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When the book Daisy Comes Home was written, the targeted audience was the young ones, who would fit well with the characters used in the book. This book talks of a chicken that has been mandated to operate its owner’s hutch. The book brings into light the culture of these people, who are mainly located in the mountainside of the Peoples’ Republic of China (Brett 2). The reader quickly understands that the story revolves around a chicken that works tirelessly to make sure that it is not slaughtered. In addition, the reader is made aware that these people lived in villages that were located in mountainous region. Moreover, it is illustrated in the book that these people had their houses made of bamboo huts. In almost every chapter, this aspect of bamboo huts is illustrated. Another cultural aspect of the Chinese that is illustrated in the book is poultry keeping. Right from chapter one, a chicken character has dominated the entire book. This is a clear illustration that these people are chicken farmers. We find that these people liked chicken to an extent that they had coined names for them. A good example is Daisy, which is a name for a chicken. From the book, we also learn that the area inhabited by these people has other animals besides chicken. These animals include water buffalo and the red tailed monkeys. This is a further illustration that this area has rivers and is forested. As a result, we can say that these people practiced fishing that comes along with the presence of rivers. The presence of rivers and forested areas serves as an indicator of agricultural activities going on (Brett 5). This is because, water from the rivers could be used for irrigation and also forested areas are also known for providing suitable climate for agricultural activities to thrive. These people also were traders. In the book, the author has said that they had village market places that served the entire population in the region. The author argues that the market places served as the center of all businesses throughout the villages and other mushrooming towns in China. He says that the small towns were later to become major trading centers in the whole country. The artistic nature of the Chinese is also depicted in this book. He points out that the characters in the book used to have basket weaving, and painted pottery. This aspect is also present in the modern day China where some of their products have won international recognition because of their sophisticated beauty. This is a clear illustration that improving on a peoples’ culture can help them realize lots of benefit. In addition, we find that Jan Brett has attempted to bring into light other cultures of the Chinese when he argues that they developed the art of writing long time ago. He says that although the book had been written in English, Chinese characters were found on almost every page of his work. This is an indication that these people were proud of their culture because they wanted it appear in others language. Therefore, this book has helped a lot in explaining the culture of these people to the rest of the world. Works Cited Brett, Jan. Daisy Comes Home . Carolina: Baker & Taylor, 2009.
The main goal of the scientific research methodology is the provision of the general theoretic principles for solving the formulated tasks and issues (Garcia 10). Each of the historical research methods can be regarded as the set of specific technical rules and procedures as well as a complex of the ideas and approaches. However, according to John Tosh (2000), the research rules cannot be reduced to a unified formula, and the specific analytical procedures vary depending on the character of the source (p. 102). Nowadays, there is a great variety of historical research methods, and many prominent researchers use a system of methods in their studies. Understanding of the standards and regulations of the research methodology helps to implement the appropriate techniques for attaining valid and reliable data that will help to evaluate the interrelations between the past and modern historical events. Historical-Comparative Research Comparison is one of the basic principles of the scientific cognition. The logical foundation for the comparative method is the analogy that is the similarity between the events and objects. According to the principle of analogy, the similarity in the external features of the objects implies the existence of common qualities in these objects (Li 3). The analogy concept is not sufficient in itself, and the in-depth scientific analysis is required. The researcher’s goal is the comprehension of the events’ similarity in features and qualities. And the comparative research is one of the most helpful methods for the achievement of this goal (Kang 233). For attaining greater results, it is important to design a research plan and then conduct it in a consistent way. The historical-comparative research usually consists of six steps: formulation of the idea and research questions, evidence collection and literature review, evaluation of evidence, organization of evidence, synthesis, explanation and discussion of findings. The given model facilitates the conduction and management of the research process making it more effective and efficient. The limitation of the given research method relates to the fact that incorrect application of the external analogies may lead to the unreasonable and inadequate conclusions. Therefore, it is important to make sure that the comparison is drawn between the maximally proximate objects or events. In this way, the examination of a specific historic event will assist in finding the corresponding evidence for the theories and hypotheses. Oral History Research Method Overall, history may be regarded as the narration about the events. Therefore, the oral methods that include personal interviews and observation are valuable for the historical research in general. The oral and narrative methods’ significance is recognized by many researchers; nevertheless, it cannot be a sufficient technique in itself because of a high level of su
Introduction For my interview, I have chosen the owner of the Persian ‘Royal Vanak’ restaurant Maziar Rahimi. He has started working in the food industry when he was 17 as a simple waiter. Nowadays, he can proudly say that he had worked in every part of his restaurant before getting to the top. Mr. Rahimi obtained his skills working as a manager of the cafe, in food marketing, as a chef of Mediterranean cuisine; moreover, he even had worked as an employee of several outstanding chefs that are well-known in Los Angeles, which Maziar preferred to leave anonymous. The road towards becoming an owner of the restaurant was long, challenging, and laborious; nonetheless, according to the words of Mr. Rahimi, it was worth it without any doubts. The interview As an owner of the whole restaurant, Maziar has lots of daily responsibilities, and without him, the performance of the food establishment would significantly reduce and even cease to exist as it is. Some duties could be classified as weekly, not daily, such as making orders for products, fresh fish, and meat. Other business of Mr. Rahimi requires his full attention and often takes a full day, which determines his working hours. The owner is obliged to make sure that his employees are happy and comfortable with their workplaces. Moreover, the owner has to monitor the work of his staff to maintain the high-performance level of the restaurant. The checking of the cleanliness of the food establishment also lies on the owner: Mr. Rahimi does not hesitate to direct the cleaners and show them where their help is needed. The owner also is responsible for issues related to food, such as checking the availability of wine, beer, and necessary food. And the last but not the least duty of the owner is to talk to the customers and just be there when he is needed. As Maziar said, the customers and employees have to know that he is within listening distance. Mr. Rahimi told us that what he likes the most about the career of the restaurant is a challenge that he meets every day: to make his food establishment better. Every day the job challenges him to be better, more creative, use different approaches, and re-evaluate the used methods. One of the most frustrating features of the owner’s job is the ability to get the whole team to work together as a whole. Usually, a restaurant consists of introverts and extroverts, who work in the kitchen and on the front of the restaurant respectively. And every worker is dependable on another, even if they are completely different people; moreover, they need to know how to respect other workers’ positions. To be a successful restaurant manager, a person needs to possess certain qualities. Needless to say, that an owner has to be a good and efficient leader; Maziar claims that most personal qualities are irrelevant if a person is not passionate about his job and is not ready for it to become his life. Of course, the monetary component also plays a huge role: a good owner needs to attract investors to his business to develop it. So, by the passion for the business, a good owner has to be able to attract investors, be open-minded and sociable
Problem Statement With the speedy growth of urban settings globally, the municipal waste remains a tenacious matter facing cities worldwide. Currently, the amount of generated refuse in many urban settings is nearly stretching out of control, and the numbers are expected to swell following consistent development in urban centers (Johnson et al. 3). Efficient waste management remains a vital service to partly attain viable, livable cities since the collection and dumping of refuse influence carbon emanations, traffic jamming, quality of air, and considerable investment in operating expenditures (Kontokosta et al. 151). Local authorities need to develop innovative strategies that seek to establish efficiency in desired systems of waste management to lower the volumes of waste taken to landfills. Such new methods can also grow the diversion rates through composting and recycling programs. Historical and real-time data collection and translation coupled with inventive strategies such as applying machine learning arithmetical methods facilitate data-oriented interventions in tackling persistent challenges in city waste management. Goals and Objectives This research aims to forecast daily and weekly tonnage of municipal garbage generation across New York City using sophisticated data mining capabilities and other technological approaches such as machine learning. Statistical analysis remains an immense strategy in the planning and management of various waste collection systems. The desire for exemplary determination and a directed urban refuse administrative plan remains indispensable in lowering the prospect of adverse ecological effects resulting from municipal garbage (Kontokosta et al. 152). New York City has all of its refuse collected through an integrated network of contractors who use an amalgamation of direct haul, long trucks, and trains to transport and dispose of them in designated landfills. The operational budget allocated by the city to ensure the provision of waste collection and disposal run in billions of dollars. Despite the high financial implication involved in waste collection, inefficiency remains a concern. Therefore, like other metropolises, New York City requires robust urban waste management structures for effective waste forecasting to enable excellent service rendition to residents. Specific objectives of the investigation include:   * To embed technology such as machine learning in monitoring and predicting waste generation volumes for efficient, dependable urban refuse management systems.   * To employ historical data on municipal waste provided by the city’s sanitation department to predict refuse generation for enhanced facilitation of services in a financially sustainable and environmentally sound way. Scope The study has a three-pronged scope in
Introduction Chapter 3 of the book by Barger, Reza, and Velásquez (1994) is dedicated to the history of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and the movement associated with this labor union and the promotion of immigrant farmworkers’ rights. In their analysis, the authors rely on available historical documents as well as secondary studies of other scholars. In the chapter, the focus is placed on labor, migration issues, and the relationships among laborers, growers, and other participants of the agricultural industry, such as labor contracting companies. The historical analysis presented by the authors is aimed at explaining the way agriculture in the United States changed largely due to the FLOC movement. Main body Barger et al. (1994) primarily argue that the movement supporting farmworkers’ rights to proper working conditions resulted in a better, more efficient pattern of cooperation among the participants of the agricultural industry. Immigrants working on farms had been a vulnerable group because their rights had been ignored and violated, and they had to work in poor conditions. Creating a movement to protect their labor by organizing boycotts and strikes and demanding better conditions resulted in the redistribution of roles: farmworkers became able to work with growers directly and to “have an active and effective role in determining their conditions” (Barger et al., 1994, p. 49-50); this initiated a reform in the American farm labor. The events described in the chapter are arranged chronologically. The authors adopted this structure to show how specific activities carried out by the FLOC movement led to the changes in the way processes, interactions, and modes of cooperation in agriculture in the United States had been organized and practiced before. Also, this structure allowed introducing background information to allow readers to understand the historical context of the events. Instead of generalizing and relying mainly on concepts, the authors provide specific examples, in which farmworkers went on strikes and persuaded particular food-producing companies with which they worked to improve working conditions and ensure that relevant labor rights are respected and fulfilled. Moreover, the chapter contains a timeline of the FLOC movement’s development and achievements that outlines the process of the union’s interaction with growers and companies. It stresses the authors’ point and shows the gradual development of the changing agricultural industry. For example, the inclusion of farmworkers in the National Labor Relations Act’s regulations is convincing evidence of the movement’s achievements that supports the authors’ claim. Barger et al. (1994) us
Symptoms The victims of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) normally experience both compulsions and obsessions though in some people only one symptom is experienced at a time. Obsessive Thoughts (OT) Basically, the often OT encountered in OCD include panics that are linked with germ and dirt infections which bring about serious harms to others. Furthermore, it entails the hostile sensual overt which are intimately correlated to aggressive feelings or imageries. Obsessive thoughts are also symbolized with excessive focus on moral ideals including being too religious, superstitious and the belief that everything must just be right (Leckman et al., 2001). The other sign relates to the fear of lacking the need in life and consequently losing whatever has been acquired and is in possession. Compulsive behavior The common compulsive behavior includes too much attention to personal property to an extent that there is double checking of their safety. It similarly constitutes a continuous and thorough checking of the loved ones to ensure their safety. However, the most notable sign is senseless activities deemed useful in reducing anxiety such as repeating certain words, tapping things and double counting (Eichstedt & Arnold, 2001). Re-arranging or re-ordering things is a further sign of compulsive behavior. Compulsive behavior is also characterized by excessive praying and engagement in excessive religious activities which seem to accrue due to religious fear. In fact, the victims often portray such behaviors by accumulating junky things such as used empty containers, old newspapers or even plastic bags. Treatment Psychotherapy Psychot
The proposed policy encompasses the creation of the religious freedom club that targets a wide audience. The incentive focuses on students but covers community members, non-profit organizations, as well as policy-makers who pay attention to the matter or are involved in the corresponding programs. The implementation of any policy is associated with certain opportunities and challenges that have to be considered (Jansson, 2018). This paper includes a brief analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed policy. One of the strengths of the development of the religious freedom club in the school-based setting is its format. Discussions and such events as a movie watch or musical venue are an appropriate platform for addressing the issue under consideration. Social media can become a potent tool to disseminate information and engage even a wider audience (Janson, 2018). Ahmed et al. (2017) claim that the creation of the ecosystem can facilitate the change as the members of the community share their experiences and learn how to respond to various situations. The religious freedom club will be open to all members of the community who will be encouraged to join in and contribute. Thus, instead of simply understanding others, the participants of the project will be able to help others gain this understanding. Another strong aspect related to the incentive in question is the collaboration with non-profit organizations and policy-makers. Rocha et al. (2010) state that certain legal limitations to advocacy (that are often related to the lack of people’s awareness) can undermine the successful implementation of a policy. The collaborative work of the mentioned stakeholders will eliminate (or minimize) such barriers or mitigate their negative effects. However, the policy is also characterized by some weaknesses that should be addressed. Rocha et al. (2010) emphasize that one of the major berries to effective advocacy of social workers is the lack of confidence and knowledge on the strategies and exact instruments advocates can utilize. Therefore, in addition to being speakers and the participants of events, policy-makers will also contribute to raising the staff’s awareness on advocacy and religion-related legislation. Enr
Abraham was faithful and obedient to God. God told him that He would be “the ancestor of a multitude of nations” (The New Revised Standard Version, Gen 17.4). God told him that He would become fruitful and, from His off-springs, kings would rise. The Lord made a covenant with Abraham and his future generations. Circumcision of the males would symbolize the covenant. Moreover, the slaves and those people bought from other lands who belonged to his household were to be circumcised too. Male children would be circumcised on the eighth day after their birth. Through circumcision, even the slaves and foreigners would also be enjoined in the covenant. On the contrary, any male who refuses to get circumcised “shall be cut off from his people: he has broken my covenant” (Gen. 17.14). We must obey God and keep His word so that He can continue to be with us, and our future generations. He has promised to increase us and make us fruitful, but there is a condition, we must cut off everything that might make the Lord unhappy with us. We are His children, and His covenant with us is everlasting. The Lord promised to give Abraham a son through Sarah, His wife at her advanced age. God would bless her, and through her son, the Lord would raise nations. Abraham was tickled by that news, and he laughed asking himself if his wife would give birth at her old age. Sometimes, we may laugh at the promises of God and wonder how they will come to pass because so much time has passed. However, we should keep our trust in God because everything He has promised, he will bring to pass. Our day of liberation might seem to have delayed for long, but it will come to pass and we will rejoice. We should not get tired of trusting in God and praying. Moreover, we ought to remember that our way is not a God’s way. Abraham thought God would bless him through his son Ishmael. However, that was not the plan of God, “No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac” (Gen. 17. 19). Therefore, we should be open to any way that the Lord chooses for our liberation. Moreover, we should take action and act upon the word of God like Abraham did and he had all the males in his household circumcised. The cutting of the foreskin would be a visible reminder of God’s covenant. Just as God had promised, Sarah bore a son named him Isaac. She was old, but she nursed a child. God revealed His power in enabling an old woman to conceive and become a
Strategies to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been subjected to political debate associated with politicians’ personal interests. Leaders’ selfishness influences decisions to maximize voters’ support, and normally, it is not uncommon to witness misrepresentation of information to sway public opinion. In reviewing the ACA and its purpose of enactment in the year 2010, it is clear that the aims were to expand care access, ensure affordability of coverage and lower the number of uninsured citizens (Quadagno & Lanford, 2019). To realize such objectives, legislators enacted marketplaces where insurers could provide direct policies to people without employers’ coverage. ACA has been operational, and health insurance coverage is noted to rise while many people enjoy subsidized or free care from Medicaid expansions or tax credits (Congress.Gov, 2021). Despite these changes, the legislation faces repeal and replacement forces. The purpose of the paper is to explain legislators’ and voters’ perspectives on repealing and replacing ACA from a cost-benefit analysis. Efforts to repeal or replace the ACA are affected by the legislators’ approach to fulfilling interests while pushing the policy change in favor o
How will your spirituality help to care for your patients with diverse backgrounds, values, and morals? Religion and spirituality is a concept that defines and clearly outlines moral and ethical preferences that are recommended for the way one is to conduct himself/herself whenever in any moral situation. In most cases, spirituality advocates for conduct that is just fair and considerate of others, which can help form a clear basis and framework for decision making in moral and ethical situations for patients (Possamai & Brackenreg, 2009). For instance, spirituality advocates for fairness and justice in the way I treat persons under my care, where it implores me always to endeavor to do to others what I would have them do if I were in their situation. Therefore, in this regard, being in the medical field where I am required to attend to all people, my spirituality when adhered to in a strict sense, would encourage me to be fair and considerate whenever I attend to anyone without being prejudicial or judgmental. How do you think your patients’ spiritual beliefs help them to make decisions about their health care? Religion is a set of doctrinal rules that have been perfected by humanity based on their relationship with a spiritual encounter. Conversely, Morals are central to each personal character, while ethics is determined by the social context in which the morals are applied. My patient’s spirituality will help them make choices in line with their core beliefs. This will hence reduce conflict on moral and ethical issues (Thuné-Boyle et al., 2011). In addition to this, spirituality advocates for fairness in the way one treats others, which would greatly influence how I handle patients; a manner is devoid of prejudice and discrimination and respectful of their rights as human beings (Galadari, 2011).