Miscellaneous Essays

The author of the paper states that the oil drilling industry provides a large proportion of employment to mechanical engineers; it not only provides employment in the oil fields but also in the oil refinery plants. They provide very competitive salaries and wages and often provide a good venue for career advancement.

There are, however, additional duties which in-house counsel typically fulfill and a brief look at the in-house counsel at Price Waterhouse is illustrative in this respect. This essay, in particular, will address how in-house counsel function as advisors to other departments and the training functions which they perform within their business organization.

In most cases, they have the tendency to commit suicide because they "often feel worthless, helpless, and hopeless about their ability to fix things" (http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/bipolar/serious.asp). William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" depicts the main character Hamlet as a man of gloomy thoughts and soliloquies.

The painting era in Dutch antiquity too is the ‘Dutch golden age’ and the inception of this era took place in the 17th century when Dutch as a state was blooming. The painters in this era have left the deepest impact on the world of art and creativity. The paintings produced in this period were representing a set of themes.

This becomes evident when we watch Okonkwo and those around him cope with their changing culture. Resistance to change emerges as a significant point as well as proselytization. His society is in danger and Okonkwo wants to resist the change that he can see coming over the horizon.

‘Love’ through universal in acceptance is so personal to the individual. Myriads of tales narrate the experiences of lovers – some successful some not, some happy but some sad, some winners and some losers, some victorious others defeated. Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ is a rich amalgamation of so many exploits of the lovers that stirs intense feelings and emotions within the hearts of its audiences.  

It is a Roman replica of a famous work of Praxiteles in the Hellenistic period. The second work is The Tyche of Antioch, also a bronze statue located in the first to second century CE in Syria, during the Roman Period. Sculpted by Tartus it is also a Roman replica of the work of the Greek sculptor Eutychides of Sikyon. 

All godly ministers aim to become effective pastors. A serious-minded church member also desires the same for his own pastor. The Effective Pastor by Peter Whites, though primarily for ministers, is of value to all Christians. The book is written from outside the American context.

But after launching a restaurant his job profile has changed and now he has to execute and display all his managerial abilities. As Henry Mintzberg (1975) discussed in detail about the ten management roles of the manager, on the basis of it we will discuss Jamie Oliver's managerial roles.

Fittingly, women were to strive after four virtues: piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. Not surprisingly, given the revolutionary events happening worldwide during the first half of the nineteenth century, many of the early feminist thinkers rose up against this way of thinking.

Luton airport has an efficient communication network which enables fast and reliable communication between its employees and to aid management when they are deliberating over any decision that they may need to make. They have implemented a system made by Unisys which has enabled Luton to gain the competitive edge over other airports in their efficient management of resources, control their expenses while at the same time collecting and storing data.

Seaports are not exempt from implementing a risk management plan. Seaports are especially susceptible to risks since they have incoming and outgoing ocean vessels daily. A risk management plan would allow a seaport to manage risks such as security breaches, public relations, on-site injuries among others.

He identified the following general stages: 1) The Scribbling Stage; 2) Pre-schematic Stage; 3) Schematic Stage- between 7 - 9 years; 4) Gang Age- between 9 - 11 years; and 5) Stage of Reasoning at 11 -13 years. In the early stage of development, between ages 2 - 4 years, a child has limited control over his motor activity.

Success led him to start making his own sweets to sell, and in 1913, another shop was opened. After Joseph passed away in 1919, his sons took over and formed J.W. Thornton Ltd in 1921, which by then already consisted of four sweet shops and a fruit shop.

To learn about the application of justice, as it is applied to the individual cases that are heard before the federal bench each day.  A role in which the justices are expected, under the clearly expressed terms of the court, to give a fair hearing to those that have come before their collective governing body, all the while maintaining a clear interpretation of the constitution.

The source is called a totem. This cult got the name of totemism. Thus the totem is before all a symbol, a material expression of something else. It expresses and symbolizes two different sorts of things. In the first place, it is the outward and visible form of what we have called the totemic principle or god. But it is also the symbol of the determined society called the clan.

A misrepresentation is a false statement of fact made by one party to another, which, whilst not being a term of the contract, induces the other party to enter the contract. The effect of an actionable misrepresentation is to make the contract voidable, giving the innocent party the right to rescind the contract and/or claim damages.

Nowadays one can hardly find a more topical and debatable theme than globalization. Dozens of conferences and symposiums, hundreds of books, and thousands of magazine and newspaper articles are devoted to it. It is discussed and argued by scientists, politicians, businessmen, religious actors, people of art, and journalists.

This study aims to investigate the impact of Consensus of Adoption among the GSS support system and draw a conclusion based on the findings that relate to the outcomes of effective collaboration in a virtual environment. The dataset used for analysis was taken from the international collaborative learning trial, involving students from Uppsala University (Sweden) & AUT (New Zealand) conducted in the second semester of 2003. 

Kuwait lies on the northwestern shore of the Arabian Gulf.  Saudi Arabia abuts to the south and west.  Iraq also borders Kuwait in its northwest.  The country of Kuwait covers 17,818 km2 or about 7,000 mi2.  Its mainland terrain is mostly flat desert, but Kuwait also owns several islands in the Gulf such as Bubian, Warba, and Filikah. 

The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the same time: the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain.

Working capital is basically what an investor/entrepreneur/business owner is left with after deducting current liabilities from current assets. It is an indication of the liquidity of any business. The more the working capital, the more liquid is the business thought to be. Companies that have good working capital can do their day-to-day functions well and their operating expenses have a good amount to get covered by.

The situation in Japan in the first post-war years was more than just difficult. There was total isolation from the outer world. The state, which had lost during the war almost 40 % of its wealth, which has haven’t any raw material sources, was completely cut off from the exterior raw market.

Performance appraisal can be considered 360-degree feedback on an employee's performance since it is being provided by the supervisor (main rater), co-employees (peer-rater), and external customers (client raters) to the employees concerned or from the employee concerned to the management referred as upward appraisals (Edwards and Ewen, 1996).

World War II marked a fundamental loss of innocence for humanity, as the true potential for depravity of human beings became apparent upon the uncovering of the Nazi concentration camps and other atrocities. In effect, the world was left with a physical, economic and moral disaster from which a full recovery would be the most challenging reconstruction undertaking ever attempted.

The origins of Rock music can be explored through the attempts to understand the natural development of musical styles. A musical genre such as rock and roll does not simply come out of the music scene. It evolved from the moment a performance introduced a breakthrough that the audience perceived and admired due to its uniqueness.

The characteristics of a hero, however, go beyond the jurisdiction of strength, beauty, or goodness. It also lies in inner qualities like wisdom, extraordinary simplicity, fortitude in the face of adversity, and even genuine concern and caring nature which some people happen to practice in their daily lives without being noticed. 

Those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God are called Christians. They also believe on the incarnation of God, that is, God becoming man and the savior of humankind. These people, called Christians, recognize Jesus as the Christ or the Messiah. Christianity had its beginning as a Jewish sect and ia considered as an Abrahamic religion.

Media has various facets, these facets are essential to our everyday lives. Media refers to different mediums used as a form of communication with other people in certain ways. We often heard that communication is an integral part of development in all ways such as economic aspects, political aspects, and even our own self, psychological aspects.

In Japan, for instance, MacArthur employed his purging tactics strategically and in limited ways. The Imperial Family to a large extant was spared, top economic advisers were spared, and figureheads rather than larger groups were subjected to purges and punishment.

“The science of ‘Being’ as such, a supremely general study of existence and reality” was the label of the part under discussion given by Pearce in 1957 (1) to the thesis proposed by Aristotle, the student of Plato. Some philosophers, however, saw apparent inconsistency in Aristotle’s theory of matter (Wedin, 2002, 1).

They are violent supporters of Irish Nationalism and have not been a party to the cease-fire that is observed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). They are a shadowy group that operates in secrecy and with a well-hidden membership. Little is publicly known about their financing or their leadership. The information is taken from credible sources.

The study aims to understand the difference between normal and pathological mourning in the application of the conceptions of the internal processes as enunciated by Freud without a simple restatement of the academic work on attempt at simply rearranging passages from different authors on the subject of psychoanalysis and mourning.

The term 'humanities' which is synonymous with 'liberal arts' has its origin in the revival of classical learning that took place in the 15th and 16th centuries centering on the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages and literature, as well as ethical philosophy, rhetoric, grammar, and poetry (Anon.

The use of machinery was non-existent and any tools that they did use, they had to make them themselves. The people in those days used some techniques to make the structure more solid and airy. Folded corners, metal block tiles and the use of multi-faceted stones were incorporated to withstand earthquakes, for splitting stones they used Quarry-marks.

The stakes only get higher when it has to manage transformations and great upheavals, FMC’s predicament of change in “structure” being a case in point. The two facilities of FMC mentioned in this study, are radically apart in their manner of thinking, schemes of operation, and organizational outlook. 

The developing nations like India, China and Brazil blatantly refused to budge from their stand of extending protection to the indigenous producers of the critical agricultural products in return for a commensurate lowering of the tariffs on the industrial goods being produced by them (Bradsher 1).

Acute gout commonly known as gouty arthritis is a common recurrent clinical syndrome and is caused by an overproduction of uric acid or the inability of the kidney to clear uric acid from the system, this leads to sudden accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints leading to swelling and inflammation.

The laws of particular states should determine the mother or father of the child prior to birth. Both the commissioning couple and surrogate should obtain legal counsel before agreeing to and signing a contract. The best understanding of the law on surrogacy is as it pertains to the particular interest of the couple.

In this paper, I will be identifying and discussing the problems with applying Sociology to public issues. To make my point clearer, I will be using as a case study the article by Francis et al (2007) entitled "Attitude toward Christianity among secondary school pupils in Northern Ireland: shifts in denominational differences".

Scientists have recently identified some genes as playing a possible role in autism, and the exploration of synaptogenesis, therefore, becomes important as a future research project (“Autism and Communication;” Cline). Most of the studies so far have been with animals, and humans should be studied (Yishi). 

While operating locally in the United States, Sentara has received a nationwide acclaim for their quality and effective healthcare, ranking 4th out of 570 healthcare networks throughout the United States, reviewed by Modern Healthcare in their annual SDI report.

Leadership is necessary to build effective teams, and how each response to every circumstance is significant.  Teamwork should not only be a word of expression for any hidden personal agenda but should be a word by both parties with one mission and vision in the formation of a legacy functioning as a team and for the team.

When compared through meta-analysis, the difference in the strength of the correlation between therapists' personal religious attitudes or behaviors and their training in religious issues in relationship to their use of theology interventions in counseling is not significantly different (Walker, Gorsuch, & Tan, 2004).

Laws are amended and enacted in order to discourage law offenders from committing crimes. According to the National Crime Prevention Institute, the Crime prevention through environmental design or CPTED is an effective design of the natural environment that may decrease incidents of crime and strengthen the security of the people living in the community.

The bureaucracy of the contemporary church seems to be committed to such policies as these, with all the attendant trappings. Such documents as the Thirty-Nine Articlesare thought to command only historical interest, and even the texts of the Scriptures, where they conflict with directions of change might be changed to conform to the sensibilities of the community and its progressive causes.

Whereas the average per capita income in the industrialized world stands at over $27,000, in Africa the figure is just over $500. The implication is not just that the developed countries are, on the average, 51 times richer than Africa but that at a modest GDP growth rate of 3%, a figure which most African countries have been unable to attain, it would take Africa 120 years to arrive at the current developmental status of the industrialized countries (Obadina, 2008).

Also, lead precipitates to the environment from Lead based paints. Some of the uses of Lead include: use in the manufacture of batteries, used to make bullets or ammunition, in devices used to shield X-Rays, manufacture of paints and in the manufacture of pipes.

They had been playing with him all afternoon, burying him in the sand and digging him up again, when someone chanced to see them and spread the alarm in the village. The men who carried him to the nearest house noticed that he weighed more than any dead man they had ever known, almost as much as a horse, and they said to each other that maybe he'd been floating too long and the water had got into his bones.

Potential Output (or Natural Gross Domestic Product or Potential GDP) of an economy refers to the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that can be produced by an economy when all its factors of production are utilized at the maximum (Okun, 1983). In other words it can be meant as the maximum level of real Gross Domestic Product output that can be sustained in an economy for a long period without raising the inflation rate.