...Coming out of the closet involves risks, it's like a game of Russian roulette, pull a trigger and hope to survive, the game seems simple, but it’s not, peers, family, and strangers become chambers and their reactions are the bullets ready to be launched, the game becomes a matter of life and death. The process of coming out involves strategy and planning, there are risks, however, the risks are premeditated and calculated; this game of Russian roulette slowly turns into a game of chess. Family, strangers, and peers morph into pawns, the chamber becomes a chessboard and the individual becomes a player; the individual swiftly and deliberately formulates their next move. The individual’s movements are composed of a series of stages: 1). The Opening/Development stage, 2). The Promotion/Under-promotion stage, 3). The Gambit/Middlegame stage, and 4). The Endgame stage. These stages become the catalyst for how an individual will reveal their identity to the mainstream world. The initial phase of the individuals “coming out” process refers to the Opening/Development stage, this is the discovery of the individual’s sexual identity and the process of obtaining additional information in order to grasp a better comprehension of the identity in question. The initial...
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...Coming of age is a life-long process all humans inevitably go through. This process of maturity can often be examined from fictional characters, such as Scout and Jem from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, and Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsb by Scott Fitzgerald. Each of these characters encounters different processes of coming of age. When these characters process of maturation and coming of age are compared, the most relevant coming of age best exhibited by Holden from The Catcher in the Rye, following with Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird and Mr. Gatsby from The Great Gatsby; however, differences in coming of age are apparent in the different time periods of each novel setting, practicality, and present social issues. Holden Caulfield, the main character in The Catcher in the...
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...oneself as male or female ii. Do I think as myself as a boy or girl, main or woman, or something else iii. Sense of being masculine, feminine, or ambivalent iv. Feeling of belonging to a particular gender v. The Data shows the following: 1. Evidence of Gender ID begins to emerge at 1 ½ years and is influenced by the infant’s observed genitalia, proper gender assignment, belief’s regarding gender, and infants experience with his/her body 2. 2-2 ½ years old- Clearly Crystallizing through naturally curiosity about anatomical differences between sexes, genital play and gender categorization. 3. 3- firmly established through process of identification with same gender parent 2) Be able to discuss the current understanding of the development of sexual orientation A. What is sexual orientation: i. This refers to a person’s potential to respond with sexual excitement to persons of the same sex, opposite sex or both ii. This includes erotic or sexual fantasies, affection preferences, romantic attraction, etc iii. Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, and Asexual B. In Summary, there is Likely the following: i. Several Genes that encode for sexual orientation and perform other roles as well ii. Complex interaction between the biology and psychosocial mechanisms to produce sexual...
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...Running Head: STRATEGIES AND SKILLS Strategies and Skills AIU MGMT436 Unit 3 Assignment Abstract A financial crisis has hit our company and reorganization is needed. This paper will apply process skills the executive should use, and the change strategies in the long- and short-term. It will also evaluate and present the impacts of the resources. Strategies and Skills Organizational development is a process that is used within a company that is in need of change. This process has many different steps or phases it goes through in order to obtain the outcome the company hopes for. In some cases the process will end in needing another intervention but in others the process will end satisfactory. This process truly only ends when the desired level of development is obtained (The Organizational Development, 2012). This process is meant to make an important change in a company want to come out the other end of the change better off than they were before. The organizational development process will begin when there is an organization that recognizes that there is a problem within the company that will impact their mission or health of their organization. Some organizations do not wait until they see a problem to start the organizational development process. They may begin the change when the leadership has a vision for the improvement of the organization. The organization will desire a change to make their business better. The decision to change is followed by...
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...Bradley Manning's statement that he'll no longer be a "he" but rather a "she" named Chelsea Manning sets the Army private on a path that most transgender individuals have taken. But for many unfamiliar with the "trans" community, such an announcement raises a host of questions. Just getting a count is difficult, but a 2011 report from the Williams Institute, a think tank on sexual orientation and gender identity, suggests nearly 700,000 transgender individuals live in the USA. An online fact sheet from the American Psychological Association defines "transgender" as an "umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression, or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth." But even mental health professionals who specialize in gender identity say there is much about being transgender that is unclear, so classifying it for treatment purposes is challenging. "It's different from other mental disorders," says Jack Drescher, a New York psychiatrist who was part of the American Psychiatric Association's work group on gender identity, which revised the latest manual of mental disorders, the DSM-5. "Usually with a mental disorder, we try and change the person's mind," he says. "This is the only mental disorder where the treatment is changing the body. In a typical mental disorder, we try to make those symptoms go away. Here the treatment has emerged to align the person's body to match their gender...
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...problems. In Vietnam, nowadays, homosexuality is no longer a rare phenomenon. However, it is not easy to notice homosexual people in Vietnam since most of them are trying to hide their homosexual orientation for fear of being discriminated. Many Vietnamese people have believed that homosexuality is no less than a disease. In their opinion, those with sexual feelings towards people of the same sex are abnormal, weird and degenerate. Some people even consider homosexuality as a social evil. The following contents will deal with four main parts to clarify if all those things are true about homosexuality: homosexuality throughout Vietnamese history; homosexuality in Vietnamese laws, arts, scientific researches and studies; the coming out of homosexuals...
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...shows schematic diagram of vapour absorption refrigeration system. In this system we use flat plate solar collector as source of heat energy and that heat energy will have used in generator. PROCESS: 7-1Generator is main component of our cycle and in the generator weak solution of LiBr and water is coming from absorber. This weak solution gets heated in Generator and the generated vapour having high temperature and high pressure is supplied to condenser. PROCESS:1-2In condenser there is not more change in the pressure and temperature only the change of phase from vapour to liquid. And then this high pressure and high temperature water is supplied to expansion valve. PROCESS:2-3Expansion valve is used for lowering the pressure and temperature. In expansion valve there is sudden change in diameter of pipes. This sudden change in diameter drops the pressure and temperature. So some of water get evaporate and this low temperature and low pressure water and vapour mixture supplied to the evaporator....
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..."Ich bin schwul und das ist auch gut so"---I am gay and that is a good thing”. This is what Berlin’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit prior to the 2001 mayoral elections said. In a matter of seconds, everybody throughout Germany knew about it. There was positive feedback about his coming out, but it also aroused criticism. In this essay, I would like to discuss the assets and drawbacks of coming out the closet. I think this is a very important subject because many people struggle with their sexuality. Reflected in this struggle, many people are flawed to the degree at which they hide their sexuality. It takes a lot of courage to come out the closet and therefore many homosexuals decide to rather stay anonymous. How different one can react in regard to this subject is shown in Tony Kushner's play “Angles in America". Most of the characters in this play struggle with their sexuality as well. Roy, Joe, Louis and Belize all deal with the issue of coming out throughout the play. However, every single one of them deals differently with this issue. Prior is definitely one of the most openly gay characters in the play. He demonstrates certain openness about his sexuality within the play, he shows his dependence on his boyfriend Louis when he is not feeling very well. Prior says at the end of the play: “I can handle pressure, I am a gay man and I am used to pressure". (Here Prior implies that being gay has made him stronger than most people; discrimination towards him, has made him "tough.") Contrary...
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...of the resources needed to carry out tasks and meet financial goals. A master budget is part of an overall organization plan for the next year, made up of three components: (1) organizational goals, (2) the strategic long-range profit plan, and (3) the master budget (tactical short-range profit plan). Long-range plans are achieved in year-by-year steps. The guidance is more specific for the coming year than it is for more distant years. The plan for the coming year is called the master budget. The master budget is also known as the static budget, the budget plan, or the planning budget. The income statement portion of the master budget is often called the profit plan. The master budget indicates the sales levels, production and cost levels, income, and cash flows anticipated for the coming year. In addition, these budget data are used to construct a budgeted statement of financial position (balance sheet). Budgeting is a dynamic process that ties together goals, plans, decision making, and employee performance evaluation. The master budget and its relationship to other plans, accounting reports, and management decision-making processes are diagrammed in this diagram: Although each organization is unique in the way it puts together its budget, all budgeting processes share some common elements. After organizational goals, strategies, and long-range plans have been developed, work begins on the master budge, a detailed budget for the coming fiscal year with some less-detailed...
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...UNIT 1 NOTES Digital Computer A digital computer is an electronic computing machine that uses the binary digits (bits) 0 and 1 to represent all forms of information internally in digital form. Every computer has a set of instructions that define the basic functions it can perform. Sequences of these instructions. Component of Digital Computer: (1)CPU: The Central Processing Unit (CPU) or the processor is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a Computer, and is the primary element carrying out the computer's functions. This term has been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s . The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental operation remains much the same. (2)ALU: an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a Digital computer that performs arthimatic and logical operations. The ALU is a fundamental building block of the central processing unit(CPU) of a computer, and even the simplest microprocessor contain one for purposes such as maintaining timers. The processors found inside modern CPUs and graphics processing units(CPU) accommodate very powerful and very complex ALUs; a single component may contain a number of ALUs. Mathematician proposed the ALU concept in 1945, when he wrote a report on the foundations for a new computer called the EDVAC. (3)Memory: memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information. Traditional studies of memory...
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...innovation. While India has made a splash in the information technology aspect of business, it is becoming increasingly clear that India is starting to innovate in the management side of things. Therefore, India is destined to also become a global leader in both management and management innovation. Manufacturing isn’t the only thing that foreign countries have to offer US companies anymore. Kumar talks about four different kinds of “invisible” innovation (innovation not usually seen by consumers) coming from India. The first kind is known as Business to Business innovation, also known as B2B. These products are inventions made by businesses in their research & development departments. R&D projects in India have been shown to be as competent as American R&D projects, therefore debunking the myth that Indian R&D is of a lesser quality. This is shown by forward citations on patents: “What we find is that the data says that the number of forward citations of a patent filed out of a U.S. R&D subsidiary is identical to the number of forward citations of a patent filed by an Indian subsidiary of the same company within that company. So within the company, there's no...
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...This helped to provide a diverse way for approaching a problem and coming up with its solution. People with different perspectives helped to modify and refine the solutions, which helped IDEO to provide innovations to wide ranges of services. * Structurally the firm’s management is flat, meaning that there is no hierarchy and bureaucracy within the project team. This helps everyone to feel essential to the team and contribute equally. * They give a lot of emphasis on trying to develop an insight to the actual problem clients are facing, which enables them to use general tools employed in those types of problems. Their product development process is well thought out, tried and tested. They depend on brainstorming sessions to come up with ideas that provide sustained creative solutions. * IDEO is evolving constantly with time, focusing on working more closely with its clients and external agencies in order to provide them better solutions and reduce their project execution times. * IDEO had a unique way of approaching a problem. It didn’t come up to a company with the symptom of a problem but rather focused on unearthing the root of the problem. It’s not that it had extensive knowledge on the field of the company it was helping out, but used the general ways of approaching and providing a creative solution to any field. Using a perspective of an outsider to the domain, in which it was helping out the company, enabled it to come up with unique solutions. Weaknesses ...
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...Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Homosexuality Alton Masters Psy/265 – Psychology of Human Sexuality June 7, 2013 Professor Belden This paper is all about the historical and scientific perspectives on homosexuality. In this essay we will be discussing the historical, biological, and psychological perspectives on homosexuality. We will also go over the impact that these perspectives may have had on the way homosexuals perceive themselves. Also included will be an analysis of the experiences of coming out and adjusting as a gay individual. Lastly we will talk about how these historical, biological, and psychological perspectives have impacted mine own sexual orientation and how they have shaped the way I view homosexuality. Historical Perspectives on Homosexuality Homosexuality, be it gay or lesbian, has existed throughout history. There have been many different attitudes towards homosexuality including tolerance in some societies, open encouragement in others, but in most societies this behavior has been condemned. While homosexuality has mostly been condemned, this was not always the case. A couple of examples are the ancient Greece and Rome. In Greece is was common for established males to form sexual relationships with adolescent males at about eh age of the adolescents growing their first beard. “Romans described highly feminine gay men who dressed flamboyantly, had showy hair styles and mannerisms, and cruised certain neighborhoods, searching for partners...
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...This helped to provide a diverse way for approaching a problem and coming up with its solution. People with different perspectives helped to modify and refine the solutions, which helped IDEO to provide innovations to wide ranges of services. * Structurally the firm’s management is flat, meaning that there is no hierarchy and bureaucracy within the project team. This helps everyone to feel essential to the team and contribute equally. * They give a lot of emphasis on trying to develop an insight to the actual problem clients are facing, which enables them to use general tools employed in those types of problems. Their product development process is well thought out, tried and tested. They depend on brainstorming sessions to come up with ideas that provide sustained creative solutions. * IDEO is evolving constantly with time, focusing on working more closely with its clients and external agencies in order to provide them better solutions and reduce their project execution times. * IDEO had a unique way of approaching a problem. It didn’t come up to a company with the symptom of a problem but rather focused on unearthing the root of the problem. It’s not that it had extensive knowledge on the field of the company it was helping out, but used the general ways of approaching and providing a creative solution to any field. Using a perspective of an outsider to the domain, in which it was helping out the company, enabled it to come up with unique solutions. Weaknesses ...
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...What would your life be like if your community didn’t accept you? LGBTQ individuals get judged all the time because they’re different. Is it right to get treated differently because you like the same sex or transgender? The answer is no! Just because your sexual orientation is different than others, it doesn’t mean you’re different; in fact it makes you brave for coming out. In today’s society more LGBTQ are coming out and being accepted. Coming out can be a lifelong process, especially for transgender because the person has to take medications to change their appearance. It takes months before the person starts to see changes. Eventually the person will undergo surgery to have a mastectomy or genital removal. LGBTQ stands for lesbians, gays,...
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