...Though the minor characters Antinous and Eurymachus act as models of vice, eumaeus, Eurycleia, and pothinus are models of virtue that echo the values promoted by the epic, all contributing to the richness and depth to the Odyssey. Antinoos and Eurymachus are minor characters in the Odyssey, but they add lots of depth by their acts of vice throughout the story. Antinous is the leader among the suitors, he tends to drink lots of wine and eat Odysseus’s best cattle. Antinous seems to antagonize the crowd of suitors when beggar king Odysseus and beggar Irus fight. Antinoos through a in a reward, whoever wins the fight gets a blood sausage. Antinous says to Irus that if he loses he will be sent to King Echetus to be slaughtered and...
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...student goes to teenage life and encounters vices such as drinking and smoking is very rampant nowadays. Such vices cannot be ignored anymore as to the more students seem to be detaching from their spare time or even they intend to cut classes just for this so called vices, they seem to be enjoying freedom too much. A student may be influenced to be involved in any of the stated variables. High School is far different from being a college student. A person will have a new life when one goes to college. New environment which one has to adapt, new set of friends which one have to treat nice, and new subjects or topics that one has to study based on what course you will get. Although drinking, smoking, and drug-use for some usually result in adverse health consequences, there are some perceived benefits or advantages of these behaviors particularly from the point of view of the adolescents and youths. Adolescents may view drinking and smoking as privileges of adults and may want to engage in them to feel grown up and to present themselves as adults to others. Some of the reasons given are: the availability of cigarettes at home, parents being model of smoking and drinking behavior and consequently parents lack the credibility as advocates for non-smoking or non-drinking.(Aroyo 2001) Smoking and drinking are two of the most important risk factors explaining early mortality, accounting for an estimated 14 percent of deaths among youth worldwide. Most individuals try drinking...
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...student of Lyceum of Western Luzon Zambales is undertaking a research study on the topic (A Study on the Contributory Factors that Encouraged Minors to join Brotherhood/Fraternity) as a requirement for the completion of the degree, BS IN CRIMINOLOGY Your cooperation is highly requested by answering the herein questionnaire for purposes of coming-up with convincing results. Rest assured that all information herein provided shall be threatened with utmost confidentiality. Mark Anthony L. Miranda Researcher ________________________________________________________________ (Optional)Name: _______________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ Age Sex Civil Status □ below 18 y/o □ Male □ Single □ 18 to 25 y/o □ Female □ Married □ 26 to 30 y/o □ Widowed □ 31 to 35 y/o □ Separated □ 36 y/o and above Educational Attainment Religion Occupation □Elementary Graduate □ Roman Catholic □Government Employee □ Elementary Level □ Christianity □ Non-Government Employee □High school Graduate □Islam □ Self Employed □High school Level □Others □ Unemployed □College Graduate □College Level □Vocational (Please Specify) What are the contributory factors in the family that encouraged minors to join brotherhood/fraternities? Suspected Factors | Always | Seldom | Never | Faulty development of the child | | | | Lack of parental...
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...CHAPTER I Introduction Cigarette smoking is tremendously widespread and is the most crucial problem that many countries are facing up to now. Despite all laws that restrict smoking and the emphasis of media that smoking kills, it still remains as the most addictive vice that begins early in childhood and adolescence which results to a lifetime habit. Tobacco use is one of the preventable causes of death, yet, will be the leading cause of preventable and premature deaths globally in next few years (Salazar, 2004). As years come, the average age of smokers is declining. The youth is greatly and easily influenced by smoking especially if proper guidance for them to avoid it was not established. Indisputably, smoking creates a big impact on people, and year by year, the population of smokers increase thus tobacco-related illnesses that may lead to death also increase. Even the expression that “Warning: Smoking is bad for your health.” is not enough to encourage people especially the young to pick up the habit. It is seriously evident that the several programs or regulations formed to avoid and quit smoking needs more “press on” to switch down its impression to the people Background of the Study There are 1.25 billion smokers around the globe and consequently, one-third to one-half of it, which is almost 6 million people, will be killed in the year 2010 from the disruptive effects of smoking. According to the nonprofit research and advocacy organizations, smoking rates...
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...Statement of the Problem The study aims to answer the following questions: 1. How did the students get involved with smoking in the first place? 2. What are their perceptions of smoking? 3. How much do their parents know about their smoking? D. Significance of the Study The study provides an extensive view to a teenaged smoker’s experiences. It will help readers understand what goes on in the lives of these minors and the why’s and how’s of their vice. It will help the youth understand why their fellow teenagers smoke and what makes it hard for them to quit. It may help lessen the number of cases of minors’ usage of tobacco, and spread awareness. Moreover, it portrays addiction in its most honest form, and will help people understand how addiction works, so that more methods of rehabilitation may be introduced in the future. E. Scope and Limitations The study is limited only to students of De la Salle University – Dasmarinas Senior High School Department and involves, specifically, those who smoke tobacco under 18 years old. The study took place inside the said campus and the interviews were conducted personally and through text and online messages. Only ten respondents were interviewed. F. Definition of...
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...what faith should look like despite reoccurring examples of his occasional lack of total faith in certain situations. In line with this, many would assume that Abraham possesses a virtuous character, as many perceive faith to be a virtue. However, by Aristotle’s definition of virtue as it is presented in Nicomachean Ethics, faith itself would not be a virtue but in fact an excess condition of trust and loyalty. It because of Abraham’s lack of total faith in God – which is itself would be considered a vice for two reasons: because it is an excess condition and because it doesn’t account for self-interest...
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...Revised May 1992 THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE by William C. Kimberling, Deputy Director FEC Office of Election Administration (The views expressed here are solely those of the author and are not necessarily shared by the Federal Election Commission or any division thereof.) In order to appreciate the reasons for the Electoral College, it is essential to understand its historical context and the problem that the Founding Fathers were trying to solve. They faced the difficult question of how to elect a president in a nation that: • was composed of thirteen large and small States jealous of their own rights and powers and suspicious of any central national government contained only 4,000,000 people spread up and down a thousand miles of Atlantic seaboard barely connected by transportation or communication (so that national campaigns were impractical even if they had been thought desirable) believed, under the influence of such British political thinkers as Henry St John Bolingbroke, that political parties were mischievous if not downright evil, and felt that gentlemen should not campaign for public office (The saying was "The office should seek the man, the man should not seek the office."). • • • How, then, to choose a president without political parties, without national campaigns, and without upsetting the carefully designed balance between the presidency and the Congress on one hand and between the States and the federal government on the other? Origins of the Electoral...
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...Gender Equity Issues Case study Gather Information Gathering information to validate gender issues in the workplace is a better approach than merely assuming the validity of information provided. Gender discrimination is a problem across different countries, organizations, and cultures. It is rooted in traditional patriarchal norms, which put women as minor people in their respective workplaces and homes. Gender discrimination negatively affects women because it harms their social health, lowers their output in the workplace, and makes them receive unfair and biased treatment from employers. In most cases, there are no clear policies in place to eliminate these problems. Hence, the gathering of information to validate the allegations is central to the resolution of the gender issue in the case study. How to Proceed As the vice president of Reginald Murphy College, I would deliberate on the gender issue by gathering primary data from a sample of the employees with a view of getting firsthand information, which validates the existence of the problem. The best approach would be to hold a meeting with leaders, share the matter with them, and know their take on the matter. The approach of holding a meeting with leaders is better than just taking allegations as they are since leaders represent all departments in the institution. The dissemination of the real problem creates an understanding and urges all the members present to take up the matter and voice their opinions...
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...The build up of this stress can create work-distracting anxiety, which in turn can lead to students taking drastic measures in order to maintain their GPAs. In many instances, the pressure placed among students to obtain good grades can lead to severe anxiety, plagiarism, and even cheating (“Pressure for good grades often leads to high stress, cheating, professors say”). According to Louise Douce, PhD, who is the vice president’s assistant of student life at Ohio State University, students will not be able to learn to their full potential if anxiety stands in the way. When discussing mental health, she states that “for students to be able to learn at their peak capacity, they need to be physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually well” (“Students Under pressure” 36). Some say that minor stress can be a good thing, it can motivate someone or the adrenaline pumping through the bloodstream will give someone the ability to do supernatural things. However, according to the highly-esteemed Psychologist, Mary Alvord, constant stress may lead to chronic stress. This can later cause panic and paralysis as well as damaging health and altering the behavior of mental health forever (“School Stress Takes a Toll on Health”). Based on statistics...
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...continuing the development of Ocean’s IT system. * Ocean is having issues maintaining a proper inventory and cost tracking system, receivables billing and aging, payroll tax deduction, payables, and balance sheet account classifications. * Barnes and Fisher is unfamiliar with Ocean’s IT system. * Ocean is requesting the firm’s services after its December 31 fiscal year –end. * Ocean has had some management turn over by both the vice president of operations and controller due to “personal issues.” * Ocean has changed auditing firms three times over the past 12 years. * Ocean audit trails during 2014 were not kept intact due to system failures and errors made by untrained personnel. * The new vice president of finance, Frank Stevens was charged with a misdemeanor involving illegal gambling on local college football games. * Frank Stevens, Ocean’s vice president of finance, was hesitant to allow us to speak to the previous auditor. * The previous auditor and Ocean’s management had disagreements on minor accounting issues in the previous...
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...segmented into three distinct layers. These layers are: top management, middle management and lower management. Management layers are shown below: Top Management Level Head Principal The Head Principal of the school is responsible for most areas of the school operations. The Head Principal also publicly represents the school; mediate conflicts among staff, students, parents, and community members. Vice principal The Vice Principal of the school assists the Head Principal to guide behavior management, budgeting, staff supervision, curriculum, and other areas. Middle Management Level Teachers Everyday students are subjected to a range of decisions made by teachers about grading, curriculum, behavior management, and relationships with students. Teachers are also responsible for executing others decisions. Accountant The Accountant of the school is responsible for all transactions taken place within the school. Lower Management Level Security Guard The Security Guard is on duty at the Main Gate of the school from morning till evening (7:00 am – 4:00 pm). Maintenance Staff The Maintenance Staff perform minor and major repair of the school buildings and equipment. (Major repairs are performed under the supervision of licensed maintenance workers.) 1.2...
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...Fundamental attribution theory (18): People tend to overestimate the importance of dispositional factors and underestimate the role of situational factors. The family of the deceased couple may blame on the driver for not being careful while driving. Also, they may see the driver as inattentive, careless, or aggressive; however, this can be wrong because the family will not be aware of the situation where the driver was in. Psychological disorder (16): mental disorder that is usually maladaptive, disturbing, unusual, and irrational A person usually suffering a minor psychological disorder is likely to create crimes or car accidents, whether it was purposeful or not. The driver might claim that he did not see the red light and purposely made an accident. Inattentional blindness (6): “blindness” when a person attempted to multi-task and failed, thus creating errors on...
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...dollars but in 2011 due to current events in Egypt it dropped a slight drop to be 8.28 billion dollars in goods were being exchanged. Khush Choksy, executive director of the U.S. Egypt-Business Council at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said that businesses did close in the revolution days for a while just to insure safety of the employees, some other companies send away some of its workers whom were of less importance to the organization but not one American company in Egypt faced any harm to their offices or property and all businesses where back on track with not more than two weeks. In 2012 representatives of more than 50 major American companies traveled to Cairo to improve business relations and have a better private sector partnerships, among the companies that made the trip were PepsiCo Inc. , which employed about 12,000 people in Egypt in 2012; Xerox Corporation, whose subsidiary Xerox Egypt has operated a manufacturing facility since 1975; and Apache Corporation, a hydrocarbon firm whose annual investments in Egypt total about $1 billion. These companies were not affected during the revolution as a result of their sizes and scope they had a better chance in surviving unlike small businesses who depend on sales within the country for their cash flow example Vaughan. “The foreign entities that are OK are the ones that can take advantage of other markets, the ones who are surviving are the ones that are flexible in that regard.” said Steve Formaneck, a business professor at the...
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...How To Avoid Kidnapping ? You are in danger at any place and at any time. Thus, it is necessary to exercise safety everywhere you go and even at your home. | Here are some of the ways in which you can exercise safety and can avoid being kidnapped: Tips on How To Avoid Kidnapping ?: * Take different routes at different times from home to work and vice-versa. Make sure that all the members of your family practice this, especially children. Make changes in your routine in such a way that you go unnoticed by the perpetrator. * Avoid wearing expensive accessories (jewelry) that would reflect your wealth and identify you as a person from a rich family or an employee of a wealthy company. * Avoid traveling alone, safety comes with numbers. If you use public transportation, be extremely careful. Drive in cabs of reliable companies. Note down the license plate number of the taxi. If you use a private car, make sure that your car is in a good condition and the fuel tank is at least half full. Chauffer driven car is the best option. * If you experience an erratic behavior from a stranger, seek to a safer place, an environment that is crowded like a store or a bank that is around. * Do not open doors until you know who is on the other side. It is advisable to exercise more safety if you are alone at the house. * Keep all your personal items safe and secure. Take special care about your money, travel documents, passports, identity cards and laptops. Keep...
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...Even thought it may seem that criminals are getting smarter, and the crimes humanity faces are more sophisticated; underneath it all, they are simply using a new tool that is rapidly growing beyond it’s scope. In the information age, now reliant on cyber technology, we have a dense, reactionary, and mostly unskilled criminal justice system where cybercrime is poised to undermine the entire system, as we know it. To make matters even more atrocious, the pool of individuals seemingly prone to criminal behavior has mushroomed with the interconnection of the Internet to include the largest age range of criminal activity, with the most erratic demographics, on a worldwide basis. In this report, we will look at how practical jokes in the digital age are squandering tax dollars, and introducing a new kind of risk for traditional police forces and forcing the call for awareness and action against cyber criminals. Trending in today’s cyber world is a hoax mentality that is finding victims from frightened high-school students to high profile celebrities, and politicians, to video gamers who play live on the Internet, into an instantaneous public spectacle. Swatting is a type of prank calling or messaging where the person calls the police or a school reporting an alarming crime, such as a shooting or a bomb threat, which triggers massive police responses that are frequently described as highly trained Paramilitary swat operations. “The sick joke, known as swatting, takes advantage...
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