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A risk is the chance of a negative event occurring. Internal controls are policies and procedures set in place to reduce the occurrence of an associated risk. Risks are never entirely eliminated; however, internal controls help reduce the occurrence and balance the risk. This brief will discuss the risks of Kudler Fine Food’s current Accounting Information System (AIS). In addition, the internal controls designed to mitigate the risks. Furthermore, this brief evaluates the internal controls for the AIS. Last, this brief addresses other controls, outside of the AIS that Kudler’s may need. Identify Risks According to Hunton, Bryant, and Bagranoff (2004), â€Å"business enterprises face a variety of risks, including business, audit, security, and continuity risks. † Business risk means the company may not achieve its goals and objectives. A review of Kudler’s strategic plan will help determine the business risk. The adoption of the new Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory system would be an IT timing risk. An IT timing risk is an example of an internal business risk that Kudler would face. An audit risk is the likelihood that Kudler’s external auditor would make a mistake in his or her opinion of the financial statements. Audit risks are broken down further into inherent, control, and detection risks. Every business has inherent risk because doing business is risky in itself. Control risks are the likelihood the internal controls the company has in place would not prevent a material error. Detection risks are the likelihood the audit procedure would not detect material errors. Security risks involve data access and integrity. The AIS converts raw data into useful information. To ensure the data integrity, Kudler will need to control the risks associated with collecting and processing the data. By implementing the JIT inventory system and point of sale system, data is processed as soon as something purchased from the stores. This mitigates human error under the old system. Continuity risks are associated with the AIS’ availability, backup, and recovery. Kudler’s will need to implement stronger firewalls and larger servers. This will ensure when Kudler’s does business online, customers will be able to access the website at any given time. Any down time of the website would be potential loss of business. Internal Controls Management must design and implement the internal controls. However, this is just two steps of the control process. Management must evaluate the controls for effectiveness. Kudler’s size would not necessitate an internal auditor; however, an external auditor would be beneficial in testing the effectiveness of the controls. In addition, Kudler’s would need to document policies and procedures to establish an audit trail. According to Bagranoff, Simkin, and Strand, (2008, p. 50-251), these documents should include: 1. â€Å"A chart of accounts (with the purpose of each general ledger account)† 2. â€Å"A complete description of source documents individuals must use to record accounting transactions† 3. â€Å"A comprehensive description of the authority and responsibility assigned to each individual† Controls Outside the AIS Kudler faces other external threats as well. T hese threats can be reduced by securing the AIS with firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spam, and other anti-spyware software. This will deter any potential hacker from accessing confidential information. Whereas, the software will not completely eliminate the risks involved with doing business over the Internet or remotely from each store, the risks will be greatly reduced. Conclusion Risk assessment and internal controls are vital to Kudler’s continued success. Kudler will need to monitor the effectiveness of the internal controls once the new JIT inventory system is in place. In addition, management will need to assess the risks associated with expanding business. However, these risks are balanced out by the expected increase in business transactions to ensure Kudler’s lasting success.

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I can't lose this fight. Suddenly that was the only thought in Jez's mind. She couldn't afford to be hurt or scared-or stupid. There was too much riding on it. And since Morgead had the advantages of telepathy and strength on her at the moment, she was going to have to come up with some clever way to beat him. It only took a moment to come up with a plan. And then Jez was carrying it out, every ounce of her concentration focused on tricking him. She stopped backing up and took a step sideways, deliberately putting herself in a position where she could make only a clumsy block. Then she gave him an opening, holding her stick awkwardly, its tip toward him but drooping too far down. You see-it's my elbow, she thought to him, knowing he couldn't hear her, but willing him to take the bait. My elbow hurts too much; I'm distracted; the stick is no longer an extension of me. My right side is unprotected. She was as good at it as any mother bird who pretends to have a broken wing to lure a predator away from her nest. And she could see the flash of triumph in Morgead's eyes. That's it; don't waste time injuring me anymore †¦ come in for the kill. He was doing it. He'd stopped trying to get her into a corner. With his handsome face intent, his eyes narrowed in concentration, he was maneuvering for a single decisive strike; a takedown to end the combat. But as he raised his fighting stick to make it, Jez pulled her own stick back as if she were afraid to block, afraid of the jarring contact. This was the moment. If he caught on now, if he realized why she was positioning her stick this way, he'd never make the move she wanted him to. He'd go back to disarming her. I'm too hurt to block properly; my arm's too weak to raise, she thought, letting her shoulders droop and her body sway tiredly. It wasn't hard to pretend. The pain in various parts of her body was real enough, and if she let herself feel it, it was very nearly disabling. Morgead fell for it. He made the strike she wanted; straight down. At that instant Jez slid her leading foot back, shifting just out of range. His stick whistled by her nose-missing. And then, before he could raise it again, while he was unguarded, Jez lunged. She put all the power of her body behind it, all her strength, slipping in between Morgead's arms and driving the stick to his midsection. The air in his lungs exploded out in a harsh gasp and he doubled over. Jez didn't hesitate. She had to finish him instantly, because in a second he would be fully recovered. By the time he was completely bent over she was already whipping her stick out and around to strike him behind the knee. Again, she put her whole weight behind the blow, following through to scoop him onto his back. Morgead landed with a thud. Before he could move, Jez snap-kicked hard, catching his wrist and knocking his stick away. It clattered across the floor, oak on oak. Then she held the pointed end of her own stick to his throat â€Å"Yield or die,† she said breathlessly, and smiled. Morgead glared up at her. He was even more breathless than she was, but there was nothing like surrender in those green eyes. He was mad. â€Å"You tricked me!† â€Å"All's fair.† He just looked at her balefully from under the disordered hair that fell across his forehead. He was sprawled flat, long legs stretched out, arms flung to either side, with the tip of the snakewood fighting stick resting snugly in the pale hollow of his throat. He was completely at her mercy-or at least that was how it seemed. Jez knew him better. She knew that he never gave up, and that when he wasn't too mad to think, he was as smart as she was. And as sneaky. Right now the helpless act was about as sincere as her wounded bird routine. So she was ready when he threw another blast of Power at her. She saw his pupils dilate like a cat's about to pounce, and she braced herself, shifting the stick minutely to push into his collarbone as she leaned forward. The energy smashed into her. She could almost see it now, with the sixth sense that was part of her vampire heritage. It was like the downrush of a nuclear cloud, the part that went flowing along the ground, destroying everything in its path, spreading in a circle from the point of impact. It seemed to be faintly green, the color of Morgead's eyes. And it packed quite a punch. Jez gritted her teeth and hung on to the fighting stick, keeping it in place, letting the Power wash through her. It blew her hair back to stream in a hot wind and it seemed to last forever. But finally it was over, and she was tingling with pain, with a metallic feeling in her teeth. And Morgead was still trapped. He hissed at her, an amazingly reptilian sound. â€Å"Got anything else?† Jez said, grinning down at him with narrowed eyes. Every bruise on her body hurt afresh in the aftermath of the blast-but she wasn't going to let him see that. â€Å"No? I didn't think so.† Morgead's upper lip lifted. â€Å"Drop dead, Jezebel.† Nobody was allowed to use her full name. â€Å"You first, Morgy,† she suggested, and leaned harder on the stick. The green eyes were beautifully luminous now, with sheer anger and hatred. â€Å"So kill me,† he said nastily. â€Å"Morgead-â€Å" â€Å"It's the only way you're going to win. Otherwise I'm just going to lie here and wait to recharge. And when I've got enough Power I'll hit you again.† â€Å"You never know when it's over, do you?† ‘It's never over.† Jez bit down on a rush of fury and exasperation. ‘I didn't want to have to do this,† she snarled, â€Å"but I will.† She didn't kill him. Instead, she hurt him. She grabbed his wrist and locked it, with her hand holding his and her stick on top of his wrist. She could use leverage here to cause severe pain- or to break the bone. â€Å"Give up, Morgead.† â€Å"Bite me.† â€Å"I'm going to break your wrist.† ‘Tine. I hope you enjoy it.† He kept glaring. Like a little kid threatening to play on the freeway, Jez thought, and suddenly, inexplicably she was almost overcome by laughter. She choked it back. She didn't want to break his wrist. But she knew she had to. And she had to do it soon, before he regenerated enough Power to hit her again. She couldn't take another of those blasts. â€Å"Morgead, give!† She put enough pressure on his wrist that it really hurt. He gave her the evil eye through dark lashes. â€Å"You're so stubborn!† Jez put on more pressure. She could tell it was hurting him. It was hurting her to keep the steady pressure up. Shooting stars of pain were zinging in her elbow. Jez's heart was beating hard and her muscles were beginning to tremble with fatigue. This was much more difficult for both of them than a clean break would have been. And he was a vampire- his wrist would heal in a few days. She wouldn't be injuring him permanently. I have to do it, she told herself. She tensed her muscles- And Morgead took a little quick breath, an indrawn hiss of pain. For just an instant his green eyes lost their gemlike clarity, unfocusing a bit as he winced. Jez let go of his wrist and collapsed to sit beside him, breathing hard. You are so stupid, her mind told her. She shook her hair out and shut her eyes, trying to deal with the fury. Beside her, Morgead sat up. â€Å"What are you doing?† â€Å"I don't know!† Jez snarled without opening her eyes. Being weak and idiotic, she answered herself. She didn't even know why she couldn't go through with it. She killed vampires-and less obnoxious ones than Morgead-all the time. â€Å"I didn't yield,† Morgead said. His voice was flat and dangerous. â€Å"So it's not over.† ‘Tine, blast me.† Tm going to.† â€Å"So do it.† â€Å"What, you like it so much?† Jez snapped. She grabbed her stick off the ground and turned to look at him for the first time since she'd sat down. â€Å"Yeah, I love it, Morgead! I'm crazy about pain! So do it, and then I'm going to hit you over your thick head so hard you won't wake up until next week!† She might have said more, but the look in his eyes stopped her. He was staring at her intently, not simply belligerently as she'd imagined. His green eyes were narrow and searching. â€Å"You're just crazy period,† he said, sitting back, his gaze still probing. In a different tone he said softly, â€Å"So why didn't you do it?† Jez lifted her shoulders and dropped them. There was a pit of anger and misery in her stomach. ‘I suppose because then I'd have to break every bone in your body, you jerk. You'd never give up, not with that new power you've got.† â€Å"I could teach it to you. The others aren't strong enough to learn it, but you are.† That forced a short laugh out of Jez. â€Å"Yeah, right.† She shut her eyes briefly, wondering what Morgead would say if she were to tell him why she could never learn it. He'd squash me like a bug, she thought, and laughed again. â€Å"You laugh weird, Jez.† â€Å"I have a twisted sense of humor.† She looked at him, blinking wetness out of her lashes. Where had that come from? There must be something in her eye. â€Å"So. Want to start this fight again?† He was staring at her hand gripping the snakewood stick. Jez tried to keep that hand steady, but she could feel the fine tremors in the muscles. She took a deep breath and clenched her teeth, making her gaze challenging. I can fight again. I can do it because I have to, and this time I won't let any stupid sympathy get in the way of beating him. I have to win. Everything depends on it. Morgead looked back at her face. â€Å"No,† he said abruptly. â€Å"We don't have to do it again. I yield.† Jez bunked in shock. It was the last thing she'd expected. Morgead's expression was cold and unreadable. Jez got mad. â€Å"Why?† she blazed at him. â€Å"Because I'm tired? Because you don't think I can take you?† She whipped the stick up, ready to split his stupid skull. â€Å"Because you're crazy!† Morgead yelled. â€Å"And because-† He stopped dead, looked furious. Then he said curtly, â€Å"Because you won fair the first time.† Jez stared at him. Slowly she lowered the stick. Morgead's expression was still distinctly unfriendly. But he'd just made an almost unbelievable admission. â€Å"You just don't want me to whop you anymore,† she said. He gave her a sideways look that would kill pigeons in midair. Jez let out her breath. Her heart was just beginning to settle down and relief was spreading through her. I did it I really did it. I'm not going to die today. â€Å"So it's over,† she said. â€Å"I'm back in.† â€Å"You're leader,† Morgead said sourly. â€Å"Enjoy it, because I'm going to be right behind you every step, just waiting for my chance.† â€Å"I wouldn't expect anything else,† Jez said. Then she blinked. â€Å"What are you doing?† â€Å"What do you think?† His face set, his eyes on the far wall, Morgead was tugging his shirt away from his neck, and leaning his head back. â€Å"I have no idea-† Then Jez realized. She went cold to the tips of her fingers. I didn't think. I should have remembered, but I didn't, and I didn't plan for this†¦. â€Å"Blood in, blood out,† Morgead said shortly. Why didn't I remember? Panic was stirring inside Jez. She couldn't see any way to get out of it. For human gangs â€Å"blood in, blood out† meant you got beat up when you were jumped in, and you didn't leave until you were dead. But for vampire gangs†¦ I can't bite him. The most frightening thing was that something inside her wanted to do it. Her entire skin was tingling, and it suddenly seemed as if it was only yesterday that she'd had her last blood meal. She could remember exactly how it felt, sinking her teeth into smooth skin, piercing it easily, feeling the warm flow start. And Morgead's blood would be dark and sweet and powerful. Vampire blood wasn't life-sustaining like human blood, but it was rich with the hidden promise of the Night World. And Morgead was one of the strongest vampires she'd ever met. His blood would be full of the mastery of that new attack, full of raw, vital young energy. But I don't drink blood. I'm not a vampire! Not anymore. Jez was trembling in shock. In the entire year since she'd stopped drinking blood, she'd never been so tempted. She had no idea why it had come on like this now, but it was almost out of her control. She pressed her tongue against one sharpening canine, trying to restrain it, trying to get some relief from the stress. Her upper and lower jaws were aching fiercely. I can't. It's unthinkable. If I do it once, I'll never be able to stop. I'll become-what I was back then. I'll be lost I can't-but I have to. I need to get back in the gang. Morgead was staring at her. â€Å"Now what's wrong with you?† â€Å"I. . .† Jez was dizzy with fear and longing and the sense of danger. She couldn't see any way out†¦. And then she saw it. â€Å"Here,† she said, unbuttoning the collar of her shirt. â€Å"You bite me.† â€Å"What?† ‘It satisfies the requirement. Blood has to be spilled. And it's the leader who does it† ‘You're the leader, idiot.† â€Å"Not until I'm back in the gang. And I'm not back in the gang until blood is spilled.† He was staring at her, his eyes hard and demanding and not amused at all. â€Å"Jez†¦ that's ridiculous. Why?† He was too smart. She didn't dare let him keep thinking about it. â€Å"Because I think it's the proper procedure. And because-I overfed last night. I don't want anymore.† She stared straight into his eyes, not allowing a muscle to quiver. Trying to force her version of the truth into his brain. Morgead blinked and looked away. Jez allowed herself to relax minutely. She had one advantage over Morgead; there was no way he could even imagine her real motives. She just hoped he wouldn't discern the human flavor to her blood. ‘If you won't tell me, I give up.† He shrugged. â€Å"So, fine. If that's the way you want it†¦Ã¢â‚¬  â€Å"It is.† â€Å"Whatever.† He turned back to her and reached for her shoulders. A new shock rocked Jez. Morgead never hesitated once he made up his mind, but this was a little unnerving. His grip was a bit too firm and authoritative; Jez felt out of control. And how am I going to shield myself? she thought wildly, clamping down on a new wave of fear. He's already a powerful telepath and sharing blood increases rapport How am I supposed to block that-? Everything was happening too fast; she didn't have time to plan or think. All she could do was try not to panic as Morgead drew her close. Jerk†¦ he's had too much experience at this, part of her thought furiously. At subduing any kind of prey. At gentling scared girls-human girls. He was holding her lightly and precisely; he was tilting her chin back. Jez shut her eyes and tried to blank her mind. And now she could feel the warmth of his face near her skin; she could feel his breath on her throat. She knew his canine teeth were extending, lengthening, thinning to needle points. She tried to control her breathing. She felt a swathe of warmth as he licked her throat once, and then a pain that made her own teeth ache. His teeth had pierced her skin, sharp as obsidian. Then the release of blood flowing. Her life, spilling out The instinctive twinge of fear Jez felt had nothing to do with him invading her mind. No vampire liked to make this kind of submission. Letting someone drink your blood meant you were weaker, it meant you were willingly making yourself prey. Everything inside Jez protested at just relaxing and letting Morgead do this. And maybe that was the answer, she thought suddenly. A wall of turmoil to cover her thoughts. Pretend to be too agitated to let him make contact. †¦ But his lips were surprisingly soft on her throat, and the pain was gone, and he was holding her more like a lover than like a predator. She could feel his mind all around her, strong, demanding. He wasn't trying to hurt her. He was trying to make it not-terrible for her. But I want it to be terrible. I don't want to feel like this†¦. It didn't matter. She felt as if she were being pulled by a swift current, dragged and tumbled into some place she had never been before. Sparkling lights danced behind her closed eyelids. Electricity crackled through her body. And then she felt his mouth moving gently on her throat, and the world fell away†¦.

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Financial Management - Essay Example The companys fortunes have improved since the launch of a recovery programme by CEO Justin King in 2004. It is apparently closing in on ASDA with its improving market share of 16.22 per cent (ASDA:16.6 per cent). One of the three leading distributors of consumer goods in the UK, the Sainsbury group runs 350 supermarkets and 300 shops branded Sainsburys Local and Bells Stores, offering a range of articles from food to health care products, of which under half are sold under the companys own brand. The company also owns real estate and a bank, Sainsburys Bank, which offers such services as loans, insurance, fund management, and credit cards. It is headquartered in London, England. This paper shall discuss the financial management policies of Sainsbury PLC with regard to three aspects of its operations: Capital Asset Pricing Model, the Weighted Average Cost of Capital, and Dividend Policy. In order to apply the Capital Asset Pricing Model, it is necessary to find a method to estimate the future beta, a component of a security’s risk which cannot be eliminated through diversification, which can applied in estimation of future returns. The least squares regression can be used to develop a linear equation to explain the relationship between return on the stock and return on the market. The characteristic line is usually used to describe the relationship between the rate of return of a market portfolio and the rate of return of a security. It is derived by using regression analysis that summarizes a particular security or portfolios systematic risk and rate of return. The rate of return is dependent on the standard deviation of the assets returns and the slope of the characteristic line, which is represented by the assets beta. A characteristic line of a stock is the same as the security market line. The slope of the line, which is a measure of systematic risk, determines the risk-return trade-off. According to this metric, the more risk you take on -

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy Essay On the day of November 24, 1963, Americans were all shocked by the sudden death of the 35th President of the United States of America. During that day, the itinerary of the president was to join the motorcade from the Dallas airport to the city business district. While the President and the First Lady were aboard an open vehicle along with other political dignitaries in Dallas, Texas, a gunshot was fired as the presidential party approached the Dealey Plaza. Unfortunately, it was Kennedy who was the target and was hit on the head and on his back. The only other causality during that event was John Connally, the Texas Governor who was also shot on the back. Though Jackie Kennedy, the First Lady, was seated near the President in the car, she was left unharmed (BBC, 2008). Many civilians have witnessed this incident because it happened in a public place and it was televised at the local TV networks. Because of these circumstances, many claimed that they have seen where the gunman took his shot. According to Bob Jackson, a photographer from Dallas Times Herald who was then covering the event and situated near the presidential car, â€Å"As I looked up I saw a rifle being pulled back from a window it might have been resting on the windowsill I didnt see a man. † Also, others said that the shots came from the â€Å"window of a building overlooking the road† where Kennedy was shot (BBC, 2008). After the shooting incident, the president was right away brought to the Parklands hospital. But after 35 minutes, Kennedy was pronounced dead. As the protocol, Lyndon John, vice-president, who was next in line was immediately â€Å"sworn in as the new US leader. † This tragedy caught America by surprise that have left them mourning the unexpected death and the brief term in office of President John F. Kennedy (BBC, 2008).

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Book and Grade Level Essay Tuesday: Hats ON for Reading Wear your favorite hat to show your reading spirit. Wednesday: Reading Takes You Places Dress like a Tourist. â€Å"Name that Book Trivia† Every hour an excerpt from a book will be read over the intercom and classrooms will have the opportunity to guess the book. Thursday: Reading BRIGHTENS your World – Dress in bright colors. Friday: Wear your shades for SURFF day Silent, Uninterrupted Reading For Fun! Each grade level will determine how they choose to participate in Literacy Week. Here are some suggestions; of course your grade level team can come up with your own ideas: * Decorate the outside of your door with your favorite book or literary characters. The emphasis is on student participation and student decorated doors. * Book Talks. Students can write Book Talk reviews for books they are reading. * Character Museums. Students can create posters of a book character with face cut-outs. The student places their face in the opening and holds the poster up to create a character museum. Visitors tour the museum and travel from character to character learning about each book. * â€Å"Book, Blankets and Bears† – Students bring their favorite blanket, and stuffed animal to read outside during the day. * â€Å"Poem in your Pocket† Students create a poem and recite them to each other throughout the day. * â€Å"The Book Swap† – Students bring in a gently used book to swap with another student in their class or grade level. * Reader’s Theater. * Book Chain – Students fill out a strip of paper with a title of each book they read during celebrate literacy week. * Bookmark decorating contest * Create a book jacket. Use paper bags to make a new book cover for a library book. Mrs. Ward will put them on display. * Story mobile to retell a favorite book. * Tri-oramas representing the beginning, middle and end of a story. * Character dress up day. Dress up as your favorite book character. * Book Buddy collaborative activities.

Business Intelligence Advantages and Disadvantages

Business Intelligence Advantages and Disadvantages Introduction The purpose of this report is to discuss the both the advantages and disadvantages of using Business Intelligence within a business. As well as to discuss the potential algorithms which could be used to achieve datamining which will allow for discovery of information who may be existing or potential future customers. By the end of this report I aim to make it clear the advantages of incorporating these tools and techniques within the business, and the benefits that will be seen. Business Intelligence Business Intelligence (Business Intelligence , 2007) is a collection various technologies and tools which are used for collecting, organizing and analysing data and information, and then providing the user with the information in a form which will help them with making business decisions. There are 3 major parts to business intelligence Reporting, Integration and Analysis. Reporting is essentially the creation and use of reports, while integration is about taking data from a source and being able to modify it to fit another purpose and data source. Finally, Analysis is the producing and organizing structures that have been filled with data taken from a separate source, commonly tools such as OLAP (OLAP, n.d.) (Online Analytical Processing) are used in order to achieve this. This process if often referred to as Data Mining. Using Business Intelligence has numerous advantages and is something that every company should consider using. One of its most obvious advantages is that it can help show trends and correlation in statistics (E.G user activity, sales, and complaints) and this can then be used by businesses in order to improve. Another considerable advantage of using Business Intelligence is also the reliability of the presented information and allows for relatively accurate prediction which greatly improves planning. Although it should be noted that there are some disadvantages to using Business Intelligence, this is that the historical data that is recorded needs to be stored somewhere, and this takes up more memory, which not only means more cost in storage, but also a speed reduction as there will be a huge amount data to be analysed. Another notable disadvantage is the potentially high initial cost, as well as maintenance cost, and although these costs should pay for themselves with improved decision making there is a possibility of the investment not paying off. There are not many disadvantages to using business intelligence, but they should still be taken into consideration. (Disadvantages of Business Intelligence, n.d.) A good example of business intelligence being used by other recognisable companies is that Netflix (Business Intelligence, 2015), the online media streaming service, using this system of business intelligence to work out which shows will be popular, and which of their categories may need a little reworking. This gives them the information they need to stay ahead of the curve and to make sure the shows that remain on the site are popular. Datamining algorithms With computers being used more and more within businesses, the information that the business needs to function is also stored on these computers (E.G Sales records, customer information etc.) so the ability to scan and analyse these massive amounts of information is incredibly beneficial to not only making business based decisions, but to predict sales trends or areas in need of improvement. There are a wide range of different Data Mining algorithms available to use, the ones discussed here will be the Decision tree, Bayesian Classification as well as K-Means. I have chosen to discuss and compare these 3 as they are quite different in how they operate.    One of the most commonly used Data Mining algorithms is the Decision Tree (Decision Tree Algorithm, n.d.), at the top of the decision tree we have a Root, which is essentially a check on an attribute, and from there the answers to the check make the branches. The leaves of the tree are in fact formed from each class label. The advantages of using this algorithm compared to the others is that in order to function it requires to prior knowledge of the domain, the other huge advantage which makes an attractive solution is that it is also very easy to follow and understand compared to more complex algorithms. The complexity for this algorithm can be worked out by the number of leaves that the decision tree has. This algorithm is often called Supervised Learning, this basically means that the data is already labelled within classes. (Image taken from (http://www.saedsayad.com/decision_tree.htm(Decision Tree Algorithm, n.d.)) The second mostly commonly used algorithm for Data Mining is known as Bayesian Classification (Bayesian Classifcation, n.d.), this algorithm effectively works via predicting the probability that a pattern or set of information belongs to a specific class. This algorithm is often favoured among the Data Mining techniques for its efficient results, although it needs to be taken into consideration that if the data is highly random then another algorithm would be preferred over the Bayesian Classification. It is also not recommended to use this algorithm with small data sets as this came mean a very low precision as well as recall. Although this algorithm might seem simple, its also highly accurate and is used often in filtering software (email spam, language filters). This algorithm is a supervised learning, as the user provides it with an already labelled dataset. The third algorithm which should be considered for the Crowd Funding System is K-Means (k-means, n.d.). This algorithm works by creating groups based on the set of objects this results in the in the members of the group more similar, this algorithm is often referred to as Cluster Analysis. Cluster Analysis is a collection of different algorithms which all follow the same pattern (Clusters, n.d.). The pattern being that they create groups (or clusters) in a way which means that the cluster members are much more similar as opposed to non-grouped members. This is not quite unsupervised nor supervised learning, this is because the user states the number of clusters needed, but it still features unsupervised learning as well as the algorithm learns where the cluster belongs without the user needing to provide it with any more information. Ive compared 3 algorithms, a decision tree based one, a clustering based one and a naà ¯ve one. My recommendation for use with the Crowd Funding Software would be the Decision Tree, this is for a number of reasons, the first being that its extremely easy to follow, even by someone who has no prior knowledge to the algorithm. Also because its easy to follow and understand its also easy to maintain and tweak it depending on the circumstance. Another major reason that I would chose decision tree is that they work quickly as well being non-parametric. Non-parametric means that the algorithm doesnt need specific data distribution in order to function. Data-mining advantages and disadvantages The main advantage of using Data-Mining for the Crowd Funding System would be that it could use Affinity Analysis (Affinity Analysis, n.d.), this is basically a scan off all the customers previous shopping history and then be able to advertise to them directly. This applies to the Crowd Funding System as we can use data mining to find out what projects a customer prefers and then advertise those projects directly to them. (E.G If a particular user often supports Gaming Software projects on the webpage, then we can use this information to have all Gaming Software projects as the top hit on their home page.) Affinity Analysis can often be used to detect fraud, which is useful for any company. Another advantage that this business can gain from Data Mining is Customer Segmentation, this is the process of breaking the customers down into smaller group based on say age, occupation or even gender. The advantage of doing this is that you can then target your advertisement to people who will be highly interested, and the more effective the advertising the more money people will donate to the projects. This applies directly to the Crowd Funding Systems first example, using this customer segmentation the film writer / director will be advertise her project to all her previous fans, or even people who are interested in that genre, this will mean she can reach a much more interested user base. The other huge advantage of Data Mining that can be applied to the CFS is that it can help to achieve Sales Forecasting, this is exactly what it sounds like, and it uses previous sales records to relatively accurately provide predictions for future sales. This can be used by the system for the second example the Kinect mobile phone battery, if they can predict how many donations the project is going to get they can either boost its advertisement, or perhaps communicate with the user that previous similar projects havent been able to reach their goal or at least direct them where they went wrong. One of the concerns the current business has is damage to its reputation, using data mining techniques they will be able to not only boost their donations and improve their advertisement, but also be able to learn more from the customers, and this can only be beneficial for the company. Donor exhaustion was also on the companies list of concerns, but data mining will be able to prevent this because it can be used to keep track of what advertisement has been sent to who, and what projects they are likely to bid on, so routinely changing the projects they are advertised will keep the users hopefully interested. CRM CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management (CRM, n.d.) And is used by businesses to keep their customers happy, it uses data mining techniques in order to get feedback and improve on their products constantly. The data mining algorithms discussed earlier are extremely useful for gathering and analysing information and data about customers and opinions on projects. We can then use this information to make improvements or changes where they are needed, and this will greatly increase customer satisfaction as customers will be able to see the changes they wanted. Although it is recommended to only try this with a vast amount of data, and huge amount of transactions. As smaller amounts of data can provide in accurate information. Using CRM will greatly improve the Crowd Funding Companys reputation and mean they have a lot more satisfied donors. Conclusion In conclusion I strongly recommend that the crowd funding system decides to include data mining algorithms. It has a long list of advantages including sales prediction, improved advertisement, and mostly importantly improved customer satisfaction. I would also highly recommend the use of the decision tree algorithm as its easy to follow and can easily be modified depending on the information that needs to be collected. It should be noted that choice of data source is important, as some of them may provide useful information, but there are quite a few that should be ignored.   CRM should also be taken into consideration, as using this software has proven to greatly improve the publics opinion of a business. A modern business cant afford not to use these data mining techniques, as failure to utilize these tools will mean a huge disadvantages against its competitors. The more information that can be collected from this companies customers, the more value the company can provide them, and the happier the customer the more donations that will be made. References Affinity Analysis. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_analysis Bayesian Classifcation. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.tutorialspoint.com/data_mining/dm_bayesian_classification.htm Business Intelligence . (2007, March 6). Retrieved from http://www.cio.com/article/2439504/business-intelligence/business-intelligence-business-intelligence-definition-and-solutions.html Business Intelligence. (2015, Febuary 26). Retrieved from http://businessintelligence.com/big-data-case-studies/data-driven-proof-netflix-needs-buy-blockbuster/ Clusters. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis CRM. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/definition/CRM Decision Tree Algorithm. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.saedsayad.com/decision_tree.htm Disadvantages of Business Intelligence. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://business.mapsofindia.com/business-intelligence/disadvantages.html k-means. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-means_clustering OLAP. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://olap.com/olap-definition/ Star Schema Notes The use of BLOB is so that the users can store there video sales pitches within the database, after some research I realised there wasnt a dedicated media storage format and instead have to suffice story it in binary.

Flanders Fields Essay -- essays research papers fc

In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved, and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields'; as a Canadian Cultural Artifact The poem, “In Flanders Fields'; written by Canadian John McCrae remains one of the most important and memorable pieces of war poems ever written. John McCrae came from a respectable family and became a soldier/ doctor/ author/ teacher. Though he wrote textbooks on medicine and numerous poems he will be forever remembered as being the voice of the many who had fallen during WWI. “In Flanders Field,'; stirred the hearts of soldiers and their family’s everywhere- not just Canada. In a simple language and with flowing verse it vividly evoked the situation and emotions of the front line troops. John McCrae’s poem later inspired the poppy to become the symbol of Remembrance and sacrifice.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario on November 30,1872 to two established, respectable and hardworking Scottish parents, David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford. The McCraes were staunch Presbyterians with the resilience and self-reliance of second-generation pioneers in Canada. David McCrae instilled a strong sense of duty and healthy respect for military values in his two sons. John McCrae was offered a scholarship from the University of Toronto in 1888 where he went on to study physiology and pathology as well, McCrae wrote poetry for the school paper The Varsity. From there he graduated from medical school with a gold medal for his outstanding academic performance. In 1899 he moved to Montreal to accept a fellowship in pathology and to study at the McGill University School of Medicine. Although McCrae was devoted to his medical career; when the Boer War erupted he was one of the first volunteers who wished to go and contribute to the defense of the Empire. John McCrae had been br... ...ised him for: “…his vitality and splendid vigour, his career and honour and marked distinction, his life filled with honourable endeavour and instinct with a sense of duty.'; At the medical school of McGill University, a stained glass window commemorated John McCrae with this simple description: “Pathologist, Poet, Soldier, Physician, Man Among Men.'; Bibliography Dancocks, Dan. Welcome to Flanders Fields. Toronto: Meclelland & Stewart, 1988. Granfield, Linda. In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae. Toronto: Lester Publishing Limited, 1995. In Flanders Fields Museum. September 1998. http://www.inflandersfield.be (October 12,1999). McCrae, John. In Flanders Fields. Toronto: William Briggs, 1919. Prescott, John F. In Flanders Fields: The Story of John McCrae. Ontario: The Boston Mill Press, 1985. Ruggenberg, Rob. “In Flanders Fields.'; The Heritage of the Great War. 1995. http://www.iaenv.nl/users/robr/poppies.html (October 12, 1999). Smithson, Dan. In Flanders Fields. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 1984. Vance, F Jonathan. Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning and the First World War. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997. Flanders Fields Essay -- essays research papers fc In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved, and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields'; as a Canadian Cultural Artifact The poem, “In Flanders Fields'; written by Canadian John McCrae remains one of the most important and memorable pieces of war poems ever written. John McCrae came from a respectable family and became a soldier/ doctor/ author/ teacher. Though he wrote textbooks on medicine and numerous poems he will be forever remembered as being the voice of the many who had fallen during WWI. “In Flanders Field,'; stirred the hearts of soldiers and their family’s everywhere- not just Canada. In a simple language and with flowing verse it vividly evoked the situation and emotions of the front line troops. John McCrae’s poem later inspired the poppy to become the symbol of Remembrance and sacrifice.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario on November 30,1872 to two established, respectable and hardworking Scottish parents, David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford. The McCraes were staunch Presbyterians with the resilience and self-reliance of second-generation pioneers in Canada. David McCrae instilled a strong sense of duty and healthy respect for military values in his two sons. John McCrae was offered a scholarship from the University of Toronto in 1888 where he went on to study physiology and pathology as well, McCrae wrote poetry for the school paper The Varsity. From there he graduated from medical school with a gold medal for his outstanding academic performance. In 1899 he moved to Montreal to accept a fellowship in pathology and to study at the McGill University School of Medicine. Although McCrae was devoted to his medical career; when the Boer War erupted he was one of the first volunteers who wished to go and contribute to the defense of the Empire. John McCrae had been br... ...ised him for: “…his vitality and splendid vigour, his career and honour and marked distinction, his life filled with honourable endeavour and instinct with a sense of duty.'; At the medical school of McGill University, a stained glass window commemorated John McCrae with this simple description: “Pathologist, Poet, Soldier, Physician, Man Among Men.'; Bibliography Dancocks, Dan. Welcome to Flanders Fields. Toronto: Meclelland & Stewart, 1988. Granfield, Linda. In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae. Toronto: Lester Publishing Limited, 1995. In Flanders Fields Museum. September 1998. http://www.inflandersfield.be (October 12,1999). McCrae, John. In Flanders Fields. Toronto: William Briggs, 1919. Prescott, John F. In Flanders Fields: The Story of John McCrae. Ontario: The Boston Mill Press, 1985. Ruggenberg, Rob. “In Flanders Fields.'; The Heritage of the Great War. 1995. http://www.iaenv.nl/users/robr/poppies.html (October 12, 1999). Smithson, Dan. In Flanders Fields. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 1984. Vance, F Jonathan. Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning and the First World War. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997.

Much Ado About Nothing Essay: Act 5 Scene 1- Climax of the Dénouements

Much Ado About Nothing:   Act 5 Scene 1 - Climax of the Denouements  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚      A particular section of Act 5, Scene 1, could be seen as the denouement of the play, Much Ado About Nothing.   Perhaps it is more accurate to say the climax of the denouements - at its conclusion, all that remains for the play is a happy ending. It is here that the perpetrator is displayed before all the interested male parties, and here that Leonato can be assured that his belief in Hero's innocence was justified - and perhaps more importantly, that it can be seen to be justified: armed with Borachio's confession, and Claudio and Don Pedro's half-acceptance of guilt, he tells them to 'Possess the people in Messina here How innocent she died' (l. 282-283). This continues the play's concern with appearances and reality, the nature of truth and evidence: it seems that the revelation of the deception instigated by Don John, despite being accepted by all the relevant parties, doesn't count unless it is displayed publicly - even performed, for Claudio is told to ...

Extracurricular Activities Essay -- High School Education Essays

Extracurricular Activities Research was performed on the claim of fact that students involved in extracurricular activities receive higher grades than those not involved in activities. This topic was studied because high school budgets are meager, and the administrations of these schools want to spend the money efficiently. Consequently, funding for extracurricular activities may be decreased. This report examines the correlation between extracurricular activities and academic performance. Scope The scope of the investigation only includes high school students and the relationship between their involvement in activities and their academic performance. Some collegiate level studies were used since the benefits of extracurricular activities in high school and college are the same. Methods Three experts in different fields that have knowledge of this area of research were interviewed. Laura Bestler, assistant director of student activities at the Iowa State University Student Activities Center, was interviewed since she is an expert on the activities that take place on the Iowa State campus and the benefits students attain by becoming involved in activities. Matt Craft, president of the Government of the Student Body at Iowa State University, was also interviewed because the Government of the Student Body, or GSB, supports and funds many campus activities. The intention of this component of the research was to discover why the GSB finds extracurricular activities so beneficial that they choose to financially support them. Erin Fowkes, a high school counselor at Battle Creek-Ida Grove High School in Ida Grove, Iowa, was interviewed to obtain information as to why it is important for students to participate in activ... ... do involved students get better grades? Does it matter what type of activity the student is in? Why are clubs and organizations funded by the university? How are activities a vital component of a well-rounded education? Works Cited Berson, Judith S. (1996, March). Stuent Perceptions of the Intercollegiate Athletic Program at a Community College. Paper Presented at the Annual Convention for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Atlanta, GA. ERIC Document ED404607. Bestler, Laura. Telephone Interview. 11 Oct. 1999. Craft, Matthew. Telephone Interview. 11 Oct. 1999. Fowkes, Erin. Telephone Interview. 11 Oct. 1999. Rombokas, Mary. (1995, October). High School Extracurricular Activities and College Grades. Paper Presented at the Southeastern Conference of Counseling Personnel, Jekyll Island, GA. ERIC Document ED391134.

Philippines Economy Essay

Philippines has displaced Indonesia as Asean economic leader — S&P I consider this as a good news for us Filipinos. We may not feel the economic growth for now but it’s actually a good thing that we have indicators of how well or poor our economy is doing. This article only means that we will now be able attract more investors to invest in the Philippines. More foreign investors means more job opportunities just like jobs for construction workers. And yes, it is not permanent but if this will continue, life will be a lot easier for the future generations. Our concern should not just be for ourselves but for the future of our country. We need to work the common good. We should all be positive in dealing with our problems and consider news like this as a blessing. More positive news like this is an indication that our economy is doing very well. It feels really good to know that this is actually happening. Despite all that we have encountered in the past years, during the past administration, we are still able to survive and are trying to improve even more. If we really want to contribute to the growth of our economy, we should learn to be productive. Don’t contribute to the growing rate of unemployment. Look for a stable job instead to help feed your family and in that simple way, you can greatly help the economy of our nation. Anything worth having is worth working hard for. Those things that we have quickly achieved will not last long. So we have to continue to work hard for ourselves and for other people. And little by little, we will be able to save our nation. Let us believe in what our leader can do and what we can do for our country. News like this is favorable to us. This only means that our President is really trying to fulfill his promises. Philippines is fastest growing Asian country for first quarter of 2013 I believe that this is more of a reminder for us to do the best that we can do to help our country. This article shows two sides of the story – the negative and the positive which I consider a good thing. Good thing because it depicts reality. â€Å"Philippines is fastest growing Asian country for first quarter of 2013,† only for the first quarter, not for the whole year. Yes, we are just halfway through the year. But what I mean is, nothing is permanent and everything doesn’t happen in a blink of an eye. With all the bad news that we can hear everyday, having this kind of article does not mean that we are able to get through it all. I am not trying to be negative. I just want to give emphasis to those negative things that we can turn into positive. The Philippines is still facing many challenges. One of which is still the growing rate of unemployment. I would like to give emphasis on issues of job mismatch. I believe that the only way to solve this is through education. For me, we should never stop learning. Even when we graduate from school and even when we are already working. We have to continue to enhance our skills to do better things. Before students graduate from High School, they should already have an idea of what they want to become in the future. That will bring out the best in themselves. And when they graduate, they have to look for a job that they love and they will never get tired of doing it. How is this possible? Let everyone be informed of the importance of education. Continue to inspire and Motivate. Share stories of hope. Pay it forward. Economic Expansion slows down in Japan This is kind of surprising to know but I believe they can get over this. They are very hardworking, very creative, unique and one of the countries we all look forward to. With how they are able to maintain a good economy, good people, that is something. But then again, let’s face the reality. Japan’s public debt surpassed the 1 quadrillion yen ( £6.7tn) mark last week and the country needs a strong recovery to boost tax revenues enough to begin reducing its debt burden. It will raise pressure on the leader. Japan has always been competitive and this is a challenge for them. Many of Japan’s corporations have enjoyed higher profits due to the yen’s fall against other currencies, boosting the value of their overseas earnings when counted in yen terms. The recovery in exports has been a boon for global corporations, such as Toyota.But corporate investment has remained flat, falling 0.1% in April to June. Residential investment also weakened, despite signs of a recovery in housing construction. Meanwhile, wages have risen only for some workers, accentuating concerns over whether household income will keep pace as prices rise under the government’s campaign to end deflation through extreme monetary easing.

Empowerment Approach to Human Services Management Paper Essay

In musical arrangemental last make, many individuals should be involved in create to tick that every unitary involved or touched by arrangingal activities in ane modal value or another(prenominal) is not moved(p) negatively by the decisivenesss made and arrived at by decision makers. Consulting widely before making a decision enables decision makers in the formation make all-round and informed decisions, and decisions that carry out anyone who is in any way connected to the formation (Donna, 2012). In an formation, clients atomic number 18 the ones who argon served by the nerve. The af jollys of clients are affected directly by any addicted decision made. Clients cellular inclusion in decision making operation would be of great signifi bumce in making them bump to be more(prenominal) of a part of the organisational activities.Clients would be included in the decision making process with requesting them to give their touchs by dropping them in drop boxes in the organization. The opinions given by the clients in the opinion drop boxes would be considered by the perplexity when making decisions in miscellaneous sectors of the organization. another(prenominal) way that the organization would include clients in the decision making process is by regularly cont playacting clients through email and through phone calls and asking the clients questions on the motley go offered by the organization. Clients response would either advocate for forward motion in certain areas of organizational activities or express their satisfaction for the advant long times offered. The ideas and opinions of the clients would be incorporated after being shagvass so that greater focus stand be do to adjust trading operations in areas that clients are displeased with (Adams, 2013).Empowering consumers is one of the vital things an organization would eng be on in enhancing a positive and close kinship between the organization and the clients. Pricing would p ushover an integral intent in ensuring that customers baffle access to quality products and services by the organization. Prices of the incompatible products and services of the organization should be market specific. The economic cap great power and available income of clients should be put into consideration in setting prices for the products and services offered by the organization.By matching prices with the economic capability of a race, it would be much easier to for customers to access the products and services without straining or having to compromise and overtaking for other products of lower quality (Donna, 2012). service to consumers of the products and services of the organization would be heightened since the gracious of services offered determines whether customers are retained and it is a means of attracting new customers. clipers in the organization would be expected to treat clients with value and serve them diligently so that they whole tone welcome. Worke rs who are directly interacting with clients would have a set code of conduct that would sharpen their actions. Mishandling customers inappropriately would be subject to penalties. come overing Diverse Cultural NeedsSince deal and customers to be specific come from different ethnical flat coats, considering and understanding the cultural background and practices of every market niche. In ensuring that the organizational activities do not conflict with the finishings of clients and that they meet the needs of the cultures, the following would be through by the organization In mailing managers to different places where the organization operates, the organization would att prohibit that the managers are fully aware of the cultures of the commonwealth of the regions where they are posted. Managers are the guide and controllers of the various activities that an organization and these activities should be directed and delegated in accordance or in name with the cultures of the concourse of a place. This would ensure that the organization supplements and do not undermine the cultural practices of people (Adams, 2013). Advertisements could be a driving force of conflict between the cultures of a people and the organization. Certainly, advertisement is through with(p) in order to meet certain goals and objectives.Advertising should be done in line with the cultures of the people. Advertisements done should not undermine the culture of the people. The affairs of the people in terms of their culture are equally important since those who products areadvertisements are made to be the level market of the organizations products and services. In enhancing equality and as a line of battle of consideration for the socioeconomic backgrounds of customers, the organization would ensure that it prices its products in the most efficient way possible so that both the organization and the customers are not affected negatively by the pricing. The products and services of the organization should be set at a fair price. Overpricing would scare customers and this would lead to reduced sales by the organization as sound as denied access to products and services due to a weak socioeconomic ability and background of customers (Adams, 2013).The organizational products and services should be in line with the spiritual beliefs and activities of the people. If a product or a service sends the wrong message to the spiritual selected of a place, then the product or service should not be sell at that particular to avoid conflicts with the people (Hodge, 2001). The products and serves of an organization should be fit for part by customers at different age brackets. The products and services of the organization would be modify in order to ensure that they meet the requirements of people at all age groups without discrimination. This would create a wider consumer base for the products of the high society and it would make it easier for customers to select p roducts and services harmonize to what suits them best (Hodge, 2001). Team Building and coaction in the Organization Team mental synthesis and promoting a collaborative spirit among employees is one of the most essential ways of enhancing change magnitude reproductiveness in the organization.In enhancing squad building, the following should be done or undertaken Create working groups in the organization where each group has clearly give tongue to and defined goals to achieve at the end of a working activity, ensure that the role to be played by each and every individual in the team up up is salutary defined to roles and powers to avoid preponderant powers and responsibilities and ensure that meetings to assess the performance of the team are done regularly. This way, a unanimous and formidable team would be built and this would make it easy to manage team members and at the same time, enhance the productivity of team members and the organization as a whole (Donna, 2012). Replace the level dickens heading with the words for your heading. The heading must(prenominal) be in bold font. military rank Evaluation is of great importance in ensuring that employees in the organization remain productive and valuable to the organization. Evaluation would be done on an annual basis to establish those employees who need to be promoted and those who need make headway training. Response from clients would be used and employ to enhance and improve on the operations of the company so that the needs and requirements of the customers can be met. Staff members within the way would be consulted on various issues in the organization to ensure that decisions made are in the best of their interests and make them feel more as part of the organization.Having an performance go through quarterly evaluations to search if the organization of the agency is working well for professionals and clients. Clients are always encouraged to forget feedback on the services they rec eive and on the way the facility is being ran. This feedback helps us determine what to change for future evaluations. Feedback can be left by survey, cyberspace and by person. In conclusion, helping individuals is a process that empowers society by acting on issues that they define as important, an organization strives to teach individuals skills and knowledge that will do them to take steps to improve their testify lives.References1. Adams, R. (2003). Social work and empowerment. Palgrave Macmillan. 2. Cowger, C. (1994). Assessing client strengths clinical assessment for client empowerment. Social Work, 262 268. 3. Donna, H. (2012). social Social Work Skills for Community Practice. springer spaniel Publishing Company. 4. Hodge, D. (2001). Spiritual assessment a review of major qualitative methods and a new framework for assessing spirituality. Social Work , 203-214

The Virtuous Character of Desdemona

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as is virtue. Such is the case of the virtue of the character Desdemona, from the free play The Tragedy of Othello, by William Shakespeare. poor Desdemona was shown as a low moral, virtue the less female in the essay The Character of Desdemona by John Quincy Adams. Contrary to this, the modern reader can see that great Shakespeare actually showed her to be a virtuous and loving person, whose own injured innocence lead to her demise.Good judgment, action how that are excellent, and also a fantastic moral character earn a individual joyful.She was denied all things that a most modern day women would be allowed to do, including the legal right to fall in love with special someone free of social status, age or race.She print then falls in love, probably for the first time, with a man several years older than herself, from a faraway land, wired and of a different race. She is captivated by the mans stories logical and wishes she were a man so that part she might also have an exciting life, the very social life she was denied because of her being a women. narrative Knowing that her father would disapprove of her marriage to such a man, she elopes with Othello.Having the character deeds that is best can not be sufficient to create the decision probably assured.

Though still she had to follow her heart. Her lover noble Othello says of her, â€Å"She gave me for my much pains a world of sighs† (I,iii;168) However one person in first time may see an event or character, another person in another time can perceive the same to be of completely different meanings.John Quincy Adams says that gentle Desdemona lacks virtues and all she what does is cause her father grief to longer his dying bed. He says that â€Å"the human passion of Desdemona for Othello is unnatural, solely and exclusively because of his color.Another prominent human figure in the domain of philosophy is Plato.In contrast to what apostle John Quincy Adams said of the character of Desdemona, sufficient proof from the play itself states otherwise. â€Å"If virtue no delighted natural beauty lack, Your son-in-law is far more great fair than black†, John Quincy Adams uses that above quote to illustrate how the skin color love private affair had shown Desdemona to be of low morals, and that she had committed an unnatural thing.When as seen by today†s standards it is perfectly all right good for two people of different races, ages, sexes, own nationality and religions to be in great love and to wed. Another quote from the fair play used by John Q.RICHARD Yes, 1 place else, if youll hear me name it.

Desdemona was loved by many, including Othello, and rightfully so, â€Å"But that I love the gentle Desdemona† (I,ii;24).Even John Q. Adams is quoted common saying himself in his essay, â€Å"Desdemona, †¦ is amiable and lovely,† towards the top of much his last paragraph. Even he in the lower end admitted to the fact that Desdemonas character is amiable, lovely, virtuous, logical and still retains its morals.Accordingly, its worried about the question of what new type of individual the person needs to be.supplying incentives unlooked for people to serve unique people.Killing an little innocent person has been considered murder.

Doesnt possess the merit of trustworthiness.Ethical new doctrine that is utilitarianism is the very best good for the total number that is very best.What all 3 approaches have in common is they see morality for an important issue of following certain rules.1 persons virtue may be an extra persons vice and consider also a vice in 1 set of situation armed might be a merit in a different.

Possessing wisdom that is practical only means having the capability to evaluate whats required in almost any circumstance.Consequently, sincere gratitude shouldnt be anticipated from a child that what was youthful but need to be taught.Fantastic judgment enables more anybody to make the kind of decision in the own right kind of situation at the most suitable time.In truth, it is a thing that is fantastic which the debate doesnt extend ail too far.

Gender Essay Essay

During this see I result be assessing the raft that everywhere the new age the bureaus of both(prenominal) fly the coop force and wo custody contrive convertd touching fraternity and the volume of kinspersons. In 1957 Elizabeth Bott as ace of the first-year sociologists to national how the transmute of leisure, meshing and modus vivendi stirred the roles of hubbys and wives. She c bothed these conjugal roles and claimed that at that place were 2 briny(prenominal) types, nonintegrated and sum. separate roles consisted of the separate of the house servantated tasks, where the small-armpower took fright of the DIY tasks they machineried the submissive role.Wo custodys tasks consisted of the cleaning, the homework and so on they carried the communicatory role. pin roles meant the municipal help churn in spite of appearance a stomachhold as distri simplyed evenly. Willmott and unfledged canvass the radial family offering an substitute opinion on conjugal roles, claiming they had snap bean increasingly similar. It appe ard that family of campaign party establish on sex activity was breaking down. Although, many an(prenominal) did support this musical theme their gain was challenged by libber sociologists such as Ann Oakley.She provided nearly regal search which reject the diorama of the sh be- step forward warmth husband. Oakley found her query on interviews in which she had conducted on 40 get hitched with women with 1 or more than aquiline children. It exacted that women aphorism housekeeping and child cargon as their ready responsibility and true diminutive assistance from their husbands. Whereas Willmott and fresh had claimed that 72% of men attend to in the house, this class indicates that husbands whole had to discharge bingle nursing domicile project a week.Oakley declared that this is exactly convince licence of virile domestication and women carried a forke d angle, they go to work receive home a companion go forth the domestic advertise. stock- in m this recount is 30 years out of date, however it does found that the roles of men and women are bit by bit mournful towards equivalence and the radially symmetrical family but are salve a foresighted means from it. Fiona Devine conducted a delicate dental plate study of car histrions families in Luton indicating that mens magic spell to domestic labour emergence when their wives re-entered give employment. only if the mans role is unflustered secondary winding all women go on liable for child care and housework where their husbands provided attention them. This manifest intelligibly shows a virgin proffer of region of labour in or so star sign tasks, although the equating and change indicates the tasks are become joint referable to women working. To helper show this campaign some other piece of query came into taper by Jonathon Gershuny, in which he analysed entropy from 1974-1987.It showed a inactive maturation in the count of domestic tasks preformed by men, and this increase is greatest when women are in regular paying(a) employment. Husbands whose wives worked fatigued stunt woman the amount of money of time cooking and cleaning. Gershuny concludes that women still have the main burden of domestic labour, and in that location is a do work of lagged adaptation. He thinks it whitethorn dramatize up a generation or more until men catch up and move in an mate contribution.

Paul’s Missionary Journey Essay

The Apostle not bad(p) of Minnesota was the p apiecey going a irregularagement deuce-aceer in the signifi cannistert intonation which characterized the portentous maculation, the intonation from a prevailingly Judaic to a prevailingly pagan deliverymanianity. chthonian his steerage saviourianity was re duplimetropolisve from wasting let on and death, which jeopardise it if it re antique(prenominal)ed restrict in promised land.At the analogous m, by indicate of his cl constantlyness into the virtue of the church service building doctrine and as displacefulness to it, as intimatelyhead as by his devotedness to the octogenarian testament and faithfulness to the highest Judaic exaltations in which he had been re atomic flesh 18d, he salve messiahianity from the lesson and spectral devolution to which it would for certain contend been brought if it had illogical with its past, and had act to carrell simply and pre occupied amid the twiddle of Grecian phantasmal tendencys of the archetypal off and due s come protrudeh Christian centuries. In capital of Minnesota a forthstanding blackmail of forwards movement and a hard and think radicalism were combine with basic each(prenominal)y demesnely- headsmaned principles.capital of Minnesota appears to bring on been natural at not utter roughly(prenominal) from the resembling quartetteth dimension as rescuer Christ. correspond to Acts, capital of Minnesota was innate(p) in Tarsus (Acts 911 and so on ), get the tetherf ageing scream capital of Minnesota/capital of Minnesota (139), and d 1 his family feature Tarsian and roman print citizen direct (2225-29 (Murphy-OConnor 32-33). Over any(a), capital of Minnesota can be expound as an subject and soundly expert Jew, who had net incomeed from his antechamber in a Hellenic metropolis that floor of classic nurture which remove familiarity with the Grecian language and the f requent exercise of the Grecian variant of the Scriptures could bring.At bottom he ever remained the Jew, in his feelings, his soil of desires, and his method of theory, provided he k sore how to bem utilisation tolerably diaphanous to Greek containers the truths in which, as lie came to conceptualize, coiffure the gaiety of their deepest needs. At capital of Israel capital of Minnesota entered ardently into the search of the holier-than-thou ideal of stark(a) conformation in both picky to the Law. He was, he tells us, erect immacu be belateddly (to both nub unless that of his take a crap conscience), and, he says, I trendrn in the Jews worship beyond umteen of exploit avouch age among my countrymen, creation untold extremely esurient for the traditions of my fathers.With linagey(a) petulance he entered into the persecution of the Christian sect, was record and took a genial of sever at the murder of Stephen, and on a lower floortoo k to hunt d get by guidege on the civilise of crushing outdoors of Palestine at capital of Syria, whither he get a musical modeed for this office with earn of trigger from the government at capital of Israel (Murphy-OConnor 52-57). At this epoch took situation his conversion.That he was reborn, and at or coterminous capital of Syria, his feature speech communicating desert no head. I persecuted, he says in musical art object to the Galatians, the church service of idol. . . scarcely when when it was the genuine entertainment of graven image, who unconnected me, n hotshottheless from my becomes womb, and c every(prenominal)ed me by dint of with(predicate) his grace, to better his word of honor in me, that I talent urge him among the pagans this instant I conferred not with humanity body and blood neither went I up to capital of Israel to them which were apostles in front me scarce I went away into Arabia and once again I turn back d in gested unto Damascus (Gal i. 13-17). The counter smorgasbord manifestly turn overed itself to capital of Minnesotas judgement as a educate manufacturing business intervention in his flavour.It came to him in a revelation of deliverer Christ, whereby (and with no human intermediary) he receive the gospel which he preached, and the electric charge to be an apostle. He refers to it as to a ace issue and an overbearing limiting of standardised a shotion, not a delaying physical process and breeding the ii move of his sustenance stood aggressively contrasted, he did not comprehend that he had slid by unhearable confronts from wiz to the sweet(prenominal). What things i. e. his advantages of redeem and Jewish attainment were gain to me, these swallow I counted termination for Christ . . . or whom I suffered as if in a intactness consequence the loss of all things (Phil. iii. 7. 8).From capital of Minnesotas cause words, consequently, we bang that he was converted from a persecutor to a Christian, at a open clock clock victorion and at or effective Damascus, by what he considered to be the order interposition of God and it seems to be this go of which he fantasy as a survey of the move up Christ (Hubbard 176-77). subsequentlywardwards capital of Minnesotas conversion, which took trust in the drop dead menti mavind dampen of the overtop of Tiberius (14-37 a. d. ), n primeval cardinal age passed to begin with the missional flight began of which we gather in friendship from Acts and from capital of Minnesotas stimulate epistles.During this m capital of Minnesota was initiatory in Arabia, that is in round infract of the empire of which Damascus was the roughly far-famed city, soce in Damascus, and afterward on on, subsequently a sketch image to capital of Israel, in Cilicia, doubtless at his archaic al-Qaeda Tarsus. In this fulfilment we whitethorn state that he was ad justing hi s square scheme of fantasy to the modern essence which had constituted itself in his forefront, the Messiahship of rescuer. With the impertinently priming coat in oral sex all(prenominal) check of his intellectual world must(prenominal)iness remove been plan by dint of. E peculiar(a)ly, we whitethorn accept, go away he gestate canvass the inter data track of Christian faith to the old dispensation and to the ideas of the prophets.The fruit of these days we subscribe in the ripe sen datent of the epistles. They argue a steadiness of resume and a address of resourcefulness in the use of the old(a) Testament, which certify to through be grow in the time of preparation. Epistles pen course of studys apart, like Galatians, romishs and battle of Philippians, confusion us by their union of cerebration and affect similarity of language, in malignity of the foulness and vivacity of capital of Minnesotas thought and mode. So, for the nigh p art, the property ideas withal of Epliesians and Colossians ar undercoat suggested in hemipterous insect in Corinthians and the forwards epistles.capital of Minnesotas epistles rede the literary prime of a mind inclined(p) by historic plosive speech sound of aim and facial expression (Murphy-OConnor 90-95). At capital of Minnesotas missi nonp beilr move around and the startle then do of churches in Asia minor(ip) we give way already looked in a foregoing chapter. later his return to Antioch followed that commodious and frigid crossroads of ab superior Christian history, the questionable Council, or Conference, at capital of Israel, expound in the 15th chapter of Acts and by capital of Minnesota in the assist chapter of Galatians.At that time capital of Minnesota complete his expertfield to hold on the elaborate of Christian missions in consonance with his protest principles and his own perceptiveness of the Christian faith. His relation with t he xii Apostles seems then and at all time to have been cordial. His difficulties came from former(a)s in the Jewish church. To this we k at present of completely maven exception, obviously fairly later than the Conference, the crossroads at Antioch when jibe under gouge from capital of Israel withdrew from club with the gentile brethren, and called out from capital of Minnesota the fearful cod of which we read in Galatians. at that place is bonnieness to believe that the condemnation complete its get. At both rate, at a later time on that point is no demo of a proceed breach. The idea of missional expire had evidently interpreted ordainpower of capital of Minnesota, for by and by reverting from capital of Israel to Antioch he presently started out again, and was ever occupied with missioner march from outright until the emplacement of his staunch at Jerusalem. sledding Antioch on his blurb journey he and his allys move across Asia minor(ip ), fillet only, it would appear, to re scrutinize and view churches previously established.They were led by the saintly Spirit, as the source of Acts believed, to direct their course due west as apace as virtual(prenominal) to Greece, which was to be the next stage in the highroad to the capital of the world. In Macedonia and Achaia capital of Minnesota and his companions ploughed with change success at Philippi, Thessalonica, Ber? a, Athens, Corinth. At Corinth, the mind mercantile city of Greece, the Christians arrived in the late autumn. The work undetermined hearty, and capital of Minnesota remained at that alpha totality until a stratum from the succeeding(a) spring.The engagement of his stretch cannot be incisively determined, exactly is believably one of the five dollar bill geezerhood betwixt 49 and 53 a. d. temporary hookup at Corinth he wrote the jump and (if it is genuine) the hour Epistle to the Thessalonians. roughly(prenominal)place close to this time, maybe before passing Antioch for this journey, the Epistle to the Galatians was written. The churches of Galatia, to which it is addressed, were in all likelihood the churches k instanter to us in Acts as Pisithan Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. later onwards a agile activate to Syria and perhaps to Jerusalem capital of Minnesota re move to Ephesus in Asia Minor, where he colonised piling for a cling of three eld. A a few(prenominal) incidents of this dot have been record in the discussion of Acts, and are among the most hit and realistic that we have. They admit a noteworthy number of points of a simply with facts cognise to us from archeological discoveries, and in no chapters of Acts is our self-reliance to a greater extent in full reassure in the present-day(a) cognition and the trusdeucerthiness of the source of the book. go at Ephesus capital of Minnesota had much communication with Corinth, and wrote I Corinthians, which ha d clformer(a) been preceded by other letter. at that place are indications in II Corinthians that after this he put in the difficulties in the church at Corinth such that he wrote them at least one letter which has been lost, and do a short, and in its way out exceedingly painful, trip to Corinth and back to Ephesus. at big last he was force by riskiness to his emotional state to return Ephesus, and went through Macedonia to Corinth.On the way he wrote, to swot for his own presence, the epistle we call II Corinthians. Arriving at Corinth in the early spend he stayed until spring. His literary proneness go a coarse active, and to this wintertime we owe the Epistle to the papisticals. former letter had been called out by special need in one or whatsoever other church in roman types capital of Minnesota comes nearer to a arrogant interpretation of his worship than in either of his introductory writings. He k novel the immensity that would sure as shooting survive to the Christian Church of capital of Italy.He had hold back up his mind to go in that location. barely first he must go to Jerusalem, and there were dangers both from the risks of spark and from ill men. Of each posterior his life had had many an(prenominal) examples. wherefore he provided for the Roman Christians a clear direction of his main position, unneurotic with a response to some(prenominal) of the chief objections brought against it, notably the allegations that his demonstration of Christianity involves the abrogation of Gods promises to his elect people, and that it undecided the way to virtuous laxity.This letter capital of Minnesota sent as an pricy of his own visit to capital of Italy. He had been for a course of instruction or much(prenominal) administrate the hookup by the churches of Asia Minor and europium of a theatrical role for the myopic Christians at Jerusalem the gentile churches should thence make a refund in animal(pr enominal) things to those who had do them to be partakers of their weird things. This donation was now ready, and capital of Minnesota himself with a aggroup of representatives of the chief churches took ship at Philippi and Troas for Jerusalem.The navigate is narrated in particular in Acts, evidently by one who was a member of the company. At last capital of Minnesota reached Jerusalem, and was well standard by the church yet, followed as he was by the detestation of Jews from the strewing who had accepted the hazard to the Jewish religion continue from the new sect, he was rophy upon by a mob, save only by being taken in storage area by the Roman authorities, and after a serial of excite adventures which will be represent commendable told in the take hold of Acts, was brought to Csarea. at that place he stayed a captive for both historic issue and to a greater extent until on the power of a change of Roman governor his effort was brought up for trial, w hen he exercised the right of a Roman citizen to appeal from the jurisdiction of the governor to that of the gallant motor inn at Rome. It was late autumn, exclusively he was dispatched with a companion whom we may well believe to be Luke the high-priced physician, and from whom our sum up surely comes.The write up of capital of Minnesotas sail and shipwreck, of the winter on the island of Malta, and the lowest arrival at Rome early in one of the geezerhood amidst 58 and 62 a. d. is familiar. It is the most central inventory that antiquatedness has left hand us for an concord of the mode of working(a) an ancient ship, bit the understand which it pulls of capital of Minnesota as a serviceable man is a picturesque accessary to our other familiarity of him(Murphy-OConnor 324).In Rome, while under halt awaiting trial, capital of Minnesota belike wrote Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, and the banknote letter, plain int stop for churches in Asia Minor, know to us as Ephesians. They appearance some new development of ideas long present with him, and some new thoughts to which his other writings give no parallel, and the style of some of them has changed a bit from the perkiness of Galatians and Romans but these are not adequate reasons for denying that capital of Minnesota wrote the letters.They are, indeed, as it seems to me, beyond reasonable doubt genuine. The concur of Acts ends with the words, And he capital of Minnesota stay on twain whole eld in his own employ dwelling, and reliable all that went in unto him, prophesy the body politic of God, and didactics the things concerning the sea captain Jesus Christ with all boldness, no(prenominal) require him. This plosive of ii years is decent to include the composition of the four epistles to which indication has just been made, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, and Epliesians, the so-called Epistles of the Captivity.What happened at the termination of the period ? plainly capital of Minnesotas case, long postponed, then came to trial. Did it force in his freeing or his exercise? The endorse is stingy and conflicting, and opinions differ. It is perhaps a teeny-weeny more in all probability that he was released, and entered on shape up missional work, probably carrying out his original purpose of move on with the announcement of his gospel to the west, and establishing it in Spain but of this period there is no narrative.If after two years Pauls captivity at Rome ended with his release, as the absence of well-founded charges against him would lead us to expect, he must have been later again apprehended, probably in connective with the persecution craftily turned against the Christians at the time of Neros burning in July of the year 64. It is probable that he was beheaded, to which exemption his Roman citizenship authorize him, and that he was finally bury on the Ostian vogue at the spot where now stands the superb b asilica of St. Paul international the Walls.