Essays on Leap

I’m in the 6%

I’m in the 6% Hello everyone. I would like to welcome you to this talk on the advantages of living together before marriage. Please note that this presentation is done from the perspective of a woman, and while two of the source contributions are from everyday women’s voices, the third woman’s voice heard here is that of a psychologist. In taking the positive spin on this question of cohabitation, I plan on addressing three areas. First is a women’s take on what are the “good” reasons for living together. Second, I will throw some statistics ...

The book has a point of view that says Good is the Enemy of Great. The author had performed studies in a series of different companies that made the leap from good to great. The author moved forward and compared this successful companies with the failed ones who are not being able to make the leap. The researcher tried to identify the reason of failure and used a level 5 leadership to identify the reasons. The researchers found out the reason why the companies became great and why the companies failed by using that approaches. The book has some ...

Critical Review of Program Evaluation Study: Family Life-Skills Program

A Critical Review of Program Evaluation Study: Family Life-Skill Program Introduction There is sufficient evidence suggesting that the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program in New Hampshire, USA is giving increased attention to women empowerment by introducing the Leadership for Employment, Achievement, and Purpose (LEAP) curriculum that involves a welfare-to-work process. The program evaluation authored by Wichroski et al. (2000) seeks to determine the impact of the program in relation to the program objectives and expected outcomes. On the other hand, this discussion will determine the adequacy of the evaluation by looking into the methodology and the areas ...

While thinking of people who have faced death courageously, the one name that keeps coming to mind is Paul Rossington, an Australian paramedic who leapt from a cruise liner soon after his girlfriend, Kristen Schroder, slipped and fell from the balcony of the cabin they were sharing. The decision of Mr. Rossington to jump over the balcony in a bid to save her girlfriend while knowing that his action would most likely end his life is a an epitome of selflessness. The fact that the two were in a turbulent relationship and the emergence of reports showing that their ...

Faith, being an intangible concept, is almost indefinable. But there are theologians, like Soren Kierkegaard and Paul Tillich, who dared to define faith and its role in everyday life. There are similarities and differences between the interpretation of Kierkegaard and Tillich of faith, and some critics are not contented with or opposed to their ideas, particularly as regards the subject-object division. This paper argues that a thorough, critical analysis of the ideas of Kierkegaard and Tillich regarding faith will demonstrate both theologians remaining devoted to the conflict between the finite world and the infinite, unbounded realm. Kierkegaard often emphasizes ...

Life sometimes resembles an infinite storm without any rainbow and sunshine in the end. Every new day it tests people’s will by various ordeals and trials. Ill luck, for example, can change the whole life upside down. All the challenges and struggles, however, fall to people’s lot for a reason. Only overcoming different hardships, it is possible to understand the true taste of life. In fact thanks to hard times, we become stronger and more confident personalities who are able to enjoy every moment of life to the full. Thus, people should learn to use various problems ...

Emily Dickinson is one of America’s most beloved poets. She wrote of nature, love, and death. It is said that Dickinson wrote 1800 poems, the majority of which were untitled. Dickinson was known to be somewhat reclusive and introverted throughout her life. These traits, however, did not preclude her from observing and appreciating even the simplest forms of her natural surroundings. One of Dickinson’s poems involving nature is “A Bird Came Down the Walk-.” It is this poem that will be discussed here. Dickinson’s poetry is of a personal quality, not only to the poet, but ...

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong created history when he became “the first man to walk on the moon” ("Biography of Neil Armstrong") in 1969. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian, became the first man to orbit the earth in 1961, “giving the Soviet Union a big victory in its Cold War space race against the United States” ("Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon"). Following this, President Kennedy promised the nation, that “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth” ("Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon"). Thus, Neil Armstrong’s ...

Introduction

Even though the concept of evolution is a typical narrative, it remains one of the most highly contentious of the topics. Major disagreements persist in the field, particularly when the evolutionary origin and physical modification of primates are the subject matter of discussion. Because of these differences, lots of significant finds in the field have attracted considerable amounts of opposition from experts depending on the species, or the side angle of evolution one recognizes (Ravosa and Dagosto). Disputes often center around locomotion and posture – whether a particular species was fully upright or could walk bipedally, brain size (intelligence), sexuality ...

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) was a principal Chinese Marxist theorist and the statesman who led the Chinese communist revolution. Since 1935 and until his death, he was the leader of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). From 1949 to 1959 Mao was the chairman of the People’s Republic of China (Stuart Reynolds Schram). His way to the highest social position in the country was long, complicated and dangerous. Mao Zedong was born in the village of Shaoshan. His father was a former peasant who earned on living with farming and grain dealing. The origin of one of the ...

Institutions Affiliation

1. The Frog Leap Winery is wine made in California, a state in the United States operating from the Nepal's Rutherford region; the Californian wine producer founded in 1981 on a spot in line with Mills Creek that is known to be Frog Farm. The Frogs Leap Winery was established by Larry Turley and John Williams. The approach to winemaking process makes the company more humorous. William together with his friend Turley had the opportunity which enabled them to make 5 gallons of wine having borrowed some grapes. The information prevalences indicate that the Frog's Leap winery has been ...

Throughout the years there were numerous endeavors made by a few producers in both Hollywood and free silver screen, to counter the variety of negative pictures of African Americans in film. Maybe a standout amongst the most brave, radical moves made accompanied Melvin Van Peeple's 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. The film was created autonomously by Van Peeples who acquired cash from a few sources including $50,000 from Bill Cosby. For Van Peeples, Sweetback was to be a solution for Hollywood's conventional way to deal with dark centered stories. With the ascent of Black Nationalism, changes in ...

Organización Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT) The founding of the ONT in 1989 was a great leap for mankind’s health system. Throughout the years, Spain exerted a lot of effort to encourage volunteers or donors to contribute for the welfare of other people, especially those who are extremely ill. This transplantation system offers creating organs from stem cells, artificial organs, ending body rejection, machines to keep organs alive, and printing 3D organs.

The Problem

The main problem about the system is its lack of innovation that is essential for an organized service distribution. For example, there are recipients on the ...

Introduction

The paper is a case analysis of Frog’s Leap Winery. The company has gained unmatched reputation in the industry because of its organic farming and traditional ways of winemaking. The paper is divided into six sections. The first section analyses the business strategies of the company in each consumer segment. The second section discusses its sustainability strategy. The third section performs a five-force analysis to understand competition outlook in the industry. The fourth section highlights the key factors contributing to the firm’s success. The fifth section explains how well the strategy is working in terms of financial ...

Abstract

As we all know, humor is an important part of social interaction in our everyday lives. While we might often think of humor as being something practiced by professional comedians on television or in movies, the truth is that virtually every human being engages in humor to one degree or another on an almost daily basis. And this applies to the workplace as much is anyplace else in our lives. People use humor at work for any number of important reasons, such as relieving tension, encouraging improved performance, establishing a leadership position or simply to make others feel at ...

I. Background The Explorer IV rig is one of three oil exploration facilities owned and operated by a large U.S. drilling company (Ciulla 221). The rig's structure and design is marked by notable segregation between U.S. expats and local Angolan workers as evidenced in galley size, dormitory privacy and, not least, hierarchical arrangement (by assigning expats to higher levels and local workers to lower ones) (Ciulla 221). Logistically and medically, U.S. expats and local Angolan workers receive different attention: where U.S. expats are moved by helicopter and are rushed to a British R.N. medical service, local Angolan workers spend ...

I. Introduction Human activities are causing the world to warm and the global average temperature is predicted to increase by 1.8-4.0C (3.2-7.2F) by the end of the century. (Griffin, 2009) These numbers might not seem that large but when you factor in the rate at which they are increasing, it almost becomes obvious that human contributed greenhouse gases are a huge contributing factor. Since the climate will continue to change for natural and humans activity reasons, it critical to understand the adaptations humans need to do as soon as possible. For certain, if oil production and oil consumption ...

How does education, employment, or medicine create identity categories that may liberate or oppress individuals?

Oppression is a social reality that has been existing for many years. Our history will show that various efforts were made in the past to curb oppression in various institutions and social structures. Although there has been some success, our experiences will tell that oppression is a social evil that continue to exist in the current times even in education, medicine, and most especially in employment.

Miriam Webster defines oppression as unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power. It is also a condition weighing down one’s mind and body (Miriam Webster, Online). In the educational sector, oppression is evident ...

Chapter 10 Q1

The concept of on the ‘self’ has been one of the major issues in philosophy. Hume held that the ‘self’ is concept that is defined by the collective experiences that one has. In this case, Hume believes one’s awareness of the ‘self’ is tied to the person’s previous experiences through perception (David Hume, 1.4.6.3). Hume notes that humans do not and cannot observe something that is beyond their transient feelings, impressions, and sensations. He further claims that there is no anyone particular impressing that can be called the ‘self’. It is imperative that ...

1) Explain how the outward flow of energy from the Earth’s interior drives the process of plate tectonics?

The outermost layer of earth, or lithosphere, is broken up into tectonic plates. The boundaries of the plates and their movement leads to the formation of earthquakes, volcanic activity, creation of mountains, and the formation of oceanic trenches. Tectonic plates are formed from either oceanic crust or continental crust, with many containing both. The movement of the plates varies from 0-100mm in a given year. The movement of these plates comes from the outward energy of flow that comes from earth’s central core. Radioactivity produced from elements within earth’s core, such as uranium, decay and release energy. The ...

The policy of one child per couple or one-child policy is a measure of population control established in urban China in 1979 with the aim of exercising radical birth control to reduce the excessive growth of population and overcrowding. China is the world's most populous country, a home to a fifth of the world's population (China Daily). The Chinese government introduced the policy in 1978 to alleviate the social and environmental problems of their country. The policy is controversial both within and outside China due to the resultant issues. The controversy stems from the way in which it has been applied ( ...

Hungry Ghosts: Mao’s Secret Famine. By Jasper Becker. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 1998. 416 pp.

Introduction: Hungry Ghosts is an intense book. Even though recent articles and books have disclosed that it was the Great Leap Forward that caused the famine that engulfed China, however, Jasper Becker clarifies the entire destruction of the time through his alluring interviews and graphic stories. Becker places the blame for the horrors directly and uncompromising on Mao Zedong’s shoulders. After all, these events took place during Mao’s watch. However, Becker does not stop there; he proceeds to argue that ...

Introduction

I have identified Michelle Bachman, a republican frontrunner as the leader who is written about in the media. The news article in question is from The New Yorker, and it is entitled LEAP OF FAITH: the making of a Republican Frontrunner. It is an analysis op/ed piece.

The article characterizes her in the first sentence as a ‘Tea party insurgent’ giving us a clue to her main power base which is the Republican Tea Party. She also identifies very strongly with the Christian Conservative movement. The writer notes that her appeal (to voters) is based on ‘right wing convictions, beliefs and ...

Management

39 Key Learning Points

In order to have successful change efforts, there should be created short-term wins. Short-term wins help to build momentum and direction for the change effort. In successful situations, people build on momentum to make a vision a reality by keeping urgency up and a feeling of false pride down; by eliminating unnecessary, exhausting and demoralizing work; and by not declaring victory prematurely.

Even though you are achieving and celebrating short term wins, it’s very important to never let up.

You do not have to become frustrated and resist the temptation to “beat up” on your people. You have to be relentless until you reach the end goal. When you have too much work, ...

The meaning of life has been one of the most significant questions that humankind has asked itself. Throughout history, different cultures have given various answers, from myths, to religion and science. After Nietzsche’s proclamation of the death of God, philosophers started asking themselves what they were on this planet for, giving rise to the Existentialist movement. Attempting to answer this question some saw that it did not have a verifiable response, concluding that human life was actually absurd. However, not everyone interpreted this word in the same way. Albert Camus was one of its most famous proponents, believing that ...

According a survey conducted by “Association of American College and Universities”, “the nonprofit and business leaders would recommend liberal education in today’s world to the college learners for their long term success in 21st century’s global economy”.”The policy leaders are focused on what the college students choose as majors and the salaries after their graduation. The college should equip their students with ethical judgment, intellectual skill and an understanding of diversity of any organization, business or society”, said Mildred Garcia, the chairman of AAC&U. AAC&U announced the launch of “LEAP (Liberal Education and America’s Promise) Employer ...

Philosopher Kierkegaard was enthusiastic about his philosophical work and linked it to his own challenges with faith. His scholarly work contributes immense knowledge to modern Christianity. As one of the few Christian apologists in recent times, his best modern philosophical ideology is the notion of the teleological suspension of the ethical.

What is a teleological suspension of the ethical?

Teleology refers to ‘belief in’ and the study of ‘ultimate causes’ in nature. Teleology is usually associated with religious philosophy and more specifically Christianity. As such, the teleological suspension of the ethical according to Kierkegaard is the act of abandoning the sound religious beliefs to pursue the ‘ultimate ...

Although 11 years of the Cultural Revolution is usually defined as a holistic period, it is better to view it as consisting of two parts. The movement began with a sudden and strong explosion of radicalism of the Red Guards, angry workers and ambitious petty officials. This massive mobilization of the first phase of the Cultural Revolution, successfully helped Mao to unseat his rivals. The second period of the Cultural Revolution lasted from 1968 to 1976 and established a new order through the negotiations and the use of force, as well as controlling the rebel groups. The revolution was followed by repression, ...

Theme

The Vacuum is a poem by Howard Nemerov that focuses on the central theme of loneliness caused by the death of a loved one. However, Nemerov took a very different twist in writing the poem, mainly because its entire structure is composed of puns that tend to reference the word “vacuum” in two ways – the space the wife of the speaker left when she died and the appliance, the vacuum cleaner, she once frequently used when she was living. Given such a rather sad yet creative expression, Nemerov was able to vividly embody the emotions of the speaker, who is missing his wife ...

Alone With You is an excellent collection of eight short stories written by Marisa Silver that explores the many complexities present in modern relationships and the various rarely expected ways that love manifests itself in people's lives. The characters in the short stories are brilliantly presented, together with how they confront the different abrupt challenges in the lives with immense grace, lots of fear and humor, and commendable courage. Silver successfully renders the fictional characters in the stories in a manner the readers can easily relate with and equate to their personal lives. Within the eight mouth-watering short stories, many ...

Origins of the sport

Skydiving began in the year 1797 when Andre Garnerin successfully sky-dived using hot air balloon. The technique was later adopted by the military as meant of saving aircrews and delivering troops to the field. Skydiving began as a sport around 1930s, before being internationally accepted in 1951.Evolution of the gear Skydiving sport has evolved over time. Around 1950s, skilled divers would meet at the airport (drop zone) then compete for a fee. Cessna aircrafts such as C-182 were used then before Caravan C208 was adopted. Skydiving gear has evolved from the umbrella-shaped gear, the Da Vinci parachute. The gear had ...

Discussing the Apollo 11 Moon-landing in 1969

INTRODUCTION Neil Armstrong once said, “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” (qtd in National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1). There are many events throughout history, both positive and negative, that are remarked as significant and most impactful, which has changed the perspectives on humanity and what they are capable of. The 1969 mission and moon-landing of the manned Apollo 11 shuttle is one of these events. People all across the county and around the world were in awe of the idea that human beings could leave this planet and visit another celestial body ...

Our world is changing every day. New gadgets are being invented; extraordinary ways to make our lives more comfortable are being developed. Some of them will be forgotten in a year, others will be used even in the centuries. But only a few of them will give rise to the new discoveries and even to the complete change and improvement of the global world system. It is hard to predict what will such inventions be, but we can look through the history of inventions and find the most important ones for our development. In my opinion, one of them is the ...

In the summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army under the control of the Communist Party of China entered Beijing and took over power. Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party declares the social revolution and the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. Maoism, a particular form of socialism that “mixes orthodox Stalinism with Populism” will provide inspiration in a whole generation of activists in the 1960s and 1970s. Almost ten years later, in 1957 Mao launched his “Great Leap Forward” a campaign that led to the most deadly famine in the history. The aim was to rapidly transform ...

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Essence of ‘To Live’ Historical accuracy and sensitivity is one of the most important aspects that weigh heavily on the film To Live (1994), which is directed by Zhang Yimou. From a viewer’s point of view, the film is an interesting event-raveling depiction of what occurred half a century or so ago in China. This put the sequence of events into an epoch when the country was under what can be said to be a transformation characterized by a series of both political and social changes. By then, China was run by the political regime headed by Mao Zedong and this ...

How did ideas about warfare change as theorists made the leap from war on land to fighting on the seas or in the air? Hegemony is said to be working best on sea that it does on land. From time immemorial, the naval power has been the form through which the international hegemonic authority has overwhelmingly manifested itself to the powers of the world. During the early ages, this is however believed not to have happened now, the power which a country have to command while in the sea, even though this cannot be disputed locally, is not open ...

Individual report

Introduction The task of the following individual report is to discuss critically two questions using economic models and objectives. The first question is “The recent price wars in the supermarket and mobile phone industries have been beneficial to both consumers and their respective industries. The discussion of that topic is about the recent price wars between the UK supermarkets – the monopolists Tesco, Morrison, Sainsbury and Asda and the German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl. German supermarket gain the half of the British market by low prices for their goods and it lay the beginning of the price war. The ...

IV.

It was early in the morning, and everything in Abraham’s

and Eliezer, the faithful servant, accompanied him along the road until he turned back again. They rode along in har- many, Abraham and Isaac, until they came to Mount Mo- riah. Abraham made everything ready for the sacrifice, calmly and gently, but when he turned away and drew the knife,

Isaac saw that Abraham’s left hand was clenched in despair,

that a shudder went through his whole body — but Abraham drew the knife.

Then they returned home again, and Sarah hurried to meet

them, but Isaac had lost the faith. Not a word is ever said of this in the world, and Isaac never talked to anyone about what he had seen, and ...

Abstract

The topic of wireless Security issues in pervasive computing is a very dynamic area given that the technology keeps on changing. The change in technology comes with different challenges especially when it comes to integration of two or more technologies to satisfy human needs in life. Pervasive computing(PC), for instance, can represent an entry point for many of attacks.It can compromise users’ data, crash the complete system, render services unavailable, and possibly result to the loss of property and even lives. This paper examines and reports various security concerns in wireless security within the context of PC. The analysis ...

“The Tyger” – William Blake

“Haiku” – Matsuo Basho r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r – e.e. cumings Over the centuries human civilization has tended to have an exploitative relationship with nature: we plunder the earth for old, precious stone and minerals; we consume grain and fruit, nuts and berries; we kill wildlife – sometimes for food but also for pleasure. Humankind has also meddled in nature – genetically-modified crops are simply the latest example, since before them skilled horticulturalists have for centuries produced hybrid plants for practical or aesthetic purposes. The popularity of zoos and wildlife parks demonstrates our fascination with the other species that inhabit our world. Poets have ...

Leap motion Name: Course: Lecturer: Date: Introduction Leap motion device was designed by Holz, who is now twenty-three years old. His new startup in leap motion was dedicated to changing the way people will be interacting with their computers. Michael Buckwald, Holz co-founder built a device the size of a cigarette lighter that contained three tiny cameras inside it. They attached it to a computer, and it turned any Mac or PC into a gesture recognizing device. This idea resembles the one that was designed by Microsoft’s Kinect and also far much accurate. They have also created software for third party developers ...

Introduction. Kellogg Company is the world’s leading producer of cereals and frozen foods, and the second largest producer of cookies and crackers. After its acquisition of Pringles, Kellogg became the second largest savory snack company. Kellogg is committed and mindful of the ideals of the founder, W.K. Kellogg’s who was dedicated to the well-being of people. And have stayed focused on the company’s vision of enriching and delighting the world through food, and its purpose of, providing nourishment for families allowing them to thrive and flourish. The Kellogg Company has a rich history of corporate responsibility as ...

This research paper will cover what leap motion is, how it works, its applications, impact of the technology, devices that are compatible with it, shortcomings and its future. Leap is a sensor device that supports finger and hand motions as input. This is a small device that allows the user to move things by hand movement. Leap motion controller works by tracking all the 10 fingers and hands with ultra high precision and its speed is incredible. The devices compatible with leap device will be identified and researched, and they include Mac and Windows. Leap technology currently houses 75 apps ...

Report on Frog's Leap Winery:

- Company Overview Frog’s Leap Winery motto, “Time’s Fun when You’re Having Flies” and a visit to their website resonates the mantra of having fun while making wine, of John Williams, the co–founder, owner, and CEO/wine maker of Frog’s Leap Winery. The company produces some of the best wines from Napa Valley, which John started producing commercially in 1981 and named the winery Frog’s Leap. The name was inspired from the location, on a spot along the creek in Napa Valley, Rutherford, California known as Frog Farm. As Frog’s Leap and its team ...

After reading Mao’s own words how ideally communistic were his political views? What role did Mao feel that the arts should play in Communistic China? Are his ideals still in effect in China at the dawn of the 21st Century?

Introduction:

Lin Biao has described Mao Tse-Tung as the greatest Marxist of his era apart from having developed that political philosophy much further due to his innate ‘genius’. Although these words may sound slightly over the top today there is no denying the fact that Mao was really a person of considerable historical importance and a Communist of the old school. ...

Man has always been curious and been investigating the nature of things. He has probed into the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of all phenomena observed. As science evolved, he came up with laws and equations to represent these observations. For many decades, if not centuries, he was satisfied with explaining everything around him using what is today known as ‘Classical Mechanics’. All bodies and phenomena observed could be explained by Newton’s Laws and his equations of motion. In fact this developed into the branch of Classical Mechanics and saw a huge leap in the field of Science. Be it describing ...

Abstract

This paper will reflect over the learning strategies in education with students with disabilities. The will reflect over student that have learning disabilities. It will also reflect over student that have disabilities because of autism. The reason for this is because, in several cases, children with learning disabilities are assumed to have autism. This might sound surprising to some people, but it has happened. This is why this will this paper will reflect over the need for the qualifications for teachers, teacher aids, tutors and the testing to decide if a child has a disability. These are two separate disabilities, but ...

Introduction

In the 20th century, probably under the influence of the industrial revolution, artists used manufactured objects as subjects of art. These objects were extracted from the artificial environment and converted into art. An example of this is Marcel Duchamp’s piece known as the ReadyMades (1915). More recently, Rachel Whiteread made use of this trend in some of her last works of art. Over time, her works have been the subject of inquiry. Her earlier works underlined an interest in absence and shadow of things. She made sculptures by creating casts of the space around objects. In recent works, ...

Tamar Lewin’s New York Times article, “Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshman,” describes some reasons why college freshmen are reporting the lowest level of emotional health since the survey of this statistic began 25 years ago. According to the article, various university counselors and other researchers attribute this reported drop in emotional health to the economic downturn. Although this article was written in 2011, the idea that today’s college students’ emotional health is linked to difficult economic times still rings true in 2013. The idea that this stress begins in high school with especial pressure ...

- The numbers are adjectives where the cardinal numbers are used for counting items. The ordinal numbers show position or rank while the fraction numbers shows parts of shares or portions of something.

This shows that the origin of counting is from corresponding body parts e.g. the French used body parts like fingers in their counting to count numbers one to ten. - The Nile flooding is expected to be synchronous with the real year. The astronomers in ancient Egypt discovered that stars were more precise in making a calendar than the sun which they had used over ...

Often touted as an ‘unfilmable’ novel, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi told the story of a young Indian boy named Pi who, over the course of the story, finds himself on a small life raft in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with only a dangerous Bengal Tiger (whom he names Richard Parker) to accompany him. Here, he goes on a hazardous journey of survival, during which he explores his spirituality and is taken to the depths of his understanding of life itself. Ang Lee’s 2012 film masterfully adapts these themes into an elegant, fairytale-like story that is alternatingly presentational and ...

Introduction

An article published by the Cochrane Collaboration and posted in the Cochrane Library in 2012 caught my attention. The article stated that no quasi-randomized or randomized clinical trials of gene therapy for sickle cell disease have been documented. The article further stated that no conclusions and recommendations are attributed to the application of gene therapy on sickle cell disease (Olowoyeye & Okwundu, 2013). This statement inspired me to evaluate the current developments in gene therapy that targets sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is one of the oldest genetic disorders and yet few attempts have been made to develop gene ...

When seeking to understand a word such as modesty, the best place to begin is with a dictionary. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, modesty has two parts to its definition, including “freedom from conceit or vanity” and “propriety in dress, speech, or conduct.” The etymology of the word links the word to the Latin modestus, which means “keeping within measure” or using moderation (Blakemore and Jennett). From the dictionary definition, it is easy to understand the basic way in which the word is used. The example, “She accepted the award with modesty” describes a person who displays both freedom from vanity and ...

Zhongguo, which is another name for China in Mandarin, means Middle Kingdom when translated to English. China is also called the Center of the Universe ("9a. the middle"). The Chou people of the Zhou Empire, who had occupied the North China Plain in 1000 B.C., were unaware of the Western civilizations, and believed that they were living at the center of the earth. Today, although “Middle Kingdom” is regarded as more of a retrospective and subjective term by the rest of the world, while the one quarter of the world's population in China still believe that they are at the ...

Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks) p. 131-137 Bernhard Grzimek

Synopsis of the Article

According to the article, Mackerel sharks belong to class Chondrichthyes and order Lamniformes. As the surviving members of the larger lamniforme sharks that have long become extinct, mackerel sharks are characterized with over 15 surviving species which do not compare directly with the countless number of shark fossils that have been discovered. It is worth noting that most of the fossils obtained encompass isolate teeth with most of lamniforme teeth being widespread in a plethora of marine localities in almost all the continents of the world. However, there is a paucity of ...

In 1 to 2 pages analyze how the country or individual followed Marx’s ideas or changed Marxism. You may highlight one or more major similarities or differences. The question to keep in mind is "Did the country or individual follow Marxism or did they change it"" If they changed it, how did they change it? Marxism remains one of the most potent ideologies for change in the social sphere as devised by the great Karl Marx in his seminal treatise Das Kapital. Although it has not really been understood properly by many, some leaders who have embraced ...

Introduction

After the destruction of the Roman Empire, the church became on of the foundations of civilization. During the time of Gregory I the Great (590-694), the medieval papacy started exerting its power. Gregory’s accomplishment was to assert its authority and establish the temporal papal power. Gregory was a Roman aristocrat by birth and he witnessed the destruction of Rome. Gregory concluded that the world was coming to an end and therefore withdrew from it in order to become a Benedictine monk. Gregory was elected Pope in 590 and took the role of protecting Rome and the surrounding territory from the ...

Introduction to Wicca

Wicca is a common and ancient term for witchcraft, which refers to the efforts of humans to develop supernatural powers for the malicious use of black magic. Because of this, the terms magic, sorcery, and witchcraft can be considered synonymous (“History and Background of Wicca”).

Wicca is based on pagan nature worship systems and is similar to other humanist religions where “everything goes as long as it doesn’t oppose their claim to being god/goddesses or hold them to a higher power” (“Wicca Beliefs and Practices”).

Origin of Wicca

There is no authoritative source that traces the roots of Wicca in ancient times (Slick). ...

Never judge culture by one man and never judge a man by popular culture.

- Anonymous

Abstract

In “The Death of the Author,” structuralist thinker Roland Barthes suggested the notion of the author as a distinct identity in the creation and interpretation of a text was a thing of the past. Instead, he preferred the use of the word “scriptor” to refer to the person writing or typing a work for the first time. The ideas in the scriptor's mind would have to travel through his or her semiotic filters to make it to the paper – those filters take the ideas and shape them – for ...

Abstract

After several unsuccessful attempts in preceding years, the first successful transatlantic cable installation was successfully installed and commissioned in 1866. This giant step in global communications was the first of many cable installations that gave the United States the technology to break away from the physical and intellectual isolation from Europe and the rest of the world. Starting with the telegraph, followed by the telephone and most recently the Internet; the government, business sector and finally the general public were given access to increasingly accessible and affordable bi-directional and interactive communications. The technology of telecommunications has provided a most efficient ...