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Introduction The book titled “The Wisdom of Chinese Characters” is a cultural-historical manual dedicated to viewing the creation and development of the Chinese written language through a historical and archeological perspective. The target audience for this manual is the English-speaking students and people who wish to know more about Chinese history and culture without having to learn the language. The book is written in simple English, avoiding difficult words and long sentence structures that may be confusing to the readers who do not have English as their first language, making it an excellent studying tool for English classes as well. The book is aimed to serve as a bridge for further studies of the Chinese alphabet, as it explains the background and logic behind the construction of the letters and demonstrates its evolution from a simplistic system to the modern one. The book was written by a body of professors from Beijing Language and Culture University, with Shi Dingguo being the editor-in-chief. Structure of the Book The book is divided into 10 chapters, each of which is then divided into several parts, usually from two to four. This is done to provide better clarity and structure to the text, as each part covers a specific historical period or a subject dedicated to the development of the Chinese language. This is very helpful, as it allows the reader to find specific information about the subject without having to browse through the entire book with approximate directions given from the name of the chapters. The topics covered in this book encompass everything – from history to culture, culinary, architecture, and folk mythology. I believe that due to the fact the book covers so many areas, none of them are truly studied in-depth, but this is not required, as the information provided is meant to serve as a stepping stone for higher and more dedicated learning. Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters This chapter is dedicated to the history of the development of Chinese characters. Chinese writing is one of the oldest in the world, having existed for over five thousand years. There are several legends of how the Chinese alphabet was created. One of them states that it was developed from Bagua trigrams, with the main point being that the lines that make up the letters were written vertically and not horizontally. Another legend claims that Cangjie, who was an ancient Chinese historian, created the initial alphabet. According to the legend, he observed numerous animal footprints and considered how depending on the shape and size, they meant different things. The first hieroglyphs used by Cangjie are reminiscent of bird footprints, consisting of straight lines and sticks. The language evolved over time, and so did the writing, as new characters were invented to describe different items, colors, and actions. At some
Introduction Dylan Thomas is a unique personality in the modern history of post-war radio and, thanks to the play of his, poetry. The play to be discussed in this essay is titled “Under Milk Wood”. Originally it was written as a play for radio, but later adapted for the stage, and in 1972 was adapted for the filmmaking. Main body The first glimpses into interesting and charming world of the Llareggub were made by the author in his early years, in his surrealistic work titled “The Orchards”. It is the first time, when the reader comes across the town with the strange name Llareggub. But dont be confused with that, just read it backwards(bugger all) and everything takes its own place. The play “ Under Milk Wood” has a subtitle-“A Play for Radio”, that is possessing some inner meaning. And this inner meaning is its creation originally for the listening. The author used many way approach to get it listened interestedly. But lets come closer to the village in which eccentricity is treated with tolerance, every sin is forgiven and love is nourished or at least is dreamt of. Along with the personalities of the play, the town itself has its own personality divided along psychological Freudian line. It is no mere chance that the play has psychological aspect. One of the interesting structural points of the play is that narration in the play is being led by two voices: one presenting the listener with the real day life activities of the character and the second voice whispering the innermost thoughts and dreams of the character, presenting subconscious world of the character, his or her often intimate thoughts or old memoirs. The names of the characters and, whats the more of it, of the town are mostly meaningful and speak to themselves: Captain Cat, an old see captain, Mr. & Mrs. Floyd, an elderly couple; Evans the Death, the undertaker; Nogood Boyo; Dai Bread; Organ Morgan or for instance Mr. Waldo, a rabbitcatcher. And each of them dreams his or her the deepest sometimes intimate and sometimes deviated. In his play Dylan Thomas, in descriptive parts, uses many letter repetitions to make the language more poetic, hissing sounds to describe every small feature of the moment, every trait. The intonations the voices speak are out of query, to appeal the ear of the most sophisticated listener. The characters speak yawning, bleating, whispering, murmuring, sometimes drawing out the word. The doors in the play crack open, the bells softly note. The language the author uses in the poetry is somehow singing and meditative. The prominence of the play is singled out by the fact that many well-known personalities such as George Martin, Anthony Hopkins, Elton John took part in performing, producing and writing the music for the play. Conclusion But is the love or sin, or some sexual dreams of the characters are the
Company background Smart Buy CO., Inc. is an online retailing company that specializes in selling consumer electronics. As such, its target market is mainly made of online shoppers shopping for everyday use electronic equipments, gadgets and devices e.g. PCs, flat screen TVs, smart phones, camcorders, digital cameras etc. To build an attractive product catalogue the company obtains its merchandise from established consumer electronic manufacturing brands such as Sony, HP, Apple, Dell, Nec, JVC, etc. The various products are posted on the company’s online store where they are viewed by interested online shoppers. If a shopper is interested in a particular product or products, he or she pays for it or them using acceptable payment methods and Smart Buy ships the product to the address the customer gives. Smart Buy’s business process in general Smart Buy as mentioned above is a retail company as such its business process is centred on eight key areas. The first area is supply chain management, which ensures that customers receive merchandise at the right time and in the proper condition. The second area is warehouse management, which ensures that the company’s inventory is properly controlled and managed. Proper warehouse management is a major component of a robust supply chain. The third area is order processing, which ensures that orders made to the company are properly serviced. The fourth area is business intelligence, which ensures that the company uses existing raw data to improve its operations and service delivery. The fifth area is performance management, which ensures that the company’s goals are being achieved in a manner that is effective and efficient. The sixth area is customer relationship management, which ensures that the company’s interaction with its current and future customers is modelled in such a way that it is in synchrony with sales, marketing, technical support and with customer service. The seventh area is business process automation, which ensures that the company’s expenditure and operational costs are reduced through automation of certain manual tasks. The eighth key area is brand management, which ensures that there is brand awareness and recognition for its brand. In its business operations, there is an outstanding need for Smart Buy to transform the various data it acquires from different sources into reliable and useful information. In place at Smart Buy, is a robust relational database (RD) that drives its online store website. This RD ensures a seamless flow of data. Business looks promising for Smart Buy, however, competition is getting stiffer by the day as new competitors emerge and as existing competitors up their game. To gain a competitive advantage over its competitors, this paper proposes to Smart Buy that it creates a data warehouse based on its existing RD and infrastructure. The motivation for this proposal is that a data warehouse will enable Smart Buy to optimally exploit the potential of business intelligence (BI) in boosting its s
Introduction Skoda Auto is a leading car manufacturer whose origin is the Czechoslovakia Republic. Dating back to the early 1890s, Skoda Auto was formed by Vaclav Klement and Vaclav Laurin, and they initially specialised in the business of bicycle repair, before embarking on the design of motorcycles, aircraft engines, trucks and eventually, passenger cars (Skoda Auto 2007). For a long time now, Skoda has had to grapple with the idea of a poor perception of their vehicles, in terms of design and quality. This has been the case as a result of the Eastern Europe’s origins of Skoda, in effect making it difficult for customers in, for example, Western Europe and North America to readily accept their model of cars. Accordingly, Skoda has had to launch massive campaigns to counter this negative publicity, in addition to the implementation of innovativeness in terms of technical know-how, to enhance the design and quality of their vehicles. The successful buyout of Skoda by Volkswagen also enhanced the image of the automakers. Still, Skoda has to implement production and marketing strategy to increase its market share, which is dismally low when compared with that of such other automakers as Peugeot, Opel and Renault (Soda Auto 2007) It would also be prudent for Skoda to open up a manufacturing and assembly plant in such a country as Mexico, to benefit from cheap labour and more importantly, to act as a springboard to enable the firm to penetrate the lucrative car market in North America. The purpose of this case study is to explore the strategic analysis that Skoda Auto has thus far implemented, in addition to the exploration of strategies that the automaker could implement in future, with a view to enhancing their competitiveness in the auto industry, and also to improve their levels of customer satisfaction. Accordingly, this case study shall endevour to assess the organisational background of Skoda Auto, from the time of its inception in the early 1890s, and how the firm has progressed over the years to become the leading employer in Czechoslovakia, in addition to the massive campaigns that Skoda Auto has had to employ in a bid to alter the poor perception of its cars in the eyes of the public, with regard to both their quality and design. This has been necessitated by the fact that Skoda auto originates from Eastern Europe, and this has impeded the expansion strategies of the firm in Western Europe and North America. The case study shall also examine the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) that Skoda brand is faced with. Further, the BCG (Boston Consulting Group) matrix shall also be applied to determine the position in the market of the business units of Skoda. This shall then enable the study to indicate if the units of Skoda are Dogs, a Cash cow, Stars, or Question marks. The opportunities and threats that Skoda is faced with shall also be analysed, to shed
The company’s website offers visitors a number of different product lines. First of all, there is a possibility to enroll in quite a few of Oprah Winfrey’s life classes that are divided into categories and may be helpful to a variety of people who are looking for guidance. Another product line that is promoted by oprah.com is The Oprah Magazine that offers the readers numerous articles on how people tend to overcome difficulties and strive for greatness. One of the biggest product lines marketed on the website relates to Winfrey’s talk shows. There are plenty of them, and they can satisfy even the most meticulous viewers. Oprah.com also has a section where Winfrey markets her courses. The latter is devoted to the process of finding joy and reigniting one’s life. Winfrey is rather interested in marketing the product lines that revolve around motivation and empowerment. In addition to these online and offline courses and life classes, the website offers you the possibility to buy Winfrey’s books and access a large number of web articles on the topics of food, health, fashion, beauty, inspiration, and finance. Nonetheless, the main focus of the website is on Winfrey’s talk shows that are being marketed aggressively even outside the website. When it comes to the breadth of Oprah Winfrey’s product lines, we have to pay close attention to a large number of shows that are associated with Winfrey’s name. The reason for this may be the fact that her personal experience significantly contributed to the number of topics that Winfrey wanted to discuss. Therefore, she had to come up with additional ideas that would build up the foundation for a strong motivational TV program that would be interesting to watch. Almost each of the categories that can be found on the website can be characterized as an extensive set of different topics that all assimilate into Winfrey’s brand name (this is important because her name is one of the most popular topics on TV and it is not going to change anytime soon). In these different categories, Winfrey dwells on the most prevalent and important real-life situations that can impact our lives. Nevertheless, she is really focused on the idea of empowering women, so she never fails to deliver many articles that will be interesting to both young girls and grown women that are looking forward to changing something in their lives. Winfrey’s shows are the most decisive part of the website, but they are being kept together with all the other featured content sections. Here, the greatest depth can be associated with Winfrey’s master class sessions. It is evident that the team takes into account the importance of sharing the experience of famous p
Intervention strategies are employed to improve organizational performances of certain establishments. The strategies may be used both in isolation and in complex with other techniques. The core intervention strategies that are usually applied by employers are structural, technological and behavioral strategies. Structural intervention strategies focus on the elements that constitute specific organizations. According to Dr. Bernard Kennedy (2010), such interventions predetermine the changes in organizational layers (p. 5). In other words, structural interventions refer to such concepts as centralization, decentralization and restructure. Modern world of innovative technologies preconditions a wide usage of technological intervention strategies in the sphere of organizational development. Such strategies help to accelerate the work processes and to enhance the general productiveness within organizations. Some managers consider combining structural intervention strategies with technological ones while setting the goals for certain organizations. Armando Justo (2009, April 14) emphasizes that “these interventions are rooted in the fields of engineering, sociology, and psychology, combined with socio-technical systems, job analysis and design”. Thus, the author implies that the strategies have a multifaceted nature and are united on a basis of direct correlation between structure and technology. Every working space is a congregation of human resources. Therefore, a successful employer should be an effective evaluator of his employees’ characters, since workers’ behaviors influence the quality of work. According to this view, the appliance of behavioral intervention strategies in diverse environments is a crucial part of work. Prosperity of any acting organization depends upon the interrelation of several intervention strategies that are used by its management so that to direct the work. Thus, an integration of structural, technological and behavioral intervention strategies can be an effective combination that determines a successful functioning of any organizational structure.
Hookup Culture and Women Empowering Hookup culture is disempowering for women even though some women claim that it empowers them. This is so because the incidences that surround it put women at risk of low self-esteem, depression, alcoholism, and eating disorders. Some women and feminists may claim that hookup culture is good because it frees them from chains of having relationships. However, most women with hookup experience later regret it because they feel disempowered by the sexual encounters (Armstrong, Laura and Pula 2010). Why Hookup is more Common Now than Ever Hookups are more common nowadays than ever because majority of young people do not want to commit themselves to serious relationships. This is because they invest a lot of their time in career development. Therefore, they engage in hookups because they fear contracting STDs and earlier pregnancies. This is because hookups help them to get sexual pleasures while reducing its physical and emotional risks (Armstrong, Laura and Pula 2010). Nowadays, young people especially college students value friendship more than romance and oral sex than intercourse because of its relative safety. Young People Hooking-up Causes a Moral Panic No matter how appealing casual sex may be to some young people, it is unethical and impacts on their lives negatively. Hookups encourage moral decadence e.g. a girl stripping in front of boys. It introduces young people to sex at earlier ages in a casual context. Furthermore, it erodes sexual feelings and sensation which leads to low self-esteem hence a moral panic. Is Sexual Interaction within Relationships Preferable to Hook-ups? Sexual interaction in relationships is preferable to hookups. It brings more satisfaction and real physical and emotional pleasure. Women orgasm more often and experience high levels of satisfaction than in hookups. This happens because sex in relationships employs sexual activities that are conducive for partner orgasm and satisfaction. For instance, research conducted by England’s team revealed that men get more concerned with the orgasm of their girlfriends than hookup partners where as women seem interested in pleasing their boyfriends and hookup partners. Sexual Double Standard between Men and Women when it comes to Hooking up Yes. Sexual double standard exists in hookups and it ruins women’s hookup experiences. Men enjoy the privileges of gender superiority or chauvinism when it comes to hookups. For instance, men can lie with as many women as they could and this adds to their prestige and manhood. On the contrary, a woman who sleeps with many men becomes a “ho” and she is considered unequal with other women. She is disrespected and stigmatized by the fact that women should not practice sex outside relationships. Sexual double standard affects women in hookups. This is the main reason they still tolerate greedy and abusive relationships (Armstrong, Laura and Pula 2010). Relationship between Hookup Culture and Same-Sex Relationship Hookup culture rel
This movie is about a young girl whose talent was discovered at a young age of eleven years and then exploited to success, fame and honor. The movie is based on a true story of a girl called Jasmine Plummer who, at the tender age of 11years, was the first female player at the Pop Warner football tournament. The girl changes from a completely inactive student at school to a very active and successful student in college. For the whole history of 56 year tournament, which has always been dominated by the male students, a girl from a very humble background not only participates, but also becomes the champion in the game (Rabiger 15). The movie brings out the theme of unity as the epitome of strength in the society. It is displayed by the unanimous students support to the team as well as the community. The community enjoy the game, so they join together to cheer up the team throughout the tournament. This gives the girl a sense of love and care which she had initially lacked at the start of the movie. In return, the girl gains determination and through her hard work and commitment to the game, she presents success to the team and community. The theme of dedication to work can be observed in the movie. When the movie starts, Ice Cube is a very dirty man but as he becomes more dedicated to teaching the young girl the game, he becomes more dedicated and neat. As the movie continues, he is later honored by the school and offered the position of the school coach, which he performs with passion. On the other hand, the young girl proves to be very intelligent and so dedicated to the game, that she ignores the fact that she is the only girl in the team. Her dedication gives the coach a chance to bring out the best in her to the level of national championship (Rabiger 35). In the theme of feminism under the specification of feminism isolation, the society through its stereotype that the football tournament was meant for men had psychologically isolated the women from playing football. Fortunately, this stereotype was broken by the championship of Jasmine Plummer and a new down for the women in the society was opened. In the theme of feminism and power, the male has both the physical and the psychological tendency to criticize women. In this case, in the beginning of the movie as it is observed sometimes in real life, some of the male individuals will criticize the girl because of male chauvinism. However, the girl due to her resilience character was able to get over the criticism and even win over some of her critics to be her supporters because of her show of skills. Through her talent, the young girl has been able to challenge the point of view of both women and men to the ability of women. Lastly, the society has the point of expecting men to be better than women, this has the impact of holding back even those women that are better than men in some fields. These facts were over powered by the abilities of the young girl in the movie (Rabiger 45). Next we consider the use of cinematic language by