A basic high school diploma can only get one so far. Job titles such as a cashier, retail salesman, and others within that description only allow a person to reach a minimum amount of success. A college education is crucial in today's society for anyone choosing to improve their lives and live at a higher stature than before. However, many people do not get this opportunity. Pregnancy, financial problems, culture differences, and even lifestyle choices are cutting young adults short from obtaining a bachelors, masters, or doctorate degree in their desired field. The topic of education can seem to be taboo in some cultures. Today many minority families find it better to send off their children to work than to school. A choice that is often influenced by the financial problems the family has. The source of income doesn't suffice the amount they spend, so the child is seen as a source of income that can help the family live a more financially stable life. To think about college is out of the norm, for the cost to attend colleges are too pricey for the family. However, th

In this journal entry we ask ourselves who we are as Austrians. What does it mean to be an Austrian and come from our country? Today's Austrians are a complicated and interesting people. They have a long history closely tied with Germany. Both countries share many of the same policy issues, and structure their governments the same. The current structure of government institutions is very close to that of Germany. In the executive branch, there is both a head of state and a head of government. The head of state acts as a uniting figure, and is supposed to remain apolitical. He represents Austria to the rest of the world. He is elected by popular vote for a 6-year term, renewable only twice. The head of government is the one who gets into the political scene. This person is elected from the lower house of the National Council. The National Council acts as the legislative branch of the government. It is bicameral. It is composed of the Nationalrat and the Bundesrat/Federal Counci

In American Psycho, the antihero and of course main character Patrick Bateman shows complete signs of insanity. In reality he is mentally unstable and lacks ability to control his blood-thirst desires. He is deceitful, dishonest and disloyal to his fellow co-workers (whom are almost on the same level as himself), his fiancee and of course his victims. His world as we view it depicts him as an intelligent manipulating serial killer, in which all his victims are murdered because of value in Bateman's eyes. Unlike ordinary serial killers however; Patrick's outward appearance displays him as a handsome, well educated Harvard Grad who works as a successful financial advisor in Wall Street during the bull market of the 1980's New York City. His world as we know it; is moving in at a fast alarming rate but will his sadistic urges exceed total insanity as his past delusions take reality into utterly heinous acts. Behind the narration in the novel we can't help but convey the present settin

A loved one is confined to a hospital bed. Prior to his disease, he was an easygoing, energetic person, but now he is a vegetable. He lies in that stiff hospital bed, kept alive my numerous tubes and wires running from the life support machines next to his bed stand. You have no way of interacting with him, he has no means of communication to you. Before his conditions worsened, he made it clear that if his quality of life was declining, he wanted to go through with a physician-assisted suicide. Now, you look at him so close to death, and think to yourself, "should we have gone through with the assisted suicide?" "Should we have let him stay alive like this?" "Would he have wanted to live like this?" Death is a hard thing to deal with, but it is an inevitable part of life. Many ill, hospital confined patients put into these tough situations wrestle with the thoughts, "does one have the right to chose when and if they should die?" To fully underst

In the month of September 2010 it was reported that 21.8 million Americans ages 12 and older had used illegal drugs in the past month. This is a staggering number, up from 19.7 million in 2006. Young adults ages 18 to 21 have been reported to have the highest drug usage by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, at approximately 8.7 percent of the adult population. Marijuana is the most common recreational drug with 14.6 million users nationwide. On a regular basis, 2.4 million Americans use cocaine. A comparison of survey summaries for the years 2008 and 2009 reveal an increase from 5.4% to 6.3% in intentional abuse of prescriptions drugs. I have several friends that have abused drugs in the past and I know that drug abuse is a struggle that many people face and is something nearly everyone must contend with in one way or another. Drug use is very dangerous and can be extremely deadly. It doesn't only affect the user but also their family and friends. Here in Kentucky, drug use i

Executive Summary A cogent summary (maximum: two pages) of exactly what your IMC plan involves. Among the items to include are: • Major target audiences • Time period of the plan • Campaign objectives • Campaign theme/slogan • Overall budget total • Budget breakdown (dollars and percentages) by each • major IMC element and each medium • Summary of media used • Rationale for each major element and each medium • Evaluation program Fox Consulting Firm was founded in 2006 and works with local franchises and small businesses to develop integrated marketing communications. Our principal offices are located in Philadelphia, PA. Business/Product or Service Krispy Kreme, Inc. is an international chain of doughnut stores that was founded by Vernon Rudolph in 1937. The Company provides the following products/services: Freshly baked assorted doughnuts, coffee, cold beverages, bagels, muffins, fruits and specialty doughnut cakes. Presentl

Executive Summary The previous ways of management such as the content management and the technology email lists are not able to satisfy the managing requirements of the Booz Allen Hamilton any more. So Smith develops the Hello platform to help manage the company. However, with times past, the company meets the question likes this: should the firm continue with the internal software development or should it move the Hello platform to a larger integrated vendor solution? This report gives the decision that the company should keep developing the Hello platform to make it better. What is more, the report also identifies the best way for the software development in the company. It aims about the international software development. Of course, some recommendations are provided at the end of the report to overcome the shortcomings of the internal software development. 1.0 Introduction Booz Allen Hamilton is one of the biggest managing consulting firms in the world. In the year of 1914,

Life for children without a secure home to live in is a rough and unstable way of living, especially when growing into maturity. The novel and film, "The Catcher in the Rye" and "The Adventures of Huck Finn" show this lack of protection, as well as the maturity levels that affect both boys. Holden Caulfield is cynical when he gazes into the mist of a world that appears distorted. For Huck Finn, it is not the same because it is his conscience he struggles with. Both of these characters lack the sufficient guidance that they need to survive in society - it is their role models that help them through these issues as time progresses. Both novels show two boys growing up in a society that has refused to grant them a sense of security and a loving family. The author and director show the complexity of the boys' struggles through their odd choice of role models that help them to grow out of their childlike behaviors. J.D. Salinger and Stephen Sommers show the audience ho

Mr. M. was referred to the outpatient psychiatric clinic where I am employed as a social worker by the therapist who had been treating his former common-law wife at another psychiatric facility. Bio-psycho-social Assessment 1. Identifying Data Mr. M. is 49 years old, the second oldest in a family of 12 surviving siblings, having one older brother, seven younger brothers, three young sisters. Five additional brothers and sisters died in infancy. Mr. M. married at the age of eighteen, and by this marriage became the father of two sons, now 28 and 22 respectively, and a daughter now 27. About 1992, Mr. M. formed a relationship with Maura and for about six years they lived together and have two sons of their own; Mark, age 5, and John, age 2. 2. Referral Source and Reason for Referral Mr. M. was referred to the outpatient psychiatric clinic of a Boston teaching hospital by the therapist who had been treating his former common-law wife at another psychiatric facility. He described

For many years, researchers have been studying the brain development of humans as young as a fetus, trying to find any signs in development that are linked to a person's sexual orientation. Homosexuality is the sexual orientation toward people of the same sex which is the opposite of heterosexuality, which is being attracted to the opposite sex. Usually, female homosexuals are known as lesbians, but the term gay has been used for both men and women for many years. The earliest acts of homosexuality are found in ancient Pagan religious practices. For years people all over the world has been attempting to ascertain whether or not homosexuality is a resuly of nature, nurture or a combination of both. As a child, I grew up with only one parent, my mom, who was both a mother and father to me. I've known throughout my life that my mother is gay. When my mother was younger she grew up in a normal, traditional family home. She had one mother, one father and two siblings. He

?Bullying is an issue that has occurred for years in schools- appearing at each grade level. Though it is a well-known issue in schools, there has been little to no change in the prevalence of bullying. During the past decade, virtually every school across Washington State, school bullying is an issue and each incident seems to rise above the previous. Due to the lack of prevention in schools, research has been done to observe areas that have a predominance of bullying, whether mental or physical, and to learn the motives and causes of this maltreatment. This essay will describe the type of bullying that has gone on in recent years in Washington State and what is being done to adopt new prevention methods to reduce the abundance of bullying in schools. The essay will also discuss the opinion of others, who feel that the media as well as school officials have overblown bullying. Every day on the playgrounds of schools in Washington State and across America, young children and even ol

"Nonviolence can touch men where the law cannot reach them." These words, as spoken by the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, 1958) became the fundamental tenet of his life. The concept behind the words would define not just his work, but the history of an entire generation of American people in the middle of the 20th century. But his words would have proven hollow were it not for the actions that he took to support them. If his words were the spike that pierced the heart of segregation, the nonviolent demonstrations that accompanied them were the hammer that was struck against that spike. They were a forceful combination that couldn't be ignored or muted through the stubborn efforts of segregationists of the time. Dr. King's words informed his actions, and vice-versa. Nowhere in his great history is that more evident than in the seemingly personal letter he wrote from a jail cell in Alabama; the "Letter from

The Crusades were a series of wars by Europe against the Saracens. The word "Saracens" is used to describe a Muslim during the time of crusades. The crusades started in 1095. The crusades were great military missions undertaken by the Christian nations of Europe for the purpose of rescuing the holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. There were eight crusades; the first four were called principal crusades and last four were called minor crusades. The crusades brought dramatic changes to European society. The Crusades changed the political system from feudalism to monarchy. The economic system went from a monorail system, where manors were self-sufficient and did not trade, to the rebirth of economy throughout Europe. The social structure changed to a new class. The effects of the Crusades were big in the European society. The Crusades not only brought political, economic, cultural and social changes, the Crusades also affected Western Christendom, Byzantium and Islam.

The appearance of Feminism in the 1910's signaled a new phase in the debate and agitation about women's rights and freedoms that had flared for hundreds of years 1. The emergence of feminism in the early twentieth century, did much to improve the lives of women in America and this is what drove the new wave of feminism in the 1960's and 1970's. What both waves of feminism have in common is the desire for the women to have better lives for themselves and for future generations. Although both groups of women wanted change in their lives, what distinguishes them is the way the two groups of women went about getting this change and what the women of these two different eras were fighting for. This essay will explore these factors and explain what distinguished the two waves of feminism from each other. The women of the nineteenth

'Hotel Room, Twelfth Floor' is a very thought provoking poem that the poet, Norman Macaig successfully identifies what he believes is wrong with human nature. In this poem the poet describes how he views one of the largest cities in the world, New York. He believes that mans evolution in wealth and achievement has shrouded another aspect of evolution that has never improved. This of course is mans ability to be so cruel and violent to one another. In this poem Norman Macaig uses the contrast between day and night to show how human behaviour is affected when people are put into civilized surroundings (New York during the day). When night falls in the poet explores the hidden side of human nature. In the first stanza the poet describes his view from his hotel room that is overlooking New York. During the day the poet describes some of man's greatest achievements; a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect. This simile is used to compare a helicopter to an insect. Thi

In the early 18th century the colonies of America were going through a religious low. Their beliefs were very complacent in old beliefs. The Great Awakening originated in Europe when political shifts put an end to deep spirituality. Charles II took over the thrown and began purging his court of Puritanism. The religious complacency began after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The colonist, being scared of Catholic and Stuart control, welcomed this revolution thinking that the rights they were accustomed to in Europe would be given to them in the colonies as well. George Whitfield bought this revivalist movement from England after Jonathan Edwards already started having revivals in Massachusetts. In the American colonies before the Great Awakening, each colony existed as its own unique territory with each having greatly contrasting ways of life and religion. Up until the Great Awakening, there was no true force that served to unify all the colonies together under a single ideal o

By the beginning of the 16th century the English settlements, having established colonies had moved more rapidly towards a stronger economical front. The increase in the demand of crops like rice, tobacco and indigo pushed a greater need for labor in this new industry throughout the English Colonies. The step towards development on the Western front hence would compromise the growth of another continent in the decades to come. The reasons that led the first colonists to introduce labor in the production cycle, first respecting their rights until the point where economic growth will fade the provision of rights to those servants, rebellions for rights and its cause and effect is what made the colonists move to African slaves from indentured servants in the century to unfold. By 1600's until 1680's indentured servitude was the method of employment by most planters. Virginia and Maryland had the Head right System, which provided incentives for planters to import more workers f

Classical Music is still popular after it has already developed for hundreds of years. Currently, there are still many people fascinate this unique kind of performing music by many classical instruments. Unlike pop-musical instruments, classical instruments are usually much more peaceful. As a result, the atmosphere they create is extremely pacific; this kind of atmosphere is simple to depict many scenes of many stories. The concert, "Bonie Hampton and Faculty Friends: A Chamber Music Reunion", which was performed by faculty of Juilliard School of Music, is a classic classical performance with only piano, violin, and viola. It produced an extremely peaceful felling to listeners and allowed listeners to come out of many mental reflections of many different scenes in their minds. Before the concert started, listeners were waiting in the standby line and discussing about the greatness and contents of the concert with each other. I heard that this concert was "centennial" that performed by some experienced faculties of Julliard School and those faculties would not perform

?The Kite Runner is a heartbreaking novel of family, friendship, loyalty, betrayal, strength of character, relationship between fathers and sons, discrimination, racism, and class structure in Afghan society. After reading a couple chapters I quickly realized that this novel might not be as boring as I expected. As I continued to get farther into the book it became a very interesting, and very intriguing story. While reading it, I felt myself not wanting to put the book down because I wanted to find out what happened next. In this paper I will talk about two young boys ( Amir and Hassan), and how their close relationship was diminished, as ethnic and political tensions arise in Afghanistan. Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara. Pashtun's are some of the richest people in Afghanistan. The Pastuns have always been the upper class and the Hazaras belonged to the much

Immortality has been highly sought after by many individuals since the beginning of time. It is also in our biological nature to keep living and reproducing, thus maintaining our family line. Immortality is the ability to live on to your heart's content and cheat natural death. You can still die by many other tragedies, such as getting hit by a car, but will remain alive as long as you indulge yourself in safe and smart activities. This is the first line of humans that will have the chance at being bicentennial, an animal that lives for at least 200 years. Only one generation ago, our parents for example, this was a far-fetched idea that would have not been proposed as a possibility! Despite the new fate that may await us, there are a few species that are already capable of this feat and have been for quite some time. The Turritopsis nutricula, a jellyfish believed to have originated in the Caribbean, is capable of a process known as cell trans differentiation. This is a proces

In Amy Tan's, "A Pair of Tickets", June May is the main character who struggles as she searches through her mother's past and tries to become more in touch with her Chinese roots. Throughout the short story, June's inner conflicts deal with feelings of resentment for her mother and her ethnic identity. At a young age, June May was in denial of her ethnic identity. "I was fifteen and had vigorously denied that I had any Chinese whatsoever below my skin. I was a sophomore at Galileo High in San Francisco, and all my Caucasian friends agreed: I was about as Chinese as they were. "At the age of 36, I've never really known what it means to be Chinese"(190). June has feelings of resentment for her mother because her mother never told her of her older half-sisters. She feels as if she never really knew her mother. June May takes a journey to China to fulfill her mother's wishes of finding her long lost abandoned twins and to identify with her

Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term with one hand on a bible held once by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the other hand placed on a bible once read by former President, Abraham Lincoln. With the United States being such an open and free society, American Presidents' correlation to religion seems like an unavoidable consequence. From current President Barack Obama back to the days of our Founding Fathers, religion has influenced our nation's leaders in a myriad of ways. Even with the fact that Thomas Jefferson urged a nation to be built on the foundation of a separation of church and state, religion remains a powerful force in all aspects of American society, as well as legislative thinking. Despite the notion surrounding this concept of a separation of church and state, which could possibly be met with a slight argument, many across the country tend to pick apart a new president's faith onc

Executive Summary The main objective of this report is to gain more understanding on the importance of strategic management to organizations, to understand a range of strategic management models, to demonstrate analysis and evaluation of a range of strategic management models, to demonstrate an ability to apply and to tailor models of strategic management as appropriate and to complete a 20%-worth group assignment of Strategic Management subject. This report consists of three main parts which are Strategic analysis, Strategy formulation, evaluation and choice and Strategic implementation. All of them are stages of strategic management process. The first part, Strategy analysis, intends to provide the reader about analyzing business environments and looking at competitive advantage of the company. The second part provides what are the areas of strategies the company need to think about. At last, the second part talked about the importance of strategy implementation, controls, and sust

Executive Summary The main objective of this report is to gain more understanding on the importance of strategic management to organizations, to understand a range of strategic management models, to demonstrate analysis and evaluation of a range of strategic management models, to demonstrate an ability to apply and to tailor models of strategic management as appropriate and to complete a 20%-worth group assignment of Strategic Management subject. This report consists of three main parts which are Strategic analysis, Strategy formulation, evaluation and choice and Strategic implementation. All of them are stages of strategic management process. The first part, Strategy analysis, intends to provide the reader about analyzing business environments and looking at competitive advantage of the company. The second part provides what are the areas of strategies the company need to think about. At last, the second part talked about the importance of strategy implementation, controls, and sust

?What are the obligations of the "haves" as opposed to the "have-not's"? (Singer). John Arthur and Peter Singer are highly credited intellectuals on the subject of eradicating global poverty. One applies a hypothetical solution to the question while the other objects those proposals in accordance with my own moral intuition. Singer's focus is derived through the use of two vague and faulty premises that lead to an unsatisfactory conclusion. These premises admit space for John Arthur and myself to speculate and discredit against further support for Singer's hypothetical claim. The argument is: Famine, Affluence, and Morality 1.Suffering and death from hunger are bad. 2. If it is in our power to prevent something bad without sacrificing anything of moral importance, we ought to do it. 3. It is in the power of the affluent people to prevent hunger by sacrificing only their luxuries, which are of lesser moral importance. 4. Affluent people can prevent suffering and hunger by giving up luxuries. Therefore, affluent people morally ought to give up luxuries and donate extra money to organizat