Sunny Destinations: Escape the Winter Cold As the cold season fast approaches, we start making plans for a possible winter getaway. Before you get down to planning your vacation, you’ll need to have a good idea of top sunny destinations. Here are some destinations that warrant a place in your bucket list. Top 10 Sunny Destinations you must Visit Marrakech, Morocco The lush Moorish-style gardens of Bahia Palace and lively Djemaa El Fna Square highlight the numerous features of this fantastic winter sun destination. Enjoy the unexpected banter and beauty in the Marrakech souks. The bargains and bustling atmosphere converge at the heart of Morocco. Koh Samui, Thailand. Tourists throng this sunny destination for its pristine beaches and warm weather. Rent a scooter and discover the hidden treasures on the island. Chase waterfalls and go coconut crazy as you mingle with the friendly locals. Dubai For a perfect combination of explosive city experience and a relaxing beach holiday, Dubai is your best bet. The colourful spice markets and gastronomic feasts spice up desert adventures available in this top destination. Bali,…

Local Utility The local utility that supplies the surrounding with the electricity is Sunrun. It was founded in 2007, and it provides residential solar electricity. It has monopolised the market, offering both commercial and domestic power to the locals. Being that it is the only company that supplies the area with the electricity, the locals have complained of the low level of response in case of blackouts. There are no other companies that provide electricity to the community, so they have dominated the market. As it stands now, they have not been able to supply certain areas with power. The worst thing is that they have been increasing the prices of their product complaining that the cost of production has skyrocketed. The company sites inflation as one of the reasons for price hikes. Even though the locals have been complaining about the high cost of power, the company does very little to justify the reason behind high prices. Some locals believe that the fact that they have monopolised the market; they do not care about the quality of service they…

Social Norms As a term, “social norms” can have a variety of understanding and interpretations. However, the present purposes insist that these differences in definitions do not bear any significance because it is easier to depend upon the conventional understandings. Still, if a definition is a necessity, then it can be said that social norms refer to the approving and disapproving social attitudes that specify what must be done and what should not be done (Bicchieri, 2017). Social norms exist in all areas of the society with norms about dating, littering, smoking, when to stand and sit, and when to express anger, how and why to express it. Social norms are there for every aspect of human behaviour. It is common to hear the response “it isn’t done” to certain conducts even when the relevant “it” is already done. Such attitudes exceptionally span on a wide range and may or may not maintain themselves because of the reflective judgements Bicchieri (2017), observes that a social norm can count regardless of whether or not people have thought deeply about the sense…

suicide prevention Yes, I think suicide prevention requires all levels of engagement. Suicide has become one of the most significant workforce threats in the USA is more than 9.8% of Americans commit suicide every year, which has increased by 24.2% from the previous year. Thus, a holistic engagement from all the levels is required to reduce the number of suicide cases. The level includes interviews and surveys, consultation with psychologists, partnership, instructional leadership, staff, and organizational leadership. Requirements of all level engagement to prevent suicide are as follows: Engagement of interview and surveys: Interviews and surveys are effective ways to gather information and to understand the experience and perspectives of suicidal attempts. It helps to initiate an effort to reduce the number of cases. Consultation: The engagement of the consultation level is required to gain in-depth information about suicides and various mental states behind suicide cases. Partnership: Engagement in the community partnership is essential to work together and to form a group to reduce the number of suicide cases. Instructional leadership: The engagement of instructional leadership is required to lead…

Summary of Graphics Design Colour theory has several definitions, design applications, and concepts. The three primary color categories include color harmony, color wheel, and the context of the way colors are used. The color wheel was first introduced by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666. Primary colors include yellow, red, and blue. Secondary colors are orange green and purple, while tertiary colors are red-orange, blue-purple, yellow-green, yellow-orange, and blue-green. Colour harmony refers to an attractive arrangement of colors. Fundamental formulas forming color harmony include analogous colors, complementary colors, and color schemes. The color context is primarily on the behavior of colors concerning other shapes of colors. Grayscale refers to the shade of grey with no apparent color. The darkest shade is black, while the lightest possible color is white. The three primary colors represent equal brightness for the intermediate shades of grey. There are various underlying principles of design. This article shows twelve principles of design that are often used. These include contrast, balance, emphasis, proportion, hierarchy, repetition, rhythm, pattern, white space, movement, variety, and unity.  Other design principles include color,…

Post and Reply The normal distribution is a probability function that describes how the values of a variable are distributed. It is a symmetric distribution where most of the observations tend to lie around the central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off symmetrically towards either extreme (Ahsanullah M. K., 2014).  The mean, mode, and median tend to lie on the same point to attain symmetry. Furthermore,  the data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far apart from the mean. In a business environment, normal distribution plays a crucial role in quality control as it aids in determining whether a product is standard or sub-standard by assuming previously set standards equal to mean. If a product lies below the mean, then its substandard and the vice versa is true. It also plays a significant role in determining business cycles where the mean is set to be x-axis. The troughs are the recession points whereby the business is performing below the expected standards, and the crests depict boom points where the company is at its…

Article Summary Many people would rather stand and watch an immoral act or a person suffer in distress, rather than intervene. They do not feel entitled to helping strangers, especially in situations where there are small crowds. Moisuc, Brauer, Fonseca, Chaurand & Greitemeyer (2018) investigated the characteristics of individuals who are likely to intervene in a distressing situation under a social setting. The article discusses the personality traits of people who tend to confront the perpetrator of an immoral act by expressing disapproval. Some arguments have questioned if the intervener is a bitter complainer with low self-esteem or an exemplary leader. A bitter complainer seeks an opportunity to make themselves feel better. In this case, they will direct their aggression towards the perpetrator of an action through intervention. Aggressive individuals perceive an immoral behaviour to have equally evil intent, prompting them to speak up or intervene (Moisuc et al., 2018). An exemplary leader intervenes in a situation from a moral conscience. They try to promote a positive environment by encouraging observation of morals in society. This research tested the bitter…

financial planning for retirement              Financial planning is a crucial tool to help an individual during stormy days. Thus, evaluating once current income and future financial states using various variables is essential. One can make a financial plan to help save for a master’s education, health, purchase of a car, a house, or for a vacation. This paper will be looking at financial planning for retirement by analyzing the viability and sustainability of the social security program. A social security program is a program undertaken by the government to provide financial assistance to citizens with no income and inadequate income. Social security is also welfare or social safety net. The enactment of the social security program is after the assertation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Article 22. The declaration states that every member of society has a right and is justified to social protection. Also, every member of the community should have a right to develop themselves through culture, work, and social welfare. Social security programs and aid offer resources such as food, shelter, and promote the…

Social Unrest In china In the last decades, China’s officials in the security system have conceded a sense of dramatic social unrest as observed by several foreigners. Social disturbances have increased dramatically, almost becoming a daily phenomenon in the Chinese political system. China is regarded to be confronting widespread crime and violent as well as deadly unrest, which has raised national security alarms to the Communist Party. Foreign observers have been speculating that social unrest is undermining the national leadership in China, similar to other countries such as the Philippines and Ukraine (Braggion, Manconi, and Zhu). A number of the United States policymakers have welcomed social unrest in China as an approach to finding “freedom” and democracy. However, instead of conceding it as China’s transformational approach, the disorder ought to be understood as side effects of political order that is unavoidable and usually worsened by rampant corruption issues. The management of the social unrest needs accelerated social and legal institutions’ reformation with added special attention to corruption (HESS 336-352). There increased crime and violence lead to the generation of more…

What is a strategic alliance? What are the major types of alliances? A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more organizations to join forces in doing business. They may agree to manufacture, develop or sell products and services together. They may also work together in achieving other set business objectives. The major strategic alliances include joint venture, equity and non-equity strategic alliances. Joint venture alliance is an agreement where two or more parent companies agree to establish a separate organization, a child company. If both companies own equal shares of the child company, the agreement is termed as a 50-50 joint venture. However, if one company owns a bigger share than the other company, then that agreement is a majority-owned venture. Equity strategic alliance is established when one organization buys half of the other company. For instance, if Nike bought 50% off Adidas, then a strategic equity alliance is created. Non-equity strategic alliance describes an agreement where organizations enter into a relationship to share their resources to achieve set goals. For instance, if Nike and Adidas share resources…