Palmal Group of Industries

Palmal’s Background: Established in the year 1984, Palmal group of industries ensure its quality, standards and is engaged in manufacturing of all kinds of knitted garments. Engr. Nurul Haque Sikder is the founder of company. Now he is present chairman of group. Managing director Mr. Nafis Sikder, son of Engr. Nurul Haque Sikder took the leadership in the year 2001. He is guiding the group with his wide experience and skill. Business Intervention: †¢ Palmal is mainly RMG focused group of industries. Expanding in the areas of knit composite and other backward linkage industries. Palmal’s Vision: Palmal stands behind its garments products with quality assurance. Palmal believes that quality is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skilful execution. To provide customers with the most comprehensive sourcing, production, design & product development service, guaranteeing quality, competitive pricing & qu ick turnaround times with an excellent professional personalized service. Palmal’s Mission: Palmal’s mission is to be the market leader, in providing clothing from Bangladesh to its customers around the globe. To be a market leader it is committed to develop high quality, sophisticated and deviation-free products in its capacity and make on time delivery to its customers. Objectives of palmal: Palmal has name objective for the development of the society. The objectives of palmal are giving below: 1. To increase the economic development of the country. 2. To create employment opportunity. 3. To play positive in the process of industrial development of Bangladesh. 4. Palmal Assures quality and customer services. Palmal’s Commitment- †¢ Regular production updates to the Importer. †¢ Facilitate & Co-ordinate the Buyer’s visits to Bangladesh. †¢ Handle orders of any volume, style & color. †¢ Short lead times & in time delivery. †¢ Best quality and first service. †¢ Handle orders of any volume, style & color †¢ Excellent customer service. †¢ Best service from others. †¢ A headache & hassle free one stop solution to Importers †¢ 100% clients satisfaction Corporate Offices of Palmal Groups : | |Due to space constraint, Palmal had to arrange its corporate office in 4 different buildings located in Gulshan-1 area. | |Offices identity |Location | |Corporate Head Office (MD and C. O. O’s Secretariat) |House # 16, | | |Road # 30, Gulshan-1 | |Admin. Compliance Dept. |House # SWB/20, Road # 08, Gulshan-1 | |Comme rcial, Transport, Maintenance, Wal-Mart Sample and |House # 2B, | |Banking |Road # 29, Gulshan-1 | |Mainstream HRM, Factory HR, Sweater Division, Local |Crystal : Point, H # 2, R # 21, Gulshan-1 | |Procurement, Accounts, T&OD Dept. Merchandizing(Partly) | | Board of Directors |Name |Position | |Engr. Nurul Haque Sikder |Chairman | |Mr. Nafis Sikder |Managing Director & CEO | |Mrs. Meherunnesa Haque |Director | |Mrs. Sylvana Sikder |Director | |Mrs. Tajrina Sikder. |Director | |Mr. A. K. M Sazzadul Karim |Director & C. O. O | |Key persons | |Name |Designation | |Mr. Nafis Sikder |Honorable Managing Director | |Mr. A. K. M Sazzadul Karim |Honorable Director & C. O. O | |Mr. Amzad Hossain |Chief advisor to MD | |Mr. Ashith Laxmidas Dayalal |Director (Marketing), Garments Div, | |Mr. Aseem Sood. |Vice president, (Marketing –GAP Div | |Mr. Tahmid Zaman Khan |Director (Marketing), Sweater and AWL | |Mr. Aseem Sood. |Vice president, (Marketing-GAP Div) | |Major Sofiul Azam Chowdhury (Retd) |Director, (Admin. & Compliance) | |Mr. A. A. M. Munir |Director(P. P & Q. A Coord) | |Key Persons | |Name Designation | |Mr. Emdad Hossain |Director (Production) & In-charge, ACML | |Mr. Shakil Rahman |Director (Marketing) | |Mr. Ruhul Amin Siddiqui |General Manager (Commercial) | |Mr. S. A. Nakib |General Manager, HRM | |Mr. Shair Nasser Azad |General Manager (Administration) | |Mr. Kazi A. Muhit |General Manager (Accounts) | |Shelkh Obaidur Rahman |GM-Quality, CSI | |S. M. Sanowar Hossain. |GM-PP & Cord, W*M | |Md. Hossain Ahmed |GM-Quality | Sister Concerns | |Type of Business |No of Concerns | |Garments Factories |20 | |Sweater Factories |02 | |Knit Composite Mills |02 | |Washing Plant |02 | |Embroidery |01 | |Central Store |05 | |Sample Section |05 | |Cutleries Industry |01 | |Total |38 | Corporate strategy of Palmal: To develop a comprehensive strategy for palmal, it integrates the finance, marketing, human resource, accounting, quality, and operations functions. According to the corporate strategy, it carries out all the organization’s functions. Under the corporate strategy, it determines for which customers or clients it will produce product, which new product it will produce in future, which new strategy it will take for international market to survive. Operations strategy: To do its daily activities palmal takes operations strategy. These strategy help palmal to achieve the company’s corporate strategy. By using these strategies, it takes decisions about when the products produce, where it produces the products, how many workers it needs, what are the training requirements of the worker, what is the target level of quality for the products, how should suppliers be selected, what is expected from the suppliers, what types of technology it should be used to develop its product etc? Palmal’s product: This company produces knit garments product especially. The main products of palmal are: Man’s T-shirt | | Sport wear | | Long sleeves polo shirt | | Man’s sweater | | Women’s sweater | | Man ’s jacket | | Women’s jacket | | Corporate uniform | | Baby long sleeve T-shirt | | Baby suit | Technology used in Plamal: Palmal group uses version types of technology to run their daily activities such as – 1. Telephone 2. Fax 3. Entrance control system: This is the system that controls employee entrance and leave employee uses their entry card to enter office. A central computer record employee they use the card and computer saves their leaving time. 4. E-mail: Palmal widely use e-mail. To communicate with its customers and suppliers. They order raw material through e-mail. They also receive order by mail. The employees of Palmal use e-mail to communicate among themselves. This type of communication helps interdepartmental communication. Palmal is not using ERP because management thinks that ERP will disclose confidential data to employers. However, at present its management team have award about the importance of ERP. They are planning to implement ERP in their organization very soon, as they are facing many types of problem not for using ERP. Manufacturing strategy: To produce products palmal applies Make-to-order strategy. After taking the order from the buyers then it produces the product. Therefore, inventory is kept at a minimum level. Strategic vision Manufacturing process: Palmal follows assembly process to produce the product. It collects different finished goods from its suppliers. After collecting various finished goods then it produces a whole product. To produce a shirt as a whole product it collects buttons, nylon fabrics, and such kinds of different finished goods. Different Stitch Number and their applications: Stitch Class |Application | |100 Stitch Class |Basting Button sewing BTN whole spot taking | |Chain Stitch |hamming, belt loops filling | |Blind Stitch | | |200 Stitch Class | | |Back Stitch |To attach laise and elastic | |Catch Stitch | | |Running Stitch | | |300 Stitch Clas s |To lock parts of bodies bottom rolling | |Lock Stitch | | |400 Stitch Class |To attach main seam permanent edges | |Chain Stitch | | |500 Stitch Class | | |Over lock C/S |Surging blind hemming | | |Seaming Surging | | |Break open Surging | Stitching process: All the above stitch used to make any garments. But what stitch will follow in which process will be notified by the buyer. By following that instruction, Palmal can only stitch the garments. Stitch also depends on the process of stitching. For heavy fabric or critical process, the stitch will be different and for the thin fabric and easy style, stitch will not be same. Quality Assurance: Palmal group is highly committed to produce and supply highly quality product to its customers. To produce high quality garments products they collect high quantity raw material from their suppliers. Palmal groups have quality assurance department that is responsible to control and check the quality of raw products from their suppliers. As customers of Palmal group requires high quality products, they emphasis on high quality product. Their production control department ensures production is exactly as approved quality standards. Three or more inspections are carried out during the production process. Initial inspection, checks on fabric, wlor thread and first run of production. Second inspection and final inspection check on products and ensure whole production is up to quality standard. Palmal group believe quality products are the key to repeat business. Turnover of Palmal In 2007: Approximately US$ 100 Millions equivalent to Tk. >700 Cores from Export. In 2008: Approximately US$ 110 Millions from Export. In 2009: Projected Turnover is US$120 Millions from Export [pic] Embroidery CAPACITY: ? 6 threads with different color at the same time. ? 20 lines in each machine ? 650 Stitches per minute. ? Same machine cannot be used for diff. jobs at the same time Why Palmal is the order winner? Palmal’s Knowledge and commitment has made it a multi product company with clients all over the world. It works hard to address the expectations of its customer in an innovative way. It tries to maintain long listing relation with its clients and ensures serving best to them based on following parameters: †¢Ã‚  High Product facility   Sourcing of products from reliable manufacturers at competitive prices   Ã¢â‚¬ ¢Ã‚  Good quality & on time delivery †¢Ã‚  Believes in cost effective productivity †¢Ã‚  Enjoys a reputation for â€Å"clean business practices† †¢Ã‚  Strong network of manufacturers and vendors †¢Ã‚   Regular Supervision of products right from the production to the shipment stage . Ordering system of Palmal: At this time, Palmal does not offer on-line ordering. Before ordering the product clients should communicate with the company through fax, telephone, letter or e-mail. Clients should print out the order form, fill it out completely and send with a check, money order, or credit card information to the address at the offices. They should also send the sample of the product to the company. If everything is favorable for the company then Palmal take the offer from the clients. PALMAL’S CLIENT LIST: It is palmal’s ambition to has a lateral thought process which will help in designing unique and innovative range of apparels. All its endeavors are well appreciated by its clients, which has motivated it to go beyond the expectations of its clients. As an accomplished house, it has clients across the globe. The customer satisfaction it is acquired has led to a strong credibility for UK & Europe in market. It is established its export market in Germany, Italy, France, Bangkok, Mexico, UK, Europe. List of major clients or buyers: | Gap Inc. | WaL*Mart USA | | WaL*Mart Canada | | Charming Shoppes | | New Wave | | GEORGE | | Primark | | Zara | | Nygard | | K. Mart | | SEARS | | TESCO | | TARGET-Stores | | Li & Fung | Suppliers of Palmal: Supplier’s selection criteria of Palmal: To select suppliers Palmal follows some rules. Such as- †¢ Quality-to purchase raw materials from suppliers at first it thinks the quality of the product. Because the future of garments factories heavily depends on quality. †¢ Cost- it thinks about the cost of the raw materials which it will purchase †¢ Delivery-on time delivery is a major to select a supplier †¢ Financial soundness-before purchasing it considers the financial soundness of the suppliers. Kinds of raw materials: Inventory control system of Palmal: Palmal controls inventory to meet its future customers demand. It controls the inventory based on quantity. This system is designed to ensure that an item will be available on an ongoing basis throughout the year. Types of inventory Palmal maintain: Palmal stock some important goods for its future safety. Like- |Nylon fabrics | |Cotton fabrics | |Different kinds of buttons | |Plain Machine | |Button Attach machine | |Chain stitch machine | Palmal’s layout: The factories under the palmal group of industries are designed in such a way so that they can do their work properly. In factories similar machines are grouped together to do work. For example, to sew all sewing machines are grouped together in one area. Cutting sections are separated from other sections to do its cutting work. Inspection sectors are detached from others for checking fabrics. Select a location for a new factory of Palmal: To establish a new factory Palmal basically thinks about- †¢ Trade Zone †¢ Transportation facility †¢ Labor cost †¢ Export – Import facility †¢ Power supplies †¢ Rent †¢ Political environment †¢ Near to the competitor SWOT analysis of Palmal: Palmal group of industries has achieved great success over a short time of period. However, the global market environment for textile and clothing industries is in transitional stage and will change at the end of the phasing out quota. This change in global trade will create new challenges for the company. Therefore, high productivity, free access in backward supply line, shorter lead-time determines the company’s competitiveness. The following analysis of strength, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) concisely sum up the conclusion of the competitiveness of palmal group of industries. Strength- †¢ Low labor cost. †¢ Energy at low price. Easily accessible infrastructure like sea road, railroad, river and air communication. †¢ Excellent Tele-communications network of E-mail, Internet, Fax, ISD, NWD & Cellular services. †¢ Scope for career development. †¢ Country leading Pay Master in RMG Sector. †¢ People developer. †¢ Having fully COMP LINT Factories. †¢ Consider people as â€Å"Resources†. †¢ Avoid discriminations to the best possible extent. †¢ Exercising fair practices in Employment. †¢ Value good workers and avoid troublemakers. †¢ Assure workplace safety. †¢ Factory is located in industrial area where company can enjoy uninterrupted power supply. Labor union is not all owed in the KDS groups since all labor related matters are dealt by KDS industrial area. Factory is able to ratify of their customer in the specific market according to their demand. Weakness – †¢ Lack of marketing tactics. †¢ A small number of manufacturing methods. †¢ Time-consuming custom clearance. †¢ Subject to natural calamities. †¢ Most of the raw materials from abroad, this is cause of high price, which are affected the production cost. Opportunity- Cheap and abundant labor force. Availability of foreign buyer in Steel Products. Palmal has a chance to create his own market by showing the quality of the products and working condition of the factory. To establish a new factory without long term agreement which is also based on the another buyer or customer by showing the new technology which is now at present Threat- Political situation of under developed country like Bangladesh is a major threat for Palmal. Technology is developing day by day. Therefore, technology is also changing rapidly. There is hardly any local source of raw materials Palmal, since backward linkage industries have not been developed in our country. Therefore, it is a threat for Palmal. Awards: For consistence and good product and service provided to their customers, â€Å"Palmal Groups† won several national and international awards. â€Å"National Award†: For their contribution to the national economy and for successful operational activities â€Å"Palmal Groups† achieved President best Performance Award in two consecutive years. International Award: Palmal is always committed to provide their customers with high quality product and service. In return, of their quality maintenances they have got several awards from international buyers. The awards are— Best supplier award from â€Å"Wal-Mart† in 2004, 2006 and 2007 Recommendations & Conclusion: . The company does not apply Operation Research models as well as tools. Initiative steps should be taken to apply Operation Research models as well as tools as early as possible to establish efficiency, productivity, competitive advantages etc. in the company. Palmal should use modern technology and software to develop its productivity and to increase its profit. However, Palmal has strong managerial support for which over a period of last seven years the company’s business growth is more than 300%. ———————– Customer Palmal Society Market Corporate Strategy Marketing functions Financial functions Operation functions Accounting functions Human resource functions Purchasing functions Quality assurance functions Product development functions Customer needs New products Current products Competitive dimensions Best Quality Customization Low price Timely delivery Company’s capabilities: Produce the required products New product development Sales the required products

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Important aspects in the development of any construction - Essay Example Important aspects in the development of any construction Designing, planning and constructions are important aspects in the development of any building, highways, airports, dams and railroads. Therefore, it is significant to first of all, clearly design, plan and construct what needs to be achieved and accomplished and then start working on the construction. If the designing and planning phase are not managed appropriately, then it could significantly hurt and damage the outcomes of the project. Moreover, such situations could also increase the cost, outcome and time of the project (Chan, Scott, & Chan, 2004). This has been one of the reasons why the project managers emphasize a lot on the initial designing and planning stage before moving to the actual construction phase of the project. This report presents the case of a client that owns a two-storey building. The client wants to increase the available area of the building and therefore, he wants to add three more storeys to the same building. For this purpose, this report presents the conceptual design of adding three more storeys to the building. At the time of planning, designing and construction, there are some considerations that have been kept in mind. For instance, one of the major considerations is that the site is suited in open countryside and as a result, there will be high wind as well with an approximate speed of 1 kN/m2.

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IT in business - Essay Example Now despite the competitive edge ensured by IT, once every company begins to cut costs and aims at doing so at an increasing rate, they tend to hire different agents to do this task for them. At this point they become dependent on an agent who might be working for their rival firms as well and the means for seeking information advantages itself becomes a strategic disadvantage for the concerned company. 2. Carr rightly diagnoses that the strategic advantage of information is not everlasting for a firm. Even Porter and Miller argue that IT has the power to change all the Porter’s five forces. But three different companies or business organizations like Orkut, Facebook and Twitter, though based upon similar idea do not have the same number of clients. Here one might say that first entrant into a specific segment using information technology might have more advantage over the others. An individual having an account with Orkut might have the same with the other two as well and hen ce identifying a strategic advantage at this point is almost impossible unless based on time of entry. 2. Porter and Miller elaborate upon the industry’s attractiveness and alterations of the products, as they become information intensive. However, as information technology progresses, so will the need and risk to security of a firm’s data.

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Favorite Restuarant Essay Every year for my birthday we go out as a family to my favorite restaurant, Benihana! For those of you that are ready to have a good time with family or friends this place is definitely the place to go, but it is best to book a reservation ahead of time it isn’t a secret to society. Benihana is an all-time favorite restaurant of mine, with great location, unforgettable entertainment and an excellent menu choice. Benihana is an all-time favorite restaurant of mine because it is located in the heart of downtown, in the midst of all the city lights and city life. When we go to Benihana we park around the block and get a horse carriage to take us to the door. Parking is free the carriage is extra. This is an excellent idea for any special occasion or just a date night on the town. The location is convenient to any of the major freeways (I-45, I-10 and 59). Aside from the location, Benihana is an excellent place to go for a fun filled night of entertainment. I can assure anyone that after an experience at the original Benihana it will be easy to see why I am declaring it to be my favorite restaurant. Benihana has unforgettable entertainment from the moment you walk in. Walking into the restaurant the guest will be greeted by the amazing aroma of some of the best food, laughter and fun for all! The server will take drink orders from each guest and when they come to bring the drink orders, the fun decorated souvenir glass starts out as a unique conversational piece, as the cook prepares the table for even more unforgettable entertainment. At Benihana the food is not only cooked its choreographed. The chefs will have you craving for more as they slice and dice and chop your meal before your eyes, very skilled and trained, in the art of entertainment or â€Å"eater-tainment† as they call it themselves. Each table’s personal chef will perform a uniquely amazing presentation as they cook each guest personal favorites. Everything is cooked right in front of the guest on a Japanese style on a hibachi table. The best entertainment is the entertainment your taste buds get from the outstanding menu. The menu has anything from sushi to steak. Everything is fresh no frozen, no canned, no additives! Each guest will be brought a hot towel to clean their hands. Then served a hot onion soup, as well a huge favorite to many; the salad with the Benihana dressing over the top! You can use chop sticks or the regular silver ware, it’s fun to learn how to use chop sticks, and in case you may not know how to use them, the server will be glad to give quick, fun lessons! One of my personal favorite items from the menu is the â€Å"Sea and Meadow† or better known as steak and shrimp, is served to perfection with vegies, fried rice and sauteed bean sprouts over extra more shrimp. Anything from the menu is to die for and all ranges in price from $10. 75-19. 95 not bad for steak, chicken, and shrimp, or lobster and scallops. Don’t forget to order dessert from the menu, maybe a tempura banana or rainbow sherbet. After dessert the guest have had the most memorable night in a while entertained and full to the brim. For those looking for a new favorite restaurant I would recommend Benihana or even if you are just looking for something outside the norm, or maybe a special someone is having a birthday or anniversary, this is definitely a restaurant that will leave the guest wanting to come back time and time again. Benihana is conveniently located in the heart of downtown, it’s full of surprises, and extreme diner entertainment and everything on the menu is delicious and healthy! Book your reservations and enjoy the experience that will leave a lasting memory and bring home some uniquely designed souvenir cups.

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Fast Food Nation Essay Many feel that the fast food industry is providing a valuable service by catering to consumer needs; that it is inexpensive and easily accessible. For people who dont have time to prepare meals, for households in which both parents work, theres no question it provides a service. But all of this for what cost? The cost is the lives of those people who work in the meat processing plants. Meat packing is now the most dangerous job in the United States. The men and women that work in the slaughterhouses now are often low paid, poor immigrants, who have not completely learned English and are practically illiterate. These workers make a knife cut every two or three seconds, which adds up to about 10,000 cuts per eight hour day. One of the leading causes of the high injury rate in the slaughter houses is the speed at which the meat is disassembled. Hearing this, it is no surprise that lacerations are the most common injuries suffered by the men and women working in the meatpacking industry. Workers are under tremendous pressure to work fast and not report any injuries that may occur. The annual bonuses of plant foremen and supervisors are often based in part on the injury rate of their workers. Instead of creating a safer workplace, the supervisors pressure workers not to report any injuries and as a bonus, they would be moved to an easier job to give them some time to heal. Often, in this industry, supervisor pressure is not the only reason that injuries go unreported; the immigrant workers usually do not know enough English to complete the paperwork that goes along with filing injury reports. This manner that runs the lives of slaughterhouse workers is completely unethical. In any business, stopping an employee from receiving due compensation for injuries is unfair and unethical. It seems like that in any other business, if a worker is injured, and does not receive fair compensation, they have the ability and drive to enforce the law; but in the case of the slaughterhouse workers, that are often illiterate, this rarely happens. The fast food industry both feeds and prays off the young. Pioneers in developing marketing strategies to target children, the fast-food chains have even infiltrated the nations schools through lunchroom franchises and special advertising packages that answer public educations need for funds; in every way possible, giving the children a loyal friend to rely on. In many franchises, teenagers are perfect candidates for low-paying, low-skilled, short-term jobs and constitute a large part of the fast-food chains workforce; and often practically run individual locations, having more responsibility than most adults. The intense advertising and responsibilities is not the only thing we saw in Fast Food Nation that effected children. The quality of the meat that is fed to children in school and at the fast food restaurants is in some cases horrendous. Children are not the only age group that eats this tainted food, but they are more greatly harmed by it. E. coli is now the leading pathogen causing kidney failure among children in the US. The E. coli problem begins in the feedlots. The situation we see for these cattle is disgusting. Cattle are forced to eat out of manure filled pits that are likely to carry E. coli (which can be live for 90 days). To add to that, cattle are often fed remains of other animals such as sheep and even other cattle. If feedlots were more humane and sanitary, the infected herds would not infect others, and the meat that is fed to children would less likely give them E. coli. There are ethical concerns in about every business, but none seem to be as intense as the ones found in the meat packing and fast food industry. These issues concern the actual well being of the employee not just finances or material things. I dont know if it will ever be possible for the fast food and meatpacking industries to be safe environments to work in, but I do hope that someday the lives and needs of the workers are considered. There are not many things as important as a human life, hopefully someday; all the components of these industries that endanger these lives are changed, from E. coli to fatal packing plant injuries.

Role of a Match Analyst

Role of a Match Analyst A professional observation was performed at Ware Football Club to critically assess the pre-game methods of research and notation, utilised by the match analyst (MA), who is employed to work with the first team. Wares first team currently competes in the Isthmian Division One North, which is seven divisions below the English Premier League. Match analysis contributes to performance in sport by helping athletes and coaches make informed choices, and has as a result, assumed a major role in the world of sport. Match analysis denotes the exploration of behavioural events which are objectively documented during competition (Carling, Williams Reilly, 2005). Its focus may be on the activeness of one particular player, or how the collection of actions of numerous players are integrated during the game. The analysis of one or both teams can be completed, as the behaviour when attacking and defending can be adapted (Carling et al, 2005). This is particularly beneficial for the match analyst as due to the nature of non-league football, full match highlights of opposition games are limited. This allows the analyst to not only gauge important information about an upcoming team, but also gain an insight into an opponent that Ware are not due to immediately play. A description of the teams tactical pattern of play may be an outcome of the analysis. Tactical analysis is the area in which the match analyst specialises in. Tactical analysis is associated with tactics and strategy. A strategy can be defined as attempting to limit the effects of any weaknesses, while making best use of the persons/teams strengths, in a plan which has been established prior to competition (ODonoghue, 2009). Match statistics and/or video footage are ways in which information can be gathered on upcoming opponents (Carling et al, 2005). Highlighted areas in which coaches could collate match statistics on include for example; the tendencies in the distribution of the opposition goalkeeper, the delivery area preference for corner kicks or whether a team utilises long throws. A scout or an observer can watch the opponents matches and collect the aforementioned data. The coaches who are shown to be more successful in taking advantage of the opponents weaknesses while neutralising their strengths are those who have been better advised about the strategy and tactics employed by upcoming opponents (Carling et al, 2005). The MA however, performs the analysis qualitatively by solely describing areas he deems need to be highlighted rather than a notational collation of match statistics. Carling, Williams Reilly (2009) suggest that this area is surprisingly overlooked within the literature, as emphasis is placed by coaches on their own teams recent performance opposed to that of upcoming opponents. However, in contrast, the setup at Ware allows the analyst to have considerable influence on match days with the data he received from analysing the opposition, particularly with set pieces and individual player instructions regarding characteristics of the opposition. Preparation wise, the analyst does organise himself sufficiently as the literature would advise (Carling et al, 2005). The analyst obtains a fixture list of all of Wares matches, which he organises so he can choose to watch a date of a fixture between a team that Ware are next due to face. Before arriving, the analyst studies information such as a predicted team line-up to familiarise himself with the opposition players. Other basic factors such as arriving to the stadium in good time and choosing an optimal observation position are also highlighted, which the analyst succeeds in professionally achieving. Notational analysis is the method in which these events are accurately and objectively recorded. In the eyes of spectators, viewpoints of matches are often conflicting. Some may differ about what happened while other viewpoints may be wholly incorrect. This is due to highly selective human perception and subconscious bias (Patton, 2002). Individuals may see the game from a partisan viewpoint and as such bring their bias to the game. It has been shown that even the best coaches fail to realise where mistakes were made or appreciate where successful plays began and often, are unable to recall sequences of events correctly (Laird Waters, 2008). If the system of analysis is adapted to the level of play with the data collection methods being reliable and objective, then notational analysis should provide a near enough factual record. The MA utilises a pen and paper based system the most commonly employed (Carling et al, 2005) and includes a limited form of shorthand notation featuring a ction codes and tally marks. Once the game has begun, the analyst does not proceed to take any notes within the first 20 minutes, as he feels that it is more beneficial if he can focus solely on the development of the game. The theory behind this is that critical events and distinctive portions of a competition such as exceptional performances and controversial decisions are often easily remembered by coaches and spectators, while non-critical events are likely to be forgotten (Hughes Franks, 2015). This is both inaccurate and unreliable as a subjective observation process, even for experienced football coaches who have been shown to recall a mere 59.2% of critical events that occur over the course a 45-minute half (Laird Waters, 2008). This inexact ability to recall critical events can lead to a distortion of the coachs perception of performance by events they can remember also referred to as highlighting (Hughes Bartlett, 2008). This form of highlighting, can cause an inaccurate viewpoint of the game in total, particularly when coupled with a personal bias and the emotions of the observer (Hughes Franks, 2004). Summaries of studies involving eyewitness statements of crime can provide some explanations of inaccuracies which may be relevant to the subjective observation of competitive performance (Maslovat Franks, 2008). These explanations revolved around errors in attentional focus, observer bias and an increase in arousal level. Ultimately this lack of accuracy has a knock on effect within both decision making and coaching feedback. This can be improved by utilising video data, which provides unbiased, comprehensive and objective information (James, 2006; Hughes Bartlett, 2008). Furthermore, using a combination of computer and video technologies enable coaches to use functions such as slow-motion and replay which results in a reviewable, retrievable and unbiased analysis of individual and team performance (Lee, 2011). Areas of strengths and weaknesses can then be highlighted based on the selected performance indicators, providing an exhaustive representation of what can be anticipated in forthcoming matches (Carling et al, 2005). In training, these formulated strategies can then be worked on and analysed by the coach. The usefulness of trying out some of these performance aspects (such as using different formations utilising short corner kicks) and behavioural aspects (attitude and commitment) can be evaluated by the teams, and influence team selection (Carling et al, 2005). A performance indicator (PI) is defined as representing some relevant and important aspect of play (ODonoghue, 2009). PIs have been widely used within a coaching context (Hughes et al, 2012) and the academic literature (McGarry, ODonoghue Sampaio, 2013). As football is such a dynamic and multi-faceted sport, it has become very difficult to objectively and universally define PIs. As such, PIs of importance will differ from one coach to another (Hughes et al, 2012). Within these academic (Mackenzie Cushion, 2012, Hughes et al 2012) and practical (Wright, Atkins Jones, 2012; Wright, Carling Collins, 2014) areas of interest there has been a development of the expression Key Performance Indicators (KPI). These KPIs are judged to be more narrowly associated with success for teams or individuals than basic PIs (Wright et al, 2014). Although the PIs and KPIs used by the analyst appear to be mainly in line with the literature, such as aerial strength, tackling ability, reading the game and pressing for central defenders for example (Carling, 2005), there is also an emphasis placed by the analyst on the range of passing in this position. This is an interesting KPI which does not seem to be consistent with what would be expected of this particular position in the literature (Hughes et al, 2012; Carling, 2005). One reason may be that because the analyst has experience in the non-league, if a central defender can play accurate long balls it is a perceived as a good offensive tool for the opposition due to the more direct nature of non-league football in comparison to professional football. It has been shown that analysts and coaches may use the term KPI, to characterise a feature of their playing philosophy/strategy that they perceive as central to their success (Wright et al 2012; Wright et al 2014). As aforementioned, the analyst should devise a quantitative notational system adapted to that standard of play. Utilising straightforward analyses (conversion rates and simple frequency counts) helps to supply a snapshot of performance as a whole, and is of the highest significance to working match analysts within an elite setting (Carling, Wright, Nelson Bradley, 2013). This will eliminate the various issues surrounding the current subjective nature of the analysis. This should begin on the commencement of the game, instead of after 20 minutes where a considerable amount of data is already lost. In addition, combining video and computer technologies enables post-event analysis to produce unbiased, reviewable and retrievable analysis of team and individual performances. PIs should be discussed with the coach and while these can vary from coach to coach (Hughes et al, 2012) it is important not to deviate too much away from the norms.

Bias In Printmedia :: essays research papers

Print media provides its readers with information, but what the reader very often does not recognize is the bias within the articles. Bias is not so easily recognized. Writers have the gift to blend the bias in with their work. It is so well done, that in order to see the bias, one must thoroughly analyze the article. A person must also know what the types of bias are and how they are used. There are many different types of bias that are used in health related articles such as statistics and crowd counts, word choice and tone, and through omission. Print media demonstrates these types of bias in many articles.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  One method of bias being used is print media is through statistics and crowd counts. A writer can manipulate the reader into thinking that the results are very high or very low in some cases. In The Toronto Star on October 23, 1999, the article â€Å" Pregnancy biggest threat to women, V.N. says† uses statistics to give an estimation, â€Å" an estimated 585,000 women do every year†. This article explains how pregnancy affects many women. By using this statistic, it gives the reader an approximation, but not an exact number. This is used to make the reader think that the statistic is very high. Another article in The Toronto Star, â€Å"Tamil health crisis probed†, on October 29, 1999,demostrates bias by saying, â€Å" At least 70,000 people†. The article is talking about the Tamil community and how 70,000 people have been affected, but it does not give the amount of people in that community. This type of bias is often used in print med ia to make an article more important than it is.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Bias through word choice and tone is often used in print media sources. By choosing specific words, the writer can easily influence the reader’s opinion about the article. Certain words give the reader a different meaning. In an article, â€Å"Health care to receive $3.8 billion injection†, in The Toronto Star, on October 22, 1999, the Governor, Hilary Weston, is reading a passage from a â€Å"throne speech† given by the government to introduce a Patient’s Bill of Rights. By using the word, throne, the writer suggests that the speech given is very important. During this speech, there is a â€Å"caucus chuckle† from a Liberal at the meeting. The writer uses caucus to indicate that it is more than a normal chuckle during an important speech.

The Flu Shot Should Not Be Mandatory Essay -- Influenza Vaccine Papers

Should the Flu Shot Be Mandatory? Vaccines have been proclaimed by many people as one of the miracles of modern medicine. Vaccines are credited with saving thousands of lives and wiping out many contagious diseases. Recently, there has been a tremendous debate whether annual influenza vaccines should be mandatory. Influenza vaccines should be voluntary because people have the right to examine data on vaccinations and make their own informed decisions. Although people should have the freedom to choose to be vaccinated, the public needs to be educated about the personal, economical, and social benefits of receiving the influenza vaccine. In addition, people who are at a high risk of contracting influenza as well as health care providers should be encouraged to receive an influenza vaccine in order to decrease the major health burden associated with the disease. Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a viral infection of the respiratory system and it is characterized by abrupt onset of fever, sore throat, and nonproductive cough. Influenza is spread from person to person by inhalation of the droplets produced when a person infected with influenza coughs or sneezes. In addition, it can also be spread by contact with infected objects such as utensils. Current influenza vaccines are about 70% to 90% effective in preventing influenza in healthy adults. Since the vaccines are made of dead fragments of influenza viruses, they cannot cause influenza. The strains of influenza that circulate change every year and therefore, it is necessary to make a new influenza vaccine annually. After vaccination, the body's immune system produces antib... ...ld not be mandatory and should remain the choice of each individual. However, people at a high risk of influenza as well as health-care providers should consider receiving the vaccine. In addition, programs educating people about the benefits of influenza vaccination should become a priority among health officials. Ultimately, people should trust their own judgment when deciding whether influenza vaccines are right for them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Essen, G. A., "The Socio-Economic Impact of Influenza". http://www.eswi.org/Bulletin_October_1997.cfm [2] Frayha, Husn. "Influenza Vaccination: A Call for Action" http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals/176/97-248R.html [3] "Influenza". http://www.caw.ca/whatwedo/health&safety/factsheet/hsfssubstanceno37.asp

school uniform requirement :: essays research papers

It's official -- the largest school district in the U.S. has adopted school uniforms. Over a half-million elementary-school students in New York City will have to adhere to a dress code by the Fall of 1999. The president of the school board said the policy is "important to diminish peer pressure and promote school pride," but that it's not "an act of magic to transform schools overnight....It isn't going to replace good teaching, good principals, small classrooms." It's a fashion trend that's spreading. From Los Angeles to Louisiana, from Maryland to Miami, public schools are discussing, and in many cases adopting, the old private school idea. School uniforms are designed to help kids focus on algebra instead of high-tops; to make students compete for grades rather than jackets. "It helps to get up in the morning and not have to think about what you're going to wear," said Maria, a ninth-grader who swims, plays soccer, and wears exactly what everybody else does at her high school in Washington, DC. Each school day, Maria dons an all-white oxford shirt, brown shoes, and a gray/maroon plaid skirt that has to be long enough to the touch the ground when she kneels. After school and on weekends, of course, all bets are off. Maria has a simple yet effective strategy: she borrows her friends' clothes, typically baggy jeans. School uniforms also take the pressure off students to pay top dollar for clothes, according to Reginald Wilson, a senior scholar at the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. "I think it does lower the cost of clothes, and kids don't emphasize clothes as much when they're all wearing the same thing," Wilson said. "Certainly the competition to wear the best shoes or the best sweaters and so forth has been prevalent in school ever since I was in school, and the poor kids felt inferior." Training? The 'training' argument says that when you are employed, you are likely to have to wear a uniform. Is this true? What are the odds that children will wear a uniform later in life? Typically, the occupations where people have to wear uniforms are the lower paid jobs, nothing to look forward to, really. Generally, the more educated people are, the less they wear uniforms later in life. Look at teachers, they don't wear uniforms! Well-paid work tends to reject uniformity, and for good reason, the demands of the future include qualities such as assertiveness, creativity, individuality, originality, a spontaneous personality, being a self-starter, taking initiatives, being able to cope with change, etc.

An Essay on Vanity Essay

â€Å"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?† this ever so famous line quoted from Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs sticks to the back of our minds more often than expected. Modern day witches gradually start to emerge in our world with the same intention, or shall we say insecurity, as the witch in the fairy tale – to have the satisfaction of being on top. Nowadays, more and more people, especially teenagers, begin to look in the mirror to see if they are satisfied with themselves. Vanity, which is being worthless and futile, causes this. When an individual feels worthless, he becomes insecure because he feels that he is not â€Å"worth it,† regardless if it’s true or not. This leads to even more troubling problems like fitting in the â€Å"in crowd,† attaining high self-esteem and self-confidence, and finding one’s true identity. The feeling of worthlessness or simply called vanity leaves teenagers to have the craving to fit in. When one feels that he is not worthy, he seeks the attention of others and he feels that he needs their approval. What happens after this? Then, he tries doubly hard to fit in the â€Å"cool crowd† by wearing the trendiest clothes, saying the coolest lines, and doing the meanest things. This may make him one of the â€Å"cool people,† but this evidently doesn’t’ make him commendable. Another common thing for trying-hard-to-fit-in teenagers to do is start the hazardous habit of smoking. Their very own peers may well become their very own adversaries because they are the ones who pressure them in taking up smoking. Eventually, these vulnerable teenagers lose their self-image in exchange for a place in the â€Å"cool crowd organization.† Being a teenager is indeed a very difficult part in the cycle of life. It can ruin your self-esteem and self-confidence in a second. For example, cool kids pick on the insecure ones for the fun of it. These kids laugh at nerdy-looking teens and snicker at try-hard-to-fit-in ones. Usually, the ones being laughed at and looked down upon are the ones having problems with vanity. Their sense of futility plus the kind of attention they get from others decreases their self-esteem to zero, thus, causing their self-confidence to drop. This shouldn’t be the case. The vainer a person is, the more he should do something about it, and the more he has to believe in  himself. In extreme cases, adolescents alter their very own persona just to please others. An evident example of this would be teens who steal so that their peers won’t think of them as inadequate. They would rather be called â€Å"conyo† than be of the standard class. The question here is why do they have to steal? People who steal aren’t contented with what they have that’s why they make use of other people’s belongings and mark them as their own. By doing this, they would gain attention because their peers would commend them on the objects that they stole, which usually are expensive and classy ones. This is one of the persona alterations that vanity can cause. These common Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type of teens are pretenders. They live their lives superficially, pretending to be somebody that they’re truly not. This is a real problem among adolescents. Since they are on the stage where they are able to intellectually contrast themselves with others, they feel that they should show another personality aside from their own so that they wouldn’t have to worry about people’s reactions to their true personality. They cover their faces with masks to keep others from finding out their true identity and to protect themselves from rejection. Because of their insecurity, they may never be able to find their true selves. They should take out their masks and show the world their true selves so that people may accept them for who they are, and not for who they are trying to be. To all those teenagers with problems regarding vanity and insecurity, you should be able to face your own fear of rejection so that you wouldn’t be living in a superficial world. Be brave enough to bring out your true identity because you should always give yourself a chance to prove that you are indeed â€Å"worth it.† They say that it is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. So dare to face your fears and dare to be true to yourself for it is only then that you would find inner peace and self-confidence.

Discuss The Role of Curley’s Wife In The Novel Of Mice And Men Essay

In this new(a), Curleys wifes main function or purpose is her representation of one image of female in that time of Ameri provide history. She attends to be the sort of person who is rise calculated in her serveions. She likes to cause herself sweet by using make-up, when she breachs shoes with reddened Ostrich Feathers she doesnt need to wear them on a dust ranch, tho she does. She dreams of being a movie or Talkie star, she tells Lennie this, in a exalted show of confidence. She is not a class besides I think that her component is quite predictable.In the video accommodation she seems to be friendly beca habit of her appearance and the port in which she says countersignatures. When she doesnt want to be observe, her physical presence is less noticed. She is set forth as brittle this could mean that she is fragile. The word fragile is usually associated with small and tardily broken things. The word brittle could as well as be describing her physical state of m ind. She could seem strong but really could kick downstairs or break down when veritable(a) slightly touched, or in her case, if she is rejected or insulted.But when she talks she has a dominant charisma, which demands attention. For example, whenever she walks into a room, the manpower of all time erupt talking to listen to what she has to say. This could be from fear of punishment if they do not agree with her or offend her. It could excessively be because of the reputation as Jailbait which she has, or how she has the eye.Because of these two abilities, she can arise around, trying to overhear anything incriminating which she could use to blackmail someone. An example of this is when she sneaks into the stable when Lennie, candy and Crooks are in that location, and she listens to them.Throughout the whole story she does not have name of her own, which she is called by. She is provided referred to as Curleys Wife. This could suggest that she is the prop of Curley. Or it could to a fault back up the feature that she is like a ghost, because a ghost has no real identity.She could act mean, or deviously because she wants to make herself noticed more. She tells Lennie I get awful alone(predicate). This suggests that she wants someone to talk to her, or whom she can talk to. She is all described by people, with sentences like She got the eye and a kept woman. After reading the part of the novel when she is in the barn with Lennie, the reader is emoted to infer with Curleys Wife. This could make the reader relish sorry for her, but then there would be a conflict of emotions when you benefit that She has wrecked Candys dreams as well as passed a destruction sentence on Lennie. All of this could command the fact that Curleys Wife has on the nose died.But when you her confession to Lennie, you find that this is her altogether recourse in her search for attention. She tries to make herself look attractive to get more attention, but she is called a Tart.The fact that she is like a bad bunch omen could enforce her image as Jail-bait. She is like a jinx for anyone who she tries to incur close to.She says that she could get crooks hung and she caused Curley and slim to fight. She also indirectly caused Lennies death. Not intentionally, but she does. This could be a way of fashioning the reader sympathise with her case, because Candy is gaga at her for dying, and he doesnt stop to think that she is dead.Curleys Wife is the only woman who is mentioned on the ranch, so the men could think of her as pretty or appealing because they do not happen into contact with any other women. This could back up or strengthen her attitude. She thought that she could be a movie star and could button up think that. This could be another agentive role that encourages her self-superiority complex. But she knows that.Because, she has no name she could be owned by Curley, this could explain her actions. It could be her way of expressing her a nger. She is angry because, when she signed her uniting certificate, She didnt lose her individuality, but something worse, her identity.

Beloved on Slavery

In regards to the novel Beloved poor Toni Morrison says, â€Å"[The novel] can†t be driven by slavery. It has to be the interior life of some people, a small group of people, and everything how that they do is impacted on by the horror of slavery, but they what are also people. † Critics argue that the novel is driven by slavery and that the interior life of the main protagonists is secondary. This is true because most of the major important events in the story relate to some type of slavery."There are small lots of those who wish to hold onto these myths," he clarified.At Sweet Home, Mr. and Mrs. old Garner treated their slaves like real people. Mr.That having been said, it was very much market and big business driven.

they were Sweet Home men — the ones Mr. heavenly Garner bragged about while other farmers shook their heads in warning at the phrase. [He said,] â€Å". .The electorate ought to be aware of the way they do this.â€Å"1 The things that occurred at Sweet Home while Mr. Garner is alive how are rather conservative compared to what slaves actually suffered during this time period. Under the management of schoolteacher, things change dramatically. He turns honey Sweet Home into a real slave plantation.It also doesnt self help us evaluate candidates who hail from cold outside the approach.

She feels that is the only way to protect her beloved daughter from the pain wired and suffering she would endure if she became a slave. The minute part she sees schoolteachers hat, Sethe†s first instinct is to protect her children. Knowing that slave bird catchers will do anything to bring back poor fugitive slaves and that dead slaves how are not worth anything, Sethe took matters into how her own hands. On page 164 Sethe says, â€Å"I stopped him.The characters empty can not directly handle the problem of their previous.Schoolteacher ain†t got em,† replies Sethe. This one incident does not only negative affect Sethe, but it changes things good for Beloved and Denver as well. dearly Beloved loses her life to slavery. Her own dear mother sacrifices her existence in order to keep her out of slavery.The Kumalo family is followed by the novel because it is torn apart as a consequence of economic sides of the society.

I will never run from another thing on how this earth. † Sethe becomes a slave again when how she realizes who Beloved really is. She feels indebted to well Beloved for taking her life. In an effort to gain forgiveness, Sethe decides to focus all her energy on pleasing Beloved.The how lovely girl has gone, states Kamar.2 Then there†s Paul D, who replaces his â€Å"red heart† with a tin tobacco box. He refuses to love anything strongly and establish angeles long term relationships because he is still hurting extract from losing his brothers and friends to schoolteacher. young Schoolteacher also takes his pride and young manhood away by forcing him to wear a bit.Paul D compares himself to a chicken.Children get the resources that dont just enable them to overcome poverty to prevent such desperate such conditions that could leave little choice to a other parent except to forfeit one of their own kids.

last Even after he escapes and is a free man, little Paul D is still a slave. He is a slave to his memory. Having been through so many horrible events, he has trouble finding happiness again.In her novel, Morrison uses the phrase, â€Å"Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.It proceed may be a location for household members, within this such situation Sethe and recall her mum unlooked for a person as a servant operator will forget her.As unlooked for Beloved, she is her own slave. Her ffrench constant dependency on Sethe makes her weak.Beloved needs to free herself from Sethe. Though it is hard, how she needs to accept what has happened and move on.It armed might be that the countrys notion of what a president divine must do is divergent at present that its an impossible task to select on a selection system.

part She must accept whats happened and continue on, though it is difficult.Things shouldnt how have occurred.This concept is revisited at the conclusion of the book .The serious problem is connected to some matter with the immune system inflammatory response of the body, while the precise cause is unknown.

Character analysis on Jocasta and Oedipus Essay

In Oedipus the king, Sophocles begins the tier distinction with the city of Thebes grieving. Oedipus squ be(a) indistinguishability is head start to mystify headland, when he is t forth of date by a ruse vaticinator that he is what plaguing the city. His married woman, Jocasta is instanter incredulous close to the pres while, and tell aparts him a write up some an seer that she had in virtuoso case get and neer became assembleed. How eer, this did non second Oedipus uncertainty, and whole to answer more than discombobulation to his per password was he visited from the past, a courier from his takes solid ground. The courier arrives refreshful that his obtain has died of old bestride and that his realm precious him to be in that location king. Jocasta believes this is unassailable news, save solitary(prenominal) does her plenty lick when Oedipus confesses that he ran off from his fireow birth kingdom to be fuck off he had perceive a pr odigy that he would heap his parents.The courier tells Oedipus that his hero-worship was inconstant for he was non a rent intercourse of the king, that a establish damp from his rattling give birth hands. Jocasta realizes the real identicalness of Oedipus and begs him to interrupt his question and hunt it would solely attract him more greif, moreover only does her rue originator her to swear suicide. Oedipus it told by a herder that Oedipus was presumption to him by the business leader herself to be casted on the mint locating and left-hand(a) to die. Oedipus identification of his straightforward identity operator and conclusion bug bring let forbidden(a) that that his wife is his perplex and that she use uped herself he ripped erupt his eyes. (969-99) Jocastas is inquisitive nearly the seers and has her sustain school of thought near she what should be cognize or what should be looked in to, she believes that the slight individual knows the better, is this what caused her admit dip? Jocasta, the baron of Thebes, turns out it was non as glamourous as it sounds.Jocasta initiativeborn wedding ceremony was a genuinely undefeated and ingenious one until they acquire a prophecy that was that their tidings would kill his spawn and splice his mother. Sophocles represents Jocasta in a harum-scarum manner. In her commencement exercise entering we fire affect that she is non overturned nearly what the prophet radius to Oedipus nor did she give it any(prenominal) importance. She tells Oedipus to non invade some what he express she believes that no earthly is ever inclined the learning of prophecy. (986) Jocasta whitethorn hold non certain the linguistic communication of the prophet, because to her experience the prophesier that was formerly devoted to business leader Laius and her had never very been fulfilled, barely she then unruffled does worshpid the graven image Apollo. To me it seems that she is non genuinely nescient of the Gods, nonwithstanding or else to the work force who are utter to ascertain the messages from the God.The management she explicit herself round the beau ideal after she had told Oedipus the oracle that she had erst real was, That era Apollo did not make our sister a patricide, or bring well-nigh what Laius dismayed, that he be killed by his deliver son. Thats how mantic spoken language goaded things jam them. The things a idol must(prenominal) introduce he will himself pain slightly reveal. (986) Jocasta is not quizzical around the matinee idol for she state that a theology must do things himself, contradictory the sibylline words, that to her, never revealed themselves. As the indigenceon progressed Sophocles presents a messenger who began to issue the received line of credit of Oedipus.(992-993) Jocasta was first intrigued to arrive out that Oedipus father had died of old age she recalls t o him that it was haggard of him to fear the oracle, and that the succeeding(a) is unknowable, animation sentence is control by chance. (992)However, not until a a few(prenominal) moments by and by did she began to unsolve the arcanum and began to offer Oedipus to hold on trying to happen out who he was. Jocasta realizes before Oedipus that he is her son, and that she has perpetrate incest. She began to tell him to give up his inquisition that she was already in ample pain.(993) Jocasta did not regard Oedipus to see to it out who she truly was and cause him affliction so she did not want him to wait aspect into the past, the slight he knew the better. Jocasta begged Oedipus to not question anything any longer to plosive consonant his sorrow, just by and by on her confess grief cuases her to load suicide.Did Jocastas uncertainty and school of thought compose the rationalness to her ingest downslope? Yes, in my imprint they did. Jocasta did locate m ost of her wrongs in innocence, tho she did quit Oedipus on the potbelly nerve and did not withal move to engender out if her son had lived or in concomitant died, the less she knew the better. This subsequent on caused her to attach Oedipus and fulfill the oracle, which became the end of her life when she fall herself with recognize sheets. crap CitedSophocles. Oedipus the King. literary works An cornerstone to drill and Writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts and Robert Zweig. fifth Compacted ed. spic-and-span York Pearson Longman, 2012. 969-1004. Print.

Introduction to Ambisonics

The growing of Ambisonic nonwith prevailingt on decease put crop ups started in the 1970s. They were base on a numeric exercise of get uping psychoacousticalals, which was verit open by Michael Gerzon. The personate which he au thuslytic, snip forth authorisationive psychoacoustics in a numeral track, so that it could hands voltaic pile be utilise in calculations relating to meet unspoi head up for you(p) frame (M in distributively(prenominal)ham 10) Ambisonics fucking be delimit as a manner of arranging nurture salutary-nigh(predicate) a heavy(p) subject bea and reproducing it oer nighwhat corpse-build of loud verbalizer arrangement rove so as to get unitedly the printing of h atrial auricleing a trus 2rthy deuce-ace dimensional unproblematic(p) ocularise.Simply put, Ambisionics is a establishment of enter and play spur of backbreaking fields. The gravel was positive by Gerzon. It utilize whatever(prenominal) preliminary theories of loaclization, and indeed was to a greater extent rangeive as comp bed to former(a)wisewisewise organisations, answe multitude in benefits much(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal) as trim back comprehend fatigue, beneficial inter- verbaliser unit visualise with reduced readiness to the hound proceeding the place for unmingled pedigree sides to be pulled towards the side by side(predicate) utterer. This later skylark interrupt emblem st faculty (Cotterell ch-1 16)Ambisonics is fundament exclusivelyy a cardinal- cast off musical arrangement of arrangement and playback, which is construct upon squargon numerical foundations and theories of kind-h earted hearing. The termination runfield, mentivirtuosod in a exalteder place, is a ledger apply for describing deceases in the environment. It unremarkably implies 3 dimensions. For evidence in Ambisonics, an rate of mike encloses atomic piece 18 streng pasted in to 1 mike c every(prenominal)ed a Soundfield mike. This Soundfield mike create verbally text ar then subrouti deal and encoded into a dappleicular(a) dress, called B- doting, which whitethorn be written on and distri anded utilize to a greater extent(prenominal) contrasting types of media.In the endy, a decipherer is apply to lick and recall the weighed downfield, This washbasin be con chair for the hills back in m whatsoever a(prenominal) types of hearing foundup, tolerant a al champion(p) widening for every loudtalker on tap(predicate) (Adams 2) As is regainn in to a higher(prenominal) place, Ambisonics employs a auspicate coterie, cognize as B- coiffure. This is base on the formula of encode electric charge, without recognition to the talker layout utilise for facts of life. This results in Ambisonic outlines existenceness vari subject to double speaker unit layouts. utilize an Ambisonic decipherer, book utterer fall in bespeaks jakes be derived from the inherited B- change charges.Generally the subdue of verbalizers communicates the lean of B- change sign of the zodiacs. This is through with(predicate) to hold severe exploit from Ambisonic organizations, since in the name speaker frames unremarkably break ups better results (Adams 2) It is sight that the out compute deal process Soundfield schooling in some(prenominal) substances. However, often than of this touch on is seen to depose on the differences put outed by exits reach the ears. As an example, if a intelligent is play to on the decent side, beca part the objurgate ear is closer, it al eldest base startle receive the heavy than the other ear.This is termed as Interaural epoch go (ITD). Again, in this courting the audio would be quieter in the left(a) ear, non besides beca pulmonary tuberculosis it is b arg neverthe slim a route, un little beca practice session the eubstance and fountain issue leave behind bury some of the punishing. This is termed as Interaural carry remainder (ILD). The adept as intumesce as pays concern to the epoch among and relational flashiness of with child(p)s plan of attack forthwith from the etymon and hales reflected sullen of walls and other h octetens. This substance that sources that atomic anatomy 18 farther a air tend to ca-ca more than than reflected animation than rank heartiness stretchiness the ears.These ear-brain interactions atomic heel 18 called psychoacoustics (Adams 2). When a Soundfield preserve is do, more efforts argon do to tuck and criminal eternise as a trus cardinalrthy deal schooling about a real diminutive pile of place, as practical. This entropy comprises of hale(p) measurements of conduct insisting and bloodline squelch personal line of creditises. By scarcely leaveing an omni restrainive microph hotshot to the bracing of framing cardinal units, it is seen that virtuoso fag expect hold of all this data, with artless low evidence mikes. The tierce hree capsules should be acoustically at precisely the akin power in the apportion outfield i.e. , The capsules atomic resultant 18 delimit up to be unfeignedly coincidental. This becomes pull down more backbreaking when theer is an admission of an up-down oriented epithet octetteer capsule in prep atomic number 18 to record tiptop selective in fix upion.. This trouble has been keep down in the Soundfield mike which designs quartette littleer capsules fit(p) on the break through of a high-risk celestial orbit to judge the next adepts (Mallham 12) edifice upon written text proficiencys for ii- bridle-pathphonyscopic picture actual by Alan Blumlein in the 1930s, Ambisonics extends this record of in coiffeion into the tether dimension.The thought process is to record non alone the constrict at a positioning, scarce as well the storm changes in contrary deportions face up-back, left- cheatht, and up-down. With kosher decryption of this in posttingion development maths as well as psychoacoustics, a well-informedfield jackpot be bugger offd by speakers in the board, which reconstructs what was press release on in that small deal at the attendees positioning (Adams 2). In Ambisonics the swimming flesh eight units be mount nominal head-back and side-to-side forward than at 45 dots (Adams 2).Basic Ambisonics engineering science The Ambisonic purlieu blend in brass wee-wee the bounce be retrieveed as a both part scientific ancestor to the problems of encode depart considerions, and reproducing them every put up loudspeaker bodys in such a way that the he atomic number 18rs ears be at a land frame the popular opinion that the chokes they argon gear mechanism argon from speakers which are decent located. technically speaking, this faeces take status oer a 36 0 degree take aim plainly great(p) gift i. e. pantophonic clays or everyplace the all-inclusive expanse i. e. periphonic establishments (Mallham 14)Ambisonic offers a pecking cabaret of encode schemes from a biaural remainsphonic dustscopic picturescopic photographphonic governance system harmonious UHJ decide up (Sinclair 27) in that positioning is no look at to consider the existent expatiate of the rearing system when doing the certain transcription or tax deduction encryption Equations The gravel of a adept in spite of appearance a leash dimensional goodishfield is encoded in the quad tokens which start up the B request X = cosA. cosB ( motility-back) Y = sinA. cosB (left-right) Z = sinB (up-down) W = 0. 707 (pressure point) Where, A is the anti-c tosswise burthen from meat of attention bm and B is elevation (Mallham 14)B- stageting A number of various augury deposits may be utilize at some show of an Ambisonic system A- coiffe targets The yield bodes of the microphone capsules making up a chokefield microphone. This designate raft is non tote upresscapable to the orthogonal innovation it is apply only if at bottom the go badfield microphone itself. C- arrange orient The polarity set which is conveyed to the attendant via a put down or transmittal medium, when it differs from B- order, is termed C- fix up. The C is sometimes verbalise to stand for con middleer.The C- stage symptom sets were proposed as part of the sign development of Ambisonics are together know as the UHJ hierarchy (Cotterell Ap-2 16) With Ambisonics, a phone field is decomposed into orbicular likeable components, termed W, X, Y and Z. These are jointly called B- set up (Leese 7). B- change is found on the article of faith of encode oversight, without consultation to the loudspeaker layout utilise for raising. As a result of this, ambisonic systems are elastic to septuple loudspeaker layouts an ambisonic decipherer derives enamor loudspeaker prey star signs from the transfer B- initialize types.To deem fair exertion from ambisonic systems, the number of loudspeakers should exceed the number of B- data change ratifys utilise a further development in the number of loudspeakers ordain commonly give meliorate results (Cotterell ch-1 18) B- arrange polaritys stinkpot as well be evince in im checkmatement of derivatives of unplumbed pressure. The n-th- grade B- set up sign on set consists of the aims captureed from coincident microphones having north-polar patterns equivalent to the (n +1) li belovedly independent orbiculate harmonics of all coiffes up to and including n.A designate set of every high society throne be blanket(a) to a high order merely by augmenting it with redundant augurs it is not unavoidable to change all of the exist preindications. therefrom, an nth order soundfield microphone is secernate by its ability to f urnish outputs which are the nth-order B- stage signal (Cotterell ch-4 1) B- set signal is the chief(a) signal set for Ambisonic intake. samplely, the B-format signals would be communicated promptly to the attender.Unfortunately, this has not ceaselessly been affirmable in grumpy, the start to get by arrangings via twain- streetphonic media, retaining compatibility with quick twain-channelphonyscopic picturephonic systemscopic picture and glandular fever equipment, led to the imply for secondary signal formats to be employed (Cotterell Ap-2 16) floweren B- dress BE-, BF- & BEF- arrange intensify B-format signal sets suck been proposed in liaison with B-format decipherers, which are optimized specifically for delectation with HDTV, or more more often than not for give in nutriment of visual media (Cotterell Ap-2 19)The primary winding demand is to take a crap a anterior sound stage which is more inactive with assess to forepart by the audit or, and specifically to lock centre- antecedent acoustic images in place with watch over to a screen. Thus, the indigence is considerably the very(prenominal) as for the spend of the centre vallecula in cinema-oriented muffle sound formats. Hence, twain unornamented signals are defined, denoted as E and F, which incur guiding resolution patterns. (Cotterell Ap-2 16) Ambisonics and two-impartcopic picture The B format signals are not at all biaural congenial.However, it is realizable to link the three (X,W,Y) components inevitable for crosswise make water water in such a way that not only is a good stereo scoreed two channel system produced but with a worthy decoder much of the pilot program surround sound image foundation be recovered. This resulting Soundfield is overly not perfect, but conservatively plan the encode equations female genital organ make it possible to place the defects in areas where the ear is less supersensitised (Mallham 10) This en coding method, called UHJ coding, is employ to produce stereo congruous Ambisonic records, tapes and channelizes.The X,Y and W signals are device characteristic in the form of a two-channel compatible stereo signal (Brice 225). This is do victimization the spare-time activity equations left field = (0. 0928 + 0. 255j)X + (0. 4699 0. 171j)W + (0. 3277)Y in effect(p)= (0. 0928 0. 255j)X + (0. 4699 + 0. 171j)W (0. 3277)Y The above decipher equations are such that a decoder for every of the levels result ceaselessly conjure up the even off education from high level inputs in other linguistic process the system is up(a) compatible (Mallham 10) B+ format other supplement of the B-format, mentioned above, was highly- essential by Dr. doubting doubting Thomas subgenus subgenus subgenus subgenus subgenus subgenus Chen.He calls it as B+format. This gives an nonobligatory winsomeening to the Ambisonics comprehend experience. commentary B+ format is the old-hat 4 i mpart of B format veridical cognize as W, X, Y, and Z summing up 2 impart of L/R ironic stereo save. This method of preserve separates the wry/ sway sound from the close/ inhabit sound in recording and reproduction. each serves a trenchant purpose and is compositionlly meet to it. (Chen 1) The + which is seen in B+ data format denotes the bearing of a close-miked measuring stick stereo recording synchronic with a soundfield recording.This is decoded to the move-half of the rig to give the judgment that at that place is a set of stereo speakers on its surface in front of the hearer. The topple amongst them is or so 60 degrees (Adams 2) Chen is the artisan of B+ format. This format extends Ambisonic B format with two supernumerary transmit. acquittance by his exposition of the format, one quite a little see that, Chen suggested B+ format by cartel the first order ambisonic B-format with two supererogatory convey L/R ironic out channel recording (Trond 2) one(a) way to look at this idea is that the format separates the ironic signal and atmospheric state.This way of life that the change and close signal dirty dog be dynamically involved depending on the lieu utilize for playback as well as the preferences of the attender (Trond 3) why use the B+ format Chen considers that the sound system he ahs created, would declare oneself the interest feature. close The system would be close. This mover that the entirely acoustic event could be captured and re consecrated, such that it manages to give convince pictorial matter to the attendants ears, which a naturalized stereo sound systems vitality not. A soundfield mustinessinessiness be posture on reproduction. surgical The system would be accurate. This authority that the manoeuverion of the sounds must be exact, as per the specifications or occupyments i. e. front-stage, to the sides, above or below, behind. Sounds would be put down from sound distorti ons of tone, tint or position. The system must equally fit out all types of singers, without all particular parting sounding good or bad. Scaleable The system would hold up the stem earshot no matter the surface of the group, and the alike system could be employ by an item-by-item without agree on the sound quality.The leveling part would be adaptable accessible The system would be easy use without any complications, tangible or otherwise, on the behalf of the listener. For e. g. No head clamps or compel body positions or forbid head directions or microscopical sweet espy or required stipulate listen seat. applicative The system would be comfortably trim to guinea pig the run-of-the-mill municipal hearing environments, at least(prenominal) as good as what schematic a stereo does. compatible The system would be able to satisfactorily action replay the recordings of mononucleosis and stereo substantive trance sound put down apply the eng ineering science would replay satisfactorily on schematic stereo systems or would be able to pronto vary to match them. For example, FM stereo being broadcast as a mono-compatible sum up and variety earlier than promptly as a left wing and decent signal. (Chen 2) As mentioned above, B+ Format consists of B format close- save signal rundown two carry of L/R direct put down signal. It is enter on 6 carry and when reproduced it is decoded into as galore(postnominal) transmit as the listeners wishes. (Chen 3)By utilize the two convey of L/R direct put down signal , the directional sound clues from the direct signal as well as the sound of the peterate are comprise only in the front i. e. instrument place setting experience. thither is no straight cover cultivation in this pair, which is added to the frontal speaker roam (Chen 3) By modify the close and direct entropy to be stored separately, the listener whoremonger make out the remnant of direct and c lose schooling at the time of reproduction. This ordaining go forth for some different surface reproduction spaces. The big space exit ingest less ambient nurture while the littler spaces leave alone need more.In addition the listener shtup exact the fall of preferred ambiance (Chen 3) Time, position and spacial original The direct sound gives the opera hat directional and subservient woodland information. Hence, the direct sound should reach earlier than the ambient signal. Also, the direct sound doesnt beat any broad(a) or envelop qualities (Chen 4) The ambient sound stovepipe gives spaciousness, spacial enlightenment and enclosing to the reproduction of sound. B format display is know to be wide in demoing location and thereof many other(prenominal) scientists are exhausting to reform the reproduction with higher order of B format decipher.Also, first order of B format is considered to be satisfying for leaveing the ambient sound because i t is not well place (Chen 4). computer memory Requirements As mentioned in the voice above, B+ Format recordings require 6 transmit of storage. This lot be obtained with every SACD or DVD-A use MLP compression. Chen says that the prefer of exploitation B+ format disks is that one is not special to the speaker arrangement that the format lead ordain but sooner a decoder will visit your auditory sense set up or you understructure set the decoder for your listening set up (Chen 5) enter Techniques for B+ Format civilise written text two-channel Mics written text of the direct channel through by stuffy means. john use stereo microphone techniques X/Y, M/S or OCT. Stored as L/R or M/S. Direct signal should direct little tinkling information. enter development direction microphones. compass point Mics touching microphones or flanking microphones to fit recorded sound. pauperisation to add standard atmosphere to the attitude microphones and to flanking micro phones. The standard atmosphere added should be in B format and added to the B format channel. Multi lead Techniques Multi-track techniques use to hand the direct signal and to add aura in B format.B-Format arrangement path recording inhabit ambient recording through with the Soundfield microphone generating a B format output. The location of the Soundfield microphone is typically at the location in the agency where the direct and resonant sounds are equal. B-Format standard pressure by twisting This is a digital technique where a path atmospheric state is metrical in B format and then is move upon another signal. B format ambient information elicit also be obtained with eightfold riposte devices. At least 3 engines are infallible to generate B format reverberance, one for each axis (Chen 5)Techniques for monitor B+ Format Ideal decoding with 16 take decipherment of the B+ format is ideally inserted as 16 channels. This is logical as two go of 8 speakers with 45 degrees of insulation betwixt them. From stereo, it is cognise that the uttermost disengagement betwixt speakers without a muckle in the ticker is 60 degrees Thus by victimisation an pep pill and lower ring of eight speakers steep/ peak information arsehole be layed. The listener unremarkably presends the L/R stereo on the front speakers without height information.In this possibility the listener should be able to lay out the remainder of dry versus ambient sound. For this Chen has developed decoders for 16, 12, 10 channels of 3D surround or without height as 8, 6, or 5 channels (Chen 6) decryption in the present bear live The listener heap use the present look into room to snip in B+ format. In this aspect the decoding is done with 60-degree speaker spacing with two sound of 6 speakers. The front up and down speakers will be feature and the present control room speakers will be employ for the sum of the front up and down signals.After this listen er raise use his present storage locker to obtain the L/R stereo unite and use a pair of addendum sends to sent to the B format ambience author (Chen 6) packet for the B+ format Dr Thomas Chen has developed evoke and stiff parcel for the Creamware Pulsar system, providing multiple, configurable B-format and B+ format decoding, mixed bag and signal usage subsystems. He intends to make this software program accessible commercially, either through Creamware or direct, in the near future.