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The poem Dressmaker written by Éireann Lorsung is an example of a blank verse. It is not a fixed form of poetry, and the author does not have to follow certain rhyming patterns or structure. Overall, this literary work demonstrates that poetry can explore different themes and subjects and that it can highlight the richness and diversity of human experiences. This is one of the points that can be made. In this poem, the author focuses on the work of a dress-maker who handles textiles, needles, pins, and so forth. This is the main subject of this poem. This text is full of words that may not be familiar to the wide audience. For instance, one can mention Burano lace or cinnabar (Lorsung unpaged). However, one can say that the subject significantly differs from the theme of this poem, and this literary work has a much deeper meaning. It seems that Éireann Lorsung focuses the richness of human perception and the inability of words to render the feelings and emotions of an individual. This is one of the main ideas that the writer emphasizes in Dressmaker . By looking at this poem from this perspective, one can better understand this literary work and the message that the writer wanted to convey. Éireann Lorsung wants the readers to be interested both in the subject and the theme of the poem. For instance, the author gives readers insights into the work of a tailor and his/her experiences. The writer achieves this goal in a very unusual way; namely she includes the terms that are often used by dress-makers and uses them in a poetic way. This is one of the details that immediately attract the attention of the readers. One can argue that the theme of this work is also worth attention. Éireann Lorsung skillfully demonstrates the complexity and richness of human sensations and she does it by relying on vivid imagery, musical devices, and so forth. In this way, the writer explores the complexity of individual’s feelings and emotions. This is one of main aspects that should be emphasized. Another issue that should be discussed is the musical devices that Éireann Lorsung adopts in this work. In particular, one can speak about the repetition of words and sounds, especially consonants. For example, one can look at the following line, ‘’Nothing touches like tan velvet touches” (Lorsung unpaged). In this case, the writer employs consonance when describing the experience of the character. Nevertheless, one should pay more attention to the figurative language of the author. For instance, one can speak about personification. This means that the author ascribes the actions of a human being to inanimate objects. When Éireann Lorsung speaks about textiles, the author uses the following words, “Now the cracks come because what gives without taking?”(Lorsung unpaged). In this case, the author strongly relies on irony when depicting the experiences of the character. The most i
The story summary (the story is for the third-grade students). Every Dog Has its Day Roscoe was a bulldog. As all bulldogs, he was big and ugly. He was a kind dog, but unfortunately, he was not smart. When Roscoe’s owner went to work, he left him chained up outside. Roscoe was nice to all of his neighbors. He did not even bother a rat, living nearby. A group of pupils regularly passed Roscoe on their way to school. One day, one of the schoolboys had a candy bar that smelled incredibly. Roscoe wanted it so badly that he even jumped up when the boy was passing next to him. He even tried to run up the desired candy bar in the boy’s hands, but he was chained, and of course, it stopped him. As the boys realized Roscoe was a hostage of the chain, they started mocking him each day. They always tried to laugh at him. They called him names. They teased him. They threw things at him, but they never left him alone. Roscoe became very sad. He started losing his hair, and he even got sick. The rat, who lived nearby, felt sorry about Roscoe. She felt it was very unfair to mock Roscoe because he was a good dog, nice to every individual around him. So, she decided to help the dog. One day she started gnawing through Roscoe’s leather chain. She did not end, but the bullies came. Again, they started making fun of the poor dog. However, this time, Roscoe felt that he was free as the leather chain eventually tore. He ran up to the boys. Although all of them managed to escape, one boy slipped and fell. Roscoe saw he was very scared, and he felt very pity for him. So he approached the boy, and started gently licking his hand. After this day, the boy convinced his friends to stop bullying Roscoe. That was the dog’s day! Since that day, Roscoe knew that every dog and even every rat, and any living creature had their day! An introduction of new vocabulary Before reading the story to the class, the teacher will introduce the new words that will help the class in grasping the main idea of the story. To engage students in the learning process, the teacher will ask them to help her in giving definitions to the new words. So, as she offers each new word, one by one, she asks students to make their own definitions of those words. For example, she names the new word bother , and she puts it down on the board. Then she asks a question: “Who can help me in telling what bother is?” One of the students raises his hand and says that it means disturbing or annoying someone . The teacher praises the pupil and puts his answer down on the board. The same procedure is done for the following list of the new words: burst, charged, growl
Summar Micronutrients are the combined phrases pertaining to vital vitamins and trace minerals. Insufficient intake of them is now accepted as a significant contributor to the worldwide problems of illness through increased rates of sickness and death from communicable diseases by reducing resistant and non-resistant defenses and by reducing the quality, value, and degree of normal functioning or development, and of impairment such as mental disability. Vitamin A deficiency Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a widespread cause of avoidable blindness and a risk factor for increased intensity of infectious disease and mortality (Rice, West, and Black 2004). One of the first indications of minimal VAD is night blindness. If VAD gets worse, extra signs of exophthalmia arise, ultimately resulting in blindness. Iron Deficiency Deficiency results from inadequate consumption of iron or excess loss. The iron deficit is the main cause of anemia, though vitamin A deficit, folate insufficiency, malaria, and HIV as well result in anemia. Iron deficiency results in neurological disability, which may not be entirely reversible (Grantham-McGregor and Ani 1999). Lastly, iron deficiency is recognized to reduce immune purposes, but some studies have also theorized that shortage defends against infectious illness or that iron supplementation adds to infectious illness (Caulfield, Richard, and Black 2004). Iodine deficiency Iodine is essential for the thyroid hormones that control development, growth, and metabolism and is necessary to avoid goiter and cretinism. Insufficient ingestion can result in damaged logical progress and physical development. A variety of disabilities resulting from iodine deficiency are pertained to as iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) (Hetzel 1983) and can comprise fetal loss, stillbirth, congenital irregularities, and hearing injury. The greater part of deficient individuals experiences moderate psychological mental deficiency. Zinc Deficiency Zinc is ever-present inside the body and is very important to protein production, cellular development, and cellular separation. Zinc insufficiency results from insufficient ingestion and, to some degree, increased losses. Deficiency can also in effect by losses through diarrheal disease. Clinical appearances of severe deficit comprise of growth abnormality, damaged resistant function, skin disorders, hypogonadism, loss of appetite, and intellectual dysfunction. A mild to moderate shortage of zinc increases vulnerability to disease, and the advantages of zinc supplementation on the resistant system are well recognized (Shankar and Prasad 1998). Zinc can avoid and lessen the severity of diarrhea and pneumonia (Zinc Investigators’ Collaborative Group and others 1999, 2000) and as well may lessen malaria incidence in young children (Caulfield, Richard, and Black 2004). What are some similarities and differences between macro- and micronutrients? Why is it important to understand
The smartphones industry, which has phone makers like Apple, HTC, LG, Samsung, and Lenovo, falls under the Electronic Computer Manufacturing section of the NAICS, with code 33-4111. The industry takes a similar category name and category number 3571 in the SIC classification. Market size By 2020, the smartphones market will have reached USD 608.4 billion. Currently, the market is dominated by the Asia-Pacific region, which commands 40.7 of the total share. Europe, which comes second, has a 32.2 percent market share. Shipments for the year 2014 third quarter were 327 million units (Elise par. 1-3). Scope of rivalry Competition is very high for all market segments, with companies launching marketing campaigns and new products frequently throughout the year. The number of rivals is more than 50. Apple sold 74.8 million phones or 20.2 market share, while Samsung sold 73 million (19.9 percent market share) phones, and Lenovo took a 6.6 market share in 2014 (Chowdhry par. 2-3). Growth rate and industry stage Shipments have been growing yearly. The third quarter of 2013 had 261.7 million units shipped. Emerging markets globally have a growth rate of more than 30 percent (IDC par. 4-5). The phone industry is on a mature stage. Forward/backward integration Manufacturers conduct trade among themselves for phone components and provide standardized accessories that work with both newer and older models in most cases. Channels of distribution Distribution happens online, in traditional retail channels, and through carriers or company stores. Process and technology change Feature phones were dominating the phone industry A few years ago, but now even emerging markets have a high prevalence of smartphones. Premium models now have metallic full body designs and fingerprint readers; technology and manufacturing process change fast. Product differentiation Smartphones are different in their make and operating systems, but overall they perform the same functions. It is the consumer tastes and preferences that determine the popularity of a given make. However, the main differences are that Apple phones run on the iOS, Blackberry phones run on the Blackberry OS, Microsoft phones run on the Windows OS, while many others, including Samsung, LG, and HTC, run on Android OS. Smartphones also have different specifications, such as metallic bodies, removable or non-removable covers, and different wireless connectivity capabilities. Economies of scale in purchasing, distribution, advertising Large manufacturers like Samsung, Microsoft, and Apple have considerable global distribution capacities that allow them to launch different smartphone makes in various markets simultaneously. They also have enough marketing resources to sensitize consume
Introduction The term “epistemology” stems from the ancient Greek words episteme meaning ‘knowledge’ and logos meaning ‘account.’ Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the understanding of knowledge (Hetherington 2). Even though Aristotle was one of Plato’s disciples, he had a different view of the world. In the following essay, I will examine both theories and use examples, as well as my belief, to illustrate the validity of one of the approaches and understand the subject of knowledge. Plato’s Epistemology Plato first introduced epistemological problems to an Athenian audience in the fourth century BC with his influential dialogues, which signified the beginning of systematic western epistemology (Hetherington 9). Plato’s questions about knowledge are still relevant today and are among philosophy’s key epistemological challenges. Other philosophers were often the main characters in Platonic dialogues, as Socrates, for instance, was portrayed as the linking between the present knowledge and what we knew from a previous life (Hetherington 10). Epistemological thinking of Plato is characterized by its metaphysical nature and specific metaphysical conclusions that the philosopher made. The concept of a Form is one of the most famous and controversial Platonic ideas, which is based on the blend of epistemology and metaphysics. According to Plato, Forms are abstract and universal properties existing nowhere and everywhere at once (Hetherington 11). Thus, there is a corresponding Form, or an Idea, for any comprehensible thing or property, but the transient world we live in is a poor imitation of the constant world of the Forms. To illustrate the concept, let us provide an example from everyday life. Suppose there is a red house and a tall person living in it, which exists in reality. The house and its inhabitant are particular objects with their unique properties, such as the house’s color and the person’s height. There is also a variety of other houses in the world with different people living in them, but the Form and the general idea of a house, or a person, is always constant in time and space. Therefore, one thing in general (i.e., a house) can be many things in particular (i.e., green house, or red house), since a singular Form can represent itself in plural objects. It is also worth mentioning the Allegory of the Cave , in which Plato explains the relationship between people and the world of the Forms. In the Republic , Plato uses the instance of people living in the cave to illustrate the gap between the ever-changing world and the unchanging world where the Forms exist. T
Introduction With increased number of accidents, more and more people are joining the disabled bracket. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most devastating possible outcomes of an accident as it results into disability (Wilder, 2006). The loss of sensation that comes with SCIs impacts severely on the social role of an individual. Occupational therapy, as a profession, has been instrumental in ensuring that disabled people lead a meaningful and purposeful life (Turner, 2003). This paper analyses a case in which an individual which was involved in a car accident, thereby sustaining an injury to the spinal cord, seeks for a suitable work. The paper is written from an employment consultant’s viewpoint and supposed to provide a plan on how the victim (Philip) can be assisted to develop and achieve a vocationally-relevant goal. Philip has already gone through a comprehensive rehabilitation program and, therefore, feels that it is appropriate for him to reintegrate into the community. Situation brief Philip, aged 37, went through a terrible past that was a car accident that severed his spine at T2. He has been through rehabilitation and now feels re-energized and wants to get his life back. Philip has maintained the upper body strength he had before the accident. He manages all the personal activities and even prefers to use the manual wheelchair for shorter distances. He wants to get a job and live like everyone else. The problem is that his current state cannot allow him to go back to his previous job as a roof tiler. There are some points to take into account: before the accident, Philip was a very social person with many friends. He considers himself to be an achiever and therefore, he is not satisfied with the disconnected life he is currently leading. According to Philip, an ideal job for him will be the one that allows him to stay in contact with others, that is not too repetitive, and involves music, if possible. He is willing to take a course that will help him get a job. Nature of Philip’sdisability As per the case brief, Philip’s spinal cord was severed at the thoracic level two (T2). Medical data indicates that thoracic injuries from T1 to T8 result in paraplegia. The paraplegia causes a complete loss of sensation in the lower limbs, and poor trunk control that occurs due to the loss of abdominal muscle control (Alpert & Wisnia, 2008). In most cases, persons with this class of spinal injuries have full control of their upper limbs. Additionally, affected individuals may develop impotence, urinary and faecal incontinence. Though, medical literature states that this people may require all round assistance, this is not true in Philip’s case. The case brief provided shows that Philip is able to accomplish most of his daily tasks on his own (Andrew & Contento, 2010). He only receives assistance ones a week. This implies that he has full control of his upper limbs and the trunk to some extent. This will be confirmed before identifying a suitable vocational program for him. Nevertheless, a suitable occup
Situation Analysis The Canadian coffee market is experiencing very fast growth as competition intensifies among the industry players. Each of the industry players is seeking to be established strategically within the market as a way of cementing their positions as retailers of the commodity. Just Us! only operates within a smaller market area in Nova Scotia, yet it requires to expand the market outreach to effectively beat the growing competition from other players. Competition is mainly based on the fair trade coffee concept, which is more than a mere product brand. Objectives The unique business ideology, the focus on retail and wholesale business, as well as the specialised market approach will enable Just Us! to penetrate into newer markets other than the traditional Nova Scotia market. Just Us! will effectively break into the entire Canadian market in 2015. Company Analysis Just Us! has its goals focused on achieving significant viability and sustaining progressive Fair Trade business that serves the workers, the society, and takes into account the aspect of environmental sustainability. The company’s culture is rooted in the idea of returning value, especially to the community of producers who often are taken advantage of by the middlemen. The unique Just Us! cafe experience is set to attract more coffee consumers just to share in the experience. The unique cafes have revolutionised the coffee business as they offer buyers with an all new experience that varies greatly from the traditional shopping experience. More buyers are likely to embrace and appreciate this new model, resulting in the company making huge sales and revenues in return. Opportunities Exclusive coffee shops and cafes have strongly grown and become embraced fully by the market. People have integrated this practise into their lifestyles, thereby providing a rising demand for the commodity and related services. In turn, this offers Just Us! a lucrative and highly promising market to serve. Competitive Advantage Sources Just Us! is a strong enterprise that has expanded its product line to include a variety of products, including sugar, tea, and chocolate. These wide ranges of products are organically manufactured. This helps the company to attract a significant number of customers. Additionally, Just Us! has strategically established its coffee cafes within the compounds of various university institutions. This is a critically strong area for the company because most of
Introduction Capacity is an upper limit of services that can be provided or products that can be produced. If an operating unit offers less than clients require, it can lose its market share, but if supply exceeds demand it may lead to additional costs. It is an option to sell the excess, in some situations, introduce new products and services, or transfer manufacturing to a location with lower labor costs (Stevenson, 2014). However, these are only temporary decisions, and it is best to prepare in advance to avoid over-capacity by a strategic managerial approach. Main body The way companies plan their capacity depends on the area of their operations, the technology they employ, fluctuations in demand, and other factors. In some organizations, capacity choices are made once for a long time, while in others, they are regularly audited. One of the main aspects of this process is defining the capacity metrics of an operating unit and calculating its design capacity, effective capacity, and actual output (Stevenson, 2014). However, it is equally important to collect information and make predictions regarding long-term demand dynamics. In some areas, demand volatility becomes a serious problem for capacity planners but some trends such as seasonable fluctuations and predicted economic difficulties associated with decreases in purchasing power could be recognized. Seasonal variations lead to unevenness in capacity requirements, but knowing them in advance, managers can make certain allowances (Stevenson, 2014). Production processes or offering services or facilities can be scheduled the way to minimize losses. Capacity planners can employ several effective strategies. First, they can design flexibility into the systems introducing provisions for future expansion (Stevenson, 2014). It is also advisable to identify the stage of development of an operation unit since the optimal capacity would be different for products or services that have just been introduced, seized a large part of the market, or entered a decline stage (Stevenson, 2014). When planning an expansion, it is also essential to look at “the big picture” (Stevenson, 2014). One should evaluate how different parts of an operating unit would correspond to the planned growth. Conclusion Although different strategies can be used, there are several essential steps. They include estimating future capacity requirements, evaluating the existing capacity, investigating alternatives, and, after the implementation, monitoring performance (Stevenson, 2014). Employing developed capacity planning strategies can ensure that a company avoids under- and over-capacity.