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Cultural diversity has always been a serious obstacle for people to overcome because it is primarily based on the difference in moral standards, and principles of general behavior and traditions. The impact of cultural bans is brightly illustrated in the stories presented for analysis. Both literary works – “Tito’s Good Bye” and “In the Land of Free” – unveil the hardships the people should overcome when living in a host country. Hence, the first story, “Tito’s Good Bye” written by Garcia, narrates about two important periods of the protagonist’s life – the deplorable present and happy life in the past. The second story is about the changes that occurred right after the heroes return to the free and wealthy United States. Both stories depict the adversities that immigrants have to overcome to adjust to life in America as well the way social and physical environment hampers their accommodation to new culture and people. Despite the differences in the plot, the stories’ characters move to America in the quest of better life, but face frustration and disappointment instead. In Garcia’s “Tito’s Good Bye”, the main character is forced from Cuba to the United States because of the rise of communism. The story starts with news about Tito Urena’s death from heart attack in his office. From the very beginning, the author provides a thorough description of Tito’s present life including the place he worked, the people he communicated with and the attitude he had towards other people, which emphasizes some notes of pessimism. Special consideration should be given to the description of the place where Tito’s worked in New York, “a squalid room over a vegetable market in Little Italy” (Garcia 159). This place could be the reflection of Tito’s feelings. He was suppressed and even miserable. He was lonely in his “squalid room” and in his life. He lost everything he had, but failed to succeed in his new life. On the other hand, “In the Land of Free” begins positively where the main characters – a Chinese American couple – move to America hoping that this country will bring peace and happiness to their lives. This is shown by the descriptions and attitudes revealed in the beginning of the story: “there is thy home for years to come. It is very beautiful and thou wilt be very happy there” (Far 148). Lae Choo was glad to bring her child to their American house. She believed that the country which became their second homeland would welcome their little boy as well. But further, the couple’s opinion dramatically changes and they get more frustrated and hopeless when facing people’s cruelty and indifference. The plots are largely based on the contrasts. The Sui Sin Far’s heroes are first delighted and blinded by the atmosphere of happiness, but further the illusions fade away with all hopes for a better life. Thus, the country which gave them a new life took away the most precious. In fact, the government took away their lives since their son was the sense of their lives. The same is revealed in the second story where description of death is intertwined with flashbacks to a happy past
The history of the various cultural and ethnic societies in the world is a very important concept of understanding how different people were civilized. However, in your paper, you seem to imply from the first paragraph that it’s being discovered. Some disclosures currently show that Nahuatl culture still exists, while other sources claim that the society was wiped out. Do you have any reason to either support other sides? I also see the sentence that history is continually being discovered as very interesting, may which way is this being done? Essentially the history of the Nahuatl was only passed on to the next generation by word of mouth. This means that probably most of its history before the world war must have been distorted. Currently, there is a lot of trouble in understanding certain occurrences that base their origin on deep history even before man was able to write or document certain important information. I agree that the conquest of Nahuatl by the Spaniards is a very important event in history that needs to be studied and understood properly. Being purported to be one of the oldest history books, “the Broken Spears” written by Leon-Portilla originally in 1962 presents a better understanding of what took place or is believed to have taken place. This makes sense because, before the world war periods, the Aztecs in Mexico passed on their history by word of mouth. They left no record of details of what happened in their history and civilization. Since the city that the Aztec was buried and destroyed beyond recognition has there been a way to get some of the artifacts to show its existence? I believe that your easy implies that there are a lot of things that are yet to be discovered in the history of the Spaniard conquest and that from history, it’s believed that Aztecs had very powerful empire that had grown because they believed in religion and some strong culture. the Spaniards arrived in the current Mexico, they were able to wipe out the entire population with their weaponry and disease. This is therefore to imply that the Aztec culture was killed, or was it? I want to rise some critical question may arise, does this really hold to scrutiny? Is Aztec culture really dead? This could be biased history since it’s the Spaniard account that basically survived. Your paper indicates that Aztec were very religious and thought that Quetzalcoatl had returned when they were invaded by Spaniards. The Spaniards perceived the inhabitants as barbaric when they saw then sacrifice human beings. In this way they thought of snatching their gold and riches and forcing Christianity on them. I see this as a confrontation of two expanding empires with two very dissimilar and radical cultures. Was Aztec culture inferior? Essentially culture is a v
Business is always driven by change. The manner in which a business responds to change determines its profitability and impact on the market. The best businesses are not concerned about the magnitude of change taking place around them, but the impact of change in their day to day operations. At FX, change is met with a desire to grow. The company looks to market itself as being the fastest growing and best in terms of profitability. In 2012, the company has set a goal to achieve a 35 percent growth in regards to sales. The standards set by the 2011 fiscal years will be the proving grounds for the sales team in 2012. One of the major ways through which the company is to achieve this is through improving the sales revenue in the retail banking sector. A team has been founded where the main objective is ensuring that the sales revenue realized from the 2012 fiscal year projects a 35 percent growth when compared to the same revenue in the 2011 fiscal year. Although the bank is focused on growing all its departments, the sales revenue from the retail banking is unique in the entire process of growth. A growth in the retail banking will be important to the entire bank because this section has been considered the least profitable and least expansive in regards to growth. Other sections of the bank include microfinance, online banking, and the loan department. All these are considered more profitable than the retail banking. A team of six members has been formulated to deal with the improvement of sales in the retail banking. There are strategies that have been put in place to ensure that the team achieves the maximum benefits from the process. There are a total of 6 members in the group. The group is divided into two groups the Forex Exchange Investment Consultants (FXIC) and the professional sales team. The FXIC team is composed of 2 members whereas the sales team has four members. Compared to the FXIC team, the duties allocated to the sales team are more involving and more demanding. Due to this reason, the management is to offer resources and other forms of support with this in mind. The FXIC will be responsible for ensuring that there is follow up in the 20 branches. These will be done through ensuring that there is a weekly training program. The weekly training program will be fashioned in a way that ensures the trainees receive between 40 and 60 hours of training each week. The training will be backed up by the provision of information on strategy sharing, workflow enhancement, join-call with clients, proactive refers to advisors, and monitoring the business activities in the 20 branches. Wherea
Technology and society are inseparable from each other, continually supporting each other. Without community, there would be no development of technologies, but also there would be no society in its current form without them. However, technology’s impact on people’s lives must be assessed objectively for possible technological development correction. The purpose of this essay is to consider whether technology is helping or negatively affecting society. First of all, technological progress certainly helps the development of human life. Modern people do not suffer from those problems and diseases were considered a dangerous threat just a couple of centuries ago. Modern technologies make it possible to improve specific individuals’ lives and equip entire cities for a comfortable life. Research shows that current smart towns manifest success in productivity and social protection as a manifestation of scientific knowledge and innovation (Bibri & Krogstie, 2017). Thus, technologies applied on a large scale make it possible to make a person’s life more prosperous, safer, and more peaceful. However, there are also more pessimistic views on the impact of progress on people’s lives. For example, in her book Race After Technology, Benjamin emphasizes that using technology is increasing systematic racial oppression in the United States (Benjamin, 2019). Modern technology, she says, is re-creating historical structures for assigning ranks to individuals based on race and origin. Consequently, the use of technology in its current form increases the oppression of vulnerable groups in society. It is necessary to redesign their plan to form a new type of relationship in the community. Thus, this situation is somewhat twofold and can be viewed from different points of view. However, despite the pessimistic claims of people like Benjamin, technology still positively affects society, and there are many examples of this. First of all, modern technologies provide everyone with access to the most valuable resource – information. In the current information age, a person can find any information that interests them, which allows them to form an opinion. While technology is often used off-label, there is no denying its educational impact, coupled with its effects on safety and quality of life. Hence, while there are different points of view and arguments for both sides, technology arguments are more compelling. Thanks to progress, humanity can live safer, and individuals can more effectively self-actualize. However, work needs to be done to address the gaps and inequities in the system.
The policies of transportation aim to ensure a process that offers positive outcomes for both the organization, customers, and retailers that use it. Frequently, both problems caused by policies and external challenges that policies are unable to address in the sphere of transportation cause serious disruptions in the economic components of these products. In the first paper, the optimization of production, inventory, transportation, and pricing policies are examined in a joint fashion (Dehghanbaghi & Sajadieh, 2017). The demands of products are directly dependent on their own price as well as the complementary product price, which is additionally controlled by transportation policy. Using a mathematical model, the study analyzes the problem in both centralized and decentralized supply chains. Through this, the results dictate that the profit of a centralized supply chain has more stability than the decentralized supply chain in a situation in which policy change can be experienced. The second study analyses the disruption within the supply chain of transportation of products and the effect of the policies that are currently implemented (Ivanov, 2019). The disruption can be categorized as the severe challenges faced in the field of production and distribution networks, primarily through the transportation of goods. The real-case study of the research has found a number of factors that are affected by the policies. First, disruption-driven changes or issues may result in backlog and delays in order deliveries. Such an accumulation can result in what is referred to as a ‘disruption tail’. Second, the transition from the policy that is currently in effect towards a revival policy that is formed to directly dismantle the disruption can mitigate certain negative outcomes and restore normal operations. The third study focuses on transportation policy and changes on a local level, which can affect economic wellbeing and opportunity (Turner, 2019). First, the current utilization of both policy and infrastructure of highway and transit transportation is analyzed. Second, the responses to changes in policy and infrastructure of transportation are surveyed. Third, the paper determines the effect of investments in highway and public transportation on organizations, locations, economic activity, employment rates, and opportunities for people in lower socio-economic brackets. The current research into transportation policies facing economic challenges and disbalance due to external forces are lacking in quantitative data and analysis which can lead to universal revival policies and other systems that can restore favorable standards in transportation, which I hope to delve into in my own research.
Introduction In the context of the U.S., pharmaceuticals remain one of the most profitable, yet controversial, industries in the market. Classified under 2834 in SIC, the industry is characterized as a business that manufactures, processes, or produces medicines for treating people and animals (“NAICS/SIC identification tools,” n.d.). 32451 code in NAICS also specifies that pharmaceutical companies function in manufacturing medicinal and biological products, drugs, and herbs, intended for external or internal consumption (“NAICS/SIC identification tools,” n.d.). This analysis will briefly introduce the pharmaceutical industry, assess the industry’s economic profile, uncover history cycles, and economic forecasts, finalizing with an overview of the strengths and weaknesses, as well as the potential for investment. Industry Introduction The pharmaceutical industry has a wide range of stakeholders in different categories. While the upstream stakeholders include patients with chronic diseases, prescription medicine, and those who use off-counter drugs, downstream stakeholders refer to medicine distributors, merchants, owners of the pharmacy, and manufacturers of biological and medicinal products. According to Masoumi, Yu, Nagurney (as cited in Tomas, Harrington, & Srai, 2017), the market structure of pharmaceuticals is better described as oligopoly for the following reasons. Around five firms dominate the market, selling differentiated but similar products. While there are few barriers to entry, no business has complete market power, despite holding a reputable brand (Tomas et al., 2017). Some experts in the field note that the nature of the pharmaceuticals business has changed from monopoly to oligopoly with recent scientific advances and strengthened laws for patenting and promoting newly developed drugs. Industry Economic Profile Major types of goods and services provided by the industry directly affect the market segmentation. As followed by Gassmann, Schuhmacher, Von Zedtwitz, and Reepmeyer (2018), there are four critical product categories in the industry, such as medicinal and botanical products, biological products, pharmaceutical preparations, and diagnostic substances. Notwithstanding this fact, many experts take a step forward, dividing major products in pharmaceuticals, dependent on the applicable therapeutic areas. The prevalent specialties include oncological and antidiabetic products, constituting 10.8 and 9.4% of the industry’s revenue, respectively (Gassmann et al., 2018). A highly competitive environment of the pharmaceuticals industry requires substantial human capital for the business’ success. Labor is divided mainly among the medicine distributors, manufacturers, and retailers. With regards to human capital, staffing has become an acute issue in the industry for a staggering lack of skilled professionals to join the demanding field and meet customers’ needs. It is difficult to determine a stable customer profile for the industry since people of all ge
Introduction Inherently, man endeavors to avoid anything that is perceived as amoral; instead, he craves, and competes to get and amass what is thought to be good. Here, it is worth to note that what is true or bad is relative and depends on a given society. Out of the realization of his manifest weakness, man has established institutions into which he has surrendered all his power to judge or determine his course of actions freely in order to promote harmonious living, which is suitable for his overall development. These institutions include the family, state and religion among others. Giving up all of his power to judge and do as he wishes places him in a situation that makes him fear or lack the courage to disobey authorities-religious, political or otherwise. Fear vs. Courage Obedience is promoted in all societies while disobedience is condemned (Fromm 683). Societies have even devised wise sayings in praise of obedience such the famous Judeo-Christian adage ‘Obedience is better than sacrifice.’ Amongst the young ones, the most obedient are celebrated and held highly while the disobedient are subjected to unpleasant punishments at home and school with a view to discourage them from disobeying. They are thus, patterned socio-psychologically to embrace obedience, which shuns and fears disobedience. Every aspect of human nature has its direct opposite. These life opposites are usually in a perpetual struggle with each other. This struggle brings about order in an individual’s life and the wider society. For instance, the opposite of fear is courage while the opposite of obedience is disobedience. Even though man is born with an inherent power of choice, that power is limited in many ways. He can for instance choose to obey or disobey, love or hate. However, the choice is usually dependent on various factors, some external and others internal to his inner being. In fact, based on this power of choice, the renowned political philosopher, Nicollo Machiavelli, suggested that political leaders should use excess power where necessary in order to have their way especially on matters that are a threat to security of their territories and their positions. Fear and courage in relation to obedience and other life aspects is also inborn. For example, human beings tend to be fearful and suspicious of anything new or anybody different from them. This line of argument, in fact, perfectly explains the prevalent clash of cultures that characterize the global community. As pointed out earlier, man always endeavors to avoid anything untoward, compete for, and pursue what is perceived as legitimate. The unpleasant consequences of disobedience have perpetually forced man to fear to do contrary to the will of all that are accepted as authentic authorities and more powerful than he is, in terms of religion is, politically or socially. On the other hand, the goodies that ensue from being obedient form the basis of his courage to adhere to set rules and do the will of his authorities. Nickson, an outspoken and fun-to- be with teenager in my neighborhood, h
Introduction Martin Seligman is a famous American psychologist whose contributions to the field of psychology are studied worldwide. Seligman is the father of modern positive psychology because of his well-being theory as a part of psychology research (Cherry, 2018). In 2011, he introduced a non-fiction book Flourish , with the purpose of explaining the idea of well-being and flourishing in human life and its critical measurement techniques. This work was published by Free Press (New York) and gained recognition worldwide within a short period of time. It was translated into many languages, providing different nations with an opportunity of learning his study. In this report, Seligman’s Flourish will be summarized and analyzed to understand the worth of his work and its application to modern psychology. Summary There are ten chapte
When federal environmental assessments are performed early in the planning phase of an agency, this can aid in making certain that environmental issues, as well as social and economic issues, are incorporated into decision-making. According to Gibbons, since environmental risks are also hazardous to the financial capability and social suitability of the agency, environmental assessments, whether or not mandated by law, are now regarded as excellent business practices. Environmental assessments are necessary to carry out in agencies in which the federal government is concerned under precise circumstances illustrated in the act. If any of these legislative requirements are absent, there is no power to carry out an environmental assessment, even in what may otherwise be considered as undeniable circumstances. The United States Environmental Protection Agency assessed the most important and controversial environmental issue concerning mercury emissions. In March 2005, nine states filed lawsuits against the agency. The agency’s chief assessor had affirmed that the agency’s mercury release parameters did not adhere to the Clean Air Act. The regulations were also apparently influenced by the top politicians of the country. The lawsuit charged that the agency’s verdict permitting exclusion from utmost available power technology was unlawful. It also alleged that the agency’s pollution system permitted power plants to give up decreasing mercury emissions. The lawsuits helped in remedying the situation because numerous states started ratifying their mercury emission
Introduction In the quest to understand Christianity and the Bible, it is important to understand the idea under which the Christian church is grounded, as well as the process of its development and transformation into what it is today. It is also important to understand how the different books in the Bible were written, and how they were adopted as canons that are used in Christian teachings. This paper seeks to explore the foundation of the Orthodox Christian church and the canonical books in reference to the period before the 4 th century BC. Early development As opposed to popular beliefs, there have never been a definite time when it was unanimously decided which books should be included in the Bible. A defined orthodoxy came up in the 4 th century AD, and this left the period before the 4 th century AD open to different churches to adopt books of their choice. The Bible had inspired a movement that transcended inter-generational boundaries, which is mainly due to the fact that the post-modern cultures made people view the truth as a subjective opinion and not as an objective fact. Therefore, it is imperative for us to realize that the question of how the books, to which we refer we refer as the canon books, came to be, and also the question of their authenticity is of great importance. These books were written and compiled over a period of time that had its unique characteristics as was the entire era of the early church 1 . However, the validity of the New Testament has been challenged despite its huge following over time, and it has been the task of apologists to instill confidence by exploring the foundation of orthodoxy and the cannon. Pre-canonical references The gospels are believed to have been written between the 50s and the 100s AD, which is evidenced as they are not mentioned anywhere in Paul’s epistles or in his other wo