Miscellaneous Essays

PIA connects Pakistan to a wider network of cities than any other airline and is thus the choice of most international travelers to and from Pakistan. However, for quite a significant portion of this population, PIA is the selection due to lack of choice rather than by choice.

Despite multiple efforts at providing streamlined international solutions, alternative technologies can pose new problems regarding patent infringement -its relation to new applications of technology, as yet unaddressed or uncertain in current definitions of patent and mark law protocols.

He was born in Amherst, New Hampshire in 1811 and in he founded his own newspaper the New York Tribune in 1941. Years of hard work preceded the launch of this newspaper. In 1834 Horace Greeley made his debut as an editor founding a weekly journal the New Yorker.

Also known as the 4Ps of marketing, these four elements are Product, Price, Promotion, and Placement (or Distribution) (NetMBA.com, n.d.). These are explained below: A product is either a tangible, physical product or a service. Organizations must understand the product or services that they will sell. They must analyze some features of the product/service.

In definition, the APA style of writing comes from the handbook produced by the American Psychological Association, hence the acronym. While each style would be used for formatting paper style, their respective approaches would vary towards appearance and function.

The author suggests a monument to Margaret Sanger be built as a museum devoted to her life and works and display her personal items and a history and timeline of her life.  While this memorial would not, if it were the only proposal be a poor choice, it is not a fitting way to remember Margaret Sanger. 

One aspect of this work that was particularly striking to me was the fact that the type of economy that existed in the South at the time, namely cotton and sugar plantations, relied totally on the use of slaves. In many ways it was designed with the use of slavery as an integral part of the process.

Local boards of health targeted the most visible and disreputable slum areas. As David Ward contends, slums expressed 'the presumed causal links between social isolation, and adverse environment and deviant behavior.' In Toronto, the infamous Ward became synonymous with physical and moral degeneracy.

Many changes are going on in the economies of our neighbors, and wars and conflicts in the East have affected the cost and prices of resources we depend upon, especially Oil and Gas. Added to those Eastern economies, those of the smaller nations have begun attracting investments from all over by creating better infrastructures and free trade zones.

into offshore and under-ocean areas. The significance attached to the initiative can be recognized by the fact that the US department of the Interior has a separate division catering to Offshore Energy and Minerals Management (OEMM) (Offshore Energy and Minerals Management).

The evolution of game consoles through the rapid technological development in the world is best exemplified by a comparison of the original Atari 2600 and Wii which both gained wide popularity and acceptance among gamers. Atari 2600 is released in 1977 and is the first game console to popularize the use of microprocessor based hardware and cartridges containing game code.

This conflict is predicted to occur whenever the reproductive strategy adopted by one sex interferes with that of the opposite sex. There are three empirical studies that tested the hypotheses based on this model, namely: Study 1 (N = 528) which examined sex differences in sources of anger and upset (e.g., about sexual aggressiveness or withholding) among 2 samples of Ss differing in age and marital status; Study 2 (N = 60) which assessed the perceived magnitude of upset each sex would experience when confronted by each source; and Study 3 (N = 214) which tested predictions within married couples about sex differences in sources of marital and sexual dissatisfaction.

Think of a society in which even the table legs must be covered up by long, chenille tablecloths, for the sake of modesty and the avoidance of 'lustful' thoughts, then we have an idea of the powerfully repressive and hypocritical morality that existed. 'Good' women, and men, considered sexual activity, and those who displayed openly the aspects of sexuality, to be base or animalistic. Sex was unmentionable, secret, even dirty, but could be understood as Duty, when in the confines of marriage. Women in particular were categorized or stereotyped; pure and virginal, or the Madonna (pure again), or 'bad' girls, prostitutes who gave into their lustful desires.

This project will examine shopping centres in Prague, shopping centres and their characteristics are an important area in the study of settlements. The increase in the GDP has resulted in creating more opulence and people tend to make use of the hypermarkets and the shopping centres.

In the Definition and Measurement of Chronic Poverty, Aaberge and Mogstad defined chronically poor as those with a persistent inability to pursue welfare due to a lack of economic means. Even a higher income would not mean a better status for both poor and rich if the standards of living had gone up. It does not mean higher purchasing power.

The computer coupled with the internet is seen suspiciously by the employer as it opens the employee simultaneously to both work and leisure. The computer-internet combine gives the essential access to an Alexandrian library-cum-Silk Route-cum-Bazaars of Baghdad, as also to a personal Wonderland.

He has indeed to some point executed his revenge on Claudius but he does not live long enough to benefit from the long-planned revenge. Hamlet is so self-absorbed that he is misunderstood by the people around him including his mother and his lady love. He only realizes their worth when they actually die.

Globalization has compounded the need for managers to be more alert and adaptable as they have to work in an environment totally different from their past experience. Communication, leadership, teamwork, hard work, negotiability, adaptability etc are some of the common attributes that present-day managers should possess.

Most human-built structures rely on the ground for stability but what if the ground suddenly becomes unstable? What if subsidence occurs? This paper aims to answer these questions by discussing the nature of subsidence and its effects on civil works. I will be providing definitions and possible causes of subsidence.

Natural ventilation" – the kind you get by opening windows – just doesn't do the best job, because it tends to provide either too much or too little ventilation. The only way to ensure adequate ventilation is to install some type of automatically controlled ventilation system. As you'll see, you have quite a few choices.

According to the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, some children will no longer face wheezing episodes as they get older and others will continue to have them even in adolescent years. (Lemanske and Busse, 2006.) About 80 percent of children with asthma develop symptoms before the age of five.

One of the most important aspects of the website is the Human-Computer Interface (HCI). HCI involves the design and planning of the interaction between the computer and the user. According to Thomas & David (45), HCI enhances the usability of the designed site and ensures that the user is not lost in the ‘electronic space’.

In late 2002, Looking Within, a collection of her poems from 1954 to 2000, was released in bilingual format. The editor described Morejon as having come to her Havana, the capital of Cuba, thus Morejón enjoyed listening to the old black men, the ñañigo herbalists of San Nicolás square, the housewives, the neighbors, a world with fascinating rhythms.

As cited in "Sustainable Management of Electronic Waste" by Heart (2007), it is estimated that 20-50 million tons of e-waste is generated internationally each year at a growth rate of 3-5% per year. Nearly 500 million computers that became obsolete all over the world between 1994 and 2003 contained around 2,872,000 tons of plastic, 718,000 tons of lead, 1363 tons of cadmium, and 287 tons of mercury.

It is a proven fact that people seek verification of their identities in the responses of other people. The available research on the self in an interpersonal context has demonstrated that people often prefer to have others see them as they see themselves. Collins and Stukas (June 2006) deemed that in order to maintain such consistency, people seek feedback from others that is self-consistent.

The growth strategy of the company is a long-term strategy based on four key parts: growth in the Core UK business to expand by growing internationally to be as strong in non-food as in food and to follow customers into new retailing services.  Knowing this little information about the company, the environmental analysis of the company is done and presented in the forthcoming paragraphs. 

In medieval times, people from the different countries went out in ships to trade with the other countries. After that stronger countries began to conquer the other countries in search of the resources, in order to aid their economic development. Trading companies became the norm during this time.

Through the power of applying theory to real-life situations, and real experiences to theories taught within the educational institution, a person has a strong medium of expression. This broadens a person’s overall exposure and opens a lot of doors into the future. It is possible for a person to craft a system in his or her life.

The foundations of the Eurobond market, however, have been the restrictions and regulations present in the home market which prompted the issuers to investigate new ventures.  However, there has been a substantial amount of deregulations in many countries in recent times owing to the pressure on local government officials to attract home issuers.   

As globally popular as these brands, and numerous others, are, and despite the fact that most of their sales and profits are generated outside of their home markets, there are challenges to their penetration into, and later retention of, foreign markets. Following a definition of the report’s key terms, a review of brand management literature, this report will identify those challenges.

Approximately 90% of the 75,000 square feet store will be devoted to retail display and direct sales, while the remaining 10% will consist of office, common areas, inventory, and storage facilities. The Sporting Goods Shop will offer high-quality sports and outdoor clothing and apparel such as Patagonia, Nike, and the North Face to complement each of the exercise and sports equipment.

Apart from the college students people from various other fields also use CART as jurors, attorneys, plaintiffs and during conferences, conventions, in meetings and classrooms. It should be kept in mind that needs of various deaf and HH people are different as some use hearing aids, some have cochlear implants, some may know sign language and some not, some may be able to speak intelligently while some may not.

Neither adjective is necessarily accurate, but what cannot be argued are the effects that the war had on the shaping of the working class. This survey asks me to discuss the effects of war on the shaping of the working class and my research has indicated that there was as Marx put it, a “mixed consciousness”. The working class had mixed reviews of war.

The R & D manager has to justify the money spent on research by coming up with new products and processes which would help to reduce costs and increase revenue. If the R &  department is like a bottomless pit only swallowing more and more money but not giving any positive results in return, then the management would have no choice but to close it.

This very fact gives rise to different questions which may be analyzed and viewed together from different perspectives also. On one hand, it can be argued that a longer life period provides an opportunity for people to live long and enjoy life over a sustained period thus contributing more to society however, there is another side of the argument.

The process of language learning and acquisition is a complex and psychologically taxing process for multi-languages speakers. It must be expected that language switching presents towering challenges which can be classified into various categories that represent the nature of the costs; either conceptually abstract or concrete.

I have a strong interest in medicine, and especially the field of oncology. I am fully aware about the exigent nature of medical field, which in fact provides an opportunity to take on challenging tasks. I feel that I do have something in me which motivates me to take on challenges head on.

The company also operates other restaurant concepts under its partner brands: Boston Market and Chipotle Mexican Grill, which are located primarily in the US. However, in 2003, the company sold the previously owned Donatos Pizza and announced a scaling back of its other partner brands.

As the market matures and reaches saturation with penetration rates hovering around 76%, mobile players face tremendous pressure for maintaining and expanding their customer base. Mature market conditions have manifested into plummeting of mobile telephony prices and consumers' network switching behaviour.Orange has been fairly successful in the telecom sector, claiming the largest market share of 28%.The brand image has been its advantage, which an average consumer usually associates with quality service and product innovation.

To the majority of people, objects do seem to exist in their very real meaning. However, it must be alleged that not all that the human eye sees is inevitably real. This may be assumed because of the reality that there could be other potential elucidations or contemplations given to the world as it is.

The combination of an appropriately designed risk management program can force managers to take actions that are consistent with security holders' wishes. In terms of risk management research, precaution places new responsibilities on science to integrate across the natural/social science divide.

He received his basic schooling in Holland and at the age of 14, he was employed in the London Stock Exchange by his father, himself a stockbroker. Ricardo picked up the nuances of the stock trade quickly and became well-known. Breaking from his family’s orthodox Jew traditions, Ricardo married Priscilla Anne Wilkinson at the age of 21 in 1793.

The Greek economy is worth watching.  Within fairly recent times, it has enjoyed an unprecedented period of growth, (Fairlamb, 2004, pg. 28) one that certainly could not have been predicted considering its rocky start in the mid-twentieth century. (Background Notes on Countries of the World, Oct. 2003, pg. 1) 

Carol Kleiman examines how deep has the practice of diversity penetrated into companies in the United States. Our study finds that apart from race, job satisfaction arising from diversity in other dimensions such as age and gender is low. This might account for the 65% borderline "yes" to the statements that employees and customers are treated equally regardless of their race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation.

The Gandhian aspect of the Indian freedom struggle has gained great relevance and importance in the current scenario. The societies that affiliate to democratic moorings and humane ideals do look forward to Gandhian ideology for inspiration and guidance. Still, the often ignored and sidelined fact is that the Indian struggle for independence happened to be a gargantuan mass movement that witnessed the intermingling and intertwining of a plethora of democratic and semi-democratic aspirations that have many a times failed to find their due recognition in the contemporary Indian historiography.

A ghetto is an area where people from a specific ethnic background, culture, or religion live in seclusion, voluntarily or more commonly involuntarily with varying degrees of enforcement by the dominant social group. The first ghettos were established to confine Jewish populations in Europe.

Browning’s Plan is based on restructuring the current organizational structure of Zimmer Engineering Limited. The current organizational structure of the firm is not defining the authority and responsibility of the organizational personnel clearly. The operational efficiency and profitability of an organization are greatly related to its organizational structure.

How to be independent from God? Is it possible at all? Is it necessary? What are typical results of such independence, namely results for the person and results for society? Let us try to find some answers. Augustine in his “Confessions” says to God: “Give me what You command and command what You will.”