Essays on Solitaire

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The jewelry store is a family business, and the head of the business is the son of the founder. Unlike his father who was a skilled jeweler, he was more of a salesperson. John managed to move the jewelry store to a higher end location which increased its profitability until the global economic crisis of 2008. Profits started going down, and when John lost a salesperson and a jeweler to other employers, he decided not to replace them. An employer should be able to offer a value proposition which will ensure that the employees remain loyal to the business ...

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In the modern age of technological progress, people begin to puzzle about their place in the environment and the relation of a contemporary human being to the nature. It seems like the link between a person and natural environment is lost, yet still despite the progress, humans try to connect to nature. There is a radical difference between the life in a modern city and in wilderness, which sometimes attracts adventurers and those who try to escape the civilization. There are radical examples, like Chris McCandless, who has chosen alienation from the society in order to live in wilderness ( ...

The youthful desire of trying out new experiences and living thrilling adventures for sparkling a life full of adrenaline is what drove Peter Fromm to go into the wilderness, spending seven winter month in Montana/Idaho snowy surroundings. Fromm perceives wilderness as a novelty, as a challenge and as an adventure. He is eager to experience this adventure for living on his own the charm and other particularities of wilderness that he only read about in books that romantically describe the living in the wildlife. In a way, “Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness” tells the autobiographic story of a boy that ...

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The recent technological advancements have led to increased involvement in computer and video games, leading to an overuse of these games such that it interferes with daily life (Van et al., 2011). There have been reported cases whereby people have become addicts of video and computer games to the extent that they are unable to socially interact with their close friends and family members. Medics and psychologists do not condemn playing of video games, but they are concerned with these games once a person becomes an addict and he or she focuses entirely on the games, without exhibiting the normal ...