Miscellaneous Essays

In contrast with mutual funds, 'Mutual funds trade hundreds of stocks in many unrelated industries, with very little of the total portfolio in any single stock. By contrast, when a company expands into a new area, its portfolio consists of two stocks, typically 90 percent in the core operation and 10 percent in the new businesses’.  

The financial figures and other accounting information that were given regarding the company to the Board of directors and the Audit Committee were always false.  At a later stage, it was found out that the Board of the company was always distant and detached from the company’s business and working.

For example, using the earlier bicycle example, at 15 miles an hour, one can adjust the number of minutes to 45 to determine how many miles one would travel at that rate (11.25 miles). In this case, the number of minutes is expressed as a formula (number of miles multiplied by the result of dividing 60 minutes by the number of miles per hour).

It is essential to state that Maksim Maximovich Litvinov is considered to be one of the best-known Soviet diplomats during the regime of Joseph Stalin. He was remembered for brokering and initiating mutual efforts between the Soviet Union and prevailing Western powers against fascist Germany (Dunn, 1988).

According to Karimi et al. (1996), the information system in a bank will be very crucial in the financial management of the bank. This involves the transfer of funds in the accounts, record keeping, and other monetary operations. We have already mentioned that it will assist in the coordination of supportive facilities like automated teller machines.

The deadly H5N1 strain has maintained a 100% mortality rate among infected birds, and has resulted in governments destroying millions of birds in an attempt to thwart further infection. The main concern lies in the fact that the bird flu can infect people, and has infected and killed some people who been infected by having contact with infected birds.

The three ads that I will be analyzing in the paper are Ralph Lauren- Romance- Cosmopolitan magazine October 2004 p.31. Calvin Klein- Eternity Moment- Cosmopolitan October 2004. p.35. Kraft-dairy lea- cheese strips- Mother and Baby Magazine March 2006 p. 104. The first advertisement has a simple propaganda technique.

The administration of local anesthesia by dental hygienists was historically implemented in 1971, with Washington being the first state that was given approval for this procedure (Anderson, 2002). To date, more than half of the states around the United States allow the use of local anesthesia during dental cleaning services (Schofield et al., 2005).

Such abuse of drugs is gradual and the addict does not realize the onset. Drug abuse is not a new problem; people have been abusing the use of drugs from a long time ago. Many centers have opened where drug treatment is taking place and people have realized that it is a big problem affecting the country.

In addition, the manifesto brought with it many theories within psychoanalysis which were the starting points for 20th Century artists (Ruhr berg & Waither 477). As an artistic movement, surrealism was concerned with the character of the unconscious and how it was related with creation.

The UK Government has laid down a vision all the way to 2020. The country’s four priorities for instantaneous action are sustainable consumption and production. The government believes that sustainable businesses, as well as organizations, can be influential drivers for higher sustainable production as well as consumption.

It also provides a high speed medium for information transfer which reaches out to the distant corners of the world. In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, he identified that as human beings, our first and foremost priority is the satisfaction of physiological needs which are necessary for our survival.

Alcohol impairs cognitive function that includes planning, decision-making, and risk perception. It also triggers aggressive driving behavior such as following too closely and speeding. Studies indicate that the effect of alcohol use on driving is related to crashes. Some studies have claimed that one glass of wine will impair driving more.

Rofecoxib (Vioxx) and valdecoxib (Bextra) have been withdrawn from the U.S. market following reports of heart attacks in patients taking the drugs. Celecoxib (Celebrex) is still available but labeled with strong warnings and a recommendation that it be prescribed at the lowest possible dose for the shortest duration possible.

We wake up in the morning and brush our teeth with Close-Up toothpaste, then take a bath with Dove and Pantene shampoo. After all, this, let us say we wear Levi’s Jeans and a Reebok tee shirt. Then comes the turn of the morning breakfast for which we have a porridge made of Bagrry’s White Oats and then say we have a cup of hot Nescafe café.

For example, imagine Dell using the brand for computers and then diversifying into health tea products. I believe that in such case, building a new brand may be more appropriate by leveraging on the equity of the established brand. I like your use of the Virgin group in order to exemplify the case of having brand extension ruin the whole point of venturing into identified potential profitable ventures.

He does not realize his friend must obey his superior and that means that his friend will kill him. Gregory is shot but he does not die immediately. He hangs on to his friend for life or for death. His friend is forced to shoot him several times in order to make a clean killing.

Grimshaw's Quality Textiles is a long established textile manufacturer in Blackburn, Lancashire. It used to be a large textile mill, which made material on site, however, given the decline in the textile industry in the north-west of England, the production of cloth has now ceased, and the workforce (which has been much reduced over the years and only totals 100) now produces clothes from imported cloth.

The assembly process in Milly’s mopeds starts with the parts which are not manufactured in their factory. The assembly process starts with the parts taken in along with the assembly guidelines and documents required to assemble the parts. The parts are assembled during the process and the final finished unit comes out as the output along with the assembly report which may be produced for a given time period.

The nursing shortage has over the recent past gotten very severe and was continuing to be more severe with the aging of this population of nurses. RNs are in short supply in Australia as well as the rest of the world. This dictates that the RN will know her scope of practice and be able to use a logical process if she is in question.

Experiences in places like Amsterdam where drugs are relatively easier to procure are not completely positive with the city continuing to suffer from violence and crime. The level of elasticity of drugs is still to be exactly ascertained and we cannot yet safely conclude that there is enough information to prevent unhealthy experimentation among susceptible groups.

The assumption here was that the introduction of AAVE as a language of instruction in the Oakland School District, will have a negative effect on standard English and the ability of the African American students to learn standard English. This view is prejudiced as the Linguist Society of America has passed a resolution stating that AAVE is a valid dialect, and "the systematic expressive nature of the grammar and pronunciation patterns of the African American vernacular have been established by numerous scientific studies over the past thirty years" (LSA Resolution, 1997).

Banking industry in general is the one which depends on the industries, infrastructure activities and prosperity of the people. Opening up of economies also paved way for new players as well to enter into the banking and financial sector. With more players in the arena, the existing banks initiated efforts to retain their customer base while aggressively pursuing to widen the customer base.

Evolutionary gender theories claim that men and women are dissimilar in a physiological way as well as psychologically. Historically, men are viewed as breadwinners and hunters, who are aggressive and dominant, while women are treated as 'gathers', who are cooperative and able to find consensus in each disagreement. 

By comparing the trial results for the partial match intersect, order-based intersect, and position-based intersect, their results are quite alike. Each of them has their possess set of parameters to get the majority of effective run conditions. Out of the four parameters, they contain the same variety of population sizes.

The world has become an ever changing intellectual playground, where the choices to consumers seem endless. Now in 2006 our team has assembled to make technological suggestions to improve, to take them into the next millennium. Gap seems to be lagging in many IT ways, and could seriously benefit from implementing IT solutions.

The liver is positioned to the right side of the abdominal cavity beneath the diaphragm. The liver gets the blood via two large vessels called the hepatic artery and the portal vein. While the hepatic artery carries oxygen-enriched blood from the aorta the portal vein carries blood containing digested food from the small intestine. Further, these blood vessels divide several times to finally end up in small capillaries.

The individual should not encounter any bias or discrimination in school, employment or when the need arises for medical care. Each person has their basic needs that must be met while progressing through the different stages of development. One should be given choices, and be allowed to have an input in their care or treatment plan.

In the 1990s, ABB was to consolidate its market space by going for major acquisitions. The company’s sales were at about USD 15 billion in 1988 and 1989, going to over USD 30 billion in the mid-1990s. But the acquisitions did not yield the results that were expected by the company and the company went into a spin.

In this case, proper handling of data is vital to those who were trusted to keep them. In order to ensure that data are kept safe, a law must be established in order to protect such information, specifically the private ones, in order to secure its owners.

As the researchers contend, given the complexity of character education, and the many factors and forces which impact it, parental involvement is a constructive addition to the early childhood education paradigm. While not disputing the centrality of the school's role in character development, Berkowitz and Bier (2005) draw attention to the fact that it is hardly the only influence on early childhood character development.

Some of the ideas of Barak Obama on important issues are as follows; Healthcare: Sen. Obama wants to do away with the two kinds of extremes prevailing in America on health insurance. While government run schemes are put in higher tax brackets, private companies are operating by flouting the rule book.

The above definition of trade union shows that Trade unions are voluntary organizations of workers or employers formed to protect and promote their interests through collective action. An analysis of the above definitions reveals that a trade union must be:

On contrary though, apart from foods and grocery, Wal-Mart dominates the sales sector stocking a wide range of products from sports equipments, office furnishings, clothing's and electrical appliances. It is important to carry out a survey on these firms' strategies that is the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

The question is what actually the distinguishing factor is to be highlighted. Truth is defined as the act of being honest, trustworthy, absolute and/or in reality (Poiman, 2005). The term may be defined in a lot of other different ways however it is a concept to be understood and not a definition to be learned.

So when, convinced by Iago that Desdemona has indeed deceived him with Cassio, and after accusing Desdemona and hearing her reply of innocence, Othello is able without any doubt to attack with the sarcastic retort, “I cry you mercy then/ I took you for that cunning whore of Venice/That married with Othello”.

On one hand, they think they should not jeopardize their friendship by trying out something new. On the other hand, there's this tension that perhaps would go away if they only knew for sure if they were meant to be more than friends. They value their friendship very much, and want it to continue, but are not entirely sure how to proceed.

360-degree feedback is understood as a systematic collection of performance data on an individual or group, derived from a number of stakeholders—the stakeholders being the immediate supervisors, team members, customers’ peers, and self. Anyone who has useful information on `how an employee does the job' may be one of the appraisers.

For example, if somebody wants to perform aerobics, the provision of equipments is not enough. There is the requirement of proper environment, which includes the music, the space etc. So the fitness centre provides that too. Since the fitness centre is not for one and all.

Every face is a memory, and reminds me of all the good and the bad times we have all spent together. Looking back, I realize how times have changed and how fast our lives have become living in this cosmopolitan city. Staying in touch with our loved ones is getting harder every day, and our hectic work routines has bitten us at the time when we see our kids growing up.

Residents of the city are known as Atlantans. Located in the northern portion of the state, Atlanta enjoys a high mean elevation-1,050 feet (320m) above sea level-which distinguishes it from most other southern (and eastern) cities and contributes to a more temperate climate than is found in areas farther south.

This research paper discusses the new culture (vision, mission and goals), strategic controls, and the new organizational design which will guide the company in its future endeavors. This paper also assesses the alignment of Intel's vision, mission and goals with its new strategies and implementations.

No quick decisions should be taken on this matter because, in the end, it will have devastating results like losing up the money that you have invested in one of the fake websites. You should check the responses to your queries on these message boards. The groups in these message boards might give false implications. 

Children of many culture and generations are considered most fascinating wonders of creation. In innocence, they embody purity, in their laughter, joy, and in their grief, unadulterated sorrow. In this photographic essay, I have chosen a collection that is not necessarily about me, but a depiction of experiences and interpretation of what I have experienced or idealised as childhood reality.

The twentieth century is a melting pot. It is the period of people at war with themselves; People who are atonce the perpetrators and victims of their own ideologies and values. The era used language to communicate, as well as to obfuscate Truth. They are beset not just with illness, and ill effects of environmental corruption, but also with the malady of the metaphors and myths of their own coinage.

The attractions are the natural environment, wineries and heritage buildings. No research has been conducted in the town previously. In particular, the council needs to know the council needs to know: socio-demographic characteristics, what places people visit, and the main aims of visitation.

House Bill Number 942 which has been filed in the Virginia State Assembly puts a heavy emphasis on road safety by setting limitations to holders of provisional driver's licenses. Specifically, this House Bill repeals the provision that allows drivers operating under a provisional driver's license to use wireless communications devices when their vehicles are lawfully parked or stopped.

Although originally developed for internal use, CDCynergy has found application outside the CDC. The planning model is designed to guide the user through systematically conceptualizing, planning, developing, testing, implementing, and evaluating health communication activities, while promoting accountability and the importance of evaluation (CDC, 2006).

Once considered a trait of the oldies Starbucks has made coffee a routine of every individual irrespective of his/her age group. Gladwell’s ideas and theories have played a significant role in Starbuck's success over the years but if not for the effective leadership that set the base Starbucks would not have been where it stands today.        

Sabine is not a victim. She has the freedom choice and she has chosen to find out about her husband Parsifal's past. In the process, she rediscovers herself and is truly free from her own past. When Parsifal dies suddenly from an aneurism, Sabine is set free when she becomes his newly wed widow.