Miscellaneous Essays

My main weakness is that I am not a good listener. My ability to communicate effectively and work in a team, to process information and achieve performance standards is average and quite

Delegated legislation as a concept can only be clearly assessed after looking into the constitution of which it is a part. Whether it is a practical necessity and to what extent it would be considered fair when it runs counter some important constitutional principles, requires a deeper examination of its nature.

Congenital heart disease refers to any abnormality in the structure of the heart present from birth. Also known as a congenital heart defect, cyanotic heart disease, heart defects or congenital cardiovascular malformations, it is the most common type of heart disease among children as it affects six to eight babies out of one thousand full-term live births, with the incidence being higher in premature births (Cotran et al 618).

The Greek poet Lycophron used anagrams in a poem about the siege of Troy entitled “Cassandra” in which he used anagrams for the names Ptolemy and Arisonë (Anagrams FAQ). Other uses of anagrams are attributed to Pythagoras, Plato, and Alexander the Great.

Although in the theoretical area there are plenty of models and empirical evidence that can help the management team to formulate a well-grounded plan, in real terms the changes and the turbulences that tend to characterize the commercial markets create significant obstacles towards the establishment of an appropriate and effective business strategy.  

It is indicated in order to achieve cult status, a movie must be fragmented so scenes and events can stand out in the mind as individual series of memories rather than a complete whole while still retaining some

The Greek word for thought in v 6 contains a stronger application of the Greek word ‘ago’ which means to be kept, brought forward, or commanded.  The word ‘heegeomai’ (Strong #2233) has more to do with official authority than a causal thought. This word is translated as ‘Governor’, and ‘those who have rule over you.’

nth-Century Florence and Milan” (1976), author Vincent Ilardi discusses some documents that had been found indicating earlier fabrication of specialized lenses in these cities more than 100 years prior than what had been previously believed. As part of the discussion, he

Friedrich Froebel, patriarch of the modern kindergarten, was an educational philosopher. Froebel built his concept around children exploring, questioning, and touching dirt, grass, plants, thereby knowing the world better. He believed that through these young learners interact with their world, they develop an in-depth view of their world.

Learning, through picture representation. This is the learning activity chosen for elementary school children. This method employs pictorial representations, or rough outlines resembling exactly or at least a guessable one to make the children remember and recollect what they have learned, and to make them realize how this method would help them in understanding the subject taken for learning.

Does the ETA only desire Basque independence, or will it not stop, as some have suggested, until all of Spain dissolves into a Balkan-style collection of duchies (Janke, p. 86)?  Would the descendants of the pastoral peasants in Aguirre’s Gernika take up arms and slay local politicians, even the head of the nation? 

While poor countries and development agencies have been battling at international conferences for a change in world trade rules, a parallel initiative has emerged that aims to harness Western consumers' addiction to coffee and chocolate in the fight against poverty.

This instability then creates imbalance. Trinitarian therapy puts emphasis on spiritual growth, as it aims to connect clients to God and

The trip will be held on a Tuesday, 9:00am. Travel to the grocery will only take a five-minute drive. Volunteer parents are encouraged to drive a group. A group is composed of a teacher/assistant teacher/ supervisor and four children. All parents are notified beforehand of

It is essential to state that when a teenager she eloped with the famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelly whom she later married. At the age of 19, Mary won recognition for her world-famous best seller “Frankenstein”. This novel remains popular even to this day and is considered a part of our cultural mythology.

The Inca civilization that was found in present-day South America is significant because of what it symbolizes about the region. This region was once a very rich one, with gold and silver being in abundant supply and beautiful temples and scenery dominating the landscape. The Incas were a proud people with a rich tradition. 

Till now from the formal point of view the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was considered as the unitary national state with one center in London, possessing inseparable sovereignty. At the same time, the administrative-territorial division of the country includes four regions: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, which long since possessed rather wide autonomy.

Language is not only used as a means of communication but it is the defining factor of a people or a nation. The people of China take great pride in their language because 1/5 of the world’s people speak their language. What makes the Chinese language different from other languages is not only its vastness but also its beautiful calligraphy.

However, one of the video’s setbacks is that the text and some of the graphics were shown too quickly that some viewers might not be able to read the words. The Bun and Thigh Roller’s TV advertisement is obviously intended for women who particularly want to

Innumerable U.S. college campuses are experiencing heavy episodic alcohol consumption by college students (Jennison, 2004b). It has been revealed that the volume of alcohol consumed by college students is greater than the amount taken by the general population (Lall &

HRM strategies that will be aligned with the organization’s culture and its aims both in the short and the long term. For this reason, the examination and the analysis of all

The corporate world resolved the problem by creating a new business discipline called project management. The methodologies utilized today in

The new and faster technology has helped human to explore one corner of the world while sitting in the other corner. The world has been shaped into a global village that is being supported by the new technology. Communication around the globe has become a matter of

The Architect’s Journal reported the following in 1975: Architectural Conservation should be accorded the same consideration which is already being shown to the conservation of other resources for the same reasons. Buildings represent energy,

Before the British turned over Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997, in compliance with a 1984 agreement, the language of commerce and mass media here had been British English1. For this reason, the development of television news and broadcast environment in Hong Kong closely paralleled that of the UK in that it is driven by public service broadcasting.

ow best to instruct his/her students based upon their particular age or developmental levels, the theorist I believe has been most helpful to teachers is Lev Vygotsky. Lev Semenovich Vygotsky (1896-1934) was a Russian psychologist interested in studying child development,

From this paper, it is clear that Outsourcing as a cost-effective strategy has shown positive results but significant risks have to be recognized and managed. Since the company relies on some other company for its functions, they have to be managed properly otherwise it could adversely affect the customers and their operations.

servations: (1) shortness of breath at rest, (2) sits upright, (3) anxious in appearance, (4) use of accessory muscles, (5) bilateral wheezing and rhonchi, (6) HR >120, (6) PaO2

The Prince 2 was developed by the project managers assigned by the UK Government and is an acronym for Projects in controlled environments. (PRINCE 2) There are 8 processes which are as follows: Start-up→ initiation→directing a project→controlling a stage→ managing productive delivery, →managing stage boundaries →closing a project →planning.

The first smartphone Simon was developed by IBM; it was a joint venture between IBM and Bellsouth. Simon was first presented as a product concept at COMEX the communications industry trade show hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simon looked and felt like a brick and combined the features of a phone, a PDA, a fax machine, and a pager.

The tenets of Liberalism proclaim a strong conviction in democracy and belief that the constitutional authority of the people will limit expansive government. Liberal legislative leadership, partly through necessity, has instigated steady governmental growth well beyond where the architects of the constitution and most citizens would favor.

The term bureaucracy is used to refer to the hierarchical structure of the workforce, usually, large ones characterized by specific tasks, and strict control of internal operations and procedures. It is, however, quite ironic that modern society now uses bureaucracy as a critical generalization for inefficiency and red tape.

The resources would be divided into two teams with one team responsible for design and development and the other team doing the requirements and testing aspects. The

General Motors is facing tough times due to the rise in oil prices.  The need for a car that is fuel-efficient has forced GM to close SUV plants across the nation and to reconsider their Hummer line.  The drop in sales due to rising fuel makes GM’s ability to accomplish goals and objectives as set in previous strategic plans unrealistic.

But what kinds of capital punishment or death sentences are given in this modern era? Is it the same as the old ones? The answer is no. In today’s time

One of the clear dangers of scientifically engineered reproduction is the unprecedented social and moral complications entailing a cloned human being. The debate on

This makes architecture one of the most influential professions in today’s society. For instance exploring new ways of living, investigating new technologies and material and ensuring that what we build is environmentally sustainable. But most of all it involves designing

The intervals are shown on the X-axis, and the number of scores in each interval is represented by the height of a rectangle located above the interval. The cumulative frequency is the running total of the frequencies. On a graph, it can be represented by a cumulative

The purpose of this paper is to study the theory that workplace managers promote collaborative assignments to increase employee morale, but

The author looks at the popularity of the game of football; and how the popularity results in hooliganism in the name of national pride and individual or group self

Data warehouses are useful for creating cash flows and customer reports using meaningful data. Groenfeldt (1998) points out that where consolidation of financial information on derivatives into gigantic data warehouses is concerned, the results have been disastrous because the operating realities make the process of efficient and optimum data storage a messy and complex one.

Among them the most dominant culture that had existed in this region was Tainos culture. The presence of this civilization was also reported by the explorer Christopher Columbus. The geographical advantage this place

The decade opened with the US military mired in a losing war effort and a population that had turned its disapproval of the war into violence.

They also need a job description to hand and an understanding of the skill set required for the job and a list of open-ended

In the past it was a taboo subject and people rarely revealed their true identity to the straight community to avoid discrimination. The gay community has gotten a lot rights, justifiably so from our governmental entities, to protect their right to express their sexuality

Generally speaking, the study showed that when the opportunity of opting out of the prison was provided to them, the prisoners behaved as if they were really prisoners and followed the instructions of the guards even when they knew that this was just an experiment. Such was the powerful influence of the environment.

The shift towards the free-market policies in the UK resulted in significant economic performance and so far yielded good results in terms of achieving economic growth in the country.  However, the increasing degree of deregulation, as well as more reliance on the free market as the only source of economic welfare, proved detrimental to the overall economic health of the country,

The third possible reason simply means that Jesus may have used parables to make his listeners listen first before thinking of resorting to defending themselves. In this way, Jesus was able to impart his message to his listener without the latter suspecting that the message aimed to make them realize their fault (1995 pp 39-41). 

Researchers have been studying management styles for several decades now, and there are several theories concerning this matter. Every manager in the process of his work implements a management style that is determined by the ways he stimulates his team to work, motivates them, controls their performance, etc.

For Odessa, racism invades her life whole day. She has always been poor, not because she is lazy or stupid, but because her place in society as a person of color limits her