...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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...Phase 2: Why I am writing this paper. I was given an assignment in my English class to research a topic and write a research paper about it. Currently, I am reading a book called A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This book is about a utopia where all babies are specifically designed and born in a lab. In this book, the author describes how the babies are made, however, he is very vague and doesn’t explain a lot about the gene editing process or how the babies are affected. In addition, this book is fictional, so the author could write any outcome about how it affects society. This made me very interested in two questions. First, what is gene editing and how does it work? Second how would gene editing/ designer babies affect our society? I was interested in these topics because even though Huxley briefly talks about gene editing, the ready could see how it affects the characters and their society on a daily basis. Because our society isn’t a utopia with every aspect of our lives controlled, gene editing would have a very different effect, so I decided to do more research about it. In addition, gene editing and designer babies are banned from the US, so it’s very interesting to me on experiments that have been done and research that has been done. Phase 3: The Search Imagine creating a child the same way you would a video game character. Getting to choose what they look like, how fast they can run, how smart they are. This idea is all made possible with recent advancements in...
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...Research Paper Final 12/11/2011 Euthanasia: “The Right to Die” The essential right that can assist today to every human being is life, but when turns out to be affected by a few deplorable conditions of health, which they take the one who endures them to meet in a situation in which there turns out to be imprisoned in an intensive care unit, of which it is not known if it will go out, where its existence is in the tightrope, where it can exist an irreversible exit, where the existence will depend in the future of extraordinary means, connected to machines like the artificial respirator, it is necessary to ask if the life is looking after or prolonging the agony that can take us to the death. Below I will discuss the definition of Euthanasia, some aspects to take for a possible approval, and finally i will discuss some of the points in favor and against euthanasia. For all practical purposes i will take as a definition of euthanasia the following: a patient's right to decide on the form and the time of his death., this within a short definition, but you are looking for the sole purpose the rid a person of their intense suffering, a merciless agony they endure as a result of a serious illness and incurable (for example, some types of cancer, or AIDS). The above mentioned illness or the condition must have been diagnosed sufficiently, so that its irreversibility characteristic, it is such, that determines the death as something inevitable. Within the same definition, the...
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...Through the history, there’s no conflict about reasons of the revolutions anywhere in the world. It might be social, economic or political reason. Almost the same reason for all revolutions of the modern age is different by depending on new mode of perception and sure communication and information technology was most effective factors in the modern revolution. Virtual reality now is the resort for Arab people ,where the virtual reality is the place that people can talk without fear ,can talk in different issues like politics and religions ,that they afraid to talk with it in actual reality(real life). Where in virtual reality we cannot physically reach it. They lived a utopia virtuality or what Paul virilio called “teletopai”, a utopia tele-medaited...
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...SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND ITS EFFECTS: THE ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE IN OUR SOCIETY Submitted By: Tabor, Ben Jayson Raymundo, John Joseph R. Bautista, Sean Karl T. Gregorio, Prince Jairus J. Medenilla, Mark Johann L. Submitter To; Prof. Don Emmanuel Nolasco II. INTRODUCTION Rule #1 - “Life is not fair, get used to it!” –Rules of Life by Bill Gates We always see differences in our lives in different ways. Let’s accept the fact that some people are gorgeous and handsome while others look like Frankenstein. Some are rich because of fate and some are poor with no food on their plate because not everywhere is blessed by a golden spoon on their mouth. Most likely, people with a higher status in life always get the privilege to be educated, healthy lifestyle and threated well by the society. Why this kind of inequality occurs in our society? Social inequality within a society is an issue in which its existence has never been erased throughout the history of the world. Classified as a dynamic trend to which it keeps on changing while the time goes by. The human condition has so far been a fundamentally unequal one. Indeed, all known societies have been characterized by inequalities of some kind, although of course the extent and type of inequality has been quite variable. Social inequality like racial inequality, gender inequality and other types keeps on sprouting like a mushroom growing anywhere most like in the dark places and these can have effects that have the power to influence...
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...School Environment Analysis Essay Grand Canyon University: EDA-575 February 8, 2012 School Environment Analysis No school is a utopia. Each presents unique problems and challenges, and with that comes opportunities for change and successes. Many times it takes a giant collaborative effort to bring about change, and there are times where it seems that the challenges are insurmountable. I work in a public inner city high school in Syracuse, NY. There are issues within the school including a high drop-out rate, incidences of bullying, little parent involvement, lack of technology, and old school materials. This high school is in a high poverty area, and the surrounding community is not very active or involved with the school. All of these factors combined with many newer teachers in the school and some new members of the administration lead to a school requiring assistance in many areas. In this essay, I will explain many of the environmental and contextual factors and describe some potential solutions to address these factors. One environmental factor influencing my school is the high rate of poverty in the surrounding area of the school. Students are often unprepared for school with proper materials. Education is not been a major priority for many students since it was not very important to their parents or guardians. If students have a little extra money, they will quickly spend it on snacks on their way to school instead of making sure they are prepared...
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...Nathan Nickel Gina Schneck Writing 150 24 September 2015 “Weed” Be Better Off Have you ever thought about what would happen if we lived in a society where everything were legal? Would it be possible to have organization and live in a utopia-like society or would everything be mass chaos? What if only the non-harmful illegal subjects were made legal? If something is truly non-harmful then why is it illegal? These are all very good questions. One substance in particular that is illegal but has not been proven to be harmful is marijuana. In 1970, marijuana was officially illegalized when the Substance Abuse Act was passed. It wasn’t until 1996 that California was first state to take action and to legalize marijuana for medical use (“Medical Marijuana States”). In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Since then, Oregon, Alaska, and the District of Columbia have joined the group with numerous other states on the verge of recreational legalization. Currently, 23 states have marijuana legal in either recreational use, medical use, or both (“State Marijuana Laws Map”). So where should we stand on this marijuana dilemma? Are there benefits to legalization? Is the drug actually harmful or does it have medical benefits? Marijuana is a non-harmful substance, with numerous benefits available and should be legalized on a national level. Whether or not marijuana has any true medicinal value has been debated vigorously...
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...SYDENHAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, RESEARCH & ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FINURTURE: Nurturing your Financial Knowledge An Initiative by SIMSREE Finance Forum Top Stories: India Achieving 4.6% fiscal deficit target for FY-12 a great challenge: Pranab Mukherjee Amid volatile commodity prices and a sluggish global economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said meeting the 4.6 per cent fiscal deficit target for FY'12 will be a "great challenge". Main reason cited by FM behind this being the crude prices remaining at elevated level. The rupee has slipped to 50 against the dollar. Here’s why The rupee slumped to 50 against the dollar level for the first time since May 2009 on Friday on speculation that slowing economic growth and faster inflation will hamper foreign investment. The currency has declined 10.8% this year, the most among Asia’s 10 most-traded currencies. Sudden surge in India's exports to Bahamas raises doubts An amazing surge in India's exports to the Bahamas has stoked the lingering suspicion that a slice of the country's trades is sham transactions done to bring back money stashed in secret accounts with offshore banks. In just two years, exports to the Bahamas — best known as a tax haven — have shot up from $2.2 million in 200809 to $2.2 billion in 2010-11. 9% growth target in 12th Plan gets NDC approval Paving the way for formulating the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) document, the National Development Council (NDC) meeting...
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...Subject Code: APBL20045 | Subject Name: City Future | Student ID Number: 563013 | Student Name: Joel Madeira | Assignment Name or Number: Final essay | With reference to at least one work of fiction, critically discuss how science and technology feature in utopian or dystopian planning of future cities. The city of the future needs to change. With the population increasing at a rapid pace, more and more people favor to live in urbanized area. The result of the urban population explosion means that there is a need to change the physical dimension or space in cities, in order to cope with such a large amount of people. Cities will be dramatically restricted with the aid of science fiction and technology. This paper investigates how Ecumenopolis, the science fiction concept of city layout could be implanted or influence the future of cities, followed by how technology such as: transportation and telecommunication, could help satisfy social needs, which may again reshape the structure of cities in the future, finally by using examples from science fiction theme movies and novels to illustrate how humans could reshape their future cities and whether these advanced innovations would lead to a utopian or dystopian society. The most crucial element that cities of the future would face is in relation to the increasing population. It is unavoidable that for the next few decades, global population growth will escalate intensely. According to Vidal (2012), by 2050, 7 billion of...
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...Mayer ETHICS IN ECONOMICS Honesty and Integrity in Academic Economics Thomas Mayer There may not be much outright plagiarism or cheating in economics research, argues this economist, but there are grounds to conclude that a bias exists in statistical research. Does this amount to dishonesty? The author tackles the issue. T is that people try to maximize their welfare. Since dishonesty can enhance the prospect of publication, the prime success indicator in academia, economists should ask themselves whether academic economists sometimes maximize utility by being dishonest in doing or presenting their research. HE CORE ASSUMPTION OF MAINSTREAM ECONOMICS I Plagiarism, in its flagrant form of copying someone else’s work, seems rare; I can recall reading about only three confirmed cases of it in the almost sixty years I have spent as an economist. Both the risk of exposure and feelings of conscience provide plausible explanations for this scarcity. Soft plagiarism in the sense of making unacknowledged THOMAS MAYER is professor emeritus of economics at University of California–Davis. A more detailed working-paper version of this article is available at www.econ.ucdavis.edu. Challenge, vol. 52, no. 4, July/August 2009, pp. 16–24. © 2009 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN 0577–5132 / 2009 $9.50 + 0.00. DOI: 10.2753/0577–5132520402 16 Challenge/July–August 2009 Honesty and Integrity in Academic Economics use of someone else’s ideas is probably much...
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...a little community, saturating him with the spirit of service, and providing him with the instruments of effective self-direction, we shall have deepest and best guarantor of a larger society which is worthy, lovely, and harmonious” John Dewey (1859 – 1952) This paper looks at some of the changes that have taken place in the U.S. Education. Increased choice and privatization of Education “An initiative of choice through vouchers or tax credits, with few restrictions on private schools, not only will give children access to a better education, it will unleash the power of constructive competition that will lead to dramatically improved outcomes in the future. A voucher or tax credit of $5000 or more per student would give families the clout they need as consumers. There already are many affordable high quality private schools available on the market and, once they are allowed to compete on a level playing field with government schools, many more will come into operation…. It is imperative not to delay further, but to implement school choice reforms as soon as possible”. David F. Salisbury, USA Today Magazine, November 2003 When parents are dissatisfied with public schooling, they may consider private schooling if they can afford the tuition. Independent, nonsectarian schools are open to a select group of...
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...THE PROBLEM WITH WORK A JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN CENTER BOOK THE PROBLEM WITH WORK Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries KATHI WEEKS Duke University Press Durham and London 2011 © 2011 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper co Designed by Heather Hensley Typeset in Minion Pro by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH LOVE TO JulieWalwick (1959-2010) Contents ix Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION i The Problem with Work i CHAPTF1 37 Mapping the Work Ethic CHAPTER 2 79 Marxism, Productivism, and the Refusal of Work CHAPTER 3 113 Working Demands: From Wages for Housework to Basic Income CHAPTER 4 151 "Hours for What We Will": Work, Family, and the Demand for Shorter Hours 5 CHAPTER 175 The Future Is Now: Utopian Demands and the Temporalities of Hope EPILOGUE 227 A Life beyond Work 235 255 Notes References 275 Index Acknowledgments thank the following friends and colleagues for their helpful feedback on versions of these arguments and portions of the manuscript: Anne Allison, Courtney Berger, Tina Campt, ChristineDiStefano, Greg Grandin, Judith Grant, Michael Hardt, Stefano Harney, Rebecca I would like to Karl, Ranji Khanna, Corey Robin...
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...PROBLEM STATEMENTS This Research is mainly dealt with knowing purchase and post purchase behaviour. This Research is focuses on product output which customer get from the product. This Research is also focus on changing preference of customers because in today’s time there are so many best option for customer for every electronic product. This Research also studies that product are reaching up to the expectation of customer or not. A electronic product company differentiate its product on different grounds. So we study that, for which qualities company is advertising, those features that product have or not. SCOPE OF THE STUDY ? This Report will help to understand the consumer behaviour towards purchasing a new Washing Machine or Refrigerator. ? It also opens the various factor which can effect the purchase decision. ? This Report provides a frame of mind of people, what are the exceptions of consumer and up to how much level these expectation met. ? This Report will be helpful for Retailers and Companies so that they can understand the consumer behaviour and can satisfy the consumer on more better manner. ? To know whether they recommend to other or not. www.allprojectreports.com OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ? To know race of celebrity in buying decisions. ? To know consumer behaviour while purchasing. ? To know what factor affect consumer behaviour. ? To know the consumer view regarding service/after sales service. ? To know various strategies...
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...HISTORY AND THEORY STUDIES FIRST YEAR Terms 1 and 2 Course Lecturers: CHRISTOPHER PIERCE / BRETT STEELE (Term 1) Course Lecturer: PIER VITTORIO AURELI (Term 2) Course Tutor: MOLLIE CLAYPOOL Teaching Assistants: FABRIZIO BALLABIO SHUMI BOSE POL ESTEVE Course Structure The course runs for 3 hours per week on Tuesday mornings in Terms 1 and 2. There are four parallel seminar sessions. Each seminar session is divided into parts, discussion and submission development. Seminar 10.00-12.00 Mollie Claypool, Fabrizio Ballabio, Shumi Bose and Pol Esteve Lecture 12.00-13.00 Christopher Pierce, Brett Steele and Pier Vittorio Aureli Attendance Attendance is mandatory to both seminars and lectures. We expect students to attend all lectures and seminars. Attendance is tracked to both seminars and lectures and repeated absence has the potential to affect your final mark and the course tutor and undergraduate coordinator will be notified. Marking Marking framework adheres to a High Pass with Distinction, High Pass, Pass, Low Pass, Complete-toPass system. Poor attendance can affect this final mark. Course Materials Readings for each week are provided both online on the course website at aafirstyearhts.wordpress.com and on the course library bookshelf. Students are expected to read each assigned reading every week to be discussed in seminar. The password to access the course readings is “readings”. TERM 1: CANONICAL BUILDINGS, PROJECTS, TEXTS In this first term of...
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...………………………....6 Models of Oligopoly Behavior…………………………………………………………………9 Conclusion….………..………………………………………………………………………...11 References……………………………………………………………………………………..12 Abstract The goal of this research paper is to provide an overview of the theory of oligopoly and its effect on the global economic stage. We will review what results when there are fewer companies in a particular marketplace. We will also review the various barriers commonplace to oligopolies. Finally, we will address the various theories of oligopoly and their application in the global economy. Introduction There are four basic kinds of market constructs; monopoly perfect competition, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. This paper will review the market structure known as oligopoly. The term oligopoly can be defined as a type of market structure that has a small number of participants that offer a particular product or service within the marketplace (Salvatore, 2007). The etymology of the word oligopoly is cryptic except for its initial appearance in 1518 in the Latin version of one of the most important works of European humanism, Thomas More’s Utopia (Chamberlin, 1957). The word oligopoly itself is actually derived from the Greek word monopoly which means to sell according the Merriam-Webster dictionary. The word oligopoly, however, did not become more commonly utilized until the 1930s...
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