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Self-identity is formed through social constructs. The true image of the inner self is difficult to ascertain. What an individual is has been constructed in the mind from childhood. What the body thinks or is believed to think, has been taught to it through fairy tales, schools, parents, etc. So the distinction between the right and the socially acceptable has become synonymous as has been permanently etched in human minds. The very notion of sexuality, gender, and class are made through a child’s very first interaction with fairy tales and thus, the children are constructed into the accepted way of life. The stress on female sexuality is more, as fairy tales have often faced feminist criticism of being a tool for men to construct women. Fairy tales are believed to create male inscribed text for female identification with the image of a “good” and the “bad” woman. Grimm Brothers’ Little Snow White (Grimm and Grimm) is an apt example of such stereotyping. Fairy tales has been sown to create a distorted self-image especially of the body. The body image created in these tales of good and bad, normal and abnormal, right and wrong is strong and therefore, mar the individual’s inner voice in identifying the self. Fairy tales are a well-used discursive tool in creating the gender and sexual identity of individuals; however, the body images created by such tales generate the true way of self-identification or are mere stereotypes of the constructed self. This paper analyses the discursive manipulation of fairy tales in creating sexual and gender identity in fairy tales and how different or similar they are to the self-image. The present paper discusses this thesis using three texts – Grimm Brother’s Cinderella and Little Snow White , Bourges’ poem Mirrors , and Pitts’ essay Subversive Bodies . The essay will first discuss the question of identity discussed in these three works and then analyze how subjective self-identity and image is constructed through fairy tales. The importance of male/female physical appearance is paramount in the fairy tales of Grimm Brothers. In both Cinderella and Little Snow White, there is a definitive distinction between the female beauty and ugliness, and male handsomeness and not so good-looking ones. Thus, there arose a definitive emphasis on feminine beauty ideal for social construction of women. The emphasis on the beauty of both Cinderella and Snow White are salient in both the tales, and therefore, is suggestive of the normative social control over the feminine beauty ideal of women is evident from the texts of the Grimm brothers. Snow White’s first description in the tale of her birth is representative of the gender implications: Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, when snow flakes were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen was sitting and sewing at a window with a black ebony frame. And as she was sewing and looking out the window, she pricked her finger with the needle and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow, and she thought to herself,
Introduction Any object that exists in this world is composed of atoms. Timber, water, air, metals and anything else that exists in this world is thus made up of atoms. Atoms are the basic or the fundamental building blocks of all items. Scientifically, all objects existing in this world are referred to as matter. Therefore, atoms are defined as the “basic building blocks of matter” (Wong 1). From the definition, it is apparent that atoms cannot be divided into smaller particles since they are the basic particles. This property of atoms was the motivation behind their name because the word atom is a Greek word meaning indivisible. At this point, it is important to note that breaking of an atom will result in a change in the chemical composition of the atom. A number of atomic applications use this idea to make use of atoms. This paper explains what atoms are, investigates the history of atoms, looks into the intricate details about the structure of the atom, and it also gives the areas that atomic knowledge has been applied. History of atoms The history of atomic study gives an insight of how philosophers’ come up with useful ideal. The model of the atom does not give an absolute atomic understanding, but it gives an abstract methodology that has been used to make useful scientific predictions and explanations (Walker 1). The father of atomic knowledge is a Greek philosopher named Democritus who developed the atom from the idea that breaking of a piece of matter to form two pieces and repeating the same severally must end at a point when the matter cannot break any further. He explained that at this point, one would have the basic particle of matter, which he named the atom. However, his ideas were dismissed by influential philosophers like Aristotle and thus they were not advanced for many years. This happened around 460 years BC. During the 1800’s John Dalton from England showed that matter was indeed made up of lumpy fundamental particles (Fowler 1). J.J. Thompson was the first scholar to come up with a model of the atom after discovering the electron. He discovered that the electron was negatively charged and thus he suggested that the atom has a positive charge. Thompson’s atomic model was conceived in the year 1897. Three years later, another physicist, a German professor named Planck, showed that atomic vibrations produced measurable energy. In the year 1905, a physicist named Albert Einstein showed that absorption of light by atoms is able to release electrons from atoms, by a process known as photoelectric effect. His photoelectric invention earned him a “Nobel Prize for physics in 1921” (Walker 1). In the year 1911, Earnest Rutherford discovered the proton, the particles that make up the nucleus and most of the mass of an atom. In the year 1912, Bohr, a Danish physicist came up with the atomic theory that explains
What are the key points in this book? Is it possible that CRM has failed corporations? Is it possible that, efforts put in CRM have been misconstrued for a marketing strategy rather than a consumer retention principal? The author is emphatic about how ‘customer relations management’ has failed in many corporations. He introduces the context of how consumer relations management eats into a company profits. The author profoundly explains how strategies aimed at establishing consumer needs have failed. The cause of this failure is attributed to poor interpretation of what CRM is all about. This book highlights how customer relationship management is at standstill. He attributes this to misconception about building relationships through CRM instead of building value. This book strains to bring out the meaning of value as the core-marketing concept rather than establishing relationships with consumers as laid bare in CRM. The book also brings about the context of consumers as being in control of the purchasing process rather than corporations. This context aims to explain why consumers do not need to be hunted and managed. They want to control what the want to purchase (Newell, Godin 4-8). What are the new ideas about CRM are brought about in the book? The author comprehensively highlights how corporations are failing to make a profit through CRM strategies. He brings to light the context of consumer seeking freedom to purchase. Corporations putting efforts to find clients are making a corporate mistake. Consumers want to share information, and in return, they want speedy implementation of their recommendations to improve service and products. The book also explains how corporations mistake technology for marketing. The author explains that, technology only creates avenues for emerging markets. Two, technology provides better product position, improves modalities to enhance consumers purchase decision-making process, and influence on consumer decision making. Customer relationship management is portrayed as an inconvenience. Both consumers and the companies are in control prompting imbalances. The author emphasizes on companies using CRM only as a data gathering mechanism rather than use it as a decision-making model (Newell & Godin 4-18). This book explains how corporations have failed to get consumers that can provide the company with the financial rewards to help the company grow. In a nutshell, new CRM concept the books projects that corporations must identify consu
Introduction This paper presents a detailed review of an interesting book titled “The Prince” that convey vital principalities of leadership. The book was a masterpiece work of an Italian who was a renowned historian, and a diplomat called Niccolo Machiavelli. The writer was also known as a strong politician who had noble political ideals and theories. Despite developing his writing skills from a humble background, his insightful narratives have been instrumental in transforming individual’s social and political lifestyle. This explains why the book that has been branded as a traditional peace of work by critics due to its “mirrors of prince style” remains one of the innovative political narrations of the day. Imperativeness of the book and its theme Indeed, the information contained in the book has been instrumental in transforming political activities in various settings. It has been helpful in inculcating noble ruling guidelines and principles among leaders. It adopted a political theme with an aim of enhancing leadership by fostering democracy and understanding through integration of effective ruling principalities (Machiavelli, 2004). The author focuses on the theme due to the unfair experiences and treatment that he was facing because of bad governance and oppressive rule. The book’s ideals and key concerns or areas The book focuses on leadership ideals and effective principalities that shape good governance or political practice. Its aim is to convey credible information about political issues and the role of leaders in the development of cohesive societies (Landon, 2005). Machiavelli opens his narration or political observation by stating that all forms of dominion in various jurisdictions are republics or principalities. He asserted that, any leader who seeks to exercise good leadership should adopt noble principalities (Machiavelli, Skinner & Price, 1988). Such leaders should ensure that the set rules that guide operations in their territories are favorable and acceptable. That is the rules should be ideological, socially relevant and economically viable. In the book, the author’s concern is seen to be exclusively with principalities. He noted that ethical ruling principalities are the primary virtues that leaders are under obligation to practice or adopt especially in the current environment. He inn
As humans, we have been endowed with a capacity of feeding our minds with information that is normally obtained by our senses including our eyes. This information is then processed by our mind that has a kind of a software system that enables us to come up with various conclusions. Unlike a computer machine that can be expected to perform consistent operations on data fed to it through input devices to give us specific results, our minds can come up with diverse conclusions depending on our capacity of knowledge, our current mood, and the perspective we have chosen to understand our scene among other variables that come into play. I will describe a scene from a positive perspective and then describe the same scene from a negative perspective. I will then explain the rhetoric of the scene. To introduce you to the scene, it is an attorney’s office located in a sky crapper building in the middle of New York City. I am sitting in the attorney’s office. I can not stop admiring the obviously expensive furniture that has been used to furnish the office. In fact, I rarely enjoy the sitting comfort of this degree like the one that is being provided by the high-quality sofa that I am sitting on. The carpet that I am stepping on is thick, of high quality, and reddish in color. Sitting opposite, a beautiful secretary whose unique smile that welcomed me can still be seen vividly in my mind is frantically typing a document. I take a moment of thought and hope that I will one time enjoy this kind of success, comfort, and professionalism in my career. My eyes idly wander to the walls where I catch a glimpse of enviable certificates from high-class law institutions and professional bodies that hang admiringly. This attorney is obviously well learned and has also achieved so much. Outside, I can see the success of the man and I feel proud to be part of humanity. This is because of the towering buildings that stand majestically and the transport machines that move like ants on the amazing highways. This ecstasy does not however last for long. It is very interesting that the scene changes completely to me. The outside traffic reminds me of the busy lifestyle in the modern world and I pause to think sadly that we do not even get time for ourselves and others. I take some time to look at the secretary. She must be very good at pretending maybe because she wanted to please her master (the attor
Technology in the modern society is extremely competitive in the mobile market. There are many upcoming devices from the smart phone manufacturers. A recent review shows that there are upcoming digital devices from the Apple, Samsung and Nokia industries. These phones are designed for business purposes. They assist in quicker prediction of the stock market. They also serve as entertainment gadgets. For instance, some are installed with 5 megapixel cameras and have better organizational features that offer easy viewing features. There are also sync operations that support browser-based programs. It is evident from the article that Galaxy S3 is the best selling smart phone in the market. It has high quality features such as fast processing system, enhanced portability and large screen that give a quick access to browsing and watching of moving pictures. However, future innovations show that the phone will have software that will be able to detect and interpret people’s handwriting (Richmond & Warman, 2012). The iPhone 5 is a windows product that has proved to be among the best selling smart phone in the market. It is expected that it will usher in a new version that is portable. It has an extra ordinary designed screen that incorporates the touch layer, a charging system and a 4G LTE connectivity system (Talbort, 2012). The latest report notes that Apple had planned to release the ultra modern international iphone before the close of September 2012 (Gross, 2012). It has a dock connector and an NFC technology that will make it efficient for users to trade online. From my personal point of view, I feel that the development of smart phones may still not offer full user preferences as depicted in their features. Most of the applications in these phones are merely meant to advertise the gadgets. Therefore, personal computers and laptops are still the best pieces of technology that can serve many people due to affordability.
Google is one of the few global companies which has the privilege of being listed in the Fortune 500 list. The company has managed to maintain a competitive edge in a rapidly changing technology industry. The global market for mobile devices continues to grow, which will has a direct impact on the company’s operations in the market. It is estimated that by the end of 2013, mobile devices will have been used more than personal computers and laptops for accessing the Internet. This shift in consumer behavior will have a large impact on the company’s operations. Social networks, cloud IT services and the demand for information will continue to increase consumer demand in mobile devices across the world. Google will have to prepare for cut throat competition from other firms, such as Microsoft, Samsung and Apple (Pettey). There is an increase in the number of people, seeking different mobile applications and other mobile web support services. More consumers are looking for smart phones which have strong applications that can perform a variety of functions. Google’s Android software for mobile devices has been competitive in the market because of its compatibility with different mobile applications. The firm will have to improve the design of its Android software to make it more capable of handling larger web applications that run on HTML 5. This approach will enable the company to compete effectively with other firms in the market. More consumers and corporate firms are gradually shifting to IT cloud services as their preferred mode of saving crucial data and information. Cloud services enable users to access their files and information from any location without any difficulties. Therefore, Google needs to invest more in research and development to enable it to come up with innovative products in the market (Manyika). Google’s strategic goal is to improve the competitiveness of its current products in the market to make them more competitive among consumers. The firm seeks to improve the manner in which people access information on different devices to make it friendlier to their lifestyles. In 2011, the firm obtained Motorola Mobility’s patent for more than 12 billion dollars, showing the company’s intention to strengthen its position in the mobile devices market. The firm intends to improve its performance by making Android the most preferred mobile operating system in the whole world. It seeks to protect Android’s market share because it faces a lot of competition from rival operating systems, produced by Apple and Windows. The firm’s strategic focus is to increase Android’s market share to make it benefit more from advertising revenue targeting mobile users. The growth in mobile consumer markets has made it possible many firms reach out mobile device users to increase sales in different global
The principle of observation can be defined as the art of passing knowledge or ideas by viewing the actions of a model from which one imitates (Bandura, 1962). This method of learning is also referred to as the social learning theory. Observational learning is very effective to all humans regardless of their age. Children for instance, are socialized into their personality through imitating their parents’ or other siblings’ actions. They learn the basics in life to the very complex of actions. In work places on the other hand, the same technique is often utilized during trainings. For instance, new members of staff learn a lot more through observation than is the case with learning through reading or other learning methods. A recruit could be assigned a workmate who has more experience in that particular field, and is expected to acquire skills. The first proponent of this principle of observation learning was Albert Bandura, who was a Canadian by nationality. Bandura (1977) has it that “Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others, one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action.” (p22). Observation learning engages four main ideas for it to be most effective. These ideas include; attention, retention, reproduction and motivation. A learner ought to engage all of his/her undivided attention to the process of observation. This ensures every detail of the actions is well captured for imitation to be successful. Once the action is done, the learner should retain a clear mental image of the details in the act. This mental image should aid the learner to reproduce the action along with all its complexity. All in all, it would be difficult for a learner to appreciate a certain action which he/she has no interest in. Therefore, there should be some source of motivation to build up his/her interest level. For example, a promotion would work well at the work place (1962). The following is a description of the structure to put in place for employees to appreciate putting away or leaving work materials/ equipment in the best condition for another person to use. First and fore most, call an early morning meeting to bring to the employees’ attention the tendency to leave equipments in bad states has been noted. Show them evidences of what you are talking about, for example dirty tools, broken down equipments etc. Let them know the problem associated with the condition of the equipments, like wastage of time in trying to clear previous day’s messes. Secondly, provide solutions to the problem. This can be done by providing ideas on the easiest and most effective ways of cleaning the equipment in the case of dirty tools. Incase of equipments, show easy ways of maintenance or way to prevent damage while using the equipment. Ensure that you
Introduction Haiti was the richest colony in the whole world but today it is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and it is faced with many poverty-related challenges. The saddening bit of this revelation is that most of Haiti’s woes are human induced. The country is mostly manipulated by powerful individuals from within and outside. In the last two to three years, Haiti has been having a severe food crisis characterized by high food prices. In early 2008, protests against the high food prices broke out in Haitian Port-au-Prince and Les Cayes, leading to the death of a number of protestors, destruction of property and extensive public unrest (Corbett 1986, p. 1). Causes of food crisis and riots in Haiti The soaring food prices in Haiti in early 2008 were the primary trigger of the protests that took place. The cost of basic foodstuffs, most of them imported, had increased by about 50% rendering most of Haitian population, who live in abject poverty, incapable of feeding themselves. The Haitian government is characterized by being ridiculously broke, having a high rate of inflation, rampant corruption evident in drug trafficking though Haitian ports etc.Haiti has also experienced decades of dictatorial leadership, economic stagnation and military rule (Laine 2008, p. 1). Preval responded to this by subsidizing imported rice; an action that had an adverse effect on local rice production. The long term effect was that, imported rice became expensive while the volume of local rice production reduced significantly. Realizing the impact of his decision, Preval promised to support local agricultural production by providing certain specific incentives like cutting down the price of fertilizer with the Help of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. These reactions from Preval indicate the root cause of the food crisis Haiti: that the acute food shortage is as a result of the government’s laxity in providing incentives that support local agricultural production (Lindsay 2008, p. 1). Another factor that fuels the food crisis in Haiti is the income disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Haiti is rated as the second in