Miscellaneous Essays

In Poe's poem, "The Raven", there is a predominant mood of death. The poem is about a man who is visited by a raven from the underworld. He thinks the raven is "Lenore" coming back from the dead. The man says "Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!", which means he wants to know what is going to happen to him when he dies.

Transformational leadership literature has been preoccupied with an examination of this leadership behavior on job satisfaction, performance and work attitude of employees [(Colquitt and Piccolo, 2006), (Bono and Judge, 2003), (Keller, 2006), (Bono and Anderson, 2005), (Masood, Dani, Burns and Backhouse, 2006)]. This theory has been predominant in literature ever since its evolution.

London was built on the north bank of the Thames, the site of the modern City. The river, roughly in its present position by the time of the Roman conquest, was probably tidal at London, although tides may not have reached as far as Westminster. At high tide the river may have been as much as 1 km across and most of the south bank would have been submerged, although there were important islands of dry land at Westminster and Southwark.

Slowly but steadily these developments influenced and captured the consumption habits of the masses. There are many factors that defined the speed and the extent to which such changes diffuse through and become common in the masses. Taking things in the context of Australian Wine Industry, the industry needs to have some of the revolutionary changes to have a catch in this growing demand of beverages and organic products.

William Carlos Williams is also inclined towards Dadaist and Surrealist principles. For this reason, a definite and profound expression of energy is released in this poem ‘To Elsie’ with an impressionist recognition of utopian socialism. In this poem ‘To Elsie’ William Carlos Williams narrates the inner world of a handicapped nursemaid who was out of contact with the "American place.” 

The author of the paper argues in a well-organized manner that the new products are comparatively easy to develop and also easy to copy and competitors can soon start taking away the market share. New products may not always mean a radical change in the original product it may just mean added features and benefits.

It has created value for the customer and today, you can buy a ticket online and even reserve your seat and check in to the flight before getting to the airport. Some eighty-nine percent of the company's tickets are now electronically issued. The company has saved huge amounts of money on advertising and sales commissions. 

One way is to copy a program from one diskette to another. Another is to download a program from a network and make a copy of it. Network piracy is using electronic networks to distribute unauthorized copyrighted materials in digitized form. Record companies, for example, have protested the practice of computer users' sending unauthorized copies of digital recordings over the Internet (Riordan, 1994).

This paper introduced rational expectations in models of exchange rate determination, but also had important implications for asset pricing. It basically showed that exchange rates could fluctuate more than their fundamentals would warrant, leading to excessive volatility without the need to assume markets frictions.

However, the paperwork had not yet been completed. She was raped and killed by a drug addict who lived under the same roof as her. She was a tutor at a learning center. During her break while waiting to start her second shift of the day, she went home, where she shared a room with at least 8 other strangers in the same house.

Vitell and James (2005) point out three categories of ethical consumerism. These are downloading or buying products that are counterfeit, recycling and/or being aware of the environment, and doing what is morally right. The descriptions and examples detailed above further illustrate these categories.

Aviation is considered to be one of mankind’s greatest inventions for it has been a dream for men to soar unto the heavens and touch the skies.  It has evolved from a mere scientific curiosity into something that brings people and cultures closer together. One of the forms in which aviation is used in commercial aviation, otherwise known as civil aviation (“Civil Aviation”, 2006).

In one hand, literature also mirrors what is happening in the larger society including the changes introduced and instituted by profit maximizing firms. It is irrefutable that there has been a shift towards corporate social responsibility as business organizations recognize the change in consumer buying behavior.

He went on to argue that education is the control of the environment to hone skills that are necessary to live completely as humans. In 1910 he published the book How We Think, which became a staple among educators; helping to unravel the mind and better teach to it.

This inequality, if left uncorrected, is a possible threat to future progress. Other threats to development include it's indebtedness to other countries and infrastructure problems. Another area that is preventing development is Brazil's lack of advancement in technology.

After comparing child's developments with nominal criteria one can decide new development plan. This essay is about developmental case study of children. My child's initials are E.N. she is 4 years old, who was happy to participate in my project and was eager to please me, although sometimes too much by doing extra stuff trying to impress me with her skills.

(Cain, & Burris p. 31) Many experts agree that the manipulative or surprise effect a ringing phone may have on a driver is not the greatest potential source of problems. The critical issue is the mental load-or driver distraction that conducting conversations may impose on vehicle operators.

The rise of China and the economic transformation of Indonesia, Vietnam, and other developing countries has afforded many nations the opportunity to increase their spending on military armament and defence systems. In addition, radical Islamic elements pose a danger of using areas that are sympathetic to their cause as a base of operations to launch terror attacks in the region.

Cecily indignant at Gwendolen's accusations of entrapment suggests, "This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade." Gwendolen sardonically responds, "I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different".

Most people in the world are poor. If we know the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world’s poor people earn their living from agriculture. If we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor (Schultz 1998, p.329). 

How would you determine how many customers you are willing to see walk away based on the wait time? - The prime concern for running any business is to maximize profits. Keeping this in view, we use two limits with respect to the time wherein; we plot the time of waiting at different intervals and thereupon try to keep the time well below the upper limit.

This movement called The Enlightenment was contrary to other religious thinking at the time. A previous movement, The Awakening had been spearheaded by preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whifield. While the Enlightenment would promote the scientific innovations that were necessary for life in the colonies, The Awakening formed the basis of social, political, and economic change for the upcoming American Revolution.

The Great Depression built stronger, longer-lasting families as well as reshaped the economy into one that has become dependable and on which families rely once again for sustenance to survive.  It has taught American families that it is the couples working together which makes the family unbreakable, not the pulling apart. 

The organization can target the male population in its efforts to retain employees. In this regard, the organization can perhaps target the administration department. An 8% chance of a male working in IT means most of the male work in the administration and the human resource department, and the human resource is only a small department of the company comprising 3.82% of the company.

Plato's main contributions are in the fields of philosophy, politics and science (University of St Andrews 2004), however, it is mostly through the medium of mathematics that he has revolutionized the concepts and theories in all the aforementioned fields.

The purpose of this study is to come out with the steps the Fed takes to ensure overall growth in the US economy ensuring maximum employment level. Fed has four economic goals of Full Employment, Price Stability, Economic Growth and External Balance as explained earlier. External balance is the balance of payments between one country and the rest of the world for the trade negotiated between them.

Courts will vacate and refuse to confirm an arbitration Award if fraud, corruption or misconduct by the arbitrators is established. The formal grounds for vacating an Award are set out in the applicable statutes and it is usually necessary to prove; that there was a serious conflict of interest on the part of a neutral arbitrator, that the Award was not "final" or that the subject was outside the purview of the arbitration agreement.

Simulation can quantify the cost and provide an inexpensive and bloodless evaluation mechanism for addressing a particular risk. A comparative analysis of the simulations of various courses of action can aid in the management of risk by determining an optimal approach to a particular set of circumstances.

This is where entrepreneurial orientation comes in. It has been described as a process that integrates personal and organisational goals so as to form a common value base. (Dolasinski et al, 2002) This act in itself will help in garnering better performance standards through better allocation and optimum utilisation of resources.

Alternative therapies can, when used in conjunction with traditional pharmacological treatments, be effective in attenuating symptoms.  Music therapy is one of these alternatives.  The study will use an experimental methodology of dividing a randomized sample population into control and experimental groups.  The experimental group will receive a therapeutic regimen over the course of 12 weeks.

It is an unwanted phenomenon but it is also extremely true at the same time that racism is a curse that exists among us whether we like it or not. The presence of racism is well documented in many societal domains including workplace, school, health care, and housing.

In the mean time, Cassandra, who is a seer, declares her prophecy about a death of a leader. When she finished her lamentations, she went back inside the palace. Shortly after her entrance, cries break out within the palace. The leader rushes in and discovers that both Agamemnon and Cassandra were murdered by Clytemnestra with a sword.

It is important to mention that there is no an ideal type of organizational structure for international marketing, because much depends upon the nature of products and cultural peculiarities of foreign countries. Decentralization means that the parent company has overall control, but units are given authority to make major decisions and the unit managers are held accountable for the results to the parent company.

There are several reasons for this high toll price. One of the most widely discussed reasons is the desire from government officials who want to operate this tunnel at no cost to the state. Similarly, justifying the decreased traffic volume and the resulting lower revenues are also contributing to raising the toll fee.  

In the issue of reporting and disclosure, the general view is that the guidance and level or the reporting requirements recommended by the OECD principles, especially in the South African Context, do not correspond to the international standards such as Global Reporting Initiative, whereas the King (II) Report has global recognition in this respect

I have always heard the words “free will” most of the time. What is free will?  Free will is a question of doing what I believe is right or wrong. Free will is a matter of making things work out for our own good and for the benefit of others. Free will is not maligning other people. Free will is a matter of doing things right and doing right things in the matter of what I believe is right.

These failings are passed to the daughter, Emily, as she grows up in a twisted world as a deformed being, "thin and dark and foreign-looking ", out of place and out of step with her surroundings. Her mother's hard luck had become Emily's own fate, the future of a wash woman hopelessly trying to keep the wrinkles out.

64). Yet Hourani recognized that even before seafaring became this eminent, the transportation of goods was carried in what is known today as the Silk Road. Perhaps the most important question is why people established the Silk Road before even venturing into maritime trade.

In the case of Fresh Snax, the following problems were being analyzed by the manager and will do the necessary changes to be able to resolve these: implemented by the company. Before business computer was used solely for payroll and storing of files, today the new technologies help the managers in their inventories, sales and other data that would help in managing the company.

Comprised of six chapters, the book commences with a concise historical introduction to the Quran and the Prophet Mohammed, complete with an overview of the latter's message and the former's teachings by example and word and the interrelationship between the two.

With time, this interest of mine persisted, and later transformed into a strong desire to master some foreign languages. English was at the top of my list of languages to be learnt due to its ubiquitous worldwide use and its de facto status as the main international language in political, economic, scientific, and other spheres.

Hays finds many of these education training programs to be detrimental. She states that “most of the welfare mothers who hadn't found a job within the first 30 days were placed in full-time employment-training programs”. She specifies that in fictitious Arbordale and Sunbelt City, nearly all these training programs were geared toward low-wage jobs

A theory is an abstract plan, a hypothesis. There are many different definitions for the word theory in different fields yet a theory is commonly not considered to be a fact. An opinion or speculation is typically considered to be a theory. In this usage, a theory does not have to be consistent with true descriptions of reality.

Whatever the pricing process, several factors are considered before such seminal decisions are made. (Kotler, 2001, p. 457) There are different situations in which businesses are called upon to set prices. One situation is when a company introduces a product for the first time.

Racial profiling and discrimination is a problem that affects police forces in all cities – at all levels. Much research has been done on what steps can be taken to end racial profiling, but the major issues still exist. The plans that have been developed thus far have not worked. There are new stories all the time about how white officers are targeting individuals of different races on the street – and even on college campuses.

Following assumptions are incorporated in the load estimation on piles (i)All piles are considered rigid (ii) The pile is pinned at the top and bottom and (iii) All piles carry only vertical force. The different loads that the pile needs to carry would be direct loads from the columns and any other imposed loads on the structure. 

Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States government has felt the need to have a specific agency in place that governs the ability to protect the homeland.  With the images of citizens injured and buildings on fire, the thought of safety and protection from harm would have been one of the primary focal points on anyone's mind. 

Charles Darwin was the first naturalist to have proved that all species of life descended from common ancestors. Known as Natural Selection, the process of evolution has been a subject of much observation and extensive research among later Darwin scholars, biologists, entomologists, botanists, and so on.

These organizations hire surveyors who can find out through interviews, observations, group discussions and research of the demographic details of a community of youth their present needs. They also look for analysts, who can reckon the cost of a project, the probable risk and gain, the ordeals involved in the process, and the required resources.

The Rhind papyrus, an Egyptian document written in about 1650 B.C., contains the earliest known reference to the problem of squaring the circle. In its "solution," the papyrus assumes the value of pi to be 3.16. Antiphon the Sophist introduced an important concept during this time.