Operating Models or Innovation

This essay evaluates the efficacy of operating models within McLure’s Publishing House. In addition, it looks at the effectiveness of process of integration with the book distributors describing its benefits and drawbacks. Besides, it analyses the information obtained from a series of interviews to enable a better understanding of the operating models of the publishing […]

What it Means to Be Human

Humans are mostly defined by their cultural aspects. The most important the ability to believe in things without evidence, the ability to make tools, the ability to elect one to power, we are capable of communicating through language and art, we have a curiosity that allows us to solve problems, and we are social and […]

Cleopatra

Her name is synonymous with mystery. When she crosses the threshold of human thought, words such as “elusive,” “seductive,” and “powerful,” flood the mind. Her death was as awe-inspiring as her life, and she continues to intrigue scholars centuries after her lifetime. Who could this woman be? There is only one possibility: Cleopatra VII. Born […]

Open Source Intelligence

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) uses an extensive variety of sources to gather valuable information. Common sources of OSINT include public data, academic literature, the media, and web-based communities. The most unique sources of OSINT are the media and public data. The media as a source of information includes newspapers, magazines, radios, television, and the Internet. […]

Industrialization of the Food Industry & the Environment

The typical American finds themselves absorbed in the aisles of their local supermarket searching for the lowest deals and newest foods. Today, many people fill their shopping carts while turning a blind eye to where their food comes from and how it’s affecting the environment. To adapt to a booming population, mega food companies have […]

Growing up

I came to Crossroads Alternative Middle School in the last quarter of my 7th grade year. I came from Shadow Ridge, a school where i had been bullied, been a bully, gotten into arguments with teachers and peers, and had problems with pretty much everyone in the entire school. I was a manipulative, lying, cheater […]

Business Profile of Finland

FINLAND (Suomi) is the sixth largest country in Europe, extending over 130, 159 square miles (337, 113 square kilometers) and exceeded in size only by France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and European Russia. It is nearly 9,000 square miles greater than the combined area of the United Kingdom and Eire. Of this vast territory 69 per […]

Something About Myself

Never give up, never back down!!! I’ve been through a lot of hard times in my life. Including personal problems, my parents divorce, and deciding what to do with my life and where I want life itself to take me. Through all that I have learned to never give up on anything or back down […]

Book Banning

Book banning and censorship is nothing new. People throughout history have attempted to keep others from reading books by burning, banning, and censoring all forms of writing. In today’s society, the problem of book banning is most prevalent in schools and classrooms (“Book Banning”). Often faculty, librarians, or parents restrict the books in a school’s […]

Online Shopping

Introduction The progress in Information Technology (IT) has led to tremendous changes in the way people interact. The emergence of social media and other online platforms have improved the manner in which people communicate and carry out transactions. Most organizations have invested heavily in technology to leverage on the advantages of e-commerce. Recent surveys indicate […]

Chinese Communication

“The quality of your communication is the quality of your life.” This is a quote from Anthony Robbins, a motivational speaker and a self-help writer. The point that he meant to get across was that talking to people involves a certain skill, and if I have that skill, it will improve my mental health and […]

Business Models

Corporate governance describes the process, regulation policies and customs that can impact the control of organizations. Compliance with ethics, processes, policies and regulations are key ingredients in determining an organization’s success. Compliance is not only required by the regulators, but also to ensure that all the risks are mitigated. An audit ensures that the entire […]

Cell Phones Help Students Academically

Have you ever had your phone taken away by your teacher or get yelled at for using it during class? This can change if you use your phone for your education. Schools should have students use their phones in school because it’s part of the common core to use technology, many apps and resources, and […]

Compare Contrast

Are you a bright, cheery type of person, or a concentrated and exciting one? Poems often have differences and similarities, and depending on what you prefer, you may enjoy some poems more than others. E.E. Cumming’s “in Just-” is a poem about a balloon man announcing spring by calling all the children with his whistle […]

Online Research

1. Will fear motivate college students? In the research conducted by conducted by Amanda K. Snook, three hundred participants were randomly designated to read a health communication enhancing the use of flu shots. These participants were randomly designated to read either a health message that encouraged flu shots by the use of low-fear appeals, high-fear […]

Language in Our Lives

Cars get better gas mileage. Computers are smarter. The Internet is quicker. Phones are smarter. Planes are faster. Technology is growing. Just as most things in the world are becoming more and more technologically advanced and efficient, its languages are also becoming more efficient. Today it seems as if people are crunched for time with […]

How My Small Budget Video Went Viral

Sunday, November 6th It’s a normal morning in the Gorrie household. As par normal, I wake up. Eat breakfast (pancakes are my favorite). Shower. Brush my teeth and am ready for another long day of my young life. But this wasn’t any normal day. It is twenty-seven days after the upload of “Pikachu Parkour” and […]

Business and Economics

Business ethics calls for having all the stakeholders at heart during the initial production phase up to the consumer level. It means that all players have to be catered for in the success of the company. Satisfaction should not be looked at on the side of the company only but also at the consumers. It […]

The Controversy of Henrietta Lacks

“There are at least two issues that cases like Mrs. Lacks’s raise,” says Ruth Faden… “One is the question of consent, and the other is what, if anything, is morally or legally due to a person if something of commercial value is developed from their cells.” The story of HeLa cells is one of great […]

Renaissance Heroes

Renaissance heroes are different from classical tragic heroes for several reasons. First of all, classical tragic heroes operated in a completely different religious context than Renaissance heroes, necessitating differences in the heroes’ characteristics and actions as well. Even when Renaissance literature was set in the context of the pagan past, the audience viewing the play […]

One Price Dealership

‘One price’ is also referred to as the ‘no haggle’ or ‘no negotiation’ dealership. Such technique of doing deals has been increasingly adopted by many dealers in the recent past and they are intended to attract customers who often dislike the strategy of negotiating while buying cars, hence the dealer promises all buyers the use […]

One-Bathroom Household? Urine Big Trouble

More than half of every household in the United States has two or more bathrooms in them, making it a modern convenience for the entire family. This means that just less than half of all U.S. households are unable to enjoy this luxury. Unfortunately, my mother’s house is one that falls into the minority. My […]

“One Nation Under God”

The 1st amendment of the US Constitution guarantees that there be a separation between the church and the state. The idea behind this amendment was to prevent conflicts of interest so that state or public funds could not be used to support specific religious organizations. In no way, shape, or form was this amendment intended […]

Order in The Court: Forensic Advancements and their Impact on Law

“Abby was right. The first test picked up donor DNA, our John Doe is Lance Corporal Danforth” (Binder). Many people have watched crime shows and heard something similar where a victim is identified with ease or a criminal is apprehended in 60 minutes. These crime shows illuminate the speed and ease of getting a perfect […]

Biography of Trey Songz

“Success can be a dangerous drug, it definitely changes people, and it can take you to another world, if you allow it to. ” Said the one and only Tremaine Aldon Neverson, otherwise known as “Mr. Steal Yo Girl” or Trey Songz. Trey was born on November 28, 1984. He is best known for his […]

Budget Plan

Budgeting at Lincoln Hospital is a continuous process that happens on an annual basis and occurs at nearly every department in the hospital. The budgeting plan process begins with the planning stage that considers the provision of quality medical care, programs and services and then continues with the establishment of individual hospital departments’ operating costs […]

Don’t Go into the Woods – Forests and the Psychology of Fear

One of my heroes, Stephen King, said it best: “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. “Horror has been recognized as a genre only in fairly recent history, but scary stories have been around at least since the advent of the written word.I came in on the action when I […]

Orion

On December 5th 2014 the space capsule Orion lifted off at 12:05 UTC at the Kennedy Space Center. The capsule was atop a Delta IV rocket, which pushed Orion through the atmosphere into space within three minutes after lift-off. The four-hour mission would take Orion around the world two times at a speed of twenty […]

One Laptop per Child

Microsoft, Intel, and other leading for profit companies are interested in low cost computers for the developing world, because they want to enhance computer awareness all over the world. Developing countries suffer from computer illiteracy, as most individuals cannot afford computers that would help them learn. This has motivated these companies develop low cost computers […]

Seeing Through The Dark Glass: Understanding Genocide Through Science Ficti

Genocide isn’t just another piece of history to study. It is a highly organized massacre of an ethnicity, religion, and culture. A Genocide does not take place over night. It takes a large amount of time to plan a concrete way to eliminate the “Conceptual Other”. Typically run by a Totalitarian government, society is led […]