The Russian First Family As most Russians know about their new, yet old, President Putin and his family, most know little about them. Ask any reporters who try to get Vladimir Putin to respond to a question about his personal life or family, they will tell you you will not get an answer. The Russian […]
Typical View of Life Before the Storm Frankly, I would often ignore a weather forecast as to what intensity or where will it hit in our country. Most Filipinos are used to the extreme weather disturbances the Philippines is experiencing the whole year round. It will just an ordinary thing to hear on the radio, […]
The Scientist Who Had Concern For Plants Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose: When many of us do not think about our co living beings there was a great Indian scientist who started thinking about plants. He discovered that plants have feeling and react to natural stimuli like human beings. He proved with experiments that the reaction […]
What Games to Play with Kids in a Gym Games that kids can play in the gym can be a lot of fun. With the size of a gymnasium, you get to have a lot of space for movement. The following are some examples of things to do in a gym with kids, but you […]
Florida Virtual School FLVS is great for students who might need to make up credits or would rather attend school online, but even though the courses aren’t that long compared to in-school ones, sometimes it feels like the courses can really drag themselves out. Because of this, many students who are taking classes with Florida […]
Registered Nurses are important members of a health care team and hold supervisory position in any healthcare facility. They supervise nursing aides, licensed practical nurses and other healthcare support staffs in a facility. RN Training program prepares them for entry-level nursing position and provides them required competencies in the nursing field. They receive Registered Nurse […]
In the early days of our United States government, name calling in the Congressional chambers was commonplace, much as it is today. However, in those earlier days when tempers flared, it often led to fisticuffs and violence in the U.S. Congress. Such was the case in 1798 when Roger Griswold, a Federalist Congressman from Connecticut […]
Sexual Identity, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation Sex vs. Gender The terms ‘sex ’ and ‘gender ’ may seem to be interchangeable, especially in western cultures, but in reality they refer to two completely different things. Sex is purely biological. It is determined by physical characteristics including sex chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, internal reproductive structures, […]
Profit is the yard-stick for evaluating performance of any business concern. Since ultimate profit depends upon plan and control, cost accounting plays a vital role. Previously, cost accounting was mostly engaged in ascertaining costs of products or service on the basis of time-series analysis. Due to competition and technological development, the role has shifted to […]
Revolução dos Cravos – On the 25th April, 1974, one of the most peaceful revolutions ever documented took place in Portugal. It began in the capital, Lisbon, and was staged as a means of overthrowing some 50 years of dictatorship. The following is an account of what led to the ‘bloodless’ rebellion that ocurred in […]
College as a Career? After high school graduation we all have to take the time to find out what we are going to do next. Are we prepared to take-on a full time job and join the workforce? Or are we going to further our education by signing-up for the college experience? If you had […]
Relative Humidity and Fog We use a thermometer to measure air temperature and meteorologists also collect a wet bulb temperature to compute dewpoint or the temper-ature at which dew will form based on the water saturation of the air. The humidity is relative to 100% water vapor saturation and is when the air temperature is […]