Essays on Luck

Introduction

Inequality in education is cruel and unjust it persists and cuts deep along individual and community memories. In many occasions, it is not an issue of the past, lingers not only in Australia but the entire parts of the world (Ramsay, 2001). Modern education standards are critical in fulfilling this gap and providing equal opportunity for all learners in life. Education plays a crucial role in modeling the learners from different backgrounds in order to create tomorrow’s socially just society. The current generations of the learners are the society leaders of the future. Therefore, it is important for

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The National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league in North America (Yong-zhen 10). It is widely agreed that, in the world, the NBA league is the premier men’s professional league. NBA has thirty member clubs, of which twenty-nine are from the United States and one from Canada. Over the time, NBA has been an active member of the USA basketball (USAB), and is well recognized by the International Basketball Federation. FIBA recognizes the USA Basketball as basketball’s governing body in United States of America. Statistics show that players participating in NBA are the best paid sportsmen

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The tradition of celebrating Halloween dates back from the ancient legends and folklore across the world. In Catholic countries, November 1 is the All Saints Day, which marks a special celebration of the saints’ good deeds here on earth. November 2 is considered as the All Hallows Eve, a day said to believe that spirits of the dead return to the land to visit their loved ones. Originally, the tradition of Halloween dates back since the Middle Ages, based on the ancient pagan festivity in Ireland. This celebration is called ‘Samhain,’ (pronounced as sow-een) which means ‘the end of

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Introduction

The filmmaker of this film used the story of Emir to bring out the various energy agents and analysts involved in the oil business and petroleum politics. The energy analyst attended a party with the rich operators of the oil business. The aspects relating to high shareholders of oil in this film are well brought out in the party that Emir attended. The filmmaker used the death of Woodman helps to bring out the impact of the business meeting and the amount of money they own in the oil company. The economic advisors in relation to the oil companies

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Abstract

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of the most fascinating and well-known poems by the famed English poet, becoming one of the bastions of British Romantic literature through its immense lyricism and use of metaphor. The poem deals with themes of the violation of nature, the encroaching threat of the Orient and its strangeness on European culture, as well as the stifling nature of guilt, all contributing to a multi-faceted and pluralistic tale that deals with the breadth of human experience.

Proposal

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one

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Thesis: Based on Aristotle’s definition of not only a tragic hero but also of tragedy, Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice could rightly be described as a tragedy due to the main character’s lack of knowledge as well as due to the play’s depiction of a community and adherence to tragic guidelines.
- Othello as a Tragic Hero
- Noble and Admirable Characteristics
- Common, Human Elements
- The Issue of Race in Separating Othello from Other Characters
- Othello’s Tragic Flaw or Mistake
- Adherence to Greek Tradition
- Presence of the Masses

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Malcolm Gladwell in the book Outliers: The Story of Success, talks about successful people and their success stories. He tries to isolate explanatory factors and narrows them down to instances where these successful people are exposed to these factors that have greatly contributed to their greatness. Gladwell propels the idea that success does not come because one is talented in doing things that bring it. Also, success does not rely on merit or hard work, and luck and circumstances play a critical role. Outliers make it in life because of very many factors that comes as a package. Apart

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Moral luck emerges when one is treated well or praised regardless of the fact that the outcome of what has led him or her to be praised is dependent on other factors that are beyond his or her control. (Thomas, N. 1979) & (Williams B. 1993)
Thomas Nagel in his article of “Moral Luck” (1979) noted that in our day to day activities, moral blame and moral praise are influenced to a greater extent intuitively. He gave an example of two reckless drivers where one causes an accident and the other does not. The fact the driver who has caused

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The world is full of symbols and images that, in one way or another, impact our visual experience. However, most of these images and symbols are not original creation but rather a reflection of past cultures that have influenced contemporary art. The ancient Egyptians, for example, are well known for their pyramids. These pyramids primarily serve as a graveyard as well as a grave monument for pharaohs and their families. Ancient Egyptians believe that after death, their pharaohs would traverse the underworld. For the same reason, the pyramids were built because of the belief that the deceased

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Introduction

This paper is going to describe one of the most popular games in the world – “Monopoly”. The game was founded in United Stated, created by Parker Brothers. It gained its popularity in 20th century, and became one of the most played games in the world. The major idea behind this game is to build a monopoly (to become the only owner of the businesses) and become the most successful and powerful businessman in the game. Moreover, the main task of the player is to lead other players to the bankruptcy. However, the most fascinating merit of this game is

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4.0. Results
Using the conceptual framework of this academic investigation looked at successful music companies making their marks in the music business promoting music, singers, musicians, and related products. The methodologies used in this academic investigation were meta-research and one-on-one interview approaching the companies identified for the research as a form of a case study model.
4.1. Meta-research
The meta-research as exhibited in the previous sections of this thesis presentation provide the basis for creating intentional and focused questions for the following four one-on-one interviews of successful music industry organizations in the form of case studies. The interview results

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Introduction

It is a universal practice to celebrate the rituals and cultural rite when a couple is going to achieve a marital status. This is because it is widely acknowledged that the roles of spouses, before and after the birth of their children, mark the start of a new generation. The continuation of a society is dependent upon the way these roles are fulfilled. For this reason, families, relatives, and friends make endeavors to invest in the selection of mates, wedding rituals, and parenthood. Therefore, these loved ones recognize and accept this investment by celebrating marriages. Every culture in the

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Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of “The Great Gatsby” is the archetype and represents the tragic hero. This archetype is the one the audience sympathizes with and whose luck changes throughout the story from best to worst. In most cases the tragic hero dies and it happens because there is a flaw in his character. Jay Gatsby is fortunate at the beginning of the film when he meets Daisy and falls in love with her. However, his poverty prevents him from marrying her, so he goes away and returns as a wealthy man, but only to see the love of

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Films have developed out of dramatic and narrative tradition in which storytelling is used as a central concern. The filmmakers have challenged the manipulative and seductive power of narratives by using playful resistance to the convention of narratives, or by exploring other forms of medium. For example, filmmakers have used the interplays of gesture and rhythm, sound and image rather than relying on character psychology and plot mechanics. However, non-narrative film has a smaller audience than narrative films. A good example is aircraft passengers watching the direction of the nearest exit pointed out by flight attendants, which reminds the

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Comparison between the religions

Islam and Christianity are two most widely followed religions of the world. Both of these are divine religions that are confirming the presence of Prophet Abraham.

Some of the Comparisons of the Two Religions

God. In Christianity, there is One God, who is present in three distinct individuals known as The Trinity. On the other hand, in Islam, there is One God (in Arabic known as Allah), who is unique as mentioned in Quran 112:1.
Trinity. The concept of Trinity in Christianity shows the Father, Son and Holy Spirit according to Matthew 28:19 (Boora, n.a.). The Islamic view of God is strictly on the basis of Monotheism

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Introduction

Since the beginning of time, people have always had one goal and that goal is to be happy. For some people, happiness is easy to obtain and for others, it is a work in progress. It can be argued that in order for the average person to be happy they must make the American dream of a cushy job/job security, a lot of money, a huge savings account with thousands of dollars, a trophy wife or husband, a big house with a 2 or 3 car garage and 2 or 3 well behaved children a reality.
Ironically, there are

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Proposal

Use of Health Coaching tools and techniques to work with middle aged women at the weight loss boot camp and nutritional counseling center, to achieve positive and permanent weight loss results.

Problem and Solution

A known fact is that after certain age women have a harder time losing weight, mostly middle aged women. Approximately two-thirds of women gain weight or have a hard time maintaining their desired weight and losing weight becomes almost impossible. One of the main culprits is the changes in hormones that have a direct effect on appetite, metabolism, and fat storages (Stradler, 2014).
Other statistics indicate that 67%

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Hearing my heart beating faster and faster, my palms get sweaty, and the feeling of restless butterflies in my stomach all let me know that my nerves are strung tight. Looking around me, everyone seems like they are a sea of calmness. Soft murmurs can be heard from an occasional speaker while questions fly around in my mind. I look down at my drink and back up at the room, still thinking about the moment that has not come. Waiting for someone to step forward with a greeting while hoping I can succeed this time.
Occasionally, someone looks my

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Early in the morning as we had breakfast with my family, I thought of what to do during the Christmas period. The weather was not favorable, and I could not imagine spending a whole month walking around the house with heavy clothing and gloves all day long. It was long since we had breakfast together with my father as he was always busy with his career. He works as a contractor in one of the biggest firms in U.S. I wanted to spend the holy month in a different environment. I was looking for a way to approach my

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The Native American history and culture as we know it is rich and vibrant. Often mistaken for savages who had nothing better to do than scalp intruders and run naked through the woods, Native Americans were more civilized than first documented . Each tribe, large or small, was a society unto itself. They had forms of counsel, or government, and different tools they would use to maintain order and assign jobs. They planted crops, hunted, and continued their survival based on what the land was willing to give. When not concerned with survival, however, the Native Americans began to cultivate

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The word shunga is translated into spring pictures. Spring is when all of the animal species of the world mate. The categories of spring erotic depictions are delegated to Japanese erotic illustrations, paintings and prints. The spring erotic depictions are explicit and detailed. The spring sexual depictions are also art of great beauty. The depictions frequently show fertility rites and the elated sex that is enjoyed between two people. Some of the spring depictions are heterosexual in nature; other illustrations of depict homosexual acts, good sex practices and mythology. The history of shunga as an art form will be

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Introduction

This study revolves around distributive justice, which explains the nature of a socially and fair distribution of goods in a social organization (Thomas and Werhane, 223). A society in which subsidiary disparity in outcome does not arise would be considered a society guided by the principles of distributive justice.

Each society consists of economic structures that define them in terms of its laws, institutions, policies, which form an integral part of these structures. These frameworks continually vary from one society to another (Thomas and Werhane, 223). Thus the arguments as to which of the societal structures are a more

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Essay #3:

In “Let them eat Code”, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian examines attitudes towards the homeless in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her thesis involves rich and entitled Internet technology workers, or “techies”, and their “obsession” with the spectacle of the mentally ill, disheveled and intoxicated homeless roaming the streets of “their” posh San Francsico. She frames her argument by examining a recent Facebook post by a tech CEO who believes that instead of polluting the streets with their abject poverty, the homeless and working class should “realize it’s a privilege to be in the civilized part of town and view

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In 2008, Asian Americans make up 5% of the population in the United States. Despite a manageable number, the Asian American community is largely misunderstood (Le). In an attempt to comprehend them, we would look into a material that portrays what their culture is about. With this, the movie that would be discussed in this paper is The Joy Luck Club. The movie is based on the novel of the same name written by Amy Tan. She is an Asian American. The movie portrayed the significant American Dreams of the Chinese Americans and their descendants. This indicated the culture

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Two Kinds is a story found in the book ‘The Joy Luck Club’, written by Amy Tan. The short story is about the conflict between a mother and her daughter who are clearly separated by things such as age, culture and perception. Jing-Mei Woo is the main character, and it is clear from the beginning that the high expectations her mother has over her affect her way of life. Through the unfolding events that the author gives, we get to understand the course that events took. In essence, whereas Woo saw Jing-Mei as a prodigy in piano playing, Jing-Mei

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The book “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho has drastically changed my attitude to the things around me and to my life as well. The history of the boy who obeyed his destiny and followed his dreams made me totally rethink the way I see my future and helped me to establish my dreams and goals.
The event of Santiago’s life that had the greatest effect on me is the luck that he had brought to the merchant’s shop. From the very beginning of his work in the shop all his ideas resulted in a great success

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This fairy tale has a lot of versions, authored by different people. One of the most well-known and popular versions was the one written by Charles Perrault (1697), which will be discussed first followed by the other versions. There is a general agreement in all the versions that Cinderella was mistreated by her stepmother and her two daughters, and that by a stroke of luck, or through magic, she gets the Princes’ attention and they eventually get married and live happily ever after.

Charles Perrault’s version

In this version, Cinderella gets her big break when the Prince invites all the young ladies

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Literature as a Way to Express Immigration and Ethnicity

When exploring the varying attributes of immigration and its connection to ethnicity and national identity, one of the best ways to examine these issues is through literature. While literature does not provide the objectivity of facts and figures, narrative fiction in literature provides endless avenues for subjective, thematic discussion about the broader emotional and human issues surrounding topics like immigration. A number of fantastic works tackling themes of immigration help to reach the core of the issues that immigrants must face in their new country, particularly as they relate to generation gaps and cultural acclimation.
Social sciences and objective

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Shakespeare called death “the undiscovered country.” Although death remains the biggest mystery of life, perhaps a bigger mystery is suggested in the very last paragraph of Truman Capote’s 1966 masterpiece, In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. The biggest mystery is that life continues to go as usual even though such a terrible event happened – the brutal and senseless murder of a mother, father, son and daughter in the Kansas heartland that made headlines in 1959.
The final paragraph begins with the word “And”. As most high school English teachers drill into

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In O’Connor’s “A Good Man is hard to find” and Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner,” both writers look at the destructive nature of the family. Although the setting and conflict is different in both stories, the writers choose to show that all families have disagreements with each other. These disagreements often lead to negative reactions to the members of the family. In “The Rocking Horse Winner,” the story centers on a young boy’s need to experience a positive relationship with his mother. He tries to win her love, but fails in his attempts. Similarly, the

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Expatriate selection: good management or good luck?

Barbara A. Anderson
The given research was about the state of recruitment and selection and the use of information technology that is quite prevalent in North America in many organizations. The rapid influx of technology has made firms realize to apply various methods and technological accessories in the daily operations. The dynamic environment has enabled companies to shape their cultures according to the given emerging human resource technologies and solutions. Human Resource Managers have built quite expectations on the use of information technology as medium to increase efficiency and reduce costs by generating diverse range of applicants when the

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The central claim of this paper is: the movie Million Dollar Baby is a cinematic argument containing the central thesis of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from Republic and Aristotle’s moral philosophy from Nicomachean Ethics. First, the allegory of the cave will be explained as well as Aristotle’s theory of virtue. The paper will give examples from Eastwood’s film to back up the thesis, along with possible counterarguments.
The story of the cave is Plato’s argument for how knowledge begins in darkness and ascends towards truth (517a). The ascent to knowledge is gradual. Darkness

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The mother-daughter relationship – probably one of the robust bonds of the nature, is displayed in a distorted manner in The Rocking Horse Winner of D.H. Lawrence and also Amy Tan’s ‘Two Kinds.’ Both these short stories explain how the parental-love and the relationship between the parent and children get strained. This essay attempts to explore the ways in which parental-love has been portrayed in both these short stories.
An atmosphere that is full of unconditional love, ease and permanence is one that is optimal for the growth and development of a

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Exports and Import of Rough Diamonds Regulations
Introduction
The Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was created by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) through which it imposes wide-ranging requirements on all its members to empower them to attest shipments of rough diamonds as ‘conflict-free’, thereby preventing ‘conflict-diamonds’ from flowing into the legal trade of diamonds globally.
The Kimberley Process, led by South Africa since the year 2000, has its roots in the decision of all the Southern African nations to take action to put an end to the flow of "conflict" diamonds to

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Movie Paper

The movie, North Country has shown the controversial nature and the ugliness of the sexual harassment issue that is still prevailing in the developed as well as in the developing countries (Collin-Vezina, Dion, and Trocme). The story of the movie is an indication of the fact that the prejudice and bias against the women have never concluded in spite of the persistent claims of the theories regarding the efficiency of the law in promoting the equality between men and women. The movie North Country, has, however, also pointed out towards the fact that how the declared official equality of

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Lessons from the Success Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffet is without a doubt one of the most successful investors of the current generation. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, has managed to attain an annual growth rate of about 20% for the last five decades, “convincingly outperforming the US stock market by a wide margin” (Picerno, 2014). As a result, the story of the success of Warren Buffet is incomplete without Berkshire Hathaway, and the converse is also true.
It would be unfair for any financial commentator to attribute the success of Berkshire to sheer luck. For the last 47 years, Berkshire has managed to attain a respectable

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Introduction

The development of the international business is a long and complex process, which outlines numerous challenges for the companies and illustrates the ways in which the organizations in this rivalry environment build on their competitive advantage and differentiate themselves from other companies. There is unlikely an industry, which does not value those, who bring new and innovative ideas to the picture and determine the stage at which the industry shifts to a new stage of its development. These innovators and forward thinkers are called first movers and the activities of these companies throughout the history and across the industries

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

This report has covered the major marketing concerns that need to be undertaken by the new company, to flourish their operations in an effective way. Report has considered the most important aspect of marketing that is branding starting with an overview of global airline industry and its current operations, in the first part. While discussing the issues and importance of branding, it has recommended the desired brand identity for a new airline company. Second part has focused on strategies, to launch the airline service internationally, nationally and regionally. This part includes justified marketing mix for the airline company. Followed

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Essay on the Book “Holes”

Holes
“Holes” is a novel written by Louis Sachar published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1998. The novel won the award for United States National Award for Young People Literature in 1998. The novel also won the most distinguished contribution to the American literature for Children award “Newberry Medal” in 1999. Later, Walt Disney Pictures filmed the book in 2003.
The story of the movie revolves around the boy, Stanley Yalnats, who is from a poor family. The family is cursed due to the grand grandfather’s stealing a pig. Police wrongly accuses Stanley for stealing a pair

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Introduction

Special events become complex when the number of stakeholders attending such meetings increases. In addition, the total number of attendance is in direct relation to the level of complexity and preparedness required of event organizers. From the case study, Doug’s firm is in charge of running the launch of a new chocolate brand named “bubbles”, and needs professional advice on the legal framework of an upcoming event. According to David (2004), it is undeniable that despite excellent and objective event planning and management, certain things can still go wrong. Despite the level of professionalism employed by an event

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