AXA SA, the French insurance giant, is considering selling its stake in Taikang Life Insurance, the fourth-largest life insurance company in China. Selling a major asset is a major strategic decision. A number of factors must be taken into account Continue Reading...
A good example of this can be seen with the songs that were performed by: Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. As they would often take: the actual events and incorporate them into the lyrics of their songs. This would serve as way of slowly changing Continue Reading...
Thad Johnson/Music Dallas Symphony Review What an absolute dual treat to attend the Dallas Symphony's "Tchaikovsky Night" at the Morton Myerson Symphony Center on March 31, 2011. Not only was I privileged to hear two great works, but as an added be Continue Reading...
Stop Online Piracy Act One of the biggest challenges for a variety of firms is dealing with online piracy. Recently, Congress has been debating the different provisions of the Stop Online Piracy Act. This is a proposed regulation that is increasing Continue Reading...
Johnson reports that "in 1998, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)1 severely limited the use of copyrighted materials in distance learning. In 2002, the Technology, Education, and Copy- right Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) relaxed these restr Continue Reading...
Banking and financial services includes such firms as investment banks, commercial banks, brokerage firms, and credit card institutions. The common it pulse throughout the daily operations of these organizations involves utilizing systems to communi Continue Reading...
As technology and the capability of removing artifacts from recordings improve this area of the law will be likely to be revisited in the future. This last revision to copyright law raised more questions than it answered. For instance, was it accep Continue Reading...
Technology has quickly taken over several key areas of entertainment. From journals to music, everything seems to make the shift towards online and streaming versus hard copy. With emerging technologies and increasing internet usage, debates arose ov Continue Reading...
film "blade runner" and will highlight the different tests which were performed in it, it will further distinguish between humans and replicants and will emphasize the tests performed and the variability of the tests on the humans as well as on the Continue Reading...
Slavery was more than an economic institution; it had completely radicalized the nation. Identity was inextricably tied up with race; even after emancipation, blacks were not truly free, and were certainly not equal. Even in the North, African Americ Continue Reading...
Technology Business Processes Technology Mediated Organizational Improvement: Spotify's Marketing Mix The proliferation of the personal computer, the high speed internet connection and the personal listening device have all have a dramatic change o Continue Reading...
globalization effect or reason for the creation of Hip-Hop Culture in the Western province in Saudi (Jeddah)? Saudi Arabia is a country of variety and as of recently, hip-hop. The hip-hop culture of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's western province, is a cul Continue Reading...
Global Marketing Strategies and Management Techniques of Apple Inc. The central objective of this report is to perform an environmental analysis of a country in which our selected company shall aim to establish a market for its products and services Continue Reading...
Theory of the self-monitored students and CSCL Another popular theory associated with the concept of CSCL is the self-monitored student s (Benbunan-Fich, 2002 ). Benbunan-Fich (2002 ) in their study give students the chance to explore and discov Continue Reading...
Impressions The Louvre The Louvre, an architectural masterpiece, has dominated central Paris since the late 12th century. The original structure was gradually dwarfed as the city grew. The dark fortress of the early days was transformed into the mo Continue Reading...
Carl Orff a German composer, was born in Munich, Germany on July 10, 1895. Munich had been the place where Orff grew up and where his life had been shaped. The childhood days of Orff brought him a lot of memories that he used later as inspirations fo Continue Reading...
Miles Davis With a career spanning several decades, and an influence spanning several continents, Miles Davis has arguably had a bigger influence on jazz music than any other musician. In the 1991 obituary in The New York Times, Miles Davis was desc Continue Reading...
This were then replaced with larger big band orchestras as technology allowed such large groups to be clearly recorded, "As the swing era began, shorts were made of many of the top orchestras," (Yanow 2). Big band orchestras began showing up in all Continue Reading...
Even now music like Beethoven's seems elitist. Unlike a punk rock show, a classical music concert is attended by well-heeled individuals: people who dress up in gowns and suits and who leave their car at valet parking. The culture that surrounds cla Continue Reading...
The fugues in particular, which are at once incredibly regular and mechanical in their construction -- scholars have noted the clean lines the many notes form on the printed page, for example -- yet achingly beautiful and religiously passionate embo Continue Reading...
Jazz dance is an integral part of American history. The various types of jazz dance all come from a fusion of African and European traditions, which is why jazz dance symbolizes American culture itself. According to Tilton's film Jazz Dance, jazz dan Continue Reading...
" (Fabrikant, 2006) Through having transposed Bach's originally melody to the lower and middle layers "Busoni achieves a vertical layering of melodies from different genres..." (Fabrikant, 2006) The top melodic layer is supplied by Busoni through cr Continue Reading...
Lastly, the paper concludes by summarizing the findings of the paper. Limitations of the Study It is imperative to analytically assess the outcome and the entire thesis. This is because this thesis has some limitations that should be observed when Continue Reading...
Dylan Poster Milton Glaser's 1967 poster of Bob Dylan epitomizes the hippie aesthetic. The hair is one of the distinguishing features in this poster, which makes sense symbolically given the importance of hair to hippie culture. Men with long hair w Continue Reading...
Innovation and pricing are concepts that the manufactures and service providers should focus on. This paper focuses on how value is created on various products and services highlighting on the impacts value addition can bring to the company against t Continue Reading...
Copyright Infringement & the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 This paper looks into the issues of copyright infringement and circumvention of technology with reference to Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. The author of thi Continue Reading...
45). There are also important racial issues that are examined throughout "A Touch of Evil"; these are accomplished through what Nerrico (1992) terms "visual representations of 'indeterminate' spaces, both physical and corporeal"; the "bordertown an Continue Reading...
Fashion History of Fashion The history of fashion can be dated back to the development of the fashion industry in different time eras. Fashion was taken and applied in different forms depending on the situation of that era. It has been noted that c Continue Reading...
Flapper Movement The Effect of the Flappers on Today's Women The 1920's in the U.S. And UK can be described as a period of great change, both socially and economically. During this period the image of the women completely changed and a "new women" Continue Reading...
With YouTube, though, users can watch movies, TV programs, documentaries, sports events, home movies made in the far-flung regions of the world at any time they wish. In addition, users can join and converse with communities of people who are intere Continue Reading...
EDSE 600: History and Philosophy of Education / / 3.0 credits The class entitled, History and Philosophy of Education, focused on the origin of education and the "philosophical influences of modern educational theory and practice. Study of: philos Continue Reading...
French Romantic painter, Eugene Delacroix, is well-known from this period. Delacroix often took his subjects from literature but added much more by using color to create an effect of pure energy and emotion that he compared to music. He also showed Continue Reading...
Dark Age and the Archaic Age Having watched the lectures for the prior learning unit on video, I was prepared to enjoy the video lecture presentation for this learning unit. I previously found the presentation of lectures in the video format to be v Continue Reading...
NYC African Restaurants African Restaurants African Restaurants in NYC The restaurant's soft industrial lighting makes the chrome gleam. A soft and expansive backdrop of blue gives the space a cool and slightly futuristic industrial like a hip lof Continue Reading...
African Restaurant Revival New York is home to people from all over the world, and it is well-known that they often bring with them cuisine from their homelands. Foodies descend on food courts in subterranean malls in Queens, Russian bakeries in Bro Continue Reading...
Pornification of Women in Western Media The Pornification of Women in Mainstream Western Media Sexuality is a normal part of life for every male and female. Regardless of where he or she lives, or even what age a person is, sex will be a need. It i Continue Reading...
CONTROLLING OUR EMOTIONS? EMOTIONAL LITERACY: MECHANISM FOR SOCIAL CONTROL? At the core of becoming an activist educator Is identifying the regimes of truth that govern us the ideas that govern how we think, act and feel as educators because it Continue Reading...
Copyright Basics Copyright law is designed and enacted to protect artists and other creators. Just as an inventor deserves to patent an invention, an artist deserves the right to own created material including but not limited to film, photography, m Continue Reading...
Studying a sample of 153 top commercial Web sites directed at children under 13, the CME found that COPPA has spurred changes in Web sites' data collection practices. Web sites had limited the amount and type of information (e.g., name, postal addre Continue Reading...
Organizational Analysis of Google Google is a high-tech organization with appealing rates of growth beneficial to shareholders. Inherent with its development, Google faces notable challenges. This study will focus on the situation facing the company Continue Reading...
