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Maintaining guest privacy is an integral component of the hotel business. Not only does it protect their comfort and dignity, but it also has a direct influence on the hotel’s reputation. The more personal data is exposed, the less competent hotel management will be. If management understands the necessity of respecting privacy, then violations are a result of the inadequacy of privacy policy. If all documents are in order, then it is the fault of the hotel staff, which violates clients’ privacy. Therefore, it is essential to organize a training program for the staff, which would accentuate the importance of customer privacy and the consequences of violation. Customer privacy is a set of guidelines meant to protect hotel guests from the interference of other clients and staff. First and foremost, the clients expect that their personal information will remain private even after the necessary disclosure during the check-in (Ho et al., 2017). This implies that staff members and other guests do not know such personal details as age, f
Introduction Technological development has made people’s lives more comfortable. Such technological advances as the Internet can be regarded as one of the most beneficial inventions. The digital world enables people to communicate, study, do business, and so forth. Nevertheless, just like the real world, the Internet is vulnerable to various illegal activities. Cybercrime can pose considerable threats to individuals, companies, and even entire countries. The recent scandals associated with data loss, violated confidentiality and other issues show that cybersecurity should be one of the priorities. The present paper includes a brief analysis of one of the views on Internet security and the most efficient tools to ensure it. Analysis Van Den Berg and Keymolen article The article under consideration dwells upon Internet security and the way it can be improved. Van Den Berg and Keymolen (2017) concentrate on the use of techno-regulation as a prevailing way to address various threats. The researchers argue that the common techno-regulation is not a panacea and trust-based tools should be used as a way to improve cybersecurity. The authors stress that the digital world is rather vulnerable, which has been acknowledged by the authorities. Nevertheless, excessive reliance on technological means of regulation has certain gaps as seen by the researchers. This paper includes an analysis of the authors’ views on the effectiveness of techno-regulation and trust-based tools as the most efficient alternative. Van Den Berg and Keymolen (2017) claim that techno-regulation cannot be used as a primary way to address cybersecurity iss
The interaction between children and poetry is characterized by strong materials (Glazer and Williams 271). These comprise good plots, rich settings, well-developed characters, vital and educative themes, and artistic styles that employ bold and creative language (Glazer and Williams 279). This element of novelty is developed by the author, who first understands and comprehends the nature of the audience, or the child age bracket (Glazer and Williams 282). The authors then proceed to prepare the content. It is a common argument among children poets that they create good pieces, irrespective of whether the children like them or not. According to Glazer and Williams (284), authors argue that their compositions are built of strong materials, and the likes and dislikes of children cannot be used as a basis for determining the quality of the literature. They further claim that poetry should be judged as literature on its own merit, and children should them be given the most appropriate literature (Glazer and Williams 298). Lukens defines poetry as a concise, intense, and flamboyant type of literary work that employs the elements of sound and language to develop emotion and targeted notions. Poetry is aimed at developing emotional intensity through the use of rhythmic or figurative language. All forms of poetry, including children poetry, use various styles to bring out the intended emotion. These styles include: “alliteration, metaphors, similes, symbolism, personification, assonance, consonance, allusion, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, and rhyme scheme” (Likens 8). There are various forms of poetry including narrative poems, free verse, ballads, diamante, and cinquain. Children are not attracted to reading as easily as grownups; therefore, their reading materials should not include difficult terms or abstract concepts. According to Hillman (34), poems and other literary works that are targeted at children display five key features. First, their charact
The 36 paged short story book written by Philip Kindred Dick, “ Paycheck” explores political, social, and metaphysical fiction genre. Drawn from his personal experiences, this book reveals the rot of the society as contributed by the themes of monopolistic corporation, misery, twin-self, paranoia, altered states, and authoritarian administration. This paper examines the differences that lies between the “ Paycheck” and the movie adapted from it. The main theme presented by this story is personal identity as a component of realism. Books are normally adapted to the screen and “ paycheck” is not an exception. When a book is adapted to the screen, many changes are usually made. Many a times, the changes occur even before the book is released. This explains why many screenwriters end up being directors. A movie is a visual medium and normally attempts to portray certain parts of written piece on thoughts of characters not explicitly expressed. Recognizing themes of loyalty, moral crisis, honor, and revenge, Woo brings Dick’s short story to life. Woo is moved by Dick’s imaginative exploration of memory manipulation and how misused technology can wreak havoc on humanity. Woo tries to blend the Dick’s high-concept vision of the world of tomorrow with his own stylized and highly choreographed action. He creates a very human action thriller that combines stories of both self-discovery and love. Woo convincingly mingles the ‘futuristic’ and the ‘realistic’ imaginations of Dick to create a world of exotic technology with devices that can erase memories, machines that can create the weather and smokeless cigarettes. Critical analysis of the short story and the movie reveals lack of strong connection between the two pieces of art. They seem to propagate different themes. To begin with, the story is more of thought-provoking. On the other hand, the film has an interesting sci-fi premise but instead of taking the route of a thought-provoking, it decides to venture down the path of action and chase scenes. Reflectively, this creates a feeling of unimaginative casting. Factually, the story is far more and fascinating than the film. Woo even goes ahead to include slow motion pictures yet the short story is a high speed genre. This adversely distracts the story from its original interesting and provocative aspects. In the story, Jennings, the main character, has only 7 main items: a ticket stub, a length of fine wire, a green strip of cloth, a parcel receipt, a bus token, half a poker chip and a code key. Out of these, only the bus token and code key appears in the film. He actually refers to them as “trinkets” and describes them as his ‘pocketful of miracles, from someone who know the future’. Actually they are a blessing in disguise. Because prior to the memory wipe these ‘trinkets’ he believed would lead him to ultimate economic freedom. Not just a paych
Saint Anthony of Padua was a prominent Catholic religious figure of the first decades of the 13 th century. He was born at the very end of the 12th century, to be more precise, in 1195, in the current capital of Portugal, Lisbon. There he was introduced to Christianity and was given his first religious education. He found his life purpose when he first saw the bodies of Christian martyrs returned from Muslim Morocco. It was when he realized that it was his religious duty to bring true faith to the most inveterate heretics. However, he could not reach the Muslim world due to natural circumstances and poor health, so he began to teach and preach throughout southern Europe. The reason I chose St. Anthony is that my parents gave me this name. I think they did so because they are religious people, and they want me to develop the same personality traits that St. Anthony had. St. Anthony was a sincere, understanding, diligent and fearless person. I believe that every Christian, whether they are Catholic, Protestant, or Orthodox, should aim to develop these aspects of the personality. Studying the biography of St. Anthony taught me two big lessons. The first one is that one should not be disappointed about the failures and dead ends on their life path. There is always a way to effectively apply one’s best personal qualities and skills, as well as the place and people who need them. The second thing I have learned is that empathy and understanding are universal keys to people’s hearts. The simplicity of St. Anthony, his sincerity, and asceticism are what motivate me to be holy.
The abuse of power is a prevalent phenomenon in diverse societies and systems of governance as evident by the practice of judges in the context of law and the ability of a president to pardon criminals. Judges operate within a legal structure, which constrains their roles in the administration of retributive justice and curtails their authority regarding tasks such as pardoning of offenders or discarding the execution of penalties despite the fact that they are the guardians of the law. On the other hand, the constitution bestows excellent power to the executive, as a branch of the legislature, in critical matters of perceived justice and justifiable violence. The functions of the judicial department conflict with the powers of the executive because of the executive’s tendency to override retributive justice and sustain the governmental decree of justice (Bull 2012, p.173). The existence of the judicial department as an element of the state has created a loophole that allows entities within the government that violate laws and avoid the recommended penalties. For example, although law enforcement agencies have been on the limelight on numerous occasions due to acts of violence against civilians, juries often absolve the agencies of any wrongdoing. The most common justification for the use of violence by the police against citizens concerns the discretion to use force in situations whereby the police perceive violent intervention as crucial to the undertaking of their duties. The willingness of juries to condone violence highlights ideologies and structures of the power of the state that seek accountability of civilians but absolves elements of the government from any responsibility. The state exists as a monopoly and legitimizes violence within its various elements and branches because the power of the country entails controlling various means of violence. State agents can use violence without much condemnation by the judiciary with state officers acting as an extension of the expression of the state power and violence. Considering that government officers act in the capacity of the state, they can advance their personal interests and gains by disregarding the law and promoting violence in the pretext of doing their job and acting in the line of duty. The constitution defines legal exceptions for the state in matters such as protecting the sovereignty through just war or internal wars, which allow political leaders and influential individuals to undertake unpopular actions and defy international law. For example, the invasion of Iraq by the United States defied the UN Security Council resolutions and led to widespread abuse of human rights and a significantly high number of civilian casualties (Burke 2007, p.10). When viewed in the realm of strategies for national security, a Congressional vote for the invasion of Iraq possessed a legal legitimacy despite the fact that all the powers of the government should exist within the context of the law. Legal structures, wh
The Movie City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles came into scenes in 2002 in Portugal and hit the worldwide market in 2003. The movie dramatizes crime and drug dealing in Brazil as part of life in slums. The main characters are children and Meirelles, together with his co-director Katia Lund depict children as either dupes or culprits of crime. This movie contains violent panoramas and conniptions and not everyone can watch it. Meirelles used “Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound” to capture a documentary tone to this film (Kleinman para. 9). This gave rich background sound, an element that catches viewer’s attention throughout the movie. The picture of the film is excellent for the film is showcased in “Widescreen anamorphic letterbox format with an aspect ration of 1.85:1 and is enhanced for 16X9 televisions” (Kleinman para. 8). In the plot, the movie opens by pictures of boys preparing some chicken for a meal. One chicken gets away, three armed boys pursue it, and it comes to a standstill between the armed boys and Rocket, a boy who thinks that this pack is after his life. A series of violent scenes follows where the three-armed boys are dubbed the “Tender Trio”. Corruption, murder, rape, crime, drug abuse, and trafficking dominate the scenes in this film. The location of this movie is in a Brazilian slum in Rio de Janeiro near Cidade de Deus. Perfect camera work and delirious editing captivates viewers greatly and this makes the film livelier. The cast includes Alexandre Rodriguez acting as ‘Rocket’ and Luis Otavio the main characters. In a move that many people did not expect, Meirelles chose to use non-professional actors in this movie. Moreover, most of these actors like Leandro Firmino da Hora are residents of the slum in Cidade de Deus. However, Meirelles gave the reasons for using this kind of actors. He said, “Professional actors are great, but for this project we were dealing with an environment that no professional actor in Brazil had any knowledge of. We needed the expertise of the boys and it was intrinsic to my work that we use them” (Barraclough para. 11). Authenticity should be the core element in cinema. Directors and producers should strive for authenticity to relate movies to what happens in real life situations. Movies should be educative. For instance, not everyone can go to Cidade de Deus; however, by watching City of God, one can understand what really happens down there. No wonder Meirelles says, “It (use of non-professional locals living in that slum) gave the film an authenticity that would have been lacking if we had used professional actors” (Barraclough para. 11). Meirelles did not do something revolutionary. This is because use of non-professional actors to achieve authenticity had been in film industry for quite sometime before he directed the City of God in 2002. For instance, the Battle of Algiers released in 1966, uses the same aspects as the City of God . However, it is important to note that Meirelles wo
Introduction School violence is on the toll in the United States with children being the most frequent victims than any other age group in America. The very concept of school violence is multidimensional and includes violence victimization, antisocial behavior, criminal behavior, perpetration of violence, and other aspects. Multiple procedures are used to determine the reasons for school violence and accurately assess current and expected crime rates. While statistics are usually provided by official federal agencies, student self-reports are the primary source of statistical data. Student self-reports are then checked on validity and reliability. It has been determined that reported incidence of school violence are much higher among students that fail to pass reliability tests. For instance, the frequency of school fighting was 19.2% percent among students that pass the reliability tests with school frequency rising to 58.6% among those who fail to pass the tests. The statistics suggest that the present rate of school violence is, in fact, lower than the one estimated by the general studies. Problem overview Overall, youth violence in the United States has been steadily increasing for the past fifteen years with homicide being the second leading cause of death among youth ages 15 – 24 and African Americans being the most vulnerable group. The rate of annual arrests for weapons carrying among youth has increased by 104%. Despite the general increase in crime rates among youth, little violence reported for children occurs within the boundaries of schools. It has been estimated that the school homicide rate is approximately one in a million, whereas chances of violent death among juveniles are as much as 40 times as higher as in schools. Within 1 year, from 1999 to 2000, there have been 32 school-associated violent deaths with 24 being homicides and 8 being suicides. The total number of homicides within this year accounts for less than 1% of the total number of homicide victims among children ages 5 – 19. The total number of suicides within the boundaries of school is also below 1% when compared against the total out-of-school number of suicides among youths. Acts of school violence are not distributed equally in the community; in fact, school violence occurs mostly in urban schools. It has been determined, that rates of violence in schools tend to mirror those within a community; consequently, school violence is likely to occur in inner cities rather than rural areas. Among the schools that
Our images of God and our relationship with God portray our inner characteristics and personalities. Throughout the history of Christianity, God has been portrayed as a grandfatherly image of a white man. Subsequently, such an image has a profound effect on specific groups of people that are not of the white race or are of the female gender. Such an image of God, therefore, tends to be exclusivist in a way and alienates these groups. For instance, an African American, whose image of God is that of a white person, may feel alienated and might believe that s/he is not necessarily a ‘child of God’ because of the difference between his actual race and the projected race of God in his image. Likewise, a woman who holds the image of God as a male/man may subsequently subscribe to the notion that her gender is secondary to that of the male since God himself is of the male gender. Subsequently, our images of God and our relationship with God can either make us feel empowered or can serve to hinder our individual progress, depending on the image we have of God. If we believe that all authority and power proceeds from God and the image of God that people possess is that of a male God, then the tendency would be to have a personality that respects male domination in society (Choi Hee, 2008, p.351). On the other hand, if people’s image of God is that of a female person, the tendency may be towards being a caring and nurturing person to fit into the female prototype that depicts women as nurturers. For a person whose image of God is that of a God who belongs to a different race, for instance, a white male, a belief in God as a powerful and omniscient being may fuel a personal proclivity towards viewing the white race as superior. Personally, I feel that my image of God empowers me in some instances and impedes me in others. I feel that the case is not necessarily black and white, and as Musskopf (2009) posits, there are many gray areas (p.150). My image of God is that of a white, old male, a fatherly figure similar to the one projected by many Christian denominations. As such, because my image of God is that of a father, I tend to find comfort and solace in him as presented by this image. Just like the security that an earthly father gives his child, this image of God as a father gives me a sense of security. Therefore, my image of God in this instant empowers me. However, this very image of God sometimes impedes me because, just as I would not question my earthly father’s authority, I sometimes tend to overlook any wrongdoings in church or by ‘God’s people’ because I usually believe it to be tantamount to questioning God’s authority. If comprehensive, classless humanity were to hold the view that it is created in God’s image, its God would not have a singular image. Because all people would need to feel represented in the image, the Image of God in an inclusive and egalitarian society would have to be a multi-faced God, representing all the crucial humanity groups of the particular societ
Introduction The engagement of men in social issues such as domestic violence is critical for ensuring the success of various initiatives targeting the problem. It is essential to include different people in the movements that fight against injustices to ensure the development of an appropriate cultural environment. This paper aims to analyze the article “Engaging Diverse Men: An Intersectionality Analysis of Men’s Pathways to Antiviolence Activism” and define the implications of this work for presets and the future. Main body The primary idea of the article in question is that while research on men’s experience with a variety of social issues exists, it is predominantly focused on the majority – while heterosexual men, which fails to represent other groups. Peretz (2017) states that Muslim and queer men should be considered when researching the involvement in feminist and antiviolence projects. From personal experience I can conclude that the author has a valid point when arguing that most researchers focus on examining groups who are relatively privileged, leaving out minorities. Therefore, the representation of the actual outcome and effect is biased and does not correspond to the actual state of things. The article in question contributes to Woods’s (2017) opinion regarding violence against specific groups that are facilitated through shared beliefs and values. Based on the arguments of both authors it can be concluded that involving men in movements that oppose domestic violence and other forms of harassment is crucial because it helps create awareness of the problem within a specific group. The reasoning that explains why individuals choose to join antiviolence movements can help increase the number of men allies Conclusion The findings affect both present and future situations because they highlight the importance of considering different perspectives of the issue. The article by Peretz (2017) focuses on two groups of African-American men engaged in anti-violence movements due to their intersecting identities described by the author. All the participants had either a personal connection or were invited to join the movement. Overall, the article by Peretz helps to understand the importance of collaboration with men in movements that target domestic violence and determine specific factors that facilitate their involvement.