...in better test scores. At the same time though I consider myself an effective teacher, so with smaller class sizes I feel that I can be even more effective in getting my point across to the students. Through the articles that I am going to research, I hope to find opinions that support my thoughts, find differing opinions from my own, and I hope to be able to see a “trend” that I can predict based on economic, social, and political issues. So far in my educational career I have experienced many different class sizes, from thirty in one class to nine in a class. I have taught classes ranging from Pre-Algebra with enrichment students to Algebraic Thinking where I am teaching “disadvantaged” and “at-risk” students. This has allowed me to not only see a wide range of different types and sizes of classes, but it has also allowed me time to form my opinion. It is my belief that an effective teacher is what matters the most in a classroom, but class does certainly helps. As McKenzie writes, “It probably is best to have both small classes and effective teachers,” but he agrees that he would “rather have a really good teacher with more kids in his or her room than a so-so teacher with a small number of kids” (McKenzie, 2011). This makes perfect sense to me as what I believe to be an effective teacher. With my class, students are benefitted from having fewer students as it allows me to do more one-on-one or small group instruction, rather than teaching the majority of the lessons...
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...#05-06/07 Kewalram Hillview Singapore 669594 Tel: 6760 1388 Fax: 6762 5684 / 6762 3247 email: info@shinglee.com.sg http://www.shinglee.com.sg ©SHINGLEE PUBLISHERS PTE LTD All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Publishers. ISBN 978 981 237 483 7 Printed in Singapore This book is dedicated to my former boss and mentor, Major General Ng Chee Khern, Chief of Air Force (2006-2009), to whom I owe my deepest respect, appreciation and most heartfelt gratitude. 3 4 You’re almost done with . The next challenge is . adolescence National Service leadership survival skills Now’s the time to hone your and for life. 5 Major (NS) Stanley Chua is the founder and lead trainer of NS Formulas, a private consultancy that psychologically prepares youths to flourish in National Service (NS). 6 Stanley previously served in the Ministry of Defence for over 10 years. As Head, Air Force Psychologist in the Defence Psychology Department (2009-2010), his job scope included preparing soldiers mentally for operations and building their resilience, teamwork and morale. He has also published essays on a range of topics, including the psychological dimensions of peacekeeping and the psychology of risk assessment in training. Stanley’s military service includes a distinguished tour...
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...to find the trailers: Yahoo! no longer has a dedicated page for HD trailers and they don’t easily distinguish which videos have HD and which don’t. You can visit their movie trailers page or find the movie you want and click on the Trailers tab. What to do once you’ve picked a trailer: Once you’ve picked a trailer, you’ll have to make sure you have a ‘video’ URL and not a ‘trailers’ URL. For example, the latest Carrie trailer can be found either on http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/carrie-2013/trailers/carrie-trailer-2-231012436.html OR http://movies.yahoo.com/video/carrie-trailer-2-231012436.html. You’ll want to make sure your URL looks like the latter by replacing movie/carrie-2013/trailers with video. Update 2013/04/15: It has come to my attention that URLs that have ymovies-6393699 will not work with these instructions....
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...rights drive innovation for the greater good Professor Kevin Fandl Legal -210 May 24, 2011 Are intellectual property rights necessary to help drive innovation? Offering protection under the law for one’s own idea or creation fuels interest for those to attempt to bring ideas to life. Some may feel that anything created to benefit society is part of an obligation to mankind. In addition, some feel that contributing to a society in which you are already privileged to live in should be reward enough. Both arguments for profit and simple recognition hold weight. My argument is that both are necessary to drive innovation in society, and that the individual has the right to be recognized and or to profit for any intellectual property they create. Intellectual property as described on the World Intellectual Property Organizations website is defined as, “Creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce” (WIPO, 2011). There are two sections devoted to Intellectual Property industrial property and copyright material. Copyright material may include photographs, paintings’, and written songs for example. Industrial property refers to inventions, patents and trademarks. In the article, the Upside of Intellectual Property’s Downside two arguments are presented. Contrary to my argument that intellectual property does motivate innovation that benefits society, the article shades light on the downside that is very controversial...
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...funding for First Things First comes from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Additional support to supplement the core project comes from the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. A grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts for MDRC’s research methodology initiatives was an important source of funding for the First Things First Classroom Observation Study. Dissemination of MDRC publications is supported by the following funders that help finance MDRC’s public policy outreach and expanding efforts to communicate the results and implications of our work to policymakers, practitioners, and others: Alcoa Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Open Society Institute, and The Starr Foundation. In addition, earnings from the MDRC Endowment help sustain our dissemination efforts. Contributors to the MDRC Endowment include Alcoa Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Anheuser-Busch Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Ford Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Lizabeth and Frank Newman Charitable Foundation, The New York Times Company Foundation, Jan Nicholson, Paul H. O’Neill Charitable Foundation, John S. Reed, The Sandler Family Supporting Foundation, and The Stupski Family Fund, as well as other individual...
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...Marian Gayed PPSY 511 Addiction Assessment and Interventions 2-18-16 Addiction and Grace Paper \ Addiction and Grace Paper Addiction and Grace by Dr. Gerald May, was an extremely insightful and helpful resource in understanding those who struggle with addiction, the nature of addiction itself and the healing process. I realized through my reading that addiction is a broader issue that involves a range of behaviors far beyond alcohol and drugs to include work, sex, performance, responsibility, and intimacy. According to Dr. May (1991), “We are all addicts in every sense of the word” (p.4). As a future therapist this opened my eyes to how addiction is a universal problem and how forces of attachment to anything can bring suffering and agony. Reading Addiction and Grace had helped me understand addicts and their behavior better; I am more knowledgeable of the psychological, neurological and physiological nature of addiction, as well as learning about the important elements in the healing process. I had little knowledge previous to reading this book about what addicts are really like. Especially going into this field of therapy, I had little perception about addicts’ personality, behavior and mind. One interesting thought I learned about addicts is that chemical addictions do not occur due to preexisting personality defects and that addictive personality is a myth. According to Dr. May, “symptoms of addictive personality were caused by addiction, not the...
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...money. In 1822 the family moved to London and soon found itself in financial crisis. The family was forced to live in poverty, and Dickens was no longer able to go to school. One of the most traumatic periods of his life began in February 1824, when his father was sent to debtors prison. Young Dickens, only twelve years old, was forced to go to work for several months pasting labels on bottles. This experience was painful and socially humiliating to him, and images of the factory haunted him for the rest of his life. These images provided a backdrop to much of his fiction, which often focused on class issues; the plight of the poor and oppressed; and lost, suffering children. As an adult, he championed social and political causes designed to help the poor, prisoners, and children. Dickens became a reporter in 1832, and in 1833 he began publishing short stories and essays. In 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth. The couple had ten children, but their marriage was unhappy and ended in 1858. Dickens’s successful career as a novelist began in 1837 with the publication of The Pickwick Papers. Other novels include A Christmas Carol,...
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...20, 2015 Subject: Going green to improve for a better tomorrow Attached is a report that was requested in regards to Global Solutions going green in order to reduce our Carbon Footprint. After reading this attachment, you will see the many benefits that are offered and how the methods are easily assessable in order for our company to follow for an improved greener living community. The changes will require efforts from both employees and superiors to make in order for the process to run smooth. Although, making these changes should have no effect on our day to day routine once a schedule is put into place. Yes, the changes will be at a cost but after sometime the company will ultimately save, and save room for more profit. We can help the environment and people’s lives everyday in many ways. I want to thank you in advance for giving me the opportunity to purpose a go-green working environment. Kindest Regards, Brandi Long Table of Contents PAGE Letter of Transmittal 2 Introduction Background of the Problem 4 Statement of the Problem 4 Sources and Methods 4 Report Organization 5 Recycling Alternatives Recycling Ink Cartridges 6 Purchasing Recycled Products 6 Waste Management 6 Conserving Resources Replace lightening 7 Adjust lightening and Electricity Usage 7 Install water filters 8 ...
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...Nursing Program CLIENT INFORMATION FORM Student's Name Date of Care: Client Initials Room Number Sex: Age : Admission Date: Admitting Diagnosis: Rt. Lobe infiltrate, Breast & Bone Cancer Secondary Diagnosis if any): Respiratory Distress Surgery Type/Date (if any): Lumpectomy on Rt. Foot at 2002 Working Medical Diagnosis/Etiology (describe definition, pathophysiology, and sign/symptoms) Metastatic Breast Cancer Metastatic breast cancer is the term used to describe cancer that has spread from the original site in the breast to other organs or tissues in the body. Cancer cells can break away from the original cancer in the breast and the cancer cells that break away can spread to other parts of the body via blood vessels or lymphatic vessels. The original site where the cancer cells came from is called the primary cancer. When cancer cell travels from the breast around the body they can lodge themselves in various body organs or tissues. These cells can begin to form breast cancer in new place and this new cancer is called secondary or a metastasis. Breast cancer most commonly spreads to one or more sites: bone, liver, brain and lungs. The sign or symptoms that may experience will depend on where the cancer is in the body and the extent of the cancer. If its spread to the: Bone- pain is fairly constant, aching pain. It may...
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...The ability to recognize ethical issues is the key to understanding business ethics. An ethical issue is an particular problem, situation, or opportunity that requires a person or organization to choose from among several actions that may be evaluated as right or wrong, ethical or unethical (Ferrell). The best way to evaluate the ethics of a decision is to look at it from different viewpoints. Although many business issues seem straightforward and easy to resolve, often times a person needs several years of business experience to understand what is acceptable or ethical. Deciding if an activity is considered ethical depends on the culture the business operates (Ferrell). Fairness and honesty are amongst the biggest issues in business related ethics. It can become a very difficult problem that can and will affect the business. We know that ethics concerns moral issues, so making a decision that will have negative impact on the company is going to be tough for the person. An individual can make either a right or wrong decision, depending on how it will affect their life and workplace. In turn, the business will react accordingly to its moral guidelines and principles provided that the executives do not lose sight of the essential value of fairness. Everyone will have their own concept of right and wrong, so coming up with one definition of business ethics can be difficult. Moral standards are created by home environment, religious beliefs and traditions therefore making ethics...
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...SANS Institute Reading Room site. Reposting is not permitted without express written permission. Web Based Attacks Copyright SANS Institute Author Retains Full Rights fu ll r igh ts. ins ut ho rr eta Web Based Attacks 07 ,A GCIA Gold Certification te 20 Key fingerprint = AF19 Justin Crist, jcrist@secureworks.com Author: FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46 © SA NS In sti tu Adviser: Jim Purcell © SANS Institute 2007, As part of the Information Security Reading Room Author retains full rights. Web Based Attacks Abstract Attacks upon information security infrastructures have continued to evolve steadily overtime; legacy network based attacks have largely been replaced by more sophisticated This paper will introduce fu ll r igh ts. web application based attacks. and address web based attacks from attack to detection. Information security professionals new to application layer attacks will be in a better position to understand the ins underlying application attack vectors and methods of 07 ,A ut ho rr eta mitigation after reading this paper. © SA NS In sti tu te 20 Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46 Justin Crist © SANS Institute 2007, 2 As part of the Information Security Reading Room Author retains full rights. Web Based Attacks Table of Contents Abstract.................................................................... 2 Table of Contents.................................................
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...Beso, Luiz Miguel B. BSE EN 2-1 Literature Students are asked to write literary analysis essays because this type of assignment encourages you to think about how and why a poem, short story, novel, or play was written. To successfully analyze literature, you’ll need to remember that authors make specific choices for particular reasons. Your essay should point out the author’s choices and attempt to explain their significance. Another way to look at a literary analysis is to consider a piece of literature from your own perspective. Rather than thinking about the author’s intentions, you can develop an argument based on any single term (or combination of terms) listed below. You’ll just need to use the original text to defend and explain your argument to the reader. Allegory - narrative form in which the characters are representative of some larger humanistic trait (i.e. greed, vanity, or bravery) and attempt to convey some larger lesson or meaning to life. Although allegory was originally and traditionally character based, modern allegories tend to parallel story and theme. William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily- the decline of the Old South Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- man’s struggle to contain his inner primal instincts District 9- South African Apartheid X Men- the evils of prejudice Harry Potter- the dangers of seeking “racial purity” Character - representation of a person, place, or thing performing traditionally human activities...
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... Panmoli Sivananthan Psychology 107 University Canada West December 04, 2011 (Essay 1587 words) My topic is “Working Memory In the textbook, it is defined on pg. 259 as follows: Working memory, a newer understanding of Atkinson and Shiffrin’s second stage, concentrates on the active processing of information in this intermediate stage. Because we cannot possibly focus on all the information bombarding our senses at once, we shine the flashlight beam of our attention on certain incoming stimuli – often those that are novel or important. We process these incoming stimuli, along with information we retrieve from long-tem memory, in temporary working memory. Working memory associates new and old information and solves problems (Baddeley, 2001, 200; Engle, 2002). Reference in textbook on pages R-3 & R-17 Baddeley, A.D. (2001). Is working memory still working? American Psychologist, pg 56, 849-864. Baddeley, A.D. (2002, June). Is working memory still working? European Psychologist, 7, 85-97. Engle, R.W. (2002). Working memory capacity as executive attention. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 19-23. References to the three articles of my interest: My primary article: Marcus, W. (2011). School Based Working Memory training: Preliminary finding of improvement in children’s mathematical performance. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, V.7. My secondary articles: Wilson, K.M., & Swanson, H.L. (2001). Mathematics Disabilities Due to a Domain General...
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...experience of human beings with hopes of making daily tasks (domestic or work) more manageable while exerting less physical effort or for safety measures. This time capsule has been written to share with future generations some of the creations that were made near the end of the 20th Century and the beginning of 21st, to afford a propitious soul with a better understanding how life was 100 years prior to what it might be when this letter can be read. As you read this, I will illustrate my personal daily tasks as they exist now, discuss current morale and decision-making, my definition of happiness, Langston Hughes’ Mother to Son, the architect – Aguas de Barcelona, Human by Brandy, the movie John Q, and the significance of airbags in automobiles. Concluding this time capsule, you will have learned more on how we lived in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries and possibly how some of our inventions may help to inspire some future inventions. Due to the recent economic crisis, America is experiencing a recession that is slow to recover. Because of the recession, the jobless rate has reached a 10.1 percent high (Chandra, 2011). I unfortunately am one of those workers whom were laid off. Therefore, I am taking this time now to focus on attending school full-time and getting a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. I currently receive unemployment which means that my income has been reduced almost to half as when I was working. With my faith and trust in God I...
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...were friends with each other that sat behind me. They were quietly and actively involved during the class discussion and created a pleasant mood. However, during an exam, their voices were loud enough to be heard by me and other students. One female student, C, who sat next me had strongly adverse feelings about their cheating and she wanted us to go to the professor and talk about them together. However, I didn’t because I felt kind of embarrassed reporting the classmates to the professor and did not mind it since it would not have affected my grade anyway. In addition, their voice was loud enough for the whole class to hear, so I guessed that the professor already knew about them and might punish their behavior later. C reported them after the end of the class, but the professor did not change their grade and I heard him say, “Oh, I did not know, why didn’t you say at that time?” There was also once an incident with my co-worker during my shift. One patient was found on the floor of the bathroom in her room by a CNA. She was shaking and perspiring a lot with changes in her mental status. The assigned nurse ran to the supervisor to ask for...
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