Harry Potter: Impact of the Books, Themes and Controversies

chivvy cast Impact of the Books, Themes and Contr oversiesChapter II The devastate potter Phenomenon2.1 How did it scoop come let out of the closet?The both(prenominal)er fiddle phenomenon started slowly, as we f and so on seen Rowling had a rush of discompose exhausting to publish the retain and 12 publishing ho utilisitions functi wizd her deem but she had perseverance and she au accordinglytic exclusivelyy believed in the watchwords, in the story and unbroken on trying. The content of the books was so unique, so cull outtastic from all topic else that it triggered a push-down list phenomenon.We tooshie ask our selves what becomes a phenomenon? first gear of from each one(prenominal) we exact to jibe the term cultural phenomenon or media phenomenon. A phenomenon is non an invention of the present, of the clock we live in, but it has existed ever since a pitying collective sense of slump and wrong has existed. few i found something useful and i t was so trusty and necessary that eitherbody started apply it. For utilisation the invention of the teleph matchless, or the computer, we may non think it this bearing but the invention of those things brought with them a whole phenomenon. I mean so far if Alexander graham Bell wouldnt apply invented the telephone it would silence be invented by someone else as it is a genuinely useful and ultra device. bulk need this device and fork up postulate it ever since the stem of the introduction. The invention of TV or photo tv camera atomic sum 18 things that the public needed ever since they write out it but couldnt materialized their desire. People would paint in caves things they liked, things they did, things they believed in, they had this desire to capture their e preciseday life and immortalize it somehow. As clock time passed people got to a greater extent and more(prenominal) skilled in the art of moving picture and could reproduce the verity better and better technology advanced as well and continued to pursue this ancient desire and now thank God we palpablely managed to invent a device that hind cobblers last capture the universe exactly as it is. The camera is something so useful and needed by the humanness that al al roughly e very human being posses at to the lowest degree one camera. Phones be equipped with cameras, with voice recording features, with cyberspace etc. Why is that? Because we privation to immortalize our contracts, we want to record peculiar(a) evets and ordinary as well, we want to take pictures with the people that we pick out so we preempt keep them with us forever, we especi on the whole(a)y like to look subscribe at our past and by having photos taken in the past we can markerifi cant over(a)ly transport ourselves better. By taking pictures we can leave slowly to our descendants proof of our existence, of how we were, how we looked, what we liked etc.This was just one example of how a phenomenon takes place, how it starts. A phenomenon exists only when it is recognized by the masses. If only a few people, or some groups adhere to it and then it is not re wholey a phenomenon. A phenomenon is something that it is so useful, necessary and was needed by the humans for a long time but couldnt really achieve it and then when somebody finally plumps to invent/create it, it is agilely assimilated by everyone. What Graham Bell did was only to continue the collective dream of being able-bodied to speak with an otherwise person flush when that person is not near. The ones that invented the camera followed on a collective, pre-historical dream that of reproducing the reality, the ones that invented the TV and the computer equal thing. directly what J.K. Rowling did was to exploit our ancient desires to handle deceit, to possess illusion, to use magic, among many another(prenominal)(prenominal) other features in her books but the magic is the one that triggered the phenomenon. When we look at the influences that her books harbor we find texts such as British Folklore and mythology, The Bible, The Iliad, Mac Beth, Emma, The Chronicles of Narnia, The S fight cry in The Stone, A tale of two cities, etc. many of which shake to trade in with magic. Magic has al federal agencys been present in the human consciousness, in the human imagination, what Rowling did is carry through to exploit these mythologies, these dreams, these manifestations of our imagination. What makes them s coin bank so captivating is that we cannot know for genuine, steady with all technology and knowledge of the physical domain, that they dont exist. Magic pass on unthaw from our minds only when we will possess the ultimate knowledge of this human, of how it whole kit, of how it came to existence until then our minds will evermore fancy around these sayings of an trade reality.The alternate reality is the second main reason why The nettle muck around P henomenon exists. The world that Rowling has created is so vast, so deep, so intense that it can be called an alternate reality. Im not saying that one should really believe that magic exists and take a broom and jump of the roof with it hoping it will start flying, this is not what I mean when I say alternate reality, it is an alternate reality that is to be found when plunging into that world by demoing. It is so vast and it has everything in it that you can easily forget astir(predicate) this world and be becharm by that world. Now why do we need to forget virtually this world and plunge into another, imaginary one? The answer is simple this world is too ugly and boring, at least the inn we live in. We be forced to go to school once morest our will, we atomic number 18 forced to obey orders by our parents, by our teachers, by the nightspot. We are obliged to work if we want to survive, we have to make a lot of concessions and all our dreams and ambitions are restrained by other people who laugh at as, by parents, by teachers and all these things really make us sick, we need to escape, we need to get remote from everything in order to not fall into a deep depression. What is the best and safest way to do so? It is to read a book. But not all the books have this feature or capability to help you do so, not all the books depict such wonderful things in such a wonderful way as to make you plunge into them. And here comes the align merit of J.K. Rowling because she really managed to do this. And it is not me that is saying it, actually I dont even have to say it Im not J.K. Rowlings lawyer but the concomitant that her books have become a global phenomenon says it all.A phenomenon is something that comes at the safe time and it is something that the humans always needed. From here comes the conclusion that we really need magic in our lives, that this society in which we live in is not so perfect and that we need to get away from it at least in our mi nds. Children come home from school on the whole exhausted from the many classes they had boring long classes, they come home also with a lot of homework to do as if the hours spent in school were not enough and what is in that respect to do, to really get away from it all? To read a book, a best book, another world to escape to. The like thing with adults they have lived all their lives constrained and restrained by the society now they continue to work for the society, each with his job and sometime it is retributory too much there must be something to help them get away from it all. desolate monkey is a Phenomenon because it has the agency to fulfill this more or less conscious desire in our minds that of escape. Music has the same power, the same feature and maybe the same purpose. People normally hum round love, just about what they dont have and wish to have, about other places etc. When we listen to a song we get transported to the world the singer is relation abo ut or we resonate by having the same feelings, sufferings etc. That is what makes up a phenomenon the mass resonation of something that has always intrigued, haunted and followed us but we didnt know or have the power to express it.In J.K. Rowlings case, however, the success was not so instant and we could not rebuke about a phenomenon in front the yr 2000 when the forth book was released. She had local success with the release of the first-year book and second but the breakthrough did not come until U.S. observe the books then it started to become a cultural phenomenon. I said not before year 2000 and by that I mean that with the release of the forth book enkindle fiddle became a global phenomenon, the premier(a)s of it were really wide all around the world and had far-flung media coverage.I think one thing that helped a lot the plague fiddle books to become a phenomenon was the internet. The internet pages that were created by fans had tremendous effect in spreading th e publicity. Of billet the first and main way of publicity was boy-of-mouth, literally people would talk to one another and recommend this fantastic book but the phenomenon wouldnt have started so fast if it wasnt for the internet. Televisions can broadcast some events regarding the books, or radio set stations talking about them but what is more truthful than real reviews do by fans who have read the books and were so stunned by them that they felt the need to make websites devote to them? If the televisions and radio stations were just doing their jobs these people were doing it because they loved the books. So the ones that have the main credit for triggering the phenomenon are not by any means the media or paid publicity. Thats what a true phenomenon is, it doesnt need too much publicity, everything happens spontaneous and it will mechanically have the support of everyone that came in contact with it.2.2 The impact on the societyThe impact on society is colossal and in alm ost every field music, movies, entertainment park, clothing etc. therefore in this subchapter I will describe every aspect in which Harry putter around has left its traces in society.The Fan Sites The hoarest Harry Potter fan sites meshing around 1997-98. The sites are so sincere and clean that even J.K. Rowling wonder them and occasionally awards the ones that are the best. The first site awarded by J.K. Rowling was Immeritus a website wedded peculiarly to Sirius Black. Then Rowling awarded Godrics Hollow then Mugglenet a very good fan site maintaining news, pictures, interviews, excerpts from books, quotations, has a very good design and contains all in all everything you need to know about Harry Potter. some other fan site awarded by Rowling is hp-lexicon.org an useful site containing facts about each one of the books, it contains answered questions about various things regarding the HP world and as the telephone says it, it is like a lexicon with a lot of useful infor mation. The Leaky cauldron the website awarded by Rowling in 2005 has a very good design, works very well and is chiefly focused on the HP news Rowling likes it very much and says it is her favorite.Rowling tries each year to award a site that does a good job in promoting and giving useful information about Harry Potter. At one time Warner Bros., the company that holds the rights of the Harry Potter trademark, tried to shut down all fan sites. This attempt was frustrated and the company later agreed that it is important that these websites continue to exist in order to keep the fans interested. Probably the company was feeling threatened by the popularity of those sites and wanted to have instead full popularity with their own dedicated site. Of hunt its all about currency, they wanted to have all the revenues they could from every aspect involving HP and could not bear that others were making profit over their brand. The fan sites have indeed ads on their sites from which th ey get revenue but the money do is likely just enough to cover the expenses of maintaining the site online and its not about making a living out of it.Fan allegory refers to works made by fans involving characters, places, story of the original work. These fan works are normally not accepted by the springs and they are tolerated only as long as they are not print because that would be on the whole illegal as it would mean plagiarism.The Harry Potter books have a whole world of fan fiction works from the most ingenuous ones to real grotesque ones. There is a huge number of fan fiction works on the net more than a half a million and J.K. Rowling is not once morest these works but supports them. As we know Rowling is a huge supporter of imagination and believes it to be very important for mental health. There are many sites dedicated especially to HP fan fiction where users can read these works or upload their own existences. There is a fan fiction work called The Shoebox Proje ct to which many fans write and contribute to. It has over 20 chapters and continues or tells untold stories of the HP world.The fan fiction has also a more negative aspect which J.K. Rowling does not agree with. There are a lot of stories of the slash fiction music genre which are depicting inner relationships surrounded by characters, relations that normally do not appear in the books and are not even suggested. Nobody can stop others from constitution and uploading such stories and therefore there are a lot of websites dedicated to this dingy fiction.Role Playing is a main component in any fan community and it couldnt be absent here. There is real life live action role play and internet ground playing. Fans have come up with a so called muggle quidditch which is quasi(prenominal) to the quidditch plot in the books but of course it is on the ground. The fans hold tournaments and give away prizes to the winners. There are also card games, puzzles and games of that kind inven ted for the fans. There is a vast internet establish role playing community which puts up games related to the books, to Hogwarts, to the characters etc. wizardry rock is a specific genre of music which emerged in 2000 with the music band Harry and the Potters and has since gained a widespread interest so much that today there are over 700 bands belonging to this genre. The listeners are mostly HP fans and the lyrics are mostly based on the books.Harry Potter theme park The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is the name of the HP theme park that had its opening 18 June 2010 in Orlando, Florida. It is a park having real life proportions where people can go and have fun eating the Hogwarts specialties, visiting Diagon Alley, visiting Hogwarts, the variant shops etc. It has roller coasters, tours in the castle and visitors encounter the whomping willow, dementors, and witness a quidditch match. The investement personifyed 200 million dollars and the park was built on a huge space. The p ark has received very good reviews both from the fans and nonfans and good reviews from newspapers and change reviewers. They reviewed it as a unique experience which is very close to the experience of the books and the films.2.3 The controversiesLegal disputes-The first problems J.K. Rowling had surrounding and involving her books is copyright infringement accusations. The American author Nancy Kathleen Stouffer had written two books in 1984 which (at least the title) tally to some realities in the Harry Potter books The legend of Rah and the muggles and Larry Potter and his best friend Lily. The word muggle is a word often used in the HP books and the label Potter(and his best friend Lily) and Lily have also a sounding enormousness in the books, Potter being Harrys last name and Lily the name of his mother. The resemblances go much further than being just some similarities between call as the word Muggle was used by N.K. Stouffer to refer to a mechanical man species and Lar ry Potter is a dark haired boy wearing glasses very similar to Harry Potter. Other similarity found in N.K. Stouffers book is a castle by a lake resembling Rowlings Hogwarts. The interesting fact is that Stouffer neer got to really publish the books, only parts of The legend of Rah in a booklet to a company which soon went bankruptcy preventing her to get her books published in or outside U.S. Rowling first went to U.S. in 1998, 1 year aft(prenominal) her book was already published and 8 years later she got the inspiration to write these books.-A trial was started during which it was proven that Stouffer had manipulated her original work inserting the word muggle and other changes in her manuscript as to correspond the Harry Potter books. She was also found with false and untruthful testimony and was fined $50.000. She later tried to recourse but was refused by the court.-Other problems surrounding these books rose when Warner Bros. demanded all the fan sites to be closed beca use their respective owners (which were shaverren, teenagers) had no right to use the trademark. somehow this thing was settled after some scandals in the media and Warner Bros. started to make a difference between a commercial use of their trademark and the non-commercial use as it is in the case of the fan sites.-Unauthorized and wangle copies of the books have been move in China. Apparently where it is success everyone tries to steal a little and be part of the success. Harry Potter and Bao Zoulong is the name of a Chinese fake sequel of Harry Potter which came out in 2002 and was published and change publicly. This book had in fact no connectedness with the HP books it was a translation of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien but with all the characters names changed to the ones from HP. The fake was rapidly denounced and Warner Bros. sued that publishing company which was fined to the extremely small sum of $3.400.-In India also one author tried to publish a book called Harry Pot ter in Calcutta where Harry gets to meet various figures from the Indian culture. Warner Bros. reaction was prompt and made the author stop publishing the novel.-The attempt to stop copyright infringement was not so prospering in the case of the Russian writer Dmitri Yemets who published a book called Tanya Trotter and the Magical twin Bass which intentionally resembles Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. Warner Bros. tried to get the book out of publishing and succeeded in not having it published in English but the book was still sold in Netherlands, Belgium and Russia. This copy of Harry Potter has sold over 3 million copies and has a comparative success in Russia where the writer has written 12 more sequels.-A successful fan site which began its activity as a lexicon for the Harry Potter world wanted to get all the facts there published in book form which would therefore be illegal so Warner Bros. again had to defend the copyright infringement of their trademark. The cas e was much debated and judged and in the end it got a semi-positive result they can publish the guide but chthonic a name which suggests its nature The Lexicon An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials. This was possible as the Court and law cannot confine others to write about others works and that this should not represent in at least a copyright infringement.-Another case which could have turned out bad for Warner Bros. was when the estate of Adrian Jacobs sued Bloomsbury for 500 million stating that Rowling has plagiarized a scene from The Adventures of Willy the Wizard Livid Land NO 1 and used it in Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire. However in 6th January 2011 the lawsuit was reject because there were simply not enough resemblances between the two books. In fact Rowling hasnt even heard about that book and that author until 2004 when the charges were made (4 years after her book was published). This was in a way similar to Stouffers case where s he accused Rowling for plagiarism. What happens in fact, in my opinion, is that it is impossible to write something completely from another planet as to not resemble in at least other works or to retell some ideas, you do that unconsciously and when you write 4000 pages of fiction it is impossible for many ideas there not to resemble others but that doesnt mean it is a direct plagiarism it is not even an indirect one it is polishedly a coincidence because the world cannot be so infinite so that everyone can invent something that has never been said.-Black notice attempt which ended after a gun had been fired (yes were still talking about Harry Potter) is another issue in this world of copyright infringement business. A oppose from a book dissemination centre managed to steal a number of pages from the 5th book 6 weeks before its release and tried to sell them to a journalist from The sun and/or try to black mail Bloomsbury. The appointment got serious when the defend fired hi s gun, luckily the journalist was not wounded but the guard got arrested.-Other accusations came from Asda a UK supermarket chain complaining that the books are too expensive and that they cost at least half more than what usually a bestseller for sisterren would cost. I mean how stupid can such an affirmation be? First of all J.K. Rowling is not writing for children, she never intended to write for children if the books came out that way thats a different thing. How can you compare other childrens bestseller books to Harry Potter when each of the Harry Potter books broke all the records in matter of selling number, selling speed and cleaveed in newspapers bestselling lists for years? And another thing, how many pages does an HP book have and how many does a usual childrens book have? What sort of material and format has been used for the HP books and what material for other usual books? So, in my opinion, Bloomsbury did a right thing to cancel all the orders made by Asda (about 500.000 books) if they started to quarrel about the damage ($30/book).Religious debatesProbably the main accusations brought to J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books are from religious groups many different religious groups have something to say against the HP books evangelicalism The Evangelical Christian groups are targeting their accusations mainly at the themes of witchcraft and magic that the books are full of or exclusively about. They recognize the moral features of the books, the worthy lessons about courage, love etc. but they dont like the world in which all these take place. They say that hedonist rituals and witchcraft are intelligibly denounced by the Bible. They say that the Potter books open a doorway that will put untold millions of kids into hell or are comparing the Harry Potter books to rat poison mixed with orange soda. Other Evangelical Christian newspapers portrayed Rowling as a Satanist and her story exalt by Satan, that she has sold her soul to the inconvenience oneself and received much wealth. They made a picture of 3 children sitting in a mountain with a Satanist symbol in front of them and with Harry Potter books near them they made it circulate among Christians as a proof on their views.Suggesting that reading Harry Potter makes you a Satanist Mrs. J. K. Satan-said that as she sat in a coffee shop one grey day, inquire what to do with her empty, aimless life, it hit her Ill give myself, body and soul, to the lightless Master. And in return, he will give me absurd wealth and power over the weak and pitiful of the world. And he didCatholicism Catholic leadership had no official position on Harry Potter in the beginning later however bad reviews started coming It is good that you drill people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unobserved and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can wax properly Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, th e puzzle The books make a false distinction between black and flannel magic, while, in reality, the distinction does not exist, because magic is always a turn to the devil Despite several positive values that can be found in the story, at the foundations of this tale is the proposal that of witchcraft as positive, the violent manipulation of things and people thanks to the knowledge of the occult, an advantage of a select few the ends justify the means because the knowledgeable, the chosen ones, the intellectuals know how to control the dark powers and turn them into good This is a grave and deep lie, because it is the old Gnostic temptation of confusing salvation and truth with a transcendental knowledge.Orthodox the Greek Orthodox Church denounced the books as Satanic these books face people with evil, wizardry, the occult and demonology It is beyond doubt that Harry was made to resemble a three-year-old savior. Upon his birth people try to kill him, he is forever subjected t o injustice but always supernaturally manages to prevail and save others. Let us reflect, who else is held to be the unjustly treated God? authorized liturgies were held to pray in order to heal the young minds from the attraction towards these books which dealt with real magic and reading or reciting the spells found in the books was like praying to the devil and that the poor, innocent minds got possessed. A Russian orthodox writer defended the books saying that they contain moral, Christian values and that the books do not encourage to any pagan practices. This position was held by other orthodox priests as well.Anglicanism Representatives of Anglicanism had mixed reactions, from threatening the churches to be filmed as to not have any connection to Hogwarts and Harry Potter to praising the books and seeing the clear difference between imagination and reality These sessions draw parallels between events in the world of Harry and his friends, and the world in which we are seeki ng to proclaim the gospel to young people To say, as some have, that these books draw younger readers towards the occult seems to me both to malign J. K. Rowling and to vastly underestimate the ability of children and young people to assure the real from the imaginaryIslam in 2002 the books were banned in schools in united Arab Emirates being labeled as un- Islamic, containing elements of fantasy and magic which are against Islamic values. In 2007, hours before the release of the final HP book the constabulary force found and defused a bomb located near a shopping centre in Pakistan. However the police dont know for sure if the target was indeed the HP premiere or not. 6 eld after this event a newspaper in Iran criticized the Iranian attend of culture for accepting the HP books in their country claiming that the publisher of HP is of Zionist origin. The newspaper further described the books as a Zionist project on which was spent billions of dollars. In 2009 a documentary on I ranian television about Harry Potter said The creation of new stories, based on mythical themes of witchcraft and devil worship, has always been a tool used by contemporary Zionists, and it is once again used in recent years, now more visibly than ever, targeting innocent children and youth.Judaism in the Judaic community Harry Potter has received mainly favorable reviews in a society in which adolescents are precociously adult, and adults are permanently adolescent, Harry Potter has reclaimed the kingdom of childhood, proving that you dont have to betray to enchant the HP books are a force for good etc. The only thing that angered the community was the setting of the premiere of the last book on a Sabbath day.Rowlings response to all these accusations I absolutely did not start writing these books to encourage any child into witchcraft. Im laughing slightly because to me, the idea is absurd. I have met thousands of children and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, Ms Rowling, Im so glad Ive read these books because now I want to be a witch. People underestimate children so hugely, they know its fiction. When people are arguing from that kind of standpoint, I dont think reason works enormously well. But I would be surprised if some of them had read the books at all.In U.S. many schools banned the reading or possessing of Harry Potter books because of the fear of the occultism the books may contain. The HP books are, according to American Library Association, the most challenged books of the 21th century. A solution for the banning problem which has been adopted is to let the parents of each child choose what books their children can read from the school libraries. However parents and paranoid people were still against the books Its against my daughters constitution, its evil, its witchcraft Im not paying taxes to teach my child witchcraft.It is interesting how people can react like that when there is something which seemingly touches their religious beliefs but when it is something like teaching 7 graders about provoke there is aught wrong about that or when their children stay all day in front of the computer or go out and never tell with whom they hang out. It is far more dangerous to stay inside and read a fantasy book than to do all those things right?Politics in Harry PotterEducation versus indoctrinationSome say that after the 9/11 Rowlings books have abounded of ideas regarding freedom of speech, the dangers of dictatorship, about heroism and sacrifice. One odd thing indeed for me too is that after the books were released Rowling said in an interview, when asked, that Dumbledore was in fact gay and that she always cut him that way. The audience applauded and cheered but many scholars had a different reaction and probably many fans too were hurt by this disclosure. There was no sign in any book that Dumbledore was gay and now suddenly she reveals his cozy orientation, she says I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. Dumbledore fell in love with Gellert Grindelwald, and that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was falling in love can blind us to an extent he was very drawn to this pictorial person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. It is what it is. He is my character and as my character, I have the right to know what I know about him and say what I say about him. An American pro-activist organization, among others, said that Rowling is trying to indoctrinate young people to tolerate gays.Racism, ethnic cleansing and national socialismThe books contain indeed these themes just look at the first one Racism, is present from the first book when Harry finds out about the muggle transmission lines and pure bloods, the fight at Hogwarts between the two and the overall coverage of these aspects till the end of the series. Draco Malfoy especially is a promoter of the pure blood and he doesnt lose a chance to remind the muggles of their filthy origins. Vol dermort does only recruit pure bloods and wants to kill all muggle bloods, the founder of Slytherin wanted to cleanse the school of muggles and placed a huge snake in the root cellar used for killing muggles (in the second book). On the other hand the muggles, as if Rowling tries to defend them, are normally more skillful in magic than the pure blood wizards, they have a good sense of what is right and what is wrong, they are intelligent and moral. Has Rowling made all this on purpose, does it have any reference to the actual racism in the world? This is what she said in an interview I do not think I am pessimistic but I think I am true-to-life(prenominal) about how much you can change deeply entrenched prejudice, so my feeling would be that if someone were a committed racist, possibly Harry Potter is not going to have an effect. And criticizing racism she said People like to think themselves superior and that if they can pride themselves in nothing else they can pride themselves on perceived purity.Regarding Nazism she compared Voldermort to Adolf Hitler and said Well, it is a political metaphor. But I didnt sit down and think, I want to recreate Nazi Germany, in the-in the wizarding world. Because-although there are-quite consciously overtones of Nazi Germany, there are also associations with other political situations. So I cant really single one out.Evils of warAbout this Rowling said I very consciously wanted to show what is one of the great evils of war, which is that totally innocent people are slaughtered Another great evil of war is that children lose their families.Social activismRowling has worked at the non-governmental organization Amnesty International which is fight against the abuses on the human rights and this is somehow portrayed in the HP books through Hermione who tries to defend the rights of the abused house-elves and protect the magical creatures. Hermione is starting

Analysing The Organisational Structure Of Syngenta

Analysing The Organisational Structure Of Syngenta1-it has adopted a culture of substructure and progression along with the changes in necessitates of customers2-it has non selected a conventional hierarchical construction that could be quite in appropriate for the company based on research3-it has foc economic consumptiond on authorizing the employees to use their power deep down specified limits so he could set down the ownership of his task4-it has adopted matrix structure that could be the beaver vogue to bring out the uttermost potential from the control ram down as mint from diversified dramatic arts sit together to effect a specific task and and then synergized frets results in a way better outcome5-it has fostered the employees to strengthen their skills and capabilities by non tho specializing them in their specified fields tho to a fault make them educated almost situation handling, time commission, sinker ship skills ,task want etc6-they adopted a c oncept of aggroups quite than group as despotic synergy of aggroup up predates to maximum per variationance in which either particle makes use of non only his own competency but bidwise early(a)(a) s expertise and skills ,this coordinated effort leads to comparatively better results than groupsDisadvantages1-its operating(a) beas mostly clear in collaboration with each other but it as come up as works hard-hittingly as independent department .thither is a pauperization to specify situations in which each department has to per haoma its work separately or dependently in order to avoid misconception2-as per few of team attractors their position is an intermediary in the midst of higher(prenominal) heed and commence mental faculty , such statement could make confusion so there should be a specific means of drawship that their tam leaders should adopt so they teams performance could be put forwardd3-most of the scientist in Syngenta atomic number 18 not stipulation specific research departments to use their expertise but they be revolved in different departments such as marketing that is tot entirelyy modern for them, they whitethorn move around different places for other tasks that could regard their narrow skill for which they ar hired4-in Syngenta the concept of innovation is a identification number mixed up with the concept of spread outness to experience. It focuses on enabling employees to be open to experience different issues to increase their innovative sills that may not be a necessary step to enhance creativityorganisational STRUCTURE OF PGAdvantages1-it focuses on thinking globally as it is spread crosswise the globe so for each of its products it has to consider the global manifestation generally along with focusing the local customers beguile according to their regions2-its multi divideral structure enabled the makeup to create the equity of brands distributed in its five blood line units worldwide and accenting on feigning locally according to different regions3-it has specified sevensome market posement placements which aim to develop new markets for the product delineate of company3-global business services group is responsible for characterizing and then transferring instruction into a meaningful form throughout the worlds in every region where the company is running its business4-corporate functions group aims to assist global business unit and market development placement to give their best practices it also helps making external relations, human preference solicitude and I.T management5-it has unanimous focus on external environs to identify new opportunities by taking study from customers and suppliers6-it supports creativity and seeking diversification of ideas to differentiate their products7-low formalization and procedures in this structure provide cozy environment for employees8-low specialty acquires the employees to be generalized about the tasks as signed to them in a veritable commercial enterprise interpretation9-decntrailzation of decision making and allowance enables the employees to move frequently and metamorphose ideas about how to further differentiate the productDisadvantagesit currently uses cooperative form multidivisional structure to strengthen its labor strength in which different division work in cooperation to assign their competencies but they should also focus on other strengths like marketing ,RD ,distribution to make use of cooperative form .1-it currently focuses on product divisions for long term growth there is a rent to emphasize on market divisions as advantageously3- It has modified the specific cooperative form of multidivisional structure according to its fantastic strategy4-the success of cooperative multidivisional structure is influenced by how well the reading is sh atomic number 18d and processed by various departments so it may cause the loss of directorial autonomy and authority so, it may affect the merged selective information processing bodily process that is demanded by this structure5-it could also affect the one-on-one performance of division as the reward system in the cooperative form structure is based upon the overall perfomance4 of company homogeneously outcomes and efforts made by unmarried departments so it could be a billet discouraging for the high performance departments as they be being rewarded every bit as othersAPPROPRIATE CULTURES FOR SYNGENTA AND PROCTER GAMBLEThe appropriate culture for Syngenta should be such that it not only emphasize on team building but also it should focus on leadership skills as there is an environment of diversification with innovation so all the employees should not only be given multi skilled teams but they should also be given a destiny to work in their specialized teams. Teams should be made later discussing with work force so every member could be comfortable with each other. at that place sh ould be a management by objectives in which employees and mangers set their goals with mutual agreement so every employee should be connected with his goal and this owner ship may result in exertion of tasks in a better way. Open door policy should be adopted in which frown level ply is free to interact with senior management via open discussion sessions. This uninterrupted conference forget lead to enhancement of trust and loyalty among the employees. Team leaders should specifically be trained to enhance their leadership skills according to specific ardour of leadership relevant to their someoneality. in that location is a lease to arrange employee activity programs on regular bass to enhance the relationship between employees and creating a friendly and helpful culture .these steps ar consequential for the maximum utilization of its human resources.In Procter and gamble there is a need of pull ahead and simple communication from the top management to lower staff so e very employee could easily understand the continuous innovation and revision in products .currently there is a strong focus to gather information from external environment like customers and supplier so internal sources of information from employees should also be considered meaning(a) .decentralization should be implemented to a certain limit as there may be certain thing for which decision making by middle or lower management may be harmful so there should be a centralize climb up in few cases. There is need of hold procedure and standard operating program to run the operation in an organized dash. Specialization of tasks should also be taken as important factor to bring the maximum potential out of employee, as overleap of specialization and generalized activities under a certain job description may cause confusion in employee. There is a need to utilize the employee skills according to his expertise for which he is specialized whereas diversified tasks should be assigned alongside. There should be a culture of specialization as innovation doesnt only come up with diversification but specialization and research in a certain field may lead to creation of a new product. encumbrance OF STRUCTURE AND CULTURE ON ORGANIZATIONS SUCCESSIt is the most important factor for the success of an organization as it arranges the employees, management and workforce in a chain of commands. There is ever so a need for a formalized structure of positions and ranks in which the whole organization is arranged. The culture of a company is vital for its employees growth and survival. almost of the employees dont find convenient to work in strict and centralized management structure. Currently the multiple layers f hierarchy has been reduced to one or devil layer in which the communication between upper and lower staff has been made relatively simple and easy. There is no need to get approval due to delegation by senior management to lower staff .It is an attempt to build trust and confidence in the employees. Culture plays a vital role in performance of employees Multidivisional structure is a good example of organizational structure in which every department works in collaboration with each other and thus creating the best value for customers. Total quality management advancement is also an attempt to produce quality by each and every member of organization for the satisfaction of customers. Structure is important as it helps the employees to view the clear picture of how they slew approach the highest position and how they croupe interact and sh argon ideas with them. Culture of organization should everlastingly be friendly and trustful as it helps employees feel as if they ar at home. By establishing a verifying and helpful culture we can strain the organizational objectives not only better but also higher than expected through maximum utilization of employees potential, because happy employee leads to enhanced performance.FACTORS INFLUE NCING INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR AT inclineDemographic Factors The demographic factors are, culture, ethnic group, time, gender, etc. company favor mess that go to superior socio economic setting, well cultured, youthful etc as they are supposed to be execute superior than the others. In Syngenta the youthful and lively professionals that have first-rate educational background and efficient communication superpower are always required, the analysis of demographic feature is important as it help out managers to choose the appropriate appli toss2. Aptitude and expertise The somatogenetic ability of a soulfulness to do anything can be called as aptitude. Expertise can be termed as the skill to act in a way that permits a person to do better. The person performance and presentation is extremely inclined by aptitude and expertise. An individualist can do well in Syngenta if his aptitude and expertise are coordinated with the job necessity. The managers should compare the aptitude and ex pertise of the workers with the job necessity.3. wisdom The process intended for inferring the signals of environment in a significant manner is termed as perception. Every person on according to his mental cogency can systematize and understand environmental signals. There are many another(prenominal) aspects that manipulate the perception of a person. The examination of perception is extremely important for the managers at Syngenta, It is vital for them to generate the positive work setting so that workers recognize them in most constructive manner. The workers are probable to do well again if they perceive it in an optimistic manner.4. Approach approach can be defined as a propensity to answer constructively or critically to specific individual, situation and object. The factors such as relatives, culture, background, and association influence the development of approach. The managers in Syngenta must learn the factors associated with work as to generate the job setting in a positive manner that workers are convinced to create an optimistic approach towards the individual job. The workers can do better if they their approach is positive.5. Personality Personality can be termed as the examination of qualities and attributes on an individual and the relation between those characteristics and how he responds to certain situations. The numerous issues that affect the personality of a person are genetics, relatives, civilization, society and circumstances. It involves the truth that persons vary in their bolt time reacting to the environment of organization. It helps the individuals to appropriately guiding their hardships and encouraging them for the arrive atment of the objectives of company .in Syngenta it call for to be considered that dis connatural environment may create different reaction, so the study of these reactions is very important. Syngenta requires a specific kind of behavior from their employees like creativity and innovation in job, nee d acknowledgement for achievements, passion to achieve etc .and such behaviors can be revealed during inspection, education, experience, guidance, etcHENRI FAYOLS FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT AT SYNGENTAThe Five Functions are1. PLANNINGAt Syngenta there is a need to draw up strategy of activities along with agreement, stability, elasticity and accuracy considering the companys assets, kind and importance of effort and potential. Constructing a strategy is the most complicated of the five functions and take the brisk contribution of the whole association. Planning must be synchronized on diverse stages and with different periods of time.2. ORGANISINGAt syngenta it is required to organize the resources, employees and supplies for the operation of the company, and compend a structure to go with the work. Organizational composition relies wholly on the number of workers. An enhancement in the number of functional activities increases the associations human resource unavoidably and suppor ts added levels of management3. COMMANDINGAt Syngenta it should maximize return from all workers in the benefit of the whole company. Booming managers have private truthfulness, reversed without a doubt and support their decision on normal review. Their imperious knowledge of workers generates harmony, vigor, innovation and devotion and remove lose of ability.4. COORDINATINGAt Syngenta there is a need to merge and synchronize actions and hard work to continue the stability between the actions of the association as in production to marketing and finance to marketing. Fayol has suggested weekly meeting for department leaders to elucidate issues s of general concern5. CONTROLLINGAt Syngenta it is required to categorise flaws and discrepancies by regular feedback, and coordinating actions with strategy, guidelines and commands. Fayols management functions let authority functions to ladder professionally and efficiently through coordination and controlling techniques. At Syngenta, t here is a need of relationship officers and a common group.MANAGEMENT greet AT SYNGENTAHUMAN BEHAVIOUR APPROACHIt takes Organization as community, it consist of two partsa) Interpersonal Behavior Approach it involves the Psychology of individual employeesb) company Behavior Approach it involves the behavior of a group of individuals Features-it makes use in the main from human psychology and sociology.-it focuses on agreement individual relationships.-it gives importance to indigence that leads to high productivityLeadership, participative management, good human relationships and group dynamics are the major areas of this approach-it explains how management can be effective by making use of knowledge regarding behavior of LimitationsIt treats management quite similar to human behaviorIt highlights the organization and organizational behavior in an dubious manner.MANAGEMENT APPROACH AT PROCTER AND GAMBLESOCIAL SYSTEM APPROACHit mainly focuses on understanding the behavior of i ndividuals and groups. Features1. Social System is an organization of cultural associations2. The association exists between exterior and interior atmosphere of the company.3. evening gown association is a relationship of social groups working within an organization based on culture.4. The collaboration between different departments is necessary5. There is synchronization between the goals of organization and goals of groups.Decisions of organization are based upon the interest of every individual rather than for a single group of individuals Limitations It does not completely cover the practice of management-it neglects numerous management approaches and methods that are essential to involved managers.LIKERTS LEADERSHIP STYLESEXPLOITIVE AUTHORITATIVEIn this style, the leader has a small give care for citizens and utilizes such technique as hector and other terrifying technique to get acceptance. Communication is approximately downward and the expressively isolated issues of cit izens are overlooked.BENEVOLENT AUTHORITATIVEWhen the leader adds worry for public to a commanding place, a benevolent dictatorship is shaped. The leader now utilizes rewards to motivate suitable actions and take notice more to issues of lower staff, although what they carry attention to is often limited to what their inferior staff believes that the manager wants to listen. There may be a small allocation of authority to inferiors but smooth decisions are made in a centralized wayCONSULTATIVEThe upward surge of information here is still vigilant to some extent, though the manager is making authentic efforts to pay attention carefully to new ideas but major decision are still made via centralized systemPARTICIPATIVEThe manager makes utmost use of participative technique, involving lower level staff of organization in making decisions. tidy sum across the organization are emotionally close to each other and perform well at different levels .they are given chance to participate in exchanging ideas and information regarding decision making for the organizationIn Syngenta participative style of leadership is used in which employees from diversified department are given equal opportunity to share their views and inputs in various functional and operational levels. They are given opportunity to participate along with team leaders in re solution different issues of team and making usefulnesss and innovation in the products and value for the customersMOTIVATIONAL THEORIESALDERFERS ERG THEORYIt is divided into three types of needsExistence needs are requirements for physiological and material comfort.Relatedness needs are requirements for fulfilling interpersonal associationsGrowth needs are requirements for sustained mental augmentation and progress.This approach is practiced by mangers of Kellogg which is a well known name in health foods it suggests that dissatisfied desires motivate behavior and when lower level needs are satisfied they get less important. He p robably goes for higher level needs but if could not be achieved then he gets dissatisfied again and goes down to lower level needs which is termed as frustration regression. Which shows that already satisfied lower level needs may get reactivated and influence individuals behavior if his higher level need is not met .so managers normally give chance for personnel to emphasize on the importee of higher level desires.HERZBERGS TWO-FACTOR THEORYFrederick Herzberg offers structure to understand the motivational aspect of job setting. In his two-factor theory, Herzberg spotted out two kinds of factors that influence motivation in the officeHygiene factors include salary, job protection, work setting, managerial rules, and practical excellence of management. Though these aspects do not encourage workers, they can create discontent if they are missing. Advancement in hygiene factors does not essentially enhance satisfaction.Satisfiers or motivators includes dependability, accomplishment, development chances, and feelings of acknowledgment, and plays a vital role in job satisfaction and motivation. For instance, managers can get to know what people actually perform in their work and make augmentation, thus enhancing their job satisfaction and performance.its being practiced in NESTLE(UK) in which mangers practice this reclaimable theory of motivation to motivate the staff and subordinates in order to enhance their job satisfaction .using Herzbergs two-factor theory, managers make sure that hygiene factors are commensurate and then put up satisfiers into jobs.DIFFERENCE BETWEEN teamS AND GROUPSCHARACTERISTICS OF A TEAMTeam has Shared Leadership roles. It discusses, decides, and does real work together. There is a specific purpose of tem which it delivers responsibility is mutually by the whole team and individual as well .Efforts are always made joint and performance is also calculated in collective form. It always welcomes open ended discussion and active parti cipation in problem solving .in Syngenta there is trend of teams rather than groups which is a positive approach in making innovation and advancement by making multi talented teams in the organization having members from different specialized fields.CHARACTERISTICS OF A WORK GROUPIt has Strong, clearly focused solo leader who discusses, decides and delegates power to members. The objective of group is similar to that of organization .accountability is entirely individual .Efforts are made and performance is measured on individual basis. Meetings are normally run to share information. There is problem with group that it does not exactly determine what the organization requires from them. They cant even analyze the exact potential as group. They are not capable to design any strategy specifically for the group. It is normally seen in pharmaceutical companies like GSK where sales teams are made but they are actually groups in which every person is responsible for his own dominion and assigned a specific sales target .all he does is to achieve the target and he doesnt need to bother about other members. gross revenue meeting is normally done to review the sales figures and future planning. detail ELEMENTS OF TEAMS AT SYNGENTAAt Syngenta there is a concept of innovation widely accepted and for that purpose projects teams are designed in which individuals from different departments are taken into team having own specialty and expertise regarding the project which is lead by trained team leader who normally adopts participative leadership style as every member is expert in his own field so he has given equal chance to participate in project accomplishment that is how every member of tem gets benefit from each other .the major issue with these is that they are short lived means they normally gets fade out after a short period of time when the task gets unadulterated and members are shifted to another project in that way they are unable(p) to develop interpersona l relation with other members of teams .here it feels that main task of the team is not to make a synergized work force but to achieve the objective of company .These project teams are effectively working over major business strategies so there is a need to develop intra team liaison and emphasize on strengthening them as they are vital for making a successful teams .Although communication is better within the team but it is not up to the mark to develop understanding between team members .its functional areas can be improved to a great extent by focusing on team building as its members a competent enough to make effort as a team member as per their expertise. Leadership is also effective here as members have complete trust on their leaders that he understands their issue and resolves them quickly .the reason is that leaders are well trained and supportive to get the maximum potential of members so it should always be focused because a change in leadership style may cause inter team conflicts and resistance by members for leader.EFFECT OF INCREASED USE OF TECHNOLOGY ON TEAM PERFORMANCEimprovement in networking and telecommunications have show the way to the propagation of virtual teams that do not work face-to-face but communicate over a computer based medium of communication .its members work together as interdependent group members on a common task temporary hookup they are far away from each other at distant places .so the only way to interact and share ideas is computer mediated communication network and computer supported cooperative work. in Procter and gamble it has touched the team performance as virtual teams are not as effective as real teams because there is a lack of physical interactions and there is less chance of understanding each other as a team because every member is isolated from each other. to each one member takes his task as the only responsibility to fulfill rather than team performance. There is lack of synergy in such teams and acc ountability is also individual. Even performance evaluation and efforts are also individual based rather than collective. So it overall affects the performance of team because every member thinks about his own performance regardless of what team is performing and how well the task is accomplished by the team due to lack physical interaction and passion as a team.

Impact of Chronic Pain on Suicidal Thoughts

fix of chronic trouble on self-destructive ThoughtsAbstractThis research penning discusses the impact of continuing chafe on the self-annihilation attempts. It includes the prevalence and take a chance of dangerous ideation associated with degenerative throe. The paper implicated the selection of work which identifies the mental processes which atomic consider 18 implicated in both the felo-de-se literature and incommode in coitus to increased send of self-destructiveity. Although, this paper investigates impact of degenerative discommode on self-annihilationH1 there is an immense need of programmatic research for the probe of both anguish and general specific factors of try for examining the processes of psychology associated with it, and for the growing of enhancing intervention to facilitate the patients in distressingness.How Does Chronic Pain Impact self-destruction VictimsIntroductionThe paper is in ten dollar billded to research the impact of ch ronic distressingness on suicide attempt. Throughout the world, suicide is endemic with varying methods and arrays. The gentlemans gentleman health Organization estimated the recorded suicide deaths in all oer the world which represents 1.8% of all the deaths and is approximately 873000 per annum1. Rates of prevalence for unsafe ideation and dim suicide attempts be very in high spirits. In a survey conducted in USA, the population indicated that 13.5 pct of respondents ingest had some kind of unsafe ideation bonk in past, and 4.6 percent attempted suicide. These statistics give both the indication of the drive issue of management and the index of distress. It signifies the increased consumption of health contend, the sparing costs link up to the lives which are lost, and the immense personal suffering. The seek factors of suicide associated with trouble oneself and the behavior of suicide are remained difficult to differentiate as which one is most vulnerable. It is imputable to the fact that individuals completing and attempting suicide are represented by heterogeneous host which encompass to those with some disorders related to psychiatry like schizophrenia or natural depression, those with personality disorder or substance abuse issues, and those depilating and experiencing tangible and chronic illness2. For maximizing the potential realisation of the impact of chronic distress on suicide and pr pointting the deaths which could be avoidable, it is essential to study not only the commonalities but also the peril factors which chip in to the dangerous ideation development across suicidal individuals.Chronic pain hotshot out of every five adults, who attend basic medical care during any stage of a course of instruction, has been strand suspected of having chronic non-malignant pain and it has been a common health related problem3. This problem is associated with lack of physical fitness, lower health conditions and poor quality of life. This problem has also been united with the risks of increasing depression. afterwards negative results of all medical treatments, the impact of chronic pain affect patients lives drastically, therefore, the patients of chronic pain convince themselves for committing a suicide attempt as they feel limited or no some other choice. The suicide attempt concerning with these patients has been one out of seven solutions to their problem that are conceivable. Unluckily these facts get some truth. to a greater extent or less suggestions eat been reviewed in the existent literature and these suggestions perk up proposed that the ideation of suicide is common in people who suffered from chronic pain. The occurrence of suicidal ideation has been appoint three measure higher in chronic pain patients as compared to those who did not suffer from chronic pain4. at that place are a number of studies that avoid collective explanation of the findings due to the varied samples and sui cide assessment methods. tho some studies stick out indicated the man of suicidal ideation at the rate of 7% in individuals having chronic pain, who were notice during a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation program in a hospital5. The researchers also observe the out-patients of hospital and recorded among 5 to 24 percent rate among chronic pain patients. The lifetime existence of suicidal ideation has been spy in 20 percent of patients, which shows no major expiration mingled with a community sample and treatment seeking individuals results. Another study revealed more entailment and observed a group of members of a chronic pain self-help organization. The study resulted that around 50% individuals of that group had serious consideration of suicidality. quaternity different studies have recorded the existence of suicidality among chronic pain patients. These quick inadequate and limited data related to suicidality in chronic pain patients reveals that contribution of pai n has been 4% of all the deliberate self-harm patients in UKs general hospitals. The data also reveals that 60% of the patients were those who had been suffering from pain for the closing curtain six months or more6. The lifetime existence of suicidality has been observed from 5% in patients with musculoskeletal disorder, up to 14% in patients with chronic abdominal pain. The rate of suicidality has been recorded as high as double in patients with chronic pain, as compared to those who did not have chronic pain. According to a pain centre in the United States, the prevalence of suicidality was calculated and recorded with a rate of 23 patients out of every one hundred honey oil people every year7. This rate does not seem to be as high as has been in psychiatric patients, but it is 2 to 3 times higher the rate found in general public. deuce different studies related to suicidality have related the pain with the existence of high risks of suicidality in patients who had pain. The fi rst study that was based on a ten year longitudinal observation of farmers revealed that patients of nates pain had nine times higher risk of committing suicide as compared to those who did not have back pain. The results remain unchanged even after controlled usage of take, social stance and getting older8. The second study that was based on an eight year longitudinal observation, revealed that patients with wide spread body pain or composite plant regional pain syndrome (CRPS) had twice the risk of suicidality, violence and accident.Impact of Chronic Pain in self-destruction AttemptsFamily History of suicideA number of studies related to suicidality have recognized a strong relationship betwixt the existence of suicidality and family history in patients9. Another study revealed that the there was 7 to 8 times high risk of occurrence of suicidal ideation in patients with chronic pain who had a family history of existence of suicidality as compared to those chronic pain patien ts who did not have a family history of suicidality and this remained unchanged even after significant adjustments in other covariates such as depression. disrespect this relationship, the suicidality has not been significantly evaluated in other studies, in connection with the affects of family history10. The uncommitted data about suicidality has been unsuccessful towards the assessment of family history of suicidality which is another risk element for completed and attempted suicidality in patients with chronic pain.Previous Suicide AttemptA number of studies have confirmed that previous attempts of suicidality have played a major role in the development of sequent risk of suicidal attempts in chronic pain patients, in supplement to depressions effects or other covariates. The results observed reversed results in depressed patients who did not have chronic pain. The studies established the offspring by stating that depressed patients who had chronic pain were twice as apt(p redicate) to have attempted suicide at least once in the past11. divers(prenominal) obtainable studies related to suicidality have confirmed that previous suicidality attempts office be the cause of motivation towards further suicidality attempts and completed suicidality. However the available data has not been successful in assessing the patients with chronic patients.Being distaffAccording to two different studies, female chronic pain patients have been more risks of suicidal ideation than male chronic pain patients12. These findings have been impress because of the fact that ratio of suicidal attempts have been more found in men than women in the western world. However two different studies with comparatively smaller data samples have presented no significant statistical difference in data during the observation of suicidality in both genders13. Another orifice of higher occurrence of suicidality in females might be because of the fact that these data samples of population had overrepresentation of female with pain or rheumatoid arthritis disorder. armorial bearing of Co-Morbid falloffAccording to four different studies, depression has played a major role in developing the risk of suicidal ideation in patients who had chronic pain14. In fact, the high co-morbidity between depression and pain and between depression and suicide has not been a surprising finding because the depression has not always been helpful in predicting the suicidality in chronic pain patients15. Studies have also revealed that some of the patients with chronic pain, who also had depression, did not have suicidal ideation.Pain Specific peril Factors hole and type of painLocation and type of pain might increase the risk of suicidality in patients. several(prenominal) studies have confirmed that location of pain such as strawman of back pain or widespread body pain have been among several causes of higher risk of suicidality as compared to those who did not have pain. Different t ypes of pain with diverse characteristics and level of callosity have been recognized as convincing in predicting the suicidal ideation. Patients who had hemicrania with aura have been found to be twice at risk of having suicidal ideation as compared to those who had migraine without aura, regard little of the existence of co-morbid depression16. Patients with abdominal pain have more risk of having suicidal ideation while patients with neuropathic pain were less vulnerable in call of suicidal ideation. A study based on a blend group of chronic pain patients revealed higher suicidal risk when compared with controls. But the data presented no difference between fibromyalgia patients and controls when each one of the group was separately examined17. The available data confirm the vitality of the studies in relation to the effects of different subtypes of pain on suicidality of patients.High Pain effectiveness in that location has been a reasonable assumption that the high intensi ty of pain has a relationship with the degree of suicidality. Two different studies have observed the pain intensity in relation with suicidality. The first one revealed a significant relationship in both of them, while the other study found no relationship between pain severity and suicidal ideation18. Therefore, this shows the need of more clearer and helpful research so that the relationship between pain intensity and suicidality could better be understood.Long Pain distanceLong pain duration in a patient is apt(predicate) to increase the risk of suicidal ideation. Patients with longer than three months duration of pain were examined against another group of patients with less than three months duration of pain on a range of psychological variables such as patients likelihood of suicidal ideation19. The study revealed that the risk of suicidality was higher in patients who had prolonged rheumatoid arthritis whereas those with less than three months of rheumatoid arthritis were comparatively at lesser risk of suicidality.Presence of Co-Morbid InsomniaInsomnia has been one the significant factors towards existence and absence of suicidality in patient with chronic pain20. The study also confirmed that patients with severe insomnia on with associated daytime disfunction and greater pain intensity were more vulnerable to suicidal ideation. The severity of sleep-out insomnia has been found with 67% of the variance. The studies have been consistent in confirming the in front researches that presented higher existence of insomnia and sleep disorders towards suicidality and give extra weight to the significance of the study of interaction present between the non pain specific and pain specific factors of risk while suicidality is investigated among patients of chronic pain21.ConclusionPatients who have suicidal ideation generally utilize primary health care suffices at a higher rate than those who have psychosocial health problems without suicidal ideation. So me health problems specific to patients with suicidal ideation are sleep disorder, bad smoking habits and more psychiatric symptoms than those who have not suicidal ideation but have psychosocial stressors. All of these associated problems and habits tend to contribute towards more discomfort in patients and more repeated visits.This research paper has given an overview of the features and the prevalence of the inter relationships existed between mental ill health and physical ill health along with suicide. It is clear that the chronic pain has a significant impact of suicide attempts therefore greater attention of policy is required and the provision of service is needed for the improvement of condition. Chronic pain has been identified as a major risk factor for patients towards suicidality, causing 13% of patients to have suicidal ideation. Around 19% of patients were those who reported non-suicidal morbid ideation. There is an urgent exigency of programmatic research to investi gate both the pain and general specific factors of risk for examining the processes of psychology associated with it, and for the development of enhancing intervention to facilitate the patients in pain.ResultIn relation to controls, the risk of reaching to death by suicide is found to be doubled at least in the cases of chronic pain. There was life time prevalence of suicidal attempts between 5 percent and 14 percent of individuals which have experienced chronic pain, and suicidal ideation prevalence is about 20 percent. There are eight factors of risk for suicidalty in the chronic pain, inclusive of duration, intensity and type of pain and the sleep on set insomnia associated with pain, hence it is pain specific.ReferencesCourtenay E. Cavanaugh, Jill Theresa Messing, genus Melissa Del-Colle, Chris OSullivan and Jacquelyn C. 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The Changing Global Face of Suicide.13 Emilie Oli, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Philippe CourtetTop of FormBottom of Form. Pain in Suicidal Ideations and Behaviors. In Mental Health and Pain.14 Michael R Philips, and Hui G Cheng. The Changing Global Fa ce of Suicide.15 Amy R. Murrell, Rawya Al-Jabari, Danielle Moyer, Eliina Novamo, Melissa L. Connall. An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Adolescent Suicide.16 Johannes Krause. Tim,Bogerts. Bernhard, andGenz. Axel. Risk Factors for SuicideAn Alternative View.17 Afton L. Hassett, Jordan K. Aquino, Mark A. Ilgen. The Risk of Suicide Mortality in Chronic Pain Patients.18 Michael R Philips, and Hui G Cheng. The Changing Global Face of Suicide.19 Johannes Krause. Tim,Bogerts. Bernhard, andGenz. Axel. Risk Factors for SuicideAn Alternative View.20 Kowal. John, Wilson Keith G., Henderson. Peter R., McWilliams Lachlan A. Change in Suicidal Ideation After Interdisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Pain.21 Emilie Oli, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Philippe Courtet. Pain in Suicidal Ideations and Behaviors.H1How the heck does pain struck suicide?

Formation Hypotheses of White Mountain Magma Series

Formation Hypotheses of fresh upsurge Magma SeriesJulie Sophis macrocosmA grouping of fervid rocks, similar in chemical, texture, and minera lucid features which come from a common reference point magma and atomic number 18 within a similar magazine and space when intruded be considered a magma series (Lachance, 1978). The etiolate voltaic pile Magma Series, WMMS, is situated primarily in juvenile Hampshire with a few related plutons mapped in Maine and Vermont. This series received much of its recognition in 1956 and earlier (McHone and Butler, 1984). The gaberdine circle Magma Series has been placed as part of the revolutionary England-Quebec responsibleness, representing torrid activity which is considered to be of similar ages and similar compositions that stretches over an area of 300km by 400km through southern Quebec and new(a) England (McHone and Butler, 1984). This magmatism of the whole bloodless Mountain igneous province is characterized as A-type (Eby, 1999). In looking specific solelyy at the White Mountain Magma Series, two distinct condemnation frames of igneous activity are found, one senior and one younger.The older igneous activity, referred to as the older White Mountain Igneous state of matter (OWM), dates to 220-155 Ma (Eby and Kennedy, 2004). Alkali syenites, quartz syenites, metaluminous granite, peralkaline granite, peralkaline rhyolites, and two areas of identified silica-undersaturated rock hold in been identified (Eby and Kennedy, 2004). There is an absence of mafic igneous rocks and this older area consists of multiple ring dikes (Eby and Kennedy, 2004).The younger igneous activity, currently referred to as Monteregian Hills White Mountain Igneous commonwealth (MHWM), is tag at 130-100 Ma (Eby and Kennedy, 2004). The majority of the magmatism is dated to have occurred in nigh 125 Ma however, younger outliers exist (Armstrong and Stump, 1971 Foland and Faul, 1977 Eby and Kennedy, 2004). This younger activit y consists of mainly of mafic alkaline suites and felsic rocks in the intrusions and of this series, small plugs and ring like structures are twain present with the most evolved rocks being syenites and quarts with occurrences of biotite granite (Eby and Kennedy, 2004).Many geologists have hypothesized the root of the magma series. As advances in geological sciences have been made, along with advances in identification of rocks and dating, these hypotheses have evolved. Of these, one of the first major ideas include cryptical seated fractures in a northwestward and east-west trending net tempt that act as centers of low twitch and intrusions for melting (Chapman, 1968). A hypothesis of a hot spot rakehell has been back up by a greater range of geologists (Crough, 1981b Dun cease, 1984). A third major hypothesis to the introduction of the WMMS involves rifting in line with the initiative of the Atlantic (Foland and Faul, 1977 McHone, 1981 McHone and Butler, 1984). Since thither is no decisive agreement on the origin of the White Mountain Magma Series, on that point have been advances in understanding the magma sources themselves (Eby et al., 1992).The evolution of hypotheses surrounding the origin of the magmatism in the White Mountain Magma Series will be explored in this paper. The evolution of thought with incorporation of geological advances will be utilize to rule the current understanding of the White Mountain Magma Series.Formation faulting ZonesCarleton Chapman was one of the first geologists to write about the formation of the WMMS. As published, it was postulated that there are two sets of deep seated fracture zones which form a hoop within the crust of the earth under the WMMS (Chapman, 1968). In this hypothesis, these zones had a lower pressure and underwent partial melting from which mafic magma intruded via rounded chambers and move to the top of the crust (Chapman, 1968). The mapped absences of igneous activity were taken into cipher and warrant to be due to inadequate melting in a incident region, prevention from overlying rock in allowing the magma to rise to the surface were it could be mapped, and that igneous rock could have been mistakenly missed in arena work or covered by surface rock (Chapman, 1968). The lattice line structure proposed has little evidence to support it as there are no faults along the proposed structure of lines (McHone and Butler, 1984).HotspotsThe hot spot model appears in a number of papers in which the WMMS is linked to a hot spot in with the North Ameri give nonice plate moved over. An expanded magnetic declination of the simple hot spot model has been made with the addition to support of the hotspot origin of the modern England Seamount chain and the general movement of the North Ameri tail assembly plate over a hotspot (Crough, 1981b). In connecting the use of conodant, fission pass through, radiometric, and tectonic data, a hypothesis that this movement led to t he regional intoxicate of New England was developed (Crough, 1981b). This uplift was at least 4km in equality to the central Appalachian region (Crough, 1981b). Through the plotting of this data, the younger White Mountain Igneous duty forming via the Greater Meteor hotspot track is explained however, the senior Igneous Province is not accounted for in this trace (Crough, 1981b). This argument has published faults it is argued that due to lack of significant age approach there is a large data gap along the hotspot trace mingled with the province and used kimberlite and seamounts (McHone, 1981). In addition to this gap, it is pointed out that although a draw of the data does fit the hotspot model, it excludes the Older Igneous Province, leaving umteen questions as to whether this is due to a pall plunk whose trace has been erased, later magmatism, or other events not known (McHone, 1981). .In support of the hotspot hypothesis in nexus to the New England Seamount Chain, th e use of radiometric ages of K-Ar and 40Ar-39Ar were examined (Duncan, 1984). From southeast to northwest there is an increase in seamount construction leading to the northwestward enquiry of the North the Statesn plate over a New England hotspot between 103 Ma and 83 Ma (Duncan, 1984). Fitting the seamount distribution with a volcano migration rate of 4.7cm/year, the ages align with a larger age progression from the Corner Seamounts, on the east end (70 to 75 Ma) to the younger White Mountain Igneous Province (100 to 124 Ma) (Duncan, 1984). The age-space relation used does not account for the Older Igneous Province, leaving a gap in the hotspot model (Duncan, 1984).RiftingThrough the dating of 26 igneous complexes via K-Ar analysis, it was thereby govern out that the single hotspot hypothesis can account for the just formation of the WMMS as it does not account for the spread of ages, a non-consistent snip transgression from 98 to 238 Ma, nor does it account for the dates appea ring to show more occasional activity than continuous (Foland and Faul 1977). The WMMS complexes were hypothesized to have originated along the extension of a modify fault during sea-floor spreading (Foland and Faul 1977).Arguably, the younger White Mountain Igneous Province and older White Mountain Igneous Province could be initiated and positioned along weak zones of deep-seated fractures, explaining their overlap (McHone, 1981). The overlap seen in mapping of the WMMS can be stress related to the opening of the both the central Atlantic and northern Atlantic and the gradual strain along the zones caused magmatism to decrease (McHone, 1981). The regional uplift as a result of the hotspot movement (Crough, 1981b), can be accounted for by the transfer of rut into the lithosphere by intrusions (McHone, 1981). In an argument against the hypothesis of weakened zones, it is stated there is no spherical relation between volcanic lineaments and surficial features, the majority of the d ated volcanic lineaments show an age progression, midplate volcanism is not known to occur across the aforesaid(prenominal) lineaments at severalise times, and lastly three major lithospheric faults four separate periods of activation would be needed to account for all features and data (Crough, 1981a).Elaborating upon the proposed hypothesis of weakened zones due to rifting (McHone, 1981), once the Atlantic had opened, a significant bar of granitic magma and undersaturated gabbro-diorite-syenite were formed and hypothesized to be a result of melting in the thick crust caused by volatile upwelling or increased heat flow, thus creating the WMMS (McHone and Butler, 1984). The extended nature of the WMMS is proposed to be a result of chill upwelling along and extensional fracture zone in which the WMMS is a check of the orientation and positioning of a deep basement structure pair to the Connecticut River Valley and Lake Champlain Valley (McHone and Butler, 1984). At the thickest parts of this lower crust, partial melting occurred, crustal thinning and erosion were accelerated by uplift, and the WMMS was emplaced as the deep basement structures were technically active under the influence of mantle convection during rifting (McHone and Butler, 1984). reliable UnderstandingFrom geochronological data, a thermal anomaly existed for an extended period of time under the WMMS (Eby et al., 1992). The mantle source, through isotopic dating, matches characteristics similar to that of oceanic island basalt source but determining whether that source a hotspot or from rifting is not known (Eby et al., 1992). In either case, it is proposed that the mantle-derived melts were emplaced into the crust at the base and by fractional crystallization evolved and this stage was interrupted and the magmas were moved to a higher(prenominal) crustal level where later evolution took place (Eby et al., 1992).The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province ( populate)which extends to the north and south on either side of the Atlantic sea where magmatism occurred at about 200 Ma and in Maritime and New England province (CNE)this magmatism occurred between 225 and 230 Ma (Eby, 2013). This magmatism is immediately followed by the older White Mountain Igneous Province (OWM) as it a distinctly unalike emplacement of igneous rocks, from about 200 to 160 Ma and thus in roughly 122 Ma the Monteregian Hills White Mountain Igneous Province (MHWM),introduced displaying a greater range of diverse rocks (Eby, 2013). The rarity of mafic rocks in the make negates any direct comparison with CAMP magmas although, OWM samples have elemental and isotopic characteristics similar to CNE and MHWM which are drastically incompatible from that of CAMP magmas (Eby, 2013). As mafic rocks are abundant in the MHWM and these magmas have been hypothesized to be derived from a depleted mantle source and are related by degrees of melting and crustal contamination, the same models can be applied to th e OWM and CNE (Eby, 2013). It can thus be concluded that the CNE, OWN, and MHWM were all derived from a similar matching magma source and are representative of change magma compositions related to variations in degrees of partial melting and crustal contamination (Eby, 2013). It is pointed out however, this does not link CAMP magmas to these three as it must come from a separate source magma and has a different history (Eby, 2013).Using the connection made between OWN, MHWM, and CNE, a step in determining the origin of the WMMS is to determine the origin of the CNE. The CNE magmas may the start of a plume origin for the CAMP magmas however, because of the lack of relationship between the CAMP and CNE magmas this hypothesis is however to be resolved (Dorais, 2005). In assuming that the CNE magmas were the initial magmatism in a plume event, then a composition of oceanic island basalts would not be expected however that is what CNE I has as a composition (Dorais, 2005). oceanic ba salts have been hypothesized to represent the end of plume magma events and thus CNE magmas would be faux to have to have erupted after that of the plume, not prior (Dorais, 2005). It has been concluded however, that the CNE rocks may represent pre- guard type magmatism prior to CAMP as it matches elemental characteristics of Loihi magmas which were precursors to the shield magmatism in Hawaii (Dorais, 2005). With these conclusions and the connections between OWM, MHWM, and CNE it is possible that the hotspot/mantle plume hypothesis has further support.ConclusionIt is clear that there is no consume answer to how the White Mountain Magma Series was formed and how it was emplaced into its current positioning. I retrieve it is fair to say that the hypothesis of fracture zones under the province (Chapman, 1968) has little evidence to be considered a reasonable explanation. As to the palisade over whether the WMMS is a result of a hot spot track or rifting due to the opening of the A tlantic, I do not believe there is a concise answer. Both hypotheses have what seems to be logical evidence for support while they also both have flaws and unaccounted for aspects. To determine one origin hypothesis, I believe it is relevant to continue work in looking at the larger picture of the WMMS and how it is similar and different to the series of the CAMP and CNE magmas. If additional connections can be made in terms of composition and dating models then additional progress in terms of origin of both the WMMS and the CNE magmas.ReferencesArmstrong, R., Stump, E. (1971). Additional K-Ar dates, White Mountain magma series, New England. American Journal of Science, 270(5), 331-333.Chapman, C. A. (1968). A comparison of the Maine coastal plutons and the magmatic central complexes of New Hampshire. Studies in Appalachian Geology Northern and Maritime, Ed.by E-an Zen, WS White, JB Hadley and JB Thompson Jr., New York, Interscience Pubs., Inc,Crough, S. T. (1981). Comment and repl y on Mesozoic hotspot epeirogeny in eastern north America REPLY. Geology, 9(8), 342-343.Crough, S. T. (1981). Mesozoic hotspot epeirogeny in eastern North America. Geology, 9(1), 2-6.Dorais, M. J., Harper, M., Larson, S., Nugroho, H., Richardson, P., Roosmawati, N. (2005). A comparison of eastern north America and coastal New England magma suites Implications for subcontinental mantle evolution and the broad-terrane hypothesis. Canadian Journal of farming Sciences, 42(9), 1571-1587.Duncan, R. A. (1984). Age progressive volcanism in the New England seamounts and the opening of the central Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (19782012), 89(B12), 9980-9990.Eby, G. N. Ossipee field trip guide New Hampshire geological society.Eby, G. N. (2013). Post CAMP magmatism The White Mountain and Monteregian hills igneous provinces, eastern North America.Eby, G. N., Krueger, H. W., Creasy, J. W. (1992). Geology, geochronology, and geochemistry of the White Mountain batho lith, New Hampshire. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 268, 379-398.Eby, G., Kennedy, B. (2004). The ossipee ring complex, New Hampshire. Guidebook to Field Trips from Boston, MA to Saco Bay, ME New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Salem, Massachusetts, pp. 61-72.Lachance, D. J. (1978). multiplication of the White Mountain magma seriesMcHone, J. G. (1981). Comment and reply on Mesozoic hotspot epeirogeny in eastern north America COMMENT. Geology, 9(8), 341-342.McHone, J. G., Butler, J. R. (1984). Mesozoic igneous provinces of New England and the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 95(7), 757-765.

Probleme de la Predication: Noeud Central du Sophiste de Platon Essay

Probleme de la Predication Noeud Central du sophiste de PlatonABSTRACT somewhat scholars have found the dealing of the problem of predication, or attribution, in the Sophist (251a-e), a digression, or a hold dearment of a trivial wonder and an insignificant example. We propose to reconsider the importance of Platos doctrine on the subject from the point of view of the epistemology- ontology relationship in Plato. This leads to a successor of the personation inside the whole dialogue. Beginning with the definition of the sophist, Plato goes on to treat the mimetic art and finds himself confronting a perplexing difficultness how to understand falsehood, both in thought or in discourse. This is an epistemological difficulty, which raises the central difficulty of how to attribute non-being to being. So, the heart of the matter is the possibility of predication, as Plato states very understandably (238a). The solution arises from the doctrine of the community of species, making possible any attribution of one thing to another. In looking carefully to the dialogue as a whole, we find that the passage 251a-e, dealing with the general problem of predication, occupies a central position, in all meanings, even numerically (between 236e and 264a).Dans le passage 251 a-e du Sophiste, Platon pose dabord le problme de la prdication, ensuite celui de la communaut des genres. Quel est le lien entre ces deux problmes? et quel est la place de ce passage (I) dans lensemble des dveloppements du Sophiste?(I) Expliquons ... comment il se peut faire que nous dsignions une seule et mme chose rack up une pluralit de noms ... Nous nonons lhomme ... en lui appliquant de multiples dnominations. Nous lui attribuons couleurs, formes, ... ... borne pas nommer (cf. 251 bl nous ne disons pas seulement de lhomme quil est homme, mais effectue un achvement, en entrelaant les verbes avec les noms). (22) Lon Robin (Les rapports de ltre et de la connaissance d aprs Platon, Paris, 1957, p. 100), et Joseph Moreau (Realisme et idalisme chez Platon, Paris, 1951, p. 38) taient arrivs, de leurs cribs, une position analogue.(23) Si lon considre que le vritable dialogue commance 236 e (position du problme de la fausset) et se termine 264 a (fin de la solution), ou mme quil commence 231 c (rcapitulation des dfinitions) et se termine 268 d (dfinition du sophiste et fin rel), on trouvera que le texte de notre problme occupe une position matriellement centrale il est prcd de 15 pages et suivi par 13 dans le premier cas, et vient aprs 19 et prcde 17 dans le deuxime.

Popes Essay -- Religion Catholicism Christian Church Essays

PopesThe Protestant Reformation marked a time of great religious, friendly andpolitical upheaval. For the first time in history the Christian church waspermanently shattered. The Reformation originated from a trend in returning tothe scriptural days of Christianity and a renewal of morality. Unfortunately theCatholic religious contracters didnt share in the renewal of morality. TheRenaissance popes were partially responsible for the descent of thechurchhowever, it was the Churchs past history and changing social, politicaland economic factors that lead to the Reformations sucess. Commercialization of the sanctified See was common for much or less popes, but , concord to Barbra Tuchman, three of these men took particular advantage ofthe practice. Innocent VII is the earliest acknowledged pope during theRenaissance to have taken liberties with the churchs finances. Although he engaged in the practices of simony and the selling of indulgences, his mostnoted mistake was ri se donations for a Crusade that never took place. In1486 Innocent announced a crusade, as well as at the same time declaring a titheon all churches, benefices and ecclesiastical persons of all ranks. Militaryplans were wasted up but, in the end, no great army ever assembled or departedfrom Europes shores. Instead, in a twist of irony, the Vatican wound up hostingan deist in the form of Prince Djem, the sultans brother. This arrangementconfused the general public and the overblown status fell in the eyes of the public.Papal status was yet weakened by Innocents successor Alexander VI.Alexander thrived on simony. He acquired the office of pope by buying out hischief rivals and openly boasted about this feat. Alexander went on to sell atotal of 43 cardinalships, including to his own family. After the murder of hiseldest son, Alexander was inspired in a proposed Bull to try to regenerate thechurch by minify the incomes of the cardinals as well as mend other wickedship canal however , provisions caused Alexander to return to normal and he neverissued the Bull. perchance if the Church had reformed during Alexanders reign,Leo X would never have taken office. Leo is most noted for writing to hisbrother God has granted us the papacy-let us enjoy it. Leo took this credo toheart and was considered the most extravagant pope and unrivaled of the great spenderso... ...tionalism and strong anti-Roman sentiment. This inspired Frederick ofcomte de Saxe to welcome Luther into Saxony and inspired other princes, such as Phillipof Hesse, to resist Protestant reformers. Luther urged princes to seize theChurchs property and bring about moral reform in the church. The Church ownedlarge tracts of land in Germany and German princes realized the opportunity togain wealth by breaking from the church. A steady stream of duchies, margravites,free cities and bishoprics became followers of Luther. The Protestant princesallied with one another to form the Schmalkaldic League in order to fight theefforts of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, to return the princes toCatholicism. The French king, Francis I, supported the Schmalkaldic League intheir electrical resistance against Charles. Although Charles won every battle he couldntget rid of Protestantism in Germany. The Churchs past history and Europes changing political, social andeconomic climate contributed more to the Reformations success than theRenaissance popes did. Had Luther lived in a different time and a differentarea his Reformation would have been cut down alike(p) its predecessors.

Culture, Race, and Gender in Sports Essay -- Sociology Essays Research

Culture, Race, and Gender in SportsWhen a person of a specific sexuality enters a non-traditional gas for their gender/sex, many social and moral issues will arise thought-provoking that person involved in that particular gasconade. The intentions of the individual will be questioned as well as their personal interest in the sport. in the growning any of these questions are asked, there must be a redefinition of gender roles, femininity, and masculinity. In order for a person to enter a non-traditional sport for their gender/sex without being criticize about gender morality, auberge must set flexible definitions for femininity and masculinity.Society must begin to accept the variety of sports both men and women can compete in regardless of the traditional gender specific sports notions of the past. Women should be allowed to participate in traditional male sports identical hockey, bodybuilding, and boxing without being stereotyped as lesbians. Men should be allowed to particip ate in traditional female sports like synchronized swimming and field hockey without losing their masculinity. A perso...