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Summary A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is a fantasy story written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez about a person found abandoned in a farm backyard. Pelayo and Elisenda decide to take and offer him shelter. His unique appearance attracts villagers and a priest. Later, he becomes an object of admiration and people think that he can perform miracles. However, they realize that he is incapable of helping them to solve their problems. The villagers are attracted to a traveling freak show that was spreading the story of a spider woman that had been transformed because of disobeying her parents. One night, the old man regained his health and flew away, but Pelayo and his wife had benefited a lot from charging fees to anyone interested in seeing him. Dragon World is a story written by Zhang Xinxin and it describes a scene where people have been transformed into dragons. They devour all buildings and anything made from concrete and soon a whole town is converted into a land filled with fine sand. This author shows the similarities between peoples’ greed for wealth and dragons’ appetite for food. Themes These two stories explore various themes that make people behave in different ways. The authors use fantasy to amplify the behavior of people and explain how they are unable to control their appetites for wealth and power. The first story by Marquez explains how Pelayo and his wife are desperate and want to make money through all means available to them. They use the old man’s unique appearance to collect money from people that want to see him. The local community believes in witchcraft and hopes that the old man will solve their problems. This makes them pay a lot of money to Pelayo so that their problems could be solved by the perceived magician. Secondly, this story explores the theme of superstition and explains that most people believe that the old man is an angel but others think that he is evil because angels are supposed to be neat and presentable. In addition, the church is torn between superstition and religion and Father Gonzaga is unable to make a decision without seeking advice from the church. The theme of superstition is used to explain why the ‘Spider Girl’ was converted into a tarantula for failing to respect her parents. The second story explores the theme of greed and desire for material wealth. The author describes a Chinese society that has concentrated on generating money and spending it on material things. She explains that modern Chinese society has forgotten the values that guided it and has embraced western practices that focus on capitalism. In addition, the story portrays the theme of desperation that has influenced the conduct of people
With the increasing costs of health care, the United States government has been drumming up support for Obamacare (Hill 10-14). However, the discussion around the issue is highly heated regarding who is supposed to enroll into the program (Pearson par. 2-3). Even the federal government has had to contradict itself several times on the issue before reaching at rather unclear decision-all residents of United States. This means that immigrants are also allowed into the program. This has not been welcome news to many people especially the conservatives and republicans (Pear par. 15). This is what it means; immigrants who are both legal and illegal qualify. However, the government changed its mind on the issue indicating that immigrants will only qualify under special conditions, that is, when they are legally registered and lawfully residing in the US (Pear par. 3-5). This however angered many advocates who supported Obama in the last primary elections. With this, the government through executive orders made it open for all people especially the undocumented immigrants to join (Bessette and Pitney 2-3). This paper therefore seeks to explore the article by Pearson where issues around Obamacare and enrolment rates are discuused. Most importantly, this discussion will look at the issue in the context of eligibility, registration of immigrants as well as a personal opinion as to whether the system is justfied. The incident that prompted discourse The low number of immigrants that have been signing into the program has prompted discourse around the issue (Pearson par. 12). In most major cities where the number of immigrants is high, there are only a few immigrants who are willing to sign up. For instance, New York City has registered one of the lowest numbers of immigrants despite their number being four times the number of natives (Pearson par. 3). As it has been indicated, other highly populated states that have witnessed low enrolment rate of immigrants such as hispanics include California, Texas and Arizona. The unfortunate thing is that the enrolment ends at the end of March this year. Aspects that I still want to know In 2012, White House announced that young immigrants who qualify or who will be allowed to stay in the country for one reason or the other will not qualify or be eligible for Obamacare (Pearson par. 4-6). However, after some discussions with their representatives and human rights activities and protests from the United Nation, they were allowed to enroll. This however was greeted with mixed reactions. Some thinking it was a plot to document illegal immigrants and some thinking they would be deployed upon revealing their identity. Therefore, what I still want to know is whether their fears are true or whether they are well founded (Pearson par. 4). Furthermore, I would like to know the reason why they were barred from enrolling, yet the president had earlier indicated that immigrants would be granted as long as they are “lawfully residents of United States (Sharma and Gielen 20-
Overview of the book Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is a book on business and self-managerial strategies aimed at providing the reader with seven basic rules that are supposed to become the everyday habits if someone wishes to be efficient in business and daily life. The author’s agenda is that people lack effectiveness in their work because they do not always see things from different perspectives and concentrate on the aspects over which they have no influence, thus wasting the effort. Presumably, Stephen Covey’s seven rules of self-help are supposed to show the readers in the form of imperative pieces of advice on how to widen the perspective and increase the scale of perception, evaluating and dealing with different aspects of life. The habit number one, according to Covey, is “Be Proactive”. It means admitting one’s responsibility for the situation a person is in, rather than finding fault in genetics, life circumstances, etc. Covey (2013) believes that to be “responsible “response-able” [means] to control our lives and to powerfully influence our circumstances by working on what we are” (p. 97). Proactive people work only on the things they can influence and change. The second habit is, to begin with, the end in mind. Such an approach presupposes the presence of the structured plan of the actions rather than just a vague idea because the abstract understanding is not an achievable goal, and the first habit steers the readers to aim only for the achievable objectives. It also requires a certain amount of imagination (Covey, 2013), since it is important to conceptualize the vivid image in the mind. The habit number three, in many ways, is the precedent of the second habit. The third habit is “Put first things first” (Covey, 2013), which again, as habit number two, reminds about the necessity of planning the actions in their logical succession, as well as evaluating the importance of both business, and routine daily tasks. The fourth habit is titled “Think Win-Win”. It presupposes that to be effective in the interaction, including business interactions, the person is to look for the optimal solution that is beneficial both for the individual and the people he or she deals with, always to look for mutual gain. Such an approach requires integrity, abundance mentality, and maturity (Covey, 2013). The fifth habit is also antecedents by the fourth one; it is “Seek first to understand, then to be understood”. In such a way, it requires very open interactions based on sharing feelings and commitments. It also sends the readers back to the general agenda of the book, which is to widen the perspective, try to see what other people see. The sixth habit is to do with synergizing. To synergize is to cooperate in a mutually beneficial manner so that the interaction is open and is made on a fair basis. It is a genuinely important principle that works not only for self-management or business but also fo
Is it possible to consider the world and society in which the phenomenon of Holocaust develops as civilized? Is it a result of the Nazis’ brutal actions or the consequences of the development of racism in the history of the Western civilization? In his work Exterminate All the Brutes which was first published in Sweden in 1992 , Sven Lindqvist tries to give the answers to these controversial questions with references to the peculiarities of the historical process during two centuries and analyze its effects for the 20 th century. Sven Lindqvist develops his vision of the issue accentuating the fact that Holocaust provided by Hitler is just the representation of the events known earlier as the effects of imperialism and colonialism. Thus, Holocaust is a kind of racism which supports the idea that there are superior nations which can rule the world and to do it effectively, it is necessary for them to “exterminate all the brutes” (Lindqvist 5). Exterminate All the Brutes is written in a form of a travel diary. That is why this book combines such genres as the travelogue, literary criticism, and historical analysis. Such organization of the work helps the author develop his considerations about the nature of Holocaust on the basics of the travelling observations which gives him the opportunity to provide definite examples and with paying much attention to the history of such social and political phenomena as imperialism and colonialism. The title of the book is the words taken from the novel written by Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness . These provocative words reflect the main idea which is developed in Lindqvist’s work and can be explained as the imperialistic intentions of Empires to create the world where there is the place only for the civilized ‘whites’. The possible way to expand the power and then to ‘clean’ the territories is to kill the native peoples. Lindqvist accentuates that such terrifying method as killing the masses of people was not provided only during Holocaust but also characterized the Empires’ expansions at the ‘wild’ territories. To understand the reasons for such authority’s actions, Lindqvist discusses the basics of the social theories which were spread among the public in the 19 th – 20 th centuries (Lindqvist). Are all the races equal? The history of imperialism and the development of racism prove the opinion that colonialists had a rather strict vision of this issue. Racism was justified by the progress of such theories as s
As a matter of fact, the event of the 11th of September 2001, revealed weak points of American security system and highlighted potential threats. The threat is related not only to the wellness and wellbeing of civilians, however, to the safety of a cyber environment, which is highly related to prosperity and protection of the country in general. The events of the 11th of September were crucial for understanding that the safety system should be improved. The government realized that the role of the private security for the homeland security should not be underestimated. However, it is worth noting that the more time had passed, the more the efforts diminished. The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate and find out the role and importance of the private sector security in homeland security. According to the recent researches, almost ninety percent of the main infrastructures in the United States are considered to be owned by private organizations. Thus, the private sector plays an immense role in homeland security. Homeland security is a complex system. The success of it is highly dependent on fruitful cooperation between all the levels, namely federal state, local, and private. A new form of public and private collaboration is essential for the creation of the effective system of homeland security. Long before the tragedy of 9-11, a number of experts noted that there were some potential risks, and thus, active actions from the public and private sector are needed in order to improve the situation. The necessity for the private and public sector to unite is evident. Although such actions were taken in 1990ies the objective was not accomplished because there were no significant threats to the governmental and homeland security (Ramsay and Logan 45). Private resources are commonly used for the purposes of the state, especially in relation to war and weapon. However, nowadays, the term ‘privatization of security’ is broadly used. The development of the private sector provides a significant advantage as it destroys monopoly. In terms of national security, it is beneficial as well. The process of privatization of military functions for providing security is considered to be irreversible. The number of conflicts, wars, and terroristic threats will have a strong impact on the military service. Moreover, there is a tendency to the reduction of the armed forces in the modern world (Lee 33). Private sector develops a number of military campaigns. However, the improvement in this sphere is not always beneficial,
NFL is among the most popular sports in the United States, with an ever-growing interest in the international arena. One of the key business issues in regards to the selected sport is the evaluation of player performance metrics, which is especially critical in regards to quarterbacks, who are responsible for scoring touchdowns (TDs). Therefore, there is a need for properly assessing a player’s expected touchdown rate and passing yard rate on the basis of other metrics. The given analysis will primarily focus on Passing Yards (PY) assessment and its predictive capacity in regards to touchdowns. PY can be easily measured on the basis of historical data as well as on-field training sessions, where a player’s activeness can be potentially linked to one’s touchdown rates. In other words, the core question is whether or not a players’ touchdown rates PY scores are independent variables. The relevant data collected for the analysis is derived from the Nextgenstats website, where all NFL-related data is provided. The touchdown raw data is taken from the top 30 athletes because they are the targeted quarterbacks and give the most plausible playstyle, which is in tune with the business question. Accordingly, the PY data is also collected from the selected players, which is denoted as YDS on the website (“Passing,” 2020). The ranking is based on 2020 NFL data on touchdowns or TDs in order to make the assessment as up-to-date as possible. There are two sets of raw data; the first dataset is comprised of the top 30 TDs, which will be the observed data, and the second is comprised of PYs divided by 100. The reason for such a division is that each TD requires a player to pass 100 yards of average since the football field is 100 yards in length (Athlon Sports, 2019). Therefore, in order to adjust PY values in accordance with TDs, PY is divided by 100. The Chi-Square Formula is X 2 = Sum of (Observed – Expected) 2 / Expected (“The chi square statistic,” n.d.). The bar chart for observed TDs (Blue) and PYs (Orange) are presented in Figure 1. The sum of X 2 values is equal to 25.40179. The degree of freedom is equal to (2-1) * (30-1) = 29, since the sample size or N = 30 and variables = 2. Figure 1. Bar Chart. The appropriate analysis technique is Two Way Chi-Square analysis, because the question has two datasets, observed TD and PY values, which are compared if they are statistically independent variables. The analysis technique is Chi-Square Formula is X2 = Sum of (Observed – Expected)2/ Expected (“The chi square statistic,” n.d.). The derived or calculated X 2 sum is used on the Chi Square Distribution table to either reject or accept the null hypothesis. The detailed calculations can be accessed Table 1. Null Hypothesis: H0 – TD and PY are independent variables Alternative Hypothesis: H1 – TD and PY are not independent Table 1. Inputs and Outputs. The inputs and outputs are presented in Table 1. Null hypothesis is that there is no statistical significance be
Introduction This presentation explores the following issues:   * eMedicine;   * Telehealth;   * Available telehealth models;   * Available technologies in telehealth;   * How to improve data tracking through telehealth. In this short presentation, I explain the benefits of telehealth by defining the concept and its value addition advantages. I also emphasize how it improves medical outcomes, and explain the best way to adopt it. The purpose of this presentation is to encourage the use of the technological platform in the medical field. However, before we delve deeper into this subject, it is important to understand how telehealth falls within a wider umbrella of emedicine. What is emedicine   * eMedicine is the cost-effective and secure use of information to improve the quality of health care service delivery to patients;   * eMedicine also refers to the use of technology to provide health care services;   * eMedicine involves sharing medical information among different health practitioners to improve the delivery of care;   * eMedicine is applicable in different fields of medicine, including health surveillance, health education, health research and health literature (Fernandez-Marcelo, 2015). The correct definition of eMedicine rests in understanding how health practitioners could use computers to support information processing functions to improve health outcomes. Researchers have described how it is important in improving decision-making and records keeping functions. However, its level of adoption is dependent on the quest by health practitioners, especially doctors, to use it in their daily functions.   * It is a new way of doing things. As highlighted in the above diagram, eMedicine simply refers to a new way of doing things in health care service delivery. Functional Areas of emedicine   * Telemedicine/telehealth;   * mHealth (mobile technologies);   * Electronic Medical/Health Records;   * eSurveillance and Tracking;   * eLearning for Health (Olasina & Popoola, 2014). There are different applications of eMedicine. They include mHealth, electronic medical records, eSurveillance, eLearning, and telemedicine. In this presentation, I focus on telemedicine as a key functional area of eMedicine. What is Telehealth? Telehealth involves the use of technology to bridge the distance in communication when delivering health services. It facilitates the practice of medicine when patients and health care service providers are not in the same location. Available technologies include:   * Live video;   * Remote-patient monitoring;   * Mobile Health;   * Store-and-forward. Telehealth is not a specific service; instead, it includes a variety of technologies for delivering medical and health services. Its purpose is to enhance the delivery of health care and education because using the technological innovations associated with telehealth helps health practitioners to provide care in different areas of medicine, inclu
Introduction According to Weick and Quinn (1999), organizational change is a fundamental practice. Organizational change involves numerous practices that aim at introducing new approaches. Enhancement of organizational functions leads to the improvement of performance in organizations. It includes the restructuring of organizational functions so as to pave the way for the introduction of the desired changes in the organization. In most cases, the change affects the culture of an organization as it may call for an overhaul of organizational norms and routines. In this paper, it is argued that organizations have varying practices. The introduction of these practices impede to the management of change. According to Cameron & Green (2004), the success and sustainability of organizational perform
Stephanie Sandler, Distant Pleasures. “Pushkin and the writing of exile ”, was published by Stanford University Press in1989. This classic book explores the significance of exile for Pushkin’s varying personal intellect and for his poetic engagements. By examining the Pushkin writings, the author has established the writings rely on emblematic patterns and speculative assumptions . These characteristics are illustrated as some of the key features that separate words from concepts, or the convictions they represent. And this turns to be the main duty that the author attempts to examine. This includes examining the techniques of evaluating the figurations, poetic texts and rhetoric formats. Though the author manages to capture some of the key aspects of Pushkin writings, she fails to examine the principal characteristics and intent which rhetoric characteristics impinge (Sandler 166). I am of the opinion that this perspective is considerably too limited in regard to the stature and influence of Pushkin writings. Sandler examines insignificant but diverse textual groups from the period of exile: lengthy narrative poems, Eugene Oregin, the canto novel, in addition to the play, Boris Godunov (Williams 56). By examining the Pushkin’s demonstration of distance in relation to his audience, she illustrates the manner he formed that audience. More so, instead of portraying Pushkin’s progression into prominence, the author formulates a hypothesis of exploring Pushkin’s changing ideas of himself, his vocation, and his motherland during the long period of exile. To support my argument, Sandler asserts “How did exile become converted from a challenge or a risk?”(5) His method of figuration, illustration, in addition to apostrophe is measured carefully in each passage. Extracted texts are specified in Russian as well as in English rendition. The investigations vary across a number of methodological as well as theoretical perceptions: biographical plus chronological information is repeatedly pulled in. while formalist and Bakhtinian structures are utilized for a number of texts, in addition to the examples of deconstruction along with feminist inquest which are predominantly imperative to Pushkin’s style of approach. The book”, is divided into four chapters but with individual segments. These chapters are:   * Distance in the Lyric Voice,   * Boris Godunov: The expectation of an audience,   * Boris Godunov: How drama Tells its story, and   * Negative pleasures. The author has managed to put together a paramount image of Pushkin writings. Examining the argument presented in Chapter I, Sandler has established that Pushkin was far ahead of the buoyant testing of his Lyceum poetry, though not completely in command of poetic wave of his time. This portrays him as an individual in the search of identity or a powerful image. More so, this chapter stands out as the standard of discovering Pushkin in his formative period. This is te