|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 3261 - 3270 of 12257 matching essays
- 3261: Microbursts
- ... reach the ground. Both types produce extremely dangerous shears which can occur with little or no warning. If a stationary microburst spreads inside an undisturbed environment, a perfect starburst outflow with an annular ring of high winds will be observed. In reality, however, the traveling motion of a microburst distorts the airflow form circular to an ellipse shape. The front-side wind intensifies while the back-side wind weakens, resulting in a crescent shaped area of high winds. No microbursts form on or near the ground. Instead, they descend from the bases of convective clouds. A microburst with its characteristic winds located above anemometer heights is called a "midair microburst". A midair ... catastrophic performance loss. These microbursts may produce damaging winds extending only 4.0 kilometers or less in the horizontal dimension. In spite of its small horizontal scale, an intense microburst could induce damaging winds as high as 74 meters per second. Characteristically, a microburst downdraft descends toward the ground and spreads out in a radial horizontal pattern which typically produces headwind to tailwind speed differences greater than 25 meters per ...
- 3262: America and Affirmative Action
- ... force people to hire unqualified minorities? No. But affirmative action programs should cause us as a society to re-evaluate how we access qualifications and how we measure merit. Let us become tenure Harvard Law School professors for just a moment. Suppose we have two applicants for an open associate professor position. The first candidate is White, a Harvard Law School graduate, has impressive board scores, served as editor of the Law Review, etc..., but has never practiced law before. The other candidate is Black, a Harvard Law School graduate, average board scores, has excellent person skills, and practiced law as the county defendant in an inner- city neighborhood. Under the traditional system of merit, the White Harvard graduate gets the appointment hands ...
- 3263: Abraham Of Chaldea
- ... his family to live in Sodom. When Abram was returning, the king of Sodom came out to meet him at the King's Valley along with Melchizedek, king of Salem and "priest of the most high God." 10 Melchizedek brought him bread and wine, and blessed him by saying, "Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand." 11 Hebrew tradition says that Melchizedek was Shem, son of Noah and survivor of the flood This tradidion believes he was still alive at the ...
- 3264: David Copperfield
- ... is immediately angered that his mother has betrayed his father and goes off to live with his aunt. A while later, David goes back home but quickly gets into trouble and is sent off to school. Dickens uses excellent description in his telling of this story and the reader can easily relate to the characters. The setting of a small town in England is standard in all of his novels, including ... up to be a learned and distinguished man, crushed in my breast." This directly relates to Dickens discussion of David in a wine house later in the novel. A couple of years later, Dickens attends school at the Wellington House Academy where he fell in love with Maria Beadnell but her father opposed the marriage and nothing became of it. David Copperfield is more of a biography of Dickens life made ... classic and may be considered his best work. There are times when the novel moves slowly, but the positives outweigh the negatives and David Copperfield is a book for everyone. That summer after returning from school he finds his new baby brother, and doesn't exactly know what to think of the situation. He soon must leave again for school but is actually happy for his mother. He and his ...
- 3265: Charismatic Leadership
- ... question · obey their leader and demonstrate sincere affection for him or her · are emotionally involved in the missions of the organization · believe that they can contribute to the success of the mission and thus have high performance goals. The theory also states that charismatic leaders have a strong need for power, high self-confidence and a strong belief in their vision. They are also likely to behave in ways that create an impression among followers and they will probably be found where there is high potential for ideological appeals. The attribution theory states that charismatic leaders advocate a vision that is highly discrepant from the status quo. They also need to be able to articulate that vision in a ...
- 3266: Juvenile Delinquency
- ... delinquency, rather than on the way individuals become delinquents. A series of studies have shown that delinquency rates are above average in the poorest sections of cities. Such areas have many broken homes and a high rate of alcoholism. They also have poor schools, high unemployment, few recreational facilities, and high crime rates. Many young people see delinquency as their only escape from boredom, poverty, and other problems. Social scientists have also studied the influence of other youngsters on those who commit delinquencies. For example, ...
- 3267: Telecomuting And Us
- ... with me. The reasons for and against telecommuting can be complex or simple depending on which view point you take. From a manager's view point telecommuting is a very dangerous undertaking that requires a high readiness level on the employee's part. Allowing an employee with a low (R1, or R2) readiness level to telecommute is not likely to result in a positive manner. When an employee has a high readiness level and a definite desire to attempt working in the home, for some reason or another, many factors should be considered. What kind of schedule does the employee feel constitutes telecommuting? Generally speaking, telecommuting ... jobs, obviously, can't be accomplished using a telecommuting format. Does the employee have a good track record for working unsupervised? This relates back to readiness levels. An employee who isn't performing at a high readiness level should not even be considered as a candidate for telecommuting. All of these questions and many more must be answered on a case by case basis. This particular venture into creative scheduling ...
- 3268: Haiti
- ... 7,770 feet at the extreme western end of the southern peninsula. The other chains which include the Massif des Montagnes Noires and Chaine des Cahos range between 3,701 feet and 5,184 feet high. Haiti's shoreline is irregular and there are many natural harbors. There are numerous rivers that are short, and basically unnavigable. Only the Artibonite River which is the country's largest is navigable for any ... includes three productive agricultural regions, the Plaine du Nord, and two valleys, the Artibonite River Valley and the Cul-de-Sac. Climate: Haiti's tropical climate is hot and dry all year round. There is high humidity in many of the coastal areas. Temperatures vary slightly with elevation. The annual average temperature is 81 degrees F in the lowlands and 76 degrees F in the highland interior. On the coast, the ... Oversees Private Investment Corporation, a commercial loan program and the Caribbean Basin Initiative, all providing greater market opportunities for American and Haitian businesses. Government: When Haiti broke free of French rule in 1804, their were high hopes for this black republic. However, after two centuries of independence. the Haitian people are still struggling to achieve true democracy. Haitian politics has been marked by a series of coup d' etats, rigged ...
- 3269: Jeremy Rifkin's "The End of Work"
- ... half ago his previous employer laid him off due to company downsizing. The position that he held in that company was a management position. Specifically, he was a manager for the assembly section of the high voltage switchgear division. He had held the position for about seven years and he had been with the company for about nineteen years in total. The result of his lay off from the company was not really the direct result of technology but other factors. These factors included the low demand for the product ( high voltage switchgears and transformers), the relatively high cost of producing the product (in comparison to there competitors in the US) due to the relatively large size of the organiza tion. The particular manufacturing plant that he had been working in was ...
- 3270: Great Expectations - Chapter Summaries
- ... from Joe – The convict was taken on a boat and disappeared into the night Chapter 6 Setting: At home; Pip receives an odd job Pip learns to write at Mr. Wopsle’s great aunt’s school When Uncle Joe was a kid, he had parents who drank heavily and so Joe didn’t attend school Miss Havisham- rich and grim lady who lives in a large and dismal house barricated against robbers Pip is invited to play at her house, but he doesn’t know why Chapter 7 Setting: At ... from Joe – The convict was taken on a boat and disappeared into the night Chapter 6 Setting: At home; Pip receives an odd job Pip learns to write at Mr. Wopsle’s great aunt’s school When Uncle Joe was a kid, he had parents who drank heavily and so Joe didn’t attend school Miss Havisham- rich and grim lady who lives in a large and dismal house barricated ...
Search results 3261 - 3270 of 12257 matching essays
|
