Charlton Heston: Winning the cultural war (An analysis of the speech)
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Charlton Heston was often considered as one of the most talented actors of our time. On the big screen, the Broadway stage, and on television, Charlton Heston repeatedly proved himself as an excellent portrayer of human character. He was born as John Charles Carter on April 10, 1924 (IMDb, 2009)....
Strategy of Christian Dior - published: 03/01/2011
Thesis - 17 pages - Business strategy
Christian Dior was the creator of one of the largest luxury homes, who would have celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005, and has marked his time with his creative genius. ? Christian Dior; an atypical profile: 1905 - 1934 Christian Dior was born into a wealthy family on January 21, 1905 in...
Corporate strategy: LVMH
Case study - 29 pages - Business strategy
At a time when mass consumption remains one of the hallmarks of Commerce, the world of luxury has adopted a strategy based on a distinct rationale, where differentiation is the key. Who does not know the biggest names in this exciting universe? Prada, Manolo, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Chanel, or...
Western Lowland gorillas in zoos
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Throughout history, facilities that exhibit wild animals to the public have always existed. The term zoo was first coined by newspapers in 1847 to describe the Clifton zoo and has since been used to describe confinement facilities for displaying animals to the public. The United Kingdom has been...
Strategy of Christian Dior
Case study - 28 pages - Services marketing
For two decades, Christian Dior SA is among one of the largest luxury groups in Europe and worldwide. Christian Dior is a holding company that has publicly traded since 1988 and holds 42% share of the luxury group LVMH. Christian Dior SA is also the parent company of Christian Dior Couture in...
Market for luxury items in Brazil
Market study - 12 pages - Services marketing
Brazil is a country undergoing economic and social growth for several years now, and it is also a part of BRIC (the acronym for four large developing countries at the beginning of the century: Brazil, Russia, India, China, which will represent over 20% of the total weight of the world economy in...
Functional analysis of NQPT1 and NPQT2 promoters, and analysis using GUS activity the transcriptional control and strength of NQPT2 versus CaMV35S promoters
Case study - 20 pages - Biology
Quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (QPT) links the pyridine nucleotide cycle and aspartate pathway by maintaining the availability of nicotinic acid important for de novo synthesis of NAD and alkaloid. QPT is encoded by QPT gene. Gene duplication leads to two different forms of QPT gene which...
Cape Breton Island Foods
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Cape Breton, an island in the Nova Scotia province, is known for producing the winter foods from vegetables to fruits that line the farmers' tables. In the markets for cape Breton are filled with meat, cheese and honey during the winter seasons, as well as good ethnic choices such as samosas and...
Subverting the Mainstream: The Postmodern World of David Lynch
Essay - 5 pages - Film studies
During the first half of the twentieth-century, a movement known as “classical Hollywood cinema” thrived; this was the dawn of truly “mainstream” films. The movies created during this time operated largely within metanarratives; all-embracing laws which governed human...
The Perfect Blend of Grit and Grace: An examination of cowgirls and their gender roles at the turn of the century
Thesis - 6 pages - Humanities/philosophy
Every little girl at one time or another played cowgirl. Being a cowgirl is always much more fun than being a little lady, which is what all parents want of their daughters. Little ladies that wear white gloves to church, say their “please” and “thank you's,” and make sure...
Provide a description of the various market entry strategies into a foreign country and critically discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas” (jack welch, 2009) Now all the countries are sharing their market together and that because of the...
The Better Face of Unpreparedness
Case study - 2 pages - Social sciences
Cheryl Strayed' memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” reveals her extraordinary experience regarding her trek through the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) when she was twenty-six years old. All this was to rediscover herself from the self-destructive life that had...
The environmental impact of aquaculture operations
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Human cultivation has produced habitats specialized for artificially spawning and nurturing aquatic animals and plants in fresh and marine waters. By assisting to meet the market demand for seafood consumption, aqua cultural operations have yielded clear and significant financial advantages,...
What is meant by "globalization" and how has it affected international trade and direct foreign investment?
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
Globalisation can be defined as the trend toward greater interdependence among national institutions and economies (Wild, 2003). It can also be said that globalization is basically the cross-border exchange of economic, social and technological elements. Globalisation has had no shortage of its...
Vaccination of fish against infectious diseases in aquaculture
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
The role of aquaculture in providing a sustainable source of seafood to an ever increasing world population has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. In combination with an increasing world population, the reduction in the wild harvest, changes in consumer eating habits, the economic...
Should urban foxes be excluded - United Kingdom? - published: 14/01/2015
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Foxes are wild animals that scavenge in the urban areas and have over the years adapted to the city environment. They have broad adaptability, are widely distributed and can live in diverse habitats. They usually move in a huge pack in search of food in places where resources are scattered. They...
Should urban foxes be excluded - United Kingdom?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Foxes are wild animals that scavenge in the urban areas and have over the years adapted to the city environment. They have broad adaptability, are widely distributed and can live in diverse habitats. They usually move in a huge pack in search of food in places where resources are scattered. They...
"Mom, why is Black Beauty in the back of that semi?" Truths of Modern Day Horse Slaughter
Case study - 3 pages - Sports
The Black Stallion, Mr. Ed, My Friend Flicka, all reminders of the American icon that has been so closely tied to our past. Horses have served humans throughout our American History, carrying us on their backs through the Wild West, tiling our fields, pulling wagons and carriages, even carrying...
White noise
Thesis - 5 pages - Literature
Traditional nature writers often describe the benefit man can derive from interacting with nature. For example, in Nature , Ralph Waldo Emerson describes “in the presence of nature a wild delight runs through man, in spite of real sorrows” (Emerson 38). Furthermore, he purports that...
Fidelity and Infidelity (to Tolstoy's Novel) in Duvivier's and Zarkhi's Anna Kareninas
Tutorials/exercises - 15 pages - Literature
A viewer watching the 1948 and then the 1967 film versions of Anna Karenina (directed by Julien Duvivier and Aleksandr Zharkhi, respectively) for the first time might think that there is much in common between the two films. They look very similar, and this is due in large part to attempts, by...
The tourist potential of Portugal
Thesis - 7 pages - Social sciences
Portugal is a very charming and welcoming country. It stretches along the Atlantic coast and has beautiful beaches and historic towns especially in the region of the Algarve. The country has maintained its hinterland, with its wild life and beautiful landscapes. Portuguese culture and its ancient...
Conservation Plan for the Javan Rhino
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
The Javan Rhino, scientific name Rhinoceros Sondaicus, is one of the most threatened species in the world today. Today, there are less than 50 individual members of the Javan Rhino species in the world. There is a trend of change that have threatened all species of the Rhinoceroses in the world...
Ways of Rendering Student Slang in Salinger Novel "The Catcher in the Rye"
Dissertation - 48 pages - Literature
Slang, as the most mentioned representative word form of the informal vocabulary, occupies a prominent role in contemporary society. It has become the second language of any democratic country. Everybody uses it even if one pretends that he has never used it. It is a veritable issue and it will...
Mother Jones Magazine
Book review - 6 pages - Literature
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting founder Jeff Cohen once said, “If it's in the New York Times today, it was probably in Mother Jones six months ago” (4). Contrary to what one might believe, the staff at Mother Jones thoroughly enjoy their status as the magazine the media giants get...
Adaptation: The perfect adaptation
Essay - 19 pages - Film studies
In 2000, The New Yorker magazine writer Susan Orlean published her book, The Orchid Thief, a history of orchids and orchid collectors. The main themes of the work include the history of the passion for plants held by cultures past and present, the perils of harsh habitats such as the Fakahatchee...
Heathen Morton and Religious Bradford
Essay - 3 pages - Medieval history
Long before the “Odd Couple”, there was a duo even more opposite and conflicted - Thomas Morton and William Bradford. A battle between two strong characters, with very different and contrasting beliefs about life, ensued on 1622 in the early English settlement of Plymouth,...
Is Russian political culture a serious obstacle to democratization?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
From the end of the Cold War to nowadays, Russia has endeavored to reform itself so as to exit from a situation of crises. Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to give a new start to the economy of the Soviet Union, to reform its plethoric administration and take steps towards a more democratic,...
Sexual Taboo: Vampire Myths and Stories
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
The belief in vampires has been around for most of recorded history, dating back before the bible and Ancient Egypt to Babylonian demonology and very early Sumerian mythology . Although, it was never the mythology that we think of today; in those times it was a belief rooted just as strongly as...
Indian economy and how it has managed the global crisis
Thesis - 11 pages - Economy general
“Money which is the source of unlimited benefits, becomes the cause of calamity and unhappiness if not controlled” - Robert Shan The above quotation by Robert Shan exactly describes the reason of current global financial crisis. The current global financial crises are the cause of...
The water babies, Victorian literature and the depiction of childhood
Thesis - 13 pages - Literature
The social hierarchy of Victorian England perpetuated the involvement of the working class in poverty driven crime and with regard to the concurrent impact on children; Duckworth comments that “Crime and poverty were inseparably associated and most of the young who suffered gaol sentences...
