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America just like any other part of the world has undergone drastic changes in contemporary times. Some social, political, religious, and personal issues are very new. If our ancestors were to rise from the dead they would find it hard, to understand some of the things present in American popular culture. Surely, change is inevitable and necessary for development. Running from social networks across the internet, through entry of females in politics and substance abuse amongst youth to sex scandals within churches, no one can deny that for the last forty years America has undergone drastic changes. Socially, America has experienced one of the greatest revolutions ever experienced in social arena. Arrival of internet heralded entry of social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and Friendster to mention but a few. Through these sites, friends and aliens alike can connect, share information, have fun, start relationships, or start businesses among other issues. The arrival of Myspace in 2003 was just but the beginning of more revolutions to come. In nature, human beings are social animals; therefore, they would seize any opportunity to socialize and this explains why many people are members of one or more social networking sites. According to Facebook (2010), it boasts over 400 million active users. Joining these sites is free with no restriction to age, color, education, or social status. As long as someone can access the internet, he/she qualifies to be a member. Ten years ago, finding a long-term life partner was relegated to the lonely; however, nowadays it is a popular habit in society. Apart from getting long-term partners, chat rooms for gay, lesbians or single mothers among others are well at work. The likes of Nietzsche would view this social revolution as an answer to “filling emptiness in the human existence” (Hollingdale, 1973, p. 19). In these networking sites, there are virtual versions of human activities like sending birthday gifts and cakes, owning undersea gardens, and other virtual issues that create fun and enliven lives. People are even learning of job opportunities through these sites. Unfortunately, there is a dark side of this social revolution. Most people do not utilize privacy in these sites; therefore, they end up revealing too much information to the world. This is dangerous. Regrettably, community is disintegrating; people no longer know their neighbors, children are becoming antisocial for lack of exposure. Most people are wasting a lot of precious time chatting with people they will never meet and the chat yields to nothing. Studies show that more people are becoming obsessed with internet and soon many will be headed into rehab. Young people are becoming lazier by spending more time in the internet. The long-term effects of this behavior are unproductive society with broken social norms and disintegrated communication skills. Politically, 2006 was a year of revolution, as Sarah Palin became the first female governor in history of America; consequently, she went on to become McCain’s running mate in 2008 general elections. Talking
How has President Obama Changed the Nature of US Foreign Policy? Most achievements of Obama’s foreign policy originate from assuming several policies from Bush. Also, other achievements of Obama originate from assuming a number of the strategic doctrines from the Bush government. Some strategic values by Bush government, which became either overlooked or belittled during campaigns, have currently been held by Obama. Some of the values that Bush held closely include the defensive use of force, discriminatory unilateralism, powerful executive authority, democracy support and enormous power associations (Inboden 2011). First, the defensive use of force is the planned doctrine at the rear of the government’s campaign of deterrent whine strikes in opposition to terrorists in regions, such as, Yemen and Pakistan, which cold be scheming against America. Second, discriminatory unilateralism became utilized to define the Obama government’s actions in opposition to Osama, with much of the structure leading the drone actions. For instance, the Obama government made some resolutions regarding Afghanistan devoid of synchronization with aggravated NATO followers. Third, Obama has a powerful executive authority, which typified the government’s insolence of the legislature for the Libya battle, in addition to, much of the governments’ counterterrorism lawful framework. Fourth, President Obama encourages democracy rather than autocratic strength. Lastly, Obama has vast power dealings founded on shared principles, which aids in elucidating why subsequent to its first grip of Russia and China, the government finally switched. Thus, Obama is merely continuing Bush’
Purchasing has a significant financial impact on business by regulating the issues of quality and delivery of goods. With the changing competitive landscape, the implementation of the effective purchasing strategies is critical for the success of the company. Spend analysis is one of the important stages of developing the purchasing strategies, which requires collaborative efforts and critical analysis of a group of specialists and cannot be performed using sophisticated applications only. The spend analysis is utilized by the purchasing team for solving a wide range of problems, including the examination of spending patterns, identification of gaps which need to be filled and areas which could be improved. The comparative analysis of the costs which are spent on various categories of products and the profits which are achieved from them can be helpful for evaluating the effectiveness of the purchasing choices. The performance of various suppliers is another important point of spend analysis, which can be useful for answering the question whether the cooperation with them is profitable and if there are any more advantageous alternatives. After collecting all the necessary data, the purchasing team processes it and translates it into the information, which can be helpful for the identification of possible improvements in the purchasing patterns, the choice of the suppliers and the terms for cooperation with them. The analysis of the collected data is a complex process that requires well-developed skills of critical thinking and collaboration of a group of specialists and cannot be performed by utilizing applications only. Considering the wide variety of information which undergoes the spend analysis, the choice of the approach depends upon the peculiarities of particular questions under consideration. Though there is no universal recipe for conducting the spend analysis, it always demands professionalism and flexibility from the purchasing personnel for analyzing the large quantities of diversified data, drawing the appropriate conclusions from it and translating them into the useful purchasing patterns and strategies. “The types of tools used can range from relatively sophisticated statistical techniques, such as regression analysis to simple graphing techniques, such as Pareto charts” (Bozarth & Handfield, 2006, p. 352). The sophisticated spend analysis applications can be useful for processi
The novelette ‘Blackberry Winter’ recounts one eventful day in Seth’s childhood when he was years old. Blackberry winter is referring to a cold weather in June. The story happens in Tennessee. The story has a backward observation. For example, “But I did follow him, all the years,” (Warren 41), clearly indicates that the narrator is talking about a story that happened 35 years ago. Heroism is one key aspect that is manifested in the story. The country is witnessing what Seth’s mother refers to as blackberry winter (Warren.26). Although it is unreasonably cold, Seth is setting out barefoot even after being warned by his mother. However, he manages to sneak out without his mother realizing it. In all his movements, Seth is walking barefoot despite the harsh weather. While Seth is warming himself at the fireplace, he sees a man coming from the wood towards his canon house. From his description, the narrator says that the man was coming through a path that no one passed through, apart from hunters or those who wanted to fish but only with his father’s permission, but the strange man was very brave as to go through the scary path (Warren 26). As the man approached, Bully was ready to send him back but the man was not deterred. This is an aspect of heroism. The man goes to the extent of scaring the huge dog with a knife (Warren 28). The writer says, ‘pulling his knife against the dog was a funny thing to do’ (Warren 28). As the narrator says, naturally any woman would be afraid to come into contact with such a strange man. Seth says that his mother was very confident and a self reliant person who faced the dirty, scary strange man. The narrator says that the man’s eyes were bloodshot (Warren 29). When the narrator went to see the flooded creek, he saw a cow jumping over the fence up the creek. Despite the threatening effects of the flood, the cow emerges heroic and as the narrator says, a boy had commented that the cow’s owner would be proud to see it a strong jumper. Jebb is also a symbol of heroism, “….up in his seventies…… but he was as strong as a bull.” (Warren 37). The narrator says that even after the death of his parents, he still recalls that June day because of the many adventurous moments in that June day. “Pow Wow Highway” David Seal’s “Pow Wow Highway” bears various similarities with ‘Patterns of the Hero Journey’ as highlighted by Joseph Campbell. Campbell says that in the departure stage, there is the call to adventure, just as Gary Farmer goes on a sojourn in a bid to find his medicine. As a result, he is involved in trading marijuana and alcohol as he aspires to acquire the status of a warrior. When Farmer’s estranged sister (Bonnie) get herself arrested in New Mexico, Famer seeks to help her and her two children. Farmer has to make this necessary journey to New Mexico on a road trip (Seal 56). Along the way, he encounters various twists and turns, and he has to make frequent stops as well. While moving on the Powwow Highway, it finally dawns on Farmer and a friend who is traveling with him that they are now facing the dreams and realities of the present-day United States. Joseph
It should be noted that warehouse management is a process that requires a considerate approach to handling commodities and orientation at work processes reduction. The basic criteria that are essential in any method of warehousing include the prevention of safety incidents, quality errors, and efficient and smart storing of items. More importantly, all the operations should be aimed at increasing the productivity and speeding up the shipping process. The purpose of this paper is to consider the particular ways of achieving efficiency and effectiveness in warehouse management. Effectiveness and Efficiency Effective warehouse management assumes a clear and accurate accounting of the goods and the availability of reliable data on warehouse stocks. It can be achieved by means of a Lean approach to storing goods ( Behind the scenes of Amazon warehouse 2015). This approach assumes that it is necessary to identify those factors that lead to delays in work and cause large stocks ( Behind the scenes of Amazon warehouse 2015). To apply this system, it is necessary to review the documents, tools, and commodities and remove all the unnecessary items. Then, it is useful to distribute the item
“For the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world…… For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate” (Camus, 1989, p.109). “I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world” Does life actually have a meaning? This is the question that most philosophers, theologists, scientists as well as other academic scholars ponder to answer. Meursault is trying to bring out the philosophy of absurdity of life in this episode. The assertion of this philosophy is that life has no redeemed or rational meaning. That is there is no purpose or discernible meaning of the human existence. The reason is that what happened in the past has no meaning and the only thing that matters in our lives is what is presently happening since we do not know what will be happening in the future. Given the fact that there is no real meaning of life does not necessarily mean that people should lead a life of despair, rather people should live there moral and humanist life. This is clearly illustrated with Meursault acceptance of the gentle indifference with things around him. After realizing that there is no difference between being executed and waiting to die at old age, Meursault find piece with him and the society that persecuted him. Critically looking at the Meursault life processes, the implication of this is that moral orders have no natural or rational basis. However, we should not approach life with a moral indifference. In as much as the universe may present itself as cold and indifferent, we should always uphold the human dignity and moral values. This is what the final episode of Meursault life portrays. “…. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone” (Camus, 1989, p.109) What matters to Meursault is the escape to freedom from the machineries of justice that condemned him to death. He came to the reality that when life has ended so too is existence. This also brings him to the realization that the hope of salvation from God is pointless rather an obscurity of the realities of death. In fact, the way of life in the world is substantial and the meaning of life is exposed through events that are being experienced at that particular time. For this reason, Meursault find it difficult to connect to those who show concern to the social conventions that are found in the world around them. Quite absurd, Meursault feel deprived of the physical pleasure when for instance; he was put in prison for emotionless behavior. This does not mean that people do not follow the conventional societal beliefs neither do they believe in God nor salvation but rather the absurdity of existence. If we can all share in this belief then we should enjoy life. It is the enjoyment that is derived from
Introduction The business world is getting more competitive each day; as the competitive nature of the business environment increases, there is a need for business organizations to develop strategies that will ensure that they remain competitive and do not lose popularity with the consumers. One of the most important aspects that will ensure that the business organizations are able to remain competitive and meet the customer expectations is the quality of the products and services that are offered by the organization. In today’s business environment, customers want value for their money; they are willing to pay more for the products and services that they are getting, but they want to get quality products and services for the money that they pay. Recognizant of the need for offering quality products and services, organizations are investing even more into their businesses to ensure that they are able to meet customer expectations. Thus for most of the business organizations, quality has been recognized as the major component of a product or service, which will ultimately determine the popularity of the product in the market. The organizations are investing in resources to ensure that the quality that is demanded from the customers is available; because the customers are willing to meet the price as long as they get quality products, the organizations can be able to recover the investments that have been made in order to get the required quality (Caldwell 2004). One of the key area s which can determine the quality of the products and services is the human resource department; the human personnel in an organization are responsible for the process of designing products and services to be offered by the organization. It is also worth noting that it is the same people who will be responsible for the implementation of the developed plans so as to deliver quality. It is one thing to come up with good ideas, but implementing the same ideas into products and services is another thing. In line with this, most of the organizations are making numerous efforts to ensure that they are able to recruit the best human resource personnel. They are carrying out rigorous recruitment exercises to ensure that they get the best-suited persons to fit the qualifications for the working personnel that they need in the organizations. However, getting and maintaining a highly competent workforce also comes at a high cost especially in such a highly competitive workforce and therefore there is a need to continuously review the benefits and rewards which are offered
Introduction One of the most appealing aspects of William Faulkner’s short story A Rose for Emily is that the readers’ exposure to the main character of Emily Grierson provides them with a better understanding of what accounts for the effects of the socially oppressive circumstances onto the process of an individual becoming mentally insane. There is, however, even more to it – the concerned story makes it possible for readers to gain an in-depth insight into what the notion of ‘grotesque’ stands for. In my paper, I will explore the validity of this idea at length, while arguing that the character of Emily can indeed be referred to, as this notion’s actual epitome. I will also aim to show that this character’s grotesqueness is being extrapolated by the fact that, throughout most of her life, Emily used to actively defy what the 19 th century’s conventions of public ethics in America. Body of the paper Probably the main qualitative feature of the notion of ‘grotesque’ is that it is being essentially synonymous with the Freudian concept of ‘uncanny’: “An uncanny experience occurs either when infantile complexes which have been repressed are once more revived by some impression, or when primitive beliefs which have been surmounted seem once more to be confirmed” (Freud 2). These primitive beliefs derive out of one’s unconscious fear of the ‘unnatural’, as such that presupposes danger. And, it can hardly be argued that the story A Rose for Emily does in fact emanate the strongly defined spirit of ‘unnaturalness’. The validity of this suggestion can be well illustrated, in regards to the utterly unnatural lifestyle of Emily, who consciously strives to act in the socially withdrawn manner: “After her father’s death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her” (Faulkner 2). After all, in order for a person to be able to maintain its sanity, he or she must socialize with others periodically. This, however, is not the case with Emily – after having realized that she would not be able to live up to the patriarchal ideal of womanhood, she decides to cut just about all the ties, which used to connect her to the surrounding social reality. Yet, Emily continues to believe that there was nothing particularly odd about her socially secluded lifestyle. It is needless to mention, of course, that this alone makes it possible for us to discuss Emily in terms of a grotesque figure – the character’s very behavioral pattern reveals that she never experienced much of an emotional distress, while living in the ‘world of her own’. Nevertheless, it is specifically the story’s shocking ending, which removes any possible doubts, as to the fact that Emily can indeed be deemed a strongly grotesque (in the sense of being unnatural) character. The reason for this is that, as this ending reveals, Emily used to share a bed with the corpse of Homer
In the legendary “Prisoners’ dilemma” (Game theory), described in length by Mankiw and Taylor( 2006), two prisoners under interrogation in separate rooms are both given the choice of confessing to a crime they both were caught in and in doing so are assured of reduction in their sentence. If, however, one decides to be quiet and his accomplice confesses, he would receive a major sentence while the other would go free. If both decide to keep quiet, they would receive an extremely light sentence. Due to self-interests, they both decide to confess to the crime, and instead of receiving, say, one year for silence, they receive eight for confession. This is the same scenario that exists when individuals fight over a limited resource. Commonly known as the “tragedy of the commons” (Fitzmaurice and Szuniewicz, 2003), the fight over limited resources has been a never-ending issue in many regions of the world, To explore more on this issue, this research paper will focus on the Niger Delta region. In this case, we will consider its location, population distribution, and trend over the years, and also the economic situation that causes this exploitation to be enhanced. Physical Geography The Niger Delta is a relatively large region in the western part of Africa and it covers almost a third of the wetland in Africa. It also hosts the third largest mangrove forest in the world in the Niger Delta Province. Therefore, the delta is mainly a wetland and heavy in vegetation, which is probably the underlying reason for the abundance of crude oil (Peters, 2006, para. 2). The delta is also one of the world’s major producers of palm oil and thus shows the extent of agricultural potential in the region. It is located at the border of Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon. It is a system that hosts several natural gas reservoirs and also exploits millions of barrels of crude oil. With its efficiency at 45%, the system is yet to be explored to its full capacity yet already, heavy damage to the environment has already been experienced. Population Geography The Niger Delta, just like in mainland Nigeria, is quite diverse, and more often than not the communities in the delta are known to fight over the little available dry land that is surrounded by the small creeks. In the seventeenth century, Portuguese settlers found a pop