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Introduction The most interesting interaction in the film was between Hugh Newman, the main character, and the supervisor of the parking facility where Hugh worked as the parking attendant. The confrontation between the supervisor and Hugh Newman was the turning point in the film. It was this conflict that proved to everyone that Hugh had this ability to make people happy. The people are happy because Newman made them focus on their strengths instead of their weaknesses. The other characters that were impressed by Hugh Newman’s ability may have been easily persuaded because they have nothing to lose. But the supervisor had his job on the line. But when Hugh Newman convinced the supervisor that what they are doing was worthwhile, the supervisor was pleased with him. Newman had a gift and he needed to share it to the world. It can be argued that the producer of the short film wanted the world to practice this kind interpersonal interaction, it was the ability to help people through the use of kind words. The film provides a clear illustration on the power of words and how it can affect the lives of people. In the interaction between Newman and the supervisor of the parking facility, it was revealed that even the harshest of critics, can be persuaded to change their mind. But there has to be at least one person courageous enough to do something that is unexpected. Reference There is a grain of truth in the film, especially with regards to a person’s need for validation. This need is made urgent by the fact that there is now limited opportunity for people to talk face-to-face. According to one commentary the 21 st century is a world that can be described as a “computer-mediated society” (Tresca, 1998, p.1). Thus, in the film people were eager to line up in a parking garage to speak to Newman. They were willing to endure unfavorable conditions simply because they needed someone that they can communicate with in the most pleasant manner. It was like re-programming their subconscious. According to one expert in this field, “Affirmations program the mind in the same way that commands and scripts program a computer” (Sasson, 2001, p.1). Therefore, affirmation is validation. People responded to the words of affirmation given by Newman. In real life one can see this principle at work. In the same manner one can see the reverse of affirmation, which is criticism and ridicule. When the supervisor confronted Newman there was tension, up until Newman overwhelmed the anger of the superior with the power of positive words. Silence It is interesting to point out that there was no scene of family members that were in conflict. There may have been constraints in their time and budget. However, if this aspect of life is excluded in the film, there may be critics who may question the authenticity of the film. But it can be said that these gaps are the result of certain constraints. The film should include an interaction between the main character and othe
This article is a discussion on how one can use Microsoft office 2003 effectively. In this article, Randall explains the different ways through which one can improve his speed and accuracy while using Microsoft office. These ways are what Randall calls Microsoft tips and tricks. The five tips explained by the article touches mainly on Microsoft Office Outlook and Word. For instance the first tip highlights the usefulness of the control key to Microsoft Office Outlook. The other tips talk about some of the important features of Microsoft Word 2003. Although this article is consistent with earlier knowledge on Microsoft product, I do not recommend people to read it as it is outdated. Nonetheless, this paper presents a summary and a short critique of the article. Randall summarizes five tips in this article. The first tip explains how the control key makes Microsoft outlook easier to use and navigate. Randall uses the other four tips to explain how Microsoft Office Word 2003 can be used effectively. He starts by explaining the importance of the task pane. The drop-down arrow in the task pane enables one to view a variety of options in Microsoft Word 2003. Some of these options include clipboard, clipart and formatting. The second tip entails checking the size of a folder and a sample of what it carries. Pointing at a folder for around two seconds completes this task. The third tip explains how a person can secure his documents. Randall reiterates that file encryption is the surest way of working with confidential files. The last tip talks about how the task pane can be manipulated to ensure that the slide
Introduction Traditionally, luxury fashion was associated with splendour and branded products that meant more than necessary but desirable. The concept of luxury included experiences, exclusivity and value, which allowed consumers to design their unique ways of life. Today, the perception of luxury fashion changes dramatically from something extravagant towards emotional and intangible. Cervellon and Vigreux (2018) emphasise that the identified concept tends to become more personal, while purchasing luxury goods turns out to be a question of preferences and contexts. Vintage luxury fashion can be described as clothing that belongs to certain decades: from the 1920s to the 1990s (Cervellon and Vigreux, 2018). Compared to second hand clothing, vintage is not necessarily dressed previously, yet it can also include pre-owned or pre-loved items. The recent evidence demonstrates that the re-sale of high-quality clothing becomes especially demanded, and the market seems to increasingly offer the desired products (Gorra, 2017). According to the statistics by the Association of Resale Professionals, this market had an annual revenue of $ 24 billion in 2018, and it is anticipated that this number would increase to $ 64 billion by 2028 (NARTS, 2013). In addition to the above estimates, the market of luxury re-sale includes numerous private consumers, whose purchases are difficult to monitor. In the article that was published by the Harvard Business School, Gorra (2017) states that the interest of people in the secondary luxury market has grown exponentially, which is largely caused by intensive advertising through television, online media and billboards. For instance, such platforms as Rebag and eBay offer easy-to-navigate interfaces for the convenience of consumers. The benefits of the secondary vintage and luxury market are attractive for both sellers and buyers. The former acquire a great opportunity to reinvest their funds from vintage goods in the purchase of new clothing. For the latter, the focus on this market allows them to have a new experience since they try luxury brands for the first time. While consumers understand that this market is liquid, they are more likely to buy more clothes (Netter and Pedersen, 2019). Consequently, one can observe the emergence of a win-win system, in which consumers, brands and department stores have advantages from luxury resale (Netter and Pedersen, 2019). However, considering that these relationships between the market actors are currently at their developing state, it is essential to better understand the associated trends and challenges. Most importantly, these issues should be examined in the context of sustainable consumption and environmental impact made by the fashion industry. Topic Outline Within the last decades, the link between fashion retail and environmental sustainability became especially pronounced. The United Nations (UN) launched a sustainable development goal 12, calling to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns”, which is about making infrastructure, energy efficiency and access to ser
Diabetes Disease Diabetes is a condition that describes a group of metabolic diseases where a person’s blood sugar tends to rise above the usual and required standard (McCarthy, 2014). Individuals with high blood sugar typically experience several symptoms. One of the symptoms is the frequent passing of urine. They get thirsty most often. They also get hungry every time. It is a long-term condition. Sometimes intense weight loss or weight gain can be a symptom (McCarthy, 2014). The disease has two categories. Type 1 Diabetes is a condition where the body does not produce insulin (McCarthy, 2014). It is a condition that affects ten percent of all diabetes cases. There is also type 2 diabetes. The pancreas makes less insulin than is required by the body. The Burden of the Disease in the United States of America The population estimates of the United States in the year 2014 were approximately about three hundred million. The undiagnosed make up 27.8%. Diagnosed people add up to 21 Million Americans (Lobo, 2014). The 2009-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that more men were living with diabetes than women. 15.5 million Men had diabetes as compared to 13.4 million women. The comparison by age showed some facts too. There were 13.4 million people from the ages of 45 years to 64 years old who had Diabetes as compared to 4.3 million people between 20-44 years. From the age of 65 and above, there were only 11.2 million persons (McCarthy, 2014). The disease has become a burden to the city of Baltimore in the state of Maryland. When people, especially the very active adults die of diabetes, it robs the city of very productive citizens. The city has to reallocate billions of money to control the disease. The city has to concentrate on prevention awareness campaigns and treatment. It makes it costly both to the city and to the population. Another problem is that one can only manage diabetes. Most of the research work is yet to find a cure. There are myths people have come up with about what causes the disease. Once someone acquires the disease, it becomes part of him/her for life. With a greater percentage of people suffering from the condition, it causes laxity in the labor force and a lot of expenses in the budget. Diabetes can result in kidney damage, cardiovascular diseases, blindness, lower-limb amputations, and other expensive and incurable complications. It reduces the city’s productive labor force. Diabetes causes many complications in the body. As a result, people become unsettled at their workstations and insurance companies also have the trouble of catering for the ailments. The prevalence of diabetic adults i
Introduction South Korea is one of the Asian economic giants. The country’s economy is structured around a market economy. Currently, the country is ranked 15 th in the world by its nominal GDP and occupies a slot among the G-20 major world economies. By many standards, South Korea qualifies as a high-income economy. The country’s journey to economic success began in the early 1960s favored by several factors. The two decades that followed saw a steady growth in the country’s economy that earned it a slot amongst the fastest growing nations in the world. The country’s growth was against all odds as it suffers from overpopulation and mineral deficiency, a combination of which is detrimental to economic prosperity. It is no surprise that the country’s growth has been attributed to “the Miracle on the Han River.” Though the country’s economic growth slowed in the late 1990s, it has continued on the path of recovery and economic success to date. In 1997 when the Asian Financial Crisis hit, for instance, the country was not affected as much as the other Asian nations were. Nonetheless, it had to receive a bailout from the International Monetary Fund to restructure and jump-start its economy. Current position According to the World Bank, South Korea’s GDP stood at $1.12 Trillion in 2011. This places the country among the highly developed nations in the world like the Australia and Spain, which had a GDP of $ 1.49 Trillion and $ 1.48 respectively in 2011(World Bank 21). During the 2008/2009 economic crisis that brought many economies crumbling, South Korea’s economy was hardly scathed. In fact, the country only registered reduced economic growth of 0.2%. This resilience has been attributed to its low public debt and huge reserves. Immediately after the financial crisis, when other nations were being bailed out, South Korea registered an impressive 6.1% economic growth. Whereas huge economies such as the United States of America and Britain are yet to recover from the economic crisis, South Korea recovered almost immediately thereby re-affirming its financial might. The country’s capita income is equally impressive. In December 2011, the country’s capita income was $ 30205.60 (Tradingeconomics). This was a significant increase from the 1980 capita income, which was $ 2,300. In just 30 years, the country’s capita income has grown manifold. The country also boasts of being among the donor nations in the world today, advancing aid to other nations to offset their budget deficit. According to Bliss, “In the past few decades, South Korea has become an active member of the international development donor community” (51). During the 2008/2009 economic crisis, for instance, the co
Introduction In an organizational set up the process of decision-making can become a complex one since the decision made may have varying impacts on the stakeholders. Ethical decision-making does not necessarily imply following a set of laws or a particular religious standard. Ethical decision-making is one of the trickiest processes managers are faced with which at times requires them to apply special skills. In some cases, the process includes the application of gained experience and careful analysis of facts (Schear, p. 6). One strategy that can be used in making ethical decisions is through following already developed ethical decision-making steps. The seven steps process of ethical decision-making is one of these developed ethical decision-making guidelines. This process involves several steps which include gathering facts, identifying stakeholders and their positions concerning the idea and considering the impact the decision will have on the stakeholders (Reynolds, p. 18). In addition, this seven-step process involves weighing various principles and guidelines and developing options. The process also involves evaluating the results and decisions and analyzing the future. Main Body I used the seven-step ethical decision-making process in deciding to interview three candidates for a position in the organization. Among the three interviewees, one of the candidates had been recommended by a co-worker who had beseeched that I should give his friend a chance. However, during the interview I realized that the candidate despite having sufficient skills he was the weakest compared to the other two. As a manager it is my responsibility to ensure that the candidates I choose to fill the position possess skills and qualifications that will enable the organization achieve its development goals (Davis & Forester-Miller, p. 2). Other than being faced with the challenge of fulfilling the co-worker’s wish I was also faced with more challenges since I had to ensure the decision I made does not contradict other stakeholders’ positions. In order to decide if to hire the candidate or not I embarked on the seven-step ethical decision-making process. I started the decision-making process by collecting the facts. One of the facts I kept in mind was that I at least had little information about the candidate from the co-worker. In addition I also had in my mind the fact that a co-worker had requested for the candidate to be given a chance which I considered could influence my decision-making process. Another fact I had in mind was that I had to ensure the candidate I hire meets
According to American Marketing Association, marketing involves identifying the items and services that customers prefer. After identifying the items and services, an approach is then developed for pursuing customers to make the purchase. For marketing to be successful, it has to quench the customers’ needs (Kotler & Keller, 2009). Alternatively, marketing can be defined as the course through which organizations increase the worth of their items and services to attract the attention of customers. Additionally, the Chartered Institute of Marketing defines marketing as one of the tasks assigned to management and includes discovering, looking forward to and satisfying customer needs with the aim getting returns (Mohan, 2005). Once the marketer has discovered customers’ needs, he/she should strive to improve the quality of the goods and services. The next step entails informing the customers about the item and service whose value has been improved to meet their needs. Kotler and Keller (2009) argue that the main objective of marketing is to sensitize the public about the existence of a given item or a service. This awareness can be spread through advertising and there are many channels of advertising, which include the Internet, radio, television, posters, and billboards. When marketing an item its important to focus on the needs of the potential customers because this is what will make them want to buy the good or service. Exaggerating the features of an item or service will only drive customers away because they will feel as if they are helping someone achieve his/her sales targets. After addressing the needs of the customers, they will probably be content and refer the goods or services to their friends, which will eventually lead to organizational development. The above statement may sound too good to be true, but analyzing it from another perspective confirms that it is actually true. For instance, if an organization that sells farming equipments satisfies the needs of several customers by making the equipments more durable, the contented customers will refer other farmers who are in need of durable equipments the organization supply. As time moves by, the customers will swell and the organization will have to make more farming equipments to meet the increase in demand. Additionally, more employees will have to be brought on board to help the organization achieve its mission. In this regard, marketing is important to any given organization and thus, the success of a business rests on its marketing techniques. First, Mohan (2005) states that marketing tells the outside world about the goods and services that can be obtained from a certain organization. This suggests that people cannot tell what an org
Abstract This assignment includes several tasks that are related to my practicum experience. Much attention will be paid to such activities as SIOP lessons, tutoring, and observation of a teacher’s instructional strategies. This paper will throw light on the major lessons that can be derived from these teaching activities. Observation Reflection I have recently had an opportunity to interview a teacher, Mrs. T. who works with second-grade students. In particular, she often supports the needs of English language learners. She believes that it is critical for educators to ensure the inclusion of such students. For instance, she lays stress on the necessity to involve such learners in classroom discussions. In many cases, they are reluctant to express their views because, in their opinion, they can make grammatical or phonetic errors. However, this reluctance eventually prevents them from improving their linguistic skills or acquiring new knowledge. This is why Mrs. T. uses various strategies that can make them less isolated. In some cases, it is necessary for a teacher to change the questions that he/she asks. Furthermore, in many cases, the use of visual aids can be beneficial. To a great extent, the observation of Mrs. T. has been of great value to me, because I will be able to adopt these techniques in the future. Overall, this interview helped me better appreciate the needs of ELLs. In particular, I have been able to see that these students can be marginalized because they find it more difficult to express their views or understand learning materials. Moreover, the lack of language proficiency can eventually impair their academic achievement. This is the major pitfall that educators should avoid. Secondly, teachers may need to develop assignments that can prompt such students to use and elaborate their linguistic skills since they are critical for achieving various educational goals. Reflection on ELL Reader Tutoring One-on-one tutoring differs (to a great) extent from teaching a group of learners. This was a valuable experience for me as I learned more about the individual characteristics of the learner. This experience will help me be a more effective teacher for both individual learners and groups of students as know what challenges an individual may face. My learner, Jesus, is a second-grader and an ELL student. The boy is very intelligent and has a significant thirst for knowledge. My student’s motivation made the lesson really effective for both of us. Jesus learned a number of new words and phrases; he also acquired some techniques of text comprehension. I also learned a lot as I witnessed the student’s reluctance to discuss the reading due to lack of vocabulary. This was quite a surprise for me as my student was quite relaxed, talkative, and active. He was not shy though
Introduction Mobile Communication Devices have undergone vast changes in the way that they function, their appearance and the technologies on which they are based. There has been a constant innovation all around and the current generation of devices allow users to carry out multiple functions. Some functions available as talking, transfer of data, browsing the Internet, connecting to the home or office computers, SMS, downloading songs and movies with functions of movies and still pictures cameras. Just a couple of decades back, these devices were very huge weighing more than 40 kilograms and they had a limited range. The paper researches the history of innovation and development of mobile communication, right from the 0 generation devices to the 4 generation devices. As with other technologies, mobile communication devices took some time before they were diffused into society and turned into mass consumer goods. The paper has examined the relation between technology innovation and commercialisation and attempted to answer how one influences the other. Some innovative case studies of applications covering mobile phones, radiophones such as GIS and GSM, anti theft applications and livewire detection instruments for helicopters have been discussed. Technology Innovation Drivers and Paradigm shifts Ashton (1998) 1 has written about the paradigm shifts in England where the industrial revolution uprooted the British culture and norms and in a short span of 50 years, centuries of the Agrarian society was changed into an industrial one. While changes in society have occurred since ancient times, the changes were gradual and took centuries to impact the farmer in a rural farm. However, the industrial revolution ‘ had a great urgency and allowed no time for people to adapt to the changed circumstance’ and for many families this was very traumatic. “Overnight, farmhands left their homes and left the old and the sick and abandoned the fields and moved to the great city slums to work in fetid and unhealthy factories where the only certainty was death, either by overwork, by accident, by starvation or by disease ”. The advent of mobile communication devices and the Internet brought a paradigm shift in the way that people worked, interacted and lived and changed the speed with which communication was conducted. The devices freed people from being tethered to a fixed land line telephone and one could talk to friends, family members and contacts from anywhere and at any time. With increase in demand, technology companies suddenly realised that mobile communication devices were no more technology items but had turned into consumer goods that could be positioned and branded as a lifestyle devices and this increased the demand. With increase in demand, companies were forced to innovate and research new technologies that would