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Britain remains a quite popular destination among tourists, but they often overlook the diversity of the British scenery and head straight to London or Edinburgh. While both of these cities deserve the attention they get, tourists can have an opportunity to discover Britain differently by visiting Glasgow. The infamous Scottish port city is home to modern art and experimental architecture, which it manages to combine with traditional Celtic hospitality. Voted one of the friendliest cities in the world, Glasgow is not a stereotypical gritty Scottish town, but a place of humor and hospitality. The city is a mix of unique architecture, vibrant arts, and good-hearted people, all of which make it a perfect place to visit even for the most sophisticated tourists. Glasgow masterfully combines modern, experimental buildings and medieval structures, which are often centuries old. The city’s architectural heritage is reflected in Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s works scattered all over the city. Necropolis and Glasgow Cathedral are some of the most beautiful medieval complexes in Europe. Brutal buildings of the twentieth century neighbor with the Victorian architectural marvels and red sandstone tenements, which adds a unique contrast to the city’s atmosphere. The town’s recent projects include the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow School of Art, and a shimmering Riverside Museum designed by Zaha Hadid. They manage to introduce a unique approach to architecture and city design through the use of eclectic styles and experimental techniques. Glasgow’s architecture is unparalleled in offering a window into the past while actively reshaping the future. Glasgow continues to be a patron of fine arts, including sculpture, painting, and music. Scotland’s biggest city is full of creative energy, which is evident based on the number of galleries and art spaces. The magnificent Kelvingrove Art Gallery, the Riverside Museum, and the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) are among the most influential cultural institutions in Europe. Moreover, most of the museums are free since the city’s authorities support the majority of artistic initiatives. Glasgow has the Mural Trail, which is partially funded by the local government. It helps tourists navigate the street art scene of the city, including the stunning piece “The Bird that Never Flew” that can be found on the High Street. A UNESCO city of music, Glasgow hosts hundreds of live music events during the year. Music fans can appreciate the vibrant music scene with dozens of festivals and fresh, new talent. With venues ranging from Barrowland Ballroom to the legendary King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut and the SSE H
Introduction Folklore is a piece of art that is preserved and treasured by a group of people. Examples of such features include, among others, tall tales, fairy tales, legends, and popular beliefs associated with a particular community. Others are jokes, music, proverbs, and customs. They are important tools for the preservation of culture in a given community. Folklores are preserved through narration and performance. They are passed from one generation to the other by word of mouth. The practice ensures that the culture of a community is not lost with time. Folklores contain both mythical and religious elements. They are mostly related or associated with the traditions behind the day to day lives of the members of the community (Fraser, 2007, p. 1). For this reason, these cultural elements are only relevant to the members of the community from where they originate. Folklores are mostly exaggerated and the characters used are stereotyped. Sociologists, anthropologists and other professionals study these cultural artifacts to understand the traditions behind the activities of a community. Such a study is referred to as folkloristic. The major areas of study in folklores include artifacts, rituals, oral traditions, and culture. In the current paper, the author attempts to explore one genre of folklore. To this end, Nova Scotia folklore is examined. The author highlights the traditions, culture, and beliefs of the people living in Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s provinces. Nova Scotia folklore is usually associated with the people living in the peninsula of this region and those in Breton (Fraser, 2007, p. 1). The Acadians and Micmac Indians were some of the earliest inhabitants of the land. For this reason, the folklore mainly concentrates on the culture and traditions of these people. Different aspects of the Acadians and the Indians are highlighted in this paper. The elements include rituals, oral traditions, artifacts, and culture. Exploring Nova Scotia Folklore The Culture of Nova Scotia Communities Micmac Indians Micmac Indians have a long history in the region. They are believed to be the original inhabitants. They were engaged in fishing and hunting for survival (Fraser, 2007, p. 11). The two (fishing and hunting) were their main economic activities. The nature of the land at the time su
Nail salons are small businesses that can be observed in many towns and large cities. La Belle Nail Salon is one of small salons that mainly specialize in providing such services as manicure, pedicure, nail art, nail enhancement, and nail extension. The target audience of La Belle Nail Salon is females aged between 18 and 50. In order to stay competitive within the actively developing industry of nail and hand care services, nail salons should focus on improving their strategies in order to attract more clients and increase the customer loyalty. The strong competition is more obvious in large cities, where the number of nail salons is great and the provided services are various in their kind and quality. The aim of this paper is to create a working business strategy for a competitor to La Belle Nail Salon in the market and to propose a business plan for a new nail salon. Strategy for a Business Concept The process of selecting a strategy for a new business is one of the most challenging tasks for an entrepreneur because it is necessary to choose a strategy that can be effective to create the competitive advantage for the business. Thus, an entrepreneur usually chooses among differentiation, low cost, and focused strategies oriented to developing and accentuating different aspects of the business to contribute to the competitive advantage (Blackburn, Hart, & Wainwright, 2013, p. 9; Scarborough & Zimmerer, 2012, p. 57). For starting such a small business as a nail salon, it is relevant to choose the differentiation strategy based on the concept of service (Scarborough & Zimmerer, 2012, p. 58). Differentiation according to the factor of service means that the new nail salon has the mission to provide superior and high-quality customer services while responding to the customers’ needs, interests, and expectations. According to the differentiation strategy, it is expected that the nail salon will be organized and designed as a sitting-room in a mansion where clients can not only improve the state of their nails but also discuss latest news, drink a cup of tea, eat a cake, listen to music, and look through magazines. In spite of the fact that many of these activities are typical for salons providing different types of services for women, the new nail salon will emphasize the unique atmosphere of the fashionable spa-salon designed as the saloon of the 19 th century that is located in the centre of a city. The focus on the customer will be reflected not only in the quality of the provided nail services but also in the attention from waitresses and assistants. Furthermore, the rules of the nail salon can be associated with the rules of the fashionable club or saloon of the 19 th century. The discussed differentiation strategy based on the aspect of the reliable various services can be referred to as an effective business strategy that can be used
Variety of values in forms of physical activity, sports and exercises in health promotion are acknowledged throughout the entire universe. The important findings were that human beings engaged in regular physical activities consider themselves as having personal growth, more autonomy, positive relation with others, self-acceptance, and sport competence; these are the qualities of much benefit to them. Hockey payers look at themselves as having a lot of positive relations with sports competence than others. The importance of these applications for health, findings, psychological sports research and interventions have been widely discussed. The importance of this study was determined by the relationship between physical activity level and the domain. A high school student of about one hundred and sixty-seven pound, a male and a female about a hundred and one pound, from the western United States aged between 13 to 18 participated in the study. Pedometers was used for collection of the levels of the physical activity which was relevantly correlated with skills and body attractiveness (p <, 02). Quartile analysis of mean step count was relevantly higher PSW. Through the summary, the study showed that PA levels did not show a significant relationship with GSW. Introduction In the year 1946, World Health Organization’s research brought recognition of perceiving health not only as psychological state but the absence of illness. Nevertheless, mental health magnetizes components of physical, psychological, and social well being. In recent years most investigators in the area of sports and exercise psychology have been working with fox and cabin (1989), as well as hierarchical model of physical concept. The use of Physical Self-Perception profile (PSPP) is largely applied to measure self-evaluation in the physical domain and is supported in a wide range of samples from table 1. The aim of this research was to examine the factor structure of PSPP and its invariance across genders. The number of campus students was 315, the number of males 131 and females 184. The expletory factors prove that PSPP assessed four aspects of physical self-concept. But the analysis confirmation only provided partial support of the male sample. According to the factorial invariance analysis there were differences on the latent constructs of PSPP between male and female students. Sub domains affect concepts or self perception at levels in hierarchy – effecting the first PSW and GSW. (March & Shavelson, 1985). Through the history of education and social psychology, the importance of self-concept as a major determinant of behavior has been largely witnessed. Since the year 1890 James was the first person to note the importance of self-concept in his original work. James published documents of studies regarding the nature of self-concept and their relation to other construct. Thus, the status of a person’s self-concept or perception of ability either enhances or diminishes the person’s desire to associate or continue associating in an activity. White (1959) proposed that self-concept relates with basic mastery of competence motive that impel
Introduction About the mentioned subject, I am writing to you a reflective letter concerning my research that was about violence in children and the effects it has on them. I was mainly investigating the violence that is geared towards correcting behavior in children. One main thing I can say is that my research skills have greatly improved. Initially, I could only base my investigations on a particular book or site. I came to learn that sometimes the information that is found on the internet may not be accurate. Therefore, as a researcher, I should learn to look for details in more than one place. It is also important to validate the information that one gets from the internet to make sure that what ends in any of my papers is an almost accurate representation of the issue that I am investigating. Main text The various sections of the course were very instrumental in the making of my conclusions and recommendations. I was able to learn diverse issues, and each of them led me to a closer understanding of the topic that we were being taught. For example, I learned that there are many types of violence th
House of Representatives Since, as mentioned above, Congress is bicameral, it makes sense to consider the role of each of the chambers separately. The House of Representatives includes legislators from all 50 states following congressional districts, the number of which directly depends on the number of people in the land. Thus, each US state has at least one representative in the lower house of Congress. This fact in itself is a merit of the US legal system, as it ensures that every state has an impact on the parliamentary process (Encyclopædia Britannica, n.d.a). Residents can hope that the interests of their land will be reflected in the highest legislative body of the country. However, there is an inequality in the distribution of the number of deputies based on the census of each state. Thus, the state with the most significant amount of inhabitants receives the largest number of representatives. In contrast, such remote and sparsely populated places as, for example, Alaska, can receive only one congressman. Moreover, given a large number of members, it is much more difficult for one delegate to promote the interests of the home state (Encyclopædia Britannica, n.d.a). Thus, the very idea of representation is undoubtedly positive, but in reality, there is a massive disparity between the number of voting people from different states. This fact complicates the promotion and representation of the interests of its staff, which in some way raises questions about the effectiveness of the representation system as such. The House of Representatives has a wide range of powers granted by the Constitution. The nature of the processes taking place in the lower house of the Congress was formed under the influence of the factions existing in it (Encyclopædia Britannica, n.d.a). The party with the biggest number of representatives plays a significant role in the House of Representatives. Since leaders represent their
Introducion Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was the greatest exponent of the baroque paintings and the most renowned painter of the Northern Europe. By mixing the realistic tradition of Flemish paintings with the imaginative thoughts and classical themes of Italian Renaissance, he invigorated and redirected Northern European paintings. In his paintings were reflected enduring and captivating scenes of children, portraits of noblemen and women, animal kingdom and nature in its various vicissitude. Ruben is still known for his extraordinary quality and diversity. There is a spontaneous outpour of strong feelings towards the social upheavals especially religious strife in his paintings. He adopted various styles in his paintings and only few artists had been capable of transforming variety of influences into a style, which is something new and original. He was a devoted Roman Catholic and incorporated the same in many of his religious paintings with the creation of emotional tone as a Counter-Reformation. This deep religious stand, and his association with the societal affairs render him and his works conservative which contradicts the secular paintings of his Dutch contemporary, Rembrandt. Baroque art Baroque art was not just the sketches in red, blue or green or many colors but they were real pictures in their own light with the contrast of light and shadow increasing the dramatic effects and psychological upheavals of the persons. The facial expression gives the passionate appeal with the individualism and personalized appeal. Both the Venus with Mars and the Venus with Adonis were the favorite subjects among the painters of renaissance and Baroque painters and artists especially with Botticelli, Veronese, Marcantonio, and Ruben. (Ziegler, 390) Paul Ruben’s “Venus and Adonis” is a replica of love from classical mythology. This painting dates back to 1628–29 and was inspired by Titian with the same subject in the Prado, Madrid, which Ruben happened to come across and he copied the same theme during his stay in this place between 1628–29. What the “Venus and Adonis” show? The painting shows Venus followed by Cupid is attempting to save Adonis from his destiny, as a mortal human being. Ruben was able to adopt the style of classicists along with classical prototypes to depict intense movement in his paintings and create sensation in his forms. Both the figures are decked with the wet drapery creating redolent of antiquity. He also rendered in his paintings the free flow amidst the movement of space surrounding the figures. It creates the impression that figures are just getting up from the spot where they are residing and moving in the picture as if covering the distance of miles. And still we are looking at the painting standing straight in front of it. The depiction of landscape that goes beyond the essence of Venus and Adonis is quite convincing showing the fact that Adonis in real sense is living in this mortal world where there is danger for him and he has entered into this dangerous world. Adonis’s mortal fate is explaine
Introduction The book “Naked Diplomacy” by Tom Fletcher summarizes the principles of democracy and the opportunities and risks that are likely to affect international relations in the future. The book is divided into three sections, with each section covering a special theme regarding the topic of diplomacy. The first section covers the life of Fletcher, specifically when he held a diplomatic office. The section gives a detailed account of the history of diplomacy, citing the power struggle between French and Spanish ambassadors in London in ancient times. Additionally, the author gives a detailed account of the history of how the great powers scrambled for the developing countries in an attempt to increase their supremacy. Book Review The second section of the book gives an insight into the future of diplomacy and the effect of technology on international relations. The author argues that the evolution of the Internet and social media at large marks a big turnaround to the future of diplomacy. According to Fletcher, social media increases communication between citizens from different countries, hence promoting diplomacy. The section closes by summarizing the character traits of the future British diplomat. Such traits include being a campaigner, head, conversationalist, capitalist, activist, and a supporter of international relations. The third section of the book centers on the theme of collective diplomacy. In this section, the author insists that diplomacy should not be an exclusive role of diplomats. However, societies should take part in marketing their respective countries. The author emphasizes that all people should be brave, creative, involved, and connected to successfully assume the role of diplomats. The author insists that the issue of diplomacy is weighty, hence underscoring the need for public participation. Various elements presented in the book apply to the UAE international relations and foreign policy. For instance, one of the diplomacy principles that Fletcher advances is that of establishing connections and creating a sense of authenticity. The stated principle revolves around sending positive messages about a country without painting a picture of self-centeredness. A diplomat who exercises this principle may successfully win the hearts of other countries’ leaders for business and other forms of cooperation. The UAE can productively use the principle by hiring diplomats who demonstrate a great zeal and motivation to preach about the positives of the country in the international arena. Currently, the country has much influence in the region and internationally due to its huge oil deposits. Before the breakthrough of oil, the UAE was largely a farming zone. The financial position of the state principally depended on farming. Nevertheless, after the detection of oil deposits, the economy changed its focus from farming to oil production. Currently, the economy of the UAE is mostly fuelled by oil. The country is presently among the fastest developing economies around the glob
One of the most important properties of human memory is forgetting, which serves protective purposes and actually determines the human ability to memorize new information throughout the lifespan. The present paper, using the interference theory of forgetting as a framework, discusses the case of forgetting because of the background noise. First of all, the process of learning itself is thwarted because of the background music: in fact, the individual is receiving information through 2 perception channels, auditory and visual. According to the levels-of-processing theory, humans longer remember the information, learned deliberately, but due to the fact that the auditory input also leaves its memory trace (Sternberg, 2006; Goldstein, 2007). When the roommate turns on music, two types of learning take place: international (at the conceptual level) and accidental, and the latter, as one can understand, interferes with the former, distracting attention, first and foremost. When the attention is split into the two parallel inputs, the individual is not able to force themselves “not to listen” to the music, as this irritant is fixed by attention automatically. Subsequently, the process of memorizing is split as well, moreover, due to the fact that music is reproduced very loudly, it is difficult to adjust to it so that it also interferes as a “pervasive” and persistent irritant. Not surprisingly, even after the audible input is removed, the memory span will be encountered by the learner. This phenomenon is explained by the interference perspective in the most comprehensive way. This approach focuses on the events that preceded, followed as well as accompanied the process of learning. Interference theory identifies two major cases associated with memory and forgetting. First of all, retroactive interference: “Here, more recent learning interferes with the recall of earlier learning. For example, someone may learn to drive a car with a manual transmission and later learns to drive an automatic. If he goes back to a manual car, he may try to drive it as an automatic” (Clemson, 1995, p. 148). The situation of proactive interference is converse, as in this case, earlier learning affects later learning. As one can understand, the given case refers more to retroactive interference, which means the person forgets the information from the textbook, as the auditory reproduction overlaps the deliberate “semantic” learning. On the other hand, proactive interference can be identified as well, as memorizing remains problematic even after the noisy irritant is removed. Clemson (1995) observes that the most probable cause of proactive interference is interference with recollection. The difficulty of storing information in STM increases with the accumulation of new experiences, “but when the category of information is changed (e.g., from recalling numbers to recalling words), performance goes back up to the previous highest levels (this is called release from proactive inhibition)” (Clemson, 1995, p. 148). In 1972, Gardiner and his colleagues showed that it didn’t matter whether the switch to another category was si