ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
V8 has been among Campbell Soup Company’s best products. The company specializes in canned fruits and vegetables. The product in its diversified form gives nutrients to the body and has won the hearts of many customers. Campbell Company wishes to carry out brand extension on V8 V-Fusion. Since it has been acceptable before, the preparation to make it have a better taste and look smoothie is on course. The management of Campbell assigned the Research and Development a task to find out how they can improve on it so that they can use it in fitness centers like the LA fitness. The results proved positive. A healthy person requires a healthy diet. Campbell Soup Company has specialized in healthy fruits and vegetables that have positively influenced customer decision. It has become well known for its adherence to the best practice in business and health. The new product’s name would be V8 V-Fitness Fusion. The researchers did conduct market interviews to ensure that the customers were prepared to receive the new product. The spin-off can provide healthier diet to one’s body and enhance the athletic experience. The strength that the company has is that customers have a positive experience with and knowledge of the other products. The new product will also ride on the strong brand that Campbell has built over the years. If the previous products have immensely benefited customers, then there is a firm conviction that this will do more than wonders to their health. It will boost the company’s image too and increase its presence in the retail stores. They conducted a field research and confirmed that there were strong desires and anticipation for the new product. The product at its best was in the right category. The target customers were eagerly awaiting the launch. The samples would be presented to the market one day to the start. They are meant to provide the client with the curious mindset as they prepare for the launch which would include billboards. The marketing department would use the radio and television to create awareness of the product. The social media and the company website will be of great use since many online customers give their feedback faster. During the launch, customers will have free samples to taste. All the fitness centers managers would receive the invitation since fitness centers are the primary target market for the prod
In this chapter, a synopsis and analysis of the assigned case study will be given. It will evaluate “The Blue Sky Software Consulting Firm” case study in order to clarify the company’s main aspects of management and leadership, identify possibilities to improve the current state of affairs, and determine the most appropriate methods and techniques for doing so. Besides, a SWOT analysis of the organization will be introduced to identify its main strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats. Background The case study under consideration introduces a company, Blue Sky, with its own set of organizational issues and concerns. Blue Sky is an expert in consulting services, which are offered to different clients. Its overall age is 15 years. For a long period of time, Max Blue served as the company’s CEO, and today he is the Chairman of the Board. The role of CEO is now fulfilled by Jim Willis. The current success of the company is evident; however, it cannot last long unless it is supported by a successful plan and knowledge. There are five regional offices of the company located in different parts of the country. Moreover, the size of Blue Sky is impressive indeed due to the existence of three main divisions, each with its own vice president. Each division leader has his or her own approaches and techniques to management, and it is hard for the CEO to combine the work of each department and office due to the absence of a written strategy and the inability to promote a strategic planning process. Therefore, certain strategic changes are expected from the leader, and the phenomenon of leadership transformation has to be investigated (Fuda, 2013). The changes in the leadership style require the changes in a company, including the evaluation of the organizational performance, skills and knowledge of employees and leaders, and various external factors that may influence the activities of the company’s representatives. Ethical changes and the consideration of social norms are required as well (Todnem & Burnes, 2013). These tasks are not the only ones that have to be performed by the leader of the company in order to demonstrate a successful transformation in a leadership style. The improvements of the environment, motivational issues, and respect to the interests of all team members are crucial in organizational performance (Alizor, 2013; Cameron, Quinn, Degraff, & Thakor, 2014; Fowler, 2014). Taking into consideration the requirements and possible expectations, the investigation of internal and external factors of the company has to be developed (Campbell, Jardine, & McGlynn, 2016). There are many methods that can be used to understand what kind of work has to be done by the company to stay competitive and successful in its organizational performance. The development of the SWOT analysis is one of the possible ways to be offered to the company. One of the first steps that can be taken is the recognition of the skills of employees and their leaders. Each department has its team, and the task of each team is to demonstrate posit
Introduction The book The Sorrow of War by B. Ninh depicts a unique experience of Vietnam solder who fights for freedom and unity of his country. The book portrays emotions and sufferings of the main character, his understanding and perception of war. Ninh depicts the war as formless which did not have its own distinctive contours, although those contours became visible only in retrospect. The Vietnam War was perceived as injustice because of the discrepancy between the loose form it took and the form the soldiers had been trained to identify and label as such. This unfamiliar form involved two sorts of combat engagements, the fire-fight and the search and destroy mission, neither of which conformed to battle scenarios. Kien’s experience shows that war is useless and painful, fearful and unjust, but it the war against foreign invasion and for unity of the country. Main body From Kien’s experience readers understand that war is painful and fearful, with no rules and principles. Kein underlines that it did not take long for the soldiers to realize that the firefights were not at all analogous to the heroic charges and decisive confrontations of their fathers’ war. In fact, it quickly became evident that the fire-fight did npt result in any discernible difference beyond the casualties produced. Given the shapelessness of the war experience, its moral, tactical, and technological amorphousness, we would expect meanings constructed in an orderly environment to lose plausibility rapidly. Indeed, this is precisely what we have witnessed as we have followed the soldiers into the vastly altered social surround of the war zone. War, offering comparisons that bring into bold relief how traditional military tactics serve, among other aims, as part of the plausibility structure that maintains a soldier’s world view. Language, as an index of cultural reality, reflects this new uncertainty. In this situation, one’s knowledge is no longer trustworthy, because appearances may belie the underlying reality. Reality therefore becomes problematic and potentially deceptive. It is a cry of bewilderment in the face of evaporating forms through which to interpret experience. “the path of war seems endless, desperate and leading nowhere” (Ninh 15). The enemy’s effectiveness had little to do with any purely material military advantage. Undeniably, the training, equipment, support, and manpower of the North Vietnam forces in Indochina were substantially weaker to the USA forces. What the Vietnamese nationalists, in their latest incarnation as the Vietcong, did possess was extensive experience in fighting a type of war where stealth, evasion, elusiveness, and the element of surprise counted more heavily than did conventional indices of mil
Introduction The Iran’s nuclear program has attracted heated debates in the United States, and other parts of the world as analysts try to determine its real impact on world peace program. Since the end of the Second World War, there have been efforts to promote disarmament programs in major powers in the world. The United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republic made efforts to scale down the volume of their weapons as a way of promoting peace in the world. However, individual states have continued with their armament programs, albeit in secrecy. Recently, a state owned Russian media station claimed that Russia had the capacity to reduce the entire United States into a radioactive ash. This statement was a strong indication that Russia has been amassing weapons of mass destruction for the past several years. Iran is another nation that has been keen on developing nuclear weapons. 1 North Korea and Pakistan have also engaged in activities which strongly indicate that they are building weapons of mass destruction, based on the reports of major media stations in the world. It is important to analyze the allegations made by these sources to determine the truth. In this report, the focus will be to collect data from open sources about different targets of these weapons of mass destruction developed by different nations. Non-state Actors and Terrorism The open resource intelligence by Blum 2 focuses on the weapon of mass destruction in the hands of non-state actors. The world is rapidly changing, and the enemy is assuming an amorphous form, making it difficult for the targets to fight it properly. The non-state actors have assumed the form of terrorists that are determined to bring the United States of America down from its glory as the major world power. According to these scholars, this new face is something that the United States’ government had not prepared for when planning its defense against the known enemies. During the two world wars, the enemies were known, and the battle fronts were clearly defined. During the Great American Revolution, the warring factions were clearly defined, and the battlefields were known to all the players. During the Cold War, Russia was seen as an enemy of the United States. However, this new approach that has taken the form of terrorism is strange and difficult to fight. The exact location of these terrorists is not known, making it difficult to wage proper war against them. The report by these scholars emphasize on the fact that these terrorist groups thrive well in politically unstable countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Somalia. The scholars note that the target for these groups is the United States of America. In order to validate their arguments, they analyze activities of these groups over the years, especially after the Second World War. In Saudi Arabia, amorphous religious groups demanded the departure of all Americans and their companies from the country in the late 1970
Abstract Creating a successful nursing framework that will help tend to the needs of the patients successfully is a challenging task. It is crucial to make sure that the patient should be able to engage in self-directed care so that healthy habits could be developed and that problems could be located at the earliest stages of their development. For these purposes, Dorothea Orem’s nursing philosophy should be viewed as the foundation of the strategy. However, the theory could also benefit from expanding the concepts of communication and quality management. Particularly, the opportunities for a nurse to improve skills and acquire new knowledge should be explored. Personal Nursing Philosophy Building a personal nursing philosophy is crucial to the success of the intervention and treatment strategies used to meet the needs of the patient. Therefore, the choice of the ideas that will guide the nurse’s decision in the course of the intervention will determine the success of the therapy. Although the principle of self-care is not new in nursing, I believe that, by assuming the strategy suggested by Dorothea Orem, I will be able to make a difference in the modern nursing environment. Since the approach created by Orem places a very heavy emphasis on the significance of self-care among patients, it will help increase the rates of awareness among the community members; as a result, health rates among the target population are likely to improve significantly as the patients will be able to access the necessary information within a short amount of time and receive the nursing services required to recover fast. The assumptions of the philosophy created and promoted by Orem are rather simple – the theory is founded on suggesting that the patients should initiate and perform as many health-related rituals and processes as possible, thus, learning more about their body and unique needs. On the one hand, the principles that Orem promoted as the essential ideas on which modern nursing should be based imply that the nurse should shift a significant number of responsibilities to the patient. For instance, locating the databases for learning about the appropriate guidelines, identifying the symptoms of the developing diseases or disorders, monitoring the key processes to determine the unique properties of one’s organism, etc. are challenging tasks for an average citizen. On the other hand, by encouraging the patients to engage in the process of self-cognition, a nurse is likely to prompt the increase in awareness rates regarding topical nursing issues, as well as determining the characteristics of one’s body and its functioning. The latter details are likely to be very useful in defining the therapy and treatment that the patient will have to receive in case of a healt
“ I’m sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of me must be the Devil ” (Chapman) said Mark Chapman after shooting John Lennon to death. He also said that Lennon was a phony and deserved to die. He also signed many of his hate mails and statements as “The Catcher in the Rye” or “Holden Caulfield”. Such was the influence of J.D. Salinger’s book on this, then, a young man who was only 25 when he killed the celebrated Beatle. The influence of Salinger’s book can also be felt in the generations of young men and women who have been reading his work since its publication in 1951. The book’s story of escape and a search for happiness despite all the sham and drudgery in this world is the topic of this paper. Holden Caulfield’s struggles with alienation are just a phase (Menand) and his story is a sadistic kind of adult young fiction where the character’s growth is not explicit. Author’s Biography Jerome David Salinger is an American and the author of the well-known novel Catcher in the Rye. He is famous for his reclusive nature and the fact that he has been inactive in the writing business since 1965. He is so reclusive that he has not been interviewed since 1980. Born in 1919, he was raised in Manhattan, New York, and was a young boy at the time of the Great Depression. Even when he was still in High School he was already writing stories for publication. Like most young men of his time, he served in the military during World War II. However, it was the book The Catcher in the Rye which was published in 1951 that catapulted him to fame. To this day, his depiction of Holden Caulfield and his story of alienation and loss of innocence remains very influential among adolescent readers (Skow). This book is also the basis for this paper. Aside from Catcher in the Rye, also published three collections of short stories; Nine Short Stories (1953), Franny and Zooey (1961), and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymore: An Introduction (1963). His last published work is a novel called “Hapsworth 16, 1924,” (1965). Since then he has not published any new works and has declined any interviews since 1980. The reason he does not want to be interviewed is that he has long struggled with unwanted media attention spawning from his legal battle with Biographer Ian Hamilton in the late 1980s. Another reason is that publication of the memoirs of his ex-lover Joyce Maynard and daughter Margaret Salinger has led to the publication of information that he’d rather not talk about with people in media. He has also steadfastly refused to grant filming rights to Catcher in the Rye although many, many producers are asking for it. His enigmatic character and coyness in refusing the filming of Catcher in the Rye have led to Maynard saying; “The only person who might ever have played Holden Caulfield would have been J. D. Salinger (Maynard 93)”. Criticism The book is popular among the youth and is even prescribed in many High Schools are required reading. Howev
Introduction The purpose of the given project was to examine the financial operations of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Based on the insurer’s balance sheet, total assets, total liabilities, and surplus have been calculated. Based on the income and expense statement, net income, the loss ratio, the expense ratio, and the combined ratio have been calculated. The values of the 2019 annual report have been forecasted using the calculated growth rates. Findings It has been found that both total assets and total liabilities decreased, so there was a slight increase in surplus. In particular, total assets decreased from $160,732 million to $159,865 million, and total liabilities decreased from $63,727 million to $59,112 million. In turn, the surplus increased from $97,005 million to $100,753 million. There was a decrease in cash and short-term investments, stock, and other assets, which is why the corresponding growth rates are negative. Based on the calculated growth rates, all the components of assets, liabilities, and surplus have been forecasted, assuming that the growth rate in the values will remain the same. It has been determined that in 2019, total assets will be equal to $161,529 million, and total liabilities will be equal to $55,313 million. Thus, in 2019, the surplus will be equal to $106,216 million. In 2017, income before dividends and taxes was equal to -$242 million, and in 2018, it was equal to $7,068 million. In 2017 and 2018, the values of net income were equal to $1,702 million and $6,350 million, respectively. Based on the estimated growth rates, the premium earned, service and administrative fees,
Introduction The occurrence of socio-political and economic factors causes a sense of inequality among different social groups and classes. The question of equality gives rise to the concept of egalitarianism. Egalitarianism is a theory that affirms equality for all people on political, social, and economic grounds. Egalitarians perceive all human beings as equals without exceptions. In addition, egalitarians seek to eradicate all the inequalities and discrimination based on one’s race, gender, age, and social class among other factors. Liberal egalitarianism pursues justice by advocating equality, individual freedom, and personal obligations. Unlike strict egalitarianism, which approaches inequalities from a radical point of view, liberal egalitarianism is preferred due of its arguments, which are rooted in fairness to mirror choice differences. In order to succeed, liberal egalitarians approach the issue of equalities from an incentive provision point of view. In this regard, the areas of distributive justice and natural rights become the primary focus of egalitarianism. This paper will explore the core issues that surround the objectives of liberal egalitarians, the issue of equality of law without equality of opportunity and the controversy surrounding equality coupled with whether it should be a political idea or not. The differences that liberal egalitarians seek to diminish Evaluating liberty and equality in a gratifying manner has been one of the challenges amongst modern philosophers and legal theorists. Cohen (1989) insists that some scholars still hold the ideas of their predecessors like John Stuart Mill and Aristotle, who argued that the foundation of justice is equality. Hence, it should be a prime consideration before implementing political policies. Other philosophers are on the affirmation that the ascendancy of freedom should be the basis for political and legal decisions (Cohen 1989). The antagonism that seems to crop up from the two interpretations gives rise to the concept of egalitarianism that seeks to diminish the differences that arise from the understanding of liberty and equality. The discussions surrounding freedom and equality in relation to political policies are focal points of egalitarianism. Egalitarians see equality and freedom as complementary concepts that aim at facilitating social equality based on political decisions. The motive to promote the realization of a society characterized by people, who are free and equal irrespective of their background, inspired egalitarians to speak against any forms of social and political inequalities (Young
Possible methods, approaches, and ways to distribute the remaining generators to the public are presented in the following list:  1. In the first place, it is necessary to allocate generators to community centers like religious centers, culture centers, nursing homes, shelters, and offices of charity organizations where people can gather and find assistance. The authorities can sponsor buying generators for these organizations.  2. It is possible to set price ceilings to prevent and prohibit price gouging for sellers of generators and guarantee the distribution of low-price generators to families with many children (Yglesias par. 3).  3. It is possible to sell generators to stores, banks, and community centers and organize mobile centers for providing the emergent assistance and management for the community members. The remaining generators can be sold to individuals.  4. It is necessary to prevent the artificial shortage of generators caused by the controlled and comparably low prices while determining quotas for selling the generators for families.  5. Authorities can develop regulations preventing the price gouging in terms of selling not only generators but also gasoline products, batteries, and similar resources.  6. Authorities can order more generators in neighboring communities and focus on the price control (Yglesias par. 5). The first strategy is characterized by such advantages as the possibility to address the needs of the large community population and guarantee the access to the food, power, and other important resources. The second strategy is important as it addresses the controversial issue of price gouging typical of disaster cases, and it regulates the prioritized distribution to community members. The third strategy is most complex as it provides the community with the opportunity to receive the access to power, cash, food, goods, and other resources and assistance. The fourth strategy is good in terms of controlling prices, and it proposes the prioritized distribution of generators. However, in this case, families can purchase generators depending not on their needs but on other factors. The fifth approach is effective to control the issue of price gouging, and it is important to guarantee the fair distribution of other important resources to support the public and address their needs. The sixth approach is possible only if the community can allow purchasing generators from other places and guarantee their quick delivery. The most appropriate distribution systems are presented in the descending order:  1. The third proposition is the most effective in terms of costs and addressing the public needs. First, it is important to focus on selling generators to stores, banks, and community centers to provide the community with the cash, food, and goods. The next effective step is the organization of mobile centers for guaranteeing the emergency management. The final step is sel