Miscellaneous Essays
Email what is it good for
Email what is it good for J E-Mail or Snail Mail? L Remember those letters you used to write to your grandmother? Oh, who am I kidding, if you are under twenty, chances are you have never even written a letter. A tidal wave has emerged from beneath and grabbed us by a storm. It's called an E-mail. E-mail is a word that has echoed in our society for the past several years. Some of us are very depended on this so-called "E-mail" but most of us are as lost as the lost city of Atlantis. T...
Embracing the change
Embracing the change EMBRACING THE CHANGE Imagine… A planting season requiring no dangerous herbicides or toxic pesticides. Thousands of dollars saved, because nutritional supplements are now needless. A beef steer reaching market weight in 75 days. The use of medicines nearly nonexistent. Millions of human lives improved and even saved by a sheep’s milk or a pig’s brain cells. Something out of a science fiction novel? A scientist’s unrealistic fantasy?...
Embracing the past to see the
Embracing the past to see the Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” essay sheds light on troubled youth within the public school system. It makes you long for the days of American pride and service. Students placed in “tracks” to utilize overcrowded and faulty test systems. Identity lost due to poor instruction and lack of motivation. The influx of shattered images brought forth by the “Report of the French Commission on American Education, 1879”...
Employee assistance programs
Employee assistance programs Implementing Employee Assistance Programs Introduction When the average employee hears the words "employee assistance programs", he may immediately think of medical benefits. Another employee may think of Workers Compensation. Yet another may think of further training for possible advancement. Although all of their conceptions are true, they are not all inclusive. There are several parts to the vehicle called Employee Assistance Programs, or EAPs. Em...
Employer association
Employer association Industrial relations in Australia is undergoing considerable change. The counterpart organisations to unions for employees are, of course, employer associations. This paper argue that employer associations exist to provide to employers, services to enable them to cope with the demands of unions and the complexities of employing staff in terms of wages to be paid and other legal obligations under awards, health and safety legislation, workers' compensation provisions and ...
Electrical engineer
Electrical engineer ELECTRICAL ENGINEER DESCRIPTION “Electrical engineers design, and evaluate the manufacture, testing, installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical and electronic components, equipment and systems.”1 Electrical engineers work with an array of equipment and machinery, such as transformers, switches, electrical appliances and types of generators, and are considered in fields involving communications, radar, aerospace guidance, medica...
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering Electrical Engineering Work Performed Electrical Engineers research, develop, design, and test electronic components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, and scientific applications (Cosgrove 749). They are concerned with devices that use small amounts of electricity that make up electronic components such as integrated circuits and microprocessors. By applying principles and techniques of electronic engineering they design, d...
Electronic money
Electronic money Electronic money is quickly becoming mainstream for many households. Electronic money takes several forms. It can range from using a debit card at Dillions to using electronic cash on the Internet. Many people use electronic cash and feel there are relative benefits, there are also people who find disadvantages to using electronic cash. Just like with anything, there are pros and cons to electronic cash . DEBIT AND ATM CARDS One form of electronic cash i...
Elektrolux the acquisition and
Elektrolux the acquisition and The acquisition of different companies always indicates a change for both the acquiring and the acquired organisation and the people within. To successfully combine and integrate Elektrolux and Zanussi it is essential to consider both organisations� formal and informal structures which are heavily influenced by their culture. Culture develops on the one hand nationwide but also specifically in an organisation. Building up trust is important to develop a worki...
Elian gonzales, the way socrat
Elian gonzales, the way socrat Elian Gonzales, the way Socrates sees the problem Should an individual abide by the laws of his country no mater what or should he fight back. This is the question Socrates is trying to answer to Crito in this dialog by Plato. The dialog is also closely related with Elian Gonzalez situation because the people are split on whether to send him back in Cuba or let him in US. Socrates will answer this question based on the explications given to Crito. T...
Elisa Allen
Elisa Allen The Chrysanthemums The Chrysanthemums is a story that takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The story\\\'s main character is Elisa Allen. Elisa is thirty-five years old. She is a character that goes through development and many changes in the story. Through out the story Elisa Allen goes through both physical and mental changes.\\\"In the beginning of the story Elisa is strong and eager\\\"). She is working in her garden. Her husband Henry comes over to s...
Effects of social pressure on
Effects of social pressure on Abstract The current experiment investigates the effects of different types of social pressure on academic performance of entering freshmen. Ninety undergraduate students (45 males and 45 females) were randomly assigned to three equal groups. Students of the first group experienced positive social pressure and their first semester GPA's were used as a dependent variable. Those in the second group experienced negative social pressure. Meanwhile, students in ...
Efficient Market Theory A Con
Efficient Market Theory: A Con Abstract According to the Efficient Market Theory, it should be extremely difficult for an investor to develop a "system" that consistently selects stocks that exhibit higher than normal returns over a period of time. It should also not be possible for a company to "cook the books" to misrepresent the value of stocks and bonds. An analysis of current literature, however, indicates that companies can and do "beat the system" and manipulate information to make s...
Efficient market hypothesis an
Efficient market hypothesis an The quote shows a strong relation to the efficient market hypothesis (EMH), as it implies that the costs of capital are dependent from the amount of information given by the company. According to my opinion, agency theory is a good explanation for costs of capital. Agency theory defines contracts as under which one party – called principal – engages another party – called the agent – to perform service on the principal’s behal...
Efficient market theory a cont
Efficient market theory a cont Abstract According to the Efficient Market Theory, it should be extremely difficult for an investor to develop a "system" that consistently selects stocks that exhibit higher than normal returns over a period of time. It should also not be possible for a company to "cook the books" to misrepresent the value of stocks and bonds. An analysis of current literature, however, indicates that companies can and do "beat the system" and manipulate information to make ...
El inconformismo femenino en l
El inconformismo femenino en l El inconformismo femenino en La Bella Durmiente La autora Puertorique�a Rosario Ferr� sin duda pertence a ese grupo the escritores que crit�can la sociedad en la que les toc� viv�r en sus creaci�nes liter�rias. Ferr� naci� en Ponce, Puerto Rico la ciudad mas grande y poderosa del sur de la isla. Su familia es una de las mas importante economicamente y politicamente poderosa. Su padre fue gobernador de la isla durante los a�os de...
El toro bravo
El toro bravo El toro bravo Bullfighting is a spectacle and a tradition that has evolved through out history. Many centuries ago the bull (El Toro bravo) lived on the Iberians Peninsula in Spain. Many different cultures have change the way of bullfighting. It started out for fun by the Iberians. They called the bull Ibiricus Taurus Bos. Bullfighting then progressed to the Cretes, Greeks, Comors, Visgaits, Moors and lastly the Christians. Each of them have changed bullfighting to wha...
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt, The Social Worker As the wife of a popular United States president, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, October 11, 1884, and died November 7, 1962. She was an active worker for social causes. She was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, and was raised by her maternal grandmother after the premature death of her parents. In 1905 she married her cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They had six children, but one of them died in...
Effects of Divorce on Children
Effects of Divorce on Children Effects of Divorce on Children A child of any age can be hurt by a divorce. Divorce can cause feelings of guilt, sadness, uncertainty, chagrin, and insecurity. The effects of the divorce vary by the age group of the children at the time of the divorce. There are five groups. The parents may feel better and be happier after divorcing but they need to make the child feel secure throughout the entire ordeal. The first group are "infants" (DeBord, 199...
Effects of advertising
Effects of advertising Effects of advertising Advertising promotes more than mere products in our popular culture. Because images used in advertising are often idealized, they eventually set the standard which we in turn feel we must live up to. Advertisements serve to show us what the ideal image is, and further tell us how to obtain it. Advertisers essentially have the power to promote positive images or negative images. Unfortunately, most of the roles portrayed by women tend to fit...
Effects of drugs on adolecents
Effects of drugs on adolecents Effects of Drugs on Adolecents Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in colleges today. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years, these years most crucial in the maturation process. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity, clarifying their sexual roles, assenting independence, learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that would give their lives meaning. Drugs...
Effects of graffiti 2
Effects of graffiti 2 Douglas Barmore What constitutes as graffiti? Grafiti is defined as any type of writing on a surface of any type. If that is the case, then would a cave mans drawings be considered graffiti? If it is considered graffiti, then what is different about then and now that would change the worlds views about graffiti. Why is graffiti against the law? Is graffiti an art form? Can something that is done against the law, and with a total disregard for others property ...
Effects of graffiti
Effects of graffiti Douglas Barmore What constitutes as graffiti? Grafiti is defined as any type of writing on a surface of any type. If that is the case, then would a cave mans drawings be considered graffiti? If it is considered graffiti, then what is different about then and now that would change the worlds views about graffiti. Why is graffiti against the law? Is graffiti an art form? Can something that is done against the law, and with a total disregard for others property be...
Effects of laughter on patient
Effects of laughter on patient Effects of Laughter on Patients and Caregiver Laughter can be a powerful therapy for most patients and the caregivers. There are many benefits from the effects of humor and laughter on the body, mind, and spirit; the patient during recovery from illness; and the health professional during delivery of care. Most experienced caregivers have discovered that attention to only the physical body during treatment will render a partial or temporary recovery. The p...
Educational system
Educational system Education system An ideal system of education requires distinct characteristics. Our education system today is not quite perfect. All education institutions share a common goal. The goal is for all the students to gain knowledge that they didn't have before in order to compete in the real world. Morowitz wrote that many people believe “education is a method of transferring knowledge from master to pupil. The majority of people believe this is "obtaining educat...