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Mardi Gras and Effects on the New Orleans Economy

quickly become important ("The History of Mardi Gras," 2007). Some call it Fat Tuesday, which is what the term Mardi Gras actually...

The Importance of Listening Skills

we do innately. Active listening, however, takes time and dedication to develop. Active listening allows us tremendous power in ...

Push 1 For English - The Automated Telephone Response

a representative, push [another number that is not always 0]" What happens when you get to a real live person? You have to tell th...

Using the Sociological Imagination to Interpret a Personal Situation

in society, sometimes, norms are let go of for a variety of reasons. Durkheim (1997) writes: "The hypercivilization... breeds the ...

The Problem with the Abuse Excuse

are so important then no one would be responsible for anything. After all, every like and dislike, and every activity, tied to an...

How Do ‘Identity’ And ‘Obsolescence’ Contribute To This Continual Change In the Fashion?

interpreted as obsolescence these may be lead socially or as a result of the fashion industry. Blumer (1969) argued that there we...

Kant's Interpretation of Jealousy

more righteous than if one was merely envious of anothers success even if the successful person had done nothing wrong. Of course,...

Fast Food Changed The Way We Eat

the restaurant industry (US Business Reporter, 2000). There are more than 300,000 fast food restaurants in the United States (Minn...

Two Part Tariffs and the Consumer Surplus

costs to find the optimal levels of sales. However, this may also be seen as losing some potential income at the cost of making mo...

A Definition for Alcoholism

notably denial" ("Definition of Alcoholism, 1990). This definition is similar to the one provided by the DSM IV regarding substanc...

“Marketing Is More Than Promotion, and Promotion Is More Than Advertising”

were in no way new or innovative, the designs the company launched with; the Nexia and Espero, were old General Motors designs tha...

Investment Questions

final method of reducing risk may be the consideration of hedging against interest rate changes. Hedging is an action or transacti...

Creating Loyalty in Airline Customers

competitive advantage. Airlines have sought to do this in different ways, for example, Singapore Airlines used the smiling air ho...

Using NPV and IRR

of this is that by creating a single output figure for the value of a project it is possible to compare a wide range of different ...

Conflict and Negotiation

innovation, without international conflict many of the weapons innovation may not have taken place, at company level conflict betw...

The Problem With News Media Today

like NPR and PBS are under attack as there is political pressure for them to be less critical ("Bill Moyers: "Big Media is Ravenou...

Definition and Use of the Term Pulchritude

is used. For example, an author reviewing the Pussycat Dolls reality show had this to say: "Apparently, the theory is that the con...

Relationship Selling

create trust between the buyer and the seller and the needs of the buyer are understood by the seller who makes efforts to overcom...

Sweat Shops in Indonesia

is because the alterative to child labor is worse than allowing its existence. Despite drawbacks of sweatshops, and the problems w...

Medicalization

the degree to which homosexuality may be a medical condition. The medical profession has since moved on from this approach and the...

Fides et Ratio - Philosophy

philosophy itself has changed" (#47) over the centuries (47). This field no longer seeks universal truth and wisdom, it is little ...

Abraham And Moses - Leadership Characteristics

(Friedman and Friedman, 2006). As an example, he was once sitting outside his tent on a very hot day, he saw three strangers and i...

Language & Critical Thinking

Critical thinking has been defined as "the ability to construct and/or extrapolate abstract meaning in and from a variety of setti...

The Importance of Covering War Crimes Trials

killed after an attempted assassination against himii. But it is not clear whether or not he did receive a fair trial and media di...

The Ideas of John Locke

chapter Locke focuses on property, but the entire Treatise is not exactly like that. The Treatise on the other hand, suggests that...

Environmental Factors That Affect Marketing

removes geographic boundaries, allowing even the smallest company to participate in the global marketplace. Coca-Cola has careful...

Assessing a Potential Merger

This 24 page paper looks at how a merger may be assessed. Using the example of Alrajwan Aircraft Maintenance Company and Desert St...

Philosophy of Nursing

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

Can Multi-National Enterprises Build Sustained Competitive Advantages On The Basis Of Co-Operative Structures And Strategies?

to that which has the smallest absolute disadvantage. They should also import commodities where the absolute disadvantage is the g...

Lisa See's "Snow Flower And The Secret Fan" - Foot Binding And Tradition

Chinese culture recognized womens inherent value. This is not to say, however, that women - even at their most esteemed positions...