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Becoming a part of a different culture is not as easy as changing one’s clothes – no matter how alluring the real of foreign traditions might seem, it is still a different world with different rules. In her essay “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl”, Elizabeth Wong tells her story of trying desperately to fit in the American culture and shake off the irritating Chinese lifestyle. However, it still seems that rejecting a specific culture in such a fierce way is hardly mature. ALTHOUGH WONG’S EXPERIENCE IN CHANGING CULTURES IS WORTH RESPECTING AS A CONSCIOUS DECISION MADE BY A PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS TO ACHIEVE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE REASONABLE TO FIND A COMPROMISE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES, SHOWING RESPECT TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH COMMUNITY. There is the time in every single person’s life when (s)he needs to blend with the rest of the crowd. Thus, one can realize that (s)he is accepted among the rest of the members of society and, therefore, become its integral part. Otherwise, one can be easily ostracized and turn into an outcast for the rest of the community members to ignore at best and make fun of at worst. From the point of view of the one who is afraid not to be accepted in the community, the ideas of becoming an “all-American girl” expressed in Wang’s article are quite familiar to pretty much every single person. As Wang explains, “The language was a source of embarrassment” (Wang 23), pointing at the fact that she did not want to stand out among the rest of the members of the American community. An understandable stage of adapting to the new environment, the given emotion can be easily dealt with. Personally, I had a similar experience when I learned that I had to accept the culture of another country along with my native one. However, the need to be accepted among the members of a foreign society should not be spurred by the hatred of one’s own culture. What follows from Wang’s experience is that she started detesting her own culture when understanding how weak it looked compared to the power of the American traditions. As Wang put it, as she was ten years old, she had better things to learn than ideographs copied in lines (Wang 24). However, it seems that there is too much denial in Wang’s writing. In my personal experience, I had to accept two cultures at once when I learned that some of my relatives belonged to a different nationality; however, the given fact did not prevent me from learning about both cultures and taking the best from both. Despite the maturity of Wong’s decision to “divorce” her culture and accept the American one, it is still a hardly reasonable step. Refusing to accept her own culture and blending with the rest of the American population might have resulted in Wong losing a part of her uniquene
Introduction The present study critically focuses on the investigation and categorization of occupational carcinogens (Siemiatycki, Richardson, Straif, Latreille, Lakhani, Campbell, Rousseau & Boffetta, 2004). Prospective occupational carcinogen includes any material, or amalgamation or combination of materials, which results in an augmented prevalence of harmless and/or cancerous neoplasms, or a considerable shrinkage in the remission period between revelation and inception of neoplasms in humans or in one or more investigational mammalian species as the effect of any oral, respiratory or dermal exposure, or any other exposure which results in the stimulation of tumors at a situate other than the position of administration. This description also comprises any material which is broken down into one or more prospective occupational carcinogens by living things. These occupational carcinogens belong to a particular segment of human carcinogens. In their discovery the industrial atmosphere has been most instrumental (Siemiatycki et al., 2004). The discovery of these types of carcinogens is important because their recognition can lead a way to prevent the hazardous occupational carcinomas largely seen in mammals. In subsequent years, many such occupational causes of cancer have been established through various epidemiological investigations but there are other substances also which are categorized as non-occupational carcinogens which have been established recently. The most important beneficial aspect of discovery of these occupational carcinogens is that such occupational carcinogens are very important in public health terms because of the potential for prevention through regulation and improvements in industrial hygiene practices (Doll & Peto, 1981). Large scale investigations are being carried out to find out the etiology of cancer and its potential risks in various industrial environments and hence it is very much important to amalgamate these scientific and experimental data for the betterment of community wellbeing intention. Although there are several records of carcinogens published by national and international academic organizations but a detailed and organized list of occupational carcinogens is still very much restricted because of the unambiguous and idiosyncratic nature of evidences (Siemiatycki et al., 2004). The major facts which are very often not included or not dealt seriously include a logical and articulated review of occupational carcinogens. There have been many disagreements related to the percentage of carcinomas which are caused by occupational exposures and the possible target situates of carcinomas. Hence it is very much necessary and important to discover, tabulate and organize the potential occupational carcinogens. Listing of Occupational Carcinogens by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARK) Figure 1: Iarc classification of occupational carcinogens According to Fig. 1, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified the occupational carcinogens into 5 categories (International Agency for R
First Impressions of the Kakao Brand Having visited the Kakao Brand’s website and its Facebook page, I can conclude that my impressions are rather positive and pleasant. I am not sure whether I would name this brand premium because it does not have many branches and has only existed for less than ten years. However, the assortment of the chocolate and other confections amazes and makes me want to visit the shop at once. The impression of the website’s home page is that it is too simple, and the shade of orange used for it is not very optimistic or pleasant. However, the “shop” page is arranged very nicely and allows the visitors to see all the splendor of the shop’s offerings. The brand looks rather friendly, but at the same time, it presents its products in a rather elegant manner. The photos of chocolate, dragees, pies, and other sweet propositions placed on the website are exquisitely delicate and luxurious. The words used to describe the product support the grandeur of the photos: the owners describe their chocolate as “deep and indulgent,” “crafted into velvety confections,” and “exceptional artisan chocolates and confections.” The shape of the headlines (they are written in round bubbles) draws attention to the text and the website components. Specific Facebook Tactics that I Find Effective Specific Example # 1 The first tactic which I find very productive is the organizing of the Kakao Bunny Hunt. By posting photos of the Bunny “visiting” various places, company owners make the customers feel closer to the product. They see the
Introduction According to dictionary.com, a hero is a person regarded by others ideal for having done a heroic act and has heroic qualities. She was a local hero when he saved ten of the endangered white Rhino species from the poachers in the National game reserve. How do others define this concept? Many people often fail to define the real meaning of a Hero. In the society we live in now, nearly everybody is a hero in one way or another. Society is confusing between being a hero and being a celebrity. For example, a person might tell you that his or her hero is Drogba (the Chelsea player), who played a major role in scoring most of the goals for them to lift the Champions League and the premier league titles. How do you define it? In my own opinion, a real hero is a person who has compassion, courage, and a good heart. Also, it’s an ordinary person in the society or around us that somehow, somewhere did the unexpected or extraordinary thing(s.). Furthermore, a true hero never knows that he/she is a hero till later when other people regard him or her as a hero. This is from the fact that heroes have a good heart i.e. compassionate (sympathetic) for saving or/and doing well to people or even animals, thus, in their minds, they were just doing what they had to do without the realization that what they are about to do what will make then to be regarded as heroes. A true hero is also courageous and ready to sacrifice for the sake of another person or other people, even animals. One of my high school teachers once said that “A true hero is never a hero at all, at least not in their minds”. A good question to ask ourselves is “Is a person a true hero when he or she does a good act only for his or her best interests? An example of a true hero A good example of a hero is a girl who lived near Mt. Kenya game reserve. She once gave poachers the wrong direction to where the Rhinos were. They instead headed to the swamp after being misguided by the girl. The girl upon realizing that the poachers had carried with them sophisticated weapons decided to miss-led them. No sooner had they disappeared in the forest than she rushed back to inform her parents of what was happening. Her parents being patriotic citizens, decided to pass the information to the Wildlife rangers. The rangers acted very fast and arrested the poachers who were stuck in the swamp while trying to run and hide during the hot pursuit. Also, the weapons were taken away from the poachers’ possession. The girl was courageous enough to give miss leading information to the poachers, she was also sympathetic to the white Rhinos that were just about to be poached at that time by these three greedy poachers for the benefit of the own unknown selfish needs. In this example, we see the qualities of a true hero being portrayed by the girl. She shows courageousness and she is also very sympathetic. She risks the consequence of misleading the poachers to the Rhino’s browsing area and instead directs them to the swampy area. She is also very wise by making the
Human beings need to work to gain income for live hood; even people who have inherited masses of wealth have the task of managing the wealth. Human beings need to strike a balance between the amount of time-spent working and the one spent relaxing (other life activities other than working). At normal situations, human beings find themselves in conflict between works and relaxation (Swamson, 2009). For optimal production, people need to have an effective work-life matrix. Darren Rowse developed a work rest matrix where he defined four main quadrants of human needs as desk job, strategy or sports, sleep and exercise. Human potential can only be tapped if there are effective mechanisms to develop grow and manage them. Potential management is only attained when there is a balance between work and life. This proposals aims at prepare for a research paper to establish the link between work and life. Literature review When someone works without rest, he is likely to become exhausted, stressed, and depressed; his or her output does down. Human beings when working have to use their mental or physical power; they are putting these resources into use for the benefit of their works. When one has used the resources, they need to be restored and improved for further exploitation. In modern management work, scholars are more interested on working smart other than working hard, working smart means planning ones time and resources in such a way that he can find time and resources to work, rest, relax, interact (human beings are social beings), spend with the family and exercise (Smith & Mazin, 2004). Having an effective work-life balance, then it improves firm’s productivity. When someone has worked for a long period without resting, then he might have the right tools but fails to have the right temperament, attitude, and perception to effectively produce high results. To have the right temperament, attitude and perception, someone must be in peace with his mind; one way of being at peace with one’s mind is through relaxation, exercises, and having a positive social life. For example when someone has no time and to address some domestic issues facing him, then his concentration at the work place will be low; with low concentration, then there will be a reduced decisions leading to reduced output (WorkLifeBalance, 2003).. When someone is stress for working for long periods, there are some health implications that one is endangering himself. Human memory level is maintained higher when a person has minimal stress in life, when someone has working without relaxing, then the memory rate decreased. Memory is crucial in day-to-day operation of human being. What happens when one’s mind is not at peace, then someone starts to forget the things that he thinks that he should be remembering; this leads to depression. The result will be low productivity both at social life and in working environment. As life changes there are new things that we have to learn to be in line with the changing life, this may be at working places or in social dynamics. With stress then absorption level of new things reduces and cannot learn new techniques of doi
The neighborhood chosen for this assignment is Astoria, located in the borough of Queens, New York City. Astoria is situated in the Western part of New York City, and it is neighboring three other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island, Sunnyside, and Woodside. The neighborhood is well-connected with other parts of the city by various types of public transport and is known for being a melting pot of cultures. Regarding the architecture of the neighborhood, these days, Astoria is mostly a low-rise neighborhood full of apartment buildings and multi-family homes. Previously, Astoria was known for prominent Greek-style influenced architecture, yet its prevalence diminished with time. In general, New York and Astoria do not have such noticeable signs of militarization compared to the cities like Beirut, Cairo, or Jerusalem (Elshahed et al., 2015). Moreover, even in comparison to Oakland, the neighborhood of Astoria looks and feels much more peaceful, with no dominant architectural forms symbolizing power, control, or security. On the contrary, this part of New York City offers calm and quiet public spaces, such as Astoria Park, vibrant street social life, and cultural enrichment. While the definition and perception of a slum are relative, it is safe to say that Astoria has been a wealthier part of the city for most of its history. Therefore, the neighborhood escaped some of the problems mentioned in the GlobalPOV (2013) video, such as extreme social inequality. According to Niche.com (n.d.), the median household income in the neighborhood of Astoria is around $73,000. However, New York itself had a long and rich history of slums with such areas as Seneca Village, Five Points, San Juan Hill, Little Syria, and others. Most of those slums were destroyed and replaced by various projects that were thought to be more suitable for the city throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Overall, New York authorities have consistently demonstrated a more destructive approach towards slums, criticized by GlobalPOV. These days, it is believed that there are no more slums in New York; however, this still depends on the point of view.
Perishable food products can be preserved for a long time by applying a preservation method to them. Boiling fruits and berries with honey or sugars, urinating, pickling, pickling, and other methods have been used by people for a long time. Food preservation has become ecologically important with difficult economic times, including the COVID-19 pandemic (Sridhar et al. 1715). Various methods of influencing microorganisms have been widely studied and have found practical use, making it possible to preserve food products without spoilage for a long time. There are several classifications of food preservation based on microbiological and spoilage mechanisms, on which it is possible to describe the main methods of preserving products. The first group includes storage methods based on the basic principle: they aim at maintaining life processes at a reduced level but with the preservation of natural immunity. This principle is based on the storage of fresh fruits and vegetables and live fish storage (Sridhar et al. 1718). In the second group are storage methods based on the principle of abiosis, which aims to destroy microbes in the product. These include pasteurization, sterilization, the use of antiseptics, antibiotics, and sonication. Storage methods based on the principle of anabiosis aim to suspend the vital activity of microbes in products. At the same time, such conditions are created under which microorganisms can remain alive but not viable. These include: creating low temperatures, removing water from the product – drying, creating a high osmotic pressure with salt sugar, increasing acidity, and creating anaerobic conditions (Sridhar et al. 1719). Finally, storage methods based on the principle of cenoanabiosis are aimed at using antagonistic relationships between microorganisms that make up the microflora of the product. At the same time, conditions are created for the development of microorganisms, which change the properties of the product in the course of their life activity to improve its nutritional and taste qualities. The waste products of these
Topgolf is a high-growth platform with favorable unit economics across its companies. It will benefit from Callaway’s solid financial position, which allows it to fully support Topgolf’s expansion ambitions at a low cost of capital. Both businesses are focused on golf and active-lifestyle customers. The acquired company will benefit from a compelling family of brands with reach across numerous channels, including retail, venues, e-commerce, and digital communities, thanks to Topgolf’s 90 million consumer contact points every year. Callaway’s golf equipment and soft products companies benefit from Topgolf’s efforts to introduce new players to the game of golf (Repar, 2021). The merged company’s industry-leading sales, marketing, and partnership infrastructure will enhance traffic, same-venue revenues, and new business conversion. The combined consumer reach of Callaway and Topgolf will result in enhanced promotion, exposure, and sales of equipment and clothing to golfers and non-golfers alike (Repar, 2021). A common innovation culture opens attractive long-term options, such as the ability to transmit information for teaching, exercise, and lifestyle across linked displays. The company’s core platform, which is distinguished by immersive games, proprietary technology, and locally sourced, high-quality food and beverage, is a one-of-a-kind social destination for everyone. Topgolf locations are physically positioned to profit from customer preferences for outdoor activities because of their open-air, climate-controlled bays. In 2019, Topgolf served more than 23 million visitors from 63 sites throughout the world, including a strong pipeline of new openings, with more than half of customers identifying as non-golfers (Repar, 2021). Topgolf has a significant digital presence in the game of golf through World Golf Tour, a popular mobile golf game with 28 million subscribers as of 2019 (Repar, 2021). Topgolf’s exclusive, in-house gaming skills also enable novel sponsorship and consumer interaction options across the company’s linked digital and in-person platforms due to the company’s own in-house gaming capabilities. Reference Repar, K. (2021). Callaway golf: Leading the game’s renaissance with the Topgolf acquisition . Seeking Alpha. Web.
Introduction Stevie Wonder is known as the founder of modern RnB and soul and one of the key figures influencing the development of the 20th centurys music styles. In addition, he is a 25-time Grammy award winner and suffers from blindness. The atmosphere during his latest concert was, as always, magnificent and vibrant. The features that fascinated me most of all will be discussed in the essay. Main body The first peculiarity of his concert is the absence of some extraordinary light show, decoration, dancers and costumes. Most of modern artists use these elements to impress the audience. Undoubtedly, such performances are spectacular; nevertheless, I believe that the musicians do it since their music without the show will not attract the audience. During Wonders performance, the crowd became captivated by his energy and songs. I suppose that the elements of the show would even have spoiled the concert since they would distract attention from the music itself. The second thing that impressed me was his frequent communication with the audience and the way he behaved himself. He was joking, asking to sign with him, and moving so simply as if he is talking to his friends. Apart from that, sometimes he left the piano and stood in the middle of the stage singing and moving the body. At these moments, it was impossible to guess that he is a blind man. The third feature deals not with the singer and his band but with the audience itself. I was deeply impressed by the absence of people who tried to record the whole concert. In the age of social media, people often make videos and photos that prove their attendance at a show. However, even though the audience was pretty much young and middle-aged people, they were only singing and dancing. I, as well, tried to imbibe the energy of the concert instead of making videos. Conclusion To sum up, the concert of Wonder was immensely soulful and impressive. After the show, all the negative and depressive thoughts evaporated. I suppose that the simplicity of the performances arrangements and Wonders personality were the key factors that adorned the concert. After watching for 1.5 hours how a blind man is enjoying the moment, I have changed the attitude to some of my problems since they seemed to become negligible.