...All the world’s a stage What is life? Do we exercise our own choices or are we bound by destiny and the different phases of life? These are all reflections William Shakespeare handles in the poem As You Like it. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players; they have their exists and their entrances” As this quote illustrates, the author has a clear answer to the above-mentioned questions. Just as Søren Kierkegaard – William Shakespeare believes that we throughout our life goes through and experiences different phases. Unlike Søren Kierkegaard, Shakespeare is slightly more naturalistic in his way of presenting these phases. Initially, he describes the beginning of life as a human being: “At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms” Here, we are presented for the first of seven phases. By establishing an image of a completely helpless newborn baby and the absolute need for other humans, the first phase named the beginning is presented to the reader. Conversely, the second phase is quite simple and easy to understand. “Then the whining schoolboy. And shining morning face, creeping like snail” The second phase is when the child is ready for education. The contrast between shining morning face and creeping snail emphasizes Shakespeare’s personal feelings...
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...7 AGES’ OF MAN All the world’s a stage, And all the man and women merely players ; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shinning morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then, the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he play his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloons, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well saved, a world to wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything INTRODUCTION As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play's...
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...Ecology of Population Growth Review Essay by Max Kosusnik Earth’s population has increased by the billions at rates deemed too quick for us to be capable of controlling. We, as a race, grew to our first billion in 1804. In 1927, only 123 years later, we had reached our second billion. To make matters more substantial, it only took 33 years until we had reached our third billion, in the year 1960. The rate would speed up so much that, on average, every 13 years our world’s population would reach another billion, getting us to 7 billion in 2011. This fast paced growth comes with many consequences. Human demands will and possibly already have overrun the amount of our natural support systems, and our food supplies, such as our fisheries, grasslands, forests, soils, and aquifers. If our demands increase over the sustainable output these resources provide for us, then it will result in overfishing, overgrazing, overcutting, overplowing, and overpumping. A recent demographic projection by the U.N. shows that the world’s population will grow to well over 9 billion by 2050. Although many believe this will materialize, it is unlikely due to the hardships we will face increasing the food supply, global warming, and water shortages. Although world population growth has slowed down from the peak of 2.1 percent in 1967 to 1.1 percent in 2011, it is still unclear whether the population growth has slowed due to the shift to smaller families or the opposite, that we are failing to shift...
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...entail degrees of correlation and variation. Leaving the conclusion, do the to patterns of economic thought complement one another or is there distinct disparity between the two. Applied examples will be used below to analyse the extent of segregation or association between the works of Rostow and Gerschenkron. The two theories of work are mainly discussed with Asian development as it is more relevant, timely and there is significantly more information available than previous developed countries such as Great Britain. Walt Whitman Rostow developed one of the major historical models of economic growth in 1960, The Stages of Economic Growth: A non-communist manifesto. This piece portrays the process of economic development in a previously unseen approach, evidently forging it as a milestone in economic literature. Rostow's Stages of Growth model, The five stages are (1)...
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...the future of international business. Also important is the growing population and the resources needed to sustain these numbers of people. We must also realize the effects that international business has had on the environment and what those effects will mean for us in the future. Finally and probably most all encompassing is the idea of the world evolving into one cohesive unit, better known as globalization of industry. BRIC is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China that are deemed to all be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development. Goldman Sachs argues that the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China is such that they could become among the four most dominant economies by the year 2050. These countries encompass over 25% of the world's land coverage and 40% of the world's population and hold a combined GDP of 18.486 trillion dollars. On almost every scale, they would be the largest entity on the global stage. These four countries are among the biggest and fastest growing emerging markets. Now that we have properly defined what the BRIC is, we must now step back and view this on a global stage. From a global business standpoint we cannot downplay the emerging markets that are forming from the BRIC. These economies are increasing at such a large rate that they will be a driving force as we proceed into a more globalized economy. The one thing that these articles don’t fully address however is the...
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...findings……………………………………………………………………....8 4.0 Recommendations on quality management and conclusion…….……………….........8 Usamah Bin Zaid Total Quality Management 2|Page SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, SHAH ALAM Brief Introduction to selected organisations: Panasonic Corporation formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. The company was founded in 1918, and has grown to become one of the largest Japanese electronics producers alongside Sony, Hitachi, Toshiba and Canon Inc. In addition to electronics, it offers non-electronic products and services such as home renovation services. Panasonic is the world's fourth-largest television manufacturer by 2012 market share. Panasonic was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita as a vendor of duplex lamp sockets. In 1927, it began producing bicycle lamps, the first product which it marketed under the brand name National. During World War II the company operated factories in Japan and other parts of Asia...
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...Hinduism Kierra Williams REL/133 June 5, 2012 Jefferey Hineline Hinduism Hinduism is such a complex religion it is a very difficult topic for individuals to study. The fact that Hindus have no specific God and they have so many different belief systems made it difficult for me to interpret. Hinduism is considered one of the world’s largest religions’s and was created in the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is not just a religion; it is more so the way of life. It has its own beliefs and traditions. It is a group formed of diverse traditions and has no specific supernatural being or no single holy text. According to Huxley (2010) “Hinduism unites the worship of many gods with a belief in a single divine reality” (p. 78). Hindus also believes that on the death of the body the soul passes to or is reborn in another body, which is reincarnation. Sense Hindus have a strong believe in reincarnation they do not determine death as the end of life or a fear, instead they acknowledge death as a resurrection of the soul. They do not focus death on fear. Hinduism is such a powerful religion that it has persuaded the world with its informed beliefs. This particular religious group has a freedom of practice and belief. Hinduism has been a huge influence amongst the world for many years. It is a known religion that has created practices such as Yoga, Tantra, Karma, and so on. It is a religious tradition that could never really be categorized with any specific belief system for instance...
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...ads. In a nutshell, this extraordinary company is an American multinational company specializing in Internet-related services and products. Google was founded byLarry Page and Sergey Brin while they werePh.D. students at the University of Stanford. They collaborated and worked on a search engine called "Backrub." The name came from the search engine's use of back-links to determine page relevance. This is a patented algorithm known as PageRank. Brin and Page left Stanford and founded Google Inc. in September of 1998. During the 4th of September, they incorporated Google as a closed company. By the year 2000, Google was the world's widest and largest search engine. By 2001 it did something that eluded most of the dot.com business start-ups of the time. Google became profitable. . The organization’s mission from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", and its unofficial slogan was “ Don’t be Evil”. They shifted to their new headquarters at Mountain View, California in 2006 which was famously known as Googleplex.Rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions and partnerships the core search engine of Google. It offers online productivity software including...
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...economic growth while at the same time attaining development. This has precipitated politics in the global south. This paper seeks to explore various development theories proposed by various authors. Besides, the paper will explore elements of economics that are pertinent to the third world countries. This is in recognition of the fact that many countries in the third world still grapple with poverty and slow economic development. From Immanuel Wallerstein to Rostow, the paper will provide incisive information about development, politics and economics of the third world countries. Literature Review Third World refers to a category of poor and undeveloped nations. It is typical of nations that contribute insignificantly to the world's economy. These countries are mainly found in Africa, South Asia and Latin America as indicated in the figure below...
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...Hyundai Motor Company Business History The Hyundai Motor Company is a multinational automotive manufacturer based in South Korea. The company is the world’s fifth largest motor group. (Hyundai.co.uk). the motor group has its headquarters in Seoul in South Korea. Hyundai was started by Chung Ju-Yung in 1967. Its parent company is the Hyundai motor group. It owns Kia motors by 32.8%. The company has its main operations in Ulsan, South Korea. This unit has an annual production capacity of 1.6million units. Ulsan is the world’s largest automobile manufacturing plant. The company had its first model, the Cortina released in 1968. This was in corporation with Ford Motor Company. The company has since grown and is now one of the top 100 most valuable brands worldwide. In Canada, Hyundai Auto Canada Inc. was opened in 1989. It is a subsidiary of the Hyundai Motor Company. It was located in Bromont Quebec. The Bromont plant only operated for four years before failure. Hyundai Auto Canada Inc. operates without a plant. There are however plans to revive it since there was a boosts in sales in the year 2009. Hyundai Motor Company is currently run by Chung Mon-koo who is both the chairman and CEO of the motor company. The company says that its goal is not to become the biggest car company; rather it is to provide value for the future. This also doubles as the company’s vision statement. (worldwide.hyundai.com) Production The main products for Hyundai Motors Company are cars. The company...
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...This paper depicts the adverse effect of diamonds on the people of Africa. It also addresses the real price of diamonds which it believes to be the lives of millions of Africans. Additionally, it examines the response from the United Nations and question if enough is being done to crack done on the sale of blood diamonds. The famous phrase “Diamonds are Forever” is known to most people all over the world. What most people do not know is where most of these diamonds are coming from and how they came to become perfect gestures of love and romance. Looking at a clear cut diamond ring, it is hard to imagine the possibility of thousands of innocent people being murdered, tortured, and forced to mine for these stones; unfortunately that is the case in Africa. Diamonds in West Africa have been used for the last 30 years to fund rebel groups and their desire to take control of their nations by violence and intimidation. In such conflicted regions of the world, diamonds lose their connotation of beauty and elegance and are stained with blood. In this paper, I will discuss the many ways in which “conflict diamond” has brought nothing but poverty, suffering and war to the West African people. I will further explain what world organizations such as the United Nation have done in order to counteract the adverse effects of the conflict diamond on the African community, and the extent to which such efforts have been successful. Conflict diamonds are diamonds illegally traded...
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...Project Report Cover Sheet For submission to: Dr Iain MacGill Course code : ELEC9714 Course name : Electricity Industry Planning & Economics Name of school : School of Electrical Engineering Assignment Title : Options and Challenges for Future Nuclear Generation Investment in the NEM Student name: Yijun Huang z5024017 Sicong Ma z5025785 Date: 14/05/2015 Literature Survey Options and Challenges for Future Nuclear Generation Investment in the NEM Yijun Huang, Sicong Ma Contents Acronyms...................................................................................................I List of Figures............................................................................................II List of Figures...........................................................................................III Executive Summary Introduction1 3. Conclusion............................................................................................14 References................................................................................................15 Acronyms ABWR Advanced boiling water reactor APWR Advanced pressurized water reactor EC6 Enhanced CANDU 6 EPR European pressurized reactor ESBWR Economic simplified boiling water reactor ACR-1000 Advanced CANDU reactor CCGT ...
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...Case Background Heineken, a brewer company mostly known for its beer, was founded in Amsterdam in 1863. Heineken’s success dates back to 1889, winning a gold medal for its beer at the Paris World’s Fair and becoming one of the largest beer sellers in the Netherlands four years later. In 1937, Heineken granted its first license to a foreign brewer to produce Heineken beer according to the original formula to become available to markets outside The Netherlands. To keep control over their own brand while expanding their market, Heineken sought to gain majority equity stakes in its partners. The company owned outright its operations in the Netherlands, France and Ireland and held majority interests in breweries in various other European countries. In Germany and the United States, Heineken beer was not bottled but was sold after import. In 1993, Heineken recorded net sales of over nine billion guilders and a trading profit of nearly 800 million guilders. Beer then accounted for 82% of total sales, of which 71% percent was sold in Europe. The beer sales brewed under Heineken’s supervision then was about 5% of the world’s total beer production. The beer sales of the Heineken brand itself amounted for about 1,25% of the world’s total beer production. Other brands of the company were Amstel, Buckler (a non-alcoholic beer) and Murphy’s Stout. Heineken also oversaw the brewing of many local beer brands, marketed by Heineken’s subsidiaries. But Heineken was not the only brewery...
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...health, and respect for each other. These things are basic human needs. Any other cause of Development is subject to materialistic or culture as a whole. The method and purpose of development are subject to popular democratic mechanism for decision making processes. Many people agree that, better life for all people is a desirable goal but not everybody thinks Development can be universally realized. Among people who think development can be realized for all is practicable and there is even an agreement together. Development is a good and powerful idea because it has the power to move people and also to affect a change forever, therefore development can be used for many different political purposes. Indeed, the idea of development can be used to make legitimate what amounts more money to power for the people. Development is a contentious issue and not straight forward and bitter arguments are moving around. It is a pounding believe of modernity and the modernity is sometimes in the Western History, when rationality becomes a better change throughout the world. In development all the modern advances in science, technology and social democratic organizations, ethics and values all fuse into the single humanitarian project. In this modernist tradition, the radical version of development is fundamentally different from the more conventional economic growth. Growth is the economic process whereby the volume of production of goods and services increases, the consistency in an increase...
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...the parliament, the President’s dominance is severely limited. There is also a Prime Minister that is the head of the government and is in charge of all the domestic policy. The Prime Minister is nominated by the majority party or coalition in the National Assembly and appointed by the President for an indefinite term. The Prime Minister also helps the President by recommending Ministers and setting out Ministers’ duties and responsibilities, along with the management of the daily affairs of government. Economic: France has the world’s fifth largest economy (nominal figures); and it has the second largest economy in Europe. The European Union recession crisis also affected France, however its GDP growth had been stronger since 2011. The important sectors of France’s economy are: Industry: the main industrial sectors in France are telecommunications (including communication satellites), aerospace and defense, ship building (naval and specialist ships), pharmaceuticals, construction and civil engineering, chemicals, textiles, and automobile production. France also spends a considerable amount of resources in research and development being 2.26% of GDP. Energy: France is the world-leading country in nuclear energy. The global energy giants Areva, EDF and GDF Suez are based in France. Agriculture: France is the world’s second largest agricultural exporter. France has large wheat farms, dairy products, pork, poultry, beef, fruits, vegetables and wine....
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