Abstract This paper opens with a brief biographical profile of author and playwright Alan Richardson who is well known for his numerous publications on a wide variety of topics including: Gender issues and issues of race, colonialism as well as topics related to children. This paper examines the plot and characters in "Brodie the Broadsword" while discussing the author's unique style of writing. Richardson's play is set in an average Scottish community during the 16th century amid old castles and forts. This paper details the personality of the title character Brodie who, for the most part, has been wasting his life engaging in the trivial pursuits of looting and robbery. This paper cites the various scenes in the play which pay homage to Richardson's creative writing and comedic sense.
From the Paper "The characters in 'Brodie the Broadsword' are all interesting and full of beans. Some of them are: Sir Archibald Brodie, who has been nicknamed 'the Broadsword', Sir Henry Milburn, the illustrious neighbor of Brodie Broadsword, Lady Kate, or rather, lady Catherine, the wife of Brodie, Ina, Lady Catherine's servant, Clarty Sim, the an-of arms of Brodie, Young Effie, another servant, Alison, the daughter of Brodie and Lady Catherine, Stephen Milburn, Sir Henry Milburn's son, and Kirsty Boyd, who is from the nearest village. As the play is set during the early sixteenth century, and close to the English border, which is where Brodie's castle is located, the language and the dress of the characters would be suited to the setting and the period. When Lady Kate starts off with making a very insightful comment about Brodie's deeds and misdeeds, by saying, "A fine mess Brodie's in this time", the audience gets a glimpse of the comedy that is yet to come during the course of the play."
Abstract The paper discusses Aboriginal ways of seeing the world. The paper uses two sources to illustrate its points - the film "Annajant: The Fast Runner" and "The Other Side of Eden" by Hugh Brody. The paper shows the way in which both sources show that there was Inuit society that was essentially based on a very strong relationship with nature.
From the Paper "Aboriginal Ways of Seeing the World The film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is based on an ancient Inuit legend. Although the film is largely fictional it can provide a glimpse into traditional Inuit lives. Through the film we learn a great deal about family, cooperation, reliance on land and spiritual forces in Inuit societies. Although films from an Aboriginal perspective are a relatively recent occurrence, there has been a great deal of anthropological work done on Aboriginal people and hunter-gather societies. For example, The Other Side of Eden by Hugh Brody is an examination of both hunter gatherer and agricultural societies from an anthropological perspective."
A review of J. E. Brody's article, "Personal Health: At Every Age, Feeling the Effects of Too Little Sleep," that was published in the New York Times in 2007.
Abstract This paper discusses the effects of chronic sleep deprivation. It looks at the link between chronic sleep deprivation and some of the most prevalent major health issues in the United States today. The paper focuses on J. E. Brody's article, "Personal Health: At Every Age, Feeling the Effects of Too Little Sleep," that was published in the New York Times in 2007. It reviews the article and discusses the article's content.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Circadian Rhythms
Sleep Deprivation in Modern American Society
Sleep Deprivation and Specific Health Risks
From the Paper "All mammalian species have a need for regular sleep and while it is clear that sleep provides a restorative function, scientists do not yet understand its precise biological function (Siegel, 2005). Numerous prior research studies have established the link between sleep deprivation and impaired attention and daytime mental acuity, but more recent evidence has suggested that chronic sleep deprivation is directly related to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, in addition to playing a role in depression and behavioral difficulties (Brody, 2007). Combined with the fact that chronic sleep deprivation is considered a social epidemic throughout modern American society, the link between it and some of the most prevalent major health issues makes understanding the precise functions and mechanisms of sleep even more important than previously suspected (Siegel, 2005)."
Abstract This paper provides a perspective on military strategy through review of the books "The Soldier and the State" by Samuel Huntington and "War and Politics" by Bernard Brodie which explain military preferences regarding decisions to go to war, when to escalate wars and how to prepare for war. It discusses the reasons for and why, the military makes decisions that are rooted in a strict code of adherence to an internal value system; a schematic designed primarily for the organizations continuity which in turn ultimately protects the state as a whole.
Outline
Overview of Military System and Preparation for War
Military Preference to go to War
Decision to Escalate Wars
What is a Military Man
Overview
From the Paper "The JTF commander operates at the operational level and determines how he is going to accomplish the military strategic objectives, what resources are available and additional capabilities that may be required. He determines the operational objectives necessary to accomplish the mission. These decisions/plans are next transmitted to the tactical level"forces that actually do the fighting"the Army divisions, the Air Force expeditionary wings, the Navy's carrier battle groups, and the Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEFs). This preparation commits the military to war. Once the forces are dedicated to the conflict often an unavoidable escalation occurs."
Abstract Management Information Systems (MIS) provide corporations with a continuous flow of information through a computer-based system. They organize information that is relevant to their specific decisions and areas of responsibility. The paper shows that the advent and development of the internet and the World Wide Web, has widened the scope of MIS considerably, in numerous ways. From a marketing perspective, researchers use management information systems and tools to logically coordinate and strategically respond to an overwhelming amount of data. The paper shows that by utilizing Management Information Systems tied to the internet and the corporate structure, companies can create a "living" nerve center that continually monitors the market place and provides instantaneous information that assists researchers in responding to changing market conditions and customer demand. The paper concludes that in effect, Management Information Systems built around the internet are changing the way corporations strategize and implement their internal and external marketing efforts.
From the Paper "Internet now figures prominently as a corporate database resource for marketing purposes. Firms look up online data that provides enormous amounts of information ranging from census statistics to the addresses of potential buyers or customers who have entered company names (of the firm or its competitors) for their own user-searches at Internet portals such as ComFind.com. Some corporations also subscribe to commercial services that provide fee-for-service databases on the Internet on particular topics. Besides broad-based databases available through fee-based services such as Prodigy, CompuServe, and AmericaOnline, companies can access specialized databases geared toward particular industries and functions. Marketing research firms including A.C. Neilsen and DataGeneral store consumer data in commercially available databases that firms can subscribe to."
Abstract This paper focuses on the political aspects surrounding contraception and abortion in the 19th century. The author of this paper discusses the Comstock law which referred to the legislation introduced and passed by Anthony Comstock in 1870 that prohibited the mailing of birth control information and products. This paper also examines the foundation and impact of the anti-abortion movement in the United States.
From the Paper "Beginning in the 1830s, Brodie found reproductive control became a commercial enterprise in the expanding market economy of Jacksonian America. Information about the safety, morality, and effectiveness of various methods became a part of public "discourse." The archives contain a wealth of advice published in books and pamphlets, an extraordinary diversity of advertisements for products, drugs and literature, of business and credit-rating records dealing with reproductive control entrepreneurs, of druggists' records and catalogs."
Abstract The paper discusses how Mary Wollstonecraft's 1792 work, "The Vindication of the Rights of Woman", shocked many of its early readers equally for what it said about men and women and for the reputation of the author. The paper further discusses the 1848 "Seneca Falls Women's Convention Declaration", prepared by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The paper analyzes how the document echoes many of Wollstonecraft's ideas, but had more credibility due to the women who created it and the style in which it was written. The paper examines Virginia Woolf, who also discusses many of Wollstonecraft's ideas. The paper explores Woolf's treatise, "A Room of One's Own", which discusses many of the same ideas about women's education and the relationship between men and women as does Wollstonecraft.
From the Paper "The Seneca Falls Declaration came from a meeting held in the summer of 1848 in upstate New York. This was one of the first meetings to address women's rights and issues. Stanton and fellow feminist and abolitionist, Lucretia Mott, organized the meeting after Mott had been refused permission to address the assembly at the world anti-slavery convention that had been held in London. This made the women questions the position of women in society in general and brought a variety of women and men together to discuss the issue and form this declaration."
