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Chiaburu, Dan S., and Nichelle C. Carpenter. "Employees’ Motivation for Personal Initiative." Journal of Personnel Psychology 12, no. 2 (January 2013): 97–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000089.

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As organizational contexts are increasingly dynamic, the extent to which employees take initiative to facilitate success has become more important. We examine how employee motivation to get ahead (status striving) and get along with others (communion striving) predicts their proactive work behaviors, in the form of personal initiative, over and above employee accomplishment striving. Data collected from 165 employees indicates status striving has a positive and communion striving has a negative relationship with employee personal initiative. More importantly, the interaction between status and communion striving shows increased employee initiative when both status and communion striving increase from low to high levels. Altogether, our results suggest that employees’ initiative is increased when they are motivated by both getting ahead of and getting along with others at work.
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MacKechnie, Aonghus. "The Earl of Buchan’s political landscape at Dryburgh, 1786–1829." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 149 (November 16, 2020): 51–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/psas.149.1278.

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David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (1742–1829), is best known for founding the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780. In 1786 he reacquired the family’s Dryburgh estate, on which stood the ruins of Dryburgh’s medieval abbey, which he thereby protected from stone-robbing, enabling it to be enjoyed today. This paper focuses elsewhere, namely on Buchan’s architectural interventions in the abbey’s landscape, on what motivated him, what he sought to achieve and on what people both at the time and afterwards have made of him and these interventions. It is argued that while Scotland’s elites were striving to downplay the independent nation’s accomplishments, Buchan instead exploited Scottish history and accomplishment to create a political landscape at Dryburgh, centred on his statue of Sir William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland during the Wars of Independence and executed in 1305. It is argued, too, that the nature of Buchan’s politics, as one of the privileged elite who had broken rank from the ruling class, resulted in his reputation being maligned and his creation being generally undervalued by posterity, and in particular by the Scots themselves, the very people to whom he wanted to reach out, to inspire, and to highlight.
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Bishoge, Obadia, Lingling Zhang, and Witness Mushi. "The Potential Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Tanzania: A Review." Clean Technologies 1, no. 1 (July 30, 2018): 70–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol1010006.

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Currently, renewable energy development is emphasized for sustainable development goals accomplishment and the better realization of sustainable development globally. Tanzania, like other developing countries, is striving to adopt different ways of ensuring affordable and accessible energy supply to its socioeconomic and political sectors to achieve renewable energy development. To secure affordable and accessible energy in the country, renewable energy is termed as an alternative energy source because of it is environmentally friendly. If renewable energy is produced and utilized in a modern and sustainable manner, it will help to eliminate energy problems in Tanzania. Thus, this study aims to review the current potential renewable energy for the achievement of sustainable development in Tanzania. Moreover, challenges of renewable energy development are examined.
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Liu, Fengshu. "Chinese Young Men’s Construction of Exemplary Masculinity: The Hegemony of Chenggong." Men and Masculinities 22, no. 2 (March 17, 2017): 294–316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184x17696911.

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Using interviews with twenty-five male Beijingers in their final year of upper secondary school, this article shows that their construction of masculinities in all cases revolves around the importance of chenggong (outstanding accomplishment). They perceived chenggong as a prerequisite for the “the good life,” “the good person,” and “the good man.” But striving for chenggong entails much personal cost. Chenggong’s strong assertion by all these young men, notwithstanding intragroup differences, may indicate its contemporary hegemonic status. Suggested explanations are: the general importance of exemplary norms in China, the influence of neoliberalism and consumerism (and the attendant individualism) in post-Mao China, and their being “only children” from urban and mostly middle-class background; in particular, there is the competitive advantage which men derive from their prospective chenggong in a marriage market where a strong hypergamy norm for women is combined with a discourse of “natural sex differences” and notorious sex ratio imbalances.
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Simpson, J. D., and B. S. P. Wang. "The National Tree Seed Centre Celebrates 40 Years." Forestry Chronicle 83, no. 5 (September 1, 2007): 719–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc83719-5.

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The National Tree Seed Centre has been providing seed of known origin and quality for research for 40 years. Seed is also stored for long-term gene conservation purposes to provide a source of germplasm for future research and restoration. This is particularly important for species facing such threats as insect attack, disease, climate change, or conversion of forest land to non-forest uses. The Centre's inventory focuses on native tree and shrub species, striving to store samples from throughout their ranges. Over 26 000 seed samples have been sent to researchers in 65 countries, 70% of these samples being distributed within Canada. Seed research has always been a component of the Seed Centre's program. One notable accomplishment is the development of the Petawawa Germination Box. The Seed Centre participates in and contributes to activities of the Association of Official Seed Analysts, the International Seed Testing Association, and the IUFRO Seed Physiology and Technology Research Group. Key words: collection, dormancy, ex situ gene conservation, germination, research, seed, storage
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Srivastava, Shalini. "Effect of Type A Pesonality on Stress-strain Relationship: A Study on Private Sector Managers." Management and Labour Studies 34, no. 4 (November 2009): 582–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0258042x0903400408.

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Stress has become an inevitable part of human life in recent times. It makes life more challenging and charming, however within a limit. When stress is beyond the coping ability of a person, it causes disturbances in his/her life. Stress has its roots in the demands of organizational and personal life. Any demand either of a physical or psychological nature, encountered in the course of living is known as stressor. Stress in the work place is increasingly a critical problem for workers, employers and society. Researchers who study stress have demonstrated the direct and indirect costs of stress.(Matteson & Ivancevich, 1987). There are many variables which have been related to organizational stress. Ivancevich and Matteson (1980) proposed a model of organizational stress research that outlined the major antecedents of work stress. They noted the importance of individual differences as moderators of stress and detailed possible outcomes of stress at work. The subject of stress at work has been thoroughly investigated in Public sector. Very little has been carried out in Private sector. Thus, it is probable that mangers and workers experience stress as much as their public sector counterparts. The present research study found that: Managers who experience greater occupational stress will also experience lower level of work satisfaction, higher levels of emotional exhaustion, feelings of depersonalization, feelings of personal accomplishment and anxiety and illness. Type A personality was chosen as moderator variable which had two dimensions viz., Achievement Striving and Impatience-Irritability. But, only one dimension, Achievement Striving showed moderating effects. Impatience-Irritability failed to moderate stress and stress strain relationships. Overall, this study demonstrates that stress at work does exist for sample of Private sector managers and the antecedents of this stress are role related.
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Thomas, Elizabeth, Marsha Walton, Anna Baker-Olson, Isabelle Blaber, Remi Parker, and Michele Becton. "Collaborative Agency in Civic and Community Engagement: Narratives of College Students Working Toward Generative Partnerships." Journal of Adolescent Research 36, no. 1 (September 13, 2020): 3–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0743558420955035.

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The development of democratic citizenship and youth leadership requires an ability to collaborate with others in ways that are jointly empowering. In this study, we sought to understand how students at an urban liberal arts college in the United States framed their own and others’ efficacy and responsibility in narrative accounts of situations they faced in civic and community engagement. We were interested in how young people learn and work alongside local stakeholders, rather than serve on behalf of people and communities considered to be in need. We aimed to gain insight into occasions in which collaborative agency emerged, or failed to emerge, in the coordinated activity of individuals engaged in the creation of intersubjectivity, shared commitments, and perceptions of group accomplishment. We collected narratives over a 4-year period from 123 Bonner Scholars, campus leaders whose scholarship includes a substantial weekly commitment to service. Our analysis of stories featuring or problematizing collaborative agency showed students grappling with limits of collaborative agency, but also generativity and interdependence. They described civic agency and leadership with other students, non-profit partners, and citizens. In some settings, we heard students striving for a collaborative solidarity, moving beyond collaborative agency toward relationships affording mutual empowerment.
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Sattar, Tehmina. "A Sociological Analysis of Education as a Prerequisite for the Process of Development: A Case of Southern Punjab (Pakistan)." International Journal of Learning and Development 2, no. 2 (April 14, 2012): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijld.v2i2.1628.

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Government of Pakistan has been constantly striving to perk up and stabilize the process of development. One of the major sectors which become the victim of negligence is education sector of Southern Punjab (Pakistan). The significance of education can be judged by the fact that literacy rate is an imperative parameter for Human Development Index (HDI). Education is the most imperative asset for enhancing human abilities and capabilities. At the micro level education is allied with huge income generating opportunities while at the macro level education fabricates skilled labor force and contributes to sustainable development. The new stipulate for increased professionalism on the part of education system is the major determinant of development for Pakistan. But regrettably the education sector of Pakistan is facing many challenges like low budget allocation, lack of accountability, pathetic potential for resource mobilization, poverty, gender discrimination, low quality education and weak policy framework. The researcher assembled the data from N1=600 respondents from affiliated schools of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE). Interview schedule was used as a tool for data collection procedure for the purpose of research accomplishment cross sectional survey research design. Thus the researcher found that innovation, broad vision and market awareness are the major prerequisites of education in the contemporary world. Despite this education fabricated a tolerant society (equipped with skilled labor force and innovation process) by crafting new knowledge for the purpose of economic growth and sustainable development.
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Jauk, Emanuel, and Natia Sordia. "On Risks and Side Effects: Does Creative Accomplishment Make us Narcissistic?" Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications 5, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 182–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2018-0017.

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AbstractKaufman (2018) calls for a research agenda on outcomes of creativity. Despite its many conceivable positive consequences, we focus on narcissism as a potentially less socially desirable outcome of creative accomplishment in this commentary. Evidence from cross-sectional studies suggests a systematic link between different indicators of creativity and narcissism. We argue that - irrespective of methodological challenges associated with this research - it seems indeed plausible that creativity is associated with narcissism. The link is presumably strongest in individuals who engage in creativity for recognition motives. Narcissistic strivings might ignite creative endeavors, and positive social feedback for creative accomplishments might fuel narcissism. While more research needs to be done to understand the causal nature of the effects, the available evidence points to narcissism as a socially undesirable aspect of creativity which is not commonly discussed.
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Manchaiah, Vinaya, Vijayalakshmi Easwar, Sriram Boothalingam, and Spoorthi Thammaiah. "Audiology India (Non-Governmental Organization): Background, Mission, and Accomplishments." Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 1, no. 17 (March 31, 2016): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/persp1.sig17.12.

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Hearing loss is a global health concern, particularly in the low- and middle-income countries. Some of the reasons for this include, higher prevalence of hearing loss in these countries, lack of adequate awareness on hearing loss and its consequences, limited access to hearing care services to in suburban/rural areas, and high cost of such services. To make matters worse, health care services provided by the government in developing countries such as India are limited, and services provided by for-profit institutions are expensive. Therefore, there is a need for other stakeholders (e.g., non-governmental organizations) to bridge this service gap. In this paper, we introduce Audiology India (AI) to readers, an organization that is striving to improve ear and hearing health care services in India. We begin this paper by providing an overview of the current status of hearing care services in India. Next, we describe the background of AI, its mission, and accomplishments. Briefly, the goals of AI are: (a) to provide community-based hearing care services to individuals with no access to mainstream ear-care; (b) to conduct campaigns to raise public awareness about hearing loss and avenues for its prevention; (c) to carry out need-based research to continuously fine-tune our services and advance audiology in India; and (d) to offer consultancy services related to ear and hearing care.
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Gaeddert, William P., and Jeffrey D. Facteau. "The effects of gender and achievement domain on two cognitive indices of strivings in personal accomplishments." Journal of Research in Personality 24, no. 4 (December 1990): 522–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0092-6566(90)90037-7.

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Melrose, Sherri. "Perfectionism and Depression: Vulnerabilities Nurses Need to Understand." Nursing Research and Practice 2011 (2011): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/858497.

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Striving for excellence is an admirable goal. Adaptive or healthy perfectionism can drive ambition and lead to extraordinary accomplishments. High-achieving people often show signs of perfectionism. However, maladaptive, unhealthy, or neurotic perfectionism, where anything less than perfect is unacceptable, can leave individuals vulnerable to depression. In both personal and professional relationships, nurses need to understand how accepting only perfection in self and others is likely to lead to emotional distress. This paper reviews perfectionism as a personality style, comments on perfectionism and high achievement, discusses vulnerabilities to depression, identifies how to recognize perfectionists, and presents balancing strategies perfectionists can implement to lessen their vulnerability to depression.
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Rozenes, Shai, and Ida Kukliansky. "An Embedded Approach for Project Management Learning Process." International Journal of Information Technology Project Management 4, no. 3 (July 2013): 38–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jitpm.2013070103.

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The project management discipline is expanding within many engineering activities. This discipline can facilitate strivings toward successful accomplishment of an engineering project. Therefore, many academic institutes teach the “project management” program. This study presents a novel approach that educates engineering students to become successful project managers based on contextual learning. This approach embeds a practical project within the project management program. The student has to implement the academic know-how into the embedded project. The study utilizes a quantitative tool to measure the students’ response to the approach. The results indicate that the students were satisfied with the approach.
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Rozenes, Shai, and Ida Kukliansky. "An Innovative Design Approach to New Service Development Learning Processes." International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector 6, no. 4 (October 2014): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijisss.2014100102.

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The new service development discipline is expanding within many business activities. This discipline can facilitate strivings toward successful accomplishment of a sustainable entrepreneurship. Therefore, many academic institutes teach courses within this domain. This study presents a novel approach that educates engineering students to become successful entrepreneurs based on contextual learning. This approach embeds a practical project within the academic program. The student has to implement the academic know-how into the embedded project. The study utilizes a quantitative tool to measure the students' response to the approach. The results indicate that the students were satisfied with the approach.
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Mohlman, Geoff. "Dusty, But Useful, Data: Applied Anthropology and Archival Research." Practicing Anthropology 20, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 12–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.20.1.b2m72p72r4170615.

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Until the late 1970s, Tampa, Florida, was essentially barren of research concerning its African American population. Reflecting upon this dearth of inquiry, I often envision Central Avenue after its obliteration by the city's Urban Renewal policies. Dale Wilson (Tampa Daily Times, February 11, 1978: p. 2-D, c. 2), a writer for a local newspaper, aptly described the area at that time as a "moonscape of bricks, rock, sand and broken bottles." While not as void of life as Wilson's description, the aftermath of this destruction offers an apt metaphor for the historical record on this district, and on most facets of the African American experience in Tampa. The strivings and accomplishments of generations were cleared away, unacknowledged and unappreciated.
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Zvegintseva, Irina Anatolyevna. "The Silent Era in Australian Cinema." Journal of Flm Arts and Film Studies 6, no. 1 (March 15, 2014): 88–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/vgik6188-97.

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The article focuses on the first period in the history of Australian cinema. It is well-known that the present is always rooted in the past. This is true of any national cinema, and the Australian one is no exception. This subject is relevant in the light of the fact that, in the first place, the reasons for the contemporary boom in Australian cinema are impossible to understand and analyze unless they are derived from the awareness of the first steps of Australian cinema. It was in the very first years of the existence of Australian cinema that there emerged a special worldview, inherent in the cinematographic messages of this nation, that would later become iconic of Australian cinema: addressing the reality of Australia, love for its wild and beautiful nature and for the people who civilize this severe land. In their works the filmmakers of the Green Continent have almost always unflaggingly introduced two protagonists, an animate one, a manly, daring human being, and an inanimate one, the nature, magnificent, powerful, unexplored... At the same time, there was formed an image of a Hero: a fair, proud man, for whom honor and dignity are closely linked to striving for freedom. A conflict between the Individual and a soulless system is manifested in the early bushranger films and in the contemporary ones alike, now that the films by the Australian filmmakers come out again and again featuring the Individuals attempts at breaking his bondage. The novelty of this research lies in the fact that while the contemporary period of Australian cinema is well-covered in the global film criticism, the past of this national cinema is almost unknown. Considering the interest in the phenomenon of the contemporary cinema of the Green Continent, the author concludes that the global success of the Australian films today is largely linked to the accomplishments of the cinema pioneers, who against tough competition from American and English films, have laid a foundation for the future victories of this special national cinema.
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Cheng, Tao-Ming, Hwa-Nan Chang, Clive Yen, and Ming-Hsiung Chen. "Creating a low-carbon campus in Chaoyang University of Technology (CYUT)." E3S Web of Conferences 48 (2018): 03001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184803001.

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Founded in 1994, the campus of Chaoyang University of Technology (CYUT) is located in the suburban area of Taichung, Taiwan. In 2009, the president of CYUT signed the Talloires Declaration to show his commitment for promoting environmental sustainability on campus. In 2012, CYUT and many other universities in Taiwan cofounded the Green University Union of Taiwan (GUUT) to collaboratively promote the concept of environmental sustainability. Following the announcement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations in 2015, CYUT has been putting a lot of effort into converting itself into a green university. Four different fields of management, which are energy and resources management, accident prevention and rescue management, occupational safety and health management, and environmental management, have been promoted in the campus of CYUT for this cause. Furthermore, four management practices including implementing management systems, organizing green courses, promoting green activities and creating green environment, have been applied to improve the effectiveness of the campus management. In the case of energy and resources management in particular, not only ISO 50001 and 14001 management systems were implemented but also an intelligent energy network (iEN) was established for maintaining effective usage of the campus energy. For years of striving in creating a green university, CYUT had several remarkable accomplishments. The green open space ratio in campus is 94.43%. Water-saving equipment was installed in the whole campus and reclaimed water is collected for urban reuse. Garbage reduction and classification have been enforced to make ease for later treatments. For issues related to energy and climate change, strategies, such as renewal of high energy consuming facilities, installation of green roofs, utilization of recycle energy and education of staffs were enacted and the consumed energy in campus gradually decreased in recent years. For example, the electricity and oil (including gasoline and diesel) consumption in campus of 2017 were 7.59% and 14% lower than those of 2016, respectively. In order to overcome the challenges from climate change, CYUT will continue on its process of creating a low-carbon campus focusing on energy sustainability.
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Rizo Patrón de Lerner, Rosemary. "La responsabilidad como fundamento último de la filosofía." Investigaciones Fenomenológicas, no. 4-II (February 11, 2021): 331. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/rif.4-ii.2013.29799.

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Frecuentemente se ha señalado a la fenomenología de Husserl como una "filosofía de la fundación última y radical auto-responsabilidad." Aquí, sin embargo, examinaremos qué sentido puede tener hablar de "fundación última" y "auto-responsabilidad radical" en filosofía. La "idea de la filosofía" que propone Husserl como una "ciencia universal y rigurosa" de "fundación última" ha sido malinterpretada por sus críticos contemporáneos, que no han prestado atención a su aclaración que esta idea "ha de ser realizada sólo mediante valideces relativas y temporales en un proceso histórico infinito", ni tampoco al hecho que él ya ha replanteado la noción moderna de razón. Que la filosofía ha de proveer una fundación última a toda efectuación de la razón, así como su propia justificación sólo significa que es últimamente responsable de todo sentido y validez en general, así como de sí misma. Empero, el ego consciente activo, con sus efectuaciones racionales –cognitivas, volitivas y emotivas– como el "fundamento absoluto de todas mis validaciones", es precedido por un estrato más profundo, pre-consciente, irracional y pasivo de tendencias emotivas y desiderativas, impulsos e instintos hacia la conciencia y la racionalidad. Así, todo "evidenciar" y Geltungsfundierung se ve finalmente absorbido en una Genesisfundierung. En última instancia, ninguna "evidencia" racional puede ser "adecuada", sino que es esencialmente abierta e inadecuada. La tan criticada "conciencia absoluta" de Husserl está en efecto enraizada en un "absoluto más definitivo y verdadero", a saber, la identidad y diferencia del presente viviente estático-fluyente que pertenece a un ser finito, temporal, perspectivista, encarnado e intersubjetivo. La defensa de la razón y del "discurso fundacional" es para Husserl una cuestión de la "supervivencia de la humanidad" y su preservación de la barbarie. Pero no es una "adquisición permanente" sino la responsabilidad de una "tarea infinita". Así, la filosofía es una "ciencia todo-abarcadora fundada en un fundamento absoluto [...] aunque por cierto bajo la forma de un programa sin fin".Husserl’s phenomenology has been frequently referred to as a “philosophy of ultimate foundation and radical self-responsibility.” Yet here we will examine philosophy’s notion of “ultimate foundation” as “radical self-responsibility.” The “idea of philosophy” that Husserl proposes as a “universal and rigorous science” of “ultimate foundation” has been grossly misinterpreted by his contemporary critics, who have not paid heed to his clarifica-tion that this idea is “to be realized only by way of relative and temporary validities and in an infinite historical process,” nor to the fact that he has already recasted the traditional Modern notion of reason. That philosophy is called upon to provide an ultimate foundation to every accomplishment of reason, as well as its own justification, means that it is ultimately responsible for every sense and validity in general, and for itself. However, the active conscious ego, with its rational –cognitive, volitional and emotional– accomplishments, as the “absolute foundation of all my validations,” is preceded by a deeper, pre-conscious, irrational, and passive stratum of emotional and desiderative tendencies, impulses, instincts and strivings towards consciousness and rationality. Thus every “evidencing” and Geltungsfundierung is finally absorbed within Genesisfundierung. Ultimately no rational “evidence” can ever be “adequate,” but is essentially openended, and inadequate. Husserl’s much criticized “absolute consciousness” is in fact an “absolute” rooted in a “more definite and true absolute,” namely, the identity and difference of the static-fluent living present belonging to a finite, temporal, perspectivist, incarnate and intersubjective being. The defense of reason and of “foundational discourse” is for Husserl a question of “humanity’s survival” and its preservation from barbarity. Yet it is not a “permanent acquisition” but the responsibility of an “infinite task.” Thus philosophy is an “all-embracing science grounded on an absolute foundation [...] though of course in the form of an endless program."
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Lapeña, José Florencio F. "Medicine and Manipulation: Aspiration and Ambition." Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 23, no. 2 (December 27, 2008): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v23i2.723.

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“And so, light your face up with a smile, Why waste your life on something really not worthwhile, Look up to the stars, take your eyes off the ground, Come, live your life, turn around.”1 As Doctors of Medicine we should be no strangers to aspiration; “a striving after something higher than oneself” that “usually implies that the striver is thereby ennobled.”2 Aspiration in this context truly earns us the full connotation of the title “Doctor,” as eminent, authoritative, learned healers and teachers of the art and science of medicine. Many among us deserve this title in word and deed, and are worthy of emulation. Their personal and professional lives bear witness, not to self-serving accomplishments, but to their improving life and living in the world around them. Aspiration may be synonymous with ambition, although the latter term which “applies to the desire for personal advancement” may equally suggest “a praiseworthy or an inordinate desire … for rank, fame or power.” 2 Ambition of this sort often resorts to manipulation to achieve its ends, and manipulation in this context is “to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage.” 3 Whether subtly stolen or brazenly grabbed at the expense of others, the means is often distorted to justify the end. In the process, rights are trampled, dreams shattered, alliances betrayed and relationships severed. According to Messina and Messina4, manipulation is a set of behaviors whose goal is to: Get you what you want from others even when the others are not willing initially to give it to you. Make it seem to others that they have come up with an idea or offer of help on their own when in reality you have worked on them to promote this idea or need for help for your own benefit. Dishonestly get people to do or act in a way which they might not have freely chosen on their own. "Con'' people to believe what you want them to believe as true. Get "your way'' in almost every interaction you have with people, places, or things. Present reality the way you want others to see it rather than the way it "really is.'' Hide behind a "mask'' and let people see you in an acceptable way when in reality you are actually feeling or acting in an ``unacceptable'' way for these people. Maintain control and power over others even though they think they have the control and power. Manipulation also means “to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose” or, shameful as it may sound, to “doctor.”3 This derogatory use of the term is not untainted by our actions, whether the arena be laboratory or operating theatre, clinic or lecture hall, hospital or home, interest group or organization, community or society. Blind ambition may delude us into rationalizing dodgy deals and shady maneuverings, convincing even ourselves that they are beneficent and non-maleficent. We get our way, oblivious to the injustice and injury wrought on others. When shameless machinations, “scheming, crafty actions or artful designs intended to accomplish some usually evil end”5 are engaged in by supposed practitioners of the healing art, they do more than validate the colloquial dinu-doktor or dinuktor; they invalidate the rest of us.
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Volkov, Boris, Jennifer Cieslak, Rachel Matthes, and Christopher Pulley. "3402 A High-Impact, Structured, Collaborative Approach to Implementing and Utilizing the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for a Clinical and Translational Science Award." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 3, s1 (March 2019): 137–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2019.311.

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OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: This presentation will highlight a structured, collaborative approach to implementing and utilizing the RPPR process created at the University of Minnesota CTSI in response to the need to enhance the quality, efficiency, consistency, and utilization of annual program reporting. The approach is in line with the NCATS’s strategic objective that encourages all CTS organizations to “disseminate research results and best practices broadly, and promote a culture of openness, sharing and transparency” (NCATS, 2016, p. 19). Program activities that support translational processes and contribute to clinical outcomes are complex, nonlinear, and multidisciplinary (Smith etal., 2017). In this complex context, the meaningful engagement and reflection of program staff and collaborators is essential for all aspects of program planning, implementation, reporting, and dissemination. The University of Minnesota CTSI’s key objectives, goals, and uses of RPPR are as follows: - Develop, align, and leverage the RPPR to fulfill the accountability requirements, needs, and expectations of multiple stakeholders: NIH/NCATS, Internal Advisory Board and External Advisory Board, campus/hub, program staff and collaborators. - Engage the CTSA staff and collaborators as a team in multiple aspects of program reporting. - Inform strategic management, continuous improvement, monitoring and evaluation, organizational learning and dissemination to program stakeholders. - Translate the reported information into practical, evidence-based issues and strategic questions for the leadership discussions and advisory board consultations, actionable work plans, communication to stakeholders, organizational learning, and translational science knowledge base. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: A case study of the programmatic/evaluative and methodological approach/technique development that resulted in a formal, structured, collaborative, transparent process with detailed guidelines, templates, and timelines. The process and content for reporting has been developed via a variety of methods and sources: specific funder (NIH) requirements, Huddle meetings, document/content/database analysis, reflection meetings with component staff, informal conversations, and observations. Preparation for the report began almost one year in advance, including careful analysis of the report requirements, developing user-friendly, detailed guidelines, templates, and examples. The guide templates and worksheets were created as a result of time spent navigating current instructions provided by NIH and NCATS. Timeline/project plan was developed with start and end dates for all of the moving parts along with identified responsible personnel for each of the tasks. A grid of the grant components and responsible personnel was designed to highlight the matrixed organization of the grant and the need to work across components to create single reports. The RPPR key categories have also been considered for incorporating and tracking in a program activity/customer tracking system for ongoing data management and use. As a complex translational science program, UMN CTSI has multiple initiatives, variables, and metrics to report. The program staff has been deeply engaged in the evaluative reflection to identify, prioritize, and incorporate into the RPPR the metrics that most useful to manage and describe CTSI processes, participation, products, and outcomes. Program components responded differently to the collaborative approach implemented. The M&E technical assistance was implemented in 3 different ways: components either did the M&E RPPR template themselves, with minimal M&E team assistance; responded to comments and information provided by the M&E team as a first step; or requested a significant level of assistance from M&E. Participants/partners in developing and using RPPR include CTSI program leadership and staff, administration, communication staff, M&E team, and our collaborators. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The proposed comprehensive approach to the annual program performance reporting shows sound promise to enhance program staff engagement, report utilization, learning, strategic management, self-evaluation capacity, and continuous improvement within a clinical and translational science organization. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: This structured approach’s impact is significant in that it fills the current gap in the practice, literature, and methodology and offers a practical example of a “practice that works” for CTR (and other) organizations and programs striving to improve their reporting practices, staff engagement, learning, and program impact. Leveraging and synergizing the RPPR requirements and other complex, data-demanding obligations and needs can help the CTS programs move beyond the once-a-year compilation of project accomplishments and challenges to developing and sharing a thoughtful translational science program success story. References: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. (2016). NCATS Strategic Plan. NIH. Available at: https://ncats.nih.gov/strategicplan Smith, C., Baveja, R., Grieb, T., & Mashour, G. (2017). Toward a science of translational science. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1(4), 253-255. doi: 10.1017/cts.2017.14
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Prashaanthi. N and Karpagam Krishnamoorthy. "Type A Personality- A Questionnaire Based Study." International Journal of Indian Psychology 3, no. 3 (June 25, 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.25215/0303.151.

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A research on the type-A personality behaviour among the individuals of saveetha dental college. Aim: To analyse the type-A personality behaviour among the individuals of saveetha dental college. Objective: To assess the type-A personality behavioural among the individuals in saveetha dental college using Jenkins activity survey. Background: Type A and type B behaviours were first described by two cardiologists Friedman and Roseman who were studying heart disease. Briefly, type A is a behavioural and personality pattern characterised by the following 1) competitive achievement orientation, goal striving without a sense of accomplishment and joy. 2) time urgency, impatience, over scheduling, and 3) anger and hostility which may or may not expressed. In contrast, type B is non competitive, enjoys the process as much as the goal, is patient, and has little anger and hostility. Reason: The reason was to analyse the personalities of individuals and develop personality in positive manner.
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Laidlaw, James, and Jonathan Mair. "Imperfect Accomplishment: The Fo Guang Shan Short-Term Monastic Retreat and Ethical Pedagogy in Humanistic Buddhism." Cultural Anthropology 34, no. 3 (August 27, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.14506/ca34.3.02.

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Fo Guang Shan (佛光山; Buddha’s Light Mountain), an international Buddhist movement headquartered in Taiwan, regularly runs what it calls a short-term monastic cultivation retreat, a week-long residential program designed to provide lay members with an opportunity for intensive cultivation (修養; xiuyang or 修行; xiuxing). Contributions to the anthropology of ethics have recently drawn sharp distinctions between ordered, systematic ethics associated especially with religious traditions, and the compromise and accommodation that result from the exigencies of everyday life. This retreat, we argue, shows that the experience of ethical shortcomings can be a positive instrument and aspect of religious striving. While much debate in the anthropology of ethics assumes an a priori conceptual framework that opposes ordinary or everyday exigency to ordered transcendence, exigency and order in the Fo Guang Shan retreat are instead mutually constitutive and dynamically related. Here, failing and being corrected are not imperfections in, but central and ritually scripted elements of its ethical pedagogy. 摘要 總部設於臺灣的佛光山是具有世界影響力的佛教組織。其各地道場定期舉行之「短期出家修道會」活動通常持續一周,旨在為信眾提供密集修行機會。目前倫理人類學研究領域已明確區分了兩種道德實踐:其一為具有完美性和秩序性特質之系統,如宗教;其二為在日常生活應對道德困境時形成的具有折衷性和適應性的倫理。本研究透過分析佛光山「短期出家」活動,提出:(1)「不圓滿」體驗在個人宗教修行中具有獨特的積極促進作用;(2)兩種倫理是相輔相成,互動共生的。在佛光山「短期出家」中,活動參與者的行為錯誤與被矯並非通常認為的「不圓滿」所在,而是修行教育體系中至關重要的核心部分。 摘要 总部设于台湾的佛光山是具有世界影响力的佛教组织。其各地道场定期举行“短期出家修道会”,活动通常持续一周,旨在为信众提供密集修行机会。目前伦理人类学研究领域明确区分了两种道德实践:一是具有完美性和秩序性特质的系统,如宗教;二是在日常生活应对道德困境时形成的具有折衷性和适应性的伦理。本研究通过对佛光山“短期出家”活动的分析,提出:(1)“不圆满”体验在个人宗教修行中具有独特的积极促进作用;(2)两种伦理是相辅相成,动态共生的。在佛光山“短期出家”中,活动参与者的失败感与被矫正经验并非通常认为的“不圆满”所在,而恰是修行教育体系中至关重要的核心部分。
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"Technology for Sustainable HRM: An Empirical Research of Health Care Sector." International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering 9, no. 1 (November 10, 2019): 2919–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.a9108.119119.

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In a highly competitive world of today characterised by VUCA (Volatility Uncertainty Complexity and Ambiguity) environment organizations are striving to achieve excellence with standard business practices. Given the international mantra of cost quality & service companies need to adopt technology in a proactive manner by collaborating with IT department. Traditionally HR and IT have operated as distinct units. But with the changing times there is an urgent need to adopt technology for improving the productivity of human resources thereby contributing to the sustainable organizational development. So a close collaboration between these two departments is called for. Some of the HR professionals assume that technology will fix all their problems i.e. By moving to cloud the outdated HR operating model and disconnected data sourcing issues will get resolved. But HR professionals will be committing a grave mistake if they think that the technology will be a panacea to all HR problems. In other words, the key is about how the technology is applied and not the acquisition of technology. In the prevailing competitive environment there is every need to understand appreciate the behaviour of the employees so that required initiatives could be taken for obtaining outstanding performance from these valuable human resources. In this regard technological tools like HR Analytics(HRA) Artificial Intelligence (AI) come very handy for getting valuable insights into human behaviour. Further application of these tools helps in effective decision making thereby contributing to the accomplishment of organization goals. Application of HRA and AI apart from facilitating decision making also helps in integrating Human Resource with other business activities. The paper focusses on understanding how HR analytics helps in sustainable human resource management by providing insights into elementary HR processes and behaviours. It also correlates well with current HRA/AI trends in general and health care sector in particular. Needless to say this will be a ready reference for any future study into role of data analytics/Artificial intelligence in Human Resource Management.
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Chong, Isis, and Robert W. Proctor. "Lillian Gilbreth and Amelia Earhart: How an Eye Toward Diversity Brought Two Pioneers Together." Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications, December 31, 2019, 106480461989439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1064804619894399.

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Amelia Earhart and Lillian Gilbreth are well-known for their accomplishments during the 20th century in aviation and industrial management, respectively. Both were outspoken advocates of women having professional careers during a time when that was uncommon. For these reasons, in 1935, Edward C. Elliott, then president of Purdue University, hired Earhart and Gilbreth. Earhart served as counselor on careers for women and consultant for aeronautics until her death in 1937 and Gilbreth as counselor and professor of management until 1948. Their contributions provide a beacon for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in its continual striving for diversity and equality for all members.
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"A manuscript regarding suicidal death of physicians resulting from psychological stress in their inner world (No. 355)." Journal of Nursing & Healthcare 5, no. 4 (October 12, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.33140/jnh.05.04.02.

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The author is a 73-year-old medical research scientist who recently read an article regarding physician health and death (Reference 1). Inspired by the story and his own past experiences, he decided to write a special manuscript to be shared with medical doctors. This article has a different writing style compared to his previous 354 math-physical medicine research papers, based on a quantitative method to derive analysis results with high precision, aimed at helping patients. The goal of helping patients must go through the delivery channel of physicians and surgeons, while being concerned about the psychological health of medical doctors. This is the reason why he wrote this article with a qualitative style with an aim at medical physicians. Being a physician is an enviable profession, where they greatly invested and sacrificed to reach to where they are today. In terms of financial rewards, that is money, even though they are not generously rewarded, at least they are handsomely compensated. With their added knowledge advancement, skill improvement, and society contribution, they may even earn their deserved fame. Their ultimate goal should come from saving people’s life, not the same as people with political power or financial power. In the author’s opinion, saving lives is the outmost power to achieve; therefore, it is a desirable profession indeed. By having pride and feeling prestige at commencement by getting their MD degree, the physicians should not allow their accomplishments between the ages from 20 to 30 years of age become the only internal strength and emotional support. They should continuously improve themselves to expand into different areas in exploring new findings, learning additional skills and knowledge. This life-long learning will make a broader and more capable person, even for a physician. These newly gained inner strengths will aid physicians to face new challenges in their post-graduate school life. However, there is a price to pay from having a decent, enviable, and well-compensated profession. In terms of reducing and controlling stress, burdens, and psychological pressure that comes along with their job, life, and relationships, the author believes that they must go deeper into their own inner world, i.e. their mind and heart, to search for strength. When different types of stress overwhelms them, they must return to their original motivation when they decided to become a physician which is helping their patients. Only this type of compassion in their heart, similar to having faith in a religion, can then help them survive many types of tests and challenges they encountered in their profession and private life. For those medical doctors who chose medicine for other reasons, with material or superficial motivations, they should search their heart again to see whether another career is better for them. For example, if their initial motivation was monetary, they better shift their career early enough to be an entrepreneur who takes big risks for larger financial returns. When physicians face various stressful situations, they should not fight this battle alone. There are plenty of people who would support them as long as they speak up and seek assistance, such as from a mental health professional, like the author did. The author is an educated individual, knowledgeable scientist, and experienced engineer, but more importantly, he had many rich life experiences that were long, colorful, striving, and challenging. Through his brief self-introduction, the reader can see many similarities and also identify some connections. He cares about his medical colleagues as much as he cares about patients with chronic diseases. This is his motivation of writing this manuscript aiming at physicians, even though he knows that it is a unique article with a qualitative style instead of his previously published quantitative research papers. If anyone has interest on this subject and would like to provide feedback, please contact the author at g.hsu@ eclairemd.com. You will remain anonymous and any information provided will be confidential.
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Glover, Bridgette. "Alternative Pathway to Television: Negotiating Female Representation in Broad City’s Transition from YouTube to Cable." M/C Journal 20, no. 1 (March 15, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.1208.

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IntroductionFor both consumers and creators, Web series have been viewed for some time as an appealing alternative to television series. As Alice explains, creating content for the Web was once seen as “a last resort” for projects that were unable to secure funding for television production (59). However, the Web has, in recent years, become a “legitimized” space, allowing Web series to be considered a media platform capable of presenting narratives of various genres (Alice 59). Moreover, due to the lack of restrictions and overheads placed on Web producers, it is argued that there is more capacity to take risks in Web series and thus depict “a broader array of stories” (Christian, “The Web” 352). Nevertheless, television still remains the traditional mode of storytelling, and for many producers, it is still an “object of desire” (Christian, “The Web” 352). Emerging producers still see television as the ultimate “end goal”, leaving the Web as a sufficient platform that will allow them to create something. Alternatively, for many established creators, the Web is understood to be a stage upon which they can tell stories television would perhaps never consider. Regardless of why creators are attracted to the Web, the platform has indeed cemented its place as an alternative in the television media landscape. For Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, the Web, or more specifically, YouTube, provided an unbridled space for their creativity when nowhere else would. The two comediennes co-wrote and starred in their Web series, Broad City, back in 2009, and it has since been picked up by Comedy Central and successfully turned into a television series. The fourth season is set to air in August 2017. Both versions of the series follow two twenty-something women, Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler (played by Jacobson and Glazer respectively), as they explore themselves, and New York City. Broad City is one of the few Web series to be picked up as a television series and maintain its success; an impressive accomplishment, no matter how legitimate Web series have become. However, the unwavering devotion maintained by the television series to continue depicting millennial women in the same fashion as the Web series is, arguably, more impressive. With a focus on Broad City’s depiction of its two eccentric protagonists, this article explores how the transitions from Web to television are negotiated. In the case of Broad City, I contend that its unconventional start as a web series is what allows the television series to continue depicting contemporary womanhood honestly. Taking the Alternate Path: YouTubeDefined as “scripted, episodic and experimental videos made for the internet”, Web episodes (or Webisodes) hold many advantages to the traditional television medium (Kornblum; Peirce 317). Aware of these advantages and struggling to be noticed naturally for their work in the sketch comedy group, Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), Glazer and Jacobson took to the Internet to write and create their own series, Broad City. This trend arose in 2007 during the difficult phase American television when the Writers Guild of America began its fifteen-month strike (De Moraes). During this time, Peirce states that producing a new program for television proved “almost impossible” (315). There was a level of uncertainty plaguing the future of prime-time television, and with budgets being refashioned, reality programs were filling television line-ups more than any other genre of show (Peirce 315). Within this climate, it is unsurprising that the Google-owned video-sharing website, YouTube, quickly became the frontrunner in online video (Christian, “The Web” 351). YouTube is argued to be responsible for opening the doors to the next wave of entertainment media, after pledging to give users their own personal video network. Suddenly, amateurs, independents and corporations alike were, for the first time, able to compete against each other in shaping this post-network era of television (Christian, “The Web” 351). Moreover, the premise of “anyone can upload” meant that this era allowed for a new variety of television, in a range of genres and storytelling modes that were once considered untouchable to television networks (Christian, “The Web” 351). Evidently, such freedom is appealing to all kinds of online content creators, no matter their status. Established actor, comedian, and writer Louis C.K. most recently joined the Web series movement with his creation Horace and Pete (2016-). The dark comedy is written, directed, and produced entirely by C.K. and he plays the main protagonist, Horace. However, the appeal was not so much the control he would potentially have over the product, but more how the viewers could access it. Upon the release of the pilot episode, C.K. released a statement clarifying why he made a series outside of the television studio system. He explains that he was intrigued by the idea of providing viewers with the newly made show “directly and immediately”, with each episode being posted onto his Website as soon as it is shot. Additionally, C.K. also sought to create a show “without the usual promotion” that, he states, tells the viewer “what the show feels and looks like before you get to see it yourself” (C.K.). It is clear that the unique nature of the modern medium provides benefits to creators at all levels. For the Broad City duo, who unlike C.K., had yet to be noticed, YouTube was appealing because it provided them with an outlet through which they could control the product themselves. Jacobson states, “After a while, we thought, ‘why are we trying to be on something that someone else controls?’” (Paumgarten). The Web series commenced in late 2009 and ran until 2011, with each episode ranging anywhere between one and eight minutes. In the thirty-three episodes created, Abbi and Ilana consistently find themselves in awkward and comedic situations while they try to navigate their lives in New York City. These awkward situations vary in their complexity. One episode simply looks at the two protagonists trying to survive riding the subway, while another looks at the issue of being catcalled and objectified by strangers. There is no narrative arc in either season, the storylines are simply extracted from the lives of the creators. Glazer and Jacobson have discussed this in various interviews, explaining that these characters are essentially exaggerations of themselves and the show is a “heightened version” of their dynamic (Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, 2014; Justin; Matthews). As such, Broad City contributes to a well-established trend of comedians impersonating younger, lazier, and poorer versions of themselves. However, since the Web series’ thematic relies so heavily on the experiences and personality traits of the writers, Glazer and Jacobson are more like the characters they portray than the likes of Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon (30 Rock, 2007-2013) or Lena Dunham’s Hannah Horvath (Girls, 2012-), for example. A result is that the Web series does not seek to provide its viewers with neat conclusions, or have the protagonists grow and evolve over the span of a season. This freedom is only designated to the Web series format, as television viewers – despite not always getting it – yearn for a heartier resolution (DeFino 99). Another attribute of video-sharing sites like YouTube is that they allow anyone to share anything they create, regardless of the budget. The two seasons of Broad City, the Web series, are written, created, and produced by Glazer and Jacobson primarily. As they were still undiscovered, both women were working on the series with very limited funds, and were therefore only able to have friends or family assist them in the production. This results in a series which feels authentically home-made in its aesthetic; features which eventually become characteristics essential to the transferral from Web to television. Glazer and Jacobson resolved to make the Web series from a more professional standpoint by the second season by following a production schedule and choosing to treat the vignettes as if they were real television shorts. As Glazer states, the pair “just had a new attitude”, and suddenly the aim shifted from producing webisodes as a creative outlet, to pitching the show in Los Angeles (Kameir). By the time the final episode was set to go into production, the two creators believed that the chances of having the series picked up by a network would increase if the episode featured a guest star. Because of their involvement in the UCB, Glazer and Jacobson approached one of the founders of the sketch group, Amy Poehler, to make a brief cameo. The Web series as a whole had garnered half a million hits, but the finale in which Poehler plays herself, received almost seventy-five thousand (Paumgarten). Poehler agreed to work with the Broad City duo following her appearance in the finale, and signed on to be Executive Producer should the show ever be made into a television series. The star power held by Poehler is undoubtedly a lead contributor to the success in Broad City’s transfer between the media. Poehler states that she felt a kinship towards the project because of her work in translating UCB sketches to television. In a roundtable interview, she says “Feeling very protective about the material, but wanting to bring it to a bigger audience…I related to that and understood it” (The Paley Centre for Media). On the difficult business of bringing Web series to television, Poehler compares it to that of an organ transplant, explaining “You have to move fast. You have to keep it on ice and be careful not to harm it in any way. A lot of things can go wrong. Sometimes the best way to get a heart or a kidney to a recipient is to get people to move out of the way” (Paumgarten). With Poehler’s assistance, the concept of Broad City as a television series was introduced to various networks before being successfully picked up by Comedy Central. From January of 2014, the network aired Broad City’s first season, comprised of ten, twenty-two-minute-long episodes. Averaging 1.2 million viewers per episode, season one of Broad City became one of Comedy Central’s highest rated shows since 2012 (Ng). From Web to TV: Alternative Ideas of Millennial Women in Broad CityThe factors behind why certain texts effectively transfer from Web to television and others fail continues to be debated within academic and popular culture circles. Series such as Quarterlife (2007), The CollegeHumor Show (2009), and the more recent Haters Back Off (2016-) - all texts which were originally made for online consumption only - were each met with criticism when translated for television (Peirce 317; Lowry; Christian, “How” ). This does not necessarily mean that a Web series is undeserving of a place in commercial or network television. Obviously, it comes down to multiple factors, but often it is because the television series comes across as out of touch, compared to its online version. As Alice points out, with the speed of online release, and the “virality” that accompanies this kind of media, writers have the ability to be “guided by and to capitalise on what and how the viewer public feels” (60). Television series are often seen commenting on outside criticism within episodes, but there is extensive lagging due to the time it takes to produce a season. Broad City was set to have an easier time on television, what with its impressive following, and “Celebrity Shepherd”, Amy Poehler - Poehler presented as a necessity when making the jump from Web to TV, according to Christian (“The Web”). But there appears to be a fine line when shifting between the platforms: in staying too close to the original, a series could come off as unoriginal and therefore unnecessary. Or, alternatively, a series could add too many other storylines in order to fill the time slot, and ruin the simplicity of the premise. Adaptation theorist, Linda Hutcheon, contends that a successful translation occurs when a text remains loyal to the original, but brings creativity to the reimagining (21). If investigating the transferral within the realm of adaptation theory, Broad City’s success as a television series is arguably due to it following this formula. Hutcheon writes that to adapt is not to slavishly copy, but rather, is the process of reclaiming the adapted material. “What one does with the text” is where the novelty is found (21). In looking at what Broad City, the television series, has done with Broad City, the Web series, there is clear loyalty shown to the original. This is seen most significantly in the treatment of the same two protagonists, and the dynamic of their friendship. In both versions of Broad City, Abbi is the older of the two and the more responsible one, to a degree. While she still enjoys smoking marijuana with Ilana, Abbi is also constantly striving to reach traditional goals in her life such as having a career she enjoys, or maintaining a healthy relationship. Ilana, on the other hand, is a proud marijuana enthusiast who occasionally shows up for her job, but cares more for smoking weed, enjoying casual sex, and being with her friends (primarily Abbi). Neither the Web series nor the television series explicitly states how the two characters met, but it is implied that they have built a strong, sister-like relationship with one another. Often Ilana comments on her sexual attraction to Abbi, but it is always seen as comedic rather than as a hint towards a possible coupling in future episodes. In the Web series’ second season, the episode Valentine’s Day, introduces this satirical take on female friendships for the first time. The three-minute episode shows brief cuts of Abbi and Ilana doing various activities in the city, all of which are stereotypically featured in films of the romantic comedy genre. As they play in the snow, ride a ferry, and watch couples ice-skate at the Rockefeller Centre, the clarinet music playing over the sequence builds momentum. However, the scene is suddenly halted as Ilana goes in to kiss Abbi and, unlike in said romantic film montages, Abbi quickly jolts back and cries “Ilana, what the fuck? How many times do I have to fucking tell you?” This is the first line of audible dialogue in the scene thus far, to which a frustrated Ilana responds, “I’m trying to seal the night with a kiss.” Following this is a heated debate regarding how each character viewed the intention of the day, with Ilana thinking it was a really “romantic day”, despite knowing that Abbi is decidedly heterosexual. This kind of satirical angle taken towards the trope of female friendship is carried over to the television series and made just as prominent, with almost every single episode making a joke at Ilana’s romantic desire for Abbi. Alongside the sexual attraction, the closeness of the two female leads remains unchanged between the two media. In the television series, for example, jokes about Ilana’s love for Abbi are scattered throughout, and as in the original series, they remain brief and inconsequential. In the television pilot, What a Wonderful World, the episode opens to a typical scene of the two characters having a V-chat (a nod to a favoured motif in the Web series). While chatting to Abbi, it initially appears as though Ilana is bopping up and down to the music of Lil Wayne. However, it is quickly revealed when Ilana shifts her laptop screen down, that she is actually having sex with her casual partner, Lincoln (Hannibal Buress). The sequence cuts to Abbi looking outraged at her laptop, asking “Oh my god, is that Lincoln?”. Lincoln then replies, “Yep”, just before the camera cuts to him lying on the bed, with Ilana’s laptop on his stomach. When Abbi asks if they are having sex, Ilana casually replies “I’m just keeping it warm”, forcing Abbi to once again have a discussion about boundaries. Once they close the V-chat, the scene stays on a low angle shot of Ilana as she says to Lincoln, “That was like a threesome”, reassuring the audience that she has learned nothing. This is a strong opening scene as it reinforces the understanding that the relationship between the two characters is unchanged. Furthermore, it proves to audiences that although Broad City has moved into a television landscape, it will not be tamed. The result of refusing to be tamed in its new environment is that Broad City can continue representing female friendship in more honest ways, as well as offer new ideas of what it is to be a millennial woman today.Conclusion In an interview, Glazer explains how television has a history of never being honest in its representation of women, arguing, “Nothing’s real on TV” (Miller). Jacobson follows on from this, stating “When we write for these characters… I think the thing we talk about the most is like, well, what would we really do? It’s just real” (Miller). In abiding by this sentiment throughout the web series and the television series, Broad City effectively offers the idea that depicting diversity is possible on both platforms. With various Web series still unable to successfully make the jump to television today, it becomes more obvious that Broad City’s decision to continue showcasing bold female narratives is what allows it to maintain its popularity. Starting in such an uninhibited environment has proven a burden for other texts when it comes to transferring creativity to the more traditional medium of television. For Broad City, however, the alternative storytelling platform allowed the show to create its strong foundation and dedicated fan base. One that has willingly followed Broad City across the platforms, but will only stay tuned if it stays true to representing millennial women honestly, regardless of whether mainstream television is ready.ReferencesAlice, Jessica. “Clicking with Audiences: Web Series and Diverse Representations.” Metro Magazine: Media and Education 187 (2016): 58-63.Angelo, Megan. “The Sneak Attack Feminism of Broad City.” Wall Street Journal, 2011. 17 Dec. 2016 <http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/02/14/the-sneak-attack-feminism-of-broad-city/>. 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