Miscellaneous Essays

The heroine Antigone defines beingness - the ability to question, the willingness to fight authority and the readiness to take decisions in the face of dire consequences in attempt to lend meaning to one's own existence. The king Creon stands for the state -- the weapon of curtailment of human faculty, the oppressive force which can only question originality and not acknowledge it, the power that commands to conform and punishes the non-conformist.

Recently this promise land of higher education has become threatened by the national and state government's tightening of the reins of both public and government funding, making the future outlook of the colleges bleak. Just like the rest of America's economy, higher education is taking a downhill turn as the UC system continues to spiral downhill.

It has been documented that early diagnosis of a meniscal tear is pivotal in ensuring a positive outcome in such clinical events. Relevant anatomy of the meniscus is important in understanding this phenomenon better. Originating from the geniculate arteries, the meniscal arteries supply only the 25% of the cartilage matter of the peripheral meniscus, where the central area of the menisci receive nutrition from the surrounding synovial fluid.

The intimidating tone of the letter would tell what a kind of power a politician in a much regularised and non liberalized society wields. When a domestic company itself was ruled by red tapism because of the license raj, it wouldn't be difficult to surmise what kind of transgressions an American company would have endured to make its inroads into the unexplored Indian Soft drink Market.

It took quite a journey for jazz music to gain respect and permanence - attributes that it holds in the present, nearly a century after its birth. The roots of jazz are surprising. Every Sunday in Congo Square of New Orleans, hundreds of slaves would gather to dance and play instruments.

In the first half of 1900, it was obvious that industrial advances had brought about big business growth which, in turn, called for an increase in transportation and communication. The Industrial Revolution peaked in England, and satellite businesses and an expanding need for merchants created a middle class between the upper and lower classes that dominated the 18th and 19th centuries.

The industry is involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of motor vehicles. The industry is involved in the production and sales of more that 70milino cars in the world. There are major places in the industry with Japan leading as the world's largest car producer of its brand Toyota.

In view of my artistic inclinations, I opt to pursue undergraduate studies at (Name of School). With these in mind, I fervently want to further hone my artistic skills which have been initially enhanced by my high school education at (Name of High School), a school that specializes in the arts and graphic design.

This in itself caused tension as involvement in the First World War was seen to be causing the majority of the problems Russia was experiencing internally. The February Revolution saw a largely bloodless transfer of power from the Tsar. The regime that came into being was an alliance between liberals and socialists who wanted to instigate political reform, creating a democratically elected executive and constituent assembly.

Dr. Golde who treated Moore at the UCLA recommended a line of treatment that included an operation to remove Moore's spleen. A consent regarding that was obtained from Moore and a through a operation Moore's spleen was removed in the same year. After the operation Moore under the treatment of the Chief Physician Dr.

By culture of caution Patterson means the tendency to be insecure, which has been instilled into West Indians, especially Jamaicans, as a result of the numerous challenges that The Caribbean islands have presented to these West Indians over time. Challenges like slavery, poverty, overpopulation, the post-emancipation plantation system, eroded peasant hillsides, earthquakes, volcanoes, and hurricanes, which flatten or burn everything in sight from time to time, and are capable of pulling whole cities under the sea.

Witnessing nature from this point of view allows for Burns to capture a true aspect, as in its, "sounding shore" (1) and its "dashing roar" (2) its "deep green-mantled earth" (7) its "floweret's" (8) and its "azure skies" (13). Moreover, while his focus on nature is beautifully displayed, he finds a way to capture the joys of a human essence in the final stanza; this seems to show Burns's likeness of himself in another through his eyes, as when he first encountered the power of Mother Nature.

Rebekah Nathan states, "In the end, the paths taken by higher education may be out of all our hands, but understanding our stake in these messages, as students and teachers, and making those stakes known, is our only chance of affecting the way the story of the modern university will unfold" (Nathan 156).

On a less affirmative note, modern stories of parents assailing coaches or officials show the presence of parents in sports. Parents patrol the tangential, shout encouragement from the bleacher, and frequently coach, whether legitimately dispersed the task or not. Considerable financial investments frequently match this poignant investment.

Andre’ Masson’s mannequin had her head dressed as a birdcage and her mouth covered with a black velvet hand: Man Ray showed his mannequin with large tears running down her face and soap bubbles foaming out of the hair. The project of questioning art object’s in relationship to the gallery centers around several assumptions. 

In addition, these contractors are professionals and know the risks of entering a war zone2. Therefore the real question to ask is whether these individuals are civilians, because they are an integral part of military tactical planning. However, if civilian contractors are deemed to be in fact truly civilian then the US government will be in breach of International protections afforded to civilians in time of war3.

2003). These responsibilities together with the meaning and consequences of the precaution principle implementation are among the most intensively debated themes in scholarly community these days. However, despite the ongoing debate which regularly generates controversial findings related to precaution the principle increasingly appears in the international treaties and its relevance has already been strongly established in the public opinion.

The significance of counseling in schools has increased considerably as students undergo various types of mental and psychological pressures both at home and in schools. It is the duty of the counselor to see that each student develops his personality in the right way by giving him/her the confidence to "handle both the academic and emotional challenges".

I wanted to give you some of my initial thoughts about the upcoming meeting and would appreciate any feedback that you could offer me. The meeting will take place in their offices and will be attended by CEO Hans Buser and the CFO Janet McSwain. In addition, they have requested to have some outside consultants who are experts in the educational field attend the presentation.

Drawing on ways of tackling this decline in rates the Total Testing[TM] was employed to monitor student performance in relation to other factors than grades during students' studies. Included in TM are the Nurse Entrance Test (NET), Comprehensive Achievement Profiles, Exit/Mobility Test (PreRN Examination and RN Assessment) and the Advanced Concepts Tests (Critical Thinking and Health Promotion).

Tourism has many benefits it is an important contributor to economic well-being and stability; “to employment opportunity; underachievement; and a significant measure of a national equality and quality of life”. The benefits of tourism not only end here, tourism also helps in spreading culture and increasing export activities.

When taken to extremes, either in society or analysis, it can become problematic. We can identify the obstacles it presents in life by the negative depiction of an 'egotistical person' or 'their ego got in the way'. Though as a philosophy it is untenable, it is useful in the development of society, economic systems, and our study of altruistic behavior.

Greek sculpture from the Archaic period (600-480 BC) to the end of the Classical period (480-323 BC) changed aesthetically due to a changed perception of the human body and form; American films have changed since the first production in 1912 due to changes in technology and also the mindset of the filmmakers and viewing audiences.

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On the other hand, medical experts comment that aiding in the patient's death goes against a physician's duty to preserve life (University of Washington School of Medicine). However, it is said that the four factors judge the decision of euthanasia or physician assisted suicide: level of patient suffering, the extent to which the patient requested death, the age of the patient, and the degree of curability of the illness.

Every person has one or more disabilities. It might be physical or psychological disability. One of the main reasons of learning disabilities is the lack of concentration. Student's thoughts divert very easily. They could not keep up their concentration level up to the mark.

She lost her father in 1881. She realized that as she belonged to the first generation of college women, she had obligations to the society. She did not marry because in her times, it was not common for the married women to follow a career. She remained unmarried throughout her life and concentrated on whatever she chose to do.

The aim now is to create a lawful marriage between the core niceties of the business and the increasingly expanding business operations. The other major problem that is the business faces is with regards to human resource management; Kathy may have the revenues for expansion but does she have the pertinent man-power with specialized gourmet skills which will allow her to expand her business operations and still manage to keep the gourmet specialization that is the crux of her business.

At a glance, one might conclude that the United States Naval Aviation caters both. However, the thing here is which of these category does this industry caters greater This industry is better known as the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The website navair.navy.mi (2007) defined the industry as ".The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is a United States Navy command, headquartered in Patuxent River, Md., with military members and civilian employees stationed at eight principal continental United States sites and two principal sites overseas.NAVAIR provides unique engineering, development, testing, evaluation and management capabilities to deliver airborne weapons systems that are technol

This paper is confidential and its contents are to be treated as privileged and circulated only among people who need to know about Mrs. D for the purpose of treatment and care. Obviously, she has been under treatment for osteoporosis and also substance abuse.

(McK hereafter) because both are in the business of providing intensively knowledge-based solutions to human problems. GSK develops pharmaceutical and health care products aimed at curing humans suffering from sicknesses or ill health while McK suggests ideas and solutions to restore health to sick organisations.

The service delivery system is defined as the system used to link the external and internal affairs in an industry or an organization. The service delivery system mainly works for the consumer satisfaction. The service delivery system may be a single person or a group of persons working for the beneficial of the consumer to distribute the goods or the services.

Our school has got students from diverse backgrounds, and I learned a lot from them. The cultures were different; I learned how to accept them. Today I am so confident that I believe that I can adapt to any conditions. I come into contact with different religions people every day.  As I am used to these diverse cultures, I can get along with them very freely. They are very friendly, helpful.

One can understand why this is the case; through the policy, numerous Americans have been sheltered against some of the challenges that can result from retirement. (President Bush, 2)  Given that social security, reform is an agenda for many interest groups in the company, then it is essential to sieve some of the sources of this information so as to come up with a comprehensive and balanced social reform plan.

Slaughterhouses were privately owned, the workforce treated as family. The town of Greeley, Colorado, for example, was very dependant on the Monfort Plant within their local economy. The company, community, and its workers maintained a state of balance and equilibrium: pay based on skill, benefit of paternal run plants, the company and its workers prospered.

The impact of depression in the elderly will also be examined. The examination will be done using a literature review. Depression in the elderly is a significant problem. Co-morbidity of depression and dementia in the elderly make it hard to evaluate these patients.

American progress is portrayed as a product of cultural and psychological infiltration. The narrator associates American identity to conduct rather than nationality and calls Americans a mental illness. For the narrator, any person who over-consumes, is fond of technology, and commits senseless crime is an American.

Studies have shown there is a very strong relationship between the two. Gambling is an extremely addictive hobby and is very hard to control especially as a teenager. Teenagers can fall into this terrible addiction extremely quickly. Teenagers that try gambling once are much more likely to come back again in comparison to adults. Their willpower is not as strong.

Since the cell membranes represent semi-permiable membranes, the processes of diffusion and in particular, osmosis, are clearly evident. The importance of these two processes is based on the fact that they determine the distribution of nutrients and the disposal of waste products of metabolism.

This problem question raises some issues from homicide and inchoate offenses. In order to answer this question, it is necessary to discuss the transferred malice, conspiracy, and men's rea of Ben, Carl and Drew. The criminal liability of Ben, Carl and Drew is discussed below. Gabrielle and her personal trainer, Carl may be liable for conspiracy.

One stream examines the procedural issues surrounding alliance formation including entry motivations, partner selection, governance structures, and alliance evolution. The other investigates the consequences of alliances such as alliance duration or stability and their influence on partner firms’ performance.

John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern are the individuals who are associated to the game assumptions and presented their prevalent endowment in the script called the 'Theory of Games and Economic Behavior'. The tome consists of zero- sum non- accommodating playoffs, which give you an idea about the Maxim in elucidation produced by John Von Neumann in 1928.

He believes and explains through his theory that, earlier human beings acquired the ability to invent new ideas, concepts and mental patterns. This took place during the Upper Paleolithic Age. As a result, human beings became highly creative and invented religion, culture, art, science, machinery and language.

The hypothesis in this discussion is that: nutritional imbalance is a resultant factor in cognitive decline. We shall review related studies and literature to support this hypothesis which aims to create awareness among all individuals to continue trying to find the nearest approach to cure and prevention of cognitive abnormalities.

Cons: 3) The feminine style of management and, more generally, qualities traditionally associated with women are quite often adopted by men both intentionally and unintentionally; 4) any generalization risks to ignore exceptions, and in the case of the ability to listen the real number of equally attentive men is too great; 5) this statement seems to be mostly prescriptive instead of being descriptive, which bespeaks stereotypic thinking rather than reveals real state of affairs.

There are certain encumbrances attached to the House that has been sold by Brian to Pamela. It is under this scenario that we are asked to analyse the encumbrances and how it may or may not affect Pamela. This paper analyses the predicament of Pamela and what she can do to lessen the associated problems.

The SOX as it is called came into being on June 30th, 2002. This was put into practice as a result of fraudulent practices in companies like World Com, Global Crossing, and Enron. These companies were caught and eventually went on to admit their misrepresentation of financial statements by billions and billions of dollars.

As per the detailed survey, 4 years back by CAS, the use of Cannabis is endorsed by 44.5% of the Canadian population is reported to have Marijuana once in a lifetime and 14.1% can be considered addict.70% of 15 to 24 years old have taken Marijuana on a regular manner. Against the national average of 44.5%, British Columbia has a fair share of 52.1%.

His experience is quite expansive within the genre. But, during the overview of the current situation, it was observed that John’s intercepts on the entire IPO process are very fearful. He is afraid of the fact that the genre is completely new because of which the team members would not be able to help in the matter.

The national income may not always be a true indicator of the quality of life and the average standard of living, at times it may mislead. The average standard of living may not be a decisive factor in judging a nation’s economic performance. The two important contributors to national income are GNP and GDP which have their effects on the total figure.