There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of arm of breast, but they would mould our hearts, brains, tongues to their linking. (Virginia Woolf) Abstract The implementation of mandatory school uniform introduced...
Since the 9/11 incident, terrorism has been perceived in a different light by the average American. Before then, it was more of an overseas issue- the kind of thing that sovereign bodies engaged in more out of their international status than necessity. But the 9/11 incident brought home the message:...
Since the 14th-16th centuries, the Persian Gulf represents a unique strategic area that interested both the East and the West. The states of the Middle East have no single geopolitical perspective, but a variety of views conditioned by history, political ideology, and geographic location. Geographically, the Persian Gulf is located...
Human growth and development occur in males and females with diverse traits. The development types can be categorized as physical growth and moral maturity. Moral development can be associated with the surroundings and teachings received by an individual. Sexual category plays a major role in the process of learning and...
Car Park – Basic Description Qatar, also popularly known as the educational hub, has a number of parking spaces, the busiest being the ABP front car Park. The reason I chose to describe this car park located in front of the Academic Bridge Program is that I have always seen...
Sentence: The automobile was pusillanimous as it puttered off the line. The above sentence would seem to make sense if one has a basic idea of the meaning of the words, but in reality, it doesn’t. An automobile is a word that refers to a specific type of mechanical device....
Introduction There has been interest among psychologists, more specifically the personologists, to find out about people’s feelings, beliefs, acts and perceptions. There has been interest to find out those traits that are broad and possibly genetically based as well as those that are peculiar and can change easily. Trait Theories...
Knowledge about any topic or subject is never unnecessary. The same way children should be educated about sex. It is not something that can be avoided; one of the main reasons for this is the media. The openness of the media has led the children to come into contact with...
Introduction Its is an accepted fact that in regards to foreign aid offered by the developed countries and agencies to developing countries, some form of regulation has to be present to foster human rights, democracy, development and accountability; this is the cases where the recipient state in question either is...
Community Core Data Lemay is a township of St. Louis County, Missouri with a land area of 10.3 sq. mi. and a water area of 0.8 sq. mi. (Lemay Township, 2007). Its population in 2007 (July) was 16,854, 7,973 (47.3 percent) of whom were males while 8,881 (52.7 percent) were...
Pang-Mei Natasha Chang, a well-known Chinese-American writer was born in a famous Shanghai family in America and her parents were from China. Natasha wrote her first book “Bound Feet and Western Dress,” in 1990. It is a memoir which tells about the life of her great-grandaunt Chang Yu-I who was...
Introduction At every stage of their development people were closely connected with the external environment. However, since the occurrence of the industrial society, human’s dangerous intrusion into the natural environment was sharply intensified. The scale of such intrusion was extended, and the intrusion itself became diversified, posing a threat of...
Introduction The process of memorizing information touches upon the types of this very information. It can be pleasant or unpleasant. It can be with positive or negative coloring or consequences as well. All in all, people do not mind complex psychological mechanisms which provide more emphasis for recalling information. In...
Since the very beginnings of philosophic thought, attempts have been made to understand the essence of the human mind and the peculiarities of its relationship with the body. The idea that there could exist certain speculative phenomena which do not necessarily obtain in the reality led the thinkers to the...
The science of caring pertains to the humanitarian approach of treatment of an individual and any associated events and experience. Caring science is thus an integration of art and compassion, with its foundation originating from the concepts of relationships and connection between human beings. One of the most acclaimed philosophies...
Introduction Driving refers to the action of taking control of moving machines. The machines can either be vehicles such as truck, car or bus, or equipment such as cranes. Indeed, maximum concentration is needed during driving on the road hence drivers are urged to concentrate while driving by avoiding distractions...
The article “In Search of Dignity” is a very thought-provoking column. It makes one think of what is happening in America right now, it makes one think about how our leaders, important persons, and some of us are acting and living. However, those people that are mentioned by the author...
The Constitution of the United States of America is the source of the fundamental issues and the basic document of the law of the United States. It is the foundation of the legal authority that stipulates the existence of the country and the federal government United States of America. It...
Introduction: Detroit’s automotive business is decreasing in the past few years According to Jorn it is in the past half-century that globalization has been the prominent pressure that has accelerated change in the world economy (Jorn Pg 12). As quoted in this book it is outlined how the second time...
The reality of the present time is far from positive evaluation. The hazards of global warming are increasing every moment. This assumption is rather obvious when looking at the mountains r even whole regions being covered with ice some 20 years ago, and now these areas have little coverage of...
Diabetes, a disease that alters the body’s capability to utilize glucose effectively, plays a significant role in the deaths of more than 200,000 Americans each year, six times the number in 1950. Diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States, and it has no cure. The total annual...
Effects of Globalization of Culture Today’s world is a global village. This is the assertation being made by almost every civilized human being living in the 21st century. Yes. The world is getting smaller in the wake of every day. The tyranny of traveling long distances to convey messages, to...
During the course of recent decades, the voices of those who call for the abandonment of IQ testing as “racist” and “biased”, are becoming increasingly louder. Again and again we are being told that bit is something absolutely inappropriate to subject the representatives of racial minorities in Western countries to...
Introduction Validity can be described as the extent to which a test has measured the attribute it was designed for. It can also be used to mean the strength of conclusions or inferences, and it tends to give a conclusion on whether the objective of the research has been achieved....
The world of constant and versatile communication hides in its extent positive as well as negative consequences for people. The thing is that mass media in contemporary society provides people with huge amounts of information and different data. A man wants not to lag behind the mass preferences, and for...
Introduction The article under consideration is called Postulations on the Fragmentary Effects of Multiculturalism in Canada by Garcea, Joseph. The article introduces us to the analysis of ten postulations that highlight the concepts of multiculturalism and its policy for the past forty years. The author divides these postulations into several...
Introduction The process of gradual incensement of average temperature of Earth atmosphere and World Ocean is understood under global warming. The global warming began to be discussed several years ago when the influence on atmosphere became uncontrollable. Modern innovative progress, the thoughtless consumption of world resources and a lot of...
Historical perspective of people’s settlement The modern world is full of innovations and people are not surprised by anything, they have used to the big stream of information and inventions, and do not react actively to some new concepts and ideas about social organizations. Life 100 years ago was different:...
Tourism is an important part that contributes to a great extent to the country’s economy. It has many hidden benefits that countries get. Tourism along with the tourists benefits the country as a whole. Those countries who promote tourism tend to focus more on infrastructure, sustainable development, climate protecting actions;...
Introduction The popular conception of psychology is doubtless that of the therapist needling his hapless patient on the couch. This is inaccurate. It belies over a century of advances in applying rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and experimentation to enlarge the body of knowledge about the human mind, affect, cognition...
To begin with, the reality of the nowadays progressive world, unfortunately, does not exclude the examples of cruelty and violence display. This concerns the asocial characteristic features of human beings. Another thing is when such intentions are incorporated with kids. The nature and motivations of kids’ cases of violence suppose...
Gerontology is a multidisciplinary field – the study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging. Gerontologists include researchers and practitioners in such variegated areas as biology, medicine, nursing, dentistry, social work, physical and occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, economics, political science, pharmacy, and anthropology. Gerontologists concern themselves with...
Introduction The main form of subcontracting lies with regard to agreement between parties – Employer Company, main contractor or, in other words, works contractor and Sub-contractor who is assigned specific duties by the works, or management contractor. It needs to be said, that it is not the responsibility of the...
Introduction Community service is often used in modern society as a remedy for social ills by the youth. Society and indeed the media view the youth as selfish and with great pleasure-seeking needs which require a remedy, and that they are unprepared to take on responsible roles in society due...
In the course of the twentieth century, American society has witnessed advent, growth and evolution of community colleges. At present, there are at least ten educational institutions of this kind almost in every state of the country. However, approximately ninety years ago their number was rather small, and only very...
Inexpensive food containing processed ingredients and prepared as well as served quickly in an industrialized manner is categorized as Fast Food. Often times synonymous with junk/slow food, fast food – hamburgers, fries, pizza, sandwiches, etc. accompanied by sugar laden soft drinks and milk shakes – these foods are high in...
Introduction Decentralization foundation is in the concept of effective residency (public engagement and societal assets), autonomous (grassroots-based development), and sustainable livelihood of the residents. Department for International Development (DfID) in a report on decentralization and political accountability argues that decentralization encourages democratization and reinforces governance by giving citizens more influence...
The idea of the hotel industry in a global dimension has been increasing for the last few years. The globalization process seems to have many beneficial points as of the influence spheres of a definite company providing multinational policy in business affairs. In this respect there are several features which...
Charles Dickens is one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era. The famous British novelist was born into a family belonging to the middle class, so, he had an opportunity to obtain some education. His father was “an improvident naval clerk who was imprisoned for debt” (Burt, 108). Dickens...
Florida is blessed with an abundant freshwater resource that seeps beneath the ground. Most of the water which has been found in Florida is groundwater. It seeps through sand, gravel and flows through the cracks and paths made by the limestone. This water is replenished by rainfall and can be...
The project ‘stealth security’ – a home security system – is the development of a computer-based security system to alert the house owners on any trespassing into the property. The project consists of five distinct phases starting from the planning phase and continues through concept development, system-level design, detailed designing,...
There can be little doubt as to the effectiveness of Bridgestone “Scream” TV ad, because commercial’s semiotic message was designed to appeal mainly to the “collective subconsciousness” of a targeted audience. The closer review of this particular TV ad, reveal its semantic meaning as such that is being conveyed to...
Foreign Exchange Markets In general, specialization and exchange of goods and services across national borders can be illustrated using a universal medium of exchange. However, most countries are not willing to relinquish the right to own, supply, and regulate their currency. Therefore, foreign exchange markets are necessary for the absence...
Prostate cancer is a very common type of cancer affecting men over 60 years of age. The number of prostate cancer around the globe is significantly huge, that it even occurs at a higher frequency than that of breast cancer among women. Currently, the only defined risk factors that are...
Plagiarism is “the deliberate or reckless representation of another’s words, thoughts, or ideas as one’s own without attribution in connection with the submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise” (Instrument of Student Governance, 2009, par. 6). Within the academic arena, plagiarism is an act practiced by dishonest students who...
Introduction Serf is a term that comes from serfdom referring to the economic condition of peasants under feudalism. Serfs are workers who are linked to the land. In the feudal society, they created the lowly social class. Serfs and slaves were almost linked but there existed some stark contrasts between...
The reasons guns have not been outlawed are many. This action would violate the Constitution, impair hunter’s rights and take away the right to protect one’s family, property or self. The topic of Gun Control is controversial and the debate surrounding it often emotional, usually centering on differing interpretations of...
In the essay The Culture thin Bites Fiji Goodman discusses the problem of mass media and its considerable impact on the society and lives of people. In Fiji, Goodman draws a line between pre-media society and a new society affected by mass media and media promotions. Goodman underlines that mass...
Introduction Dublin Docklands has become an important cornerstone of Dublin city in recent years with the rapid restructuring that has taken place in the last twenty years. Essentially, the depressed city of Dublin in the last two decades has dramatically been transformed through rapid regeneration, and through development of Dublin,...
The period of 1970-1990 was marked by dramatic changes in economic, social and cultural life of the United States; they were caused by both domestic and external influences. These two decades can be characterized by significant shifts in foreign policy and in public opinion. In this paper, we need to...
Richard Brandt dedicated his work “The Morality and Rationality of Suicide” to the analysis of suicide concept on the basis of its morality and blameworthy; the author presented the philosophical perception of the concept analyzing its meaning and moral obligation. It is necessary to underline the fact that Brandt presented...
Introduction Nowadays the internet search has successfully attracted thousands of people. Many companies develop their businesses in this area experimenting with new models of operations day by day. One of the most popular companies regarding internet search is Google. It is one of the most successful internet engines. The situation...
Introduction This research paper tries to explore how globalization is having an impact on healthcare. Traditionally, the health care sector has often been touted as one of the most homegrown businesses in the United States. However, more and more Americans are now turning global, by accessing healthcare in such far-flung...
Seth Jacobs has done an inimitable study on the American role in the rise of Diem in South Vietnam. The main question that the book deals with is why the United States selected such a deeply flawed leader like Ngo Dinh Diem and stood by him. Seth Jacobs tries to...
Introduction Coffee started becoming a favorite drink in Europe in the seventeenth century during the Age of Reason. During this Age, thinkers decided to open up to new ideas thus going beyond the wisdom of the former people. Coffee which was a new drink at the time boosted sharpness and...
United States health care is the outcome of a number of public and private entities molded together. The services like ‘inpatient’ and ‘outpatient’ are provided through commercial, charitable, or governmental entities, thereby understating the fact that the system is an intelligent mix of public and private funding. The country boasts...
Introduction Cult of personality has a long history and is mainly connected with strong and charismatic leaders, mainly in the political sphere. Fidel Castro is one of the brightest examples of a charismatic political leader who has managed to control people’s thoughts and actions in Cuba for already 50 years...
The topic of suicide has received attention from several scholars and thinkers. While some felt that suicide is a criminal act and a great violation not only to God but also to oneself and the people around, others felt that suicide is not a criminal act. Established on this hypothesis,...
The term culture refers to traditions and customs acquired through learning. These customs play a major part in developing one’s behavior and beliefs. Children adapt various behaviors by being brought up in an environment where people practice them. This process is known as acculturation. Culture may constantly change as communities...
Introduction The development of human society has always been accompanied by the sharpening of inequality and the gap between the rich, and the poor, the strong and the weak, the powerful and the powerless. In this respect, the nature of people plays a vital role as it is this nature...
To begin with, let us mention that “thinking” is the most important of all human abilities, because due to this extraordinary ability there appeared Homo sapiens that is considered to be the king of nature today. This does not mean that other inhabitants of our planet do not think, it...
Introduction This paper seeks to provide the loan officer with a brief analysis of the competitive environment of the fast-food industry by drawing a five-forces diagram and briefly discussing the nature and strength of the each of five forces in the said industry. This paper will use some information from...
Price elasticity of demand for petrol and carbonated drink Petrol is one of the essential products in every economy. People drive petrol-fueled cars to work, industries use petrol-fueled machines, and companies use petrol to produce electricity. Petrol is one of the products whose price change has little effect on demand....
Introduction The paper will focus on the claim that Very Low Calorie Diets are ineffective against weight loss. Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs) are diets that only prescribe a maximum of 800 calories per day. Many people in the first world are resulting to drastic measures to loose weight mostly...
The American Indian boarding school experience is one that has been deeply associated with political and socio-cultural domination of the American Indians by the whites. The history of these boarding schools begins with Richard Henry Pratt, who had initially served in the Civil War, in the Tenth Cavalry Regiment of...
Some movies are deeper than watching some actors in a nice story. Some movies like to present certain moral values and philosophies. They may be direct and straight to the point or complex giving the audience some space to figure out the value behind the movie. Either way, writers want...
Introduction The research work, which has been carried out, aims to analyze financial activities during the presidential campaigns of 2004 and 2008. We are going to discuss expenditures and fundraising of two leading parties, the Democrats and the Republicans throughout the country, and particularly in the state of Florida. The...
The article “Having a Cow and Eating it Too: The Real Deal on Food Safety” informs about the FDA’s decision to close the sane food loophole where organic food is produced. The author reports about some people starting to prefer organic food after reading Michael Pollan’s non-fiction book Omnivore’s Dilemma....
Introduction Academic dishonesty is one of the oldest forms of cheating. Studies point out that the earliest forms to be reported were thousands of years ago in China where students engaged so much in this vice that measures had to be taken to control it. Accordingly, all examinees in civil...
Chinese economy is one of the strongest in the region. Its economy has change over time from a central planned one to a market oriented one, inviting trade relationship with many countries. As a result one expects its neighbors to have close relationship with China in order to benefit from...
Thomas Hobbes is believed to be one of the most famous English philosophers; he is most renowned for such book as Leviathan, in which he attempted to explore the structure and origins of civil society. In the passage under consideration, the author argues that human beings are in constant state...
Obesity is a medical state that is characterized by people having surplus fat in their body which in most instances adversely affects the general health of a person. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), People with obesity, in most cases, have their body...
It is not always that the words mean what they are believed to mean. Sometimes words have hidden sense discovering which requires thorough analysis and interpretation of the word from different perspectives. This is especially true about the words and phrases that have generalized meaning. One of such phrases is...
These clouds resemble the udder of a crow and this is why these clouds have been named Mammatus clouds. The word Mammatus is derived from Latin language and it means udder. These clouds follow a cellular pattern and the term Mammatus is basically a metrological term. There are various similarities...
European boundaries have changed through the years and the word Europe has been used since a long time ago. The geographical version of Europe continued changing during the middle ages till it took its modern form in the 18th century. Today this continent is growing larger and it has become...
Human beings can be said to develop depending on many factors which are associated with their upbringing. A mature person, therefore, is assumed to behave in a way that can easily exhibit his/her conditions that they were brought up in. Hereditary and environmental factors can greatly determine the development of...
Queen Emma was born in 1836 to Fanny Kekelaokalani Young (High Chiefess), the daughter of John Young, King Kamehameha. Her father George Naea was a High Chief. Her first name was Emalani, but it later changed to Emma Rook. Her parents were high ranking members of the society known as...
There have always been issues of death and murders during news broadcasts. Homicide takes a good part of the news all over the world. Later, these cases are followed until the perpetrators are brought to book. This involves several formal processes that must be considered by the investigator who has...
Introduction America has a federal type of Government. There is a belief that power has been brought closer to the people by devolution through state governments. It is therefore important to understand state politics including the desirable qualities of elected representatives to better understand how the government works. The governor...
All human decisions are guided by different models that become their choice due to a certain set of factors they take into consideration. There are many models that are enacted under different circumstances, and it appears at times that people cannot explain why they have committed this or that action....
Two of the most popular international tourist destinations today are Bermuda and The Bahamas. Both destinations are similar in several ways, while there are also some differences between them. While the geographical details of both destinations are similar only in the fact that both are archipelagos comprising several islands, there...
Thesis Statement The great development of hip-hop music in the “cultural industry” (During, 4) is the reflection of socio-economic and cultural changes. The culture of African-American people and its reflection in the hip-hop music industry will be discussed in the research paper. Background The issues of race and discrimination have...
The general systems theory was proposed by a biologist known as Ludwig von Bertalanffy in the year 1928 and advanced by Lotfi Zadeh an academician at the University of Columbia. It has since undergone transformation and improvement to include biological systems that incorporate life of human beings. The theory explores...
Introduction Disaster can be defined as an unexpected event; manmade or natural that can cause death or a lot of damage. (Oxford, 2000) Bureaucratic/ Hierarchical model: A hierarchical model is a form of social coordination that uses hierarchical control in a set up of unified and centralized command to help...
Chinese governmental project of Three Gorges Dam is considered to be a serious threat to the environment; a number of policies and warnings have been carried out by scientists aimed at protection and prevention of atmospheric pollution. It is necessary to underline the fact that the Three Gorges Dam is...
Recognizing the problem The grass around the house subdues the natural principles and rules of making plants grow and the fact that the neighbor’s grass on the lawn is greener, taller, and looks alive than that of mine is rather explainable due to several reasons. It was known that all...
Realism is the global tendency in the life of society that was predominant in the second half of the 19th century. Realism cannot be reduced to one aspect of societal life. On the whole, it can even be defined as the way of thinking of people of the mentioned period....
Regional trade and international trade are a result of specialization and division of labor. In regional trade states, citizens strive to produce in larger quantities those commodities in which the economy has a comparative advantage, this exactly happens in international trade. In regional trade, people are likely to buy those...
Hobbes the Modern Philosopher Thomas Hobbes has written a book ‘Leviathan” in which he has expressed philosophies on most topics under the sun in the period of the English Civil War. He is remembered as a political philosopher. The foundation for Western philosophy with the social contract theory has been...
Advertising is defined as an attempt to convince people to start or increase their use of certain products or services. This may either be done through language or by the use of graphics. This paper will look at the device of decoding advertisements called semiotics and how it gives an...
People’s life is explained as a physical and chemical process. It is invisible by the naked eye, but the persons’ organisms, every subject, food, some liquid substances consist of different chemical elements. These elements help people to lead a normal life. The absence or even lacking of at least one...
Introduction The argument presented in the video is the course of action being taken regarding the topic of global warming about how people can best fare through the choices they make. The presenter highlights that instead of talking about whether global warming is a truth or not, people should consider...
The book under consideration called Bringing Down the Mob: The War against the American Mafia by Thomas Reppetto is a bloody narration about the cruel ascendancy of organized crimes in America. The author’s captivating sequel follows the events during the Prohibition and chaos period. This is also the story of...
Mass media and society are a major concern in today’s society. Society today is filled with mass media, almost everybody in their daily lives uses film, radio, print, television, and the internet. In the current world, we go through a wide mass media environment that has not been ventured in...
A constitution is an ethical and moral document binding on the people of the land not by virtue of its legality but by the necessity to keep the state above dissenting forces (from within and without). The constitution of America came into being in the 18th century with the sole...
Introduction Social revolutions involve rapid, basic, and aggressive changes in the internal culture of a society. They combine structural transformations and huge class disruptions in the political and social character of a society that eventually leads to changes in leadership and policies (Skocpol, 1976, P.175). Technology has been associated with...
Introduction The world economy is suffering from a deep economic recession that has driven thousand of companies onto the brink of bankruptcy. The news casts and articles paint a gloomy picture as the situation seems to be progressing from bad to worse. The American economy has not hit such a...
Today, punishment and criminal behavior is a problem facing the American nation, but one for which a limited number of solutions exist. Critics recognize that the offender is an “enemy” who deserves condemnation and retaliation. The response lies in the ability of the criminal justice system to catch, convict, and...
Tourism in Asia Many developing countries have deemed that the sector of tourism is one of the most rewarding in terms of development objectives of these countries. Traditionally, the sector of agriculture was the most important in terms of revenue earners for the struggling economies. But the agriculture sector was...