Essays on The Times

Benford's law also known as the first-digit law deals with the distribution of natural numbers in which it tends to major into their importance regarding significance. The law states that given any arrangement of natural numbers, the smallest number always seems to be the most significant while the largest number in the collection is always the least significant. Therefore, number 1 appears to be the most significant in any given combination of natural numbers 30% of the times. While on the other hand, number 9 appears only 5% of the times as the most significant number. The law states ...

Introduction

No country is expected to exist without the help of another country. Hence, countries usually exchange foreign aids in order to help each other meet their respective challenges. At present, developing countries rely greatly on foreign aids provided by richer countries. One of such developing countries is China. Due to the dynamics of war and politics in China for the past few decades, particularly during and immediately after the Second World War and the Cold War, it is an interesting subject for understanding the distribution of foreign aid during times of war and peace. After, analyzing the distribution of ...

In Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis, James Hansen argues that Moscow’s central tenet has always been “to prevent an adversary from discovering Russian intentions by deceiving him about the nature, scope, and timing of an operation,” conceding the idea that there exists a pattern of covert political or militaristic tactics at work in the world. The clandestine affairs nature of world affairs, politics, and strategic military moves between superpowers has always raised curiosity of how individuals act, plan, and engage behaviors that intertwine uncertain outcomes. In the case of the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to the ...

Essay Outline

I: Introduction & Thesis II: Why Mrs. Grierson Is Not A Sympathetic Character III: An Account of Mrs. Grierson’s Hardships IV: Mrs. Grierson’s Secret V: Conclusion

If there's an old saying that best describes William Faulkner's short story A Rose for Emily, it is that appearances can be truly deceptive. Almost always, there's more than meets the eye and this is true in the case of Ms. Emily Grierson that we soon find. So, the purpose of this essay is to argue that Ms. Grierson is not a sympathetic character because of the personal choices she has made ...

Suppliers

Suppliers are vital stakeholders of the organization that shapes the efficiency of its operation. Any organization that needs to promote its success needs to develop a good relationship with its suppliers (Krzyżanowska and Tkaczyk, 2014, pp. 157). Its intentions are to create value to its supplier who will reciprocate by delivering quality materials and products that meet the required standards. The move also involves favoring and supporting its suppliers all the times to help them achieve the company’s social compliance standards. Pacific Brands has taken measures to ensure continued supplier relationships, especially in China. It's China suppliers ...

A Review of the Literature

If asked to name the “national dish of Britain,” the average person is likely to say, “there is nothing more British than fish and chips,” but he or she might be wrong as it all depends on the criteria used to determine the national dish (Castelow, 2013). If popularity is the yardstick, then fish and chips would miss the mark, since each year in the UK it is outsold by hamburgers, fried chicken, pizza, and Indian and Chinese food (Alexander, 2009). And while this is true, fish and chips still play a vital role in the economic success of ...

A Review of the Literature

If asked to name the national dish of Britain, the average person is likely to say, “fish and chips,” but he or she might be wrong. It would all depend on the criteria used to determine the national dish. If popularity is the yardstick, then fish and chips would miss the mark, since each year in the UK it is outsold by hamburgers, fried chicken, pizza, and Indian and Chinese food (Alexander, 2009, n.p.). But if cultural identity and national pride are the measure, then fish and chips is likely to win hands down (Zaino, 2013, n.p.). Surprises of ...

The history of Chrysler Group LLC is full of events and is known for its ups and downs. Chrysler Group LLC was on the third place among US automotive companies. During the sixties, company is very firmly on her two feets. But ill-conceived management has brought a lot of troubles. It all started many years ago. It started in the early 50s. All companies producing cars with streamline form. But Chrysler produce cars with a rectangular form, very reminding a combination of rectangular boxes. In the early 60s the consumer wanted to get big and comfortable cars. But the ...

The word theology can be traced back to an amalgamation of two separate Greek words: θεος (god) and λογος (word). At its most basic, theology is exactly what the name implies: it allows people to have a word about God. More broadly, the study of theology is intended to bring religious leaders to the point in their education where they can easily discourse on the various subjects of religion, with recourse to the thoughts and works of religious leaders who came before them, much like any other serious academic subject. While theology is in itself a field of study that can ...

A Case Study of Coca Cola Inc.

Coca Cola Inc. is a multinational beverage company with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. It has many managed and private bottlers globally. As the largest beverage producer in the world, Coca-Cola sells to more than one billion consumers every day. Its well-defined distribution has been the cornerstone for its global positioning. The head factory produces the concentrated syrup, which is transported to its local distributors. The syrup and the production process intellectually protected by the intellectual property laws. As such, the head office controls all its products, including safety concerns. The organization produces a variety of carbonated drinks among ...

Introduction

The company known as Microsoft Corporation was developed in 1975 and it develops and sells computer software along with applicable electronics. The most well-known product is Microsoft Windows along with Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. The creators of the company were Bill Gates and Paull Allen. They had a desire to create a company in which people could have personal computers with matching operating systems. Throughout the years, the company flourished and it is considered one of the most successful publicly traded corporations today (Kelly, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to analyze Microsoft as factors such as ...

Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated fantasy-adventure film and one of Walt Disney' s original classics. It is based on the play Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up by J.M. Barrie. One of Walt Disney’s greatest financial successes, the film has often been criticized due to its unfavorable depiction of Native Americans. The film and the play upon which it is based, reflect American Societal norms at the time. The film has a lot to say about the psychology of the American male and female gender roles during the first half of the ...

1. How does the teacher gain the attention of the class? Does the teacher utilize different strategies to gain the attention at different times in the lesson? What conclusions can you draw about the strategy the teacher uses? The teacher gains the attention of the class by blowing the whistle. During the entire lesson, the teacher can be seen most of the times blowing the whistle top grab the attention of the students. However, at certain times he can calls the names of specific students to demand their attention or remind them of a particular activity. The teacher uses ...

Thesis: D'Arcy McNickle's ‘The Surrounded’ sparked the renaissance of Native American Literature and reinvented American Indian Story Telling.

Native Americans found themselves lost in the cultural matrix that was controlled by the whites. Indians make the biggest portion of Native Americans, and their interrelationships with other people and races resulted to a dilution of their cultures such that it was difficult to find a pure Indian. For McNickle, he qualified for an Indian through the ‘quarter Indian’ requirement that meant someone had to have at least a grandparent of the Indian origin. The novel, The Surrounded was his first book, published in 1935 after the previous series of rejections. Interestingly, it was one of the rejection letters ...

Works of art can communicate critical information on the times in which they were created. Different time periods and different cultural backgrounds provide the stylistic and media elements of a work of art. There may be no specific intent to portray the times, but that is what happens when the artist creates a work of art in a particular artistic period. Examples of art works from two distinctly different times and cultures will demonstrate how the art in the Medieval period of European history and Pop Art from the late mid-20th century differ. The Medieval period in art history ...

Summary of the Decision Situation:

In the closing days of the first quarter of 2011 (March 28), The New York Times restricted access to its once free-read news website The Times, except for the home page and the front pages of each section (Kumar, et al., 2013). Users who exceed its free 20 articles each month were directed into its digital subscription page, which is referred to as “the paywall.” The test launching, however, occurred mid-way through March in Canada. The goal: to test paid reading acceptance. The newspaper battled for the value of its journalism. The critics decried its short-sightedness. However, the digital ...

Inaction is more harmful than taking the wrong decision. The callous attitude of the Judges in the Supreme Court in recent times is affecting different sections of the society in the United States. Whether it is their reluctance to ban assault rifles or to withhold immigration reforms, the consequences are difficult to bear by the citizenry. There are several incidents of inaction in the past which disgraced the United States in the international arena. It is not surprising that neighboring countries are slowly isolating ties with the nation. Even allied nations choose to hold a neutral position. Inaction has ...

Introduction

Love is the most common and the most uncommon thing ever. The first epithet is characteristic for love, as this thing happens (or at least is supposed to happen) in everyone’s life regardless of life, whereas the word “uncommon” is natural for love as well, as it is as unique in every life as possible. Therefore, stories of Kalidasa and Chretien de Troyes are read with lightness; however the times of their creation have been covered with dust for many long years. Such lightness can be explained with the mere fact that authors touch such eternal topics, which ...

A Case Study of Coca Cola Inc.

Coca Cola Inc. is a multinational beverage company with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. It has many managed and private bottlers globally. Its well-defined distribution has been the cornerstone for its global positioning. The head factory produces the concentrated syrup, which it transports to its local distributors. The syrup and the production process intellectually protected by the intellectual property laws. As such, the head office controls all its products, including safety concerns. The organization produces a variety of carbonated drinks among others, coke, soda and Fanta. These drinks have a high level of sugars, scientifically proven to trigger serious ...

1. Introduction This research sets out to investigate into communication practices with reference to two different age categories of leaders i.e. generation X = 25-35 years and generation Y = older than 35 years. 1.1. Research Questions 1.2. Type of Data Collected The researcher has collected qualitative type of data through the interviews and observations. Detailed responses from the leaders from both the categories of generations (explained later) were collected against ten open-ended questions devised for each of them. Apart from that, there are findings of panel discussion based on observations. These findings (both that of interview and observations) are presented ...

Essay

The term ‘globalization’ is widely used nowadays. However, not all of us have thought of or have asked what it means or how it came in our today consciousness. As we see it from the source under analysis, the origin of globalization processes can be traced back to centuries ago (Ballard 2010). In spite of the fact that many believe that entrepreneurial adventurers’ navigational skills of Europeans undoubtedly resulted in world globalization, it is not exactly the way. At the end of the fifteenth century, European seamen set off to apply their shipbuilding and navigational technologies in order to ...

Companies such as McDonalds have in the recent past put to use social media such as Facebook to spur up their sales to the desired levels. For the following research, therefore, a suggestion of a Facebook page for the attainment of the required levels of local viewership, as well as, consumer interaction for McDonalds in the social media will be presented.

Usually, photos are the most talked about, as well as, shared items on Facebook. The photos should be posted at least three times on a daily basis within a pre-determined time basis. The style of posting the photos ...

People are very complicated creatures. It is hard to say where they come from, what rules they obey and what final point they go to. However, some writers and scientists have made a couple of attempts to understand what are the reasons and purposes of people`s behaviour and some of their deeds. Mark Twain is one of those people who were trying to judge people and highlight the morals they use in their lives. He studied the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” and of people using the scientific method (Twain 179) He stated his attitude towards ...

Many Americans tend to believe that traditions or customs represent the nation, as it is key, that once opened a possibility and since then than a possibility is transformed from generation to generation. But in Shirley Jackson’s short story, called The Lottery, the tradition is described through a cruel lottery, that does not give prizes, it takes one human’s life each year instead. First and foremost, the procedure of the lottery was quite easy, the people of the village should gather in the square, and they were supposed to take part in a random drawing. Common sense ...

People are very complicated creatures. It is hard to say where they come from and what rules they obey. However, couple attempts by writers and scientists have been made. Mark Twain is one of the people who was trying to judge people and what the morals that they are trying to obey in their lives. He reached a conclusion that people tend to be highly immoral in their nature even in comparison to different animals. However, it is necessary to state that all people on this planet are different and every person acts according to the life circumstances that ...

Review on Quinn, Michelle. "Ladies Who Like It; Porn Loses Stigma for Women as Mores Change and Erotica Caters to Their Tastes." Mercury News [San Jose] 5 Sept. 2003: 1G. LexisNexis Academic [LexisNexis]. Web. 27 May 2016. For the last few decades, the female interest towards sex and sexuality has significantly increased. The modern role of women and their opportunities to act on a par with men abolished the times when sex industry was oriented just to males and female sexuality was considered to be something shameful. Nowadays, all famous porn websites have a special category of porn videos ...

Introduction

Knowledge management for years has been a significant concept to many organizations. The effects of the concept are far reaching such that they help to be more competent thus becoming significantly effective participants in the global knowledge economy. The concept also enables organizations to be more competitive as knowledge leaders while also gifting an organization to be a competitive knowledge-driven entity. Knowledge management in hindsight enhances the ability of any organization to adapt, solve emerging problems, to survive destabilizing factors such as staff turnover and also to evolve in the bid to meet new business requirements. The concept, in ...

The Dynastic Cycle in China

As Usher writes, “A dynastic cycle is a periodic alternation of society between despotism and anarchy.” The political theory of a dynastic cycle implies to the idea that each dynasty undergoes four major steps of development: foundation, consolidation, deceleration, and extinction. After its creation, the dynasty reaches its peak giving the country all possible benefits and making it prosperous, and then declines and falls being replaced by the new dynasty. Throughout its history, China was under the reign of lots of dynasties and, hence, experienced lots of repetitive dynastic cycles. All of them had similar structures but different causes ...

Since the end of the Second World War political processes in the Middle East – and military processes ensued by them as well – have been given a significant boost that led to the creation of a very complicated array of problem that has not been solved up until now. In this paper I will try to summarize the political and security issues that have been going on in the Middle East ever since the establishment of the State of Israel in order to understand and to provide a clear conclusion about what was the impact of the creation of namely ...

Television has profoundly influenced the understanding of pop culture and people’s intellectual development in the sense that it takes other powerful texts that have to be read, that has to be interpreted, and that has to be consumed. This self-understanding to ascertain degree both shaped by and articulated against the images, ideas, and ideologies on television, as they enable an on sight and site negotiation of black identity. The evolution of television along with the evolution and influence of film, sport as well as music has coincided with the development of thepopular conception of black people in the ...

Has the role of women been stereotyped throughout History, or has this role changed? What does it mean being a “woman” or a “girl”? Does gender affect your role in society? Does it affect you personally? All these questions demand an analysis in order to understand the mission of being a woman, not opposed to men, but as a different role in the same game. After all, everyone has their own participation in everything, and with these roles associated with gender, the impact is likely to be different. With that being said, the question “Does gender limit your ...

The Patriot Act allowed the United States to protect its citizens from terrorism. The extreme surveillance established by the Patriot Act allowed the government to have an upper hand on terrorists and without that, there could be another attacked similar to 9/11 or worse. Although the Patriot Act removes rights of all citizens, it also protects the safety of all citizens. Certainly, life and safety are much more important than allowing the government to invade privacy when it is determined to be necessary for protection. The forfeiture of rights during a time of war is necessary because safety and ...

Introduction

Energy is a key driver of any nation’s economy. The extent to which it contributes to the performance of all activities surrounding the human life is beyond measure. This is because energy contributes almost fully to the economic development of the economy. In its physical form, energy is classified either as renewable or non-renewable. Renewable energy forms the green energy that can be reused again and is less toxic to the environment. On the other hand, non-renewable energy is exploited once it’s used and mostly pollutes the environment. All this energy forms can be either used directly ...

As a self-taught photographer Samuel Bourne has given the world a view of India that is as prolific and beautiful. His photographs are an example of the true photography artistry and the photos remain a gem even in this time. The history of the mutiny in India against the British dominance is captured in a way of contrast between the old and the new. Bourne is centered at the period of disruption in the Indian lifestyle and portrays both the good and the racially charged emotions of the times. Bourne shot his photographs in the 1850 and 1860’s ...

Geography Assignment

Geography Assignment

Question one

Ernest Rutherford is a renown physicist who is known as the father of nuclear physics due to his enormous contribution in the field of radioactivity. Rutherford discovered the concepts on radioactive half-life which assisted in proving that radioactivity is involved with transmutation of a single chemical element to the other. The physicist also differentiated and named the beta and alpha radiations. Rutherford was the first person to design and undertake highly original experiments that had alternating currents as well as high frequency. In his second paper, which was about magnetic viscosity contained a description of time apparatus ...

REPORT EVALUATING THE ETHICAL CLAIMS OF MCDONALD’S

Abstract Ethical conduct is very important for any company which aspires to succeed in its business operations. It promotes the image and reputation of the company in the market. McDonalds being one of the key companies in the fast food industry is subject to ethical misconduct issues that affect its business operations. Although the company puts more efforts in promoting social responsibility for all the communities where it operates its business, it has many issues that go against the will of the community. This paper clearly shows that McDonalds is subject to ethical claims by its employees due to ...

Alcoholism is best described as the continued excessive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol. Just like many other bad health habits, it has become a major world concern as many developed and developing countries cite it as a number one cause of addiction. It needs to be remembered that there has been a rise in alcohol-related illnesses and deaths and in some cases the use of illegal alcohol has continued to cause blindness and other medical problems (Gifford 56). Alcoholism can be equated to many other dangerous diseases that do not have cures many of which affect people without knowing ...

“Shocking cinemas of the seventies “by Xavier Mendik focuses on specific films from the 1970s, and I feel that majority of those films lie forgotten or hardly discussed. He sheds light on the social and cinematic issues that made the films from that era. Mendik provides the information to attract both consumer and academic readers. However, at times, his style becomes a bit too wordy and lengthy. Still, the book is readable, maintains a consistent tone and most readers can dig into useful information on the movies from the seventies. The chapter –“Another one from the fire” is from ...

Sports play an essential role in any society considering the impact it has on the public, the economy of the country, mass media and even at an individual level. Many are the times when sports coincide with communal values that every society in every country holds. This and more can be said about football because it has turned to be a symbol of unity in the world because it can change things, people and life in itself. Many fans from all over the world display almost similar qualities when it comes to their love for the game in as ...

Enterprise Rent a Car

External macro environment is usually of great importance for the business operations and marketing decisions of large American companies including the Enterprise Rent-a-Car. The macro environment factors cannot be controlled, but they often significantly influence the organization’s development (Hiriyappa, 2015, p.31). Some of the macro environment factors that have the largest impact on the present and future Enterprise Rent-a-Car’s business operations are economic, socio-cultural, environmental and technological factors. The company should carefully analyze these factors in order to build up the profitable and sustainable future. The economic factors are the most important factors for the Enterprise Rent-a-Car. ...

The history of Black in Latin America extends back over the times first African slaves were brought to the Americas at the beginning of the sixteenth century. It significantly influenced on the modern standing of Blacks, their social and cultural identity that varies in different Latin American countries. For instance, while Brazil is proud of its multi-ethnic society, in Haiti, Black are proud to be Black, and in the Dominican Republic, they try to forget its African roots. The aim of this paper is to analyze attitude to Black in Latin America, its historical shaping and impact on the ...

Introduction

Life is a pause and no one knows of the time or place of the next action. No one knows what tomorrow will bring, the past however is full of memories that shape the person that we are today. People look at their state I life and react as one of two ways, as in the book they are not pleased with their state in life or the other alternative is to be completely happy with your life as it is now. Pause is powerful beyond imagination as if a shuffle playlist keeps haunting you. Because of the uncertainties, ...

The Black Death

Introduction

The Black Death stands out as one of the most destructive pandemics to occur in human history that claimed many lives in Europe between 1348 and 1350. The underlying cause of the pandemic has been a controversial subject, characterized with different perspectives concerning the explanation for its cause. The first reports of the Black Death were in Europe during the summer of 1346 and this occurred in the town of Caffe in the Crimea. The city of Caffa was under siege by the Tartars who would launch corpses infected with the disease over the walls of the city with ...