Sophia Hawthorne

Since there is already a general belief that violent videogames lead to aggressive behavior, the public would readily accept the fact that games are contributors to hostility. It seems logical; every time a new form or fashion which the current generation does not understand, appears, it is always easy to blame them. Think about it. In the 1950s, it was the comic book that people claimed to have brought the inner violence out of children. (Karlinsky, and Przygoda) Then it was rock music,…

dollar funds from Chinese banks to make the acquisition in cash if required. Because SZLN had raised approximately US$90 million equity funds in late 2006 and had accumulated profits in 2006 and 2007, its liabilities–assets ratio had decreased from approximately 70 per cent to 50 per cent over the 2006-2007 period. This financial slack provided the company with a degree of flexibility to take on this opportunity. Nevertheless, the future cash needs of PEM would need to be considered before…

For he brings to a text the knowledge that the marks on a page are not random markings, but signs, and that a sign has a dual aspect as signifier and signified, signal and concept, or mark-with-meaning. But these meanings, when we look at a page, are not there, either as physical or mental presences. To account for significance, Derrida turns to a highly specialized and elaborated use of Saussure's notion that the identity cither of the sound or of the signification of a sign does not consist in…

Memo Re: “QuikTrip” – Business Summary 2009 represents several years in a row that QuikTrip, the 24‐hour convenience store operating stores in the Midwest, Southeast, and Southwest, has been named in Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For”. Employees are treated so well in wages, benefits, and training that long‐term retention of 20 years or more is the norm. With recent year revenues in excess of $8 billion, and workforce of over 10,000 with 65% full‐time employees, 37%…

Creating art is, as some say, the indication of mystery in excellence or God; it is a diversion in which man lets off an overabundance of steam [stored energy]; otherwise it is the outflow of feelings by man’s psyche, and most of all; it is pleasure; however, considering everything, it is a method of social unity amongst mankind; consoling them in similar feelings and forever extending the shared common visual language of the world. Through new visual ideas introduced by artists, categories of…

Stories of princesses, or empresses, or even athletes, sometimes involve a “rags to riches” scenario. A story like Cinderella, a poor girl who eventually married Prince Charming, or even Michael Oher, an NFL offensive linemen, who had nothing and now is paid several millions, portray this concept. This type of life is also true for Theodora, Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Theodora had a tough childhood, but ended up marrying Justinian the Great and is recognized as one of the most important…

The Hagia Sophia as said in live science was “born out of riots”. The Hagia Sophia was the biggest Orthodox Church built in the East Roman Empire called “Church of Holy Wisdom” modern day Istanbul and was constructed in the same location three times in its life span. The church was a place where the rulers were crowned and throughout the byzantine period it was the “biggest operational cathedral”. A great revolt called the Nika Riot hit Constantinople in 532 A.D. because of…

Additionally, the mosaics depict an array of jewel decoration such as gold rings, earrings, necklaces, and winged crowns and tiaras. These jeweled aesthetics symbolize and establish the presence of royal power, which could be taken as the almighty power of God but also the achievements of the Sassanian king, whose empire had great influence in Islamic art and the expansion of the religion. Furthermore, the prevalence of royal symbols in mosaics, which are very common in Byzantine art, could…

The period of Medieval Art has many sub categories, one of which is Byzantine art, which originally spawned from Greek and Roman styles. During the medieval times artworks such as paintings and sculptures in the round were no longer being created, so the arts of the time were often mosaics (on the interior walls of churches), manuscripts in richly decorated bibles and architecture. Mosaics, specifically, changed over this period. Transforming from the classical style of the Greeks and Romans,…

became a major concern for Justinian. He built churches and monasteries for his people, but by far Justinian’s most significant architectural achievement was the rebuilding of the Hagia Sophia, which was a church at the time. From 532 to 537, after a sporting riot destroyed the original, the rebuilding of the Hagia Sophia was the paramount of Justinian’s building efforts.…