in the community which can counteract the negative influences‚ by far the most powerful being a strong‚ loving‚ "decent" (as inner-city residents put it) family committed to middle-class values‚ the despair is pervasive enough to have spawned an oppositional culture‚ that of "the streets‚" whose norms are often consciously opposed to those of mainstream society. These two orientations--decent and street--socially organize the community‚ and their coexistence has important consequences for residents
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Introduction: Hip Hop in History: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Author(s): Derrick P. Alridge and James B. Stewart Source: The Journal of African American History‚ Vol. 90‚ No. 3‚ The History of Hip Hop (Summer‚ 2005)‚ pp. 190-195 Published by: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20063997 Accessed: 27/10/2009 14:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at
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Incredible Years Intervention University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work Purpose Statement The purpose of this paper is to explore the intervention Incredible Years (IY) and its effectiveness on youth that exhibit behavioral and emotional problems. The program was designed by Carolyn Webster-Stratton‚ PhD to address these concerns. It is aimed at both prevention and treatment. This paper will outline the significance and the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems among school
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“We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich‚ the smart or the slow‚ the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them‚” Author Unknown. Unfortunately‚ throughout history our society has become victim to the upbringing and menacing of prejudices within. The prejudices that our fellow neighbors endure range from scowling facial expressions to violent hate crimes. As far back as the decades go‚ prejudice has been an ongoing problem
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INDIVIDUAL FANCTION For individual‚ the function of media can be thought of as the motives or reasons. Why individual use media products? They do that in order to feel satisfactions; they receive from the use of these products Herta Herzog 1944 She studied the motivation and gratification of radio soap opera listeners Her interest was to try to understand (why women become such ardent fans of the radio soaps The goal of the study was to determine (what satisfactions
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With this I chose a game from the LSIS workshop that will help me as well to feel more confident in that area again. I also wanted to challenge my learners a different way than just questioning so I introduced a fun muscle game. I first found a great facial muscle diagram (Bodyteen.com
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Journal of Change Management Vol. 6‚ No. 1‚ 99 –113‚ March 2006 Strategic Management and Organization Development: Planned Change in a Public Sector Organization HARRY SMINIAÃ & ANTONIE VAN NISTELROOIJÃÃ Ã The Management School‚ University of Sheffield‚ UK‚ Ã Ã Department of Administrative and Organization Science‚ Faculty of Social Sciences‚ Vrije Universiteit‚ Amsterdam ABSTRACT This paper reports on a case study on the introduction of organization development (OD) techniques in a traditionally
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REFERENCE: Alsop‚ R. (21 October 2008). “The ‘Trophy Kids’ Go to Work”. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455219391652725.html POINT: The author‚ Ron Alsop‚ conveys the idea that today’s millennial generation is going to make a negative impact on the business world due to their sense of entitlement. Since the “trophy kid” generation has been given everything on a golden platter and rewarded for unsuccessful attempts that do not deserve a reward‚ they expect
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“Dependency Theory”. Dependency theory was designed to respond the modernization theory (Reyes 2001a). This theory focuses on the development of the third world which refers to the underdevelopment countries. The definition of Dependency is the oppositional ideas of classical system that construct the shape of world economy which the country was accepted the harm of other countries in exchange for oversea assistance.
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Communication and Strategy Chapter 2 Communication is the transfer of meaning. I. Defining communication. A. Communication is the transfer of meaning. B. Managers must not confuse communication with simply delivering messages. II. Communication is complex and thus comprised of many elements. A. Every message comes from a sender who encodes its contents. B. The sender selects a medium through which to transmit what she knows or feels. C. The message may be impeded
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