are committed. When the police first became aware...
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...The crack that could change lives, has been a conflict concern to the public. Hydraulic Fracturing(Fracking) is a method on how they abstract oil and gas to make an affordable source of energy. In the following documentaries FrackNation by Phelim McAleer and Gasland by Josh Fox, demonstrate different viewpoints on fracking. The individual with the greatest argument was Phelim McAleer due to using an excellent amount of persuasive strategies. In the movie Gasland Fox claims fracking has caused the water to be inadequate to drink due to the horrendous amount of chemicals in the water. Fox also claims that it is substandard to to the environment. Throughout the documentary he gives interviews to people on only his side. To make an excellent argument it involves the viewpoints of both sides of the situation. Fox’s way of persuasion is pathos.The strongest arguments provide all three of the persuasive techniques called Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. He played with the audience emotions and does not give accurate evidence to support his claims. Fox used logical fallacies like False analogy and circle reasoning. For example, fox says that fracking caused a huge increase in breast cancer in a certain area. With no valid evidence the accusation is a false analogy. Fox only swayed the...
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...Aeronautical Science for Management AMGT 202 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract This paper is to cite and reflect on what I have learned about U. S. airline companies outsourcing their maintenance overseas. I will first look at why most airlines are making this common practice. I will look at potential risks involved by overseas maintenance. What type of regulations the FAA has, and other identities involved. Lastly, I will look at specific goals of aviation maintenance, and what we believe would help achieve them. Overseas Maintenance In today’s world of deregulated aviation it has almost become a common practice of airlines to be in, or preparing for bankruptcy. Many financial issues have stemmed from competitive rates, low cost fares, and sky rocketing fuel rates. In order for airlines to make a profit they have looked in many directions to cut costs. Some have lowered services and are passing costs onto the consumer such as baggage fees, cost for food and snack, even to use the facilities. A major way for airlines to cut cost is maintenance. By outsourcing to Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facilities (MRO’s), airlines have seen a great opportunity to increase their margins. The can have in depth costly repairs done at fractions of the cost in house. There is much debate about this topic with many questions to be asked. There is much debate about this topic and many questions to ask. A major problem is jobs, by outsourcing maintenance overseas...
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...department as I would be seen as a snitch. The thought of having the suspects in this case falsely accused of a crime they did not commit and have it follow them to their adult life would be a great injustice to the minors in the case. Without the presence of the suspect’s parent/guardian or a child advocate opens up the chance for intimidation and persuasion the suspects to confess or incriminate themselves. Also, the minors in this case could very well go to the news agencies with the story of how they were treated by our department. This would cause a field day with the media. We would be bombarded by reporters asking questions of why we did what we did and how could we have infringed upon these young men’s rights. Without parent/guardian presence during and interrogation would be unethical to the minors because they could be tricked into giving a false confession to the detectives. Without the detective recording in the interview or having someone present to witness the interview there could be some misunderstanding of what was said. The detective could change the...
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...Before starting my assessment I would ask myself some questions. Who is my client? Why is my client seeking help? What is the issue that brought her to me? How to get the information I need? My client is Freydia who is currently seeking to get custody back from the state. Her addiction has led to the intervention of the Child Protective Services. She has come seeking my help to take the steps to get her children back and to be clean of crack cocaine. Assessment Identifying and demographic information: Name: Freydia Jackson Address: 1234 Y Street, Detroit, MI Telephone Number: (123)456-7890 Gender: Female Age: 27 Religion: Baptist Cultural Identity: Caucasian Relationship Status: Divorced Employment: Lead waitress Education: High School Diploma Family: Mother, Donna Jones; Daughter, Jade; Son, Dillon Presenting problem or concern: Client has been a crack cocaine addict for four years. Recently her children have been removed from her home. She has recently had financial issues and has moved back into her mother’s house. Two years ago, Freydia, completed a voluntary thirty day rehab program. She was clean for two weeks after the program ended. Clients Strengths and resources: Freydia is a loving mother. She volunteers the children’s school. Freydia is involved with the church three times a week, sometimes more; she is the music leader. She takes pride in her new promotion to lead waitress. She also has pride about leaving her husband. Freydia jogs every morning...
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...so many problems arise. One of the biggest problems that stuck out was the fact that the work release programs and recidivism are still an issue. What can this nation do to improve the work release programs and reduce recidivism? If this nation had more opportunities for those who are being released from prison from an extensive stay and who have lost the ability to understand how it is to live in the “real world”, maybe they would not turn back to crime and rejoin their peers in prison. This is a problem because there is a big issue with the overcrowding of prisons, and if we can reduce recidivism, then there will not be an issue of overcrowded prisons and people would start to turn their lives around. ““In light of rapidly rising prison populations in a vast number of jurisdictions, on the one hand, and high corresponding recidivism rates, on the other, the need for renewed focus on reintegrating prisoners into the community has become urgent” (Cheliotis, 2008). The purpose of this study is to show how there is an issue with the lack of work release programs for prisoners who are being released and how with these programs, the nation can reduce recidivism. It is important to study this because with many ex-prisoners who are not use to living in the “real world”, turn back to crime to go back to what they are comfortable in, prison life. That is why in showing that the current work release programs do not do enough to reduce recidivism rates, maybe a/some state(s) or country...
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...recruiters due to the importance of the consistency of skills each “player” on the team needs to have. If a new employee does not have the correct skill set for the job, an important link between the employee and his/her predecessor(s) are broken. They must pick up right where the previous work has been left off. Employees given this task must first identify vacancy within the organization, and determine where the most help is needed. They must review the tasks of each current employee, and each employee’s role in their department; HR must understand the workloads of the individuals, along with any projects that other departments are working on as a whole. Once all of this is completed, the assigned recruiter can proceed to “fill in the cracks” where need be. When the need for a new employee is identified, a job description must first be made in place to pitch out to potential employees. Position descriptions provide a...
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...every dream. His eyes glowing with every word of sincerity, as he talks about unity between every community. He made you want to love him like your twin. He dared you to find the lies, to prove he’s crazy from within. Tupac wrote a poem named “The rose that grew from the concrete” “Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature’s law is wrong it Learned to walk without having feet Funny it seems, but by keeping it’s dreams, It learned to breathe fresh air Long live that rose that grew from concrete When no one else ever cared” Tupac represents the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete. He wrote this poem about life and being raised in a place where no one expected you to succeed in life. Tupac promted freedom, but he believed that Freedom wouldn’t come without a sacrifice, a sacrifice to be willing to risk everything for the greater purpose. One person willing to get beat, so others could eat, one person willing to die, so others could get by. Tupac thought of himself be like the man Job, in the book of the bible. God did all this crazy stuff to him, to test his faith and that’s how Tupac seen himself as a man, a man that could stand up to anything as long as he stood firm in his faith. Tupac was a wise man, he seen the problems in the world, problems like people winning the lotto for 36 million when we have people starving on the streets, people with 2 houses that have 27 bedrooms when there’s...
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...The Perfect Interview Ray Hall Xcom/125 August, 15 2010 Deanna Kimbrel Communication in an interview is very important and knowing what to say and knowing how to say it is the only way I believe that you can be a potential higher for a company. The information that I have shared with you in my presentation is purely informative, I show you how you can be a great interviewee and get the job done when you’re being interviewed. I chose this way to show my college students how to prepare for an interview because I didn’t believe that making persuasive presentation will reach college students. I have learned over the years that telling a college student what to do usually doesn’t work, but if you show them what they have to do to be successful than that always works. Using an informative presentation shows the college students steps in being a great interviewee and it also gets them prepared of what to expect in an interview. I believe that informative ways of showing how to interview better prepares someone for the future. It also prepares for what to expect in an interview. When most companies usually has someone doing interviews one on one, some might see how you react in a different setting. Most companies now days have you come in two or three times before they hire you so you always have to prepare for that also. They might put you through a scenario that will get you involved with other people from the company just to see how well you work with others. They...
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...they live. One major ban that helped in reducing the number of gun related fatalities was the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. Since the ban has expired, more than 350 people have been killed and 450 people have been injured by military style weapons (Feinstein, 2013). The 1994 and the 2013 Assault Weapons Ban bans all rifles like AK-47’s and all shot guns like the IZHMASH Saga 12 types (Feinstein, 2013). What brought the gun debate to the tables of many families were the atrocious events that took place due to gun violence. The inhumane shootings in an elementary school in Connecticut and the movie theater shooting in Colorado have put the issue of gun control in the spotlight. These horrific events have spurned up the debate on how the government should go about decreasing the many innocent lives lost each year due to gun violence. Looking through the eyes of Dianne Feinstein, who is the Senator of the state of California, the ban of selling military style assault weapons and high captivity ammunition magazines is the solution to this problem (Feinstein, 2013).. This bill does not include anyone who already lawfully possessed a gun at the time of the bill being passed. The movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado was the main topic...
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