Essays on Orient

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Introduction Dancing is an integral part of human culture. Its importance is not only defined by its entertaining quality, but because dancing has also served as a form of human communication and expression. Dancing is a universal expression, which can be observed in almost every culture around the globe. And just like the oral language, there are dances that are unique to a particular culture as it reveals a particular purpose or way of life. The increasing contact between different cultures, however, has made certain cultural traditions such as dances to become transferred or adopted by another ...

The historical perspectives on social work incorporate the idea that it could simply be reduced to common sense of experienced mothers, but the modern understanding of social work moves it far beyond this narrow interpretation. Nowadays, “social workers constantly try to make a positive difference to service users’ lives and support community members in a variety of ways” (Stepney & Ford, 2000, p.xiii). In this process, a balanced combination of theory and practice is required, while practice standards used to protect the individuals in society and enhance social justice are based on the solid body of theoretical perspectives, frameworks and ...

ABSTRACT

Education is very important in every aspect. Some people say that the school is a second home for the students and it is very likely to be true. Students and teachers spend many hours together, while parents seem to make just a small contribution to what the teaching-learning process intends. The very mere principle of the symbiotic relationship between the teacher and students may be found in. This essay will try to explain the merging point that goes beyond the classroom, where students get what they learnt at school and apply it to real life situations. There are many ...

Introduction

Current problem: Cultural dilution across the globe continues to affect the cultural practices and elements. However, there are those elements which continue to stand out in various cultures.

Areas of focus: Chinese culture, the dragon and modern day representation.

Thesis statement: Dragons’ nature and symbolism made it possible for it to stand out in China and orient the whole world around it.

Background

Despite being imaginary representations, dragons became instrumental elements in the Chinese culture, representing various symbols. Its early adoption during the emperor of China led to its assimilation in the Chinese culture and stood out as a god to them.

The Dragons’ symbolisms played a major part in identifying the ranks of people especially the emperors.

Major Point 1: Dragons influenced the representation of China ...

A work like Pearl S Buck’s The Good Earth is by its very nature orientalist in the Saidian sense Because it was created within the structures of Orientalism as both a genre and as an epistemological category. Buck was born the child of an American missionary in China and spent much of her formative years there. Buck’s early life and experiences as an American and the child of a missionary informed her preconceptions of China, its people, society, and culture. Orientalism in this sense isn’t just a literary genre: an orientalist work is not just, a ...

The Effect of Attentional Focus on Hurdle Athletes Motor

Running Retention Area of Focus It is a common belief held by most beginner athletes that physical training is all it takes to win an athletic competition, be it swimming, skiing, hurdles, mountain climbing or golfing. Most athletes spend much of their time training to condition the body with the objective of being able to handle competition. Notable athletes such as Bolt, the 100 meter runner, and the fastest man recorded on the planet, is well endowed in masculine structure attained over time training. Therefore, is that all it takes? Emerging studies are approaching athleticism from a new and ...

E.B Sledge in his book China Marine retells the experiences of an American soldier, a veteran of the Pacific Theater of World War II as part of the First Marine Division’s occupation duty of China after the war was over. In China Marine, Sledge in the form of a memoir retells some of the most memorable experiences he had in northern China. The book is much more than just a simple story of an American serviceman living in China but it is also a description of life for the Chinese people living in the aftermath of World War ...

Sexual Violence and Unplanned Pregnancies

Executive Summary Greenlight Organisation is seeking for a grant to facilitate an awareness campaign for Sexual Awareness. Greenlight as an organisation was born last year through the initiatives of like-minded parents and teachers and various stakeholders in medical institutions. These members make up the board in the company: which was responsible for appointing the CEO, James Madison. The company serves in the capacities of sex educators who provide valuable information to the youth and teens on how to engage in safe sex practices. The CEO, through the board, began the initiative of public awareness last year after it was ...

As a part of my learning service, I volunteered to teach English to some children whose parents had recently immigrated to the country. I handled four such children and learnt a lot through my interaction with the children and their parents for three months. First, I learnt some active listening skills. I had to be a careful listener to every word the children said so that I could understand them since they had come from a French-speaking nation and they could only speak very Basic English. I also learnt to be patient with children and adults as I waited ...

Effectiveness of US Private Gun Sale and Showroom Regulation in decreasing crime

In recent years, the campaign regarding gun control and showroom continues to cause immense debate throughout the United States due to the perceived impacts it has on crime prevention. With the growing rate of gun-related incidents throughout the country, calls for revisions to the country’s gun regulation especially for private use have been brought by various groups. Some groups believe that private gun control and showroom regulations should be strengthened to reduce crime. However, there are also groups stressing that increasing of regulation for private gun ownership and sales would not be enough since crime continues to increase. ...

Nursing

Differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Research Quantitative and qualitative researches differ in their approach to the nature of phenomenon they study. Quantitative research is based on the measurement of quantity or amount and is applicable to phenomena that can be expressed in terms of quantity. On the other hand, qualitative research is concerned with qualitative phenomena, and is concerned about discovering the underlying motives and desires of the subjects (Kothari, 2004, p.3). Qualitative research studies smaller groups that are not randomly selected, while quantitative research studies larger and randomly selected groups. Qualitative research is holistic, looking at the big ...

The impact of the Ottoman Empire on the Arab lands that it inhabited were many and varied, as the Empire was both long standing and powerful. The Ottomans influenced the Arabs’ religious lives, their understanding of and access to their lands, and their cultural understanding of themselves. A look at the impact of this time period is paramount to understanding the Arab countries today. The religious experience of Arabs changed significantly during and after the Ottoman rule. While they had been Muslim previously, there was a shift in the nature of the people’s understanding during the Ottoman occupation ...

Discovery of Americas and its Impact on Commerce, Navigation, and Industrialization

Introduction The European exploration efforts and the subsequent discovery of the Americans was in the simplest terms, a capitalistic venture. Of course, it was accidental, but its primary goal had been to find a new sea route to the orient. The European desire to make more profits by cutting out the Arabs and Turkish nations from the trade is typical of any capitalistic venture. In addition, the idealistic desire to expand the horizons of the European reach coupled with the optimistic search for a completely new way of reaching the Orient was demonstrated in the efforts of Columbus and ...

Anti-Islam attitudes, particular towards the Muslims and their informal and formal policies and codes of conduct are has become the main target of the Western media. This prejudice has manifested itself in various parts of the non-Muslim world. The Muslims have been portrayed by the Western media as dirty, brutal, uneducated, untrustworthy and fanatical terrorists. Throughout the western world, there exist a strong Islam-phobia; the strong feeling of Islam-phobia takes very many forms including hate and discrimination. Islam-phobia linked to terrorist attacks that are carried by Islamic fundamentalists. The strong anti-Muslim attitudes are widespread in Britain, France, United States and other western countries ( ...

Chapter 1 of The Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy-Ernest Debord describes reality as an “immense accumulation of spectacles” where “everything that has been “directly lived” has become a “representation” (para). The concepts of separation and isolation were defined in relation to the process of production in an economic system The writer emphasizes that in the present society, the products generated through the work of individuals are very much separated from the workers and have in fact accumulated its own power. It is such power that has a great impact on the various aspects of a people’s existence.

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- Governance and Board Relations

In governing an organization and in inducing change, it is important to consider the different factors that may positively or negatively affect the organization in reaching its goals. That way, the entire team or from a larger perspective, the entire organization would be able to make the necessary contingency plans in case something goes wrong because if there is even the slightest chance that something would go wrong, then something probably will. The main or key question that will be answered in this memorandum is how the organization can redesign a new nonprofit resource development strategy. Clearly, the previously implemented strategy ...

Although there are some similarities between the attitude of Daniel Orozco in Orientation and Jamaica Kincaid in Girl, there are austere differences in their attitudes towards their audience. In the short story Girl, Jamaica Kincaid portrays a mother imparting advice to her daughter as she prepares to face life as an adult. The short story by Kincaid shows the demeanor of a mother who admonishes and advices at the same time. On the other hand, Daniel Orozco explores the premise that all workplaces have secrets and gossips upon which people judge others. In his presentation, Daniel Orozco has the speaker in ...

Mission statement

A mission statement aids to guide and provide direction to an organization by means of shaping values and purpose. It is essential that mission statements are effective so that they orient suppliers, customers and relevant stakeholders (Coleman, 2013). The most important person responsible for developing a strong mission is the leader as he or she would be solely responsible for developing an excellent mission statement.

Attainable - One of the main criteria for developing excellent mission statement is that it must be attainable or workable. It should not just entail fatheaded jargons which does not provide the company with any purpose ...

Introduction and analysis

Titian’s ‘Venus of Urbino’ is one of the classic works of baroque art and was finished in 1538 for the Duke or Urbino. Apart from being aesthetically very beautiful, there are a number of hidden meanings including the allegory of marriage as well as eroticism which although not full blown is quite subtly present in many ways. In fact analysts have shown that the painting is a sort of object lesson in the obligations that the wife has in terms of erotic delight and sexual proclivity. The depiction of Venus as the goddess of love continues to add fuel ...

Introduction

Chapter eight of this book, "White Racism the Basic" is intended at examining two concepts. These concepts are the race concept and the development of racism in England with reference to the history. This is clearly implicated in the chapter’s title, ‘Race’, racism and representation. The chapter incorporates items that are related to the aspects of study of culture as well as racism. The first discussion is related to the issue of race and racism (Tatum, 2008 pg. 230). In the discussion of race, it states that there is basically one race in the context humanism. ...

Riverside Electric

Safety and Health Written Policy: Riverside Electric

1. Goals and Objectives 1.1 The goals of the Safety and Health Written Policy of Riverside Electric is to orient employees on the pertinent standards and procedures governing fall hazards in the work setting; 1.2 The written policy aims to provide information on crucial personnel who would be responsible for the training and for ensuring that these procedures are clearly understood, communicated, and appropriately adhered to by all employees; 1.3 The objective of the written policy is to ensure that Riverside Electric conforms with the standards proposed and recommended ...

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a charity organization that works in the protection of children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. NSPCC orient its work to social, cultural, educational, research tasks, involving different forms of public and government support. NSPCC is lobbying the government on issues relating to child protection, and creates a campaign for the general public with the intention of raising awareness of child protection issues. Various objectives of the NSPCC in various directions require the allocation of their marketing strategy. NSPCC orient their work not only on the final recipients of charitable ...

Research paper

Educational institution

Introduction

Globalization has made a significant contribution both socially and economically. Although, the focus was mainly on the socio-economic impacts of globalization, it is important to consider globalization from the cultural point of view. Since the 80’s in 20th century, Hollywood has been putting a lot of efforts in promoting strategies toward globalization, through which Hollywood movies have virtually reached each and every corner of the planet in an unprecedented speed and scale. Globalization in Hollywood films portray the inevitable result of globalization of world economy, where the “Chinese elements”, in particular, have become an epitome in the trend ...

This novel is written by Graham Greene in the year 1969. Greene was an English playwright, literacy critic and a writer. His writings usually highlighted ambivalent political and moral issues and problems of the world. He was widely renowned for his ability to amalgamate widespread popularity with literary acclaim. Many of his writings reflect his Roman Catholic background, although he strongly objected to the idea of being called as a Catholic writer rather than a writer with a catholic background. However, he never received a Nobel Prize in the literature category but he was runner-up in the year 1962 to Ivo Andrić. Major novels ...

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Introduction Dame Agatha Christie is perhaps the most renowned English writer famous for her exceptionally well-written detective stories. It won’t be incorrect to state that Christie was an extremely popular author of the twentieth century who wrote more than eighty books. Her most well-liked characters were Hercule Poirot (a self-centered Belgian), and Miss Jane Marple (an old bachelor). Both these characters were detectives and got featured in a majority of Christie’s books. It won’t be incorrect to state that the woman changed the crime scene literature forever and no other writer enjoys the ...

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 of ...

Emile Durkheim believed that the cooperative constitution of all modern social facts, like all the other social facts, have an opposing and balancing effect to the existence of natural facts and the natural individuals. In modern societies, as in the traditional societies, the cooperative achievement of social facts and character depends on the shared social practices and moral or sacred orientations. An innovative and important conception of constitutive practices played a key role in Durkheim’s theory. Durkheim found out that the idea of self-organizing constitutive practices presented a vision of a highly differentiated society. A case in point is whereby a society ...

There have always been inequalities in any kind of society in this world. It is this inequality that some of us are suppressed while others are privileged. These two groups of people and their ideologies which permeate in their cultures and sub-cultures tend to clash at one another. I argue that it is this clash of cultures and sub-cultures that Stuart Hall describes as “double movement” (Fiske 23). One of the movement is that of the dominant culture and the other is that which is resisting – the sub-culture, or the resistance by the people. This point is strongly supported ...

Introduction

Based on Edward W. Said’s book ‘Orientalism’, the paper summarizes Said’s concept of Orientalism and answers the following questions: What is Orientalism, as defined by Said? What impact does it have in our world, on large and small scales? How does the concept of Orientalism constitute a system of power, rather than incidences of misuse of power? What hegemony mean and how does it relate to the concept of Orientalism? What is the East, and what is the West, and given the fluid borders between the two can we really say there are a concrete East and a concrete West?

Summary

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The military video game is a very popular type of interactive entertainment, a specific genre of the medium of relatively recent realm of video games primarily centered around plots and characters dealing with the armed forces of a nation, usually the United States military (Breuer, Festl and Quandt 1). Given the relatively new and developing nature of the military video game genre and its popularity, its sociological effects and inspirations (especially as it pertains to race relations and foreign policy) are still unknown. While games like Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Rainbow Six and more have begun to bring in tremendous ...

The military video game is a very popular type of interactive entertainment, a specific genre of the medium of relatively recent realm of video games primarily centered around plots and characters dealing with the armed forces of a nation, usually the United States military (Breuer, Festl and Quandt 1). Given the relatively new and developing nature of the military video game genre and its popularity, its sociological effects and inspirations (especially as it pertains to race relations and foreign policy) are still unknown. While games like Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Rainbow Six and more have begun to bring in tremendous ...

Annotated Bibliography – Lesson 7

Green, C. Shawn, and Daphne Bavelier. "The cognitive neuroscience of video games." Digital media: Transformations in human communication (2006): 211-223. C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier are experienced scholars in the field of video game neuroscience, having previously written papers on the cognitive effects of video games on visual selective attention. In this article, the authors explore the theory that video game playing provides practical gains in enhanced perceptual capabilities, including hand-eye coordination, faster reaction times, benefits in peripheral vision and more. Evaluating the literature on hand for this type of neuroscience, the authors determine that ...

Orientalism encompasses an academic discourse featuring a patronizing attitude by Westerners towards Asian and African societies. The West perceives Asian and African societies as undeveloped and static and in this way, creates a fallacious oriental culture by which Asians and Africans can be studied, shown and reproduced. On the other hand, in this fabrication by the Westerners, the West is taken to be developed, flexible, dynamic and superior. An etiological analysis of this term will suffice. Orientalism finds its origins in the word “Orient” which translates to the East, as seen by the West. Further, the term Orient has its origins ...

I was given the opportunity to visit the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. together with some classmates as an educational trip. It is located at 5200 Southwestern Blvd. Arbutus, Maryland. The visit was very informative and enlightening in terms of having been provided with new information regarding addressing rescue, fire incidents and emergency cases. As such, the first exploration made was to orient us with the ambulance service. The major parts that were presented included diagnostic equipment, the transport equipment, the airway equipment (which includes the portable oxygen unit), the splinting equipment (that is used to immobilize parts of ...

Ardian is the premium private investment company that was adopted from AXA Private Equity. It is the biggest global leader in the investment sector and provides worldwide clients with a variety of investment options (Ardian, 2013). Established on its sponsorship programs, Adrian has created its own endowment fund to finance projects such as education, culture and social entrepreneurship in France. Adrian has a project of over 100,000 euros with Cass’s research center to offer student scholarships. Ardian is currently working with CLS, a company that provides satellites for environmental monitoring and tracking. Ardian bought its CLS shares from the a group ...

Every day, Americans are bombarded with information from both electronic and print media. Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult to differentiate the truth from what is untrue. The media has been known to exaggerate information, and in some cases even falsify it. The problem with most of the information we receive is that it does not come from primary sources. It is mediated, and this means that it is also subject to corruption. What we believe to be the case is never wholly so because every account, whether visual or verbal, is simply an interpretation of ...

Introduction

Health care system remains an integral component in the society as it contributes in national development. It is within the facet of an effective health care system that a nation can realize its potential in production, technology advancement, trade and other economic sectors. It is clear that a healthy nation is more productive, innovative, and creative than unhealthy one because the former ensures that all citizens have access to quality, affordable, and reliable medical services. In order to achieve this goal, the federal governments has established more health care facilities and nursing homes, hired qualified and trained medical practitioners, and introduced ...

Managerial and financial accountants perform the accounting functions in the organization. Accounting entails the allocation, management, reporting and disbursement of funds and finances within the organization. In modern management the role of accounting cannot be ignored. Accountants play a fundamental role that in the end determines the efficiency and successful operations of the organization. The paper shall examine the roles and functions of managerial and financial accountants. Managerial accountants are in-charge of budgeting, forecasting, allocation and regulation of finances within the organization. In that context, managerial accountants see to it that organizational finances are well distributed and allocated in ...

Introduction

Corporate Society Responsibility (CSR) is to invest in the well-being of the society and organizations have realized that it is their responsibility to give something back to the society as they generate revenues and profits from the society. Paper manufacturing industry has become competitive over the years in the market of China. This report analyses one of the leading companies in the paper manufacturing industry, Orient Papers. The report reviews the company and the sector in which it operates. The report also analyses the financial, operational and organizational review of the company. The report then discusses the summary of ...

The film, The Joy Luck Club, based on Amy Tan’s novel, portrays the story of four women and their daughters who eventually migrate from China to America. The story goes on to delve deep into how they are dissociated from their origins. These women live in a culture and time that is vastly different from the one in which they were themselves brought up. The four older ladies meet once a week to play mahjong and they name their group as the ‘Joy Luck Club’. During the meeting they talk about stories of their respective families and grandchildren. They ...

How many times have you watched a film or a TV show that shows Arabs as terrorists, idiots, or somehow lesser than any other race of man? Hundreds? Thousands? Maybe more. Arabs are typically stereotyped as terrorists, oil-hoarding sheikhs, and American-hating Muslim fanatics, not to mention brute murderers, sleazy rapists, religious fanatics, and abusers of women. Media can be defined as a method of communication that conveys ideas, concepts and events through various literary, visual, or aural means. Western media, in its portrayal of Arabs, has significantly harmed their image in Western society. Approximately 25% of Hollywood’s films portray Arabs as ...

Curses, Foiled Again in France

In the case, Curses, Foiled Again in France, Erin Barker will be successful in her role in international relations only if she is able to adjust her attitudes and manner of working to that of the French. However, for as long as she insists on doing things the way she’s used to then it will be hard for her to succeed in the said role as the French would continue to resent her or will fail to cooperate with her, considering that they are not on the same page and have different work ethics or work attitudes.

However, ...

“Confluences: Towards A Theory of Religion” Chapter 3.

Confluence towards a theory of religions involves evaluating all the flows of religious theory and orientation metaphor. The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud did not have a very high opinion of religion but his theories are helpful in understanding religion. He suggested that religion was a developmental stage that humans would eventually outgrow; this is known as an organic metaphor. E. O. Wilson for instance considered religion a superorganism another organic metaphor. Tweed uses Freud’s definition of religion to suggest that metaphor theory is important in understanding definitions of religion. Spatial metaphors consider religion as a process over time (as does the organic metaphor). Religion ...

Diversity Squared: Southeast Asia’s Pearl of the Orient

For most tourists, they would prefer a trip to the Caribbean or a trip to the Alps. But there are tourists nowadays who wish to explore new countries and learn new cultures. This then leads them to the Asian continent. The continent itself is filled with history and heritage unlike any other and each trip is a new experience. Many Western nations such as Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States have been captivated by this continent’s vast resources and unique culture that they conquered a particular Asian continent and honed them to their liking. But, the continent is also ...