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XDA is a digital advertising agency in Toronto. It started in 2012 with a handful number of advertising clients. Advertisers contract with XDA to execute their digital marketing plans. XDA then communicates with publishers directly to display advertisers marketing banners in publishers websites. This relationship is mutually beneficial because XDA intentionally develops niches in operating and optimizing digital campaigns.XDA considers Habas and IBG as its competitors because they have been traditional dominant players in the industry. XDA, Habas, and IBG each have different website networks where banners can be posted, so campaign results vary. XDA has focused on building a news website network since 2014 strategically it turned out news websites deliver high performance of campaigns. KPIs gauging campaign success are sales increase, an increase in product awareness, or increased promotion participation on the client's end. With XDAs offering, existing clients are satisfied with t...

The tone of the short story "Haircut" is dramatic irony, for the remarks of the first-person narrator, Whitey the small town barber, have the opposite effect from what he intends. Whitey does not understand the implications of his stories when he describes Jim as a joker or "a card" and unwittingly shows him to be a mean and despicable man. At the same time, Whitey reveals himself to be as unperceptive, unintelligent, insensitive and adolescent as Jim himself. Whitey's misplaced admiration for Jim Kendall, a cruel, crude practical joker, establishes Whitey as a naive narrator. Lardner's choice of a naive narrator creates the ironic contrast which is the basis of Lardner's satire. Most of Jim's so called "jokes" were downright vicious. He was upset one day at how his wife had treated him so decided to get even. He told her that he would take the family to the circus, then left them waiting while he drank gin and lounged around a pool hall. A...

Visual Analysis The Goddess Sekhmet Walking around the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the artwork that caught my eye immediately was The Goddess Sekhmet. Long ago, this large, commanding figure at the corner of the museum, was originally placed in the Mut Temple at Karnack and later moved to the west bank of the Nile before entering the museum. The Goddess of Sekhmets broad and dominating form heightens the power and boldness of the statue. This granite statue depicts Sekhmet, the goddess of war. Despite her being a prominent figure of power, her head is replaced with that of a lioness. The artist appears to be someone who thinks woman are not capable of leading as men are because he didn't include Sekhmet's head. The statue is large enough to be taller than most people. It's broad width also get's viewers attention. Sekhmet is sitting straight up with her legs together. Her hands are placed upon her thighs in a very respectable, calm...

The piece I am analyzing is The Hallucinogenic Toreador by Salvador Dal, painted with oil on canvas in 1969-1970. It is one of his monumental pieces, measuring at 157 x 118 inches. The piece is all about Unrequited Love, inspired by the Venus de Milo and Manolete, the toreador killed by a bull during a fight. The painting itself looks very colorful and chaotic. Standing back, you are able to see Manolete made up with the shadows of the Venus statues. His tie, shirt, and jacket are made up of the statues drapes. The Venuses themselves are in a diagonal line, becoming larger in size as they approach the right side. The two in the forefront are facing towards the viewer, while the rest are looking backwards. As your eye moves down the painting, you see a bull with colorful polka dots radiating out of it. The bull appears to be drinking from a pool of water that, when you look closely, you see a sunbather floating around in. At the edge of the pool, there is another Venus, a part of anothe...

For my visual art analysis, I chose the work, Slave Ship, painted by J.M.W. Turner in 1840 (Slave ship, 1840). The painting is done with rough brushstrokes that make up the sky and water. The bright colors of the sky contrast with the dark waters, and reflect off of the center portion On first glance, this paintings bright background almost looks like a pleasant sunset scene, but upon further inspection, you notice the turmoil within.The ship is canted at an angle amidst tumultuous waters. Bodies are visible being tossed upon the waves, hands reaching towards the heavens. In the lower right corner, one body appears to be being fed on by fish, the shackled leg sticking up out of the water. Other debris is visible, as well. Rocks protruding from the waters lead me to believe a shipwreck has occurred in which the slaves were tossed overboard and are now fighting for their lives. Several birds are diving close to the water, presumably in search of carrion and whatever else they can carry o...

The Old Astronomer to His PupilThe Old Astronomer to His Pupil, by Sarah Williams, is a poem about a workers admiration on what they have accomplished, and showing it to someone they admire. The work is written to be a letter type format from a pupil to an old astronomer, but the narrator changes, then, by the astronomer to the pupil. The astronomer gives the advice that while the world may not react appreciatively to the new advancements they have made, And remember men will scorn it, tis original and true, And the obliquy of newness may fall bitterly on you. (Williams 7), it does not take away from the value and importance it has. I related to this moral very strongly, because this is something I believe very dearly too. While there are many in the world who reject change, and do not have an open mind when learning about certain topics, that is not a valid reason to give up on a dream or passion that one has. The world is constantly changes and developing, and learning is one of the ...

IntroductionThe theorist I chose was Maslow, he was born in 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the first of seven children born to his parents, Jewish immigrants from Russia. His parents, hoping for the best for their children in the New World, pushed him hard for academic success. He became the psychologist who many people consider the founder of a movement called humanistic psychology. The movement developed as a revolt against behaviorism and psychoanalysis, the two most popular psychological views of the mid- 1900s. Humanistic psychologists believe individuals are controlled by their own values and choices and not by the environment, as behaviorists think, or by unconscious drives, as psychoanalyst believe. Maslow stressed the importance of studying well-adjusted people instead of just the disturbed ones.TheoryMaslows contributions are many and diverse perhaps his most famous is the hierarchy of needs. Beyond the details of air, water, food, and sex, he laid out five broader layers...

AIR COMMERCE ACT OF 1926The Events That Resulted in the Signing of The Air Commerce Act of 1926 was the start of the regulation of aviation. It has been called the beginning of the Federal Aviation Administration. This Act put gave the Department of Commerces Aeronautic Branch the responsibility to certify pilots and aircraft and make initial rules for the new industry (Boeing 2002). This was an important step in the regulation of aviation because it made the United States acknowledge the potential of air commerce.In the beginning of the century aviation was not controlled. Anyone who had the means to get in an airplane could fly it. This time was a dangerous time in aviation because there were many accidents due to lack of experience. At that particular time, aircrafts didnt have the capabilities to make extended flights, and the high death toll resulted in skepticism that airplanes were too dangerous and would never progress to become a thriving source of travel or income. This high ...

One of the landmark cases that involve euthanasia is that of KarenAnn Quinlan. Quinlan, a twenty-one year old New Jersey resident, overdosedon pills and alcohol in 1975. She was rushed to the hospital where herphysical condition gradually deteriorated to a vegetative state. Thedoctors determined she had no chance of recovery. Before the coma Karensaid that if anything ever happened that would leave her physically andmentally incompetent, without any chance of recovery, she would not want tobe kept alive by "extraordinary medical procedures," notes Derek Humphry.Karen's parents sought religious counsel from their priest. They were toldthat the Catholic religion allows the removal of extraordinary care if thepatient was in a terminal condition. Karen's parents requested she beremoved from the respirator. The hospital denied their request. TheQuinlans then directed their request to the court. The superior courtdenied their request. They took their request to the New Jers...

A parent making an important decision for his or her child involving education is always a hard choice. Which one is better private, public or home schooling? There are many pros and cons for each option. A homeschooled child is less likely to be confident with socializing than a child attending a private school. The individuals dont have the extracurricular activities offered and may have difficulty maintaining relationships. Although facts have proven that homeschooled children have better grades in college. Is that from the lack of socializing? A homeschool student lacks the availability of extracurricular activities. He or she has church activities, girl guides, 4-H and boy scouts, but what about the competitive sports that may only be associated with public and private schools? Homeschooled children arent allowed to be involved with school sports in most of the United States (Dao, 2005). Homeschooled students only take up five percent of a school band or sports team where school d...

Do you notice that there is a studying abroad fever around students? China has become the country which export the largest number of students studying abroad. Studying abroad has its own advantages and disadvantages in the following 3 aspectsmoney,language and opportunity.Studying oversea s advantages can shown in money, language, and opportunity aspects. Firstly,having experiences of oversea study will add credit to your Curriculum Vitae, since you may have learned advanced technology or possess with globe outlook, you would receive a promising job prospective. secondly, studying abroad will equip you with a second language, which is convenient for you to communicate with international friends , travel or even work in a multinational company. Lastly, studying overseas can offer you more opportunities to experience exotic culture and scenery, besides you will have more friends with different cultural background, which would broaden your horizon.Studying abroad has disadvantage in the s...

The fish farming sector has seen an upward lift in profits. This profitability has attracted a large number of people. The reason behind such a huge rise upward is that there exist large corporations conducting deep sea fishing. This makes deep sea fishing for other individuals difficult. The financial needs and the competition are too much to counter and still make a good gross profit. Deep sea fishing requires extensive and complicated machinery and equipment. This makes it quite cumbersome to manage. Flocking in this industry has made it undesirable also. To go into fishing as a small scale fisherman is not only unprofitable but also but also quite competitive. There exist a large number of small sale fishermen in the worlds seas, lakes and oceans (Shepherd, 2011).Fish farming is a concept of aquaculture and is also called piciculture. It involves the processes of raising fish commercially in enclosed areas. The most common type of fish raised in fish farming includescarp, salmon, c...

Why are we living in the 21st century while some people still ignoring the progressive of technology with the advanced education? Some people fighting to band use cellphones in school. A lot of thus are some parents and teachers. However, there is who supports the students to use their cellphones in this era of speed. I'm one of them unfortunately. I believe that cellphones are useful learning tools that improve the student level to the better.Point in my humble opinion, allowing students to use cellphone can teach them a lot of things such as practical guide for educators. They can make a quick search for a word, definition and other information that could progress the way of pattern thinking. Furthermore, our smartphone can be used to write some reminders and notes. In addition, if you faced a new words, you just translated and looking for the meaning easily. Also, if something happen in case of emergency, parents or students can make a call or chatting with their kids. Another a...

Advertisements have evolved over the years, so that they might appeal to all our senses. Many of the advertisements this generation tend to play off our emotions. We as consumers soon feel the need to buy the products, and hope they work as intended. Advertisement is crucial because it could either make or break the company. If the consumers feel nothing for the commercial, or they do not like the commercial they would not buy their products. So why would do chip commercials make the people who like their product act like idiots? The only chip commercial I liked was Sun Chips. Sun Chips commercials are so enjoyable to watch because they add a natural setting and dont have to rely on cheap and funny tricks that other chip commercials do. The typical Lays or Doritos chip ad starts with someone who has the chips, and another person who would do anything for the chips. The person who has the chips is reluctant to give their chips, and the person who wants their chips do ridiculous stunts ...

Thats pretty Punny. Throughout his works, Oscar Wilde shows an interest in aesthetic values. His curiosity about beautiful men is revealed in the Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde continued on his aesthetic trend in The Importance of being Ernest. In this play, Wilde chose to write about the elite aristocracy, who consider themselves the most beautiful people on earth. Wildes play makes fun of aristocratic intelligence, manners, customs and marriages. Wilde decides to ridicule the aristocrats because they were the source of his harassment for being homosexual. What better way to have revenge upon people than writing a play about them in which you reveal how shallow their practices are? How shallow is the belief Cecily and Gwendyen had about a mans name is his most important quality? A combination of this criticism and irony make The Importance of Being Ernest humorous. Wilde uses his wit to speak out against society in humorous ways. These witty remarks can be found in the characters of A...

"A" for Alienation Alienation is a common theme in all writing however, in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, never has alienation been so vividly accounted. The Scarlet Letter is a story about Hester Prynne, a woman who commits adultery against her husband named Roger Chillingworth, with the local reverend named Arthur Dimmesdale the result is a strange child named Pearl. The plot thickens as the mistress and the reverend strive to keep their sin a secret, and as Chillingworth appears back in town hiding his true identity it climaxes on a scaffold where all secrets are revealed. Alienation is a heavy theme throughout the book, and it adds an incredible twist to see it's affect on the characters. Alienation is portrayed through symbols, behavior, and drama with Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale. Each character is associated with an important symbol that sets them apart from society. They also each deal with their alienation in different ways with different behaviors, ...

In the book, Alone Together Why We Expect More From Technology andLess From Each Other'', Sherry Turkle focuses on how drastically oursociety is beginning to change with the progression of technology andthe introduction of artificial intelligence. The evolution of technologyhas allowed society to be able to do anything from anywhere and withanyone. Although the current generation has developed the new versionsof technology, the reliance society now has on technology is beginningto shape the way the population lives. Turkle makes a valid point thatsociety prefers to treat inanimate machines as humans and treat eachother as if they are robots, but she has been short sighted in the factthat society is ever changing and with artificial intelligence becomingmore accepted, this may be the new standard. Technology has allowedpeople to fill a void by permitting them to be alone, yet having theirpeers at their fingertips. The current definitions of humanity'' andrelationships...

Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The Scarlet Letter, Hester'sattitudes toward her adultery are ambivalent. This ambivalence is shown bybreaking the book into three different parts. In each part her attitudeschange significantly. Hester starts by seeing her act as a sin that she is sorry forcommitting. She changes and no longer feels sorry for the sin. Finally,Hester sees the act as not sinful, but she regrets committing it.In the first part, covering the first six chapters, Hester thinksof her action as a sin. In chapter four she tells her husband that it washer fault for committing adultery when she says, "I have greatly wrongedthee" (79). In chapter six Hawthorne writes that Hester knows "her deedhad been evil" (92). This evil deed, in Hester's eyes, causes Pearl to actsinful, so Hester feels overwhelming guilt. At this point Hester feelsthat her actions were evil and were her fault, therefore she is sorry forcommitting adultery.In chapter five...

The number of stereotypes used in media and everyday lives affects how people interact with each other in the real world. Chin-Kees story was in the form of a TV show. Danny is a popular American boy whose cousin Chin-Kee comes every year to visit from China (Yang 126). Chin-Kee represents how Asian-Americans feel about stereotypes. Jin-Wang is an Asian-American boy who moves from San Francisco to another American suburb where he is teased. Jin-Wang thinks its ridiculous how people judge him and the people he hangs out with because of their race. Chin-Kee turns out to be the Monkey King at the end (who was also teased because he was a monkey). This shows how Chin-Kee makes American Asians feel ashamed of their culture, including Jin WangDanny and represents many stereotypes about the Asian culture.People reacted to Chin-Kee in different ways. Danny starts his part of the story studying with a girl named Melanie. Melanie does not want to go out with Danny because of how Chin-Kee treate...

The American society frequents the term "American Dream" in its writings at speeches. Willa Cather based her My Antonia on the American Dream. Many Americans have achieved it - the Chairman of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, being one. There is no denying that the American Dream is achievable, but is it possible for immigrants to achieve it? Analyzing My Antonia and its characters helped to reach a conclusion that the American Dream, also known as success, is indeed achievable by immigrants. The female protagonist of the book, Antonia, achieves the American Dream. Her family and she arrived at the US after eyeing better opportunities and a greater chance of success. She began as Antonia Shimerda, a young and poor daughter of a depressed farmer who does not speak English. A few years into her stay in America, her father commits suicide. When she is old enough to realize her dire state, she acknowledges, "Things will be easy for you. But they will be hard for us." A local ...

Reefer MadnessWhether we realize it or not, the grips of Americas vast black market is far reaching and affects us all deeply Whether or not we roll up a joint, watch pornographic videos, or buy strawberries at the supermarket. By conduction a close examination three taboo American cornerstones in Reefer Madness pot, porn, and illegal immigrants Eric Schlosser shows how the black market has burgeoned over the past several decades. By drawing compelling parallels between the convert and overt, Schlosser is able to illustrate how tycoons and gangsters rise and fall, how new technology shapes a market, how government intervention can reinvigorate black markets as well as mainstream ones, and how big business learns and profits from the underground. Reefer Madness is a powerful investigation that not only effectively exposes illuminates the shadow economy and the culture that casts that shadow but also provokes thought that brings thinking to an elevated level. Schlosser avoids the cl...

Was Amun-Ra the Most Powerful Egyptian God? Through extensive research of ancient Egyptian history, we see that there was a change in religion, and even lifestyle. The king of Egypt, Akhenaton, made a sudden change during his rule in the religious support of the Egyptian gods. With Akhenatons preoccupation with new ideas and religious ideals, he cost Egypt its proud empire. We see that Amun-Ra was truly the most important and most powerful god in ancient Egypt. Akhenatons changing the religious ideals did not last long. Even though Aton was claimed the sole god during Akhenatons rule, Egypt and its people and the new rulers quickly altered the religious ideals towards Amun-Ras favor by claiming him the sole god once again, after Akhenatons death. The most important Egyptian god during most of Egyptian history was Ra, the god of the sun. He was also known as Re, Amun-Re, Amen-Ra, Amun-Ra, Amun, or Amon.(www, Mysteries) His name, Amon, meant The Hidden One, also Amun means the hidden an...

Although completely aware each person I have encountered was unique and handled conflict differently, I had never considered that there are different styles of conflict nor have I considered what mine may be. After reading Style Matters (1) by Ron Kraybill, PhD. I now have a better understanding of not only my styles of conflict but also strategies to effectively deal with styles of others. This is such an important skill to have personally as well as professionally and it is unfortunate that it is not taught early in life. I appreciate that I will now be able to make conscious choices to respond to others and understand what my strengths and weaknesses are so I can become more successful when dealing with conflict.The Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory (2) found my top two strategies in a Calm setting as being Cooperative and Compromising. Surprisingly, it categorized the same two strategies a Storm setting. It gave me a 3 for the Storm Shift. I would agree with the inventory tha...

QuerenciaWhen I think of the place that I am most comfortable, relaxed, and in my element I think of the Great Outdoors. I really like being out in the woods or on some trail just being part of nature. When I am outdoors I have a feeling of oneness with nature a feeling that I can not get anywhere else. Oneness with nature I think is one of the most important things that people need these days, to get away from everyday life and just get out away from computers, cell phones, cars and all of the other everyday luxuries that we always take for granted. When you go out on a hike, or Alpine, and Nordic skiing you get a feeling of being one with nature. As you experience the solitude it helps you to appreciate the simple things in life and realize that nature was the beginning of it all. When the first people came to America they did not have trains, cars, and airplanes. They did not have the luxury of phones or modern housing, or furniture they lived off the land and made their houses from...

THE TRIAL by Franz Kafka read by Geoffrey Howard This disturbing and vastly influential novel has been interpreted on many levels of structure and symbol but most commentators agree that the book explores the themes of guilt, anxiety, and moral impotency in the face of some ambiguous force. Joseph K. is an employee in a bank, a man without particular qualities or abilities. He could be anyone, and in some ways he is everyone. His inconsequence makes doubly strange his arrest by the officer of the court in the large city where K. lives. He tries in vain to discover how he has aroused the suspicion of the court. His honesty is conventional his sins, with Elsa the waitress, are conventional and he has no striking or dangerous ambitions. He can only ask questions, and receives no answers that clarify the strange world of courts and court functionaries in which he is compelled to wander. The plight of Joseph K., consumed by guilt and condemned for a crime he does not understand by a court ...

Think was written by Aretha Franklin and her husband Ted White. Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942 (age 74) in Memphis, Tennessee. Aretha was married to her husband Ted White from 1961 to 1969, then was married to Glynn Turman from 1978 to 1984, and had four children in total. She has won 35, and nominated for 47, music awards from 1968 to 2015 received from the following ceremonies Grammy Awards, Grammy Special Awards, American Music Awards, Critics Choice Movie Awards, Golden Globe Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards, TV Land Awards, Down Beat, and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. She has also been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 1987, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1994, UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012, and Buffalo Music Hall Of Fame in 2016. Also, in 2005 Aretha received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the President of the United States at the time. The song was rel...

Passion Play, written by Sarah Ruhl, is an interesting triptych of three different productions of the Passion play, over three different time periods in three different locations. An interesting thing about this is that it is essentially three different plays put together, each with their own story and characters, although the same actors are used throughout the three and a half hour play. The play, which centers around a community who is putting on a passion play, has one continuous MDQ, although no singular protagonist. The MDQ of the play is then, Will the characters of the town get together to produce a successful passion play? However, this play does seem to revolve around the character who plays Pontius Pilate. The play was written to be three separate stories, but they all have a common through line in that they look at the political climate at the time through the lens of the people who perform in the passion play. The first act, set in Elizabethan England in 1575, when religio...

The author of this Freedom Walkers The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott is Russell Freedman. He has written pervious books about things that have happened in history like Children of the Great Depression, Kids at Work, and many more. The reader should listen to him because he has done a lot of studying about human rights and what some people has-had to go through. In Freedom Walkers The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott the stories are about how African Americans went through life with the bus segregation problem. Russell Freedman wrote this book to let students that are in school learn about the Civil Rights Movements and how activist went about trying to change all the rules African Americans disliked. A local activist in Freedom Walkers stated how the rules were in Montgomery that African Americans had to follow The color of your skin determined where you could sit on a public bus (Freedman, 1). The method of research used was the studies of history and teaching. Also he got s...

Marketing Strategy Godiva Europe Case Should Godiva International develop a common advertising strategy? Godiva International seeks to unify its image and product around the world. But there is variation between the image, consumption, and kinds of chocolates that consumers of different countries enjoy. The European market consists of Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and Germany. The other two main markets are the United States and Japan. The chocolate industry in Belgium is unique. Belgian consumers buy chocolates as gifts and for special occasions. They preferring to hand select the assortment. Godiva chocolates are recognized to be one of the more upscale brands, but do not differ much from their competitors. Belgium is Godiva's largest market and is home to the headquarters of Godiva Europe as well as the company's factory. The French have different taste than the Belgians when it comes to chocolates. Godiva only has a small niche in France, but other...

The Killers, by Ernest Hemingway, addresses the story of three men named George, Sam, and Nick who are working in a lunchroom called Henrys Lunchroom. The story begins with two men, named Al and Max, walking into Henrys Lunchroom. The evening began normally as the two men argued with George about ordering dinner dishes during the lunch time. As the evening progressed, Al took Sam and Nick into the kitchen and tied the two up. Meanwhile, Max revealed to George that he and Al were planning to kill Ole Andreson, an old man who came to the diner for dinner at six oclock every day. It was revealed that the two men were repaying a friend that was wronged by Ole Andreson. As the men realized that Ole Andreson would not be attending dinner in the lunchroom, they departed. Soon after Max and Al left, George untied Nick and Sam. George requested that Nick go tell Ole Andreson, who was residing in the Hirsch house. When Nick reached the house, he went into Andresons room, and told the old man abo...

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Thats the one date everyone remembers, the date in virtually every school childs history textbook. But, they leave out pretty much everything about Columbus and his exploration of the New World. Its the part many people have yet to learn about. For years, Columbus has been presented to us as a hero. In 1934, President Roosevelt even gave Columbus his own holiday. To this day, we celebrate his discovery of America. What is found in history textbooks now, have seemed to show another side of Christopher Columbus, a side that they wouldnt dare teach in elementary school. Its the rest of Columbus tale of discovery. This paper will show you that Christopher Columbus didnt technically discover America and that his actions were much louder than the words we read about in school. Third grade seems like such a long time ago, yet I remember the Christopher Columbus story like it was nothing. It started out with a boy named Christopher Columbus he was born...

Ephron, Amy.A Cup of Tea. New York Ballantine Books, 1989.A Cup Of Tea by Amy Ephron is a tragic romance.this story takes placein new York City. The Time Period of this story is between 1917 and 1918. this is a story oflove and betrayal. Rosemary fell is from a wealthy family that spoiledher.growing up in luxury and then marrying into wealth, Rosemary had to keep up an image of class andsuffixation. Do to her way of life Rosemary never knew what life was really like, therefor she never knewwhat it was like to live without a man maintaining her. Philip Aslop was Rosemarys husband. He was a verywealthy man who owned his own business. Not only was he a wealthy man but an officer in thearmy. He was a very formal man with a very formal marriage arrangement. Eleanor smith is poor. She also is very modest, she knows that to havesomthing in life she must work harder then most, do to the life she was born into.working hardmade her very down to earth and self-assured. being with...

In the novel "A Grain of Wheat" written by Ngugi WA Thiong'o the character of Mumbi can be described as a beautiful and very influential figure for example "her eyes were soft and submissive and defiant". With her beauty and natural charisma she is used to link all the important themes, ideas, characters and even some of the symbols of the novel. Ngugi makes use of a number of different themes to convey his ideologies, it is in these themes that the reader come across the specific characteristics of Mumbi and can really come to terms with the novel from a female point of view. Mumbi is the only central character in the novel that is female. This fact is a message from Ngugi to the reader telling them that Mumbi is to be a significant part of the novel. She is also Kihika's sister. Kihika is the most idolized character in the novel. He is considered the leader of the people and leads the movement. With Kihika being like this Ngugi brings Mumbi into the novel...

Introduction A number of businesses have currently put much focus in the sale ofSmartphone and other electronics due to their high demand. For instance,the trade in selling iPads dominates the current market structure.Therefore, to capture a wider market and customers effectively, it would benecessary for an organization to come up with an innovative idea that willbe unique to the customers in the market. The paper provides a briefdescription of an innovative idea that would ensure that the sale of iPadsis high despite stiff competition in the market. It also establishes abusiness structure that would be more suitable for this business venture.An outline of the steps in the entrepreneurial process is discussedcomprehensively. The process is important during the initiation stage of abusiness venture. Action plan is also created to illustrate how to surmountthe foreseen obstacles to the venture's success. Description of the innovative idea The proposed b...

McDonalds Corporation McDonalds is the undisputed king of burgers. This has been the trend in the fast-food industry from their creation in the 1960s to their massive growth in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and now the new millennium. Over the past forty years, McDonalds has fully taken advantage of their strengths but because of maturity in the fast food industry, more focus will have to be put on opportunities, weaknesses, and threats.Strengths The first strength of McDonalds has been their product strategy. Throughout the past three decades they have simply been a hamburger and fries Restaurant. Growing customer wants and needs along with increased competition has forced them to alter and improve their menu to better fit the environment. Factors such as growing competition and consumers becoming more health conscious have forced them to make these changes. Today McDonalds offers a wide variety of products that consist of 26 items. Breakfast items include biscuit sandwiches, Egg McMuffin,...

Methaqualone Methaqualone is a drug that has hypnotic and sedative properties. AlthoughMethaqualone is not considered a barbiturate, using the drug can produce similarresults. Common street names for Methaqualone are Quaalude, Lude, Quay, Quad,Mandrex and Sopors. Methaqualone can be injected, and also taken orally.Methaqualone commonly is manufactured in tablets or capsules. The drug can alsobe found in brown, gray or black tacky powder. An average dose of Methaqualoneis about 3 grams. This depends on the person's body height, weight, the use ofany other drug, such as alcohol, and the tolerance built to Methaqualone. Within4-8 hours of taking Methaqualone, the user may experience slurred speech,disorientation, lack of coordination, and increased reflex time. Methaqualone isalso commonly used because it causes drunken behavior without the odor ofalcohol. The drug also relieves tension, mental stress and anxiety. The possiblelong-term effects of Methaqualone are psychological and p...

A Lover's QuarrelA Lover's Quarrel is a poem about two lovers who had a very special and unique bond. They would spend endless days together, happy and flirting completely in love. It explains the details of their romance. They would embrace, and Browning spoke of how beautiful she was. Then, the poem turns for the worst and things went badly for the couple. A fight occurred and Browning missed her so. Three months before hand, all went wrong. The exact theme was the deterioration of a happy and perfect couple. How one could go from being joyous to being depressed and miserable. There was use of literary devices used in this poem. One of which was simile. "Paven smooth as a hermit's cell" This is a clear demonstration of how soft and caring his lover was. Metaphor was also used in the following quote "Foul be the world or fair" is comparing the evil and hatred of the world to the same feeling which Browning possessed after he and his lover quarrelled. Th...

Our final reading was The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. From this text we were instructed to choose a monologue for our finale presentation. I chose a monologue for James D. O'Connor (Jim) a man who works with Tom our main protagonist. Toms sister went to the same high school as Jim. But, Jim doesnt remember Laura until she says something to him about it. Do you still sing? The story is made more dynamic by the fact that Jim was meant to be a Gentleman Caller for Laura. Tom never told Jim that when he invited him over for dinner. The story is made more interesting by the crazy and comical way Tom and Lauras mother Amanda prepares for the evening. She makes a fancy dinner and complains about not having time to buy new furniture. She purchases items that the family can hardly afford on only Toms wages. Their father left years earlier, leaving the family to fend for themselves while he traveled the world. Over all this has been my favorite play that weve read this semester. T...

The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-Americanwoman to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (for CARMENJONES) is dramatized in this fine made-for-HBO film from director Coolidge(RAMBLING ROSE). Gorgeous Berry shines as Dandridge in a role she seemsborn to play. Dandridge's close relationship with her manager (Spiner) isexamined, as is her affair with director Otto Preminger, along with herfirst marriage to dancer Harold Nicholas, with whom she gave birth to amentally disabled daughter. Aside from her personal struggles, the filmalso demonstrates the rampant racism of 1950's Hollywood which she had toendure throughout her short career.This movie set out to do a couple things in my opinion, one toeducate audiences of the struggles blacks had to go through in theentertainment industry, two to introduce above all else a amazing woman(Dorthy Dandridge), and two to spark interest in Black history. I think bybringing up some of the struggles black ac...

Position Paper on Pornography There are a lot of pros and cons about pornography some of them are big issue in some are not. I will be expanding the pros side of the debate by stating what they believe are the positive functions of pornography.1) Provides information about sex like different position. 2) Provides entertainment like something to sit back in relaxes to. 3) Improves sexual relation among married people. 4) It encourage in motion in sexual techniques. Pornography is not a big issue today in society only to some people. Some people do not complain because it provides jobs and relieves stress for people when there are going through it. The con sides of the debate by describing what they think are the negative consequences of pornography. 1) It leads the moral breakdown of society in many different ways in life today. 2) It leads people to rape someone. 3) It produces bore don with sex. 4) It leads people to disrespect lady and it also leads you to have health hazard. I...

Slaughter house-Five,written by Kurt Vonnegut is a post modern novel, attempting to undermine the reader's expectations. The novel does not have smooth transitions from one event to the next. The reason is, because the novel reflects modern man's life. Since the novel is not smooth it is confusing. This is just like modern man's life, confusing. Another literary device is, it is difficult to follow. When the novel is hard to read the reader cannot enjoy and understand the book. This is how modern society is too(difficult to follow). Another literary device is the novel's characters lack depth. The characters need more descriptive details. This reflects man by saying that man lacks depth and is not well rounded. The book undermines the novel's conventional approach. These are some reasons for the undermining of the reader's expectations.The novel does not have smooth transitions from one event to the next one. "Billy blinked in 1958, traveled in time to 1961...

CANDIDE--OPTIMISM Voltaire's Candide is a satire on optimism. The time when Candide was written, the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment was spreading ideas about the equality and basic rights of man and the importance of reason and scientific objectivity. Through Candide, Voltaire expressed the misleading notion of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism. Liebniz developed the idea that the world they were living in at that time was "the best of all possible worlds." Throughout the novel, Voltaire ridicules and criticizes the belief that God necessarily made our world the best of all possible ones, and that all is well. These criticisms are clearly expressed through blind optimism, ineffective philosophical theories, and the degenerating potential of wealth. Evidence of nonsensical optimism is present through the misadventures of many characters. At the beginning of the novel, Pangloss, a philosopher, teaches his student, Candide that "A...

-In what ways can "A Sentimental Journey" be seen as a sentimental novel or a dramatization of the importance of sensibility? Laurence Sterne's travel-book, which is called "A Sentimental Journey", was written in 1765 and in this book the author describes his travels through France and Italy from a different point of view. His style is different from the other travel-books of that time. He mostly describes his feelings and emotions. As it can be derived from the title of the book, Sterne's journey is a sentimental one, in which he can express his feelings and emotions. He does not give importance to places, monuments, statues and etc. "When he visits a place that offers nothing to his sensibility, he will say nothing of it." (Sterne, xvii) instead of telling the physical descriptions or physical beauties, he prefers to describe feelings, so that sometimes you cannot decide whether is it a fiction or a fact. The book mostly tells us about the attra...

Summary of Machiavelli's "The Prince" Summary of Machiavelli's "The Prince"This paper summarizes the germinal leadership book, The Prince by Machiavelli. After a brief summary, the paper will discuss the importance of the book to leadership and the lessons that can be applied to educational leadership.Summary The Prince begins with an overview of the two types of Princedoms which are, according to Machiavelli (15131992), hereditary or new (p. 1). Hereditary Princedoms are those that are passed down through many generations. New Princedoms can be blended into hereditary Princedoms these are usually geographically close to the hereditary Princedom and its people generally speak the same language. New Princedoms can also be wholly new and are often obtained via a hostile means in many cases, the new Princedom's people are of a different language and culture.To be successful running and keeping control of a mixed or wholly new Princedom, the leader mus...

All companies strive to reach success. While most businessleaders would cherish the opportunity to have a monopoly in theirindividual market, most organizations are not afforded this luxury. Infact, even to gain enough market share to be profitable, a company mustregularly endure a great amount of competition in the marketplace. As such,companies looking to reach their business-related goals must not only worryabout their own operations in relation to consumers, but also theircompetitors' actions. With all of this in mind, the following paper willanalyze a direct competitor to the product that this company, ABC Tech, hasproposed. Performing this competitor analysis in conjunction with severalmarket considerations will help this organization move into the future withconfidence and ideally high profits. Background of Company The company that has been chosen to be analyzed is without questionthe largest competitor this organization faces in the current ...

The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel AllendeA Universal Theme in The Stories of Eva Luna, by Isabel AllendeThe Stories of Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende is a compilation of many short stories focusing on universal themes centering on human emotions. Gift for a Sweetheart is one of these stories which is about a man named Horacio Fortunato who falls desperately in love with a married woman named Patricia Zimmerman. He overcomes many defeats of both the monetary and emotional kind and through perseverance, he finally gains an audience by his true love. Perseverance eventually leads to fulfillment of a goal.Throughout the three Fortunato generations, there was the desired result of a successful circus. The first Fortunato persevered through "times of catastrophe and turmoil (105)" and "for years Horacio's grandfather bore the sole responsibility for the spectacle (105)." His desire to save and maintain his circus came to the point where he had to perform almost all of th...

Temple Grandin ReviewMike Jacksons Temple Grandin is a biopic starring Claire Danes and Julia Ormond. It is about a young womans struggle with autism and how she overcomes all the challenges she deals with in her everyday life. In the movie, Temple tells people, I am different, not less (Temple Grandin, 2010), which is the main theme that runs throughout the movie. The film reveals the complexity of autism and why it is so difficult for people to understand the minds and actions of the autistic. The characters in the movie that tried to help or cure Temple were the ones hurting her, but the ones that tried to understand her found that they could actually learn from her about how she sees the world. Temple had a love for animals because her autism helped her understand the way they think and she was able to relate to animals more than she could relate to people. When she was at her aunts cattle farm, she saw the machine they used to give the cows their vaccines and created her own sque...

Reflecting on FreakonomicsAs one reads Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, one will detect many biases of the author. This is, of course, true in any book. The biases of the author can always be found, some more easily than others. In this book, the biases of the author are shown involving the topics of abortion, experts, and real-estate agents. Abortion has been one of the most controversial topics in history and continues to be so to this very day and age. Ever since abortion was legalized in 1973 by Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions performed each year has dramatically increased. However, Steven Levitt makes a bold and provocative statement that an unintended benefit of legalized abortion is a drop in crime. He goes on to say that most of the babies aborted would have grown up in poverty with a single teenage parent. According to studies, these are indicators that a child is more likely to grow up to a life of crime. Through a series of analyses on the number of abortions c...

Poetry Analysis of Adrienne Rich's Twenty One Love Poems Poetry Analysis of Adrienne Rich's Twenty One Love PoemsLit. of LoveApril 26, 2002Response Paper 4XIXCan it be growing colder when I beginto touch myself again, adhesions pull away?When slowly the naked face turns from staring backwardand looks into the present,the eye of winter, city, anger, poverty, and deathand the lips part and say, I mean to go on living?Am I speaking coldly when I tell you in a dreamor in this poem, There are no miracles?(I told you from the first I wanted daily life,this island of Manhatten was island enough for me.)If I could let you knowtwo women together is worknothing in civilization has made simple,two people together is a workheroic in its ordinariness,the slow-picked, halting traverse of a pitchwhere the fiercest attention becomes routine--look at the faces of those who have chosen it.-By Adrienne RichIn Adrienne Richs Twenty-One Love Poems, each poem gives insight into the life she has cho...

Globalization is a process through which different cultures and economic systems around the world integrate with each other. This happens due to the influence of large transnational corporations and improvements in the field of communication. Globalization assists in the management. It provides support to an organization in the planning and allocating the resources that may be required. Globalization, therefore, has a good effect on management. Globalization has both its positive and negative effects.Advantages of GlobalizationFree trade between nations has increased.Investors from the developed nations can bring up businesses in the developing nations.The speed of transporting both goods and people has increased.There is no likelihood of the rich nations coming to war.Global village effect has come to existence due to the cultural acceptance.Communication is now enhanced and fast. Now information can reach all nations.Corporations can carry out their transactions across the borders.Di...

IntroductionFunctioning of joint-stock companies has difficult enough system and in the different countries this system differs in connection with the local legislation a little. Here functioning is described and some requirements are led to joint-stock companies.The joint-stock company is the organization created under the agreement by legal bodies and citizens by association of their contributions, having own legal body. Shareholders of joint-stock company participate with the contributions in the authorized capital stock divided into actions. Shareholders do not bear responsibility for joint-stock company obligations. Shareholders risk only the contribution.The joint-stock company capital is formed at the expense of sale of actions. Formation of an authorized capital stock of joint-stock company occurs by merge of the general face-value of all actions. An authorized capital stock it is necessary to show in balance as the subscription capital of joint-stock company. The authorized ca...

Robert Frosts poem, After Apple-Picking is a depiction of an individuals realization that death is looming near. And due to this self-discovery, the individual looks back upon hisher life with disappointment and regret. The speaker is overwhelmed with life and uncertain about life itself. The theme of this poem deals with the speakers feelings of disappointment and regret at the close of hisher life. Frost develops and reinforces the theme through by implementing symbols, images, rhythm, tone, and diction. The speaker uses the symbol of the apple to allude to the biblical story of creation that helps contribute to the interpretation of the poem. In Genesis, Eve picks the apple from the tree marking the beginning of life or better, as the beginning of new experiences and knowledge. The apple in this poem is a symbol of new experiences and knowledge. Frost develops his theme by narrating in the poem Theres a barrel that I didnt fill Beside it, there may be two or three Apples that I di...