...Text Necks It’s no secret that having good posture is a key attribute to maintaining your health. In today’s world, it is too common to see people slumping over a tiny screened, smart phone for hours on end. According to the author of a newly published study, “Text neck,” is becoming an epidemic in the American society. In the articles “Keep Your Head Up: “Text Neck’ Takes a Toll on the Spine” by Laura Sullivan and “OMG You’re Texting Your Way to Back Pain” written by Jessica Firger, both explain reasons why people experience spinal pain linked to improper posture, how gravity plays a role, and how the hours spent in certain angles can also impact your health. Spinal pain can be linked to a lot of different areas, but the most common way is through improper posture. Posture, is used to describe how your body is positioned when you're sitting, standing and lying down. In an intrusive definition, researchers cited in “Keep Your Head Up; “Text Next’ Takes a Toll on the Spine, good posture is “ears aligned with the shoulders and the ‘angel wings,’ or the shoulder blades, retracted.” (Sullivan 9). While poor posture, quoted from Dr. Hansraj, chief of spine surgery at New York Spine Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, actually adds pressure to the spine. The increased weight makes “the cranium become heaver the more you bend your neck.” (Firger 3). Essentially, unnatural positioning of your neck puts you at a higher risk of spinal injury. Millions of people spend hours on their...
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...One Question You Need to Ask Yourself Every Morning to Have a Happier, More Successful Day It’s no secret that success comes from hard work, determination, and more hard work. But research also shows another key contributor to setting yourself up for success: a positive attitude. So how do you pull that off during those stressful days filled with hard work? By asking yourself one simple question each and every morning, you’ll set the stage for a day full of increased productivity, and dare I say it, even more happiness. And isn’t that the true measure of success? So you’re probably wondering, what’s the question? Here it is: Start off each and every morning by asking yourself if the world is inherently good or bad. None other than the late Muhammad Ali once said, “It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” By telling yourself that everything is indeed good, you’ll reap the substantial benefits that come along with the power of positive thinking. Read on to find out exactly how: Choosing to Live in a Good World Why should it matter whether or not you think you live in a good or bad world? For starters, it helps to put things into perspective. When you internalize every roadblock or mistake as a reflection of the broader world, you’ll end up interpreting more and more things as negative events. But when you look at things positively, you’ll enjoy your day more. Plus, the people around...
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...How might these factors, diversity, attitude, learning and work styles, and ethical perspective be used to resolve conflicts? People tend to work in different ways according to their life’s schedule. Some like to wait until the last minute because they work better under pressure, and the team members must respect that. Others like to take their time and have an assignment ready ahead of time. Both of these are perfectly fine. What we must consider are deadlines. To avoid conflict, we have to understand that there are due dates and we have to respect one another by completing our individual parts in order to achieve the grades we all want. Attitude is one of the most important factors in teamwork. We all need to listen and try to understand each other. We must analyze everyone’s work and give good criticism instead of just rejecting someone’s work. Diversity could very much be a benefit to the team. We all should accept others for who they are and what they contribute, without judging the color of their skin or beliefs. We all come from different backgrounds and therefor have different ideas that could lead us to new and creative ideas that can push the team forward in whatever the task may be. Everyone has different methods of learning. Some faster than others, this could definitely affect team building. We all have to be patient and help one another so we can all be on the same page to accomplish the same...
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...“America’s industrial might was built principally on immigrant labour”. Discuss with reference to the period from the 1880s to through World War I. The backbone of America’s Might A variety of factors contributed to the preeminence of American industrial power in the late 19th and early twentieth century. Whereas the United States enjoyed an abundance of domestic raw materials, technological advancements by scientific entrepreneurs, and a battery of talented business entrepreneurs assisted by a compliant federal government, the most convenient and probably most critical progressive factor was the influx of a cheap, non-American immigrant labour force. Brinkley in his work “The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People” is careful to point out that America rise in industrialization occurred in half the period of time that England took to achieve the same. Though some scholars argue that the U.S. was already steering toward industrial prominence since the early 1800s, the majority agree that last three decades prior to the 1920s witnessed an incredible surge in economic growth that heralded America’s supremacy thereafter. By 1900, over $3.4 billion in foreign wealth fueled the economy of the US.Of course, a comparison of England’s and America’s progress in industrialization is wanted, and would yield points that support the main thesis. One way to understand the rapid growth of American industries as opposed to English industries is to view the industrial...
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...Prejudice and bias might be good, sometimes When we think about prejudice and bias, we tend to think about stupid and evil people doing stupid and evil things. And this idea is nicely summarized by the British critic William Hazlitt, who wrote, “Prejudice is the child of ignorance.” But, I think this is mistaken. I want to try to convince you that prejudice and bias are natural, they’re often rational, and they’re often even moral. And I think that once we understand this, we’re in a better position to make sense of them when they go wrong, when they have horrible consequences, and we’re in a better position to know what to do when this happens. Start with stereotypes. You may look at me, you know my name, you know some certain facts about me, and you can make some certain judgments. You could make guesses about my ethnicity, me religious beliefs, my hobby. And the thing is, these judgments tend to be accurate. We’re very good at this sort of thing. And we’re very good at this sort of things because our ability to stereotype people is not some sort of arbitrary quirk of the mind, but rather it’s a specific instance of a more general process, which is that we have experience with things and people in the world that fall into categories, and we can use our experience to make generalizations about novel instances of these categories. So everybody has a lot of experience with chairs, apples and dogs. And based on this, when you see some unfamiliar examples, you could guess...
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...07/31/2011 Wall Street Journal 5 Why Your CPA Might Blab This article addresses the issue of the CPA’s reliability. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more often is challenging the lawyer-client right to confidentiality, and there is a rule called Kovel Rule has been providing the principle for tax lawyers to follow for over 50 years. However, there are some opposite points of views claim that accountants who are working with a lawyer for a client are not necessarily covered. The reason why they are doubted the confidentiality of the communication is because the Kovel Rule is only applied by some states to protect certain accountant-client communications, but not applied by the federal government. Therefore, it is important for the lawyers to make sure that they have spelled out how the accountant will assist them and then separated all related documents in order to ensure their conversations are considered confidential. Moreover, it is the best way to do so everything is clear when the law firms hire an accountant that accounting working isn’t protected under Kovel. In conclusion, even though taxpayers are worried about confidentiality under the Kovel Rule, the lawyers and accountants are even more concerned about it. However, if everyone thinks through carefully what they are doing and if it is protected, there would not be that bad. Reference Dale, Arden. “Why Your CPA Might Blab.” The Wall Street Journal. June 18, 2011. July 30, 2011. Web Source....
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...Reasons why a person might consider data or information to lack validity, credibility, or reliability depends on what type of data it is. One reason would be what method was used to collect the information. Is the data accurately represented to what it is claiming? An example would be if 400 people were surveyed on a college campus about alcohol use. How would a person know if those 400 people are representative of the college itself? Are these people in an equal proportion to the social economic status, age, race, academic interest, religion, and employment to the entire college campus? This is not likely. Also, a person should look precisely at the questions that have been asked and the questions that have not been asked. A person might have a problem if you ask people if they are drinking and driving and not asking if they have a driver’s license or not. Also, look at who has done the collecting of the data or information. Does this person have a lot of interest to the outcome to the data that has been collected? An example would be a person collecting data on a project that they have little interest in. By not having much interest in the project they are not going to put much effort behind finding the best data that is validated, credible, and reliable. Does this person also have the training and education need to interpret the data that they have collected? If a person doesn’t have the right training or education then they might not know how to put the data they have gather...
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...This true story inspired this article..... So what had happened was...... I went to my son's school to bring him a hot lunch that I prepared at home. Every visitor must sign in at the front desk. I couldn’t help but notice the two people sitting in the lobby when I signed myself in. One lady was looking at her folder, and reviewing what looked like a portfolio. She looked so nice and professional in her navy blue business suit and low heal shoes, hair cut into a beautiful little afro. She had white little clips on each side. Her hair looked absolutely fabulous: soft, strong and all natural. Her lovely dark brown eyes looked well-rested behind a pair of sharp, "I have a brain AND I am cute" reading glasses. She had a neat figure that would make even the most gluttonous person reject Krispy Kreme in hopes of achieving that same flat stomach. She had such smooth and glowing dark brown skin. When I complemented her earrings, she thanked me & (I hate to admit) I was a teeny bit envious of her beautiful smile. I wondered for just a second... how much money would it cost me to get my teeth to look a white and pretty has hers??? Ok, so then I looked to the other side of the office.... The other lady was sitting there with her breasts over exposed, bearing long curled over fingernails. Each nail had a design of what seemed to be a NYC skyline on them... I kid you not. Only half of her head was braided, while the other half was just kind of sticking out in several...
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...Netflix Might Be Twisting Its Cash Flow Statement Aug. 18, 2013 3:06 AM ET | 25 comments | About: Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. (More...) All investors know that they must conduct a rigorous analysis on a company's cash flow statement before making any serious investment decision. The statement of cash flow in the financial report is usually a much better gauge of the financial position of a company than the standard EPS. I believe thatNetflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is playing suspicious accounting games with its cash flow statement. And it's very important for investors to be aware of that. Netflix and its content library Netflix reported its quarterly earnings after the trading session on July 22nd. The company beat analysts' forecasts with $29 million in profit, or 49 cents per share, and up from $6 million a year earlier. Analysts on average expected $0.40, according to Thomson Reuters. Revenue for the quarter was $1.07 billion, up 20% from $889 million a year earlier. In a letter to shareholders, Reed Hastings, the company's CEO, stated -"Our Product Innovation teams greatly enhanced the features and delivery of our service during the quarter, as well as improved discovery and merchandising of our content library." It's no coincidence that Hastings emphasizes the importance of the content library to the company. It's the company's main asset and the source of...
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...Laurie Kaye Abraham does an incredible job of explaining the differences between Medicaid and Medicare in the book entitled Mama Might Be Better Off Dead as well as explaining why the family uses which program. According to what was found in the readings, Medicaid is a state and federal health insurance program that is intended for people that are poor. If an individual is poor with Medicaid, the government commitment to providing health care to the recipients does not always provide equality. In addition, Medicare is a government insurance for the elderly. Since Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health insurance to families that are poor you must have a low income. On the other hand, Medicare is a federal program that would provide health insurance coverage to individuals that are 65 or older or that is diagnosed with a severe disability. If diagnosed with a severe disability, income would not be a factor. One of the characters in the book, Jackie, which is Robert’s wife, qualified for Medicaid once she went on welfare. Their children were also eligible to receive Medicaid benefits. In addition to the characters, Mrs. Jackson, the grandmother to Jackie, has Medicare that covers her medical bills. Medicare...
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...1 Music Censorship Kenyetta Daniel Sunday May 6, 2012 Kris Shaw 2 Would it be hard trying to picture the world without music, or thinking about someone telling you what you can listen to or sing in the privacy of your home? That is what it seems to have come down to. Censorship is what the government and others seems to think is hurtful and vulgar to society many have wonder if this is true or not. Many people have found themselves protesting censorship in music, is censorship in music too harsh for kids today. Censorship has been around since the time of Plato and has gone on through the centuries. In this country it was with the beginnings of rock and roll and has continued on today. Rock music is huge when it comes to censorship because of the allusion to sex, drugs, alcohol, and violence. The Government believes that profanity is what they need to censor people from, though the freedom of speech is a First Amendment right to all people. The Government sees it as what the average person would find offensive and lacks any serious value in literature, artistic, political, or scientific. It is the sexually explicit and violent material in the songs that makes it so a person has to be a certain age before they can buy a CD with this type of music. This is why many...
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...Big Bang Might have been just a Big Bounce Basically, the big bounce is a theory wherein the expansion of our universe comes from the crunch of the previous one. It may seem farfetched but with an understanding of quantum mechanics and considering the unpredictability of these discoveries, its feasibility can be seen. Shall this theory remain an idea straight out of science fiction or will it change the way that we look at the universe? Let us suppose that the theory is correct. The primary thought will probably be "We've believed in something wrong for centuries. What if this is another one of them. " This would take a toll on the populace's trust for science in general. Personally, I see that it is possible. This in turn has influenced my curiosity and I now hunger for further information on this. When we dig deeper we will be hit by the underlying dilemma. "When will our big crunch starry?” as well as "What happens when it re-expands?" Do we get a do over on life? Or are we reshuffled randomly never to return to our current states? Are we a hand in a game of poker to be put back in the deck when the game is done and reshuffled for the next round? It is a morbid query I know. Yet these enormous theories bring about philosophical thinking deeper than I have fathomed During my deep contemplation, an even more frightening thought crossed my mind. "Are we even the slightest bit consequential in this universe which apparently will remix us again eventually rendering our accomplishments...
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...“Mama Might be Better off Dead: the Failure of Healthcare in Urban America,” is a novel written by Laurie Kaye Abraham that tells the story about urban healthcare by following the life of a family living at Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood for one year, known as the Banes’ family. Even though this novel focused on telling the readers about urban America’s health care system, we still can see and learn about the family values and trajectories of this Banes’ family when we were reading this book. It is because, the author illustrate this story through one’s family narrative. An analysis of this family’s experiences and trajectories can be best determined by using the life course perspective and also by using the conflict theory. Life course...
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...ESSAY – ‘What is the Marxist theory of the state and how might it be criticised?’ Introduction Marxism first arose in 1987 when Marx and Engels were commissioned to write the manifesto for the political party of radical workers, The Communist League; this political party was formed in order to create a unity of the ‘working men’, in favour of the creation of a classless society. The purpose of The Communist Manifesto, and much of Marx’s early writings on the state, was to promote social change, in refutation to Hegel’s theory of the dialetic. This is achieved through the construction of a materialist interpretation of the state as ‘the active, conscious and official expression (of) the present structure of society' (Collected Works, 3, p. 199). Marx’s ultimate aim was to “lay bare the economic law of motion of modern society.” (Marx, Capital [1867] 1965, p10), which is to… This essay will explain and analyse Marx’s theory of state, a nd assess the legitimacy of the theory through criticisms. Marx’s theory of history/state: History is a study of past events in human affairs; Marx believes that historical events are driven forward by changing economic factors within the ‘base’ of society. According to Marx, human society is made up of two measures: a base and a superstructure. The superstructure is the set of 'non-economic institutions whose character is explained by the nature of the economic structure (the base).' (G. A. Cohen Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence pp 216...
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...How might TQM and ISO be used to improve an organization? Proper implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) can provide an organization with the ability to improve its effectiveness, competitiveness, efficiency, and flexibility in order to best suit the needs of its customers. TQM is considered one of the lean manufacturing methods. The organization can use less man power to make a product, less cost and less waste. Employee involvement figures heavily in the success of TQM. If you have employees that want increased responsibility within the company, TQM provides employees with the opportunity to get involved, because they are each responsible for a key component of the overall process. It is also a great way to boost employee morale because they each feel a sense of pride in their role. ISO can improve an organization’s quality management. ISO 9001-2008 has eight sections that auditors use to assess an organization's quality management system. Sections 4 through 8 compose the "Requirements" portion of the standard. 1. Introduction 2. Scope 3. Terms and definitions 4. Quality management system 5. Management responsibility 6. Resource management 7. Product realization 8. Measurement, analysis and improvement The strategic tools and guidelines implemented through International Organization for Standardization (ISO) can improve an organization by tackling some of the most demanding challenges of modern business. The use of ISO...
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