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Introduction Emily Dickenson is one of America’s best-loved female poets of the 19th century. Although she was writing during a period in which literature was characterized by grand flourishes and highly intellectual sentiment, Dickenson remained true to her heart and wrote concisely of her feelings and thoughts through the use of strong imagery and powerful metaphors. Born in 1830 to a wealthy, well-educated family, Dickenson’s writing falls into the American Romantic period, also known as the American Renaissance or American Transcendentalism (Goodwin, 2005). During this time, writers in America were concerned with originality and exploration of spiritual and natural issues. These elements are certainly evident in her poems as she wrote about joy and death, sorrow and life and freed herself of the dictates of ‘academic’ or ‘correct’ poetry to experiment with line structure, syntax, and off-rhymes. A brief overview of Emily Dickenson’s life provides a springboard from which an exploration of her poetry reveals the close relationship that existed for her between real life and the written word. Biography Emily Dickenson was the second of three children born to a wealthy and well-respected litigator in New England. “The Dickenson’s were strong advocates for education and Emily too benefited from an early education in classic literature, studying the writings of Virgil and Latin, mathematics, history and botany” (Merriman, 2006). When she was 10, the family moved out of the ancestral home and Emily began attending Amherst Academy. By the time she was 17, she had distinguished herself academically and went to the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts; however, she returned home later that same year for unknown reasons. “Some of the theories as to why she left are homesickness and poor health. Another reason some speculate is that when she refused to sign an oath publicly professing her faith in Christ, her ensuing chastisement from Mary Lyon proved to be too much humiliation” (Merrimen, 2006). Upon her return home, she began writing her poems and slowly phased herself out of any kind of public life. She suffered from a medical condition known as Bright’s Disease, which affects the liver and causes edema and chronic pain, which is speculated to have been the reason for her near isolation, but she continued to interact with others through correspondence from her desk and association with the neighborhood children (Merriman, 2006). She spent a good portion o
The need for waste management is essential in assessing the requirements for properly managed waste in a community. Needs assessment process would involve checking the existing waste management strategies, identifying the areas of importance, focusing on the critical needs, and identifying possible solutions. Waste management involves supervising the gathering, ferrying, processing, discarding and recycling of waste materials formed by human activity. If this waste is not well managed, it can be a threat to humans and the environment in general. Thus, needs assessment for managing waste would be conducted by observing the methods that can be used to control the negative effects of waste. Waste is classified into four classes namely solid, liquid, gaseous, and radio active. Each of these four classes has its own methods of discarding. To begin with, observation of how landfills are managed is essential in assessing the need for waste management. Landfill is whereby waste is collected and buried in an isolated piece of land that is relatively far from residential areas such as quarries. The waste is then compacted and covered in order to keep rodents away and keep the waste intact. This is the cheapest method of discarding waste but its effectiveness relies on how the dumping site is planned and run. There are several problems that are associated with landfills. Lemann (2008) argues that if the landfill is not planned well, it might attract rodents such as rats and mice and also debris from the dumpsite might be blown by wind into residential areas. Secondly, these dumping sites generate a gas that contains carbon dioxide and methane which is produced by decaying organic matter. This gas has a fowl odor and does not support plants life. This gas can be extracted using perforated pipes and then burnt to generate electricity. Thus, without proper management of landfills in a community, the community is deemed to be affected by waste. Another method of waste management that can be assessed is incineration. Incineration is the most appropriate method of discarding solid, liquid and gaseous waste. Its best suited for places where land is inadequate. In this method waste is discarded by burning or by exposing the waste matter to high temperatures referred to as thermal treatment. The waste is usually put in a furnace where it is burned to produce gas which is then used to produce electricity. Recycling involves collecting waste bins and ferrying them to a recycling center. Once they arrive at the recycling center, they are graded according to the materials that are used to manufacture them. This is to ensure that waste that is made from a common material can be remanufactured to make new goods. Good examples of products that can be reused are aluminum cans, plastic beverage containers, computers, glass jars, PVC and papers. Involving the Community in Needs Assessment
Abstract The ability of a company to use a set of strategically thought out concepts and tactics to support and improve business decisions making is what constitutes business intelligence. By well-thought-out concepts we mean fact-based or information and not merely the use of intuition to impulsive reactions to making decisions. It is important to note that in today’s competitive business world where the rule ‘grow or be eaten rule’ is the order of the day, then capturing the right information at the right time and accurately goes a long way toward helping managers and proprietors to make key decisions properly which may, in turn, determine the future direction of the business. The importance of harnessing this critical concept and indeed applying it in the business decision cannot be over-emphasized. Perhaps to better demonstrate a clear account of the business intelligence, this paper will discuss a specific situation that a company may face in light of the critical intelligence needs regarding its competitors and other stakeholders. It will analyze the situation and account for how business intelligence can influence the decision-making process regarding the situation and finally depict the added value delivered by competitive intelligence or counter-intelligence. The company that I choose to focus on is Procter and gamble and the situation is launching a new product (vanilla and chocolate flavored toothpaste) into the new market. Introduction It is to discern what business intelligence is just to get a picture of where we are coming from. According to the data warehousing institute, a provider of education and training in the business intelligence industry, Business intelligence refers to the process, tools, and techniques employed by a company to convert data into information, information into knowledge, knowledge into action plans which ultimately lead the company to make a decision that drives the company to profitable scales. (Loshin, 6). Given that clear definition, Procter and Gamble have been in existence for decades now yet its products continue to touch and improve the lives of its consumers. The secret behind this evergreen company is its innovations and improvements to the company’s products. This is done by repositioning the products to new markets as soon as they reach the maturity stage or adding new features to their household brand names to give them a new lease of life. That said and eschewing the danger of sounding like a marketer on a mission, the situation is this. Procter and Gamble are looking forward to launching a new kind of flavored toothpaste, that is, vanilla-flavored toothpaste and chocolate-flavored toothpaste. This decision follows the market research findings which indicated the crest mint toothpaste was facing stiff competition from its rivals Colgate, Aqua fresh, Close up, Sensodyne among others. Close up has already produced the strawberry and orange flavors and Procter and gamble feel that they should adopt a ‘me too’ strategy t
When a crime is perpetrated by a drug-crazed ex-convict, people would not seem to be surprised about any misdemeanors that this individual will do because his background is generally inclined to commit any particular crime. However, when a respectable bank manager has issued dubious checks that caused their company to lose millions of dollars, no doubt this case would surely poke our interests because how can such a respectable manager do this criminal act. Respectable people, that’s generally what a white collar criminal looks like. A person who you think you can trust but then commits a nonviolent crime that mostly involves huge amounts of money. Thus, the focus of white collar crime is on business-related acts that primarily harm people in or outside the corporation. Another kind of white collar crime also involves covering up violations of regulatory statutes by a company that commits criminal offenses. But what is a white collar crime? A white collar crime is a term introduced by Edwin Sutherland in the 1939 in order to “draw attention to the illegalities and misdeeds of ‘captains of industry’ and other middle-class members of the business world”. This idea was brought about to redress the prejudice of criminology’s obsession with crimes done by the working class. In fact, white collar crime tends “to be used very broadly, to include both activities carried out by employees against their employer (embezzlement, pilfering), and activities undertaken by corporate executives on behalf of the corporation itself (such as violation of anti-trust regulations or stock-market rules)” (Scott & Marshall, 2005). Presently, many prosecutors and judges are demonstrating a “get tough” attitude about white collar crimes that have often been treated leniently in the past. In fact, corporate officials are even being tried for homicide and related crimes under state criminal law because prosecutors feel that the officials’ actions (or lack of it) are responsible for the deaths and serious injuries of employees or consumers and that federal laws are not sufficiently tough or enforced. It is argued that personal liability for corporate executives is necessary to deter corporations from violating laws and from viewing any fines. For example, Sabine Consolidated Inc. from Texas and its president, Joseph Tantillo, were charged with criminally negligent homicide for the deaths of two workers killed when the walls of the excavating trench in which they were working collapsed. The walls were not properly supported or sloped as required by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations (Barnes, Dworkin & Richards, 2003). Another case is that of Enron Corporation, which had used complex off-balance-sheet partnerships to hide losses and inflate revenues. When Enron filed for bankruptcy protection, allegations emerged that Enron had conspired with other energy trading companies to illega
Introduction Mars is a planet that is similar and closer to earth than other planets. The planet has soil and rocks on its surface, and it has some gases in the atmosphere. Earlier researches indicated that there was a possibility of having some water, which is an essential aspect of life. According to astronomical researches, Mars has a cold climate, and the length of days and nights in Mars have a pattern similar to the one on Earth. Moreover, since the axial tilt of Mars is similar to Earth’s axial tilt, the two planets experience the same seasons. The mentioned findings cause much anxiety as scientists suspect that the planet may support life. If the assumptions are true, it would be necessary to find out if there was some ancient life on Mars and the possibility of having life on Mars. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration agency (NASA) has done several aerospace types of research to find out if indeed the planet can support life. This paper will take a stringent analysis of the research findings to determine the possibility of life on Mars. The Surface of Mars In 1864, some curious astronomers gazed at Mars through telescopes, and they perceived the surface of Mars to have some vegetation. However, a spacecraft was able to arrive on Mars a hundred years later, and interestingly, there was no vegetation on Mars. The land was bare, and there was no evidence of water or life. Since then, several robotic spacecraft have arrived on the planet, but none has proved that Mars has a sign of life. The most interesting thing to note is the earth’s magnetic field that turns away dangerous radiation particles in the space. Mars has no magnetic field to turn away the dangerous radiations; therefore, the planet is hostile to any form of life (Space P
Incensed by the steadily growing number of deaths, crime and corruption created by illicit drug trade and use in the recent years, a number of persons drawn from both the government and the private sector have been calling for the legalization of drugs to curb the problems associated with the abuse and trade in drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. They argue that such a move would do more than any single act or policy in removing the biggest of society’s social and political problems. However, these calls are unfortunate and could throw an already grave problem completely out of hand. If examined carefully, it becomes clear that legalization of drugs would not bring a solution to any of the problems associated with drug abuse. Proponents of the move to legalize argue that drug use should be an individual’s choice and the government should not control it in any way. This argument has two key shortcomings. First, we cannot just do anything we want with our bodies, just the same way a person cannot walk down the street naked, or say anything we want anywhere. The government has to step in at some point. Drug use is obviously more harmful than these two inconceivable acts. Secondly, when people opt to do “whatever they want” with their bodies, s
Nintendo’s Revolution reports on Nintendo’s development, an exceptional video game console with a remarkable wand-shaped controller. The case investigates the manner in which Nintendo created an inventive product, through a creative process of generating, communicating, and developing concepts, which spawned management creativity and deliberation of lowly regarded segments, as well as a speedy process of product development. The president of Nintendo Corporation was extremely happy when his engineers demonstrated a video game controller that was dependent on a stubby rod that was manipulated by a gamer by one hand, rather than using a joystick. This technology made it possible to create real-world game actions. Of course, this advancement was an essential vision to help expand the customer base. This was achieved through the formation of a design that comes up with stipulations that involve solving potential problems through the reduction of costs and shortening of marketing duration. Though the cost-cutting strategy is good for improving the efficiency of a company, managers face challenges when specifying the cost of given goods services, due to limited information. Managers are required to be flexible when using these methods for different situations. Marketers use the process by totaling all costs that are related to the delivery of the product to the market, including production, distribution, transportation, and sales expenses. Iwata also thought that this technology could help target new audiences such as mothers who are very influential. This controller prototype sounded very attractive to Iwata because they were the first ones to release such a controller and because many of the methodologies for making the rod controller function might fail to operate perfectly, while
As a means of displaying art, museums have been so thoroughly ingrained into modern culture and have become so ubiquitous in European and North American cultural contexts that imagining a world without them seems nearly impossible. However, the idea of categorizing artifacts produced by humans has not been inherent to global culture, in general. Considering the evolution of how human-made objects have been categorized over centuries, particularly, between 1500-1830 will help to realize that display spaces have been changed from mostly churches to the settings where they could be stored to help them retain their form and function. Due to the introduction of museums and display spaces in the 1500s-1830s, the opportunity to apply the historical lens to historical objects has emerged, helping to discover and appreciate the information about the specifics of the bygone eras, their cultures, past lifestyles of people living on the specified time slot, and other information. The necessity to move away from the concept of abundance can be defined as the crucial part of the transformation that museums and similar display spaces witnessed in the 1500s-1830s. As a result, the necessity to arrange the items that are representative of correspondent eras specifically emerged (). The observed change aligns with the foundations of Ockham’s theory, which reinforced the nominal value of objects’ existence (Elsner & Cardinal, 1994). As a result, the urge for collecting not merely representations of corresponding eras, but the items that were explicitly out of the ordinary emerged, marking a new stage of categorizing human-made objects. The attempt at collecting “rare, exceptional, extraordinary, exotic, and monstrous things” could be seen as the effort to encapsulate the norms of the specified time period by isola
A brief overview of the hospital Recently, Sinai Hospital Baltimore became the first community/teaching hospital in Maryland to receive the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet designation for its excellence in nursing care. It joined the 287 other hospitals in the country to receive this credential among more than 6000 eligible health organizations. It was established in 1886 by the Jewish community in Baltimore as a Hebrew Hospital and Asylum and has evolved to become a non-profit institution committed to quality patient care, research and teaching institution (Life Bridge Health, 2010). Mission, vision and core values The Sinai hospital was founded and is supported by the Jewish community and is committed to carrying out two major roles; providing high-quality and cost-sensitive health care services to the people of Baltimore and to provide high-quality medical education programs to undergraduates, graduate, other health professional practitioners, employees, and the wider community. Its mission is to be sensitive to the needs of the patients especially Jews as well as its staff and maintains the Jews traditional values of excellence, community concern, and kindness (Life Bridge Health, 2010). The vision of the hospital is to emerge as a model of comprehensive health care providers in the country through strengthening its Jewish heritage, outstanding clinical strength, and its record of service. Number of beds and services provided The Sinai Hospital Baltimore has the capacity of 491 Acute-care beds, 335 of them being for medical and surgical care, 23 obstetric, 57 are for rehabilitation, 21 NICU, 31 for pediatric care, and 24 for psychiatric care as of the year 2010 according to (Life Bridge Health, 2010). The hospital offers a wide array o
The strategic training of employees in the health care organization is a priority. The research focuses on the reasons for the training of the health care employees. The study includes the different ways of training the employees to prioritize the patients’ benefits. The cost-effective strategic training of the health care organization’s employees should ensure evident dominance of the health care organization market segment. The culture of the health care organization influences its ability to manage the employees. Likewise, health care management emphasizes all employees must implement a patient-based work attitude. Peter Ginter (2006) emphasized the employees’ prioritizing of the patient’s needs over the needs of the employees ensures a competitive advantage. The healthcare organization would have an edge over the competitors in the same health care market segment. The clients would prefer to return to health care health care organization that pamper and prioritize the patients’ needs. For example, the Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, created its vision to be the best health care organization in the United States. The chief executive officer revised the company’s organizational culture to achieve the challenging vision. Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut engaged in the clients-based health care organization strategy successfully. The patient satisfaction of the health care organization services had soured to almost 98 percent. In addition, the health care organization’ client-based culture translated to having more meaningful employees. The employees felt happy being an important part of the patient’s health-recovery program. Consequently, the employee turnover ratio had favorably dropped. The Derby hospital created a strong selling employee-based point that edged out the competitors in the community. Management focused on enhancing employee teamwork. Each of the employees had been retrained in the art of health care servic