Essays on Misfortune

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Jade has been an important part of Chinese culture since Ancient times, when it was used to make various weapons and tools. The reason for this is because it is believed to have positive powers. Some of the attributes attributed to jade are purity, gentlemanliness, the ability to send one’s soul on a positive journey and to prevent misfortune from befalling a person. This is why jade was used in burial rituals, sacrifices and other religious ceremonies. Nevertheless, despite the importance of jade to the Chinese culture for many centuries only the very wealthy were permitted to own ...

A Crisis Briefing in Response to the Shooting of A Cop Television Audio Technician at Omaha, Nebraska.

The Crisis occurred on August 19, 2014. The Organization Used Denial Strategy in Response to the Crisis. The Strategy was Helpful as it covered the Police Department. The Communication was made by the Director of the Department.

The Crisis Communication was done on September 10, 2014.

The Image Restoration Strategy used by this briefing was mortification. Since the information was already available within the public domain, denial strategy would not have worked best as for that reason, the department should have admitted and apologized to the family of the bereaved and the general public as a whole.

Crisis Briefing: US Police Department

Introduction. We as the United States of America Police Department, would ...

The City and State of location:

Google’s Steep Learning Curve in China Executive Summary The paper will focus on some of the issues that face Google company in China as well as reasons why the company has been successful. Recession, advanced technology, and globalization have been core issues facing the company. Through improved innovations and branding, the company has been able to counter its problems and increase its profitability.

Introduction

The performance of Google is subject to external factors such as political, economic, social, technological factors, ecological, and legal Factors that prevail in China. One of the factors facing Google is globalization which falls under ...

In the play ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles, the central idea is misfortunes in life. The play is about the tragedy that befalls Antigone; a strong-willed woman who tries to stand for what she feels is right but suffers at the hands of a bad ruler. The author uses vivid symbolism, imagery, and a tragic tone to bring out the theme of misfortunes in life, through Antigone’s life, her family and the entire Thebes. The central idea of misfortune is supported by the literary element imagery. For example, the tomb is used in the story to represent the tragedy that ...

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This study used Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait to complete research on the effects of the global economic crisis on the financial performance of conventional banks in Kuwait over the period from 2000-2015. The study results show that the global economic crisis does not have a statistically significant impact on the financial performance of conventional banks in Kuwait. However, the study finds out that some macroeconomic conditions such as equity and bank size are very crucial to traditional banks’ profitability. Increasing the owner's equity was found to decrease the impact of the financial crisis on the conventional banks in ...

Chinua Achebe manages, in a highly entertaining and educative way, to present the theme of collectivism in the Nigeria before the merciless yet highly effective occupation of the British in Nigeria. The Ibo society that forms the setting of the book is a microcosm of not just Nigeria but also the rest of the Eastern countries. Chinua Achebe tells the story of the people of Igbo land of Eastern Nigeria before and immediately after their contact with the Western culture. The story revolves around the life of Okwonkwo, a tragic hero, depicting his birth, how he rises from a ...

Individuals with advanced age are prone to acquire a spectrum of illnesses due to a decline in their body functions. This group requires a thorough care management from the health care system to overcome further consequences. In such context, the present description deals with a topic entitled ‘Nutrition and Hydration in Older Adults’

Significance to nursing students:

This topic is important to nursing because nurse serve as the ideal candidates who could provide the care and warmth needed for the patients of this particular old age. In the nurse profession, geriatric nurses are special category of nurses who assist the older patients. The ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a known writer and he focused his work on enlightenment. He mainly depicted the society in its natural view, and he championed the virtue of women and equality of men. According to Rousseau, apart from the factors concerning sex, then a woman is a man. He majorly says that a woman’s authority is derived from the morals she upholds in the society. A woman should recognize her place in the society to avoid dishonor in the family setting. Rousseau’s work has influenced women positively in many ways. He argues that to make the young ...

In our modern, sophisticated and highly secular world, the concept of witchcraft might seem ridiculous and anachronistic. Yet, even today there are many people in the world who believe strongly in the supernatural, including the power of witchcraft to influence the world around them. Despite 19th century mysticism and Romantic period interest in the Druids, Europe has largely abandoned any such traditions. However, belief in witchcraft is still quite common in much of Africa. However, even in Africa witchcraft has changed significantly from what it was in the distant past. The following essay will examine both European and African ...

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Very often when people find themselves in a tight corner they think that somebody is punishing them for their faults, and that the ‘black bar’ in their life will never come to an end. Nonetheless, each and every one of us should recall a saying “Every cloud has a silver lining”, which proves that even the worst misfortune either makes us stronger or gives us an invaluable experience, which does not but gives us strength to move on. At first glance the story I am about to tell seems to be a jape, as the whole day, from the very beginning, went ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...

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This essay will discuss how Mark Twain uses superstition to develop the plot of his novel while also satirizing religious belief in the America of the 1800’s. I will discuss how the author uses his characters to reflect his own views and uncertainty in this subject while also discussing how these superstitions relate to real-life.

Superstition runs though Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and is infused into the plot and character development process. Often, the superstitious qualities relate directly to the ideas of hope and fear and the characters tend to equate their actions with having an effect ...