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Introduction Judith Cofer is the author of “ Woman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer” and a poem called Exile . She has also written a collection of essays, novel, and books of poetry, which have been published in journals such as the Georgia Review, Kenyan Review, and Southern Review, among others. Cofer is currently “the Franklin Professor of English and the director of the creative writing program at the University of Georgia” (Cofer 1). This paper aims to find out the reasons for the tremendous growth of immigration literature. The primary resources used are pieces of writing by Mendoza Louis, Shankar Subramanian and Judith Cofer. Key points of the piece Cofer recalls regrettably how she left her home and migrated to America. She recalls the meaningless of her past life and relates it with a canceled stamp. She remarks that it is not easy to forget the past because it is part of her. She stated that recollecting the horrible past is painful, but it is difficult to let go even when you are threatened with death. Immigrants are forced to look back into the life they are used to. In the poem, she attributes her future with success. Rob Nixon notes that he left South Africa for America when he was 25. He recalls how his grandparents landed in South Africa early in the nineteenth century from Scotland. Two generations later, he notes that the grandchildren are scattered in four continents, namely Africa, Europe, Australia, and North America. He recalls the role politics played in causing his departure from South Africa to America. Though migrant experience is painful, the emotions of tracing his roots pushed him forward. According to Nixon (68), there is a lot of uncertainty in the destination country for immigrants. The past lives keep on haunting them, and at the same time, they do not know what the future holds. The destination country may have many opportunities but can still be worse than the country of origin. The explanation of why the piece is an example of the New Literature of immigration Immigration has been one of the fundamental realities of life for most people in America since the nineteenth century. According to Mendoza and Shankar (5), immigration is rated as the most important theme in Hispanic literature. It has provoked the development of a new type of literature called the new literature of immigration that addresses the reasons for immigration and other related issues. According to Cofer (112), no one warned him of the dangers of looking back when he migrated to Ame
Introduction The analysis of data shows that it meets the assumptions of multiple logistic regression. The findings show that cholesterol level is a significant predictor of hypertension while age category, sex, and obesity are insignificant predictors. Hosmer-Lemeshow test shows that the model is statistically significant while scatter plots reveal that the apparent outliers do not make the model inadequate. Assumptions   * The dependent variable ought to exist on a nominal scale (Field, 2012). The data have met this assumption because hypertension is a nominal scale with two categories.   * The independent variables can exist on a continuous scale, nominal scale, or ordinal scale (Forthofer, Lee, & Hernandez, 2007). The data have met this assumption for age category, sex, obesity, and hypertension are on nominal scale while cholesterol level and age are on a continuous scale. Cholesterol category exists on an ordinal scale for the scale represents increasing levels of cholesterol.   * Multicollinearity should not exist between two or more independent variables (Field, 2012). Age category and obese do not meet this assumption for they are collinear while other independent variables have met this assumption.   * The data points should not have influential cases (Forthofer, Lee, & Hernandez, 2007). In the data, scatter plots confirm that there are no statistically significant outliers. Variables Table 1. Variables and Level of Measurement Variables          Levels of Measurement Sex                Nominal scale         Age in years       Ratio scale           Serum cholesterol  Ratio scale           Obese              Nominal scale         Hypertension       Nominal scale          Simple Binary Logistic Regression The First Model The binary logistic regression results indicate that the odds of having hypertension among individuals with cholesterol levels of 200-299 and 300 or greater are 2.647 times ( p = 0.04) and 13.714 times ( p = 0.001) respectively higher than among individuals with under 200 cholesterol level. The Second Model The outcomes of the binary logistic regression indicate that the odds of hypertension increases by 1.012 times ( p = 0.002) in every increase in the level of cholesterol among individuals. Influence of the Level of Measurement For the independent variable, the level of measurement determines its influence as a predictor variable. From the binary logistic analysis, nominal scale of cholesterol level has odds of 2.647 ( p = 0.040) and 13.714 ( p = 0.001) for 200-299 and 300 or above categories. In contrast, the ratio scale of cholesterol level gives an odds ratio of 1.012 ( p = 0.002), which is lower than that of the nominal scale. Since the level of measurement of the independent variable (cholesterol level) gives different odds ratio, it has changed my interpretation of odds ratio for I perceive it as a change of dependent variable for each unit change in the independent variable. Multivariate Logistic Regression Logistic Model Table 2 Variables in the Equation
The film of Esther Shub Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927) is one of the exemplary compilation films where archival footage is used in a specific manner. The film dwells upon the last years of the reign of the Romanovs. It is necessary to add that the film is very propagandist as it shows the dynasty and the entire society as totally evil. It is clear that the film was to promote ideas of communism and the Soviet party. The film consists of archival footage that comes from different sources. There is the part that represents official materials used for news or archives. There are also private home movies that show the everyday life of the royal family and nobility. These pieces are different from the official sources as they have a different mood and different quality. The library shots used are of different length. Each library shot is proceeded by a note where the events are explained or rather where the director shows the way to think about the events shown. As has been mentioned above, the length of the shots is different and it often serves a particular purpose. For instance, when showing the military people the director uses longer shots. This conveys the ideas that there were lots of soldiers and guards to support the czar’s regime. Another interesting usage of a lengthy shot is a depiction of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the dynasty. The royal family, as well as numerous noble guests, go through a kind of the live corridor. It becomes clear that there were quite a lot of rich people who oppressed the poor. Shorter shots provide an idea of certain events (preparations to the war, technological advances, and economic issues) or introduce certain historical personalities (for instance, rulers of other countries and so on). It is necessary to add that the film has a coherent structure and the director creates sequences that convey a primary idea. First, the director shows different classes of people existing in the society at that time (for example, the royal family, nobility, priests, soldiers, working people, peasants and so on). Then, different episodes from these groups’ lives are shown. For instance, a very suggestive part of the documentary is a set of shots that start with dancing on a boat where rich people dance for a while and perspire. The next sequence of shots shows the hard work of poor people. This contraposition serves to convey a particular idea. The shots are used to stress the idle life of privileged classes and harsh conditions the people had to live in. The same technique is used when the war is shown. On the one hand, the rich are shown as those who are totally responsible for the war as t
Common Risks in the PWC Information Security Surveys The increasing technological developments have led to the rise of various information security risks. The application of advanced technology has significant impacts within organizations. Amongst these challenges, information security issues have been treated with great caution. A lot of research has been extensively done on the issue of information security and their implications on organizational processes. The PWC is one of the remarkable international agencies that have done extensive research and surveys on the topic of information security (BIDGOLI 2006, pp. 23). It is vital for the organizations and other users to identify the common risks associated with information security. An analysis of the survey reports by the PWC indicates some common risks of information security. Observably, this is presented within a global context. This paper analyses the PWC information surveys and discusses the various common risks identified by these particular surveys. Apart from this, the paper also indicates some of the in risks that have been prevalent in the past eight years. An analysis of these reports indicates various risks of information security. It is important to indicate that cyber security has increasingly gained dominance in the global society. This is because to the instances of information breach that has been frequently reported from different organizations (EGAN & MATHER 2005, pp. 50). Most network administrators have specifically remained besieged in the present day. This is in consideration of the increasing number of common security risks. As indicated within these survey reports, most IT professionals are increasingly getting troubled due to the influx in the number of these risks. The reports indicate that there exist several information security risks that can be dealt with in the present society. There are several wildfires to be dealt with by most information technology specialists. According to these studies, several security officers indicated to be dealing or getting confronted by many insecurity threats. Some of these in clued the worms as well as the notable viruses (PWC 2004). Apart from these, the surveys have identified other insecurity elements such as “denial of service” attack. Other common information insecurity agents that have existed and caused trouble for a long period of time are notable. As indicated from these surveys, these include the involvement of hackers (DELTA & MATSUURA 2009, pp.
Introduction In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court was to resolve the conflict between the right of citizens to personal integrity, enshrined in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the use of modern technology in the investigation of crimes. In particular, it was proposed to investigate the case using DNA samples. The central issue in the current situation is to determine the admissibility of DNA samples from people arrested for a serious crime and their use in the investigation of other crimes. The Issue in the Case Science and technology have always sought to help the judicial process, and legislators have eagerly accepted the tools they offer to combat crime and bias in the process. However, the use of such methods is expected to raise the question of legitimacy (Lamparello, 2017). A critical issue is whether the courts can violate the constitutional rights of citizens for sentencing. The case of Maryland v. King 569 U.S.435, discussed in the first half of 2013, was a textbook example that examined this issue. The Facts of the Case Achievements of technological progress tested Al
Introduction Although Guglielmo Marconi is believed to be the inventor of the radio, many other physicists made a significant contribution to its improvement. Reginald Fessenden became famous for transmitting the human voice without wires for the first time in history. In 1906 he broadcasted a Christmas concert, including his voice and violin play with the help of 400-foot towers to the ships of the United Fruit Company, which were equipped with Marconi’s radios. He imprinted a voice on the radio wave with the help of an electric generator. Moreover, Canadian pioneer patented and helped to invent many components currently used in radiotelephony such as the “beeper,” Alexanderson alternator, and the concept of the broadcast. Main body Before 1922 communication companies could earn money only through two-way charges like telephone, telegraph, and sale of radio equipment. In 1922 the first-ever commercial promoting the sale of apartments was broadcasted by the New York station WEAF. It was the first paid radio advertisement, which cost Queensboro Corporation 50 dollars for 50 minutes. This broadcast is essential because it started the commercial era of radio, and people understood how to make money from the miracle technology. Currently, it is difficult to imagine popular radio channels’ broadcasts without commercial breaks. FM (frequency modulation) technology was developed and introduced by Edwin Armstrong in 1933. FM, together with stereo, significantly increased the quality of audio. The emergence of FM technology changed the audio market, as it had more capacity for sound reproducing. This technology became popular only in the mid-1950s with the introduction of stereo record players on the market. FM was appropriate to receive and transmit the stereo signals with very low and high frequencies, which made it more widespread. This event ignited the competition in the radio industry, which was suppressed by television earlier. Conclusion In 1954 the song “That’s All Right” was firstly played on the air by Dewey Phillips at WHBQ. It was the first time when radio listeners heard the music of Elvis Presley, who is still considered as a king of rock and roll. By mid-1955, the singer already had about ten singles, which young people enthusiastically enjoyed. The new style of music had the effect of an exploding bomb. In general, Presley yielded a strong influence on pop culture by spreading rock and roll music and influencing youth culture, who were inspired by him to be different.
Introduction The environment was always thought to play an important role in the life of individuals. Unfortunately, its condition today is not really good, which attracted the attention of Pope Francis, who discussed the ecological crises in different perspectives. He explained what mistakes were done by the human beings and promoted the aligning of science and religion. Modern Scientific and Technological Reasoning and the Current Environmental Crisis Human actions were also targeted at the development and creation of new advantageous technologies, but it seems that people have crossed the line and started to affect the world adversely. Of course, the creation of such things as steam engines, electricity, modern medicine, biotechnologies, etc. improved our quality of life and streamlined many operations. Technoscience allowed the population to use the resources given by nature to benefit and receive enormous power, which seems to be advantageous. However, the impact of the nuclear bombs, totalitarian regimes and other demonstrations of dominance led to tremendous outcomes. Pope Francis underlines that people’s inability to use the power as they should was also followed by the absence of the monitoring the harm that was done to the environment (“Pope Francis, Laudato Si” par. 4). As a result, the general public is targeted only at the enhancement of the economy and forgets about more vital things. Materialistic views lead to environmental degradation and destroy our world. It is said that we are caring for saving human lives when conducting various researches and experiments. Our scientists work to let us leave longer, but the price seems to be high. Of course, they have enough power to use animals in their work but there should be a limit, which would not allow people to make them suffer or die needlessly. Each life is precious, and science should not have permission to manage such activities. Scientists are creating new technologies, which provide them with the opportunity to damage the lives of other individuals and destroy nature. There will be nothing left if they do not stop moving in this way and start controlling their ambitions. The usage of molecular biology and some practices of genetics in other industries also have an adverse influence on the environment. Their technological application was made for a particular sphere to benefit, but willing to save more money and gain more power being leaders in an industry, scientists applied it to agriculture. As a result, indiscriminate genetic manipulation can be observed as well as its adverse influence even though the person who targeted the creation of this product never wanted the development to reach such outcomes. Moreover, genetic manipulation leads to mutations that are also unnatural. Thus, the lack of limitations that the science has provides the population with the opportunity to overuse its power a
Summary The movie “300” is a retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae where King Leonidas fought against the incursion of the Persian army into Greece. Initial Impression I have to stay that the movie was incredibly impressive since, from a cinematography standpoint, it was unique due to the manner in which the locations, characters and weapons had a “faded” and historic feel to them. It was as if I was really looking back into the past and viewing all the events that lead up to the great battle where Leonidas and his army of 300 Spartan warriors lost their lives. Emphasis on Masculinity and Physical Perfection There was a definite emphasis on masculinity within the film where the various warriors were shown in nothing more than leather briefs while holding weapons that were made of bronze. This of course contrasts with general common sense since during the time when ancient Sparta was in existence, its warriors did in fact wear substantially more protection that the skin on their backs. It is based on this that when viewing the movie, it is obvious that the director wanted to depict the “manliness” and bravado of the Spartans. This was intended to build upon the historical knowledge that Spartan warriors were not only strong but resolute when it came to their dedication towards war. The warrior culture of the Spartan state was emphasized not only in the scenes depicting their military and governmental infrastructure but also in the way in which they placed a considerable amount of importance on physical strength and health. The scene where the Spartan babies that were deemed as “unworthy” and were thus thrown off the cliff showcases just how far the Spartan culture was willing to take their concept of physical perfection to its utmost limits. Examining the Film within the Context of American Cinema It is undeniable that American cinema places a considerable amount of focus on action, adventure, violence, battles and destruction. The movie “300” is merely another iteration of this proclivity towards developing action films. In fact, it can even be stated that Hollywood tends to take such a behavior a bit too far. This can be seen in the movie “Noah” where a bible story was subsequently combined with numerous action sequences involving fighting and death. However, it should be noted that the reason why American cinema produces so many films in this category is due to the fact that audiences simply enjoy watching movies such as these. Action movies are often the highest grossing films, both in the U.S. and in international markets. As such, it is likely that Hollywood will continue to make films such as these because it makes them a lot of money. My Views on the Movie Overall, I have to sa
There exist a number of value chain activities that are used by Best Buy and that contribute greatly to the competitiveness of this enterprise. For instance, such parts of the company’s value chain activities as the inbound and outbound logistics are rather strong; the company possesses quite an effective and efficient infrastructure which allows for quite precisely calculating the future needs of the company and promptly providing all the necessary resources in order to timely deliver the goods to the client via the company’s retail stores. The marketing and sales activates carried out by the corporation are also rather strong; the organization effectually informs its potential customers about the new products, as well as about the products which are to be sold by the company in the nearest future. The customer service is also a strength; Best Buy delivers high-quality service to its consumers, in particular via one of its brands, the Geek Squad (Kenney and Khanfar 162-163). The company of Best Buy utilizes a variety of resources and facilities in order to deliver the product to the customer. It engages in selling consumer electronics, as well as a wide range of products which are associated with it, such as software, music, cell phones, cameras, and so on. It operates in a number of countries, namely, the U.S., Canada, China, Mexico, and Puerto Rico; its stores can be found in several other countries as well. In 2016, the company ran nearly 1000 Best Buy stores, approximately 330 Best Buy Mobile stand-alone shops, and almost 30 Pacific S
Nematodes are symmetrical on both sides, elongated, and typically tapered on both ends. Certain species contain a pseudocoel, a hollow filled with fluid between the digestive tube and the body wall. Nematodes, like arthropods and six other species, have an external cuticle. On the assumption that molting originated once, these species have been provisionally assigned Ecdysozoa to the taxonomic class. Thus far, this notion has been supported using data derived from the sequencing of various drugs (Manohar et al., 2020). While most animals have different sexes, others have hermaphroditic reproductive systems, which mix male and female reproductive organs. The size of parasitic worms ranges from microscopic to seven meters (about 23 feet), with the largest species seen in whales. While nematodes are present in nearly every organ of the mammalian body, they are especially prevalent in the dietary, circulatory, and respiratory systems. Humans are resistant to nematodes, certain parasitic nematodes, and they contribute significantly to controlling the spread of certain dangerous insects. Nematode research directly impacts people, greatly adds to individuals’ understanding of the Earth’s biodiversity, and is an intriguing challenge for our Department of Nematology (Van Den Hoogen et al., 2019). Nematodes feed on bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and even other nematodes, and their presence is necessary for optimum nutrient cycling and release during plant growth. Nematodes may discriminate between themselves and prey depending on the quantity of carbon dioxide they release, the waste they produce, and the amount of heat they generate. Due to total protection for individuals and pets, nematode germs are one of the most effective weapons a gardener has for managing soil-borne pests (Manohar et al., 2020). While beneficial nematodes are exceptionally effective predators of pests, they are completely harmless to humans, animals, and plants. Nematodes from Biologic are a wonderful non-toxic alternative to harsh chemical pesticides that are harmless to use around children and companions in the house, yard, and garden.