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Discovering and Acquiring Online MusicHow changing methods of discovering and acquiring music by consumers present financial and creative challenges to artists, labels and publishers. With the internet now easily available all over the globe, the music industry is no longer the same as it was 20 years ago. If you wanted to get the latest album or single you would've had to go to a shop that sold it, depending whether or not it was in stock. Same would apply if you wanted an older album, with the chosen shop choosing it's selection of music based on it's location. You wouldn't really tend to find music from Ukraine, Paraguay or Mongolia in your local HMV. Same goes for the more obscure, rare or out of print albums. With the development of the mp3 format file, which compressed the sample rate and quality of songs, it meant you could squeeze and a 40 minute album worth of music into 40 megabytes. This meant however the sound quality would be inferior to the original, but the mass majority of people wouldn't tell the differenc |
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Roscas and Microcredit LendingFor people who cannot access modern saving methods, it is easier to depend on fellow community members to make an income or to have money to supplement certain needs which would otherwise not be satisfied. There are other ways of saving money or investing it rather than the modern way of using banks and investment companies. Organisations such as micro lending and Roscas make it possible for people in mostly third world countries save their money. There are significant similarities between Roscas and microcredit lending schemes. They both cater for poor people, especially women, and organise them into groups that will benefit everyone mutually. They mostly focus on lending money and saving is also included. These two forms of organisation involve paying a certain amount of money into a fund that is accessible to everyone periodically. The dependence on peer pressure enables the sustenance of participation and avoids default by members. These forms of saving on a local scale could be co |
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A High Voltage Life - Bruce, the Electric LinemanBruce walks into the cafe and commands attention; towering at 6 foot 2 inches, others notice he is there. He orders a caramel frappuccino and takes a seat in a posh chair that looks too small for his body. His hands are rough, nails are dirty, and many of his knuckles look dry and cracked; it is obvious Bruce works with his hands. He has an unidentifiable odor; a combination of sweat, sunblock, grease, and something else that cannot be pinpointed; maybe it is energy. It is not a bad smell; it is an interesting, unfamiliar smell. His brown hair is a mess, as it has been hidden under a hat for most of the morning. His brown eyes have specks of black, and grease smears around them; they sparkle as if he knows something you do not. Heavy, blue, cargo pants and a khaki, button-up shirt drape his broad shoulders; the clothing looks hot and dense. "It's flame retardant, keeps me from igniting in flames if something goes wrong, " he mentions casually to the women asking him about his shirt. H |
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The Columbian ExchangeThe Columbian Exchange era began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus settled to the new land which was later called America. America's resources are the reason for the success that Europe had from the Columbian Exchange. Studied by historian Alfred Crosby, this was a process in which the animals, plants, and bacteria life mixed in the New Worlds. It was a time of cultural exchanges between the New World and the Old World. In this time, many people were making discoveries that would affect the Worlds in a positive way, but also some discoveries would be negative. The positive discoveries from the Columbian exchange that would help the expansion of Europe was technology, plants, and animals. The downfall that was brought with the Columbian Exchange was the fast spread of disease t |
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The Failure of the Jamestown ColonyIn the time period of European exploration throughout the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries, all of the European powers competed to set up colonies/trading posts in the New World. England was a late arrival to the contest and their first foray was the settlement of Jamestown in 1607. People often disagree on the degree of success that the settlement of Jamestown achieved as some people say that it was a success, while others would say that it was a complete disaster. Professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman would agree with the former argument, while Professor Edmund S. Morgan would agree with the latter. Professor Morgan asserts in his paper that the settlement of Jamestown was a complete fiasco because of multiple reasons. The first reason stated being that during the early years of the colony, it was directed poorly and organized and no real leader was able to take control of the direction of the colony. This led to the colonists still needing to rely on the Indians for food ten years after their arrival. Morgan also stated that the collective organization of labor was another reason, which |
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Causes and Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress DisorderAbstract Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is brought on by a traumatic experience and causes symptoms that significantly affects the victims mental and physical health, social ties, and soul. Predisposed risk factors can increase a person's likelihood of developing PTSD but it can be developed by anyone after a traumatic enough experience. This paper will briefly examine the history of Post-traumatic stress disorder, the defining characteristics and symptoms, and treatment methods to bring healing to effected victims. Particular attention will be paid to the way in which spirituality functions as a coping mechanisms to defend against mental illness and how to make spiritual treatment applicable to all recovering from PTSD. When confronted by a traumatic experience a persons fight or flight action kicks in and dictates how they respond to the situation around them. For most, the end of a traumatic experience brings relief but for many it is the beginning of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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Puritan and Deist Ways of ThinkingAssignment Cite several fundamental differences between Puritan thinking and deist thinking. Analyze specific literary works that illustrate these differences. Response Puritan thinking and Deist thinking are two discrete but overlapping lines of belief that share principle differences. These fundamental discrepancies are effectively illustrated via former president Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth and From the Autobiography and his Deist spiritual convictions as well as hints of Puritan idealism due to his religious background. In addition to Franklin's works, there is William Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, with a noticeable essence of Puritanism. To begin with, Deism is a belief system which is instilled within a lifestyle, and it calls for abiding by a moral code, inspired by ethical philosophies. The concept suggests that God has made activities and the ability to fulfill things exist for the purpose of individuals approaching and attempting at them. However, according |
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Learning Hard Work and Endurance Through Water PoloFighting and grappling, I make my way in front of my opponent. The time plummets and we only have 10 seconds left in the water polo game. With a flick of his wrist, my teammate slips the ball past his defender into my reach. I step out, grab the ball, and fling it towards the top right corner of the goal. It flies past the goalie and into the back of the net. Goal! Scoring is one of the most exhilarating things to do while playing water polo; it represents all of the hard work and dedication spent in the pool either swimming laps or practicing technique. Through the pain and suffering of aching muscles and lack of oxygen, the hard work that I exert eventually helps me achieve my goals. One of my lifetime goals is to become a history professor. Constantly growing and expanding my horizons, history is the one subject that always excites me. As long as it involves dates and influential people, any type of history interests me. I did not have this interest when I began high school. During my freshman and sophomore year |
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Freire - Greater Education for Modern SocietyThere has been a lot of finger pointing on why our education system is insufficient within the United States. Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator in the 1960's came from a politically oppressed country posits, "problem- posing education" which allows a cooperative and communicative relationship between the teacher and student (65). John Henry Newman, a converted Catholic back in 1800s conceived, "useless or liberal education" as seeking knowledge for own pursuit (53). In a modern education setting, Paulo Freire's education-as-praxis theory would work best, because it allows critical cognitive skills, unity, and communication. Both Freire and Newman's theories both immerse in critical cognitive skills. In "Knowledge Its Own End", Newman writes, "knowledge [i]s the very first objective to which we are attracted, after the supply of our physical wants" (55). We (students) have a curious nature to seek more knowledge (useless or prac |
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The Destruction of Pompeii and the Future of RomeOn typical summer afternoon on August 24th, 79 A.D., the beautiful Roman city of Pompeii had suffered a severe volcanic eruption. All of a sudden, a living city fell into ruin. Because the local population was completely unprepared, about 16000 people died from the disaster, which was four-fifth of the city population. Mountain Vesuvius, the only active volcano in mainland Europe, was located in the gulf of Naples, nearby Pompeii (Scandone). Pliny the Younger, the eye-witness to the eruption of Vesuvius, wrote a letter to describe his experience during the eruption, when he was staying with his brother Pliny the Elder, an admiral of the Roman fleet, who tried to rescue citizens. He described "cloud of unusual size and appearance" as a pine tree that "rose to a great height on a sort of trunk and then split off into branches" (Pliny). Surprisingly, Roman society did not seem to be affected by such a catastrophe, and Roman Empire did not fall until 400 years after Pom |
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The Success of the Olympic GamesI believe the Olympic Games were an overall success partly because of organisation and planning, namely the formation of the Sacred Truce- this guaranteed security and peace of mind to athletes and spectators. They were also a success because of the vital role played by the Judges (Hellanodikai). The Judges made all the necessary preparations, officiated the events and led the religious ceremonies. They made sure that the games were entertaining, only attended by high calibre athletes, well adjudicated and still in keeping with the spiritual ethos. I also believe there were other reasons which contributed to the success of the games namely, the desire for kleos and Greek Pride; having said that, I still believe that the latter factors, like the desire for kleos wouldn't have been achieved if |
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Blaming the Victim - The Crips and the BloodsAbstract The documentary "Crips and Bloods: Made in America," allows the viewer to get a glimpse into the problem that is the black man. The black man is America's nightmare. What America doesn't want to accept is that America is the cause of the problem. The overt and covert racism aimed at the black man since slavery has created a culture of angry men. America's solution to this problem is to ignore the past and punish the victims of their racism. Americans conveniently forget the brutal assault and harassment aimed at keeping the black man isolated from society and making them feel inferior. In this essay I will examine the problem and Americans solution and the real solution. Blaming the Victim The black inner city community is faced with an alarming number of violent crimes, poverty and is beginning to self-destruct. The biggest issue is that one can seem to understand why this is happening. Black on black crime is all you see on the news and the newspaper. Unemploymen |
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Hospitality Management - Assessment Record Form and Marking GridIntroduction This report aims to clarify the role of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), within the global tourism industry. Moreover it will be elucidated how UNESCO influences the world tourism. Firstly, the report will begin with a definition of tourism and the description of his size and scope. Secondly, the report will analyse: the fairness of the assignation of World Heritage (WH) and the main UNESCO's objectives. Thirdly, the report will outline some conclusions and propose some recommendations. The Tourism Industry According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO, 2011), Tourism includes the activities of people travelling to and staying in places outside their usual location for less than one consecutive year. Merith (2011) states that tourists can have many reasons to travel such as leisure, religion, health, work and the wish to visit the relatives, friends or lovers living far. According to Borein et al (2002), touri |
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Internal Assessment - Achievement StandardTask One - Select a Group We decided to promote physical activity through a group of year 10 students at Macleans College. We did get the year 10s active over the course of five weeks, I would question for the need of more physical activity for this year group of students. When undergoing our planning process we assumed that this groups of students needed more physical activity, or perhaps that it was just an easy group to work with, as I myself had previous experience in working with a number of the students within the group prior to promoting physical activity, therefore I believed that they would be easy to communicate and relate with as I am familiar to them and that we would be able to show that being active is good for them. While I am not sure if the group really understood about the holistic benefits of being active and how it can benefit them. Our second assumption was that sport (in particular badminton) was the only activity that they did or would like. In the survey we ga |
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Choosing Auditing Expert - Solar TubeGenFirst of all, Ken Kennedy needs to understand how to choose the expert for the audit of Solar TubeGen. In order to do so, as requirements of choosing the expert are covered by (ASA 620), he must consider the following steps, which are essential for choosing the right expertise. Before he is choosing the right expertise Ken needs to collect the document and evidence, so that he may consider that whether the company requires the expertise necessary to test and evaluate the consistency of reported information. After he got all the documents and evidences, Ken firstly considers whether an expert is needed for the company. If he considered that an expert is required, then again Ken considers the scope of work to be done by the expert. When he chooses an expert to complete the work, he assesses the ability of the expert to do and their objectivity. Commonly, there are four steps to evaluate for using the work of expert. They are: 1. Assessing the need to use an expert As the team don't hav |
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Siddhārtha GautamaAs Swami Vivekānanda a great sage once put it in the Parliament of Religions of Chicago, Buddhism is "Hinduism's rebel child." Siddhārtha Gautama was a prince from the north Indian tribe of the Shākyas (hence his name, Shākyamuni, or sage of the Shākyas), located in present-day Nepāl. King Suddhodana brought many seers from around the country to tell him the fate of his new son, Siddhārtha Gautama. One particular Brāhmin (a Hindu priest) prophesied that the boy would become either the world's greatest ruler or a very holy man. King Suddhodana was greatly feared, envisioning a naked, long-haired bony old man covered in ashes and meditating surrounded by corpses (many tantrics mortified the senses and constantly reminded themselves of their morality, that they were encased in perishable skin and bones, by meditating thusly). Siddhārtha means "[he who] has wealth or perfection" and Gautama denotes 'he who has descended from Gautama' (Gautama Maharishi was one |
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Aristotle on FriendshipAristotle says that there are five ways in which the soul grasps the truth. In these are scientific knowledge and prudence. He defines scientific knowledge as something that is learnable, from what is already known. The knowledge then is universal and necessary. They are the unchanging nature of how things are. So scientific knowledge is the base, never changing, and has to be true, it cannot be false. On the other hand Aristotle says that prudence is a changing knowledge. He says that prudence is concerned with human good. In order to deal with the human good one must assess the situation and form an opinion of what is happening. Now Aristotle says that opinion is changing and can be true or false depending on the situation. Not only does prudence change according to the situation, but it also changes according to the grounds of our knowledge. For example a young person does not contain all the knowledge of right and wrong or the knowledge of a certain subject, whereas an older person |
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The Island of WealthIn the era of global networking people are connected more than ever, however everyone is still inclined to identify themselves with groups that share similarities. Quantitatively we identify groups as minorities and majorities, when compared on a basis of single characteristic. The numbers in a majority is enough of a force to keep a minority small by ignorance and inequality. Wealth is the only characteristic that does not divide us in this classical setup. According to Chrystia Freeland in her article The Rich Are Different from You and Me, in 2007 less than a third of the wealth in United States was divided between 90 percent of its population and the other two thirds went to the rest 10 percent; half of that went to the top 1 percent (27). The members of the wealthy minority don't want equality, they prefer to be isolated and interact only with peers on their level (27). They are not only forming a nation, as Freeland pointed, but are also isolating themselves on an island and swimming in wealth, while the middle class is drowning in debt. In The Rich Are Different f |
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The Side Effects of Too Much TextingDo people who text have lower social and writing skills than those who do not? Texting is getting more and more popular with people these days. The first text message was sent on December 3, 1992. Since the year 2000, texting has become more convenient and easier to use with all the new phones coming out. Americans ages 15-29 send and receive the most texts. Phone carriers have created plans that involve unlimited text messaging. This has increased how much texts are sent by day. Texting has caused a lack of physical interactivity, declining writing skills, but it does have its advantages. The advancement in texting has hampered the physical interaction skills of many people. According to a Pew Institute survey, text messages sent monthly blew up from fourteen billion in 2000 to One-Hundred and eighty-eight billion in 2010. Due to rising numbers of |
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Hydrogen - The Fuel of the Future"We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in hydrogen fuel cells cars to meet this goal."" This quote was rightly said by Albert Wynn, a former Democratic Member of United States House of Representatives. He strongly supported alternative sources of energy in comparison to fossil fuel. Scientists are trying since many years to develop a technology that has minimal number of flaws. They have tried different methods such as solar energy, nuclear energy and hydroelectric power, but most of these either have high installation cost or environmental problems hindering the progress of the power source. Hydrogen fuel cell is in the news these days, increasing its popularity, because it is cleaner than fossil fuel, it reduces the dependency on fossil fuels because of the abundance of hydrogen and now with new technology installation cost has reduced making it the best substitute for fossil fuel. Scientists have attempted many dif |
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Cinderella - A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal ConflictsIn "Cinderella: A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts,"" by Bruno Bettelheim is a story that revolves around one key component: kids will try to portray the Cinderella character at some point in their childhood. From a psychologist's' point of view, like Bettelheim, it would help with issues they face during their times of adolescent years. He goes on to mention how a child's years want to be plotted like Cinderella's. They want to be saved, they want to go through trials and tribulations throughout them " they want to live the fairy tale life like they want to. This topic, fairy tales and the character of Cinderella, are relevant because of how today's youth are raised in today's society. It is much different from even a few decades ago, and how Bettelheim goes on to describe it is one that's arguments are flimsy at best. Yes, he's a psychologist by occupation, but his points of rivalries and conflicts due to them seem shady on the surface. On Bettelheim, he was a chi |
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War Photographer - James NachtweyJames Nachtwey grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he studied art history and political science. Images from the Vietnam War and the American civil rights movement had a powerful effect on him and were instrumental in his decision to become a photographer. James Nachtwey began photographing in the early 1980's and was a contract photographer for Time magazine from 1984 to 2001. He has made himself famous for his coverage of wars and various other social conflicts and issues. Since then, Nachtwey has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts, and critical social issues. His photographic projects are lengthy and all encompassing. He has worked all over the world in numerous continents, including Africa, most notably in Rwanda, which is where this picture is from. I discovered Nachtwey through one of my friends. They suggested I go see a documentary film about Nachtwey entitled War Photographer. The film was incredible and led me to research more |
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Cultural Identity in The Great GatsbyIdentity is expressed from many different channels within F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The word identity is defined as the set of personal and behavioural characteristics which define an individual as a member of a certain group. Based on race, ethnicity, religion, language and culture people distinguish themselves from other groups and form their understanding and pride in who they are. So naturally cultural identity refers to the identity derived from ones cultural surroundings. In the case of The Great Gatsby these cultural surroundings are an early 1920's America, specifically New York and the adjacent Long Island. The period of the 1920s in New York City was widely regarded as an era of prosperity. Unemployment amongst urban workers remained, on average, under 7 percent. Per capita income grew by a third during a decade of economic expansion that remained relatively unmarred by inflation and recession. The standard of living improved across the board for the employed sec |
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The Middle Ages and the Ultimate Test of the CodeIn any society, there are certain moral codes that are put in place and are expected to be followed. This is especially true for certain people who have great responsibilities. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, King Arthur's knights were held to a different standard than the common masses. They were responsible for protecting the kingdom and with that came a certain code of ethics. This was called the Chivalry code. This code demanded that each knight display honor, honesty, valor, and loyalty in any task with which they were faced. For a knight to display honor they had to hold themselves with very high respect. The next value was honesty which means that they had to be truthful about anything they were asked. To have valor a knight had to be courageous in any situation. Finally, loyalty for knights meant that they had to maintain allegiance with their king and kingdom always. Sir Gawain de |
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The Outsiders - Defining Who We AreSometimes good people are assigned to bad lives that lead them into carrying out bad actions, but that does not define them as bad people. Johnny from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (a young adult fictional novel) is a 16 year old boy who comes from a broken home and is abused. Johnny finds himself living in the midst of a local gang rivalry between the Socials and the Greasers. S.E. Hinton's use of imagery, flashbacks, metaphors, similes, and literal language, portray Johnny as an innocent and scared child, who should be tried as a juvenile. S.E. Hinton's use of imagery allows the reader to visualize Johnny as a scared, innocent child because his is constantly being hurt by his parents in his own home, so he would not dare lay a finger on anybody else. In the quote, "If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll hace Johnny." (page 11) the author mentions the fact that Johnny is abused, and what it has done to him |
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