Essays on BOL

In the course of American history, Blacks had been the subject of injustice and social degradation. Much of it came from the notion that blacks are only good as a slave, which is evident from 18th to 20th century America. However, the "American Dream" lives on for the black Americans, they fought for their rights and certain key events in history shows several social movements to change society regarding racism and equal rights. Throughout the years, the country is forced to face the impact of racism and its social implications. People have realized that the reality of slavery back ...

Carlos Ghosn is a French businessman born in Brazil. Ghosn is currently the Chairman of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd, a position he has held since 2008. Ghosn also served as the president and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nissan since 2000 and 2001 respectively. Apart from holding leadership positions at Nissan, Ghosn is also the president and the Chairman at Renault Motor Ltd. Among the leadership, decisions that threw Ghosn into the limelight include spearheading downsizing and closure of several factories at Nissan which culminated in the turnaround of the company (Magee, 2003).

Ghosn’s leadership style

As Nissan Ltd CEO, Ghosn believed in ...

The “Distant star” refers to Carlos Wieder, in the novel; his behaviors enable him to attract the attention of both the high and mighty as well as appealing to the interests of the common citizen. To the new government in power, they see an opportunity in him to convey through his poetic techniques the ‘good plans’ in store for the nation. To the noble men, he is a source of hope to unveil the new strategy through which to voice their displeasure and to the fellow poets; a comrade in a battle field. He is a star to be followed in ...

The United States military expeditions in Iraq began in high gear. The military operations quickly brought down Sadam Hussein’s reign. un- able to counter the power of the, United States of America combatants the Iraq soldiers resorted to, counterrisurgency operations, often staged on complex urban terrain. The change in venue and operational tempo left U.s Troops, in their lightly armored vehicles exposed to road side attacks from improvised explosive devices. Michael J. Sullivan (2009:56-67) The American Department of Defense responded, with a $25 billion dollar plan, to acquire Mine Resistant Ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles. To shield their soldiers ...

Written in October 1816, John Keats infamous poem is one of romance in terms of how it breaks down the simple act of reading. On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer was the climax in John Keats’ first collection of poems. The rhythms of the Chapman sonnet convey a wide-sweeping sense of movement – of planets circling the heavens, and ships circumnavigating the earth (Rumens). A gift for a beloved friend, Charles Cowden Clarke, the poem is a fantastically constant symbol of study as the sonnet defines an event in the creative journey, vital in significance to the progress of reading. The ...

(Course No.) (City & State) A node contained determined distances from itself to other three nodes s1, s2 and s3. The other nodes are defined as S1 = (ax, ay). S2= (bx, by). S3= (Cx, Cy). The distances from node N to each of the three nodes is r1 and r2. The Trilateration problem is to find the coordinates of the unknown node N= (nx, ny) from the given information.

A complicating factor is that the unknown node coordinates are moving and the measurements contain measurement features.

The intersection of surfaces in a sphere can be found by formulating equations of the three spheres and then solving for the unknowns in the x, y and z planes. ...

Introduction

The need of food has evolved into a love of food over time. Ancient history states on several occasions that people strived hard to get access to adequate food enough for the entire family, however with the passage of time the way food is acquired, how it is cooked and how much is consumed have all changed. A very famous quote “you are what you eat” is often used commonly to restrain people from eating unhealthy and too much but the roots of this quote suggest that the way our body and mind develop have strong impact from ...

Introduction

Many people have participated in the development of heuristics for systems to check acceptability for the user of system, one of the best source for this purpose is Nielsen’s Heuristics. Rolf Molich and Jakob Nielsen developed heuristics which were mostly used in the field of user interface design. Nielsen in 1994 refined the list by evaluating sets of heuristics. Nielsen’s Heuristics includes ten points to find out acceptability of user interaction of any system. These points are followings

2- Comparison between real world and system 3- User control and freedom to use 4- Consistency and ...

Frontispiece: Wooden Baby Crib (KC-C002)(Reproduced from Made-in-China.com)

Note: The frontispiece figure above is for illustrative purposes only; the crib for which the following instructions apply may differ in detail from that shown.

Introduction

First ensure that you have read and understood the included safety and care information, and have also read the preliminary information to ensure that you have all the components and the tools required, then follow the provided detailed assembly instructions carefully, to make sure that the crib will be properly and securely assembled. Please note that these assembly instructions apply to one design of wooden crib. In the event that the detail in ...

Anna Hills (1882-1930) The Spell of the Sea Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. The Irvine Museum

Abstract: The Irvine Museum of Modern Art is a haven of excellent works with several hues and shades. The museum regularly organizes exhibitions by several artists and among these one may include the works of Franz A Bischoff, George bandriff, Alson S Clark, Frank Cuprien and Paul de Longpre’. The museum was founded by Joan Irvine Smith, Athale Richardson Irvine Clark and James Irvine Swinden opening its doors on the 5th of January 1993. From the opening, the museum has worked tirelessly and intensely to promote art hailing from Californian artists particularly from the Impressionist period (1890-1930). The ...

Background information

Howard Hodgkin is a renown British artist born in 1932. He attended Camberwell School of Art and then also attended the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham. He started his talent use when he represented British during Biennale which was followed by his win of the Turner awards which were undertaken the following year. He has been able to exhibit in international events and majorly in local and international museums. His work has done extremely well all over the world. The major museums that have had the works of Howard include Paintings 1975-1995 which was undertaken and organized by the ...

On Feb. 28, 2008, Judge H. Walter Croskey of the Second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles ruled that children from the age of 6 to 18 years old can not be homeschooled unless the adult person providing the education holds a valid California teaching credential (Witte & Mero, 2008; Time, 2008). Judge Croskey relied on laws going back half a century stating that "California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children" (Witte & Mero, 2008; Time, 2008). The judge went on to say that any individual teaching ...

Today, tax, trade, and unfair debt have pushed poverty all over the world to new levels. In other words, the weaknesses of poor, developing countries are being exploited by affluent countries. Philippe Diaz’s bold, disconcerting, and powerful documentary “The End of Poverty?” opens our eyes to the fact that that poverty is not a mere mishap and the victims are not to blame. This refreshing and straightforward documentary not only exposes poverty but also tries to get to the root cause of why so many people are living so poorly and are dying of malnutrition in affluent societies. Like ...

Few of the founding fathers generate such polarizing attitudes as John Adams. Viewpoints on him vary widely, as we will see in this paper. We will review two different articles dealing with perspectives on John Adams, mainly during his diplomatic period in Europe during the Revolutionary War. As we will see, some see his moves during this period as a sign of weakness, indeed possibly of serious illness; others see his bold and perhaps precarious actions as a necessary brinksmanship that shaped the course of the American Revolution and world events. In “John Adams’ Health Reconsidered” by Ferling and Braverman ( ...

Romanticism and Realism are both highly influential art periods, however, they depict their subject matter in vastly different ways. Political, social, and ecological understanding changed how society viewed art. Romanticism and Realism had different objectives. Romanticism to produce emotion and Realism to document reality by looking at these periods in depth one can gain a better understanding of the importance of these periods on the world of art.

Early Romanticism

Romanticism is usually considered a spinoff of Neo-classicism. The Romantic period begins with the turn of the 19th century, from those who did not find inspiration of the seriousness of Neo-classicism and its ...

Research In Motion (RIM) Limited, trading using ‘BlackBerry’ as its brand name, is a wireless equipment and telecommunications company from Canada. Its best-known brands of tablets and Smartphones were the infamous BlachBerries in the year 1999. Its headquarters are in Canada, Waterloo, Ontario City. The founder was Mike Lazaridis, and he served as a co-CEO of the company alongside Jim Balsillie. He founded RIM in 1984and named it after “Poetry in Motion”, a term he encountered in the recent past in a newspaper article that related to football. The current CEO of the company is Thorsten Heins (Balsillie, Lazaridis &McQueen, 2012). RIM ...

1. The presentation and look of the dishes itself was so appetizing that I was easily tempted to try out different foods. Being a student with limited finances I had to spend wisely, but since the range of food available was so wide I could conveniently buy a delicious meal at a low cost. My fair understanding of English gave me a deep insight of the American people. It was so relieving to experience that they are very cordial people who treat others with utmost respect and are very thoughtful. They are helpful and kind both in actions and words. I was impressed ...

Article Comparison Essay

The author has used the application of paragraphs in the two articles differently. In article B, the use of paragraphs does not have indentation. The paragraphs are separated by double spaces. The first article A, all paragraphs are indented. Paragraphs in the second article are composed of as little as one sentence. In writing formal work, a paragraph consists of a minimum of three to four sentences. Paragraphs need to be detailed in explaining the main idea presented in the topic sentence of the paragraph. In the first article, the paragraphs are more detailed and present more information on the idea ...

Few films of the post-World-War-II era so powerfully and artfully embody the epic adventure film genre like Lawrence of Arabia. And perhaps no film adventure offers such a complex, dualistic and purposely ambiguous twist as David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece. Set against the backdrop of World War I in the Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia is a film that matches in personality and depth its enigmatic subject, T.E. Lawrence, a man whose legend came to symbolize British imperial intrepidity and yet who was eventually overwhelmed and destroyed by his own fame. It is, by halves, a bold and engaging saga turned to a dark, ...

The image “Waiting for Wind” is an acrylic painting done by Tony Alderman was chosen as the subject of one’s visual analysis due to the intricate details rendered by the artist and successfully made the image visually appealing and realistic. The painting was entered in the Bold Brush Painting Competition in December 2012 . It was striking and appealing due to the focal images strategically complementing the light blue skies, lush greeneries of trees, and the deep aquamarine color of the water – all perfectly still and waiting for the wind.

Source: Bold Brush Painting Competition: Waiting for Wind

The painter depicted realistic renditions of four perpendicular sailboats ...

In the U.S. two types of standard structural bolts have been approved for use: ASTM A490 and ASTM A395 (Williams, 2001, p. 44).

ASTM A395

Usually, the ASTM A325 covers the heavy structural bolts with high strength that range in size from half diameter to one and half diameter. The given bolts are often used in various structural connections (Williams, 2001, p. 54). They characteristically have shorter thread lengths when compared to the standard hex bolts. There are two types of A325: Type 1 and type 3. Type 1 is made of carbon baron, medium carbon, or an alloy of medium ...

As one’s own creation

Introduction The famous painter Henry Emile Benoit Matisse created Le Bonheur de vivre, also known as The Joy of life in 1905 to 1906. It is regarded as one of his best works altogether, especially as his greatest Fauve painting. With bold use of colours, silhouette and emotions, the painting is definitely a masterpiece. Born in 1869, Henry Matisse was regarded as one of the three artists who revolutionised the plastic arts in early 20th century (Searle, 2002 ). This creative essay illumines the analysis of Le Bonheur de vivre by the writer as a painting made by him/her only.

Le bonheur de vivre and its features in the writer’s words

The ...

Transport management in Olympics plays a huge role in ensuring that bidding for countries interested in hosting the event. During the bidding process countries are required to come up with transport management plan that benefits the country athletes visiting and a fulfilling experience. the bidding process helps the Olympics board to evaluate a country’s facilities ensuring that outside visitor and spectators are enough for the population in that period of time. In many countries where the Olympics have been held the change and infusion of new technologies and expansion of different roads has been an opportunity to grow their economy. In ...

Public Policy

Public policy has been the foundation of political survival. The field of political science has taken note and included this topic on its top list of important subjects of discussion. The three are direct model, mediated model, and finally the joint effect model (Pérez, Bolívar, & Hernández, 2008) .These models try to prove that public opinion is vital to public policy and should therefore be taken with utmost importance. This also includes public opinion and political alliances with their influence on public policy. The journal explores the effect that the government has when it gives ...

The subsequent analysis refers to the analysis of a print based advert for SIS hydration products as presented in a recent edition of Cycling Plus magazine (SIS 17). The paper will focus upon the specific issues of the use of imagery, text usage and audience appropriateness.

Having been initially drawn in to the attractive and colourful background, the central image which takes up around 50% of the page spread and is located upon the right hand upper side of the page is a presentation of the product being sold. Here the reader is presented with an computer enhanced image of the product ...

Executive summary

Procuring a Smartphone in the market today is not the easiest of things. It is one of the biggest dilemmas shoppers find themselves entrapped in. the major reason for the dilemma being the fact that all the major brand manufacturers are becoming more creative by day. The world is waking up to innovative developments each and every day. The shortcomings in one smart phone are catered for by another phone which also has its shortcomings. The strengths of the Smartphone vary from one brand to another. The battle of operating systems is the beginning of the Smartphone wars (Ilyas, 26). ...

Jacque-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii, painted circa 1784-1785, represents one of the finest examples of French neoclassicist painting in the 18th century. Commissioned by the Administrator of Royal Residences, and exhibited at the 1785 Salon, the painting depicts the battle between two groups of champions to settle the Rome-Alba war of 669 BCE. In it, the three Horatii brothers decide to fight the three brothers of Curiatii to end the war; the Horatii are saluting their father who is handing them their swords (Louvre, 2009). The painting demonstrates the glory of sacrifice and loyalty for one's family and ...

Change management refers to the approach that a manager, an organization or an individual uses to shift from one organizational state to another (Gans 2011). Change is inevitable, and changes always occur in various organizations. The prime concern for organizations, when it comes to organizational changes, is how well the stakeholders will adapt to change. Adaptation, control and effecting change are the most crucial aspects of change management. The main goal of change management is usually to reduce any negative effect of such change on the organization and employees through control of organizational change efforts (Gans 2011). Organizations have realized ...

Alastair McGrath's Christianity's Dangerous Idea is one of the more audacious and bold critiques of the Protestant Reformation to have been released in recent years. The book itself addresses the idea of personal interpretation of the Bible, and shows how the Protestant Reformation's ideas have spread and changed throughout history. While the message has undoubtedly led to an incredible increase in awareness and expansion of the church, McGrath claims it has locked the church into a series of smaller debates that are absolutely without resolution. While McGrath asks some very good questions about the nature of independent though, his fundamental ...

Most of the dressing trends are heavily directed towards environmentally friendly materials (organic). The runways will be swashed with new leases on understated, elegant and modern dressing facilitated by refreshing and simplified color palettes of limpid shades that are iridescent and semi-transparent. In this new decade, clean slates of luminous, light and easy spring pastels take cues from natural palettes and monochromatic tones (Goworek, 2009). Cool operators will also take over the fashion industry by a relatively huge margin. The summer favorites that evoke clear summer skies as well as aquatic adventures are set to highlight blues palette as strong features ...

Importance of Semiotics

People often communicate using a lot of ways. Men communicate using verbal and non-verbal forms of communication. Well, there is actually another form of communication that is usually not recognized: communication through pictures, signs and symbols. A single picture can indeed say a thousand words. An image portraying something can also be interpreted by people in a lot of varying ways, depending on how one links something to another thing or even on his perceptions. People can always benefit from good and clear communication and there is no doubt that the deconstruction of signs and symbols have played a big role in ancient ( ...

Dark Side of Leadership

Leadership is almost always associated with positive outcomes that we tend to forget that at times, leaders fail. The causes of leadership failure have been the focus of many studies in recent years, resulting in many theories concentrating on leaders’ behaviours and characteristics which ultimately produced disastrous results for their organisations. These kinds of behaviour and vulnerabilities fundamentally constitute the dark side of leadership.

Slattery argues that although there has been an increasing focus on the dark side of leadership in recent literature, there is a lack of solid description about it and instead, ‘literature focus on particular characteristics or ...

Courage is the strength and strong determination to fight all odds and stand up for what is right and needful. It is to face hardships, dangers, uncertainties and pain, fearlessly. Courage also involves crossing the threshold, i.e. to step out of one’s comfort and secured position and embark on a journey full of risks. I see Joan of Arc as one of the best examples of courage in this regard, who stood up for the rights of her country and people. Her humble and simple background, yet bold and firm determination to fulfill God’s will and command in spite ...

Activities

When I was a sophomore in high school, I was vice president of the Korean Club, an organization which sought to bring together Korean students, as well as educate others in Korean culture. The club was created in 2009 by myself and my friend, who acted as the president. While participating and running this club, I organized several activities to introduce Korean culture to the rest of my school and community. I taught basic Korean expressions and the Korean alphabet to my classmates and teachers. What's more, I served my fellow classmates traditional Korean foods, like Kim-Chi and Topokki. The ...

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is considered one of his most artistic plays, offering visions of magic and illusion on an enchanted island far, far away, with a tinge of fairy-tale like quality, resulting in a spectacle no reader stays immune to. By utilizing different sounds, natural or unnatural noises and music, Shakespeare created a haunting, hypnotic atmosphere where nothing is as it seems, where the events unfold in a dream-like haze in an effort to truthfully portray the magical reality of Prospero’s enchanted island. He utilizes sound and silence as tools for controlling those around him, such as his magical servant ...

As the marketing director for GGI, it is my responsibility to implement a dramatic and large-scale rebranding of the company in order to increase overall sales and improve the brand recognition of the company. Given the strong, established housewares market that has already been established in the American economy, the Black & Decker appliances & housewares brand is the chief competitor to consider in order to penetrate said market. In this report, their brand recognition will be examined, as well as the branding strategies that GGI can use in their marketing project.

History is the primary benefit to Black & Decker's ...

The modern scientific method dates all the way back to the days of Isaac Newton who, ironically, only went to university because his parents thought he was too poor of a farmer to make anything of himself – so they sent him to read theology (Weisstein, 2011). The climate of research and inquiry produced one of the most transformational minds in all of the history of science. In addition to his laws of motion, he also developed the basis of a scientific method that still guides research and experimentation done in the present day.

Newton’s scientific method boiled down to four ...

Movement in Art

Duchamp’s oil painting of Nude Descending Stairs has often been considered as somewhat unconventional in the sense in which it subverts style. The image was an inversion of Cubist art in the sense that movement was captured in a single image and not in a multiplicity of images. There is also a strong element of imagination because Duchamp deliberately conceals any anatomical structures of a nude. Instead, he captures he presents patterns and shades in a way the probes the viewer to imagine any appropriate image of the concealed nude. Comparatively Muybridge images of Nude Descending Stair and Turning Round are conventional portrayal of ...

12 July 2011

The Alba Madonna by Raphael Sanzio

Raphael Sanzio’s The Alba Madonna was painted in 1511 and depicts an image of Mary, the baby Jesus and John the Baptist (as a child) sat in a countryside scene. In the painting, John the Baptist is holding up a cross to Jesus who, in turn, grips it whilst all three figures assert their attention towards the cross. The painting appears to be making some kind of prophetic statement with regard to the future of Jesus Chris and the attention of the three figures emphasises this somewhat. The immediate reaction to the painting is that traditionally, Jesus and ...

1) Similarities and Differences between the Bush and Obama Doctrines When Barack Obama took office in 2009, he decided to make substantial changes to national security strategy and policy that were present under Bush’s reign, while still remaining true to many of the core principles, in order to avoid alienating those who had already committed to the previous administration’s strategies. According to both Bush and Obama, there are many threats to American prosperity and security still present in the world. First and foremost is the continued interference and resistance from terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida ...

Introduction

The National missile defense is a term referring to a program of defense that is aimed at protecting a given country against any incoming missiles, for instance the intercontinental ballistic missile or other missiles. Interception of such missiles might be achieved through various military processes and undertakings. The program is used to refer to the United States nationwide antimissile program the country has had in its program in the 1990’s. The United States nuclear arms program is to a large extent not in line with various key issues. It is a program that should be critically reviewed. Though the definition above might seemingly ...

Jeffrey D. Sachs is among the few economists from the developed world who empathize and sympathize with the world’s poor. He views the world as a global super-community in which the disparate human societies have a common destiny. A world in which true progress will only be possible if we rise as a unit, if the world’s poor are helped out of the circumstances of their birth. His book, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, especially forcefully argues this view. It follows that a recurring theme in the book is the need for a paradigm shift in our global ...

Sonnet 130 – “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” – is an original and witty poem which satirizes the excessive imagery used by other love poets of Shakespeare’s time, and also pokes fun at the stereotypes of feminine beauty that were the dominant norm in Shakespeare’s era – and still are to a certain extent. Those stereotypical, hackneyed images of what women should look like have parallels in our culture too, because through the media and films, images of what the ideal woman should look like are used to manipulate us. Shakespeare’s language will be analyzed in order ...