The theory originated in 1912 by a scientist named Alfred Wegener. With a close examination of the globe, he observed that most of the continents seemed to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, especially the West African coastline with the east coast of South America. After the discovery of seafloor spreading the theory was validated in the late 1950s. Richard was one of the first scientists to prove the theory of Plate tectonics. As…
Art is a mechanism by which the artist turns the simple into the phenomenal, the static into the dynamic, the two dimensional into the three dimensional, and can be looked at through the lens of Gestalt psychology--the concept that the work as a whole is different from the sum of its individual parts. Based on the current, Western perception of progress, society can be broken into collections of nations and regions that form pseudo classes or castes--the most distinct being the Emerging…
assemble the pieces. The “how-to” guide looked so complex. There were letters, fancy Us, fancy upside down Us and funny looking Es. I decided it would be faster if I just used brute force. How hard could it be, it should be just like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. I started out mixing the pieces. I tried putting them in a row. Then in a column. I tried putting them diagonally. Then on top of each other. But nothing was working. It became really clear to me that I was not going to rearrange…
Classical Theory The essence of classical theory of organizational design is the set of activities, functions or structural factors aimed at achieving the objectives or the organization. Chain of command co-ordination emerges to be predominant in this theory. This theory rose from the industrial revolution and the epicenter of it is ‘efficiency’. According to classical theory the entire work is divided into two broad categories: Specialized and standardized tasks. The chain of command is ‘the…
This research aims to understand the concept of borders and boundaries, their implications in the lives of common people and how it builds the national identity in the novel The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh. Most often than not we are identified by the countries or for that matter the states we come from. These fragmentations brought about by the physical demarcations characterize our behavior in society. But the problem arise when…
Ostrander describes The worldview as the way we see the big picture of the world. He compares this to a jigsaw puzzle. The picture on the box is our worldview. Your world view is just how you naturally feel about things. It could be feelings towards others, and the way we view others. Worldview has a strong impact on the way we form our opinions. In this book…
In a perfect world, evolution would vote against all of the disease and harmful genes that ever existed in humans and other life-forms. After millions of years of selective processes geared toward survival, why is surviving still such a struggle? Dr. Sharon Moalem’s Survival of the Sickest deals entirely with the study of evolution and a variety of theories related to how humans, genes, microbes, viruses, and animals have evolved to survive through mutation and natural selection. Each chapter…
Newspaper king Charles Foster Kane, is dead. The gap shots show Xanadu, Kane's monumental, rich, and currently matted estate in Everglade State. Interspersed with segments of his short subject necrology are scenes from his life and death. Most puzzling are his last moments: clutching a snowglobe, he mutters the word "rosebud." Kane, whose life was news and whose newspapers not solely reportable however fashioned opinion, was central to his time, a heroic figure. The short subject editor feels…
After losing his looks and having his heart broken, life became too complicated for Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) to handle, he cryogenically freezes himself, without taking into consideration the consequences of his choice, hoping all his problems could be solved in the future. Directed by Alejandro Amenbar in 1997, Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) a mystery/science fiction/drama long feature film, speaks of a 25 year old handsome, promiscuous, rich young man called Cesar whose best friend Pelayo (Fele…
The Obidzinski et al. reading is an academic peer reviewed paper and the general purpose behind this sort of paper is to inform the scientific community who are also experts in this field about the information and findings of this topic, in a process that allows for analysis of the subject matter’s legitimacy. The topic presented in the Obidzinski et al. article discusses the effects of growing only palm oil in Indonesia in terms of environment and socioeconomic impacts. Dr. Roth assigned this…