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A visit to the Safari Wilderness Ranch began very early and my family members were super excited. As we arrived at the gate, there were few people, and we alighted the vehicle to clear as the procedure. Our excitement grew even more as we advance towards the animal sanctuary. The environment around smelt so fresh, and we could hear animal sounds from afar. This was a clear indication that our outing away from the city hustles had begun well, and there was much to anticipate of the day ahead. Just at the entrance, knowledgeable guides picked us and led their custom safari vehicles. Just some distance from the gate, they began by showing us some exotic wetlands. The wetland sites were so fascinating, and we were now sure of a great safari ahead at the Safari Wilderness Ranch. Above us, the clouds were so clear and so beautiful. As we turned to the left and further into the 260-acre ranch, the clear view of the wetlands was so fascinating. To our right were herds of Zebras grazing. Their striped body patterns created a spectacular view against the super green background. The freshness of the wilderness created, and the sweet taste of the drinks we enjoyed in the vehicle created a feeling of a wilderness safari in the African Savanna. We would hear frogs and toads producing some amazing sounds in the wetlands, and this would have tempted you to think that the rainy season had begun. Moments into our safari, we came across this large herd of scimitar-horned Oryx. The amazing and knowledgeable guides informed us that these particular species were extinct in their native land, Africa. These animals are so well managed, and it seems that they specialize only with animals that do well in the 260-acre. This was evident by the large herd of Defassa waterbuck; in fact, we learned that it is the largest herd in the country through the guides. Near the central part of the ranch, we saw elands, free-spirited lemur, ostriches, camels, and llamas. One thing I felt so good about the safari is, there are no scripted presentations. You have a natural tour guided by the guides. The guides are so experienced and knowledgeable. They always give you new information and answer your questions correctly about the nature and amazing animals in the Safari Wilderness Ranch. The two-hour safari was so amazing, and we felt the need to do even more safaris in the future. As we drove towards the gate, the animal sounds started to fade, but our experience at the Safari Wilderness Ranch was sensational.
Introduction Crime has been an inherent element of popular mass media since the inception of feature films, and later television shows that attracted hundreds of millions of viewers over the decades. From the earliest shows, the themes and patterns embedded into the fictional media would dominate the medium. In this media, someone commits a criminal act, one which is usually thrilling or violent, and someone else is left to pick up the pieces or solve them. Crime has and will dominate popular media, ranging from the traditional police and detective shows/movies to documentaries, and more recently the ‘true crime’ genre or psychological thrillers attempting to tell the story from the perspective of the criminal or understand their motivations (VanArendonk, 2019). Of course, there are also various types of crimes, such as the sickening violence of a serial killer to the financial and political crimes which allow for lavish lifestyles and power – each having some sort of representation in modern media. The simplest explanation for the popularity of crime in media is that people are attracted to it because it represents all things that are forbidden. It is a psychological exploration of the dark imagination or desires of the human mind – aspects that are alluring and extremely sensational. It allows people to imagine the hypothetical of how they would feel and act if they were to murder or rob a bank. Usually, the more heinous from a personal ethical perspective as well as social standards, the more alluring it is. The motivations are complex, combining both fascination (often with death and destruction) similar to that when people are drawn to watch natural disasters or car wrecks, combined with the thrills described above, a guilty pleasure. Popular media exists in its forms as entertainment which allows one to experience the emotions such as fear, horror, and to some extent, arousal, in a controlled environment (Bonn, 2016). Psychological and Social Impacts of Media As discussed later, one of the most persistent academic debates is whether mass media causes any potential deviant, criminal, or antisocial behavior. There is a consensus that media has some influence on people’s behavior, not necessarily on crime but in terms of social interactivity or personal perceptions for example. This is known as effects research, stemming from two primary theories of mass society theory and behaviorism. Despite stemming from different disciplines of sociology and psychology, the two theories inherently suggest that human nature is unstable and is highly susceptible to external influence (Jewkes, 2011). Mass society theory has its origins in post-WWII when society was highly vulnerable and fragmented, and masses of common people were characterized by a lack of individuality and alienation from moral or ethical values. Mass media was seen as an aid to people’s well-being in difficult circumstances
A preschool teacher is among the people every human being interacts with, and remains indebted to all his/her life. This job is very challenging although it is enjoyable. Dealing with young brains that know close to nothing can be very stressing. However, for a passionate preschool teacher the virtues of patience and understanding are of utmost importance. Patience and understanding enable the teachers to regulate their reactions toward the behaviors of some kids. Patience helps new teachers to settle down at this new institution in a sober manner. Good preschool teachers should understand the roles, duties, expectations and challenges they are likely to encounter in the course of their career. Such an understanding will help them in laying out the logistics of their work to ensure that they will not feel like losers after all their years of service. Just like in all other aspects of life, the success of a preschool teacher lies largely on his/her understanding of his/her work and planning. Mutual respect between teachers and their students is usually a big determinant of the performance of both the teacher and class. A preschool teacher should manage the class in a manner that ensures that he/she is able to gain the respect of his/her class without frightening the group of students. For many teachers this approach is very challenging especially because children will appear disrespectful even when they do not mean to. Teachers should also give respect to their students because respect is a two-way affair. Dedication is very important in preschool teaching. Although many people assume that kids are young and thus will not understand a teacher’s reluctance, later in life those kids are able to recall which of their teachers was dedicated or not. Ergo, dedication in classroom and even extracurricular activities is key and almost mandatory if one is to have a successful career in preschool teaching. The art of organization is another important skill every preschool teacher should possess. A teacher is the resource person in the classroom and he/she should therefore be in a good position to locate necessary material upon demand and not the other way round. A class of students will always look up to their teacher and the manner in which the educator behaves is more likely than not a great influence to the behaviors adopted by the kid. With this in mind, preschool teachers should always know where classroom materials are placed and even train the class to put the materials where they should be in case they are misplaced. In addition, the teacher should make sure the classroom organization is maintained. The classroom structure should include specific places for reading, resting, and the teacher’s desk among others. Preschool teachers have the best chance of assisting students with low self –esteem to recognize their state and work on their est
The review on the novel “Like Water For Chocolate” describes a unique mixture of reality and spiritual world unveiling family relations and life struggle. The author clearly states that Laura Esquivel possesses a unique opportunity to observe and record human’s behavior and actions, through the lens of her world perception, which reflected in her work. I agree with the review that this novel is a vivid example of Laura Esquivel’s unique style of writing and extraordinary talent that becomes apparent through the choice of settings and objects, irony and symbolism. From the very beginning, readers are faced with specific structure of the book divided into 12 Chapters named after the months of the year. It is possible to say that this structure is a symbolic one aimed to attract readers’ a
Introduction The communicative power of the internet has essentially replaced many of the traditional tools, particularly in the world of traditional advertising in print and broadcast media. Properly designed online marketing and product distribution management strategy facilitates the success and sustainability in online marketing since it operates within stipulated business laws. This analytical treatise attempts to present an explicit social media marketing plan for the Subway Fast Food. Objectives for Social Media Marketing Attract The main objective of this digital marketing plan is to attract the younger customers’ market through the Subway’s website and a twitter fun page in order to increase the customer traffic in its stores. The objective aims at packaging the fast food company as a favourite of the younger customers who frequent social media and actually share a common communication culture. Apparently, this segment forms the largest bracket of those who visit Subway stores (DeLong, 2012). The use of social media to attract this market segment is achievable since the target market frequents social media as a site for interaction and purchase of different products (Stokes, 2011). Customer retention and loyalty
Australia was created by immigrants. As strange as it may seem, the country still needs people to inhabit the territory of Australia. It is easy to construct a discussion on this issue. Many studies observe this from good and bad sides. The paper considers two articles on social affairs of Australia. Bob Day (2003) in the article Safety in Numbers represents positive sides of immigration to Australia. The author describes four features in which the government could get benefits. These are: economic, environmental, birthrate and security domains. The thing is that the immigration and multiculturalism, as a result, impact positively on the economy, security, and social stability in the country. Different readings showed that this is inevitably vital for Australia. In fact, the author gives a lot of facts about how the country benefited from immigration in the past and what this perspective promises today. The author develops on the national strategy for the protection of Australia’s main rules and principles for living. Multiculturalism cannot be simply reduced. Australia needs such diverse versatility of population. Another article by Michael James (1998) Cultural Pluralism: The Case for Benign Neglect continues discussion on the issue of multiculturalism in Australia. The author intends a reader to realize the significance of immigration and multinational relations for this country. However, it is possible when one follows the laws and principles of society. There is a great desire of Australians to emphasize the role of commitment of immigrants to the country, first. Only on this basis there can be a guarantee for safe and accustomed development of relationships in the society. Sharing cultures, Australians not just support peaceful way of relations, but prevent each other from competition. This objective relies on flexible governmental conventions that really unite minor and major ethnical groups in Australia. Looking at the article by Bob Day, I can simply state that immigration is needful for Australia at the time. Furthermore, it is vital for more growth of the national economy and other qualitative features. The results of such policy are really budding. The birthrates can increase. However, for the unique Australian nature such change is dangerous. The author also does not mention concrete numbers as for population and areas being more or less inhabited. If there were more statistical data in charts, graphs or diagrams, t
Introduction Asset misappropriation methods include frauds in which executors use tricks and deceits to acquire ownership of an institution’s resources. In these methods, employees use assets of the organizations that they work in for their personal gains. In many cases, people who commit asset misappropriation crimes are employees of organizations, clients or suppliers. Asset misappropriation differs from other crimes in that trickery is applied. Force is never applied in execution of asset misappropriation crimes. Two categories of asset misappropriation crimes exist. These include deceitful acquisition of money and non-cash assets. In addition, asset misappropriation crimes can take place at any point in an organization. The circumstances that promote the occurrence of asset misappropriation differ. The crime can take place before records are made or after reports have been prepared. Asset misappropriation can also take place when purchases are being made, during preparation of payroll or in delivery of reimbursement. However, in many cases, asset misappropriation involves the theft of money. This paper describes how an employee plans to commit skimming successfully. It also describes the impact of weak controls and the prevention of the crime in a company. Execution of Skimming Asset misappropriation is divided into various types namely skimming, misuse of funds and cash larceny. Skimming is a type of cash theft by an employee. It involves the theft of money before records are entered in an organization’s accounts. Hence, skimming is popularly referred to as off the records fraud. John works as a teller at Thomson Home Hardware store where he plans to skim money successfully. He plans to commit the act on several occasions. He will ensure that a record has not been made before he commits the crime. Absence of a record will make audit trace impossible. Stealing the money before it is recorded will ensure that the company does not know of its receipt. Consequently, it will be difficult for the company to know that John has stolen the money. John decided to position himself appropriately within the organization to succeed in stealing money. He realized that it is essential to be in a department in which funds are received. In such departments, he will receive and record payments and money. This will give him access to cash. He plans to slip checks or cash out of the receivables. That is why he chose to be a teller at the hardware store. John plans to post a large quantity of the money received in the appropriate returns or clients’ accounts. However, he will keep a smaller quantity of the received payments in his private account. Skimming is usually straightforward. A customer comes and makes payment for goods and services. Customers leave the store after they pay for goods bought or services received. The employee then places the received amounts in the cash register. However, since John plans to steal money, he will put part of the money in his pocket and not record the tr
Assimilation and involvement with the American culture was a process that was different for each individual immigrant. During the 1900s, Jewish immigrants were arriving in the United States in search of a better and safer life. Andrew Lefkowitz always believed that each person has a soul mate whom they would eventually find. He grew to be 30 years old but he never found his soul mate. He never felt a crush in his high school and he never fell in love. He felt he has not found a person he is perfectly compatible with. His grandmother wanted to arrange a marriage, but he wanted to find a person he would love himself. “I have chosen a wife for you,” she stated. The woman was 28 years old and from the same town as Andrew. Yet, he never met her because she immigrated to the US when she was around 5 years old. She grew up in New Jersey, so she would not be used to the culture and acts of women from Andrew’s town and his Jewish culture. He always wanted to be in an intimate relationship but he never found the person in his town. As a result, he started to think differently. He thought that maybe his soul mate is somewhere else in the world. He then thought that maybe his grandmother is really leading him to his soul mate. He never thought about how this woman has a different cultural background and did not think it would be difficult for him to assimilate in the woman’s American culture in New Jersey. He later gained a strong belief that she is most likely his soul mate and decided that he wanted to meet her. Upon arrival to the United States, on May 1, 1910, Andrew Lefkowitz decided to get a job in either agriculture or at some industrial plant. In order to look for employment, Andrew bought the “New York Times” and read an article that mentioned Social Aid to Jewish immigrants. The loans were given out in support of the farming industry and he decided to try his luck there. Everything was new in his social life and assimilation was taking some time. There were several Jewish communities, but there was a conflict between the deeply enrooted Jewish culture and a more modern American culture. There were some struggles with the parents and their views, as Andrew believed in finding a soul mate and was still having doubts in regards to arranged unions. The industry was developing at an increasing rate, and in order to assimilate faster, Andrew decided to leave an all Jewish agricultural community and join other Americans, to work at a successful company called “Ford”. Not only was Andrew receiving a good salary, but the company’s goal was also to provide proper living conditions to the employees. The standards were organized according to humane regulations so that there is proper ventilation, no overcrowding, functioning amenities and a gene
Introduction When the American congress agreed to Woodrow Wilson’s request that America join WW1 on the side of the allies in April 1917, it was nearly three years since the war had broken out 1 . Up to that point, in spite of continuous provocations by Britain and Germany, and especially the latter, America had remained in the mainstream and kept its promise to remain neutral in the war and continue doing business with both sides. The three years have been used to argue that the US was unwilling to enter the war; that the US was neutral as Woodrow Wilson had declared. But this is not exactly true; the US was not neutral, neither was it unwilling to join the war. In this paper we shall explore this assertion. Discussion As the war broke out in Europe, Woodrow Wilson, in calling for neutrality said that the Americans “must remain impartial both in thought and in action” 2 . But was this true, that the US could remain impartial in thought and in action? First, let us look at the ‘thought’. From the earlier days of war, it was obvious that the US would be more aligned to the allies, mainly led by Britain and France; as one historian observed “France had lent a hand to the colonies during the times of American Revolution” 3 . Now America recalled those times and it was time for payback, but America was also more “socially and culturally connected with Britain in terms of literature, language and democratic institutions” 4 . With these historical factors and ties in place, it is doubtful that the US would have been neutral, at least not in thought. But in the first two years of the war, the undecided ‘thought’ became reflected in the ‘actions’ of the US as well. The US had made great investments in the efforts of the allies in the war. “Soon, as the war progressed and it became highly likely that the blockade by the British would only allow the US to trade with allies, the US took upon itself to finance essentials such as foods and weapons for both France and Great Britain” 5 and the US industries basked in the market. On the economic front and in arms supply it became obvious to the Germans, there was no partiality as the US’s sympathies and loyalty lay mostly with the allies. Up to this point, it is clear that the US was not as neutral as they had claimed. But these factors are not to be solely blamed on the US. Britain, having cut off communication between the US and the alliance, especially Germany, controlled much of the information on the war that reached the US. With this it became easy to absolve the US of the German-type-itchiness to join the war. This is especially reflected in the US’s act of restraint and control to avoid getting into the war even in the face of rude provocations by the warring camps, especially Germany. It has been argued that “the Zimmerman Telegram’ was one of the major immediate impetuses for the US joining the war” 6 . This is true, especially in the sense that by threatening the US’s stance on the dispute zones along its borders with Mexico, Germany was most explicitly taking the war to the US front door. Yet, in dec