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Transformations of literature: Augustine’s ‘Confessions’ and Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’

Document abstract : «Both St. Augustine's Confessions and Virgil's epic The Aeneid marked a new direction in literature for the West. Each one was inspired by the works of previous authors, but was willing to forge a new literature for their times. In the Aeneid, Virgil...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Aeneid.. The standard invocations of the epic. . Themes of destiny.. The uses of a term that can be translated to mean 'imperial'.. The Punic Wars.. Augustine's Confessions.. His difference with Virgil.. A completely different...»

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Harry S. Truman: The man from Missouri

Document abstract : «In the fifty-three years since his presidency, the nation has truly had time to reflect, and Harry S. Truman has now been elevated to the pantheon of 'great' Presidents of the United States. Hailing from humble roots in the heartland of Missouri,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Character.. A keen sense of duty and hard work. . A man of integrity.. Truman's only ambition.. Truman's modesty and humility.. His under-whelming qualifications for the presidency. . The only close male friend Harry Truman ever...»

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Creative psychology

Document abstract : «In this essay we discuss some selective creative areas of psychology; of interest to Depth Psychology. Part 1 discusses the influence of romanticism on the famous 20th century psychologist, Carl Jung. Part 2 discusses Jung's psychological...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Jung and romanticism.. Jung's insistence that he was scientific.. Jung's autobiography.. The Romantic Philosophers who influenced the ideas of analytical psychology . Arthur Schopenhauer - a favorite of Jung's.. Jung's regard for...»

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Contemporary key Post-Jungian thinkers

Document abstract : «Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) had a rational and irrational side. The rational side of Jung was scientifically orientated. It was an empirical side that studied psychic contents as psychological facts. Meanwhile the irrational side of Jung lapped up...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Rational and irrational sides of Carl Gustav Jung.. The focus of the essay.. Andrew Samuels as the main organizer of the post-Jungian world.. Samuels 1985 categorizations.. Part 1.. Susan Rowland's work at the University of...»

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Thinking through Jung

Document abstract : «This essay is radically 'Post'-Jungian. As with other essays that I have written it can only exist due to the immersion within Jungian psychology. But in effect I am working through Jungian psychology. Hence one is indebted to Jung but nevertheless,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Part 1.. Fantasy thinking and the ego.. Part 2.. James Hillman's anima based psychology.. Thinking as a part of the soul's logical life.. Strengthening the position of psychology as a field.. The human being as a conscious/unconscious...»

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A critical study of Ramesses II: His contributions to Egypt as the last great pharaoh

Document abstract : «The dictionary definition of "great" is: "of extraordinary powers; having unusual merit;" This definition fits with the interpretation of what it was to be great according to the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, especially those of the eighteenth and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The dictionary definition of 'great'.. Events that led up to the nineteenth dynasty. . Standard set by the actions of Ramesses I and Sethos I in relation to Ramesses II.. Egypt: overcome by a series of conquests interjected by brief...»

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The presidency: Where foreign policy and domestic politics collide

Document abstract : «Political scientists have long sought to discover where the foreign and the domestic spheres of the presidency connect. Presidents, it is assumed, must balance military needs with political needs, whether those political needs entail gaining...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Events in American history that brought the people together to 'rally round the flag'.. The international stage.. The terrorist attacks and President Bush's capitalization on the situaltion.. Using moral dich...»

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Slavery and politics in early America

Document abstract : «The legal practice of slavery in the United States of America ended on December 6th, 1865 with the passage of the 13th amendment to the Constitution. In the wake of the terrible carnage of the American Civil War, people have tried to make sense over...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The American revolution as a product of the system of slavery.. The ideals of the 18th century enlightenments.. The development of the declaration of independence.. The wake of the successful war to gain freedom from the British.. The...»

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History of Russia: A look at the Russian political gravity

Document abstract : «Autocratic rule in Russia initially evolved at odds with the interests of the landed gentry before finally undermining their power via the establishment of a service gentry, loyal to the state, and appeasing them with the slow institutionalization...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Autocratic rule in Russia.. The Kievan state.. Appanage Russia.. The center of Russian political gravity.. Ivan III's defeat of the Mongols.. Ivan III's formal introduction of a new centralizing rule and a struggle for...»

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History of Jazz: Jazz and Modern Painting

Document abstract : «Ideas in the worlds of music and art have probably cross-pollinated from the beginning. The lush and passionate colors, rhythms, and themes of the Romantic painters like Eugene Delacroix mirror the lush and passionate melodies, movements, and moods...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Armstrong and O'Keefe.. Matisse and swing.. Mondrian and boogie woogie.. Pollock and bebop.. Warhol and hard bop.. Pollock and free Jazz.. Conclusion.....»

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The truths we cling to: Un-Americanism and the Dies Committee

Document abstract : «What does it mean to be 'un-American?' For most of the twentieth century, a congressional committee took upon itself the mission of defining that vague and often misused term. The committee went through different iterations and attacked different...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Samuel Dickstein (D-NY) as vice chairman of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities Authorized to Investigate Nazi Propaganda and Certain Other Propaganda Activities.. A report claiming no vestige of fascism existed in the...»

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Critical study: Comparing the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

Document abstract : «One of the most interesting periods of Egyptian history comes during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. In approximately 1479 B.C., the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II died and, after a short dispute, was succeeded by his consort Hatshepsut who...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The biography of Hatshepsut. . Direct rule of Egypt by a queen.. Hatshepsut's successor.. The second element of this essay.. The expansion of trade. . Thutmose's strategy for increasing Egyptian trade output.. Increasing Egypt's...»

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Ottoman architecture: Mosques of Istanbul

Document abstract : «The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, is located in Istanbul, Turkey in Sultanahmet Square. It was commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I in 1609 to be the first imperial mosque built by the Ottoman Empire in over forty years. The mosque...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque.. Sultan Ahmed I.. History of the mosque.. Importance of the location.. Reasons why Sultan Ahmed I built the mosque.. Symbol of power.. Matching the size of the older mosques.. Architecture.. Ottoman...»

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Disney: The beauty is the beast

Document abstract : «Walt Disney Productions is a multimedia conglomerate, not only producing a majority of the children's cinema on the market today, but also submersing itself in the children's toy market, owning television stations such as ABC and the Disney Channel,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Walt Disney Productions as a multimedia conglomerate.. Purpose of the paper.. The good Disney has done.. The history of male and female characterization in Disney films.. Woman character and the fault that they are unmarried. . The...»

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Judgment: How winning leaders make great calls

Document abstract : «Noel M. Tichy is the author of Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will and many other business bestsellers. He is a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and advises CEOs around the world. Warren G. Bennis is the...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The authors belief that judgment call is not an event but a process.. Personal opinion.. Judgment calls.. General framework for judgment calls.. People judgments.. Strategy judgments.. Crisis judgments.. My...»

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Identity sags in transition

Document abstract : «In February of 2005, the state of Virginia proposed a "Droopy Drawers" bill. The House voted 60-34 for this bill (Bellantoni), but was later shot down by the Senate. If passed, one would have been facing a fifty-dollar fine for sagging. "It's...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The act of sagging and its evolution out of prison culture.. Sagging as a direct response to the socio-cultural experience of modern day African-American communities. . The book Dress Codes by Ruth Rubinstein.. The gangsta rap style...»

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From judging to legislating: The Supreme Court as a law-making body

Document abstract : «Whether the judicial branch in the United States should exercise activism or restraint has been debated since before the constitution was ratified. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 were split on the issue, and left Article III of...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The judicial branch in the United States: should it exercise activism or restraint.. Defining activism and restraint.. Congress as the law-making branch of the federal government. . The court and the power to resolve disputes...»

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Boot Camps - Not the best alternative

Document abstract : «Boot camps, also known as shock incarceration treatments, became increasingly popular in the United States as a reaction to the rising juvenile crime rates in the past two decades. The general public made the juvenile justice system its scapegoat...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction and background.. The widely-touted aim for the boot camps.. Logistical factors about the boot camps.. The typical day.. The public's image of boot camps.. Examining the effectiveness of boot camps.. MacKenzie's article entitled 'The...»

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Was the NATO bombardment of Serbia legitimate?

Document abstract : «After the disintegration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kosovar Albanians became targets of the Serb policy of "ethnic cleansing". UN requested both parties to the conflict to stop hostilities and to return to negotiations....»

Synopsis abstract : «Introducion.. The idea of standardized criteria to legitimate the use of force.. Criteria in the case of Kosovo.. Conclusion.....»

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Human rights and domestic violence

Document abstract : «Human Rights Watch has estimated that 12,000 women a year die in Russia because of domestic violence; Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reports close to 80% of women experience domestic violence; 49,280 rapes were reported in South Africa in...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Domestic violence.. Attention from the international and national community. . Recognizing domestic violence as a human rights violation.. Hazards in applying national law to domestic violence.. Constitutional law vs human rights...»

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Brasseries Kronenbourg: 1664

Document abstract : «We have chosen the beer 1664 because it is the most famous beer of the brand Kronenbourg, which is the leader of the French beers market. Kronenbourg is an international company which offers lagers, white and amber beers to brown ale, as well as...»

Synopsis abstract : «Presentation of the company.. Main facts.. History of the company.. The different strategies of Kronenbourg.. The different brands and partners brand of Kronenbourg.. The product strategy of the brand.. The positioning.. The product range.. The...»

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The Stephen Lawrence affair

Document abstract : «Stephen Lawrence was born in 1974; he was the first child of Doreen and Neville who emigrated from Jamaica in the 1960s. He had one brother Stuart and one sister Georgina. By the age of seven he had already resolved to become an architect. He lived...»

Synopsis abstract : «Who was Stephaen Lawrence?. What happened to him?. The reaction of the police.. The reaction of the community.. The reaction of the press.. The concequences.. The report of the Stephen Lawrance inquiry.. The Stephen Lawrance Charitable Trust.. The...»

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Patriarchal ideology, gender and media

Document abstract : «In a study carried out in the mid-70s, B. Miles (1975: pg.un) found that the proportion of men and women in situation comedies was nearly similar. However, the author points out that 'the gender roles and the humor could still be traditional and...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Evolution of patriarchal ideology.. The visual media.. Women in the Western civilisation.. The case of gender representation in cinema.. Patriarchal ideology laughed away in Swimming Pool by Francois Ozon.. Photography as a medium of...»

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Schubert's piano trio in e flat in Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick, 1975

Document abstract : «In this paper, I will analyze the use of Schubert's piano trio in e flat op. 100 in Barry Lyndon, a 1975 Stanley Kubrick's film. First, I will consider the music independently of its original context. In a second part, I will see how Kubrick uses it...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 'Notturno', andante con moto (The second movement of this four movement work ).. Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.. The role of the music when Redmond Barry sees Lady Lindon.. The repetitive character of Schubert'™s...»

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Comparative analysis of the political parties and the party systems: the case of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Document abstract : «Although sharing institutions for over seventy years, and the transition pathways from communism, the two successor states of the former Czechoslovakia have faced different challenges in the state-building process and adopted distinct economic...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Sharing between the the two successor states of the former Czechoslovakia.. The aim of this paper - analyzing comparatively the party systems of the two countries.. The structuring of the political cleavages in the Czech Republic and...»

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To what extent can the Spanish model of citizenship be used for the European Union? Examine the rights and duties of the citizen under the Spanish Constitution as well as the conciliation of various regional aspirations and feelings. In what way is this

Document abstract : «According to many commentators and journalists, the European Union would be challenged by some crisis, each of them having different natures: for instance, European regions, whereas they could be a good complement for European governance, are...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Exploring solutions that have been imagined by other countries.. The Spanish constitution: Various rights in exchange for unity.. Elaboration and overview.. The 'Spanish model of Citizenship'.. A singular regional dimension.. A...»

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History of mathematics in China

Document abstract : «"Chinese mathematics" was defined by Chinese in ancient times as the "art of calculation". This art was both a practical and a spiritual one. Like in Europe, many traces of calculations and solutions of equations were found by archaeologists. Today,...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Brief history.. The Chinese counting system.. Origins.. Schemes of notation.. Rod numeral system.. Traditional system (still used nowadays).. Complements.. Instruments to calculate.. Chinese counting boards.. The abacus.. The Chinese...»

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The tend offer on Marionnaud

Document abstract : «Bernard Marionnaud is a family company. It is the history of Marcel Frydman (73 years old) who decided 20 years ago to buy a perfume shop for his wife with only 100 000 Francs. But he realised after a while that he was very interested in this shop...»

Synopsis abstract : «The historical background of Marionnaud.. A way to a tender over.. Rescue package.. The financial management implications.. The consequences of the tender offer.....»

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Operational auditing

Document abstract : «According to the Institute of Internal Auditors, Internal Auditing could be defined as "an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organisation's operations. It helps an organisation accomplish...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Description of internal auditing functions.. Who uses internal auditing/ who performs it? . Internal auditor's role in corporate governance.. What is internal auditing?. What is internal control?. What is the relation between internal...»

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Postmodernism and cinema

Document abstract : «'It's about flights of fantasy, and the nightmare of reality, terrorist bombings, and late night shopping, true love, and creative plumbing.' (Gilliam; 1985). This tagline for the film Brazil highlights most of the concepts present in postmodernist...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Techno culture.. Dreams as a significant part of the story.. Hybrids and the juxtaposition of elements.. Twin Peaks.. Exploring self-reflexivity in Twin Peaks.. Hybrids in Twin Peaks.. The scenes between Donna and James.. The blurring...»

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