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Introduction The assessment tool chosen for this paper is the NIOSH Lifting Equation for Single Tasks. This tool is often used by occupational health and safety professionals for assessing manual material handling risks “associated with lifting and lowering tasks in the workplace” (Middlesworth, n.d.b, para. 1). In order to use the NIOSH equation, it is imperative to follow these steps:   * Determining task variables is required. The job task of lifting consists of a starting point (origin) and the ending point (destination) (Middlesworth, n.d.b).   * Measuring and recording task variables, which include the horizontal distance at the origin of the lift and the horizontal distance at the destination, the height of the lift origins and the height of the lift at the destination, the travel distance between the origin and destination, etc. (Middlesworth, n.d.b).   * Conducting a risk assessment using the NIOSH lifting equation calculator. When using the NIOSH lifting equation calculator in a specific system, no adaptations should be made. The system chosen for the analysis is the warehouse of a large aircraft parts manufacturer. The assessment tool was selected for identifying any possible risks associated with manual handling of stored products. It is expected that the usage of the assessment tool will subsequently reduce the identified risks and allow the employees of the warehouse to exercise their full potential. System Description The warehouse chosen for the ergonomic risk assessment is a commercial building that an aircraft parts manufacturer uses for the storage of goods. It has both manual handling systems that include human workers (for smaller parts) and automated systems for handling larger parts. For warehouse management, workers use Windward System Five, which is complete Inventory Management Software designed for tracking, increasing productivity, and reducing the flow of paper documentation (Windward Software, 2017). The environmental characteristics of the manufacturer’s warehouse are the following:   * Indoor facility in a rural area, equipped with a large parking lot for enhanced logistics;   * Bright lighting to ensure visibility at all times of the day;   * Preservation of the same temperature inside the warehouse to ensure staff’s comfort;   * Low noise levels due to the rural location. The key task of the warehouse is associated with the smooth operation of the supply chain that ends with delivering the desired product to its customers. Current Controls for Reducing Ergonomic Risks Currently, the warehouse implements
Tartuffe by Marietta College Theatre Department Tartuffe is one of the most famous plays by Moliere. Just like the rest of his plays, Tartuffe is very funny and, at the same time, didactic. I enjoyed reading it, and I was glad to see it live. The Marietta College Theatre Department produced the play and brought Moliere’s characters to our modernity. The overall impression of the play is very positive. However, I cannot say the company met my expectations to the fullest as to the way the play could be staged. First, I would like to note that the cast managed to convey the message correctly. The main idea of the play is the importance of trust in the family and the value of critical thinking as well as common sense. Modern Orgon was very convincing. I loved him and his wife as they were just what I had imagined when reading the play. I must admit that I was quite surprised to see such a young Tartuffe as I thought this deceiver should be in his late thirties. I believed that Tartuffe had to look much younger than Oregon but not as young as his daughter. The performing actor seemed quite young to me at first. Nevertheless, soon I understood that age had little to do with people’s ability to deceive and be that hypocritical. At the end of the play, I loved the young Tartuffe as I called him. I was also rather startled to see a girl in the girl of the officer. I expected to see a man wearing the police uniform. At that, I was prepared to accept this choice. Modern society is very different from people who lived in the 17 th century. At present, women occupy various roles and can be employed in the sphere of law enforcement. I loved the young actress as she was very natural and appealing. It is possible to state that the play I saw deepened my understanding of the characters and the author’s message. I managed to notice different types of people who can still be found in society. There are still fanatics who try to seem better than they are. There are still credulous people who can be even ridiculous in their faith. Of course, there are many smart and brave people like Orgon’s family members. I think the cast added various dimensions to the characters. When reading a play, I still saw Oregon, his family, and Tartuffe as characters from the book. Now, I believe those are complex personalities who live and develop. Another element of the production that made me a bit confused was the choice of costumes. The setting was perfect as I think the furniture conveyed the charm of the 17 th century
Introduction The colonial period of the USA refers to the history of the land that was going to become the US in the future, and lasts from the beginning of European settlement to the very independence from Europe, and it includes the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain which announced themselves independent in 1776. The years of colonial domination led to essential differentiation of the population, which inevitably led to the revolt. The period 1680-1730 is regarded to be the most essential, as the colonists, afraid that thorough imperial control would lead to the restricted trade and liberties, decided, that it would be better to keep the imperial powers away, and decided that the better option is the power of the weapon. When the Glorious Revolution toppled James in 1689, revolts in Massachusetts and New York conquered the Dominion of New England and deposed the government in Maryland. Main body Political arrangements were never totally standardized, but by the early eighteenth century eight of the thirteen existing colonies had a royal ruler, assemblies convened annually in every prefecture, and a steady royal polity had attained its solid form. By 1715, all of the colonies had also attained substantial social constancy: family formation had attained levels that permitted self-sustaining expansion. For the next fifty years, the burgeoning dimension would catalyze complex communal arrangements. Enjoying plenty of harvests, sufficient fuel imports, and a favorable disease situation, colonial inhabitants multiplied at almost the maximum probable rate of natural augment. Regional patterns of farming and agricultural abroad sales increased. The South concentrated in staples cultivated chiefly by slaves: tobacco from the Chesapeake, rice from the Carolina Georgia tidewater, and indigo plants from the Carolina piedmont. Colonies supplied huge amounts of goods in the North, which further transformed into a more mixed agricultural organization. Mid-Atlantic farmers grew wheat, which in raw or processed forms was in second place in export in 1700. With horticulture limited by rocky soils, New Englanders exported fish and whale products along with other marines, livestock, and rum. Southern products, valued as re-exports or military requirements were under strict British control. The Navigation Acts mandated transporting them to England, and British vendors owned the ships enlisted. Northern goods were less important, hence less controlled, and carried more often in royally hulls. Long before 1776, the South and North started following various developmental ways. Southerners reinvested their incomes in land and slaves without expanding their possessions; northerners invested in different enterprises, increasing the financial differentiation. By 1730, typical prototypes distinguished colonial areas from each other. New England’s towns gained a rank of Congregational establishment and ethnocentrism for egalitarianism, moralism, and xenophobia. The Mid-Atlantic colonies stayed et
Introduction Crime statistics in general emerged in the early 19th century to measure whether criminal activity in certain areas was increasing or decreasing. However, it is a common fact that a high proportion of crimes do not come to the knowledge of the police, and alterations in police procedures and strategies can have quite a huge impact on how crimes are reported and categorized. This essay will present an argument that crime statistics cannot give an exhaustive measurement of crime trends due to several shortcomings and flaws that are experienced during the various stages of handling crime figures. Since the crime, by definition, is an illegal activity, every employed in measuring it is likely to have flaws: the disparities in the reporting and analytic procedures are generating different sets of crime victimization statistics. This essay will critically examine ways that explain why crime statistics do not necessarily reflect a true measure of criminal activity. Attention will be drawn particularly to the way data is collected, reported, and classified to highlight its inaccuracy and disparity. Data Collection One of the strongest criticisms against crime statistics revolves around the data collection process. Since crime rates and other parameters relating to crime depend on the accuracy of the data collection process, any flaw in the process could heavily affect the reliability of information derived from the data. There are two major methods for collecting crime data. The first method uses law enforcement reports that only reflect reported crimes. The second is the use of victimization surveys in which information is collected by asking a population sample of the crimes that have been committed against them, and whether or not they have passed over this information to law enforcement agents. The accuracy of victimization surveys, therefore, depends on the honesty of the respondent or the ability of the respondent to have a good memory of the criminal instances. Besides, the methods used for data collection vary between jurisdictions comparing crime statistics between and even within countries and this can create ambiguity while computing the national or comparing criminal activity between states. For example, in Australia, some states use a prima facie system in that essentially, all crime reported is recorded, however, other states, such as Victoria previously used
Introduction Organization of states, countries and nations is characterized with boarder rules that govern movements; such movements include the transfer of people, goods as well as services across the territories. Immigration refers to the movement of people from their country into another with the aim of staying in that country permanently. Such immigrations are said to be illegal if they contravene the established laws of the country they are moving into. Complications over implementation of laws on immigration on the other hand arise due to full acquisitions of rights in the country into which a person has moved to. This paper seeks to argue that parents who are illegal immigrants should be deported to their own countries even if their children are citizens of the United States because they (parents) should follow the legal process. This paper will look into the history of immigration in the United States, legal provisions over illegal immigrants and their impact. History of Immigration in the United States The history of immigration into the United States coincides with the history of the states. It is for example hard to consider who the true natives of America are owing to the fact that most of the American races trace their origins of ancestry to other countries. One of the first races of people to have been reported in the United States for example were a group from Asia that is reported to have moved into the region about twenty thousand years ago. This group has been accredited for the ancestry of the United States’ current considered native population. The instance of significant immigration into the land is associated with movements of Europeans and Asians into the region in the seventeenth century. The information and perception that had spread over the United States’ vast resources for instance attracted Europeans who were interested in exploiting the resources. Consequently, there was immigration of people from other continents that were in most cases forced so as to help in supplying labor for the Europeans investments. Such were the historic movements of slaves from regions such as Africa, the Caribbean and parts of Asia (Rapid, 2008). According to Anderson (2010), there was an overwhelming immigration into America in the seventeenth century with respect to the then population in America as well as the populations in the countries from which the people came from. He argued that about seven hundred thousand people had moved to settle in the United States by the year 1760. It is also estimated that America received more than two hundred thousand immigrants from the then United Kingdom in a spa
Introduction Every case that revolves around the breach of a specific law will always have a strong moral aspect. As a result, the sides involved in the resolution of the case may be faced with a complicated web of connections and relations by which the choice is made involving who is guilty as well as to what degree. The case discussed in this paper is an excellent example of an ethical challenge in which one participating company must decide on a course of action including whether to continue as one of the parties in the case. The problem lies in the fact that there are multiple sides to the conflict, each of which possesses different interests. In a situation like this one, critical thinking is a necessary and valuable skill that can help the agent to come up with a logical and rational decision regarding further action. The benefit from the application of critical thinking lies in the provision of clarity and distinction when it comes to the perspectives as they are perceived by each side, including their interests. Thus, the practice of critical thinking is a tool that can be used to reach an effective resolution of a complicated and multifaceted case that has many sides and several interests that are in conflict. Explanation of the Issue The issue under analysis involves several unrelated organizations and lawsuits. In particular, the company under consideration, Cybertech, is serving as a cyber forensics consultant for a law firm that is using the services of Cybertech’s professionals in order to resolve a case of hacking. The incident occurred in 2015, and the victim was an organization called the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The suspect, in this case, is a non-US organization known as Anomolous. The hacking in question compromised background information for several million employees and resulted in a significant amount of damage to the data stored and used by OPM. In addition to the OPM hacking, Cybertech is also involved in another case, whereby Anomolous itself was a victim of a hacking attempt that targeted its facilities. This attack was allegedly attempted by another hacker group based in the United States and known as Equation Set. Moreover, in some unrelated cases, Cybertech is also representing other client companies that are suspects in the OPM breach. Thus, Cybertech finds itself in a complex position where it is appearing to work with multiple conflicting sides and therefore is engaged in a massive conflict of interest. In order to address this confusing situation, Cybertech professionals must decide on the company’s further course of action. To be more precise, it is necessary t
Biography Steve McCurry is a celebrated American photojournalist. The photographer is known for his masterpieces. McCurry was “born on 24 th February 1950 in the state of Pennsylvania” ( Steve McCurry, 2015, para. 2). Steve McCurry graduated with a degree of arts from Penn State University in 1974. He worked for The Daily Collegian as a photographer after completing his studies. He later joined Today Newspaper as a photojournalist. McCurry later decided to become a freelancer in India. He later travelled to Afghanistan where his career begun. He is presently known for his courage and strength ( Steve McCurry, 2015). McCurry has covered many conflicts in different parts of the world such as Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, and Cambodia. Most of his photos have been featured in different magazines across the world. He joined Magnum Photos in the 1980s. Most of his works are featured in different publications such as the National Geographic. McCurry has also received numerous awards for his achievements. Ryan and Conover (2004) believe that “the photojournalist focuses mainly on the human consequences of war” (p. 46). This approach has revealed the impacts of war on the lives of many people across the globe. McCurry’s photographs focus on both human pain and joy. This fact explains why McCurry’s artworks are admired by many people across the globe. Steve McCurry’s Photographs Afghan Girl This is one of the greatest photographs by Steve McCurry. McCurry (2013) states that the “ Afghan Girl became famous because it identified the impacts of war on the lives of mankind” (p. 37). Many analysts “have likened McCurry’s Afghan Girl to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa ” (Ryan & Conover, 2004, p. 36). The girl in the photograph was a refugee in Pakistan. The photojournalist took this outstanding photo in 1984. The Soviet Union had occupied Afghanistan during this period. The girl in the photograph was later identified as Sharbat Gula. The portrait of the girl symbolized the conflicts encountered by many refugees during the time. The girl’s eyes portray the pains encountered by many women in different refugee camps. The photograph also symbolizes the challenges encountered in many refugee camps across the globe. This photo by McCurry later inspired many artists such as Jodie Bieber. Afghan Girl. Tailor in Monsoon The photograph “Tailor in Monsoon” examines the challenges encountered by many people in the developing world. McCurry photographed an elderly tailor who had been caught in the Porbandar monsoon floodwaters. The tailor had to wade through the floodwater despite the debris. The sewing machine in the photograph represents the man’s fate. The old man is trying to secure a future for himself. The photograph “appeared on the cover of the National Geographic magazine” (McCurry, 2013, p. 74). This photograph portrays the pains experienced by many Indian during the period. This artwork encourages more people to focus on their goals despite the challenges affecting them. The “manufacturer of the sewing machine later sent the old man a new one after seeing the photo” (McCurry, 2013, p. 74). Tailor in Monsoon. Vrindavan Widow Steve McCurry photographed the work
Locke’s theory of original acquisition is modified by the general right of subsistence, through the operation of conditions, the most significant of which is the command to leave ‘enough and as good’ for others. This stipulation cannot be applied accurately, under conditions of immediate or even ultimate scarcity, without nullifying all acquisitions. Consider the first person Z who finds herself left without enough and as good to appropriate. The last appropriator Y left Z without her earlier liberty to appropriate an object from the common and so did not leave enough and as good for her. So Y’s appropriation is prohibited by the condition. Therefore, the penultimate appropriator X left Y in a state of affairs where she could not appropriate for X’s appropriation ended allowable appropriations. Therefore X’s appropriation was impermissible. But then, the appropriator two from last W, ended allowable appropriations, since she left X in this situation. And so on back to A the original appropriator. So it seems better to follow the line recommended by Locke’s drinking from the river example of focusing on whether any injury to another follows an appropriation. From what Locke says there we may deduce that one person can think herself injured by another’s appropriation only in circumstances of scarceness. Even then the condition does not come into effect until an appropriator has secured her own continued existence for the first duty of natural law is to conserve oneself. In all of this there is no obstruction to appropriating more than one needs when such appropriation does not intimidate the survival of others. Any trouble with Lockian appropriation starts when there are almost no more natural resources in common since everything has been privatized. Once that situation attains a general right of subsistence cannot be met from a liberty to appropriate from nature directly. The propertyless can have their continued existence needs met only if they can make a just claim on the holdings of property-owners. In the First Treatise Locke is quite understandable that there is such a claim based on the law of nature which obliges us not simply to give justice to others but to protect them. We recognize that God hath not left one Man so to the Mercy of another, that he may starve him if he please: God the Lord and Father of all, has given no one of his Children such a Property, in his unusual Portion of the things of this World, but that he has given his deprived Brother a Right to the Surplusage of his Goods; so that it cannot fairly be denyed him, when his pressing Wants call for it (Locke, 1991). Manifestly, Lockian self-ownership is restrained by the duty to protect others which comes into play once a person has protected her own subsistence. And the right to be sustained out of another’s abundance is not superseded by the fact that it is unquestionably the fruit of
Introduction Gender refers to the socially constructed traits of men and women. The characteristics are different in each society and can change over time. For decades, gender has remained a major topic in the academic and professional circles. In this paper, the author will answer three questions on the modern girl based on three articles. The three publications are by Janice Kim, Madeleine Dong, and Miriam Silverberg. Analyzing the Modern Girl How Silverberg’s Texts Capture Her Historical Approach to the Issue of Gender In the article, Silverberg states that the modern girl must be made a part of the political, economic, and socio-cultural transformations of her time. In addition, this author observes that the modern girl is more about imagining a new Japanese woman than documenting social change. 1 The two texts capture Silverberg’s historical approach to the topic of gender. Throughout human history, women have been the victims of large scale discrimination in many societies. 2 However, Silverberg believes that times have changed, and women have evolved to become “modern girls.” She looks down on tradition through lifestyle transformations. 3 According to Silverberg, the characteristics of the contemporary girl have revolutionized the perceptions that people have about women and gender roles. As such, females should be allowed to take part in political, economic, and social-cultural activities, which lead to the growth of society. 4 Dong co
Introduction Keurig Inc. is a company that has ventured into the coffee business providing its clients with solutions to quick and effective coffee brewing. Since its inception in 1992, it has established itself with excellence, as its name suggests (Cravens & Piercy, 2009). The company had succeeded in introducing the single-cup brewing system in to the offices and was seeking to expand its customer base to include the at-home segment. However, Keurig needed to employ proper marketing strategies in order to have advantage over the several single-cup competitors in the market. Therefore, the management team re-evaluated the strategies of their product plan and decided to revisit their decisions on the price and marketing strategies. This paper will dis