Human Resources Culture Makes for Top Employer

HR Culture Makes for Top Employer Vincent M. Mendez In 1966 at the North Carolina State University (NCSU), people from eight different colleges where united by the National Institute of Health (NIH). The motivation behind this gathering of people was to create programming to break down information being created by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The first item was distinguished as Statistical Analysis System (SAS). This offered approach to both the name and corporate beginnings. In 1972 NIH finished financing for the task. When subsidizing finished the individuals from the group chose to each contribute $5,000.00 every year to proceed with the undertaking at NCSU. Throughout the following hardly any years SAS programming was authorized to different organizations over the business range. As more business mentioned the product it was resolved in 1976 by the first designers to privatize their endeavors. SAS Institute Inc. begun at 2806 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina (NC), building situated over the road from NCSU. First and foremost the private company depended on everybody in the business to know and do everybody elses work. At the point when a shipment of clients manuals showed up, everybody halted what they were doing and shaped a human chain to lift each case, individual to individual, to extra room on the subsequent floor. (SAS Institute Inc., 2016). All through the remainder of the seventies SAS kept on developing and include representatives. SAS additionally ventured into the worldwide market opening auxiliary office abroad. In 1980 SAS moved to its present Headquarters area in Cary, NC. What makes SAS Institute Inc. an incredible work environment. President James Goodnight put it best in meet by Angus Loten for CIO Journal by The Wall Street Journal. The way of life is the core of the organization and began before all else. The inquiry and answer follows: SAS is frequently refered to as an incredible work environment. For what reason is it significant for you to keep laborers cheerful? Since we are keeping up programming for a considerable length of time and years, and continually improving it and including new highlights and abilities, its critical to hold the individuals who initially composed it. To do that, weve attempted to make a culture where we have a lot of regard for individuals and that rewards advancement. We have a week after week meeting each Tuesday where we have any number of individuals will come over and do demos of what theyre chipping away at, for upper administration, so we get a consistent perspective on all the new things individuals are taking a shot at. (Loten, 2016). Culture is the way to SAS Institute Inc. victory. Worker fulfillment alongside demonstrating their incentive to the organization, was consistently toward the start of the corporate culture of SAS. Early workers have related that at the outset on Hillsborough road, James H. Goodnight (fellow benefactor and current CEO) would bring everybody in his vehicle down the road to the pizza place. The organization paid for everything during these trips. This was a normal event when 100 clients where included. Adaptable work routines alongside free MMs and breakfast treats were available from the earliest starting point. SAS posted its first organization notice in 1978, which was type composed on a solitary page of paper and posted on the release board. Innovation was by all account not the only development SAS was a pioneer. In the year subsequent to moving to their new area in Cary, NC, SAS kicked off something new opening the principal worker kid care focus in the storm cellar of the Headquarters building. This was choice by the organization to keep representatives (significant software engineers) considered not coming back to work after pregnancy. As of right now this was a thought not considered by organizations. This returns to the meeting Goodnight had with the Wall Street Journal in mid 2016. These thoughts started with the arrangement of the organization and years before this sort of data was recognized as Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). This was the first of the thoughts which made SAS a main organization to work for around the world. In any case, this was not the end. Following the opening of the childcare place, SAS took worker needs to an entire other level. At their central command grounds, they open an entertainment and wellness focus. A social insurance place was open on the grounds to help workers and families. This was trailed by the opening of a gourmet cafã © to serve suppers to representatives. These increases collected SAS grants to incorporate Healthiest Company to Work For by Health and Living Magazine. The medicinal services place has been an important to the two SAS and their workers. Affirmation by an investigation led related to Duke Health. The finding was accounted for in a news discharge from SAS. Key point was the medicinal services community lead to bring down expenses for the two SAS and representatives. For a long time, investigation pioneer SAS has worked an on location Health Care Center (HCC) for the comfort of representatives and wards. Presently, another investigation drove by analysts at Duke Health finds the individuals who utilize the HCC for essential consideration are more averse to require crisis division visits or hospitalizations than the individuals who don't. (SAS Institute Inc., 2016). SAS features these advantages by giving them to all workers paying little mind to area. This sort of culture is verification of achievement in that throughout the years has kept a turnover rate to around four percent. Workers, which are in 149 nations, are given indistinguishable administrations from those at the Headquarters in North Carolina. Presently it isn't attainable to assemble and continue clinical centers at all these area, the organization has adjusted approaches to offer these types of assistance. For example, in remote areas advantages, for example, childcare and clinical are financed with nearby specialist organizations. SAS doesn't shroud it achievement in worker fulfillment. This is apparent by visiting their site (http://www.sas.com/en_us/vocations/life-at-sas.html). At this area, the organization traces what a vocation with SAS would resemble. The feature here is this statement: By dealing with our workers, the rest deals with itself (SAS Institute Inc., 2016). This area further talks about the way of life and advantages. By isolating these two regions the organization can demonstrate its responsibility to representatives. Under the umbrella of culture there are eight regions talked about. These all identify with the organization and how it oversees workplace, for example, open style of the board to specialist relationship, work conditions (school style grounds at central station area), proceeding with worker development, adaptable work routine permitting time during the day for entertainment only and wellness, return ventures (instruction and volunteer), and preservation. Advantages talks about four zones relating straightforwardly to the worker: cash, vocation, wellbeing, and life. The originators of SAS had a dream and in that vison had the thinking ahead that to succeed the organization would not just need to give a top line item yet utilize top line individuals. This has made for acclimations to business techniques, which expects changes to SHRM, simple and straightforward. As it were: Organization improvement is an efficient way to deal with improving authoritative ability, ie the limit of an association to work viably so as to accomplish wanted outcomes (Armstrong, 2016, p. 96). The organization culture accommodates change and development. This sort of corporate culture imitates SHRM. Much exploration has been done, which has demonstrated that there is a connection between's acceptable HRM practice and authoritative execution. (Armstrong, 2016, p. 17). Being on the bleeding edge of thoughts which are currently recognized in conversations identified with SHRM helps keep SAS as a main work environment. The way in to this is the means by which to keep up and go ahead into what's to come. SAS keeps on being a main work environment for a long time. In 2016 Fortune positioned SAS the number two worldwide organization to work for. The purposes behind the positioning originated from Great Place to Work Ââ ® surveys which related: At SAS Institute Inc., 94 percent of representatives state their work environment is incredible (Great Place to Work, 2016). The study gave an audit of employees' opinion of the organization and records all the advantages and projects SAS gives. What was talked about in this paper is by all accounts only the tip of the advantages. SAS by being far cutting edge in the possibility of SHRM keeps on adjusting and change to new world and mechanical turns of events. In doing so has always remembered to give new and current clients incredible items and administrations requires those representatives who got them in any case. These practices has kept SAS a pioneer is logical examination and representative fulfillment. References Armstrong, M. (2016). Handbook of Strategic Human Resource Management. In M. Armstrong, Handbook of Strategic Human Resource Management (p. 17 p. 96). Philadelphia: Kogan Page Ltd. Incredible Place to Work. (2016, Aug 24). Incredible Place to Work SAS Institute Inc. Recovered from Great Place to Work: http://reviews.greatplacetowork.com/sas Loten, A. (2016, Mar 08). SAS Institute CEO, the Godfather of Analytics, Sees Future in the Past. Recovered from The Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2016/03/08/sas-foundation chief the-back up parent of-investigation sees-future previously/ SAS Institute Inc. (2016, Feb 03). Less ER, clinic visits for manager wellbeing focus patients, per significant scholastic clinical focus study. Cary, NC. Recovered Dec 27, 2016, from http://www.sas.com/en_us/news/public statements/2016/february/sas-duke-study-manager human services centers.html SAS Institute Inc. (2016, May 10). Life at SAS. Recovered 2016, from SAS, Careers, Life at SAS: http://www.sas.com/en_us/vocations/life-at-sas.html SAS Institute Inc. (2016). SAS Institute Inc. Organization Information. Recovered Dec 27, 2016, from Company History 1976-1980: www.sas.com/en-us/organization infomation.html#1976-1980

The Conditional Tense of Spanish

The Conditional Tense of Spanish Similarly as in English, the restrictive tense of action words in Spanish is hard to order. Dissimilar to the past, future and current states, it doesnt consistently allude to a specific timeframe. And keeping in mind that its name recommends that it is utilized when theres a condition required, in Spanish it likewise has some nearby associations with the future tense. Truth be told, in Spanish, the restrictive tense is known as both el condicional and el futuro hipotã ©tico (the theoretical future). The restrictive additionally has different utilizations that dont from the outset appear to be firmly related. In any case, the association among them is that action words in the restrictive dont allude to occasions that certainly or fundamentally have occurred or are going on. At the end of the day, the restrictive tense alludes to acts that can be viewed as speculative in nature. Contingent Tense Often Translates English 'Would' Luckily for those of us who communicate in English, the hypothesis is genuinely simple to apply, since the contingent tense can ordinarily be comprehended as the Spanish action word structure that is utilized to interpret English would action word structures. As a rule where we use would in English we utilize the contingent in Spanish, and the other way around. For whatever length of time that you recall the uncommon special cases, you wont turn out badly regularly by thinking about the contingent as the would tense. Here are a few models (in boldface) of the contingent tense being used: No comerã ­a una hamburguesa porque no como animales. (I wouldnt eat a burger since I dont eat animals.)Si pudiese, vivirã ­a en Guadalajara. (On the off chance that I might, I be able to would live in Guadalajara.)Hay seis pelã ­culas que yo pagarã ­a por ver. (There are six movies I would pay to see.) Here are the significant utilizations of the contingent that can be comprehended by utilizing the English would. On the off chance that the clarifications are befuddling, perused the models for explanation: Utilizing the Conditional for Actions Conditioned on Something Else Another method of putting this is the restrictive shows the chance of an activity identified with explicit conditions. The conditions (that is, the condition) can be expressed, however they dont must be. Note the accompanying models, with the restrictive action word in boldface: Si tuviera dinero, irã ­a al cine. (On the off chance that I had cash, I would go out to see the films. The condition is having cash. For this situation, the condition in Spanish is expressed in the blemished subjunctive, as is normal. It is likewise expressed in the subjunctive in the English sentence, and this is one of only a handful not many developments where the subjunctive structure is as yet utilized in English today.)Yo comerã ­a la comida, pero soy vegetariano. (I would eat the supper, however Im veggie lover. (he condition is being a vegetarian.)Marà ­a habrã ­a venido, pero su madre estaba enferma. (Mary would have come, yet her mom was wiped out. The condition is her moms disorder. This sentence is in the restrictive immaculate structure, utilizing the contingent tense of haber followed by the past participle.)Marà ­a habrã ­a venido. Mary would have come. (This sentence is equivalent to the one above, however without the condition unequivocally expressed. The cond ition would need to be derived from the context.)Con ms dinero, yo ganarã ­a. With more cash, I would win. (The condition is having cash. This is where a condition is communicated without utilizing si.) Yo no hablarã ­a con ella. (I wouldnt talk with her. The condition is implicit.) Utilizing the Conditional in a Dependent Clause Following a Past Tense Here and there, the contingent is utilized in a reliant proviso that follows a principle statement that utilizes a past-tense action word. In such cases, the contingent tense is utilized to depict an occasion that may have occurred after the occasion in the principle condition. A couple of models should help explain this utilization: Dijo que sentirã ­amos enfermos. (He said that we would feel wiped out. For this situation, feeling debilitated occurred, or may have occurred or will occur, after he offered his expression. Note that in such a sentence development, the que, or that, doesnt consistently must be converted into English.)Supe que yo saldrã ­a. (I realized I would leave. As in the above sentence, the demonstration of leaving isnt associated with a particular timeframe, then again, actually it happens, or could occur, eventually after the knowing.)Me prometiã ³ que ganarã ­an. (She guaranteed me they would win. Once more, we cannot tell from this sentence whether they really won, yet on the off chance that they did it came after the guarantee.) Utilizing the Conditional for Requests The restrictive can likewise be utilized to make solicitations or a few proclamations sound less obtuse. Me gustarã ­a salir. I might want to leave. (This sounds gentler than Quiero salir, I need to leave.) ¿Podrà ­as obtener un coche? (Okay have the option to get a vehicle?) Note that querer in the subjunctive is now and then utilized likewise: Quisiera un taco, por favor. I might want a taco, it would be ideal if you Conjugating the Conditional Tense For normal action words, the restrictive tense is shaped by adding an addition to the infinitive. The equivalent additions are utilized for - ar, - er, and - ir action words. Hablar is utilized here for instance: hablarã ­a (I would speak)hablarã ­as (you would speak)hablarã ­a (you/she/he/it would speak)hablarã ­amos (we would speak)hablarã ­ais (you would speak)hablarã ­an (you/they would talk) Key Takeaways As its name recommends, the Spanish restrictive tense is commonly utilized, as would, to demonstrate that an action words activity that is adapted on some other occasion, which need not be expressly stated.The contingent tense can allude to genuine or theoretical activities in past, present, and future.The same technique is utilized to frame the restrictive tense for every normal action word, whether or not they are - ar, - er, or - ir action words.

Yall, Im Getting Pretty Excited About Agoras Diverse Crime Fiction

Yall, Im Getting Pretty Excited About Agoras Diverse Crime Fiction Agora, the imprint from Polis books focused on publishing crime fiction from diverse authors, has been one of the best things to happen to indie lit in quite some time. As we have written about here at Book Riot, Polis founder Jason Pinter and Agora editor Chantelle Aimée Osman are dedicated to more than just broadening opportunities for writers to share their own stories in their own voices. Agoras early lineup is proving that they are giving the crime fiction world some of its best content. Fall 2019 September First out of the gate for Agora will be John Verchers  Three-Fifths. Ive read this one personally, and…damn, yall. David Joy (author of The Line That Held Us) called it Feverishly entertaining. Resoundingly important. A book treading this kind of ground should not be able to move this fast. THREE-FIFTHS is an honest, fearless page-burner. And Im not sure I can word it any better than that. Three-Fifths centers a biracial man passing as white, who is confronting the lies of his past. His world gets turned upside down when a friend gets released from prison. And involves him in a hate crime. If a book can be both difficult to read and impossible to put down, its this book. You should read books that challenge you. This is such a book. It hits your shelves on September 10. October On the heels of Verchers debut, Agora will give us Remember  from Patricia Smith. Smith is wildly fascinating as both an author and an advocate. She runs  www.tell-patricia.tumblr.com where people can submit their troubles and secrets without judgement. Having survived depression and addiction, Smith has chosen to give herself over to writing in order to use words to save lives. And we should all be grateful. Remember is a psychological thriller about Portia Willows, who must confront suppressed memories of a horrific crime. Smith brings forward a courageous voice that crime fiction desperately needs. Look for  Remember on October 8th. November And then on November 5th, Agora will give us Tori Eldridges The Ninja Daughter. Described as  an action-packed thriller about a Chinese-Norwegian modern day ninja with Joy Luck Club family issues who fights the Los Angeles Ukrainian mob, sex traffickers, and her own family to save two desperate women and an innocent child. Yeah. Buckle up, bitches. Rachel Howzell Hall (They All Fall Down) says that Tori Eldridge has created a heroine to love…and to fear! Lilys quest to protect the women of L.A. left me breathless, and Eldridges snappy, down-to-earth prose kept me flipping pages. Youll notice that this flipping of pages is becoming a theme at Agora. 2020 But what has really led to this boiling over of excitement…what has led me to the brink of dropping f-bombs on the Book Riot…is whats to come. Agora is lining up a 2020 Spring and Summer to rival their auspicious beginning. January On January 14, Agora will release Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem  from acclaimed crime author Gary Phillips. The book is the first in an exciting new retro rollicking adventure series. Set at the end of the roaring 20s, the pulp novel will follow the first black man to reach the North Pole as he attempts to recover a kidnapped girl. Gary Phillips is best known for his Anthony Award winning work as editor of The Obama Inheritance and mystery and graphic novels like The Bebop Barbarians, Violent Spring, and the novelization of The Killing Joke. Hes also the former president of the Private Eye Writers of America, so…you know…respect. February And for a final  scheduled release, Agora landed Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination, Moreno-Garcia won a Copper Cylinder Award for her debut novel, Signal to Noise. And her second novel, Certain Dark Things, was one of NPRs best books of 2016. For Agora, she brings  Untamed Shore  on February 11th. The book will be a gritty coming-of-age story set in 1970s Mexico featuring the death of a glamorous tourist and sharks.  Sounds like Moreno-Garcias first thriller will be sort of bad ass. How about a little mother f***ing border noir? Agora is currently collecting stories of La frontera. They have signed up Bram Stoker nominee Gabino Iglesias to edit a collection called BOTH SIDES. Iglesias says about the collection: La frontera is full of stories. Real stories, not those Trump makes up. The border is a powerful place where countries collide. It’s a weird space of dreams, struggles, promises, lies, fear, and redemption. It’s a multicultural and bilingual space where people know that hustling to protect your loved ones or offer them a better life is a drive strong enough to blur ethical codes. Sadly, the border is also a place where drugs make people a lot of money, corruption stains everything, and violence fills the landscape with danger and ghosts. Now I want some of the most talented authors to visit this space from their perspective. I want them to show the world what they see on both sides. It’s time to give border noir the attention it deserves. Just scan over those names and tell me you arent doing the grabby hands right now. Burying the Lede And now, in an exclusive to Book Riot, we get to announce two new Agora books for their Spring/Summer 2020 line. Books from two authors who, as editor Chantelle  Aimée Osman puts it, add  an even more diverse perspective to crime fiction. Shadows Deep Sung J. Woo’s short stories and essays have appeared in  The New York Times, PEN/Guernica,  and  Vox.  He has written two novels,  Love Love  (2015) and  Everything Asian  (2009), which  won the 2010 Asian Pacific American Librarians Association  Literature Award (Youth category). In Shadows Deep,  Woo tells the story of Korean adoptee Siobhan O’Brien, who has spent much of her life explaining her name and her family to strangers, but her more pressing problem is whether to carry on the PI agency that her dead boss unexpectedly left to her.  As Siobhan delves deeper into locating a missing girl, she encounters vegan cooking that just might kill her, possibly deadly yoga poses, and politely dangerous billionaires. This first in a new series introduces an endearing PI heroine in the tradition of female detectives like Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, but similar in voice with gentle wit as Carl Hiaasen readers aren’t going to want to put down Undocumented Johnny Shaw  was born and raised on the Calexico/Mexicali border in the stifling heat of the California desert. He is the author of six novels including the Jimmy Veeder Fiasco border novels:  Dove Season,  Plaster  City, and  Imperial Valley.  Johnny has been nominated for the Anthony Award three times, winning for Best Paperback Original in 2013 for the comedic adventure novel  Big Maria. Undocumented  follows three unauthorized Mexican immigrants living in Los Angeles whose lives intersect through terrifying circumstance  that  clarify and contrast the horrors of existence. Undocumented is a crime story, but more than that, it’s a story of America and the dangers that migrants face when being forced to live in the shadows. Strong and evocative, it’s a page turner that will change how you look at the world, and the  people in it. So, as you can see Im pretty fing excited over here. Agora is definitely one to move to the top of your pub watch list. Between their fall lineup and their recent signings, Agora is proving they are much more than just that diverse crime fiction imprint. They are at the top of all the crime fiction publishers…indies, big labels, diverse, not diverse enough…all of them. And theyre planting a big flag in your TBR pile. Sign up to Unusual Suspects to receive news and recommendations for mystery/thriller readers.

Managing Diversity Between Ethiopia And The United States...

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Advanced Database - Free Essay Example

Sample details Pages: 4 Words: 1325 Downloads: 2 Date added: 2018/12/14 Category IT Essay Type Descriptive essay Level High school Tags: Computer Essay Did you like this example? Introduction An advanced database is involved in gathering of data that is planned so that it can be easily retrieved, accomplished and reorganised as well. The advanced technology has greatly evolved from peer to peer, peer to server and from server to cloud base system. However the advanced database system has different pros and cons within. Some of the advantages of this database system include reduced costs, saves on time consumption, and allows easier retrieval of data. Some of the most important configurations used in advanced database include the Network topology and the backbone system. Peer-to-Peer was established for substantial courtesy starting from both invention and academic world as a form of circulated computation lying between the traditionally distributed systems and the web. Peer to server this has greatly changed from two peers (computers which were used which were used to generate their resources in a decentralized manner thus, opting to bring difficulties. Therefore the peer was transformed to a server which operated in a centralised manner which enabled the server to serve many clients. Also the advanced database system has evolved to cloud based system which relay on sharing of computing resources other than having personal resources or devices as well. Don’t waste time! Our writers will create an original "Advanced Database" essay for you Create order A physical topology refers to the physical design of networks, the cabling system design used to link devices. This mentions to the design of? electrics, the sites of nodules, and the acquaintances in the midst of the nodules and the wiring (Shi, Lo, Qian, etal. 2016). The corporal topology of a system is unwavering by the competences of the net entree devices and mass media, the glassy of resistor or culpability acceptance is anticipated, plus the charge allied with wiring or satellites paths. This topology relationship aids in database storage and maintenance of the available nodes and the links in the networks and characteristics. Examples include Mesh, Star, Bus, Ring and Star topologies. Mesh topology This is one of the networks system in which the networks are linked with many terminated interconnections between net nodes. There is joining of nodes in this systems through use of a circuit. Mesh Topology is therefore divide into the full mesh and partial mesh topologies. Full mesh topology mainly arises when all cables within this network system has a path linked to nodules within it. This network topology therefore lavish to contrivance but in this scenario it ends up cropping the utmost volume of compensation. On the other hand, a partial mesh topology is less expensive for implementation and crops fewer termination as compared to full mesh topology. In this topology, specific lumps are structured in a full mesh system while others are linked to one or two nodes within the system. Star Topology It is a star-like network, in which the hub (main computer) links the devices. The nodes interconnect from lump to the other by paving data through the hub.one major merit for this topology is that, one faulty of the node within its network system does not interfere with the rest of the system. Its core demerit is that if the hub fails, the entire system does not function. Bus Topology A bus topology is a centralized cable with a main wire that is used to link all the devices on a Local area Network. The bus topology can also be referred as the backbone of the network. This network is fairly cheap and easier to connect in minor systems. As compared to star topology, the bus topology requires less cables thus making it easier to connect a device. However the bus topology has got its own demerit which occurs when a wire break down therefore no transmission data will occur and sometimes the problem cannot be easily retrieved thus causing 7the network to shut down. Ring Topology This topology is also a Local area network. However, all its nodes are connected in a close loop. This therefore indicates that messages travels around the ring network with which every node within the topology reads each messages that has being addressed. The ring topology has got one main merit which is it can span large distances compared to any other network topology since each of its nodes regenerates message as they pass through them. Tree Topology A tree topology is also referred as the hybrid topology which involves a combination of both bus and star topologies. In this topology a group of star network are linked along the bus prop cable. This system is best suited for huge processor networks since the topology rifts the entire net into small parts which can be effortlessly managed. The topology has several demerits one of the major being that the interconnection mainly relies on the hub that is on the middle and whenever this hub fails it leads to corruption of the entire network system. Constraints A constraints is said to be an enforcement of the data type which is involved in updating, insertion and deletion from the table. The general purpose for these constraints is to maintain the required data integrity during data updates, deletion and insertion into a given table. Constraints are further used to constrain data and also used to enforce a referential integrity and ensure security of data within the advanced database system. They also prevent incomplete data storage within the database system. There several types of constraints which include: Primary key: this is a constraints that is mainly used to uniquely identify each records within the database. Foreign key: it is a constraints through which values from the specified columns must referenced from the existing record in another table Not null: in this constraints where each value within the specified column must be NULL. Unique constraints: values in specific columns must be unique for each row in the table. Check: in this constraints a mien is itemised and it must evaluate the truth for a constraints for a constraint to be specified. A script programme to create a database table In database a table is derived as a set of values and it consist of vertical columns and the horizontal rows having the cell being a unit in which the column and the row conjoins. A table tends to have a specified no of columns and any given number of rows. Below is a script program to create a database table: Backbone System A backbone is a computer based network that comprises the number of connectivity amongst its devices such as the hubs, circuits and the connectors. This network aims at providing a way for interchange of information between various local area networks. This system aids in easy access of stored information from the database thus reducing time wastage when one needs to retrieve any given information from the database system .With the advanced technology backbone system has made a great contribution in improvement of database. Conclusion A database system enables one to store, organise and manage a huge expanse of information within the developed software. Making use of the database system helps in rising the effectiveness of business acts and declines the overall costs. They are also important to the organizations and businesses since they provide an efficient technique for managing numerous types of data. Examples of data that can be easily managed in the database include: employee records, student records, payroll, accounting, project management, and catalogue and library records. The database system also saves on time consumption since data is computerized thus little time is consumed when retrieving data from the data base as compared to the manual way of retrieving data. References Shi, Y., Lo, D., Qian, K. (2016, June). Teaching Secure Cloud Computing Concepts with Open Source CloudSim Environment. In? Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2016 IEEE 40th Annual? (Vol. 2, pp. 247-252). IEEE. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/NetworkTopology-Mesh.svg https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/startopo.htm https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bustopol.htm https://cherlyndeluna.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/ring-topology https://fcit.usf.edu/network/chap5/chap5.html

The Blindness of King Lear Free Essays

In the classic Vincent Price horror film, THEATER OF BLOOD a demented Shakespearean actor murders critics who have savaged him in the past with a series of gruesome traps based on death scenes from Shakespeare’s work. At the film’s conclusion, a critic faces permanent blindness as punishment for being blind to the actor’s greatness in the same way King Lear was blind to his own folly and ego. When one reads the TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR, one can see that the curse of Lear is that he was blind to the full spectrum of the consequences of his actions. We will write a custom essay sample on The Blindness of King Lear or any similar topic only for you Order Now Lear had a single minded approach to how he defined his outlook of the world and such blindness lead to the deaths of his friends and family as well as the creation of a needless war with France. At the beginning of the play, Lear wishes to divide his throne amongst his three daughters. Lear opts to tie the division of his throne into the performance of his daughters in a speech delivery contest and this raises the ire of Cordelia, as she refuses to take part in such a contest. This results in Lear disowning her and that set into motion a chain of events where Cordelia marries the leader of France which provides France with the justification to invade Lear’s country to seize territory; these events would never had been possible without Lear’s narrow-minded paranoia governing his psyche and his actions. From this, it is evident that Lear’s â€Å"blindness† to his daughter’s feeling lead to the â€Å"blindness† in being able to see the consequences of his actions. Lear conducted himself in a manner that was impetuous and ego driven. His inability to understand that he was not being insulted or rejected by Cordelia, but rather Cordelia ( a character who is clearly  defined as having a strong moral core) was rejecting the notion that she should compete with her sisters for her father’s rewards. The irony to this is that because King Lear saw an enemy where an enemy did not exist, he fed the real enemy (France) with the justification it was loosely looking for in order to take an action against Lear. FOOL No, he’s a yeoman that has a gentleman to his son; for he’s a mad yeoman that sees his son a gentleman before him. The character of the Fool often represents Lear’s subconscious, as it is the character of the fool that impresses upon Lear the importance of paying attention to what actually â€Å"is† and what truly exists in the world, as opposed to paying too much attention to what is merely his own personal perception of reality; a perception that is tailored by Lear’s desire for what he wishes to be true. That is, what exists and what one wishes to exist are two separate creatures. Conversely, this is not to infer that Lear is merely paranoid. There is great need to be wary of foreign invaders and influence. History has shown that the world has suffered my imperial expansions into sovereign territories and it would not be outside of Lear’s proper reason to worry that a foreign power would wish to threaten the stability of his kingdom. It had not been without precedent that members of royalty’s own family conspired against them, so Lear’s response was not without merit. Lear’s problem, however, derived from the fact that he saw enemies where enemies did not exist (as was  the case with his daughter), took the advice of those who ultimately were not helpful to him (his close associates) and, essentially opted to ignore the advice of the person who had his best interests at heart: the Fool. FOOL He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse’s health, a boy’s love, or a whore’s oath. With that statement, The Fool provides a cohesive logical center to the character of Lear, who has gone blindly adrift amidst his own conspiracy theory passions. It is ironic that the Fool truly is the wisest person in the cast of characters, yet is outwardly dubbed a fool, while those who should know better are in decisive or outright wrong. At certain points, Lear does at least initially make an attempt to take the advice of the Fool or at least give the Fool’s advice serious contemplation as evidenced in the following response to the Fool’s commentary: KING LEAR It shall be done; I will arraign them straight. Come, sit thou here, most learned justicer; Thou, sapient sir, sit here. Now, you she-foxes! At this point, it appears that Lear is leaving some of his blindness behind and has finally seen the truth. The Fool has made a wise-man of the king, as the king appears to finally understand the concept that a clear understanding of a real threat vs. a perceived threat is reached. Lear’s problem, however, is that he is always seeking third party  validation of his beliefs. He will prescribe to the Fool’s advice for a short time, but then will waiver and side with his associates who are more willing to tell him what he wants to hear. This allows the Fool to become symbolic of a moral conscious. When the Fool appears and reappears throughout the play, it symbolizes Lear’s central, endemic problem: reason, logic and clarity of thought are inconsistent with Lear. As a leader, is judgment is not sound and prone to radical faltering. A great deal of the irony of the play derives from the fact that while Cordelia appears to be the instigator of the loss of Lear’s throne, it is actually she who is the one who seeks to restore Lear. Lear’s other daughters, Goneril and Regan, ultimately prove that their loyalties lie with the material aspects of the throne and their true natures surface when they start to squabble amongst themselves over the affections of Edmund. All of this provides a scenario that is more damaging to Lear’s self-preservation than he initially perceived. In other words, he never should have directed his venom towards Cordelia, but did so because of his perpetual blindness towards what actually is vs. what he perceives reality to be. In reality, the threats lie with the â€Å"good† daughters such as Goneril, as evidenced in the following dialogue where it is clear she shares little regard for the value of Lear’s life. GONERIL By day and night he wrongs me; every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other, That sets us all at odds: I’ll not endure it: His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us On every trifle. When he returns from hunting, I will not speak with him; say I am sick: If you come slack of former services, You shall do well; the fault of it I’ll answer In the following passage, a clearly unhinged King Lear tries to make sense of the disastrous situation that he finds himself in, all the result of the foolish wedge he drove between himself and his daughter(s) when he conceived of the ill-advised and ill-fated speech contest: KING LEAR No, no, no, no! Come, let’s away to prison: We two alone will sing like birds i’ the cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I’ll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness: so we’ll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we’ll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who’s in, who’s out; And take upon’s the mystery of things, As if we were God’s spies: and we’ll wear out, In a wall’d prison, packs and sects of great ones, That ebb and flow by the moon. Unfortunately, as much as he wishes it were possible, Lear can not correct the past. It has been said that all human beings develop their core, central beliefs revolving around the fact that their life experiences create their perception of the world.   In Lear’s situation, as a King and leader of a nation, he was never used to hearing the word â€Å"no† as those looking to remain in the favor of the king and avoid his wrath would simply not take up a position that the King would perceive as threatening. Hence, King Lear developed a predictable and thoroughly unhealthy cause and effect response to the word â€Å"no† to where any negative sentiment would result in retaliation to the (perceived) threat. Ultimately, Lear realizes his error when he loses his thrown, sees his family fall apart and then has to contend with internal soul searching in order to find some sort of moral lesson that could at least rationalize the entire experience within his own heart as having ultimately been worth a greater good. That greater good is, essentially, Lear realizing the error of his ways, but his realization does nothing to reverse the damage. In fact, the final result of all the conflict in the play yields the death of Cordelia, the only daughter who truly loved him. As such, Lear eventually must give up his blindness to what his emotions have created and see the world for what it truly is. Unfortunately for King Lear, these realizations come very late in the equation and his lessons are learned at a point that is far beyond where a benevolent conclusion could have been reached. This is why the story of King Lear is called a tragedy. How to cite The Blindness of King Lear, Essay examples

Influence of Visual Media free essay sample

There are so many forms of entertainment nowadays that it has cause many of us including our children to forget what is more important. For example we now use the Internet to rely on so many things, like information. When at one point in time we would use books or news papers. Video games, Internet, cell phones and things like this have taken away from our values of taking time out to enjoy a book. The children of today won’t even take time out to play outside they are more concerned with playing their video games. There was a time where children played outside everyday and that was a form of exercise but now all they want to do is watch television, play games and be on the Internet and their cell phones. The social influences of the visual entertainment media have been more negative than positive. For example YouTube has millions of video up where most of them depict something of negativity or something of no substance. We will write a custom essay sample on Influence of Visual Media or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page There are so many videos of people fighting than there are of someone speaking out to promote non violence. There are also sexually explicit videos where you see a person has millions of hits, but what you don’t see is anyone encouraging young girls not to post something of that nature for it will come back to haunt them. Also movies have become so much more violent these days that young people are easily influenced by them. I think it is up to us as parents to make sure we monitor what our children do, but the reality is that we cannot watch them 24/7. In conclusion visual media influence social behavior and attitudes when we began to do what we see online, television, or movies. We have to get back to the basics like reading more books, watching the news, and not focus so much on the Internet, video games, movies, and cell phones. Not all forms of visual media are bad, but the bad does outweigh the good.