Miscellaneous Essays

The Hague tribunal has not succeeded in sending a clear message of condemnation of rape. The tribunal only pursues cases where crime is deemed against humanity, the crime is systematic and widespread. However, The Hague later ruled that the incidents of mass rape constituted a crime against humanity.

McDonald’s being one of the largest food chains in the world refocused its strategy on producing healthy foods because due to the increased incidences of obesity in major markets i.e. the US and the UK, consumers became more health-conscious and made conscious choices while purchasing food products. 

The European Court of Justice or the ECJ has all along been deciding how EC laws are to be effected in the Member States. Since the Community has become a Union of citizens, the ECJ strives to make these laws effective for individuals within the Member States. Community law produces independent rights, brought to citizens.

Since we all are waiting for some time in the 'future' to invest our savings, it is the present that can suffer. For the society collectively, a penny "saved" may not be a penny "earned." What we hold true for an individual may not be beneficial for the whole society.

The labor movements have been instrumental in enacting laws protecting labor rights in the 19th and 20th centuries. Labor rights have seen integral to the social and economical developments since the industrial revolution. Nowadays most organizations are mugged with the problem of discrimination, and health and safety issues in one or another way.

Genuine incentive compensation means paying CEOs based on a strong business strategy and suitable measures for gauging their accomplishment. It means internal equity where the basis of compensation makes sense to both employees and investors. And it means transparency where the compensation package can be disclosed without embarrassment.

The global credit crisis has led to severe loss to individuals as well as to the business entities resulting in economic decline of the country. In view of the aforementioned reason, the government of United Kingdom stated that restoring confidence in the economy will be the top priority by saving over 6 billion from spending during this year through cutting waste and low value programmes (www.hm-treasury.gov.uk)

It was a tiny island just one degree north of the equator. It had sunny weather the whole year round. I thought it was a great way to pick up a tan as well. I took off on a huge Boeing plane from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Los Angeles. I was on the plane for over sixteen hours, which was inclusive of a stopover at Tokyo International Airport.

Behaviorism identified mental states with behavioral dispositions; physicalism in its most influential version identifies mental states with brain states. According to functionalism, mental states are constituted by their causal relations to one another and to sensory inputs and behavioral outputs.

Looking further in response to what she wrote shows that there is a lot of truth in what she alledges. Two of the major sources for access to healthcare for low-income citizens are Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Both of these, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation have been "successful at helping to reduce the number of low-income children and moderate the increase in the uninsured population." (kff.7488).

Hiromi Goto's novels put food even more centrally into the nexus of issues surrounding identity and home. In the home of Chorus of Mushrooms, three generations of women struggle over conflicting ideas of ethnic identity, but the arguments are not over female body shape, but rather, acculturation.

The discussion includes research findings using related books, academic journals, and recent newspaper and magazine articles on the topic that is causing a lot of tension for reasons that will be shown below. The drop in real estate market prices is not an isolated event.

An important application involves the use of gas-filled liposomes (GFL) to detect the flow of liquid through porous materials in oil fields (Morris et al, 2007; Staniford, 2007)). The rationale for using GFL in MRI based oil recovery is that the air filled vesicles are difficult to magnetise and therefore could function as pressure sensors to enhance the detection of oil flow through porous rock (Bencsik and Ramanthan, 2001).

Out of these financial institutions, Lehman brothers went bankrupt and Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac were seized. The only fortunate institution among the ones listed above was AIG which was lucky enough to be bailed out by the U.S. Federal Reserve. All these recent happenings can be related to what is known as "The Big Bank Theory" of finance and economics (PinoyMoney.com, 2008).

Its basic functions of information, entertainment, education, consensus and advertisement remain unchanged; in fact media has become more democratic and decentralized. Democracy can be defined as a people-centric system that governs the state for people's benefit.

Rather, content items may need to be added or organized differently in order for them to match the new specifications for the chapters. In the first chapter, the majority of content items in the current chapter match those in the new expectations. Both of these documents consist of the following items: Introduction, Background, Statement of the problem, Purpose, Research questions, Definition of terms, and Summary.

Michael Apted's 1992 film Thunderheart was based on the real-life events of the murder of two FBI agents on a South Dakota Indian Reservation. The film starred Val Kilmer as the principal in the role of an ambitious young FBI agent of part Sioux heritage who is among a team of three agents sent to investigate a series of murders on the reservation.

The job market has been bolstered by the seasonal increase in the transportation and retail sectors, but has also seen increases in government, private education, and health care. Of particular interest in the employment status in Virginia is the type of jobs being created. "The state also recorded its highest-ever nonfarm payroll employment of nearly 3.83 million in November".

Mathematics and mathematical concepts are often associated with professional areas such as accounting or educator. Children begin learning the basic components of mathematical concepts at a very young age. Later in their academic life, students are often told of the many ways that these same mathematical concepts will influence and shape their future careers.

This study basically draws on the policy based convergence/divergence parameters for the continuous analysis for a proper articulation of the HRM strategy at broader level though its theoretical underpinnings are based on the need to focus attention on the evolving environment of competition.

Alienation and dissatisfaction are perhaps the hallmarks of the modern teenager, but in this novel, they are taken to an extreme level. Indeed, one of the characters, Holden Caulfield, has become perhaps the most infamous character in all of literature. Many real people, often of a disturbing nature, have found a home within Holden’s search for an identity.

Whereas, the other business giant, IBM specializes in providing a host of software and hardware components and services and is the most successful and leading organization in the IT industry. JP Morgan Chase, in 2002, decided to outsource a significant portion of its IT infrastructure through IBM.

We will describe the company's profile and operational details, identify hazards and control risks, as well as discuss the role of the company's OH&S committee. Waratah Engineering Pty. Ltd. was originally established in 1923 in Waratah, Newcastle, to provide engineering services to the local BHP Steelworks.

Conditions change and opportunities arise and disappear. Recent references to such concepts as globalization, multinationalism, transnationalism, and the viability of the traditional nation-state have proliferated as decision-makers attempt to determine whether our era is one of expanding opportunities, decreasing opportunities, or something of a more hybrid nature.

This is a return of almost $.40 per share per year. Because in 1993 the company’s shares were trading at $3.18 the investor would have received a return of well over 150% during the 12-year time frame from dividends and return of capital. Dividend growth has also been strong especially from 2001 through 2005.

People believe that to succeed at a certain thing, one needs to be obsessed with it, giving up one‘s entire life and its pleasures. Shakespeare explains that this is not important; in fact, it may impede the process of learning, because true learning doesn’t only come from books. Real learning has a lot to do with observing and living real life.

Because of this perception, the government feels responsible in sustaining economic growth and ensures a high quality of life by sustaining the efficient operations of companies by granting them tax perks, subsidies, and protection. However, as resources are scarce and limited, granting financial aid to business organizations reduces the fund which should be utilized for social and welfare programs.

The 1960s were, after all, a decade of great social upheaval, and the decade has also come to refer and be known in regards to the complex of inter-related cultural and political events which occurred in approximately that period, in Western countries, particularly Britain, France, the United States and West Germany.

Strategic management, in general, aims to influence the beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviours of management and employees, as well as other stakeholders. Behavioral management emphasizes a psychological approach to understanding and explaining human behavior within the organizational setting, and recognizing that a clear relationship exists between employee participation, productivity, staff and customer satisfaction.

When English jurist John Austin said ‘Law is the command of a sovereign backed by a sanction’, he essentially implied that law was a creation of an authority whose legal policies were supported by sanctions that would ensure the members under the authority obeyed the rules. But consider the flip side. What if an authority with scant respect for morality creates rules that oppose natural law?

With the services of the .NET framework in hand, the programmer does not need to deal with the complex details of the Operating System, instead, he could just use the functionalities provided by the .NET framework and use them to make the intended applications. The .NET platform (framework) composes of many components.

YMCA also helped in founding some colleges and universities. Springfield College came about as an international training school in 1885, initially for YMCA professionals. The Sir George Williams University was founded to provide night courses in Montreal before it later became the other half of what became Concordia University today.

It had joined along with nine other similar corporations, each with two cabs only, to form a bigger combine. Carlton is a stock holder in all the ten corporations. Only the minimum insurance liability required by the law is carried by the cabs. Though seemingly independent, these corporations are operated as a single entity.

The Catholic interpretation of the Bible is called Catholic Hermeneutics. In general sense the term hermeneutics is connected with the mane of the Greek god Hermes. He was the messenger and interpreter of the gods. So hermeneutics is the interpritation of the text.The very term Catholic hermeneutics refers to the understanding of Christianity within Roman Catholicism.

The reasons for the declining importance of OW wineries are many. For one they seem oblivious of the fact that there is a new class of consumers, who prefer to order their wine based on some intrinsic attribute and not want to be burdened by any lengthy learning process.

Before discussing 'Translation as a norm-governed activity' in context with Toury's research work, it is useful to study the scope of translation before Toury, so that to acquire a better idea of what uniqueness Toury has added to the field of Translation studies.

As an organisation seeking to expand to foreign markets, one has to take into account the vigorous criticisms of commentators on multinationals. These criticisms fall into an alarming number of bands, but particularly the cultural impact of multinationals on developing nations.

The trademark prevents others from using it to create confusion. It does not bar others to make similar goods but without the trademark. Though it is not compulsory to register a trade mark, the claimant should have been using it in his business before any one started using it.

"Carnal Knowledge" suggests that individuals will never find complete faith unless they seek it for the correction reasons and not for extraneous rewards. Jim, through whose eyes T.C. Boyle writes the story, begins "Carnal Knowledge" with the beliefs that most people have about eating meat.

More specifically the paper examines the technique to John Brandon's sense of power in the film. Hitchcock is regarded as one of the most brilliant film directors that ever lived. This was due largely to his interest in narrative possibilities. This paper is concerned with Hitchcock's use of movement as a narrative in the film Rope (1948) and Hitchcock's use of it to illustrate Brandon's motives during the film.

The research conducted by Herrera and Lim (2003) aimed to analyze the job satisfaction of certified athletic trainers specifically those who are employed by selected NCAA Division IAA institutions with football programs. The study involved a sample of 138 certified athletic trainers.

When the property market became normal in 1945 the claimants demanded that the entire rent from 1945. Denning J held that they were entitled to do so but he also opined that they would not be able to claim the rent between 1940- 1945 i.e. the reduction in rent. This essentially entails that promissory estoppel has a suspensory effect. 

That is why to capitalize on far cheaper labor in the developing world; production has been increasingly shifted to the developing world to drive costs down. And the very practice has served as the engine of growth for this era of globalization. At no point has the world economy in total been so huge .And both the developing and the developed world has reaped the benefits of such prosperity.

Through the years, more understanding of the connection between hygiene and infection was obtained that led to improvements in the hospital setting which was later coupled with the introduction of the use of antiseptics during surgery. Ironically, there are reports that hospital-acquired infections are resurfacing.

In today’s confusing moral environment, people look to movies and books that may teach them what to do. The environment is so full of stories that teach human beings a lot. However, these stories may only be seen from the beholder’s eyes. Penguins, for example, in March of the Penguins, can teach us lessons from their examples.

This report traces the path of Nokia's coming into existence and hence reaching heights of success. It evaluates the importance of SWOT analysis in a better understanding of a business domain. Through SWOT, this report analyses Nokia's internationalisation strategies required in identifying the right industry and the right country for investing.

Interestingly, where risk is described, defined and explained, it falls very much within the realm of science. However, when we talk about talking it, it shows its effect in the form of an art. This is because of the fact that chalking out the premise for any school of thought is the easy part; the problem arises when on ground realities are to be dealt with in real-time.

Details on the website show that the Welsh Assembly Government works to protect the environment by various strategies, policies and regulations that will prevent and control the pollution. The document on air quality standards tells about the extent to which the policies are made regulated so that there is no or minimum pollution caused by non natural entities.

He initially took some really bold decisions, which paid out within few years. One of the first things that Ollila did after becoming the CEO was to develop a team, free of politics, with all the members aimed to achieve the single goal. No one can reach destination without determining any path.