“Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Disclosure in the Age of Show Business.” Introduction This book by Neil Postman differentiates the vision by George Orwell in the Orwellian, whereby governments ruled by totalitarianism grab the rights of individuals. The author saw entertainment value brought about by television as a drug whereby in exchange for entertainment, individuals’ rights were snatched. The core and sole existence of this book is the proposition by the author that form shuts out content. This meant that a specific medium could only endure a certain level of recommendations and ideas. He, therefore, claimed that logical argument was distorted by the television medium (Postman, 2006). As a result, religion and politics also suffer the consequences of this as they become diluted. Television, therefore, understates information quality on the grounds of fulfilling entertainment needs. Postman in this book also recognized the works of the famous theorist in Media Marshall McLuhan, who is well known for the quote that “the medium is indeed the message.” The author agreed with Marshall as he saw that the quote made a lot of…

Rationing of Care It is hard to provide medical care services to all patients because of the unlimited demand, and yet the available resources are limited. Given this, rationing and priority setting will be applied though under extreme conditions. It will be done through benefit package, fixed budget, copayments, queuing, and deductibles. On the other hand, the new healthcare system will allow for a systematic and secure introduction of new treatment plans and drugs. Introducing a new treatment plan is a highly delicate exercise that requires total approval from all relevant sectors. As a result, thorough and proper consultations will be conducted before any new medically approved drug can be rolled out to the ailing patients. Additionally, the new healthcare system will support any person ready and willing to undergo cosmetic surgery. After all, cosmetic surgery can help improve an individual’s appearance leading to high self-esteem and self-confidence.  

Coursework Submission Cover Sheet and Student Declaration     “I declare that this assessment is my own work, except where indicated as group work,  and that the sources of information and material I have used (including the internet) have been fully identified and properly acknowledged as required in the referencing guidelines provided.”   Word limit policy   Allowed word count: Submitted word count:   Proofreading policy   Ihave not (delete as appropriate) used a proofreader/proofreading service.   I acknowledge that this assignment has not been proofread by another person and that the proofreader has acted within the guidelines set out in the University Proof Reading Policy.   Student ID Number：   Module code:   ILS 1006   Lecturer:              Sarah Robinson & Bev Agard Owen   Submission date:   Word count:   SPLD Marking Guidelines   If you are registered with the Disabilities Office as having SPLD (such as Dyslexia), please indicate by typing your student number in the box below: Academic plagiarism of Swansea University         Miranda Jiang 2005557     10/08/2020       For Swansea University…

LEGALIZING DRUGS Drugs should be legalized to pave the way for more effective treatment of addiction. Legalizing drugs can make it easier to treat and identify people who suffer from addiction to substances. Addiction should not be criminalized but treated as a medical issue. Legalizing drugs can go along with more effective rehabilitation and supporting addicts (Nutt, 2018). Drugs kill. In 2015, more than 8,400 cases of death were reported, the main cause, drug overdose. Legalizing hard drugs such as heroin will not only lead to more deaths but also scores of addiction. Legalizing drugs will not unravel social predicaments and violence. The Czech Republic tried liberal approaches, which unfortunately backfired, resulting in increased drug tourism and public nuisance. On the other hand,  the united states drug enforcement administration asserts that drugs and crime violence go hand in hand. They say that majority of homicides are committed by people under the influence of drugs others looking for money to buys drugs (Cheng et al. 2018). I don’t think drugs should be legalized. They are already causing more harm, so legalizing…

Kia Rio 5-Door Overview. The Kia Rio was released into the 2020 Kia Class and came with a market price of $16,790. It has a powertrain that provides the users with a great value in its segment. The car comes in with a new Gamma at 1.6L MPI with a 120 horsepower and 112 lb.-feet of torque engine. It’s an improvement that replaces the older Gamma carrying 1.6LGDI engine. The all-New IVT transmission has replaced the 6-speed automatic. It further improves the popular subcompacts and gives it reasonable fuel consumption. The car’s fuel consumption in the city roads is 33 mpg, while on the freeway, the car consumes 41 mpg. On both routes, the vehicle consumes at least 36 mpg. It has a very comfortable and stylish cabin that has plush seats. The seats can accommodate up to five passengers. The driver’s seat can be manually adjusted in six different ways. The cargo area of this car is 17.4 cubic-feet. The back seats can be folded to create more cargo space. Its infotainment has a 7-inch touchscreen, an Apple CarPlay,…

Lab report on flowing material balance in unconventional reservoir Abstract The material balance is an essential tool used by reservoir engineers in the oil and gas industry. It can provide an estimate of initial hydrocarbon in place independent of geological interpretation and serve the purpose of verifying volumetric estimates. The critical requirement is to accurately estimate the average reservoir pressure at the required time intervals. The standard practice assesses the moderate reservoir pressure from a pressure buildup test conducted on individual wells in a reservoir. Pressure buildup tests require shutting off production for some time, and it is not conducted on a regular interval due to the demand-supply situation prevailing in the country. Material Balance Method has been modified by different researchers to bypass the strict requirement of the average reservoir pressure as an input parameter. Instead, these techniques use static bottom hole pressure (SBHP) estimated from shut-in wellhead pressure, shut-in wellhead pressure (SWHP), flowing bottom hole pressure (FBHP) of the well and flowing wellhead pressure (FWHP). Current study has been conducted for a certain gas well producing from the…

Template on Reflection of Nurse Practitioner Nurses often play a vital role in the healthcare industry, such as recording medical history and relative symptoms, collaborating with patients and other healthcare teams to provide patient care, and monitoring patients’ progress. A point to note is that nurses are two given categories: nurse practitioners and advanced nursing practitioners. Advanced nursing practitioners differ from nursing practitioners since they practice nursing at an advanced practice level (Blair and Jansen, 2015). Advanced nursing practitioners have invaluable roles since they autonomously make decision-based assessments, diagnoses, among other aspects, such as the interpretation of test results. Ultimately, due to the given tone of diverse responsibilities, it is essentially crucial for an advanced nursing practitioner to self-reflect on the various aspect to ascertain the imminent effectiveness of service delivery. Engaging in reflective practices helps an advanced nursing practitioner reflect on previous actions that establish a continuous learning process. As an advanced nursing practitioner, I have to pay critical attention to the practical values in conjunction with theories that form and inform the hospital’s daily activities (Hill, 2017). Ultimately,…

The Information Governance Principles The information governance (IG) principles are expanding and evolving. The information governance mitigates risks and drives values (Ballard et al., 2014, p. 16). The information governance program has impacted most organizations in various ways, including foraying in the arena of big data. The IG programs which successful are associated with ten primary principles, forming the best practices basis, and designed to suit IG methodology (Smallwood, 2019).  Therefore, these principles include; executive sponsorship, information policy communication and development, and Information integrity. Executive Sponsorship It is a principle that makes sure information governance effort survives with a responsible and accountable executive sponsor. The sponsor drives action, communicate the objectives, and keeps upper management progressively informed. Thus, this is the significance of the organizational sponsorship principle. Information policy communication and development Through this principle, employees receive access to information and regular communication of policies and information. Policies to use instant messaging, emails, cloud computing, and blog posting must be established and communicated earlier with stakeholder consultation. It involves letting employees define the consequences of violating policies of information governance…

  PM Quality Metrics The title of the article is “What Are The Quality Metrics in Project Management?” The article covers three main quality metrics in project management. The first quality metric is the planned value which is the total amount of money required to complete the project (Kijko, 2017). The second quality metric is the actual cost which incorporates the amount of money that has been spent on the project, the time used to complete the project, and the various teams and their salaries (Kijko, 2017). The final metric is the earned value which is the budgeted cost of the total work done, and it incorporates the entire budget of the project and the amount received for the task. This article was chosen because it breaks down the project management performance metrics into three that can be understood easily. As the reader, I was impressed by the items way of presenting the information since it also contains various formulae for calculating the different costs. The article is very significant to the topic since it stipulates these performance metrics and…

Shares & Investment Advice for Clients in Wilmslow To invest in stocks and shares, as a beginner, instead of picking ticker symbols, make sure to pick companies that beat the stock market each time. This is because by buying shares of a given company, you officially become a part-owner of that business. Therefore, if it goes down, your financial investment also vanishes. There will be panicky times, and you must plan for them beforehand. Even the most successful companies make losses at times, and to them, that might be normal. Therefore, before you make a move, good investment advice is to find the one thing that attracts you about a given company and use it to predict the future. But ensure that you research properly to make informed investment decisions. Once you have invested in stocks and shares, it is natural to feel like keeping an eye on the scoreboard. Though it is an impulsive reaction, you should avoid it as much as possible since it might make you react to short term events. If possible, wait for quarterly reports…