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Chelsea Samatra, Kenneth Ragus Samatra,Ragus 1 Ms. Daligcon Period 4 A Battery That Makes Cents Abstract Many coins in the pile will make the most electricity. If there are more coins in the pile, then the more electricity it can produce, because the more electrons you have, the more electricity you will get. Batteries are expensive, but you can make one for exactly 24 cents! In this experiment, you will make your own voltaic pile using pennies and nickels. In the data, we will see if the number of pennies and nickels will affect the number of voltage and current.Problem How many coins in the pile will make the most electricity? Hypothesis If there are more coins, then the more electricity it can produce, because the more electrons you have the more electricity you will get. Samatra, Ragus 2 Background/Research You might think that batteries are a modern invention, but batteries were one of the first ways of making electricity. Alessandro Volta discovered the first electric battery i n 1800. He made a giant stack of alternating layers of zinc, blotting paper soaked in salt water, and silver. This early design for a battery became known as the  voltaic pile.How does a voltaic pile make electricity? The key to electricity is the movement of  electrons. In a voltaic pile, electrons move from one metal to the other through the saltwater solution. The saltwater solution is called an  electrolyte, and it contains  ions  in solution from the dissolved salts. An ion is a group of atoms that carries a positive or negative electric charge. The ions react with the metals, causing an  electrochemical reaction, a special kind of chemical reaction that makes electrons. The two types of metals in a voltaic pile are called  electrodes.Since there are two kinds of metals, one metal reacts more strongly than the other, which leaves an electrical potential difference, also called voltage, between the two types of metals. One metal becomes positively charged, the posi tive electrode and the other becomes negatively charged, the negative electrode. This causes electrons to move, creating an electrical  current  which is measured in amperes, and then you have electricity! In addition, the formula for voltage is current times resistance or V = I*R, so the formula for current will be voltage divided by resistance or I = V/R.Samatra, Ragus 3 Vocabulary Words: * Electrochemical Reaction – branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions * Electron – Also called negatron, an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter * Voltaic Pile – battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta. * Electrolyte – a liquid or gel that contains ions and can be decomposed by electrolysis. Materials The materials and equipments that are needed for the experiment are: * Pennies (4) Nickels ( 4) * Mild dish soap * Vinegar (any kind, 1/4 C. ) * Salt (1 Tbsp. ) * Small bow * Small plate (ceramic, plastic, or Styrofoam not paper or metal) * Digital multimeter (any kind that reads mA and mV) Samatra, Ragus 4 * Paper towels (2) * Scissors The procedures for the experiment are: 1. In a small bowl, mix together 1/4 C. of vinegar (electrolyte) and 1 Tbsp. of salt (ions). 2. Using scissors, cut up a paper towel into small squares. 3. Place the small squares to soak in the bowl of salt-vinegar solution, and set them aside. 4.Gather some pennies and nickels, wash with a mild detergent (like dish soap), and dry. 5. Start building your stack on a dry paper towel on your plate. Put down a penny first, then place a square of vinegar-soaked paper towel on top, and then add a nickel. Keep repeating the layers until you have a stack of four coins (alternating pennies, wet paper towel pieces, and nickels), making sure you end with a nickel on top. 6. Attach the leads of the multimeter to t he two ends of the battery by touching one lead to the penny on the bottom and the other to the nickel on the top.Measure the voltage produced by your battery (in millivolts, mV). You can also measure the current produced (in milliamps, mA). Samatra, Ragus 5 7. Repeat the experiment, each time building a battery with a different number of coins. One important rule is to always start with a penny and end in a nickel, so the number of layers of pennies and nickels will always match. The record of the data table: Number of Pennies| Number of Nickels| Voltage (mV)| Current (mA)| 4| 4| 6. 8| 1. 7| 5| 5| 9. 5| 1. 9| 6| 6| 12. 6| 2. 1|The data above shows that number of coins in the pile had affected the amount of electricity produced. The viewer can obviously tell that, why? Because the data shows that the more pennies and nickels you have in yorur pile, the more amount of electricity you can produced. The amount of electricity produced on 4 pennies and nickels is 6. 8, why because the re sistance was 4 and then the current was 1. 7 and the formula for voltage is V=I*R . The amount of voltage in 5 pennies and nickels is 9. 5 and its current was 1. 9. The amount of voltage in 6 pennies and nickels is 12. and its current was 2. 1. Samatra, Ragus 6 Sample Models This image shows the structure of a voltaic pile, which is the first design of a battery that's used to make electricity. It was discovered by Alessandro Volta in 1800. In this experiment, you will make your own version of the voltaic pile using two different types of coins and a salt-vinegar solution. How does a voltaic pile made of money work? Since each coin is made up of a different metal, one metal reacts more strongly than the other, which leaves an electrical potential difference (voltage) between the two types of metals.The question is, how will different numbers of coins affect the amount of electricity produced? By making piles with different numbers of coins and measuring the voltage and current produ ced, you can test the effect of changing the number of coins in the piles. Samatra, Ragus 7 Analysis Amount of the Voltage (Pennies ; Nickels) 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 (4 pennies ; nickels) (5 pennies ; nickels) (6 pennies and nickels) The graphs shows that the number of pennies and nickels whether it increase or decrease, it will affect the amount of the voltage (mV).The graph above specifically shows and tell us that increasing the number of nickels and pennies will increase the amount of voltage. In a very short way, the more pennies and nickels the more voltage and current. The formula for voltage was V = I * R, so the formula for current was I = V/R and then the formula for resistance was R = V/I. Samatra, Ragus 8 Conclusion In conclusion, many coins in the pile will make the most electricity, i proved that my hypothesis was right the more coins in the pile, then the more electricity it can produce, because the more electrons you have, the more electricity you will get.The data that I made was connected to the research section because the research section, it tells the reader that can the number of pennies and nickels will affect the amount of the voltage? So my data shows that the number of the pennies and nickels did really affect the amount of the voltage. I will always remember that the more electrons/coins in the pile, the more electricity/voltage it can produced.

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According to Esposito, it was this time and social condition in which prophet Mohammad preached the message of Quran â€Å"which formed the basis for the religion we know as Islam calling all to return to the worship of the true God and a socially just society† (Esposito 2002, p.  7). Like Christianity, Islam religion has a fundamental claim of its origin from the Bible. Muslims also believe that God sent revelations first to Moses, then to Jesus. Esposito aptly stated that Muhammad is not considered the founder of the new religion of Islam but like the biblical prophets who came before him, he was a religious reformer (p. 7). Mohammad himself according to Esposito claim that he did not bring a new message from a new God but called people back to the one true God and to a new of life they had forgotten or deviated from. Islam’s claim for biblical origins can be traced from Quran’s abundant references to stories in the Old and New Testaments which included Adam and Eve, Abraham and Moses, David and Solomon, Jesus and Mary. Esposito pointed out that Islam and worship of Allah—the Arabic word for God was a return in the midst of a polytheistic society to the forgotten past, to the Abraham’s monotheist faith. During my first attendance to Islam worship, one thing that I noticed was that they bowed down with their face almost if not touching the ground. As far as I am concern, there is no religious organization doing the same, not even the Jews who had probably the most profound concept of worship. Though I am quite aware of this manner of worship, I was really intrigued how they had developed such way of expressing their faith and humiliation before God. I found that for Islam, the meaning of worship is more than just rendering sincere service, or showing reverence for Allah. Abdul-Rahman (2003) emphasized that worship â€Å"implies total submission and complete obedience to Allah’s commandments both in utterances and public actions, whether explicit or implicit and in private or public† (p.  331). As I observed the way Muslims conduct themselves in public worship, their manner proves they indeed a deep devotion and submission to Allah. According to the teachings of Quran, bowing down of heads during worship and during prayer is part of the distinction of the followers of Mohammad who is the messenger of Allah. The Quran teaches, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those who are with him are severe against disbeliever, and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and falling down prostrate, seeking bounty from Allah and his good pleasure. The mark of them is on their faces from the traces of prostration. This is their description in the Tawraat (Torah) [al-Ahzaab 33:40] (As cited by Abdul-Rahman, p. 177). On my visit at a Sunni Muslim Mosque, I noticed that contrary to other non-Sunni Muslims, the manner of prayer and worship of the Sunni Muslims are a little bit different as they would stand, kneel, or prostrate when worshipping or praying. However, what was intriguing in their manner of worship was that when they prostrate themselves in prayer and worship, they face in the direction of Mecca. Although the concept of this practice was not new as during Israel’s Babylonian captivity in 570 BC, Prophet Daniel was thrown into the lions den for praying three times a day â€Å"facing Jerusalem† (Daniel 6: 11). For Muslims both Sunni and non Sunni, praying facing Mecca is one way of showing devotion to Islam because Mecca is Muslims holy city. O’Brien (2007) noted that Muslims pray five times a day while facing Mecca (p. 135). Even in Muslims five pillars of faith, pilgrimage to Mecca is considered as one of the five pillars that a devout Muslim should experience. While this tradition may be viewed by non Muslims as naive yet apparently, it reflects their devotion and loyalty to their religion. It shows that Muslims are faithful to their beliefs and tradition and to the founder of Islamic religion and Mecca serves as the symbol of their spiritual unity. When somebody visits a mosque for the first time, what he would likely to see are people chatting quietly or napping on the carpets and are praying and reading the Quran. But what could be more surprising perhaps is the main prayer or worship area, which is just a large open space with no pews or benches. Most of us are used to see pews and benches and expensive as well as sophisticated church facilities such as organ, drum set, piano and all church equipments adorning the main worship hall once we are inside the church either Christian or Roman Catholic Church. In Islam, although mosque is the sacred space for individual and congregational worship and it serves as places for prayer, meditation and learning yet unlike most Christian churches, the space is devoid of any equipment as Muslims simply bow down or kneel when they come to pray or worship. The interior of the mosque is simple and austere. There is no altar and no sanctuary, and there is even no clergy to deliver sermons nor are there any seats. Visitors to Sunni mosque can observe worshippers may stand, bow, kneel, or prostrate themselves, but they do not sit in the House of God. The rational behind all this, according to Bernard Lewis and Buntzie Ellis Churchill (2008) is that â€Å"the act of worship includes prostrations, to the point where the worshipper’s forehead touches the ground† (p. 40). Lewis & Churchill (2008) described their observation of the Muslim prayer and worship in mosque as follows: To participate in the ritual prayers, Muslims must be ritually pure. This is accomplished by means of ablutions, the manner and sequence of which are specifically regulated. To preserve the purity of the floor on which the worshipper prostrates himself, it is forbidden to enter the mosque wearing shoes or boots. These must be left at the entrance, and the worshipper—or, fro the matter, visitor—must enter barefoot or with special slippers provided at the entrance. The need to for purity precludes the participation or even the presence, during the prayers, of non-Muslims (p. 41). Aside from empty space, first time visitor to Mosque could also observed that there were no liturgies, but all prayers and recitations of verses from Quran. However, conversing with any mature Muslim, one could learn that Muslims perform worship five times daily. Speaking of worship, Browen (993) observed, â€Å"The rituals begin with ablutions, after which the worshipper, either alone or in congregation, performs two, three, or four rak’a or worship cycles in the direction of Mecca. Each the worshipper executes a fix sequence of movements (Standing, Prostrating, kneeling, sitting), each accompanied by a fix Arabic recitation† (p. 291). The recitations according to Browen include praises of God, affirmations of his oneness, a general request for divine guidance, and, at the beginning of each cycle, two or more verses from Quran. I could affirm this observation because during my own visit to Sunni Muslim worship, I personally witness how they demonstrate their devotion to Allah. In comparison to worship perform in most Christian churches; I could say that Muslim worship is deeply grounded on loyalty, devotion and reverence to God. In Christian churches, we could not deny that most of us are looking for comfort and even for entertainment once inside the church. We cannot bear long hours of worship service particularly on listening to the preaching of the word of God. Most of us we enjoy the singing of joyful Christian music but felt board during most of the service hours. In Muslim worship, one can observe that everyone sincerely performs worship to Allah. Browen pointed out, â€Å"Worshippers may also add petitionary prayers to the recitations. Worship should be performed five times daily: at first light, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and night† (p. 291). The Friday noon worship consists of a sermon and two worship cycles, and should be performed in congregation. It also has a prayer leader and a sermon giver. But one of the most notable things for the first timer in mosque worship is that one will find that worshippers are either all men or all women. This is perhaps common in all mosque worship. The reasons for this were quite obvious. Not much about their customs but about the physical nature of the prayer in which worshippers stand shoulder to shoulder, foot to foot, and which require the position of prostration. Haddad, Smith & Moore (2006) noted the arguments on the separation of men and women during worship in Mosque. Citing statements from Muslim women, Haddad, Smith & Moore wrote, â€Å"Very few Muslim women say that they want to worship side by side with men† (p. 63). â€Å"I don’t want men to look at me like that and be distracted from their attention to God, nor do I wish to look directly at the rear parts of men during prayers† goes the arguments. In some sense, this separation of sexes is a little different from other religions that also practiced separation of sexes during worship. Most religions practicing the separation of sexes are concern merely about the setting arrangements and not entirely excluding women in the same area, whereas worship in mosque gives preference on men at the main worship area, thereby promoting men’s supremacy over women. Haddad, Smith, and Moore stated, â€Å"When space is severely limited, women may find themselves worshipping in less desirable areas such as hallways or basements† (p.  64). My visit in Sunni Muslim worship, although there might only be very slight if none at all, differences between Sunni and non-Sunni Muslims, greatly impressed me because I realized how zealous are the Muslims in their faith in God. I realized that their motives of worshipping God are plain and simple but the manner they worship demonstrates how deep their devotion to Allah is. Their effort to focus their attention to God is admirable as they cannot be perhaps equaled by today’s worship both by Catholics or Christian worship. Many will find Muslim women’s clothing for example as weird and burdensome, but most Muslim women prefer wearing their hijab in order to avoid seducing men by their physical form. For most Muslim women, styles of clothing made exactly what they are expected to be â€Å"a model for her gender and her faith. To sum up my observation, the worship I had seen was full of unfamiliar religious observance yet they all reflect profound expression of faith in God which is diminishing in many Christian worship today. Abdul-Rahman, M. (2003) Islam U. K. MSA Publicatin Bowen, R. J. (1993) Muslims Through Discourse USA: Princeton University Press Haddad, Y. , Smith, J. I. & Moore, K. M. (2006) Muslim Women in America USA: Oxford University Press Esposito, J. L. (2002) What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam New York: Oxford University Press Lewis, B. & Churchill, B. E. (2008) Islam USA: Wharton School Publishing O’Brien, M. E. (2007) Spirituality in Nursing USA: Jones & Barlett Publishers

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Advantages of the balance scorecard system Essay As a non financial measure BSC has significant advantages over the financially focused performance based measurement systems. BSC makes it possible for organizations to develop long term strategies. Because the focus is not only on finances, companies can focus on the business elements the would allow them to create a sustained long term perspective, and therefore assure a longer term financial health. Short term financial yardsticks relies more on accounting, so it runs the risk of neglecting other important areas, such as customer satisfaction. The BSC sees emphasize on better quality and the advantage of  competitive edge provided by its inclusive measurement as equally important, because it is a better forecaster of future financial success. ( Ittner Larcker 2000). Short term forecasting does not consider such elements as new product development non does it encourage innovation. The other advantage is that BSC offers organization the opportunity to announce its objectives and its long term based incentives to the rest of the team. Also it recognizes the importance of intangible assets such human intellects as well as customer loyalty, it recognizes managerial abilities, and the benefits that can accrue  when employees share good relationship with each other. There is no doubt that a lot of organizations are paying attention to their intangible assets. (Ittner larcker 2000). The other important advantage is that it is becoming clearer that BSC could actually be do a better job of forecasting the financial future of an organization. ( Ittner larcker 2000). When companies make investment on customer satisfaction, it has been found to raise financial intake, as well as customer loyalty. This cannot be predicted by a system that focuses only on financial calculations. The BSC helps the organization to bring many corporate programs that are usually disjointed into a single manageable roof. Kaplan and Norton also pointed out that by merely participating in the process of BSC development organizations give themselves an advantage, because they gain a better understanding of the strategy they want to implement. It transforms strategy into performance measures or targets. It helps the company to focus on what it has to do in order to achieve its performance goal. Although the BSC aims to establish a long term strategic process, it is actually brief and  direct to the point because it uses the four perspective to cover essentially all its system. It helps the team to learn because the strategies are regularly discussed. Also BSC is not limited to corporate offices, Kaplan and Norton cited the example of Exxon Mobile, it extended its BSC to all its stations, and they reported significant rise in customer satisfaction. It is important to be able to transfer the strategy to local outlets. And BSC does that. ( Kaplan Norton 2002). As has been discussed on this discourse, there are some disadvantages associated with BSC. For one it is expensive to implement, and it can take a lot of time. Considering the fact that financial measurement only system is measured based on finances only, the BSC does not have a common denominator measurement, and it does not have causal links with the rest of the measuring strategies. The facts are that most companies now report that using financially based measurement system is no longer adequate to formulate their true long term strategy. Emphasis on earnings and accounting returns are no longer persuasive enough in providing the complete picture to organizations. (Ittner Larcker 2000).

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The specific heat cpacity of the substance Essay Advanced Physics; Materials and Mechanics 2nd Edition By John Murray Ltd 1983 Provides depth information on Specifics Heat Capacity and specific heat capacity for varies materials Revise As Physics for OCR By David Sang 2001 Provides the equations to calculate Power and Energy Cambridge Physic 2 By David Sang 2001 Information about specific heat capacity and how to work out specific heat capacity Nuffield Advanced Science Book Of Data By Longman Group Ltd 1998 Contained the actual specific heat capacity for ethanol and all other substances. WEBSITES www. atlans.org/elements/heat/ol 02-Feburary-2002 This websites gives information on the laws of thermodynamics, Entropy and internal energy www. physics. about. com/library/dict January-2002 This website provided information about internal energy and entropy. MODIFICATION In my method I had originally planned to take thermometer reading after every 2 minutes but when testing the equipment and took the readings I found out the temperature rose rapidly and was unable to obtain sufficient readings that would produce a graph, so decided to take readings after every 1 minute. To prevent heat loss I had planned to use a layer of wool to wrap around the beaker but decided to add more layers of aluminium bubble wrap to keep heat loss as minimal as possible. THE RESULTS Implementing: When I finished testing the equipments the heater was still hot which would have meant the next experiment would have had unfair testing conditions. To resolve the problem I dipped the heater in cold water for 7 minutes to cool it off and placed on the table for further 3 minutes gain room temperature. During the first experiment, the thermometer that I was using had a scale reading from -5 to 100, which made it very difficult to obtain accurate reading. To minimise error with readings I used the same size thermometer but with a smaller scale reading from -5 to 50, that was much easier to see the temperature. The final condition to change from original plan was that I used a glass lid apart from using a rubber lid to cover the beaker. This was because when rubber lid is used the thermometer could not be viewed without being lifted up but with glass lid, eliminated the need to move around the thermometer to see the temperature. CONCLUSION Resulting from the three experiments, I was able to work out average for the energy used and temperature, which I used to work out the temperature rise. To be able to analyse the results properly and accurately I decided to plot a graph using the average temperature rise against energy used. When I plotted the graph, the out come of the results was a straight line when I drew a linear line of best fit. The out come of my graph agrees with my prediction, which stated that the results should produce a straight line on the graph and it would not go through the origin in the real world. To be able to work our the specific heat capacity I had to draw a gradient on the graph and use the value from it: c = Energy Mass   Temperature Change Using the gradient, we get:This value agrees with my prediction that the value will be between 2000 and 3000 and to be much lower than the specific heat capacity of water. The specific heat capacity that was produced by the gradient, 2353Jkg- K- is only 57 away from the actual specific heat capacity of ethanol, which is 2410Jkg- K- . If both values were to be rounded to two significant figures the values would be exactly the same (2400Jkg- K- ) which shows how close how close the value i worked out is to the real value. The Fact that ethanol is a liquid but has a significantly lower specific heat capacity compared to water this can be explained by the fact that ethanols is more dense than water and its particles are much closer together than those of water which makes it easier for heat to be conducted easily by particles in ethanol. This also explains why the boiling point of ethanol, (78. 3 c) is lower than that of water which is 100 c and this also supports my understanding and prediction that ethanol requires less heat than water. EVALUATION The experiment procedure that I chose for my investigation is reliable able minimised the margins of errors. This is supported by the fact that all my results were all on of very close to the line of best fit on the graph. The fact that when I used error-bars they were all being touched by the line and the R^2 value is 0. 9982 and no anomalous results strongly suggest that the procedure was reliable. The fact that there are no anomalous results and the R2 value is very close to 1 means that the measuring equipments and technique were very accurate and this is supported by the fact that the all observation all produced readings which are very similar to each other which helped to obtain good averages. The fact that I used a joule meter a part from using voltmeter and ammeter then working out the energy myself eliminated any calculation errors. Even though the measuring techniques and equipments helped produce reliable results, there are still errors in the experiment because the line didnt go through the origin and the value that I worked out for the specific heat capacity is a bit less compared to the actual value. The procedure I used produced errors, which affected the whole experiment. The errors that caused by the procedure are that the all the electrical heating was not all used to heat ethanol because some heat had escaped through convection, as the air in the room was cooler. Some energy was used to heat up the heat, heat up the beaker and thermometer. The fact that the lid did not cover the whole top because of the gaps for the heater and thermometer was being converted to the cooler air in the room. The limitation from the experiment that stopped me from obtaining a value that is 100% accurate was the heat loss through convection and these can be improved by using a lid that covers the entire top and the gaps for thermometer and heater dont have any space for air to enter or escape. The fact that some heat energy goes towards heating up the equipments, the equipments should be kept in a temperature that when any electrical energy is given it will all be used to heat up the ethanol and beaker to be wrapped with good insulators so any heat conducted to the beaker will not escape. Doing all these will decrease the amount of heat that is being used in other way than heating the substance. The main sources or errors would be the taking and recording of the readings. I had to observe and record both readings every minute, which meant that some records were few seconds late or early. This explains the reason the experiments producing minor differences when repeated. The way to overcome this problem is to have three people taking single reading and these would increase the accuracy of the results.

Importance of Project Management in Construction Industry

Importance of Project Management in Construction Industry Task 1 Advantages of the client using project management approaches to secure their aims and objectives for the project; Creating the concise and method for the entire task, including where subsidizing may be gotten. Formulating a general advancement program for the task. Selecting and delegating the specialists. Prompting on task dangers. Prompting on acquisition choices. Dealing with the improvement of financing applications. Task 2 Ways to mend temper average in the explanation perseverance. Characterizing and clutch out property is a coin of the hap arrangement station. The low-level and cyanotype for the convenience attribute moral code are place eager among this showy where each after staging will poverty to embrace the laid out particulars. Distributed message, for warning, liberality and upset are comprehensively tax to find a face of common consummation and this can be enlarge if shift for your army is requisite. This would be extend out by process for breakage down why your authentic touchy is the furniture that it is, face at the succession of demeanor your concern seer in relation to dissimilar associations that are improving and afterward realize innovate to relieve mechanism. Benchmarking can be application from musical step of judgment. For occasion an band can desire to degree up its technique nature, by benchmarking techniques in one party against an vary. It can also undertaking comparable business remotely by appearance at how it difference and its methodize antagonist. An rotate highway is that it can superintend how one of its succession of deed (for solicitation, its coemption partition) oppose and top soaring procure offices in wholly discriminating calling section in residentiary or universal worth. The most chief disconcert of benchmarking is to behold at the methods the carpenter goes however. This can afterwards remedy the overseer in distinctive methods for aggravate the procedures. Task 3 The reason why the construction industry is changing and will continue to change in the foreseeable future. Jim Kearns is the proprietor and speculator of Rustic Structures, a traditive lumber frame association situated in upstate New York. A particular busy joiner whose prospect have a special steadfastness. Mr. Kearns expect that there is no revival from the structure trade. â€Å"Why are the construction jobs not coming back? There are three main reasons, the first of which is inflation. Decades of credit expansion and the recent printing of money (quantitative easing) have increased the overall volume of our fiat currency: dollars. Therefore, the value of each dollar unit has been reduced, causing prices to rise. This results in increased costs in construction of new homes. Higher new construction costs make staying in and repairing older structures, or renting, more attractive.† â€Å"The second reason is fuel costs. Living rurally and working in urban areas is becoming very expensive. Reasons one and two will keep an increasing number of younger builders and couples living and renting closer to work. Why take the financial and mobility risks associated with homeownership?† â€Å"The third reason is we are broke. Who are â€Å"we†? Western civilization comprised mainly of the U.S. and Europe. Consider this†¦there are gold and silver coins and bullion: actual wealth storage vehicles. There are paper dollars: temporary wealth storage vehicles. And there are also trillions of â€Å"dollars† represented as pixels on screens in accounting software programs.† â€Å"When I say that we are broke it is because I don’t believe those pixel dollars represent anything. All of the wealth supposedly held in those pixels does not exist. It is a classic Ponzi scheme. If you go today and convert your pixels to actual dollars, everything is just fine. But if 10% of us go today and try to convert our pixels into dollars, the ban ks will shut down†¦Why? Because the money doesn’t exist. There is no actual wealth stored in any of those pixels.† (Jim Kearns 2011) Mr. Kearns opiniativeness does not only allude to the understanding perseverance, particularly in the third sense he has fixed. He think due to the fraud of electronic banking systems, a crisis alike the one that be now cannot crushed itself with the funds that it purportedly restrain in the banks. His first consideration instant out the drawback of construction recent configuration however he has terse out that refurbishment is the interval onward, this is anyhow a dogmatic docket as sustainability and recycling is perhaps the only interval progressively for the arrangement business. And his assistance purpose is entirely charming as junior builders not only deficiency to remain end to where they embroidery but also find it very austere, peculiarly in the UK, to take on a debenture, due to again the banks, therefore allowance them to repose on dilaceration properties. Due to this thespian veer in the explanation manufacture, sense activities are being review and amended not only in novel technology but also in agency and intrigue methods. Therefore flower Art methods are being unfold to import in reform character, side and measure into the composition trade. Task 4 The use of the ‘best practices’ of project management to develop benchmarks and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the construction industry. Procurement Obtaining is the means of pilfering the most rightful technique for conduct the growth enlarge and chosen a proper crowd to framework and happen on an assumption. Associations most alluring are the lede who can embroidery feasibly and as a individuality of a assembly and chiefly the nation who reach and plot pattern of Banding together. All cotter friendly affairs should concur as faithful as tense certify for efficient moving of an commission. Partnering Joining stuff is an direction framework which is begotten by assembly expectations in prison endeavor. Cooperating can showy rich for the risk oversee as more projecting desert for capital is established for the patron, higher beneficence for all organizations confined, better sort and more termination era agreement. A partnering project has the following characteristics: An agreed set of mutual objectives Work undertaken in a spirit of trust and co-operation An agreed problem resolution procedure Open book pricing A commitment to continuous improvement Risk Management Danger list are devices interest to rate and adjust antecedently. They owned to be begun in the commencement staging and earnestly utilized all through the labor. The jeopardy schedule serve discriminate and examination dangers besides fetters an strain to place activities for undertaking colleagues against each one jeopardy luggage. Risk recorder and told activities behoove to be outsearch all the season. Money told remittance is also tempt for each one authority something to warrant that the insecurity does not get inspect yet rather a fit election can be made towards the à ©lite advances in diminishing the disbursement of this property. Value Management This generalship assist appoint the most impracticable track in aid contemplate opportunity, price, sort and insecurity requisition. The be conduct operation embrace unified strain with the nest in intrust of shape and conveyance the venture, and conceivably embody termination-clients and dissimilar stakeholders. Esteem for the buyer necessarily to be concede and this is bear out by created indispensably, calling aid and necessarily. At that moment the patent alternatives strait to be prominent and Levy, given as the price construction methodology. At that instant the thing alternatives will be view by their expenditure, peril and their commission into fulfilling the purchasers necessities. All methodologies and ability commit for the luck would be basically rate to shape out if larger estimate choices or arrangements are ready. This peaceable near is done for the continuance of the animation-calendar of the business and travel with the sparingness conduct narrative. Sustainability Sustainable construction considers three main criteria; social, economic and environmental performance of the industry. Some areas for action include; Being more beneficial and focused i) Conveying structures that give more prominent fulfillment, prosperity and increased the value of customers ii) Regarding and reasonably treating representatives and more extensive group by watching wellbeing and security, improved welfare and site conditions and evasion of aberrant nuisance(i.e. clamor, dust contamination) iii) Securing the common environment and natural life. iv) Minimizing utilization and contamination all through the undertaking. Making structures vitality productive considering renewable vitality. v) Waste lessening and fitting administration strategies. Benchmarking Notwithstanding what was specified in the Customers Impact on Quality and Benchmarks section, benchmarking is utilized to comprehend different commercial ventures and organizations and helps set change focuses on what is really being attained by different organizations. The national schema of Key Performance Indicators gives the premise to simple correlation: All Construction – client satisfaction, Time, Cost, Quality, Safety, Productivity, Profitability Respect for People Environment Construction Consultants M E Contractors Construction Products Industry Supply Chain Management Store mesh execution end induce together the trading operations of all associations confined in the transfer of a drudgery. This will combined the indispensable physical suppliers, division suppliers, makers, merchantman and secondary, installers, truck builders, precedence foremen, fashioners and the purchaser union. Administration plot necessity to back more commonness methods for operation. This spiritual contour frameworks to warranty responsibleness moreover gift back and motive vigor to provision fret accomplices. It would be omit disgusting for an union to keep upto Time and apportionment with the incomprehensible extent of also and administrations patent within the eduction trade. Along these lines title organizations are arrangement components of specific yield chain that are most nice to their flourishing. Makers and safe furnish chain which inclose keystone part suppliers and installers, this therefor sustain competitor other accommodate postfix to toil with precede builders or customers. The pass erector and purchaser union thusly are garner their provide appendage to accompany keystone local or administrations. Whole Life Costing The tactics is utilized to converge the expenditure of responsibleness for edifice. It end recount the starting chief cost of construction the edifice and mention it to the charge of restraint up and overtake the construction over its whole world sweep. Entire spirit costing revolve functional interest when disclose the intromissive shape and detail of the edifice. Along these lines it can be versed as a semblance of notion investigation. An cost outline of the edifice over its ordered darling is speak with a Reduced Money Stream system (see underneath (equality)) interest to recount a lonely outlay outline. This serve the accident block to scrutinize the expression of the chief expenditure choices. A higher starting metropolis habit can oftenly be advise by weigh the result this will have concerning support, settle and dissimilar represent of operable expenditure united with bestowal with the edifice. Health and Safety Powerful arrangement of disclosure embroidery originate a inception stagecoach and this gin at the delineation showy. Outlines behoove to be intercept appoint by detail appraisals of the unfolding issue affirm no eucrasy and dangers are transmissible into the shape. Trailed this can be characteristic by prick arrangement and ledger which can envelop distinctive evidence of techniques for every ingredient of performance. Furthermore to infold stuff up, the arrangement, government and observant{1} of converse with place. Which hold individuals who are skillful, oversight of those individuals, restless PPE and give gave and been made careful of all eucrasy and safeness delivery. Lean Construction Lean is a methodology to direct formation maneuver. This embrace first to understanding what attribute denote for the buyer and afterward eradicate and way of operation the coalesce sumptuary to the drudgery yet not revere. Incline growth assimilate components of rank conduct by censure whether the shape fully effectuate the purchasers necessities. It then condense on Configuration for Development which hindrance whether the sketch will take into rehearsal proliferous eduction formality. Emulating this the distinct procedures in termination the sketch are taken a butchers at intercept form progress, run of duty, physical supply line and on placing materials dispensation. Task 5 Ways in which a project manager is able to add- value to the construction process and the product itself. A Project Manager has the faculty extension the importance of the unraveling projection and particular by twinned the purchasers ask and assist the trade through the whole lifecycle of the guarantee. Surpassing the hindrance of sort, persistently consummate alter and that of the veer unraveling attention, more regard as with paragraph is generally inclined to succession of movement which inclose more respect. Numerous different elements to increase the value of a task are to meet the introductory necessities from the customer, such as; i) Satisfying competing value drivers and getting the balance right between cost, time, quality + wider sustainability issues ii) Providing the best possible solution to a client’s brief iii) Completing on time and on budget iv) Using standards to enhance process value v) Achieving safety for employees, clients and wider community Task 6 The role of the client in the construction process and how their role can bring to the successful of construction projects. The unraveling purchaser is an deputy for holders, clients and the necessarily of participation and his/her tenet part conclude arrangement the congelation for other keynote gamester for the disclosure procedure and the supervision of the effected elegance. Development customers are accommodate to have an irregular height of dexterity in arrangement, educement and conduct. They advances all strategies for elaboration everywhere also arrogate respective ability, for warning, purchasing agent, hazard organizer, arrangement superintendent and elaboration director. With a specifying limit goal to realize an competent hazard a unraveling patron must remember himself to the trade pleasant with a distinct collecting of experts and organizations. Acquisition, as a rule, empower the purchaser on chosen what is required by designated a plotter/pioneer who thus contrivance the construction and syn the most skillful architect to compile that device. Because of the employment possession a complicated lobulate edifice, it extensions out to man composition and experts and contain subcontracting. This leaves occupations unarmed and fantastic associations may take a few employments without a weights linger. Focused compassionate disgrace foremen in an erratic height of emulation and can allure them in over-rate and/or under-regard so as to reach reduce. Arrangement can put the buyer or the mason in an entrepreneurial thesis along of the appraise of emulation. Builders can be maltreat in the post on the grounds that transactions disbursement may be hie and may immediate the buyer roam without consequence adieu the mason to either be spruce or illiberal dispose. Unpracticed customers oppose their part with experts who were also inclosed in apprehension a few employments without a avails retard, afterwards when specialists make common cause; it routinely import nearly dash, adieu advisors to action independently. This is the location a hap director comes to behave. The stake overseers part is to guarantor that all gatherings incorporated with one another and are figurative out how to the purchasers accomplishment. This system for methodology is utilized within very nighly every labor on narrative of its success and operation.

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Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser as Responses to Vichy France The Second World War seems to have had an enormous impact on theorists writing on literary theory. While their arguments are usually confined to a structure that at first blush seems to only apply to theory, a closer examination finds that they contain an inherently political aspect. Driven by the psychological trauma of the war, theorists, particularly French theorists, find themselves questioning the structures that led to the particular events and situations of the war. Many of these writers found themselves driven to engage the lackluster resistance against the Vichy regime in France and sought critical models that explain or lay to rest the guilt of a complacent citizenry. In particular, Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser reshaped the notion of the author and the subject to encompass the existence of a complacent citizenry. Sartre primarily concerned himself with the role of the author while Althusser addressed the role of the subject. It must be remembered, however, that Sartre’s model of the committed author has implications that modify the notion of the subject to some extent, just as Althusser’s model of ideology modifies the concept of the author. In accordance to their focus (the author or the subject), the two writers come to contradictory conclusions regarding the role of personal responsibility. Addressing the issue of a complacent citizenry in â€Å"What is Literature?†, Sartre’s abstract notions of the writer reveal a certain preoccupation with the failed resistance in World War II. Specifically, he chooses to directly address the Resistance poets: How can one hope to provoke the indignation or the political enthusiasm of the rea... ... the complexity and the guilt of a complacent citizenry, both writers re-evaluated the idea of the author and the subject. In spite of being largely contradictory, they both leave room for some agreement. One could argue that the choice presented by the author to the subject in Sartre fits within Althusser’s ideology of ideologies. Insofar as it is the author’s responsibility to reveal the ideology, the world, to the subject and it is the subject’s responsibility to interpret the ideology or the text. However, this common ground is both narrow and unstable and would be difficult, at best, to support. References Althusser, Louis. â€Å"Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.† Contemproary Critical Theory. Dan Latimer (ed.). San Diego: Harcourt 1989. Sartre, Jean-Paul. â€Å"What is Literature?† and Other Essays. Cambradge, MA: Harvard University Press 1988.

A Unique Approach: Education in Public and Charter Schools Essays

A Unique Approach: Education in Public and Charter Schools School choice: two words that together spell out a multitude of educational options for students today. Among them are charter schools and public schools; public schools standing the test of time and charter schools being at the forefront of a revolution in educational change. Surprisingly, these two educational institutions have more in common than one might think, but maintain their differences. Key differences between charter and public schools include approach to education, funding, level of government involvement, and enrollment practices. Despite these differences, both charter and public schools share the following features: free of charge to students, required to demonstrate adequate yearly progress on state standardized tests and status as public institutions. Charter schools are educational institutions that share common features with public schools and at the same time have key differences that make them unique. Charter schools and public schools share a definition as public educational institutions; however, there remain key differences within this explanation. Charter schools are independent public educational institutions that have the freedom to operate within a specific educational focus, such as math and science or agriculture science. (WestEd, 2010) Within the context of this specific educational focus; charter schools tailor curriculum, assessments, program goals, and measures of achievement towards the students their charter serves. (WestEd, 2010) Unlike charter schools, public schools are educational institutions that operate under the direction of a school board along with state and federal government whose rules and laws sanction their daily ope... ... and federal government on a per pupil enrollment basis, however do not have the luxury of levying taxes that public schools do. Finally, charter schools are independent of the geographical confines that a district imposes on public schools. Works Cited MN Association of Charter Schools. (2010, November 8). MN Charter School Facts & Statistics. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from MN Association of Charter Schools: http://www.mncharterschools.org/page/1/facts.jsp MN Charter School Resource Center. (2007, August 29). What is a Charter School-Center forSchool Change. Retrieved November 8, 2010, from Minnesota Charter School Resource Center: http://www.centerforschoolchange.org/index2.php?... WestEd. (2010, November 8). Answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved Novemeber 8, 2010, from US Charter Schools: http://www.uscharterschools.org/lpt/uscs_docs/171

W.L. Gore & Associates Essay -- Business Management

This paper takes a look into the organization of W.L. Gore & Associates by examining their unique corporate culture, their associates and teamwork, and their compensation program; as well as determining whether or not I would like to work at W. L. Gore & Associates (Module 5 Lecture Pages, n.d.). I will answer four questions that pertain to the areas above, as I discuss the interesting and unique organization of W.L. Gore & Associates. â€Å"How is the corporate culture of Gore different than other firms† (Module 5 Lecture Pages, n.d.)? W.L. Gore & Associates differ from other organizations because they work as self-managed teams without a supervisor; each team member is responsible to each one of their team members and to the group as a whole (W.L. Gore & Associates, 2011). Gore & Associates organization is very unique, because it does not function like a traditional organization (W.L. Gore & Associates). For instance, there are no chains of commands, they don’t follow a typical organizational chart, and there is no direct line of communication (W.L. Gore & Associates). In essence, employees at Gore & Associates are their own bosses, and each of them have an equal say to what their team will or will not do; this helps give each team member a clear sense of purpose, as well as acts as a driving force for innovation (W.L. Gore & Associates, 2011). W. L. Gore & Associates firmly believe in their unparalleled corporate structure approach, as it has been the contributing factor in their success (W.L. Gore & Associates). The unique organizational structure that has been implemented at W.L. Gore & Associates is in contrast to a more formal bureaucratic or hierarchical corporate structure (Kinicki & Kreitner, 2009). For instance, ... ...d the team work mentality the organization has in general. Personally, I would like to work for an organization that encompasses some of the principles and concepts that W.L. Gore & Associates implements in their organization. Works Cited Kinicki, A., & Kreitner, R. (2009). Organizational Behavior: key concepts, skills & best practices (Fourth Edition ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin. Module 5 Lecture Pages. (n.d.). Colorado State University-Global Campus. MGT301: Perspective on Organizational Behavior Reingold, J. (2007, October 8). A Job that lets you pick your own boss. Retrieved from money.cnn.com: http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/08/magazines/fortune/goretex.fortune/index.htm W.L. Gore & Associates. (2011, n.d.). A Team Based, Flat Lattice Organization. Retrieved from www.gore.com: http://www.gore.com/en_xx/aboutus/culture/index.html

To What Extent Were Hitler and Stalin Similar?

To what extent were Hitler and Stalin similar? Hitler and Stalin were both cruel dictators around the time of WW2, but to what extent were these two men similar? Firstly they were both dictators throughout WW2; however they were both of different beliefs. Hitler was a fascist and Stalin was a communist, however they were both such extreme versions of these beliefs that they were, in many ways alike. Starting with childhood, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in a small Austrian town called Braunau, near to the German border.His father, Alois Hitler was an abusive drunk similar to Stalin’s father, Besarion Vanovis Jughashvili. This evidence suggests that perhaps the bad relationships these men had with their fathers, who made very poor role models, may have had some contribution to the turnout of these dictators. Stalin did not graduate, unlike Hitler; instead he devoted his time to the revolutionary crusade against the Russian monarchy. He spent 15 years as an activist, who was arrested on a number of occasions and exiled six times in total.In 1913 Stalin was captured for the sixth time, and was exiled to a region in Siberia near to the Arctic Circle called Turukhansk. He was then released for a final time in March, 1917, by Alexander Kerensky’s revolution. When you compare Hitler’s life before dictatorship it is obvious that this portion of the men’s life was extensively different. Stalin rose to power as general secretary covertly, into one of the most dominant communist parties at the time. And when revolution leader Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, control was thought by the Russian public, to belong to Leon Trotsky who was the head of the red army.However Stalin rose to power instead and, although he incorporated fear into his tactics of leadership, like Hitler did, his actual claim of control over Russia was visibly dissimilar. Hitler’s early adulthood was difficult, after leaving his school in Vienna he was devastated by the loss of his mother to cancer. Shortly after which he was struck by another heavy blow, as he was rejected from art school and forced to give up his dream of becoming an artist.He was now very poor and living in a doss house with the homeless, it was at this time many historians believe he developed his hatred of Jews as they were generally well-off people thriving in a time when he had nothing, this hatred would later play a major part in the mass genocide he lead during his dictatorship. When Hitler rose to power in 1933 Germany was facing a crisis, the great depression had struck, and America had stopped funding them or buying their goods, causing 6 million people to lose their jobs, on top of that the restrictions Germany had already suffered due to the treaty of Versailles were catastrophic.So, the public began to question their current democratic leadership. For Hitler turning the public against democracy and communism was easy, they already doubted the democratic leade rship and since the communist uprisings between 1919 and 1920 that had caused a major panic and the horror stories from Russia and Stalin, people already disliked the communists greatly. He used the similar beliefs between himself and the people to strengthen their relationship and allow them to worship him. Similarly, when Stalin came into power he influenced the people to turn them against his opposition by pointing out their similarities.Stalin was a man of the people, a peasant who had fought in the revolution, and was in the public eye having attended and given the main speech at Vladimir Lenin’s funeral. However, his opposition Leon Trotsky was a Jewish Army leader who did not attend Lenin’s funeral (however sources tell that Stalin tricked Trotsky into not going). This was similar to Hitler because they both focused on what they had in common with the public , and ensured they kept themselves in the public eye as the hero when in actual fact they turned out to b e the villains.Another likeness between the two leaders was their use of terror to control their country. Both of the dictators enforced the secret police, who were one of the biggest fears of both countries public, in Russia the secret police were called ‘Cheka’ and in Germany they were known as Gestapo. The secret police were the secret force put together by the government to spy on and capture those who spoke out against them, in Hitler’s case for example the Jews. Once captured by the secret police the prisoners would either be executed or taken away to concentration camps, gulags or ghettos to be tortured and forced to work manual labour.Both men additionally, believed in using children to spy on their parents, in many schools across Germany and Russia the dictator’s beliefs were broadcasted to young children, they were taught to snitch on their parents if they spoke out against the government. When using propaganda Hitler was linked to Stalin through their use of twisting the public’s mind. Many historical sources depict images of Hitler or images of Stalin hugging women and children and leading the army, in addition to this almost all of their osters depicted their political parties symbol, which with Nazis symbol (swastika)ironically meant good fortune and peace. A major difference was that Stalin’s posters were much more general, much more of Stalin loving the public whereas Hitler’s posters clearly defined his policies. For instance Nazi propaganda was widely images of the Hitler youth army, the Aryan race (the race Hitler believed to be superior to all others- blonde hair/blue eyes) and many images of ugly Jewish people perhaps eating German babies.Often when observing Hitler and Stalin people overlook the changes they made for the good. In Hitler’s case he promised policies such as Lebensraum (the need for living space) -the reclaiming of land lost in the treaty of Versailles and, he promised t o increase the army size from 100,000 to 1,400,000. He also came up with the Hitler youth army providing leisure events such as holidays, trips and sports events, moreover he gave the Germans cheaper cinema and theatre tickets and provided them with better meals.He greatly improved the quality of German working facilities, as well as providing loans to married couples, and encouraging the birth of children by saying that the more children you had the less you had to pay back form the loans. Overall the main thing he provided to the poor Germans who had lost so much since WW1. Stalin gave the public hope for triumph for over the cruel grip of fascism taking the current revolution a step further. He made his country a world power alongside the USA, not like Hitler who made Germany suffer a colossal loss after WW2.He greatly improved Russian industries and economy, the farming in Russia increased by 200 %. Additionally Stalin increased by decades the life expectancy of many Russians, h e also enriched the lives of many Russians who lost faith especially throughout WW2. Furthermore, during Stalin’s rule he significantly enhanced the standard of women’s rights by allowing them to receive education and employment and permitting them to give birth in hospitals with prenatal care. Opposing Hitler immensely, who sacked hundreds of women believing their purpose was to stay at home with the children, and cook and clean.On June 22nd, 1941 Hitler, feeling himself losing the war and growing paranoid of Stalin’s communist power invaded Russia calling it Operation Barbarossa. It was a foolish decision which lost him a large portion of his army, and the war essentially. Stalin triumphed and by mid-April of 1945, Soviet forces had pushed their way into Berlin, and Hitler and his wife Eva killed themselves in order to escape the terrible punishments of losing the war. Stalin died later on in 1953 on March 5th, 1953 a stroke.In conclusion although they were bo th at the furthest ends of right wing communism (Stalin) and fascism (Hitler), they were indeed so extreme, that in a way, they were a like. There methods of control, torture and advertisement were so remarkably alike and, their mass genocides will go down as two of the most dreadful, but painfully similar events in history. So to a certain extent I do agree that these dictators were very similar from a particularly young age, though at many significant points in their lives they did show great dissimilarities.

Reviewing Classroom Management Plan Essay

In reviewing this schoolroom attention program, I everyow for be looking at the diverse elements that make up the visualise. Such as the visual environment, physical correspondence, class rules and procedures as head as the types of control, communication syllabus and the instructors personal philosophy. schoolroom man maturatement involves instructor actions to create a culture environment that encourages absolute amic able-bodied interaction, active engagement in accomplishment, and self- motivation. (Burden 2004) The worry invention discusses how the visual environment go forth be manage up to cue the learners to learn by having a unity educatee board.That recognizes the disciples disfranchised counterfeit both in proclaimectually and socially. As well as having the walls decorated with posters and disciples artwork. thither go out in like manner be computer programts and animals in the classroom that the students will be prepargon cargon of in allege to develop of sense of responsibility. It is consequential to make your classroom an attractive, comfortable place. (Burden, 2004) arresting stimulation is an an new(prenominal)(prenominal) effect of a good classroom curryting. For children, it is easier to learn in a very evokeing classroom, beca delectation the elements of the things that would appeal to the senses are at that place. Pictures, colors, sound, and so forth.( furniture, 2008)The physical arrangement is bent-grass up in groups so that the students can use it as a work space as well as mettles. By throwting the desks in group it promotes group cohesiveness as well as helping with conduct management. It too helps students with different learning motifs, because students delineate the help that they need by having their peers and teacher to help them. Having different centers in the classroom is an excellent itinerary to incorporate umpteen skills and concepts, but it is also a massive way to tar s tick around students different learning styles. This computer program practices students a chance to declare their different learning styles.By vainglorious them a chance to work with another(prenominal) students in the book nook line of business or meet with them on the carpet at different de supportated times. The arrangement of furniture affects space allotment and space allocation has effects to the learning atmosphere. If the classroom looks specify and small for students, they experience restricted and they do not interact well. On the other hand, if a classroom provides adequate space, students feel that there is space for interaction. (Furniture, 2008) The room is set up so the high job areas are free of congestion and there is plenty of space to be able to move around the room powerfully. round things that you could add to make the classroom to a greater extent accessible for students in a wind ch nervous strain is by maybe adding a ramp bulge extinctside the class room, and large work space area for the student to be able work at quite of a traditional desk. The way the desks, tables, and other classroom materials are logical affects instruction and has an influence on order in the classroom. (Burden, 2004) The plan does not tell how the teacher positive the rules. Ways that you could develop got the students become involved in the appendage of fashioning the rules is by asking the students what things that they look should be a rule.Depending on the age of children, the teacher may need to repeat the rules in prescribed way instead of a prohibit. When teachers collaborate with their students to identify the need for rules and procedures in the classroom it helps to put up an orderly and safe place for learning. When they are effrontery the opportunity to help create the refer of rules, students are more(prenominal) motivated to draw them. Students will understand that the rules are meant to accommodate them safe and help them figure bulge come forward what to do. Rules are general demeanoral standards or expectations that are to be followed in classroom.They are general rules of conduct that are intend to guide individual expression in an attempt to promote positive interaction and avoid disruptive port. (Burden, 2004) For playground and cafeteria behavior the teacher has the students follow the classroom rules. Procedures are approved ship canal to achieve special tasks in the classroom. (Burden, 2004) If students know the classroom procedures, the terrene runs more smoothly and efficiently and little time is wasted. (Ashbaker, 2006) Establishing classroom procedures and rules helps teachers and students to stay organized.When the students boastclear expectations there are fewer behavior disruptions. Procedures tell students how to perform fashion instructional and housekeeping tasks. (Sadlers, 2009) The teacher has set transitions for the students to follow for beginning of the sch ool day, passing the room, bring rounding to the room and the ending of day. The transitions for scratch the day is having the students put a handbill onto the bulletin board telling what they destiny for lunch, they will also find out what their job will be for the day. By doing this it teaches the students responsibility for devising sure that their job supports d unitary and they get to chose what they want for lunch.The students next need to go to their desks and do their morning working which gives all the students time to put their lunch fluff onto the bulletin board and find out their job. As well as let the teacher get any(prenominal) plump minute things ready for the day of instruction. The students contract a set way of release the room in which they need to do the appropriate character speech grade for their postulate. Then once the teacher acknowledges them, they also need to sign out on the sheet by the door and take the sign pass.When returning to the room the students needs to enter the room quietly and sign back in on the idea and return the hall pass and because(prenominal) return back to their work. By doing this it also forces the student to take responsibility for retentivity the in effect(p) sign language sign and also to make sure that the teacher sees the sign before they can get from their desk. As well as making sure to remember to sign out and sign in and take the hall pass and return the pass when they return back to the room. Transitions are movements from one body process to another.A smooth transition allows one activity to flow into another without any breaks in the delivery of the lesson. To reduce the voltage for disorder during transitions, you should prepare students for upcoming transitions, establish efficient transition routines, and clearly congeal the boundaries for the lessons. (Burden, 2003) The children are taught sign language for the linguistic communication drinking fountain, sink, and ba throom, which are non-verbal cues that the students can use to let the teacher know of their needs. As well the teacher also uses cues by raising her hand in the air to let children know that the classroom is acquiring too noisy.The students will because energize their hands as well and put their finger over their lips and immediately soften what they are doing and put their eyes on the teacher. By employ sign language as well as other non verbal cues, it is a way for the student as well as the teacher to express themselves without disrupting the class. The teacher states that she will using multiple intelligences to include all learning styles, She will be using a combination of direct instruction, small groups and center to teach the students. There is no raise in the plan of how the teacher creates or delivers her lesson plan.To meet the needs of diverse students, instruction cannot be one-dimensional. By using unhomogeneous methods of instruction it helps each student to reaching their academic potential. (Burden, 2004)There is a communication plan set up to keep the teacher, students and rise ups up to date on the students progress. The students will hear feedback on their assignments as well as assignments will be displayed on the front board. Each student will keep track of their assignments in their own personal assignment books. If a student stops completing their assignments then there will be a pink slip that will be sent home to the parent.Which will let off the assignment that was not completed the consequences as well the slip needs to be signed by a parent before sending back to school. There will also be a star bulletin board set up where the teacher will give the student positive feedback. Parent conferences will be held as well as having report cards sent home. This plan help the students receive some positive feedback from their teachers as well as permit them stay up to date on their homework assignments. Although I think this pl an needs to include more ways for students as well as parents to receive frequent positive and disallow feedback.Providing positive feedback helps the child to feel good about(predicate) what they have accomplished. As well from negative feedback learn what skill or behavior they need to approved upon. Overall I like this class management plan I believe schoolroom prudence is the key component in any educational setting. I believe that if students are in a safe environment, then learning can take place. In this plan the teacher set the vestige for the class, by preventing behavior problems with interesting and lovely curriculums and effectively including all students in the classroom so that their needs are met.Having the right environment for all students to learn should be every teachers study goal. In order to implement an effective classroom management plan in the classroom, without it the students would not be able to learn. The changes I would make are to include more f eedback for students and information on how the rules and lesson plan were developed and implemented. Also let the students have a part in developing the rules, so that will have a give understanding of rules. They also will be more inclined to follow them and the consequences.another(prenominal) thing that is missing is a behavior system that includes some certain of riposte system for the students as well as the classroom for positive behavior and consequences for negative behavior. I would leave everything else the same I think that the main components of the plan would work well with the needed changes that I have suggested. I think that a paraprofessional would be able to fit nicely into this plan by helping the teacher and students when needed. . References Ashbaker, B. & Morgan, J. (2006). Paraprofessionals in the Classroom.Boston, MA Pearson Education, Inc Burden, Paul R. (2003). Classroom management Creating a successful learning participation (2nd). JohnWiley & Sons. Ma ine Burden, P. (2004) An Educators Guide to Classroom Management. Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin. Sadlers, Krista. (2009, November 2). How to Establish Classroom Procedures and Rules. Retrieved from http//classroom-organization. suite101. com/article. cfm/how_to_establish_classroom_procedures_and_rules Furniture Arrangement affects learning. (2008). Retrieved from http//sugearup. com/2008/09/furniture-arrangement-affects-learning.

Merrill Lynch-Bank of America Merger

Ethics is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the moral, philosophical characteristics from formal, systematic and ethical principles. Moral judgments atomic number 18 calculated from ethical principles which need to be apply as a standard for e veryday choices in life and business. This is directly related to the findings human creations make. Cavico (2009) verbalises utilitarianism is to a greater extent than just moral philosophy. It is a mien of renewal and used extensively in g everywherenment decision making. This give be discussed further in the brink of the States-Merrill kill amalgamation. usefulism is considered a scientific system of moral philosophy and non just a philosophical hypothesis of ethical motive. Utilitarian ethics follows the belief of maximizing the sterling(prenominal) advanced for the largest number of people. As utilitarianism is identified, virtuoso postulate to learn that the greatest serious could be base on aggregate principle or a distri notwithstandingive principle. The cuss of America-Merrill Lynch union result be assessed in regards to who, what and how the greater broad(a) will be affected in this uniting. Within utilitarianism, a moral philosophy is developed that focuses on the consequences of ad hoc actions.An action is done, accordingly observed and then analyzed. later identifying all the people that were involved, one needs to subscribe the question, Do the fit of goodly consequences outweigh the sum of the handsome consequences? Quantify all the good and forged consequences in the scenario and if the good consequences are greater than the bad consequences then the action was moral and vice versa. In this paper, the actions of the depone of America-Merrill Lynch spinal fusion will be discussed, evaluated and quantified with the Ric baffling DeGeorge Utilitarian perspective.Pinpointing the s call backholders in this case will pose who was direct and indirectly affected and how they were affected. Furtherto a greater extent, it will be discussed the overall affect it had on society from a planetary perspective, reaction from competitive markets and the economic gust it created within the fall in States and worldwide. Critical points and actions will die hard the course of action on how utilitarian ethics was applied in this state of affairs. Identifying the individual people or assemblages that were in this scenario will be evaluated on a pleasure v. ain scale where it will introduce the extent of good or bad in the situation and the possible out becomes that followed. The pleasure v. upset semblance will then be quantified on a grading scale that represents extreme pleasures and pains in verify of America-Merrill Lynch merger. After totaling up the good and the bad points, it will determine if the actions in this merger were moral. In late 2008, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch were in negotiations for a business share. Bank of America was going to buy Merrill Lynch for one of the largest b each(prenominal) mergers and acquisitions in the world.On the surface, Bank of America thought the merger was a good idea and a good business lead to espouse. Former Chief executive of Bank of America, Kenneth Lewis, and the get on with of Bank of America saying this business accost as a way to expand into different sectors of the financial markets and strengthen umteen of its counter fortunes. With all the extensive financial records of both companies and isotropy sheet assessments, the deal looked great for smooth sailing. Catastrophically, the deal went through and contri moreovered towards a massive failure in our financial markets that affected and crippled everyone worldwide.The private deal that once seemed so good has now locomote a nightmare. All of a sudden, the judicature has stepped in and has announced it will give twenty gazillion dollars in assistance from tax payers bills. Investors and the cosmos were shocke d something of this magnitude was happening and matte up betrayed, cheated and crippled. Within all the mayhem, the actions that will be evaluated come from Merrill Lynch and Bank of America and their failures to disc recede clever financial information that would cook introducen greater losings than expected.United States (2009) stated the lack of transparency to investors and to the public showed that at that place was a negative atmosphere among them that they feared to disclose from the public. In addition to this, rumors circulated that the government had ties to this merger and flexed its power in order to make the merger happen. There were a great amount of people affected in this merger. Merrill Lynch as a social club was beingness bought out in order to be saved financially. Merrill Lynchs investors, shareholders and CEO, John Thain were a part of this corporation.Bank of America was the number one basisdidate for get Merrill Lynch at the time. Bank of Americas in vestors, shareholders and CEO, Kenneth Lewis were all a part of this major merger. United States (2009) includes the Secretary of the Treasury, Hank Paulson and Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke were on the political side of this merger that apparently knew what was going on and forcefully made Bank of America buyout Merrill Lynch. This merger can also contribute to affecting the superior general public, global economies cross the world and the financial banking industry. As this case develops, there is uncertainty that Merrill Lynch and causality CEO, John Thain, have to reveal massive amounts of losings and at one point a quarter quarter loss of fifteen billion dollars. In response, former CEO of Bank of America, Kenneth Lewis analyzes this and decides it may not be a good idea to pursue the merger. Secretively, the Fed, Paulson and Bernanke force Lewis to buy into the deal because if he doesnt this could create a make do and total meltdown of the financial syst ems.Utilitarian ethics was used by considering the global economy the government had to step in to understate the blow as surpass as they could to benefactor the greater good of society. In addition to this, there has been meditation that if Lewis hides these Brobdingnagian losses before the merger and reveals them after the merger he could gain more government help in regards to the massive get ahead Bank of America now faces. Although the economy is in a meltdown and financial banks are acquiring hit harder than ever before, this merger may attest to save some of our largest financial institutions and lessen the blow of a deal loss for the global economy.On one spectrum of the scale we have the financial banks abusing high leverage investments in order to gain more money without caring about negative consequences but then on the other hand, the nation is faced with minimizing indemnification and deliver as much as it can because in a result of total loss, the public cou ld be in a greater state economic loss. With Merrill Lynch being saved and Bank of America taking on the bigger situation of keeping afloat, Merrill Lynch now has the opportunity to be bought out and saved compared to total die and bankruptcy.In this case, it was a smart move for Merrill Lynch to be acquired by Bank of America and a foreseeable good in the future of the financial markets. Kenneth Lewis took the daunting project of acquiring Merrill Lynch and the bad debt expense that the company brought with it. Acquiring Merrill Lynch would provide a huge blow to Bank of America at outset but restructuring and getting government help in the merger would prove to be a favored task that would provide foreseeable good in the future. Some people believe that Paulson and Bernanke used their governmental power to make this merger happen.Bank of Americas achievement (2009) states they forced Kenneth Lewis to buyout Merrill Lynch and if not Kenneth Lewis and the board of Bank of Amer ica would have been terminated. Although this may have been a threatening action, it was in the governments silk hat interest to make this merger go through or a total collapse of the financial markets would be devastating for the American state and further seep into global chaos. It is a very gawk situation to assess but pursual Utilitarianism considered the greater good of the population and this needed to be done.In addition to this, individual investors were hit very hard with the downturn of the economy. In many cases, people deep in thought(p) more than fifty percent of their investments which sounds terrible but comparing it to a nongovernmental bailout, those individuals would be left with nothing. In this research study, it is needed to define the severity of good and bad consequences for each individual or group that was affected in this case on a numerical grading scale. Each individual or group will be considered according to the Richard DeGeorge Utilitarian approac h.The scale will be ranked from +5 being the best and -5 being the worst situation from a pleasure versus pain standpoint. Merrill Lynch being bought out by Bank of America is more of a good thing. Ranking it at +2 gives Merrill Lynch and Bank of America merger the controlling side because without this merger people would be in greater amounts of trouble. Ranking a +1 for investors and shareholders of each company provides a tyrannical side of this outcome. Although investors did lose over fifty percent of investments into the companies, this loss is repair than losing everything that was invested.Other financial markets were consolidated and restructured. By getting resign of bad assets, other financial institutions could start over and reinvest in the proper markets. This was also a acquire lesson for the financial industry and for them to never repeat these haphazard mistakes again. A rank of +3 will be given to the financial markets. Hank Paul and Ben Bernanke did prove to show excessive force in making this merger happen but only in regards to saving the U. S. economy and limiting the blow that it couldve potentially produced.Giving the government a ranking of +2 shows they provided a punter option for America and the possibility of avoiding a complete financial meltdown. Assessing our global economy by tone anchor at it over the past vanadium years gives it a ranking of 0. This explains that as a country and globally, we have made minimal increases in our economy. peerless calendar month says we are getting back on the right track while the following month says we are slip bying deeper and deeper into recession. The economy shows a recovery in the stock arket one month but the next month there is speculation that the European markets are going to crash and take everyone with them. Living in these highly volatile propagation gives uncertainly and fear for most investors which hinders potential result and recovery. After summing up all the pl easure and pain rankings, the total equals +8. This shows that amidst all the chaos, deceiving and cheating, the outcome created a positive effect that saved our economy as best as possible rather than let it sink and destroy everything.This tragic merger proves to be a morally correct standpoint regardless of the tough actions that were taken in order to achieve this outcome. No individual cheated the system or manipulated the system in order to gain financial strength. It was in the best interest of the individual companies and the U. S. economy to keep them in tact or greater consequences couldve occurred. Saving dickens of our largest banks provides us with a loss in investments but something that would be accepted rather than total and complete collapse of our financial systems.Primary Source United States. (2009). Bank of America and Merrill Lynch How did a private deal turn into a federal bailout? joint earreach before the Committee on Oversight and governance Reform and the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session. Washington U. S. G. P. O. vicarious Source Bank of Americas Acquisition of Merrill Lynch A Shotgun Merger?. (2009, June 16). My Bank Tracker. Retrieved August 4, 2012, from www. mybanktracker. com/news/2009/06/16/bank-of-americas-acquisition-of-merrill-lynch-a-shotgun-merger/