Miscellaneous Essays

The enchanting odour of this perfume would serve Grenouille's goals as it would make him hypnotize people.On the other hand, in Thrse Raquin,Thrse ,an adulterous wife, gives her consent to Laurent, her lover, to kill her own husband,Camille,as he's the osbtacle standing against their mariage.

Many people will find it more convenient driving in their personal cars or in public transport vehicles. Unlike other modes of transport like airways or railways, road transport is widely used by many people in the world. This paper will look at the rationale behind the introduction of tolling in road transport.

Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality." Quality, according to experts is a preventive measure more than a curative task. It is always advisable to produce a defect free product rather than reworking/scrapping the faulty manufactured one.

they move from the theoretical constructs they want to examine to something concrete that they can actually measure to represent those constructs. Hirschheim and Sabherwal, in their study "Detours in the Path toward Strategic Information Systems Alignment", and Sabherwal and Chan, in the article "Alignment between Business and IS Strategies: A Study of Prospectors, Analyzers, and Defenders", illustrate how researchers make compromises when they operationalize their independent and dependent variables.

Public services are an essential part of our lives. All of us come across such services in different measures from time to time. Some of us feel satisfied with the kind of service we get from the public servants, while some of us feel frustrated when the public service offices are not able to provide the service to the best of our satisfaction.

The Southern Pacific region was the main place where Plate Tectonics had its highest impact on the lives existing during the Cenozoic Period. Glaciation is one of the known happenings that took place during this time. Both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial reasons are believed to be involved in these matters.

The shift from an essentially 'provider driven' system of health service delivery to a more 'consumer driven' system, with recognition of an individual's rights to be informed and make personal choices, has meant that previously entrenched attitudes are having to be seriously examined.

It seems that there is simply no ending to the overpowering evil people do to each other. Assassinate, rape, war, thievery, depravity, impiety, fraud, cruelty of every kind, style, and size seems to be the order of our lives. There is a profound question that often appears in minds of people.

Hyper-competition is the trend in organizations today and to face it organizations need to have outstanding Human Resource Management. It is beyond any doubt that the human factor if managed efficiently is perhaps the most beneficial input for the success of an organization. And managing the human factor as a competitive tool is the responsibility of human resource management.

Started from humble beginnings as a single store in Sydney's west in 1985 the company has over 60 stores, with an on-line training facility for staff, in Australia. In an effort to give more professional look to all its stores, couple of years back, the company gave freedom to its stores and allowed them to devise their own marketing strategies depending upon the customer profiles in respective areas.

One of his contributions from the literary work Inventing the Popular Culture is found in the quote “The songs of the folk allowed middle-class intellectuals to imagine a lost national and natural identity and to dream of the possibility of a new "authentic" national unity of people bound together once again by the organic "ties of land and language".

The theater form may be said to have grown out of a desire to ease the tension and depression brought by that long-drawn conflict with the Athenians.  In fact, Aristophanes, whose comedies became an “important historical source of Athens of the 4th and 5th centuries,” (Bates, A., 1906) pleads for an end to that war in four of his numerous plays in his capacity as spokesman of the Peace Party.  

While America's baby boomers are reaching their retirement years, presenting the promise of a lucrative market for U.S. sales of ambulatory products, the challenge for international sales is to identify the top overseas markets based on those which have the same or higher levels of elderly population growth.

This process becomes possible because of cultural globalization and economic integrations of the world. Despite some benefits and advantages of global communication networks and information transfers, media globalization has led to cultural imperialism influencing the demands and preferences of mass consumers. Media ‘culture’ is a very broad concept.

It is, however, necessary to define just what hypnotherapy is. It is a process that interacts directly with inner consciousness, and its purpose is to find the core of a problem in a client's life (Holistic Book par. 14). The process is considered complementary therapy, a type of holistic healing, one that involves the client.

The words "predestined" and "chosen" in Paul's writings in Ephesians 1 appear to be the main source of the above quotation. However, do they really make a case for Calvinism and does Paul indeed make a case for Calvinism The teachings of Calvin can be summarized in "The Five Points of Calvinism." Basically, this can be summarized in the acronym: TULIP.

Discussion of cultural apparatuses, the shaping of norms and values and the forging of consensus brings us to one of the most important concepts in the theory of culture and the exercise of power. Life can be lived happily and more fulfilling without ever having the slightest idea of what hegemony might mean for most people.

The same case makes it evident that the popular assumption of connecting race and crime is not true. Illegitimacy or lack of education is the key factor. Broken families and single-parent It is the absence of marriage and the failure to form and maintain intact families that expounds the incidence of crime in whites as well as black people.

But, as we enter the twenty-first century, the market-driven economies, where all aspects of life are being viewed from the angle of sales and marketing, have led to a situation where healthcare services too are considered as services requiring marketing. The notion that we need to seek healthcare, when we fall sick has given way to adopting healthcare policies as a preventive measure.

It depended upon the ECJ Commission to wish; however, the individual members of Euro-associations, such as national associations and individual firms, increasingly spread their lobbying resources in a risk-avoidance strategy. Like other organizations, interest groups have a learning capacity and can act strategically.

According to the paper European consumers essentially share the same interests as environmentalists, but couched in a somewhat different way. They understandably want to protect themselves and their families from any potential harm or risk that might be associated with consumption of GM products. While environmentalists are concerned more with the effects of production on the environment as a whole.

Although this elephant logo signifies strength and force, this is not the party in majority. This party traces its roots back to Abraham Lincoln who was the first republican president. It has since then faced many critical moments of the country's history like the American Civil War and its Reconstruction right up to the challenges faced by America's last president, George W Bush, who is the 19th republican president (Rutland, 1996).

Thanks to modern technology, advertisers and marketers can now reach these pliable minds just as they’re seeking a diversion from the monotony. Slowly, but surely, a new generation of workout equipment is appearing in health clubs across the country, one that will let gym-goers click through their workouts as they watch TV, or access the Internet. 

Devolving a plan of action for such change underpins many different planned change schemas. They often involve steps which are offered to the prospective manager of change and relate quite well to problem solving schemas. CrysTel is a telecommunication company operating Illinois, US.

Generally, this paper is a case study, which analyzes medication among old age people and its side effects. The paper brings out commonly occurring diseases among old age people, generally prescribed medicines, and their side effects. Finally, the subject under the case study is analyzed on basis of the above factor.

The major components of optical link, that is, sources, amplifiers and receivers, as well as the optical network have been covered in the paper giving out principle of operation with diagrammatic representations. Important network topologies and issues like, transparency, protection, routing, switching and wavelength assignment are discussed in detail.

In 2000 it has been announced that Daimler Chrysler Company is interested in buying the stake of Mitsubishi Motors. This merge was following the BMW selling Rover to an English company for the symbolic sum of 10 pounds, thus getting rid of the production which had not brought the expected benefits anymore.

Generally, it is essential to state that Mohr’s circle is a graphical method to determine the effect of a coordinate rotation on a tensor quantity. In the engineering sciences it is applied to analyse the effect of a coordinate rotation on stress, strain, second moment of area and moment of inertia.

Accountability of police has been a point of debate whenever police initiate a drastic action against common men. Police force was created to maintain law and order in the country and to ensure that they are supporting lawful existence of people in the country.

In the Bible, these important writings were consisted of the first five books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) that collectively narrate the creation of the universe, the promises God made to the ancient people of Israel, the hardships due to the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt, their escape and journey towards the promised land under the leadership of Moses, and their covenant with God.

Judicial independence from government is a key requirement of the separation of powers. The judicial function is to interpret Parliament’s intention as expressed in legislation and to ensure through a judicial review that any delegated legislation is consistent with the scope of power granted by parliament.

Montresor and Fortunato are the two most important characters of the story and Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato for an insult. The character of Fortunato displays pride in the story and ultimately as seen in innumerable stories proves fatal for him and leads to his downfall.

It has evolved from a crude society to a highly technological one, from a religious venture to a profit and glamour driven society and from a homogenous native population to a multiethnic combination of inhabitants. Pre-colonized California was a vast jungle with towering cliffs occupied by Native Americans, the most prominent of which are the _________.

Limited liability companies are required by law to maintain and retain their accounts according to the requirements of the law. The limited liability company is required to publish its accounts and annual reports in the prescribed form according to the law whereas limited liability partnerships are relieved from doing so.

However, the problem of hate crime incidence is deeply rooted and would take time before it is adequately eliminated. This is because the prevention of incidence of hate crimes requires a thorough understanding of the crimes, and lies in the concerted effort of all members of the community to develop comprehensive programs that would avert the occurrence of such crimes.

The visit was to Baltimore’s Fort McHenry and to Hampton. These two places have been a witness to the wars that ran throughout the history of the United States. They have also been witnesses to a number of civil issues that rocked the country. The visit started with Hampton which is closer to Baltimore and after an extended stay and discussion with the people there, Fort McHenry was also studied and a number of interesting points were noted.

The advent of modern phones which has bigger screens, better usability and increasing affordability has sparked the interest to develop mobile banking. It is projected that more than 40% of new mobile phones will be equipped with a 3G broadband connection by 2011.

Though some have called for an increase in EBM, there are many obstacles preventing its full implementation. General Practitioners (GPs) have complained that EBM is not useful in answering immediate clinical questions, especially where there is need for specific pin-point information at short notice.

This is a comedy genre movie about a Hollywood producer and a spin-doctor join hands to cover-up a presidential sex scandal by fabricating a war. It has a satirical tone disguised as comedy. V for Vendetta is a 2005 movie directed by James Mc Teigue. It is an action drama genre movie about a disguised freedom fighter who is fighting against the totalitarian society using terrorist tactics.

It was not thr all th tim. It cam in bursts and wnt away. Talking of novlty, how about looking at art in natur Richard Dawkins stats that th diffrnc btwn human art or dsign and th amazingly "ingnious" forms that w ncountr in natur, is du tho th fact that Human art originats in th mind , whil th natural dsigns rsult from natural slction.

"Sustainable business" does not have to be an oxymoron. Companies need to ensure that their short-term economic goals do not continue to override their long-term social, environmental, and economic responsibilities to society and the natural environment. Companies around the world are showing that when they value people, everybody profits.

Generally, in the meeting Sarah called, one team member remarked, “He (referring to Conrad King) seemed to know which button to push and how much information to share with each manager.” Clear! Conrad is into politicking to get what he wants. He also passes information for some leverage in company dealings.

Islamic fundamentalism, piggy backs on the existing racism, in Britain, and become successful in luring South Asian Muslims into a world of hatred and violence, in the name of religion. It presents 'jihad' or holy war, as the option available to devout Muslims, to wipe out the infidels and secure a place in 'paradise.'

He might have come to his current 'global managerial' position from a 'distinguished' career at the home head-office of his company. If so, he might be carrying with him the baggage both of his 'national culture' and his 'corporate culture', and he would come into contact, in his new job, with the 'national culture' of the country in which the foreign branch of his company is located.

Klaus, as a car mechanic, when he first came to Spain, only managed to find temporary work for three months at a garage selling petrol.  This is legal as EU citizens have the freedom to travel from any state in the EU to work in another, whether permanently or temporarily. According to the statute on the freedom of movement of persons, workers like Klaus have the right to receive the same social benefits.

The employment relationship between employer and employees has two parts: market relations, and managerial relations (Edwards 2003) transformation, whereas Fox's unitarism specifically applies to managers in work organisations. Indeed, according to Mannheim, ideology varies in accordance with history, national characteristics, and social classes.

It is the whole and complete total of all activities and sets of activities ranging from the most insignificant activity to the activity of the highest order. The structure of a system is built on the foundation of knowledge and experience. It is through knowledge and understanding that an enterprise or an institution is brought to being, and experience makes it sturdier through constant research, analysis and application.

Germany was forced by the Allies to accept its defeat in war and it also had to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which was very harsh for the Germans as it would have to pay for reparations, lose all territories, and almost become incapable of another war as it had to take full responsibility for the previous war, World War I (Trueman, 2000). 

( Swann Communications, n.d.) - Knowing which product is currently in demand can give the Marketing and Sales Department an idea on what product should be concentrated upon in terms of marketing. If, for example, wireless surveillance cameras are currently in demand due to increased security concerns, then it will be prudent to focus marketing on this product.

It took a lot of time for me to start working on this project. There were quiet a few nights on which before sleeping, I thought that I would begin the project the next morning. But after rising from bed I was too afraid to begin and postponed it to the next day and so on.