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Introduction Reality shows are symptomatic of deteriorating entertainment standards on television. The prevalence of superficiality, fabrication and exaggeration in the programs testify to this fact. Numerous viewers indulge in this obsession, but few will admit to it. It is necessary to analyze the controversy surrounding this genre of shows. Such a process will allow one order to understand why reality programs harm the American public. How reality television is a step down Few Americans will openly reveal their addiction to reality shows. Those that do will never justify their choices on the basis of content; they often give other reasons. Some claim that the programs give them a glimpse into the privileged life; they get to learn and borrow ideas on how they would like to live in the future. Others claim that watching these shows allows them to escape into another world (Hirschorn, 2007). A show such as “Keeping up with the Kardashians” allowed many people to see what being a celebrity meant. They can also daydream about something other than their uneventful lives. For instance, they get to watch an amateur singer rise to stardom in “American Idol”, or see how an overweight individual becomes a size 8 on “The Biggest looser”. Many viewers are embarrassed about engaging in this past-time activity despite having these reasons. Reality shows have a negative reputation, but people still keep watching them. This perspective stems from the impracticable nature of some of the events in the shows. As a result, the shows no longer become true reflections of reality. Viewers are also aware of the immense amount of editing that takes place before airing the shows. What viewers see becomes this large distortion of the events that took place during shooting thus explaining why some people classify the shows as fictional entertainment. In order to understand why reality shows have garnered such a negative reputation, it is necessary to understand the dynamics of communication, authenticity and performance. In communication, authenticity is the process by which audiences assess the truth on the basis of how people behave in entertainment pieces (Piper, 2006). The process of watching popular entertainment shows is rather complex and difficult to generalize. However, these shows have a few commonalities such as people’s perception of their authenticity. Audiences tend to assume that highly entertaining factual shows are not authentic or real. Conversely, fictional shows should have first-class drama, so when they are entertaining they are more likely to attract audiences. Reality shows are not fictional shows; as the name suggests, the shows sho
The pros and cons of different literature sources There are loads of primary and secondary sources which can be used in different types of research. Admittedly, scholarly journals, theses, monographs and certain newspapers are regarded as reliable sources as it is easy to trace the author’s ‘academic background’ or professionalism, so-to-speak. When it comes to electronic sources, the degree of credibility is rather low as it is often difficult to trace the author of the paper. Admittedly, it is impossible to base your research on data which cannot be checked. However, electronic sources can also be reliable as long as the source is taken from an online library or database. Luckily, numerous online databases provide a variety of reliable sources. When doing research, the researcher should remember that primary sources are essential as they contain specific data with no (or minimal) bias. Secondary sources, on the contrary, include other researchers’ opinions, which can also be valuable as any academic research is a part of the larger discourse. Thus, the researcher uses data from primary sources to analyze, and secondary sources are used to support ideas and join the on-going academic discourse. For instance, when working on class tardiness, it is possible to use a variety of sources. One of possible primary sources to use is a report made by Robers, Zhang, Truman and Snyder (2012) as this report contains specific data on number of students who are late. Another primary source is an article by Spoone (2010) who provides particular reasons for students’ being late. As for the secondary sources, o
Introduction Pearl ornaments from oysters and mussel in freshwater lakes or the sea have wide applications, ranging from jewelry to cosmetics. Typically, such mollusks live at a depth that is not easily accessible from the surface and require special techniques for retrieval. The pearling industry in the United Arabs Emirates was responsible for creating immense wealth in its history. The process heavily relied on a voyage that typically lasted months during summer. The surrounding shallow waters of the Arabian Gulf provided an ideal location for pearling due to the widespread oyster beds, which were accessible by divers without relying on modern scuba gear. But, how have the processes involved, the economic shifts, and perceived dangers of pearling impacted pearl diving as a commercial activity in the UAE in recent years? This paper explores the research question based on evidence from primary and secondary sources. Pearling Process Overview Pearl diving was an occupation fraught with danger for the crew collecting the oysters. According to an interview in The National involving Juma’a al Batishi, a retired diver in the pearling industry, “on the first day of Ghous Al Kabir, the voyage crew and their families would participate in a send-off ceremony known as Hiraat”, which was held at the beach (Zacharias, 2009, para. 1). Afterwards, the crewmembers would board their vessels and leave, as their families bid them farewell from ashore. Al Batishi revealed that the fleet had a senior captain, a Sardal, an expert in navigation and location of the best oyster beds responsible for officiating the start of the season. A standard sized vessel would accommodate an average of 30 crewmembers comprising of men, boys, and occasionally young girls (Zacharias, 2009). Some of the most notable pearl divers include Nukhadh, Seib, Tabbab, Ridha, and Naham. The Nukhadh, who either owned the ship or was tasked to manage the vessel by the owner, oversaw the entire diving operation (Zacharias, 2009). Each vessel had a Nukhadh who would distribute the profits among the crew members after the end of the season. Consequently, the diver was the most essential worker among the crewmembers; he or she was responsible for diving and searching for oysters. The Abu Dhabi Culture (2021) report notes that A Seib, usually several within a vessel, would be in charge of lowering and lifting divers from the oyster beds using ropes. Further, the Tabbab comprised of young boys aged 10-14 years were helpers to the Seib while others trained as future divers. Younger males, referred to as Ridha, were responsible for serving food and beverages to the divers, and helped in opening up the oyster shells (Abu Dhabi Culture, 2021). Lastly, the Naham consisted of songwriters, singers, and poets would provide entertainment throughout the pearling season. During the voyage, divers would take deep breathes lasting before plunging into the sea. There was no scuba diving equipment to help them breathe under water, exposing crewmembers to the risk of decompression sickness and drowning. Al Batishi reve
Introduction Primarily, under normal social scenario, people consider ethics a life value. In many occasions, ethics encompasses individual, faction or societal politics at the expense of meeting organizational values. These values must represent fairness to all members and social harmony. Unlike individualism, ethics provides a platform of collective organizational responsibility whether in communal or business levels. In ethics, people learn how to relate with each other and perform duties either independently or jointly. Personal, group or communal ethics is necessary for social development. If a society decides to perform a communal activity, ethics is necessary among its members, in order to meet their expectations. In the past, there were no groups and instead, people liked to work as individuals. At the dawn of civilization, workers realized deprivation of their rights by their employers. A union was necessary to avert this scenario. Unions can be either of trade or of labor groups. A union is an assemblage of people with the same targets. Workers can join hands to push for better working conditions. Instead of collective responsibility, t
Introduction The given paper revolves around the cockroach ventral nerve cords main parts, their peculiarities, and the most important characteristics that could be investigated to obtain the data needed to improve the understanding of the functioning of the nerve system. The paper provides detailed characteristics of the cockroach nervous system and the way it responds to numerous stimuli. The main sense organs are analyzed, and the initiation of the main processes that are responsible for the creation of one or another reaction is investigated. Furthermore, the paper provides a detailed description of the experiment which is conducted to outline the main aspects of the functioning of the cockroach nervous system. Finally, there is a discussion that rests on the obtained data. At the end of the paper, the conclusion is provided. The given research work explores credible sources that contribute to its credibility significantly. Altogether, the paper provides important data needed to improve the comprehension of the given issue. Main body The investigation of the main aspects of the functioning of insects nervous system could be considered a common practice in science as it could provide a researcher with the important data that could help him/her to obtain credible results. In this regard, the cockroach nervous system is a good background for the given paper. It is decentralized and has several important characteristics. The central nervous system consists of the ventral nerve cord (VNC), which is linked to the spinal cord and several ganglia (Klowden, 2013). Along the V
Introduction Westboro Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church found to the west of Topeka approximately three miles from Kansas State Capitol in the United States of America. It is led by Fred Phelps and its membership is mainly derived from his family. This essay seeks to discuss the problems that are caused by the church. It will discuss by giving examples why everyone hates them, what makes it controversial, why having them continue what they are doing is a problem, their activities in relation to 1st amendment and how offensive it is within the setup of the society. Activities of the Westboro Baptist Church The church is known for its disorderly conducts and taking an extreme position against gay marriage. It is particularly hated for its persistent habit of carrying out protests in public places such as churches, schools, and funerals for prominent people and American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group has also conducted protests outside the United States, including Sweden and an unsuccessful attempt to enter into Britain. However, they managed to enter Canada in August 2008 against the authority’s wishes and protested at the funeral of a young man who was a victim of a cruel murder on a passenger bus. The group’s extremist activities are a threat to the society. Their unfair targeting of some churches such Catholic, Lutheran and schools that they believe to be lenient towards homosexuality only continues to draw condemnation directed at them. This Church does not respect the rights of other religious groups such as the Jewish and Muslim community. In fact, they have recently begun mailing a powerful anti-Semitic DVD to Jewish organizations and their leaders. They also attacked President Obama in the DVD depicting him as an anti-Christ. Such moves are not only disrespectful but are also misguided as they have created tension between its members and those of other churches. The church is also known for its abnormally strong stance against homosexuality. They often hold anti-gay protests and picket the funerals of gay victims of murder or deaths resulting from AIDS related complications. They once picketed a local appliance store selling Swedish vacuum cleaners which they accused of being sympathetic of gays. They also threatened to picket the production of a play based on the murder of young man known as Mathew Shepherd who was killed by two men because of his sexual orientation. These activities are a disruption of people’s private businesses and lives and are not acceptable in any civilized society. Their protests towards fallen heroes such as soldiers killed in Iraq and celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Ronnie James Dio, among others, make them a public enemy. They are also an enemy of the state because they occasionally picket federal courthouses that they deem to be partisan in legitimizing gay marriages. This amounts to interference with the state judicial system. The gr
Introduction The aim of this study is to develop and estimate a model of Dallas international airport size and changes in size so as to get the overview of how this airport has grown over time. Dallas international airport is in US and is located in the state of Texas. It’s served by many foreign and domestic airlines, that is direct and connecting flights all over the world. Getting this information is essential as it compares the development of this international airport with other major airports in US, and to a larger extent with other major airports in other parts of the world (Boyle 77). This helps the management of the airport to implement any change to improve on their development and services offered. It’s also essential to the travelers as they get an overview of the airport. This report will hold the background, conceptual model, empirical model, data section, summary and conclusion. Background Dallas international airport DFW is a public airport which is operated by DFW Airport Board. Dallas city wanted it merged with Fort Worth city to form a joint Airport in 1227 but Fort Worth city declined Dallas’s proposal. Years later, they opened their own airport in the name of Love Field and Meacham Field. In 1940, $ 1.9 million was offered by the Civil Aeronautics Administration to the two cities for the construction of a Dallas/ Fort Worth Regional Airport but the two cities declined the offer for which both Brahiff and American Airlines were already to construct the building. In around 1960s, Fort Worth was just contributing 1% of the traffic while on the on other hand, Dallas airport was flourishing with about 49% of the Texas air traffic. However, since the FAA refused to spend any more cash, in 1961, the cities finally decided to form a joint airport. In the year 1964, they choose a site which was equally distance from both city centers and they bought a land in 1966 and started the building of the airport in 1969. The airport started commercial services on January 13, 1974 and it was called Dallas/Fort worth Regional Airport. In 1985, its name was changed to Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport. In 1989, the airport authorities decided to reconstruct the already existing terminals and to construct two or more new runways (Boyle 32). The seventh runway was constructed in 1969 dragging the airport into history of having the largest number of non-interconnecting runways in the world. The IATA airport code of this airport is “DFW”. Also, the airport is equipped with its own Zip code, post office and public services. It was given its own city designation by the United State Postal Services (Hargreaves 91). Dallas International Airport is inside the city limits of four suburban cities which have result
Statement of the problem From the case study, it is clear that the BMI executive team have challenges as a problem solving group. There are many instances where the entire team displays ineffectiveness in solving the problem at hand which is to make a decision on whether to relocate the business to a newly refurbished downtown building or some slightly better space in a suburban park. Bud starts the meeting by ‘assuming’ that everyone has already given thought to the decision as opposed to ensuring that from the onset all the members are on the same page as to the decision at hand. Marty veers off the main topic of discussion and begins to talk about the image of the company and its importance and also goes into a lengthy tirade about the rudeness of the customer care representatives and the need to train them further. This does not add value to the main topic of discussion. After Liz explains about why a downtown site makes sense from a recruitment perspective, the group then introduces a third alternative, that of having both the executive office and a recruitment office downtown. Whereas this is a valid suggestion, it should have been put forward from the onset as posing it at this point only makes decision making that more difficult for the team. Possible causes of the problem The inefficiencies experienced in the group as they try to solve the problem at hand could be attributed to several causes. It is possible that the team did not have enough time to prepare adequately for the meeting. Another cause could be the fact that some team members do not feel that the problem is important enough
Introduction Wit, by Margaret Edson tells of a Professor, Dr. Vivian Bearing, who at the age of 50 suffers from Cancer. Through the story, the writer explains the tragic life of the Professor and how she recalls the story of her life which she spent without anybody to care and love for. She explains her cancer at stage four and fully aware that stage five doesn’t exist, speaks of life and death. She emphasis on the knowledge of life and death through sayings and literature, but within her she realizes that she doesn’t know much about the science of life and death or about treatments that are for just experiments. She emphasizes her knowledge based on philosophy and the questions on spiritual life and death. At the deathbed, without anybody to turn to for comfort, she remembers the day that she couldn’t understand the perspective of her student who couldn’t do the work because of a death in the family. The feeling of death has presumably caught hold of her and this is seen many times in her conversation with the nurse. She finally finds peace in her death when her former Mentor tells her of the story of a bunny which goes by the theme that God can find wherever a soul hides. She does not know the depth of her sickness and she lives in a sense of denial about her death. The doctors and researchers begin to loose her as a human to a mere body for conducting experimental treatments and do not tell her that her chances of survival are very low and with predominant sid
Introduction Nowadays, subcultures are a popular notion. Every generation, dozens of them appear, and dozens of them vanish into obscurity just as quickly. It is hard to meet anyone who was not a part of some sort of movement or subculture during high school, college, or early adulthood. Some people continue to participate in subcultures even into adult life, rather than outgrowing them as a phase. Subcultures are made up of people who want to belong to a certain circle, feel accepted, and share thoughts, fashions, and ideas. The desire to stand out and to fit in somewhere at the same time is strong. Many subcultures declare themselves to be in opposition to society, yet at the same time, they exist within it. This is a very interesting topic for those who possess a sociological imagination. Subcultures can be viewed from several perspectives, such as the functional perspective, the perspective of conflict, and the symbolic interactionist perspective (Three Major Perspectives 2016). When analyzing subcultures, the symbolic interactionist perspective is more appropriate than the other two because it interprets and incorporates both symbols and face-to-face interactions. My Experience With Subcultures When I was in seventh grade, I used to be a Goth. Back then, most children were infatuated with the thought of being part of a group. Not many participated in a subculture because they had strict parents who did not want their children to dress up and have strange hairstyles. The school system frowned upon such notions as well. Those who dared to oppose the system, either openly or subtly, were often looked upon as “rebels.” I chose the Goth subculture because I found the outfits and jewelry to be impressive. I did not share the grim, dark outlook on life that is a staple for all Goths, although I think many of us just faked it to conform to the generic image of a Goth. The novelty of the feeling soon left, and I found the whole practice to be fake and superficial. Still, the experience was enlightening, and I even made a few friends along the way. Subcultures Through a Perspective of Symbolic Interactionism Even though my participation in a subculture was rather short-lived, I believe the general experience is the same for the majority of wannabe Goths, punks, emos, and the like. Symbols play a very
Introduction Nurses with Master’s are in high demand because their advanced skills are critical to improving public health outcomes. These practitioners possess the required training and competencies to take up active roles in evidence-based practice, clinical research, and nursing leadership. The main aim is to achieve positive patient outcomes and contribute to a functional health care system. The desire to actualize one’s individual career goals drive nurses to pursue an advanced nursing education and professional qualifications. Main body Ryan is a family nurse practitioner (FNP) in long-term care (LTC) facility. In a recent interview, Ryan revealed the educational journey and the programs he took to prepare for his current role (R. Jones, personal communication, December 5, 2019). To be considered for the FNP position, the minimum educational requirement is a Master’s degree with relevant board certifications. Ryan obtained a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree before applying for this job. He began his career as an associate degree in nursing (ADN) graduate before furthering his education in RN-BSN. Ryan’s other degrees in nursing include LPN and FMP. Ryan considered the characteristics of the graduate programs on offer before settling on the one he felt was more aligned with his career goals. His MSN choice was based on several qualifying criteria. He researched acute care and nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner specialties to understand the specific courses and scholarly and clinical experiences developed through these programs. Another consideration was a Master’s in ED, which he felt would prepare him for an educational career. He considered the cost, intensity, and delivery modes of the graduate program. The MSN comprised an online component; thus, it could not interfere with his work schedule. Ryan intimated that, though rewarding, an MSN is more demanding and rigorous than BSN training. Therefore, one has to be prepared mentally and physically to successfully complete the program. Additionally, Ryan stated that high interest and passion in family practice motivated him to earn higher qualifications. Ryan also considered the total cost of the program to ensure it matches his financial ability. He did not want to sink deep into debts or spend his working years repaying student loans. He indicated that one has to be not only mentally prepared to go for higher studies but also financially set to shoulder the high costs of the program. Soon after