...................................3 Part 1: Understanding/Recognizing how free time is spent.........................................................................4 Trends and Patterns........................................................................................................................4 Work and Leisure Occurring Simultaneously.................................................................................4 Motivation of Leisure......................................................................................................................5 Influence on Leisure........................................................................................................................5 Defining Leisure – Response Theory (MacNeil)..............................................................................5 Part 2: The Role of Leisure in our Lives.........................................................................................................6 Moving Away from home and entering a Serious Relationship....................................................6 Escaping Reality...............................................................................................................................7 My Life without School...................................................................................................................7 My Life without Socializing..............................................................................
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...detail, the first image that would pop into my mind would be the first few years I spent in Canada, when I was still in elementary school. At that time, my family and I lived in a tiny and rustic row house in Edmonton where all the neighbourhood kids lived within ear shot of one another. Because of this, I had many close friends—literally. We didn’t have a lot of money to spend on things like computers and video games, so most of my time was spent fooling around and playing outside with my friends, and every day was a day to explore the great outdoors. Life was great, and if things continued this way forever, I would’ve been perfectly happy—or so I thought. I still remember the disbelief and excitement that I felt when I saw a glimpse of it peeking out from under the Christmas-themed wrapping paper, my first ever video game console—the shiny, silver edition of the Nintendo Gameboy Advanced. When I held the machine in my hands for the first time, a wave of intense gratitude, curiosity, and overwhelming happiness flowed through me. It was the very first electronic device I had ever owned, and it was life-changing. From that day on, I couldn’t stop playing it, and since several of my friends had a Gameboy of their own, we would play video games together all day, every day. It felt like we were injected with a wonderful and addictive drug, and we never wanted to stop or do anything else. The days spent outside climbing sap-covered coniferous trees, poking worms with a branch, and going...
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...databases to keep patients records more accessible and organized. As new forms of technology become available we find that there are often flaws that need to be assessed and corrected to properly implement an optimal computing system. The clinical integration paper examines the positive and negative aspects of electronic documentation in the nursing field as it pertains to time management, patient safety and its efficacy. It was found that nurses spend the largest proportion of their time at the nurses station documenting and coordinating patient’s care with twenty five to fifty percent, which results in less time spent on patient care (Blair & Smith, 2012). This is alarming knowing that approximately a quarter to half of a nurse’s shift is done sitting in front of a computer documenting the day’s events. At Central Baptist Hospital I believe that more than half a day could be taken up by computer charting. From what I have experienced, a nurse may begin their shift with anywhere between four to six patients. These patients require a general assessment upon arrival on shift followed by detailed documentation from their nurse. As a student it took roughly double the amount of time to enter an assessment into the computer, due to a new computer system I have never used. Once one is aware of the system it can be entered in half the allotted time. However with four to six patients’ data entry could take well over an hour. Additional...
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...April 15, 2013, three people were killed and hundreds injured from bombings that took place during the Boston Marathon--this news made front-page-breaking-news around the world (Levs.) It was indeed a tragedy. That same day, April 15, 2013, more than 42 people were killed and over 250 people were injured in Iraq ahead of political elections (Tawfeeq.) Did the world report this? Yes. Were people talking about this tragedy at work on April 16? Unlikely. The point in this is that there is so much happening in the world that we lose sight of so much because we simply do not have the time to sift through and analyze all of the information provided to us daily. We get caught up in complexities of politics, he-said-she-said arguments, and terribly unimportant information that we neglect what is right in front of us: Hunger, poverty, and disease. The United States government is indeed a complex organization with a complex budget. Anyone can make an argument in regard to where or where not allocations of money should be going within the government--many of these arguments can be quite valid and even sound. However- when 47 million Americans are in poverty, 49 million Americans are hungry, and Americans continue to suffer from disease, why should $17 Billion be spent yearly on a program that does nothing to eradicate the simple suffering that happens daily on America’s soil while it proves to be more concerned with the soil of other planets? Yes, NASA is what I speak of; And while...
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...$40.00 Your ECO 550 Assignment has arrived (Original Work) * This tutorial was purchased 1 time and rated No Rating by students like you. * Posted on Jul 15, 2012 at 2:54:56PM Posted by : dakannibal Rating (114):B Questions Asked: 0 Tutorials Posted: 1150, Blog Posts: 7, Earned: $6,367.87 Message Me A: Assume you have been hired as a managing consultant by a company to offer some advice that will help it make a decison as to whether it should shout down completely or continue its operations. It currently uses 100 workers to produce 6,000 units of output per month working 20 hours per month. The daily wage per worker is $70, and the price of the firm's output is $32. The cost of other variable inputs is $2,000 per day. You are told that the firm's fixed cost is "high enough" so that the firm's total cost exceed its total revenue. The marginal cost of the last unit is $30. As the newly hired managing consultant of a 'firm' employer, the aim of focus will point towards identifying the best tactics of strategic implementation that can be both high performing and manageable. A great deal of expertise regarding resource allocation is important to 'single-out' as a key determinant in how ongoing operation processes will turn out. I understand that as the appointed consultant, steering the -client of service- in a direction of making organizational choices which...
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...amount of homework school students get varies a lot not only from country to country, or from school to school, but often from day to day. For most the amount of time spent on homework gets longer as we go through our school lives. At the start of primary school we get almost no homework but it is often several hours a day by the time we finish secondary school. The most important thing in this debate is not so much how much time is spent on homework but whether that time is wasted. If it is time well spent then having a lot of homework to do may not be a bad thing. The debate should therefore consider what else school children would do with that time. Another angle would be to look at whether school could replace homework with something that makes better use of time. For example in Britain the education secretary (the member of the government who controls education across the whole country) wants schools to scrap homework and instead have longer days in school. The affirmative: Homework teaches us to learn on our own The main aim of education is to prepare us for the rest of lives. Homework is teaching us a key skill that we will need in the future. When we do homework we are learning to work on our own, the discipline to get the work done without the teacher’s prompting, and when we come up against difficulties we learn how to overcome them without our teacher’s help. Millions of people work for themselves (self-employed), or work from home, they are...
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...faculty, alumni and community an opportunity to participate in and enjoy a high quality theatre. The performance is put on with a very tight budget and tight timelines. With the performance manly run through volunteer time there is a lot of pressure put on these volunteers to put in a lot of time to ensure of a high quality production in the short timelines provided. As well with the Final Exam period and shutdown at Christmas break puts more pressure on the team. For the 40th season additional money will be spent on recruitment ads to speed up the hiring process and finding experience people for the production crew. As will the cast will be asked to increase their performances from 3 a week to on average 3.6 over a 10 week period. The main goal of the team is to have a sell-out high quality performance. Issue Identification Short Timeline Based on the Budget for the operetta only being approved at the start of September the producer only has around 100 days to take nothing to an amazing high quality 1st night performance. With the larger percentage of the hours required to complete all the tasks...
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...Assignment: Chemical Banks – Allocation of Profits Submitted By: G.K. Shyam Arya, PGXPM - 11 Date: 12-Mar-2015, Thursday Assignment Questions & Solutions: 1. Describe the due bill controversy and how do you resolve it? Proposed Solution: a. Due Bills controversy: Introduction: Due Bills controversy is an example of intra department priorities that dilutes the focus away from organizational goals. Chemical Bank was the 6th largest U.S. commercial bank in 1983. Chemical Bank was organized into three main profit centres: Personal and Banking Services World Banking Group Treasury Group The Due Bill was an acknowledgement (transactional evidence) that The bank had sold securities to a customer His/her’s account has been charged If requested, securities would be delivered when they become available Upon maturity, Chemical bank would pay principal plus interest at a specified rate Due Bills Lifecycle at Chemical Bank is described below: Due Bill was a product designed, marketed and sold by the Treasury group, which was responsible for generating continual funding of $25 Billion for Chemical Bank at the lowest possible costs highly profitable product for Chemical Bank sold in majority by the Metro division of Personal & Banking Group that processed Due Bill requests on demand from the customers Processed and administered by Trust & Investment division of Personal & Banking Group. Events that lead to decline of profits earned due to Due Bills: Introduction...
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...“Thank you,” is a phrase that sometimes spills out of our mouths without a lot of thought. Although, it is an important thing to recognize sometimes. Those two words demonstrate gratuity, peacefulness, appreciation and understanding of the recipient. To me, this minor phrase means a lot. Receiving it reminds me that an action was acknowledged. Volunteering comes with this gratitude, which to me, cannot be replaced. While assisting people in different circumstances, these words are often said and greatly appreciated. The immense amount of effort spent volunteering is an aspect of my life that goes unnoticed by peers and adults. The experience began during my freshman year when I joined the club STLF, or Students Today Leaders Forever. Throughout...
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...about their endeavors, and never settled with conclusion - their entire lives were spent in earnest search for better understanding of the human psychological frailties and their betterment (Goodwin, 2008). Although continued debate ensues, no one doubts their contributions remain at the forefront of psychological thought (Goodwin, 2008). During a time when the young science of psychology sought to address and understand people's internal changes and struggles, the pioneering spirit of these men took form in their perspectives and approaches. They have since become a long-standing institution that continues to seek answers and applications with which to ease the struggles of the human condition. Varied Positions on Human Psychological Functioning Carl Jung Carl Jung separated from Sigmund Freud to develop his own human personality theory based on his belief that the human psyche has an undeniable religious nature (Malamud, 1923). He thought dreams contained significant insight into people's psyche and theorized that for people to become whole, they must be taught to integrate the unconscious with the conscious mind in a process he called individuation (Malamud, 1923). This process was at the center of his analytical psychology (Malamud, 1923). Jung considered people's social aspect when he said, “The human psyche cannot function without a culture, and no individual is possible without society" (Richards, 2008, p.7). Alfred Adler Adler thought that the basic psychological...
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...there on March 26 and stayed there from 8:00am to 9:30am. Then I went there on the next day and stayed there from 10:00am to 11:00am. I mainly observed the physical layout of this store, the in-store environment, the price of the coffee, the reactions of the customers and the performance of the staff. As for the performance of the staff, I observed their genders, ages, facial expressions, job content and work efficiency and also counted the number of them. Objectives Through the observation study, I want to know whether the physical layout of this Starbucks store is reasonable, have a clear understanding of the in-store environment, evaluate the efficiency of this store, and learn about whether the service attitude of the staff is nice and satisfactory. Findings I stayed in this Starbucks store on the first day and the second day for one and half hours and one hour respectively. I utilized not only contrived observation but also direct observation. At the beginning of the observation each day, I would pretend to be a customer and go to buy a cup of coffee. During the buying process, I communicated with the staff, observed their performance and calculated the time of the buying. This kind of observation can be classified as a contrived observation. Then I just sat at the table, observed the layout, environment, other customers and the staff and recorded what actually occurred without manipulating the situation. This kind of observation is a direct observation. In order...
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...for one day that week. Assume that this assigned work involves reading a 300 page report, writing a summary of findings and preparing a presentation. Is it possible to do everything without stressing yourself out? Also, comment on the quality of your work and life during that week. What could the manager have done differently? According to the 80/20 rule, only 20 percent of the work produces 80 percent of the value; and the most important 20 percent of the work should be spent on the important task. By using the time matrix, I would analyze and consider that, the assignment is important and urgent, and visit the Aquarium with my friend is important but not urgent. I would put my time and effort finishing the assignment first; and have my visit to the Aquarium with my friend in the weekend if I could finish the assignment beforehand. Everyone takes stress in a different way; and I think it is easy to get stress nowadays because most employers want their employees to have high productivity all the time. It is possible to do everything without stressing out by seeing the stress as a eustress; and using the 80/20 rule and time matrix. It is important to prioritize the tasks, have a good planning of time spent, and follow the plan. The quality of that week for sure will be stressful because the assignment is not easy and the time is limited; moreover, there is a date with a friend has to be fulfilled. The manager could have done differently by setting a time spent planning...
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...Oprah Winfrey is quoted as saying, "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity". This statement reflects the notion that without preparation, many cherished opportunities would be lost. As an inspiration to many people, Oprah is trying to convey the thought that you are unable to be success without doing the heavy lifting required. The concept of heavy lifting can be interpreted in many ways. Hours spent studying, days spent pounding the pavement, weeks spent researching an idea, or years spent honing a craft. All of these tasks are an attempt to prepare for something. That something could be called opportunity. Many in society today look upon the successful as lucky. There is a feeling that opportunity comes to those who know someone. If you speak with successful people, there are the fortunately ones who achieve due to family influences or just the notion of being at the right place at the right time. However, most people spent years preparing for the moment of opportunity. When the moment hit, it is seized upon, and that is sometimes considered luck by other. In reviewing the notion of this question, one must ask if you want to take the literal meaning, or figurative meaning of the statement. If taken literally, one must think that luck is needed for opportunity. Figuratively, the statement reflects that anyone can make their own luck. Being prepared, doing the work that others are unwilling or unable to do, will be the reward itself. Opportunity comes...
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...Some people think that distant learning is the perfect alternative to traditional education. Due to advancements in technology nowadays we have a possibility to choose between learning via the internet and attending schools. According to some experts, distance learning has effectively facilitated academic education and society should refuse from the traditional school attendance. However not everybody agree with it. In my opinion, we should to learn in the traditional form of education. First of all, it is vitally important that schooling makes students more self-disciplined and sociable. Studying in school provide students with numerous opportunities to interact with tutors as well as their peers, which tend to increase their interpersonal and social skills. Secondly, extra-curricular activities, such as various hiking, sport competitions, offered by traditional schooling, not only teach students how to compete and compromise, but also improve their mental and physical health. On the contrary, there are people who believe that distant learning is much better than traditional education. They insist that distance learning helps the disabled to receive education at home. Nevertheless, let us consider this issue from another angle. I am sure that the impacts of distance learning are generally detrimental, because using Internet can reduce our vision, students have low physical activity, which can lead to serious diseases. Taking into consideration all mentioned above, I think...
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...causes. Political, social, and economic conditions in France contributed to the discontent felt by many French people-especially those of the third estate. The ideas of the intellectuals of the Enlightenment brought new views to government and society. The American Revolution also influenced the coming of the French Revolution. The Philosophes planted the seeds for the French Revolution. Their goals were to expose and destroy the inequalities of the ancient regime (old order). The political discontent of France was one of the causes of the Revolution. In the 17th and 18th centuries, France was ruled by an absolute government. The king had all the political powers. Anyone who criticized the government could be arrested and put in prison without trial. Louis XVI was king at the time of the French Revolution. He was more interested in hunting than governing France. He and his Austrian queen, Marie Antoinette, lived an extravagant life at the Palace of Versailles. They did not really care about the state of their country. The excerpt from the cahiers mentioned in document 3 shows that the votes in the assembly were not taken by head. The people of the 3rd estate felt a sense of betrayal when the king supported the block voting over the head voting. The first two estates worked together to outvote the large third estate to keep them from becoming a threat to the power. Lord Acton, an Englishmen, states that the monarchy being overthrown wasn't the spark of the Revolution. He recognizes...
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