Among the most important changes that took place following the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission report, was the abolition of the position of the Director of Central Intelligence. This was replaced by the position of the Director of National Intelligence. The changes were contained in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. A key requirement of the position of the Director of National […]

Dr David Christopher Meenins finds himself haunted. Haunted and disturbed by his past. He needs to reconcile with that past in order to move forward to a new home world. On the journey to self-discovery and a somewhat clean conscience, he is accompanied by mysterious Linda Deemer and the fabulous Lady Drasher among others. These people will all grow closer as the journey progresses. They […]

A beautiful story told by an Indian native. The writer specifically had westerners in mind when writing this. An often time, not everything outside the western world is portrayed as it should by the mainstream media. In his wisdom and knowledge of India, the author takes the reader through a detailed account of the Indian society and things that perhaps are not known by non-natives. […]

I was once engaged in a voluntary project in our local community. The project manager in charge of all the activities and operations of the project was a very outgoing leader. I can say that I truly envied his leadership style and this had a positive influence on the leadership style I so much believe in. The project manager was a great communicator and relayed […]

Key Functions of Stained Glass Windows in the Gothic Style The main purpose of the stained-glass windows in the Gothic style was to tell the Biblical stories to the people in a compelling, visual, and artistic manner. The artists working on the glass appreciated its unique qualities and found it suitable to represent the religious and spiritual ideologies of the period.  Differences Between Romanesque and […]

GENRE: Fiction, Young Adult The book tells the story of a young immigrant. His name is Joey, he is Italian and he lived with his family in the Orange, New Jersey. When moving to America, life was not easy as he had to adapt to a lot of things. He didn’t know the English language and the people around did not speak Italian that made […]

One day while driving a suicidal contractor to work, Lindsay realized that his story was important. Thus, began the long arduous journey to arrive to this book. The efforts were well worth it. This book is inspiring and occasionally hilarious. The author leaves nothing hidden. His telling of his life story is candid and transparent.  Lindsay knows loss. He worked two jobs like most people. […]

The data set I have chosen to work on is ‘Bears’. As explained by Brockwell and Davis (2013), the explanation of relationships between elements requires the comparison of at least two variables. The two variables I have chosen from the Bears Data Set are body length (inches) and weight.  After calculating the r value in excel using the =CORREL function, I got r =0.8644. This […]

Tupac was a renowned rap artist for his poetic ability in his endeavors as a gangster rapper. The song “Changes” was originally recorded between 1992 and the remix made in 1998. The content being delivered by Tupac through the plot of this song was meant to spread awareness and knowledge about the poverty-stricken societies. In the line, “I’m tired of being’ poor and even worse […]

The Federal Reserve System was split into 12 districts by the Congress in an attempt to decentralize the system. It was a bid to reduce the risks and bureaucracies tied to having one central bank based in Washington as explained by Bech and Atalay (2010). It was realized that each section of the diverse and great American nation had diverse and different financial needs. As […]