Essays on Success

The Factors That Contribute To Length Of Stay In The Emergency Department Funding of the project considers the given issue at hand, and how critical it is to the sustenance of health institutions. These include the costs incurred in line with the provision of services to the affected people, especially those who are in critical conditions. The table below clearly illustrates the costs that would affect the success of the project at hand. However, there are other miscellaneous costs that have to be considered, on a greater scale. They base on the fact that there are issues that always

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Analysis of Political Speech in Linguistics: Obama’s Inauguration speech

Introduction
Language is an important tool used to access knowledge as well as to influence behavior and perceptions. Words evoke emotion and cause strong psychological impacts on the audience. Linguistics is the scientific study of language and is generally descriptive. It explains and describes different language features without subjecting any judgment on whether a particular feature is used in a good or bad way. A political speech relates to matters concerning governance, as opposed to individual or organization affairs. Political speeches provide insight into the political picture of the speaker. Depending on its characteristics, a speech may either move

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Introduction

The cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest land animal with a widely quoted speed of 71 miles per hour or 32ms-1 however time trials under controlled circumstances show that the top speed is somewhere around 29ms-1 or 64 miles per hour (Sharpp, 1997). The Cheetah is uniquely adapted for speed and very few other land mammals can boast of such physiological specializations. Cheetah is a member of the group Felidae and they are unique in many ways. To start with, the African cheetah is the only species in the genus Acinonyx. Out of the 37 species in the cat

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Introduction

The objective of this study is to evaluate the different leadership behaviors at organizations around the world. In addition, the study focuses on revealing the importance of effective leadership to help an organization to achieve the desired success. Leadership has become an integral part of an organization due to which examples of two leadership styles at different organizations have been taken into consideration. It is important to acknowledge here that the subordinates tend to follow what is done by the leader. For this reason, it is important for the leaders to pursue healthy and productive behavior. The behavioral approach

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PART 1

An international Joint Venture is an equity agreement in which foreign and local business organization co-own a business by pooling their resources together, share the risks associated with the business as well as exercising managerial control to operate an autonomous business in order to make profits or to enjoy economic and premeditated advantages.
The success of such ventures depends on a number of factors as. Some of the factors that determine the success of Joint Ventures include:
- Cultural factors- the way of life among different partners in a joint venture has a significant influence on the success of

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English

Analysis of Advertisements According to Fowles’s Categories and Their Effectiveness with Bovee et al.
Under Fowles’s list of fifteen emotional appeals, “giving form to people’s deep-lying desires and picturing states of being that individuals privately yearn for, advertisers have the best chance of arresting attention and affecting communication,” while Bovee et al (1989), suggests “that an effective sales pitch contributes to the advertising’s appeal to customers.” ‘The Time’ magazine, dated January 31, 2011, has quite a few news breakers, but one distinct advertisement that draws the attention of most of its readers is the one

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Essay 21 : We are what we eat

What to choose: a big, red and cheap apple or an organic one? For me, the answer is obvious. I prefer to eat natural and healthy food. Modern technology is developing so rapidly and has archived such results, that nowadays it is possible to grow an apple only for few days, moreover, it will look like a picture. But the question is: what it has inside? Is it an apple or just pesticides in a shape of an apple?
I, personally, believe in Paul Bragg’s words: “ we are what we eat”. Our physical and mental conditions

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The aim of this essay is to present you with the reflections drawn upon the readings of the novel ‘Passion’ written in 1987 by Jeanette Winterson. Jeanette Winterson has been widely acknowledged within the borders of the literary community as one of the writers who succeed in bonding their stories closely to mystery and passion, somewhere between magic and reality. This paper will present you with the main idea of Passion and will prove that people’s lives are conquered by Passion in such a way that Passion can neither be considered exclusively benefactoring nor destructive. It depends on

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The U.S’ government decision to wage war on Vietnam without a good plan of war involving clear-cut strategies and plans was one decision they poorly made. Therefore, it resulted to a prolonged Vietnam War and made the victory indeterminate for them (Yancey, 2001). The war was between the North Vietnam which was a communist state backed by other communist nations such as the Soviets and China, against the U.S, South Vietnam forces together with other anti-communist nations. People fought the war in North Vietnam. This war took place as a way to stop the spread of communism as the

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Leader to Leader: Leadership Lessons from Everyday Life

Introduction
The article focuses on leadership skills that many successful entrepreneurs across the world have input for them to be a success everyone would like to adapt, share, peruse and talk about. It focuses on a few successful people who have made it, in terms of business, despite their low profile. The article further explains how these people achieved success, focusing on five major points; being your own self, being authentic core leader, encompassing moral behaviors and compass in one’s business and bringing into reality one’s own thinking.

Type of Research

The article is a quantitative research, since it focuses

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Six word memoirs pose the ultimate challenge for the verbose and a win-win game for the succinct, with every expression précised very neatly to create an indelible picture on the reader’s mind.
Who can format Earnest Hemingway’s pearl “For sale: baby shoes, never worn”, without hesitating over the pathos: that wrench on the soul of the parent who placed this advertisement – selling off eagerly bought shoes of a babe-yet-in-the-arms.
What does "Followed rules, not dreams. Never again" suggest? To my mind, it is a warning: that rules will not allow you to achieve what you set

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Introduction

A social movement is a form of group action. In most cases, social movements tend to be informal and large. The groupings of organizations or individuals have a tendency to focus on a given social or political issue. Because of this, they are essentially tasked with undoing, carrying out or resisting social change. The social movements of the modern times are as a result of education. They are also facilitated by the mobility of labor that has increased because of the urbanization and industrialization of the societies in the 19th century. There are several social movements in the world,

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There are various leadership styles that are adopted by the leaders depending upon the type of work and nature of business. Among the different leadership style, one is coaching in which the leaders are required to improve the performance and improve the existing capabilities of workers. The leader as coach helps their subordinate to increase their skills, building strong bench mark and providing them lots of guidance throughout the task or activities. This type of leadership style is most successful when the subordinates are more agreeable, experienced and responsible. Moreover, the coaching style of leadership helps to create positive

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Introduction

Hostage negotiation is a crisis negotiation technique that involves communication with people who are threatening to inflict harm on defenceless civilians. The negotiations are usually between the hostage taker and the authority. A police psychologist can play the role of primary negotiator or advisor in a hostage crisis. A hostage negotiator is a specially trained law enforcement officer whose job is to diffuse situations that may have otherwise turned out hazardous. The police psychologist never works alone but is always part of the rescue team which may be the FBI, or the Police. An ideal negotiation is one whereby

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Heilemann, J. (2002). Machine of Dreams. Vanity Fair, No. 501, pp. 185-188.
The article is an appraisal about the achievements of Dean Kamen. The author begins by looking at the manner in which Kamen revealed his latest invention, which is what the author refers to as the ‘Machine of Dreams’. The article documents the character and the successes that Kamen has achieved over the years.
The major theme of the article is resilience. Throughout the article, the author tries to demonstrate the resilience and achievements of Kamen, a college dropout. This is evidenced by the fact that Kamen took

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Labor unions in the U.S

There are two main reasons why the American Federation of Labor (AFL) succeeded while other unions such as International Workers of the World (IWW) and the Knight of Labor (KOL) failed. First, the AFL had an added benefit as the union was less radical than the other unions that failed. Secondly, the AFL was able to cover more skilled laborers that the other counterparts. Dissimilar to the other Unions, AFL concentrated on improving the working environment for their members by advocating higher wages, shorter work time and better working relationships (Peterson, 24). The union did not concentrate on the

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Introduction

Logistics management is an essential part of any manufacturing or trading organization’s success ratio; the basic function of logistics management is to supervise the movement of goods and services from one place to another by different means of transport such as sea, rail, air or road. Logistics management is a critical part of the supply chain management that plans, controls and executes the effective, efficient forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services and necessary information between the point of origin and the point of destination, in order to meet the customer’s needs (Importance of Logistics,

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Throughout the course of American mythology and literature, there is a curious persistence of the concept of the American dream. From the very beginning of western influence on the continent, groups of people have constantly flocked to the land in search of a fabled life better than their own. Even among natural born citizens, there exists a belief that life can become whatever a person desires, as long as they work hard. Playwright Arthur Miller frequently wrote about and depicted this ideology. Through his play Death of a Salesman, Miller denounces the American dream as impossible and unrealistic for

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The National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league in North America (Yong-zhen 10). It is widely agreed that, in the world, the NBA league is the premier men’s professional league. NBA has thirty member clubs, of which twenty-nine are from the United States and one from Canada. Over the time, NBA has been an active member of the USA basketball (USAB), and is well recognized by the International Basketball Federation. FIBA recognizes the USA Basketball as basketball’s governing body in United States of America. Statistics show that players participating in NBA are the best paid sportsmen

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Quick facts of Assessment

Formative assessment is an assessment implemented to examine the students’ learning progress during instruction. Summative assessment aims at estimating students’ achievement at the end of the learning process. It provides achievement after its comparison against particular set or scale (Borich and Tom, 2010).
We need clarity of educational objectives, instructional designing and what, why and when learner is supposed to examine are important assessment. We have to identify proofs which conclude the students’ learning. We have to keep proper allotment of time, focus on a specific area, avoiding vague or irrelevant queries in mind. The level of learners is

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Introduction

This artistic work represents a classical religious and spiritual image of a burning candle. In addition, it shows an ancient practice in both esoteric spiritual practices and conventional religious sense. The burning candle ignites a people wishes and thoughts of spiritual and religious scenarios and events such as prayers. Considerably, almost every person who lights a candle is attached to particular feelings and understanding. Whether representing love, blessings or personal protection, burning candle produces a fire that signifies the internal inner flame of individual’s immutable spirit. Burning candle provides an insight of the person manifesting not only in

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The Department of education would this financial year like to make the connectED Initiative the core focus of our department. The mission of the Department of Education continues to be promoting student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. American students need to be adequately equipped with skills that enable them to compete with students from all over the world (Adam, 58). This can only be done through increasing interactive and individualized learning experiences driven by new technology which uses platforms such as digital textbooks that assists students to visualize complex concepts

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- Individuals are important at NASA because they are the driving force. They are an important recourse because they design, build, modify, test, maintain spacecrafts and fly the spacecrafts.
- Lessons learned program involves the use of information and knowledge gained from previous projects to prevent making the same mistakes again. Also involves considering great aspects that can be used for future projects. It promotes better project management because it helps mitigate risks and also increase efficiency.
- Individual accountability in managing risks is important at NASA because it allows individuals to do their best at the part or

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Critical review of the book Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm was born in 1963. He is a Canadian Journalist, bestselling author, as well as speaker. He was the writer of the New Yorker magazine since 1996, in Fareham Hemisphere, in England by Joyce Gladwell, and his father Graham Gladwell. In his life, he was a young single-minded and ambitious boy, whose interest was writing and reading books.

His writings

He has also managed to write and publish five books at the tipping point; ‘How Little Things Can Make a Big difference’ (2002), ‘There is Blink: The power of Thinking without Thinking’ (2005), and ‘What the Dog Saw and the Other

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“The Fish” talks about the interesting journey of the narrator who at first was just out to catch a fish, but ended up developing a deep understanding of nature and life through the fish. With the use of vivid imagery and abundant description, Elizabeth Bishop took the readers to the past struggles of the fish in order to stay alive, how its physical disfigurement reflecting those struggles translated into images of beauty and victory, and how these mental pictures elicited respect and admiration from the narrator.

True to its title, the narrator begins telling the story by talking about catching a fish.

I caught a tremendous fishand held him beside the boathalf out of water,

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Idea Machines Examples

Firstly, we see an explanation of anthropology. The science of how a human being functions is depicted. We can see the characteristics and necessities of a human. There is also the word "divine", which implies the existence of a deity. It is clear that a human has a soul, but his life is predestined. There is the law, which has to be obeyed. Justice is also very important and connected to language, law and individualism. Every person should have the same rights according to this chart. Body and language are tools. Human is by nature an individual, and that

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Essay

Management

Introduction
Cross-cultural management is a system intended to make people aware of the variations of practices, preferences and cultures of consumers around the business globe. With time, the diversity in practices, preferences and culture increase significantly thus causing a need for change to cross-cultural management. However, one important aspect of cross-cultural management is cross-cultural communication. This is because communication helps bridge the gaps between different cultures. Cross-cultural communication is a study that focuses on how people from different cultural backgrounds are able to communicate either through similar or different ways among themselves.
For effective cross-cultural communication to be

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Summary of Building of Building an Innovative Organization

The article emphases that the human resource is the main asset of an organization, when people are empowered and can work as a team then it shows individuals being at the creative centre of the of the company. Every person is considered having the ability to identify and solve a problem; therefore, harnessing such creative behavior leads to business success. Examples of characters that have combined creative insight, enthusiasm, and energy to excel include James Dyson (respected for alternative techniques in designing domestic appliance), Spence Silver (discovered the non-sticky adhesive in the post it), and Shawn Fanning (wrote the

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Management

“On March 20, 2014, Mr. Arnold J. Galloway, Associate Program Director and Part Time Professor, Systems Engineering Leadership Program (SELP), Loyola Marymount University, gave a lecture on ‘Mission Systems Engineering’ (ME). Prof. Galloway holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, and is a consultant in Space- and Ground-based Missile Defense Systems, and Systems Engineering Processes for Schafer Corporation, WestWind Engineering, Inc., Saalex Solutions, Inc., Ryan Associates, and TASC.
As an expert in Mission Systems Engineering, Prof. Galloway said, that while systems engineering focused on product development, by addressing a customer’s requirement and expectations, mission

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Abstract

System archetypes can be described as the behavioral patterns of the system. There is always a similar structure for systems expressed by circles of causality. To enable efficiency in changing the system, one should be able to identify the systems archetype and finds its leverage. A system can be drawn as a diagram set up with circles of casualty. These circles include actions, feedbacks and delays. In a system, every action has a reaction that is referred to as feedbacks; reinforcing feedback and balancing feedback. These feedbacks do not always happen immediately since the process might have delays. Reinforcing

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Who are the minority groups and what are the challenges have they been facing currently? Why blacks do commits the highest homicide or crime rate, and even kill among themselves despite the abolishment of slavery and segregation systems? These are some of the questions that I am going to handle in this paper. It is a fact that the minority groups in the past have gone through hard times of their life, whereby they were discriminated by the majority and the elite whites. Some were even killed by whites. But at present, blacks continue to indicate the highest rates

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One of the most popular Baroque artists was Caravaggio. Look at it his painting of Biblical hero David and Goliath, and consider and answer the following questions:

Question 1

What point in the story of David and Goliath does Caravaggio choose to focus on? How does this compare to the images of David made by Donatello, Michelangelo, and / or Bernini?

Response 1

Caravaggio chose to focus on the moment of victory as David defeated Goliath, and it is focused on both David and Goliath. David’s victory transformed him from a shy boy to a strong man. One thing that is unique

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Introduction

According to Jowett & O’Donnell (1), propaganda is a method of communication which tries to elicit a response that propagates the desired intention of the propagandist. The art of propaganda has been studied in an array of multidisciplinary researches in the fields of journalism, sociology, history, political science and psychology. To study the art of propaganda as history means examining propagandist practices as distinct events and the resultant events as likely effects of propaganda. Nazi films were predominantly propagandist in that they aimed at influencing attitudes on life in a given context, and in terms of particular people and

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Introduction

Success is an abstract concept which is difficult to be defined in one single sentence. Success means different things to different people. One may weigh success in terms of material gains; another may weigh success in terms of spiritual values. Most of the people define success in terms of achieving a mission or a goal. For instance, in Genesis 1.28 of Bible, God while entering into a covenant with Noah blessed him with "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the

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Introduction

This article was written by Amina Elahi, A Blue Sky Reporter. The source of the article is The Chicago Tribune Business. The article is a discussion between the reporter and Sandra Kurtzig, the CEO of an enterprise management software company, named Kenandy, about the changing roles of women in the world of business and technology. This industrial sector has traditionally been male dominated. The topic of discussion in this article and indeed, what is going to be explored in this essay is about how women survive in male dominated industries, the challenges they face and how the situation is

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This refers to the effort to influence or control an individual way of belief, aims and the behaviours. Persuasion can either be positive or negative. Meaning that an individual can be persuaded to either continues with their way of life of be discouraged to drop it. Persuasion were not only used for influence but can as well be applied as a medium of gains. For instance, one, can persuade a group of people to stand by them in order to gain something. Persuasion can be well expressed using several cultural predispositions in order to bring out influence in the

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Like any other projects, the introduction of a change in business systems and its implementation in an organization is not always 100% successful. This is true even if careful and in-depth study on its implementation has been conducted. Sometimes, even the conduct of mock-up implementation or initial implementations or the complete support of the management is not a guarantee that the implementation will be successful.
Two of the major risks in system implementation concerned with issues regarding institutional fit and implementation challenges. Institutional fit concerns with the question if the system to be implemented is really applicable for the

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Introduction

Many people have done an analysis concerning the reality of the American dream. The American people have identified critical factors of consideration if the country were to realize her destined achievement. The factors include those that enhance the realization and those that pull behind. The positive ones are encouraged whereas the cons are obliged to get into extinction. This is the perfect way to achieve the American dream. For the purpose of this paper, it will take a critical look at the ideas of Harlton Dalton and Gregory Mantsios towards the realization of the American dream. A dream of

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie was a breakthrough in exposing international audiences to French film – the film remains the highest-grossing French film to date in America (Box Office Mojo, 2014). There are many factors inherent to the film that contribute to its success, not the least of which is the film’s stylistic appeal – Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s unique, slightly grotesque yet endlessly quirky style made it a very entertaining and unconventional film compared to many domestic and international releases. Jeunet’s use of unconventional coloring and cinematography (making heavy use of CG) modernized the French film in ways previously unheard

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Introduction

The Devil Wears Prada is a story which focuses on the lives of career women and the kind of power influences they adapt in order to climb higher up the ladder. In this case, the storyline is simple and revolves around the life and career decisions of the main protagonist, Andrea who has just completed her college education and is aspiring to become a journalist. Despite having the skills, she lands up in a job as a second assistant to the editor of a magazine. The female lead, accepted the offer for this job as she thought that after

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