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The Vancouver Riots of 2011 - A Hobbesian Perspective

with one another and with figures of authority in order to maximize the best interests of each individual. When left without a cen...

Policing Models Compared

model go to long standing issues such as gang violence or traffic problems. In other words, the focus is not just on resolving a s...

Meaning and Literature

The stories being examined, by Chekhov and Mansfield, are clearly two stories that truly delve into the inner being of an individu...

Reflection on Matthew 18:3-5

that are coping with "status-seeking, scandal, lapses, reconciliation and forgiveness" (Harrington 887). There are two major secti...

Comparing Apuleius' Golden Ass to Raiders of the Lost Ark

also his lover, that the antidote is to eat some roses. However, when he goes out into the garden to do so, he is beaten by the ga...

Myth: A Cultural Assessment

Us Myths are often called a cultural phenomenon, because they impact all levels of culture. While different myths may be popula...

Value-based Accounting Still Relevant in the 21st Century

elements such as the direct materials and the direct labor (Chadwick, 2007). By deducting the variable costs from the revenues it ...

Marco Polo The Ultimate Tourist

Narrator: Trade with China has been an important world activity since ancient times. One of the first...

Sasanian Foreign Relations

of the mid to late Sasanian Empire, when Persia (todays Iran) was an empire that rivaled Rome, internal politics and the ideology ...

Twitter Examined as a Medium in the Context of McLuchan

view of messages has focused on their content, looking at what there were saying, with little attention paid to the media itself. ...

Brain-Body

directly related to how strong that memory will be (Klein and Thorne, 2007). He offered a cell-assembly model for memory and propo...

Assessment of an Article by Jackson and Schuler

and context, with the needs and processes being prioritised which leads to the development of organizational policies and strategi...

The Development of Social Networking Through the Internet

as it created an integrated approach as well as lead to the use of uniform protocols. It is not until 1997, after the web has be...

Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

misery" (lines 17-18). By the fourth stanza, the positive attitude of the first lines is completely gone, as the speaker compares ...

Health from a Sociological Perspective

having insufficient income to purchase services and items required to maintain good health, with many mothers go to in order to fe...

Local Government and Its Importance

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at local government. Different forms of historical local government structure are analy...

The influence of Francisco de Haro on San Francisco

Before California within the hands of the Americans, it was a Mexican territory, with the Mexican soldier Francisco de Haro being...

Food Commoditization and the Capitalist Exploitation of Culture

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at food markets and cultural exploitation by capitalist speculation. Historical and mod...

Example of Nonverbal Communication

This research paper utilizes an excerpt from the sitcom Modern Family to describe several aspects of nonverbal communication. Affe...

Samurais, 2 Books

This essay pertains to two texts that relate samurai culture, The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina and Bushido, the Way of the Samurai,...

The Case for Plural Marriage

This paper argues that any and all forms of plural marriage should be accepted by modern society and recognized legally at all lev...

Reinsurance - An Overview

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at reinsurance. Modern examples are given as well as a historical overview. Paper uses ...

'Revolutionary' Citizenship and the American Experience

This paper considers how the modern concept of citizenship has been shaped by the American experience and also features a comparat...

A Summary of the Research of Contemporary Scientists

In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at the research of modern scientists. Many fields are covered, with examples of ongo...

Odysseus and Models of Heroism

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at heroism. Odysseus is put forth as an example of both modern and classical ideals of ...

A Modern Fairy Tale, Edward Scissorhands

This essay presents the argument that "Edward Scissorhands," directed by Tim Burton, is a modern, gothic-tinged version of the fai...

Foundation of Modern States

their own social and political structures and acting independently operating under a charter (Held, 1996, p33). Examples of some ...

Integrated Information Systems at Huffman Trucking

workers have to manually enter data, and the fact that there is only one terminal in each department (necessitated by a lack of ce...

Decision Support Systems - A Review of Literature

from the 1960s to the 1980s were management-centric, and utilized an information paradigm wherein accounting and information were ...

Comparing Annie Oakley and Oddysseus

Odysseus,/raider of cities gouged out your eye" (Homer 227). As Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, Odysseus makes a powerful god h...