Essays on History

Kawaii, in the context of Japanese culture is the quality of cuteness and has become one of most prominent aspect of the Japanese popular culture such as the unique Japanese Fashion Styles. Prior to being a modern translation of cute, the world signifies shyness or a form of embarrassment in the past. Due to the unique and liberating feeling brought by the culture it is no wonder that it took the world via storm. The term Kawaii was initially seen from Lady Muraki’s The Tale of Genji that highlighted pitiable characteristics. Before the term refers to women being ...

Despite the ongoing process of globalization, there has been definitely set an expressed tendency of so-called ‘international and regional integration’. This tendency is obvious to have become so strong nowadays that almost every field of the international community’s life and activity is subject to integration, which implies regional unification on the basis of similar historic background, geographic location or cultural identity. Therefore, we may safely presume that the all-encompassing process of globalization induces an imminent phenomenon of identification. There are various kinds of such identification: economic, historic, national, etc. Within the framework of our topic, dealing with the ...

Walmart is the largest retailer around the globe with over $400 billion of the total revenues from its stores as at 2009 (Corporate.Walmart.com, 2016). This revenue is ahead of its competitors such as Costco, Best Buy, and Target. Similarly, both retail and consumer manufacturers of the products have realized the importance of selling through the retail channel of Walmart Stores. Consequently, this has given Walmart a good leverage that has influenced the suppliers to make their sales at lower prices. The stores have strong power over its suppliers and good credit quality thus it is efficient in managing its ...

In the modern world of a successful and irreversible growing globalization the problem of the dialogue between civilizations as a socio-cultural communities that preserve originality is becoming increasingly urgent and important. The basis of the productive dialogue as a communicative process is a sense of self-identity, understanding of the historical roots of your own culture and national traditions. Only then one can adequately perceive another culture, history and way of life. Identifying the features of communication and interpretation processes in European and non-European cultures requires analysis of not only and not just a scientific treatises, but the amount of ...

There were three complex societies that united in Norther America during the late 1400s, precisely during 1420s, when Christopher Columbus along with a few other Europeans discovered America. They were West Africa, America, and Europe. The American history is believed to have started with its ancient people and it is also believed to be as old as 22, 000 years. The earliest Americans were big-game hunters, and eventually became hunters of small animals and fish. While the hunters settled in the Norther part of America, a few of them lived in the south, precisely in places like Mexico and ...

Countryman, Mathew, J. Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. Print. In this book, the author outlines how the effort to fight for equality led to the emergence of the Black Movement in Philadelphia with the aim of fighting for equal rights in employment and allocation of resources. Although the activism of blacks in Philadelphia had little contribution towards the amendment of the Civil Rights Act of 2004, the blacks’ movement in Philadelphia played an active role of unifying all the black Americans. The role that black activists played in planning boycotts ...

Domenico Scarlatti is one of the most well known Italian Baroque composers. He is best known for his work on the keyboard sonatas. It is known that most of his life he worked for the royal families in Spain and France. While working for the royal family in Spain, he was able to compose over 500 sonatas. Dominico Scarlatti’s history and time spent in Spain has influenced his famous sonatas compositions that use the Spanish guitar style.

Domenico Scarlatti was born on October 26, 1685 in Naples and died on July 23, 1757 in Madrid. It is known ...

Introduction Although there are various polices and theories that have been formulated and implemented in relation to marijuana usage, evidence available suggest that the current removal of the prohibition of the possession of marijuana does not increase its usage amongst the citizens. Apparently, these prohibitions are more harmful than they were thought before. For instance, studies have shown that legalizing marijuana does not increase its usage. In 1973, around 13 USA states enacted versions of laws that led to the decriminalization of marijuana in their states. In each of these states, marijuana users did not have to face jail ...

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman shapes the trajectory of understanding the American dream in what is considered as the promise of success in the economic and social spectrum. By using the character that exudes the personally attractive and the well-liked man in business, Miller explores the inherent desire among the middle class Americans to acquire material comfort. This is occasioned by the modern American life, evidenced in "the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates a personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked and you will never want" ( ...

The award winning film Twelve Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen narrates the true story of Solomon Northup, a free Black violin player from Saratoga Springs, New York who was kidnapped and sold to slavery, his struggle for survival and his efforts to retain his dignity. Northup is kidnapped from Washington and since he was not carrying his Free Paper is declared to be a fugitive slave called Platt from Georgia. He is sold to plantation owner William Ford in New Orleans, a kind and generous man who impressed with his suggestion of cost cutting measures gives him ...

Punic Wars are series of wars in the III-II centuries BC between Rome and Carthage for the influence over the Mediterranean Sea. It has ended by complete victory of Rome and the destruction of Carthage State. By the mid-260's BC Roman Republic finally took control of the Apennine Peninsula. Further expansion of Roman Republic has made it inevitable war with the Carthage the a powerful state in the North Africa that has controlled a large territory of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and major sea routes in the western Mediterranean. Relations between Rome and Carthage for a long have been friendly. ...

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” These words by Stephen King illustrate the concept of the modern literature: what is treated as an imagery shall become a fixed figure of the culture. The effect of the mass culture provoked a big irreversible changes of the European culture into the mass one. For example, a vampire no longer rises from his grave and turns into bat to fly from place to place. Skinner Sweet, an anti-hero born from the comic book series by Stephen King and Scott Snyder, is the first American ...

Slavery is or was a legal way of treating people as property (History of Slavery par 1). The laws came in place to govern how people treat slaves and ensure they do it in a legal way. One could have the authority to buy and sell slaves and hold them for as long as they can (History of Slavery par 1). The action was brutal to the slaves as they had equal or worse treatment than animals. The cruelest side of the trade was that human beings are depriving their lesser beings for their selfish reasons. Life was hard ...

In the mid-14th century, Europe enjoyed robust trade with the Near East and the Far East. By the 1340s, sea trade routes had been established with faraway countries such as Syria, Egypt, Persia, China, and India (history.com, internet). Due to their trading interconnectedness, European port cities such as Messina (Sicily), Rome, Florence, Marseilles, and even the north African port of Tunis, were struck by what soon became known as "The Black Death" -- the plague (history.com, internet). Because of the confluence of factors that caused the rapid spread of The Black Death throughout an entire continent, and its high ...

The literature review of this study is a comprehensive review of Psychodynamic therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The literature will involve empirical support, description of the available treatment, theoretical aspects as well as historical perspectives of these therapies. The research concurs with the conclusion that CBT is an adequate treatment modality for minimizing symptoms and boosting functional results among the patients with psychodynamic therapy. Thus, makes it a vital framework for clinicians working with clients with psychodynamic symptomology. The cognitive behavioral theory was developed by Aaron Beck in 1960. Currently, this theory is one of the most frequently used ...

The book is a broad survey of the history in the United States since the colonial era and the Obama bid for the presidency in 2008. In addition, there was contention in that America was established with slavery being the central political institution, economic growth and social ordering. Roediger who is a professor at a University in Illinois has skillfully blended this structural approach on the issues concerning the U.S. while still maintaining a compelling argument. In addition, Roediger argues that the race underpinned every other aspect on the American society which remains alive even in the present days. ...

A good study is determined by how strong, smart and eligible the study hypotheses. In addition, the study hypotheses should link directly to the study questions and objectives. A good research hypothesis should be easily traced and tested in the final findings and analysis. In a study of obesity among the children, a number of datasets would be considered appropriate for testing of possible hypotheses. Such data sets and variables would be age, socioeconomic background of the child, family size and history, leisure and other activities that the child is involved in, a child’s esteem, and parental contribution ...

The Europeans played a major role in the creation of order in the disorderly world, especially during the age of war. The European societies as well as the states sought to establish order in the twentieth century after many of the societies in the world were disturbed and weakened by the warfare, conflicts, revolutions, and global epidemics that defined this period. The influence of the Europeans on the international society was essential and extensive throughout the period. The role of the Europeans was pronounced in the theoretical ideologies, the political ideologies, and the technological approaches that enabled the creation ...

The literary Arab world and that of Western do not cross over much, and it is evidenced that the literature of the Arab world is not known in the west. Western people who write about the Arab people are at times referred to as fringe and cult writers. Western people then undergo costs that are related to this Arab literature. This is because literature is an important thing that acts as a bridge between two cultures with so many odds. Whatever is seen from the Arab world often come from news, reports of war and other issues of madness. ...

It is expected that, at one point in our lives, we have read the story of Cinderella or Hamlet or even both. Cinderella is a common bedtime story for children, most especially for the girls, while Hamlet is a favorite subject of literary reading for most students in their literature classes. Due to the popularity of both these stories, they have been adapted in movies and plays for a lot of times already. Different plot variations or twists have also been already made to both stories to adapt to the ever changing audience considering that these stories have already ...

Prevention of pressure injury may beneficial because it helps in reducing treatment costs. A treatment plan can be effective in addressing the risk of old people from acquiring pressure injuries. Professional collaboration is recommended because the efforts of nurses, nutritionists, and physicians play a critical role in prevention. The patient needs may be fulfilled if the environment and the care providers are collaborative. Therefore, a collaborative approach can be effective in achieving positive patient outcomes. This may help in reducing health costs incurred during admission or treatment of injuries. However, knowledge and skills are critical for patients who are at risk ...

The Affordable Care Act was a healthcare reform introduced in March 2010, widely known as Obamacare or PPACA (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2018). The law has three significant objectives (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2018):

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Advertising is a type of communication that is utilized to promote the sale of services and good (Romanova and Irina n.p). In most cases, it conveys a message which includes the product's name or service as well as how that service or product may benefit consumers. Nevertheless, advertising, usually tries to persuade target clients to buy or consume more of a specific brand of service or product. In order to attract customers, numerous brands of identical items are aggressively competing within the market. A great advertisement ought to be capable of attracting as well as hold the customer's attention long ...

Directed by Ava DuVernay, Selma is the latest movie capturing a period of Martin Luther King Jr’s life (the period of worst violent acts by US against black people) in which he, as always, attempts to bring black people what is their right. It starts with King himself preparing his speech for the ceremony in which he is about to accept his Nobel Prize, and ends in King’s most famous speech on the stairs of the State Capitol about his dream. Selma is a historical movie, but the fact that its theme feels like a very current issue, sadly reminds ...

The journal article was written to provide an overview of physical and chemical processes affecting changes in coral reef ecosystem. These changes are influenced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission (Hoegh-Guldberg, Mumby and Hooten 1737) that triggers physical processes involving laws of thermodynamics. The journal article also shows how the basic principle and theory of thermodynamics occur at global scale over a long period of time. Consequently, the physical processes influence the chemical processes that eventually lead to further changes in ocean ecosystem. The article introduces reader to the existing phenomena of warming and acidifying of the seas (Hoegh-Guldberg, Mumby ...

The great Greek philosopher Plato (428-348 BC X.) was a brilliant student from another major Hellenic sage - Socrates. The basis of the philosophy of Plato - the doctrine of ideas - has been a source of Socratic appeal to the true cognition of concepts that are not subjective (as contemporaries of Socrates and Plato - the sophists claimed), and constitute an independent incorporeal world that exists beyond the world of sense. Plato believed that only in the world of ideas and is the real truth. Son of noble Athenian citizens and Perictione Ariston, Plato led by the legendary origin ...

Karl Marx was born in Trier, May 5, 1818. He is a German economist, philosopher and revolutionary, the founder of Marxism. Father of Karl Marx was a Jewish lawyer who abandoned his faith in order to avoid anti-Semitism. Young Carl attended school in Trier, and then studied law at the University of Bonn. During his stay in Bonn, Carl got into debt and, even, was wounded in a duel. When his father Charles learned about it, he got furious so Karl Marx moved to Berlin to study there at the local university. There Karl came under strong influence of his teacher Bruno ...

Visual expression is very important for me because an image is worth much more than words. When reading a book people also make mental images and even films are made based on the novels. I am very intrigued by photography and it is my passion. The notion that I will capture a moment in time is somewhat magical for me. Since the development of digital photography it has become easier to make quality photos. However, every true artist likes to use the old techniques as well. Developing photos will never be outdated. Black and white photography will also have visual impact ...

Like all ancient people, the Greek thought of temples as houses for the gods. While in Greece the temple plan was derived from the megaron found in Mycenaean palaces, Roman temples were derived from Greek and Etruscan precedents. The Greek temples were decorated with an exterior colonnade, and the statue of the god was housed in the main room (the naos) facing the east where an outdoor altar for sacrifices was placed. The Roman temples borrowed the podium (base) and the frontality of the temple from Etruscan temples. From Greece came the columns, the cella (central room), the porch ( ...

Racism and racial inequalities have been in existence and can be dated as far back as the American colonization by the Great Britain. This was the time when slavery was at its peak and the rich people bought slaves of African origin and owned them as their property. The mistreatment and inequality was rampant as the masters regarded the black slaves as inferior and had no right to own anything since they were considered as property. The existence of inequalities based on race had brought a series of events including the civil war as well as the fight for civil ...

The movie Lincoln (2012) is a masterpiece directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the first Republican President of United States, Abraham Lincoln, and an influential figure whose name is inscribed and engraved in the hearts of every person on this earth. Known as the 16th President of America, Lincoln expressed his opposition and hatred to slavery, which he soon erased after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation (History.com, 2009). Having the qualities of a true leader, he left an enduring legacy of wiping off slavery that has been echoing through the decades. Lincoln turned his life into beacons of light, still providing ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the imitation of human intelligence by machines. It is one of the fastest-growing technology areas nowadays. It is used in various sectors and industries, including defense, education, business, finance, and healthcare. The implementation of AI-related solutions in medicine is increasing at a significant rate. According to Buch et al. (2018), healthcare artificial intelligence projects recorded more investment than AI projects in other industries of the global economy in 2016. This paper seeks to expound on how new AI advancements can enable the medical field to attain greater levels of opportunity. 

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In order to understand the sculpture it is very important to understand the Mayan history. The Maya civilization can be considered to be among the classiest pre-Colombian Americas. The Maya region ranges from the southeastern Mexico to Guatemala. The Maya civilization has been claimed to have existed during the Pre-classic era (Sylvanus). During this era, that is when they were able to flourish and also be defeated. Their culture in the last decade has been influenced by the Mexican culture. The Mayan art is one of the most renowned in the world. This is the reason why the sculptures ...

Bibliography In the aftermath of the Civil War, Reconstruction of the South took place between 1865 and 1877 under the auspices of three American presidents. While Southerners did not embrace the process, which resulted in the germination of various obstacles and problems that ultimately rendered it quite unsuccessful, as slavery reappeared in debt peonage. Moreover, racism escalated due to latent antagonists by Southern Democrats against newly freed African Americans. When the Civil War was nearing its end in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln began devising a blueprint for the social, economic, physical, and political rehabilitation in the South, which was a ...

There is a great comparison between the Roman art and the ancient Greek art in terms of the inspiration and the contribution to the history of creative art. The ancient art work from the Romans and the Greek is known as classical art. While the two depicted a high level of creativity and influence to the population at the time, it is their relationship and inspiration to the modern art that interests many scholars. The roman art borrows a lot from that of the Greeks and is sometimes seen as the replica of the works of great Greek artists such as Callimachus, ...

Despite the many advances that Americans have made in the issue of civil rights for minorities, there is still a long way to go toward addressing the systemic and institutionalized inequalities minorities experience. Observing the criminal justice system of the United States and its systemic discrimination of minorities, it is clear that many obstacles still exist that unfairly burden African-Americans and other minorities in America. A large number of instances and research reports suggest that the American criminal justice system is biased and prejudiced while treating minorities as compared to whites. As a result, the intrinsic unfairness and discriminatory practices of ...

Terracotta is a material made from clay. It has been used for many centuries by various civilizations and cultures across the globe. Artifacts like tiles, sculptures and pottery from Columbia, Europe, and Africa to India and China stand testimony to its popularity down the ages. Terracotta artifacts have been found by archeologists in their excavations hailing back to more than 2500 B.C. from Mohenjo Daro and Harappa and ancient Mesopotamia. Ancient Greek figurines of Tanagra and the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China are two outstanding examples of terracotta art work of the ancient times. In ...

What demands have been served by “othering” people of color from certain ethnic groups, Middle East and Muslims, and other marginalized groups throughout U.S. history? The concept of “othering” was hooked on the premise of categorizing people according to their designated group, and unfortunately, this practice had often resulted to certain groups labeled as inferior or superior than the others. In the case of the American society, categorization allowed the white race, who controls the greater political power, to show superiority over the other race. It is the mantra of this type of sociological order that the dominant ...

It is no secret that the oil and gas industry is a multi-billion dollar business. In fact, among the largest firms in terms of revenue that has garnered the top spots of the Fortune 500 are energy companies. It is also no secret that these oil and gas companies are among the riskiest business there is in terms of environmental and health hazards. Since the extensive exploration and extraction of natural gas and oils, there have been several incidents and disasters that have resulted to massive destruction of the environment and natural resources. Among the most notable are the Exxon ...

A close analysis of the current videos depict the manner in which they effectively connect with the message the videos are passing a cross. The videos on colonial history and genocide in Rwanda focus on historical injustices that led elicited the occurrence of the Rwandan Genocide, which claimed thousands of lives. The two videos connect in that they dwell on the fact that historical events do not occur spontaneously, but are precipitated by certain factors, which are known. In a nutshell, a person who has not heard of the Rwandan Genocide would easily comprehend with all what happened in the genocide by ...

Chasing Ice is a documentary directed by Jeff Orlowski and written by Mark Monroe. The main character in the movie is James Balog.He is a heroic journalist who has the zeal and determination to bring hopefulness about our carbon-powered planet. The documentary involves a tale by James's objective to change the tide of history by collecting undoubtable evidence of our changing world. Balog achieves this by using high-resolution cameras to take snapshots of the world's changing glacier. The paper will address the main arguments in Chasing Ice documentary and their recommendations. The arguments in the film Chasing Ice is about the ...

A coup can be described as “an illegal and overt attempt by the military or other elites within the state apparatus to unseat the sitting executive (Powell and Thyne 2011).” The military coup of 2013 in Egypt not only saw the overthrow of the then president Mohamed Morsi by a coalition led by Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi but also the rupturing of relations between the army and the Muslim Brotherhood whose ascension to power was earlier supported by the army. Although the Egyptian president is the chief commander of forces, the army has always been independent ...

John .F. Kennedy has been one of the most successful presidents of the United States. He was assassinated on 22nd November 1963. Even after 50 years of his assassination, there is a sense of grief for having lost a capable leader who had all the potential to change the future of not just the country but also the world. One event that would surely have not occurred is the blunder United States made in Vietnam War. Lyndon Johnson made a mistake of increasing the number of ground troops in Vietnam to fight the Chinese. [1] As a result, there was a huge loss ...

The increase of human population is a grave issue that is growing by shocking geometric progression. Each day, about two hundred thousand people die but in the contrary, about four hundred and fifty thousand others are born (Jones, Schoonbroodt & Tertilt, 2011). Indeed, this indicates that there are about two hundred and fifty thousand new people to feed each coming day. However, it is very hard to support infinite population growth on a finite planet; resources are becoming scare with each coming day. In this regard, a debate has come up, which rotates around two basic questions: whether an increased population is bad ...

In today’s digital age of filmmaking, traditional filmmaking has been eclipsed by computer-generated imagery (CGI), digital film recording, and all manner of other filmmaking tools used to bring the impossible to life. With digital cinema, production styles have become innovated and advanced to a turning point, in which the future of cinema is in a state of flux – does digital cinema overtake traditional filmmaking, or can it be used to underline unique thematic content and as a valuable tool for filmmakers? Perhaps the most apropos way to examine digital cinema and its applications to film is to explore how they are ...

The history of medicine in Asia dates back to the days of dynasties and emperors. The Shang Dynasty that existed between the 14th and 11th centuries BCE had medical practices within its society (Bynum et al, Page 12-54). Even though historians argue that the Shang never had a clear concept of medicine, certain practices showed that they engaged in medical activities, however, primitive they were. Various inscriptions that the Shang community did on tortoise shells and bones refer to various illnesses that affected the Shang royal family. Most inscriptions relate to diseases such as toothaches, eye disorders, and bloated abdomens. ...

The Adams Dynasty and their impact on the U.S. The Adams family had two presidents, ambassador, and a member of the state legislature, lawyers. If that’s not impactful, nothing is. Although many of the Adams family were politically and socially involved, not everyone made a difference. The Adams lineage is a large one that impacted the U.S. greatly. Their impact on the history of U.S. is very significant because with two presidents and a politically involved family it’s almost impossible to not have one. The Adams family in America has historical roots from the emigration of Henry Adams, who married ...

I started off my research by doing a random search on the internet because I wanted to have a wide view and research on the topic. But it was not at all easy because I did not have a direct lead to the subject because I had to go through books, journals and blogs in order to decipher what was directly related to my subject. This kind of research narrative is open ended and would be better if it was narrowed down to a specific topic or entry.

Bloomberg, Kristin Mapel. Tracing Arachne’s Web: Myth and Feminist Fiction. Gainesville: University Press of ...

Sleep is the condition with which each of us is familiar from the very first hours of our lives. At the beginning of each life a little child holds most of the day in the sleep, and only with the age, he gradually learns to stay awake. And for all adults there is nothing more accustomed than a sleep. From ancient times, inquiring minds of scientists were concerned with the question: what happens to us during this process, beyond waking, in the realm of dreams where nothing is real, but at the same time, all the things in a dream seem to ...

The evidence based clinical literature reveals the difficulties in diagnosing Myocardial Infarction (MI) concomitantly with pre-existing left bundle branch block (LBBB) with the application of 12 lead ECG in the pre-hospital environment (Surawicz and Knilans, 2008). Indeed, the T waves and baseline ST segments incongruently displaced in negative direction in cases of LBBB as evident through the ECG findings. These abnormal variations in ECG findings tend to override the actual ECG results in relation to MI manifestations, thereby challenging the confirmation of MI with the ECG intervention. However, the moving ST segments revealed through the serial ECGs during ischemic ...

In the years preceding the Revolutionary War, many colonists were content with life in the colonies. On occasion there were grumblings about new taxes or laws passed by the British Parliament and the king. Overall, colonists were pleased with the life they had in the colonies and considered themselves English citizens who were loyal to the king. As the taxes grew, many colonists became angry with the perceived abuses that were beginning to pile upon them as a result of English Rule. Documents saved from the few years prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War show the differences of ...

Chronic glaucoma, also known as primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), is often described as a thief of sight, the reason being that people affected by the disease do not have any warning signs, pain or other indications that something is wrong prior to an extensive loss in vision (Watkinson, 2010). Chronic glaucoma is said to affect as many as half the Americans and most people do not even know that they are affected. In definition, chronic glaucoma is an inconsistency in the production and drainage of the clear fluid named the aqueous humor which has the function to fill the eye’ ...

Twenty years ago, on the morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh set off a bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. The attack represented a culmination of the domestic terrorism threat, and the beginning of the transformation the United States’ national security model that ended in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. It remains the worst domestic terror attack in the country’s history, and it came barely two years after the 1993 Twin Tower bombing that claimed six lives. The perpetrators, Terry Nichols, and Tim McVeigh met seven years earlier at ...

1. The relationship of how religion and society relate are very important topics. Often religion is seen as critical of the aims of material society and sees them as contradicting religious principles. Two examples will be seen below as Islamic scholars attempt to understand how society and Islam relate to one another and whether society’s current trajectory is contradicting religion.

Ali Shariati outlines what he sees as the major problems leading to the decline of humanity. He first argues against the western emphasis on economics, whether it be in the form of capitalism or capitalism. These systems, ...

In 1532, one of the literary masterpieces of all time was published under the authorship of a Florentine philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli . The novel bore a Latin title Il Principe, translated to English as, The Prince. The book contains political treatise and advice to a certain political leader, believed to be Cesare Borgia, an Italian ruler whom Machiavelli served as an adviser . The book contains several political analyses particularly relating to leadership and the kind of leader that is necessary to lead a country to victory. In today’s contemporary political system, leaders are being badly criticized for failing to deliver what ...

The purpose of this report is to furnish the results of a state-of-the-art investigation of wind turbine systems, including a review of the theoretical premises of its operation.

Increasing energy crisis and global pollution make any investigation on wind energy very important, because wind energy has the possibility to reduce the above two problems. For example, the demand of electricity has increased very much throughout the world because of increased activity in industrial and digital sectors and that is causing very high fossil fuel emission, which has a direct link with global pollution. In this situation, wind energy brings high hopes of ...

The book “Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrants Since 1882.” Is a well read and one of the books that have been used by learning institutions due to its resourceful topic. It provides a valuable survey on the US migration since time in memorial. Most of the factual presentations in the book have been drawn from a range of secondary sources, hence strengthening the authenticity of the facts presented by Daniels in this book. The section on the Chinese exclusion of 1882 ushered an era of increased restrictions, for example, the 1924’s Immigration Act. The author successfully plays ...

In the summer of 1961, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) makes the decision to erect a wall in the city of Berlin that would separate the East from the West. A statement issued by the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic informs the GDR citizens of the decision. In the statement, the council lists several reasons for the construction of the wall. Most of the reasons point to the West as a militaristic threat to the GDR and a threat to the Eastern bloc nations in general, The preservation of peace calls for putting a stop to the activities of ...

At the “Dreaming Rich” exhibition, Shonibare continued his exploration of post-colonialism and colonialism. In these works, he reflects on the life in Hong Kong. He critics everything influenced by British colonialism. The theme of wealth, culture, social status are working together in this collage.

The center of the composition is quite clearly expressed in the ideological content of the main plot. The accent on color and almost empty space in the center are enhancing attention. We can see lines-roads connecting parts of the drawing. Gold leaves and flowers, people and skyscrapers contrasts with phrases. The representational art has a ...

Family counselling initially was carried out on legal, medical, reproductive and social aspects of family life, children’s upbringing and education problems. Period of 1940ies and beginning of 1960ies was marked by establishing and unfolding of counselling services of psychological help to family couples. The period of 1930-1940 gave birth to a special practice of family counselling, shifting focus from psychical disorders of a person on the problems of communication between the spouses (Bowen, 1966). In 1950ies the term and practice of family therapy/counselling was established. Unlike psychoanalyses, where the intra-psychical processes were in the center of attention, family counselling was ...

Religion influences lives of people very much. It provides them with purposes or becomes a reason for war. Religion defines nations and unifies people. Religion is more than just a set of beliefs and stories that are told from generation to generation. Instead it is a way of living, a code of conduct and framework for human actions. Religion helps to understand, to sympathize and to build relationships of the fair basis. It also provides a society with moral virtues and common traditions. World religions shape the lives of nations especially. Those confessions that have large congregations have major impact not only on a particular ...

Motown was founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy in Detroit, Michigan. The music that Gordy created and produced changed the sound of the American music. Motown introduced Americans to a new sound of popular music created by black singers and musicians. Gordy overcame many stereotypes and polished his performers to appeal to mainstream America, black and white. With spreading popularity of television it was imperative that music stars be visual appealing as well as have a good sound. The Motown sound and philosophy created in the 1960’s still has an enormous influence on the modern music industry.

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Joseph Conrad (his real name was Jozef Korzeniowski) is a classic of English literature of the twentieth century. He was born in the Russian Empire into a family of Polish patriots, who took part in anti-government protests. In 1874 he fled to Marseilles to become a cabin boy on a French merchant ship and three years later, while sailing in the Pacific Ocean, began to learn English. Over time, he became captain in the British passenger fleet. The marine experience gave Conrad the material for his literary works. After retiring, he devoted himself wholly to literature and in the mid-nineties began to publish ...

The great depression was the deepest and lengthiest economic recession in the history of the industrialized nations of America and Europe that lasted from 1929 to 1939. The crash of the stock market that led to Wall Street wiping out many investors due to panic marked the beginning of the great depression in United States of America. Germany, however, had been plagued by structural unemployment during the 1920s. There were very sharp contractions of the German economy in 1929. The US economy rose again after 1933 but suffered yet another recession in 1937-38 while the German and many other ...

Technology is an embedded aspect of the humans life. It was originally considered as instrument and a set of technics which could be dominated by the mankind. Today modern technology turned itself into something complex and hardly dominated by the human mankind. Indeed modern technological consumers keep considering technology as an instrument, which from a practical point of view is true, but at the same time they are not aware of the real essence of technology. The movies analyzed in this paper masterfully represent Heidegger’s considerations towards modern technology: Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927), Logan’s Run (Michael Anderson, 1976) ...

1) Japanese-American Internment Internment is the compulsory detention, relocation or other restrictions of the freedom of movement, adjustable by one belligerent for the located on its territory nationals of the other belligerent, or to nationals of the other belligerent, located in the occupied territory of the first belligerent or neutral state for military belligerents. Japanese-American Internment had place during the Second World War from the side of the USA toward, mainly, the Japanese citizens, located in the US (Harth). On February 19, 1942, the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the decree №9066, which allowed the military ...

Illegal refugees pouring across the US-Mexico border to fulfil the American dream is not a new phenomenon. However, recent occurrence alarmed the whole nation as thousands of unaccompanied Central American children refugees jeopardize their lives to seek refuge in the borders. According to US Customs and Border Protection’s data, the number of “unaccompanied alien children” encountered in the southwest border, specifically in the Rio Grande Valley, has disturbingly increased from 19,418 in 2009 to 67,339 in 2014. It has become an international humanitarian crisis desperately in need of a solution. These children are escaping from the ...

One of the most interesting types of art that has always been depicting the main specifications of different time periods in the art history were paintings. Special place here has to be given to portraits that depicted people that lived in different time periods and the way people were seen by the painter in particular and the society in general. Artists have been using women to express their attitude to society for centuries. That is why women’s portraits are used for the current project proposal. The current project proposal is connected with two artworks from very different ...

1. Joint ventures can be very unstable if the partnership is not properly established. For a company like GE, with a large amount of income to invest in new partnerships and new strategies, it can certainly be beneficial to build their own venture from scratch as a greenfield venture (Business Leadership Management, 2015). However, when GE was utilizing acquisitions and greenfield ventures, the economy was a very different animal than it is today. Today, the economy is much weaker than it was in the years prior to the 2008-2009 downturn; risk in the marketplace needs to be carefully considered and avoided by most ...

One of the major issues that the world is constantly facing is the growing number of the world population. Due to the increasing population, other problems such as house spacing, food supply, water supply, and other basic needs supply arises. In relation to the continuous increase in population, population change is governed by different population processes including migration, fertility and mortality. Furthermore, world population can be further explained through qualitative and quantitative aspects as well as the demographic perspective which is further explained by the demographic transition theory. This paper will cover the discussion of choosing different sources ...

Introduction Some people argue that to make important advances in clinical and scientific research, sometimes, ethical considerations have to be disregarded. In research, ethical issues are generally thought of as the set of rules that distinguish right from wrong. Ethics can take the form of a generalized rule of thumb, such as the “golden rule,” which says that you should not do to others what you would not like done to yourself; or, ethics can be codes of professional conduct, such as the Hippocratic Oath, which says “First of all, do no harm.” Researchers are usually legally bound to ...

Capital structure management is a crucial aspect of effective cost control. That is because the structure determines a company’s cost, hence determining its performance and ability to create wealth for its shareholders. In that view, this analysis seeks to demonstrate how the structures influence companies’ performance as well as decision making. To achieve that, the analysis evaluates three companies in Hospitality industry. In that respect, this report begins with an overview of the companies’ debt structure and how it influences the companies’ cost of capital. That is followed by overview of how the companies’ long term financing polices as well ...

One among the accepted reality in international relations is the prevailing recognition of the idea that terrorism is the weapon of the weak. This is further reinforced by the shocking turn of events on September 11, 2001 where a group of terrorist coordinated a series of bombing in the United States. However, many political analysts argued that terrorism is not solely associated as resort taken by the weak to get their messages across, rather, it also a means by which the strong impose their will on the former. While this may not be generally accepted, defining terrorism would shed light to the fact ...

In a sensitive article that confronts ableism, Hehir (2007) talks about the factors that make life miserable for the disabled. According to the author, society has put on a pervasive negative attitude towards disability, which defines ableism. The key problem, he says, is that ableist assumptions hinder the progress of the differently challenged. For instance, the society preaches that it is better to be able to read normally, than to Braille. That is preferable to walk or hear on one’s won, rather than to use a wheelchair or hearing aid respectively. It is this attitude that brings in a divide and ...

Lee Harvey Oswald made three shots from the Texas School Book Depository Building “fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally” (“John F. Kennedy assassinated”). Oswald was born in New Orleans in 1939 and in 1956 joined the U.S. Marines. In 1959 he left for the Soviet Union and tried unsuccessfully to become a Soviet Union citizen. In 1962 he was allowed to return to the U.S. with his Soviet wife and little daughter. He bought a revolver and had precedent of shooting at but missing former U.S. Army general early in 1963. Lately he founded pro-Castro organization. Oswald was ...

The issue of suicide is an important one as the changes in the society has led to an increase in the number of cases of suicide. At first thought, suicide is an act that goes against the principles and values of the society and affects strangers who cannot deal with the social and emotional stressors in life. But, in recent times, the issue of suicide has taken a more serious effect on many individuals as suicide victims are children and young adults who can be easily identified with. A number of the cases of suicide occur because individuals suffer the ...

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Introduction Electronic Cigarettes and vaping have become a normal part of our society’s daily terminology in the past couple of years. Advertisements for them abound, and vaping shops have begun to pop up everywhere. There are untold number of websites selling electronic cigarettes, and there are high profits to be made. Electronic cigarettes have been touted as a healthy alternative to smoking, or a non-addictive social activity. The multiple flavors available make the activity seem fun and harmless. While the advertising makes certain claims about how healthy electronic cigarettes are, companies have been known to stretch the ...

The state of the world order has often changed throughout history due to various events that redefined which region or country held immense influence around the globe. Since the end of the great wars, the West – led by the United States – held immense power as to the course of international politics and determined the standards of the rest of the world. In recent years, Western dominance was close to being invincible in every aspect of the world. However, when the Global Financial Crisis struck, the public and experts alike noticed a significant change within the world order. A few even ...

According to Hou, Xue and Zhong (2015), the Q Theory is used in the testing of predictions that are attributed to the cross-sectional distribution of stock returns within financial markets. Consequently, the expected return of assets is described primarily by their sensitivity based on the excess of the risk free rate expressed in terms of several factors. These factors are the return on equity which is also referred to as a probability factor, an investment factor as well as a size factor. Consequently, the Q Factor model has been consistently outperformed the Fama and French Model both its terms of its ...

Part of the report just before the OSHA act was enacted revealed that there was up to 14,000 job-related deaths due to workplace accidents, approximately 2.5 million people were disabled due to workplace injuries, lost work-days from workplace-related disabilities were ten times more than those caused by strikes, and new cases of occupation-related diseases were approximately 300, 000 (Cohen and Peterson 2). Since its inception, the OSHA Act has played a significant role in the US. The Act helped both employers and employees find effective means of addressing critical workplace issues associated with both safety and health which include ...

The US Wall Street Crash of 1929, otherwise known as “Black Thursday” occurred on October 24, 1929, and is the most damaging stock market crash in the history of the United States. According to the website of the London Times, It is said that this crash heralded a consequential depression of the US economy that lasted for 10 years. It is said that the antecedent reason for the crash of the stock market was the people continued to purchase stocks, as they were attracted to the continuous rising of stock prices owing to the growing industrialization of the United States. ...

How Effective Are Performance Appraisals? The Cadbury Experience Research Methods Used The research methods employed consist of online note-taking and consulting with research journals on the topic of performance appraisal with regards to Cadbury PLC. However, few pieces of information were obtained due to the fact that information for a business entity is usually private. The author attempted to gather qualitative and quantitative data in order to support points that answer to the guide questions given.

Cadbury is a multinational confectionery company from the United Kingdom owned by Mondelez International, Inc. (formerly Kraft Foods, Inc.). It carries a wide ...

Environmental analysis is becoming a crucial aspect of strategic planning. That owes to the increasingly changing factors that influence strategies’ success as well as organizations’ sustainability. In that respect, the following is an environmental analysis of Florida Hospital with a SWOT analysis identifying the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The report also presents a summary of the organization's position and ability to address the environment. Finally, some goals and objectives are proposed for three years.

SWOT Analysis Current and prospective customers The Florida hospital currently serves low-income segments in demand for affordable care that is based on Christianity ...

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THEIR PURPOSE IS TO SET THE ATMOSPHERE FOR STRANGE, AND NIGHTMARISH LOCATIONS. THE NARRATOR IS SPEAKING AS THE FILM SHOWS SCENES OF MYSTERIOUS PLACES: ANCIENT ITALIAN CATACOMBS AND GRAVEYARDS, CRUMBLING RHINE CASTLES, RUINS OF TEMPLES IN ASIA IN SHADOWS, GERMAN FORESTS AND HIGH DANGEROUS CLIFFS IN MOUNTAINS . . . TO THE WORST A PLAIN UNPAINTED HOUSES IN NEW ENGLAND SQUATING DEEP IN THE BACK WOODS . . .

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places. For them are the catacombs of Ptolemais, and the carven mausolea of the nightmare countries. They climb to the moonlit towers of ruined Rhine castles, and ...

Accidents are an inevitable element of the air carriage industry; however, a good number of these could have been avoided given proper human resource management efforts. The task of these specialists is to recruit, to train, and to evaluate industry employees like pilots. Instead, they often overlook health issues and psychological disorders leaving the wellbeing and lives of passengers exposed to mortal threat. Owing to HR specialists’ miscalculations, pilots with insufficient qualification, those willing to ignore the guidelines of dispatchers and act carelessly received their coveted positions. The liberalization of workplace regulations did the industry an ill favor allowing individuals ...

With the increasing medical knowledge and concerns, healthcare treatment of dying patient has raised a number of questions and ethical dilemma. Among different cultures, the treatment of death and dying resides according to their religious beliefs and faith. Therefore, the decision undertaken in a healthcare institute regarding dying or dead patients should be address ethical concerns. End of life care remains to be a controversial concern because of different norms, values and religious beliefs prevailing in a different culture that are required to address in a standardized manner. The treatment at the end of life remains to be one of the most controversial ...

Checks and balances refer to the regulation of the exercise of power among the arms of government such that no arm of government abuses the exercise of its authority without remedy for the likely harm done. The remedy for the excesses of one arm of government lies in the two remaining arms. Checks and balances can be seen to be operating when the judiciary decides on the validity of a law created by the legislature. Additionally, the vetoing of a bill from the legislature by a governor due to a defect demonstrates the operation of checks and balances. Checks and balances can also ...

Europe has a dark history when it comes to anti-Semitism. It is the place where one of the worst atrocities in human history was committed by Hitler’s Third Reich under the guise of the purification of the Aryan race. Europe is not alone on the anti-Semitism wagon. The creation of the state of Israel in the midst of Muslim nations has also triggered a fresh wave of anti-Semitism that is threatening to destabilize not only the Middle East but the whole world. The constant bickering between Iran, which is fighting to create a nuclear weapon and Israel, which is trying to ...

Philosophy is a broad field that groups many of the greatest minds that have ever lived. One of the most important of these in the twentieth century was Martin Heidegger. A disciple of Husserl, he also developed phenomenology, but in a different way than his master. Instead of being preoccupied by conscience, he believed what was important was Being itself. He believed that this was the true object of philosophy and that the best way to approach it was through the analysis of man’s existence. He attempted to characterize what is unique about man, describing his Being-in-the-world as anxiety-inducing because ...

Education has been among the first and prominent benefits following the modern Saudi Arabia development. The directorate of education was started in 1925 followed by basic regulations in the following year that laid down the centralized national system foundation. A new era in modern education development also started in 1953 and this was enhanced with the establishment of a new board in December the same year that served the purpose of the ministry of education as part of council of ministers. The first appointed minister in the education council, King Fahd Ibn Abdulaziz tirelessly guided the ministry through modernization and ...

Fire has caused substantial damage to human life and property in countless incidents. Human beings developed various techniques and equipments in order to stop and reduce losses caused by fire in different parts of the world. Fire fighting, through different techniques, exists since time immemorial. Evidences suggest that fire fighting services existed in Roman Empire centuries ago. Augustus, the emperor of Roman Empire, instituted a well organised department of fire fighting services. This essay proposes to discuss history of fire fighting services and analyses the mechanisms that were used by fire fighters in different phases of time. Fire fighting ...

I. Introduction (200 words) Military ethics has been in existence in times immemorial. Tribes, communities, and sovereign governments from around the world have at times in their history engaged in either just or unjust wars. The rationale behind armed fights and wars is for soldiers to protect their own lives, people they serve, and state. The moral question that seem to perplexed some individuals and groups is whether it is morally right to kill others in order to preserve one’s life, particular society, government, and even posterity. Such a moral questioning is an ethically significant issue because modern ...

Part 1- Suras 1 and 87 of the Quran The Quran is divided into several Suras, or chapters. Muslims believe that the contents of the Quran were given to Muhammad to write down, directly from God himself. Sura 1 is opening chapter of the Quran entitled, “The Beginning.” Sura 1 states that prayer is the most important aspect of Islam. It also calls Allah the one true god, implying the monotheism of Islam, which was a dramatic difference from other Arabic religions of the time. Sura 81 is entitled, “The Most High”. Most of Sura 87 praises God. ...

Starting from autumn of 2013, Ukraine has been a center of an escalating war conflict: starting with peaceful demonstrations in support of Ukraine joining the European Union, to more than one hundred protesters being monstrously killed by the law-enforcers, to Russia invading Crimea and then developing the still-continuing conflict in the east of Ukraine. But what are the reasons of this bloodcurdling incubus born by a supposedly friendly neighbor of once peaceful and promising Ukraine? There are a lot of them, but both in the reasons and the causes Russian government is to blame: it’s them who occupied the territory of ...

Classical political economists like John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith did not shy away from using culture to define and explain economic outcomes. In both the Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations, culture plays a significant role in how the economist examine and explain economic phenomena. Karl Marx on the other hand saw a reverse causal mechanism at play. He considered economic factors as determinants of cultural outcomes. Marx developed an elaborate theory on how the economy and technological advances led to the development of variant social structures. In the feudal economy, the hand-mill technology developed the feudal ...

Hinduism, which remains the oldest surviving religion known to man was also the religion practiced by the royal family of Siddhartha Gautama, which confers that the Hindu philosophy of Samsara is the truest and most profound for its spiritual effect on the people of India. Although the Buddha is a wise man who has contributed greatly to humanity with a simplification of the concepts and ideals of the Hindu philosophy; the Buddhist philosophy comes from the ancient teachings of the Hindu religion and texts. One must consider Buddhism as the less complex and elementary version of the Hindu religion, which has ...

The participation of women in politics in the traditional days was wanting and unfathomable. Women were extensively marginalized, yet under the circumstances they managed to establish themselves and jostle for the few spaces that were available in the political parties. For instance, women were only allowed less than 20% of the seats in the political parties or other outfits. Ideally, the women were condemned to the periphery because of their perceived naivety and lack of insight on certain issues in the society. Women in Party Politics exposes the struggle of women through the ...

Throughout centuries of fighting, the fundamental basis of warfare remains the ideological or militaristic conflict between two opposing sides. While the means, methods and strategies of warfare have changed dramatically in the last four hundred years, governments and militaries have always needed to find a way to ensure that morale remains on their side and encourage antipathy towards their opponents. To that end, propaganda was created – the biased historical and cultural narratives created by cultures and governments to vilify their opponents and uplift their own military forces. Propaganda has survived four centuries of change through its durability and malleability throughout ...

Question 1 Wall Street name has a reference to the wall that was built by the Dutch in the southern part of Manhattan in the 17th century. The wall was built to bar the war between the Dutch and the English from reaching Manhattan (Geisst, 2004). The Dutch, to protect them, erected the wall to defend them. The wall never achieved the purpose and after its destruction in the later years, it achieved a legacy. The period in which the wall was erected was not important to the financial development in the history of the United States until the last ...

Apple - one of the largest and well-known corporations, which deals with the issue of personal and tablet computers, software, mobile phones and music players. It is now one of the biggest IT companies all over the world. Its price is considered to be almost twice higher than Microsoft’s and Google’s ones. Using innovative technology and exclusive design created the company unique reputation among electronics consumers. Apple products are recognized as worldwide cult.

The history of Apple began thirty years ago, when the two friends, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak decided to found their own company for ...

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Saeed Alzahrani May,20, 2015 Introduction Text comprehension is defined as “demonstrating understanding of the text at the mental model level by generating inferences, interpreting, paraphrasing, translating, explaining, or summarizing information” (Otero, Lecentsn, & Graesser, 2014: p. 17). There are various studies based on the cognitive science illustrating the understanding of text in relation to its comprehension for children (Chambres, Izaute&Marescaux, 2002). Such studies develop theoretical models for the comprehension process and test the predictions of the model by collecting empirical data from readers (Readence, J & Barone, 1997). Growth in reading is considered one of ...

The recent Supreme Court ruling rendering gay marriages legal across the union has been received with the usual excitement and disappointingly self-righteous arguments on both sides of the fence. I do not want to pretend to know any better, and I trust Americans to make of Obergefell v. Hodges, whatever they may, except I am taken aback at how the Supreme Court forced itself into what is a basically a social issue. It strikes me that a nation of 300 million people can fail convince itself of whether some of its own have a right to choose their marriage partners. In the same ...

In the most traditional of African cultures, the duties of a woman’s role in society was never deemed as capricious, much less being awarded the honorary title of representation of an ideology known as ‘feminism.’ Yet, the memoir-enriched fictional novel, “So Long a Letter,” (Une si Longue Lettre – in French) by Mariama Ba inspired much hope for African women to convey the collective plight of their positions to the world. The book is remarkable in a number of profound ways. The book is a diary-type of letter written from the female protagonist Ramatoulaye her best friend from childhood, Aissatou. Ramatoulaye is mourning ...

History The ways in which we share information has changed dramatically in since the 1800’s. From the use of one-room schools, apprenticeships and words of mouth sharing, to the ability to store thousands of books in one data stick, the changes are astounding. What would take days to create in the 1800’s now takes minutes. While we store information very differently today then we once did, the old ways of storing information have had a direct effect on how we store information today. One example of our storage of information is our school system. Just like ...

The debate between the differences and similarities of American and Japanese cartoons continous to divide the world while trying to answer which one is the best. American cartoon supporters claim that American cartoons are better than its Japanese counterpart because of its content and brand of comedy. On the other hand, Japanese cartoons or anime fans would argue Japanese anime is better than American cartoons not just because of its more diverse storylines, but also because of its embodiment of Japanese society and realism in its entirety. This paper will discuss the differences and similarities of American and Japanese ...

The Texas Constitution was written in the 1870s and despite all of its amendments, the constitution is still used today and this shows that the document has been able to survive and adapt over time (Sandoval, 2011). However, there are many reasons as to why the Texan Constitution needs to be reformed as soon as possible as it can no longer survive in the twenty-first century due to its complexions. Therefore, this essay will argue that the Texas Constitution needs to be rewritten based on the following reasons: it is a long constitution that is out-dated and in need of ...

My favorite narrative is found in the Bible. It is a tale of the battle for supremacy; the story is about David and Goliath. It is my favorite narrative because of the richness of its storyline and the imagery together with the objectives it has. There are various human strengths and shortcomings to learn from this tale and it is best that it be analyzed in the possible way in order to depict the true picture in it. There are a several varied sculptures that tend to depict the greatness in people that life does not expect to have greatness. The ...

The progress made in the field of aviation has reached new paradigms. The simple airframe of the Wright Brothers has been modernized beyond belief. Although this industry has been claimed as the frontier of men, none can overlook the significant contributions made by women aviators. Women have been able to break the glass ceiling and rise to the highest levels in the aviation industry since 1903. Despite the laws and policies that protect the rights of women, inequality between men and women still remains widespread and deep rooted especially in this field dominated by the male counterparts. Little do ...

Chapter 4 The BCOS factors are comprehensive, but I think they encourage paternalistic thinking on the part of the marketers, which may alienate the audience. The audience’s perception of the costs, benefits, others and self-efficacy potential varies according to highly personal factors that often come into play at the market segmentation/product positioning/targeting stages (e.g. socialization, culture, and values). Effectively, I believe more concern for cognitive/affective dimensions of how the audience conceptualizes the BCOS factors for greater effectiveness in creating “mutually beneficial want-satisfying products”. I recently read about the Chinese dog meat festival, which has cultural and other ...

One of the five criteria used is that of embarrassment in which one asserts that the New Testament with particular emphasis to the old testament were created to promote faith in Jesus as God’s definitive agent of salvation and reconciliation (McMahon 45). The baptism of Jesus by John and his crucifixion is an example of this criterion at work (hard to imagine the messiah’s son going through all these). Another criterion is that of multiple attestation whereby it promotes the idea that material that is found in more than a single independent source or several literary forms is ...

In Buddhism, “truths are not accepted on the authority of scripture, but verified by direct experience.”1 Meditation is an important method of seeking truth and this practice is pursued in two different ways, through insight meditation and calming meditation. Buddhist devotional practices serve a similar function. They are the action mode of truth-seeking, while meditation is the contemplative mode. Each seeker is encouraged to use the methods—one might call them tools—that work best for her. The calming style of Buddhist meditation most appeals to me, as I find it deeply refreshing to still my thoughts, even ...

English East India Company was a joint stock company incorporated in 1600 and received extensive privileges to trade in India. English East India Company has organized its own lobby in the British Parliament. The aggressive policy of the company expressed in provoking famine in Bengal, the destruction of the monasteries in Tibet and administered by the Opium Wars in China. Initially, the company had 125 shareholders and the capital of 72 thousand pounds. The company managed by the Governor and the Board of Directors, who were responsible to the shareholders' meeting. English East India Company acquired the government and military ...

Article #1. Martins, S.R.M., & De Oliveira, D.S.F. (2014). This article discusses the results of a two-stage speech therapy tests performed on the elderly, 45 in all and between the ages of 60 and 85 years old. The speech therapies resulted in improvements in 73% of subjects with dysphagia, and voice improvements on 62% after 11.6 sessions (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). Although the article makes no mention on the morbidity and mortality rates of dysphagia and dysphonia, it nevertheless affirms that “neurological diseases are common in the elderly” (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). In this respect, it can be ...

The Mormon War of the 1850s is an important and controversial event in Mormon History as well as the greater history of Utah and the United States. Between 1857 and 1858 the United States Army attacked Mormons in Utah Territory thereby eliminating the ability of Mormons in the United States to live with an isolationist mentally. As a result, Governor Brigham Young was ousted and US military command became involved in the Mountain Meadow massacre. The result of this massacre was trauma and disgrace within the Mormon Church. This event has gone by many names: Utah War; Utah Expedition; Utah ...

Gangs are considered the sources of violence and danger being treated as the cause of instability and threat to the state. The history of American gangs have a lot of peculiarities distinguishing street gangs of the US from the rest of the world due to uncommon social, ethnical and race background. Howell (2012) being a prominent expert in youth and traditional gangs in America examines the gang phenomena in several major US regions: West, South, Northeast and Midwest. In order to understand the specificity of gangs' activity we need to focus on cultural and migration peculiarities of the gangs. Population ...

This paper is going to be a continuation of the historical character essay written about James Gray, a young Caucasian male in his early thirties who lived during the latter half of the 18th century in Boston. Boston at that time was one of the freest, most populous and most productive (and therefore most profitable) British colonies in the present day United States of America. It is also important to note that James lived at a time when Boston and the rest of the colonies were set to start a civil war that would later on lead to the abolishment of the ...

Events of the Stalin’s Great Terror in the USSR were only a small part of their appearing on the surface of public life since the Soviet press hardly published information on demonstration processes. Thus, the size, structure and mechanisms of repression remained hidden to the most of contemporaries (except, of course, the “authors” and main perpetrators of the terror), as well as several further generations of historians. Nowadays the set of available sources makes it possible to see the real drawing of the Great Terror more or less clearly. Some historians regard the Stalinist repression as a continuation of ...

Strategic planning requires a good understanding of an organization capabilities and weaknesses. In that respect, the process requires a comprehensive internal analysis of an organization. The analysis seeks to identify the capabilities that can be harnessed and leveraged as well as the weaknesses that an organization should address in its bid to respond to external environment. In that view, an internal analysis focusing on key aspects such as the organization's structure and resources is crucial to effective planning. With that, this analysis seeks to analyze the organizational governing structure and capabilities of Florida Hospital

Company overview Florida Hospital system is ...

The Harlem renaissance is a cultural and artistic movement that changed the nature of African American literature and experience. The poetry of the movement was imbued with personal and third party political and social experiences. There is a raging debate on whether the movement was one of social and political propaganda or that of just the development of art. This paper builds on Du Bois’ assertion that all art is propaganda and should be treated as such. It also explores the claim that the movement was partly a modernist exploit that was aiming at creating a new form of art unique to the ...

Literature has known to transcend time and offer a historical lens in which world cultures are understood. The analysis of the ancient and medieval texts enhance free exchange of ideas and information and how they clarify our modern times as well as our age. The intellect and motivation behind their composition has also been the basis of analytical and critical thinking in the contemporary world literature. Of key emphasis are the ancient and medieval literature texts by Homer and Shakespeare respectively in this paper. The two authors are revered in the world literature circles with much of their work having ...

Sri Lanka is a country located on the same island in the Indian Ocean. It is a unitary state with a presidential form of government. In the history course Sri Lanka was under the domination of India, Portugal, the Netherlands and the UK. In 1948 Sri Lanka gained independence and in 1972 changed its name of Ceylon to Sri Lanka, which means “blessed land”. Colombo is informal capital city, and the official – the nearby town of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Under the current constitution of 1978, the President is the chief executive and the chief of the armed forces. Traffic on the island ...

This proposal presents a plan for the study of how inter-ethnic conflicts develop in newly decolonized countries around the world. The preliminary literature review shows that these states have volatile constitutions and the poor or non-existent separation of powers causes the country to marginalize its minority ethnic groups. This leads to failed policies on integration and the homogeneity of the military. The poor and unresponsive intervention of the Executive arm of government in a bad situation causes minorities to pick up arms and seek their right. This paper proposes that the findings of the preliminary literature review be tested on ...

Eventually, Ted Bundy was "fried" on the electric chair in Florida in 1989. A local, shouted to the onlookers that crowded the prison gates that day: "turn off your coffee makers, all the electricity will be needed here today!" Ted Cowell was raised in a perfectly fine, absolutely normal family, with loving parents and 4 other siblings. Well, according to him. However, the official version is a little bit different. He was born to a single mom, which at that time was considered to be despicable, thus, his grandparents, took him in as his son, and he grew up thinking that ...

If one traces back the background of the clash on the issue of Kashmir, it can be understood that the friction all started back in 1947-48 when the nations of India and Pakistan got engaged in warfare over the land of the state. The clash was based on the fact that the state had a majority population comprising of Muslims. As the partition of India and formation of Pakistan was based on the population density based on religious beliefs, Pakistan went on to place its claim on the soil of Kashmir based on the religious majority of Islamic people. ...

Christianity was not a popular religion than it is today. In fact, historians and theology scholars debate regarding the true nature of the Christian religion. Originally, they concluded it as a sect of Judaism1 since Jesus Christ was born a Jew. As a religious leader, He was charismatic, performed many miracles, and defended the poor as well as the oppressed. Through cultural diffusion2, the new religion gained a small but loyal group of followers such as the twelve apostles who would eventually travel the Roman Empire to preach His teachings and spread the awareness of the public to the Christian religion. History proves that ...

Arnold Cameron in his article the Culture of Slovenia mentioned that with the use of architecture it has been possible for outsiders to gauge many elements of a country’s culture such as its lifestyle, sensibilities in terms of the arts and humanities and even its social structure. Giving the famous Indian structure, the Tahj Mahal, as an example Cameron (p. 6) shared that was the structure designed as it is just to merely look like other buildings or was it build in such manner because of the country’s culture? Another example is the great pyramids of Egypt that ...

Crime has always been and remains a serious issue for law enforcement, the criminal justice system and the general public; from the most petty jay-walking or shop-lifting to the more extreme crimes of assault or murder. There are indeed some dangerous criminals in the world who need to be taken off the street and confined, not just to punish them for their crimes, but to protect the public from future crimes. When a man is arrested for a crime like murder he s tried by the criminal justice standards required by the American court system. However, what if the shooter or attacker ...

In President Obama’s speech, “A More Perfect Union,” the speaker looks at assesses the problem of racism as it occurs throughout the history of the United States and how it has shaped the lives of individuals in the society today. The speech was delivered when Obama was a Senator in 2008, but it carefully outlined his vision of a country that needed to deviate from the racial slurs that have impacted the country in the past and move towards a future where blacks and whites could unite and tackle the common social problems in the society. Obama’s willingly addresses the ...

The callous opinions of unmoved minds regarding the value, or legitimacy, of Affirmative Action policies in the country today have always been controversial. While a most imperative requirement to sufficiently examine such an issue demands a strong evaluation of the historical conditions that brought affirmative action to bear in the first place, this research paper must remain within the confines of time and length constraints. How has affirmative action changed since the 1960s? Of course, the short answer might be that its policies are no longer exclusively applied to black ...

The United States was forming a system of government that had never been tried in a nation so large. The many Articles of Confederation and the Constitution represent the countries attempt to form a system of government true to ideas of the American Revolution. Although the Articles of Confederation had serious flaws that ultimately led to its doom, it was still an attempt to put in place the ideas of the American Revolution. The Constitution, from and ideological standpoint, was not entirely different. Many of the federal powers granted in the Articles of Confederation were the same powers granted in ...

Nowadays people think that we are lucky to live in the society we have. The fact that we have developed, become smarter and our life is full of comfort ,created and found various devices and cures to strong diseases that other generations could only dream of makes us feel ourselves supreme. However, our world is still not perfect and with new discoveries come not only new responsibilities, but even bigger problems. Our society needs positive changes without no doubt. But first we should clearly understand what the society change is. Some people understand social change as the “the alteration of ...

On June 26, 2015 the US Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage and officially recognized the constitutional right of Americans to register same-sex unions across the country. This historic step was preceded by the trial of James Obergefell who sued the state of Ohio because it had refused to recognize him to be the widower of the deceased husband, with whom Obergefell got married 20 years ago before the state officially banned gay unions.

Previously, the registration of same-sex marriage was under the jurisdiction of each state, only 37 of which granted the procedure a legal status. The first state ...

Central Idea: Golf courses are an essential component of the golfing sport. They are behind the much success associated with the enjoyment of the golf sport.

Attention material: Golfing is one of the most renowned sports globally. It draws millions of fans world over and also has some of the top global sportsmen that have continued to promote the sport internationally (ASGCA, 2010). The sport particularly draws its thrill factor and sentimental value from the well-designed golf courses around the world. The golf courses have continued to awe many in terms of beauty and challenge extended to the golfers. ...

Question 2: How important to you is an unbiased history lesson? Question 3: How important is it that education cost the same for everybody? Question 4: If prices were raised for one thing in the United States for international individuals, what should that be? Question 5: Have you already begun attending school in the United States Question 6: If you have already begun attending school, how important would it be for your tuition to stay the same price?

Question 8: Could you better yourself with an education in your native country? Question 9: Is ...