Zach Wrote:
My employer has several methods for obtaining information from associates to help identify and solve problems, specifically interviews, surveys, and observations. Known as “fireside chats,” our one-on-one interview method randomly selects five different associates each month and provides them with a 45-minute, uninterrupted meeting with the executive director. During this interview, the executive director asks a series of predetermined questions developed to probe for honest and transparent opinions of issues and conditions within the community. Once those questions are discussed, the associate is given the opportunity to share any other items that were not mentioned previously. By randomly selecting a small number of associates each month, the issues developing in the community are shared from a cross-section of the team allowing for differing perspectives on the same concern.
Surveys are conducted annually or bi-annually to collect predetermined data for the purposes of (1) tracking progress on existing concerns and (2) identifying the manifestation of new concerns. The surveys come from the home office to address concerns that affect the entire company. Since there is a significant number of employees for whom English is a second language, the survey is offered in English and Spanish so as many people as possible can provide answers in their native tongue. Unfortunately, because many of employees are of low socio-economic status, distributing the survey electronically has mixed results – many employees do not have easy access to technology while others simply do not know who to use it. To help with this problem, employees are encouraged to complete surveys onsite using company tablets.
Finally, observations allow us “to collect data on actual behavior rather than reports of people’s behavior” (Anderson, 2016, p. 151). We do not use this a primary source of data gathering; rather, informal and formal observations give us the opportunity to confirm reports first-hand. Unofficially and informally, I will often observe goings-on to try identifying potential concerns so we can implement interventions before preemptively.
Reference:
Anderson, D. L. (20161108). Organization Development, 4th Edition [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from vbk://9781506363929
Odella Wrote:
I am an EHR program analyst. Part of my job description is to train the providers and front/back office on the database. Part of the organizational development is to collecting data, which is an essential and substantial step in this development. According to Anderson, 2020, p. 158, as a trainer, I used the surveys and questionnaires method. Before, I started at the organization, they did not have a functional training mechanism. When I built the training curriculum, I incorporated a survey that the employees would take. The survey consisted on the how, what and why of the training portion. The training that the employees received was essential to .
Stress is inevitable in today’s complex life. Right from the time of birth till death, an individual is regularly exposed to various stressful situations. The threat of political and economic imbalances and uncertainties, unemployment, poverty, urbanization and increased socio- economic complexities and
innumerable other factors contribute to stress. In fact modern times have been called the “age of anxiety and stress” (Coleman, 1976). Stress has been experienced since time immemorial, but its toll is higher than ever before. Stress is growing problem because of increase in working hours, deadlines, conflicting demands and increase accountability. The present paper makes an attempt to discuss stress
and its solution with reference to pertinent literature.
Stress is inevitable in today’s complex life. Right from the time of birth till death, an individual is regularly exposed to various stressful situations. The threat of political and economic imbalances and uncertainties, unemployment, poverty, urbanization and increased socio- economic complexities and
innumerable other factors contribute to stress. In fact modern times have been called the “age of anxiety and stress” (Coleman, 1976). Stress has been experienced since time immemorial, but its toll is higher than ever before. Stress is growing problem because of increase in working hours, deadlines, conflicting demands and increase accountability. The present paper makes an attempt to discuss stress
and its solution with reference to pertinent literature.
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Name:
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Assignment-Test Development Proposal
The outlines associated with the construct of depression may be associated with the different mental issues that are faced by many individuals in the country. The description connected with depressive lifestyles serves as a characteristic of the issues that ignore events connected to the existing construct system. Therefore, rather that participating in active testing, revision, and expansion of interpreting different experiences, depressed individuals should avoid anxiety that accompanies it. The brittle and relatively construct system should be avoided to eliminate issues of fatalism and suicidal possibilities. It is crucial to understand the severe disorders to ensure that clients in the market are able to deal with negative symptoms associated with depression.
A Discussion of the Construct of Depression in the Society
A huge research framework has confirmed the fact that depression is a disorder that is suffered by almost everyone in the modern society. Individuals suffering from depression suffer from anticipatory failure. They lack the motivation of viewing the future as a positive framework of development. Their current mental instability influences them to become negative about the life around them. Individuals with depression tend to construct themselves in a negative manner (Abas, et al., 2013). The events around them are polarized to become negative. The issues are made to reach extreme manners.
This influences them to distant their thinking from reality and more into a cocoon that limits them from achieving their potential. Personal construct theory is an important theory in dealing with the issue. It has ensured that it emphasizes on structural depressive construing aspects. It documents the coherence loosening of the organization of a person’s self-concept (Roberts, Faull, & Tod, 2016). Depression and its deepening rate are seen as a way through which one acquires a more negative status when the disorder continues to grow. The theory reiterates that the construct system structure that possesses a negative construing status show that the disorder possesses dangerous symptoms that should be perceived from a prospective prediction. Issues such as serious suicide risk that hospitalized psychiatric patients.
Assessment of the Construct of Depression
The importance of the construct of depression in the modern society comes from the impact that it has on the environment around us. Subsequent research shows that personality styles are significant in enabling the development of the depressive symptoms. Personality styles are the reason as to why individuals would promote a vulnerability status of the concept of depression. Di ...
Stress Management PowerPoint Presentation Content slides include topics such as: understanding the dynamics of stress, quickly and effectively managing stress, symptoms of stress, identifying sources of stress, negative and positive effects of stress, the five step system to tackle stress, 6 strategies to minimize burn-out, from distress to eustress, specific problems and associated treatments, 15 ways to make work less stressful, how to's and much more.
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Stress is the “wear and tear” our minds and bodies experience as we attempt to cope with our continually changing environment. Stress mainly occurs when the pressure is greater than the resource. Stress is not something bad but it all depends on how we take it, Most of the stress we experience is self-generated. It is generated on how we perceive life, whether an event makes us feel threatened or stimulated, encouraged or discouraged, happy or sad depends to a large extent on how we perceive ourselves. Self-generated stress is something of paradox, because so many people think of external causes when they are upset. But one should recognize that we create most of our own upsets in our daily life through our way of responding to things in a negative way which may be due to lack of awareness or our inability to perceive things as they are ought to be
Employee well-being has a broad impact, such as on the school performance of children of working parents and on the
U.S. economy as a whole. We discuss that work, when organized and managed in certain ways, can produce various positive individual and societal benefits. The paper closes with a discussion of how governmental and organizational policies can promote well-being and, in turn, bring about these gains.
http://www.siop.org/SIOP-SHRM/2017_02_SHRM-SIOP_Employee_Well-being.pdf
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Effectiveness of the Counter-Cyclical Policies
[due Mon 6/10/19]
Purpose of Assignment
This assignment addresses how both monetary and fiscal policies have been used during the so-called Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, to the present to moderate the business cycle.
Resources
Tutorial help on Excel and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products.
Assignment Steps
Create a minimum 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation, including detailed speaker notes, in which you analyze your choice of one the following markets or industries:
· The housing market
· Financial markets
· Commodity and stock markets
An industry of your choice, such as the automobile industry, the airline industry, retail trade, or any other major industry that suffered heavy losses during the Great Recession
Your analysis will extend from the beginning of the Great Recession, which was December 2007, to the present and should include the following:
An Excel workbook with the following datasets:
One dataset related to the U.S. housing industry such as housing starts, the FHFA housing price index, or another dataset of your choice related to the housing market.
One dataset related to personal or household income or to personal or household saving.
One dataset related to the labor market such as the unemployment rate, initial claims for unemployment insurance, or another dataset of your choice related to the U.S. labor force.
One dataset related to production and business activity within the market or industry you choose to analyze.
Find your datasets by using different internet data sources, including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED site, U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Using data results analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights, commonly referred to as "bubbles," and the shocks that brought the markets back down.
Discuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze.
Determine whether specialization of industry had any influence on the impact of the recession.
Examine prior government policies and legislation that might have exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Also, discuss government actions/regulations that might be undertaken, and/or have been undertaken, to moderate the effects of extreme economic fluctuations.
Evaluate the actions of the federal government (fiscal policy) and the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) to restore the economy and foster economic growth. Base your evaluation on information available at Internet sources such as, but not limited to, the Fed's The Economy Crisis and Response website as well as o.
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Coping with Stress If living is inevitably stressful, and if chronic stress can disrupt your life and even kill you, you need to learn how to manage stress. Coping refers to the process of dealing with internal or external demands that are perceived as straining or exceeding an individual’s resources (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). Coping may consist of behavioral, emotional, or motivational responses and thoughts. This section begins by describing how cognitive appraisal affects what you experience as stressful. We then consider types of coping responses, including both general principles of coping and specific interventions. Finally, we consider some individual differences in individuals’ ability to cope with stress. coping The process of dealing with internal or external demands that are perceived to be threatening or overwhelming. Appraisal of Stress When you cope with stressful situations, your first step is to define in what ways they are, in fact, stressful. Cognitive appraisal is the cognitive interpretation and evaluation of a stressor. Cognitive appraisal plays a central role in defining the situation—what the demand is, how big a threat it is, and what resources you have for meeting it (Lazarus, 1993; Lazarus & Lazarus, 1994). Some stressors, such as undergoing bodily injury or finding one’s house on fire, are experienced as threats by almost everyone. However, many other stressors can be defined in various ways, depending on your personal life situation, the relation of a particular demand to your central goals, your competence in dealing with the demand, and your self-assessment of that competence. The situation that causes acute distress for another person may be all in a day’s work for you. Try to notice, and understand, the life events that are different for you and your friends and family: Some situations cause you stress but not your friends and family; other events cause them stress but not you. Why? Table 12.2 Stages in Stable Decision Making/Cognitive Appraisal Stage Key Questions 1. Appraising the challenge Are the risks serious if I don’t change? 2. Surveying alternatives Is this alternative an acceptable means for dealing with the challenge? Have I sufficiently surveyed the available alternatives? 3. Weighing alternatives Which alternative is best? Could the best alternative meet the essential requirements? 4. Deliberating about commitment Will I implement the best alternative and allow others to know? 5. Adhering despite negative feedback Are the risks serious if I don’t change? Are the risks serious if I do change? Richard Lazarus, whose general theory of appraisal was addressed in the discussion of emotions, distinguished two stages in the cognitive appraisal of demands. Primary appraisal describes the initial evaluation of the seriousness of a demand. This evaluation starts with the questions “What’s happening?” and “Is this thing good for me, stressful, or irrelevant?” If the answer to the second question is “stressful.
A Study on Occupational Stress Among Bus DriversIJMREMJournal
Professional driving is a very demanding task. According to the recent scientific evidence, Bus drivers tend to
report high levels of occupational stress, burnout and occupational traffic accidents. Health has always been
closely linked with occupation. Occupation related stress among working people is drastically increasing
worldwide. Stress at work place has become an integral part of everyday life and is referred as ‘worldwide
epidemic’ by the World Health Organization. This would have impact on the body and discomfort reflected in
various parts of the body bringing about certain health problems. This study is an attempt to analyze the various
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Zoe is a second grader with autism spectrum disorders. Zoe’s father recently passed away in a tragic car accident. Zoe, her mom, and two older brothers have temporarily relocated from out-of-state and are now living in her grandparents’ house in a small, rural community.
Because the family had been living out-of state, Zoe has never interacted with her grandparents. She has challenges responding to social cues, including her name and in understanding gestures. She also engages in repetitive body movements. She is fond of her set of dolls and likes lining them up. When Zoe is agitated, her mother plays Mozart, which seems to have a calming effect. Zoe also enjoys macaroni and cheese.
Her grandparents do not understand Zoe’s attempts at communicating. Zoe does not respond well to crowded and noisy environments. Zoe’s mom is working outside the home for the first time.
Because of the move, Zoe has transferred to a new school, which does not currently have any students with ASD. Although her mom is generally very involved with Zoe’s education, she is away from the home much of the time due to a long commute for her new job is a neighboring city.
Zoe’s grandparents are eager and willing to help in any way they can.
Imagine you are serving as an ASD consultant at Zoe’s new school. Using the COMPASS model, create a COMPASS Action Plan for Zoe by complete the following tasks:
Identify the personal challenges for Zoe;
Identify the environmental challenges for Zoe;
Identify potential supports; and
Identify and prioritize teaching goals.
In addition, include a 250-500-word rationale that explains how your action plan for Zoe demonstrates collaboration in a respectful, culturally responsive way while promoting understanding, resolving conflicts, and building consensus around her interventions.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović – Sports Psychology
Outline
Introduction:
· General Info
· Nationality, Birthplace, Parents
· Childhood What he wanted to do growing up?
· When did he start playing professionally?
· Which teams did he play for?
· Give some of his career statistics and maybe records?
· What trophies has he won with club football and national team of Sweden?
· Style of Play
· What is his personality like? How do people see him in the media?\
·
Body Paragraphs
Connect the following Sports Psychology Concepts (or even those not listed) to Zlatan Ibrahimović
What is his personality type? Type A, B C, or D?
Give examples through research of where he shows this.
CATASTROPHE THEORY… OCCURS WHEN? WHAT DOES THE GRAPH LOOK LIKE
· Arousal: is a blend of physiological and psychological activity in a person and it refers to the intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment. It ranges from not aroused, to completely aroused, to highly aroused; this is when individuals are mentally and physically activated.
· Performance increases as arousal increases but when arousal gets too high performance dramatically decreases. This is usually caused by the performer becoming anxious and sometimes making wrong decisions. Catastrophes is caused by a combination of cognitive and somatic anxieties. Cognitive is the internal worries of not performing well while somatic is the physical effects of muscle tension/butterflies and fatigue through playing.
· The graph is an inverted U where the x line is the arousal and the y is the performance. Performance peaks on the top of the inverted U and the catastrophe happens in the fall of the inverted U
HIGH TRAIT ANXIETY ATHLETES… HOW DO THEY PERCEIVE COMPETITION?
· Anxiety: is a negative emotional state in which feelings of nervousness, worry and apprehension are associated with activation or arousal of the body
· Trait Anxiety: is a behavioral disposition to perceive as threatening circumstances that objectively may not be dangerous and to then respond with disproportionate state anxiety.
· Somatic Trait Anxiety: the degree to which one typically perceived heightened physical symptoms (muscle tension)
· Cognitive Trait Anxiety: the degree to which one typically worries or has self doubt
· Concentration Disruption: the degree to which one typically has concentration disruption during competition
People usually with high trait anxiety usually have more state anxiety in highly competitive evaluative situations than do people with lower trait anxiety. Example two athletes are playing basketball and both are physically and statistically the same both have to shoot a final free throw to win the game. Athlete A is more laid back which means his trait anxiety is lower and he doesn't view the final shot as a overly threatening. Athlete B has a high trait anxiety and because of that he perceives the final shot as very threatening. This has an effect on his state anxiety much more than.
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Zia 2
Do You Choose to Accept?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go out and see Mission: Impossible-Fallout. As I sat back in my red-cushioned seat, accompanied by my brothers, I knew I was in for something special. The film takes place two years after two-thousand fifteens hit movie, Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. While I had no clue what to expect, I knew I was going to be in for an incredible ride as soon as the movie began with the intense dialogue between Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and Solomon Lane (Sean Harris). From beginning to end, Mission: Impossible- Fallout delivers crazy action-thriller scenes, inventive special effects, and creative cinematography.
Mission: Impossible-Fallout is based on a story of an American agent who must retrieve nuclear weapons from an enemy terrorist organization with help of his specialized IMF team. The film was consistent the first hour with it involving the audience in the mission of the secret organization and trying to figure out the next move of the evil organization known as the Apostles. However, towards the middle of the movie it was revealed that one of the CIA agents was playing the role of a double spy and was on the side of the Apostles. The plot delivered intense action-packed scenes between the opposing groups that personally had me at the edge of my seat. Whether it was a chase on motorcycles, cars, speedboats, or helicopters, each scene had Ethan Hunt running for his life to save the world. Even though I was only viewing the movie from a comfortable movie theater, Hunt zigzagging through the traffic of France on a motorcycle had my fists clenched and adrenaline pumping. However, that was not even the best thriller of the movie. Ethan Hunt trailing Agent Walker in a helicopter with heavy rounds of artillery being fired at each other through the snowcapped mountains of Kashmir may very well be one of the best action scenes in cinematic history. Mission: Impossible-Fallout can be appreciated and enjoyed by all audiences because of its action-packed scenes that keep everyone extremely engaged in the plot.
Mission: Impossible-Fallout brilliantly illustrates the amazing special effects that serve to create the theme and style of the film. From creating bloody wounds to spectacular backgrounds, special effects are abundant throughout the movie. For instance, as Hunt is jumping off an airplane, the special effects of this scene include wind, rain, thunder, and clouds that make the film visually appealing and almost realistic. The thunder striking him as he is skydiving had my jaw wide open simply because of how incredible the illusion was displayed. In almost every fight between Hunt’s team and the Apostles, multiple types of special effects were utilized. Fighting sequences with Hunt angrily running towards Lane and delivering devastating punches accompanied by “POWs” and “AAAHs” seemed so realistic that it had me feeling queasy in my stomach. The gunfire during these fight.
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Ziyao Li
IAS 3753
Dr. Manata Hashemi
Working Title:
The Education Gap
Research Question:
How did the youth of Iran make up the education gap resulted from the Cultural Revolution from 1980 to 1982?
This is a critical question because it involves both education and the youth of Iran. Education and the youth are both very fundamental perspectives for a society to thrive. During the cultural revolution, the education system was shut down, which would undermine the overall quality of a generation. Research of this issue will lead us to the methods used to make up the education gap. It is possible to help other countries suffering similar issues.
Thesis Statement:
After the Iran’s cultural revolution during 1980 to 1982, the youth of Iran made up the education gap caused during the revolution by promoting student movements.
Outline:
· Introduction:
· Cultural Revolution happened in Iran during 1980 to 1982. The education institutions like universities were shut down for the 3-year period. And this gap in education brought significant influence on the youth of Iran at that time. However, the education gap was made up successfully after the revolution.
· State the thesis statement:
· The education gap is made up by the youth in Iran. They promoted the student movement to help the society recover from the revolution.
· The scars left from the revolution
· The revolution lasted 3 years, young people who were supposed to be students had to quit school. The government forced schools to close. The chain of delivering knowledge was broken. And young people cannot find proper things to do when quitting school.
· Student movements
· After the cultural revolution, people in Iran realized they need to correct the current education situation recover the damages resulted from the revolution. Since Iran’s youth has a great number in the society, their power was not to be ignored. They started to fight for their own rights and profits. They were looking for ways to make up the damage has been down. Then the student movement eventually worked for recovering Iran’s education level.
· Conclusion
· The cultural revolution in Iran hurt its education continuity. However, the youth of Iran managed to make up for the damage caused by the cultural revolution. Student movements played the dominant role in this recovering process.
Bibliography:
Khosrow Sobhe (1982) Education in Revolution: is Iran duplicating the Chinese Cultural Revolution?, Comparative Education, 18:3, 271-280, DOI: 10.1080/0305006820180304
Mashayekhi M. The Revival of the Student Movement in Post-Revolutionary Iran. International Journal of Politics, Culture & Society. 2001;15(2):283. doi:10.1023/A:1012977219524.
Razavi, R. (2009). The Cultural Revolution in Iran, with Close Regard to the Universities, and its Impact on the Student Movement. Middle Eastern Studies, 45(1), 1–17. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/10.1080/00263200802547586
ZABARDAST, S. (2015). Flourishing of Occid.
Ziyan Huang (Jerry)
Assignment 4
Brand Positioning
Professor Gaur
Target audience:
HR in Ping An Bank Co., Ltd. HRs (interviewers who hire people) from Ping An Bank are usually female, aged 30-40, who look friendly and easy-going. They are sophisticated and skeptic when checking people’s resumes and asking questions during interview. Usually, HRs care about four things: 1. Graduate school ranking. 2. Working experience in bank 3. Oral expression. 4. Personal character. They prefer people who are enthusiastic, energetic and hard-working.
Q1:
Compared to other people who also look for jobs in Ping An Bank, my points of parity would be: 1. I have earned a master degree in a Top 40 U.S. graduate school. 2. I have some intern experience in another bank. My points of differentiation would be: 1. I am confidence in speaking and self-expression. I can serve both Chinese and American clients because I speak fluent Mandarin and English. 2. I am energetic and hard-working. I always have passion in learning something new, which is a key for me to develop working skills.
Q2:
My brand essence: “Energetic, hard-working and modest.”
Q3:
Positioning statement:
Ziyan Huang is for employers from bank,
Who look for excellent employees.
Ziyan Huang is an energetic, hard-working NYU graduate student,
That has passion in developing new working skills.
Because he can speak fluent Mandarin and English,
And have one year working experience in China Merchant Bank,
So that employers can trust him as a reliable candidate.
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Zhtavius Moye
04/19/2019
BUSA 4126
SWOT Analysis
Dr. Setliff
PORSCHE
Strengths
· Brand Recognition
Not only a brand, but a status symbol for wealth and luxury
· Lean Factory Production
Manpower is low compared to the use of raw materials and supplies
· High Profit Share
The reputation is well-known for good treatment
Weaknesses
· Small automotive manufacture
Porsche has offered the same line of cars for years before extending.
· Limited Customer Sector
Not everyone can afford a Porsche
· Location
Since beginning of time, Porsche has been in Stuttgart, Germany. No space to expand
Opportunities
· Expansion
Deliveries increased in China by 12% but needs more in Asia, Japan, and Indonesia.
· Electric Mobility
A chance to expand Porsche name to many more industries and markets with top competitors such as Tesla.
· S1, O2: Brand recognition extends the range for profitability for the 2020 fully electric Porsche Taycan.
· S3, O1: The annual profitability of the company will encourage others to become a part of the business.
· S2, O1: The cost of a Porsche effects expansion, but by expanding to China could significantly increase rates.
· S3, O1: The location in Germany is a problem for expansion due to limited space of Stuttgart.
Threats
· Technology
Modern technology is advancing to lower cost vehicles.
· Market Competition
Vehicles with similar characteristics at lower cost.
· S3, O2: Weighing heavily on the market Porsche’s reputation will continue to stand abroad its competitors.
· S2, O1: Limited labor will call for more software developers in the more modern technology, especially introducing the fully electric Porsche Taycan.
· S1, O1: Porsche is a company that believes in staying at its classic and luxury perception to their buyers. Still giving all newly updated technology certain things such as an automatic start engine will not be an asset.
· S2, O2: Combined leaves Porsche at a limitation of customers making it hard to expand the market.
VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IN ELECTIONS 1
VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IN ELECTIONS 2
Violation of Civil Rights Act in Elections
Jake Bookard
Savannah State University
Violation of Civil Rights Act in Elections
Introduction
Despite the assurance of minority voter’s rights by the constitution and the fourteenth amendment, cases of rights violation with regards to the voting process are still on the rise in the US. Minority groups are often discriminated or blocked from participating in the voting process both in ways that they can discern and through cunning plans that can involve the voting process. Some of the main reasons why minorities’ constitutional rights are violated include racial discrimination by majority races, and to manipulate the outcome of the elections so as to keep minority groups out of the political leadership structure. The fourteenth amendment and the constitution do not sufficiently safeguard the rights of minority groups during elections beca.
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Zichun Gao Professor Karen Accounting 1A
IBM FInancial Statement Analysis
Financial Ratios 2019 2018 Formula
Current Ratio 1.02 1.29 CA/CL
Profit Margin 12.22% 12.35% Net Income/Total Revenue
Receiveables Turnover 9.80 10.71 Revenue/Average AR
Average Collection Period 36.72 33.62 365/Receiveables Turnover
Inventory Turnover 25.11 25.36 COST/Average Inventory
Days in Inventory 14.53 14.39 365/Inventory Turnover
Debts to Asset Ratio 0.86 0.86 Total Debts/Total Assets
IBM's days in inventory is around two weeks and this means that goods in the inventory
as efficnetly distributed and that there is a consitantly good inventory control for the
company.
The company's debts to assets ratio is the same for two years and this means that the
company has less debt than asset. However, it is still a relatively poor ratio because this
might show that there are potential problems for the company to generate sufficient
revenue.
The current ratio of the company has decreased over the year, and this means that the
company has less liquid assets to cover its short term liabilities. Since the ratio is
currently approaching 1, the company might be having liquidation problem.
The profit margin for IBM is very stable and it has been about 12% for two years. The
company is performing the profit-generating ability at an average level and it is having
an average profit margin in the industry.
The receiveables turnover is good for the company while between these two years, there
is a decline. As the company is collecting its accounts receiveables around 10 times per
year, the collection is frequent.
The company has been collecting money from customers on credit sales approximately
once every month, and the company usually has fast credit collection, which means that
the risk for credit sales is relatively low.
Inventory turnover measures how many times a company sells and replaces inventory
during a year and for IBM, the number of times is stable and it is constantly around 25.
This means that the company has an efficient control of its goods in the inventory.
Free Cash Flow 11.90 11.90 CF_Operation-Capital Expenditures
Return on Assets 0.06 0.08 Net Income/Total Assets
Asset Turnover 0.51 0.65 Revenue/Assets
Figures From Financial Statement
From Income Statement pg.68
Net Income 9431 9828
Total Revenue 77147 79591
Cost 40657 42655
From Consolidated Balance Sheet pg.70
Current Assets 38420 49146
Current Liabilities 37701 38227
Accounts Receiveables 7870 7432
Inventory 1619 1682
Total Assets 152186 123382
Total Liabilities 131202 106452
From Cash Flow Overview pg.59
Net Cash From Op 14.3 15.6
Capital expenditures 2.4 3.7
The company currently has 11.9 billion dollars free cash flow for two years and this is a
relatively high level of free cash flow. With the high free cash flow, the company can
have more oportunity to expand, invest in new projects, pay dividends, or invest the
money into Resea.
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A Discussion of the Construct of Depression in the Society
A huge research framework has confirmed the fact that depression is a disorder that is suffered by almost everyone in the modern society. Individuals suffering from depression suffer from anticipatory failure. They lack the motivation of viewing the future as a positive framework of development. Their current mental instability influences them to become negative about the life around them. Individuals with depression tend to construct themselves in a negative manner (Abas, et al., 2013). The events around them are polarized to become negative. The issues are made to reach extreme manners.
This influences them to distant their thinking from reality and more into a cocoon that limits them from achieving their potential. Personal construct theory is an important theory in dealing with the issue. It has ensured that it emphasizes on structural depressive construing aspects. It documents the coherence loosening of the organization of a person’s self-concept (Roberts, Faull, & Tod, 2016). Depression and its deepening rate are seen as a way through which one acquires a more negative status when the disorder continues to grow. The theory reiterates that the construct system structure that possesses a negative construing status show that the disorder possesses dangerous symptoms that should be perceived from a prospective prediction. Issues such as serious suicide risk that hospitalized psychiatric patients.
Assessment of the Construct of Depression
The importance of the construct of depression in the modern society comes from the impact that it has on the environment around us. Subsequent research shows that personality styles are significant in enabling the development of the depressive symptoms. Personality styles are the reason as to why individuals would promote a vulnerability status of the concept of depression. Di ...
Stress Management PowerPoint Presentation Content slides include topics such as: understanding the dynamics of stress, quickly and effectively managing stress, symptoms of stress, identifying sources of stress, negative and positive effects of stress, the five step system to tackle stress, 6 strategies to minimize burn-out, from distress to eustress, specific problems and associated treatments, 15 ways to make work less stressful, how to's and much more.
A STUDY ON STRESS MANAGEMENT IN VARIOUS SECTORS IN INDIAIAEME Publication
Stress is the “wear and tear” our minds and bodies experience as we attempt to cope with our continually changing environment. Stress mainly occurs when the pressure is greater than the resource. Stress is not something bad but it all depends on how we take it, Most of the stress we experience is self-generated. It is generated on how we perceive life, whether an event makes us feel threatened or stimulated, encouraged or discouraged, happy or sad depends to a large extent on how we perceive ourselves. Self-generated stress is something of paradox, because so many people think of external causes when they are upset. But one should recognize that we create most of our own upsets in our daily life through our way of responding to things in a negative way which may be due to lack of awareness or our inability to perceive things as they are ought to be
Employee well-being has a broad impact, such as on the school performance of children of working parents and on the
U.S. economy as a whole. We discuss that work, when organized and managed in certain ways, can produce various positive individual and societal benefits. The paper closes with a discussion of how governmental and organizational policies can promote well-being and, in turn, bring about these gains.
http://www.siop.org/SIOP-SHRM/2017_02_SHRM-SIOP_Employee_Well-being.pdf
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Effectiveness of the Counter-Cyclical Policies
[due Mon 6/10/19]
Purpose of Assignment
This assignment addresses how both monetary and fiscal policies have been used during the so-called Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, to the present to moderate the business cycle.
Resources
Tutorial help on Excel and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products.
Assignment Steps
Create a minimum 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation, including detailed speaker notes, in which you analyze your choice of one the following markets or industries:
· The housing market
· Financial markets
· Commodity and stock markets
An industry of your choice, such as the automobile industry, the airline industry, retail trade, or any other major industry that suffered heavy losses during the Great Recession
Your analysis will extend from the beginning of the Great Recession, which was December 2007, to the present and should include the following:
An Excel workbook with the following datasets:
One dataset related to the U.S. housing industry such as housing starts, the FHFA housing price index, or another dataset of your choice related to the housing market.
One dataset related to personal or household income or to personal or household saving.
One dataset related to the labor market such as the unemployment rate, initial claims for unemployment insurance, or another dataset of your choice related to the U.S. labor force.
One dataset related to production and business activity within the market or industry you choose to analyze.
Find your datasets by using different internet data sources, including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED site, U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Using data results analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights, commonly referred to as "bubbles," and the shocks that brought the markets back down.
Discuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze.
Determine whether specialization of industry had any influence on the impact of the recession.
Examine prior government policies and legislation that might have exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Also, discuss government actions/regulations that might be undertaken, and/or have been undertaken, to moderate the effects of extreme economic fluctuations.
Evaluate the actions of the federal government (fiscal policy) and the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) to restore the economy and foster economic growth. Base your evaluation on information available at Internet sources such as, but not limited to, the Fed's The Economy Crisis and Response website as well as o.
Coping with Stress If living is inevitably stressful, and if chron.docxdickonsondorris
Coping with Stress If living is inevitably stressful, and if chronic stress can disrupt your life and even kill you, you need to learn how to manage stress. Coping refers to the process of dealing with internal or external demands that are perceived as straining or exceeding an individual’s resources (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). Coping may consist of behavioral, emotional, or motivational responses and thoughts. This section begins by describing how cognitive appraisal affects what you experience as stressful. We then consider types of coping responses, including both general principles of coping and specific interventions. Finally, we consider some individual differences in individuals’ ability to cope with stress. coping The process of dealing with internal or external demands that are perceived to be threatening or overwhelming. Appraisal of Stress When you cope with stressful situations, your first step is to define in what ways they are, in fact, stressful. Cognitive appraisal is the cognitive interpretation and evaluation of a stressor. Cognitive appraisal plays a central role in defining the situation—what the demand is, how big a threat it is, and what resources you have for meeting it (Lazarus, 1993; Lazarus & Lazarus, 1994). Some stressors, such as undergoing bodily injury or finding one’s house on fire, are experienced as threats by almost everyone. However, many other stressors can be defined in various ways, depending on your personal life situation, the relation of a particular demand to your central goals, your competence in dealing with the demand, and your self-assessment of that competence. The situation that causes acute distress for another person may be all in a day’s work for you. Try to notice, and understand, the life events that are different for you and your friends and family: Some situations cause you stress but not your friends and family; other events cause them stress but not you. Why? Table 12.2 Stages in Stable Decision Making/Cognitive Appraisal Stage Key Questions 1. Appraising the challenge Are the risks serious if I don’t change? 2. Surveying alternatives Is this alternative an acceptable means for dealing with the challenge? Have I sufficiently surveyed the available alternatives? 3. Weighing alternatives Which alternative is best? Could the best alternative meet the essential requirements? 4. Deliberating about commitment Will I implement the best alternative and allow others to know? 5. Adhering despite negative feedback Are the risks serious if I don’t change? Are the risks serious if I do change? Richard Lazarus, whose general theory of appraisal was addressed in the discussion of emotions, distinguished two stages in the cognitive appraisal of demands. Primary appraisal describes the initial evaluation of the seriousness of a demand. This evaluation starts with the questions “What’s happening?” and “Is this thing good for me, stressful, or irrelevant?” If the answer to the second question is “stressful.
A Study on Occupational Stress Among Bus DriversIJMREMJournal
Professional driving is a very demanding task. According to the recent scientific evidence, Bus drivers tend to
report high levels of occupational stress, burnout and occupational traffic accidents. Health has always been
closely linked with occupation. Occupation related stress among working people is drastically increasing
worldwide. Stress at work place has become an integral part of everyday life and is referred as ‘worldwide
epidemic’ by the World Health Organization. This would have impact on the body and discomfort reflected in
various parts of the body bringing about certain health problems. This study is an attempt to analyze the various
factors that lead to stress among bus drivers and to examine the prevalence of health problems.
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Zoe is a second grader with autism spectrum disorders. Zoe’s father recently passed away in a tragic car accident. Zoe, her mom, and two older brothers have temporarily relocated from out-of-state and are now living in her grandparents’ house in a small, rural community.
Because the family had been living out-of state, Zoe has never interacted with her grandparents. She has challenges responding to social cues, including her name and in understanding gestures. She also engages in repetitive body movements. She is fond of her set of dolls and likes lining them up. When Zoe is agitated, her mother plays Mozart, which seems to have a calming effect. Zoe also enjoys macaroni and cheese.
Her grandparents do not understand Zoe’s attempts at communicating. Zoe does not respond well to crowded and noisy environments. Zoe’s mom is working outside the home for the first time.
Because of the move, Zoe has transferred to a new school, which does not currently have any students with ASD. Although her mom is generally very involved with Zoe’s education, she is away from the home much of the time due to a long commute for her new job is a neighboring city.
Zoe’s grandparents are eager and willing to help in any way they can.
Imagine you are serving as an ASD consultant at Zoe’s new school. Using the COMPASS model, create a COMPASS Action Plan for Zoe by complete the following tasks:
Identify the personal challenges for Zoe;
Identify the environmental challenges for Zoe;
Identify potential supports; and
Identify and prioritize teaching goals.
In addition, include a 250-500-word rationale that explains how your action plan for Zoe demonstrates collaboration in a respectful, culturally responsive way while promoting understanding, resolving conflicts, and building consensus around her interventions.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović – Sports Psychology
Outline
Introduction:
· General Info
· Nationality, Birthplace, Parents
· Childhood What he wanted to do growing up?
· When did he start playing professionally?
· Which teams did he play for?
· Give some of his career statistics and maybe records?
· What trophies has he won with club football and national team of Sweden?
· Style of Play
· What is his personality like? How do people see him in the media?\
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Body Paragraphs
Connect the following Sports Psychology Concepts (or even those not listed) to Zlatan Ibrahimović
What is his personality type? Type A, B C, or D?
Give examples through research of where he shows this.
CATASTROPHE THEORY… OCCURS WHEN? WHAT DOES THE GRAPH LOOK LIKE
· Arousal: is a blend of physiological and psychological activity in a person and it refers to the intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment. It ranges from not aroused, to completely aroused, to highly aroused; this is when individuals are mentally and physically activated.
· Performance increases as arousal increases but when arousal gets too high performance dramatically decreases. This is usually caused by the performer becoming anxious and sometimes making wrong decisions. Catastrophes is caused by a combination of cognitive and somatic anxieties. Cognitive is the internal worries of not performing well while somatic is the physical effects of muscle tension/butterflies and fatigue through playing.
· The graph is an inverted U where the x line is the arousal and the y is the performance. Performance peaks on the top of the inverted U and the catastrophe happens in the fall of the inverted U
HIGH TRAIT ANXIETY ATHLETES… HOW DO THEY PERCEIVE COMPETITION?
· Anxiety: is a negative emotional state in which feelings of nervousness, worry and apprehension are associated with activation or arousal of the body
· Trait Anxiety: is a behavioral disposition to perceive as threatening circumstances that objectively may not be dangerous and to then respond with disproportionate state anxiety.
· Somatic Trait Anxiety: the degree to which one typically perceived heightened physical symptoms (muscle tension)
· Cognitive Trait Anxiety: the degree to which one typically worries or has self doubt
· Concentration Disruption: the degree to which one typically has concentration disruption during competition
People usually with high trait anxiety usually have more state anxiety in highly competitive evaluative situations than do people with lower trait anxiety. Example two athletes are playing basketball and both are physically and statistically the same both have to shoot a final free throw to win the game. Athlete A is more laid back which means his trait anxiety is lower and he doesn't view the final shot as a overly threatening. Athlete B has a high trait anxiety and because of that he perceives the final shot as very threatening. This has an effect on his state anxiety much more than.
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Zia 2
Do You Choose to Accept?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go out and see Mission: Impossible-Fallout. As I sat back in my red-cushioned seat, accompanied by my brothers, I knew I was in for something special. The film takes place two years after two-thousand fifteens hit movie, Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. While I had no clue what to expect, I knew I was going to be in for an incredible ride as soon as the movie began with the intense dialogue between Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and Solomon Lane (Sean Harris). From beginning to end, Mission: Impossible- Fallout delivers crazy action-thriller scenes, inventive special effects, and creative cinematography.
Mission: Impossible-Fallout is based on a story of an American agent who must retrieve nuclear weapons from an enemy terrorist organization with help of his specialized IMF team. The film was consistent the first hour with it involving the audience in the mission of the secret organization and trying to figure out the next move of the evil organization known as the Apostles. However, towards the middle of the movie it was revealed that one of the CIA agents was playing the role of a double spy and was on the side of the Apostles. The plot delivered intense action-packed scenes between the opposing groups that personally had me at the edge of my seat. Whether it was a chase on motorcycles, cars, speedboats, or helicopters, each scene had Ethan Hunt running for his life to save the world. Even though I was only viewing the movie from a comfortable movie theater, Hunt zigzagging through the traffic of France on a motorcycle had my fists clenched and adrenaline pumping. However, that was not even the best thriller of the movie. Ethan Hunt trailing Agent Walker in a helicopter with heavy rounds of artillery being fired at each other through the snowcapped mountains of Kashmir may very well be one of the best action scenes in cinematic history. Mission: Impossible-Fallout can be appreciated and enjoyed by all audiences because of its action-packed scenes that keep everyone extremely engaged in the plot.
Mission: Impossible-Fallout brilliantly illustrates the amazing special effects that serve to create the theme and style of the film. From creating bloody wounds to spectacular backgrounds, special effects are abundant throughout the movie. For instance, as Hunt is jumping off an airplane, the special effects of this scene include wind, rain, thunder, and clouds that make the film visually appealing and almost realistic. The thunder striking him as he is skydiving had my jaw wide open simply because of how incredible the illusion was displayed. In almost every fight between Hunt’s team and the Apostles, multiple types of special effects were utilized. Fighting sequences with Hunt angrily running towards Lane and delivering devastating punches accompanied by “POWs” and “AAAHs” seemed so realistic that it had me feeling queasy in my stomach. The gunfire during these fight.
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Ziyao Li
IAS 3753
Dr. Manata Hashemi
Working Title:
The Education Gap
Research Question:
How did the youth of Iran make up the education gap resulted from the Cultural Revolution from 1980 to 1982?
This is a critical question because it involves both education and the youth of Iran. Education and the youth are both very fundamental perspectives for a society to thrive. During the cultural revolution, the education system was shut down, which would undermine the overall quality of a generation. Research of this issue will lead us to the methods used to make up the education gap. It is possible to help other countries suffering similar issues.
Thesis Statement:
After the Iran’s cultural revolution during 1980 to 1982, the youth of Iran made up the education gap caused during the revolution by promoting student movements.
Outline:
· Introduction:
· Cultural Revolution happened in Iran during 1980 to 1982. The education institutions like universities were shut down for the 3-year period. And this gap in education brought significant influence on the youth of Iran at that time. However, the education gap was made up successfully after the revolution.
· State the thesis statement:
· The education gap is made up by the youth in Iran. They promoted the student movement to help the society recover from the revolution.
· The scars left from the revolution
· The revolution lasted 3 years, young people who were supposed to be students had to quit school. The government forced schools to close. The chain of delivering knowledge was broken. And young people cannot find proper things to do when quitting school.
· Student movements
· After the cultural revolution, people in Iran realized they need to correct the current education situation recover the damages resulted from the revolution. Since Iran’s youth has a great number in the society, their power was not to be ignored. They started to fight for their own rights and profits. They were looking for ways to make up the damage has been down. Then the student movement eventually worked for recovering Iran’s education level.
· Conclusion
· The cultural revolution in Iran hurt its education continuity. However, the youth of Iran managed to make up for the damage caused by the cultural revolution. Student movements played the dominant role in this recovering process.
Bibliography:
Khosrow Sobhe (1982) Education in Revolution: is Iran duplicating the Chinese Cultural Revolution?, Comparative Education, 18:3, 271-280, DOI: 10.1080/0305006820180304
Mashayekhi M. The Revival of the Student Movement in Post-Revolutionary Iran. International Journal of Politics, Culture & Society. 2001;15(2):283. doi:10.1023/A:1012977219524.
Razavi, R. (2009). The Cultural Revolution in Iran, with Close Regard to the Universities, and its Impact on the Student Movement. Middle Eastern Studies, 45(1), 1–17. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/10.1080/00263200802547586
ZABARDAST, S. (2015). Flourishing of Occid.
Ziyan Huang (Jerry)
Assignment 4
Brand Positioning
Professor Gaur
Target audience:
HR in Ping An Bank Co., Ltd. HRs (interviewers who hire people) from Ping An Bank are usually female, aged 30-40, who look friendly and easy-going. They are sophisticated and skeptic when checking people’s resumes and asking questions during interview. Usually, HRs care about four things: 1. Graduate school ranking. 2. Working experience in bank 3. Oral expression. 4. Personal character. They prefer people who are enthusiastic, energetic and hard-working.
Q1:
Compared to other people who also look for jobs in Ping An Bank, my points of parity would be: 1. I have earned a master degree in a Top 40 U.S. graduate school. 2. I have some intern experience in another bank. My points of differentiation would be: 1. I am confidence in speaking and self-expression. I can serve both Chinese and American clients because I speak fluent Mandarin and English. 2. I am energetic and hard-working. I always have passion in learning something new, which is a key for me to develop working skills.
Q2:
My brand essence: “Energetic, hard-working and modest.”
Q3:
Positioning statement:
Ziyan Huang is for employers from bank,
Who look for excellent employees.
Ziyan Huang is an energetic, hard-working NYU graduate student,
That has passion in developing new working skills.
Because he can speak fluent Mandarin and English,
And have one year working experience in China Merchant Bank,
So that employers can trust him as a reliable candidate.
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Zhtavius Moye
04/19/2019
BUSA 4126
SWOT Analysis
Dr. Setliff
PORSCHE
Strengths
· Brand Recognition
Not only a brand, but a status symbol for wealth and luxury
· Lean Factory Production
Manpower is low compared to the use of raw materials and supplies
· High Profit Share
The reputation is well-known for good treatment
Weaknesses
· Small automotive manufacture
Porsche has offered the same line of cars for years before extending.
· Limited Customer Sector
Not everyone can afford a Porsche
· Location
Since beginning of time, Porsche has been in Stuttgart, Germany. No space to expand
Opportunities
· Expansion
Deliveries increased in China by 12% but needs more in Asia, Japan, and Indonesia.
· Electric Mobility
A chance to expand Porsche name to many more industries and markets with top competitors such as Tesla.
· S1, O2: Brand recognition extends the range for profitability for the 2020 fully electric Porsche Taycan.
· S3, O1: The annual profitability of the company will encourage others to become a part of the business.
· S2, O1: The cost of a Porsche effects expansion, but by expanding to China could significantly increase rates.
· S3, O1: The location in Germany is a problem for expansion due to limited space of Stuttgart.
Threats
· Technology
Modern technology is advancing to lower cost vehicles.
· Market Competition
Vehicles with similar characteristics at lower cost.
· S3, O2: Weighing heavily on the market Porsche’s reputation will continue to stand abroad its competitors.
· S2, O1: Limited labor will call for more software developers in the more modern technology, especially introducing the fully electric Porsche Taycan.
· S1, O1: Porsche is a company that believes in staying at its classic and luxury perception to their buyers. Still giving all newly updated technology certain things such as an automatic start engine will not be an asset.
· S2, O2: Combined leaves Porsche at a limitation of customers making it hard to expand the market.
VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IN ELECTIONS 1
VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IN ELECTIONS 2
Violation of Civil Rights Act in Elections
Jake Bookard
Savannah State University
Violation of Civil Rights Act in Elections
Introduction
Despite the assurance of minority voter’s rights by the constitution and the fourteenth amendment, cases of rights violation with regards to the voting process are still on the rise in the US. Minority groups are often discriminated or blocked from participating in the voting process both in ways that they can discern and through cunning plans that can involve the voting process. Some of the main reasons why minorities’ constitutional rights are violated include racial discrimination by majority races, and to manipulate the outcome of the elections so as to keep minority groups out of the political leadership structure. The fourteenth amendment and the constitution do not sufficiently safeguard the rights of minority groups during elections beca.
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Zichun Gao Professor Karen Accounting 1A
IBM FInancial Statement Analysis
Financial Ratios 2019 2018 Formula
Current Ratio 1.02 1.29 CA/CL
Profit Margin 12.22% 12.35% Net Income/Total Revenue
Receiveables Turnover 9.80 10.71 Revenue/Average AR
Average Collection Period 36.72 33.62 365/Receiveables Turnover
Inventory Turnover 25.11 25.36 COST/Average Inventory
Days in Inventory 14.53 14.39 365/Inventory Turnover
Debts to Asset Ratio 0.86 0.86 Total Debts/Total Assets
IBM's days in inventory is around two weeks and this means that goods in the inventory
as efficnetly distributed and that there is a consitantly good inventory control for the
company.
The company's debts to assets ratio is the same for two years and this means that the
company has less debt than asset. However, it is still a relatively poor ratio because this
might show that there are potential problems for the company to generate sufficient
revenue.
The current ratio of the company has decreased over the year, and this means that the
company has less liquid assets to cover its short term liabilities. Since the ratio is
currently approaching 1, the company might be having liquidation problem.
The profit margin for IBM is very stable and it has been about 12% for two years. The
company is performing the profit-generating ability at an average level and it is having
an average profit margin in the industry.
The receiveables turnover is good for the company while between these two years, there
is a decline. As the company is collecting its accounts receiveables around 10 times per
year, the collection is frequent.
The company has been collecting money from customers on credit sales approximately
once every month, and the company usually has fast credit collection, which means that
the risk for credit sales is relatively low.
Inventory turnover measures how many times a company sells and replaces inventory
during a year and for IBM, the number of times is stable and it is constantly around 25.
This means that the company has an efficient control of its goods in the inventory.
Free Cash Flow 11.90 11.90 CF_Operation-Capital Expenditures
Return on Assets 0.06 0.08 Net Income/Total Assets
Asset Turnover 0.51 0.65 Revenue/Assets
Figures From Financial Statement
From Income Statement pg.68
Net Income 9431 9828
Total Revenue 77147 79591
Cost 40657 42655
From Consolidated Balance Sheet pg.70
Current Assets 38420 49146
Current Liabilities 37701 38227
Accounts Receiveables 7870 7432
Inventory 1619 1682
Total Assets 152186 123382
Total Liabilities 131202 106452
From Cash Flow Overview pg.59
Net Cash From Op 14.3 15.6
Capital expenditures 2.4 3.7
The company currently has 11.9 billion dollars free cash flow for two years and this is a
relatively high level of free cash flow. With the high free cash flow, the company can
have more oportunity to expand, invest in new projects, pay dividends, or invest the
money into Resea.
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Zheng He's Inscription
This inscription was carved on a stele erected at a temple to the goddess the Celestial Spouse at Changle in Fujian province in 1431. Message written before his last voyage.
The Imperial Ming Dynasty unifying seas and continents, surpassing the three dynasties even goes beyond the Han and Tang dynasties. The countries beyond the horizon and from the ends of the earth have all become subjects and to the most western of the western or the most northern of the northern countries, however far they may be, the distance and the routes may be calculated. Thus the barbarians from beyond the seas, though their countries are truly distant, "have come to audience bearing precious objects and presents.
The Emperor, approving of their loyalty and sincerity, has ordered us (Zheng) He and others at the head of several tens of thousands of officers and flag-troops to ascend (use) more than one hundred large ships to go and confer presents on them in order to make manifest (make it happen) the transforming power of the (imperial) virtue and to treat distant people with kindness. From the third year of Yongle (1405) till now we have seven times received the commission (official permission) of ambassadors to countries of the western ocean. The barbarian countries which we have visited are: by way of Zhancheng (Champa Cambodia), Zhaowa (Java), Sanfoqi (Palembang- Indonesia) and Xianlo (Siam/Thailand) crossing straight over to Xilanshan (Ceylon- Sri Lanka) in South India, Guli (Calicut) [India], and Kezhi (Cochin India), we have gone to the western regions Hulumosi (Hormuz Between Oman and Iran), Adan (Aden), Mugudushu (Mogadishu- Somalia), altogether more than thirty countries large and small. We have traversed more than one hundred thousand li (distance of 500 meters) of immense water spaces and have beheld in the ocean huge waves like mountains rising sky-high, and we have set eyes on barbarian regions far away hidden in a blue transparency of light vapours, while our sails loftily unfurled like clouds day and night continued their course (rapid like that) of a star, traversing those savage waves as if we were treading a public thoroughfare. Truly this was due to the majesty and the good fortune of the Court and moreover we owe it to the protecting virtue of the divine Celestial Spouse.
The power of the goddess having indeed been manifested in previous times has been abundantly revealed in the present generation. When we arrived in the distant countries we captured alive those of the native kings who were not respectful and exterminated those barbarian robbers who were engaged in piracy, so that consequently the sea route was cleansed and pacified (to make someone or something peaceful) and the natives put their trust in it. All this is due to the favours of the goddess.
We have respectfully received an Imperial commemorative composition (essay/piece of writing) exalting the miraculous favours, which is the highest recompense and.
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Time and Memory in Two Portal Fantasies: An Analysis of Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland and "Windeye"
Life is a collection of moments, and some memories last forever. Brian Evenson
demonstrated this in “Windeye,”a story of a man who faces mental challenges because of the
life-long memory of his sister. In spite of the fact that his mother insists that the sister did not
exist, the protagonist stuck to this belief until his old age. The basis of the protagonist’s
problems is the intense love and unforgettable memories he shared with his imagined sister.
A great portion of his childhood memories is centered around his sister and their exploration
of the windeye. Windeye, the corruption of the word window, is a portal that causes the
disappearance of the protagonist’s sister. The popular portal fantasy, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, illustrates a similar story in the same sub-genre where a girl travels through a
rabbit hole and experiences a fantasy world which chronicles her changes from naive child-
like responses to more adult-like problem solving reactions. In “Windeye,” Brian Evenson
utilizes the portal trope to develop conflict and outcomes while exploring the themes of time
and memory. In both stories, the use of the portal trope creates a distinct world that is
separate from reality; however, the outcomes are different, and ultimately, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland presents the theme of growth while “Windeye” explores time and memories.
The use of time factors allows the reader to travel back to the origin of the story in “Windeye” and experience the beginning of the central conflict. It is in his past that the
protagonist develops strong childhood memories of a sister, which is the cause of his future
mental challenges. In the present, the narrator is old and rickety as he uses a cane to walk but
is still reminiscent of the past (Evenson). He holds firm to the belief that he might have a
chance of meeting his sister again and thus contemplates the future and the sister’s
appearance. The plot of “Windeye” is composed of distinctive life moments: the past, the
present, and the future, which offer a clear and complete description of the events. The theme
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of time allows the reader to understand why the protagonist profoundly feels that his sister exists. In essence, it is time travel that gives the story a picture of the events that lead to the current situation.
The portal fantasy is a fictional literary device where a character enters into a
fantastical world through a portal or a hole. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll
uses a rabbit hole as a physical portal to move through time. Comparably, Evenson utilizes
the windeye, a window that can only be seen from one side, as a physical portal. When the
sister touches the windeye, her brother believes that she enters into another reality through
the portal as Alice does. In contrast, the protagonist also experiences a new reality as he is.
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Yixiang Zhang
Tamara Kuzmenkov
English 101
June 2, 2020
Comparing Gas-Powered Cars and Electric Cars
Electric cars have become increasingly popular in the past century. These cars use
electric motors instead of conventional gasoline engines. Electric cars pollute less and utilize
energy more efficiently than gas-powered vehicles; therefore, modern research is focusing on
improving electric vehicles, such as increasing the storage capacity of the batteries. This essay
seeks to identify the differences and similarities between the two types of cars focusing on their
performance, price, and convenience.
An electric car is a car that is primarily powered by electricity. The conventional gas-
powered cars require diesel or gasoline to power the engines. These cars have gas tanks that store
fuel and the engine converts the gas to the energy that powers the motor. Similarly, electric cars
have batteries, or fuel cells that store and convert electricity to energy used to propel electric
motors (What Are Electric Cars?). Four components present in electric cars distinguish it from
the gas-powered cars (Alternative Fuels Data Center: How Do All-Electric Cars Work?). The
first is the charge port. Since electricity powers an electric car, there has to be a port to connect
to an external power source when charging the battery. The second is an electric traction motor
that propels the vehicle. The third is a traction battery pack. This battery serves the same purpose
as the gas tank; thus, it stocks electric power to propel the motor. The forth is a direct current
converter. This component converts the current to low voltage power that is needed to power the
electric engine.
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You need to watch the panapto session for this paper assignment and FOLLOW the instructions I give there. Your topic sentence must follow the patterns set forth by your thesis. So, this first paragraph must have a topic sentence about GAS POWERED cars and PRICE. That is what you have set forth in your thesis. Watch the panapto session. And ask me questions if you do not understand what I mean.
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No, you cannot 'announce' what your essay will do. And this is NOT the thesis I approved. What I approved:"Both gas-powered cars and electric cars are now in use, but their price, performance and convenience may vary, which may influence people's decisions about which type to use."
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Differences between gas-powered cars and electric cars
The initial purchase price of an electric car is much higher than that of a gas-powered car.
Consumers intending to own a vehicle have the option of buying or leasing. The initial cost of a
car depends on an individual's disposable income and savings. Knez et al. noted that "When it
comes to financial features, the most important thing seems to be the total price of the vehicle"
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Reputation by Taylor Swift
After Taylor Swift fell into disrepute, she was truly reborn. As a creative singer
who reveals a lot of real life emotions and details in her works, she constantly refines
and shares her emotional connection with her audience. In her new album, people find
resonance in her work, connect it with their own lives. "Reputation" is not only the
original efforts of Taylor Swift, but also means that she turned gorgeously and
dominated. This album is like a swearing word from her to the world. Revenge fantasy,
sweet love, painful growth... all the good and bad things that happened in these stages
of life, her music seems to have gone through with us all over again.
But last August, the now 28-year-old singer declared that "the old Taylor is
dead" in her eerie single "Look What You Made Me Do," the beginning of a new era for
Swift (Weatherby). The disclosure of the society, the accusations of rumor makers,
these straight-forward lyrics shred the ugly face of those unscrupulous people. Taylor
Swift did not endure the rumors in the society, but created this rock album after the
silence. If 1989 is still what Taylor hopes to gain the understanding of the public, this
album is really a matter of opening up the past concerns, saying goodbye to the past
as well as being a true Taylor Swift. No longer caring about the so-called "reputation ",
preferring to be burned to death by those ridiculous "images." This air of newfound
jadedness is one of the many ways in which Swift broadcasts her long-overdue loss of
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innocence on “Reputation,” an album that captures the singer during the most
turbulent but commercially successful period of her career. (Primeau)
The cover is black and white, the picture is Taylor's head, and the side is the
newspaper's article and title words. The cover of the album may be a metaphor, it
reveals that Taylor can no longer stand the report of the gossip media, and the chain on
the neck represents depression and breathlessness. The theme and style of the album
are all refined from their own lives. The emotions and themes interpreted in her songs
make the audience feel more deeply that her album is her life. Without even using any
real words, fans can surmise what this means — a reference to the endless headlines
and stories the singer has spurred in recent years. (Primeau) Reputation, come to diss
the past and all opponents.
The lyrics and MV are full of real stalks in Taylor Swift's life , with Taylor's
resentment for circles and industry since his debut. In the era of streaming singles, she
is the rare young star who still worships at the altar of the album, an old-fashioned
instinct that serves her surprisingly well. (Battan) "Look What You Made Me Do" is a
counterattack against Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and numerous
online "black mold". And .
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Zero trust is a security stance for networking based on not trusting any users, devices, or applications by default, even those that are already on the network. The zero trust model uses identity and access management (IAM) as a foundation for an organization’s security program. For this assignment:
Research the zero trust model.
Write a report that describes the following:
The purpose of zero trust and what differentiates it from other security models
An overview of how zero trust works in a network environment
How zero trust incorporates least privilege access through role-based access control (RBAC) and/or attribute-based access control (ABAC)
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Nature offers many examples of specialization and collaboration. Ant colonies and bee hives are but two examples of nature’s sophisticated organizations. Each thrives because their members specialize by tasks, divide labor, and collaborate to ensure food, safety, and general well-being of the colony or hive.
In this Discussion, you will reflect on your own observations of and/or experiences with informaticist collaboration. You will also propose strategies for how these collaborative experiences might be improved.
Of course, humans don’t fare too badly in this regard either. And healthcare is a great example. As specialists in the collection, access, and application of data, nurse informaticists collaborate with specialists on a regular basis to ensure that appropriate data is available to make decisions and take actions to ensure the general well-being of patients.
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a description of experiences or observations about how nurse informaticists and/or data or technology specialists interact with other professionals within your healthcare organization. Suggest at least one strategy on how these interactions might be improved. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain the impact you believe the continued evolution of nursing informatics as a specialty and/or the continued emergence of new technologies might have on professional interactions.
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Students will:
Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*
Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders*
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submitted
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Select a client whom you observed or counseled this week. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:
Describe the client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
Using the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders
, 5th edition (DSM-5), explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.
Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
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Choose one important police function: Law enforcement, order maintenance or service, etc.
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Write a research paper describing the strateugy or function in detail and discussing the significance of the strategy or function with respect to the roles in society.
Format: Title Page, Outline, Text, and References
Must have 3 sources
You can use your textbook: Cox, Steven M., et al. (2020). Introduction to Policing. Fourth Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Paper must by 6 pages long
APA Style
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Executions Should Be Televised
Earlier this month, Georgia conducted its third execution this year. This would have passed relatively unnoticed if not for a controversy surrounding its videotaping. Lawyers for the condemned inmate, Andrew Grant DeYoung, had persuaded a judge to allow the recording of his last moments as part of an effort to obtain evidence on whether lethal injection caused unnecessary suffering.
Though he argued for videotaping, one of Mr. DeYoung’s defense lawyers, Brian Kammer, spoke out against releasing the footage to the public. “It’s a horrible thing that Andrew DeYoung had to go through,” Mr. Kammer said, “and it’s not for the public to see that.”
We respectfully disagree. Executions in the United States ought to be made public.
Right now, executions are generally open only to the press and a few select witnesses. For the rest of us, the vague contours are provided in the morning paper. Yet a functioning democracy demands maximum accountability and transparency. As long as executions remain behind closed doors, those are impossible. The people should have the right to see what is being done in their name and with their tax dollars.
This is particularly relevant given the current debate on whether specific methods of lethal injection constitute cruel and unusual punishment and therefore violate the Constitution.
There is a dramatic difference between reading or hearing of such an event and observing it through image and sound. (This is obvious to those who saw the footage of Saddam Hussein’s hanging in 2006 or the death of Neda Agha-Soltan during the protests in Iran in 2009.) We are not calling for opening executions completely to the public — conducting them before a live crowd — but rather for broadcasting them live or recording them for future release, on the web or TV.
When another Georgia inmate, Roy Blankenship, was executed in June, the prisoner jerked his head, grimaced, gasped, and lurched, according to a medical expert’s affidavit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Mr. DeYoung, executed in the same manner, “showed no violent signs in death.” Voters should not have to rely on media accounts to understand what takes place when a man is put to death.
Cameras record legislative sessions and presidential debates, and courtrooms are allowing greater television access. When he was an Illinois state senator, President Obama successfully pressed for the videotaping of homicide interrogations and confessions. The most serious penalty of all surely demands equal if not greater scrutiny.
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Reflective Essay
Becoming a good writer is a challenging and continuous process that need to constantly improving your writing skills in different area as same as constructive reflection for identification of both progress and directions for further development. My writing competence has improved significantly during the ten weeks of English 3001 Writing Proficiency course in such areas as grammar, use of verb tenses, and content quality.
The most serious problems I faced in writing process previously were grammar issues and poor content of the essays. To be more precise, I used to lack empirical competence in proper use of verb tenses. My confusions of tense forms destroyed all the sense of the essay, and often improper sentence structure made the result of the writing process insufficient to meet the University Writing Skills Requirements. Initially, when I tried to improve my skills in the given area, I only paid attention to the highlighted mistakes and comments of the tutor. Nonetheless, I realized it was not enough. Therefore, I changed this strategy to a more constructive one. To be more precise, I started reading more books in English and wrote essays diverse topics apart from the course tasks. It was an effective type of training since in several weeks my essays revealed particular progress which I took into consideration and continued.
I realize that it does not suffice to finally meet the University Writing Skills Requirements since this is only a fraction of real competence in writing. The next step of self-improvement the given sphere is editing that also has numerous issues and challenges to be dealt with. It means that there are two domains within the notion of writing competence, and both of them have no limits and require constant self-improvement. Therefore, my goal to meet academic requirements is only one more step in the course of acquisition of linguistic competence and capacity to master English in terms of writing essays and academic papers.
Moreover, I know that currently I need to focus more on content issues, persuasive capacity and proper use of diverse materials employed to support evidence which are crucial elements of writing papers per University requirements. On the other hand, I see that all the core problems with linguistic competence which I have faced earlier, are solved, which means that I need to focus on further self-improvement and keep constructive work in order to achieve my next targets in the field of concern. Furthermore, I have considerable progress in such important dimensions of academic paper construction as thesis development, use of testimony and personal observations, and alignment of different ideas into a coherent, justified and credible academic entity. Now I do not permit run-ons, excessive use of articles or comma splices to emerge in my works. It means that flaws of basic and medium level are dealt with, and further self-de.
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Announcements
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§ Assignment #1 will be posted this week
§ Summer course on Indian rhythm
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Terms
§ Socio-musical identity – the connection of social rank to musical
status; prevalent throughout musical communities in South and
Central Asia
§ Soloist – the lead musical role
§ Accompanist – the supporting musical role(s)
§ Heterophony – style of music in which a melody is closely
imitated by another instrument or voice
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§ How is authority created and controlled?
§ How is it challenged?
§ What is the relationship between soloist and accompanist?
§ How does this affect music performance?
§ What is the relationship between student and teacher?
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Social class and caste in South Asia
§ Societies were stratified in a social hierarchy
§ High caste – rulers, priests, elite
§ Low caste – manual laborers
§ Dalits – “untouchables”
§ Caste specialization of artisan trades common among Muslim communities
§ Carpentry, pastoralism, leather making, jewelry making, and music!
§ The community to which you were born determined your social rank and the
opportunities that would be available to you
§ People could ”change” their class through certain strategies
§ Marriage, contesting the hegemony of the upper classes
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Organization of specialist knowledge
§ Music is a practice of specialized communities
§ Music is your life!
§ No word for “musician”
§ Rather, terms denoting the specialty of the performer are used
§ This categorization indicates musical identity (the instrument one
performs) as well as that person’s social rank and roles
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Organization of specialist knowledge
§ Dhrupadiya – singer of dhrupad
§ Gawaiya – vocalist
§ Binkar – bin (veena) player
§ Khayalia – singer of khyāl
§ Sitariya – sitar player
§ Sarodiya – sarod player
§ Tabliya – tabla player
§ Sarangiya – sarangi player
§ Rubabi – rubab player
§ Qawwal - singer of Qawwali
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Instrument association
Soloist
Vocal
Sitar
Rudra veena
Sarod
Dance
Rubab
Surbahar
Bansuri
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Sarangi
Tabla
Harmonium
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Social roles and ranks
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close
§ Soloists are venerated and have great prestige
§ Accompanists have lower social and musical status
§ They are subservient to soloists in both roles
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Performance structure
§ Soloist (Dhrupad, khyāl, thumri, ghazal
§ Vocal
§ Instrumental
§ Accompanist
§ Melodic
§ Sarangi
§ Harmonium
§ Student
§ Heterophony
§ Rhythmic
§ Tabla
§ Dholak
§ Drone
§ Tanpura
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Social roles and ranks
§ Soloists and accompanists belonged to different social class
§ Never intermarried
§ Cousin marriages
§ Soloist class – kalawant
§ Accompanist classes – mirasi, dhari (dhadhi).
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Class 18
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§ Announcements
§ Review of last class
§ Finish lecture on Qawwali, begin intro to Pakistan
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Announcements
§ Keshav Batish senior recital, June 5 – Extra credit
§ Exam #1 results posted
§ 2 perfect scores, 25 A’s, 46 B’s, 37 C’s, 17 D and lower
§ Summer course on Indian rhythm (second session)
§ Learn tabla and dholak!
§ Enrollment open now!
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Last class review
§ Qawwali – “Food for the soul”
§ Sufi devotional poetry set to music
§ Performed at dargah
§ ‘Urs
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Terms
§ Mehfil – small, intimate gatherings that involve entertainment of
various sorts, including music, poetry, dance etc.
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Tum Ek Gorakh Dhandha Ho
§ “You are a baffling puzzle”
§ Written by Naz Khialvi (1947-2010)
§ Pakistani lyricist and radio broadcaster
§ Popularized by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997)
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Tum Ek Gorakh Dhandha Ho
kabhi yahaan tumhein dhoonda
kabhi wahaan pohancha
tumhaari deed ki khaatir kahaan
kahaan pohancha
ghareeb mit gaye paamaal ho
gaye lekin
kisi talak na tera aaj tak nishaan
pohancha
ho bhi naheen aur har ja ho
tum ik gorakh dhanda ho
At times I searched for you here,
at times I traveled there
For the sake of seeing You, how
far I have come!
Similar wanderers wiped away
and ruined, but
Your sign has still not reached
anyone
You are not, yet You are
everywhere
You are a baffling puzzle
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Bhar Do Jholi Meri
§ Traditional song
§ Popularized in movie “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” (2015)
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Bhar Do Jholi Meri
Tere Darbaar Mein
Dil Thaam Ke Woh Aata Hai
Jisko Tu Chaahe
Hey Nabi Tu Bhulata Hai
Tere Dar Pe Sar Jhukaaye
Main Bhi Aaya Hoon
Jiski Bigdi Haye
Nabi Chaahe Tu Banata Hai
Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Mohammad
Lautkar Main Naa Jaunga Khaali
They come into Your court
clenching their hearts
Those people whom You desire to
see , O Prophet!
I’ve also come to Your door with
my head bowed down
You’re the One who can fix
broken fates, O Prophet!
Please fill my lap, O Prophet!
I won’t go back empty handed
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Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
(1948-1997)
§ Pakistani vocalist
§ Sang classical (khyāl) but more famous as a Qawwali singer
§ Brought classical performance techniques to Qawwali
§ Visiting artist at University of Washington from 1992-93
§ Legacy carried on through his nephew, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
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Introduction to Pakistan
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
Built in 1671 by Emperor Aurangzeb
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Pakistan
§ Prominent Bronze Age (3000-1500BCE) settlements of Mohenjo
Daro and Harrapa along Indus River Valley
§ Hinduism widespread during Vedic Age (1500-500BCE)
§ Ruled by series of Hindu, Buddhist, and eventually Muslim
(Persian) dynasties
§ Islam introduced by Sufi missionaries from 7th to 13th centuries
§ Ethnically and linguistically diverse
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Indus Valley civilization
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Pakistan ethnicities
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Modern India and Pakistan
§ By the end of 19th century British rule was in effect over much of
old Mughal Empire territory
§ The Hindu and Muslim divide among this territory was be.
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
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Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
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Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
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1. Zach Wrote:
My employer has several methods for obtaining information
from associates to help identify and solve problems, specifically
interviews, surveys, and observations. Known as “fireside
chats,” our one-on-one interview method randomly selects five
different associates each month and provides them with a 45-
minute, uninterrupted meeting with the executive director.
During this interview, the executive director asks a series of
predetermined questions developed to probe for honest and
transparent opinions of issues and conditions within the
community. Once those questions are discussed, the associate is
given the opportunity to share any other items that were not
mentioned previously. By randomly selecting a small number of
associates each month, the issues developing in the community
are shared from a cross-section of the team allowing for
differing perspectives on the same concern.
Surveys are conducted annually or bi-annually to collect
predetermined data for the purposes of (1) tracking progress on
existing concerns and (2) identifying the manifestation of new
concerns. The surveys come from the home office to address
concerns that affect the entire company. Since there is a
significant number of employees for whom English is a second
language, the survey is offered in English and Spanish so as
many people as possible can provide answers in their native
tongue. Unfortunately, because many of employees are of low
socio-economic status, distributing the survey electronically has
mixed results – many employees do not have easy access to
technology while others simply do not know who to use it. To
help with this problem, employees are encouraged to complete
surveys onsite using company tablets.
Finally, observations allow us “to collect data on actual
behavior rather than reports of people’s behavior” (Anderson,
2016, p. 151). We do not use this a primary source of data
gathering; rather, informal and formal observations give us the
2. opportunity to confirm reports first-hand. Unofficially and
informally, I will often observe goings-on to try identifying
potential concerns so we can implement interventions before
preemptively.
Reference:
Anderson, D. L. (20161108). Organization Development, 4th
Edition [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from
vbk://9781506363929
Odella Wrote:
I am an EHR program analyst. Part of my job description is to
train the providers and front/back office on the database. Part of
the organizational development is to collecting data, which is an
essential and substantial step in this development. According to
Anderson, 2020, p. 158, as a trainer, I used the surveys and
questionnaires method. Before, I started at the organization,
they did not have a functional training mechanism. When I built
the training curriculum, I incorporated a survey that the
employees would take. The survey consisted on the how, what
and why of the training portion. The training that the employees
received was essential to the company. Their training reflected
the end of year reports. In the past many mistakes in reporting
was due to employees’ errors in the database. The advantages of
surveying trainees after training benefit our organization by
being quick, the data was then quantified and compared amongst
the executives, and repetitive surveys were done over time due
to our organization turnover rate. (Anderson, 2020, p. 158)
3. Based on the trainee’s feedback from the survey, helped me
build a functional training curriculum for prospect employees
and employees.
Reference
Anderson, D. L. (2020). Organization development: the process
of leading organizational change (4th ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE.
Chapter 3
Stress and Its Effects
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Describe the experience of stress in everyday life.
Distinguish between primary and secondary appraisals of stress.
Summarize the evidence on ambient stress, ethnicity-related
stress, and acculturation stress.
The Nature of Stress
The ‘Nature of Personality’ material relates to APA goal 1.2:
Knowledge Base in Psychology.
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Stress is “any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to
threaten one’s well-being and thereby tax one’s coping
abilities.”
Stress is a complex concept.
Stress is a common, everyday event.
Both major and minor problems can be stressful.
Even daily “hassles” can have negative effects on our well-
being.
Stressful events can have a cumulative or additive impact.
4. The Nature of Stress, continued
Stress is subjective. Not everyone feels the same degree of
stress from the same event.
The difference may depend on how we appraise events.
We first make a primary appraisal, or initial evaluation of the
relevance, level of threat, and degree of stress the event brings.
If viewed as stressful, we make a secondary appraisal, or an
evaluation of our ability to cope.
The Nature of Stress, continued
Figure 3.2 Primary and secondary appraisal of stress. Primary
appraisal is an initial evaluation of whether an event is (1)
irrelevant to you, (2) relevant, but not threatening, or (3)
stressful. When you view an event as stressful, you are likely to
make a secondary appraisal, which is an evaluation of your
coping resources and options for dealing with the stress. (Based
on Lazarus & Folkman, 1994)
5
Stress may be embedded in the environment.
Ambient stress – refers to chronic negative conditions
embedded in the environment.
Variety of types of environmental stress:
Excessive noise, traffic, pollution
Crowding
Poverty
5. Certain types (e.g., poverty) have been associated with elevated
stress hormones.
The Nature of Stress, continued
Stress is influenced by culture.
Culture sets the context in which people experience and
appraise stress.
Disparities in the stressors experienced by specific cultural
groups.
Racial discrimination negatively affects the mental health and
well-being for targets of racism.
For immigrants, acculturation, or changing to adapt to a new
culture, is a major source of stress related to reduced well-
being.
The Nature of Stress, continued
Stress can be caused by environmental circumstances such as
pollution, excessive
noise, crowding, traffic jams, and urban decay.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Distinguish between acute, chronic, and anticipatory stressors.
Describe frustration and internal conflict in relation to stress.
Summarize the research on life changes and pressure as sources
of stress in modern life.
Major Sources of Stress
6. There are three basic categories:
Acute stressors – “threatening events that have a relatively short
duration and a clear endpoint.”
2. Chronic stressors – “threatening events that have a relatively
long duration and no readily apparent time limit.”
Anticipatory stressors – “upcoming or future events that are
perceived to be threatening.”
Can affect us psychologically and physically just as strongly as
actual stressors do.
Major Sources of Stress, continued
Other categories of stressors:
Frustration – “occurs in any situation in which the pursuit of
some goal is thwarted.”
Failures and losses are two common kinds.
Internal conflict – “occurs when two or more incompatible
motivations or behavioral impulses compete for expression.”
Major Sources of Stress, continued
Internal conflicts come in three types:
Approach – approach – must make a choice between two
attractive goals.
Avoidance – avoidance – must make a choice between two
unattractive goals.
Approach – avoidance – must choose whether or not to pursue
ONE goal, which has both pros and cons.
Major Sources of Stress, continued
8. Pressure – “involves expectations or demands that one behave
in a certain way.”
Two basic types of pressure:
Pressure to perform by executing tasks and responsibilities
quickly, efficiently, and successfully.
Pressure to conform to expectations.
Pressure is often self-imposed.
Major Sources of Stress, continued
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Summarize research on typical emotional responses (both
positive and negative) to stress and discuss some effects of
emotional arousal.
Describe some physiological responses to stress, including the
fight-or-flight response and the general adaptation syndrome.
Describe the two major pathways along which the brain sends
signals to the endocrine system.
Discuss the concept of coping.
Responding to Stress
Human response to stress is complex and multidimensional.
Stress responses occur at three levels:
Emotional responses
Physiological responses
Behavioral responses
Responding to Stress, continued
Emotional responses
Emotions “are powerful, largely uncontrollable feelings,
9. accompanied by physiological changes.”
Common negative emotional responses to stress include:
1. Annoyance, anger, and rage
2. Apprehension, anxiety, and fear
3. Dejection, sadness, and grief
Responding to Stress, continued
Negative emotions are expected in response to stressful events.
May be one’s ability to talk about them that makes the
difference in experiencing severe reactions to stress.
Responding to Stress, continued
The huge earthquake in Haiti in January of 2010 produced
overwhelming trauma for countless people. Individuals
experiencing severe stress have emotional, physiological, and
behavioral reactions. Emotional responses to extreme stress
(such as grief, anxiety, and fear) appear to transcend culture.
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Stress can also prompt positive emotional responses:
Gratitude
Renewed love for friends and family
Positive emotions:
Contribute to building social, intellectual, and physical
resources that can be helpful in dealing with stress
Allow one to experience flourishing mental health
Responding to Stress, continued
10. Figure 3.6 Positive emotions and longevity. To look at the
relation between positive emotions and longevity, Abel and
Kruger (2010) used the intensity of baseball players’ smiles in
photographs as a rough indicator of their characteristic
emotional tone. All the photos in the Baseball Register for 1952
were reviewed and classified as showing no smile, a partial
smile, or a big smile. Then the age of death was determined for
the players (except the 46 who were still alive in 2009). As you
can see, greater smile intensity was associated with living
longer.
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Strong emotions may hamper or enhance our ability to cope
with stress, depending on our level of arousal and the task
complexity.
The “inverted-U hypothesis” predicts that:
For low complexity tasks, a high level of arousal is best.
For medium complexity tasks, a medium level of arousal is best.
For high complexity tasks, a low level of arousal is best.
Responding to Stress, continued
Figure 3.7 Arousal and performance. Graphs of the
relationship between emotional arousal and task performance
tend to resemble an inverted U, as increased arousal is
associated with improved performance up to a point, after which
11. higher arousal leads to poorer performance. The optimal level
of arousal for a task depends on the complexity of the task. On
complex tasks, a relatively low level of arousal tends to be
optimal. On simple tasks, however, performance may peak at a
much higher level of arousal.
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Physiological responses
The fight-or-flight response is “a physiological reaction to
threat that mobilizes an organism for attacking (fight) or fleeing
(flight) an enemy.”
It occurs in the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which “is
made up of the nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels,
smooth muscles, and glands.”
Responding to Stress, continued
The ANS is broken into two divisions:
Sympathetic division mobilizes energy during emergencies,
engages the fight-or-flight response.
The fight-flight response is not well suited for coping with
modern threats.
Parasympathetic division conserves energy, has calming effect
on body.
A “tend and befriend” response to stress may also occur, and
may be more common among females than males.
Responding to Stress, continued
Figure 3.8 The autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS is
composed of the nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels,
12. smooth muscles, and glands. The ANS is subdivided into the
sympathetic division, which mobilizes bodily resources in times
of need, and the parasympathetic division, which conserves
bodily resources. Some of the key functions controlled by each
division of the ANS are summarized in the center of the
diagram.
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Hans Seyle’s general adaptation syndrome is a “model of the
body’s stress response, consisting of three stages.”
Alarm reaction – initial response to threat, fight-or-flight
response engages.
Resistance – if threat continues, physiological changes
stabilize, coping begins.
Exhaustion – if the threat continues too long, the body’s
resources are depleted, leading to physical exhaustion and
illness.
Responding to Stress, continued
Figure 3.9 The general adaptation syndrome. According to
Seyle, the physiological response to stress can be broken into
three phases. During the first phase, the body mobilizes its
resources for resistance after a brief initial shock. In the second
phase, resistance levels off and eventually begins to decline. If
the third phase of the general adaptation syndrome is reached,
resistance is depleted, leading to health problems and
exhaustion.
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13. Endocrine system consists of glands that secrete chemicals
called hormones into the bloodstream.
Two brain-body pathways control our physiological responses
to stress via signals to the endocrine system.
Both pathways are activated by hypothalamus.
Responding to Stress, continued
Two brain-body pathways control our physiological responses
to stress:
First pathway routed through ANS – involves activation of
central adrenal glands (adrenal medulla) to release
catecholamines that mobilize the body for action.
Second pathway from brain to endocrine system – involves
pituitary gland, which stimulates outer adrenal glands (adrenal
cortex) to release corticosteroids that increase energy.
Responding to Stress, continued
Figure 3.10 Brain-body pathways in stress. In times of stress,
the brain sends signals along two pathways. The pathway
through the autonomic nervous system (shown in blue on the
right) controls the release of catecholamine hormones that help
mobilize the body for action. The pathway through the pituitary
gland and the endocrine system (shown in brown on the left)
controls the release of corticosteroid hormones that increase
energy and ward off tissue inflammation.
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Stress can suppress certain aspects of the immune response.
14. Stress can interfere with neurogenesis, the formation of new
neurons, in the brain
Responding to Stress, continued
Behavioral responses to stress usually refer to coping, or
“active efforts to master, reduce, or tolerate the demands
created by stress.”
Coping responses may be:
Healthy (e.g., actively trying to solve a problem by asking for
help or generating solutions)
Unhealthy (e.g., ignoring problem, indulging in alcohol,
excessive eating)
Coping strategies help determine whether stress has any
positive or negative effects on a person.
Responding to Stress, continued
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain the influence of stress on task performance, cognitive
functioning, and burnout.
Assess the potential impact of stress on psychological and
physical health.
Articulate two ways in which stress might lead to beneficial
effects.
The Potential Effects of Stress
Impaired task performance:
Pressure to perform can impair performance by disrupting
attention.
Many people tend to choke under pressure.
Disruption of cognitive function:
Increased tendency to jump to conclusions.
15. Increased tendency to do unsystematic, poorly organized review
of options.
Decreased memory functioning.
The Potential Effects of Stress, continued
Burnout – “a syndrome involving physical and emotional
exhaustion, cynicism, and a lowered sense of self-efficacy that
is attributable to work-related stress.”
The figure on the next slide shows the factors that promote
burnout, its symptoms, and the consequences for employees.
The Potential Effects of Stress, continued
Figure 3.12 The antecedents, components, and consequences of
burnout. Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter have developed
a systematic model of burnout that specifies its antecedents,
components, and consequences. The antecedents on the left in
the diagram are the stressful features of the work environment
that cause burnout. The burnout syndrome itself consists of the
three components shown in the center of the diagram. Some of
the unfortunate results of burnout are listed on the right. (Based
on Leiter & Maslach, 2007).
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Stress may contribute to:
Poor academic performance
Insomnia and other sleep disturbances
Lowered relationship satisfaction
Sexual difficulties
16. Substance abuse
Stress may contribute to onset of psychological disorders (e.g.,
depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, eating disorders).
The Potential Effects of Stress, continued
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – “involves enduring
psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a
major traumatic event.”
Symptoms include:
Re-experiencing trauma via nightmares, flashbacks
Emotional numbing, alienation, problems in social relations
Elevated arousal, anxiety, and guilt
The Potential Effects of Stress, continued
PTSD is also associated with elevated risk for:
Substance abuse
Depression, anxiety disorders
Several physical health problems
Most people who experience trauma do not develop PTSD.
A key predictor is the intensity of one’s reaction at the time of
the traumatic event.
The Potential Effects of Stress, continued
Physical illness
Psychosomatic diseases are “genuine physical ailments thought
to be caused in part by stress and other psychological factors,
especially emotional distress.”
Common psychosomatic diseases include:
High blood pressure
Peptic ulcers
17. Asthma
Eczema and hives
Migraine and tension headaches
The Potential Effects of Stress, continued
Stress can have positive effects.
It can promote positive psychological change, or posttraumatic
growth.
It can inoculate and psychologically prepare people so that they
are less affected by future stress.
The Potential Effects of Stress, continued
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain how social support, hardiness, and optimism moderate
the impact of stress.
Describe the Spotlight on Research regarding the stress
buffering effects of hugging.
Factors Influencing Stress Tolerance
Some people withstand stress better than others.
There are many moderator variables that may reduce the impact
of stress on physical and mental health:
Social support – “aid and succor provided by members of one’s
social networks.”
Hardiness – “a disposition marked by commitment, challenge,
and control that is purportedly associated with strong stress
resistance.”
Factors in Stress Tolerance, continued
18. Figure 3.13 Overview of the stress process. This diagram
builds on Figure 3.7 (the multidimensional response to stress) to
provide a more complete overview of the factors involved in
stress. This diagram adds the potential effects of stress (seen on
the far right) by listing some of the positive and negative
adaptational outcomes that may result from stress. It also
completes the pictures by showing moderating variables (seen at
the top) that can influence the effects of stress (including some
variables not covered in the chapter).
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Moderator variables, continued
Optimism – “a general tendency to expect good outcomes.”
Optimists engage in action-oriented, problem-focused, carefully
planned coping, and are more willing to seek social support.
Pessimists deal with stress by avoiding it, giving up, or using
denial.
Optimism is associated with better mental and physical health
around the world.
Factors in Stress Tolerance, continued
Spotlight on Research: The role of hugs in social support
Cohen and colleagues’ (2015) study provides support for the
stress-buffering effect of social support including receiving
hugs.
Hugs reduced the negative effects of stress whether they were
received in times of tension or not.
Factors in Stress Tolerance, continued
19. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain how behavior modification can be used to improve self-
control.
Summarize the five steps in the process of self-modification.
Application: Reducing Stress through Self-Control
All of the material on the “Reducing Stress through Self-
Control” section (slides 45-49) relates to APA Subgoal 1.3:
Describe applications of psychology.
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Behavior modification – “is a systematic approach to changing
behavior through the application of the principles of
conditioning.”
The objective is to replace undesirable patterns of behaviors
with desirable ones.
Behavior modification has been used successfully in many
settings, with a variety of problem behaviors.
Application: Reducing Stress through Self-Control, continued
There are five steps, as outlined on the following slides:
Specify your target behavior
Gather baseline data
Design your program
Execute and evaluate your program
End your program
Application: Reducing Stress through Self-Control, continued
20. Figure 3.14 Steps in a self-modification program. This
flowchart provides an overview of the steps necessary to
execute a self-modification program.
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Figure 3.15 Example of recordkeeping in a self-modification
program for losing weight. Graphic records are ideal for
tracking progress in behavior modification efforts.
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“A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” by Yiyung Li 2005
A rocket scientist, Mr. Shi tells people when they ask about his
profession in China. Retired, he then adds, out of modesty,
when people marvel. Mr. Shi learned the phrase from a woman
during a layover at Detroit, when he tried to explain to her his
work, drawing pictures when his English failed to help. “A
rocket scientist!” the woman exclaimed, laughing out loud. 2
People he meets in America, already friendly, seem more so
when they learn his profession, so he likes to repeat the words
whenever possible. Five days into his visit at his daughter’s
place, in this Midwest town, Mr. Shi has made quite a few
acquaintances. Mothers with babies in strollers wave at him. An
old couple, the husband in suit and the wife in skirt, show up in
the park every morning at nine o’clock, her hand on his arm;
they stop and greet him, the husband always the one speaking,
the wife smiling. A woman living in the retirement home a
block away comes to talk to him. She is seventy-seven, two
years his senior, and was originally from Iran. Despite the fact
they both speak little English, they have no problem
21. understanding each other, and in no time they become friends. 3
“America good country,” she says often. “Songs make rich
money.” American is indeed a good country. Mr. Shi’s daughter
works as a librarian in the East Asian department in the college
library and ears more in a year than he made in twenty. 4 “My
daughter, she make lots of money, too.” “I love America. Good
country for everybody.” “Yes, yes. A rocket scientist I am in
China. But very poor. Rocket scientist, you know?” Mr. Shi
says, his hands making a peak. 5 “Yes, yes. A rocket scientist I
am in China. But very poor. Rocket scientist, you know?” Mr.
Shi says, his hands making a peak. “I love China. China a good
country, very old,” the woman says. “America is young country,
like young people.” “America a happy country.” 6 “Young
people are more happy than old people,” Mr. Shi says, and then
realizes that it is too abrupt a conclusion. He himself feels
happier at this moment than he remembers he ever did in his
life. The woman in front of him, who loves everything with or
without a good reason, seems happy, too.” 7 Sometimes they
run out of English. She switches to Persian, mixed with a few
English words. Mr. Shi finds it hard to speak Chinese to her. It
is she who carries the conversation along then, for then or
twenty minutes. He nods and smiles effusively. He does not
understand much of what she is saying, but he feels her joy in
talking to him, the same joy he feels listening to her. 8 Mr. Shi
starts to look forward to the mornings when he sits in the park
and waits for her. “Madam” is what he uses to address her, as he
has never asked her name. Madam wears colors that he does not
imagine a woman of her age, or where she came from, would
wear, red and orange and purple and yellow. She has a pair of
metal barrettes, a white elephant and a blue-and-green peacock.
They clasp on her thin hair in a wobbly way that reminds him of
his daughter when she was a small child—before her hair was
fully grown, with a plastic butterfly hanging loose on her
forehead. Mr. Shi, for a brief moment, wants to tell Madam how
much he misses the days when his daughter was small and life
was hopeful. But he is sure, even before he starts, that his
22. English would fail him. “A Thousand Years” 2 Besides, it is
never his habit to talk about the past. 9 In the evenings, when
his daughter comes home, Mr. Shi has the supper ready. He took
a cooking class after his wife died, a few years ago, and ever
since has studied the culinary art with the same fervor with
which he studied mathematics and physics when he was a
college student. “Every man is born with more talents than he
knows how to use,” he says at dinner. “I would’ve never
imagined taking up cooking, but here I am, better than I
imagined.” 10 “Yes, very impressive,” his daughter says. 11
“And likewise”—Mr. Shi takes a quick glance at his daughter—
“life provides more happiness than we ever know. We have to
train ourselves to look for it.” 12 His daughter does not reply.
Despite the pride he takes in his cooking and her praises for it,
she eats little and eats out of duty. It worries him that she is not
putting enough enthusiasm into life as she should be. Of course,
she has her reasons, newly divorced after seven years of
marriage. His ex-son-in-law went back to Beijing permanently
after the divorce. Mr. Shi does not know what led the boat of
their marriage to run into a hidden rock, but whatever the
reason is, it must not be her fault. She is made for a good wife,
soft-voiced and kindhearted, dutiful and beautiful, a younger
version of her mother. When his daughter called to inform him
of the divorce, Mr. Shi imagined her in inconsolable pain, and
asked to come to America, to help her recover. She refused, and
he started calling daily and pleading, spending a good solid
month of his pension on the long-distance bill. She finally
agreed when he announced that his wish for his seventy-fifth
birthday was to take a look at America. A lie it was, but the lie
turned out to be a good reason. America is worth taking a look
at; more than that, America makes him a new person, a rocket
scientist, a good conversationalist, a loving father, a happy
man. 13 After dinner, Mr. Shi’s daughter either retreats to her
bedroom to read or drives away and comes home at late hours.
Mr. Shi asks to go out with her, to accompany her to the movies
he imagines that he watches alone, but she refuses in a polite
23. but firm manner. It is certainly not healthy for a woman,
especially a contemplative woman like his daughter, to spend
too much time alone. He starts to talk more to tackle her
solitude, asking questions about the part of her life he is not
witnessing. How was her work of the day? He asks. Fine, she
says tiredly. Not discouraged, he asks about her colleagues,
whether there are more females than males, how old they are,
and if they are married, whether they have children. He asks
what she eats for lunch and whether she eats alone, what kind of
computer she uses, and what books she reads. He asks about her
old school friends, people he believes she is out of contact with
because of the shame of the divorce. He asks about her plan for
the future, hoping she understands the urgency of her situation.
Women in their marriageable twenties and early thirties are like
lychees that have been picked from the tree; each passing day
makes them less fresh and less desirable, and only too soon will
they lose their value, and have to be gotten rid of at a sale price.
14 Mr. Shi knows enough not to mention the sale price. Still, he
cannot help but lecture on the fruitfulness of life. The more he
talks, the more he is moved by his own patience. His daughter,
however, does not improve. She eats less and becomes quieter
each day. When he finally points out that she is not enjoying her
life as she should, she says, “How do you get this conclusion?”
I’m enjoying my life all right.” 15 “But that’s a lie. A happy
person will never be so quiet!” 16 She looks up from the bowl
of rice. “Baba, you used to be very quiet, remember? Were you
unhappy then?” “A Thousand Years” 3 17 Mr. Shi, not prepared
for such directness from his daughter, is unable to reply. He
waits for her to apologize and change the topic, as people with
good manners do when they realize they are embarrassing others
with their question, but she does not let him go. Her eyes
behind her glasses, wide open and unrelenting, remind him of
her in her younger years. When she was four or five, she went
after him every possible moment, asking questions and
demanding answers. The eyes remind him of her mother too; at
one time in their marriage, she gazed at him with this
24. questioning look, waiting for an answer he did not have for her.
18 He sighs. “Of course I’ve always been happy.” “There you
go, Baba. We can be quiet and happy, can’t we?” “Why not talk
about your happiness with me?” Mr. Shi says. “Tell me more
about your work.” “You didn’t talk much about your work
either, remember? Even when I asked.” “A rocket scientist, you
know how it was. My work was confidential.” “You didn’t talk
much about anything,” his daughter says. 19 Mr. Shi opens his
mouth but finds no words coming. After a long moment, he
says, “I talk more now. I’m improving, no?” “Sure,” his
daughter says. “That’s what you need to do. Talk more,” Mr.
Shi says. “And start now.” “His daughter, however, is less
enthusiastic. She finishes her meal quickly in her usual silence
and leaves the apartment before he finishes his. 20 THE NEXT
MORNING, Mr. Shi confesses to Madam, “The daughter, she’s
not happy.” “Daughter a happy thing to have,” Madam says.
“She’s divorced.” 21 Madam nods, and starts to talk in Persian.
Mr. Shi is not sure if Madam knows what divorce means. A
woman so boldly in love with the world like her must have been
shielded from life’s unpleasantness, by her husband, or her sons
may be. Mr. Shi looks at Madam, her face brightened by her
talking and laughing, and almost envies her for the energy that
his daughter, forty years younger, does not possess. For the day
Madam wears a bright orange blouse with prints of purple
monkeys, all tumbling and grinning; on her head she wars a
scarf with the same pattern. A displaced woman she is, but no
doubt happily displaced. Mr. Shi writes to recall what he knows
about Iran and the country’s recent history; with his limited
knowledge, all he can conclude is that Madam must be a lucky
woman. A lucky man he is, too, despite all the big and small
imperfections. How extraordinary, Mr. Shi thinks, that Madam
and he, from different worlds and with different languages, have
this opportunity to sit and talk in the autumn sunshine. 22 “In
China we say, Xiu bias hi ke tong zhou,” Mr. Shi says when
Madam stops. It takes three hundred years of prayers to have
the chance to cross a river with someone in the same boat, he
25. thinks of explaining to Madam in English, but then, what’s the
difference between he languages? Madam would understand
him, with or without the translation. “That we get to meet and
talk to each other—it must have taken a long time of good
prayers to get us here,” he says in Chinese to Madam. 23
Madam smiles in agreement. 24 “There’s a reason for every
relationship, that’s what the saying means. Husband and wife,
parents and children, friends and enemies, strangers you bump
into in the street. It takes three thousand years of prayers to
place your head side by side with your loved one’s on the
pillow. For father and daughter? A thousand years maybe.
People don’t end up randomly as father and daughter, that’s for
sure. But the daughter, she doesn’t understand this. She must be
thinking I’m a nuisance. She prefers I shut up because that’s
how she’s known me always. She doesn’t understand that I
didn’t talk much with her mother and her because I was a rocket
scientist back then. Everything was confidential. We worked all
day and when evening came, the security guards came to collect
all our notebooks and “A Thousand Years” 4 scratch papers. We
signed our names on the archive folders, and that was a day’s
work. Never allowed to tell our family what we were doing. We
were trained not to talk.” 25 Madam listens, both hands folding
on her heart. Mr. Shi hasn’t been sitting so close to a woman his
age since his wife died; even when she was alive, he had never
talked this much to her. His eyes feel heavy. Imagine he’s
traveled half a world to his daughter, to make up for all the
talks he denied when she was younger, but only to find her
uninterested in his words. Imagine Madam, a stranger who does
not even know his language, listens to him with more
understanding. Mr. Shi massages his eyes with his two thumbs.
A man his age shouldn’t indulge himself in unhealthy emotions;
he takes long breaths, and laughs slightly. “Of course, there’s a
reason for a bad relationship, too—I must be praying
halfheartedly for a thousand years for the daughter.” 26 Madam
nods solemnly. She understands him, he knows, but he does not
want to burden her with his petty unhappiness. He rubs his
26. hands as if to get rid of the dust of memory. “Old stories,” he
says in his best English. “Old stories are not exciting.” 27 “I
love stories,” Madam says, and starts to talk. Mr. Shi listens,
and she smiles all the time. He looks at the grinning monkeys
on her head, bobbing up and down when she breaks out
laughing. “Lucky people we are,” he says after she finishes
talking. “In America, we can talk anything.” “America good
country.” Madam nods. “I love America.” 28 THAT EVENING,
Mr. Shi says to his daughter, “I met this Iranian lady in the
park. Have you met her?” “No.” “You should meet her
sometime. She’s so very optimistic. You may find her
illuminating for your situation.” 29 “You should meet her
sometime. She’s so very optimistic. You may find her
illuminating for your situation.” “What’s my situation?” his
daughter asks without looking up from her food. “You tell me,”
Mr. Shi says. When his daughter makes no move to help the
conversation, he says, “You’re experiencing a dark time.” “How
do you know she would shed light on my life?” 30 Mr. Shi
opens his mouth, but cannot find an answer. He is afraid that if
he explains he and Madam talk in different languages, his
daughter will think of him as a crazy old man. Things that make
sense at one time suddenly seem absurd in a different light. He
feels disappointed in his daughter, someone he shares a
language with but with whom he can no longer share a dear
moment. After a long pause, he says, “You know, a woman
shouldn’t ask such direct questions. A good woman is
deferential and knows how to make people talk.” 31 “I’m
divorced, so certainly I’m not a good woman according to your
standard.” Mr. Shi, thinking his daughter is unfairly sarcastic,
ignores her. “Your mother was an example of a good woman.”
“Did she succeed in making you talk?” his daughter asks, and
her eyes, looking directly into his, are fiercer than he knows.
“Your mother wouldn’t be so confrontational.” “Baba, first you
accused me of being too quiet. I start to talk, and you are saying
I’m talking in a wrong way.” 32 “Talking is not only asking
questions. Talking is you telling people how you feel about
27. them, and inviting them to tell you how they feel about you.”
“Baba, since when did you become a therapist?” 33 “I’m here to
help you, and I’m trying my best,” Mr. Shi says. “I need to
know why you ended up in a divorce. I need to know what went
wrong and help you to find the right person the next time.
You’re my daughter and I want you to be happy. I don’t want
you to fall twice. 34 “Baba, I didn’t ask you before, but how
long do you plan to stay in America?” his daughter says. “Until
you recover.” His daughter stands up, the legs of the chair
scraping the floor. “A Thousand Years” 5 35 “We’re the only
family for each other now,” Mr. Shi says, almost pleading, but
his daughter closes her bedroom door before he says more. Mr.
Shi looks at the dishes that are barely touched by his daughter,
the fried tofu cubes stuffed with chopped mushrooms, shrimps,
and ginger, the collage of bamboo shoots, red peppers, and
snow peas. Even though his daughter admires his cooking every
evening, he senses the half-heartedness in her praise; she does
not know the cooking has become his praying, and she leaves
the prayers unanswered. 36 “THE WIFE WOULD’VE done a
better job of cheering the daughter up,” Mr. Shi says to Madam
the next morning. He feels more at ease speaking to her in
Chinese now. “They were closer to each other. Wasn’t that I
was not close to them. I loved them dearly. It’s what happened
when you were a rocket scientist. I worked hard during the day,
and at night I couldn’t stop thinking about my work. Everything
was confidential so I couldn't talk to my family about what I
was thinking about. But the wife, she was the most
understanding woman in the world. She knew I was so occupied
with my work, and she wouldn’t interrupt my thoughts, and
wouldn’t let me daughter, either. I know now that it was not
healthy for the daughter. I should’ve let my working self in the
office. I was too young to understand that. Now the daughter,
she doesn’t have anything to say to me.” 37 Truly it was his
mistake, never establishing a habit of talking to his daughter.
But then, he argues for himself—in his time, a man like him,
among the few chosen to work for a grand cause, he had to bear
28. more duties toward his work than his family. Honorable and
sad, but honorable more than sad. 38 At the dinner table that
evening. Mr. Shi’s daughter informs him that she’s found a
Chinese-speaking travel agency that runs tours both on the East
Coast and the West. “You’re here to take a look at America. I
think it’s best you take a couple of tours before winter comes.”
39 “Are they expensive?” “I’ll pay, Baba. It’s what you wanted
for your birthday, no?” She is his daughter after all; she
remembers his wish and she honors it. But what she does not
understand is that the America he wants to see is the country
where she is happily married. He scoops vegetables and fish
into her bowl. “You should eat more,” he says in a gentle voice.
40 “So, I’m going to call them tomorrow and book the tours,”
his daughter says. “You know, staying here probably does more
good for me. I’m an old man now, not very good for traveling.”
41 “But there’s not much to see here.” “Why not? This is the
America I wanted to see. Don't’ worry. I have my friends here. I
won’t be too much of an annoyance to you.” 42 The phone rings
before his daughter replies. She picks up the phone and
automatically goes into her bedroom. He waits for the bang of
the door. She never takes a call in front of him, even with
strangers trying to sell her something on the phone. A few
evenings when she talked longer and talked in a hushed voice,
he had to struggle not to put his ear on the door and listen. This
evening, however, she seems to have a second thought, and
leaves the bedroom door open. 42 He listens to her speak
English on the phone, her voice shriller than he has ever known
it to be. She speaks fast and laughs often. He does not
understand her words, but even more, he does not understand
her manner. Her voice, too sharp, too loud, too immodest, is so
unpleasant to his ears that for a moment he feels as if he had
accidentally caught a glimpse of her naked body, a total
stranger, not the daughter he knows. 42 He stares at her when
she comes out of the room. She puts the receiver back, and sits
down at the table without saying anything. He watches her face
for a moment, and asks, “Who was it on the phone?” “A friend.”
29. “A male friend, or a female?” “A male.” He waits for her to
give further explanation, but she seems to have no such
intention. After a while, he says, “Is this man—is he a “A
Thousand Years” 6 special friend?” 43 “Special? Sure.” “How
special is he?” “Baba, maybe this’ll make you worry less about
me—yes, he is a very special one. More than a friend,” his
daughter says. “A lover. Do you feel better now that you know
my life isn’t as miserable as you thought?” 44 “Is he American?
“An American now, yes, but he came from Romania.” At least
the man grew up in a communist country, Mr. Shi thinks, trying
to be positive. “Do you know him well? Does he understand
you—where you were from, and your culture—well? Remember,
you can’t make the same mistake twice. You have to be really
careful.” 45 “We’ve known each other for a long time.” “A long
time? A month is not a long time!” “Longer than that, Baba.”
“One and half months at most, right?” Listen, I know you are in
pain, but a woman shouldn’t rush, especially in your situation.
Abandoned women—they make mistakes in loneliness!” 46 His
daughter looks up. “Baba, my marriage wasn’t what you
thought. I wasn’t abandoned.” Mr. Shi looks at his daughter, his
eyes candid with resolve and relief. For a moment he almost
wants her to spare him any further detail, but like all people,
once she starts talking, he cannot stop her. “Baba, we were
divorced because of this man. I was the abandoner, if you want
to use the term.” 47 “But why?” “Things go wrong in a
marriage, Baba.” “One night of being husband and wife in bed
makes them in love for a hundred years.” You were married for
seven years! How could you do this to your husband? What was
the problem, anyway, besides your little extramarital affair?”
Mr. Shi says. A disloyal woman is the last thing he raised his
daughter to be. 48 “There’s no point talking about it now.” “I’m
your father. I have a right to know,” Mr. Shi says, banging on
the table with a hand. “Our problem was I never talked enough
for my husband. He always suspected that I was hiding
something from him because I was quiet.” “You were hiding a
lover from him.” 49 Mr. Shi’s daughter ignores his words. “The
30. more he asked me to talk, the more I wanted to be quiet and
alone. I’m not good at talking, as you’ve pointed out.” “But
that’s a lie. You just talked over the phone with such
immodesty! You talked, you laughed, like a prostitute!” 50 Mr.
Shi’s daughter, startled by the vehemence of his words, looks at
him for a long moment before she replies in a softer voice. “It’s
different, Baba. We talk in English, and it’s easier. I don’t talk
well in Chinese.” 51 “That’s a ridiculous excuse!” “Baba, if you
grew up in a language that you never used to express your
feelings, it would be easier to take up another language and talk
more in the new language. It makes you a new person.” 52 “Are
you blaming your mother and me for your adultery?” “That’s
not what I’m saying, Baba!” “But isn’t it what you meant? We
didn’t do a good job bringing you up in Chinese so you decided
to find a new language and a new lover when you couldn’t talk
to your husband honestly about your marriage.” 53 “You never
talked, and Mama never talked, when you both knew there was a
problem in your marriage, I learned not to talk.” “Your mother
and I never had a problem. We were just quiet people.” “But it’s
a lie!” “No, it’s not. I know I made the mistake of being too
preoccupied with my work, but you have to understand I was
quiet because of my profession.” 54 “Baba,” Mr. Shi’s daughter
said, pity in her eyes. “You know it’s a lie, too. You were never
a rocket scientist. Mama knew. I knew. Everybody knew.” Mr.
Shi stares at his daughter for a long time. “I don’t understand
what you mean.” “But you know, Baba. You never talked about
what you “A Thousand Years” 7 did at work, true, but other
people—they talked about you.” 55 Mr. Shi tries to find some
words to defend himself, but his lips quiver without making a
sound. His daughter says, “I’m sorry, Baba. I didn’t mean to
hurt you.” 56 Mr. Shi takes long breaths and tries to maintain
his dignity. It is not hard to do so, after all, as he has, for all his
life, remained calm about disasters. “You didn’t hurt me. Like
you said, you were only talking about truth,” he says, and
stands up. Before he retreats to the guest bedroom, she says
quietly behind him, “Baba, I’ll book the tours for you
31. tomorrow.” 57 MR. SHI SITS in the park and waits to say his
farewell to Madam. He has asked his daughter to arrange for
him to leave from San Francisco after his tour of America.
There’ll still be a weak before he leaves, but he has only the
courage to talk to Madam one last time, to clarify all the lies he
has told about himself. He was not a rocket scientist. He had
had the training, and had been one for three years out of the
thirty-eight years he worked for the Institute. Hard for a young
man to remain quiet about his work, Mr. Shi rehearses in his
mind. A young rocket scientist, such pride and glory. You just
wanted to share the excitement with someone. 60 That
someone—twenty-five years old, forty-two years ago—was the
girl working on the card punching machine for Mr. Shi.
Punchers they were called back then, a profession that has long
been replaced by more advanced computers, but of all the things
that have disappeared from his life, a card puncher is what he
misses most. His card puncher. “Name is Yilan,” Mr. Shi says
aloud to the air, and someone greets the name with a happy
hello. Madam is walking toward him with basket of autumn
leaves. She picks up one and hands it to Mr. Shi. “Beautiful,”
she says. 61 Mr. Shi studies the leaf, its veins to the tiniest
branches, the different shades of yellow and orange. Never
before has he seen the world in such detail. He tries to
remember the softened edges and dulled colors he was more
used to, but like a patient with his cataracts taken away, he
finds everything sharp and bright, appalling yet attractive. “I
want to tell something to you,” Mr. Shi says, and Madam
flashes an eager smile. Mr. Shi shifts on the bench, and says in
English, “I was not a rocket scientist.” 62 Madam nods hard.
Mr. Shi looks at her, and then looks away. “I was not a rocket
scientists because of a woman. The only thing we did was talk.
Nothing wrong with talking, you would imagine, but no, talking
between a married man and an unmarried girl was not accepted.
That’s how sad our time was back then.” Yes, sad is the word,
not crazy as young people use to talk about that period. “One
would always want to talk even when not talking was part of our
32. training.” And talking, such as commonplace thing, but how
people got addicted to it! Their talking started form five
minutes of break in the office, and later they sat in the cafeteria
and talked the whole lunch break. They talked about their hope
and excitement in the grand history they were taking part in, of
building the first rocket for their young communist mother. 63
“Once you started talking, you talked more, and more. It was
different than going home and talking to your wife because you
didn’t have to hide anything. We talked about our own lives, of
course. Talking is like riding with an unrefined horse, you don’t
know where you end up and you don’t have to think about it.
That’s what our talking was like, but we weren’t having an
affair as they said. We were never in love,” Mr. Shi says, and
then, for a short moment, is confused by his own words. What
kind of love is he talking about? Surely they were in love, not
the love they were suspected of having—he always kept a
respectful distance, their hands never touched. But a love in
which they talked freely, a love in which their minds touched—
wasn’t it love, too? Wasn’t it now his daughter ended her
marriage, because of all the talking with another man? Mr. Shi
shifts on the bench, and “A Thousand Years” 8 starts to swat
despite the cool breeze of October. He insisted they were
innocent when they were accused of having an affair; he
appealed for her when she was sent down to a provincial town.
She was a good puncher, but a puncher was always easier to
train. He was, however, promised to remain in the position on
the condition that he publicly admitted his love affair and gave
a self-criticism. He refused because he believed he was
wronged. “I stopped being a rocket scientist at thirty-two. Never
was I involved in any research after that, but everything at work
was confidential so the wife didn’t know.” At east that was
what he thought until the previous night. He was assigned to the
lowest position that could happen to someone with his
training—he decorated offices for the birthdays of Chairman
Mao and the Party; he wheeled the notebooks and paper work
from one research group to the other; in the evening he
33. collected his colleagues’ notebooks and paperwork, logged them
in, and locked them in the file cabinet in the presence of two
security guards. He maintained his dignity at work, and went
home to his wife as a preoccupied and silent rocket scientist. He
looked away from the questions in his wife’s eyes until the
questions disappeared one day; he watched his daughter grow
up, quiet and understanding as his wife was, a good girl, a good
woman. Thirty-two guards he worked with during his career,
young men in uniforms and carrying empty holsters on their
belts, but bayonets on their rifles were real. 64 But then, there
was no other choice for him. The decision he made—wasn’t it
out of loyalty to the wife, and to the other woman? How could
he have admitted the love affair, hurt his good wife, and
remained a selfish rocket scientist—or, even more impossible,
given up a career, a wife, and a two-year-old daughter for the
not so glorious desire to spend a lifetime with another woman?
“It was what we sacrifice that makes life meaningful”—Mr. Shi
says the line that was often repeated in their training. He stakes
his head hard. A foreign country gives one foreign thoughts, he
thinks. For an old man like him, it is not healthy to ponder too
much over memory. A good man should live in the present
moment, with Madam, a dear friend sitting next to him, holding
up a perfect golden ginkgo leaf to the sunshine for him to see.
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