Month: December 2018
Ambivalence in a “Passage to India” by E. M. Forster
Ambivalence is the state in which two parties have contradictory ideas, feelings or attitude regarding each other or something. In the novel, A Passage to India by Forster ambivalence illustrates the ambiguous way in which colonizer and the colonized regarded one another.
We start the various instances where the state of ambivalence is first experienced when Aziz was arrested on suspicion of the raping Adela which in turn sets up the climax of the film in the magistrate's courtroom. At first inside the courtroom, there is an apparent physical manifestation of Bhabha's (p88) notion of ambivalence in the way that the Indian characters are able to interact in the trial. This idea of physical ambivalence can be summarized as follows: the need of the colonizer to 'educate and civilize'(Blaut, p96) the colonized party requires the active participation, to a certain limited extent of course, of the colonized in the colonizer's affairs. Therefore, in this particular situation, it means that the Indians are permitted to become official actors in the trial itself as a result of the 'civilizing'process and the attempt to bring India 'up to the level'of the ?civilized'British. Thus both judges and the defense along with the general observers are Indian. These actors are therefore able to observe the farcical nature and desperate attempts of the 'civilized'colonizers to swing the trial in their favor which exposes the ambivalent hegemony that the British hold over them.
The collapse of the trial leads to the uprising and the temporary loss of British control in Chandrapore. The rape incident ultimately exposes how the ambivalence of colonialism becomes its own downfall; the fact that the exposure of the fragility of colonial rule within the magistrates, which is in itself a physical manifestation of the British colonist's power in India, is significant. Spatially, the whole scene restricts the Indian characters to the periphery of the room and places the British characters in the center of events. Indian onlookers observe from the gantry and the judge appears to be a tool of British control after Ronny comments to Mrs. Turton: 'Don't worry, he's a good man'and of whom London (Blaut, p102) describes as a 'Western educated native, who is a cultivated, self-conscious and conscientious Indian civil servant'. The rationally of the colonizer vis a vis McBryde as the prosecutor versus the irrationality of the colonized represented as the Indian defense a.k.a. the character of Ali, who is unable to control his emotions and storms out of the trial on the basis it is a farce, is interesting. It can be argued that Ali's behavior is indeed that of the Other: emotionally volatile and passionate, in contrast with calm demeanor of McBryde, an enterprising colonizer, who despite appearing nervous when he sees the trial tilting in Aziz's favor certainly manages to keep his emotions under control.
Finally, it can also be put forward that the fan, which is swinging slowly above the court as the trial progresses, in addition with Lean's decision to repeatedly dedicate long screen shots to it, reminds the viewer and the characters of the film that, despite British attempts to rule India and 'civilize'it, colonialisms fragile nature guarantees that the British can only temporarily occupy Indian space. True India not that of colonized space (which exists only because of the construction of colonizer space) but something much more incomprehensible to the minds of the British - perhaps encapsulated by the Marabar caves, and is something that can never be understood or brought under the control of British hegemony. With this in mind, the un-british-like behavior of the British at the trial (desperately trying to preserve the colonizer/colonized construct) can be dismissed as an incident that the nature of the situation in India has brought upon them. The model of British hegemonic power is therefore preserved and the appropriation of the 'Western Self'is secure.
Further from the very beginning of the book, the visual differences between what Said terms 'metropolitan space'and 'colonial space'are evident. Metropolitan space is occupied by the colonizers and is denoted by what Said describes as 'socially desirable, empowered space (Blaut, p61). Colonial space, of course, belongs to the subaltern. Said goes on to say that members of the subaltern essentiallywant to move into these space because there are viewed as desirable (but still subordinate). The manifestations of the two different kinds of space can be both physical and mental. Physical; in relation to the 'civilized order'of metropolitan space in contrast with the 'disorder and decay'of colonial space (Horton, p134) and mental; in the spaces that exist in the temporal constructs and attitudes of the people involved in colonialism. A Passage to India ensures a strict reproduction of these spatial binaries.
On Mrs. Moore and Adela's arrival to India, the colonial dichotomies become immediately explicit. As the ship carrying the traveling British arrives, the viewer is presented with the ordered structure of British-controlled Bombay harbor. Hybridity (Bhabha, p86) is also evident in the ceremonial welcome by the Indian army who, dressed in British Empire military attire, express the malevolent hegemonic power that British rule in India has over the population. The hybridized nature of the welcome acts as a comforting presence to the arriving Britons and the assimilationist agenda of British rule is also explicitly established. The assimilationist agenda introduced here is portrayed through dress, Darby discusses 'the role of disguise in cross-cultural dressing'and how it is 'essentially a technique of surveillance which represents yet another attempt at control of the subaltern peoples'(Bhabha, P34) and is without doubt evident in this scene. Certainly, examples of 'cross-cultural dressing'are evident throughout the movie: on Mrs. Moore and Adela's arrival in Chandra pore, at the bridge party and in the courtroom during Professor Aziz's trial. It appears that, in consideration of the length of screen time allocated to showing cross-culturally dressed Indian characters, Lean has used 'cross-cultural dressing'to repeatedly remind the audience of the previously mentioned malevolent hegemonic control that colonial Britain holds over India.
After disembarkation from the ship, Adela and Mrs. Moore temporarily enter colonial a.k.a. colonized space, depicted in marked contrast to the order of the British-controlled port. These spatial contrasts are fundamental aspects of colonial film and are evident in other European works of the same period; the European district and the Algerian Kasbah in The Battle of Algiers, British-controlled Maya pore versus Indian Territory in A Jewel in the Crown and also in Ghandi. In A Passage to India, the Otherness of 'colonial space'is exposed in its disorder and apparent chaos of the crowds of 'unusually dressed'people; snake charmers also accentuate the exotic polarity of the scene with familiar 'British spaces'. Mrs. Turton's explicit rejection of 'colonial space'is here too disseminated by an expression of disgust regarding the smell of the bazaar area.
Upon arrival to Chandra pore, Lean once again expresses the portrayal of hegemonic control to the viewer through the representation of the Union Jack flag placed upon the bonnet of the car that Mr. and Mrs. Turton are traveling in en route to the British civil station. Lean continues to depict more 'exercises of control'by the British throughout the movie; specifically, the British national anthem which continuously interrupts various gatherings and functions within colonizer space to demand the attention of Britons and Indians alike in order to remind them of the colonizer's control. During the Turton's drive through Chandra pore, India is again shown in its fundamental Orientalist construction: that of disordered, primitive space with a suggestion of the mysterious unknown. As the car enters the main bazaar, this can be seen as the mosque slowly enters into full screen view in synchronization with an 'Orientalist-style'musical fill. Immediately after this, the reckless impatience of the Indian driver of the car nearly results in an accident involving the characters of Professor Aziz and Ali who, after gathering themselves after falling off their bikes, implicitly discuss the adoption of the colonizer discourse by the British:McBryde (passing by in the following car). When he first came out [to India], Hamidullah said he was quite a good fellow. (Aziz:) But they all become exactly the same. I give any Englishman two years. The women are worse. I give them six months (Lean, P34).
From the perspective of this essay, the physical and mental spatial boundaries that it aims to identify are clearly evident from the beginning to the end of the film. The discursive limits of these boundaries affect the decisions, actions and ideas of all the characters in the film. Foucauldian notions of power play an important part in maintaining these limits, a good example being the moment when Mrs. Moore leaves Aziz at the entrance to the club after he says that Indians are not allowed to enter (as analysed earlier) and the trees which surround the civil station to 'screen'Chandrapore from British eyes. It can also be concluded that the spatial boundaries identified are presented through Orientalist discourse as defined by Said.
Work Cited
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Horror Movie
When we think of a horror movie, what comes to mind is an individual materializing from nowhere and killing or chopping people into pieces. Finding an unsuspecting audience nowadays is like looking for a needle in a haystack. We are very well versed in the rhythm of the jump scare, such that the audience knows them ahead of the beat. All that needs to be done is to cut a close-up of the star and create a tension in the audience in preparation. Bursts of music, deafening noises and faces emerging from nowhere can make your heart skip, send popcorn flying in the air and leave one watching the screen through woven fingers (Winter, 2014). The movie The Evil Within takes a different approach from the typical horror movie. Let's take a look at it.
After a long day's work, Sebastian Castellanos is summoned to Beacon Mental Hospital after a case of multiple murders. Intrigued by the event, he responds by arriving with his colleagues, Joseph and Juli. Joseph and Sabastian enter the hospital and assign Juli to stay put as a backup. They enter the hospital to see the bloody scene of the massacre of staff and patients alike. Joseph scouts ahead and comes across a doctor lying on the floor of the security room. He decides to take care of him and asks Sebastian to check the security cameras. The live footage shows a hallway with two policemen shooting at something. A hooded figure the slashes open their throats. The figure then turns around, stares at the camera and disappears in a camera blur effect, and appears behind Sebastian and stabs him with a knife (Games, 2014).
Sebastian wakes up disoriented. He afterward, realizes that his body was hung upside down in the midst of other corpses. In his struggle to free his legs, a being called the Sadist stops in front of him, compelling him to stop and play dead. The Sadist then carries on and takes one of the corpses to take to hisworkshop. After the Sadist leaves, Sebastian swings himself to grab a knife stuck in a nearby corpse. He uses it to cut himself loose and sneaks into theworkshop to steal a bunch of keys. As he makes his way out, he sets off a tripwire, which activates an alarm. The Sadist arrives almost immediately and sees Sebastian fleeing, and chases him with a chainsaw. It promptly catches up with the detective and slices him in the leg, injuring him significantly. Following the narrow escape and limping through the terrifying confines of the hospital, Sebastian has to hide to survive. By carefully maneuvering and fleeing the Sadist again, Sebastian throws himself into the elevator which brings him to safety (Games, 2014).
An earthquake hits the ground, forcing Sebastian to escape the building. He manages to escape, but to his disappointment, the city is destroyed by the earthquake. Officer Connelly arrives at the scene with an ambulance, beckoning him to hurry as the ground under the vehicle gives away. Sebastian just makes it in as Connelly drives away with the road crumbling behind him. Not known to them, the figure from before looks at them as they drive away. As Krimson City falls apart around them, Sebastian gets to know that Joseph did not make it out of the hospital. After a long run in in the city, Sebastian happens to look at the rearview mirror, where he sees the hooded figure amongst the passengers in the backseat. He looks back shocked, only to see Leslie, Kidman and the doctor. The ambulance loses control and falls off a cliff and Sebastian blacks out (Games, 2014).
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Competition between Traditional Luxury Brands and Recent Development Luxury
ABSTRACT
This article examines an analysis of fashion and accessible luxury in the industry which gives out clusters of different companies which could be identified based on the base of the set contingent variables which are derived from there supply chain. Our accord will be based on different luxury companies which belong to different industrial sectors. According to the recent service oriented most of the customers and suppliers are centered in the shift firm which is focused on one brand of the fashion at a residual time and this ensures that different authors of the article to give focus on the theoretical framework of different types of the luxury brands. Most of the brand names in the fashion industry are different as we compare with the traditional luxury brands and difference comes in the pricing of the brands which to some extend its unreasonable as addressed in the findings. In the recent changes some industries are publishing more than 100 fashion brands whereby the highest percentage is based on the recent development in the market sector. Then in the process some question arises which focus on the formation of new brands and they can be for human desires. In this article will examine some of the hidden facts about some of the aspects which rely on this brands marketing, imaging and the quality of the product as we compare between the two sessions.
INTRODUCTION
Brand is an image that is associated with product that is particular to a certain company and to some extend it can be associated with the entire company depending on the level of customer's choice. In this article there are different brands that have been focused based on the competition and how we can achieve its marketing and exposure of the brand? Most of study shows that for any brand to be known there are must some positive results which will recognize the preferably of the product. As an example, the American apparel had its fair publicity in the past as it focused on traditional brands, which suffered major, loses form the negative imagine of the brands form customers (Reddy & Parent, 2009, p. 192).
Luxury is an old view which was started in the traditional errors, however the idea of luxury brands has a special form of branding which is accompanied by the workforce and the affluent of consumption lifestyle. Therefore, due to some of the changes in the years, the market expanded and started offering some transformed fashion, which erupts from small level to family owned businesses (Phan, 2011, p. 84). Most of the changes were effective based on the value of the fashion brand if we compare between the two level states. Due to this some corporations were made which focused on the investment of the strategic management, brands design and marketing and capabilities of outcome that one can obtain from the luxurious brands which compete over its development. The study is focused on that competition with emergence on the global luxury of the brand industry and some of the conceptualization which address on matters of development in the luxury fashion brands (Liu & Warnaby, 2016, p. 363). In this endeavor, the discussion will focus on the evolutionary growth which is the mandate of the industry and market as it entail on matters of cultural and social platform. Some of the prices in the fashion brand belief that this goods are highly priced because of the quality of the product. Though, some are scares and difficulty to quantify especially the traditional brands which are on the views of most customer's satisfaction.
Objectives
In this article our main focus of the relationship will be addressed based on the competition of the different brands which are in the traditional and fashion brands and some of the perception with which the context of the media relies on and which are on the development. Both the qualitative and quantitative elements which features on the same brands have some equity in them and we shall base it on company brands rationale. The focus of the article will be on the value of the customers and how they feature the brand including its history which creates the current market of the luxury goods. Additionally, the supply change it's included in the fashion brands which adds value to the production process and beyond the level of recent development.
LITERATURE REVIEW
The luxury brand industry is an industry classification which is under the accord of certain forces of analysis and which operate in different framework. Most of the luxury brands addressed cannot be formally be based on independent industry but rather vary on terms of the automobiles which are indeed rare to imagine. However, it is evident that most of the recent fashion brand offering vary though they provide either consumers with comparable symbolic and different benefits being traditional or the new upcoming development (Amatulli & Guido, 2016, p. 251). It is common that the brand positioning has some shared customer base which has resulted in different practitioners consolidating the industry segment. Hence, when one base on luxury we simply feature to an exclusive group of different brands across different segment which are distinguished by the basic ability to convey some of the consumer elements and its characteristics in the market. Historically, any market brand, which comprises of either small or in large quantities must have some value on matter of the quality and efficiency of the product (Brioschi, 2006, p. 180). To a large extend our competition will basically rely on the multinational market brands which were in the early ages of 2000 and which were termed as traditional. In particular, some of the prices had to have inflation for the market to undergo some changes which was more effluent on consumers taste and preferences.
According to most of the diversification in the market field any increase in international market leads to a direct increase in customer's relation as there is the idea of profit gain which is more significant in the fashion brands and customers diversity (Brun, 2017, 15). Although, most of the luxury brands are changing in terms of market expansion there are some generating views which strengthen this competition based on the industry commitment? The managers of the luxury brands either traditional or in the recent development should invest substantially in a manner that can renown the competitive positioning based on the linked values of the products. It is also crucial in luxury brands to focus on either the market strategy, which enhances the need for this competition through social, or self-esteem (Bowler, 2010, p. 1271). According to the recent research it is evident that this article has some superior quality which is distinctive based on the consumer's perception. Any branding given has some image in it which can add value to the company product due to the choice of the buyer who focus on the luxury corporations.
To get a better understanding of this article, one has to value some of the processes which are used to create the exact fashion products under the supply chain of the industry. The supply chain of some of the fashion brands which are accessible is close and similar with those which were in the traditional luxury only that some advancement have been done in the framework of commodities. The first part of the supply chain of the fashion is competitive to its different blends which give multiple designs and colors made in the test product (Cailleux & Kapferer, 2009, p. 408). Then, for mass approval fashion brands has some line of the mass quantity which differs due to change of customer's perception. It is either in an outsourced manner of the company or the plans of the customer's relation in the market gap (Berthon & Berthon, 2009, p. 53). Generally, any supply has to link with different customers who give different returns based on the quality of the goods and accessible ones. During the last few years this brands expanded in the global and were more competitive in the emerging market which projected that in the near future it will outweigh the traditional luxury on matters of economic rationale and love of the luxury brand.
DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS
Valuation of the Different Brands
Value Chain
In any production of any brand either on matter of traditional luxury or in the new market development, the company should feature on different methods which add some value to the firm. In putting this extra effort the research of the article has shown advertisement forms the superior part of the product. This matter may even be based on the pricing, perception of the brand image and some of the distribution matter, which has an attempt of raising the brand value (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010, p. 65)
Pricing
This is one of the largest competition that the customer should focus on. If the demand it's too high it will tempt to lower the price of the luxury brand which to some extend may lead to low value outcome form it. If we compare the recent and the traditional luxury it is clear that there is some sensitize price inflation which will lead to comical outcome (Janssen & Lefebvre, 2014, p. 55). Some of the recent companies tends to manipulate it and make it at the same level throughout. Generally, luxury brands offers a discounted price in any industry.
Scarcity
Any availability of the product create more desire for production of another one. Therefore in most of the companies which prefer to maintain this luxury must focus on the distribution of the products in the system and some of the limit which gives out the inner outcome of the different types of luxury (Hwang & Kandampully, 2014, p. 104).
Brand Images
The image of any brand has some value depending on the luxury of the accessible product. It is clear that most of the said brand has some image in it which has some significant in some of the developed nations. Most of the brand images in our comparison will be based on the customers concern and willingness with which may prefer to buy (Hennigs & Klarmann, 2012, p. 31).
DISCUSSION
In most of the findings was done using different methods of data capture which focused on more than one nation and its residence in specialty of cultural type and influence and gender. Among the people, that the article interacted in the outcome of this topic gave different opinions which was done under excluded sample forms and on the right group (Fionda & Moore, 2009, p. 355). The analysis of the data were revealed based on the respondents who had different citations. Minority featured on traditional luxury as they mentioned their brands based on the category of the people. Again, some of the self-satisfaction from the respondent's observation was low as they expressed their feelings in a luxury fashion which was on the art form of the daily life routine. Most of the views lied on the communication of the new traditional luxury media, which was addressed, based on its features and quality although it was more competitive (Dall'Olmo & Lacroix, 2003, p. 102). According to the discussion which the article has addressed most of the consumers are influential on the fashion design luxury brand as they feel a good sense of the participants feeling in viewing and comparing with the traditional luxury. Hence, survey shows that it is irrelevance to focus on change of development lacking clear thoughts of information with which one can gain trust in it.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, luxury brands have a unique sociocultural meaning which is based on consumer's views. Most of the brands offer a simplicity taste of reference which is effluent based on the lifestyle of a particular brand. In this witness, some of the cultural and social platform have different meaning which focus on the characteristics of luxury brands towards the phenomena of the socio cultural influence in pursuit of the luxury surveys in the consumer's culture and nature of the new brands in consideration. It is clear that a higher brand value would mean less price when it is sensitive to its audience while lower brand will mean low potential which is accessible by a large number of people. In this competition there are many different types of models which focus on fashion brands and which it's accessible due to technology impact and can determine the correlation inclusive of the price. It is therefore of vital to have a building brand which is essential for the longevity of any of the company as it maintains the secrets of the company based on the brand and consumers who are the real investors and creates the competition.
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Accident Prevention and Safety Promotion for Parents and Caregivers of Infants
At a young age children are usually in their active stage of growth which makes them more vulnerable to environmental risks when exposed to harmful factors such as excessive solar radiations. A child's body continually develops where the rate of breathing is high and eats a lot to produce energy for growth and development. During the Early stages of development, a child is likely to encounter severe permanent damages in nervous, immune, breathing, digestive, and reproductive system that is still underdeveloped. Parents and caretakers of infants should take caution in the duration which an under-5 child is exposed to solar radiation.
The Ozone layer performs a very vital role in the protection of the earth from excessive ultra-violent radiations from the sun. Due to depletion of Ozone layer, more dangerous Ultraviolet radiation penetrates and strikes the earth surface. The radiations results in severe sunburns on infant's skins thus weaken infant's immune system by destroying the melanin and also may impair the visual ability of the child. In Europe, parents are warned against taking children outside at midday as infants can experience sunburns in less than seven minutes.
Health effects on an infant exposed to excess solar ray's ranges from sunburns, skin cancer and accelerated skin aging. The beams can destroy the conjunctiva and cornea that results in optical cataracts at old age. UV damages the skin's melanin that has the protective role in the body making body's immune system weaker (Wu, et.al, 2014, p.1080-1089). The damage also triggers immunosuppression of the body against a disease when body cells are destroyed.
It should be realized by parents and caretakers of infants that children need sun expose for production of Vitamin D, which; prevents the development of rickets, and also increases the rate of bones growth. This exposure should be done on a controlled basis as infants skin is thinner and more sensitive where small beams can result in severe burns. In addition to that children are vulnerable to the development of lifetime impairments at a young age if any system is affected. Skin cancer and optical cataracts are among diseases that develop at young age, but they show up at an adult age thus reducing one's life expectancy.
The optimal level of UV index is health to a child but when the UV index becomes strong at midday in summer season caution must be paid to protect life. Therefore the following recommendations have to be considered. First, shades may be constructed in a child's play area since they can't be locked in a house. Thick materials that shield the penetration of solar rays are advisable to ensure that less or no rays penetrate through to reach the child.
A slip which is clothing that covers the entire body of the child can be essential as it limits the skin part that if exposed to sun rays. Cool, loose and thick fabric made clothing is advisable since they have a fabric factor that repels UV rays. Slap that is a hat that covers the head and deck made of fabric material is also a means of protection of infants from beams. The use of sunglasses can also be an efficient solution to sunray expose. The lenses protect the entry of radiations into the infant's eyes thus preserving the conjunctiva and cornea.
The use of sunscreens that include slips, slap, and slop works in two ways, first, it protects, reflects the sun energy and scatters it away, and some of them absorb the rays preventing it from penetration to the skin cells. The presence of chemicals in the absorbers such as zinc oxide and benzophenones makes this sunscreen work. In conclusion, the significance of exposing infants to the sun and its disadvantages should be considered to ensure that none of them produces a permanent adverse effect on the life of the child. Caretakers and parents need to understand the environmental health hazards in their area and lay mechanisms on how they will safely nurture their children.
Reference
Wu, S., Han, J., Laden, F., & Qureshi, A. A. (2014). Long-term ultraviolet flux, other potential risk factors, and skin cancer risk: a cohort study. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, 23(6), 1080-1089.
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Case Study of Patient having Surgery for his Oral Cancer
In order to prepare my presentation of my topic I applied specific terminology for the period that engages the surgery. Once the patient requires a surgery and it is programmed, it is believed that the patient is within the preoperative period, recognizing reconcile and instant preoperatorive, transoperatorive, anesthetic recuperation and postoperative periods. My study case should highlights the nursing care offered in the primary two stages, i.e. for the duration of the mediate and instant preoperative periods, lengthening from the instant when the surgery is determined for - an elective, importance or tragedy surgery - until the instant earlier the surgical act, once the patient is seized to the surgery center (Ferri, 2014). The patient's interests must be the main purpose of the experts who help the surgery patient for the reason that, in the preoperative stage, they might offer high levels of anxiety, in addition to develop thoughts that might act unhelpfully on their mood, making them susceptible and reliant.
It is frequently observed that the stage of stress do not rely on the surgery's extent of complexity, but are linked to propaganda about the surgery events, anesthesia as well as care events to be carried out. When offering care toward pre-surgery patient, the nursing group is accountable for preparing, launching and developing numerous nursing care proceedings in accordance with the details of the surgery. These care dealings, in sequence, are carried out according to specialized facts, so as to meet the requirements originating in the surgical management. This type of care as well includes direction, physical and expressive preparation, evaluation and transport to the surgery center, with an examination to dropping the surgery threat, promoting recuperation and evading postoperative impediments, as these are generally associated to insufficient preoperative arrangements.
Considering the exact distinctiveness of the surgery patient, my case study appoints and remarks the significance of efforts to develop nursing care superiority. This type of quality might be attained by using the nursing development applied toward the surgery patient, denominated Perioperative Nursing Care Organization. This initiates in the preoperative stage, when the patient appears at the hospital, and ends 48 hours after the anesthesia-surgery operation (Ferri, 2014). The major objective of this healthcare mold is planning and positioning in practice patient care. For this explanation, the significance of nurses' function in the preoperative stage is highlighted. The nurse is answerable for setting up the nursing care offered to surgery patients, concerning their physical and expressive requirements, and as well for orientations regarding the surgery itself and the substantial preparation needed for the surgical interference.
My presentation was not developed as planned because there were still shortages regarding the physical, mental and devout preparation of the patient within the preoperative period, that have not been adequately considered in the case study. As a result, it is believed that better superiority and sufficiency must be sought in care deliverance, assessing patients' actual necessities with an examination to individualized care, with the contribution of the patient as well as well-supported on hypothetical bases. This is the background where nursing is disputed to recommend superiority healthcare in the preoperative stage. This care might subsequently engage the physical and mental preparation of the patient for the surgery, trying to assist the patient recognize the nursing care to be offered and any potential uneasiness that might result from the care offered, clarifying uncertainties and seeking to respond questions.
In this standpoint, case study in this field should presents evidence-based consideration in regards to nursing practice that leads us to consider that nurses struggle towards the aware, explicit and knowledgeable usage of the data derivative from theories and study. These might be used to sustain both healthcare preparation and decision making regarding the care provided.
For the majority patients offered to elective surgeries, research in the preoperative stage begins upon admission, as hospitalization take place in the instant preoperative period, i.e. one or two hours before the process. In view of the fact that this period is undersized, there is the require to re-examine the efficiency of the care offered in the preoperative stage and evaluate its execution, so as to confirm whether these care dealings are performed sufficiently or in an automatic, habitually way, far-away from the direct and essential care that must be offered. As a result, care offered to the patient for the duration of the preoperative period must be planned in accordance with the independence of each patient, anchored in scientific verification and strong-minded by patients' health position, type of surgical procedure, routine recognized at the organization, time accessible from admittance to surgery and the fastidious needs present (Little, Falace, Miller, & Rhodus, 2012). During next time pre-operative consideration is required prior to the greater part of elective surgical dealings, so as to guarantee that the patient is vigorous to undertake surgery, to emphasize matters that the surgical or anesthetic group needs to be responsive of during the peri-operative stage, and to guarantee patients'protection during their expedition of care. Additionally, avoidable cancellations or impediments due to unsuitable surgery may be evaded, as well as costs both toward the patient along with health service.
Process used
Oral cancer which is detected at an early period, before the cancer cells have extent to other areas of the body, is preserved with surgery. We as well carried out oral cancer surgery for patients with progressive-stage and persistent cancers, frequently in combination with radioactivity therapy, chemotherapy or beleaguered therapy. Many surgical techniques are accessible to remove a tumor and reinstate the presence and function of any matters affected by one or the other the cancer or the management. Various oral cancer surgery patients are frequently concerned about mutilation; but current advances within reconstructive surgery suggest that appearances might be restored, from time to time with little or no indication of change. (In Doherty, 2015). Your doctor will function closely with you to certify that your treatment is suitable for your health and welfare.
Relying on the period of oral cancer, I applied one or more of the following process.
- Cancer resection: An operation to eliminate the whole tumor. A number of normal tissues surrounding the cancer are also uninvolved to guarantee that no cancer cells persist in the body. A minor tumor that is effortlessly reached might frequently be removed through the mouth. For cancers that are bigger or harder to spread, an incision might be prepared in the neck or jawbone.
- Mohs micrographic surgery: This medical oncology process, also recognized as micrographic surgery, might be endorsed for particular cancers of the lip. With this method, a tumor is unconcerned in identical thin slices, with all slices examined under the microscope for the attendance of cancer cells. The process endures until no cancer compartments are seen. This regular approach helps stop the removal of usual tissue in addition to changes in attendance.
- Full or incomplete mouth (jawbone) resection: Once a tumor has developed into the jawbone, a mandibular resection might be required. In this process, all or portion of the jawbone is uninvolved. If the mandible appears normal in an X-ray and there is no other indication of cancer cells in the extent, formerly just a small portion of the bone might be removed. Conversely, if the X-ray demonstrates cancer in the mandible, formerly the whole bone might require being uninvolved.
- Glossectomy: This kind of cancer surgery, which includes elimination of the tongue, is used to cure cancers of the tongue. Once a tumor is actual small, simply partial removal may be required. Superior tumors might require removal of the whole tongue.
- Maxillectomy: This process removes all or portion (fractional maxillectomy) of the hard penchant, the fa?§ade of the roof of the entrance. A superior denture might be created to block the hole formed by this operation. Your doctor might probable state you to a prosthodontics, a focused dentist, who can create a prosthetic tailored toward your exact mouth shape.
- Laryngectomy: This medical oncology process involves removing the opinion box along with the major tumor. Once a large growth has developed on the tongue or within the oropharynx, it might be necessary to eradicate some tissue which is involved in swallowing to guarantee that all the cancer cells are uninvolved. On account of this process, food might enter the trachea and formerly the lungs, which might cause pneumonia. Once the risk of pneumonia is high, a Laryngectomy might be acclaimed. With this process, the windpipe is committed toward a hole within the skin of the neck for breathing. A Laryngectomy possibly not constantly means losing the capability to talk. In actual fact, there are numerous techniques obtainable to reinstate vocal capabilities subsequently.
- Neck dissection: This kind of oral cancer surgery is applied to remove lymph protuberances within the neck if cancer has range to this area. Relying on the size and point of cancer in the lymph lumps, different processes are suggested:
- Partial or discriminatory neck dissection: to eliminate only a small number of lymph nodes
- Adapted radical neck dissection: to eliminate most lymph lumps on one side of the neck involving the mandible and collarbone, accompanied by some strength and nerve tissue
- Drastic neck dissection: to eliminate almost entirely lymph nodes on one side, with more widespread elimination of muscle, anxieties, and veins.
What is not the suitable method to oral cancer method?
In general, various standard methods have been applied for discovery of virulence genes. Within the hospital and research laboratory, cancer examples are sliced into compulsive sections and blemished to regulate the disease pathology category. Quantitative converse transcription-PCR is typically used to recognize the mRNA level of inherited factor in cancer. IHC (immunohistochemical) in addition to western blotting assess the appearance of connected proteins within matters and cells, correspondingly. Conversely, it is hard to analyze genes unnaturally and systematically. Furthermore, particular large-scale tests have been disheartened to screen virulence genes such as microarray, GWAS (genome-wide recommendation study) as well as NGS (next-age group sequencing). The furthermost communal methods are time-consuming and expensive, and therefore new methods need to be explored to identify cancer genes. In current years, with the expansion of computer methods, a number of them might be applied to attack this problem. Recently, numerous computational methods have been planned to detect disease genes. A lot of them are anchored in guilt-by-association, i.e., the supposition that genes are comparable toward their neighbors in a gene system. As a result, the neighbors of the disease genes are extra likely to be disease genes. Conversely, these kinds of methods are limited methods that practice only portion of the network.
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World Health Organization. (2009). WHO guidelines for safe surgery 2009: Safe surgery saves lives.
In Doherty, G. M. (2015). Current diagnosis & treatment surgery.
Little, J. W., Falace, D., Miller, C., & Rhodus, N. L. (2012). Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient. London: Elsevier Health Sciences.
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The Life Course of M.P
In 1932, the year M.P was born, the United States was in the midst of the Great Depression and just a few years away from the start of World War II. Finances were of great concern at the time for all of America. These historical events had a significant impact on the way that M.P carried out his life as a child, young adult, and as a professional. Specifically, M.P. grew up with a low socioeconomic status, and his family lacked resources as first-generation Americans. He fostered a strong work ethic from a young age that influenced his parenting, work ethic, and career choices throughout his life. The developmental life course perspective, (De Leeuw et al, 2015) how societal factors affect one's experiences and opportunities, helps explain the way M.P lived his life. Considering aspects of the Bronfenbrenner's Ecological system, (Bhat, 2015) M.P's life was shaped by the influence the macro system had on his exosystem, which influenced his Microsystems, leading to how his perspective on life formed. Furthermore, his life choices that he made had a direct impact on the aspects of the systems in which he influenced by tremendously. The great depression affected the neighborhood in which M.P lived and the work environment as well. This then impacted M.P's family and peers, which ultimately influenced M.P's view on life and society. Therefore as an adult M.P took all the things he learned as a child and young adult and implemented the values instilled within him by his family, and changed what he found to be anti-his life philosophy as he raised his own family, and began to have a more significant impact on society at large.
Early life
M.P parents were immigrants. They migrated after the world war ll. They lived a miserable life with little recourses and fewer opportunities. He lived his entire life finding the job and securing employment. His extended family worked in a shoe store until retirement in Florida. All these surrounding circumstances influenced his whole life. His parenting styles and giving back to the society were impacted. They settled in the fewer fortune areas. Their neighbors were also weak. Jobless People, uneducated and who cannot afford medical care that was what defined their neighbors. No one in his family got a chance of having a nice job. Neither his grandparents nor his parents had work. Even the small shore shop his father had was later taken to the bank. hence was because of not paying back the bank. The fact that everyone around him lacked recourses it made him more ambitious to work harder. He started generating new ideas.
Education
Societal factors have a great impact on the education sector. M.P got a chance of getting the education and attended school. He proceeded to college. After classes, he would go to the shoe market and bring shoes to their store for selling. Their life depended on that business. So he had to work hard to get enough money for his school. Students brought up in poor environment most of them get a lot of challenge. The student in most cases gets stressed up hence not doing well. The hardships that are experienced are mostly hard for the child to concentrate very well in the academic areas. Since the student has a lot going on in the head that needs to be done. Also, their parents may not have all the money to take care of them during their upbringing hence they end up with lots of complications such as diseases. This makes them not attending school full time, and they end up missing classes, leading to reduced performance. But in some cases like that of M.P, the student gets encouraged by the surrounding and tend to do better t avoid such problems in the future. They encourage them to take their children to the better schools compare to the one they attended. M.P has taken the step of receiving his children to the best school. He does provide to them what he did have before.
Impact of neighbors
People who live around as have a high impact on our lives. Regardless of their status whether poor or reach they do matter in our lives. How you perceive your neighbor can change how you interact with the environment too. If we are brought up in areas prone to crime in most cases, we develop becoming criminals. Activities that are carried out in our environment impacts a lot in our life. The way also we interact with our neighbors is very important. If we relate in a hatred manner, we end up not loving them. Not only will you hate that one neighbor but people of that caliber and group. M.P grew up his neighbors being the black Americans. A racist was at high level. The black Americans had an attitude towards the whites. Most whites hated the blacks while the blacks hated the whites. But he chooses not to despair them. He states that not every person was the same. Even though the blacks seemed to be wrong other reasonable people could also come to their shore shop without any problem and buy for them? Having a good neighbor is very important and healthy. They lead to happiness and harmony among people.
Parenting
His childhood life greatly influenced his parenting styles. The way he grew up influenced how he brought up his children later. He has lived in a poor surrounding impacted a lot. He saw his parents facing a financial crisis. He grew not having a lot of things in his childhood. Through all of these experiences, he got to learn on the critical aspect of life, importantly the parenting aspect. M.P lived in a weak environment, with lack of enough space. Housing facilities for educations reasons, health care and employment and d enough area for recreation purposes are essential for the growth of a child. Children need a pleasant and spacious space for the growth and development. A place where they can play and engage in their activities, a place where is clean and free from dangerous equipment. A community resource is another factor that is important this include the political governance and organizations. The more a place is well organized and secure a child thrives. Growing up in little community and a socio economically deprived area has a negative impact on a child development. Interactions between individuals and groups are a factor in parenting. M.P got a chance to interact with his parents, and this assisted him during his growth development. Hence he even got a chance to interact with his grandparents in the course of his growth. A child who grows with the support of his parents does thrive. The ability of a child to develop a good social relationship depends mostly on the relationship between the child and the parent. Hence this is one factor that helped M.P to learn as a parent.
Social, economic status
The living standards and category in which a person belongs in the society are the ones referred to as the social, financial status. People usually are categorized based on the level of education, salaries, and jobs. Due to different social status inequalities comes typically regarding power, resources, and privileges. Some areas are also more resourceful than others for instance when you look at Kenya and compare with Saudi Arabia you find that Saudi Arabia has more resources than Kenyan. Many Kenyans go there to look for jobs because of that reason.
Risk factors
These are factors which makes a person prone to some challenges in the environmental surrounding in which a person is living in it. In our scenario M.P had various risk factors including poverty, unemployment, and death of the parents. The environment in which they were living in it also created a significant challenge to their life. Also, the emergence of disease was a significant challenge to them which made their parent dead. Lack of medical facilities in the area made it difficult to treat in time. Inadequate housing is also a challenge to the people. Most of the structure, which is present, is not healthy for their existence, lack of doctor's leads to the death of many people.
Protective factors
These are factors which assist people to deal with their challenging situations. It reduces stress. Provides the individuals with supportive strategies, this includes family, social, education, financial support. Individual family and community at large receive the assistance. M.P grew up in an area full of risk factors. He lived in an under socially uneconomical area. They had no means or source of livelihood. Their life mainly depended on small business. Despite all those challenges M.P was able to get support from his family. He was able to attend college and did accounting. He also got support from the friends. Hence enables him to go on.
Cultural environment
The people live; their norms and belief define what culture is. The way of life of people determines affects the operations of the community. M.P grew up in a humble background, and they had their way of living. Their parents and grandparent do support the institution of marriage and its part of their culture. Hence when M.P reached the required age, he was given a wife by his grandmother, and he got married and started his own family. In this case, you find that most of the people in that area have the same way of doing things. When his grandparents migrated from their original land they to a new land and settled. They found new ideas and behaviors. It is assumed that they quickly assimilated into the new form of living that was little different from theirs.
Geographical location
It entails the climatically conditions of an area. Different places are found on the various sites. The geographic position of a home, determine its physical environment. In this world, those countries which are less fortune have occupied in the tropical areas where the climate there is sweltering. They cannot engage in any farming due to lack of rainfall. Hence the people living in these areas become vulnerable to poverty. Due to hot temperatures in the region the people also tend to be infected with various diseases. The country, region, and neighborhood with such characteristics are hence disadvantaged. Their growth and development get to be interrupted by this kind of condition. In the case of M.P and his family, there was an outbreak of a certain disease in the area they were living, and this led to the death of his parents. Stability is also another factor which affects the development of a person. Countries which have instabilities, people end up migrating to other countries to seek comfort in those areas, hence leading to movement of people.
Social forces
It includes characteristics of the society which has the ability and leads alteration to both community and the people. Diversity in technology, roles of gender, level of parents'separations and rates of discriminations are some of the elements of the social force. M.P experiences some form of discrimination after they migrated to their new land. Which was occupied by the whites and the black Americans? This had a massive impact on the two groups of people. But we got to understand that this did not affect him since he did not grow lousy attitude towards the rest of the black Americans. A racist is a form of discrimination experienced in the European countries. It does lead to poverty in most areas of the country. People facing discrimination are ignored. They do not enjoy their rights like the rest of the people. They do not access the facilities like the rest of the people, and they are ignored. Migrants the minorities and the marginalized are the ones who mostly face discriminations. They are discriminated right from school to hospital and treated with less care.
Historical events
These include past events that occurred some years back, and they are critical. Every community has their own story and development that gives them a sense of belonging. Most of the stories we do here have both negative and positive impact on our lives. Some of this story has been documented down. Other stories are told by the expert. This story gives people a sense of belonging. The history tries to help people learn and understand their selves better. This leads to the organization of the society in the coming future. Past events have to give people their identity and lifestyle. Hugely influential and critical messages are being passed on through the history of the past. The way people in a community behave reflects in their past lifestyle. The decisions we make also refers back in the past. It gives a reflection on how we go about specific arguments. In this case, past events also act as evidence when it comes to handling domestic matters.
Social institutions
These are structures belonging to the community and fulfill the needs of the people. These structures include education, religious and cultural among others. Their primary work is to organize and preserve the values of the society. Some of the functions of the institutions include creating a sense of belonging and purpose; it also helps in the preservation of cultural values. It also helps in bringing new members in the society and even in the movement of goods and services. Since it mostly involves values and principles of society, it helps bring stability to the nation. The institutions guide the people and help them shape their personality. M.P grew up in the local community he got to different experienced situations which later impacted his life. What he learned he transformed back to his parenting style. This transformation takes place from birth to adulthood. Conversion is a continuous process, and this happens to a people way of life. It does change from one generation to the other through the various social institutions that exist (Bertolotti, M., & Catellani, P. 2014). t. For example educations, people get the chance of acquiring knowledge. In the process some alterations process takes place. The agencies also do help to bring order and control to the society. This mostly is instituted by a political organization which brings peace and harmony to the nation. The socializing process also occurs through the institutions. People pass information to one another in the group, and this happens from birth to adulthood, throughout the person's lifetime. Reproduction is also a function of institutions. Human characteristics, culture and other forms of human life, are being produced from an economic, political and educational system. This gives people a means of living to the people.
Conclusion
Human beings transform their growth and development. This has a significant impact on the lifetime. Early childhood development should prioritize. Most families are affected by poverty, and this hinders a reproductive growth of a child. Some societies grow in an area with no accessibilities to social services. They end up experiencing difficulties in mobility sector they hence cannot move efficiently. There is also the language barrier, therefore, limiting their availabilities. They end up lacking essential programs and services. This hinders their development. Accessibility to the programs especially when a parent is expectant may lead to a negative implication in the early growth of a child. Hence biological factors should be considered. The personal relationship during the growth development is a very important in the growth of a child. When a child grows, the relationship between him and the mother is significant ( Bertolotti, M., & Catellani, P. 2014).
The environment in which a person grows is essential. The surroundings have an enormous impact on the life of the child. This leads the early development of a child. This leads to the child social, emotional and language growth. Housing is another factor that impacts the life of a child. Children brought up in poor environment most of them do not have suitable accommodation. This includes even the places in which the play around. Most of the sites around them are not safe. To some extent also the situations in which they play are not also clean. At this particular point, they end up contracting diseases. This has been witnessed in the low-class area. On the other hand, the people who come from wealthy families can afford nice and clean playing ground. Their growth cannot be compromised by any elements.
Pollutions of various areas have the high impact on the development. This was witnessed in India. Ares that is highly polluted is not safe for the growth of the child, and this has the effects. They end up affecting the genetic composition of a person and can not change.
A family is also one major factor in the development of a person. A child, who grows up in a united family, generates a lot of impacts in his entire lifetime. He grows up having positive values about life. A family provides a favorable environment. It offers protection and extra support. The size of a family has an enormous impact. In most cases, significant families were associated with poverty. In this case, children in this areas end up lacking the necessary needs. They end up being affected psychologically. For those who cannot afford right nutrition and clothing end up suffering.
Economic factors are significant to consider. A studied conducted that children from fewer fortune areas differ a lot with those from high profile areas. Their body size and maturity have an enormous difference. These differences are brought up by the accessibility of facilities. Also, they both have a different kind of parents how to perceive things differently.
Climatically and environmental conditions of a place have the significant difference because of this, people from different place behave differently. The behavior of a person reflects the area he or she comes. Separate geographical area develops people of varying character and leads to people operating distinctively.
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13th Documentary Film
Introduction
Being a colored person in America has for a long time been one of the biggest catastrophes in life an individual can experience. White supremacists and a country marred with racial prejudices has been the struggles of every black man in America. The law has been amended over and over to accommodate African-Americans but institutional racism and other prejudices against the people of color have been able to mutate and find their way back into the system. Various people have tried to showcase it and Ava Duvernay, through her film Documentary 13th explores this theme especially on mass incarcerations.
When slavery was abolished, African-Americans got a new lease of life, this is because they were allowed to self-emancipate and live normal lives. Black people have since then made milestones, however, the skewed criminal justice system of America has always been in the limelight, being criticized for its unfair treatment of black people. This film clearly brings out how black people's first crime is their skin color. Convict leasing is one of the ways used by correctional facilities to punish individuals. With black men being arrested anyhow without probable cause, they have been subjected to hard labor in fulfilment of this punishment. This shows how slavery has crawled right back into the American society and this time it has found a justifiable safe spot embedded in the system.
Conclusion
The film is a masterpiece and activism in its own capacity. The atrocities meted upon black people are far from over and there is need for the criminal justice system of America to be restructured. Politicians needs to stop perpetrating hate crimes through creating plastic crises in order to gain political mileage. This has seen people of color treated with suspicion and ended up being incarcerated, as other people make a lot of money from the various retribution programs.
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Hormel Foods Analysis
Hormel Foods is a big food processing company which has over the years grown into an iconic company in the food industry. The company mainly deals in meat products such as turkey and chicken. The company usually engages in products in the meat industry where it controls a high part of the market in the industry. The company has grown to be a business hub worth admiration. It deals with many types of products which are all in the food industry. The company is divided into five main business models. The main products are Refrigerated Foods, Turkey store, Speciality foods and international products. Some of their products are Hormel Chilli, SPAM, Wholly Guacamole, Hormel Black Label Bacon, Hormel Party trays, Skippy peanut batter, Jennie-O turkey products, Lloyd's barbecue products.
Over the years, 6the company has acquired some other enterprise to build up their business. One such move was made in 2015 when it purchased the Applegate Farms. This moves the company receive a very high growth brand in the sector that involves natural and organic products. Apparently, at the time, the Applegate company was the largest brand in the natural and also the organic meats sector. In the years 2016, the company has made loads of revenue from poultry and perishable items. Almost two-thirds of their revenue got generated from the items.
SWOT Analysis
The company has some aspects bearing in mind that it is a huge company. One of the main strengths the company has is that it is endowed with a high level of management expertise which has enabled it to maintain a high level of competence while it also maintains a food balance sheet., The company has continued to maintain a good expertise by maintaining more and more acquisitions. One of their big acquisitions is that one of the Applegate company. This has enabled the company to maintain a good brand name. This is because it has well maintained the other companies that it has acquired.
Another strength of the company is that there has been a constant increase in the demand for protein foods. Hormel is on the right side of this trend. As the world continues to grow, more and more people continue to appreciate the culture of eating meat products. There has been a huge growth in the number of people taking protein products. Apparently, there has also been the incorporation of proteins into other foods which do not require proteins (Townsend Consulting 67). Additionally, the companies are a huge company. In that sense, it has economies of scale. The company controls a huge part of the American market. In so doing, it purchases products in bulk which enables it to sale the products at a lower price since it enjoys economies of scale. This enables it to buy and sale at an advantage compared to its competitors.
Weaknesses
The Hormel foods company has most of its products in an area where there is a high level of competition. This makes the company spend so many resources in the process of marketing the product. In such a situation, a company cannot claim to fully control the product market. In light of that, they have to spend so many efforts in trying to ensure that they completely sell the products. One of the major forms of competition in a highly competitive market is reducing the prices of the products completely. In so doing., Companies compete at a higher level with their competitors Lower prices are a good and the most effective way to compete with competitors in a highly populated market. As such, the Hormel company has to forego a huge profit merging so that it can keep up with most competitors in the market while it tries to make a competitive survival in the said market (Louderback 57). The Hormel foods company has not invested a lot of money in the field of research. There are some areas in which the company can invest in such as the marketing field.
The Hormel company ought to compete with other companies in the way they market their products. However, they have maintained the old forms of competition over time without looking for new means of production.The company's lack of investment in the research area causes the company not to have a good edge over other companies. This is a major weakness for the company in question. The company has maintained a high level of production sand sales over the years even as it is seen in their 2017 financial report. However, they have not had a good level of growth over the years. Their overall economic growth has been at an alarming low. This situation makes a very dangerous situation for the company where it risks losing all of its market shares (Townsend 37). Apparently, the company could even lose business if there comes another company with a dynamic shift in its methods of operations. As such, it is important that the company maintains a high level of dynamism to ensure that it maintains a high market share no matter the fact that it already has a huge market share. This will also enable the company to grow economically in a very short period.
Opportunities
Harlem has of late been improving its operations in international communities. It is going beyond its normal American market. Such countries where the company has improved its operations to are Mexico, Japan, Australia, Canada and England. This move enables the company to efficiently increase its market share. Apparently, there are some factors at stake when selling the product to the international markets. To begin with, the company will get to interact with a new market. Apparently, people usually appreciate the change in culture (International Institute of Business 67). This also comes with the entry of a new product line. The entry of Hormel foods in other countries will also prompt the people from those countries to purchase most of its products. This is because most people like to take products from other parts of the world. People deem it as a change in culture and hence would highly appreciate taking foods form another culture.
Growing trends in the food industry come in as an opportunity for the Harlem Foods company. One of the greatest trends o0f 2016 and is set to continue occupying the food industry is the employment of technological tools. Apparently, as at the end of 2016, there was more than $1 Billion in investments on food startups in the Silicon Valley. The company has a good opportunity to invest in the tech centre. This will make the company at a point of making lots of profits because they could invest in business a lot. If the company moves from their traditional form of selling into the new modern ways of product marketing and sales, then they stand at the chance of making do much money in the food industry.
Another trend that may serve as an opportunity for the company is the new ways of selling food products. These means of making sales are propagated by companies such as Lidl, Aldi and Amazon Go. The Harlem company has been selling most of its products by listing them on stores in supermarkets. However, these new forms of making sales employ a very practical approach whereby there is a high level of interaction with customers while the company continues to make production easier. This form of making sales utilizes a very small profit margin. However, it also increases the sales of the product. On the other hand, the company does not have to worry about purchasing storage space since there will be enough storage space for the company as long as the third party companies continue to make sales. Additionally, this form of making sales saves the company the stress of making losses through spoilt products. This is because most of these companies only make sales out of ordered products. Therefore, the company will not incur losses due to lost products. The Harlem foods company need to take note of these opportunities and move 9into a seasoned period of growth whereby they will obtain huge growth out of technology.
The basic size of the company regarding revenue production yearly states it at an upper hand over most of its competitors. Apparently, it can make very dynamic moves since it has the resources to do so. For instance, all the opportunities listed above require resources to actualise. As a matter of fact, in the technology sector, a company will require a huge amount of capital before it can create a technology that is mind breaking. Additionally,m the company will need to do a lot of research to come up with the right technological mix that fits the client while it also makes various inroads to try and please the customer so that he can make more and more sales.
Threats
The nature of the Hormel foods company dictates that it depends on various third parties to ensure that it advances its business. This is evident from the fact that the company is a production company. As such, it bears a lot of risks if there are disruptions in the markets where the suppliers deal in. For instance,m disruptions among the meat producers may cause the company a lot of pain because they do not have a lot of control over the markets since they are not in their line of production (Creative Educational 56). For instance, in countries where rain majorly runs the economies, it is very hard for the companies to continue making trades when the businesses do not have rain. For instance, when a drought occurs in such a country, then the country gets to have a shortage in the supply of animals. Additionally, the animals might even die from the lack of food. This situation leaves the Harlem company in a very bad situation despite the fact that they themselves might not be affected by the drought.
Forecast
The company is at a transitioning phase where it has a big potential. However, it stands to lose all this should it fail to capture all the advantages that it stands to gain if it takes into account all the advantages it has and the opportunities at its table. The company has a wide array of economies of scale bearing in mind that it has so much products on its line while it also maintains a huge number of customers. The company is able to continue its growth and will increase its growth if trades in measures that are effective as deemed by financial dynamics. Secondly, the company can continue to have a huge control in the foods industry due to its huge customer base. However, as the company continues to sale its shares at a constantly high range, then they may fail to make the prerequisite sales required. Secondly, they may fail to have enough proceeds from the sale of shares and hence reduce their revenue streams. The company needs to increase its touch with technology. Over the year 2016, the food industry faced a huge dynamic shift in that there was a huge involvement of technology in the industry with an average of $1 Billion being invested in the industry. AT o maintain growth,m the company ought to develop measures to keep up with world trends so that it does not get caught up with the technological bubble. The company is expected to have a constant growth of 2.5% over the next ten years up to 2028.
Valuation
Expanded Football Field
Comparable Company Analysis
The Hormel Foods company is expected to have a similar growth to that of the companies listed above that have similar growth levels. Most of these companies are in the range of Horlem in terms of sales and profit margin.
Discounted Cash Flow
- DISCOUNT MEASURE: FREE CASH FLOW
- DISCOUNT FACTOR: WACC
- WACC: 8.78%
- GROWTH: 2.50%
- PV OF FCF: $1,136,405.86
- PV OF CONTINUING VALUE PAST 2020: $3,108,668.69
- TOTAL ENTERPRISE VALUE: $4,245,074,548.35
- TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES: 76,520,000
- EQUITY VALUE PER SHARE:$55.48
Sensitivities
Conclusions
As seen from above, the stock is overvalued and our recommendation is to hold the stock at the current price.
Current price: $78.74
Dcf analysis: $55.48
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The Human Gut Microbiome
The human gut microbiome refers to the microbes found in the human digestive tract and their genomes. It is estimated that the number of microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract exceeds 1014 (Bull & Plummer, 2014, pp. 17). The human gut microbiota is dominated by bacteria (Clemente et al, 2012, pp. 1259). Over 1000 species of microbes colonize the gut. The most abundant are Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes, others include Verrucomicrobia, Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria and Fusobacteria (D'Argenio & Salvatore, 2015, pp. 98). In the esophagus, duodenum and jejunum Streptococcus dominate while Helicobacter, Veillonella, Prevotella and Streptococcus reside in the stomach. The colon harbors Bacteroides and Firmicutes while luminal microbial genera include Lactobacillus, Ruminococcus, Bifidobacterium, Enterobacteriacae, Clostridium and Streptococcus.
The human gut microbiome presents many benefits to the host like protecting the host against pathogens, regulating host immunity, harvesting energy for the host and strengthening the integrity of the gut (D'Argenio & Salvatore, 2015, pp. 102). It also plays a role in disease due to the presence or overabundance of certain bacteria or metabolites from certain members of the gut microbiota, which may influence the host's signaling pathways leading to disorders such as obesity or colon cancer (Bull & Plummer, 2014, pp. 17).
The health of the host is determined by how healthy the gut flora is. The normal human gut microbiota is involved in nutrient metabolism and in offering antimicrobial protection.
The interactions of the gut microbiota with each other and with the human host influence nutrition and metabolism (Jandhyala et al, 2015, pp. 8787). The human gut microbiota obtain their nutrients from the dietary carbohydrates from the host. Bacteroides, Enterobacteria, Fecalibacterium, Bifidobacterium and Roseburia found in the colon ferments the undigested carbohydrates and the indigestible oligosaccharides, synthesizing short chain fatty acids (SCFA) (Jandhyala et al, 2015, pp. 8787). Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron metabolizes carbohydrates by expressing glycosyl transferases, polysaccharide lyases and glycoside hydrolases. SCFAs synthesized include butyrate and acetate which are rich energy sources for the host (Flint et al, 2012, pp. 583). It is also involved in protein metabolism by use of microbial proteinases and peptidases which function together with the human proteinases (Jandhyala et al, 2015, pp. 8787). The gut microbiota is also deconjugates and dehydrates primary bile acids into secondary bile acids in the colon. This is done by Escherichia coli, Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides intestinalis.
The human gut microbiome has the capability to confer protection to the host against infections through non- immune- and immune- mediated mechanisms (Ubeda et al, 2017, pp. 128). Non- immune- derived mechanisms of protection include the consumption and depletion of simple sugars that could be utilized by pathogenic organisms such as Escherichia coli preventing them from causing infection (Jandhyala et al, 2015, pp. 8787). Gut microbiota also confers resistance to pathogens directly by producing and releasing molecules that have bacteriostatic or bactericidal properties (Ubeda et al, 2017, pp. 128). Innate immune- derived mechanisms of protection include the use of the mucus layer whose quantity and quality is determined by the intestinal microbiota (Jandhyala et al, 2015, pp. 8787).
The human gut microbiome present detrimental effects in case of an imbalance. Consequences of microbial imbalance in the gut include an increased risk of systemic metabolic diseases and chronic gastrointestinal diseases.
The gut microbiota has been implicated in systemic metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity due to the key role they play in the process of digestion. Dysbiosis in the gut, that is gut microbial imbalance, has been shown by research to have a direct association with the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and obesity (Bull & Plummer, 2014, pp. 17). Gut microbiota such as Firmicutes and Bacteroides that are implicated in nutrient acquisition and harvesting energy are implicated in obesity and diabetes type 2.
The human gut microbiome has been implicated in chronic gastrointestinal diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. In dysbiosis, microbial imbalance, the gut facilitates the adhesion of enteric pathogens which are responsible for the symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome such as abdominal discomfort and change in bowel habits (Bull & Plummer, 2014, pp. 17). An imbalance in gut microbiota leads to reduced bactericidal properties, thus allowing the adherence of enteric pathogens. A reduction in numbers of Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria is associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Firmicutes are responsible for the synthesis of short chain fatty acids like butyrate and acetate, which have anti- inflammatory properties, thus a reduction in their numbers increases the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (Flint et al, 2012, pp. 586).
The human gut has the largest number of microbes compared to any other part of the human body. There exists a symbiotic relationship between the gut microbiota and the host. The gut microbiota functions in nutrition, metabolism and antimicrobial protection. However, when an imbalance occurs in the gut microbiota, harmful consequences such as the onset of chronic gastrointestinal diseases and an increased risk of systemic diseases occurs. It therefore becomes crucial that the balance of gut microbiota remains at healthy levels.
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Examples of Satire in Animal Farm: Orwell’s Societal Critique
Animal farm is a book that was written by George Orwell to reflect on the events that lead to Russian revolution. Since he was a democratic socialist, he uses the book to criticize the brutality in the region due to dictatorship. It is a book full of satire but represents the human society.
The story starts with the old major of the manor farm who dies and upon his death, two young pigs named Snowball and Napoleon take over the leadership of the farm. They prepare a rebellion and they drive the farmer, Mr. Jones out of the farm and formulate seven laws to govern the rest of the animals in the farm. Life runs smoothly in the far although the pigs promote themselves to higher positions of leadership and establish special treatment for them. Several years later, Jones is assisted by other farmers in recapturing the farm but their efforts don't bear fruits. The defeat of jones is mostly spearheaded by Snowball and as a result he becomes famous. Popularity of snowball leads to power competition between him and Napoleon. When Snowball announces his plans to build a windmill, napoleons becomes envious and mobilizes his dogs and chases him away. He now chooses Squealer to be his deputy and grants credit for the windmill idea to him. When the windmill collapses due to heavy storm Napoleon lies to the other animals that it is snowball trying to sabotage the project.
Mr. Fredrick, a neighboring farmer, decides to attack the farm again but his efforts don't bear fruits. Some of napoleon's loyalists like Boxer are injured during the attack and they still continue working hard in order to please him. He finally collapses one day and he is rushed to the hospital where he dies while undergoing treatment. However, it is later learnt that it was a plan by napoleon to sell boxer to the Knacker in order to get money to buy expensive whiskey with his close friends. Finally the windmill is constructed but other projects that Snowball had suggested like electric lighting, running water system and heating system are not implemented. Napoleon blindfolds the animals by telling them that happiest animals should live a simple life. In the end of the story it is not easy to distinguish the pigs from people for they are walking upright and wearing clothes.
This story does not just talk about animals without a reason. The writer intents to reveal several sociological aspects in the society we live in using animals. One of the sociological aspects indicated in the story is conflict. There is a conflict between the two leading pigs, Snowball and Napoleon. They are competing for the supremacy in the society that they live in which is still a societal issue in the modern society. Leadership wrangles are presented well in the story even in the beginning of the story for we see how the pigs and other animals chase Mr. Jones out of the farm. Another societal issue raised in the story is betrayal and selfishness in the society. We see how Napoleon betrays one of his most loyal workers. He decides to sell boxer cheaply in order to get money to buy expensive whiskey with his close friends. The pigs have also elevated their status in the society and they consider themselves more important than the other animals. They have set special diet for themselves in the society and they have also assigned themselves power over the other animals. Therefore, the animal farm story is a story told using animals but the animals have been used satirically to represent several sociological aspects that exist in the real world.
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Conflict of Interest between President Trump and Businessman Trump
Today when we hear the term politics or a politician what comes into our mind is favoritism, back-stabbing, self-promotion, and self-interest at its worst. However, politics will always be part of us in life both nationally and in our organizations where we probably work in, therefore, if we go on avoiding and ignoring it will limit us in our organizations and our country. Additionally, our ignorance will also make our nation to suffer economically since these politicians will only benefit themselves and forget the voters. Historians say that to be an effective politician you should have a great understanding of the political reality in your country and also be able to develop your political skills.
According to Tillman, politics is always neutral at its core. All politicians have political skills which are either a good political skill or a bad political skill. Most people appreciate leaders with a good political skill while a bad political skill politician leads to a lot of disagreements. Individuals who have a bad mentality of politics frequently associate politics with negative personal experiences. Frequently when a political office works to the advantage of a person, people associate it to justifiable results of good political skills and hard work forgetting that such a person could have used illegal means to be successful.
In the recent time, there is an increase in concern that the Elected President of United States who is also a successful businessman has been using his office for his interest. Investigations suggest that he has been deriving his financial gains and his business with the use of the position he occupies. I would like you to address the following questions;
According to a video done by Richard Painter and Norman Eisen, they describe how president Trump and his children's have played a major role in violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. According to Richard and Norman, the president and his kids have been using their position in office to get funds for their businesses and foreign assistance which is against the Emoluments Clause (Kellner, 90).
Trump's businesses and organization interests are stretched out all over the world. Additionally, his business interests also entangle him with various foreign governments. However, the lack of releasing his tax returns, president Trump conflicts of interest remains hidden. This leaves the American people not to know if the president elected was making his deal to benefit him during his campaign or was he vying for the presidency to help Americans.
According to Elaine Kamarck, presidents Trump transition has been marked by numerous conflicts of interest which breaks the Emolument Clause in the Constitution of United States. Furthermore, these conflicts have also unprecedented the history of United States. Presidential transitions are very complex activities which when involved with wrong actions will lead the new administration to court (Phillips, 1780).
Another conflict of interest in Trump's administration is the appointment of staffs of white house that at the same time hold offices in media companies. For instance, Stephen Bannon was appointed as Chief Strategist while he was still associated Breitbart News. Additionally, Jared Kushner should not be appointed to any formal office since he is an editor of a newsroom and he also owns a newspaper. According to Kamarck, Trump's conflict of interest problems cannot go away unless his team cleans up all things. 100 years ago politicians could find their conflicts of interest, however today the media particularly foreign media has made this impossible. In the United States, there are laws which prevent government officials and employees from accepting funds, and all citizens must abide by these laws.
Trump personal interest has spurred numerous conflicts-of-interest and ethics concerns, several lawsuits and a constant stream of headlines. This has made President Trump step down from controlling over 500 personal businesses where he has kept them in a trust; however, Trump goes on own this businesses. Nevertheless, top government ethics officers have decried Trump's arrangement as inadequate.
According to Tillman, Specific financial ties of president Trump such as his debts and the actual source of his wealth is still unclear. This is because the president frequently uses his profit and properties to welcome foreign dignitaries. Also, most of the president's organizations operate in foreign and does business with foreign citizens; an ancient term emolument has entered the daily dictionary of ethics regulators. Constitution expert refers emoluments as an obscure; nevertheless, it's a newly relevant constitutional clause.
In conclusion, president Trump personal interest and miss use of a public office should be forwarded to Congress. Congress is a watchdog of the government, and this will protect public from being exploited by a bad president. Additionally, the congress should demand the president to submit all his tax return and all his income to increase transparency in the office of the president.
Work cited
Tillman, Seth Barrett. ""Business Transactions for Value and President Trump's' Emoluments' Problem."" (2017).
Kellner, Douglas. ""Conflicts of Interest and Family Nepotism, Fake News and Telephone Diplomacy."" American Horror Show. SensePublishers, 2017. 89-102.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XUmAfYB4nY
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“Survival in Auschwitz” by Primo Levi
Primo Levi was captured shortly after joining a small group of anti-Fascist partisans who were hiding in the forests of Italy. He was then sent to prison in Italy by the Fascists in 1943, then after a short period, all the prisoners captured by the Italian Jews were moved to Auschwitz concentration camp making their lives more miserable. For instance, Levi and other prisoners were brutally forced to do hard jobs in the detention camp. Moreover, he was performing tasks that were not even in his area of specialization of an educated chemist. Nonetheless, Levi survived all these problems of starvation, diseases, bone-numbing cold, and others. Nazis neglected the camp in 1945 due to constant bombing of the camp by the Soviet Union army. Also, Nazis took healthy prisoners with them while the sick ones were left to die in the camp. Levi was sick then so he was left behind in the camp with other prisoners as he was suffering from scarlet fever. The prisoners that were left behind took ten days before the Soviet army rescued them after a lot of suffering in the cold and dead bodies increasing as the conditions kept on becoming bad.
The survival at Auschwitz needs exclusion of human dignity and self-respect as the act of continuous acts that are inhuman makes to lose the respect for other people's lives but look for ways for their survival (Levi, 45). The kind of injustices that they went through made them look for surviving tactics by not being able to separate between what's right and wrong since what mattered to them is how to survive.
Retaining mental stability was difficult in the camp since they were facing a sense of hopelessness and certain death is what was waiting for the prisoners. Moreover, in the camp, they were not only subjected to physical torture but also mental torture as suffering became the order of the day (Levi, 59). Concentrating too much on the injustices at the camp was pointless as the only thing one needed was to adapt to the problems that they were facing to survive the horrific incidences in camp. The camp was like a warehouse for keeping people as slaves for torturing and also given the worst treatment.
Levi (67) argued that for any individual held in the camp to retain their normal mental conditions one needed a distractor or distracting situation. Moreover, to hide and forget the suffering that they were going through as without that one will be dead mentally in the camp. Also, dwelling so much on the problems that they were going through like hunger, physical assaults, and other injustices will only lead one to continued mental torture. Nonetheless, to avoid this one would give themselves little hope of survival as they had survived the cold during winter made them retain their mental condition with hopes of having a better future. Moreover, their main problem was now hunger as the cold was over and they held little hope of surviving all these problems even though the chances were minimal.
The prisoners developed resistance for the cold that was biting them all through the winter by developing the distracting features. They were able to distract themselves cold, hunger and physical beating that in the Lager. They developed this trait by majoring in the material care with the hope that conditions will improve (Levi, 60). The prisoners were able to withstand their suffering by forgetting their problems this made them ease the severe problems that they were undergoing with the long for justice for them in the future.
The book talks about a story of a man by the name Elias who developed surviving tactics by becoming mad to adapt to the system and do not end up losing his mind (Peter, 84). Moreover, madness made him work without complaining hence he was able to survive for long without being affected by neither hunger nor the hard tasks that they do. Elias does not quest for justice hence work without any lamentation hence made him not to deteriorate mentally. For one to survive in Auschwitz one need to adapt mentally to the harsh conditions thereby able to survive the hunger, disease, and the coldness that was much in the area.
For any individual to survive physical assaults in Auschwitz done to them through forced labor and physical beatings and other horrific conditions one needs to adapt to this injustices by making them motivating factor (Freud, 24). By making these negative conditions positive one will not complain about them but focus on how to survive as they quest for justice to prevail for them. Even if the situation worsens, one should remain focused in order not to be distracted by the suffering but motivated by them to overcome them. In becoming resistant to these problems, one needs to be blind to assume that they do not see any of the physical assault like beatings when carrying the load.
Life in the camp was difficult, and for any individual to survive, one must forget about the human rights and their existence. The kind of sleep that the prisoners had did not go according to Levi as they were sleeping on the wood hedge without moving a single inch to prevent problems from the neighbors in the Lager. Since if one laments the suffering they were going through could only worsen the situation, however, the prisoners needed a motivating factor by being resistant to the challenges that they were going through and adapt to them positively to survive (Peter, 84). The Lager society does not care about the human morality therefore for one to survive one needs to embrace each other's social and behavioral needs. For instance, Levi says that thousands of people are locked in a camp fenced by barbed wire, and they have varying ages, language, culture, and customs. Also, they live a controlled life regularly and fewer survival conditions. To survive one needs to know what is important and advantageous.
In relevance to human suffering, Sigmund Freud works on Civilization, and its Discontents provides an appropriate reference. The book Civilization and its Discontents is influential as presents tension between individual and civilization (Peter, 83). The book dwells on the conflict of the individual's desire to live or wish to die. In his belief, a successful psychoanalytic treatment would lead to decreased suffering. The psychoanalytic treatment would as well provide individuals with tools to overcome pain. Initially, his work aimed to come up with a mind theory that was broad enough to cater for the fluctuations of human pain and suffering. In this regard, individuals are hardwired to avoid pain and to pursue pleasure. The theory majors on an instinctual drive that is essential for motivation and pain immunity.
According to Freud (23), the theory works by discharging the instincts into the environment. The instincts there after going against societal expectations while maximizing pleasure and suppressing antisocial underpinnings. Freud states that bringing repressed into consciousness is important in classical psychoanalytic treatment. Regarding human nature, the minimization of suffering is through by making the repressed conscious. However, it must be well timed and accurate. I must as well note that suffering is unavoidable completely.
The suffering experienced in the book exceptional in normal scenarios. It is, however, a fact because there were survivors who lived to record the happenings. There is then the question of they managed to overcome the extreme life conditions they underwent in the abandoned camp. According to the explanation of Freud concerning suffering, brain played a big role in ensuring they survived. Owing to the point that the survivors had reached an extent that they could somehow wish for their death. Elias is seen to turn mad to survive harsh living condition is proof that if the brain is tuned to focus on the pleasure instead of the suffering one can overcome suffering. Freud explains this by arguing that to overcome human suffering, one has to send positive instincts about life to his environment. The instincts will help in coming up with survival mechanisms that will then be applied in life aspects to ensure one survives harsh environmental conditions.
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Freud, Sigmund, civilization, and its discontents (2016) Dover thrift editions
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Concept of Management
Introduction
For the activities of an organization to run smoothly, there is a need to lay down proper management structures and management. Management is described as the process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling the organization's resources to a specific predetermined goal(Study.com, 2014). A concise account of this management function will explain the management concepts.
Planning
Planning is the formulation of strategies, plans, programmes, procedures, policies, standards and objectives determination that is required to attain the goals of the organization. Henri Fayol described it as the plan of action to follow, the phases to go through and the process to utilize. It is important to note that the future of an organization is created by the consequences of actions and the laid down plan(Tezel, Koskela and Tzortzopoulos, 2009). The manager should ensure that the idea is bright and that everyone on board knows what they need to accomplish. There exist various types of plans that can be proposed in an organization. It includes but not limited to strategic plans, tactical plans, operational plans, long-term plans and short-term plans(Study.com, 2014).
Organizing
Organizing is the second concept of management. It is described as the process of developing relevant functioning structures and physical facilities that are required to execute the plans with the aim of achieving the stated goals. Materials and human resources are assigned to various units and relationships defined among the multiple subunits. Hence organization is to classify and identify the functions to be performed to attain the targets of an institution. On the other hand, it can also be described as the ability to establish working relationships with the workers. Organizing tasks may be based on work specialization(Conkright, 2015).
Directing
Directing is the third concept of management. It involves motivating and stimulating persons in an organization to willingly undertake the actions that are desired as per the plans and objectives. Directing predominantly deals personal aspects of management hence; motivation is an integral part of addressing to ensure that the desired results are attained. Many times, problems in the organization arise from the desires of people, attitudes, and undesirable behaviors from individuals and groups hence the manager needs to be productive leaders to tame this problem. It is because people are inclined to follow persons who present as the way of satisfying their wishes, desires, and needs. Hence directing involves leadership styles, motivation, communication and approaches that appeal to the masses.
Controlling
Controlling is best described as the establishment of measurements, standards, and comparisons of the results received against the agreed criteria and necessary measures put in place to correct deviations from the plan that was laid down. Hence controlling makes the final concept of management with the sole purpose of ensuring that the directed actions are as per the objectives and plans. It means that monitoring is a process of regulation and evaluation of ongoing activities to ensure that the ultimate goal is achieved (Conkright, 2015).
Conclusion
In conclusion, it is agreeable that management is a type of activity that is distinct that is geared towards getting things to be done through other persons and that it differs from a different kind of events. Also, the managerial functions are universal, and all persons involved in management in any field of the human efforts typically perform typical administrative roles irrespective of the institution that they are managing.
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Gamification in Education
Digital technology has revolutionized virtually everything and is, therefore, the architect of entertainment. It has made everything easier for education to carry out daily activities. It is common knowledge that with the technological innovations learning turns out to be much simpler and easier for many people.
It is therefore prudent to give thanks to the internet and the technology that has brought these significant changes in the lives of many people. Being that in life knowledge and entertainment happens to be an essential part of almost everybody’s life. Digital technology has brought it; it can be concluded that surely technology is shaping the lives of people both now, and it will continue to do this in the future due to the numerous innovations that are still being brought. However, many argue that the technology has brought more harm than good to the citizens. The most recent issue raised is that the technology has brought gaming in education which has made learning hectic.
It was argued that most of the children concentrate and spend much of their time playing games instead of studying. It is quite absurd to argue in that way for I believe that it is through this gamification introduced in education that learning has been improved.
The bone of contention now in the society is whether gamification is education is effective and essential, or its addition to education software improves educational outcomes, or it is just a waste of time to kids. I sincerely believe that gamification in education is not a waste of time but it is a means that is used to improve educational outcomes. I use to be your typical hard-core gamer back in middle school, and I’ve always wondered how far gaming would go. Will it ever be more than, what most people would say, a waste of time? Well, you might be surprised at how far gaming has come and the concepts it can carry within its complex infrastructure.
We can now make games that include core concepts; this is called gamification in education. You might ask,Does add gaming elements to educational software improve learning outcomes or does it just keep kids wanting to play more in an addictive sense? The truth is playing these kinds of games can improve learning outcomes. What is being learned through gaming is directly proportional to the concepts learned in the lecture. Some of these games encourage deep thinking. It helps you understand a more profound understanding than just the concept itself and can even encourage students to work with others.
It is true that people are not the same hence have different grasping abilities in class. Not all concepts can be taught and handled by individuals in the same way. Technology through gaming has introduced another valuable way in which people can be taught concepts/ research has it that the concepts that the students get through gaming become permanent that those read directly. It was argued that when the concepts are learned through the games that are played, the students can just recall the steps that they went through and upon reflection get what is asked or required of them.
However, it should not be forgotten that parents are very worried concerning the time their kids spend playing the games. The games are addictive and can lead to too much time wastage. Gamification has also helped kids to improve their concentration span. It is known that kids are the most unsettle people and cannot concentrate for long in doing a particular thing. Gamification that was brought by technology has brought gaming software that has been used to improve the education outcomes for children.
It has been in a position to achieve this through capturing the kids; concentration. It is alleged that through this concentration expansion that it creates on the children, the kids can improve their concentration abilities making them think critically besides growing to be very attentive people in the society.
Other researchers argue that the gamification that is brought by technology to be introduced in education is ultimately a waste of time and that it should be made done away with and children to be allowed to learn manually in class through reading their books. Does this make sense? For how long can kids concentrate on their books? Moreover, why were the internet and digital technology brought? The sole purpose for these was to help in entertainment and education. And this is what gamification in education is doing. It is making the kids to learn and be entertained at the same time.
Alternatively, most f the time people do use the internet to entertain themselves or in playing games online. It is for this very reason that gamification in education to help other people to learn and to be entertained at the same time. Carr in Is Google making us stupid? Say that the use of internet has made everything virtually easy for him to the point that he cannot think straight. All that requires his thinking he ends up googling which makes feel he is losing his mind. Besides, as a writer, he says that the use of the internet has made his life much more comfortable because he does not spend a lot of time thinking so far thinking; all he would do is to google the ideas and write them down very fast.
He goes ahead and calls the internet a godsend platform to him for the significant benefits he attains from it. However, he points out that he feels that the internet is making him either lazy or stupid being that he cannot do all that he used to do without the internet. Alternatively, he says that the internet has made him addicted that he can barely concentrate on reading like he used to read in the past.Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, and begin looking for something else to do.
I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text. The in-depth reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle. (Carr, 2) To him, he feels that the internet use despite the more benefits it has happened to carry with it, it makes him feel stupid as he cannot concentrate to do the things he ought to do to learn. He claims that the internet has made all his work virtually easy. The internet has made life much simpler for him as a writer all used to be hard as he would take a lot of time thinking but thanks to the internet.
It has made all change, and now he can enjoy his career as a writer.The web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodicals rooms of libraries can now be done in a minute.
He outlines that the internet is the most efficient platform that saves one the energy and time of thinking at all can just be googled and the answers found without any problem. He also calms that the internet is too addictive. It takes the attention and interest of a person preventing them from doing that which is expected of them. It means that the internet comes with a lot of entertainment that disrupt people or that takes people’s time.
Internet, therefore, helps people to pass the time when they are bored, hence is a source of enjoyment. It provides funny videos, films, and songs that can be used to relieve stress. It is for this very reason that Carr says that when he concentrates and his brain switches off, he found himself surfing the internet. In so doing, he ends up gaining more knowledge besides just the entertainment he gets. As Carr puts it, the internet has revolutionized everything.
It has made life much easier by keeping us knowledgeable about being entertained. The internet is just the best for virtually everything that it brings! From knowledge to entertainment, it has made life much easier for everyone in the society. It is has made life to be the way it is today and cannot be done away with or said to have brought more losses than gains. All the gains it has brought are marvelous and cannot be compared with the losses.
It is surely not making us stupid. It is helping us recognize our stupidity and to reduce it through learning the right thing. The tethered self: Technology reinvents intimacy and solitude by Sherry Turtle, she outlines the emergence of personal computer culture that has revolutionized communication and the way people carry out their activities in life. She says that the use of internet has made people come up with a new trend in their relationships that have made it take a fresh perspective. She, however, points out and emphasizes on the fact that the computers have changed the way people view themselves and their relationship.
To her internet has been the architect of people’s intimacies. The internet has made communication much easier and made people trust themselves in a relationship more than they used to in the ancient days.
The new trend that technology has brought has made people be addicted to their computers and phones which has made them be bound together more. In turn, this has strengthened their relationship making their intimacy more strong. Love is the most influential emotion in the world that would conquer all feelings and be that internet can bring it, it is paramount to acknowledge the internet to be very important in building relationship and intimacies. The internet and technology is the architect of people’s intimacies.
(Turtle 3) Most people now spend most of their time being connected to those they love through the use of the internet. They can chat, video call and even remain in the company of each other even if their loved ones are far away from a part.So adults, too, use the internet as a useful place for experimentation-indeed, as an identity workshop. Despite the fact that the internet has brought an addiction that others feel it not good for people, it is a resource that has to enhance people’s lives, and its merits outweigh its demerits. Besides, it has helped people to remain committed to their relationships.people easily admit that they would rather leave a voicemail or send an email than talk face to face.(Turtle 2) It means that they rely so much on the internet for their communications. Some even go a notch hire and say thatI live my life on blackberry.
It further affirms how the internet is beneficial to them and without they would feel that the world has been taken away from them. They believe that the intimacies that they have can only be maintained through the internet and that is why they depend on the internet. All the allegations that are made about the use of the internet cannot be compared to the high value that they receive from the use of the internet to improve their intimacies and relationships.Intimacies are essential and sensitive issues that cannot be taught physically. They require practical examples, and this can only be done through gaming.
It is what makes kids to relate their emotions to what they are feeling. All, in a nutshell, it is evident that the evolution that has been brought by technology and digitalization has made acquisition of knowledge to be much easier and more straightforward compared to the past besides to the children through the addiction it causes through gamification, it has made education outcomes to be improved. Alternatively, through the constant innovations that are made, it is expected to continue in shaping the lives of people in the future.
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Jennifer Lawrence Strong Gender Role in Joy
Abstract
Women in the film industry have usually being sexualized and ignored especially when it comes to playing the roles that are supposed to elevate the men. This is because society has always been inclined towards the male version of doing things and when there is an imbalance in the social order women are usually portrayed as weak. However, in Joy, the role of the lead character who is a woman downplays all those notions and creates a woman who is able to defy odds and becomes successful. The success that she acquires in her mop business comes from sacrifice and help from all the family members, colleagues and even her ex-husband who still has respect and admiration for her. But in the same manner that Hollywood is elevating the women characters in the films it portrays the intricate role played by men in society and how they sometimes derail the progress of women. Through the use of other scholarly articles, the role of women and the men in creating a just society are used to showcase how those roles sometimes compare and contradict each other.
Jennifer Lawrence in the movie Joy came out at a time when Hollywood was under the scrutiny of ignoring women and giving them meager roles in films especially where there were A-list male celebrities. However, in Joy, the film changed that narrative and instead gave Jennifer Lawrence the lead role in a film where Robert de Nero and Bradley Cooper would play the second fiddle to her lead character. But on closer scrutiny, the film is not about the contrasting or opposing roles of males and females; the film is about the emergence of a woman who had almost despaired in life. Jennifer Lawrence role in the film shows a strong transformation and character that propels her to be a matriarch and an inventor in a world where she was almost swindled by men. This shows the cruelty and hardship that business women and innovators have to go through because these fields are male-dominated. Throughout the interaction period that Jennifer Lawrence engages her male counterparts, there is no time that she goes off the track and belittles them even where they seem to be taking advantage of her goodwill to let their mistakes and imposing traits slide. Therefore, the representation of the gender role in the film comes on as a well-crafted and integrated part that was made to fit the protagonist and represents the woman as a free thinker, go-getter, hardworking and innovative.
According to the film, the depiction of a woman who has been divorced and who results to go back to her matrimonial home is not something new, but the idea that the film tries to create is the struggle of the woman in a family setting. While divorce continues to take center stage in many homes, Jennifer Lawrence proves that she is ready to go the extra mile in ensuring that her kids get the best out of the world they live in. In doing that, the first steps that Jennifer has created as a form of accepting her fate is by making the kids connect with their father even if they live apart. Joy's ex-husband helps her in the new role of being an inventor and a businesswoman.while acknowledging that films sometimes portray strong, competent women, she presents that women presented as strong are often simply protecting their young or are dealt with negatively (Stanley et al., (65). While this pronunciation may be true in relation to many Hollywood films, the role that Jennifer Lawrence plays in Joy is based on having a wholesome character who balance all the roles that she has to play in business and family. There is no time in the film that Jennifer fails to acknowledge the existence of her family, but in the same breath, she realizes that she has a business that she needs to run. These are the complications and challenges that are faced by modern day women who sit on corporate boards or run their businesses.
Hollywood in the 90's was made to create the role of the women as condensing and where they were made to play sexually oriented roles in a male-dominated stage. The explanation which I offered by Stanley et al. (68),was that most female characters were young, attractive and motivated by romance. However, as the time went by, the roles that women played began to take shape according to the happenings of the society which had started to integrate traditional roles of the men to those of the women in the society. This is the aspect that the movie Joy shapes its main character and the supporting characters on, that women can be able to help other women fulfill their destiny. When Jennifer discovers that she can be able to make a mop that will revolutionize the cleaning industry, the person who agrees to invest in her business is Trudy who is her stepmother. Their relationship is based on understanding the need of elevating the woman as long as she has the right mindset and she can work hard and beat the competition of the male counterparts.In fact, for the last decade or so, positive businesswomen outnumber businessmen by a ratio of more than two to one: 73 percent of women are rated positively in business, while only 30 percent of the businessmen are positive characters (Stanley et al., 71). This change in how Hollywood portrays women proves that there has been a revolution and a transformation in how women and men roles in films are being made in the current millennium as it is portrayed by the strong female characters in joy.
Wollstonecraft offers a different approach on how men should treat women regardless of their social standings or whatever the contemporary world dictates. The first scathing remark that Wollstonecraft makes is by bringing the theme of feminism and masculinity dominance where men make women feel like inferior creatures and objects that are supposed to be desired and used sexually. However, she also retaliates that the strength of a woman can only be realized if she is given the right environment to thrive and it starts with having a basic education.The education of women has, of late, been more attended to than formerly; yet they have still reckoned a frivolous sex, and ridiculed or pitied by the writers who endeavor by satire or instruction to improve them (Wollstonecraft, 12). This observation is used in the Joy movie by making Jennifer Lawrence understand the need of creating a brand and finding the right procedures and laws that are supposed to ensure that she has a patent. This is the use of knowledge that Wollstonecraft insists on rather than relying on sweet words that come from the male counterparts which end up being false. True to the observation of Wollstonecraft about the male dominance and ignorance, Jennifer is almost swindled and bankrupted by Derek Markham who has constantly been defrauding her. In realizing her dream, Jennifer has to go the extra mile of knowing the cause and the root of her problems without relying on emotions. In doing this, it continues to prove the suitability and adaptability of her leading role in the film.
In this world, the recurring role of the women is usually running parallel, or it is entwined with that of the males due to their existence in the society. While it is commendable to elevate both genders so that equality can be achieved on all levels, society usually installs in the males a sense of entitlement and privilege. These privileges are brought by the way men are usually made to adapt and grow into manhood without fully understanding how they should be able to do that. From the physical exercises to psychological warfare, the males are made to ignore their feminine side as they are encouraged to be brave and masculine irrespective of whether it by false or default. Chip Brown goes through various traditional and modern-day world versions of making the boy child appear male, and the results that he comes up with are clear indication that there is no any guideline for being a man.
While in the developed world boys are taught how to hunt and take the life of the game which they have acquired, there are others who have to endure the traditional form of circumcision.Both were in the midst of a momentous transition, morphing under a fresh influx of the powerful hormone into physically mature men: body hair, defined muscles, bigger shoulders, burgeoning sexuality, an appetite for risk, and potentially elevated levels of aggression (Chip, 4). The sense of manhood and entitlement is also portrayed in the movie Joy where Bradley Cooper agrees to advertise the mops that Jennifer Lawrence makes in his infomercial, but he fails to deliver. This is because he felt that anything to do with mobs was potentially easy to sell to an audience without doing a background check on what it entails. This is the same manner in which Derek Markham devises to run Jennifer out of business because she is a woman. However, in the end, Jennifer can confront all the adversity that is facing her, and she emerges as a successful woman who is out to inspire other women to pursue their dreams.
Works Cited
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Being a Man- The Many Ways Society Makes a Man- How does a 21st- century boy reach manhood? In some cultures the rite of passage is clear. In others, not so much by Chip Brown Photographs by Pete Muller
Feminism in Films by Stanley Rothman, Stephen Powers, and David Rothman
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Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls was an African American politician who was born in the year 1839. He was natured in slavery in a bungalow at the adjacency of his master Henry McKee's household in Beaufort on Prince street, South California. His parentage fatherhood was not known but it was alleged to be Henry McKee. He grew up in the metropolitan under the inspiration of the Lowcountry Gullah culture of his mother Lydia Polite was also an incarcerated of the McKee's. His mother was serving in Master Henry McKee's territory as a house help under slavery where it is assumed that they felt in love with the master and conceived which later led to the viability of Smalls but there was no clear information about the tale.
At his teenage age, probably 12, Robert Smalls was sent to Charleston as a laborer where all the wages and remuneration from the labor was paid to his master who was allegedly his father. His chores were to work in a hotel as a service man and thereafter, worked as a lamplighter in the streets of Charleston almost throughout his youthful stage. Furthermore, he had passion and love over the sea in the Charleston which eventually made him to secure work on the Charleston docks and wharves as a stevedore, sail maker, and eventually become a wheelman in the sea regardless of the dishonor the slaves where accorded despite the titles he had in the sea harbor. He humbled himself throughout the chores he was running in the sea shore that saw him the most knowledgeable pilot across the Charleston harbor.
At his mid teenage when he was 17 years, he proposed to Hannah Jones for marriage. Jones was also one of the incarcerated hotel maid in Charleston in the year 1856. Hannah was older than him by 5years and had had two daughters of her own before bearing another two children with Robert Smalls to whom one passed on at the age of two. Robert Smalls showed his tribute to the master by continuing serving as a slave in his own father's territory for that substantial period of time.
It was at this juncture, April 1861 that America woke up into a Civil War which began with a battle of Fort Sumter near Charleston Harbor. At the tumble of the civil war, Smalls was given the responsibility to bullock the Planter that was affiliated with armed troops. He was mandated to deliver reports, throngs and supplies, to inspect the sea ways and finally to lay mines. Smalls however coxswained the Flowerpot throughout the port of Charleston and further onto the extended rivers along California, to the coastlines of Florida. In the Charleston waterfront, Robert Smalls and the Planter's team were able to cross-check the slant of the Federal obstruction ships in the outer anchorage over 6 miles far away from the Charleston seaport. He had confidence and composed himself with content to the Planters crew and proprietors, at some point around 1862 where he began planning on how he can escape from the slavery. He broadly discussed the issue with other fellow slaves whom they were together with an exception of one whom he never had loyalty and trust over him
In 1862, the Planter had was navigated ten miles to the southwest of Charleston to facilitate its dock at the Coles Island located along River Stono which was earlier on pulled to pieces. They took large weapons including guns and conveyed them to a fort in Charleston anchorage. Moreover, while in Charleston, the crew had encumbered 200 pounds of riles and 20 cords of kindling onto the Planter. Eventually, the three confederate officers who had accompanied the Planters were court-martialed and later on two of them were convicted and their verdict was later outlooked. As a result, this gave Smalls and the other seven slaves who had planned for an escape in Charleston to the Union Blockade ships. Robert Smalls therefore in their escape plan faked to be captain Relay by wearing his uniform and hat. He therefore sailed the Planter the Southern Wharf and harbored in another wharf to pick his wife Lydia and the child and the entire families of the other crew men they were together. He managed to all this out of his expertise and confidence he had gained under the slavery of McKee's.
Robert Smalls therefore guided the ship through all the five confederate harbor forts without any episode has he gave the exact signals at all the checkpoints the same way as being commanded by Captain Relay. Smalls imitated captain Relays habits and manners, straw hat on the deck to fool the affiliated bystanders from the shore and the forts. in addition, Smalls went further and navigated the Planter past Fort Sumter in the morning straight to the Union Navy fleet where he intended to declare that they have totally surrender the hostage of the Planter. He raised a white piece of sheet to hover high in the Planter to signify their submission to withdraw their solidarity from the captivity. In the process, the Planter was spotted by the USS crew to which they were almost firing it until they spotted the white sheet flying high at the ship.
At that moment, the captain of the Onward, John Fredrick Nickels lodged the Planter where Robert Smalls asked him for a United states flag to display to raise it next to the white sheet that made him successfully surrender the Planter and its cargo to the United States Navy which made the escape deal to go through without more constrains though it was not that easy.
After the escape plan going true, Robert Smalls was now conversant with the whole Charleston regions, he surprised the federal officers by disapproving their calculations and brought to their attention that the area had only remained with few soldiers to shoulder the responsibility of protection after majority of them being sent to Virginia. He also brought to their attention that the southern Charleston was greatly abandoned without any substantial protection. As a result, the Coles Island was captured by the Union forces peacefully few days after Robert Smalls escape with his seven bears and their families.
Why the Story of Robert Smalls will make a compelling play people will want to see
The story of Robert Smalls is so daring, heroic and amazing and therefore it has the ability to make a compelling play that most people are yearning to watch. The reason to the holistic proposal is that the struggle and achievements of Robert Smalls never ended at the point of success of his escape plan but it acted as the motivation and morale to his political progress.As he turned 23 years of age, he began gaining familiarity in the North of California as a result of the tribute he received from his heroic daring exploit as reported by a newspaper in the US congress. He tireless initiated projects in New York that was aimed to improve the living standards of the ex-slaves which was eventually outlooked by Admiral Dupont and he resolved back to serve the Union Navy. At this stage he had dared to meet president Abraham Lincoln with the major aim of convincing him and the secretary of war Edwin Stanton to allow the black men to participate in wars for the union. He then managed to persuade president Abraham Lincoln and his request was successfully approved were Edwin Stanton signed an order allowing over 5000 African Americans to participate in the Union forces at Port Royal named first and second South Carolina regiment meaning the colored soldiers.
His sequential daring activities which includes his fighting efforts as a pilot on both the CSS Planter and the Ironclad gunship, he was in the forefront of the Union ships in destroying the mines as the fulfilment of his plans while he was in the slavery. Furthermore, Smalls helped the Union army in the destruction of the rail bridge within the harbor area. Robert Smalls on his series of events being the first African-American to fight a civil war and emerged victorious and was appointed to the rank of Major General of Militia in one of the territories in the United States. The story therefore is so dramatic and can make such a nice captivating play.
Robert Smalls never had time to consider any retaliation in his missions. He made comeback to the Beaufort the village where his mother and him were enslaved. To admit that he was such a dedicated man, he dared on McKee and purchased the mansion that was owned by his master during his childhood. Moreover, his determination saw him owning the same house where he used to be treated as a slave. It is actually thematic that Smalls did it intentionally this time round as a revenge on the things he went through in the past. It is therefore pleasing and urging to watch all these happenings on a play to bring out the reality of what was going on throughout the course of his life. The most interesting part of his life sounds fantastic and seems to be well illustrated when produced in a play. His family life martialed his daring act as he commandeered the ship with his entire family that was so risk to the extent that they could be fired as a result of stealing the warship and escaping from slavery. Moreover, he married two wives starting from Hannah Jones, in the year 1857 in Charleston south California who gave birth to two children to whom eventually one passed away at the age of two years due to ailment from smallpox. In the year 1883 Hannah also died and Smalls got married to Annie Elizabeth Wigg in the year 1890and gave birth to one son called William Robert Smalls before Annie dying in the year 1895.
In addition, Robert Smalls never stopped in the family life. He continued building his heroic reputation this time round as a political leader in the African-American municipal. He established the Beaufort county in the South Carolina republic where he served on the Beaufort school where he was the founder to establish the first school intended for the overlooked African-American children. At this juncture, Robert Smalls was now becoming more famous out of his daring historical acts that was trending all across the sectors that he developed interests. With all the tributes he offered to the people of Carolina, he decided never to stop but instead he ventured into politics at the era of reconstruction after the civil war. He seemed to be a man of luck, he managed to be elected as the leader of the Low Country to head the South Carolina constitutional convention in the year 1868. Since he was development oriented leader, he took initiative upon his efforts and build a public school to serve the education thirsty among the children of South Carolina and made sure that he protected all the rights of each African-American. He made sure that wherever he is left to deliver a service to the people, he is willing to take risks that might even cause the loss of his life. He served as the leader of the two houses in the year 1868 in South Carolina where he was elected to serve the legislature in the US congress between the year 1869 to 1889. He made sure that he never left a place worse than he found, he therefore made sure that within his five years as the congress man, he pushed the bill that was calling for the creation of Parris Island Marine Base in South Carolina due to his passion in the navy. Smalls achievements are so interesting through is dynamic adventures ranging from slavery, Union Army, politics and education and emerging victorious in all the activities he undertook. He therefore showed that he is unstoppable when he was dedicated to work hard to get something.
Why the time is right for this particular story to be heard now
At this time of the divisiveness in the United States of America, the story of Robert Smalls is the right story to be heard due to his motivation, heroism and determination that inspires almost every resident in the United States.
First and foremost, Robert Smalls showed a lot of bravery in all what he was going through and still made it. He had parentage disputes where his father is not clearly known but was alleged to be the master his mother was serving. He was born under slavery with the minimal freedom but he could still keep his dream alive. He actually did tremendous job by feeling the discrepancies of the other captives and bravely made a plan to deliver all the enslaved families out of the hands of the Henry McKees. He persevered in a cottage behind the master mansion with his mother but he never lost hope. The story is so inspiring and motivational hence should be taken into concern by those individuals who are free and have their all-time to make into something better if a slave can do the same. It is the right time for the story to be heard at this stage.
Secondly, Robert Smalls showed a lot of consistency in the attempts he was making in his endeavors. After the election he participated being disputed in the year 1888, he never allowed it to go in vain but he eventually secured a political post as a collector of customs for the port of Beaufort. He secured this political appointment from president Benjamin Harrison to which he maintained this position for twenty years with excellent work. While in this position, he sustained his power in the republican party in South Carolina. This was because of his service deliverance being noteworthy. This time is the correct time to narrate the story of Robert Smalls in the United States and the entire world to teach people on how consistence and perseverance earns tributes.
Another virtue that was upheld by Smalls that makes the story fascinating and worthy to be told is the immeasurable patriotism he had over the African-Americans they were together in the slavery. He was concerned a lot with their captivity that he took initiative to take the risk of planning for the escape deal which was not that easy. The undertake was live worthy but he never minds losing his on in the attempt of stealing the war ship and surrendering it to the Union Army. He did all these because he had passion and love for the African-American captives.
He also showed the highest democratic levels, this is significant from the case of redemptions that occurred in the year 1876 which they were successful but attempts were made to falsely charge and convict Smalls and forcing him out of office after rejecting to take bribe. It is worthy enough that the to ascertain the story of the Smalls as an exemplary to the American leaders who are bribe oriented than delivering services to the people who have landed them to the jobs as representatives.
In addition, the challenges that Smalls faced starting from his childhood, he was despised and discriminated not because of his personality but because he was an African American. Since he was a one man unstoppable, he disapproved them to the despise ascend by making it all through from the age of twelve till his death while still unstoppable. He showed them that the alleged African-Americans also can do it better than the whites. The story at this particular time is recommended to be told to condemn those white American natives who are discriminative to the African-Americans due to race and color and instead, embrace the brotherhood and good living with each other.
Reference
Koenig, R. (2017). Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero.
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Strong Female Icons Related to Movie Joy
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The movie Joy focuses on the strong female icon especially those who are successful in different entrepreneurial lines. Thought the entire film, the author indicates that female personalities also have capabilities of making their success story. More so the author emphasizes the need to have the power of imagination, independence, the determination as well as having patience. The importance of having such virtues is that it helps an individual to realized success after some time. In this research, there are various resources both primary and secondary sources to demonstrate the strength of women in the society as shown in the movieJoy. The movieJoy presents strong ideas about feminism and how strong female icons use their abilities to acquire success in life. Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Prabhat Prakashan, 1792.
The treatise written by Wollstonecraft Mary seeks to provide women with information about their strength. It seeks to persuade women to make efforts to acquire the strengths that they have both in mind and in the body.? Wollstonecraft is evidently againstsoft phrases that most women are lured with by men. She considers these phrases to be susceptible to the heart, a delicacy of sentiments as well as a refinement of taste. She considers thesoft phrases as objects that results in pity and that kindness demonstrated as a result of love will shortly become objects of contempt. Wollstonecraft dismisses some feminine phrases which on most occasions are used by men with the intentions of slashing the dependence that women have on them. These expressions are also used to entice women since on most occasions; men have identified the weaknesses of women and what they can hold against them. Wollstonecraft considers the fact that on most occasions women are always degraded due to the mistaken notions of female excellence that is attributed to them. She considers that most women in the society have more sense than their male relates and sometimes this is always unnoticed. Wollstonecraft defines the intellectual levels of women since she talks about the strengths that women have which makes them capable of governing their husbands.
The treatise by Wollstonecraft is evidently a reliable source in this research through it is not a current source since it was published in the year 1792. The treatise vindication of the rights of woman by Wollstonecraft is evidently a strong source of information since it provides information about sources of strength of women. Apart from that, it provides information about the weaknesses that women have that makes them be looked down upon.? This article was written by Mary Wollstonecraft who was a popular English writer, an individual who advocated for the rights of women as well as a philosopher. It is clear that Wollstonecraft is qualified in this subject mainly because she articulated issues to do with the rights of women in a very precise manner. This article is not a scholarly article based on how it is structured, but it is a very popular article that is used as a point of reference by many people. A vindication of the rights of woman by Wollstonecraft is an effective article in my research because it will be used in providing knowledge that will be used as a background of my research. This essay applies to a part in my topic which concentrates on the issue of feminism and how women can use their strength in the society thus making it a possible source in my research. Baldwin, James. ""Going to Meet the Man. 1965."" New York: Vintage (1995). (pg.1750-1761)
The story mainly focuses on the life of and events that surround Jesse. In the story, Jesse is a white Sheriff whose duty is to ensure that people from the black ethnic community are capable of maintaining order in the midst of white ethnic population. The author gives the family life of Jesse by depicted instances that he shares with his wife. However, Jesse's main problem is that he is suffering from of insomnia and impotence. Jesse is equally confronted with the issue of blacks who are protesting because they feel that they should also vote. And that is an indication that a new South is yet to be born. Jesse profoundly detests any person who belongs to the black ethnic community. At some point Jesse things about the possibility of subverting the registration process of going to another place altogether. The story mentions how Jesse managers to stop the black who are singing through arresting their ring-leader. The conduct of Jesse throughout the passage indicates that indeed, Jesse dislikes the black people at all cost. The story gives a clear picture of the kind of destitute life that Africans went through under the watch of sheriffs.
The resource used in this case contains some features that show that it is a reliable source. One of the things that make the source to appear original is the fact that it the author chronologically put his discussion. In the beginning, the author uses dialogue and then proceeds with a description of the situation. Notably, all the events in the book take place in a much-organized manner. Besides, the author uses various literary devices such as simile which shows that the work is probably an objectively written. The author of the book is Baldwin James, and indeed he qualifies t write such a book because of his extensive level of participation in writing various books. The information contained in this literature material will be helpful to me when it comes writing my literature review as well as providing some background information that relates to my research.
Brown, Chip. Being a Man- The Many Ways Society Makes a Man. How does a 21st- century boy reach manhood? In some cultures the rite of passage is clear. In others, not so much. National Geographical Magazine. January, 2017.
The author of the article focuses on various activities that societies do to boy child as a justification for manhood. In particular, the author analyzes the initiation ceremony of the Bukusu ethnic group that is found on the western side of Kenya. According to the author, the Bukusu people practice circumcision for their male children when they are required advancing to the next stage of life. The activity is deeply rooted in the tradition of such people and therefore, the community within Bukusu only consider mature men as individuals who have gone through the process of circumcision. Still, the author indicates that in communities where men are subjected to particular activity to prove their maturity into manhood a lot of roles are defined by whether an individual is a man or a woman.
It is apparent even from the parent's mention in the passage that they have already informed opinion that tends to justify what boy child should do or not do in their life. Most of the parents within Bukusu community are very sensitive when it comes to the roles that each man needs to do and that enables them to have a clear social position in the society. The author of the article also acknowledges the contribution of various scholars in trying to explain why masculinity dominates in some places. It appears that the main reason as to why men dominate over women in some communities is because of the strong influence of traditional practices.
The article is reliable newspaper information. The author uses in-depth analyses to explore the Bukusu culture on how they conduct initiation ceremony. The author cites other people who have done similar work in his work which shows that it is a researched paper. The author is qualified in this subject because he presents both alternative views of the strong male icon while showing whey female are not in similar position. The literature material fits into the research because of much reason. The article is very recent and has critical information of how traditional values undermine strong female icons.
Works Cited
Brown, Chip. Being a Man- The Many Ways Society Makes a Man. How does a 21st- century boy reach manhood? In some cultures the rite of passage is clear. In others, not so much. National Geographical Magazine. January, 2017. Accessed. www.dropbox.com/s/684fwn3oeo2vuyx/24101_155224_Being%2Ba%2BMan%2B.pdf
Baldwin, James. ""Going to Meet the Man. 1965."" New York: Vintage (1995). (pg.1750-1761)
Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Prabhat Prakashan, 1792
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Authors Purpose for Writing Hamlet
Introducrtion
The Hamlet by Shakespeare is captivating and has attracted many readers to it for various reasons. There are some who read it for entertainment, criticism, education, and enlightenment. The Hamlet has a tragic tonality linked to the characters to the story. The play is approximated to have been written in 1601. The story was inspired by the death of his son, Hamnet, in 1556 for reasons unknown to him. In addition, during that same period, he was writing the book his father died (Bannet 4). The main character in the story is named Hamlet which is a closer association to Hamnet the name of his only offspring who died at a young age.
In the book out of the 9 characters 8 of them died, this indicates that the deaths in the life of Shakespeare had a major impact on his work. This shaped his perception of life as being trivial as he killed 8 characters in his work using different twist to heighten the curiosity of the ready. Moreover, the perception of the protagonist, Hamlet, about death reflects his own viewpoints. In the graveyard scene when he sees the skull of a person he loved Yorick, he comprehends that death is the only aspect that eradicates the disparities between people (Shakespeare 5.1.90-91) Hamlet the protagonist states that death comes without warning and therefore one should be prepared when he decides to fight (Shakespeare 5.2.222).
The second reason that the book was written it was to highlight the tensions that were present during the English Reformation. The reformation focused on the religious legitimacy between the Catholics and Protestants. The reformation and its aftermaths were prominent in the British way of life from the 1530s. There were sharp disparity and a form of hatred between the people who practiced different faiths. Shakespeare was born Catholic but was baptized into the Protestant religion. In 1592, 8 years before writing the play, he moved to London where Protestant religion was more noticeable and vocal than the countryside. However, resistance to the religion was still imminent but in underground movements (Cumming 32).
The movement into London and the constant shifts in religious legislations made people avoid declaring their religious affiliation openly. Claudius, who was a politician, states that his nephew was,going back to school in Wittenberg. (Shakespeare 1.2.117). Martin Luther who began the reformation studied at the University and he posted his Theses on the University doors. This is an indication of religious shift as the Old King Hamlet was a Catholic who belonged to the pre-formation period. During this period there was a belief in purgatory as his Ghost came from purgatory,. I am thy father's spirit, doomed for a certain term to walk the night. confirmed to fast in fires till the crimes done in my days of nature. purged away (Shakespeare 1.5. 9-13).
Moreover, in the play, the disparity that is present among the characters resonates with the disparity that was present in England during the 16th-century. The Politician Claudius turns to religion to seek penitence for his corrupt dealings by praying but fails, Pray can I not. (Shakespeare 3.3.42). Furthermore, the constant shift in legislations confused the citizens in England making them question the religious teachings that they received when they were young and the ones they encountered as grown-ups. In the book this confusion is replicated by Hamlet as he nears his death.. a divinity that shapes our ends. (Shakespeare 5.2.1). The question is a confusion that reverberates with the citizens as they try to find their footing in the English Reformation period where there are alienated by consciences.
The third reason that influenced the story is the English Renaissance that Shakespeare lived through. The renaissance period dealt with the idea of new birth in the humanistic literary world. During the period there was a new interest cultivated in people that led to believe in themselves and profound changes in science, politics, and religion (Jamieson). Shakespeare took the political changes going around him and incorporated them in the book. In Hamlet, the new interest in the population that deals with a revolution of their mindset is portrayed by the perception of Hamlet the protagonist,. what a piece of work is a man, noble in reason. Infinite in faculties (Shakespeare 2.2 311). This is an indication of the ability of man to question their existence and value in their lives. Moreover, from the political viewpoint in the book the protagonist, Hamlet, questions Claudius rights for him to take over the throne after killing his own father (Shakespeare 1.4.67). In the past, it was unheard of to question the ascension to power.
Conclusion
In conclusion, based on the analysis the author had three major reasons that inspired him to write the Hamlet. They are the deaths in his family that occurred near the period when the book was written. In addition, the English reformation also influenced the characters in the story as the conflict in religious perception is seen in the characters. Finally, the renaissance period influenced the political and human philosophy that has been discussed in the Hamlet.
Work Cited
Bassnet, Susan. Introduction. Shakespeare. Macmillan Education UK, 1993. 1-17. Cumming, Brian. The literary culture of the reformation: grammar and grace. Oxford University Press on Demand, 2002. Jamieson, L. "How The Renaissance Affected Shakespeare." Thoughtco, 2017, https://www.thoughtco.com/renaissance-shakespeares-time-2984986. Shakespeare, William, Laurence Olivier, and Jake Simmons. Hamlet. University Press, 1948.
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Democrats and Ethical Views
Introduction
According to Robinson & Dowson (2012), ethics refers to doing what is right, at the right time, and in the right place in accordance with the codes/standards of social norms. In ethics, the principles of integrity and morality are always prioritized while applying the set polices governing various institutions/organization in their day to day activities. However, one cannot be able to assess how ethical polices of a particular organization are until he/she clearly knows exactly the key role the set polices plays in that organization (Robinson & Dowson, 2012). Hence in this paper, my primary focus will be assessing the ethicality of certain institutionalized polices by using religious differences as an example of ethical dilemma in Dirac, an entertainment and hospitality company. Lastly, for purposes of anonymity and because of the sensitivity as well as the confidentiality of the information, I have decided not to use the real name of the company.
Parameter of various ethical decisions making approaches
To start with, justice approach is typically based on the principle historically theorized by Aristotle, one of the great Greek philosophers, that all that embraces equity in the society should be equally treated as well. Similarly, those who tend to be unequal in the society to others should also be unequally treated. Second is the right approach. This one on the other hand arrives at the best decision by evaluating the respect of human dignity in the alternative options present. That is, it is primarily concerned with how people freely lead their lives, with all human rights respected, as well as respecting others. Thirdly, ethical decision making based on the approach of virtue simply involves assessing the how the decision will affect the character of an individual.
The decision should be such that integrity, honesty, tolerance, generosity, courageousness, and many more other virtues are showcased in the end. Forth is the approach of common good. In this case, a decision is made based on the welfare of the people as an entire community and not as specific individuals. The common approach champions for welfares such as health, education, security and social-economic development agendas. Finally, a utilitarian approach can also be used in ethical decision making process. Here the principle primarily aims at ensuring that the greatest goodness is achieved in the greatest number of people while cutting down the harm-bearing in mind that consequences of the decision can be either of great benefit or quite detrimental to people. Utilitarian approach thus largely focuses on positive ramifications associated with the decision (Thomson et al., 2013).
An example of ethical issue and solution to it
Based on Wu et al. (2010), Dirac is a very versatile and contemporary hospitality/entertainment company based in Miami, Florida-United States of America. The company majorly deals with entertaining local/regional visitors as well as international tourists who usually come to enjoy the cool breeze at the beaches, amazing architectural buildings at the island, and many more other spectacular natural features of Miami environs. Concisely, Dirac offers housing, guides tourists around Miami using lavish Ferraris, security, traditional cultural entertainments and lastly preparing various food/cuisines for its clients. The company has three hundred employees distributed all over in Miami. Ninety percent of its employees are Adventists while ten percent are the Pentecost i.e., categorizing them based on their religious believes. It operates full time-both week days and weekends. Dirac makes an average profit of hundred million dollars per month. The profit made during Saturdays is almost double the profit the company makes during the week days plus that made in Sunday. This is because most of the people tend to be busy at work during the weekdays as compared to weekends. The majority of the people is Pentecost; go to church in Sundays, while the minority is the Adventist who goes to church in Saturdays. The stakeholder are forcing all the employees to turn up every day and be given offs only at random specific time so as to maximize at profits. The Adventist employees on the other hand are strictly adhering to their religious rules and regulations of not going to work during Saturdays.
As a way of blackmailing its employees, the company has promised to reward them with good salaries and other forms of allowances. Unfortunately, no single employee is heeding to their plea. Instead, they are insisting that they won't turn up at work in Saturdays. Dirac is now at the apex of organization ethical dilemma. That is, it has to decide on whether to fire a substantive number of its stubborn Adventist employee and employ Pentecost so as to maximize profits, or continue making losses due to high absentees during Saturdays. Firing of employees on the grounds of their religious affiliations is uncouth and unethical as it does not only infringe on their constitutional freedom/right to worshiping, but also unnecessarily profiling divisive polarization among the people. It is also unethical for the employees to boycott church services during Saturdays and work for a nice salary. Here the two parties to come to consensus for them to move forward. For instance, the stakeholders should have work shifts during the weekend. This can only be achieved and effectively implemented by equally recruiting employees from both sides of the religious divide. Equal number of Pentecost and Adventist will eliminate the current ethical dilemma on whether advents should report at work in Saturday. In this case, half of the employee will come on Saturday and enable the company to still significantly make recognizable profits as usual. By doing so, Dirac will avoid divisions among the employees as to whether one is a Pentecost or an Adventist, promote equality as well as foster unity within the organization which will in turn spearhead the company to move towards prosperity(Wu et al., 2010).
Conclusion
Ethics, more especially ethical dilemmas, are sensitive societal issues that can not only create hatred among the people, but also make great companies and organizations to collapse instead of making progressive strides. Thus, it should be handled with a lot of keenness and vigilance in order to avert unnecessary conflicts.
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Robinson, S., & Dowson, P. (2012). Business ethics in practice. London: CHARTERED Institute OF PERSONNEL & DEVELOPMENT.
Thomson, M. H., Adams, B. D. B. D., Sartori, J. A., Baranski, J. V., Defence R & D Canada - Toronto., & Canada. (2013). Moral and ethical decision making: Literature review. Toronto, Ont: Defence Research and Development Canada.
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Disaster Management in Nursing
Introduction
Johnstone, & Turale, S. (2014) states, it is a frightening realization that the Emergency Departments (EDs) have not managed to take care of emergency patients, even on the normal days. This raises the question whether this same departments can manage the large scale disaster. In health care setting, the definition of disaster extends far than just an event that injures large number of individuals, to its financial, legal ethical and heath care implications. Critical analysis of these perspectives, as provided in this paper can offer the relevant institutions such as Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), Division of Injury Response (DIR) and National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) best strategies for disaster management.
Personnel's Implications
While protecting the working personnel comes in as the priority, Johnstone, & Turale, S. (2014) notes that many hospitals, almost 70% lack special facilities and equipments for protecting the ED staff. The implication of this is that the ED nurses can fall victims of chemical and biological attack. These authors are also concerned that many of ED personnel are not properly decontaminated before arriving in the disaster scene. The ED personnel are also subject to secondary contamination, after the victims arrive in their health facilities. The secondary risk can be presented if the healthcare providers inhale the contaminated fumes from the exhale of the patients. In another circumstance, which is most probable, the ED personnel gets contaminated from the toxic products carried on the victims'hair, clothing or the skin.
As Johnstone, & Turale, S. (2014) presents the Acute Respiratory Syndrome in China and Sarin attacks in Tokyo as two major examples demonstrating the difficulties in protecting the health professionals, even in small outbreaks. Many health professionals became victims of the two disasters, because of what Redman terms as the lack of adequate equipments and negative pressure rooms. But there is also a major concern that provision of the adequate number of negative pressure rooms and equipments are not the solely strategies, instead, they are just a part of the solution. As Mills states, there must be substantial training in containment, decontamination and more especially the disaster recognition procedures if the we have to protect the ED personnel.
Implications to Ethical and Patient Care
Redman, Mills & Casella (2015) is concerned about the ethical expectations, challenges and their implications to patient care at large. He notes that, many disasters give rise to conflict in ethical expectations. Along this line he presents the evidence from a case of earthquake strike, in Sichuan, China which led to massive loss of about 69, 227 people and 374, 643 injured. From this disaster, it was noted that the triage nurses have limited time to gather all the information required from the patient. This explains why all the emergency departments performed quick assessment and actions based on protocols. As you many understand, but conflicting, the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) advocates actions to be based on patients'preference. In reference to the above case, the disaster gave rise to one of the most disputed ethical issue in nursing professional that, nurses observed protocols in serving the victims. The implication of this was that some victims, with chances of surviving died while the nurses attend the less injured patients. Since then, the ENA, in their code of ethics, expects the ED nurses to exercise beneficence. This simply means taking an objective view when the conflict exists the patient care.
Legal Implications
Financial Implications and Reputation of the Hospital
As the terrorism cases continues to be witnessed across all the continents, specialized training in the clinical department has been emphasized. This can be confirmed from CDC survey, conducted in the year 2013 indicating that, at least one of the staff have received the above training in all the 49% of the total hospitals. However, only limited studies have focused on the cost of managing disaster in the health care setting. Revisiting the issue specialized training, cost is the major impeding factor when training ED personnel. Almost 61 % of the hospitals, as noted by Redman, Mills & Casella (2015) have reported inadequate funding to help ED personnel cover full attendance costs (tuition, time off, travel). For instance, it costs $ 3, 000 per hour to train Nuclear, Chemical and Biological ED personnel in Pittsburgh Medical Centre
Reference
Johnstone, M. J., & Turale, S. (2014). Nurses' experiences of ethical preparedness for public health emergencies and healthcare disasters: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.? Nursing & health sciences,? 16(1), 67-77 Usher, K., Redman-MacLaren, M. L., Mills, J., West, C., Casella, E., Hapsari, E. D., ... & Amy, Y. Z. (2015). Strengthening and preparing: enhancing nursing research for disaster management.? Nurse education in practice,? 15(1), 68-74. https://www.nap.edu/read/11621/chapter/9#281
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Dietary Risk to Obesity
INTRODUCTION
Two-Thirds of ADULTS are obese
One in Three Americans are obese
Obesity nearly doubled from 1991 to 1998 poor diets is a contributing factor by 50%
A proper diet with moderate exercise is key to modifying the obesity risk factor in todays adults and children. In the United States, roughly 112,000 deaths per year are directly related to obesity, Patients with a BMI over 40, life expectancy is reduced significantly
C.M. is currently overweight has an extensive family history of co morbidities that this will contribute too
Most of the diet aspects of risk in obesity are independent, the main dietary aspect mostly considered as a risk factor to obesity is overeating.
The factor is called independent since it has the capacity of causing obesity single handedly.
Another aspect of diet is unbalanced diet, taking too much of carbohydrates can lead to obesity since the food are stored at a higher rate that they are utilized.
The individual thus increase in body weight a situation known as obesity.
Short-term goals
To cut back on calorie intake:
- Reduce / Cut out Sodas
- Reduce amount of Sweets
- Eat smaller portions
- Exercise 2-3 times a week for 30 minutes
- Set realistic weight loss limits 5-8 lbs a month
- Long-term goals
- Maintain weight that has been lost
- Increase exercise to 3-5 times a week
- Stay healthy through diet and physical activity
INTERVENTIONS
Nursing interventions for the Preparation stage
Fix date With the patient; in this make sure that t6he time is convenient for the patient it may be after works or during the weekends
Respond to questions regarding the benefits of losing weight. The questions may be sensitive and so it calls for proper understanding of the patient and every question that they project
Inform about weight lose, diet change, exercise, medications
Discuss the importance of thinking about situations that trigger the craving to eat
Discuss alternative ways to cope
Let the patient know of the health consequences of obesity in relation to bad diet
Take the patient through a comprehensive general review of the whole system
Explore and discuss emotions and events associated with eating. The clinician should do this after full inquiry of the dietary composition of the patient.
Carry out and review daily food diary (caloric intake, types and amounts of food, eating habits).Make sure you are well equipped with the various foods that the patient is allergic to Emphasize the importance of avoiding fat diets and explain the risks that are associated with them many patients have doubted the interventions of the doctors claiming that the intentions are not clear.
Develop an appetite reeducation plan with patient. Let the patient contribute most in the process.
Explore and discuss emotions and events associated with eating. The clinician should do this after full inquiry of the dietary composition of the patient.
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Race Science, Eighteenth to Mid-Nineteenth Centuries
Scientific Ideas of Race in 18th Century
One of the scientific ideas developed to explain the origin of race is monogenesis. It refers to the influence environment has towards the development of races. The concept of monogenesis states that race development if based on environmental factors and not inheritance. The concept is called environmentalism. One of the scholars who support attribute the development of different races to environmental factors is Samuel Stanhope Smith. Smith used his wide knowledge and interest to develop the principle. He argued that when people from different races were brought together and lived in a specific region; their generations developed a characteristic that would be associated with the region they lived. As a result, they would look alike over time. The idea came to be when the slave trade was popular, and scientist wondered why there were big differences between people from different regions. The scientist had an answer which stated that the differences were as a result of the differences in environmental condition in different regions around the world. Some of the environmental factors were both natural while others were social. To support the argument, some Senegalese from Africa and Danes from Europe were exchanged. After several generations, Senegalese were changing and becoming white while the Danes were also changing and becoming black. The early scientist made attempts to categorize the races that existed in the sixteenth to mid-nineteenth century. Several people made efforts. Francois Bernier developed four categories of races which he based on color. The four groups are Asiatic, European, Lapp, and African. These are probably the first groupings which were done in the sixteenth century. He also considered lips size and body appearance of the groups, and he was able to interpret it using his knowledge before coming up with the four groups. In the 1730s, Carolus Linnaeus made an effort some improvement to Bernier's classification. He came up with four groups which had more advance names. The names were African (niger), American (rubescus), Asiatic (fuscus) and European (albums). He also developed taxonomic names which were almost similar to the original names and they were Asiaticus, Europeanus, Americanus, and Africanus. Linnaeus used skin color, and origin, but he later included physical characteristics and his understanding of emotional and social characteristics. In the mid-1700s, there was another discovery where Comte de Buffon came up with the idea that animas should be classified depending on their ability to interbreed. He argued that it would be easier to know whether animals are the same species by interbreeding them. If the process is successful, the conclusion was they are the same species. In 17770's, another type of classification was established by John Friedrich Blumenbach. He abandoned the classification of human species using geographical regions which had four groups. His new five group classification was based on morphology (physical characteristics). He established five categories which include American (referring to red race), Ethiopian (the black race), Caucasian (referring to white race), Malayan (also called brown race) referring to and Mongolian (referred to as yellow race). In 1817, there was extinction of some races which were under the five category classification and George Curvier attributed it to catastrophic events such as Darwinian trickle which was happening around that time.Background extinction was also caused extinction.
I. Polygenesis: Starting 1700s, some writers began to suggest polygenesis explained differences: Voltaire; David Hume; Christoph Meiners: Georg Foster: Jean-Joseph Virey; John Pinkerton: Edward Long. Also a. Lord Kames, Sketches of the History of Man (1774), advocated polygenesis. The author abandoned Christian beliefs, and he concluded that humans had different races which were as a result of the variation in species characteristics. He also said that the variations made the human have different and unique species. Lord Kames also noted that human history had common characteristics which were a consistent improvement of primitive to civilization These arguments were a defense to the attack on polygenesis b. Charles White, 1799, Account of the Regular Gradation of Man. Charles White wrote this book trying to explain his finding on the differences among skulls from the different human species that were in existence them. He said he had found differences in all the skulls. He compared the skull of humans with that of a donkey and concluded the two were different species. c. Bernard Romans, of A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, 1775. The book states that the population in Florida increased ten times around 1900. The author says that the increase in population is because this was one of the first areas that humans settled. Taking together increased the intelligence of the community. Americans inhabitant got to realize the importance of Florida and was interested in learning the history of Florida because of the high increase population. Bernard Romans's shows that early humans did the trade. The book has a history of the relationship among people from India, Britain, and USA. The book provides information on the transformation of the species and the development of scientific technology. It also provides scientific arguments about the development of humankind. Monogenesis remained the dominant mode of thought in the 18th century. This is an explanation of human origin. Monogenesis provides an explanation that shows that all human beings have a common origin for all races (created together). Monogenesis was discussed a lot during the nineteenth century when the scientific racism discussion was rife and different individuals were trying to scrutinize it with the aim of establishing the truth or supporting their belief. Religious people and scholars discussed the idea of race in the nineteenth century. The differences were explained through different theories developed by various writers. Some of the influential writers include: Charles Darwin Charles Darwin is one of the influential writers who contributed to the discussion on races. He developed a theory which covered the origin of species and more specifically human being. He covered how sex determined the king of offspring that would be produced. Darwin maintained his idea that all races were created separately.Louis Agassiz
He believed that all races were created separately. He was also an influential writer during the period when racial science was very popular. He said that there were unequal attributes concerning the endowment of the race. Growth of anthropometry The skull is one of the main features that were used to prove the differences among races. Anthropometry is a field that finds differences among human beings by measuring their sizes and make identification using physical variations easy. Then the identities derived are associated with a certain race. Anthropometry measures shape and size of human bodies using the dimensions. Phrenology: Phrenology was very influential in back in the nineteenth century. It was concerned with the measurement of the size and shape of the human skull for identification. The reason behind it was that the brain has localized modules. This field of identification borrowed more from science. Craniology Craniology was considered very scientifically respectable in the 1840s. Several writers have written several works trying to explain the principle. Pieter Camper Pieter Camper in the late 1700s supported the use offacial angle in racial science. It was important because it was a way of measuring intelligence among different individuals who were seen as representatives of a specific race. He believed that a person's intelligence could be measured by drawing two lines one perpendicular and another one horizontally. William F. Edwards William Edwards was able to discover that shape and face had some way of showing the race of person came from because the distance between the camera a person's face varies. As a result, there is a variation of appearance which is significant and can be relied upon to identify some unfamiliar faces. Adjusting the distances between face and camera creates a subspace from the face. Anders Retzius Anders Retzius, the 1840s, showed the ratio of length and breadth of the cranium. He was a knowledgeable scientist who helped develop the cephalic index which can be obtained by calculating heads ration regarding width to length. He believed all races were created differently (polygenism). Samuel George Morton in the US, Crania Americana (1839) Morton was a supporter of polygenism. Morton is one of those scientists who strongly believed that there was no way all races had a common creation. Due to his expansive knowledge of science, he was able to use establish intellectual capabilities of individuals. 1840 census data, John C. Calhoun, and the marriage of science and politics Science combined with politics in 1840 census when John Calhoun (the vice president) and Jackson disagreed. John had two wives, and the wives of the cabinet ministers excluded her. But Van Buren refused to join them in ostracizing the Peggy Eaton. As a result, many people resigned from their cabinet positions. The president recognized Van Buren, and he was chosen to become a vice president and later on was chosen as the person to replace the president. But due to his association with Eaton's second wife, he lost the second re-election held in 1840. The Mulatto Mullato is a community that many people thought it was going to end after it lasted for four over five generations. The communities were believed to be a weak community, and some scientist hoped that it was necessary for them to intermarry for them to get a boost of genes which would enable them to acquire characteristics that would enable them to live longer. Mullato had originated from two different species. The white community would not eradicate Mullato's infertility.Bibliography
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The History Analysis of Religious Festivals in Shakespeare’s Tragedy “Hamlet”
William Shakespeare was the prince of Denmark who wrote the tragedy of Hamlet as one of his most popular tragedies where he found many religious references in his book, which included the protestant and catholic. According to his poetic of Hamlet from religious point of his analysis, which is biblical, he argued out that Hamlet is rich in material of many kinds, which reflected most aspects of religious circumstances in religious era. Dutton (260) argues that the pieces of religious literature have great impact to the synopsis of Hamlet as he stressed that religious basics which are found in his tragedy creates the scheme, references and foretelling. One of the first pieces of Christian proof showed that the viewers in Hamlet are the plan of agony. In this case, I am going to discuss various acts of the play based on the religious norms.
In act one of the scenes is the Ghost who says that he is not in heaven and is not in hell and during the night, he is able to disappear and in the day light he is stuck in purgatory till he is punished for his sins. The first part of the guideline in the scene, Catholic Church is understood as the dwelling place where souls are taken when the body dies. He stresses out that purgatory is where the soul compensates for its sins, which had not been acknowledged through confession, and after then it can move to heaven. The part of purgatory may be seen not of any important idea to the play but with time, the analysis provides a proof to this doubts. The full impression of purgatory, which is neither in hell nor in heaven, brings a room for the Ghost to reappear as a spirit of the dead body. When ghost returns back to the real world, He passes information to his son that he did not die from natural causes that Claudius, who is the real brother to Ghost, killed him. Therefore, it is true and reality that if Ghost did not make his reappearance into the real world, through Hamlet, then he would never have been found and the cause of his death would not have been revealed to the eyes of all in the play.
It is clearly known that Shakespeare did not support any of the religious practices in the play; however, he obviously made a big treaty of religious studies. He uses the knowledge of his culture and religious beliefs to influence the responses of the audience who were the targeted group initially. This may be observed by viewing how he uses Elizabethans'misperception about the religion as he uses contradictory cultures to suggest replies based in the audience's mind and the implication of the Hamlet's Christian understanding. During the era of Shakespeare's Hamlet performance is when there were great confusions in the minds of Elizabethans. It is by then when they had revoked the rule of protestant and gained interest and familiarity with the Christianity beliefs of catholic faith that according to their belief the spirit of Hamlet's father is in purgatory (Dutton 263).
This puts across that he is not in the harm side but doing penance until the time that the foul crimes purified and sins are forgiven. According to Harrison (171), this is required because he was his sins made it difficult to enter direct into the heaven and they were too light for it to be laid in hell. The Elizabethans did not know this. Though conferring to the protestant's faith that purgatory never existed and any ghost was viewed as evil. This was similar to Horatio's scholarly concern that ghosts were strange acts. Due to confusions, not knowing that Hamlet's father was a living Ghost, the Elizabethans audience would have supported Hamlet in his decision of being sure before killing Claudius, his uncle, who murdered his father. Shakespeare uses weaknesses of the audiences to convince their responses in the play. Marotti (276) showed that he also uses conflicting culture to control their reactions. His play was written in English. According to Danish tradition, the bloodshed of the king requires revenge as the duty spoken that Hamlet was born to fulfill the revenge. However Christian audience murder once violated, it was there was no revenge as they viewed Judgment day was the best. It was also based on the beliefs to love for the enemies and therefore bloodshed conflicted with Christian views as their values guided them in moral ways. In conclusion, the religious beliefs in this play were distinct leading to different points of view.
Works Cited
Dutton, Richard. "Hamlet after Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text." Shakespeare Studies 45 (2017): 259-267.
Harrison, Keith. "Shakespeare Shaping in Dogme 95 Films, and Bakhtin's Theory of Tragedy." Shakespeare, Bakhtin, and Film. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2017. 163-186.
Marotti, Arthur F. "Shakespeare and Early Modern Religion." Shakespeare Studies 45 (2017): 269-280.
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The Theme of Feminism
Introduction
Theme is the main subject or agenda passed on by author to the readers or audience. In this book I intent to explore how the theme of feminism is brought out the readers and also how the characters portrays this them. The story revolves around Akoko. The buck stops with women in the fight against oppressive testosterone. It is upon women to tap into their innermost strength to transform the world it what they imagined. Akoko, being on the losing end in a male dominated family fought her way to earn her father's love. She had to put her feet on the ground to make the world recognize her. Aloo, the family spokesman said that Akoko's hard work had been incorporated into a saying that women sending their children on errands would mention her. She did not show any female shyness when she was introduced to her husband to be. With her head held high, Akoko stirred into Owuor Kembo a feeling that had not earned vocabulary among the Luo love.
Akoko did not forbid the chief to marry only one wife. She was satisfied with him marrying as many wives as he can depending on his ability. It was the chief's decision, to do has per his will and remain faithful to his wife .We are not told of any arm-twisting but sure as the sun rises in the east, Akoko build Chief Owuor Kembo to stand in her defence and love her unconditionally. I don't want to give out details on how managed it, and I don't intent to sound melodramatic about it. One thing that is for certain is, women have the power to change oppressive traditions to accommodate them. Otieno Kembo treated his wives like sluts. He thought he would do the same to Akoko, short as she was; she had the height in confidence. She stood him down on various occasions. She earned his fear and she cherished it. The difference between Akoko and Otieno's wives are, she was daring where the wives were submissive, she was confident where they were shy and she was loving where they were just doing their duty to their husband.
Many women in oppressive regimes choose to me dutiful. To ask little, oppose little and take in as much as they can. (Read Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Sun's). In most occasions, women wait until it is too late to do too little. Akoko stood before the DO and DC to demand for the birthright of her grandson. She did not have to use men to right a wrong; she did what any mother would do in the face of uncollapsible wall. She forwarded the case before the white man herself, defiant like Mekatilili before the British who were conscripting young Giriama men into a war they knew little about. She knew her days in Sakwa were over, she therefore packed, having won the war, and went away. Let me shift gears and burrow into other characters that bore a mark on feminism in the book. First on the list is Vera. Vera as a young lady broached a question which by standards of the time would have brought the earth to a standstill.
Even in some societies today, such acts are despicable. She asked her father for permission to go out on a date with Tony Muhambe. This was an atrocity that could lodge a fishbone in any father. Her mother of course intervened in the matter but this act alone marked Vera as a woman daring to stand against forces that had defined her community. She turned down Tony's proposal for marriage! Who does that? She therefore decided to live unmarried life! This alone would have earned her father shame that would have landed him hanging on a tree in a banana plantation shame written over his face. A girl's destiny was determined by her father. Vera did the despicable and her dad was okay with it. Wandia Mugo the wife of Aoro sigu is a significant woman too. She did ask Aoro to marry her! Further on in the book, she becomes the first Kenyan woman to earn a doctorate in Medicine. Men should shallow a hard pill on this! A woman! A doctor! A doctor Woman!
Conclusion
Entirely, the trendsetters in this book are ladies who stand out to struggle and live their own life and do away with regimes that are oppressive and fail to recognize woman. Woman in this book have proved that they can still perform tasks that man can do. The sense of equality is created by the characters in the play. It is unfortunate that more communities culture does not support this idea of equality between woman and men. This theme of feminism is argued out briefly as per the context.
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Canvas Daily Magazine
Canvas magazine is published and distributed across the globe. The magazine covers the information, news and trending topics on the Arts and Culture from the Arab and the Middle East regions. The magazine contains in-depth and comprehensive articles in the major cultural aspects such as visual arts, Museums, Galleries, Design, Photography and Exhibitions. Each of the topic entails special features in every publication.
The magazine provides special and exclusive articles about the museums. It provides exclusive features on a chosen museum, the feature involves the location of the museum, what artifacts the museum contains and the unique features about the particular museum. The magazine also feature the gallery and photographs of the various museums across the middle east and Arab regions. What fascinates the most is the quality of the featured photography. They are meant to attract the tourists to the featured museums of the particular week. The exhibitions entails the special shows and the luxury locations such as the beaches. In this particular week, the exhibition features covered the Miami beach. The articles give exclusive details about the beach and give recommendations to thee tourists to visit the beach over the festive seasons and holidays. The magazine further features the updates of the trending information across the world regarding the arts , museums, shows and exhibitions.
The special feature section of the magazine entails detailed information about a chosen museum site. The write articles about the museum will cover the location of the museum, the artifacts contained in the museum and the recommendations on the for the public to tour the chosen museum. In this particular week the magazine in the exclusive section the magazine featured the museums in Abu Dhabi. The author provides the information about the special events that were to be hosted by the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Louvre Abu Dhabi was to be launched into the market. the special events that were to be featured include the music theatre, and the exhibitions.
In the exhibitions section of the Canvas magazine, the authors provide adverts on the exhibitions. The magazine provides list of exhibition schedules to covered in a specific period of time. Some of the featured adverts on the exhibitions include the NYUAD ARTS CENTER. The Inventing Downtown exhibition and the ETIHAD MODERN ART GALLERY shows and exhibitions. The magazine therefore provides exclusive features and information about the shows and exhibitions ion the middle east and the Arab region.
The magazine also provides an interview section from the professional in the in museum. The journalist interviews the professional to get the comprehensive details and information and information from the invited guest to the from the museum and exhibitions field. The information is intended to brief the audience of the trends in the industry. This week interview included Sir David Adjaye, on the topic of Art Institutions future design.. He is a specialists in then art industry and provided detailed information about the industry.
The magazine also provides a section of the where information is sought to get the views of the public regarding the museum and arts industry.
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Description Paper of a Manager Interview
Personality Question and Responses
1. Are you the kind of person Albany International is missing? I am an individual of special personality with my whole workmanship engulfed with appreciating and valuing the contribution and qualities of others. My employees would openly say that the finest manager who keeps the concerns in safe hands and listens to them is me. I am a person who is a wiz in bringing understanding and order to chaos. I am a proud professional with amazing and admirable track of timely and effective deadline submissions in my previous employers. 2. How does anger affect your ability to work efficiently? I am least affected by anger. The least it may hit my human nature is handled and countered in the best professional way possible. I am a person who avoids anger by all means and costs. It is the last thing I can wish to undergo in my line of duty a manager, junior staff or even a technical expert. Everything which comes my way in order to anger me is converted to be a challenge and my problem solving skills takes full responsibility.Communication Skills Questions and Responses
1. How have you shown you good communication skills in the past? My resilient communication skills have been demonstrated in both verbal and written ways. While at my previous employer, it was my role to organize and conduct brainstorming sessions and distribute post-meeting discussions and reports. In this role it mandatory for me to exercise and exhibit strong communication and diplomacy skills to ensure that the common goasl of the organization reach the diverse team members. My resilience in communication skills has significantly helped me to build, sustain and repeat my customer base as well as work efficiency within a dynamic and huge team like the one I anticipate to meet in your organization.Leadership Style Questions and Responses
1. Give an example of an experience you unexpectedly took up the role of a manager in your Leadership Journey? At my immediate job, I held the post of a sales and supply association for a similar company as Albany International. The company's overall sales were falling drastically as compared to the ones recorded in the previous quarter of the year. The then manager converged all employees in the department and asked each and every one of us to suggest a possible method to improve the periodic sales. I presented a summarized presentation on a solution I developed entailing changes in the training method used in the sales department. The management was appeased by my solution and I was given the opportunity to lead a special task force made to implement the solution. The team of six was under my leadership and the task was timely and effectively completed with the new training method ready for implementation with no delay. Ultimately, this sales solution increased and sustained the skills elaborated by the sales personnel. The goodness of the company, the next quarter enjoyed the best level of sales in decades. A remarkable increase of 25% was recorded. I strongly believe that my spectacular and professional communication skills to both top management and the junior staff for the success of my ideologies, projects and the general output of the company or institution. 2. Which is your past toughest decision making moment in your life? In my life I have two peculiar scenes which stretched my decision making ability to the very limits. The first one befell me when I finished my 12th class and the next moment of choosing my profession was very difficult. I was locked in a dilemma to choose either degree or BTech. My parents influenced the decision and I joined degree. And the second one I about my career practice whether to choose the public sector or the private sector. These two are the worst moments of my career and education life.Motivation Questions and Responses
1. What is your Motivation tool? Doing an excellent job and attaining the desired and stipulated end results forms my primary motivation. As I enjoy the environment of working on my own projects, I'm particularly appeased and equally motivated by the spirit and buzz of teamwork. It is overwhelmingly rewarding to work with a team for a common goal and purpose 2. How will you make the employees under your watch motivated? There are three key aspects which I usually employ in my engagement with the rest of the team in an organization. In my new post as the company manager I would create an environment which makes them feel others need them too, recognize them even to the individual level and being absolutely intentional with everyday and routine conversations.Task Management Questions and Responses
1. What is your Task Delegation Strategy? For every staff member I prepare detailed sheet carrying key information about relevant responsibilities and tasks together with estimated deadlines. Personalized access to every staff member to ascertain they are at harmony with the deadlines as well as answering to any uprising query over the same. Apart from that, I usually plan and schedule meetings about work in progress to check on the progress status and address arising challenges. 2. Can you tell us about your Worst Management Weakness? Sometimes in the pressure of deadline timelines I find myself in the receiving end of overlooking the marvelous and quality job of a certain employee or staff member. However, I am working an extra mile harder to ensure that everybody in my team enjoys the deserved recognition for their productive and positive contribution towards the objectives and goals of the department and company in general. 3. What actions would take upon learning that the subordinate are discharging their duties inefficiently? As a manager, I consider everybody working with or under me to be a typical extension of my quality and effectiveness. A discussion about any possible challenges with the affected team members on an individual level will be conducted to unearth the issues once and for all. However, if their job affects the threshold of the organization, then I carry a part of the burden of their shortcomings as my responsibility.Cite this page
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