he long-running and successful theatre piece Chicago was moved to the big screen in 2002 with a lavish and high-budget production that indulged in the work's color, flash and musical excess. his would widely be considered one of the most successful film adaptations of a stage musical to yet be released. Indeed, it would receive wide critical acclaim, winning the Best Picture Oscar that year and experiencing considerable profitability.
And from the perspective of a musical, the film would be extremely effective in simultaneously remaining on point and delivering an aural experience that is fun and properly fitted. he setting of the film, in Jazz Age Chicago, offers not just the opportunity to explore the burgeoning celebrity and metropolitan cultures of America, but also the opportunity to ground the show's songwriting into a certain milieu. he brassy vaudevillian sound of the era, the sultry and troublesome female vocal performance…...
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The long-running and successful theatre piece Chicago was moved to the big screen in 2002 with a lavish and high-budget production that indulged in the work's color, flash and musical excess. This would widely be considered one of the most successful film adaptations of a stage musical to yet be released. Indeed, it would receive wide critical acclaim, winning the Best Picture Oscar that year and experiencing considerable profitability.
And from the perspective of a musical, the film would be extremely effective in simultaneously remaining on point and delivering an aural experience that is fun and properly fitted. The setting of the film, in Jazz Age Chicago, offers not just the opportunity to explore the burgeoning celebrity and metropolitan cultures of America, but also the opportunity to ground the show's songwriting into a certain milieu. The brassy vaudevillian sound of the era, the sultry and troublesome female vocal performance and the proclivity toward occasional pratfall all were readily appealed to in the script and production numbers. The opportunities available to the filmmakers in the historical context of the story would be effectively exploited in the musical.
In this regard, Chicago excels where so many modern musicals have failed. The difficult adaptation to film often places a considerable demand on filmmakers to bridge the gap between plausible film acting and bearable singing or dancing. With the general exception of Richard Gere, who is dead wood on film as per usual, the players in this film comfortably straddle the line of acting and theatrical performance with the same enthusiasm as permeates the screenplay itself. Underscored by intriguing themes of a culture sick with celebrity worship and a morality corrupted by selfish materialism, Chicago is purposefully playful.
resource allocation and reviews the benefits and challenges of resource scheduling.
The project manager is responsible for systematically taking action to facilitate a successful project outcome. The benefits of effective project management include identifying functional responsibilities and time limits for scheduling as well as early detection of problems (Murphy & Ledwith, 2007). To help accomplish these tasks, the project manager uses resource scheduling.
The process of resource scheduling is necessary to provide insight into how a project should be managed. Peak demand for resources can exceed availability or there can be a mismatch between resource availability and the project schedule. hen these conditions occur, resource scheduling can help to resolve constraint issues. Resource scheduling provides a means of smoothing demand for resources as well as staying within given limits. Depending on the project, resource scheduling may be achieved without putting the project completion date in jeopardy; in other cases, resource scheduling…...
Hendrickson, C., & Au, T. (1989). Project management for construction: fundamental concepts for owners, engineers, architects and builders. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
Larson, E.W., & Gray, C.F. (2011). Project management: The managerial process (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Murphy, A. & Ledwith, A. (2007). Project management tools and techniques in high-technology SMEs. Management Research News, 30(2) 153-166. doi: 10.1108/01409170710722973
Oganisational Psychology
This chapte eviews the liteatue and eseach outcomes within which the cuent eseach is located. It identifies the theoy cuently in use and sets the theoetical context fo the study.
Emotions and feelings shape and lubicate social tansactions and in this way emotions contibute to, and eflect, the stuctue and cultue of oganizations. Ode and contol, the vey essence of the 'oganization' of wok, concen what people 'do' with thei feelings (Fineman, 1993). Emotions suffuse all significant aspects of an individual's expeience, including all meaningful objects, activities and elations, and undelie vitually the entie edifice efeed to as cultue (Fineman, 1993). Yet it is difficult to find much evidence of the impotance of emotions in oganizational theoy.
Emotion influences the occuence and couse of altuism, ceativity, leaning and memoy, social peception and inteaction, social compaison, esouce allocation, self-evaluation, moal easoning, attaction and liking, attibutions and expectations, judgement and decision making, self-egulation…...
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references and no connection between the two.
However, this broad criterion (what broad criterion?) is not without its difficulties states Kantrowitz (2001). For example, adaptation encompasses a temporal perspective such that what may be effective in regulating emotions in the short run may be maladaptive in the long run or over the course of a career (Kantrowitz, 2001). Indeed, in many instances, regulation strategies that reduce immediate emotional distress, such as drinking alcohol or work withdrawal, come at a significant longer-term cost. Changing one's job to reduce felt anger toward a co-worker or boss may be adaptive in the sense of reducing immediate emotional distress, but maladaptive in the long run if the factors that evoked the anger are present in future jobs On the other hand, situational modification by an employee who changes a job to reduce feelings of job disappointment represents a potentially adaptive emotion regulation strategy in its potential for reducing emotion and enhancing long-term career goals
From an employer's point-of-view, the primary criterion for evaluating effective emotion regulation is often the extent of an employee's conformance to organizational norms for the nondisplay of what is deemed inappropriate (largely negative) emotion related behaviours, such as fear, anxiety, guilt and anger (Kantrowitz, 2001). Personal criteria for adaptive functioning and behaviourally-based organizational criteria have substantial overlap. Kantrowitz (2001) believes that it is nonetheless not difficult to identify circumstances when organizational goals related to the regulation of emotion-related behaviours may conflict with employee goals. Survivors of organizational downsizing who cope with fear of job loss by avoiding discussion of the topic with supervisors, for example, may behave in accord with organizational norms but experience personally maladaptive emotions
In the workplace, organizational concerns for the appropriate display of emotion-related behaviours have led to the development of procedures specifically designed to influence the expression of emotions and emotion related behaviours (Kantrowitz, 2001). Organizational researchers have devoted substantial effort to identifying the characteristics of jobs, organizational procedures, and norms that contribute to the evocation of positive and negative emotions (Larsen 2000). Similarly, in the career literature, a number of researchers (such as who and where is their research to be found?) have identified key career events associated with emotional functioning
They can then use this information when not in a group setting and apply it to other courses or experiences in life where they are charged with the task of comprehending reading materials.
Pearson, David. (2002) Handbook of reading research Vol 1. Westport: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
The authors created this book as a reference trade book that provides educators with information on the history of reading as well as information on reading research. The objective is to provide the classroom teacher with multiple strategies and methods they can use to promote reading for beginning readers that are at grade level, below grade level and beyond grade level. The first part of the work provides "how to" advice according to the authors, noting specific elements educators must consider while they plan to implement various reading strategies in the classroom. The next section of the work talks about basic processes in reading, which include…...
The very notion that romantic and other social relationships may affect the cognitive development in infants from the beginnings of their life suggest parents should take courses or classes in social relationships skills more so than parenting or well baby classes to ensure their babies mature cognitively and not just physically.
4. An important environmental impact on the health of individuals from a social psychology perspective is the environment of the school or workplace and the environment at home. As most people mature they spend more time on average either at school or working, whether at a job or as part of their community. This environment can lead to good health or poor health depending on the number of stressors the environment presents to the individual in the environment. For example, a child growing up in a cultural environment that teaches exclusions and segregation may suffer from poor health when…...
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References
Beckwith, L. (1972, Jun). Relationships between infants' social behavior and their mothers' behavior. Child Development, 43(2): 397-411.
CDC. (2006), Homicides and suicides - national violent death reporting system, United
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Festinger, L. & Carlsmith, J.M. (1959), Cognitive consequences of forced compliance.
it's intended to show them show the locations of provincial protected areas, highlight individual parks by the use of inset maps, and list the facilities available in the parks. Appropriately, there is a separate map for each province with parks highligted in green. As such, the maps do an excellent job of showing the geographic details such as highways, cities and airports in the provinces, but the information that one would expect for the parks is very sparse. This is an issue since the visitor is supposed to be able to obtain a list the facilities available in the parks. Due to this issue, the maps are much more useful as a provincial map rather than a park map. Further, the use of pink for areas surrounding the park is a bit confusing and a little hard on the eyes. Also, the legend's text for describing the symbols used…...
This sub-category offers a more focused look at how to plan for this particular type of disaster. series of links, divided as "Info for the General Public" and "Info for Professionals" offer step-by-step recommendations on how to behave in the event of a terrorist bombing or other such catastrophic event. dvice includes steps to be taken in advance of a suspected bombing, steps to be taken following such an incident and how best to address injuries related to the event. This subdivision helps to illuminate the usefulness of the portal described above.
WHO-Bioterrorism: http://www.who.int/topics/bioterrorism/en/
ccording to the link, "This page is not available in English." This significantly limits the ability of the primary English speaker to review the website. This is a major strike against the quality of the site in question.
Biodefence and Bioterrorism: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biodefenseandbioterrorism.html
The present source, provided by the National Institutes of Health, offers a basic definition of bioterrorism…...
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According to the link, "This page is not available in English." This significantly limits the ability of the primary English speaker to review the website. This is a major strike against the quality of the site in question.
The present source, provided by the National Institutes of Health, offers a basic definition of bioterrorism and identifies some of the strategies in place to prevent a deadly biological attack or to limit the destructiveness of any such attack. Among the more useful features found on this portal are links to related areas of concern such as 'immunization', 'infectious diseases' and 'environmental health.' Other links lead to 'overviews,' 'latest news' and 'treatment,' as well as article regarding 'clinical trials,' 'research' and 'directories.' On the large part, the portal suffers from a nondescript approach which simply lists one link after another with no sense of appealing to user organization. The result is a rather dry and imposing resource.
Staff Performance Development Reviews
Performance reviews became necessary as soon as the first worker was employed. For good or bad, performance reviews are an absolutely essential part of the workplace; properly administered, such reviews have been shown time and again to be enormously positive and motivating forces in employees' lives by helping them identify their strengths and weaknesses and by encouraging them to achieve even greater successes -- and avoid comparable failures -- in the future. Improperly administered though, performance reviews can be the source of an enormous amount of controversy and friction within an organization; improperly administered performance review programs can also result in legal action against the employer. Taken together, it quickly becomes clear that providing workers with timely and accurate feedback concerning their performance is a vitally important function within almost any organization, but many managers are either unable or unwilling to provide such reviews for a variety…...
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Strategies for the '90s. Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
Moeove, this aspect of the text investigates the 'language' of film in a way that causes us to appeciate the fom's singulaity. Such is to say that in this investigation of the sueal and cultually distubing elements which have invaded film in spiitually sick societies, we ae given a pofound undestanding of exactly why one might choose film as a way to fomulate a language that is othewise absent of platfom and inexpessible.
By contast, such essays ae steeped in lengthy and pedantic examinations such as that povided by Ande Bazin and entitled "The Ontology of Photogaphic Image." Hee, the autho goes to lengths to deconstuct the manne in which language is established by the caeful aangement of visual impessions within the context of a shot. Angles, objects and the aangement of inteactants all ae efeenced, accodingly to Bazin, as cucial phases in the message communicated. This is a useful…...
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references, providing a work that is not overly dense but nonetheless tends to reduce the discourse on film to a dry academic compilation of opinions.
Sorkin, however, posits no argument per se. ather, his book offers insight into how the financial crisis manifested from a far more personal perspective of those involved than anything else. The book is informative in nature, and give insight into some of the thought processes and activities those on the outside may not otherwise be exposed to or privy to. The title of the book sums it up best, and the book outlines how the banks and the primary players and stakeholders have become too big to fail. The book highlights the self-interest of those in charge of some of the biggest financial institutions in the world and their blatant disregard for Main Street.
The book has a place in the larger academic debates raised within public knowledge because it adds to the public's real knowledge of those involved in the nation's financial industry and government offices. Instead of speculating…...
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References
Cassidy, J. (2008). Anatomy of a meltdown, New Yorker, 84(39), 1-756.
Cherry, C. (1998). God's new Israel: Religious interpretations of American destiny.
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Cohan, W. (2010, Nov. 27). The power of failure. New York Times. Retrieves from www.thenewyorktimes.com.
Courting Disaster
This study reviews Pat obertson's "Courting disaster: How the Supreme Court is usurping the power of Congress and the people." Pat obertson is the founder and chairperson of the Christian Broadcasting Network, founder of egent University, and The Center for Law and Justice. He and his wife have four children and thirteen grandchildren. They reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Using both legal and religious points-of-view, obertson attempts to prove that the current operation of the judicial system is dangerous to both the republican form of government and our individual freedoms. While seeking to strengthen his argument, the author has compiled fascinating facts, quotes, case decisions, and opinions of the Court (Mu-ller-Fahrenholz, 2007).
From this study, it is evident that obertson undertook a political expedition seeking to identify various issues that bedeviled the American society. However, he fails to provide solutions to the identified problems. This is an action conscious book.…...
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References
Barrett, P., & Smolla, R.A. (2010). A year in the life of the Supreme Court. Durham [u.a.: Duke Univ. Press.
Edwards, L., & Meese, E. (2011). Bringing justice to the people: The story of the freedom-based public interest law movement. Washington, DC: Heritage Books.
Melashenko, E.L., & Smith, D.B. (2009). Rock-solid living in a run-amok world. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Pub. Association.
Mu-ller-Fahrenholz, G. (2007). America's battle for God: A European Christian looks at civil religion. Grand Rapids, Mich. [u.a.: William B. Eerdmans Publ.
online consumer reviews from the consumer's perspective.
Online consumer reviews are often the first way that a consumer will learn about a new product or service. The pros of online consumer reviews include receiving potentially unbiased information about a product or service. The cons of online consumer reviews include their increasing lack of credibility as more companies are resorting to tactics like paying bloggers for positive product reviews, paying writers to write positive Amazon reviews, and the inability to genuinely decipher the difference between a trustworthy and untrustworthy review. Paid or compensated reviewers are becoming increasingly savvy in their presentation of material. By inserting a few objective or even critical comments amid a sea of positive information about the brand or specific product, the paid reviewer engenders trust and therefore creates an illusion of credibility. The ill informed consumer might be prone to trusting the paid reviewer because of the lack…...
Luxury. Great service. Room was a bit small to have an extra bed.
May 7, 2011
Perfect hotel. Location is just a walking distance to anywhere you like. A few steps away from the metro station at "Piccadilly." Across the street from the gorgeous St. James park and rafalgar square, a few minutes walk from "Leicester square," "Soho," "Regent Street" and "Oxford Street." Lobby, rooms, services, and most important are the staff whom are extremely courteous.
May 6, 2011
his hotel is very good, close to parks and all central locations.
May 5, 2011
Wonderful hotel, incredibly friendly and helpful staff. Will definitely return.
May 4, 2011
In Europe I have seldom felt so welcomed as at Sofitel St. James. Reception was excellent, luggage delivery fastest ever, and what a service in the lobby bar! Absolutely not the cheapest hotel, but the best one!
May 4, 2011
I have been staying at the Sofitel St. James regularly for…...
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The location is good and we were able to get around easily and cheaply. We upgraded to Club Level to get a nicer room on a high floor. It wasn't much extra so I think it was worth it. The upgrade got us breakfast in the club lounge, afternoon tea and cocktails for 2 hours everyday. Our room was modern and large and the bed was very comfy. Bathroom was lovely and the L'Occitane toiletries were a nice touch. The pool was average - on the 4th floor. It was qute small and it misses the afternoon sun so if you want to suntan best to get there in the morning. Overall this is a good hotel and we would stay again if we ever return to Bangkok.
May 24, 2011
Sofitel now the managers but its all a bit tired now, and not really up to the standards
SYSTEMATIC EVIEWS AND META-ANALYSESDiscussion: Systematic eviews and Meta-AnalysesAccording to Corcoran and Pillai (2008) systematic reviews come in handy in not only the identification, but also the synthesis of the evidence considered to be of relevance to the research query. With this in mind, systematic reviews could be considered an enhanced form of the traditional literature review approach. This is more so the case given that systematic reviews makes use of, or deploy, systematic methods in the combination as well as assessment of available evidence (Corcoran and Pillai, 2008). In a far as validity of systematic reviews is concerned, Patole (2021) observes that this has got to do with how trustworthy the review\\\'s conclusions are for a reader (193). It is important to note that in epidemiology, systematic reviews could be used in the formulation of strategies meant to impact the health and wellbeing of populations. For this reason, the relevance…...
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ReferencesCorcoran, J. & Pillai, V. (2008). Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. Oxford University Press. Patole, S. (2021). Principles and Practice of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. Springer. Uman, L.S. (2011). Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 20(1), 57-59.
By using a review technique, evidence from many different studies and types of research could be compared and analyzed, leading to the result of a higher grade. The few guidelines that were reviewed were the most clear in their recommendations, yet because the direct evidence that led to the formation of these guidelines was not fully provided the recommendations received a lower score. This is not to suggest that these guidelines, when produced by reputable organizations, are not worthy of implementation or consideration, but rather that further investigation into the guideline areas, such that primary research data is found that supports the recommendations in the guidelines published. Having this data directly available will enable the guidelines to be viewed with a higher score of validity and reliability.
The majority of the experimental or observational studies in this set of research received low grades for their recommendation for a variety of…...
What an excellent question! In fact, one of the things we encourage students to do is make sure that they understand what an assignment is asking them to do before tackling the assignment. A critical review is an analysis of material that you are exploring, which involves you examining its strengths and weaknesses and putting those together in a cohesive argument about the merits and deficits of the material as a whole.
Critical reviews can be used in almost any area of academic study, though the approach for a critical review will vary according to the subject and....
A comparison and contrast essay on two specific service providers is a little different from comparison and contrast essays on ideas or people because you are going to always want to focus on the customer’s experience. However, if you are writing the essay for a business class, you would be focusing on different aspects such as corporate structure, stock price, etc. So, keep that in mind when writing your essay. Are you providing more of a user review or a business analysis and structure your essay accordingly.
It is also important to keep in mind that the COVID-19 pandemic has really....
Harvard Business Review has some of the best in-depth reviews of individual companies and may offer you some of the information that you seek about an individual Fortune 500 company’s culture. You could start by looking at individual aspects of what is considered part of successful corporate culture and then look for articles or essays about those different facets of corporate culture, which could be a spring-board for an in-depth analysis.
If we were looking at a Fortune 500 company and wanted to find a source of an in-depth look at its corporate culture, we would search for....
To be honest, writing book reviews can be challenging, even for writers who love to read. It can feel difficult to strike the right balance between objective observations about a book, critical discussion of the book, and subjective opinion of the book. This is especially true when the book is a highly emotional one like Tuesdays with Morrie, which is beloved by many readers. You also have to consider the approach that you are taking in your book review. Are you writing the review for readers, in general, or with a specific audience in mind? ....
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