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Warehouses and airports are giving a higher economic value as compared to farming in the case the opportunity cost is considered. Opportunity is a summation of the monetary value of the next available best alternative that one foregoes during the making of a decision. The monetary value of farming must be lower than the gains from warehouses and airports. The farm products’ total price minus the costs incurred to the point of sale which equals to the net profit is compared to the monetary gains from warehouses and airports whereby the warehouses could be rented o ceased and the airport authorities pay for the land in large amounts. This is why the residents use the land for warehouses and airports but not farming because they can use the revenue/profits from warehouses and airports to buy farm produce for a use other than do the farming themselves (Mankiw, 1998. Pp.56). The issue of comparative advantage also comes into play because both the farming and warehouses/airports generate income/profit but that of warehouses/airports is larger than that for farming. The opportunity cost of airport/warehouses is the amount that they could have gained from farming but they derived themselves. This advantage. The opportunity cost for farming is, therefore, lower than the opportunity cost for the warehouses/airports. The cost of parking is the total revenue that could have been gained from subletting the parking space to a third party. In this case, you are denying yourself some revenue (if you did sublet). This revenue that you are denying yourself is the actual cost of the parking space. The opportunity cost is expressed in relative price and is the price revenue of one choice /alternative in comparison to the price/revenue of another. The cost of parking is, therefore, the foregone expected revenue from the parking out letting. In this case, it doesn’t make sense to sublet the parking space provided by the company and then you pay someone else for parking in case you have to get a vehicle. But if you can get parking at cheaper rates then you would better sublet the parking provided by your company because they relive price/revenue advantage would be higher. If you did not have a vehicle then it would have been very economically necessary for you to sublet the parking instead of it being idle. This will enable you to gain from the parking space which has been provided by the company out of your position in the company. In this case, the opportunity cost will be zero because you don’t have another choice. Economically this space should not let free because if you not using it this can be translated into some monetary value which will be an incremental sum to your salary. Scarcity of resources/monetary value effects deficits brings about tradeoffs, cases where you need to compare between using the parking space and subletting it. In this case, you must give up the revenue from subletting in case you decide to use the space yourself. Your decision has
Introduction To many people, prison is the place where freedom is lost and all hope abandoned. However, to some people, prison can be the turning point, where the individual comes to his moment of truth. There are a number of things about prison that may lead to an individual stumbling into a turning point. One of the things is the fact that the person will have too much time because unlike free people, an imprisoned person does not have appointments and deadlines to meet. The other thing is that this person does not just have a lot of time, but he or she is also closely monitored. Prison will give the prisoner time and space to think and meditate on the most important issues of life and the philosophies of life. Once this person reaches a point where his inner being is seeking to answer the important questions of life, it will be time for the person to look for an alternative reality or to look for something to distract him from his predicament. This is the reason why it is said that the body can be imprisoned, but the mind cannot be imprisoned, at least not in a conventional physical prison. Discussion A good example is Malcolm X, who after being incarcerated; he found the love for books and literature. When he realized that he could not read efficiently because his vocabulary was poor, he started mastering the vocabulary of the English language until he was very good at it. The work that Malcolm did in an attempt to master the vocabulary without the aid of a teacher, was amazing and incredible. After he had mastered enough vocabulary, he started reading books, usually the enlightening type. Reading made his vocabulary even better, and he had a better way to improve his vocabulary as time went on. The mind of an imprisoned person will want to free itself in spite of the fact that it is tightly coupled to the body of the person. As a result, the inner person of an incarcerated individual will try to look for ways to escape from the imprisonment. This is the reason why most imprisoned people become very good in what they do. One person may decide to take a technical course such as masonry or carpentry, and will seem to have the right motivation to make this an area of expertise. The motivation behind the reason why the person will want to excel in whatever he or she chooses may be different. Some will be doing that because they see it as a second chance to life, and that they cannot manage to waste it. However, for another person, the person may be motivated by the fact that he has been pushed to the philosophical points by the challenges that the prison life brings. It is not by coincidence that many people who go to prison are those who in one way or the other, had certain aspects of their lives that were so colorful, that prison life will not be able to satisfy them. When such a person goes to prison, he will
Introduction One of the reasons why William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello never ceases to remain popular with the public is that the themes of motifs, contained in it, appear truly universal. In other words, while being exposed to the staging of this particular tragedy, viewers do recognize the essence of a variety of psychological anxieties, on the part of the characters, as such that relate to their own. This explains why the staging of Othello can be well adapted to the realities of today’s living. In our paper, we will aim to explore the soundness of an earlier articulated thesis at length, while comparing/contrasting Shakespeare’s original play with one of its most recent cinematographic adaptations – Tim Nelson’s 2001 movie O . Analytical part Even though movie’s plot unravels amidst contemporary settings, with American typical high school serving as a background, director had deliberately strived for O to emanate as much of original tragedy’s spirit as possible. And, it has to be said that Nelson was able to succeed in it. The validity of this statement can illustrated by the very fact that the names of film’s characters phonetically resemble characters’ names in Shakespeare’s play – Odin/Othello, Iago/Hugo, Desi/Desdemona, Duke/Duke Goulding, etc. Just as it is being the case in Shakespeare’s Othello , the only black character (Odin) in the film appears to be everybody’s favorite – the man on a direct pathway towards gaining social prominence. Despite his blackness, which made him a visible minority in White suburbia’s high school, Odin had proven himself quite indispensible to school’s basketball team. In a similar manner with Shakespeare’s Othello, Odin had found himself fallen in love with white girl Desi – the daughter of school’s principal. Both lovers’ happiness was about to prove short-lived, however, as after having initially failed at revealing Odin as a rapist, his teammate Hugo designed a plan to expose Desi’s infidelity in Odin’s eyes. Such line of a plot, of course, closely resembles that of original Othello’s . Moreover, as it appears from the movie and the play, it is namely due to Iago and Hugo’s perverted sense of justice, that both characters wanted to cause harm to Othello/Desdemona and Odin/Desi – apparently, they both considered themselves being treated unfairly by the ‘cruel world’: “Iago: But he
Task Cluster and Learning Activity The acquisition of necessary skills by the military personals is a necessity required to help them undertake their various roles and duties that include guiding commanders and airmen on the various Human Resource Programs, acting as career advisors on various areas, and ensuring data integrity about the input and output of human Resource data within the military personnel information/ data system among other duties. The success of any organization requires a well-running human resource power. The military personals are charged with the role of ensuring that the human resource within the military firm is functioning as it should. The success of this however requires the personalized to have all the necessary skills that will effectively aid in ensuring that all members of staff produce quality in terms of rendered services, client customer satisfaction, and overall out put. The personalized need to know how to efficiently deal with all their staff members in terms of working conditions, rights and benefits, determination and driving force as well as the committed willingness to work bearing in mind that employees are the key to anybody’s success. It is for this reason that training these military personalizes on how to handle their members of staff is a crucial undertaking and therefore a would be a task for me. Training Methods Lecture and discussion, self-study as well as performance & feedback methods of training were used to conduct the program. The lecture and discussion ensure that all information is provided with minimal or no interference and that the trainees get to actively participate through asking and answering questions as well as through raising their different experiences, ideas, and views. It is also highly effective in enhancing a change in attitudes on a given subject (Blanchard and Thacker, 1999). The transfer of information is done using spoken, written, or even body language/ use of gestures thus making it very easy for the learners to understand. Asking the learners to carry out and practice the learned skills does not only help them to understand more and to effectively take part in the learning process but also helps the instructor to assess the student’s level of understanding. A self-study also enhances more understanding and allows the learners a chance to come up with different ideas on how to handle different situations. The use of these methods ensures that the skills learned are not forgotten and that the learners are active participants of the training program (Wexley and Latham, 2002). Delivery Techniques The use of role-playing and instructor-led delivery techniques was to ensure that the learners get to interact and discuss the various issues and how to handle them about the skills learned. It is also through the role-play technique that they will be to act out varying occurrences thus sharpening their skills further (Blanchard and Thacker, 1999). Instructional guidance The ins
Business ethics is very important in business transactions. Obtaining gain by using dishonesty or uneven advantage is unethical. The transactions that are made, when no one is watching, show whether a company is ethical or not. Nike is a sportswear company. It has exploited the cheap labor abroad kept in poor working conditions. Nike needs an ethical code to guide the conduct of the people working for it. This enables people to know how they should conduct themselves in the workplace and also when they are carrying out side business of the company. The managers and directors should be role models since people tend to follow the behaviors portrayed by their leaders. Good leadership will lead to a good plan and working environment which will lead to good working conditions like good payment. The reputation of the company also needs to be safeguarded by maintaining high ethical standards in its operations. Since company’s reputation forms part of its image to the outside world, a dented image may ruin a company. Like some firms must give some sweeteners to obtain rightful provisions, the industrialist may be ethically different to giving the bribes (Clifton, 2010). The decisions have consequences to certain persons or stakeholders in the exercise of the industry. Managers call for a feasible set of guiding principles on how to decide on ethical issues (Jennings, 2010). Nike should deal fairly with not only its clientele but also the people who make the products by improving their working conditions. For a non-stop advancement of a business, the executive of an institute should be wide open to new ideas. Soliciting views and response of both consumers and players and your business will keep on increasing (Kapferer, 2004). Nike should also treat others with the greatest respect despite of the age and social status. Therefore identifying the repercussion of trade, it is necessary to find a proper code as a gadget for realizing possible outcome; thus it is only your start and should be supported by a progressive course of action (Hill and Jones, 2011). Nike should endeavor to make progressive operational set-ups for its informal employees. The hazardous petroleum-based byproducts from factories should be supplemented by minor perilous options. The payment in the factories should be increased to duty elevated than the smallest amount wage. The company should allow frequent checkups to make scrutiny at the same level as in the US and other international organizations (Hill and Jones, 2011). Nike should have enough workforce for it to take advantage of its laborers and also increase performance checkups of the firm. An inspector must be employed to assess the factory on assorted basis series for its team. No worker should be put in jeopardy due to a shortage of environmental awareness. The company’s advertisers should be thoughtful to positive and negative responses from their proposed audience on the use of likely contentious and discreditable ad stimuli (Clifton
Introduction Writing and film as different forms of art often come together to front particular ideas which are easily denoted from the thematic structuring of the specific pieces that one is looking at. This essay seeks to show how the TV series 24 has ideas reflected in a poem titled Traveling through the dark and a song called the future. To this end, a summary of the various seasons of the show will be illustrated in order to get a clear picture of what the entire show is all about. The main ideas which the authors of both the poem and the song are proposing will also be summarized and finally a link will be provided between the piece of literary work, the song and the television show. Summary of the seasonal structuring of the show 24 The television drama 24 is a show based on a wide array of concepts mainly targeted at addressing social issues plaguing modern day America. The series which is now in its ninth season piloted with the lead character Jack Bauer trying to protect the senator of the country David Palmer from being assassinated by individuals who find both Bauer’s and Palmer’s involvement in the Balkan unacceptable. These hit men are out to frustrate Bauer and they even go to the extent of threatening harm to his family members. In the second season, Bauer is challenged with the task of stopping a nuclear bomb before it explodes in Los Angeles essentially taking down the entire population. He is also tasked with the job of identifying the individuals behind the plot to detonate the bomb in the heavily populated city. In the third season, jack Bauer needs to infiltrate the ranks of a Mexican cartel dealing in illegal drug distribution. The situation is complicated by the fact that he is also battling an addiction to heroine even as he seeks to recover a stringent strain of killer virus being sold by the gangs. In the meantime, Palmer is getting ready for general elections in which he intends to vie for the top seat in the country. In the fourth season, Bauer has to protect the secretary of defense, Mr. James Heller and his (Heller’s) daughter from criminals intending to kill them. The story takes a dramatic turn when jack and the people he is supposed to protect are kidnapped by the terrorists. With Jack out of the way, the terrorists plot to unleash terror in the country but Jack puts all the necessary effort to stop them. In season five, people all over the country save for a few close friends believe that he is dead. He is however forced to come out of his self imposed exile prematurely after some of these close friends are murdered mysteriously. He is actually accused of committing the murders and he is out to clear his name. As the story unfolds, the terrorist plot to release nerve gas into the air to front their agenda of protecting America’s interes
The article under consideration is called Humiliation of Iago (Othello) and is written by Zender. The article is dedicated to discussing the veritable motives of Iago who wants to separate the beloved. The author provides different hypotheses concerning the real reasons for his hatred and cruelty and attempt to find the answers within the play interaction, including slightest details. The value of the work consists in its unconventional approach to the play analysis. The main purpose of the article is to discover the reasons of Iago’s reluctance to accept his true nature and live in a real world instead of advancing his enigma and mystery throughout the play. In order to identify the actual reasons for Iago’s hatred to Desdemona and Othello, the author makes use of his own approach in analyzing the play through the prism of motives, plots, themes, and character nuances to. The researcher also resorts to discourse analysis to understand how the plot is interconnected with Iago’s behavior and attitude to other characters of the play. In the first paragraph, Zender investigates Iago’s attitude to women, particular his limited treatment of those. In particular, the article makes reference to Shakespeare’s other plays to explain Iago’s immaturity in expressing his affection for Desdemona and Emilia. In particular, the author emphasizes that Iago’s immaturity is revealed through lack of verbal fluency. Hence, by comparing Othello with such plays as As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet , or Twelfth Night , Zender intends to prove that the male protagonists’ intentions are also disclosed through the maturation of his affection through expression of inability to speak. As a result of play analysis, the author concludes that it is the power of language that is vital in rendering the transition from romantic themes to tragic events. The role of language, thus, is narrowed to its ability to distinguish various social statuses and, therefore, the play highlights the existing inequality between social groups. Another role of the language lies in revealing Iago’s inability to reconcile meaning and words. According to the author, the language gap serves as an excuse for Iago to behave naturally because he repudiates the existing reality and desire to be understood. In the next paragraph, the author’s deliberations on the limits and nature of language leads him to the idea that Iago’s deconstructionism and anger are driven by the evil, which he considers to be an alternative form of love expression. In the article, Zender provides a comparison’s of Iago’s expression of affection and Othello’s one to notice that their languages are completely diff
The sexualization of women in modern cinema has been a highly debated topic, especially with the rise of third-wave feminist theories. Today, in order to align with the demands of its left-wing viewers, Hollywood tries to delve into the narrative of diversity. However, despite the attempts, most female characters are white, straight, attractive, thin, and partially nude. Over the last decade, the most popular Hollywood movies have shown more than 40% of young women dressed in seductive clothing, 35% of them being nude, and 61% of them being thin. 1 This type of representation of women in Hollywood has an immediate effect on the audience: while female viewers may think that they should look up to par with the shown characters, men may think that the ideal women are only those who show off their beauty. Objectification is the most prominent ideological effect of Hollywood’s desire to depict women as erotic spectacles, and examples of this can be found in the majority of modern movies. Importantly, the objectification of women as sexual objects can be found even in instances where female characters play the leading role of a strong-willed and independent character. To illustrate this point, such movies as The Hunger Games (2012) and Wonder Woman (2017) will be further analysed. In The Hunger Games , the initial depiction of Katniss Everdeen as a protagonist is that of an opinionated and stubborn young woman that provides for her mother and younger sister. She is bold enough to stand against the system of Hunger Games and offers herself as a candidate for the role of a tribute to shelter her sibling from the horror and the unfairness of the government. As Katniss’s character progresses from a starving teenager to Mockingjay, the elements of female sexualisation and control become more and more evident. For instance, the girl’s coach, Haymitch, who should prepare her for the participation in the games, instructs Katniss to be more likable and play for the cameras that follow her in order to capture the attention of the audience. The most outstanding thing is that the audience who watches the games is more likely to support those tributes who act in the most obeying way. Importantly, Katniss’s life in the Games depends on her audience because they will have the ability to send her help in situations when she needs it. In the sexualisation of Katniss, it is imperative to mention that she is also instructed to pretend to be in love with her male counterpart from her district, Peeta. This points to the idea that a woman’s sole purpose in life is to find a partner and create a relationship that will last. Despite Katniss’s principles not aligning with this idea, she is forced to comply in order to survive, and the initial forced and played love grows into a meaningful connection. If to speak from a personal perspective on the movie, I feel that the entire plot aspect of Katniss and Peeta being together is unnecessary and does not add any value to the story. Despite the movie adapting the book, it could have been more interesting if Hollywood chose a new approach to building a strong female character and avoided clichés that have alread