Essays on Verge

Introduction

Cultural memories, as well as cultural identity, are two closely related phenomena that are part of every cultural setting in the world, are assimilated amongst generations in unique ways. Cultural memory entails the elements (Stowe, 1982); both physical and virtual those are passed down generations and are a way of giving historical meanings or origins of certain cultures. Literary publications, such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin, sought to change how cultural memory and cultural identity were perceived, regarding the African American culture. Therefore, cultural memories occur in different forms. For example, an individual from a given culture may have ...

Introduction

High-risk nutrition practices usually concern nutrition norms that predispose individuals to the risks of contracting nutrition related ailments, which result from such practices (Palmer, 2011). However, in order to gain an insight into the influences that undermine the development of sound nutritional practices, it is important to understand the significance of culture in determining various nutritional practices by various people from around the world. Practically, culture entails shared practices, beliefs, and values that distinguish the practices of one group from the other (Palmer, 2011). Therefore, different cultures in the world have specific nutrition practices, for different occasions, which they ...

Audit and Internal Control

Question 1 - Relationship between the Concepts of ‘Business Risk’ and ‘Financial Statement Risk’ The business risk and financial statement risk tend to have a direct relationship with one another because occurrence of business risks, if not addressed by the internal management of ABCDE Company in a timely and wise manner, will potentially result in material misstatements of the figures in financial statements of ABCDE Company. For instance, due to increase in competition, the demand for cleaning equipment sold by ABCDE Company to commercial cleaning contractors decreases which itself is identified as a business risk for ABCDE Company. Due ...

Geopolitics is simply the study of geographical position in relation to politics both internally and internationally. Geopolitical threats are, therefore, factors that can hinder the cordial livelihood of communities in the same geographic area and with different political agendas. This paper will focus on the various levels of threats (tickers, slow tickers and talkers) in the nations selected for discussion. It will seek to justify their levels of threats according to their past and present political issues.

Tickers

The first ticker country to consider is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). From the very beginning, North Korea started ...

Volkswagen Scandal

Dear XYZ, In response to the work assigned for preparing a report on Volkswagen emission controversy, please find enclosed the detailed internal report containing my findings and recommendations pertaining to the issue. As I found, the company is going through the tough time when it is facing actions from the regulators and other agencies for violating the emission norms of the different countries. Also, there is a big blow to credibility in the eyes of customers. Concerted efforts of all the stakeholders are required to tide over the crisis. Based on the sources I referred to, the report goes ...

[The Course]

An operating system is a kind of software, which deals with computer’s hardware and software resources management as well providing computer programs with low-level services, which are essential to ensure their proper functionality. This means that operating system plays a role of mediator between programs installed on the computer and the computer hardware (Dohtre 1). Operating systems can be installed on a wide range of devices containing computer functions such as desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, different types of servers etc. At the present moment the most popular desktop operating systems are Windows,OS X and ...

Study

Abstract Juvenile transfer laws is one of the most controversial issue on the today’s criminal justice agenda of the United States of America. Thus, the policymakers vehemently argue that the possibility of being tried ‘as an adult’ is an effective general, specific and potential deterrent of juvenile crime. Enacted in the majority of the states, the juvenile transfer laws are thought to be an effective restraint against juvenile recidivism, an effective tool for rehabilitation of the young offenders and a solution, which protects the community against the most dangerous juvenile offenders. Yet, the several studies demonstrated that these ...

I would like to talk about the movie “Mountain Patrol”, filmed in 2004 by the Chinese director Chuan Lu. The peculiarity of this director's narrative is inherent in all of his films, but here he surpassed himself. Merging in one movie two different approaches – the artistic and documentary one was an unmatched idea. At least, hardly anyone else came across this symbiosis. It really turned out a beautiful picture, in which both actors and documentary were involved. I believe that his film was a key moment in the struggle to save the antelope Chiru, not only in China but ...

The university is in to contract with Tenex Company where the company supplies the University with stock tab paper. When they entered into the contract, the company was to supply stock tab paper on a fixed price basis. Now that the prices for the stock tab paper have gone up, Tenex approaches the University's purchasing department so that they can go to a guaranteed margin approach as opposed to what they had agreed earlier, fixed price. The university's purchasing department responds to the Company (supplier) reminding them that the case would have been different had the prices gone down. ...

(1). There are three main risks that Microsoft has confronted in China, namely: (1) a negative government attitude and reception of Microsoft, (2) software piracy and (3) a domestic software industry that not only has support from the government but is also becoming increasingly competitive with Microsoft services and products. These risk have already and will continue to change in the future. In some cases, such as government reception, they may diminish as Microsoft deepens its cooperation with the government. In other cases, such as completion from domestic firms, it will most increase. These risk are not necessarily unique ...

The issue on having an abundant supply of clean water has been one of the major frontiers of environmental advocacy since the early 1950s as the globe now feels the consequences of man’s quest for technology and improvement. Global Warming and Pollution are two of the most prominent issues on the environment that affects two of the important resources human kind now slowly reduces – air and water. Water is the fountain of life as it sustains every living organism with nutrients needed for development. Like air, living organisms depend on water to provide nutrients and energy. In the ...