The Wars by Timothy Findley “Prior to the writing of The Wars‚ it was unheard of for any writer who had not experienced it first hand to write about "The War to End All Wars". However‚ Findley‚ with his direct and shocking style‚ was able to surpass this barrier and create one of the most acclaimed novels about World War I.” (Acadia) “The Wars remains Findley’s most-discussed book. Based partly on the wartime correspondence of his uncle‚ Thomas Irving Findley‚ and on family photos‚ he wrote
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HUMAN AGGRESSION Craig A. Anderson and Brad J. Bushman Department of Psychology‚ Iowa State University‚ Ames‚ Iowa 50011-3180; e-mail: caa@iastate.edu‚ bushman@iastate.edu Key Words violence‚ harm‚ theory‚ general aggression model ■ Abstract Research on human aggression has progressed to a point at which a unifying framework is needed. Major domain-limited theories of aggression include cognitive neoassociation‚ social learning‚ social interaction‚ script‚ and excitation trans-fer
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Essay on Wars – Destructive for Humanity. War is‚ without argument the worst collective experience of humanity. It has created new nations on the rubbles of destroyed cities and humans dead. It involves mass killing without humane feelings even if short and swift. Our recent experience with Kargil‚ which was not even not even a full-fledged war‚ reopened the sordidness of military action. Wars‚ when prolonged like the World Wars‚ result in human brutality‚ mass extermination of races and
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Introduction Throughout history the debate has always arisen about what is human nature. Is it in our nature to be good or is it our nature to be evil? Many philosophers have joined the debate taking stances on either end of the spectrum‚ while some try to pose alternative answers. Thomas Hobbes believes man’s nature to be bad. He claims humans to be naturally selfish‚ like animals we are driven by our own passions. Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. believed that man is
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understand and analyze the consumer behaviors and their responses to various stimuli present at the store and accordingly managing and monitoring the store operations and gauging its impact on overall customer’s behavior. Behavior of targeted customer towards merchandise and understanding their behavior. Also to check and understand which factor if improved will lead to the customer loyalty or recommendation to the product. 1.3 COMPANY PROFILE: Pantaloons Fashion Retail Limited‚ is
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Changes Toward a Sustainable Society Steven Aulisio Changes Toward a Sustainable Society As mankind strives for advancement we learn from the old ways where we have stumbled in our past. We also adhere to the same mindset as we have in the past as well. As we learn from our past mistakes the changes toward a sustainable society become a reality but we are held back by the same unsustainable way of thinking. Technology which was once destructive to the environment
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TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL ZAKAT INSTITUTIONS: THE MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE Najihah Mokter Kuliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences International Islamic University Malaysia Abstract: Zakat is a duty from Allah since it is one of Pillars in Islam similar to the duty of Solat. In establishing Solat‚ the Muslims community organizes a place of worship so that it can be performed completely by Muslim. Similarly‚ Muslims are obligated to establish the institution of Zakat in order to collect
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whether or not they left their countries because of war‚ poverty or civil or religious persecution‚ they believed that in America‚ they could achieve a better quality of life if they work hard enough. It was their reason and motivation to move. I‚ as an another immigrant who explored many countries and settled in the US‚ can understand how they feel about the Dream. However‚ in the last decades‚ many statistics show that American attitudes toward this
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We have chosen the ‘Google’ firm’s human resource department. We have gone through its processes and practices of human resource management and have created a summary of all that. The critical analysis has also been done and is discussed below Google has completely reinvented its Human Resource. Google’s stock price broke the $800 barrier last month‚ Google moved into the No. 3 position among the most valuable firms in the world. Google is clearly the youngest firm among the leaders; it has
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War is a fact of life. As long as there are humans‚ there will be war. In past times‚ for a man to go to war‚ it was viewed as romantic and heroic. But‚ these ideas have faded and vanished throughout the course of the 20th century. War can be horrific‚ like a bad nightmare‚ and can easily break the human spirit‚ which is not a t all fragile. In his novel‚ "The Wars"‚ Timothy Findley develops the idea that war‚ in and of itself‚ is meaningless‚ unjustified‚ and irrational. PART I "The Wars" is
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