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1. Which silences are referred to in the title of the movie? Who is silent, and why? What do these silences nonetheless manage to convey? And when are they broken? The film the Silence of the Palaces by Tunisian director Moufida Tlatli is filled with sound, music, and talks, and yet the main things remain unsaid in it. The horrific stories of women objectification, sexual and physical abuse and forced incestuous relationships are not discussed. It is obvious that the women who are abused keep silent, but this silence has another origin: it is also apparent that no one is going to hear the women or help them. Therefore, it is not the women who are silent, but the palaces, the society with its inhumane customs. What is more, the women do not know how to speak about their plight, which is mentioned by Alia, who can sing but cannot express herself. Her voice-overs provide crucial information about her state but are unheard by those around her. Still, these words are heard by the viewers. Ramanathan insists that the “inability to be heard” of the protagonist is eventually used by her to “comment on and deconstruct the notion of male authority” (qtd. in Faucette 75). Her silence allows her to ponder, search for herself, and make conclusions, but it is apparent that these processes would be much easier if she had someone to discuss it with. 2. Women’s bodies play an important role in the film. In your view, are they mainly depicted as “sites of suffering” over which the women lack control? Or can they also be understood as symbols of female power? In my opinion, women bodies are portrayed ambivalently. It cannot be denied that they are depicted as the “sites of suffering” as suggested by Sherzer: they are subjected to assaults, unwanted pregnancies, abortions; they remain unexplored and uncontrolled by the women themselves (55). “I hate my body,” screams Khedija, and Alia seems uncomfortable with hers, which is demonstrated through her panic attacks, during which she may lose consciousness (together with any control). Still, these bodies belong to women who work and live together, who help each other, who know how to support, heal, and create, which gives them power. I would say that neither of images prevails, but I admit that the former, darker one leaves a stronger impression. 3. Who is Moufida Tlatli’s main audience? Arab spectators? Western audiences? Or both? Please explain. It appears that Tlatli’s message is universal. Women victimization, objectification and the silence over sexuality are still issues
Briefly describe this “new disease” as it was unfolding in the 1980s and seen by the characters in the film? Why wasn’t the agent of this ‘new disease” readily detected? In the early eighties, medical researchers did not have a clear idea about the origins of AIDS or its spread. They believed that it could be triggered by a sexually-transmitted virus. In particular, they knew that many of the patients had sexual intercourse with one another, but they could not explain why this disease was widespread in the gay community. So, they could not confirm this hypothesis. Furthermore, they assumed that it could be caused by a combination of causes such as the mutation of already-existing viruses. There are several reasons that can explain why the cause of this epidemic was not discoverer as soon as possible. First of all, the government of the United States did not want to spend money on the research because the HIV virus allegedly affected only homosexuals. It should be noted that at that time, many of the officials were prejudiced against the gay community. This is why medical workers could not make any progress for a long time. Furthermore, there was very little cooperation among researchers and medical institutions. For example, the CDC investigators could not get access to the information about donors who could transmit the HIV virus. Finally, researchers from various countries did not share their findings with one another while searing for the virus. These are the main obstacles that can be identified. Early in the film there was a great deal of debate about closing the Bath Houses in NYC and San Francisco. what was the justification for this, as depicted in the film? and do you think closing the Bath Houses was justified, given the circumstances at the time? Public administrators chose to close the bathhouses in San Francisco and New York because according to the finding of CDC investigators, the majority of HIV patients were infected in the bathhouses. In my opinion, the intention to close the bathhouses could be justified, especially at the time, when healthcare professionals had to find ways of
Introduction Social media should not be used to screen potential employees because of the many negatives associated with such. First among these is that such comprise an action which leads to discrimination on the basis of race, gender, among others. Profiles on the social media are rich in personal information. They sometimes include uploaded photos of the person. In the case that the potential employer views the profile, he or she directly views these photos. The view of the photos can in the end influence the choice of the employer, according to the ideological beliefs held especially those relating to gender and race as these are easily decoded when the photos are appear. If these assessments inform the selection of the employee, then the employee has been discriminated on gender or race, or any other ground, which is unacceptable in employment (Klososky, 2011, p. 61). Besides the outright discrimination, the idea of ‘popping’ into the potential employee’s profile can also lead to unfair treatment of the potential employee during interview. It leads to potential employee being treated badly in interviews. This is true thinking of question that may arise such as, “are you such a drinker as you indicated in your profile on a certain social site?’ When one is to hear this during an interview, then such is bound to be angry towards the whole process because these questions relate to personal views and interests and thus cannot be explained to anyone else. Besides, social media is personal. Each individual needs to be given in the advantage of knowing that there is no one spying on them (Bernstein, 2010, p. 9). Biopolitics theory This theory
In 1945, B.F. Skinner wrote a book that wouldn’t be published for another three years in which he made an argument that there was no such thing as freedom. Skinner’s ideas have been categorized as ‘hard determinism’ in that it is based on the idea that “every event is necessitated by antecedent events and conditions together with the laws of nature” (Hoefer, 2003). Skinner, a well-known behaviorist at the time he wrote this book, unsurprisingly takes the stance that all of our behavior is based upon our reactions and responses to other events that have taken place previously. In doing so, he completely discounts the possibility of free will in the equation, indicating that even here, actions are governed by external forces. The crux of his argument can be found in a passage in Walden Two entitled Hard Determinism. Although he makes a strong case for determinism, he also finds it necessary to incorporate a situation in which free will is accounted for, suggesting that in some sense there is such thing as freedom. Th
Driving to the necessary destination is pleasant and convenient. People manage their time and get to their destinations on time. However, this pleasant experience is often overshadowed by the chase after a parking lot. Parking has become a burning issue nationwide. Notably, representatives of parking businesses gathered earlier this year to discuss the most topical issues in the sphere (Malone, 2013). Notably, numerous solutions were suggested. These solutions can be applicable in different areas. One of the areas that require special attention is parking spaces at schools. Students have to face a lot of troubles due to the lack of parking lots. The present research is aimed at developing effective solutions to address the parking issue at the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). In the first place, it is necessary to note that the lack of parking spaces in FIT is really pressing. Being students of FIT, we understand that and are committed to help the school solve the issue. I have been in the school since 2011 and I have spent a lot of time looking for a parking lot. My major is electrical engineering and this will help me contribute to the development of the necessary strategy. Thus, the number of students enrolled has been increasing steadily ( Targeting the top ten , 2012). Many of these students use cars to get to their classes. At the same time, the parking area has not been expanded significantly. Though, it is necessary to note that some parking areas have been increased and new facilities are built with parking lots ( Targeting the top ten , 2012). Nonetheless, these measures do not suffice. Malone (2013) stresses that t is a frustrating experience to look for a free parking lot. When it comes to students and campus area, this experience is also associated with more serious issues. As has been mentioned above, students of FIT have to spend a lot of their
Introduction Employment relationship is a legal framework linking employers and their employees to ensure a sustained interaction in their organizations. More specifically, ER is an economic, social and political relationship between employers and employees which provides manual and mental labor in exchange for the rewards allotted by employers. With the rise of modernism, there has been need for inclusion of psychological element in the employment relationships to enhance better and more coherent relationship between employees and employers. It should be noted that, employment relations defines the rights and commitments made between the employers and employees. Employers in various organizations build good relationship with their employees by creating favorable working conditions, capable of creating psychological satisfaction for them (Ackers 2002: 15). Through cordial relationship between employers and employees, facilitated a well structured legal system, high productivity in the organization is expected since the employees are highly motivated. Traditionally, psychological contract were relied to establish cordial relationship between employers and their employees. Psychological contracts involves the understanding the understanding the people have regarding the commitments made between the employers and the employees which is initially established during the recruitment process where the employees and the employer discuss deeply their eventual relationship. This paper will discuss the extent in which traditional theories of employment helps us in understanding the modern Australian workplace. According to the contract of employment common law, employers have the obligatory duty to care the employees, pay wages, provide work, provide support, safe working environment and maintain relationship of trust and confidence with the employees. As revealed by Kaufman (2008: 327), in the Modern Australian work place employers are actively engaged in providing their employees with favorable working terms regardless of the genders. It should be noted that, traditional employment patterns
Fraud refers to unlawful pursuit of inappropriate endeavours in order to derive undue satisfaction and benefits. Fraudsters often engage in activities that contravene legal, moral, and ethical standards of behaviour in social and organizational contexts. In organizational contexts, fraud entails such irregularities as falsification of financial statements, misrepresentation of information, illegal acquisition of property, participation in irregular deals within organizations, and concealment of crucial leads that could pre-empt or forestall a criminal undertaking within an organizational entity. Fraud is a recurrent reality in most organizations because of its broad and complex nature. Some instances of fraud are usually easy to detect because they manifest in a straightforward manner. For instance, it is easy to detect theft of physical items within an organization. However, other forms of fraud are not easily noticed. For instance, financial fraud is usually complex and often requires expert intervention in order to understand facts in regard to its nature and essence. This research undertaking seeks to discuss a case involving fraud within an organization. It will look at all the stages involved in actualizing such criminal undertakings. This essay will look at such stages as contemplation, planning, and execution of fraud within an organization. It will discuss various engagements that seek to conceal existence of such a fraud. Specifically, the fraud involving theft of cash at a pharmaceutical company will be analyzed. The case will involve individuals who handle cash transactions within the company. Such individuals cooperate to ensure that the fraud scheme materializes according to their plan. Adherence to plan will be integral to successful implementation of the scheme. It will be important to ensure that the fraud scheme does not fall prey to safety and control measures that could jeopardize its actualization. However, my scheme shall succeed because such controls are dysfunctional. They lack capacity to forestall occurrence of fraud within the company. This discrepancy accords me an opportunity to execute my plan because organizational safety and controls do not suffice with regard to deterrence of fraud within the company. Such realities support efforts with regard to planning, actualization, and execution of my scheme. Discussion As earlier mentioned, this essay will discuss an occurrence relating to a fraud I could commit. Committing fraud is complex and usually requires prior planning to ensure everything works towards achieving basic expectations of all parties involved. When you devoid of proper planning, it is difficult for fraudsters to achieve their objectives. In order to achieve my goal, I will involve professionals and experts who have proper knowledge on matters that relate to financial auditing and risk management. Such experts shall be instrumental in my plan because they will help in identification of loopholes that could jeopardize fraud. I will work closely with accountants, a
Ecological economists have frequently indicated that the financial system is implanted in a natural environment, but it is also entailed in a social one. The changing frame between the finances and its social surrounding has an essential effect on the relations between financial activity and the natural surroundings. Thus, the influence of the market scheme on nonmarket features of life is interconnected with its contact with the environment. Thus, offering the necessity to keep the financial increase, joined with the supremacy of corporations and the media to restrict the matters to their advantage, persuading people to essentially decrease their consumption of patterns is not a simple task. Consumption is a part of culture ad everyday life. If to take the consumption of sugar, for instance, in 1997 each American consumed about sixty-six pounds of sugar and about 200 grams of various sweeteners. But up to the eighteenth century, sugar was regarded to be a luxury and medicine. It was frequently sold in drug stores, and used like common cold and fever remedies, and also as the decorator. Raised sugar production resulted in a decrease in the price. Nevertheless, what was once imprisoned to the upper classes was more extensively reasonable to the middle ranks as well. (For some time, prices were still soaring due to taxes and political impacts of the powerful plantation possessors, etc.). Incomes of sugar were generally flaunted by different authorities and greatly endorsed in lots of features of humans’ lives. It was used as a sweetener in other substances such as tea, coffee, and cocoa. Sugar’s status as a luxury good motivated the middle class to use it to imitate the wealthy. Sugar was a symbol of rank. As the cost of sugar decreased further, even the poorer classes were capable to consume for this and the other causes. Government augments in obtaining of sugar and sugar products headed for further consumption as well. The detaining of Jamaica from the French-led to more sugar farms being confined and creating rum allotments for the British Navy. Beef production is chiefly resources intensive, having an even superior impact on the surroundings than is offered by the amount of particle – and the reserves that go into manufacturing grain – that it necessitates. Livestock grazing donates to lots of environmental troubles entailing soil erosion, desertification, water contamination, and loss of biological variety. For instance, millions of acres of tropical forest in Latin America have been cut over for cattle breeding. Moreover, because of their digestive physiology, cattle also produce a huge amount of methane, a greenhouse gas, and their compost ejects gaseous ammonia into the air, contributing to acid rain. Even before the appearance of Homo sapiens , the human capacity for culture and technology had given the increase to an environmental expansion of great environmental importance – the intentional and controlled use of fire. This progress, along with the production of tools, initiated a new measurement of the metabolism of human populations. Thus, apart from bio metabolism, or the inputs, throughputs, and outputs of
Introduction It was a regular day. My dad and I were at Superdawg. We were eating our food then all of a sudden my dad started to hold his head in acute pain. It looked like he had a brain freeze, but he wasn’t drinking or eating anything cold. I knew what was wrong, he needed sugar. I gave him some of my lemonade, but it did not help. My dad’s whole body was completely tense. It looked like he was cramping up and it would not go away. I now went to the register and asked the worker at the counter for some sugar. When I got it, I had to hand feed it to my dad because he could not move. Eventually, he finally was able to move and comprehend what was going on. My dad has diabetes Type 1. He has had it since he was 31 years old and will have it for the rest of his life unless a cure is found. Diabetes: Investigating a Disease Diabetes is a serious metabolic disease that leads to the hindrance to the production of insulin in the body. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas and is responsible for controlling blood sugar. Insulin accomplishes this task by breaking down glucose in the body. Therefore, the absence of insulin in the body allows a dangerous build-up of sugar in the body which, if unchecked, is fatal (“Diabetes”, par. 1). Generally, diabetes is often manifested through frequent urination, unusual hunger, strange weight loss, and extreme fatigue, and irritability (“Diabetes”, par. 4). Type 1 diabetes is characterized by frequent infections, blurred vision, slow-healing cuts and bruises, and frequent numbness in hands and feet (“Diabetes”, par. 4). There are three types of diabetes; type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused by insulin deficiency in the body. The insulin deficiency is brought about by the loss of the insulin-producing beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Type 1 diabetes is further dichotomized as immune-mediated or idiopathic. Most cases of type 1 diabetes are of the former category, in which the beta cell loss is T cell-mediated autoimmune attack (Rother, p. 1500). Doctors are yet to determine preventive measures against Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes was traditionally associated with children but is now common among adult populations as well. Most victims lead healthy and normal lives as their response to insulin injections are usually normal, particularly in the early stages. The second type of diabetes is Type 2 diabetes. In this case, the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells in the body fail to recognize the produced insulin. If the diabetic patient only produces a little insulin, then that patient can sometimes control the disease with proper exercise and healthy eating habits. Some Type 2 diabetics do not need to inject insulin into their bodies. Whereas type 1diabetes is common among Americans and Europeans, type 2 diabetes is prevalent in African-Americans, Native Americans, and Asians (“Typ
The Script Analysis The play A Raisin in the Sun communicates the ideas of family greed and mercantilism persuasions. The sophisticated evaluation of Beneatha’s positioning provides a background for further investigation. Collaborative Role-Directed Questions The four questions that are raised in the work regarding the character’s theoretical grounding. These are such questions as: “What does Beneatha’s conduct reveal about her intentions?”, “How does the character treat female’s role in society?”, “How does Beneatha regard poor people?”, “How does the heroine explain her choice of profession?” Responding to Two Questions The first critical issue that underlines the principles of actor positioning is the matter of Beneatha’s behavior. The girl adopts a rude manner of speaking to her family members. Second, it is crucial to review the feminist ideals that are reflected in the character’s speech. Beneatha considers that it is humiliating for a self-confident woman to descend to the role of a housewife. Script Referencing The issue of Beneatha’s disrespectfulness may be revealed through a few direct quotations. Thus, while responding to Ruth’s question about the biology class, the girl claims: “I dissected something that looked like you yesterday” (Hansberry 496). The underestimation of her mother’s abilities is supported by Beneatha’s phrase “Don’t worry – I do not expect you to understand” (Hansberry 505). The third quotation was selected so that to illustrate Beneatha’s disrespect of Ruth as well as her underestimation of the boy’s mental abilities: “Brother isn’t crazy yet – he – he’s an elaborate neurotic” (Hansberry 506). Finally, a quotation “Do me a favor and don’t ask him ignorant questions” shows that Beneatha considers her mother to be stupid since the latter is uneducated (Hansberry 511). The feminist strivings are revealed through the following quotations: “And forgive me for ever wanting to be anything at all!” as well as “What do you want from me, brother – that I quit school or just drop dead” (Hansberry 497). Moreover, the following arguments prove Beneatha’s feeling of female inferiority: “How much cleaning can a house need!” and “I just want to learn to play guitar. Is there anything wrong with that?” (Hansberry 514). Exploring Feminism Movements in the Context of the Play As an actor play