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One of the most interesting books produced by Voltaire is "Candide or Optimism," a satire attacking the "optimist" life paradigm promoted by some of the philosophers of the Enlightenment Age such as Leibniz.

Generally, the review of recent news reports about Google strongly suggests that the industry leading search engine has begun implementing a strategic vision of significantly expanding the range of services beyond those…

The paper introduces Lafleur Trading Company by giving a brief history of the Company. The paper creates the understanding of networking in organizations, and describes how the divergence between leadership and management influence networking in Lafleur Company. It identifies the roles of managers as well as leaders, and how they differ.

This review shows the literature and research available in the issue of respiratory diseases and the various occupations. The review shows that there is a pressing need to evaluate and conduct research in the known areas like coal, cement, and pesticides, but alarmingly agriculture and other industries have also to be included.

The purpose of this study was four-fold: (a) to investigate productivity within the relationship banking department of Al Rajhi Bank in order to identify opportunities for improvement; (b) to generate, research and evaluate possible ways to improve productivity within the relationship banking department; (c) to draw conclusions from the findings and make recommendations taking account of the overall financial, legal, environmental and human resource implications for this banking organisation; and (d) to prepare proper plans for implementing the recommendations for management approval.

nswers to the following five questions about alcohol and drug policy issues: 1)Many Americans have trouble getting to sleep. As a results they may turn to sleeping pills to help them get some ZZZs. How do you feel about the prescribing of sleeping pills for people to assist them with sleeping? Should our medical industry instead be writing prescriptions for vigorous activity which would also help people sleep better? How about a prescription for caffeine avoidance? 2)Considering the following: 1. Alcohol kills more young people than all illicit drugs combined. (Grunbaum,. 2002)2. Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and non-fatally injure someone every two minutes (NHTSA 2006). 3. During 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S. died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths versus 18% rate for Marijuana and Cocaine (NHTSA 2006). Do you think that alcohol should remain a "legal drug" free of regulation on consumption? 3) Discuss your position on red wine consumption as a protective factor for heart disease. What is it specifically in red wine that is considered cardio protective? Or is this just another excuse for people to regularly drink wine? 4)How do you feel about the wide availability of medical marijuana cards and clinics? 5)Do you feel that "abstaining" from a substance which one is addicted to is crucial for treatment? For example, do you believe that if one is being treated for alcoholism that they must "abstain" from drinking any alcohol in order to be in recovery?

This paper examines the cuisine of South America from the perspective of different elements that make the food unique to the region. This paper asks that one examine and investigate the cuisine history taking into…

Butoh is a Japanese art form that emerged in 1959 as a response to western oppression. Western political dominance had a serious impact on aesthetic sense of dancer Tatsumi Hijikata who developed a new form of dance…

Over the past several decades, research has indicated that during the colonization of Taiwan, many different tools and devices have been used by the Japanese during the time period before the relocation of the…

This paper begins by discussing two important cities in China - Beijing and Shenzhen. It then covers such diverse topics as food culture in China, Buddhism, the differences between East and West business practices, and the growing modern landscape of Shenzhen. The paper ends with a discussion of how Hong Kong is a true representation of how East meets West. This is discussed using examples in architecture.