...Wealth, Happiness, and the National Economy, Is There A Paradox? Question Does a healthy national economy increase the happiness of the nation’s citizens? Background America is still recovering from the greatest recession sense the Great Depression and many countries around the world are now struggling with bad economies, unemployment, and massive debt. But why are governments so concerned about the economy? Governments care because it is believed that a better national economy leads to a better quality of life for the nation’s citizens. So, governments spend billions of dollars as an attempt to help the nation’s economy grow, which should lead to a better life for the nation’s citizens. This seems like it has good intentions, but many governments borrow the money they use for this spending and that only creates new problems. In the United States, the total debt is greater than its total economic output, and this debt will only hinder future and long term growth. On top of all that, the idea that a better national economy will make the citizens happier overall contradicts the idea that money doesn’t buy happiness. Does this mean that money actually does buy happiness, or does it mean that the economy doesn’t have anything to do with people’s happiness? Some regions are poorer than the United States and yet are happier, an example is Latin America. Other richer countries, like the United States, Japan, and China have had great economic growth over the past few...
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...that the story takes place in the late 90’s or early 00’s. The female ideal at this time was to be as thin and bony as possible as described in the story “We look voraciously at one another. We envy the protruding bones of someone who is that much closer to not being here at all” (p. 112, l. 11-12) when she tells about the anorectic ward where she is hospitalized. The story takes place in an American hospital ward, where the only patients are anorectics. The story signifies that it is taking place in America, since the narrator is talking about high school girls. One of the similes of the ward is that it smells like playbo. Also the narrator sets a tone of a prison like hospital ward “Open a window, please - I won’t jump - I’m not a suicide patient. I just don't eat.” (p. 112, l. 3-5) but this is normal for a hospital ward, and therefore only a feeling the narrator has. The narrator, who is also the main character, is...
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...Suicide Factors Suicide is the act committed by a person towards himself with the aim of ending his own life. It is a distressing phenomenon, which brings negative effect on the close relatives and friends. There are a lot of factors, which may lead to committing suicide. In this case, depression may be one of the most powerful causes for an individual to harm himself. Thus, one may regard the suicide to be the perfect way out of pain and suffering. Besides, global assessment done by World Health Organization, stated that the rate of suicide has risen since 1950, as much as 268 per cent among young males from 15 to 24 years (Perlman, Neufeld, Martin, Goy, Hirdes, Neufeld, Martin, Goy & Hirdes). Therefore, the suicide risk assessment is used in order to learn more about the person, about their needs and stressors. There are various kinds of assessments, including quizzes and questionnaires. Additionally, I have found the suicide risk assessment developed by Sandra Cushing and Susan Boyd, and identified the chief risk factors. When analyzing the assessment, I concluded that among them there are those factors specific to depression, for instance, family history and mental disorder, severe depression, history of previous attempts to commit suicide, anxiety, feeling of loneliness and hopelessness, suicidal intention and plan, command hallucinations, homicidal thoughts. Among other factors for consideration there were also family history of suicide, physical illness, different...
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...Speak Personal Response Speak shows that the author, Laurie Halse Anderson, understands and remembers the crude emotions and unrest that makes up a teen’s world. This happens to be the most realistic fiction story on the battles of adolescence and harassment. Melinda does not turn into a racist activist Wonder Woman (even though she might when she is older) portrayed in some movies and her recovery is not sugar coated, it describes the true struggles. Even though this novel is based on sexual harassment it also focuses on the thoughts and feelings of a victim of the cruelties in high school. Rape and harassment are not issues I have dealt with but the shunning by friends, weird teachers, and oblivious teachers are problems that I and many others can relate to. For instance, the description of the Sordino family’s communication system on page 14 depicts how some teens get cut of from communication with their parents. The author of Speak portrays high school to be truly what it really is. “I am clanless.”(4) Melinda thinks just what practically all teens think. I am part of no clan; I don’t think FFCA has clans but you still fell “uncool” or not popular. Melinda also talks a lot about how no one cares what you have to say and in reality, that is the comprehension countless teens have about adults. Laurie Halse Anderson did a dead-on illustration of a ninth graders’ day to day life in the dog eat weaker dog world we call high school. Creativity and symbolism in writing are...
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...Claim: Renshaw believes that altitude has an impact on our brain chemistry, specifically that it changes the levels of serotonin and dopamine, two key chemicals in the brain that help regulate our feelings of happiness. Reason: But Renshaw thinks he's identified a more likely cause for the Utah blues: altitude. Evidence: • In a 2010 study published in High Altitude Medicine and Biology, the Case Western group analyzed suicide rates across 2,584 counties in 16 states and found that suicides start increasing between 2,000 and 3,000 feet in all U.S. regions • In a 2005 study, the Naval Health Research Center measured mood changes in Marines who left seaside San Diego for 30 days of strenuous training in the Northern California mountains. Before training, the Marines completed a self-evaluation of their levels of anxiety, dejection, fatigue and bewilderment, among other mood symptoms. They completed the same evaluation after training ended, and then again 90 days later. While their physical fitness improved during training, their mental health disintegrated. Before training, the Marines reported more balanced mood levels than average college-aged men. By the time they finished, they described mood symptoms comparable to those of psychiatric patients. Ninety days later, they were just as sad and agitated....
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...BIRTH OF A NATION Birth of a Nation is a movie released in 1915 and based on Thomas Dixon’s novel The clansman. It is a silent black and white movie and it runs more than 3hours. It was directed by David Wake Griffith, who did other films which were far less successful than Birth of a Nation. For this film, more than 10 000 people were casted, and it took around three years to make it. It is considered one of the most significant film in American history ;even considered as the first real film produced as it was seen by millions more people than had ever seen other movie. Its nowadays studied as a masterpiece of political propaganda but back then,for many people it was seen as « writing history with Lightning » as President Wilson stated. THE PLOT TRAILER Birth of a nation , for its lenght and fast pace,has a rich and very complex storyline. It is divided in two parts ; the first part takes place during the Civil War and the second part during The Reconstruction. Briefly summed up, it narrates the story of 2 families, on one side we have The Northern Stoneman’s who are pro union and come from Washington DC. Austin Stoneman, the father of the family is an abolitonist leader in the House of representatives. He has three children ; a daughter Elsie and two sons Phil and Tod. on the other side we have the Camerons who are Pro Confederacy. They own slaves and live in a plantation in South Carolina. Their slaves are depicted as happy and life as peaceful. The...
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...The paradox of Samsung’s rise Founder: Lee Byung-Chul 1938. Samsung’s past challenges: • Compete outside Korea: Especially in the new digital market (during the 90’s) • Increase innovation and creativity: by improving marketing, R&D and design notably • Maintain the old model of cost leadership and manufacturing efficiency: While shifting its paradigm from being an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to being a Leader in the industry answers to past challenges: hybrid management system • Seniority and Merit-based promotions and compensation: With some individual incentives • More open recruitment for all positions: Including foreign employees and executives. Bringing outsiders in, sending insiders out. • More dependence on external market labor: Paid to the level of and attracted by market-based compensation Current HRM challenges : • Labor market flexibility (generally in Korea): • the process of hiring or firing in a flexible manner , based on business needs; Vs. job security and long-term employment guarantee • Relations with suppliers and contractors and resulting HR issues: o Strikes and demonstrations; gap between office (in) and factory workers (out) o Occupational Disease victims and their claims to compensation (ongoing) o Hostility towards unions and harassment and repression of suspected union activists (suicide cases) Opening question: Does Samsung have a true Global Mindset ? -Maddux et al. (HBR, 2010) claim that people who lived abroad...
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...When Charles Ponzi came to America from Italy in the 1920s, not even he could have thought that his name would become the word to describe a swindler, a huckster, and a crook. Many Ponzi schemes, including the Bernie Madoff one, have resulted in untold investor losses, murders, and suicides. It also fanned the flames of mistrust amongst everyday investors, who will never invest in the stock markets again. The paradox in this is that these investors will be at the beck and call of the banks, pushing deposit products that make no money and are destroyed by higher taxes and inflation. The date was September 15, 2008. I was grinding through my daily work out in my home gym. The TV was on and suddenly, a newswire story broke that Lehman Brothers,...
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...Anusha Garimella PHIL 114 The Ethics of Euthanasia The ethical nature of euthanasia, or assisted suicide, in the United States has been contested for decades, which brings about the proliferation of biomedical morality. According to the New Health Guide, as of June 2015, euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Colombia and Luxembourg. Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Albania and in American states of Washington, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico and Montana. Because euthanasia is not legal throughout the United States, there is a divisive public controversy over the moral, ethical, and legal ramifications. In order to establish a clear understanding of these issues, I will define the terms in question and provide an all-encompassing interpretation. There are only slight differences between euthanasia and assisted suicide, and that is a disparity in the degree of involvement and behavior. Assisted suicide entails making the lethal mechanism available to the patient to be used at a time of the patient’s own choosing. By contrast, euthanasia entails the physician taking an active role in carrying out the patient’s request, and usually involves endovenous, or within a vein, delivery of a lethal substance. For the sake of this paper, I will consider both of them equal issues in the bioethical paradigm, and use them interchangeably. The objective of this paper is to outline two ethical theories, utilitarianism and Kantianism, in regards to the concept...
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...Suicide Research Paper Cassandra Tankersley Suicide. It is something that more than 36,000 Americans successfully manage to do every year. It is something that is considered to be a “socially unacceptable” topic of discussion. It is something that affects hundreds of thousands of people each and every day, often in ways most cannot imagine. And I believe that it is something that needs to stop being hidden in the darkest of closets. Without this subject being discussed and researched with more depth than what is already taking place, it will remain a subject without a whole lot of general understanding behind the whys and the causes of people choosing to end their lives. I will admit that this topic is something extremely personal for me, so my views may be colored as to what should be done about the knowledge of suicide, however, I cannot help but feel that this topic is long overdue for its spotlight in the medical world. Make no mistake – this is not about the accidental suicides; it is very much about those who willingly and intentionally plan to and successfully commit suicide. There are various facts a quick Google search can dig up in regards to suicide – such as men are four times as likely to commit suicide than women are, and it's easily discernible that the focus on suicide prevention is on teenagers with recent focus being added to those considered “middle age”. It's also very easy to locate information on “how to help prevent suicide”. But the fact of the matter...
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...The Love Suicides Close Reading The Love Suicides at Amijima is a dramatic story written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon about a man who falls in love with a courtesan, Koharu. Because the man, Jihei, doesn’t have very much money, he cannot buy out the rest of Koharu’s contract. Leading them to creative a suicide pact. In this paper I am going to focus on page 53 and page 61. In this close read I will determine that although On page 61 it is important to understand who Jihei is talking to. If we look at the person he is talking to we see his wife Osan. She tells him how outrageous he is acting and how he deserves what’s coming to him. She talks about how ruthless and evil he is for sleeping beside her every night while in love with another woman. This response is what should be expect of anyone who is being cheated on -- disgust....
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...Eco Terrorism Eco-terrorism is the term used to describe the violence in the interests of environmentalists. There have been cases when environmentalists have inflicted damage to the industrial factories, due to the fact that, they cause pollution and other environmental problems. According to Manning (2012), “Eco-terrorism can be defined as the act of violence or sabotage against person and property commits and support animal right activist.” There are some organizations that participate in it, such as, Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Front (ALF). These organizations managed to burn down a ski resort and blow up a laboratory among other things. On the other hand, some groups such as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are labeled as eco-terrorists although they do not commit such acts of violence against humans- they do not attempt to injure or kill people, but only provoke people through property. This has led to a debate that touches on whether or not to classify these actions as "terrorist" or not. The FBI has given the environmentalists a definition ‘the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented, sub national group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature.’ John Lewis, a top FBI official says, ‘The number one domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement.” Eco-Terrorists...
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...HB 490 Introduction to Wine Lesson 1: Wine and Health, Wine in History, Wine and Culture, and Serving Alcohol Safely In Vino Sanitas? Wine (and other alcohols) and Health The French Paradox 60 Minutes segment in 1991 Mounting epidemiological evidence that moderate consumption of alcohol is associated with Reduced risk of death Particularly by coronary disease Red Wine was apparently most beneficial The “J” shaped curve 1 Societal Attitudes The French Paradox report came in the midst of a resurgent prohibitionist sentiment This sentiment has not disappeared, but is somewhat less prevalent or obvious today Societal Attitudes To drink or Not to drink? Some believe the healthiest choice is NOT to consume alcohol, while others tout the purported health benefits of alcohol consumption Others, yet, acknowledge the apparent health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption, but hesitate to discuss them as they fear this may lead some may become alcohol dependent to start consuming alcohol Societal Attitudes Much (dis)information on the issue of alcohol and health! You must consider the data critically Interpretations may vary Research is never fully conclusive Scientist not always “value free” Some agencies/authorities have “agendas” 2 Agenda? Visit the websites of these organizations and see if you can establish if they have an agenda relative to wine and health Epidemiology Epidemiology...
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...The necessity of driving to abilene James A Wilson; Michelle Harrison Organization Development Journal; Summer 2001; 19, 2; ABI/INFORM Global pg. 99 ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL THE NECESSITY OF DRIVING TO ABILENE James A. Wilson, PhD, RODe, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia The Katz Graduate School of Business 412 South 5th Avenue Highland Park, New Jersey 08904 jawilson@katz.pitt.edu Michelle Harrison, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine University of Medicine and Denistry of New Jersey On a dry, hot, 104-degree July use well before 1988 when day in Coleman, Texas, Jerry B. Harvey's book was published, Harvey, author of having been used in business The A bilene Paradox and Other Meditations on Mana gement (1988), found himself, his in-laws, and his wife driving 106 miles to Abilene to eat school classes and executive workshops. It was published earlier in Organizational Dynamics (1977) and had attracted at a cafeteria with unpalatable considerable a ttention if not food, and then back to Coleman. respect among some professors Before driving off, all had been and industrial consultants. Abilene fairly comfortable in spite of the reinforced system four, open heat, playing dominoes on a systems kinds of theory and was screened porch, fan blowing, and sometimes coupled with the Johari drinking iced lemonade. window. All of these speak to the No one...
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...One of the most famous and most frequently quoted statements about the moral responsibility of artists can be found in Oscar Wilde ’s preface to his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book,” writes Wilde, “Books are well written or badly written. That is all.” His claim is that works of art are legitimate objects of aesthetic judgement, but not of moraljudgement. Wilde added this preface when the novel was reprinted a year after its initial publication in a literary magazine. The preface was Wilde’s considered response to various reviewers who had found his book to be immoral. The extent of this antagonism should not be exaggerated. Only a few reviewers had condemned the novel in these terms, and there was never any serious campaign for it to be banned. Wilde also replied separately, by letter, to each of the magazines and newspapers which had published these condemnatory reviews. These letters were collected together after his death and republished in a little volume entitled Art and Morality. (Today, they can be found more easily in the collected edition of Wilde’s correspondence.) It is worth our while to read and compare the various arguments he puts forward. He makes his first statement of the principle later enunciated in his preface in his letter to The St. James’s Gazette: “The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate.” However in a second letter to the same magazine he makes the surprising...
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