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FPL Group is a publicly owned company in the state of Florida. It deals with the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It has also ventured into other investment opportunities. Since the 20th century, the companies in the United States of America allowed government agencies to regulate them. The Florida state also determined the kind of non-utility businesses that a utility company would enter. FPL acquired other companies so that it can also offer Insurance policies, cable television services, and fruit processing. It also started the real estate business. FPL group faced many challenges in the year 1994 (Pederson 301). The internal challenge included the staffs’ complaints. Due to the quality control program by the Japanese company, the workload on the staff increased. They had to ensure quality production even under extreme conditions. The company may face staff turnover. The external challenges include the demand that is growing for its services. It can outstrip the company’s capacity (Damodaran 385). There is also increasing competition in the market. Other companies such as Texas Utilities, Oklahoma G&E, and Houston Industries are among the big competitors. The management is contemplating cutting down the dividend payout or maintaining the current price in the upcoming Annual General Meeting. It might have negative repercussions. Most utility companies never cut down on dividends except in extreme conditions (Damodaran 385). As a result of the dividends cut, Consolidated Edison Company’s price per share dropped. Sierra Pacific Resources also experienced an almost similar repercussion as a result of the dividend cut. The shareholders also sued the company. Therefore, it is a tough decision for the company to make. The current dividend payout of $2.48 per share is not adequate for the current shareholder. The company should consider increasing the payout. It has been the company’s policy to do so for over ten years (Sharpe 150). It is an anxious moment and the same should apply in the current year. The company has made significant investments in businesses that are generating income (Baker 275). It is performing better financially as compared to its peers. The regulating authorities have given it an improved rating. Therefore, it can increase its debt level to continue its plan of expansion. There has been a gradual increase in income from the utility investments. There is a need for expansion of the company. The plans would cost the company significant amounts of money (Da Silva, Goergen, and Renneboog 102). The competition is increasing, and there is already an effect on the company’s financial statement. FPL needs to cut down on the increasing interest expense on its long-term and short-term loans. There is an uncertain and more competitive environment now than it was before. It would be prudent to reinvest the
Every human being is unique. Not even identical twins share much beyond their physical appearance. The implication of this uniqueness is that people usually have a set of innate abilities that are unique to them. Additionally, each individual usually exhibits a variation in tastes and preferences. In other words, if an analysis of the tastes and preferences of a group of people is conducted, a wide variation will be established. Similarly, an analysis of the innate abilities of a group of people will reveal an explicit distinction in the skill sets of everyone. These differences have been a subject of debate for a long time. To some, individual differences are a limiting factor because they are often the reason behind the conflicts that occur among people (Long, Zhong-Ming, & Wei, 2011). To others, they are a blessing because they ensure that there are enough people with the different sets of skills required to accomplish different tasks. This latter perception seems to be the reason behind the development of teamwork. Research shows that well constituted teams that work in harmony yield a synergistic effect that multiplies their productivity (Paris, Salas & Cannon-Bowers, 2000). Their productivity surpasses the sum total of the results of each individual working alone (Paris, Salas & Cannon-Bowers, 2000). As a result, teamwork is fostered among schoolchildren, college students, and employees alike. The overwhelming attention that the concept of teamwork receives forms the basis of this assessment. Understanding Teams It is imperative to understand what a team is prior to assessing the concept of teamwork or team behavior. According to Paris, Salas & Cannon-Bowers (2000) a team is a group of people with complementary skills and are united by a common purpose. The efficacy of a team is usually evaluated based on its ability to achieve its purpose. The complementary skills possessed by team members allow them to work in a coordinated and mutually supportive fashion towards their common purpose (Paris, Salas & Cannon-Bowers, 2000). Based on this description, not every group meets the criteria of becoming a team. There is a notable distinction between the two. Whereas every team is a group, not every group is a team. Several salient features characterize teams. Paris, Salas & Cannon-Bowers (2000) note that some of the features that define teams are as follows. They are constituted by at least two people, every member of a team usually has a specific role to discharge towards the common goal, each team member usually has specialized knowledge and skills, the members depend
Out of these thousands of bills proposed each year, only a few become law. The Constitution gives three conditions for passing bills. These are a majority Senate vote, a majority vote by House of Representatives and Presidential assent. Despite this seemingly short and simple process described in the Constitution, passing bills involves much more hurdles. This paper is an analysis of the hurdles involved in the law making the process. The first hurdle is the committee stage of passing a bill. A proposed bill is given to a committee to go through it and recommend any desirable changes. The committees cannot go ththe rough all bills, and therefore they divide themselves into subcommittees. Getting a subcommittee to agree to the proposals of a bill and pass it to the committee for approval is usually a major hurdle. Proposers of bills have to come up with strategies of convincing these subcommittees to accept their proposed bills. Getting committee approval is also a challenge. It is, however, important to note that the committee hurdle is not as challenging as the subcommittee hurdle because the committee mostly accepts the recommendations of the subcommittee. The next hurdle is the Rules Committee through which most of the proposed laws pass. Some bills may by-pass the Rules Committee by exception. This is usually the case for popular bills. The second hurdle is that a bill has to get majority votes in the Senate and the House of Representatives. This is a major hurdle because it has been the tradition for both houses to be divided according to the parties of the members. This means that a bill proposed by a Democrat may face proble
Introduction Psychological impacts are manifested in human life as a result of extremity in life values that we interact with. All situations and phenomenon that human beings find themselves in must be accompanied by a particular attitude, which ultimately creates an impact in the psychological set up. Psychological studies have long developed enthusiasm among researchers in an urge to identify how the interaction with distinct factors within a human environment impacts on psychological dimensions. All types of factors are responsible for every type of psychological impact, be it social, political, environmental or economical factors. However, many factors have been weighed and carefully evaluated and found to be the causative agents of distress, wrong attitudes, as well as negativity. In addition, societal set up constitutes of people that possess differences in terms of individuality, perceptions, as well as reactions. Thus, different situations impact differently on their lives as well as their psychological reasoning. Our cultural set up also determines how we perceive societal issues, for instance, colour, races, sexism, employment, poverty etc. Moreover, the psychological impacts are manifested in different people depending on their attitudes towards arising and normal societal issues (Hook, et al., 2004). The objective of this paper is to investigate into the psychological impacts that are associated with several social-political factors. These will include unemployment, homelessness, as well as ageism. Moreover, it is crucial to describe the potential impact of these social-political factors on the “psychological development, distress, and behavior on a culturally diverse individual” (Hook, et al., 2004). An overview of psychological impact Psychological impacts are the inner personal feelings that influence an individual’s conscience, as a result of interactions within the human environment. The individual’s areas that are affected include behavior, attitudes, and the status of emotions. The main contributing agents to the transformation in human attitudes and behavior are social, political, moral, and economic factors that we interact with in our daily lives. Psychological impact may be manifested either positively or negatively in the life of an individual, depending on the dimension taken by the causal factors. Examples of the social-political factors that influence an individuals attitudes are; unemployment, poverty, diseases, disabilities, sexuality, homelessness, inequality in work places, divorce racism etc. These social-political factors impact on an individual distinctly depending on perceptions, cultural background as well as beliefs (Hook, et al., 2004). On the other hand, the society is made up of people that belong to diverse cultures, thus concepts of multicultural values impact distinctly upon the societal individuals. Individual’s perceptions and thoughts in relation to diversity make up the distinct cultures found in a societal set up. More over, the interaction of different cultures within a community play a key role in designing personal values and beliefs regarding soci
The kitchen is expected to be the cleanest premises in the restaurant because its cleanness impacts directly the quality of the food served. Restaurant personnel that have access to the kitchen should keep to certain rules, such as washing hands regularly or putting a cap when entering kitchen, for example. However, ensuring that restaurant kitchen is properly cleaned is especially important because if a cook has clean hands, but cooks the food in dirty utensils or on a dirty table, it is still completely unacceptable and should be reformed. There are several steps which should be followed daily, weekly, and monthly in order to keep restaurant kitchen clean and for it to correspond to all the sanitary requirements. List of Daily Tasks (Step by Step) Kitchen Floor  1. Sweep the floor and remove all the debris from it  2. Mop the floor with a special kitchen cleaner Warning! Use only kitchen cleaners or degreasers for washing kitchen floor. Do NOT use dishwasher soap, bleach, laundry detergent, etc. Some of them contain animal fats which make the floor slippery. This increases trauma risks at the working place! Restaurant Kitchen Items  1. Clean the fryers and stoves you have used during the day  2. Make sure that all the used dishes are removed from the kitchen  3. Wash the surfaces and treat them with special cleaners  4. Put chefs’ coats, kitchen towels, cleaning rags, aprons, and the like items into the laundry Note: These items should be laundered every day irrespective of how often they have been used during the day List of Weekly Tasks   * Clean hoods and ducts, as well as fan systems with special cleaners Note: This helps to ensure not only proper sanitary condition of the kitchen, but provides fire protection.   * Clean ovens, coffee-machines, and refrigerators Note: This should be done on a regular basis irrespective of how dirty these items are or how often they are used. Warning! Always follow the manufacturers’ maintenance instructions when cleaning these items! Check Maintenance Instructions  1. Clean all the floor drains with special cleaners  2. Clean kitchen utensils with special cleaners List of Monthly Tasks   * Remove the grease which has built up on the stoves and ovens Note: This not only helps to maintain cleanness in the kitchen, but reduces fire hazards.   * Empty the freezers and ice machines and clean them with special cleaners Warning! Always follow the manufacturers’ maintenance instructions when cleaning these items!   * Sanitize the walls and wash the ceiling   * Check pilot lights in stoves and/or boilers and clean them   * Replace aprons, chefs’ coats, kitchen towels, etc. if necessary   * Carefully clean all the kitchen utensils irrespective of whether they have been cleaned daily/weekly   * Ensure that the kitchen personnel is aware of smoking being forbidden in the premises of the kitchen Materials and Tools Needed to Complete the Task   * Kitchen rags   * Detergents   * Sanitizers   * Washing machines   * Laundry detergents
The group of disorders called diabetes mellitus is comprised of several similar conditions. They are characterized by either the body’s resistance to insulin action or deficient levels of insulin (Arcangelo, Peterson, Wilbur, & Reinhold, 2017). There are four general types of diabetes: “type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM),” and diabetes developed from other causes (ADA, 2015, p. 98). These four categories have individual signs, characteristics, and recommendations. Type 2 diabetes evolves in people due to the combination of genetic and environmental factors as well as the person’s life choices (ADA, 2014). For this particular condition, health care providers develop a plan that includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. One of the proposed drug treatments is Metformin – the primary choice for initial therapy (ADA, 2015). The non-pharmacological approach often includes dietary restrictions that focus on controlling glucose and lipid levels. Diabetes development changes a person’s life because it requires one to make significant lifestyle changes and creates a dependence on medications. Types of Diabetes As is mentioned above, one can distinguish four main categories of diabetes according to their causes and onset. The first one is type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes), in which it is thought that the body destroys its pancreatic beta cells (Arcangelo et al., 2017). Then, the absence of these cells leads to insulin deficiency. This is a chronic condition, and it can occur at any age, although the majority of cases develop early. A variety of factors can influence type 1 diabetes, but all causes are not thoroughly researched or confirmed (ADA, 2014). Another category is type 2 diabetes. In this case, the pancreas starts producing less insulin or the impact of insulin becomes less effective on the muscle and adipose cells of the body (Arcangelo et al., 2017). Thus, as a result of the insulin’s lowered impact, glucose levels in the blood rise significantly. Type 2 diabetes develops in people with time, the majority of patients being more than 30 years old (ADA, 2015). However, the rate of type 2 diabetes continues to increase in children, which may signify changes in people’s health and lifestyle (ADA, 2014; Peterson, Silverstein, Kaufman, & Warren-Boulton, 2007). Risk factors for this type include a family history of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and dieting choices. GDM occurs in pregnant women who become intolerant of glucose. It should be noted that patients can be misdiagnosed with GDM, although they have type 2 diabetes which progressed d
The second coming was written soon after the end of the First World War. William Butler Yeats had also experienced at this time the Easter Rising in Ireland which ended brutally and the Russian Revolution that took place in 1917 leading to the end of the Czars and was accompanied by lingering chaos. What would a person living in an era where Christianity was the norm conclude of the world? The title “The Second Coming” is taken from the Christianity prophesy from the book of revelation that the world will end through a series of events and eventually Christ will come back to rule over the earth. This article tries to explain how the poem has the most allusions to World War I. The term allusions when used in poetry describe a rhetorical technique in which reference is made to an event, person or object. This poem has mainly conveyed the destruction of mankind. Yeats incorporates symbolism, imagery, dark diction, and allusions to show the end of the world and the destruction of mankind (Morton 15). World war one was called “the war to end all wars”. People at this time had never experienced such an outbreak of war, death, and misery and in their mentality, the war was going to end the world. The poem thus has derived many allusions to world war I. The title itself is an allusion to the Biblical apocalypse. It states the apocalypse will rise through periods of great famines, international conflicts, wars, suffering perpetuated by others, persecutions of the righteous, and sufferings. These are the events that had taken place during the world war. Countries were at loggerheads and people had died in multitudes. In the first line, Yeats talks about the gyre. This is a favorite of his as he had used other times in his works. The spiraling motion is used to denote the suffering in life. The gyres represent forces in human life that shape the human spirit. Zwerdling in his book remarked that Yeats in his poem views the way world history moves. Yeats’s view of the world is that history does not progress smoothly but through revolutions and brutality (Zwerdling 18). The war was a revelation in that people came to terms with something out of the ordinary. Not only did people suffer great losses but their spirits were on the brink of breaking. Hope was a rare thing at the time with no one knowing when the end will come and what will remain after the end of the war. Yeats also talks of the falcon not hear the falconer. The falcon is used to represent humans and the falconer is the greater good i.e. that force with which all human action, feelings, and thoughts are judged. Some analysts have taken the falconer to mean God and some have taken it to mean that which is good in man. The separation of the falcon from the falconer is taken from the brutality evident in the war where a high number of people had been killed and morality was low. In the poem, Yeats states that “Mere anarchy has befallen the world”. The war was symbolized by a state of anarchy. Countries wanted superiority and did not hesitate to wipe out millions of people from enemy countries. It was a time when people in the same country survived by abusing and destroying one a
The mass media has been our reliable source of information and entertainment. In addition to providing the society with entertainment, the media has continuously educated and provided us with both old news and latest happenings from all corners of the world. Due to its ability to capture our attention and communicate to us about what is happening in our surrounding, the media has enabled the world to become a global village. The media has focused on providing the public with news, which captures the attention of different audience. In its attempt to keep the society informed regularly, media representatives such as journalists have done everything to enlighten us about the most captivating stories. By so doing, the media has created spotlight fallacies. In this discussion, I will focus on how the media is full of fallacies. Fallacy in the media’s spotlight is a situation in which the public makes a general assumption based on how much a particular topic in the media receives coverage. The television is one of most common forms of media and almost everybody around has a TV set at home. Unlike internet, Television is common and many people can access this technology easily. With a Television, an individual can be able to know what is happening in his surroundings. However, most of the media coverage is fallacious. In its attempt to provide the public with news and entertainment, the media tends to cover events, which are less likely to occur and are not even common in real life situation. In fact, the media has made this error in many cases. Because of this, many people actually believe that those events that are regularly reported by the media are common in real life situation. Well, this is not true in most cases. To support my argument, I will provide several examples and explain them as I explore the topic extensively. To begin with, the media seems to cover those stories that are interesting especially those that are likely to capture public attention. One example of a common story in the media is crime. The media has a tendency of covering stories about crime making the public to have the perception that crime is very rampant in the society. In most cases, we see and even read from the media about crimes happening in the streets of New York. Because of this, we assume that New York City is the most insecure place in the world. However, because the media does not report on non-crime cases in New York City, we tend to have the perception that New York City is a very dangerous place. Without a doubt, this reasoning is fallacious. Another example is how the media portrays cases of school shootings. The media tends to focus on this topic so much that