...My Creative Response to “To My Brother Miguel (in memoriam)” Of all the texts in the book of readings, this particular poem remained in my thoughts for a long time. It’s an emotional piece; the writer clearly delivered a lot of heavy feelings within it. Whether or not the poem is based on real life experience by the poet is irrelevant to my comprehension of the piece’s emotional message and eulogy to a long since dead family member. Throughout the piece he contrasts himself by both writing in the voice of a child and an ironic, slightly world-weary adult. The innocence of his childhood voice and memories, countered with the lingering sadness of his adult one gave me pause to think about the range of voice being brought to the table. The piece lacks a distinct sense of rage at the narrator’s loss of his brother. This made me highly intrigued as to what the poem would feel like if it was filled with rage or even regret. And while the narrator lingers on past memories, he certainly doesn’t regret the time he spends dwelling over them. The largest voice missing from the poem was that of the dead brother himself. I entertained the thought of writing an opposing poem from the point of view of the dead brother, in the same style as the original piece, while he laments over the fact that his brother won’t let his memories pass on. But I thought that that piece would lack the anger and regret that I felt was missing from the original piece. So I instead made the brother a slightly...
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...My Response to the “Story of an Hour” The story of an Hour is a story written by a female writer, Kate Chopin. It describes the emotion changes of a woman Mrs. Mallard, who was afflicted with a heart trouble. The clue that “Mr. Mallard was dead” driving the development of the plot. The story begins with the bad news of Mr. Mallard’s death. People around Mrs. Mallard told her the news in great gingerliness in order not to deepen her heart trouble. After hearing that, Mrs. Mallard had an internal struggles for quite a while and finally accepted the fact that her husband was dead. However, when she saw her husband back, her heart disease relapsed because of joy. After reading the story, I found Mrs. Mallard a contemporary woman. The reason why I said this is through the way she react towards the bad news of her husband’s death. As a woman, she is sorrow when she heard about the bad news. She recalled the happy times with her husband and wept. However, she did not plunge herself into sadness for a long period like many women in the past. Instead, she start to plan the life without her husband. That’s why I regarded Mrs. Mallard a contemporary woman. As a heroine and the leading actor of the story, Mrs. Mallard, or Louise, show readers an image of woman who dare to pursue a new life. Literature written by female writers can always arise my sympathy. Woman becomes the leading actor of the story and the plot is centered on the daily life of general woman. No political events, no...
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...defensive and his defenses manifest his own hang ups and lifestyle. Being able to explicitely say what homosexuals do as married man and woman do reveals the attitude of having a homosexual partner engaged in such acts. His values are laxed and he does not have a faith or any spiritual base. He is against the church teachings and he carries with him an attitude that he will not arrive on any good and instead keep on contradicting the church teachings because he is one of the number of homosexuals who just keep on fighting the church. Lastly, he cannot accept that rights of heterosexuals will never be the same for homosexuals. Pacquio’s message therefore comes at him like an insult. He wants this “liberal thinking” but having that, in my opinion, just jails him. His one sided view, tells me that he...
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...My Reading Response to Amazing Grace Jacqueline Stephens My Reading Response to Amazing Grace The poem I have chosen to respond to is Amazing Grace by John Newton. Giving birth to a child creates a strong bond between a mother and daughter, the emotional bond created between my granddaughter and myself is due to the fact, I had custody of her for the first two and half years of her life and I sang Amazing Grace to her every night before bedtime. She weighted a pound and six ounces when she was born, by the Grace of God she is a thriving six year old. This gives reason for her name, Nevaeh Lee, her first name backwards with her middle name, Heaven Lee. This poem touches my heart on a level no song has ever done. It was a way we spent our special time together. I can feel her little body lying on my chest with her hand clutching my shirt collar. This is the “Intensity of Emotion” (Section 13.4) I feel when I think of those times and wish by some miracle I could experience them again. I can hear her mom calling me on the phone when she had visitation at her at bedtime, asking me, “What does Nevaeh want”. I asked her what is she saying, she replied “mazing”, my heart broke. I told her she needed to be sung Amazing Grace to go to sleep. I feel the tears now. I started singing this to her when she was six months old. That is when she was able to come home from the hospital. I think I sang this to her until she was three and there are times...
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...THE UNIFORM TEXAS CPA EXAMINATION: REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESS Prepared for Dr. Newman by Stefanie Chen October 19, 2015 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………..ii INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………........1 REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR AND SIT FOR THE TEXAS CPA EXAM…….............1 Moral character………………………………………………………………………….1 Degrees&150 hours…………………………………………………………………......2 Accounting, business, and ethics courses…………………………………………….....2 FOUR SECTIONS AND TEST STRUCTURES………………………………………….........5 Coverage and structure………………………………………………………………….5 THE RULES, TESTING WINDOWS, AND SITES……………………………………...........6 Rules…………………………………………………………………………………….6 Testing window………………………………………………………………………….6 Testing center……………………………………………………………………………6 PREPARE FOR AND TAKE THE UNIFORM CPA Exam…………………………………….7 Courses and options……………………………………………………………………...8 Taking the Uniform CPA Exam under rules…………………………………………….9 Receiving scores…………………………………………………………………………9 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR TEXAS CPA…………………………………...........10 Submit a licensure application…………………………………………………………10 Ethics exam……………………………………………………………………………..10 Work experience in Texas……………………………………………………………...10 BENEFITS TO BECOME A TEXAS CPA…………………………………………………..11 CONCLUSIONS……………………………………………………………………………….11 WORKS CITED…………………………………………………………………………….....11 EXHIBITS AND NOTES……………………………………………………………………...12 APPENDIXES…………………………………………………………………………………17 Appendix 1-Application of Intent…………………………………………………...
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...My Response to Chicken toenails, anyone? I’m surprised to read such a unique essay, because it puzzles me that whether China is just like what the writer has described in Chicken toenails, anyone? Surely, I admit that some of Sedaris David’s experiences in China are quite common. However, judging another nation’s culture on basis of one’s own cultural background is improper and even unacceptable. Every nation has its own peculiar dietary style. China also has its own traditional foods, which maybe against western concepts of foods. But the writer in the essay shows readers some kind of Chinese foods, such as duck tongues in Chengdu and the dish made of organs of the rooster in the Farming Family Happiness, which in his view make him uncomfortable and even disgusted. Besides, he always stresses that “Like most westerners I tend towards herbivores”, and things like that make me think that the writer is just judging Chinese eating traditions following western standards or American taste, which is unfair to China and unconvincing to readers. Different nations have different dietary styles. For example, Americans like beef and the turkey on Christmas Day, Japanese prefer sashimi, South Koreans eat dog meat, but Chinese people like eating pork and organs related to pigs. Therefore, I think that the writer has no need or right to judge and criticize Chinese foods. We cam taste different foods and make some commends, but denying these foods just according to one’s own preference is...
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...A Selection from Survival Statistics Copyright ( David S. Walonick, 1997 - 2010 All Rights Reserved ISBN 0-918733-11-1 Published by: StatPac, Inc., 8609 Lyndale Ave. S. #209A, Bloomington, MN 55420 Tel: (715) 442-2261 Fax: (715) 442-2262 Web: http://statpac.com Email: sales@statpac.com |[pic] |Right now you can order | |You must be completely satisfied |Survival Statistics | |or we will refund the entire purchase price. | | | |for just $29.95 | | |Order online and we'll email you instructions on how to | | |download the book. | | |Click Here To Order | Designing and Using Questionnaires This is the information age. More information has been published in the last decade than in all previous history. Everyone uses information to make decisions about the future. If our information is accurate, we have a high probability...
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...universities have taken stock of their faculty and class offerings by means of paper evaluations, typically administered during class towards the end of the term. This practice began in the 1920s and has been the standard since (Mau & Opengart 2012). However, during the last fifteen years universities have increasingly abandoned paper forms in favor of an online system, in which students complete course and faculty evaluations through a website, out of class and usually on their own time. The adoption rate among schools rose from 2% in 2000 to 33% in 2005, with the most common reasons cited being the cost and time savings (Guder & Malliaris 2013). Despite these potential benefits, many professors fear repercussions in the form of lowered response rates and biased scores. This paper aims to examine these concerns and also propose how a small school such as Fitchburg State University can implement online evaluations. First, I would like to briefly discuss why a school would want to switch to online evaluations. There are three primary reasons: online evaluations reduce paper costs (and postage for distance learning courses), which in turn is a way to “go green,” or be more environmentally friendly; online evaluations also saves many hundreds of hours across the various staff that have to prepare, print, scan, and analyze paper-based evaluations; and lastly, online evaluations do not take up valuable class time. As one UC Davis student complained, “Professors sometimes skip over...
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...followed by the residential sector(20%) and industry (7%). Regardless the growth in individual sectors, the demand -supply gap was a problem for all consumers since all depended on generating capacity and grid. Building a new capacity could take more time due to restrictions, siting problems, and not-in-my-backyard resistance to new power plants. In 2007, 70% of planned coal fired plants were either cancelled or contested in courts, even before they reached the permitting stage. And the cost of new capacity is also a major factor. A two day power blackout that struck in north east U.S on 14,2003 gave a wakeup call to regulators of the system which effected 50 million customers. But the risk of outages continued during peak demand periods due to capacity constraints. To reach the demand supply should be increased or gains should be encouraged and also the managements problems faced in ENERNOC should be solved by good strategy. Analysis: The major key consideration for adding a power plant is environmental consequences like global warming, energy related emissions of carbon dioxide(C02) which accounted 61% of all green house gas emissions(stated by IPCC). Demand response put conservationist and consumers in the same page by sharing incentives to provide service without increase in emissions. This is a short term solution for generating capacity but from the environmental perspective energy savings and reduction in emission still a global imperatives. EnerNOC...
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...Refera The Pre-Referral Process: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) /Response to Intervention (RTI) Anika M. Taylor Special Education Foundations and Framework February 20, 2013 Schools and entire districts have embarked on multiple strategies to address challenging areas for students with disabilities and those at risk for behavioral and academic failures. Over the years, educators and policymakers have recognized the need to create, implement, and document practices that have proven to make an impact on student learning and behaviors. Many of the strategies used have focused on the collection of data and the collaboration between and amongst professionals. Today, educators agree that the key to effective interventions for students at risk for failure and those with disabilities lies in a comprehensive approach that fosters growth in student overall learning and behaviors. Several approaches were designed to meet the challenges that students experience as they engage in their learning. These approaches include two processes outlined in this discussion: Response to Intervention (RTI) and Positive Behavioral Intervention Support (PBIS). Response to Intervention (RTI) integrates assessments and intervention within a school wide, multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and reduce behavior problems. The RTI process helps to identify students for poor learning outcomes, provide evidence based interventions and...
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...The Reality of Quick Response (QR) in the Japanese Fashion Sector and the Strategy Ahead for the Domestic SME Apparel Manufacturers Nobby (Nobukaza) Azuma School of Management Heriot-Watt University UK E-mail: nobukaza@aol.com N.Azuma@hw.ac.uk Fax: +44-(0) 131-451-3498 Abstract Quick Response (QR) has long been perceived as the essential survival strategy of the textile and apparel (T-A) manufacturers in the developed economies against offshore competition. However, the regionalization of global economies and active governmental investment in the T-A industry in the offshore countries has allowed the offshore QR to become increasingly feasible. This changing facet of QR may spell out more lucrative opportunities for Japanese "apparel firms", which have predominantly in-house creative and marketing functions, to widen the scope and the scale of their fashion business operations, since the economic upgrading in the Pacific Rim will create a huge consumer market that shares similar fashion trends as in the Japanese market. However, the apparel firms' production shift offshore has, on the other hand, threatened the existence of the domestic SME apparel manufacturers that have traditionally served their apparel firms customers, now that QR is no longer the sustainable competitive advantage of domestic manufacturing. The purpose of this paper is to explore the levels of QR implementation, identifying the potential pitfalls and drawbacks of the current QR initiatives in the Japanese...
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...as the Stroop effect. Studying this gives insight into the human mind. It can show how we handle interference across a number of different situations or how our automatic processes interact with and affect our controlled processes. The cause of the Stroop effect has been widely debated and researched over the years. Some researchers believe the cause is due to the fact that reading is such a well learned or even over learned process that it becomes automatic. When asked to identify ink colors of words reading the word causes distraction because reading is done much more often than naming ink colors. But where is the exact interference occurring in this process and why? It has been suggested that the interference occurs at the output or response stage as an individual struggles to express the correct color word from alternatives. Others believe the interference happens during encoding as an individual analyzes the word and is distracted from ink color. Still others would say it happens somewhere between the encoding and the output. All of these suggestions have various criticisms. The search for the correct answer to this phenomenon continues. Literature Review In an attempt to determine where the interference was taking place, Naish (1985) designed two experiments, the first to see if the interference occurred earlier than the output stage and the...
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...submitted satisfaction surveys during the previous year and to see what the expected number of responses should be in comparison with our peers. Methodology From January to June, 100 patient satisfaction surveys were placed throughout our facility advising patients to take one. These surveys had return envelopes attached to them, without paid postage. One designated individual was responsible for maintaining these surveys so as we could determine the number of surveys that were taken. The surveys that were placed in our office were printed on gray paper. Goal The goals of this study are to receive a comparable percentage of patient satisfaction survey responses in comparison with our facilities. Comparison/Benchmarks A 30% to 35% response rate is satisfactory according to a study, “Survey Response Rates and Overall Patient Satisfaction Scores,” published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality 2003 Jul-Sept. And the Patient Survey Website June 2011 Article “What Does Patient Response Mean?”. Results At the end of the 6 month period, January to June, there were 71 surveys remaining of the original 100 placed throughout our facility by which we determined that 39 surveys had been taken. We received only 6 surveys back during this time period. This is a response rate of 15% which is 20% lower than our benchmarks. In attempts to increase the number of patient satisfaction survey responses we are getting, beginning in June, we will have our “Patient Satisfaction Survey” available...
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...Analyzing and Interpreting Data Analyzing and Interpreting Data Introduction An initial survey was taken of the company to discover the dissatisfaction of employees at BIMS. The initial survey lead to a very low response rate. The survey did little to reveal the exodus of employees, which for management has not helped reach an effective course of action or forecasting for the future of employees at BIMS. Below we will discuss a new instrument used to survey the employees, data, measurement, analysis, and a recommend helpful outcome for employee dissatisfaction. Overview Ballard Integrated Managed Services (BIMS) is a hospitality and food service company that is employed by Douglas Medical Center. They provide cleaning and cooking for specialized areas for staff and patients. The problem they are facing is that staff morale has decreased and turnover rate has increased. Due to the changes in morale within the staff and the turnover rate increasing, the medical center is dissatisfied. Our hypothesis is that if the increased turnover rate is not stopped then the remaining employee’s morale decreases and the company will then be at risk of losing them. BISM conducted one survey that was distributed to their current employees. However, the results they were after we not achieved for several reasons. They drafted another survey, tested it, made adjustments to it, and then decided to use it. The second time around they decided to use it as an exit survey. Instrument Used ...
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...Using Positive Behavior Support Systems to Help Implement Response to Intervention for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. In Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements of SPE 650 Characteristics: Children with Emotional Disorders To Dr. D. Walker E. Hayles From: Melissa Meyer July 8, 2013 Author’s Note: This is a “teaching paper.” Since I am employed by a small private school, that does not use PBS or RTI, I feel it is necessary to inform the reader that I am writing as if I were a veteran teacher at a school that uses both. I took on the persona of a teacher who is introducing the school’s policies on RTI and PBS for children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Using Positive Behavior Support Systems to Help Implement Response to Intervention for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Welcome to Paradise School District, and more specifically Utopia School. We are believers in teaching strategies that are supported by evidence. As a new teacher in our school, the veteran teachers, as well as the administration, will do all that is possible to not only help you understand how to implement evidence based practices in your classroom, but to aid you in becoming a confident and effective teacher. In keeping with that goal, I would like to introduce you to our school’s method of utilizing Response to Intervention (RTI) for behavioral issues as well as Utopia’s School Wide Positive Behavior System (PBS). According to the website RTI 4 Success, the debate about...
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