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Madison and the Federalist PapersThe common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. He notes that man is a violent animal who likes conflict, and suggests in both essays that the only way to solve these factions is to allow for a society where many of them form such that they limit each other's powers. Madison's thoughts on separation of government and the formation of a large republic were ahead of his time. Many thinkers of his era believed that the perfect society was a small republic where people were in contact with their government. A large republic looked extremely hard to govern. For Madison, the problem of governing could be solved by having many smaller states as the governing political units. In Essay #10, Madison tackles the question of how to deal with factions whose interests or goals may be in contention with the people's rights. As he would later acknowledge in Essay #51, Madison believed that forming one big and powerful |
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Major Business and Financial Risks and Global InitiativesAbstract Financial markets have for a while now been a forum where buyers and sellers of financial assets and instruments meet and transact. Because of the uncertain nature of these markets, businesses are exposed to financial risks. To ensure survival in the competitive global market, businesses have to come up with strategies to manage financial risk and other business risks. Keywords: financial markets, risk, financial risk, business risk Financial and business risks are umbrella terms referring to the likelihood of organizations realizing reduced earnings due to uncertainties in their financial or business operations (Batten & Fetherston, 2002).These risks are inherent to all organizations with those having global operations being more exposed. The magnitude and effect of these risks depend on the nature of their volatilities and, in recent times, few business sectors have experienced more dynamic fluctuations than the financial markets. The recent global financial crisis gives |
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A Sense of Honesty and Reality in PoetryWallace Stevens attempts to write in an emotionless and literal point of view in his poem "The Snowman", whereas William Wordsworth's poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" displays quite the opposite, with countless metaphors and exaggerations of the reality. But which poem exhibits a more honest appreciation of nature? I cannot identify either poem for a definitive answer to this question for they both contain some aspects of dishonesty. On a spectrum of the level of reality, these poems display the two extremes. A balance of the two styles of poetry would be ideal. What is an honest approach to nature, compared to a scientific approach? My definition of an honest appreciation is caused by the mental turmoil I face when contemplating each poem's honest appreciation of nature. Appreciation can be plainly defined as the recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone of something. In "I wandered lonely as a cloud" there is an abundance of app |
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Debauchery - The Inevitable LifestyleTimes have changed, and the little things we know about conservatism is gone. We are living in a generation of Kardashian scandals, 420 pot heads and the like. The huge impact of media to our generation justifies why we fall into debauchery. What is debauchery? Debauchery, according to Merriam-Webster is "the bad or immoral behavior that involves sex, drugs, alcohol, etc." Another similar definition by Urban Dictionary describes debauchery as "the extreme indulgence in sensual pleasure". If we know that debauchery is bad or immoral, why do people still engage in debauchery? According to Dr. Joe Frascella (2010), people engage in debaucheries because of the particular part of the brain. Humans have an evolved brain that allows them to sense good feelings and repeat these actions because they were satisfying. He called this part of the brain the "reward system". Although some people think that sex and/or drugs are immoral actions or debaucheries, these acts |
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" is the life story of the vivacious, spunky Marjane Satrapi as she experiences the struggles and conflict between Iran's political society and the displeasure of its people in the 1980's. Marjane position in this eternal struggle is both a curse as well a blessing. Marjane Satrapi grew mentally and physically through an intense and traumatic society and environment like a rose through concrete but there were still signs of damage and exploitable weaknesses which she would soon realize. I believe that Satrapi intentionally presents specific lessons that she learned through a series of events and relationships that fully transformed her into a woman of power. The title of the first section "The Veil" reflects a major influence of Marjane Satrapi's life, as she battles its oppression in her life and in school. Marjane begins her story by a brief summary of why the veil was made mandatory for all women, but presented it much like |
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The Dream Act LegislationIn my point of view, the Dream Act legislation should be passed into law because it will benefit the immigrant minors who are already in the United States. The Dream Act would increase the recruitment rate for the United States Armed Forces. It would also provide a path of legalization to educated individuals that are willing to pay taxes and contribute to the U.S. economy. The act will also help reduce high school dropout rates and enable more students to attend college. The Dream Act is supported by seventy percent of people who are likely to vote this act into law. That includes leaders in education, military, businesses and religious orders. For years, universities, business leaders, community groups, immigrants, and churches have been urging Congress to pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The Dream Act is a bipartisan agreement that will give young people who were brought to the United States as children a path to legal status and the chance t |
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Part 2Benjamin Franklin was established in Pennsylvania in the year of 1730. He recalls that there was not a book shop south of Boston, in any of the colonies. The printing companies in New York and Philadelphia only sold almanacs, paper, and a few school books. People, who loved to read, were forced to order books from England. He suggested that himself and the other members of the group, Junto, take advantage and gather all of their books together as one collection to make a public library. He drew up a plan and presented it to a Mr. Charles Brockden. Mr. Brockden was to come up with an agreement so that each person was to make a down payment for their first book purchase and make a contribution every year if they were to increase purchases. Being that the majority of the people were poor, Franklin was not able to find more than fifty people willing to pay. His vision eventually came to and it was copied by other towns. Reading became more customary and people were better familiar with |
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Analyzing Edgar Allan Poe's The RavenThe mystery surrounding the poet Edgar Allan Poe is not quite as thick as the mystery surrounding his enigmatic literary achievements. Still haunting after a century, The Raven remains one of the most popular poems of all time. Crafted with simplicity that masks complexity, this American Gothic sends chills into the daydreams of the young and old. How the poet's life is reflected in this work will be investigated here. Reprinted more than almost any other literary work, in many styles, The Raven timelessly entices readers to dare to embrace the darkness of their inner night (Poe x). For those who have experienced the real loss of someone they love, the work may strike to close to home. The thrust of the lyric is a loss; the poet, reclusive in his study, laments his lost love, Lenore. Poe himself was a young orphan. His mother died when Poe was three, and his father was never a part of his life (Poe 6). Even when his mother was alive, as an actress, she had no time for her son (Quinn |
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Otzi the Glacial IcemanUnfrozen is an article that discusses the Iceman named Otzi. Hikers discovered a body along with some Neolithic artifacts in glacial ice in Italy in 1991. The site was at an altitude of 10,500 feet in the Otztal Alps, which gave the body his nickname: Otzi. For the scientists to unlock the mystery of the famous iceman, they had to melt him. In November of 2010 a scientist, Marco Samadelli, and a pathologist, Eduardo Egarter Vigl, along with other doctors and scientists did the unthinkable: defrost the Iceman. Once the body thawed the team frantically performed the first full-scale autopsy on a thawed body. They wanted and hoped to solve the mystery of the Iceman. They wanted to learn everything possible about him. Iceman had been under scientific scrutiny before. During the initial investigation, the Iceman received large cuts on his body in Austria. However, it was determined later that the rock where he was found was on |
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Blackfish - Problems at SeaworldThere is a new controversy going around the United States after the death of a SeaWorld trainer in 2010. A new movie called Blackfish has been made to portray SeaWorld as a bad place. Many oceans themed amusement parks have lived animal shows that feature animals such as whales, dolphins, and sea lions. They perform stunts in large salt water pools in front of thousands of people. But lately, the killer whales in these shows have been attacking their trainers and a handful of them have died because of these accidents. To this date, there has been three reported deaths of trainers because of killer whales that live in captivity. Some people say that these killer whales should not be kept in captivity but there is also an other side of people that say the killer whales are not dangerous and should be kept in captivity. Swimming with killer whales is not too dangerous because SeaWorld cares for their animals extremely we |
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Cognitive Psychology - Dichotic Listening Experiments"What have cognitive psychologists learnt about the nature of attention, from dichotic listening experiments?" Attention usually refers to a cognitive process during which the human brain selects the information that is significant enough to attend to and ignores the rest. Attention was neatly defined by William James: "It is the taking possession in the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of several simultaneous possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization, concentration of consciousness is of its essence. It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others" (James, 1890). Attention has attracted significant interest amongst the researchers since the 1950s. Primarily research has been focused on the mechanisms within the brain that enables us to register, attend to and ignore inputs from our external environment. During the early days researchers hypothesized that the brain is similar to a computer processor, which suggested that |
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The Life of a Teenage GirlThe adolescent that I chose to interview goes to high school in Atlanta, Georgia and attends a high school in the same school system that I attended. She is a sixteen-year-old 10th grader at Maynard Jackson High School. Throughout most of the interview, I got plenty of the answers that I expected. Some of the more expected findings in my interview were that she hates the fights, drama, and terrible food options. The most fixable issue in her school is getting better food options based on her opinion. She said that she did not spend much time doing homework. She only spends about 2 hours doing homework per week on average. Like most adolescents she enjoys hanging out with friends in her free time. She enjoys watching television, talking, and using recreational drugs. These are the things t |
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A Time of Accomodation and CoercionIn the late 1800s early 1900s, the transition from monopolistic capitalism created a stark polarity between class relations. Canada at the time was in a period of unprecedented economical growth, and the need for increase in manufacturing and natural resources led to the introduction of foreign immigrant workers. However, the benefits of such prosperity were not felt to be dispersed equally. Skilled craft workers composed of men from Anglo-Saxon decent who through the use of unions, pursued policies of ethnic and racial exclusion all the while advocating for restrictions of immigrating foreign workers. Unskilled workers who made up the majority of the workforce, lacked the union support and organizational skills to gain improved working conditions and wages. This led to the waves of strikes in the early part 1900s, much of which was carried out by skilled wo |
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Life-Skills Class at Walsh JesuitAfter a person graduates high school, it is their time to start their life in the real world. Most will go onto college of course, but some people do not and start their own lives a little earlier. Many young people around the age of Walsh students do not know any skills to thrive on their own, though. Basic skills like cooking, shopping, or balancing a checkbook are not taught in most high schools. Managing your money or learning how to pay taxes are something adults have to know how to do daily. In college, sometimes there will be classes on how to learn these skills but what about the kids who do not go to college? A life skills class or home economics should be brought back to high schools and mandatory to take for all young teens. An education should involve learning these skills that a person will carry with them after college in order to be a well rounded, successful person. A subject that is usually taught in home economic classes is cooking and dieting. The authors of the bo |
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Reasoning and Logical Fallacies"A fallacy is defined as a kind of error in reasoning," (Axelrod and Cooper 621). They can be persuasive and be created both unintentionally and intentionally to deceive others from the truth, and they often indicate a false belief or cause of a false belief. An argument or situation commits a fallacy when the reasons that are offered do not support the conclusion. This defeats the purpose of said argument or situation since its point is to give reason to support the conclusion. Fallacies affect the outcome of our everyday decision-making processes, and people can see examples of each fallacy such as hasty generalizations, overreliance on authority, and begging the question. "Hasty generalizations are conclusions based on insufficient or biased evidence. In other words, the consumer is rushing to a conclusion before they have any relevant facts," (Weber and Brizee). For example, in the ad, Garnier Fructis tells us that their shampoo can make the consumer's hair ext |
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Shakespeare and the Predicament of WomenOne of the main aspects of Shakespeare's writing that literary critics assess and praise is his ability to write women that are fully developed and rich in character. Women who were intelligent, willful, and opinionated, were under-appreciated due to the social, political, and artistic milieu in Britain during the Elizabethan era. Whilst the independency of women was an unfamiliar concept, the idea that they could maintain power without the support of a man was generally inconceivable; however, the reign of the Virgin Queen, accompanied by the writing of William Shakespeare, became a platform in which people could begin to discuss the predicament of women. The Elizabethan's paradigm of the 'ideal woman' consisted of several criteria that molded them to fit into their patriarchal society. Perhaps the most unvarying opinion was that a woman's worth was congruous with her virginity. In The Tempest, when Ferdinand first meets Miranda, despite being immediately taken by her beauty |
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Finding Economic FreedomEconomic freedom is the freedom to save, spend, invest and work in a free economy. In this essay, I will be talking about a new and an import economic factor and prove how this factor is important for our Canadian economy. And this factor is Immigration intake and the freedom to emigrate from a country to another. Canada is a nation of immigrants. In the year 2006 statistics, Canada estimated that more than 20% of all Canadian were born abroad. In 2011, the immigrant population comprised 20.6% of Canada's population, so one in five people were immigrants. Studies in both the United States and Canada have shown that job creation increases and the economy improve as the number of immigrants grow. More immigrants will increase the human resources of Canada, which means more jobs, more labor, and more human capital. By increasing jobs and labor Canada's production of goods and services will increase as well and causes economic growth. Also the boost in human capital will provide Canada w |
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Disease in Ancient Egypt and MesopotamiaThe scope of knowledge within the relatively short frame of human evolution has and continues to be staggering. The results found from the study of past civilizations, past lives and struggles illustrate vast solutions to contemporary struggles and problems that plague humanity. The current findings of ancient artifacts are scarce to say the least, especially into regard to medicine and disease. This idea is a shocking consideration, since scientists, archeologists and historians are inclined to spend vast sums of time recovering artifacts aging eight-thousand years and upwards --- yet they cannot find them. This is massively due to the fact that their preservation techniques were not up-to-date. Many other factors account for the lack of evidence such as the ambiguous nature of disease in a variety of ancient civilizations, the geographical location of the occurrence, the environment of which they lived, and the way in which they defined disease. Tracking and identifying disease in a |
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International Business in MexicoAbstract In this paper, I will introduce a culture that I will research more about. I will review the languages and/or dialects spoken, as well as the nonverbal language and cues that I would need to be aware of. I will also learn about the proper ways to greet members of this culture, research appropriate etiquette with regard to the food and how meals play a part in the culture. I will also understand the various ways this country does business and how its leaders are perceived. Lastly, I will observe and learn about how the culture views their leaders and the ways they place trust in them. Week 5 - Signature Assignment When interacting with another culture, it is important to learn how to best approach that culture in their environment in order to make the environment as comfortable as possible, especially when it has to do with business. I chose to research the country of Mexico, as the culture that I wanted to learn more about because I am Mexican and can identify with the many |
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Literary Devices of Langston HughesAs time passes by, tragic events transpire to the point where individuals create stories that make a reference to that particular significant event. One of them includes Langston Hughes, a widely known American poet that contributed to the notion of the Harlem Renaissance as well as jazz poetry based on his literary works. One of his literary works is "Bop," in which it was made credible to a culturally diverse middle-aged readers. Bop is one of his literary works that falls under the idea of jazz poetry in which it evokes emotional depth and its cultural significance. Not only does Hughes convey those two elements, but his writing style is also significant as it is structured by his use of the first-person point of view, symbolism, and onomatopoeia. For Hughes to help his readers comprehend, he uses the first-person point of view to make it more informative. Instead of composing a monologue work, he creates a dialogue for his readers to co |
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Three Text Comparative - BelongingThe experience of belonging spans a multitude of perceptions and connections for humans. Even a tenuous link to some group, family or organisation, helps to create, within an individual, their own sense of identity and self-empowerment. Belonging is a like 'place' where someone feels accepted, valued and safe. Three texts that explore the theme of belonging are the novel "Jasper Jones", by Craig Silvey, the autobiography screenplay, "Mao's Last Dancer" by Li Cunxin and the poem, "Refugee Blues" by WH Auden. This essay explores the cultural conflicts that can arise through welcome or unwelcome change in a person's lives, seen through the eyes of Li Cunxin, Charlie Bucktin and two refugees. In common, all three individuals experience cultural conflict as their lives and sense of belonging change. Charlie, in Jasper Jones, becomes less secure in his belonging to his home environment and community "I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand." As Charlie gradually begins to unders |
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Hamlet - Literary AnalysisThe tragedy of Hamlet told in the widely known play Hamlet written by the 16th-century play writer William Shakespeare is still recited and treasured today. Although written and aimed towards an outdated audience, the story contains key ideas and values that readers today can still absorb, relate to, and apply to their lives.You're walking throughout the mall, telling yourself that you only came here for the necessities and nothing else. But somehow you find yourself gravitating towards the shoe department, your weakness. Out of the corner of your eye you catch glimpse of something captivating. Your eyes concentrate in and all the other surroundings become a blur. As enchanting as the lotus flower, it sucks you in. Why were you even out shopping in the first place? Your mind is set on purchasing this dazzling pair of knee high leather boots. All comes crashing down back to reality when you see the luxurious price tag. You can't afford the shoes, this would cut into your budget for your necessities and let's be honest, do you really need shoes? Is all the cash worth the sacrifice? Desolately you place the shoes back on the shelf; the consequences have outweighed the desire fo |
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Short Story - The HuntMy eyes burst open much quicker than expected when I heard the crusty swoosh sound of our tent door being thrust open and secured to one side. I then heard the raspy voice of a man say something about an early bird getting the worm. It was 5:00 am and as the cobwebs began to clear from my head, I realized that the voice I had heard was from the mouth of our elk hunting guide, Jim Evans. Jim told us that it was time for breakfast and that we'd be packing up the horses and heading up the mountain before the sun had a chance to arouse the forest. The last thing he said before leaving our tent was "snow on the ground means blood on the ground in an hour." One of my dad's closest friends owned and operated an elk hunting business called Wolf Lake Outfitters. My dad had been hunting here many times before, but this was my first big game hunting experience and I could hardly contain my excitement. The previous afternoon we had arrived in the beautiful small town of Pinedale, Wyoming a |
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Putting an End to StereotypingAfter the 9/11 attack, I started to think that all Arabs and Muslims are terrorists. I also think women aren't as good at sports as men because they're not strong enough. What am I doing by making these comments? Well, what I'm doing is I am stereotyping, and this means that I'm attributing certain thoughts and certain cognition to a group of individuals. I'm over generalizing. And stereotyping doesn't just involve what race are you or what gender are you, but it also involves culture, religion, even hair color. Stereotyping has some negative effects such as the stereotype threat. Consequently, one major disadvantage is that to achieve what you want in life. Being under the threat probably you have to deal with some circumstances such as anxiety, decreasing your performance and self- defeating negative behaviors. Your performance and well psychological could be at risk. The good news is that having high confidence and self-worth can lead to overcoming stereotype threat. Psychologist |
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Michigan and the Grey WolvesThe grey wolf is a staple of Michigan's wildlife, it an iconic animal for the state of Michigan, that was almost whipped off the face of the earth due to improper hunting of the animal. The improper hunting left only 6 wolves remaining in the wild. In 1973 congress created an endangered species list, the grey wolf was put on that list which meant they were no longer allowed to be hunted. By 2007, the population grew to over 500 in the Upper Peninsula. The specie made a remarkable comeback but also started to effect famer's lively hood by attacking livestock and domestic animals. In December 2012, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill that would allow the grey wolf to become a seasonal hunting species again, known as Public Act 520, activist came together to put a stop to the bill. Knowing the bill might be overturn, State Sen. Tom Casperson, introduced a new bill that would give the right to the Natural Resources Commission the authority to designate animals as game species without legisla |
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