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The relations between fathers and their children are often a rather complicated matter and the reason for children’s resentment towards fathers. In the poem “Those Winter Sundays”, Robert Hayden addresses this theme by means of expressing his complex feelings about his father through the use of a special tone. In the following paper, the ways in which Hayden uses tone and to what purpose will be discussed. Overall, after the analysis of the poem, a conclusion can be made that the poet’s tone in it is characterized by a shift of mood from sadness and regrets of childhood to understanding his father’s fight and respect towards him in his adulthood. The tendency to have a sad tone by the poem’s speaker is evident even from the title of this piece as it features the word “winter” that impels cold, dark, and gloomy thoughts. Also, the poet uses the word “those”, which suggests a picture from the past that repeated many times, and created a special image in the heart of the speaker. Finally, the word “Sundays” also implicates something important for the poem’s narrator. As a reader starts looking through the first lines of “Those Winter Sundays”, one may realize that it speaks about memories from childhood. Children usually value Sundays as the most important days in the week because on that days the whole family gathers and spends time together. However, Hayden combines such a positive and meaningful word with “those” and “winter”, which also gives a strong reason to believe that he is not going to speak about something inspiring and exciting in this piece. Thus, even before the beginning of the first line, the reader may see his negative tone aiming to describe the boy’s cold and distant relations with his father (Gallagher 245). Below, the body of the poem will be addressed to prove that its title produces a justified impression. In the five opening sentences, that form the first stanza, the reader will not notice any rhyme. Here, the use of prosaic speech is a special method to support a negative tone by Hayden. In the opening line “Sundays too my father got up early”, the poet introduces his father by saying that even on Sundays he started his working schedule early (Hayden para. 1). This line shows that the narrator is not happy about his parent’s way of living as he says “too” and calls him “father”, but not Daddy or Papa. This is a hint showing that the father was a man of a pedant character, and roused cold and formal emotions in his son’s heart. The speaker also says: “with
Review Morgan’s article on “Screens vs. Paper” in media underscores the role of technology in contemporary journalism. A clear indicator of advanced technology in media is the decision by publishing houses to allocate more resources to the establishment of digital media at the expense of for example, newspaper. A majority of the population is computer literate and for this reason, prefers getting information through colorful screens and not reading through the monotonous hard copies. With this in mind, the publishing industry has identified a potential and feasible business opportunity. As a result, a considerable proportion of publishers are considering exploiting this business opportunity by providing digital editions. However, this does not mean that print consumers will be entirely eliminated from the market because in the end, a market segment for attractive and well produced magazines will be established. Advertising is one of the sectors in journalism that has tremendously changed due to the impact of technology. Digital editions on e-readers have the ability to offer a more immersive experience for readers compared to print banners which readers easily ignore. Although technology is relatively expensive, most publishers are more than willing to incorporate it into journalism for purposes of innovation, thereby catering for the needs of its readers. In his article, “Who needs journalism?” Calcutt asserts that magazines are lively in the sense that they are mirrors that reflect its readers, publishers and writers. He further argues that traditional journalism expects its practitioners to give information that follows the formula of who, where, when, how and why. They are expected to make use of active verbs. To journalists, sentences with such format are a typical example of traditional news writing whereby they (journalists) are expected to comply with these standards. Calcutt also notes that in traditional journalism, a writer is oriented towards a prudent event in the sense that the event is singled out and given prominence over other events. Therefore, a reporter’s main ambition is geared towards writing a definite account of such an event, giving vivid details. As a result, when the reader goes through the article, he or she will be able to perceive the incident as if he or she witnessed the action. Readers pay for the coverage of the story on the publication when they buy the copy. With regard to modern journalism, Calcutt offers three d
Al Nassr was established in the financial year 1945 through two brothers, namely Husein and Zeid Al- Ja’ba. The establishment of this club was in the house of the two brothers found on Al-Ataif Street in Riyadh. An ancient playing area situated at Al-Shortah Gashlat became the renowned field where the exercise occurred. Here there was a tiny room where they stored their shirts and balls besides having a small field for playing football. The football team was formally endorsed in fiscal 1960 through the aid of the Overall Youths Welfare Premiership. According to the club’s reports, the son of Saud named Doyen Abdulrahman turned out to be the leader of the club during that period (“Al Nassr” par.8). In the Saudi football competitions, every club began playing at the second division. However, the team instigated recording its victory in the middle of 1960 through emerging the winners of the Saudi King’s trophy and the Top Doyen Cup twice. The team was later to advance to the first division in 1963. The team has emerged the winners by collecting a confederation trophy, two Top-Doyen Cups shields, six king-trophies, four Saudi Football Confederation honors, and eight championship awards in the leagues from 1970 to 1980. Majed Abdullah, Mohaisn Al-Jam’aan and Fahd Al-Herafy are the trios who led the team to their success (“Al Nassr” par.21). To distinguished from other football teams, the club’s logo is made of up of two colors, namely yellow and blue. It represents the map of Saudi Arabia with the bluish part standing for the seas found in the Arab countries while the yellowish part representing the coastline gravels. Though the club has recently changed its logo, the old logo represented the Club as a whole while this new one only represents the football team (“Al Nassr” par.16). Al Nassr joined the Saudi Arabian folklore after representing Asia in the international football competition in the year two-thousand in Brazil. The club ended up third placed in their category after playing alongside teams like Casablanca Raja, Real-Madrid, and Paulista Corinthians. However, the club lost to both Real Madrid and Corinthians but won against Raja Casablanca. The consolation prize was the Fair Play Trophy awarded to Al Nassr. This caused their fans to call them Al Alami, meaning the Golden Club. The club is one of the major worthy opponents of the Saudi Arabia football clubs. The club obtained two Saudi confederation trophies including a leagues trophy and the Monarch’s award. Nasser Jawhar had been the lead player during those glorious years and has now retired to be a coach of the Saudi national team. The club missed relegation at the end of the season
In my organization, I will implement some techniques to ensure that messages are received and understood as intended. It will be essential that I attract the receiver’s understanding of every communication initiated. Concerning this, I must ensure that my messages are clear to the receiver. Equally, I would be responsible for assisting the receiver in responding. The wording of my messages or verbal communications should encourage the receiver to respond. When communicating through written messages, I will enhance response by posing questions and attaching reply envelopes. Above all, I must inform my receivers that their replies should be positive, negative, or neutral. My third technique will be to enhance a favorable relationship. To achieve this, the receiver and I must communicate positively, personally, and professionally. As a sender, I must take the chief responsibility to come up and enhance a favorable relationship. I can achieve this by emphasizing the receiver’s attention and by use of encouraging wordings. During my communication process, the receiver may not appropriately understand my messages. Individual differences, situational features, and transmission challenges will be responsible for these issues (Baack, 2008). Age, personalities, exclusive language, gender, and educational level, are some of the examples of individual differences that will act as barriers to communication. Examples of situational factors that may arise include anger, sadness, envy, romantic feelings, settings, and personal attitudes and values. Transmission challenges may include language, slang, technical terminology, and disabilities (Baack, 2008). To reduce the above challenges, I must be aware of the barriers, be empathetic, pay careful attention to communication cues, and always verify with the receiver that I have understood his or her response. For example, when communicating with discontented employees I should let them know that I can relate to their feelings. Through this, I will be able to attract their attention before communicating. Intercultural Communication Competence It is important for everyone to attain a definite level of intercultural communication competence. With the increasing effects of globalization, organizations now appreciate the significance of intercultural competence. Studies indicate that intercultural knowledge is a chief contributor to future companies’ accomplishments (Eckert, 2006). Equally, comprehensive knowledge of cultural diversity is important for any person with career ambitions of working in this innovative inter-reliant, cosmopolitan, and multicultural world (Baack, 2008). Therefore, it is apparent that individuals must attain a definite level of intercultural communication to be of value to these organizations. On an individual basis, enhanced intercultural communication competence would be beneficial. It would enable a person to mingle and relate to other persons of diverse cultures with ease. With these abilities, an individual can seize on endless opportunities that exis
After having watched the documentary The Lost Boys of Sudan , I was able to gain a number of insights, as to what can be considered the actual significance of the featured individuals (such as Peter and Santino) having been brought to the U.S. and set on the path of pursuing the ‘American dream’. These insights can be outlined as follows: a) The relocation to the U.S. did not have much on effect on the essentially ‘tribal’ workings of the mentioned individuals’ psyche. The validity of this suggestion can be illustrated, in regards to one of the documentary’s initial scenes, in which Santino states: “When I get to America, I will still think about our Dinka culture… I will still remember our Dinka ways” (00.12.25). What it means is that the very manner, in which Santino tends to assess the surrounding social reality, is fundamentally inconsistent with the assumption (upon which the U.S. immigration policy continues to be based) that one’s willingness to immigrate to the U.S. presupposes the concerned person’s readiness to adopt the identity of an ‘American’, as someone emotionally comfortable with the notion of cosmopolitanism/secularism. b) The emigration to America resulted in increasing the acuteness of the featured characters’ sense of an existential inadequateness. To confirm the full soundness of this statement, we can well refer to the scene, in which Santino expresses his uneasiness with the fact that, as compared to the rest of the African-Americans, he is much too dark: “I’m so black… The Black people that are native to this land are little bit brown” (00.22.11). This, of course, will have a negative effect on these people’s chances to attain a social prominence in America. After all, those who are being little too
Direct costs are usually associated with direct labor and controllable material costs. The analysis of direct costs for Navigation Tech Solutions as a start-up company should be realized in contrast to the costs of the company’s competitor in the industry (Garrett, 2008, p. 24). Thus, the main competitor for the start-up in the industry of navigation systems for drones is VectorCal. In this context, it is important to focus on the prediction of main costs for VectorCal, on the comparison of competitors’ direct and indirect costs; and on the comparison of competitors in terms of price of the acquisition. Prediction of Main Costs for VectorCal The main costs include direct labor and material costs. Referring to the production of drone navigation systems by VectorCal, it is possible to predict direct labor costs associated with recruiting and retaining such skilled employees as scientists, engineers, technicians, IT specialists who are involved in the process of producing the drone navigation systems (Murphy, 2009, p. 58). The labor costs are also related to any operators who monitor and supervise the navigation system development and implementation at all stages. Direct material costs include the resources associated with purchasing the necessary hardware, software, programs, and other equipment and technologies that are required for the production of efficient drone navigation systems. Comparison of Direct and Indirect Costs While comparing the costs associated with the production of navigation systems by Navigation Tech Solutions and VectorCal, it is possible to state that the start-up company needs to spend more indirect costs for the promotion and contact with potential clients at the first stage of the firm’s development (Murphy, 2009, p. 111). This company also needs to have more allocated costs because of the necessity to provide payments to consultants to develop an efficient business plan and propose IT solutions. However, VectorCal has higher direct costs because of supporting the large Research and Development department, but the company has lower costs spent on attracting customers. From this point, Navigation Tech Solutions has the potential to control direct and indirect costs and decrease the expenses associated with the production process only if the effective business plan is proposed and efficient forecasting methods are used. The other way is the focus on integrating the economically advantageous innovative and experimental IT solutions. Comparison Related to the Price of Acquisition and Costs Direct, semi-variable, and allocated costs can be discussed as influencing the price of acquisition associated with both companies. It is possible to assume that the price of acquisition for VectorCal is expected to be less than for Navigation Tech Solutions because of the time during which the companies operate within the
Extremely evasive, always desirable and practically unidentifiable, success has always seemed a mystery to most representatives of human race. While certain patterns and characteristics required for attaining success have been identified, the ultimate recipe has not yet been added to the list of attributes of an ordinary representative of the humankind. In his book, Outliers: The Story of Success , Gladwell lifts the veil over the mystery of success, claiming that he has embraced the unfathomable depth of the success theory. Though seemingly as basic as the principles laid out in every success theory, these were the “Three Stories of Joe Flom” that served as a true eye-opener for me and showed that success requires both luck and hard and consistent work. Despite the fact that the author points at the fact that the story has nothing to do with the traditional legends of the people, who, once being broken, managed to climb up the social ladder to the heavens above, it can still be viewed as incredibly inspirational, as it proves that success can follow one even in spite of discrimination that one may face in a specific society. Indeed, according to the author of the book, the person, whom he chose as the lead character of his narration, belonged to the Jewish community, which faced major oppression on the time slot chosen by the author and, therefore, had to resort to drastic measures in order to save their lives and be able to provide for themselves and their families. The fact that Joe Flom, the lead character in question, managed to not only survive, but also prosper in the environment described above, could only be viewed as either a miracle or the effect of a consistent and truly titanic effort. Apart from the story itself, which was unbelievably inspirational, the very manner, in which the author narrated it, galvanized the reader with energy and empowered for taking actions, which would lead to the further success in the target community or society. Particularly, the fact that the author did not resort to using the traditional dry language, which is usually adopted by the authors willingly to prove a point with an anecdote from their experience or someone else’s, should be mentioned as one of the key assets of the book. Quite on the contrary, Gladwell uses rather vivid imagery, the language that is far from being stale, and a dialogue as the key tool for representing the characters’ opinions in his book: “’But for stars?’ the interviewer asked, me
Introduction The purpose of this discussion is to compare two hospitals in Denver, Colorado, and evaluate available information. The two hospitals in question are Rose Medical Center and Saint Joseph Hospital, both of which are present on the Medicare website. The site has a section dedicated to data about hospitals such as patient satisfaction rate and overall health outcomes. The inspection will cover the meaning of the data to nurses working at the institution and to the health care consumers. In addition, the paper will also include the differences between the patient responses available for each hospital and the significance of these variances. Meaning to Nurses Nurses can use the Medicare website to discover patients’ opinions regarding their performance. Some categories demonstrated in the patient survey of “Rose Medical Center” (n.d.), such as understanding of care and awareness of actions to take at home, relate to the quality of nurses’ work directly. Medical workers who view the website can compare the values for their hospital to state and national averages in order to discover problematic areas and attempt to address the issues. Other data are also available, but as nurses can obtain it from hospital records if necessary, it is not as relevant as patient experiences. However, the website provides a benchmark to test the performance of the hospital against that of the other institutions in the area. Patient Experience Comparison The “Survey of Patients’ Experiences” tab of the Medicare website’s hospital description page displays similar results for the two hospitals. Both “Rose Medical Center” (n.d.) and “Saint Joseph Hospital” (n.d.) show values that are mostly consistent with the state average, although the last three ratings are slightly above the norm in both cases. The high numbers represent the understanding of care, a high score on a scale of 1 to 10, and the likelihood of a recommendation to a friend. Neither of the hospitals displays any significant achievements or concerns, and each has several categories where it has a small advantage over the other, making the comparison inconclusive. Meaning to Patients Besides the section dedicated to reviews by patients who have attended the hospital, the Medicare hospital page offers considerable amounts of information to a potential visitor. The page for “Saint Joseph Hospital” (n.d.) provides statistics on timely and effective care, complications and deaths, medical imaging use, and payment and care information. The data on effective treatments and complications are supplied with averages for comparison, allowing patients to read the numbers correctly. The seemingly low values, particularly for effective therapies, may be misrepresented if viewed without context. However, with the display format used by the website, consumers may use the information to make informed decisions about their choice of hospital. Conclusion The Medicare website provides a comprehensive overview of the reports available about various hospitals as well as a tool that permits direct comparisons. Nurses can use this information t
Introduction A social business is a business which operates under the principle of non-loss, non-dividend basis for the shareholders or business owners with an aim of achieving a certain social objective. Social business may be owned by governments, charity organizations or individual owners (Yunus & Weber, 2007, p.24). The main objective of a social business is to alleviate poverty through empowering people, especially the less fortunate and the poor with financial resources to do business or through programs which provide them with employment or access to cheaper and affordable goods and services. The shareholders or owners of social business do not get any dividends from the profits made by the business but only their initial contributions to the social business (Yunus & Weber, 2007, p.24). In this assignment, focus is on discussing social business, its scope and potential in alleviating poverty. Examples of social business to be discussed include the Grameen bank and Grameen Danone businesses both in rural Bangladesh. Discussion Why Social Business The system of capitalism creates two social classes in the society, that is, the haves and the have not’s (Milanović, 2010). The have not’s are the poor, marginalized and oppressed and are subject to exploitation by the haves. The key driving force behind the establishment of social business was therefore the failure of capitalism to take into account the plight of the have not’s in the society. Professor Yunus’ idea of social business is one that can be explained as a win; win business both for the business owners and the poor in that the business owners help the poor without incurring any losses (Yunus & Weber, 2007, p.24). Social business is not charity, because nothing is given for free in social business. The reason why social business does not go the charity way is because charity work only helps in creating dependence syndrome due to lack of sustainability of the programs executed through charity work. Instead of charity work, social business aims at creating a mechanism in which the poor may be helped in a sustainable manner in that the social business makes profits just like conventional businesses, but the profits are used for the expansion of the business to reach out to even more people with the owners of social businesses only recouping their initial amounts which they invest in the social business (Henry, 2011, p.139). The workforce in social business is mainly the poor and less fortunate. They are employed as a strategy of solving the problem of unemployment among the poor. The workforce is treated just like any other. Once the social business makes more pr