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Purpose The purpose of this research study is to investigate the advantages of using technologically advanced, or high priced, baseball bats in the Little League Baseball. The study will examine the benefits or advantages of using technologically advanced baseball bats, mostly made of Aluminum, over the wooden bat that has been traditionally in use. Introduction In recent years, the subject of baseball bat performance has led to debates among players, regulating bodies, and even scientists and researchers. These debates arise due to the use of new technologies in making bats leading to baseball bats that perform exceedingly better than the traditional wooden bats. Research carried out in field studies and in simulated laboratory tests have concluded that technological advancement s have indeed improved the efficiency of bats, especially those made of Aluminum (Nathan et al, pp.). These studies have also provided information on how best to improve bat performance regarding bat-ball collision (Russell, para. 1). These findings have led to debates on whether or not Aluminum bats should be used for playing baseball as they give unfair advantage to those who use them. Aluminum Bats Aluminum bats have a number of advantages over wooden bats. Since it is harder than wood, the weight of aluminum bat can be varied more than wooden bats (Science Buddy). They are also less elastic than wood, implying that the bat loses less energy through rebound. Lastly aluminum bats do have sweet spots that are relatively larger hence easement of the ability to frequently hit balls (Oracle). Composite Bats Another important type of bat is the composite baseball bat, these types of bats are identical to Aluminum bats, but have a graphite wall on the inside. The bats are easy to swing, and provide relatively greater trampoline effect. They also have very low damping speeds, in addition to less bending stiffness (Kolenich. Para. 2). Statistical evidence from the NCAA, the body that regulates collegiate baseball in the US, clearly indicates that technological advancements have led to improved performance in baseball. These improvements have been realized in areas such as batting averages, home runs per game, and strike out per nine innings from 1970 to 2010 (NCAA). These findings are shown below. Fig. 1. Batting Averages Fig. 2. Home Runs per Game Fig. 3. Strike Outs per Nine Innings Terms, Concepts, and Questions Relating to the Study To complete the study, I will investigate the following aspects of the game of baseball: Physics of baseball; Ball-bat collisions; Sweet spot of a baseball bat; The grip of a baseball bat. Research Questions The research will aim to answer several questions relating to the variables in the game of baseball. For example, is the distance better with a specific bat, does technology improve the feel/ grip of the bat. Are composite bats better than Aluminum bats? Does w
Attending a successful speech is an experience that can be remembered and recalled as a new resource of inspiration. Nevertheless, many of the speeches as regular traditions in local churches can fall into the category of obliged duty either to the listeners or to the speakers themselves. This fact can outline an important part of church speeches which sometimes surpasses the importance of the content of the speech. This part consists of many details that cannot be limited to a single word, such as delivery, reaction, and message. As an attempt to observe and critique these components of a church speech, this paper covers a personal experience of attending a local church and analyzing it from a perspective of inspiration rather than content. The attended speech was held on Wednesday, March 04, 2009, in Calvary Chapel which is located at 2955 Minton Rd Melbourne. The speech was titled “The Lord Is My Shepherd” and was presented by pastor Mark Balmer. The speech was a part of regular teachings connected with explaining excerpts from the bible and relating them to a particular event. The aforementioned speech specifically was addressed to analyzing Psalm 23 and the context of the phrase “The Lord Is My Shepherd”. The speaker used as an introduction of his speech a real-life example in delivering the main idea of his speech. The main idea after that gradually shifted into explaining the title of the speech. In that matter, the speaker used imagery, figurative language, and symbolism in relating the bible to the simple events that everyone is facing each day. It also can be sensed that the subject of the speech along with its content indirectly was used as guidelines in assessing certain behavior in the light of the recent difficult financial situation that the country and the world are facing. This the element can be especially perceptible with the emphasis on “a sheep need a shepherd” which can be heard in different interpretations throughout the whole speech. It can be sensed that the delivery methods used by the speaker were directed mainly toward the younger audience as the pastor used the internet, the blogs, the newspaper, the obituary notice, and especially the staff with the sheep dummy. All of these elements combined with the speaker’s natural and delicate sense of humor can be attributed to the delivery strategies that he used. Although the natural characteristic of the speaker can be mainly attributed to his nature, it can be sensed how smoothly he transitioned from funny subjects into serious ones never letting the audience feeling as the teachings are imposed on them. The success of the speech can be sensed through the personal reaction and the reaction of the audience. In that matter, it can be said that the speech was very successful. The speaker has perfectly mastered his speech already sensing that this passage will let the people laugh and the other one will make them fall deep in thought. The reaction o the public was predictable, but at the same time there was a strong feeling of improvisa
Introduction This study will be conducted to determine the best alternative energy company that wishes to supply solar panels and windmills for the production of non-pollution electricity generation. The countries selected are India and UAE, the economic and financial environment of these countries will be assessed to determine the best company to choose as a partner for this endeavor. Objectives of the Study The study is basically an analysis of the current and future economic trends of both India and UAE to enable an informed selection of a partner. The study will be directed towards achieving the following information;  1. To find out the various factors influencing these economies, both external and internal factors, and their severity.  2. To identify ways in which these two markets adopt technological changes to meet their energy needs.  3. Identify the necessity and future needs of electricity in these economies.  4. Identify the size of the markets to ensure economies of scale for the company.  5. To identify which market is favorable for business in consideration of both internal and external factors.  6. Find out the electricity production and consumption rates to determine future trends.  7. Transportation and communication costs in the target markets.  8. Government assistance to traders in the trading countries.  9. Recommend on the best country is the best to do business with. The information on the economic trends of both UAE and India can be obtained in the various economic analysis reports of various organizations and governments. This information is got from;   * Government central bank
Introduction In The Literary Symbol by William York Tindall, symbol is defined as “the outward sign of an inward state” where ‘sign’ indicates a material object and ‘inward state’ refers to feelings, thoughts or a combination of the two (1955). As George Orwell used it, symbol refers to any substitution of character or construction that is intended to imply through strong connections characters and events occurring in the broader political world of the writer. As this concept is used in August Wilson’s play Fences, a combination of these approaches can be discerned. The play depicts the life of a group of people living in a small tenement building in Pittsburgh during a span of eight years from 1957 to 1965. The main plot follows the life of Tony as he slowly builds a fence for his wife Rose, who feels the physical presence of the fence will help her contain the love of their little family and help keep them together. Tony is, in many ways, a progressive black man in an era before Civil Rights in that he helps pave the way for black men to obtain better employment positions. However, he is also a victim of his upbringing as he discusses with his oldest son. This causes him to build metaphoric fences that shut himself off from making meaningful emotional connections with those who should mean most to him. By naming his play Fences, the plural form of the word even though only a single physical fence is evident in the play, August Wilson brings attention to the symbolism of the fence itself as defined by Tindall while he also employs the wider political concepts of Orwell regarding the state of the entire race during this era. Main text One of the main activities holding the play together despite the long expanse of time that is covered in it is the building of Rose’s fence. At the end of Act 1, scene 2, Rose reminds Troy of the fence she wants him to build around their yard. This is an important element of the home front to her as the house with the fence around the yard signifies a step toward the middle class. That this was the case can be found in essays about women’s issues during this time period. According to Hewitt (2002), “in response to dramatic economic and political upheavals, they constructed white, middle-class ‘True Women’ as the gladiators at the gate, fending off the evils that accompanied the pursuit of wealth and power by bourgeois men and the expansion of cities, factories, and plantations that fed their success. Yet this was a warrior without armor taking her stand behind a white picket fence” (157). The physical presence of the fence not only indicates an economic perception of a higher social status than those without fences, but also becomes a permanent reminder of the yard space that belongs to the family, highlighting the freedom they have gained. In Act 1, scene 1, Troy himself alludes to this upward economic motion as he jokes around about the possibility of Rose cheating on him and threatening to put a rooster in the back yard to keep the other men away from her. “Only thing is … when we first got married … forget the rooster … we ain’t had no yard!” (14). Although the family has achieved some financi
Diffusion of innovation describes how a new idea, behavior, or item (an innovation) is disseminated to a population in a given period of time through specific avenues of communication (Rogers, 2003). Innovations are not always adopted even when they have obvious and clear-cut advantages and Rogers (2003) identifies four factors of diffusion: time, the social system, the innovation, and the communication channels. For something to qualify as an innovation it does not have to be temporally recent as what matters is that people perceive it as new. An innovation therefore is that which is perceived as new regardless of its actual age. A communication channel refers to the course a message takes to get from a source to the receiver and examples are interpersonal communication and mass media. Time is a factor when it comes to the rate of adoption of an innovation and it forms an imperative element in understanding diffusion of innovations. The social system can be viewed as people who jointly seek a common goal. The decision to take up an innovation usually involves five steps: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. The knowledge stage is characterized by someone gaining initial information on what purpose the innovation serves and how it functions, albeit the information is sparse at this stage. During the persuasion stage the person actively seeks information on the innovation and forms an independent opinion about the innovation. Rogers (2003) points out that persuasions are more affective than objective-they are based more on feelings than actual factual information. The decision stage marks the point at which someone decides whether or not to adopt an innovation for their own use. In the implementation stage the person puts the innovation to actual practical use. Confirmation is the final stage and it involves the person making an evaluation of the decision to use the innovation. The stage is also marked by seeking of information that is of a bolstering nature in order to confirm their decision and keep using the innovation. The success of an innovation is usually determined by five aspects: relative advantage, simplicity and ease of use, compatibility with existing values and practices, trialability and observability (Bennet and Bennet, 2003). Relative advantage is subjective to the users of an innovation and it is the perceived “betterness” of an innovation to its predecessor. Simplicity and ease of use determine the rate of an innovation’s diffusion in the sense that innovations that are easy to understand and use are likely to have a faster rate of adoption. The extent to which an innovation is consistent with current needs and is significant to its users determines the innovation’s compatibility with existing values and practices. An innovation that is highly relevant to the social system is likely to have a higher rate of diffusion. Trialabilty is the degree to which an innovation can be tested by the potential user before the user adopts it e.g. a car that can be taken for a test
Introduction For Steinbeck, Mexico was everything America was not. It possessed a primitive vitality, a harsh simplicity and a romantic beauty – all of which are found in “The Pearl”. No reader would expect such a lovely place to be the setting for a tragedy in which Kino found a pearl that would result in the loss of much that meant to him. Analysis The main protagonist o John Steinbeck’s novella “The Pearl” is a young Mexican Indian pearl diver named Kino. He lives with Juana and they have a baby named Coyotito. They live a somewhat peaceful, uneventful life until their baby gets bitten by a scorpion. When Juana tells her partner to fetch the doctor, he and the neighbors tell her that the doctor will never come to such an impoverished place as theirs. Juana then sets off for the doctor’s residence while Kino and a crowd of villagers follow her. At the doctor’s house, Juana is informed that the doctor is not in. The truth is that he refuses ot help the couple for two reasons: they cannot afford to pay the doctor’s fee and also because the doctor is prejudiced against Kino’s race. Kino goes back to work, diving for oysters from his canoe. Juana, in turn, treats her baby whose shoulder has become swollen from the scorpion’s bite. She does this by applying brown seaweed to the wound until the swelling subsides. Meantime, Kino discovers an unusually large oyster. Upon opening it, he beholds a pearl as large as the egg of a seagull. He shouts his good fortune to his fellow divers, and before he reaches home, the news is already known to the inhabitants of the village and the town, including the priest and the doctor. The priest advise Kino that he needs to give thanks for his good luck; while the doctor prevails upon Kino to have his baby treated. Actually, the doctor does something to make the child sick so that he could then heal him and get paid for it. That night, the couple is victimized by robbers who hit Kino on the head, but are unsuccessful in stealing the pearl. By this time, Juana is convinced that the pearl is a harbinger of evil and pleads with her husband to throw the pearl back into the sea. Kino refuses, for he feels that it will give them better lives than they presently have. On the day Kino ventures to sell the pearl in the town, the pearl buyers have already planned on a ruse by which they could purchase it at the least amount of money. The pearl remains unsold and that night the couple are beset by thieves. Again Kino is bloodied and beaten and the attackers have escaped. Juana begs him anew to throw the pearl back into the sea; but Kino still refuses, envisioning the pearl being sold to provide Coyotito with an education. Undercover of darkness, Juana takes the pearl, aiming to throw it herself into the sea. Kino follows her and saves the pearl from going under water; but then he is attacked by robbers he fails to identify. The pearl is knocked away but he manages to stab to death one of his assailants before he is hit to unconsciousness. Juana retrieves the pearl, returns it to him and tells him they must flee the village for he has killed a man. Che
Many professional nursing values are crucial for providing high-quality care and services. They are significant for both nursing staff and their mentors. At my place of employment, nurse managers show several important qualities and values that allow them to address problematic issues within the team or existing organizational policies. The first significant value that my mentor has is sharing decision making (Black, 2016). They always collect nurses’ feedback and suggestions while implementing new care strategies. Sometimes, mentors ask staff to participate in group discussions regarding problematic issues to resolve them collectively. Such an approach is valuable because it shows to nurses that their opinions and perspectives are significant. The second professional value that the mentor at my workplace has is flexibility. The nurse manager encourages staff to implement innovations in care and try new approaches to enhance the quality of services. In addition, she is open to discussion and can adapt to challenging situations, such as conflicts between nurses and patients. This capacity allows the mentor to respond to existing problems rapidly and prevent them from happening in the future. The nurse manager also shows the eagerness to improve services continuously (Black, 2016). She establishes training sessions and meetings aimed to enhance nurses’ knowledge about health-related topics, prevention methods, and follow-up care. In addition, the mentor has developed a feedback system for patients, which allows for identifying existing disadvantages in approaches to care. Finally, the nurse manager shows several significant personality traits, such as empathy, compassion, and humaneness. Alan and Baykal (2018) report that these qualities are vital for mentors as they allow for an excellent performance. It is possible to conclude that the nurse manager at my workplace presents the professional values of an effective leader.
The variation in the multitude of global languages reflects the diverse states of intercultural communication, which is amplified by the increase in tremendous leaps in technological advancements. Global technology allows for open access to a wealth of information, resources, and influence that can encourage change in cultures and societies. It is implemented in a variety of settings, from educational establishments to business ventures, but serves a primary purpose of clear and effective communication between communities of differing backgrounds. To better understand the effect any form of communication, be it through technology or other means, has on two cultures in interaction, it is first important to identify ways in which two parties can be distinct. Cultures are comprehensive but not mutual in their acceptance of certain behaviors or beliefs in all cases. All cultures are subject to potential change but may resist such processes, often in response to something like the influx of information from a foreign source. Essentially, at its core, a culture is a social system created from ideas, beliefs, and customs which can hold an extensive list of components, such as laws, speech, and more (Dumitraşcu-Băldău & Dumitraşcu, 2019). Language is a primary component of any culture, it is the method by which much of the culture’s essence is taught or shared. This process of passing components of culture to the next generation can be stifled or lost in situations in which language itself experiences a change. Such a shift creates a changed perspective in the ways culture is interpreted, learned, and recorded. Global technology can be a catalyst of such change, an influence that alters some components of culture when two cultures interact on a global scale. It can be identified as another side effect of globalization, and as such, holds both benefits and consequences for all parties involved. It is impossible to identify the rise of intercultural communication through global technology as either detrimental or entirely favorable. The substantial impact of limitless databases and communication tools have implemented both betterment and disadvantages on the global, national, and local scale. The positive impacts of global technology can be observed through the lens of business, which has prospered tremendously due to the inclusion of employees from more diverse backgrounds and an increase in communication that is not blocked by unfamiliarity with a number of cultures. Much of the business industry, especially the IT-focused sectors recognize professionalism in terms of communication as the primary priority of a successful project or firm. Appropriate use of global technology for intercultural communication encourages worldwide competitiveness, a mark of an industry experiencing growth. Such f