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Describing the source The short story, “ The Lesson,” by Tony Bambara is one of the many stories the author created about children growing in neighborhoods. The story was published in the year 1972. The short story reflects on the comprehension of fiscal inequity in American society during the 1960s through the observations of a young black girl. Summary The short story, “ The Lesson ,” is narrated by Silvia from a first person’s perspective. Silvia is a young black female who is growing up in unspecified location within Harlem ghetto. The narrator’s friends called Sugar, Mercedes, Q.T, Rosie, Fat Butt, Flyboy, and Rosie seem to pick on Miss Moore, who is the only female in the neighborhood with a college education. The friends are uneasy with Miss Moore and have very unkind feelings towards her during the entire school trip to Manhattan in a placed called FAO Schwartz (Bambara par. 2). The primary intention of Miss Moore is to expose the children to the outside world away from the everyday oppression and limited opportunities. The unappreciative school children are surprised that toys in FAO Schwartz are more expensive than their combined annual household incomes. The children cannot believe their eyes that a mere toy could be that expensive! The white children in FAO Schwartz own these expensive toys do not shy away from showing them off to the entourage accompanying Miss Moore. However, despite Miss Moore’s pure intentions of exposure, Sylvia and her friends’ reservations make them very contemptuous even to appreciate the good gesture. Instead, they make naughty plans on how to splurge the change from cab fee they swindled from Miss Moore. However, Sylvia changes her mind and departs from her friends’ plans to retreat and ponder about the occurrences of the trip (Bambara par. 3). Response In the eyes of the narrator and her friends, Miss Moore is an antagonist who is conspiring with their parents to prevent them from experiencing carefree fun. The intentions of Miss Moore are considered by the protagonists as mean, boring, and lifeless ways of denying them the chance to enjoy the summer break. In the actual sense, Miss Moore is an ally of Sylvia and her friends. She the force behind the need for raised consciousness among the minors to open up to the realities of social inequality. Instead of passing down abstract knowledge to the young minds, Miss Moore adopts a practical approach such as toy pricing and calculation of ten percent of the tip she offers them. Miss Moore may be considered triumphant since Sylvia, who was her hardest sell, ends up following this approach and thinks through her actions in the company of other friends (Bambara par. 5). The journey in a cab is significant in building dramatic tension among the characters which climax at the store where the eyes of the minors are opened to see the actual alienation effect. The Saucy words and informal narration enables the readers to see through and share the change experience that the children underwent. For instance, the sailboat toy which costs $ 1,000 invokes an acute awareness among the children about their fiscal deficits. Besides, t
In today’s world, it is generally considered that influence is power. It could be of particular importance in an organization, as influencing the workforce would help increase productivity and employee motivation. However, this task takes time for elaboration and implementation of complex strategies. In the given presentation, several factors, such as leadership, communication, and motivation, which could influence the workforce, are discussed. Leadership is considered a powerful tool in influencing the workforce. Huge corporations require leadership that synchronizes the efforts of individual workers into a common goal. General principles of leadership require knowing one’s strengths and limitations, being fair, reasonable, and a good communicator, and motivating and inspiring employees to reach their potential. According to Kathleen Brady, there are two ways of how to influence people: either to compel them by using one’s position or to persuade them by using personal relations (qtd. in Freifeld). On the other hand, one may consider leadership based on attitudes and behavior rather than on a job’s title. A prominent role in leadership is given to managers as they have to be responsible for taking care of employees, communicating with them, and making them motivated. It is managers who mostly create the organizational communication climate for personnel, which is key in establishing a productive team with goal-oriented attitudes and a healthy atmosphere. It is also managers who have to deal with communication problems. In particular, managers should analyze whether decisions taken are collegial, the atmosphere in the team promotes openness and honesty, and the employees are oriented towards the final result. When working on a communication strategy, managers should consider several communication models. As has been mentioned before, managers should perform leadership and communication tasks. In particular, they have to establish trust and the feeling of respect among employees. Personnel should treat managers as a reliable source for addressing their work issues. Therefore, managers should also be active and emphatic listeners. Another way of gaining influence on the workforce is through motivational practices. Rewards and incentives in the workplace have benefits for both employees and employers as they can enjoy a positive and productive work environment. Monetary rewards could help employees fulfill their material needs and get a higher status in an organization. Even though financial rewards are mostly beneficial, they might have several disadvantages. In particular, employees might doubt that the reward system is fair and become less motivated if they fail to get bonuses. To sum up, the best practices for gaining influence on the workforce include leadership, communication strategies between managers and employees, and a wel
Introduction Historically, public health efforts have been to control transmittable diseases, limit environmental hazards, and provide clean and healthy drinking water. Social, ecological, and biological factors are interconnected and hence interrelate to influence health. As such, public health needs to incorporate a broad set of spectrum. Public health practice involves organized plans to improve the health of communities. According to C.E.A. Winslow, public health is the science and art of disease prevention, lengthening life, improving physical health and efficiency through structured community determinations for environmental sanitization, managing community infections, and promoting knowledge among individuals on aspects of personal hygiene (Teutsch, 2018). The concept also consists of planning medical and nursing services for timely disease treatment and prevention and improving social infrastructure, which will enhance an individual’s living standards. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines public health from health described as a state of total physical, mental and social welfare. Hence, public health intends to realize impartial health delivery for the whole population (Martin-Moreno et al., 2016). Therefore, public health definitions revolve around people’s health and involve improving the entire community’s health, focusing on protection, disease prevention, and wellbeing. Public health strives to screen disease occurrences, which may be acute or chronic, prevent injuries, and develop knowledge of risk factors within communities. Public Health Promotion An individual’s behavior is a significant determinant of health. Personal habits such as smoking, alcohol use, exercise, and eating determine the wellbeing of an individual. Health promotion is essential for the entire community. According to the WHO, health promotion refers to the process of facilitating people to enhance their power over their health while also improving their health (Drewa and Zorena, 2017). The process has increasingly become a prominent item in public policy of most countries in recent years. The concept of health promotion stresses the community-based services of health promotion, community involvement, and health promotion programs centered on social and health systems. The purpose of health promotion is to positively influence people and communities’ health conduct along with the living and working environments. Nurses are significant players in this aspect by enhancing people’s living standards (Zhou et al., 2016). The assessment includes community demands, education, resource identification, and plans to limit premature mortalities and reduce expenses. Role of Nurses in Public Health and Public Health Promotion Nurses have a significant role in stimulating public health. The part of nurses as health promoters is more than the new focus on disease prevention and transforming people’s behavior according to their health conditions. I
The play Trifles by Susan Glaspell talks about a murder. John Wright is killed in his sleep through struggling. Sherriff Peters, county lawman, Mr. Hale a farm man and George Henderson, the county attorney go to his house to investigate the crime. They look around for evidence of a crime, as the main suspect is the victim’s wife Mrs. Minnie Wright. Two women also join the men in Mrs. Wright’s kitchen- Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. The characters look at the murder differently and this discussion will focus on the development in terms of roundness and flatness of the characters and the degree to which the characters are stereotypes. Mrs. Wright the protagonist that we do not meet on stage but learn about from other characters because she is in custody for suspicion of her husband’s murder is a round character. Prior to her marrying her late husband, she was a cheerful young woman. She even wore colorful clothes because she enjoyed life and was a bubbly young woman. In addition, she enjoyed singing and once sang in a choir, this kept her cheerful. However, after marriage she changed and become another person. Mrs. Hale noticed her personality change because she remembered her as a sweet woman and very beautiful. This contrasts with the bitter woman she came to be that murdered her husband in cold blood. She was also a timid woman according to Mrs. Hale yet the woman we see when Mr. Henderson stopped by to speak to Mr. Wright was not timid because she stood there unmoved and in a composed manner told him, he could not speak to Mr. Wright because he was dead. Mrs. Hale appears to be timid when we meet her at first. However as the play progresses we see a woman who is empathetic and even agrees to commit a crime by concealing the evidence they find in Mrs. Wright’s kitchen from the men investigating the crime. She is a remorseful person because she regrets not having come more often to visit Mrs. Wright because she knew of her loneliness. She manages to talk Mrs. Peters into the conspiracy of silence regarding the motive and evidence of Mr. Wright’s murder. Her understanding of the suffering of her fellow woman makes her frustrated with the men’s attitude towards women and thus chooses to protect one of her own. Mrs. Peters is a round character. When we meet her at first she is of the opinion that the perpetrator of the crime should be apprehended for the crime. She knows murder is a crime and a punishment is order. However, after a conversation with Mrs. Hale after they discover the strangled bird she changes her mind about Mrs. Wright.
In the modern information and technology industry, cloud computing covers a wide range of services. Due to the trendy nature of cloud services, several providers have adopted the term ‘cloud’ to advertise services that do not fall under this category. Cloud providers supply their customers with various services. However, all cloud services fall under three categories namely, “Software as a Service (SAAS), Platform as a Service (PAAS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS)” (Kepes, 2013). Currently, there are several cloud providers who offer one or more services. This paper explores the services that are offered by some well-known cloud providers. The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) offers the simplified definition of cloud computing as “a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction” (Kepes, 2013). Several renown or giant tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Verizon, and Oracle are currently offering cloud services to customers. Some of these companies offer an array of cloud services because they have the capacity for provision. For instance, Google offers booth SAAS and PAAS cloud services in the form of Google Apps for Businesses. Another mega corporation that provides cloud services is Amazon. Amazon’s cloud service is known as ‘Amazon Web Services’. Amazon Web Services is mostly an IAAS. Furthermore, Amazon is currently ranked among the top IAAS providers in the world. The United States government has currently contracted Amazon’s IAAS cloud services. IBM is currently Amazon’s main competitor in the IAAS cloud service business. However, IBM provides both IAAS and SAAS cloud services. Microsoft is another major player in the cloud provision industry. Microsoft mainly operates both SAAS and PAAS’ platforms and the company stands out because of its wide array of cloud services. The services that are provided by both small and big cloud providers are tailored in a manner that satisfies the customers’ unique needs. An example of IAAS is the ‘Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud’ (Amazon EC2). The A
The question of whether postmodernism is a natural continuation of postmodernism or its entire opposite can be explored through the lenses of Alan Moore’s fictional character Swamp Thing. The narrative is punctuated by the strong imagery of fire and light. Explosions and gunfire are significant motifs of the novel that help to create a striking contrast between the inner world of the main character in the beginning and his successive transformation in the following issues. They also provide a powerful juxtaposition between the atmosphere of day and night that serves as a background for the upcoming change. It can be argued that Swamp Thing was more resembling of a modern hero in the original series of the novel predating it’s canceling in 1976 (Last 229). The personal struggle of the protagonist was two-dimensional: the rejection of his own nature and the active rejection of the idea of duty. The fragmentation of forms that is so common for modernism suggests that Swamp Thing of the past could not have been called a postmodern hero. However, the narration of the novel completely changes with the new release in 1982 (Last 229). Alan Moore decides to change a focal point of the story and makes the dichotomy between human and monster sides of the main character less pronounced. Swamp Thing is no longer a human-hybrid; He becomes a highly functioning vegetative entity that displays the capacity for human speech (Last 229). Moreover, Moore ties up all “loose ends” that were left by previous narrators of the story at the beginning of the second issue (Last 230). It allows the transformation of Alec Holland from the conventional modern hero whose personality is defined by ever-changing characters in his vicinity to the monolith, postmodern figure (Green 134). It can be argued that the old story depicting numerous events forcing Swamp Thing to take violent actions and turning him from a moral actor into a passive observer of the acts that are being performed by his elemental entity cannot fall under the umbrella of postmodernism. On the contrary, Moore’s protagonist rejects the idea of “modernist asceticism” (Barry 85). A colorful mixture of social implications and environmental concerns that surround the new novel give it a postmodern touch. The “disappearance of the real” invites the reader to look beneath the veneer of narration in an attempt to find a perfect and deepe
Abstract The political leaderships are the most influential positions in society because a person is elected by the constituents to control resources. At the same time, a leader is given the power over subordinates, institutions, economic and social resources, as well as the people. The power is exercised based on the constitution or the country’s legal framework. In many states, a leader is above the law and no one can question their actions through a legal system. Because of these privileges, political leaders have the discretion to do what they feel is right. Consequently, power might distort their ability to see other people’s perspectives. In the end, they might end up leading a corrupt government because they will only deal with people who support them. According to the Great Man theory, a good leader has biological attributes of leadership. They will exercise good leadership skills irrespective of power and influence. In terms of the Behavioral theory, a good leader will demonstrate different behaviors in different circumstances. Nevertheless, the power and influence theory posits that power can change a person’s perception and the way they handle resources, subordinates, and subjects. In light of the above three theories, the paper correlates political leadership, power, and corruption. Introduction The concept of leadership, especially in the political arena is complex and the perception of a good leader differs from one school of thought to another. The power and influence that come with political leadership can be possessive to an extent that a leader might lack control and become reckless. According to the Great Man theory, leaders have the genetic attributes with which they are born. It implies that a born leader will always exercise good leadership skills even with much power. Based on the Behavioral theory, a good leader will exhibit desired behaviors and actions through the effective use of power to influence development. It is challenging to control the power that comes with leadership. The ability of an individual to control power and influence determines how well they can lead. Political Leadership Political leadership and the power it comes with can be deceiving and leaders can engage in immoral and unethical behaviors. In many countries, the sitting presiden
The quick escalation of the health issue, specifically, the management of the COVID-19 epidemic and its quick rise to the scale of a pandemic have defined the further choice of government policies. The focus on controlling the spread of the disease, at the same time increasing awareness among the target population members and convincing them to accept the danger as a real one have been prioritized. However, despite the efforts of the U.S. government authorities, the measures undertaken so far seem to have been failing given the spike in the number of people developing the symptoms of COVID-19, as well as the mortality rates among the infected population. 1 Therefore, the discussion of the policy and the role that the government plays in controlling citizens and its own actions, is long overdue. Despite the attempts at safeguarding its citizens, the U.S. government has ben failing miserably with the establishment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act due to the lack of control over the attitudes and behaviors of citizens and the efficacy of its own actions. The observed tragic trend meets the expectations set by James Madison in his famous statement in Federalist . To trace the causes of the problem, one will need to consider the mechanisms of policymaking. When creating productive and effective policies, one needs to bear in mind that most people are very flawed and lacking awareness and that regulations and policies are also designed and implemented
The question of costs and quality of medical care is still among the most discussed topics in healthcare because the most effective ways of controlling costs have not been found yet. The problem is strictly interconnected with the presence of unnecessary medical tests and overtreatment. Nowadays, the issue of controlling medical costs is discussed with regard to healthcare cost variations between states, special teams to work with super-utilizers, access to lab tests, and drug prices. In his discussion of healthcare costs, Dr. Brenner highlights the need to focus on reducing healthcare spending in some particular states such as New Jersey and making medicine more evidence-based (TEDx Talks, 2012). The researcher mentions a range of strategies that can help control medical costs, for instance, increasing the number of high-utilizer work groups and the use of the model similar to JIT in healthcare (TEDx Talks, 2012; “A revolutionary approach to improving healthcare delivery,” 2014). Discussing the approach to cost reduction, Brenner places emphasis on defining super-utilizers in healthcare and studying crime concentration to predict demand for healthcare services and, therefore, manage costs. Despite the failure of his reform efforts, Brenner’s approach to addressing high costs can serve as a basis for future strategies. Other specialists in the field have their own opinions concerning the primary areas of attention related to managing costs. Thus, many researchers suppose that reducing drug prices, reducing the costs of lab tests, and making care plans more individualized should become the key steps on the path toward affordable and high-quality medical care (Dentzer, 2015; Overley, 2015). The assigned readings provide a range of ideas that are worth noticing, but uniting them to design one comprehensive cost reduction strategy can be nearly impossible, which makes priority setting inevitable.