...------------------------------------------------- Sara paid £75 for a two-year subscription but, after 13 months, was informed that unexpected increases in costs made it absolutely necessary to charge an extra £15. Peter would not send any more magazines until the additional payment was made. ------------------------------------------------- Tom wrote some book reviews for ‘Vision’. A few months later, Peter told Tom that he could have a free, one-year subscription to ‘Vision’, in recognition of the reviews he had written. Tom received no magazines. IY1 Business & Management, Business Law Name: Arga Thura Group: L3 Candidate Number: 155019 Word Count: 1,897 words This essay will analyse and examine over 3 case studies, in regard to theories and functions of contract law. Based on these cases, this essay will study through the essential requirements for a binding contract and theory terms related to situations with evidences applied. Basically all the case studies are formed between the person named Peter who is believed to have a particular control over ‘Vision’ magazine towards Ray, Sara and Tom, who are customers and an employee of ‘Vision’ magazine. First...
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...I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading—treading—till it seemed That Sense was breaking through— And when they all were seated, 5 A Service, like a Drum— Kept beating—beating—till I thought My Mind was going numb— And then I heard them lift a Box And creak across my Soul 10 With those same Boots of Lead, again, Then Space—began to toll, As all the Heavens were a Bell, And Being, but an Ear, And I, and Silence, some strange Race 15 Wrecked, solitary, here— And then a Plank in Reason, broke, And I dropped down, and down— And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing—then— 20 “I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain” If one does not know much about poetry, they might think that a sixteen-stanza poem does not have abundant meaning. Little do they know, although, there aren’t many lines, it can be the most meaningful text. The poem I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain, is a sixteen-stanza poem that uses metaphors to describe a situation or feeling (depending on how the reader or critic interprets the poem). I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain by Emily Dickinson has substantial reviews and critics’ critical information on this poem. Each critic reviews a poem differently and all have a different interpretation on this particular poem. Although all of the interpretations are all on the same poem, they all have something different...
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...Given a multitude of foreign market entry methods, all of them being used in practice in some contexts, it is crucial to determine under which circumstances licensing will pay off. The decision factors include the specifics of the foreign market; ownership, location and internalization advantages; resources and capabilities; and the general global strategy of a company. This essay will attempt to analyse what kind of environment would be favourable for the introduction of licensing and use this analysis as a context to assess the pros and cons of this mode of foreign market entry. It is useful to start with the detailed definition of the subject matter. According to Daniels, 2003, “under a licensing agreement, a company (the licensor) grants rights to intangible property to another company (the licensee) to use in a specified geographic area for a specified period in exchange for a fee” (called royalty). The “intangible property” might encompass patents, designs, trademarks, methods and the like; we therefore see that licensing does not refer to actual physical objects or services. Hill, 2009 and Daniels, 2003 suggest a number of situations which might inspire executives to consider licensing. For example, the company’s new product or process might be potentially profitable, but too limited in scale or in duration to justify establishing production...
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...Sleight of Hand, Sleight of Mind Orson Welles' F for Fake and the Art of the Cinematic Con Orson Welles' 1974 "film essay" F for Fake opens with a scene of Welles, in the role of a magician, performing a sleight of hand trick with a young child, "transforming" the key the young boy has presented him into a coin and then showing how the young boy had the key all the time in his pocket. The magic was the perfect illustration of Welles' purpose in the film. F for Fake was a film about fraud and deceit, about how the makers of art (and, in particular, film) use "trickery" to fool their intended audience into believing something that is not true. The film focuses on three known "charlatans" (Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, and Welles himself) who used their talents to produce such magnificent forgeries that they were able to fool everyone (even so-called "experts") into believing in the truth of their claims. Despite the status of this film as one of Welles' "minor" films from late in his life (it was one of the last films he completed prior to his death in 1985), it has had a tremendous impact on filmmaking, both in a technical sense (the film's complex editing of various film stocks and styles) and in a textual sense. Welles' identification of the ways in which an audience can be manipulated into believing anything as long as it has the "air" of authenticity has had a tremendous impact on current filmmaking, especially in the realm of horror filmmaking with the current crop...
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...Composition Pedagogy, Race, and the African American Student: An Annotated Bibliography Bernstein, Susan Naomi. “Writing and White Privilege: Beyond Basic Skills.” Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 4.1 (2004): 128-31. Evaluating the relationship between white, middle-class privilege and both standardized testing and standard conventions of writing, Bernstein offers a classroom strategy for underprivileged students (either from racial or class position or both) to counter the negative effects of academic standards in relegating them to remedial positions in order to acquire basic writing skills before being granted access to the university at large. Encouraging her students to explore their previous educational experiences related to both testing and writing through a workshop format, as well as to evaluate their own imaginative writing and the reading of creative texts, Bernstein found that these can be used as means of critical resistance to their remedial designations. Ultimately, though, she concludes that it is not the student’s responsibility alone to resist relegation but also educators as well, who need to address and seek to resolve the conditions that produce “basic writers” even before their arrival at the university, and this, according to the author, will produce an awareness and restructuring of white privilege in determining academic success. Campbell, Kermit E. “ ‘Real Niggaz’s Don’t Die’: African...
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...Cognitive Psychologists’ Approach to Research 1 Why Make Assumptions? How Did Philosophers and Early Psychologists Study the Mind? ■ ■ ■ ■ Philosophical Underpinnings The Beginnings of Modern Psychology The Response: Behaviorism Behaviorism’s Success How Do Cognitive Psychologists Study the Mind? ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ What Behaviorism Couldn’t Do Failures of Behaviorism to Account for Human Behavior The Computer Metaphor and Information Processing The Behaviorist Response Abstract Constructs in Other Fields So What, Finally, Is the Cognitive Perspective? ISBN: 0-536-25527-X Cognition: The Thinking Animal, Third Edition, by Daniel T. Willingham. Published by Pearson Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc. 2 Chapter 1 Have you ever wondered how we see or how we remember things? Have you ever contemplated the strange nature of attention? I didn’t think so. Most of the people I know do contemplate how the mind works, but only when their mind lets them down. They contemplate memory (“Why can’t I find my keys?”), attention (“I want to find my keys, so why can’t I concentrate?”), and vision (“How could I not see my keys when they were right in front of me the whole time?”). Questions such as “How does vision work?” seem somewhat interesting, but no more interesting than thousands of other questions. It’s like someone asking you whether you want to know about the history of guitar making. “I don’t know; maybe. Is it interesting?” Truthfully, “How...
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...number of factors which consists of economics, politics, geography etc. but the most vital factor that is indeed affecting this society is no doubt the sociology of the world. “Sociology is based on the assumption that variations in the behavior of persons or groups in the society are attributable to their class or other strategic position in the social structure and that individuals so differentially placed will vary systematically in their interests, attitudes and conduct on the basis of distinct social attributes”(Bell,155). In simpler terms this would no doubt just be the anthropological understanding of the world around us. An academic definition of sociology would be the study of social behaviour which would comprise of authentic sources, expansion, organizations and instuations. Furthermore if we look back in history from the time of the industrial revolution till current times you will notice a major change within our society. Within this critical essay I will examine from various angles the differentiation between modernity and tradition. Modern society has proven to be a positive aspect in the world we are living in today, therefore it is essential that we abide and adopt to this from of understanding in our lives . Tradition in 21st century is seen as “old”, Barbaric and uncilivzed. Modernity on the other hand in current times is perceived to be based upon freethinking, acceptance, Rights, Equality and Justice. Therefore within this academic report I will discover...
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...Mencius is one of the most famous philosophers in Chinese history. He lived at a time when wars and conflicts in China were very common. Different kingdoms waged war against each other for the expansion of their own territory. Rebellion was also common as the subjects made attempts to topple their abusive and cruel ruler. In view of the importance of managing states and winning wars for expanding the territory of rulers, heads of states consulted known philosophers and intellectuals like Mencius whose wisdom proved to be vital in their rule. This essay seeks to discuss Mencius’ concept of ruler-ship and what to the mind of Mencius constitutes the best and most effective ruler. Initially, Mencius separates society into two classes of people. He thought that there are individuals who labor with their minds and there are those individuals who labor with their body. He thought that those who labor with their mind should be leaders or rulers. This emphasizes the need for rulers to be strong in intellect. This also emphasizes the need for an ordered society which is ruled by individuals who are mentally fit. While this can be considered as somewhat elitist, Mencius told that this is essential in achieving an ordered society. However, having a strong intellect is not enough to become an effective ruler. Mencius believed that virtue is essential for the successful ruler-ship. Virtue however, is not exclusive to the ruler. Mencius also believed in the inherent goodness...
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...STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF A CASE STUDY USING ANALYTICAL TOOLS CASE STUDY: GAME TIME DECISION FOR AppDIRECT Presented by: Alick K. Kalima……………………..................................D61/76940/2012 Betty Amulyoto………………………………………………. Linda Ngenoh………………………………………………… Lawrence Njagi………………………………………………. Nyatichi Kibwage…………………………………………….. Elizabeth Akinyi……………………………………………… Stephen K. Ngui……………………………………………… John W. Oichoe……………………………………………… Rebecca Barasa……………………………………………… Mohamed A. Abbey…………………………………………. To: Dr. Zachary Bolo Awino (Ph.D) July 2013. Table of Contents Page 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1 CASE STUDY: AppDIRECT Introduction This essay strategically analyses the case of AppDirect using SWOT as an analytical tool. It looks at the background of the firm, its core business, strategies employed to win competitive advantage, major achievements and challenges faced. The write up further explores the opportunities and threats that the external environment of AppDirect presents to the firm and how they can be taken advantage of and countered respectively. Lastly recommendations and alternatives solutions to challenges will be suggested. 4 Why SWOT Analysis? SWOT is an acronym that stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. As an analytical tool, SWOT enables managers and company executives to understand fully all internal factors (strengths and weaknesses)...
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...KEY FINDINGS AND PROFILE OF HAWTHORE STUDIES 1.0 Introduction In the early twentieth century, Elton Mayo, a famous professor of industrial management from Harvard, carried out studies at the Western Electric company’s Hawthorne works, As Jiao(2009) said “with the attempt to find the factors affecting workers’ productivity, the studies included a series of behavior experiments” which was then called as “Hawthorne Experiments”. Regardless of some controversies, conclusions from the studies not only help Mayo extended his own theory in management, but also give loads of enlightenment to other fields (such as educations、sociology 、organizational behavior, etc.) This essay will show the key findings of Hawthorne studies as well as its repercussions in many fields. In the first section, operations and conclusions of each experiment will be simply introduced. Secondly, a series of new ideas originated from these findings by Mayo will be elaborated and also its applications in practice. The final part is to show some criticism on both Mayo’s research method and his theory. 2.1 Experiment One ---------Illumination studies During 1924 to 1927, Mayo’s group tested a department’s productivity under all levels of illumination in order to discover the effects of light on efficiency. However, they ended in failure for there were almost always increasing output during the process. (But, latter it was considered as an evidence of Hawthorne Effect) 2.2 Experiment Two ------- Relay...
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...Put these verbs in the present simple form: 1. We our dog. (to call) 2. Emma in the lessons. (to dream) 3. They at birds. (to look) 4. John home from school. (to come) 5. I my friends. (to meet) 6. He the laptop. (to repair) 7. Walter and Frank hello. (to say) 8. The cat under the tree. (to sit) 9. You water. (to drink) 10. She the lunchbox. (to forget) 1. I good marks. (to get) 2. Rita exercises. (to do) 3. We often the table. (to lay) 4. Tim and Pat pictures. (to upload) 5. Oliver always fun. (to have) 6. Maria sometimes their room. (to tidy up) 7. He often new shoes. (to buy) 8. The dog never out of the house. (to run) 9. You your glasses. (to need) 10. She snakes. (to touch) 1. Tom stamps. (not/to collect) 2. You songs in the bathroom. (not/to sing) 3. Julie in the garden. (not/to work) 4. I at home. (not/to sit) 5. Tina and Kate the windows. (not/to open) 6. Adam French. (not/to speak) 7. His sister lemonade. (not/to like) 8. We to music. (not/to listen) 9. My father the car every Saturday. (not/to clean) 10. Johnny and Danny in the lake. (not/to swim) 11. We handball at school. (not/to play) 12. Laura her room. (not/to clean) 13. Mark his homework. (not/to do) 14. Susan and Jerry TV. (not/to watch) 15. They at 6.30. (not/to wake up) 16. You shopping. (not/to go) 17. Mrs Smith a big box...
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...Organisations Management Essay Leadership is considered to be the key enabler of organisational performance and competitive advantage by the organisations these days (Burgoyne, 2008). The job of a leader is to lead his/her team to achieve the goal set by the organisation. James MacGregor Burns argues that leadership is one phenomenon on earth that is most observed and least understood (Paul, 2002). The views about a leader and the definition of leadership vary among different people. “Daniel Goleman (2000) says that an effective leader sets strategy, creates a mission, motivates his followers and finally builds a culture in the organisation. Ken Wilber argues that an integral leader is a man or woman who supports people aspiring to move forward. They have to make their own integral map that covers all the area that humans have to deal with” (Volckmann, 2005). The concepts of leadership have been developed years ago though the word is reported to have appeared in English language recently. “An effective business leader is one who is well informed of the latest research which impacts upon leadership and who is also capable of applying this to their own organisation with in an ethical framework”. I personally agree with this statement as it is important for the leader to move along with the changing organisational conditions. He should be updated with the latest trends in the organisation in order to effectively lead his followers. Further part of the essay will explore the research...
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...Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide The Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic documentation systems: (1) notes and bibliography and (2) author-date. Choosing between the two often depends on subject matter and the nature of sources cited, as each system is favored by different groups of scholars. The notes and bibliography style is preferred by many in the humanities, including those in literature, history, and the arts. This style presents bibliographic information in notes and, often, a bibliography. It accommodates a variety of sources, including esoteric ones less appropriate to the author-date system. The author-date system has long been used by those in the physical, natural, and social sciences. In this system, sources are briefly cited in the text, usually in parentheses, by author’s last name and date of publication. The short citations are amplified in a list of references, where full bibliographic information is provided. Aside from the use of notes versus parenthetical references in the text, the two systems share a similar style. Click on the tabs below to see some common examples of materials cited in each style, including examples of common electronic sources. For numerous specific examples, see chapters 14 and 15 of the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. * * * * * Notes and Bibliography: Sample Citations The following examples illustrate citations using the notes and bibliography system. Examples of notes are followed...
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...HISTORY 1500 WINTER 2014 RESEARCH ESSAY TOPICS 1. Select a crusade and discuss the extent to which it accomplished its objectives. Why did it succeed or fail? Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Crusades: A Short History; Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives; Christopher Tyerman, God’s War: A New History of the Crusades 2. How did anti-Semitism manifest itself in medieval Europe? Kenneth R. Stow, Alienated Minority: The Jews of Medieval Latin Europe; Mark R. Cohen, Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages; Solomon Grayzel, The Church and the Jews in the Thirteenth Century 3. What was the position of prostitutes in medieval society? Ruth Mazo Karras, Common Women; Leah Otis, Prostitution in Medieval Society; Margaret Wade Labarge, A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life 4. Why did the French choose to follow Joan of Arc during the the Hundred Years War? Kelly DeVries, Joan of Arc: A Military Leader; Bonnie Wheeler, ed., Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc; Margaret Wade Labarge, A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life 5. Discuss the significance of siege warfare during the crusades. You may narrow this question down to a single crusade if you wish. Jim Bradbury, The Medieval Siege; Randall Rogers, Latin Siege Warfare in the Twelfth Century; John France, Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade 6. Why did the persecution...
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...Francis Tampol Jane Hemmerling English 1C 24 February 2015 Essay 1: Social Media: It’s Impact on Human Relationship If Alexander Graham Bell is to live today, his traditional telephone invention would have not succeeded and he would not have been the great inventor that we all know. Or yet, he might have invented greater things and became even bigger than Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. But then, history would have changed, human interactions would have been different and businesses would totally not be the same. Alexander and the rest of those innovators and inventors have significantly influenced the way we, human beings, live today including:—the way we create, build and nurture relationships, the way we communicate with each other and the way we live our daily lives. From then, the social media was born. What is Social Media? According to webtrends.about.com, “Media is an instrument on communication, like a newspaper or a radio, so social media would be a social instrument of communication. Think of regular media as a one-way street where you can read a newspaper or listen to a report on television, but you have very limited ability to give your thoughts on the matter. Social media, on the other hand, is a two-way street that gives you the ability to communicate too. Is social media and social news the same thing? Social news is not the same thing as social media any more than a banana is the same thing as fruit. A banana is a type of fruit, but fruit...
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