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According to an essay published online on the Earlham College website, Margaret Floy Washburn made numerous contributions to the field of psychology. In addition to being a pioneer in this field which had previously been not simply dominated by men thought was the exclusive domain of males, she was known for her interest in "methodological innovation, development of theory, experimental research, and education." One of her greatest contributions to the field of psychology was contained in her book "The Ani

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Wal-Mart prices its products in its American stores in terms of American dollars, but prices its foreign products in terms of the currencies of the countries in which they are being sold. The same goes for how the company pays its workers - they are paid in the currency of the country in which they work. Suppliers are normally paid in the currency of the country they are supplying from. The supplier is then responsible for paying its suppliers in a foreign currency, if they are abroad. This is particularly pertinent in the case of Wal-Mart, which must necessarily sell many goods that are imported from countries where goods can be more cheaply produced in ord

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According to the California Department of Finance (1), by 1929, California was "the nation's leading agricultural state, with crops valued at over $1 billion" with the industry dominated by large corporate owned farms. The aerospace industry also emerged in California in the 1920s, with firms such as Lockheed and Douglas Aircraft becoming leaders in this sector (State of California, 3). The motion picture industry established itself in Hollywood in the early decades of the twentieth century, becoming another major business sector shaping the history and development of California. The Department of Finance (3) has stated that agriculture, aerospace, and entertainment businesses all found the temperate climate and long, sunny days of California to be a major attribute of the state which made it an appealing location for these businesses. Films such as John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath, based on the novel by John Steinbeck, serve to depict the California agricultural sector in the Great Depression (Ebert, 1). This film focuses on the experiences of the Joad fami

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According to Italy Review (2007), since the end of World War II, the Italian economy has been transformed from an agrarian to an industrial base and now ranks as the seventh largest economy in the world with an economic structure comparable to that of other advanced Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) countries. However, Business Monitor International (2008) states that the Italian economy will ease in 2008 due to record energy prices, a strong Euro, and the potential fallout from an autumn 2007 global credit squeeze. Also, the downturn in economic activity is likely to be a longer term winding down of the growth cycle toward historical trends due to domestic fiscal and monetary policies. A major step forward for Italy, which has experienced 59 governments since World War II is a strong push to stabilize government spending and to tackle corruption and the patronage system (Country profile, 2008). Bibbee (2007) described Italy's economic system as base

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The rhetoric that drove the decade or so of the founding of the American republic reflected historically unprecedented statecraft. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, The Federalist Papers, and Thomas Paine's two firebrand revolutionary texts--Common Sense and The American Crisis series of pamphlets--reflected in multiple ways the crowning achievement, in the Americas, of Enlightenment political and social thought emanating from Europe. Paine's two texts, published in 1776, were widely disseminated and highly influential on public opinion, and knowledge of how those and other texts came into being is essential to establishing the context for analysis of Age of Reason. Paine's texts were not documents of governance but rather in the nature of public-relations support for the Revolution. As a native-born Englishman (1736), he was completely aware of the class and economic cleavages between England's aristocracy and virtually everyone else. Even though he wa

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The psychology of Carl G. Jung (1959), known as "Analytic Psychology," is considered to be both a drive theory and a self-actualization theory. Jung was primarily concerned with self-knowledge, with the determination of which human needs or desires (also called drives) were likely to be most influential in shaping individual behavior and attitudes. It was his belief that "becoming the person you are" was the goal of all individuals and, by extension, the primary objective of the therapeutic relationship. His psychology asserted that the libido (which he saw as psychic energy) was subject to self-regulation and compensation. Consequently there is an ongoing imbalance in the mind which the individual tries to correct (Stevens, 1990). Initially a follower and colleague of Freud, Jung (1959) would ultimately break with Freudian theory and establish an alterative approach to understanding personality (Hawkins, 2004). Jung asserted that the libido and the larger psyche drives men and women toward specific behaviors and actions, many of which

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The primary theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is the hypocrisy and superficiality that are behind the façade of appearances in society. Appearances are maintained in the novel in order to provide an illusion based on what individuals believe should be their reality, whether it is their reality or not. Perhaps Jay Gatsby best exemplifies this, for the values and ideals that will result in Gatsby's death are romantic and more those of an adolescent boy's idea of a man than those of a fully mature adult. On the surface, Jay Gatsby represents the perfect embodiment of the American Dream, a self-made millionaire who appears God-like in all aspects of his being. As we are

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Introduction As stated by Charles Jones and Judson Jeffries, the Black Panther Party (BPP) was "arguably the leading Black leftist organization in the African-American liberation struggle" because it "captured the imagination of oppressed people throughout the world."[1] The thesis explored in this qualitative literature-based analysis is that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) undertook a focused, overt war targeting the Black Panther Party, using such weapons as illegal surveillance, assassination, and media propaganda to discredit this movement and to put an end to the perceived threat that it posed to law and order in the United States. Laura Pulido views the BPP as a nationalist movement that was beset by intra-organizational conflicts, including a famous split between Huey Newton and Eldridge Cleaver and internal class tensions reflecting the continuous struggle experienced by many BPP members who saw themselves as essentially a state of war.[2] Nevertheless, th

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Introduction Created mainly during the late 1970s and 1980s, the photographic images of Robert Mapplethorpe were primarily erotic images that celebrated the human physique, both male and female, in all its naked, and too many, shocking, glory. During the 1980s, Mapplethorpe's works created enormous controversy for their shocking and graphic eroticism, particularly among the Religious Right and the conservative Reagan Administration. A homosexual who eventually succumbed to AIDS, Mapplethorpe's works were always driven by his intensely personal erotic fascinations but they increasingly served as political and social commentary toward the end of his life. This analysis will use three of Mapplethorpe's works to show his tendency toward eroticism combined with social commentary as a means of shocking through his images. Body The works of Robert Mapplethorpe

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I chose the topic of negotiation between friends because in both business and personal situations, effectively negotiating with friends is imperative to success and building strong relationships. Background In many situations we are faced with negotiating with a friend. Whether purchasing a used car or the formation of a community group, friends often negotiate on both a business and personal level. Yet negotiating with friends can be highly fraught with conflict, which is why Kurtzberg and Medvec (1999) explore the reasons many people would "prefer to negotiate with a stranger rather than risk harming a relationship by negotiating with a friend" in Can We Negotiate and Still Be Friends? Summary Kurtzberg and Medvec (1999) offer a used car scenario as a means of broaching the topic of negotiating with friends. The man in the scenario considers buying a used car from a stranger, rather than risk harming his

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The tropical forest is under the most threat from human development because it has the richest resources of any ecosystem in the world. The excellent growing climate gives the tropical forest an abundance of fast-growing trees, and the rainforest in Continental Equatorial Guinea, for example has over 140 species of wood and has been exploited by the lumber industry ("Africa: Forests under Threat"). In Gabon, the primary rainforests are rapidly disappearing due to logging of precious tropical wood, which is "practiced as a depredatory activity, where transnational logging companies, that hold huge concessions, make big money, while local communities have to bear the cost" ("Africa: Forests under Threat"). From 1960 to 1990, "the world lost 450 million hectares of its tropical forest cover, over one fifth of total remaining coverage," and "tropical deforestation releases approximately 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere each year(about 19 per cent of total global carbon emissions" ("The land: deforestation, desertification and pesticides"). Deforestation is brought abo

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A regulatory body is a government agency that is "formed or mandated under the terms of a legislative act (statute) to ensure compliance with the provisions of the act, and in carrying out its purpose" ("Regulatory Agency"). Accounting regulatory bodies exercise their power in terms of accounting practices for corporate and commercial enterprises ("Regulatory Agency"). Four of the major past and present accounting regulatory bodies include the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and the Public Oversight Board (POB) ("A Glossary of Terms"). This paper will briefly describe each regulatory body and how compliance with its rules is achieved. The PCAOB,

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Introduction The apostle Paul was a man who embodied the Christian experience before Christ had even been crucified. Starting out life as Saul the Pharisee, a self-confessed enemy of Christians, Paul had a life-changing experience on the road to Damascus and converted to Christianity, becoming the very picture of how even the most contrary sinner can be changed through an encounter with the Lord (McBirnie, 2008). Once converted, Paul became one of the most committed Christians in Jesus' time, preaching the Gospel and enduring imprisonment at Rome before embarking on missionary journeys (McBirnie, 2008). Paul is credited with writing a number of New Testament books, including Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, and some Bible scholars attribute the Book of Hebrews to him (Borean, n.d.). The preoccupation with the supernatural in these books demonstrates that Pau

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Introduction Change in organizations is inevitable, whether because new people are hired and more experienced workers leave the organization, or because a company seeks to transform itself or its markets. Regardless of whether the change is large or small in magnitude, there are likely to be some in the organization who resist the change. It is the role of the manager to work to bring about the right change and to overcome that resistance. This research focuses on the change management process and the role of the manager in that process. Characteristics of Effective Change Leaders Attempting to quantify what makes a strong change leader can be a difficult process. Some analysts suggest that integrity is the characteristic which is most valuable to a leader. Followers must be convinced of the integrity of the leader at all times, or they will lose their respect and their willingness to follow the leader. Integrity in and of itself does not confer

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The Dorothea Lange photography "Migrant Mother" is actually one of a number of photographs the photographer took of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in early 1936 in Nipomo, California (See Appendix). This image was taken by Lange during a month-long trip commissioned by the Resettlement Administration in which she photographed "migratory farm labor" (Dorothea 1). In an era when the Dust Bowl and Great Depression were responsible for millions of Americans being out of work and hungry, migrant workers often fo

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Aldo Leopold (1986) is considered one of the fathers of conservationism, especially for the radically new "land ethic" he promotes in his book about his experiences at his summer "shack" along the banks of the Wisconsin River, A Sand County Almanac. As he writes, "The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land" (Leopold, 1986, p. 239). This review will provide an analysis of some of the main theories offered by Leopold in A Sand County Almanac. A conclusion will offer his solution for creating more sustainable uses of land. Considered the first book dealing with conservation, A Sand County Almanac demonstrates Leopold's love of "the land" and his ideology with respect to fashioning a new perspective of its relationship to human beings that involves aesthetics and ethics as well as efficiencies of use. Protecting biodiversity, what Leopold (1986) calls the "biotic community" in this groundbreaking work, is one of the main goals of achieving a ne

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The environmental factors of aviation, including noise and the dangers of noxious emissions, began with the increased use of jet aircraft, urbanization which moved residential areas closer to what once were outlying airports, and the increase in the number of flights. As to restrictions on noise levels, our lectures cautioned, "a noise standard neither reflects the noise performance of the best available aircraft in current production, nor provides a reference for future aircraft" ("Airport Noise rules" 2008 14). Noise issues are becoming increasingly important in the aviation industry for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, and airport operators. It seems clear from a number of studies mentioned in the lectures that European airports are doing a better job of finding the means for noise abatement. However, there seem to be concerns that noise abatement can and sometimes does conflict with air safety. The conflict between noise and safety concerns is spreading. T

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Abstract Pat Parker started his own consulting firm after graduating law school. The firm specialized in conducting opposition research and writing reports for political candidates, most of them Democratic. This case covers the State Academy of Trial Lawyers’ attempts to buy a research document on the candidate it supported for state Attorney General, Republican Terry Paine, which was nearly the same as the report Parker had prepared for the candidacy of Democratic nominee Dale Jackson two years prior in order to inoculate Paine during the upcoming election. Parker did not now how to proceed after being approached by the Academy. He could face arrest for selling the information and the sale could jeopardize Paine’s candidacy. The legal issues Pat Parker had to consider in this case were numerous. A sale could possibly violate contract or federal copyright laws. A sale to the State Academy of Trial Lawyers could violate the $500 limit on funding under the Florida Campaign

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A nuclear bomb dropped on the United States would result in radioactive contamination that would kill millions of people and destroy the environment. However, paradoxically, the same nuclear technology that led to the bomb could provide clean, safe power that is actually good for the environment. Many Americans are unaware of the benefits of nuclear power on the environment, but it "provides a safe, clean and reliable source of electricity" that far surpasses the burning of fossil fuels in environmental responsibility.1 In fact, according to a study by Washington-based Energy Resources International, "nuclear energy(by substituting for fossil-fuel power plants(has prevented 219 million tons of sulfur dioxide and 98 million tons of nitrogen oxides from being discharged into the atmosphere since 1973."2 In addition, nuclear energy has "avoided the release of more than 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas linked to global warming."3 Moreover, the minimal amo

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Niccolo Machiavelli wrote two significantly different treatises focused on the state and the role of leaders. In Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli presented theoretical as well as historical support for the maintenance of a republic, a type of government that was largely based upon the Roman Republic and which called for what can be characterized as "Renovation" of the Florentine city-state to more closely resemble the ancient Roman model. Conversely, in The Prince, Machiavelli set out to identify the characteristics of leaders in principalities, a monarchial system in which a strong central leader was in control and which could be regarded as representative of innovation. In Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli (1, 1) argues that the Roman Republic was the original model for organizing a political unit. He suggests that this was the original model on which the Italian city-states of his era were organized, but notes that in his era, the emergence of a "prince" or monarch was becoming more and more commonplace. Machiavelli (1, 3), made the following statement regarding the history of the Florentine Republic, which has experi

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Southwest Airlines maintains disclosure controls and procedures intended to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports that it files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Southwest Airlines annual 10-K report, these include controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to Southwest Airlines management. Management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of these controls and procedures as of December 31, 2007 and have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective. However, because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even s

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Recommended Solution Where censorship of literature is concerned, each school must develop its own clear, written policy for the selection of materials in the English language arts program that includes criteria for selecting materials for inclusion in English literature programs. Key Facts During high school, students mature, develop opinions, and begin the transition into adulthood. As Donna E. Norton (64) explains, literature written for young adults "usually has more mature themes and characters who face complex issues that may be faced by contemporary young adults." New information offered in such works aids in the development of a unique personal identity for high school students. Norton (65) explains that literature has implications for personality development, because it shows young adults "how characters overcome different types of conflict and how characters cope with problems." Schools need to educate young adults and aid their social-beh

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In Growing Up In Mississippi, editors Judy H. Tucker and Charline R. McCord provide a collection of essays by 30 notable, still living, Mississippians. From former Governor William Winter and blues great B.B. King to NFL great Jerry Rice and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Fred Banks, the essays "highlight Mississippi small-town upbringings, where children were insulated in their community" (McPhearson 1). Tucker and McCord met in 1996 at a Eudora Welty festival and have collaborated on other works since that time. Their other collaborations also focus on Mississippi life and southern culture, including Christmas Stories from Mississippi and several editions of Christmas Stories from the South. The editors provide these essays as a means of highlighting small-town Mississippi life and other aspects of childhood in the South that influenced the development of the successful authors of the essays in Growing Up In Mississippi. For instance, former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Fred Banks describes how his education in Canton, Mississippi influen

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R.K. Narayan's novel The Painter of Signs is the story of two unique characters whose similarities and differences may be considered symbolic of the issues confronting India today. Daisy is a feminist whose career focuses on helping Indian families control reproduction through family planning. She is a driven woman with a mission based on her understanding of the ways in which unhampered reproduction negatively impacts on the quality of life enjoyed by Indian women and, by extension, their families. Raman, in contrast, is a more conventional Indian male who works as a sign painter in the fictional town of Malgudi. His life intersects with that of Daisy when she gives him a contract to paint signs and murals for the family planning clinics she is opening in the countryside. Inevitably, Raman falls in love with Daisy and wishes for her to become his wife. It is this determination that introduces one of the central conflicts of the book which centers on the caste system in Indi

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Ridley Scott's 1982 film, Blade Runner, has been characterized as set in a "post-nuclear world that is being reassembled elsewhere in the solar system" (McNamara 422). It reflects the convergence of various technological, environmental and economic challenges that confront postmodern society as it attempts to make sense of the constraints under which it orates. This brief essay will examine these constraints and will argue that the central thesis advanced by Blade Runner is that man's destruction of his environment leads inexorably to the reformation of human identity, itself challenged by the technology inherent in artificial intelligence (AI) and the loss of meaningful human work in an era in which machines (including androids) are responsible for most productive effort. In the central character of Deckard, the "blade runner" of the title, one finds a man who seeks a utopian reality while mired in a Dystopian universe. As Deckard moves through smoky, dimly lit streets in w

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