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The American musicals theaters have always reflected the time in which these musicals were performed. They represented the American spirit, as well as its mores and morals. The American sprite is a philosophy of being American. It ensures that there is Life, Liberty and a Pursuit of Happiness for every citizen without any discrimination. This essay analyzes the American musicals between 1920s and 1990s. In this essay it is argued that even in inconsistent, uncertain, and troublesome times, the American spirit was able to keep the nation alive and the country was able to prosper. The musicals were very famous in America till 1960s. They represented American spirit from time to time. “Show Boat” (1927) is one of the most popular musical, its popularity was so immense that it is the only musical that is still performed today (Kenrick). The plot is a story of three generations, which represents a time span of 40 years in late the nineteenth and earlier twentieth century. The plot symbolizes the times of great depression and is associated with the image of the Mississippi river. During these turbulent times, the Americans were shifting ideological identities and were ready to accept African Americans after the American civil war. For the first time, African Americans, Whites, Native Americans, and mixed race performers performed together in “Show Boat”, and there was a combination of black chorus and white chorus. A Native American was found to be in love with a white American. Such combination showed that Americans were ready to accept people from all races, without any kind of discrimination, and they were ready to give them equal rights. The nation realized that the rights of the people must not be subjugated. Joe and Queenie are represented as African American workers. Show Boat is a voice against the racial prejudice of the fellow countrymen, and the consequences of the injustices of the society. Joe, who toils as a worker at Mississippi river, is shown in the lyrics of “Ol’ Man River”. These lyrics were specifically made to show the sufferings and the hardships of the African Americans. Another song, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”, is also based on the same theme. The dark history of subjection was over, and the nation was now forward looking and progressive (Kreuger). In 1960, another huge success was Camelot. It was based on King Arthur’s legend. This musical is associated with President John F. Kennedy and his wife because after the assassination of Kennedy, the former first lady called her husband as “The American Camelot”. This reference was made because Camelot was associated with King Arthur and the Knights of the Rou
Introduction With the current rate at which internet is developing, it becomes more and more feasible to utilize the infrastructure dedicated for public networks. Such utilization eliminates the need to build an infrastructure that will connect different private networks. In that regard, the principle can be seen as the main foundation lying in the work of Virtual Private Networks. Virtual Private Network (VPN) can be defined as “a set of interconnected networks in different locations “(Finlayson et al., 2003). For the business environment such technology can be specifically important, especially in a contemporary context. There are several usages of VPN. One of which can be seen through the fact that outsourcing and distant working are two of the aspects in the current environment which demand that users working distantly should be connected into a single private network. In that regard, the option of using the networks provided by the service providers, such as those using ATM and Frame Relay protocols, can be seen costly with their bandwidth insufficient (Finlayson et al., 2003). The security of such leased line s is another issue that put such choice in a disadvantage. In that regard, implementing VPN technology in a constructing an enterprise network can be seen as a suitable solution which will reduce the costs of usage for the company and the user, provide sufficient bandwidth, secure the connection, and at the same can be used in multiple business purposes (Barracuda Networks, 2009). In that regard, considering the fact that that the majority if not all modern business corporations have private network, which are connected to the internet, the present paper will document the process of designing and implementing VPN in a general business environment of small to medium companies, in which the main emphasis is put on the providing remote to users to the company’s private network. Requirements and Technologies In order to identify the main requirements for the project, two research were conducted to collect data on such aspect – a primary research and secondary research. The aim of the primary research was in identifying the technologies, while the aim of the secondary research was in investigating each of the identified technology. Primary Research For the primary research, a series of semi-structured interviews were conducted with Information Technology (IT) specialists administering private networks in different t companies. The aim of the research was in identifying the common technologies and requirement needed to implement VPN in a company. Five respondents were selected through convenience sampling (Creswell, 2009), with individual interviews scheduled in a perio
Muscular dystrophy refers to a category of genetic diseases where the voluntary and skeletal muscles responsible for regulating muscles weaken and degenerate progressively (Emery, 1987, p.47). The disease is hereditary in nature. It may occur in childhood, later in life or during the middle years of one’s life. The most common type of muscular dystrophy is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Boys are the primary victims of Duchenne muscular Dystrophy. Its primary cause is lack of dystrophin, the protein responsible for maintaining the strength and durability of a muscle. The disease attacks between the age of 3 and 5 years and then progresses rapidly. Statistics in The United States indicate that 21 in every3500 -500 boys is born with the disease and 400-600 new cases occur every single year (Johanson,2008).The disease does not affect girls as the gene responsible is recessive in them. They can only be carriers and chances of transmitting the disease to their children stand at 50%. Muscular weakness in most cases of muscular dystrophy begins in the legs. The first symptom is difficulty in walking (Siegel, 1999). A child may find it very challenging to walk the way he walks normally or may have to keep the feet apart to be in a position to maintain a steady balance. He or she may then have to depend on the arms to do basic things such as standing or walking on a staircase. The child may experience pain in the calves and may keep falling frequently. The child then has to depend on walking braces. Eventually complete walking disability necessitates the need for such a child to depend on a wheelchair for motion. With time, the deterioration progresses to other parts of the body such as the chest, the neck, and the arms. This causes breathing difficulties and severe diseases such as pneumonia. Mental disorders and cardiac conditions are also caused by muscular dystrophy. The severity of muscular dystrophy depends on the age and the individual. Some people may not develop symptoms and may end up experiencing the average life expectancy. On the other hand, some individuals suffer disability and eventually die from the disease. Genetic mutation is the facilitating factor of Muscular dystrophy. Mutation of the dystrophin gene causes Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies while muscular dystrophy suffered in the limb-girdle area is caused by mutations in genes that are still being researched by scientists (Emery, 2008, p.34). Children suffering from the condition tend to have a very high concentration of the enzyme. A DNA test is then conducted to determine whether the dystrophin gene has undergone mutation. If the tests still do not indicate presence of muscular dystrophy, a muscle biopsy must be done. Physical therapy is one of the most recommended options for muscle
The novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) represents a mixture of themes such as love, passion and sin which have a great physiological impact on readers. Nathaniel Hawthorne appeals to emotion of readers and their clear imaginary through complex characters and themes. Thesis Nathaniel Hawthorne appeals to emotions of readers portraying deep psychological experiences of the main herein, Hester, and her perception of sin and guilt based on Puritan traditions and values. The novel tells a story about a woman committed adultery but kept secret the name of a father of her child. She was imprisoned for adultery and the letter “A” in her arm symbolizes unfaithful behavior and her sin. Hester give s birth to a girl, Pearl, but has to escape to another town because of shame and guilt. “She bore in her arms a child, a baby of some three months old, who winked and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day; because its existence, heretofore, had brought it acquaintance only with the grey twilight of a dungeon, or other darksome apartment of the prison” (Hawthorne 2007, Chapter 2). Readers are faced with the psychological importance of sin from the introductory chapter where Hawthorne “sets up the interrelations of masculine anxieties, feminine identifications, and authorship as subjects for consideration” (Derrick 35). This produces guilt – which is itself a mixture of fear and disgust of self. Then there is the background to friendship as a whole – enter affection, a moderated form of love. The theme of sin is depicted through emotional sufferings and experience of the main heroes of the novel: Hester Prynne, her husband Roger Chillingworth and Hester’s
People are different in character, temperament, and many other criteria, so they perceive the situation individually. A person is incapable of avoiding disagreements because variations in understanding often lead to the fact that people do not agree with each other on a particular case. Conflict is determined by the fact that the conscious behavior of one of the parties (individual or group) violates the other person’s interests. As ‘Have A Nice Conflict’ points out, one of the significant challenges is learning to manage conflict when people constantly infringe on it. (Scudder et al., 2017). If they create conflicts on a purely reactionary level, then the dispute will control individuals, not the other way around. However, if personalities develop and learn to communicate with each party to the discrepancy, they will solve problems soon. Preventing internal conflicts and creating conditions that admit others to control oneself requires intelligent reflection. It is much easier to think consciously if people know what to listen to, look for, and react to somebody with different motivational values. The basis of this book is the motivational relationship awareness theory, described in the form of a straightforward narrative. It allows everyone to see themselves in the main character’s behavior, helps bridge the gap between theory and real life, and helps understand how to apply knowledge in practice. This book aids in recognizing behavior patterns and choosing the most effective ones in cooperating with others. Relationship Awareness Theory focuses on understanding one’s own and others’ responses, both when relationships are going well and when conflict arises (Scudder et al., 2017). It helps to realize that everyone can choose the way consistent with their preferences while taking into account the values of others. The four fundamental premises of relational awareness theory are that a motive drives behavior for self-esteem, motivation can be changed in conflict, strengths surpass individual weaknesses, and personal filters affect perception. It can be concluded that this theory combines the psychometric list of motivations and looks at the motives that underlie our everyday behavior in relationships with others (Scudder et al., 2017). These value systems identify colors related to common themes or objects and corresponding behaviors. There are four main types of strengths and three mixed ones. For example, ‘Blue’ is associated with the desire to be generous and caring. Others usually perceive people who are driven by this aspiration as helpful. Each person possesses a certain amount of each color, but because no two people are alike, the strength of ‘color varies from person to person. One of the main concepts mentioned in the book is identifying one’s power, or color, which is the basis of behavior. Examining how our conduct affects people with other strengths is also essential. Often the groundless c
The public health sector is one of the core sectors in a nation as far as the well-being of the citizens’ health is concerned. It ensures that patients receive effective healthcare services in addressing their health concerns. However, the sector has experienced many challenges, both directly and indirectly, that have a potential of causing problems in the future. This paper details some of the major challenges that the global public healthcare faces besides giving the possible future of the sector. One of the challenges is the shortage of nurses in most healthcare facilities. Nursing shortage not only refers to lack of enough nurses in our hospitals but also the inadequacies of nursing that healthcare systems experience. Nursing shortage can be in the form of lack of nurses to occupy funded jobs. The nurses that are required for a given post may not be willing to take the job or they do not exist. Nursing shortage also encompasses lack of funds to finance some nursing positions that are essential. In cases where both nurses and funds are available, nursing shortage may refer to failure of the nurses to deliver the care that they are supposed to offer to patients. Lack of proper education and empowerment of nurses are the major causes of inadequacy in service delivery of the nurses. The other factor that has contributed to the current nursing shortage is the gap between the actual nature of nursing and the value that people attach to it. Many people, in the US and other parts of the world regard nursing as a menial job that do not have other career options. As a result, many patients have suffered to the point of death. Nations such as the US have opted to import nursing professionals in dealing with the consequences of nursing shortage (Beran, 2010, p. 146). Owing to this, the US among other nations in the world has embarked on bringing up well-educated nursing practitioners. This may improve the availability of nurses in the public health sector in the future to address the existing as well as the emerging healthcare issues. Some emerging issues will alter the nature of the public healthcare sector around the globe. The most hazardous issue that has emerged in the recent past is global warming. Global warming presents several health concerns that call on the immediate action of the public healthcare systems. The climate change caused by the phenomenon may lead to the increases of climate-sensitive diseases especially the vector-borne diseases. Such diseases include dengue fever, malaria and yellow fever among others. The IPCC has found out that the population of people who are at risk of contacting vector-borne diseases is bound to increase significantly. The figures are expected to increase by 220 to 400 million in the next century (EPA, 2011, para.10). As far as public health is concerned, this presents a possible strain to the available resources within the public healthcare centers, which are already facing a challenge as far as the availability of sufficient nurses is concerned. Additionally, air borne diseases are also expected to rise due to t
Abstract Although the attempts to eradicate any forms of discrimination from every domain of modern life have been taken a countless number of times, the phenomenon still persists in contemporary society due to its flaws. Particularly, the imperfections of the present-day justice system create loopholes for discrimination to enter its domain, as recent cases show. Particularly, the case of Foster v. Chapman points to the necessity of introducing more equality into the identified realm. The details of the case reveal that the prosecutor was allowed to strike all of the African American judges out before the case of an African American defendant was presented. In fact, the peremptory changes were against the decision made during the Batson v. Kentucky case. As a result, the environment created by the people involved in the trial served as the breeding ground for racial biases and the following discrimination. Furthermore, the very fact that four African American judges were stricken out without adequate reasoning can be viewed as an act of discrimination. A case in point shows quite clearly that the discrimination problem remains an integral part of the American society, in general, and the U.S. justice system, in particular. Correspondingly, an impetus for improving the current situation, must be created and received by the state authorities. Specifically, a case in point calls for taking immediate action as far as the supervision of the court procedures is concerned. It can be suggested that the introduction of a set of more rigid regulations as far as compliance with the legal standards should be provided to avoid similar instances of a mistrial in the future. Introduction: The Most Controversial Case of 2016 At first glance, it might seem that American society is mature enough to identify and address the emergent instances of racism in the contemporary environment, let alone the justice system (Reskin, 2012). Indeed, the United States has gone a long way from learning to accept the rights of Black people to create an environment in which equality may become a possibility. However, the contemporary environment incorporates a wide array of factors that impede the promotion of equity as the foundation for building relationships between the members of society. This is quite upsetting, discrimination trickles even in the areas that affect people’s lives tremendously, such as the U.S. legal system. A recent court case has shown that America still needs to address the discrimination problem on a statewide level. The Foster v. Chatman case that occurred in 2016 has shown that the present-day justice system remains corrupted and that racial profiling still is a part of it. According to the case details, an African American defendant was tried for murder and faced a death penalty. Four Afr
Marketing and advertisement are some of the expenditure aspects that may take extremely large amounts of money for the companies to be able to develop and maintain a strong brand image, an influential reputation, and a growing customer base. In other words, in order to remain on top of the competition, the businesses are to invest massive amounts of money in their marketing strategies. A couple decades ago, the mass media used to be the means for the businesses to get their messages across to the consumers. Today, social media have more attention than all the other media and that is why they represent the most effective way to market and communicate with the consumers. This paper will discuss the changes in the selling process that have occurred due to the growing influence of the social media. The research will be supported by the examples of some of the most effective social media marketing campaigns and approaches. The way they were built and the strategies these successful campaigns employed will be discussed in terms of the adjustments made by the businesses due to the appearance of such resource as the social media. Georgia Wells offers the general framework description for the selling strategies of the contemporary marketers using the social media as a way to reach the consumers. The framework relies on the following scenario: the businesses spend large sums of money in order to employ the teams of the most skillful and experienced marketers and craft the most aggressive and effective marketing campaigns that will be reviewed multiple times, changed, improved, and adjusted for a purpose to find the ideal message and dress it in the ideal form that would maximize the response of the consumers and attract more attention to the brand (Wells, 2014). Creating successful marketing campaigns is the key to the growth in revenue and the popularity of the products. For the marketers to be able to develop the messages that appeal to their customer base, they need to conduct a market research and find out what kind of needs, desires, and expectations their potential consumers have, what features would be the most popular, and what challenges are to be addressed. This is where the social networks reveal an advantageous dimension – the contemporary marketers and brand developers may use such social networks as Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook to be able
Introduction Education and training have always played an important role in modern life since students and aspirates normally have a certain professional dream or ambition and seek to succeed in actualizing it. The relationship between education and professional life is unquestionable, but contemporary North Americans used to consider its utility too narrowly, given that education also involves upbringing, general development, and life skills training. The present paper addresses this issue from different perspectives. The world is changing dynamically so that to develop the ability to plan their further education, career, and other vital ‘life schemes’, the students should be sensitive to the social environment, in which they operate. The pragmatism of modern education can appropriately meet this requirement: “Pragmatists believe that reality is constantly changing and that we learn best through applying our experiences and thoughts to problems, as they arise” (Ozmon and Craver, p. 351). Accordingly, Pragmatism in education highlights the importance of the learner’s adaptation to their environment. “Schools should emphasize the subject matter of social experience. All learning is dependent on the context of place, time, and circumstance. Different cultural and ethnic groups learn to work cooperatively and contribute to a democratic society” (Gutek, p. 212). This means, students are taught to work in groups, conduct joint experiments, and solve problems together – the importance of this skill is dictated by American individualism and exaggeration of uniqueness and individuality, which might have a negative side, as individuals may lose the ability to make decisions, which would be suitable for the entire group, organization or corporation the person belongs to. In addition, group work enhances interpersonal and communication skills, which are today extremely valuable in most occupations. The modern education system Furthermore, the modern education system, given its pragmatist framework, provides students with holistic learning (Gutek, p.111), as they are assigned to solve interdisciplinary problems and learn to tie or combine the approaches, developed by various areas of knowledge: e.g. certain life situations or ‘cases’ can be resolved through utilizing psychological and literary perspectives, others – through combining knowledge in Math, Physics and Chemistry. In general, experimental and empirical learning facilitates the person’s socialization, intellectual and cognitive maturation, so that the student gradually, year by year, develops social competence and the ability to contribute to the maintenan