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The Lion King sequel comprises of three movies including Lion King, the Lion king II: Simba’s Pride and Lion King 1 ½. In Lion King, Simba is the heir to the Pride lands kingdom and Mufasa his father is getting old, but Mufasa’s brother, Scar is jealous of his brother and so he befriends Simba to manipulate and deceive him. There is a strain of violence as illustrated in the death of Mufasa, Simba’s father in a wildebeest stampede. The aesthetic effect of the animation at this point of the movie is truly impressive and it took two years to create it. The end result is a very intensified depiction of the theme of violence and terror as the wildebeests make the sound of rolling thunder and the viewer ends up feeling the terror and anxiety that Simba must have felt at that point. This effect is also manifest in the illustration of hungry hyenas (including the graphic display of how one is scratched in the cheek) that were scavenging for food and which scared Simba and his friends. In addition, when the lions fight each other, it gets a little scary and the climax of this is when Scar’s throat is split open. There is a series of sad sequences, and evil characters, throughout the movies, for instance, Scar, Zira, his wife, and the hyenas. However, there is also hope, love, and familial responsibility. Earlier in 2011, there was a theatrical rerelease in 3D, which further intensifies the initial reflections of different effects in the above scenes. The movies teach poignant moral lessons on the need for communication in a family setting. They also provide insight on the general misconception held by youth and children on the ideal nature of living a life without any worries “hakuna matata”. The lesson is that worries are there to motivate people to work harder and strive to achieve excellence. Simba is a nice role model to children. He develops from a deviant, frightened and insecure cab at the start of the movie into a typical youth whose dream is to live a stress-free life, and finally to a responsible adult willing to correct his past mistakes and reclaim his dignity while saving his kingdom. Revenge is also evident throughout the movie. There are several catchy songs throughout but they become excessive such as when one song spans more than one scene at some point. In some aspects, Lion King is almost adult movie disguised by the childish characters. This is so because there are several instances f sexual innuendo, violence, stereotype and gender-role reinforcement. In that regard, it is not healthy for children in their formative years as it may retard healthy development. In Lion King 1 1/2 Timon, (meekat) and Pumba (wart hog) are hilarious characters. There are also very graphic scenes such as the eating
Background Electronic News Gathering entails the processes whereby news reporters and news editors utilize different forms of electronic audio and video technologies to collect, transmit and report the news to their target audience. Before Electronic News Gathering was put into practice to collect and report news, the news reporters used manual means such as taking notes through writing during interviews. (Atkin et al., 2015) Manual procedures used in gathering and presenting news were very slow and defective, which brought about the need for more efficient technologies for easier and faster transmission of the collected news. (Rena Kim Bivens, 2014, p. 24) The analog procedures utilized in the transmission of the gathered information greatly made it difficult for different media houses to ensure high levels of productivity in their operation. Introduction: Electronic News Gathering Electronic News Gathering (ENG) refers to the art collection of words and pictures in the form of electric news. The flexible use of portable electronic equipment to record events and present them on a specific communication media. Electronic News Gathering commenced in 1970. Reporters gather events and instantly feed them to the channel studio for airing on TV. Electronic News Gathering has made it easier and quicker to transmit news to the target audience. Time dynamics have seen an increase in technological innovation in Electronic News Gathering; thus, even social media is currently being used as a channel for Electronic News Gathering. Technical Capabilities Electronic News Gathering Method utilizes Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) multicast over the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Functions like high-end microwave technology are used in the dissemination of news and information to the target audience. Modalities like single video cameras are being utilized to used to gather and report the news. This approach majorly involves using unplanned or unforeseen series of links during most of their operations at different locations. The Characteristics involve the Utilization of electrical video to gather information, the Incorporation of Audio technologies in gathering news, and the Utilization of portable equipment in the newsgathering process. Diffusion and Use Electronic News Gathering has experienced tremendous development, which has made the diffusion process easier. (LaMorte, 2019). Migrating from analog methods of gathering news to digital procedures has made Electronic News Gathering more efficient. Electronic News Gathering gets gradually incorporated into the social setting, first by a specific group of people, then eventually to a larger group. The technologies are so that the video fields get encoded for IP as soon as they are recorded. Some of the benefits that made it easy for the diffusion and use of Electronic News Gathering include: Dissemination o
Introduction Unlike other companies, Uber and other similar disruptive business models, like the Spreadshirt business, threaten to dismantle the existing status quo and demand the introduction of new legislation to regulate them. At the same time, effectively regulating such new businesses has been immensely difficult, for the same reasons governments have had trouble regulating the Internet. This has successfully worked in Uber’s favor around the globe and in its homeland, and it has been said to expand into a city per day, as of 2014 (Huet 2014). However, the company has run into difficulties in East Asia, particularly in Japan, where the progress has been slow. While the fast-growing multinational company has not lost its enthusiasm to add Japan into its coverage area, it is clear that they would have to rethink their Expansion Opportunity Plan in order to successfully build a competitive advantage in the Land of The Rising Sun. Executive summary In Japan, Uber’s attempts to expand within the capital have found little success due to strong resistance from the government, which has taken actions to protect its local businesses from the outside threat, and local service providers, who, by that point, have already begun to integrate some of the innovations introduced by Uber into their own business model. Outside of the capital, expansion was almost immediately halted by government regulations. Since it is evident that Uber drivers would find it hard to compete with the local services through the quality of service itself, the best course of action would be to win over the populace by finding the gaps in the local taxi service, in order to develop their own competitive advantage. This requires an in-depth study of the strengths and weaknesses of not only Uber’s business model but also of the taxi services in Japan. However, while the Japanese market is a much-desired target for Uber, it also needs to establish the conditions under which the expansion will be considered a failure, to avoid the problem of commitment escalation. If it continues investments, it would need to carefully weigh its options, in order to satisfy the regulators’ demands. Description of the venture In the US and most Western countries, Uber Inc. had a significant advantage over local businesses due to their high quality of drivers an service, simple, intuitive, and comfortable to use the hailing system, and smaller fees. However, in Japan, its expansion outside the country’s capital was quickly halted by the Ministry’s of Transportation decision to ban the business, due to the drivers not
Maria Montessori: Biography Maria Montessori was an Italian doctor who was famous for her ‘Montessori Method’ in education sciences. Montessori was, in fact, the first female doctor in Italy (Mooney, 2013). Her first researches were focused on physically challenged children, and she proposed various educational theories on this matter. Later, in the school Casa dei Bambini (Children’s House), she was able to implement her methods to non-disabled children. She established teacher training courses in 1919 in London; in 1925, almost one thousand schools that worked under the Montessori Method were functioning in the USA (Mooney, 2013). After the beginning of World War II, she moved to India and continued to work with children, using her method and developing a program called ‘Education for Peace’ (Mooney, 2013). Maria Montessori was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the years 1949, 1950, and 1951 (Mooney, 2013). Montessori died in 1952 in a seaside town Noordwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. The Montessori Philosophy The philosophy of the Montessori Method is based on a relationship triangle between the child, the environment, and the teacher (the directress). According to the Montessori Method, the teaching should be child-centered. The work in a Montessori classroom should last for three hours, but the child is allowed to choose freely any activities or tasks that he or she prefers (Prato, 2011). As Prato (2011) notices, “children should be free to choose when they wish to use the restroom, eat snacks, work, take a nap, sing songs, or go outdoors” (p. 8). Mixed-age groups are also common for the Montessori Method. The teacher is seen as a guide, not as an authority, and the teachers are not the center of a teaching session. The teacher usually prepares the environment for the children and observes their actions or helps them if they have any questions or need advice. The prepared environment should be clear and natural, arranged for the needs and interests of the children, constructed accordingly to their height and weight, and encourage children for activities (Prato, 2011). Such philosophy influences the child’s learning potential. Curriculum Areas of the Classroom The classroom is divided into five areas: Sensorial, Practical Life, Language Arts, Mathematics, and Cultural Studies. The sensorial area is responsible for raising awareness of the senses among children and teaching them to recognize small differences and patterns (Isaacs, 2014). The Practical Life area focuses on the tasks that the child will face in adulthood too. The Language Area aims to improve language skills (Isaacs, 2014). The Math Area teaches children to recognize numbers and quantities, while the Culture Area includes various lessons on geography, biology, music, arts, etc. The areas of the Practical Life include Preliminary Applications (carrying, running), Applied Applications (sweeping the yard), Grace and Courtesy (saying ‘thank you’, greeting), and Control of the Movement (walking the line with an object in hands) (Isaacs, 2014). T
Many cities in the United States have clearly spelt regulations regarding new buildings that are put up. This is always important to ensure that buildings that are put in place are of the right standard and that they do not pose any form of threat to the public and to the residents. According to Carpenter (1997), when one is planning to put up any form of building, it is always important to consider various agencies that will help in the specification of the building, including environmental impact assessment. The city of New York is one of the cities in the United States that have clearly spelt regulation about structures that are put in place. The city has come up with regulations that everyone who plans to put up a building should consider as a way of ensuring that they adhere to the right standards that is expected of them. Different cities have different provisions bout the design and characteristics of buildings within their cities in this country. This is because different cities in this country have different soil type, climate and other factors that help in the determination of the design of a building. The first provision that this city has spelt out clearly is the purpose of the building that is supposed to be put up. Before one can be given the specifications for the building, he or she must first state the purpose of the building (Piotrowski & Rogers, 2007). A building that is meant for residential will have different specification from that of a commercial building. Similarly, when one is planning to put up a store, the regulation will be different from the one who is building a house of domesticated animals. In this study, the focus will be on general regulations on buildings and their design as stipulated in the regulations of the buildings in the New York City. One of the leading regulations that this city has spelt out is on safety. After an individual has specified the purpose of the structure, the regulations clearly states that the first factor that the proponent should have in mind is security of everyone involved. Regulation 101.4 starts by saying that it is the responsibility of the proponent, sometimes called client, to look for a qualified contractor who understands rules and regulations that are put in place by various relevant authorities within this city regarding their buildings (Keeler, 2009). Security should be the first concern that should be considered. In order to ensure that the issue of security is well taken care of, the regulations have broken down a number of items that should be considered by these authorities with a lot of keenness. The following are some of the security mea
Negotiations are an ever-present part of everyday life and essential to many professions. They occur whenever people try to achieve beneficial outcomes by talking to others. While this definition may make negotiating sound simple and straightforward, the opposite is often the case. Even a one-on-one negotiation between individuals sharing the same cultural background can run into many serious practical, ethical, and psychological complications. Cross-cultural negotiations involving multiple active parties pose still more significant challenges due to the introduction of increased complexity and cultural barriers. To successfully navigate those difficulties, professional negotiators rely not only on their strengths, such as character and social intelligence, but also on negotiation theory. By carefully analyzing available information, such as the participants and their goals, as well as any complicating psychological and cultural factors, a skilled negotiator can select an ideal approach for any negotiation. In this text, I will try to share my understanding of negotiation theory as it applies to your situation and offer insights based on my personal experience. Preparing for Negotiations As is the case with many other activities, preparation is the key to success in negotiations. An adequately prepared negotiator has a better chance of controlling the course of the proceedings and resisting pressures caused by interfering factors and actions of other negotiators. While it is impossible to be ready for everything, anticipating the complications that are likely to come up makes it easier to concentrate on creating solutions for unexpected problems. Preparations should begin with establishing the essential characteristics of the negotiation. For example, is the negotiation supposed to resolve just one issue or several? How many parties are going to participate in the discussion? When two or more parties are involved, the number of issues and the complexity of the process are likely to increase accordingly. If negotiations are going to take place across cultural lines, additional factors such as cultural barriers and biases will need to be taken into consideration. Having assessed those aspects, it becomes possible to predict the problems that might arise. Negotiation theory recognizes two main styles of negotiations: the distributive style and the integrative style. Whereas the former is competitive and focused on maximizing value for the party using it, the latter is collaborative and seeks mutually beneficial solutions for all parties involved. Dividing limited resources between parties that might not deal with each other again is a typical scenario for the distributive style. The integrative method is applied when more resources can be created and the parties are interested in cultivating long-term relationships. The distributive style is also referred to as value-claiming, while the integrative style is often called value-creating. In practice, those who use the latter approach usually engage in both value c
The main objective of Project Prevention is to discourage conception among adult addicts by offering incentives, in terms of money, to encourage them to undergo long-term birth-control procedures such as sterilization. The organization seeks to minimize the number of neglected and abused children because of the adverse effects that drug addiction has on parenting. Despite the controversies concerning its mission, Project Prevention maintains that getting drug addicts under birth control is essential to save both the parent and child the psychological torture that comes with the placement of a child under foster care. In addition, a pregnant drug addict exposes the unborn child to numerous medical complications associated with drug abuse. An analysis of the ethicality of Project Prevention’s mission requires a delicate balance between respecting the autonomy of the mother and the right of the unborn child to receive appropriate parental care and love. Although scientific evidence shows that exposure of unborn children to drugs increases their chances of developing mental and physical disabilities, the approach of encouraging long-term birth control is extreme and unnecessary. Sterilization means that even if an addict undergoes successful rehabilitation, he or she can never bear children, which is something that may induce a lot of mental anguish and torture. Considering that drug addicts often suffer numerous financial constraints, they are likely to overlooked the consequences of their volunteering for birth-control procedures because the 300 hundred dollars offered to them will relieve their immediate needs including feeding their addiction. In this regard, Project Prevention’s mission is unethical because it largely thrives on inducement instead of free will, as the addicts are likely to realize the outcome of their participation in sterilization later after undergoing the process. Although Project Prevention’s view on the need of responsible parenting is a major issue in matters of child neglect and abuse, the organization’s remedy for the vice is extreme. In this regard, it is necessary to discourage the organization’s actions because it does not rehabilitate and restore the dignity of drug addicts, which ought to be the main concern in minimizing cases of drug abuse. I would not donate to Project Prevention because it has a shortsighted mission whose effects are counterproductive. Proposals on population control through measures such as sterilization and vasectomy have received support and opposition in equal measures. In this regard, Project Prevention’s mission would arouse mixed reactions at both the micro and macro levels. At the micro level, although individuals acknowledge the importance of
The cultural effects of Roman dominance over the Greek-speaking regions is a fascinating topic that has attracted great scientific interest, especially in the last couple of years. The impact of the interaction between two cultures varied in time and space and was definitely more prominent in places where Roman communities had emerged. These communities served as the so-called influence vectors, and their long residing alongside Greeks resulted in the transmission of Roman elements into public life. One of such elements was Roman names, the dissemination of which may be explained by the existence of networks of exchange and the sense of identity of name bearers. Rizakis (2019) notes that the introduction of the Greeks to the Roman system of naming with its further adaptation to their norms and the Roman names adoption by peregrine Greeks are two different phenomena. However, they both are examples of the interaction process between the two traditions, which gradually led to the appearance of a common onomastic culture. This acculturation form, increased in the 2 nd century AD, showed wide regional variability, and the reception of it was different in different cities and social classes. These cultural transfers were mostly mediated by civic elites, as their purpose was to pass on their influence by name – both in a regional context and more broadly, on a system level. Tria nomina, in particular, and its use in the imperial period especially, as stated by Rizakis (2019), was a source of pride, power, and prestige. Due to this, some names became popular as expressions of the shared culture and were accepted and adopted, albeit on a small scale, by the lower classes as well, having lost their original meaning. However, the dominance of Roman names as the distinguishing signs of the Empire’s free citizens took place for a short amount of time. As per Rizakis (2019), by the end of the 3 rd century AD, a new way of identity expression appeared – a single naming system using separate Greek and Roman names. At first it was used sparingly but after the reign of Constantine – and especially during the period of late antiquity – it started being employed in almost all Roman provinces. This change, advanced by Christianity’s progress and the Roman Empire’s decline, might be deemed as a return to the Greek naming tradition. Reference Rizakis, A. (2019). New identities in the Greco-Roman East: cultural and legal implications of the use of Roman names. Proceedings of the British Academy, 222, 237-57. Web.