Essays on Drake

Interpreting Laws and Court Decisions

Introduction Laws are continuously changing and are always put in a language difficult for the common citizen to understand. The average working American is mostly unable to understand the legal language and terms. This makes the interpretation of laws and, even court decisions, a difficult undertaking. Labor laws in the US provide a necessary legal relationship among the workers’ labor unions, workers themselves, and the employers. The laws also form a basis on which the labor cases are determined in courts. The interpretation of both the court decisions and laws, therefore, remains significant to both the workers and their ...

Background

Domestic violence has occurred for as long as their has been a written record. This is evidenced by laws, usually permitting it, throughout antiquity. It has most likely existed since humanity began, as it is observed in our closest genetic relatives, and seems to be stimulated by very primal parts of the brain. The Journal of the American Medical association began to describe battered child syndrome in the 1960’s, and between the beginning of humanity and when domestic abuse began to be described as a societal problem, little if anything was done. Since then, the United States has ...

(Financial and SWOT analysis and Recommendation to Identified Problems)

Background

The Walt Disney Company is an American diversified firm which focuses its business in mass media where it offers licensing services for the populace to consume their products among other services. Walt Disney headquarter is at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. The firm was founded on October 16th, 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy O Walt Disney in Los Angeles, California. In its most recent full year financial statements, 2015 financial statement, the firm posted a net income of US$8.38 billion, operating income of US$14.68 billion and ...

Abstract

The impact of salt on melting of ice can be described as utilizing atomic progression recreations. The harmony the point of solidification melancholy saw in the recreations is in great concurrence with trial information. The dynamic parts of liquefying are examined as far as the trading of water atoms amongst ice and the fluid stage (Brique, 1967). The ice/fluid harmony is a profoundly dynamic procedure with the incessant trade of water particles amongst ice and the fluid stage. The parity is irritated when ice dissolves and the softening continues in two phases; the restraint of the relationship of water ...

Many people today tend to believe that they can declare their superiority over other individuals, for example by burning their books, which to their mind are considered to be offensive. Vonnegut has written a powerful letter to the chairman of the Drake School Board, Mr. McCarthy, concerning his novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, which was used as a teaching aid by a school teacher, in order to get acquainted students with the brutality of World War II, but later on all the copies of the book were burnt in the furnace of the school. When it comes to the topic of “real ...

Book Censorship

Despite the fact that the First Amendment in the U.S. Constitution provides legal protection for the freedom of religion, speech and press, modern American history as well as its democratic façade have been compromised greatly by numerous cases of book censorship and bans, particularly in educational institutions. Thereby, the case of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five is only a drop in the ocean of shameful censorship policies. As Vonnegut’s seminal work was banned in schools across the United States and as the Drake School Board set several books on fire, the prominent American writer whose books are ...

Thesis

Racism is still a very big problem in the world and America in particular. The gains of the civil rights of the 1960's have been washed away, partly, by the rise of the ‘political correctness' era that designed things to be said in a certain way, and, a pluralistic ignorance that came out as an offshoot of political correctness, where, people speak about racism in acceptable terms while believing in the opposite to avoid appearing insensitive and racist. Just as racism was rampant in America in 1930’s as brought out in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird, ...

Business Law: Case Analysis

Business Law: Case Analysis Bank of New York Mellon Trust v. Morgan Stanley Mortgage 14-2619 (2016) The facts of this case in brief are that the plaintiff Bank alleged that the defendant had breached its contract with it involving a mortgage loan agreement. The defendant on the other hand alleged that they were not obliged contractually to repurchase the mortgage due to the fact that the contract was vitiated by misrepresentation. The background of the case is that the parties entered into an agreement a mortgage loan agreement and the defendant then defaulted on the loan and the bank ...

Introduction

The representation of women in the popular culture remains to be stereotyped by the naïve, sentimental, and domesticated women. It is through the media, which this issue continues to be propagated. There are several individuals and places focused on research on feminism publicizing both the positive and the negative gender disparities that are encountered daily. The resilient applauses me, hard working ladies who have undertaken significant influences through history to offer women the opportunities enjoyed in the contemporary society. Though many social revolutions have occurred, women still bear among them motifs rather than of individuals, still derided instead ...

SUMMERY

INTRODUCTION The manufacturing sector, production means making a product either by using a machine or hand or both. It’s a component of goods producing industry. Unlike trading or service businesses that buy products and sell at a higher price to make the profit, manufacturing instead make products that they finally sell. Manufacturing companies that produce and sell goods needs an accounting system that does not solely look at the accounting aspect only but also sale and purchase of the goods. By this, the accounting system for the manufacturing industry is more complex than the service sector does not ...

Introduction

A global supply chain is composed of processes, interrelated entities, and resources that make and deliver products and services to customers across many countries (Drake, 2012). Due to globalization and increase in international trade, companies are operating and sourcing products and services in many countries. There has been a rise in multinational companies with plants or stores in different countries. This underscores the need for global supply chains to enhance the operations of these companies. Some companies use global supply chains to source for products.

Benefits of global supply chains

Global supply chains enable a company to compete all over the world. A company ...

Natural resources are getting finished at a rate faster than nature can restore, and still we continue to live as if these resources were limitless. The human race is faced with a great risk of extinction, and no amount of faith or willpower can save us from the extinction that threatens our existence. Natural resources such as oil have continued to reduce over the years and have led to the loss of certain species on earth such as dinosaurs, and there are numerous concerns that mankind will face the same fate in the future (Drake). The human race is ...

Net present value

NPV is gotten by subtracting cash outflows from the sum cash inflows from the project investment. To get current values, a discounted rate used which is the rate of return or the opportunity cost of capital. The opportunity cost of capital is the rate of return that an investor could earn if the money would have invested in financial assets of equal risk (Gollier, 2009). It’s therefore, the return that an investor would expect to receive. It’s vital in capital budgeting because of the determination of the expected profits from the projects to be invested if approved ...

INTRODUCTION ANDBACKGROUND/HISTORY OF THE BUSINESS

Qatar Cultural Creativity Center was established in 2005 following the decision of the President of General Authority of youth no. (2) for year 2005. The board of directors was constituted in 2012 following the decision of Minister of Culture, Arts, and heritage no (116) for year 2012. The Cultural and Creativity Center is a Not for Profit Organization. The Cultural Creativity Center targets the youth and aims at equipping them with both hard and soft skills that fosters the discovery of personal abilities (Ame Info). The Center teaches skills such as how to write and publish a book, how ...

Introduction

Leadership styles of executives define organizational culture and thus determine the health and profitability of business operations. Leadership is a process through which an individual guides, controls and influences the thinking pattern, feeling and behavior of fellow employees in an organization (Haiman, 1951). Organizations are positively influenced by leaders who have the ability to plan and act through their own unique styles towards achieving their long-term visions. Analyzing the styles of leaders of business organizations reveals why certain organizations keep on breaking sales records whereas others fail to create a significant impact in the consumer market. Broadly, today’s ...

Human Physiology ECG Laboratory Report

Abstract This is a practical experiment on ECG concerning human physiology. The experiment intends to achieve one primary goal: equip the learner with vital skills pertinent in making rational decisions anchored on scientifically proven facts. I chose to study participants from both sexes with varying levels of nutritional statuses and physical activities. We recorded the foods consumed by each participant. The results indicated that those who took caffeinated drinks positively correlated to emission of rapid ECG signals demonistrated by the ECG readings.

Introduction

The heart is a fundamental organ in sustaining life. It contracts at regular and perpetual intervals throughout ...

Part A

Hospital Acquired Infections Health care system is a very dynamic field that changes periodically; the practices that were deemed to be the most effective a decade ago may be rendered less useful or obsolete in the present day care. The changes are basically due to changes in patient needs, the emergence of new technologies, improved science research findings that develop new care methods as well as changes in healthcare policies and regulations. For example in the United States, the increase in the size of an aging population means an increase in number of patients that will suffer from chronic ...

Introduction

The information relayed by financial statements is the mirror through which an entity is viewed by the owners, shareholders, creditors, the regulatory authorities (governments), potential investors and all other stakeholders. The information obtained from these financial statements forms a reliable basis for the interested parties to evaluate the efficiency, profitability, and general performance of the business in a periodic manner, usually annually, semi-annually or quarterly. This paper seeks to examine the usefulness of such financial statements as the income statement, balance sheet and cash flows for Starbucks Corporation. The income statement is an analytical presentation of the total amount ...

Philosophy

Introduction Man has always gazed at the stars and attempted to answer the question about the existence of any life anywhere else in the Universe apart from Earth. While for the better part of the first two thousand years After Christ, there was a popular assumption that Man is unique in the Universe, the acceptance of the ‘Copernican Principle’ (Tyson, 2003) in the 1500s, when Nicholas Copernicus put the sun back in its proper place at the center of the solar system, propelled the notion that man may not be unique after all. Given the fact that the three ...

2009 West Gray

Houston, Texas 77019

One Main Street Houston, Texas 77008 Dear Mr Morales: It is with a mixture of pride and sadness that I offer this letter of introduction and recommendation to you for one of my employees, Miss Jennifer Drake. Miss Drake has been in my employ at the Landmark Theatre, River Oaks for 5 years as a film projectionist. It is with great pride that I recommend her, as she is an exceptional and reliable employee. The endorsement is also provided with some sadness, however, as I realize if Miss Drake is successful in obtaining the Robert A. ...

English Course Reflection

Dear students, I am writing this letter hoping that it will help you to gain insight on ENG 105 course taught by Katie Donoviel based on my good and bad experiences. Some of the activities that I carried out as part of the course included: writing projects, reading logs, presentations, and peer review groups. Generally, we had 5 writing projects, 13 reading logs, 2 presentations, in addition to the peer review groups. The first presentation was a group presentation on issues to do with grammar, commas and the like while the second presentation was on The Impact of Social ...

Prison Design:

Prison design has to accommodate inmates by separating them with regards to the following two considerations: gender and degree of offenders. There can also be considerations on classifying and housing inmates according to their mental statuses. To successfully keep the society safe from medium criminals who are likely to get notorious, the prison will have two compartments that are designed differently. A radial design compartment will be used for inmates that show tendencies of risky behaviors. A campus design will serve for those inmates that are less harmful and expected to go back to the society (Waldron, 2014). Evidently, ...

Objectifying Song: Drake- “Hotline Bling”

Drake’s 2015 song “Hotline Bling” contains sexist lyrics that objectify women and effectively imply the technique of slut shaming and male dependence. The overlying theme of these song is the idea that this woman has lost all of her self-respect because her boyfriend has left her, showcasing the objectifying idea that men are responsible for the identity of females. When he sings this song, he is implying that men are dominant in romantic relationships and women make decisions about their morality and their respectability based on whether they are single or not, out of respect to their boyfriends. ...

The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 granted funds to states to create community mental health centers. The purpose of the Act was to provide community-based mental health care as an alternative to institutionalization. The benefit of the community-based care was to allow mental health patients and those with intellectual disabilities to live and work at home while undergoing treatment or supervised care (Office of NIH History, Public Law 88-164 Oct.31, 1963). Those most affected by the Act were the mentally health patients and mentally handicapped individual who were released from institutions, and their families. Indirectly, the Act impacted ...

“Hotline Bling,” a song co-written and performed by Canadian rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, known simply as Drake, rose to popularity in late 2015. While it was well known for its corresponding music video, it has also been critically praised for its emotional depth. Essentially, “Hotline Bling” is an emotional appeal from the narrator, Drake, to a former lover, who remains unnamed in the song. Throughout several stanzas that center around the phrase “ever since I left the city,” Drake uses the rhetorical devices of pathos and ethos in an attempt to compare and contrast his past and current relationship ...

Part One

Risk There is no standard way to define risks. However, one of the definitions of risk is the probability that the return on an investment will be lower than the expected return (Business Dictionary, n.d.). Examples of risk include business risk, transactional risks and exchange rate risk.

Beta

Beta is a measure of systematic risk of a stock. The value measures the volatility of the stock compared to the volatility of the market (Forbes, n.d.). The value of Beta can be either positive or negative while the beta value of the market is always one. As such, in interpreting the ...

The Strengths and Stressors tracking device indicated an adequate environment (including stability in housing, safety in community, food and nutrition, personal hygiene, transportation). The results indicated that an inadequate attention is paid to the learning environment needs of the child, as indicated by lack of school supplies in the home as well as frequent school absences.(“Strengths and Stressors Tracking Device”, n.d.) The clear area of stress as indicated by Strengths and Stressors test was in the area of Family and Caregivers (“Strengths and Stressors Tracking Device”, n.d.) In this part of the instrument, respondents are asked to rate ...

Introduction

The Massachusetts Correction Institute in Concord for men will be used as an example for this research. People in the society need to feel protected and secured in their homes. This fact is what causes the government to formulate security measures such as the correctional institutions that will be used to punish and rehabilitate criminals. In order to understand the topic of correction and punishment, it is crucial that one should be able to define their meanings. The word correction has many different meanings. However, in the criminal justice system correction is described as the rectification of one's behaviors. ...

In his work entitled, The Lover's Dictionary, David Levithan recounts the ups and downs of romance. Specifically, Levithan uses words to describe the aspects of the relationships. It is a quite revealing book in the sense that there is a unique structure to it whereby the words read like a dictionary. Arguably, the overall tone of the novel is similar to that of Drake's "Hotline Bling." The song, along with the music video remains a viral sensation because of the antsy and catchy dynamics that are woven within it. Lyrically, Drake tells the story of an ex, who has ...

Abstract

This is a practical experiment on ECG with regards to human physiology. The experiment was intended to achieve one primary goal: equip the learner with vital skills pertinent in making rational decisions anchored on scientifically proven facts. The alchemist recruited study participant from both sexes with varying levels of nutritional statuses and physical activities. The foods consumed by each participant were recorded. The results indicated that those who took caffeinated drinks positively correlated to emission of rapid ECG signals demonistrated by the ECG readings.

Introduction

The heart is a fundamental organ in sustaining life. It contracts at regular and perpetual ...

A crisis communication strategy is a planned approach to the management of any situation that threatens to cause harm or negative effects to a group of people or business. The strategy has to outline the general steps on how the threat can be handled and should bring out reasonable measures and procedures of handling the situation. For example in the tourism sector in any nation, there may arise situations that may threaten the tourism industry such as security and increase in charges (Yu, 2016). In dealing with crisis situations, there is a need to have a crisis communication strategy ...