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Introduction The story of the Conquest of Mexico, as narrated by Stuart, has captured the imagination of readers since the sixteenth century. This arises partly because it presents the struggle of the indigenous Indians on the coast of Mexico in America and their struggle against the invading Spanish sailors. It is a clash of two great cultures-the European (Spanish) and Native American- Indian culture. This great indigenous civilization on the coast of Mexica is destroyed by the tyrant and ruthless band of Hernan Cortes and his Spanish conquistadors. In 1519 Cortes and a small contingent of Spanish adventurers arrived on the Mexican coast. They had dreamt of fame, riches, lucrative trade routes, and other ways of making profits. As such a lot of sponsorship and commanding authority was given to Cortes by the King. He was charged with conquering and bringing new lands under the rule of King Charles v. Main body When they docked, they encountered a militant community in Mexico, the Mexica. This group was a powerful militant one and staged remarkable resistance against the Spanish. However, there were many other warring groups in this land, including the Aztecs, the Tenochtitlan among others. These groups rebelled against one another and Tenochtitlan even befriended the Spanish. This coalition weakened their abilities and led to their defeat. Within three years Cortes destroyed the empire and toppled the foundations of its cultural traditions. Many of the people died from war, famine, or disease. The remnants of the indigenous Indian community struggled to survive and adapt to the Spanish colonial regime and the new religion- Catholicism. In many ways, Cortes’s conquest represented the death of a political state(s) together with much of their way of life and the birth of a new colonial regime in its place. To some extent, Cortes’s expansions and attitude of supremacy led him to seek new colonies. His conquests against the Americas were motivated by religious visions and opinions, personal interests, class, and ethnic biases, and political considerations of the King. Alongside the need to access new sources, produced by the indigenous peoples, he wanted to spread Roman Catholicism as a world religion. Specifically, the sailors wanted to entrench Catholicism and bring all natives and citizens of conquered lands under the papacy and the king. This is depicted in Stuart’s account about letters Cortes sent to their king, Charles V. A Part of one of them read like this way. Your Majesties may t
Introduction The name of the truck is All in Balance, reflecting the food’s healthy properties. Our mission is to share the brilliance of Vietnamese food. Consequently, the selected food type Vietnamese cuisine in its variety, which includes noodles, pastries (bánh), and rice dishes. The specialization was chosen based on two factors: first, the Vietnamese are the largest Asian group in the city; second, it has a potential novelty value for other ethnic groups. Thus, we plan to target two potential groups of customers with the truck. Signature Dish The food truck’s signature dish is pho, a noodle soup with a meat basis. Out of the two bases, beef and chicken, we chose the former (Cloake, 2016). However, the preference is for its bony components, such as oxtails and bones proper (Cloake, 2016). Other ingredients include spices, herbs and, lime, although the list is not exhaustive. A possible issue with the time required to prepare pho may arise, as it takes several hours. However, it will be compensated by aiming for the dish’s modest version and the number of portions per pot. Food Cost Analysis for Pho The provided food cost analysis will cover five servings of pho for convenience, as one can prepare that number with an attempt. Beef bones and oxtails will cost $13, $6.5 each, and such important ingredients as star anise and cinnamon sticks will be $5. Rice noodles, preferable of Vietnamese origin, may reach $5, considering two packages are needed. One lime, five onions, and two oranges will be $2, while ginger, coriander seeds, and brown sugar may be as expensive as $4. The overall cost is $29, but most of the ingredients are sold in packages, so the expenses and the number of servings will be higher. Other Food Items The menu will include more than noodles, as stated earlier and cover such dishes as Com Tam, Bi Cuon, and Banh Bao. They share most of the main ingredients, which simplifies logistics. Com Tam is a rice dish, requiring broken grains and pork, and everything else is subject to customization (Pulido, 2019). Bi Cuon is rice rolls, needing such ingredients as rice, pork, and salad (Pham, 2019). One more dish, Banh Bao, which is a type of pastry, contains vegetables, pork, and eggs (Pham, 2018). Different ways of preparation for those dishes will prevent customers from being bored with the same ingredients used. Profitable Locations Several locations in Houston could be profitable for various reasons. First, basing in Chinatown may help appeal to the Asian residents and provide a cheaper alternative to Vietnamese restaurants there. Second, Market Street can be beneficial for gaining a broad audience, as it has constant waves of customers during peaceful times. Third, it might be strategic to find a spot between Greenway Plaza and Upper Kirby, appealing to office worke
Executive summary 3M Company is located in Canada and sells a variety of industrial products such as adhesive, tapes and plants’ maintenance appliances. The company initially served OEM customers, who bought the company’s products with the purpose of reselling them to the end users. The company decided to change its customers in the year 2006.Consistent with these changes was the shift from focusing on maximizing on margins to increasing sales volumes. This change was faced by a challenge since its initial customer based had reached its saturation point in terms of growth. The company therefore decided to change its customer base from OEM to MRO, who were the end users of the products. During the transition to the new market, 3mM’s Industrial Business Division did not have experience in dealing with this type of customer. This made the company to opt shifting from special and niche distributors, who had experience with the OEM customers to national level distributors who were promising to grow fast and had the capability to deal effectively with the MRO customers. As part of the new strategy, the Company had laid down guidelines to help it implement these opportunities. Growth of the mainstream business, acquiring existing organizations, increasing investments and focusing on new opportunities in the market are parts of these guidelines. To achieve the new strategies, the company had to have objectives, which dictated the actions to be taken to make them a reality. Expanding the scope of the mainstream business, cannibalism, Product customization, solving of consumers problems, designing local products and sealing white spaces are the activities that had to be carried out in order for the new strategies to be implemented. Organization of sales had to be changed as well to conform to the new strategy. Further recommendations have been given on how IBD can achieve its strategic plan. The conclusion wraps up the report in a nutshell. Introduction 3M Canada is a company that manufactures a wide range of products. Such products include tapes adhesives and other industrial products. The company’s products serve customers who purchase items of high value and those who buy commodities of low value. Over the years, the company has specialized in serving the customers who purchase items with high monetary value. The company’s main strategy was to maximize margins while reducing the cost of production. However, in the recent past, there has been a change of focus in terms of the strategic goals. The company’s CEO has decided that the company will change its strategic goal and focus on increasing volume of sales. This shift of attention means that the company will need to restructure itself in order to accommodate the new change. The dilemma lies on determining the means through which the company should effectively adapt itself to achieve the new strategic goals. The accounts manager, Mahesh Yegnaswami has been mandated by the
Topic Summary The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is an organization that offers membership and professional development opportunities to businesses in the healthcare field and reviews complex issues affecting the industry to provide guidance and education. One critical topic involves COVID-19 and relevant measures to keep healthcare organizations updated on the outbreak’s status, new patient care and management guidelines, and leadership strategies to minimize health risks and extra costs (HFMA, n.d.). To support healthcare providers’ adequate knowledge regarding healthcare finance in the COVID-19 era, the association posts news articles and resources devoted to current barriers to cash preservation for hospitals (HFMA, n.d.). Other aspects of the topic include financial assistance due to the CARES Act, recommendations to improve COVID-19 patients’ billing experience, contingency planning, and relief funding programs’ terms of use (HFMA, 2020; HFMA, n.d.). Therefore, the association aims to maintain providers’ awareness of loss minimization opportunities. Connections to the Course and Career Development Regarding the links between the topic and the course, the selected topic can be applied to information from Week 4, costing and allocation. From Week 4 readings, I have learned that cost containment has become a priority area for healthcare executive leaders right before the COVID-19 outbreak. This led to increased use of overhead cost-cutting strategies, clinical process waste reduction, and artificial intelligence applications. The COVID-19 era increased the demand for overhead cost minimization strategies and skills related to their implementation even more, which is why the HFMA’s topic and Week 4 resources are interconnected. Since it offers guidance on financial planning during crises, the HFMA can support my professional growth and development. It can do so by means of supplementing my actual knowledge and providing new ideas regarding crisis management and leadership in the healthcare field. With this knowledge, I will be capable of identifying viable cost minimization opportunities in the workplace.
“Children of Men” is a 2006 film directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón, based on a book of the same name by P.D. James. The story is set in 2027, in a dystopian England in which humans have become completely infertile. England is one of the last remaining civilizations that attracts immigrants mistreated by a police state that holds them in refugee camps. The story follows Theo Faron, who becomes caught in a mission to take a woman named Kee to the coast, as she is secretly the only pregnant woman known to exist. The world presented by Cuarón is incredibly grim and desolate, and he convinces the viewer of total hopelessness through cinematic effects and the narrative of the film itself. Despite this, Children of Men is a distinct portrayal of hope, in spite of the ruthless and brutal world that suppresses it. The film does not present hope in a religious sense, but by making repeated references to religious iconography and sentiments, it is able to portray fragments of hope in a visual sense. Initially, Cuarón depicts a hopeless world through contemporary and even familiar references (Jacobson, 2020). These include the visual depiction of the refugee camps, which are similar in design to real places such as Guantanamo Bay and the Abu Ghraib prison. Much of the camerawork is reflective of cinema verite stylization, dizzying documentary-like cinematography that was not dissimilar to footage of the Iraq War at the time of the film’s release. A religious reference is made in a scene where a mother holds her dead son, which is reminiscent of a photograph from the Balkans, which itself is an allusion to a Michaelangelo sculpture of Mary holding Jesus. The film is evocative of current-day symbolism through these creative choices by Cuarón, and although they are initial tools that depict a world without hope, they are later used to find it in the same world. The film ends with Sanskrit words being shown on screen; they read “Shantih Shantih Shantih.” The phrase means peace and is commonly found at the start and end of Hindu prayer. Though the film does not uphold religion as the superior surface of hope, it alludes to religion as a narrative device that represents hope. This is seen in many references, such as groups that oppose the government and support the immigrants being called Fishes and the revelation of Kee’s pregnancy occurs in a barn. More important than recognizing the references is observing their progression of representing the lack of hope to renewed hope, the same way that rebirth occurs after violence in religious motifs. Children of Men is a work that can be revisited often due to its merge of the political climate and human condition of hope. The state of political unrest and even violence is relatable in any decade, which is a common discussion point from political critics of the film. They argue that the film does not create a world like many dystopian films do but simply reference the one we live in with obvious exaggeration. The xenophobic nature of many characters persists in the current political climate, from civilians and politicians alike. As such, many viewers may continue to wonder w
The contemporary business environment is becoming very competitive, thanks to globalization and technological advancement. The increased competition is now forcing organizations to adopt powerful strategies in order to gain competitive advantage. It is for this reason that consumerism has gained popularity, with business enterprises investing heavily in promotion of their products in order to influence purchasing behaviour of target markets. Indeed, the consumer market seems to be the biggest driver of economic development in most countries, as it continues to grow as the economy and population grow. Therefore, marketing becomes an integral function in organizations, where different organizations use persuasive and manipulative techniques and strategies to convince or change perceptions of consumers to purchase their products and services (Schor, 2004). Nowadays, most organizations are focusing on children as a niche market with potentially sustainable growth and profitability. Although this may be a move in the right direction for businesses and society in terms of commercial empowerment, there is a dark side, especially in relation to social and health wellbeing of children (Palmer, 2010). This paper will critically discuss the effect of consumerism on children aged 7-11 years. In the past generations, parents dictated children’s consumer behaviour by purchasing things (toys, sweets, clothes among other children stuff) that they felt their children needed or deserved to have. This was mainly based on necessity and affection, but there was no significant influence from outside to do so. However, social changes in recent years have allowed children to have a commanding influence on their consumption patterns, thanks to ever-increasing advertisements and pressure from peers (Evans & Chandler, 2006). Today, many organizations are advertising their products directly to children with the knowledge that children have become more empowered and their psychological faculties can easily be manipulated or persuaded to like the products offered (Hulbert, 2004). Indeed, every organization will target a market that would be positively responsive to its products. According to Schor (2004), children are nowadays being used as the conduit for marketing products to parents, especially due to their passionate consumption behaviour, brand loyalty, and tendency to learn fast. Generally, marketers focus on children based on three key roles they play as consumers including, controlling a big niche market, influencing family purchasing behaviour and brand loyalty. However, several other factors have contributed to increased consumerism and marketing being directed to children. Children at the age of 7 to 11 have their own purchasing power due to pocket money given to them by their parents; however, they do not have mental capacity to make informed decision about wants and needs (Hill, 2011). In addition, peer pressure tends to be setting in during this age, thus influencing children to purchase things that will make them compete with their peers. Moreove
Introduction This text focuses on the works of three authors Tony Bambara, June Jordan, and Audre Lorde. They use creativity through their writing to act as voices of the oppressed and advocate for togetherness across nations in addition to supporting other writers’ work. Toni Cade Bambara Bambara was an African American author motivated by the culture and streets of New York. Bambaras’ Gorilla, My Love portrayed her character as being dramatic and emotional (Tomas 49). Her fictional work The Salt Eaters , was her first novel which takes a political tone and uses the experimental style. Reason for choosing Bambara is due to her commitment to uplifting the pride and esteem of the black American. June Millicent Jordan Jordan was Jamaican American and wrote about gender, race, immigration, and representation. Her first book Who Look at Me was a children’s poems collection. Jordan used the ‘black English’ to bring out her culture and motivated other young black writers into taking it as their language (Tomas 46). The reason for choosing Jordan is because she was full of creativity and zeal in using poetry to voice human morals. Audre Lorde Lorde was a poet of American origin dedicated to tackling the injustices relating to sexism, classism, homophobia, capitalism, and racism (Tomas 49). Some of her stories include Zami and The Cancer Journals which define her personal life. Reason for choosing her is because her work practically brings together different identities and the way she uses poetry to battle personal and political struggles. Conclusion Art can be a powerful tool in mirroring society. These authors’ legacies as poets changed the liberation movements from back in 1960 to date. Their legacy is still alive although these names may still be unfamiliar to many. Work Cited Reed, Conor Tomas. “The Early Developments of Black Women’s Studies in the Lives of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, and Audre Lorde.” Anuario de la Escuela de Historia , vol. 30, 2018, pp. 45-77.
Introduction The fact that properly designed mise-en-scenes play a crucial role in emphasizing the significance of a particular movie’s semantic content has been traditionally considered one of the most important cinematographic conventions. As it was pointed out by Thomson (2008), “Misé en scène… is used to trigger emotional responses that, in turn, reinforce the significance of narrative events” (p. 123). Therefore, it does not come as a particular surprise that the majority of cult-movies do, in fact, feature carefully constructed mise-en-scenes, which provide viewers with discursive connotations to the explored themes and motives. In this paper, I will aim to substantiate the validly of an above idea in regards to Milos Forman’s 1984 film Amadeus , which is being defined by the American Film Institute as the one among the 20 th century’s 100 greatest movies. Analytical Part Ever since the early days of cinematography, film-makers faced the challenge of providing their movies with proper contextual undertones, which in turn were assumed to increase these movies’ emotional appeal. For example; whereas, early films featured a 1.33:1 aspect ratio, contemporary movies feature a wide-screen aspect ratio of 2.35:1. This particular aspect ratio allows directors to ensure the integrity of featured mise-en-scenes, which in turn helps viewers to assess the actual significance of a screen-action on a variety of different levels. The technique of mise-en-scene relates to the technique of montage-editing. In fact, very often, the characteristics of a particular mise-en-scene are being defined by the nature of a director’s approach to editing (formalist, realist, or classical). For example; whereas, the so-called ‘open form’ format of designing mise-en-scenes is best suited for classically, and realistically edited movies, the ‘closed-form’ format is being commonly utilized in formalistically edited films. There can be few doubts as to the fact that properly designed mise-en-scenes significantly increase the extent of a concerned film’s appeal to the audience. This is because viewers’ exposure to a particular mise-en-scene allows them to relate to the film’s action on the emotional level – hence, mise-en-scenes’ importance. Even early film-makers were well aware of this fact, which is why many black and white movies feature dramatic juxtapositions of light and darkness. Contemporary directors, however, are being in a position to utilize a variety of other techniques, meant to ensure their movies’ mise-en-scenic wholesomeness, such as emphasizing a particular color, for example. The watching of Forman’s Amadeus leaves very few doubts as to the fact that the director utilized a clearly defined classical ap