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- 23711: Landfills
- ... degrade within 20 years which is a very slow process. Conditions are not always suitable for landfills. Lack of sun and moisture slows the process of decomposition (WDM 1). Even though not all of landfill’s characteristics are good there are many that help us a lot. On the positive side, landfills either safely dispose of garbage or hide it. If there were no landfills, garbage would be all over the ... landfills are polluted water and land. They also take up land that cannot be used for anything else until the trash decomposes which might not even happen. Landfills can be explosive if proper ventilation isn’t given, this could cause serious injuries. When there is not enough ventilation, methane will build up and could easily explode (WDM 1). The prices of everything having to do with landfills, such as tipping fees and worker’s wages, have gone up in recent years. Landfills are also filling up and closing. By 1990, over half of the cities in America had exhausted their landfill capacity. With the decrease in the number ...
- 23712: Beloved
- ... the rest of the world. There was also, the loneliness of each main character throughout the book. There were also other areas of the book where the idea of detachment from something was obvious. People’s opinions about the house made them stay away and there was also the inner detachment of Sethe from herself. The theme that Toni Morrison had in mind when the book was written was isolation. One ... detachment from herself. Perhaps she felt as if her mind had deceived because she had her daughter killed. But yet, she knew that it was in the best interest for the child for she couldn’t bare to see her child be born into a life of slavery. Whenever I do something bad I feel separated from myself as if there is someone evil inside of me informing me what to ... seen in the isolation of Sethe and her inner self. It can also be seen with Denver and her separation from society because of the children at school. There is also the detachment of Sethe’s family from the rest of the world because of her past and what people think of the house and the family. Isolation can be a very powerful theme in literature.
- 23713: Effects Of Smoking
- ... extremely dangerous too your health, which causes various forms of cancer and other life threatening diseases. It is found to be a very expensive habit and to be a financial problem. As if this wasn t enough too get you too stop smoking, It can also ruin you socially causing you too lose friends and even lower your social status, who wants too be around someone that smells like smoke all ... but it can also attack your pocketbook. The costs of a single pack of cigarettes has raised substantially in recent years, from 1.75 in the late '80s too nearly over $3.00 now, that s over $20.00 a carton. Think if you smoked two packs a day for 30 years, multiply that by the price of a pack a cigarettes (think about the fact that the price is almost certain to rise within that time), that s a lot of money. Then you have the cleaning and air freshening bills about every 2 or 3 months. There would be cost to burns on your clothing and furniture. Smokers have become more ...
- 23714: The Increasing Application of Scientific Management Principles Of Work Organisations To Services Is, Despite Its Limitations, Inevitable and Irreversible
- ... desk. - Production and consumption are usually simultaneous. A particular implication of this is that there can be no inventory of the service itself, therefore not allowing ‘systematic observation' nor measurement. For example, a shop assistant's advice to a customer cannot be stored. Hales (1994) has suggested that where the end-product is tailored to specific customer wants, the option of ‘one best way' is even more difficult to sustain. - The ... task forces' and project teams being more widely established. There has also been increasing emphasis on increased employee participation in companies. Such a notion has been further developed and supported by the ideology behind Blair's Stakeholder Society. Therefore such change suggests that it is possible to reverse the application of scientific management principles. III Conclusion To conclude it can be suggested that scientific management, in its extreme form, applied in ... throughout the entire service industry, although certainly some areas of the industry could benefit from utilising such a management strategy - notably in the budget sector. Bibliography Hales, C. (1994) Managing Through Organisation, Routledge, London. Peters, T. & Waterman, R., In Search of excellence, Harper & Row, New York. Ritzer, G. (1993) The MacDonaldization of Society. Targett, D. (1995) ‘Management Science in service industries', in Schmenner, R.W. (ed.) Service Operations Management, Prentice ...
- 23715: Bartleby The Scrivener-The Mea
- ... also give us something to compare Bartelby to. Another reason Turkey and Nippers might be in the story is because they can be part of the setting. The story is taking place around the 1850's. The mood is set by there only being two windows to look through and one was kind of a black wall. It's a depressing setting, there is not much to be happy about. Nippers and Turkey can be a representation of what will happen to people that work in this office. They are in a depressed setting ... these two men stay to work for him he feels he is doing something good and useful. He figures Turkey and Nippers would probably never last at any other job and he feels they wouldn't be able to survive without this job. So the narrator is making himself feel good providing space for these men and paying them for their services even though it is only half of a ...
- 23716: Blood In Macbeth
- ... shown of the soldier who been injured in the battle. In the next instance it is used the injured captain says "Which smok'd with bloody execution"(1.2.18) , he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the blood of the enemy. After these few references to honor, the symbol of blood now is changed to show a meaning of treachery and treason. Lady ... grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt"(2.2.54-56). Another way that blood is symbolized is as of guilt. First Macbeth hints at his guilt when he says "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand”(2.2.59), meaning that he wondered if he would ever be able to forget the horrible murder that he had committed. Then the ghost of Banquo ... an example of guilt using the symbol of blood in the scene in which she walks in her sleep. She says "Out damned spot! Out I say! One: two: why then 'tis time to do't: hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call out power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man ...
- 23717: Fiscal Retrenchment And Privatization
- Fiscal Retrenchment And Privatization A problem that is always on a city's mind is its economic state. When a city finds that $3.8 million has been misappropriated in different funds, it has to question if it is headed towards a fiscal crisis. With a new mayor ... this new council going to do to get it back and keep the township going? One possible solution to this fiscal problem may be fiscal retrenchment and privatization. Fiscal retrenchment occurred during the mid 1970’s when “cities were forced to reevaluate their roles, regardless of whether they were in fiscal trouble”. (Knox, 362). This caused many cities to look at their economic standings and see where cut backs could be ... their service publics, and few are hired to private services. And as far as volunteers are concerned, there is currently a problem with our towns first aid squad trying to get volunteers so that can’t really help the economic struggle. But things like garbage and maintenance are all done within township workers. These are all things that may be changed to private companies but will it help?
- 23718: The Life and Death of 2Pac
- The Life and Death of 2Pac In the stifling post-boxing match Las Vegas traffic jam, a new black 1996 BMW inched along impatiently, it's gold detailing glimmering brightly under the street lights. Any attempt to catch a glimpse of the passengers within the tinted windows revealed only a distorted reflection of the chaotic, yet relatively motionless urban scene. The ... wounds, after six days of intensive care and several unsuccessful operations. Tupac Amaru, or 2Pac, as he spelled it --distinguishing him from the violent Peruvian terrorist group of the same name-- was one of today's most popular "gangsta rappers." His lyrics are usually vulgar, offensive, and explicit, and glorify the type of life that he and many other gangsta rappers lead. They depict violence, drug use, crime and sexual abuse ... either he or his rivals were soon going to be killed, but in the song "How Do U Want It," Tupac said "I got the scoop on how to get bulletproof," indicating that he didn't expect it to be him. Tupac may have thought he was bulletproof after surviving five bullets, including one to the head, in 1994, but on Friday the 13th the world learned that he was ...
- 23719: Abortion: Murder of an Innocent Human Being
- ... acts a person can commit. Abortion is immoral, harmful, and strong actions must be taken to stop it. I believe human life begins at the beginning of brain activity. By six weeks, an unborn baby’s brain waves can be recorded. The baby can then respond to stimuli. It is undeniable that a fetus is a human and an individual. At the moment of conception, the fetus has a DNA that is completely different than that of it’s mother and father. Having an abortion, takes away this innocent life. The baby doesn’t even have a chance at life. Can the baby feel pain? Hell yes! When the fetus is being killed, it is torture. In one method of abortion, the baby is quartered and piece by ...
- 23720: Tragedy in Oedipus Rex
- ... castle with just a few servants and his being killed where three roads meet. Oedipus claims that he killed somebody where three roads met, who had a few servants with him. As though this isn't enough, Jocasta describes Laius to Oedipus by saying "his figure was not much unlike your own" (p. 27). Oedipus, after hearing all this, says "O, it is plain already!" (p. 27) indicating that he was the killer of his father. He goes on to make absolutely sure, even though it is obvious that he was Lauis's killer. The moment of remorse comes at the end of the story, when one of the servants who had accompanied Laius on his final journey came to speak to Oedipus. He was the only one ... for the unfortunate Jocasta, who was basically an innocent bystander in the whole confusing disaster. In these five ways, the story Oedipus Rex classifies as a tragedy. However, in my opinion at least, you don't really need a standard checklist to see if Oedipus Rex is a tragedy or not. Any story which ends in the death of one major character and a lifetime of misery, shame, and self- ...
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