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NINE Drudge AND TROUBLE So how can it be that we are going to Great Birnam Wood to search for witches?† asked Kent as we advanced over the field. There was just a slight breeze yet it was ridiculous cold, what with the fog and the unhappiness and my despondency over King Jeff. I pulled my woolen cape around me. â€Å"Bloody Scotland,† said I. â€Å"Albany is conceivably the darkest, dampest, coldest ridiculous cleft in the entirety of Blighty. Sodding Scots.† â€Å"Witches?† reminded Kent. â€Å"Because the ridiculous phantom disclosed to me I'd discover my answers here.† â€Å"Ghost?† â€Å"The young lady phantom at the White Tower, keep up, Kent. Rhymes and questions and such.† I let him know of the â€Å"grave offense to little girls three† and the â€Å"madman ascending to lead the blind.† Kent gestured as though he comprehended. â€Å"And I'm along because†¦Ã¢â‚¬  â€Å"Because it is dim and I am small.† â€Å"You may have solicited Curan or one from the others. I'm hesitant about witches.† â€Å"Nonsense. They're much the same as doctors, just without the dying. Nothing to fear.† â€Å"In the day, when Lear was as yet Christian, we didn't do well by witches. I've had a cartload of condemnations cast on me.† â€Å"Not viable, however, right? You're kid shockingly old and still solid as a bull.† â€Å"I am ousted, poverty stricken, and live under the danger of endless supply of my name.† â€Å"Oh, valid statement. Bold of you to come, then.† â€Å"Aye, much obliged, chap, however I'm not feeling it. What's that light?† There was a fire ahead in the wood, and figures moving around it. â€Å"Stealthy, presently, great Kent. Let us creep up quietly and see what is to be seen before uncovering ourselves. Presently, creep, Kent, you slamming incredible bull, creep.† Furthermore, with yet two stages my procedure uncovered its imperfection. â€Å"You're jingling like a coin handbag had of fits,† said Kent. â€Å"You couldn't crawl up on the hard of hearing nor dead. Quietness your wicked chimes, Pocket.† I put my fob on the ground. â€Å"I can leave my cap, yet I'll not remove my shoes †we'll give up all secrecy in case I'm shouting from trodding delicate footed across reptiles, thistles, hedgehogs, and the lot.† â€Å"Here, then,† said Kent, pulling the remaining parts of the pork shoulder from his handbag. â€Å"Dampen your ringers with the fat.† I raised an eyebrow curiously †a neglected and excessively unpretentious motion in obscurity †at that point shrugged and started working the suet into the chimes at my toes and lower legs. â€Å"There!† I got a move on to the fantastic sound of nothing by any stretch of the imagination. â€Å"Forward!† Creep we did, until we were simply outside the corona of firelight. Three bowed sponsored witches were strolling a moderate hover around a huge cauldron, dropping in turned bits of various things as they recited. â€Å"Double, twofold, drudge and inconvenience: Fire consume, and cauldron bubble.† â€Å"Witches,† murmured Kent, paying tribute to the divine force of everything wicked screwing self-evident. â€Å"Aye,† said I, in lieu of clouting him. (Jones remained behind to monitor my cap.) â€Å"Eye of newt and toe of frog, Fleece of bat and tongue of canine, Snake's fork and visually impaired worm's sting, Reptile's leg and owlet's wing, For an appeal of amazing difficulty, Like a hellfire stock bubble and bubble.† They twofold gurgled the theme and we were preparing ourselves for another stanza of the formula when I felt something brush against my leg. It was everything I could don't to shout out. I felt Kent's hand on my shoulder. â€Å"Steady, chap, it's only a cat.† Another brush, and a yowl. Two of them currently, licking my chimes, and murmuring. (It sounds more wonderful than it was.) â€Å"It's the wicked pork fat,† I murmured. A third catlike joined the posse. I remained on one foot, attempting to hold the other over their heads, however while I am a practiced stunt-devil, the craft of levitation despite everything evades me; in this way my ground-bound foot turned into my Achilles' impact point, so to speak. One of the beasts sank its teeth into my lower leg. â€Å"Fuckstockings!† said I, to some degree vehemently. I bounced, I spun, I offered belittling comments toward all animals of the catlike perspective. Murmuring and yowling followed. When finally the felines withdrew, I was sitting spread legged by the fire, Kent remained close to me with his blade drawn and prepared, and the three witches remained in positions over the cauldron from us. â€Å"Back, witches!† said Kent. â€Å"You may revile me into an amphibian, yet they'll be the final words out of your mouths while your heads are attached.† â€Å"Witches?† said the principal witch, who was greenest of the three. â€Å"What witches? We are nevertheless modest washerwomen, advancing in the wood.† â€Å"Rendering clothing administration, humble and good,† said witch two, the tallest. â€Å"All it be, is as it should,† said witch three, who had an insidious mole over her correct eye. â€Å"By Hecate's[27] night-tarred areolas, stop rhyming!† said I. â€Å"If you're not witches, what was that revile you were percolating about?† â€Å"Stew,† said Warty. â€Å"Stew, stew most true,† said Tall. â€Å"Stew most blue,† said Green. â€Å"It's not blue,† said Kent, glancing in the cauldron. â€Å"More of a brown.† â€Å"I know,† said Green, â€Å"but earthy colored doesn't rhyme, does it, love?† â€Å"I'm searching for witches,† said I. â€Å"Really?† said Tall. â€Å"I was sent by a ghost.† The witches took a gander at each other, at that point back at me. â€Å"Ghost advised you to bring your clothing here, did it?† said Warty. â€Å"You're not washerwomen! You're wicked witches! Furthermore, that is not stew, and the bleeding phantom of the grisly White Tower said to look for you here for answers, so would we be able to get about it, ye contorted bunches of erect vomitus?† â€Å"Ah, we're frogs without a doubt now,† moaned Kent. â€Å"Always a ridiculous phantom, innit?† said Tall. â€Å"What did she look like?† asked Green. â€Å"Who? The phantom? I didn't state it was a she †â€Å" â€Å"What did she resemble, fool?† growled Warty. â€Å"I assume I will spend my days eating bugs and covering up under leaves until some hag drops me in a cauldron,† pondered Kent, inclining toward his blade currently, watching moths dart into the fire. â€Å"She was spooky pale,† said I, â€Å"all in white †vaporous, with reasonable hair and †â€Å" â€Å"She was fit,[28] though?† asked Tall. â€Å"Lovely, you may even say?† â€Å"Bit more straightforward than I care for in my vixens, yet affirmative, she was fit.† â€Å"Aye,† said Warty, looking to the others, who clustered with her. At the point when they came up, Green stated, â€Å"State your business, at that point, fool. For what reason did the apparition send you here?† â€Å"She said you could support me. I am simpleton to the court of King Lear of Britain. He has sent away his most youthful little girl, Cordelia, of whom I am fairly affectionate; he's given my disciple fool, Drool, to that scoundrel knave Edmund of Gloucester, and my companion Taster has been harmed and is very dead.† â€Å"And remember that they're going to hang you at dawn,† included Kent. â€Å"Don't fret about that, ladies,† said I. â€Å"About to be hanged is my business as usual, not a condition that requires your repair.† The witches clustered once more. There was a lot of murmuring and a touch of murmuring. They broke their gathering and Warty, who was the obvious coven pioneer, stated, â€Å"That Lear's a terrible bit of work.† â€Å"Last time he went Christian a score of witches were drowned,† said Tall. Kent gestured, and saw his shoes. â€Å"The Petite Inquisition †not a high point.† â€Å"Aye, we were 10 years spelling them all back to life for the revenge,† said Warty. â€Å"Rosemary here still leaks lake water from the ears on soggy days,† said Tall. â€Å"Aye, and carps ate my little toes while I was lake bottom,† said Green. â€Å"Her toes in this manner gefilted,[29] we needed to look for a charmed lynx and take two of his for replacement.† Rosemary (who was Green) gestured gravely. â€Å"Goes through shoes in a fortnight, yet there's no better witch to pursue a squirrel up a tree,† said Tall. â€Å"That's true,† said Rosemary. â€Å"Beats the burnings, though,† said Warty. â€Å"Aye, that is true,† said Tall. â€Å"No measure of feline toes'll fix you on the off chance that you've every one of your bits consumed off. Lear had him a few burnings as well.† â€Å"I'm not here in the interest of Lear,† said I. â€Å"I'm here to address the frenzy he's done.† â€Å"Well, for what reason didn't you say so?† said Rosemary. â€Å"We're consistently enthused about sending a touch of the disorder Lear's way,† said Warty. â€Å"Shall we revile him with leprosy?† â€Å"By your leave, women, I don't wish the elderly person's demise, just the fixing of his deeds.† â€Å"A straightforward revile would be easier,† said Tall. â€Å"A bit o' bat drool in the cauldron and we can make them stroll on duck feet before breakfast. Make him quack, as well, in the event that you've a peddling or a newly choked newborn child for the service.† â€Å"I simply need my companions and my home back,† said I. â€Å"Well, on the off chance that you can't be convinced, let us have a consult,† said Rosemary. â€Å"Parsley, Sage, a moment?† She waved different witches over to an old oak where they murmured. â€Å"Parsley, Sage, and Rosemary?† said Kent. â€Å"What, no Thyme?† Rosemary wheeled on him. â€Å"Oh, we've the time on the off chance that you've the tendency, handsome.† â€Å"Jolly great show, hag!† said I. I enjoyed these hags, they had a fine-edged mind. Rosemary moved her great eye at the lord, lifted her skirts, pointed her wilted base

The Politics Of The Reproducibility Cultural Studies Essay

The Politics Of The Reproducibility Cultural Studies Essay Reproducibility is the capacity of something to be precisely repeated or recreated by another individual working freely. It identifies with the understanding of the outcomes with various administrators utilizing various devices at an alternate area. The outcomes are constantly announced as a standard deviation from the first arrangement. In Benjamin centerpieces, reproducibility is a procedure that happens gradually and may take quite a while. Benjamin talks about the reproducibility in the gems and the whole universe of photography and film. It is about the cutting edge age and its impacts on crafted by expressions. How craftsmanship has been changed by the impression of the people through time. Reproducibility changes the first bit of craftsmanship through the difference in the innovation or emanation of the aesthetic picture, the genuine message put across and the clique estimation of the first workmanship. The multiplication of bits of workmanship causes an all out change in the view of the craftsmanship and can send an all out various importance to the spectator. Reproducibility is an unavoidable procedure that happens after some time and it serves to get a great deal of progress the importance of workmanship. It eclipses the ideas of innovation and innovativeness of craftsmanship. It can consequently be said that reproducibility is one major foe to the universe of workmanship and the awesome ability necessity to be imaginative. A gander at the photography of today, there is such a great amount of reproducibility of photos of different places and highlights that the genuine picture or the first thing can't be characterized. It is difficult to tell any longer if the things in photos are truly as spoken to. Photography can be said to forget about a ton of subtleties of the first thing. For instance subtleties, for example, the separation, vegetation and the shading are totally mutilated. With the advances in innovation photos can be utilized to speak to a picture of a specific thing simply like in a work of art. This additionally forgets about a great deal the inventiveness of the picture showed. For instance the photos of the mountain like the Alps expel the idea of existence. As per (Blunden ii), even the absolute best bits of craftsmanship that are replicated are deficient in the component of reality. The innovation of the advanced occasions in photography renders crafted by workmanship sullied. While a few pictures will need to depict the mountains to have tops that are marginally steep and have green vegetation others show total distinctive symbolism of steep looks and no vegetation. This innovation of photography renders the centerpieces debased and changes the first types of the workmanship. Photography can be said to make crafted by craftsmanship free the emanation or the genuineness through the mechanical creation. While the photo of the mountain will speak to a picture of another picture, a canvas will be the first mountain. Canvases would catch the fixation and consideration of the watcher not at all like photography. The works of art would be intriguing and welcoming to the eyewitness. The religion esteem that would have been in a painting is supplanted by the presentation esteem in photography. The religion esteem doesn't vanish abruptly yet in a shadowy way. The religion esteem is as yet spoken to in photography yet in a far removed way in light of the fact that simply like the pictures, photography is likewise implied as capacity of recollections. Photography as a substitution of painting draws out a far off political hugeness through the formation of recollections. The pictures of photography additionally draw out a totally different side of the first. The photos are intended to catch what the first individual and the picture taker need to depict to the watcher; along these lines the first thing isn't what the watcher sees yet the watcher is exposed to an entirely unexpected idea. Photography has prompted the move between the first, genuine estimation of what the watcher is exposed to, to a progressively present day method of view. The artistic creations showed the first perspective on the things with a similar shading, innovativeness and credibility were likewise especially a piece of the canvases, yet with photography the vast majority of these angles are lost in the advancement part. Photography esteems the display esteem more than the religion esteem. The photos don't inspire the free examination that an artwork will. The two of them depict the past occasions however artistic creations have the free streaming consideration and focus in the watcher contrasted with a photo that will convey less of such worth. Photography is a generation of the artistic creations and in this manner neglects to accomplish the first premise of compositions. The photos shape the first political importance of artistic creations through haphazardness stockpiling. Not at all like t he verifiable occasions when the compositions were finished by explicit events or elements, photography is done at a specific time with little thought to reasons. Photography additionally presents an interruption with blended thoughts and presents the view of shirking of troublesome assignments. The masterpieces will by and large catch the most troublesome of undertakings and will focus on the introduction of the most significant elements of a thing. Workmanship can unite the majority; it acts to prepare the individuals through standing out enough to be noticed to a specific thing. Photography then again falls beneath these discernments and consistently takes the most straightforward method of creative portrayal. The photos will in general present an interruption rather than a force and these shows that the ace of the craftsmanship is simply yet a propensity than actually the imagination and ability in it. The general population is consequently made as a spectator yet just missing mindedly without the best possible fixation that the centerpieces anticipates. The thought is to catch and fulfill the human intrigue which could just be the expulsi on of the extraordinary capacity from the field of view. The pictures of photography along these lines forget about a great deal of the significant subtleties of workmanship meaning the idea of reproducibility prompts the mutilation of the first idea. The mechanical change noted in the photography implies that the propagation of the show-stoppers prompts the adjustment in the technique for display. Photos basically change the response of people in general to centerpieces and change the view of the masterpieces. It gives the majority a choice of pundits. The recorded work of expressions like the artistic creations and the pictures were effectively acknowledged by the majority yet the photography innovation of the present day has been confronted with a great deal of pundits. For instance in Blunden exposition, he says that the nineteenth century debates to whether photography is a masterpiece, (section 7). This shows there is question in individuals at the true estimation of photography in examination with workmanship. Photography neglects to make the unpretentious impact in the watchers that a straightforward picture would. Then again, this mechanical creation of the centerpieces will undoubtedly change the open response to the spe cific bit of craftsmanship, (section 12). It can subsequently be inferred that the impacts of propagation are unfavorable to crafted by expressions. It is very grievous that reproducibility is inescapable particularly with the new advancements that come every day with the cutting edge world. The innovation will undoubtedly change the gems and bring an alternate portrayal of workmanship. The political centrality shifts with each new prologue to the first bit of craftsmanship. The centerpieces existence idea are completely changed in a similar way. s

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Question: Discuss about the Globalization and Health for Flat Management. Answer: Introduction This particular report looks at organizational problems faced by MacDonald. Over the years, MacDonald has become a household name given its success in coming up with effective marketing ideas. It is the world most renowned fast food brands. Some of its favorite products include egg muffin, the big Mac among others. MacDonalds has experienced significant growth due to its marketing ideas, however there are also serious organizational problems facing MacDonalds that need to be corrected (Osman, Johns, and Lugosi 2014). These challenges have led to loss of profits. As a result of these problems Macdonalds faced many closures. This is due to dissatisfied clients. This paper looks at some of the individual performance of the employees as well as the overall performance of MacDonalds. Discussion Organizational Problems Over the years the sales for MacDonalds have shrunk, the usual traffic has also declined, several problems have brought about the loss of profit. MacDonalds has lost significant percentage of its market share. Some of these issues comprise of problems to do with the organizations image, health, employees as well as customers care. McDonald's countenances maybe its most prominent test in its home market and abroad. Analysts charge that the organization has not been able adapt to central moves in the restaurant business in lately despite being the leaders for years in this particular field, this is according to Lemons (2017). Consumer Counter Attack against Cost Cuts MacDonald stated experiencing low revenues especially in its larger market in Japan. Consumers were disgruntled with MacDonalds services. This was because MacDonald became very synonymous with cost cuts. Customers backlash began when the moment Japanese food store started to pull menus from its counters thereby shortening the time taken by customers to place their specific orders. Loss of Revenue MacDonalds has lost significant revenue since angry customers decided to chastise the chain. The customers dragged down its sales significantly in 2013 according to Anaf et al (2017). This has led to serious loss of revenue. Chicken safety scare have also hit MacDonalds and as a result it has lost the trust of its customers across the globe beginning with China. These problems were capped by a series of serious customer complaints. This complaints include claims that some objects were found in the products. Some of these objects included pieces of vinyl, bracelets among others (Fors and Camisn 2016). Due to this complaints, the MacDonald is no longer a must go place as it were in the years past. Customers confidence in MacDonalds products has been seriously eroded. As a result MacDonald has lost a serious amount of revenue and market share across the globe. Safety concerns are seriously hurting MacDonald especially at this time when competition is also very intense as new players are emerging and joining the market. Macdonald Caught up in Geopolitics Away from health concerns and cost cuts, MacDonald also faces hostile political environment in Russia. MacDonald which was once a success story in Russia is facing serious challenges coupled with court cases. Several MacDonald restaurant were put under government surveillance. Nearly of MacDonald restaurants were also closed down during this particular period. This is what led to numerous court cases against MacDonalds (Thornton et al 2017, p. 87) The deteriorating political relationship between Moscow and Washington in the past few years have brought about devastating loss to MacDonald. In some instances, it was also reported that MacDonalds products did not meet Russias safety standards. This was due to the fact that some products were found to contain more carbohydrates, some contained more calories. All these were seen as an excess of what the menu required (Nir and Ham 2014) Recommendations Of all the problems that MacDonald faces, the most vital that needs quick attention is about provision of healthy food. Everybody wants to be healthy. No one wants to be sick. Therefore any food product that is unhealthy or is rumored to be unhealthy can bring about a devastating effect to the business across the globe. In order to ensure that it provides health food, MacDonald should do the following; Audit all suppliers who supply its products to ensure that they do not add or remove anything from their products. The audit should go further to ensure that only those who qualify to hand human food are given the opportunity to supply MacDonalds products across the globe. This will help in regaining customers confidence and trust amidst intense competition from rising competitors. Secondly, MacDonalds need to follow and adhere to the safety rules and regular as laid down by a country, state or economic region. This will help in avoiding various legal battles as witnesses in Russia. Different regions have different rules and regulations with regard to health, adhering to these rules brings harmony and separate the business from the politics of the region, state or country. At all times following rules must be a key priority. Conclusion As an international business covering nearly every corner of the continent, MacDonalds need to harmonize or to standardizes its operation to bring about same sense of uniformity. This will help save cost while monitoring and auditing its suppliers and can as well respond to any clients concerns anywhere effectively and appropriately (Cadario 2016) While MacDonald appears to be doing well in the UK, it important to note that it is still experiencing some aspects of buyer certainty issues in the greater Russia and Ukraine. It is also not devoid of multiple shortcomings in France and Germany and this show that this organization does not enjoy the market in Europe as was the case in the recent past. There is also a lot of rivalry originates from other top-end burger chains that are out to outdo MacDonalds. This is in addition to other fast-food organizations that are purely concentrating on specialties some of which include Japanese and Mexican sustenance. These two are gaining serious coverage of the market share and as a result threatening the survival of Macdonald as the worlds dominant food store. McDonald's is as yet growing crosswise over Europe, pushing up real deals. However, the decrease in like-for-like deals implies that the execution general is delicate Works Cited Anaf, J., Baum, F.E., Fisher, M., Harris, E. and Friel, S., 2017. Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: a case study on McDonalds Australia. Globalization and health, 13(1), p.7. Cadario, R., 2016. The impact of health claims and food deprivation levels on health risk perceptions of fast-food restaurants. Jeon, H.J.J., Meiseberg, B., Dant, R.P. and Grnhagen, M., 2016. Cultural Convergence in Emerging Markets: The Case of McDonald's in China and India. Social Science Medicine, 149, pp.130-134. Lemons, J.F., 2017. Issue: Flat Management Flat Management. Pfeffer, J., Zorbach, T. and Carley, K.M., 2014. Understanding online firestorms: Negative word-of-mouth dynamics in social media networks. Journal of Marketing Communications, 20(1-2), pp.117-128. Fors, B. and Camisn, C., 2016. Does incremental and radical innovation performance depend on different types of knowledge accumulation capabilities and organizational size?. Journal of Business Research, 69(2), pp.831-848. Thornton, L.E., Ball, K., Lamb, K.E., McCann, J., Parker, K. and Crawford, D.A., 2016. The impact of a new McDonald's restaurant on eating behaviours and perceptions of local residents: A natural experiment using repeated cross-sectional data. Health place, 39, pp.86-91. Osman, H., Johns, N. and Lugosi, P., 2014. Commercial hospitality in destination experiences: McDonald's and tourists' consumption of space. Tourism Management, 42, pp.238-247. Nir, S.M. and Ham, J., 2014. Fighting a McDonalds in Queens for the Right to Sit. And Sit. And Sit. The New York Times, 15.

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Speech Laboratory can be an excellent means to give young people practice in public speaking, listening, and note-taking, as well as a host of other skills. It maximized the students ability to communicate effectively. Through various trainings and activities, members of this club will improve in all aspects especially in social, intellectual, and emotional part. The Speech Lab is open for all interested students of Icily In all year levels.This facility will help our students to develop their communication skill through various exercises. It alms to develop young Individuals to become effective immunization that can compete from various schools and places that will totally deepen their sportsmanship and Marina values. PURPOSE The Speech Lab Aims to: 1 . Develop communication skill, 2. Deepen their talents and values through exercises/actively, 3. Promote camaraderie, and 4. Produce good and competitive communicators.Speech Communication Laboratory The newly established Speech Communication Lab in the school is taking this established expertise and supplementing it through the use of other modalities in the investigation of group behavior analysis, social interaction, engagement between beakers and prosodic and gestures accommodation. We will write a custom essay sample on Me and You or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page The lab is a state-of-the-art environment, optimally designed for the multimode capture of conversational social interaction.Using High Definition video cameras, microphones, Microsoft Kinetic devices and biometric sensors, the various nuances and complexities of an interaction can be captured for subsequent analysis. ETC will contribute the expertise in the area of speech synthesis and social interaction, as well as providing an ideal environment within which to robustly test the tools developed for multimode input recognition, multimode fusion, fission and output.

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Classroom Door Decorations - Ideas for All Seasons Your classroom door is the first thing people see when they walk past your classroom. To make sure your door stands out, take the time to create a unique display that represents your students or your teaching style. Create your classroom door decoration display by yourself, or enlist your students to help. By adding a little color and imagination to your classroom, you will have your students beaming with excitement. Fall Sweet Back to School Display A fun and tasty way to welcome your students back to school is to create a door display titled Off to a SWEET Start. Create giant cupcakes and write each students name on each one using sprinkles and glue. For the background, buy pink wrapping paper or use a colorful plastic table cloth. Mount a few colorful, edible lollipops for the students to eat later, and you have yourself a sweet back to school door display. Winter Happy Holidays To create a fantastic winter door display, have each student trace and cut out a medium sized green star. Then have each student place a photograph of themselves on the center of the star. Next, have students decorate stars with craft supplies such as sequins, glitter, markers, pom-poms, rhinestones, ribbon, etc. Once stars are completed, display them in the shape of a Christmas tree with your star in the center. Use red wrapping paper for the background, and brown paper for the stem of the tree. For an added touch, place Christmas lights around and/or throughout the tree. Spring Look at our Garden Grow After a long winter, spring into the season with a cute door decoration that will have the students and faculty beaming when they walk by. Have each student create a flower out of colored construction paper. On each pedal have them write something they have learned so far throughout the school year. Then place their photo in the middle of the flower and on the stem write their name in glitter. To create the backdrop use blue paper to represent the sky, yellow paper to represent the sun and green paper to use as the grass. Mount the flowers all around the grass in various sizes and title it Look at our Garden Grow. Summer End-of-the-Year Display A fun and unique way to end the school year and lead into summer vacation is to enlist the help of your students to create a picnic display. To begin have each student decorate a paper plate with a photo of their self and a favorite memory they have from the school year. Mount the paper plates on a checkered table cloth background and title it _____ Grade Was †¦ A Picnic! For a fun (and gross) touch have students create little ants to place around the classroom door. Additional Ideas Here are a few other ideas I have seen in the classroom, around the internet or made up on my own: Cruising into a New School Year - Create a sea blue backdrop and mount boating and sea items.We are a Class to Tweet About - Mount birds or write Twitter phrases about your students.You Make our School Pop - Create a HUGE popcorn bag and write students names on the kernel.Welcome to the Best Place to Bee - Create a bee hive and place students names on each bee.Mrs._____ Class is Souring to New Heights - Create a HUGE hot air balloon and place students names on each balloon.Hopping into ______ Grade. - Create paper frogs and place each students name on one. Looking for more ideas? Here a few creative bulletin board ideas to try in your classroom.

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Extra Curriculum Activities Essay An ideal school need more subject options such as drama, art and music—to excel at all levels. The school works provided to students by teachers have their own academic importance, Nevertheless that alone does not fulfil the schooling and learning requirements and standards. In some schools, the educational systems are only based upon fixed set of courses that excludes extra curriculum activities, causing insufficient or restrictiveness for the student’s comprehension skills and imaginations. Although it is believed that today’s schools have the best education system including extra curriculum activities, it is yet underestimated in many schools. These activities will bring many benefits to students. Involving students to participate in extra curriculum activities is very important in helping them to develop many skills such as working and social skills. Of course, while there are definitely a large amount of benefits to extra curriculum activities for students, there needs to be a balance between that and school work. Getting involved in a few different activities is a great choice to improve various skills and attitudes, and is definitely beneficial in all aspects, but too many activities can result in students having academic problems and more. Therefore, it is important for students to set some limits in being involved in extra curriculum activities. Also not every student is a mad scientist or a mathematician, so these extra subject choices give students a chance to develop skills in particular areas they are well in. Students learn about long term commitments when they are involved in extracurricular activities as well, which is another excellent benefit. When they join one of the activities or clubs, they commit themselves to that activity for a period of time. Learning to take on commitments is important, and these activities can teach students this important lesson. Many times, being involved in extracurricular activities helps to raise the self esteem of teens. There are many teens that feel worthless or that there is nothing they are good at. Teens struggle with self esteem, and these activities are a way that they can build self esteem. Everyone wants to find something that they are really good at, and extracurricular activities provide them with a way that they can get involved in something and really shine, giving their self esteem a boost. Getting involved in extracurricular activities also allows students to get involved in various interests. It is important for students to be very diverse in their interests. These activities allow them to explore a range of interests that they may have. Students should be allowed to take another step forward and be able to explore the world of art and music and to be able to nurture their talent and explore their own potential in other areas. There are numerous advantages for students to participate in extra curriculum activities. Therefore schools should be encouraged to involve students in these activities that increase the students’ self-worth, ability to think creatively, emotional understanding, social networks and overall increase their academic performances. With so many benefits and advantages, how can schools exclude extra Curriculum Activities?

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Responding to Socrates’ Pedagogical Provocation ABSTRACT: In this paper I examine the text of the Symposium to illustrate two non-philosophical responses to Socrates’ pedagogical provocation. While Apollodorus and Aristodemus, two Socratic disciples, demonstrate their erotic commitment to Socrates, they do not practice philosophy. They manifest their non-philosophical behavior in two ways. First, they idolize and imitate Socrates. Second, they constantly tell stories about Socrates. In the first section I analyze Aristodemus’ and Apollodorus’ emotional attachment to Socrates. While both disciples are genuinely protective of Socrates, their behavior often precludes the practice of philosophy. In the second section, I examine the nuances of the narrative frame of the Symposium. Apollodorus and Aristodemus both express their commitment to Socrates by telling stories about him. While their stories do preserve knowledge about Socrates, they are unpersuasive spokespersons for the philosophical life. They remain mire d in their personal love for Socrates. In the third section, I interpret Plato’s rhetorical use of anonymity as a strategy designed to mitigate against the dangers of discipleship. In this paper, I examine the text of the Symposium to illustrate two non-philosophical responses to Socrates’ pedagogical provocation. While Apollodorus and Aristodemus, two Socratic disciples, demonstrate their erotic commitment to Socrates, they do not practice philosophy. They manifest their non-philosophical behavior in two ways. First, they idolize and imitate Socrates. Second, they constantly tell stories about Socrates. Unfortunately, these practices do not lead them toward a genuine philosophical commitment. They remain mired in their personal love for Socrates. I then interpret Plato’s rhetorical use of anonymity as a possible strategy designed to mitigate against the dangers of discipleship. 1. Imitation of Socrates' Non-narrative Behavior When Aristodemus arrives at Agathon's party without Socrates, his solitary appearance surprises Agathon. Upon seeing Aristodemus without Socrates, Agathon acts as if such an occurrence were an anomaly. Somewhat bewildered, Agathon exclaims "but where is he?" (174e8). Apparently, Aristodemus follows Socrates around everywhere. Apollodorus' concluding description of Aristodemus reveals that the man habitually followed Socrates everywhere; "He [Aristodemus] followed him [Socrates] just as he was accustomed" (223e10).(1) Given this behavior, it is not surprising that Agathon cannot imagine a circumstance in which he would find Aristodemus without Socrates. Early in the dialogue, Apollodorus suggests that Aristodemus engages in this behavior because he is "obsessed with Socrates" (173b). When Apollodorus tells us that Aristodemus "followed Socrates just as he was accustomed" (223e10), he uses the word, hepomai. The Greek word hepomai carries the sense of "following as an attendant" (Liddell and Scott 310).

Hungary’s Economic Crisis

Last year, â€Å"Promising economic indicators† is a headline in the front page of a Hungarian newspaper. The economists, government representatives and many politicians said that Hungary’s economy is growing. Growing half times as it should be. In reality and if economics can only speak, Hungary was in big trouble and in the verge of economic collapse last year. The economic crisis of Hungary led the resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany. Now, Hungary’s population is looking for the proper replacement for their Prime Minister. And they hope that whoever would be their Prime Minister will help them regain their economic stability. As economic crisis still exists in the country, many believed that the major factor that would determine the economic stability is its policies regarding their pensioners. Hungary’s total population of pensioners totaled for about 3 million which is about one-third of the whole population. Aside from supporting these pensioners, the government also pays for special benefits to accident victims, military and police veterans. The problem boils down to the public spending and finances. Pension is a heavy obligation that Hungary’s government is shouldering because of their policy regarding pensioners. Reforming the policy is not an option for the Socialist party of Gyurcsany because they protect the Socialist voting percentage which is mainly composed of retirees. Solutions should be done and we should try anything possible that will be in great help for the recovery of the nation. Possible solution is to cut the pension received by the retirees into much lesser amount. This would definitely be a great help in the recovery. One another option is to limit the pensions to those in proper age of retirees and not to those who were only taken their opportunity of having their pension because of undersized accidents. In the end, all should be working for the progress and recovery of this nation, not only the officials but also the people that are the ones greatly affected by the economic crisis. Any solutions can be beneficial and should be tried.

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