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150 Contempora Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports



Spiritualism emerged in a Christian environment and has many features in common with Christianity: an essentially Christian moral system, a perceived belief in the Judeo-Christian God, mystical panentheism, and liturgical practices such as Sunday services and the singing of hymns. The primary reas....

LA Confidential - discuss how semiotic and structuralist methods can be used
LA Confidential (1997) is film set in the Hollywood suburbs in the 50's, with the main focal point being around a certain police station. Many connotations can be attached to the film because of these aspects. Three types of signifiers were identified by Charles Peirce (Branston 2003:17); iconic....

...And Justice for all
Throughout history man through his social institutions has been engaged in a never-ending state of conflict. While we can point towards progress in areas such as human rights and rules of war, there is nonetheless a prevalent state of war from which we cannot escape. Although some might attest to ....

'The Others’ and ‘The Castle of Otranto’ comparative essay
It is the ability of great texts to have a universal meaning that allows individuals from varying contexts of reception to interpret it in a multitude of critical approaches.This is prevalent through the Gothic texts, The film ‘The Others’ by Alejando Amenabar, and the novel ‘The Castle of Ot....

"In the time of Greatness"
Birth Date. William Shakespeare, surely the world's most performed and admired playwright, was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of London. According to the records of Stratford's Holy Trinity Church, he was baptized on April 26. Since it wa....

"What is Feminism..."
What is Feminism?... Contrary to popular belief feminists are not "ugly, man-hating, bra-burning, radicals outside of respectability." Despite such absurd accusations and rumors, feminists are passionate humanitarians that are invested in pursuing the continual progress of equality for a....

A Comparison of Catharine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie's Depiction of Canada
To many nineteenth century Europeans, not a lot was known about foreign places. Today, people have easy access to television, the internet, photographs, and the educational system. Currently, knowledge of foreign places is easily attainable, and it is easier to have an accurate idea of what goes in ....

A Comparison of Jazz and Classical Music
Upon entering a modern record store, one is confronted with a wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists, but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut from easy listening dance music to more complex art music. On ....

A Functional Analysis of the Organisational and Human Resources Strategies at Malaysia Airlines
A Functional Analysis of the Organisational and Human Resources Strategies at Malaysia Airlines November 2005 Table of Contents 2 PREAMBLE 3 3 COMPANY OVERVIEW: A FLIGHT OF DISTINCTION 4 4 VISION, MISSION, AND CORPORATE STRATEGY 11 5 THE HUMAN RESOURCES STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS ....

A good leader in the modern Chinese business environment
A GOOD LEADER IN THE MODERN CHINESE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT It is not easy to be a good leader, especially in the modern Chinese business environment. No matter wherever your nationality is, you have to be familiar with Chinese economic environment which encompasses the various regulations and som....

A good man is hard to find
Flannery O’Connor uses Christianity as a fundamental thesis in her work, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” The exploration for the meaning of the Christian faith in the story is based on O’Connor’s view that contemporary society was drastically changing for the worst. O’Connor, a fundamentalist an....

A Knight Without Armor - Character Analysis of Mel McGinnis in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
A Knight without Armor Dr. Melvin McGinnis is a man drowning in insecurity. He tries to appear strong and come across as an average guy, but when reading Raymond Carver’s short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” the reader instead finds a frustrated, unsure man who guards him....

A Knights Tale: A Freedom Within
A KNIGHTS TALE: A Freedom Within One might go beyond the realm of reality and visualize or imagine that freedom is a state whereby one is free from the control of fate or of necessity. For the less fanciful: freedom might be conceived as an exemption or release from slavery or imprisonment. Howev....

A Latin American Hero
A Latin American Hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara, a Latin America communist freedom fighter, became well known in the late 1950s-1960s. His early years, growing up among many political beliefs, helped to shape his future. Those political beliefs became a foundation from which Che’s view of the worl....

A Pass to Broken Dreams
A Pass to Broken Dreams Throughout many decades the mass population has relied on the mass media to help them better understand the world around us. The morning paper and the nightly news have paved ways for hundreds of publications and a variety of news related shows to form. Television, magazine....

A Percy Shelley Biography
Every Romanticist is heavily indebted to Pickering & Chatto for their publication of a series of valuable sets of Romantic texts. From the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft (published in 1989), to the Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley (published in May 1996), and continuing with forthcoming editi....

A Percy Shelly Biography
Every Romanticist is heavily indebted to Pickering & Chatto for their publication of a series of valuable sets of Romantic texts. From the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft (published in 1989), to the Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley (published in May 1996), and continuing with forthcoming ....

A Perspective to metamorphism from the contextual described milieu to the metaphorical place
Retro gradation from metaphor and Figure Vicissitudes of time started and moved its, Orbits between the milky ways hanging the sun and stars beyond our present unknowns and showing the earth in its brightness. Man was exiled and the soil under his feet was given life and Looked at the sky and a gre....

a review on documantry photography done by Kaveh Golestan
The photographer I decide to talk about is an Iranian photojournalist, Kaveh Golestan. The reason that I chose another Iranian photographer for my assignment is to present my country. Golestan pictured my country and its social problems, my culture, and my history, which is more tangible for me to t....

A rose for Emily
Justin B. Reyes Mr. Dean Smith English 1302 28 January 2007 My Examination of “A Rose for Emily” The short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was published in “These 13” in 1931 and is not included in any other Faulkner novel. The story “A Rose for Emily” is based ....

A statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops; Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good
A statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops; Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good The bishops overall purpose in publishing Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good, is to encourage all nations to explore a more religious and moral....

Aboriginal Customary Laws and Australian Contemporary Laws
Aboriginal customary laws, before white settlement in 1788, were considered primitive by the British, if considered at all. But Aboriginal laws and customs had lasted hundreds of years, based on traditions such as kinship ties and rituals.These laws were formed by ancestors, spirits, and Aboriginal ....

Aborigines and their Place In Politics
For much of their history, Australias major parties did not perceive a need to have Aboriginal affairs policies, but this altered in the 1960s and 1970s as the Aboriginal interest came to occupy a more prominent position. The policies of recent major governments, those being the Australian Labor Par....

Acupuncture
Alternative medicine describes health products, practices, and approaches that are not part of conventional medicine. The goal of physicians who practice alternative medicine is to find a cure by looking at the whole person when making a diagnosis, rather than just the symptom. Alternative medicin....

Admiring Abraham?
“And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham said unto him… Take now thy son, thine only son Issac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.” Abraham’s actions....

Adolescent Egocentrism
Abstract This paper discusses how adolescent egocentrism, which includes a belief by teenagers that they are special and unique, accompanies the attainment of new mental abilities. Specifically, that adolescents construct an "imaginary audience," giving rise to heightened self-consciousness. Adol....

ads
Everyday, consumers are constantly overwhelmed with advertisements from different companies all over the world. You can find ads on the television, in a magazine, and even on billboards in the street. Advertising is a multi-billion dollar business in which companies publicize their products to cons....

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Literary Critiques through the Decades
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been a source of controversy since its publication in 1884. It was banned from many public libraries on its first appearance for being "trash." Although today it is widely regarded as a—if not the—classic American novel, it still poses problems for some rea....

Advertising Campaign for Toyota Prius In Australia
Integrated Marketing Communications Toyota Prius; Marketing Communications Plan Prepared by “Brutal Brutus” For Toyota Australia Table of Contents: Ref. No. Topic Of Discussion Page No. 1.0 Executive Summary 5 2.0 Introduction 5 3.0 P....

advertising in women magazines
First of all we should ask what does advertising means. Oxford Dictionary gives the following definition: 'the activity and industry of advertising things to people on television, in newspapers, etc.' So, the advertising activity is bringing a product (or service) to the attention of potential an....

Aging Employment and the Digital Divide.
Aging, Employment and Digital Divide Aging has become one of the most controversial issues in the contemporary American society. This issue is especially significant taking into consideration technological advancements of the recent years. Even though computer-user rates are growing fastest among....

Akram Khan and Shobana Jeyasingh both come from an Indian background, how do their styles contrast?
Akram Khan and Shobana Jeyasingh both come from an Indian background but are both based in the UK. Both Khan and Jeyasingh started out as soloists and had early training in Indian dance; Khan in Formal Kathak dance and Jeyasingh in Formal Bharata Natyam dance. Khan also trained in Contemporary, Jeya....

Aldous Huxleys Brave New World
Topic: "Huxley's "Brave New World" is as provocative, as brilliant, as impressive as the day it was published. This is in part because its prophetic voice has remained surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and general tone of alarm." - Comment upon the statement It was a....

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Born Late July 356 BC in Pella, MacedoniaDied June,10 323 BC in The Palace of Nabukodonossor, BabylonAlexandros III Philippou Makedonon, (Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon), King of Macedonia, was born in July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia. He was one of the greatest mil....

alice and wonderland
Finding the Child in Us All Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has entertained not only children but adults for over one hundred years. The tale has become a treasure of philosophers, literary critics, psychoanalysts, and linguists. It also has attracted Carroll’s fellow mat....

Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll’s work “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is, by many people, considered a nonsense book for children. Of course, it is, but it is also much more. Lewis Carroll had a great talent of intertwining nonsense and logic, and therefore creating sense within nonsense. If you look past the....

Alyssa Brugman’s, “Walking Naked” - Megan and her friends see Perdita as being different. They call her The Freak because they dont like her. Do you agree?
Alyssa Brugman’s, “Walking Naked” is a tragedy and is a contemporary written novel that deals with teenage issues. Megan Tuw, the mean and small minded protagonist, and her friends see Perdita Wiguiggan as being different and, in conclusion don’t like her. Perdita doesn’t conform to the ster....

American Beauty
American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, explores the ideology of the American Dream and by doing this forces the audience to consider the flaws embedded within contemporary American society. Mendes portrays the sad reality of materialism and denial through his depiction of a dysfunctional American ....

American Ideals
American ideals are about longing after youth, respect, power, money, opportunity, and beauty. Americans will go as far as possible to achieve the “American Dream” no matter what the expenditure. In the endeavor of achieving one or several of these American ideals, Americans have abandoned their....

American Organized Labor in the Guilded Age
Little success can be ascribed to the efforts of American organized labor between the years 1875 and 1900 to improve the socio-economic position of workers. Indeed, the only somewhat concrete victories during this period that could be pointed to are the increase in wages – which is, in any case, qu....

An Analysis of Central Themes
James Agee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1909, the son of a postal worker who was killed in an automobile accident. The loss of his father marked James Agee both short term and long term(James Agee p.30). Thirty years later it would form the basis of the novel which is the cornerstone of his f....

An Analysis of Sophocles' Antigone
An Analysis of Sophocles’ Antigone Thesis Statement: In Sophocles’ Antigone, three themes are important: the rule of divine law versus the laws of man, tyranny versus loyalty, and the persecution of women within the patriarchal society of Greco-Roman times as it applies to today. Within th....

An Analytical Essay on Selected Poems by Anne Bradstreet
Anne Dudley Bradstreet epitomizes a puritan, an American woman, and a poet. As the puritan, she seems to struggle with her worldliness, as the American she took a lively interest in the contemporary scene, as a woman she argues against the aspersions cast upon her sex, and as the poet she trans....

An investigation into the representations of ethnicity in the animation film genre, with particular reference to Disneys Mulan and Pocah
..ontas' One of the challenges facing any investigation into ethnicity is that there appears to be no agreed consensus on defining what constitutes an ‘ethnic group’. For example, ethnicity could be identified in terms of ‘religion’, ‘national and geographical origin’, ‘skin colour’ ....

Analysis of business model of THE KNOT
The founders of The Knot analyzed the market and supported the attractiveness of the wedding industry. The nature of opportunity was that only three magazines were entrenched in this market and they were old fashioned. So, there was an appropriate consumer market niche on which to focus on. Realizi....

Analysis of “Fight Club”
For years David Fincher has directed some of the most stylish and creative thrillers in American movies. His works include: Aliens 3, Seven, The Game and Fight Club. Each of these films has been not only pleasing and fun to watch but each has commented on society, making the viewers think outside th....

Analysis of Shakespeare's Henry IV (part 1) Impact on comtempory audience, and Hal maturing process
A contemporary audience would have found ‘Henry IV part one’ relevant because the play about the safety of the kingdom in roughly 1403, would have mirrored what was actually happening at the time the play was written in the late 1590’s, for many reasons. A major issue would have been Elizabeth’....

Analysis of The Afterlife By Billy Collins
Billy Collins, the United States Poet Laureate, uses many different approaches and themes in his poetry. In “The Afterlife”, he uses both satire and humor to convey his message to the readers. This use of satirical humor separates him from several contemporary American poets. “His meditative lyri....

Analysis of the Nobel Prize acceptance speech by William Faulkner delivered on December 10th , 1950 in Stockholm
1. Biography William Faulkner was one of the great American writers of the 20th century. He was born in 1897 into an old Southern family named Falkner, that “abounded in lessons, not always flattering, of pride, arrogance, humility, honor, courage, rapacity, ingenuity, shrewdness and love. […....

Analysis on Much Ado About Nothing
In William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare uses the plot of the story to show his view on love. It is my opinion that Shakespeare thinks people make "much ado" about love (nothing); since no matter what problems may arise, love still conquers all. Love is a subject that Shakespeare....

Ancient Aztec Civilization
A distant sound is heard. It sounds like a deep drum being hit with a heavy instrument. You hear it again and strain your eyes in the direction of the sound. All around you is dense jungle. Snakes slither between your legs. You hear the sound once again. In front of you is a dense stand of ferns. Yo....

Ancient Greek Theater
In ancient Greece, Greek comedy, tragedy, drama, and theater were essential parts of the Greek people’s everyday life. Greek drama impacts today universally very much the same way it did in the 4th-6th century BC. Controversial and yet entertaining at the same time, the origins of Greek theater int....

Annette Von Drost-Hulshoff
From the extracts of Annette's sister Jenny's diaries, which in many cases are the main source of research on the writer, it is clear that the Droste, was born as a premature baby on the Hülshoff, on 10 January of 1797. On 24th May 1848, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff dies eventually to the sea castl....

Anthem
The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand tells the story of Equality 7-2521, an individual living in a communal society devoid of human individuality. In a future where there is no love, no science, and everyone is equal and of one entity, one man defies the group to be his own person. "I owe nothing to my brot....

Antigone
Antigone Antigone was produced in 441B.C. by the Greek play writer Sophocles, who was born in 496 BC at Colonus, near Athens. Unlike his younger contemporary, the often-misunderstood Euripides, Sophocles had the fortune of being revered for his genius during his own lifetime. He lived to the ripe ....

anton chekhov
Chekhov is very different from most of the other playwrights throughout history, in that, he did not always aspire to be a writer. It is something he stumbled upon out of necessity. He began writing humorous anecdotes for a local paper as a mean to support his family while putting himself through ....

Approaches to American Muslims
Martin Luther wrote, ¡§So while Muhammad enjoys victory, success, dominion and praise from the world (through God¡¦s anger or ordinance), we Christians carry the cross of our Lord, expecting our bliss, not in this life, but in the life to come. The common man, moved by his lower instincts, se....

archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC - 212 BC), was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist and engineer. He was killed by a Roman soldier despite orders from the Roman general, Marcellus that said he was not to be harmed. (The Greeks said that he was killed while drawing an equation in ....

Architecture of Transition and Production of Meaning
Transition: Architects as Managers of ChangeTransition in a social sense is a change from one system into another. Globally, the modernist paradigm changed to the post-modern with the disappearance of central authorities, universal dogmas and foundational ethics. The post-modern world introduced fra....

Art Criticism using the frames - Chinese and Japanese Art
4 x Art Criticisms - Frames Chinese and Japanese Traditional and Contemporary Art Art Criticism and History – Subjective + World The “Realisation” exhibit now showing at the AGNSW is designed to open Australian people’s eyes up to the variety, magnitude and powerful meaning that contempor....

Art: The Ultimate Expression
Before the portrayal of the human body can be critiqued, you must understand the artist's culture. As man evolved over centuries, his views of the body also transformed. Our tour definitely showed the drastic changes in different cultures' art. Each culture and era presents very distinct ch....

Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller was born in 1915. This American playwright, novelist, and film writer is considered one of the major dramatists of 20th-century American theater. Arthur Miller was born in New York City on October 17, 1915. His father ran a small coat-manufacturing business that failed ridiculously dur....

Arthur Szyk's Political Cartoons
There have been hundreds of men and women determined to make an alternation in this world we exist in. Those who have matchless thoughts and work vigorously to get their point heard most likely make a difference. One powerful technique most frequently used to get express one’s views is by construct....

Artworks can shock, challange or influence
Artworks can shock, challenge or influence. This statement suggests the controversy produced by artists in their attempt to push the boundaries questioning the premises on which art had longed been based. Many Artists communicate their ideas and beliefs through their work to raise public awareness o....

ASEAN and SAARC
ASEAN CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL SECURITY - LESSONS FOR SAARC INTRODUCTION 1. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is frequently cited as a shining example of third world co-operation. Established in 1967, its publicly stated primary objectives was to foster intra-ASEAN eco....

Asian Philosophies of Critical Thinking
The research question of this extended essay came across at a very early stage in my life. Having been born and developed from a family with all its members being University instructors and professors, I was often involved in arguments related to the lack of critical thinking in Asian cultures. As I....

Assess the argument that the basic features of family life have remained largely unchanged for the majority of the population since the 1950
In order to see if the basic features of family life have remained largely unchanged for the majority of the population since the 1950s, it is necessary to observe what each theory believes of what has changed in society since 1950. Marriages today are more likely to be based on love and companionsh....

Assess the move towards Intelligence Led Policing as a successful measure of crime control.
With specific, but not exclusive, reference to the use of informers critically assess the move towards Intelligence Led Policing as a successful measure of crime control. Controlling crime is a hotly debated issue within contemporary society by which the police force have incorporated many meth....

Aurthr Miller
Arthur Miller is now regarded as one of the world’s greatest dramatists. In his plays he explores the struggles of the ordinary man against authority and insurmountable odds. It is his ability to dramatize the attempts to find the balance between the different conflicts of life that is Miller’s fe....

Austen's Emma and Clueless
QUESTION: 'Transformations' require an imaginative reshaping of significant elements of a text for new contexts. Select two significant elements of Austen's Emma and analyse how they are reshaped to create meaning in Heckerling's Clueless. The essential values of relationships and social attitud....

Australian Literature: Lawson, Baynton and Fullerton
The 1880s in Australia marked a significant step forward in its literary history. We see the creation of the weekly magazine; the Bulletin and the publication of literary works attempting to encompass what it meant to be Australian. The landscape itself became a character in these works, and several....

AUVAIYAR
1. Introduction Every child born in this world is innocent. That is the reason, every body likes the children. Indians love children as gods like Kannan, Murugan and Iyyeppan where they appear as young children. Every child is not grown up as innocent adult. What are the changes being made while t....

Babylon Revisited as a Modernism Example
The beginnings of American Literature can be dated back to the early 1600’s, when English adventurers and colonists in the “New World” wrote about their adventures, experiences, and thoughts achieving a level of literature. Since these earlier writings, American Literature has gone trough seve....

Bauhaus
The Bauhaus is certainly the most influential movement in design in the last century. Actually, without the Bauhaus and its teachers and students, comprised of not only engineers or businessmen but also artists, we wouldn’t see the flat-roofed buildings, the smooth white Braun kitchen appliances, a....

Baz Luhrmanns Romeo & Juliet: Analytical Essay
William Shakespeare’s, ‘Romeo and Juliet, is a cherished piece of literature which has been transformed and reinterpreted throughout the course of history. This tale has been manipulated, revolutionized and restructured into an array of theatre and film versions, yet no version has strayed fr....

Beat Poets
The "Beat Movement" in modern literature has become an important period in the history of literature and society in America. Incorporating influences such as jazz, art, literature, philosophy and religion, the beat writers created a new and prophetic vision of modern life and changed the way a gener....

Beethoven
Beethoven was born on the 15th/16th December 1770 at Bonn to a family which originated in Flanders. The particle 'van' does not indicate noble birth of any kind, and it was misleading when the composer translated this to the German 'von'. The composer's grandfather arrived at Bonn in 1733 and eviden....

Beethoven: The Greatest Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven was, and remains today, an influential figure in the history of classical music. Perhaps no other composer in history wrote music of such inspiring power and expressiveness. His influence on the last 150 years of music is unequalled. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany in 1770. ....

Bioethical and Political Debates Surrounding Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Introduction to Embryonic Stem Cells When it comes to the area of contemporary biological research, no topic is as debatable and controversial as the infamous Stem Cell. Stem cells are currently the hottest topic under scrutiny in this country. Very few other ongoing areas of biological research h....

Black Death
The Black Death, or The Black Plague, was one of the most deadly pandemics in human history. The Black Death erupted in the Gobi Desert in the late 1320s.The total number deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 75 million people which was about two-thirds of Europe's population. It reache....

Bloom's Taxonomy
Daniel 1 Emily Daniel DSPM 0800 PRN Donna Szymczak April 24, 2006 “Although developed in the heyday of behaviorism, Bloom’s Taxonomy has proven itself a flexible and enduring structure to help define the parameters of the constructivist classroom, lend rigor to the teaching of critical t....

bob
BOB MARLEY Jamaica has produced an artist who has touched all categories, classes, and creeds through innate modesty and profound wisdom. Bob Marley, the Natural Mystic who introduced reggae to European and American fans still may prove to be the most significant musical artist of the twentieth cent....

Body Image
The Phenomenon That is Body Image Body images have become one of the biggest pre-occupations in today’s culture, especially amongst women. With most women having negative body images, is there still any wonder why as to 90% of all eating di....

Brave New World and Sociology
The academics of sociology have changed much from its birth to the early twentieth century. The term "sociology" was first coined by Auguste Comte in 1838. Comte hoped to unify all studies of humankind, including: history, psychology and economics because he believed all human life had passed throug....

bread talk swot analysis
SWOT analysis on Breadtalk Strengths Unique Concept and Branding The Breadtalk concept is unique and innovative and this distinguishes the brand from traditional bakeries in the market. More importantly, Breadtalk captures the interest of consumers as it constantly develops products reflect....

Bridges
Bridging the divide Bridges appeal to the imagination. By ‘forging’ a bridge, a connection is created between two areas, where there would normally be virtually no contact. Most bridges make a ‘jump’ across water, in which case the form, size and proportions of the object are determined m....

BUDDHISM TODAY
BUDDHISM TODAY In the twenty first century the world has changed. New technologies are invented and existing technologies has improved. Economic problems have become a major issue in our daily lives. People try to earn more money than they earned yesterday and more than ever they had earned. ....

Building a Civilization
Long ago when the ancient countries and worlds were being founded, there were many things in the world that were unknown. For the most part, the only way to learn things back then was trial and error because the people of ancient times were truly the pioneers for the many that followed. There are m....

Bureacracy: absolute or obsolete
Bureaucracy: absolute or obsolete? Exploring the requirement of bureaucracy to organisations. Submitted: 13 November 2006 Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Background to Organisation and Bureaucracy 1 3. Organisational Choices of Rational Bureaucracy, Advantages & Disadvantages 2 3.....

Cabeza De Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca and some of his fellow Spaniards went through some incredible hardships as some of the first Europeans in the New World. They first set out on an ill-advised voyage from Cuba to Florida, where they lost their ships. They built boats which they intended to sail around the coast to Me....

Can we still distinguish between party families of Left-Right. etc
Can we still distinguish families of parties Left/ Right Liberal RE / national? Western Europe has a long history of democracy, having experienced both continuity and change throughout the last century; it seems the perfect forum for the examination of political party families and affiliation. ....

Canadian education: Contributing to prepetualism of racsim and inequality in todays society
A view shared by many Canadians is that biological race is part of the natural order (Anderson, 1996: 404). Canadians often pride themselves on the equality and multiculturalism Canada has worked so hard to obtain. However, it can be argued that race does not exist; and that instead it is socially ....

Carnival Corporation Swot Analysis
Description of the problem Carnival Corporation is the number one cruise operator in the world. Its mission is to provide exceptional vacation experiences through the best known cruise brand that caters to over two million people with variety of lifestyle at an extraordinarily low price. However t....

Case Analysis: Changing Japan by Henri-Claude de Bettignies
Globalization has made cross-border business deals more common than ever. But, every day, deals are jeopardized or lost when foreign associates are offended by Americans unaware of other countries' customs, culture or manners Selecting the right person for a foreign assignment is critical for suc....

Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization
In Richard Bulliet’s book, The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilation, the author approaches a topic that is not often discussed. In the book, Bulliet created the term Islamo-Christian civilization. This phrase, according to the author’s best knowledge, has never been used by anyone other than himse....

Chanel her life and times
The female silhouette changed drastically between the years of 1910 and 1920. If responsibility can only lie in one place then it should lie with Gabrielle Chanel. In the twentieth century Chanel went from being a fashion designer to a fashion icon. Never influenced by previous fashion; she introduc....

character analyasis
Ever since its publication in 1951, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has served as a firestorm for controversy and debate. Critics have argued the moral issues raised by the book and the context in which it is presented. Some have argued that Salinger's tale of the human condition is fascinati....

Character Sketch: Philip Malloy
The Forces of Patriotism and The School Policy ¡°Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.¡± Philip Malloy used patriotism as a rampart to mock Miss Narwin. Patriotism was lost in Nothing But The Truth because the main character Philip Malloy overpowered the theme. Avi¡¯s book was a doc....

Child sex in Thailand
Community Intervention Program – Advocating to Prevent and Decrease Child Sexual Exploitation in Thailand Talisa M. Gimbel Kennesaw State University Community Intervention Final I. PREPERATION As is the experience of developing economies around the wo....

Childbearing
Childrearing is probably one of the most pivotal points in a mother’s and a father’s life and is a passage into parenthood and finally becoming an adult. The media often portrays parenthood as just giving birth and then everything falling into place, but what about the transition into parenthood....

chimpanzee communication
Human speech is commonly recognized as the dividing line between ourselves and the rest of the animal world. The reason why the ability to speak is such a sharply defined boundary goes deeper than the mere existence of a method of communication, it is what we have done with language that counts. Lan....

Chiropractic Profession
Introduction Chiropractic is very important in the United States health care system; it is one of the largest forms of alternative medicine used (Kaptchuk, 2000). Chiropractic has been in the United States since the 1890s. It was founded by Daniel David Palmer and his son, Bartlett Joshua Palmer....

Cicero
Cicero, was truly a man of the state. His writings also show us he was equally a man of philosophical temperament and affluence. Yet at times these two forces within Cicero clash and contradict with the early stoic teachings. Cicero gradually adopted the stoic lifestyle but not altogether entirel....

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Since the Second World War social liberalism has been the dominant theory of citizenship in western liberal democracies. This theory shows that equal and full citizenship for all adults born within the domain of the state already exists. However, social liberalism does not easily adapt to the idea t....

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Lyndon Johnson’s work for minorities began in 1928 when he obtained his first job as an elementary school teacher; it was, of course, at this time a segregated school attended by only Mexican Americans. Johnson had 28 pupils who he recalled were "mired in the slums", "lashed by prejudice" and "buri....

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In Claes Oldenburg’s essay “I am for an art…” he summarises what he thinks art should be, in over a hundred demands each starting with “I am for an art…” He writes that anything and everything should and can be art. Explaining that in the society he lived in art is only for the bourgeois. Old....

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his novel The Great Gatsby conveys judgements about his contemporary society, 1920s America. He does this by creating an allegorical undercurrent to his plot line. The specific characters and settings I will discuss are Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and the valley of ashes. Th....

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Sociology 250 Multiple Sources of Power – Class, Status, and Party 1. Introduction. Weber developed a different approach to the study of social groups and classes than did Marx. For Marx, there were two primary groups in society and these were classes, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, whose....

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Clive Staples “Jack” Lewis (also widely know as C. S. Lewis); writer, scholar, a man. Today I am writing about, as you have probably guessed C. S. Lewis. The man whose books have been translated into 30 different languages, and are still selling an average of a million copies every year, his books....

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After thinking about my use of non-verbal communication in everyday life, I couldn't help but notice how every item of clothing I wear, and also those around me for that matter, have a symbolic meaning that communicates our beliefs toward one another. Everything that we wear, from our shoes to our h....

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How And Why Did The Cold War In Europe And Asia Become More Serious During The Period 1961 To 1963? The Cold War was a conflict between the Communist nations led by the Soviet Union and the democratic nations led by the United States. It was fought by all means i.e. propaganda, economic war, dipl....

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“It has often been said that a century and a quarter after the Judicature Acts law and equity should be integrated. This may be a desirable aspiration, but it has not proved easy to achieve…The concepts and terminology of equity were quite different from those of the common law, and this was jus....

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When the option arose to review two radically different intrepretations of Le nozze di Figaro, the challenge was eagarily accepted. The chance to critic both a traditional preformance as well as a dramatically different interpretation was inticing to an opera novice. A battle commenced during this....

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: 1984 by George Orwell & The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Comparison in Comedies “The Two Ronnies” and “Not the Nine O’Clock News” set up a foundation used by comedic writers, along with aspiring comedians to create shows, and elements of shows, from the last few decades. Some of these programs include, “Saturday Night Live,” Colin Quinn’s “To....

Comparison of Confessions Civilization 1: Ancient through Medieval
Comparison of Confessions Introduction The Divine Comedy is a poem comprising of approximately 14,233 lines. It discusses three aspects, which is the, Hell called Inferno, the purgatory which is a place of suffering and torment and Paradise which is a place of peace and happiness. (Whiting, p.9....

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1. Overview If you happen to be an avid reader of FQS, you may have noticed that the title of this volume has changed since it was first announced as "Qualitative and quantitative methods: How the two research traditions see each other". This first title reflects the original orientation behind th....

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Abstract In this paper we investigate if, and then how, interaction can define narrative in a computer game. When developing computer games that include stories or story elements it seems natural to use the traditional linear narrative and storytelling methods without emphasising that the compute....

Conflict in Northern Ireland
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Constructing a Revolution
A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE AND THE OCTOBER REVOLUTIONThe Russian Avant Garde began in Russia in about 1915 It was the year that Malevich revealed his Suprematist compositions that reduced painting to total abstraction. and rid the pictures of any referenc....

Consumer Behaviour in Sydney Australia in 2007
Contents Page Part 1 Completed by Alistair McDonald Page 3 Part 2 a) b) Internal Influences completed by Nadia Roe External Influences completed by Simon Reynolds Page 5 Page 9 Part 3 Completed by Kristen Bukes Page 14 Part 4 Completed by Alistair McDonald Page 1....

Contamination free cotton in Pakistan
Contamination Free Cotton in Pakistan Besides the US and China the major producers of cotton are Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan Brazil and other African CFA Zone. The cotton cultivation covers 2.5% (nearly 33 million hectors) of all cultivable land in 82 countries. Among all Pakistan is the fifth l....

contemporary approaches to Business Planning, and structure of Business Plan
Table of Content Summary: Last year our family opened business. We rented room for tourists. But when season ended we understood that our business was not lucrative one. I really did not understand why our business failed. But now I understood that business can't be lucrative without business p....

Contemporary Art and the Plight of Its Public
Contemporary Art and the Plight of Its Public Leo Steinberg "Contemporary art is constantly inviting us to applaud the destruction of values which we still cherish, while the positive cause, for the sake of which sacrifices are made, is rarely clear. So that the sacrifices appear as acts of de....

Contemporary Dance
By expressing what words cannot, dance and in particular contemporary dance enables choreographers to communicate their messages to a universal audience; consequently transcending time and place. Contemporary dance is a unique style which emerged in the 20th century; it starkly contrasted to other s....

Contemporary Foster Care.
This article discusses the many challenges of the child welfare system that it is currently taking place today and how it can improve this system in the Twenty-first century. Major societal problems lead up to children becoming a part of the foster care system. Problems such as, very high rates....

Contemporary Issues - The Death Penalty
There are crimes considered by our society to be so atrocious and intolerable such as murder or rape of a child that if convicted, that the only punishment suitable for committing these crimes is the Death Penalty. The Death Penalty, also called Capital Punishment, is the execution of a convicted c....

Contemporary Society's Link to the Republican Fall in Rome
Rome had an well-organized government that used monarchy, democracy, and aristocracy to make it balanced. However, the Republican government collapsed and modified the powers of the rich and poor. The citizens have the power to vote, add laws, and make changes by voting for their leader to do this....

Corporate Culture role in customer relations and social responsibility
Corporate Culture This paper sets fourth a framework describing how corporate culture plays a role in the organization’s approach to customer relations and social responsibility. The study of formal organizations whose function is to change the lives of people occupies a prominent position in th....

corporate governance in Russia
Introduction Russia is considered to be an emerging market, a fact always connected to creating an economy from scratch. Therefore, after going through a complete restructuring in the Post-Soviet era, the country for the first time encountered the topic of contemporary corporate structure. ....

Corporate Social Responsibility
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Corporate Transgressions – Through Moral Disengagement
Corporate Transgressions – Through Moral Disengagement I choose this book because it talks about white collar crime and looks at the causes of this epidemic in our society today. Corporate transgression is a well-known phenomenon in today’s business world. Some corporations are involved in vi....

Coubets Origin of the World
Realism is an art that should faithfully depict what the eye sees and record daily ordinary life. Gustave Courbet was a French artist who led the Realist movement in 19th century painting. There was an interest in science, and catching the present moment, without idealization or exaggeration. Courb....

Country-Western Music: Where Did it Come From?
How did country-western music become as we know it today? Did anyone or anything influence it? Country-western music was influenced by both the sounds and instruments of Irish music and other similar music types like Gospel and Blues. What is Irish music? When people think of Irish music, most ....

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Crichton’s Study of Technology, Relationships, and Culture and Intelligence in Congo “ ‘Something inhabits it’ ” (Crichton 18; ERTS Houston). Being Michael Crichton is not easy. He is known for inventing the “techno-thriller,” a work that combines technology, suspense, and contemporary soc....

Crime Fiction
The key element of crime fiction is mystery and the staple issue is moral justice, achieved by rationality and the innate ability of the protagonist to overcome injustice, whether it be of an individual, a group of individuals or “the system”. Variable aspects of crime fiction are the perspective ....

Crime in Canada and in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
In the past three decades, a number of researchers have undertaken the comparison of American and Canadian crime rates. Among them, Lipset (1990) and Hagan (1991) have shown that violence was more frequent south of the border than in Canada. Using infra-national disaggregated crime rates, this artic....

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Critically discuss the explanations offered by psychological theories that adolescence is a troublesome time in the life span.
The period of transition between childhood and adulthood can cause turbulence for both individuals and society, as a whole, as the search for an identity and independence becomes a struggle and a fight against loved ones peers, and authority figures. Negative stereotypical images have reinforced the....

Critically discuss the impact that globalisation has had for cultural identities. Provide examples to illustrate your point.
In the end of 18 century, with the world¡¦s financial market in turmoil, globalisation is seemed to many as a disaster. It has frequently been blamed for destroying local and cultural identities and widening the gap between rich and poor. The globalisation has been condemned as involving the sig....

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Elizabethan England represented an immense turning point in English cultural history. The Renaissance had introduced new views of the human and witnessed the rebirth of classical, Greco-Roman culture. It was on this stage that the Elizabethan Golden Age made its grand entrance. George Trevelyan, in ....

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Da Vinci Code Book Report Introduction I chose the book Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown for my book report. This book received a lot of hype as a result of its controversial theories concerning Jesus' relationship with Mary Magdalene, suggestions that the modern-day bible is false, and many more impli....

Dance
A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active. Dance has been a part of human history since the earliest records of human life. Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating from....

Dance
A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active. Dance has been a part of human history since the earliest records of human life. Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating fr....

Dance
A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active. Dance has been a part of human history since the earliest records of human life. Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating fro....

Dancer's old shoes
My sleep is restless, troubled by dreams of movement; not allowing me to keep my mind still. The television program I just watched showed hundreds, all willing and eager to move as I move, obviously some better than others, but still I have my place among them. The life of a dancer is tough; as Agne....




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