Essays on Actuality

Several centuries ago, St. Anselm wrote a prayer titled Proslogion. One of the key and thought-provoking aspects of this prayer is St. Anselm’s attempt to prove that God exists. Indeed, the prayer is comparable to Descartes’ argument because it results from an understanding of God’s perfection. Descartes maintained that God must certainly exist due to the fact that he could clearly perceive God and His perfection is such that Descartes could not have devised it on his own. St. Anselm’s argument is similar to that of Descartes because it has the properties of a priori argument. ...

World War II was the central event of the 20th century. It involved all the major continents of the world. World War II is considered as the most difficult war in the history of humankind as it killed thousands of people. America played a significant role in World War II. To highlight America’s role in the war, the paper discusses the involvement of America in the war, the challenges faced by the government and people during the war, and the issues it faced after the war. World War II cannot only be regarded as the supreme armed forces ...

One has to reckon the fact that film first came to exist in the public domain as a form of art back in the year 1895. Over the years, this form of art has developed a lot and films have come to be one of the most complicated forms of aesthetic expressions. However, if one traces back to the history of cinema and the making of the early films, it can be comprehended that the films made were quite different from the ones that one sees in the present times. A close introspection of these early works of cinema ...

The Existence of God

The world is definitely the most marvelous and exciting gift ever received. Though everyone is constantly facing various hardships along the way and has to overcome rather complicated challenges, it is still worth living for. Nothing could be compared to the possibility of admiring sunsets, walking in the rain or simply inhaling the smell of the flowers around. The whole universe is ready to present its breathtaking wonders and reveal all mysteries to those who are ready to experience the unknown and set off on an unforgettable and adventurous journey. The biggest mystery is surely the creation of the ...

Buddhism is a way of life that has always fascinated me. The principles of Buddhism and the philosophical elements have always attracted me to know more about the religion. This paper is an effort to elaborate why Buddhism is of interest to me as a student in religious studies. Buddha Shakyamuni is believed to be the founder of Buddhism. He lived and preached in the Indian subcontinent some two thousand five hundred years back. From that time onwards, a huge number of people from around the world have adopted the unpolluted spiritual route of Buddhism and the preaching based ...

Compare and Contrast Hegel and Marx on Civil Society and the Problem of Human Freedom

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel argued that civil society is characterized by private property, the pursuit of self-interest, and human needs. He viewed civil society as a body of needs wherein people align their specific personal interests with social expectations and necessities, which are finally negotiated by the all-embracing state. Hegel claimed that civil society is perfectly able to balance the wide array of human interests and needs. However, he further stated that the state, as a highly ethical entity, provides stability to the totality of needs by guaranteeing the security and strength of the division of labor, social ...

1. Introduction As with much of Europe, the course of British society was irreversibly altered as a result of the Great Wars of the 20th Century. Perhaps during no other time period is this as evident then upon analyzing the working class culture within the United Kingdom and how it is was literally revolutionized between the two wars. The shift centers on the notion that a generational gap exists within British society that draws a clear line in how individuals living in the early 20th century viewed consumerism, and how those save views evolved during the course of the ...

Article Analysis

Article Analysis Thomas Aquinas is one of the famous personalities of the medieval period. One of his famous works Summa Theologiae gives an account of eternal law, divine law, human positive law and the law of nature in order to explain the meaning of law . Aquinas considered eternal law as the wisdom of God who administers the actions and movements of the created cosmos. The following is an article analysis for Article 3 of Question 2 in the part I section of the book “Summa Theologiae”. In this article, Aquinas quotes an objection that God does not exist ...

In the article titled Stereotypes: Why We Act without Thinking, the author makes an observation that stereotypes can be as useful to the same extent that they are detrimental when used in judging others. The author gives an example of the stereotypes associated with psychologists – they are nosy, and always seek to find out a lot of things about an individual. While this is a generalized point of view, it makes a lot of sense. Similarly, the author explains that, while people hold the assumption that all French people are rude, not all, actually are. To this extent, I agree with ...

Russell begins his analysis of reality by asking the question whether there truly exists knowledge that is in itself so certain that no man could doubt it. This question seems rather simple at first but upon further analysis of the question especially through Russell’s eyes the depth of the question manifests. Russell argues against the concept of direct realism. He argues that everything we see and then perceive is subject to our conceptualization process which is in turn subject to our experiences and point of view. This then begs the question as to whether what we see truly ...

Quantitative and qualitative research methods are equally important in marketing research. Although the two terms are used in the same breath, they mean different things. Using the terms interchangeably is unacceptable because their aims and techniques are particularly different. The primary difference between qualitative and quantitative research is that, while the former seeks to explore the reasons, motivations and opinions behind a certain phenomenon, the later aims at quantifying the problems through the use of numeric data (Parasuraman et al, 2007). This way, the results of quantitative data are presented in the form of figures and statistical data. From the ...

Executive summary

1. Introduction This is an era of accelerating changes and the reason behind it is rapid advancement in technology. With mission and vision to remain competitive, companies now thrive to go to any extent to attain long term competitive edge and sustainability (Graiser and Scott, 2004). Firms not just in electronics sector but all industries such as IT, finance, retail, construction, banking, real estate etc are developing strategies to maintain a strong customer base (Kennerley and Neely, 2003). Similarly is the case of an international electronic goods manufacturer i.e. Samsung Electronics (Samsung). Samsung is one of those Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) ...

You Can’t Take It With You by George Kaufman and Moses Hart is a comedic play that shows how people have shallow understanding of life and how these people hold primitive thoughts about the actuality of life. It is also a play that seeks to make take life as it is and enjoy it when they still can. The play offers descriptive and episodic events inform of dialogue. While the story triggers philosophical thoughts about life and human existence, the characters in the play engages in happiness madness citing that they do so while they still can because once they ...

The Tell-Tale Heart was written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1843, and is a short story about a man entering a battle for his sanity as he commits a murder. The story is a monologue told by an accused murderer who remains nameless. He murders an old man in the middle of the night because he sees an eye on the man’s forehead that he believes needs to be removed through killing. The main theme in this story is mental illness. The narrator is mad, but he is convinced that he is not. Among this theme, sanity and paranoia are the two main ...

The heart has its reasons which reason does not know. This is a statement that appears to be simple, but is quite the opposite taking into consideration its deeper meaning. This is a statement by blaise Pascal while trying to describe the path to ethical truth. The question thus arises as to exactly what blaise Pascal is referring to when he says the heart and what is the motivation behind this particular choice of words. Emotionally the heart is associated with decisions that are inclined towards truth and right. The heart thus has a moral compass that is ever pointing at the ...

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Andrew Fisher’s “William Wallace” is a historical book on the life of William Wallace. The story contained in the book gives a symbolic and memorable portrayal of a man who led the Scottish against the British in a quest for freedom. Mel Gibson’s 1995 film “Braveheart” is a historical war film. It depicts the story of William Wallace, a 13th Century war leader who commanded the Scottish rally for independence against King Edward I of England. Even though the film tries to be historically accurate, some of the events and individuals depicted do not match ...

What is Up? Graff’s Book

In his book “They Say I Say. Hidden Intellectualism” Graff is focused on the pedagogy issues that are related to the bringing up the new generation of people who are convinced in the priorities of living and thinking in an intellectual way. The ideas expressed by Graff are useful from many points of views, especially in the context of formation ideals in the new generation. Graff is convinced that every issue in modern life, even in the frames of our consuming world can be discussed and regarded intellectually. In his opinion, the task of education is to make youth ...

Description of 3D Printing and Associated Science

Over the past decade, technological advancements and general progress have indeed changed or rather revolutionized human life and activities. Through the advanced technology both in hardware and software, people can now interact, communicate and complete different tasks in a more efficient and effective manner than before. The efficiency is because of how technology has influenced how we operate. Computing and Information technology has seen the rapidest and noticeable development in the past few years. These changes have affected the society, businesses and human life over the past few years. Through technology, one can achieve more socially, industrially and commercially. 3D ...

China’s Petroleum Investments in Canada

The foreign control of organizations located in Canada has been a topic of substantial debate in Canada. The preoccupations associated with the foreign control of organizations that were previously perceived as Canadian organizations have been steadily increasing over the past few decades. Many debate that half of all of the manufacturing operations in Canada are owned by foreign national originations. Conventionally, the foreign control of Canadian organizations was a heated issue in Canada during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s when it had been perceived that the United States investment in Canada had achieved hew record highs. The debates have ...

Introduction

At the current time, the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) Law is situated at twenty-one years old. The defenders would have the law renounced, and the Minimum Legal Drinking Age lessened. This paper plans to demonstrate that there is a need to decrease the base drinking age of eighteen years. Additionally, exceptional cases are made for some staff and ought to be chosen by the state government or the national government.

Our nation is as of now encountering high episodes of drink abuse reported on campuses. "Thirty percent of school understudies misuse alcohol Research, likewise demonstrates that the issue of ...

The purpose of the survey is to ascertain whether counseling for patients effect on their medicine adherence. The population of my interest is patients who are on medication. For the purpose of my survey, the sample is sourced from patients who come to get their medicine supply from Right Aid Pharmacy in the Bronx on Eastchester Road . This makes my sample a non-randomized convenience sample. The choice of the population as those under medication is objective in my study. The rationale is that the population is diverse as it consists of both male and female and the ages are diverse ...

Industry Bubble

Part One An industry bubble is an economic cycle that exists in an industry. In industries where there is a bubble, the industry is characterized by a rapid expansion which is followed by a contraction. The rapid expansion sees new players entering to venture in the industry with new firms beginning to startup businesses in the industry. The rapid expansion of the industry leads to saturation and the industry becomes too big and bursts just like any other bubble. The bursting is a contraction as there are limited revenues from the industry after the burst. The industry shrinks as many people get ...

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Film Studies – Authenticity

The fundamental aspect of any documentary film is to accurately portray the truth. The truth as in reality and not the way it is perceived by the documentary maker. This is a very powerful statement. Time and again we tend to see things the way that we want to see them and also portray them the way we understand – the normal human behaviour. The moot question is how authentic is ...

Question 1

This argument is rather pedestrian, especially considering that the modern society is based on co-existence. Taking the United States as an example, multi-cultural societies are inevitable in the contemporary world, where globalization is the force behind the destiny of the human race. Race should not be the determining factor as far as what one will do is concerned. On the contrary, all races should be treated equally with such doctrines as the equal employment opportunity being the guiding principles. The origins of this person’s logic could be the basic reasoning of a person in a society with class conflict, with ...

John Gast “American Progress” (1872)

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Every nation is characterized by its own unique culture that is created according to the background of knowledge, religious ideas, beliefs, ethnical peculiarities. Certainly, every culture is unique in its own artifacts that help to understand this culture in the better way. These are literature works, architectural monuments and sculptures, pieces of music, etc. All artifacts of the past centuries have deep roots in the given culture, so deep that sometimes it is not really possible to understand their origin. The example of such artifacts is the painting “American Progress” by John Gast ...

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Introduction

Edited by Owen Brand and R. Stanton Norman, Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views, is arguably the most detailed books on church governance and administration. While many people cite different reasons why they consider the book a great success, I think the contribution for varied sources makes the book a noteworthy piece of literature on leadership in the church context. The book elaborately explains the five models of leadership as given by five contributors. According to the book, the leadership model adopted by the churches today depends greatly upon the traditional ...

Philosophy

EUTHANASIA. The terry Schiavo case is an example of an instance where a woman who had undergone a stroke that left her in a vegetative state was euthanized by her husband contrary to the wishes of her parents. I strongly disagree with the treatment that Terry Schiavo was afforded. I am pro-life and I believe in letting people live out their lives to the very end irrespective of their condition either medical or otherwise. I also believe that choices made by family members to end the life of a ‘loved one’ in a complicated medical situation is an act of cowardice on the ...

Conceptualization

The psychological problems of the client, Yisel revolve around her choice of career, and are rooted in the fact that she is trying hard to live and make decisions according to the expectations of her parents as she fears disappointing them. Yisel is incongruent because there is a very slight overlap between her ideal self and her real self. With this being the case, it is very unlikely that she will achieve the state of self actualization. Seeking to conform to the needs and desires of her parents has consistently widens the gap between her real self and her ideal ...

Explication of the text

De Anima II (1) is arguably one of Aristotle’s most renowned explanations of philosophical thought. Aristotle’s explanations of form and substance are arguably amongst the most potent solutions to the body-mind problem. According to Aristotle, a student of Plato, the body and the soul are not one and the same thing. On the contrary, the body and the soul are independent of one another, and the combination of the two makes up an animal. What Aristotle says is that the body is the subject matter, while the soul is the essence. The soul is what makes a body be ...

In my opinion, president barrack Obama qualifies as a pathological narcissist because the traits that describe his behavior are listed by the DSM IV criteria as the core symptoms of the narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Perhaps the most significant factor guiding my opinion is the actuality that Obama is obsessed with power, and exaggeration of personal achievements. I am a keen observer of the speeches that president Obama makes, especially during his campaign speeches. In his 2008 Democrat nomination speech, then senator Obama says, “We are the ones we have been waiting for”. If one was to break down this statement, ...

The term Harlem Renaissance has become so commonplace that the history student in any American class can easily give a detailed description of the events that characterized the movement. Among the people that best define the Harlem Renaissance are Langston Hughes and Rudolph Fisher. These two Harlem Renaissance authors produced the most influential pieces of literature describing the situation in Harlem during the 1920s. Fisher’s short story The Caucasian Storms Harlem is as comparable to Hughes’ When the Negro was in Vogue as it as it is distinguishable. In straightforward terms, the differences between the two stories are as ...

Background information

Commonly known for its position as the world’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc has two million employees across the world. The organization, which is a retail business with well over 8500 stores under fifty names, operates in fifteen countries. According to Fortune 500, Wal-Mart Stores Inc was the third largest corporation in the world in the year 2012. The multinational retailer is headquartered in Benton Ville, Arkansas. The organization is best known for the way in which it treats its employees. The members of staff at Wal-Mart Stores Inc are referred to as associates. This is a unique strategy ...

The landlord’s strongest position arises out of the Lease Agreement dated November 1, 2005, together with the Smoke Detector Agreement dated the same day (attached as Exhibits A & B, respectively), taken together with the tenant’s undisputed actions from the facts given. 1. Affidavits from both the electrician (later identified as Lech Triscian) and the landlord (attached as Exhibits C & D, respectively) which outlines what was observed when they entered the premises, specifically; A. The occupants appeared to include the person who was in the premises when the landlord and the electrician entered, which would violate ...

- What was the business-level (competitive) strategy considered by Better Place Company? What makes you think that? Is that a viable strategy for the kind of industry Better Place Company chose to compete in? Why/why not? (2 points) While Better Place Company considered a number of strategies at different levels, the most prominent business level strategy it adopted was a mixture of differentiation, convenience and low prices that were the results of subsidizing efforts by the organization. Unlike other players in the industry, Better Place Company endeavored to have their cars sold at a price $5000 lower than the gasoline cars. This, ...

Business Law

Business Law

Introduction

Incorporating a company, much like it is to incorporate any other business, requires following a certain legally enforceable procedure. The procedure of incorporating a company is quite long compared to that of having a sole proprietorship registered. The difference in the complexity of the incorporation procedure comes as a result of the fact that a company, unlike all other forms of business, is a legal entity. A legal entity is a body with legal personality. A company is said to be having legal personality in the sense that, legally, a company is recognized as a person having rights similar to those of a natural person (Brough, 2005). It ...

The thoughts and writings of Aristotle and Descarte about reality are similar in the sense that both philosophers use the concept of substance to define what reality is. For Descartes, the infinite Substance is God, the bodies of persons are considered extended substances and the mind of the people is the thinking substance. Aristotle (384-322 BCE) defines reality as that which is actually in this world. He believes that we attain our knowledge of reality based on perceptual experience. He categorizes substances as being “primary substances” and “secondary substances.” An example of primary substance is man or person. ...

Overview of Victoria’s Secret

Founded in 1977 in San Francisco, USA, Victoria’s secret is undoubtedly the largest lingerie retailer in the United States. With pioneering designs and a wide variety, Victoria’s secret, an organization established by Roy Raymond, has emerged as the pace setter in as far as lingerie and women wear is concerned (Valdivia, 2000). The organization had an annual turnover of USD 6.12 billion in the year 2012, with a net profit of one billion dollars. The organization is prominently associated with fashion shows, powerful promotions and catalog marketing. The organization has 1000 outlets across the United States.

Overview of Frederick’s of Hollywood

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Abstract

With virtually everything going international, globalization has become an inevitable concept. Technology has reduced, and to some extent eliminated the miles between the nations across the world – a situation that has seen business among people and organization from various countries flourish. The shortening and elimination of the distances has seen a rapid growth in the number of multinational corporations in the last three decades. Research indicates that internationalization of the firm is no longer an affair for the big organizations. On the contrary, small and medium enterprises are operating globally, with e-commerce being the main form of business. With globalization come ...

Biblical and professional approaches to Substance abuse counseling

Introduction Drug and substance abuse is the one among the most common social evils in the contemporary societies. The drug and substance abuse menace is both a menace to health and an economic cost that is uncalled for. In a bid to try and fight the menace, society has come up with a wide array of methods. The methods designed to aid the war against drugs can be analyzed and categorized into two categories. The first category is the anti-drugs campaign, which seeks to prevent the growing of the menace among members of society. The second class of methods is the ...

Introduction

Arguably, the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 was one among the worst financial crises in the history of the world. Only comparable to the Great Depression in the United States and the Lost Decade of Japan, the Asian crisis was one that saw many countries from the region, SouthKorea being the most noteworthy, crumbling down in the economical sense. The crisis saw big companies in South Korea resort to such measures and alternatives like conglomeration through significant business mergers. The organizations that were affected include the biggest and most renowned companies, most of which were either taken over or ...

Abstract

Gone are the days when a Smartphone was considered a thing for the elite. Today, the ownership of a Smartphone is almost becoming a norm, with everybody bracing the craze for the Smartphone. Apparently, the Apple Inc. products are sparking a serious showdown with what Samsung is innovating. The two giants in the industry are battling it out in an endeavor to come up with groundbreaking technology in the world of telecommunications. When Samsung Galaxy SIII hit the market, the potential consumers watched with awe as the organization launched what they considered indisputable quality. It would take long before Apple killed that with the ...

Introduction

Presently, it is a matter of common knowledge that global warming is among the most prominent problems affecting all regions f the world in equal measure (Sobey 46). Worth mentioning is the reality that, global warming is usually associated with carbon gases; carbon (IV) oxide, commonly referred to as carbon dioxide, being the most prominent. Scientists and environmentalists have established that 21.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, thanks to the use of fossil fuels. Research further indicates that natural processes can only consume up to half of the released amount. The net effect is the ...

Legalization of marijuana

Introduction Talk of marijuana legalization in the United States today and you will be sparking a considerably heated debate among the politicians and the citizenry alike (Bello, 2007). Apparently, this has been one of the most contentious issues in the political circles of the United States lately. During the presidential debate of the recently completed presidential elections, the question of legalization of marijuana was among the top issues raised as a way of gauging the standpoint of the politicians. In answering the question, the presidential aspirants remained skeptical about the issues as either answer would have had significant impact on ...

Theories of psychology

Understanding psychology in the present times is a complicated affair. There are many approaches that have been upheld by prominent psychologists and social scientist in the study of psychology. The most prominent among all these theories are: behaviorism perspectives, cognitive theory of psychology and structuralism perspective of psychology (McGuire, 2004). These theories hold different views and work on different assumptions and principles. They were founded at different times in history, but bear some similarities. This paper gives brief explanations of all these theories, examples to illustrate them and a brief discussion of the roles of all these theories in psychology today. ...

While people still remain in doubt on whether acupuncture is an effective way of handling diseases and other bodily complications, the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, the United States National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the World Health Organization, have endorsed acupuncture as one of the most effective forms of alternative medicine used in curing a number of ailments. Apparently, acupuncture, the most popular and famous Chinese medicine is among the most widely used remedies globally Anders, E. F., (Findeisen et al, 2012). Considering that the remedy emphasizes on the use ...

Introduction

Criminality is one of the most complicated concepts in the study of social sciences. Understanding criminal behavior is an uphill task considering that gurus in the field of criminology have yet to reach a consensus on whether or not criminality is a rational conduct. Currently, most criminologists argue that criminals are rational human beings and, considering that, the criminals are usually sober minded people, criminal conduct is a rational conduct since the people committing the offense are sane and know what they want. Apparently, the aims of most criminals have been connected to human wants, usually physical wants. What people have yet ...

Brief summary

Until 1982, Johnson & Johnson, a US based multinational firm dealing in medical items and packaged consumer goods had enjoyed amazing profits from their leading product Tylenol. In October that year, Robert Andrews, the public relations officer received a call from a journalist working for Chicago News. The journalist wanted to get a statement from the firm over seven deaths that had occurred in Chicago following the consumption of poisoned Tylenol. Apparently, the journalist was breaking the news to the company. They had not heard about the incident. Tylenol, arguably, the most successful over-the-counter drug in the United States back then, accounted for 19% ...

Executive summary

Noteworthy is the reality that businesses are the backbone of the economy. Starting a business is the most difficult part of any venture. The main reason why this has always been described as the most difficult phase is that, primarily, when people set out to start a business, they silently consent many uncertainties. Businesses are associated with many unforeseen disturbances, which may cause business failure in the event that they are not remedied in advance. However, the good part is that business owners or entrepreneurs are always in a position to mitigate such occurrences right from the beginning if they apply the ...

The article is Situation Report Number 11, which focuses on the condition of various social sectors in Somalia as at 30th august 2011, and is written by OCHA Somalia and other humanitarian partners. The report was done and delivered in a conference in New York. It is titled: Somalia: Famine and Drought. Somalia is particularly problematic judging from all socio-economic sectors as explained by the report. The source of the article is the OCHA website: www.unocha.org

Summary of the Article

Summarily, the article addresses the condition of Somalia with regard to the migrations of people due to internal displacements and refugee departures. The main ...

Abstract

Making a difference between social development and economic development has proven to be considerably difficult for many people, including scholars. Similarly, people find difficulties in trying to establish the difference between social development and social change. While this has been the state of affairs for quite a long time, it still is difficult for the most learned people to differentiate social development from cultural development. Clearly, social development is a complicated concept. Scholars and authors have constantly given various definitions of social development. Even so, most of the scholars and social scientists agree on the indicators of social development. For instance, most ...

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Introduction

Background information The world’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has two million employees across the world. The organization, which is a retail business with well over 8500 stores under fifty names, operates in fifteen countries. According to Fortune 500, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was the third largest corporation in the world in the year 2012. The multinational retailer is headquartered in Benton Ville, Arkansas. The organization is best known for the way in which it treats its employees. The members of staff at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are referred to as associates. This is a unique strategy ...

The issue of understanding diaspora is a controversial subject that is discussed and interpreted different among different generations. Its effects are so influential to the extent that it plays a role in the determination of an individual’s identity. By using a broad range of multivalent narratives concerning ethnicity and identity, Radhakrishnan enables the reader to visualize the ideal picture of ethnicity in the United States. From the narratives used in the text, it is possible to see that ethnicity is conceptualized in different phases. First, opportunism and pragmatism and used to suppress ethnicity (121). Another phase of conceptualizing ethnicity is resistance ...

Business and Corporate Level Strategies

Business and Corporate Level Strategies

Apple Inc is, arguably a pacemaker in the industry of technology. The organization has gone the extra mile in redefining technology. With such things as unique operating systems, hardware and software on both PC, and Smartphone manufacture, Apple Inc is truly a giant in the industry. Many business analysts still find it difficult to acknowledge that there are competitors putting Apple Inc on their toes. The fact is, there are competitors, but they have yet to match up to the standards of the innovation giant. Apple Inc has been a case study of many topics of management, ...

Violent video games have been around for well over thirty years. Such games have over the years emerged to be the favorites of many children. Typically, the average kid will be thrilled by a violent superstar thrashing other characters and moving behind enemy lines. Apparently, the impact of violent video games on kids has been a topic of concern in the field of social sciences for a considerably long time. While other social scientists argue that video games improve the brain capacity and judgment of a kid, others maintain that violent video games increase the likelihood of aggressive behavior among kids (Anderson et ...

Introduction

Fashion is an integral part of the social life of an average youth in the world today. Perhaps the most mysterious thing about fashion is the fact that various designers come up with extremely similar design at a time (Wolfendale & Kennett 2011). It may not be easy to understand what inspires the fact that the designers, who are in most cases worlds apart get to know what time to design which style. However, somehow, they all move in response to the market forces. Fashion, which has been described variously as a trendy distinction as far as clothing is concerned, is a complicated ...

According to Knight (114) Aristotle is known as the Greek Philosopher who left a mark in the philosophical word. He learnt most of his philosophical ideas from Plato. In fact together with Socrates and his teacher Plato, most of the western philosophy is attributed to them. His philosophies were the first to left a mark in the western philosophy physics. Indeed even his student Alexander the Great became just as good as he was. Aristotle’s writing covered a wide range of topics including politics, morality, metaphysics, logic, aesthetic and science. Aristotle’s physics was quite impressive and they shaped the medieval ...

In “Republic”, Socrates depicts a picture of people who are imprisoned inside a cave. They have been in the cave since childhood and what they know is what has been happening inside the cave only. The people are sitting down facing forward. They cannot look sideways or backwards because they are tied. This prevents them from seeing what is on their sides and what is behind them (Plato & Bloom 160).

Behind the people, there is a fire and behind it, there is a wall. On the top of the wall there are different statues being manipulated by people behind the wall. The people ...

Recent news sources have been reporting on the latest Charles Manson parole hearing. Details of the parole hearing, the unusual friendship between Debra Tate and Barbara Hoyt and the original story from 1969 have been making headlines. In the past, a number of books and movies have been made on the subject. Perhaps most notable among them were the book “Helter Skelter” by prosecutor, Attorney Vincent Bugliosi about the murders and the 1976 film it inspired. Manson is one of the most notorious serial murders in the annals of crime and insanity. His life history shows that he suffered neglect ...

Abstract

This paper discusses the relationship between figurative and literal language as well as the differences. Also discussed in this paper are the forms of figurative language, their definitions and how to place them in context, highlighting respective examples. Misuse and misunderstandings of these forms are as well discussed.

The English language is characterized by numerous figures of speech some of which are comprehensible and self explanatory while others are confusing. This makes the language an interesting one since if everyone merely conversed employing literal vocabulary, the dialogues would be unexciting and dull. The solution to appropriate usage would be ...

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Introduction

Every artistic work entails creativity and innovation in order to bring out an informative and impressive piece of art. However, the message contained in every piece of art is brought out clearly through the use of forms, elements of arts and more importantly principles of design. It is through the skills in arts elements that an artist is in a position to produce impressive and well-balanced art work. Additionally, art elements help the artists in formulating their expressions. While some artists express their creativity through realism other expresses their creativity through impressionism. Of note is that the artist’s ...