Essays on Abandoning

Whether a teen or adult play video games on television, the Internet or a portable unit, excessive gaming can affect their life. Video games can be addictive as the gambling games to a child as young as nine years. With the new technology, video games are played by people of all ages and are played at home, school, work among other places. Most of the players spend a lot of time playing the video games nonstop (Melissinos & O'Rourke 45). While most people think some people are using video games in a positive way, a big percentage thinks the opposite. ...

1. Project Proposal 1.1. Research Background Media campaign has always been central consideration for any marketing plan. Trends of communication using different media have been undergoing steady evolution for the past several decades. Today’s marketing plan involves much more sophistications than ever before requiring companies to adopt state-of-the-art approach to it to maximize their chances of success (Napoli, 2011; Noll, 2007). The proposed research is going to revolve around the assessment of effective ways of collecting the required data for STA (a traveling agency) helping it develop its new marketing plan aligning to existing and emerging trends of ...

According to this article, feminism rights advocate for abortion as a right for all women. This right pushes women to seek out an abortion in the case of any unwanted pregnancy. In cases where the person lacks the abortion money, the woman considers abandoning the baby soon after birth. If the woman decides to keep this unwanted baby, cases of psychological and emotional abuse of the baby may develop. This article describes the psychology behind child abuse and child abandonment. These issues have of late rocked the world. Child abuse is equally rampant, and women tend to be the ...

Zadok limited company is an equity investment company that offers financial advices to its esteemed clients interested in investing both in the capital and money markets. The company has launches a project to implement management information system. This system will ensure real time relay important financial information across its departments. Employees will be able to make informed decisions based on the available financial information and avoid speculative decision making process which has been practiced in the company for over four years now.

Project scope

The primary objective of this project is to enhance information transparency across all the departments and to ...

The Ming dynasty in the 1600s made considerable and deliberate efforts in a bid to ensure that its regions remain under one ruler. A Buddhist monk who was also a peasant found the dynasty, rose to the rank of an army general and led a rebellion against the Mongols. The monk assumed the name of Hong Wu and made the decision to have Nanjing as the capital of China, but a latter emperor of the dynasty moved the capital back to Beijing. One of the major roles that Hong Wu assumed as the emperor include reorganizing every aspect of ...

There are three strategies to achieving goals in the organizational context; doing nothing, doing nothing differently and doing something differently. Each of these three strategies is appropriate for different scenarios. Doing nothing refers to refers to both abandoning what an organization is currently doing and not adapting new strategies to meet its goals. Despite the efficacy of this strategy, conventional wisdom dictates that all organizational challenges must be met with action of some sort. However, busyness does not necessarily translate to productivity. Doing nothing allows for creativity that if channeled correctly will result in productivity. Evidently, this strategy is ...

Kate Chopin’s late 19th-century novel The Awakening, and its protagonist Edna Pontellier, demonstrates a protagonist with a complex and layered inner life, pioneering the extent to which female lead characters in American fiction could be displayed. Throughout the novel, her sense of self as it is positioned within the societal expectations of wifehood and motherhood in the late 1800s is continually challenged, as she must weigh the pressures placed on her by her husband and community against her own individual wants and needs. In this respect, feminism and marriage play a significant role in Edna’s growth and ...

First, I learned that uneducated, ill-mannered, wild creatures like Mirabella can be more human and sympathetic than her ‘civilized’ sisters. Her example taught me that process of civilization and becoming human-like should not exclude abandoning one`s values and ability to support and sympathize. True human characteristics are already embedded in almost all creatures and the only thing one should do is control and tame all negative and primitive instincts; therefore letting kindness flourish and develop. In fact, I saw that notion and term ‘civilization’ is used as a tool in killing all good and human that are implemented ...

The novel by Toni Morrison, Tar Baby, is a tale of the disputable plight of racially segregated African Americans and the underlying discrimination based on the racial prejudice and biases. The conflicts presented in the novel are portrayed in the character shades of the protagonist, Jadine, who is charged with an act of racial sedition as she pursued her dreams by abandoning her true culture and racial heritage. The novel uses the polemic viewpoints present in the character of Jadine to delineate the racial prejudice which exists at a different level of interaction within the society. Morrison’s primary ...

Modernism in literature is said to have its roots in the late 19th century after World War I that took place from 1914 to 1919. Modernism in literary work is a shift from values, religion and tradition to isolation, identity crisis, fragmentation and relative truth. Modernism was catalyzed by World War I, as it led to mistrust in the ability of existing institutions to solve societal problems and maintain order in society. It also changed people’s perception of the world and society. World War I therefore influenced how writers wrote not just in terms of content of their ...

Introduction

As technology continues to advance every single day, health care systems are also advancing together with this technology. One aspect of heath care system that has witnessed massive advancement is the Electronic Health Record Systems, usually abbreviated as EHR. Electronic Health Records refers to a record of a patient’s health information and history generated and stored in electronic databases. The information may be in regards to aspects such as allergies, x-rays medications, immunizations amongst others. More and more health institutions are adopting this brand of health technology and abandoning the traditional methods recording health data that involve manual paperwork and ...

The Awakening is a novel written by Kate Chopin. The story takes place in the 19th century in a Victorian society. The Awakening focuses on Edna who is the protagonist in the story, and she is the wife to Mr. Pontellier. It is a story about a woman who tried to transform herself from a housewife and mother into an independent woman, but she was not successful. Edna was just a normal wife like the other women in the nineteenth century who played the full role of an ideal woman who obeyed her husband, and cared for her kids. Edna now gets an idea that ...

Safety is paramount to all organizations. Many organizations have lost many man hours and good people as a result of accidents and due to the fact that safety procedures were not practiced continuously. The US Navy is one organization that has experienced the loss of its best officers because of accidents. Hazardous material, commonly denoted as Hazmat, are materials that can cause harm to health or ship conditions if used incorrectly/improperly, accidentally spilled or deliberately mixed (Martin, Lipitt, Webb, 2000). The chemical characteristics, quantity, concentration and the physical traits of the materials determine their hazardous category. Every user of Hazmat ...

Climate Change as a Man-Made Problem, and Solutions for The Prevention of Climate Change.

Human activities have had diverse effects on the environment and climate in general. The processes of urbanization, civilization, and industrialization that are attributable to human activities have led to climatic changes. Scientists hold different opinions towards the issue of climate change. Some claim that climatic changes have occurred due to general human activities while others attribute climate changes to particular human activities. The dilemma presents in these human activities, which people consider as necessary for their survival (News, 2013, p. 1). For example, industrialization has made things easier for a man. Industrialization has also caused climatic change. Such dilemmas revolve ...

Anti-Semitism and the American Far is written by Left by Stephen H. Norwood. It is a systematic study reflecting over the American’s the role in combating and propagating anti-Semitism which is far forgotten. This book summarizes the communists as early as 1920 onwards and the Trotskyites. It also covers the New Left together with the allies who were black nationalists, the New Left’s present-day remnants. It analyzes the opposition which was shown to the Jewish culture by the far left’s and the occasional efforts which were employed to promote the same Jewish culture. It traces the far ...

History 366

The Cave of Winds Note: In this paper you will read about “Cave of Winds” which is considered one of the most famous places in Nigeria. The paper gives an overall picture of the place. First, the history tells that how it was discovered and visited. While discussing about geopraphical process, the paper highlights the limestone that goes back very nearly 500 million years in which Cave of the Winds was framed. The paper also throws light on a number of rocks found in the Cave of winds.

History; The Cave of Winds

Colorado Springs is famous for its history, yes, additionally for its ...

The Shaw Memorial statue is a rich piece of Art that develops numerous themes of high relevance in the contemporary world. The Shaw memorial presents an artistic work compiled by Augustus Saint-Gaudens that describes Colonial Shaw leading his soldiers. The sculpture presents the establishment of the historical memory of the MA 54th Regiment. One can learn various lessons from this work that are essential in understanding how to embrace diversity and differences that characterize the modern society. The paper argues that the Shaw Memorial presents a strategic piece of work that describes the history of Civil War and vital role that ...

Bowers vs Hardwick and Lawrence vs Texas were considered to be the landmark cases involving the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the application of sodomy law in the United States among homosexuals. The court reverses its decision in Bowers, upholding the rights of homosexuals to perform consensual act of sodomy in the State in the Lawrence case. This is a clear abandonment of the Supreme Court on the doctrine of stare decis which according to the Legal Information Institute (2010) means “stand by the things decided.” According to the Georgia Code, sodomy is a sexual act punishable where a person ...

Legacy Systems has been in use for the past number of decades. Their functions range from running financial transactions such as ATM systems to management information systems all over the world. COBOL the Common Business-Oriented Language is an example of a legacy system. However, the convergence of Computers, digital technologies and the innovations over the internet platform in the last decade calls for elimination of legacy based systems and substituting it with client-server or web-based systems. The information technology management curriculum should not include learning more about COBOL and legacy system software. Old systems run by COBOL are found ...

In the modern society, technological advancements are viewed as the actual and futuristic action entrusted with improving the community. However, this may not be always the case. These well-meaning advancements may result to unexpected alarming results on certain occasions. Research has shown that the reason technology is very complicated to manage is because the negative effects are felt way long after their inventions (Heller 131). The tale of Frankenstein is such an model. In his quest for replacing his mother’s death, victor Frankenstein ended up creating a monster then abandoning it after realizing how inappropriate it was for the ...

The general is driven by desire to serve as seen where he bombs the northern territory of Germany. The general allows every member of the group to air their grievances. Breakage in the communication channel is observed between the generals and the senator during the decision making process. General Frank Savage has a duty of serving his country, members of his unit and the interest of the mightier people in the society such as the senator. The different groups have different opinions on how the war should be conducted. The general faces the problem of providing a negotiation platform with the ...

In the modern society, technological advancements are viewed as the positive and futuristic engagement entrusted with improving the society. However, this may not be always the case. These well-meaning advancements may result to unforeseen sinister results on certain occasions. The tale of Frankenstein is such an example. In his quest for replacing his mother’s death, victor Frankenstein ended up creating a monster then abandoning it after realizing how unfit it was for the normal society due to its abnormal features (Whelan 2011). Victor’s greatest mistake was not creating this creature out of dead body parts but abandoning it. ...

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, a revolutionary figure in American poetry. Yet in comparison to artists of his own time who sought a new environment for creativity as expatriates in Europe, Williams lived a remarkably conventional life. A doctor for more than forty years serving the New Jersey town of Rutherford, he relied on his patients, the America around him, and his own ebullient imagination to create a distinctively American verse. Often domestic in focus and "remarkable for its empathy, sympathy, its muscular and emotional identification with its subjects," Williams's poetry is also characteristically honest: "There ...

What Would Be The Consequences On The Italian Economy If They Were To Abandon The Euro Currency And Re-Establish The Lira? There has been a believable rumour that Italy is at the verge abandoning the Euro for its local currency, the Lira. There arise many questions as to why such a developed country with a high GDP per capita would embrace such an idea and the implication of the same to the Economy. This informing paper clearly sets out all the possibilities that are likely to occur based on previous example of abandoning a currency as well currency areas. Previously ...

"The Gentlemen from Cracow" - Analysis

The allegorical short story "The Gentlemen from Cracow" is a very well-known and important piece of Yiddish folklore; a short story in which the poor villagers of the Polish town of Frampol attempt to deal with their own poverty in very interesting ways. When a drought is followed by a hailstorm, then locusts and other supernatural happenstances, the titular gentlemen arrives to offer these villagers a solution. The story itself is a treatise on conspicuous consumption, especially as it befalls a society that is unused to it. Attempting to transform this simple village into a haven for consumerism has disastrous consequences ...

Like Father, Like Son

Victor Frankenstein and the creature he created are a mirror of each others personality for they share the same personalities in Shelley’s book and are truly like father like son. They were both demonic and monstrous in the lives they lived. The creature Victor created is referred to as a demon that is killing and causing havoc everywhere and indeed these acts are demonic. The creature victor created killed without mercy. Victor on the other hand shows his demonic nature by trying to play God by creating a human being for his himself, he wanted to be worshipped by the creature ...

On Social Identity?

Introduction When a person talks about language, it is generally referred to as a mode of communication between people. However, different cultures and countries have languages that are vastly different from each other. If these societies spoke only their own local languages, communication would have become very difficult as people, even from different states from within a country in some cases, simply would not understand each other. This is where having a common language becomes a convenient mode of understanding, conserving individual social identity while promoting stronger social bonds based on a common identity . However, speaking a common language does not take away from the ...

In the present times, educational excellence is of ultimate significance towards guaranteeing a productive future for the nation. Education plays an integral role in the opening of opportunities that would have never been realized if an individual had missed education and the subsequent preparation that education provides. The present state of the economy is uncertain, implying that adequate and quality education and training is the solution towards this downturns. However, there are diverse problems that affect education, which imposes negative consequences on the quality of education administered to the students. Therefore, educators have a responsibility of solving the problems if possible ...

Wondrous, magical, fantastic, wonderful, fascinating – those are the indications of fairy tales, narratives unusual and frequently irrational. Their world is grasped by one’s intuition, a world flourishing in liveliness, spirit and possibilities of role play, due to the fact that it brandishes a different kind of reality, a less arduous one, with an utterly positive outlook on life, in which life is reminiscent of a wonderful dream, but still not without its troubles and obstacles. Through imagery and potent symbolism, fairy tales express human life experiences and the potentiality of solutions to human troubles. According to Annette R. Federico, “fairy tale maidens ...