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Introduction The Tel Burna Archaeology Project has been widely covered in scholarly articles and mass media sources. This archeological site is located in the Shephelah region, and the project is directed by Itzhaq Shai under the sponsorship of The Institute of Archaeology, Ariel University. The first expeditions began in 2009. It should be noted that Tel Burna is a unique project since it provides the general public an opportunity to participate in different stages of excavation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of the Tel Burna site, the methodology employed by the archeologists, and the contributions made by the project. Description and Importance Tel Burna is a site that has already been researched by many scientists; these studies have had theoretical significance. The team of archeologists intends to either prove or invalidate the hypothesis made during previous investigations. The excavation, under the supervision of Itzhaq Shai, is being carried out near the historical place called Nahal Guvrin (Shai & Uziel, 2016). This area is related to the contemporary Qiryat Gat. The site has a flat-topped shape, which conveniently allows the research team to use various excavation tools to study the area. Nevertheless, its extensive size implies that more time will be needed to research distant parts of the location. The overall purpose of the Tel Burna Archaeology Project is to determine the sequence of settlement history in this region. The team hopes to find elements of daily life such as utensils and other common tools used by people residing in this territory. Also, the findings can provide new insights into the habits, way of life, and customs of this population (Shai & Uziel, 2016). The importance of the project lies in the fact that it will provide the scientific community with evidence to support their assumptions about this location and the people inhabiting it. Another aim of the project is to engage the general community in investigating the cultural and historical heritage of the region, boosting their feelings of self-identity. The project also has an important cultural and religious meaning. It has been assumed that the site can be referred to as one of the Kohanic cities. The project intends to find further proof that this location is described in biblical texts (Shai & Uziel, 2016). The goal is to validate that the fortification found in the area was once the town called Libnah. Historical Background of the Culture The Tel Burna site is believed to have a long history dating back to the Bronze and Iron Ages, serving as a frontier between two areas, the kingdoms of Judah and Philistia (“About Tel Burna,” n.d.). Many researchers suppose that thi
Introduction Overview Universal Weather and Aviation Company was founded in 1959 by the late Tom Evans. The founder was often commended for his visionary foresight to establish an all- inclusive service provider in the flourishing aviation industry. Universal Weather and Aviation Company is the first company to offer support services for businesses and private flight operations. Initially, the company started by updating pilots on weather reports. However, the company later expanded to include a range of other vital services considered necessary by business aircraft operators. These services include: provision of over flight permits, flight paths, cargo handling services, cookery and hotel and accommodation (Universal weather, 2013, p. 1). As part of the company’s global strategy, Universal Weather and Aviation Company began to expand globally by opening regional offices in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa. Global expansion was a holistic approach to the needs of the clients across the borders. Regional offices outlined the company’s strategy and programs in the competitive market. The strategy included: localization of services; global expansion; high touch to local clients; formulating and matching products and services with the needs of each market segment; and decentralization of services (Universal weather, 2013, p. 1). With the modest growth in the international market as well as the increasing number of new entrants in the market, the company is currently facing stiff competition. The product line offered are based on the segments from which revenues are generated. The company is divided into four segments offering distinct services. These segments include: Trip Support Services (TSS), Fuel Reselling (UVair), Fixed Base Operations (FBO) and Trip tools (Universal weather, 2013, p. 1). Report Purpose The purpose of this report is to explore Universal Weather and Aviation Company’s competitive advantage in the Aviation industry. The report will identify some of the challenges affecting the company’s competitive advantage and devise solutions based on the principle and practices of operations management. The most commonly used tool for assessing companies’ competitive advantage is SWOT Analysis. SWOT Analysis of Universal Weather and Asian Pacific, Inc. SWOT analysis is an instrument that is often used to assess an organization and the environment. SWOT is an abbreviation for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. SWOT analysis is commonly used in business studies to explore the existing conditions in order to come up with possible solutions or strategies of addressing both internal and external challenges. The main objective of SWOT analysis is to have firsthand experience of the problems facing the company and gain knowledge concerning probable developments and potentials. Strengths Universal Weather and Aviation Company is one of the top providers of flight service and operates an extensive network of ground support facilities found across the globe. With over 5 decades of experience, widespread quality control systems for monitoring cli
Financial fraud, a deliberate scheme to trick or deceive individuals, groups, or the government with the aim of monetary gain, is a common crime. From money laundering and tax evasion to bribery and corruption, financial fraud is a serious problem in the US and around the world. Among the different types of financial fraud is identity theft. Although identity theft does not always have financial gain as its primary goal, it almost inevitably leads to the person gaining access to the funds of the victim. Identity fraud is the taking of someone else’s identity, such as by falsifying one’s documents and credit cards and pretending to be someone one is not. According to the US Department of Justice, some of the most common identity thefts include cyber-attacks via email, “pre-approved” credit cards and eavesdropping in public places (Identity Theft). In all of these cases, the naïve victim somehow becomes vulnerable to the perpetrator’s attacks, meaning that educating people on proper safety measures would prevent, or at least lower, the risk of identity theft. If the perpetrator is successful in his attack, he or she can gain access to the victim’s credit cards, bank, and online accounts and obtain various goods and privileges (Identity Theft). The latter is particularly relevant in the current environment due to the stimulus checks since having access to multiple identities gives criminals access to multiple stimulus checks. Since identity fraud is a very common crime and has affected millions of people around the US at least once throughout their lives, recommended actions are readily available online. According to the US Department of Justice, suggestions include reporting fraud to the bank, blocking the credit card, and in some cases, filing a report to the police or to the FTC (Identity Theft). No matter what the causes of identity fraud, it is best to be cautious and prevent it from happening than to deal with the unpleasant consequences. Work Cited The United States Department of Justice. Identity Theft . 2020.
Thesis in Brooks’ “The Culture of Martyrdom” The culture of martyrdom is a threat to the peace process within the Middle East. There is a need for the communities within the Middle East to develop a culture of peace not based on revenge missions. Essay Thesis There can never be any peace until the parties involved in a dispute agree to take some compromising stand against their principle actions. The existence of a radical stand presents the biggest threat to the peace process within societies. Supporting Ideas This is evident in the case whereby Palestinians harbor the belief that Israelis are enemies, the author describes that the issues of suicide bombings were nonexistent before the year 1983. Paragraph 1 describes that suicide bombing usually goes contrary to achieving the political goals it is meant to serve. This is since it leads to the eruption of most confiding human passions (Brooks 353). The reactions by the Palestinian leader to walk out of peace talks and at the same time fail to accept the offer made by the Israeli leader of compromising his stand on part of their land and giving it out to Palestinians, led to a new uprising in suicide bombings. This idea is expounded in the third and fourth paragraphs whereby most Palestinians vowed not to support the peace process (Brooks 354). The response by leaders is always of prime importance in times of crisis. The presence of organizations and institutions that encourage and tutor suicide bombing activities presents one of the obstacles to the peace process. This is since these points breed and even reward bombers hence encouraging more recruits to surface. This view is shared by Ariel Merari, who is the director of a research center on political violence, in the fifth paragraph (Brooks 354). The belief within Palestinian families that Israelis have killed their close relatives encourages the rise of new bombers. The families seem overwhelmed with happiness after their children’s involvement in the suicide bombing massacres, paragraph 9. There seems to be overwhelming addiction towards vengeance and murder within the Palestinian society (Brooks 355). The whole Arab media shifted its focus to martyrdom and suicide bombing activities. There are several video footage on the reckless aftermath of suicide bombing activities which helps in nurturing the culture within the current generation. This forms a potential threat since the young generation tends to be so much lured into the activity owing to the rewards they are promised together with their families, paragraph 10 (Brooks 355-356). Strategy and audience Effectiveness of Brooks’ introduction Brooks’ introduction starts with his idea of suicide bombing and he views the general picture based on religion. The statement, “suicide bombing is the crack cocaine of warfare” tends to capture the eye of the audience making them more interested in finding out more about the issue. The introduction generally gives the idea that suicide bombing is mostly based on religion and is unfit for human society sinc
Graph 1. Mattress industry value chain. Definition An industry value chain (IVC) is a representation of a process required for producing goods and services, starting from devising the initial idea and ending with providing the customer with the end product. As seen from Graph 1, the industry value chain for the mattress industry consists of five essential elements: pre-production and services, raw materials and components, production assembly, distribution, retail, and after-service support. At the pre-production stage, companies decide on design and engineering solutions that would appease the customer. For instance, Honest Mattress Reviews (2019) and Grand View Research (2019) describe the mattress market in the US and Canada to be dynamic and characterized by changing tendencies. The first stage The first emerging trend described by the researchers is the need for customized goods: customers become more vocal when it comes to firmness and layering options. Interestingly enough, some vendors go as far as to offer opportunities for couples where each side is adjusted to a respective person’s needs. The awareness of the harmful effects of chemicals and synthetic compounds used for mattresses explains the growing interest in e
Introduction Theatre and artworks associated with it are essential in forming cultural life. Plays, most of the time, are divided into certain parts, and it allows following the text, and it also makes it easier for a reader to percept. Ruined is not an exception, so it contains some regular structural components. Sometimes, the action slows down, but then it becomes more dynamic. Thus, this piece includes scenes of stasis, as well as moments of intrusion. Main body It is crucial to define the stasis and see where it is in Ruined. According to Ball (1983), stasis is characterized by the absence of action and occurs when there is nothing unusual happening. In this play, the relatively slow part is when a reader learns about life in Mama’s house. There are some interactions between the main characters and the surrounding environment, but the motion is still quite slow. Then, intrusion – a significant change – comes with the simultaneously arising conflicts that change the routine of the bar, as well as the lives of people. The girls start rebelling, and the governmental army gets in an argument with Mama. It is important to note that a notion of change is quite remarkable in this piece, as Buckner names it an “activist drama” in the U.S. culture (p. 16). Salima’s death finalizes the motion of change, and that leads to the new direction of the plot. New stasis takes place when a reader contemplates Mama getting back to her regular life. Conclusion In conclusion, this play allows evaluating all stages of action development. The plot is interesting, as it gets more and more intriguing until the very end of the piece. It provides a unique insight into the existing issues and keeps readers engaged in reading the text and finding out the outcomes. The structure contributes to the process and helps to understand the main idea. Works Cited  1. Ball, David. Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays . Southern Illinois University Press, 1983.  2. Buckner, Jocelyn L. A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage . Routledge, 2016.
Introduction The business industry is one of the areas where experience serves as the best teacher. Individuals and companies in different business fields learn from their successes and failures. They also learn from observing the failures and successes of other companies in the industry. Individuals and organizations should learn from their respective experiences in business; however, this is not always the case. Some organizations fail to learn from their experiences, and they propagate recurrent failure in their business processes. This paper looks into the dynamics of learning and failure to learn for some with a close focus on the technical and social barriers that hinder learning. How organizations learn or fail to learn Organizations should learn from their past failures, and they should always apply the relevant measures to ensure that failure is eliminated from their business processes. Some companies apply lessons learned in the past to their future business strategies, but others fail to learn from their past experiences. Technical issues like business models, leadership approaches, and failure to respond to the prevailing business environment risks are the common causes of failure to learn (Cannon & Edmondson, 2005). Most organizations like to try out the same business model over and again, hoping that it will harness success. They keep blaming other factors when they continually fail. The operations management team in such organizations and the leadership function are normally the instigators of failure because they fail to learn from past failures. In the contemporary business settings, modernization has led to an increase in social barriers to learning in organizations. For instance, some organizations have acquired a high cultural diversity in their workforce, but they still fail to apply organizational changes to accommodate cultural diversity. In the same capacity, some organizations fail to eliminate bad leaders and managers, and they end up becoming bankrupt. Enron is one of the organizations that serve as good examples of companies that have failed to learn. Enron went bankrupt when Jeffrey Skilling became the CEO of the company. The leader made poor business investment decisions over and again, and the company did not learn from his recurrent failure (Benston & Hartgraves, 2002). The company assumed an unethical business model that resulted in bankruptcy in 2001. Organizations learn through experience. Companies make investments and decisions that attract business risks, and their failure or success in different projects should serve as lessons for future reference. Organizations must learn to make meaning from their failures, and they should be guided by factual information when developing business strategies. Recurrent failure in business should be an indication that something is wrong with the organization, and it is always advisable to consult professionals before developing interventions. Companies that continue applying the same failing strategie
An unidentified hungry and broke protagonist impatiently sits in a cinema as he waits for the bingo game to begin. He originates from the south and now lives in the north. He has not been able to secure a job because he does not have a birth certificate. He decides to play the bingo game, hoping that he will win enough money to pay for the treatment of a woman named Laura. The paragraph introduces internal conflict because the protagonist fights to get hope in his society where he cannot have his own identity and develops racial conflicts. For the protagonist to win the jackpot, he has to press a key linked to a spinning wheel. He has to release the button, and the wheel must stop at the double zero. The protagonist is aware that a quick and short press is a suitable strategy; however, he finds that he cannot release the button. As the protagonist is standing on the stage, forcing the wheel to continue spinning, he discovers that he feels empowered to control his destiny. He has a feeling that as long as he allows the wheel to continue spinning, Laura is safe. The protagonist believes that he is the King of the Bingo Game because he forgets his name. Ellison does not give a protagonist a name; without the name, the protagonist can be any of the many African-Americans that traveled to the north during the “Great Migration” from the south. Even though the story is about an individual, the individual might represent a broader collective. The protagonist can be an African-American man. The story does not talk about race in an obvious way. However, the white dominating in the society is understood subtly through occasional comments, dreams, and metaphors from the protagonist. The protagonist remains subject to the unjust and unfair system.
Introduction Stress and burnout closely link to each other, resulting in high employee turnover if directly caused by restricting working conditions. While recognizing their signs and the effect they may have on staff is crucial for employers, it is equally important to resolve these issues before they cause damage within the workplace. Creating an efficient system of codification and evaluation of dissatisfaction may help amend job conditions and result in a decrease in the rate of turnover. Main body While burnout and stress are unquantifiable, recording self-assessments of employees’ understanding of their mental wellbeing may grant insight into what changes are necessary to benefit the workplace atmosphere. Since burnout occurs “when resources are threatened by the environmental conditions,” changing these circumstances is within company competency and interests, as they relate directly to productivity levels (Xanthopoulou & Meier, 2014, p. 81). A flexible questionnaire, applicable to any industry, creates a possibility of information transmission among all types of employees and their superiors, therefore stimulating a multi-industry change in employee-employer communications. While using an adaptable data collection method may be beneficial in demonstrating management involvement to employees, it may coincidentally confuse results. The simultaneous “alignment and differentiation of burnout and depression” further complicate any possible research that builds on personalized and self-reliant results (Maslach & Leiter, 2016, p. 24). Researchers cannot exclude the influence of personal life stress on work, as depression and burnout may cause each other due to their interconnection (Plieger, Melchers, Montag, Meermann, & Reuter, 2015). Job questionnaires created for assessment should attempt to reflect the inseparability of these concepts and, thus, their combined effect on research results. Conclusion Changing work conditions to suit employees and stimulate their workplace growth is the tactic that has proven to improve workplace results and job satisfaction. Listening to the needs of workers becomes a crucial step when attempting improvements that may grant, however, confusing results if not accounting for outside influences. Thus, perfecting such a questionnaire should remain one of the primary goals of researchers who are interested in stimulating a positive change, while retaining management support.
The reason why Madison emphasizes faction rather than different aspects like religion The aspect of faction is greatly explained by Madison as he emphasizes that this particular occurrence is a result of unequal property allocation. As understood from the argument he puts forth; faction has a considerably great influence on government ruling as well as constitution compared to several other aspects like religion. More so, it is this aspect of the faction that had met great criticism since a good number of citizens could not understand how a government would be run by differing groups. The faction was the name given to existing political parties that were operational during that particular period when Madison was putting forth his ideas on this issue. Therefore in as much as other aspects constituted the constitution, this seemed the most pressing as Madison saw the need to clarify the necessity of faction (Lowi, Ginsberg, Shepsle, & Ansolabehere, 16). Madison knew too well that some parties were of the opinion of doing away with a faction in order to form one stable and peaceful government. However, Madison had a different opinion together which was rather positive, as he argued that stability would not be realized if factions were eliminated since they were the very means through which differing interests of citizens would be assured representation in government. Madison agreed that the existing and far much-differing factions were quite a number but went forth to emphasize the fact that if majority rule was to be applied, factions’ differences would be tamed hence unity within the government. Madison also pointed out on the means through which to ensure representation of ideas which is appointment as well as election of representative members in various government offices. As a result of this particular practice, factions are expected to make a bargain of differences hence resulting to minority groups’ protection which was rather the main idea of the whole aspect of faction. In such a representative government, the majority group is found to rule while, and at the same time, minority group ideas are integrated and considered accordingly. Interest groups and factions The present-day so-called interest groups can be said to be similar to early days’ factions. Just as it is the case with factions, people with a similar point of view tend to belong to similar interest groups. The implication, in this case, is that for individuals to gather in a certain group there has to be an agreement in ideas. However, it does not matter the number of persons required in order to form an interest group hence the majority as well as a minority that needs to be represented in government accordingly (Lowi, Ginsberg, Shepsle, & Ansolabehere, 13). Factions control and the role of elections in the practice Madison disagrees with the