Essays on Forge

In the captivating world of “House of the Dragon,” Rhaenyra Targaryen, initially played by the actress Milly Alcock, emerges as a formidable character, defying societal norms and challenging the traditional constraints imposed upon women in leadership roles. It is fascinating to explore the significance of Rhaenyra’s image for modern women aspiring to lead, showcasing her fierce ambition, resilience, and determination to claim the Iron Throne. As Rhaenyra’s journey is analyzed, it becomes apparent how her portrayal as a powerful and multifaceted leader not only empowers audiences but also serves as a compelling reminder of the potential and strength ...

Customer service representative

The company seeks to recruit an individual with ideal qualification for the position of customer service. Applicant must have the following requirements and qualification Active listening and strong communication skills specifically on phone contact Ability to engage clients, multitask, manage time and prioritize effectively Proven presentation skills Degree or diploma certificate Experience in customer service delivery Ability to work as a team Ability to analyze and solve problems Clear track record winning quota Technical capacity Result oriented Customer service job is very wanting. It requires high competence from the individual hired. This is the reason why a high school ...

Reciprocity and Exchange can be hard to establish and maintain if either party believes they are in control. Similarly, highly cooperative individuals may find it difficult understanding the importance of both concepts in social arrangements. Marcel Mauss’ The Gift uses the value of reciprocity and exchange as part of building unity and continuity for human social arrangements. The book’s analysis of archaic communities shows how objective exchange can help establish and maintain relationships between groups. In archaic societies, Mauss establishes evidence that early communities existed around the obligation to give, receive, and reciprocate for social continuity. Exchange systems ...

Introduction

In his book, “Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity,” Huntington attempts to define America's identity starting from the beginning of its history and working through to modern day America. Huntington dries to examine the history of Americas' settlers, immigrants, natives and others who make the population of this cast countries. Huntington dispels various misconceptions that are often held on the national identity of America. He also assesses the challenges that have characterized national identity and offers possible solutions to the problems. There are many critics of Huntington, including Fonte John, Rose Douthat, Martha Nussbaum, and Luis ...

Introduction

Campbell states that there are twelve stages of the heroes journey they are; The ordinary world - something occurs in the heroes life that causes stress. The approach - the hero and allies prepare for the challenge. The call to adventure - something occurs within the heart of the hero that starts them on their journey to leadership. The ordeal - the hero confronts, death, fears, anxieties, where something is learned (Campbell). Refusal of the call - the hero now aware of his / her call, feels anxiety about it, unprepared, unworthy etc. The reward - the hero fights ...

A lot has been said about the prowess of Barack Obama and the brilliance he showed on March 18th, 2008 when he was addressing people in Philadelphia during his campaign. He said things that even his distractors couldn’t say either in public or in privacy (Frank 180). The focus is on the orator ability to talk about racism and togetherness in public and his desire to move the country to a new and better level. He is assuring the whites that they have no reason to fear from voting in an African-American (Talbot, David, page 82). His speech ...

Globalization has been a primary driving force in today’s post capitalist world. Yet globalization is not at all easy to define (Al-Rodhan, 3). It is not simply a matter of increasing cultural sharing among people from different parts of the country. Rather, globalization is seen to be a “technological, economic, and political innovation that has dramatically reduced barriers to economic, political, and cultural exchange” (Drezner, 53). More than the micro-processes, globalization has fundamental effects to social, political, and economic process (Al-Rodhan, 3). The effects of globalization are manifold. In one hand, critics see globalization as the cause of ...

The Company’s target customer profiles and strategies

Customers Profiles Macy’s offers high-end customers an assortment of well-established brands, for example, Chanel, Burberry, Armani, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, David Yurman, Prada, John Varvatos, and Christ Jimmy through its stores under the Bloomingdale’s brand. These brands have enabled the company to offer a blend of products that every customer would find at least one brand to resonate with. The customer profile for Macy’s brand stores are categorized into three customer segments:

American middle class:

- Who have preference to products of quality and reasonable prices. - Are highly informed of trending items in the market. - Class oriented 2. ...

Introduction

This essay will explore the role that the American media plays in forming public opinion. This essay will particularly focus on the area of public opinion, media influence and politics. It will investigate whether, or not the media plays a key role in forming public opinion when it comes to politics. It will discover what the extent of their influence is. The research methodology in this essay has been taken from, statistical data, journals, academic presentations, books, newspaper articles, and video recordings. This topic has been chosen, because it is a current issue that is playing out in the ...

Affiliated Institution

Introduction For many years, Amnesty International has been a champion for global humanitarian and human rights issues. With the world continuously evolving, Amnesty International has adapted to these changes and accommodated them. Due to population growth, the world has witnessed continued conflicts over resources specifically in Africa and the Middle East. These conflicts are fueled by political regimes and their ideologies, (Weinstein 2010). Terror groups such as Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and Islamic State (IS), have continuously violated human rights. In most African countries, dictatorial rule has come under threat with masses becoming more educated and informed of their human ...

Botkin and Kellar (2014) describe an ecosystem as “communities of organisms and their nonliving environment in which nutrients and other chemicals cycle and energy flow.” I have chosen the forests of Pennsylvania as a holistic ecosystem to examine. Pennsylvania has approximately 17 million acres of forest, making up 59% of this State. The predominant species associations are oak/hickory in the central and southern areas and Northern hardwood (including black cherry, maple and birch) in the north and north-west (Sustaining Penn’s Woods, 2001). The vast forest area contains mature ecosystems with the aforementioned tree species as the climax species. ...

Introduction

The African American culture is complex and multifaceted. It was derived from numerous cultures in Africa and, later, from the Caribbean Islands. The African-American blackness is a product of at least five interconnected dimensions (Hooks 109). The first dimension is racial. A person’s race is a genetic characteristic that relates to their continent of origin. The African-American label was derived from the fact that the blacks originally came from Africa. The second dimension is ethnic. It’s based on a presupposition of a common culture and a similar biological descent. In this regard, African Americans were expected to ...

Representation of Women in Disney Films

Proper representation of the society in films is essential as it enables the viewer to generate an accurate understanding of the community. In fact, lack thereof leads one into making erroneous judgments of the people represented in the film. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that the representation of gender roles in Disney films has undergone constant developments over the years with relation to the changing roles gender roles in the concurrent society. Precisely, women have evolved from the lesser powerful and weaker entities described through conventional tales to stronger and independent individuals in the ...

The novel, ‘ Parable of the Sower’ by Octavia. E. Butler and the movie, ‘Blade Runner’ are set in a future that is marked by the breakdown of the traditional society, violence and fight for resources. Both the novel and the movie are set in Southern California, Los Angeles to be exact and show a society that is deeply divided along class and racial lines. The setting is a dystopian world which is filled with pollution, economic meltdown, war, drought and danger. These divisions not only affect the society that they live in but also affects the environment as a ...

The stand-off between the North Korea and the US about nuclear weapon development has been ongoing for long. Several issues surround the persistent threats by North Korea and its sudden interest in the development of nuclear weapons. Many parties have attempted to negotiate the end of the nuclear weapon and sale of ballistic arsenals (Forge 81-104). The efforts to denuclearize the world have been full of frustrations marred with the uncertain stalemate. At some points, there have been signs of progress, but all seem to be in vain after certain periods. It is important for the world powers to ...

The article of my choice was, “In Search of the Chilean Paradise: Peruvians in Chile Forge a Community” by Soledad Ortega. The article was published in Report on Race and Migration. It basically discussed the struggles that Peruvians face when they come to Chile looking for a better life. There are times when they’re held as domestic slave and even forced to work for free. These individuals, however keep moving ahead to try to obtain sound employment. This article relates heavily to immigration issues. People are known for moving around to different places in order to find more ...

The kingdom Saudi Arabia is an Arab state located in western part of Asia, it borders Iraq, Jordan to the north, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain in the east, Yemen and Oman the south. The country pride itself to being the second largest Arab-speaking nation second to Algeria. the country in constituted of four main districts East Arabia, Hejaz and Asir that were united through a series of conquest in 1902. The country is an absolute monarchy that is governed by the house of Saudi Islamic guidelines. The kingship is a hereditary dictatorship that is ruled by strict Sharia laws. ...

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Introduction

Burnside and Machiraju (2013, p. 1) states that the European Commission initiated consultative meetings with regards to possibly widening the coverage of the “European Union Merger Regulations (EUMR) to “non-controlling minority shareholdings.” The conference was simultaneous to the decision of the United Kingdom’s Competition Commission ordering Ryanair to reduce its Aer Lingus shareholdings from close to 30 per cent to 5 per cent. The recent ruling of the UK commission is indicative of the position that rigid policies obstructing EU commerce and trade regulators from intervening in transactions engaging the sale of minority shareholdings ...

" Expand the product line to include housewares. The key supplier carries a full range of good quality housewares products and GGI can leverage its existing relationship to obtain discounted pricing on these additional product lines." Repackage and brand: currently, the products arrive with a "plain brown wrapper" sort of packaging so little attention has been paid to whether GGI even has a reputation in the market. GGI has the option to repackage the items to promote a stronger brand image, but the cost will shrink their profit margin." Open additional stores, possibly under a new brand, much like other manufacturers' and importers' "factory" stores." ...

Industry Report

Introduction Annual reports are documented and published by an organization or an entity covering the financial events and development of the organization for the past one year. According to numerous business scholars, accountability is a significant factor that needs consideration in developing a company or organization report. Business reports highlight the events, particularly the financial reports and milestones of the enterprise. The target groups could be the employees, clients and potential clients, interior and exterior investors, and the authorities. Throughout the annual report, every important business event should be described, highlighted, and analyzed. The events are primarily analyzed to ...

Introduction

As engraved on the tombstone "A Soldier of the Revolution', Joseph Plumb Martin was indeed an ordinary soldier who died amidst poverty in 1850. He was an ordinary person who served bravely in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He is best known for his memoir titled 'A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier', which was first published anonymously in 1830. In this memoir, he gave a vivid account of all that transpired in the battlefield in front of his eyes. His account of war is devoid of any embellishment of war heroes. ...

The element of nostalgia in the novel

Great Expectations is a novel that is based on elements of nostalgia. The arch typical nostalgic character is the doomed Miss Havisham, who lives in the past and cannot get over the jilting of her suitor – she leaves her crumbling house just as it was all those years ago. Pip longs for his dead parents since he is treated badly by his sister although he finds comfort in the kindly character of Joe Gargery, his sister’s husband. There is also an autobiographical sense of nostalgia coming from Dickens’ himself, especially with the Kent surroundings forming such an important part ...

Who are the minority groups and what are the challenges have they been facing currently? Why blacks do commits the highest homicide or crime rate, and even kill among themselves despite the abolishment of slavery and segregation systems? These are some of the questions that I am going to handle in this paper. It is a fact that the minority groups in the past have gone through hard times of their life, whereby they were discriminated by the majority and the elite whites. Some were even killed by whites. But at present, blacks continue to indicate the highest rates of ...

In every person’s life, marriage is considerably one of the most important highlights of their lives as this signals their commitment to one another and a new life. Many consider marriage to bevery serious business as many couples opt to take a long time to determine whether they can enter such commitment or just stay separated. However, there are a few who would undergo marriage and later on file for divorce due to irreconcilable differences and other reasons that would show the other is unfit for such commitment. For years, divorce remains as a hot topic for many countries, especially in the ...

INSURANCE FRAUD

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Insurance fraud is the term used for explaining the misrepresentation that the individuals or a group of people make so that they can avail more benefits from the insurance companies to which they are actually not entitled too. The transparency in the representation is important for securing the rights and overburdening the company from the claims which have actually not taken place. The insurance companies take different measures for protecting the rights and ensuring that they are protected from the insurance fraud. For this the rules and regulations are implemented using which they sometimes protect themselves from ...

The family is a perennial topic in disaster films, where individuals struggle over moral and ethical decisions that continuously bother their conscience throughout the narrative. In the conventional collapse of modern society in disaster films, the family is oftentimes the only institution left that can withstand the chaos that ensues as a result of government failure. Where there is no community or social structure whatsoever to turn to, the main characters within the disaster narrative resort to forging their own relationships with the people they come into contact with, whether it is based on blood relations, an identical purpose, or a similar ...

- On “Calamity of PostWar Construction Came From Rejecting History” The article was mostly about the unique ideas of architect Albert Speer when it comes to reconstructing Germany and how city centers of today should be like. The name of the architect is very familiar as his father, who is also his namesake, had been one of Adolf Hitler’s most trusted architects in the time of the Third Reich. His father, who belonged into a working group in the Third Reich, proposed a more dispersed type of construction around Germany as a part of the reconstruction process. It was an ...

Impact of Facebook on teenagers in America

The generation is what is referred to as the I Generation. This is the generation that is constantly connected to the internet surfing, texting, instant messaging, Facebooking, Instagram, twitter and so forth. Their lives seem to revolve around these sites and they cannot seem to function properly without them. It has come to our attention that while these sites and activities seem necessary and vital, they do have effects on persons who are constantly using them. The internet has sought to close the boundaries that exist in cultures. Through it persons from every walk of life can access any ...

The origin and the culture of blacksmiths in Kuku society date 1790 – 1960s. Kuku consisted of a large ethnic group of southerners in Sudan (Poggo 169). The cultural and the linguistic group were among the Eastern Nilotes. The Eastern Nilotic Group occupied the Kajo-Kaji territory. The territory was originally the home of the Moru – Madi Sudanic community. As Kuku crossed the River Nile, they absorbed some of the communities living in that territory at that period. The interaction of the Kuku and Lugabra from the southern region, Kakwa from the west, and the Bari from the north led to the ...

Often in life we find ourselves torn between doing the morally right thing and the legally right thing. What is legal sometimes is not morally right. On the other hand, defying the law to fulfill a moral obligation might see one sent to jail. This paper discusses the conflict between moral and legal choices in the play Dollhouse. How do the characters find their moral issues in conflict with legal choices? In act one, we hear Nora tell her friend Mrs. Linde how she illegally obtained money so that her husband and her could travel to Italy. Her husband ...

Introduction

Sociology refers to a science that seeks to study the behavior of human beings and gives credible information on the different behavior patterns as expressed by humans. The behavior of human beings can be investigated right form its origin to development and finally expressed as a tendency by a human. A social behavior in human beings can be expressed as a character of a person when he or she interacts with another person. This behavior can either be acceptable or thus form a virtue or un-acceptable and thus become a vice (Lindsey, Beach, Booth & Ravelli, 2009). The social structure in the current situation has really changed ...

Lion Nathan Breweries and the China market

Q1. The Porter's Five Forces concept is a unique and powerful tool for determining the position of a particular business with respect to its competitors. The Five Forces is very significant as it helps to analyze both, the strengths of the current competitive position and the strength of the position in which the organization is considering moving into China market (Porter, 2008). Lion Nathan or LN was an international brewer basically with presence in two countries Australia and New Zealand. LN operated in these countries with a portfolio of over 50 brands and more than 10 breweries. In the year 1993, LN ...

Often described by the media and some political pundits as an unnecessary war, the Vietnam War is one of the historical events that have received both criticism and admiration with an equal measure. Nevertheless, there are many political and military lessons to be learnt. One of the most important lessons learned from the Vietnam War is that we should always have an end goal. The reason why the war was unnecessarily prolonged for such a long duration is because there was no exit strategy. According to Hunt Jr. (2004), the US military went to the Republic of Vietnam with ...

Executive Summary

With upwards of $48,077 in 2012 revenues and more than $862 in operating profits during the same period, Amazon.com is easily a major player in the online retail industry. The company’s internet operations, coupled by the wide range of products gives Amazon.com a critical advantage in the industry. Amazon.com caters for four separate markets including sellers, content creators, enterprises and final consumers through its retail websites, which are designed to have technical capacity to handle millions. In addition, the company’s extensive online infrastructure and immense R&D resources give it a particular advantage in facilitating the Kindle product extension. ...

Compare European law to UK law

In view of the difference in legal systems and the way in which different countries operate their property market, examine how Great Britain may not sit well in the European Community. Most legal systems of the world are based on two dominant legal traditions which are Civil Law and common law. This makes the basis of how countries operate differently in many areas. Because of these inherent differences the influence can be phenomenal. The basis of property law in Great Britain is based on common law principles which are supported by statutes, the law of property Act ...

The years of James Joyce's life mark major transitions in world history, as well as in world culture. When he was born, in 1882, the worldwide transition from an agrarian way of life to the industrial paradigm was still in fits and starts. Wars were still fought hand-to-hand and on horseback. Literature was still primarily a mostly straightforward affair, as were the visual arts. Matters of perspective, the bailiwick of the modernist artists, were still yet to be the matter of much experimentation. However, the arrival of the Impressionist painters began to erode a unified perspective by considering how subjects might ...

The American Civil War of 1861-1865 is a key event in the history of the country in terms of arising their consciousness and is regarded as the Second American Revolution after the First Revolution of 1776-1783. The War largely determined the path that United States would take as it sought to answer two questions that were not defined by the first revolution. To this extent, the civil war made an attempt to ascertain whether the nation was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or one with a sovereign national government. Secondly,the war gave an answer as to whether America ...

The selection of a lifetime career in line with my aspirations and talents has been nothing short of exhilarating. Though it has been challenging and at times disappointing, the results have been worth the effort. This course has influenced the decisions that I have been making regarding my future. After I am through with my course I can now confidently reflect on my performance and preparedness for a career in business. This reflective statement presents my career selection, application of knowledge, opportunity research, decision making, opportunity awareness and self awareness throughout my quest to forge a successful career out of the course ...

Introduction:

Military music has always been an important part of any army but today’s changes in the science of battle have relegated the role of the musical band very much into the background. Can one imagine the changes which have been wrought by shock and awe campaigns and how this lightning quick battle scenario has changed everything with regards to military music? In today’s day and age, the military band is nothing more than a showpiece as everything has changed in battle. Gone are the days when such situations such as The Charge of the Light Brigade ...

Introduction

Medicine Organizations operate in an unpredictable environment characterised with price fluctuations, change in consumer behavior and legal provisions. In order to cope with challenges accruing from these changes, organizations need to implement effective measures to counteract the same. This implies that change is inevitable and that any organization desiring to transform into learning and dynamic organization should be ready to change. The rate at which organization need to change has increased steadily in the last few years especially with the advancement of science and technology coupled with the emergence of the computer era. Many organization have integrated technology ...

Barriers to Forming an East Asian Trade Bloc: China and Japan

Countries usually enter into trade agreements by forming blocs so that they can provide and benefit from preferential treatment in trade. The arrangement provides a country easier access to external investments removes trade barriers and facilitates better and greater movement of goods and money across national borders. The trade bloc commonly seeks to reap the benefits of significant economic advantages made possible through greater FDI flows (Foreign Direct Investment), economies of scale of production, more competition among manufacturers in nearby member countries, beneficial tariff regimes and more efficient markets. The most common types of trading blocs include the Preferential Trading ...

Question 1

Discuss in detail, from the Manifesto of the Communist Party how the social relations of production will become a fetter or obstacle to the continued development of the means of production. Make sure to use specific quotes from the Manifesto to support your discussion. According to the concept of social relations, means of production can be privately or publicly owned depending on the order established in a society. For Marx and Engels (1848), capitalistic structure suggests concentration of means of production at the hands of bourgeoisie and continuous exploitation of working class while socialism presupposes public ownership of the means ...

Last month an open source desktop application for project management was given a trial. Open source can often demonstrate some advantages due to flexibility in letting the user set up a more personalized system. For example, the D2L is very nice and very fancy but the software design assumes that every user is exactly alike. In fact users have their own learning styles and their own way of setting goals. Open Workbench is nice for people who like to meet goals by setting tasks to finish before moving on to the next step. For people who are task goal oriented rather ...

Internet Technology Learning Management System

Open source desktop applications for project management work can be more imaginative then the commercial software management systems that always seem to rework the same applications with minor differences. Open Workbench is nice because it does not offer the same time-based goal orientation but instead offers task-based goals. A goal is reached when a task is finished instead of having to race against a clock for each task. The download is free from Source Forge.net. The installment took less than 15 seconds. The application has a double split screen vertically and a triple split screen horizontally at the Phase One Gantt level ...

Questions and Answers

1. The word technology has extensively been used to mean practical and productive advancements which are made in tools and devices which are used in making work easier. In such situations, technology is usually taken to be something which is beneficial and awesome in man’s life. Nevertheless, this general perception has been challenged by Marx who analyzes some technological advances which have led to total failure not mentioning their cost of maintenance. Consequently, the word technology should not be used to represent advancement which is beneficial and practicable as some technological approaches have led to total disaster ...

Introduction

The Romans are known to have rules the world for over three centuries and no other country or ruler is known to have done that ever. The very first Non-commissioned Officers (NCO) group is known to be developed by the Romans, at that time they used to work in a group of ten soldiers having a specially assigned NCO and they used to be extremely well disciplined and efficient.[ CITATION NCO05 \l 1033 ] The NCO groups have become an integral part of the US Army, the history of NCO groups dates back to some 240 years and since their development ...

Reporting to Stakeholders

There have been a lot of arguments on reporting to stakeholders by different scholars. There have emerged two schools of thought. The first school is the shareholder concept in corporate responsibility advocating for managers to concentrate on the maximising shareholder value. The second school of thought advocates for managers to concentrate on various stakeholders that affect and are affected by the company. I will discuss why the company should use the stakeholder model of reporting.

Thesis Statement: Reporting to stakeholders is the superior and sustainable concept that the company should practice.

The stakeholder approach has been contested by many scholars. They argue that the only stakeholder the management should consider is the shareholder. When the management ...

Introduction

Technology is the application of knowledge as the main tool in order to solve a problem. Technology has had a very big impact in the development of the world in various areas. These include; construction, medical and information fields. (Goyder, 2004) International division of labor is as a result of globalization. It occurs when process of production is no longer confined to national economies. This has led to global industrial shifts whereby production processes are relocated from the developed countries to developing countries. This is so as companies are searching for the cheapest options for the manufacture and assembly of their ...

McDonaldization concept was first put into application by Henry Ford in his assembly line so as to increase the production of automobiles. This concept was then later applied by George Ritzer to express sociological events in society. The concept is used to refer to the replacement of sensibly consistent rules for traditional or rather irrational rules. In other words McDonaldization is a rationalization process at acute levels. To be more specific, according to George Ritzer it is the process that has led to the principles of fast-food restaurant dominating most sectors of the American society and the entire world at ...