84 Search Results for Counterculture Sources
The searches take about fifteen minutes each, and added up, number millions of hours of police time spent conducting these Stop and Frisk searches, making the practice a core part of NYPD police training and street policy, and not simply a seldom us Continue Reading...
At present, Al-Qaeda is known to finance its terror operations through drug-trafficking. "[the New York Times reported] that 'militants linked to Al Qaeda also established connections with Bosnian organized crime figures. The officials said Al Qaeda Continue Reading...
Such people may not generally take shelter under the canopy of hackers but as a result of the more serious attributes of their motivation. (Hacker Motivation) Most of the people are anxious about the probability of being an objective for exploitatio Continue Reading...
Female Artists Who Worked in the American West
The subject of female artists working in the American West has often been overlooked due to pervasive Western male stereotypes. These stereotypical images include popular media overlays of cowboys, male Continue Reading...
President Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Bill Clinton was one of the most popular American presidents in modern times and the first democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to have been elected as the U.S. president for two terms. It is ironic, there Continue Reading...
Music or Musical Theatre
Like the Rising Sun
Although in conventional times and among younger people jazz music is disparaged as boring 'elevator music', true jazz music is anything but. I reached this conclusion after listening to some excellent c Continue Reading...
Walt Whitman was the type of person who makes it possible for society to change its perspective on a lot of things. By introducing innovative theories and by encouraging people to be open-minded Whitman actually played an important role in assisting Continue Reading...
Genius Award
20th Century Genius Award: John Lennon
It is with great pleasure and honor that the Committee of Genius presents the 20th Century Genius Award for Excellence in the Age of Pluralism and the Age of Modernism to English artist, musician, Continue Reading...
LAUNCH OF MICROSOFT'S ZUNE MP3 PLAYER
Dear Sir/Madam, I analyze development launch Microsoft's Zune MP3 player provide logic product unsuccessful. The paper sections: • Introduction - In section outline purpose paper introduce product concept Continue Reading...
Sharon E. Cooper's play "Mistaken Identity" criteria: Clear thesis statement, coverage elements
No Mere Mistake
Without a doubt, Sharon E. Cooper's dramatic work, which is entitled Mistaken Identity is unabashedly a comedy. This play is based upon Continue Reading...
Sociology
Obedience, Authority, & Responsibility
There are indeed, problems with obedience, as the reading's title proclaims. One problem with obedience is that if there is more than one person cohabitating in the same area, some form of obedie Continue Reading...
Walter Reuther's German immigrant father was a socialist, pacifist and labor leader who did not wish his sons to fight in the Prussian Army, which is why he came to the United States in 1892. He brought up his sons in the socialist-labor tradition, a Continue Reading...
Why? Because, for the most part, LBJ ignored them. He would invite the leadership and even critics to the White House quite frequently and listen as they offered suggestions. Usually, however, he would end up lecturing them about the wisdom of the d Continue Reading...
While "Kubrick's authorial style was viewed by both supporters and critics as an aloof criticism of the social scene" (Staiger 54), it is apparent that none of these supporters cared to question why, in fact, masculinity is so often contingent on "e Continue Reading...
Beatles Success -- Why?
The Beatles success as a rock n' roll musical group has become so ubiquitous that it's almost an unquestioned fact of music history that the group was destined to propel itself to the top through sheer force of collective ta Continue Reading...
America During the 1960's
The 1960's began well for America. President Kennedy appeared to have the social and economic aspects of the country under good control. After his assassination,
President Lyndon Baines Johnson took over and attempted to c Continue Reading...
Archaeology
After brushing off all the debris, the team of archaeologists lifted the time capsule with a great sense of satisfaction and placed it on the research table. Inside we found five items that will enhance our understanding of life in the U Continue Reading...
The Internet search engine corporation Google has become a kind of anti-competitive mega-company, as the corporate structure disdains conventional leadership hierarchies, encourages employees to practice yoga during their breaks, and stocks its cafe Continue Reading...
Yet, the result of their failure to achieve innovation in the wake of their purchase of Kinko's resulted in significant losses, writedowns and a loss of both prestige and market share. FedEx experienced this failure on several levels. They failed to Continue Reading...
Japanese music around the world, as well as the impact of world music on the evolution of Japanese culture focusing on the post-war period. Using Web searches and Google Scholar searches related to post-war Japanese music, including specific search Continue Reading...
American Morality
The Rooseveltian Nation was initially envisioned by Theodore Roosevelt during the epoch in which the U.S. triumphed in the Spanish American war and heralded its largely Anglo-Saxon nation of limited diversity as the most dominant r Continue Reading...
psychedelics on American music and culture
The evolution of American popular music and culture in the late1960's and 1970's was an influential factor in the inspiration of musical artists. The creativity of music and its variety in modernity indica Continue Reading...
S. were not "hostile" to evangelicalism (Bebbington, p. 367). After WWII, the Church of Scotland and British Methodism launched "sustained evangelistic thrusts" and in Britain the "National Young Life Campaign" got involved in evangelical activities, Continue Reading...
Thus science and discussions of scientific phenomena with his brother also formed the backdrop to his early life, another reason why technology featured so prominently in his literary works.
Vonnegut is credited with helping to elevate the genre of Continue Reading...
Using Intelligence and Surveillance at Border Control
Part One
1. Summary
The Hells Angels are a sizeable and hierarchically organized criminal outfit with chapters throughout Canada. The organization’s primary source of profit is drug traffick Continue Reading...
Marhsall McLuhan - "The medium is the message"
This essay deals with issues raised by Marhsall McLuhan's famous dictum: "The medium is the message." It has 5 sources.
An analysis of Marshall McLuhan's essays investigating how this dictum applies an Continue Reading...
Even proponents of medical legalization concede marijuana cannot cure or even alleviate the symptoms of MS or glaucoma, merely act as a narcotic. True, other narcotics exist on the market today -- and like marijuana, they are also addictive. Whether Continue Reading...
Smith provided the appropriate managerial direction which struck the right balance between creativity, performance and productivity. His farsightedness which encompassed a wide vision was long-term, ambitious and the same time entirely practical and Continue Reading...
Strategic Management
I definitely have the personality, skills and goals to be an entrepreneur. The entrepreneur requires both functional and managerial skills. Since the entrepreneur is responsible for all aspects of the operations, he/she must hav Continue Reading...
Culture vs. Civilization
The comparison between culture and civilization is one laden with intricacies and has been a subject of contention among historians, anthropologists, and sociologists for years. At first glance, these two concepts may seem Continue Reading...
An Eclectic Path
Although Manly P. Hall is hardly a household word, nor the Philosophical Research Society he helped to found, he was clearly instrumental in showcasing the value of comparative religions. Now that the entire world is interconnected v Continue Reading...
Marketing
Apple; Market Segments, Target Market and Positioning
Apple are a well-known high tech firm, developing and selling a range of electrical devices, including but not limited to iPods, iPads, iPhones and iMacs, as well as associated service Continue Reading...
Higher Ed Course
Course Design: 20th Century History and Popular Music
Course Description:
For many students, popular music is scene as being disposable and readily replaceable. The nature of the modern media cycle means that much of what dominate Continue Reading...
Capsule from the 1960's
Peers, colleagues, and supporters: this is one of what will presumably become several reports about this time capsule from the 1960s, nearly four centuries ago. I am honored and deeply intrigued by the items found within thi Continue Reading...
Strategic Diversity Management
Diversity management is a stratagem which contributes actively in encouraging the conception, recognition and implementation of diversity in the operations of different corporations and institutions. This whole notion Continue Reading...
The common perception of organized crime as consisting of tightly knit underworld syndicates who operate on the periphery of the legitimate business world is a misconception. It was illustrated as such in a most public way with the revelation of th Continue Reading...
Meditation centers became popular during this time, and so did extensive study into eastern religions, such as Buddhism.
There is another aspect of Buddhism that has had a remarkable effect on American society in just about every area, and that is Continue Reading...
The youth in these countries has become more than just obsessed with the physical appearances as plastic surgery is also becoming quite common. China probably has the greatest plastic surgery industry where they work at everything from increasing he Continue Reading...
Education:
The Intolerance of Zero Tolerance
Zero Tolerance Policies in Public Schools
One has only to turn on the television, log onto the Internet, or glance at a newspaper to see that violence is everywhere in our society. The nightly news is d Continue Reading...
American Idiot
Popular Music and Social Change in the Present: Green Day's 'American Idiot' (2004)
Following the catalyzing events of September 11th, 2001, the United States would find itself deeply divided over the issues of terrorism, war and pre Continue Reading...