Abstract This paper discusses the amphora, or vase depicting the struggle between the Greek mythological hero, Herakles, and Kerberos, the two-headed dog, entitled Herakles Bringing Kerberos from the Underworld. The author discusses Herakles', or Hercules, twelfth labor and analyzing the paint, patterns, illustrations, and overall technique used by the artist.
From the Paper "This is an Attic black-figured belly amphora with the characteristic cylindrical handles. This vase is classified as B type. Like most belly amphora, this vase has a flamed picture and a ray-pattern at the base of body. There is bud-patterned ornament on the upper part of the panel. Subject is Herakles Bringing Kerberos from the Underworld. On the left panel Herakles is shown with the two headed monstrous dog Kerberos and a club in his hand. But his most characteristic lion fur is missing. At the center of picture, Kerberos is threatening Herakles with his snake-like tail. Behind the monster, Athena, who always supported him, is depicted with an Attic typed helmet. But the painter of the vase painted with black where he should depict the ear of goddess in white. And in black-figure, woman's face is usually painted white over black, but her features are not clear because the graved line of her face is very faint. She has her spear in her right hand and a shield in her left. She is wearing an aegis over her breast."
Abstract This paper analyzes why the United States insists on supplying arms to Taiwan despite major Chinese opposition. It examines the history of the conflict between the U.S. and China and also the Chinese claim of control on Thailand. It explores the political and security reasons stated by the United States for their decision.
From the Paper "With the end of Communism China has become the next contestant for a Superpower and a rival of the USA. Never having been on good terms with the US, China is presently riled at the US supply of arms to Taiwan. While US supports the right of Taiwan's independence China contends a one China strategy. Supplying arms to Taiwan is thus, against China. However, US must in a matter of speaking provide arms to Taiwan not only to help in its effort for independence---but also to ensure China does not take aggressive action against Taiwan or any other nation in the future."
Abstract This paper discusses the issue of to what extent the creators of technology should be compensated if that technology is created under the aegis of a company. As an example it takes Duval Plastics, a 100-year-old company located in Delaware, that for many years operated on a dual career track, someone could come into the company on the sales and management side, or on the technical side. It looks at how members of the technical side feel that the marketing and management side of the dual ladder receive greater and faster compensation and how this strikes the technical people as unfair since it was their research and application that created the products that the company is selling. Through an analysis of key issues and factors, it attempts to determine who really should be compensated for the success of technological innovation.
From the Paper "If the company decides to go on a one-ladder program, it will be initiating more problems, perhaps, than it will be solving. The company must keep two separate programs going. If the advancement up the technical ladder is predicated only by time spent with the company (as some researchers feel) then they are being rewarded solely for time spent. The sales and marketing people, on the other hand, must constantly keep finding new or expanded markets for the same product. Assuming that the company does go on a single career track, that prospect can be analyzed using a SWOT analysis."
Abstract This paper is written on collective bargaining contracts. Collective bargaining lies at the very foundation of today's industrial relations. It is the relationship between employers and employees via which contracts of employment are negotiated, under the aegis of a labor organization such as a trade union. The union tries to highlight the collective demands of the workers under its auspices, and the employer tries to negotiate a suitable contract that does not contravene existing labor laws.
Abstract This paper describes the United States Global Positioning System (GPS). The author presents policy decisions regarding GPS. The paper contends that GPS, under the aegis of the U.S .Air Force, is ill-served to advance lockstep with competing technologies overseas because U.S. supremacy in this area is tenuous, due largely to lack of funding GPS has received.
From the Paper "The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based infrastructure developed by the United States Department of Defense to provide an invaluable navigation service to the military. GPS has since been ..."
Tags: global positioning system, satellite navigation, space-based technology
Abstract This paper is a literature review of a very important topic; namely, the relationship between the state of the European arms manufacturing sector and the harmonization of European militaries under the "aegis" of the European Union (Eurocorps in particular). The paper examines the statistical evidence available, EU documents that are available (many are not) as well as any interviews that have been conducted examining the issue. Ultimately, the pros and cons of the aforementioned relationship does not provide for easy answers.
Abstract This paper discusses how South Africa is an influential country on the African continent. As a result, its relations with near-by neighbors and its friendliness with Washington will greatly impact American standing and policy goals across the wide expanse of Africa. With this in mind, the following paper explores how South African foreign policy impacts America vis-a-vis the war on terror. Specifically, the paper looks at the complications which have arisen from South Africa's recent embracing of rogue states like Libya and Cuba and the paper also examines how South Africa's interventionist behavior under the aegis of the African Union can be used to protect American interests abroad and American lives at home by combating terrorism "over there" before it comes "here".
Abstract The Endangered Species Act is one of the most ubiquitous examples of environmental policy. Under the aegis of the Fish And Wildlife Service, the act lays out protocols for listing species, the protections that species have, and methods of enforcement for violations of the law. This paper deals with the details, as well as the history of the Act and recent attempts by a political appointee from the Department of Interior to undermine it.
Outline:
Introduction
Purposes of the Act
Protocols For Listing
Major Exceptions to the Rule
Command and Control
Success Stories
Recent Attempts to Undermine
Conclusion
From the Paper "One of the most far reaching natural resources policy, as well as one of the most ubiquitous, is the Endangered Species Act (Title 16, Chapter 35, Section 1531 of the United States Code). This was created in response to a finding by congress that various fish, wildlife, and plants have gone extinct due to human actions, and other species, which have many values in terms of science and aesthetics, are being threatened by human activity (Cornell University Law School 2007), and that in its most basic form, states that no person may "harm harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect any threatened or endangered species" (U. S.Department Of Agriculture 2007). This act has been amended several times throughout the years, and there have currently been attempts to make it harder to list a species, though recently, some rulings have been reversed."
Abstract This paper examines the philosophy of nationalism from the 18th through to the 20th century. It looks at how at the end of the 18th century, intellectuals formulated a great amount of theories concerning nationalism and how through various factors, endogenous and exogenous, nationalism became a much wider spread movement, although still under the aegis of the intelligentsia, politically -with state-controled education for instance- and culturally -with the rise of national art. The paper then looks at how, in contrast, the 20th century was the century of mass warfare and of the growth of totalitarianism such as communism and fascism and how nationalism became more of an ideology of only the lower classes.
From the Paper "During all the 17th century, there was a growing interest in the idea of "national character " and " national genius ". One of the first and of the main representant of this move is Rousseau, who theorized this precept. His views were lately qualified as civic nationalism, which is a form of nationalism that places the people before everything, and which bases political legitimacy on the active participation of citizens. " The idea of nationalism takes form historically in tandem with the doctrine of popular sovereignty: that the ultimate source of authority lies in the people, not the ruler or government " dixit the historian M. Crawford Young. "
