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The film ‘There Will Be Blood’ by Anderson presents various themes among them capitalism, greed, hatred, revenge and godlessness. However, the title of the film summarizes its most important concerns. Daniel Plainview is prevents the hero in the film from succeeding and later becomes lonely, a factor that ends the film tragically. This essay analyzes the perspectives presented in the title of the film and how they help in understanding the concept’ There Will Be Blood.’ Daniel Plainview is a complicated character in the film who is overly mistrusting. His last name ‘Plainview’ serves to portray his supposed lack of trust. He does not strive to gain a better understanding of people and never values them since they just like commodities to him. His ability causes him to be proud and also compels him to feel disgusted with the incompetence of other people. He cannot see anything in people that would make him like them. The only person he ends up liking later is a child he adopted. He says that he cannot continue to do things with people he does not trust because it makes him feel lonely. Daniel’s first name means ‘God is my Judge’ and ‘judgment by God’ (A Critical Analysis of There Will Be Blood 2). The meaning of the name first implies that as the film ends, God judges him by retribution for his pride. Secondly, it is also implied that Daniel subconsciously considers himself as a God who judges. He strongly believes that the words he speaks are powerful and that things must turn out they way he says they will. His appearance before people is characterized by talks of the things he intends to do for them. For example, his meeting with Tilford turns into a confrontational platform where he tells him that he should not lecture him on how to raise his own family. He eventually threatens to cut his throat to silence him. After his winning of the oil contract of the union, he says that it was obvious for him to win. Plainview’s voice is his power thus he does not allow anybody to silence him. This helps the audience to understand him well and the reason why he always uses force to achieve his goals. He will use any means even it is shedding blood hence the title ‘there will be blood.’ As the film comes to an end, the words spoken are ‘I’m finished.’ The ending is quite a sad one as Plainview tries to prove that he still possesses the power of speech, although it is evident that he is not happy. He declares that the film has ended and also says that he is finished thu
Introduction According to (NHANES), over 1/3rd of United States citizens are obese. Increasingly, the prevalence of obesity in the United States has been cited by health practitioners and the government as a major health issue that needs health policy enactment and reform. Statistics further indicate that the United States obesity predicament is the highest in the entire world with more than 74.1% of American adults being obese. Statistics also show that despite tremendous efforts made by the health systems. Obesity in American adults has steadily increased with 24.5 in 2004, 26.6% in 2007, and 34.7% in 2009. Nevertheless, studies have shown that obesity has dramatically increased in all United States population groups. From 1990 to 2006, severe obesity prevalence (BMI≥40kg/m2) has quadrupled from one obesity case in 200 Americans to one case in 20 Americans (CDC, 2011). The increase has also been evident in adolescents and children as their estimates amount to 9 million obese children and adolescents. Children from 6-11 years are most afflicted with a tripled obesity rate of 6.5% to 19.6% for the last five years. Analyses also show that 16% of U.S. military personnel are obese. Further, NHANES statistics show that all United States have increased obesity cases with Alabama State leading with 30.1% and Wyoming ending with 24.0%. This clearly shows that irrespective of age, geographical location, and job type, all Americans are at risk of being obese. This has made the government incur hefty costs in obesity and indirect loss of economy associated with obesity amounting to more than $75 billion. In 1995, the cost incurred was $95.5 million, $117 billion in 2000 and the cost has been on the rise for subsequent years. This clearly shows that government relationship with the health care sector needs to be analyzed in order to pave ways for new obesity health reforms that could save Americans from the health hazardous obese condition (CDC, 2011). Pertinent issues in obesity Obesity and Chronic diseases Obesity is said to be the major cause of chronic diseases including stroke, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, gallbladder disease, coronary heart diseases cancers such as colorectal, kidney, osteoarthritis, endometrial, and breast cancer, hypertension coupled with serious health complications such as sleep apnea and breathing problems, menstrual irregularities, and high LDL pregnancy complications. To counter these effects, pertinent issues in the delivery of health care in regard to obesity that should be addressed include: Lack of cooperation among health care professionals As we know, obesity is a multifactorial condition that is determined by lifestyle, social-cultural factors, and genetics. However, there remains a major question as to who is supposed to play a major role in obesity treatment. For instance, research has pro
Introduction The Government of Canada pays special attention to the quality of delivery of social programs and promotes an idea of family development and child care. The Integrated Case Management (ICM) was a mutual initiative between the Ministries of Social Development, Children and Family Development, and Citizens’ Services and Open Government in 2011 (Kot, 2013). Despite its positive intentions and attempts, a new system failed to replace even two-thirds of the old system that supported child protection, subsidies, and income assistance (The Canadian Press, 2015; Charette, 2014). Many concerns around the ICM exist as it did neither meet expectations nor improved service delivery, but its developers recognized problematic issues and examined costs to make sure the government could protect children and families. Main body Family and social development is one of the urgent tasks for Canadian citizens. The overall price of the ICM over six years was about $182 million, including the four phases and the creation of MATRIX (Kot, 2013; Shaw, 2014). Phase 1 focused on the implementation of security access rules, and Phase 2 defined the basic case management issues (Auditor General of British Columbia, 2015). Phase 3 promoted the deployment of specific programs, and Phase 4 improved various business processes (Auditor General of British Columbia, 2015). MATRIX was another option to ensure the effectiveness of the system in accordance with the approved budget (Shaw, 2014). The contributions of social service workers cannot be ignored in this scheme as they check how services can be delivered in an integrated manner, using wide-open access to all ICM system’s information (Kot, 2013). In fact, the goals and plans of the ICM developers seemed to be reasonable and justified. There were many reasons for the implementation of the ICM system. Integration of multiple programs beyond the already existing system and the improvement of data sharing in the social services sector motivated the team. Compared to direct case management services, the integrated system ensures employees and clients with guarantees to cover complex approaches and services. Business simplification, replacement of multiple legacy systems, and privacy protection are the major characteristics of ICM databases (Auditor General of British Columbia, 2015). Meissner (2015) mentioned that this approach was nominated for the annual Premier’s Award for Innovation and Excellence, proving the privileges of this decision. Clients may use this outside source and Global News or Vancouver Sun articles to i
In the modern world, suicide is an essential mental health problem. People have a depressive condition due to suffering and daily stressful situations. The number of death and suicide attempts increases today, and it shows the actual public health problem. Although there are many suicide prevention consultations, suicidal inclinations can distort a human’s perception of reality and influence social interaction (Shepard, Gurewich, Lwin, Reed, & Silverman, 2016). The suicidal behavior appears from the interested public, mental, biological, and other particular causes, which insulate people from reality. For this reason, suicide prevention consultations acquire the top priority as one of the potent tools to improve the situation. Significantly, a prior suicide attempt is the most critical risk factor for suicide in the general population. The primary goal of therapy or consultations aimed at prevention is to understand the risk for different groups and environments (Ribeiro et al., 2018). It is significant to a valid reaction to the individual’s problem. Mediation is one of the consultation models, which can be a part of social or family life (Stone et al., 2017). For this reason, the suicide prevention consultation should include this method. The suggested structure for a successful mediation might encompass the following elements:  1. A consultant has to analyze the live experience of the client. It will help to deal more effectively with the current situation and similar situations in the future. To define the reason through the routine, systematic collection of information should be aligned.  2. A consultant should conduct a comprehensive study of the case as the limited investigation will merely show the real cause of depression or a negative vision of reality.  3. A specialist should capture and analyze the situation. It concerns the solution of a specific kind of issue that could not be solved alone. The improved and expanded training can be more effective and understandable.  4. A counselor should deal more effectively with particular parts of a mental health plan and improve the abilities to work with the same program problems in the future.  5. A consultant should build the capacity of informal community care. Collaboration, coordination, and regularity of care are essential to the effectivenes
Introduction Richard Branson was born in 1950 and founded Virgin Records at the age of 22. His Virgin Group now consists of more than 350 companies and he is reputed to be worth more than 3 billion pounds. Branson, a dyslexic, did not shine academically and left school at the age of 16 years. He set up his first business, a magazine called Student, later that same year and in 1970 set up a record mail-order business, which he named Virgin because most of his employees were new to business (Don & John, 2007). Two years later he opened the first Virgin Records store in London and set up a record label, with Mike Oldfield’s eventual best seller Tubular Bells as its first release. Branson was a millionaire at the age of 25. Sir Richard’s Style Branson’s success as a businessman and leader has its roots in his ability to connect with people, and his willingness to take risks. His leadership style is often described as ‘transformational’, because of his informal style and lack of emphasis on hierarchy within his companies, and ‘charismatic’ because Branson and Virgin are so inextricably linked. Branson pays great attention to staff management and argues that all leaders hold a sense of moral responsibility to their employees. He believes strongly that you get the best out of people by treating them well, and with respect. During the recession of early 1990s, he talked of how he tried, whenever possible, to move employees temporarily to a different part of the business rather than make them redundant during difficult trading conditions, and said that this resulted in employee loyalty that was far more valuable than any short term savings he could make by laying people off (Grout & Liz, 2011 ). Sir Richard Branson is a believer in positive reinforcement. He holds the opinion that if a flower is watered, it will flourishes, if not it shrivels dries up and dies. This principle is based on the fact that as a leader one ought to be always on the lookout for the best in people. Only then will the employee be able to perform tasks in an effective and quality fashion. Branson appears to be a leader who is an approach in his style of affairs. For instance, he takes time to read the emails from his employees daily and chooses to approach them means that he is in a position of ensuring that he gains complete loyalty and trust from his employees. If you bump him in the streets, you might be surprised. He is casual, he is smiling, and he is fun; he is also considered to be brilliant when it comes to business and leadership. His goal is to build Virgin into the most respectable brand in the world. About leadership, he holds the view that caring about people is very important. This is because a person can be a perfect leader if he/she generally loves people. That is how he brings the best out of his employees (Schermerhorn, 2011). As a leader, Branson regularly uses the Measured Connector role. He is said to be a herder of cats rather than a leader of the sheep. He gets to know people, gets to trust them and then creates a challenging environment for them. What he does not do is breathing down their necks or tells them what to do. He helps them to ge
Amazon is an online company that provides buyers and sellers with a platform to buy and sell products. It is the largest online retailer. The main problem Amazon was dealing with is that it was generating large revenues but its profit margin was very small. In addition, the growth of the number of e-tailers competing with Amazon threatened the company’s long-term profitability. In addition to these, Amazons global expansion was approaching the limits, hence its programs to encourage e-tailers to buy and sell via Amazon (Behr). Amazon chose to use Linux as its operating platform to reduce IT costs (Behr). By cutting back on costs, Amazon could raise its profit margin. After the implementation of Linux as the operating platform, Amazon saved twenty percent of its IT costs. Linux is an open source software that does not attract licensing fees. This means that Amazon saved all the money it previously spent on software licensing. Amazon relies on an internet platform to conduct all its businesses. This means the Amazon store exists on servers. In order run this store, users log in to the Amazon website and access its virtual store. Linux supports several Amazon value chain activities, which include operations, marketing and sales, and services. Amazon operations include all administrative activities in Amazon. The marketing and sales functions refer to the advertising Amazon does, and all online efforts it makes to find new clients. Services refer to the actual activities relating to the buying and selling of products on the Amazon website. The main factors that influenced the switch to Linux by Amazon were to cut costs and to enjoy greater control over the expansion of Amazon’s systems. After implementing the Linux operating system, Amazon saved twenty percent of its software costs. This came from savings made from licensing fees. In addition, as an open source software, Linux allows users to expand it in any way that improves its functionality. This capacity to adapt the operating system to meet unique needs also made it attractive for Amazon. The first issue Amazon needed to consider before switching to the Linux operating system was the cost of acquiring the new software. Since Linux is an open source software, this cost was minimal. Secondly, Amazon needed to consider the cost of running the software. Linux depends on a dedicated community of developers therefore there was no direct cost on Amazon. Thirdly, Amazon considered the capacity to operate the software and the technical support it would need. On the technical side, Amazon considered its plans for future expansion, and the compatibility of the Linux operating system with its existing system. Amazon experienced a cost saving in its IT costs because of switching to an open source platform. It saved the money it initially spent on acquiring software licenses from commercial vendors (Behr). Secondly, it ability to exert greater control over the development of its software platform grew because of the freedom to expand and adjust the operating system when needed. Th
In neurobiology, reward is a positive effect produced on a user by an object or a condition. Reward is associated with a tendency to repeat an action that leads to the reward. The most important center of the reward system is the mesolimbocortical dopamine system. The mesolimbic system projects from dopamine (DA) neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the nucleus accumbens (Garrett & Hough, 2018). The mesocortical system projects from DA neurons in the VTA to the frontal cortex. Rewards are associated with increased dopamine levels after stimulation of the reward system. Addictive substances or behaviors have a significant impact on the mesolimbocortical dopamine system. First, the dopamine activity in the brain decreases, which causes a reduced response to normal rewards, such as food, sexual contact, or warmth (Garrett & Hough, 2018). At the same time, drugs and behaviors cause an increased reaction from the dopamine system (Garrett & Hough, 2018). Second, addictions often cause hypofrontality, which is a reduced activity of the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex (Garrett & Hough, 2018). Finally, the long-lasting effect is caused by learning, which is promoted by glutamate that remodels synapses (Garrett & Hough, 2018). Therefore, additions are not just inappropriate habits, but neurological conditions that lead to lifelong changes in the brain. For instance, cocaine administration causes a short-term rise in the dopamine level, which causes a sense of euphoria, loss of control, and compulsive responses (Nestler, 2005). Cocaine affects the nucleus accumbens by producing enormous amounts of dopamine, which causes a powerful feeling of pleasure (Nestler, 2005). The memories of such pleasures are imprinted in the hippocampus and amygdala, causing learning and lifelong changes (Nestler, 2005). According to Garrett & Hough (2018), chronic administration of cocaine a
Introduction BRL Hardy is one of the most popular wine companies in Australia. It was started in 1853. The company is associated with Thomas Hardy. At 23 years, the vineyard worker established his farm in Australia. His first production was in 1857, four years after he started working towards his dream. By his death in 1912, he had established one of the largest wineries in Australia (Bartlett 3). After his death, the company went through various phases of transformation to respond to changes in the wine distillery market. In this paper, the author will address several issues related to the BRL Hardy case study. The case study is part of Harvard Business School’s learning resources. To start with, the factors behind BRL Hardy’s post-merger success will be reviewed. Secondly, the tensions between Steven Davies and Chris Carson will be analyzed. The different marketing strategies promoted by these two administrators will be highlighted. In addition, the issue of whether or not D’istinto should be launched will be addressed. Finally, a number of recommendations pertaining to the case study will be provided. Factors behind BRL Hardy’s Post-Merger Success A number of issues are associated with the success of the company after the merger. The key factors include the new management structures and operational strategies embraced by the wine-producing firm (Bartlett 4). Prior to the merger, both Thomas Hardy & Sons and BRL were struggling financially and with respect to their operations. Before the two companies came together, BRL had the capability to handle bulk production and accommodate massive operations. As a result, most people referred to it as “the oil refinery of the wine industry” in Australia (Bartlett 3). In addition, the firm had adopted an aggressive and commercial oriented culture. On its part, Hardy & Sons exhibited qualities that were different from its future business partner. The operations of the company made it a prominent player in the wine industry. According to Bartlett, Hardy & Sons focused on the award-winning quality wines (3). It was not overly concerned with the fortified, bulk, and value wines marketed by BRL (Bartlett 3). In addition, the firm’s organizational culture was less aggressive. As a result, the company was described as “polite and traditional” (Bartlett 3). The combination of the two organizational structures was one of the factors behind the success of the new company. It provided BRL Hardy with the capability
Introduction Decision theory represents a general approach to decision making. It is suitable for a wide range of operations management decisions. Among them are capacity planning, product and service design, equipment selection, and location planning. The information for a decision id often summarized in a payoff table, which shows the expected payoffs for each alternative under the various possible states of nature. The payoffs are shown in the body of the table. In this instance, the payoffs are in terms of present values, which represent equivalent current dollar values of expected future income less costs. This is a convenient measure because it places all alternatives in a comparable basis. If a small facility is built, the payoff will be the same for all three possible states of nature. For a medium facility, low demand will have a present value of $7 million, whereas both moderate and high demand will have present values of $12 million. A large facility will have a loss of $4 million if demand is low, a present value of $2million if demand is moderate, and a present value of $16 million if demand is high. Cooperative and non cooperative Cooperative game theory is where players make decisions depending on the other. They are able to cooperate in making the decision and the decision is joined. In cooperative parties enter into an agreement to share information relating to the decisions they are making. The best case in this scenario is decision making in OPEC Countries. They make decision about how much oil to produce and at what price to sell them. In non cooperative decision makers cooperate in other aspects but they make independent decisions which are strategic to each other business (Gintis, 2000). Symmetric and Asymmetric A symmetric is where the tradeoffs or the profit that accrue from taking one strategy will depend on the other strategies that the company takes. This is usually influenced by the competitors in the market. For example a company wishing to distribute drugs for Aids related complications in a certain country from United State of America will first make a decision whether the venture is profitable. Then will choose the strategy of entering to the market. The strategy may change if another competitor decides to enter the same market. Nash equilibrium uses the case of prisoner dilemma (Myerson, 1991). In the case of asymmetric a decision maker will choose strategies which are not identical. In the business set up companies operating in the same industry will take different financing strategies for a particular venture. The competitors may be investing for a certain machine producing a certain types of goods that are required in the market but the companies decide to finance the machine using various strategies (Dutta, 1999). Zero-Sum and Non-Zero-Sum Zero-sum game is where the tradeoffs of the players