Essays on Steven

The paper which is going to be assessed in this assignment is “Threat Modeling-Perhaps It's Time” by John Steven. The paper gives a brief introduction about the threat modeling industry and the application of threat modeling in the modern world. Published in 2010, the paper describes how important threat modeling has become and that the time has come when threats should be mitigated seriously. This paper, published in contribution of the IEEE computer and reliability society, aims to target everyone who uses the computer technology for important business purposes. The main idea is to inform the people about how ...

Have you ever developed an e-portfolio for various gains? Wentworth Institute of Technology has taken its learning process to another level. As a mandatory, students undertaking Bachelor of Science and Management students are required to develop an e-portfolio at the freshman year throughout to the final year in the institution. An e- portfolio constitutes a student's resume, profile pictures, and much more personal details and can be used for social as well as professional purposes. The Journal of Human Development thus gives a deep insight on the importance of e-portfolios and goes further to identify the net worth of ...

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Dr. Lorrie McGovern Literature Review Abstract Innovations are inevitable in the business nowadays as they lead to the increased efficiency. The more efficient the company is, the higher the profit it gains. This is equally fair for the product innovation and management improvement. Moreover, financial innovations are now even more desired. All these changes are beneficial for all parties, as development of the entrepreneurship leads to the social and political improvements. Therefore, within this paper, a literature review will be performed to reveal main discussions on the innovations in the financial management, especially in the commercial lending. Both advantages ...

Introduction

Who wins and who loses? The one who wins has reflected his or her ability to influence the behavior of others. This is power. As defined by Robert Dahl, a leading political theorist, power is the ability of one to get another to do something he or she would not otherwise do as a result of the will imposed by the other, where adherence is driven by obligation rather than force. Power is dynamic, relative, situational and multidimensional. According to Steve Lukes, there are three dimensions of power. The first dimension of power is intentional and active, and involves ...

Business Sustainability in the Middle East – How Solar Energy Use can be Effectively Commercialized in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to study this option from the perspective of the United Arab Emirates and Middle Eastern Countries. This paper is a proposal for a qualitative exploratory research that aims to identify both the challenges and opportunities in relation to solar power generation and commercialization, and the introduction of sustainability management methods and strategies in the UAE and the Middle East. The target population would be the people working in power generation ...

Introduction

The English contract law consists of a body of rules that control contacts in England, with its foundation based on the intense activities of the judiciary that took place in the industrial revolution. It is critical to mention that the law shares some of its core elements with the commonwealth countries such as Australia and Canada. However, the law had for long been undergoing influences of the European Union during the period that the UK has been a member until this year when it withdrew the membership of the European body. The English law perceives people who enter into ...

CHAPTER II

This chapter will seek to conduct an absolute inquiry into what makes up security interest laws in the United States. In order to lay the foundation for comparisons in subsequent chapters, the three main elements of the study of the Saudi system will be reviewed here in the context of U.S laws with an emphasis on California state law. The features of the California legal system will include the assessment of foreclosure rules and patterns in California. This will include a detailed fact-based evaluation of CCP580 (b), CCP580 (d) and CCP726 (a). The different components will enable the study ...

Definition of Community-Identification and History

Jersey City is in the Hudson County of New Jersey State and it part of the New York metropolitan. It is the largest and the capital the City of Hudson County, and the second largest city in New Jersey. The history of the city runs back to the 17th century when it was inhabited by the Lenape people, an East Asian community that migrated to the Unites States. Jersey City acts as a transit center for manufacturing companies in New York due to the availability of the waterfront, and the population is highly mixed as a result of a ...

There is a considerable population of Africans in Europe. It is estimated that close to 4.6 Africans are permanent residents of Europe with France being the most-African dominated country in Europe followed by UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey in that order among other countries. Nearly 8 million Africans are seasonal occupants of Europe. The following literatures evaluate African’s presence in Europe through different lenses. In his works, Ivan van Sertima give a historical perspective of how Africans found their way into Europe and their role in world civilization. In this book, there is major ...

Business and Law

BUSINESS AND LAW Introduction The breaching of contracts and denial of human rights have risen over the past few years due to the lack of enough knowledge. The paper covers several cases whose judgment is based on the Australian common law and consumer acts in the IRAC format

Question 1

Issue: Does Brenda have an action against Steven for the breach of contract? Rule: According to the Australian contract law, an anticipatory breach of contract can occur from time to time. An anticipatory breach of contract refers to where one party informs the other that they will not deliver what was ...

International Human Rights Law and Prisons in Africa

Term Paper 4500 words

Introduction

The International Centre for Prison Studies’ World Prison Brief, in its report suggested that over 10 million individuals are formally incarcerated in prison and correctional facilities around the world. According to the same Brief, even more are held in either military facilities where they are detained or in security or police facilities without any specific legal process underway. There are three categories that the United States’ (U.S). Government has for humanitarian and human rights concerns as they relate to these individuals who are housed in a detention facility that is; 1. unsafe in terms of ...

I. Introduction The implementation of effective communication channel is vital if people from different organizational levels will be able to communicate well towards the achievement of its goal. An effective communication is achieved when those involved in the process have a higher level of awareness; as Norton pointed out, in “understanding your personal style of communicating, you will go a long way towards creating good and lasting impressions with others” (Norton, n.p). Basically, a one on one communication necessitates that both parties give their undivided attention, and be active listeners in order to arrive at a better understanding. In ...

Identity and Information in the Internet Age

Today’s generation of kids and adults are dealing with technologies like no generation before. The major engine in this truly unique period is social media and the Internet. This has forever changed how we interact with one another as well as how we get information. We can interact with people all around the globe, with different cultures and nations, and do so all from our own living room. This new way of interacting with one another has had a great affect on how we form our self-identity. Social media and the Internet have made inaccuracies of information much ...

This essay is an analysis to Richard Ford’s “Under the Radar”. Ford’s story, despite short, conveys a deep and textured plot and along with perplexing characters. The story revolves around the theme of early marriage, infidelity among professionals and the consequences in the revelation of these actions. There is not a hint of happiness or closure at the end and it leaves the reader free to think up of the ending on their own, with the lingering opinions on mistrust and deception. “Under the Radar” starts off with a young couple, Marjorie Reeves and her husband, Steven ...

Introduction: The Historical Backdrop

The Battle of Normandy, that was codenamed Operation Overlord, primarily involved the landing of American and British troops along with their western allies, who landed on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944 during World War II . The aim of this extensive operation was to transport infantry men, military artillery and supplies across the English Channel to France, which was to become the origin point for the Allied invasion of Western Europe, then controlled by Hitler’s German troops. Despite the lack of landing harbors at Normandy that would complicate the docking of the vessels upon their arrival at ...

The term “false confession” means that a person confessed to a crime that he or she did not commit. There are different reasons for this decision; all of them can be divided into external and internal. The first category means the person was forced to confess to a crime because of external circumstances like police officers’ violence, indirect evidences or witnesses’ testimonial. For example, two men Jose Montanez and Armando Serrano “were convicted of a 1993 murder based on the testimony of an incentivized witness who was allegedly fed information about the crime by Reynaldo Guevara, a former Cook ...

Introduction

Over the years, the needs of individuals have been thought to be restructuring the society not in any sense but in the sense that such needs dictate the means and the ways of the society. Well, a critical look at the society today reveals a society that has been totally reformed by people’s needs. Recently, several revolutions spurring technology, medicine and so forth continue to reveal that the society is no longer in its natural context but by individual need. As a matter of fact, as people embrace various revolutions to make their lives better and worth living, ...

Industrial Psychology

Industrial psychology has various applications within an organization. Industrial psychology has been used by many companies to ensure increased productivity in personnel and maximizing profits for the organization. Organization managers use industrial psychology in the selection and training of new and current employees (Spector, 2012). It is also used to evaluate and analyze employee behavior. It is used to determine how to improve their corporations. Industrial psychology is also used to develop evaluation, appraisal ad review tests for employees. For every organization choosing the best-qualified employees. Recruiting academically qualified employees is not enough the human resource manager must ensure ...

It would be correct to opine on my part that the post in context explicates the ads with proper analysis and criticism. The post comes across to be quite comprehensive with description of the ads as one gets to know about them holistically. The qualitative analysis of the ads in context is truly commendable due to the fact that the individual attributes of the ads are taken into reckoning while penning the post. As such, one gets to have an insight about visual argument that is presented in the advertisements in context. The post goes on to analyze the ...

Background

Pepperidge Farm is a United States bakery located in Norwalk Connecticut. It was established in 1937 by an American, Margaret Rudkin, who named it Pepperidge after a tree that is located on their property at Fairfield Connecticut ("Pepperidge Farm® – Heritage and History"). The bakery specializes in Milano, Nantucket cookies, varieties of bread and goldfish crackers. The business was born out of her attempts to bake a preservative-free bread for her third born son who was asthmatic and thus allergic to commercially made bread that was laden with preservatives. She ended up making bread so good that her son’s ...

As Sadcheva and colleagues (162) reasonably note, “the question of whether morality is an objective truth gleaned from nature or a socially constructed concept has been important in the philosophical study of ethics as well». In the editorial titled The Moral Instinct, Steven Pinker cultivates a rather controversial and ambiguous issue of human moral judgments, moral decisions/choices and moral dispositions. Thereby, the provocative nature of the author’s argument reveals itself as early as the introduction points to the blurred and seemingly inexplicable standards we evaluate the worth of particular prominent figures in terms of their compliance with moral ...

Novel adaptations into a film are quite a common practice seen these days. Cardwell (11) defines the term adaption as the process of adapting one text into another text. It is a process of modifying a thing so as to suit new condition. Many beautiful and award winning novels have been adapted in the films periodically by the Hollywood directors. It is a question of debate whether the original one is better or the adapted version is better. Among these several novels, one famous novel and the film adaptation is The Color Purple. A comparative analysis is done between ...

The movie “Bridge of Spies” was released on 16th of October in 2015. This historical drama was directed by Steven Spielberg, starring the Academy Award winning Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda. The movie of the similar historical events was planned to be filmed in the XX century, however the company MGM had rejected the idea of the film. In the year 1965, the "Cold War" was in full swing. The world has just recovered from the armed conflict in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis, and the MGM decided that then was ...

Abstract

Steven Dewayne Bond was a passenger on a Greyhound bus when a border patrol officer squeezed his luggage after conducted an immigration check of the passengers. Bond allowed the officer to open his luggage when asked, and a brick of methamphetamine was discovered that was wrapped in duct tape and rolled in a pair of pants. Bond was charged with possession and intent to distribute as well as conspiracy. In pretrial matters, Bond’s attorney filed a motion to suppress the methamphetamine claiming that the search conducted by the officer was unreasonable and in violation of the Fourth Amendment. ...

Lincoln is a famous historical drama created by a talented producer Steven Spielberg and it was presented to the audience in 2012. The main character of the film is Abraham Lincoln, United States president serving from 1861 till 1865. This role was performed by Daniel Day-Lewis. Steven Spielberg has brought to the scene the events of the bloody Civil War and one of the most important moments of United States history – the abolishment of slavery. Putting the history forward, Spielberg does not concentrate on the personal issues and catastrophes of the president too much, but instead, he presents a ...

Finance is an evergreen field with a variety of career options for aspiring students and professionals. With job titles such as financial controller, credit manager, treasurer, financial advisor and management accountant, the nature of work carried out by employees in this field is both diverse and comprehensive. Be it banking, financial sector companies, trusts or business consultancies, there are numerous job opportunities in each sector. Finance industry in particular is backed with critical factual information, data computations and analysis. It’s important to use reliable resources to collect this data. As internet beaming in the 21st century, it has ...

Alan Moore`s Watchmen may be considered to be one of the most controversial but capturing comic-book series ever made. Quotes from this comic book along with some characters have merged with pop culture forever, thus proving its uniqueness and gripping beauty. Moreover, this exceptional comic book presents reader with extraordinary portrayal of superheroes. Moore completely distorts all superhero clichés instead depicting real people with all their flaws and anxieties and without outstanding superpowers, the exception makes only Dr. Manhattan. Moreover, by manipulating and speculating with turning points in history of the US, like the Vietnam War or ...

Sharing economy is also called a peer economy, as it is based on the peer-to-peer principle which grants a common access to the online offered goods and services. Sharing business allows anyone from any place in the world to order absolutely any product or service, starting from borrowing a pen to renting a house. Besides that, this new type of economy permits any person to become a retailer, and later an entrepreneur. Mostly, sharing economy is popular for the products which are expensive to be purchased, but are highly demanded, like accommodation or vehicles (“The rise of the sharing ...

Investigative Study: Hotel Industry in Singapore

Abstract The hospitality industry, which has become today one of the largest industries in the world economy continues to grow rapidly. There is strong competition among the enterprises of the hotel industry, the hotel and each enterprise seeks to gain its market segment. In order to not only keep their business, but also to develop the company in this sphere needs money, which can be obtained only from the client. Therefore, the hotel should be able not only to attract, but also to encourage the client to purchase their services, and to return again and again. The success of ...

Release on parole or a shortening of a prison sentence are both highly complex issues that need to be viewed from both a legal as well as humanitarian standpoint. While ‘imminent danger to society’ is an integral component in determining if parole should be granted to any convict, I believe that when the crime relates to sex offences, even more care and precaution is necessary. The option of early release should only come in question if and when there are very explicit mitigating circumstances, such as the criminal being afflicted by a mental disease that prompted the action, and ...

Essay synopsis

Introduction to Management Introduction The management challenges are those problems with that the manager and administration make hard struggles to come up with the solutions. Most of the field experts and research studies have found that most business problems and challenges are usually derived from the lack of communication or unorganized communication (Njomo 38). Drucker (17, 18) has stated in his book that the management challenges are not new but they have been remained a part of the organisations and business from decades. Some of the major challenges include technology, leadership, creativity, innovation and competitive advantage. These challenges are ...

Introduction

The Jurassic Park film 1993 is an American science film that is directed by Spielberg. It is set in an Isla Nublar. The movie is based on a science fiction novel to show that dinosaur can rule the world. The park is owned by Patel Corporation. Hammond lab was used to create the breed used in the Steven Spielberg’s movie. The founder of the park was the late Richard Attenborough, a renowned cinematographer. The film expresses the imagination of the scientists dealing with research on animals. They are depicted as being experts who tend to compare human beings ...

Playing sports like football and basketball has always been and remains to be a popular occupation all over the world. Some people go in for sports to keep in fit or just for fun, while others play sports professionaly and cannot imagine their lives without it. For the last category of people, studying in a college or a university is a great opportunity to show their worth, as many higher educational establishments are extremely concerned with sports and support athletes who are willing to play it for their college or university. However, this support has been discussed recently. In ...

As a postmodernist city

Art accompanies the humanity over a long period of time. It has already become an integral part of our lives. The man has invented many kinds of art: painting, music, theater, etc.; and architecture takes pride of place among this diversity of arts too. Architecture has always been the subject of grandeur and pride of kings, dynasties and whole empires. Such magnificent architectural masterpieces as Egyptian pyramids, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Cologne Cathedral are immortal classic that fascinates even the most indifferent to the art person. Throughout the history of mankind, were appearing a lot of new architectural styles: sacred architecture, ...

The documentary film White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was produced and directed by Steven Okazaki in 2007. This film is full of drama, because it shows personal stories of the people that survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This film is of great importance for understanding the events that took place at the end of the World War II, because it explains the motives of the USA to use the mass destruction weapons and more importantly it shows the devastating consequences of the atomic bombings. Thousands of people were immediately killed, but even ...

The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson, is a narrative that revealed how diseases spread, how cities developed and how people viewed science in 1854. Integrative thinking and the ability to make connections enabled Dr. John Snow to trace the pattern of the disease to its origin. John’s ability to make a connection between the epidemic and the water the people consumed was marvelous. It enabled him to save people’s lives. It is, therefore, important to have an open mind and think in a connective manner. This is a narrative that took place in 1854 during summer. London, ...

Paper Due Date

Abstract The life is challenging – it makes people show their inner strength or weakness. In the first case – life gives an ward, I the second case – another challenge. Erin Brockovich is the one, who can be related to the first case. It is a strong woman, a mother of three children. The movie “Erin Brockovich” is showing her life and personality, through the narrative element, the costumes and, what is more important, the Julia Roberts’s play. These elements are going to be discussed in this movie, in terms of the way they impersonalize Erin Brockovich on the screen. ...

The region which comprises of what is described as the Western Africa region indicates significant disparities in healthcare as compared to the more developed societies such as Europe and the US. These disparities in healthcare are influenced the widely varying socioeconomic health determinants and they tend to impact more heavily on subpopulations within this general population (Couttolenc, 13). In specific, the most vulnerable groups include the women, the children and the elderly. The high rates of infant mortality and pregnant mothers’ mortalities are a reflection of the vulnerability of these two groups. On the other hand, the low life ...

Bridge of Spies (2015) is a historical film that was directed by Steven Spielberg. One of the stars in this film is Tom Hanks. This film received a very positive feedback from the viewers and in my opinion it is one of the best films about the confrontation between the USA and the USSR in the past few years. The film is set in 1957 – 1962 and is based on a true story. In 1957, the USA arrested a Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, but a few years later he was swapped for the American pilot that was brought down ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

Was it a surprise attack?

On the morning of December 7, 1942, America woke up to the news of a ‘surprise' attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. This would trigger America's involvement in the World War II by joining forces with the British to defeat the Germans and the Japanese. The Germans were a great threat to the U.S.A at the moment, and its victory over the British would further threaten the United States' national security. The U.S.A feared that the Germans would join forces with the Southern Americans and incite them against the U.S.A. To resist this, North America had to go ...

Summary of chapter 4 of the Arch of the Empire

The arch of empire is a book that narrates the events of the great war that took place in Asia involving America. These series of wars ran through the Philippines, Japan, Korea and Vietnam from 1899 to 1973 (Hunt and Steven 4). The armed struggle began in the Philippines engaging the military, and it involved very brutal and a long struggle to attain their freedom. As the tension was winding up in the Philippines, tension rose between Japan and America that exploded into a full-blown war in the Pearl Harbor. Aftermath the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the ...

1. By “Moral Panic”, Steven Pinker means that nowadays many people in the world are certain that technological innovations will spoil, or even damage society. They think that, especially technologies such as the World Wide Web, will lead to a society that is interested in achieving nothing, and loses its culture. Those assumptions are often proven by wrong by scientific experiments. 2. Pinker offers some myths about the negative effects of new technologies, and the Web. For example, Pinker argues that many people accused video games of increasing violence among young people. However, during the 1990s, crime declined very ...

Currently, in all American states, sexually active teens can access contraceptives even if they do not talk about sex and pregnancy with their parents and even without the consent of the parents. Contraceptives are the devices or drugs that are used to prevent a person from getting a pregnancy that is not planned for. Some contraceptives like condoms even avoid the transmission of STDs and HIV. However, some federal and state lawmakers wish to take away the ability by teenagers to protect themselves and other involved parties like their parents, partners and babies (Eichner & Maxine 87). They would like ...

A High-Intensity Interval Training, Circuit Training, Zumba and boot camp training programs are discussed below vividly considering the types of workout or classes, the levels of intensity involved, the muscular strength impact of each program and whether the programs give more of health fitness or physical fitness.

High-Intensity Interval Training.

According to Mahady, Pat. (16), High-intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a training idea in which high-intensity intervals are alternated with the slow and moderate intensity intervals. The workout classes of HIIT involves alternating both the aerobic and anaerobic training techniques. Anaerobic training method implies that the consumption of oxygen in the body ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

Jesus in Film

Portraying of Jesus in media sources mainly forms peoples’ attitude towards him. Evidently, film industry is the source that influences on peoples’ mind most effectively. Moreover, people conceive messages about religious issues easier by means of films. It occurs due to bright illustrations and filmic elements. This paper is directed to distinguish Jesus appearance in films. In this paper two films The Passion of the Christ and Life of Brian are reviewed. In order to detect essence of the topic three objectives are set. Firstly, it is necessary to indicate characteristics of Jesus in mentioned films. The second objective ...

Aerosmith is one of the most popular and long-lasting American rock acts still around today. Some contend that it is the all-time best-selling rock band from America. The first true conformation of the band was established in 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts, and they were signed by Columbia records the year after. In 1973 they released their first studio album titled Aerosmith, and this was followed by Get Your Wings the year after. Nevertheless, it was only in 1975 when they became truly popular with the album Toys in the Attic. The year after, they released Rocks, which was also ...

Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin (1957) “Sonny's Blues” by James Baldwin is a popular story, in which are metaphorically emphasized musical elements. Closer consideration of blues and jazz forms application and use of musicians such as Creole, Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong by Baldwin shows that the basic motives of the story are supported by these themes. The blues, as music and state of being, can be considered as basic to story’s structure. Richard N. Albert says, “In this story, content (message) of the blues is all important,” because by a number of blacks they are considered to ...

The activist event organized by the CUNY graduate center took place on March 21st, 2016. The objective of the event was to attract attention to the problem of HIV/AIDS among the LGBTQ community. The participants of the event and speakers in particular tried to initiate a shift in the existing stigma of HIV/AIDS for the purpose of showing the wider public the wrongfulness of their stereotypic perception of the problem. The moderator of the event was Sarah Schulman. She has been engaged in covering AIDS since early 1980s. Currently, she is taking an active part in conducting several projects: ...

Introduction

The technique of high-frequency trading has been around for years, but especially close attention and a new surge of interest in it arose after the sensational release in May 2010 of the book by Michael Lewis “Flash Boys”. In fact, it is hard to call high-frequency trading methodology a revolutionary or even new. Although now, talking about it, everyone remembers high-performance computers and automatic programs with elements of artificial intelligence, but if to leave these technological “tricks” and the terms out of the brackets, everything becomes much easier. Actually, we are dealing with a business model, when using a ...

Steven Spielberg’s seminal 1977 science fiction film Close Encounters of the Third Kind charts the effect of a mysterious and traumatic alien abduction on average American man Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) on both his psyche and his relationship with his family. In Jodi Dean’s essay “Fugitive Alien Truth,” the UFO abductee phenomenon is examined through a sociological and political lens, illuminating many social aspects of the cultural phenomenon of the abductee that are present in Close Encounters. As Roy’s sense of self and identity begins to shift gradually away from his family, and he struggles to ...

Part 1

Patient safety, ethical stand and patient centered care is more concerned with healthcare givers providing patients which they deem harmless and also takes into account their wellbeing both emotionally and physically. Effective communication is the key tool that can be used to address the problem of undesirable patient outcomes since it has been established that a reduction in stress and anxiety is usually brought about by patients complying with their medication and also being involved in a proactive form of effective communication. In addition to reduced stress levels, it is also crucial to note that effective communication boosts the ...

Art, Censorship, and the First Amendment: Response

In “Art, Censorship, and the First Amendment,” Robert Storr argues that the First Amendment, which guarantees the freedom of the press, prohibits the censorship of all forms of art. Storr posits that the American Constitution forbids the Congress from drafting laws that infringe on the freedom of the press as well as speech. He also maintains that Americans should not tolerate such ideas, and they should struggle to protect their freedom of free speech. Individuals should enjoy the freedom to express themselves and say whatever they feel like because of the unconditional liberty to do so (Storr 12). Nevertheless, ...

Article summary- Against unions

The article titled “Labor Union 'Studies' Lead To Minimum Wage Legislative Malpractice” written by Richard Berman appeared in the Forbes magazine on the 18th of October 2013. The author states that the main role of unions, which is to lobby for pay increases, harms the employees and the economy at large.

He asserts that the demands by unions for an increase in the minimum wage make no economic sense. This is because an increase in wages will make labor more expensive leading to a decrease in the demand for jobs. This means that the number of jobs available, especially ...

Abstract

This study analyzes the benefits and challenges of implementing an electronic medical system in both hospital and clinic environments. The overall research problem addressed in this study is determining how to effectively manage and communicate expectations associated with perceived benefits and challenges derived from a new install of an electronic medical record. The purpose of this study is to analyze perceptions associated with both the benefits and challenges derived from installing an electronic medical record system. This problem is relevant to many such as those who ...

A Postcard from the Volcano by Steven Wallace

This short poem written by Steven Wallace is more about the remains of a person after his demise. It is related more to the impact that the future generations would have as a result of the remains after the death of an individual.

The poem is written in verses of three lines. This short poem written by Steven Wallace, offers a unique perspective to its readers. Steven Wallace starts the poem with imagery as the tone for the entire poem is set through its imagery. Every image that Wallace uses in the poem convey various emotions.

There is significant shift ...

If there should be no alcohol in public places until aged 21

“Teen who killed five admitted drink-driving 'all the time'”. The Age Victoria online publication of November 14, 2012 screamed this headline. The then 19 year old Steven Johnstone's VicRoads' admitted to his friends that he drove in an inebriated state all the time. The news article further states that just after midnight in Mill Park on January 17, 2010, Steven was speeding in his car along with five passengers. While driving, he ignored the red lights and was also talking on the mobile phone. It was at this stage that he lost control of the car which crashed with a ...

In early June of the 2010, author and New York Times writer, Steven Pinker, wrote an article titled “Mind over Mass Media”. The article itself is a personal favorite of mine, and captures my attention at all angles. In essence, Steven Pinker is making the argument that mass media doesn’t have a negative effect on our brain, as so many people believe. Throughout the article he uses examples of comic books in the 50’s, as well as video game exposure in the 90’s. During the time period of the 1950’s, people believed that comic books made your ...

How does technology, such as the Internet and other social media create changes in society or how do changes in society push technological development?

There is no doubt that society is changing—in the last decade, technology has advanced so much that it seems unlikely that people alive a century before would be able to distinguish it from magic. Humanity has unprecedented access to information, healthcare, and food; although there are still problems in society today, the problems are growing smaller in the face of technological advancements and changes. Some might argue that society has driven forward technological advancement, ...