Essays on The Street

Pygmalion is one of the most famous plays created by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. The play is named after a character of Greek mythology, which, according to the legend, fell in love with the statue he created with his own hands. The name symbolically reflects the plot and the main argument of the play with some difference. The events described in the text take place in England at the beginning of the XX century. Henry Higgins, professor of phonetics, once meets a poor flower girl, Eliza, who sells flowers on the street. Her manners and speech are far ...

Introduction

Nordstrom, Inc. is the company of interest in this discussion. Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale retailer native to America that sells brand name and private label accessories and apparel merchandise. Initially, the founders started the company in 1901 as a shore store. Since then, the company has grown tremendously, and is now offering a variety of products and services beyond shoes including fragrances, cosmetics, and jewelry. Throughout this report, Nordstrom’s brief background, financial overview, business sector, target market analysis, business operations as compared to competitors, as well as strategies to sustain the business will be discussed.

Company Overview

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In his article “Disconnected Urbanism” Paul Goldberger discuss the way technologies, cell phones in particular, affected people's lives. The author believes that when spending time on the phone people forget about their surroundings. They are not able to fully enjoy the place they are actually in. They are no longer connected to the places they visit. All in all it is possible to agree with the author’s words. The truth is that at present time cell phones substituted a number of things in people's lives. That is why it is possible to say that technologies negatively affected people's ...

It stands right there when the door moves out of the way, silently reciting stories of all of the glory and every hour spent building it from sheer metal and cloth. The gentle curves of the car say all there is to say for her, and just like that, the hand rests on the bonnet. Every bend in its metal and every contour stands out yet it feels like it was built to be the part of the car all along. It is silver, and the color itself has never given more class to any other object in the ...

Alternative media refers to delivery of various media or arts outside of traditional delivery systems. One such, often understudied, alternative media practice is the development of street art. I selected topic #3. This fits within the larger context of the course, by working to define what alternative is, and how specific practices fit into the larger goal, and genre of alternative media. The primary research question for this topic will be: What is the historical context of street art, what resistance has it faced, and how does it serve the public socially, as an art form. This will include ...

San Mao is a comical analogy of street brutality as experienced by children in the hands of adults. With the changing times, the author alludes to brutal street life that homeless children encounter in their daily struggles. The visual narrative takes into perspective the coercive and exploitative nature of street life as the protagonist is subject to every manner of brutality. The relentless effort of the dirty kids on the street takes center stage in the pictorial analogy in which the central character engages in every errant job to sustain the cruel life. San Mao is a baldheaded street ...

Tourism comes in many different shapes and sizes. Tourism can be international or national; it can even be relatively close to one’s home, as tourism is not defined by how far an individual goes, but by the fact that he or she has traveled and the types of activities that he or she participates in while gone from home (Wurzburguer , Pattakos & Pratt, 2008). Tourism can be measured a number of different ways using a number of different metrics; however, from a practical standpoint, tourism is generally understood as being domestic tourism, inbound international tourism, or outbound international tourism ( ...

Abstract

A complete and thorough health assessment can help in the correct diagnosis (Dingman, 1941). According to a famous saying “A case well taken is half solved”. A well taken case should include complete description of the patient’s mental, physical and social well being. Mere jotting down of physical signs and symptoms may not give the true picture of a disease. As every patient is a different individual, thorough case taking is required in order to establish the individuality of the patient. Many features of the patients may have a role to play in his or her health, therefore, ...

Horse-run carts portrayed the streetscape right up until the commencement of the previous century, but the arrival of the vehicle, which Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler created separately of one another in the year 1886, instituted a totally fresh combination of needs as compared to those connected with horse-run carts – particularly where the suspension was a concern: it was essential to handle superior pace, without jeopardizing road travelers. Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler assumed dissimilar approaches to this issue: while Benz chose the cycle as the initiating point for his Copyright Motor Car and employed a navigating head plus ...

Response to Maria

Maria’s point of view is no different from that of several other people who have commented about the issue of abduction and trade of illicit goods. Sadly, application of these cautionary measures over and over again has become known to the abductors and consequently become less impactful. I like Maria’s idea that we lock our cars and take care of our belongings. This could essentially reduce but certainly leaves a lot to be desired of our security as civilians. The idea of not buying from the street vendors is however somewhat inhumane, in my understanding. Aside from ...

Introduction

There is no particular definition of the term homelessness. However, it can be described in simple terms as the condition where one lacks a home or permanent residence. The National Health Care for the Homeless Council has a wide range of definitions for homelessness (Bahumohl 5). First, it describes the condition as the one in which a person lacks permanent housing and resides in deserted buildings, vehicles, shelters, or lives as a street urchin. The person lives in a temporary transitional housing, single room or shelter. Secondly, it recognizes a homeless person as the one who is in a ...

Don Eddy (American, 1944-)

acrylic on canvas

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Don Eddy is often referred to as photorealistic painter, inspired by photography for interpretation of images from real life. Naturally, the works of such painter often does not render the photo-reality of the world, but the distinction is not noticeable from the first sight. As in Don Eddy’s famous work New Shoes for H, which shows the window of the shoe store pretty realistically, but a human eye as well as photo camera cannot focus on the shoes, the reflection in the window and on the background at the same time, however, it is possible ...

29.07.2016

1) 1. French Hip-Hop genre is famous for several names of people, who have made a large contribution to the development of hip-hop culture in France: Dee Nasty, Phil Barney, Bernard Zekri, Jean Karaks, and Sidney. Dee Nasty is a DJ Radio Nova’s producer and a pioneer of Hip-Hop genre in France. He has produced the first Hip Hop record in France in 1980s and soon became world-known. He took part in many DMC World DJ Championships. Dee Nasty is also known for the distribution and development of graffiti, break dance, and funk music in French culture. ...

Reflection Essay

The book entitled Conquistadores de la Calle: Child Street Labor in Guatemala City talked about the result of the enthnographic study conducted on the streets of Guatemala. Generally, the problem of child street labor in Guatemala City and in other regions is attributed to poverty. However, Offit’s book and documentations revealed that there is much more than poverty that prevents the young people of Guatemala to pursue their education. The author conducted an inside look on the lives of street children in Guatemala city and provided the readers with a different insight about the lives of young workers, ...

As I Walked Out One Evening

Concerning iambic pentameter, the poem only meets these requirements part of the time. For example, during lines like, “Walking down Bristol Street,” one could say it is akin to iambic pentameter, as the first syllable is quick, and the second long. However, most of the lines, like this one, “I heard a lover sing,” at the beginning of stanza two, does not meet the requirements at all. Therefore, the poem could not be a sonnet. Typically the rhyming words are not forced or obvious, but instead rather subtle despite the fact that they do indeed obviously rhyme. For example, “ ...

If you want to see the difference between how justice works at different levels of society, consider the comparative cases of Eric Garner and Hillary Clinton, both of whom underwent investigations at the hands of law enforcement and had vastly different outcomes. Garner was suspected of selling cigarettes that he had bought and then was selling individually at a profit. The police grabbed him on the street without any probable cause and placed him in a chokehold that ended up killing him. Clinton was suspected of mishandling classified information on a personal server. Despite the fact that she and ...

Question 1

What is the relationship between guns, street gangs, and drug trafficking organizations? Personally, I would say that the guns, street gangs, and drug trafficking organizations are inseparable at the hip of every heinous crime in the society. Specifically, street gangs cannot function fully and cannot perform drug trafficking activities without their weapons or guns. Every gang member is in possession of, and has an easy access to, firearms of different models, types, and caliber. Often, the gang members use their weapons during violent operations and encounters with their rival gangs, law enforcement authorities, and innocent victims. On the other ...

Exports and Imports

When it comes to exports and imports, Chile ranks highly as one of the best countries in the international market trade. Chile has several trade agreements with big countries such as the USA, Canada, and others in the European Union. Chile’s ability to perform well in the international trade is favored by its ranking as one of the least corrupt countries in South America. Chile main export products include fruits, pulp, copper, paper fish, wine and chemicals (Morrison, 200). Most of these goods are exported to the United States of America. Additionally, exports to China, especially for copper, ...

What is Disobedience? Analyzing Ursula K. Le Guin’s Short Story

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas There are various ways disobedience can be defined. In the article of Erich Fromm, entitled “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem”, he mentioned that there are varieties of obedience, wherein others are life affirming and others, destructive. Fromm proves that there are psychological and moral problems attached to obedience. From this comes the question: what exactly does disobedience mean? This article analyzes the short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin, entitled “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, using the essay of Erich Fromm. It appears that there are three ...

Human Rights for Orphans and Abandoned Children without Adequate Care

The issue of human rights of children is regulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child with its Protocols. They refer to the protection of a child, prohibition of child labor and other issues that are fundamentally important and protect children’s dignity. However, some categories of children require special attention and care with this respect. The human rights of orphans and abandoned children constitute a specific issue, as they have fewer chances to be protected by parents and relatives. Therefore, as a violation of their rights may seem easier, these children need more legal protection. The ...

Is really homelessness a problem and who can be homeless nowadays? I would like to discuss the following issues: the reasons of being homeless, all pluses and minuses of life of the homeless and the result of such a life. As far as I understand people can’t become homeless by their own desire, but they do, so this way of life suit them. First of all, there are different reasons of being homeless. One of them is money troubles. If you don’t pay any rent for your flat you can be forced to go to live anywhere ...

The article is about comparing the pollution caused by cars in the 1970’s to the pollution that existed in the United States prior to the automobile. The focus of the article is the pollution caused by the waste of horses. Horses were the cause of a number of pollution related issues in the past. The gases that they released along with the fecal matter they left behind not only resulted in foul odors, but were harmful to the environment and people’s health. There was also the issue of noise, which subsequently increased to horrifying levels in cities ...

Racism is not an uncommon problem for the United States. Due to the history of the country, and the fact that it was built, partially, by the slave labor, it’s hard to escape from the past. Even though nowadays minorities have it better and there is no more slavery nor segregation, a heavy prejudice against them is still here. Apart from blunt, straightforward racism, it also can take more subtle forms. Those forms in question are racial profiling and affirmative action. Though many people are proponents of one and opponents of second (or vice versa), they’re not ...

As Sadcheva and colleagues (162) reasonably note, “the question of whether morality is an objective truth gleaned from nature or a socially constructed concept has been important in the philosophical study of ethics as well». In the editorial titled The Moral Instinct, Steven Pinker cultivates a rather controversial and ambiguous issue of human moral judgments, moral decisions/choices and moral dispositions. Thereby, the provocative nature of the author’s argument reveals itself as early as the introduction points to the blurred and seemingly inexplicable standards we evaluate the worth of particular prominent figures in terms of their compliance with moral ...

Shaun of the Dead's narrative follows a classic pattern of equilibrium, disequilibrium and equilibrium. This scene is part of a sequence that establishes the disequilibrium in the narrative by establishing a post-apocalyptic setting that the main characters must contend with. This clip opens at 51:51 and ends at 53:56 (“Shaun of the Dead”). It begins with Shaun racing outside of his house away from a zombie who has attacked him. His friend Ed comes following after, with his car key in hand. Two unassuming guys are suddenly in an unfathomable situation and taken by fear as they narrowly escape ...

Although many people and critiques have link John Steinbeck's book, the Cannery Roy, to the Great Depression, capitalism and creative economies, critically analyzing the themes and other aspects of the book, it does not relate in any way with these three historical phenomena. For instance, the book purely talks about a life of a community known as Cannery Row. This community consists of the street children, quack doctor, and unscrupulous business women. The street children who are led by Mack forces Lee to give them one of his halls so that they can have a place to live in ...

2016

Sydney, New South Wales This report was completed as an assessment in the

Introduction

Immigrants develop a sense of place in their new country and eventually are able to call it home. They normally integrate into the community into which they have arrived and start to develop a meaningful sense of belonging – being part of the Australian way of life and being able to participate in activities and values which are important to them. However, many Muslim women are not allowed to happily adjust to their new surroundings nor are they able to maintain their cultural norms and spiritual beliefs ...

Description of a live object (Car)

In order to evaluate the connection of a live object with its perception, I chose a car parked outside the house on the street. The car is a BMW sedan and has a black shade. The alloy wheels are shining bright and have the BMW logo in their geometric center. The car has brilliant finish and has shining body paint. The exterior window panes are extremely clean and it seems the car has been recently wiped clean.

Description of the object’s image (Car)

Viewing the image of BMW parked outside the house on the street has many more inferences drawn from it. The general observations ...

Christine Stansell begins her article with a CAS agent narration that stumbles on two children who are collecting pieces of firewood to take back home to their parent to enable them to stay warm. This was among the prevalent scenes back in the mid-1800s when crime and homeless people were at a high rate. As seen often, the children and their mother could not be assisted because of inappropriate upbringing or simply the times. However, they, in fact, had some achievements that would eventually assist them dramatically to reduce the rate of crime and homelessness. Stansell brings up the ...

The judicial process in the United States of America has become flawed over the years. This has arisen from the fact that most of the American citizens have come out in large numbers condemning the prosecution and injustice to innocent men and women all over the country. As a result, legal scholars have had to engage with the public over issues such as racism, as well as the general degree of anti-Semitism in a bid to reduce the unlawful prosecution of innocent men and women in the United States. In this light, it is important to analyze the Leo ...

A homeless individual is a person without a regular, satisfactory, and fixed residence for spending a night. The primary residence of such a person is mostly supervised shelter for providing a temporary accommodation. These shelters include emergency shelters and transitional houses that only provide temporary housing. It is a major concern in the US despite being among the most developed countries in the World. Most of the cities in different states in the US are typically faced with the challenge of homelessness. California is among the states that have high levels of street families. Homeless persons usually experience many ...

Empathy is present in both the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and in the film Blade Runner based on this novel. Phillip K. Dick’s story is used to reveal a dystopian society in which humans and replicants cohabitate and these androids are detected by The Voight-Kampff test. However, it turns out that androids are capable of developing empathy as well as humans and that not all of them are the same, just like not all the people are the same. Humans possess empathy, but there is also a possibility of androids to acquire it. This point ...

Modern day streets in our urban settings are named after historical figures, and they bear immense significance. One of such streets is Clement Street in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California. San Francisco is the smallest county in the state of California. It covers an area of under 50 square miles, with a population of more than 200, 000 people. Part of California City is the Richmond District. The focus of this paper, Clement Street is at the heart of Richmond District. In the 1800s, Adolph Sutro moved into an arid area filled with shrubs and sand dunes. ...

Introduction - what is a subculture?

One particular term which is quite commonly used these days is ‘sub-culture’. One need to understand what is exactly meant by a subculture and how does the same have an impact on the socio-cultural frameworks in today’s world. A subculture is defined to be a specific group of people with specific behavioral traits who exist within a larger and more common culture . The subculture can be identified on the basis of ethnic, economic, social or regional characteristics and it needs to be highlighted that it is not always necessary that it will be formally enlisted or categorized by ...

Executive Summary

H Street in DC focuses on adopting a policy to foster urban renewal this is following the increased cost of housing disadvantaging the poor living in the city. In fact, the housing standards in the street only accommodate the working class with a substantial amount of income. This is a threat to the uniqueness and the culture of the city. Since the poor will be forced to move out of the city to look for affordable housing elsewhere. Besides, lack of unique culture in the city which encourages business and tourism activities will be impacted by that move negatively. ...

Homelessness is one of the very serious problems because it is constantly replenished the ranks of the homeless people today: they are troubled teens, graduates of boarding schools; migrant workers; veterans, people survived the crisis. The authors believe that homelessness leads to stress, mental disorders and substance abuse, especially alcohol, although this may be due to homelessness. Social exclusion is a strong negative factor, weighting personal and behavioral disorders in the homeless, especially for adverse childhood experiences. Studies devoted to homeless show the interest of the researchers to the resolution of the problem of homelessness and about possibility for ...

The poems “I Too” by Langston Hughes and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost are two poems that are written by different author. However, if to look closely both of the poems look at the problem of choice. It is important to analyze both of the poems separately in order to trace the common theme. The exacting importance of this ballad by Robert Frost is really self-evident. A voyager goes to a crossroads and necessities to choose which approach to go to proceed with his trip. After much mental open deliberation, the explorer picks the street "less went ...

The film “Maria Full of Grace” takes place in a small Colombian town, where most people are poor and young people have no opportunities to improve their lives. The film presents a detailed image of the isolated Colombian town, which is located in the middle of a deserted landscape. In the film, Maria, the protagonist, moves in a space that seems to be completely unfit for her independent and spirited nature. While following Maria from one key community space to the other, such as the factory, the church and the open air disco, the viewers may become aware that ...

I consider community policing the most important strategy in Policing. Community policing can help to reduce any negative portrayal placed on law enforcement today. Community policing can raise citizen trust of law enforcements and alleviate tension and conflict between the police and citizens. And, community policing can result in more effective law enforcement. For these reasons, community policing is the most important strategy today in policing. Community policing is the idea that a partnership between the police and the community can impact the effective of law enforcement. Community policing consists of various strategies developed by a law enforcement agency. ...

Introduction

The Mexican Mafia or La eMe is a ruthless California prison gang. Formed in the 1950s initially to stay safe inside the prison complex especially from the violence perpetrated by other gangs. The La eMe comprised of a small band of gang leaders of other gangs. This gang at present has allegiance with over one thousand street gangs in Los Angeles alone. The La eMe imposes a code of conduct for other gang members to follow. In addition, it takes a tax for protection purposes. The prison gang operates based on a separate code. The contents include lifetime membership, ...

Persuasive Memo

Our Ref: EmPower Solar Street Lighting CSR Plan Executive Summary The CSR department commissioned its members to explore insecurity in the Island Park area as an issue that needs urgent attention and recommend a perfect solution. This memo excites emphasis on the idea that in the over the past one year, the crime rates in Island Park have been on a record High. Upon a comprehensive research, the department determined that the primary cause of these rates was poor lighting networks in the city’s hotspots. Further considerations revealed that implementing a street lighting program as part of the ...

«The City of God» - that is how they call the poor slums of Rio de Janeiro, it is a place where poverty coexist with the highest amount of crime - local kids get guns after they learn how to walk. Since the favelas were built to isolate the city center from the poor neighborhoods, the law eventually eft this place and the local gangs began to rule the streets. The narrator of the story, a guy named Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) tells about three generations of gangs, which lived in the favela. The film starts with a beautifully shot ...

Abstract

Managing small businesses is a complex undertaking that requires skills and perseverance. This is based on the understanding the small businesses face some challenges that are unique. Some of the key issues include limited access to funds, limited access to professional skills, and overdependence on the family. The small business managers also complain of long working hours and the need to be present in the running of the business. They also lack perpetual existence, which further complicates the succession politics. The owner has to constantly worry about how the business will perform if he or she dies. This paper ...

The Struggles of Maria Full of Grace

In the era of globalization, it might be hard to notice the life and struggles of common people as they are placed in the environment where the borders of private and public no longer exist, where one should make choices which could either give freedom or kill. In Maria Full of Grace, the audience is able to perceive one of many stories that happen with people trying to escape poverty at home and find a better life abroad. The film serves as a representation of complex life in the cities where everything is interconnected and defined in the perspective ...

Delivery date

Every country exhibits two kinds of economy, these are the formal and informal economy. However, the formal sector is the most important for every country. It's what determines the country’s position of development as well as growth. Formal economy is made up of all the sectors of the economy that can be taxed. The formal jobs which contribute towards the growth and development of the country and are taxed to make up this kind of the economy. They include companies, industries, big businesses and some medium-sized and small corporations. So long as they pay taxes, the business no ...

Introduction 3

Relationship between Remote Sensing and GIS 3 Increased Interest to Understand the Earth 4 Applications of Geographic Information Systems 5 Mapping Data 5 Proximity Analysis 6 Buffering 7 Finding Clusters 7 Finding the Nearest 7 Disaster Management 7 Crime Statistics 8 Archaeology 8 Health Management 8 Conclusion 9

References List 10

Geographic Information Systems The use of Geographic Information Systems has significantly transformed over the past ten years. GIS has brought the golden age of powerful information technology that enables people to store large sets of data. This technology has also expanded system memories, and the process is affordable to many. Initially, ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction Bicycling is one of the most sustainable modes of transport and plays an important role in the transport system. Cycling has a number of benefits that include improving the quality of life, reduction of traffic congestion in cities, positive health outcomes due to the exercises involved, providing a suitable form of transport for short distances and environmental conservation among many other benefits. A number of cities have adopted bicycle master plans as they try to capitalize on the cycling opportunity (Litman et al., 2005). This has meant that bicycle ways are being created and existing roads are being ...

“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is a short story written by Sherman Alexie and it is about an Indian man, whose name is Jackson Jackson, who is in search of his identity in life. Jackson has friends and most of them are Indian and his faith in the humanity of people is great and amazing. He believes that the good he does will come back to him and he lives by this rule. Jackson never says that, but it is obvious from his actions. He is kind and considerate towards people and he is rewarded because of that ...

Answer.The case statement is focused on the unpredictability of Tesla’s future as a successful car manufacturer in coming scenarios due to decreasing revenues and declining stockholder expectations. The case statement is derived from the problematic fact owing to an entire lot of issues like rising expenses, lawsuits against the direct consumer approach based business model, and unsupportive response from the local markets and trade analysts because of deliberate inflation of financial performance. Given the importance of economies of scale in the auto manufacturing and technology industries, what is your long-term forecast for Tesla? Answer.The auto manufacturers and technology ...

One of my friends, Frank, has two dogs that I love very much. One dog`s name is Tom. This is a male dog, who appeared in my friend`s family fourteen years ago. Leila is a female dog, who is actually Tom`s daughter. Considering that Tom and Leila are the dogs of one owner, I'm going to compare and contrast them in this paper. Both dogs have a lot of similarities and differences that make them unique. To begin with, it is necessary to mention their major similarities. The main thing that makes Tom and Leila similar ...

The use of guns has been a controversial issue for many decades. The argument of gun violence and gun protraction has been an important discussion regarding political parties. “The Constitutional Second Amendment states that people have the right bear arms” . This means that people of society have the right to own a gun and protect themselves. Even though the Constitution states bearing arms is legal, there are many groups that do not think this is a good idea. The crime that occurs in our country results in a lot of gun issues involved in these crimes. People who should ...

ABSTRACT

Brenda Spencer, at age 16, killed two people, injured a police officer as well as several school children when she opened fire on an elementary school across the street from her home while students were arriving for class. Brenda made startling proclamations about the school shooting. She claimed the shooting made her day better, and that the shootings were fun. After being sentenced to twenty-five years to life, she has been denied parole since the incident and remains incarcerated today. There is no comprehensive explanation for the crime of Brenda Spencer. Yet, her mental condition and the positivist theory ...

Abstract

Montreal is concentrating on making the city appealing to the general public and by extension the entire globe. Considering the possibility of wider and heated sidewalks alongside fewer cars and more trees, Montreal has decided to launch the future of Saint Catherine Street. The street being the most important in the city requires innovation, flexibility and audacity in an effort to offer a description of the dynamic and greener look on the streets. The street is the largest and this means it requires more attention than any other street in the country. There is a dire need for infrastructure ...

For many people who value art, Florence is a capital of Italian Renaissance and a world centre of history and culture. In this city were born and lived many writers, architects and artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Boccaccio, Giotto The list can be very long. There are many historical places and museums that are worth visiting. Therefore, Florence is a touristic city and many globetrotters come here all over the year. The vibrant spirit of the city prevails each corner of the center. This is one of the reasons why I chose to visit Florence and share photos ...

I became a special agent 20 years before the great computer crash. Before I met young Adam Daley. Things were simpler then. Our lives were not controlled by codes and algorithms. People visited each other when they wanted to talk and we all didn't mind sending letters. Then came the twitter world and everything changed. This brings me back to the time, I decided to become an agent of the state. I wanted to dedicate my life to serving the nation. I wanted to keep people safe. Growing up, I never felt safe and I did not want anyone ...

Ishtar Gate was built in Babylon in 575 BC, during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and is a great arch of bricks, covered with bright blue enamel. Arch walls are decorated with sacred animals, dragons and bulls, which the Babylonians considered satellites of the gods. Fragments of the gate are now in various museums around the world: in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, the Louvre, in New York, Chicago; in Boston reliefs of lions, dragons and bulls are stored; in Detroit, at the Museum of Fine Arts, relief of sirrush is stored. A copy of the Ishtar Gate in Iraq is ...

Discussion Questions

In what direction was Henry Hudson initially ordered to travel? What direction does he ultimately take? What does this say about Hudson’s personality? Hudson was initially ordered to travel for the northeast. In fact, it was strongly recommended for him to do so. However, the man disobeyed and decided to travel in a totally different direction. He was three thousand miles in the opposite direction as he was sailing towards the northwest. The fact that Hudson disobeyed and chose his own way shows that he was very ambitious, risk taking and persistent. He knew what he wanted and ...

Most people realize that quality of life is improved with there are friends and family for support, feedback, and entertainment. As the lifestyles of many become more hectic and centered on careers and technology, consciously creating social connections may fall fairly low on the list of priorities. However, recent studies indicate that ties to other people not related to material gain are one of the most influential factors for predicting longevity, health, and happiness (Leung, Kier, Fung, Fung & Sproule, 2010; Rodríguez-Pose & von Berlepsch, 2013). Aside from the self-perception of being happy, there are other benefits attributed to the ...

Altruism is the quality of a person. This quality is diametrically opposite to selfishness. Altruist is not indifferent and ready to help even when he/she does not have any reward in return, and when he/she does not expect any gratitude (Hewstone, Stroebe& Stephenson, 1996).. There are different theories which explain prosocial altruistic behavior, reasons and motives of this behavior, etc. For example, altruism can be explained by the fact that a person who helps other people has some external or internal reward. A businessman can improve the image of his company by doing money donation. In this case, ...

Who is considered to be a moral agent? The answer to this question is simple. It could be anyone: a nurse, a teacher, a policeman or just a person one meets on the street. But what does define the term of ‘moral agent’? One can say that it is a capability of acting with reference to right and wrong. Now does society have an example of a moral agent in the modern society? One can say that Mother Teresa is a good example of a moral agent. She put others happiness and wellness before herself and was giving ...