Running amok

The twenty-first century has been a time of great advancement for humanity, but also a time of great decline of American influence, as a whole, across the globe. With the world’s once greatest superpower now showing weakness, lying vulnerable, the time is ripe for a rising star to make a grab at achieving the hegemonic status that has lain in the stable hands of the Americans for so long, to pull the rug out from under their feet. As history has shown the transition of a new power into and…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar has catastrophe in more characters than just Caesar. William Shakespeare presented Marcus Brutus in a way that closely followed the example of a tragic hero. He came from noble birth, had a fatal flaw and suffered a great tragedy. He also fits into Shakespeare’s variation of tragic heroes, by giving Brutus complexity, internal conflict, and using choice over fate. Brutus’ ultimate goal is fulfilled in part by his actions. Brutus thought his cause to be honorable, and…

Maryland, in the year 1984. I was a 15-year-old teenager growing up in Reisterstown, Maryland - a town about an hour away from Baltimore. I was just like any other red-blooded American male teenager growing up in 1980's America. I liked video games and Pac- Man, loved "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", tried my hand at the Rubik's cube, and was concerned about the USSR and nuclear war. Oh yes, I,like millions of other teenagers loved good rock music and was just beginning to…

Anomie can be brought about by soaring aspirations that make us unhappy with the life we currently have. Those who had aspirations were generally women, men had rights and could participate with work and at home duties. Males also were seen as superior. Women aspired to get out of the house, join the workforce, and become a person who can support themselves or their family. During arranged marriages, women wanted their choice and to be heard. Their aspirations of a better life out from under a…

It was easier to for them to track down the elusive Deputy that was running amok. Things were looking bleak for the hunters that failed to track the beast. Jacob had made it clear that he wanted it. They were able to follow the track until the river, then nothing. It was like it vanished that day at the outpost. They've had…

Her family is massacred in 1941 by the SS, and somehow she turns up a few years later with an assumed French identity running a movie theater in Paris with her Negro lover. When her theater is chosen to premiere a new German movie in the presence of Hitler, Goebbels, Goring, Borman, and other leading Nazis, she plans to bolt the doors and burn the place down as an act of…

Are the benefits of synthetic biology significant? Pros: Synthetic biology holds major benefits for humanity and promises much. It promises better drugs, less thirsty crops, greener fuels and even a rejuvenated chemical industry. Synthetic biology can help fight climate change and pollution. It has the potential to reduce the dependence on oil and to address climate change. Developed microbes would produce oil, giving a renewable fuel that could be used interchangeably with gasoline without…

Train Heist Robber Martha, I know this life has been hard on you but I promise you I am done after this last job. McCoy has become more ruthless and bloodthirsty with each passing robbery and I can no longer abide by it. I can’t rightly look into the eyes of our unborn child and teach him right from wrong if I continue on this road I set. Pack all of our belongings and meet me at the train station in Amarillo, there will make our escape and make our future. Love, John Train Heist Robber…

The Angels of Life and Death Series: Series 1 . Life asked Death "Why do people love me, but hate you?" Death responded "Because you are a beautiful lie, and I 'm a painful truth." Death has been alive for many years, centuries to be more exact, and he often wondered if there was more to his existence. He often wondered if he was to do more then just reap souls and end lives. He would look down to the earth, stare at the many people, the people who he knew were going to become subject to…

Revised April 7, 2003 Starbucks Corporation: Competing in a Global Market Starbucks Corporation is a Seattle, Washington-based coffee company. It buys, roasts, and sells whole bean specialty coffees and coffee drinks through an international chain of retail outlets. From its beginnings as a seller of packaged, premium specialty coffees, Starbucks has evolved into a firm known for its coffeehouses, where people can purchase beverages and food items as well as packaged whole bean and ground…