ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
The head of state was not elected by the voters but by a minimal number of so-called electors, who were often not bound by any obligations to vote for a particular candidate. The Electoral College consists of United States citizens elected in the primary general election for the sole purpose of ensuring the election of the President and Vice President of the United States. The United States Constitution provides that the candidate who receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes, i.e., at least 270 votes, is considered elected. Decisions of the Supreme Court in the late nineteenth century interpreted the amendment very narrowly. Most black voters in the South were barred from voting because of new constitutions and laws that included barriers to vote, such as election taxes and discriminatory literacy tests, from which white voters were exempt. The Bill of Rights was able to allay the anti-federalist fears of an uncontrolled and too distant central government. The amendments specified in the Bill of Rights guarantee fundamental rights and civil liberties, such as the right to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and leave rights to the people and States ( Eight basic facts about the bill of rights , 2019). On the other hand, although the Bill limited the center’s actions somehow, the fulfilled promise provided the new government with broader support, and the first difficult test in domestic politics was successfully overcome. Later, several amendments were adopted, one of which re
Abstract This study aims to establish a link between music preference and personality traits. To achieve this end, this study adopted deductive reasoning. As such, the questions adopted for the survey were derived from past literature on the topic at hand. These questions were elicited by the need to clarify the contentious issues in the literature on personality and music preference. Audio records and questionnaires were adopted as the instruments for data collecting data. The collected data was then analyzed quantitatively. Thus, the correlation coefficient was adopted to measure the relationship between variables. The findings revealed mutual dependence between the style of music and a person’s character. As such, the adults who preferred classical and jazz types of music were less likely to exhibit cases of depression. On the other hand, playing the piano was identified as a necessary tool for raising self-esteem. These findings, among others, imply that music preference is correlated to cognitive and personality traits. Moreover, the findings imply that the choice of music that an individual listens to can be attributed to behavioral traits that he/she possesses. These findings are consistent with past literature. However, this study could not explain all the intervening variables between music preference and personality traits. Hence, it recommends for future research to address this gap in a profound manner. Discussion Restatement of the Hypothesis This study is comprised of five main hypotheses. These hypotheses seek to establish the correlation between music preference and personality traits. Despite the presence of consistency of the results between this study and the past studies that were reviewed in the literature, this study has added new information to the body of knowledge, as it has managed to establish other variables that influence the correlation between music preference and personality traits. Implication and Interpretation of the Results The first hypothesis is consistent with Schafer and Sedlmeie’s (2010) findings. This hypothesis affirms that people are motivated by different factors in their choice of music. This explains that the cognitive purpose of the music and the physiological intrusion deduced by the music are the key determinants of the choice of music. The second hypothesis is consistent with Kopacz’s (2005) findings. This hypothesis affirms that inherent aspects that shape personality traits with respect to music determine a person’s preference for a particular kind of music. This finding, however, contradicts Sedlmeie’s (2010) findings, which are premis
In my opinion, cross-cultural interactions are an integral part of the college as there are plenty of students of different cultures learning together. Social, political, and economic changes led to relocation and a mix of people. As a result of these processes, people have to overcome cultural barriers. They get acquainted with foreign cultures. In return, the host culture learns the new one. Likewise, a single person cannot exist in isolation from other people, a culture cannot function in isolation from other cultures nowadays. Therefore, it is necessary to be open to the perception of other people’s cultural experiences and, at the same time, to be ready to share your own culture with other people. In other words, it is important to engage across differences. Consequently, as a country, I consider that Wake Forest has reached this point to provide appropriate conditions for the learning and communication of students of different cultures.
Mergers have for a long time been commonly used by most businesses as ways of expansion. The decision to come together in form of mergers is fundamentally made mutually by the two firms. The history of mergers can be traced back to the Great Merger Movement in the U.S in the period between 1895 and 1905. In this period, small companies came together with other small firms to give rise to large, powerful organizations that subjugated the markets. Approximately, 1800 small firms went into these consolidations as a number of them obtained significant shares of the markets they were operating in. The tool used in these mergers was called trusts (Gal-Or, 640) A number of factors pushed the firms into The Greater Merger Movement, for instance short-run factors like the need to keep the prices high and the Panic of 1983 which saw immense turn down in the demand of homogeneous goods. One of the major short run factors that sparked The Great Merger Movement was the desire to keep prices high. With many firms in a market, supply of the product remains high and therefore the need to outspread the high fixed costs by the producers and at the same time maintain profitability (Gal-Or, 642). Similarly, there were long run factors that encouraged the mergers especially the need to maintain low costs. There was need to increase efficiency through the technology that was evident in the small companies, as well as reducing operation costs like transportation. The rules against price fixing by the U.S government through the Sherman Act in 1980 saw many companies use merger as a strategy of eliminating competitors while avoiding price fixing. Today, the reasons behind mergers have diversified with others slightly moving away from the conventional factors of the Great Merger Movement. For instance, today companies merge to enhance customer service especially for firms in the same or close to their lines of production. There are also other mergers meant to conquer the cyclical bumps in the market in order to enhance investment portfolio. This is done through acquiring or merging companies in different industries. They are also motivated by the need to acquire thoughts, methodologies, personnel and contacts and not necessarily the hard assets of the other company (Gal-Or, 680). This is evidenced in the case of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft where they prefer acquiring small firms instead of recruiting. Other mergers are arising from the need to buy companies with their patents, licenses, methods and technology, market share, brand name, research team, consumer base, as well as culture. Such soft capital is very delicate, fragile, and watery. Integrating it by and large calls for more poise and know-how than incorporating machines, real estate, catalogue as well as other tangibles. However, mergers and acquisitions are not without challenges including the failure of famous mergers involving big deals with huge financial outlays as well as laws barring merging attempts by some companies. Particularly, the focus is on these antitrust laws meant to regulate the ac
Homeless people receive inadequate attention from the public and care facilities due to the overall attitude of neutrality, a trend that results in them receiving inadequate assistance on the social and medical fronts. The general population and authorities consistently ignore the issues of homeless people, and the approaches to solving them typically lack insight. According to Gent (2017), people tend to dehumanize the people they see on the streets and respond to them as they would to objects, attempting to view them neutrally and seeing their need for help as selfish and greedy. Tsai, Jenkins, and Lawton (2017) claim that despite the tendency for homeless shelter populations to have civil legal issues, only half of the facilities screens their inhabitants for such, and only a tenth have a medical-legal partnership. Zlotnick, Zerger, and Wolfe (2013) call out the mainstream healthcare system’s view of specialized carers’ existence as a reason to disregard the issues of homeless people and highlight the Affordable Care Act as a potential solution. Overall, it appears that the primary issue regarding the various aid programs for people without a permanent residence is the lack of comprehensive analysis and understanding. Any undertaking that would help homeless people significantly would also likely be highly expensive and require a massive nationwide effort. As such, the government prefers to keep the issue small and unpublicized, and the public does not understand the full extent of their problems. Meanwhile, homeless people remain disadvantaged in both legal and medical matters as their needs are not being addressed. Various institutions have to acknowledge the issues that affect the population and develop then implement integrated methods that address them.
The Deutsche Post World Net, also known as the DPWN, was a government monopoly since it was seen that the postal delivery services that are rendered by the same are too tedious to be run by an individual. Later on, this monopoly realized expansion in its scope of operations so that it presently takes to provide telephone and financial services. In order to realize international expansion, the DPWN has been urged to carry out the process of liberalization. To this effect, success has been realized when after many years of negotiations with the postal stakeholders and the member states, this was agreed upon in 1997. More ameliorations came in; after that, the subsequently limited market openings that were being enhanced by the exaction of tariffs were quashed as a way of ratifying the much acclaimed and awaited harmonization measures. More successful steps have been made in carrying out the international expansion of the DPWN. For instance, new rounds of proposals that were geared towards the continual market liberalization process were affected in May 2000. This was later made more feasible by the 2002 revision of the 2002/39/EC policy that saw the advancement of the postal market deregulation not only become a reality but a concept that could be realized at equal pace throughout the European Union (EU) (Vault Editors, 2007 pp. 187). With the factoring and effecting in of the Second Postal Services Directives, the DPWN has been able to make the terms and conditions that make the liberalization of the DPWN postal services mandatory among the members of the EU market. At the moment, all the EU member states, with the exception of France, Poland, Greece, and Malta, have already fulfilled the global market requirements. More efficiency is bound to set in, should the pending Directive that is set to be ratified on January 1, 2009, take effect. Though this provision has not yet been ratified, its provisions and underpinnings have already been defined so that it can realize the existence of a unified but global market in the postal sector. The only factor that may derail the actualization of the above Directive that is in the offing lies in the fact that the above date of its ratification is subject to review by the members, based on majority votes. Thus, the final and deciding decision that will ensure that there is the ratification of the aforementioned Directive may not come into force. To curb the negative eventualities that come from the local competition, the DPWN has sought to provide an alternative chain of supply to the clients. For instance, the DPWN has taken to simplify the upstream face by introducing the computer-enhanced emailing system. This ensures that anyone can use the services of the DPWN are accessible in the global sense. Thi
Introduction The focal point of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the similarities and differences between Greek Tragedy and Shakespeare Tragedy. As a representative of Greek Tragedy the play selected is Antigone by Sophocles and Othello is the Shakespeare Tragedy. It should be noted that there are several similarities between the two in terms of characters and their ego, of justice, loyalty and love. However, there is also a fundamental difference between the two. Antigone is classical tragedy while Othello is romantic drama that ends in tragedy. Main body In the play Antigone, it is an interesting fact that the actions taken by Creon, the King of Thebes, is unsolicited by the citizens of Thebes but hardly anyone has the courage to utter it. Thus both these characters appear to be strong believers of their own judgments and are not open to any negotiation in this respect. Thus in certain ways both are similar in nature ever though their stand point is completely opposite to each other. The rigidity of the characters is best shown in the play when both Creon and Antigone appear together in the scene. Antigone is attached to her principal and states that “ Courage! Live your life. I give myself to death, long ago, so I might serve the dead .” (Fagles, 88) To this comment Creon is equally inflexible and unyielding and he hardly considers any compromise by completely overlooking the aspects of conclusion from either Antigone or Ismene. He comments “ They are both mad, I tell you, both of them. One’s just shown it, and the other’s been the way since she was born .” (Fagles, 88) This comment is very significant as it helps the readers to understand the rigid nature of Antigone and the manner she is looked upon in her surrounding and particularly Creon. Such ego based characters and story development is similar to classical tragedy and it is quite similar to Shakespeare’s Othello. There are many elements held within William Shakespeare’s work of Othello that are consistent with tragedy, and support themes of justice, loyalty and love. Apart from these there are other aspects of the character too. In this context Cassio is also an expression of compassion and understanding, a profession of honour and faith in the existence of friendship, camaraderie, love and justice, as in the case of Antigone for her country, though derail by Iago. Cassio reveals that friendship exists in the idea that reg
Introduction The political economy refers to the relationship that politics, the legal systems and the economy have and the effect of this relationship on the overall economy of a country. Political institutions can determine the stability of an economy by putting in place certain economic policies (Jensen, 2006). Foreign direct investments into a country can be affected by the policies in the domestic market. The policies instituted by the government and other governing bodies have an effect on foreign firms and thus affect their operations (Ferguson & Rogers, 1984). The political economy of Ireland has been instrumental in attracting foreign direct investment. The policies instituted by the government have been a major contributor on making Ireland one of the most attractive destinations for foreign investors. Taxation and fiscal policy One the main ways that a country can attract foreign direct investment is through taxation. Reducing the corporate tax for the foreign investors will create a conducive environment for international business because the tax expenses of the firms will be reduced substantially. Countries which subsidise corporate tax usually reduce government spending or shift the tax burden form capital to labour (Jensen, 2006; Caporaso & Levine, 1992). Ireland effectively used taxation to draw foreign investors. Corporate tax in Ireland was reduced and this attracted a number of foreign investors. This was facilitated by a reduction in government spending. Appropriate management of a country’s fiscal policy attracts more foreign investment (Jensen, 2006). This is because a stable economy will assure investors of the right environment for business. A strong economy is attractive to investors as it ensures that their investment will produce good returns. During the 1980s, policy makers in Ireland attempted to improve the countries appeal by reducing the national debt and the annual budget deficit. This made the macroeconomic environment supportive of foreign direct investment. Privatisation Privatisation of government owned firms in Ireland played a major role in increasing foreign direct investment. This was primarily because privatisation boosted the economy as the GDP increased by 9.9 percent annually between 1996 and 2000. In addition, the government began to do away with protectionism which had created a hostile environment for foreign investors. Privatization is a key driver of economic growth and this creates a conducive environment for foreign direct investment. (Jensen, 2006) Labour The presence of a skilled and knowledgeable work force is very attractive for foreign investors. This is because they will not have to incur high training costs. In addition, good employees will ensure that a
Introduction Meredith Goldstein wrote this article. Goldstein is a journalist for the Boston Globe, a media house in the United States. In this article, Goldstein talks about the life crisis that is faced by many youths who are between 22 to 29 years of age. Most of the people at this age have either graduated from college, are looking for work, or are trying to build and develop their careers. Most of them face obstacles and setbacks that they were not expecting. This derails them from achieving their goals and dreams in life. Most of them actually do not live the kind of life that they expected to be living at that age and time. As a result of these challenges, these people face a life crisis that most people refer to it as a quarter life crisis. Goldstein explores this life crisis in her article in terms of the way people view it and the impacts that it has on the lives that these people are living. Purpose, diction, and tone of the article The purpose of this article was to explore a crisis that many youths are experiencing. The ages between 22 and 29 years are very crucial in determining the life of an individual. It is thus critical for people of this age group to come together and create a forum that will address the common problem that they are facing and possibly come up with the solution. To address this issue, Goldstein told us about a writer called Wilner who created a website that people could share their quarter-life experiences with each other. The author has also used diction in his writing by utilizing vocabulary and good sentence structure to bring out clearly her idea. She has used the word angst in her text that is of an ancient origin. From her writing, it is clear that the tone of her article is inquisitive as the author of the article wants to know the impacts that the issue at hand has on youths and how people could reduce the effects of the problem. Conclusion This article has focused on a major crisis that many youths are facing in the world. Quarter-life crisis, as the author is calling it affects the lives of many youths around the world emotionally and mentally. This is because most people of this age group do not live the kind of life that they hoped for. Necessary measures have to be taken to ensure that the impacts of this crisis are reduced.
Introduction Human rights refer to the ethics and norms used to protect the public from political, social, and legal abuse. They include the rights for the association, fair trial, involvement in political activities, and freedom of religion, among others. These rights are embedded in the moral laws at the local, national, and international levels. This essay explores the use of human rights as critical tools for interventions in making public opinions. Human Rights and Public Opinion Making Public opinion-making refers to the means by which people present their ideas regarding matters of real democracy and participation in national affairs. This practice is meant for alleviating corruption and bad politics by campaigning for the improvement of democracy and national growth through forums, among others. It is realized that the formation of sound public opinions is important for revealing ideas and myths that are performed by politicians in a way that undermines democ
The field of interaction design is very crucial to organizations that use the Internet to market their items and services. The efficiency of a web site rests on the skills of the interaction designer because he or she is the one who can make it draw attention from users or otherwise turn them away. Any organization that uses the Internet to hunt for customers must invest in a reliable web designer. In the past few years, there has been confusion over the roles that are supposed to be played by an interaction designer, interface designer and the experience designer. This paper will highlight the respective roles that are bestowed to the above mentioned professionals. An interaction designer is the person who is responsible for establishing a bridge between a computerized system and the user (Kendall & Kenndall 45). The title may sound little but the person who is assigned to that title is crucial to both entities because without him/her they can never communicate and understand one another. This is because they each use different languages, that is, the system uses computer language, while people use human language. Thus, the interaction designer becomes an interpreter between the two entities. Chen explains that for any significant communication to take place the designer must address the needs of the two entities (41). For instance, the system requirements may include hardware and software specifications which must be compatible because if they are not so there will be conflict in operation. On the other