Attracting & Retaining Talented Employees – Secrets Behind How Big Companies Do It

   1. How can an employer attract and retain talented employee in their organization? The values with which the organisations attract and retain talented employees are very different now than before. In the late nineties the employement market was tight. The internet boom was approaching its highest point. Not only has quality employees changed … Read more

Archaeologist ReCannibalism: "Humans Eating Humans: Archaeology Rediscovers Centuries of Cannibalism

 Edwin Esteves Knell Anthropology 103 25 April 2017 Cannibalism The topic I chose to address for this essay was “Archaeologist Rediscover Cannibalism.” Upon reading this article, I was fascinated on how archaeologist were able to determine that cannibalism was in fact an ongoing epidemic from recent centuries and not just thousands of years ago. … Read more

The Viking Invasion and Cultural Assimilation in Europe: 300 Years of Transformative Effects

 Over a thousand years ago, a people known as the Vikings appeared in England and Europe, forever leaving their mark upon history. For over 200 years, the violent and plundering arrivals of the Vikings changed both European and Viking culture. Although in movies and popular culture, the Vikings are depicted as simply violent, barbaric … Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Immune System in Autoimmunity

 Introduction The word immune comes from the Latin root “immunis” which means “exempt from.” Immunity is defined in Meriam-Webster as “the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells” (Meriam-Webster, 2018). Putting these together, autoimmunity is immunity in which your … Read more

Controversial Infant Attachment: Does It Change After 1 Year?

 The Controversy of Infant Attachment Styles Changing after One Year In the field of developmental psychology, attachment from early in a person’s life is significantly impactful to other aspects in their later life.  Attachment that is typically established between a child and their parent can indicate how the child’s personality will develop, their ability … Read more

How legislation surrounding Infanticide affected the prosecutions of the women being prosecuted

 By analysing primary sources, explore how the legislation surrounding infanticide effected the prosecutions of the women being prosecuted. Infanticide, the act of killing an infant younger than twelve-months-old. Infanticide has always been a highly emotive crime, which questions the model of the ‘ideal woman’, and what it is to have a ‘maternal instinct’. For … Read more

The Savage Rule of Joseph Stalin: The 20-25M People Killed by a Former Communist Dictator

 Joseph Stalin, the former dictator of Russia during the Russian Revolution, has killed from about twenty million people to twenty-five million. Historians estimate that Stalin has killed more people than Hitler. Stalin, was a former ruler of communist Russia and the USSR,  the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He made many changes to Russia, … Read more

How has the style of US homes changed over the years?

In the United States, we have greatly progressed throughout the years, from being a small colony, to becoming a global superpower. As we keep progressing into the future, our society should reflect how much we have progressed. For example, technology, medicine, social beliefs, fashion, along with other trends should all change according to the modernization … Read more

Story of a Woman Who Announced the End of an Era

 Ghana, once known as the Gold Coast, is known for its rich history, culture, and natural resources. Inhabited many thousands of years ago. From a long history of colonization, Ghana boasts being the first sub-Saharan country to be from colonial rule. Tribal wars with Europeans created a sense of identity and pride. Resistance to … Read more

Sexism in Healthcare

Sexism in Healthcare The feminine fight for equality in all facets of life has been an ongoing battle for centuries. On a daily basis, women are subjected to the blatant discrimination of many. The concept of sexism is a theme that is heavily present. According to Merriam-Webster, sexism is described as prejudice or discrimination based … Read more

Theories of perception

Intro There has been controversy amongst cognitive psychologist in regard to how our brain perceives the world around us. Theorists of perception have argued for two schools of thought. The first theory of perception is known as direct perception, otherwise known as “bottom-up” processing. Direct perception theorists such as JJ Gibson (1966/1972) have argued that … Read more

Causes of WWI: Militarism, Nationalism & Territorial Tensions Unite for Cataclysmic Conflict

 Causes of WWI World War One, also known as the first world war, was an international conflict in the early 20th century that involved all of the great European powers of the time. Having many longterm and shortterm causes, the war was bloody and psychologically terrorizing, but ultimately ended with defeat of Germany and … Read more