Essays on Gil

A social worker is an individual mandated with the responsibility of helping individuals, families, and communities maintain wellbeing by empowering these entities with information and resources required to maintain wellbeing (Howe, 2014). Social workers play critical roles in promoting health and preventing diseases. A social worker can practice in a variety of settings, including nursing homes, communities, hospitals, and other health agencies. Based on the practice settings, social workers perform a variety of activities as a part of their responsibilities. One of the activities that the social workers perform is providing assistance with medications by either educating the patients ...

Abstract

The discussion over the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud computing is being held over the years. There are three models that are used in order to define has this technology will be used, such as SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. This paper provides the overview of the differences of those models and cover the concerns that are associated with the use of the cloud computing. Even though the future of any technology is not easy to predict, we try to analyze the current market of cloud computing and based on that try to predict how it will evolve with ...

For this critique, I have selected Dorothy Johnson’s Behavioral System Model (BSM). The key idea behind the theory is to enable effective behavioral function, to restore, or to maintain the effective behavioral integrity in the client. The main concepts in this theory are the nurse, client, and the 7 subsystems. These subsystems have structural and behavioral components. All the 7 subsystems in Johnson’s model are interconnected and enable effective functioning and adaptation of the person’s behavior. When these subsystems or their connectedness is affected, it can result in behavioral disorders. The environment is a constantly acting ...

Executive Summary

Nutella’s has been very successful in the UK market with the brand becoming a leader in sweet spread market with a share of 36 percent. The success of the brand in this market could be attributed to the company’s long experience in the UK. However, the brand’s future in this market is threatened by the perception that Nutella has saturated fats and sugar. Hence, it is important for Ferrero to investigate this problem and come up with a communication strategy that will change the image of the brand in the eyes of the current and potential ...

Introduction

The advancements made in the field of technology have irreversibly changed the way people live, communicate and perform the everyday activities. Some of the routine duties have disappeared, yet humans experience the extreme shortage of time and energy to perform all the activities they are wiling to do. The digitalized tools have replaced the everyday practices. The reading and writing have also been affected by these changes. Some technologies brought negative consequences to people’s lives, while others were positive. One of such technologies, which had positive influence on the literacy practices, is the iPhone 6s Plus. Its design, ...

Abstract

The study has sought to analyze the data of Apple Inc. and realize the relationship between sales revenues and sales, general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. It has employed regression and correlation analyses. Results indicate that both sales, general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses relate positively with sales revenues.

Introduction

S G& A is the initialism used in accounting and business to refer to sales, general and administrative expenses, which are major components of non-production costs in a company’s income statement (Warusawitharana, 2015). Selling expenses are direct and indirect expenses incurred in selling, ...

If one tries to figure out the first illustrations on the planet, they will be taken back all the way to the cave paintings by ancient men. Illustrations in books surfaced only after the invention of the printing press. Traditionally speaking, illustrations have always been part of books. They should not be looked as mere decoration of the books became of the greater amount of information the reader can derive from those drawings. In the past centuries, examples of illustrations have included books illustrated by copper engraving, woodcuts and wood engraving (Eshragh 9).Diagrams were essential in a mathematical ...

Introduction

Advancing in the global economy implies adjusting to increased competition, which requires higher productivity. Yet, increased productivity occurs when the occupational environment offers safe and pleasant working conditions. Contrarily, working environment highly exposed to occupational risks and hazard that may cause accidents, illness and even death lose their competitiveness at the cause of absenteeism, employees’ insurance expenditures orpotential trials (Stranks, 2005).

Statistics conducted by International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations (UN) agree in their estimations that there are 279 million occupational accidents and 160 million diseases associated with the working ...

Miles Davis (1926-1991) was one of the most influential jazz musicians in American history. He was on the forefront of several breakthrough development in jazz including cool jazz and jazz fusion. He is one of the most recognizable musicians in the world of jazz and most Americans know his name even if they are not jazz enthusiasts. Davis became an accomplished trumpeter and was known for his smooth sound. Tate (2015) in his article for Rolling Stone magazine credits Davis’ cool style and creativity for the creativity and expression that changed the face of jazz music since the 1940’ ...

The movie Parenthood (1989) was directed by Ron Howard and features an all-star ensemble cast. The movie depicts four adult siblings and their respective families as well as their parents and grandmother. The movie features all eight of Erikson’s Stages of Development in the various characters and their children exquisitely. Some of the characters are successfully navigating their lives where others are facing great difficulty. Grandma (Helen Snow) is the grandmother of Gil and his siblings, his mother’s mother. She is in the Integrity v. Despair stage in Erikson’s theory. This is the final stage ...

Introduction

The impact of regional and global economic contexts is becoming increasingly significant in the conversation on the knowledge economy. Now more than ever, for countries to remain globally competitive, their citizens must be adequately skilled and educated for work in the future and not on technology and culture as before. Because Australia seeks to develop global relations with countries which speak other languages, there is a need to increase the proficiency of Asian cultures and language skills in Australia. The English language as spoken in Australia is not adequate to meet learners’ needs in a multi-lingual world and specifically the entire ...

One example of the cognitive dissonance was the French Revolution. People of France thought they are being oppressed by the monarchs in the region, and in particular the Queen. As a result of this, violent protests started throughout France. The monarchs tried to curb the revolution by arresting the rebels, and by using fear tactics to make sure that this revolution does not spread. However, the revolution did spread under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the French Emperors were executed by the violent Mob. This is an example of Cognitive Dissonance because the authority in the form of Napoleon ...

Introduction

Survivors of sexual childhood abuse go through a series of intense and overwhelming feelings. These include feelings of guilt, fear and shame. The abusers are fond of telling children that it is their fault that they were abused, removing the blame away from the abuser, who should be blamed and blaming the child. In addition to this, abusers may bribe or threaten the child not to speak up; telling the child that no one will believe him or her. The response of a survivor’s family or friends to the revelation of the sexual abuse also has the possibility to cause ...

Introduction

Joseon Korea has been a flourishing kingdom since the ancient times. Despite being a neighbor to the power Chinese empire, the kingdom was able to establish its cultural identity that is distinct from the rest of the countries in the East-Asian region. However, a quote from a scholar during the reign of King Sejong in 1444 stipulates doubts about the country’s distinct heritage cultural heritage drawn from the idea of shared institution and writing system with China. The question of cultural identity arises from a realization that not all aspects that defines a unique heritage exist such as form of writing. Anything that was ...

The Ox-Bow Incident is an American western movie directed in 1943 by William Wellman and based on the novel by Walter van Tilburg Clark. The movie became a classic due to its original storyline different from the usual western movie plots. The movie is nowadays considered a movie classic due to its historical value and the importance of the message it delivers. Usually, the theme of the westerns revolved around morality and justice enforced or restored by a single character, classically a cowboy. The theme of The Ox-Bow Incident, however, is a tragic one, as not only the injustice is not redressed, but it ...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) refer to a group of several neurodevelopment syndromes that havedisorders having a poorly understood etiology. Mental The term ASD has been used by several mental health professionals use the term ASD to represent not only classic autism but also Asperger syndrome, Rett syndrome, CDD and PDD-NOS (NHS 2012)—disorders that refer to syndromes that share the same impairments (Romero-Munguia 2013).HYPERLINK "http://en.plagiarismdetect.com/plagiarism/index/8c2ae26f5e9428176d21bb1f0bea960009307af6/25242?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ablockabove.com%2Fwhy-fluency" \t "_blank"Romero-Munguia 2013). These are autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome (AS), and pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), also known as atypical autism (NHS 2012). ASD is characterized by developmental ...

Jim Hall, my host at the Chaparral Cars Facility, graced the races for the last time in the mid-1990s and, in 1999, to honor his achievement alongside others in the Chaparral facility, a wing was added to the Petroleum Museum in Midland (Wikipedia). This was meant to be the permanent home to the Chaparral legend. I had the privilege of visiting this museum last year, and was enthralled by what it has to offer. In the Chaparral Gallery, I encountered six of the seven existing Chaparrals; (1) the Chaparral 2 USRRC racer, (2) 2D endurance racer, (3) 2E Can-Am car, ( ...

Position of Native American Narrative in the American Narrative

Local Americans endured an aggregate disaster throughout the span of the nineteenth century. At the same time their stories can't be basically dense into one expert account of thrashing and destruction. To comprehend what happened to "The American Indian," we have to take a gander at the lives of the numerous Indians––and whites––that helped this multi-faceted story. At practically every turn, Native Americans ended up overpowered by Anglo-Americans' budgetary and military assets. At the neither same time their reaction to occasions was not, one or the other one-dimensional nor defeatist. Some attempted discretion. Others turned to religion. Still others ...

Introduction

This is a hereditary disease that has slow brain striatum atrophy (Gil and Rego). For several years, a Huntington’s disease patient may go through unrestrained movements, mental impairment and behavioral commotions. Finally, Huntington’s disease patients get totally reliant on a caregiver. The disease is an autosomal dominant condition that affects the equally two genders.

Statistics

The statistics of the Huntington’s disease indicate that out of 100,000 individuals globally, 5 to 10 will have the condition. The disease can attack males and females of every ethnic background (World Health Organization). It is prevalent globally, but, there are geographic regions where ...

Any Australian hoping to acquire a sustained career in Asian region will have an advantage if one can communicate to the locals in their own language. Even with professionals who want to work in Asia, what matters is not just what they know but also how well they can communicate with their colleagues and other people; otherwise their careers will be limited if they cannot communicate in the local language. Gil provides an overview of a report titled Building an Asia-Literate Australia: An Australian Strategy for Asian Language Proficiency. The report argues that given the political importance and the economic ...

Analysis of Spoken Discourse in the Film If Only

Abstract Spoken discourse focuses on the words the speakers say and how these are spoken to convey a message. The film If Only, presents a series of conversations that revealed the events of the story. This study transcribes three major scenes to identify the frequency of key terms as mentioned by the characters. The verbal data were then segmented and coded for analysis. The theory of face-work was used as the conceptual framework of the study and the conversations were examined to identify how characters saved their face and protect the face of the persons they are having the conversation ...

The most common types of leadership styles are: autocratic leadership, charismatic leadership, bureaucratic leadership, democratic or participative leadership, Laissez-faire leadership, relations oriented leadership, and servant leadership. Chuck Gieg is a charismatic, democratic, servant leader, and a people oriented leader because he fits into the characteristics exhibited by this types of leaders. Charismatic leaders inject huge doses of enthusiasm into their team and they are usually energetic in driving others forward. Democratic leaders invites other team members to contribute in the decision making process. Laissez-faire leaders leave their team members to get on with their work as they monitor what is being ...

Upon first glance, the purpose of the news media is to provide facts to the citizenry to encourage educated civic engagement within the country. However, a closer examination of the news media indicates that there are a number of problems that exist in regards to this particular thesis. Media and democracy have a much more complex relationship than is often understood by the average layperson, and this can have negative consequences on the educational level of the public, as the average person may not have the knowledge or understanding of the complex relationship between government, democracy, and media to appropriately assess the ...

Bedouins is one of the primarily desert-dwelling ethnic groups of the Arabic origin. The Bedouin are well known for their nomadic lifestyle, agricultural activities, and fishing, but on rare occasions. It is also argued that having mastered the challenges and hardships of the desert, they sometimes augmented their sources of income through providing transportation services for other people across the desert (Abu-Lughod, 11). Due to lack of water and pastoral land, the Bedouins were always on the move in search of the same for their animals. However, over time, the lifestyle of this ethnic group has shifted significantly. Particularly, ...

Procurement report:

Based on a case analysis of Nickelodeon

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This report lays out methods of procurement which play a major factor in the process of planning for the client. It lays out procurement methodology, its classification and integration in both traditional and non-traditional methods of procurement. The report further avail points laid out in the Government of New South Wales that would assist a client in the selection of a method that’s most appropriate. Different options for procurement methods such as SWOT analysis, IFB, RFI, Design and Construct, and (EPC) Engineering, procurement and construction are presented. These constructs are availed, evaluated and explained putting ...

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Strategic Management is a function of control, extended to long-term goals and actions of the company. Strategy Formulation (modus operandi) and its precise tools are the core of governance and an important sign of good management of the company. Strategic management is a development and implementation of actions leading to long-term excess of the level of effectiveness of the company above the competition.

Strategy - the image of organizational actions and management approaches used to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

The five elements of the strategy (H. Mintzberg) strategy as a plan; strategy as the position; strategy as a method; strategy as a pattern of action; strategy as a ...

ABSTRACT

Ancient Greek philosophers had very different concepts of happiness and pleasure from the more materialistic and hedonistic ideas of the modern world. For this reason, many contemporary students read their books without really being able to comprehend their main message, which really viewed philosophy as a kind of religion. Indeed, Plato’s followers did start their own religion, which lasted for centuries and was incorporated into Stoicism and early Christianity. All of them rejected the idea that happiness came from money, material success, sex or physical pleasure, which are the basis for the modern mass consumption economy. That simply did ...

Midnight in Paris is written and directed by Woody Allen and in a romantic fantasy based film that was released in 2011. It primarily stars Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams as a couple who want strikingly different things from life, and this leads to resentment and distance in their relationship. Gil, played by Owen Wilson is a partially failed Hollywood screenwriter, who goes for a vacation to Paris with his fiancée Inez to rekindle their relationship. She forces him to stick to mundane screenwriting, while he personally prefers to write a novel. Moreover, while he wants to move in Paris, she believes it ...

- How do Nathan and Frank (with Larry) deprive their children of autonomy in opposite ways? Be sure to explain what autonomy is. You must connect the parent's behavior with the child's lack of autonomy. When we hear of the word “autonomy” we immediately think that it has something to do with freedom, and it does. Autonomy is kind of a state in which a person is free but also take note that it also means that the person or entity is able to stand on its own two feet or is independent. In the movie “Parenthood” the audience is ...

Psychology

Abstract This paper on the aging society provides an in depth perspective on the current changing demographics in the United States. It exploits on the financial constraints that are impacted to the younger generation. This includes the issues affecting employment due to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to the funding of Medicare and Medicaid. Issues of Supplemental Security Income are also visited and analyzed. Due to the sensitivity of the matter, the expertise opinion is addressed on the issues that are affected by the rising numbers of the aging society. The paper addresses the eminent issue that ...

Aging Society

Broom, A. (2012) On Euthanasia, Resistance, and Redemption: The Moralities and Politics of a Hospice: Qualitative Health Research, 22 (2) 226-237. Politics have been a major player in the hospice service industry. The major controversy is assisted death. Academic and medical communities have debated upon the ethics of this act and there has been a grey area since the debate has never been concluded. Many hospice practiced have the dying well policy and numerous patients cajole the nurses since they read more into this statement than otherwise intended. The modern dying practices and morality need governance in this old age nursing ...

ABSTRACT

Despite repeated requests in the dialogue, Euthyphro is not able to instruct Socrates on any subject, of course, but he does have certain ideas about the gods, piety and impiety that are rather limited and narrow compared to those of the philosopher. First and foremost, he understands piety, justice and morality to be legalistic, and a question of obeying certain rules while punishing criminals and evildoers. Indeed, he is so certain of his understanding of these questions that he is even willing to prosecute his father for murder. He then goes on to define piety as actions that are dear ...

Introduction

In the following analytical report, two careers choices are compared: entrepreneurship and video game development. The overall purpose of this report is to determine which career is the ideal for a prospective job-seeker to pursue, according to several criteria: education requirements, salary and job security. The assessment of these occupations is performed using scholarly literature from both books and journal articles dealing with the subject of each profession's advantages and disadvantages. First, entrepreneurship will be examined using the aforementioned criteria; a similar assessment of video game development shall follow. Finally, a recommendation will be made regarding which career is preferred.

An entrepreneur, ...

In the film version of Troy, as in the original Iliad, several characters are motivated mainly by their passions and lusts far more than reason and ethics, and as a result bring considerable death, destruction and suffering to all concerned. Both Plato and Aristotle would have been highly critical of this lack of ethics, and actions that they would have regarded as coming from the basest motives of lust, anger, revenge and other passions. Paris, the young prince of Troy, becomes infatuated with Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, and runs off with her. This destroys the peace ...

Capital Budgeting

Capital Budgeting is a management tool used in investments appraisal. The management of an organization needs to determine the long term investments to be undertaken by an organization. The duty lies on the financial manager to determine the investment project with satisfactory rate of return and cash flows. The manager should evaluate, compare and select the best investment project (Gil, 2005). Budgeting decisions are important to an organization for they assist in allocation of resources to the best investment decisions that will maximize the returns. Capital in every organization is scarce hence budgeting helps to control funds in the ...

Introduction

Arguably, the functions of internal auditing have gained a lot of emphasis in private and public organizations. As a matter of fact, various organizations in the recent past emphasize on internal auditing because of embezzlement of funds and frauds. One of the main sectors that have focused on internal auditing is banking. The requirements of the banking system are tremendously increasing; this has led to the shifting of responsibilities and roles of internal auditing. Internal audit endeavors in providing an opinion that is independent, especially in the objective attainability within an organization. In general perspective, internal auditing is crucial in the ...

Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle valued reason above all other characteristics and argued that it separated human beings from plants and animals, and like Buddhist philosophy elevated spiritual truths over material concerns. The Greek idealist philosophy was not as completely divorced from the physical universe as Buddhism, however, even though both agreed that the soul was immortal. They also regarded virtue as being its own reward and defined it as seeking higher spiritual and moral values rather than money, power and physical pleasures. Often their ideas have been misunderstood in that they thought the highest level of ...

1. Discuss the cultural connections and parallels between Classical Greece and the Hellenistic world and the Roman Empire in terms of art, literature, religion and philosophy. The Eastern Roman Empire (later the Byzantine Empire), was Greek-speaking and Hellenistic in culture, and contained two-thirds of the population and some of the largest cities like Alexandria, Constantinople and Antioch. Poltically, culturally and economically, it was the most important part of the Empire and survived until 1453, for nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the West. In pagan times before the 4th Century AD, all of the Roman gods ...

Analysis of celebrity endorsement as an effective destination marketing tool

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 RATIONALE FOR STUDY While promoting destinations, the primary and secondary characteristics are usually emphasised and it includes various qualities of the destinations including scenery, climate, hospitality of the local people and traditions. There are secondary factors as well, which add or reduce the value of a particular destination and they are basically the events, transportation, public facilities etc. The communication-saturation in the society is sufficient to adequately promote the above qualities, and the buyers and sellers get aware of these in advance. Morgan et al. (2002a) comments on the above situation, ...

Sexually Abused Teens

Sexual abuse is one of the problems facing most teenagers in the world today. Sexual abuse happens to many teenagers than most people think. A number of teenagers have reported cases of sexual abuse, which have been done to them in the recent past. Sexual abuse happens frequently and in most cases, teenagers are sexually abused by people they know (Carter, 2002). This makes the problem of teen sexual abuse a difficult one to handle because most teens do not report those who abuse them sexually to the relevant authorities. It can thus be assumed that the number of teenage ...

Teaser pitch for Woody Allen’s movie Midnight in Paris

The love triangle between Tom, Gil and Cecilia is the sweetest part in the ‘The Purple Rose of Cairo’ has a real connection with the viewer. Tom is genuine in his love for Cecilia yet she can’t see it and decides to offer herself to Gil who is only after his career which hangs in the balance if Gil does not place back his place. However the plot is a good illustration of a romantic city from a tourist’s perspective as the director works hard to portray. The scene carries most of the mystical elements the movie has as well as ...

Environmental science

Problem description

Energy conservation entails the efforts that are being undertaken to reduce energy consumption. Energy conservation can be attained by enhanced, efficient energy use in relation to the minimized energy consumption and or minimum application from the conventional energy sources. The problem associated with this is the global energy crisis that has resulted in strong demand for the rare commodity. There has been great, rise in the global demand for energy in the past few years due to industrial growth and population increase. Supply of energy, thus, is in deficit than the expected amount. Market breakdown is likely ...

Dread

In the first part of Richard Wright’s The Outsider we are introduced to the central character of the novel, Cross Damon, an African American. Damon works is a postal worker in Chicago and his life is fill of problems. He does not eat enough and he drinks too much, because he claims he has terrible problems sleeping. He is separated from his wife, Gladys, with whom he has fathered four children. He has a girlfriend called Dotty and he is also under pressure, because of the way he lives and has treated Gladys from his elderly mother, who disapproves of ...