Miscellaneous Essays

As a regular visitor to our school library, you would be aware that it has been recently upgraded into a wireless network. I am in the process of conducting a study about the wireless network of our school library. Attached is a questionnaire related to the study. Please take some time to answer these questions, which would immensely help me in my study.

The product can be protected by a patent which the company can utilize for many year before it becomes available to the rest of the industry. Kodak and xerox dominated the market for many years in this manner. Also, a company can build brand value or brand equity

For much of the past century, Sainsbury was the market leader in the UK supermarket sector. In 1995, however, it lost its place to Tesco, and years later, in 2003, it was displaced from that spot by

Lane supports the decision of Simon J and the finding that there is no marital exception to rape. He supports this radical solution, contending that it does not necessarily contravene Parliamentary intent, because the draftsmen of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act of 1976 may have left it open for the common law to develop.

The global food market is estimated to be worth around 4 trillion dollars annually and has come about due to changes in food and agricultural policies that have promoted the opening up of the food economy.

The region is home to a handful of emerging economies, with Brazil and Venezuela at the forefront. It is the latter that will be the focus of this policy brief, for Venezuela is blessed with rich oil resources,

He brought to music a scholarly, analytical, and probing attitude. He set out to explore the possibilities of extending Webern’s technique of pitch organization to dimensions other than pitch. He rejects the theory that a composer is duty-bound to communicate with the listener. He propounds the theory that the composer’s primary obligation is to his music.

Its primary purpose is to provide essential protection against all probable risks that arise from banking activities. Basel II regulates banks in a manner that the latter’s freedom of action in such activities as lending and credit creation is limited through stringent requirements in managing risk and capital.

Over the years, the concept of IKEA remained focused on developing attractive and well-designed low-price furniture items throughout the southern part of Sweden. With a total of 300 stores in more than 35 countries around the world (IKEA, 2008b), the company is considered one of the biggest international retailers of affordable furniture products.

The Great Depression was a momentous event almost eighty years ago.  Arguably “the most traumatic episode in the history of capitalism” (Hobsbawm 1994), it began with the New York Stock Exchange Crash on October 29 1929, and nearly resulted in the total collapse of the capitalist world economy. 

s a key factor in the spread of the virus hence the South African roundabout HIV/Aids initiative is set to go a long way in mitigating the spread and effects of the deadly virus especially among the youths. The South African HIV/Aids initiative was launched in response to the

The result was economically crushing for Germany and the German governments that followed the peace. Germany in the 1920s was a poor and broken country. But, surprisingly, it was extremely

Sir Isaac Newton is regarded as the greatest scientist to have ever lived and Keynes commented on him stating that, "Newton was not the first of the age of reason: he was the last of the magician.’ he was not only a physicist, astronomer, and mathematician but also an alchemist and theologian.  Sir Isaac Newton studied at Trinity College Cambridge.

b)  The Blue Stragglers’ presence is surprising because their blue appearance suggests that they are high-mass stars and should have shorter lives than the rest considering that stars in a cluster

governmental structure, which was previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy to forms based on inalienable rights and enlightenment principles of citizenship. Maximilien Robespierre, Jean Paul Marat, Napoleon Bonaparte and

Does democracy help or hinder development? Poverty and political instability are endemic to much of the world. Unfortunately for many people poverty is a feature of daily life. Political instability - meaning dictatorship, political violence, and coup d’etat, - is also prevalent in many regions of the world.  

In order to fully explain the strategic position of SAB in 2007, the following tools for analysis would be employed and these include a SWOT analysis, porter’s five forces, PESTEL as well as power interest

Gold was a big determinant of the money supply. An inflow of gold into a country caused that country's money supply to expand, and an outflow of gold caused that country's money supply to contract. If gold were flowing from the United States to Great Britain, the British money supply would expand and the U.S. money supply would contract.

Valero is a refiner of oil feedstock.  It buys oil from companies that extract them from the ground and Valero turns the stuff into clean fuel and other products like plastics, asphalt, aromatics, etc. that it sells to other companies.  Valero’s entrepreneurial philosophy is closer to that of a small family business where all who work for it feel that they have a stake in the success and profitability of the company.

It is imperative that the client signs off on the interface. To do this, the client must have the capability to test-drive the duplicate product, or at least see the product in an actual situation, even if it only generates made-up data. The prototypes frequently incorporated the interface and output but did not essentially contain working algorithms.

Although bureaucracies have been frequently criticized, especially due to the red tape and inefficiencies, they are regardless an important part of modern society in which many everyday tasks are performed. Weber considered the bureaucracy as a highly rational, and the most efficient form of social organization.

As noticed by Held and McGrew, globalization is insightfully developing the way we do business, the way we think and strategize about, and the business we actually put efforts in

According to the research, microbes and their allied biological activities can be well applied in biogeochemical cycles, agriculture, medical microbiology, food technology and biotechnology. More advanced research on both harmful and effective microbes would lead to the development of applications which would facilitate betterment in human life.

Human resources being an indispensable and crucial part of any organization, it is important to ensure that every individual with their share of contribution to the institution is assessed from time to time. This assessment was traditionally conducted by the superiors of an organization who intended to find out the performance gap (the difference between the actual and expected performance) for every employee and assess them accordingly.

In the movie, Jack Lemmon played the role of an old codger of seventy-eight years of age. The movie was essentially not fiction but it was more like an autobiography because the movie more or less revolved around Jake Tremont, the central character of the story, his environmental factors and his emotions.

The article talks about some extremely essential questions which need to be answered by businesses to ensure that the business is moving in the right direction. In the current scenario, it is a necessity for businesses to evaluate themselves and make necessary changes to be able to survive in the markets.

Whether that is an advantage of the test or not, I am not certain. This test was very similar to Test 1, mentioned above. The test was very standard and typical as far as intelligence tests are concerned. Like Test 1, questions were also in a multiple choice

It shall discuss this topic based on findings established by Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin. It shall evaluate the value of the ‘career criminal’ concept for crime control and discuss the possible strengths and weaknesses of policies based on the career criminal

The inevitable nature of factors that interplay and caused this financial turmoil on a global scale makes business decisions difficult especially in areas of retrenchment. For a university that had been in operation for 164 years since its foundation in 1845, Cornell University is not exempt from the global financial crunch.

The car was marketed as an affordable cute, unconventional car with excellent fuel efficiency. Daimler’s distribution network is known for high-end vehicles. This resulted in use of other distribution channels such as the use of

The report analyses and identifies the technical, political and cultural aspects of the issue to chalk out the ways to resolve this issue

Adolescents and youths have a great inclination toward adventure. As the use of drugs is socially prohibited and widely discourages, they always feel a kind of subconscious attraction towards the use of those illicit objects. This is the main reason that many young people start getting addicted to these loosely prescribed drugs.

It also intends to recommend an improvement in the purchase, payable and payment system being adopted by our company. Besides, it also aims to gain sufficient understanding of the

Generally speaking, in the United States, the law requires that the payment only be made out of the current company’s earnings or out of what was held from the previous periods. The company makes a decision regarding the whole amount to be shared before dividing it by the number of shares in deciding the dividend.

Indeed, the integrated approach of the management must introduce effective strategic goals and managerial controls that are able to address the emerging challenges of the society at large. The important

The term Aldis is the abbreviated form of Albrecht Discounts stores that commenced operations in Germany, way in the1960’s, by two brothers- Karl and Theo Albrecht. These stores are geographically divided into two zones- Nord and Sud. “The Aldi Nord group currently consists of 35 independent regional branches with approximately 2,500 stores. Aldi Süd is made up of 31 companies with 1,600 stores.”

According to the police, there can only be “real rape” if the woman reports it at once. The common assumption is if a woman is truly raped, there

Transnational television has emerged in a number of countries worldwide. In Europe, transnational channels like CNN, MTV, BBC,

The Core begins at p. 259. See also Tonry’s Sentencing Matters on the move away from rehabilitative justice. Braithwaite's discussion on restorative justice in Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence 244-262 should also be incorporated into this section to demonstrate the principles of sentencing and developing theories of punishment.

Individual empowerment is subject to many conditions. First of all, individuals are likely to be empowered only if they have an internal personal drive to achieve that end. While the new media offers a glut of up-to-date information, we as a society are far from wielding democratic power to hold governments and corporations accountable for their deeds.

the employee finds it out and informs the authorities about the machine and explains about the agonies incurred as the machine is error prone, she in turn receives the order that no more checking is to be carried out in the machine, and which in turn causes creates tension and

Among the various aspects upon which the court cases erupt, one of the prime segments has been that of the financial losses because of sheer negligence. Often it has been observed that the concerned parties get involved in accusations and counter-accusations when any loss occurs in the business.

Therefore, risk assessment and contingency planning will need to be carried out by the concerned people at this resort. The first step is to recognize the need for a crisis plan (McIntosh, 2007). This has already been done. The resort

here elected officials no longer represent their electorate but de facto powers, then to political parties or regional governors, whose influence towards their designation has grown decisively. Through this political arrangement, the parties (and “allies”) no longer

An organization has to devise strategies and do careful planning before implementing ERP techniques. ERP helps to reduce costs and enhance the quality (efficiency) of working time. ERP techniques help maximize the value of technological advancements and align their utilization to the goals of the organization.

The British High Court in April 2001 dismissed a case filed by John Hirst, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for manslaughter and who disputed that the prohibition on inmates voting was contrary to the Human Rights Act 1998. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in March 2004 declared that the UK government violated the European Convention on Human Rights.  

It is essential to state that there are some adults who use children for their own selfish interests.  Children are susceptible to being abused by adults due to their age, immaturity, incompetence to decide for themselves, and their naivety without thinking of the repercussions of actions imposed upon them.

The progressive and evolutionary demands of the task reinforce the idea of being honest to both one’s limitations and strengths. The candour of media is welcomed with as much gusto by consumers as with any other positive selling points. Deploying tactical opportunism can knock the wind out of the salability metrics of an ad agency.

Joe Cesare Colombo was an Italian designer. He was born in Milan in 1930. He has a great interest in and urges for knowledge. At secondary school, after studying science he changed his subjects to arts. Later he joined the academy of fine arts, the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bera, in Milano, as a painter.

The concept of whether or not the study of fingerprint identification is science has caused long, drawn-out pre-trial hearings. Although the science of fingerprint identification has been legally challenged, it has won every single one of those challenges. It has been proven after numerous Daubert hearings that the reliability of fingerprints as scientific evidence has succeeded.