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Introduction Miami international airport, which is commonly referred to as MIA, is one of the busiest airports serving the area of south Florida. The airport has LAN airlines’, cargo operations and passengers. It has flights for cargo and passengers, which fly throughout America and Europe. The services are also extended to Canary Islands, along the African coast and also in Asia. The airport dates back to 1959 and has undergone a number of developments. To enhance its services, the North Terminal Development (NTD) Program was initiated, which was scheduled to be completed by December 2011. MIA is the largest US gateway to Latin America and Caribbean. It is among the leading international airports in the world. This report provides a brief description of MIA’s North Terminal Development (NTD). MIA’s North Terminal Development This project is quickly nearing completion in 2012, and most of its phases are already in operation. The terminal has one concourse (D), which is 330000m 2 and a linear one, which is 1.9 km long. It has a 30 million passenger capacity every year. There is also a bus station in the terminal. In total, there are 50 gates which are nearly complete. The construction of the northern terminal began in 1998 and was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2005. However, the project was delayed by the coast overruns until 2012 when it was nearly fully operational. Initially, the project was manned by American Airlines but later, in 2005, the management was taken over by Miami-Dade County Aviation Department. The sections of the terminal opened in phases due the disruptions that occurred in the course of the project. Currently, a significant majority of the project is completed and fully operational. The evaluation carried out in July 2011 revealed that the project will be completed by early 2012. Currently, the activities left are only the construction of customs and immigration area, which is very important in MIA. There is also a re-check inspection area which is under construction. This area is meant for international to international connections. Three out of the targeted 50 gates are also under construction. The project will be finally complete when a new checked baggage delivery system will be fully completed and operational. According to Miami International Airport, Twenty-three passenger gates are currently in operation and Phase 1 of the project, a 290,000-square-foot “front door” section that includes new areas for curbside check-in, ticket agent and self-service check-in and domestic baggage claim, opened for business on November 5, 2009 (Miami International Airport, 2011, 1). There is a one mile long terminal and an automated people mover, which has four stations that are being constructed in order to facilitate the connections of passengers. There is also a concourse D sky train which is capable of transporting about nine thousand passengers every hour. As stated by Miami International Airport, “the four spacious, circular common areas in North Terminal will feature concessions, passenger lounges and modern architectural elements such as sky lights for natural lighting (Mi
Introduction An examination of the current system of education based on the experiences of the researcher reveals three distinct factors: that there is discrimination even though the system says there is not, opportunities for social advancement are only for a select few, and that the system needs to change in order to accommodate a new reality that encompasses minorities as well as immigrants. If an outsider were to examine the current state of education within various grade schools and high schools in the U.S., they would notice that students within the same grade level are often separated into different tracks (Hughes, 126). This process labeled “tracking” is due to the fact that students within a particular grade level often have varying levels of intelligence resulting in some students with higher intelligence being placed in the higher tracks while students with lower grades are often placed in lower tracks. A closer examination of the tracking system reveals that a large majority of students in the higher-level tracks are often composed of Caucasians (or the dominant class within the U.S.) while students at the lower level tracks are usually composed of minorities. While various schools may argue that it is not discrimination but rather a result of low grades, the fact remains that the tracking system is, in fact, a precursor to discrimination since it propagates the notion that students from various minorities are in fact unintelligent and thus not capable of handling higher-level methods of education (Hughes, 126). Th
The world of modern drama was plunged into the social media theatre-making. The directors, who are looking for creative play decisions, start to direct their attention to Facebook and Twitter. The tendency was started by Jeremy Gable’s scandalous Twitter play “The 15th Line” which evolved in 2010 as a tweet-communication between four characters (Mandell par. 2). Today, the performance is revived and it is planned to prolong its Twitter-running. Some critics question the appropriateness of using social media as a theatre platform. Thus, it is often argued that global society is too absorbed into Internet reality. Consequently, many experts claim that the theatre should cancel the tendency and not to encourage excessive web surfing. Surprisingly, the author of the first Twitter play argues that he developed it for the same reasons. Jeremy Gable, who works as a teacher, explains that the world of social media is too powerful and it can not be repressed by the regular theatre plays or any other traditional activities. Therefore, he concludes that drama should come directly to those who are not willing to enter the theatre and to draw their attention to modern art. Indeed, “instant access to information through tweeting, blogs, and social media spreads the word faster even if “the word” is not true” (Bonczek and Storck 26). Consequently, a social media platform presents an ideal alternative foundation for art advertising. Moreover, it can serve as a primary tool for the further extensions of the drama genre. Therefore, the creator of Tweeter-drama offers an innovative way in which theatre popularity may be restored. One can start loving performances through tweets and then move to a traditional theatre so that to enjoy a full-value play. Works Cited Bonczek, Rose and David Storck. Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide, London: Routledge, 2013. Print. Mandell, Jonathan. Twitter Plays Aren’t Revived, They’re Retweeted. 2015. Web.
Essay 1 The Negro Family was published in the year 1965 (Moynihan 45). Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote this book. Later, the article was identified as the Moynihan Report. In the article, the author suggested that the matriarchal structure of Negro families in America has resulted in disorganization of the black community. He blamed the increase of single parents, unemployment, and imprisonment on this disorganization. In this section, an analysis of Moynihan’s report is provided. The Second Shift, Gender Family Structure Social Structure, and the course materials are utilized in analyzing the report. Drawing on course readings and lecture notes, construct an argument that evaluates Moynihan’s perspective In the report, Moynihan highlighted challenges facing the Negro community of the 1960s. The issues included chronic poverty, underemployment, increased rate of crimes, and inequality in housing. The report indicated that access to education and quality health care was a challenge to most Negro families. Moynihan asserted that the number of families run by single mothers was higher among the Negro community compared to the white community. After reading the report, I noted that the matriarchal structure in the Negro community had increased the social problems stated above. Owing to family disorganization, many children among the black community have not experienced the socialization that a family can offer. Such family structures have not been successful in offering teenagers with emotional needs, discipline, and behaviors essential for character development (Hochschild, Arlie, and Anne 36). For the reason that the disorganized families have not played their role as socializing agencies, they have handicapped youngsters in their associations to the establishments of their culture (Roschelee 316). Furthermore, family disorganizations are responsible for an increase in crime rates and poverty among the black communities. Moynihan also alleged that the black community was experiencing poverty not because of their genes but due to their culture. He postulated that the absence of nuclear families would significantly deter further development towards financial and political equality among the community members. As such, he indicated that the rise in single parenting was not due to lack of morals but rather their culture. Moynihan suggested that because black males lacked access to employment they could not play significant roles as fathers in their families. Owing to this, the rates of divorce in this community was expected to increase. In the end, the situation would lead to huge surges in the figures of female-headed families. Through this argument, he was able to urge the government to offer more job opportunities to the community to revert on the situation. His arguments were right based on the time the article was written. During the 1960s, white communities discriminated against the black communities. As such, they did not have equal access to job opportunities, education, and health care. In this respect, Negro men were shying away from their
Article title – Total quality management: origins and evolution of the term Authors of the article – Angel R. Martinez, Lorente Frank Dewhurst and Barrie G Date – The article was written in 1998. The article’s central concern and its relation to International Business Course The broad area covered in this article is the origins of the term Total Quality Management (TQM) and a clarification on the divergent definitions of the term TQM offered by business academics and practitioners, highlighting the specific contributions made by the key proponents towards the development of the term TQM. The main dimensions, components, practices and mechanisms of TQM are also explored with a comparative analogy on how they have been integrated in different business cultures. This relates TQM to quality management tools and techniques, in that it has erected a standardized quality assurance platform upon which both national and international business corporations and institutions can be gauged, to ensure customer satisfaction, employee motivation at optimal production cost. This article talks about the origins, development and applications of both conventional and upcoming quality management dimensions to guarantee customer satisfaction and optimal production cost. I like this article; this is due to the fact that it embraces a holistic approach to management practices which provide an avenue for quality assurance and business proficiency. Key learning points; Origins of TQM, Components of TQM, Benchmarking, Quality control, development of TQM, Cultural differences, TQM gurus As a corollary in the analysis of the origins and evolution of the term total quality management, the central concern is the incorporation of quality management components in every corporate institute for quality assurance. The relevant statements to the article In the global marketplace increased levels of competition have resulted in quality becoming of increasing importance to organizations and consequently total quality management (TQM) has become a key management issue. This highlights the strategic utility value of TQM in perfecting corporate efficiency, competitiveness and survival in the business arena. It can be argued that many of the TQM dimensions outlined in Table 1 were being applied by organizations before the TQM movement appeared; consequently, it is not easy to establish the exact date of birth of the term TQM. Perhaps, the main reason for the origin of the term TQM could be a substitution ion the previously used tern of total quality control (TQC), the word “control” by “management” with the reasoning that quality is not just a matter of control, it has to be managed. These two statements describe the progressive and sequential historical development of TQM, from the informal deliberative stage of 1960s to the current concrete TQM concept. In the USA the devel
Introduction In order to understand the different factors that affect the functioning of the DVB-T tuner when used together with the Nebula DigiTV software, a clear depiction of the features, characteristics and capabilities of both hardware and software components must be established. This report aims at identifying some of these features. It primarily seeks to examine numerous characteristics of phenomena over a period of time, employing a scientific approach in order to understand the various components of hardware and software. This study aims at establishing the factors that allow for the successful installation and use of the Nebula DigiTV software through the investigation of an array of factors that affect the combined use of the software and hardware components. It will seek to achieve this through careful analysis of relevant information sources detailing the performance of both hardware and software components, eventually establishing whether there are considerable differences in output resulting from the manner in which the hardware and software components are utilized. Considerable effort will also be attempted to point out the differences on a success and failure basis. Objectives This research study seeks:  1. To understand how a DVB-T tuner functions when used together with the Nebula DigiTV software.  2. To determine the features and capabilities of the Nebula DigiTV software and hardware. A physical connection is often the initial requirement in order to enable the successful installation of any hardware component; which for the purposes of this study is composed of the DVB-T tuner, a USB hub and an external antenna. The DVB-T tuner needs to be powered on through the USB hub before the drivers are installed into its system. These drivers enable the installation of other software components into the tuner making it possible to receive digital television signals. The study also aims at further investigating the DVB-T tuner and other applications that are needed tor it to perform various functions. These other applications include successful tuning into free-to-air digital channels, recording a few segments of the channel’s playback and finally carrying out a transmission of the stream to a client’s computer, with a workstation configuration that allows for the receipt of the signal as a server. In order to use DigiTV on a computer, the first step would involve connecting the hardware into the computer’s port in order with the help of the installation manual. The digital tuner would then be connected to an external antenna and a USB hub for extra power, and the USB hub in turn connected to the computer’s USB port. A window depicting “Found New Hardware” would appear in the windows operating system once all the hardware components are installed. A driver would then need to be
Abstract Leadership is a crucial position that calls for attention not only of the leader but also of those whom he or she leads. Leadership determines the destiny of any country, organisation, or even self. Many studies have been conducted in an attempt to find out the best strategies that can be put in place to straighten this central field. Consequently, since leadership cuts across all organisations despite their different goals and objectives, there have been so many theories that have been put in place to address the nature and exercise of leadership in various organisations. Therefore, this paper seeks to address some of these theories. Precisely, it will address in details the trait theory of leadership, the functional theory, and the situational theory as the basic theories of leadership. Secondly, the paper will provide a thorough evaluation of two key leaders who are Sir Richard Branson and Bill Gates with regard to a range of theories inclusive of the ones proposed above in an effort to show how a leader, as evidenced by these two, dictates the behaviour of individuals, teams, and or groups. In addition, the paper will use the proposed leaders in a bid to show how they perceive their roles and or what has made them qualify to be worth emulating figures. Lastly, since the study of leadership is quite crucial for the incoming leaders, the paper will further present some key lessons that the reader aspiring to be a leader can learn from the leaders discussed. Introduction The concept of leadership has been defined through a number of theories based on the individuals who first developed or utilised them. The function of leadership in an organisation or a company is to direct the functioning of the organisation. Therefore, it suffices to declare any organisation with poor leadership as one that is automatically failing. The subject of leadership therefore should be central to any organisation that wishes to succeed as the leader dictates the path or track that the entire company has to follow. There is a need to always ensure that the leader focuses towards achieving the set goals and objectives. Many theories have been formulated in an effort to boost this crucial field of leadership. The essay provides some of the common theories of leadership with examples being provided using leaders and influential individuals who are credited with the use of these theories. A literature review of key theories Numerous studies on the subject of management have been published in various parts of the world with all of them being of relevance to both researchers and managers in organisations. A number of definitions have also been put across concerning leadership and its functions. Most of the discussions have majored on describing the qualities and characteristics
Introduction “The present hand-held cellular phones have developed from the two-way radios which were used in ambulances, police vehicles and taxicabs in the early 20 th century.” (Butler, 2002:35) The two-way radios were no actually mobile phones because; “they were not connected to telephone network and one could not dial phone numbers from the radios.” (Nickson 2006) The cellular technology developed fully in 1960s, when engineers of Bell Company came up with electronics. The first mobile which could be dialed directly came to be in 1950s. These phones were only used within one cell serviced by one transmitter when making calls. In 1970, “an engineer from the bell company developed automatic system which allowed the phone user to cross from one cell to another without loss of communication.” (Farley 2005:8) The first commercial mobile phone network known as APA was launched in Finland in 1971 and in 1978, the Bell labs made an attempt to launch the first commercial cellular network. First generation wireless mobile phones (1G) 1G wireless mobile phone was introduced in 1980s and used analog transmission. In 1981 the first fully automatic cell phone system was launched in Finland, Denmark and Sweden. “It was during this period when cellular phones which used cellular networks were discovered.” (Tom 2007) Such network worked with transmitters located next to each which allowed the user of mobile phone to switch from one cell to another through out the call. These phones were relatively large compared to the present mobile phones and were initially designed to be permanently installed in automobiles. Later such immobile phones were redesigned into portable phones of the same size with briefcases. Second generation mobile phones (2G) “The second generation mobile phone system such as the GSM, iDEN and IS-95 came into use in 1990s.” (Tom & Mark 2006) In 1990 the first commercial call using digital transmission was made in the US, while the first GSM network was launched in Finland in the year 1991. The 2 G phones used higher frequencies although in Europe same frequencies were used for both first and second generation. The briefcase size mobile phones of 1G were replaced with “100-200g hand held mobile after introduction of second generation system.”(Bekkers & Smits 1998) Introduction of tiny hand-held cell phones was made possible by new technologies such as advanced cell batteries and electronics which were energy efficient. SMS text messaging was made possible during
Prior to this discussion, I was unaware of the issue of transplant tourism, namely because it is not the focus of our media, which would prefer to avoid talking about the issue. Doctor Reynolds and doctor O’Connor have presented two opposing views, one of which stated that transplant tourism is unethical, while the other claimed that although there are certain regulatory problems with the practice, it is not inherently unethical. Upon conducting my own research, I found that both speakers are merely skirting the issue and do not represent the entire width and depth of the subject. In many countries, such as Russia, India, Mexico, Malaysia, the post-soviet republics, as well as the poorer states of Latin America and South Africa, there are criminal organizations that kidnap people and dissect them for organs, in order to sell them at a lower price and attract customers from abroad. Moorlock (2018) reports that roughly 10,000 illegal transplant extractions are performed yearly. The actual numbers may be much higher, as the true scope of the issue is difficult to estimate. The ethical side of the issue can be analyzed using utilitarian ethics, rights ethics, and Kantian ethics. From a utilitarian perspective, illegal organ trade spawned by transplant tourism hurts many more people than the absence of transplants does. Due to the largely involuntary nature of the transactions, the equivalent would be dissecting a healthy living patient to save five sick ones (Pence, 2017). The lack of consent makes the issue unethical. From the perspective of rights ethics, the principle right of the donor to health and life is being violated as a result of organ trafficking and transplant tourism, thus making the practice unethical. According to Kantian ethics, patients have a duty not to engage in practices that promote evil, even if it would cost them their lives (Pence, 2017). Based on these concerns, I believe that the C response is the most appropriate one in this situation. Transplant tourism must be shut down, and the organs harvested legally in other countries should be given to the patients in those countries rather than benefit the rich patients of first world countries.