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Rap and the Rap Culture

The writer discusses the connection between the Old English epic poem Beowulf and today's rap culture. The writer argues that alth...

Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World and Johann von Goethe's Living Hand to Mouth

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these two works in terms of the importance of the contemporary world's awareness o...

Personal Computers and Desktop Workstations

In five pages this paper examines contemporary personal computers and desktop workstation components. Four sources are cited in t...

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

In five pages this adventure tale from the 19th century is reviewed in terms of the plot serving as a basis for much contemporary ...

Innovative Thinking of Sir Francis Drake

In nine pages explorer Sir Francis Drake is examined in a consideration of his innovative perspectives, his privateering, and his ...

Motivation Theories

In five pages types of employee motivation are considered in the theories of Adam Smith's 'economic man, Taylorism, social man of ...

The Midwife's Tale The Life of Martha Ballard by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

In seven pages this historical text is critically analyzed through the use of such evaluation criteria as organization, plot, meth...

Victorian Age Hypocrisy and Advice

In five pages the hypocrisy of advice and attitudes in America during the Victorian era pertaining to women's sexuality is discuss...

An Examination of The Theory of the Leisure Class

all, a class of people set higher, financially and socially, than others who must somehow struggle and work for a living. Veblen f...

Thomas M. Hout's Harvard Business Review Article, 'Are Managers Obsolete?'

that "companies that last do so because managers who run them are exceptionally good at what they do" (p. 116). Those in this ca...

Comparing Educational Perspectives of Chaudhuri and Whitehead

In eight pages this paper discusses The Evolution of Integral Consciousness by Haridas Chaudhuri and Albert North Whitehead's The ...

Analyzing the Film Deliverance

In six pages critical cinematic theory is applied to director John Boorman's film released in 1972 and discusses how theme is depi...

US Navy Retention Problems

In ten pages this paper examines the US Navy's enlisted and officer retention problems in an historical and contemporary overview ...

Hutterites of North America

In seven pages this paper examines the Hutterite culture with its emphasis upon religious tradition and its isolation from contemp...

Questioning the Holocaust

Anti-Semitism is a factor that has characterized many eras in history that substantially precede the rise of Hitler and the Third ...

Confucian Thought and Its Principles

In fourteen pages this paper explains Confucian thought in a consideration of its principles, its social and medical impacts, and ...

Applied Ethics, Ethnic and Racial Discrimination

In four pages this paper examines conventional applied ethics within the contexts of contemporary ethnic and racial discrimination...

Turkle's "Can You Hear Me Now?" - Summary/Response

his species - has long been a determinant of how advanced human beings have become throughout the ages. Fire established man as a...

Data Warehouse Architecture Model For The NHS

This 92 page paper examines the potential of peer to peer (P2P) as an efficient architecture for the UK National Health Service (N...

Educational Equity And Diversity: Technology And The Digital Divide

for this special group with the intervention of technological advancement in the school setting. Current generations of exception...

Bioethics: Space And Military Technology

its dying masses. Even after realizing the mess made from human conspicuous consumption, there has been a lukewarm rally to take ...

Business Dynamics of ZDNet News

rely on ZDNet to deliver deep insight into IT planning, vendor consideration, and product selection" (ZDNet, 2006). To accomplish...

Strategy at Anadarko Petroleum

The oil industry already was operating under pressure before adding the complications of the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. In th...

California Police Officers: Certain Physique And Weight Management

weight management in California police departments is now a focal point to maintaining a strong police force and decreasing the po...

Bus Manufacturing

of the idea should be carried out. Next, the team needs to list resources needed to develop the system and match resources to the...

The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Developing Smart Home Living

at al, 2010). The potential benefits has resulted in a large investment, for example the i2home project which was funded by the E...

Improving Security Performance in an Organization with the Use of RFID Smart Cards and Biometric Data

of security measures that make up a security policy. Traditionally, there have been the use of ID cards; ID cards would be issued ...

Potential Strategy for Samsung

In a competitive environment a firm has to be able to adapt and adjust, understanding the environment within which it is operating...

SOX COMPLIANCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS A LUXURY

(rather than rules-based) guidance, based on managements judgment. * Soon to be required? There will be a time during which tax-ex...

Factors for Developing Successful E-Learning

engorge users to return and make use of the program. The following objectives will form part of the research; * To define what is ...