Essays on Surprising

Many disasters have occurred in many parts of the world due to both deliberate or unintended human error and actions. Below are some of the most shocking incidents that led to mortalities.

London’s Killer Fog

The London Killer Fog of 1952 has always been judged to be based on the natural adverse weather conditions. Being that this incident happened during the winter period, many people re said to have thought that it was a weather-related incident. It was marred by cold weather and as usual; many people always resort to making ire to warn themselves. This incident has been chosen as one ...

Gold swivel ring with agate scaraboid – Gallery 171 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

If we look at the Gold Swivel Ring with an agate scaraboid it is obvious that the art medium is gold and agate. The ancient jeweler clearly used the basic jewelry techniques, although his craftsmanship is impressive due to providing a product with exemplary aesthetics. However, the ring still has no recognizable subject matter. Nonetheless, the ring has a well-rounded form and the agate scaraboid is in the ovalo-rectangular form. In terms of content, this piece of jewelry despite seeming to be simple evidently proclaims that it belongs to a rich man, or rather a woman. The ring is ...

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying has seen its rise in recent decades, when internet came to practically every house and every school. Today in order to threaten someone you don’t need to have big muscles or own a weapon. In today’s world, an IP address is enough to make someone’s life miserable. While it may be seen as a harmless virtual naughtiness, it unfortunately has very physical and real life consequences. In last several years, cyberbullying became one of the most popular issues why children contact the ChildLine and one of the top reasons for adolescent suicide. Is there a ...

Discussing Modern Electronic Records, Online Venues and Mobile Devices

INTRODUCTION This is the 21st century, an era of ever-increasing advancements in the realm of science and technology. Year after year more advanced, more innovative and more efficient technologies continued to be developed. We see this in how many people rely on technological devices, like computers, “i-pads” or tablets and smart phones, to fulfill their job requirements, to gain an education and in their every day social lives. There are no major industries that have not developed or placed their dependence in some kind of technology, be it farming and manufacturing or banking and construction; the healthcare industry is ...

Childhood Obesity: An Overview

The rate of childhood obesity remains to be high in the past years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015b), 17 percent of children and teenagers or 12.7 million young individuals in the United States are affected by obesity during the past decades. Childhood obesity in children is determined by the child’s body mass index (BMI). Compared to children of the same weight and gender, a child is considered obese if his or her BMI is in the 95th percentile (Anderson & Butler, 2006). This is a serious condition. Obesity increases mortality and morbidity and presents ...

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A CASE STUDY ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A CASE STUDY ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Introduction

In international business, the organizations also need to consider cultural and social values at individual levels in the present competitive business environment (Mandják et al., 2016; Weinzimmer & Esken, 2016). In this context, China is evidently one of the topmost cradles of civilizations in the world to take into account for a case study. The history of this East Asian nation is really astounding. The People’s Republic of China has developed to become one of the top world powers today, named among the G5 + ...

1. Clearly state in your own words the “surprise ending” in the reading you selected. Clearly identify the point in the reading when you realized that there were elements in the reading that surprised you. Not all of the surprises come at the end. The “surprise ending” of Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” became evident when the work made it apparent that the argument it was making was satire. This became obvious due to the increasingly radical views that were being proposed within the text. As the author continued to monetize and commoditize human life and began discussing trading ...

Architecture of Madain Salih

One of the mysteries in the historical science of our time is the origin of the monuments Hegre in Saudi Arabia. In the historical literature, it is assumed that this city was built by the Nabataeans - the people, the basis of the life of which was to ensure the caravan trade. These people, who lived here from the III century BC to the I century BC, carved facades of tombs, built many kilometers of waterways in the rocks to collect rainwater and left behind a lot of mysteries about their religion and language (Khairy, 167). Madain Salih (Hegra, ...

Summary of the Topic

Polygamy entails a practice or the state of having more than one marital partner at the same time while monogamy involves sticking to one spouse. Biologists, anthropologists, and archaeologists have been trying to find a solution to the complicated query of whether human beings are polygamous or monogamous. Research teams have reviewed the variations of human DNA to that of animals and have come across several ways to explain the evolution of people from a polygamous setup to one that requires more intimacy. This essay assesses articles and books that attempt to understand how evolution has affected polygamy and ...

Phobia is an irrational uncontrollable fear, persistent manifestations of various fears. Traditionally, fear is an ancient companion of humankind. Most scientists believe that the feeling of fear is common to all higher animals, and, to a larger extent, to human beings with their finely developed psyche (Popescu 2013), 406. But if an animal can only be afraid of specific dangers, then a human being thanks to his imagination and the ability to analyze the environment has learnt to experience fear ahead of time (Popescu 2013), 406. What are people afraid of? Of course, each person has various reasons to ...

Berlin and Germany has for the past few decades known as a center for the European art scene. The city itself is a historical site and one that is very much known for its architecture, history and culture. Berlin for the majority of the second half of the twentieth century was not the most attractive place in Europe for artist, art dealers, gallery owners, and brokers to do business. This was largely due to the effect of the Cold War, the construction of the Berlin Wall and the sensitive political landscape in which Berlin was located. With the end ...

Psychology

I believe I learn best through:

Taking short notes during study Taking quizzes related to the topic learnt Reading in a quiet place Playing Test results First Test Linguistic 42% Logical-Mathematical-44% Visual-Spatial 42% Intrapersonal 56% Interpersonal 81% Musical 31% Bodily-Kinesthetic 58% Naturalistic 33% Second Test Excellent EQ We are impressed! Congratulations on your exceptional EQ! If you scored in this range, there is a slight caveat however. You are either extremely high in emotional intelligence or extremely low. How is this possible? These results may reflect your high level of self-knowledge or a lack of it since you must ...

Recent years have seen significant changes in the economies of both Mexico and Chile. Given this, it can be useful to examine the current economic situation in Mexico and Chile, comparing the two. While many people in the United States might tend to think of these two nations as being identical in nature because of the fact that they have Hispanic cultures and the Spanish language, there are in fact many differences. For example, Mexico since the late 1990s has been able to benefit from the existence of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement). This has allowed it ...

Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin considers the origins of World War from the perspective of the alliances Germany had formed prior to the war and how those alliances affected its entry into the war. It also examines how relatively small events (such as the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand) can spiral out of control and lead to a world war. In particular, Fromkin looks in detail at the European crisis that occurred in mid-1914 and pieces together his argument that it was Germany’s alliances and how poorly it handled its diplomatic relations which resulted in the terrible calamity ...

Exploring High Self-Esteem and Narcissism as Contributors of Aggressive Tendencies: an Argument against the Low Self-Esteem Hypothesis

Literature Review Introduction There are relevant themes in the current literature that relate to the argument presented in this position paper. Many of these themes have focused on supporting the high self-esteem hypothesis, which holds that highly favorable self-appraisals cause aggression and make people more prone to acts of aggression. The results and findings of several research studies conducted with the purpose of supporting the so called high self-esteem hypothesis have actually been successful in providing evidence in favor of the view that it is actually high levels of self-esteem that increase an individual’s proneness to aggressive tendencies ( ...

Introduction

Before the collapse of the USSR the international community was divided into two opposing parts: the socialist and capitalist countries. Among the latter, there were so-called third countries - a group of developing (mainly underdeveloped) countries ("Third World Definition | Investopedia", 2011). This division was confrontational due to the idealistic notion that the whole world is going through a transition to socialism, which represents a higher stage of economic development and social justice. In socialist countries, it was believed that socialism can be achieved without going through a long, painful years of feudal and capitalist development. Currently there is no ...

The number of Roman Catholics in the United Stated has shown an enormous growth over the last two decades affecting the whole structure of the general population. For example, while they were concentrated in the Midwest and Northeast in the past, today they overpopulate the Southern and Western parts of the country. This reallocation is not typical only for the Catholics. It is a result of citizens’ internal migration and immigration. In her article Who Are U.S. Catholics? Numbers Show a Surprising Shift, written for National Geographic, Victoria Sgarro cites Marc Grey who is a Senior research Associate at ...

Nowadays, marketing is an essential part of any business and people are investing tons of money to promote their product, specifically their brand. There many techniques usually used to achieve a high level of a brand recognition and creating a value of a product. According to Phillip Kotler and John T. Bowen (2014) the marketing process includes the following steps: understand the marketplace and client needs and wishes develop a customer-driven marketing strategy develop an integrated marketing program that provides superior value construct profitable and beneficial relationships and create customer satisfaction. At last, businesses will capture the customers’ value ...

The novel The Blinding Absence of Light tells the story of a group of men that are in a Moroccan prison. It depicts he torture and means of compensating, or coping, experienced by the men in the prison. More specifically, the story is narrated by Salim, a man who was imprisoned for his involvement in a political coup. He is placed in an isolated prison, or an underground prison, where it was always dark. The prisoners are in small chambers, and are fed only enough to survive. They are tortured both mentally and physically, by beatings and by things ...

In the English-speaking cinematography, 1995 was the year of Jane Austen. As if trying to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the writer, who since the 20th century became to some extent even a cult figure, the filmmakers created just three versions of her novels “Sense and Sensibility”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma”. I like the Jane Austen’s creativity and read almost all her books. I saw a lot of different adaptations of the book “Pride and Prejudice”, and by and large I like all of them. After seeing the film adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility”, directed by Ang ...

Captive narratives form an important aspect of the history of colonial American literature as the writers are able to present stories that are rich in the suffering, thrill danger and adventure of relating real life experiences that are associated with Colonial America. The story of Hannah Emerson Duston brings the readers to a world where a woman as abducted from her home and faced the trauma of having to endure time with the Native Americans. Being from Massachusetts, Duston actions are surprising. She kills two women, two men and six children in their sleep so that she could escape ...

On December 2, 2015, the usually peaceful city of San Bernardino in California went through turmoil as 14 of its residents were killed and 22 others seriously injured in what seemed to be an unprovoked terrorist attack. Although the suspect and his foreign-born wife were eventually subdued in a gunfight that ended in their deaths, another battle took place in court as the tech giant Apple and the FBI locked horns over the issue of prying into the contents of the gunman’s iPhone. What the investigation agency wanted was for Apple to write a code that would allow ...

For long, the war on drugs has been fought through many fronts such as the criminalization of certain drugs, harsh penalties for drug possession and military confrontation. The military is being used to combat drug trafficking since it is now believed that drug trafficking has become a national security issue. This is because drug trafficking has caused widespread corruption, undermining of democracies and has sometimes been used to finance terrorism. Military action mainly targets capturing or killing of leaders of major drug cartels. Military operations have also helped in chasing, tracking and capturing of drug smugglers. Military success can ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Overview of Geographic, Cultural, Political, Economic, and Legal Risks/Benefits:

Lululemon is one of the premier workout wear companies in the world. What makes Lululemon so sensational is that they are a luxury brand that is truly bright colored and high quality. So far, Lululemon has made many successful attempts as they opened luxurious storefronts all over the globe. Given that Lululemon is a Canadian company, it is quite surprising that they have been so successful within other markets than their home market. In fact, Lululemon has been quite successful in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, (Lululemon History, 2016). This year, Lululemon is planning on expanding their ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Historically, one of the issues that the United States has been accused of is having a lack of cultural identity that extends beyond the hamburger. Actually, the irony in that sentence is that the hamburger is not even American, which further proves this argument. What these two sentences are attempting to say is that there is very little that the United States does have compared to nations in Europe and other parts of the world that have longer histories that the Untied States does. This is not to say that the United States will not develop this over time; ...

Insrtuctor’s Name

It is truth universally acknowledged that the theme of the human’s choice has always been popular with the poets and writers. It is not surprising that Robert Frost, an iconic American poet, addresses it in his most famous and most quoted poem, The Road not Taken (“The Norton Anthology of Poetry” 1232-1233). In spite of the widely spread opinion that the poem raises the problem of “being an individual” or “taking a different road from the masses” (Fagan 293), I strongly believe that the poet’s major intention is to emphasize that no matter what choice we make ...

The process of filmmaking is a complex, but very rewarding one. In the initial stages of the process, there is a story or idea that is thought of by an individual and subsequently, he or she begins writing it. The film company, or movie studio more often than not hires scriptwriters to work with the individual's concept and flesh it out. Once the script is completed, then the various roles within the film are cast by the casting director. He or she will interview and observe a significant amount of people as they read the lines from the movie ...

This paper critiques the film King Corn based on specified prompts

Overview King Corn is a very insightful movie, which focuses on the crop species, corn. The makers of the film, two university students, embark on a journey to ascertain what they had discovered from a laboratory test. The filmmakers, while at the university had a test of the human hair to find out its composition. To their surprise, they found out that the main component of the human hair was corn. This was something that bewildered most other students at the university. Consequently, they embarked on a journey to their ancestral land in the state of Iowa. While at ...

This presentation deals with what motivates people and it turns out that it is much more than a stick and a carrot because people are not easy to decipher. Their psyche is complicated and their behavior cannot always be predicted. People are not so easy to be manipulated which is why this presentation is challenging the usual beliefs. The story is about being rewarded and being punished which foster particular behavior while discouraging the other. There was a study at MIT which involved eminent economists who discovered that students perform well when they can do menial jobs, but it ...

Motivations of people are complex and interesting because the science behind this process is surprising. People are not so predictable and manipulable and the most important issues are the reward that fosters desirable behavior and the punishment which discourages a certain behavior. There were studies done at MIT and where the researchers gave certain challenges to students and these included memorizing numbers, word and spatial puzzles as well as physical tasks. “To incentivize their performance they gave them three levels of rewards” (Pink). There was a small, medium and a large cash reward and this works in most organizations ...

(a) A hierarchical structure and organization by functional specialty as enunciated by Weber’s principles of modern bureaucracy are two important facets of a government organization because they both serve as control tools in the efficient delivery of basic services to the public. Hierarchy represents the classic command-and-control relationship that is a defining feature in many organizational settings, including governments. A hierarchical structure permits those in the higher rung of the hierarchy to review the conduct of activities by those in the lower rung. It serves as a control tool that assures democratic accountability or to put it bluntly, ...

Abstract

This dissertation formulates a research dissertation and strategy for a study into the impact of Islamic banking on the economic development of societies within which such banks operates. To this end, the research examines the major tools and impacts of Islamic banks on society by conducting a literature review. This is followed by the deduction of research questions and a hypothesis that will be used to form the parameters of the entire research. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between the growth of Islamic banking worldwide and economic development of countries wherein this growth is ...

Advertisements are a definitive way to identify cultural norms and expectations in society in the modern day. Through the use of color, gender identification, and other various methods that help to target certain audiences, ads can penetrate and suffuse the waking hours of individuals in a manner that normal word of mouth and exposure cannot. Even through flashes and glances in which an individual notices an ad their attention will be taken in by the colors, the efforts at emphasizing gender, and the manner of identifying with what society thinks is normal. Advertisements lend an identity to society that ...

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: OIL AND GAS SECTOR

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Actions for claims in the energy industry often involve large investments, a robust sense of public interest, and “cross-border” features that warrant the development of a special structure to resolve disputes (International Center for Energy Arbitration). In the belief of Akinjide-Balogun (2000), the possibility for disputes among the players and stakeholders in the global energy sector remains at a high level. This should not come as a surprise owing to the presence of a number of complicated commercial relationships as well as the high costs in exploring for and harnessing vast amounts of hydrocarbons. Arbitration ...

The juxtaposition style is displayed in the opening remarks of Soviet Revolutionary, who asserts that “Revolution is war.” The assertions are accompanied by images in which water crashes on the rocks. It is a demonstration of constant collision that later shook the battleship to the end of the film. The theme of disturbance and collision is at play, and the juxtaposed ideas are made bear in the form of change that is accompanied by destruction. The two ideas are combined subconsciously to ascertain the montage theory. The theme of conflict is used for the conveyance of images to provide ...

Suicide in the Military

Over the last decade, an increase in the number suicides has been noted in the military (Castro & Kintzle, 2014; Rudd et al., 2015). Research studies have related mental health issues such as anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and substance abuse or dependence among active and inactive servicemen. Notably, the rate of hospitalization due to mental health problems and suicide ideation has risen rapidly in the military circles over the last ten years (Castro & Kintzle, 2014). Many social workers have used the military transition theory to illustrate the possible causes of increased psychological health issues among war veterans that ...