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Aside from worrying about the increasing costs of fossil fuels there is another problem that plagues this planet. The continuous use of fossil fuels is creating significant amounts of air pollutants. Cities will soon become uninhabitable if nothing is done to curb dependence non-renewable and carbon emitting fuels. While pollution is an urgent concern and scientists are working hard to develop renewable sources of energy that produce zero emissions, others are thinking of other types of solutions. One of which is to develop green communities. This means that communities will be established based on the goal of reducing carbon footprint and at the same time for people to live in a healthy environment free from unwanted pollutants that can negatively affect people’s health. This study will take a closer look at two communities established in the United States that claimed to be a green community. It will be determined at the end if indeed these communities are practicing the ideals of building an environmentally friendly community or if they are simply doing so because there is a great demand for this kind of living space. There are two reasons why there is a need for green communities or eco-friendly houses. The first reason is to devise strategies to lessen dependence on fossil fuels. The second reason is to create communities with minimal carbon footprint and this means reduction of carbon dioxide gases released to the atmosphere. This is easier said than done, especially in societies that cannot live without cars, computers, TV, freezers, and other modern appliances that require a great deal of energy to run 365 days a year. This is why there is a demand for green communities. Those who are well aware of the need to take care of the environment, especially those who are well-educated are the people who will pay a premium to be given the chance to live in this type of communities. Aside from that those who are knowledgeable about this issue are the same people that can afford to pay more for something that is more exotic. Therefore, contractors and builders are racing against time to supply this demand because they realize the profitability of this type of ventures. It is therefore important to know if there is way to find out if a project is truly a green community or it is just made to appear as an eco-friendly community for the sake of profits. Thus, it is important to understand that the most ideal green community must exhibit the following features: It is not sufficient to green just the building. The concept of green building needs to extend beyond the four corners of a structure, and a building should not be considered to be green unless it is location – and transportation – efficient, as well as resource- efficient. Among other things, green building should contribute to reduced land conversion through more compact development and greater emphasis on infill and redevelopment of existing buildings and communities. It also should decrease greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and energy consumption by reducing driving – ideally by bein
In the novel Thousand Cranes Yasunari Kawabata portrays destiny and sexual desire, apathy and human fate through the character of Kikuji. Kikuji, the hero of Thousand Cranes , is an obscure character, an indecisive, cynical young man. Although he is disgusted with his late, wealthy father who loved women and art, he is perceptive enough to see the despair, born of attachment to life, behind his father’s endless involvement in sexual affairs. Kawabata uses unique symbols and themes such as tea ceremony and a symbol of the house, birth mark on Chikako’s breast and minor characters of mistresses. These stylistic devices help Kawabat to shape the atmosphere and create unique images of characters and portray their inner self. Yasunari Kawabata uses symbolic imagery in Thousand Cranes to create a story conflict, appeal to readers emotions and imagination through vivid description of the deeds and pitfalls of the main character, Kikuji. Kawabata uses a lot of symbols and motifs to portray life and destiny of the main character. From the very beginning, he unveils that Kikuji uses his sexual attraction and knows well that this same desperation can make women demoniac, as is the case with Chikako, one of his father’s mistresses, and that it is what drove his father to the serene world of tea and the eternal beauty of tea utensils. Kikuji’s destiny is to have inherited this desperation of his father, together with his house and his mistresses (Carriere 52). “People with big houses all seem to be saying that. The young lady yesterday was very surprised at the size of this house” (Kawabata 49). To some extent, the house and father’s mistresses symbolizes past and death Kikuji cannot forget and overcome. The curse of the house left for Kikuji after his father’s death symbolizes his fate. Kikuji’s house retains his father’s tireless desire for life and his lustful obsession with sexual pleasure, as well as his despairing longing for spiritual consolation and the purgation of his desire in eternal beauty. A symbol of the house is interpreted as his mother’s quiet resentment, resignation and despair, all reflecting her waning life-energy (Moore 145). Also, it can be seen as Chikako’s demonic jealousy, reflecting her crude attachment to life. In other words, the house contains hatred, unsublimated frustration (desire and jealousy) and the unfulfilled longing for spiritual salvation. The house contains the curse of human life. The birthmark of Chikako which Kikuji glimpsed in his infancy is at once a symbol of the ugliness of the body and of human desire, of demoniac frustration and of man’s obsession with life (Carriere 52). The ugly mark on Chikako’s breast is another symbol of death and destiny. It symbolizes her lack of essential femininity, her lack of sexuality as well as of maternal tenderness. Kikuji is a child symbolically fed by the breast with the ugly mark. Chikako’s lack of sexual desire and sensuality convert her into a spirit of revenge obsessed with power, and thus she becom
The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 encompasses confrontation based on the Soviet Union’s construction of nuclear missile bases in Cuba, with the United States on one side and Cuba as well as the Soviet Union on the other side. The Crisis began on October 14 and ended on October 28, 1962. The ensuing Crisis began when President John F. Kennedy saw the U2 spy plane surveillance photos, showing the Soviet Union’s construction of nuclear missile bases. As a solution, the United States launched a quarantine to inspect all ships destined for Cuba. Nikita Khrushchev uses back-channel communication to indicate his willingness to remove the missiles as long as the US withdraws its invasion of Cuba by October 28. The Crisis ends with Kennedy’s agreement to withdraw Jupiter missiles in Turkey and Italy. These form the events of the Film “Thirteen days,” as directed by Roger Donaldson. Based on the fact that this is a political film, various political, environmental, social, and economic issues can be identified in the thirteen days that made up the Crisis. The crucial political issues that occurred during this period include the construction of nuclear missile bases in Cuba by the Soviet Union, subversion of the peaceful solution being sought by President Kennedy, the death of one pilot during the cover-up of the antiaircraft shooting that O’Donnel ordered to foil Curtis LeMay’s idea of sending aircraft to Cuba, calling of military exercises in Puerto Rico to prepare for an invasion by General Maxwell Taylor, the loss of two Soviet Union ships and the shooting of one of the boats using aerial clusters as ordered by Admiral George Anderson, the Johnston Island’s ignition of hydrogen bombs and the dispatch and shooting down of a U-2 spy plane to Siberia. The key environmental issues that occurred during the thirteen days encompass water pollution as caused by the American ships plying the Cuban waters during the Quarantine, ecological degradation due to the destruction of forest cover to give way to clear land to be utilized during the nuclear missile bases construction, resource depletion under which the production of the medium-range missiles by the Soviet Union depleted all natural resources and land degradation during the construction of the missile bases. The significant Social issues that occurred during the thirteen days are inclusive of racism that the name red bastards bring out Nikita Khrushchev use of back-channel communication when communicating to the US president, the shuffling of counter offers and offers between the Soviet
Project introduction The chosen company for this project analysis is Wells Fargo. This analysis of the company will be focused on online ticketing and receipting system’s planning, design, and implementation. Wells Fargo, which is in the finance and security industry, has various affiliate branches across the United States of America. This American company is a multinational one that offers various financial services across the globe. It is one company that has assets in securities, stocks, and property in the United States. In addition, it has the biggest market capitalization in America (Wells Fargo, 2012). This project will focus on designing an online ticketing theatre box since Wells Fargo has been experiencing difficulty in its receipting process. This has come as a result of growing number of customers and users (Peltier, 2010). Project description-Business Case Wells Fargo has been chosen as the firm that needs the implementation of a new information system. This company has been in the business since 1852, when the Wells Fargo securities were started with the aim of incorporating the company’s new capital market. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $175.32 billion. The company was initially started as a small business venture under the ownership of Henry Wells and William G. Fargo. Currently, the company has grown its business operations, among both the insurance companies and banks. Wells Fargo Company provides banking services, mortgage loans, and security services. Its competitors include Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase. Bank of America is the other closest rival of the company in both the banking and insurance industries (Wells Fargo, 2012). The corporate Mission and vision statements of the Wells Fargo Company are as follows: “ We want to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Our vision of financially satisfied, successful customers is based on a simple, time-tested premise. We believe our customers can save more time and money if — after carefully shopping around and comparing choices — they bring all their financial services to one trusted provider ” (Wells Fargo, 2012). This company uses UML-based business modeling, which includes, but is not limited to online business ticketing. In addition, the project to be designed and implemented in this system analysis will be geared towards solving various problems, such as the need for the new sales channel. In addition, it will help in finding solutions to falling market share. Poor internal communication and poor receipting and payment systems are also going to be managed by the system. Role of the systems analyst The systems analyst involved in the Wells Fargo Company plays the role of planning, designing, and implementing the information systems that help in solving the problems discussed earlier. This systems analyst acts as external consultants who have sound knowledge regarding business and operations of the company. They acted on a middle level management since they relied on the company’s management to provide them with the nec
Job analysis refers to the process of identifying, recording and analyzing the aspects of a particular job to establish the specific requirements for performance of the job. When carrying out job analysis there are three important areas for examination: duties and tasks define the specific roles played by the employee when performing the job while job environment refers to the conditions prevalent in the place where the particular job is carried out. Finally, tools and equipments are required for effective performance. Job analysis is an important aspect in hiring process for several reasons; it helps in documenting vital information about the job, which then helps in determining the appropriate methods of doing the job, then it helps the human resources in job designing (duties and responsibilities) and determination of rewards for the jobholders (Fine & Cronshaw 1999, p.147). Furthermore, it helps in designing effective performance evaluation and measurement systems with which the human resources can rely in making promotions. How to recruit a suitable pool of Applicants The need to recruit a suitable pool of applicants cannot be overemphasized. Placing and assigning roles to suitably qualified personnel is important because the employees consistently deliver on expectations and help in creating value to the organization. These key benefits come about because the employee qualifications marry with the roles played which then precipitates several strong points viz. happy, motivated and productive employees; collaborative team participation which brings out individual strengths and enhanced customer satisfaction which in turn gives the organization a good standing in the public domain. Managing an effective recruitment process There are four key stages in the recruitment process that when followed will increase the chances of picking the best and suitable applicants for a job. The first step entails information search, analysis, planning, and definition. In this stage, the recruiting personnel must clearly define the needs for the recruitment and find if there are other options available. Moreover, he personnel has to define the time frame, establish the tools for measurement of success of the exercise, establish other players in the recruitment process, define the skills and knowledge specific fro the job, and the position in the organization structure where the ideal candidate will fit. The second stage focuses on how to attract candidates with the desired qualifications. At this stage, the recruiting manager must determine the tools and techniques to be used to get the best results. As such, the personnel should determine the right people who should be involved in management of the process, for instance consultants and define the communication tools that will enable one to reach as many candidates. In today’s world, the internet has become the best too
Introduction What happens when someone would want to see a romantic flick, a Christmas theme, lots of big-name stars, and a light comedy rolled into one film? Then, Richard Curtis’ Love Actually (2003) would be the picture-perfect answer. Although the film is as forgetful as any light romantic comedy film we have seen in our lifetime, it surely made waves in connecting all the plots and characters in the film to make viewers realize that love is all around us. The film explores almost all the boundaries where love can exist and viewers could identify love in all its forms. Most of all, love is even more magnified because the film’s milieu is Christmas time in London – where everyone has no choice but to give love. Main body The most exemplary part of the film is not the barrage of famous actors and actresses who are part of the cast – where everyone will surely be delighted to see Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, and even Mister Bean himself (Rowan Atkinson) in one movie. It is actually the effort of the film to show all facets of how love can exist – family love, romantic love, puppy love, and even platonic love. We can see that love sees no status when the bachelor Prime Minister himself (Hugh Grant) had found to see something special in one of his office staff. We can also see that love can be formed in unexpected places, in the part where nude film stand-ins found that they have many things in common. Viewers will also realize that love knows no language when a famous writer (Colin Firth) had sought solace, after being dumped by his wife, from a Portuguese maid who could not even understand the words she spoke to him. Of course, love can come from family members too, as the film also showed how a father taught his son to follow his heart. Seeing the film would definitely make people realize that love is not just for lovers. It can be for everyone. In the movie, viewers can see an aging rockstar who had sudden revelations of his platonic love towards his manager. Also, we can feel the pangs of puppy love from a young boy, who risked bypassing Customs just to pursue his feelings of love to a little schoolmate who turned out to be a beautiful young Afro-American girl. In this part, it could also qualify in the notion of love knowing no race or creed. All in all, there are about nine interwoven tales of love that viewers can actually get an overload of all forms of love, aside from the fact that we can barely focus on the characters who are all big stars crammed up in one movie. Despite the too common plots that were masterfully combined into one film, the film comes out as simple but sweet. It does not seek to become complicated because we all have a notion that love can be complicated sometimes. The movie slides through all the different plots and comes out as something special but not very memorable. As David Ansen (2003) judged the movie, the director “has whipped up a heapin
Executive Summary The work of teams is an increasing concern for top management as well as all other leaders in any organization. Real groups offer an attractive potential for boosts in small group performance at all levels in the organization (Katzenbach, 1998). The versatility of a team is well suited to the dynamics of speed and rapid change that is faced by high performing organizations. This paper looks at the assumption that people working in teams always achieve their goals more efficiently and effectively than those working in isolation. It provides different definitions and characteristics of a working team and goes on to discuss what different authors have said about the working of teams. Challenges of creating and maintaining a good working team as well as factors that lead to the effectiveness of a team are also discussed. Towards the end, the practicality of working teams in organizations is examined and explanations are given to show why the actual implementation of a team is a difficult task. Introduction A team may be defined as a group of people who have come together to pursue a common goal. Barnes (2008) defined a work team as a group of people who work together on a common task to achieve a specific goal or objective. In the present day competitive business world, it is almost impossible for any organization to succeed in isolation. Teams are therefore a common characteristic in most organizations today. According to research, when people join efforts, it is possible to work well than when individuals are left to work individually. According to West (2004), when we create teams, it is important to think beyond the relatively unchangeable aspects of the person such as their personality and think more of their motivation, knowledge and skills for working in teams. This includes their preference for working in teams; whether they have an individualistic or collective approach to working with others; their basic social skills such as listening, speaking and cooperating; and their team working skills such as collaboration, concern for the team and interpersonal awareness. Team working practices are based on the bel
Introduction Data Tech Inc is a growing company that is enrolled in a large business with good management and strong aspect of going concern. The management through the VMO’s of the business are obligated to mainly focus on growth rather than any other aspect, and the growth criteria adopted will depend on many factors (Candorado Restructures Management Team. 2012, May 25). Small facility with growth prospects or a large facility immediately? Data tech is an established entity with potential customers, which are four large corporate entities. What it cannot afford is to disappoint the customers in terms of delivery of products and services. It therefore has to provide the products irrespective of the circumstances, otherwise, the company may be sued by the customers for breach of the contractual relationships. (Schroeder, Goldstein & Rungtusanatham, 2011). Data Tech Inc has been so far successful in its business operations most so after securing full contracts from its two loyal customers. It has gone ahead to secure two more clients. The volume of business that the company is currently receiving from its clients is between 20,000 and 30,000, and this requires from the company to move its business to a larger premise immediately. The task that it should undertake is the cost benefit analysis for moving into the new larger premise. The premise that it should consider moving into should be one with more space for further expansion since Data Tech business is likely to grow drastically in a short time span (Reid & Sanders, 2010). After the cost benefit analysis is done, a margin to be realized should be positive however it may be small. Depending on whether the demand for Data Tech products and services is high or low, the company will be guaranteed profitability ranging between $1,000,000 on the higher side to $600,000 on a lower side. From research by the company’s strategic team it is clear that demand will grow exceedingly high hence there are prospects of making massive sales. Growth will also be rapid in an extremely short period of business activities. Weight of the two capacity factors identified In addition to factors like client handling techniques, proximity to both the customers and raw materials, strategic location to the customers affects growth of Data Tech Inc. A critical factor that is highly ranked for consideration of growth prospects for the company is an instant facility with excess capacity, which would guarantee growth in the future. Secondly, the facility must show the potential of growth and expansion. This is shown by factor scores of each level of (4, 5, 0) and (0, 1, 5) respectively. The weight of the two factors according to the rating scales used is 40 and 40 respectively. The factor weights ident