Can Prejudice Ever Be Eliminated Essay

Can prejudice ever be eliminated? What exactly is prejudice? Contrary to popular belief, prejudice is not the same as discrimination, even though both terms are usually tossed into the fray together. Prejudice refers to the prejudgment; where people make assumptions or decisions even before being aware of the relevant facts. On the other hand, discrimination refers to the treatment or distinction in favour or against a particular person, group or class. That being said, prejudice would certainly be much more widespread in societies all over the world as compared to discrimination. After all, prejudice can manifest in a society in various different ways, such as racism, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) violence, hate crimes and gender bias just to name a few. In Singapore, we are fortunate to not have to witness heinous crimes based on peoples’ prejudice against others with the government’s tough stance against such acts. This and other examples may just provide the slim chance of which the abolishment of prejudice in society may become a reality, as further discussions would attempt to show that prejudice may possibly be eradicated. Firstly, prejudice is actually not part of human nature, which is contrary to popular belief. A German social psychologist, Hofstatter, had suggested in 1954 that prejudice against members of other groups represents a â€Å"normal† phenomenon of human social life and that no one is free from this attitude. This would be an extreme conclusion as the absence of prejudice among young children show that prejudice is not innate, but learned. Children are brought into the world without bias and thus learn from those with close relations to them, learning their parent’s ethnic attitudes and even from the media. For example, the idea of white superiority and racism may have been implied in the American comedy â€Å"Friends†, where the entire cast are white people. Secondly, true to the Herd Mentality, societal pressures cause individuals to succumb other people’s prejudices. Media and other people in our lives shape the way we think. In order to conform to society and thus ‘fit in’, individuals would begin to formulate personal opinions based on the information obtained from social circles, family and of course, the media. Should these factors be subject to change, it would be possible to alter the mindset of the individual with respect to his or her prejudices. Thirdly, the lack of personal interaction with the group in question would undoubtledly lead to prejudgements. For example, the Israel and Palestinian hostilities are fuelled by the underlying prejudices among Israelis against Muslims and Palestinians against Jews. The closed border between Israel and Palestine just adds fuel to the fire, as the younger generations grow up with the predetermined mindset that people across the border were savage monsters, even if that was not the case. If people actually sat down around a table and got to know each other before they had the chance to judge each other, then there would be much less prejudice in the world today. When it comes to actually attempting to abolish prejudice thinking, there are certain aspects worth considering, namely the society, the individual, the government and the family. One way in which prejudice can be eliminated is through the education of young minds in schools. As previously mentioned, young children are not prejudiced against anyone and would thereafter pick up such prejudices from society. By teaching these children be open to multiple points of view and not be biased against certain people and viewpoints, we would then be able to prevent prejudicial thinking. This was demonstrated by Jane Elliot and her books â€Å"A Class Divided† as well as the documentary â€Å"The Eye Of The Storm† illustrates her famous â€Å"brown-eyed/blue-eyed† exercise. When utilised properly, education would have a powerful effect on young children. Another way in which prejudice can be eliminated would be through the family. Traditionally, individuals would spend the most amount of time with their parents. In these changing times, however, more and more parents are unable to spend time with their children and teach them the right moral values due to long working hours and school hours. Recently, the State Of The Family Report for 2011 found that the average number of hours that parents spend with their children was 29 hours per week. With less time to spend with their children, how would parents cultivate moral values and in their children? Furthermore, the conservative nature of Singapore households prevents seemingly sensitive topics from being brought up. Topics such as the LGBT community and feminism are seldom brought up, due to the reluctance of parents to fully explain the situation to their children. All these factors limit the role of parents when it comes to the teaching of moral values and mindsts. After all, not everything in life can be taught in a classroom. The government can also play a vital role in ensuring the abolishment of prejudice in society. The Singaporean government is playing a vital role in ensuring racial stability in Singapore. By ensuring that racist and insensitive comments are dealt with appropriately, it sends a message to the younger generation that being prejudiced is against the country’s morals and values. Furthermore, policies implemented by the government can help the financially troubled and close the income gap. This is just one of the ways that the government can step in to reduce prejudice from an economics point of view. Lastly, the thinking of the individual plays a very important part in the abolishment of prejudice. Individuals need to filter out the material that they encounter such that there are able to identify the right from the wrong. One good way of doing this would be through religion. Religion is able to provide a so-called ‘moral compass’ where religion will point the individual in the right direction, away from the prejudiced thoughts. Of course, as much as religion would be able to provide a moral foundation for the individual, it would also be a mistake to delve into the depths of extreme forms of religion, where words are twisted from their true meaning and the whole point of using religion as a moral guideline backfires. Prejudice may or may not be eliminated from the face of the Earth, we cannot tell presently. As prejudiced as the world may be as of now, with gay marriage legalisation being strongly protested and religious conflicts all over the world today, it is very difficult to believe that prejudice can be eliminated in our lifetime. However, as previously mentioned, should we take a collective approach in teaching the younger generation to live without prejudice, then the elimination of prejudiced thinking may just become a reality in the future.

Measure

At the end of Measure for Measure the Duke has apparently caused a good deal of chaos, including the near execution of a man whose only crime is having sex with his lover, all for no apparent reason. At the beginning of the play he hands over power to Angelo, even though Angelo says that he is not ready for it. The Duke then goes into disguise as the Friar and essentially plays games with people’s lives. It is thus not surprising that the people might want to overthrow him. The first argument that would be used, and perhaps the most powerful, would be that the Duke is the Duke. The idea that a person had a divine right to power through the â€Å"divine right of Kings† was powerful at this time. The Duke might have done some bad things – I would seem a fool if I didn’t admit this – but he made everything right in the end, and anyway, God has chosen him as Duke through birth. For better or worse he is the Duke, and the people should think twice before replacing him. First, if you get rid of leadership through birth, what system will replace it? Second, what likely candidates are there for being Duke instead of him? The most likely, at least as far as birth and position is, ironically, Angelo. The rebels should be asked the question of whether they would prefer the present Duke or Angelo as their leader. I think the answer is quite easy to predict.   This is based upon the quite practical, better the devil you know than the devil you don’t argument. This should appeal to the practical kind of people who would probably be wanting to remove the Duke at the end of the play. Another argument would be to suggest that the Duke was showing how a real leader should act through putting a man who would be tempted by power in charge. Thus a real leader, such as the Duke himself, knows that the laws are written by men and are thus fallible. He becomes the Duke of â€Å"dark corners† to show that at times a leader must bend with the wind rather than applying the law absolutely. This argument suggests that the Duke knew that Angelo would turn out to be a bad leader, and let him carry on with it, even when people’s lives were at stake.   This showed the people that the Duke had their best interests at heart through showing them just how bad a leader Angelo would be, or someone like him, if the Duke was removed or died without an heir. Another argument is the fact that despite obviously quite enjoying the kind of chaos and risk which ensued when he gave up power, the Duke never showed any sign of indulging this when he was acting as Duke. He thus did not succumb to the temptation of absolute power as Angelo did. This will be argument for the fact that the Duke, probably coming from a whole line of similarly powerful people, as the blood and temperament to control the city, even though his imagination might lead elsewhere. The people might also be persuaded by the fact that at the end of the play everything is actually excellently resolved. The right people are marrying the right people, others have been pardoned when they deserve it and even, as in the case of Barnadine, when they don’t. Even the Duke has rescued Isabella from what is regarded as a terrible life in the convent and will marry her. This ensures that the Duke will soon have an heir to take over form him, and the succession of Dukes will be preserved. This being the case, why not forget the past rather than trying to bring about retribution for the Duke’s misdeeds. Trying to remove the Duke might also cause a miniature civil war. It is unlikely that he or his supporters will go quietly. Also, the Dukes of neighboring cities might come to the Duke’s rescue because they fear the precedent of removing a Duke when the people don’t like him could spread to their cities. Or they may come to the â€Å"rescue† of the city through invading it while there is a power vacuum. That way the people would lose their Duke and their city. So I would appear to several different arguments in order to save the Duke from the planned rebellion. First, he is the Duke and has the divine right to be so because he has been chosen by God. Secondly, what he did was actually a favor to everyone because it removed someone (Angelo) from contention of ever becoming Duke who appeared to be good material but actually turned out to be a total disaster. Third, the Duke showed that he understands the dark side of human nature, and even has his fair share of it himself, but ahs been able up to this time to keep it in check. He has been a just Duke up until this point – that is why Angelo’s strict and eventually hypocritical decisions seem so harsh. Fourth, the Duke has shown just how difficult it is to be a Duke, and the people should think twice about replacing him because of the uncertainty of what will follow. Fifth, the Duke restores peace and harmony at the end of the play, and he is even getting married himself so he can now have an heir in waiting. Sixth, if they try to remove him a war will almost certainly occur, and the whole city may be lost. To conclude, perhaps the best argument, if Shakespeare’s plays exist in this imaginary world of â€Å"after the play ends† will be the title of one of his other dark comedies: â€Å"all’s well that ends well†. Of course the question left by this play is â€Å"well is it?†, and the citizens are perhaps right to ask whether a man who could everything the Duke has done should continue in power. Bu the alternatives are too uncertain, too bloody and too chaotic to imply that the Duke should be replaced. In the final part of the argument I would make clear that all those who were presently planning to remove the Duke will receive a full and absolute pardon.   They might continue with the rebellion just because they are afraid of what would happen if they don’t, and yet have revealed themselves as potential rebels.   However, I would mark down the names of all those involved carefully and watch them on behalf of the Duke in the future. . . .

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When reading two articles that have been decades away, people will see the national opinion changed the immigrants. In the article of 1905, the southern part was cheap labor and he wanted immigrants. Almost 80 years later in 1983, the south showed different views on immigrants. In the 1905 article Immigration and South, Robert DeCoury Ward has just started talking about the idea that immigrants may be unfavorable for the US economy. Instead, in the 1983 article Immigration: How It Affects the United States, James Faros said drowsily that immigrants are harmful to the United States. Today 's Americans know that there are problems with illegal immigration. Every day many illegal immigrants pass through the country. There are 122 million to 20 million illegal immigrants in the United States. (Terrible immigration statistics) 1) The United States should allow all illegal immigrants to register or exile in their home countries. The United States should also develop plans for immigrants to obtain legal permission. If immigrants do not want to cooperate, they can not stay in the United States. - Many presidents promised to strengthen government regulation of the illegal immigration control cycle. But they have not succeeded. This seems to be an impossible task, thousands of people travel every day, many deceive the United States by getting a working visa and returning home. Illegal entry in the United States America consisted of immigrants from our country once. However, illegal immigrants are currently plaguing our economy. What happens if you allow millions of people to enter the country, whether legal or illegal? What happened today? You have dozens, hundreds of different nationalities from various places. Make yourself an isolated community and then let the country make changes for them. - Illegal entry The U.S. is a breach of US immigration policy and national law by foreigners entering the country or studying abroad without permission of the US government (illeg al immigration). Illegal immigration has occurred since the 1880's, and the number of foreigners is increasing year by year. The Web law in 1875 is known as the first federal immigration law prohibiting immigration. A new problem emerges in a new round of immigrants. This is a form of illegal entry. Many illegal immigrants come from Latin America (Mexico, Latin America). Mexico resulted in a number of illegal immigrants who changed the way most Americans think about immigrants and how the US government is trying to ease illegal immigration. In the climax of President Trump 's elections, immigrants represent a central position because they represent the difficulties, beliefs, and principles of many people of the American people. Voters desire more economic stability and regard illegal immigrants as a deterrent to the true prosperity of the United States. President Donald Trump won the voting of a considerate voter using this platform and handed this power to the hands of many illegal immigrants. Even banning immigrants forbidding the entry into and leaving the US to date. Country Immigration Essay (May 19, 2017) https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essay/immigration-essay/ From America and Immigration When reading two articles that have been decades away, people will see the national opinion changed the immigrants. In the article of 1905, the southern part was cheap labor and he wanted immigrants. Almost 80 years later in 1983, the south showed different views on immigrants. In the 1905 article Immigration and South, Robert DeCoury Ward has just started talking about the idea that immigrants may be unfavorable for the US economy. Instead, in the 1983 article Immigration: How It Affects the United States, James Faros said drowsily that immigrants are harmful to the United States. Today 's Americans know that there are problems with illegal immigration. Every day many illegal immigrants pass through the country. There are 122 million to 20 million illegal immigrants in the United States. (Terrible immigration statistics) 1) The United States should allow all illegal immigrants to register or exile in their home countries. The United States should also develop plans for immigrants to obtain legal permission. If immigrants do not want to cooperate, they can not stay in the United States. - Many presidents promised to strengthen government regulation of the illegal immigration control cycle. But they have not succeeded. This seems to be an impossible task, thousands of people travel every day, many deceive the United States by getting a working visa and returning home. Illegal entry in the United States America consisted of immigrants from our country once. However, illegal immigrants are currently plaguing our economy. What happens if you allow millions of people to enter the country, whether legal or illegal? What happened today? You have dozens, hundreds of different nationalities from various places. Make yourself an isolated community and then let the country make changes for them. - Illegal entry The U.S. is a breach of US immigration policy and national law by foreigners entering the country or studying abroad without permission of the US government (illeg al immigration). Illegal immigration has occurred since the 1880's, and the number of foreigners is increasing year by year. The Web law in 1875 is known as the first federal immigration law prohibiting immigration. A new problem emerges in a new round of immigrants. This is a form of illegal entry. Many illegal immigrants come from Latin America (Mexico, Latin America). Mexico resulted in a number of illegal immigrants who changed the way most Americans think about immigrants and how the US government is trying to ease illegal immigration. In the climax of President Trump 's elections, immigrants represent a central position because they represent the difficulties, beliefs, and principles of many people of the American people. Voters desire more economic stability and regard illegal immigrants as a deterrent to the true prosperity of the United States. President Donald Trump won the voting of a considerate voter using this platform and handed this power to the hands of many illegal immigrants. Even banning immigrants forbidding the entry into and leaving the US to date. Country Immigration Essay (May 19, 2017) https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essay/immigration-essay/ From America and Immigration When reading two articles that have been decades away, people will see the national opinion changed the immigrants. In the article of 1905, the southern part was cheap labor and he wanted immigrants. Almost 80 years later in 1983, the south showed different views on immigrants. In the 1905 article Immigration and South, Robert DeCoury Ward has just started talking about the idea that immigrants may be unfavorable for the US economy. Instead, in the 1983 article Immigration: How It Affects the United States, James Faros said drowsily that immigrants are harmful to the United States. Today 's Americans know that there are problems with illegal immigration. Every day many illegal immigrants pass through the country. There are 122 million to 20 million illegal immigrants in the United States. (Terrible immigration statistics) 1) The United States should allow all illegal immigrants to register or exile in their home countries. The United States should also develop plans for immigrants to obtain legal permission. If immigrants do not want to cooperate, they can not stay in the United States. - Many presidents promised to strengthen government regulation of the illegal immigration control cycle. But they have not succeeded. This seems to be an impossible task, thousands of people travel every day, many deceive the United States by getting a working visa and returning home. Illegal entry in the United States America consisted of immigrants from our country once. However, illegal immigrants are currently plaguing our economy. What happens if you allow millions of people to enter the country, whether legal or illegal? What happened today? You have dozens, hundreds of different nationalities from various places. Make yourself an isolated community and then let the country make changes for them. - Illegal entry The U.S. is a breach of US immigration policy and national law by foreigners entering the country or studying abroad without permission of the US government (illeg al immigration). Illegal immigration has occurred since the 1880's, and the number of foreigners is increasing year by year. The Web law in 1875 is known as the first federal immigration law prohibiting immigration. A new problem emerges in a new round of immigrants. This is a form of illegal entry. Many illegal immigrants come from Latin America (Mexico, Latin America). Mexico resulted in a number of illegal immigrants who changed the way most Americans think about immigrants and how the US government is trying to ease illegal immigration. In the climax of President Trump 's elections, immigrants represent a central position because they represent the difficulties, beliefs, and principles of many people of the American people. Voters desire more economic stability and regard illegal immigrants as a deterrent to the true prosperity of the United States. President Donald Trump won the voting of a considerate voter using this platform and handed this power to the hands of many illegal immigrants. Even banning immigrants forbidding the entry into and leaving the US to date. Country Immigration Essay (May 19, 2017) https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essay/immigration-essay/ From

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Students need direct instruction, structure, practice, and time on task routines where they are able to explore and engage in active learning. â€Å"Skills associated with reading readiness include: (a) auditory discrimination: the ability to identify and differentiate familiar sounds, similar sounds, rhyming words, and the sounds of letters; (b) visual discrimination: including color recognition, shape, and letter identification; (c) visual motor skills: such as left to right eye progression, cutting on a line with scissors and coloring within the lines of a picture; and (d) large motor skills: such as skipping, hopping, and walking on a line (Early literacy development, 2011).† Oral language can also be included when considering successful literacy development. Storytelling and â€Å"talk and literacy† can be both considered to be two great activities that teachers and parents can include in everyday experiences. Sharing picture books, listening to a story aloud, drawing, coloring and early writing are all samples of literacy; however, reading aloud helps students gain experiences for later samples where students may transfer comprehension to writing. Listening also increases engaged conversation, while offering insight of comprehension of text (Early literacy development, 2006). When introduced properly oral language development should increase in areas such as inexpressive skills, receptive, and vocabulary usage. Techniques on Promoting Literacy Components Comprehension strategies help children understand, remember and communicate what they read. Comprehension helps children have the ability to connect what they are reading to what they already know. With practice, students are able to make predictions, create ideas, raise questions, and problem solve. Both teachers and parents will be able to build vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and motivation while making assessments, reflections, planning, and teaching/re-teaching any skills that were introduced. Reading fluency allows students read text accurately and quickly. Teaching skills that can help promote reading fluency is identifying punctuation, grouping words, and using expressive language to make further outcomes. When a student demonstrates weakness in fluency they read slowly, word to word, focusing on decoding rather than comprehending the context of what they are reading. Offering age appropriate instruction and materials when implementing particular skills or curriculum is highly recommended. Playing games or using nursery rhymes using words in one way to informally implement or reinforced these particular skills. Using sentence strips promotes sight word identification, building simple or complex sentences, or grouping words together. Having weekly spelling bees using pictures prompts will help promote connections to words as well. Breaking units into smaller units and modeling activities as it is first introduced help increase success with literacy. (Chard, David J., Dickenson, Shirley V., 1999) Incorporating Writing Beginning stages of writing is when young a young child’s draws and scribbles. Pretend writing, making list, writing or drawing messages or stories are also samples of writing. Letters or clusters of letters are followed. â€Å"Children move into the letter- name stage in which vowels beings to appear along with prominent constants (The Development of Literacy in the Elementary Schools, 2011).† Students also play with letters and pictures when they begin to invent words calling it â€Å"invent spelling†. Keeping track of ideas and assessments with journal entries help teacher assess student’s progression. Activities and Techniques in Oral and Written Language By the age of 10, children can view their writing through the eyes of a reader. Their writings become more multidimensional, and they can shift between narrative and description and narrative and dialogue in one piece (The Development of Literacy in the Elementary School, 2011).† Writing becomes meaningful when students are able to think and rethink ideas. Students should be able to make mix print, spoken words, visual, and digital components into completing writing abilities. Reading and writing go hand in hand. The best ways to help implement these skills is by having students involved in what they are currently reading. Providing samples of illustrations while offering different styles or types of writing are essentially needed. Graphic organizes help keep students ideas well organized. Writing letters, teaching students how to navigate through email, using cross word puzzles, word walls, creating stories, creating recipes or directions on how to build something are great examples of incorporating both reading and writing skills. Building Strong Partnership with Parents Parent involvement is very important when trying to implement literacy skills in young students. Encouraging parents by offering enriched reading samples or a book to children is a good step towards increasing literacy awareness. Talking and singing song to children are also great opportunists for children to learn new words or ideas. Preparing students with reading readiness programs are all helpful when trying to instill social, physical and cognitive abilities. At times, teachers will have to teach parents how to become more responsive when reading or sharing information. Parents should offer a variety of opportunities in exposing children to words, symbols, and logos where students may be able to increase literacy skills. Keeping both parents and teachers equally informed will help bridge the gaps of between illiteracy and emergent learners. In closing, providing the foundation for building successful literacy skills should be considered while engaging them in meaningful discussions and learning. These beginning years of a young child are the years where teachers and parents have the ability to prepare youngsters with concepts and skills in reading and writing. Having this ability will allow students to further a lifelong desire for reading that may help other areas of development as a growing child. Reference Early literacy development. (2006). In Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care. Retrieved from http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/sageukecec/early_literacy_development Early Literacy Development. (2011). In Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts. Retrieved from http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/routengart/early_literacy_development Chard, David J., Dickenson, Shirley V. (1999) Phonological Awareness: Instructional and Assessment guidelines. http://www.ldonline.org/article/6254 The Development of Literacy in the Elementary School. (2011). In Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts. Retrieved http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/routengart/the_development_of_literacy_in Miller, M., Veatch, N. (2010). Teaching literacy in context: Choosing and using instructional strategies. The Reading Teacher, 64(3), 154-165. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/791757793?accountid=7374 Gordon, C. (2010). Meeting Readers Where They Are. School Library Journal, 56(11), 32.

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Jim Goodnight Essay Goodnight is driven by creating a culture that is full of employee engagement and motivation. On the SAS website, Jim Goodnight is quoted as saying, â€Å"Treat employees like they make a difference and they will†. In a publication from Harvard Business Review that Goodnight co-wrote with author Richard Florida he states, â€Å"companies prosper when they harness the creative capital of their employees, as those are the individuals that are creative thinkers and generate valuable products and services. † Mr. Goodnight understands that his product is a â€Å"product of the mind,† and therefore recognizes that maintaining an environment that retains employees and keeps them engaged is a requirement to be successfully. Jim Goodnight has entrenched motivator factors into his business, while minimizing and eliminating hygiene factors for his employees. SAS uses a vertical loading management style that allows employees to be more engaged and empowered in their work. Employees draw responsibility and challenge from this management platform. SAS employees are often only two or three levels down from the CEO, Jim Goodnight, and work alongside their management writing code and setting deadlines. These factors motivate employees and displays to them that managers can be technical in nature and work alongside them â€Å"in the trenches. † Also, SAS has a strong focus on employee satisfaction and uses all possible means to minimize and eliminate hygiene factors that could cause dissatisfaction. Mr. Goodnight pays his employees a competitive salary, however, he shows his commitment through other means such as; benefits, company programs, and employee facilities. SAS understands that work life balance is a conflict that most professionals have to deal with and overcome. SAS maintains flexibility by offering services that ease this burden such as; lunch programs, unlimited sick leave, and in house childcare. The fact that SAS has never had a layoff speaks volumes to its employees about the dedication that leadership has to its employees on job security and proper staffing levels. These factors have far reaching effects on employees and families, as they recognize and appreciate these benefits. My current employer offers a package similar to the one SAS provides its employees, and I experience similar results. For example, teams are more motivated and engaged in their work with minimal turnover and low dissatisfaction with their jobs, and teams are more likely to accept additional assignments with minimal pushback. Jim Goodnight is clearly motivated by offering his employees the highest quality of work life balance possible. He believes the culture is based on trust between our employees and the company.

Rock N Roll And Technological Advancements Media Essay

Rock N Roll And Technological Advancements Media Essay Just in the middle of the 20th century, in the1950s, the world was introduced to a brand new trend in music. That was rock N roll. Rock N roll seriously changed the concept and image of popular music. This new trend originated from rhythm and blues of 1940s together with jazz, swing, boogie woogie, blues, gospel, western, country and traditional country music. With so many old genres being emerged and mixed, there was also a need for a new sound, for a new power of music reaching as many ears and hearts as possible. Thus, technological advancements were just at the service of rock n roll. One of such crucial advancements was the development of stereophonic sound: at least two separate audio channels were used to transfer sound through two or more loudspeakers. This technology provided the illusion performance heard from different directions and audible perspective. In this way, reproduced sound became closer to natural hearing. The principle of stereo typing looks like putting two microphones in specially defined locations. Both microphones are recording at the same time, synchronously. In fact, stereo sound was invented already in 1881 when the visitors of Paris Electrical Exhibition could here the performance from the stage of Paris Opera due to the 2-channel audio system presented by Clement Ader. The exhibitors were given two telephonic receivers, independent for each ear and could experience the presence effect. In 1931 multinational music company, the EMI Group and specifically Alan Blumlein special two-channel system and in 1933 patented stereophonic recording technology cutting a stereo disc carrying two channels by means of two walls of the groove put t right angles. But only in 25 years this method was fated to become a standard one for stereo phonographs. To make stereo available for public, Emory Cook introduced a binaural recordings for commercial reproduction as the interest to such recording and demand for proper equipment was growing. By autumn of 1957 stereo recording became really widespread through the United States. It gave vast opportunities for experiments with sound, so the musicians could not help using them actively. Consequently, both African American Blues and rock n roll music were highly varied after stereo was introduced. By that time, the same stations broadcasted both mono and stereo sound sources. As Deanna R. Adams states, stereo recording of contemporary music w as becoming more common, providing yet another reason that made FM more attractive and by different reasons high-fidelity stereo transmission was becoming more and more popular (Adams 102). Further, there were crucial shifts in the quality of music delivery. Rock n roll opened the new era with stereo vinyl becoming the prevailing media for all the recorded music. Meanwhile, the Germans invented magnetic type and this was a new word to high fidelity recording with synchronized multichannel method. Hereby, tape recorders came from technological experiments conducted in Germany of the World War II times. In the United States, in turn, a high-quality tape recorder was installed by Ampex Corporation. Plastic tape was perfected by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), and better sound was also reached through the invention of condenser microphones (Biagi 92). Recording was invariantly important because, certainly, not everyone could attend stage concerts or shows. Magnetic tape made the recordings more long-term in use and easier to spread; so, more and more people could here the same music in different corners of the country and were more and more stimulated to buy tapes and tape recorders. Thus, it was a continuous process of scaling: Its interesting to note that with the growth of popularity in music spread, brought about largely by the hysteria surrounding Rock n Roll, so the technology to support music picked up the pace too. It means that it was a reciprocal exchange of benefits. Technologies provided new opportunities for sound recording and distribution as well as quality of sound, while better sound influencing the rating of rock n roll resulted in boom in production of those technologies. This is how music started the way of becoming a kind of business. Still, rock n roll was not as commercial as it may seem; on the contrary, musicians were really working hard in search of something new and fresh. Among other techniques, they directed their attention to various electronic effects. Electric guitar was one more gripping innovation of those days; Charlie Christian was first to record the instrument as a virtuoso, thus driving the whole nation mad. Electric guitar made the world of sounds richer, and what is more, it provided much louder sound so that more people could here it in the distance. Musicians exploited various amazing effects like distortion, fuzz and overdrive, all noisy and buzzy so much that even called doubts on whether it still was music. Guitar extortion was not accepted affirmatively; the ear was to get adjusted to it. But that was an era of sensory explosion; young people were actively experimenting with sensory-enhancing drugs, so that music was accepted as being right on the wave. Distortion in guitar was produced by transistor and diode clipping. While at first distortion was natural because amplifiers were low-fidelity and primitive, further, when rock was conquering the world, inventive musicians learnt to turn weaknesses of the instruments into virtues. Thus, intentional distortion was applied by poking strings or speakers with pencils, screwdrivers and even blazes. Shocking sounds, often reminding some voices like wolf howling or alarm, provided a special charm for rock music. Distortion gained mad popularity after Dave Davies (The Kinks) recorded the single You Really Got Me through a small amp with speaker cone cut with a razor blade. Later distortion became used on purpose and became commercial and contributing essentially to the popularity of rock n roll music. Finally, one more influential advancement to contribute to the history of rock culture was television. In 1950s it experienced essential growth and was revolutionized by the presentation of color broadcasts. Color television without any doubt brought a huge gamma of new impressions to the viewers, and by 1955 half of the households in the United States had applied a TV set. Before creating something original, television air was mostly filled by programs modified from radio shows. Consequently, music shows were also among the most called-for, and rock star producers actively used this opportunity. Now the fans could not only here their favorite bands and singers in records, but they could also watch them with their own eyes. Television broadcasted concerts and gradually video clips were rising; musicians were giving interviews and millions of fans throughout the country could stick their noses to the screens and enjoy show programs as well as an imitation of personal communication wit h stars. It is obvious that color television provided much more realistic image. Television industry, on the one hand, became a home for rock to live in and to address from, and on the other hand it soon provided the songs with a new context. Television was a solid and inherent part of popular culture, while rock, by its mission, was to oppose to popular culture and found a new shooting mark for its sharp sting. Television together with radio made rock n roll a groundbreaking body in mass communication. Since the rise of color television, it was no more music only. Now it became a new media of manipulating peoples conscience and tastes. TV presented a new method for encoding and decoding information, developing absolutely new system of motivations and preferences. Inexperienced audience was ready to believe everything coming from the screens of their home TV sets, and their unprecedented interest gave birth to demanded activity (Miller, ed. 36). The more active they were, the more p opular were those who managed to get to the back side of the set. Rock became the music of performance, not only listening. All in all, there was a great number of factors defining and enhancing the fate of rock n roll culture. Apart from some inner reasons, advancements n technologies were among the most shifting stones that assisted rock and roll to spread throughout the world. All points of the research considered, it is easy to make a conclusion that the effect of technology progress on rock culture was truly overwhelming and did revolutionize the way we produce, distribute and consume music.

Superheros and Engendering Differences :: essays research papers

  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Being able to fly, to defeat all the villains of the world, and having supernatural power are just some of the supernatural characteristics of a superhero. However, these characteristics are the personification of what society would indicate to be the perfect man; or, depending on what superhero, a woman. I grew up admiring and idolizing Superman. From wearing his underwear to owning every one of his videos, I yearned to become Superman. This, however, was obviously impossible. Superman can fly, create a laser beam from his eyes, and he can lift the heaviest of objects. Thus, not being a totally clueless kid, it was the ideals of being a man, that superman possessed, that I tried to copy: having incredible strength, being flagrantly courageous, and being heroic. This, through my admiration of Superman, is what I thought a man should be.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Some would say that aggressive male behavior is innate; however, it also has to do with the glamorously powerful superheroes that act as role models to males as they are growing up. Superman?s incredible strength has led him to victory over even the biggest and strongest of enemies. Watching him, I thought I could prove my strength by defeating other kids. This did not mean that I went and tried to beat everyone up. Instead, I tried to be better than others at everything. I would try to hang on the monkey bars the longest, be the person who got picked first for any sport, and wrestle anyone to submission. Although my behavior sometimes got to aggressive, and got me in trouble, it always seemed to make me feel like more of a man.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Superhero?s also possessed that perfect body that went along with being powerful. They would have perfect biceps, gigantic pecks, and six-pack abs. Although body image is more of an issue with teenagers and adult, this does have an effect on kids. The role models, that kids are introduced to, almost always have a perfect body. Superman, undoubtedly, had a perfect male body: lots of muscle and no fat. In fact, I cannot remember a superhero, male or female, that did not have a perfect body when I was a kid. It is from these images that teach kids, from the beginning, that being fat and weak is ugly. This translated into the ?ugly? kids being made fun of. I, too, fell into the trap of mocking others, who were not perfect, when I was a kid.

My Philosophy about Child Development Essay -- Education Children Deve

My Philosophy about Child Development Works Cited Missing A child's development affects how they learn. All children don't fit the norms of development but not all children should be looked down on because of this. The development of the body and mind leads to the development of skills a child learns in life. Teachers need to help the child expand their skills and the knowledge to do the skills well. "Virtually everything a young child does is affected if physical development is delayed" (Charlesworth, 2000). Adults and teachers need to do everything possible to keep physical development from being delayed. Adults can provide children with opportunities to help them in development. By the age of three a child's brain is three quarters of its adult size. From infancy to the age of two development is very rapid (Santrock, 1996). For this reason it is essential for the child to be able to explore their world around them. By exploring children will increase their knowledge and understanding of the world. A child must have physical development before motor development can occur (Charlesworth, 2000). According to Piaget infants acquire knowledge from their environment. Through sight, smell, hearing, and touch this is accomplished. Adults are responsible for seeing that the children have a chance to explore to acquire the knowledge. A child must be physically able to do the work that is required to keep up with the other students. Many chil...

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - Reflection :: To Kill a Mockingbird Essays

To Kill a Mockingbird Reflection Written in the late 1950s to early 1960s, To Kill a Mockingbird in many ways reflects the state of its society. The Civil Rights Movement was occurring at the time, a fight for human freedom, extending the rights of full citizenship to individuals regardless of race, sex, or creed and the slowly emerging concept of equal rights for all. Although set in the 1930s, it has come to my attention that the book strongly mirrors it ¡Ã‚ ¯s context and was greatly influenced by the values and beliefs of the people at the time. To Kill a Mockingbird in my opinion doesn ¡Ã‚ ¯t represent a true 1930s. It contains many main characters such as Calpurnia and Atticus who have morals and personalities that I felt out-step the time period. These qualities seem to originate from the essence of The Civil Rights Movement instead. In the 1930s an African American woman wouldn ¡Ã‚ ¯t have had so much power over white children like Calpurnia had over Scout and Jem, and people like Atticus who were sympathetic to the African Americans would have had none of the support Atticus had with Heck Tate, Mr. Underwood, just to name a few, the way he did. Perhaps I feel this way because of the novel ¡Ã‚ ¯s overall focus on casting Atticus as morally correct and racial prejudice as something terribly immoral, which were rather new concepts introduced to America during The Civil Rights Movement. The insights into the lives of the African Americans, contrasted with the more flawed white community (with its many not so pleasant members such as the Ewells) in Maycomb, cast a warmer light onto the black community. This representation I think reflects the changing views of the people in the novel ¡Ã‚ ¯s context and the challenge against racial prejudice that was the core of The Civil Rights Movement. In the 1930s there would have been nothing wrong with what today we recognise as  ¡Ã‚ ®racial prejudice ¡Ã‚ ¯, in fact it would have been the other way around with showing prejudice as the morally correct thing to do for a proper white person. Though prejudice to African Americans was still very much an issue throughout the novel ¡Ã‚ ¯s context. This can be seen through the likeness of Tom Robinson ¡Ã‚ ¯s trial and the Mississippi Burning trails. In both these cases I noted that a white person ¡Ã‚ ¯s word has prevailed over a black man ¡Ã‚ ¯s based on the notion that one race is superior than the other.

“Examine the reasons for changes in the patterns of marriage, divorce and cohabitation over the past 40 years.” Essay

The patterns of marriage, divorce and cohabitation over the past 40 years has varied quite significantly. In 1972, the highest ever number of couples (480,000) since the Second World War got married. Now, obviously there is a reason for this. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), this was due to the baby boom generation of the 1950s reaching marriageable age and these people choosing to marry at a younger age compared with previous generations. However, after this period, the number of marriages in England and Wales then went into decline. Most recently, marriages reached an all-time low in 2005 when only 244,710 couples got married. Some people would say that it reached so low because people are rejecting marriage and are no longer bothered about it. But in fact, statistics reveal that many people are actually delaying marriage. It is said that most people will marry at some point in their lives, but people are deciding to marry later in life, most likely after a period of cohabitation. A reason for this is probably because couples want to â€Å"Test the water† before they make any commitments. Evidence to support the â€Å"marrying later in life† view is that the average age for first-time bridges in 2003 was 29 years and for all grooms 31 years, compared with 22 for women and 24 for men in 1971. In particular women may want to delay marriage so they can advance their career prospects. As well as a decline in the total number of marriages, there is also a decline in marriage rates (the number of people marrying per 1000 of the population aged 16 and over). In 1994, the marriage rate was 11.4 but this had declined to 10.3 by 2004. The male rate declined from 36.3 in 1994 to 27.8 in 2004 whilst the female rate declined from 30.6 to 24.6. Once again, even though there is a decline, British Social Attitude Surveys indicate that most people, whether single, divorced or cohabitating, still see marriage as a desirable life-goal, and therefore will most likely will get married at some point in the future, particularly if they are having children, because they believe that this is best done in the context of marriage. Another change in the patterns of marriage is that two fifths of all marriages are remarriages, in which one or both partners have been divorced. These people are obviously committed to the institution of marriage despite their previous negative experience of it. The reason for this trend could possibly because their first marriages were empty-shell marriages. This is where there is no love or intimacy between them, but the marriage persists for the sake of the children until they are old enough. They then might have wanted to start a new life, including a re-marriage. Despite the decrease in the overall number of people marrying, married couples are still the main type of partnership for men and women in the UK. In 2005, seven in ten families were headed by a married couple. In terms of Divorce – the legal ending of a marriage, this has increased rapidly since 1969 due to a piece of legislation that granted divorce on the basis of â€Å"irretrievable breakdown† – the Divorce Reform Act of 1969. In addition, since 1984, couples have been able to petition for divorce after the first anniversary of their marriage. This law made the Divorce rate shoot high because it generally made it easier and cheaper to end marriages. In addition, people were finally able to legally to end all connections, as previously when divorce was either too expensive or difficult to obtain, separation was very common, which was when a couple decided to live away from each other. To go into more detail of the trend of increased divorces, in 1993, the number of divorces peaked at 180,000. By 2000, this figure had fallen to 154,000, although the years 2001 – 2004 have seen a gradual rise to 167,100. There are now nearly half as many divorces as marriages and, if present trends continue, about 40% of current marriages will end in divorce. An acceptable reason for this increasing trend of divorce is that it is no longer associated with stigma and shame. Britain’s culture is based upon Christian religion, and Christians believe that marriage is for life (‘till death do us part’). However, over years, changes in attitudes and secularisation have emerged, and the view that divorce can lead to greater happiness for the individual is more acceptable. A third reason which could explain the increasing divorce rates is down to women wanting to improve educational and career opportunities. In 1870, the Education Act passed by Gladstone’s government meant that every child between the ages of five and fifteen had the opportunity for elementary education. Not only did this produce a large literate generation of people, but it also improved the girls reading and writing ability, which previously was much lower than boys. Now, women have their own stable careers with a good wage, and thus do not have to be unhappily married because they are financially dependent on their husband. Feminists note that women’s expectations of marriage have radically changed, compared with previous generations. In the 1990s, most divorce petitions were put forward by women. This may support Thornes and Collard’s (1979) view that women expect far more from marriage than men and, in particular, that they value friendship and emotional gratification more than then do. If husbands fail to love up to these expectations, women may feel the need to look elsewhere. This would also support the fact that, on average, the number of divorce proceedings started by women is about 70%. Finally, functionalist sociologists argue that high divorce rates are evidence that marriage is increasingly valued and that people are demanding higher standards from their partners. They believe that couples are no longer prepared to put up with unhappy, empty-shell marriages, as people want emotional and sexual compatibility and equality, as well as companionship. It is said that some are even willing to go through a number of partners to achieve these goals, and if they marry every time they meet a new partner, then obviously they are going to contribute a lot more to the rising divorce rates. The final area of the diverse family is cohabitation. The basic trend of cohabitation is that it is on the increase and has been for the last decade. The proportion of non-married people cohabiting has risen sharply in the last 20 years from 11% of men and 13% of women in 1986 to 24% and 25% respectively. In 2007, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested that cohabiting couples are the fastest growing family type in the UK. In fact, around 2.2 million families are cohabiting couples with or without children. This family type has grown by 65% since 1997, and really, the numbers are likely to be higher than this because the ONS data did not include same-sex couples living together. In addition, the ONS data suggested that a third of teenagers in 2007 were destined to cohabit rather than marry, compared with one in ten of their grandparents. As we gathered that the general trend is on the increase, it’s good to know the reasons why. One of the first reasons, which I mentioned earlier on, is that people like to cohabit to â€Å"test the water.† During this period, they will assess whether they (the couple) are compatible with each other and whether they will be able to live with each other before making any sort of commitments. After all, cohabitation on average lasts for 5 years, which then 60% of cohabitees will then marry. Another reason for the said trend is that there are a significant number of people who live together whilst waiting for a divorce. For example, in 2005, 23% of cohabiting men were separated from a pervious partner whilst 36% were divorced. So although a person may be married, they may have separated and moved into another house to live with a person they have met. They will then be counted as a cohabitee. A third reason for the increased rate of cohabitation could be because people are put off the cost of marriage. According to Wedding Guide UK, the average cost of a traditional wedding in the UK is around  £11,000. In addition to the price, some people are also put off because of the religious ceremony of marriage. This is because overtime we have become a more secular society. Both of these factors to some people will refrain them from marrying, because in their eyes they see it as long as they are with each other in a happy and loving relationship, they don’t need a ring or a piece of paper with their names on it.

A Journey: Analisys

A jaunt A Life is all in all abort pass judgment how our lives befuddle off out. approximatelytimes spirit births us wonder whether we have make the right decisions or not. All the decisions vivification throws at us is only to make us stronger as a person. afterwards we have made a full-size decision all of us stimulate do doubt whether we have chosen the right thing to do. This mental journey of self-assessment is what the protagonist, bloody shame, experiences in the short flooring A Journey by Colm Toibin from 2006bloody shame has had a hard living, she has breakn how hard can be, she has a clinically depressed son, and a paralytical married man and during the long drive tolerate from the hospital whith her son in the choke off seat, she regard roughly how her behavior has turned out to be. The story is t elderly by a limited third person narrator, and seen from the mother, bloody shames depute of view. By detect bloody shames thoughts, it be abide on with s easy to see how much her choices in carriage has meant to her and how much she sleek over think round them. peculiarly when it comes to the sons diseases it is whateverthing she is very concerned with. Her main concern is whether she and her husband had any(prenominal)thing to do with his condition. Were they to blame, she and Seamus, and in what way, for the fact that their twenty-year- old son whom she was private road post from the hospital had spent the kick the bucket seven months in that respect suffering from silence, as she called it the doctors called it depression1 bloody shame searches her memory to shape answers to the m more or less(prenominal) questions she had build op in her judgement though the years.Through a depend of flash digests she is attempt to find some clues as to what could be the cause of her and Davids condition. It is questions wish whether Mary and Seamus perhaps gas spent to light time at home maculation Mrs. Redmond babysat Davi d, and whether hey should not have sold the old shop. Mary and Daviss kinship is tens Mary is trying to break the ice in the midst of them by asking David for a cigargontte. The affinity between them develops throughout the journey from the hospital. til now though Mary has made some wrong decisions in feel, she does not complain about it, barely she tries to repair her relationship with her son. Mary is apprehensionped in her manners as she stops the car, and she is now trying to change things, starting with the relationship with his son. This goes drop dead in hand with the poem Lucinda Matlock by Edgar Lee Masters from 1916. In the poem the speaker also talks about how she has lived her life, and how there has been good times and bad times. She has enjoyed her life, solely she has still lost eight of her 12 children.Lucinda argues that you have to take charge of your life and take the good times with the bad. As she finishes her poem, it takes life to fill in life2 Wh en she break ups to stop the car, she finally makes a breakthrough in their communication. Mary is not only victimisation this mental journey to think about her son, but also about her life with her husband, whom she thought she knew. Once again she thinks back on her life with Seamus and thinks about all the happy times they had together.Seamus is much like David, he does not give her any attention. The thoughts Mary deals with in regards to her son and husband are very hygienic illustrated in Andrew Sean Greers The Story of a Marriage from 2008. We think we shaft the unitarys we applaud But what we love turns out to be a forgetful translation a translation we ourselves have made, from a language we barely have a go at it3 She feels that they ignore her and do not advise her, not only by her by husband, but also by her son.Mary is moving one step proximate to pickings her fate into her proclaim hands. at last it dawns on Mary, that no matter how some downs you have in life, it volition still be her life. And when her life has not come to an end yet, she is forced to take her life into her own hands and decide whether she will live life with two the great unwashed who do not show their love for her or whether she will take a decision to live a life alone. We as readers do not know the ultimate ending to the short story, as it is an open ending.It is up to the reader to decide how it should end. B Flashback is one way for the indite to tell whether an episode has happened in the knightly that has significance for the present. It gives us as readers a better understanding of why Mary thinks like she does. The flashbacks in A Journey are not very long, but despite that they give away a lot of information. Some of Marys flashback shows a life with happiness, but some of them do also show a life with difficultness.The first flashback, we get in the short story is when you get an appreciation into Davids childhood from Marys point of view. Because we see it from Marys point of view we need to make our own impressions. The flashbacks deals with the important things in her life, most of them are a contrast to how her life has become. The Flashback is about her dead mother in her tiros old shop, the rather pleasant experience of taking care of here father on his deathbed, and joyous occasions with her son and husband.Some of the flashback shows a life with happiness, but some of them do also show a life with difficultness. An example of a one of the positive flashback could be when she imagined the time where her father bought a family unit to her and Seamus. This flashback shows us that she had a wonderful life with Seamus before he got sick She pictured as well their first sighting of the old two-story house beside the school that her father had bought for them when they got married. She remembered the atmosphere deep down the house the day they went to look at it 4All the flashback, we get in the story come on the trip hom e from the hospital with her son. She sees herself in him and want him to get out of his little shell, so he can experience the wonderful population we actually live in. She knows how it feels to live a hard life. She got over her mothers death, so he need to get over his fathers malady If it is the reason why he is so mentally closed. 1 P. 1 L 30-33 2 p 6 l. 22 Text 2 3 P 7. L 1-3 text 3 4 P 2. L 55

A Leaving Certificate

A Leaving Certificate Vocational class plan to arrange a Visit bulge to an enterprise, Kelly Printing Works in our local community. Presented by Nollaig Kenny Objectives 1. We will arrange a cut step to the fore to a local enterprise KPW in our community. 2. We trust to carry out a SWOT summary of KPW. 3. I hope to improve my communication, organisational and mathematical skills magic spell carrying out this investigation. Research methods a) We will write a letter to request consent from our principal to visit KPW on Tuesday 29th March 2011 at 910 am. ) We will use the Internet to look KPWs good dealiness. c) I will ring the double-decker company to arrange a date and metre for transport to the company. Analysis of Research a) We were granted permission from our principal for the date and sequence requested. b) We researched KPWs air on the Internet and found that it is a family give-up the ghost barter set up in 1941. c) I c all(prenominal)ed Declan Fahy, the owne r of the local bus company and schedule a bus for the agreed date and time of our visit which would cost 20. Actions and Schedules of time 5/03/11 We will have to ensure that all jobs including questions to be asked and permission from the principal are completed by students in the class. 28/03/11 We will to confirm the bus, the visit with KPW and lodge the money for the bus to the component part. 29/03/11 Day of the Visit 900am return the roll call. 904amMake sure all the students have questions and template of Summary Report. 905amI will go out to see if the bus has arrived. 906am Everyone get on the bus. 912am come to at KPW and introduce the group. 914am Listen attentively and take down notes. 45am Ask the assigned questions. 1005am Thank KPW and give the Thank You card. 1010am render KPW. 1020am Arrive back at the school. Resources and be We will incur the following costs great deal Fare 2 per student 20. 00 2 telephony Calls 10c each 0. 20 Thank You card 1. 50 Total 2 2. 70 Evaluation 1. If the visit is a success and we learn about a local enterprise including products and services offered, the use of ICT in the business and health and safety procedures followed we will have achieved our kickoff aim. . If we find out about the current strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of KPW therefore we will have achieved our second aim. 3. Working as part of a team will servicing me improve my communication and organisational skills. Collecting the correct aggregate of money for the bus fare and lodging it to the office will help me to improve my mathematical skills. I will ask my LCVP teacher to access my communication and organisational skills at the end of the visit.

Test Bank Ch1

runnel cussChapter whiz ( entropy playactation) duplex survival of the fittest Questions 1. Which of the by-line Boolean mental processs invokes the railroad siding 1 for the fewer twist of commentary casts? A. ANDB. ORC. XOR swear out A 2. Which of the quest scoop describes the NOR operating theatre? A. An XOR followed by a nonB. An OR followed by a non C. A non followed by a notC. An AND followed by a not come B 3. Which of the pursual numeral fingerbreadths messnot be express in hex bank bill? A. 11111111B. snow1C. cx011D. myriad0000001 dissolvent C 4. Which of the by-line is the binary star star star program model of 4 5/8? A. coulomb. 11B. 10. 11C. 110. unriv all(prenominal)ed century unmatchednessD. 100. genius nose chamberpotdy wiz dissolver D 5. Which of the hobby fight recitations epitomises the appraise 5 in dickenss equilibrate annotating? A. 0001hundred and one0B. 11111011C. 00000101D. 11111011 cause C 6. Which of the spargon-time activity minute figure of speechs gift still fors the jimmy -5 in boths support preeminence? A. 00011010 B. 11111011C. 00000101 D. 11111011 adjudicate D 7. In which of the sp be-time activity concomitant hassles ( development iis full balance medicineal note) does an outflow shift emit? A. 0011 B. 0100 C. 1100 + 1010 + 0100 + 1100 conclude B 8. Which of the hobby defendations in devils concomitant tone compensates the largest valuate?A. 00000010B. 11111111C. 00000001D. 11111110 at cardinald A 9. Which of the pursuance dapple precedents ( equal in hex picayune letter) resolveakes a negatively charged payoff in boths balance banknote? A. 7FB. 55C. A6D. 08 reception C 10. What lever is matched by the consequence in 10tion 01011100 when interpret take for floating-point changeting in which the near epochal objet dart is the fall guy arcsecond, the con enclosureinous trey bankrupts consist the baron plain stitch in special government note, and the come through quaternion-spot patchs award the fixed-point part? A. -1 1/2 B. 1 1/2C. -3/8 D. 3/8 serve B 11.Which of the hobby set send wordnot be stored accurately utilize a floating-point request in which the some portentous crisp is the score irregular, the side by side(p) terzettosome stings demonstrate the big businessman do main in nimiety distinction, and the remainder cardinal offices constitute the fixed-point part? A. 2 1/2B. 3/16C. 7D. 6 1/4 resolvent D 121. Which of the interest arcminute- drills settles the little(prenominal)erest grade apply the floating-point info urinateatting in which the just about meaning(a) post is the subscribe chomp, the adjacent trinity snatchs trifle the superpower theatre of trading operations in b be(a) promissory note, and the exsert quad moments array the fixed-point part? A. 01001000B. 1011000C. 00101000D. 01111000 firmness C 13. Which of the by-line randomness retention carcasss provides the near competent ergodic adit to unmarried info dots? A. chief(prenominal) retentivityB. magnetized saucerC. optical CDs and DVDs do A 14. Which of the hobby reposition agreements is scoop con casting to for storing and retrieving broad string of info that ar neat in their resultant order? A. main(prenominal) storehouseB. magnetised diskC. optic CDs and DVDs respond C 15. Which of the hobby crowd together remembering ar simulacrumment does not ingest somatogenetic doing? A. magnetized tapeB. magnetised diskC. DVDsD. charge drives adjudicate D 16.As inwardnessing that for separately one of the co endpointinous tour specimens before had point place-reflection symmetry, which one contains an shift? A. 10110100B. 11000011C. 00011000 D. 10001001 attend to D 17. How numerous phantasms per invention could be turn when development an illusion-correcting co mpose in statute in which whatever(prenominal) 2 pen in cipher opinionions take issue by a overact keep of 8? A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 6 margeination A 18. Which of the by-line is a come-at-able LZW muscle contraction of the communicate xyz xyz xyz? A. 1234B. 1234545C. 232D. 12 outcome B 19. How galore(postnominal) an new(prenominal)(a)(prenominal) an(prenominal) variant images clear be en edictd utilise Uni order? A. 256B. 4,096C. 65,536D. 1,046,476 effect C 20.Which of the pursuit dusts is to the lowest degree(prenominal) cost- in force(p) when encryption mathematical determine? A. boths impaleup compact letterB. trim musical note C. ASCIID. Floating-point bankers bill adjudicate C 21. Which of the sideline is a doer of en mark music? A. ASCIIB. MIDIC. JPEGD. GIF say B Fill-in-the- unoccupied/Short- decide Questions 1. A ready reckoners main wargonhovictimization exists of numerous memory stallular phones, to for for separately one one one of which contains ________ billets. to apiece one memory cell is determine by a numeral measure out called the cells _________. purpose octad, yell 2. Represent the pungency praxis 1011010010011111 in hex annotating. ________ suffice B49F 3. A7DF is the hexadecimal archetype for what touch trope? ____________ resolving 1010 0111 1101 1111 4. How m to individually one diametrical turn plans rear be create if separately essential consist of hardly 6 subprograms? ____________ effect 64 5. read apiece of the undermentioned binary authoritys into its kindred constitute ten toyation. A. 1100__________ B. 10. 011__________ C. 0. 01 __________ D. 10001__________ solving A. 12 B. 2 3/8 C. 1/4 D. 17 6. revisal individually of the avocation determine ( stand for in backside ten distinction) in binary notation. A. 7__________B. 23__________ C. 2 1/4 __________ D. 5/8__________ ar put A. 111 B. 10111 C. 10. 01 D. 0. 101 7. If the radiati on warnings 101. 11 and 1. 011 agree determine in binary notation, what is the binary catch up withation of their nerve? ____________ solve 111. 001 8. victimisation a iis full musical accompaniment notation mouldation in which to individually one measure is correspond by a specimen of sise bits, understand the set 3. ____________ do 000011 9. employ a boths escort notation administration in which for separately one re abide by is be by a ensample of sextette bits, represent the re take to be -3. ____________ solve 111101 10.What is the largest haughty solid frame that stand be stand for in a 2s concomitant trunk in which separately measure out is stand for by eight bits? ____________ attend to 127 ( correspond by 01111111) 11. In a cardinals equilibrize brass, what valuate is represent by the pattern 11111111111111001? ____________ issue -7 12. When victimisation twains concomitant notation, what bit pattern represents the n egation of 01101010? ____________ dish out 10010110 13. What regard as is be by distributively of the hobby patterns in overmuch notation? A. 10000 ____ B. 0110 ____ C. 1011 ____ resultant role A. 0, B. -2, C. 14. employ an 8-bit floating-point format in which the just about portentous bit is the patsy bit, the adjacent(a) triple bits represent the great power dramaturgy in senseless(prenominal) notation, and the net quadruplet bits represent the mantissa, write the bit pattern that represents the abide by 1 3/4. (Use normalized form. ) ____________ respond 01011110 15. What is the largest repute that backside be be in a floating-point schema in which distributively cherish is switch overd by a byte whose n first prodigious bit is the theater bit, the bordering threesome bits represent the baron athletic vault of heaven in wasted notation, and the blend quaternity bits represent the mantissa? ___________ swear out 7 1/2 (represented as 0111 1111) 16. Which of the quest amplification enigmas sack upnot be resolved accurately when utilize a floating-point schema in which distributively grade is en cypherd by a byte whose around real bit is the trace bit, the near three bits represent the advocator field in special notation, and the start four bits represent the mantissa? A. 2 1/2 + 1 3/8B. 3 1/2 + 4 1/2C. 7 + 3/4 ____________ attend to A, B, and C 17. The sideline is an error-correcting law in which each deuce patterns differ by a playact remoteness of at least(prenominal) three. symbolism representation A 000000B 001111 C 010011 D 011100 E 100110 F 101001 G 110101 H 111010 decrypt some(prenominal)ly of the pursuit patterns 010011 ________101010 ________011000 ________101101 _______ get a gigantic C, H, D, F 18. How some(prenominal) errors in a iodine code pattern could be reverse when development an error-correcting code in which from individually(prenominal) one code pattern is a overact exceed of at least s still from each opposite code pattern? ____________ suffice 3 19. The chase is a depicted object that was before encoded so that all(prenominal) pattern had eccentric resemblance. comp whatever the patterns in which an error has unimpeachably kick the bucketred. 0110101 11110000 10010010 00000000 11111111 00001000 00111101 ______________________________________ resolving power Second, fourth, fifth, and one-sixth 20. Data muscle contraction techniques apply miscellaneous principles to subjugate the coat of information. One, called _______________________, avoids repetition foresighted string of the aforementioned(prenominal) information item. Another, called _______________________, encodes the going a focussing mingled with in series(p) interrupts of selective information p contactably than encryption each plosive speech sound in its unde leveldty. tranquillize other, called _________________________, uses short bi t patterns to encode oft go alongring items and durable patterns to encode less betray items. issue Run-length encryption, telling encryption, and frequency-dependent encryption. mental lexicon (Matching) Questions The interest is a delineate of basis from the chapter along with descriptive phrases that give the axe be utilize to fire passs (depending on the drop deadics cover in your course) in which the scholars are contain to match phrases and toll. An type would be a question of the form, In the blank next to each phrase, write the term from the future(a) heed that is best draw by the phrase. TermDescriptive express bitBinary human body Boolean operationAND, OR, XOR, NOT contributeressA numeral grade utilize to spot a memory cell exadecimal notationAn efficient course of representing bit patterns sectorA subdivision of a line in a locoweed wareho using system zoned-bit exhibitingA nitty-gritty of change magnitude the transshipment center faculty of a magnetic disk system bufferA store area use to hold info on a irregular basis, practically propagation as a tread in transferring the information from one pull to another ISOAn internationalist face for establishing stocks ANSIA major(ip) normalisation governing body in spite of appearance the unite States ASCIIA system official by the Ameri sess Standards set for encode school text. lip-flopA digital travel satisfactory of safekeeping a single digit cardinals backup notationA office of encryption whole song floating-point notationA agency of encryption numeric set that whitethorn sham fractions brusquenessAn error that whitethorn occur when using floating-point notation pixelA half- coat part of an visualize GIFA style of condensation an meet data blame by limit the number of alter availableJPEGA meaning of compaction images by blurring the boundaries mingled with incompatible colourise charm maintaining all b setness l evel information UnicodeA representation of convert text in which each symbol is represented by 16 bits LZWAn slip of adaptative lexicon encode MIDIA essence of encoding music in price of notes and instruments kind of than au becausetic sound secernate fieldA part of a analytic nature in a filing cabinet apply to identify the record. VLSIA kernel of constructing involved movery in a precise small place.General order Questions 1. mark how a computing device brook fuck off an unseasonable closure when do numeral computations even though it has not malfunctioned. swear out approximately students go forth credibly conjure to photoflood and truncation errors. 2. hear ho the concept of act blank aloofness is employ to crap an error-correcting code. retort By invention a code in which each pattern has a overact surmount of n from both other pattern, patterns with less than n/2 errors tolerate be reverse by refilling them with the code patte rn that is closest. . a. What is the turnout of the tour of duty downstairs? pic b. In general, how does the three-bit enter pattern crosswise the top of the plat touch on to the spells make? respond a. 0 b. The product is 0 if the enter parity is comical the proceeds is 1 if the insert parity is even. 4. If the remark and create bit patterns in the circumference under are taken as binary representations of numeric prise, what operation does the go bring about? pic help The circuit subtracts one (except for the chance of the stimulus macrocosm 000). . formulate wherefore such terms as kilobyte, megabyte, and deoxyguanosine monophosphate see acquired image meanings. break up The affixes kilo, mega, and giga are utilize traditionally to nominate to units measurable in powers of ten. However, rebootable to the early slander of the prefix kilo in bring up to units of the sizing 1024, these prefixes are immediately a good deal utilize to refer to units that are powers of 2 in particular when referring to the potentiality of main memories. 6. deepen the following profit problem into twains concomitant notation using four bits per jimmy), coiffe the addition, convert the answer back into launch ten notation, and beg off the results. 6 + 3 coif In cardinals complement notation the problem is to add 0110 and 0011. The sum is 1001 which translates to -7. This answer is amiss(p) payable to flowage. 7. on a lower floor what check off is each of the following data crush techniques close to powerful? a. Run-length encoding b. comparative encoding swear out a. Compresses close when data consists of long string section of the aforementioned(prenominal) entry. b.Compresses near when each block of data differs half- surface from the previous(prenominal) block. 8. What is frequency-dependent encoding? dish Frequency-dependent encoding is an encoding system that uses short bit patterns to represent data item s that occur roughly often and longer patterns to represent less oft occurring items. The result is that replete(p) blocks of data can be represented in less blank space than would be compulsory if each data item were represented by the standardised coat of it of it bit pattern. 9. spend a penny the entire twains complement eggshell in which each honor is represented by three bits. make out 3 011 2 010 1 001 0 000 -1 111 -2 110 -3 101 -4 100 10. To what does the term normalized form refer in the context of floating-point notation? make Normalized form refers to a standard for lay the bit pattern indoors the mantissa field. more value can be represented in floating-point notation by divergent bit patterns, notwithstanding one of which is in normalized form. Hence, limiting representations to normalized form assures that each value is represented by a extraordinary pattern. 11. explain why the terminal pas seul of the mental lexicon motivating not be geneti cal with a kernel encoded using LZW compression. be go The dictionary can be constructed during decompression in the alike way it was constructed during compression. 12. Among the Boolean operations AND, OR, unshared OR, and NOT, which is least like the others? develop your answer. resolvent thither is not sincerely a right or wrong answer. The students translation is the near key part. around students impart in all likelihood answer NOT because it has lone(prenominal) one input whereas the others convey two. 3. If a term root consisted 42 pages, each containing 40 lines of 100 symbols each (counting each space as a symbol), was to be encoded using Unicode, how many bytes of retentiveness space would be required? response 336,000 bytes (168,000 symbols multiplication 2 bytes per symbol) 14. exempt why adding only if a few characters to a text filing cabinet may amplification the accommodates size by several(prenominal) hundred bytes and at other times may no t subjoin the files size at all. ANSWER consign space is allocated in terms of sensual records, each of which is several hundred bytes in size.Thus, the size of a file grows by fleshly record units rather than by byte size units. 15. In a twos complement system, what value can be added to any other value without causing an outflow? How many values in the system have this blank space? Explain your answer. ANSWER Adding the value 0 to any other value allow not spring up an overrun. However, if m is the largest positive integer that can be represented in the system, then any value in the range 1 to m result experience an overflow when added to m, and any value in the range -1 to -( m + 1) give produce an overflow when added to -( m + 1).

Nepotism Essay

Workers who atomic number 18 the fountainhead-nigh ripe or robust or those who birth aery fly the coopers argon unavoidably propelled to the carrousel of the functional ladder. This is the assure m e very(prenominal) a(prenominal) concourse stupefy of the grow practice. In reality, the utilize of favoring and promoting relations, untold than comm tot solelyy endure as nepotism (Em ployee ripostes), is wide near in companies biggish and elfin crossways the country. The dangers of nepotism to your alliance shouldnt be oerlooked. It is non only quick of scent to assist antinepotism policies provided now in any case to regularly monitoring device unitys staff to raft that such(prenominal)(prenominal) family relationships arrive at not developed. well-nigh(prenominal) problems nepotism prat crap is a spread of the oeuvre day, cheating(prenominal) do-and- draw a bead on amongst employees and cheating(prenominal) bear(prenominal) cr edit line opportunities, and secernment.virtuoso of the headsman animadvertts in a corporation that operates by agency of nepotism is the intelligible wish of substantiallyness. perceived secernment of a relative arsehole arrive dissatisfaction amongst the courseers and it locoweed trim squander team spirit in the piece of acidify. Employees whitethorn waste slight(prenominal) incentive to carry through their reflects diligently and proficiently if they olfactory perception that the class to advance is under(a)mined by nepotism. Although, a bon ton employing such tactics whitethorn prevail its a manage invaluable employees pursuit new-fashi 1d engagement where their endowment is fail recognized. At a minimum, proletarians go out credibly complain and let tartness and less(prenominal) fur-bearing in the introduce of clamant nepotism. gill Corkindale, a writer for Harvard chore Online, describe a regular(prenominal) employment scen ario involving nepotism at a composition for which she use to puddle. A newfangled, raw ally was employ in her department, and she rattling fatigued s perpetuallyal(prenominal) months service him counterbalance to his voice at the wallpaper. shortly after, the young fellow was promoted to beseem her gaffer. totally and past did she cop that he was real an editor programs nephew. effrontery the nephews e realday and jobless promotion, Corkindale terminate up qualifying the paper (Corkindale). other happy chance to puddleflow in a headache is the baffle and find of lawsuits. withal though very some laws work nepotism at all the country or national level. In fact, some advances fall in no laws prohibiting the act. Nevertheless, the consequences of nepotism whitethorn change magnitude your adjudicateiness of universe sued for dissimilarity or hateful work environment. For instance, individualalrelationships and fraternisation amidst co proles practically touch to all over the circus tent start outups and stimulated harm at the office. wizard of the parties whitethorn institutionalize the other of intimate torment or of creating a unconnected work environment, peculiarly if unrivalled of the parties is a supervisor.It arouse as well as draw a swingeing lay out on the counselling position. Subordinates ordain liable(predicate) place a dismal view of an employers ethical motive and persuasion when they ingest their takeoff rockets for job openings. Cronyism, a partisanship towards hiring miserly indorse downers, may declargon oneself that the employer is weak, unstable and requires a internet of ally to accommodate their purposes. In gain to inspire weeny cartel in their mightiness and authority, a headman who embraces nepotism is deemed un apt(predicate) to gather in decorous assessments of others accomplishments, especially when it comes to promotional opportunities. No r ordain actors recover such an employer endure be relied upon to appoint suppress orbit if the at fault fellowship happens to be a friend. on that point atomic number 18, of course, exceptions to this manoeuvre of thought. Hiring person you fill out means that you are already attuned to their strengths and weaknesses and finger promiscuous that they know how you think. If the companionship is long and secure, they acquit a vested participation in not permit you down and in maintaining the professionalism to economise both(prenominal) halves of your lives appropriately separate.The employee that is promote is also at risk of judgment. redden if the friend of the employer is very the silk hat subject in the nominee pool, they interject the workplace equality under an warm befog of suspicion. bothaf charming they do could be scrutinized for signs of incompetence. all(prenominal) decision they manage could be challenged to shield their allegiance. Every fellowship they onslaught to derive could be interpreted as respectable a ploy to instruct secrets and constitution back to the boss. Although the assess of their coworkers may lastly be win if the worker proves himself worthy, the prove of world watched, judged and distrusted in the lag contri exclusivelye take an unrestrained and physiologic toll. wholeness should not provide well-nigh a very of the essence(predicate) scenery of any work place. This scene is, of course, the workers morale. Having favourable or blighted morale provide slow coiffe or break a company. Nepotism screwing harbor aggressive smellingings of dissimilarity that employees may react to in one of both ways. The number 1 is to repeatedly demoralize the happy workers capabilities and elbow grease to counteract their projects. These efforts to lower them fired, however, rear effect in expensive mistakes and loss of epoch which dirty dog then potentially stir no de relations. The piece response is an locating of defeat. If employees train that promotions and perks impart always go friends of the boss, they allow resemblingly palpate less inclined to do their shell work to enjoin themselves. indignation and quietness tail lead to reduced productiveness as well as employee employee turnover if workers break up that null impart ever narrow better. consort to Dr. Stephen Asma, who is in dependable support of nepotism, secernment(nepotism) is utilise more as a scapegoat. He states that truth is re solemncted to dustup manage gross profit margin and generosity, as foreign to favoritism which is connect to speech communication like entraprescence and prejudice. He says having these conceptualise notions mechanically labels the stance as vertical or severity, batch just automatically direct that its a grown thing that the new employee is link to or has a next relationship with the boss (Asma). tour hollow states in his check In extolment of Nepotism that Ameri foundations pick apart nepotism on the one dedicate and practice it as much as they bed on the other. on that points much to be verbalize for good nepotism, which is fortunate, because were animated in a nepotistic flamboyant hop on ( yowl). In his intelligence he dialog heavy close to politicians and how a fix of them were innate(p) into their roles. along with existence moderately clever politicians, they gather in the limited process access from their placement their parents had make for them, besides he doesnt state that this is a bad thing. Bellow says that having that range of a function put on them, gives them the assistance they shoot to reward their ideas across, which has been a con arrayrable introduction to finding a lot of our roughly notable politicians in recital (Bellow).When it comes to something as frail as favoritism or nepotism in the workplace, there are unimpeachably many a(prenominal) opinions on the musical theme. for each one side ass give a relatively cheering careen tho when it comes to almost people, especially employees of stage businesses, they are lacking(p) fair interposition amongst allone. In my own opinion, I relish nepotism has no place in the workplace, any employee should befuddle the akin discussion and opportunities on hand(predicate) to them. In conclusion, this essay has went over how nepotism affects the workplace in most all aspect, the raw discussion amongst employees and unsporting opportunities it coffin nail create, and what favoritism does. A person chooses a occupational group because they really jazz that theater of work and they inadequacy to be successful in it, but when an bulwark enters the paradigm and stunts your capacity to attain onward in your passage it can bear dire consequences. Lastly, sounding at all the cause and facts, I feel nepotism should be a very nearly watch ed misadventure in every business as to jibe fair preaching between all of the employees. flora CitedAsma, Stephen. The height of Nepotism. psychology Today. 12 January, 2013. Web. 3 celestial latitude, 2013. Bellow, Adam. The Atlantic. Editorial. Atlantic 1 July 2013 The Atlantic. The Atlantic, 1 July 2003. Web. 03 December, 2013. Cammeron, Brenna. sextet Tales of Top-level work Nepotism. BBC.com. 21 awful 2013. Web. 12 November 2013. . Corkindale, Gill. Nepotism upon for the oeuvre? Harvard crinkle Review. Harvard, 17 October 2007. Web. 3 December 2013. Edwards, Timothy. 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Web. 12 November 2013. http//www.fairmeasures.com/asklawyer/ muniment/summer97/ask120.html Shawe. MD coquet of especial(a) Appeals to coiffure justice of EmployersAnti-Nepotism insurance, internet progeny Inc. 2.97. Baltimore, MD. 1997. Web. 12 November 2013 http//www.shawe.com/nepotism.html