...relation to the society in which the patient lives. Some cultures may regard ADHD as a personality trait, and some cultures may recognize the cluster of symptoms as being a distinct "thing", but due to the way the society is set up it isn't a "disorder." For anything to qualify as a mental disorder it has to interfere significantly with your life. I'm a good example. I sailed through high school and college without trying, earning decent grades just by paying attention to lectures and turning in reasonably good work on time. I was chronically disorganized, but thought of it as a personality trait; my thoughts are structured in a weird way and I make connections between things that others don't see. I thought I was just weird. Well, around 30 I entered grad school and went to a counselor because I was extremely stressed and overwhelmed, and wanted to figure out how to cope with that. Also I had some historical shit to work out. But, when I was describing my situation he suggested ADD as a possibility and referred me out for diagnosis. Sure enough, I've got ADD-PI, the non-hyperactive type of ADD. Although I can see it everywhere in my life up to now, it was never clearly the cause of my problems earlier on. I was able to brute force my way through school on raw intelligence and an ability to sponge up info from lectures. That wasn't enough for my current program, which has us taking 7 classes at once in topics ranging from "Pathology of musculoskeletal disorders" or "Clinical...
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...The Physical and Mental Effects of Domestic Violence on its Victims AnneMarie Rivera ENG/147 February 9, 2015 The Physical and Mental Effects of Domestic Violence on its Victims The "domestic" part doesn't matter—violence is violence. There was a time when victims of domestic violence could be silenced, and many people didn't pay attention to the seriousness of the situation. Their pleas fell on deaf ears as our society looked the other way. Nowadays that is not the case; we live in a time where victims of all ages, genders, and ethnicities have a much stronger voice. They no longer allow themselves to be denied of any help or awareness of their situation. Victims are now using their experiences to speak out to heal themselves while strengthening others. However, even with the resources available, and the cognizance brought upon to our society, many still do not understand the extent of what victims go through, and how much they actually suffer not just during, but long after getting away from their abuser. Victims suffer mental effects from domestic violence because not only does it cause the victim physical damage from the abuse, but it also causes post-traumatic stress, anxiety and even mental instability from watching the abuse take place. The physical effects of domestic violence and abuse are the most obvious danger and the most noticed on victims. The abuser will use excessive physical force against the victim in a manner to cause injury—ranging...
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...not compensate for their physical absence. Experiences such as these motivated me to mentor a team of four at ZZZ, an organization aimed at preparing high school students for college. The students were mostly from broken homes with very little means of sustenance. My responsibility, when I joined ZZZ in summer ‘09, was to guide my team to conceive a product, create a business plan and present it during the business plan competition at the end of the school year. During the first few meetings, we discussed numerous product ideas, few practical and many impractical. Though taken by their enthusiasm, I had to help them focus on a feasible product taking into account time and logistical constraints. Doing so with teenagers took considerable patience, but eventually, given our collective craving for desserts, a great product idea - “Customizable candy wrappers” was born! We soon got to work after I gauged their strengths and assigned each of them specific functional areas. However, I realized that the team felt overwhelmed by the broad spectrum of issues to consider before building the business plan. “It is too hard”, one of the students commented, summing up the mood of the team. I devised a plan where I sat with each of the team members and identified the building blocks for each...
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...OM Ganeshaya NamaH वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूयकोटिसमप्रभ । य निर्वयघ्िं करु मे देव सवयकायेषु सवयदा ॥ ु For India (Bhaaratvarsh) Panchanga Sravanam 2012-2013 Nandana naam Samvatsara Shaka Samvat 1934 Panchangam Shravanam – 2012-2013 Om Shri Ganeshaya NamaH Graha Mantri Parishad for India Nandana naam Samvatsara Portfolio Planet King Sukra Mantri Sukra Senapati Guru Sasyadhipati Surya Dhanyadhipati Shani Argyadhipati Guru Meghadhipati Guru Rasadhipati Mars Neerasadhipati Surya This year the king of year is Sukra. There will be victory and prosperity all round with plenty of good crops and rains. Artists will thrive, people will enjoy. There will be plenty of merry making. Life would be fun will all types of entertainment. Soldiers will be victorious in battle. New treaties and agreements will be signed. Sukra is also the Mantri – Prime Minister. Sukra represents entertainment and Love and hence more celebrities will get married this year. Farmers will produce plenty of corn and milk production will be in abundance. There will be more prosperity and those who are waiting to get married can marry this year. More marriages can happen during the year. Guru is the Senapathi – Commander in chief. Guru is the most benefic planet and hence guru bestows good rain, people will have love and respect for each other. If you are trying make friends this is the good time to break ice and make more friends. People will attend in more numbers for devata...
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...managing: negotiate a difficult musical passage. [Latin negotiari, to transact business] The Art of Negotiation • • Negotiation - “the art of letting them have your way.” Your Task - to understand and shape your counterpart’s perceived decisions, so that the counterpart chooses in its own interest something that you also want. “People think of negotiating power as being determined by resources like wealth, political connections, physical strength, friends, and military might. In fact, the relative power of two parties depends primarily upon how attractive to each is the option of not reaching agreement.” “Getting to Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In” • Negotiation Settings & Examples Many places… • Personal life • Professional life • Etc. Throughout the day… • Driving, walking, etc. • Overcoming challenges • Making decisions Instances… • employment negotiations, dining, buying a car, selecting travel itinerary, resource consumption, settling disputes, etc. Interpersonal Dynamics & Forces at Play • • • • • • • • Assumptions – not explicit BATNA (Alternatives) – Always have options! Relationship (l-t vs. s-t) - getting the better of another?? Options (creativity) – no one solution, needle in haystack Communication...
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... 2. Get to know your neighbors. It’s hard to reclaim peace without a sense of community. 3. Take an adventure to neighborhoods of your town or country that are ethnically focused to appreciate diverse cultures. Cross-cultural understanding is key to building peace. 4. Travel to learn. Get first-hand experience in how things happen in other places and bring home questions about how you do things at home. 5. Drive with patience and tolerance. Keep the peace on our streets and highways. 6. Listen more. Really listen, without giving unsolicited advice. The validation of being heard is often more important than solving the problem. 7. Spend time with a youngster. This can often remind us of the meaning of a peaceful world. 8. Practice the art of patience. Be careful not to rush to judgment or action. 9. Start peace conversations. Talking peace, and listening, are critical for a vibrant democracy. 10. Involve yourself in community parent workshops and family groups that help parents protect, nurture, and support their children. 11. Peace begins at home. Monitor, nurture, support, and involve your children and family in keeping peace. 12. Explore your prejudices. Find out what’s behind them, how they...
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...Yann Martel: Life of Pi life of pi A NOVEL author's note This book was born as I was hungry. Let me explain. In the spring of 1996, my second book, a novel, came out in Canada. It didn't fare well. Reviewers were puzzled, or damned it with faint praise. Then readers ignored it. Despite my best efforts at playing the clown or the trapeze artist, the media circus made no difference. The book did not move. Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly, unathletic kid that no one wanted on their team. It vanished quickly and quietly. The fiasco did not affect me too much. I had already moved on to another story, a novel set in Portugal in 1939. Only I was feeling restless. And I had a little money. So I flew to Bombay. This is not so illogical if you realize three things: that a stint in India will beat the restlessness out of any living creature; that a little money can go a long way there; and that a novel set in Portugal in 1939 may have very little to do with Portugal in 1939. I had been to India before, in the north, for five months. On that first trip I had come to the subcontinent completely unprepared. Actually, I had a preparation of one word. When I told a friend who knew the country well of my travel plans, he said casually, "They speak a funny English in India. They like words like bamboozle." I remembered his words as my plane started its descent towards Delhi, so the word bamboozle ...
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...Hundreds(of(real(personal(accounts(of Group'Discussions'&'Personal'Interviews during(MBA(admissions(to(India’s(best(B9schools Written'by Compiled'by Loads'of'MBA'Aspirants The'PaGaLGuY'MadCapz'Group PaGaLGuY.com Antholo gy Hundreds of real personal accounts of Group Discussions and Personal Interviews during MBA admissions to India’s best business schools. In this edition: The IIMs at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore & Kozhikode. Written by Loads of MBA aspirants Compiled by The PaGaLGuY MadCapz Team PaGaLGuY GD-PI Anthology Copyright © 2011, PaGaLGuY.com All text and content in this document is solely owned by PaGaLGuY.com. Reproduction without permission in any form or means is illegal. Special copy prepared exclusively for mustafa rokerya Get your own Free personalized copy (with your name on it) of this book from http://www.pagalguy.com/books/ What this book is about What is a real IIM interview like? What kind of questions do they ask and what judgments do applicants have to make while answering them? Since 2003, those with real Group Discussion and Personal Interview calls from India’s top bschools have been posting entire and detailed transcripts of their admission interviews immediately after they happen, so that others slotted for later interviews can learn what GDPI is going to be like this year. This book is a collection of dozens of handpicked GDPI experiences from the country’s top bschools during the admission...
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...ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE AND DATING VIOLENCE PERPETRATION: THREE STUDIES EXAMINING CONCURRENT AND LONGITUDINAL RELATIONS ACROSS GRADES 8 THROUGH 12 Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education Chapel Hill 2009 Approved by Vangie A. Foshee, PhD Susan T. Ennett, PhD Daniel J. Bauer, PhD Carolyn T. Halpern, PhD J. Michael Bowling, PhD UMI Number: 3387971 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMI 3387971 Copyright 2010 by ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This edition of the work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 © 2009 Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes—Adolescent alcohol use and dating violence perpetration: Three studies examining concurrent and longitudinal relations across grades 8 through 12 (Under the direction of Vangie A. Foshee, Susan T. Ennett,...
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...IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 24, No.2 May 2009 pp.237-252 IS^SUES A Case Study on Professional Skepticism and Auditor Independence Robert L. Braun and H. Lynn Stallworth ABSTRACT The purpose of this ieaching case is to expand students' understanding of the concepts of professional skepticism and independence. The case is based on an actual incident and illustrates the exercise of professional skepticism by a staff auditor who finds himself in the uncomfortable situation of accusing a friend of fraud. The case demonstrates the difficult personal and professional choices that auditors must sometimes make. ln analyzing the case, students consider auditor independence rules, as well as the concepts of independence in appearance and independence in mental attitude. Students are asked to identify the types of audit evidence and internal controls needed to detect and prevent the fraud, and to consider the appropriate audit response to an adverse situation. If You Need Love, Get a Puppy: Keywords: auditing; professional skepticism; fraud; independence; internal controls; misappropriation of assets. THE CASE ifu is good, thought Will Stallard as he got into his truck that October morning. He T I could have been thinking of any one of a number of things-his wife of seven years, I-/his beautiful baby girl, or his job as a staff auditor at Dykstra, Banister, and Huston (DB&H), a CPA firm with offices in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama. Or, maybe it was the slight chill in...
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...Gujral (Bhilai), S. B. Singh (Durgapur), B.K. Singh (Bokaro), and A.K. Singh (Rourkela) made their usual presentations on their performance projections. One after the other, they got up to describe how these units were going to post huge losses, once again, in the first quarter[1] of 1999-2000. After incurring a huge loss of Rs 15.74 billion in the financial year 1998-99 (the first in the last 12 years), the morale in the company was extremely low. The joke at SAIL's headquarters in Delhi was that the company's fortunes would change only if a VRS was offered to its CEOs - not just the workers. BACKGROUND NOTE |SAIL was the world's 10th largest and India's largest steel manufacturer with a 33% share in the domestic market. In |[pic][pi| |the financial year 1999-2000, the company generated revenues of Rs. 162.5 billion and incurred a net loss of Rs 17.2 |c] | |billion. Yet, as on February 23, 2001, SAIL had a market valuation of just Rs. 340.8 billion, a meager amount | | |considering the fact that the company owned four integrated and two special steel plants. | | |SAIL was formed in 1973 as a holding company of the government owned steel and associated input companies. In 1978, the| | |subsidiary companies including Durgapur Mishra Ispat Ltd, Bokaro Steels Ltd, Hindustan Steel Works Ltd, Salem Steel | | |Ltd., SAIL International Ltd were all dissolved and merged with SAIL. In 1979, the Government...
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...knowledge and understanding of professional standards and public obligations and expectations, improve skills in moral reasoning, and strengthen personal dedication to exemplary conduct. Henry’s Daughters is dedicated to the memory of E. D. “Dave” Dorchester, P.E. Past President, National Institute for Engineering Ethics; Past President, Texas Society of Professional Engineers Past Chair, Texas Board of Professional Engineers; Distinguished Life Member, NIEE Executive Board Dave was highly influential in promoting NIEE and Murdough Center ethics programs. In 1989, he established the Professional Development Program of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. As NIEE President, Dave worked with Dean Bill Marcy to bring NIEE to Texas Tech University. and E. Walter LeFevre, Ph.D., P.E. Past President, National Society of Professional Engineers; Fellow, National Society of Professional Engineers Past Director, Vice President and Fellow, ASCE; Past President, Arkansas Professional Engineers Board; Distinguished Life Member, NIEE Executive Board Walt was the longest standing member of NIEE. He appointed the current NIEE director to the original NSPE/NIEE Board of Directors and encouraged all NIEE officers, including the last president of NIEE, Dave Dorchester, actions instrumental in making the current organization possible. Contents Page Part A: Development of Henry’s Daughters 5 Project Team 5 Senior Investigators, Producer,...
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...Life is a blog ------------------------------------------------- Poshmaal ghazal : poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain Aah Ko Chaahiye - Mirza Ghalib Aaina mujse meri pehli si surat mange Aaj jaane ki zid na karo - Faiyaz Hashmi Aap ki yaad aatee rahee Aap ko dekh kar, dekhta reh gaya - Aziz Qaizi Aawargi - Mohsin Naqavi Ab ke ham bichhde - Ahmed Faraz Apni dhun mein rehataa huu.N - Nasir Kazmi Aye husn-e-beparwah Aye Mohabbat Tere Anjaam Pe Rona Aaya Baabul Moraa - Baat niklegi - Kafeel Aazer Bhooli bisri chand umeedein - Razi Tirmizi Chamakte chaand ko - Anand Bakshi Chhaa rahii kaalii ghataa - Qalander Baksh Jurrat Chupke chupke raat din - Hasrat Mohani Denevaale mujhe maujo.n kii ravaanii de de - Shadab Lahori Dil dhoondhta hai, phir wahee - Gulzar Dil mein ik lahar sii uThii hai abhii - Nasir Kazmi Duniyaa jise kahate hain - Nida Fazli Duniya kisi ke pyaar mein - Dukhi Prem Nagri Ek purana mausam lauta - Gulzar Faasle aise bhii honge - Adeem Hashmi Gulon mein rang bhare - Faiz Ahmed Faiz Har ek baat pe kahte ho - Mirza Ghalib Hazaaron Khvaahishen - Mirza Ghalib Honton se chhoo lo tum - Indeevar Hoshwaalo.n ko khabar kya - Nida Fazli Humko kiskay gham nay maara - Masroor Anwar Hungama hai kyon barpa - Akbar Allahabadi Itni muddat baad mile ho - Mohsin Naqvi Jab bhii aatii hai terii yaad - Krishan Adeeb Jhoom kay jab rindo nay pila di - Kaif Bhupali Jhukii jhukii si nazar...
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...Acclaim for Yann Martel's Life of Pi "Life of Pi is not just a readable and engaging novel, it's a finely twisted length of yarn— yarn implying a far-fetched story you can't quite swallow whole, but can't dismiss outright. Life of Pi is in this tradition—a story of uncertain veracity, made credible by the art of the yarn-spinner. Like its noteworthy ancestors, among which I take to be Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, the Ancient Mariner, Moby Dick and Pincher Martin, it's a tale of disaster at sea coupled with miraculous survival—a boys' adventure for grownups." —Margaret Atwood, The Sunday Times (London) "A fabulous romp through an imagination by turns ecstatic, cunning, despairing and resilient, this novel is an impressive achievement. . . . Martel displays the clever voice and tremendous storytelling skills of an emerging master." —Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "[Life of Pi] has a buoyant, exotic, insistence reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poe's most Gothic fiction. . . . Oddities abound and the storytelling is first-rate. Yann Martel has written a novel full of grisly reality, outlandish plot, inventive setting and thought-provoking questions about the value and purpose of fiction." —The Edmonton journal "Martel's ceaselessly clever writing . . . [and] artful, occasionally hilarious, internal dialogue . . . make a fine argument for the divinity of good art." —The Gazette "Astounding and beautiful. . . . The book is a pleasure not only for the subtleties of its philosophy...
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...submitted to the Dean of the School of Engineering and the full Faculty, and was approved as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering. Dr. Eleanor Baum Dean, School of Engineering Dr. Fred L. Fontaine Candidate’s Thesis Advisor Acknowledgments I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Fred Fontaine, for his guidance and patience throughout this process. Without his teachings I would not be where I am today. I would also like to thank the rest of the faculty, as well as my friends and peers at The Cooper Union Albert Nerken School of Engineering. A special thanks is due to David Nummey, Deian Stefan, Ashwin Kirpalani, Stefan M¨nzel and Matthew Epstein, all u of whom gave their time to listen patiently to my ideas and help me improve this thesis into what it is today. I would also like to thank Dr. Jack Lowenthal for keeping me motivated with his interest in my studies and projects. Lastly I like to thank my family, especially my parents, Dr. Richard and Shulamit Charles, my uncle Louis Charles, and my sister Aya for their constant support throughout my life. i Abstract Subband adaptive filters utilize subband decompositions to reduce the length of the adaptive filters, and thus reduce the number of computations needed to adapt for...
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