Essays on Zenith

Information Technology Effects

Abstract The objective of the paper is to analyze the effects of information technology on interpersonal communication. Technology advancement and continued economic development have both positive and negative effects on interpersonal communication. The topic is one of organizational development studies that investigate effects of technology on communications. The paper reviews both positive and negative effects of information technology, its effect on interpersonal communication. With the preamble of a new communication and information age, techniques of social communications continue to change. The project analyzes the effects of information technology in the love or relationship cases, workplace, and for recreational purposes. ...

The Second Battle of Fallujah

The Second Battle of Fallujah The Second Battle of Fallujah (Operation Al-Fajr) took place in Fallujah 43 mi west of Baghdad. It is city with more than 300,000 residents and people often call it a “city of mosques”. Fallujah had not been affected by the military activity in Iraq until 2004, but then it became a hot zone where insurgency led to the large number of casualties. Fallujah’s residents used to be open to the Coalition forces, but on 28 April 2003 several local demonstrators were killed by the military and this incident caused a rise of ...

Esoteric:

Designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone: “Anime fans have some of the most esoteric interests I know.” (Said by friend in conversation). (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). SYNONYMS: abstruse, deep, profound, recondite. ANTONYM: easy. (Roget’s Interactive Thesaurus).

Verisimilitude:

The quality or state of being verisimilar: “The dense language lends the film verisimilitude, and even lay audiences will be engrossed by the thrill of discovery” (Film review). (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). SYNONYMS: believability, color, credibility, credibleness, creditability, creditableness, plausibility, plausibleness. ANTONYM: falseness, impossibility. (Thesaurus.com).

Evulsion:

A forcible separation or detachment: “I got an evulsion cut on my finger when I tried to open a ...

This March, the whole world celebrated the 161th anniversary of the birth of Vincent Van Gogh's, whose paintings are now included in the list of the fifteen most famous and expensive artworks in the world. The paradox is that it was the artist's lifelong dream to sell at least one of them to get the money and pay off his countless debts. When a healthy boy was born on the 30th March, 1853 to the ...

- Why does the tilt of the Earth’s axis relative to its orbit cause the seasons as the Earth revolves around the Sun? Draw a diagram to illustrate your answer.

Earth's seasons are the result of the tilt of the Earth's axis. Since the axis is tilted, different parts of the globe are oriented towards the Sun at different times of the year. Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is warmer than winter as the Sun's rays hit the Earth at a comparatively more direct angle for larger portions of the day, producing more heat and vice versa. Due to this very same tilt, when the Sun crosses the Equator it causes the equinoxes.

- Where do you have to be on the Earth to see the Sun at your zenith? If you stay at one such location for a full year, on how many days will the Sun pass through the zenith?

To see the Sun at its Zenith a person can be at a place between 23.5o ...

Introduction:

The Beatles are probably the greatest rock band of all time and their musical style evolved substantially over the years. There are also some iconic albums such as ‘Revolver’ and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club where extraneous influences permeated the songs and created a unique style. Amongst the most important of these influences was the Eastern effect which came upon George Harrison in the years 1964-65 and which was to find its way into ‘Revolver’ (Barrow p 65). The essay thesis is an argument over the transition from Help to Revolver where the experimentation in sound reach its zenith with ...

The Marriage

Marriage is a social contract that unites two people into the family. The contract establishes the rights and responsibilities between two people. Marriage is an institution that legalizes the sexual and interpersonal relations between people living together as a family. Article “An Amateur Marriage” written by Steve Tesich describes the personal experience of marriage and viewpoint of the writer. The article “The Power of Marriage” written by David Brooks describes the marriage as a traditional concept in the Western world. The paper attempts to compare and contrast the two given articles. The article “An Amateur Marriage” by Steve Tesich represents the ...

Introduction

Racism denotes discrimination and prejudice that are anchored on social apprehensions of biological dissimilarity between people (Newman 1). Racism is orchestrated in the form of social actions or practices or political systems that perceive certain races to be inferior or superior on the account of qualities, abilities, and presumed shared inheritable straits (Newman 1). In addition, racism may prompt the treatment of others differently from the rest. Racism in the world soccer/football has raised eyebrows. Despite FIFA, the world’s soccer governing body’s policies and penalties, racism on the global stage in soccer has been on the rise. ...

How do you explain a shift in the historical trajectory of the Muslim world from a period of ascendancy between the fifteenth and the seventeenth century to a period of decline and European domination from the eighteenth century on?

Introduction

History offers us a wide variance and mosaic of human activity. The human civilization has emerged from simple hunting and gathering techniques for basic survival to an era of increasingly complex and modern machinery and technology. This journey of man through history has unravelled a series of struggles and has witnessed the rise and fall of different civilizations and empires. This struggle has been incessant ...

1)At what location on earth do the stars rise in the west and set in the east? (1 mark) Explain how

Stars appear to rise in the west and set in the east on earth if someone is positioned above the Northern celestial pole. There are two factors that cause stars to rise and set in the said manner. First, it is the northern celestial pole and second is the rising and setting of the sun. The northern celestial pole is 25 degrees away from the zenith which is to its north. So if one were in ...

Literature is a way that to learn about the rhythms of cycles of life. Fiction with a good plot and interesting characters is entertaining but even in fiction the author is sharing the topics that he or she thinks is important. The ideas that are presented through the characters and settings may be universal such as love is good and hate is bad. But most often literature addresses complex and even controversial issues as one or more of the themes.

The thesis of this paper is that fiction entertains us while giving us an opportunity to explore important issues in life. ...

How has Wal-Mart grown from a small region chain to the largest discount retailer in the world? How has its strategy contributed to the firm's growth?

The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. The first Wal-Mart store was opened in Rogers, Arkansas. Seventeen years later, annual sales were more than $ 1 billion. In January 2006, Wal-Mart was the largest retailer in the world, with a turnover of $ 218 billion (for the same period, Kmart’ turnover $ 37 billion, Sears’s $ 40,9 billion, Target’s $ 36,9 billion, Walgreen’s $ 21,2 billion). However, the biggest figure of net income for the same period received Walgreen $ 3,7 billion, Target $ 3,4 billion, Sears $ 3,3 billion, the same as Wal - Mart$ 3,3 ...