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Mission Universal Motors specializes in producing heavy duty and rugged vehicles suited for the difficult terrain in Latin America, Africa, and Asia (internally known as the LAAA zone). There is ongoing research for viable electric vehicles for this region by many automakers. Some manufacturers have successfully developed commercial models. The models developed so far have the challenge of miles covered on a single charge. On this count, they compete rather poorly with conventional gasoline based vehicles. The commercialized solution to this problem is the hybrid technology. Universal Motors research and development division has produced a new model that it believes will meet the demands of the consumers and further narrow the distance to full electric vehicles. The model is available in three releases; the Camel Bantam for urban driving, the Camel Ranger for off road uses, and the Camel Jumbo for light commercial use. The goal of their design is to provide “long range benefits” to consumers (Maromonte, 1998, p.7). Organizational Mission Statement A mission statement provides an organization with a “coherent sense of direction” (Wall, 2004, p.4). The mission statement of Universal Motors is, “we are committed to providing solutions for all mobility needs of humanity, especially in challenging areas with tough terrain and difficult environmental conditions”. Marketing Mission Statement The marketing mission statement is: “We reach every possible car owner with information relating to motoring solutions applicable to their terrain and make available the solutions”. Purpose of the Plan The purpose of this plan is to explore and settle on appropriate strategies for introducing the Camel Series into the LAAA zone by executing a winning marketing strategy. The Harvard Business School (2005) states, “Strategy is about doing the right things” (p. xi). Situational Analysis The development of a marketing strategy requires a comprehensive situational analysis Mark, (2004) states, “One of the greatest benefits of a comprehensive approach to strategy is the surfacing and exploitation of multiple sources of attractive growth”(p.11). Situational analysis requires an indepth look at the current products on offer in the market, the market segments these products target, and the distribution network in use. It is also crucial to evaluate the competition and financial condition of the company, and summarizing the information in a SWOT analysis table. Howard (2004), states that to become profitable, “you must first wake up to the internal rules you are currently playing by and expand you field of possibilities” (p.xvii). Current products The models in distributio
Sex is essential part of every marriage. The modern world is too sexual, adolescents pay too much attention to sexual relations, without considering the notion of love. Sex between wife and husband is not only the norm now, but the security of good and lasting family relations. Unfortunately, the institution of marriage has endured some changes. Personal dignity and virginity is not so important. The problem of the modern married couples is that the notion of sex became the dominant in the relations and the faithfulness in the family is not in honor now. The obsolete concept about sex was regarded as the continuation of clan, people made sex in ancient times only with this purpose. But modern world has changed and people understand sex now as the satisfaction, orgasm, and only then as the clan continuation. Married people make sex in spite of the fact whether they want children or not, moreover, in most cases they are uneager to have children after this or that sex procedure. Sexual relations make the aim the feelings, the tense contact between people and do not think about children. Sex between husband and wife is the essential part of the relations inside the family, but not the only one. There are marriages which take as the basis the relations, the care and friendly love. These people create marriage just to communicate without any sexual relations or limited ones. We are not talking about the absence of sex at all, there is no just sex between husband and wife. Such couples seek for sexual satisfaction on the side, but still they return to their wives. I do not quite understand such types of marriages, as the sexual attraction in the family is important for me, but at the same time I do not blame these people. If they live comfortable without the any oppression, so they are satisfied with the marriage. There are people who think that sex between husband and wife is obsolete, that only people of old behavior remain faithful to their halves. These people consider sex as sport, they “use” it with the only purpose – to enjoy the process and receive physical satisfaction. The problem of moral satisfaction is not of their concern. These people do not feel psychological satisfaction from communication, from prelude to sex, they just enjoy the physical attraction and they feel it is enough for them. To have a lover on the side is not a problem for them, they do not feel that by such actions they can injure the
Antoni was from Spain and did the work of the art nouveau and was famous for the unique style and the individual designs he had. He was lame and therefore could not play with other age-mates due to arthritis in his legs then he was not able to walk but instead used the donkey that enabled his movement from one place to another. Been an architect than he never performed well in the classwork but did well in drawing and the projects that were given in class by their teacher but in the other things, he was very poor and never had much concern on them as he was not able to reach the target. He was a strong catholic in his life although at first, he did secular work thus he had to abandon so that he can be strong in his catholic religion as his friends were strong in the church therefore he had to follow them in whatever he did so that he could get assistance in most of his life which was not very welcoming due to the family background. His first works were in the style of gothic and the traditional modes of his country but he later developed his own style which was distinct from the style that was used in that place during that time. he did his work using his style even though he had much influence from the gothic architecture therefore this means that he used both of the modes in his work as they were both used in his work and thus the design work was part of him as he was able to design things like for example the la Sagrada Familia. He did designing of buildings that were seen to be very attractive as he was able to make a design that seemed to be real from the outward look. Nothing was problematic to him because he made use of the raw materials that were available in the area at that time and thus he was very much committed to his work at all levels and also did decoration of the surfaces using the broken tiles that were available. He was a simple man in ideas and therefore used techniques which could be understood by all as he related it to nature which acted as his guide thus the techniques were not complicated in the use one was able to copy from nature the workings he did. He did some studies in the law of static and dynamics where he learned how to make things like bones and thus his emphasis of work was on three dimensions rather than two dimensions and his interest was on nature’s inner forces where he could easily design. He was wise in studying the natural structures based on gravity this is because most of his learning was based on nature and therefore the natural structures could be easily designed as he had done much on the study based on gravity which is natural. The was nothing hard for him to design so long as it was related to nature and therefore he proves to know much about nature than about other things that are not found naturally. He also performed the branching of st
Introduction The respect and protection of human rights is extremely important and as a result, several organizations have been on the forefront of protecting human rights. The actions of these organizations have led to the growth of civil liberty movements. The actions of civil liberty organizations have been supported by many people, but it has also found condemnation from different quarters. Civil Liberty Issue The terrorist attacks that affected the United States of America during the September 2001 had a significant effect on American history. As a result, the attacks brought to the fore the delicate issue of security into the public domain. The United States government enacted the Patriot Act as a counter measure of fighting terrorism in the country. The enactment of the Patriot Act caused a lot of problems for civil liberty groups who were opposed to some of the provisions in the Patriot Act. Most civil liberty activists are opposed to the powers under which security forces have been handed by the Patriot Act (Hol 99). Many activists were opposed to the fact that the Patriot Act gave powers to security forces to abuse the rights of American citizens. The Patriot Act was enacted with the view of fighting terrorism with a focus on domestic security within the borders of the United States. Civil liberty activists are opposed to some provisions of the Patriot Act which infringe on the fourth and fifth amendments. For instance, the National Security Letter allows the FBI to subpoena any individual or organization to provide information. This provision is unconstitutional and has caused civil liberty groups to oppose the actions of the United States government. The Obama administration recently extended some of the Patriot Act’s provisions that were to expire. This action led to widespread condemnation by the civil liberty organizations since most of these activists see that the government expenditure on the implementing the Patriot Act led to genesis of the financial crisis (Brasch 51). The enactment of the Patriot Act is viewed by many legal professions as being unconstitutional. Moreover, the US Supreme Court has voiced its opposition to the Act. Law on the Patriot Act The Patriot Act enactment has elicited strong criticisms and support from different quarters. Some civil liberty groups and activists have challenged the legality of the Patriot Act in the courts of law. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has opposed the implementation of some provisions of the Patriot Act. The union took a further action to file three suits in the courts against these provisions of the Patriot Act. The court cases are related to one provision in the Patriot Act which is concerned with National Security Letter (NSL). The ACLU argues that the Patriot Act gives power to the FBI to gag or forbid anyone who receives an NSL from talking about the issue. The first lawsuit was filed by Nicholas Merrill who was against the issuance of an NSL against him and his company (Dean 14). The second court case was filed by a consortium of libraries known as library connection based in Connecticut whereby a NSL was issued to them. The suit was file
Introduction The Democratic-Republicans and the federalists contributed tremendously to the US politics which was faced with a lot of opposition from both sides and the forces behind this were between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. They had remained as icons of the ancient politics and this was clearly manifested from their differences in opinions in every aspect on crucial matters, be it in the Constitutional affairs or in the matters of economy. Therefore, their differences contributed significantly in matters of rights versus federal authority, which resulted to them impacting hugely to the US politics. Differences between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton According to Howard & Pintozzi (2008, 78) the differences between the two was quite obvious in the respect that Alexander Hamilton was a federalists while Thomas Jefferson a Democratic-Republican who was considered to be a prophet of the enlightenment (Katz 1976, 342). Differences in their opinions and thinking could be seen where Federalist Alexander Hamilton preferred a strong central government, as opposed to that of the state retaining its authority which was favored by Thomas Jefferson. More of this was also seen where; Alexander Hamilton wanted the power to be in the hands of the well-educated and wealthy persons, other than being in the hands of the people. Thomas Jefferson on the other hand preferred the land owners and the elite ruling class to hold this kind of privilege. Economy was also a major concern for the two, which saw Thomas Jefferson promoting Agriculture as the future for the country, as opposed to that of shipping, manufacturing and commerce which was favored by Alexander Hamilton. All their opinions were based on major aspects of the country which needed to be transformed and this resulted to them having followers, although their followers believed that none of them was addressing their issues. (Sandel 1997, 167) Still on their differences, Alexander Hamilton was known to interpret the Constitution loosely meaning that the powers would be given freely without being stated as opposed to strict adherence which was supported by Thomas Jefferson. The Impact Their differences resulted to them having different views on every aspect in the political arena. In that respect, the Democratic-Republican (Thomas Jefferson) favored the French, since he believed that the French Revolution was capable of producing a government that was similar to that of the American’s political alignment. The sentiments were not felt by the opposition s
The theme of incarnation occupies one of the central places in the doctrine of C. S. Lewis. When few people believe in the Divinity of Christ, and the doctrine of the Trinity seems unnecessary and complicated, Orthodox Christians remain “maximalists.” They believe that Christ is ultimately God and completely human; that God is one in three persons. Lewis emphasizes this when he writes that God landed on the occupied land in the form of a man. He devotes a large section to the doctrine of the Trinity, especially emphasizing the Trinity of prayer when people are drawn into the entire threefold life of a three-personal Being. Pantheism is a religious teaching that asserts a god, but he does not have a specific carrier. Atheism denies the very existence of God, regardless of whether he has a page or not. Christianity itself implies that God embodies himself in every person, helping us to reunite with him. Lewis understands free will as the ability to always “do otherwise.” A being is only truly free when it is free to choose both good and evil. Moreover, true love, joy, and kindness are impossible, according to Lewis, without free will. People made a mistake, accepting freedom as the right to commit atrocities, for which God will forgive them later (Clive, 1953). Human is no more accessible than Christ, and therefore is a hostage of their sins. The Christological Trilemma is just for an explanation because it is used most often as an argument in favor of the divinity of Christ. Otherwise, he is considered either evil or crazy, without the presence of an average truth. Lewis, in his work, emphasized the assumptions that Christ could put forward about himself in theory and concluded that he considered himself a god on this earth. The author claims that it is difficult for people who have not known Christ to switch sides because of personal pride. Only by renouncing their past views and ideas can they reunite with Christ, enter his body and find his mind (Clive, 1953). From a spiritual point of view, one can agree with this statement that, but on the other hand, it deprives a person of free will. Everyone has the right to choose independently what is closer to him, and this will not affect his spiritual formation in any way. It is possible to be a highly moral person without accepting the divinity of Christ. Reference Clive, C. L. (1953). Mere christianity . De Gruyter.
Introduction Cholesterol screening has become a common practice in contemporary healthcare institutions. The program ensures timely disease detection and treatment. Early screening of the healthy cholesterol levels in the body paves a way for professional counseling to help the patients change their lifestyles. The practice has been deemed cost-effective since it results in the prevention of diseases that arise from the high levels of cholesterol in the body. This essay provides a critique of the cholesterol-screening program by examining key features and contributions to re-orienting health services. Background to the Cholesterol Screening Programme Cholesterol is an essential compound for the normal functioning of the body. In most cases, the body produces its cholesterol for the formation of cell membranes, hormones, and bile acids. People also ingest some cholesterol together with nourishments that comprise meat and milk products. Processed foods are also contributors to trans-fats that increase the levels of cholesterol in the body. Excess cholesterol constantly accumulates on the walls of the blood vessels. After a given period, it results in the development of plaque that narrows the blood vessels. If the accumulation of the cholesterol compounds occurs in the arteries that pump blood from the heart to the brain, an individual can experience a heart attack (Schatz et al., 2001). Planning, implementation, and evaluation programs that are adopted from the tests and interventions to solve the health-related problems at both individual and community levels are termed evidence-based programs (Brownson, Fielding, & Maylahn, 2009). According to various studies that were conducted recently in public health services, there is likelihood that a majority of the people in developed nations such as America have high levels of blood cholesterol. The presence of high blood cholesterol can occur in both adults and children. This situation places them at a risk of developing high risks of heart attacks. Screening is now becoming more significant in promoting individual awareness of the dangers of cholesterol. The program is also viewed as easy, convenient, and affordable. The cholesterol-screening program is deemed easier due to the use of portable equipment that improves the process of measurement. The role of the health sector in the cholesterol-screening program is to conduct extensive research on the prevalence of the condition in addition to educating on its effects and ways of alleviation. The education targets not only the public and patients but also the healthcare professionals who further advocate for its treatment programs. The treatment program is done in either the hospital or home-based setups (Schatz et al., 2001)
Introduction The United States (US) is widely perceived as a melting pot, a place where people of various races and ethnicities live together and mix their cultures. A range of challenges occurs when they have to live in one neighborhood. In particular, Mexicans, Chinese, Vietnamese, and African-Americans are considered the minorities that experience the problems associated with their race and identification. This paper will discuss the inversion of race norms based on two books: the Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse and Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories by Russell Charles Leong. Overview of Books The Madonnas of Echo Park presents eight stories that are told from the perspective of several people living in Echo Park, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. The book portrays feelings, lives, and thoughts of characters that are integrated by living in a barrio, the area of the city with primarily a Spanish-speaking population. The lives of all the heroes are inextricably linked, and their behaviors and personalities are affected by this area. Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories is also a collection of 14 stories that depict Asians and Asian Americans living in California. The issues of immigration, identity, the inability to accept gay children and AIDS, prostitution, and other subjects are covered in this book. It should be stressed that the characters such as Buddhism priests, street people, and hustlers struggle in finding their place in life. There are three parts of the book called Leaving, Samsara, and Paradise, which are reflective of one’s the development and life journey. Attitudes of Racial Minorities to their Background Since both identified books contain a lot of stories and themes, it seems to be appropriate to focus only on some of them to analyze them in detail. Such an approach will also be useful to answer the key question of how race norms are inversed in the US. Thus, the first story about Terence will be targeted in Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories and chapters 4-5 in The Madonnas of Echo Park. In both books, the protagonists are racial minorities in the context of the US, and they try to understand their race and how it affects other people’s views. The first part of Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories focuses on Terence, a Chinese-American person who attempts to provide vows to become a monk (Leong 5). However, one of the vows, namely, the one associated with giving up sexual intercourse makes him stop and reconsider his views. The narration of Terence shows that he identifies himself as gay, while his parents rejected them because of that. The family of the main character is described as traditionalist immigrants with a Chinese conservative perspective on relationships (Leong 24). The dilemma between Terence and
Introduction The effects of the 21 st century modernization and industrialization have made a tremendous impression on the environment (Ash and Green, 62). The era has brought along heavy appetite for energy to power it ever growing number of industries and establishments. Scientific evidence discusses at length the indisputably urgent need for a unified approach to the climate change concern (Brown, 1999). The trend indicated by climate models suggests a doubling of greenhouse gasses in the next three decades. This in effect will cause an increase in the mean global temperatures by up to 5°c. Some researchers suggest that there is a 20% chance that the rise will be greater than 5°c (Yarrow, 2008). The global warming and climate change debates have survived the past two centuries as the world continues to search for an appropriate international environment management policy that cuts across the conflicting demands of the energy sector and those of environmental preservation (Allen and Lord, 2004). It is common ground that there is an urgent need to formulate an amicable solution to this problem. This report begins building a solution at the individual level. It takes a personalized approach to problem solving by recommending an environmental policy for the common person. Scope and Policy The campaign to save the environment has grown from the publicized protection of animals to a more solid response to the modern day concerns of global warming and climate change. The potential danger posed by the effects of climate change is no longer associated to myths and legends. Scientific evidence has proven that these effects are motivated by individual and collective human activity (Allen, 2003). It has narrowed down the responsibility to the personal actions that human beings undertake on a day to day basis. As it were the effects give little room for choice as their impact is non selective. At the individual level one may question their role in the solving of this problem. The worldwide allocation of the annual carbon dioxide emission st