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Introduction This is a critic of The Bach Variations: A Philharmonic Festival by András Schiff (pianist) held on April 6, 2013. The Bach Variations concert took place at the New York Philharmonic’s Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. Bach composed the keyboard concertos for the harpsichord, but Schiff played the same on a modern piano. In fact, the play at the Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor and No. 3 in D major enthralled the listeners. Critics and audience have known Schiff from the 20 th century as one of the most successful pianists of the century (Swed 1). Schiff has become a promoter for playing Bach’s keyboard music by using the current grand piano. He has remained the most illuminating and moving piano player of the time. The Critique of The Bach Variations Schiff showed the impression of an experienced musician as he turned the concert into an impeccable performance of the night. He entered the well-lit stage and took his place at the piano methodically. The hall dimmed as the light turned on the artist. Schiff’s performance reflected the pristine articulation with variations in rhythms. Watching Schiff play, the audience could not realize that he was relying on the works of Bach’s harpsichord (Tommasini 1). In the past years, Schiff has emerged has the leading Bach interpreter of his time. Schiff’s Bach festival expressed an accomplished pianist, who could perform in a cantabile manner throughout the concert. The dominance of the lyricism was also evident in Schiff’s concert, which was nuance and flexible to the end. Schiff was powerful and virtuosic as the concert demanded because
Another world is not probable without women who claim their rights at the ongoing World Social Forum. “We want our rights” shouted the women taking part in the women’s rally arranged by the Feminist Dialogue Coordinating Group. Over 500 people took part in the demonstration around Kasarani Stadium. The women’s assembly was featured by chanting of various women’s rights matters and mottos, lots in English, as well as playing music and dancing. It concluded into a march. Lots of solidarity messages were nevertheless stated in English, Spanish and French. For the decades, the number of women entering the workplace increased at a sweltering rapidity, fostering an influential cultural and financial alteration of world society. But since the mid-1990s, the increase in the deal of adult women working outside the home has stopped. While the modification has been underway a little bit, it was originally regarded by lots of experts as simply a gap in the longer-term association of women. But now, social researchers are engaged in a heated discussion over whether the gender rebellion at work may be ended. Is this shift confirmation for the accepted notion that lots of mothers are again concluding that they prefer to stay at home and take care of their kids? Maybe, but lots of researchers are coming to various conclusions: women are not selecting to stay out of the workforce due to a change in approaches, the state. Rather, the broad rearrangement of women’s lives that permitted most of them to follow jobs outside the home emerges to be hitting some grave restrictions. Since the 1960s, millions of women refigured bits of their lives, removing more time to hold jobs and vocations from every nook and crevice of the day. They married later and had a smaller amount of kids. They turned to labor-saving tools and paid others to help grip household work; they influenced the men in their lives to do more tasks. Despite all these manifestations, women still aim to have families, bear children, and so on. Some just consider, that career is more significant, but if it is successful, they are sucked by it, if not – young women consider themselves to be unsuccessful and not adapted to having children. Most successful women, who have victorious careers start thinking over the plans of having their own families when they are 35 and older. But this time is generally featured by almost lost opportunities. But the destiny of the lifelong housewife is also not the best variant. Compromise should be found: women devote enough time to career, but never forgets to creating a family, and further – for growing up children. This would be the best variant for everyone, as it offers a balance, which lots of people lack very much. Conclusion The illusion, that women would replace men in the men’s work will always be an illusion. People are meant to be sexually equal, women will not be able to cope with men’s obligations, and vice versa, in spite of the ten
Introduction Due to the rapid changes in the demographic situation , associated with the drastically growing geographic mobility, ageing and strengthening of the so-called middle class in the developed and partly in the developing countries, healthcare system management is becoming a challenging issue (Hillman, p.28). The most disputed question, the point of global debate, is the source of healthcare system financing. Nowadays, it is possible to identify two popular models of medicine organization: socialized healthcare, which implies placing the responsibility for covering the cost of medical services provided to the citizens, and insurance-based system, which combines guaranteed governmental coverage of certain groups and shared reimbursement obligations which citizens and employers perform (Carrier, Howard and Kourany, p. 208). The United States healthcare system is organized according to the second principle and is widely criticized for low cost-effectiveness and problems with universal access to the corresponding services. The present paper is intended to research the theory and practice of social medicine, including its strengths and weaknesses, and demonstrate that publicly-funded healthcare can be used in the United States as the option, along with the public and private insurance systems. A brief overview of the concept and history of social medicine As Brochu writes, the term “social medicine” is used to describe a system of publicly administered national health care. This system can range from programs in which the government runs hospitals and health organizations to programs in which there is national universal health care” (Brochu, par.1). Social medicine was introduced in Europe in the late 19 th -early 20 th century, as governments were dissatisfied with the existing fee system. Leys identifies two factors which contributed to the healthcare reform: firstly, the standards of medical services were growing, accordingly, they became unaffordable to the majority of the population; secondly, the incomes of lower classes were growing much slower than physician fees, so there was an objective need for government’s intervention (Leys, p.243). As a result, the contemporary German admin
Introduction Laws are a major contributor of how people behave and how they relate to each other. Our relationships with the people who live around us are molded by the existing laws. Man’s everyday activities ranging from buying of commodities to selling of products and everything else is done and made formal through a binding law. Law can be written or oral which ever seems convenient to use by the parties involved. Some people sign contracts which are a form of law while others agree orally which itself can also be a form of law if there were people who were specifically invited to witness. The law represents a society value system imposing both the required rights and obligations, punishing those who behave against the society will. However, to make these laws succeed and function properly; there is a language which is used (legal language) which enables the exchange of information as well as the understanding of the involved parties easier. From an institution perspective, law can be described as a linguistic institution. Everything in law is communicated through a specific language (coded) and the concepts of understanding the law itself are coded through the same language. Almost every legal process involves the use of a language. The legal processes indicated above ranges from proceedings in the courts to investigations conducted by the police and also to the management of prisoners. This is a clear identification that contacts through which we as people are able to communicate with other people are guided and controlled by the language. The language has to be common for the message to be understood since without a common language, people could never understand each other. Studies investigating the relationship between law and language have been ongoing for several years now with how language is used to get the required information in solving a legal issues being a subject of major interest. It is with the increased interests that the field of forensics linguistic has been introduced to the law sector. Forensics linguistics involves studying of a language to identify people or parties involved in a certain issue whether criminal and civil in order to solve their problem amicably without some parties being wrongly judged while others are wrongfully acquitted for crimes committed. Forensics linguistics is thus summarized as the use of language in court proceedings or legal issues either to present a case or get evidence from one party (Gibbons, 2). What is forensics linguistics? The study of languages is defined as Linguistic. It involves differentiating one language from the other. To understand the different languages, linguistics uses several techniques which include among others the phonetics, morphology and phonology. Sometimes, each of the above techniques can require different people since th
Introduction Policy-makers and managerial scientists argue that people, who are working in various organizations, should have the qualities that are typical of entrepreneurs. This paper is aimed at discussing why they emphasize these attributes of an individual. Furthermore, it is vital to show how educational institutions such as universities can prepare students for the role of entrepreneurial managers. These are the issues that should be examined more closely. On the whole, one can say that entrepreneurship is essential for independent initiative of a person, and his/her ability to offer innovative solutions to existing problems. In turn, students should be encouraged to work on the tasks that can encourage them to focus on innovation and creativity. These are the main arguments that can be put forward. The importance of entrepreneurial qualities for individuals and organizations There are several reasons why entrepreneurial skills are valued by various organizations. First of all, an entrepreneur is able to identify the opportunity and exploit it (Minniti, 2006, p. 4). This quality of a person is of great importance to various institutions that can be public and private. Admittedly, one can speak mostly about companies that have to develop or improve their products and services in order to remain sustainable (Minniti, 2006, p. 4). Furthermore, this skill is essential for every individual who intends to open a start-up business (Minniti, 2006, p. 4). However, this issue is also essential for governmental organizations that should identify new methods of solving social problems such as crime, homelessness, inequality, and so forth. For example, contemporary school leadership is based on the idea that local authorities or school administrators should have an opportunity to change the policies of school in order to overcome various challenges (Reynolds, 2012, p. 150). Therefore, one should remember that the concept of entrepreneurship can be applied to various human activities. It can be relevant to commercial and non-commercial activities. This is one of the points that should be made. There are other aspects that should be considered. For instance, an entrepreneurial individual is more likely to take initiatives and accept responsibilities for his/her actions (Bygrave & Zacharakis, 2011, p. 225). One should take into account that start-up businesses managed by entrepreneurs fail, and these people are keenly aware about possible risks (Bygrave & Zacharakis, 2011, p. 225). This attribute of an individual is also of great value to organizations.
Spirituality in the traditional sense and spirituality in the religious sense represent different concepts. While they both represent the notion of a world beyond human understanding, they differ in their explanations of what lies beyond the physical world. For a non-religious individual, spirituality is the belief in a force that controls events and processes in the physical world. For a religious individual, spirituality is the belief in an almighty, all-powerful, and all-seeing God. In essence, the belief in God’s existence differentiates spirituality between religious and non-religious people. Asking questions related to spirituality in a healthcare setting is not a standard practice. This is because there is no scientific evidence of the medical significance of such questions. With that being said, I would be comfortable asking patients information about their spirituality. Despite its lack of any medical benefit, such information can help me offer culturally competent healthcare to my patients, capable of improving patient care and outcomes(Rachel et al., 2019). The existence of people with varying religious and spiritual beliefs complicates the design of culturally competent healthcare systems. Culturally competent healthcare is one where the healthcare provider takes into account the patients’ social, religious, and spiritual beliefs when offering healthcare services (Rachel et al., 2019). When offering healthcare services to patients with different belief systems than mine, it is imperative to accommodate their beliefs. A failure to do so could lead to poor services or the patients being dissatisfied with the care offered. For example, nurses can provide spiritual care to a religiously spiritual patient by arranging a visit to the hospital of the patient’s spiritual leader if a patient or their relatives request such a visit. Another example of a nurse offering care to a spiritual patient but one who is not religious by allowing them to express their spirituality.
Introduction What once used to be equal legal rights and status for Korean females in comparison with men has changed during times of Confucianism. Those were the times when women were not allowed to be anywhere outside their place. They were supposed to stay confined inside their families. An evening was the only time of the day when females could go outside for some time so that men could not see them. However, modern Korean society follows the current rules of interaction. The government established new laws and obligations, providing women with almost equal rights. It results in the willingness of some females to grow independent. They are allowed entering universities while some men with lower education grades tend to turn into babysitters. On the other hand, modern Korean society will hardly appreciate women with a higher degree than men applying for a prestigious and well-paid position in the company. Though having equal status provided by laws, Korean women are still expected to cook dinner and clean after their husbands leaving South Korea in the shade of patriarchal society. Korean Women at Work New laws let Korean women study in universities and getting higher degrees. On the other hand, they are very unlikely to get well-paid jobs, as employers are not willing to hire them. The reason is rather clear. Since a male gets married, her only duty will be taking care of her family and husband. In other words, she will never be able to complete her duties properly. It will be difficult for her to interact with colleagues as well as meet a set of responsibilities and working requirements. When getting married, a woman will hardly perform as a team member considering the rules of behavior in Korean society. Moreover, the situation worsens by some companies who put women under pressure forcing them to leave their positions, especially if they are about to get married or have a child. At the same time, all custody is traditionally granted to husbands and fathers in a case of a divorce” though the anxiety about the high divorce rate and the nasty endings of relationships is more elevated in the wake of the Korean Wind”. 1 Such measures are taken to avoid men from taking financial, and other responsibilities in the face of their ex-husbands though “the democratic transition in Korea was an elite process”. 2 One of the core probl
William Bradley Roberts dedicates the second chapter of his work Music and Vital Congregations: A Practical Guide for Clergy , “Moving from Musician as Performer to Musician as Pastor”, to discussing the philosophy of church music. In his vision of the musician’s role in church, Roberts follows Alec Wyton’s formula of church leader and envisages the musician in a three-tier function of Pastor, Teacher and Performer, in exactly the following order (Roberts 2009, 19). Opposing the traditional view on church musician as the one who merely performs purely musical tasks and never takes interest or involves in the spiritual practices, Roberts accentuates the possibility of leading “not only voices but also spirits” by church musician in his role of Pastor (Roberts 2009, 21). Being not only a stranger who comes to deliver musical services but also a “partner in ministry”, the church musician plays a significant role in creating a spiritual community among the parishioners (Roberts 2009, 21). As a rule, the choir members spend a lot of time in rehearsals, which naturally results in trustful relations developing between them and the musician. The latter can further develop this trust by visiting parishioners at home or hospital, when they are most in need of spiritual support and likely to seek solutions in the realm of religion. In addition, during rehearsals the musician can provide reflections upon especially insightful texts and phrases, giving spiritual food for contemplation to his disciples. Roberts claims the role of Pastor to be the most difficult of three, since traditionally musicians are trained in secular conservatories and do not tend to consider their spiritual affinity to the church they work at. The role of Teacher is one of the most exciting for the church musician, since then the natural human desire for knowledge can be satisfied most naturally. The teaching function can be rendered in a vast variety of ways. First, the structure and content of the sung texts can be discussed with the choir members so that they get a deeper understanding of and attachment to the music they perform. Second, during rehearsals it is advisable to take a “directive approach”, and not only correct the mistakes committed but also to set the pe
Sappho expresses love as a passionate feeling that leaves her speechless and fills her body from head to toe, making her powerless. Love in Sappho’s poems has exceptional emotional power. The poet describes the emotional outburst that occurs when she is next to the object of her love experiences. This outburst is equivalent to death, which shows these feelings’ power, overwhelming the entire body and mind. Sappho uses not only the image of love through external signs but also with the help of states that are invisible to the human eye. One example of such lines in Sappho’s poetry: “trembling shakes my body // and I turn paler than // dry grass. At such times // death isn’t far from me” (Sappho, 2018, p. 61). Readers vividly imagine the woman’s feelings and, perhaps, recall how they felt something similar in their lives. Undoubtedly, love is one of the most crucial feelings in human life. For this reason, art dedicated to this topic does not lose its relevance. Many modern love songs are cultic and famous to people worldwide, despite being written in a particular language. One of the prime examples is Whitney Houston’s song I Will Always Love You . This song’s lines are full of emotions: “I hope life treats you kind, // And I hope you have // ​​All you’ve dreamed of. // And I wish you joy and happiness. // But above all this, I wish you
Abstract DubaiStar is a small hotel in Dubai that has been underperforming since 2008. It is in the verge of collapse. The hotel has not been making profits for the last five years. Franchising is seen as a favourable method of improving its performance. The appropriate company that is found for the franchise is SunRoll America, which is a chain of hotels that operate mainly in North America. This company agreed to provide its logo, rights, trademark, and training to transform the hotel to SunRoll Dubai. The characteristics of the franchise agreement include its affordable price, easy payments, low royalties, effective training, marketing plan, quality products, dispute resolution venues, and jurisdictions. This essay discusses the implementation of some of the sections, which are essential in a franchise agreement. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this undertaking. Introduction DubaiStar is a small hotel in Dubai. It has continued to underperform over the past few years for several reasons. The business has been on the decline since 2008. The only way to rescue it was seen as entering a franchise. The company that is selected to rescue DubaiStar is SunRoll America, which offers services that are almost similar to those offered by DubaiStar. SunRoll Dubai is an adequate franchise partner. The franchise agreement is also favourable for the two companies. The franchise agreement is favourable because it is affordable, easy in terms of payment, and has low loyalties. It also offers effective training opportunities to oversee the transformation of the company back into productivity. The following is an analysis of a franchise agreement. Type of Agreement The type of franchise that will be adopted between the two companies is the business type of franchise where the DubaiStar will engage in the whole business process that was used in SunRoll America. The business type of franchise suggested for use is also used in other firms such as in the fast foods industries in the US. The franchise agreement is also a single-unit franchise union since SunRoll Dubai will only operate one hotel in the city. SunRoll Dubai will operate the original store that was operated as DubaiStar to ensure that the same premises are utilised efficiently. The agreement will involve providing services to the community and customers just as SunRoll does in any of its other branches. According to Inma (2005), this type of agreement enables a company to use the brand name of the other company to market itself. The reason behind the agreement is to increase the profitability. The agreement also ensures that the risks and liabilities are shared with the franchise company. Besides, funds are available for the joint projects.