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Brief company description Netflix is a media services provider, currently offering a library of their own content as well as licensed content for a subscription fee. Netflix was founded originally as a DVD rental service, and has since transitioned into a digital subscription platform. In the recent years, Netflix has started to put more resources into their own content (originals), with firms predicting that Netflix spends nearly 18 billion currently on content, and 85% of that going to the production of originals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix saw their subscriber count increase by nearly 26 million, showing the effect of consumers having to stay at home and look for digital forms of entertainment. Their stock price increased by nearly 60% from the start of the year, but is starting to slow down now. Key Issue As mentioned above, the pandemic was a great growth vehicle for Netflix. However, that growth seems to be slowing down. While reporting third quarter earnings, Netflix mentioned that they added 2.2 million subscribers in that quarter, which is lower than any other point across the last 4 years. The key issue here is whether Netflix can sustain or keep growth at a reasonably close level to what it was during the pandemic. Recommendation(s)  1. Establish strategic partnership with Dish Network to have exclusive rights to Sling TV subscribers, contents in exchange, and share of revenue for $6 billion in 2020. The shared revenue from Sling TV would estimate to be around 5% additional revenue for Netflix;  2. Diversify the existing range of products by partnering with mobile infrastructures and introducing Netflix’s own unique shows and changing the production process toward the development of original content as the company’s main asset;       + When developing unique content, placing the emphasis on semi-serialised shows and especially sport-related shows;       + Integrating Netflix applications within a device so that customers could have an immediate access to the variety of services that the company has to offer;       + First option: partnership with Sling TV (with the focus on sport shows and the opportunity to expand the current range of audiences);       + Second option: reconsidering the current range of content types and focus on developing unique, company-produced TV shows;       + Deviating from the serialised content in favour of semi-serialised in order to gain the attention of new audiences faster. Market Attractiveness The current attractiveness of the target market in which Netflix is trying to keep its position of a leader is very high since the company has been producing its services for the global audience. Offering its streaming options virtually worldwide, Netflix has managed to encompass the largest range of customers possible, at the same time catering to the culture-specific demands of its customers. Therefore, the overall attractiveness of the global market is extraordinarily high for Netflix. Competitive Advantage Although Netflix’s competitive advantage remains very high, the company is facing very tight competi
Introduction Ruth Almog is an Israelite woman, who loved literature as she grew up. She wrote mostly on women and justice. In one of her books, ‘Invisible mending’ she based her focus on a girl, Hefzibah who grew in an exploitive society. This essay will discuss oppression and liberation as covered in the story by Ruth Almog. In Hebrew, the words “I delight in her” are “Hefzibah” (Glazer 34); the pain enacted in Almog’s story has been “invisibly mended” by the healing power of the Bible. She is strong all through when she read God’s word which comforts her in her problems. The essay will also discuss the remedy to this oppression based on leadership, gender and religion. Oppression The story of a young girl growing up in the midst of problems is a good platform for Ruth Almog’s explanation and emphasis on the many ways of oppression. The rules and laws are a heavy burden in her life. The exercise of religious laws is unjust and she is depicted as a victim of circumstances; she is suffering physically and psychologically. The loss of her father at a young age is one form of psychological torture she has to bear with. Hefzibah Ruth Almog’s ‘ Invisible Mending’ , growing up in Palestine and faced at once with her father’s death and her own dawning sexuality, is an intermeshing of ancient texts, as well as social political, economic, sexual, Psychological, familial, artistic and religious tension. (Glazer 33) The murder of Hefzibah’s father by Hitler subjects the family to further exploitation. Hefzibah’s grandmother has to engage in the cleaning other people’s houses to earn a living. The girl and her family suffer severely from the death of her father in a foreign country. Being a woman subjects all of them, grandmother, the mother and daughter Hefzibah, to exploitation. Though these children distinguish between themselves and the ultra orthodox whose young men attend Yeshivot in Jerusalem, they nevertheless use the fine points of religious law as a way to torment her, while her harassed mother argues, – But you have nothing to wear…and winter clothes are awfully expensive. (Glazer 34) Her grandmother is over worked at an old age; they also became very poor to the extent that her mother gave her jumper for an invisible mending which is double edged. This invisible mending was not acceptable in the Jewish culture as it was a sign of mourning. There is misuse of religious law in this society which makes this girl to suffer in vain because the punishments does not help her and neither does it help the punishers. Instead the girl is just subjected to pain: In school, Hefzibah is also oppressed by her teacher who, blind to her love of drawing, relentlessly carps at her for inattentiveness. He demands that she copy out psalm 82 ‘a hundred times’ as punishment. Particularly because his name, “Mr. Lev,” identifies him as a “Levite” that is as a descendant of the priestly tribe singled out by the Torah…Hefzibah serve as bitterly ironic narrative comment on the misuse of authority in the name of
Religion has had a significant impact on individuals’ lives throughout history; it can give people the feeling of hope and peace, but it can also urge them to protect their religious ideals through war. Studying religion is important because it is a universal human experience that engages all people regardless of their demographic differences, such as culture, socioeconomic status, education level, and other factors. However, in order to explore this social construction, one should define it in specific terms to make the object of the study clear. Based on Green’s (2010) article, religion can be defined as a human-made construct that refers to an institution involving individuals’ culturally specific interaction with superhuman beings. Further, each part of this definition will be explained in detail. First, one should understand why religion is considered human-made. As Green (2010) points out, if religion is assumed to be the construction unrelated to the human world, which cannot be seen and observed, then it will be unearthly and unintelligible. Thus, it will not be an appropriate subject for studies. Therefore, for investigation purposes, it is important to regard religion as something developed and maintained by humans. Second, it is necessary to figure out why religion is an institution. Social institutions include such areas of life as education, family, economics, politics, and others. Their common feature is that they consist of a group of individuals possessing similar goals and conforming to the established behavior standards. In this sense, religion may be regarded as an institution because it is collective rather than personal, and its adherents have a common purpose of worshipping God (or other superhuman beings) and following certain rules of conduct. According to Green (2010), religious behavior and speech are not random but have a specific meaning for a particular community. Thus, religion can be considered an institution because it has set practices and standards of conduct, which are followed by certain groups of individuals. Further, superhuman beings are mentioned as a distinctive feature of religion. Green (2010) states that superhuman beings are the attribute that differs religion from other social institutions, and it can be observed by examining individuals’ beliefs regarding how much p
Introduction There are various factors which can be associated with an individual’s behavior or code of conduct since people tend to develop character traits and attitudes from what they either observe, experience or even associate with. The factors may be economic, social, cultural, political or even sociopolitical. Among the sociopolitical factors that may have either positive or negative impact on an individual are; Stereotyping, Prejudice, Racism, Discrimination, Sexism, Disenfranchisement, Oppression, Sexual harassment, Concept of the glass ceiling, Human/Civil rights, Homelessness, Unequal education, Unequal pay, Minimum wage, Health care, Slavery, Immigration, Ageism, and Employment. This paper will discuss some of the sociopolitical factors and their potential impact on psychological development, distress, and behavior on a culturally diverse individual with much emphasis given to oppression, sexual harassment, and employment. Oppression Oppression can be defined as a brutal exercise carried on an individual where power and authority is involved. It usually affects ones body and mind as he or she tries to cope with the situation. Oppression is a broad concept and affects a majority of people in the society either directly or indirectly. It takes various forms depending on the situation and the particular unjust activity in question, for instance, classism, ageism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism. Oppression is suffered by people of all ages from the young children, the youths to the elderly. Some children develop the attitude to accept oppression as a normal or acceptable issue from very early ages as their parents present the world as a bad place full of dangerous and hurtful people hence instilling fear in the children making them feel powerless and without control of what may come their way. Oppression causes emotional distress and affects a person’s psychological development and in the long run determines the person’s conduct or behavior when faced with various situations in life. For example, fear instilled by the parents or adults to children makes a child get a wrong picture of the general world and any information got by the child is received wrongly making the child distressed and subsequent information is received in the same way forming a pattern. The experience therefore becomes chronic and the individual acts in some illogical manner based on what he or she believes and in most cases may tend to revenge by oppressing others. Taking racism as a form of oppression, there could be discrimination of the blacks by the whites or vice versa. At early ages children tend to be very friendly to all people without discrimination, for instance, children of the whites have lots of love and affection towards their black servants and get distressed by their parents’ behavior of despising the blacks through their hateful talks with other whites. They usually develop a sense of guilt especially when their parents are in their presence as they have fun with the blacks. Some also develop fears towards things, for example, association with blacks
Reports indicate that electrical hazards associated even with low power lasers while operating or experimenting with laser equipments. A minimum of 220 AC voltage is required for operating medium and high power lasers. According to sources, the presence of high voltage in the laser heads lead to an average death of two people in a year due to laser electrocution (Electrical hazards. 2008). The adherence of proper safety rules and regulations are likely to reduce disasters due to laser usage to a certain extent. The key responsibility of a perioperative personal while conducting laser process is to keep the patient protected. The risk factors while using lasers process are already inbuilt, but if proper measures are followed, they can be avoided or partly reduced. To recognize potential hazards and ensure the safety parameters, health care personnel is educated by providing adequate training. During laser practices, there is no specific rule set out by the nation to avoid disasters. However there are certain general principles that are followed in a perioperative setting. Standard Z136.3 , is a contribution from American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and serves as one of the main sources for safety standard used in laser practice. There after the health care industries were recommended to follow the ANSI Standards while using lasers for treatment. Though Standard Z136.3 was accepted and used nation wide by health care organizations, ARON Standards were considered as the best possible standards for perioperative nursing practice. Both these standards more or less provide the same thoughts concerning laser safety. The Standard requires firms that use laser to categorize it according to their severity and the vulnerability to cause harm. They are mainly classified depending on the amount of radiation exposed, power generation and the like. The lasers considered under the Class 1 category are least hazardous due to the absence of risk in normal operation. Those used in Printers and CD’s are included under this category. Class 2 lasers are those used in laser pointers for business presentations. These lasers may be risky at times for the vision of the viewers in case viewed thoroughly for long hours can cause injury. Class 3 lasers used in ophthalmology labs are average powered systems which are least risky, but if viewed using microscope it can turn dangerous to eyes. Finally, the Class 4 lasers which are highly dangerous are used for surgical process. This is the most dangerous version and can cause damage to the vision of the health care personnel and may damage the skin. Eye injuries, fire, smoke plume as well as
Introduction The cold war was experienced from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s. It was a war against the United States and the Soviet Union states. It was a war that involved numerous military coalitions against the opponents in the effort to emerge with a perceived advantage. The war also involved; espionage, weapons innovations, spreading of propaganda, and the use of sophisticated technologies to outdo the opponents. This paper discusses the reasons that led to the end of the war. End of the War As the war progressed and talks continued about how the war could be ended, different countries started taking different sides; they started supporting one that did not necessarily have the same views as their camp. For example in the 1950-the 1960s, the European alliances started to weaken; France started to draw closer relations with Eastern Europe at the expense of withdrawing from NATO. In the Soviet Union, on the other hand, Romania was the first one to leave the camp of the union. This led to further wars and the International crisis became the order of the day. The major one was the emergence of the Berlin Blockade (1948–1949). The Korean War (1950–1953) arose where the southern and the northern part of the countries could not understand each other. They led to war against themselves, the Berlin Crisis of 1961, and the Vietnam War (1959–1975). The United States also decided to involve itself in the Vietnam War; a decision that made the European countries question the intention of the United States and for a period some level of détente was experienced and the focus was drawn from the cold war to the new Vietnam War. Amid the war, the trade among the countries was hindered. United States President Ronald Reagan is credited as the man who geared to the end of the war; he was the president of the United States then. He developed policies that were targeted to end the war. In the 1980s the United States reviewed wars regarding the cold war and started campaigns to discourage the use of nuclear weapons. The policies and the different angles that were taken by different countries led to further weakening of the soviet states. This was fuelled further by increased poverty of the states because of the interacted trade. The countries could not cater to their basic needs and military forces became weak by the day. The United States on the other hand maintained good relations with its trade partners and thus they maintained a strong military force. This could override the soviet states. In those countries that needed more intervention, the United States intervened an example is the case of Korea; the division and the deployment of the foreign troop led to the control of the southern part by the United States and
Introduction The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has attracted a lot of international media attention (Gelvin, 2007). Indeed, many concerned international parties have tried to contribute to the peace process by proposing several peaceful solutions to end the conflict. However, none has been successful. Notable peace processes that have failed include the Oslo Accords of 1993, Camp David Summit of 2000, Taba Summit of 2001, and the Arab peace initiative (Gelvin, 2007). The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict started in the 20 th century as part of a wider conflict pitting Israel against its Arab neighbors. The main contentious issues are the status of Jerusalem, treatment of Palestine refugees, Israel’s security, Palestine’s violence outside Israel, water resources, Israel’s occupation of the West bank, and the violence of Palestinians against other Palestinians (Gelvin, 2007). For a long time, western filmmakers have conceived the Palestine-Israeli conflict with varied views regarding its origin and solutions. However, recent years have seen an emergence of Palestinian films, which give a different view of the conflict. The emergence of Palestinian filmmakers in re-telling the conflict is a departure from the western perception of the conflict (which has formed the bedrock for the creation of the mainstream perception of the conflict). The emergence of Palestinian filmmakers in re-telling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has introduced a “new” perspective on understanding conflict. The differences between the “old” and “new” perspectives of the conflict form the framework for this paper. This paper therefore explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the perspectives of Arab filmmakers and the mainstream understanding of the same conflict. This analysis provides an appropriate framework for comparing and contrasting the way Arab and western (mainstream) filmmakers have approached the conflict. This document therefore divides into two main sections that explain both perspectives. A bridge that merges the two perspectives also manifest in the works of a few western filmmakers. Western Perspective Western filmmakers have shaped the mainstream public perception of the Arab-Israeli conflict. According to some observers, the western interpretation of the conflict has been unfair to Palestinians (and by extension, Arabs). According to Fisher (2010), the biggest misfortune from this understanding is the acceptance by most neutral observers of the western understanding of the conflict. W
A marketing campaign, especially the one in the field of healthcare, is associated with several legal issues. Some of them can be avoided by excluding deceptive techniques or assuring none of the adopted existing ones can be recognized as unfair. Others, such as privacy issues and violations of advertisement standards, as well as some online-based marketing methods, require extra attention to avoid disruption of marketing integrity. The broadest field of marketing issues, which is also strongly associated with the healthcare field, is unfair marketing. This term includes deliberately misleading claims as well as those who are technically true but are presented in a way that distorts the image in favor of the seller (Australian Government 12). One of the issues which are likely to occur given the available information is the inclusion of premium claims in the marketing campaign. A premium claim is a suggestion that creates the image of the product or service being conclusively superior to its competitors. As the description includes the phrase “state of the art gym,” which suggests the equipment of unprecedented quality, it is possible that at least some customers will make a decision to use its services based upon such understanding. While the current wording is not enough to classify it as a violation, it can be ruled out as such, depending on the contextual clues (Corones 189). Another issue often faced by the healthcare and fitness industries is the deliberate or unintentional use of unsubstantiated claims in describing the benefits of the program. For instance, the description of services may include the phrases “the best abs in just two weeks – guaranteed.” First, the word “guaranteed” is prone to misinterpretation: while the results obviously depend on the human factor, such as the persistence of the customers, the wording of the advertisement will likely be ruled out as deceptive regardless of the actual warranties and liabilities included in the contract. Second, the phrase “best abs” needs to be substantiated by the relevant research which conclusively shows the advantages of a certain business program over competing ones. Importantly, the misleading does not need to be deliberate to be categorized as deceptive marketing, so additional caution needs to be exercised in word choice (Australian Government 14). The Internet, which has recently become an important marketing platform, but introduced an additional layer of complexity. First, the information situated on the official page of the company is considered representative of the quality of the product or service, regardless of the source it comes from. In other words, if a satisfied customer sends feedback praising the gym as “the best place in Australia,” his assertion will have the same weight as the “best abs” claim described above,