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Introduction Plastic waste is mainly created in urban areas where people find the use of plastic to be economical and effective. But it is a serious threat to the environment and it is not bio degradable. As this waste normally contains hazardous and toxic elements, if not disposed, treated or handled properly, it can even lead to land and water contamination. Plastic waste generated by the industry and retailers are not only toxic and hazardous but are also created in large amounts, and thus when not treated and disposed off properly, it leads to human toxicity. Thus it is essential to convince the mass to restrain from using plastic bags. Thus, the main aim of the study would be to find proper means that would encourage people not to use plastic bags. Additionally, the objective is to evaluate the existing public policies in context of a greener environment, to evaluate effectiveness of campaigns and awareness programs on the issue and to evaluate the role of the corporate sector on the issue. It is assumed that the result would yield that a combination of public policy, public campaign and awareness along with corporate social responsibilities would be essential to encourage people not to use plastic bags. Literature review Various researches and studies that have been carried out on environmental development with respect to the area of misuse of plastic bags and plastic waste are almost infinite and also distinct in their methodology and subject. Some are purely quantitative while others are quantitative. There are also studies that followed a mixed method. Among the various individual studies that have been found, only a few cover a span of more than a decade. The majority of the studies which stresses on the addition of technological and theoretical developments actually concentrate on the entire sections through social levels. The literature review mainly focuses on the fact that there are not many papers which discuss the area of misuse of plastic bags and plastic waste thus a variety of literature would be used. The research will comprise of two parts. One a survey of the will be conducted. The other would include studying various literatures that abounds in this area. The misuse of plastic is carefully analyzed. The primary purpose will be to reach the objectives of the research using theoretical means. Two, a company will be taken up and the gain the company enjoyed by employing the green environment issues is studied. This is carried out using a survey of the company. A short questionnaire is designed so that the managers of the company are not averse to filling it up. The data from the questionnaire is used for the purpose for real time analysis. These two together will be able to help us understand and prove the various points that rose in our objectives and reach the aim of the research undertaken. Literatures that identify appropriate metrics are also identified and these me
Name: Hong Seung-Hye Title: “More Interesting than War” Year: 2008 Gallery: Kukje Hallery Exhibition: Debris Materials: Polyurethane on acrylic Method of construction and dimensions: 14 x 18 x 27 cm, 14 x 20 x 7 cm, 10 x 24 x 5 cm, 14 x 40 x 7 cm, 24 x 14 x 10 cm, 10 x 10 x 5 cm, 12 x 18 x 4 cm Ideas: loneliness, and rebirth Context: the lack of interpersonal communication in the 21st century Background: The artwork was inspired by and designed based on the artist’s previous creation, “Organic Geometry.”1 Philosophies: Philosophy of technology2 Critique The fragmented shape of the artwork is supposed to represent the fractured 21st-century reality. By expanding her previous work, the artist managed to provide a witty commentary on the present-day lack of awareness concerning the imbalance between giving back to nature and taking from it. Subjective response Seung-Hye’s art catches the eye immediately and leaves a rather unsettling feeling. Name: Mona Marzouk Title: “The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Energy’s Evil” Year: 2008 Gallery: Gypsum Gallery Exhibition: The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Energy’s Evil Materials: acrylic colors Method of construction and dimensions: pictures, audio elements, and a projected 3-D animated film. Ideas: return to nature, the passion within Context: loss of touch with nature Background: the theory of hybridized future, as the author herself defines it.3 Philosophies: nature vs. nurture conflict Critique Marzouk’s approach towards parodying the conflict between people and nature has a controversial edge.4,5 Subjective response The satire that Marzouk chooses allows driving attention to the issue without being too preachy. However, the impressions concerning the art are still rather mixed. On the one hand, the reconciliation with nature that the artist offers is rather gratifying; on the other hand, the shapes of the animals, nearly unrealistic, often painted upside down, do not invite the audience to reconcile with nature. Name: He
In the last few decades, prostitution has thrived in Asia. Its growth has been enhanced by the rapid growth in hospitality industries, increase in foreign firms, and the presence of foreign military bases in the region. Critics argue that without rest and recreation centers in Asia, the US military could not manage the tedious voyages in the region. Several literatures have been written to reveal the connection between the US military, Asian governments, and the thriving prostitution business in the region. In one of the literatures, It Takes Two by Cynthia Enloe, military prostitution and military masculinity have been analyzed with the aim of revealing how these acts were formed, sustained, and integrated into the military. Enloe asserts that the women who have been bold enough to disclose their stories have revealed that sexuality is a central part of military and civil cultures. This paper highlights several insights on military prostitutions and military masculinity analyzed in the article It Takes Two . In the article, the author claims that military prostitutions have become rampant in countries allied to the US. In this regard, the author believes that the presence of the US military personnel in Asian countries have given rise to the lucrative rest and recreation centers. Through this article, we realize that the US military have developed and implemented strategies in the Asian countries to enable their male soldiers to be content in a foreign land. On the other hand, the article reveals that the local men are to be blamed for the increasing military prostitution. Local men have created conditions that make their women vulnerable to the greedy disco owners and lustful foreign military male members. The article discloses that increase in neglectful fathering and violent tempers of the local men have enhanced prostitution. Generally, Enloe reveals that seve
Prevention and management of crisis in the workplaces or at home is a complex process that requires ethical and legal considerations when addressing various issues. In case study, suffering from depression, Julie is an eighth grade student at South Middle School and she has developed suicidal feelings. At school, Julie is angry and outbursts during math class, which prompts her teacher to refer her to school psychologist, Dr. Lee for examination. Critical examination by Dr. Lee shows that Julie has been suffering from depression in silence from bullying. Other girls in the school have been bullying Julie because she is overweight and obese, making her to stay in isolation and depression. Further probing by Dr. Lee reveals that Julie is nurturing suicidal feelings and is contemplating suicide. Julie confesses that she does not only want to commit suicide, but also kill one or two of the girls who have been bullying her as revenge. Even though Dr. Lee counsels and convinces her to sign a contract that shows that she will not commit suicide, she declines. In the light of this knowledge, what are the ethical and legal considerations that surround the case study, and appropriate intervention strategies? The case of Julie has ethical considerations since Dr. Lee is in an ethical dilemma on how to address the issue of depression and suicidal attitude. Julie has confessed that she is going to kill her friends and commit suicide, yet she has declined to sign a contract to indicate that she has recanted avenging and committing suicide. Dr. Lee is in dilemma whether to compel her to sign the contract so that she might change her mind or leave her to go but in fear that she may avenge and commit suicide. Bernard (2009) argues that, it is unethical for employees, family care providers, and volunteers to mishandle or maltreat a person who is receiving certain services through their actions or inactions (p.4). Thus, Dr. Lee has to delicately balance between his action and inaction strategies of saving the life of Julie and other girls. Moreover, it is ethical for Dr. Lee to keep Julie’s information regarding suicide and revenge confidentially to avoid unnecessary commotion in the school. The case study also has legal perspective because Dr. Lee is dealing with a medical issue as well as a crime issue. In medical aspect, Dr. Lee is responsible for counseling Julie by taking her through the appropriate psychotherapy procedures to enable her cope with the depression and alleviate suicidal feelings in her. In legal aspect, Dr. Lee is struggling to ensure that Julie certifies by signing that she will not avenge or commit suicide lest he is accused for negligence when Julie decides to go ahead with her mission. Holzgrefe and Keohane (2003) argue that, legal intervention of issues is comprehensive and effective because it leaves both the perpetrator and the victim satisfied no matter the outcome of resolutions since
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provides customers with infrastructure-based tools, such as networking, security, servers, and operating systems. One advantage of using IaaS is that the organization that seeks cloud services is at liberty to upgrade its own software systems. Consequently, an organization can implement useful/specific software upgrades in the course of its software-development. Another advantage of using IaaS is that customers can be able to pay for only the services that they use. IaaS allows organizations to share the costs of services that individual-organizations could not afford. IaaS also eases the management of infrastructure-based products because tasks, such as introduction of new releases and management of data centers, are handled by cloud providers. One disadvantage of using IaaS is that organizations have to pay for the additional costs that accompany software upgrades. In addition, organizations are also required to cater for the maintenance costs of database systems. Another disadvantage of using IaaS is that there may be legal restrictions against using foreign-based cloud providers. Another disadvantage of IaaS is that security features provided by the cloud provider may not meet the needs of the customers (Karry, 2014). Furthermore, IaaS cloud providers offer non-flexible speeds between customers’ and cloud-software operations. IaaS and Load Balancing Load balancing is “a core networking solution that is responsible for distributing incoming traffic among servers that host the same application content” (Citrix Services, 2014). Load balancing has the capacity to eliminate centralized failures in a computer network. Several tools can act as load balancers including IaaS. IaaS can be used to improve the application infrastructure of any organization. One way of accomplishing this task is by replacing load-balancing servers with a dedicated alternative infrastructure system. The alternative infrastructure system includes a combination of physical and virtual units. Redundancy and Load Balancing Redundancy in computing refers to the methods that are used to protect a computer system from possible failure. There are several levels of system redundancy, but they all depend on the amount and types of equipments that are used to harness a network. IaaS can be used to provide redundancy services to organizations. Some IaaS providers deliver full redund
Religion is the worship and belief in a supernatural power, especially a god or gods. Different people belong to different religions depending on their beliefs and ideologies. Most of the religions practiced in the world today began over 2,000 years ago. From the course materials, various ‘facts’ have been identified about religion and its historical development. The first fact about religions during the pre-1500 period is that they formed an important part of human culture. During the period, religion and culture were two elements that united people in different regions. People depended on gods for revelation, healing and spiritual guidance (Lecture Notes). They did not visit a doctor or specialist for healing or revelation. The second fact is that no one can judge whether a given religion has the right beliefs or not. All the major religions have their own unique beliefs and faiths. The outstanding fact is that human beings cannot decide whether the views, teachings and beliefs of the religions are wrong or right. This explains why there are differences in these major religions. The other important discovery is that members of a particular religion place their faith in that religion alone (Lecture Notes). This fact has made religions very complicated to understand. Human beings are free to make their own decisions about faith and beliefs without the influence of other people. The third fact about religions during the traditional world is obtained from the book The World: A Brief History: Combined Volume by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. During the period, most of the civilizations were promoted by these ancient religions. During the traditional world, religious practices brought people together thereby promoting development. This made it easier for them to work together and promote social development. Architects wanted to build long-lasting churches and mosques. As a result, the world began to civilize slowly by slowly (Fernandez-Armesto 52). Most of the ancient civilizations are linked to the people’s religious practices. These religions led to the establishment of modern systems of education and leadership. The other fact from the book is that all the major world religions began during or before the Traditional World. These religious groups have retained their religious practices and ideologies for very many years. During the time, people from different religious groups could not coexist freely. Individuals belonging to different religions habited different geographical regions during the traditional period (Fernandez-Armesto 57). The traditional world occupied the entire world until 1500 when things began to change. The traditional world was characterized by slow growth, lack of communication and poo
Since the onset of the Jewish history, the narrative on the sacrifice of Isaac has raised more questions than answers. However, the story has remained powerful as manifested by the spreading of monotheistic religions (Rosenberg 12). However, as professor Miles argues in his lectures, God always enters covenants with his people. Through diligent and constant reading, the understanding of man, God and the covenant becomes complex as dynamism engenders the issue. Consequently, at times the understanding becomes muddled in ambiguity. The order by God to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac was a stern test. In fact, the sacrifice did not materialize as anticipated since the angel sent by God asked Abraham not to harm the boy, Isaac (Rosenberg 1). This illustrates a crucial point, that intent and desire are important elements in reference to relations between God and his people. It equally emerges that the killing presents the conclusion of a planned activity. As such, it is evident that Abraham was intent on obeying God irrespective of the consequences. Having obeyed and shown the desire to take God’s commands, the
Abstract Psychologists have often emphasised the need to incorporate games in school curriculum as a way of giving learners opportunity to develop in all aspects of the curriculum. According to them, these games offer learners an avenue to release their mental tension resulting from rigorous academic engagement. Previous studies have also indicated that the learning process can be made more enjoyable to learners when games are incorporated in the learning process. This dissertation examined the instructional power of game-based learning and simulation in education and sought to provide insight as to whether game-based learning would be an emphatic method that could be used for teaching and learning. Many scholars have argued that game-based learning stirs up a sense of motivation on the side of learners regarding their learning process. Therefore, this study explored the distinct features of game-based learning which learners consider to be interesting / absorbing. The findings of this study showed that the use of game-based learning as an instruction method is very effective in the teaching / learning process. It has the ability to relieve learners of their boredom since it is engaging and provokes learners’ interests. Besides, its experimental nature allows learners to participate fully in the class work. This means that teachers need to design teaching content that incorporates games since the latter provide a practical learning approach which helps learners to memorise most of the content learnt. The study also recommends that educators tasked with the design of the curriculum should give great emphasis on instructional methods that allow teachers to incorporate games into the teaching content. Introduction With the increasing use of technology in the classroom, many educators are exploring the use of instructional methods that would enhance their teaching and students’ learning. Educators acknowledge the fact that pedagogical practices need to embrace the learning opportunities available in the modern learning environment where learning tools such as computers, the internet, graphics, fantasy tools, and so on are available. They also acknowledge that learners’ learning behavior has changed and therefore more learning materials have to be used in the learning process so as to boost their learning motivations and learning experiences. Consequently, many educators have embraced game-based learning with the aim of motivating learners in their learning process. A number of games have been incorporated in a range of instructional approaches for educational purposes. Psychologists argue that there is a positive relation between students’ learning and having fun (Glasser 1998). Fun is regarded as a fundamental determinant of human behaviour. According to Glasser (1998), students are delighted in what their educators ask them to do since it allows them to have fun during the learning proce
There are numerous factors that highly contribute to immigration flows. Some of these factors include immigration policies, cultural perception, social networks and economic pressures. However, studies have demonstrated that there are factors that are more important and immensely trigger immigration flows. For example, it is worth to mention that economic pressure is one of the most vital factors that trigger mass movement of people from one region to another. This part of the essay attempts to examine and explore why economic pressure is an important factor that enhances international immigration flows. To begin with, economic pressures entail all economic activities such as trade, labor supply and production that results into international differences in terms of generation of resources and consumer preferences. These activities determine immigration patterns, transactions and also tend to interfere with how immigrants generally interact with the inhabitants of diverse countries. In-depth study has shown that terms of trade vary a lot from one country to another. As a matter of fact, trade differentials such as comparative advantage tend to explain why trading usually takes place between two or more geographical regions. In this case, immigrants move from their country of origin into another location where there are favorable terms of trade. It is notable that economic policies in certain countries do not favor both new and existing investments thereby forcing investors to migrate into other countries where they can be able to practice trade without limitations. In addition to the latter, it is apparent that some countries especially those that are developed have high production ratio than the underdeveloped states. Therefore, these countries experience economic integration and diversification, a factor that attract immigrants to new destinations due to favorable terms of trade. Current research evidences have revealed that myriads of immigration cases are economically motivated. This is due to the fact that there is a vivid and wide disparity in terms of income earned by workers all over the world. In particular, workers in developed countries are well paid as opposed to those in underdeveloped countries. Moreover, empirical studies have revealed that in third world countries, skilled workers receive minimal pay for the same work done by other laborers in well developed and sustained economies such as those in the US, UK and Asian tigers. This factor has triggered increased immigration flows from low-waged to high-waged countries. Economic policies that have been used for considerably long period of time to regulate labor supply also determine immigration flows. For instance, a country like Australia lawfully allows immigrants within its borders who qualify to take positions in particular jobs. In this case, labor polices in a country can determine whether individuals will opt to immigrate into other places. In fact, certain countries have laws allowing their citizens to export their skills by working in foreign countries. Needless, to say, economic incentives for foreign inves