Generally, a computer is any electronic data-processing device that performs tasks, such as mathematical calculations or electronic communication, under the control of a set of instructions called a program. Programs usually reside within the computer's main memory and are retrieved and processed by the computer's electronics, and the program results are stored or routed to output devices, such as video display monitors or printers. It communicates with other electronic devices to receive data, store and manipulate them (using mathema
Welcome to Košice, the metropolis of Eastren Slovakia. In the Hornad Valley, bounded to the west by outiles of the Slovakian Ore Mountains but spreading over an area of 244 km/2, lies a modern city of European statue. Thic city practically breathes its rich history at you, so let yourself be encited its several centuries of truly interesting and intricate chronicles. Thanks to some rich archaelogical finds, Košice beginnings can now ba dated way back to the later Palaeolithic, around 35-40 thousand years ago. Fortified Bronze age settl
Discussion of the effects of employee benefits on cost and workforce quality
I. Introduction
Most benefits are a form of non-taxable income to employees, providing them with such advantages as retirement provisions, paid personal time, insurance and health protection and various other employee services. Benefits are to increase an employee’s feeling of security, happiness and wellbeing. The aim of benefits is to attract better, more skilled employees and be competitive in local market for
Generally family is a community of two or more people where parents try to bring up their children as best as they can. The main mission of the family is to stay together forever in good and bad times and support each other in all ways of their lifes.
What does family mean for me?
For me family means a place where I can always come to search for help, understanding and loving care. It is a place where no matter what happened before I will be always welcomed and where I will always fi
If you travelled to GB or USA what would you like to see?
If you like travelling, you should visit Great Britain and the USA. These both states have much to offer. Unfortunately, I have never been either to GB or to the USA. But most of my friends have been to GB and my younger sister has been to the USA and Alaska.
If you want to travel to Great Britain you don`t need visa any more. We are already the member of the European Union and Great Britain too, so we needn`t have it. The informations about ways of tra
SPEAKER´S CORNER: Hyde Park is the personal property of the Queen, who inherited it from Henry VIII. It is one of the largest, the best known and most extensive parks in London. It was opened to the public by Charles I. and there is Speaker´s Corner, where variou orators come every Sunday morning. Speaker´s Corner quickly became a public institutions, acquiring international prestige and attracting the talents of speakers. It is listed in all the guidebooks to London. During the 18th century it was a fashionable rendezvous for duellists. The
English literature is chronically divided into 3 periods:
1.) Old English Literature (OEL) – till the 9/10th century - Anglo-Saxon literature - Stories spread in oral way. English people didn’t have written language, only later in 6/7 centuries the written Anglo-Saxon language appeared on bases of Latin - The first English literary document written with unknown author – genre: medieval epos – The Song of Beowulf – first English book written in 7. Century is difficult to readed for English people
History: The American continent was discovered by Vikings around the year 1000 A.D.. The existence of the American continent wasn´t known in Europe until the voyage of Columbus in 1492. He made his historic voyage from Spain. Columbus called the native people „Indians“ because he thought that he had reached the coast of Asia. He never realised that he had discovered a continent between Europe and Asia.
In 1620 the Puritans discriminated in England by King James I who was a Protestant came from England in their ship the
The first inhabitants of a largely glacier-covered North America were hunters. They hunted big animals like the giant sloth and the mommoth, bath of which were mucg larger than an land mammal of the 20th century. The weapons hunters used were wooden lames with sharp stone heads, made by painstakingly chipping pieces from flint rock. Historians studying the prehistoric era speculate that hunters made their attacks at very close range, probably when the animal was mired in a boy.
In september 2003 took 5th WTO’s ministerial conference place in Cancun. The WTO holds its main ministerial conference roughly every two years and they are the WTO’s highest authority. Let’s take a brief look on what was on the agenda at Cancun. At Cancun WTO ministers negotiated the “Doha Agenda” (which is the current round of trade negotiations launched at the last Ministerial Meeting in Doha, November 2001)as well as four new issues: investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitatio
I can't clearly remember my first sight of Thomas, my friend, but it was something special. It was in the nursery school.
We were five years old and started to recognise what is around us. At the end of one borring lesson, I slept, I saw a little boy. He was build very athletic, his 40 kilogram divided on the 2ft 1 in looked quite interesting. His short straight hair appeared to my like the on of an oriental swordmaster and his round face with a little turned-out nose couldn't be mor
It is a difficult question. Someone says that living in a house is better than in a flat and sameone the opposite. I live in a house. I have always prefered it. In a house you have more place for your living. Every member of the family can have you’re his/her room. Beside a house there is usually a garden, so children can play in the garden and they needn`t to play on the street. Houses usually have a garage. It`s very good for man`s favourite.
Flats are much smaller. Of course, you can live in a fla
The story starts when the priest Jan Ponicea has a visit from a secret guest, Ján Kalina. He had left the village of his birth to study in Wittemberg four years ago, and now he has returned even though a reward for his head has been announced. He finds out, that his sister has disappeared, vanished into thin air, three days ago.
He is suspicious of authority, but the priest advises him to be quiet, because an uprising in Doža has recently been crushed and every suspicious character will be regarded as a rebel.
Business and Government The relationship between government and business is difficult. Government can figure like a cooperator and also like a controller.
1. Government as cooperator, partner: Government uses these methods for supporting the business: Promoting economic growth – government uses monetary (money supply) policy and fiscal (taxing and spending) policy to gain the economy growth. It also tries to avoid high inflation and severe reces
1. Introduction 2. Brands and lifestyle 3. Costs comparison in different countries 4. Differences among consumers 5. Dependence between fortune and brands
1. Introduction: Last days, when Slovak republic became the part of EU, everything began to change. Changes arrive also in the area of advertising. Our media market attracts foreign companies because of big potention to grow. Volume of media commu
Musician, actor. Born John Francis Bongiovi Jr. on March 2, 1962 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Jon was raised by his parents, Carol and John Bongiovi, a hairdresser. By his early teens, he was hanging out at local clubs, convinced that one day he would be a rock star. Idolizing local rising stars such as Bruce Springsteen and the Asbury Jukes, Jon was playing in clubs by the time he was 16. He met keyboardist David Bryan in high school, and the two formed a ten-piece rhythm and blues band called Atlantic City Expressway. Jon also performed
United States Senator. Born John Forbes Kerry on December 11, 1943 in Denver, Colorado. The son of a career foreign service officer, Kerry was raised in the Catholic faith and spent much of his childhood abroad. After graduating from Yale University, he served in Vietnam and was a recipient of the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V (for valor) and three Purple Hearts. Upon his return, Kerry co-founded Vietnam Veterans of America and became a spokesperson for Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
I really do not know. If I have to be happy or not that I am from Slovakia. Of course – it is my “birthcountry”, so there must be some special relationship. Because if I have to be open, I know incomparable better countries. So even here I must say nothing but “East or West, Home is best.”
In these days, Slovak Republic is making big progress in international politics. However, government and our Members of Parliament think more about it than about us. But what is worse, they think only about themselves in most of cases.
Introduction If one reads few articles on performance appraisal, he will soon discover that this is a topic about which huge arguments are kept. One can find opinions varying from performance appraisal being “so inherently flawed that it may be impossible to perfect it” [1], to “the most crucial aspect of organizational life” [2].
This work is set to demonstrate big variety in opinions about performance appraisal and related activities. Additionally, a link between performance appraisal practices and employees’ at
I still can remember that day. It was a rainy one in 2000, and I found it very hard to get out of the bed. Still in my pajamas, I opened a notebook and put it on my lap. I was already pretty familiar with “the net of nets” (I have been on-line since 1995), and I was just browsing the web. Suddenly, I found a book I was looking for in local bookstores for quite a while! I didn’t hesitate: I put it in the cart immediately, filled in delivery address and clicked “Order”. I had just made my very first on-line order and I hadn’t even had