Essays on Ruin

Introduction

Some people may be confused when it comes to give the definition of whistleblowing, According to Weimer (2014), whistleblowing is the manifestation of an ethical concept implying spreading information of somebody, who is in danger or in a risky situation among some higher-ranked officials, so in case of being accused a person will be fined or sanctioned. The concern raised may be raised externally or internally in order to inform people about wrongdoings. There are many complaints, which can be viewed as whistleblowing. For such issues the protection by law has to be provided. These complaints are criminal offences ...

Abstract

Intoxication is being in a state of alcoholic or narcotic intoxication. The government is increasingly sensitive to the cases of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, explaining that the drunk driver is endangering both for their life, health and property, and other road users. However, as practice shows, the number of the detained drunk drivers increases dramatically around the holidays. If the circumstances of the crime are clear, and in a short time collected all the necessary evidence, the Prosecutor may apply to the court to hear the case under expedited proceedings. Basically, criminal cases associated with DUI are dealt ...

Africa has traditionally been a continent of mixed fortunes, where real-life stories of hope and despair abound. African traditions, values and customs have been slowly influenced by colonization and eventual globalization that has turned the world into a global village. The novel, Things fall apart, is a reflection of the extent to which Africans were tied to their beliefs and customs, as a violation of those customs was regarded as being disrespectful to the gods. Resistance to the new values and beliefs as brought by the missionaries are resisted since the communities regard them as inclined on disrupting the ...

Gustave Flaubert’s debut novel Madame Bovary is a work of literary realism in which Flaubert brings out the provincial life of the protagonists in a little french village. In the novel, Flaubert moves away from the romantic literary traditions of his time and writes a tale that is rooted in reality. In the novel, Emma’s romantic nature and actions become a stark contrast to the very normal existence of her husband Charles. Although the novel centers around Emma or Madame Bovary, the role her husband charles plays in her life cannot be underestimated. Emma grows up reading ...

Abstract

Health Insurance is a form of insurance where an individual is insured against the risk of paying medical expenses in case they are in need of various types of medical care. Health insurance may not appear beneficial especially when a person stays for many years without becoming sick or requiring any medical care attention. However, it is clear that health insurance is necessary for every individual as it comes with numerous benefits. These benefits include protection from running into a financial ruin, access to preventive and primary care services, access to follow-up care services, eligibility to options for offsetting ...

How Propaganda Is Used By Anti-Union Forces To Dissuade Workers From Organizing

Workers often organize a union to fight for issues such as having a secure job and for better work conditions. More often than not, employees fight back by initiating propagandas that fight the workers strongly. These propagandas have been used successfully for many years to fight even the strongest worker unions (Bust the Union Busters par 1). The attorney often trains management supervisors of companies and other entities on how to persuade the workers to vote down a union, hence, denying them their constitutional rights organize. The nature of the profession does not often matter as all workers from ...

The Court of Appeals should reverse the district court’s decision, and grant to Ms. Eriksen a motion for preliminary injunction, because Ms. Eriksen engaged in constitutionally protected free speech. This case encompasses the violation of First Amendment rights and this court ought to “conduct an independent examination of the record as a whole, without deference to the trial court.” Bery v. City of N.Y., 97 F.3d 689, 691 (2d Cir. 1996). For the First Amendment issues, the appellate courts must make an independent inspection of the whole record in order to ensure that lower court decisions do not ...

The American colonies had long wanted to be free from Britain. They felt that it was time to become an independent nation, which would consist of the thirteen colonies. Many reasons triggered this desire. The King, who ruled from Britain, imposed taxes that made them feel chocked. Issues that ranged from taxes to battle of Concord made the Americans agitated and impatient with the monarchial form of government. Various authors during and the period of revolution and in the contemporary society wrote about the different causes of the Revolutionary War in America and the fruits this war bore. During ...

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SPORTS LOGOS AND RACISM

Racism has been a sensitive issue in the United States since the formation of the nation. Although the American Revolution brought some significant changes to the ‘racist culture’ of the country, racial discrimination and harassment is still a crucial issue in the United States. Though U.S is commonly connected with the issue of racial abuse in mass media, racism is a widespread issue across the globe. Racial segregation exists in sport sector too and this scenario markedly degrades the values of sport. Many scholars opine that sport has ever been a platform for ethnic majorities (specifically ...

Short film, Sight, deals with futuristic reality that is augmented and it is a social comment about the impact which new technology can make on normal, everyday life. Augmented reality is a term which defines the environment of reality combined with computer based stimuli which have impact on all of the senses. One’s perception is enhanced and there is still the real world, as opposed to simulations. A person uses these applications to incorporate technology into their reality in order to get additional information about current events. Technology can help a person in their activities, but it can ...

Mt. St. Helens A jagged, blasted hole remains where a proud, dominant mountain once existed. The massive cleft where once stood a towering juggernaut of rock and mineral now sits silent and covered by a fine white blanket of ice and snow. Once a demanding and formidable presence, the utter ruination that came after its impending destruction was all that was left for a time. The absolute fury that tore such a mountain in half was heard, as well as felt, for miles upon miles around. On that day Mt. St. Helens became not only an active volcano, but ...

Comparing “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles” by John Keats and “Ozymandias” by Perce Bysshe Shelley

Cushioned amidst the 1789 fall of the Bastille and 1815s the fall of Napoleon, the allegorical backdrop of British Romantic poetry is often besieged with relics and remnants. In Romantic poetry, the symbolism expressed and interpreted with the use of ruins is quite diverse and varied. While in on instance, ruin is a metaphor or the actual monument, it is elsewhere seen as a symbolic ruin of the poet or the narrator, and another instance can be seen as the formalistic relic of the Romantic poem, with its completely disconcerted connotation. The poet of Romantic poetry who uses ruin ...

MARSHALL ERIKSEN and LILY ERIKSEN, on behalf of their daughter, R.E., a minor,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. GULF BREEZE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and AMY FOWLER, Principal of Cape Fear High School, in her official capacity,

Defendants-Appellees.

The Conduct of the Plaintiff was not a School-Related Activity Firstly, in Wisniewski v. Bd. of Educ. of the Weedsport Ctr. Sch. Dist., 494 F.3d 34, 39–40 (2d Cir. 2007) the court ruled that in order to be deemed as school-related activity, the defendant must foresee that the message created in an off-campus setting would reach a substantial ...

The short stories Devil of a Tale and Lord of the Castle describes situation when people got into a deal with the devil and ruined themselves. Even though it is clear that both Lady Katharine and the young lord did they by their own will, the repercussions followed. As wise and cunning as they were, their obsessions has led them to ruin because no one can got out a winner from dealings with the evil. The story Devil of a Tale shows how obsession got the character trapped. At a first glance, it seems that it is the devil ...

Supply Chain

What type of strategic fit do you think they have (have or do they have any?) The company should adopt the 4PLS strategy since it is appropriate in distributing its products. The organization projects to boosts its supply of coffee and choosing the method will enable it to increase its consumer’s base and supply over a great locality. Additionally, the company expects to ship its coffee products to the overseas markets, and the 4PL provides knowledge that accumulates resources, capabilities, and technology to operate a supply chain solution (Lavoie, 2013). For that reason, Mr. Coffee suppliers will be ...

Introduction

“Debt markets are an integral part of the financial sector and effectively supplement the funds provided by the banking sector” (Tariq, 2004, p. 5). In developing markets, these marketplaces are nevertheless at a primary phase of their growth. Islamic rule (Shari’ah) forbids the charging and disbursing of interest. So, in nations anywhere Muslim populace establishes a significant section of the culture, customary debt marketplaces cannot succeed. Henceforth there is a great request and necessity for evolving options to current debt markets that can be satisfactory to the Islamic rule.

IDB Sukuk

According to (Anon., 2016), The Islamic Development Bank is ...

The First Gulf War, otherwise known as the Persian War, was an unfortunate event in the Middle East. Iraq was on the verge of achieving peace with Iran when Hussein invaded Kuwait, which was widely regarded as an act of aggression by neighboring countries and the world. Land, air, and naval forces came to the aid of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in an effort to contain the situation. Unfortunately, the results of the First Gulf War resonated for many years afterward. There were many countries involved in the First Gulf War, including but not limited to the Argentina, Bahrain, ...

Reputation as extremely important thing for some of Shakespeare’s characters. What Shakespeare might have been communicating to his audience about it?

Reputation is something which always have place in our world as it reflects the person`s alignment to the specific social group, its physical activities, educational background and origin as well as the position in the social hierarchy. It was present many thousand years ago as well as will be present in the far future. A lot of writers choose this topic for their masterpieces as one of the most important problems during people’s life ...

The movie I chose to analyze is Save The Tiger. The movie revolves around Harry Stoner (Jack Lemmon) and his life as his company nears ruin. The biggest issue facing Stoner is what he will do to keep himself afloat as his company begins to fall apart. It is a strange position to be in as it is at this point, when money and coldly logical decisions need to be made, when ethics matter the most. It is easy for a person to be ‘good’ and attempt to become a better person when everything is going their way but when trouble comes ...

Introduction

Managing people is a complex task as there are no specific rules that could make sure that people would behave in the most appropriate manner (Henry, 1995). The behavior of the individual is difficult to predict and with organizations increasingly focusing on diversity in the workforce, this is creating more difficult for organizations to manage people. With more people belonging from diverse background in organizations today, it has resulted in increasing complexities in managing people (Foot, & Hook, 2011). Therefore managing workforce or people at the organization have become much more complex than it used to be few years back. ...

Placing a cap on “Pain and Suffering” in tort actions is essential; this is because there are many cases that arise from tort actions. Tort action is in itself a civil action or injury that does not arise from a contract. The law for such action provides for some outline of money damages. The actions arise from accidental laws like personal injury and negligence. This calls for a cap on the tort actions regarding pain and suffering. Reforms are needed, for proposals and enactment, to have a clear outset of the nature of tort actions.

The laws that are adopted and exist for ...

Introduction

Official corruption regularly, exists in every nation with long haul financial stagnation: on the premise of easygoing induction, it is obvious that the degree of authority corruption in an economy is absolutely corresponded with government administrative action, and contrarily connected with the pace of long-run monetary development and advancement. At the same time relationship does not ensure causation: corruption may be a variable adding to a nation's monetary stagnation; then again, in the vicinity of long-run financial decrease the motivator to take part in degenerate exercises may well increment, and in this manner the causation may run from financial stagnation to ...

Since Independence in 1776, the Union lasted for Seventy-three years. But problems began to form between the Southern and the Northern States of the country over issues of slavery and taxation. The northern states wanted to abolish the institution of slavery while the southern states headed by the plantation owners though that the northern states were infringing on their rights by forcing them to abolish slavery. The election of Abraham Lincoln as the president proved to be the last straw and beginning with South Carolina, the southern states seceded from the union and starting the civil war. South ...

Dark Star Safari trails Paul Theroux's African adventure starting from Cairo and ending in Cape Town in a witty, observing and often irascible tone. The journey is spread with danger, pain, adrenaline, disappointment and dismaying circumstances. The traveler gets a taste of everything life in Africa means, from history and politics to health care, education, poverty and decay. He gets in contact with people of various nationalities, belonging to various social classes and activating in various fields, managing to get a glimpse of their own perspective on things before clarifying his own. Diversity is the word that describes the experience best, ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the reflections drawn upon the readings of the novel ‘Passion’ written in 1987 by Jeanette Winterson. Jeanette Winterson has been widely acknowledged within the borders of the literary community as one of the writers who succeed in bonding their stories closely to mystery and passion, somewhere between magic and reality. This paper will present you with the main idea of Passion and will prove that people’s lives are conquered by Passion in such a way that Passion can neither be considered exclusively benefactoring nor destructive. It depends on the ...

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 ...

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” -Elie Wiesel, author of ‘Night’. I have this very beautiful passage from Goodreads about the definition of friendship. Contrary to romantic relationships, friendship is sharing all what you have. It is where you care for people genuinely without asking anything in return whilst love needs to be reciprocated for it to grow. Many people often confuse ‘friendship’ and ‘relationship’ as the same thing, these two worlds cannot merge as one. By definition according to Webster’s Dictionary of ...

Abstract

Ozone layer depletion is a phenomenon in which ozone layer in the stratosphere thins out making it possible for the direct penetration of UV rays into the Earth's surface. This can lead to an array of harmful effects on human health, plants, and animals and can even trigger climate change. Chlorofluorocarbons are recognized as the primary cause accounting for 80% of ozone depletion. Though a lot of steps have been taken around the world to reduce ozone depletion, it may take about few decades more to completely heal the ozone layer due to the long standing stability of CFCs in the ...

“Mass tourism destinations are now evolving into mega tourism destinations.”

(Weaver 2008, xi) Tourism became a major industry after World War II and has expanded ever since. Even outer space has become a destination for tourists who can afford the trip. (Weaver, 2008, xi) Tourism has evolved since the 1700 and 1800s when the Grand Tour of European capitals was an aristocratic pastime. (Hanna, 2009, p. 5) As the Weaver quote above exclaims, mass tourism is growing to the point where it will soon become mega tourism. Experience over the last 60 years has shown that tourism can have both positive and negative impacts on an area. The objective ...

Though depicted as democratic, contemporary societies are from equal in certain respects since there are gender, sexuality, and income-based inequalities that can keep talented workers from being employed or stimulate their creativity as a means of working their way from the ranks. While some types of inequality may prove beneficial, some require revising for society’s sake. The point is that giving a chance for self-fulfillment particularly to poor, albeit talented lower socio-economic groups, women suffering from historically established marginalized social status, and the representatives of sexual minorities has its pros and cons. First and foremost, social equality giving more ...

Adultery and divorce are the factors that require great consideration because they affect the lives of most of people. In the cases of the adultery and divorce the counselor plays a significant role. Proper guidance by the counselor can help in saving the relations and lives of many individuals. In this paper, the counseling options and effective addressing of the situation involving adultery and divorce cases are discussed in detail from a counselor point of view. In an adulterous relation, people loss their family, job, dignity, trust, self respect, relationship with families and God. The commitment and the loyalty of ...

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I consider the arguments of Benjamin Powell and Matt Zwolinski (1 – 24) in the defense of sweatshop labor relatively solid and convincing. I agree with all the philosophical arguments that they forwarded except in minor areas in their supporting arguments. As such, this essay is largely a rejoinder of their arguments with additional supportive points that may strengthen their pro-sweatshop labor position. I agree that the labor market for sweatshops continues to be competitive, and the prima facie proof that the sweatshop employment was the best alternative accessible to them rests on the ...

Alcohol is the world’s oldest known drug that is abused by people. Alcohol has been used by many people for several years and its abuse has become a major societal health problem. The consequences of excessive alcohol intake vary from a mild hang-over to mass destruction, diseases, and death at its worst. When consumed in moderation, it has no or little effects for the drinkers and the people around them. Nonetheless, its misuse has become very dangerous to the drinker and the society. We all agree that, occasional taking of alcohol does not hurt, nonetheless it can lead to addiction ...

It is sometimes thought that Machiavelli disliked idealist positions such as those expressed by Plato or Aristotle when studying politics. Indeed, he actually proposed an approach to the study of politics that stood far away from what the classic philosophers formulated. This paper will expose the ideas expressed by the classical philosophers and see how Machiavelli differed from them and even criticized their approach. Most of western political philosophy is built on ideas that have been under development for thousands of years. Two of the most discussed authors are the Greek classics who gave the first notions of ...

Introduction

Many people have no idea of what they expect to achieve after retirement when asked about their retirement plans. The government’s policies about retirement do not cater for the well-being of retirees creating a lot of worry for the life after employment. The increasing number of employees demanding cover by government pension programs and the current decline in the retirement income levels contributes to the change of the American pension landscape (Heiland and Li, 2012). The United States of America developed labor laws during the time when the country’s economy was independent and self-contained. The main aim of ...

Electronic devices may be deemed the crowning achievement of decades-long scientific efforts in their own right, signifying the human quest for ultimate comfort. People are so used to utilizing electronic devices in their everyday activities that they seem to have become inseparable from their life. Of course, there is no denying they do a lot to facilitate human lives by connecting people, updating on the latest news, revealing weather broadcast, allowing watching movies, to name only a number of benefits. While used by many, electronic gadgets do not necessarily mean they pose no threat to human health. One should not disregard ...

When the idea of holidaying comes to discussion, there are a lot of ideas that emanate depending on one's experience, company involved; places of preferences and budget involved. To beginning, holidaying is meant for recreation, bonding, and entertainment. The moment friends decide on holidaying, fun takes the center stage. It becomes hard to have a distinguished way of holidays when different people come up with varying ideas. It is important to sit back relax and come up with a plan that involves patience, tact, and compromise. This essay, therefore, gives a comprehensive guide to holidaying with friends. As a fact, some people are ...

As the cellular phones continue to become smarter, the act of texting becomes tremendously simple and therefore escalates in recognition. People find it to be a very handy tool while communicating with friends, family and their partners or their better halves. The conversations that we are too busy to carry out with our nearest and dearest on the phone, we carry out through text messages. We keep putting off telephone conversations because they require our complete and utter attention, but with texting we could do several things at the same time. Like in my case, I stay in-touch with my ...

Divorce has become a trending topic around the world because of many cases of divorce. If the trend continues, at least 50 percent of marriages are going to end in divorce. Divorce is a legal right that terminates a marriage and the legal rights and obligations between married couples. Divorce has become a common phenomenon across the globe and it is affecting many parents and children (Clarke-Stewart 12). There are several causes that can lead to a divorce as well as a lot of effects resulting from the divorce. There are many causes of parent’s divorce since marriages do not end for the ...

Relationships grow in positive environments. Support and encouragement, from both the partners in a relationship, establish a firm podium for a strong connection. However, the relationships become vulnerable due to certain elements that can be socially unaccepted. Various factors including alcoholism, drug addiction etcetera can ruin the essence of even strong relations. Many stories depict that alcohol intake makes the relationships vulnerable. Authors from around the world have depicted the concept of survival of relationships in a challenging environment. Certain stories depict perception of its characters towards the pros and cons of successful relations. For instance, in the story ‘What We Talk about When ...

10 C’s of Communication Effective communication is essential for the success of any organization. In order to add good communication skills, one must understand the basic facts of the communication. Ten C’s of communication are the well-known factors practiced at corporate and unofficial communication. Ten C’s of communication are important to be considered being on whatever the medium or channel. However, the priority or the importance of 10 C’s vary as according to the medium used. Communication can make or ruin relationships; whether, it is corporate or an unofficial relationship. Of the ten ...

- Insurance premium formula Insurance premium is a sum of all costs of insurance company. One of the essential and the most valuable components is risk cost (money paid when insurance accident occurred). Due to the nature of the risk it is the most stochastic variable. Therefore we can build premium cost model upon risk model because other price components can be easily predicted. - Classic model Starting with initial reserve x > 0, an insurance risk business earns money at constant rate c > 0. Meanwhile, according to a point process with times {TN: n ≥ 1}, 0 ...

Introduction

Oedipus tragedy is predicted even before his birth in the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, as his father, Laius, will meet his fatal death in his hand and he will marry his own mother, Jocasta, when he grows up. The oracle is the major reason for his parents to infanticide him. Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher, adverts Oedipus as a best example of tragic hero ever. Aristotle’s panorama about Oedipus is vividly described in the following lines: “must be one who is highly renowned and prosperous-a personage like Oedipus” (Poetics XIII paragraph 2) and “he who hears the tale ...

Nowadays many people began to forget such word and moral merit like “integrity”. But what does it mean integrity? Word integrity has two main meanings. Let’s look in well-known Oxford Dictionary. First is: the state of being whole and undivided. We use integrity in this meaning to describe territorial unity. It’s evolved from Latin word “integer” meaning whole or complete. But we are interested in second one. Most of us understand under this word such things like honesty, directness, probity, principles, etc. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. In my understanding ...

"The Ghost Road" is a war novel written by Pat Barker that won an award, the Booker Prize in 1995. It is the third installment of a trilogy that follows the lives of British shell shocked officers during the closing days of the war. The books preceding this one are, Regeneration and The Eye In the Door In the first novel, Regeneration, a major character known as Siegfried Sassoon is summarily relegated to a minor role where the major characters are working class officer Billy Prior and in stunning contrast a real life character, William Rivers, written seamlessly into the story. In both ...

Solzhenitsyn's first novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was published in 1962 after a round of intense, routine scrutiny by Party officials. (Biography of A. Solzhenitsyn) It is autobiographical: ‘Mr. Solzhenitsyn, who spent 11 years (1945-56) in various prisons, concentration camps and places of forced exile in the Soviet Union because of some disrespectful references to Stalin in private correspondence with a friend, caused a worldwide sensation in November 1962 when his first novel, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," was published in the magazine Novy Mir.’ (Kramer) There Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote his masterpiece. ‘The tale involves a ...

Introduction

Throughout one's life, conflict plays a major role. Conflict is a kind of discord, argument or disagreement arising within the self or a group. This is what is known as internal and external conflict. Internal conflict occurs in the mind of an individual when they face two opposing issues or alternatives or when they find fault with their own actions or character. External conflict, on the other hand, happens between one person and another or group. Conflict can also arise between what is imagined or apparent, to what is the reality. For example, the characters and the text present this form of ...

Revenge is a negative force which brings about changes for the worse. Revenge is not a good choice. Revenge brings about changes for the worse because it is negative and negativity can never produce something good. There is a proverb that says: "They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind". It depicts the consequences of revenge. In religion, people are supposed to turn the other cheek. There is also a saying that "revenge is a dish best served cold". Even Edmond believes in this saying: "Oh, God," said Monte Cristo, "your vengeance may sometimes be slow in coming, but I think that ...

Should the U.S. provide its citizens with universal access to health care?

Interestingly, the United States is the only industrialized and wealthy nation that is yet to provide free and universal healthcare to its citizens. By far, the US is the Earth’s richest nation. Great Britain, France, and Canada have been able to provide its citizens with universal health care. The current health care situation in the US is affected by restricted access to health care and escalating costs. Insurance coverage currently determines the coverage of US healthcare system (Clarke, & French, 2013). Majority of US citizens are covered ...

In the full title of his tragedy, Othello, The Moor of Venice, Shakespeare announces the place of origin and race of the titular character. The two matters of such important significance as is later demonstrated. Notably the actions in this play unfold in two distinct geographical areas, the cities of Venice and Cypress. There is also frequent reference to two types of outsiders, ‘the Moor’ and ‘the Turks’. An understanding of the inherent opinions and prejudices of his Jacobean audience is obviously reflected in Shakespeare’s setting of the play. He understands and so does his audience, the significance ...

Introduction

Biovail is a Canadian pharmaceutical company. It is recognized as one of the largest companies dealing with pharmaceutical products within Canada. It commercializes its products in Canada directly and through Strategic partners internationally. Its reputation as a recognized company in pharmaceutical products is due to its excellence in innovations and the . The focus of this study is based on financial matters relating to the company. Biovail is a company with a strong base and with policies that have enabled it to be a leader on the pharmaceutical manufacturing front. Some of those strengths include: - Including production of enhanced formulations of existing drugs ...

REPORT

Executive summary The best management practices are applied with an intention of improving the overall performance of any active institution. In this perspective, an organization strives to achieve its objectives by defining its best practices. The career path of Sugarsweet provides a more dynamic overview of modern management as well as its success and limitations. Further, it illustrates the organization’s ability to reflect and gain strength and effective financial management. Ideally, Sugarsweet case illustrates a clear need to introspect and create an insight into management dynamics.

This focus also explains the role of the management theories in today’s organizational development.

The training approaches are evaluated on the basis of a management system in order ...

Television is an extremely common entertainment element in most homesteads. It is mostly preferred since it is informative on both audio and visual reporting of certain activities. Following the adverse traffic of people following the programs that take place in TVs the element has been turned to an exceptionally business tool. It has been used by most companies as the advertising tool for their businesses and they trust that it fetches these companies a lot of customers. However, the TV content is not segregated to certain age bracket. It occurs to all people with children forming a large section of the ...

Introduction

This paper gives a critical analysis of the issues of social concern discussed by Raymond Carver in his articles: What We Talk About When We Talk about Love; Cathedral and Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? These are his works which he wrote at different times. What We Talk About When We Talk about Love is a collection of short stories written by Raymond Carver. The 176 page fiction which was published in 1981 consists of short stories including What We Talk About When We Talk About Love; The Bath; Everything Stuck to Him; Tell Me We Are Going; Why Don’ ...

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Whenever people interact, they choose what information to reveal to each other depending on how they want people to view tem. One reveals information that will help him gain his or her self-interest in a relationship. In almost every relationship between two people, there are secrets one keeps to keep the relationship going and achieve his personal interests in the relationship. According to the social interaction theory, the unfolding of this hidden information may either ruin or build a relationship between two people. The self-interests of a person determine what information he discloses in a relationship. On the other hand, it is the ...

Introduction

This age is often termed as internet age. Internet has revolutionized our life in many ways. It has changed the way we communicate, interact, shop, play and even think. Information availability, social interaction, banking, shopping and many more easy avenues through internet have made our life much easier than before. It seems internet has great power to touch our life but as is often said, “with great power comes great responsibility”. If the power of the internet is not used properly and responsibly it can turn against you. A simple click on an unsuspicious mail or uploading and sharing ...

While people believe that it is the responsibility of the child to excel academically, parents always want their children to be the best in academics. They always do their best to ensure that they children’s academic needs are met without any compromise. This heavy investment calls for a strict supervision and tagging of high targets for these children. However, whenever these targets are not met, a lot of psychological and behavioral problems that may have adverse effects on the affected children. Even though parents try their best to ensure their children excel, they still face psychological and behavioral challenges among ...

Financial institutions the world over have evolved depending on the economic policies of the government of the day as well as other economic imperatives. This has been accompanied by ideological and philosophical differences in banking policy. In this paper, I shall seek to examine the evolution of these financial institutions in Burma in three epochal periods namely- the colonial era, parliamentary democracy era and the era of military rule.

Colonial era

During this period there were hardly any indigenous banks in Burma. Those that were existent were western banks mainly British banks that served the elite class. The exchange banks mainly ...

SUMMARY OF NEIL POSTMAN’S AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH

ABSTRACT In Neil Postman’s book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’, there has been a comparative analysis of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Author Postman has focused on proving that it is the Brave New World which surpasses Nineteen Eighty Four in terms of more realistic prediction of how human civilization shall end up being ruined by things as well as technologies we love. This short essay aims at summarizing the two chapters of this book, namely ‘The Medium is Metaphor’ and ‘Media as Epistemology’.

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Introduction Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves ...

The first article titled Home Economics: Will Rising Food Prices Ruin the Recovery written by Michael Schuman in the Time discloses the problem of food prices and its importance to the global economy. The rise of prices is usually caused by droughts and other unsuitable weather conditions. However, the food is one of the basic conditions of life on the Earth. Therefore, the rising of food prices causes two very important changes. First, it is consumption effect. Families, who are to allocate larger share of their weekly income on food basics, are forced to save money on something else: ...