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  • The Last of the Mohicans: Life, Race, and Human Relations

    The Last of the Mohicans: Life, Race, and Human Relations

    The major theme of Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans in relation to the allegoric nature of the novel's climax and to its denouement is the lesson of revenge. The antagonist of the novel, Magua, was a former soldier in Munro's army. During that time his taste for whisky, or “firewater”, causes him to be punished by a brutal horsewhipping and he looses his dignity. This dent to the pride of Magua sets him

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    Essay Length: 1,607 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jon
  • Cat’s Cradle: The Destructive Nature of Humans

    Cat’s Cradle: The Destructive Nature of Humans

    Everyone has heard the expression “curiosity killed the cat.” That is to say, the search for new wisdom can often have unpleasant consequences; a child curious about the kitchen stove is bound to get burned. This is exactly what Kurt Vonnegut demonstrates in Cat’s Cradle with the example of ice-nine, which is developed by the fictional creator of the atom bomb, Felix Hoenikker. It is symbolic of the atom bomb in that it has

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: David
  • Trends Human Capital Affects M&a Activities

    Trends Human Capital Affects M&a Activities

    Inherent Challenges trends Human Capital Affects M&A Activities a cook associates report C id i thtth ti fM&A ll h di Even when the acquiring company takes every measure possible to make the acquisition a positive experience, the reality is that there will be fallout. Ann MacCarthy, a Managing Director with the executive search consultancy at Cook Associates, Inc. commented, “I have found that some employees from the acquired company do not Considering that the

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    Essay Length: 637 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Human Gene Therapy

    Human Gene Therapy

    Gene therapy is a technique which has developed in the wake of recombinant DNA technology. It is a process that results in the changing of a genetic disorder by the adding a piece of DNA into the genetic material of a living cell. Thirty years ago this concept belonged to the realm of the human imagination made manifest in the works of science fiction. Today it belongs to the realm of the human imagination made

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    Essay Length: 2,063 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jack
  • Technology and Impacts on Human Health

    Technology and Impacts on Human Health

    Technology and Impacts on Human Health Research efforts have been focused on the impacts of new technology on human health. One of the leading new factors is the technology of cell phones, which is predicted to have more than 1.3 billion worldwide users by the 2005. Cell phones have been of the fastest growing industries. Today most people have portable phones in their home, and/or cell phones. Theses devices are connecting people in convenient ways

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Characteristics of Creon

    Characteristics of Creon

    Characteristics of Creon Throughout the story of Antigone, particularly the end, Creon proposes the bad-boy in control personality. He acts as the ruler he is and puts his power to work. He fears nothing unless his family is involved. He has no mercy when it comes to the law. Additionally, he is greatly affected by the environment he creates around himself. Within lines 813-814, Creon says, “So, men our age, we’re to be lectured, are

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • Santos the Digital Human

    Santos the Digital Human

    Santos: The New Human From Wired magazine: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70253-0.html?tw=wn_technology_13 Santos was a creation of the Virtual Soldier Research at the University of Iowa. He is one of the first digital humans, composed of algorithms combined with motion capture data, everything about him can be altered digitally. This project could save the military and corporation lots of money and lives. With the click of a mouse, Santos will engage with a digital prototype, and controllers will be

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    Essay Length: 259 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • Psychosexual Development and Human Sexuality

    Psychosexual Development and Human Sexuality

    Throughout the history of the human race, and even more so today, our own sexuality has become topic for hot debate. Questions of why people prefer on gender over the other, or why some people take pleasure in activities others consider strange. To understand how and why people display certain sexual tendencies it is important to look at how they developed and the type of history a person has. Despite popular belief, not all gay

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    Essay Length: 1,549 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Kevin
  • The Human Eye in Space

    The Human Eye in Space

    Human visual hardware is a result of a billion years of evolution within the earths atmosphere where light is scattered by molecules of air, moisture, particular matter etc. However as we ascend into our atmosphere with decrease density, light distribution is changed resulting in our visual hardware receiving visual data in different format. Some Aspects to Consider: 1. Visual acuity is the degree to which the details and contours of objects are perceived. Visual acuity

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Anna
  • Human Resource Management in Spain

    Human Resource Management in Spain

    Although most Spaniards are receptive to new information and ideas, you may find that they do not change their minds easily. Indeed, older [male] Spaniards especially in the south may seem distinctly 'unreconstructed.' Feelings, as much if not more than objective facts or empirical evidence, often play an important part in Spanish business culture. Consequently, it is important that you work at developing an excellent rapport with your Spanish counterparts. If they have a favourable

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    Essay Length: 329 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Trends in Human Resource Management

    Trends in Human Resource Management

    Trends in Human Resource Management Teaming across organizational boundaries appears to be a hallmark of companies in transformation. In fact, a number of companies these days have eliminated many of the traditional organizational boundaries entirely. Project teams instead of traditional managers organize work, and workers are even able to join teams based on their competencies and interest. These are just some of the changes being made as the United States quickly transforms from an industrial

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    Essay Length: 1,131 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: regina
  • Modelling Human Intelligence

    Modelling Human Intelligence

    Modeling Human Intelligence Levels of Organization in General Intelligence Notes 1. purpose of human intelligence modelling traditional AI - model a single thougt, model logic, not intelligence expert systems- model a large amount of knowledge, automate capabilities of eliminating solution states available as solution to a problem, not intelligence neural networks- reduce the concept of intelligence to the most basic of actions in the brain, neurons firing, that too statiscally defined , not model for

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Victor
  • Literary Device and Their Uses Humanity and Ironies

    Literary Device and Their Uses Humanity and Ironies

    Literary Device and Their Uses Humanity and Ironies The use of literary devices has proven to be the key to a successful short story. An author’s use of these devices makes or breaks the story for a reader. He must successfully define such things as the character, theme and setting to put the reader into their mind frame to fully understand and feel the story. In this week’s readings, we are shown the authors’ use

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Gestalt and Human Vision

    Gestalt and Human Vision

    Gestalt and Human Vision, 2006. An analysis of the Gestalt theory of human vision. 727 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 25.95 » Click here to show/hide summary Abstract The paper shows that Gestalt theory contributed much to the study of human vision and object perception. It explains that the eye does not consciously select objects as was suggested in earlier theories. The writer explains that Gestalt theory proposes that the eye tends

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Monika
  • Hospitality Industry - Human Resource Management

    Hospitality Industry - Human Resource Management

    TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROACH 2 DEFINING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 3 FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 4 Human Resource Planning 6 Recruitment and Selection 7 Training 8 Job Evaluation 8 Job Analysis 10 Role Analysis 10 Immense growth of hospitality industry with shortage of skilled labour 13 Workplace Diversity 15 Managing workforce diversity 17 MULTI – GENERATIONAL CHALLENGES AND HR APPROACH 19 ATTRITION OR EMPLOYEE TURNOVER 23 Organizational commitment 25 COST OF EMPLOYEE TURNOVER 28 STRATEGIES

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: regina
  • Characteristics of Life in Winesburg, Ohio

    Characteristics of Life in Winesburg, Ohio

    Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio deals with the understanding of human nature and its faults. In each short story the character is increasingly oppressed by his inability to express himself to those in his society. They are all desperately trying to make contact with someone outside themselves and in attempting to do so gain a greater understanding of themselves. The opening chapter “The Book of the Grotesque,” explains how each character in Winesburg lives by one

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • Human Cloning: Genetic Advancement or Genetic Manipulation?

    Human Cloning: Genetic Advancement or Genetic Manipulation?

    Human Cloning: Genetic Advancement or Genetic Manipulation? Some people might argue that the real offense would be to hinder the progress of science and experimental investigation with regard to human cloning. That to do so would mean to deny the right to scientifically explore and gain from such. Exploration and discovery in advanced technologies and science quite often proves to be beneficial to mankind; however, even though human cloning capabilities may tempt man's inherently diabolical

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Max
  • Your Attitude Is Showing: A Primer of Human Relations

    Your Attitude Is Showing: A Primer of Human Relations

    Your Attitude Is Showing: A Primer of Human Relations Overall Impression of the Book I enjoyed reading this book a great deal more than I expected to. I normally hate to read because I am not very good at it, and I am usually uninterested in the subject. I found that this book to be quite easy to read. The language that the authors used was very easy to understand. Also, it was divided into

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jack
  • Characteristics of Criminal Homicides

    Characteristics of Criminal Homicides

    Michael Woodworth and Stephen Porter. (August 2002). In Cold Blood: Characteristics of Criminal Homicides as a Function of Psychopathy. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol. 111, No. 3, 436-445. Overview This study examined the correlation between psychopathy and the characteristics of criminal homicides committed by offenders. Problem “It was hypothesized that the homicides committed by psychopathic offenders would be more likely to be primarily instrumental (I.e., associated with premeditation, motivated by an external goal, and

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Edward
  • Trace the Development of Strategic Human Resource Management from the Resource Based View of the Firm. How Does the Resource Based View of the Firm Facilitate and Inhibit the Actual Practice of Strategic Human Resource Management.

    Trace the Development of Strategic Human Resource Management from the Resource Based View of the Firm. How Does the Resource Based View of the Firm Facilitate and Inhibit the Actual Practice of Strategic Human Resource Management.

    Today, human resources are seen as “the available talents and energies of people who are available to an organization as potential contributors to the creation and realization of the organization's mission, vision, strategy and goals” (Jackson and Schuler, 2000, p. 37).There exist two models that seek to describe what strategy is and how an organization should develop such strategy. The first model known as the Industrial Organization (I/O) model is based on the assumption that

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Human Services

    Human Services

    Short Paper In this essay I will discuss Weeks’ and Thompson’s arguments and interpretations of women’s place in society and compare them to my own views about work, welfare, women and citizenship. In building family and community life, the white colonists imported British ideas and practices of paternalism (Weeks,1996,p56). The ideology of the British was that women stayed at home and ran the house while the men ran society. The man was always the ruler,

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: July
  • Sin and Humanity

    Sin and Humanity

    Sin and Humanity In most novels, old and new, a few general themes can be interpreted. The Scarlet Letter is a novel filled with many contrasting themes. The most prominent theme in the book is that of the many sides of sin. Through the book it is shown that sin is inescapable, un-confessed sin destroys souls, and that there can be different types of sin. Although there are many more themes in The Scarlet Letter,

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Issues in Human Resource for Kudler Fine Foods

    Issues in Human Resource for Kudler Fine Foods

    Issues in Human Resource: Kudler Fine Foods Today many companies are enduring the challenge of hiring, training, and retaining employees. Globalization has raised the demand to acquire talent that matches the need of organizations. Labor pools abroad are starting to create a job market where average American salaries are far less with the competition. As the baby boomers defer retirement the worker supply is projected to become smaller. Many workers now are opting to have

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Artur
  • Humanism in Renaissance

    Humanism in Renaissance

    Of all the practices of Renaissance Europe, nothing is used to distinguish the Renaissance from the Middle Ages more than humanism as both a program and a philosophy. Textbooks will tell you that the humanists of the Renaissance rediscovered the Latin and Greek classics (hence the "rebirth" or "renaissance" of the classical world), that humanist philosophy stressed the dignity of humanity, and that humanists shifted intellectual emphasis off of theology and logic to specifically human

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: July
  • Literature Review on Gender Differences in Coping Strategies of Human Beings

    Literature Review on Gender Differences in Coping Strategies of Human Beings

    It is an established fact that men and women differ in many ways, with different emotions and perceptions, with different personality characteristics (Burr, 1998). There has been much debate regarding the different gender related issues as more and more researches are being conducted. Although much of the research on gender is surrounded by controversy, researchers still ponder over different issues concerning gender differences. Many issues have been taken to account such as stress levels, adaptation

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Jessica

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