tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71777492803247916702024-03-13T23:22:11.870-07:00Essay on helping poorEssay Writing Topics For Government Examskingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-78886971663008547952020-08-25T07:35:00.001-07:002020-08-25T07:35:04.899-07:00Implementation Case on Information Technology CourseworkExecution Case on Information Technology - Coursework Example With regards to overseeing change, the primary issue that the administration faces is worker obstruction. This issue is tended to by including all the workers during the time spent overseeing change and by making an interchanges structure which shows to the association that the top administration is focused on making an effective progress. These components were not tended to for the situation. Furthermore, subsequently, the task colleagues lost trust in the projectââ¬â¢s validity. The basic achievement factor was to pick a task chief who had the correct abilities and experience. This didn't have all the earmarks of being the situation as the picked venture pioneer couldn't resolve the contentions between the various gatherings associated with the undertaking. There was discussion as staff from the branch of bookkeeping and account felt avoided from venture the executives (Bernier, Roy and Brunelle, 2006C). This shows there was absence of between departmental coordination. This pro mpted challenges in venture the executives. It was the undertaking managerââ¬â¢s obligation to guarantee that all the colleagues were similarly spoken to. Anyway he flopped in this assignment. Accordingly the execution procedure was held up. The venture supervisor likewise didn't have the correct core interest. He concentrated on venture finish as opposed to on whether the execution was being led in a way which was deliberately adjusted to the business forms. Thus there were grievances from the colleagues. The execution was centered a lot around conveyance times. In executing ERP, the basic achievement factor is to guarantee that the product functionalities are adjusted to the business forms. It is progressively viable to change the product to suit the business forms than something else. Anyway in light of the fact that the venture leaderââ¬â¢s just concern was to finished the usage in time, the vital arrangement process was overlooked. Subsequently the client bunches started to scrutinize the believability of the IT division. The client bunches likewise grumbled that the task director had gotten associated with political games which made him favor the IT division. In this manner the venture director had neglected to include all the divisions in venture the board. The outcome was a showdown between the IT division and the client gatherings and this prompted challenges in the usage procedure. In spite of the fact that the client bunches had been engaged with the undertaking supervisory crew, they didn't have a clue how their endeavors were attached to the key focal point of the organization. One of the colleagues griped that he was continually composing progress reports. Other colleagues felt that their time was not being utilized gainfully. Since the undertaking chief was concentrating a lot on fruition, the departmental necessities were not tended to. Subsequently the colleagues lost trust in the execution procedure and felt that the picked programming was not the correct one for the association. In these conditions the undertaking colleagues didn't feel propelled to put their time and endeavors in actualizing the task. This circumstance was endangering the fate of the venture. On account of the damaged correspondences process, there were clashes between the client gatherings and the product specialists. The client bunches felt that the product functionalities didn't address the business forms adequately while the product specialists were persuaded they had the correct setup of choices. In this circumstance there were issues in different elements of the undertaking. The kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-41441577692024042432020-08-22T03:44:00.001-07:002020-08-22T03:44:24.714-07:00There are two topicschoose one of them Coursework - 1There are two topicschoose one of them - Coursework Example The creators, Carter and Usry (2002), characterize cost drivers as components that cause the cost to occur or any factor that is related to the occasion of a cost. Instances of cost drivers incorporate machine hours, direct material hours, direct work hours, etc. The way toward choosing the framework generally appropriate for a business relies upon having an away from of the advantages and confinements of the two essential costing frameworks. Otherwise called the ordinary technique, the customary costing system doles out assembling overhead expenses to the fabricated items. This strategy appoints a factoryââ¬â¢s roundabout expenses to the fabricated things based on the volume of units delivered, the immediate work hours, or the creation machine hours. In this way, with a customary costing framework the suggestion is that processing plant overhead expenses are reliant on a given cost driver. The utilization of this supposition that was material in the previous decades on the grounds that the recorded cost drivers were the greatest supporters of assembling expenses of items. In any case, in present day times producing overheads have been driven by various factors subsequently the customary costing framework might be deluding in settling on viable administration choices (Cokins, 1998). Customary costing frameworks apply roundabout expenses to the items by thinking about a foreordained overhead rate. The procedure of customary costing starts with the ID and choice of the aberrant expenses and estimation of the costs for the reasonable period. The cost time frame can be month to month, quarterly, or yearly. The cost drivers that identify with the chose costs are then picked. Like the costs, the measure of the cost driver is assessed for the appropriate period. The evaluated cost drivers and assessed costs are then used to ascertain an overhead rate that is then applied to the items utilizing the figured rate. The regular kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-4235416719620732232020-07-31T05:49:00.001-07:002020-07-31T05:49:05.284-07:00Gild Gild INTRODUCTIONMartin: Hi, today we are in San Francisco, in the Gild office. Sheeroy, who are you and what do you do?Sheeroy: So, Im Sheeroy Desai. Im the co-founder and CEO of Gild. At Gild what we do is we help our customers, which are companies from startups all the way to very large enterprises. We have a software solution that helps them find, engage and end up hiring software engineers.Martin: Great!Martin: What is your background?Sheeroy: My background. I actually grew up in Pakistan and I came to the US to go to college. I went to MIT and got electrical engineering which I never used. I was fortunate enough that I graduated from the university right at the time when IT/software boom was just starting, which was the late 1980s. My first job was actually at a startup, even though back then I didnt know what a startup was.Martin: Was it called a startup?Sheeroy: No, it wasnt. That wasnt even called a startup. It was just I thought it was just a small company. It was like 40 person company and I worked for it and I wasnt even quite sure what they did. But it turned out to be one of the very early companies that was pioneering in IT services. And it eventually became a company called Cambridge Technology Partners, which went public and eventually got bought up by Novell.But anyway, I was there for about 3 years when we were very small and it was great training ground to just learn everything about, you know, I did some amount of engineering but really rapidly moved on to product development/product management. And then actually even I got a chance to engage a little bit of marketing and sales.So from there, a number of us who are actually mapped up at Cambridge Technology in the early days and worked together, about 5 of us, ended up leaving and regrouped and started a company called Sapient. That was in, like 91. And then I spent the next 17 years of my life at Sapient in various capacities, from again, doing product, management, client management, to opening new offices, to eventually doing international expansion, and then I spent the last 7 years as a Chief Operating Officer there.We took the company public, so by the time I left, it was over a 5,000 person company. Its still listed on the NASDAQ today, I think its about 13,000 people. Its enormous.So that was, you know, a really great experience in many, many different ways. I mean, taking a company from startup all the way to IPO and beyond. You know, obviously youll be able to side our ups and our downs. Because we also lived through the dot com bust and then survived that, so it was a lot of learning in those 17 years.Then, ultimately I left. I think I was really burnt out, quite frankly, after all that time in the company. And especially at least in the last at least 11 years, I was really being involved in running a public company that takes a toll after a while. And I was really missing being an entrepreneur again, doing something small again.My problem was that I didn t know what I wanted to do and I looked at a lot of smaller companies, or startups, and I just couldnt get passionate, excited about anything.Ultimately, I really came to comfort of doing a lot of soul searching. I came to the conclusion of what I was truly excited and passionate about is what we do here at Gild, which is really helping companies in. Let me back up and say it this way, which is the way, companies find talent and the way professionals find opportunities is one area that actually still the underlined way it works, the underlined processes, the structure, hasnt really changed in last 100 years. We rely in the same artifacts, whether thats a resume or LinkedIn profile now, whether thats an interview, we still do those things. There is no better way to get insights into people and to make better decisions. We use machine learning and analytics help our shopping experience for everything else today. But when it comes to shopping, lets call it for technology professionals or profession in general, we are still in the dark ages. So it was really that insight that prompted me to start Gild, and this was about a little over 3 years ago, at this point. Well, Luca and I got together and we kind of, he had his own startup and I was kind of thinking about doing this. And we got together and decide to initially focus on software engineers and here we are today.Martin: Great! How did you come up with this name and what are other alternative names did you think about?Sheeroy: We thought about like a million of them. We probably made a list of about 100 different names. You know the challenge today in coming up with the name is probably a couple of full. Number one, its very hard to find a real word that can be used as a name because theyre all taken. So a lot of companies make up names, right. The second challenge, even if you make up a name, is getting the URL. So quite frankly, these challenge for us wasnt being able to come up with names that we liked, that were creative, but actually being able to secure a URL and we wanted a dot-com URL. So ultimately, things converged towards Gild. The reason we like the name Gild because its a play on the word Guild, with a U, GUILD. The whole idea that there could be guild of technologist or the guild of other types of professions that we are trying to help. So that was the idea behind, but guild.com was taken and we couldnt get it but gild.com, GILD.com was taken but we were actually able to secure at a very reasonable price. So, thats how we ended up with the name.Martin: Great!BUSINESS MODEL OF GILDMartin: Can you briefly describe how the business model is working?Sheeroy: The business model is simple. The business model is really a SaaS, enterprise SaaS model. Our customers pay us for basically getting access to our database. So what we have, at the end of the day, is we have a database of over 11 million software engineers from around the world, for whom we have generated all kinds of public information, ranging from just a profile, a biographical information, all the way to downloading and analyzing a new open source, code contribution that they may have. To analyzing their activity on QA forums, to analyzing the twitter feed. So we analyze anything possible about a software engineer and then trying to arrive to insights from that.Over time obviously, insights are getting better because the more data you have, the more correlations you have, the better are your predictions. Since ultimately we are really trying to make predictions around how good is a software engineer, how in demand might they be, and how likely is it that they move to a different job or opportunity.So those are the analytics that we provide to our customers, but then we also give them access to all the detailed data that weve collected on someone. This is a highly rich profile. So with our software called Gild Source, you get access to all of these. Then there are some work flow built in there as well, so you can do a lot of relationship building with the candidates, you can do all kinds, you know think of it as almost like a CRM system for hiring. So you have a database and a CRM system, all combined together, and our customers get access to that and they just pay us on subscription base.Martin: Is it only for full time employees that you are trying to match with the employers, or is it also for project related kind of matching?Sheeroy: So, we dont distinguish. We are simply out there, looking for information on software engineers and trying to tell a customer how good they might be. Im sure many of them are looking for freelance opportunities and probably majority of them are looking for full time opportunities. But we dont differentiate between the two.Martin: Because I would imagine, if you distinguish between the two, then you can say that theres some kind of trigger or analytics behind that. Okay, that theres an 80 % chance that person would be willing to switch his jo b.Sheeroy: Right. I think we probably can if we have enough data that we probably could analyze it and be able to say, we think this person is more interested in a full time opportunity or this person is more interested in, you know some kind of part time or consulting. We dont do that. Thats an interesting idea. Something that our customers really havent brought up to us. And thats one of the things we really rely on quite a bit is, our customers.Very early on in the company, we made a decision to invest very heavily on what is today called Customer Success. Where 4 or 3 years ago, people refer it as customer service, we call it customer success from the start. The whole idea was not just so that we are making sure that our customers are successful in using our product but also, it builds a deep relationship so we truly understand, get feedback on the product. And thats really important to us.Martin: Theres one very interesting algorithm that you are using. Can you tell us a little bit more how this matching into supply and demand works.Sheeroy: I mean, its number one out of many algorithms over here. We started off very simple. In the first iteration of the algorithm really was all about just trying to tell our customers of how good some of them might be.The first iteration, that Luca built, was purely based on analyzing a software engineers open source code. So we would actually download the entire code repository that we would find, we parse it so we knew what programming languages they were using, how many lines of codes that were written, and then we would run analytics, basic analytics from the quality of the code, how extensive was the code, how well documented it is, etc. And based on those analytics, build issues of algorithms which would say, heres how good we think this software engineer is. It is heck of a lot more sophisticated today, 3 years later.So the software contribution is on the component of what we do, as I said, we also analyze activity and the level of activity on things like Stack Exchange, which is QA site. Then we start looking also at things, where the other developers that this individual is working with. So sometimes they collaborate on open source projects. Or maybe they are answering questions, or going back and forth with another developer, who is also very highly rated. Now, its like birds of feather flock together, so people of similar types tend to work together. So, if you are collaborating or working with really high engineers, chances are youre pretty too. Thats an additional insight we can grasp.And then it has gotten even more sophisticated because as we develop a very large database of what I called fact based software engineers. So now we can based on looking at quality of code or based on looking at their QA activity, etc., we can say that, in fact this software engineer is really very capable. But we can also start looking at matching people biographical backgrounds with the quality that we think they are. So over time, weve also been able to get insights into Okay if we see a correlation on Im giving an example, I am not saying this is true, but an example maybe that anyone who worked at a certain company during the late 1990s as a software engineer, the chances are We see correlation that a lot of engineers there at that time were very high quality. So chances are, if we know nothing about you, all that we know is that you worked at that company in the late 1990s, now we can start making prediction that likelihood is reasonable that youre probably a pretty good software engineer. So analytics and as I said, there are many, many algorithms out here and the overall quality of the analytics and the complexity of the analytics, has gone up quite a bit over the course of the last 3 years.Martin: When you were a very young startup understanding your customer needs etc, its very important and you also said that the customer success is very important for you. How did you try to understand what the customers really want in the early days?Sheeroy: You know, it is still a challenge, not just early days, because, and I think this is the conundrum, because customers are great at telling you what is wrong with your product, what they dont like. They are very great at telling you how to tweak a certain feature, about what they like to see. That is good.Martin: Evolutionary stepSheeroy: Evolution stuff, they are very good at that. What customers are not very good at is revolutionary stuff. Because a lot of times, they dont know what they dont really need. So its really interesting because of what we focus on a lot. This is a trap, I think a lot of companies and entrepreneurs get into it, which is you start focusing on the recommendations that the customers are making.We tend to focus more on the pain that the customer has: what is not working for them, what is the problem. And then, Luca, the product team is doing an awesome job, of analyzing all the things th at are not going well for the customers to come up with a unique solution. We always ask ourselves: Can we address this need in a way that no one else has. Can we address them in a unique way that is going to be significantly better than what anyone else is doing? Thats the first place we go. If we cant do that, then the question can we just get rid of the pain? But what we have found is, if you pay a lot of attention So what really comes down to all of this is being close to your customer and enough of your customer so you can see the patterns, where is the most pain. Where are they most unhappy? And then being able to really look at ourselves Okay, is there a unique way in which we address that. So thats how we come up with the revolutionary solutions, and thats hard. That takes time.Martin: Would you describe the Gild business model more of a local market place or would you say its a more global market place where I can find and hire developers from another country?Sheeroy: I ts global. Our database is 100% global. So thats number one, the database is totally global. You can search developers anywhere. In terms of how customers implement that obviously smaller companies are more regional. They are looking to hire potentially in 1 or 2 locations. And our larger customers are more global. Theyre looking to hire people anywhere. Now having said all that, I think there are such a shortage of software engineers, they are such in high demand, we are even seeing startups now looking for software engineers anywhere in the world. You know, we are such a great example, actually more than half of our engineers team are actually in Europe, in Milan. So, were seeing even smaller startups, 50 people or so, having operations in multiple continents.Martin: When you started, what were the minimum features that you that you tried to develop in the product and ship to the market in order to understand what the needs are, so you can decide for a revenue model etc.Sheeroy: The minimum features when we first started was basically was search and results. That really was the minimal things we were trying to do, which is a reasonably easy interface by which you can say: Okay I am looking for an iOS engineer in San Francisco or the Bay area; and then being able to give them results that are relevant to that search and having analytics be good enough that they would make sense.I remember reviewing the first version of the product, it was really rough. The UI (user interface) was extremely rough, we made a lot of assumptions. But I do think among things we did well was, we immediately start taking it to market. We just started talking to tons and tons of prospects, showing it to them, getting their feedback and then about 3 months later, we actually started charging customers. Not because honestly that I thought the product was so great that we should be charging. But again, a startup is all about testing a hypothesis, right. First half of the hypothesis w as, if we give this level of intelligence is anybody going to care? That was getting anybody to say, this is great, I really like it. So second half of the hypothesis was, has anyone willing to pay for it. Thats why we start charging for it. And within a couple of months we had actually. I think within 2 months were like 20+ paying customers. So like Okay, this is working, people are paying for it.Martin: How did you solve this hen egg problem? Because when you started, this is basically a type of market place which is connected by some kind of scoring algorithm. How did you create the first 1,000 or 2,000 of developers and their first 50 100 companies.Sheeroy: Its a great question, which comes first, the hen or the egg. Actually, right before we started doing what were doing, the Gild Source business, the prior incarnation of our business actually was, we were building a website where software engineers could come and take coding challenges and puzzles and write code and we would analyze that code. So thats truly trying to build a market place. On the one hand, trying to get the software engineers, on the other hand trying to get customers and kind of have supply and demand. That is very challenging. It was actually an outflow from them, which is as we kind of work on there for months and months and we finally realized Gosh, we were trying to build a two sided market is very hard because just the value proposition for the software engineers wasnt compelling if there werent any employers. And for employers its not very compelling if you dont have at least tens of thousands of software engineers that they can search and choose from. That was a big problem.Thats how initially, Luca came up with the idea. He said. Well, lets address the supplier issue just by creating profiles for this software engineers by looking at their public activity. So in a way, we started creating an inventory of software engineers, so then we can then just focused on building out the c ustomers side of it. The initial thought was we would go back and build a community of software engineers but as we continue to move down, we realized, we dont really need to do that. So thats how we got going.CORPORATE STRATEGYMartin: Sheeroy, lets talk about the corporate strategy. Youre currently have this kind of market for software developers. What are your thought on adding other verticals and whether you can also apply this kind of data driven decision process.Sheeroy: We started a company so that eventually we solve the problem of hiring any professions, not just software engineers. So that remains our mission over time. We want to provide this level of analytics and insight into any professional. Lots of challenges to it.Weve been thinking about this for a while, and we have a viewpoint on how we can eventually get there. Which is a secret, Im not going to share that. What Im thinking is on that. But no, we obviously have been thinking about that and well continue in the lo ng term to execute towards that. So thats one answer.Second answer is, were building a company here for the long term. In the way we think about ourselves and talk about ourselves, we want to build a company, this type of problem were trying to solve its not going to get solved overnight. Its going to take some time. So were Okay with that. We are in no rush to just get there tomorrow. With that realization, we also have realized that, if you want to build a very large company, theres a saying if you want to build a monopoly, a broad monopoly, first you got to build a monopoly in a small market. Get that going, get that right, and then you have the opportunity to build a monopoly in the greater market.So thats what were trying to do, were really trying to get it right in software engineering. And really understand what it takes to win and be successful there. Because once we have all the answers there then duplicating this to other professions would be a lot easier for us.Martin: I n terms of competitive advantage, would you rather say that Gild has the advantage of having a large network effects, or is it more that Gild scoring system is the key source?Sheeroy: I think our competitive advantage is our analytics. I mean no one else that Im aware of, no other competitor I mean competitors are doing very resourceful things, they are competitors who are aggregating profiles. So to your point earlier, Ill go on LinkedIn and scraping it, Ill go scrape Twitter, and Ill go scrape Facebook, and Ill try to give you an aggregated profile, and we do all that. But no one is doing is really the additional insight of really telling you how good some of us and why we really think this person is good and what they are good at. Why they are in high demand or not, or when they might be looking for a job. Those are analytics that no other competitors are providing. That remains our competitive advantage.Martin: Great!MARKET DEVELOPMENTMartin: Tell me about market development. C an you give us a brief overview of how you perceived the kind of market and the players in the market and what is currently happening over there?Sheeroy: So we play in kind of Recruiting HR market. Like most markets, its fairly saturated, theres a lot of noise. Its a noise in market, which is a few are the head of HR, a few head of recruiting acquisition in a company. Chances are high, you probably get a 5-10 emails, voicemails a day telling you, Oh, I have this new amazing thing. A challenge for them, the challenge for us how do you actually get yourself above that noise level. Theres no easy answer to this. I mean I wish I could say, Heres the magic that we came up. But theres no easy magical answer to this. It is a number of things.For us, what we did is number one, that I think is a little bit unique and different than I see some other startups doing. We do all the normal stuff you would expect us to do: we do contact marketing, we do lead generation, and we do lead nurturing and all that stuff.But I think some of the things that we did differently is, we focus on brand building very early on in the life cycle of the company. So, we were only in the market less than a year, when we were able to get a business cover page story on the New York Times on Gild. That was huge. Probably when I think back in my career like years and years and years from now, Im most likely will remember that Sunday morning, getting the New York Times and right there on the cover. I mean, that doesnt happen very often. That was a good nine months of effort on our part. We had to cultivate a relationship with the New York Times, we had to stay on them, we had to give them really meaningful story that they could write about. It took a lot of effort, a lot of time, and a lot of money, I guess in some ways. I got to get to invest in PR, as an example. A lot of startups dont believe in that stuff and I understand why they say that. But I think in our case, thats one example of many di fferent things that weve done that have allowed us to stand up above everyone else. And as you know, Id say, I think, one of the things that has distinguish us and hopefully will continue to distinguish us, is our efforts and our emphasis on brand building, which is a long term payoffs. It doesnt payoff short term.Martin: Okay.ADVICE TO ENTREPRENEURS FROM SHEEROY DESAI In San Francisco, we meet co-founder and CEO of Gild, Sheeroy Desai. He shares his story how Gild was founded and how the current business model works, as well as what the current plans are for the near future, and some advice for young entrepreneurs.The transcript of the interview is provided below.INTRODUCTIONMartin: Hi, today we are in San Francisco, in the Gild office. Sheeroy, who are you and what do you do?Sheeroy: So, Im Sheeroy Desai. Im the co-founder and CEO of Gild. At Gild what we do is we help our customers, which are companies from startups all the way to very large enterprises. We have a software solution that helps them find, engage and end up hiring software engineers.Martin: Great!Martin: What is your background?Sheeroy: My background. I actually grew up in Pakistan and I came to the US to go to college. I went to MIT and got electrical engineering which I never used. I was fortunate enough that I graduated from the university right at the time when IT/software boom was just starting, which was the late 1980s. My first job was actually at a startup, even though back then I didnt know what a startup was.Martin: Was it called a startup?Sheeroy: No, it wasnt. That wasnt even called a startup. It was just I thought it was just a small company. It was like 40 person company and I worked for it and I wasnt even quite sure what they did. But it turned out to be one of the very early companies that was pioneering in IT services. And it eventually became a company called Cambridge Technology Partners, which went public and eventually got bought up by Novell.But anyway, I was there for about 3 years when we were very small and it was great training ground to just learn everything about, you know, I did some amount of engineering but really rapidly moved on to product development/product management. And then actually even I got a chance to engage a little bit of marketing and sales.So from there, a number of us who are actually mapped up at Cambr idge Technology in the early days and worked together, about 5 of us, ended up leaving and regrouped and started a company called Sapient. That was in, like 91. And then I spent the next 17 years of my life at Sapient in various capacities, from again, doing product, management, client management, to opening new offices, to eventually doing international expansion, and then I spent the last 7 years as a Chief Operating Officer there.We took the company public, so by the time I left, it was over a 5,000 person company. Its still listed on the NASDAQ today, I think its about 13,000 people. Its enormous.So that was, you know, a really great experience in many, many different ways. I mean, taking a company from startup all the way to IPO and beyond. You know, obviously youll be able to side our ups and our downs. Because we also lived through the dot com bust and then survived that, so it was a lot of learning in those 17 years.Then, ultimately I left. I think I was really burnt out, qu ite frankly, after all that time in the company. And especially at least in the last at least 11 years, I was really being involved in running a public company that takes a toll after a while. And I was really missing being an entrepreneur again, doing something small again.My problem was that I didnt know what I wanted to do and I looked at a lot of smaller companies, or startups, and I just couldnt get passionate, excited about anything.Ultimately, I really came to comfort of doing a lot of soul searching. I came to the conclusion of what I was truly excited and passionate about is what we do here at Gild, which is really helping companies in. Let me back up and say it this way, which is the way, companies find talent and the way professionals find opportunities is one area that actually still the underlined way it works, the underlined processes, the structure, hasnt really changed in last 100 years. We rely in the same artifacts, whether thats a resume or LinkedIn profile now, w hether thats an interview, we still do those things. There is no better way to get insights into people and to make better decisions. We use machine learning and analytics help our shopping experience for everything else today. But when it comes to shopping, lets call it for technology professionals or profession in general, we are still in the dark ages. So it was really that insight that prompted me to start Gild, and this was about a little over 3 years ago, at this point. Well, Luca and I got together and we kind of, he had his own startup and I was kind of thinking about doing this. And we got together and decide to initially focus on software engineers and here we are today.Martin: Great! How did you come up with this name and what are other alternative names did you think about?Sheeroy: We thought about like a million of them. We probably made a list of about 100 different names. You know the challenge today in coming up with the name is probably a couple of full. Number one, its very hard to find a real word that can be used as a name because theyre all taken. So a lot of companies make up names, right. The second challenge, even if you make up a name, is getting the URL. So quite frankly, these challenge for us wasnt being able to come up with names that we liked, that were creative, but actually being able to secure a URL and we wanted a dot-com URL. So ultimately, things converged towards Gild. The reason we like the name Gild because its a play on the word Guild, with a U, GUILD. The whole idea that there could be guild of technologist or the guild of other types of professions that we are trying to help. So that was the idea behind, but guild.com was taken and we couldnt get it but gild.com, GILD.com was taken but we were actually able to secure at a very reasonable price. So, thats how we ended up with the name.Martin: Great!BUSINESS MODEL OF GILDMartin: Can you briefly describe how the business model is working?Sheeroy: The business model is sim ple. The business model is really a SaaS, enterprise SaaS model. Our customers pay us for basically getting access to our database. So what we have, at the end of the day, is we have a database of over 11 million software engineers from around the world, for whom we have generated all kinds of public information, ranging from just a profile, a biographical information, all the way to downloading and analyzing a new open source, code contribution that they may have. To analyzing their activity on QA forums, to analyzing the twitter feed. So we analyze anything possible about a software engineer and then trying to arrive to insights from that.Over time obviously, insights are getting better because the more data you have, the more correlations you have, the better are your predictions. Since ultimately we are really trying to make predictions around how good is a software engineer, how in demand might they be, and how likely is it that they move to a different job or opportunity.So t hose are the analytics that we provide to our customers, but then we also give them access to all the detailed data that weve collected on someone. This is a highly rich profile. So with our software called Gild Source, you get access to all of these. Then there are some work flow built in there as well, so you can do a lot of relationship building with the candidates, you can do all kinds, you know think of it as almost like a CRM system for hiring. So you have a database and a CRM system, all combined together, and our customers get access to that and they just pay us on subscription base.Martin: Is it only for full time employees that you are trying to match with the employers, or is it also for project related kind of matching?Sheeroy: So, we dont distinguish. We are simply out there, looking for information on software engineers and trying to tell a customer how good they might be. Im sure many of them are looking for freelance opportunities and probably majority of them are l ooking for full time opportunities. But we dont differentiate between the two.Martin: Because I would imagine, if you distinguish between the two, then you can say that theres some kind of trigger or analytics behind that. Okay, that theres an 80 % chance that person would be willing to switch his job.Sheeroy: Right. I think we probably can if we have enough data that we probably could analyze it and be able to say, we think this person is more interested in a full time opportunity or this person is more interested in, you know some kind of part time or consulting. We dont do that. Thats an interesting idea. Something that our customers really havent brought up to us. And thats one of the things we really rely on quite a bit is, our customers.Very early on in the company, we made a decision to invest very heavily on what is today called Customer Success. Where 4 or 3 years ago, people refer it as customer service, we call it customer success from the start. The whole idea was not ju st so that we are making sure that our customers are successful in using our product but also, it builds a deep relationship so we truly understand, get feedback on the product. And thats really important to us.Martin: Theres one very interesting algorithm that you are using. Can you tell us a little bit more how this matching into supply and demand works.Sheeroy: I mean, its number one out of many algorithms over here. We started off very simple. In the first iteration of the algorithm really was all about just trying to tell our customers of how good some of them might be.The first iteration, that Luca built, was purely based on analyzing a software engineers open source code. So we would actually download the entire code repository that we would find, we parse it so we knew what programming languages they were using, how many lines of codes that were written, and then we would run analytics, basic analytics from the quality of the code, how extensive was the code, how well docume nted it is, etc. And based on those analytics, build issues of algorithms which would say, heres how good we think this software engineer is. It is heck of a lot more sophisticated today, 3 years later.So the software contribution is on the component of what we do, as I said, we also analyze activity and the level of activity on things like Stack Exchange, which is QA site. Then we start looking also at things, where the other developers that this individual is working with. So sometimes they collaborate on open source projects. Or maybe they are answering questions, or going back and forth with another developer, who is also very highly rated. Now, its like birds of feather flock together, so people of similar types tend to work together. So, if you are collaborating or working with really high engineers, chances are youre pretty too. Thats an additional insight we can grasp.And then it has gotten even more sophisticated because as we develop a very large database of what I called fact based software engineers. So now we can based on looking at quality of code or based on looking at their QA activity, etc., we can say that, in fact this software engineer is really very capable. But we can also start looking at matching people biographical backgrounds with the quality that we think they are. So over time, weve also been able to get insights into Okay if we see a correlation on Im giving an example, I am not saying this is true, but an example maybe that anyone who worked at a certain company during the late 1990s as a software engineer, the chances are We see correlation that a lot of engineers there at that time were very high quality. So chances are, if we know nothing about you, all that we know is that you worked at that company in the late 1990s, now we can start making prediction that likelihood is reasonable that youre probably a pretty good software engineer. So analytics and as I said, there are many, many algorithms out here and the overall quality of the analytics and the complexity of the analytics, has gone up quite a bit over the course of the last 3 years.Martin: When you were a very young startup understanding your customer needs etc, its very important and you also said that the customer success is very important for you. How did you try to understand what the customers really want in the early days?Sheeroy: You know, it is still a challenge, not just early days, because, and I think this is the conundrum, because customers are great at telling you what is wrong with your product, what they dont like. They are very great at telling you how to tweak a certain feature, about what they like to see. That is good.Martin: Evolutionary stepSheeroy: Evolution stuff, they are very good at that. What customers are not very good at is revolutionary stuff. Because a lot of times, they dont know what they dont really need. So its really interesting because of what we focus on a lot. This is a trap, I think a lot of companies and ent repreneurs get into it, which is you start focusing on the recommendations that the customers are making.We tend to focus more on the pain that the customer has: what is not working for them, what is the problem. And then, Luca, the product team is doing an awesome job, of analyzing all the things that are not going well for the customers to come up with a unique solution. We always ask ourselves: Can we address this need in a way that no one else has. Can we address them in a unique way that is going to be significantly better than what anyone else is doing? Thats the first place we go. If we cant do that, then the question can we just get rid of the pain? But what we have found is, if you pay a lot of attention So what really comes down to all of this is being close to your customer and enough of your customer so you can see the patterns, where is the most pain. Where are they most unhappy? And then being able to really look at ourselves Okay, is there a unique way in which we address that. So thats how we come up with the revolutionary solutions, and thats hard. That takes time.Martin: Would you describe the Gild business model more of a local market place or would you say its a more global market place where I can find and hire developers from another country?Sheeroy: Its global. Our database is 100% global. So thats number one, the database is totally global. You can search developers anywhere. In terms of how customers implement that obviously smaller companies are more regional. They are looking to hire potentially in 1 or 2 locations. And our larger customers are more global. Theyre looking to hire people anywhere. Now having said all that, I think there are such a shortage of software engineers, they are such in high demand, we are even seeing startups now looking for software engineers anywhere in the world. You know, we are such a great example, actually more than half of our engineers team are actually in Europe, in Milan. So, were seeing even smaller startups, 50 people or so, having operations in multiple continents.Martin: When you started, what were the minimum features that you that you tried to develop in the product and ship to the market in order to understand what the needs are, so you can decide for a revenue model etc.Sheeroy: The minimum features when we first started was basically was search and results. That really was the minimal things we were trying to do, which is a reasonably easy interface by which you can say: Okay I am looking for an iOS engineer in San Francisco or the Bay area; and then being able to give them results that are relevant to that search and having analytics be good enough that they would make sense.I remember reviewing the first version of the product, it was really rough. The UI (user interface) was extremely rough, we made a lot of assumptions. But I do think among things we did well was, we immediately start taking it to market. We just started talking to tons and tons of prospe cts, showing it to them, getting their feedback and then about 3 months later, we actually started charging customers. Not because honestly that I thought the product was so great that we should be charging. But again, a startup is all about testing a hypothesis, right. First half of the hypothesis was, if we give this level of intelligence is anybody going to care? That was getting anybody to say, this is great, I really like it. So second half of the hypothesis was, has anyone willing to pay for it. Thats why we start charging for it. And within a couple of months we had actually. I think within 2 months were like 20+ paying customers. So like Okay, this is working, people are paying for it.Martin: How did you solve this hen egg problem? Because when you started, this is basically a type of market place which is connected by some kind of scoring algorithm. How did you create the first 1,000 or 2,000 of developers and their first 50 100 companies.Sheeroy: Its a great question, whi ch comes first, the hen or the egg. Actually, right before we started doing what were doing, the Gild Source business, the prior incarnation of our business actually was, we were building a website where software engineers could come and take coding challenges and puzzles and write code and we would analyze that code. So thats truly trying to build a market place. On the one hand, trying to get the software engineers, on the other hand trying to get customers and kind of have supply and demand. That is very challenging. It was actually an outflow from them, which is as we kind of work on there for months and months and we finally realized Gosh, we were trying to build a two sided market is very hard because just the value proposition for the software engineers wasnt compelling if there werent any employers. And for employers its not very compelling if you dont have at least tens of thousands of software engineers that they can search and choose from. That was a big problem.Thats how initially, Luca came up with the idea. He said. Well, lets address the supplier issue just by creating profiles for this software engineers by looking at their public activity. So in a way, we started creating an inventory of software engineers, so then we can then just focused on building out the customers side of it. The initial thought was we would go back and build a community of software engineers but as we continue to move down, we realized, we dont really need to do that. So thats how we got going.CORPORATE STRATEGYMartin: Sheeroy, lets talk about the corporate strategy. Youre currently have this kind of market for software developers. What are your thought on adding other verticals and whether you can also apply this kind of data driven decision process.Sheeroy: We started a company so that eventually we solve the problem of hiring any professions, not just software engineers. So that remains our mission over time. We want to provide this level of analytics and insight into any professional. Lots of challenges to it.Weve been thinking about this for a while, and we have a viewpoint on how we can eventually get there. Which is a secret, Im not going to share that. What Im thinking is on that. But no, we obviously have been thinking about that and well continue in the long term to execute towards that. So thats one answer.Second answer is, were building a company here for the long term. In the way we think about ourselves and talk about ourselves, we want to build a company, this type of problem were trying to solve its not going to get solved overnight. Its going to take some time. So were Okay with that. We are in no rush to just get there tomorrow. With that realization, we also have realized that, if you want to build a very large company, theres a saying if you want to build a monopoly, a broad monopoly, first you got to build a monopoly in a small market. Get that going, get that right, and then you have the opportunity to build a monopoly in the greater market.So thats what were trying to do, were really trying to get it right in software engineering. And really understand what it takes to win and be successful there. Because once we have all the answers there then duplicating this to other professions would be a lot easier for us.Martin: In terms of competitive advantage, would you rather say that Gild has the advantage of having a large network effects, or is it more that Gild scoring system is the key source?Sheeroy: I think our competitive advantage is our analytics. I mean no one else that Im aware of, no other competitor I mean competitors are doing very resourceful things, they are competitors who are aggregating profiles. So to your point earlier, Ill go on LinkedIn and scraping it, Ill go scrape Twitter, and Ill go scrape Facebook, and Ill try to give you an aggregated profile, and we do all that. But no one is doing is really the additional insight of really telling you how good some of us and why we really thin k this person is good and what they are good at. Why they are in high demand or not, or when they might be looking for a job. Those are analytics that no other competitors are providing. That remains our competitive advantage.Martin: Great!MARKET DEVELOPMENTMartin: Tell me about market development. Can you give us a brief overview of how you perceived the kind of market and the players in the market and what is currently happening over there?Sheeroy: So we play in kind of Recruiting HR market. Like most markets, its fairly saturated, theres a lot of noise. Its a noise in market, which is a few are the head of HR, a few head of recruiting acquisition in a company. Chances are high, you probably get a 5-10 emails, voicemails a day telling you, Oh, I have this new amazing thing. A challenge for them, the challenge for us how do you actually get yourself above that noise level. Theres no easy answer to this. I mean I wish I could say, Heres the magic that we came up. But theres no eas y magical answer to this. It is a number of things.For us, what we did is number one, that I think is a little bit unique and different than I see some other startups doing. We do all the normal stuff you would expect us to do: we do contact marketing, we do lead generation, and we do lead nurturing and all that stuff.But I think some of the things that we did differently is, we focus on brand building very early on in the life cycle of the company. So, we were only in the market less than a year, when we were able to get a business cover page story on the New York Times on Gild. That was huge. Probably when I think back in my career like years and years and years from now, Im most likely will remember that Sunday morning, getting the New York Times and right there on the cover. I mean, that doesnt happen very often. That was a good nine months of effort on our part. We had to cultivate a relationship with the New York Times, we had to stay on them, we had to give them really meanin gful story that they could write about. It took a lot of effort, a lot of time, and a lot of money, I guess in some ways. I got to get to invest in PR, as an example. A lot of startups dont believe in that stuff and I understand why they say that. But I think in our case, thats one example of many different things that weve done that have allowed us to stand up above everyone else. And as you know, Id say, I think, one of the things that has distinguish us and hopefully will continue to distinguish us, is our efforts and our emphasis on brand building, which is a long term payoffs. It doesnt payoff short term.Martin: Okay.ADVICE TO ENTREPRENEURS FROM SHEEROY DESAIMartin: For our readers, we always try to share some knowledge, so they make less errors when they start their companies. What would be your advice when starting a company? Maybe you can also talk about when starting a market place.Sheeroy: Starting a company, a couple of things I could probably go on for a while. Just imag ine a couple of things.One of the things that I said earlier, which is dont be afraid to put your product into market early. I think one of the mistakes, entrepreneurs make is that they want to put out a highly polished product and get it right. The fact that matters, you wont get it right, you just wont. Because you dont know, you dont know what the market really wants. So dont worry too much about that, get a product on the market and then get real feedback. So thats the first thing I would say. Thats a process of constantly iterating until you achieved product market fit. Stay really focused on that. So, thats not a unique advice that Im giving, lots of people do that. But its harder than what people think it is.The other thing is, and maybe this is a little more what I see here in the Valley. So Im trying to give some slightly different advice. Theres a lot of focus on fundraising. Of course, especially if you are going to be a SaaS startup or something like that, theres a lot of investment you need to make, and the revenue is kind of trickle in slowly. So, believe me from first hand, I totally understand that financing has a key role. But I do think theres a tendency to get a little bit consumed by financing and worry a lot about evaluation and this and that. From all my experience, I can tell you, worry about the quality of the investor, someone whos going to be a long term partner. Someone you trust and youre going enjoy working with for 10 years because thats what youre signing up for. I think a lot of people get focused on evaluation and the amount they raise, and things like that. I kind of emphasized enough spend really time vetting the investor. If it is a VC firm, vet the partner. This is someone you really want to be talking to on a Sunday evening because thats going to happen. This is the person you want to be seeing at least once a month and this is going to happen because you got to spend a lot of time with this person. So thats the other pi ece of advice Id give.Market place is tough. I mean, what Id say is learn from us and learn from others whove done the same thing, which is youve got to create a supply somewhere. I think the best way to get a market place going is to create that supply artificially.In our case, it was really aggregating and creating these profiles, which end up really being our business. Thats the funny thing, because we havent gone back to building a market place. But, I would say, try to figure out how to artificially create one side of the market and then go aggressively create the other side. The other side hopefully should be the side that pays, so you can start monetizing.Martin: From my understanding, a lot of people when trying to start a market place, they can start by artificially creating some kind of supply. Like some people, what I would call a good artificial supplier, which is real. And some others are trying putting fake profiles, which from my understanding, the majority of people are doing that. What would you recommend, I mean obviously, the artificial supplier would be supported but in most cases it wont work. Would it?Sheeroy: I think it depends on the market place. This is a question of what happens when the rubber actually hits the road, right? What do you actually do? There is no easy answer. I think each market place is a little bit different, but what I would say is, number one is be clear where you are going to generate your revenues from. That part you cant fake. What you got to make sure number one is what is going to be valuable value proposition. Get that value proposition right, then on the flip side, can you generate that artificially. There are many different ways to do it artificially, you dont have to have a huge market. Say, I wanted to build a food delivery startup in San Francisco. Think what I would worry about most is who is going to want the service and are they willing to pay for it. I could artificially put up hundred restaurant s, you can order from any of these restaurants, and the people start ordering, then I got to make sure maybe its me once the order comes in, is running to the restaurant and getting the food or I have some freelancers thats doing that for me. The other side doesnt need to know how you are satisfying the demand. So those are many ways in which you can create artificial supply without really, you dont have 1,000 restaurants. You dont have any agreement with 1,000 restaurants but the buying side doesnt need to know that.So those are the creative things about. So thats why I think market place is tough and I have a lot of admiration for people who pull off market places. Uber, for example has done great. Until you have a startup where you dealt with a market place problem, I dont think you understand, how logistically hard it is to pull something like that off.Martin: Sheeroy, thank you very much for your time. When you hire the next time one of your great employees, whether its a techi e or a finance guy, maybe you should be thinking more about data driven recruiting. Thank you very much! kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-34156541299305568422020-05-22T20:07:00.001-07:002020-05-22T20:07:02.890-07:00Essay about Nursing Code of Ethics - 1368 Words The nursing code of ethics has a very standard definition. It is the base on how nurses should guide themselves in conduct by making the right decision regarding ethical issues. According to the National Student Nurses Association ââ¬Å"students of nursing have a responsibility to society in learning the academic theory and clinical skills needed to provide nursing careâ⬠(2003). In the clinical setting nurses have a lot of responsibilities while caring for an ill patient, they have the obligation to practice their profession with compassion, love, and respect the uniqueness of each patient, as nurses we are not supposed to deny care to a patient because of their economic status, their skin color, race, or the nature of health problems, we areâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦Code of Ethics in nursing it is important to make sure the staff and patients are being respected and treated with dignity. The study of ethics has lead to basic concept such as justice and fidelity, autonomy , beneficence and nonmaleficence. It is very important to understand these concepts, because they assist the nurse with making decisions during difficult situations (ANA, 2001, p 6). Justice and fidelity According to the literature justice refers to the obligation nurses must have with everyone to be fair, it is an approach to ethical decisions making based on objective rules and fidelity means that the nurseââ¬â¢s obligation is to be faithful to commitments made to self and others or loyalty to agreements accepted. This sense of responsibility to fidelity means to be trustful and keep a promise. Therefore, when taking care of a patient who is in a lot of pain and ask the nurse for his pain medication then the nurse promises to the patient that he or she will be back with his ordered medication within five minutes, then as a nurse duty he or she has to come back to the patientââ¬â¢s room within those five minutes, because he or she made the promise. It is an ethical principle that relates to fair treatment in light to what is owed to the patient. 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Furthermore, the waste burning locally generates energy, nevertheless, besides this much more energy is required for new stuff production. ( Hennings, et al. , 2008 ) The whole procedure is named an open-loop supply concatenation. By and large talking, it maps the way from the stuffs to the providers to the terminal consumer. There is no reversal rate from the consumer. There is no return of stuff. The company does non offer any return or recycling system. However, consumers use the merchandise and so at the terminal of the merchandise life rhythm, they throw it off. ( Lebreton, 2007 ) Another possibility is to donate the old apparels to charitable organisations which resell the old apparels to commercial retail merchants in the 3rd universe or in east Europe. In Germany the biggest fabric aggregation is ââ¬Å" Deutsche Rote Kreuz â⬠with 40,000 dozenss collected each twelvemonth. ( Weissinger, 1999 ) In Switzerland there are four large fabric aggregation houses: Texaid, Contex AG, Solitex and Satex. Texaid is the biggest 1 in Switzerland ; it recollects 17,000 dozenss of old fabrics per twelvemonth. The company ââ¬Ës grosss go to relief organisations. The gathered fabrics are classified in different quality categories and removed from waste. ( Truninger, 2005 ) The reselling of these apparels ignited a large treatment, as the pattern destroys local concerns which produce traditional apparels. The effects are that the local fabric industry nearby wholly collapsed, and reorganisation is non possible anymore. Some states have imposed import prohibitions. ( W eissinger, 1999 ) This complex job is good documented in the movie ââ¬Å" oburoni wawu ââ¬â dice Kleider der toten Weissen, â⬠which deals with the inquiry of who needs old apparels and how the concern of old apparels works. The movie shows the way the old apparels take and what happens to them when they arrive in the preset state. ( Strobusch A ; Terpinc, 1995 ) A farther option is the Climatex Lifecycle. This procedure is an innovation from the endeavor Rohner. Out of old fabrics, they produce felt, which is used to mulch and to cover the vegetable spot. As a consequence, the landfill is less to a great extent loaded and the old fabrics have a concluding responsibility. ( Weissinger, 1999 ) As it can be seen from the illustration of Rohner Textiles, end product went up 30 % and was accompanied by a drastic lessening in cost after they launched the new sustainability scheme. The Rohner illustration shows the positive consequence for a concern if they launch a closed-loop recycling scheme. ( IEHN, n.d. ) There is a new innovation to recycle polyester curtain. Teijin is a recycling company which specializes in polyester recycling. Today the company is a Recycling Network. Under the mark ââ¬ËECOLOG, ââ¬Ë are all companies committed to bring forthing fabrics in mono-material polyester. ââ¬ËECOLOG ââ¬Ë fabrics can be recycled easy, as there are no assorted fibres and it can be made easy into a new stuff. ( Outdoortrends, n.d. ) The last possibility in fabric recycling is down recycling. This procedure has been done for old ages now because the rate of return of polyester fabrics was really low. In this instance the recycling companies downcyceld the merchandises to knobs. ( Weissinger, 1999 ) To offer recycled merchandises and the usage of recycled stuffs is an environmentally friendly facet of assorted companies. Nowadays the positive environmental impact of merchandises gives a company a competitory border ; it is a must, non merely an option. Companies secure themselves a great hereafter with a strong sustainability scheme. The ââ¬Å" C footmark â⬠of companies is set to diminish, as they are under force per unit area from different stakeholders, like non-governmental organisations, consumers and authorities, to make so. This force per unit area on companies encourages them to cut down their C footmark with different commissariats like green merchandises, sustainable procedures and societal duty plans ( CSR ) . However, good communicating and labeling towards consumers is indispensable, to allow them cognize about the green attempts made by the company. ( Jo, 2010 ) Focus on Outdoor Industry Harmonizing to the study of Luscombe ( 2010 ) , 59 % of participants buy the purchased point for functional usage and for general every twenty-four hours usage. Merely 3 % bargain it for mundane usage. There is a displacement from utilizing out-of-door merchandises in the athleticss sector towards mundane life usage. The study of EOG shows that quality has the highest impact on the purchasing determination, followed by the trade name name. The 3rd factor impacting the determination is the monetary value. This ranking is for Germany. In Switzerland, the ranking is similar. Quality is the victor, followed by comfort, so the proficient characteristics, and last is the monetary value. Recyclability of the merchandise influences the purchasing determination for 62 % of Germans ; whereas merely 60 % of people are interested in purchasing merchandises made of recycled stuff. In the Swiss study, 67 % are influenced by the recyclability of the merchandise in the purchasing determination and 6 4 % bargain recycled stuff. ( Luscombe, 2010 ) Nowadays, there is a broad scope of reclaimable stuff. It is possible to recycle polyester, polymeric amide and polyurethane. There are two different recycling methods: stuff recycling and chemical recycling. The undermentioned four possibilities are often used in the industry. ( ISOPA, 2001 ) PET-Recycling ( Material recycling ) PET-Recycling became more widespread, as the environmental considerations gain importance. PET bottles have a really short life rhythm, and moreover they are made of rough oil, which causes environmental jobs, as most PET bottles are destined for landfills. You read "Problems In A Product Life Cycle Environmental Sciences Essay" in category "Essay examples" As a consequence, a recycling procedure to recycle the valuable primary resources is a perfect thought. The recycling procedure is non really hard with PET bottles. The stuff to be recycled is ââ¬Ëpolyethylene terephthalate ââ¬Ë . ( Evans, 2010 ) A short recycling procedure description: Colored bottles need to be sorted out. Just crystalline bottles can be used for this procedure. The selected PET bottles have to be cleaned and dried and crushed. These crushed pieces will be heated. Through this warming procedure, the crushed pieces are melted and a crimping machine gives the ensuing polyester narrations their texture. The polyester narrations need to dried. The quality control has to be passed. ( Evans, 2010 ) This procedure can be performed one time. If there is a jacket made out of this PET recycled narration, the used jacket, which is non functional any longer, ends in a landfill. Nevertheless, some natural stuff has already been saved thanks to PET recycling. In the following paragraph are some illustrations about the measure of PET bottles needed to do certain points. ( Heimann, 2010 ) ââ¬Å" With 20 PET bottles, a ski jacket can be produced. A jumper needs about 63 PET bottles and a sleeping bag is made of 83 PET bottles. â⬠These are facts found on the bright hub home page ( Evans, 2010 ) . There is besides a negative facet to PET recycling. Since PET can merely be recycled one time, 360Aà ° recycling is non possible. On the other manus, PET recycling is cheaper than polyester recycling, which is explained in the following point. ( Heimann, 2010 ) Polyester Recycling ( chemical recycling ) A Nipponese company has developed the first polyester recycling system named ECO CIRCLE. This is a closed-loop recycling for polyester points. Old polyester merchandises, which are made out of 100 % polyester, can be chemically converted into new polyester natural stuff. ( Teijin, 2009 ) Products which are reclaimable in this manner have the undermentioned label on them: Figure 6: ECO CIRCLE Logo ( Beginning: hypertext transfer protocol: //www.ecocircle.jp/en/index.htm ) Fleece coats are easy to recycle as they are 100 % polyester. Other coats are frequently a combination of different stuffs. The status for recycling is that the merchandise has 100 % screening truth. The polyester recycling procedure is similar to PET-recycling, but there are some differences as this is a type of chemical recycling. Collected polyester merchandises are broken down into little pieces. Granulated stuff is made. The colouring is removed from the pellets. This procedure requires high energy and important clip. Through chemical intervention, new polyester natural stuff is created. New ââ¬Å" Eco Circle â⬠fibres are created to bring forth reclaimable merchandises. ( Teijin-Fibers, n.d. ) There are different merchandises made by this closed-loop recycling procedure: underwear, T-shirts, jackets, baseball mitts and so on. Swany produced the first closed-loop reclaimable baseball mitt. The list would neââ¬â¢er stop, as there is an limitless possibility to bring forth pro-ducts with 100 % polyester. ( Teijin, 2009 ) This procedure is criticized, as the fibres are produced utilizing crude oil. Critics say that these fibres should non be produced any longer given the turning trouble with crude oil supplies. However the outdoor industry is acute on utilizing polyester fibres, as this fabric is high quality and stopping points long clip. Figure 7: CO2 Reduction There is less ecological harm with this recycling procedure than with the production of new fibres, as per an analysis conducted by the Suedwind Institute ( n. d. ) . This fact is besides apparent in this Figures 10. 77 % less CO2 is released utilizing the recycling procedure than is released bring forthing new natural stuff from crude oil. ( Beginning: hypertext transfer protocol: //www.patagonia.com/pdf/en_US/common_threads_whitepaper.pdf ) This closed-loop polyester recycling reduces the dependence on rough oil, produces less pollution as there is less godforsaken burning and progresses the reuse of old polyester apparels. ( Patagonia, 2009 ) Nylon/Polyamide Recycling ( chemical recycling ) Old fishing cyberspace and rugs can be used for nylon recycling. This recycling procedure is similar to the polyester recycling, but polyamide recycling is more cost- and time-intensive, as the procedure is more sophisticated. The recycled narrations are largely, but non wholly, used for back packs or for bags. The quality is non affected by the recycling procedure. ( Klattermusen, n.d ) The statute law in some states will perchance forbid the disposal of rugs in landfills. With this action, the client will be forced to recycle old rug, but this statute law has non yet passed. However there is a committedness by different companies which supply industrial rugs to take part in a nylon recycling plan. Furthermore there are different roll uping points for old rug in each state. ( Greener-Industry, n.d. ) There are some illustrations of companies which already offer a recycling plan: Klattermusen Since March 2009 Klattermusen offers a new recycling and recovery system, ââ¬Å" rECOver. â⬠Each point which is reclaimable has a sedimentation of one, five, 10 or 20 Euros. If the client brings these merchandises back to the shop, they get the sedimentation back. Each merchandise has an note of the sum of the sedimentation. Another portion of the plan is that used and patched merchandises are donated to a public trust. This recycling plan consists of the following reclaimable stuffs: nylon, polyester, polypropene and metal. It is one of the lone outdoor companies which recycles nylon and polypropene, as it is hard to retrieve these two substances and every bit good as dearly-won. ( Klattermusen, n.d. ) Goretex In 1993 Gore launched a undertaking named ââ¬Å" Gore Balance Project, â⬠which received the European Outdoor Award for Innovation. It was the first possibility to recycle in the dress industry. The purpose of this plan was to recycle fabric laminate, but the clients were non ready at that clip to take part in the undertaking. As a consequence of the low engagement degrees, Gore had to halt this recycling undertaking. Gore company coined the term ââ¬Å" balanced-project. â⬠Old Goretex-coats will be deconstructed into their belongingss and reused. ( Gore, 2007 ) VAUDE /Sympatex This company is a rival to Goretex. They invented a 100 % reclaimable membrane which is made of O, C and H. These constituents are easy reclaimable, like PET bottles. Additionally there is no fluorcarbon used, and they have the bluesign standard enfranchisement. The bluesign strandard will be explained in Chapter 3.5.2. VAUDE is the official spouse of Sympatex. They produced a new out-of-door aggregation under the slogan ââ¬Å" Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. â⬠The aggregation is high quality, therefore long-lasting, and it made of 100 % reclaimable polyester. Fjallraven In 2012 the first reclaimable coats will be sold. ( Fjalleraven, 2010 ) The company has three different constituents in their recycling plan, ââ¬Å" ECOSHELL. â⬠First, fluorocarbon is non used any longer in the coats. This chemical substance was used in the membrane for impregnation. It is a really effectual substance, but on the other manus it has several negative effects. One point is the substance is found in the nutrient concatenation, secondly, the decomposition clip is over 30 old ages and last but non least it is really hard to recycle. That ââ¬Ës why they now use a new substance which is natural. It is a new process invented by Rudolfgroup. The name of the new substance is BIONIC. Second the company is cognizant of the planetary heating, which is besides affected through the recycling plan. ââ¬Å" That ââ¬Ës why they support an environmentally friendly aureate criterion undertaking, they have non-polluting energy production every bit good they cut down the depen dence on fossil fuels â⬠( Fjalleraven, n. d. ) . Last but non least, they employ the ââ¬Å" Eco Circle â⬠recycling system for polyester. The combination of all three points are indispensable to the company, as all influence the environment. ( Fjalleraven, n. vitamin D. ) Figure 8: Recycling Program of Patagonia Patagonia Inc. ( Beginning: hypertext transfer protocol: //www.patagonia.com/web/eu/popup/common_threads/index.jsp ) In 1993 Patagonia produced SynchillaAà ® jackets from sodium carbonate bottles. In 2005 the ââ¬Å" Common Threads Garment Recycling Program â⬠was launched. This take-back plan collects old polyester merchandises to recycle into new narration. Customers have two different possibilities to take part in the recycling plan of Patagonia. One would be to return the points to the shop ââ¬â frequently they have a box there ââ¬â and the 2nd possibility is to direct it straight by station to Patagonia. They collect all the garments and direct them by ship to Japan, where the recycling procedure happens. ( Patagonia, n. d. ) ââ¬Å" Wear it out ; drop it off ; we recycle it ; it lives onaÃâ à ¦ â⬠is the claim of Patagonia ââ¬Ës recycling system, as it can be seen in Figure 11. Recycling Companies Teijin The whole company has different sections. The biggest portion is the scope of man-made fibres. Teijin is the lone company that provides a recycling plan in polyester. These recycled polyester fibres can be used for fabrics in the car, outdoor and dress industries. ââ¬Å" Eco Circle â⬠was launched in 2002. This recycling plan is environmentally friendly. Nowadays 200 companies are involved in ââ¬Å" Eco Circle. â⬠The tendency is that different states such as the U.S. , China, Europe and Japan have a higher environmental consciousness than all immature clients, which increases the reclaimable market. ( Shrestha, 2009 ) Polartec This company produces utmost conditions protection fabrics, insularity beds and lightweight wicking base beds. Polartec is used in many countries, like the Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force, every bit good as in the out-of-door industry. Thankss to coaction with companies which offer recycled narration, the recycled merchandise line has risen from less than 1 % to over 30 % in over four old ages. This fact leads besides to a decrease in emanation and energy ingestion. Since 2010 they have partnered with Unifi, as they produce ââ¬ËRepreve ââ¬Ë narration which is made out of recycled PET bottles. Polartec is confident that with this partnership the recycled merchandise line will turn steadily. ( Polartec, 2010 ) Unifi It is a company which produces multi-filament polyester and nylon textured narrations. These man-made fibres are non merely produced from natural stuff but besides from PET. This fibre is on the market with the name ââ¬ËRepreve. ââ¬Ë They produce polyester fibres every bit good as nylon fibres. The nylon fibres are made out of consumer fibre waste, whereas the polyester fibres are made out of both consumer fibre waste and consumer plastic waste like PET-bottles. In a lb of ââ¬ËRepreve ââ¬Ë narration, there are 27 processed PET bottles. These sustainable and recycled fibres are chiefly used by the dress industry, but they are besides used in the furniture and auto industries. A partnership between Polartec and Unifi shows the tendency in the outdoor industry to utilize ecological narration. ( Repreve, 2008 ) Recycling Ecologically Worthwhile? The contention environing recycling is large. On the cyberspace there are different forums where this issue is being discussed. In this chapter merely some statements out of assorted web logs, web sites and interviews held at the OutDoor Freidrichshafen will be highlighted. Maverick ( n.d. ) is convinced that presents planetary heating, natural instability and H2O deficits are scare tactics. This fact, that the universe is stoping, needs to be stopped, through recycling. This is a crutch, because people who recylcle believe they are profiting the environment, but the recycling procedure itself consumes a batch of energy and causes sometimes more pollution than natural stuffs, harmonizing to Maverick. Maverick ( n.d. ) describes the crutch as follows: ââ¬Å" In a mode similar to medieval Christians purchasing indulgences from priests to be forgiven for their wickednesss without really making anything, recycling may be something we believe to be right and effectual merely because we ââ¬Ëve been told it is. â⬠The consequence should be, that people reuse merchandises and alter their consumer behaviour. ( Maverick, n.d. ) Furthermore, a web log from May ( 2007 ) describes the PET recycling as an unuseful pattern. First of wholly, a batch of C is emitted anyhow, as the bottles need to be shipped to China and the new apparels back. Second the apparels made out of the old PET bottels are non recycable any longer and will stop in a landfill. The apparels are at that place for over 24,000 old ages until they are smoldered. About the transportation cost, Heimann ( personal communicating, July 17, 2010 ) comments that presents, Europeans are so addicted to Asia and to America, that the ships are geting anyhow. These ships have to return to the state of beginning, and it makes no pots to make so without lading. ( Heimann, 2010 ) The company Teijin conducted a research survey about the energy ingestion in a closed-loop recycling system with polyester. The consequence indicates that with the resources saved, energy and CO2 emanation is besides reduced. This computation is made by mensurating the CO2 emanation and energy needed for the recycling procedure, every bit good as that emitted and needed by the production with natural stuffs. To have new polyester, rough oil is needed. To bore rough oil, far more energy is needed than the sum recycling requires. The consequences are shown in the figures below. Figure 9: Decrease of CO2 Emission thanks to Recycling ( Beginning: Leaflet Teijin, Japan â⬠ECOCIRCLE â⬠) The laminitis of the ââ¬Å" Red, White and Green â⬠Blog, Jennifer Grayson, is convinced about the positive facets of the recycling procedure. In 2005, recycling saved an one-year norm usage of energy of 9 million families. This has a direct impact on planetary heating. There is another positive point which concerns employment. The recycling and remanufacturing sectors account for about one million occupations. ( Grayson, 2009 ) The outdoor industry has been criticized for the environmental harm the concern causes, every bit good as for the bad on the job conditions. However the industry has made an attempt to antagonize these negative facets by cut downing their C footmark and by using societal policies every bit good as back uping environmentally friendly undertakings. Some illustrations of eco-conscious methods to accomplish betterment are shown. ( Jo, 2010 ) 1. CSR Corporate societal duty ( CSR ) is an of import manner for a company to demo its duty towards the societal and ecological environment. A competitory border is received by utilizing CSR as a scheme to separate between trade names. ( Jo, 2010 ) 2. Life Cycle Analysis The entire impact on environment has to be understood if the company is interested in bring forthing green merchandises. This impact can be analyzed thanks to the cost construction. This is possible through analysing the life rhythm of a merchandise. All has to be considered, the natural stuff, fabrication, the distribution, every bit good as the usage of the merchandise and last but non least, its disposal. With each measure of the procedure, costs are associated. ( Ciambrone, 1997 ) A cost illustration is shown by Ciambrone ( 1997, pp.1 ) : Design costs Stocking/handling costs User/operating costs Disposal costs Fabrication costs Shipping/transportation costs Reuse/recycle costs Compliance/licensing costs Reducing the cost besides reduces the environmental impact. A company should seek to cut down the life rhythm costs of their merchandises. ( Ciambrone, 1997 ) 3. Ecological Footprint It is a mensurating tool to sort merchandises and services, a company, an organisation, industry sectors, single life styles, vicinities, metropoliss, parts or states. In an LCA, the ecological footmark is ever calculated. What impact a merchandise or a company has on the environment and on the society will be measured. An analysis of the merchandise or the company will be done. There are different standards, such as recyclability, emanation used to bring forth the merchandise and resources used. All factors are evaluated and a computation shows the consequence. The thought behind this is that clients have the possibility to compare the merchandises or companies based on their environmental friendliness. ( Global-Footprint-Network, 2010 ) Goverments and consumers play a active function in forcing frontward the demand for an ecological footmark. ( Jo, 2010 ) 4. Bluesign Certificate To cut down the environmental footmark of the fabric industry, the bluesign criterion was created. Each fabric and yarn maker can use for the certification, but to measure up, it needs to run into the high criterion defined by bluesign. Each company is analyzed exactly. The points evaluated by bluesign ( 2010 ) are the undermentioned: Resources productiveness Consumerism Sewage H2O Discharged air Job safety ( p. 24 ) Retailers and clients can acquire a good orientation about assorted companies thanks to this alone criterion from bluesign. ( bluesign, 2010 ) In the hereafter, companies have to take the duty for cut downing their C footmark. Additionally if the credibleness has to be steady, companies have to be crystalline with their sustainability steps. ( Jo, 2010 ) Drumhead From the recycling position, a rethinking is besides taking topographic point. Closed-loop supply concatenation are needed in all industries. The open-loop supply concatenation does non hold a long life any longer. The best scenario would be if merchandises are used and reused until the merchandise loses its map, at which point it should be recycled. This manner, the merchandise does non complete as waste at the end-of-life stage but has a possibility to last in another merchandise ( downcycling ) or as the same merchandise ( upcycling ) . These procedures help to protect the environment. How to cite Problems In A Product Life Cycle Environmental Sciences Essay, Essay examples kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-67896198539594470052020-04-29T14:21:00.001-07:002020-04-29T14:21:03.132-07:00The Colour Purple Essay Example For Students The Colour Purple Essay A Lesson Well LearnedThe Color PurpleAlice Walker, POCKET BOOKS/WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS, 1982. The intensively descriptive novel, The Color Purple is about Celie, a woman born in the early 1900ââ¬â¢s, unselfishly surviving the social injustices of those times. As the novel unfolds, Celie experiences so much sorrow, that she is forced to grow up quickly and learn to appreciate the little that life has to offer her. As new people enter her life, she is encouraged to look at life differently and she discovers that she too can have a chance to laugh and love. The themes Alice Walker tries to convey are the reoccuring themes of learning, love and happiness. Understanding the themes allowed me to find the novel fulfilling, well thought out and suitable for young adults, for throughout Celieââ¬â¢s life, she connected with several people who touched heart and showed her the meaning of joy. During her life, she had three strong teachers: Nettie, Sophia and Shug Avery. We will write a custom essay on The Colour Purple specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now Celieââ¬â¢s first joy was definitely Nettie, her younger sister. From early childhood, they shared the same fears and hope. Nettie taught Celie how to hope from a very young age. This was Celieââ¬â¢s first step to happiness. One instance was Nettieââ¬â¢s persistance in teaching Celie how to read. Nettie constantly pushed her to keep trying and always left her with a positive attitude. ââ¬Å"Celie, you smart too.â⬠, Nettie would tell her, and slowly but surely, Celie did learn to read. Nettie shared her intelligence but could not improve Celieââ¬â¢s soft-spoken and weak personality. Sofia, Celieââ¬â¢s step daughter in law, on the other hand was a very strong woman, both physically and mentally. She had a naturally overbearing personality from the first time her character was introduced. Her self-confidence and certainty not only helped her improve the sexist ways of her time, but made Celie realize that she too, could gain control and change the horrible way she was treated by her husband. A prime example of a time where she inspired Celie was when Celie was in the field and Harpo, her step-son, had asked her how he could change his relationship with Sophia so that he could order her around. Celieââ¬â¢s only response was ââ¬Å"beat herâ⬠because that was the only thing that happened in her relationship with her husband. When Sophia found out that Celie had told him to do that, she approached Celie and told her that she had worked all her life for respect and that when she finally had it, Celie had to try and turn things around. This was when Celie di scovered that she could help change the sexist ways of her husband, but once again, her weak personality kept her from doing so. The person who impacted Celieââ¬â¢s life the most was the eccentric Shug Avery. She was a famous singer who happened to appear in Celieââ¬â¢s life at the perfect time. Shug helped Celie tie all her learned lessons together to complete the circle. Shug taught Celie that she shouldnââ¬â¢t let life happen to her, but that she should make life happen. Celie loved Shugââ¬â¢s freedom and wanted independence of her own. Shug helped Celie take charge of her own destiny. Shug had a very positive influence on Celie and her influence made Celie turn her entire life around. Celie left her husband and started a brand new life full of happiness. The Color Purple is a spirited novel full of well-learned lessons. It holds the keys to the happiness of a black woman of the early 1900ââ¬â¢s. Celie was taught to hope, to have self respect, and to control her life. 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Book Reports kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-44766031505546364782020-03-20T17:15:00.001-07:002020-03-20T17:15:02.627-07:00The Russian Annexation of the Crimea, 1772-1783 essaysThe Russian Annexation of the Crimea, 1772-1783 essays The Russian Annexation of the Crimea 1772-1783 by Alan W. Fisher is a text that contains detailed research based on Russian and Ottoman archival documents, as well as primary and secondary sources relating to the subject. The study covers the political events from 1772 to 1783, and is an objective source for understanding not only the Crimean Tatars, but also the rivalry between the Russian and Ottoman empires. A rivalry which not only deeply affected the people of the Crimean peninsula, but also affected its surrounding areas. The grave importance of the Crimea was illustrated because of its access to the Black Sea. As a result, its coastal areas have played an important role throughout the history of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. As an economic area it served its importance through its trade, its grazing lands and also as an entrance into Eastern Europe. As a political zone the Black Sea area was of prime importance to the power of those states which controlled it and its loss to a rival state was always a significant one. (Fisher, 2) As a result Byzantium, Kiev Rus, the Golden Horde, Lithuania, Poland, the Ottoman Empire and Muscovy have all tried throughout various periods of history to control the whole or individual parts of the Crimean Peninsula. The text explained how firm political control around the Black Sea was first gained in the mid-thirteenth century with the Mongol-Tatar conquest. Before this Turkic nomads had passed through the area, but no political or economic unity had existed. As settlements grew the Mongol-Tatar aligned itself with the Ottoman Empire for security. Acting as an independent province with its own political control, the Crimea was still ultimately under Ottoman control. From the Ottoman point of view, the Crimea was of utmost military significance. It acted as a strong northern defense and allowed the supply of soldiers for campaigns in the east against Persia and in... kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-35944994200843670202020-03-04T09:01:00.001-08:002020-03-04T09:01:03.548-08:00Major General Carl Schurz in the Civil WarMajor General Carl Schurz in the Civil War Carl Schurz - Early Life Career: Born March 2, 1829 near Cologne, Rhenish Prussia (Germany), Carl Schurz was the son of Christian and Marianne Schurz.à The product of a schoolteacher and a journalist, Schurz initially attended the Jesuit Gymnasium of Cologne but was forced leave a year before graduation due to his familys financial problems.à Despite this setback, he secured his diploma via a special exam and commenced study at the University of Bonn.à Developing a close friendship with Professor Gottfried Kinkel, Schurz became engaged in the revolutionary liberal movement that was sweeping through Germany in 1848.à Taking up arms in support of this cause, he met future fellow Union generals Franz Sigel and Alexander Schimmelfennig.à Serving as a staff officer in the revolutionary forces, Schurz was captured by the Prussians in 1849 when the fortress of Rastatt fell.à Escaping, he traveled south to safety in Switzerland.à Learning that his mentor Kinkel was being held at Spandau prison in Berlin, Schurz slipped into Prussia in late 1850 and facilitated his escape.à After a brief stay in France, Schurz moved to London in 1851.à While there, he married Margarethe Meyer, an early advocate of the kindergarten system.à Shortly afterwards, the couple departed for the United States and arrived in August 1852.à Initially living in Philadelphia, they soon moved west to Watertown, WI. à à Carl Schurz - Political Rise: Improving his English, Schurz quickly became active in politics through the newly-formed Republican Party.à Speaking out against slavery, he gained a following among the immigrant communities in Wisconsin and was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 1857.à Traveling south the following year, Schurz spoke to German-American communities on behalf of Abraham Lincolns campaign for US Senate in Illinois.à Passing the bar exam in 1858, he commenced practicing law in Milwaukee and increasingly became a national voice for the party due to his appeal to immigrant voters.à Attending the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Schurz served as theà spokesman of the delegation from Wisconsin. Carl Schurz - The Civil War Begins: With the election of Lincoln that fall, Schurz received an appointment to serve as US Ambassador to Spain.à Assuming the post in July 1861, shortly after the start of the Civil War, he worked to ensure that Spain remained neutral and did not provide aid to the Confederacy.à Eager to be part of the events unfolding at home, Schurz left his post in December and returned to the United States in January 1862.à Immediately traveling to Washington, he pressed Lincoln to advance the issue of emancipation as well as give him a military commission.à Though the president resisted the latter, he ultimately appointed Schurz a brigadier general on April 15.à A purely political move, Lincoln hoped to win additional support in German-American communities. Carl Schurz - Into Battle: Given command of a division in Major General John C. Frà ©monts forces in the Shenandoah Valley in June, Schurzs men then moved east to join Major General John Popes newly-created Army of Virginia.à Serving in Sigels I Corps, he made his combat debut at Freemans Ford in late August.à Performing poorly, Schurz saw one of his brigades suffer heavy losses.à Recovering from this outing, he showed better on August 29 when his men mounted determined, but unsuccessful assaults against Major General A.P. Hills division at the Second Battle of Manassas.à That fall, Sigels corps was re-designated XI Corps and remained on the defensive in front of Washington, DC.à As a result, it did not take part in the Battles of Antietam or Fredericksburg.à In early 1863, command of the corps passed to Major General Oliver O. Howard as Sigel departed due to a dispute with new army commander Major General Joseph Hooker. à à à Carl Schurz - Chancellorsville Gettysburg: In March 1863, Schurz received a promotion to major general.à This caused some ire in the Union ranks due to its political nature and his performance relative to his peers.à In early May, Schurzs men were positioned along the Orange Turnpike facing south as Hooker conducted the opening moves of the Battle of Chancellorsville.à To Schurzs right, the division of Brigadier General Charles Devens, Jr. represented the right flank of the army.à Not anchored on any type of natural obstacle, this force was preparing for dinner around 5:30 PM on May 2 when it was surprised attacked by Lieutenant General Thomas Stonewall Jacksons corps.à As Devens men fled east, Schurz was able to realign his men to meet the threat.à Badly outnumbered, his division was overwhelmed and he was forced to order a retreat around 6:30 PM.à Falling back, his division played little role in the rest of the battle.à Carl Schurz - Gettysburg: The following month, Schurzs division and the rest of XI Corps moved north as the Army of the Potomac pursued General Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia towards Pennsylvania.à Though a diligent officer, Schurz became increasingly overbearing during this time leading Howard to correctly guess that his subordinate was lobbying Lincoln to have Sigel returned to XI Corps.à Despite the tension between the two men, Schurz moved quickly on July 1 when Howard sent him a dispatch stating that Major General John Reynolds I Corps was engaged at Gettysburg.à Riding ahead he met with Howard on Cemetery Hill around 10:30 AM.à Informed that Reynolds was dead, Schurz assumed command of XI Corps as Howard took overall control of Union forces on the field. Directed to deploy his men north of town to the right of I Corps, Schurz ordered his division (now led byà Schimmelfennig) to secure Oak Hill.à Finding it occupied by Confederate forces, he also saw the XI Corps division of Brigadier General Francis Barlow arrive and form too far forward of Schimmelfennigs right.à Before Schurz could address this gap, the two XI Corps divisions came under attack from the divisions of Major General Robert Rodes and Jubal A. Early.à Though he showed energy in organizing a defense, Schurzs men were overwhelmed and driven back through the town with around 50% losses.à Re-forming on Cemetery Hill, he resumed command of his division and aided in repelling a Confederate attack against the heights the next day.à à Carl Schurz - Ordered West: à à In September 1863, XI and XII Corps were ordered west to aid the beleaguered Army of the Cumberland after its defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga.à Under the leadership of Hooker, the two corps reached Tennessee and took part in Major General Ulysses S. Grants campaign to lift the siege of Chattanooga.à During the resulting Battle of Chattanooga in late November, Schurzs division operated on the Union left in support of Major General William T. Shermans forces.à In April 1864, XI and XII Corps were combined into XX Corps.à As part of this reorganization, Schurz left his division to oversee a Corps of Instruction in Nashville. In this post briefly, Schurz took leave to serve as an orator on behalf of Lincolns reelection campaign.à Seeking to return to active duty following the election that fall, he had difficulty securing a command.à Finally obtaining a post as chief of staff in Major General Henry Slocums Army of Georgia, Schurz saw service in the Carolinas during the final months of the war.à With the end of hostilities, he was tasked by President Andrew Johnson with conducting a tour of the South to assess conditions throughout the region.à Returning to private life, Schurz operated a newspaper in Detroit before moving to St. Louis. Carl Schurz - Politician: Elected to the US Senate in 1868, Schurz advocated fiscal responsibility and anti-imperialism.à Breaking with the Grant Administration in 1870, he helped start the Liberal Republican movement.à Overseeing the partys convention two years later, Schurz campaigned for its presidential nominee, Horace Greeley.à Defeated in 1874, Schurz returned to newspapers until appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Rutherford B. Hayes three years later.à In this role, he worked to reduce racism towards Native Americans on the frontier, fought to keep the Office of Indian Affairs in his department, and advocated for a merit-based system of advancement in the civil service. Leaving office in 1881, Schurz settled in New York City and aided in overseeing several newspapers.à After serving as a representative of the Hamburg American Steamship Company from 1888 to 1892, he accepted a position as president of the National Civil Service Reform League. Active in attempts to modernize the civil service, he remained an outspoken anti-imperialist.à This saw him speak out against the Spanish-American War and lobby President William McKinley against annexing land taken during the conflict.à Remaining engaged in politics into the early 20th century, Schurz died in New York City on May 14, 1906.à His remains were interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, NY.à à à à à à à Selected Sources Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Carl SchurzGettysburg: Major General Carl SchurzMr. Lincolns White House: Carl Schurz kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-13642889649291561732020-02-17T00:27:00.001-08:002020-02-17T00:27:02.812-08:00Palmtop Mobile Phones Assignment Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 4000 wordsPalmtop Mobile Phones - Assignment Example It is the world most globalizes country whose capital is London which is the third major financial center of the world. The most recent official figures shows that the GDP growth rate of United Kingdom is 3.1% where as GDP grew in 2006 was 23/4% and more than 3% in 2007. According to 2006 rating, the GDP is $ 2.1 trillion where as commercial service imports increases to $ 600 billion. The population of UK according to 2006 was 60,587,000 and out of this 50,763,000 is living in England. Initially 12 countries were choose by the firm, through screening process out of these 12 countries two countries were left and chosen by us as our product international market. The twelve countries selected by the firm are: International marketing of the product starts by assessing the international market and evaluation of the economic information that directly affect on the firm product [Alan M. Rugman and Richard M. Hodgetts (March 2000)]. Screening process for the product involves series of analysis; therefore, we have divided our screening process into many steps using economic indicators to represent that which two countries will suit best for the product. The initial screening process of the firm requires knowing the basic need and potential of population in international market [Anant K. Sundaram, J. Stewart Black, (1995)]. ... INITIAL SCREENING (Basic need and potential) The initial screening process of the firm requires knowing the basic need and potential of population in international market [Anant K. Sundaram, J. Stewart Black, (1995)]. A simple question "who might be interested in buying our product" is used to answer the basic need of the population. There are three ways to answer these questions 1. Current import policies: the current import policies of Australia, Canada, China, Japan and Germany are strict enough that it can cause a huge cost to our product. The taxes and other expenses on the import of these countries will be high as compared to other countries. As extra cost will incurred on the product that's why the cost of the product will be high in these market, causing less purchase of the PDA. Therefore, the choice of countries will exclude Australia, Canada, China, Japan and Germany. 2. Local production of PDA: Australia, Canada, Japan, China, Germany, Italy and United States of America are producing their own PDA's and therefore, establishing our market will in these market will not provide future establishment as these market already hold strong competitors for our product. China PDA's are now becoming more famous as they are using cheap technology and thus providing low price PDA's in the international market. On the other hand Germany, Italy, Japan and Australia are holding different international companies and national companies producing PDA's. 3. Demographic Changes: the demographic changes in India, Pakistan, Poland and Malaysia are in account and thus the potential for our product in these countries will be high [Lee J. Krajewski and Larry P. Ritzman (2003)]. Where as other countries are developed countries and already hold strong market kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-33578327598827044392020-02-03T02:34:00.001-08:002020-02-03T02:34:03.556-08:00Marketing Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 2000 words - 2Marketing - Essay Example Examining the similarities and differences of each of the studies creates a deeper understanding of how results can differ and what is excluded from different studies, despite the similarity of focus with the studies. This research paper will examine four different studies related to the sports retail industry. These will be evaluated first to show how each links to the sports industry and what the main conclusions were. When looking at the different studies, there will be the ability to evaluate and determine both similarities and differences between the studies. By looking into this and examining the alterations between various types of studies, there is the ability to create a deeper understanding about the sports retail stores and how this relates to customer service and management. At the same time, the limitations and developments with the studies can help to define what changes need to be made for more effective applications to the studies. Qualitative Studies The first qualit ative study was based on observations of perceived value which customers had, specifically which related to attitudes, self ââ¬â image congruence, satisfaction and behavioral intentions. The model which was used included showing how each of these levels related directly to how shoppersââ¬â¢ was influenced when shopping in a sports retail store. ... If the positioning wasnââ¬â¢t correct, then it was likely that the behaviors would become negative and the management would seem inflictive. Positioning directly affected the purchase and the feeling of customer satisfaction when creating behavioral intentions from customers (Ibrahim, Naijar, 207: 2008). A second concept which is known to relate directly to the impact of customer relationships and management is with defining the relationship qualities which are built in retail stores and in fitness centers. It has been found that when there are more services and products in sports centers, individuals are more likely to respond in a positive manner. When management follows this with orientation toward different products, then it is also known that the relationships become more significant in the stores. Specifically, there is the belief from the customers that the orientation of services and products is based on building relationships and orientation toward the individuals working in the sport centers, as opposed to only the sale of various products. This increases quality and shows a sense of loyalty, customer satisfaction, commitment and social bonds that are a part of customer needs (Athanassopoulou, Mylonakis, 355: 2009). Quantitative Studies The first quantitative study which was defined was based on the customer satisfaction related to various approaches to management and customer service. This was defined with the customer satisfaction index, which included stated and derived importance variables. The scores were based on the importance that customers had to basic concepts within the store as well as performance that was a part of the store. A regression analysis was performed to find which was considered the most valuable to customers. kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-3585286666837561462020-01-25T22:56:00.001-08:002020-01-25T22:56:03.567-08:00N1 Solutions LLC Business Technology AnalysisN1 Solutions LLC Business Technology Analysis Student: Suresh Barre COMPANY PROFILE N1 Solutions LLC. Provides in-depth experience and expertise in legacy application development, release management, and maintenance. We understand that Applications are the key point of any organization. N1 Solutions LLC. Offers VALUE ADD services for both internal and external facing client applications. Their resources come equipped with proven project management techniques, application development methodologies, and release / change management principles whether it is a single resource requirement or staffing up a complete project team, team N1 Solutions LLC has it all. N1 Solutions LLC capabilities help companies improve revenue, drive efficiencies and productivity improvements, automate key processes, reduce process/cycle times, and transform business data into valuable information. N1 Solutions LLC service spectrum consists of a range of technology offerings like: 1. Application Maintenance and Enhancement 2. Custom Application Development 3. Data Centric Services 4. Implementation Methodologies Total no. of Employees: 120 Financial synopsis N1 Solutions LLC is well-established in growth markets and aims to be the right partner for its customers. The company combines deep local knowledge with global capability. The company is trusted across its network for its standard of governance and its commitment to making a difference in the communities in which it operates. N1 Solutions LLC annual revenues more than 20M broke down roughly 20% license, 35% pro services, and 45% maintenance. For new sales, maintenance was 18-20% of license revenue and implementation services roughly equaled license revenue. Here are the few nuggets and features I found so far from this kind of work environment. Transparent Open Communication Give and Take policy Work-Life Balance Training Development-Focused Recognition for Hard Work Strong Team Spirit Clients: 3i InfoTech Walmart Cognizant Technology Solutions Intelligroup IGATE Robert Half Technology HCL Infosys OPPURTUNITIES The experience with N1 Solutions will provide me the opportunity to achieve the real world experience in the ground of Information Technology, Sales Force cloud computing technology and implementation. From the beginning I have been afford the opportunity to partake as an equal member of their internal process. Internship Technology: Salesforce Salesforce Inc. is a global cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Though best known for its customer relationship management (CRM) product. Internship objectives: Working as a salesforce intern, performing duties and activities and analyzing them in different perspectives. Here I am presenting few important internship objectives. To get familiarity with Apex code, Triggers and Visualforce. To Learn SOQL (salesforce object query language) and SOSL (salesforce object search language). To get experience with building salesforce apps and objects. To learn integration techniques using web services and APIs. To get experience in Salesforce customization. To learn Creating Apex business logics. To get salesforce 401 Developer Certification. Personnel Development Goals Observing and learning different projects. To improve business communication skills Planning and organizing client interaction. To develop reporting skills To get experience with managerial skills 3.0 LEARNING OBJECTIVES During the course of my internship, I had a great and vivid exposure in Salesforce technology and implementation. I also had an opportunity to get familiarize with many programs and tools. Also had an opportunity to interrelate many real time Salesforce implementations and design. Programs and tools used and learned during the internship Salesforce Edition: Enterprise Features: Workflow approval automation Report history tracking Profiles and page layouts Custom app development Integration via web service API Salesforce Identity Salesforce Private AppExchange Project Management Tool: Smart sheet for sales force Features: Import from Microsoft Project or Excel Multiple levels of tasks Single sign-on from Salesforce Share project sheets and attached files with anyone inside or outside your Salesforce account IDE (Integrated Development Environment): Eclipse Helios Features: Market place client Open Implementation Package Name abbreviations Virtual Folders Compare Configurations Instance counts Support for Apache Tomcat 7 Other Tools: HTML, Java, .net, Visualforce, Saas and apex code. PROJECT I got an opportunity to involve in a real time project for an implementation of Salesforce architecture. Here is the snapshot of the project I was involved. By using cloud computing technologies the new way of building and running applications are being enabled where applications are accessible as utilities over Internet rather than different softwares running on server or desktop. This is a fairly common model for consumer applications like email etc., and also some business applications, such as customer relationship management. The website force.com platform as a service is the first of its kind in the world, which enables developers to create as well as deliver any type of business applications in the cloud, without software which is entirely on-demand. This technology is a breakthrough new concept. It makes businesses widely successful by making them translate their ideas into usable applications in a very short time. Developing and running these kind of business appliactions with regular software is a complex, not so fast and costly. To overcome these issues a new model, called cloud computing has been brought into existence. To stop buy and maintain hardware and software applications in the cloud are delivered as services. Salesforce.com, over the last decade helped and established this model with applications bussiness. More recently, force.com opened up and made it as open source so anyone can build and run bussiness applications on its server. Salesforce.com mastered this model with applications for business since ten years. Recently Force.com made available its proprietary technologies as open source for anyone who is building and developing bussiness applications and then running them on force platform. This platform allows you to store structured data, implement and run business logic with rules of workflow techniques, custom code and also custom codes and approval process, web browser support, integration with other applications as well. The overall scope of this project is all, but limited to To develop an application for sales forecast details. Provide the Sales forecast details of a company product. Ease of access and use. Secured analysis (confidentiality). Views about present status. PROPOSED SYSTEM In the previous CRM system, there are lot of problems, so a new technology is being used in this project called as cloud computing. To develop an application in the cloud computing environment and to deploy it and also launching it in the cloud is being proposed in this project. It is called as salesforce environment. A simple application developed and deployed in the cloud by using the tools and in the environment there itself. System Specifications User Requirements: A high-speed Internet Connection is needed as an interface between the service provider and User. User name and Password provided by the administrator is needed to the user to work with the application. Hardware Requirements: Processor: 32 bit Processor Ram: 512 Mb Hard Disk: 40 GB Internet: 512 Kbps high speed internet connection Software Requirements: OS: All OS supporting internet browsing. Environment: Force.com Environment Language: Visual Force Functional Requirements Understand the cloud environment provided by SalesForce.com Learning VISUALFORCE Developing an application using Visualforce in the SalesForce.Com Environment Deploying the application Providing the User accounts Accessing the application from user accounts and should work with the applications clearly. Other Non-functional Requirements: Performance Requirements: The performance will be fully based on the Internet connection. The user may not worry about their local system. The local system will be only used as a terminal. Safety Requirements: There are the possibilities of data loss due to the interruption of connection in Internet. So the user must ensure about his uninterrupted internet connection. Security Requirements: All the security issues will be provided by the service provider itself (SALESFORCE.COM). No users are allowed to enter and view the details without proper authentication (password protection). ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES à à This role is more about learning people than coding new fields in Salesforce. One should have familiar with sales process and sales team in a company. Applying and acquiring Salesforce admin and developer skillset as required for project and assignments. Creating Salesforce customization like creating layouts and pages, learning user maintenance, database de-dumping and cleanup, creating reports and dashboards through Salesforce platform. To learn managed outsourced Salesforce implementation and development process. Apply and acquire technical analysis as required per each task, data extraction from old to new system. Salesforce Cloud Application Layout: Dashboard Reports Accounts creation Forecast 6.0 Learning experience Internship is a way to show you if that is the career is you really want. And have first hand experience on what youre going to do, if you choose the trade. This is an option to pay your dues early on. By gaining early experiences as an intern, earn myself a bit more of a leg-up to start. Internship given me exposure to new and professional situationsà ¢Ã¢â ¬Ã ¦with a safety net. They had given me real opportunities for practical application of skill, but are also there to catch me if there is a problem along the way. They provide you experience with a chance to grow. You just dont stop after some years in the trade. The open-minded mentality, Ive experienced, can differentiate successful, progressive professionals from the rest. My learning focus and implementing contribution for the project: Creating Workflow Rules: To automate organizations standard processes by configuring workflow rules. Every single workflow rule consists of: A criteria which determines when the software salesforce executes the workflow rule. And also any changes that causes any record to match this can trigger the workflow rule-it even changes it to hidden fields. The actions immediately to take, when this workflow rule executes. For an example, the software Salesforce sends automatically an email that notifies the opportunity team when a new high-value opportunity is created. There are Time-dependent actions which the Salesforce software queues when the workflow rule executes. Creating Page layouts and Field level security: Field-Level Security It restricts users to edit files and also view them by any means, which includes reports and search results, list views and related lists and email and also mail merge templates, with custom links, connect offline to the API and when also synchronizing data or importing personal data. It overrides any weak restrictive field access settings in the pages layouts and also mini page layout. For an example, if the field is required and read only in the page layout in the field level security settings, it overrides the page layout and the field will be read only for the user. It overrides low restrictive field settings in layouts of search. For example, if a field is visible in the search layout but hidden for certain users via the field-level security settings, the field-level security overrides the search layout and the field will be hidden for those users. For an example, if it is any field, which is visble Page Layouts It controls the layout, organization of detail and edit pages , related lists, which fields, custom link users see on detail and edit pages only. And also control standard and custom buttons display on detail pages as well as related lists. Page layout will determine whether fields are visible, read only, or required, on detail and edit pages only. In Personal category , by going into Contact Manager, and to Group, and Professional Editions, and to control which fields users can access in related lists, and to list views, reports, and to Connect Offline, and to email and mail merge templates, and to custom links, and when synchronizing data or importing personal data. In Professional category, by going into Enterprise, and to Unlimited, Performance, and Developer Editions, and to determine some aspects of mini page layouts, including record type and profile associations, related lists, fields, and field access settings. The visible fields and related lists of the mini page layout can be further customized, but the other items inherited from the associated page layout cannot be changed on the mini page layout itself. Mini page layouts display selected fields and related lists of records in the mini view of the console. It Should not be used to secure data, if we take an example, by removing the Edit button from a page layout, it doesnt prevent users from using inline editing to modify the already established or any records. And to prevent the users from editing data, it uses any number of combination of sharing rules, field-level security, page layout field properties, validation rules, object permissions, and Visualforce pages. Sandbox Testing: Sandboxes create copies of your organization in separate environments. Use them for development, testing, and training, without compromising the data and applications in your Salesforce production organization. Sandbox Types: Developer Sandbox These sandboxes are meant for using coding and testing to be in an isolated environment. These include production organizations configuration which is also known as metadata. Developer Pro Sandbox These are the sandboxes that are intended for developing and testing in the isolated environment. These include the metadata of the organization. These have more storage than developers sandboxes. This allows for more robust test data sets and enables the environment to handle development testing more. Partial Copy Sandbox These are intended for using as testing environments. These can be used for testing tasks like user acceptance testing, training and integration testing. These include metadata configuration, your production data as defined by this sandbox templates. Full Sandbox These sandboxes are intended to be used as testing environment. Only sandboxes support performance testing and load testing and staging. These are a replica of your production organization. This includes all data including metadata. Refresh interval length makes it difficult to use full sandboxes for development. When you create a Full sandbox, you also have to decide how much field tracking history and Chatter activity to include. The default is to omit field tracking, but you can include up to 180 days of field tracking. Specify fewer days to avoid generating an excessive amount of data if you track field history for many objects in your production organization. Chatter activity data can be extensive, which can add a significant amount of time to your Full sandbox copy. Validation Rules Validation rules verify that the data a user enters in a record meets the standards you specify before the user can save the record. A validation rule can contain a formula or expression that evaluates the data in one or more fields and returns a value of True or False. Validation rules also include an error message to display to the user when the rule returns a value of True due to an invalid value. Salesforce runs validation rules before creating records submitted via Web-to-Lead and Web-to-Case, and only creates records that have valid values. Validation rules continue to run on individual records if the owner is changed. If the Mass Transfer tool is used to change the ownership of multiple records, however, validation rules wont run on those records. Workflow Rules and Approvals: Each workflow rule consists of: The criteria that determines salesforce executes the workflow rule. And any change that causes the record to match the criteria triggers the workflow rule- it even changes to hidden fields. Workflow automates some types of actions which are as: Email Alerts-Send an email to one or more recipients. It can automatically send the sales management an email alert where the sales representative qualifies a large deal. Tasks-Assign a new task to a user, role, or record owner. It can automatically assign follow-up tasks to a support representative one week after a case is updated. Field Updates-This Updates the value of a field on a record. This will automatically change the Owner field on a contract 3 days before it expires. Flow Triggers-It Triggers an auto launched flow. It triggers the wrokflow actions, which are formerly available in a pilot programme, are superseded by using the process builder. Outbound Messages- this sends a secure configurable API message to a designated listener. For an example, this will automatically initiate a reimbursement process for the approved expense report after triggering an outbound API message to the external HR system. Approvals This is an automated process where the organization can use to approve salesforce records. This process explains in detail the steps necessary for the record, for the approval and also decides who has to approve it at each step. These steps can apply to each record in the process or certain defined by the administrator. It also specifies for any action taken in the records for approval. Apex code: Apex is an object-oriented programming language which allows developers to execute flow and transaction control statements on the Force.com server. It uses syntax that almost looks like java and this also acts like database stored procedures. Apex also enables developers for adding business logics and visualforce pages. This code can be started by web service requests and also from triggers on objects. Apex is: Integrated, Easy to use, Data focused, Rigorous, Hosted, Multitenant aware, automatically upgradeable, easy to test, Versioned. Visualforce Visualforce is a framework which allows developers to build fully sophisticated, custom UIs that can be hosted nativly on the Force.com platform. The Visualforce framework includes a tag-based markup language, similar to HTML, and a set of server-side standard controllers that make basic database operations, such as queries and saves, very simple to perform. In the Visualforce markup language, every Visualforce tag relates to a coarse or fine-grained UI component, such as a section of a page, a related list, or a field. The behavior of Visualforce components can either be controlled by the same logic that is used in standard Salesforce pages, or developers can relate their own logic with a controller class written in Apex. Visualforce page definition consists of two primary elements: Visualforce markup HTML, JavaScript, or any other Web-enabled code are tagged by visual embedded within a single tag. It defines user interface markup of components are to be included on the page, and they should appear the way they should. A Visualforce controller It is a set of procedural instructions that specifically tells what happens when the user starts to interact with the specified components in associated Visualforce markup, such as when a button or a link is clicked. They also provide access to data which should be displayed and can modify component behavior. A developer can use standard controller provided by the Force.com platform, or add some custom controller logic by using a class which is written in Apex: A standard controller which consists of the same functionality and logic used for a usually standard Salesforce page. For an example, if we use some standard Accounts controller, by clicking the Save button in the Visualforce page which results in the similar behavior by clicking Save on a standard Account edit page. Triggers Apex can be started through the use of triggers. A trigger is an Apex code which executes before or after the following types of operations: insert merge upsert upload delete undelete Relationship between the internship and my field of studies A primary objective of internship is to provide students with an opportunity to test abilities and attitudes toward particular material or career possibilities for the future For me classroom learning is important, but it does not provide me with real work experience to prepare me for a career after graduation. Exposure to the workplace environment is needed to bridge the gap between learning in the classroom and application in the work environment. Since I am doing MBA with Management Information Systems as my concentration, it is a great opportunity to get real time work exposure in multi-faceted environment. Salesforce objects and relationships Salesforce Development Life Cycle Stages 7.0 CONCLUSION In review the internship that I have been to work is an excellent and rewarding experience. I was fortunate to meet and work with many people that I am sure will be able to help me with opportunities in the future. The things I have learned from this internship are time management skills and self-motivation as well as work discipline. I never thought I could work eight hours straight everyday for five days in a week. When I realized that I planned my day and work ahead so I dont waste any of my working hours. I made myself to be ready with all the doubts, when it was the correct time to get feedback. This internship motivated me through work in the office continuously for many hours. I also suggested my share of ideas and proposed some proposals that the company is looking forward into using. In conclusion, the internship is an useful experience, I have find out what my strengths and weakness are; I gaining new knowledge and skills and met many new people, I am achieving many of my learning goals, however for some the conditions did not permit to achieve them as I wanted. This Internship is giving me new insights and motivation to pursue a career as a salesforce developer. To prepare myself for my future career I can improve several things. I can work on my communication skills so that I am able to present and express myself more confidently. 8.0 APPENDICES THANK YOU ****************************************************************** kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-12553207771587747562020-01-17T19:19:00.001-08:002020-01-17T19:19:03.369-08:00Breaking Bad EssayBreaking bad is an American drama series produced and created by Vince Gilligan The series premiered on January the 20th 2008. Airing on AMC in the us and Canada The show is currently in its 5th and last season, the 2nd half of the show is aired the summer of 2013. The series is about Walter white he is a chemistry teacher, Walter White, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given only two years to live, he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his wife and teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, in New Mexico. Determined to ensure that his family will have a secure future, White embarks on a career of drugs and crime. He proves to be remarkably proficient in this new world as he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular hard working man and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player of the drug trade Walter white evolves over the seasons from a naà ¯ve chemisty teacher to the mastermind behind a large scale drug operation. Reception Breaking Bad has received widespread critical acclaim and has been praised by some critics as the greatest television drama of all time. It scored a 99/100 on its last season on metaoritic. Metacritic is a review site that combines all the available reviews out there. Awards The seriers has won numerous awards and nominations. Including 7 emmy awards. The actor of walter white, bryan Cranston has won the outstanding lead actor awards for 3 consecutive years. In total the show has won 35 industry awards and been nominated for 117 kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-86409970884748956622020-01-09T15:41:00.001-08:002020-01-09T15:41:03.001-08:00Short Story - 818 Words Applause and cheers swept the room when his song was done. And as calm as he looked, a smile curved his lips long enough to reflect his appreciation to his audience. But deaf to their requests to sing again, his eyes caught the gentle shimmer of a tear running down the one lady he just sang to. Was it grief? Or was it the truth he weaved into that ballad? To these gathering crowds, this was just a song, a string of words they can recite to drive the boredom away. Just another tale to echo through the banquets or for a lover to praisehis love in an eccentric way. But only he know the truth of his words, as well as the woman who refused to turn away or break into tears, and instead carried herself with the might of the maiden he justâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦With his smile unwavering, he asked her to bring him a platter of bread and meat with a mug of ale. The maids smile was even wider than his, scurrying away to bring the bard his breakfast while he made his way to sit on the op posite side of the Maiden Fair. On the same table, and three arms of blank wood separating them. His own smile, like a mask stuck on his face, void of emotions, something hes grown accustomed to wearing wherever he went. The look that morphed in her eyes was still playing in his mind even as he sat right before her. Knowing she had her sword by her belt, he still did not hesitate to speak to her, You know, as a bard, it wouldnt serve me well if my ballads are not appreciated ... Especially by those who I happen to sing about. Eyes tethered to her own as he sat before her. The same smile curving up after he spoke. The maid he just asked earlier brought his platter, but he went first for the ale, washing down the parching thirst from singing at such an early hour. Wiping his lips with the back of his hand as he put his mug down, he tore a piece of meat with his own hand and stuffed it into a piece of bun and chewed into it. Not with a lack of manner, but his own bite was considerably big. All the while, never breaking away from her eyes. And once he swallowed, he spoke with a playful tone, You see, if these fools realized, I was singing of you, my lady, andShow MoreRelatedshort story1018 Words à |à 5 Pagesï » ¿Short Stories:à à Characteristics â⬠¢Shortà - Can usually be read in one sitting. â⬠¢Concise:à à Information offered in the story is relevant to the tale being told.à à This is unlike a novel, where the story can diverge from the main plot â⬠¢Usually tries to leave behind aà single impressionà or effect.à à Usually, though not always built around one character, place, idea, or act. â⬠¢Because they are concise, writers depend on the reader bringingà personal experiencesà andà prior knowledgeà to the story. Four MajorRead MoreThe Short Stories Ideas For Writing A Short Story Essay1097 Words à |à 5 Pageswriting a short story. Many a time, writers run out of these short story ideas upon exhausting their sources of short story ideas. 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The story follows through first person narration by a group member named Holden. This story would be considered a gothic short story because of its use of setting, theme, symbolism, and literary devices used to portray the horror of a missing six-year-old girl. Plot is the literal chronological development of the story, the sequence of events kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-48030182998341020662020-01-01T12:06:00.001-08:002020-01-01T12:06:03.119-08:00Men of Athens Who Contributed to the Rise of Democracy Way back when there wasnt a draft and people didnt look to the military for a paycheck, although they may have seen it as an avenue to great wealth. Ancient cultures, including Athens, expected their wealthier citizens to serve as soldiers, providing their own horses, chariots, weapons and armors, and reaping rewards, if they won, through pillaging. When ancient Athens needed more bodies for their military, they looked to ordinary citizen soldiers to augment the aristocracys cavalry. These soldiers were small farmers barely able to stave off starvation for themselves and their families. Being required to serve in the military might provide plunder, but it would provide a hardship because the able bodies would be absent when they were most needed for agriculture. Early Armies Manned By the Wealthy As long as the military strength of a country depends on cavalry, the nobles and those with sufficient wealth to provide horses have a legitimate claim to power. After all, its their lives and goods on the line. This was the case in Ancient Athens. And indeed the earliest form of constitution among the Greeks after the kingships consisted of those who were actually soldiers, the original form consisting of the cavalry for war had its strength and its pre-eminence in cavalry, since without orderly formation heavy-armed infantry is useless, and the sciences and systems dealing with tactics did not exist among the men of old times, so that their strength lay in their cavalry; but as the states grew and the wearers of heavy armor had become stronger, more persons came to have a part in the government.Aristotle Politics 1297B Need More Soldiers? Decrease the Qualifications But with the rise of the hoplite, non-equestrian army, ordinary citizens of Athens could become valued members of society. For Athens, the hoplite warrior was not the poorest of the poor. Each hoplite had to have enough wealth to provide himself the requisite body armor to fight in the phalanx. Know that this is good for the city and for the whole people, when a man takes his place in the front line of fighters and keeps his position unflinchingly, has no thought at all of shameful flight, gives himself an enduring heart and soul, stands by his neighbour and speak words of encouragement to him: this is a good man in war.Tyrtaeus Fr. 12 15-20 Rich vs Poor in Athens By becoming a part of the hoplite phalanx, an ordinary citizen of Athens was demonstrably important. Along with his military importance came a sense that he had a right to be involved in decision-making processes. [See Four Tribes and the Ancient Social Order in Athens.] War meant the small farmer / ordinary citizen had to leave his farm, which could fail and his family starve unless a conclusion to the battle in which he was fighting was reached by the time he was needed to work his field. [See Land Shortage in Athens.] In addition, some of the aristocracy (known as eupatrids) became wealthier than ever because an economy based on the exchange of commodities was replaced by coinage. The first clear sign of a new tension caused by the economy that developed between the eupatrids and the ordinary citizens was Cylons attempt to usurp power in Athens. Olympic Athlete Cylon, an Athenian nobleman orà eupatrid, was an Olympic athlete whose victory in 640 B.C. won him a kings daughter and accessà toà the top position in Athens. He married the daughter of Theagenes, theà tyrantà of Megara [seeà map section I e-f].à Aà tyrant, in the 7th century B.C., meant something different from our modern concept of a tyrantà as a cruel and oppressive despot. A tyrant was a usurper in ancient Greece. Think coup detat. He wasà a leader who had overturned an existing regime and took control of the government. Tyrants even had some measure of popular support, usually. [The concept is complicated. For a detailed look, seeà Ancient Tyranny, by Sian Lewis.] Botched Coup Cylon wished to become tyrant of Athens. It is possible he had radical reforming tendencies that would have appealed to poor farmers. Even if he did not, he must have counted on their support, but it never came. Backed mainly by his father-in-law Theagenes threatening forces, Cylon attacked the Acropolis in Athens. Cylon thought he had selected an auspicious day, but his interpretation of theà Delphic Oracleà had been wrong (according to Thucydides). The Oracle had told him that he could become tyrant during the great festival of Zeus. Zeus was honored on more than one annual occasion and Cylon had made assumptions without adequate information. Cylon assumed it was the Olympic festival. Curse of theà Alcmaeonids Cylon lacked a broad base of support, perhaps because the Athenians feared he would be a puppet of his father-in-law. At any rate, his plot failed. To save their lives, some of his fellow conspirators sought sanctuary in the Temple of Athena Polias. Unfortunately for them, in 632 B.C., Megacles of the Alcmaeonids was archon. He ordered the killing of Cylons supporters. Although his supporters were killed, Cylon and his brother managed to escape. Neither they nor their descendants were ever to return to Athens. The People Get Fed Up The privilegedà eupatridà (aristocratic) few in Athens had been making all the decisions for long enough. By 621 B.C. the rest of the people of Athens were no longer willing to accept arbitrary, oral rules of theà eupatridà thesmothetaià those who lay down the law and judges. Draco was appointed to write down the laws. Athens may have been a late-comer to the written law code since it may already have been done elsewhere in the Hellenic world. Problems Introduced by the Law Code of Draco Whether or not it was intentional, when Draco codified the laws, it brought to public attention Athens outrageous and archaic penalties. Part of the excess was Draco himself. The story goes that when asked about the harshness of his punishments, Draco said the death penalty was appropriate for stealingà even so much as a cabbage. If there had been a worse penalty than death, Draco would gladly have applied it to greater crimes. As a result of Dracos strict, unforgiving code, the adjective based on the name Draco -- draconian -- refers to penalties considered excessively severe. And Draco himself, they say, being asked why he made death the penalty for most offences, replied that in his opinion the lesser ones deserved it, and for the greater ones no heavier penalty could be found.Plutarch Life of Solon Slavery For Debt Through the laws of Draco, those in debt could be made slaves -- but only if they were members of the lower class. This means members of aà genosà (theà gennetai) could not be sold as slaves, yet their hangers-on (orgeones) could. Homicide Another result of the codification of laws by Draco -- and the only part that remained part of the legal code -- was the introduction of the concept of intention to murder. Murder could be manslaughter (either justifiable or accidental) or intentional homicide. With the new law code, Athens, as a city-state, would intervene in what were formerly family matters of blood-feuds. Greek Terms AlcmaeonidsThe Alcmaeonids were a powerful family of Athens descended from Alcmaeon, son of Nestor. Megacles, son of Alcmaeon, was the archon responsible for killing the followers of Cylon. Cleisthenes, son of Megacles, was archon in 525. Pericles and Alcibiades were other noteworthy Alcmaeonids. ArchonThe word archon is applied to certain officials who were in the timeà appointed by lot and held office for a limited period of time in ancient Athens. One of these archons is referred to as the eponymous archon because the period of his archonship was referred to by his name. This is important for dating events inà Greek history.More on Archons AthensAthens is namedà afterà itsà patron goddess Athena.à On top of its highpoint, known as the acropolis,à wereà Athens important temples, especially, the Parthenon. Since the acropolis was easily made defensible with walls, cities, including Athens, formed around them, citizens gathering within in times of attack. Northwest o f the acropolis was the Areopagus where homicide cases were tried. The assembly met on theà Pnyx hill. The center of Athens was the agora, an open publicà place, and market. EupatridsThe well-born or aristocracy of Athens. The /eu/ means good or well and the patrid refers to the father as inà patriarchy, so the well-born are well-fathered. HopliteThe Hoplites were the heavily armed infantry soldiers of the Greeks. It is thought by many that the name hoplite comes from a Greek word hoplon for a specific shape (large and round) of the shieldà with a flat offset rim (itus) and two handles on the inside possibly invented by 700 B.C.More on Hoplites PolisIn the ancient world, from before the time of empires and modern-style countries or nations, political entities were cities and the environs. These cities constituted the states, making them city-states. The Greek form was the polis. ThesmothetaiThe 6 archons of Athens known as theà thesmothetaià were the layers down of the l aw. kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-57291884255875585792019-12-24T07:51:00.001-08:002019-12-24T07:51:04.756-08:00Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - 2866 Words Epstein and Baucom define positive and negative affect in ECBT by breaking them down into categories based on emotional state, activation level, and interpersonal/intrapersonal focus, emphasizing the link between emotions, cognitions and behaviors. Positive emotions are described as having five broad categories, including (1) happy-joyful, (2) close-warm, (3) energy-vigor, and (4) relaxed-calm, with the first two being related to emotional state and the latter two being related to activation level. Additional positive emotions, such as ambitious and inspired fall into an ââ¬Å"otherâ⬠category. Negative affect is described as having four main categories, including (1) depressed-sad, anxiety, anger, (2) contempt, (3) sense of fatigue, and (4) other or combinations of negative emotions (e.g., jealousy, guilt, shame). In their description of positive and negative affect, Epstein and Baucom stress the difference between the inter- and intra- personal focus of affect; that is, the d ifference between feeling emotions as an individual and feeling emotions for/towards someone else. For example, whereas general emotional states, such as happy-joyful and depressed-sad, explain a personââ¬â¢s general emotional disposition, other emotional states, such as close-warm or contempt, have a stronger interpersonal focus and include a personââ¬â¢s feelings about another individual. 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Cognitive behavioral therapists kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-22829054962749390582019-12-16T04:21:00.001-08:002019-12-16T04:21:04.272-08:00Does your age affect the care you revive in hospitals Free Essays string(310) " lead to the child not trusting the doctor and nurse to the condition or injury that they have, this could then potentially put the childââ¬â¢s life in danger of them deteriorating rapidly and it then becomes life threaten Adult medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with people over the age of sixteen\." Abstract. There is a vast amount of information that is available to study about the subject of care between adults and children. I intend to investigate some of this research using both primary and secondary sources. We will write a custom essay sample on Does your age affect the care you revive in hospitals? or any similar topic only for you Order Now The primary and secondary sources I will be using will be a questionnaire and for my secondary research I will be using other information provided by other people either on the internet or in health and social care books. My aim of my project was to find out if ââ¬Å"Does your age affect the way you receive care in hospitalsâ⬠; to examine any evidence that could suggest that there are some reasons why your age is affected by the treatment you are given while staying in hospital. Whilst looking and categorization the evidence that I have found about care and hospitals over the years. During my project I explore how it can also affect the patients, carers and their families. I will be looking at the different types of questions that I could possibility answer in again relating back to my question. The project concludes that your age sometimes affect the care you receive in hospitals. The consequences for the future generation could be affected by care in hospitals. Additionally in respective to whether the arguments are relevant to the research that I have included in my taken as a whole project. Introduction. When we talk about age what do we meanI am researching on whether the age of society affects the way you as an individual are treated and cared for in hospitals. I have done a choice of project questions that I would like to find before I started to write up my entire project; ââ¬Ëwhich is does your age affect the care you receive in hospitalsââ¬â¢. I spent some time looking up and researching my learning outcomes that are in relation to what I want to find out. To find out if your age does affect care expectations of the care you receive in hospitals. The difference between adult and paediatric care Where are patients cared for How does it affect the patient itself What expectations patients should expect Attitudes to family life after hospital treatments. I included some points such as ââ¬Å"how does hospital care effect the family?â⬠this shows not only is this project focused on age effecting the treatment received in hospitals and care ,but it also looks how the familyââ¬â¢s are affected. An example of this would be; a 70 year old woman denied hospital care because she is 70 and some procedures may be considered too much of a risk to her life, the family would feel that she was fine for the procedures because of their concern to their grandmother/mother, neglecting to realise the real risk. Family members would feel that she should receive the best care the hospital can offer, and denying her right to life, are the hospitals then committing manslaughterAnd being ageist? Points such as these are included throughout the discussion, and I will debate both sides of the argument, to gain a better understanding of how the care system works for elderly and the young patients and how it affect their families and family life Literature review. There is a vast amount of information that is available to study about the subject of care between adults and children. I intend to investigate some of this research using both primary and secondary sources. What is age? Age is a period of the human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity: the age of discretion. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/age What is the difference between adult and Paediatric care? My own view on what I think the difference between adult and paediatric medicine is that paediatricsââ¬â¢ is classed as children under age of sixteen; and you then become a young adult at the age of 16. The quote below supports my own definition on what I think the difference between paediatric and adult care. ââ¬Å"Paediatric is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children and adolescencesâ⬠The difference between adult and paediatric care is firstly the obvious body size difference; the smaller body of an infant or neonate is substantially different physiologically from that of an adult. This is an explanation by the university of essays to show the different between the cares children receive compared to adults. Another major difference between paediatric medicine and adult medicine is that children are minors and or are in the jurisdictions and canââ¬â¢t make decisions by themselves. Likewise paediatric medicine is used to treat the parents and sometimes the family rather just the child this is because. . Adolescences are in there own legal class. (Adolescences start from the point of view of biological development, a span of time starting with puberty and concluding with maturity. Chronologically, this is usually from about 12 or 13 to 18 or 19 years of age. (Consequently, there are the informal terms teenage years and teenager.) Some authorities suggest that adolescence ends for females at about the age of 21 and for males at about the age of 22) they have the right to accept or refuse treatment in circumstances, e.g. life or death situations. When a child is Ill you have to treat the child, just as you have to treat the mother or father this is because; when treating a child you have to do the following co-operate, have confidence, be relaxed and consent all these are to make sure that you do not make the situation worse that it could already be The child can pick signals up from the parent that there is something wrong and this could make the child worry even more and could make the childââ¬â¢s condition worse than it already is, this could then lead to the child not trusting the doctor and nurse to the condition or injury that they have, this could then potentially put the childââ¬â¢s life in danger of them deteriorating rapidly and it then becomes life threaten Adult medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with people over the age of sixteen. The quote below supports my comment, as it shows the basic points of what adult care is. ââ¬Å"Adult day health care programs offer health services such as physician visits, nursing care, and podiatry, as well as rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy in a secure environment.â⬠There model of adult care is offered to people with variety medical conditions including the following: adults with Alzheimerââ¬â¢s disease, other forms of dementia, or depression persons recovering from stroke or head or spinal cord injuries people with chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease adults with developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome adults suffering from mental illnesses Weak or frail older adults requiring nursing care or assistance with daily living activities http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/A-Ce/Adult-Day-Care.html Clark, Chris L. Adult Day Services and Social Inclusion: Better Days. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001 Where are patients cared for? Planning and Providing Care This area reflects an evaluation of the planning and providing of care, treatment, and rehabilitation, and how the hospital sets care goals for each patient and selects qualified personnel to provide and evaluate the care. We do not directly evaluate the care provided to an individual patient. Rather, the standards require the hospital to monitor the results of care processes. Acute Hospital care- My definition of acute hospitals is, where there is a local accident and emergency department for all the members of the public that need help in a certain way. However on the other hand acute hospitals can provide other services; examples of this is consultants, nurses, dieticians, physiotherapists and a wide range of other professionals. My own definition is supported by the following reference they include: ââ¬Å"Consultation with a specialist clinicians (consultants, nurses, dieticians, physiotherapists and a wide range of other professionals); emergency treatment following accidents; routine, complex and life saving surgery; specialist diagnostic procedures; and close observation and short-term care of patients with worrying health symptoms.â⬠The quote shows me that there is all different health professionals that work along side of each other in the hospital to ensure that the patient has the because possible care that they need to ensure a speedy recovery. 14th December 2010 www.isdscotland.org/isd/3409.html General practionerââ¬â GP Care is a recognised provider of community based healthcare services including diagnostics, outpatient and ancillary services to NHS and private patients; Residential homes- Residential care in my eyes is where the elderly can no longer support themselves, so they move in to a home where they can be supported when they need to be. My reference from the website www.eastsussex.gov.uk/socialcare/â⬠¦/care services/ residentialandnursinghomecare. To back up my quote on the elderly people moving in to residential care, ââ¬Å"Residential care is for people who can no longer manage living in their own home, even with support from home care services. You can stay in residential care for a short time (known as respite care) or over a long period. You would stay in a comfortable furnished room with staff available 24 hours a day. Meals are provided along with other facilities such as hairdressingâ⬠. The quote I used showed that when staying in a Residential care homes are shown that the service user can have the rights and freedom to come and go as they please. A nursing home A nursing home in my eyes is where care 25 hours is given24 hours a day to seriously ill people who have not long left of there life due to ill health my reference from the website: answers.yahoo.com â⬠º â⬠¦ â⬠º Community Service support and back my quote by saying ââ¬Å"Provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services to people with illnesses, injuries or functional disabilities.Most facilities serve the elderly. However, some facilities provide services to younger individuals with special needs such as the developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and those requiring drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Nursing homes are generally stand alone facilities, but some are operated within a hospital or retirement communityâ⬠. My quotes supports me on my definition on a nursing home shows it just does not accommodate the elderly when they are in need. Outpatients- Outpatient departmentââ¬â¢s are where if you have a medical problem or concern that needs to be sorted and for further treatment then your family GP will refer you. The reference I used to get my information on to back up my own quote is from www.dvh.nhs.uk â⬠º Our services â⬠º A to Z of services ââ¬Å"The aim of the NHS service is to provide an efficient, skilled, safe and convenient service to patients and clinicians in a professional, caring and responsive manner and to facilitate the needs of all clinical specialtiesâ⬠so there fore that supports me because it is showing how affective the outpatients department works. This quote shows me that how health care professionals work in a specific way when dealing with members of the public when using the outpatients department. Does religion and age also affect the care you get in hospitals? So does a religion affect the care you get in hospitalsYes it does because if there is a young child or an elderly patient who is muslin who is admitted to hospital; the hospital then has to cater for all Muslim patients with the dietary requirements that they need. You will be asked which ethnic group you belong to. This information is collected to enable the hospital to ensure that the service provided meets the needs of our patients. My quote states that is backs up my personal quote about religion and age in hospitals. ââ¬Å"It is important to bear in mind that some second generation Muslims will have an English meal; i.e. vegetables, fish, rice etc. but they will need to avoid pork and other impermissible foods. ââ¬Å"It is important to be aware that even in the cooking process, any meat or meat products such as gelatin are avoided. The use of separate utensils when cooking or serving Halal and non -Halal food is essentialâ⬠www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/patients-andâ⬠¦/Muslims This quote also shows that some second generation Muslims do eat some English foods while they are having treatment as an impatient in hospitals. Muslim women who are receiving treatment in hospitals need to ensure that they are not treated by a male doctor as it is against their religion. At death Muslims like the body to be wrapped in one or two plain white sheets and the bed turned to face Mecca. Medical ethics: blood transfusions My term when it comes to Jehovahââ¬â¢s witnesses and medical ethic shows that they are not allowed blood full stop but the quote I researched and used shoed that they can have other medical interventions in the place of having a blood transfusion. ââ¬Å"Jehovahââ¬â¢s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions, including antilogous transfusions in which a person has their own blood stored to be used later in a medical procedure; accepting a blood transfusion willingly and without regret is seen as a sin. The Witness concerned would no longer be regarded as one of Jehovahââ¬â¢s Witnessesâ⬠This refusal to accept blood makes supports my quote that it is showing if a Jehovah witnesses is taking some risks when having operations as it can be more dangerous and causes some doctors considerable anxiety. Witnesses are willing to absolve doctors of responsibility. Jehovahââ¬â¢s Witness Hospital Liaison Committees maintain lists of doctors who are prepared to be consulted with a view to treatment without the use of blood transfusion. This has eased many of the tensions related to the issue. . http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/witnesses/witnessethics/ethics_1.shtml How does hospital care affect the patientââ¬â¢s family and relatives? When relatives visit patients it can be very stressful and upsetting. People react in different ways e.g. people can become withdrawn from society and other people. However family members can also become very aggressive as the stress of visiting relatives in hospital is traumatising this could be because it is seeing other sick people in hospital as it make real. In my personal experience of how hospital care can affect relatives is when a close family member died, I became very withdrawn from my close family members, I.E my mum and dad. My source of this information comes from a friend who has gone through this experience How does it affect the patient itself? When patients go in to hospital at first thing they find is that it is overwhelming this has come from my personal experience. I found that the nurses on the ward that I was on; were less caring then they were in the old days. However in the modern day world of nursing; of all the qualities a nurse should possess, perhaps the most important is compassion. ââ¬Å"Elderly people are being subjected to a catalogue of poor quality care and neglect on hospital wardsâ⬠http:/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/206270.stm The quote above states that along with my own words on writing about how hospital and your age do affect the patient itself. What is Medical treatment? Medical treatment is when a person is diagnosed with a medical condition and need specific medication and treatment to be able to help their condition and improve their lifestyle. I can back this up by knowing that medical has come from medicine. The definition of medical ââ¬Å"Is requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery.â⬠http://uk.ask.com/web?q=dictionary%3A+medicalcontent=wordnetuk%7C107713o=352l=dirsiteid=dm=ctry. The quote I comment and looked above is showing if there is any alternative to surgery; than opposing to have surgery and put the patient at risk of any complications. How does treatment affect a personââ¬â¢s health and wellbeing? Sometimes in treatment can make people feel worse initially and then with time they begin to feel the benefits of the treatment. Many people may find that after having treatment it can affect the health and wellbeing of an individual. Some of the side effects of having treatment are. Feeling tired, emotional with all the treatment they are having, it could affect your sexual activity with a partner, depression and anxiety, some of these symptoms can be totally normal for people who are receiving treatment. Some of the side effects of treatment can be; ââ¬Å"Many people continue with their usual activities while having treatment, for example working between injections or cycles of tablets. However, most people do find that they are more tired than normal for the first few days after treatment. You may need to take life more slowly, working part-time or cutting down on social activities. Take care not to overtire yourself, get enough rest and accept offers of help with everyday tasksâ⬠Backing up my quote that I took in to consideration is showing that having treatment and age can affect your overall wellbeing on your personal self, and that having treatments can affect the way you are living your life at the present moment. What expectations patients should have? When patients are admitted to hospital for different reasons; they accept a standard of expectations from the hospital and nursing staff looking after them. I identified eight key aspects that, patients consider most important: â⬠¢ Fast access to reliable health advice â⬠¢ Effective treatment delivered by trusted professionals â⬠¢ Involvement in decisions and respect for preferences â⬠¢ Clear, comprehensible information and support for self-care â⬠¢ Attention to physical and environmental needs â⬠¢ Emotional support, empathy and respect â⬠¢ Involvement of, and support for, family and carers â⬠¢ Continuity of care and smooth transitions We are all citizens, with a right to appropriate health care, as well as other relevant right; the rights to family life, to privacy, and to see information about ourselves. As Citizens, we respond to questions of healthcare on the basis of its social and collective Impacts and the value. We are also all patients, or potential patients. As patients ââ¬â having current or recent Contact with the healthcare system ââ¬â we respond to questions of healthcare differently. The eight areas of importance that patients identify are related less to collective. Experience is more to the individual, personal experience of receiving treatment and Care. By contrast, as citizens we would be more likely to identify the most important Aspects of healthcare as being, for example: â⬠¢ Affordability ââ¬â free at the point of care â⬠¢ Universality and equity â⬠¢ Safety and quality â⬠¢ Health protection, disease prevention As patients, we do not lose our citizen concerns at the door of the GP surgery or the Hospital, but we do prioritise our own interaction with the system and especially with the Health professionals who deliver our care. Policies on age consent in hospitals Before a doctor or any other kind of medical practitioner can treat you, they must have your consent. Although you can often be asked to sign a medical consent form, this is more to safeguard you. Backing up my definition above the quote is showing that in some situations consent for medical treatment on a minor is needed, this is because that something could potentially go wrong with the procedure that the minor is having. ââ¬Å"Young people under the age of 16 can consent to medical treatment if they have sufficient maturity and judgement to enable them fully to understand what is proposed.â⬠http://www.brook.org.uk/information/sex-and-the-law/consent-to-medical-treatment When it comes to the law on children and informed consent, English law assumes that you are an adult when it comes to medical treatment if the consultant treating you judges that you are capable and mature enough to make your own decisions. Therefore, there is no rigid age at which you are deemed capable of giving your consent or signing a medical consent form. Judgments about this will be determined by the consultant based on the nature of the procedure involved and whether or not they deem that the child in question is old enough to understand the treatment and any implications thoroughly to be able to give their legitimate informed consent. There are also different laws surrounding giving informed medical consent in the case of mentally ill people and those who are suffering from other illnesses in later life, those suffering from dementia, for example. Attitudes to family life after hospital care. Family life after being in hospitals can be hard; this is because when a family member is in hospital they have the support from the medical professions. But likewise when the family is discharged from hospital, the families are then left to deal the care themselves. ââ¬Å"Some people said that having a relative or close friend critically ill in ICU had changed them as people, a few saying they were now more open about their feelings. Some felt theyââ¬â¢d become more patient, others that they were less bothered by minor problemsâ⬠Backing up my quote it is shown that many people deal with life and death situations in many ways; examples of this can be where they open up about their feelings, may be stop talking to people, and canââ¬â¢t sleep at night, find that they have experience their spiritual beliefs, which had helped them accept or understand what had happened.http://www.healthtalkonline.org/Intensive_care/Intensive_care__experiences_of_family__friends/Topic/1478/ Discussion. Care should always be given equally and fairly between patients in the hospital no matter their age, however what Iââ¬â¢m going to discuss is whether age does in fact affect the quality of care received. In this discussion I am going to include the following points and argue if age really does matter or not. Firstly; what is the difference between adult and Paediatric care, how does hospital care affect the patientââ¬â¢s family and relatives, how does it affect the patient itself, what is Medical treatment, Members of hospital staff who are involved in the patientââ¬â¢s treatment and care and how does treatment affect a personââ¬â¢s health and wellbeing. The difference between adult and paediatric care is that Paediatric is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children and adolescences. The difference between adult and paediatric care is firstly the obvious body size difference; the smaller body of an infant or neonate is substantially different physiologically from that of an adult; however there are other opinions that the difference between adult and paediatric care is that adult care consists of people over the age of sixteen, on the other hand my opinion on paediatric care consists of children as young as new born to the age of 15 years of age, I am now going to give an example of why I think this. E.G. if a 16 year old female came into the local accident and emergency department after being hit by a car and need life saving treatment, and the hospital staff couldnââ¬â¢t get hold of her parents then there Is no one to give the doctors the consent that they need to save her life; so therefore doc tors will have to ask the 16 year old female as it could be a matter of life and death. This extract above relates back to my question by defining what the difference is between adults and paediatrics and this was the main priority to find out and summaries the differences and the opposites . However religions do affect the care you receive because Doctors have accepted that Jehovahââ¬â¢s Witnesses, whose faith forbids them from having blood transfusions, must be allowed the right to die if they do not consent to life-saving treatment. However, children must be given blood where necessary irrespective of the parentââ¬â¢s wishes. Accepting a blood transfusion willingly and without regret is seen as a sin. The Witness concerned would no longer be regarded as one of Jehovahââ¬â¢s Witnesses; this refusal to accept blood makes some operations more dangerous and causes some doctors considerable anxiety. Witnesses are willing to absolve doctors of responsibility by signing forms with appropriate wording and Many Jehovahââ¬â¢s Witnesses carry a signed and witnessed advance directive card absolutely refusing blood and releasing doctors from any liability arising from this refusal. There are an estimated 145,000 Jehovahââ¬â¢s Witnesses in the UK and Republic of Irela nd. There was a case study that I read about on the BBC news website that a 15 year old boy who was hit by a car who was a Jehovahââ¬â¢s witnesses and died because he sustained serious injuries and because of his religion he could not have a blood transfusion and he sadly died of his injuries and that his parents thought that he was under age to give consent to have further treatment with out his parent s be present at the hospital. This piece of text relates back to my question and research that it agrees that age does affect the care you are given in hospital settings, when it come to age consent and treatment. Further to the following point I have just discussed I am now going to outline the two main arguments about where patients are cared for and then compare that to the planning and providing care for the same patients. Acute hospitals can provide a wide range of specialist care and treatment for patients and theses could be a nurse to a physiotherapist, but yet a general practice (local GP surgery) could provide the same possible care but within the community instead so the patients who use that same service but who go the local hospital wonââ¬â¢t have to pay for travel just to go to appointments, although this depends on the care that the patients are receiving because some of the patients may live in residential or nursing homes so then would you still make the patients travel to hospital or make special arrangements for the nurse or physio to come in once or twice a week/month to carry out the treatment that is needed. This relates to my question by stating that not just only eld erly people go in to residential but young people can go in to care as well due to having medical conditions and illnesses no matter what age you are you are entitled to any type of care that is given or received, and not to be aged discriminated simply because your either old or young. My next point I am going to discuss is whether having a family members in hospital affect the family and relatives, when relatives visit patients it can be very stressful and upsetting. People react in different ways E.G. people can become withdrawn from society and other people. My first point I am going to discuss I about having a young family member being in hospital, when a young family member is hospital they are allowed one parent to stay; as research by Robertson and Robertson concluded that when parent are further away that the child becomes withdrawn, anxious and scared as they are in a strange place and unfamiliar surroundings. When younger children are in hospital the ward has longer visiting hours because the children need their parents around as a sequence of having shorter hours the child could become unattached from their parents. In relation to the point I have just discussed is that when an elderly member of the family there are different need that the family do in comparison to having a child on the childrenââ¬â¢s ward. Adult and elderly wards have shorted visiting times than what the childrenââ¬â¢s wards would; this is because the care for the elderly and adult are a lot less needing that what they would be on the childrenââ¬â¢s ward. My argument is that on adults and elderly wards they donââ¬â¢t have the facilities to cater for adult and family relatives to stay with them as they are over a specific age. Elderly people in hospital tend to get left, this is because that if some elderly patients are from care homes then the care home staff know how to treat and look after them; but I am arguing that if you go in to hospitals you will see elderly people on trolleys and left to die but this never happens when children are involved. This quotation backs up me answering my question by stating that a ge does affect your care in hospitals. In spite of people often wonder what medical treatment is, some people say medical treatment is being diagnosed with a condition or illness and in comparison to that other people may think that medical treatment is when a patient already has a long term medical condition and that the medical treatment their having is to improve the condition they have; then again what members of the medical profession from the hospital are involved in the patients care. When children have a medical condition or illness they are more than likely to be seen first and have less waiting times for a referral, than what an adult would. When an adult is referred from their general doctor it takes 18 weeks from the time of your first consultation to when your treatment had finished; but when a child is referred to a consultation then it should take half the time of an adults many medical professionals do not want to put a child through events that an adult would do when they are receiving treatments for medical conditions or ill health. My next argument is going to be on the medical consent. When patients are giving medical consent it means that they are consenting to treatment. Young people under the age of 16 can consent to medical treatment if they have sufficient maturity and judgement to enable them fully to understand what is proposed. Consent to medical care in a medical emergency may not be needed to treat you if youââ¬â¢re an adult it depends on the situation. If your life or health is seriously threatened, and if you are mentally incapable of making decisions then the doctor will take your best interests at the heart of the consultation When dealing with Children and young people they should be involved as much as possible in decisions about their care, even when they are not able to make decisions on their own and ask what the child wants out the care they are receiving. in spite of consent an example of this is when a 14 year old girls comes in to hospital for urgent treatment and the doctor feels that she is mature enough to give consent for treatment but on the other hand a 15b year boy comes in to hospital after having a car accident and finds that he is not mature enough to give consent so there fore the doctor is in a situation where it is involving age and consent. My results in the table to the left show that 65% of the people I asked said yes to the question ââ¬Å"do you think children underage should give medical consent when admitted to hospitalâ⬠as it could be a life or death situation and yet on the other hand 35% of the people I asked said no because if the child is under the age of 16 they are classed as vulnerable what do patients expect when they have health care, when patients are admitted to hospital for different reasons; they accept a standard of expectations from the hospital and nursing staff looking after them, they expect to be treated with dignity, politeness, respect no matter what their age is. An example of this would be an elderly lady with a hip fracture and suffering from dementia who is recovering in hospital; she would expect that the nurse and doctors would treat her how they would like to be treated. Patients with dementia are more likely to be referred to palliative care and less likely to receive palliative medication and other medical interventions than people without dementia. In comparison to my quote I will now argue about expectations that people without dementia and example would be a 25 year old footballer with a broken ankle, he would be treated in hospital more favorable as he is more likely to make a full recovery than a patient with dementia; an example of thi s would be palliative care to ensure that they get the right treatment in order to make a full recovery. Finally my point I am going to discuss is whether family life is affected by a relative being in hospital. Having a relative in hospital can be hard, but once the relative is discharged it can be even harder on the family; as they now a personally reliable for the treatment and care of the individual. My personal belief for when family life is affected by the discharge of a patient is that they should have follow up care to ensure that the family is coping well with the treatment that the individual is receiving. Another point I am going to put my view about family life and hospitals is that I personally think that due to the nature and the stress of looking after a loved one is that the family fall apart and people stop talking about their feels to each and let them build up. Subsequently to this is think that when people are looking after a loved one who had just been discharged from hospital; they should get help, either by going to see a family therapist who specialised with th e situation that the family is in. next thing the family could do is have support from a team who deals with respite, this is to give the family a rest and have some family time where the whole family can talk about how they are feeling and what could be bothering them with they way the ill individual is treated. When the elderly people are discharged from hospital they have loads of medical staff come out and asses how the elderly people would mange, but on the other hand if middle aged people was discharged from hospital then no medical staff would come out and make sure that they are getting on, finally if a children has been discharged then they would have nursery nurses coming out to asses how the child is getting on and making sure that the family is coping. Conclusio The findings on my project were shocking, this is because I didnââ¬â¢t realise how much your age does affect the care you are given while either staying in hospitals or in our patients departments. Looking back at my project proposal form I have looked at and answered the questions that I want to answer. I have also learnt to reflect back on my findings and what I need to improve on within my project; looking back at my findings I established that I needed to add more in to the each of my literature review questions to enable to answer my question in full. I have developed on my skills while writing my project, I have done this by re-reading my work and having feedback from my assessing tutor and altering my point of view as they become very personal. The reason why I have altered my views and opinions is because I have gained a new insight in the process in creative writing in my project and finding other ways to write my project out and the order that I have put in to my questions in the ways that I think is the best. I done this with my questions by putting the most important question first and then slowly going down my list of questions that least wanted to find out about When thinking about my literature review I had to take into consideration what had to be included and how I am going to answer the questions that I have asked in relation to my project question. When doing my project I concluded that age dose affect the care you receive in hospitals; I came to this conclusion because after doing all my research it shows that the answer to my question is yes; I came to this conclusion due to the information I had found out and from my own personal experience. I am going to agree with this answer because when an elderly person is admitted to a hospital etc, they are then put into bed and sometimes forgotten about, and could cause more injury to themselves as they could fall off the trolley bed and the elderly person because even more ill and frustrated and could potentially cause more harm to them selves while in the hospital, an example of this is a elderly lady with dementia who is unaware of where she is and falls out of bed and hurts herself. Neve rtheless on the other hand if this was a middle aged person then I would be a different case story as the nurses will be watching watch the children will be doing so the children do not fall out of the bed and hurt themselves. Evaluation After many weeks of hard work and research I finally finished my project ââ¬Å"Dose your age affect the care you receive in hospitalsâ⬠and presented my findings as a power point presentation and a written document. When doing my project I came across a number of hurdles that I had to overcome when finding out information on my question ââ¬Å"does age affect the way you receive in hospitalsâ⬠, I am now going to explain what went well, what didnââ¬â¢t go well and how I could overcome any inconveniences that arose from doing my project. The things that didnââ¬â¢t go well in my project were that I had a lot of time off sick due to medical problems and Ill health and had lack of motivation due to the tutor going through the work and then sending us off to do it on our own. This made this very difficult to catch up on the class work and all the handouts that were given out in the class lesson. The things I did to overcome this problem is that I worked at home to try my very best to complete parts of my project that I already had information on at home, with further guidance I emailed my tutor. This meant I had to research on my own with out any guidance of how I could possibility carry on doing my project. To defeat this milestone I sat down with my parents and asked their advice on what other sources of research I could use and add in to my project relatively than just the internet. The effects I have learnt from having time off are that I should try and challenge myself to come in college so I would not miss an y important documents or information that is being given out. What well on my project is very modest; this because I had more difficulties with my project than I thought. But the points in my project that did go well were the following with the aim of once I had done my research I found it easy to pick out points that would be relevant to my literature review questions and that I was able to adapt my research with my questions. What could have gone better with finding the relevant points is that I could have used different perspectives of what the quote was when backing up my own explanation of the question. I have learnt from this are that I would not use the whole quote that I am using to back up my points in my literature review but to use the significant information only. In future reference I would change this simply because those adding more information that was irrelevant and subsequently leading me off the point. To achieve my aims in my project I did a lot of assessments about my aims. However I didnââ¬â¢t achieve all my aims. This is because that some of my aims that I was looking at had limited amount of information, which was good but didnââ¬â¢t get to the point that I was asking and wanting to quote. The aims that I did mage to answer and find information were the following; having a member in hospitals affects the family as a whole; where are patients cared for and finally how is affects the patient itself. Looking back at my aims, the negative of doing them is I could not find the right information on the following aims; what expectations should patients expect; the difference between adult and paediatrics care and one question I looked at but subsequently took out of my project, why the hospital staff choose to work in the area of the hospital that they are working in. I took this question out simply because of I could not find an adequate amount of information to respond with the question. Further more to the negatives there were a lot of positives with my aims, when looking at them I found that using just simple key words would get me the answers that I needed; but like I have mentioned before I took the important points out that I needed and then corresponded with my aims. My project question I chose to do was difficult; but however this was my first question that I thought of, my first question I wanted to ask was that do lone parents get the right support that they need. I then looked up that question and found that there wasnââ¬â¢t enough information on that detailed topic, so I sat down and had another think about what I would be passionate about; after a lot of thinking I thought about my future career working with children and related to that. Nevertheless when researching my question, I was restricted to information that was available to me. What I have learned from this experience of finding out information and a project question, I would look at information in higher dept, instead of just rushing in to writing up my question. The answer and methodology to my question was proved to be a two tailed, however it was difficult to prove simply because it contained to many variables as I found that there was an agreement for and an agreement against my question. Submitting out a questionnaire to 25 people and looking at the result when I got the questionnaires back I established that many people had different views on the question I was asking. The positive things that went well was that the information I had gained showed me an insight to what other people think about the age and care you would get in hospitals; conversely it also showed that there was no specific answer to the question I was asking. Things I would do differently when looking at the methods would be to look at any journals, case studies and subsequently if possible patients and relatives own experiences of how they felt while in hospital receiving care. Bibliography. 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Bradford hospital NHS website retrieved 2nd march 2011 http://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/patients-and-carers/chaplaincy-new/faith-requirements-information/muslims BBC website, religions website retrieved 2nd march 2011 . http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/witnesses/witnessethics/ethics_1.shtml Health talk online website November 2010 http://www.healthtalkonline.org/Intensive_care/Intensive_care__experiences_of_family__friends/Topic/1478/ retrieved 2nd march 2011 http://www.brook.org.uk/information/sex-and-the-law/consent-to-medical-treatment retrieved 2nd march 2011 How to cite Does your age affect the care you revive in hospitals?, Essay examples kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-47743518441656013992019-12-08T01:04:00.001-08:002019-12-08T01:04:03.088-08:00Greek Gods Essay Example For Students Greek Gods Essay With our view of God, it can sometimes be difficult to comprehend the actions and thinking of the Greek deities. The Christian God does not tend to take such an active role in the affairs of peoples lives, where, on the other hand, the Greeks regarded direct involvement by the gods as a daily, uncontrollable part of life. Needless to say, divine intervention was a major variable in the equation of Homers Iliad. The gods picked who they would favour for different reasons. Except Zeus: As the symbol of supreme authority and justice, he makes judgement calls as to the other gods involvement in the war, remains impartial, and doesnt seem to get caught up in picking favourites. Even when his own son, Sarpedon, was about to die, Zeus chose to let the outcome go unaltered. On the other hand, Zeuss wife, Hera, displayed the more typical actions of a god. After Paris, a Trojan, judged Aphrodite the fairest over Hera, and, after her daughter Hebe was replaced as cupbearer to the gods by a young Trojan boy, she was quite resentful towards Troy and its people. Obviously she sided with the Greeks and would stop at no length to express her will. Scheming and manipulating she even dared to trick her husband, King of the Gods. Hera, along with Athena, who was also passed over by Paris, is seen as the chief divine aid to the Greeks. Being the god of the sea, Poseidon was another strong supporter of the ocea n-faring Greeks. Whenever Zeus turned his back Poseidon tried to help the Greeks in the fight. Poseidon felt that he was somewhat Zeuss equal as his brother, but recognizing Zeuss authority and experience, he looked to Zeus as an elder. We will write a custom essay on Greek Gods specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now There were also Gods who favoured the Trojan side of the conflict. Both Apollo and Artemis, twin brother and sister, gave aid to the city of Troy. Although Artemis takes a rather minor role, Apollo, perhaps angered by Agamemmnons refusal to ransom Khryseis, the daughter of one of his priests and was constantly changing the course of the war in favour of the Trojans. Responsible for sending plague to the Greeks, Apollo was the first god to make an appearance in the Iliad. Also, mainly because Apollo and Artemis were on the Trojan side, their mother, Leto, also helped the Trojans. Aphrodite, obviously supporting Pariss judgement, sided with the Trojans. Although she was insignificant on the battlefield, Aphrodite was successful in convincing Ares, her lover and the god of war, to help the Trojans. One view of the gods seemingly constant intervention in the war was that they were just setting fate back on the right course. For instance, when Patroklos was killed outside of Troy, Apollo felt no guilt for his doings. It had already been decided that Patroklos would not take Troy, he should never have disobeyed Achilles in the first place. As a god, he was just setting fate on a straight line. Achilles laid blame on Hektor and the Trojans. He did not even consider accusing Apollo, who never came into question, although he was primarily responsible for the kill. Apollos part in the matter was merely accepted as a natural disaster or illness would be today. This general acceptance of a gods will is a recurring trend throughout the poem. A prime example of this trend is in book XXIV. Achilles, angry over the death of Patroklos brutally disgraced Hektors body. Tethering Hektors corpse through the ankles, Achilles dragged him around Patrokloss tomb every day for twelve days. This barbaric treatment was uncalled for and displeased the gods greatly. Achilles mother, Thetis, was sent by Zeus to tell him to ransom the body back to the Trojans. One may think Achilles would be possessive of the body and attempt to put up a fuss as he did before with Agamemmnon in Book I. 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Zeus acted as a balance of sorts throughout the Iliad. He had to keep the gods in order and make sure that what fate decreed would happen. For example, after Achilles re-enters the battle Zeus declared that if Achilles was allowed to go on slaughtering the Trojans with nothing to slow him down, he would take Troy before fate said it would happen. Therefore, to counter Achilles massive retaliation against the Trojans, Zeus allowed the gods to go back to the battle fi eld. In Zeuss own interests, he preferred to deal with issues more personal to the individual heros of the Iliad. This can be seen throughout the book as Zeus attempted to increase the honour of certain individuals. Zeus knew that Hektor was going to be killed by Achilles, and, feeling sorry for Hektor Zeus attempted to allow Hektor to die an honourable death. For instance, when Hektor stripped Achilles armour off Patroklos, Zeus helped Hektor fill out the armour so he would not seem like less of a man then Achilles. Zeus also gave his word to Thetis that Achilles would gain much glory showing his involvement on a personal level. Homer used the gods and their actions to establish twists on the plot of the war. It would not have been possible for him to write the story without the divine interventions of the gods. Indeed, they affected every aspect the poem in some way, shape or form. Yet, from the immortal perspective of the Greek god, the Trojan war, and everything related to it, was only a passing adventure in the great expanse of time. kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-9479706775573650642019-11-30T12:45:00.001-08:002019-11-30T12:45:04.366-08:00Modern Politics free essay sample Politics have come a long way from Niccolo Machiavelli in the late 1400ââ¬â¢s to current political philosophers of the twentieth century. Many of those great theorists had one single thing in common: they have strived to break old concepts of political thought, being it racial and gender inequality, or ideas on how to be a leader with less opposition. In modern politics, after a long period of centralized governments, the brief trend of gaining freedom and equality has been deteriorating and the creation of an illusion of freedom has slowly replaced the true freedom of speech and thought. In the times of Machievelli, governments were centralized under the power of a prince. In his book ââ¬Å"The Prince,â⬠Machiavelli discussed how a prince should act in order to be fully respected and maintain full power. He suggested that a prince should do whatever was necessary to achieve his objectives and never rely only on ideals; additionally, no price was too high to pay for success, and a prince should focus more on being loved than feared if not possible to have both at the same time. We will write a custom essay sample on Modern Politics or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page On the same thought, ââ¬Å"a prince should not worry if he incurs reproach for his cruelty so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyalâ⬠(RWH, p. 0); in other words, a prince should sometimes be cruel. Moreover, Machiavelli did not believe in individual freedom. Even the prince needed to follow rules to maintain his success and everyone else had to follow the princeââ¬â¢s orders and live with fear. Hobbes had a similar view of Machiavelliââ¬â¢s. He believed that ââ¬Å"kings, whose power is greatest, turn their endeavor to the assuring it at home by laws or abroad by warsâ⬠(Leviathan, 83). This required a need for a centralized government with full powers to the ruler. Small changes to this political thought arose with John Locke; although still believing in a centralized government, Locke did not grant full power to the king. All government powers had to be limited by life, liberty, and property, and one should ââ¬Å"do whatsoever he thinks fit for the preservation of himself and others within the permission of the law of Natureâ⬠(RWH, 139). Next in history we have Marx and Engelsââ¬â¢ ââ¬Å"The Communist Manifesto. â⬠In this book, the authors explained the history of class struggle and suggested a very different way of how society should work. They noticed that ââ¬Å"every form of society ha[d] been basedâ⬠¦on the antagonism of the oppressing and oppressed classes,â⬠and that the only path to form a new society was through this class struggle (CM, 64). Here, in a similar view from the Free Speech movement, the oppressed mass should fight for their rights; however, unlike the Free Speech Movement, this fight was not only to secure their freedom and equality, but to end a capitalist world that was being created by the oppressing class. Marx and Engels claimed that the ââ¬Å"work of the proletarians ha[d] lost all individual characterâ⬠¦[and men were becoming] an appendage of the machineâ⬠(CM, 58). As a consequence, the mass was losing their buying power exponentially and being forced to work longer hours in order to keep up with the price of the commodities. To end the injustice seen in front of their eyes, they created a new political party, the Communist party, where ââ¬Å"capital [would be] converted into common propertyâ⬠to lose ââ¬Å"its class characterâ⬠(CM, 68). This form of government was installed in a few countries for a period. However, it did not benefit the oppressed class as they suggested; instead, it united the bourgeoisie and proletariats, and the only class remaining was now oppressed by the Communist party. In a different view from Marx and Engels, Ortega y Gasset examines the creation of the mass-man, not in terms of social class, but in terms of actions in society. He claims that due to ââ¬Å"liberal democracy, scientific experiment, and industrialism,â⬠no man was ââ¬Å"confronted with obstacles and limitationsâ⬠from birth (RM, 8); a man could change his path to becoming a noble by doing something great and simultaneously he could become a mass-man by being ordinary. An ordinary man is one that is only concerned with their well-being, ââ¬Å"and at the same time [he] remain[s] alien to the cause of that well-beingâ⬠(RM, 10). He does not realize how society merited his luxuries and he believes that those are a natural right. Therefore, the ââ¬Å"mass-manâ⬠could be from any social background, and as a result, there were no social barriers to oneââ¬â¢s future. According to Ortega, since the modern mass do not consider any authority external to themselves due to their selfish ways, they believe to have ââ¬Å"complete freedom as its natural established conditionâ⬠(RM, 11). On the other hand, the noble man is compelled to follow ââ¬Å"some standard beyond himselfâ⬠to better society (RM, 11). Nevertheless, these are mere illusions; the mass-man is actually oppressed, and by choice, and the noble man is not. Thus, by acting toward the greater good, one could achieve individual freedom in Ortegaââ¬â¢s view. The first political movement for true individual freedom was the Civil Rights Movement initiated in the 1950ââ¬â¢s. The Civil Rights Movement was a worldwide mass political movement to achieve equal legal rights. It was initiated by student political organizations from several different universities in the San Francisco area with a series of protests and riots; they aimed to abolish public and private racial discrimination and fight for equal rights. This movement was mainly African American, but it was also the beginning for womenââ¬â¢s liberation, to stop nuclear testing, apartheid, and discriminatory employee practices, or any kind of inequality in our society. According to Martin Luther King Jr. , ââ¬Å"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gainedâ⬠(MLKJ, 6). Following the Civil Rights Movement was the Free Speech Movement. The Free Speech Movement was also done through protests and riots on the Berkeley University campus by student political organizations to ensure freedom of speech and literature. It also wanted to stop the prohibition of political activities on the university campus. An interesting connection that can be done however is the relationship between the Civil Rights movement and ââ¬Å"On Bullshitâ⬠by Henry Frankfurt. The Civil Rights movement fought against inequality; nonetheless, women were not seen as equal by their own revolution ââ¬Å"brothers. â⬠When they tried to take a more active position of leadership, they encountered resistance from the part of their revolution ââ¬Å"brothers. â⬠This led them to begin their own fight. ââ¬Å"On Bullshit,â⬠Frankfurt states that ââ¬Å"the essence of bullshit is not that is false but that is phonyâ⬠(HF, 5). This is what activists were doing at that time. They claimed to want equality to all in matters of law, but in fact, they did not see women as equal. In society today, although one is believed to have total individual freedom, one has not. Racial and gender discrimination in the matter of law or freedom of speech are no longer an issue, but individuals are still discriminated in the everyday life. An example of it is white males having more chances of being promoted to a leadership position or earning a higher salary. According to Lippmann, a recent trend in modern politics is the manufacturing of consent. It has become more and more present in the political environment and politicians, officials, or organizations leaders have a better capability of creating consent by persuasion. This happens because ââ¬Å"established leaders of any organization have great natural advantages. They are believed to have better sources of informationâ⬠¦it is, therefore, easier for them to secure attention and to speak in a convincing tone. But they also have a great deal of control over the access to the factsâ⬠(Lippmann, 135). Through that control, they can limit what the mass will have knowledge on, and consequently, guide their thoughts and decisions to what they prefer; every ââ¬Å"official finds himself deciding more and more consciously what facts, in what setting, in what guise he shall permit the public to knowâ⬠and that gives them more power than anyone should have (Lippmann,135). A similar view of the same matter is discussed by Hannah Arendt. In ââ¬Å"Lying in Politics,â⬠Arendt exposes how the American government released false facts about the war in order to protect the reputation of our country and the image that its citizens had of it. This exemplifies Lippmannââ¬â¢s arguments perfectly. Leaders have the power to choose what facts to be released to the public in order to influence their thoughts. Besides choosing what facts will be released to the public and when to release them, politicians ââ¬Å"take, if not the whole mass, then the subordinates of the hierarchy sufficiently into their confidence to prepare them for what might happen, and to make them feel that they have freely willed the resultâ⬠(Lippmann, 134). This method is genius; being able to convince someone that your idea is their idea is the best way for secretly controlling others and succeeding in achieving your goals; ââ¬Å"persuasion has become a self-conscious art and a regular organ of popular governmentâ⬠(Lippmann,136). In ââ¬Å"Truth and Politics,â⬠again by Arendt, there is a similar thinking: opinions will be formed in regards to an issue after arduous analysis of several different perspectives (Truth and Politics, 238); this will make ââ¬Å"present toâ⬠¦mind[s] the standpoints of those who are absentâ⬠and in that way, their ideas will be expressed (Truth and Politics, 241). Nevertheless, when representing others point of view, one is not fully adopting that point of view; thus, that idea is being ââ¬Å"look[ed] upon the world from a different perspectiveâ⬠(Truth and Politics, 241). Consequently, this act mimics as if one is thinking for themselves and changing the idea according to oneââ¬â¢s personality and beliefs, when it actually does not; hence, there is an illusion of an original thinking. Adding this process to the power leader have of what facts to expose, the manufacturing of consent becomes an easy task to do and is a powerful weapon for politicians to have. kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-56786734822415125332019-11-26T04:36:00.001-08:002019-11-26T04:36:06.205-08:00Video Game Addiction Essay ExampleVideo Game Addiction Essay Example Video Game Addiction Essay Video Game Addiction Essay Video Game Addiction New research identifies some video game users, particularly online users, who became hooked on interactive games and then see their lives become increasingly unmanageable. Many articles are available that look at the addictive qualities of the games and who is susceptible to becoming addicted. Other research looks at how this addiction compares to addictions such as drug and alcohol abuse and pathological gambling. Since computer game addiction is relatively new, there are few tools to measure the extent of addictiveness and how much the addictiveness affects the lives of the persons who are experiencing it. Computers, the Internet and video game consoles have invaded our homes and have also become extremely portable. With video gaming becoming more popular every day, a consumer needs to be aware of the affects of this new addiction. Various qualities of games have been researched in order to determine what makes them addictive. Many article outline a workable definitions of video game addiction and examine the literature to determine who is playing video games and who is susceptible to becoming addicted. Only one article was found that developed and tested a scale to measure the addiction. With the advances in graphics and game quality many factors play into the drawl of video game playing. Video games are designed with many levels, appealing characters, interesting storylines and state-of-the art graphics. Some games use characters and movies that are already familiar and known to potential players. All of these factors have been designed to provide the user with a form of appealing entertainment that they want to purchase and then repeatedly to play. Video games are heavily advertised to attract a playerââ¬â¢s interest and then influence users into trying them. A certain level of captivation and the desire to perform causes gamers to become heavily immersed into the game. When in this state, gamers can lose a sense of time and self-consciousness. One interviewee described it as ââ¬Ëyou get involved and lose track of timeâ⬠¦youââ¬â¢d be missing meals â⬠¦Ã¢â¬ . The increase in the home computer and personal game consoles available on the market has resulted in an increase in the amount of time that such games can be played. When the term ââ¬Ëaddictionââ¬â¢ is used, people generally think of a physical dependency that is related to the use of drugs, alcohol or other chemical ubstances. ââ¬Å"Tolerance, withdrawal and compulsive use are required for any diagnosis of dependencyâ⬠(American Psychiatric Association). Researchers have suggested that that social pathologies related to video games are starting to emerge in society. New research suggests, ââ¬Å"One reward is not considered different from another in the bra in, regardless if the reward is from an internal chemical reaction or an external stimulusâ⬠(Holden). A reward comes with the risk of addiction, whether gambling, eating, sex, shopping is the reason for risk. Playing video games consists of repeated, compulsive behaviors, a decrease in interest in doing other activities, making friends with other addicts and online gamers, and mental and physical symptoms of withdrawal when the games are taken away or otherwise dropped. Leungââ¬â¢s research of ââ¬Ëaddictedââ¬â¢ subjects strongly linked the addiction to the satisfaction of being able to controlling the world in online games. This research concludes that the ââ¬Å"users are dependent because the internet and gaming are a safe place to express themselves without judgmentâ⬠(Leung). The intensity of game playing, repetitive nature, and the ability to play video games for hours and not notice the time that has passed, one finds it easy to believe that video games are addictive. Some gamers have reported withdrawal symptoms, including getting ââ¬Ëthe shakesââ¬â¢ after not playing a game for an extended period of time. The compulsive need for, the habit-forming qualities of, and the physiological and psychological symptoms of withdrawal correlate to other types of well-documented addictions. In 2004, Griffiths conducted research that compared 540 on-line game players, including adolescents and adults. The information collected included demographics, frequency and history of playing, and their favorite and least favorite aspects of the game. Of those tested a significant majority of both adults and adolescents were male. The younger the player meant that the player was even more likely to be male. One third of the adults in the survey had some ââ¬Å"undergraduate educationâ⬠, however one third of the adolescents had ââ¬Å"dropped out of school. â⬠The players tested were most likely to be single, and none of the adolescents and only ââ¬Å"approximately 36% of the adults were marriedâ⬠(Griffiths). Clymoââ¬â¢s studies reported, ââ¬Å"77% teenagers in the US play video gamesâ⬠(Clymo). It is not surprising that Griffithââ¬â¢s research involving online video game playing reported that more than ââ¬Å"70% of the players came from the United Statesâ⬠(Griffiths). According to various other reports, teenagers in the United States play an average of 3-4 hours per day. This is significantly higher than incidences in other countries. In Taiwan, research reveals that the ââ¬Å"average age user plays about three times a week for an average of two hoursâ⬠(Chiu, Lee and Huang). A study conducted in South Spain indicated, ââ¬Å"57% of adolescents played video games regularlyâ⬠but that ââ¬Å"93% of them had played at least once in the past yearâ⬠(Salguero and Moran). Research from various other countries also clearly indicates that the United States has a higher incidence of game playing than any other culture. Griffiths reported computer game playing for most children is aâ⬠fairly absorbing and harmless activityâ⬠but for a small minority of children it may be ââ¬Å"problematicâ⬠(Griffiths). Other research suggests that the more involved a parent is with a childââ¬â¢s education, the less likely a child will be addicted to video games. The same research reports that more ââ¬Å"socially adjusted childrenâ⬠are less likely to be addicted as well (Chiu, Lee and Huang). Research has also shown on the primary players also suggested that adolescent players were more ââ¬Å"susceptibleâ⬠to addiction than adult players. The study found that younger, adolescent players were more likely to let their ââ¬Å"responsibilities lapseâ⬠in order to continue playing (Griffiths). Although stories about addicted video game players generally center on a male teenager with an impaired social life, poor grades and little self-confidence, research does not always support this image. Although Leungââ¬â¢s research focuses on other activities in addition to gaming, this research suggests that subjects addicted to the Internet tend to be femaleââ¬â¢s that played games that included online chat. The research also indicated that new users, regardless of gender, were ââ¬Å"more vulnerableâ⬠to becoming heavy users or addicts (Leung). Subjects are suffering from symptoms of video game addiction because not enough research has been done on the issue. As video games are relatively new in the arena of addiction, little information is actually known about the effects on individuals and society as a whole. Creating tests and implementing tools that counselors and Primary Care Physicians can use to assess if issues with video games are present and to what extent can help addiction. Also, action plans and methods should be laid out to encourage parents to limit the time adolescents use video games. Making consumers aware of the growing issue of ideo game addition is of great importance and can only help in treatment for this newly found addiction. American Psychiatric Association, ed. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Washington, D. C. : 1994. Print. Chiu, Lee, Huang. ââ¬Å"Video Game Addiction in Children and Teenagers in Taiwan. â⬠Cyber Psychology Behavior. (2004) 571-581. Print. C lymo, P. (2001). ââ¬Å"Home video game playing in schoolchildren: as study of incidence and patters of play. â⬠Youth Studies 15, 59. Griffiths, M. (2001). ââ¬Å"Computer game playing in early adolescence. Youth Society, e 29(2), 223-237. Griffiths, M. D. , Davies, M. N. O. , Chappell, D. (2004). ââ¬Å"On line computer gaming: a comparison of adolescent and adult gamersâ⬠. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 87-96. Holden, C. (2001). ââ¬Å"ââ¬ËBehavioral Addictionsââ¬â¢: Do They Existâ⬠Science, 294, 980-982. Leung, L. (2004) ââ¬Å"Net-Generation Attributes and Seductive Properties of the Internet as Predictors of Online Activities and Internet Addictionâ⬠CyberPsychology Behavior, 7(3), 333-348. Salguero, R. A. T. and Moran, R. M. B. (2002) ââ¬Å"Measuring problem video game playing in adolescentsâ⬠Addiction, 97, 1601-1606. kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-6093367117061137922019-11-22T11:59:00.001-08:002019-11-22T11:59:03.291-08:00Definition, Examples of the Rhetorical Term EpanalepsisDefinition, Examples of the Rhetorical Term Epanalepsis (1) Epanalepsis is a rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at regular intervals: a refrain. Adjective: epanaleptic. (2) More specifically, epanalepsis may refer to repetition at the end of a clause or sentence of the word or phrase with which it began, as in Next timeà there wont be aà next time (Phil Leotardo inà The Sopranos). In this sense, epanalepsis is a combination of anaphora and epistrophe. Also known as inclusio. EtymologyFrom the Greek, resumption, repetition Pronunciation e-pa-na-LEP-sis Examples Always Low Prices. Always. (Walmart slogan)Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. (The Bible, Phil. 4.4)In the run-up to Christmas, we will publicly disembowel anyone heard using the phrase in the run-up to Christmas. (Michael Bywater, The Chronicles of Bargepole, Jonathan Cape, 1992)Music I heard with you was more than music,And bread I broke with you was more than bread. (Conrad Aiken, Bread and Music, 1914)He is noticeable for nothing in the world except for the markedness by which he is noticeable for nothing.â⬠(Edgar Allan Poe, The Literati of New York City. Godeys Ladys Book, Sep. 1846)Say over again, and yet once over again,That thou dost love me . . .. (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese)ââ¬Å"Imagine me, an old gentleman, a distinguished author, gliding rapidly on my back, in the wake of my outstretched dead feet, first through that gap in the granite, then over a pinewood, then along misty water meadows, and then simply between mar ges of mist, on and on, imagine that sight!â⬠(Vladimir Nabokov, Look at the Harlequins! McGraw Hill, 1974) Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,Possessed by what we now no more possessed. (Robert Frost, The Gift Outright)They went home and told their wives,that never once in all their lives,had they known a girl like me,But . . . They went home. (Maya Angelou, They Went Home)The man who did the waking buys the man who was sleeping a drink; the man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking. (Jack Sparrow, The Pirates of the Caribbean)We know nothing of one another, nothing. Smiley mused. However closely we live together, at whatever time of day or night we sound the deepest thoughts in one another, we know nothing. (John le Carrà ©, Call for the Dead, 1961) Epanalepsis in Julius Caesar Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. (Brutus in Act III, scene two of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare)By repeating hear and believe at both the beginning and end of successive lines, Brutus emphasizes to the crowd that these are the two main things he desires: for the crowd to hear him and, more significantly, to believe what he is about to say regarding the assassination of Julius Caesar. Epanalepsis in Little Dorritt Mr. Tite Barnacle was a buttoned-up man, and consequently a weighty one. All buttoned-up men are weighty. All buttoned-up men are believed in. Whether or no the reserved and never-exercised power of unbuttoning, fascinates mankind; whether or no wisdom is supposed to condense and augment when buttoned up, and to evaporate when unbuttoned; it is certain that the man to whom importance is accorded is the buttoned-up man. Mr. Tite Barnacle never would have passed for half his current value, unless his coat had been always buttoned-up to his white cravat. (Charles Dickens, Little Dorritt, 1855-1857) Epanalepsis in James Joyces Ulysses Don John Conmee walked and moved in times of yore. He was humane and honoured there. He bore in mind secrets confessed and he smiled at smiling noble faces in a beeswaxed drawingroom, ceiled with full fruit clusters. And the hands of a bride and bridegroom, noble to noble, were impalmed by Don John Conmee. (James Joyces, Chapter 10 of Ulysses, 1922) Notes on Epanalepsis in Prose Epanalepsis is rare in prose, probably because when the emotional situation arises that can make such a scheme appropriate, poetry seems to be the only form that can adequately express the emotion. (Edward P.J. Corbett and Robert J. Connors, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, 1999)When epanalepsis is used in prose, it often creates sentences that stand alone as aphorisms: Nothing can be created out of nothing (Lucretius). Men of few words are the best men (Henry IV 3.2). (Arthur Quinn and Lyon Rathbun, Epanalepsis. Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition, ed. by Theresa Enos. Taylor Francis, 1996)The fourth-century grammarian and rhetorician Tiberius lists epanalepsis as a rhetorical figure, but at the conclusion of his explanation uses the term analepsis instead: Epanalepsis is when the same word is placed twice in the same clause or in the same sentence, with the same context. ... Public speakers use analepsis at the beginning, in the same way as palillogia, but Homer used it also at the end. (Joachim Burmeister, Musical Poetics, trans. by Benito V. Rivera. Yale Univ. Press, 1993) kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-82936050978373329422019-11-20T23:17:00.001-08:002019-11-20T23:17:07.902-08:00Modern Art as Viewed by T.J. Clark Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1250 wordsModern Art as Viewed by T.J. Clark - Essay Example The essay "Modern Art as Viewed by T.J. Clark" provides the view on modern art by T.J. Clark. Paris is said to be the birthplace of habits of leisure, consumption and commerce that are now named as ââ¬Å"modern lifeâ⬠-- explicitly captured in paintings, sculpture and architecture which are collectively called the ââ¬Å"modern art.â⬠Modern art is a term which is usually associated with forms of art that were done in the spirit of experimentation and in which the traditions and practices of the past have been disregarded. These arts are representations of rejection of the established academic tradition in favor of more naturalistic representation of the world. Pioneers of this kind of art were called Romantics, Realists and Impressionists; by the late 19th century, additional movements called Post-Impressionism and Symbolism also emerged. Connected with the concepts of modernity and modern art is a Marxist art historian named Timothy J. Clark. A native of Bristol, England, Clark received his education at Bristol Grammar School, Cambridge University and at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. His work experiences include his stint as a lecturer at Essex University from 1967-1969; as a senior lecturer at the Camberwell School of Art from 1970-1974; as a visiting professor and subsequently as an associate professor at the University of California; as chair of the Fine Arts Department of Leeds University in 1976; and as a member of the School of Fine Arts faculty at Harvard University. where he encountered quite a number of his detractors who were among the traditional and connoisseurship-based faculty. (T.J. Clark) Currently, he holds the George C. and Helen N. Pardee Chair as Professor of Modern Art at the University of California. (U.C. Berkeley History of Art 2005) Going back to the concept of modern art, this was discussed by T. J. Clark in reference to Paris in his book entitled The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers. In this book, Clark questioned those who view Impressionism only in terms of artistic technique, and likewise describes the works of Manet, Degas, Seurat and others as an attempt to give form to the "modern life" by focusing on its typical representatives, which are basically the various "modern city" workers. (Clark, T.J.: The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers 2008) Concomitantly, Clark views Paris as the birthplace of the "modern art", where changes therein went beyond the cultural and ideological refurbishing to the more encompassing economic transformation. (T.J. Clark: Manet in situ 1986) Samples of the specific arguments and discussion that could be found in the book are the following: 1.) Manet's Olympia caused scandal at the 1865 Salon because the painting disobeyed the "rules of the nude." Furthermore, in addition to the nude body on bed, the woman's hand is considered to be a detail, which the critics wrongly focused on; 2.) Manet's disregard of the so-called "good modeling" and the abruptness which characterized his lights and darks can be seen in the Olympia. Such aspects have been criticized by some writers in 1865, describing such as "circled in black", "drawn in charcoal", and "stripes of blacking"; and 3.) certain paintings suggested the fact that classes coexisted, but never touched. (Clark 1985) As seen in the title of the book, Manet's art is given emphasis in reference to the kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-72486270691737617672019-11-19T04:55:00.001-08:002019-11-19T04:55:03.416-08:00Customer Perception and Brand Loyalty Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1500 wordsCustomer Perception and Brand Loyalty - Essay Example Pomerantz, (2003) defined perception as a process of attaining awareness or understanding environments by interpreting information. This statement is based on normal human psychology that can be related to the customer perception. Customer perception is a process that is based on the information collected from wide arrays of sources and resources. It can be the case that customers using the existing product or service may create awareness along with changing the level of perception about that particular product or service. Organisations need to understand the perception of customers in order to market their products and services along with offering them something that will exceed the level of perceived perception. Customer perception decides their buying behavior to an extent. Considering the fact that good and valid perception about a product often creates a positive image that allures customers to get associated with that product or service in the short as well as in the long run. Customer perception can be considered as the first stage of buying behavior where there is a difference between the reality and perception. Until and unless, customers use the product; ascertaining the reality can be a cumbersome task offering irrelevant attention and importance to perception (Reichheld, 1993). Customersââ¬â¢ perceptions can be influenced through reference groups and opinion leaders but should offer desired and more than perceived results in order to create long term value and mutual benefits in the competitive business environment.... In short, brand loyalty is driven by effective customer relationship management programs and initiatives offering mutual benefits and advantages to organizations and customers. The research is based on identifying the Ducati customer perception and brand loyalty. It needs to be mentioned that in spite of a number of companies manufacturing high quality and attractive motorcycles, a certain group of customers prefer to buy Ducati motorcycles. The research aims at identifying their perception towards Ducati and its motorcycles along with assessing brand loyalty. However, in this particular discussion, only theoretical aspects of brand loyalty and customer perception has been presented and practical implication will be highlighted in the later part of the research in an illustrative and logical manner. A highly satisfied customer will tend to buy more product and services of the brand with whom he can relate to in the short as well as in the long run. It needs to be understood that bran d loyalty is often useful and economical for the buyer and seller. The buyer can stick to a particular brand without investing much in competitors brand along with availing great benefits of brand loyalty offered by organizations. Loyalty is awarded and rewarded in different ways depending on the structure and policies of organizations. When it comes to expensive products and services, customer perception and loyalty is driven by wide arrays of variables. Price can be considered as one of the most important variables deciding the perception and loyalty level of customers. Ducati Motorcycles come with a hefty price tag and with a positive perception of motorcycles; customers are willing to invest their money in it. If the actual and real performance and services of kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-2025573857616723732019-11-16T17:26:00.001-08:002019-11-16T17:26:05.391-08:00Addiction for Plastic Surgeries Essay Example for Free Addiction for Plastic Surgeries Essay Plastic surgery is a medical field that deals with reshaping some body deformities that may have occurred due to birth defects or accidents. It is also used for other purposes such as treating diseases and beauty purposes. An example of a disease which can be treated through plastic surgery is melanoma. If plastic surgery is carried out for younger looks or beauty purposes, it is referred to as cosmetic surgery. This paper will directly address the issue of cosmetic surgery since it is what has caused plastic surgeries addiction all over the world. See more: Recruitment and selection process essay Cosmetic surgeries are never related to any medical condition and are normally done to enhance the physical appearance of an individual. Cosmetic surgery addicts are easily identifiable due to the numerous surgeries they undergo each time claiming that they are not happy with their looks. Many victims of cosmetic surgery suffer from a medical condition known as Body Dimorphic Disorder (BDD). This mental disorder has made people imagine that they look different from others and there is a need for surgery so that they can improve their looks. Discussion Cosmetic surgery is a major problem today as a number of people who are addicted to it are doing it repeatedly in order to achieve their imaginary beauty. This practice is becoming frequent and in many instances it is affecting women as they try to change and improve their physical appearances. The problem with such kind of people only exists in their mind because it is hard to view yourself as being ugly from others, it is only a perception. If you view yourself as being ugly from others, the problem will never end even if you undergo so many plastic surgeries. This perception will directly influence the level of your happiness and accepting yourself the way you are. The practices of undergoing plastic surgery repeatedly in order to feel happy and look like the ones you view as more beautiful than yourself is what doctors refer to as BDD. This condition normally affects both male and females under the age of 18 equally (Gorbis, 2003). People suffering from BDD use plastic surgery as a solution to their unending dissatisfaction with their body physical appearance (Gorbis, 2003). Almost all people who suffer from BDD seek solution to cosmetic surgery. As a surgeon, you should be able to discover someone suffering from this medical condition and recommend him/her to a psychologist. Any invention has both positive and negative sides but plastic surgery addiction would cause more harm to the body compared to the benefits associated with it. For instance, it can damage the skin and muscle tissue of an individual permanently. Another well-known harm caused by plastic surgery addiction is the permanent nerve damage. This may result to permanent loss of feeling and sensation in all the affected areas of an individual who have undergone plastic surgery repeatedly. Many individuals who undergo plastic surgery repeatedly to perfect their physical appearances in most cases end up with irreversible damage that make them look awful compared to their original appearances. Plastic surgery addiction cause more harm to the physical appearance of people with BDD instead of enhancing it. People suffering from BDD undergo plastic surgery so that they can attract attention from the public. They later regret when things go wrong. This is an indication that it should be discouraged and people suffering from BDD should be referred to a Psychiatrist or psychologist instead of a surgeon. Plastic surgery is not cost friendly at all. The operation is very expensive and its outcomes are sometimes not worth the price. What the addicted victims fail to understand is that, plastic surgery operation can only result to two things. That is, a great success or a failure. This means that, the more operations you undergo, the higher the risk of failure (Pruitt, 2009). Many individuals who are addicted to plastic surgery are attracted by what they see in the media. They watch successful surgeries of famous celebrities and think that it might as well work on. This is not usually the case and the individuals we watch on the media having successful surgeries sometimes develop problems at a later date. Plastic surgery addiction is very different from drugs and other things addiction in that it fulfills people physiological needs. Therefore, it is normally difficult for individuals who are not satisfied with their physical appearance to stop plastic surgery. This is something they are viewing in the mirror now and then. If they are not satisfied with what they see, they will definitely run to a surgeon so that the body part they feel is not well placed can be rectified. The problem with such an individual is that he/she is likely not to be satisfied with many body parts. Thus, resulting to a series of plastic surgeries so as to be satisfied with his/her physical appearance. In my opinion, I would only recommend plastic surgery to individuals who have a medical problem. I would never encourage cosmetic surgery because it is doing more harm than enhancing appearance of individuals who are undertaking it. Most people who are addicted to cosmetic surgeries perceive themselves in the wrong manner. They normally have their imaginary images on their minds which they think they can turn to after the operation. This normally does not happen and that is why they undergo so many operations before they realize they are destroying their images. Plastic surgery should only be carried out under medical conditions not for pleasure. Pictures are all over the internet showing how plastic surgery addiction has caused a number of celebrities to lose their good looks. Cosmetic surgery is not good at all because it has not worked well for people who have done it. They are suffering from negative impacts of plastic surgery addiction. It should be therefore be discouraged unless under medical conditions. Conclusion Plastic surgery is not bad if it is used for solving a medical condition. However, having a plastic surgery for beauty purposes or look young should be discouraged by all means. It should be discouraged because it might possibly lead to addiction. Physicians as well as public awareness concerning BDD should be increased to control the unnecessary plastic surgeries. Doctors should also try their best to identify troubled patients so that they can direct them to psychologist or psychiatrist who can advise them. There are other treatments other than surgeries which can help people who have problems with their physical appearance. Psychologist and psychiatrists can really assist individuals with plastic surgeries addiction. The only problem to the control of this addiction is that cosmetic and plastic surgery is so accessible and doctors have not provided a regulation on the number of surgeries an individual should undergo in a given period. kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177749280324791670.post-32166603219039930632019-11-14T05:57:00.001-08:002019-11-14T05:57:03.633-08:00Tribute to Matt Stone :: Comedy Scripts Comedians EssaysTribute to Matt Stone Episode 201 - Not Without My Anus Icons provided by Christopher Pirillo at Just South of South Park AdvertFXApplet provided by Secret Sid South Park Announcer:à à à à à Since the last South Park you've waited four long weeks to find out who the father of Eric Cartman is. Now, finally, the shocking truth about Cartman's lineage will not be seen tonight so we can bring you the following special presentation. à à à à à [Honk] HBC Announcer:à à à à à Now, get ready for Canada's hottest action stars. Terrance and Phillip in the HBC Movie of the Week, Not Without My Anus, based on a true story. à à à à à à à à à à [Canadian Courthouse - 10:18 A.M.] Scott:à à à à à Ladies and gentlemen, before you today sits a murderer. On the night in question, this monster entered the home of Dr. Jeffrey O'Dwyer, and struck him repeatedly in the head with this hammer. That monster is sitting right over there, and his name is Terrance. à à à à à [Dramatic Music] à à à à à [Fart] Phillip:à à à à à Uh, Terrance, you farted in court. Terrance:à à à à à Yes Phillip, I'm making a case for our defense. à à à à à [Laughter] Scott:à à à à à All of these things link Terrance to the murder: hair fibers, blood samples, nail clippings, a piece of his shirt à à à à à Terrance looks about confused. Scott:à à à à à A watch with his initials on it, a day planner with the murder scheduled, a haiku called "Time to Kill Dr. Jeffrey O'Dwyer." "Dr. O'Dwyer, time to have your head smashed in, with my new hammer." Terrance, you may be a famous surgeon, but you're not God. Je accuse Terrance. Terrance:à à à à à Would you like a monkey claw Phillip? Phillip:à à à à à Yes please. à à à à à [Fart] à à à à à [Laughter] Terrance:à à à à à That's called the monkey claw cause it feels like my colon is being ripped apart by a thousand monkeys. Phillip:à à à à à The monkey claw is smelly. à à à à à The Judge hammers her gavel. Judge:à à à à à Come on, get a move-on, I ain't getting a younger up here. Phillip:à à à à à My sentiments exactly Your Honor. I see from your accent that you're Southern Canadian. Judge:à à à à à That is correct. Phillip:à à à à à Good people of the jury, my client Terrance is an innocent man. à à à à à [Fart] Terrance:à à à à à Oh ho, Phillip, now you farted during the closing argument. Phillip:à à à à à I have, haven't I Terrance. à à à à à [Fart] à à à à à [Laughter] Scott:à à à à à Your Honor, the defense is trying to make a mockery of this court. They think farts are funny, but they're not. Judge:à à à à à Sustained. Phillip:à à à à à Good people of the jury, my client Terrance is no more a murderer than you or me. He loves puppies and hates mean things. Would a murderer go to the zoo and feed animals like this? à à à à à Phillip shows the jury of Terrance with a llama. Phillip:à à à à à Of course not. So, in summation, find Terrance innocent, or else he'll kill you. à à à à à [Gasp] à à à à à [Laughter] Phillip:à à à à à Just kidding. The defense rests. à à à à à Terrance pounds his fist on the table as he laughs uncontrollably. kingcochpalo1982http://www.blogger.com/profile/16888929578339190915noreply@blogger.com0