Top Ten Ways To Have An Affair And Not Get Caught...

Most everyone believes when they get married that it will be forever. However, the reality in today's world is that many marriages fail and result in divorce. Other married couples may fall out of love and grow to dislike one another more than they care to admit. But for a variety of reasons (kids, money, religious beliefs etc...), they remain husband and wife in theory primarily.

Top Ten Ways To Have An Affair And Not Get Caught...

These types of marriages can inevitably lead one or both spouses to seek the comfort of another adult and eventually cheat on one another. Another scenario that may lead a married person to be unfaithful is an unexpected meeting with someone who sweeps them off their feet.

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Top Ten Ways To Have An Affair And Not Get Caught...

Despite their attempts to prevent this relationship from becoming an extramarital affair, they may find their feelings to powerful to deny and thus give into their desires to be with this new person. The saying "Life is too short..." comes to mind as justification for this new love or lust.

Top Ten Ways To Have An Affair And Not Get Caught...

Top Ten Ways To Have An Affair And Not Get Caught...

Yet other married people may consciously choose to cheat on their spouses. If you fall into that category, you probably have the art of not getting caught mastered already.

Regardless of what leads a spouse to break their wedding vows, here some of the best ways to get away with an affair.

Never bring your lover to your home. Never go to your lover's home (unless they are completely single and free from the ties of marriage and/or a serious relationship.) If they get caught by their significant other, chances are your spouse will also find out. Never call your new companion from your home phone and/or your cell phone (if your spouse has access to your phone record.) Never give your new friend your home phone number. Keep a low profile when you are out with your lover. You would be surprised how many people know you and/or your spouse, who unbeknownst to you may see you lavishing inappropriate attention on your new companion in public. Do your best to meet with your lover out of town - somewhere far enough away from home that you do not know people and people do not know you. Try to set up a regular schedule of "dates" with your lover. If your spouse expects you to be out of town for business overnight every Wednesday, he/she will not suspect anything when you maintain this schedule and include your new friend in your overnight stays. Do not become too confident in your ability to deceive your spouse. If you become too sure of yourself, you will get sloppy and you may get caught. Do not tell everyone you know about your illicit trysts. You should trust very few, if any, friends with your secret. Do not make promises you cannot keep. Nothing will prompt your lover to reveal your affair to your spouse quicker than your failure to fulfill some insincere commitment to end your marriage for him or her.

Top Ten Ways To Have An Affair And Not Get Caught...

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Why is New Jersey Called the Garden State?

Why is New Jersey called the Garden State? In 1926, Alfred Heston published an historical account of New Jersey citing a moment in 1876 when Abraham Browning compared New Jersey to "an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and the New Yorkers from the other. He called New Jersey the Garden State, and the name has clung to it ever since." Although, New Jersey has historical roots tied to gardening, its modern ties to its nickname might be even more extensive. This is despite the famous 1954 incident where the Governor refused to sign a bill that would add this nickname to the state license plates. Although true that New Jersey is also strong in many other areas of manufacturing, mining, and construction its historical and modern ties are very extensive.

Why is New Jersey Called the Garden State?

New Jersey has nearly a dozen garden clubs and several state associations with two large community gardens, Denville Community Garden and the Greater Newark Conservancy. Look around and you will find bird sanctuaries, garden museums, arboretums, and many historical garden sites. In addition, New Jersey has almost 10.000 individual farms spanning nearly 800,000 acres of farmland and among those leading the nation in many forms of agricultural production. New Jersey is a large supplier of tomatoes, corn, blueberries, cranberries, spinach, bell peppers, peaches, lettuce, apples, strawberries, potatoes, hay, and soybeans. Additionally, New Jersey is also famous for their wines and fruit wines with nearly three dozen wineries spanning the state.

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Why is New Jersey Called the Garden State?

New Jersey is extensively covered in parks and tress with more than 50% of the state still wooded. In fact, New Jersey strongly pushes for land conservation and protection of its natural trees, resources, and wildlife. The push for modern "greenways" by many of the local organizations is one example of the modern way the New Jersey citizens define themselves by their state nickname. The New Jersey greenway vision is a push for "interconnecting systems of parks, trails, and protected natural areas, farmland, and historical places" according to Ed McMahon, director of the American Greenways Program. With a future vision of keeping in touch with its traditional roots its clear that many modern citizens continue to identify with the state nickname.

Why is New Jersey Called the Garden State?

Why is New Jersey Called the Garden State?

Gardening is an extremely popular hobby in New Jersey. New Jersey is also famous for its master gardener programs at Rutgers where from 1984 to 2008 the program has accumulated over 1.2 million volunteer hours by the locals willing to learn and help out, according to a report by the university. This program has been extremely beneficial for getting people more excited and interested in gardening and landscaping in the area. The push for gardening even extends into the Northern New Jersey suburban housing where container gardening and window box gardening have become increasingly popular trends. The nickname not only defines New Jersey from a historical point of view it remains today an important symbol that represents what the average person from New Jersey relates to as well.

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Sex Offender Profile

The existence of sexual feelings toward family members, friends or acquaintances does not signify a problem. However, the act of focusing on and then reinforcing these feelings create a compulsion to carry out sexual contact with another, including children and negates one's sense of discipline and self-control. Thus, forming an arousal pattern. To act on this arousal pattern and the impulse the person has created, the person insidiously justifies his/her behavior to him/herself.

Sex Offender Profile

Sex Offender Profile

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Sex Offender Profile

Sex Offender Profile

According to Finkelhor (Finkelhor, 1984; Araji and Finkelhor, 1985) there are four components that contribute, in differing degrees and forms, to the developMent of a child molester's behavior. To explain the diversity of behavior of sexual abusers, there are four factors in a compleMentary process. These four factors are sexual arousal, emotional congruence, blockage, and disinhibition:

Sexual arousal: In order for an adult to be aroused by a child, there has frequently been cultural or familial conditioning to sexual activity with children: such as corporal punishMent and/or sexual child abuse. The most recent study reveals approximately 50% of all sex offenders were victims of sexual assault (Smith & Israel, 1987; Johnson, 1988; Longo, 1982; Seabrook, 1990). 70% of child sex offenders have between 1 and 9 victims; at least 20% have 10 to 40 victims. Serial child sex offenders may have as many as 400 victims in a lifetime. Elliott, M., Browne, K., & Kilcoyne, J. (1995). Child sexual abuse prevention: What offenders tell us. Child Abuse & Neglect, 5, 579-594.

In my work with sex offenders in recovery the statistics reveal 85% of sex offenders were sexually abused as children. Furthermore, corporal punishment triggers sexual stimulation, thus inducing sexual arousal. As adults these corporal punishment and/or sexual abuse survivors use sexual contact to ward off the internal emotional pain caused by the sexual and/or physical punishment. It is a case of doing to others what was done to them. The acorn does not fall far from the tree. This explanation merely explains the behavior not condone it.

Accurate sexual child abuse statistics are difficult to obtain. Different definitions of sexual abuse and incest will result in different statistics. Self-reporting is only accurate if the victim accepts the same definition as defined by the researcher. Even more frustrating is the fact that many survivors do not remember their abuse.

Furthermore the controversy regarding the phenomenon of whether a person can 'forget' something as significant as sexual activity has long been debated. The Betrayal trauma theory has most accurately identified the child's experience. "[The] Betrayal trauma theory suggests that psychogenic amnesia is an adaptive response to childhood abuse. When a parent or other powerful figure violates a fundamental ethic of human relationships, victims may need to remain unaware of the trauma not to reduce suffering but rather to promote survival. Amnesia enables the child to maintain an attachment with a figure vital to survival, development and thriving." (E. Sue Blume, Secret Survivors)

Emotional congruence: There is comfort in relating to a child and satisfaction of emotional need through the abuse. This is apt to be due to arrested development through limited intelligence, immaturity or low self-esteem.

Blockage: Age appropriate sexual opportunities may be blocked by bad experiences with age appropriate adults, sexual dysfunction, limited social skills, or marital disturbance.

Disinhibition: The abuser may lose control through impulse control deficits, psychosis, alcohol, drugs, stress, or nonexistent family rules-coupled with sexual arousal conditioning.

Finkelhor suggests that examination of these factors can help explain why sexual abusers are predominately male. Rowan, Rowan, and Langelier (1981) studied 600 sex offender evaluations in New Hampshire and Vermont and found that in only nine cases (1.5 percent) was the perpetrator a woman. These nine incidents are reviewed in terms of Finkelhor's (1984) four-factor model. In five of the incidents studied, the abuse occurred in conjunction with a dominant male partner; in four, the woman acted independently. The histories of several of the women revealed a history of childhood abuse and all had serious psychological problems or limited intelligence. The victims of the four women who acted independently were male. Of the five women who acted in conjunction with a male, three victimized females, one victimized a male, and one victimized both a son and a daughter.

The authors concluded that none of these incidents were true paraphilics according to the DSM-llI-R but that the female sex offenders did fit the model proposed by Finkelhor. Understanding what motivates a person to abuse children sexually does NOT excuse him or her, or remove responsibility for the choices he or she has made.

Albeit the perpetrator (sex offender) was abused as a child, he/she is still responsible for his/her adult behavior and for the denial system that allows him/her to continue the abuse. The adult is responsible for protecting the welfare of children; therefore, the adult is responsible for protecting children even from him/herself if necessary.

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The Types of Autoclave

We are in need of infection control for medical purpose. People are becoming more and more concerned about controlling pathogenic microorganism via medical instruMents. Controlling the contamination is very important to prevent dangerous pathogenic microorganism transfer from one person to another.

The Types of Autoclave

The Types of Autoclave

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The Types of Autoclave

The Types of Autoclave

There is an instruMent that is used to sterilize medical instruMents from pathogenic microorganisms. The instruMent is called autoclave sterilizer. There are several types of autoclave that we can find on the market. In this article I am going to explain each type.

1. Positive Pressure Displacement
This type is the improvement of downward displacement type. The steam is created within a second in separate unit (steam generator). The steam is released to the sterilization chamber to start the sterilization progress.

2. Negative Pressure Displacement
This type is one of the most recommended types of autoclave sterilizer. It is very accurate and it can achieve high sterility assurance level. The disappointing fact is that sometimes the system is too large and too expensive.

3. Downward Displacement
This unit is also called as the gravity displacement autoclave. This unit heats water that becomes steam. The steam then forces the Air in the chamber to go through the drain hole. The drain hole is closed once the temperature is sufficient for the serialization process to begin.

4. Triple Vacuum Displacement
This type is similar to the negative pressure displacement type. This unit is named "triple vacuum" because there are three process of removing the Air and the steam's pulse. This unit is perfect to sterile any kind of instruments.

5. Type "N" or type "B"
There are two classifications of autoclaves. You can find type "N" or type "B". Type "N" does not use vacuum to remove air from the chamber. Contrary, type "B" uses vacuum pump in operation.

From the classification that I have explained above, I hope that you can understand more about each type of autoclave. Understanding the type can be beneficial when you are going to get an autoclave.

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Single Mothers Raising Black Children

In the past, single parents were looked upon with pity and shame. Before divorce was so common, it was viewed as highly unfortunate, and single parenting was regarded as sad. Though divorce is never a happy occasion, the circumstances surrounding single parenting today are much more varied and much less grim. Many single mothers and fathers are raising children alone by choice and happy to be doing it.

Single Mothers Raising Black Children

Single Mothers Raising Black Children

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Single Mothers Raising Black Children

Single Mothers Raising Black Children

Single Parenting in the Black Community

The African American community is one that has been dealing with single-parent households for many generations. In the past, single mothers raising black children have had to do so for numerous reasons, even outside of divorce. The statistics involving black males and early death (by violent crime or otherwise) was one factor. Incarceration rates among black males of child-rearing age were also responsible for the fact that most black single parents were woMen in the past.

The landscape of single parenting in the African-American community, as in other races has changed considerably over the last couple of decades. Single fathers are increasingly taking on the responsibility for raising children. Also, single mothers and single fathers are sharing responsibility of all aspects of child rearing.

Also, the circumstances surrounding single parenting have changed considerably, broadening the range of reasons it happens in the first place. More and more people are having children out of wedlock, simply for the objective of having children. Though these choices are still considered to be unconventional, they are more widely accepted today than they ever were before.

Issues and Concerns

For mothers raising black children alone, there are several factors that must be taken into consideration. One of the factors is finances. If a single mother is also the single financial provider, she is often working full time, and may even work more than one Job. In this case, adequate childcare must be arranged. For school-aged children, the cost of before and after school care can be easier for single parents to afford. If the child or children are too young for school, then the single parent must be able to afford full-time child care or at least be able to rely on the help of a grandparent or other relative that can help care for the children while the parent is out earning a living for the family.

Another consideration of black single parents is access to suitable male role models. Single mothers raising black children have traditionally struggled with this, as there isn't always a black male in the family that children can look to as a role model. Fortunately, there are more and more African-American "heroes" either in leadership positions, in the media, or in the community. Big brother and big sister programs offer access to role model material that black children can relate to and spend time with. Many of the organizations that provide matching services for children and "role models" promote healthy, long-term relationships that make all the difference in the lives of children being raised by black single parents.

Single Mothers Raising Black Children

Why Socialism Cannot Succeed

Does Socialism work? To find out the answer to this question, all we have to do is visit the nearest Native American reservation. While it is fashionable to blame high unemployMent rates, economic sTAGnation and ill-health on the effects of being a conquered peoples, I maintain that it is due to Native peoples adherence to the socialistic tribal structure, both culturally and economically.

Why Socialism Cannot Succeed

Why Socialism Cannot Succeed

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Why Socialism Cannot Succeed

Why Socialism Cannot Succeed

I am always amazed with people who advocate socialism as a solution to the problems facing us. I would venture to say that those individuals have never lived or worked in a socialistic society. If they had, they would see that socialism only can work on a very limited and small scale.

In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand tells a story about a motor company in which the credo, "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need", was applied. In this story, it shows how the company deteriorates because people soon learn that the get what they want, they have to prove how needy they are. Each person has to show that "their" need is greater than another's, and those with ability end up working more and more to provide for the "needs" of others. In other words, they were slaves to the "collective".

Aguste Comte, in his Catechisme Positiviste, said that "[the] social point of view cannot tolerate the notion of rights, for such notion rests on individualism. We are born under a load of obligations of every kind, to our predecessors, to our successors, to our contemporaries. After our birth these obligations increase or accumulate, for it is some time before we can return any service.... This ["to live for others"], the definitive formula of human morality, gives a direct sanction exclusively to our instincts of benevolence, the common source of happiness and duty. [Man must serve] Humanity, who we are enTirely."

"The social point of view cannot tolerate the notion of rights." This sentence needs to be burned into our souls.

Altruism also has been defined as, "serving others through placing their interests above one's own."

When the state decides to put altruism into practice the method used is socialism.

I was raised in what Indian's call the "dominant" society of the 1950's and 1960's in a small logging town in Oregon. At one time I asked my father why we did not live by the old reservation around other Indian's and he replied, "I didn't want you kids raised with the belief that somebody owed you something". He also was adamant that we work for whatever luxuries we wanted. At the time, I thought he was just mean and cheap.

The last 16 years I have lived on our small reservation. I have also visited and studied many other reservations in America. Most of them have attempted to use socialism as their economic remedy. If you want to see how socialism works all you have to do is look at Native American reservation's. They still have the highest un-employMent. The poorest health, lowest standard of living and highest death rate pro rated.

What I have observed is people are grateful when some of their needs are being met via a socialistic entity; then people start expecting their needs too be met; and then they start demanding their needs be met. They not only expect what was already given, but demand even more benefits.

Intellectually, socialism sounds wonderful. In reality it creates slaves. Some individuals are slaves by providing the benefits to and for others, and some are slaves to their neediness.

Here is a quote by Frederic Bastiat...... (This was written in the 1840's, about 100 years before FDR. Since the 1940's, most of the problems Mr. Bastiat foresaw have occurred in the U.S.)

"[The socialists declare] that the state owes subsistence, well-being, and education to all its citizens; that it should be generous, charitable, involved in everything, devoted to everybody;...that it should intervene directly to relieve all suffering, satisfy and anticipate all wants, furnish capital to all enterprises, enlightenMent to all minds, balm for all wounds, asylums for all the unfortunate, and even aid to the point of shedding French blood, for all oppressed people on the face of the earth.

Who would not like to see all these benefits flow forth upon the world from the law, as from an inexhaustible source?...But is it possible?...Whence does [the state] draw those resources that it is urged to dispense by way of benefits to individuals? Is it not from the individuals themselves? How, then, can these resources be increased by passing through the hands of a parasitical and voracious intermediary?...

Finally...we shall see the enTire people transformed into petitioners. Landed property, agriculture, industry, commerce, shipping, industrial companies, all will bestir themselves to claim favors from the state. The public treasury will be literally pillaged.

Everyone will have good reasons to prove that legal fraternity should be interpreted in this sense: "Let me have the benefits, and let others pay the costs."

Everyone's effort will be directed toward snatching a scrap of fraternal privilege from the legislature. The suffering classes, although having the greatest claim, will not always have the greatest success." from Journal des Economistes

I have witnessed the harm done by socialism. I have seen it sap the integrity, motivation, honesty, and dreams of individuals. I have seen it create slaves. I have seen its seductive promises induce people to betray family members and friends.

I have seen socialism create the entitlement mentality. I have Watched my sons accept the false premises that we are put on this earth to expend our lives, talents and ability to the "collective".

I have attempted to talk with them. I have tried to explain why they should not accept the fact that they will work over one half of their lives for the benefit of politicians and the government. However, as many of you know who have children, parents do not know much.

It saddens me. I told my oldest son that one of the reasons I sobered up 30 years ago, was because I was not going to be a bum on society or my family. I am not going to sit idly by and let our government institute programs and policies so my children will be slaves to me even "after" I am dead.

This issue is "not" just an interesting debate or intellectual exercise. Socialism kills, not just individuals but all the things that make an individuals life on this earth worthwhile.

Don't believe me?

As I suggested, just do a little research on the conditions on most reservations in this country.

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The " Boiled Frog Phenomenon "

The " Boiled Frog Phenomenon "

As (Polard, 2004) Mentioned, If you take a frog and put it in a pot of extremely hot water, it's obvious that frog will jump and try to get out of the water. However, if you put that same frog in a pot of water that is tepid, and turn the heat on very low, that frog will lay there very quietly; and as the water gradually heats up the frog will calmly fall into a state of unconsciousness. and eventually allow itself to be boiled to death.

The " Boiled Frog Phenomenon "

The " Boiled Frog Phenomenon "

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The " Boiled Frog Phenomenon "

The " Boiled Frog Phenomenon "

Now many of us maybe asking why didn't the frog jump out of the pot. After all, there was no barrier between him and his freedom. Well a big reason why the Frog did not jump is due to the fact his threat sensing capability is generated by unexpected changes, not the slow ones but changes that are gradual. His survival threat was below his abilityto identify those changes.

The inference of the frog metaphor for organizations is that we as a whole should try and identify the threats of our survival at an early sTAGe when we still have time to plan rather than react to that particular threat; which will be too late. Furthermore, we must also learn how to reduce our threshold of change in order to be able to identify smaller changes that are occurring in our environMent.

A perfect example of the Boiling Frog would be our governMent; they continue to ignore continuous threats to our economy survival. Our government tends to react only to sudden changes and situations. If we look back at September 11, 2001 that particular incident was a perfect example of the Boil Frog. According to many, the government had greatunderstanding and knowledge on terror attacks; however they failed to plan ahead and at the same time very careless about information's they had. As a result, disaster strikes which finally leads them to make better changes.

If we dissect the term "The Boil frog Phenomenon" in business situations, it will show how organization are not able to identify slow and gradual threats within the organization and of course react only to sudden changes. By organizations focusing only of the satisfaction of key consumers, they failed to detect the continuous threats that the opposition is putting out there; which could play a huge role in the market dynamics in a short period of time (David, 2007). If we really think about it, we don't have enough proof that key consumers will alwaysstick around when our competitors are putting better products out in the market.

As a result, organizations should react at an early sTAGe when there's still time to plan rather than finding themselves in a difficult situation at a later stage. Organization should try their best to not get caught up in the boil frog phenomenon. In fact, it would be to their advantage if they could try recognizing threats that could be harmful to the organization otherwise the survival for such organization could be extremely difficult in today's very competitive industry.

The " Boiled Frog Phenomenon "

Capitalism, Socialism, or Social Protection?

Capitalism: Economic system where property is owned by individuals. An economic system in which property, businesses, and industry are owned by individual people and not by the governMent.

Capitalism, Socialism, or Social Protection?

Capitalism, Socialism, or Social Protection?

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Capitalism, Socialism, or Social Protection?

Capitalism, Socialism, or Social Protection?

Socialism: a political moveMent based on principles of socialism, typically advocating an end to private property and to the exploitation of workers.

Let's see: President Obama has been accused of socialistic tendencies, of advocating socialist measures, such as health care insurance for all Americans. According to the above definitions, the president has not proposed to abolish private property of insurance or of any other industry. He has simply tried to make it fAirer and more equitable, more affordable to all citizens. Social Security, for example, is a socialprogram designed to help those who paid into the system during their working years so as to make their reTireMent years less stressful income-wise. For any politician to call Social Security and Medicare to socialist plot to eliminate private property is simply absurd and a good reflection of their profound ignorance. Ask the common man and woman what they think about these social safety nets and they will respond vigorously in favor.

Public education is another target of those who advocate the end of social programs; they want the State to give every parent to voucher so as to choose any private school of their choice. That proposal smacks of socialistic tendencies; use tax Dollars from the rich and give that money to the less fortunate? Wasn't John McCain candidate deriding Obama'ssuggestion to tax rich people and give it to the poor? To spread the wealth as the Republican candidate called it? Isn't the school voucher, favored by many Republicans, precisely that, spreading the wealth?

It's a shame when fire breathing politicians hoping to appear knowledgeable confused social safety nets with socialist politics; or maybe they know the difference but simply act in bad faith. After all, they have hundreds of researchers who are most likely better informed. They even accuse Obama of "Europeanizing" America; would that be so bad? Don't they have a free market society on the Old Continent? Shouldn't we imitate what works for other countries?

Do we really want to return to savage capitalism, to robber barons, and to heartless factory owners who gleefullyexploited children, men, and women in the early 1900 's? Look at the faces of those victims in early photographs and you will thank your stars that you are not living during that period.

No sane American wants to end the free enterprise system; we all saw what happened in the Soviet Union and, nowadays, in Cuba. Even the Chinese communist junta recognized the need to introduce private ownership and a market driven economy. We all accept that savvy individuals can flourish when allowed to invent and invest; but we must also recognize that not all citizens are gifted, whether intellectually or economically. A free market society must establish a safety net for those less able to provide for themselves. It is a profound shame that the most powerful nation on earth allows people to get"kicked out of their homes and thrown, literally, into the streets with their meager possessions. It's a shame when uninsured American citizens lose their savings and their lives due to a severe illness. It's shame to let homeless people freeze to death or starve in the pitiless streets of our rich cities.

It is time to regain our original dream, to make America once again the country of the free, the country of the compassionate, the country of the just. How many politicians are willing to espouse such lofty ideals? Are you, personally, willing to write about it, to work in your community to make it a better place to live and work?

Let me know, my email is at your disposal.

Capitalism, Socialism, or Social Protection?

Was Adolf Hitler A Right-Wing Ruler?

The 1930s produced one of histories most infamous and destructive maniacs. The name of this maniac was Adolf Hitler who founded Nazi Germany (1943-1945). Tens of millions of people perished before his twelve-year reign ended. Many people today refer to his Nazi governMent as a right-wing organization. Let us examine the facts carefully to see exactly what form of governMent Hitler created and envisioned.

Was Adolf Hitler A Right-Wing Ruler?

Was Adolf Hitler A Right-Wing Ruler?

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Was Adolf Hitler A Right-Wing Ruler?

Was Adolf Hitler A Right-Wing Ruler?

The letters in the name USSR actually represented the official name the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The USSR was a Progressive Communist system founded upon principles as stated by the 1880s German philosopher Karl Marx. The official name of the Nazi Party was National Socialism. Both the USSR and the founders used the Nazi Socialist founders name todescribe their governMents.

Another case in point is that the background color of the National Socialist flag of Germany was Socialist red and that Mao's Chinese Communist governMent used the same colored flag and as well as the Bolshevik government flag of Lenin and Joseph Stalin. Once again it appears that the Nazi Party was a left-wing government.

The German government had a Secret Police department named the Gestapo whose role was to enforce unity without dissent. The Soviets had a Secret Police department named the KGB and the KGB's role was also to enforce unity without dissent. Both the Gestapo and KGB readily used violence to ensure compliance of their government's respective policies.

The Soviet system created a structure where the government had completeownership of the land and all means of production. The Soviet government determined the type and quantity of products. The government determined the size of the workforce. The government also determined how much the workers were to be paid. The Soviet Regime also determined who was to receive the produced items. The Communist government set the price of the items. The Nazi system allowed for the private sector to own the businesses and keep all of the profits but the Nazi's controlled the market place. The Hitler Fascist controlled the means of production in the same manner as the Communist did. Hitler and his subordinates had complete control of the same elements of production as Stalin did in the USSR.

Most of the top leaders in the German Fascist Regime wore military styleuniforms. Most of the Chinese, North Korean, Soviet, Cuban and Communist leaders also wore military uniforms. If wearing a military uniform is the true test for a right-wing government then all government leaders that wear a military uniform must be right-wing in nature. The Communist leaders that wear a military uniform must be right-wing if the Nazi's that wore a military uniform were right-wingers.

Social justice is the backbone of all socialist forms of government. Social justice was the theme of Communism and Fascism during the Twentieth Century. This is the same social justice theme of the Progressive Socialist of today. The actual actions of the Nazi's in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s appear to have been actions of a left-winged forms of administration. Why does thecontradiction exists about what form of government ruled in Germany over three score years ago?

The Nazi handbook stated that you had no comrades. Everyone was expendable in the pursuit of social justice. "Rules for Radicals" was an infamous Socialist book written by Saul Alinsky. Alinsky's book became popular in America during the late 1960s. Alinsky proposed similar tactics as those used by the Communist and Fascist governments in gaining power. It appears that the progressives felt that Hitler and his henchmen that proposed social justice were also expendable in order to preserve social justice for the future. The leftists apparently are attempting to rewrite the facts of history once again.

The facts about Adolf Hitler and his cronies support the concept that Germany had aprogressive (socialist) system that led the German people to ruin. I have my own opinion about whether or not Hitler was a right-winger. You are entitled to your own opinion.

What do you think America? It's something for you to ponder over

Was Adolf Hitler A Right-Wing Ruler?

Chinese Go

The game of Chinese Go is called Weiqi in Mandarin. There a couple of
different theories on the history of the game Go and how it was originated. One
theory is that it was invented by an Emperor who wanted to increase his son's
Mental faculties and so "devised a game to do so. Another theory is that it was
developed by court astrologers during the Chou dynasty (1045-255 BC).

Chinese Go

Chinese Go

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Chinese Go

Chinese Go

Chinese Go is the world's oldest board game, and is at least 3.000 to 4.000
years old. Weiqi was called Go when it was imported to Japan roughly 1200 years
Aug. Playing the game Go improves your strategy and your memory skills, much
like Chess. Some schools even teach in Asia Go to help their students improve
their thinking and strategizing skills.

Chinese Go

The Renaissance

I would not argue that we are experiencing a renaissance, but the digital revolution is ushering in profound changes in the ways we think, act, and live, both as individuals and as societies. Furthermore, I would argue that these changes are completely unprecedented and the implications of the revolution mark nothing less than a whole new sTAGe of evolution for humankind.

The Renaissance

The Renaissance

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The Renaissance

The Renaissance

The word ' renaissance ' literally means ' rebirth '. But in actuality, most of what was produced in the Renaissance period, both artistically and technologically, was not indicative of a rebirth at all but rather something totally new. However, the situation now goes even further beyond that in the creation of technologies that actually push the meaning of what it is to be human. The creation of artificialintelligence will ultimately change the way we also think permanently and radically.

The greatest thing the current age has in common with the renaissance is the coupling of science without art. Digital art has gone beyond art and has become a lifestyle, a way of thinking, and a whole new way of socializing. The digital age makes it possible for self-invention. But the interfaces of the cyber world, which are quickly merging into the human one, depend upon science and engineering of a radical standard to make them possible. In turn, radical ideas demand radical technological solutions to make them possible in turn.

The Renaissance

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He could also be its last.

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

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Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Why do I say that?

If the predictions and speculations about coming world upheavals are accurate, especially as they relate to the year 2012, then there may well be no United States in two or three more years.

Mayan prophecies and other early prognostications point to something very serious happening in 2012. Many even specify a particular date--December 21, 2012--for when everything comes crashing down.

As to what exactly this event will be, there is no consensus. Some say a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions will wipe out life on earth. Some say the world itself will be obliterated, possibly by a wandering "death star."

The U.S. is scheduled tohold its next presidential election in November, 2012. Barack Obama could be re-elected president then, or perhaps a rival will win the vote. Whichever occurs, the winning candidate will not take the oath of office until January, 2013. If the world ends in December 2012, then obviously, Obama will have been the last president of the United States.

However, events less cataclysmic than the end of the world could also make Obama's presidency the last.

Financial and governMent systems around the world are being shaken to their roots right now. This is certain to Tristeza y conmoción …. People are beginning to seek new political and economic arrangeMents as current ones fail.

One direction that is very possible is the coming of global governMent. World governMent could be the solution tothe wars and other turmoil between nations. Or, as many warn, it could be a totalitarian nightmare.

In any case, a true world government will require the dissolution of national boundaries. The United States would simply be absorbed into the new global system. Thus, no more U.S. presidency.

Things could also go in the opposite direction. As nation states fail, people could increasingly look to their local communities for order and stability. They could reject the national governments that have caused the messes we are seeing.

In the United States there is currently a growing secession movement. For the first time in more than 150 years, Americans are seriously discussing the possibility of the U.S. breaking up. With individual states perhaps becoming sovereign nationsunto themselves, there will be no "united" states for anyone to be president of.

All of this is why I say that Barack Obama might be the last President of the United States. We should know for sure by the end of 2012--if not before.

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

How To Conduct A Successful Interview

It is easy to forget that the recruitMent interview is a selling event: Obviously the interviewee is doing everything he or she can to impress the interviewer (s) and provide sufficient evidence of their suitability for the vacancy, ahead of the other candidates.

How To Conduct A Successful Interview

How To Conduct A Successful Interview

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How To Conduct A Successful Interview

How To Conduct A Successful Interview

However, it is also important to remember that we need to sell our company in order to attract the very best staff and during that first interview, candidates will begin forming their opinions of our professionalism and our suitability as potential employers.

Here then are some tips, which will hopefully assist you in improving your interviewing techniques.

Arrange to reduce or eliminate interruptions

Choose a quiet and secure room to conduct the interview and if possible arrange for yourtelephone calls to be taken elsewhere. An engaged notice on the door may be desirable.

Arrange the seating so that neither interviewer or candidate is at a disadvanTAGe. If possible do not sit opposite the candidate, as this can be perceived as confrontational. Consider your body language and remember this is an exploratory meeting and you need to appear receptive at all times.

Reception

It is important that you advise the reception that you are interviewing and provide them with a list of candidates and interview times. If possible have two separate rooms for use as waiting rooms, in case you are running late. This will avoid the possible embarrassMent of two candidates having to wait together. Your secretary or an assistant should greet the candidates as soon asthey arrive. Offer them tea or coffee and let them know exactly how long they can expect to wait. Remember first impressions are important and you are selling the company not just buying a new recruit

Examine your prejudices

If the candidate is to work directly under you and in very close association with you, prejudice may be important. The fact that you like Fishing, hate suede shoes, don't subscribe to socialism or can't stand long hAir, may make you judge unfAirly someone who has a different view.

It is a mistake to try to find someone exactly like you-you will not succeed.

Remember there is no scientific evidence to support the following theories:

or A quick temper goes with red hAir

or A high forehead signifies highintelligence

or A firm handshake and a square jaw denote a firm character

or Good eye contact is a sign of honesty

or AgreeMent with everything you say means that he/she is a remarkable person

Creating an ideal candidate profile checklist

or What are you looking for?

or Use a weighting system for greater accuracy

The interview

The aims

or To get the facts straight-get the candidate to fill in the details of his/her career so far. This does not mean merely repeating what the application form already says e.g. instead of saying "you were the secretary of your local cricket clubs weren't you?" Ask "what was the most difficult part of your work as a secretary to the local cricket club?"

or To obtain the candidatesopinions-on as many matters as possible. Are they well founded? If the interviewer talks most of the time or constantly Airs his/her views they are unlikely to obtain the candidates real opinion. Friendly neutrality is the aim.

or To judge how quickly the candidate is to respond-is his/her mind alert.

or To see what sort of immediate impression the candidate makes upon you-does this change as he/she becomes more at ease?

or To find out the likes or dislikes candidates-what does he/she most enjoy doing? Etc. Etc.

or To establish a trend in the candidate's achieveMents, their thinking and their reactions-no one factor is necessarily significant. Several taken together can be.

or To attract the candidate to the Job for which he/she is a candidate-this isnot mentioned last because it is not important quite the reverse, it is extremely important. This aspect, however, is somewhat separated for the purpose of these notes. Without doubt, incompetent interviewing repels and good interviewing may even attract candidates.

Opening the interview

The aim is to put the candidate at ease so that he/she is willing to ' open up '. A good way is to start by introducing yourself, your position and your function. Many candidates, especially if it is their first position may not quite know what to expect and so it may make sense for you to tell them what ground you intend to cover.

There are three approaches that experienced interviewers sometimes use:

or The ' common ' approach

or The ' off balance ' approach

or tomixture of both

During the interview

If you have a number of candidates to interview it is very important to follow a plan; if you do, you will find it easier to compare one with another candidate. Your manner should be friendly but businesslike. Encourage the candidate to talk about their strengths but do not be afraid to draw him/her out on their weaker points. Remember you are not only comparing them with the ideal candidate described in the main specification, but also with the other candidates.

In asking them about their Job record you are looking for pointers from their past behaviour and performance. Just as in appraisal interviewing, comment should be about what the candidate has achieved. Allow them to tell you what sort of person he/sheis.

Interviewees sometimes receive the advice that interviewers have a set speech which they must be allowed to get off their chest. Of course you must impart information about the company and the Job-but work it in naturally.

After the ice is broken

Don't be afraid of taking notes, you cannot remember all the details-especially if you have to interview a number of candidates. Make notes either on your application form or on the record sheet.

Make sure you follow the plan you have made as closely as possible, but like all plans it should be flexible enough to allow you to depart from it to follow any useful leads.

Some useful tips:

or Stop talking yourself

or Lead into groups of subjects you want to discuss

or Avoid asking anyquestions to which the candidate can answer ' yes ' or ' no ' i.e. closed questions.

or Question with a purpose-do not out

or Get to the truth by indirect questions

or Follow up the candidates opinions thoroughly

or Avoid any tendency to trick the candidate-remember the cards you are holding

and don't forget to outline the position and terms and conditions thoroughly

Closing the interview

After you have followed your plan through and asked and answered all questions bring the interview to a close in a business like manner. Be quite clear in your mind what you are going to do

I.e..
o Tell him/her that you cannot offer them the job

or Tell them you will write to them-but be specific, tell them when exactly

or Tellthem you would like them to attend a second interview

Don't allow a candidate to go away believing they still have a chance when they have none.

Sizing up the candidates

Consider the evidence from the past only as pointers towards the possession of, or lack of, the key qualities you are seeking

or Add your own impressions

Make up your mind

Preliminary screening

The short first interview

When a large number of candidates have to be seen in a short period, as in the preliminary screening, it is clearly impossible to follow the standard procedures, however, the main principles remain the same

Skills of interviewing-a final checklist

Weaknesses of interviewers are legion-here are some of the more glaringfaults to guard against:

or Lack of preparation or system

or Jumping to conclusions from insufficient evidence

or Not listening to what the candidate is saying

or Talking too much

or Arguing with the candidate

or Harassing the candidate with questions

or Asking leading questions ("I suppose you have had experience of budgets have you?")

or Asking questions which can be answered only with yes or no-i.e. closed questions

or Giving way to bias or prejudices

or Getting side tracked with matters which have no relevance

The skilled interviewer on the other hand, will use the following techniques:

or Direct questions-beginning with the who, what, where, when, why etc.

or Mirroring-feeding back the last word or phrase usedby the interviewee

Short or long-answers-questions aimed at opening up each general area

Always try to:

or Relax and be natural

or Think about the interviewee not yourself

or Be sensitive

or Be flexible

or Listen

Remember -

"The best any interviewer can hope to achieve is bit by bit, to reduce the number of times they are wrong" (Anon)

Copyright © 2006 Jonathan Farrington. All rights reserved

How To Conduct A Successful Interview

Business Ethics and Unethical Practices

The study of business ethics and its implications for different stakeholders have seen treMendous growth in the past few decades. There has also been a rise in the use and developMent of codes of ethics and announceMents for ethical practices by many firms; however companies are still criticized for their unethical practices at different levels (Papers4you.com, 2006). Business ethics, according to the literature has been entrenched with the philosophical details of Ethics (Trevino & Nelson, 1999). Ethics has been defined as ' the activity of examining the moral standards of a society, and asking how these standards apply to ones life and whether these standards are reasonable (Velasquez, 1998; p. 11).

Business Ethics and Unethical Practices

Business Ethics and Unethical Practices

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Business Ethics and Unethical Practices

Business Ethics and Unethical Practices

The literature on business ethics is divided on its views about themotivation and reason for businesses to have an ethical diMension. Drawing upon Harrison (2001), there are two major schools of thoughts, firstly those who suggest that firms are profit-generating institutions and therefore business ethics is yet another way to attract customers, secondly those who support corporate conscience and intrinsic motivation for the adoption of business ethics.

Business ethics has been considered very subjective in nature and according to Paul (2001) is considered a function of time and cultures. It has been established that with the passage of time business ethics have evolved and also that the cultural values and norms drive business ethics within national and regional boundaries. One of the major studies regarding the national values has been conductedby Hofstede (1983). According to this research, which was only based on four indicators i.e. individualism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity, there is a great deal of differences among values across different nations and consequently the business ethics. Globalization combined with standardization has made businesses financially efficient but at the same time poses questions regarding the standardized codes of business ethics across national boundaries.

Vinten (1991) has divided the business ethical issues at different levels i.e. international business, domestic business and professional ethics. At the international level ethical issues include free-masonry and socialism versus capitalism; at domestic level, these include religious dimensions, socialmarketing and ethical education; and lastly at the individual level these include bribery, corruption and data protection (Papers4you.com, 2006).

There are many reasons and criticisms for the failure of adoption of ethics in the business world. Firstly, the concept is considered to be overly theoretical and it also negates the basic purpose of any business i.e. to create shareholder's wealth. Secondly, it has lack of direction and unanimity across different cultures and academic groups. Lastly, it has many inherent unresolved dichotomies that according to Sternberg (1994) make it a case of rejected relativism.

References:

Harrison, j. (2001), Ethics for Australian Business, Prentice-Hall, French's Forest

Hofstede, g. (1983), The Cultural Relativity ofOrganizational Practices and Theories, Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 75-89

Papers For You (2006) "S/B/92. What distinguishes ethical from unethical business activity and how significant are the principles of business ethics in modern business? ", Available from http://www.coursework4you.co.uk/sprtbus21.htm [6/17/2006]

Papers For You (2006) "S/B/49. 'Should businesses strive to be ethical? Critically Discuss ", Available from http://www.coursework4you.co.uk/sprtbus21.htm [6/18/2006]

Paul, s. (2001), Cultural and Business Ethics, Cross Cultural Management: An international Journal, Volume 8 No. 1, pp. 22-35

Sternberg, e. (1994), moral Relativism rejected: the possibility of transnational business ethics, Hoffman, W.M., Kamm, J.B.,Frederick, R.E., Petry, E.S. Jr (Eds), National Conference on Business Ethics. Proceedings from the 9th Conference on Business Ethics Sponsored by the Centre for Business Ethics at Bentley College, Quorum Books, New York, NY, pp. 143-50

Trevino, L.K., Nelson, K.A. (1999), Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk about How to Do It Right, 2nd ed., j. Wiley & Sons, New York, NY

Velasquez, M.G. (1998), Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 4th ed., Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Vinten, g. (1991), Business Ethics: Busybody or Corporate Conscience?, Managerial Auditing Journal, Volume 5, Number 2, pp. 123-144

Business Ethics and Unethical Practices

Socialism, Politics and Toilet Paper

There seems to be an ineluctable connection between socialist politics and toilet paper. When I worked in China, one of the most important items to take with you each morning into the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was a roll of toilet paper. Without this you were in trouble - you could not ask to 'borrow' the toilet paper of another. For one thing it was expensive. For another, communication was not always easy and sign language in this case might have been misunderstood.

In Rostock, in the socialist Deutche Demokratische Republik days, in an institute where my father visited and I with him, the toilet was locked for fear that the toilet paper be stolen. The key had to be obtained from the political commissar or similar; you had definitely to think ahead. In Cuba today, you purchase toilet paper sheet by sheet before you enter a public lavatory. In the old Czechoslovakia they had a positive fixation about toilet paper. One of my fellow scientists, a Slovak, has told me how, at Christmas, his uncle would each year arrive with a whole big box of toilet paper. No-one ever found out where he got it, for no-one got a straight answer if the subject was raised. But it was considered a terrific present to come with and greatly treasured. There were moreover attempts to take used toilet paper to the dry cleaners according to reliable sources.

Indeed in Czechoslovakia under the Soviets they had a special sort of apparatchik toilet paper. This was revealed when a Czech friend of mine many years ago overheard the following conversation in Wenceslaus Square in Prague: 'Do you know why here in Czechoslavkia we have double-sided toilet paper?' 'No, I don't.' 'Ah! Because a copy of everything must be sent to Moscow,' came the reply. Be that as it may, why is it that (nominally) socialist countries have or had such an undeniable and remarkable fixation about toilet paper? Can we learn something about socialism, or at least its misguided impleMentation, from this? Could there be the basis for a theory that this fixation led to the downfall of, at least, Soviet style socialism?

Such a theory would be along the lines of those theories which attribute the decline and fall of the Roman Empire to the use by the Romans of lead pipes for drinking water or associate the defeat of Napoleon in Russia with the disintegration of the soldiers' tin trouser buttons at freezing temperatures and the accompanying demoralization of his troops. It is of course tempting to associate a fixation with toilet paper with an anal fixation. This is itself associated with a compulsive desire that everything be meticulously organised. Very often the organisation may be defined by a set of arbitrary rules. If these rules are infringed, then the anally fixated subject becomes uneasy, upset and prone to anxiety and ultimately neurosis. This analysis of the significance of toilet paper under socialism goes some way to explaining the rigours of life under the repressive political regime for example in Czechoslovakia.

The reduction of complex political questions to physiology, Mental or physical, may be appealing in its simplicity but it is ultimately unsatisfactory. For example, it is true that the Pope may have had haemorrhoids when approached on the subject of the divorce of Catherine of Aragon from Henry VIIIth. However while this may have influenced the manner of his judgement on the issue at the time, it probably had little effect on the substance. Put another way, an anal fixation can barely be considered a more reasonable analysis for a basis for government than the ability to draw a sword from a stone, the mooted foundation of King Arthur's power and ultimately the British Empire. An alternative and equally simple argument is that some little squit of an apparatchik was given the task of calculating, within a five year plan, the quantity of toilet paper that would be used by the Czech population.

The story goes, according to Czech folklore, that this particular cog in the wheel of the administration suffered from chronic constipation and therefore had a quite misconceived idea of the consumption of toilet paper that was appropriate. This lead to an equally chronic shorTAGe in the command economy. However this explanation suffers from a lack of generality. It is, after all, difficult to conceive of why the decision to calculate the consumption of toilet paper was given in Czechoslovakia, Cuba and the DDR only to constipated apparatchiks in all three countries. Thus the issue remains something of a mystery, the solution of which may cast new light on the rise and fall of socialism - or it may not.

Certainly within the European context the problem of toilet paper, or what to use when paper was a scarce commodity, is an old one. Rabelais writing nearly 500 years ago devoted a considerable passage in PanTAGruel and Gargantua to just this topic, opting, I seem to remember, for a goose's neck. He would surely have been the political commentator of choice to discuss the issues raised here but for the time being you, the reader, will have to do with myself and this somewhat febrile contribution to what remains a fascinating problem.

Socialism, Politics and Toilet Paper

Socialism, Politics and Toilet Paper

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Socialism, Politics and Toilet Paper