Financial ratios have long been used as indicators of a company’s health, stability, and overall performance. These ratios offer a snapshot of financial status, often utilized by both internal stakeholders and external analysts to assess profitability, efficiency, liquidity, and solvency. However,...
Etymologically, the word “calligraphy” is derived from the Greek language to refer to “beautiful writing”. Works that feature calligraphy and inscriptions are often associated with neat legible handwritings and good penmanship. In the Peoples Republic of China, however, it is closely...
In choosing a poem for this project, It was my wish to settle on “By Blue Ontario Shore”. The poem is one among 400 others written by Walt Whitman and compiled under the title, “Leaves of Grass”. The poems would first...
Among most communities, it is the churches that people turn to as centers for assistance and response during times of disaster. Whenever tornados or floods destroy property and devastate an area, or when a community is shaken by shocking acts of...
One phenomenon that is inevitable in life is change. Change can take a number of shapes and forms that often seeks to create a new way of living that is completely different from that which preceded it. Charles Duhigg, author of...
The United States of America has always been somewhat of an enigma to many. Rising from a British colony, it successfully fought the War of Independence and gained its sovereignty in 1776, starting with its initial 13 states and eventually progressing...
A Comparison of “The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell Although written by two starkly different authors, Thomas Wolfe’s “The Child by Tiger” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” are two works...
A Comparison of Paul McCarteny’s “Penny Lane” (1967) and Ed Sheeran’s “Castle on the Hill” (2017). Today, if one turns on the popular radio stations chances are that you are likely to listen to today’s “mainstream” music. Most of these songs...
A Comparison of visions of childhood reminiscence in the songs, “Penny Lane” by Paul McCarteney and “Strawberry Fields Forever” by John Lennon In an anthology solely in dedication to the Beatles, George Martin did lament that one of the biggest mistakes...
Operant conditioning is a psychological learning process through which behaviors are modified by their consequences, whether positive or negative. First described by the behaviorist B.F. Skinner in the 1930s, operant conditioning explains how behaviors are shaped and maintained through reinforcement or...