107 Personal H Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Farewell To My High School (Valedictorian Speech)
Good afternoon fellow students, faculty and staff. I am a dedicated student who would like to do a farewell speech, therefore; today I stand before you all filled with gladness but sad as well. I am filled with gladness because I have attained my short term goal of completing the high school, but sa....
1984-sanity and salvation
1984 - Sanity and Salvation
In 1984, George Orwells Partys definition of sanity and salvation is a paradox to the real definition of sanity and salvation.
The author used the protagonist, Winston Smith, to portray the insane but real definition of sanity. During the interrogation proces....
9/11 (SEPTEMBER 11) Sept 11th
Post- September 11 Security: Securing a safer America
September 11, 2001 is a day that will forever be synonymous with American welfare. America had always viewed itself as an unstoppable nation. The American Government has long prided itself on the ability to maintain the constant flow of ....
A carrer in the field of nursing
Thesis: A career in the field of nursing has a wide variety of different positions and is
worth the hard work a person puts into it.
There are thousands of different job opportunities throughout the world. Most of
these jobs have branches that give a person even more opportunities. Alth....
A Cosmetic companys penetration into Brazil
Executive Summary
Natural Beauty is a new cosmetic company founded by a doctor and dermatologist. All products are hypoallergenic, fragrance free and made with natural and healthy ingredients. The company is ready to expand into the global market and, after significant research, has decide....
A few good men (the movie) and communication
Joshua Tario
December 5, 2005
Interpersonal Communication
A Few Good Men
In the movie, A Few Good Men , we see everyday communication skills that are vital to understand. Things such as the transactional theory, the social penetration theory, and the use of non verbal communication. We clearly....
A Moral Order of Strict Observance:The Role of Fate in The Return of the Native
In Thomas Hardy's novel The Return of the Native fate plays a significant role in the development of the plot. Characters that accept their fate fall in line with the heath's strict moral order, while characters that resist fate progress toward inevitable self-destruction. Thomasin Yeobright and D....
abolishment of affirmative action
Now, Theres a Proposition!
"You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: 'now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.' You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of ....
An Overview of Smart Growth Principles in Community Design
I. Critique of Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinners philosophical positions were monistic in terms of epistemology. He believed that the senses interacted directly with the physical world, and that there was no distinction between the knower and the known. Skinners views were also deterministic i....
Antigone
Antigone
Written by Sophocles, the Greek tragedy, Antigone, was the first of the Oedipus Trilogy. The play shows examples of both flourishing and fulfilling lives as well as those that are not. Although there are different views of what exactly constitutes as a flourishing life, there are sever....
Are the Gifts of the Spirit For Today?
Lanny Hubbard
Portland Bible College
Are the Gifts of the Spirit for Today?
Any time the topic of Spiritual Gifts is addressed, by a group of Christians coming from various denominational backgrounds, the discussion is generally guaranteed to be affected by preconceptions, fears, and biases. My....
Baron Von Stueben
Fredrich Von Steuben was born in Magedeburg Prussia, on Nov. 15, 1730, the son of a Prussian army officer. At the age of fourteen he served as a volunteer in the army, at the siege of Prague. By seventeen, he was an officer. In 1762 he served Frederick the Great. Von Steuben became Grand Marshal at ....
Baseball: A mulitnational sport
BASEBALL: A MULTI-NATIONAL SPORT
Baseball is an extremely popular sport in many countries throughout the world. It is Americas favorite pastime and a lot of its current players are from foreign countries; most from Latin America. Baseball has been played in Latin American countries for many ....
Bernarda Alba
Federico Garcia Lorca, a poetic gay man, used his literacy to voice his opinion about the tyrannous government and church in Spain in the late 1930s. Coming from a middle-class family, Lorca wasnt politically committed, although he had many left-wing intellectual friends. Lorca had time to fini....
big brother is watch you
Is Big Brother Intervening?
Can you imagine your privacy coming to a complete end? Did anyone actually think after reading Orwells 1984 that our lives could one day end up that way? What would you do if you found out that every cell phone conversation, every text message and internet site....
Black Death
The most well known outbreak plague was The Black Death, which ravaged Europe between 1348 and 1351. It was devastating because there had been no plague in Europe for a very long time and most people were unprepared for it. Believing that the Day of Judgement was at hand, bands of flagellants roamed....
Body Shop International PLC
The Body Shop International PLC
Case 2A
In terms of the power and influence, you can forget the church, forget politics. There is no more powerful institution in society that business I believe it is now more important than ever before for business to assume a moral leadership. The busin....
Bottoming Out in King Lear
Reaching a low point in ones life can be emotionally, spiritually and physically taxing. The best way to respond to the pain of bottoming out is to become optimistic and to be motivated to achieve a previous level of contentment that has, in one way or another, slipped out of reach. Bot....
business plan for homemade cakes bakery
Introduction:
We are going to establish a homemade cakes bakery which will work solely on the fulfillment of orders, it receive. We will make cakes for different events like birthday parties, New Year, Valentine day and Christmas.
Our product is a quality product because we ensure maximum level o....
Business to Business website used to manage supply chain through extranets
B2B website used to manage supply chain through extranets
E-business conversion continues to be a strategic imperative for many organizations. More and more firms are recognizing that e-business can support with various objectives, such as enriching the channel of communication with customers, stre....
Catatonic Schizophrenia
Many people tend to cherish their most precious lifetime memories. The birth of a child, A Wedding, and College Graduations are memories that all of us hold dear to our hearts. Our Family and the things that we accomplish in life, shapes us into becoming the type of individuals that we are today. U....
Celebrating 75 years of Dettol
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Dettol and Safety have become synonymous terms over the years of its existence. Starting off as an Antiseptic liquid, it has built a relationship of trust and protection and is one of the most trusted brands in the country. Over the years, it has tried various brand extensions ....
CHILD ABUSE
The history of child abuse is as old as the history of humankind. Children have been used and abused for several purposes for thousands of years. Child abuse is not a new problem, nor has there been a dramatic increase in the number of abused children. Rather, it is only recently that we as a nat....
CLINICAL ASSESMENT
All names have been disguised.
SERVICE PLAN
Presenting Problem: L.M. is 80 years old Jewish female who resides in her sisters home in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Due to L.Ms difficulty to ambulate independently because of arthritis, her social role outside the home has become rare. L.M. believes t....
Computer and Video Game Addiction
Computers, video games, and the Internet have become entrenched features of our daily lives. Computer use has reached beyond work and is now a major source of fun and entertainment for many people. For most people, computer use and video game play is integrated into their lives in a balanced healthy....
Consumer Behaviour in Sydney Australia in 2007
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Control Theories of crime
CONTROL THEORIES OF CRIME
"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization." (Bertrand Russell)
Control theories take the opposite approach from other theories in criminology. As their starting point, instead of asking what drives people to commit crime, they ask ....
Cultural Manifestations of Art, Architecture, Literature and Music in Elizabethan England
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 ....
Demographics of Disasters
Demographics Effects of Disasters
James Hardee
EPT 120 Sociology of a Disaster
Instructor AW Price
Contents
I. Research Method 3
II. Demographic Effects 4-9
Bibliography 10
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Diabetes and Pregnancy
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Diabetes is a condition in which the body cannot synthesize the use of carbohydrates to make energy in the body; or the body doesnt make enough insulin in the pancreas. Some of the common problems associated with diabetes are high blood pressure, kidney disease, ne....
dissasociation disorder
Dissociation in a complex neuropsychological process. It is the disconnection from ones surroundings when one loses all sense of time and place. It can occur for example, when one gets totally immersed in a movie or gets lost in a book, and fails to maintain a balance between the real and unreal. ....
Don't be Honest, Don't be You - Polictics of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The last thing anyone could relate the military policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell to is a Disney Classic, but the toils and tribulations of Mulan in the movie Mulan are much like those of a homosexual solider in the United States Military. Mulan is a woman who joins the Chinese military because she wan....
Dont Reel the Sel-fish Aboard this Friend-ship - The Kite Runner
Human interaction only proves successful when the desire for mutual power overcomes the power of individual desire. Despite common interests of relation, an individual's drive for personal actualization will acquire precedent over the welfare of their partners. Khaled Hosseini, author of the novel T....
Downs Syndrome
All children that are born with Downs Syndrome (previously called mongolism) have a common characteristic appearance and may also share similar congenital birth defects.Dr John Downs, of whom the condition is so named after, found that children who were born with these similar characteristics and th....
Eating Disorders
Obesity is a problem that America started to experience between 1890 and 1910. Dieting was put as a top priority not only for women, but men as well. It is hard to understand where this manifestation to become thin has been derived from, but has been known to have been in our culture for over a cent....
Economic and Social Effects of Prohibition
There are many ways in which prohibition of alcohol consumption in the United States ofAmerica, damaged the very economic and social aspects of American culture, that it wasdesigned to heal.Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead, it added to the problems it was intended tosolve. On 16th Jan....
Education
Pierre Tagny
English 150/006
Prof: Pardlo Gregory
December 06, 2005
Essay # 2
People have long assumed that university is the home of the educated and open minded people. People expand their personal horizons here. The public believes university students can deal with the cultural differenc....
elizabethtown
In the movie Elizabethtown the are some concept of conflict. The character drew is face the ablities to cremated is fathers body after his sudden death. This movies show him trying to tell his fathers side of the family that his father wishes was to be criminated instead of getting buried. H....
Emily Dickinson
Katrina Lang
Mrs. C. Goodwin
English 10, Section 2523-04
4 May 2004
Emily Dickinson was a woman of seclusion, who ironically became a central figure in American lyrical poetry. In her poetry, Dickinson extensively uses the subjects of nature, love, God, and in contrast death. She was i....
Eradicting Homelessness
For many people who reside in the Metropolitan Atlanta area and its subsidiaries, checking the mailbox, preparing a quick meal, and going to sleep at night can be considered to be no-brainers. Not much thought is put in to those activities, so easily executed by many. Unfortunately, there are a sm....
Euthanasia in Canada
Euthanasia in Canada
The democratic society places great emphasis on protecting the sanctity of life. However, it has failed to consider whether that blanket protection is appropriate in all circumstances. More specifically, there may be circumstances where an individual and the society may be ....
Evils of the Internet
While online exploration opens a world of possibilities for children, expanding their horizons and exposing them to different cultures and ways of life, they can be exposed to many dangers as they hit the road exploring the information highway. If not used properly, the Internet may be severely dama....
fast food persuasive
Fast Food Persuasive Speech
Arouse Attention
Do you think that you grew up in a safe neighborhood? A study done by the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences found that if an area had 10 to 19 fast food outlets per 100,000 people, then 35 extra deaths by heart disease were reported. I....
Flags of our Fathers
As I read the book Flags of our Fathers I was immediately captivated by the heroic events that took place on Iwo Jima. This book examines the meaning of a hero and how war affects the human experience of sacrifice and patriotism to our country. I then began to wonder how this book relates to ....
Funny Boy and Billy Elliot - Sexual Orientation Does Not Define Ones Courage
Homosexuality is a concept containing so many perspectives that a single definition is far too simple to illustrate its meaning. The literal definition, as found in the dictionary, describes it as "sexual desire or behavior towards a person of one's own gender" (Dictionary.com Unabridged, ....
Geneticaly Modified Food
What is genetically modified organism?
A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic structure has been changed by incorporates a gene that will express a desirable trait. Most often the transferred gene allows the organism to express a trait that will add to its desirability t....
Ghengis Khan
Ghengis Khan
Ghengis Khan was an ancient Mongolian ruler ("a personal HISTORY of GHENGIS KHAN."). When most people think of him they think of an angry, brutal war monster. In fact he was a composed military leader, who had great success in his career. Ghengis Khan perfected many military stra....
Golden Proportion
The Golden Ratio has been influential in the advancement of math, art, architecture, music and theatre. How did a mathematical equation become so important to art? To answer that question we must first figure out what the Golden Ratio is by looking at the Greeks who explored it¡"s uses. Next we wil....
Good manufacturing practice (GMP) in China
Good Manufacturing Practice in China
Introduction
According to the World Health Organization, Good manufacturing practice (GMP) is a system for ensuring that (pharmaceutical) products are consistently produced and controlled according to quality standards.
GMP is designed to minimize the r....
Good to Great
In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins introduces his observations of the fundamental characters of ¡°built to last¡± companies. He suggested that to build a ¡°built to last¡± company, one not only needs the resources and opportunities as the good-to-great group, but also the management stra....
hamlet and why he didn't avenge
In Shakespeares Hamlet, the main character continually delays acting out his duty of avenging his fathers murder. This essay will discuss how Hamlets nature and morals (which are intensified by difficult events) prevent him from carrying out the task.
In the opening scenes of the play, the ....
Handmaids Tale Oral
Handmaids Tale Oral _____________________________________________
The Regean era of the 1980s heralded a political swing to right wing conservative values; as they railed to reinforce the maternal role of women, in which they were expected to uphold traditional beliefs. As a coalition of con....
Historical Accuracy of Monty Pythons Quest for the Holy Grail
In the film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a quest is undertaken by King Arthur to find the Holy Grail which has been sought after since its first being passed onto Joseph of Arimathea. It is believed that the Holy Grail traveled west via followers of Arimathea and is now in a castle somewhere i....
Homelessness Among NYC Youth
As per the Webster's dictionary, the definition of home is "the place where you live". In a study conducted in 1997, commissioned by the officers of Mayor Giuliani, there are estimates of 15,000 to 20,000 homeless youth in New York City. (Kihara, 1999) The "street youth" do not have access to a sh....
How are the concepts of love and marriage explored in Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen uses her novel Pride and Prejudice as a medium to explore her feelings concerning the subject of marriages, love and relationships. Throughout
the context of her novel, Austen reveals her views and opinions about love and marriage primarily through the various characters in the novel a....
How Tragic is Beowulf?
The Germanic hero is invariably a tragic hero (Swanton). How tragic is Beowulf?
Being the seminal work that it is, many of the standards by which a modern audience might coin a Germanic hero, are set within Beowulf itself. One of the ways in which the poet achieves this is through the u....
Inequalities in our World Water
Over the last century, inequality in the world has developed and continues to develop rapidly. Global inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions.
During the last half century, inequality has increased between nations because richer countries have grown faster tha....
Influence of the Environment on Children's Learning
Learning is a basic human activity, and it occurs all the time. But the early years of childhood are the most significant period of life in the context of learning, because during this time, children learn motor co-ordination, language, the making of social adjustments, the setting of work habits an....
islam and the west
In 1993, Islamic terrorists bombed the World Trade Center in New York City, killing 7 people and injuring more than 1,000. In 1995, 19 Americans were killed and 500 were injured when Islamic terrorists blew up American barracks in Saudi Arabia. Islamic terrorists bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and T....
Kingdom of God & Pax Romana
Morals and values are influenced by the culture and the time period in which a person lives. Today, living in a desegregated world, it is looked down upon to treat someone of a different ethnicity like an animal. However, it wasnt too long ago that Americans accepted this view. African Americans w....
Medical Allowance for Marijuana
Medical Allowance for Marijuana
Marijuana is a narcotic that has been increasingly growing in the drug rings over the years. Smoking Marijuana (scientifically known as Cannabis) is, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, damaging to the lungs, and has shown to kill many....
Men and women writers of the Romantic period
Love. It seems to have an infinite number of forms. One loves his or her mother and father; one loves his or her soul mate and spouse (not implying that these are necessarily one in the same); one loves oneself; one loves his or her object of addiction. Love is a psychological gamesometimes exc....
My Best Friend-The Internet
The Internet "Technology" is the word derived from Greek word "teknologia" from early 17th century, which literally means "science of craft". One can say technology is the wave to future. While it may be easy to think how technology benefits society, we must understand that it is a double edged swor....
My Personal Hero
What makes a hero? Webster defines the word hero a few different ways: 1. A mythological or legendary figure of great strength or ability; 2. A man admired for his achievements and qualities; 3. The chief male character in a literary or dramatic work.(Webster's New Explorer Dictionary, New Editio....
Napoleon Book Review
Summary
In June of 1812, Napoleon crossed the passage of the Niemen with 500,000 men and entered Lithuania. Within a month, Napoleon had conquered Lithuania virtually uncontested, and set his eyes upon Moscow. For Napoleon and his armies, the month of June and its easily won conquests were not a....
Noise Pollution
it might be said
Noise Pollution or Sound Pollution is the exposure of people or animals to levels of sound that are annoying, stressful, or damaging to the ears. Although loud and frightening sounds are part of nature, only in recent centuries has much of the world become urba....
Non-Verbal Communication
Glendale Almarines
Anthropology 104
Exam 2
What are the most important elements of non verbal communication (NVC) ?
Non verbal communication refers to the use of body language such as facial expressions, gestures, ....
Obesity
Obesity: A Part of American Culture
There is a huge epidemic sweeping our nation. No one can hide from it as it is affecting children, adolescents, and adults. This disease was solely responsible for 11,909 deaths last year (McHugh 264). This number will continue to grow as more and more people ....
Oglala Sioux in Pine Ridge Reservation
The Pine Ridge Reservation in Shannon County, South Dakota, is home to the Oglala Branch of the Sioux Indian Tribe. The Oglala Sioux Indians are living in a state of bitter poverty. Their poverty is a result of their undeniable generosity, the many deplorable living conditions in Shannon County....
online banking
Online Banking
Definition:
Online banking is the practice of making bank transactions or paying bills via the Internet. Thanks to technology, and the Internet in particular, we no longer have to leave the house. We can shop online, communicate online, and now, we can even do our banking o....
Patterns of imagery in Seamus Heaneys poetry
3. Patterns of imagery often emerge in a poets body of work. Explain the patterns that can be found in at least two of Heaneys poems.
The detailed analysis of an individual poem can prove to be a rewarding and enlightening reading experience, as it has the potential to reveal aspects of the....
Personal and Professional Health Care Communication
Communication consists of many assumptions because there are many different ways that people communicate. Communication is defined as a transfer of information between sources that does require both sources to fully understand the meaning and rules of that information (North ouse, 1998). This paper....
Personal Essay on Being Overly Intoxicated
Inexperience
Koren Zailckas, as a young girl and on into her adult stages in life, has episodes with drinking that most everyone can identify with, one way or another. In her memoir Smashed, she tells, in shocking detail, of her life and the relationship she has with alcohol. Her first black out ca....
personal hero
A hero is someone who has made a huge impact on your life, someone who goes above and beyond for the good of others and expects nothing in return; someone who has been there for you inside and out, who has never let you down. My hero is my mom. When I think of my mom I think of how strong she is and....
pro choice or pro life?
What do you think about abortion? Are you pro choice or pro life? Well, I am pro-choice. Although some may disagree, a woman should make the moral choice of having an abortion before the fetus has all the characteristics of a human being. There are many different types of abortion procedures; some ....
Problems with Cultural Relativism in Anthropology
Cultural anthropology is the study of cultural variation among people. An essential concept that professional anthropologists apply in their fieldworks is - cultural relativism - an approach to study of the nature and role of values in a culture without judgment and comparison to their own. Accordin....
Prohibition
Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead, it added to the problems it was intended to solve (Thorton 15). On the midnight of January 16, 1920, one of the personal habits and customs of most Americans came to a halt. The Eighteenth Amendment was put into affect and all importing, export....
Raise and Fall of New Century Financial
Introduction
The American specialist of risky mortgages, New Century Financial Corporation, has filed for bankruptcy and is now under protection of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Court. The second-largest provider of home loans to high-risk borrowers (subprime) in the US collapsed amid rising delinqu....
Reflective account of Individual service user
ID 20626078
Date: 14/05/2007
The experience of each service user varies, from person to person because it is highly related to the needs of that user and the service required by him/her. This essay shall explore the needs of a particular service user. I shall not be using her full name i....
Religion and Social Work
The relationship between spirituality and religion has a direct correlation to the relationship of Christianity and social work. Both are related and have similar aspects and goals, yet the underlying foundations are not exactly the same. These different foundations and a few other specifications....
SCHIZOPHRENIA
The term schizophrenia means split mind. Schizophrenics have portions of the mind that may make them see, hear, or feel things that arent there, however in other areas they may normal. There are many theories about the cause of the schizophrenia disorder. Some believe it may be from stress, ot....
Self esteem - book review
Matthew McKay PhD and Patrick Fanning are children physiologists, who have written a book about children and adolescent self-esteem development. They guide book guides children as well as parents to create a better self-love and self-confidence for themselves. Self Esteem helps people psychological....
Should we abolish the No Fault Divorce
In America today, nearly half of every couple married will end in divorce. Nearly one million children are touched by divorce each year. Of the one million children, 40% have not seen the father in one year. Should divorce in America be so easy? Should Alabama abolish the no-fault divorce? In t....
Socieity demand for Formal Education
Who needs education? Why be educated? Do we really need it? Society says yes in a big way. Society almost demands that if you want to achieve a high social and economical status you must receive higher education with formal training. Without such training it is nearly impossible to achieve that....
Squirrels and People in the Park
Squirrels, squirrels everywhere squirrels. Something must have happened to have the population boom amongst the squirrels in the Palisades Park in Los Angeles. In fact, there are so many squirrels that officials are trying to stunt the population in any way they can. Something has to be done to brin....
STRESS MANAGEMENT
Throughout our lives many situations are presented whether they are at work, in our family, school, friends, and even within us as individuals. Some of the situations may be the type that can change our lives forever; the changes can be positive and/or can be negative. When the changes occur this f....
Team Dynamics in the Workplace
Team Dynamics in the Workplace
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to (1) identify and explain the make up of team dynamics in the workplace and (2) give recommendations for building a successful team and would be useful the implementation of team building for future projects.
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Telecommunication
Introduction
Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In modern times, this process almost always involves the sending of electromagnetic waves by electronic transmitters but in earlier years it may have involved the use of smoke signals, dr....
The Age of Homer
Homer is best known for the two poems wrote about him the Iliad and the Odyssey and they are thought to be two of the best defining significance in time of the Greek culture concerning the Trojan War.
The Age of Homer compared to the way society is now is remarkably similar. With the way h....
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
The title of the play, The Glass Menagerie, written by Tennessee Williams, reflects much of the story to me. The story takes place during the 1930s. This was a turbulent and dark time in American history. Our country was going through the Great Depression.
Ther....
The Great Gatsby - Glamorous or crude
The Great Gatsby
Glamorous or Crude
The love described in the novel, The Great Gatsby, contains "violence and egoism
not tenderness and affection." The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, writes on wealth, love, and
corruption. Two couples, Tom and Daisy Buchanan and George and Myrtle Wil....
The Industrial Revolution
Over the years, the Industrial Revolution has attracted an endless number of interpretations and viewpoints, making it difficult to classify this event as either bad or good. In the midst of these heated debates, historians have come to evaluate the accuracy of the name, Industrial Revolution, argui....
The Sharp Contrasts of People, Places and Events in F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a novel comprised of several stark contrasts. We see people who are at one stage beautiful and elegant, and in the next breath they become irresponsible and crude. Events, at once jovial celebrations become pathetic. And places which were once revered and high-class, become shado....
The strengths perspective in social work
In social work practice, the way one goes about conducting assessments, treatment planning and intervention can greatly affect the outcome and progress of the client. Two different schools of thought used by social workers are the medical model and the strengths perspective. The medical model stres....
The wife of Matin Guerre shows that there is more than one truth. Discuss
It is only the truth for you, not for us. The Wife of Martin Guerre, a story of honour and deceit, details the complexities in identifying a sole, single truth. Janet Lewis uses the disputation of the new Martin Guerres identity to express the idea that truth relies on perception and as su....
Todays Leading Commentator - Brian Williams
Brian Williams climb to the top of the broadcasting ranks was and is a long and arduous adventure that no other reporter in the history of broadcasting has ventured. Williams proved himself to be worthy of his position through his desire and his active involvement in his work through his years and h....
Urban Civilization Planning
Throughout the years of mankind, many things have shaped our current cultures and societies around the world. There are many factors that have thoroughly affected all of us in the civilized world, from seemingly minor factors so long ago in history such as the invention of organized work, to big inv....
Utilitarianism
In his work, Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill states that, happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end (Mill) and that pleasure and the absence and avoidance of pain are the only two things that area desirable as end....
Virtual Property Law
Virtual Property Law
Introduction:
There is a kind of property worth billions of dollars and not yet recognized by law. There is not a real place in real world. There is cyberspace. That property is virtual property. Virtual property is probably the most valua....
When All Hell Breaks Loose
A Fallen Angel
"Hell" comes from the Old English word "hel" or "helle" (Etymonline.com 1). It is derived from the Proto-Germanic "khaljo", the Old Frisian "helle", the Old Norse "hel", the German "Hölle", the Gothic "halja" (1). "Hell" is most commonly thought of as a noun. Its primary definition ....
Whom to blame ?
Choosing to fail or to succeed is always said to be the students option and not any other. Yet sometimes we may realize that there are many other causes that may lead this student to fail such as the surrounding atmosphere and the teacher student relationship where this will be the turn....
william saroyan
William Saroyan
William Saroyan was a highly intelligent and widely respected man. His stories have captivated people throughout the years and have lasted long after his death. Not only was he a fantastic write William Saroyan was also very in touch with his surroundings, and with everything an....
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, (1874-1965), British leader. English on his father's side, American on his mother's, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill embodied and expressed the double vitality and the national qualities of both peoples. His names testify to the richness of his hist....