Japan
is a latecomer in Asian history, appearing at around 57 AD. Japan’s location, off the East Coast of China is important in the development of Japan’s culture. The Japanese adopted many things from its surrounding boarders, especially China. The Japanese adopted many forms of the Chinese culture and tried to make each adoption ultimately Japanese. During the Yamato Period (500 AD), Japan’s history and culture was just starting to flourish. The influence of the Chinese culture on that of Japan’s is extensive, yet Japan is a unique civilization. With adopting its infrastructure of government, religion and philosophy, writing, and the fine arts, Japan has become a civilization with its own fine culture.
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The
negotiation over the price of an object or service is one that can be influenced through a variety of means. Price tags never seem to be set in only one absolute number, yet one is always quoted, especially when they are in the setting of policies, such as insurance, which never have a bottom line. This was the philosophy I took in my thoughts while preparing and going into the O’Connell Insurance Agency on Saturday morning last week. I realized after talking to my sister, who herself is a fairly novice and naive negotiator, that one gains success through initiating and stirring the process, and excepting there is much room for change. So, off I set to O’Connell to negotiate a new price for my yearly homeowner’s insurance policy.
Prior to the actual day of negotiating, I knew that I needed to prepare. In my current life, I am determined to make my time and efforts count for something worthy, therefore, not preparing prior to the meeting would not be tolerated. I knew that an ill-prepared discussion would not get my goal accomplished and make me feel uncomfortable. Preparation would be the best way to thoroughly allow for a deal that would satisfy both parties and continue a long lasting relationship. Read the rest of this entry »
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“Gotcha”
said the principal to the student who was cheating on his math exam. He was a professional cheat, because he had never asked for a friend or written something on his hand during the exam. He attached his notepaper with a plastic band to his underwear, so nobody would try to find it. These are pupils who love cheating because it is attractive, fun, and easy. On the other hand, there are students who might be afraid of their parents, friends, teachers, or even themselves.
Cheating is fun and easy. Human nature is such that we find hidden activities more attractive than obvious ones. Thinking about our experiences, we find the most attractive ones are the hidden ones. For instance, whispering a secret softly in ones ear or hiding a personal treasure in the backyard of your house is exciting. Cheating is not only fascinating, but also simple. It often starts with writing a formula on a little paper and hiding it in either shoes or pen caps, which any one can do. Then, crib notes change to the larger papers that are full of neat and tiny characters and contain information about the test. These cheat sheets are often kept in pockets and underwear of the students. Some students even take their notebooks to their tests.
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The
Constant show of bad images in sport do ultimately come back to the inclusion of money in some way or another. Whilst there are many very historic games that have not changed over the years in many ways, they have still had problems with money. The historic game of cricket has been completely ripped apart over the last couple of years. The players receive huge pay- outs for their skills but greed and the hunger for money has pushed some players over the edge. The bribery in the game of cricket over the last few years has become ridiculous. The amount of players banned from the game has never been as high as it is now, due to the fact that the game has been completely investigated to worm out any signs of matchfixing, bribery or cheating. The problems range from tampering with equipment to win matches, bribing officials and players to “throw matches” as well as being payed to disclose censored material. Most teams today have been rocked by these allegations, and we can clearly relate it back to money. Read the rest of this entry »
Over
the past century, we as a society have had many views about Handicapped People. We have held many misconceptions, generalizations and stereotyped the disabled community. Although it is illogical, we have often grouped and assumed that all disabled people are at the same impairment level. It was not until later in the 1980’s and 1990’s that people with disabilities were recognized with different need levels and different types of disabilities that we could adapt services for. Early in the 1900’s disabled people and people with differences were exploited by the public’s curiosity about the unusual. People with disabilities were sensationalized in the carnival culture as human exhibits and their differences were capitalized on as income. People with disabilities were not considered competent enough to be a part of society. Read the rest of this entry »
Can
you imagine the atmosphere? You walk in a gentleman’s club; you hear loud music playing and see people everywhere. Mostly men, almost every man has a woman sitting next to him, smiling. You look over at me and think to yourself, “This girl is lucky, she has the easiest job in the world. She is making good money; in an entertaining environment.” What you do not see is how unhappy me and the other women in this club are. Being a dancer stinks. The job is very stressful, it gives you low self-esteem, and just like a drug, it is addictive. That is why I must stop, I cannot dance anymore.
In the past, I have seen several talk shows where young girls dream of becoming a dancer because they think dancing is fun and you make good money. There is not anything fun about dancing. Dancing is very stressful. I am always under pressure by management to sell drinks and club specials. There are always incidents because I am working with competitive females. If I am not willing to perform some type of sex act, I will make less money. It is even worse, for me being a straight female because 75 – 90% of the female dancers are either gay or bi-sexual. Read the rest of this entry »
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A famous financial economist named Eugene Fama conducted the first major, comprehensive examination of the market efficiency question. He recognized that there may be degrees of market efficiency ranging between a market that is not efficient to one that is perfectly efficient. To test just how efficient the market is, he looked first at whether the markets were even slightly efficient. He called this level of efficiency weak form market efficiency.
If the markets were weak form efficient then all historical information would be reflected in stock prices. Put another way, no unusually high earnings would be possible by using historical information, such as past prices, old news articles, or last month’s annual report. Fama deemed this the weakest test of market efficiency since historical information is readily available to everyone nearly costlessly. If an investor could profit from using this type of information, the markets could not really be very efficient at all.
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After New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the new constitution it effectively became the law of the land. However, a problem arose; not all states had ratified including the two largest, Virginia and New York. To combat this problem and unify the states under the new constitution, prominent federalists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay began writing the Federalist Papers in New York. The Federalist Papers served as the impetus for New York’s ratification of the constitution by quieting anxieties and highlighting the advantages of the new constitution to the New York public.
A common public fear of the new constitution is that it would compromise liberty and freedom. James Madison in Federalist No. 10 successfully addresses the issue when speaking of the Union as a safeguard against domestic faction. He states the two ways of dealing with factions as removing its causes or controlling its effects. To remove its causes, he states, is to destroy liberty and diversity. Madison quickly refutes this: “It [is] folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life” (Fed. 10, p25). Read the rest of this entry »
On
August 6th and 9th of 1945 U.S. bombers dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing destruction and many deaths. These bombs were dropped as World War II was coming to an end. I do not support the United States of Americas decision to drop the a-bomb. I understand as a twenty something college student, it is very easy to be against the atomic bomb but morally even after reading the packet I could not change what I already felt to be true, that the war would have ended without bombing. The Japanese had already asked the Russians to intercede for them and had indicated they would surrender if allowed to keep their emperor. We proceeded to drop the bomb while calling for unconditional surrender. The only thing stringing the Japanese along was their pride and concern for their god. Read the rest of this entry »
Functional
illiteracy commonly means the inability of a person to read, write, speak, and use computers in everyday life. When confronted with these issues, individuals without basic literacy skills cannot function effectively. This problem is all too common in the United States. Dealing with illiteracy demands large amounts of resources from city, state, and federal government. This causes taxpayers to use more of their hard-earned money to help alleviate this problem.
When students learn to read, they learn to associate a sound with the letter or letters that represent that sound. If this is not taught to school children properly, they’ll never know that letters are used to represent sounds; therefore, they will not be able to read or write effectively.
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