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In Transmitting the Messages and Stories

Fundamental Principles of Photography in Transmitting the Messages and Stories
With the publication of Henri Cartier-Bresson's “Images à la Sauvette” in 1952, which are literally translated as “stolen images” or “images on the run”, the philosophy and psychology of so-called “decisive moment” in photography were introduced and encourages the photographers to view the act of taking photos as “capturing the moment”.
It is extremely important in the art of photography to put a special emphasis on the meaning as not only the message which is transmitted, but also the emotions which it wants to evoke. The message is vital in ...

Mergers across departments are one of the major organizational changes that might witness a high employee resistance. In the same vein, the decision to merge Savannah and Chatham County police officials in 2015 raised some skepticism and fear among employees. In fact, the merger decision opened a debate between the city and county officials. While sharing the costs was one of the reasons of disagreements, supervision also created a rift. In the city's response to the county, it was agreed that both managers will work independently to review the chief's performance.Succinctly, the merger case between police departments tends to ...

The Cask of Amontillado was one of famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories. It involves the story of the narrator named Montresor and his arch enemy, at least based on his perceptions, named Fortunato. In the beginning of the story, Montresor was wailing about how he has been irreparably insulted by his acquaintance—referring to Fortunato. An almost clear picture of what type of character Montresor has can be obtained as early as the first few paragraphs of the short story. The main and sub-conflicts in the story were mainly the result of Montresor’s hunger ...

Architecture is viewed as the art of science that involves coming up with design in the form of a drawing, managing, and constructing structures such as building complexes, swimming pools, parks, and other various structures in a particular proportion and shape. It is in this regard that since time immemorial architecture has grown from simple ideas to the amazing and intriguing structures that exist in our lives today. One of the magnificent works of architecture has been the Burj Khalifa building in Dubai, UAE; that is the highest sky scraper to date. The enormous growth of the architectural world ...

Research on psychotherapy denotes that there is a great degree of influence that therapeutic relationship has upon the outcome of counselling, although the mechanism that is used in the relationship that eventually brings in the change is unidentified.
The desire to comprehend the way in which psychotherapy could help people change has been an inspiring aspect for researches and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology for several decades now. This inspiration has resulted in the accumulation of vast amount of literature, both theoretical as well as empirical, with respect to the various mechanisms that facilitate change in the ...

Xie Lingyun, the Chinese-born poet, is one of the earliest people who extensively applied the theme of nature in their poems. Although there is evidence to show that he is not the only Chinese poet to have used images of nature to express ideas, Xie Lingyun’s landscape poetry is more elaborate than the conventional philosophical poetry employed by other poets preceding him. Influenced by his early interactions with Daoism and Buddhism (later in life), Xie Lingyun’s poetry “contains elaborate descriptions of nature in which mountains and waters become objects of aesthetic gaze” (Cai 130). Many of his ...

Atul Gawande’s ‘Complications: A Surgeon's notes on imperfect science’ is a gem-like collection of short non-fictional essays based on the medical accounts and experiences of the eighth-year surgical resident. Atul is also a Harvard Med graduate, New Yorker staff and a Rhodes Scholar. He portrays the thrill of the day-to-day surgical and medical drama through his undeniable gift and power conjure up the reality of the ward. The book impresses for its authenticity, truth and virtues that paint Dr. Gawande as a forceful, uncompromising, reasonable, poetic and insightful writer. ‘Complications’ is highly recommended for those interested in the acquisition of firsthand knowledge ...

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In completing this paper I drew heavily upon the on line version of the Memoirs of John Quincy Adams as available in a digital format from Open Library . Although the plain text available there is easier to read, being that it was scanned in and not completely proofread I confirmed any direct quotations by referring back to a text version Memoirs of John Quincy as edited by Charles Francis Adams. I relied upon this text because John Quincy Adams’s son, Charles Francis Adams sets forth such high standards for himself in the introduction as is cited in Addendum A.

INTRODUCTION

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