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    (1994). A review of a few of these films contribution to the development of Scottish Identity follows. In 1937 The Films of Scotland Committee was set the task of producing a series of films for the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition, by Walter Elliot the then Secretary of State for Scotland. The prime aim of the films was to promote the Scottish Nation. One of these seven* films was The Face of Scotland (1938) The 14 minute black and white documentary set out to ask the

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    contributed to the shaping of the time period. Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" portrays one of the typical love poems that can be seen from the Renaissance. A man is in search of the love of another girl, or woman. Sir Walter Raleigh wrote a poem in response to this passage of Marlowe's entitled "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd." Although the name of the girl is not stated anywhere in the former poem, Raleigh decided to use a wood nymph as his subject. The

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    In my opinion, a book is always a better choice for entertainment then a movie. Usually, when a book is adapted into a movie; the movie always seems to omit scenes and details mentioned in the book. This is the same with Walter Mosley’s Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned; a novel that tells a story surrounding a man named Socrates Fortlow. However, while the movie version of Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned follows the same concept as the book there are substantial differences in terms of events

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    Lady Mary Montagu’s letters are a form of travel writing that contributes to the exploration of issues; such as feminism, gender, health, class and culture through an epistolary form. During the time in which Lady Mary Montagu wrote her letters travel was a means for commerce and trade. Contrasted to this form of travel writing, is Oscar Wilde’s Symphony in Yellow. This is in the form of a poem, which is simplistic in its structure and appearance but not in its content or meanings. The title of the

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    Indeed, not all external knowledge may be easily used and transformed into new artefacts. If external knowledge is easily accessible, transformable into new artefacts and exposed to many actors (such as customers and suppliers), then innovative entry may take place (Winter, 1984). On the contrary, if advanced integration capabilities are necessary (Cohen and Levinthal, 1989), the industry may be concentrated and formed of large established firms. Third, the domain relates to the degree of accessibility

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    In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh sent two explorers – Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to the new world to find a settlement location for colonist settlement. They arrived in the New World on 4 July 1584 and established a good relationship with the natives. Earning the trust of the native, Amadas and Barlowe returned back to England in 1585 with two natives – Manteo and Wanchese. Manteo was the chief of the Croatoan tribe and Wanchese was from Roanoke; both speak Algonquian. The explorers had good and

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    A Commentary on, and Partial Analysis of, Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Part 4, with Especial Reference to Discourses 11 to 20 Although Zarathustra gains his happiness before the 'Fourth and Final Part' of Al Sprecht Zarathustra, that which he is most concerned with- his work, is still ahead of him in ' The Temptation of Zarathustra: an Interlude' (which Nietzsche viewed as the fourth part's "proper title in view of what already transpired and what follows" in the text as we find it abridged

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    I always enjoy reading about the history of something because it tends to show you the evolution of it. In this case, the evolution of ‘Quality’ is there. In the definition of quality in Chapter 2, Feigenbaum and Crosby both state what they think is the contributing part of quality. Feigenbaum believes that meeting the customers’ expectations is the key, while Crosby feels that if you put an impeccable product out, then that’s quality. However, Goetsch and Davis define a hybrid version of Feigenbaum

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    and designated for museum status. Today’s latest social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, has assisted the Internet ‘steady growth and influence of society for over twenty years now. Three authors, Neil Postman, Daniel Solove, and Walter Lippmann have explored how various media and symbols have shaped society through history to today. Postman, in Amusing Ourselves to Death, Public Discourse in Age of Show Business saw the dangers in the medium of television turning the serious subjects

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    Dr. W. Edwards Deming was a well respected man because of his philosophy of management. He viewed management as a tool for success in any organization. Dr. Deming was an expert statistician and during World War II he helped the United States in its efforts to improve the quality of war materials. After World War II, Dr. Deming was invited by Japan to help rebuild. Japan had this reputation of producing cheap imitation products. Through the years and many visits by Dr. Deming, Japan was able to produce

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