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The media plays a key role in passing important information to society. Most people hang on to every word relayed by the media. This has made the media to be one of the most effective modes of communication available in the world today. One of the most important duties that the media has been carrying out is educating people on the importance of good health. In the recent past, the media has however deviated from this role and they are now preaching ideals that have resulted in eating disorders among people. The information obtained by society from the media influences their thinking, attitude, and behavior in general. (Cemanovic, n.d.) Over the years, the media has been associating the issue of eating habits with beauty. Naturally, people want to look physically attractive. This issue has obsessed people to a point where they can do anything just to look beautiful. The media presents images of celebrities with a perfect body shape, size, and appearance that we subsequently wish to emulate. Many people view these celebrities as their role models in society. Companies dealing with beauty products that feature slim people in advertising for their products have compounded this problem. The existing beauty contests where people are continuously comparing themselves with others have adversely affected people and the whole society in general. People are so much obsessed with beauty that they are willing to go on the strictest diet or undergo dangerous cosmetic surgery procedures among other things that they are willing to do to attain that perfect image. (Beauty at any cost, n.d.) On the other hand, those who fail to comply with the set beauty standards are judged on this basis and may find themselves missing on several opportunities. The media has distorted the issue of beauty to a point where beauty is no longer “in the eyes of the beholder” but on people’s body size. Many Americans are undergoing the strictest diets just to attain that ‘perfect’ body presented by the media. (Beauty at any cost, n.d.) Two theories explain why the media influences people’s eating habits. According to Leon Festinger’s (1954) social comparison theory, people tend to evaluate and rate themselves by comparing themselves to others. These comparisons increase significantly with perceptions of similarity. According to this theory, people might compare themselves up or down with others. According to Festinger, when one compares himself/herself downward to people who are inferior to him/her, he/she exp
Problem Question The focus of this assignment is defining the ways and routes professor Mattson should use to gather information about the Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly. Therefore, the problem questions are: Where should Professor Mattson go to look for Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly in a town near Lowell? What routes should she take to get to the town and then to reach specific locales where she is likely to find the butterfly? Hypothesis Accordingly, the hypothesis of this paper is that the use of the GIS map of Massachusetts butterfly habitats will be the best way to answer the problem questions and actually assist Professor Mattson in achieving her current goal. Procedure and Results To either affirm or reject the hypothesis it is necessary to access the home page of Mass GIS and obtain background information on the Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly and the Juniper Hairstreak as the latter is similar in its looks to the Hessel’s Hairstreak, which might cause confusion while identifying their habitat. Then, it is necessary to access the tool of MassGIS Butterfly Atlas Viewer and access the viewer itself. Finally, the necessary area and the butterfly species are checked and the habitat, outline in purple is displayed on the map. Thus, Hessel’s Hairstreak is found in the area between Northern Andover, Boxford, and Middleton. The list of the butterflies from the area reveals that Hessel’s Hairstreak’s specific habitat is only in the area near Northern Andover. It is also interesting that Juniper Hairstreak is not observed in the area, so no confusion can happen during Professor Mattson’s exploration of the area. The map zoomed in several times, the street and lane names become visible that would direct Professor Mattson in her search. Keeping in mind that Hessel’s Hairstreak is found in Atlantic white cedar swamps, the most appropriate area where Hessel’s Hairstreak can be observed is Cedar Lane. To get from Lowell to Northern Andover Professor Mattson will have to follow Westford Street, Andover Street, reach North Tewksbury, follow Lowell Street, cross Wild Rose Drive, cross the William Street and follow the Haverhill Street to the crossing of the Andover Street and Turnpike Street. The latter goes straight to Northern Andover. Analysis Thus, this report managed to define the exact route Professor Mattson should follow to reach Northern Andover and study the Hessel’s Hairstreak observed there near the Cedar Lane that can be accessed by following the Forest Street. The finding of this paper not only allows Professor Mattson specifically to go and study the butterfly species, but can also widen the overall scientific knowledge on Hessel’s Hairstreak habitat. Conclusion To conclude, the research carried out allowed supporting the hypothesis that the use of the GIS map can guide Professor Mattson in her search of Hessel’s Hairstreak habitat near Northern Andover. Also, the research findings allow hoping that other scholars might use the map to define the location of species they are interested in and set off to study them in their natural habitat conditions. Discussion To
It is a very well-known fact that by the time they get to the end of their novel, many writers start to have second thoughts about how to conclude it. The history of literature is filled with examples where critics found alternative endings to famous novels. This essay analyzes the two alternative endings for the novel Great Expectations and argues that the initial one was both more aesthetically appealing and philosophically profound. The events leading up to the final scene in the film and in the novel with the initial ending are the same. In both cases Pip, or Finn as he is called in the film, ends up without his wealth while Estella is divorced and has lead an unhappy life. However, the very ends of the two versions differ sharply. The ending that Dickens initially intended for the novel is rather gloomy. The novel was initially supposed to end with the following statement by the narrator, “I was very glad afterwards to have had the interview; for, in her face and in her voice, and in her touch, she gave me the assurance, that suffering had been stronger than Miss Havisham’s teaching, and had given her a heart to understand what my heart used to be” (Dickens and Rosenberg 492). What this sentence reveals is that too much suffering can turn an innocent and loving person into a being incapable of loving in the same way as it can break the arrogance and selfishness of a spoiled one. The ending in the film is rather different. When the final accidental meeting of Estella and Finn takes place, the dynamics between them is apparently positive. One kind statement by Estella is enough to awaken all the love that Finn has been feeling for years. Estella says, “I think about you … a lot lately” ( Great Expectations ). After that, when she asks him if he would forgive her for everything, Finn simply replies “Don’t you know me at all” ( Great Expectations ) thereby signaling that his suffering was completely insignificant when compared to his desire to be with her. When it comes to giving a value judgment about which of the two endings is better, the answer is bound to come either from the aesthetics of the scene or from the philosophical understanding of the nature of love and emotional suffering of the person who answers the question. It seems that the scene that was initially intended for the novel is
Introduction Though managing an organisation involves long-term thinking and careful consideration of the organisational dynamics, many corporations cannot handle untimely alterations of the business environment. This is because the global monetary crisis comes at an unprecedented time, thus not easy for some organisations to put their operations in order for them to cope with such financial challenges. Despite the reality that the financial challenges have hit global business operations in one way or the other, and at different times, the horizon at which the companies operate has not been so proactive (Gustavo, Michaely & Swaminathan 2002, p. 379). For instance, the corporate finance and agency problems have created monetary conflicts that exist between the management of the company and their stockholders, an issue that has really affected the decisions at the corporations (Gustavo, Michaely & Swaminathan 2002, p. 389). The conflicts are relevant to corporate finance since the managers of the company, who are meant to act for the best interest of the shareholders often, fail to do so as expected of them. These managers, who act as agents of the shareholders, are meant to make decisions, which are geared towards maximizing the stockholders’ wealth. However, they fail to do so, owing to their desire to maximize their own wealth. In essence, these agency problems are related to the corporate finance in the sense that they help in understanding and analyzing the stockholder’s equity, corporate governance, and agency costs. Contemporary studies evidence that the non-responsive nature of the management to information rel
Summary of the Case Nike Considered is a sustainable line of shoes presented by Nike Inc. with the purpose to present something new to the customers and make them interested in the environment friendly products. The main idea of such change in company direction was the blame in using toxic materials for producing shoes. The company managers and designers had to invent something new and attractive to make sure that the managed to rehabilitate. Thus, the main idea of the Nike Considered is to improve its image by means of producing shoes made by recycled material and using the raw material available within approximately 300km from the Nike factory to reduce the energy used for transportation. The company also tries to make up the products which do not give too much waste. Thus, the central principles of the Nike Considered are as follows, to use the recycled environmentally preferred materials, to eliminate the toxic ingredients and to reduce the wastes by means of design decisions (Bolton, 2010). The company had problems with its image based on the accusing in the use of toxic materials. Nike had to decide what to do to return its positive image and the creation of the line of natural and environmentally friendly shoes was exactly what the company needed with the implementation of the innovative design (Henderson et al, 2009). Identification of the Key Issues Corporate Responsibility Corporate responsibility is considered to be one of the core issues of the company. According to the statement that “Corporate Responsibility-related global trends such as water, health, and energy, alongside increasing worldwide concern about climate change, had fueled Nike’s worries about the company’s supply chain” was considered from different angles and the decision was made to save costs on transportation. Therefore, the company uses only the raw materials which are available within the n
Much in the same way that the human experience is characterized by mood shifts of good and bad days, Emily Dickinson’s poetry captures the feelings of every day life, both mundane and fantastic; her poetry, brief in wording and starkly veiled in metaphor and symbolism, is both powerful in message and conveyance of emotion. When held up against one another, Dickinson’s ecstatic poems are the glaring white to her darker poems’ abysmal black. Poem 1072, “Title divine – is mine,” is an example of Dickinson’s use of ecstasy. Even though the message of the poem seems to question the way in which women are dependent on men, its overall feel and mood is one of warmth and happiness. She refers to the colors gold and garnet (in the transformation of woman from garnet to gold); these hues are warm and evoke positive associations for most. Additionally, her choice in wording, referring to “divine,” “Empress,” “melody,” and “Victory,” also tend to evoke positive connotation. When held up against Poem 1072, Poem 465 offers the converse to Poem 1072’s positive wording. In the first line of the poem, death is mentioned, setting the tone immediately and forcefully. Dickinson’s use of the terms “Stillness,” Storm,” “dry,” “willed my Keepsake – Signed away,” “blue,” and “failed” also help to convey the poem’s downtrodden nature. Ironically, although Heaven is mentioned, the poem is devoid of any sense of optimism. Of Dickinson’s more excited and ecstatic poems, numbers 214, 214, and 528 all present themselves positively but with underlying concerns. Poem 249, “Wild Nights – Wild Nights” explores the poet’s desire to be with an unnamed person. She tells of her heart having been successfully guided into the rivers of Eden, the essence of Paradise, as she longs for the comfort of her love. While a bit more obtuse in its message, Poem 214 nevertheless captures a mood of fantasy in nature. Readers will typically find the inclusion of butterflies, bussing bees, “Pearl,” and “endless summer days” pleasantly appealing. The most challenging to decipher, yet exciting poems is Poem 528. Its repetition of the term “Mine” adds a positive cadence to the mood of the poem, and most readers will equate such claim of ownership with positive feelings. The aforementioned exciting and ecstatic poems look all the more positive when held up against Dickinson’s darker pieces, including Poems 280, 449, and 650. Poem 650 is a bleak, pessimistic work that offers little hope and begins and ends with the word “pain.” It is short with few words, but the words used convey the timelessness and immortality of pain. The grim but playful Poem 449 depicts a conversation between two dead people, one who died for beauty and the other who died for “Truth.” While the topic is morbid, the conversation between the two is somewhat pleasant. Possibly one of Dickinson’s darkest poems, Poem 280 relays the narrator with a “funeral” occurring in her brain. The imagery is bland and stark, with droll drums beating, “Mourners” wandering about, and silence. The ecstatic and dark poems mentioned co
Procreation is the societal norm of marriage. If couples cannot have children, they may seek other means of having children. They may choose adoption or surrogate motherhood. Very few couples choose not to have children. Prior to having children, couples usually enjoy the comfort of each other. However, the birth of a child leads to drastic changes in how couples associate with each other. Transition to parenthood may lead to various challenges that couples must be ready to face. Parenthood leads to divisions of work and responsibility according to gender. The added responsibilities of parenthood lead to a permanent change in the relationship between the couple. Therefore, it is critical for the couples to be ready for parenthood. Failure to have good preparation may lead to creation of tensions, which may threaten the peaceful coexistence of the couples. The birth of a baby leads to permanent changes in the couple’s lives. This paper focuses on the effects that a baby has on the responsibilities and sexual relationship of the couple. These may create tension in the marriage. Bonnie Fox’s book, ‘when couples become parents,’ provides a clear explanation of the changes that occur when couples become parents. Divisions of work and responsibility based on gender is one the initial changes that occur when couples become parents. Usually, the society expects women to take care of the children. Women feed and clean the children. Division of work and responsibility based on the gender may the source of initial problems in the transition to parenthood. This is because it places more childcare responsibilities on women. Husbands may be reluctant to share the child rearing duties with their partners. Division of responsibilities may also lead to conflicts among the couple. Time pressures are the major factor that leads to conflicts among the couples. Division of responsibility forces the new parents to juggle between their parental duties and their careers (Fox, 2009, p. 156). Traditionally, women are the main gender that takes care of the children. In traditional marriages, women remain at home looking after the children while the men work. However, men also look after the children. Men may wash, feed, or cuddle babies when they cry. However, in most instances, men care for the babies due to the insiste
Abstract Employees’ compensation management is one of the most important tasks in human resource management. Employees are very important to an organization and it is essential to ensure that their compensations are released in time and in the right amount to ensure that they remain motivated. Outsourcing this service may be considered as one of the solutions, but it is not the best approach. Automating this system using appropriate software would be the best strategy to use in managing employees’ compensations. Of all the software available, the most appropriate one would be Compease Salary Administration Software because of its efficiency, ease of application, and its reasonable cost compared to programs from other vendors. Introduction Managing employees’ compensation is one of the most important tasks within the human resource department. Every employee’s salaries or wages should be correctly calculated and disbursed within the right time. The traditional method that heavily relied on paperwork has proven to be ineffective, especially in large organizations with thousands of employees. This traditional method has numerous errors, and it was common to find that payments were delayed, or a wrong amount awarded to a given employee. According to Kugel (2010) many organizations are currently considering outsourcing these services as a way of improving the efficiency in this area of management. However, the emerging technologies are bringing a new approach of dealing with this problem, eliminating the need to outsource the service. By automating this process, it becomes easy to track down employees’ details, accurately calculate the salaries or wages, and effect payments within the right time with the help of special software. There are numerous vendors who have specialized in offering administrative software that can be used to automate these processes. In this research, the focus will be to analyze some of the software that can be used in this process to make it simpler and more effective at this organization instead of outsourcing the service. Available Software Programs that Can be Used in Managing Compensation According to Stein (2006), it is very important for a firm to determine the right approach of managing their employees’ wages and salaries. When the process is to be automated, then it is necessary to pick the most appropriate system that has the capacity to deliver the services required. Sometimes it may be challenging to choose the appropriate system because of a number of issues. Currently, there are nu
The global statistics show that up to six out of ten women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lives. World Health Organization (WHO) studies of 24,000 women in different countries have shown that the prevalence of physical and/or sexual violence from a partner varies from 15 percent in urban Japan to 71 percent in agrarian Ethiopia. In most countries, this data is between 30 and 60 percent (Devries et al., 2013). Since the early 1990s, many European countries conducted national studies on the prevalence of physical, sexual, and psychological violence against women. They found that women were subjected to violence mainly by present or former partners and, to a lesser extent, from acquaintances or strangers in other circumstances. The Council of Europe lists the following data for Europe: one-fifth to one-fourth of all women were physically abused at least once in adulthood, and more than one-tenth suffered from sexual violence with the use of force (Dartnall & Jewkes, 2013). At the same time, the level of violence against women is higher in low-income countries and urban areas compared to those with high income and urban regions (Rennison, DeKeseredy, & Dragiewicz, 2013). The response of the criminal justice system differs across countries, yet several international regulations speculate the rights of women and their position in terms of the specified problem. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights with a view to their continued fair and effective implementation of policies may be noted among the most significant regulations. Tam, Dawson, Jackson, Kwok, and Thurston (2013) claim that model policies and practical measures should be implemented by all countries and legal entities without prejudice to the principle of equality between men and women before the law and to encourage governments within the criminal justice system to combat various forms of violence against women. Even though over the past twenty years there has been a lot of work done to counteract violence against women, there is still no systematic approach to solving it at the state level. The United Nations (UN) organization is deeply concerned with the high level of violence experienced by women in the family, the number of women killed, and the latency of sexual violence. Meanwhile, international legal practice tends to ensure that justice in cases of family brutality is guided primarily by the nature of acts of violence, and not the relationship between a rapist and his victim. More to the point, domestic violence by a husband poses a serious threat to the life and health of a woman as she is often forced to live with him in one house even after a divorce or during an investigation. If with a crimi
View of the Audience on the Written Profile Stafford is an appropriate county for living and doing business. According to Chamber of Commerce, Stafford is a community with diverse business environment ( Virginia , 2013). It is necessary to note that the profile provides extensive information on major spheres of people’s life. It is mentioned that the community has a developed infrastructure and all groups of people can be happy there. Thus, business people can find lots of business opportunities in such spheres as industry, farming, real estate, health care, entertainment and so on. It is stressed that the community is famous for its highly professional workforce. The profile also sheds light on numerous educational opportunities for young people and children. Apart from this, there is information on a variety of recreational facilities available in the community as well as certain non-profit organisations which focus on numerous issues. There is little information on cultural diversity in the region, though. It is possible to assume that the community stakeholders are people of all ages and pertaining to middle-class. Community Stakeholders Analysis To understand whether the profile provided corresponds to the real data, it is necessary to implement a brief analysis of the community stakeholders involving demographics, geographics, psychographics, sociographics, usergraphics, and webographics. The county’s population is not large, almost