...Summary of “The Paradise Called Texas” “The Paradise Called Texas” is a novel about a German girl Mina and her family, who emigrated to Texas in 1845 because of the war. The family had been told that a Verein awaits their arrival. The Verein would help them with supplies, horses and wagons. But they didn’t. It was a terrible winter on the coast of Texas, and Minas’ mother and many others died that winter. At last they gathered enough money together with the Kaufman family to by a wagon. The family was going to New Braunfel, because that was where the Verein have its headquarters, so that they could find out what to do next. On their way to New Braunfel, Mina and her sister met some Indians, while they were searching for food. The Indian man stood on a rocky rise near creek. He was tall and sinewy with a red robe draped around his waist, and he had long black hair. Mina was so afraid, that she dropped all of the food. Mina screamed to her sister, that she should run. After a while the Indian motioned with his arm for someone to come. From behind the bushes an Indian woman and girl appeared riding on a horse. The girl Amaya was the same age as Mina. The little girl undid her belt, and gave it to Mina. Mina then found out, that they were friendly, and the only thing they wanted was to trade with a lock of her hair. After Mina had given her lock of hair, the little girl helped Mina to pick up the food she dropped. Further inland the party of Germans decides to settle down...
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...Summary: Chapter 1 - Outsiders The author defines a deviant as one who deviates from the rules of some social group (and who therefore is an outsider to that group). An outsider is also defined from the point of view of the deviant as those from the social group who act as judges and arbiters of the rules. The author explores deviant behaviour as a phenomenon of definition, as opposed to one of characteristics. That is to say that deviant behaviour is more a question of judgement by a group than a characteristic of the deviant person. Therefore accepting the label 'deviant' means implicitly accepting the values of the social group making the judgement. Chapter 2 - Kinds of Deviance - A Sequential Model In order to discuss models of deviance, the author introduces four types of deviant behaviour: 1. conforming; 2. pure deviant; 3. falsely accused (i.e. perceived as deviant but exhibiting obedient behaviour) and 4. secret deviant (i.e. exhibiting rule-breaking behaviour but not perceived as deviant). The author examines two types of models that could be used to investigate what causes the deviant behaviours to develop:- 1. simultaneous - which assumes that the behaviour develops simultaneously through many causes 2. sequential - where patterns of behaviour develop according to an orderly sequence of stages Simultaneous models are often used in investigations of pathology, to determine the combination of variables that may predict the behaviour...
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...Exploring Your Desires A Summery of “On Becoming a Writer” “On Becoming a Writer” is an essay by Russell Baker, who was born in Virginia in 1925. It is an excerpt taken from the Pulitzer Prize - winning memoir Growing Up. Baker shares his inspirational story and reminds students and young adults not to be afraid to explore their desires. The excerpt centers around the pivotal moment, when Baker explores his desires and realizes that he wants to be a writer. In the first part of the story, Baker describes how writing interested him, but there were so many other unattractive things about English. He talked about how boring Grammar was and that writing papers were like a chore and robotic. He even said that reading the classics were “deadening as chloroform” (Baker, 1982). Baker touches on a good point in this section. School, for a lot of students, ends up being dull and repetitious due to boring subject matter. When teachers put a little thought and effort into the subject matter and allow students to be creative, it can make subjects more appealing and help keep students interest. Baker then takes us to his junior year, with Mr. Feagles. Baker describes Mr. Feagles as a pristine, out of touch teacher, that was “prim to a fault” (Baker, 1982). For the first part of the year, Mr. Feagles class fails to spark any interest in Baker. That is, until Mr. Feagles gives the class an informal essay assignment. Baker, like a typical highs school student, procrastinates...
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...WRI 101.02 S-13 Academic Writing 101 Assignment: persuasive essay Title: Encourage socializing Submitted to: Neslihan Bilikozen Submitted by: Ahmed Negm 47656 Date of Submission: 20th of March 2013 Spring, 2013 American University of Sharjah Essay Title: __ Encourage socializing I. Introduction Humans are naturally social; they try to expand their connections in many ways. A social network service is an online platform, which introduces the method and the structure of social relations among people who share interests, activities, and backgrounds by interacting over the Internet. Thesis Statement: However, everything was created to be used in a perfect manner. Humans are there to build not to destroy. The good edge of social networking must be the dominant edge. II. Body Paragraph One: Topic Sentence: For instance, we live in a diverse society in which you can hardly find a common ground of interests to share with someone else. Supporting Ideas/Examples: A. Egyptian revolution B. Spending any events with knowledgeable company C. Social networking sites make fitting in easier, as long as you open up a little. III. Body Paragraph Two: Topic Sentence: Your inner circle of friends and family members will be expanded to reach the circumference of earth once you use social networking. Supporting Ideas/Examples: A. Keeping in touch with your family B. Finding old friends. C. Location finding IV. Body...
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...John Pontius MGT 3335-70 Li, Hongcai Paper 1 The article titled”Are You Too Family Friendly?” is about how non-married employees feel that they are shorted benefits that married employees receive. The number of non-married worker in the US is continuing to increase and businesses need to be aware of these employees and the benefits that they allow in their ‘family friendly’ policies. These non-married employees feel slighted that they don’t get ‘flex time’ to take the afternoon off just because they don’t have a kid or spouse to take to the doctor or whatever. It states that they feel like they have to pick up the slack for the family employee and do more work because the family employee is not there. The article also goes into the struggles of domestic partners when it comes to benefits and how this type of relationship is also becoming more popular. There are graphs and research to support the point that a new majority of employees are not families in the traditional sense. Some companies are already making adjustments to this trend with new policies and benefits definitions. The article suggests that companies need to start adjustments or face problems with these employees in the future. This article goes with the sections of chapter one that is titled ‘Helping employees balance work – life conflicts’, ‘creating a positive work environment’, and the paragraphs about ‘deviant workplace behavior.’(pp. 24-25, 29 of textbook) It can also be an influence on an...
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...Article Summary With online education becoming more widely accepted and available around the world, many people wonder about the differences between traditional classrooms and virtual classrooms. One difference is student participation and communication. In a traditional classroom setting, some students are able to earn credit by just attending class, not necessarily participating in class discussions. What do those types of students look like in an online environment? Does their lack of participation affect the learning process for others? How does class participation equate to student success? With this case study, the authors sought to answer those questions exactly. More particularly, the study examined online students who fail to fully engage but are still able to show educational progress, referred to as read-only participants or ROPs (Nagel, Blignaut, & Cronje, 2009). The authors wanted to understand the connection between participation and communication and course success. They organized an eight-week online Masters course using WebCT as the learning management system (LMS). Twenty-two middle-aged students, from all over the world, participated in the course. Students were required to participate through class discussion via forum posts, group assignments, and other research. A collaboration rubric was created by the students as a group assignment and used by their peers to measure their group participation. After the course, the facilitators...
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...The film little miss sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton was no only a highly entertaining and funny movie, but also a film that had recurring themes that can be related to the curriculum we are learning. The first recurring theme that I feel is most represented throughout the movie is one dealing with behaviorism. This can be tied to personality and why we are the way we are. In the movie Olive a 7 years old girl from Albuquerque has one dream and one goal. She wants to be In the little miss sunshine beauty pageant in California. She watched a girl win Miss USA and saw how beautiful she was and how much attention she got from being crowned. She then also wanted to be in a beauty pageant because she liked the idea of the reward she would gain. She would have social acceptance to start. Also self confidence with all the compliments and power with the fame. She puts in hard work with her grandfather near every night on a dance routine she has to preform. When dealing with punishments, she knows that by adding ice cream to her diet she may gain weight, so she tries to sacrifice the extra fat so she can be rewarded. Also, her father Richard, brings many behaviorist ideas and examples to the film. He is extremely highly motivated and persistent. Over and over he makes large efforts to make his 9 step process make it big. Even rides a dirt bike to a different city to try and get a hold of a business partner. He knows he can't give up because he will not be rewarded with money and...
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...INTRODUCTION Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte’s best novel. Charlotte Bronte is one of the greatest writer of nineteenth century. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was a daughter of clergyman, brought up in Yorkshire. Her early ages were sad. She lost her two sisters. She with her two remaining sisters and one brother found happiness in writing stories of their own. Charlotte and Emily became famous writers. PLOT Jane Eyre lived with her aunt and cousins at gateshead(the name of the house). The entire member of Gateshead were cruel and unkind. They didn’t want Jane at their house. Later she was send to school named ‘Lowood school’. She found good friend and teacher there. Life was hard and uncomfortable, foods were not good and environment was unhygienic. She became used to with that. She stayed there for eight years and two years as a teacher. She got a job of a governess at Thornfield. Jane was happy with the environment and the palace of Thornfield as well. The owner of the house Mr. Rochester lived far away from the house. Day by day Jane was happy and loved with Thornfield and its master also. Mr. Rochester offered Jane to marry him. She also promised him to marry but on the day of wedding she came to know the master had already a wife. That wife was mad and was living in Thornfield. After that she left and nobody knew where she had gone. She rushed here and there in search of work, shelter and money. Nobody took pity...
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...alike. Although it was removed from the Canadian Criminal Code[ Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46 s 745] in 1976, capital punishment remains alive and well, still being in effect in 32 U.S. States. This begs the questions of what the reasons supporting this irrevocable form of punishment are, as well as the counter arguments that follow. In full support of the former, in his article titled “On Deterrence and the Death Penalty”[ Van Den Haag, Ernest (1969) On Deterrence and the Death Penalty. The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science, 60(2) ], Ernest Van Den Haag outlines his thoughts which support the use of the death penalty and how it might deter heinous crimes against society. The first section of this paper will give a summery of Van Den Haag’s thoughts, which he outlined in the article, including the main points and arguments made which support his view. Following this summary, an in depth analysis of how the article relates to my personal beliefs and understanding of the topic will take place. Summary In section one of the article, the author brings up the point that the purposes of the death penalty must always be understood as being one of two things: doing justice or deterring others. Van den Haag points out that any other aim of a justice system, such as rehabilitation, would not be met by this form of punishment. It is his belief that opponents contesting the use of the death penalty must show that that neither purpose is met in order to illustrate that...
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...A 1. Summery of text 1. Gossip is bad form. The text gossip is bad form is written by Debby Mayne. In the text Debby Mayne tells us that the gossip is bad form, that can hurt our relationship to our friends, even at our job. There are three types of gossip, the personal the office and school gossip. Personal gossip usually involves friends. If a certain friend has done you wrong, the best solution is to discuss the problem between the two of you, not take it to another person. The office gossip, is the gossip you meet at your office, it can be between your college or your boss, if it’s affect you to much, that you dont want to co-operation with your college can give you big consequences. The last gossip type in the text is about school gossip. The school gossip is bad for the students in school, if you say that you friend are cheating in a exam, will give the student a big problem for his school life. Gossip at school can ruin reputations. As well gossip is a bad thing it comes from nothing to a big problem, you have to think for a few seconds before you speaking. 2. 3. “Gossip is a policeman and a teacher. without it, there would be chaos and ignorance.” It means that a policeman is a person who follow the laws and want other people not to do the right thing. A teacher help his students to be cleaver and want his students not make...
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...Case summary (Porsche) Porsche is a unique company. It has always been a niche brand that makes car for a small and distinctive segment of automobile buyers. Porsche owners are as rare as their vehicles. For that reason, top managers at porsche spend a great deal of time thinking about their customers. Since its early days, Porsche has appealed to a very narrow segment of financially successful people. These are achievers who see themselves as entrepreneurial. They buy Porsche because the car mirrors their self-image. Porsche owners see it as a car to be enjoyed not just used. Most porsche buyers are not moved by information but by feelings. They develop a personal relationship with their cars. They admire Porsche because it is a competent performance machine without being flashy or phony. As the year rolled on, Porsche management became concerned with a significant issue that the quirky nature of the people who buy Porsches might just run out of them. For that reason Porsche started selling many lower priced models in 1970s and 1980s and recognized as a numerous brand. Although porsche got huge success but Porsche faithful carried foul. In fact, traditional Porsche customers were unhappy that they had to share their brand with a customer who didn't fit the porsche owner profile. For that reason Porsche not only started losing its faithful customers but also entered into a fierce competition with competing brands and turned into bankruptcy by 1990. But Porsche wasn't going...
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...陳加恩 English Composition 12/03/2015 A summary of the Cast of Amontillado The protagonist (Montresor) narrates the story of a murder, happened half of century ago. The murder case is caused by an unspecified insult. In the time of carnival season, he perfectly seizes the opportunity to conduct the evil plot he prepares for a long time. Catch up with the emotion of festival, he found his friend Fortunato, the victim) with dizzy. To subdue his victim go to the trap, he opens a conversation with wine, which would be attractive to his friend. Without doubt, his friend is successfully subdued through the clever conversation. Then, they enter the catacomb, which is the grave for Fortunato too. During their proceeding, the protagonist constantly asks whether his friend needs return to ground or not. However, out of the passion to wine, he rejects to returning. Finally, they reach the end of the catacomb. The protagonist here uses the clever talk again that mentions another person who is an expert in tasting wine as well to trigger the victim’s emulative emotion so that his plot may be easier to success. Even being trapped, Fortunato is still flooded within his intoxication until the protagonist starts walling up a grave for him. Out of fear of death, he screams, cries, to try to browbeat his life-ender from trapping him there forever. At first, the murderer is scared of these horrible cries, however, after recognizing this is the final struggle of his friend, he scream back, and...
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...Informed Consent Summary Report students??? BSHS/ 322- Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Human Services Prof. Theresa Edwards The four elements of informed consent are competence, voluntariness, full information, and comprehension. In order to fully understand your rights you must possess the following criteria’s. If a person is not informed, they are unable to make a justified decision regarding their situation and therefore, can be misled and potentially make a determination that is not fully based on facts. The Kids in Crisis Agency takes confidentiality very serious and is a vital part of the intake process for the residents and individuals who are to become employed here. Informed consent documents here imply that all information that is provided to the agency will remain confidential aside from certain specific guidelines. This is important because individuals who come to the agency, are in crisis for a variety of different reasons. There are things they may be interested in telling a clinician or crisis worker but want to ensure privacy. These documents make them feel secure in releasing that information. There are times however when confidentiality can and should be violated. When a person presents as a threat to themselves or others, this needs to be reported to the appropriate individuals. When a person discloses that they have been harmed or hurt, this needs to be reported. This is explained during any intake procedure and also explained to the individual...
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...Farm Girl Summary and Response While reading Jessica Hemauer’s essay “Farm Girl” my first impression was this poor girl. Life must have been hard for her growing up. I could not even begin to imagine how she must have felt. Being and young girl and getting up so early to do chores, and then to do more chores after school let out is a lot for any child to handle. I also began to understand the responsibility she was gaining at a very young age. There are a lot of kids this day and age that have no clue what that word responsibility means. Jessica went into great detail explaining the situations. She used good descriptions, which helped me relate to her situation. It made me feel like I was the one out there in the barn helping with the cows. The purpose main of this essay was to share how it felt growing up on a farm, and just how much Jessica Hemauer had to give up in order to help her family. I believe that Jessica wanted her readers to understand what it was like as a child not being able to participate in school activities. I also believe that her intended audience was the younger generations. Jessica Hemauer wanted her readers to understand that what they think will help them “fit in” does not always help. Also, I feel like that she was trying to reach parents so that they could understand what it is like as a child growing up with such big responsibilities, like helping maintain a farm. Jessica’s tone in writing this essay way very respectful and was very comfortable...
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...ma SAMENVATTING VAN HET BOEK MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS ninth edition International student edition van de auteurs ROBERT N. ANTHONY en VIJAY GOVINDARAJAN Hoofdstuk 1 De aard van management control systems (MCS) 1 Hoofdstuk 2Strategie 5 Hoofdstuk 3 Gedrag in organisaties 11 Hoofdstuk 4 Verantwoordelijkheidscentra: opbrengsten en kostencentra 15 Hoofdstuk 5 Profit-centers 20 Hoofdstuk 6 Transfer pricing 25 Hoofdstuk 7 Meten en beheersen van de gebruikte activa 31 Hoofdstuk 8 Strategische planning 37 Hoofdstuk 9 Budgetopstelling 42 Hoofdstuk 10 Analyseren van prestatierapporten 47 Hoofdstuk 11Managementbeheersing van de uitvoering 53 Hoofdstuk 13 Beheersingsmaatregelen voor verschillende strategieën 58 Hoofdstuk 18 Management-control met betrekking tot processen 63 Vanaf hier geen tentamenstof 70 Hoofdstuk 15 Dienstverlenende organisaties 70 Hoofdstuk 16 Financiële dienstverlenende organisaties 75 Hoofdstuk 17 Multinationals 80 Hoofdstuk 1 De aard van management control systems (MCS) Elementen van een beheersingssysteem 1. Detector of sensor meet wat er werkelijk gebeurt in het te beheersen proces, bijvoorbeeld een thermostaat. 2. Schatter: een middel om vast te stellen hoe belangrijk datgene is wat er gebeurt (vergelijking met wat er gebeurt en wat er zou moeten gebeuren). 3. Beïnvloeder: middel dat het gedrag...
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