Puerto Rico: The 51st State Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean Sea. It is 3,515 sq mi and has a population of 4 million. It is currently a territory of the United States. However, Puerto Rico is like a state in many ways. The government is set up like a state in the U.S. would be, the federal court system is incorporated in to the Puerto Rican legal system, and the U.S. military has an active presence on the island (Paulose). Because of the relationship with the United States and the p...
Introduction Swahili is an example of a Bantu language. Bantu languages belong to the South Central subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family. These languages are closely related to languages used in central, east-central and southern Africa (Sands, 2009). Due to the colonial history of the countries in this area, Swahili contains many loanwords from English, Arabian, Persian Indian languages, Portuguese, German and other Bantu languages. Their origins are often hardly recognisable. The rea...
Bigfoot is a mysterious creature that is characteristic - features very large, with feathers that cover the entire body. Bigfoot reportedly found in the regions of Canada and North America since the 19th century. In view of the trail leg is estimated weighed 400 pounds. Bigfoot is also known as Sasquatch or Skunk also sometimes called monkey. Sasquatch is a legend that circulated animals in North America. Bigfoot, which means big feet are huge creatures the remnants of ancient times. Predicta...
Your five senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell have a significant role to play in the retention of information in your mind. The impressions received from these five senses are called Memory of Sense Impressions and they go a long way in helping you retain information. However, a systematic analysis of sense impressions retained in the memory shows that the majority of such impressions are acquired through the two senses of sight and hearing. Sight Impressions You exercise your s...
The "laddering" interview techniques is used to disclose the consumer's underlying values linked behind the tangible product attributes( Thompson and Chen 1998). With reference to the study of Malhotra and Birks(2006), this technique is a cognitive structure technique which focus on detecting motivations hidden in the consumption process. The means-end-chain (MEC) theory is developed by Guttman and it illustrates that laddering should be identified to follow the A-C-V (attributes->consequence...
One new insight into writing that I have gained is that good development of an essay is very important. I used to not think much about the development of an essay. After going through the writing lab, I fully agree that an essay that has a good development makes a big difference. Good development of an essay means key ideas are well expanded to form a coherent essay. Such an essay makes a difference because such an essay is able to express the topic ideas clearly in each paragraph and the ent...
By now, the weeks and months of hard work are almost over - you know your subject inside out, you have a thoroughly planned argument and you know exactly how you want to present it. But the final hurdle is probably the most important - if you do not write your dissertation well, all your efforts could end up being in vain. Writing 'well' obviously means sticking to your planned structure and argument, but also on style, eloquence and your ability critically assess what you have written at eve...
To seek knowledge is a sacred duty; it is obligatory on every Muslim, male and female. The first word revealed of the Qur'an was "Iqra" READ! Seek knowledge! Educate yourselves! Be educated. Religious and Secular (not religious) Knowledge There are two kinds of knowledge which are very important for a human being. Secular knowledge (non-religious knowledge) is for day to day problem-solving and religious knowledge is "for a smooth life on earth and hereafter." Religious knowledge included kno...
The last step in the research process is the preparation and presentation of the research report. The best of research efforts will be of little value unless the result can be summarized and communicated to marketing management in a form that is both understandable and useful. Preparation and presentation of the research report is the most important part of the research process. If the report is confusing or poorly written, all the time and effort spent on gathering and analyzing data would n...
INTRODUCTION: In today's American culture, people are constantly on the go. Everyone has places to go, people to see, and tasks to be done. It isn't realistic anymore to make plans in advance and expect to not communicate with people throughout the day. It isn't realistic anymore to just show up at your friend's or doctor's house without previous notice. This is where the advancement of electronic communication has come in. We now have the ability to be at least three times more productive ev...
