ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
The term ultimate reality is frequently used within rational, theological, magical, and mysterious circles. Additionally, the term is used in different metaphysical customs of theoretical learning and specific sacred or religious schemes. In the case of this study, ultimate reality is defined within the religious connotations which describe it as a thought of achieving harmony in the Devine. It can be further argued that for many spiritual paths, the personal conscious understanding of Ultimate Reality has satisfied the meaning of life. It should be noted that endeavors at making logic of the human knowledge of reality have led to the founding of religions and science. In this case, each one is based on sequences of postulations concerning a human being’s capability of sufficiently grasping; hence accurately comprehending the nature of existence. It can be argued that within the bible, Jesus Christ is declared as the heavenly revelation personified; factual God and the factual way of life (1 John 5). Based on this, the Christian belief in divine worship; is ultimate actuality and power is founded on the earth’s chronological occurrence of Jesus Christ’s and his revivification from the dead. In this case, the feel for affection conquers all ills including death, and hence confirms to be the heavenly power of life itself (
Introduction We live in an integrated society where various elements color our view and understanding of what goes on around us. One of the defining characteristics about me is my optimistic outlook towards life. Always looking at the bright side of people and situations has been my mantra and despite how bad things get, I do not let any situation tear me down. I am always open to the possibilities that people have the inborn ability to love, care and understand each other with very little inhibitions. This is a virtue that is especially useful to me in a world constantly battered by the winds of uncertainty. Due to this positive perception on life and humanity, I have never really thought about the existing problems of racism and its associated vices such as discrimination or stereotyping. This is mainly because I have never really encountered them on a personal level even though people around me always shared their experiences as to how they witnessed them at some point in their lives. I think that my long term belief that people exercised equality was biased and as a result, blinded me from seeing the truth. Evidently, people in their varied capacities have the potential to be unjust, cruel and discriminatory depending on their culture and environment that they dwell in. Incidentally, reality finally dawned on me as I experienced the most horrific event in my life. My personal experience I am a well travelled youth who believes in living life to the fullest and making the most out of it. Two years ago, I embarked on a trip to France in a bid to further fulfill my life principle. It was then that I experience ostracism and discrimination in the hands of the joyous Parisians. My friends had always praised the shopping district in Paris and I finally had a chance to witness the marvels. I always had a fetish for designer handbags and France was home to one of the famous designers dealing with these bags. I wanted to experience entering the Louis Vioutton boutique on Champ Ellyses and purchase my first LV designer handbag. I could have easily purchased one in the states but the thrill of knowing that I would be the owner of a designer handbag purchased directly from the source in Paris was overwhelming. I was totally exited as I approached the store. I imagined the looks on my friends’ faces as I narrate this enduring event to them. I expected to be received with a warm welcome by the sales personnel but that was not the case. The minute I walked into the store, I was ignored by the sales people. I figured that maybe they identified me as an American so I decided to speak in Spanish. Funny enough, they responded in English but only to one question then turned away to assist other people that had just walked into the store. I was beyond myself with anger as I contemplated on what I could have done to receive such a cold response. I lingered in the boutique for about twenty minutes trying to get someone’s attention but to no avail. It was like I didn’t matter. I was ignored and as I looked at them I saw them laughing at me a fact that made me feel totally alienated and looked down upon. Needless to say, I felt humiliated and
Findings from the Physical Store Questionnaire Analysis Falcons can meet the time differences for both the public and the private sectors. However, it is imperative that Falcons should adjust the stores opening time and the closing time. Given that the public will arrive as early as 7.30 a.m., it would be prudent for the company to open at 7 a.m. and consider closing after 6 p.m. The claim is that the private leaves later at 5 pm and closing at time will cater for the private sector. Besides, this will ensure that the company attends to both sectors. Falcons must endeavor to have a large stock to meet the requirements of the customers. Both sectors’ customers will place large orders given that they buy stock in bulk. However, Falcons should take note that customers in both sectors will make one visit to the stores in three months. Despite this fact, it does not mean that there will be no customers on a daily basis so long as the customers’ demands are met. Evidently, Falcons must ensure it has sufficient wooden equipment stock to meet the high demand for both sectors. Although both sectors prefer wooden equipment, a significant percentage requires metallic equipment. The demand for office equipment and stationary is high as both sectors purchase these products in bulk. From the data, it is expected that the private and public sectors would differ in their preference to computers and office supplies. Such differences are often driven by the prices and branding. The private sector is often brand-sensitive. Nevertheless, since both sectors purchase almost equal amounts of stock, Falcons should ensure that both sector demands are met. Based on the data, it appears that the demand for the preferred services spreads equally across all sectors. In fact, it is inherent for humans to prefer services that suit them best to those disliked. The findings addressed by this analysis confirm this perspective as both sectors prefer quick shipment, offers, membership cards and online services to cater for their needs. Apparently, both sectors have the same thoughts regarding the services they receive. None of the customers in either sector would like to have slow shipment of their consignment or low quality services given. The findings are accurate given that both sectors suggest that companies provide customer call-desk services to ensure that complaints are timely addressed. In normal circumstances, it is natural for customers to suggest to the companies that they should be provided with functional customer care call-desk. These findings are relevant to Falcons in its effort to meet all the requirements of the customers in both the private and public sectors. Further, it is of great essence to note that customers are concerned with services they receive. Findings from the Online Questionnaire Analysis Findings from online questionnaires are not always reliable. The assumption is particularly founded on t
David Wiseman is an impeccable character in the movie “Wondrous Oblivion.” He is depicted as mesmerized by all aspects of cricket sporting activity: he participates in the sport, gathers cricket cards, and proactively engages in positive discussions about the game. Despite the character’s profound interest in the game, he is portrayed as a rookie player, especially within the school cricket team. Nevertheless, he seems to be headed for improvement when Dennis, a Jamaican employee settles nearby with his household. The new neighbour constructs a cricket area in his home and warmly receives David in his field. Eventually, the relationship between the two contributes to David’s remarkable achievement of both social and professional skills. In view of this, David represents the diverse cultural heritage of the movie. The tolerant society depicted is manifest following the coming in of David’s new trainer and resourceful cricket mentor. Despite positive consequences of finding his new cricket mentor, the local folk are unable to appreciate the newly found resourceful neighbour. Instead, the locals are depicted fighting racial chauvinism war. David’s parents, Victor and Emily are portrayed as championing the exact opposite cause of what their son stands for, a conservative society. At first, both seem be of the opinion that they should be warmly received by their fellow society members. But they seem to change tack and seem to be backing the forcible expulsion of the ‘foreigners’ from the village. Despite the carefully organized sporting and social activities, the challenging part of the movie comes when the developments result in a twist; David’s association with the Dennis family enters a new phase, in which his ties with his cricket mentor and his daughter, Judy becomes stronger. David’s parents do not seem to approve of the new development. Adamant, Wiseman starts to dedicate most of his free time playing in Dennis’s pitch and improving his cricket skills. This shows that change is not cowed by the conservative ideas. He continues to uphold liberal agendas through his sporting activities. The name of the movie, particularly the “oblivion” expression, depicts David’s resolve to try out new ideas and relations (Garcia 47). Notably, as a film that was expected to depict progression from an underprivileged life to a high-end social class, in which David seen to be improving on his game, is rapidly replaced by social reservations and bigotry, especially from his parents. Through David, the society that is resistant to change, comes to view. For instance, David’s moulded capacities are hardly highlighted in the school. His peers do not seem to be conscious of his tremendous improvements in the game. In view of this, David is depicted as an individual, who has been headed the “oblivion” way, thus he is not likely to improve for the better regardless of his associations with the Jamaican family. Conclusion David Wiseman is an impeccable character whose deep interest in playing cricket is unmatched. Despite his scanty skills, he clearly depicts an optimistic society in need of change and social tolerance. The character champions the
Introduction The purpose of this report is to establish the concept and importance of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including knowledge, skills and behavior required to be effective in an HR or L&D role as per the CIPD map. Through researching on currently published articles in magazines, journals and other academic sources, this report describes how to come up with different concept and ways of applying it in the day-to-day running of an organization to meet the needs of its customers effectively. The concept and importance of CPD CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. It is mainly concerned with a system of recording physically all the knowledge one has gathered through work experience either formally or informally. CPD is very important as it helps one to keep track of his/her development continuously. Also it acts as a reminder on the things that one have already accomplished, thus making it possible for a people to decide on how far they still want to develop in their careers (Gennard and Judge, 2005). It also brings out the shortfalls concerning your development path; this allows someone to make the necessary adjustments they need to make to achieve the desired goals in their respective career paths. It helps a person to judge their development path, thus allowing them an opportunity to decide whether to continue with the same career or to change to another career. Requirements for effectiveness in an HR or L&D role as per CIPD HR Map Leading and talent development: The people working in this professional area are required to have the following two behaviors among others, which might be deemed necessary. First, they need to be curious in their aspect of work. As a result, they will be able to form a relationship with various employees in the organization, thus enabling them to be able to spot a particular talent in an employee and hence develop it for the benefit of the organization (Gennard and Judge 2005). Also they need to be self driven to deliver quality services and this can be achieved by having the desire to perform well in their specific tasks or assignments. By doing so they will be able to understand their task better and hence develop in that particular aspect of work. Strategies, insights and solutions People working in this professional area need to have the courage to challenge various decisions that are taken within an organization. This will help in having exhaustive debates about decisions that are made in the organization, thus coming up with the correct decision about a specific cases. They are also expected to be decisive thinkers; as they are required to make quick
Introduction In the context of this quantitative study, it is important to explain the variety of EFL teachers’ attitudes towards the communicative language teaching method adopted at schools in Saudi Arabia. The functional theory of attitudes that was developed by Daniel Katz in the 1960s has been selected as a theoretical framework for this research. According to this theory, people usually have certain reasons for developing different, positive or negative, beliefs and attitudes regarding particular phenomena and situations (Katz, 1960). Various attitudes serve specific functions for people who demonstrate them, and Katz discussed four types of functions for individuals’ attitudes: instrumental, knowledge, value-expressive, and ego-defensive. Main text The reason for selecting this theory for supporting EFL teachers’ attitudes towards the communicative method is that their attitudes and behaviors can be associated with all these functions. The instrumental function can be observed if teachers form their attitude depending on understanding the practical advantage of the method for learners and education in Saudi Arabia in general. Still, if teachers express negative attitudes towards a new teaching method, the reason can be in the knowledge function (Albarracin, Johnson, & Zanna, 2014; Katz, 1960). Thus, they tend to refer to stability and order in teaching even if being guided by stereotypical but familiar visions. Conclusion Teachers’ attitudes can also be based on the values they share and try to promote in their work. Finally, teachers can demonstrate negative attitudes towards the teaching method because of the ego-defensive mechanism, as they lack certain skills for using this approach (Albarracin et al., 2014). From this perspective, the functional theory of attitudes is effective to support the examination of EFL teachers’ attitudes towards the communicative language teaching method referring to their motives, knowledge, and awareness of the role of this approach for students (Lee, Martin, Thomas, Guillaume, & Maio, 2015). This theory is appropriate to explain why teachers in Saudi Arabia can express positive or negative attitudes towards the observed change.
Introduction Strategy audit refers to a concept that implements the process of decision making. It aims at evaluating the risks of management and analyzing the functions of corporate institutions. It also focuses on the holistic examination of the present performance, environment, strategies applied and control of the strategies. It determines the organizational strengths and weaknesses exposing problems that exist in the organization. It is, therefore, a crucial tool that facilitates decision making which is a major pillar in the prosperity of an organization. Therefore, strategy audit is an inevitable process for any successful organization. In this paper, we shall focus on the Delloite and Touché Company. Description Deloitte and Touché Company is an international private company. In the 1800s, its conception was started by Deloitte when he was staying within London. They developed the company to offer professional services. The services included financial advisory, assurance, enterprise risk, tax advisory, and consultation among others. It has employed about 193000 employees and operates on one hundred and fifty countries in the world. Background and Context Carrying out a strategic audit for this company is appropriate due to various reasons. First, the company has a long history that gives it a sense of popularity. As a result, the company meets enormous challenges and management’s risks that should be audited. Secondly, the company has a huge organization capacity that comprises of 150 branches around the world. Consequently, there arise a lot of strategic risks in the process of coordinating the branches and working harmoniously. The two factors also offer the necessary familiarity with the company and make the analysis easy. The company deals with customers who pay a lot of money for services. Failure to deliver quality services would lead to loss of customers to the competitors. We, therefore, aim at understanding the various pitfalls that would lead to the downfall of the company. The possible pitfalls would be organizational, structural or financial. Although we might not be able to make changes in the company, this analysis will sharpen personal and strategic skills that we can apply in other organizations. Summary of Analysis We seek to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the company. These two aspects of the company are the major pillars of its strategic audit. Consequently, the approach provides the necessary knowledge that allows the company to suppress the weaknesses. The company has a good business foundation within 150 countries of the world. This has enabled this company to capture a wide market for its products. Also, the network has enabled it to compete against its competitors. The company is enjoying economic competence and solvency by concentrating its focus on large consulting firms. This has built large revenues that have amounted to about thirty two billion in US dollars. It offers a good working environment that enables it to tap competitive staff from the market. Many of the workers who were g
Written in 1807, William Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” depicts the author’s perspective regarding nature and its ability to alter one’s feelings. Wordsworth shares his experience with nature to illuminate the simplicity of losing the chance to feel the serene beauty that nature has. In other words, the author attempts to bring to the reader’s attention that true bliss and spiritual nourishment is abundantly available in nature, which makes it the perfect outlet to escape the everyday stresses of life. This paper seeks to illustrate the central theme of nature through a careful analysis of similes, metaphors, and personification as well, shedding light on the fact that happiness in life can be found in the simplest of things. The first part of the paper exemplifies to the reader how Wordsworth incorporates similes, while the second part illustrates the narrator’s use of personification to underline the poem’s central theme. Finally, the last section discusses the author’s use of metaphoric diction to underscore nature as the central subject. From a reading of the poem by Noma Dumezweni on BBC radio, listeners become engaged by the narrator’s laidback tone. The first stanza of the poem reads, “I wandered lonely as a cloud,” which is a clear indication that the speaker was alone during the experience (Wordsworth 1). Through the use of simile, Wordsworth is likening himself to a cloud as he describes his surroundings. The term “wandering” suggests that the protagonist was simply walking aimlessly with no specific destination or mission to fulfill. The speaker perhaps compares his solitude to that of clouds as they wander purposelessly in the sky. He seems to feel detached from the normal aspects of life until he finds a simple and fulfilling solution, which is nature. The speaker comes to terms with this fact when he encounters “A host of golden daffodils” (Wordsworth 4). The patches of daffodils represent the serenity found in nature which allows people to attain inner harmony. The speaker illustrates a sense of regret for failing to accept that what he had searched for all his life was right there in front of him. Nonetheless, he expressed gratitude for having attained such a valuable memory. This reaction exemplifies the speaker’s unawareness of the magnificence of the scenery at the time, besides recognizing the importance of appreciating the simple things that life has. Wordsworth
Introduction Management positions entail making of decisions most of which have great effects on the image of an organization. A mistake in decision making committed by one person turn out to be quite expensive to an organization as it may lead to organizational image tarnishing and customers losing trust in the organization. One of the areas that requires careful observation of details in regard to decision-making is outsourcing services to an external party in an attempt to reduce costs. In this paper, a case study on Krause Corporation is discussed. To make or Buy In the case study, Steve was been instructed to find ways of cutting down the cost of the pipes which were required (Meyer, n.d.). One of the ways to cut down the costs was to opt for purchasing of the pipes required in contrast to making them. He, however, knew too well that the quest for cost reduction was never to overrun the need to uphold quality. Quality was of top priority; cost reduction, actually, took the second priority. The need to ensure that the quality of pipes was guaranteed was therefore, the very first factor that was to be observed (Meyer, n.d.). After carrying out a survey, Steve discovered a supplier who seemingly was in a position to meet the needs of Steve of supplying high-quality pipes at a price which was seemingly below the market price (Meyer, n.d.). If Steve was to go for this option then it could be assumed that he would have achieved his objective of getting quality pipes at a reduced cost. However, with 14 years of experience on supply management, Steve knew that this deal was too good and therefore, there was a need to countercheck the details before he could make a commitment. The purchase option offered more promise than the make option. It should be noted that with the purchase option the pipes of the specific quality needed would be supplied; another factor to note also is that the standard of pipes that the supplier promised to deliver was seemingly above that which the company could make consistently. The price which was below the market price was another significant factor, which made the purchase option the best to pick. Considering that the two utmost significant factors were observed in the purchase option, there was a need for Steve to dig for more information about the details of the supplying process in order to ensure that the supplier would be reliable. It is always advisable to ensure that when outsourcing services to a third party, attempts are be made to interact with the third party to clarify the stakes involved (Burt, Petcavage & Pinkerton, 2010). In the case study, Steve wou