Essays on Hans

While the concept of race is today clearly recognized as fictitious, the term itself has taken an altogether new reality as a cultural denotation. More specifically, the culture of racism is largely influenced by geopolitical imagination and socio-political antagonism. The new political order referred to as “Empire” is a social frame work that posits “the inferiority of an “Other” based not in biology but in cultural differences and their insurmountability” (Semati, 257). Semati argues that ‘Brown’, once signified exoticism, but refers to menacing ‘Other’ today. The Brown in this case (in Semati’s article) refers to the Muslims of ...

The Devoted Friend

Context This is a story developed by Oscar Wilde to educate children on the importance of valuing friends. The story has been passed from one generation to another, and different versions of the same have come up. The different versions differ with some characters being added to the later versions. There is also some variation in the length of the different versions of the stories, but the original message remains.

Significance

The story’s main theme is friendship and family and how important it is for individuals to have people they can trust as devoted friends. The author introduces little ...

Abstract

This paper deals with two different models of stress theory; namely the response based model of stress which is known as the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) and the Transactional model of stress known as the interaction theory. The General Adaptation Syndrome was developed by Hans Selye while the interaction theory was developed by Lazarus and Folkman. This paper discusses these theories in detail along with the frameworks of coping with stress and its impacts on the subject as developed by these theories. First responders are personnel of different departments and institutions that respond to emergency events and situations to ...

Psychology

Stress is an inevitable part of everybody’s life. There is no such person that has never experienced stress. In this essay, we are going to talk about types of stress and try to explain why it emerges. In addition, we are going to discuss the ways of coping with it.

Definition of stress

We often meet with this concept in our lives. We often say to ourselves, our life is a series of certain stress. It is important to understand that everything that is new can cause stress in our lives. So what is stress itself? Stress is a feeling of ...

(Student name removed for privacy) Analysis Report: Inception (2010)

Background

Christopher Nolan directed Inception and co-produced it together with Emma Thomas in 2010. Nolan was the one who wrote the script for the film and kept in the drawer of his table until the year it was released. The main roles were played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page and Tom Hardy. The score of the film, composed by Hans Zimmer, is said to be one of his most notable works. The production companies Legendary Pictures and Syncopy and distributed by Warner Bros. Paul Franklin ...

Introduction

Proper communication is essential to the development of any organization. In fact, lack thereof compromises the growth potential of any corporate establishment. With this idea in mind, it is worth appreciating the impact of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to the development of the global economy and communication since their development in 1997. According to the Journal of medical system, the utilization of pagers in the years before was quite limiting since these devices had a narrow communication spectrum (Kuziemsky and Francis 337). Consequently, PDAs were developed to enhance the sharing of information between individuals through the utilization of the ...

Wayland Baptist University

Public Administration Capstone PUAD 5340vc01 Abstract This review presents the book Managing performance in the Public Sector by Hans de Bruijn, summarizes and analyzes it. The book discusses the issues that arose from ineffective performance measurement and offers ways to handle these issues and mitigate their negative impact. Having analyzed the real-life cases and the extensive literature on the topic, Hans de Bruijn describes the perverse effects of performance measurement on public organizations and the quality of their services. The author proposes the use of design principles that will improve the system of performance measurement. These principles are variety, ...

The Cold War was not only a period in American history where the United States was locked in a massive international rivalry and arms race with the Soviet Union but it was a time of fervent technological, strategic and political development. The United States during World War II had developed a massive new process for technical progress with an applied goal. That is to say, the Manhattan project which culminated with the building of the first ever Atomic bomb was a very important milestone. It showed that civilians and the military could work together for a common goal. While ...

Introduction

Jessops was founded in 1935 by Frank Jessop Simmons well known around the world for its broad expertise and experience in the photographic industry. While Jessop was a leader in the industry for many years, technological and market changes over the last few decades led to a significant decline in its sales and profitability. By early 2013, it stores closed and it stock ceased being traded. However, soon after this British entrepreneur Peter Jones invested millions of pounds into the business and reopen 36 of the Jessops stores (BBC News Online a). He hoped to turn the business around. ...

Abstract

While power is a secular affair these days, ethics and moral with their connection to religion seem related to what refers to activities associated with the governance of people and territories. Of course, neither of the two provides a comprehensive view of the complex notion of politics, yet both complement the concept with precious meaning. Thus, moral adds an important dimension revealing domestic politics as a set of activities prioritizing social welfare. Furthermore, the perception of governance through the prism of virtuous leaders, as done by ethics scholars, such as al-Farabi, allows people to perceive politics as a unique ...

Prevalence of Poverty in Haiti

The issue of poverty is a topic countries are unable to tackle fully given the complexity of the problem based on its cause and the factors that ensure its continuous persistence. Many countries have areas where development is not fully realized and only certain parts of the country benefit from development or modernization. Some countries do not have resources or training necessary to instigate development and a few cannot escape poverty easily, because they have yet to repair their infrastructure and society after being subservient to another country. In the case of the Republic of Haiti, the prevalence of ...

It was in the summer of 1936 that the idea of General Adaptation Syndrome (G.A.S) was first introduced in the British Journal Nature. The G.A.S is also known under the name stress syndrome, and it was the idea which Hans Selye introduced as the process under which the body uses several of its mechanisms to deal with stress. Selye theorized that in the process of coping with stress, the body passes through the three main stages being the ‘Alarm reaction,' ‘adaptation’ and ‘stress.' In the words of Selye, stress could be taken to mean anything in between food ...

Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper In the following essay, it will be examined the practical application of the Selye’s general adaptation syndrome basing on my own experience. Recently, I have faced a stressful situation when I needed to change my place of living. It might be a lucky moment, but it is still a disturbance of my everyday routine. Additionally, I was afraid of the fact that it would take some time before I could get settled in my new place. Pursuant to the Selye’s general adaptation syndrome, the first phase is called “alarm” which represents a generic somatic shock ( ...

Introduction:

Identity is a construct that encompasses the way people think about themselves and their role in the larger social environment. Human identity is enacted through social interactions with other people as well as the relationship built between them. Therefore, identity can be understood to be containing both individual and personal differentiators and components related to someone’s role in social groups (Berzonsky, pp. 55). Absolute identity characteristics can be written in the body such as ethnicity or gender. Therefore, the way people behave reflects on their behavior, beliefs and affiliations. Communication technologies and online information have shaped the process ...

Most often, Fairy tales contribute to the cultural stability in the society by creating and implementing certain perceptions and ideas regarding the ideal behavior specified for women. In most of the fairy tales the women possess certain virtues which include the core notions of passivity, dependency, and self-sacrifice for the well-being of the males. It can be stated that women are portrayed to fulfill the needs of the male figures in the society. It is a regrettable fact to note that women characters from fairy tales always depend on the males for seeking any material possession in their lives. ...

A political party is a grouping of individuals who come together to compete in elections and hold authority in the government. Often, political parties agree on specific policies and programs that are intended to enhancing the collective common good of their supporters. Despite the fact that there are many international commonalities in the organization of political parties, there are a lot of differences concerning the ideological cores. In modern democracies, the political parties are elected by the citizens to form a government. Many nations in the world have various party systems. For instance, China has a one-party system while ...

Just the sound of the words murder or killing someone tells us that something is wrong. The thoughts and feelings we get after learning that someone has been killed, proves to us that killing is very wrong. Therefore, how can we be comfortable with passing a law that supports the death penalty? The death penalty is a legal procedure whereby the state executes a person as a punishment for the crimes/offenses he/she has committed (Kaufman 546). Therefore, when the capital punishment law is not abolished, it means that we will see many murders of people who this sentence has ...

Langston Hughes poetry and social activist

Langston Hughes was an American social Jazz Poet, novelist and an activist who used American language, religion, music, slang to educate the globe about the lifestyles of American people at the times of Harlem Renaissance. The main theme that trolled in his poems were the social problems of the blacks who lived in low earning settings (Carl, 2004). Much of critique targeted the prejudices and the divisions that were common in the people of color within the community of the blacks. The poems were activist in nature as they dealt with how to be oneself issues and encouraged the ...

Soundtracks to movies appeared even before we could actually here the actors. The music, which accompanies the scenes, help the view feel the film better and grasp the emotions on screen. Three pieces of music were chosen to go with a particular fragment of the movie Rob Roy. First Selection: Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 1st movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7pQytF2nak The music is to start playing from the moment the main hero grabs the ropes. The singular notes already played by a group of strings to create the sounds of a chord perfectly represent the dramatic atmosphere of the moment. Moreover, the syncopation ...

Postmodernism was the period that succeeded the Modern era that occurred in the late 19th century and continued to the early phase of the 20th century. What distinguishes modernism to its successor was its favor towards the classical arts of the Greco-Roman culture; like the French architect Le Corbusier, Modernism thoroughly embraces radicalism and explored many facets of rapid industrialization through the use of new materials that can be obtained cheaply and mass produced quickly. The whole concept of Modernism period style is to return the classical attribute of architectural purity on the buildings and in art. In contrast ...

Question 1:

Ernest Rutherford is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Radioactivity”. Rutherford made many contributions to research into radioactivity and the nature of an atom. Outline his contributions. Rutherford contributed greatly towards the experimenting, studying and understanding of radioactivity, and the atom. His initial contribution was the discovery and definition of the electron. The Nobel laureate proposed the Rutherford atom model that replaced the Thompson model. This provided an excellent basis for future work into the studying of atoms, as well as, their physical and chemical properties. He was involved in research aimed at splitting the atom leading to ...

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Annotated Bibliography

Dalirian, Zohreh, Alienation in Edward Hopper's and Jackson Pollock's Paintings (Wichita, Kan.: Wichita State University, 2010. In this published dissertation, Zohreh Dalirian compares Pollock’s alienation to that of Edward Hopper as expressed through their different artworks. He views Pollock’s art as a metaphor for his life. The alienation captured in his artwork can be used to explain his psychological characteristics. This work may be used to explore the link between artistic expression and psychology. Fisher, K, "Expressing The Age: How The Painting Of Jackson Pollock Displayed The Political Culture Of Abstract Expressionism.", Philogia, Vol. 2, ...

The research problem will be to investigate whether the patrimonial political systems of Singapore and South Korea are democracies that surpass their liberal Western analogues in terms of national growth and even democratization in some ways. It appears that, contrary to the popular misperception, democracy is not necessarily a lack of restraint and complete discretion or at least a range of freedom like the right to media. Sometimes, states like Singapore being low on resources and facing external threats decide on less liberal norms and behaviors bordering on authoritarianism in specific aspects. Regulated merit-based selection practices and disciplining norms ...

Money

The theme of death was common for the European art and literature of the sixteenth century due to epidemics and wars that occurred from time to time. Death itself was both frightening and exciting, as it was considered as an inevitable ending. Therefore, people of art and literature found inspiration in reminding others that their existence is not everlasting. The culture of Europe, and Germany in particular, death was perceived as a powerful force of making people think about their actions and thoughts. Hans Holbein the Younger shows Death as a creature with bones and flesh that comes to ...

Introduction

There are about 33 countries that have implemented payment schemes to facilitate the conservation of biodiversity (Duchelle et al 13). For example, in Brazil, rubber tappers have engaged in an agreement with the government where there are provided with payments for their conservation efforts (Duchelle et al 14). Another example is in Guyana where the Conservation International has obtained a conservation concession from their government to promote the conservation of 20,000 acres of forest. The payment scheme as a strategy to facilitate biodiversity conservation is also currently applicable in the United States where farmers are paid for protecting ...