...A presidential primary is a state-based election to choose a party’s candidate for the presidency. A presidential primary shows support for a candidate among ordinary voters and chooses delegates committed to vote for that candidate at the National party. In the USA presidential primaries are held every fourth year, the manoeuvrings in preparation for the elections begins months, if not years, beforehand. Due to the fact that there is normally very little to see this stage is said to be the ‘invisible stage’ and therefore known as the invisible primary. The invisible primary is the stage which runs up to the first formal primary in the USA; essentially it begins as soon as the last election ends. It is the period when party candidates position themselves to run for the presidency before the official series of primaries and caucuses start. During this period of time the candidates aim to gain media coverage, endorsements and funding. It is important that candidates gain significant support for their campaigns by establishing name recognition and a political identity in order for their campaigns to be successful. Endorsements establish candidates as credible, reliable ones, for example in 2007 Barrack Obama was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey which helped his public image before the Democratic primaries. Many candidates such as Al Gore in 2000 make specific efforts to boost their image in order to gain support from superdelegates. Firstly the ‘invisible primary’ can be used to assess...
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...responses. 1. People are made up of both good and bad character traits, just as characters from literature are. No one person or character is 100% good or 100% bad. Troy was a complicated character. Argue whether or not you believe Troy was a good man or not. 2. What are some examples of cultural, political, and social fences from history and today? What messages do these fences convey? Are these fences good, bad, or a mixture of both? 3. How can fences be invisible? Provide at least one example of an invisible fence you put up in your own life. 4. How do you think the primary characters’ respective childhood environments affect their personalities? Do you think it was fate or choice that had the most effect on them? Why? 5. Names hold a symbolic meaning in the play. What symbolic meaning do you think the characters below hold? One example has been done for you. a. Cory- Cory is the youthful center of the family, like the core of an apple. b. Rose- c. Gabe- d. Troy- 6. What do you think the play is saying about the themes below? Do you personally agree with these themes? a. Like father, like son. - b. Personal desires are more important than family needs.- c. Baseball has nothing to do with real life....
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...Kouamou English 200, 1994 Dr. England 9 April 2015 The Invisible Force The Psychological Drive to Give Charities have become a prominent form of giving in our society, but what drives us towards these mediums of exchange? Is it for our own satisfaction? Peer pressure? Guilt? My research shows that the conscious state of an individual plays the most important role when engaging in donating, it serves as the pendulum which is pushed by outside forces into contributing to charities. My definition of charitable giving is donating and allocating a portion of your assets for an underprivileged group of individuals with the intentions to better their lives. By assets I do not only mean money, I also mean any valued resources such as time and knowledge that can greatly enhance another individuals living standards. Participating in charities has an array of advantages, from the uplifting feeling it brings to the donator, to the benefits received by those in need, it serves as a mediator of joy and happiness for all those involved. Most of my research shows that the majority of disadvantages with charity stems from the consciousness of an individual, as noted earlier; if a person is not in the right state of mind, he or she will be liable to falling prey to countless scams and pressured donations. Fortunately, there are several solutions available in order to quell these fears, such as researching the charity beforehand, tracking what kind of impact your donations makes, and checking the...
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...English 4 27 February 2014 Invisible Illnesses That Never Show Do you know anything about the illnesses that you really can’t see? For instance, I live with an illness that no one can see and I will live with it for the rest of my life. Even though you may not be able to see the illness in someone that doesn’t mean that there is nothing wrong with them. It could be any type of illness such as a nervous system disorder or disease. People can’t always see or tell if it is there but it is and people just don’t know it. Children with dysautonomia need more help than what they get now. The invisible illnesses that go unnoticed in children and don’t get publicity are multiplying. Publicity comes with illnesses that are common and known such as cancer. The funding and awareness for illnesses that you can’t see such as dysautonomia, Shy-Drager syndrome, and more are lacking. The treatments for children are behind from where they could be. There are many children are diagnosed with these invisible illnesses such as dysautonomia and other nervous system disorders that you can’t see. Dysautonomia is a serious disease of the autonomic nervous system. The percentage of being an affected individual dysautonomia is a twenty-five percent chance. Also there is a fifty percent chance of being a carrier. (Shohat) There is information on dysautonomia that shows in some people for than others. The information that has been gathered on these disorders in children should be known to the world...
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...entrepreneurial approach identified with. Founding Leaders, Leadership Styles and Major Business Principles In the profit oriented leadership style, in which the primary goal is to provide a product or service to consumers and to make a profit, the founding leader is Adam Smith. Adam Smith is identified as the father of capitalism. His leadership style is based on the capitalist model of Laissez Faire. Laissez-Faire leadership style is a non-authoritarian leadership style. Laissez faire leaders try to give the least possible guidance to subordinates, and try to achieve control through less obvious means. Capitalism is an economic system in which the primary motive is to make a profit with little or no regards for the welfare of the population. For example Adam Smith said, “Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Even a beggar does not depend upon it entirely” (Smith, 2005, p.18). Adam Smith described the concept of capitalism in his book, The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776. He believed that an economy is best regulated by “invisible hand” of capitalism. Adam Smith stated, “Every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he...
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...settlement was an important characteristic of colonialism in the 19th century. In the development of the course settler colonies especially European settlers affected the live of First Nations Women in Canada, in terms of their culture, lifestyle, family organization, and religion. European colonies devaluated native population with regulations like the Indian Act. DIFFICULT KNOWLEDGE Knowledge that often challenges the dominant ideology, which is difficult to accept and we reject it and its source, or we embrace it without a critical evaluation. DIASPORA Comes from the Greek term “diasperin”, Used to refer to any ethnic population forced or induced to leave their original homelands. Also people who leave their homelands to find work or search for asylum. An example of diaspora in the topics cover in the course is the high amount of Chinese population who came to Canada to work. They weren’t forced, rather they chose to start a new life in a new place. Also, during WWII, the boats of Jewish who came to Canada looking for asylum. This term have helped me gaining knowledge about the migration of different ethnic population to Canada during the 19th and 20th century. THERE IS NOTHING OBJECTIVE ABOUT OBJECIVITY Objectivity means to have a neutral position in a specific topic or issue. Been objective is not possible because any ideology or thought always have a defined side or position that contradicts other. DOMINANT IDEOLOGY Set of interrelated beliefs that tell how the world works...
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...thinking is the use of cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a good outcome. CT is purposeful, reasoned, and goal-directed. Answer the following questions: 1. What is the goal? First step in improving thinking is to be clear about the goal or goals. Sometimes there are multiple goals; sometimes the goal changes as we work on a problem. If the overall goal is not OPERATIONAL (i.e., "get a good grade" or "reach a good decision"), then identify operational goals (write clearly, address all elements of the assignment, evaluate the consequences of alternative decisions). 2. What is known? Review what is known. You may know more than you realize, once you start taking a census. You may also realize that some of the apparently information is not certain at all. If you are completing an assignment or solving a problem for someone else, review guidelines for the assignment and ask yourself what the person cares about and values in a solution. 3. Which thinking skills will get you to your goal? [apply skills] How will you get there? Generate some tactics, strategies. Diagram the problem. Analyze written materials for underlying assumptions. Consider the credibility of evidence and experts. Scrutinize words for ambiguity, emotional bias, flawed logic. What are the limitations of metaphors or analogies?...
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...Introduction “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes flex time and a baby carriage.” Said by a supervisor at Novartis who refused to hire women (Carter 2010) Traditionally, the work done by women is often assumed to be less important than the work performed by their male counterparts. This statement continue to plague women in all societies today, as theorist like Murdock believe, given the biological differences between men and women a sexual division of labour is the most efficient way of organising society (Haralambos & Holborn, 2008). This is one way in which the mainstream theorist sought to justify the invisibility of women and assigned roles based on the sex of the individuals. Women has always been viewed or defined by the role she is assigned by society, for which I consider to be socially constructed. However, the role women played in the home is domesticated in the role of homemaker and caregiver, thus, when we examine women’s work, we primarily think of the work that women do at home, their unpaid domestic labour. The old adage ‘women’s work is never done’ speaks to the various household tasks for which women are assumed to take overall responsibility. Many theorist used the biological theory as to heighten why women is best suited for some jobs rather than others. In reality we know that not all women are capable of assuming the role of the caring, nurturing and domesticated type, just as not all male are able to display a rough, tough and superior...
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...NAME: Marian O’Connor PROFESSOR: Dr. Cheryl Harrison FINAL PAPER TOPIC: Women and Leadership & Second Generation Gender Bias REASON FOR TOPIC: As a woman in the workforce, learning more about’ Women and Leadership’ will help me identify the challenges I potentially face in my leadership journey. https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-rising-the-unseen-barriers https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-rising-the-unseen-barriers Second-generation gender bias refers to practices that may appear neutral or non-sexist, in that they apply to everyone, but which discriminate against women because they reflect the values of the men who created or developed the setting, usually a workplace More than 25 years ago the social psychologist Faye Crosby stumbled on a surprising phenomenon: Most women are unaware of having personally been victims of gender discrimination and deny it even when it is objectively true and they see that women in general experience it. Many women have worked hard to take gender out of the equation — to simply be recognized for their skills and talents. Moreover, the existence of gender bias in organizational policies and practices may suggest that they have no power to determine their own success. For the purpose of this paper, I am interested in further exploring Women in Leadership The past two decades have seen notable progress for women in corporate America, as most forms of obvious gender discrimination have...
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...Exclusive Hyun Kim Jung Hoon Hong Daiki Kim Meejoo Song Wooseung Sohn 1 I. INTRODUCTION In our presentation, there are four main subjects that we will be explaining today. Those subjects are: 1. Private goods and the Free Market System. 2.The Price Mechanism and the Invisible Hand 3. Public goods and the market failure 4. Public hand and the government failure. Before we go into the details, let me briefly give you the overview. First we have to approach these questions by asking ourselves… What do we mean by Exclusive? Of course, the word exclusive can be heard on a regular basis. For example, an exclusive interview with Professor Kim. Then what does the word exclusive mean? According to the dictionary, the word “exclusive” is defined as “not divided or shared with others” So how is this relevant to what we are studying? How is it connected to the rights? You might ask… There were discussions as to what “exclusiveness” meant. In my perspective, there are spiritual and material interests that are protected by the laws. Since, these interests are protected, as the characteristic of the rights, the interest become exclusive when it becomes a right. In having an exclusive right would mean that a person could enjoy the right at his or her wish. Therefore, we felt that there was a close link to the free market system and the right. Well, let’s go back to the last week’s lecture. If you can remember, Sun-young gave us a splendid presentation on the bourgeoisie last week. Then...
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...Review: The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution Written By: Marwan Bishara Lilia Gomez INTL 5000 (Fall Semester) The book that I am reviewing is titled The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution. It is written by a well-known political analyst named Marwan Bishara. Mr. Bishara works for the Al Jeezera (the primary news channel for the Arab world) as a Senior Political Analyst. The book is in the perspective of an Arab and not by someone within the Western media/culture. He writes about the Arab revolutions and the history behind it. Mr. Bishara debunks several thoughts of how the Arab revolutions started and how the media (both Arabic and Western) have played a major role within these causes. Mr. Bishara’ book is self-described as an essay in which he reflects on the history of the revolutions up until present and how social media and the Arab youth population played a part. He credits the youth of being able to over throw decade old customs, governments, and regimes. In addition, he describes the rise of many positive organizations that formed because of the revolutions such as women’s groups, sports teams, and a higher employment rate. Although he praises the rise of these types of organizations, Mr. Bishara faults the lack of organization and commitment to principles as the basis of what is wrong...
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...improve them all is not to fix each individual weakness but to combine the strengths of all the perspectives into to create an entirely new theory. Liberalism is often described as the IPE perspective that focuses on the individual and the primacy of freedom or liberty in the book “Introduction to International Political Economy” by David Balaam and Michael Veseth. Individual freedom and capitalism are the overarching ideas found within the idea of liberalism. Capitalism is commonly referred to as a market-based economic system where free-markets and competition are the governing factors. Within the discipline of capitalism, Adam Smith is arguably one of the most significant figures. Smith created the idea of “the invisible hand”, or the idea that an “invisible hand” that guides the economy and common good. The market is self regulated so the state government is never needed to intervene. Another, more commonly used tern for this...
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...ethics has become invisible among individuals. The meaning of “ethics” has become so complex and hard to pin down because of people’s views about ethics have become shaky (Velasquez, Andre, Shanks, S.J., & Meyer, 2010). Ethics is not all about religion or the law but it does relate to human being’s moral principles on how they conduct themselves of what is right or wrong within society. One aspect of defining ethics refers to moral principles that are standard of right and wrong, in other words it is a continuous effort of our own moral beliefs and values and how we as a human being conduct ourselves in difficult situations in our personal and professional life, and how we control our behavior when faced with difficult conflicts on a daily basis. As human beings we make hasty decisions and mistakes that question our personal and professional ethics. Within this paper, I will interpret my results of the Ethics Awareness Inventory test I took and explain how my results affect my personal and professional life. I will also explain how my education has enlightened and influenced my own ethical viewpoints and decision making. Although my professional life is on hold at this time, I still believe that my ethical standards are valid and true to where others’ interpretations on ethical behaviors can be different then what I believe to be ethical. The Ethics Awareness Inventory was designed to provide an individual’s insight on general views and how one can approach ethical...
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...Define Economics in two ways and understand the difference between each way. Know the meaning and relationship between the following concepts covered in the first lecture: scarcity, rationing/rules, competition and choice. Know especially the concept of opportunity cost and choice. Be able to work opportunity cost problems similar to cost of college and the alternative ways of travel problems that we did in class and on homework. Know the difference between normative and positive. Know the difference between positive sum games, zero sum games and negative sum games as discussed in the lecture. Economists use incentives to set up positive win-win games as in my classroom examples of Australia & golden content in trash. What is meant by the moral hazard problem? Understand the Eight Guideposts of economic thinking as discussed in your text. Go over the pitfalls of economic reasoning: Review the blackboard problems that you were assigned (especially the two on marginal analysis), but also the others. These are samples of the kinds of questions that you may expect. Review the Green Study Guide Problems and Projects on pages 2 & 3 for practice....
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...CART SAVE SHARE For the past half century, there has been consensus about the kinds of places effective business leaders are formed: companies like General Electric and Procter & Gamble, high-powered consulting firms like McKinsey, elite business schools like Harvard and Wharton, the military. But it’s a different world now. Markets and workforces are increasingly global and diverse. Change is so rapid that one leader can’t hope to keep abreast of all developments, much less be responsible for the innovation needed to keep ahead of them. Decision making is broadly distributed across an organization, and collaboration is required with numerous parties outside it. So it’s worth reexamining our image of the ideal business leader and how and where a person will acquire the attributes needed to become one. We may find that it’s through experiences unfamiliar to many of us and in places far from Cambridge or Crotonville. Linda Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has looked at leadership from many perspectives. In the early 1990s, she led the development of Harvard’s required MBA course on leadership. Her research into the challenges faced by first-time managers...
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