...I Have an accomplishment back in sixth grade of getting my second degree black belt. It was a hard challenge. I had to have stamina, discipline and strength. To get a second degree black belt I have to do karate for five years with many struggles along the way. And in the end I received a five foot tall golden trophy. To get a second degree black belt I had to perform a two mile run in under 20 minutes. I need to train my body to have the stamina to perform a certain performance. I need the stamina to keep myself moving to get myself through the two miles I need to do. This is more work than the myself st degree black belt which is the distance of one mile. Another requirement for I needed second degree black belt is a five page essay....
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...Analytical essay of One More Thing This essay is going to focus on different things in relation to the minimalistic short story written by Raymond Carver; at first the setting, and later the role the iceberg-theory plays. The story begins in medias res as we immediately jumps into the action "L.D.'s wife, Maxine, told him to get out the night she came home from work and found L.D. drunk again and being abusive to Rae". Most of the setting descriptions happens at first, when we are shortly introduced to the characters and the plot. We are introduced to L.D., who is found drunk again by his wife Maxine, as he was being abusive towards their daughter Rae. The whole story takes place in their home, from where L.D. is being kicked out of by Maxine. At first L.D. isn't interested in moving out and leaving the house, but after he had thrown a glass of pickles out of window and the family had threatened to call the police on him. Perhaps L.D. realizes it is the wiser decision to surrender, at least soon after he agrees to leave the house. L.D. is obviously angry by the decision his family made for him, and this gives some indication towards the fact that L.D. doesn't want to leave his house, and his family behind. But as his family has proper cause to call the police, he is better off just leaving for now. Later he has picked his things and is about to leave the house. He says the house is a 'nuthouse' and that they will never see him again. Maxine said it's his fault that it...
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...Academic reflective essay The essay will focus on the patient involved in the given case study named as Mrs. S. In addition, the essay will give a relevant and brief history of the patient. It will also define the term ‘bio-psycho-social’ and its relevance to holistic care. For the point of discussion, the essay will focus on the management of care for patient with gastrointestinal illness resulting in stoma operation and will discuss the biopsychosocial factors affecting the patient and how this changes ‘normal’ biology, psychology and sociology. The individual chosen to focus on is named as Mrs. S. The patient involved in this case study Mrs. S. is a 48 years old lady who works in school as a teacher. She lives with her husband, Mr. S, in a small town. Her husband works as a builder, which has long working hours, leaving him not much time to look after their children. They have two girls and they are aged 12 and 10. They are a loving family. Mrs. S looks after the children, takes them to school and pick them up. Mrs. S is a very active lady with a very active social life, she likes to meet up with her friends during the weekend; she swims four days a week with her children, and she balances her time with family and her job. She is suffering from mild hypertension, drinks minimal amount of alcohol during the weekends and smokes 5-10 cigarettes a day. The term ‘bio-psycho-social’ refers to the relationship amongst biological, psychological and social characteristics of an...
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...Stereotyping and Profiling – The Negative Effect on Society Glenn A Smith ENG102 Sullivan University Composition 102 Abstract This essay shows the negative effects society encounters from stereotyping and profiling and some solutions to how, we as a nation, can overcome this plague. Stereotyping is the act of making an assumption or generalization of a particular person or group of persons based on misconceptions usually extending to how they might act or what they represent or just categorizing these people and groups as to what they are like. Profiling is the process in which we base information on a person or group from past knowledge of their traits or actions. Some researchers’ feel that many of us unconscientiously stereotype and profile without even knowing and that our rearing traditions have also contributed to this way of thinking. Profiling can be implemented by different approaches such as racial profiling, facial profiling even as simple as individual or group profiling. Stereotyping and profiling can affect anyone, rich or poor, black or white, famous or ordinary, and does not consider any age or gender. Humiliation and degradation will come about within each person. As a nation, changes are needed on how we view and accept one another; teach our children the effects of this behavior at home and school, and stress to our government to undertake ways to establish effective means of profiling for security measures that will not violate constitutional...
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...Jessica Glenn Period: 06 Narrative Essay The Broken Shall Get the Last Laugh She sat on the ground, shuddering against the cold and squirming as she felt her bones ache, pressed against the concrete. She didn’t know which felt worse, the harsh December cold whipping against her already raw and beaten face, or her soul, battered and repressed to the point that it-and the girl herself-no longer wanted to exist. She wondered why she was here, how she had gotten to be so unhappy but she knew exactly why. And it was all her fault. Red. Everything she saw was red. The shirt he wore the day they met, on a day when he was the warmest thing on the rainy Sunday streets. The valentines bear he gave her a month later. Her skin when he started hitting her. Her wrist after long strenuous arguments. The nail polish he bought to say sorry. The knees pressed against the floor after hours of begging to not walk out the door. “No” he yelled at her, losing control of his temper like she had lost herself months ago. He told her she couldn’t leave. She had to be thrown out. Of course was all she thought. He has to have power. Things began to change for the worse. Black was her solace. Black was what she saw when she passed out from the pain. Black was the color of the ice pack she snuck in the middle of the night when he was asleep. Blue. The last days were blue. His shoe laces when he kicked her to the ground. The dress she wore when they went to a Halloween party, and were voted best couple...
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...Comparative Fiction Essay ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Spring 2014 B64 Kamia Washington L24871035 MLA Kamia Washington Professor Virginia Dow English 102 B64 3 February 2, 2014 Comparative Fiction Essay In many ways the most influential element of a work of literature can prove to be the characters that the author creates. In the instance of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” the characters are built and the story is wrapped around the individual characterizations. In both Jackson’s and Lawrence’s short stories the reader is allowed to assume any of the possible details to fill in the missing parts of the story. It is not until the end that the reader understands that the characters were giving away the ending the throughout the story. Along with the relationships established, the dialogue and simply executed actions of the main characters the story begins to unfold. The family and friends that are closest to the main character tends to make the story. In both cases of “The Lottery” and “ The Rocking Horse Winner” the extras of the short stories help to reveal the main characters real attitude, honest behavior, and their transparent emotions. In “The Lottery” it is evident that the characters closest to the main character can easily fall in line with the rest of society; in “The Rocking Horse Winner” family and friends can do all they can to help and still not be enough. In “The Lottery”, Jackson...
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...Intersectionality and Stereotypes Social Work 305 The University Dr. Sharon White said, “Intersectionality encompasses how one’s complex mix of identities influence the way an individual participates in, and is affected by society”. After watching the movie, Crash, I found it fairly difficult to analyze just one of the topics discussed in class. In many instances, race, class, gender and sexuality seem to intersect in our daily lives more often than we (as in one individual) may realize. It is important that we pay attention to this as we begin to form our opinions of people and situations. I have found that stereotypes are often the foundation for our beliefs and fears; however, there are always unknown factors that contribute to the formation of these stereotypes. As Crash opens, a black man, Detective Graham Waters, speaks about the nature of Los Angeles and the need for people to crash into each other. “It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something” (Crash). This was a great quote for me as I took the word crash as a metaphor for intersectionality. The metal and glass symbolize a shield or façade an individual has up. This shield provides protection and safety but it also prevents the outside from seeing what’s...
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...Int. J. Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage, Vol. x, No. x, xxxx 1 Six Sigma and Total Quality Management: different day, same soup? Bengt Klefsjö* and Bjarne Bergquist Division of Quality and Environmental Management, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: Bengt.Klefsjo@ltu.se E-mail: Bjarne.Bergquist@ltu.se *Corresponding author Rick L. Edgeman Department of Statistics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-1104, USA E-mail: redgeman@uidaho.edu Abstract: For decades now TQM has been a dominant management concept for improving competitiveness and financial results. In recent years, however, TQM seems to have lost some of its nimbus with other concepts and approaches such as Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma launched and increasingly in vogue. The aim of this paper is to look at TQM and Six Sigma, their backgrounds, definitions and ingredients, and their similarities and differences to see whether the two concepts really are different dishes or contain the same ingredients in different proportions. Keywords: quality; Quality Management; Six Sigma; Total Quality Management (TQM). Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Klefsjö, B., Bergquist, B. and Edgeman, R.L. (xxxx) ‘Six Sigma and Total Quality Management: different day, same soup?’, Int. J. Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage, Vol. x, No. x, pp.xxx–xxx. Biographical notes: Bengt Klefsjö is a Professor of Quality Technology and Management at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden...
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...here to learn more. | (Already a member? Click here.) Our subscribers' grade-level estimate for this page: 4th - 5th | Table of Contents | Enchanted Learning All About Astronomy | Site Index | Our Solar System | Stars | Glossary | Printables, Worksheets, and Activities | The Sun | The Planets | The Moon | Asteroids | Kuiper Belt | Comets | Meteors | | Astronomers | | The Stars | Lifecycle | Nuclear Fusion | Brightest Stars | Galaxies | Other Solar Systems | Constellations | Why Stars Twinkle | Birth | Death | Star Types | Closest Stars | Nebulae | Major Stars | The Zodiac | Activities, Links | STARS Each star in the sky is an enormous glowing ball of gas. Our sun is a medium-sized star. Stars can live for billions of years. A star is born when an enormous cloud of hydrogen gas collapses until it is hot enough to burn nuclear fuel (producing tremendous amounts heat and radiation). As the nuclear fuel runs out (in about 5 billion years), the star expands and the core contracts, becoming a giant star which eventually explodes and turns into a dim, cool object (a black dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, depending on its initial mass). The largest stars have the shortest life span (still billions of years); more massive stars burn hotter and faster than their smaller counterparts (like the Sun). The composition of stars is studied using spectroscopy in which their visible light (the spectrum) is studied. GROUPS OF STARS In the universe...
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...that the small town I grew up in could be compared to this situation. It doesn’t fit exactly, however, there were a small number of people in charge and they ruled over the town, not allowing any changes they didn’t approve of first, to the point where they hindered progress. The second concept I noticed was social stratification, in the History and Demographics paragraphs, specifically, the description of Lake Elmo and the people who live around there. It perfectly describes how the upper class -- the upper-uppers-- lives in the richest subdivision near Lake Elmo, and the lower-uppers live in Apple Hill. The middle class, the upper-middles and average middles, live in the main part of town along with the working class. The lower class lives in the oldest part of town, near the Gilligan River. This concept is closely related to the social conflict concept in my first paragraph. The situation at the packing plant is mirrored almost exactly in the way the classes live in the town. It’s amazing how this is similar to the way my hometown was set up. The richer people lived in...
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...snlibr Lucy int in butterflies X vulgaris. Rip rec lethal to relative to the wild type allele. Esp phen ratio of cross btw X vulgaris gen +rip X +rip if the alleles segregate independently? 3:1 Spotted rabbit x with a solid colored rabbit produced all spotted offspring. F1 generation rabbits x among themselves, they produced 32 spotted and 10 solid. What were the gen of F1? SS x ss Horses black dependant upon dom gene B chesnut upon rec b. trotting gait due to dom gene T pacing gait to rec allele t. Homozygous black pacer x chesnut trotter what is appearance of F1? Black trotters Located on X chrom of a cat is a gene that codes for deafness. This gene rec. Fem cat heteroz for deafness x male not deaf. Penotype of offspring? ¼ deaf fem, ¼ hearing fem, ¼ deaf males, ¼ hearing males Cocker Spaniels gen: AABB=white A_bb=red aabb=lemon AaB_=black aaB_=liver and AABb=grey. Red fem is mated w liver colored male, one pup liver colored. Gen of parents? AAbb x aaBB Fruit fly Dros Melan crossing over absent in males. Interested in relationship between two linked genes on chrom 2. Genes for black...
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...Mohannad Zawi Mr. Mackay ENG-4U0 October 31st, 2011. The Fight for Survival Can Truly Lead People to Do Things They Wouldn’t Do When it comes to The Road by Cormac McCarthy & Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, it takes a lot to compare the two. Can these classic literary novels truly be compared? Luckily, you will find just how much they can be compared as you read this essay. In order to consider just how similar these 2 books are, consider the following: The main characters of their respective books ultimately aim to survive their landscapes, both of the main characters are on a journey for the betterment of their lives, and both of these novels portray similar themes. While one book has a seemingly miniscule cast and the other a large ensemble of roving buccaneers, they still manage to be comparable, and through their similarities a better experience is enjoyed for fans of the books. Both main characters of their respective books ultimately aim to survive by dealing with harsh environments. We understand that The Man from The Road has to deal with a barren, apocalyptic wasteland, and with this situation he uses his knowledge & wits to survive this harsh environment, for example, he carves makeshift bullets out of wood in order to scare off attackers: “While the boy slept he sat on the bunk and by the light of the lantern he whittled fake bullets from a tree branch with his knife, fitting them carefully into the empty bores of the cylinder and then whittling...
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...great contributions to the world. Aristotle’s impact will never fade. In this essay we will practice the use Aristotle’s most noticeable feet’s Ethos logos and pathos. Will be analyzing three photos for underlying messages obvious facts and Aristotle’s appeals. The creator’s message to the audience and what you can see with the naked eye. To begin with, some information on Aristotle’s appelas’s. Aristotle’s appeals consist of ethos, pathos, and logos. Also Aristotle’s appeals can be seen as...
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...What is Balanced Scorecard? In the early 1990s, Balanced Scorecard was developed as a new approach to performance measurement due to troubles of short-termism and past orientation in management accounting (Kaplan and Norton 1992). Balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is widely used in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations to side with business activities to improve internal and external communications and monitor organization performance against strategic goals (Balanced Scorecard Basics n.d) The balanced scorecard has changed from its simple performance measurement structure to a full strategic planning and management system. The balanced scorecard has evolved from its early application as a simple performance measure framework to a full strategic planning, a simple public presentation-measuring framework to a full strategic planning (Balanced Scorecard Basics n.d).The new balanced scorecard transforms an eye-catching but unreceptive document into the "marching orders" for the organization on a daily basis. It offers a framework that provides performance measurements as well as helping planners identify what should be through and considered. It also enables executives to truly implement their policies (Balanced Scorecard Basics n.d) The balanced scorecard does not only focus on attaining financial objectives, furthermore, it emphasizes the nonfinancial objectives that an organization must accomplish to convene and...
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...Metabical After spending millions of dollars for ten years in research and development, Metabical was finally able to receive FDA approval, making it the first and only drug to receive FDA approval to meet the needs of customers who have been trying to lose weight. Like with any other new product, numerous issues need to be considered before Metabical is actually introduced in the market. Decisions about pricing, packaging and demand forecast of the product are key to the success of Metabical. Barbara Printup, senior director of marketing for CSP, needs to analyze the market critically in order to decide the pricing and packaging strategy and forecast the demand for the product before it is launched. The demand forecast and the pricing and packaging strategies all plays a significant role in determining the long-term success of Metabical because the drug market is intensely competitive and only those products which are marketed with innovative strategies can survive in the market. Packaging decision is the first thing that needs to be taken care of. Since FDA trials showed that most of the people were able to achieve their weight loss goals by week twelve, the drug would be approved as a twelve- week treatment plan. The major issue that Printup needs to consider is the number of pills that would be included in each pack. Packing the entire twelve- week supply in one package does sound like a good plan but CSP should not forget that packaging plan directly ties in with the...
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