Skimming

Humans have willingly stepped across societal and cultural norms for eons, hoping to achieve new forms of entertainment. One of those boundary-pushing instances emerged with the world of drag. Drag is a world within a world. Its tradition has been carried on for generations through entertainment and the arts, dating back to Shakespeare and beyond to Ancient Greece. In layman’s terms, drag could be described as the art of a man dressing as a woman for entertainment value. As this cultural…

The following paper evaluates the marketing and strategic commercial created by Apple to promote their latest product, the iPhones 6s. This papers plans on exploring the correlation between the actors chosen to display the phone and the desired intention of the Apple marketing team. The overall goal is to dissect each aspect and uncover the underlying message to the target audience. Instantly a black screen comes to life, various motion pictures scatter across the display. At first…

When I first began class, we were asked “What does the term "Learning" mean to me?” Learning is something that you should never stop doing. I learn something new almost every day, and with the world constantly evolving, everyone should always allow themselves the opportunity to want to learn new and old things. It is the end of the course and I was asked to explained, what learning means me now that I have completing this course. My views still remain the same as I wrote in the beginning of…

March 20, 2003, the day everything changed. The day American troops stepped foot onto a foreign desert land that the United States now recognizes as Iraq. People have their opinions if the United States made the correct decision in their involvement in the war. Although the United States did gain much Intel, helped locals and executed Saddam Hussein, there are many that wonder if it was in the best interest to invade Iraq considering the numerous consequences. There are both positive and…

The Ride of a Lifetime We have all had nightmares. They could be simple things such as seeing a clown or getting swarmed by spiders, but there are the ones that truly scare you, like drowning to death. For me, my childhood nightmare of drowning to death showed up at my front door last summer. It was terrifying, but through my experiences I learned that pain is temporary, memories are forever, and that you need to understand and respect Mother Nature to the fullest before you do anything…

drug trade: these youths are often killed while working as neighborhood watches, making deliveries or running errands. For the record many of these kids die tragically. Most are murdered when the drug dealer gets upset or suspect that there has been skimming of the drugs and or…

STRENGTH: A HUMAN ATTRIBUTE/CHARACTERISTIC ADMIRED IN ANCIENT GREECE What is strength? The dictionary defines it as, the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor or mental power, force, or vigor. In Ancient Greece there were lived up to the definition of this word. Architecture, visual art and literature were used to honor those such people. On the other hand in Greek…

The notion that the new defining technology of the current age negatively affects the practitioners of that technology is a common idea throughout human history. It is a belief that is as wrong today as it was 2000 years ago, especially when applied to the current applications of the Internet. As humans develop adoptions to their current world, there is always a non-negligence subset of the population that decries the changes as decedent and detrimental. The focus on increasing efficiency…

Focusing on my key topic of staffing ratios in nursing, I made a few statements that I wanted to pursue. As a Registered Nurse that works with a union I know a bit about the safe staffing campaign in New York. I looked at the list of bad research questions and made that my guide, I chose New York state as my area of reference, picking a time frame of the next ten years of so I created my topic parameters. In the recommended list of how to form a research question I took the question of how to…

Sony Introduction Objective Xperia Z3 is the best selling and most inspiring smart phone that Sony has ever manufactured. The company’s unique phone has dominated many blog rankings and review from experts. The Xperia Z is one of the most powerful smart phones to be launched in the market. Therefore, by analysing on Sony Corporation and their product Xperia Z3, we can certify their factor to success Company’s Information Sony Corporation is well known for its diversified business, mainly…