Papers on Miscellaneous Topics
Learning: A Lifetime Of Experience
Words: 510 - Pages: 2.... someone would invite me in. This job didn’t last too long
The next job I got was washing dishes at a country club, I came home every night smelling like fish and feeling sick to my stomach. This job as well didn’t last for too long.
Currently I am working at the Paragon, a mail order company, in which I answer the phone and take orders. I have been at this job for the past few years and believe me I pity the middle-aged workers whom rely on that place as a source of income. I can’t stand the place, but they are very flexible and I know I will always have a job, even though they don’t pay too well.
Working at the Paragon is where .....
Download This Paper
|
Internet Censorship
Words: 800 - Pages: 3.... Information
1. The internet provides a nonstop flow of information on basically anything and everything imaginable. This can be used for anything from cooking dinner to finding out the latest movie showtimes.
2. Being such a good source of reaching people, the internet can change the way society works. It is an entire new way of communication. A small phone wire or data cable from a network can transmit data that is then interpreted by us, the user, as communication, interaction. By using the internet we are not only looking up information, we are also communicating to the world via electronic impulses.
B. Commercial
1. The internet .....
Download This Paper
|
Acient Mathematics
Words: 214 - Pages: 1.... geometry and with no trace of
later mathematical concepts such as axioms or proofs.
The earliest Egyptian texts, composed about 1800 BC, reveal a
decimal numeration system with separate symbols for the successive powers
of 10 (1, 10, 100, and so forth), just as in the system used by the Romans.
Numbers were represented by writing down the symbol for 1, 10, 100, and so
on as many times as the unit was in a given number. For example, the symbol
for 1 was written five times to represent the number 5, the symbol for 10
was written six times to represent the number 60, and the symbol for 100
was written three times to represent the number 300. .....
Download This Paper
|
Cultural Diversity: Campus Climates And Classroom Instruction
Words: 1284 - Pages: 5.... of Tennessee at Knoxville should recognize the dynamic interaction of communities and cultures that comprise contemporary America, as well as the world. Reflecting on this interaction, the university should change its curriculum and campus environment because campus climates ultimately influence the effectiveness of a diverse democracy and, therefore builds a mutually respectfully community.
I would like to see more diversity courses offered at the campus that encourages students to understand the concepts of culture and their ramifications, so students can use these for insights into and active engagements within a specific culture. In .....
Download This Paper
|
Making Sense Of The Plagues: The Education Of Pharaoh
Words: 295 - Pages: 2.... the staff that was
turned into a snake. Say to him, 'YHVH, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you
to say, "Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness." But
until now you have not listened.' Thus says YHVH, "By this you shall know that I
am YHVH." See, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is
in the Nile, and it shall be turned to blood. (Sh'mot [Exodus] 7:14-17)
In this account of the warning of the first plague (blood), there are several
details which show up again in some - but not all - of the other plagues:
1) Mosheh warns Pharaoh about the upcoming plague - but not every time (only
before .....
Download This Paper
|
Hummer Review
Words: 951 - Pages: 4.... be matched anywhere. Now they are used for all kinds of applications. Some people actually use them for their designed purpose, but others just have them as a symbol of having money. This is because they can run anywhere from eighty thousand dollars and up. A Hummer comes with many options available. It comes stock with thirty-seven inch tires, and the wheel well has plenty of room for tire travel with no rubbing. They are available in a door hard or soft top, four door hard or soft top, or a wagon. The engine can either be a regular unleaded engine, or a turbo diesel. The inside is very spacious, and in the wagon model, there is a very b .....
Download This Paper
|
Charging Into The Modern Turne
Words: 3603 - Pages: 14.... in general and more specifically on the steam locomotive and the Great Western Railway that was featured so prominently in the title. This painting was significant because although this was not the first time railways had been the depicted in art, it was the first time for this kind of subject matter to be taken up on such a large scale and for public display.
Both Ian Carter and Gerald Finley assert that despite the criticism already written about this complex work it remains engaging and still retains layers of meaning that have not been brought to light. Rain, Steam and Speed can be read as a celebration of new technology and the new .....
Download This Paper
|
Sportsmanship
Words: 1739 - Pages: 7.... good game.
While we were able to beat the other team today, they are all good basketball players and the next time we play them, they might beat us. To me, it doesn't really matter who wins the game. I just want to play in a great basketball game.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines as, "an act in which one abides by the rules of a contest and accepts victory or defeat graciously." All those in athletics are not the only ones who need to be good sportsmen. It must also be required by coaches, cheerleaders, fans, and school administrators. I believe that some of the smallest gestures of can be effective. An example may be picking up .....
Download This Paper
|
The Global Logic Of Strategic
Words: 2591 - Pages: 10.... Finally, conclusions will be drawn with implications for companies operating in today's global environment, together with suggestions for future research on strategic alliances.
ALLIANCES
The underlying argument or reasoning behind Ohmae's opinion that strategic alliances, or entente, are the only way forward for all companies competing globally. "Globalisation mandates alliances, makes them absolutely necessary." (Ohmae, 1989). The author has supported this viewpoint, that globalisation makes strategic alliances necessary as vehicles for customer-orientated value, with four issues facing today's companies: 1. The Californization of .....
Download This Paper
|
CHILDREN COPING WITH STRESS
Words: 416 - Pages: 2.... and community. The two most frequent indicators that children are stressed are change in behaviors and regression of behaviors. Children under stress change their behavior and react by doing things that are not in keeping with their usual style. Behaviors seen in earlier phases of development, such as thumb sucking and regression in toileting, may reappear.
Typically, preschoolers lack self-control, have no sense of time, act independently, are curious, may wet the bed, have changes in eating habits, have difficulty with sleep or speech, and cannot tell adults how they are feeling.
Preschoolers under stress each react differently. .....
Download This Paper
|
Navigate:
« prev
189
190
191
192
193
next »
|
|
Members |
|
|
|