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Animation is basically the two or three dimensional rapid display of artwork and model positions with the purpose of creation of false impression of movement. Animation can also be said to be an optical delusion of motion due to a phenomenon that causes persistence of an image which can be showed in different ways commonly video program or motion picture. If we take a look at the films ‘The nightmare Before Christmas’, (1993) and ‘Chicken Run’, (2000) which are both animation films, they both embrace Clay animation where figures made of clay or a similar malleable material are used to create stop-motion animation. Though the two films are similar in various ways, they are also different (Weiner 2002). If we first start by looking at the film Chicken run which was produced in England by a stop motion animation film created by the Aardaman animation studios. The film is based on a band of chicken whose hope is a smooth-talking Rhode Island Red known as Rocky. Trouble ensues as the owner of the firm tries to shift to selling chicken pies instead of what he what he initially did which was selling eggs (Ebeling 2006). Ginger a chicken in the farm continually tries to escape from the farm only to be caught by Mr. Tweedy together with his dogs. As a result of the escape, Ginger is kept in a secluded place and the only option left for the poor bird is to fly over the fence (Graser 1998). Tweedy decides to have a conversion of the farm to produce chicken pie rather than eggs in her quest to keep the farm financially stable. Due to these, Tweedy makes an order for a huge chicken pie making machine to be delivered into the farm. Rocky Rhodes becomes the first bird to try to escape as the chicken pie machine is about to be delivered and this earns her a broken wing as the plan goes terribly wrong (Blinder 2007). Ginger manages to convince Rocky to teach her to fly. An enthusiastic training exercise ensues as Rocky involves Ginger and the rest of the chicken in the plan. The long awaited chicken pie making machine finally arrives to the home of Tweedys’ and sees Mr. Tweedy fast into making pies with his new machine. This sees Ginger being captured and is the first bird to be converted into pie but escapes narrowly as Rocky saves her and goes on to disable the machine. Later, the birds realize that it is not physically p
Introduction Sex education refers to the education about human sexuality. The education normally covers topics that are related to sex such as sex organs, reproduction, sexual intercourse, abstinence and emotional relations among others. Schools have been one of the identified locations where sexual education can be conducted. This paper seeks to discuss the difference in coverage of the subject of sexual education by district schools. The paper will undertake the identification of the difference in the extent to which sexual education is being included in the curriculum of different school districts. Importance of sex education With the development of advanced media technology such as the internet and social networks, there is exposure to sexuality that carries a variety of sexual contents. The youth from tender ages are therefore exposed to diverse information about sex that calls for guidance into sexuality. This has called for the need to include sex education in schools curriculum in district schools. This will be very important as it will help in controlling misinformation on sex over the young age group. Sex education lays facts about sexuality information based on academic research thus taking students from myths or false beliefs created by individuals. Adoption of sex education in school syllabus has also been identified to be beneficial to students. According to Carroll, sex education drives away curiosity among students and students who engage in sexual education are reported to be less permissive to sex activities before marriage. The level of sex education availed to a student has also been associated with “self image and self acceptance” besides interpersonal behavior that include how the students may relate with people in future (Carroll 211). Sex Education in School Districts The level of sex education as reported by students indicates a variation depending on factors such as the level of study of the students as well as their schools. According to a research, high school students are more informed about sexuality as compared to students in middle schools. Such differences were also realized in the elements of sex education that the students are offered. It is for example noted that more education is offered to students regarding abstinence and the control of sexually transmitted diseases as compared to education over contraceptives. Apart from the disparity in the elements of sex education with respect to study level, gender determines the level of sex education. Consideration of the use of contraceptives for example reveals more education being offered to girls as compared to boys (Guttmacher 1). A study of sex education as was conducted in the late twentieth century reveals the same trend in the level of education with respect to level of study. During the period, it was noted that not all school districts were offering sex education as a significant number of students; about twenty percent never received sex education. The topics that are included in the sex education syllabus also
‘The Fifth Child’ by Doris Lessing is a story about David and Harriet Hovat, who want to have a large family. They plan to have at least 6 to 8 children and accordingly purchase a big house to live in the countryside. According to their plan, Harriet has four children Luke, Helen, Jane and Paul, and she is pregnant again with her fifth child. But her parents and in-laws disapprove of her being pregnant again, and Harriet also feels the stress of the earlier pregnancies, this unplanned pregnancy, sleeplessness and trouble with finances, and during this pregnancy, she also felt a lot of pain compared to the earlier pregnancies. Finally, the baby is born with much difficulty and pain in the eight months; the baby weighed 11 pounds, was quite muscular and ugly, with hair all over his body. Harriet didn’t like the baby; she felt the baby was a goblin,
This is the analytical evaluation of the strategies of Cathay Pacific. The main purpose of this study is to highlight the company’s arrears of strengths and weaknesses as well opportunities and serious threats for the company. This paper has mainly focused on the related years of the case study. At first, the past strategies of the company have been indicated with special reference to the company’s motives and objectives. Then, the new strategies in response to the change in the environment of the airline industry, including socio-economic factors, have been selected for the company to aid in achieving goals and objectives (Schaik, 2002);. In addition to indication and selection, all of these strategies have been given specific value to attract the attention of the company to the core and sensitive issues to convince the company for modifying strategies in their areas of weakness. Similarly, the functional, corporate, and competitive strategies have also been indicated in this part of the paper in which SWOT analysis has been drawn for the company to enhance the company for further growth. The basic purpose of this part of the paper is the strategic evaluation of the company in terms of the competitive advantages of the company in the context of SWOT analysis (Schiffmann & Kanuk, 2000. Then, a conclusion has been drawn at the end of the paper in which the comparison of all the strategies of the company has been made based on internal and external analysis. Resource Analysis The resource analysis technique helps to analyze the availability of healthy resources. The main resources are Human, Capital, Money, and Infrastructure. Human resources constitute an important dimension in the management of services in their role both as performers of their services as costumers. People as performers of service are important and therefore the firm must recognize that each employee is a salesman for the company service (Booms and Bitner, 1981). The importance of customers in service stems from the fact that most services imply active and involved customer organization and interface. Service personnel are important in all organizations but more so in an organization involved in providing services. The behavior and attitude of the person providing service is an important influence on the customer’s overall perception of the service and he can rarely distinguish between the actual service rendered and the human element involved in it. Costumers are very important for the firm because they are going to influence other customers. The kind of customers that you attract exerts an important influence on prospective customers (Doole and Lowe, 2004). External analysis Michael Porter put forward 5 forces of competition that affect an industry. A Cathay Pacific airway is also affected by these forces in the industry of Aviation. The forces of completion as decided by porter were the supplier power, threat off substitutes, buyers power, degree of rivalry, and barriers to entry (Winer, 2007). These forces influence the aviation industry beca
Results in the House and Senate elections of 2010 Midterm elections in the U.S are usually held exactly in the middle of each presidential term in a bid to set the power balance in congress which is to take them for the remaining two years of the term. This term’s elections were held on 2 nd November 2010 with all 434 House of Representative seats up for grabs. In the Senate, a minimum of 36 seats was to be contested. The pressure was on the Democratic-led government to regain their control by capturing a majority of the seats and avoiding a major switch of seats to Republicans. Controlling the majority of seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives is essential as it decides the tip of support when it comes to making legislation. The Obama led Democratic government was under pressure coming to the midterm elections and although the presidency position was not in the offing, he had to rally his support to ensure he regained the majority seats to ensure a smooth sail of his policy agendas and instituting new legislations When the elections were held in early November, major switches were experienced. In the House of Representatives, Republicans registered a massive victory scooping capturing at least 239 of the seats compared to the Democrat’s 188. This was a record 60 seat loss from the Democratic governor to the Republicans. The result now means that the Republicans now control the majority of the representation in the House. In the Senate where at least 36 of the 100 positions were being contested, which totals up to around a third of the Senate seats, the Republicans gained considerably bringing the final tally to 47 for Republicans against 53 for Democrats. The Republicans however failed to hit the 10 positions they needed to take control of the issues. The Democrats will as a result face a tough task of convincing 60 votes from the Senate which the required minimum to den the Republican’s influence in their policies. The 60 seat loss in the House of Representatives marks a big loss on the side of the Democrats and beats the one experienced in 1994 when President Bill Clinton’s Democratic government lost 54 seats in the House.. In the Senate, the Obama led Democrats lost 6 seats which are a little slower than the 110 seats lost by the Bill Clinton Democratic government in 1994. Coming to the midterm elections, the focus had been on the state of the economy with much pressure being put on the Obama led Democratic government to deliver their promise of a much-desired change. The Democratic Party had taken over the government with promising reforms that would revive the economy greatly. Questions were being raised on them therefore concerning the high rate of unemployment which still stood at around 10%. In the recent past, Obama has promised to scrap the tax cuts that were put in place by the Bush government. The Democratic government had promised that one of their main focuses would be to cut down on the expenditures which they seem to have compr
Introduction For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, it will take place in the Middle Eastern region. For the first time, it will take place in Qatar. For the first time, FIFA World Cup will be held in winter. The list could be prolonged as there are many other unusual facts and scandals associated with this event. That is why the 2022 Qatar World Cup has been subject to huge amounts of scrutiny since its announcement of hosting the Cup. Nevertheless, the given tournament plays a significant role in the football world as the most prominent players and national teams come to the host country, which is selected among numerous candidates. In such a way, a site is chosen carefully, considering all applications, their advantages, and disadvantages. For this reason, Qatars selection triggered numerous debates and initiated the development of the bidding process scandal as organizers were blamed for bribery and subjectivity in their judgments when choosing Qatar among all other candidates (Scott). The given accusations might also be associated with the problem of human rights breaching that is peculiar to the state. Additionally, climate and unusual timing are other concerns peculiar for football players, fans, and workers. In such a way, all these aspects gave rise to numerous issues related to the 2022 Qatar World Cup and the peculiarities of its selection. Thus, the paper delves into the issue and investigates it by suggesting the following research question: Is FIFA benefiting financially from giving the World Cup to Qatar, and should the bidding process be changed? It will obviously help to analyze the problem and understand the peculiarities of the given disputable issue. At the same time, we suggest our specific thesis statement that since the first accusations of bribery and scandals against FIFA, the sport has taken a massive hit causing a negative impact on the fans and the athletes within. Background The FIFA World Cup is the greatest event in the football world. It is an international competition organized among the members of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) every four years (“History of FIFA – Foundation”). The given federation was founded in 1904 to promote and support international football competition among the national teams of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland (“History of FIFA – Foundation”). In 1930 FIFA organized the first World Cup in Uruguay, which has become one of the greatest events and shows in modern sport (“History of FIFA – The first FIFA World Cup”). It attracts millions of fans, spectators, players, sponsors, and guarantees multimillion incomes. For this reason, numerous countries try to acquire the right to organize
Introduction Gabriel and Sivan define fundamentalism as a term used to refer to strict adherence to a set of rules of a religious doctrine (1). Usually, fundamentalists break from a larger religious group to form a smaller group. This happens when two or more groups of people within a religious group differ in their opinions and fail to come to a point of agreement. Fundamentalism originated in the United States of America in the beginning of the 20 th century when the Protestant community split into various religious denominations. After detaching themselves from their parent groups, fundamentalists establish their own rules that guide them during their worship. A group of conservative Presbyterian theologians started the movement at Princeton Theological Seminary in the United States of America. Later on, it spread to Baptist conservatives and other denominations. The main aim of the movement was to reaffirm and defend theological values against liberal theological challenges. Malise asserts that leadership of fundamental movements is by one or more charismatic leaders whose role is to ensure that believers know what is expected of them (2). The leaders also ensure that they preach their gospel to many people to convince them of the truth of the movement so that other people can join. Some religions such as the Jewish fundamentalist group limits its gospel to a certain community while other fundamentalist groups preach the gospel to all people regardless of their community and origin. The media has been very influential spreading religious doctrines. For instance, in modern societies, Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell and Oral Roberts among other television preachers have been able to pass their messages to millions of people. The media has therefore enhanced evangelism. Many charismatic leaders in the United States of America receive support from the modern fundamentalist movements that are widely spread. Discussion The split of religion into smaller groups is common in many countries all over the world. Even though splinter religious groups may continue with some religious practices of their parent religions, they usually have other characters that make them different. The main reason behind a church splitting into two or more groups is disagreements arising among the members of the church. When a certain group realizes that their ideas are not put into practice, they decide to put up their own church so that they can put into practice what they think fits them best. Modernization has had major impacts towards splitting of religions. This is because there are those members of the church who do not want to embrace changes arising from modernization and others subjected to changes. This brings in differences and may lead to divisions in the church if members do not take correct measures to deal with the issues (Malise 15). The Seventh -day Adventist Church Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) is a Christian denomination. The theology of the church is marked by a conspiratorial and apocalyptic tone. SDA is a worldwide denomination
Introduction Objective The research seeks to establish the impacts of group variables, performance variables, and independent variables on the performance and profitability of Mitsui Sumitomo and Asahi insurance companies. Overview of the companies under study Mitsuisumitomo insurance company is involved in domestic non life insurance. Moreover, it participates in global life insurance, risk cover, and finance generating activities or businesses. It has over time countered hindrances to growth with anticipation of becoming one of the leading companies in non life insurance industry. It has endeavored to commit itself in offering one of the highest quality services with the main target of establishing a sure breakthrough to growth as an insurance company meeting anticipated global standards. Asahi mutual life insurance company is also another player in the insurance industry in Japan. It currently stands as one of the largest life insurance companies in Japan. It has extended its services to countries like China to sell it life insurance policies. In addition, it offers group operations to China. This has greatly increased demand of it services in China. However, the company involves in, performance appraisal to meet global standards. Conceptual model The profitability and performance of insurance company is determined by the following factors, (Embley 134): Operation factors   * claim settlement with minimal disputes   * companies infrastructure such as buildings, road   * information dissemination through agents and brokers   * customer satisfaction Organizational factors   * staff qualifications   * adaptability to market trends   * involvement in community projects   * rates of return on investments Others   * government policies   * legality of the practices   * competition   * sampling variability Conceptual model on the effects of staff qualification on claim settlement in insurance companies.   * Literature review Independent variable is a characteristic which is manipulated by a researcher in case of an experiment or case study in order to identify its effects in another variable mostly dependent variable(Embley 134). A dependent variable or orientation variable is the characteristic which the researcher studies to record the effects of the independent variable on the conceptual model; (McArdle at al 279) staff qualification is the independent variable since the researcher seeks to establish the effects of staff qualification on time, service evaluation, and amount of settlement to be made in case of a claim by the insured. Therefore claim settlement is dependent on staff qualification or competence level (Willer 79). Figure 1 Qualified staff is the independent variable; the researcher manipulates staff competences to find out the impacts on the dependent variables. Qualified staff enables the brokers and agents to get relevant and factual information regarding the company. Therefore, they are able to influence the potential customers to the companies (Willer 79). Moreover, the information disseminated by brokers
Introduction Unemployment could be defined as the state in the economy where there are many people who are willing and able to work but they do not get a chance to employ their skills to the growth of the economy. Such people with the necessary skills and knowledge, and willing to work at the prevailing wage rate yet do not have jobs are regarded as unemployed. The economy with many of such people is said to have a high level of unemployment. Unemployment has very serious implications in the economy where it exists. For instance, it results to high wastage of the scarcest resources like time because the number of hours that the unemployed people do not work cannot be recovered by the economy. The following essay is concerned with the causes of unemployment as it relates to economic principles. There are several factors that cause unemployment with regards to economic principles and they include the following; Seasonal unemployment This refers to the type of unemployment that is brought about by seasons. This type of unemployment is depend largely on the times of a year i.e. seasons are characterized with the emergence as well as exit of jobs. This type of unemployment is associated with those who work in restaurants and retail shops. The jobs are available during specific times of the year and thus seasonal unemployment causes people to use their skills at certain periods of the year. Some of the industries that are greatly affected by this type of unemployment include the tourism industry, Santa stores among others. Employees are thus laid off at certain times of the year for instance the employees at construction industries are employed during summer and laid off during winter (Hobson, 2006). Frictional unemployment Frictional unemployment usually arises when people relocates from one employment into another. People might be relocating across the nation or switching jobs or they might be looking for a first employment. There are costs that are associated with finding a job and also thus if a person decides to quit his or her previous job in order to find another job, the period that one remains unemployed is thus the frictional unemployment. The cost of moving from one place to another may make it difficult for a worker to change his or her place of work. This cost may include the cost of moving the family and the possessions. Many people are reluctant to tear up their roots i.e. to leave behind friends and relatives and face the prospects of establishing new social relationships in a strange environment.