Introduction This study discusses the primary influences upon ornament design in Victorian Britain as posed by British authors between 1831 and 1901. The research explores the manufacturer and critic’s influences who shape the view of ornament design ‘especially referring to woven fabric’ and the cataloguing of opinion regarding this subject in the middle of the nineteenth century to the late nineteenth century. The Victorian Period marks a golden age for Britain, both economically and artistically. With the rise of many prominent art, design and intellectual movements, Britain becomes a hub of productivity. Alongside this, many people have a higher disposable income, meaning that design ornaments have the potential to fulfill…

1. Introduction Mark-to-market, also sometimes referred to as fair value accounting, is a set of the accounting standards regulating assignment of a value to a position held in a financial instrument. According to mark-to-market this value should be based on the current fair market price of the identical (if available) or similar instruments. Fair value accounting has been an important concept of United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) since early 1990s. Application of fair value measurements has steadily spread over the past decades, being primarily a response to the investors demand for financial statements that being relevant and timely would aid them in making better informed decisions. Measuring…

“When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.” Introduction Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was born after the end Napoleon wars (1815). At this time Prussia did not become a powerful European state as it aimed to. Thus, it was Bismarck’s fate to create a united German Empire and to lead it to the domination in Europe. Bismarck was an ardent follower of monarchical power. Even at the end of the 1840s, when the foundations of monarchical power were shattered, von Bismarck advocated monarchy. In 1848 there were a lot of revolutionary movements in German lands; however, democratic unification of Germany didn’t take place at that time.…

Introduction: Internet Plan For Small Business To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art – this Chinese proverb reflects a proper relation towards business in general. Indeed, starting a small business often seems a simple task. This is the reason for dreams of numerous people, especially young ones, to become businessmen. However, running small business is not as easy as it seems for the first glance. From the viewpoint of marketing strategies, its distinction from big business is not that significant. Thus, if keeping a business open is an art – we must become professional artists to succeed in it.

I would like to start by saying that currently, the USA is the largest producer and consumer of medicine and prescription drugs in the world, with the word ‘drug’ being a regular part of the life of virtually every adult American. The issue of the growing concern is the one related to the increasing number of children who just like their parents take drugs on a daily basis, raising the question of whether such medical treatment is necessary and whether or not there is over-prescription of medicines at large. The following essay will explore the over-prescription of different drugs taken by adults in the USA, present various educated findings together…

The history of abortions dates back to Ancient Greece and Rome where it was a common practice. However not every religion dealt with this as a personal issue and condemned women attempting it. The Assyrians impaled women on stakes while Catholic Church regarded it equivalent to murder after the fetus was already “formed.” The two characteristics underlying the process are of Pro-Choice and Pro-life. Through Pro-choice, the state allows women the complete authority to have an abortion with no legal interference. Whereas in Pro-life, the embryo is regarded as a human being with certain legal rights and abortion is considered equal to murder. It’s difficult to categorize Abortion as a…

Independence is a key concept for any state that attempts to pave its way in the world-historical development. Naturally, in such a situation the declaration of independence by the US seems to be practically inevitable. Anyway, in my opinion, the declaration of independence by the US is a key condition of its further development and progress. Otherwise, it will become a colony that Great Britain amply have worldwide and as a rule, all of them are constrained to obey to the will of British administration regardless their own national interests. Speaking about the US, I think it is necessary to strive for independence because of several reasons. One of the…

Dolce&Gabbana and its marketing strategy Dolce and Gabbana Company is one of the most famous companies all over the world. It includes two brands: Dolce&Gabbana and D&G Dolce&Gabbana. It’s famous for luxury goods sectors and splendid clothing. The two founders of the Company are Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. They aren’t just stylistic and creative leaders; they always work out the strategies to develop their brands. They are mainly focused on the balanced development and well-organized business. The Company produces clothing, leather goods, footwear, knitwear and different accessories. The company is specialized in production and distribution of women’s and men’s leather clothing, ties, scarves, beachwear and underwear, shoes and in…

Introduction The problem of decision-making is very important regardless the sphere it is applied in. However, decision-making is particularly important in the legal sphere. Not surprisingly that there exist a variety of methods aiming at the analysis of the legal decision-making. It is very important to underline that the basic goal of every method is to achieve possibly higher objectivity and effectiveness. It is obvious that there are no ideal methods that could be applied universally in the decision-making process. Nonetheless, it is possible to find out several methods, which are considered to be quite effective and widely used in the contemporary study of legal decision-making. Among these methods may…

Introduction The development of human history was accompanied by the invention of different tools aiming at the deprivation of human rights and freedom. In this respect, concentration camps are probably the most notorious and the most terrible invention of mankind, which still exists in the contemporary world. Strangely enough, concentration camps did not disappear with the ruin of Nazi Germany and the Soviet totalitarian regime, but they survived in other countries of the world, such as North Korea where the worst experience of totalitarian states of the past was widely borrowed to sustain the local regime. Moreover, nowadays concentration camps constituent an essential part of the North Korean regime, otherwise…