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The film The Joy Luck Club was shot by an American director of Chinese origin. The work tells about the Chinese, their lives, and the country’s problems that have become their new homeland. Eight Chinese women who emigrated to the States a long time ago recall their childhood, life in China before emigration. They all had a hard time, and each had her destiny. The story is told on behalf of the main character, whose mother died. The film was called The Joy Luck Club because each of the eight women experienced many difficulties that turned the course of their lives, but now they cannot look back and call themselves happy. The director’s goal was to demonstrate to the audience the difficult lives of women who were influenced by men. There are a lot of heroes in the film since the basis of the film is eight women, and the life of each of them is a separate line. Even though all women have experienced difficult times, they can still be called the work’s protagonists. Four mothers want their daughters not to go through the difficulties they once experienced, and four daughters want to be the best for their mothers and live a happy family life. Each of the heroines meets negative characters on her way, who become antagonists of the film. The film tells about the immigration of Chinese women to America and the life of their daughters of American women of Chinese descent. Already middle-aged Chinese women who have firmly settled in their new homeland still honor traditions, as if they had not left China. None of the girls of the new generation had a successful life the first time. They had to make mistakes many times before they realized that Mom was right. Rarely do people leave their homes on a whim or because of youthful maximalism. Moreover, such selfishness is not peculiar to the Chinese. A wave of emigration swept through China when salvation from the madness of war was seen only across the ocean. Having lost their home, relatives, and friends, people did not lose hope of recreating their family on a new earth. Some even had to leave their children on the dusty side of the road in the hope of moving forward and getting to a bright future. The worldview of the first generation of migrants, who had an authentic Chines
Introduction   * The National Small Business Act 102 of 1996 addresses the lack of resources in South Africa   * It was amended in 2003 and 2004 to offer more support to businesses   * The 2003 amendment was meant to promote the interest of small business (Madzimure 7)   * The 2004 amendment facilitated the establishment of the Small Enterprise Development Agency Roles of the Policy  1. It is focused on empowering and addressing issues affecting small businesses.  2. Priority issues are business development and job creation.  3. The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) is mandated to support high impact initiatives.  4. The policy provides a strategy for the promotion and development of small businesses including training and financing (Mokoena 450).  5. It offers an integrated approach to enhance the development of small enterprises. How Government Policies Influence Entrepreneurship in South Africa   * Reduced taxation lowers the cost of doing business   * Reduced cost of production improves profitability   * The provision of a favorable business environment enhances growth and expansion (Bushe 26).   * Policies eliminate unfair competition giving room for small business to advance   * Promote innovation and creativity that is necessary for supporting the success   * Provide guidelines to promote small businesses (Ngota et al. 4).   * Support the establishment of the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the National Small Business Advisory Council (NSBAC) Infrastructure and Capital in South Africa  1. Infrastructure is important in promoting prosperity and economic development  2. The government has taken measures to improve its infrastructure and promote entrepreneurship  3. It is determined to upgrade the existing and build new infrastructure  4. The government has shown a commitment to connecting supply chains to move goods and services efficiently (Higgs and Hill 28).  5. It also provides capital to support entrepreneurship and the development of small businesses Positive Impact on Entrepreneurship in the Country   * Capital provides the necessary resources to start and expand businesses   * Policies provide a conducive operating environment that promotes the growth of businesses   * They promote healthy competition through the elimin
A relationship between a grandchild and a grandparent is nothing short of special: by the time that people have grandchildren, they tend to be more knowledgeable and accepting. While grandparenting has always made an essential part of old age, lately, the world has seen new trends in raising or helping to raise grandchildren. These tendencies are tied to the changing economic landscape that influences the ways people work and build their families. This essay will discuss how grandparenting has changed due to the new economy and provide two profiles of grandparents from different periods. Nowadays, grandparents seem to be more actively participating in their children’s lives. Even though in 2017, a typical adult retires much later from work, he or she has as much time to spend as a retiree as their counterparts from the 1950s due to the increased life expectancy (Buchanan & Rotkirch, 2018). Moreover, as recent statistics have shown, senior citizens refuse to live in retirement homes and prefer to be independent and self-managed. Sometimes, they even become the heads of their households: if in 2000, 6% of families were led by a grandparent, by 2015, the share had amounted to 8% (Buchanan & Rotkirch, 2018). Thus, by staying active and having enough time on their hands, the new grandparents can build a stronger bond with their grandchildren. The increased grandparental involvement in the 21st century is also explained by the growing number of single-parent households. Family breakups and divorces have become nothing unusual, which is a positive trend in some sense. In the developed countries, deciding to leave your life partner is no longer stigmatized and seen as an expression of one’s free will. However, the heightened divorce rate means that one parent often becomes the primary caregiver and struggles with juggling work, romantic life, and childrearing (Buchanan & Rotkirch, 2018). Therefore, grandparents are asked to give a helping hand, or they volunteer to babysit themselves. A typical adult from the 1950s was likely to become a grandparent much earlier than an adult from 2017. This difference is explained by the new challenges that today’s adults are fac
Test reliability is one of the criteria for test quality. It shows how accurately the test is guaranteed to measure the phenomenon under study. Reliability is usually determined after the test items have been analyzed and the final test form has been compiled; a special test validation is conducted to determine it (Whiston, 2017). A test can be called reliable based on two kinds of information. First, a test is called reliable if it is interference-resistant. When the test is administered under different conditions, it gives similar results. Second, a test is reliable if it is internally consistent (homogeneous). That is, there are no inconsistencies within the procedure itself, and the methodology for analyzing the results is chosen correctly. Test reliability is also closely related to random error. Like any human activity, testing contains errors. The following types of errors occur in testing: lapses, systematic, and random errors. Random errors occur when successive measurements of a constant characteristic yield different numerical values. When determining random errors, it is assumed that the measured characteristic does not change in time, and all deviations are caused by measurement inaccuracy. The boundary between random and systematic errors is conditional. The total error of any test consists of errors of these two types but in different ratios. The relative weight of each type of error depends on the test’s quality and the examination conditions. Test results always contain errors, no matter how carefully administered the test is. However, using methods of mathematical statistics, it is possible to estimate the magnitude of the total test error and use it to assess test reliability. Without a statistical evaluation of test reliability, measurement results cannot be considered reliable. Therefore, test reliability is a characteristic of the extent to which differences between test-takers reflect differences in test-takers’ properties and the extent to which they are a reflection of random errors. Reference Whiston, S. C. (2017). Principles and applications of assessment in counseling (5 th Ed.). Cengage.
Introduction This introduction involves different works of research on different topics as in the whole paper dealing with systems, databases, programs, and web services. With the introduction of world-wide-web, a dissimilar change is being felt to the use of files as a corporate basis of data. Apart from proprietary designs, a lot of businesses are utilizing the web for the reason of their data formation, storage, and circulation requirements.XML introduction with, advanced control over the meta-data and document structure has evidently improved the likelihood of document organization on the web. Most relational database SQL (structured query language) is the language that is mostly accepted [SQL 86, SQL89, SQL92]. It is being popularly known as object Oriented or query language or object Relational (OR) database (Astrahan& Chamberlin, 1975, p. 1). It’s used as a Data manipulation language (DML) also data definition language and data (DDL) query language (DQL). Achieving the broad case-based reasoning prop up for corporate reminiscences will need elasticity in transforming implementations with presented organizations resources and infrastructures(Bancilhon &Delobel, 1992, p. 2). Ontology web language services (OWL-S) are the many efforts being used to enable ontology development “for semantic web services”. When unfolding web services, one of the noticeable aspects that desires represented is Quality of Service (QoS), the potential of web service to convene satisfactory point of services as for each factors such suitability, accessibility, performance, truth and reliability compliance security, and regulatory XML is one of the widely used data version and data swap formats. The figure of XML connected developed and under development applications is significant. A lot of research on XML has focused on developing resourceful mechanisms to accumulate and handle XML data either as an element of a relational database or using indigenous XML stores. Though, hiding secured data is important. You can copy a section of these materials without paying the fee as long as you don’t use copies and supply for straight commercial benefit. Copying permission is given by Very large Data Base
The History and the Leaders of the NAACP Movement Social movements are organized groups that work towards a common goal and must create a positive change at the end of every activity. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) began in New York City in 1909. It mainly advocated for equality and opportunity as an example of the social movement organizations. W.E B DU Bois, the principal founder of the NAACP, was forced to launch several initiatives to expand across the world. Other leaders, such as James and Johnson, took part in the formation of NAAPC, investigating the likelihood of segregation. Africa and America got freedom in most aspects of life, which was the main activity and the purpose of the NAACP movement. The Purpose, Success, and Failures of the Movement The NAACP’s primary goal was to secure constitutional rights that would eventually end slavery and equal protection under the law in terms of race. The employment sectors and the universal suffrages would also free Africa and America in the form of any bondage (Little & Ron,2006). The movement had also remedy discriminatory practices in the form of origin, color, and race. However, the NAACP organizations had failures, for instance, a lack of unity among members as the members got charged because of a lack of directions in the final stage. Other members did not support the movement fully by aggregating their fundamental rights to have a common goal. The members could not finance NAACP activities as the members faced criticism, thus leading to their failures. Like any other organization, NAACP had it is own purpose, success and failures as a whole. The Longevity of the NAACP Movement The National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People is still active up to moment. The NAACP still concentrates on African and American reforms such as education, racial discrimination, and others. The NAACP also focuses on publishing monthly journal that advocates for human rights in any other form. Youths and university campaign groups have also come into existence and opened branches across the global world (Sartain, 2020). Moreover, the social movement has considered the invaluable group, such as women and continued to mobilize other women. Therefore, the organization is still active since its conception out of the practices mentioned. The Sociological Perspective I Would Use to Describe the Social Movement The NAAPC movements practiced some sociological activities to achieve the goals and campaign against unlawful acts. The NAACP started focusing on five major areas; for instance, denying voting rights was allowed. The ability not to discriminate against individuals in terms of origin, color, religion, sex and others (Shelly & Sweatt, 2021). Other reforms were free housing distribution and freedom of assessing learning institutions for both Africans and Americans. The Africans and Americans were now able to lead people at the people’s will, which eventually led to democratic states and nations. The oppo
Introduction The purpose of the study is to find out the impact of the production budget, the days of release, the number of theatres, opening gross, and seasons on the amount of revenue generated by movies. The study is motivated by the need to examine whether movies with larger budgets become the highest income earners. The most popular movies usually announce the largest production budgets. The analysis starts with a descriptive table of the mean, and standard deviation. The mean indicates that most movies spent about 100 days to release a movie, and generated about $66 million in revenues. It could have been favorable news for movie producers. However, the standard deviation indicates that the earnings can vary widely, which may include negative earnings. In the second part, the paper displays and analyzes a correlation matrix table. In the third part, scatter diagrams are used to elaborate on the effect of different variables on revenues. The study indicates that there is a strong positive relationship between revenues and the other four variables, except for the number of days. Seasons have a weak negative correlation with revenues, except for summer. Descriptive statistics Table 1. ALL MOVIES.                                                                                     Variable     Mean               Std. deviation  Sample size                                       Revenue      66,144,305         72,470,209      425                                               Budget       53,133,762         52,003,155      425                                               Theatre      2,512              1,160           425                                               Opening      19,691,739         23,709,540      425                                               Days         100                48              425                                                            movie title        revenue         budget       theatre  opening      days         Maximum      Toy Story 3        415,004,880     200,000,000  4,028    110,307,189  119   Summer Minimum      In a Better World  1,008,098       5,500,000    51       33,058       160   Spring  There is a wide range in the amount that firms spend on movies as their production budget as well as the revenues they generate. It can be seen from the large values of standard deviation for the budget, and revenue. The mean indicates that most of the movies in the sample had revenues that are close to $66 million, and budgets that are about $53 million. According to the characteristic of a normal distribution, 68% of the movies spent between $0 and $138.6 million, which is one standard deviation from the mean. It has a negative value for the minimum amount, which shows that there is a wide variation in revenues and the budget. The mean number of theatres indicates that most movies used about 2,500 theatres in their widest release. The movie with the maximum revenue, Toy Story 3, spent an amount that is about 40 times the one spent on the movie with the minimum amount of revenue. Its revenue
Introduction Immigration by Mexicans into the US has led to a large demographic change in some States. While the US is made up of immigrants from countries all over the world, Mexico deserves special attention since it contributes to 30% of all immigrants making them the largest group of foreign-born immigrants (Jimenez, 2007). North Carolina has experienced an influx of people who identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino. With a 400% increase in the Latino population between 1990 and 2000, the US Census Bureau has identified North Carolina as the state with the fastest growing Latino population (U.S. Census, 2001). At the onset, the influx of immigrants in North Carolina was necessitated by the labor demands of the State. However, this flow of immigrant has reached high levels and the citizens of the State are divided as to the value of Mexican Immigrants. While supporters of the immigrants state that they provide valuable services to the State, opponents argue that these immigrants are responsible for a myriad of negative outcomes including increased violence and social insecurity. In light of these conflicting views, this paper will set out to conduct a research on Mexican immigrants in the US in order to illustrate that while they have both positive and negative aspects, the negative far outweigh the positive. Negative Aspects of Mexican Immigrants Mexican immigrants make the streets unsafe by engaging in practices such as drug dealing. Morris (2000) notes that “a disproportionate number of those charged with drug crimes are men of Hispanic descent” (p.116). Mexico has established itself as the country that provides most of the illegal drugs that get into the US. The immigrant Mexicans play a significant role in this drug industry and Morris (2000) asserts that the amount of drugs entering the American boarders through Mexicans immigrants is overwhelming. This has negative and dire impacts on the American economy as well as the citizens themselves. Drug traffic is suppressing other business from thriving while creating an environment that favors economic stress such as inflation. As a matter of fact, most of these drugs end up in the hands of the minority communities. These drugs are sold to the youth with negative consequences on their future lives. In addition to this, the volume of drug-related violence is on the rise due to Mexican immigrants. Opponents of Mexican immigrants argue that this group poses additional strain to the social facilities provided to the country’s citizens. Specifically, Mexicans engage in habits that increase their chances of suffering from lifestyle diseases. Latino men consume alcohol at a rate that is significantly higher than that of men of other races in the US. The CDC (2006) reports that 23% of Latino men engage in binge drinking which is the overcons
Types of Interviews There are different types of interviews that are used by employers to determine whether candidates are qualified for a particular job. Screening Interviews This kind of interview is conducted by employers to reduce the number of candidates they have to a smaller number which can be managed more easily. The purpose of the interview is to eliminate the candidates who are not fit for the position. It is usually conducted over the phone and the questions only focus on basic qualifications (Lussier, 2012). Phone Interviews This interview is basically used to question the candidates who live in other cities. Phone interviews are generally not scheduled for a particular day and time and the candidate can expect the call from the company HR manager during a week, for example, from… to… (as specified with the candidate (McDermott, 2006). One-on-One Interviews This is one of the most common types of interviews that entails the interviewer and interviewee sitting together and talking to each other. Dress, visual factors, non-verbal communication, appearance, and verbal communication skills of the interviewee are easily identified by the interviewer (McDermott, 2006). Panel Interviews This interview is carried out by several interviewers or a selected committee. Employers find this kind of interview quite effective since they are able to conduct several interviews at the same time. Interviewees must be well engaged with the interviewers in the panel (McDermott, 2006). Serial interviews This interview involves the candidate meeting several interviewers during the day. Several interviewers ask questions to the candidates one by one, and so on until the process is complete. This kind of interview is both mentally and physically tiring to the interviewee (McDermott, 2006). Group Interviews This interview involves one interviewer interviewing several candidates at the same time. The interviewer does not ask particular questions knowing that a leader will eventually emerge among the candidates (Trishna, 2009). Stress Interviews This type of interview is aimed at seeing the way in which a candidate will react to stress. The interviewer may make the candidate feel uncomfortable by asking him to wait for long hours (Trishna, 2009). Lunch interviews Interviewers conduct this kind of interview either at dinner or during lunch. The interviews are aimed at determining the social skills and manners of the interviewees as they interact with the interviewers (Trishna, 2009). Skills Required For A Successful Job Interview There are several skills and techniques that are required by candidates in order for them to have a successful job interview. These techniques and skills are stated below (Corfield, 2009).   * The interviewee must learn the right