...includes introducing oneself for quite a number of times. But as Fyodor Dostoyevsky lets his narrator in the Letters from the Underworld say: “By the way, what is it that all respectable men talk about most readily? Answer – about themselves. So I too will talk about myself.”1 So I will join in and as I have done for a hundred times this past week I will happily introduce myself another time, this time in writing and in essay style. My name is Matthias Haufe and I am from Erlangen, a beautiful town in the northern part of Bavaria, Germany. The surrounding region is known as Frankonia, which I mention, because quite a few people there pride themselves as being Frankonians rather than Bavarians. There I spent the past thirteen years of my life, going to school, doing my civil service and later attending university. Before that I had lived in a small German village for six years and in Tokyo, Japan for four years. So if one takes all the aforementioned numbers they amount to 23, which is also my age. Having mentioned university, the question immediately arising is of course that of what I study. I major in English and Religion and minor in History and before I came here I had just finished the fifth semester of my studies. The goal of my studies is to become a teacher in a German “Gymnasium“, which roughly corresponds to an American high school. So much about my identity. “But how does it come that you are in Kalamazoo now? Why Kalamazoo?“ is probably the question that would arise next...
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...Case Studies 10.1 - 10.2 - 10.3 AIS 4081 Leadership Theory and Practice April 7, 2013 Case 10.1 - Anonymous Servant Leaders Questions: 1) How do the donors' behavior fit into Liden, Wayne, , et al.'s (2008) seven characteristics of servant behavior? Conceptualizing - sifting through the problems of a down economy and a community that was failing and losing people...the donors knew they had to address the issue from early ages by targeting the kindergarteners for college thoughts and ideas Emotional Healing - the anonymity of the donors is difficult to connect with the emotional healing concept...however the monetary enormity...is what was needed first and foremost to get this community up and running. I believe it was just "known" that people cared or they would not have put their earnings forward for such a project. Putting Followers First - The defining characteristic of servant leadership! The donors cared enough to put the students first in their lives to create a project so large to benefit so many. Helping Followers Grow and Succeed - The donors gave a HUGE hand up with the monies raised for the scholarships for the students. Family that could not even think about college can now think and plan to afford the other costs associated with college. Behaving Ethically - by allowing all students to benefit - creates a sense of completeness for the community. There should be no child left without at least the opportunity to go to college....
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...by the collapse. Some may say it started because of bad mortgage lending, others say it is because people got in to mortgages that were beyond their means. I believe the crisis has to do with everyone involved in the picture; policymakers, lenders/banks, and consumers. I was born and raised in San Diego, California. My Mother and Father brought me up with the idea that owning real estate is always a good investment. At age 20, I had a great job making between 60,000- 80,000 dollars annually and the first thing I did when I was able to save up for a down payment was that I purchased a townhouse 13 miles from my hometown. Seeing housing prices continue to rise I knew that if I did not purchase then, I would never be able to. Being a first time buyer, I did not have enough knowledge about lenders, and the different mortgage plans they offered. I ended up going with one of the Adjustable rate mortgages as I was told...
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...Movers and Shakers in Education Anna Santana GCU: EDU 576 April 7, 2014 Education has been a concept of the most rudimentary from far back to times we cannot even comprehend to our more modern idea of education. Every aspect of American education was founded or molded by another country’s education system or some influential person’s philosophy. Along those paths, people, ideas, concepts, etc. have been more influential than most. Many United States citizens do not know the impact of the Kalamazoo case. United States citizens know some of the taxes they pay to the various entities (local, city, district, state, etc.) help to fund their local schools, from elementary schools to public universities. What they do not know is this case not only allowed for taxes to fund public schooling, it started a whole revolution of change in young children’s education. (Webb, 2013) Not only did the Kalamazoo case allow for more public funding, the case set the precedent for mandatory attendance for school aged children. This allowed the precedence for child labor laws. Because of this increase in students attending school, the literacy rate increased, but still varied by region, especially amongst those students who were non-white. As “[b]lacks had the highest illiteracy rate: 30.4% in 1910.” (Webb, 2013) In 1954, the U.S. Supreme court heard one of the most influential cases. This case would impact the future of not only the civil right movement, but also, the equal...
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...strategies being taught (Danielson, 2002). For previous years and years to come, the curriculum has been the most important part of a school. Choosing the appropriate curriculum and making sure it is fully implemented has been challenging to educational leaders. Periodically, many states often update their curriculum to make sure it continues to align with the state standards. The beginning of the support for public education curriculum came in 1872 in the Kalamazoo case in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1874, the case brought to the Michigan Supreme court orders that the state was given the right to support public education by levying taxes. Many other court cases followed this asking for taxes to be levied to support education (The Kalamazoo Case, 1872). John Franklin Bobbit has had the most influence in the education curriculum design. He was an American educationalist and specialized in the field of curriculum. After creating a curriculum for the Philippines, Bobbit realized that a curriculum had more useful solutions than just an American textbook. He believed the curriculum created by the school was a blue print used to prepare students for the future of being a citizen in society. He influenced the curriculum by showing how various teaching methods could correspond to social needs. Bobbit created the following steps...
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...will cover the industry in which the organization resides in. History The YWCA has been around for decades, and will be around for decades more. The YWCA stands for Young Women Christian Association. The organization is huge across the world. The first one that ever was created in Michigan was right here in Kalamazoo, by a lovely lady named Ida Stearns. Over the years, the organization has helped so many women and their children that need anything from shelter to food. The organization was designed to help with the needs of women and their children. Programs range from self-development to parenting classes. The YWCA also helps out in the community whenever there is a community event. They hook up with all the local homeless shelters to provide relief sometimes when the organizations get really crowded. People should know that this nice Christian people who own and operate do it by donations and dedication. Marketing Mix The marketing mix is combined of product or service, place, price, and promotion. The YWCA does not have product to sale but they do market their service. The service would be things like shelter and food and life learning skills these would just a few examples of the services that the YWCA are marketing. The best way to market this organization would be through media. Consumer’s today love to see anything dealing with women and children, giving those who are going through a rough patch hope. So around holidays and such we see the YWCA and Salvation Army...
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...Ruslan Kopunek Professor Ward-Shah English 110 – Sec. 017 October 4, 2012 Rising Prices of Health Care and Its Effects Medical costs in America are the highest compared to every other country. Many people explain that our costs are higher just because our expensive costs, on going to the doctor more often, or that wet get sicker more. In fact, the opposite is true. The reason that medical costs are higher is because of the prices. Since the prices are higher we as Americans pay more, it’s that simple. When trying to explain the high cost of medical care many people though it was because we use medical services more often as Americans. Research shows that “we spend less time in hospitals than Germans and see doctors less often than Canadians.” (Klein) This is odd, because even though the above is true our medical costs are almost double that of Germany and Canada. We pay more and get less out of medical care. “The United States spends more on health care than any of the other OECD countries spend, without providing more services than the other countries do” (Klein). This just shows that our prices for some reason are just higher than they are in other countries. To understand why this is we must understand why prices in other countries are lower. “In 2009, Americans spent $7,960 per person on health care. Our neighbors in Canada spent $4,808. The Germans spent $4,218. The French, $3,978” (Klein). The reason behind the lower prices in the above countries is because...
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...Werking Movers and Shakers in Education There comes a time in a teachers’ life where we always ask why. Why do we teach, why do we have to go through all of this training? Through all the years from the beginning of Plato to the current year, there have been many events that in combination define who we are and why we do what we do. In the beginning when we are kids we sit in a room looking at a person we get to know as teacher. Running through most teachers’ minds is that “students learn from each other as well as from their instructors (Childs, Broad, Gallagher-Mackey, Sher, Escayg, Mcgrath 2011).” As young people we do not realize how much education and time they must go through just to be at the front of that room. We do not realize that every single teacher must have not one but two degrees and on top of that they must have “at least forty days of supervised practice teaching (Childs, Broad, Gallagher-Mackay, Sher, Escayg, McGrath, 2011).” Teachers have a goal to work with a very diverse melting pot of students. In the late 1800’s it was acknowledged that getting the degree at the secondary school was getting expensive. It was brought to the attention of the Supreme Court to tax the supporting funds for the secondary education because of Kalamazoo College. This college was making claims that a very large percentage of the graduated student body studied out if the country. During this time Kalamazoo College would get scholarships and endowment funds to help these...
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...Community Calendar Noel Ramos Theatre and Dance Presentaions| Golden Dragon Acrobats - MidlandDate(s): 06/16/15From: Midland Center for the ArtsAddress:1801 W. St. AndrewsMidland, MI 48640Phone: (989) 631-5930|This fast-paced, technically-innovative performance showcases traditional Chinese acrobats, dance and costumes, ancient and contemporary music and modern theatrical techniques. The renowned acrobats dazzle with amazing feats of athleticism, daring heart-stopping stunts and the grace of their centuries old art form. The large cast and dazzling production designs illustrate just how breathtaking Chinese acrobatics can be. This show is sure to entertain, delight and keep audiences of all ages in suspense. Admission fee.| A Feast of Dances | Performance - Ann ArborDate(s): 06/18/15From: University of Michigan - Museum of ArtPhone: (734) 763-8587|Thursday, June 18, 7:30pm. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Ann Arbor Dance Works, proudly presents "A Feast of Dances" featuring works by Melissa Beck, Amy Chavasse, Bill DeYoung, Jessica Fogel, Peter Sparling, Sandra Torijano, and Robin Wilson. Audiences are invited to travel through the Museum spaces for a tasting of a rich array of dance delicacies. The evening will conclude with a desert reception—with real cake—to enjoy and celebrate this festive occasion. This program is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required for entry. Tickets are available through the Michigan Union Ticket Office at 734-763-TKTS or http://muto...
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...is that it will help to control littering on the streets and beaches which in turn is affecting the environment. When there is litter floating along the beach shores a person might not feel so apt to swimming while on their vacation. The empty water bottles that line the streets will make certain neighborhoods less desirable thus bringing down homeowners property values. The local landfills are increasing in size with all the extra water bottles being carelessly thrown into trash cans. It is estimated that about 500,000 water and other noncarbonated bottles are thrown into the trash just in the state of Connecticut yearly expecting to hit one billion within five years (Hladky,2007). There are fifty states in our country and of them eleven, including the states of Maine, Hawaii, and California already have the bottle-deposit law on noncarbonated drinks such as water and juice (Silverman,2005). Just imagine all the...
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...Thomas Stewart is an African American inventor, who often collaborated with other inventors to make many useful patents. Thomas was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, In 1823. He was one of the most first African American inventors to be awarded a patent. Stewart worked to produce and create inventions that would make people's lives much easier. His goal was to help his community in any potential way that he could. Just like any African American in the 1800s life wasn't easy for nonwhite people but yet Thomas Stewart never gave up until he accomplished his many goals. To begin with, In 1893 Thomas Stewart Improved the Mop Design. He added two significant improvements to the mop. The first improvement he made was the mop head easily removable. He...
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...In the year 1942 WWII was going on, because of this there was a high demand on men to be recruited to fight in war. This was a bad time for all Major League Baseball teams due to decrease in amount of players on the teams. Major League Baseball was said to be on hold because of the war. Philip K. Wrigley the owner of the Chicago Cubs realized that this was a problem, he began looking for ideas in 1943 to help continue the large amount of people going to Wrigley. He then saw how big softball was and how many fans it brought, then he came up with the idea of girls playing professional baseball. He not only thought this was a good idea to bring fans to Wrigley but also to keep people and soldiers entertained during the war .Women playing baseball goes...
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...Scent of Apples Bienvenido N. Santos When I arrived in Kalamazoo it was October and the war was still on. Gold and silver stars hung on pennants above silent windows of white and brick-red cottages. In a backyard an old man burned leaves and twigs while a gray-haired woman sat on the porch, her red hands quiet on her lap, watching the smoke rising above the elms, both of them thinking the same thought perhaps, about a tall, grinning boy with his blue eyes and flying hair, who went out to war: where could he be now this month when leaves were turning into gold and the fragrance of gathered apples was in the wind? It was a cold night when I left my room at the hotel for a usual speaking engagement. I walked but a little way. A heavy wind coming up from Lake Michigan was icy on the face. If felt like winter straying early in the northern woodlands. Under the lampposts the leaves shone like bronze. And they rolled on the pavements like the ghost feet of a thousand autumns long dead, long before the boys left for faraway lands without great icy winds and promise of winter early in the air, lands without apple trees, the singing and the gold! It was the same night I met Celestino Fabia, "just a Filipino farmer" as he called himself, who had a farm about thirty miles east of Kalamazoo. "You came all that way on a night like this just to hear me talk?" "I've seen no Filipino for so many years now," he answered quickly. "So when I saw your name in the papers where it says you come from...
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...organization called Drum Corps International. It’s like the NFL for marching band kids. The first show we watched was “Spartacus,” performed by Phantom Regiment. At the end of the show, the drum major is slayed and the rest of the show continues without the drum major. This was a big deal within the marching community. I didn't know it at the time, but by watching that one show, my life would forever be changed. Fast forward to Sophomore year and I made the decision I was going to march the following summer. Granted, my parents hadn’t necessarily said yes to me leaving for 3 months and living on a bus for the entire summer, but they did say I could leave for a weekend and see what it was all about. The first corps I auditioned for was Legends. They’re an open class corps based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Auditions went well; I made friends, got a callback, was able to keep up with all the audition pieces, but something just didn’t feel right. They didn’t feel like home....
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...To whom it may concern: I am hereby writing this letter to you to seek corporate sponsorship for the ICAR-Top Speed Modified Tour 2015 race season. Motorsports sponsorship can increase name awareness through visibility in the community, improve revenue, and employee morale. Sure, you will have your company’s name on the cars, but there are many other valuable benefits: * You get a sanctioning body that can help network and promote your business. * Provide exposure for your business. * Can be utilized to improve employee morale – it will definitely be fun for you and your employees to become involved in. Attached you will find our schedule for the 2014 season and the 2015 race season is in the works. Also you will find several pictures of the winners for the Top Speed ICAR Modified Tour. Currently we are seeking marketing partners for the 2015 and beyond. Enclosed is supporting documentation, including the history of ICAR. Please feel free to contact me further to discuss potential sponsorship opportunities and to learn more about its many benefits to you. Thank you, Dave Muzzillo ICAR-Top Speed Modified Tour 260-665-8889 About Motorsports Sponsorship | A company can benefit from motorsports sponsorship in many ways, such as: * Enhancing Image and Shaping Consumer Attitudes Companies are often looking to improve how they are perceived by a particular audience. One way of achieving this goal is by becoming affiliated with well-liked sports personalities...
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