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Based on the responses I gave to the questions in the heritage assessment tool, the number of positive responses is high, and this means that I am attached to my traditional heritage. For example, I prefer to speak my native language, I take part in ethnic activities, I prepare foods from my ethnic background, and most of my friends are from the same religious background as me. Also, my grandparents were born in the United States as were my parents and most of my aunts and uncles live near our family home (Spector 2008, pp.365). The common health traditions in my culture include the development of the right frame of mind whenever one feels sick, the seeking of divine help, and the seeking the help of a health professional. On the issue of the development of the right frame of mind, there is a strong belief that trying to convince oneself that there is nothing wrong with the body even in the presence of pain will eventually make the body deal with the pain thus healing the person. The belief behind this is that pain has to be accepted by the mind for it to become part of the body and therefore affect us. Thus once the mind has not accepted the pain the body will reject it too, and the person will feel healthy. I am still not sure whether this concept works. But since it is still being practiced, it seems that there is some truth to its principles. In my interview of three families from different cultures, I chose to interview an Asian family from India living in Kansas, a white American family from California, and a family from Tibet in Michigan. My interview focused on the three main areas of health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Below is a discussion of how their responses. Some elements were similar while others were different. The Indian family has a strong belief in divine power in the maintenance of health. According to this family, the foods that humans eat as well as the other things people do as a way of maintaining health are not as important as divine power. The only activity other than prayer that this family recognizes is a special form of exercise called yoga; which according to them enhances the ability of the mind to experience the touch of divine power. If the body succumbs to disease, asking the divine for healing is vital. Areas, where mistakes may have been made and therefore angered the divine power leading to punishment through disease, are carefully identified and rectified. Rectification is a sure way of restoration. But the modern advances in medicine have had their toll on the family in that they have begun making use of modern medicine in the restoration of health. This is however utilized as a last resort. The white American family maintains health through keeping fit, eating the right foods, and seeking medical attention whenever there is a health concern. This family also believes that God has a hand in all that man does and therefore is responsible for the actual healing that takes place whenever people fall sick. Protection of health for this family is about proper nutrition and adequate exercise. Restoration is mainly through medicine and divine i
Introduction The organization has a local area network logistical structure. It is made up of a basic spanning tree protocol that serves the various departments in the institution with a single administrator. The net work has a wide variety of network management tools such as switches firewalls and routers that serve to regulate decentralize and distribute access to the various departments in the organization. How will bandwidth affect development? All large-scale networks such as the internet face the contemporary challenge of having a centralized system of maintenance. This is partially due to the magnitude of the information required and the size of equipment that would be involved. This therefore limits the available frequency in bandwidth that is attributed to the physical and structural challenges of the LAN system as well as the need to deter interference from external sources and connections. The primary economic concerns that are presented by the network alongside the need to maximize the amount of information that will be available to the learners will be pegged on the bandwidth limitation (Wood 2008). The handling capacity will also play a great role in limiting the amount of information that can be conveyed within a single timeline. To avoid reduced speed in the network due to network overload the system will therefore limit the number of users that can access the system at any given time. The learners in the organization are therefore going to be admitted in shifts or timetables to allow a smooth flow of learning as well as speedy and prompt unlimited access to information in the knowledge. Who will be in charge of managing it? The system currently operates with a single administrator who is responsible for the maintenance and correction of network problems. The single administrator also bears the access codes to the secure files in the organization under a centralized system. The learning and learning and development system will however require independent access that will be allowed to the network manager. The manager will also be vested with the responsibility of monitoring the system and taking proactive actions to prevent any possible network interruptions. He will however fall under the administrators mandate and will have limited access to the secure system filed such as those concerning progress records and performance ratings (Stewart and Bartrum 2002). He will however operate in conjunction with the network administrator in ensuring that there is a smooth flow of materials and knowledge in the learning system. Who will be in charge of monitoring use, virus protection, and other maintenance issues? The network manager will be responsible for monitoring and protecting the system from virus infection and interruptions from external network. He will also ensure that he safeguards the network form failures of external network by ensuring that he maintains a slim margin of dependence between the local network and external networks. Are differ
Art plays a unique role in every society. It portrays the most appealing or acceptable ideas and practices. This fact explains why many people expect every artist to produce conventional artworks. Edouard Manet produced numerous works of art that bridged the gap between impressionism and realism. He managed to produce new works of art portraying natural objects. Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass” is one of the best masterpieces produced in the 19 th century. Many thinkers and scholars have studied and analyzed the formal qualities and elements of this painting by Manet. “Luncheon on the Grass” by Edouard Manet. “Olympia” by Edouard Manet. It is agreeable that the painting by Manet is unconventional. To begin with, Manet decided to paint nude women in the masterpiece. This was a common practice during the Impressionism Movement. Many people have explained why the masterpiece is scandalous. This is the case because Edouard Manet’s women are nude. The males in the painting are wearing decent clothes. Many analysts have denounced the themes and elements presented in the work of art. The work was demoralizing to many viewers. The people were unhappy with the painting because it failed to inspire national pride. Although Manet’s piece of work was outstanding and powerful, it failed to fulfill the expectations of many people in Europe. The painter also used the most appropriate formal elements in order to produce a spectacular painting. Edouard Manet also produced a similar painting called “Olympia”. This work of art depicts a black servant and a nude woman. The servant is bringing flowers to the naked woman. During the period, many people condemned the painting because it was immoral and unacceptable. Many viewers also ignored the painting’s formal qualities because it failed to address their expectations. The portrayal of nude women and clothed men was something wrong. According to many analysts and viewers, Manet’s paintings were inappropriate in the French society because it embraced the best moral values. Manet’s paintings are comparable to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ “La Grande Odalisque” and Alexandre Cabanel’s “Birth of Venus”. Ingres’ “La Grande Odalisque” depicts a naked woman. However, the woman is alone and proud to be naked. The portrayal of this nude woman is acceptable to many viewers in France. Cabanel’s “Birth of Venus” is a masterpiece presents the best formal elements of art. The nude angels appear to rejoice after the birth of Venus. Many people in the world have appreciated the masterpiece because it portrays the best aspects of art. “La Grande Odalisque” by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. “Birth of Venus” by Alexandre Cabanel. As mentioned earlier, Manet was sho
At present, many species of plants and animals are in direct danger of extinction. As reported by The Economist (2022), this issue is particularly noticeable in the case of Sumatran rhinos, which are essential to the preservation of plants. Namely, seventy-nine known plants in Southeast Asia require to go through an animal’s digestive system to germinate, and Sumatran rhinos are the only species capable of this process regarding all local flora (The Economist, 2022). As a result, if the Sumatran rhinos become extinct, humanity might face a reduced variety of invaluable plants. The experts suggest that other animal species might preserve the flora in Southeast Asia as well. However, Dr. McConkey and Dr. Campos-Arceiz conducted a comparative analysis of local fauna and found that Sumatran rhinos were irreplaceable (The Economist, 2022). Ultimately, other local animal species consume only fifty-seven plants in the region, indicating that more than twenty plants will also go extinct if humanity loses Sumatran rhinos. Reference The Economist. (2022). Save the rhino, save the plant . Web.
Introduction Management of energy in any organization is a very important factor that all organizations should put into consideration. Nowadays, it has become important for organizations to put up measures that are aimed at ensuring minimal wastage of energy (Couder & Verbruggen 2003). One of such measures is the adoption of an energy monitoring program to monitor and control the use of energy in an organization (Schneider & Somers 2006). Such a program is very important since it lays out the necessary procedures that an organization can follow to eliminate energy wastages and improve the concerned organization’s management of energy (Diedrich, Cook & Lindo 2004). This report focuses on Motkamills, an organization in the wood industry. The report seeks to provide an overview of some of the recommendations that organizations can implement for purposes of reducing energy consumption and improving its management, with Motkamills as the case study. Company Background The Motkamills Organization is in the wood industry, specializing in paper lamination, sawn products, as well as matt-coated bulky paper. Some of the Motkamills’ products include trisorbex, tolaris, Imprex®, and general sawn products from wood. Even though Motkamills has been successful over the past years, the company suffers from numerous challenges following the need to expand into the global economy realm (Drucker 2011). Challenges in implementing energy consumption recommendations Motkamills faces several challenges especially in the implementation of energy consumption program that aligns with the global economy realm. The first challenge is associated with the company’s need to introduce several changes into its design. Secondly, Motkamills needs to make several essential choices; particularly, the opportunities concerning taking the course of sustainable development, communication-based evolution and redesigning its management to align with the needs of corporate leadership (Norton 2012). Prioritization process for selecting the particular solution based on current industry standards The solutions that Motkamills adopts should be depended on the current industry standards. For instance, as the company decides on energy consumption, it is important to incorporate a program that aligns with the industry specifications (Schneider & Somers 2006). In this case, the program should be able to save the consumption of energy while reducing its wastage. In addition, it is important for the company to evaluate its decisions, decision criterion and analyze the uncertainties involved in its expansion into the global market (Gunasekaran & Putnik 2006). For this reason, Motkamills should reconsider important strategies for information transfer, as well as the management of key operations to ensure that they are in line with the needs of the global market. Synthesis of decision (based on knowledge and a
Introduction For the past several centuries of people’s fight with racism, it became clear that racism can hardly be eradicated from the society. All those years of oppression, humiliation, and resentment that eventually resulted in civil wars and revolutions seem to have meant nothing because the 21 st century still witnesses cases of racism. These days, however, racists learnt to hide their hatred for those who are different under the mask of racism-opponents. This is how the concept of color-blind racism emerged. Color-blind ideology “relies on race-neutral language to support the argument that race is no longer a factor in opportunity and achievement in America” (Quiroz, 2007, p. 13). This sociological term is meant to express people’s disregard for any racial characteristics. When the idea emerged first, it seemed to have marked the end of the fight with racism for the desired was achieved and the society has finally admitted that differences based on the skin color are senseless. Nevertheless, quite soon color-blindness started to be perceived as an indirect act of racism, act of oppression that still placed some races over the others (Healey, 2009). In this way, color-blindness presupposes that the society is post-race. It does not say that racism has vanished from the society; instead it posits that racism does not matter in the modern world, which is untrue because racial oppression takes place even at present. Perhaps, this is not overt oppression as it used to be the case in the 19 th or 20 th century; overt oppression has been replaced by covert indirect acts testifying to the fact that racism is still alive. Contemporary America can be characterized by color-blind racism, an ideology that that serves as a shield for white people who covertly express their negative attitude towards people of color, which can be seen from the latter’s living conditions and working opportunities that are not equal with those of the whites; this ideology is typical for Patriarchal societies that function on mindlessness instead of mindfulness, a society that America has once been and will always remain at least to some extent. Main body First of all, it should be mentioned that color-blind
Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a non-pharmacological treatment intervention for patients with dementia and associated disease. Surveys revealed that the CST is cost-efficient compared to other pharmacological treatment interventions. The CST session includes physical games, sound, current affairs, word association, orientation, food, categorizing objects, word games, number games, and a team quiz. The progressive deterioration of an individual’s health status leads to dementia. A survey carried out in the US revealed that eight hundred thousand people have dementia. The increasing rate of dementia accounts for the creation of group intervention units. Previous literature showed that early diagnosis enhanced the patient’s cognitive reasoning. As a result, the individual becomes depressed and dies of
Introduction The cash for clunkers regulation is a program which was designed to allow car owners to trade their used cars with poor fuel consumption rate for more fuel efficient ones. This trade is to be accompanied by a benefit of $4500 from the national government. However, the consumers can only get one rebate with the credit liable to taxation. Similarly trade-in vehicle under joint ownership gets only a single credit. The car to be traded should be no more than 18 mpg with the new one having a minimum of 22 mpg. The vehicle to be traded has to have been insured for not less than a year. The vehicle has to be in a state of being able to be driven. The owner of the trade-in car must therefore confirm that the vehicle can be operated on its own power during the trading-in process. Additionally, for vehicles to be eligible for trading under the cash for clunkers program, it must have a suggestion of retail price from the manufacturer which should be less or equal to $45,000. The trade-in vehicle is required to be registered to one owner for at least one year without change of ownership. In the case where the vehicle is owned by two or more persons, it has to have been registered under one, some or all the parties for the same period of one year (Griffin, 2011, p. 10). For the trade-in vehicle to have an eligible registration, it has to have a registration document showing the purchaser’s ownership for at least one year immediately a year before the trade-in. in case of changes in ownership in a co-owned vehicle during the final year to trade-in, the registration is considered valid with the condition that the purchaser appears in the certification for that same period. The dealer involve in the trading-in of any vehicle is required by the agency to have clear title to be able to dispose the vehicle under the cash for clunkers program. Despite the fact that many consumers consider the use of motorcycles to be economical in saving fuel and environment friendly, this program does not consider them as eligible, not only for trade-in, but also for purchase or lease. When a truck considered as a category 3 trucks is traded in for another category 3 truck, the credit for the new one should be $3,500 regardless of whether the new truck is smaller than the old one or is of the same size. This program covered all the 50 United States and thus, for a trade-in to be eligible the dealer must be a citizen of the United States and the vehicle to be traded in must as well be insured in the United States. However, not all vehicles qualify for trading in under this program. The agency has excluded trading in of vehicles which are not manufactured for transporting people and those that are susceptible to operations off-highway. Such vehicles include pickup trucks, cargo carrying vehicles and vehicles that have physical characteristics in regard to ground clearance. The eligibility of category 1 and 2 trucks is determined by the length of the wheelbase with the shortest ones being more offered for trade-in than the long ones. The trade-in vehicle must be di
Discussion It is worth noting that many experts in the field believe that artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly transform the work of the Intelligence Community (IC). However, AI is not able to learn without human intervention, and specialists will have to make efforts to obtain and clean up data, compile classifications, and train machines and employees (Weisgerber, 2018). The purpose of this paper is to discuss what management challenges may be anticipated in infusing new technologies into the Intelligence analysis process and recommend management approaches for integrating technologies into the IC’s work. Challenges and Management Approaches The main difficulties in applying such technologies lie in their expediency. In its turn, the feasibility of introducing new technologies is determined by the effect of the final results and the costs of developing and testing AI technologies as applied to the Intelligence analysis process. The rationale for the resources spent during these processes is another challenge (Jarmon, 2020). When developing innovative solutions, mistakes and forced repetitions accompanying such a process are also considered as spent resources, since they divert the IC’s cognitive resource (the workforce), which is used less productively. Moreover, project management is inseparable from the active investment of financial resources since only the merger of these two processes ensures the achievement of the target effect from the development of a new technological solution. Also, resistance to change is a challenge to overcome when incorporating AI into analysis processes (Jarmon, 2020). In particular, the staff operating the tools will need to undergo intensive training, which might cause objections from the side of the IC’s workforce. It is impossible to determine which specific approaches will be most effective since it depends on the type and form of artificial intelligence being introduced. Before applying the new system, management needs to understand how it works, what operational tasks it will perform, and in which operating environments it will be used. In particular, it is essential to make sure that the program provides an understandable decision-making procedure, which specialists of the departments will be able to verify (Scharre & Horowitz, 2018). With the support of a trained workforce, management needs to consider how the desired results of the software used will be achieved, especially in the case of machine learning. To gain confidence in the results, management needs to ensure the transparency of the applied approaches and procedures. However, to accomplish this task, it will have to find a compromise between transparency in the decision-making process, system performance, and functionality. Apart from th
The GI bill, also known as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, can be objectively regarded as a successful legislative notion for a nation in post-war conditions. The Bill aimed to provide economic and financial aid to soldiers returning from the war in 1945. Its success is generally explained by the profound impact on the lives of over 12 million veterans. The benefits it offered included pensions, grants, funds for education and professional training, as well as the opportunity to get loans for similar purposes. Furthermore, the Bill received approval from both Democratic and Republican political parties, as evident from the statements made by their representatives. President Clinton, a member of the Democratic party, noted it “helped to unleash a prosperity never before known,” while a former Republican congressman referred to it as a “great piece of legislation” (Altschuler and Blumin, 2009, p.3). In this way, it is essential to review the specific means by which the Bill impacted millions of lives and became one of the most successful in American history. One of the most meaningful projects was the educational opportunities for veterans in the 1950s. About 7.8 million people were able to receive graduate and college education, as well as training benefits. The president at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt, believed that young soldiers (up to 19 years of age) had the right to “resume their schooling” upon return from war (Altschuler and Blumin, 2009, p.41). These 1-4 year courses enabled veterans to continue their education and enter a new academic institution without major concerns about its costs. In that way, more people were able to resume living everyday lives and eventually became financially stable; the plan was to be seen as an expectant move towards compensating over the war’s losses rather than a way to separate veterans from other citizens (Altschuler and Blumin, 2009, p.43). On the other hand, accomplished students were rewarded with grants and extra payme