Is the American dream a reality? If so, how far does Barrack Obama symbolize it?
Thesis - 15 pages - Journalism
The American Dream is a term that has been used to encompass the founding ideas that have existed since the birth of the United States. Its definition is broad and has been open to many interpretations, which have adapted and changed over the course of American history. Liberal philosophers such...
Protecting children in cyber space
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
Advent of any technology brings about positive and negative aspects with it. The negative aspects of cyberspace have diminished the social and cultural norms of societies. Cyber bullying, child abuse are part of them. The unchecked use of cyberspace can cause children fall into wrong ideologies...
Environmentally friendly companies: Diversified natural products, inc. and ICS cleaning
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
As an environmentally friendly cleaning products and services company, the London-based ICS Cleaning works in teams to give an “intelligent clean.” Taking great pride in their work, the company proves thorough and banks on skill instead of sizeable amounts of chemicals. With 25 years...
Witchcraft in East Anglia: Hopkins & Stearne
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
In 1995 Seth Nthai, the Minister for Security and Safety in South Africa, admitted that witchcraft accusations in South Africa seemed to be connected to the political situation. This was arguably illustrated by the increase in witch burnings during 1990, when Mandela was released, and in 1994...
Resveratrol and calorie restriction
Thesis - 1 pages - Journalism
If an organism can remain lean, lifespan is increased--as long as it avoids any excess fat accumulation. But this must be done without diminishing dietary intake. Research attests that those who practice calorie restriction have (in a statistically significant way) better cardiovascular health....
The problem of definitions in telecommunications regulation in the convergence era
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
The following document will expound upon the role of definitions in the telecommunications regulations arena during the modern technological era of convergent technologies and ideological spheres. The document will overview the importance of defining the object being regulated (in this case,...
Biographies of three African American aviators
Thesis - 7 pages - Journalism
The following document presents an overview of three distinct and influential African American pilots from the 1920's and 1930's era. Following World War I and II, many African American men and women began to dream of become pilots. Unfortunately, the situation in the United States did not allow...
Comprehensive report on global staffing strategies: China
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Substantial challenges exist in identifying and recruiting the right high tech telecommunications staffing talent in the Chinese market. In fact the need for high tech telecommunication leadership talent, for example, has produced a staffing gap in China that no longer remains balanced. Many...
Anorexia Nervosa is really not about food at all: A confirmed condition of negativity that is not bound by culture - A cross cultural analysis
Thesis - 15 pages - Journalism
Anorexia nervosa/bulimia is really not about food at all. This condition is one that is a manifestation of something much deeper. And we are wrong to view anorexia nervosa/bulimia as a disease. While the thoughts of Mr. DiNicola are common today, the key words to his statement are “yet...
Close encounters with US immigration: A contrast
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
In “ Close Encounters with US Immigration,” Adnan R. Khan recounts his experience of being profiled for his skin color and ethnically distinct name when attempting to regain entry back into the USA. After having his car searched, notebook confiscated, questioned by the Joint Terrorism...
Bill C-36 and Canadian border security
Thesis - 8 pages - Journalism
In the wake of the 9/1 terrorist attacks, anti-terrorism legislation has proven to have far reaching implications for the way the western world has come to understand the relationship between society and the law. Indeed, as the focal point of this course, the relationship between society and the...
Brain-exercising creativity coach businesses to open - How to use writing, music, drama & art therapy techniques for healing
Thesis - 13 pages - Journalism
The introduction sets the tone of the book: inspirational and entrepreneurial. It advises how a person could become a creative writing therapist/coach and memory enhancement counselor. The idea is that the examples presented in the book can be self-directed (for personal growth) or business...
Analysis of 'On the Move': Mona Domosh and Joni Seager
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
The main argument that Mona Domosh and Joni Seager make in their chapter, “On the Move”, is that the restrictions society, the government, and companies put on mobility is a direct result of an attempt at social control. Often times, this social control means exerting power of mobility...
Using oil reserves
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
There's a lot of talk these days about the state of our energy supply. One side wants alternatives to oil; the other wants more oil now, tapping reserves to solve energy problems for the coming decades. Although neither side can offer definitive long-term solutions to our energy problems...
Tasers - An accidental death waiting to happen
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
Police by their nature seem to like new “toys” that make their work easier. When they are interested in bullet proof vests or night vision goggles, we see increased utility at no harmful cost to the man on the street. But when their interest turns to tasers, its seductive appeal has...
Neoclassicism, Benjamin West, and Cupid
Thesis - 3 pages - Arts and art history
The Neoclassical art movement began in Europe in the late 1700s and lasted into the early 1800s. The movement was inspired in part by the public interest in ancient artifacts found in the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum - a sensational discovery at the time, which galvanized the art world of...
Owen Muelder: Historian and storyteller
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Owen Muelder's office, in Knox's Old Jail, is something of a museum. A side table is spread with construction paper thank you cards from ROWVA East's 5th grade, offering crayon drawings of black stick figures darting behind trees, and lamps lit in certain houses, but not others. Four trowels,...
Is the rebellion within the characters' minds beneficial in their existence or harmful in the long run?
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Although it seems that the rebellion present in the story destroyed some characters for a lifetime, it also revitalized other characters and those around them. At first, Rowson wants us to believe that the story entails a head versus heart motif; however, it is apparent that rebellion against...
A research on women's health in relevance to their rights and freedom
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
In the span of our lives we have seen national crisis come and go: The Vietnam War in the 60's, the drug epidemic of the 70's, and the AIDS crisis in the 80's. Most of these conflicts were managed by government control with plans and policy making they slowly settled. Today, in light of recent...
The manufacturing process of sugar
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
The manufacturing of sugar begins when harvesting cane is received and cane is weighed on the plat form type weighbridges. The shredded cane is fed through the series of crushing mills to extract the sugar juice, which is then pumped away for further processing. The remaining fiber is called...
Cover letter for a job as an editor
Sample letter - 1 pages - Journalism
I am a supporter of your organization and have taken action on many of your initiatives. I have also signed your pledge and adhered to the pledge in the run-up to last November's election and on Election Day. Thank you for continuing to send e-mail updates and actions to me. In addition to being...
Health services in the Gaza
Case study - 6 pages - Journalism
Previous research studies reveal that utilization of health services vary systematically among individuals and communities. There are a number of factors that influence the utilization of services, including the availability of services, quality and cost of services, and other social factors....
Media censorship
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
Children and teenagers like to be entertained. They like to run and play outside, play video games, read books, write in diaries, listen to music, and especially watch television. There are all sorts of different content on the TV that young people are exposed to; whether it is sports, cartoons,...
An American right: Hunting in America
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
I walk slowly, observantly, through the hardwoods stalking the white tailed deer I stumbled upon earlier in the hunt. I am focused to the left, on the other side of a patch of bramble, looking for the outline of a huge deer, straining my eyes more as I step closer and closer to the red vines....
The famous Steven Spielberg
Thesis - 4 pages - Film studies
Steven Spielberg, one of the most influential film personalities of all time and the highest paid director in modern Hollywood, produced and directed many films about the Holocaust and World War Two. Even though Spielberg was born a few years after World War Two ended, having a strong Jewish...
The Role of the Gods in Achilles' Life
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Achilles is the central character of Homer's Iliad. The epic revolves around the decisions he makes and the epic turns on him. It is his anger that opens the poem, and because he is an epic hero, it is important for the reader to know it and what harm it can cause, the anger of this one man....
Tips for choosing a real estate agent
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
A real estate agent would act as your guide and help you take one of the most significant decisions you will ever take in your entire life. Therefore, it is imperative that you are absolutely sure that he has your best interest at heart and will always try to work towards fulfilling your...
J'ai l'impression d'avoir le coeur sec: the emotive value of breaks, shifts and ellipses in the films of Maurice Pialat
Case study - 16 pages - Film studies
This dissertation sets out to analyze the function of breaks, shifts and ellipses in the films of Maurice Pialat (1925-2003). These shifts and contrasts, which can often be sudden or violent, create problems in relation to the narrative, as they are present between and within the sequences...
'I reinvented the past in the pursuit of a haunting and timeless truth': Do Louis Malle's war films correspond to the notion of the postmodern historical drama?
Case study - 11 pages - Film studies
In a review published by the French periodical Le Nouvel Observateur, critic Jean-Louis Bory (1974: 56-57) described Lacombe, Lucien (1974) as ‘the first real film-and the first true film-about the Occupation...' He added, ‘I know. I was there'. The problematic nature of this statement...
Pop punk: Get out there and do something
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer and guitar player for the band Green Day, expresses how influential the media is in Green Day's hit single “American Idiot”. “Don't want to be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media” (Armstrong). Political and social...
