Forty years ago in China, it was not uncommon for a man to die at sixty, having lived a full life. However, now we consider a lifespan of sixty years to be short. According to the 2010 Sixth National Population Census, the Chinese average life expectancy increased to 74.83 years (pars. 3-1). It is not unusual for people to live into their eighties and nineties, and some even reach one hundred. What's more, people are living long, healthy lives and are active well into their "golden years." There are some causes why people can live longer, especially when the societal and economic stabilization, the advancement of medical condition and the better eating conditions are taken into account. First of all, societal and economic stabilization give people a good environment in which to live. Now China is into the long phase of a peaceful existence. After the war with Vietnam in the 1980's, China has not been involved in any war. So today's ideal stabilization provides people the chance to live without sadness and fear

Since its birth, the millennial generation has experienced a rapid change in the pace of life. People today are focused more on getting to the next big thing and not living in the present. They feel as if they cannot slow down. This new racing way of life has had many negative effects in the lives of millennials. Some of these are divorce, children not getting attention, a lack of down time, stress, sickness due to that stress, and many more. As the pace of life increases, the amount of family time is dwindling and becoming scarce. Family members' attention is either going to technological toys or work, and families are getting left behind. People no longer make appointments with business partners, but instead must appoint time away from work to spend with their spouse, parents, and children. While there have been a lot of negative effects like I mentioned in the first paragraph, there have also been countless debates on this topic and how it is affecting the population of this gen

"Stories of Scottsboro" by James Goodman is an in-depth look at the case and overall events that occurred when nine black men are accused of raping two young white women. The black men range in age from thirteen to nineteen. And the two women whom they are accused of raping are seventeen and twenty-one years old. The men are arrested in March of 1931 at a train depot in Paint Rock Alabama after getting into a fight with a group of white men around the same age on the train earlier that day. They are then taken to a jail in Scottsboro Alabama because Scottsboro is the county seat of Jackson County. They were sentenced to death after a rushed and racially based trial, which caused much controversy within the United States and attracted attention around the globe. "Stories of Scottsboro" is told from a third-person point of view and is written as a narrative. James Goodman is not presenting new information in this book; he is just arranging information that is already known to exist in

?Every culture follows certain norms that are understood in terms of it's place in its cultural context. There have always been accepted ways of doing or carrying out ideas socially. This makes people status conscious. But many in our open-minded, young generation don't believe in sticking to what was previously established as the "norm". We tend to go with our own experiences and responses. For example, human sexuality always had an impact of social, cultural and philosophical aspects of life. But many in our generation believe sexuality as only driven by mental activity. One such example is the rise of Herbivore Men or "grass eating men" in Japan. These are men who do not want to marry or have a girlfriend. In this age of bromance and metrosexuals, these men have found their place as metrosexuals but are not interested in sex. Some people in Japan panic over this because it could be a contributor to declining birth rates. The term Herbivore Men was coined in by Maki Fukasawa. Accor

?With the start of the modernization process and the capitalist era, people become alienated and question their existence. Many things which we can describe as "old school" changed with the advance of industrialization and its derivations: the modernization and capitalism. As they advance, the reactions and the descriptions for this new type of life have been emerging. In order to understand the reactions and descriptions, the best way is looking through literature. Ability to react to the events on a specific time best could be achieved through literature, specifically poems. At this point, Charles Baudelaire and his poems gains importance. Briefly, as one of the most important representative of the modernist school in poetry, Baudelaire, in his poems and other writings, shows us the conditions in the early period of the modernization process. In his poems, he criticizes the impact of modernization on people who are strugg

The essay "Political Paralysis" by Danusha Veronica Goska is talking about how people believe that unnoticed gestures of insignificant people mean nothing. This is a factual statement of human nature. In today's world with our busy lifestyles, people often think that smaller gestures do not have an effect worthy of a gesture. In Goska's essay she is portraying this through her own experiences. This essay is an example of an effective form of rhetoric. Rhetoric is "the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion" (Webster's). Goska's speech echoes the persuasive form of rhetorical concepts of ethos, pathos, and logos that are discussed in Aristotle's "Rhetoric". "Ethos is the speakers' power of evincing a personal character which will make his speech credible. Logos is the power of proving a truth, or apparent truth by means of persuasive arguments. Pathos is the power of stirring the emotions of the hearers" (Honeycutt). Goska skillfully appeals to the emoti

Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the popular Greek myths. The myth is about Orpheus' going to Hades to take his wife back from Pluto - the ruler of the underworld. He uses his fascinated music and charming voice to make Pluto and his wife Proserpine feel sympathy and persuade them to release Eurydice back to the living world. The most compelling scenes were Orpheus made a commitment with Pluto that Eurydice will follow him behind, and he should not look back until they reach the living world, because Pluto wants to test Orpheus for the faith he has in Eurydice. Unfortunately, Orpheus has turned back to look at Eurydice one step too early, because he does not sure if she has been following him behind. Eurydice turns back to shadow, and Orpheus will never be able to see her again. Through the mythology, we come to the issues of love, happiness, suffering, life, and death. There are many film directors, artists, and authors borrow Orpheus and Eurydice mythology to show their beliefs in t

For centuries, the Roman Empire had embraced and executed the achievements that Ancient Greece strove for as a civilization. In particular the Romans admired and studied Greek sculptures and architecture with enough passion to try to imitate, and embrace it, but also to expand on it. Many historians once believed this exemplified the Roman's narrowness of imagination, and uniqueness. But under a revaluation historians believe that some impressions of styles of Greek sculptures may be in fact, influenced by Roman art. (Mark Henig, Handbook of Roman Art) After all, the greatest civilizations to ever exist (Rome) clearly admired Greek art enough to study, and copy it. If that isn't enough of a compliment, what is? Also, in a world without Roman "copies", many of the original Greek pieces wouldn't be known or praised. For example, the famous Greek god of light, youth, and beauty Apollo Belvedere's statue is only in existence, and known because of the Roman copy. Without it, the original Gr

Othello is one of the most famous plays by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare develops the characters into fully realized human beings, with their own names, personalities, and ways of looking at the world. Othello is the protagonist of the play. He is a combination of greatness and weakness, in his own words "an honorable murderer". He is a general in the Venetian defense forces. Although he is a foreigner from Africa, he has been promoted this position by excellence in the field of war. He has courage, intelligence, the skill of command, and the respect of his troops. But Othello's characteristics lead him to demonstrate his hamartia. There are Othello's three tragic flaws that cause his downfall.The first and most important one is his green-eyed monster, jealousy. Second is his insecurities. And the last one is his poor judgement. Othello trusts the wrong person and mistrusts those who are most loyal to him. Shakespeare uses Othello's three characteristics to be the causes that lead

During the period of 1860 to 1945, there was a constant battle for equality for women as there was a constant shift in both social, economic and political aspects. There was either a continuity of the old traditional views, such as women being in the home, being unable to vote and work once married. However, during this period there has been some inspirational women that have changed the course of women history forever, women such as Nellie Taylor Ross, Florence Allen, Mary Mcleod and Eleanor Roosevelt. Along with many different pressure groups such as AWSA, NWSA; which later formed the NAWSA. At the start of the 20th century half if high school graduates were female; which showed that women were improving in the education sector. But this could be argued that it didn't lead to them aspiring to high paid jobs, but simply a way to find a husband. So overall this would be seen as a continuing tradition and not a change due to there being no alter in the women's frame of mind. However

The rise of Christianity was one of the major influences of western society. At the height of the stable and secure Empire of Rome came the emergence of the greatest philosophical development of western history. But like all other transcending moments in history, some obstacles and developments worked in its favor and against it. First, one of the most significant and fundamental strengths of Christianity was Jesus himself. Jesus was unique because he walked and talked. He was a human with a personality. No religion at the time could say that their God or gods were in a sense human-like. This allowed people to relate to Jesus and when people can relate to a person or a cause, it makes it even easier to raise support because this directly affects people at their core. Second, Jesus was a very demanding and strong person. The followers of Jesus were very strong-willed. These individuals were willing to do not only for Jesus but also for their cause. They were willing to help spread t

By definition the auteur theory holds that "a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary auteur. The auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through all kinds of studio interference and through the collective process."1 With that in mind the auteur that I have selected is Christopher Nolan, writer/director of Memento (2000), Insomnia (2002), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). The film that I will be basing the majority of my essay on is Inception (2010). The reason I have chosen Christopher Nolan as an auteur is because of his "ultra-realistic society" approach to storytelling and his apparent control over his work. From writing the script to directing and producing his films, Christopher Nolan is seen as someone who allowed to have complete creative control rather than the production company. One of the criteria for being an auteur according to French New Wa

Psychologically crushed by a series of events that tarnished her family name and claimed the lives of her father, mother, grandmother and her two dear brothers, Antigone commits a crime that sends Creon, king of Thebes, and her uncle respectfully, into an outrage. Tempered with anger, Creon eventually orders the execution of Antigone by way of exile in a sealed cavern where she hangs herself; a glorified death (Antigone pg 63). Although Antigone appeared to be on her last threads of sanity, the reasoning for her actions were completely thorough throughout the passage. She believed that her brother deserved a proper burial despite the circumstances of war, her sister refused to help, subjecting herself to the power of the throne, and Antigone believed that no one should ever dishonor the laws that the gods have put in place. With a truly remarkable performance, Antigone pays homage to the power of the gods and the honor of Polynices, her fallen brother's soul. She makes it completely ev

When discussing the relationship of ancient gods and humans, one must first explore the nature of the divine and human behavior. A unique attribute of ancient mythological literature is the application of anthropomorphism in regards to the divinity. The human-like characteristics given to each eternal god and goddess inspire unique personality traits and courses of action. In both Hippolytus and The Bacchae, divine characters exhibit human characteristics that are flawed, both in realms of divinity as well as mortality. By doing so, Euripides disrupts the human and god relationship by exposing the impurities of divinity and questions the purpose of human worship. The divinities inspire a fear among their mortal followers. In Hippolytus, Aphrodite is depicted as a terrifying and vengeful goddess with immense power. Inspired by jealousy, the entire play is a tragic consequence of her revenge. The main victim of Aphrodite's revenge is Hippolytus, as he chooses to focus his worship on

Due to high costs employers in this economy often publish their job postings only on a small number of portals, which prevents the offers from reaching all qualified applicants. Employers often receive a large number of applications for an open position due to the strained situation of the labour market. The costs of manually preselecting potential candidates have risen, and employers are searching for means to automate the pre-selection of candidates. Thus, employers would like to decrease transaction costs for publishing job postings and for preselecting appropriate candidates. Job seekers would profit from increased transparency in the labour market in their search for a matching position. In this paper, we argue that both goals could simultaneously be reached by using Semantic Web Technologies as part of the recruitment process. The basic idea of the Semantic Web [BeHe01] is to extend the Web, in addition to classic HTML pages, with machine-understandable data. T

You are the VP of Marketing Development for the TRIAAD Research Group, a full-service marketing research company. Your client, Exotic Smokes Cigarette Company, has asked you to prepare a proposal to conduct an in-depth study of consumer behavior to analyze the market for their new, flavored cigarettes using fruit and candy flavors. You must develop marketing strategies to attract 18 to 25 year-old customers. Exotic Smokes Cigarette Company has a $25 million advertising budget for the new product. First, you are obliged to consider the subcultures you are meant to be marketing to. Identifying these subcultures will help you determine what marketing strategies you should use to sell flavored cigarettes to the target subculture. Address the following in your role play paper: What marketing strategies would be used to market flavored cigarettes within the following subcultures: African American, Hispanic, and Asian? African American: The flavored cigarettes should have brand nam

"What's for dinner tonight?" How many times have we asked this question ourselves, heard others ask it, or been asked it? Yet, when we sit down at the supper table do we take the time to think of what is being served and how it got to be there? I was fortunate to grow up on a cattle farm, and although we go the the grocery store to buy produce, eggs, butter and bread, we always have home-raised beef in the freezer. Caring for our animals is our number one priority, and I honestly do not think that my family is unique in this perspective among the cattle-rearing community. Lately there has been a lot of talk about how a piece of meat got to our tables and at what cost. Radical groups like PETA and the Humane Society cast a dark shadow on American agriculture and claim there is rampant, wholesale mistreatment of our "used for food" animals. As the old saying goes, "There is always two sides to every story," so I decided, with a open mind, to investigate more closely what these groups had to say. I did some h

This essay has, as its focus, the peaceful initiatives in the conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs. It describes a specific project and uses this case to discuss theories about social psychology and cultural theories about intergroup conflicts and how such knowledge can be utilized to improve interpersonal and intergroup relations in the area. It discusses how trust and understanding can be promoted from the grass root level where there is hate, fear and misconceptions. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is an ongoing dispute over territory, nationality, power, religion and history. There has been violence for the whole period of time since 1948, when the UN gave the land that is now Israel to the Jews, and a state was established.[1] One group has strong feelings about having created their own country after the horror they experienced in the Holocaust, in the territory they feel is rightfully theirs, while the other group thinks that their land has been stolen and tha

Communication - verbal, nonverbal, visual language, touch or smell - has been around since the dawn of humanity. Transcripts from the Bible show the very first humans, Adam and Eve, talking to each other and communicating with God. Communication happens everywhere. We can "see" it in the roar of a lion and the bleating of a sheep. We see it in remote places like Guinea and in the bustle of the New York Metro. Though communication is ubiquitous and we are immersed in it, miscommunication is rampant. Miscommunication is rampant not only in today's world, but in every past culture and society as well. Possibly the first notation of miscommunication, or a breakdown in communication, occurs when Adam and Eve lied to God about eating the forbidden fruit. History continues on with uncountable numbers of communication breakdowns, quite possibly the most historical being the Tower of Babel. The Bible says in Genesis 11 that, "The Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were

Society should consider the physical and emotional problems of obesity in our nation. Obesity is defined as an excess proportion of total body fat. American society has become increasingly obese, characterized by environments that promote increased food intake, unhealthy foods, and physical inactivity. Our nation increasingly has become consumers of a fast food diet. It is so simple to just pick up food on the go and not deal with the hassle of cooking and cleaning up afterwards. What our nation needs to acknowledge is the health risks they will obtain if they do not acquire a healthy lifestyle. Overweight people are affected by physical and emotional health problems. A few of the most common physical problems related to obesity include asthma, hypertension, polycystic ovary syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and sleep problems. Other known risk factors are coronary heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, and some forms of cancer. These health conditions are becoming more

The Articles of Confederation and the American Revolution significantly changed the constitutional history of the American people. The American Revolution was based on the transition of the British colonists' to American citizens. The three challenges consisted of the cultural and political alterations needed by British Colonist's, apprehension of a new identity, and the formation of a new institution. The transition required the British colonists to change their way of thinking related to their cultural and political beliefs. The Colonist's always had a sense of their independence, but they were adapted to a controlled source of stability because they were under one ruler, allowing the feeling of safety. The continental congress represented the colonists' by ending his reign. Before the American Revolution, British colonists' did not accept the new found American Government in fear of losing legislative control. The King formally announced that he would no longer protect the colonies, leaving his people in danger in the midst of war, the delega

Studies show that the process involved in filling a retail shop shelf is a long process and encompasses more than what most people know about production. The supply chain includes a number of cooperative functions which are commonly undertaken by the supply chain members (Monczka, 2010). Facts show that a supply chain includes consumption and procurement management that deals with purchasing raw materials for the manufacture of finished products. A team is responsible for selecting and negotiating or rather talking out suppliers in order to attain the desired production cost. Additionally, a supply chain involves the setting of credit terms and the determination of plant capacity as well as scheduling of production (Coyle & Coyle, 2009). Apart from that, it also puts into consideration the aspect of collaborative product design whose aim is to coming up with the company's desired components to be used in making or building a product. Major Problem  Of late, most companies have come t

The Great Depression was a by-product of the roaring twenties. During the 1920's the United States economy flourished and the American people spent money freely. In October of 1929, the free spending ended. The stock market suddenly crashed and people throughout the United States were affected. There were four major contributing factors to the stock market crash and the following Great Depression. A combination of stock speculation, buying stock on margin, an unbalanced distribution of wealth, and economic nationalism led to a nightmarish reality check for investors. An era of fast money and lavish living quickly changed to an era of economic hardship in which people had to struggle to stay financially in the black. The first factor that led the country to the Great Depression was stock speculation, that is, investors buying stocks only because they felt they could make a quick turnaround. Through most of the 1920's the stock market consistently rose. Many Americans felt the ur

In "Say You Love Me," the complex family dynamic, especially between the narrator and the sister, demonstrates how one can both love and hate a family member. Having to deal with an abusive, alcoholic father brings exceptional challenges. How do you find the strength and courage to endure something like this for so long? At first, you would think the narrator in this story would be terrified of her father in this story, but at the same time, you suspect this kind of behavior is rather frequent and that perhaps she sadly has grown accustomed to it. Examining "Say You Love Me" a little more closely, one finds this to be true, but she seems to also be intrigued by his behaviors. The narrator describes how she's trapped in a chair with her father hunkered over her, with him exclaiming, "Do you love me? He began to sob, Say you love me!" (L.8) The father acts as if he's an infant just wanting love. The alcohol amplifies these emotions, but the underlying reason for him acting out is sim

There are four economic concepts illustrated by the events of my life. These concepts are either concepts that I use on a regular basis, or I can identify how I can employ these concepts in the future. The four concepts are as follows: barrier to entry, the shutdown decision, positive/negative externalities, and opportunity costs. October 25, 1983 was the day I was born, and my "barrier to entry" to this world certainly was not an easy one. My mom was put on complete bed-rest during most of her pregnancy. Also, I was born two months premature, weighing in at 4lbs and 13 ounces, yet somehow the biggest newborn in the premie unit at the hospital. When I think of barrier to entry, I think of "us" as "competitors" or a "business." We are constantly competing or selling a part of ourselves to the world around us. The girl who sits to the left of me in class and I are competitors if we apply for the same job position. During that very interview we have to sell who we are to our poten