S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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FORUM B (5 November 2014‚ 7 – 9.00pm) 1. Can a manager or supervisor “empower” an employee? Discuss fully. - Empowerment is a state of mind‚ so it really mean is that they are changing the work environment to support the feeling of empowerment. - The environment for employee to feel that they have freedom‚ independence and discretion over their work activities - Able to give work meaning to employee so that they care about their work and believe that what they do is important. - Bring out the
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J&B Case Analysis The May 16‚ 2000 Harvard Business case describes how J&B Scotch has suffered from sluggish sales since the 1970’s. Once the best selling whisky in its class‚ J&B was now losing share and volume in a declining category. The author‚ Grant McCracken‚ goes on to say that the long term prospect is grim. Something needed to happen to boost sales for this once thriving brand. The article introduces you to Michael Stoner‚ VP and Product Group Director for the Schieffelin
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Group B Questions: Ch. 4 Q 1 A basketball player is fouled while attempting to make a basket and receives two free throws. The opposing coach believes there is a 36% chance that the player will miss both shots‚ a 14% chance that he will make one of the shots‚ and a 50% chance that he will make both shots. a. Construct the appropriate probability distribution. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) x P(X = x) 0 1 2 b. What is the probability that he makes no more than one
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B.Ed. B. Ed. (IInd Year) ASSIGNMENTS (January‚ 2014) School of Education Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan‚ Garhi‚ New Delhi - 110068 Assignments January 2014 B. Ed. (IInd Year) ES-334 : Education and Society Assignment 1 Answer the following questions i) Briefly explain two essential aims of Education. (250 words) ii) What is ‘Pragmatism’? What should be the role of teacher accordingly to it? (250 words) iii) As a teacher you must have Inequality
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References: Blauner‚ R. (1966) Death and Social Structure. Psychiatry 29: 378–94. Bonanno‚ G. A. (2004) Loss‚ Trauma‚ and Human Resilience: Have We Underestimated the Human Bryant‚ C. D. (Ed.) (2003) Handbook of Death and Dying Christakis‚ N. A. (1999) Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care Faunce‚ W. A. & Fulton‚ R. L. (1958) The Sociology of Death: A Neglected Area in Sociological Feifel‚ H. (Ed.) (1977) New Meanings of Death. Feifel‚ H. (1990) Psychology
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Green. The educator imposes his will on the student in Plan A and ignores the problem in Plan C. On the contrary‚ Plan B assumes collaboration between the teacher and the student to find the solution of aversive behavior. Plan B could be Proactive‚ used before the behavior arises again‚ and Emergency‚ used while the behavior is occurring. Plan B includes three steps: Empathy‚ Define Adult Concerns‚ and Invitation. In the provided observation Ms. Ghedina utilized Plan A‚ she consistently
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Case Stem: The patient is a 42 year old Latino homosexual male. Patient presented himself at the ER with his male “life partner”. Patient complains of having a persistent productive cough with blood for several weeks‚ body aches‚ fever‚ fatigue‚ profuse nocturnal sweating‚ decreased appetite and insomnia. Patient has a history of depression‚ smoking cigarettes‚ alcohol use‚ Hepatitis B and intravenous drug use. Patient admitted to recent HIV screening which he tested positive. A head-to-toe assessment
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Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Stereotypes A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing Prejudice Preconceived opinion not based on any reason or experience often times hateful towards a specific group regarding race‚ religion‚ or national group Labeling theory Labeling theory says that deviance is not inherent to an act‚ but instead focuses on the tendency of majorities to negatively label minorities
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Case: HBS Case 595-057 Q1. Why is Makita outselling B&D 8 to 1 in an account that gives them equal shelf space? (Opening paragraph) Ans. Perception of Quality - Makita have positioned themselves as a premium product in the profession power tool segment. B&D‚ as a result of its market leadership with 50% market share in consumer market segment‚ is considered an inferior brand to Makita as tradesman believe that the brand is more geared towards amateur than professional. The consumer and professional
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