Essays on Supporter

It is difficult to make someone believe in something unprecedented, but the church was able to do it. It is difficult to keep the influx of non-believers, but the church was always doing so until the freedom of speech and thought, of course. Many simply believe, without even thinking about religion as such. Religion is a kind of reunion of the broken relationship with God, or lifestyle based on a belief in the supernatural power. Religious ideas, rules, basics are described in the sacred books, which allegedly have been dictated by God. Of course, no one can currently prove ...

“Oedipus Rex”, “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, “The Glass Menagerie”

Nowadays, gender issues is a highly relevant topic in modern society which is not only raised in discussions, but also greatly present in the works of art. As one of the purposes of literature is to reflect the greatest concerns and world problems and speak up for them, the works describing the current role of woman in society are of a great importance. Moreover, the way the female characters are presented in the literary works make a great influence on how they are viewed in reality – that is why the depiction of women in literature needs to be thoroughly ...

Which organization do you believe used social media more effectively and why?

In my point of view, Planned Parenthood acted more professionally in organizing their social media policy. Besides, as their actions of the Internet were called ‘responsive and fast’, the reaction of their supporters was immediate too. What is more important, the social media policy of Planned Parenthood soon grew into a more conscious campaign with controlling the content, as well as the special apps to search the potential supporters (Lopatto & Edney, 2012). First of all, they were first to turn to the Internet as the free of charge resource to popularize their ideas. One of the examples of the ...

W.E.B Dubois Leader in Education Analysis W.E.B Dubois Leader in Education Analysis

A scholar, activist, novelist, leader, author, editor and a public speaker, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was one of the most significant African-American during the period of early 20th century. He was born on February 23rd, 1868 to a poor family in Massachusetts. When he grew up, Du Bois’s teachers nurtured him as a bright student and upon graduating in 1884, was insisted by his school principal to pursue a college degree. He then enrolled in Harvard as a junior in and around fall of 1888 ...

Onboarding is a process of assimilating new employees into an organization and providing them with the necessary knowledge and tools for successfully accomplishing their goals. The process is long and for long-term employees, it should be continuous over a period of time until the employee is fully on board to conduct duties in line with the organization’s culture as explained below (CAL HR, 2012).

Pre-Arrival

Send the employee a welcome letter detailing the necessary information such as benefits, organization chart, their parking information, the name of staff members, and agenda for the first day. Assign an existing employee to ...

Circumstances

Both texts were created by Mahatma Gandhi when India used to be a British colony and Gandhi was leading his country’s march towards independence from colonial rule. Since, India was a British colony; the British Empire ravaged local business and forced them to sell on British made goods. The Dandi March was an effort by Gandhi and fellow Satyagrahis to produce Indian salt as a means to to break the British hegemony over Indian public and Indian industry. The first speech came before the Dandi March in 1930 when Gandhi wanted to make sure that his intentions of ...

The modern world is divided into two major geopolitical axes concentrated around the Middle East. One of the axes consists of the countries that resist to Israel (Iraq, Lybia, Syria, Russia, China, Iran, Palestine), and the other one includes its supporters (the USA, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, Egypt, Turkey). The aim of this paper is to analyze the reasons that divided the two geopolitical axes and united each of them at the local, regional, and international levels in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lybia, and Palestine-Israel wars. Palestine-Israel conflict has a long story. After the end of the Shah monarchy in ...

The Muslim movements after the Caliphate

After the abolition of the Ottoman Empire, and later the Caliphate in 1924, in the modern Muslim world began "non-Caliphate" period. This process was historically logical, because the theocratic form of government suffered a crisis in the Muslim world, where national movement and bourgeois relations were growing. Nominal power of the Sultan still existed, but only in name. In this situation, the Sultan resorted to Pan-Islamism policy, however corrupt administrative apparatus, a weak army and a weak economy, led this policy to the failure. By the early twentieth century in the country were rapidly spreading European ideas and values, ...

Nelson Mandela was the first president of the Republic of South Africa elected in fully democratic elections. He served as president from 1994 to 1999. Before his presidency he was an outstanding fighter against apartheid and African National Congress (ANC). He was convicted and imprisoned for participating in an underground armed struggle. Mandela was a supporter of peaceful way of solving problems, although in the beginning of his political struggle armed resistance was the only effective type of fighting the regime.

How much powerful is the leader? What makes him powerful?

Nelson Mandela is a prominent leader. He decided to serve his term in prison rather than submit himself ...

In our current society there is a myriad of sociological concepts taking place every moment. With the advent of the internet and social media these concepts are played out before us over and over again. One of the biggest sociological phenomenon taking place before our eyes is the Donald Trump rallies and the violence which is taking place within them. A Vanity Fair article written by Tina Nguyen outlines the violent outburst that have happened at the rallies between Trump supporters and those who are protesting at the rallies, as well as Trumps reactions to the violence. These events ...

William Jennings Bryan stood three times as the Party's candidate for the American President, being a dominant force in the Democratic Party’s populist wing; he was not only politician from Nebraska but also Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson and a prominent orator of the United States. Because of his pacifist position on First World War, Bryan resigned. He was an opponent of the gold standard and banks, a strong supporter of popular democracy and a devout Presbyterian. As a Presbyterian this man opposed bringing politics into religion or religion into politics. He believed that in the ...

Abstract

This paper focuses on the servant and transformational leadership models which have strong connections to organizational change management. It analyzes various leadership theories to bring out the difference between these leadership models. The goal is to determine which model transforms management from fixed systems of performance to one which empowers employees to undertake their work creatively while inputting to decision making. First, a transformational leader is more willing to promote the intelligent of their followers as compared to servant leaders. Servant leaders focus on improving their followers’ abilities while encouraging individual growth. Conversely, a transformational leader emphasizes on promoting ...

Introduction

In general, gun control is a term that denotes the policies and laws introduced for the manufacture, production, trade, transfer, ownership, alteration, or utilization of firearms. These laws and policies are significantly different in every country. In the United States of America, the gun laws administer the regulation of trading, employing, and possessing of assault weapons. It is significant to note that there is a remarkable variation in state laws pertaining gun control with either a restricted or broader extent when compared with the federal laws. Gun control and gun ownership have turned out to be the hottest issues ...

Essay in History: Three Events that Forever Changed History of Modern America Forever

Essay in History: Three Events that Forever Changed History of Modern America Forever

Introduction

Indeed, the history of pitfalls and triumphs of public concerns for Americans over the last few decades, and centuries, have highlighted all kinds of social problems, and economic achievements to arise. Many believe that the United States experienced a ‘golden era,’ during which nothing but hope seemed to lie ahead. We all know that the world has changed. Assuming the task of being interviewed by a large national corporate representative, this essay takes the form of answering the following question: What three days, important events or ...

The given article from The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism by Benito Mussolini highlights the political and social changes in Italy post World War I. Like other participant countries Italy had to face the repercussions of war despite of being a member of the winning allies. Economic upheavals like unemployment, depression and rising prices shook the entire economy. Benito Mussolini was an Italian; he was proud of winning the war. Benito was earlier a big supporter of Socialism and envied the rich. He favoured the armed struggle and was against some of the socialists who wanted peace. Amid a debt ridden ...

In the years preceding the Revolutionary War, many colonists were content with life in the colonies. On occasion there were grumblings about new taxes or laws passed by the British Parliament and the king. Overall, colonists were pleased with the life they had in the colonies and considered themselves English citizens who were loyal to the king. As the taxes grew, many colonists became angry with the perceived abuses that were beginning to pile upon them as a result of English Rule. Documents saved from the few years prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War show the differences of ...

Introduction

One among the accepted reality in international relations is the prevailing recognition of the idea that terrorism is the weapon of the weak. This is further reinforced by the shocking turn of events on September 11, 2001 where a group of terrorist coordinated a series of bombing in the United States. However, many political analysts argued that terrorism is not solely associated as resort taken by the weak to get their messages across, rather, it also a means by which the strong impose their will on the former. While this may not be generally accepted, defining terrorism would shed light to the fact ...

The French Revolution is typically the main historical dividing line between the ancient European regimes and the modern world. It marked the transition from the traditional social order to a democratic system. Nevertheless, the transition process was long and violent which eventually led to Napoleon Bonaparte rising to power in 1799 through a military coup d’état. Even though much of its impact was confined to France, it spread to other parts of Europe and the rest of the world. It marked the beginning of the revolutionary wars in the world over. The French Revolution marked the first occasion whereby a democratic ...

Sociologically, there is a reciprocal relationship between self and society. The things that we do and our immediate environment remarkably determine our identity. Our actions influence the society leading to the creation of institutions, groups, and organizations. Reciprocally, the society influences our identity through shared meanings and languages that enable us to take the role of the others, our own roles, and position in the society as well as engaging in complete and ingenuous social interactions (Berreby 127). The process of reflexivity establishes the central of selfhood. Although our neighborhoods are becoming evermore detached and anonymous, losing our identity can ...

The Evolution of New Global Economy: Who won and Who lost?

The video discusses about how globalization gave birth to new global economy where every day a lot of people gets better off. However, globalization does not offer only benefits, but also some painful truth associated with it i.e, Economic Crisis. It all started during 1980’s when such a market was established where everyone had its stake but no one had its control. The global economy saw huge capital flows, intense competition, etc. However, by the beginning of 1990’s US Economy started experiencing the ill effects of Globalization. By the end of 1992, courtesy global competition, US Government was under $ ...

Postmodernism is a movement of art that emerged in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Among all art movements, this one is considered to be the most controversial (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014). This movement defies definition and is said to have fundamentally introduced an unstable mix of theoretical and theatrical. It was majorly multifaceted and was characterized by elements ranging from the luxurious to the completely ridiculous (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014). This new brand of art is considered to have shattered some of the previously established ideas and styles as well as generally introducing radical freedom to ...

Communicating the correct message and at the correct time are the most important functions of any organization. At the current times, when Companies are finally going global, it is important that they communicate right messages and signals to the global audience. Until recently, the traditional forms of media were the ones that dominated the communication world. But now, with the development of new media tools, the business world has become more swift, smooth and stylish. I was always of the thought that change is the only permanent phenomenon. I believed that organizations should move with time towards cost ...

Abstract

The project deals with the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The first sections considers such essential aspects as popular sentiments dominating the society, ideological groups taking part in the revolt, the unique nature of the Iranian Revolution that differentiated it from conventional European analogues, the factors of success, and rationales behind the revolt like corruption, repression, excessive westernization, economic reforms, and other reasons. The next sections give insight into the major achievements of the revolution and people who took part in the revolt and made accomplishments possible. The final chapter summarizes the focal points of the research. Keywords: revolution, ...

Gary Kelly: Background

Gary Kelly has been the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest is the world’s biggest low-cost airline and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. He started with the company in 1986 as Controller and made his way up through various positions. Of particular interest was the Principal Accounting Officer, Vice President of Finance and lastly served as Executive Vice President and CFO from 2001 to 2004. From here on he took on the charge of the President and CEO. Before he joined Southwest Airlines, he was auditor at Arthur & Young Company ...

While much has been hypothesized regarding the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, it is of immense significance to note that this does not mean that Saudis Arabia is no longer an Islamist nation. To be precise, Saudi Arabia remains one of the most vocal Islamic nations, which has established close bilateral ties with the United States because of various reasons. Concurrently, the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is mutually beneficial to the two countries. As such, there are various reasons that justify the notions that indeed Saudi Arabia is still an ardent Islamist ...

History

George Washington, without a doubt, is one of the main symbols of the American nation and the national hero of the United States. George Washington was the first and most revered U.S. President, and he is considered to be the father of the nation. Washington name has always been associated with the U.S. capital, which was built in his honor, and the power of the American empire. Nonetheless, in real life, beyond the symbol and idol stands quite an ordinary man, who had his own characteristics and preferences. Before stating the main reasons of his success (skills, abilities, strength ...

POL 300 Internal Problems

Truman doctrines The presidential doctrines were introduced during the Cold War. The doctrines explained what the presidents stood for during this time of the war. President Harry Truman defined the United States foreign policy and how it applied to it being a super power. The content of the speech of the president to the congress is believed to have been the major cause of the Cold War. His speech is believed by historians to have led to the U.S being able to contain the war. The president was quoted as saying that he believed that it was the U.S ...

Introduction

Trudeaumania was a name given by the media during the elections of 1968 when Pierre Elliot Trudeau became popular in Canada for the changes he promised to do while campaigning. Trudeau believed in equal rights of all citizens therefore, while he was in control the country was able to make many constitution changes which catered for all people. Through his constitutional changes that benefited a lot of people he was able garner a lot of fame especially by the youth to the point where people were asking for his autograph. Trudeau as the prime minister of Canada was able to do a lot ...

Julian Assange is an Australian activist, journalist, activist and publisher. He is famously known as the founder and editor in chief of Wikileaks; an online international non-profit institution which publishes news leaks, secret information and confidential media from unknown sources. According to Assange the main purpose of the organization is to bring vital information and news to the public; publishing original content alongside news stories in order for historians and readers to find out evidence of the truth. He also asserts that the organization has a goal of ensuring that whistleblowers or journalists who email classified or sensitive information, are ...

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, AIDS-- Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome-- was still considered by most of the world to be a problem that was centralized in the homosexual community in the United States. The problem with HIV/AIDS is that it is a silent killer, sometimes lying dormant in the body for years before being recognized by doctors. Indeed, until the disease was recognized, many doctors could not fathom why so many of their homosexual patients were dying from immunological suppression and related complications. In 1992, Mary Fischer went before the Republican National Committee to plead for their attention on the ...

The Syrian crisis also known as the Syrian civil war (formally a “non-international (internal) armed conflict occurring in Syria opposing Government Forces and a number of organized armed opposition groups operating in several parts of the country” as declared by the International Committee of the Red Cross on July 17, 2012 (IRCR.com)) started back in March 2011 as a natural part of the Arab Spring. With Middle East region being a home to many ongoing ethnical, religious, economic and political conflicts, Syria is not a lucky exception, but a country that arouses heightened interest among the world powers due to several reasons which will be ...

Introduction

Soccer is the most popular sport on the planet; it is now truly the number one game in the globe more than before. Soccer has its nerve-centers traditionally in Latin America and Europe. It has since grown to join the entire world, notably in North America and Asia. No other sport has an effect in the rest of the world like soccer. People have conjured up different endeavors of sports to entertain them; however, soccer has been dominant over all the others, why has this been so? There must be positive effects of soccer that most countries have emulated ...

The learning processes for both adults and children have similarities although adults are more focused at learning and absorbing information much faster than children. Adults come with responsibilities and experiences that help them learn faster. They are self-motivated, goal-oriented, and self-directed, thus, the approach to teaching adults should be a lot more different (QOTFC). This is where educational philosophy comes in which is composed of several ideologies that characterize what schools are expected to be and do. This paper will touch on the various educational philosophies and aspects relating the concepts to adult education.

Classifications of Educational Philosophy

Perennialism is the most traditional educational ...

An overview

Introduction In simplest of words, theology is the study of religions and religious beliefs. Some scholars choose to call it the science of deities and divinity. But atheistic scholars do not very much approve of theology as a viable branch of study or ‘science’. Nevertheless, theology has been helping religious people understand, follow and even reform their religions with time. The great theologians in history have acted like a guiding star to bring changes in religious beliefs and rituals. And in the course of past several centuries, the major religions in the world have been modified mainly because of these ...

Planning a promotional activity for Fenerbahçe S.K. football team Fenerbahçe Sport Kulübü (also known as Fenerbahçe) is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul. It includes football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, boxing, rowing, sailing, swimming and table tennis teams. As football is the most widespread game worldwide, the club is mostly associated with its football team, to which this work is devoted (later on ‘Fenerbahçe’ will refer to the football team only). Established in 1906, Fenerbahçe is one of the most famous and titled football clubs in Turkey, along with Galatasaray S.K. and Beşiktaş ...

Historical Background of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20 in 1889 in Austria-Hungary. In a family of six children, Adolf was the fourth born to Klara Pölzl and Alois Hitler. His older brothers and a sister died while still young. However, his younger brother’s death from measles greatly affected him. During his childhood, the family had moved from Austria to Passau, to Leonding, Hafeld, Lambach and finally, permanently back to Leonding. In Lambach, Hitler had taken singing lessons, was active in church, and had even considered priesthood. His father, Alois practiced farming and bee keeping and also worked with the customs ...

Terms Used: Lewis and Clark, Jefferson, Henry Clay, John Tyler, Calhoun

Introduction United States has come a long way through from where it used to be in history. The present map of US is driven by the doctrine of manifest density that caused enormous expansion across North America in the last century. Although, expansion of the boundaries would be useful but dangerous too because it comprises the land of Native American who were living in most areas of the western region and it has highlighted one of the most prominent issue of the country, slavery. Most importantly, the native black Americans were facing slavery in 18th century and in the ...

‘Name’

‘Institutional Affiliation’ For all outsiders who watch with horror the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, it would really be hard to understand why so many killings happen for a small strip of land. The popular sentiment in the Western countries and most of the non-Arab world is that, Palestine is the perpetrator of the conflict and Israel is doing what any country would do to safeguard its citizens. All the targeted killings, separation barriers and military attacks by Israel are given a single justification – Self defense. So is this the reality? Is Israel really the victim and Palestine the ...

The Electoral College plays an important role of electing the president and vice president of the united state. The Electoral College selects a suitable candidate from those voted by the public. The Electoral College was established to enhance fairness in America election. The role of the Electoral College has opened a debate on its credibility. Some Scholars and philosophers advocate the existence of the Electoral College while others advocate for its abolishment. Through his analysis, George Edward has come up with the premises that support the abolishment of the Electoral College. His premises are discussed below. He argues that the ...

Reilly Dowd, an online reporter for ABC news website, poses a rhetorical “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?’’ in his article “ Young African Americans Support President Obama, but Turnout Not a Guarantee.” He further suggests the existence of a divide among young African American voters in the 2012 elections. From various sources as regards the 2008 presidential elections, President Obama won a staggering majority of the African American vote and a significant proportion of the vote from the young population under 30. It is a shared worry that much of the enthusiasm that helped bring the African Americans in droves ...

Analysis of the international response to the Suez Canal Crisis

On the 26th of July 1956, the president of Egypt at that time, Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal seizing it from international firm which was under the Anglo French control. The Suez Canal existed in Egypt but it was run by an international company which received the rights to run the company under the Constantinople Agreement of 1888. Under the arrangement that existed prior to the crisis, the international company received $31 million from the Canal while Egypt received $ 17 million from the Canal..The nationalization of the Suez Canal was the beginning of a diplomatic row between Egypt ...

The book “New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery” whose main author was Anthony Grafton, mainly discusses various arguments made concerning the validity of knowledge, facts and beliefs that existed between the 13th and 16th century.

The book consists of five chapters. In each chapter, Grafton explains how the emergence of new world scholars, brought about a sense of doubt and scrutiny among people, concerning the credibility of doctrines that had been written by the classical and ancient scholars who had lived in the years before the 13th century. Throughout his book, Grafton ...

Lowering US Drinking Age to 18

The problem of teenage crimes have rapidly caused concerns in the government, private sector and even in the communities for the past couple of years due to the increasing severity of these crimes. Police records and investigations show that many of these crimes are done under the influence of alcohol. For the United States, the legal drinking age is set to 21 years old. Despite this law, teenagers under 21 could gain access to alcohol with or without guardians and easily purchase alcohol without any warning. Talks of changing the legal drinking age in the country to 18 years ...

After three years of releasing the controversial novel “Angels and Demons” which discusses the famous Illuminati Trail, Dan Brown released another book that challenges his readers in unravelling the more secrets of the church. The Da Vinci Code follows the journey of Professor Robert Langdon, who is accused accidentally for killing the museum curator due to a mysterious message seen beside his body and the riddles that come later in the novel. The story itself notes three mysteries that are attached to the mystery of the Holy Grail, its relationship with Christ, its influence in the Catholic Church and what ...

Is the Death Penalty a Deterrent?

The Death penalty is a verdict of death to a person by the legal system as a reprimand for committing an offensive crime. It is also referred to as capital punishment. These death penalties are executed to an individual to make sure that crimes are not committed later in life and also reducing the cost of punishing criminals. In the past, death penalties were so common in many nations but in the recent times very few countries practice it. Research shows that there are only fifty eight countries in the nation that are still practicing the death penalty while 96 nations have ...

Throughout time, women all over the globe have had a major role in history. Nevertheless, they are not been well acknowledged and their tales are not told to other people as much as men. Mexican women fought hard for an improved and better future for all the generation to come. They struggled courageously and unselfishly and made their marks in today’s globe. In the world we are living majority of the women have been treated in a manner that they are good looking and thus other women attempts to emulate them. However, this has not always been the case with ...

1. Adam Smith and Karl Marx were perhaps the most well-known economists of their time, however, their viewpoints on economics and economic development differed to a great extent. Adam Smith is most famous as a founder of the Classical Economics and a strong supporter of economic freedom and trade. Unlike mercantilists, Adam Smith tried to establish principles, which could benefit the whole nation, rather than some individuals. In his book “Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” he introduces the term “system of natural liberty”, which is equivalent to the current definition of capitalism. According to Smith economic freedom ...