In the last several years there has been a tremendous increase in the number of homeless citizens sleeping in Westwood Park. On any given night I can count at least ten individuals quietly sleeping under trees and on benches. The problem is that the park restrooms close at sunset, and the homeless have no toilet facilities. On behalf of the over 200 neighborhood residents who have signed it, I present you with this written request asking the city to install and maintain a sanitary, temporary toilet. This measure, while not solving the problem of the homeless, will help address the sanitation problem this neighborhood park faces. I am sure you will see the logic in this request and will implement this measure until the greater problem of homelessness in our city can be fairly and properly resolved.
I opened the locked door and approached my friend Abram lying in bed. Yet still, he didn’t make a sound. My heart started to beat faster and faster. I think that it was beating uncontrollably fast because I had no idea what was happening. I didn’t know what would happen. I didn’t know anything regarding this situation. I didn’t even know what to expect. I didn’t understand why he wasn’t responding to me. My eyes had never seen someone in this state. His eyes were open. But they may as well have been closed. And, his body—well, his body made minimal movements. He was breathing, which meant that he was alive. He wasn’t dead—or at least I had thought. He just wouldn’t talk. My mind started to spin. I did not know what to do. I started to ask myself questions. I thought: “What do I do? Do I ask for help? Do I stay? Do I go? What happens next?” I had a bunch of questions. I just didn’t know where to begin.
Happiness is too often equated with pleasure, and it is the pursuit of pleasure that lands us on the hedonic treadmill. Because our sense of happiness tends to be based on positional and relative rankings compared to what others have, the pursuit of some absolute value that we believe will finally bring us happiness once we have achieved it paradoxically leads to misery when the goalposts keep moving. To get off the hedonic treadmill, the Emory University psychiatrist Gregory Berns thinks that we need to stop focusing on pleasure, and instead concentrate on satisfaction. “Satisfaction is an emotion that captures the uniquely human need to give meaning to one’s activities,” Berns says. “While you might find pleasure by happenstance—winning the lottery, possessing the genes for a sunny temperament, or having the luck not to live in poverty—satisfaction can arise only by the conscious decision to do something. And this makes all the difference in the world, because it is only your own actions that you may take responsibility and credit for.”
The numbers in sports rise and fall. They just do. Seeking explanation for change, however, it is easy to overinterpret ordinary ups and downs and attribute them to some special cause—such as a jinx. No magic is required: simply the knowledge that a spectacular season of home runs is seldom beaten next year, or that the skier who takes the most risks might be closest to victory ... but also to disaster. If you have been “up” sufficient to make the cover of a celebrated magazine, it could be that you are at your peak and, from the peak, there is only down. When the dog reaches the end of the leash, it often runs back. And that, as we say, is it. The jinx is in all probability due to what statisticians call regression to the mean. When things have been out of the ordinary lately, the next move is most likely back to something more average or typical; after a run of very good luck, chance might be ready for revenge, whether you appear on the cover or not.
* jinx 징크스, 불운을 가져오는 어떤 것 ** leash 가죽끈 *** regression 회귀
→ a string of bad luck often follows to even out the good luck
Land, population density, economic strength and the importance placed on sustainability are the leading factors that impact the development of a waste management strategy. How a community prioritizes those factors is what leads different communities, regions and nations to manage their waste in such different ways. Many governments utilize a solid waste hierarchy to provide general guidance on how to prioritize the use of various waste management alternatives. The most common hierarchies share the following characteristics in descending order of preference: waste reduction, reuse, recycling and/or composting, waste to energy and landfilling. The most successful waste management strategies in the world recognize that a successful system will include all options in varying degrees. The most unsuccessful strategies in the world rely entirely on the least preferable alternatives, or set unrealistic goals of utilizing only the most preferable. The lack of planning associated with choosing only the most preferable option usually leads to an eventual overuse of the least preferable option. A balanced approach with appropriate emphasis on the hierarchy has always been the most successful.
Two English-speaking acquaintances meet on a street corner. ‘How are you?’, says one. ‘Terrific’, replies the other, ‘how about you?’ ‘Not too bad’, says the other. From this conventional interchange, we can infer that the first speaker is probably from an Anglo culture such as the UK, Australia or New Zealand, and the second is probably US American. They both speak the same language, but the norms guiding opening self-presentations will differ even between these two relatively similar cultural groups. A distinctive aspect of US culture is the value placed on expressing oneself positively, which is not found to the same extent in all other parts of the world. For instance, some researchers found that American students reported being more often in situations that led to feeling positive about themselves, whereas Japanese students reported being more often in situations where they felt critical of themselves. Furthermore the Americans were more likely to feel positive even in situations where the Japanese did not.
In the past few decades, it has become harder and harder to deny or even ignore the impact of technoscientific equipment on sport. Athletic events from bass fishing to the America’s Cup have shattered the illusion that technoscience is just merely equipment and highlight just how dependent sport is on many technoscientific artifacts and practices. Yet, for the most part, contemporary society still views sport as a decidedly human physical endeavor. Humans are social creatures, and the historical emphasis on the human motor over technoscientific machinery not only motivates athletes when the scary efficacy of the next technoscientific implement can be seen on multiple horizons but also supports the collective rejection of the present real power of technoscience in sport. Dominant narratives of athletic and sporting competitions are about human physical and intellectual struggle as well as a host of cultural assumptions, beliefs, and practices that work to privilege the human body over the technoscientific.
Emily Greene Balch was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. She was the third woman and the second American woman to receive the prize. Emily Balch was a social reformer, economist, sociologist, peace activist, writer and poet. Throughout her subsequent careers of social work, college teaching and working for peace she was an effective advocate for international cooperation and unity. Balch was professor of political economy and sociology at Wellesley College in Boston until 1918, during which time she wrote her major academic works as well as carrying out her social reform work. The outbreak of the First World War started her thirty years of pioneering for peace. Balch was a co-founder and long-time executive of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and a member of many other peace organisations. Her efforts to improve international relations included campaigns to promote international cooperation in nonpolitical fields. Balch’s imaginative proposals for working together through the international authorities for solving peacefully the world’s problems earned her her reputation among American peace activists as one of their intellectual leaders.
The above tables show the top 15 countries with the most patents granted per million population in 2010 and in 2017. The Republic of Korea, which sat third on the 2010 list with 1,532 patents granted per million population, topped the 2017 list with 2,554 patents granted per million population. On the other hand, Japan, which topped the 2010 list with 2,237 patents granted per million population, fell to fourth place on the 2017 list with 2,239 patents granted per million population. In 2017, Singapore and Belgium newly entered the list of the top 15 countries, whereas Norway and Italy didn’t make the 2017 list. Luxembourg, Sweden, and Austria rose in the rankings between 2010 and 2017, whereas Switzerland, Finland, and Israel fell in the rankings during the same period. The Netherlands, Germany, the United States, Denmark, and France maintained their rankings between 2010 and 2017.
2022 English Studies Camp for High School Students
Online: July 18 – 24
We’re excited for this year’s camp to go virtual!
This one-week camp provides participants with a fun place to learn and socialize in English through distance learning. They will be able to enhance their English skills while attending a variety of sessions, engaging with college faculty and students.
Program Details
• Each day will have four one-hour academic sessions focused on creative writing or literature & culture studies.
• In the afternoon after the sessions, there will be interactive online games, and in the evening, there will be film viewings.
• Participants wishing to improve their creative or academic writing skills can receive one-on-one writing consultations.
• The camp closes with a Virtual Showcase of campers’ performances and projects.
Cost & Registration
Registration fee is $25 and can be paid on the camp website.
Registration can be cancelled up to a day before the camp, free of charge.
For additional questions, visit the website or email the camp director, Dr. Elisia Stern, at engcamp@mmu.edu.