Miscellaneous Essays

Our dependency on foreign oil and the fluctuation of oil prices coupled with the hardships brought on by the global recession have made us rethink our stance on the ban. President Obama has recently announced plans that will increase the offshore drilling for gas and oil in

This risk is denoted as “market risk” and the formula for CAPM is as follows: The expected return for an asset i according to CAPM is equal risk free rate plus a risk premium”

Especially, when I remember my childhood, I feel nostalgic about the moments I would always like to cherish. I think, it is the best to be a child – I have ample reasons to support my view as well. The developmental process of my life

This however is not the only extent to which globalization effects the business processes of multinational corporations as, like all other policies, the HRD policies are

Not that I could see a reflection of my nonchalant self in car windows, glass walls, and washroom mirrors. I just had this feeling deep within that I was out of place, something that reminds me of how I felt when I first saw my Mom leaving me on

Images or word pictures in a literary work frequently discuss the great survival of human beings in this world. While turning over the pages of epics and classic literature, one feels them as dealing with thought-provoking remarks and providing practical knowledge for a person to grow as an ideal citizen.

Explicit sex, implicit sex and complete sex—around these issues Hanif Kureishi has structured his novel, “The Buddha of Suburbia.”A secular bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru and makes use of the raw material available in his proximity, his own follower with the bonus of her son, who is a punk rocker named Charlie Hero.

reservoirs of medical resources on the face of this earth in the form of large number of hospitals most equipped with the advanced and elaborate equipment, large number of rigorously trained doctors amounting to about 0.15% of the total population, and health being the second

Everyone and almost everything in the world produces waste from the daily activities that humans get involved in. These are natural by-products of all the processes of life and living. According to the RCRA Regulatory compliance Guide, some of these materials are considered to be hazardous because they “are dangerous to handle, or to dispose of, and may cause death, illness, or a hazard to health or the environment”.

Against this backdrop, this report seeks to critically explore some of the measures that can be put in place by Fahad, a company which specialises with manufacturing and supplying cosmetic

A number of companies have gone bankrupt due to the vulnerable situation of the industry. Those who survived have opted for certain strategies to regain the shareholders’ confidence on their stocks. Some have paid off

Since then, the mission of this faith is to spread the faith across the world. Roman Catholicism is defined as “the faith, doctrine or polity of the Roman Catholic Church”

Lyndon Johnson stepped up the US intervention as a way of showing his courage and culling the favor of conservatives, who he feared would see him as weak because of his liberal domestic policies.  Johnson could have gone down in history as one of the greatest and most popular liberal reformers in US history if it wasn’t for his compromising, draining, and ultimately unpopular fascination with Vietnam as a foreign policy issue.

Finally, this work will use a practice example design process for structural components. American Recycled Plastic, Inc located in Champaign, Illinois states that structural plastic lumber is manufactured using HDPE

The main basis of integration in the region was the adoption of a common market, a major legislative program that would eventually result in the elimination of non-tariff trade restrictions. The elimination of these barriers was targeted to create a larger integrated market for goods and services enabling the achievement of economies of scale.

Most of the traits are quite opposite to American values. What I have noticed is that Americans are not always straight forward and usually say what they think will be liked by other people. Americans are not very healthy because junk food dominates American meals. Compared with Germans, Americans are not as healthy, good looking, or strong.  

r concern in this field are the negative externalities emitted by the US subsidies allotted to its domestic producers in order to make their yield appear competitive in the global market, but this move on part of the US government harms the West African nations which depend on

A galactic-centered swell of known and researched old stars, either big or small, usually is hundreds of times the mass of the hole in the center. A. Cattaneo et al. express that it seems that galaxies' pattern and their apertures have a strong association. This paper is to observe what kind of impact a black hole can have on a universe.

To develop a universally applicable construct, several proxy variables for height are considered in the literature. A gender-specific validation study is performed and it is seen that none of them are performing well in predicting height, especially for females. There is a significant difference between the heights actually measured and the heights predicted from the proxy variables.

Facebook is indeed a phenomenon and there is reason enough to believe such a hypothesis. For the sake of discussion here, a particular population

She lived in an apartment complex with her husband of two years, Tony Smith. The victim was a stay-at-home wife but was currently looking for a job. Included in her routine are trips to the

Lituya Bay is a T-shaped tidal inlet lying on the northeast shore of the Gulf of Alaska. Miller writes that Lituya Bay shores and the adjacent area have been uninhabited since about 1940, but in the years after that, the fiord–like bay had increasingly been used by fishermen as an overnight anchorage for their trolling boats.

In an article entitled Jonathan James – 15 Year-Old Cybercriminal Who Hacked NASA published on the website, What’s the latest? on June 20, 2010, revealed the criminal escapade involving hacking. The US Legal defines computer hacking as “intentionally accessing a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access” (US Legal, 2010, par. 1).

Nevertheless, the slow and inflexible workers who resist change management policies and practices are not demanded and inducted by business companies because they are viewed as incompetent in today’s challenging business arena.

The bombs that were thrown in the population contained a mixture of mustard gas and nerve gas agents that had devastating effects, including blindness, cancer, omitting, convulsions, vomiting. As many as 5000 people lost their lives in that attack that also cost people who survived and their offspring the chances of everyday life.

sense of Dengs warning against the leftist political thought and social force in light of China as a socialist state and a country ruled by a Communist party? How the party states post-1989 disciplinary power in communication and media has suppressed popular social protests and

The CST was designed for differentiating business within the sector of tourism on the basis of the degree to which the businesses conform to a sustainable form of cultural, natural and social resource management.

Unemployment benefits are given to only those people who are registered to be unemployed. Registration usually makes sure that these people are looking for employment but aren’t getting work. This reduces the misuse of

In addition, plain English disclosures will help protect investors with the federal securities laws. This is with the reality in mind that not all investors are lawyers, accountants or investment bankers. (4) The writer

Common assault is a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is also a summary offence. Common assault is committed when a person causes another person to ‘apprehend’ the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant. The penalty and mode of trial for this offence are provided for in section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act. 

The play is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, dealing with a man raised to great heights – Lear, the protagonist, is the king, a man in his old age, and a father (Kossick, 1999: 21) – who

The author of the paper argues in a well-organized manner that although Hong Kong has around 1100 kindergartens and child care centers, and over 95% of their preschool-age population attends preschools, education for these young children has received however comparatively lower priority than that in primary, secondary, or tertiary education.

Over the past year, we invited his majesty, King Norodom Sihamoni of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as a state guest of Japan. His majesty accepted this invitation and met with their majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan for the 55th anniversary

Lowe Companies, Inc. is a publicly-traded company founded in 1946.  It is a US-chain store specializing in retail and home improvements.  As of January 2011, Lowe Companies stores are located in 1,749 locations in several areas of the United States, Canada and Mexico that employ 161,000 personnel. (Yahoo Finance)  Company website: Lowes.com.

tance of scientific research on animals within a laboratory, the question then becomes how much inhumanness humankind is willing to accept before it gives up on the medical breakthroughs that animal testing provides. It seems that, in the past, mankind was not willing to give up

This moral virtue is the main subject of his book Ethics. For the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, “we are not made good or bad by nature” (II.5). Man is good only if he does good, and bad if he does otherwise. Moreover, he defines this

The speaker begins with a power statement, discussing the life of an individual that went to live with Indians to spread the word of God and then extends this instance to her own life. In beginning the speech in this way the viewer is immediately drawn into the presentation and begins questioning their own faith and life meaning and the extent they would go to help others.

Currently, many economies are grappling with debt problems that have paralyzed virtually about all sectors in the countries. Greece for example has been hit by the worst dept crisis in history and this has caused major riots where citizens are feeling the hardships and difficulties of living in an economy that is starved and grappling with the problem of huge debits from financiers.

Accepting gifts from his constituents might result in biased decisions on his part, considering that some of the gifts are very expensive. He should not receive anything of economic value other than those required or allowed by law because it might influence him in the discharge of his duties as a public official.

The financial accountants of a company prepare the financial statements like the balance sheet and profit and loss account which is mainly use by the external stakeholders of the company (e.g. the shareholders, bank, government etc). The

This is because of the belief that Six Sigma drives the organization in one direction while innovation drives it in the opposite direction. In other words, innovation involves variation, failure,

For this reason, several theories have been advanced in a bid to try and explain the process of public policy making. The theories are different from each other as they rely on very different parameters and basis for

The two countries fell apart soon after the Second World War ostensibly because of the economic ideologies that were advance by the two (Aronson 2001). US advocated for capitalism while USSR strongly practiced communism and were hell-bent to propagate it to as many nations as

I took up tertiary education at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. I graduated with a Degree of Pre-school Education in 2006. After college, I was able to gain

While imagining like a child, family is everything that a child has, security, social needs, psychological needs among other needs come from the family. This essay intends to show various effects that a child faces in an event of parent

Once again we find ourselves in a situation wherein we must explain our existence and why the right to bear arms must never be allowed to become politically influenced by the president. It pains me no end to hear

The free flow of information is the basic characteristic of the modern world. Pioneers of the modern world anticipated that the modern world would find a solution to most of its problems if it attains the state of free flow of information. Although free flow or availability of information provides a solution to the modern world problems, it fails to become a complete solution to most of our problems.

It benefits both individuals and teams by improving their confidence and attitudes, promoting better understanding through interactions, and also fosters adaptability to varying circumstances. According to Lencioni (2002), there are attributes in a team that promote effectiveness and coordinate teamwork yielding good results.  

Human Resource Department presents a new organizational chart that indicates lesser individuals are hired, with fewer boxes to save 10% on expenses, and reducing four positions. The new organizational chart is geared towards serving the various internal departments.

Wars and conflicts have led to the massive destruction of social cultural heritages, and the economic and political well-being of individual countries and societies. Some wars have proved serious to an extent of attracting the international community to strategize and come up with viable and accommodating resolutions to conflicts.