《老年世界》给我惊喜

我是《老年世界》的老读者了,平时收到这本杂志都是没有包装的,近日收到的第17期杂志却有了包装的大纸袋,我觉得很奇怪。第二天看内容时,我才发现在第29页的“诗书画印”栏目中刊登了我的书法作品。近年来,我身体大不如前,记忆力也明显下降,早把投稿的事情忘记了,     

《老年世界》给我幸福生活

编辑同志：我的老友们都感到我晚年生活很幸福，那么，我的幸福生活是怎么得来的呢？我毫不犹豫地告诉他们：这就是我最喜欢的《老年世界》带给的。自《老年世界》创刊起，我对《老年世界》每一个栏目、每一篇文章、每条消息都是非常认真阅读，《老年世界》早已成为我的良师益友!     

请给我一分钟

2008年5月14日,美国亚特兰大世界展览中心,一年一度的英特尔国际科学展正在火热进行。这是全球最大规模的中学生科学竞赛,获胜者除丰厚的奖学金外,还有奖品、学费补助、暑期工读及考察补助等。因其特殊地位和影响力,争夺异常激烈,来自全球51个国家和地区的1557名优秀的参赛者,将一万多平方米的展览中心挤得满满的。     

超越梦想天狮给了我整个世界

天狮是一所没有围墙的大学她送给我们两把金钥匙一把打开健康之门一把打开财富之门我想得到一株秀木却得到了整片森林我更想拥有一个家庭却拥有了整个世界     

超越梦想天狮给了我整个世界

人的一生中有很多事能想得到,做得到,还有好多事想得到,做不到,更有想不到能得到的事. 六、七十年代,是属于文革期间知识青年上山下乡的年代,我就是其中一个.     

离婚的苦酒啊,为何我一杯再一杯

21岁那年我从卫校毕业,分配到市一医院。第二年冬天,我选择了一个有车有房有钞票的男人。自幼丧母的我穷怕了,嫁给他不排除很现实的拜金主义思想。然而,婚后他一直制造着让我与多名女子共侍一夫的屈辱,艰难地维持到第七年时我的忍耐到达极点,这段郎“财”女貌的婚姻才宣告解散。     

上帝给一我个天使

1942年10月,我和成千上万的犹太人被关进了纳粹集中营里。有一天,我穿着单薄破烂的衣服,饥肠辘辘地在带刺的铁丝网内走来走去,努力使瘦弱的身体暖和一点,而食物却成了奢望。     

一杯冷水泼出个世界首富

在比尔·盖茨成功的背后有着一位伟大人物——盖茨的父亲威廉·盖茨。今年83岁的老盖茨是比尔＆梅琳达·盖茨基金会联席主席,他一直默默地呆在幕后。外界所知甚少,仅仅知道,老盖茨曾是西雅图的律师、参加过第二次世界大战的退伍老兵、非营利组织的志愿者,还有就是三个孩子的父亲。     

毕业后给我一年自由

这是高中毕业晚会上最后的狂欢。明天,你就要背起鼓鼓的行囊,离开父母,离开家门,去非洲品味原始的荒凉,去澳洲感受牛仔的狂野,或者去普法尔森林享受和小野猫在一起的生活。没错,这就是德国高中毕业生中最流行的话题。毕业了,不是急着选大学,不是急着实习,而是给自己一年的自由,利用这段美好的时光去实现自己的梦想。而大学时的阶梯教室、图书馆或者实习的工厂,可以过一年再去。     

如果上天再给我一次机会

<正>我的自大,连老天爷都看不下去了。于是它赐给宋菲菲一个好男人,然后狠狠甩了我一个耳光,让我悔恨终生。这叫不叫遭天谴?一拍两散我和妻子宋菲菲是大学同学。宋菲菲是一个直爽开朗的北方女孩,大二时,她红着脸蹦到我面前,说喜欢我。那时,我刚被心爱的女孩甩了,如同在阴暗的湿地里生长的青苔。宋菲菲的出现,如阳光一般驱散了我心头的郁闷。虽然她不是我理     

To be or not to be: Control and balancing of type I and type II errors

The various costs of Type I and Type II errors of inference from data are discussed. Unfortunately, other things equal, Types I and II errors are inversely related. Six methods of minimizing Type I error in studies are presented, each of which may be employed even after data are collected. Type II errors may also be minimized by a combination of study design and analytic means. Although some of these techniques must be built into the study others can be undertaken when beginning work on a data set. Only one of these techniques will increase Type I error, and those involving data reduction may decrease both types of error.     

To be or not to be a rights holder: Direct and indirect effects of perceived rights on psychological adjustment through group identification in care

This study explores how young people in residential care perceive their rights and the relationship with their adjustment, through the role of group identification. Data from a non-random sample of young people (N = 356; aged 11–18 years) in Portuguese residential settings was analysed and a set of mediation effects was found. Findings revealed a set of mediation effects on the relationship between Participation and Protection and Positive Self and between Respectful system practices and behaviours and Emotional Distress, Anger Control and Antisocial Behaviour. Higher scores of these rights perceptions were associated with lower psychological problems, through the indirect effect of group identification (i.e., the sense of belonging to the group in residential care). These findings are discussed based on social and developmental insights together with empirical evidence on residential care. These results provided important practical implications in residential care, namely, assuring the young people's participation, the promotion of professional practices based on the respect for young people and their families, non-discriminatory behaviours and equal opportunities.     

To participate or not to participate: that is the question

Do I wish to participate or not to participate in this program? That is the question that young people ask themselves when considering a new opportunity. What can be done to increase the likelihood that they will choose to participate in out-of-school-time (OST) programs? This chapter describes a qualitative study that examined reasons for participating or not participating in OST programs. Some common reasons emerged, but the study also revealed differences among youth from different ethnic groups. It is clear that those who design and conduct programs must understand the processes through which diverse adolescents initiate their participation in programs and either persist or drop out. Given the apparent benefits of active participation in youth programs, it is important to remove barriers and increase access and, equally important, design programs that are of interest to youth in the contexts in which they live.     

To profit or not to profit: Women entrepreneurs in India

Entrepreneurial activity attracts certain kinds of individuals, whether it is to promote a social cause in the nonprofit sector or profit in the for‐profit sector. This article looks at the behavior of women entrepreneurs in India in both the for‐profit and nonprofit sectors to test for potential differences and similarities. We chose two groups of entrepreneurial women who founded and led relatively similar‐size organizations in the same city and who provided services primarily to women and children. Our findings show that while all nonprofit entrepreneurs receive a high payoff from promoting social causes, there is no single unifying payoff for for‐profit entrepreneurs. Family background and support, however, play an important role for both sets of entrepreneurs. We find that experience in the sector, social class, caste, and education in?uence entrepreneurial behavior and that this in?uence differs by sector.     

To pee or not to pee: reconsidering the need for urinalysis

While urinalysis is used regularly as a tool to validate self-reported recent drug use, past research has been inconclusive in evaluating concordance between the two measures. In the current study, urinalysis results for cocaine and opiates are compared to self-reported three-day cocaine and opiate use with data collected through Houston's Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program between 1990 and 1999. Separate analyses are conducted for each year during the decade. Kappa statistics indicate that the strength of agreement between the two drug use measures is consistent over time. These findings suggest that the need for urinalysis should be reconsidered.     

To claim or not to claim: Anonymity,symmetric externalities and honesty

In many situations, economic actors submit claims for money which are unverifiable or hard to verify. Examples include claims for a tax return or an insurance payout. This paper investigates what role anonymity and externalities play for the decision of whether to be (dis)honest when making such claims. First, does honest claiming increase when anonymity is removed and unverified claims are made public? We present experimental evidence to this effect. Second, does honest reporting increase when it is public knowledge that claims affect others’ payoffs and claimants’ payoffs are symmetrically affected by others’ claims? We find no such effect. Making claims public and having symmetric externalities together increases honesty, but this effect is driven solely by the reduction in anonymity.     

To shame or not to shame—that is the sanitation question

The Community‐Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programme aims to end open defecation through facilitating activities that evoke a sense of shame, shock and disgust. The programme's initial success and low‐cost design has seen it become hegemonic in donor‐supported rural sanitation. However, the theoretical basis of the use of shame has not been critically evaluated. Supporters claim that shame helps form and maintain social relationships, yet contemporary psychosocial literature highlights that it is a volatile and often harmful emotion, particularly in conditions of poverty. Using a case study of Cambodia, which rejected the coercive elements of shame in CLTS, we explore the problems of shame and limits of local ownership of development.     

Grading with norm-referenced or criterion-referenced measurements: To curve or not to curve,that is the question

Assigning grades is an integral and everyday part of social work education. However, social work educators, especially those teaching the academically-based as opposed to practice-based courses, must decide whether to use norm-referenced or criterion-referenced measurements to grade exams and other assignments. Norm-referenced measurement is commonly called grading on a curve in higher education. While grading on the curve is not obsolete in academia, I have eliminated it in my courses. New and perhaps experienced social work educators may benefit from a review of both grading methods. This article examines both sides of a grading issue relevant to the wider context of higher education and, therefore, relevant to social work education. Grading with norm-referenced or criterion-referenced measurements is reviewed along with issues related to both types of grading. I will describe why I grade with criterion-referenced measurement and why I believe it is a better choice for social work education.     

To transfer or to destroy

The transfer problem is by now well understood. In an important book Chichilnisky-Heal provide an example of a related paradox — the destroy paradox — in the context of a Walrasian stable economy. It is evident, however, that the paradox depends on the underlying data — tastes, preferences, and net export positions — of the economy. This paper gives necessary and sufficient conditions on the underlying data of a globally Walrasian stable Leontief economy for the occurrence of this paradox. The relationship between the transfer and destroy paradoxes in an economy with Leontief preferences is explored.I am grateful to John Donaldson, Duncan Foley, Giulio Ponte corvo, participants in the Colgate-Hamilton Economics workshop and especially, an associate editor and an anonymous referee of this journal for helpful comments. The usual disclaimers apply.