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Introduction John Wilkes Booth was born at Bel Air in Hartford County, Maryland on May 10, 1838, to Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Holmes. Who had come to the United States from England in June 1821(Clarke, 79). He was shot dead on April 26 1865, at the age of 26. He secretly married the daughter of Senator John Hale of New Hampshire. As a young boy, Booth was athletic and popular. He went on to become a skilled equestrian and fencer. He attended Bel Air Academy in 1850-1851. He was intelligence, though he was not interested in education, he loved horses, fencing and entertaining people. He later attended Milton boarding school for boys at Sparks Maryland, were he nurtured his love for acting classical work (Wilson, 113). He later joined St. Timothy’s Hall an Episcopal Military at Catonsville Maryland. Were he was under strict supervision and as a result, he later on sympathized with the South’s Confederation Army and gave them support. Due to the sudden dead of his father, Booth dropped out of school a year later after joining the school. At the age of sixteen Booth was interested in theatre were he went on and became a leading actor. Career as an Actor Although inexperienced Booth made is first debut on August 1855 as a supporting actor, at Earl of Richmond at Baltimore’s Charles Street Theatre. Afterwards he joined a Stock Company at Arch Street Theatre at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1857. However, he was not as good as his half brother in elocution. He nevertheless captured the imagination of his audience, by growing into an outstanding and accomplished actor (Townsend, 55). He played his part with such great enthusiasm that the audiences admired him. He made his first acting appearance in New York City in May 1862, he made his Boston debut, playing nightly at the Boston museum in Richard III Romeo and Juliet May 13, the Boston Transcript ‘s review the next day called Booth; In January 1863, Booth’s acting career was looking bright, when he returned to Boston. Business Ventures He invested in varies ventures like land speculation at Boston’s back bay section also invested in 31.5 acre farm were oil had previously been discovered and by early 1864 they had drilled a 1,900ft well yielding 25 barrels per day at Allegheny river. The Civil War in the South was getting complicated. With Lincoln’s re-election, it was clear that there was no end in site. Booth abandoned the oil business on November 27, 1865 There was no much know about is business venture, this was because he died you
Discussion Basically, finance and banking literature falls into two classes. The first category is found in textbooks which introduces basic concepts in this field to trainees. However, textbooks do not have much to speak about profound changes transforming financial systems. The second category on the other hand tends to be discussed by a small group of financial experts. While primarily writing for small professional elites, financial experts often use highly technical language and publish their works in relatively obscure outlets. Knowledge that makes it possible for an individual to influence others is important to changing practice (Grant, 2005, p. 37). This knowledge is, however, ignored frequently in the popular literature on change. The common assumption is that professional knowledge that is relevant to financial professionals is directly applicable to financial practice as new ideas and skills for training and that entrenching these has no appreciable political dimension. Even where financial professional development is expected to lead to transformational change, the practice rhetorical aspects are still largely left out of account (Goodwin, 1994, p. 75). Professional learning cannot only be regarded as a matter of knowledge transfer; rather it also has to be framed on the basis of trainee’s feedback as allowing people theorizing. According to researchers, rhetorical activity is important on the part of those wishing to effect changes in organizational settings if they are to achieve the cooperation of others and neutralize the power of those who oppose (Halliday, 1985, p. 62). The universal work processes and policy issues prove to form knowledge that is significant to success. This is because it offers a basis for developing a shared financial language and understanding with which to negotiate with bank managers and others acting as custodians to organizational resources. Collaborative pedagogy, in tapping into cohort as a resource, assists to maximize learning across groups about the operation of banks. (Aitchison, 1991, p.123). Mutual exchanges in financial setting allow people to explore knowledge about work processes because the difference between their experiences opened up questions of how things were managed in different working establishments (Eggins, 1994, p. 292). This implies that people have access to a range of case studies mediated by experts who could try and answer many of the questions that are unanswered when interrogating written texts or visiting experts (Bourdieu, 1991, p. 71). This paper attempts to review literature related to narratives produced by bank economics as communally constructed representations of knowledge about in Canadian economy about past, present and future. Specifically, the paper tries to trace the
Introduction “H.I.P.A.A-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.”, became a public law in 1996 when it was passed by the Congress and signed by the then President, Bill Clinton. H.I.P.A.A.covered such entities as health plans, health care providers who use certain electronic transactions, health care clearinghouses etc.Its major aims or goals were to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the groups and individual markets. It was also drafted to fight waste, fraud, and bring about respect to the right for privacy and confidentiality of information by the health insurance and health care delivery to the patient.This applies mostly where the person may be denied his or her due as a result of a change of job. The HIPAA was also intended to reduce costs and administrative burdens of health care by improving efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by standardizing the interchange of the electronic data for specified administrative and financial transactions. It was also intended to enhance the protection of the privacy of Americans’ personal health records by protecting the security and confidentiality of health care system. (Leckrone, 2009) Main body The “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)” was intended to give security to all American workers and enhancing easy to access, good quality and informed health insurance cover. offer protections for millions of American workers thereby offering improved portability and continuity of health insurance coverage. The “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” was drafted with the simple intention of giving security and make easier to access health insurance to the working families and their children. This made available the medical conditions that were excluded due to a condition that existed before you entered the health plan. A person may have been excluded from a medical cover due to a medical condition that had existed before the application of the cover. Also, this was intended to aid in providing credit against maximum pre-existing condition(s) exclusion periods for prior health coverage and a process for providing certificates showing periods of prior coverage to a new group health plan or health insurance issuer. This will include prior coverage under another group health plan, an individual health insurance policy etc. (Leckrone, 2009) It is the requirement of the “HIPAA that a certificate showing creditable coverage has been provided essentially and free without any charge by the insurance company when a person has lost his cover under the plan.” A certificate must also be provided free of charge upon request while you have health coverage or anytime within 24 months after your coverage ends”. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” plays a crucial role when reaches to a point of providing new rights that will enhance persons to apply for a health coverage incase they loose their other health coverage, get spliced i.e. their spouses or even adds a new dependent upon their marriage through birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. This will also
The Castle of Otranto is considered the first gothic novel depicting horrors and terrors of human life and existence. Much of the narrative strategy underlying the horrors and terrors of the first Gothic novel is theatrically inspired by the novel’s settings and shadowy interiors, lunar menace and solar absence, lurid acoustics, peregrinating armor, mobile paintings and statues, and other audiovisual contraptions assigned a major role in his notion of the Gothic. Thesis In The Castle of Otranto divine justice (which intervenes through the supernatural) defeats rationalism (prince Manfred). Walpole portrays that an ancestral crime and curse and a haunted interior crammed with supernatural appliances such as portraits that stare back and music that floats from ghostly instruments attest to the purity and orthodoxy of the novel’s formal Gothic features. The uniqueness of this novel is that Walpole uses unique objects and symbols to depict divine justice (Carso 121). For instance, from the descent of the enormous helmet to the shattering of the castle walls by the immense and reinvigorated supernatural anatomy of Alfonso, Walpole crafted his story so as to achieve a suspension of reason within enclosed settings, where readers might feel as lost and disoriented as the characters entrapped by the supernatural world. The horror of the spectacle, the ignorance of all around how this misfortune had happened, and above all, the tremendous phenomenon before him, took away the Prince’s speech. Yet his silence lasted longer than even grief could occasion. He fixed his eyes on what he wished in vain to believe a vision (Walpole 18) Confronted by portraits that come alive and walk, statues that bleed, walls that seem tumescent with some gigantic body seeking egress, and similar objects of sublimity, the characters are given repeated opportunities to test the idea that the gruesome and dreadfully supernatural could be necessary aspects of an object’s beauty, and furthermore that an object’s sublimity was often heightened and intensified by its very gruesomeness and fearfulness. Manfred, the protagonist of the novel, is depicted as a rational character-driven by personal gain only. Money and royal power are the main things he values and believes in. He says; “Since Hell will not satisfy my curiosity,” said Manfred, “I will use the human means in my power for preserving my race; Isabella shall not; escape me” (Walpole 31). Walpole assigns Manfred the opportunity to fulfill his legacy of evil and sin. The novel’s resolution in favor of the supernatural presents the colossus of Alfonso the Good as the living statue bursts through the castle’s foundation and, i
Want to know what the difference between Linking R and Intrusive R is? Learn more here! This paper explains the meaning of intrusive R and linking R sounds in English phonetics. Introduction The history of English can be very interesting to study. English is a universal language, spoken in various countries across the world. However, different people from different regions speak this same language in a different manner. When a Briton is speaking English, there would be some noticeable differences from the speech that would be made by a Scottish or an American. The difference would even be bigger when it comes to speaking of this language among Africans. According to Ball, the difference can be too big that an individual would not be in a position to understand the other because of this contrast (45). This difference in pronunciation can be attributed to historical evolution of this language. The language has evolved over the years in different regions in a different manner. American English differs from British English majorly due to the pronunciation. As Bauer notes, this difference majorly results from the pronunciation of the word R (45). There are varieties of non-rhotic English across the world. These varieties have different ways of pronouncing the sound r when it comes at different locations in a sentence. In rhotic English, the letter r would always be silent when such word is pronounced. For example, the word international would be pronounced differently depending on the speaker. When a Saudi Arabian pronounces this word, the sound that would come out would be international. This speaker would pronounce the word the way it is written. In normal English (British English), the phonetics of the above word would be intanaeshonol . A number of differences comes out in the above two pronunciations. The two sentences below may also be pronounced differently depending on the individuals: a) Her eyes b) Her rise To analyze the pronunciation of the above two sentences comprehensively, we would look at how intrusive R, linking R and Lexical are affect the way words are pronounced. Intrusive R: Examples & Meaning In non-rhotic English, some cases occur where in a sentence, the sound ‘r’ would be introduced in between two words that end and start with a vowel sound in places where they never existed before. Intrusive R is always witnessed when a word ending in a vowel sound is preceded by another vowel sound at the beginning of a subsequent sound. This can be witnessed in the first sentence that is, her eyes. The sound /a/ in the word ‘her’ is a vowel sound and it is immediately followed by another vowel sound /a/. In non-rhotic English, the word would be pronounced with an ‘r’ between the two sentences. The two sentences would have a similar pronunciation as follows: a ) Hαr ais b) Hαr ais The two phrases may not bring the meaning of intrusive R because in sentence (a), the first word has an ‘r’ in its spelling. The second sentence (b) begi
An annotated version of “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” by Derek Bok in The Boston Globe. Underlining is to catch key points *and these stars are where I have a question or opinion on a statement* For several years, universities have been struggling with the problem of trying to reconcile the rights of free speech with the desire to avoid racial tension. In recent weeks, such a controversy has sprung up at Harvard. *Two students hung Confederate flags in public view, upsetting students who equate the Confederacy with slavery. A third student tried to protest the flags by displaying a swastika*. These incidents have provoked much discussion and disagreement. Some students have urged that Harvard require the removal of symbols that offend many members of the community. Others reply that such symbols are a form of free speech and should be protected. Different universities have resolved similar conflicts in different ways. *Some have enacted codes to protect their communities from forms of speech that are deemed to be insensitive to the feelings of other groups*. Some have refused to impose such restrictions. It is important to distinguish between the appropriateness of such communications and their status under the First Amendment. The fact that speech is protected under the First Amendment does not necessarily mean that it is right, proper, or civil. I am sure that the vast majority of Harvard students believe that hanging a Confederate flag in public view–or displaying a swastika in response–is insensitive and unwise because any satisfaction it gives to the students who display these symbols is far outweighed by the discomfort it causes too many others. I share this view and regret that the students involved saw fit to behave in this fashion. Whether or not they merely wished to manifest their pride in the South–or to demonstrate the insensitivity of hanging Confederate flags by mounting another offensive symbol in return–they must have known that they would upset many fellow students and ignore the decent regard for the feelings of others so essential to building and preserving a strong and harmonious community. *To disapprove of a particular form of communication, however, is not enough to justify prohibiting it*. We are faced with a clear example of the conflict between our commitment to free speech and our desire to foster a community founded on mutual respect. O
Introduction This report explores the concept of quality management by developing an understanding of quality philosophies for products and services through a continuous improvement approach. The report covers methods and techniques, which are commonly applied in monitoring and controlling of quality. Quality management Every definition of quality management has to incorporate certain components, which are considered to be its pillars. The four components are quality improvement, control, planning and assurance. Importantly, quality management goes beyond the quality of goods and services by focusing on the means applied to achieve the desired results. In order to realize consistent results, quality management aims at utilizing quality assurance and control of all the processes involved in production (Evans & Lindsay 2008, p. 12). As mentioned before, quality management puts a lot of emphasis on establishing the needs of customers and offering solutions that are cost-effective and do not impose negative threats to the society. Notably, planning of the life cycle of products and services is equally essential in addressing the issue of timely production and supply. It is worth noting that quality management has a host of benefits especially in enabling an organization to realize competitive advantage in the business market (Evans & Lindsay 2008, p. 13). For better understanding of how this works, several quality management frameworks have been reviewed below. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Presented by the American President annually, MBNQA recognizes organizations in the United States, which attain excellent levels of quality and performance (Evans & Lindsay 2008, p. 114). Six categories of organizations are usually considered and the winning category may receive up to three awards from the foundation. The categories are: education, service company, healthcare, manufacturing, small businesses and non-profit making organizations. The award was launched in the year 1987, to increase awareness about the need for maintaining quality management of companies and acknowledge organizations, which excellently adopt and implement quality management systems in the country (Sitch 2012). Additionally, MBNQA offers assistance to companies, regarding delivery of services and products that demonstrate ever-improving quality in order to satisfy the needs of customers and stakeholders, effectiveness and organization. The award was named in recognition of Malcolm Baldrige, Commerce Secretary and a firm supporter of quality management (Evans & Lindsay 2008, p. 120). For its effective functioning, the award uses a seven-point criterion that enhances the process. This is referred to as the Baldrige criteria for performance excellence, as discussed below. Under leadership, MBNQA considers how the management exercises its authority and community control of the organization. The second point is strategic planning. This focuses on ways a company is determined to initiate its strategic directions through planning ( Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2012). Thirdly, MBNQA values customer and mar
Introduction In animals especially vertebrates, the blood is a specialized body fluid containing among other components blood cells that are found in plasma. The blood cells are mainly the red blood cells and the white blood cells but the most abundant cells are the red blood cells bearing, which carry the haemoglobin; a ferrous protein molecule important in the transportation of respiratory gases. The haemoglobin binds to gases in a reversible manner, which enhances their (gases) solubility in the blood. At the end of the respiration process, cells give out carbon dioxide and take in oxygen because oxygen is essential in cells’ functions especially in the process of making Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP). All the body cells need oxygen for respiration and give out carbon dioxide as a by-product. Respiration being a continuous process for life sustenance, oxygen supply and carbon dioxide removal should remain constant. The blood facilitates the constant flow of these respiratory gases. The mechanisms of respiratory gases transportation through blood The atmospheric air contains several types of gases, but of importance in respiration are oxygen and carbon dioxide. Before the oxygen is available for transportation to the respiring cells, it enters the lungs from the external environment through the inhalation process. On the other hand, carbon dioxide expelled exits the lungs through the exhalation process. During inhalation, air goes through the nostrils first, then into the nasal cavity for filtering, warming and humidification. The air then goes through the pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus and bronchiole into the alveolus of the lungs. The alveolus has a thin wall, which enables gas exchange with the equally thin-walled blood capillaries. For proper functioning of the alveolus, they remain moist due to a chemical called surfactant excreted by special cells of the alveolus. The close proximity of the epithelial cells of the alveolus and the endothelial cells of the capillaries allows the permeability of gases which results in gaseous exchange whereby, oxygen permeates the blood capillaries of the alveolus against a concentration gradient while carbon dioxide permeates into the alveolus in the same mode. Oxygen is now ready for transportation. Red blood cells in the capillary blood contain haemoglobin, which binds the oxygen molecules permeating from the alveolus. Haemoglobin has high oxygen-binding capacity thus upon binding, it increases the blood oxygen solubility. The bound oxygen finally gets to the respiring cells as oxy-haemoglobin molecules through the circulation system, where it dissociates upon reaching the target cells. Oxygenated b