Patrick Gilmore Patrick Gilmore was an activist of freedom and revolution in America during the era of civil war in America. His activism dwelt in songwriting and singing and not from the political arena. He composed the song “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” in September 1863. The song’s words and music were credited to “Louis Lambert.” However, its copyright was retained by the publisher, Henry Tolman & Co., of Boston. Gilmore chose to publish the song under a pseudonym probably, though not clear, to add a touch of romantic mystery to the composition. The song was a dedication to the artist’s sister, who was hopeful that her fiancé who had left for war was going to return home safe. The mentioned fiancé was a Captain for the Union Light Artillery; his name was John O’Rourke. Gilmore later acknowledged the fact that the music was not original. He, however, referred it in an 1883 article in the Musical Herald as, “a musical waif which I happened to hear somebody humming in the early days of the rebellion, and taking a fancy…
Memory Artwork – Jochen Gerz Understanding the relationship between contemporary artworks and their contribution to the memory of essential events to people and humanity at large is the core motivation to Jochen Gerz’s work. The life and work of this artist are deeply embedded in this complicated relationship, especially on the current artworks that are more of an impression than expression. However, for Gerz, the memory is in the people, and not in the pictures and other artworks. At the heart of Gerz’s work and principles in artwork are the roles and contributions of art in processing and memorizing the traumatizing events in life. The center of this artist’s work is on memorialization discourse and how his conceptual artistry contributes to the understanding of, relationship, and identification with the past traumatizing events. This is achieved through the application of traditional monumental sculptures that indicate the socio-political, economic, and cultural perspectives of a given time in history. Gerz has focused on the conceptual artistry that connects the past to the present through memorization and remembrance. As an internationally-recognized conceptual artist, Gerz’s…
Summary of the case of Iron Man According to the article about “The comic book as a symbolic environment the case of Iron man” by Jon Hogan in 2009. There is a secure link between the relationship between humanity and technology. Whenever there is an introduction to a new tool, many questions arise about how people interact with the device. According to the article, “Marshal McLuhan investigated the effects of technology on human consciousness. Jacques Ellul fretted about humankind’s eventual loss of autonomy to machines; Neil Postman lamented the lack of critical thinking about this issue.” The exploration of the relationship between technology and humanity is always done using the comic book. It is a medium where the true reflection of the relationship can be easily understood. The author says, “While poor special effects in a live-action movie stand out as glaring failures, a drawing of a fantastic machine in a comic book looks the same as the cartoon people with whom they interact and illustrate landscapes where they exist.” It merely implies that to avoid noticeable failures, comic books…
Martin Luther King Letter from Birmingham Jail The letter is revealed to have been composed by Martin Luther King in response to the extreme reaction to the critics that were intensifying from the religious personnel in the locality. The Birmingham campaign had been accelerated in the streets. Luther seeks to establish defending arguments in regards to the non-violent actions composed towards fighting racism in society. It supported the moves of individuals to fight for justice in the society as it was among their moral responsibilities to ensure equality was restored. The letter was in response to the 1963 sit-ins and revolts against the racial discrimination that was intensifying in Birmingham, Alabama (King and Vivian 257). Martin Luther engages in the use of rhetorical appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos to ensure the effectiveness of the message is communicated in the letter. Luther manipulates the rhetorical device of Pathos to effectively communicate in the long latter. It is established that Luther illustrates the conditions that are developed within the Birmingham cell to enable him to develop the urge to write. It…
2018 Global Study on Occupational Fraud and Abuse: Report to the Nations Fraud can be defined as a deliberate misrepresentation to gain an advantage over another party. Fraud comes in many different forms, including fraud in financial statements, the misappropriation of assets (theft) and subsequent cover-up, and disclosure fraud. In this blog I examine the results of a study recently published by the Association of Fraud Examiners (ACFE). 2018 Global Study on Occupational Fraud and Abuse: Report to the Nations The 2018 ACFE survey is a follow-up to three prior biennial surveys. The 2018 survey reports on 2,690 cases of occupational fraud in 125 different countries that were reported by Certified Fraud Examiners. The total cost of occupational fraud exceeded $7.1 billion. Corruption represents one of the most significant fraud risks for organizations (38%), causing a median loss of $250,000. This includes conflicts of interest, bribery, illegal gratuities, and economic extortion. Asset misappropriation was the most common type of occupational fraud. Asset misappropriation schemes include when an employee steals or misuses resources, such as charging personal expenses to the company…
Three individuals who enable Whip drug abuse Introduction Whip Whitaker (played by Denzel Washington) is identified as a commuter airline pilot. While he was on a flight from Orlando to Atlanta, something happens to the aircraft, and the plane starts to fly erratically. The plane crashes as a result of mechanical, but as the pilot, he saves almost everyone who is currently on board. Whip while he goes to the hospital, his friend from the airline union is quick to tell him he needs a lawyer just in case his toxic blood levels are measured as he will test positive for alcohol and cocaine. The union lawyer Hugh Lang tells Whip in the event he was convicted due to the high toxicity in his blood levels, then there is a possibility he would have to deal with life imprisonment. Thus, Hugh advises him to ensure in the next few days as the investigation is ongoing to ensure he maintains to be sober at all times. However, Whip is identified to be struggling to keep being sober as he is an…
how to manage conflicts in a virtue team Communication and information technology have now enhanced individuals’ collaboration from different locations and cultures due to asynchronous and synchronous based tools that facilitate and support the distribution of individuals and teams across the globe. Management teams participate in virtual business organizations and communities to exchange knowledge and nurture collaboration. In the process of cooperation, potential conflict may arise within the team, especially when the members have different understandings and learning of the English language (Mukherjee & Natrajan, 2019). In the same case, the group development stages are somewhat different for face to face teams compared to the virtue teams. Therefore, there is a need for recommendations to deal with differences in virtue teams. The paper discusses how to manage conflicts in a virtue team, provide a comparison of group development stages, summarize, and identify barriers to communication. Technological advancement is a critical tool for collaboration. Giving birth to new media forms increases collaboration from spatial to temporal constraints. The progress of these technical features results in potential conflict in a virtual team…
Organizational Behavior in Hospitality Question 1. Human resources is an important part and section of an organization. When we uphold all the motivation techniques and theories in our hotel, we will be in the way of encouraging the employees to be more productive. Employees need the motivation to work hard and compete for the reward by management at the end of their activity. In such a scenario, there will be a general increase in the productivity of the employees and the entire hotel. What determines the effectiveness and efficiency of the operations in an organization for this case, being a hotel is the willingness and ability of the workers. We should mainly focus on educating and training employees, primarily in their areas of operation, to ensure that they acquire the required skill for effective delivery of service in different departments. On the other hand, workers may be having the knowledge and ability but not willing to deliver their service as required by the organization as a result of a lack of motivation (Tung 2017 pg. 23-25). Some of the possible…
Political Brief(France) Governance System The nation-state of France is under a republic form of governance. The head of government is the Prime Minister who is appointed by the President. The President is the head of the State. The President appoints as well ministers of State who are under the Prime Minister. Their primary role is to implement government policy[1]. There are senior and junior ministers in the government of France. The council of Ministers is presided by the President, I the powerful executive. President Emmanuel Macron leads the current government of France with Mr. Edouard Philippe as the prime minister. Both are from the ruling Social Democratic political party. Laurent Wauquirez is the official opposition leader[2]. The French government, in total, has sixteen ministries. Electoral system Elections are after every five years, and a president can only stay in power for a maximum. The republic has two rounds of the presidential election and the members of Parliament, and adult voters who are 18years and above participate. Repetition of presidential elections is if no one secures more than half the…
Personal Narrative on Self-confidence Self-confidence is the ability to give assurance to oneself in our judgment. Confidence is not something people need not be taught but rather understand the extent to which they believe in themselves. I am at a level in my life in which I need to believe in myself before people start believing in me. Some are born with self-confidence. Others have to work for it, and some have no clue on how to obtain it. It is something that can be accomplished over time. I have come to realize that time, trust, and friends are all needed for any individual to achieve it. Growing up, I was always a shy kid. I never really talked around individuals I didn’t recognize, nor did I begin discussions with others. The reason being, I have struggled a lot with confidence. I just really remained to myself and had a few friends, and that was good enough for me. I wasn’t really into presenting in front of the class, either. I would always go up there nervous and get it…