Miscellaneous Essays

It is about growing up, about parents and children and the difficult and sometimes hidden relationship between them. The first chapter lays the foundation and creates the atmosphere for the forthcoming incidents as the story unravels. It

The propensity of the business environment to change succeeds in defeating the most elegant and sophisticated of historic data analyses. People can influence future performance, though the cause and effect relationship lies more in the present than in the past. The ability of an investment to produce future returns is fraught with probabilities.

If a race war occurred, the propaganda of the time claimed a Japanese victory would create fairer justice system for people of color. African Americans of the time were easy prey

There is an almost infinite number of ways to study or think about the phenomenon of leadership. Some deal with the traits or personal qualities of leaders (in contrast to those of non-leaders), some deal with the skill sets of leaders, and other approaches examine the situations that elicit leadership. 

Free Trade is increasing and some of the economies, which were closed in the past decade have opened up for foreign goods as well as foreign direct investments. These developments in the world market are producing extremely attractive business opportunities in terms of new and emerging markets in countries such as India, China, Brazil, and Russia.

Most human developmental processes evolve within predictable, well-defined guidelines. At certain foreseeable occasions in the developmental process, new and different abilities emerge that have no obvious originations from earlier developmental periods. These developmental plateaus represent a qualitative transformation in maturity.

It must be noted also the fact that less than two thirds (60 percent) of our interviewed companies utilize hard to crack passwords. Without such a password system, a hacker can quickly obtain access by exhaustive search

The presence of the female population is above normal in comparatively low-paid jobs like intermediate services. Larger ratios of women work in fields like administrative, secretarial and personal services. Their lower incomes become an obstacle in making choices of advancing in different lucrative fields of life.

The traditional setups like local level stores, neighborhood shops, and others as well as modern formats of retailing like e-commerce and others make the market tougher and tougher. But Wal-Mart has been effective enough to take care of new technologies and channels. It is a leader in adopting technologies and new strategies which have helped it to deal with any kind of competition.

The one aspect of post-colonial life not discussed here is the mixture between the two different cultures. Going back to “Columbus in Chains”, even the children felt the differences between natives and Westerners. Both Western children in “Columbus in Chains” are held in low esteem by Annie. One was too bossy and good, the other was stupid.

Nowadays, however, poetry is said to have been relegated to the backstage with the novel taking the limelight. One can frequently see, especially in an academic and learned community, people glued to their paperbacks of the most recent sequel to a bestseller.  Poems today can mostly be heard in poetry readings; so, few are its enthusiasts in bookstores.

The Author of “The man Jesus loved: homoerotic narratives from the New Testament”, Theodore Jennings Jr., Ph.D. is a professor of biblical and constructive theology at Chicago Theological Seminary and is a United Methodist clergyman. Jennings has serious academic qualifications and maintains a scholarly tone throughout the book.

The new cell line has been introduced hereafter and it is noted here that, significantly, it is one of the few thoroughly neuronal cell lines that can be induced to reversibly differentiate under culture conditions. This property is of special significance to the project as the emphasis of the research is on the NKCC1 member, one that is known to have two isoforms – NKCC1a and NKCC1b.

Hailed as one of ‘the best and the brightest’ of U.S. leaders, Robert S. McNamara held the post of U.S. Secretary of Defense during the terms of two presidents – John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Errol Morris’ fascinating and grim documentary “The Fog of War” delves into the complexities of McNamara, exposing the eternally controversial man as “a leader who is sometimes so certain of his actions that do not deserve such certitude”.

"For years, we thought of ourselves as a production-oriented company, meaning we put all our emphasis on designing and manufacturing the product. But now we understand that the most important thing we do is market the product. We've come around to saying that Nike is a marketing-oriented company and the product is our most important marketing tool." -Phil Knight, CEO of Nike in the late 1980s.

he study of approaches as in the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software”. (SWEBOK, 2004 p. 1-1). Software engineering includes the

The security strategy of the US in Darfur had never been quite appropriate for the particular conflict. It is mentioned by Fitzpatrick (2007) that “in response to attacks in early 2003 on government targets by rebel forces in Sudan’s western province of Darfur, the Sudanese government mounted a campaign that has killed 400,000 Darfurians.

With the increasing use of technology by businesses today and the emergence of the Internet, e-commerce is becoming increasingly common. According to Vulkan (2003), electronic commerce is the conduct of business activities electronically through digital media and it has now become a part of everyday business.

Genfirst has suggested introduction of two new products—a microwave oven and a dishwasher. The new products are quite akin to old product range of Telnex and it is easy for the company to

In human service organizations, group work is designed to meet the needs of particular groups of clients in order to solve complex problems they face with. If a group is to be successful and perform effectively there must be a spirit of unity and cooperation, which can be achieved through scheduling and decision-making.

Transference-focused psychotherapy and supportive treatment both were associated with improvements in impulsivity.  Only transference-focused psychotherapy was predictive of change in irritability and verbal and direct assault (Clarken, Levy, Lenzenweger 2007). This study claims to be the first study to compare DBT to other methods.

The purpose of this section is to present the research findings. Due to this management project’s exploratory approach (refer to Chapter 4) a survey was used to underpin the findings of the key informant interviews.  The data collection sample consisted of 101 professionals of different ages, working in a variety of industries and countries. 

The twenty Africans were first considered indentured servants, as were the many that soon followed. Most of the first slaves to the colony continued to come

This means less investment resulting in poor growth opportunities for the enterprise. “The effects of transactions and other events are recognized when they occur

ies varied according to the context in which they were told: different types of narrative –epic, tragedy, comedy, for example-portrayed widely differed and even conflicting aspects of the divine world. Hebrews – a group of tribes migrated from Mesopotamia to Palestine

or example the sculptures in Ajanta and Ellora palace, The Khajurao caves etc visualise the history of Indian civilization, Indian lifestyle and other facets, while the Pyramids, Sphinx, Seklumet Statue, Amun Ra statue, Sobek statues, Hathor statue are among many statues which

Using a condenser, a non-invasive collection of nongaseous components of the expiratory air is made. Subjects were to breathe through a mouthpiece and a 2-way nonrebreathing valve. Obtained condensates were stored at -80 degrees Celsius. A multiplex chemiluminescent immunoassay was used to detect EPO (Schumann, 2).

e epigraph for the Spirit of the Law is taken from the Metamorphoses of the ancient Roman poet Ovid: “An offspring created without a mother” (2.553). Montesquieu understands his work as offering a creative or original approach to both longstanding and novel problems of

as the science of origins is that process which, from opposing extremes, and from the apparent excesses of development, permits the emergence of the configuration of an idea as a totality characterized by the possibility of a meaningful juxtaposition of such antithesis inherent

The use of intelligence tests for evaluation of autism is not easy, but can be used to indicate autism, with the high probability of mental retardation

These were not the lazy druggies I had been led to believe they were but were instead individuals who had a different definition of the ideal life and were as puzzled about the attitudes of the multitude as the multitude seems to be about them.  The experience encourages me to learn more about other sub-cultures that might exist all around me.  

The above-mentioned murals were left in the museum by a benefactor called Harold Wagner. This is an instance of international-level negotiations involving mainly the museum and the government of Mexico. The survey will discuss issues like stakeholders, conflicts, cooperation and the role of culture in this incident.

It can be stated that the purpose of the Professional Platform for Ethics and Leadership is to initiate and facilitate a well-articulated foundation for leadership and ethics in practice. The major

greement and talk of the Central American Free Trade Agreement had many Latin America countries forging the most positive relationship with the United States the world had seen for many years. This happy meeting, rather than being a view of things to come, was actually the end

Treaty Articles and Regulations are directly applicable and therefore do not require to be integrated with national legislation by the Member States. However, Directives require such integration. This is due to the fact that Member States have to implement the Directives through their domestic legislative procedures, in order to make them effective.

This research paper delves deep into three latest reports in the field of virtualization, networking and security in operating system. The article

On this day, the 29th of May 1453, when the last of the Byzantine kings fell to the Ottomans, Europe resurfaced from the abyss of the middle ages. The fall of Constantinople was also significant in terms of

It is important to state that in the world of finance and banking, to put one into survival includes saving and not revealing investing. One must invest time, endeavor, and money to make one’s company work into action. To increase one’s business, a person must provide much in it to broaden the scope.

In the last fifty years alone, the United States has intervened militarily in the political process of another country no fewer than a dozen times. From President Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan to George Bush the American Presidents have acted as if they are above everyone else in the political scheme of things. Americans believe that they rule the world.

According to the authors two factors have significant effects on the disemployment situation in a country. In countries with subminimum wage

The organization was chosen for analysis is a service company, Bell Group Inc. The population of this company consists of 87 employees. The population is diverse in the terms of cultural and also social backgrounds. 30% of all employees are Americans and 70 % of employees come from different cultures.

There have been a number of different theories and concepts that have been developed in the past by the scholars to understand human personality and to describe the various components and structures of personality. This report aims

The normal trip which is over eleven thousand miles was reduced to approximately sixty-five hundred miles. During that time, about two-thirds of the traffic at the Canal was petroleum. Thus, when the Suez Canal was taken over by the public sector in the mid

Much before his capture, even though he came from a Christian background he was not particularly religious. “The Confessions of Saint Patrick” is an autobiographical account whose

The U.S. penal population has two million inmates. From there, the Bureau of Justice Statistics has the approximation that a third of all African American men will be sentenced to prison at some point in their lifetime. According to public opinion surveys found the nation’s leading social problem is linked to crime or drugs are ranked first.

The organisation has also been involved in promoting the use of potentially life-saving technology such as Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCI) right from the home building process. AFCI is the next generation in circuit breaker technology and provides a higher level of protection by shutting off the electrical circuits before an actual fire results.

Additionally, ineffective parenting abilities can also leave long-lasting impacts on young adults who are not equipped with appropriate self-esteem development or effective social skills due to improper upbringing. Because there

In Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War (henceforth, Causes), Gary Gallagher presents a riveting analysis of the impact of film and art on the historical imagination of the Civil War, through an exploration of more than a dozen recent movies and thousands of pieces of artwork appearing in three of the leading Civil War journals. 

Careless reporting and unverified news stories are inexcusable and can arouse personal hate. In the same way, it is always important to stick to the guidelines set forth in an armed conflict. Not everything that glitters is gold and not all smoke should be assumed as fire. This is particular pertaining to following one's nose for news.

 All the cells gather energy and utilize energy for growth, reproduction, repair processes, etc. Many different types of cells perform different jobs and together coordinate and keep living beings alive. Unicellular (one-cell) organisms are bacteria and paramecium, while fungi, plants, and animals are multicellular (many cells).