Using Our Bodies Faithfully : Christian Friendship and the Life of Worship

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What GPs mean by 'spirituality' and how they apply this concept with patients : a qualitative study

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Disability, Vocation, and Prophetic Witness

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Professionalism and Ethics in Hospitality

In their discussion - Professionalism and Ethics in Hospitality - by James R. Keiser, Associate Professor and John Swinton, Instructor, Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, The Pennsylvania State University, Keiser and Swinton initially offer: “Referring to “the hospitality profession” necessitates thinking of the ethics of that profession and how ethics can be taught. The authors discuss what it means for the hospitality industry to be a profession.” The authors will have you know, a cursory nod to the term or description, profession and/or professional, is awarded to the hospitality industry at large; at least in an academic sense. Keiser and Swinton also want you to know that ethics, and professionalism are distinctly unique concepts, however, they are related. Their intangible nature does make them difficult, at best, to define, but ethics in contemporary hospitality has, to some degree, been charted and quantified. “We have left the caveat emptor era, and the common law, the Uniform Commercial Code, and a variety of local ordinances now dictate that the goods and services hospitality offers carry an implied warranty of merchantability,” the authors inform you. About the symbiotic relationship between ethics and professionalism, the authors say this: The less precise a code of ethics goes, the general rule, the fewer claims the group has to professional status.” The statement above may be considered a cornerstone principle. “However, the mere existence of an ethical code (or of professional status, for that matter) does not ensure ethical behavior in any group,” caution Keiser and Swinton. “Codes of ethics do not really define professionalism except as they adopt a group\u27s special, arcane, exclusionary jargon. Worse, they can define the minimum, agreed-upon standards of conduct and thereby encourage ethical corner-cutting,” they further qualify the thought. And, in bridging academia, Keiser and Swinton say, “Equipped now with a sense of the ironies and ambiguities inherent in labeling any work professional, we can turn to the problem of instilling in students a sense of what is professionally ethical. Students appear to welcome this kind of instruction, and while we would like to think their interest comes welling up from altruism and intellectual curiosity rather than drifting down as Watergate and malpractice fallout, our job is to teach, not to weigh the motives that bring us our students, and to provide a climate conducive to ethical behavior, not supply a separate answer for every contingency.” Keiser and Swinton illustrate their treatise on ethics via the hypothetical tale [stylized case study] of Cosmo Cuisiner, who manages the Phoenix, a large suburban restaurant. Cosmo is “…a typical restaurant manager faced with a series of stylized, over-simplified, but illustrative decisions, each with its own ethical skew for the students to analyze.” A shortened version of that case study is presented. Figure 1 outlines the State Restaurant Association Code of Ethics

The Ursinus Weekly, October 19, 1959

Ursinus faculty attends education meetings at U of P • Fellowship grants set by foundation • Annual dinner given for Episcopal students • Business group observes city banking operations • YM-YWCA Fall plans include tours, seminars • Ursinus to host renaissance group parley Saturday • Mademoiselle college bd. tryouts, assignments set • Dr. Harlow Shapley fabricates universal evolution at first Forum • MSGA now responsible for all male discipline • Cub and Key fetes charter members, observes founding • $2,300 science grant awarded for research • Editorial: Search • Newport swings • Khrushchev and the college student • Ursinus hockey team defeats Swarthmore 3-0 • Booters defeated by Rutgers and Haverford teams • Warren Fry to coach Ursinus basketball team • Ursinus bows as Wilkes holds second half lead • UC thinclads face Hill, Leopards; Split first meet • Girls\u27 hockey team victorious at exhibition • Dean\u27s list • Miller, Sherman elected \u2761 Ruby co-editors • Greekvine • Stein story appears in Sunday Inquirerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1346/thumbnail.jp

Does AP Economics Improve Student Achievement?

We employ a cautious empirical approach to estimate the effect of taking Advanced Placement (AP) Economics in high school on student performance on a high-stakes, statewide End-of-Course Test (EOCT). Using data on all Georgia students who took economics from 2006 to 2008, we use propensity score matching to control for the selection of students into AP Economics. Our most conservative estimate makes an adjustment for teacher effects and suggests that students who take high school economics in an AP class score 0.283 standard deviations higher on the economics EOCT than “matched” students who are in high schools that do not offer AP Economics. We find large differences in “AP effects” across subpopulations - in particular, students from low income backgrounds, African Americans, and students who performed poorly in prior mathematics courses benefit the most from AP Economics. All estimates of AP effects are substantially below OLS estimates, suggesting positive selection into AP Economics. Finally, the results are robust to different matching techniques for the full sample and all large and medium sized subpopulations

Spiritual care training and the GP curriculum : where to now?

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Crystal Structure Refinement of SrMoO4, SrWO4, CaMoO4, and BaWO4 by Neutron Diffraction

The crystal structures of CaMoO4, SrMoO4, SrWO4, and BaWO4 have been refined from neutron diffraction data taken in the (h0l)(h0l) and (hhl)(hhl) zones. Oxygen position refinement is started from the parameters proposed by Sillén and Nylander and results in an improvement of over an order of magnitude in the oxygen coordinates. A comparison of coordinates for the different compounds shows several systematic differences.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/70371/2/JCPSA6-55-3-1093-1.pd

The Ursinus Weekly, April 13, 1959

Pearson crowned queen; Cub & Key taps four men • Meistersingers to present concert this Thurs. evening • APO invites students to hike on Saturday • Stars & Players meeting; Officers to be nominated • Slate announced for organization elections on 21st • Paris visits U.C. as Cafe Boheme opens Sat. night • Gundersheimer speaks to group on growth of early Christian art • Intercollegiate panel to discuss customs Wed. • Beneath the sea is May Day theme with novel dances • National Library Week to be observed by U.C. • Editorial: The Christian college • Easy access? • Racketmen ready for Swarthmore • Varsity badminton triumphs 3rd year with 5-0 season • Albright nine defeats UC team; Dietzel pitches • Spring sports begin; Girls\u27 teams look good • Vache addresses WAA on lacrosse • Opening day • Brownback-Anders meets Thurs. to hear Bennett • Student opinionhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1382/thumbnail.jp