The Illusion of Freedom in Miss Julie

The Illusion of Freedom in Miss Julie August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a naturalistic play which manages the topics of affection, desire, and force battles between social classes and sexes. Being a naturalistic play, Miss Julie manages the childhood of and the earth encompassing the two primary characters, Julie and Jean, and how these components influence their motivations.As with the show in naturalism, the two principle characters would have no genuine authority over their destinies and rather be oppressed to genetic and ecological powers. Julie, being of refined plummet, appeared to have total opportunity. She approached the best of extravagances but could vigorously associate with the hirelings, for example, taking part in their Midsummer Eve festivity and hitting the dance floor with Jean, without extreme outcomes other than some tattle among the servants.However, Julie’s sexual orientation and childhood is by all accounts an incredible disservice and blocks her opportunity. Raised by her mom to act like a man but then scorn men and therefore herself, Julie became what Strindberg alludes to as a â€Å"man-detesting half-woman† (page 60), however this childhood permitted Julie to overlook the normal practices of her time and declare her strength upon male characters (her life partner and Jean), it is likewise liable for her possible self destruction which was suggested toward the finish of the play.The dream of Julie’s assumed opportunity is uncovered all through the play, with Jean holding control over her during a huge segment of the play and her dad, the Count, being a missing, yet all things considered overwhelming nearness all through the play, particularly at long last. Jean is oppositely inverse to Julie in his heredity, being of basic drop and a male, in spite of the fact that Jean is all around voyaged and has a level of modernity in his discourse and manners.He approaches little assets other than his own desire and as surance. Jean dreams dubiously of some time or another opening a lodging and utilizing the benefits and esteem picked up from such an endeavor to buy a title and make the most of himself a like Julie’s father. Regardless of the various force inversions that happened after his enchantment of Julie, he stays oppressed to power all through the play, both to that of Julie and particularly her father.Any token of the Count, for example, his boots, Jean’s second rate garments, and particularly the ringing ringer decreased Jean from a typically persuasive or twisted speaker to a despicable worker. There were numerous elements, other than the alleged love that was proclaimed by the two characters towards one other, which caused Julie and Jean to take part in such a tryst. The Midsummer Eve festivity and its inebriating beverages and enthusiasm initiating moving brought down the hindrances of both characters.The festivity expanded Julie’s desire and her passionate defens elessness from her as of late broken commitment with her life partner made Julie powerless against Jean’s enticement; his story of going gaga for her after looking at her and hence needing to murder himself due to the clearly absence of sentimental relationship that would frame between them was particularly compelling; Julie’s powerlessness to Jean’s temptation could likewise be ascribed to her female sensibilities.Likewise, the festival likely encouraged Jean to continue with his enchantment, with Jean’s extreme objective being utilizing Julie’s riches to fund his fantasies about opening a lodging and turning into a Count. Before Julie’s enchantment by Jean, she had the force or the presence of intensity in the relationship. Jean tended to her deferentially, as befitting a hireling conversing with his fancy woman. Julie could play with Jean and order him to do nearly anything, for example, driving him to hit the dance floor with her or kiss ing her shoes, as she was of a higher class and had authority over Jean, who was a modest servant.However, after Jean’s fruitful enticement of Julie, the class lines that existed between them were separated and they were became social equivalents, in this way their relationship moved concentration to control battles regarding sex. While Julie still abuse Jean in regards to his lower social standing, Jean reacts with injurious comments, for example, calling her a prostitute (page 90) for giving herself wholeheartedly to one with such a lower social standing, which was unfathomable for ladies in her situation at the time.Despite the opposing and sadomasochistic relationship that emerged between them after the enticement, Julie Jean despite everything could utilize each other to profit themselves. Julie was worn out on the social measures that were forced upon her, in this manner she wanted to tumble to Jean’s social level. Though Jean, with his fabulous desire of turning into a Count, tried to ascend in the social stepping stool through Julie’s riches. Julie and Jean had the option to briefly revolt, against the normal practices that compelled them, through engaging in extramarital relations regardless of the tremendous contrast in their social standings.They wanted to assist this insubordination through fleeing together and beginning their own inn. Be that as it may, this extreme arrangement was halted by Christine, who forestalled the sweethearts access to ponies and their break, who epitomized the social dissatisfaction at the impropriety of a tryst between two of such unique class and their arrangement to get away from the outcomes. Julie Jean despite everything could have gotten away by foot yet for the ringing of the chime that flagged the arrival of the Count.The Count, whose nearness plagued all through the story, whose very notice diminished Jean to crying servility, and disgraced and irritated Julie incredibly, at last held control over both the darlings. In spite of never being genuinely present in the play, the Count despite everything deserved extraordinary dread and admiration in both Julie and Jean. He represented the inescapability of social position and the force it directed over its subjects. The most persuading model regarding this is toward the finish of the play, Julie wished to end it all to get away from her disgrace and outrage however came up short on the self discipline to do so.She begged Jean to order to do as such, yet he endured a similar issue and did not have the resolution as well. Just through entrancing himself, by going about as the Count providing him an order, was Jean ready to order Julie to end it all. Just through both Julie and Jean submitting to the social power, spoke to by the Count, was Julie ready to accomplish the end that she wanted. At long last, however Julie and Jean had the option to briefly battle against the ecological powers through their issue and incubating an i ncredible getaway plan for another life, neither of the darlings had the option to get away from their individual childhoods and social classes.One could contend that Julie had the option to defy the social authority through self destruction which discharged its control over her; one should likewise look at that as a blue-blood, for example, her future instilled to abstain from bringing such extraordinary disgrace upon her family through her childhood and general conditions , along these lines the social authority is liable for her self destruction, which is practically obvious or even expected.Likewise, Jean couldn't get away from the social authority it is possible that, he couldn't end it all due to his absence of blue-blooded pride is supplanted with a more noteworthy feeling of self protection, in this manner Jean will endure the full rage of the Count and the social expert for causing Julie’s demise and endeavoring to disturb the social equilibrium.Ultimately, Jean and Julie have been and consistently will be dependent upon the social expert for the total of their lives, any control or opportunity is only a transitory figment which will be broken rapidly and significantly. Work Cited 1. Strindberg, August. Miss Julie and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 1988. Print.

The Medias Role in the Escalation of Palmer Raids and the Red Scare in

Papers should give us an unprejudiced verifiable report of significant occasions, yet that isn’t consistently the case.â Newspapers can cause certain occasions to appear to be more significant and more considerable than other events.â This occurred during the Palmer Raids of the mid 1920’s.â Newspapers made the Palmer Raids increasingly predominant and Anti-Communist emotions more grounded among the American open during the 1920’s. To see how the media raised the Red Scare and Palmer Raids it assists with having a short history of them.â After World War I there was a Red Scare among numerous Americans.â There are numerous clarifications for this: wild swelling, an extreme activity advertise, strikes, race riots, and the public’s requirement for a substitute (Duminel 218).â When Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s home was bombarded he quickly trusted it was the Communists and pursued all of them.â In November of 1919, and December of 1920 the U.S. Division of Justice under Palmer’s bearing led assaults in various conspicuous urban communities (Remelgas 3).â Many people were captured without warrants, and without being given appropriate rights.â Over 5,000 individuals were captured, and an aggregate of 200 and forty nine individuals were extradited (Remelgas 4).â After these attacks and unlawful captures, Palmer was called before the House Rules Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee and sentenced for utilizing Government assets in an inappropriate manner causing the finish of the primary Red Scare. In news coverage there are sure guidelines used to cause to notice certain articles.â Alexandra Remelgas states: The guidelines of mindful news-casting are helpful in analyzing the press inclusion of the Palmer Raids.â Standards of capable news-casting are restricted by the choice of and emphas... ..., Edward A.â â€Å"Heaven On Earth.†Ã¢ Detroit Free Press Magazine 11 Jan. 1920: 2 Hoyt, Edwin.â The Palmer Raids, 1919-1920 An Attempt to Suppress Dissent. New York:â The Seabury Press. Murray, Robert. Red Scare: A Study In National Hysteria, 1919-1920. Minnesota: Northâ Central Publishing, 1955. â€Å"Reds Plotted Country Wide Strike Arrests Exceeded 5,000, 2,635 Held; 3 Transports Ready For Them† New York Times 4 Jan 1920: 1 Remelgas, Alexandra. â€Å"News Reporting And Editorial Interpretation Of The Palmer Raids 1919-1920 By Three Detroit Newspapers: A Study† Thesis For Degree Of M.A. MSU, 1970,   Shulam, Alix.â To the Barricades: The rebel Life Of Emma Goldman. New York.â â Thomas and Crowell Company, 1971. Who Built America, v. II. â€Å"Between to Wars †The Palmer Raids.† CD Rom. 25 Januaryâ â â â â â â 2000.â http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/red.html Â

So you want to be a student-athlete

So you want to be a student-athlete Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the spring here at MIT and spend a ton of time practicing, cross training and competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of playing a sport (or two) here and what type of adjustments being a successful student athlete at MIT requires. Personally, I wouldnt trade my spots on the hockey and lacrosse teams for any other opportunity at MIT. The pros simply outweigh the short list of cons. Yet I have friends who decided not to continue playing their competitive sports after high school or who quit their sports while at MIT because they decided the commitment wasnt worth it. So its a personal choice. Lets take a look at the ups and downs of MIT athletics. Playing hockey and lacrosse keeps me in shape year round. I never have to worry about voluntarily getting to the gym when I dont want to and the freshman 15 was just an abstract concept. If I didnt play sports, I hope I would be in shape but competing interscholastically forces me to stay healthy. Another benefit to competing is the sense of camaraderie and intense leadership training being a member (or being a leader) of a team entails. From aspiring to be voted captain to fulfilling smaller freshman duties, being a part of team builds character and encourages strong relationship building skills. Practice for most sports begins at 5pm and goes for an hour or two until 7pm at the latest. For both my sports, we practice Monday through Friday, and occasionally on Saturdays. We typically dont practice on game days (two games/week in season). Sundays very rarely have commitments. So thats 10-12 hours/week before including travel time or pre/post practice habits (taping up, stretching, bi king, icing, or showering). A lot of time. Combining this schedule with a rather rigorous (understatement much?) academic workload and sprinkling in other social and extra-curricular events becomes a free time cruncher. On the positive side, this constant stream of commitments keeps me focused and disciplined during the semesters. Its worth mentioning that the MIT athletic facilities are amazing. I use the ice rink, the Jack Berry turf field, the Steinbrenner stadium, the athletic training room, the weight/fitness room and various varsity locker rooms. Frequently I have trouble with the laundry system, but other than that Im really pleased with the facilities and management. The big drawbacks of playing a sport at MIT, for me, all relate to a time crunch. This time crunch presents itself in a number of fashions. First, on a day to day basis, athletes have fewer hours to dedicate to psets, studying for exams, and pursuing extracurricular (research, leadership positions on campus, etc) and social (parties, outings to Boston, relaxing with friends) interests. Second, practices (in most cases) are scheduled into the 5p-7p time slot. Most, if not all MIT undergraduate classes play into this schedule well by avoiding scheduling lectures, labs or recitations in these hours. However, if you want to cross-register (at Harvard or Wellesley for example) or if you want to take graduate level classes (most notably any Sloan (course 15) management classes), realize that these classes do not always avoid the 5p-7p time block. There are certain classes that I will not take while here because of this restriction. Bummer. Third, this time crunch also manifests itself on a larger scale Winter sports often compete during IAP (all of January) and spring sports frequently travel or compete during spring break in March. So while I can enroll in IAP classes and participate in research, I cannot leave campus, say, to do an international community service or design project (see D-lab). Its a trade-off. For spring break, I am already committed to a trip to Florida with the lacrosse team. Those are the biggest downsides. MIT has various support systems in place to help student athletes. The sports medicine department has many functions from training and nutritional analysis to injury prevention and treatment. The student athlete advisory committee (SAAC), a student run group, develops and communicates changes in policy and procedure with regards to MIT athletics and athletic facilities. All varsity sports are Division III except for crew (which is D-I). MIT also has over 30 club sport offerings. Lacrosse is D-III, while hockey is a club team. Although this is entirely personal, I love the level of competition. Athletes here care about results, and train hard. But we are not completely oblivious to other uniquely college (or MIT) opportunities as some more intense D-I programs are. I am a brother in a fraternity, I somehow find time to write for this blog, I frequently participate in UROPs and I have a pretty solid social life. So playing a sport at MIT doesnt mean shutting other opportunities out, but it does mean sacrifice. For me, the tradeoff makes sense. Staying healthy and being a member of a team in college is of real importance to me. Is it to you?

Funny Quotes From the Movie Home Alone

In the 1990 movie Home Alone, 8-year-old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left behind (via a series of unlikely events) while the rest of his family is on vacation in Europe for the Christmas holidays. Kevin believes the situation is due to his wish that his family would disappear, so (for some reason) does not seem alarmed, and doesnt contact the authorities. Unfortunately for Kevin, two bumbling robbers (played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) are casing the neighborhood looking for homes whose occupants are away on vacation. They settle on Kevins house, but he prepares a series of booby traps to keep them from entering. Eventually, Kevins family returns and the bad guys get caught. The movie was a huge box-office success  and launched the acting career of child star Macauley Culkin, who played Kevin. It spawned four sequels, each increasingly more far-fetched (this family cant possibly abandon their child so frequently, after all).   Quotes From Home Alone Kevin: When I grow up and get married Im living alone! Did you hear me? Im living alone! Im living alone! Im living alone! Kevin: I made my family disappear. I made my family disappear! Kevin: Bless this highly nutritious microwavable macaroni and cheese dinner and the people who sold it on sale. Amen. Kevin: This is my house, I have to defend it. Kevin: Hey, Im not afraid anymore! I said Im not afraid anymore! Do you hear me? Im not afraid anymore! Kevin: You guys give up yet? Or are you thirsty for more? Kevin: Down here, you idiots! Come and get me before I call the police! Kevin: Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back. Harry (first burglar): Merry Christmas, little fella! We know that youre in there and that youre all alone. Harry: You bomb me with one more can, kid, and Ill snap off your cajones and boil them in motor oil! Harry: Its too late for you, kid; were already in the house. Were gonna get ya! Marv (second burglar): Yeah, come on, kid, open up. Its Santa Claus... and his elf! Marv: Hes a kid. Kids are stupid. I know I was. Marley (Kevins elderly neighbor): You live down the street from me, right? You know anytime you see me you can always say hello, you dont have to be afraid. A lot of stuff has been said about me... none of its true. Kevin: No offense, arent you too old to be afraid?Marley: You can be too old for a lot of things, but youre never too old to be afraid. Kate McCallister (Kevins mother): This is Christmas, the season of perpetual hope. And I dont care if I have to get out on your runway and hitchhike. If it costs me everything I own, if I have to sell my soul to the devil himself, I am going to get home to my son. Kate McCallister: How could we do this? We forgot him.Peter McCallister (Kevins father): We didnt forget him, we just miscounted.Kate: What kind of a mother am I?Frank: If it makes you feel any better, I forgot my reading glasses.

Essay about The Death Penalty - 1771 Words

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Debate for the Constitution Free Essays

When the U. S. constitution was made it there was a long debate over the ratification of the constitution. We will write a custom essay sample on Debate for the Constitution or any similar topic only for you Order Now There were two sides in the debate, the Federalists, who were supporter of the new constitution, and were better, organized than their opponents, and the Federalists had the support of the most respected men in America, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. The other side of the debate was the Antifederalists, who opposed ratification; although they weren’t as organized as the Federalists they did have some dedicated supporters. One major argument used by the supporters’ side in the debates over the ratification of the U. S. constitution is that there would be disorder without a strong central government. By 1787, most people were not happy with the articles of confederation. The farmers came to be debtors: and revolts like Shays’ rebellion where happening. The Federalists argued that without a strong central government, more rebellions like Shays’ rebellion would occur. So they looked to the constitution to create a national government capable of maintaining order. According to document 1, in which the Massachusetts sentinel wrote that the United States needed to adopt the constitution to make a more efficient federal government, to help the farmers, and protect the American name and character. Also according to document 3, in which a letter written by George Washington to John Jay, where Washington agreed with Jay that the articles of confederation had to be corrected. Also Washington suggested that America needed a stronger, national government. In the end, the Federalists won but not without strong debates and arguments from the Antifederalists. One major argument used by the supporters’ side in the debates over the ratification of the U. S. Constitution is that there would be disorder without a strong central government. The documents supporting my answer were document 1, and document 3. How to cite Debate for the Constitution, Essay examples

Pride and arrogance Review Essay Example

Pride and arrogance Review Paper Essay on Pride and arrogance What I like the works of Jane Austens Firstly, every book there is, at first glance, like the atmosphere: the high society of England, living in large and beautiful houses, periodically visit each other, strongly interacting. Each book is a society is revealed to us in different ways. Somewhere it touches upon the superficiality of society, somewhere pronounced egocentricity, folly, etc. Secondly, the characters, and not just the main ones. While reading we learn more and more all the personalities involved in the book. And its not just useless arguments about the nature of man, the books of Jane Austen a real alphabet of life, textbook qualities of the human soul Third, most importantly, her book makes us modern people pogryazzhih. in the routine of insincerity, to notice and analyze, not just to listen, and to hear his interlocutor, genuinely interested in them. In the words of Lomonosov: Learn to read nature, as claimed by Ralph Emerson, In whatever form you may clothed your words, you can never say anything that is not characterized to yourself as repeat to us many psychologists and talented speakers: Learn to listen to the other party, keep an eye on his facial expressions and involuntary body movements. I can offer you something like a game: During the day, try to observe ourselves from the outside, and you will see that all your gestures and random words reveal your essence Im sorry, I got distracted We will write a custom essay sample on Pride and arrogance Review specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on Pride and arrogance Review specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on Pride and arrogance Review specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer . Books by Jane Austen charm fills my soul when I read, I feel there, not far from the characters, sometimes within them, I feel with them, cry, laugh, wonder. The book Pride and Prejudice gave me the depth of thought and a few hours of unparalleled fun.

9 Types Of Blog Posts That Will Boost Traffic

9 Types Of Blog Posts That Will Boost Traffic You work hard on  every blog post. Word by word, line by line to make your blog posts perfect. You even attach shareable images, break them into digestible paragraphs, and do the best outreach marketing process you can do. But still, sometimes they  just dont deliver the traffic, shares, and leads you were hoping for. Its simply because your audience doesnt like the blog posts  youre publishing. The solution to  this problem is also simple- just publish the content your audience wants.  You need something that can not only save you time but can also guarantee results. Its time for you to identify the types of blog posts  that will give you results.  The content that gave your competitors an edge over you. The content that made a common person a huge  influencer in  your niche. Lets explore  these winning types of blog posts that the big marketing influencers are rocking right now that have helped them get  huge followings and grow their businesses. 1. Publish  Long List Posts To Get More  Backlinks No arguments. List posts are the best. And no, I’m not talking about only list posts; I’m talking about LONG list posts. These guys  are the ones that: Attract audience attention by their obscure number. Show your expertise. Are immensely actionable  for your audience as they read your content. Are super informative. Are easy to read and scan for the  big takeaways. Not to mention, list posts overwhelm your readers. A lot of folks may  need to read these  posts a few times just to learn all of the information you have to provide. In fact, there's a huge market of read-it-later apps like Pocket and Instapaper  because of long posts like these. Without any hesitation, I’ll admit that I still visit Jon Morrow’s list of 317 power words. I’m that dull. ;) Copyblogger- one of the most influential  content marketing blogs- has so many list posts among its popular posts. And they're still regularly publishing them. Here's a headline from Copyblogger. Just take a look at how many shares this long list post is pulling in. Look at Brian Dean, founder of Backlinko, who attracted lots of eye balls through his 9th post called 200 search engine ranking factors. And according to Brian, this post still brings him 10,000–15,000 visitors per month, even months after he initially published the thing. Not to mention, the post ranks #2 for term â€Å"ranking factor†, which is bound to keep that traffic flowing in. Here's how to write a long list post: Find your big idea. Write down as many points as you can. Refine your list to the most important points. Write an emotional headline involving the number (usually odd numbers perform the best). Make it little longer  than any other post you've seen on your idea. Include lots of images and   buttons to entice social shares. Include bonus takeaways in a content upgrade to turn your traffic into subscribers. But, while doing so, make sure not to dilute its quality. For example, Jimmy Daly, editor of Vero Blog, compiled a massive list of 500 tips for this post. But, he preferred quality over quantity and refined the list to 20.  And, the results? That post resulted in getting 300+ links and 2,500+ shares in less than 30 days. Pro Tip: Consider groupings in your  list posts with proper subheads. It makes your readers curious to  keep them reading. Recommended Reading: The ‘Skyscraper Technique’ May Actually Improve Your Content Marketing How To Get People To â€Å"Read† Your Blog With Scannable Content 2. Write Research-Backed, Data-Driven Posts To Grow Your Traffic Want to position yourself as an expert? Research can establish you as an authority. Peep Laja, founder of ConversionXL, is one of the best CROs (Conversion Rate Optimizer) out there.  You know why? The guy  positioned himself as an expert with  evidence and data-backed content. So instead of saying â€Å"simple websites are better†, he includes evidence and says: In a study by Google in August of 2012, researchers found that not only will users judge websites as beautiful or not within 1/50th – 1/20th of a second, but also that â€Å"visually complex† websites are consistently rated as less beautiful than their simpler counterparts. Here’s one more example; look at the image below: Looks familiar, right? Indeed, it is. Because Buzzsumo wrote a grand research post  on OkDork. And, after that, it went viral. More importantly, it received 2,228 links. That's kind of a big deal. I know you must be thinking that this kind of research would take months to conduct. Look, I didn’t tell you that yours  should be as huge as that example. Instead, it can be a result of a simple test. Here’s an example: Alex, the founder of Groove, wrote a guest post for the Buffer blog. In this post, he shared a result of simple test:  power of story in your blog. And that simple test got 10,000 shares from social media. Or as Alex puts it in his words: Within an hour of the post being published, we had 1,000 new unique visitors. That soon turned into 5,000, and then 10,000, and before long, 20,000. Not to mention, also wrote a guest post for OkDork sharing their headline report. That post was one of several they wrote to understand their audience's interests in writing better headlines. After that was super successful, they repurposed  that same data to build their headline analyzer, which has now contributed 292,995 pageviews and 16,191 new email subscribers. Kudos :-) So how can you write research-backed, data-driven types of blog posts? Find a  helpful, big idea on  something that is never covered. Or you could take Brian Dean's advice and apply the skyscraper technique to your content to outdo anyone else who's already published something similar. Determine how you'll gather the data you need in your post to make it factual and super  actionable. Show why it's important to your  audience. Add relevant images, graphs, and charts to prove your points. Add your viewpoint to every research point. This is usually where you can include actionable guidance. Lead your post to a strong call-to-action. 3.  Share Your Success To  Turn Traffic Into Profit There’s a trend these days. People are publishing posts that share  their success. And of course, these posts go viral within just weeks of publishing.  I mean who wouldn't like to read: How We Got 37 Million Hits In 3 Days People go nuts when they see posts like these.  Another reason that success-sharing posts posts  work is because like case studies, they also have a story that  their audience can relate to, and they follow a step-by-step approach to solve the problem. Here's an interesting example... Alex, founder of Groove, knew that these types of blog posts were  becoming some of their hits. But like many others, he had no story  to share with his audience. And as Alex himself put it in his own words: We didn’t have Ten Tips for Building a Successful Business or A Guide To Making Millions; because, we hadn’t lived those stories yet. ...but  he didn’t give up. He noticed the gap and started sharing his ongoing journey to $100,000 in monthly  revenue. After that, the blog took off. It became one of the must-read blogs for startups. And it didn't stop there- the blog helped him grab endorsements from big influencers like Hiten Shah and Andrew Warner. And now the company's monthly revenue is $186,000. Takeaway: When it comes to marketing, there is nothing like a rule. Try to break every rule and frame your own. Do this yourself: Brainstorm how you're solving some of your own biggest challenges. Connect the dots between your own challenges and the problems your audience faces every day. Write an open, honest, and transparent post about how you're overcoming that challenge to reach your goals. If that post is successful, consider doing what Groove did and dedicate an entire blog to posts on those topics. Break every rule and frame your own.4. Share New Methods  To Coin New Terms And Stand Out In Search Results Your audience is always looking for new ways to solve their problems. They don’t want to follow the same track because it’s just not giving them success anymore. You need to give them something new that  can solve their problem- a method that's  working for you, has already solved your problem, and something different that no one has covered before. Give your audience new method posts to build your authority. #bloggingUnlike success-sharing posts, these types of blog posts will help your audience solve a problem with your new approach. So yes, they work wonders if done properly. Look at  Noah Kagan’s Quant based marketing  as an example. It was a new concept for startups because before it, there was only â€Å"hope-based marketing†. So, it made his post stand out. After that, Noah wrote many posts explaining the concept more deeply. And, who can forget Brain Dean’s skyscraper technique- it was the only technique that  guaranteed you results. No doubt, that's why this post is the most popular post on his entire site. Also, before 2010, â€Å"Growth Hacker† was not even a term, but after Sean Ellis coined it in one of his blog posts with the help of Hiten Shah and Patrick Vlaskovits, it's now a highly reputable position. After that, Andrew Chen introduced it to a much wider audience, calling growth hacker  the new VP of marketing. These types of blog posts are great  because: They make you look authoritative with innovative ideas. You have your own keyword that will rank you #1 in search results. They tend to go viral on social media. So how can you  write a new method post? Find your unique angle that  you used to solve a problem- like  how  Bryan Harris found a new way to drive traffic using his poster boy method. Convert it into a step-by-step solution. Name it something descriptive of what it is, but no one has used before. Think of metaphors. Tell your readers why it's important for them. Share your unique solution with an influencer who can  help you promote it. 5. Include  Infographics In Your Posts To Get More Shares Infographics get the most social shares of any blog post type. Not only do they get traffic,  they also bring you a lot of inbound links. In fact, KISSmetrics got 41,142 links from 3,741 unique domains by publishing 47 infographics within one year. Pretty cool, right? Meet Mike. Mike runs a New York-based SEO Agency. One of his clients, FCE pest control, wanted more traffic. So, they approached Mike. But, there was a problem:  Pest control. I mean, how boring of a niche is that!?  And, who’s going to read a pest control blog? But, Mike didn’t give up. Instead, he rolled up his sleeves and made a fascinating infographic. And the results speak for themselves... That infographic got 1,117 social shares, 12 backlinks, and 15% more traffic within two weeks! So you're sold on infographics, but don't have  a  budget to hire a designer? Don't worry, you can do it yourself using tools like Canva, Easel.ly, and  Infogr.am. Recommended Reading:  How To Design The Best Blog Graphics With Free Tools And Design Theory To maximize your social shares and traffic, make sure to follow these tips: Remember the main message you're communicating  as you choose your typography, colors, and layout. Just like a good blog post starts with a blog outline, plan what you want to visualize in your infographic to provide factual and actionable information. Find the big ideas in your infographic, and figure out how you'll draw attention to specific elements. Remove the clutter to provide focus. Practice the five  fundamentals of good design: consistency, repetition, alignment, hierarchy, and proximity. Email it to the influencers in your niche, and distribute it to infographic sites like Visual.ly. Pro Tip: Add an "embed this infographic on your site" box  below your infographic. Unquestionably, it's one of  the best ways to promote your infographic and get a handful of high quality links. You can use this embed code generator to do this really quickly. Recommended Reading: How To Make The Best Blog Graphics (For Non-Designers) How To Plan A Content Creation Process Your Small Business Can Actually Achieve 6. Gather Expert Advice  For Round-Up Posts To Steal  Their Audience When I was starting out, I was  getting the same advice over and over again: Interview a big name  in your niche. It will  give you a lot of visitors and subscribers. But, you know what, no influencer wanted to  interview with me. Because I was nobody to them. They weren't getting any value out of it. Yet, there’s also another thing that gives you exposure like interviews: It’s called expert  round-up posts. And the best part?  Lots of  influencers want to join in  because they also want to see their name alongside other experts.  And so, doing expert round-up posts is easier than an interview. In fact, it can give you a lot more visitors as compared to an interview.  Why? Because in  these posts  there’s a big number of influencers involved, and  so, there’s also a  big number of audiences involved. Publishing expert round-up posts  gives you huge wins like this: Just check out those social shares! And if you want to push it further, you have to put in some extra effort and convert it into a  monster roundup like the Ahrefs team published. How to rock these types of blog posts, you ask? Find your keyword around which you want to publish your post. This idea must be interesting both to your blog audience and to your experts. Make your list of experts. If you want to feature 30 experts, make a list of 60 experts.  You can find these people  by searching for your keyword and reading the posts other influencers have already published on related topics. Start approaching them one by one from less to more popular. Once you get a couple big names committed, you can name drop to entice other experts to join in. Once you receive an expert's response, refine down the list. Publish your post  and ask  the experts to share it with their audience. Recommended Reading:  9 Ways To Reclaim Your Breakthrough Content Ideas From Old Posts 7. Pitch Guest Posts To  Build  Your Email List When you’re starting a blog, you have no connections, no followers, and no subscribers. So, you may not  get many visitors for your blog posts. And I can feel the pain because I’m also suffering from this one. But, this is the time that you should not write on your blog and instead publish for others. Established blogs  have their audience, and you just need to promote your blog in front of them. Indeed, this is the reason I’m writing for the Blog! In fact, Buffer  built their empire of 100,000 subscribers by posting 150 guest posts (I know it’s huge) in nine months. Also, look at Jon Morrow, founder of Boost Blog Traffic. He built a waiting list of 12,500 customers even before writing a single post on his own blog. Even some smart marketers like Neil Patel  are  publishing two guest posts per week  after having a massive list of customers- and that’s not just for audience, but he also does so to look authoritative. And the list is countless. Guest posts have  a lot of potential and can be a cornerstone in building your blog's audience. Writing a  guest post is a big deal, right? So here's how  you can guest post successfully: Identify the blog to guest post on that is a good fit for what you generally want to talk about and their audience will really care about. Research  all the posts that are popular on  that site. Find your main idea around the popular posts on that site. Pitch your best three  ideas and also write a small summary of why they'll be successful. If your idea is accepted, start writing your post, otherwise rinse and repeat the process. Write your post using the writing style that blog prefers. Create a bonus and landing page for the blog's audience to lure them to your own website and convert them into subscribers. Finally, leave the link in your author byline. Recommended Reading: How To Cold Pitch Your Next Guest Blogging Opportunity 25 Lessons From Guest Blogging For The Top Blogs In The World 8.  Cover Case Studies In Your Niche To Build Your Credibility As a reader, I love case studies because they contain a story I can relate to. They contain a person who was having the same problem as  me. And, they make me feel like I am the one for whom the post is written. In fact, case studies work like this because they  build brand credibility. I mean, just look at the  LeadPages Blog- every 2nd or 3rd post is a case study. And, the interesting thing is they even have  a link you can click to get featured on their blog. Monthly1k  is  Appsumo's email course  that  features four case studies on their landing page. The course helps Appsumo's prospects overcome their problems. And so, Appsumo features them on their homepage to grab more customers. So, if you ever get an email like this: Make the most of  it! Create a monster post covering the whole story like Ramsay did. Follow these tips to write an awesome case study: Research  case studies from top blogs in your niche. Make a list of all the questions your prospects are asking. Start your post with the main problem. Show the familiar pain your audience is suffering from. Tell a story using real people and examples. Explain the solution step-by-step with problem, solution, and outcome. Add as much information as you can add. Sprinkle proof and images all over your post. Pro Tip: Case studies have a story, they follow a detailed step-by-step approach to solving the problem, and so, they are invaluable both to reader and to writer. These are typically great for  the bottom of the marketing funnel to teach your readers why they should become your customers. 9. Repurpose, Republish, And Reinvent Old Posts To Get Even More Traffic As time passes, every post grows old and they don't  benefit your blog as they used to. But, that's not the result you wanted, right? You want to use them again, and you still want to get the same benefit they used to give. This is where your Medium blog comes in- you can use it to republish your post in front of a brand new audience. And that gives you great exposure. Look at Unbounce who got an  extra  144 views by reposting  an old post on Medium. Similarly, Buffer built a publication in Medium where they regularly repurpose their old content. In fact, Buffer didn't post any new content for one  month. They just updated old content repurposed it to Medium, Slideshare, and their own blog.  And the results? Less than a 5% dip in traffic. Other than that, they increased LinkedIn followers, Quora views, video views, and Slideshare followers. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Another way for reusing old content is to repost it  on Medium while adding  a content upgrade at the bottom like this one: Recommended Reading:  How To Use Content Syndication To Boost Your Subscribers In No Time But what if you're just starting out, or if you don't have any blog posts to repurpose? Repurpose someone else's content. Seriously, look at this: Brian Dean  found  lots of  ranking factors posts that  actually only  contained  110–120 of Google's  200 ranking factors. So  he found his golden opportunity to write better content than anyone else and finally published a complete post on the topic himself covering every factor. And, as Brian recalls himself: When I saw that articles that  didn’t even list all 200 ranking factors  generated links like this, I realized  that I had a golden opportunity sitting in my lap. It took 10 gallons of coffee and 20 hours of sitting in front of my laptop (don’t worry, I took bathroom breaks) †¦ †¦but in the end, I had something that was clearly better than anything else out there. And let's not  forget the results he got after that: The shares alone on this post prove its success, though Brian also received tons of backlinks for his hard work. Here's how to implement this type of blog post: Find an old piece of content that has already worked worked well. Maybe it got lots of pageviews, social shares, or comments- you decide. Republish  it on Medium, LinkedIn Publisher, Business2Community, or BizSugar- it all depends on your niche. If you're republishing on Medium, try to submit it to a  Medium publication that has already built their reputation. Repurpose your post into new formats an post it in YouTube, SlideShare, Quora, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.  Embed your bonus material in the original blog post. Don't forget to add more value and make it more visually appealing. Recommended Reading: 50+ Places To Repurpose Your Content: The Ultimate Guide How To Unlock Quality Content From Your Low-Performing Posts How to Republish, Repurpose and Reinvent Your Content Using LinkedIn Publisher Bonus Tip: What You Do After You Create Content Is What Truly Counts What you do after you create content is what truly counts  @garyvee Gary Vaynerchuk  said that about content marketing. No doubt, every word of it is true- because content marketing is all about reaching to your customers. You can't just wait for your audience to find your content, you need to put it in front of their eyes. You need to reach out to them. And by far, the best way to do this is by using these methods: Include  a post-specific bonus. Contact everyone mentioned in your post through outreach marketing. Get featured in weekly content round-ups. Share your blog post on social media and with your email list. Recommended Reading: How To Develop An Effective Content Marketing Promotion Strategy 23 Ways To Get Even More Traffic From Your Most Popular Content Now It's Your Turn Now I want to hear from you... What do you think about these types of blog posts? Have you ever written a blog post that  opened floodgates of traffic for you? What type of blog post  was that? Let me know in the comments section below. And don't forget to grab your free marketing bundle from my blog which contains checklists, guides, and email templates to help you promote your post and get more traffic and subscribers. Grab your free marketing bundle here.

Redesigned SAT Essay Prompts

Redesigned SAT Essay Prompts    The SAT Essay is no longer a simple read and respond kind of a prompt where the tester forms his or her own opinion on a topic and supports it with facts and examples. The Redesigned SAT essay prompts require the tester to read a persuasive text, and then analyze the authors opinion, explaining how the author builds his or her argument.   Redesigned SAT Essay Prompts Here are some prompts from the College Board and the Khan Academy, followed by a prompt on this page so you can get started practicing right now! College Board SAT Essay Prompt 1College Board SAT Essay Prompt 2Khan Academy SAT Essay Prompt Practice With a Redesigned SAT Essay Prompt Now As you read the passage below, consider how Caroline Walker  uses evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed. Adapted from Caroline Walker, Media Outlets Are Getting the Drift That a Daily Dose of Heavy News Isnt Enough for Well-Rounded Brains.  © 2009 by the HuffingtonPost.com Originally published September 6, 2009. Caroline Walker is a freelance writer and editor. There’s a trend catching on in the news; it’s called seeing the bright side and it couldnt come at a better time. Despite associations with earnest idealism, â€Å"goodness† is a smart sell. It comes down to marketing logic - with the side benefit of possibly changing our collective conscience for the better. It’s about using language that engages readers and keep our hopelessness at bay. We already know what it feels like to be beaten over the head with gut-wrenching headlines. The timing is right to try something new. It starts simply, with softer columns peppered in among gruesome stories. Take this example from the New York Times, published a little while back and earning hefty responses from a slew of fans. In â€Å"The Consolation of Animalsâ€Å" by Richard Conniff, the author talks about witnessing animals in their element, watching wildlife do its thing. He makes the case that experiencing the wild kingdom doesn’t require an expensive safari or a swim down the Amazon. Check your backyard, your nearest pond, your shadiest tree. â€Å"People who do dumb stuff like racing red-throated loons down a beach in the dead of winter - or even just stopping to admire swans flying overhead, their wings creaking like door hinges - are liable to get a reputation for being a little nuts. But I prefer to think of it as what makes me almost sane. These encounters with the lords of life (and also with the soybeans) pull me up out of the pettiness and stupidity of my workaday life.† The post drew my attention to its home on the newish Times series called â€Å"Happy Days: The Pursuit of What Matters in Troubled Times.† Most headlines skew toward doom and gloom, leaving feel-good stories in the dust. Digging through daily articles to search for inspiring ones can sometimes feel like a futile treasure hunt. We know they’re out there, everywhere... they’re just not always easy to find. Media outlets also seem to be recognizing that a reader can only take so much heaviness, and that if we’re going to pitch in toward making things better in our world we’ve got to be reminded that there’s plenty of goodness to be found. From the Happy Days site: â€Å"The severe economic downturn has forced many people to reassess their values and the ways they act on them in their daily lives. For some, the pursuit of happiness, sanity, or even survival, has been transformed. Happy Days is a discussion about the search for contentment in its many forms - economic, emotional, physical, spiritual - and the stories of those striving to come to terms with the lives they lead.† The Times isn’t alone. CNN started the CNN Heroes series last year, and it’s still going strong. Then NBC Nightly News and Brian Williams asked readers to offer their own â€Å"good news† stories. Submissions - and requests - for positive news poured in. It can’t be long before others catch on and balance the necessity of learning about the world’s tragedies and struggles with the desire to hear about humanity’s efforts to heal these wounds. I think it’s safe to say that we’ve reached a point of compassion fatigue where crisis and tragedy don’t penetrate our brains and hearts in a sufficiently empathy-provoking way. We need balance. It’s important to know about war and economic crashes, disease and catastrophe that affect our world, but without anything to counter the heaviness, it makes for a rather desolate template. The state of affairs starts looking hopeless, change seems elusive, and the Kardashians become infinitely more mentally digestible than foreclosure rates and bombings. Wanting to re-frame issues in a good light isn’t just idealism; it’s responsible business and effective persuasion. It’s a little bit of subliminal manipulation, and it’s all good as far as I’m concerned - re-frame an issue with a positive slant and we can trick readers into learning about concerns that need our collective attention. It’s official: Kindness is cool. Nice is all right. Good news is here to stay. SAT Essay Prompt:   Write an essay in which you explain how Caroline Walker  builds an argument to persuade her audience that positive news stories are important. In your essay, analyze how Walker uses one or more of the features in the directions that precede the passage (or features of your own choice) to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of her argument. Be sure that your analysis focuses on the most relevant features of the passage. Your essay should not explain whether you agree with Walker’s claims, but rather explain how Walker builds an argument to persuade her audience.

Strategic Marketing of Qatar Airways Assignment

Strategic Marketing of Qatar Airways - Assignment Example It is evidently clear from the discussion that strategic marketing orientation is an integral part of the modern-day business. Modern day business is ever-changing. It is very important for each and every organization to change their structure according to the time. The modern business is full of cutthroat competitions; managing competition is the need of the hour for the management across the world. Customers are the focus and understating customers continuously is a complex but important task. The performance of the company has significant dependency on inter-functional co-ordination. Organizational culture with their values and visionary thoughts also play significant roles in the marketing orientation. Shareholders are the pillars of organizational successes, it is important for every company to take care of the long-term interests of shareholders. With the help of this study Managing director of Qatar, airways will be able to get some insights of marketing orientation on the bas is of the above-written factors. The organization has 131 fleet sizes and the company covers 144 destinations across the world. According to Donavan, Brown, Mowen, customer orientation is all about a group of actions taken by the companies to identify and meet the needs of the customers. The authors said that previously organizations were more products centric but as the business scenario has changed nowadays organizations are transforming themselves into more customer-centric. They also commented that performances of the organizations are highly dependent on the continuous understanding of changing needs of customers. In the modern world of business customer orientation is the core factor and fundamental aim of every organization is to remain focused towards customers. They argued that in modern-day business every company relies on pricing, innovation and brand image. They commented that apart from all these things organizations can gain high competitive advantages through offering quality services and by meeting the customer expectations.

Philosophy Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1250 words - 1

Philosophy - Essay Example An analysis of the philosophical works of Plato and his representations of Socrates together with Marx’s Communist Manifesto informs of the ideological underpinnings of philosophy and its contribution to Western philosophy. Socrates’ died in much the same way as he lived: exuding in his philosophical logic that the body and the soul are separate entities. In Jacques-Louis David’s (1787) Death of Socrates the ancient Greek philosopher is sitting on his death bed and is about to take hemlock from his executioner, but he remains animated and talkative. The impression left by the painting is that while his disciples and the executioner are profoundly saddened by his death, Socrates continues to believe in his philosophy that the soul is timeless although the body is not. David’s (1787) painting therefore represents the perpetuation of Socrates’ philosophy. Within ten years of Socrates’ death, his philosophical ideologies were carried over by Plat o, one of his most ardent students/disciples (Graham, 1992). Much of Plato’s philosophical writings appear to be a mere â€Å"reproduction of speeches delivered by other persons† particularly Socrates (Merlan, 1947, p. 406). ... Thus Plato invites profound logic and thinking about the distinction between what an individual knows and what an individual believes in determining by logical deduction that which is representative of the truth. In Western justice systems, jurors are instructed to assess the evidence and to determine for themselves what they believe to be a true and just verdict. Jurors are not instructed to arrive at the actual truth. Thus Plato’s Theaetetus can be said to inform the mechanisms of the Western justice system’s fact finding purpose. Plato once again revisits the issue of knowledge through a dialogue with Socrates in The Republic. Plato questions whether or not the man who professes ignorance is more knowledgeable than the politician who purports to know all things when he does not (Plato, 2000). Through Socrates and his dialogue with a number of Greeks, Plato focuses on a debate that underpins theories of justice, politics, morality and knowledge. Thus The Republic is o ften described as one of the greatest influences on Western philosophy (Blackburn, 2008). Plato’s Republic examines the meaning of justice and explores whether or not it is achieved via the fear or threat of punishment. The dialogue in The Republic asks a series of questions relative to justice and social order and ultimately concludes that justice is necessary. Essentially, Plato constructs the ideal politically just society which consists of different classes of individual within an hierarchal construct (Plato, 2000). Plato’s Apology is yet another immortalization of Socrates and expresses Socrates defense at this trial. Socrates was put on trial for failure to follow the Gods

Changes to the Urban Population in America

Changes to the Urban Population in America The Urban Frontier The New Immigration Southern Europe Uprooted Reactions to the New Immigration Narrowing the Welcome Mat Churches Confront the Urban Challenge Darwin Disrupts the Churches The Lust for Learning Booker T. Washington and Education for Black People The Hallowed Halls of Ivy The March of the Mind The Appeal of the Press Apostles of Reform Postwar Writing Literary Landmarks The New Morality Families and Women in the City Prohibition of Alcohol and Social Progress Artistic Triumphs The Business of Amusement From the end of the Civil War to 1900, Americas urban population tripled. The advent of skyscrapers allowed more people to be packed in a small geographical footprint. Cities grew to become sprawling metropolises where people commuted to work in electric trolleys. Amenities like electricity, indoor plumbing, and telephones made city life alluring. Department stores like Macys and Marshall Fields provided jobs and shoppers. However, cities had their own issues. Lots of trash was generated, crime was rampant and uncollected garbage made cities unsanitary. Slums were crammed with people with little sanitation and ventilation. Until the 1880s, most of the immigrants were well educated migrants from Britain and Germany, who fit well into American society. In the 1880s, a new wave of immigration was made up of Italians, Croats, Greeks and Poles, who were illiterate and poor. Europeans came to America driven by population growth in Europe and lack of opportunity due to industrialization. America was advertised as the land of opportunity by profit-seeking Americans looking to get cheap labor. However, some 25% of the 20 million people who came between 1820 and 1900 returned to Europe. Those who remained tried to retain their own culture, although their children embraced American culture. The federal government did little to help the assimilation of immigrants assimilate into American society, leading to immigrants being controlled by powerful bosses who provided jobs and shelter in return for political support. The nation gradually awoke to the plight of the immigrants, led by protestant clergymen like Walter Rauschenbusch preaching the Social Gospel. Settlement houses such as Hull House founded by Jane Addams in 1889 and Walds Henry Street Settlement in New York, became centers for womens activism and reform. The cities gave women opportunities to earn money and support themselves. The anti-foreignism of the 1840s roared back in the 1880s, as the nativists gave the new immigrants a rude welcome, fearing the mongrelization of the Anglo-Saxon race. Trade unionists saw the new immigrants as depressing wages. In 1882, Congress passed the first of the anti-immigration, laws, banning paupers, criminals, and convicts from entering the U.S. The 1882 immigration law also specifically barred the Chinese. In 1886, the Statue of Liberty arrived from France as a gift from the French. The changing character of the urban population posed challenges to American churches especially Protestant churches. Older richer churches failed to address the issues of urban poverty and suffering, and were starting to become irrelevant. This resulted in a new wave of liberal Protestant revivalism led by people like Dwight Lyman Moody, a former shoe salesman. Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths also grew thanks to the new immigrants.. The Young Mens ad Womens Christian Associations also grew rapidly. Charles Darwins idea of natural selection published in his boon On the Origin of Species in 1859, resulted in splitting the religious camp into two: A conservative minority that stood firmly behind the Bible and the Accommodationists who take a more liberal view. Public education, especially high schools grew rapidly. The idea that a high school education should be a birthright became popular. The Chautauqua movement, launched in 1874, educated adults. The South lagged badly behind in education where about 44% of Blacks were uneducated. Southern black education was led by many blacks. Most famous was an ex-slave, Booker T. Washington who started by heading a black normal and industrial school in Tuskegee, Alabama, teaching the students useful skills and trades. Another was W.E.B. Du Bois, the first Black doctorate from Harvard University, who founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1910. Numerous colleges and universities were established after the Civil War. Women and Black education also grew at a rapid clip. The Morrill Act of 1862 provided a generous grant of the public lands to the states for education. The Hatch Act of 1887 provided federal funds for the establishment of agricultural research in land-grant colleges. Private philanthropy also played an important role, resulting in universities such as Cornell, and the University of Chicago, funded by Rockefeller. Homegrown influences shaped the American education system. The elective system and specialization gained popularity. Medical schools and science bloomed after the Civil War. Discoveries by Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister improved medical science and health. William James helped establish behavioral psychology. Public libraries well stocked with books were also being built. Carnegie contributed $60 million for public library construction. The invention of the Linotype in 1885 allowed the press to keep pace with demand. Competition sparked so-called yellow journalism which reported wild and fantastic stories that were either false or hyped. Two new journalistic tycoons emerged: Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, although their influence was not always wholesome. Magazines like Harpers and the Atlantic Monthly, were popular. An enduring journalist-author was Henry George, who undertook to solve the association of poverty with progress and left a mark on Fabian socialism. After the Civil War, dime-novels became the rage. The king of dime novelists was Harland F. Halsey, who wrote 650 of these novels. Horatio Alger rags-to-riches books about virtue, honesty, and industry being rewarded by success, wealth, and honor, were widely popular. Emily Dickinson became famous for her poems after her death. American novelists now wrote about the human drama of everyday life. New notable writers were Kate Chopin, who wrote The Awakening and Mark Twain who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Bret Hartes California gold rush stories were popular. Henry James often made women the main characters in his novels. Two noted black writers were Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles W. Chesnutt, who used black dialect and folklore in their poems and stories. Victoria Woodhulls proclamation of free love in 1871 shook conventional morality. Economic freedom for women encouraged sexual freedom and resulted in the increase of birth control, divorces, and frank discussion of sexual topics. Urban life was hard on families who had to take care of everything themselves without support from their clan. Urbanization resulted in families having less children. Marriages were delayed and birth control was used. In 1898, Charlotte Gilmans Women and Economics, advocated for women to abandon their dependent status and contribute through productive involvement in the economy. The National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1890. Ida Wells was a tireless crusader for better treatment of Blacks and formed the National Association of Colored Women in 1896. The National Prohibition Party was founded in 1869. The Womens Christian Temperance Union also crusaded against alcohol, calling for a national prohibition of alcohol. The Anti-Saloon League was founded in 1893. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in 1866 and the American Red Cross in 1881. American Art had proved mediocre so far. Many of Americas finest painters such as James Whistler and John Singer Sargent made their living in Europe. Sculptors included Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who made the Robert Gould Shaw memorial, located in Boston, in 1897. Music scaled new heights with the building of opera houses and the emergence of jazz. Edisons phonograph, brought canned music into peoples homes. In entertainment, Phineas T. Barnum and James A. Bailey teamed up in 1881 to stage the Greatest Show on Earth. Wild West shows, like those of Buffalo Bill Cody were very popular. Baseball and football became popular as well. Baseball became Americas national pastime. In 1891, James Naismith invented basketball. Croquet and bicycling crazes also swept the country The urban population in America rapidly increased following the Civil War. Cities became sprawling metropolises of skyscrapers where people commuted to work. The nature of immigration also changed. Before the 1880s, the bulk of the immigrants came from Britain and Germany. After 1880, a new wave of poor and illiterate immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe came to the U.S., driven by population growth in Europe and lack of opportunity. The federal government did little to help these new immigrants assimilate into American society. Many of them came under the control of powerful bosses who traded them food and shelter for political support. In time, community houses such as Hull House as well as Churches especially the Protestants would help out. The anti-foreignism of the 1840s came back in the 1880s, driven by a fear that the new immigrants would sully the anglo-saxon bloodline. Congress would pass a number of laws restricting immigration. Paupers and criminals were no longer a llowed. A specific law barring Chinese immigration was also passed in 1882. In 1886, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York as a gift from France. The changing nature of immigration also took its toll on American churches, resulting in a Protestant liberalism wave. Catholicism and Judaism also gained ground. Darwins idea of natural selection also split the faithful into 2 camps, one that still clung to the old orthodox view of the Bible and the other, a more liberal view that sought to have both science and the Bible co-exist. Support for public education as a birthright was high and numerous high schools sprouted. In the South, badly hit by the Civil War, education for Blacks was led by a number of notable black figures such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois who founded the NAACP in 1910. Higher education also got a fillip after the Civil War, with numerous universities and colleges being established. Private philanthropy also played an important role in establishing ma ny respected private colleges. The American education system was also shaped by local influences. The elective system and specialization became popular. Medical science also improved with the establishment of medical colleges and important discoveries by Pasteur and Lister. The number of public libraries also increased rapidly. The invention of the linotype in 1885 enabled the popular press to keep pace with demand. Magazines like Harpers also served to partially satisfy the demand for printed material. Yellow journalism which published sensational and often false stories also became widely popular. Dime novels were another fad. The character of American writing also changed from the earlier romanticism to more worldly stories about human drama and life, written by famous authors like Mark Twain. Urban life was hard on families since a family had to do everything themselves without much support from others such as a clan. Urbanization generally caused a reduction in family size, del ayed marriages and the use of birth control. Anti-temperance became popular again, with the National Prohibition Party being founded in 1869 and the Anti-Saloon league in 1893. American painters still had to go to Europe to make a decent living. Music took off especially with the fusion of European and Black music resulting in new music genres such as Jazz. Edisons phonograph also enabled canned music to be brought to American homes cheaply. In the field of entertainment, shows such as The Wild West Show and Barnums Circus were very popular. Baseball soon became Americas sport. 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Examining a Business Failure – Tyco

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Organizational behavior is concerned with the study of what people do in an organization and how their behavior affects the organization’s performance (Robbins & Judge, 2 007).In the case of Tyco, the organizational behavior of the company in 2002 was unethical in nature. Tyco's former CEO Dennis Koslowski, former CFO Mark Swartz, and former General Counsel Mark Belnick were accused of giving themselves interest-free or very low interest loans (sometimes disguised as bonuses) that were never approved by the Tyco board or repaid. Some of these â€Å"loans† were part of a â€Å"Key Employee Loan† program the company offered. They were accused of selling their company stock without telling investors, which is a requirement under SEC rules.Koslowski, Swartz, and Belnick stole $600 million dollars from Tyco through their unapproved bonuses, loans, and extravagant â€Å"company† spending. Rumors of a $6,000 shower curtain, $2,000 trash can, and a $2 million dollar birthday party for Koslowski's wife in Italy are just a few examples of the misuse of company funds. As many as 40 Tyco executives took loans that were later â€Å"forgivenà ¢â‚¬  as part of Tyco's loan-forgiveness program, although it was said that many did not know they were doing anything wrong.Hush money was also paid to those the company feared would â€Å"rat out† Kozlowski. Essentially, they concealed their illegal actions by keeping them out of the accounting books and away from the eyes of shareholders and board members (http://money. howstuffworks. com/cooking-books9. htm). In an organizational world characterized by cutbacks, expectations of increasing worker productivity, and tough competition in the marketplace, it is not surprising that many employees feel pressured to cut corners, break rules, and engage in other forms of questionable practices.What constitutes good ethical behavior has never been clearly defined. Employees see people all around them engaging in unethical practices. (Robbins ; Judge, 2007). Leadership Failure The senior managers at Tyco failed as leaders. They forgot that leadership was about serving others and no t themselves. But it was also a failure of those who followed the leaders such as the corporate lawyers who failed in their duty to keep the leaders in check. Tyco lawyers wanted to please their bosses; instead they should have stepped in when corporate corruption was evident. Most of the people who became infamous for their misdeeds ; helip; were not evil people,† said William Lytton (general counsel for Tyco in 2002). As Lytton sees it, they lost sight of the cultural boundaries, blinded by their own career advancement goals. That is where the role of the corporate lawyer becomes critical. While it might prove difficult to stop bad things from happening, â€Å"Sometimes, you do need to just say no† (http://www. vermontlaw. edu/x7845. xml). Management FailureTyco’s top executives ignored their responsibilities to the laws governing corporate management; ignored responsibilities to their investors and ignored responsibilities to their employees. The planning and management strategies of these executives seem to have been more focused on personal gain than on the best interests of the company and its shareholders. As a result of their greed and fraudulent activities, the top executives at Tyco were indicted and convicted of fraud charges for improper accounting practices as well as unauthorized use of company funds for personal gain.One viewpoint on leadership is that it occurs only when people are influenced to do what is ethical and beneficial for the organization and themselves. This definition of leadership does not include influence attempts that are irrelevant or detrimental to followers, such as a leader’s attempts to gain personal benefits at the followers’ expense (Yukl, 2006). In the case of Tyco, when Ed Breen took over as CEO, he fired 290 of the 300 managers who were employed at Tyco during the Kozlowski era along with the other senior managers.He wanted to bring in new management and employees who would help build Tyco’s reputation up and create an ethical firm that consumers and shareholders could trust again. Organizational Failure While the organization was not solely to blame for Tyco’s failure, Tyco could have taken preventive measures which would have avoided this situation entirely, such as: o created codes of ethics to guide employees through ethical dilemmas o implemented policies for enforcing those codes create a corporate governance department and hire experienced professionals to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations are adhered to o offer seminars, workshops, and similar training programs to try to improve ethical behaviors Today’s manager needs to create an ethically healthy climate for his or her employees, where they can do their work productively and confront a minimal degree of ambiguity regarding what constitutes right and wrong behaviors.In upcoming chapters, we’ll discuss the kinds of actions managers can take to create an ethi cally healthy climate and help employees sort through ethically ambiguous situations. We’ll also present ethical-dilemma exercises at the end of each chapter that will allow you to think through ethical issues and assess how you would handle those (Robbins ; Judge, 2007). Summary In 2002, Tyco was controlled by unethical businessmen more interested in personal gain than creating a successful company that shareholders, employees and consumers could trust, respect and benefit from.They failed as leaders and managers; and as a result, made the organization as a whole suffer. They acquired businesses quickly, falsified accounting records, took out personal loans, withheld information from the public as well as shareholders, and caused the market share of the company to drop dramatically. All of this unethical business activity could have been avoided had an official corporate governance department been in place and a company code of ethics policy implemented.References Robbins, S . P. ; Judge, T. A. (2007). Organizational Behavior, Twelfth Edition: Prentice Hall. Obringer, L. (1998-2009). How Cooking the Books Works. http://money. howstuffworks. com/ cooking-books9. htm: HowStuffWorks, Inc. Staff Report (2008). Lessons of Tyco: Just Say No. http://www. vermontlaw. edu/x7845. xml: Vermont Law School. Yukl, G. (2006) Leadership in Organizations, Sixth Edition: Pearson Prentice Hall. ming

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