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Tech Comparison: Google Android and Apple iOSThe competition between Google Android and Apple iOSis is one of the most talked after wars in mobile gadget platforms. The Google Android platform is increasingly becoming dominant in the smartphones and tablets market. Nokia, a once leading company in the mobile phone market, is slowly entering the smartphone market with a new range of Lumia smartphones powered by Windows 8 mobile as it phases out its range of Symbian powered smartphones. Equally, Motorola Mobility is trying to gain a share of the market by increasing its product portfolio of smartphones in the Droid family. The Android Operating System powers the Droid range of smartphones. Samsung is by far the largest mobile manufacturing company in the world with a full range of Android-powered smartphones in the Galaxy family. The recent entry of the Samsung Galaxy SIII heightened the competitive advantage of the Android Software Platform based on the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) software. With HTC, Blackberry OS, and Micros |
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Theories of MotionMotion In the world surrounding us, there are numerous instances of motion. A car going on a road, remaining planets in their orbits around the sun, and waving of sea water are only a few examples of motion in the world. Scientists, physicist, and philosopher have been asking about motion continuously. The Greek Philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BCE) for instance, tried to find the factors that lead to motion. He said that moving objects were the result of a continuous force to keep them moving. If the force was removed, the object stops to move. Some sorts of motions were described by Aristotle as "natural". He argued that falling of rocks toward the ground is that because the ground is a natural place for rocks. The hotness of sun makes objects to be heat and rise to the air, so the rise of heat is natural. As far as the other forms of motion concerned, Aristotle classified them as "violent" since these forms of motion were not considered natural in his way of though |
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My Experience Learning Music TheoryThe day I realized my true calling is a day I will never forget. My hands were shaking and my throat was dry as I walked with her nervously. As I stood there, staring into Mrs. Feazell's eyes, waiting anxiously for some bad news, she started smiling. She starts messing with the piano expression on her face saying, "I have gooood neeeewwwsss!" She told me that my sight reading test was great and asked me if she could play it for the class. At that moment my first thought was "Thanks to you, Mrs. Feazell!" My second thought was,"I want to inspire and help others this same way." The music theory class in my freshman year was very difficult because of all the chromatic and diminished scales we had to know every week and sing them as well. When Mrs. Feazell passed out our grades, I was shocked to see a C. After all my hard work I still ended up with a C? I decided to practice more and try to focus more in class, and my test scores improved drastically. Soon my overall |
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Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function StudyIntroduction Mani, Mullainathan, Shafir and Zhao (2013, p.976) stated, "The poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. This study resonated with me as I have had the opportunity to witness first-hand the poverty in many countries. Discussion Mani, Mullainathan, Shafir and Zhao (2013) hypothesized that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test it. The studies utilized the experimental method in a laboratory setting as well as in a field study. For the purpose of these two studies, they defined poverty in the broadest of terms, being the gap between one's needs and the resources available to fulfill them (Mani, Mullainathan, Shafir & Zhao 2013). Laboratory Study Four experiments were conducted with 101 shoppers from two def |
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Ancient Egyptian CivilizationEgypt is one of the strongest and long lasting civilization of the ancient world. It was formed along the Nile River, which is the reason why ancient Egyptians developed their civilization, it brought water and rich soil that was used to fertilize and grow crops. Egyptians believed that life didn't stop after they are death; they believed that life continues in the afterlife. Art had a big impact on Ancient Egypt and its civilization; paintings and sculpture were created in tombs and burial places by Pharaohs, and it all had different meaning to the kings and queens in the afterlife. To begin with, Ancient Egypt were great inventors and were the first to use synthetic pigments, Egyptians loved to be surrounded by colorful paintings. However, the painting wasn't created for decoration or visual purpose instead, it was created for the afterlife in the tombs. The painti |
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Crackers, Rum, and the History of Florida"So, where you from?" "Florida!" "No, seriously, where are you from originally?" "Ummmm.... like I said, Florida. Born and raised!" "Oh. That's weird. No one is ever from here." In a time well before the tourists or even the neon-lit, sherbet-painted buildings of the now infamous cities, hundreds of years ago, there was a different Florida. Ponce de Leon, the Spaniard locally known for giving this great state the Fountain of Youth, stumbled upon the Palmetto strewn, critter-infested wilderness land mass of Florida in 1513. Because he couldn't get enough of its white sandy beaches, Ponce returned in 1521 with a herd of horses and seven cattle, Andalusian cattle, the grandpappy of the famous Texas Longhorn. Florida, to Ponce, was one big pastureland. The Spanish, Florida's first major land developers, turned Florida into Americas oldest beef state. Understandably, those early days were hard on the settlers from Spain. The raids from the locals-The S |
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College Degrees and Guaranteed SuccessEducation is an essential component of life and development. Accordingly, in this line, it has often been said that education is the key to success. However, it is indisputable that such a stance is open to debate. Many college graduates do not receive a well-paying job or a job within their field of the study upon graduation. Nevertheless, it is a fact that learning processes through education entail essential gateways to whole new discoveries and developments. Thus, this qualifies education as an important part and parcel of human development. College degrees and qualifications serve as sufficient proxies for essential knowledge, skills, and experience that prospective employers constantly yearn and look out for. In the movie Accepted, it is shown how a college graduate is not necessarily successful upon graduation, which constitutes of how a college degree does not guarantee a promising future. Most children beginning their education journey express the desire and aim to claw their |
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The Effects of Social Media on IdentitySocial media, in all its forms, has become a major aspect of the daily lives of teenagers and young people alike. They are surrounded by notifications, news stories, and profiles of people we know as friends and acquaintances. Whether you're an avid follower of social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, or someone who merely owns a smart phone, you are affected by the never-ending pings of new technological advances. Because social media is such a new achievement by society, it is exciting to us as humans, who constantly desire interaction. Although social media is a big part of human life, it its effects are ultimately harmful to a fundamental human identity. To discover our true identities, we must dig deep within ourselves and find a meaningful purpose to stand for. In order to do this we must look at what the real purpose and significance of social media is, who we are on screen versus in real life, and how social media is changing our existential identities indi |
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The World Health Organization (WHO)The World Health Organization is an international organization under the United Nations who direct and coordinate international health. This organization came to be on April 7th, 1948 which is now known as World Health Day. They have now become an organization with over 7,000 people working in 150 countries, in six regional offices with the headquarters located in Geneva. All decisions for the WHO are made by the World Health Assembly. Each year, this group of delegates from 194 states around the world meet up in their headquarters and discuss on the best policies WHO has to offer. The inputs of all these membered states is crucial to the policies because of their varying backgrounds in their respective countries. Having their perspective on what goes on in their side of the world allows the WH |
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The Overlooked Rape CultureWe have seen the phrase "rape culture" plastered onto our television screens, noted in our newspapers, and exploited on our Facebook profiles. What comes to your mind when you see the phrase "rape culture"? Let's break it down. When a person thinks of culture they usually picture a group of people or a society. But, little do they know that they are in some ways wrong. Culture according to Dictionary.com is "a way of thinking, behaving or working that exsist in a place or orginization". Then, we move onto the word rape, which again defined by Dictionary.com is "unlawful sexual intercourse or any other type of sexual penetration, without consent of the victim". By putting these two powerful words together we have accepted that rape is becoming a normal part of our culture. A valuable example of a common case involves 19 year old college freshman, Beth. She is known as the girl who is unfailingly quick to laugh, and that nothing can keep her down |
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LDS Views of the ConstitutionDefining the view of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the United States Constitution is a controversial subject. Some highly reverence this document comparing it to scripture, and others believe it just to be semi-inspired. Both of these stances contain truth, but neither are correct. The United States Constitution is a divinely inspired document that contains correct principles but does contain flaws, impurities that compromise its truthfulness. Many Mormons commonly use the phrase "divinely inspired" to mean that the document was written by people who were inspired to set a government that God wanted. Using the word inspired leads people to believe that the whole document is inspired. (Oaks). Several passages in the Book of Mormon show us God's hand in founding America and other major events that lead to the establishment of the Church. God han |
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Delusion of the American DreamThe American Dream is an elusive, unachievable notion that has been around since the founding of the nation. The idea of working hard and achieving success, the potential to become anything one wants to be, and the capability of moving up the social ladder are all popular characteristics that exemplify this delusion. Although it was once achievable, the American Dream has long since faded away due to the large income gap that exists between the low and high classes resulting in the inability to move up the social ladder and the inequality of education which inhibits the ability of applying to bigger and higher paying jobs. The inequality of income is a major cause of the American Dream's deterioration. The American Dream foolishly asserts that the hard work of an individual is all that is required for one's income to increase substantially. However, a person's income in the United states rarely ever sees growth, and wages have increased less than one percent since 2000 (Zuckerman). According to U.S. News, the top 1% earn 23% of the nation's income, and 19 percent of the U.S. popu |
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Harold Crick in Stranger Than FictionHarold Crick was a boring man who led an equally bland lifestyle. He brushed his teeth the same way every day, tied his tie the same way, ate the same breakfast, caught the same bus, and walked the same steps all while counting out every move. He never took any risks, and he never stepped out of his ritualistic world. Harold's life had no meaning because he had nothing to love. He did not love himself, he did not love his job, he did not love his apartment, and he certainly did not have a girl to love. Until the narrator's voice started haunting his thoughts and describing his every move to him, one would think he did not even know he was alive anymore. But when Harold meets Anna Pascal, everything changes. At first he thinks he is crazy, hearin |
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Flaws of Perfection in The Kite RunnerBy viewing physical deformities as imperfections, a person makes a judgment about another person's character. In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the author creates characters with many external and internal scars or deformities. A deformity is often used to show weakness or a flaw in a character but, in this book, it turns out to be just the opposite. The deformities found within the novel describe the character and help the reader understand his or her personality, or can even foreshadow who the character will become. Hosseini uses deformities to show the reader how the characters with the physical deformities have an easier time overcoming their flaws than the characters with the internal deformities. Hosseini uses Hassan, a Hazara servant, to show how internal strength helps him overcome physical deformities. Hassan's cleft lip and flat-nosed features act as a mirror reflecting his place in society. These features are significant because they symbolize Hassan's pov |
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Literary Motifs in Anthem by Ayn RandIn the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, the motifs light and determination repeat throughout the book to show how equality gains freedom. The first motif light is a part of the text to give Equality hope and motivation that one day he will have freedom. The second motif determination is a part of the text to show how Equality is determined and has the courage to try and gain the freedom that he wants. Together, these motifs create a theme. By using these two motifs, the point that Rand wants you to understand is that light and determination motivates Equality to try and earn freedom. The overall theme of the book is that light and determination can help to earn freedom and rights. The first motif emphasized in the text is light which represents hope and motivation. This motif appears when Equality says "And there, before us, on a broad summit, with the mountains rising behind it, stood a house such as we had never seen (Rand 89)." What is happening in the text here is that Equalit |
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The Greenpeace and Mattel ControversyIn the article "Greenpeace Links Barbie Packaging to Indonesian Rainforest Loss," the author effectively informs the reader, probably an environmental activist, of the ongoing controversy between Greenpeace and Mattel regarding the deforestation of Indonesian rain forests due to the packaging of Barbie dolls. The author succeeds in his purpose to inform the audience by employing logos to show a logical appeal to the issue, ethos to enhance the authority of those involved in the controversy, and imagery to demonstrate the magnitude of the issue. However, at times, the author uses the fallacy slippery slope in order to fortify the claim that Mattel is a main contributor to the deforestation of the Indonesian rain forests. One of the strongest appeals the author uses throughout the article "Greenpeace Links Barbie Packaging to Indonesian Rainforest Loss" is the appeal to logic or logos. Through this device, the author can relate to the audience from a logical standpo |
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Personal Memoir: A Life-Changing ExperienceNovember 12th, 2015 was the day that I had one of my most life-changing experiences. I was in a potentially fatal car accident; most people told me not to worry about it that it was just a wreck, but it changed my whole outlook on life. I realized that your actions could and will affect the live of many people around you and complete strangers that you don't even know. I also learned the hard way that day that when you are behind the wheel, it is not the time to screw around and play games. Growing up I was so eager to get my drivers license, so the day I was finally able to get them was very exiting for me. I passed the drivers test without getting any deductions, and I was pretty proud of myself. But there was one habit that I could not get rid of, speed. I'm not going to lie I liked to drive fast, flying down the road gave me this feeling that I was completely free and I loved it. I wasn't to hard to pick up speed in what I was driving; I had bought a 1997 chevy 1500 the body was i |
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Civil Disobedience Research Paper"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so," founding father Thomas Jefferson expressed. "Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness,"preeminent leader Gandhi voiced. "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws," nobel peace prize winner, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed. Civil disobedience can be defined as as the refusal to comply with certain laws as a peaceful form of political protest out of belief that the law is morally wrong. It is more of a symbolic violation of the law, rather than a rejection of the system as a whole. The movement needs to convey their stimulus to others who may see the same injustice and join the movement. Furthermore, the movement needs to be public as to raise awareness of those not impacted, and gain their empathy. In man |
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Language and PowerLanguage plays a very important part in our daily lives. It enables us to do many things such as to communicate with other humans as well as obtain things that we want. But more importantly, it gives us power. Through the effective use of language in different situations, we can obtain anything we want. Use of legal language, code-switching as well as appropriate language in advertisement gives us a big advantage and thus power. One of the ways how language is connected to power is through legal language. Although legal language might not play a very big part in our daily lives, it is still hugely important. Through the use of legal language some of us might probably receive justice in the future. Let us for example say that Sam got run over by a car. He is lying in the hospital and paying money for that. Using legal language, Sam would be able to receive compensation from the person driving the car. The use of leg |
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Business Case Study - Target CorporationI. ABSTRACT Americans love to shop. The U.S. market is one of the largest in the world and certainly leading in terms of consumerism. As a country of over 300 million potential consumers, our nation is an enticing market for giant discount stores. According to www.statista.com, on average each adult spends about $780 on Christmas gifts alone, and there are also increased sales periods suvh as Black Friday, Halloween, 4th of July, Labor Day, etc.. II. PROPOSAL Living in the global world gives us the opportunity to purchase goods manufactured all over the world at the lowest prices. It also means a constant rivalry between the multinational companies to gain the largest market share. Target Corporation in an excellent example of exploring this subject.The purpose of this writing is to analyze the retail chain store – its performance, management, and marketing aspects, identify the potential problems and ask questions that will help finding solutions to improving the company's bran |
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Crime Rates in AustraliaThere is a current situation in Australia where research evidence suggests that crime rates are falling; however,society seems to be overtly more worried by crime. In particular, violent crime has been identified as a concern for the public due to strong media interest. As the media are "the primary indirect source of information from which most people learn about crime" (Hayes & Prenzler, 2012, p. 4), it is obvious that the media are quite influential in the way society views crime. In this essay, the notion that the media are at fault for people's fear of crime will be explored, along with other elements such as gender, age, income and lenient sentencing. It will ultimately be concluded that the media play a substantial role in the public's perception and fear of crime in Australia. Research has established that the types and forms of media accessed can affect an individual's perception of crime and justice (Roberts & Indermaur, 2009). Results from the 2005 Australian Surv |
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Low-Income Communities and the 2007 Housing CrisisTo understand the effects of how the housing crisis of 2007 affects low-income families today, one must first understand what sparked the crisis and what the crisis was. Beginning in the 1990s, but quickly accelerating after the year 2000, the price on housing rose at a much higher rate than ever before. These houses were primarily located along both coasts of America, especially in selective metropolitan areas such as California and Florida. The boom in the prices of houses led to a massive increase of mortgage lending through banks for investors and new homeowners. The rising cost of housing caused a large quantity of people to take out unorthodox, risky, and larger mortgages than ever before, which only helped to fuel the housing bubble (Schwartz, 2010, p.16-19). There is a compilation of new banking policies that helped fuel the housing bubble, which eventually made the bubble burst. There was not one issue, but multiple issues that ultimately contributed to the failure of the |
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The Other Side of HeavenThis is the first time I heard the story titled The Other Side of Heaven. Treasures are the followers of God that are stored in heaven by investing in getting other people get there. How do we really get people attached to these things? A little faith will bring our soul to heaven but a lot of faith will bring heaven to our soul. With the word of the Lord, day by day we are getting closer to heaven. Not literally. But this story made me feel something different. What does the story really wants to tell the viewers? The other side of heaven? Sometimes God calms down the storm but sometimes he lets the storm rage. In every good things we do, there will always be a bad thing. Is this the tragic of the story? Or that is the main purpose of the story? In every action there will always be an equal and opposite reaction. The Other Side of Heaven came from a real life story on the year 2001. The film is all about the main character which is John H. Groberg's experience as a missionary. John |
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America and the Grip of Mass HysteriaYes, America has become a nation that lives in the grip of mass hysteria. Due to the increasing amount of terrorist attacks and hostile racial differences across the globe, and even hear on the home front, America has become cautious and wary to these kinds of incidents. Whether it is shutting down schools because of terroristic threats, refusing to allow Muslims to travel on an airplane, or some of the American populous harassing Syrian refugees, America has become more fearful than it has been in quite some time. In one case we have an email sent to a school board member threatening a lethal attack on multiple schools, naming the sites, how students would be harmed and the specific date these attacks would take place. The superintendent of the schools ordered the schools to remain closed because of the fear of violence and to avoid the endangerment of the students and faculty, a decision made because of the recent Oregon community college campus massacre in October and the San Bernardino terrorist shootings in December. "It was a first for us, in terms of the breadth of the threat and the speci |
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The Fall of Ancient RomeThe Roman Empire was one of the few major Mediterranean Empires, officially starting in 27 BCE, and ending in 476 CE. At it's height in 117 CE, under the reign of it's 13th emperor, Emperor Trajan, it had spread all across the Mediterranean Sea, and was one of the most powerful and influential empires of it's time. Unfortunately, in 312 CE, the emperor at the time – Emperor Constantine – decided he wanted to take the empire in a new direction. He announced that he had "had a vision" and declared that he was now a Christian, and that Christianity, a minority religion at the time, is now the religion of the land. This caused much backlash throughout the entire empire, and it only got worse after that. There are many other reasons why Rome fell, but most of them are consequences or subsets of these three: overexpansion, political instability caused by Christianity, and foreign invasion by the Vandals and Visigoths. The Roman Empire, beginning as just a small city-st |
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