...In “Let Them Die” Kenan Malik argue that dying language should not be prevent. Many language died and will die when their last speaker die. Some people are trying to preserve dying language. In author’s view, it is not possible to preserve dying language and dying language are not language at all. He list several examples to demonstrate his point. In my opinion, we should let them die. We should try to protect them first. If they can not stop dying, that do not have to regret. According to the essay, author divided it to four part, first part is the Introduction of the topic: Language Extinction. Secondly, he explain some promote the campaign to preserve linguistic diversity. Then author’s counter arguments. Finally, author make the conclusion: we should let those language die in peace. The essay has a catchy title. Make the reader interested in this essay. Also the essay has a clear text structure. In paragraph two to four, author list the consequences of language death. Language death results in the loss of unique biological and ecological knowledge; reduces knowledge about human language and mind; death of unique cultures. Author describes those in order to laying the groundwork for his following paragraph. In fifth and sixth paragraph we could clearly know some languages lose their function of communication. After that, in seventh to tenth paragraph, the preservers based their argument on the romantic notion of human differences and cultural differences, but the...
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...In recognising the value of individual languages we acknowledge the dignity and worth of our fellow human beings. – Desmond Tutu (Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights Follow-up Committee. April, 1998) It all began with the steam engine. The industrial revolution, which kicked off in late 18th Century set off a series of rapid improvements in technology, which provided us with mass transit and mass communications. Many places that were once exotic realms barely set upon, became multi million dollar wellness centres for exhausted western tourists, complete with western television, McDonalds outlets and internet cafes. Professor Austin’s quote rightly alludes to the fact that the developments of modern technology over the past century have been a major factor in permanently concentrating the world closer together, a place where cultures bleed into one another. And it is having a dramatic effect on the number of languages. If means are not devised to stop it, half of the worlds 7000 odd languages that are spoken today will disappear within the next couple of generations. (SBS, 2013). This will also correspond to the loss of half of the world’s cultural wealth and ancestral knowledge. I will discuss the reasons why language diversity is important, and the challenges that are presented to it by contemporary society. Language is the most important tool we as humans have at our disposal. It is the means by which we learn, and the means by which we teach. It provides us...
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...Revitalization of Islamic Trust Institutions through Corporate Waqf Dahlia Binti Ibrahim Email: dhuz510123@gmail.com 1. Introduction The western countries have prided themselves on their ability to create wealth and modernization through the capitalist system. But since the break out of the economic crises in 2008, most of the western leaders started to turn to Islamic way in developing the economy. To avoid more unexpected problems arising from the capitalist system, it is imperative for everyone to come up with new ideas to recapture the once glorious world economy. Man (2011) stated that one of the methods now being aggressively debated is benevolence system through charity. Charity is not new to many people. It is the act of virtue in Islam as mentioned in Quran. Charity plays a major role in improving spiritual, social economy and justice (Man, 2011; Mawdudi, 1948). The core importance of charity is to portray kindness and good act. In fact, all Muslims are expected to help each other in whatever circumstances. The act of charity includes not only giving away energy and knowledge but also in sharing their wealth with the unfortunate ones. This giving culture is not to gain recognition from the society, it is more to get blessing from Allah s.w.t. Allah mentioned that He is the creator of all things and as such all things belong to him; as He is the most knowledgeable (Sura: Al-Baqarah, Verse: 29). There are many instruments in assisting the Muslims to perform...
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...Is new leadership going to revitalize an organization, thus bringing success to it? Leadership to an organization is rudder to a ship, without too much emphasizing on the importance of leadership, I agree that those in power need to step down for better leadership when necessary. If leaders are making big mistakes, they need to step down anytime necessary. But if current leaders are leading their organizations to make significant progress, they need to stay in power for the sake of their organizations’ continuous progress. New leaders can bring new ideas, innovation and other important resources to their organizations, which are important for the success of organizations. By the 1980s, Haier Group had debt of over CNY ¥1.4 million and suffered from dilapidated infrastructure, poor management, and lack of quality control. The company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Zhangruimin, the saver of Haier Group, introduced the sense of quality to its members by smashing 76 faulty refrigerators in front of everybody. The company started turning around in late 1980s with Zhangruimin’s disciplined management. As an avid reader of western and Japanese business, he brought Haier into international competition after cooperating with Germany Liebherr Group. This has been one of the most told stories where a new innovative leader saves an almost bankrupted company. Under some extreme circumstances, those in power might need to step down before the end of their due time. Chairman...
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...Issue 1 As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. ANSWER With the development of science and technology made through out the human history, especially the past one hundred years or so, people these days are spending more time relying on technology to solve various types of problems. Does the ability of humans to think for themselves really deteriorate as they rely more and more on technology? Admittedly, the improvement of technology and its concomitant contribution to a more convenient daily life does to certain extent obviate the necessity of many traditional tasks, subtly affecting the humans’ ability of thinking. Nevertheless, as a whole effect in general, technology progress improves working efficiency and labor safety, and frees humans from low-level repeated physical work to high-level decision-making intellectual work. In addition, technology proposes brand-new problems as well which challenges the humans’ thinking ability to an even unexpected extent. It is true that in many situations, the requirement for thinking seems less demanding than before due to...
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...after five years. Reason: The surest path to success for any enterprise is revitalization through new leadership. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based. With the emphasis on the importance of revitalization to an enterprise in any field, the statement claim that changing leadership every five years will help an enterprise to achieve success. Well, revitalization is indeed essential to a successful enterprise; but the success of an enterprise is determined not only by revitalization, perseverance and consistency are also important. Besides, to make revitalization, new leadership sometimes is not a good resort; willingness to accept new ideas is the key. From these perspectives, simply changing leadership every five years is not a good way to ensure success of an enterprise. To any field, revitalization is crucial to an enterprise’s continuous booming. Through revitalization, we break former restrains on our mind and try different approaches to reach our goals. Good ideas and significant discoveries are always reaped in these new attempts. Before Columbus’ time, the only sea route from Europe to Asia was the one that bypass Africa. But Columbus dared to try a totally different way. As a result, he inadvertently discovered a new continent full of promising opportunities. We see here that revitalization is a powerful drive to new successes. But it is only one factor among others...
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...Project Name Playground Revitalization Project Number 201400001 Project Manager Greg Finnegan, Department of Parks and Recreation, Director Prioritization High Owner(s) City of America, Community “A” Start Date: June 1, 2014 Scheduled Completion Date: July 25, 2014 Mission/ Purpose What is your project going to accomplish? How does this project relate to overall goals and objectives of the company? It is part of a program or larger project? Significant damage was caused to the local community playground and the wood/metal play structures due to the winter weather this season. Under the direction of the City of America city revitalization initiative, the Playground Revitalization project will serve to repair the playground Community “A” facility to working order. SOW What will this project create? What is the product of the project? At a high level, how do you plan on doing the work of the project? What are the high-level deliverables for this project? The Playground Revitalization project in Community “A” will serve to completely replace and repurpose the community playground for up to date usages. This will include purposing construction members from the Department of Parks and Recreation, contractors, and community volunteers to clear, prepare, and install and new infrastructure. This project will deliver an up-to-date park based on expected usage from the age group and home owners in the community. Objectives What objectives, if any, of the company...
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...and evaluation of activities, as well as sourcing of funds and other resources. Involving the local community in forestry extension has the following benefits: i) Community participation stimulates the interests of the community members. The active participation by the community memebers make them feel part of the ii) Community involvement should be used to generate not only ideas for revitalization projects and their implementation, but also ideas to further improve existing project features. Revitalization can be facilitated and enhanced by finding out what the community needs, what will benefit the community, what has been tried in the past, and what could be done to improve past ideas. Community members, when given an opportunity to be informed and involved in the revitalization process, are or can be a critical factor to a project’s success. iii) Community members may have special issues or concerns that, if incorporated into a project at the outset, may help to reduce the likelihood of challenges to risk assessment results, and potential remediation or revitalization plans. iv) Improves information flow. This applies when information is passed by the extension officers to the community members, those who cannot get the information directly from the extension officers are reached by their counterparts who have the information. This easens the work of the extension officers in terms of reaching the entire community with the information v) Improves...
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...1. |What is Revitalization Movement? What are the stages of Revitalization Movement? It’s a deliberate, organized, effort by members of society to construct a more satisfying culture. The Revitalization Movement stages include homeostasis or steady state, increased individual stress, deviant, the system or the establishment and cultural distortion. | | |2. |Give three examples of Revitalization Movements (other than ISKCON). Iroquois Religion of Handsome Lake, the Ghost Dance Religion of Sioux and the Cargo Cults | | |of Oceania are other examples of Revitalization Movements besides ISKCON. | |3. |What is the importance of a “charismatic prophet” for a Revitalization Movement? Charismatic prophet himself has undergone a personal transformation, and is | | |convinced that a similar transformation will provide “salvation” for others. He actively pursues the transformation of others as a primary goal believing he is | | |divinely empowered to effect radical changes. | |4. |Is ISKCON a religion? Explain. Yes it is because ISKCON’s have cultural knowledge about supernatural, which is defined as religion. ISKCON worships Krishna. | | |Krishna is god. ...
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...Even the most popular brands face the danger of getting lost unless they reflect the changing customer preferences. Managing brand over period of time is a big challenge for the marketers today. Brand Proliferation is the order of the day. Rigid brands can become irrelevant in the face of changing priorities and changes in competitive market. Marketing Environment is continuously changing. Change in consumer behavior, Competitive strategies, technological changes and other aspects of marketing environment is making work of brand managers challenging. In this article, the author has tried to discuss tactics for brand reinforcement and revitalization to manage brand for the long run. Keywords: Brand, Reinforcement, Revitalization, Extension, Repositioning, Awareness. Managing Brand for the long run: Brand Reinforcement and Revitalization A strong brand is a powerful driver of sales, profit and shareholder value. That’s why market value of fortune companies is more in intangible assets. Even the most popular brands face the danger of getting lost unless they reflect the changing customer preferences. Managing a brand over period of time is a big challenge for the marketers today. Brand Proliferation is the order of the day. Rigid brands can become irrelevant in face the of changing priorities and changes in competitive market. Marketing Environment is continuously changing. Change in consumer behavior, Competitive strategies, technological changes and other aspects of...
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...for what these programs do is to clear downtown land of low-income housing and small buildings so that central business districts and such major institutions as universities and hospitals can be expanded and enhanced. Urban renewal has had a massive impact on the urban landscape and continues to the present day; urban renewal evolved into a policy based less on destruction and more on renovation and investment, and today is an integral part of many local governments, often combined with small and large business incentives. East Garfield area in Glendale, which is the third largest city and is located ten miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, is the region that is undergoing the revitalization. Glendale has a population of approximately 200,000 people in an area of 30.6 square mile (http://www.glendale.co.us). The City's population reflects an ethnic diversity common throughout Southern California with high concentrations of Armenian, Hispanic, and Korean residents. The local economy is dominated by retail and service industries with emphasis in the entertainment field. Several major freeways and its proximity to downtown Los Angeles, Burbank...
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...CONTEXT: 2007 III. PROBLEM STATEMENT In 2006, Wendy’s net income dropped by 58% and closed 199 restaurants during the year. High competition remains with other fast-food restaurants (McDonalds, Burger King and Yum Brands) Wendy’s is facing the prospect of being sold to Triarc owned by its largest institutional shareholder, Peltz. Under the pressure also of Pelz, Wendy’s sold Tim Horton’s even though it was a profitable company in the coffee and doughnuts business and Wendy’s has a plan to expand by penetrating breakfast food market. With the decreased sales and number of stores, and the influence of Pelz, the CEO is faced with the options to succumb to the demands of Pelz to sell the company or continue with the comprehensive Revitalization Plan. IV. STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES To be able to increase market share and increase income by 30% within 5 years by growing franchise ownership and controlling operating costs with heightened commitment to quality products and services and expanded meal and food offerings. V. AREAS OF CONSIDERATIONS Strengths Global brand 1st to offer 99 cent value menu Number 1 in consumer taste tests and brand awareness Healthier food selections 122 new restaurant in North America Expert Management Atmosphere Better compensation package for employees Reduced labor costs Speed of service Weaknesses The fingertip in chili incident dropped the sales in 2005 Failed marketing strategy dropped sales in 2005 Last food...
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...THE VATIETIES OF REFORM Overview Since the mid-1990s,the Japanese government has embarked on a series of reforms targeted at the microinstitutions of the economic system.These reforms represent a comprehensive program with the potential to transform Japan into a liberal market economy.However,the effect of these reforms were not very obvious.We find that the reforms have been designed more to preserve the essence of the Japanese model than to destroy it. Labor reform Background Japan’s lifelong employment system are blamed for the result of high labor costs,decreasing competitiveness,and raising unemployment.The government has given employers more freedom with working hours,compensation,and contracts,but it has not made it any easier for employers to dismiss workers. To keep the flexibility of employment,there are several notable reforms. ●In 1997,the government remove some special protections for female workers such as governing overtime and nighttime work. ●In 1998,it revised the Labor Standards Law to give employers more flexibility with work-hour. ●In July 1999,the government revised the laws to allow employers greater freedom in hiring dispatch workers. ●In June 2003,the government extending the maximum contract period and allowing local governments to provide job placement services for free. To keep the stability to supporting the long-term system. ●Court decided to rule that employers could not dismiss workers without cause unless they met fairly stringent...
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...New Horizon 020 (NH020) is a broad based non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to contribute, facilitate, cultivate, and promote solutions for the betterment of the people, businesses, and communities within the City of Bessemer. The organization is dedicated to engaging the business community, civic leaders, elected officials and citizens in a public private partnership to create a more vibrant, livable, healthy and sustainable Bessemer. THE PURPOSE NH020 proposes to work with appropriate entities of the City of Bessemer to update the city’s long-range plans for growth and revitalization and to implementation. Serving as the city’s resource for revitalization and redevelopment initiatives, NH020 will: • Help gain wide-spread support for revitalization efforts from both the public and private sectors; • Facilitate outreach programs to the citizens to gather their ideas about the city they want to live in; • Bring business, industry and government leaders together to identify opportunities for market growth; • Identify opportunities that can stimulate new investments in downtown properties; • Identify strategies for re-energizing neighborhood business districts; • Find new economic uses for traditional main street buildings; • Help develop new financial incentives and capital for building rehabilitation and business development and to maximize existing financial resources; • Help with the growth and development of existing businesses in the...
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...North Frisian as an Endangered Language Despite the North Frisian language being classified as an endangered minority language confined to a small region in Northern Germany and having fewer speakers annually, as newer generations are born and learn more established Germanic dialects, there is a strong movement dedicated to preserving the language from the German government as well as international organizations through the implementation of academic programs, transcription of manuscripts, dictionaries, and literature, and extensive assistance from existing native speakers, which intends to maintain an active interest in and use of the language. A language becomes endangered when its speakers no longer pass it onto the next generation. If there are no more native speakers, the language then becomes known as a “dead language.” A language only becomes extinct when there are no existing speakers of it. Although there are no established guidelines on how to identify whether or not a language is endangered, there are several indicators that are examined to determine if one is endangered: the number of living speakers, the mean age of native and fluent speakers, and the percentage of the youngest generation acquiring fluency with the language in question. These three criteria each influence how a language is evaluated, and one indicator does not always necessitate the other two. Endangered languages are not always languages with few speakers. Even though small communities are...
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