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Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred OwenDulce Et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen to show the real horrors of war. Both the beginning and the end of the text emphasise the writer's purpose of showing the readers the true horrors of war and how terrifying it can be. This allows the poem to portray the war in a more realistic way, to inform and affect the reader's way of thinking. People back in the day thought of war as a positive event to be a part of. They usually got their ideas of war from war poems, war poems like "Who's For The Game" written by Jessie Pope. Dulce Et Decorum Est pulls away from the concept of treating war as a game or an adventure; Dulce Et Decorum Est shows us a more realistic view on war. The beginning of the poem shows us what condition the soldiers are in and how they are feeling. With quotes like "Bent double like old beggars under sacks" or "Knock-kneed, coughing like hags." These soldiers are living with critical conditions while being forced to fight in |
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Economics and Global CapitalismGlobalization is defined with the focus of economics to mean the integration of the state economies through corporations' investment, trade and capital flow into the international economy. There are critics of globalization argue that economic globalization is the leading cause of the social problem in the world such as poverty and the depreciation of the environment globally. The unfair trade in the international trade in the name of free trade to maintain self-protection and an example is the mechanical protection in developing countries. The trading system is particularly unfair, and the leadership of the developing countries has not come into agreement with the facts about the international trade community. The general idea is that the economic anti-globalization sentiments are that economic globalization lacks a face. They have also exaggerated the adverse effects of globalization. Several dimensions of economic globalization embrace the aspects of multinational companies invest |
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Five Concepts of PsychologyMy family is big on having well-behaved dogs, as well as teaching them tricks. We just recently taught our lab/retriever to hold popcorn on his nose. By doing this we used operant conditioning. This is learning in which a certain action is reinforced or punished, resulting in behavioral change. So when we first started to put the popcorn on his nose, he wouldn't hold his head still and tried to eat the popcorn before we could get it near his nose. That resulted in him not getting the popcorn (treat) and him getting yelled at. Time after time we tried, and he started to realize that he wouldn't get the treat unless he held his head still to put the popcorn on his nose. Once we finally got one on his nose he got to eat it afterward, and since then he realized he would get to eat popcorn if he let us put a piece on his nose and him hold it there. This could also or more likely fall under Shaping, because it is the process of gradually refining a response by successively reinforcing clos |
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The Problem with Animal CaptivityA debate that has recently been brought into focus in the public eye is that of whether wild animals should be kept in aquariums, zoos, and other wildlife sanctuaries. Recent tragedies, like the one at Sea World in Orlando, Florida, where a trainer was dragged to her death by a whale, has increased continued scrutiny on the needs of wildlife and how captivity hinders their physical and psychological well-being. Some argue that animals in captivity provide a number of services for both the animal kingdom and humans. Others contend that the benefits are small or can be achieved by some other means. Indeed, when one examines the opinions in favor of keeping wild animals in captivity, such as in a zoo, one finds that these arguments can be discounted with viable alternatives that are more humane in the treatment of wild animals. In effect, keeping animals in zoos is not justifiable. One reason that zoos and wildlife sanctuaries are so popular is that they feed a major tourist industry wor |
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Storm Fear by Robert FrostFear is a menace that lurks in the path of life, never visible to the eye but sharply felt in the heart. Fear is the son of despair, and the enemy of progress. It darkens hopes, shatters dreams and prevents accomplishments. It takes many disguises, sometimes known as doubts or worries; But whatever it is called it is the obstacle of achievement. Written in 1915, the poem, "Storm Fear" by Robert Frost (1874-1963) is a classic poem describing the fears and distresses of the narrator through a dangerous storm. This meaning however goes beyond the literal of being stuck in a storm and shows the struggle of some people as they must save themselves when everything else is falling apart. All throughout the poem it shows and demonstrates the doubt and irrationalism of fear. The po |
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The History of SmallpoxThe horrors of smallpox have devastated millions of people worldwide for thousands of years. Smallpox is an infectious disease that begins with a very high fever, headache, and back pain. It eventually leads to an outbreak on the skin that leaves most of the body covered with pockmarks or pox, which are large bumps that fill with pus and then scab over. Those that survive the disease are often left sterile, disabled or blind. There are two main types: Variola major and Variola minor. Variola major is the most common form of the smallpox; it is also the most severe and the most lethal form of the disease. An estimated 30% of people die from this strain of the disease. Variola minor is a less common form of smallpox, which produces a milder form of the disease, which is fatal in less that one percent of cases. Two other very rare forms of smallpox also existed: hemorrhagic and malignant. Both types were fatal forms of the disease ("Smallpox - Conquered Killer"). Smallpox is t |
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George Orwell: 1984 and TodayThis may seem like an outrageous statement, but the "land of the free" isn't actually free. Many Americans do not realize that at any time of the day the government could be observing their "private" lives. Some individuals, however, have already predicted the government would develop a form of constant surveillance, like George Orwell. Orwell forecasted a futuristic government, which used technology as a relentless eye on the members of the society in the novel 1984. 1984 was correct to the extent of predicting that the government would deny the "natural" rights of individuals and increase their usage of technology to constantly observe their people, whether in public or in their private homes, breaching the inalienable rights protected in the Constitution. To demonstrate, the similarities between Orwell's perceived government and the current government of the United States', is a potential violation of amendment rights. A well-known example of the gover |
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The Prevention of Elder AbuseIntroduction According to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) there has been a steady growth of the elderly in the United States. This growing population of age 65 and older has been predicted to continue to increase due to better conditions and increase of medical help for the seniors. Mortality rate tremendously dropped as medical research success helped the society's health and improved elder care services. This increase of the elderly in our population has also increased the rate of abuse. According to Johannesen, M., & LoGiudice, D. (2013). Elder abuse: a systematic review of risk factors in community-dwelling elders. Age and Ageing, afs195. At least 6% of the elderly abuse was reported every month. But experts estimate that there is only 1 reported in every 23 cases. Elder abuse is a human rights violation that must be given attention just like any other form of abuse. These elder abuse cases were left unreported because some elderly do not have families, they fear retalia |
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Insects and ExoskeletonsThe evolutionary success of insects is largely due to their exoskeleton. This external skeleton consists of three tagmata (body sections): head, thorax and abdomen. The extraordinary diversity of insect form and function has evolved upon this simple body plan (Hickman, 2011). However, the exoskeleton confers advantages and disadvantages upon growth, movement and survival. The 'plasticity' of the exoskeleton has enabled insects to colonise almost all habitats on earth (Lattin, 1976). This 'plasticity', or variation in segment shape, size and function while the simple body plan of three tagmata remains constant, has enabled many specialised appendages and sensory organs to develop. The evolution of insect wings 250 million years before birds' wings was a great evolutionary leap in terms of the aerial niche being previously inaccessible for colonisation (Lattin, 1976). Wings, which are extensions of the exoskeleton (Hickman, 2011), allowed insects to fly to new areas to find food and avoid predators. Variation in the size, shape and function of wings, from flies wit |
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The Women's Liberation MovementThe Women's Liberation Movement a series of political campaigns for reforms on issues. The movement tried to improve conditions for women over the past decades. Areas where improvement has been accomplished including voting rights but more can be done to improve women's rights. Recent focus has been obtaining equal pay in the workplace and equal advantages between genders. For this paper, "then and now" has been divided into 1960's to 2000 and post 2000, respectively. The Women's Liberation Movement should not be a one-time event because it's reminding us that changes are still occurring for improvements for women. Throughout the 1960's women faced many challenges based on gender and race such as sexual violence and harassment, reproductive rights, equal pay, and discrimination at the workplace. Married women in the 1950s-1970s never had the right to an abortion because men only had a say in whether his wife can keep a baby or not (Tobias). Women struggled for the right to l |
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Religious Text Comparison - Bible and KoranTranslated in many ways through history, the meaning of one god is called "Yahweh". Christians, Judaism, Muslims and many other religions believe in "Yahweh." The main focus of this essay is the Koran, which is the holy book for the Muslims and the Bible, which the Christians follow. Based off of Muhammad the Koran is telling stories about the beginning of time. Muhammad is born in Mecca in A.D. 567. Muhammad's flight, also known as "Hegira" or "Hijra" on the 16th of June 622^2 to Medina where they were promised freedom to practice their religion was the beginning of a new era. This "Hegira" marks one year of the Islamic calendar, "hijri" calendar. The Bible is telling stories about 40,000 B.C.E. The Bible starts its story of Genesis, which can be defined as "in the beginning of everything". "God" took 7 days to create heaven and earth. "Let there be light," was what God said on the first day, |
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Endorsements and Social LearningThe Social Learning Theory, proposed by Albert Bandura in 1977, states that children acquire behavior through observing models in their social environment, encoding these behaviors, and later imitating them. In this paper, I will use the Social Learning Theory to examine the trend of companies' endorsement of athletes and celebrities. Further, I will analyze the effect of these celebrities' social media posts that promote the companies' products. This marketing technique has taken over in the advertising world and is proven to be quite successful in swaying the public's opinion of their product. A number of studies have shown this to be true. The effect of a celebrity is strong, and one that both advertisers and consumers should be aware of. Everywhere you look in today's society, you see an advertisement. Often times, the advertisement contains an athlete, celebrity, or some other type of familiar face. Social media is taking over society, and advertisers are looking for clever and e |
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The World of the World Wide WebThe World Wide Web, or simply known as web, made a significant impact to the world as it changed how people live today. It was once only available to limited people, now it is used by millions, or even billions of people. Originally intended for researchers and scientists to share numerous ideas and information, World Wide Web is now used by all kinds of people – students, teachers, employees, and even retired personnel. World Wide Web, a subsection of the internet, is an approach of retrieving millions of information using the internet as a medium. These millions of information or documents are designed in a computer language called Hypertext Markup Language where it supports links to other information such as pictures, illustrations, audio files, and video files (Beal, N.d). World Wide Web has been a great and powerful tool to the society because of the numerous great effects and helps it provided to the world. It all began in 1989 when Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist fr |
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Music in America - MotownPart One Motown is a word that means more than just historical music. It is a word used to describe the music that was generated in historic periods and still has a significant impact in the music industry. It is a label whose legacy remarkably reflects the hard work and dedication of individuals who managed to overcome obstacles within the music industry to achieve success. Such a legacy is emulated by current musicians who follow similar styles and recordings to release their songs and remain competitive in the market. Just like the irresistible power of cultural and social change, the founder of Motown music, Berry Gordy, created a significant mark both in the industry of music and the whole society. He developed a sound that remains important and promotes various success and accomplishments among musicians in the current century. There has not been any recording company that has managed to leave such enormous influence in the substance and style of music culture (McCusker, 2010). T |
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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt VonnegutDiction Kurt Vonnegut is pointing out his view on what equality is and he wants us to think how extreme equality would affect us. He uses diction to explain It says on line 1-4 "everybody was finally equal... they were equal in every which way" (page 34) This quote shows us how the people in this world think. These people believe that equality is something to strive for, but when given consideration, complete equality could be a very bad thing. In this story, they create equality by giving masks to the beautiful or extra weights to the strong. If we do these things to the gifted then we will get nothing spectacular or amazing created. There will be no individuality, and we will all be easily controlled be whoever is in charge. You could argue that if everyone was equal no one would feel bad about themselves. The issue with this is that when everyone is the same, there is no individuality. With individuality, everyone can feel special, and have something or someone to strive t |
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Science Lab - Understanding EnzymesAbstract An investigation was conducted to determine the relationship between catalase activity and changes in pH, surface area, and cell type. Three hypotheses were tested to define this relationship: 1. The reaction rate of the enzyme, catalase, will be greatest at its optimum pH of 7.0. 2. Increasing the surface area by crushing each cell type will increase the catalase activity. 3. The liver, and chicken breast animal cells will have greater catalase activity than the potato, and apple plant cells. Samples of animal and plant tissues, liver and chicken breast, and apple and potato respectively were treated with varying pH levels of hydrogen peroxide. To determine the reaction rate, the level of foam produced from each tube was measured as an indication of the amount of oxygen produced in each enzymatic reaction. From the evidence obtained, none of the three hypotheses could be supported. Introduction To understand the effect of enzymes, it is important to recognise the relationship |
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Business Budgeting and PlanningBudgeting In 2012, Barney and Co. sales decreased 20%. Now Barney and Co. will have to revise their budget plan. The company recently purchased equipment intended to increase productivity; however, in doing so, they have added expenses related to paying back of the loan for the equipment. The loan makes up 5% of the company's total expenditures for the year. There are potential budgeting solutions that could be made in response to a decrease in sales. The budgets that are involved in this solution are the sales budget, the production budget and the direct materials budget[ CITATION Jam16 l 1033 ]. Barney and Co. have chosen to fix the need to increase unit sales by implementing a marketing campaign. The marketing team has put together a promotional incentive and has gained approval to roll it out to the sales team starting Quarter 1. The marketing campaign will be implemented to respond to the identified need to increase unit sales and fits into the plan related to the selling a |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)In 1908, the word autism is used to describe mentally ill patients who were especially withdrawn and self-absorbed. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors which begin with children and don't have a specific cure. The most striking feature of autism is having difficulties interacting socially. Children with autism appear to be uninterested in the social world, completely disregarding the loud, complicated and emotionally loaded human interactions. For example, Noah is four and he goes to preschool twice a week. He seems quiet and often plays alone. Sometimes he communicates in a way that others think is unusual and doesn't seem to be making any specific friendships with other children. Also, unlike many of his peers, Noah doesn't engage in imaginative play or storytel |
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Terrence O'Neill and Northern IrelandO'Neill came from Co. Antrim but was raised in England. Having served in the British Army, O'Neill was more at home in England. He made his contempt for Unionist MPs well known and this acted as a hindrance later when he became Prime Minister. O'Neill took over in a more relaxed time. The tensions between the Protestants and Catholics were easing around the world and the Nationalist and Unionist tension in Ireland was also easing. Sean Lemass, as Taoiseach of the Republic, made it clear he wanted co-operation with the North rather then partition. This was an ideal time for O'Neill to take over, with tensions easing off it meant certain policies could be created that weren't even considered before. O'Neill also made an attempt to respond to this atmosphere by being the first Northern Prime Minister to visit a Catholic school, this would have gone unnoticed elsewhere but in Northern Ireland, it was revolutionary and caused extreme Unionists like Ian Paisley to protest. At this stage it |
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Conformity and Critical ThinkingIntroduction The film The Cider House Rules focuses on various themes such as murder, lust, abortion and incest. However, abortion is a dominant theme throughout the film and it manifests itself through Larch, who procures abortion for women. Larch teaches his mentee, Homer, to procure abortions for women. However, Homer is against the idea and does not want to follow the ways of Larch, his mentor. Homer leaves the orphanage and goes to a faraway land where he meets Rose and falls in love with her. Later, he finds out that Rose is pregnant with her father's baby. It is at this point that incest manifests itself and Homer's position against abortion is put to the test. To stop Rose from giving birth to a child conceived through incest, Homer procures an abortion for her, goes back to the orphanage, and picks up from where Larch left off. Reasons for the Experienced Reactions Throughout the film, I found myself against abortion mainly because it involved risking both the life of the mot |
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Starbucks Case Study - Strengths and WeaknessesAccording to the case study, Starbucks has been recognised as one of the fastest – growing brand in 2005. During long time period, up until now, Starbucks is significantly becoming the leading company in retail coffee market. Now, it is interesting to conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis of Starbucks. SWOT is regarded as a key tool that help companies to discover their advantages and be able to encounter with disadvantages through the analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Strengths The first strengths will be strong market position and brand recognition. According to the figure in the case study, with more than 5689 outlets in 28 countries, Starbucks has been spreading their market across the world. In addition, Starbucks seems to be successful in creating global brand recognition with a number of rewards. These factors allow Starbucks to attract huge number of consumers, expand into international markets and increase the higher growth in the marke |
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Freedom by Pharrell Williams13 days after the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, Pharrell Williams' song "Freedom" was released on June 30, 2015. Williams' motive for writing the song is to show that he is advocating freedom because slavery is still being practiced around the globe. Pharrell went around the country and used various ethnicities to portray the different ways the human population is enslaved. Through music, Pharrell Williams created a very impactful explanation of his emotions using all three rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos (empathy) and logos (logic). Freedom should not have to be fought for, but should be a right as soon as you're conceived in the womb. Pharrell's song, Freedom, is one of his greatest compositions because he used music and visuals to reveal the adversity that is occurring across the globe. Mental slavery is when someone or something that forces you to strive to be or do what is considered the norm to them controls your thoughts. Here in the United |
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Kennedy, Reagan, and Rhetorical DevicesPresident John F. Kennedy gave a speech in 1963 in front of a crowd at the Rudolph Wilde Platz. In 1987, President Reagan gave a speech at the Brandenburg gate. I think Kennedy and Reagan's speeches share a common purpose because the use of rhetoric in both of their speeches. The two speeches share a sole purpose and that is to take down the Berlin Wall. Kennedy's attitude towards the Berlin Wall is that the Berlin Wall must be taken down to give freedom to the people. The wall shows the evil and the failure of communism. Reagan mentions, "Freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, and prevent them from leaving us" (Kennedy, paragraph 6). In that quote Kennedy shows that the wall does not create freedom. He also compares Germany against America; free against not free. Ronald Reagan has a common outlook on the Berlin Wall like Ken |
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Mythology and Agriculture in Ancient EgyptThroughout all cultures agriculture and mythology are irrefutably linked. The boon in crops is associated with the benefaction of the gods. Likewise, a plague or famine means the favor of the gods has been lost. The ancient peoples believed that the cause and effect relationship between the gods and their agriculture stemmed from praying to the gods, although they failed to understand the logical fallacies surrounding their ideologies. By examining the Egyptian culture, one of the earliest developed and recorded societies, it is possible to gain a deeper knowledge of the connection between the nation's agriculture and the mythological phenomena they used as explanations that they shared with many other cultures. By far the most important agricultural aspect of Egypt was the Nile River, the longest river in the world. Their agricultural system was largely based around the river because the soil surrounding it was extremely fertile. In addition to naturally fertile soil, the land was |
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Patriarchy and Otherness in Shakespeare's OthelloThe ideas of identity are explored in Othello. Both William Shakespeare's original play and the cinematic adaptation by Oliver Parker explore ideas of otherness and the patriarchy. William Shakespeare represents multiple ideas in his play Othello. Oliver Parker further resonates Shakespeare's ideas, using different cinematic techniques. Patriarchy has always been associated with a rigid concept of manipulation and control. Both William Shakespeare and Oliver Parker show how that idea, when entwined with fears and misunderstandings of otherness can lead to catastrophic incidents. The opening act of Othello establishes that Othello takes an important position in Venice that gives him high status and the privileges that come from it. However, it is also apparent that even though Othello has these privileges, he continues to be perceived as 'other'. The people of Venice, especially Iago and Brabantio, refer to Othello as a Moor: "I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daugh |
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