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Mock awards have emerged to enhance art by humiliating certain entertainment productions such as film and music (Mathijs and Sexton 38). In spite of the idea that cinema thrives on cultic views, mock awards have gained authenticity and seriousness. It is this seriousness that MST3K placed Manos: The Hands of Fate film into public scrutiny by highlighting the serious flaws that the movie entailed.

In 1966, Harold Warren produced and directed the American horror film, thereafter, acquiring the status of the worst movies ever produced. By peering into the background of the director, it is not surprising that he availed the world a ludicrous film for the rest of the decades. Warren was a dealer in farm’s products, in Texas, and he decided to produce the movie as a result of a bet. The producer also had a role in the movie with notable El Paso theater actors. The independent production crew possessed limited background and experience in filmmaking. In addition, they faced a constrained budget at their disposal. On its debut, the film had little performances in the local theatres until MST3K discovered the movie and sparked its two DVD releases (Weiner and Barba 106).

An overview of the movie reads about a vacationing family who venture on a road trip and loses the way. The encounter by a pagan cult triggers the flaws that dominate the rest of the movie. The film possesses several technical deficiencies, continuity flaws, poor visuals and soundtracks, inexplicable scenes and shoddy acting.

The first flaw that indicates in the movie concerns with the production. The film begins by showcasing objects such as the car instead of the characters. This serves to divert the attention of the audience by failing to create curiosity into the later happenings. The movie is slow paced as the family drags its belongings into the car. A better way of launching the actions would have been to let the child stare into the camera. Since the child is sullen, the parents hum an irrelevant song into the child’s ears. As the family drives for a short distance, a sheriff pulls the vehicle over and asks of a tail-light problem. The father responds that the child is exhausted. There is a disconnection between the exhaustion of the child and the tail light failure (Trombo 52). The introductory part also entails landscape shots that exhaust the scene.

An additional problem with the movie regards its lighting. The producer chose most of the movie’s scenes at night. Given the scenes were to occur for several days, it does not create sense that the movie should majorly entail night scenes. The movie possessed inadequate electricity that helped develop a crudely lit and a murky effect. This effect of darkness emanate from the beginning of the movie whereby there is inadequate depiction of the day. The audience strives to make out the faces of the family members as they enter into the dwellings of Torgo. In spite of the idea that the movie entailed considerable night scenes, the audience did not have to struggle making out the characters’ faces.

In addition, the movie entailed inclusion of animals that did not augur with the direction of the script. The first animal is the family’s puppy that is supposed to travel with the family on a road trip. The child plays with the sullen animal that yearns to move out of the car. The puppy attains mild later scenes while the movie does not indicate the disappearance of the animal. In the Torgo’s cave, the child struggles playing with an uncooperative dog. This occurs regardless of the idea that the animals were supposed to accord a horror effect into the movie.

Another problem regards how the actors attain cue for actions. The film did not coordinate the camera movements with the actions of the actor. A shot begins by the actors consuming a long time in order to carry out their roles (Saltzman 47). This suggests that the actions could begin long after the camera had focused on the actors. The scenes comprised of actions whereby the actors could stare into the cameras before performing any significant thing. In the scene of question, the sheriff looked dead and hesitated before questioning the family. In addition, there is a scene in the car whereby the woman stays in absolute silence while staring at a nondescript object.

The car drives and stops at a seemingly abandoned house. The house does not approach the scene thereby appearing from nowhere. Instead of asking for directions, they are fearless of spending with the satyr. In essence, the satyr should possess scary features such as hooves or horns. The satyr is surprisingly warm instead of projecting a horror look onto the settled family. In addition, satyr is a wiry fellow that triggers the audience into sympathizing with him.

It is discernible that the Manos’ movie entailed terrible flaws that make it pale. To begin with, there is a whole idea of disconnection as pertains to the reason for getting lost because the characters should be familiar with their environment. The movie has other disconnections in terms of inappropriate soundtracks such as jazz in night scenes. This is coupled with poor lighting and sluggish actors that do not depict the required effects of a scene.

Works cited

Mathijs, Ernest, and Jamie Sexton. Cult cinema. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2012. Print.

Saltzman, Marc. DVD Confidential 2: the Sequel. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Professional, 2003. Print.

Trombo, Tony. Sueno the dream of Hal Warren: the director of fate creates space. New York, NY: Independent Publishing Platform, 2011. Print.

Weiner, Robert, and Shelley Barba. In the peanut gallery with mystery science theater 3000: essays on film, fandom, technology and the culture of riffing. New York, NY: McFarland, 2011. Print.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy

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Introduction

With the pressure from the international community to reduce the carbon footprint, individual nations are increasingly looking to use alternative sources of energy that have a reduced effect on the environment. Some of the most promising forms of energy include solar power, wind, and water (Darby, Hansson, & Tisdell, 2020). Nuclear energy has also emerged as a critical contender in this race, given that it is likely to solve the environmental problem by ensuring a zero-carbon future. Nuclear energy is attained from split atoms contained in reactors that then heat water and turn it to steam. The steam then turns turbines that generate electricity. It is important to look at the pros and cons of using nuclear energy as an alternative form of energy. Despite the hot debate on its use, nuclear energy comes with a number of drawbacks as well as benefits, making it a controversial energy source. Ultimately, it is a low-cost form of energy, is reliable, has zero-carbon emissions, promises efficiency for the future, and has high energy density, yet, it is water intensive, has a high risk of nuclear accidents, contains radioactive waste, and is a non-renewable source of energy.

Advantages of Nuclear Energy

One of the most notable positive aspects of nuclear energy is that it produces clean energy. In the United States, nuclear energy is the largest source of environmental-friendly and clean energy, generating more than 50% of clean electricity in the country every year (Suman, 2018). By using nuclear energy, Petrescu et al. (2016) found that the United States avoids more than 470,000,000 tons of carbon emissions per year. Other clean solutions presented by the nuclear energy alternative include using thermal energy from reactors to decarbonize other energy intensive sectors including the transport industry that is one of the largest contributors to carbon-related pollution.

Another benefit of nuclear energy is that it is a reliable alternative energy source. Unlike other commonly used alternatives such as wind energy and solar, Bosselman (2007) notes that nuclear energy does not rely on the natural elements such as the wind or the sun. Nuclear energy can be used any time of the day or in any season. The advantage of producing energy non-stop is that there are zero delays in production and intermittent provision as seen with solar and wind power.

Zero carbon emissions is one of the most sought after sustainable development goals advanced by the United Nations and championed by other global stakeholders including governments and welfare organizations. Nuclear energy does not produce carbon as part of its byproducts. This is a significant benefit over other traditional energy sources, including fossil fuels that release millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the environment and the atmosphere. The buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is noted to be a leading cause of the current changes to the climate (Apergis, Payne, Menyah, & Wolde-Rufael, 2010). Therefore, minimal greenhouse gases and carbon emissions is an advantage that is difficult to ignore.

Nuclear fusion has been identified as one of the most efficient ways to harness energy. With an ability to control atomic fusion, then the world would have unlimited energy. The advancements in nuclear energy methodologies promises to have positive results for the future, including providing limitless amounts of energy for global consumption (Suman, 2018). The potential that nuclear energy has is important to meet other global goals and objectives including keeping the environment safe and ensuring access to basic needs for all populations. Energy generation in the future will be anchored upon the standards that are being established today in the nuclear energy sector.

Lastly, one of the most important advantages of using nuclear energy is the benefit of high energy density. According to Apergis et al. (2010), the energy amount released in a single nuclear fission reaction is estimated to be more than ten million times more than the amounts released through burning fossil fuels. As such, the nuclear power plants require small amounts of nuclear fuel compared to other power plant types. The benefit with this is that it aids in contributing to low cost energy production because a single nuclear power plant is capable of producing more energy compared to traditional sources of energy.

Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy

Despite the many advantages mentioned above, the use of nuclear energy also attracts a number of drawbacks. One key disadvantage of nuclear energy is the environmental impact. Having zero carbon emissions is noted to be a positive point, yet nuclear energy has notable impact to the environment majorly through the water discharge and mining activities required to have the alternative up and running. Elements such as uranium used in the energy production must be mined (Rodríguez-Penalonga & Moratilla Soria, 2017). Any type of mining usually has a detrimental effect to the surrounding environment. Uranium mining leads to the production of radon and arsenic, contributing to negative environment results and poor health of those living near these mines. Thermal pollution is also a major concern as part of a negative environmental impact. The release of hot water into natural sources such as lakes and oceans are likely to change the chemistry of the surrounding making it less habitable for certain aquatic life.

Another major concern and a serious point of reference when discussing the disadvantages of nuclear energy is the increased risk of nuclear accidents. Although nuclear power plants follow strict protocols and rules when it comes to safety measures, accidents are still likely to happen. Events in countries like Japan, the United States, and in Russia have shown that a meltdown of these power plants would lead to catastrophic disasters. The Mile Island, Fukushima disaster, and the Chernobyl accident reveal that the effect to people and the environment would be near irreversible overtime (Mousseau & Møller, 2020). Although these accidents are very rare, it is important to note that the risk of occurrence is real and can be triggered easily through failure of a single component within the system.

Another notable disadvantage of nuclear energy is the fact that it has very high operating costs. Large and industrialized nations are more likely to invest in nuclear energy. However, the developing nations are still not capable of maintaining the power plants due to the challenging economic conditions in their countries. The strict rules on maintenance, the highly skilled staffing levels needed, constant operator training, and the international inspection standards required may be a financial burden to these emerging economies.

Conclusion

From the discussion above, nuclear energy is presented as a low-cost form of energy, is reliable, has zero-carbon emissions, promises efficiency for the future, and has high energy density. Even with these advantages, power plants are also revealed to be water intensive, having a high risk of nuclear accidents, contains radioactive waste that may have negative impact on the environment and health of people and wildlife, and is also a non-renewable source of energy. It is also noted that the high operating costs associated with nuclear energy makes the alternative unavailable to the emerging and developing economies because of the large economic and expertise levels required for maintenance. Overall, the advantages point to a need to explore the use of nuclear energy in the future because it promises limitless energy for global consumption. Yet, scientific procedures must work to ensure that the drawbacks are mitigated before the alternative can be accepted fully.

References

Apergis, N., Payne, J. E., Menyah, K., & Wolde-Rufael, Y. (2010). On the causal dynamics

between emissions, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and economic growth. Ecological Economics, 69(11), 2255-2260.

Bosselman, F. (2007). The Ecological Advantages of Nuclear Power. NYU Envtl. LJ, 15, 1.

Darby, L., Hansson, A., & Tisdell, C. (2020). Small-Scale Nuclear Energy Environmental and

Other Advantages and Disadvantages. Case Studies in the Environment, 4(1).

Mousseau, T. A., & Møller, A. P. (2020). Plants in the Light of Ionizing Radiation: What Have

We Learned From Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Other “Hot” Places?. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 552.

Petrescu, F. I., Apicella, A., Petrescu, R. V., Kozaitis, S., Bucinell, R., Aversa, R., & Abu-

Lebdeh, T. (2016). Environmental protection through nuclear energy. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 13(9), 941-946.

Rodríguez-Penalonga, L., & Moratilla Soria, B. Y. (2017). A review of the nuclear fuel cycle

strategies and the spent nuclear fuel management technologies. Energies, 10(8), 1235.

Suman, S. (2018). Hybrid nuclear-renewable energy systems: A review. Journal of Cleaner

Production, 181, 166-177.

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Changing Gender Roles

Gender roles are one of the major themes in the short story “The Hite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. The role of women in society is portrayed by a few women such as Soraya and her mother Jamila to show how women’s roles in life have changed over the years in the Afghan. Women have no power or right to make major decisions in their lives. Men are seen to have taken control over women in marriage. For example, the general despite the fact that Jamila, “had once been famous in Kabul for her enchanting singing voice. Though she had never sung professionally, she had had the talent,” she was asked never to sing again in public as an agreement for her marriage. Based on this, women have to hide their talents or any other abilities in fear of men. Besides, the general did not approve of women drinking alcohol as it is against the norms in Afghan.

However, things have changed over time, and this is depicted by Soraya who marries Ali, her choice as a husband. Also, despite her father’s restriction of taking alcohol, she does it but in the absence of his father. In addition, Soraya goes against her father’s will and finds a job, she can make major decisions in her life, something that was not approved in Afghan. Policies developed by the Afghan government has also been unreliable since they do not promote the rights of women, and this means that Soraya would have received a different kind of treatment if she grew up in Afghan. All these indicates the changing perception of women’s right to make autonomous decisions in their lives, a changing role of women.

Works Cited

Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner. Penguin, 2003.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Telenursing

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Telenursing

Telenursing is a subset of telehealth that concentrates on the conveyance, administration, and coordination of care and service utilizing information transfers innovation inside the area of nursing. Telenursing attendants utilize the nursing procedure to give forethought to individual patients or characterized patient populaces over a telecom gadget. Imperatively, the nursing methodology and extent of practice are the same in telenursing as in conventional nursing practice. Among the numerous various clinical capacities of telenursing attendants are observing patients with constant infections, helping patients deal with their side effects and co-morbidities, and arranging administer to patients who oblige services from various wellbeing experts.

Telenursing attendants give nursing mind by: (1) utilizing clinical calculations, conventions, or rules to efficiently evaluate patient needs and indications; (2) prioritizing the earnestness of patient needs; (3) teaming up and creating an arrangement of care with the patient and strong orders, which may incorporate proposals for forethought, get back to directions, and training; and (4) assessing conclusions (Hanks, 2010).

Advantages

Telenursing permit experts to counsel one another in regards to patient forethought without the need of going to see patients, sparing time and cash for both human services suppliers and patients. Engineering permits experts to send information, view information, identify with one another professional and team up together to focus the best arrange of administer to the patient being referred to (Mantas, 2002). Wound care is one region that has profited from telenursing. Understanding injuries might be seen remotely on cam, permitting an inaccessible expert to make suggestions in regards to treatment. Catch up is possible on a predictable premise, considering snappier mending of incessant wounds and expanded nature of forethought.

Telenursing offers comfort. Penciling in a lunch-hour visit with the doctor can demonstrate testing, particularly when a can’t-miss telephone call assimilates the majority of your evening. Telemedicine facilitates this issue. Through feature, Web talk, or telephone, specialists can catch up on a remedy or judgment with a doctor they’ve been seeing for quite a long time if that doctor surely gives telenursing services or with another specialist in their system, says Berman, Shipton, Walker, and Kozier (2000). When a patient enrolls, he or she can weigh out another in-system doctor’s experience. The objective of telenursing is to make an encounter that nearly reflects a customary specialist visit.

Telenursing is cost-efficiency. An expanding number of specialists are charging less for a telemedicine counsel than they would for an in-individual visit. Telemedicine can likewise decrease travel costs, as indicated by Mantas (2002). This is particularly valid for those living in provincial groups. Provincial families who would regularly travel hours out of their approach to getting to key wellbeing services can do it from the solace of their lounge chair.

Telenursing promotes safety in healthcare. Patients are no doubt released from the clinic sooner than at any other time in recent memory before; with various medicines and frequently failing to offer the learning they have to nurture their condition satisfactorily (Hanks, 2010). Telenursing permits these patients to return home, which spares cash, however permits them to be backed by an expert until they are well or are dealing with their condition with certainty. Postoperative patients profit from backing, as they frequently have inquiries with respect to what may be “ordinary” that can undoubtedly be taken care of by medical attendants, who can figure out if a patient is encountering a complexity or a typical outcome of their surgery. Telenursing gives a security net to patients who may be battling with dealing with their condition at home, averting intricacies that could bring about being hospitalized once more.

Telenursing guarantees less time in the holding up room. Most people have flipped through that year-old issue of us or People while holding our horses to see our essential care doctor or dental specialist. Telemedicine disposes of this methodology, as per Kinsella (2003). “[Online care] is truly a huge in addition to for our parts. It takes a few minutes to enroll and put your wellbeing history in,” and afterward you are prepared to get the social insurance you require, she says.

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One of the significant impediments of utilizing telenursing from patient’s viewpoint is patient confidentiality. Persistent privacy and the security of private data must be defended, paying little heed to the gathering system used to concentrate data. Security and security is a paramount thought in telenursing, and patients and experts must both feel guaranteed that data is gathered and put away securely (Hanks, 2010).

Telenursing faces electronic glitches. Engineering is just as solid as the electrical current that keeps it running. Severe climate and different disturbances can result in a force blackout or disturb a web association, muddling online discussion with a specialist. Workers ought to remember that preceding planning online visits.

Telenursing faces the issue of inadequate assessment. While being able to interface with your essential forethought doctor or dental specialist is a real additionally, certain non-verbal prompts may at present sneak past the cracks. According to Hanks (2010), there are no restrictions on how you can utilize telenursing, obviously one of the cons is you cannot generally touch or feel the patient.

The majority of the more seasoned patients have an issue with worthiness of this new engineering. Telenursing could be a hard pill to swallow for more seasoned patients who have been unused to machines and innovation as a sidekick to information and practice. As opposed to feeling that they are, no doubt “supplanted” by machines, these experts ought to be swayed to view telenursing and telecom as a subordinate to expert practice (Berman, Shipton, Walker, & Kozier, 2000). Studies have demonstrated that most patients are extremely tolerating of telenursing, yet a few experts have been slower to grasp this innovation. Nevertheless, telenursing is here to stay and will just develop, and experts who grasp new engineering will find that their heap is lightened, and their patients are healthier and more fulfilled by their care.

Telenursing faces the issue of physical resistance. The majority of resistance originates from specialists attempting to agreeably utilize the new engineering, yet this reluctance just expands as such, says Kinsella (2003). “In the meantime, their interest has been settled when they think about on the different ways they may begin to use this technology to manage the patients who have chronic deceases.

Conclusion

Telenursing brings both advantages and disadvantages to both the patients and the professionals. Among the advantages include; sharing of information among professionals, it is cost-efficient, it promotes safety in the healthcare industry, and it guarantees less time in the waiting room. On the other hand its disadvantages include; patients privacy, it faces electronic glitches, faces the issue of inadequate assessment, and physical resistance. Even though there are disadvantages of telenursing according to patient’s perspective, telenursing is here to stay and it is time people accept it as the new form of providing care to the patients.

References

Mantas, J. (2002). Textbook in Health Informatics: A Nursing Perspective. Amsterdam [u.a.: IOSPress [u.a..Hanks, G. W. C. (2010). Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress.

Berman, A., Shipton, S., Walker, H., & Kozier, B. (2000). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts,Process, and Practice : Instructor’s Guide. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice HallHealth.

Kinsella, A. (2003). Home healthcare: Wired & ready for telehealth, the nurses’ and students’edition. Kensington, Md: Information for Tomorrow.

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Melissa McCarthy is a renowned American actress in both television and films, she also doubles in as a writer and a producer she has gained tremendous recognition in the field over the last few years. McCarthy realized a major success and fame when she created the Bridesmaids in 2011 which was a comedy hit this film attracted her major a wards in the film industry just to confirm that it was a masterpiece at the time of release. However she has also appeared in other movies including Identity Thief. The theft of identity and impersonation is a serious development in America it is estimated that up to 9 million Americans have their identity stolen annually. This seems to be the major center of attraction to McCarthy during the creation of the film.

Identity Thief has two major characters McCarthy as the corn artist and Bateman as the helpless victim who is determined to bring her down at whatever price. The film is very disorganized in the sense that the role that McCarthy plays was originally designed for a male artist but she assumes the role making it a difficult piece and unconventional. Bateman forms a spitfire team with her because of her exceptional performance in the Bridesmaid. Through the film we can see the contrast between Bateman as a reluctant schmo and McCarthy’s cartoonish, law breaker nature. The movie reveals vividly unlawful drama when the world of the two characters collides; it sinks down in our imagination with a clear understanding of every aspect of the movie as being crime oriented.

It is very unrealistic that Bateman has to trek across the U.S in order to capture McCarthy on his own, his determination is astonishing and surprising too. Moreover a man known as Rodriguez is introduced in the scene as a Latino drug lord who wants McCarthy’s head this sets a stage for a more retrogressive drama because of the diversification of those seeking to bring her down however she is too smart for these guys.

The film is a typical representation of theft of identity going on in America, it has a lot of negative things that comes with it in reality for example it can damage ones identity in the event that one uses it to cause a fraud using a prominent persons identification. It also has the potential of causing damage to a customer’s credit card which in turn can lead to denials when applying for a job or a loan. The theft of identity also causes emotional and psychological distress to the affected individuals. The movie expresses it in a very humorous way that if your identity is stolen by McCarthy it can earn you a punch on the throat.

The movie is not good as expected because there are a couple of times when you have to be momentarily dead so that you don’t burst out in a surprising laughter during the entire time that the movie runs. Everything starts when shrubby guys identity named Sandy Patterson is stolen by a Florida woman named Diana (McCarthy), the local authorities are virtually powerless in dealing with theft of identity cases. He is convinced that he cannot let go off the woman. He therefore decides to move to Florida to hunt the Diana and bring her to book. The man sets on a road trip that attracts a lot of comedy bits and bursts of glory actions.

However the movie has one glorious thing on its side that is Melissa McCarthy she is a star material as disclosed in Bridesmaids her excellence performance is a proof of a movie worth watching. Diana gives a very negative impression to the audience when she spends a lot of Sandy’s money in a bar I in a very comic way. She is very desperate and has no friends she therefore picks all the humor she finds on her way and fills them in her character. You are able to figure out straight a way that this woman dishes out money to people so that she can convince them to care about her. In Bridesmaids it is revealed that Melissa McCarthy has arrived in Hollywood it a proof of the idea that you are a comedian when you are given a simple bunch of materials and you are expected to make it funnier than it should be.

In the movie the Bridesmaids a marriage of genuine people gross out gags, and; sorrow it is a female driven comedy that Judd Apatow invites his friends to experience bridesmaids. Kristen is in charge of the cast and is referred to as Annie who is the maid of honor she leads other maids and her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph); the colorful maids include Rose Byrne, McCarthy, Wendi and Ellie Kemper they all have to go through a wild road to the matrimony. Annie’s life seems to be in a mess. Things take another twist when she realizes that his best friend Lillian is engaged. Though loveless and broke Annie had to go through the expensive wedding procedures, she was determined to use any chance available to show Lillian and his bridesmaids how far she was willing to go for the one she loved.

The movie gives a realistic performance as compared to identity thief it presents a lady without any ego at all she is unhappy and single this reflects the reality as opposed to Diana who spends money to buy attention from other people. Anne’s suffering shapes her life into the character that she represents. Anne clings to the bed of a rich man who she considers his best friend (Maya Rudolph). The man plans to get married and as expected in reality this spirals down her life.

The movie has also been prepared to carter for the audience’s senses of humor but in a more practicable way compared to Identity thief. That’s the main aim of inclusion of TV personalities such as Melissa McCarthy who is the funniest of all, she is proud of her weight and what attracts attention is how she throws herself at people in the party. In the end of it all Bridesmaids is touching movie, very natural and fun at the same time just like a reality wedding.

I don’t find a reason to recommend Identity thief because most of the actions have the potential of instigating crime in one’s mind. On the other hand Bridesmaids has basic humor and reflects what is possible in our lives. But if one is interested in watching comedy performances that have been smuggled into the so called remarkable movies then one might find something interesting about it.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Management Science

Question 1 (5 points): Micromedia offers computer training seminars on a variety of topics. In the seminars each student works at a personal computer, practicing the particular activity that the instructor is presenting. Micromedia is currently planning a two-day seminar on the use of Micro- soft Excel in statistical analysis. The projected fee for the seminar is $600 per student. The cost for the conference room, instructor compensation, lab assistants, and promotion is $9600. Micromedia rents computers for its seminars at a cost of $120 per computer per day.

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Question 2 (5 points): Preliminary plans are under way for the construction of a new stadium for a major league baseball team. City officials have questioned the number and profitability of the luxury corporate boxes planned for the upper deck of the stadium. Corporations and selected individuals may buy the boxes for $300,000 each. The fixed construction cost for the upper- deck area is estimated to be $4,500,000, with a variable cost of $150,000 for each box constructed.

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the profit on each box is $(325,000 -150,000 )=$175000

so to cover the $4,500,000 fixed cost you need

so, there are 26 boxes

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The marginal revenue from a one-unit increases in sales is $325,000

The marginal cost (variable cost per box) is $175,000

which indicates a marginal profit of $175,000 for each additional box sold.

Since marginal profit is positive, and all 47 boxes can be sold

it is recommended to build all 47 boxes.

The total profit = 175000(47) –4,500,000 =

$3725000

Chapter 2: An Introduction to Linear Programming

Question 3 (6 points):: Reiser Sports Products wants to determine the number of All-Pro (A) and College (C) footballs to produce in order to maximize profit over the next four-week planning ho- rizon. Constraints affecting the production quantities are the production capacities in three departments: cutting and dyeing; sewing; and inspection and packaging. For the four-week planning period, 340 hours of cutting and dyeing time, 420 hours of sewing time, and 200 hours of inspection and packaging time are available. All-Pro footballs provide a profit of $5 per unit, and College footballs provide a profit of $4 per unit. The linear programming model with production times expressed in minutes is as follows:

A portion of the graphical solution to the Reiser problem is shown in Figure.

a) Feasible region is shaded in the graph 

B) Coordinates of extreme points and the corresponding profit are listed

A C Z

Intersection of C1 and A-axis 1,700 0 8,500

Intersection of C2 and C-axis 0 1,680 6,720

Intersection of C2 and C3 800 1,200 8,800

Intersection of C1 and C3 1,400 600 9,400

Point (1400, 600) generates the maximum profit

c) profit line (objective function(z)) is drawn on the graph.

d) Which constraints are binding? Explain

Constraints c1 and c3 are binding, because optimal solution lies at their intersection.

Now the solution point changes to intersection of C2 and C3.

A = 800, C = 1200

Profit = 9200

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Solve the following linear programming problem using the graphical solution procedure:

Max 5A + 5B

s.t.

1A ≤ 100

1B ≤ 80

2A + 4B ≤ 400

A, B ≥0Let c = 5a + 5b

We are going to maximize c.

Now take the constraint equations…

a < 100

When graphed, this will be the region to the left of the straight line a = 100 and excluding the points lying on the line a = 100. We shade this region.

b < 80

When graphed, this will be the region below the straight line b = 80and excluding the points lying on the line b = 80. We shade this region.

2a + 4b < 400 => a + 2b < 200

First we graph the line a + 2b = 200

To do this, we take points (0, 100) and (200, 0), which lie on the line.

Now, putting x = 0, y = 0 (Test Point), we see that 0 + 0 < 200 is TRUE

Therefore, we shade the region which contains the origin.

The intersection of all the shaded regions is the feasible or solution region.

The maximum value of c lies at one of the corners of the feasible region.

The corners have the coordinates: (40, 80) and (100, 50)

Plug in all these values in c = 5a + 5b. We see that maximum value of c occurs when

a = 100, b = 50

The maximum value of c is 5(100) + 5(50) = 750.

Question 7. The Westchester Chamber of Commerce periodically sponsors public service seminars and programs. Currently, promotional plans are under way for this year’s program. Advertising alternatives include television, radio, and online. Audience estimates, costs, and maximum media usage limitations are as shown.

To ensure a balanced use of advertising media, radio advertisements must not exceed 50% of the total number of advertisements authorized. In addition, television should account for at least 10% of the total number of advertisements authorized.

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Question 8. The management of Hartman Company is trying to determine the amount of each of two products to produce over the coming planning period. The following information concerns labor availability, labor utilization, and product profitability:

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Question 9:Consider the following all-integer linear program:

Max 1×1 + 1×2

s.t.4×1 + 6×2 ≤22

1×1 +5×2 ≤15

2×1 + 1×2 ≤ 9

x1, x2 ≥ 0 and integer

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B&c)

Movie, Jane journey produced by Diamond Rocks

Produced by Diamond Rocks, a movie production company in Germany, Jane’s Journey is an exciting documentary about a woman who loved and has adored nature all her life ever since she was a small child. Jane Goodall an affectionate, enthusiastic, warm hearted nature lover stars as the main character of this documentary. Born in April 3rd 1934, now a primatologist, anthropologist and UN peace messenger, she is considered the world’s foremost chimpanzee expert. She has studied about chimpanzees for the past 45 years and learnt about their social and family relations. She is also the founder of Jane Goodall Institute that helps in matters of environmental conservation an animal welfare.

The movie filmed by German filmmaker Lorenz Knauer, features Goodall’s iconic environmental conservation and her affection and goal towards aiding them. It also features Jane as a small child progressing to her teens in England. The film shows Jane’s humorous and playful attribute as she visited the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. There is a footage of her both as a child and mature with the chimpanzees, her love for them is quite overwhelming and it shows how amazing, friendly and intelligent they are. Being child she was born inspired by Tarzan (Goodall, 1999) . Apart from Tanzania the film features her in various continents too.

Educative and giving reason as to why we should conserve our natural environment and take care of the creatures as well. The movie also reveals about love and taking care of everything inclusive of the needy in the society. We should show love and help people in the society. Jane Goodall gives the impression and the importance of taking care of wildlife, that animals just like us need care and love and above all to be understood. She has spread her knowledge through books and articles she has written.

Goodall, Jane (1999). Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey. New York: Warner Books.

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Change Model.

In the previous paper, it highlighted the proposed organizational structure change that will include the chief executive officer, a member of hospital management, doctor, nurse manager, and a nurse. Information was to flow from high cadre to the lower cadre. Change cannot just happen; it only occurs in the proper procedure; thus, in the system changes, Lewin’s Change Model will be considered. Kaminski (2011) notes that Lewin proposed three stages that can be used to achieve the desired change. The unfreezing, changing, and refreezing are the three change stages that should be followed to establish the new order. All factors in the three steps should be taken into consideration for change to be effective.

To begin with, unfreezing is necessary for any change to occur. In the hospital setting, just like any other organization, employees and employers have a norm that has become part of their culture. To institute management and information flow change, both the employees and employers should be enlightened on the need for change. In most cases, change is rejected since it threatens the existing order and norms, which is uncomfortable with nurses and hospital management. Therefore, there is a need that the hospital management and the nurses should be informed on the need to change as well as the flaws of the current order. The benefits of the new change should as well be told to them. In this first stage, the proposed changes may have not occurred, but the nurses and the hospital management are aware of impending changes. Thus they psychologically become ready. Change is needed as hospitals are profit-making organizations; therefore, they need to reinvent to keep up with market demands to offer better health care services and safety to the patients. By knowing about change, the nurses and hospital management become aware and feel the need for change.

Secondly, changing is the stage that the new order is to be established. In the transition stage, the new reality dawns on the hospital staff, and they struggle to adapt to the original order. This stage is characterized by a fear of unknown and uncertainty of what the new reality holds upon them. The nurses and hospital management begin to learn new behaviors, mannerisms, and ways of operation. For instance, in the proposed management changes, the dissemination of information will follow a different order that is systematic. Thus the nurse(s) will have to learn new ways of channelling their communications. The hospital management will as well hire enough nurses given they had prepared. This may affect the nurses positively since their workload will be minimized, and in turn, they will offer safety and better health care according to Koren (2010). In order for the change to be realized, the hospital management can organize for proper communication by expertise, education on the move in progress, give ample time that the hospital staff can process change, and support the team to embrace the new order. The hospital staff should be well versed with reasons for change and the benefits once implementation is concluded.

Furthermore, refreezing cement the new order after the change. This stage should be carefully handled so that the hospital staff may not go back to their old order. The unique culture should be supported and maintained by the hospital staff wholesomely. The hospital staff should be reinforced whenever they try to keep the new status quo since a positively reinforced behavior is likely to be repeated. This stage determines the success of the change process due to how it is handled. The nurses will have to be motivated through monetary gifts and humane treatment so that the management can help maintain the new order. The administration should as well recognized for its efforts to increase nurse to patient ratio.

The understaffing in the hospital, especially in the med/ surgical ward, has reduced the efficiency of better and safe healthcare. This issue should be looked into so that hospitals can ensure patients’ needs are well taken care of and nurses to be given a manageable workload. The hospital management should look to employ more nurses and improve the way of communication by centralizing it. Through centralization, the nurses will know the center of the command and the origin of the information. The nursing literatures exposed some of the fatalities the hospital is likely to experience in the event of understaffing—issues such as medical errors, overworking by nurses, and high mortality rate when the hospital is understaffed. Lewin’s change model will be instrumental in instigating changes. For instance, the hospital management should be prepared to allocate funds to hire more nurses and also change the structure of communication in the hospital.

Change is never easily accepted. However, it should occur in order for safer and better health care for patients. The nurse being used to the already existing plan may be adamant to accept the new changes. The hospital management as well may not want to employ more nurses as it may wish to keep the profits as it exploits the existing nursing staff. To sustain the changes, the hospital may reward those who embrace and try to conform to the new changes. The management should educate its staff on the need to change, and this should be done either after two weeks so that the team is constantly reminded. The administration should endeavor to set aside funds each financial year to employ more nurses so that they can meet the recommended nurse-patient ratio.

References.

Kaminski, J. (2011). Theory applied to informatics-Lewin’s change theory. Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 6(1).

Koren, M. J. (2010). Person-centered care for nursing home residents: The culture-change movement. Health Affairs, 29(2), 312-317.

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ASL and Deaf culture

In America, almost 200 years of Deaf life have been explored in ‘Through Deaf Eyes.’ the American history experiences have been presented by the film from the deaf citizens’ perspective. I believe that this movie was a very eye opening movie for me and it assisted me in seeing more of the way life was like for deaf individual at that time. A number of things I noticed in the movie and was not aware that the deaf individuals experience those things, for example, the segregation, the classes for enforced speech, and the protest that resulted in making the Gallaudet university’s first deaf president.

The movie was full of information, and I believe that it is my pleasure to distinguish more regarding the deaf people’s history along with the events experienced by them. The fact that the classes for speech were mandatory at one point for every deaf student was one major thing that surprised me. I comprehend that individuals who came in this world hearing only to later turn out to be deaf have more edge for the reason that a number of individuals were capable of experiencing some speech form; the entirely deaf individuals had nothing, and they are being forced for forgoing sign language for learning English must have been distress. Though the technology utilized for helping deaf individuals in learning the way for speaking advanced, it didn’t change the point that either they are not willing to learn, or simply that they could not pick up how the schools expect them to (Baynton, Gannon, & Bergey, 2007).

One more surprising thing was the discrimination within the community of deaf people. It is understood that there was segregation at the time; nonetheless one can never actually thought regarding the way it would have impacted the deaf society until this movie has shown me. Both Whites and Blacks had their individual language of signs. The black students kept feeling disaffected when both White and Black races were integrated. It is for the reason of the dissimilarities in the middle of their languages of signs (Baynton, Gannon, & Bergey, 2007).

The final surprising thing for me was the weeklong protest that resulted in making the Gallaudet University’s first deaf president. The support received by this movement from around the nation was surprising for me. Also, it was astonishing that the school’s board was inflexible regarding their original decision and kept on to pushing the students for accepting the hearing President until she resigned. For deaf individuals, this type of thing was never considered possible for the reason that they generally are considered as inferior because of their incapability for speaking and hearing; though, it has been proved by them that they can certainly struggle for what they have faith in. On the whole, the movie was very interesting and surprising for me.

I was very fascinated by seeing the way the dissimilar culture of deaf people was from a culture of individuals who can listen, but there is not really dissimilarity from what was shown in the movie. Deaf individuals have found their individual manners for enjoying the things that are enjoyed by the individuals who can listen. The deaf individuals produced their particular art and theater that is exceptional in the world where all other people can listen. Even, they have their individual universities with the intention that higher education could be pursued by them similar to the individuals who can listen. Deaf individuals do not allow their absence of listening to stop them from anything, and I greatly admire this thing. I am obliged to have been capable of view this movie. Otherwise, I would not be able to learn all of this.

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Baynton, D. C., Gannon, J. R., & Bergey, J. L. (2007). Through deaf eyes: A photographic history of an American community (p. 41). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

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Advantages and disadvantages of freedom

Freedom is the liberty to think, converse or act without restriction. Freedom according to Isaiah Berlins article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ can be viewed and comprehended from two political perspectives. First is ‘negative’ sense that deliberates over the extent and limits of freedom (Berlin, 1958). The negative sense aims to show the impossibility of absolute freedom due to the possibility of liberty abuse. From this abuse arise the disadvantages of freedom. This perspective argues the extent which persons or groups should be left to act talk or think without external interference (Berlin, 1958).

Second is the ‘positive’ perspective from which the importance and advantages of freedom emerge. Here, freedom eliminates barriers and enhance personal decision making and choice and creativity (Berlin, 1958). When people are free to think, creativity is not restricted promoting new innovations. For example, government manipulation of the market system in China was abolished in 1980 raising the standards of the citizens (Staff, 2004). However, freedom in the United States has thrived for ages heightening its prosperity dramatically (Staff, 2004). In other words, freedom has placed United States industrial evolution ahead of China’s.

Freedom is important because it provides individuals with a sense of independence (Berlin, 1958). In addition, freedom creates the ‘real’ and ‘dominant’ self .freedom offers human beings the ability to choose and make decisions they can claim are theirs alone. Freedom makes an individual the subject and not the object making them the boss of their world. In other words, freedom defines an individual. Individual freedom of choice carves ones identity and their sense of being creating the ‘dominant’ self (Berlin, 1958). Groupings are a part of the US society structure. Freedom is important to the collective state of being in that if a group is granted freedom, it members enjoy it collectively but if freedom is denied, the group individuals will equally not have freedom. This collective freedom creates the ‘real’ or ‘whole’ freedom (Berlin, 1958). The ‘real’ self is identified in societal grouping like a race.

The freedom achieved from collective liberty is termed ‘higher freedom’ because it is controlled by the goals and objectives of a certain group (Berlin, 1958). For example, nations have to restrict freedoms in order to reach their objectives using documents like constitutions. Freedoms in the United State Bill of Rights include freedom of press, speech, religion, peaceable congress, and beseeching the government. Isaiah argues that this level of freedom claims to be more aware of what a person needs better than the person does (Berlin, 1958). This view disregards the wishes of individuals and the society and may be used to bully, subjugate, violate and torture. This type of freedom denies men with the individuals to make their own choices as a sacrifice for the prosperity of the particular group they belong (Berlin, 1958).

The writer’s positive concept of freedom depicts man as torn into two characters; the dominant manipulator, and the ones whose desires and wishes are controlled by objectives of a group (Berlin, 1958). For example, the United Nation embraces the republican and democratic parties. On the contrary, Chinese governing system consists of one political party which embraces socialism and capitalism painting China as a communist or dictatorship nation (Staff, 2004).

In conclusion, freedom is the meaning of life. It gives people choice and niche for personal growth, creativity and self expression. In addition it allows people to express their thoughts, actions and speech without external limitation. Moreover, collective freedom is abused and individual freedom must be curtailed to protect the sovereignty of others. In comparing the freedom of China and the United States, using their development history and their government structures, USA depicts more freedom and consequently more industrial development (Staff, 2004).

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Staff, C (2004) Congressional Record, V. 146, Pt. 7, May 24, 2000 to June 12 2000.Washington: Government Printing Office

Berlin, I (1958) ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’. Retrieved on January 2nd, 2013 from http://www.cas.umt.edu/phil/faculty/walton/Berlin2Concepts.pdf