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Introduction Kingston Harbour is the seventh biggest protected harbour on the planet; moreover, the waters are so deep, that they are able to take in enormous cargoes, even close to the coast. Also the harbour is of immense economic value to Jamaica, as it includes the country’s biggest port, the Container Terminal. Kingston Harbour: Then and Now The Kingston Harbour has always been providing the population of the country not only with natural water resources and derivatives from them; the port contributed to the wharf and airport accommodation, provided location for manufacturing and commercial projects and, the most important, gave a home and shelter for countless number of Jamaicans. The Kingston Harbour is also a declaration of Jamaican rich cultural past: there are several fascinating and exotic surviving masterpieces of architecture, which will capture the attention of curious tourists; they include Kingston’s old port, Myrtle Bank Hotel, Victoria Pier, Oceana Hotel and other. Sadly, nowadays some people do not realise the full significance of the Harbour; as a result, the waters are being constantly polluted by sewage and industrial wastes and the coastal area has also been disintegrated. According to the outcome of the research, 20 million gallons of untreated or poorly treated sewage are discharged into the waters of the Harbour every day. ( Kingston Harbour: Bring back the life , n.d.). The consequences of the pollution are disastrous: a decline of marine life activity had been noticed, as well as an appearance of new invasive species brought by shipping that poses a threat to the integrity of the ecosystem of the Harbour. Flourishing and attractive in the past, this place is no longer able to bring tourists and provide a place and resources for recreational facilities. An advancement of these areas, along with stopping the pollution, will allow the Harbour to re-establish a large variety of tourist activities, provide the places of work for the people of Jamaica and renew the endangered marine life. Dredging of the Harbour NEPA, which is short for National Environment and Planning Agency, has conducted a study, which has revealed that dredging the waters of the Kingston Harbour would only worsen the situation. Scientists working with this organisation have come to the conclusion that the damage done to the Kingston Harbour is so severe that any effort to remove the contamination will lead to the deterioration of the marine life. As the manager of the pollution monitoring and the assessment branch at NEPA Oswald Chinkoo said, “heavy metals and other chemicals have settled into the sediments on the bottom of the Kingston Harbour” (Serju, C. 2014, par. 3). However, Chinkoo and his colleagues failed to specify, precisely what toxic elements were accumulated in the chemical waste; therefore, a lot of supporters of the dredging method appeared. The Logistics and Investment Task Force in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce even conducted a research, where the scientists determined the number of chemicals in the water in order to calculate the area and the output of
There is such phenomenon in our life, namely laughter, without which human existence is almost impossible to imagine. It relates to means of communication that make us joyful day by day. From my point of view, laughter is the most beautiful thing in the world. From birth, we have learned to smile at our parents, relatives, and friends. Laughter brings us joy and unforgettable sensations because it is good for us and those around us. When we laugh and feel joy, our body receives another dose of positivity, and life seems beautiful and surprising with all the colors of the rainbow. Laughter is medicine, a weapon, and connecting thread. Laughter helps a person to recognize and devalue what is alien and hostile to them in society because fun is salvation from troubles. Moreover, laughter helps to survive and support others in need. In addition, it also enables to expose the enemy, devalue and destroy problems since laughter tells false claims to power or significance; that is, it shows the genuine insignificance of the insignificant. Humorists and satirists are famous figures because they create a massive illusion of control, the ability of society to crush the enemy with laughter. Essentially, laughter is also a pill for conflicts and quarrels. If an angry person sees the funny side of the problem, they will simply laugh. Needless to say, humor is an excellent mediator, communicator, and negotiator. When we laugh together, we tune in to the same wavelength and understand each other better. People who have a sense of humor always have a wider circle of surroundings and are more welcoming. People who laugh more often are friendly. To find a reason to laugh, you do not have to look for funny pictures or comics. One has only to remember funny episodes from our life because they remain in our life forever. For instance, I like to laugh when watching a funny movie and listening to a funny story. I enjoy walking with friends, laughing heartily, fooling around! When you laugh, it means everything is fine, you are happy! People say laughter prolongs life; therefore, I laugh sincerely and almost to tears. It is impossible to describe this process. Suddenly you feel so good and clear, the joke seems very funny, just brilliant, and your shoulders twitch, your stomach hurts, there is not enough air, your cheeks are red as if they had been rubbed for a long time. It happens that in a quarrel, you laugh, and it becomes more manageable, the situation is discharged. It seems to me that it is good to be self-ironic and turn troubles into something funny. When I am sad, I try to remember the joke and smile. The main thing is that the laugh is real, and th
Every human being should appreciate and embrace all the creations of God. All creatures should give glory to God despite the challenging situations a person goes through in daily life. Human beings should see the hand of God in every single creature surrounding them. God has created different patterns in nature, such as the sky, plants, water, among others. Every existing creature is entirely perfect in the eyes of God. The moment people start seeing the defects in any of the creations of God, they ruin their minds and cause themselves more pain. In Nathaniel’s short story “The Birthmark,” Aylmer dislikes the birthmark upon his wife’s cheek (Hawthorne 5). Aylmer had the thought of having the mark removed from Georgiana’s face for he was a scientist. He then tells Georgiana that the birthmark looked bad on her face and shocks him (Hawthorne 5). Aylmer forgets the goodness of his wife as the mark becomes unbearable. Every day, Aylmer could only think about how to get rid of this disastrous subject. The birthmark in the short story is a symbol. It symbolizes that each human being has flaws or imperfections that are hard to change. People should learn to accept the weaknesses of their colleagues positively. The plant in the short story “The Birthmark” is also used as a symbol that symbolizes a natural product that a human wants to manipulate to give control over his healing properties. Georgiana was very sorrowful and hurting from her husband’s compliments on her birthmark. Aylmer’s previous projects had failed, thus it would be hard for him to succeed in removing the birthmark. The style of foreshadowing is evident in the short story “The Birthmark.” Once again, the type is seen when Aylmer dreams with Aminadab operating to remove the birthmark (Hawthorne 8). Still, the narrator explains that “the deeper the knife went, the deeper the small hand mark sank” on Georgiana’s skin till it got hold of her heart (Hawthorne 8). The style of repetition is evident where the word deeper is repeated. The use of techniques helps attract more attention from the reader. To satisfy her husband’s pleasure, Georgiana agrees with Aylmer’s plan to remove the mark. She tells him that “life is not worth living while this hateful mark makes me the object of your horror and disgust” (Hawthorne 8). Aylmer takes her to his laboratory and makes a glass of the liquid of a particular plant he believed would heal the mark. Georgiana takes the drink and falls asleep right away (Hawthorne 17-18). Aylmer observed the spot left as Georgiana lost her breath at the same time. The small hand mark had been Georgiana’s connection to life, A
“Beautiful mind” is a film for those people who enjoy the drama and like the movies with Russel Crowe. Speaking about the genre of the movie we can definitely say that this is drama. But except for this the movie “Beautiful Mind” contains the features of a bibliography. To improve that it is the example of bibliography it is necessary to admit that this is a story about the life of John Forbes Nash. He is fond of mathematics and inspires the image of a mathematics genius. He found out the concept of game theory and his theory became the great foundation in the economy. Later he gets the horrible illness, named schizophrenia, and becomes a real paranoiac. The whole movie is based on the events from John Forbes Nash’s life. That is why we can consider this film as a bibliography. This movie was perfectly directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman. They tried to tell the story according to Nash’s point of view and very often we can not understand whether it is reality or delusion. All the events which occurred in the film were based on the real story so interesting and that it is very difficult to separate the central one. But in my opinion, the central event that shows the problem of the film is the time of the Cold War when different scientists were against each other in order to be on the side of their own interests. The main characters of the film are John Forbes Nash (Russel Crowe) and his wife Alicia Larde (Jennifer Connelly). Nash is a professor who is fond of mathematics and founded the concept of game theory that is necessary for the economy. He arrives at Princeton University wearing a stupid suit and bow tie, looking for people with troubled eyes and further getting the terrible illness. He, like all scientists, lives in his own world where he goes to the libraries all the time making the calculations and thinking only about different theories. The image of John Forbes Nash can be considered as the image of the protagonist in the film, as he is the main character and the whole film is devoted to the life events from Nash’s life. His favorite subject is mathematic. Howard does not try to create Nash’s image as the man who always explains math theories; he focuses on the emotional sensation of Nash. Except for Nash his wife also can be considered as a protagonist because while she was his wife she was always on his side. But despite the fact that there are the representatives of protagonists, each film must have also antagonists for a well-developed plot. In the case of our film, there are two main protagonists in it Goldsman and Howard. When Nash gets the illness and then tries to recover it he is introduced to the audience in Madrid. The psychiatrists gathered to value Nash’s recovery. Goldsman and Howard as the members of the audience decided to ignore and regret all the words that Nash proclaimed. They were against the cleverness and intellect of the professor who won the Noble Prize for his theory. As it is a movie about the life of the person there are many events in it that describe the character, moral
Biomass energy is a reliable source of energy that can solve the many problems faced by rice farmers in Mekong Delta district of Vietnam. People in the region are faced with various problems, which are mostly related to the environment hence the government needs to come up with a permanent solution that would solve their problems. In a developing country such as Vietnam, cheap source of energy would be required since it would boost the productivity of citizens, as well as government. The Bio mass source of energy is expensive to establish but its maintenance costs are cheap. The source of energy is usually developed using natural products such as trees, agricultural crops and oil seeds. This means that it has both advantages and disadvantages over other sources of energy such as electricity. Some of the advantages include renewability, availability, disposability, usability by plants due to its production of carbon dioxide and employability. However, some disadvantages including the initial cost, pollution, it is complex and durability is associated with it. The community would benefit from the strategy in case the government adopts the project to invest in biogas energy. This would reduce the rates of poverty in rural areas and the living standards of people would go up. Despite the initial installment costs, the state can utilize the new technology to protect the environment and provide energy to the locals. List of References Altro, 2011, what is bioethanol 2012. Web. Binod, P., Sindhu, R., Singhania, R. R., Vikram, S., Devi, L., Nagalakshmi, S., Kurien, N., Sukumaran, R. K. & Pandey, A. 2010, “Bioethanol production from rice straw: An overview”, Bioresource Techno
Virtual teams refers to teamwork efforts that are facilitated through information technology medium where individuals get to work together without having to meet physically (Maznevski, 2006). Basically the term virtual team refers to a group of persons that primarily interact through internet connectivity or other electronic media and occasionally get to meet physically in order to achieve certain work objectives. There are three characteristics that defines a virtual team; members must be separated by geographical features, they must be linked together virtually through a form of an electronic media and they must be engaged in achieving a common objective that is mostly work related (Maznevski, 2006). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the elements of virtual teams as well as evaluation tool of measuring its efficiency for human resource personnel in an organization. Generally virtual teams can be categorized into four groups; tasks groups, command groups, interest groups and friendship groups (Kruse, 2003). In an organization setting there are several reasons that necessitate the use and set up of virtual teams. In this case the main reasons include low cost of business operations, convenience, outsourcing of scarce human resource and the need to gain a competitive edge (Duarte, 2005). Regardless of the type of virtual group, a virtual team requires six elements that must be enhanced in order for it to be effective, they include effective communication skills, conflicts management, leadership skills, building of ideal relationship, team empowerment and rhythm building (Gould, 2006). These are the essential elements of a highly efficient virtual team. One of the articles in the field of virtual team that attempts to comprehensively assess the efficiency of virtual teams in an organizational setting is written by Tricia Steege, the CEO of transformation strategies. In this article the maturity and efficiency of virtual team is measured by a Virtual Team Operation Survey tool that assesses the indicators of virtual team performance (Steege, 2003). The survey tool developed for assessing the effectiveness of virtual teams in organization focuses on a total of five indicators that include; trust, leadership, communication, technology and learning that are rated based on four criteria’s (Steege, 2003). The possible cumulative scores when using this survey tool is 100 points that are disaggregated by 20 marks in each category. Based on the points obtained during the evaluation of the team efficiency, a human resource specialist can identify areas of weaknesses and strengths of the virtual team under evaluation. The interpretation of the survey tool scorecard is pretty straight forward since the indicators that have the lowest points are the weakest links that are used to identify areas of weaknesses while areas that score highly indicate areas of strengths. The specific interpretation and analysis of the Virtual Team Operation Survey tool score is indicated in the fol
Introduction The law of nature states that human beings should seek peace. Hobbes Being born in Malmesbury in 1558 was abandoned at sixteen by his father who was a poor minor clergyman (Morgan 558). Hobbes felt the patriotism of kinship or ethnic solidarity and felt it so strongly that he imaged that his society was bound together by blood. He also appreciated human nature according to his thinking and in his life (Morgan, p. 548). This article will look at Hobbes’s intention to contribute to the establishment of civic peace and how he disposed of humankind towards fulfilling their civic duties. It will also explain why he believed that he succeeded while others failed. Essay body In 1629, Hobbes produced a publication which he translated from Thucydides which talked about prudence and the dangers of democracy (Morgan, p. 548). Hobbes believed that since international is an anarchy state of nature, war could lead to international peace only if a victor is capable of imposing its will on all other states. There was conflict over what to praise or morally to approve which resulted in discord. Such things as wars of religion and other ideological wars were also observed. Nevertheless, Hobbes believed that there existed a solution to the moral conflict. The traditional moralist’s response to the ethical disagreement was that sooner or later everyone would come to see the moral facts clearly and rationally. On the other hand, Hobbes proposed that the route to agreement lies in politics. He believed that everybody has a right to defend himself against an attack. Morgan (p. 548) states that by the end of 1640 Hobbes’ thinking scientific thinking had matured and thus joined his political interests. He came up with a draft that contained systematic work which he referred to as elements of the law. He followed Machiavelli as a political realist and rejected classical political philosophers like Aristotle, as hopeless idealists. Though contrary to Machiavelli, Hobbes believed that only an absolute sovereign could establish and maintain civil peace. He conceived the absolute sovereign as a commonwealth or state. Hobbes in his contribution towards the establishment of civil peace, argues from two perspectives. In his first argument he presented the science of politics while in the other, he argued from the scripture. Morgan (p. 548) notes that at around 1651, Hobbes published leviathan which explained his famous topic of the state of nature and its laws. In this publication, Hobbes argued for sovereignty which was not divided into all functions (p. 548) In his first argument of political science, he viewed humans as being in a state of nature where all are roughly equal physically and mentally. This state of nature causes the desire for power after power which results in one’s death places a person in constant competition and with fear of others. Thus the state of nature is like a constant war. That is every man against the other and no one stands above the other. There is no personal security, no societal a
As it is observed from the case, Ben Ohau Lodge targets a market group of the ‘world’s very wealthy’ with its exclusive and expensive services. Some of the common characteristics that are likely to be associated with this target would include things such as the famous, superrich, and high-flying tourists of any nature, who’d be seeking for some sort of privacy away in a secluded and peaceful environment. The place is made into exclusive standards befitting the status of playboys, globetrotters and even head of states who may find their way in New Zealand. It leaves no doubt that, most of target customers for the exclusive attractions in this lodge would be foreigners rather than New Zealanders. A clear evidence of this presumption can be found in Rebeck’s understanding that travelers who frequently visit the country would regularly raise complaints that, the local attraction and accommodations were much below overseas levels of standard. This however, would propel him into designing and developing an array of sumptuous facilities targeting tourists and other high-flying customers. Leisure activities such as photographic ‘safaris’ in one of the most beautiful parks in the country and helicopter trips around the nearby lake are part of the main attractions forming this exclusive package. These however, are some of the things that would place the company in the critics of a group of people who’d assume that, it was giving much concern and attention to foreigners rather than the locals.. Considering the observed sumptuous nature of the haven, it leaves no doubt that the target customers would most likely have great expectations regarding the range and quality of all the exclusively great services offered there. The lodge is said to have attracted many visitors in the course of its first days of operation, something which could have send positive image of the attraction to potential customers. Considering the business and social circles of the attraction, no one will doubt the reliability of services they offer to their customers. Ben Ohau Lodge is likely to bear many complications to the country, its owners, and also to its esteemed customers from within and outside the country. For one, being managed by an environmental conservationist, the lodge is likely to trigger positive measures. As it would be observed from the case, most of the facilities in the lodge were carefully designed in a manner that would help in conserving the environment rather than ruin it. Considering the outstanding opulence of the lodge, it is also likely to serve as a major tourist attraction, thus providing a positive touch to the country’s tourism sector. The main attractions of the place, coupled with the architectural designs within its premises are likely to generate n
The Chosen Option In this research paper, the chosen movie is ‘Page One: Inside the New York Times Trailer,’ which focuses on the increasingly dropping number of people reading print newspapers. Many people now rely on online news, and that means print media is becoming less popular, especially among the younger American generation. It forces newsrooms such as New York Times to re-strategize their operations to ensure that it can move from print to online media when delivering news to its target audience. The new trend has also forced the company to lay off a section of its employees in the print media department as it responds to the market forces. The short movie clip also captures issues such as news ethics, coverage of current events, corporate ownership, media relationships, and newsroom politics, among other issues. In this short movie, it comes out clearly that people still value news. They want to know about the current events and factors that affect their lives, either directly or indirectly. However, what has changed is the mode of delivering that message. The emerging technologies have created a platform where people can have access to news via their tablets, iPads, and smartphones instead of newspapers. It forces news companies to align their operations with the changing market trends. Timeline of Activities According to Hoberman (2014), one of the most important stages in a research project is planning. It is important to plan for the activities to be carried out and clearly outlining the time each activity should take. In this project, the researcher considered it important to come up with a timeline of activities that will be undertaken to ensure that th