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Slaughterhouse-Five is a 1972 movie directed by George Roy Hill. The movie is based on Kurt Vonnegut’s novel of the same name. Billy Pilgrim is the main character of this movie, who is the center of the discussion. The movie presents the life of this person who due to the specific ability, lives all his moments of life simultaneously. He can go to bed in one place and at the next moment get up in another one. Washing up in a shower being an adult, he can appear in a swimming pool as a boy. All these transformations in time and place tell about the life of this person who came through the World War II, got married and had children, who became wealthy and at the end of his life lived on an alien planet called Tralfamadore. Generally, this movie impressed me greatly. The idea is catching and the way how the director managed to show this idea is amazing. The effects used in the movie cannot leave a person careless. Many feelings and emotions are delivered through these specific techniques. However, watching this movie, I was impressed by Tralfamadore as the way to escape from this world. The main hero come through a difficult life; he saw many deaths, disaster, and pain; this life is not what he wanted at the end of his existence. Therefore he went to Tralfamadore. This mystic planet is the symbol of escape, I suppose. Living in this world is a difficult task for people. People always face several complications and other issues. People usually want to hide from life difficulties and to be happy. Billy Pilgrim managed to do it. The life on a specific planet Tralfamadore is his particular method. Generally speaking, the movie kept me in tension from the very beginning up to the end. Having appeared on this mysterious planet, I waited for a moment when the main character would change his location and time. Each time Billy Pilgrim was transmitted in time and space, I felt the difficulty in understanding where he was and what time was at the moment. Still, the situation and events helped me catch the main idea and to follow the main character. I do not like Billy Pilgrim, I consider him as a careless and emotionless person who does not live life but who is led by the life circumstances. I could not see the interest in life as well as I did not see the actions Billy Pilgrim did to change something. The life flows, and Billy Pilgrim just follows the direction. This movie helped me reconsider my personal life. What would I do in order I could live all the moments of my life simultaneously? Would I have a desire to change something? How would I behave? Would I have a desire to escape from the horrors of life? All these questions appeared in my mind after watching the film. Unfortunately, I could not answer them. I know for sure that I would try to do something to change my life rather than escaping from reality. Life is difficult. However, people can change everything if they want to. And I fell that I want to change my life, I want to do something to have a desire to live on this planet.
Introduction Tourism is considered to be the world’s largest industry in terms of revenue generated by it. It also involves a large number of people and a variety of sectors. Apart from the tourists themselves, there is the destination, the tour operators, resorts, support personnel, government and its agencies, ancillary sectors like agriculture, health etc. according to the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation, the tourism industry has seen strong sustained growth from 2000 onwards and also a forecasts similar growth for the year 2008. the total number of tourist arrivals during the year 2007 was 898 million international tourists. The United States also saw an increase 10% of arrivals during that year. (Inside the regions, World Tourism Exceeds Expectations in 2007 – Arrivals Grow From 800 Million to 900 Million in Two Years, Media, World Tourism Organisation, Committed to Tourism, Travel and Millennium Development Goals, 2008). Over the years, this rapid rise in tourism (both domestic and international) has raised serious concerns about sustainability and ecological damage. Due to this concern, the concept sustainable and eco-tourism is gaining in popularity as a means to have a balance between environmental protection, profits and protection to the society. It has come to such an extent that sustainable tourism has become a necessity and many countries are looking to develop projects that will follow the above concept. This paper aims to look at sustainable tourism and its various aspects in general and with reference to the Everglades National Park in particular. This particular destination was chosen because of its popularity and also its ecological sensitivity. The Everglades has seen extensive damage since it began to be inhabited by white settlers. The Everglades The Everglades National Park has been one of the most popular tourist nature destinations in the United States. “Named a World Heritage Site, International Biosphere Reserve and Wetland of International Importance, the Everglade National Park located on the southern tip of peninsular Florida is a nature lover’s dream.” (Florida – Everglades, Kasbah.com – The World’s most powerful travel resource). It is also an example of successful sustainable tourism. The original Everglades once covered 11,000 square miles until human settlements began to drain the large expanse of water. The first white human settlers had begun to live there from 1920s onwards. The everglades now only cover 4,300 square miles. The State of Florida with the help of individuals and other organizations has embarked on one of the largest environmental ecosystems restoration projects in the world. The project aims at improving the lives the inhabitants of along with “preserving America’s Everglades and Florida’s Liquid Heart – Lake Okeechobee – and protecting natural wildlife and plants for future generations.” (Brief history of the Everglades, Everglades forever, State of Florida, 2006). Natural environments and built environments As mentioned earlier, tourism industry is a mix of the destination, many diverse sectors and the people involved i
The database used for the present paper was the EBSCO host. The tutorial watched was the ‘EBSCO advanced search – guided style’ one. The newly acquired knowledge included the way to apply limiters and expanders during the search process, where to enter the search term and which fields to search (subject terms). It also became clear how results could be refined after the search had been completed, and how one could ensure the increased result refinement by sorting the sources according to the source type. The process used to locate the articles was the search by keywords ‘mentoring of new teachers’. The educational sphere deserves particular attention, and pedagogics is not an exception. This paper is focused on research findings on mentoring of new teachers, conducted by two different groups of researchers. Pedagogics goes hand in hand to educational developments in the spheres of teaching and learning. Mentoring of new teachers has become one of the most spread topics within pedagogics and methodology. The aim of the paper is to reveal the nature of mentoring, outline key elements of two research findings, and compare them. British researcher, Kim Brown (2001), examined the problem of mentoring of newly qualified language teachers. This perspective seems to be of current interest, because thousands of newly-qualified and graduated teachers may face the same problems during their first year of teaching. According to the author’s findings, “conflicts over teaching language methodology, in particular, emerge as a contributory factor in the breakdown of relationships between these teachers and their mentors” (Brown, 2001, p. 69). Proceeding from this statement, mentoring may lead to misund
Today, the level of integration between physicians and hospitals rises, and the best integration models should be learned and understood. One of the best is the hospitalist model, which sets the complete responsibility of one physician under one patient. It enables high-level care and satisfaction and a much quicker recovery. The integration, in general, has benefits in better organization of physicians and efficient exchange of knowledge, experience, and medical technologies; the hospitalist model is well-fitted for this integration. It aims to appoint the particular physician for the responsibility for the specific inpatient, or several of them. This model is beneficial for several reasons:   * it ensures that each patient will be under the care, improving its quality;   * it provides all physicians with actual work;   * it is more profitable for hospitals in general (Harrison, 2010). The hospitalist model reduces the average stay length almost twice: from 11.9 to 6.5 days (Harrison, 2010, p. 136). Its profitability comes from the fact that the medical care will be more thorough and, thus, will be paid more by a larger number of patients. Dougan, Montori, and Carlson’s (2016) research about implementing the hospitalist model in Iowa hospitals shows the drastic increase in satisfaction both among patients and physicians, as they are always provided with work. As patients are more satisfied, they are willing to pay more, increasing the clinic’s profits; in addition, more patients tend to visit such clinics where they know they are under care. It enables to reduce the price for healthcare, which is beneficial for the population as a whole. The integration between the physician and hospital is part of improving a healthcare system. While before the 1990s, physicians and clinics usually worked separately, each of them performing their roles, the integration started to rise actively since this time (Harrison, 2010). The advance of modern technologies, mainly digital ones, promoted the growth of cooperation and patient-hospital integration. It increases the quality of care and ensures better collaboration and workflow organization between physicians and clinics. It means, for example, the knowledge and technology exchange: when one physician has some experience, they can share it based on a clinic (Harrison, 2010). It helps to monitor physicians’ work performance and helps them work more efficiently (Abdulsalam, Gopalakrishnan, Maltz, & Schneller, 2018). The hospitalist model is perfectly suited for growing physician-hospital integration, providing an efficient workflow to increase the satisfaction of both physicians and their patients. It promotes cooperation between physicians, as they should decide who and when will be responsible for the particular patient. However, there are some limitations and drawbacks associated with the hospitalist model. Firstly, this model is mainly adapted for large hospitals with an extensive network of physicians. Sma
Introduction One of the earliest known pieces of artwork, the Venus of Willendorf dating from the Paleolithic era, is thought to be a pregnant woman, a shape that was repeated throughout the pre-historic world presumably as a sign of fertility and prosperity. However, with the advent of Christianity and the vilification of the female form, it became necessary to hide the woman’s body, especially the ‘grotesque’ form of the pregnant woman. With the increasing strength of science, and the necessary part women play in the actual creation of the child, the female form began to take on new importance in artistic works. This renewed interest in the pregnant body began appearing as early as the Renaissance era. Through the years, how the pregnant form has been represented, misrepresented, and ignored has been a growing theme, coming into full flower in the modern art world in a variety of media. What is painted or sculpted and how this is done reveals much about the prevailing attitudes of the period in which the artwork was created. From the fully clothed, questionable nature of early artists’ renditions of pregnant women to the fully nude and exposed form of today’s pregnant sculptures, the art of the pregnant form has advanced onto the general world stage. To gain an understanding of how this change came about, it is necessary to learn more about some of the artists that have participated in the debate regarding how best to portray the multiple aspects of the pregnant woman – her impending motherhood, her swelling form, her newfound tenderness. Among these artists are Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Lucien Freud, Marc Quinn and Ron Mueck. By looking at how these artists portrayed pregnant women as well as their motivations in doing so, we can begin to gain an understanding of how the cultural attitude toward pregnancy and the female form has changed. Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt gave the pregnant form new significance within the Art Nouveau movement coming out of Austria. His tendency to veer toward the erotic can be seen in his painting “Hope” (1903) which depicts a pregnant girl standing nude among a crowd of richly dressed yet bizarre individuals. Far from being a simple painting of a village girl, the girl looking out at the viewer with her large eyes, standing to provide a full profile of her large belly perhaps only days before giving birth, immediately draws concern. The skull above her head, tilted to the same degree as her own and with no discernable associated body behind her brings the idea of death into the picture while still focusing the attention on the broad, flowing curves throughout the piece. Although there are four heads in the scene behind her, including the skull, three of the four are s
The vast majority of scholarly studies in the medical field require observing the target population in order to draw tangible conclusions about further treatment and interventions. The fundamental theory in terms of such observations is the sampling theory. Essentially, sampling theory claims that by choosing an appropriate sampling set, the findings of the study may be applicable to either the general population or specific patient groups. The sampling set stands for the choice of particular population groups for the intervention. There are various types of sampling, namely, random sampling, systematic, and stratified sampling (Upadhyay, 2020). Systematic sampling means organizing the randomly gathered sample, whereas stratified sampling stands for organizing the sample into groups (strata) and then choosing random participants from each stratum in order to provide the most realistic outcomes for the general population. For example, in a study conducted by Romero-Blanco et al. (2020), the researchers made an attempt to define the changes in sleep patterns among nursing students during the COVID-19 lockdown. The random sample of 207 nursing students was then divided into strata, and the outcomes of the study demonstrated the differences in sleep patterns according to gender, year of study, and alcohol use (Romero-Blanco et al., 2020). Hence, it may be concluded that sampling theory, although presenting an exceptional value for medical research, should be more specific in order to produce beneficial results for the actual medical practice. The phenomenon closely correlated with the sampling theory is the notion of generalizability. The term stands for the extent to which the findings of certain studies may be applicable to broad population groups (American Psychological Association, n.d.). Essentially, higher rates of diversity and inclusion in the study sample lead to higher generalizability rates. When it comes to the nursing practice, the primary issue with this phenomenon is that higher generalizability rates pay limited attention to individual cases. For this reason, nurses should take into account generalizability during the intervention while not abandoning patient-centered approaches to the treatment.
Modern society, especially those groups of adolescents, are now suffering not only from drug abuse but from social media addiction as well. Evidently, these two major issues affecting the generation today are interrelated. Social media content exposing drug consumption can be regarded as a risk factor that can potentially encourage people to try drugs (Levinthal, 2014). As the amount of drug-related content on social media platforms is growing rapidly, many of these platforms now tend to introduce user policy guidelines, which hide or even block such publications. Although many people do not see any threat in sharing the content of them consuming both licit and illicit drugs, the major issue concerns celebrities who make drug-related content. Serving as role models for millions of followers all over the world, in such a way, they declare that drug use is safe and absolutely normal in the context of today’s society. Hence, people who admire them are subconsciously predisposed to try drugs to become closer to their role models, who, on the other hand, do not realize the level of responsibility they have for their actions. Another critical issue with drug-related content is the absolute romanticizing of drug use. Social media users do not often post the implications of the consumption or the process of drug withdrawal. According to the statistics, active social media users, especially adolescents, are more likely to try drugs because of the influence they see on the platforms (“The influence of social media on teen drug use,” 2020). Thus, social media platforms definitely contribute to the misuse of various drugs by romanticizing their consumption and making “social drug use” acceptable among users.
Introduction Research has established a significant connection between alcoholism and increased spousal abuse (Klostermann & Kelly, 2009). Spousal abuse often leads to psychological frustrations and physical injuries that result in mental health complications. Kaur and Ajinkya (2014, p. 124) researched to investigate the “ psychological impact of adult alcoholism on spouses and children .” Their study revealed that persistent alcoholism has several consequences to the spouse and children. This essay analyzes the work of Kaur and Ajinkya. Psychological Impact of Adult Alcoholism The article discusses the relationship between chronic alcoholism and psychological disturbance. According to Kaur and Ajinkya (2014), alcoholism entails increased dependence on alcohol. The two researchers state that chronic alcoholism is highly associated with increased cases of family disaggregation, family detachment, domestic violence, and cases of severe domestic violence. Kaur and Ajinkya (2014) focused on establishing the relationship between romance and alcohol, marriage and alcohol, partner violence and alcohol, and the parenting behaviors of addicted parents. In their review, Kaur and Ajinkya (2014) discovered that chronic alcoholism causes various disturbances to the spouse and children. Spouses married to alcoholic individuals often demonstrate high levels of depressive symptoms and psychological trauma when put under psychological tests. Their analysis revealed that chronic alcoholism or uncontrolled dependence on drugs among spouses results in an increased caregiver burden, difficulty in coping wit
Introduction This paper seeks to analyze the case of recruiting employees for a government project by Liberty Engineering Co after the company won the bid knowing afterward that it is difficult to recruit the needed employees for the project. Discussion Problem Statement: How would a company prepare itself in completing a government project that it had won in the bidding process in order not to lose money? The case facts speak of a dilemma faced by Bob because of the difficulty in having to hire thirty (30 employees) in so short a time under conditions set by the company when it won a bid for the projects from the government. The company has included in its proposal the recruitment selection and training qualified individuals to survey over 1,000 recreational vehicles but apparently, the company finds it hard to recruit. Its bid was in response to the government’s need for information regarding how people actually use their recreational vehicles which includes motor homes, pick-up trucks campers, and different kinds of recreational trailers. The government’s intention is for making additional safety rules regarding the manufacture and use of recreational vehicles. Liberty must therefore provide the government the following information to have the full satisfaction of the contract: value recreational vehicles for the user, trailer hitches being used, and the availability of proper suspension systems and awareness of safety features of the users’ recreational use. 1 2 Since the company has proposed that it would be surveying at three different sites which include a desert location, a seashore site, and a mountain location, it appears that the company is expected to do the same. This was the reason why in meeting with government officials, several definite locations were selected and these i
The inner city children had an after school program that involved contribution to the society. They were to create a program that the society could use to generate income. The children I interacted with were a part of the ‘Community Service’ class that was split into four groups. The group that would present the most profitable project would receive cash in return. I communicated with a group called Raldo, which was named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, a champion of the American value for self-reliance. Their project involved buying a washing machine worth a thousand dollars. The children’s home was the intended beneficiary of the machine that was to be used for assisting them in running a laundry business. My interaction with the team enabled me to learn and appreciate the value of self-reliance. Firstly, Ralph (2013) states that “man is his own star” (p. 86). Therefore, he/she is the only person that can influence the fate. Raldo portrayed this value of self-reliance by opening a joint bank account. They contributed to the project through fundraising where close friends and relatives were the significant contributors. I made my contribution to the project as well by wiring $50 to the account. The group drew motivation from Ralph’s philosophy: “a man believes in his own heart” (Emerson, 2013). Therefore, they were convinced that people would help them gather the required money needed for the project. The conviction enabled the group to
Introduction Benchmarking is one of the most effective ways of helping an organization to acquire a competitive advantage over their main competitors. Benchmarking allows the organization an opportunity to understanding how the competitor operate. Business scholars emphasize the need to continuously compare performance against the market leaders. Such a measure or attitudes helps towards organizations being informed of the strategy and action that have been designed by the market leaders towards maintaining their massive share market. Once the firm understands the action of its competitors, it is able to optimally readjust its operations or to better them towards narrowing the gap between them. The essay will assess how Hewlett-Packard (HP) has effectively used benchmarking in managing stiff competition from other computer producers. HP Company has been one of the most successful computer firms in the world. Since when I came to know of the company, HP has been growing from strength to strength. The firm has improved its operation systems as well as ensured that it has up to date or state-of-the-art technology. Apart from adopting new technology, the company has also been able to improve its production processes to cut down its production cost. Through such like practices anchored on benchmarking, the firm recently assumed m