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Abstract Raising children is a challenge that many adults find difficult to overcome. Inherently, children find out how to be adults from their elders. It is hence imperative for parents to be ready and enthusiastic in order to edify their young ones. There is a variety of things that adults should do to be considered good parents. When defining parents, many characteristics tend to emerge. All these characteristics are overruled by the quality of being a good parent. In fact, a good parent is a role model in shaping children to be good parents. Introduction According to studies, it takes great effort and commitment to become a good parent. Some of the traits of a good parent include being a good listener, readiness to guide, self-discipline, setting time aside to spend with the children, and meeting the physical needs of children (Starkey, 2004). From study literature, it is apparent that there are diverse philosophies regarding good parenting. In my opinion, the above-listed qualities are among the fundamentals that adults should meet to be considered good parents. Main Body According to Dolev and Zeedyk (2006), children require attention from their parents when they are expressing themselves. As a result, good parents ought to have the trait of a good listener. In some instances, adults are swift to criticize the actions, expressions and words of young ones. When this happens, they fail to hear the cry for affection, attention, or even assistance. Good parents listen to all these aspects including their feelings and responses to what is happening. It is also important for parents to allow children express their opinion and collect them when necessary. They should let children know that they are listening to what they are saying. The trait will consequently be passed to the children as they mature (Dolev & Zeedyk, 2006). Conversely, parents should be ready to guide young ones by doing the right things that children will emulate prior to correcting them on what they should or should not do. When children do the wrong thing, parents should not rush to punish them. Instead, they should endeavor to guide them by telling them about the repercussions of their conducts. That is, parents should set a good example of discipline that is required in life. Good parents display good behaviors to the young ones. The quality helps them to come out as accepting responsibility, showing a caring attitude, working hard and possessing patience (Dolev, & Zeedyk, 2006). On the other hand, parents ought to set time aside to interact with their children. During these ‘quality times’, children learn how to interact with others. The approach helps in meeting the emotional needs of children especially during their early development stages. In addition, good parents strive to ensure that the needs of children are met. These include the provision of food, shelter, clothing, and education. Conclusion Good parents have a central role to play in ensuring the raising of good and responsi
Introduction The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an unprecedented global health issue confronting the world today. From Asia, where it was first reported, the virus has spread to almost all corners of the world, causing death, human suffering, and devastating socioeconomic crises universally. The pandemic has affected the health of people and nations, exposing weaknesses in healthcare systems and responses. Families have suffered unparalleled grief, anxiety, and distress from the increasing fatality, massive job losses, lockdowns, and movement restrictions to curb the spread of the virus. This paper describes the COVID-19 condition, its transmission, progression, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. A comparison is made between the United States and Germany. Description of the Global Health Issue COVID-19 is an ongoing global health crisis that has overstretched health care systems, as the number of infections keeps rising each day. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2021), to date, over 122 million positive cases have been confirmed globally, including more than 2.7 million deaths, as of March 2021. The pandemic’s economic and social impacts on many economies due to travel restrictions, lockdowns, and job losses are significant. It has disproportionately affected vulnerable populations all over the world, highlighting the need for global structural responses to end health inequities. Condition COVID-19 is a contagious viral respiratory disease that presents with pneumonia-like symptoms. The causative agent is the novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which is classified as a betacoronavirus related to SARS and MERS that account for more severe outbreaks reported previously (Cascella, Rajnik, Cuomo, Dulebohn, & Napoli, 2021). This family of viruses contains single-stranded RNA and can spread between species, causing respiratory illnesses of varying severity – from flu to SARS. Similarly, COVID-19 is thought to have a zoonotic origin before infecting people. It is suggested that the first transmission to humans occurred through infected wild meat in a wet market in Wuhan, China (Cascella et al., 2021). Soon, the human-to-human spread accelerated across the globe, mainly through contact with asymptomatic patients. Coronavirus has high transmissibility and pathogenicity, causing severe disease, especially in individuals with poor immune function, such as the elderly and those with underlying comorbid conditions. The average post-exposure incubation period is 5-6 days, but a longer period of 14 days before symptom onset is experienced in some cases (CDC, 2021). Therefore, a two-week quarantine period is mandated to confirm infected cases. The virus triggers an excessive immune reaction or a cytokine storm in the lungs, causing tissue inflammation and damage (Cascella et al., 2021). The autoimmune response account for the clinical presentation of this disease, including fever and breathing difficulties. Transmi
Introduction Expanding business to global operations is a complex and challenging procedure. It is vital to consider all aspects of business and economic environment, including influential factors such as culture, politics, and regulations. The agricultural sector in which the chosen company of Kimango Farms Enterprises conducts business is particularly volatile, requiring a careful assessment of risk. For this scenario, the selected country for expansion is Tanzania, which will be thoroughly analyzed from the perspectives of cultural and business viability for expansion. Company Background and Expansion Kimango Farm Enterprises Ltd. consists of two farms located in the Morogoro region. The farms were established by Kim and Simone Axmann, German immigrants to Tanzania. The company began its origins in 1992, building its infrastructure from scratch. The farms grow a variety of crops including avocado, zucchini, mango, and lime. However, its most recognized output is tea that includes ingredients such as hibiscus and lemongrass in the product line. Over 40% of the farm area is dedicated to an ecological reserve with planted trees and cottages, allowing to offer rustic eco-tourism options. Furthermore, the farms are organically certified by the Institute of Market Ecology in Switzerland. The primary motivation and purpose of the company is to grow healthy and organic foods through sustainable farming techniques and to offer the world a piece of Tanzania (Kimango Farms, n.d.). The company should expand as it has built a viable and strong business in the area. It has existed for more than 25 years and has built successful relationships, trading networks, and critically understands the business. Therefore, driven by its economic prosperity and ideology which is becoming relevant in the global context, the company has the tools to expand its operations. Economic Background Tanzania is a rapidly developing country that is experiencing a 6-7% annual GDP growth (approximately 44.5 billion USD) and infrastructural development. Its fastest growing sectors are agriculture, petroleum product
For many years the theory of justice has dominated the study of political philosophy. Mainly it is concerned with how government authority should govern the people in the society with fairness and justice. Social and political theory is concerned with how countries should be governed. It mainly focuses on how leaders in the society distribute the available resources and rights of the people to use them. For this to be possible the government should come up with goals that will define their course further they also need to understand justice, freedom and self-sufficiency in order to ensure equal distribution of good, (Rawls, J.1999). This paper aims to discuss the difference principle, original principle their strength and weaknesses. Original position The original position theory emphasizes on how societies should be controlled that is each individual representative in the society work together to decide on the way forward of governing the society. Such that each rational agent is concerned with the interest of the people they represent and they should not know the background or the veil of ignorance of the person represented so that they do not prejudice them on the basis of race or gender, (Audard, C., and John R 2007). The veil of ignorance presumes that the representative is logical and considers the concept of right inform of prioritizing irreconcilable alleges, application of justice to all irrespective of social status or race and should be recognized by the public. In addition those who are logic will collectively use this principle without knowledge of their own individual situation leading to the wrong choice of the best justice system. The application of the veil of justice should consider unevenness in genetic composition in human being and not environmental factors around them, (Levine, A. 2002). Further the governments in the original position do not have the alleged ideas on justice instead they should be open-minded and reasonable which are important attributes in the sustenance of justice and fairness in the society. It calls for representative not having idealistic prejudice and this ensures fairness to all. The representatives should be aware of the two principles: Principle of equal liberty that entails no individual should be oppressed on the basis of race, gender or class. Hence all the members in the society have the right to pursue their goals. Though this principle has weakness and strength. Strengths It advocates for equal rights to all in the society both the social and economic inequalities in the society should benefit the disadvantaged in the society. Furthermore, people’s representatives should ensure equal opportunities for their clients. Theses principle also ensures efficiency in justice and welfare of the client is put into consideration. For instance assists their clients irrespective of their racial or ethnic background, (Barry B. 1973). Weakness The original principle does not prove moral principles since it does not believe in utility but philosophers like J.S.Mill have tried to come up with evidence
Summary of the Case Siemens is a telecommunications company based in Munich, Germany but serves across the world. In 2006, the company was involved in a corruption scandal that led to approximately 2.6 billion euros in fines and penalties. There were investigations from international investigators and law firms. From the reports, it was found that 80% of senior employees serving as the chief executive officer (CEO), chief finance officer (CFO), and staff in human resource (HR) management were corrupt (CGMA, 2014). 70% of the next management level and 40% of the junior staff were also said to be corrupt (CGMA, 2014). It took the efforts of Peter Loscher 2007, who came as the CEO, to change the organization’s culture. Dozens of employees in Siemens then used bribes and embezzled millions of funds to win company contracts. From the investigations done, there was a massive corruption scandal that had altered the telecom units of the company to almost $128 million, as reported by the German Focus magazine in 2006 (Blanc et al., 2017). The reports showed more than 80 million euros in the bank accounts of executives in Greece and Austria. The money was said to be part of the slush fund used to give bribes to the contractors who placed bids on the security systems at the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens (Blanc et al., 2017). Members of the board and other employees were nubbed and held in custody after police raided the offices in Munich, Germany. The company faced charges from US authorities and German authorities due to bribery allegations. The giant engineering company parted with $800 million and an additional 395 million euros after pleading guilty to corruption charges. The reports indicated that the company had paid officials about 4,000 times to the extent of parting with 1.3 billion euros between 2000 and 2006, whereby the goal was to win contracts globally (Blanc et al., 2017). The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigated the company in collaboration with the Department of Justice. According to the researchers, the record penalty levied in the US is 800 million dollars, almost 20 times more than any other foreign firm had come across in the US in corruption issues (Blanc et al., 2017). Three hundred ninety-five million euros paid to Germany was due to the lack of control in terms of business tasks (Vernand, 2018). The company faced tough as there was a fine of 201 million euros (Vernand, 2018). The money was levied against the German judges in 2007 for the misappropriation of the funds at the telecommunications group. There were specific people mentioned as the key drivers for the corruption allegations. They include Thomas Ganswindt, the manager in charge of the telecoms division, and Johannes Feldmayer,
The plot of this story is non-linear, taking place in several periods. This is evident in how the heroine first recalls the past, analyzing and recounting critical moments related to the main idea of the piece. Then, abruptly returning to the present day, she continues the narrative. Each of the times is closely associated with one vision: the dependence and interconnectedness of all people (Gullick, 2020). The heroine notices this from the note on her wall and then connects each life event to this concept. This is reflected in her thoughts about her daughter, where she concludes that, despite their separation in the breach, they were connected by a common thread (Gullick, 2020). She also picks up on this in reality, where she sees how the death of a great man can blacken the mood of everyone, no matter how close those people are (Gullick, 2020). In other words, the storyline is arranged so that the character has a particular concept in their worldview. At different points, this system of connecting all people is only reinforced. The plot influences the whole story so that the heroine realizes responsibility for herself and her sweatpants to all the other members of society. It is connected with an idea, where the global community looks like a web, and every move by any person will affect others’ lives. The Story   * Today, you will study the ritual of the tea ceremony, – the teacher said and gave his disciples a scroll that described the intricacies of the tea ceremony. Finally, the teacher asked the students what they had read.   * Here’s what we read about tea, the drink of the gods: “The white crane washes his head”-that means, rinse the kettle with boiling water,” said the first student proudly.   * The bodhisattva enters the palace – putting the tea in the teapot – added the second disciple.   * The jet warms the kettle – that means pour boiling water into the kettle – added the third disciple.   * The spring wind blows on your face, – said the fourth pupil. So, one by one the pupils told the teacher all the details of the tea ceremony. Only the last pupil said nothing. He took the kettle, brewed tea according to all the tea ceremony rules, and gave tea to the teacher.   * Your story was the best, – the teacher praised the last st
Introduction Compliance with environmental regulations has significant effects on production costs in different industries. Some of the industries that are affected include paper, steel, and other services that are faced with tough environmental regulations. Environmental regulations affect the costs of firms in several ways. Accounting systems identify and separately capture, and accumulate visible costs associated with environmental compliance, like installation and maintenance of equipment for controlling pollution and costs incurred when treating end-of-pipe emissions (Krishnan 6). Environmental regulations also have indirect effects on costs, through additional limitations on the technology used production of firms. For example, environmental compliance may require firms to replace inputs with less polluting ones or to make changes in the production process to prevent emissions. These aspects are covered in environmental accounting. This essay will look at the issue of environmental accounting and estimation of hidden costs in Dubai, especially in gas and oil firms. The motivation of the Study The total cost of environmental regulations is the total of visible costs, which are easily identified and dealt with by accounting systems. There are also hidden costs that are not directly identified by the accounting systems. Visible costs include costs of installing equipment and operations of treating released pollutants, costs that result from treatment of wastewater, and those of treating and disposing of harmful solid wastes. Most accounting systems accumulate visible costs into environmental costs which are usually separated from other overhead costs. In addition to the visible costs of compliance with regulations, costs of firms are indirectly affected by environmental regulations when other limitations are included in the production processes, changes in the composition of raw materials, proportions of inputs, and use of energy. Since the accounting systems do not separately report changes in the costs of raw material as environmental costs, such costs which result from changes in regulations are hidden within the costs for materials. For example, strict standards that regulate emissions from coke ovens reduce the consumption of coke by adding pulverized coal and natural gas into their blast furnaces. As a result, this leads to a reduction in the rate of average coke for firms while the use of other fuels is increased. In response to regulations of air quality, many mills are replaced with natural gas or electricity in their furnaces and boilers. The increases in costs due to such changes are hidden under costs of energy or f
Montessori is an institution based on theories that focus mainly on how to educate and train children to make them compatible with the daily routine. These theories have been suggested by an Italian coach by the name of Maria Montessori. It emphasizes the importance of a child’s adapting to the environment and the role of physical activity in learning practical talent and concepts. However, there are a few pros and cons when it comes to the Montessori learning method. They are as described below. Montessori is the best example of hands-on learning theory. It encourages children to learn several skills, observation, and both practical through several actions and methods. These methods prompt a child to utilize five senses, intelligence, observation skills, etc. (Lisa, 2006) All the activities are manipulated in such a way that they pinpoint a child’s skills and basic perceptions. All the activity materials are designed in such a way that they make a child used to the basic concepts of mathematics. Techniques taught by the Montessori Method (Sullenly, 2008) tell about the “Pink Tower” that comprises of several blocks all of the different sizes varying from big to small. Another example is the “Knobbed Cylinder”. This activity offers the children to use their sensorial skills but also assists them in learning how to hold a pencil and the grades of cylinders introduce the children to the different rules and dimensions of arithmetic. Keeping in view the activities and observation skills of children, teachers have personally designed a few items of knowledge and information. They mainly focus on the enhancement of storytelling abilities and the recognition of alphabets. This introduces children to the language area. Science materials also play an important role. Scent and taste activities also prove to be interesting and children learn a lot about how to distinguish between the different tastes and scents around them. The practical life activities must also be included in the Montessori course. These include the cleaning activities such as sweeping, sponging, dusting, etc. These are brought into practice in case there is a mishap or accident. In this case, the children are held responsible for their activities and are required to clean the mess created by them. By conducting this activity, children learn to conduct their activities with more care and a sense of liability. The children are introduced to everyday use products such as glass and wood rather than plastic. This gives them a much real sense of the world around them. Children are taught to fold small rugs by joining the four corners. This practice allows them to learn how to coordinate things and carry out different activities in the perfect manner (Sally, 2004). Children are given full attention in Montessori. Due to this, they are more motivated, active, and al
Introduction There are sixteen United States intelligence agencies that form The US IC (United States Intelligence Community). The community was ordered to be formed on December 4th, 1981 by President Ronal Reagan. The purpose of this community is to, both, work independently collaborate to ensure proper protection of national security through intelligence practices like collecting information and taking action against issues such as international terrorism, narcotics activities, illegal trade, immigration and any other activity causing threat to the United States by foreign agents or organizations. This paper focuses on three members of the IC; the CIA, FBI and NSA. (United States Intelligence Community – Who We Are, 2009) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) As the successor of the OSS, the CIA’s primary purpose was to collect and analyze important strategic information. Under the National Security Act of 1947, the CIA was assigned the tasks of coordinating the USA’s intelligence activities and integrating, analyzing and maintaining the collected information regarding intelligence affecting national security. It is made up of an executive office, four major directorates and other offices that have special purposes. The CIA is made up of four different parts; the National Clandestine Service, the Directorate of Science & Technology, the Directorate of Intelligence and the Directorate of Support. These carry out the entire process of collecting, analyzing and distributing and providing the intelligence information to the concerned US officials. (About CIA, 2008) As far as relations with other agencies are concerned, The CIA acts as the “human intelligence” under the Director of National Intelligence. Its task is to obtain information from other U.S. government intelligence agencies, various sources of information; commercial, internal and international. Thus, the CIA plays a vital role and is one of the main sources of primary human intelligence information for the other members of the IC. (Bullock, 2007) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) The FBI is the main unit of the US Department of Justice. The agency’s motto is “Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity”. The primary function of the FBI is to investigate federal crimes and prevent threats to the commercial, government, private and pers