Essays on Representation

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 ...

Purpose

The objective of this study is to compare different states in America that have strict gun control policies to those that have lenient gun control legislation. To comprehend the impact the gun control policies has on violent crimes, the study will incorporate the violent crime rates of the selected states. The research will attempt to find out whether strict gun control policies reduce or increases violent crimes and compare the results with those from areas that have strict gun control legislation.

Participants and Sampling Procedures

For participants, the study selected three different states that have varying levels of gun control legislations. The study ...

Dreams have always inspired artists to produce real visual images. Paintings in pre-historic walls are evidence that human beings have been representing their dreams since time immemorial. Artists in all generations since man’s civilization have been using dreams as inspiration for their works (Barrett 7). Artists such William Blake, Salvador Dali and Edward Burne-Jones, are among those painters that have used dreams as their inspiration. William Blake Jacob’s ladder (1800) William Blake was an English painter, poet, and printmaker in the Romantic Age. Blake was talented in expressiveness and creativity. Most of his works lack the influence ...

Project 1: Evaluation Plan

Evaluation Method For a favorable assessment of this QI initiative, the quality control department proposes the utilization of the formative evaluation (FE) approach. There are four main types of FE analyses that can result in an exhaustive evaluation of this program, namely developmental, implementation, progress, and interpretive assessments. For instance, implementation-focused analysis evaluates differences between plan execution and implementation. Here, the sources of data include stakeholder interviews, focus group discussions, observations, and patient charts (McGowan, Cusack, & Poon, 2008). Contrarily, progress analysis concentrates on progress towards improvement and implementation at first intervention. The analysis considers clinical performance data on process ...

A bicameral parliament is a system of the legislative branch of the government made up of two complimentary houses that work together to pass laws. This system of parliament ensures that both the citizens and the government are adequately represented in the house and that sufficient consultations are made before any bills are passed into laws. In the case of the United States, the Senate embodies the interests of the state whereas the House of Representatives exemplifies the views of the country population as a whole (Moran 1895). The modes of qualification into these houses vary from one nation ...

The Mawangdui tomb paintings has been analyzed very carefully by a number of experts who have different interpretations based on the belief systems prevalent at the time of Lady Dai's life and death. Given how rich Chinese history is, in terms of its beliefs, there are a number of texts and sources that can be used to explain this four-layered coffin and that has become the subject of much debate (Holloway). In the first reading, the question as to why paintings are even kept in tombs is asked and where one reaches the conclusion that it is probably assumed ...

Henry Fox was among the pioneers who inspired the art of photography just five years after its invention. By then, people were only used to drawings and thus photography was a completely new phenomenon. He published his first book which was mass produced for the audiences depicting how fast the art gained populace. The photographers by then struggled to convince the population that was used to painting as a form of art accept photographs as another form of art. The population valued the level of creativity in the drawings and the uniqueness of the themes therein represented. In the ...

Abstract

In response to the stiff competition being experienced in virtually all industries, one of the strategies that organizations can execute to boost their competitive advantage is promoting diversity in the workplace. This paper examines some of the ways firms can ensure equal employment as required by the relevant federal government agencies discussed in, “Providing Equal Employment Opportunity and Safe Workplace,” which is the third chapter of the book, Fundamentals of Human Resources Management, by Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, and Wright (2013). It also relates the issues addressed in the chapter to the article, “Workplace Diversity: A Social-Ecological Framework and Policy ...

Advertising has for ages used women and more female celebrities to drive their sales, a strategy that has evolved over the ages but holds the primary concept. This strategy stands to date by exploiting many flaws that young women exhibit and capitalizing on them by creating the illusion that if they by the subject’s products they some way parallel the success of the personnel used by the marketer. A recent case suiting this context is the Vanity Fair Holly Wood 2016 magazine cover. The magazine’s cover featured a trifold cover image that was shot by Annie Leibovitz ...

Age has been considered the biggest achievement one has to attain a lot of respect in the society. The elderly are considered as the most valuable members of the society because they have a lot to give to the growth of a community. In middle life, the number of the aged in the community was higher since people were expected to live longer. During the average life, the elderly were well cared for. They had many siblings who could be at their disposal to meet their needs. For instance, the Arabs and Islam law taught that the children should ...

Equality between females and males cannot be attained using legal channels only. How people, cultures, and societies perceive gender and equality can make an immense difference. The aspect means that individuals must start believing and behaving as if women and men are equal. The attitudes towards equality and females are shaped in various ways. They can arise from personal experiences, social values, or people’s upbringings. Two essential contributors of stereotypes and attitudes are culture and popular media. This paper examines popular media particularly print media to identify how women are represented as well as their presence or absence ...

Digital image analysis is a method of extraction of useful information from digital images by using various digital image processing techniques. A digital image is a two-dimensional matrix that consists of great number of smallest addressable elements – pixels. Each pixel has its own digital characteristics, such as address and color representation. Digital image characteristics have two main measures: spatial resolution that is focused on capturing details and tonal resolution that is used to measure color, dynamic range and bit-depth. Higher tonal, spatial, and color values mean larger sizes of digital image file. (Peterson, 2005, pp. 1-2) The appropriate method ...

Organizational Design

Contrary to typical assumptions that will associate the concept of organization design with that of structuring organizational charts and the likes, organization design has a more comprehensive and practical designation than it really sounds. There is a holistic way of looking at organization design –it is the modeling and alignment of all the involved elements of an organization with the intention of achieving an agreed upon objective. Organizational design is a forthright organizational process with a pertinence so outspoken, that it should literally be addressed in every status meeting of every department on that organization. Organization design is carried ...

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Proposal Peculiar historical, cultural and philosophical foundations of East Asian states have facilitated relative homogeneity in local artistic endeavors, though certain peculiar details of art in such countries as China, Korea and Japan might alter greatly. Also, in light of historical trends and events, China became an Sesshū Tōyō a source inspiration for many Japanese artists, as it is shown by the body of research. However, it is still interesting to take a closer look at influences Chinese culture and representational conventions produce on Japanese art in relation to a certain period of time and certain variety of ...

Introduction

The balancing of life and work is a problem for several individuals in organizations. Work-life balance as a concept has become popular in research works. Additionally, sociology, human resource management, psychology, as well as organizational studies are concerned with work-life balance. Most research encourages people to find an equilibrium of work and life. This is to avoid conflicts that often arise. The concept has also had various definitions proposed by scholars. Others define it as a sense of harmony in life. It is also described as satisfactory functioning at home and work with minimum conflict of roles. Focusing on ...

Chapter two of Clarke’s “The Photograph” addresses the subject of photography in the nineteenth century. It highlights ways in which photography sought to mimic painting in some aspects such as mixing prints by Gustave (43). There was also some form of selectivity; for instance, London could be portrayed as individual buildings or as an extensive chaos. The second chapter equally documents the advent of travel photography that enabled people to record various traditions globally as well as impose their various cultural perspectives. As Clarke notes “to photograph is to give evidence to the facts” According to Clarke’s ...

Background

Successful modern business marketing lays emphasis on meeting the needs of the customers. This focus is a departure in the opposite direction from the traditional business whose major concern was selling its products or services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way of meeting not only the direct customers’ desires but also the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders of a business (Ortenblad 2016). Unethical profiteering practices of large companies and customer awareness due to free flow of information have forced many companies to make CSR a key strategic focus in their conduct of business. Besides enabling a ...

What are the determinants of the Deadweight Loss?

Introduction The deadweight problem happens when the government through an attempt to increase their earnings from the goods in a country increases the taxation on them. It happens when they impose a certain amount of tax on certain commodities in the market and the end consumer as well as the producer in charge of the production process forced to lose the whole or part of their surplus. The loss they both suffer is the deadweight loss. The government has the right to earn some form of income from the trade activities within their borders. However, they also need to ...

Is our election process fair to everyone?

Introduction The thesis of the paper is that despite the multitude of claims that the 2016 Presidential Election was rigged or unfair, America’s inclusive voter eligibility, the equal opportunity of citizens to run for office, and reliable ballot casting methods ensure that the election process in the United States is completely free and fair. The main purpose of the paper is to find a common ground among supporters and opponents of the basic research question. There are two different claims which support the fairness or unfairness of presidential elections in the United States, where the backing sides’ main ...

Titanic

The premise of Titanic is, of course, the sinking of the ship. It also involves Rose and Jack falling in love while on the ship.

Jack Dawson and Rose Dewitt Bukater are the main characters

The film has several women in it, including Rose, her mother, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown. The women do mainly talk to the male characters, but do have scenes with one another. Molly talks to Rose’s mother about general ship gossip. Rose’s mother speaks to Rose about their debts. Rose’s character is meant to represent the invisible lives women lead. Breaking away to be with Jack is meant to signify rejecting ...

Question1

Some of the most important concepts from the first few pages of Nash’s 1950 paper describe the following: The sets in the Nash combination only overlaps once and in that particular outcome. The next concept is that for the outcome to stabilize, it must be the best for each member, meaning that each should give their best move expecting the best results and outcome. All the strategies in the game that give each player the same chances of winning is the equilibrium point. It must give a mutual chance for each player to win and have an advantage ...

Summary of What was Learned

In the first chapter of the book written by Graham, the author attempted to define the term ‘photograph’. The initial discourse presented a historical evolution of photography through transcending the people who had been instrumental in its creation. The first person who was acknowledged to have successfully capture a fixed photographic image was Joseph Nicephore Niepce in his photograph entitled ‘View from a Window at Gras, 1826’ . Other known personalities who significantly contributed to the historical evolution of photography reportedly included Louis-Jacques Mande Daguerre (founder of the daguerreotype process), William Henry Fox Talbot (producer of the first negative/positive photographic ...

Questions for Exams

Question 33: Describe the economical content of the cumulative frequency if you analyze the series The economical content of cumulative frequencies if examined in series gives the total sum of all the frequencies displayed in a table for data analysis of samples. Moreover, when the series are accurate, one can tell the sequence of the data as it appears in the worksheet and derives conclusions from the primary variables.

Question 38: Explain the economical and statistical content of the components of following regression equation.

Y intercept is the value of the depreciative variance explained using the alpha constant. Moreover, Y is considered as the value of two or more independent variables for observation. The € ...

Question 1

The political climate in Kenya is majorly shaped by the domestic tensions that have occurred in the past. The climate is also determined by the contestation that has resulted from the high corruption levels and abuse and centralization of the political power. The long process of reviewing the constitution in the country as well as the post-election violence have set the political climate. With an approved new constitution, the country is relatively peaceful as well as transiting from all the political crisis in the past. The political climate in Kenya has affected the gender equality in terms of the ...

Introduction

In the 1996 movie entitled, The Craft, it portrays four troubled high school women who holds the power to control their own realities and the people around them by the practice of black magic. Each woman is having some negative issue within their own life, including low self-esteem, trouble fitting in with other classmates, lack of family dynamics and poor relationships. These problems temporarily go away when the teenagers all come together to call the four corners of East, West, South and North to their deity that will grant them unlimited power and control. Although the magic ritual worked ...

Representation is the essence of a democratic system of government as it provides all citizens with equal rights in appointing their representative. The feeling of being represented in the government provides the citizens with a source of political trust. Representation gives citizens an opportunity to voice their thoughts and concerns on different issues affecting them and their society. Representation allows citizens to influence the process of decision-making that shapes the development and the applications of public policy, whether through individual participation or through elected representatives acting in citizen’s interest. Democracy is designed to provide equality and liberty to ...

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a documentary that follows the life of a radical-leftist attorney. However, the captivating and incendiary film is also based on the tragic form of liberal guilt. The movie revolves around the numerous cases that Kunstler was involved with until his demise. The film depicts William Kunstler as the passionate defender of the American people’s civil rights, earning him the reputation through defending a majority of the controversial defendants during the 20th Century. In Kunstler’s profession, he defended the American Indian Movement, Chicago 8, the Attica Prison rioters, the Freedom Riders, and ...

Parent’s Influences and Responses to Children’s Risk-taking in Outdoor Play

Introduction Parents play an integral role in guiding their children in making crucial decisions in life, especially when it comes to risk taking. Although in most instances children depend on their direct experiences to react appropriately to risky situations it is apparent that parents also influence their ability to make sound decisions in such situations. When children are young most of these decisions are influenced by their parents since they control most of the activities they engage in. As children grow older, they start gaining independence in handling several tasks thus they take a greater responsibility for their decisions. ...

Educational affiliation

Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics The paper analyses the role of the ethics and corporate state responsibility in the terms of the automotive industry. The study is to evaluate the role of the local ethics and the Corporate Social Responsibility in the process of the international development of the automotive industry. The key objectives are to evaluate the roles of these two concepts, find out the role of the customers’ awareness of the unethical behavior, and describe the patterns of change. The study validates why the car industry should focus on the ethical considerations and the CSR. This ...

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The Lawyer-Client Relationship The lawyer-client relationship should be based on trust and confidentiality. Under no circumstances should a client lie to his or her lawyer as well as under no circumstances should a lawyer incriminate his or her client for telling them the truth. A problem in trust and confidentiality will result to poor lawyer-client relationship, which could significantly impact the outcome of a case. Trust and confidentiality problems arise when the client withholds some information from his lawyer for fear that his lawyer will back out. There are clients, for instance, who are guilty of doing ...

B. OBJECTIVE

C. METHODOLOGY Over a period of time of four week study three generations of flies starting with a parental (P) generation that has already separate the flies in each generation of each cross into males and females and separate the flies according to their mutations. Based on the observed numbers of each phenotype in each generation of each cross hypothesize the parental cross and use the chi-square (x2) test and if there is little difference between the observed results and the expected results, the chi-square will have a low value, thus, the hypothesis will be supported in this case. ...

Development of Performance and Reward Management system in Nokia

Performance and Reward Management are very critical functions of Human Resource Management especially in Multinational firms which employ a diverse workforce. The performance Management and Reward management systems in these organizations have to address country specific issues to make them more effective. Well formulated policies for performance and Reward Management achieve important HRM objectives such as motivation, employee satisfaction and loyalty and low employee turnover. However changing workplace environment and external factors necessitate that these policies are reviewed and reformulated regularly to keep them aligned with organizational strategies as well as external environment. Due to the global implications of ...

Influence of American Revolution of the Civil War

Influence of American Revolution of the Civil War

Introduction

The American Revolution and the Civil War are two wars that have shaped American history and the American society. The American Revolution started with 13 colonies forming the Continent Congress declaring their Independence from the British rule in 1776 and ended with the Loyalists winning the Revolutionary War (Becker, 2013, p. 5). The Civil War was started when Southern states declared independence by seceding from the Union. South Carolina was the first state to secede in 1860 and they were later joined by Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North ...

Introduction

This literature review examines the patterns in female involvement and under-representation in the world of information technology and information systems. This will be the application of elements and aspects of a structured literature review and will cover three main areas:

Barriers to career development of women in information technology; Methods of promoting the inclusion of women in information technology. This literature review will focus on scholarly academic journals and articles. This will include the critical analysis and assessment of peer-reviewed journals that focus on the elements of women and their involvement in information technology and the attempts to build ...

The research aims to discover the impact that computers have had on individual learning. Currently, education is crossing into an age of information. This “new age” is expected to change the universe similar to industrial age. This new age is also going to require computers integration for information access. In order to maximize learning, the learning environment must provide learning resources in order to encourage problem solving and support teaching. Thus, it is important to understand the impact that computers have on learning in order to better apply them to learning. The findings from this research can help proper ...

Question One: SEC’s Rationale to Charge Cardillo Executive

Making False Representation to External Auditor The executives of Cardillo intended to give false financial information to lure investors and creditors. They intended to get at least $3 million thresholds that were established by the court. As a result, the executives made inappropriate adjusting entry, which gave the SEC the reason to charge them. They lied to the external auditors that the $203, 000 that was received from United Airlines was income to the company, which was not the case (Ritteberg, 2012). In the real sense, the money that was paid by the United Airlines was supposed to be ...

Abstract

Improvements in safety culture involve using various tools and taking some measures. Besides the development of techniques, there is also the aspect of management. On the management, there are ways in which safety issues are to be handled including the development of structures and motivating people to become part of the solution to safety problems. Tools for hazard analysis has also been improved over time from the traditional methods to the modern alternative approaches. This essay is going to discuss safety issues broadly in the context of management and tools. It will begin with a list and explanations of ...

Data Warehousing

The field of information system has evolved at a rapid pace because of which data warehousing has emerged. The main function of data warehousing is analysis and dealing with a query. It is a time-variant, subject oriented, integrated, and un-updatable collection of a company’s data. It is mainly used for the decision-making process, management, and business intelligence. The data warehouse of the company is the place where its data can be stored physically. Some of the components of the data warehouse are software, interactive, and directory. Software is an important element where the original data is stored. It ...

Introduction

Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. The essence of the American Revolution was to create such a government that would allow Americans to gain liberty, equality and freedom. This was to be based on fair representation of the people and the Separation of Powers between three arms of government. For practical purposes though, it is necessary for governance to be exercised by a group of people in the arms of government. This has been abused over the years and the people of America supposed to collectively determine affairs of government in ...

Introduction

With the evolution of the nature and complexity of civil cases, it has become imperative that the law firm develops and implement a case tracking and management systems (CTM). The CTM is geared towards achieving efficiency and overall effectiveness in the process of filing, early phases, pretrial, trial, judgment, appeals, and enforcement of civil cases. The CTM also factors in the cases that are poached by twists and turns making it easier to recover and proceed. For a local firm that works and specializes in civil matters, a CTM would prove to be critically instrumental in comprehensive monitoring and ...

Introduction

The conflict theory suggests that ideology and bias in media is correlated to the effects of ideology on society. This means that the influence of ideas on people’s perception of the society reflects on their actions and representation of gender. Examining examples from the Dove commercial and parody will explore the subject of media de-gendering, ideology, hegemony, representation, and the semiotic triangle. Furthermore, the discussion will also demonstrate how images constituted by the media creates the description of semiotic triangle and how represents the culture industry. Lastly, an image in social media will be examined trough the lenses ...

The concept of "social brain" is one of the challenging and advanced concepts of the modern neuropsychology. In addition, the "social brain", as a concept, forms a completely new approach to the study of social psychology and brain pathologies. Research and development of this concept contributes to the discovery of the social and psychological development of a person. The thematic justification of this study is important because it allows tracing the relationship between the social cognition and social behavior of a person, which is basic in the context of psychology, sociology, and neuropsychology. The development and use of the " ...

Introduction

The question of racial discrimination in the legal system of the United States is a sought after topic despite limited evidence to support its existence at present. Although the nation once participated in discriminatory practices in the past, the majority of the activities ceased during the last few decades. Despite sweeping developments in recent years, the news never grows old while reporting a possible aberration. This research paper examines the evidence of data available in the books against the media reports which claim the rampant existence of racial discrimination. Each section in this research paper will raise question regarding ...

Abstract

The research paper is based on non-conviction based confiscation system. The system was recently proposed by the European Commission. In general, the paper gives a comparative approach between non-conviction based confiscations and conviction-based confiscation. However, in some nations, non-conviction based confiscation is referred to as Civil Forfeiture. The main aim of conducting this study, therefore, is to have a comparative study of the conviction-based confiscation in Kuwait and non-conviction based confiscation in Australia. The study as well will identify the gaps involved in non-conviction based confiscation that will enhance its adoption or not. The significance of the study, however, ...

Why the War for Independence was Justified Rebellion?

The American Revolution or the War for Independence was a justified rebellion because people should be allowed to freely make their own choices within the boundaries of any governmental institution. The British government at the time had according to Thomas Jefferson become destructive of one’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. How unfairly it was for Great Britain to impose a tax on the American colonies? There was also no representation in parliament. This was unfair to the colonists, and it needed to be abolished. The politics of taxing the colonists would only benefit the ...

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Embodied cognition incorporates that the human cognition is comprised and shaped by various aspects of the body, which eventually indicates that it exceeds from the dependency on brain. In this manner, cognition is observed to be dependent on the experiences that an individual receives from numerous sensorimotor capabilities of the body. These capabilities are considered to be highly integrated in accordance with the psychological, biological and cultural setting of an individual (Wilson & Foglia 2011). Embodied cognition also accounts for the feedback mechanism that takes place between an individual and the world and hence, the prevalence of action ...

The Solow Model

For long, the concept of economic change has been interesting economists. The reasons why some of the countries are poor while others are rich or even the understanding of why some nations grow faster than others has constantly disturbed the understanding of most economists. The theory of economic growth has been put upfront in explaining the growth indices of different nations. In its place, the theory of economic growth aims at explaining whether poor countries can grow faster than their rich counterparts, catch up with them and close their income gaps, that is converge. Elaborated by Trevor Swan and ...

Introduction

Architecture as a discipline has evolved over time, with architects from different periods adopting unique approaches to architecture. In the 1950’s, the architectural world saw the introduction of the theory of the postmodern architecture . This came hot on the heels of the famous modernist approach to architecture, which had the support of various classical scholars and architects. The primary argument in this paper is the fact that the post-modernist approach to architecture was a representation of the effort by architecture to establish a voice of its own. This is built on the realization that architecture is a dynamic ...

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is a powerful and paradoxical piece of literature, which profoundly explains the trials and tribulations, both physical and emotional influences, on the Black community in a society living in pretense of newly received freedom. The narrator’s name is not revealed throughout the book, one of Ellison’s strategy of highlighting his invisibility. At the opening section of the book, Ellison introduces the narrator as a lost and naïve individual, struggling to find his place in the society. He indicates that he had to learn that he was invisible. The meaning behind ...

Abstract

Although obliged to cover issues in their entirety, with no distortions made in the process, American media tend to misrepresent the reality, as was the case with the depiction of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime implications for the social welfare possibly for political reasons. The noble cause of saving the international image of the USA formerly allied with the late leader in the wake of the Gaddafi demonization could have been the driving force of misrepresentation of the myth related in part to ethical minorities. The knowledge of non-consequentialism and its principles, whether unconsciously or otherwise, allows readers to perceive ...

Justification

A dissemination plan is usually essential for take-up. Take-up in this case means the degree to which the target audience of the project, accept and assimilate what is granted to them. The take-up involved in a dissemination plan is thus crucial to the success of the project and to the subsequent sustainability of the productivities in the long term.  Dissemination in form of a dissemination plan thus informs the community (in this case the ACB community) about what has been developed and the benefits of using it. The Dissemination Plan will classify and consolidate the events to be performed ...

In the ancient years, prior A.D 1054, there existed a single monolithic Christian church. During A.D 1054, there was an excommunication on the idea of the trinity between the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope; this resulted in a great schism (Lynch &Adamo, 2014). The Catholics emphasized on Trinity unity whereas the Orthodox claimed the personhood distinction of the Trinity. The great schism denotes a period in which the single Christian church separated into two core groups: the West Catholic Church and the East Orthodox Church. The two denominations share a significant number of beliefs and practices but also ...

Abstract

This paper presents the research study on a public relation campaign run for positive motivation and psychological perspective of the children with physical disabilities. The paper discusses the background of the campaign #ToyLikeMe and how public relation and other communication tools falling under the umbrella of public relation helped campaign reach to millions of people across the world. The paper utilizes the knowledge of internal and external markets, launch and openings, promotional materials, social media, visuals and images and other tools to understand the importance of communication as one of the most effective strategies for the success of a ...

TTIP or Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership is an agreement that is negotiated between the European Union and the United States of America. It is an agreement that is being portrayed as a beneficial and valuable treaty for the people's benefit, but everything is not as clean and clear as it is portrayed (Ustr.gov., 2016). There have been widespread oppositions to the agreement, and it is feared that this agreement could cost a lot of jobs in the UK and other regions of Europe. In the 14th round of TTIP negotiations that took place in Brussels on 11th-15th July 2016, ...

The Revolt of the Cockroach People is a novel about the Chicano Moratorium written by Oscar Zeta Acosta, published in 1973. There are many themes presented in the novel, but one of the most interesting is the gender role. Women are represented as purely physical beings unlike men who are glorified for their work as well. There are many types of women in the novel, but their presence in much different than the presence of the male characters who are supposed to be more important and privileged. The narrator is a man and all of the characters who are ...

Business managers in Nigeria lack understanding of the business development process needed for successful growth in quarry in Akamkpa, Nigeria.

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Introduction

A quarry is like an open pit mine from where minerals are extracted that are mostly used in the construction of buildings and civil engineering works. Quarrying is a part of mining but is slightly different as it has a close connection with the society because different builder of a region requires material that is extracted in order to complete their work. There are not many restrictions for quarrying as it is open for all the contractors. Due to this reason all the managers and developers at different levels need to ...

Brand Identity Discussion

In this rapidly advancing era, branding has move beyond identification of the products, and approached the management of brand meaning via expanded system of brand identity. The name of the business is representation of its identity, so it is necessary for a business to select its name in a wise manner. With the help of brand identity, products are differentiated. Differentiation is, however, important as it prevents the product from reduction to a commodity with the fierce price competition that is prevailing in the market. Superior image of the product is created with the help of brand identity. Mass ...

Introductory Remarks (problem statement, research questions presentation, thesis)

Non-consequentialism, relativism, and absolutism as philosophies and ethical theories will be central to the research into the nature of media portrayal of different minorities in various states and the way the theories and philosophies shape people’s perception of such representation. Portrayal is often the problem due to it being incomplete, biased, or distorted for a variety of reasons, whether political or otherwise. Besides evidence and opposed attitudes, the project will offer practical recommendations as to how to improve the coverage of different minorities. Thesis statement: non-consequentialism, relativism, and absolutism influence how people perceive the problem of the inadequate ...

Comparison and Analysis of the Case of the Exhibition of Andres Serrano and Andres Serrano’s Winning Piece (Piss Christ, 1987)

Comparison In the case of the rejection of Andres Serrano’s exhibition in Australia, there are concerns over Andre’ work ‘Piss Christ’ from several religious stakeholders. A representative of the Australian Catholic has requested the Australian Supreme Court to ban the image claiminghat it is a form a blasphemy that cannot be tolerated by Catholics across Australia. Supporting his arguments with the Summary Offenses Act, Dr. Pell mentioned that Andres Serrano’s work was obscene and indecent to be exhibited in a National Art Gallery. However, certain religious stakeholders on the other hand, believes that the photograph was a ...

The end of the Second World War ushered Japan into a completely different era. A new constitution was instituted that made Japan a parliamentary democracy. The constitution recognizes the emperor as a ceremonial leader. Actual activities of the legislative and executive arm of government is to be split between a bicameral parliamentary system (the National Diet) and the Prime Minister who heads a cabinet elected by the National Diet and approved by the Emperor. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led Japan for many decades before they were defeated by a landslide victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ...