Miscellaneous Essays

However, there has been a heated debate about the real function and essence of marketing in the global society. Critics have argued that marketing goes beyond satisfying to "creating" consumer needs. This paper will take a position in this marketing debate by looking at the different arguments put forward by these opposing views.

Stein or his Board of Directors on this report. Portfolio management is the process of combining securities in a portfolio tailored to the investor's preferences and needs, monitoring that portfolio, and evaluating its performance. Investor portfolios are composed of diverse types of assets.

The Iliad and The Aeneid contain numerous similarities. Both books are a reflection of the Trojan War and events that took place. This paper will discuss and address other such similarities. Honor, fate, and strife will be explored from a Roman and Greek viewpoint.

Since 1976, this San Francisco based company has been creating natural formulations based on pure minerals and plant botanicals. They introduced the revolutionary bare minerals makeup: a lightweight powder foundation, free of oil, preservatives, fragrance, talc, dyes or other potential irritants, and claims to provide "makeup so pure you can sleep in it".

During this era, there was the Age of Exploration. The curiosity of many men led them to discover facts and truths about the world on their voyages. These explorers wanted opportunities to acquire fame, wealth, and power. One of the motives was commerce, to discover new lands and take back things that could be of use such as Eastern Spices. (Elizabethan-Era)

For a given product or service, they can make out groups of potential customers so that they can address their priorities and understand their queries, behavior. If they address properly the customer need then they could be responded with an appropriate marketing strategy resulting in increased profit to the organization or the firm.

This disorder is characterized by periods of excitability (mania) alternating with periods of depression. These changes in the mood at times are very abrupt and unexpected. This shifting of mood from one extreme to another works on a scale, which may capture a depressive episode to a level of very high debilitation to maniac episodes.

The importance of the international competition in electronics and the evaluation of the international competition in electronics will be examined with specific examples of electronic uses in other countries. Let us look at competitiveness in the electronic industry in the Dominican Republic.

This essay explores Wollstonecraft stance for feminism. This thesis argues for the credibility of Wollstonecraft's definitions of feminism. 'It is, then, an affection for the whole human race that makes my pen dart rapidly along to support what I believe to be the cause of virtue: and the same motive leads me earnestly to wish to see woman placed in a station in which she would advance, instead of retarding, the progress of those glorious principles that give a substance to morality.' (Wollstonecraft 11).

We can only make sense of and use the idea of measurement, if we accept certain premises relating to the world and to the particular phenomena or phenomenon under investigation. This involves commonly assigning values and shared meanings to concepts and ideas, often, in the form of abstract models, from which, through observing and collecting real world information, known also as variables, we acquire and extract meaningful and often valuable data.

An efficient integration of interactive technology and multimedia components into intelligent, research-based language learning (L2) contexts, however, appears to be a challenging task for teaching professionals and materials developers (Meskill, 1996). Furthermore, the complexity of acquiring the listening skill in language learning and the difficulty in relying on one theoretical construct to explain this receptive act (Dunkel, 1991a) adds extra difficulty to the integration process, and this might explain the scarcity of literature available in this specific area.

This loss of sensation is reversible. Drugs that cause anesthesia work by blocking the signals that pass along nerves to brain. As the drugs wear off, patient starts to feel normal sensations again, including pain. Some of these medications work on whole body, whereas some of the medications work directly on the nerves going to parts of body.There is basically three types of anesthesia in use today: general anesthesia, regional anesthesia and local anesthesia.

In this paper, I have tried to incorporate this very philosophy in presenting a sample lesson on integration through a diverse range of questions, all aimed at keeping the students involved, and to develop their own innovative ideas.

"Computer technology opens a world of work to disabled people" by David S. Joachin discusses ability of computer technology to make more job opportunities available to the disabled. Computers connect disabled workers to the outside world and computer software provides programs that aid in easy computer usage.

He left residence in Rome to live with her in Egypt, and legend has it that they were deeply in love. When Mark Antony married Cleopatra, he incurred the wrath of Rome, not only because he was married already, but also because his new bride was an Egyptian.

The requirement of certainty of beneficiaries operates differently with discretionary as opposed to fixed trusts. Further trusts for non-charitable purposes are normally invalid. The only type of trust which does not require ascertainable beneficiaries are charitable trusts: Re Vandervell's Trusts (No 2) [1974]3.

According to the expert analysis sanitary design principles for gear and facilities ought to enable better control over the risk of infectivity of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products throughout dispensation, and construction of new facilities and restoration of existing facilities, correspondingly.

Generally, this paper will analyze the case study of a ten-year-old boy called Peter, who became the victim of child abuse. The overall goal of this paper is to understand the causes and factors associated with child abuse and neglect and its consequences in the light of broad and diverse academic resources.

It is an important concept in microeconomics/managerial economics. It has much practical utility in real-life business situations ranging from vegetables to crude oil. Every day we purchase various products at varied prices in different quantities. The consideration which we pay for a product at a certain quantity is called the price of the product.

Titan, one of the largest moons in the solar system, has intrigued mankind as it was often thought to mirror Earth's composition and possibly have the ingredients necessary to support life. Shrouded in a dark and heavy atmosphere, the moon defied man's ability to survey the surface, which led to speculation of liquid methane oceans and frozen water ice.

Daniel interviews many of his friends in order to unveil the truth and events led to the arrest of his parents. The search for meaning is the main theme of the book which portrays that complicated political and social events were closely connected with injustice and prejudices against Soviet citizens and immigrants.

Defendant further argues that in any case, this court is not the appropriate venue for this case. For the following reasons, Defendant's motion to dismiss is granted. In order to file for a divorce in Wyoming, residency requirements must be met for the court to accept the case.

This to me is one of the greatest challenges - but also a great opportunity for consumer goods manufacturers! Because of this, the winners of the future will be companies that democratize their tools for production and distribution to lower costs and empower lead consumers.

This is what Eric Schlosser took a deep look into in the book Fast Food Nation. Using witty examples and biting realism, Schlosser was able to tear apart the wrapper surrounding the Big Mac which is the fast food industry. Showing the whole what they really were eating, Schlosser offered a unique journalistic look into the making, formation, and distribution of one of the most beloved things in America.

However, it was deduced understandably after some time, that in order to find out in the true sense about the impact on parent's intervention on children, one should start investigating from the root of the issue; hence evolved the domain of studies on the growth patterns of children in order to ascertain the same.

The respective managers should understand the aspect of financial management in order to succeed in their day to day operations. Financial management is an activity which involves managing funds and financial activities in a business organization in order to meet the business demands.

Amnesty international is the most famous organization which fights for abolition of the capital punishment. According to Amnesty International (2009) "the death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights (par.1)." This is cruel and inhumane way of showing justice and it violates all the rights postulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Korea had long been one of the most homogeneous societies in the world. This rich tradition of unity benefited Korea as it became an advanced and orderly society that enjoyed self-rule until Japanese Imperialism annexed the country at the beginning of the 20th century. Korea had a complex economic system and institutions of land ownership.

In fact, companies should be prepared for times like this by ensuring that their management regularly monitors the company’s financial position. Most importantly, it is necessary to have a healthy cash flow position as the company’s operations will be bound to fail without sufficient cash flow to sustain its running expenses.

What is a MBA Really Worth? Shortage of time due to the demands of modern life and the requirements of companies wanting both a college degree and experience (which is often difficult to acquire as one usually can achieve one or the other but not both at the same time) also leads one to investigate the worthiness of acquiring a college degree.

The hotel's air-conditioned room amenities included a 'minibar', tea/coffeemaker, an 'entertainment centre' with all the modern 'gadgets', dataport and internet access, an in-room safe, hairdryer and ironing board. The hotel's guest facilities included a restaurant, a bar, a coffee shop, a ball room, 8 meeting rooms with computers, a business centre with all required amenities, a fitness centre with a pool, gym, sauna, beauty treatment, etc., underground parking and 24-hour room service.

But the legislation has not received complete acceptance after implementation. The reform meant that workers engaging in strikes would have to deal with severe consequences. It also facilitated more individual agreements and less collective bargaining by employees.

Contrary to popular belief, the magic of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz does not end after the movie is over. Oz is not only a film but a kingdom that stems from 15 original classic stories written by L.Frank Baum. These stories embody themes and also morals that are relevant now as they were when written.

there are countries that are constantly redefining their goals and any new leader recently sworn in, needs to start from zero.  An example of the first statement is the hard work produced by the founding fathers of America.  Mainly they needed to create a free country, ready to develop and grow as they continued moving west.

We will segment the market on the basis of casual gym-user s. Since our facility is more than just a gym, we are going to serve only casual gym users rather than those who are serious bodybuilders and require professional gym equipment. This will save our space which we can use for other activities such as swimming pools, a cafeteria, etc.

We can no longer limit reality to a scope that reduces reality to what we see, touch or experience through the senses. Historic development has expanded culture through scientific knowledge. It would be regressive to think that mind is a subjective experience, formless, beyond physical constraints, obliterating evidence in the functional analysis of behaviour.

World Bank) with the anticipated growth of the Chinese economy projected to hover around 9.5% for the present year, 2008. Owing to several factors both within and outside of the Chinese market, the consumption patterns within China proper have recorded significant changes.

The present paper investigates the state of affairs of situational awareness in aviation. The study is aimed at bringing to explicit attention the matters of the immediate consideration. As such, it will discuss how the concept of situational awareness is related to the current practices of aviation and what are the effective ways to detect situational awareness as well as how it can be prevented.

In Europe, the third highest level of shopping centre space per capita belongs to Ireland after Holland and Sweden. A number of foreign retailers from different countries like America, Britain, China, Spain, Switzerland, Australia and Portugal have established them in Ireland and added to the boom in the retail property market (Market News, 2006).

At this early stage of development, the galaxy was an irregular shaped mass containing stars, gas, and dust. As stars formed during this period, the gas and dust fell to the galactic plane, while older stars were left behind. The new stars that formed inherited the rotational characteristics of the galaxy and it became more circular and ordered as we see it today.

These terms were fashioned to differentiate businesses that sold to primarily to consumers verses those whose sell their products or service to other businesses. Originating from the field of internet commerce, these expressions have now expanded their definitions to refer to any business who sells primarily to the end customer or to other businesses, both online and offline (Murphy, 2006).

In many companies - but not all - appraisal outcome are used, either straightforwardly or not directly, to help establish reward result. That is, the appraisal outcomes are used to recognize the better performing staff that should get the greater part of accessible value pay increases, additional benefits, and promotions.

This might be because of life events wherein family members are not always nearby or readily available. Also, many elders prefer not to interfere with or be a burden to their extended family. They strive to be independent and enjoy life with members of their cohort. Within a marriage, couples may have trouble adjusting to retirement.

The 400 participants in this study’s sample were recruited using a convenient sampling technique that included a newspaper advertisement and notices on courtroom bulletin boards asking potential participants to contact the primary investigator. There were 200 females and 200 males in the sample, with ages ranging from 21 to 75 years.

The dilemma exists in our societal norms and values that instead of considering disabled children as a part of our social order, we are unable to accept the fact and treat them outrageously. But despite of all these facts UK government is striving to do the best for those people having learning disability.

In many countries around the world, women are treated as a lower and weaker ‘section of society’. Living in such an unequal society has long been a cause of heavy burden for the women population. This is due to the fact that because of the discrimination, women end up having lower employment positions than men and even lower pay most of the time for the same work they accomplish with that for men.

It's up to you to come up with a compromise. Often times teachers are pressured to alter their curricula in order to conform to traditional educational approaches (Erwin & Delair, 2004). However, news is replete with accounts of teachers resisting from making changes against their professional judgment (No child, NSTA WebNews Digest, 2005).

The time of the piece is during World War II. The monotony of the life of the patients in the hospital and the boredom Yossarian, the central character feels is brought out by the letters he writes to everyone he knows saying that he is in the hospital, but not mentioning the reason for his being there.

The social, political, and economic issues should be necessarily resolved because in the presence of such issues it becomes crucial for the courts to award punishment to the individual, who merely performed such criminal practices either to lodge his protest against the government or to achieve resources for his family.

At the same time, over dependency on Colorado water can hurt California because by 2015 it has to free itself of this dependency. Colorado is one of the main suppliers of water to California. Interestingly most of the water is generated by precipitation through rain or snow since there are no rivers flowing into Colorado.