In this essay, I will explain an unfortunate situation that occurred to me due to being negligent and irresponsible. The way I handled a certain situation also leads me to be speaking about the importance of keeping your items safe inside your barracks room and securing your items. I will be explaining a recent theft that happened to me and how it could have been avoided, had I followed regulations listed in the barracks handbook. Unfortunate things happen when proper measures are not taken. I have witnessed firsthand what it is like to lose important items because of being careless. In this essay I will also be showing the proper way to secure your items in the barracks and why this is important not only inside of the barracks, but everywhere you go as a Soldier in the US Army. I will not only explain why it is important to secure your belongings in the barracks, and lock your barracks door, but I will also relate this to how it compares to actual moments in the battlefield where you

The Book of Genesis is the first book in the Bible with the story of creation. God creates the world by speaking into the darkness and forming it into being light, earth, vegetation, and living creatures over the course of six days. After each day passes God states that his works are good. On the sixth day, God creates human in his "own image," and gives human the power to rule over the earth and conquer it. He creates a man out of dust and creates a woman out of the man's rib. God places the two, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, telling them to procreate and to enjoy his works. The one restriction God gives Adam and Eve is to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve eat from the tree and God was displeased, and both Adam and Eve bore three children, Cain, Abel, and Seth. Cain would eventually kill his brother Abel due to jealousy. I intend to prove the first four chapters of genesis to be inaccurate and also that the God talked about in Ge

Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union as a virtual dictator between 1928 and 1954. During the first ten years of his rule, Stalin introduced dramatic change to the Soviet Union in the areas of industrialization, agriculture, culture and education. While there were some benefits for both the nation and the people with respect to the consequences of his policies on industrialization and education, the impact of his policies regarding agriculture, and culture was overwhelmingly damaging to the Russian people, and consequently, the nation as a whole. Therefore, it can be said that between 1928 and 1938 Stalin had a largely devastating impact on the people, but a less damaging one on the Soviet Union itself. To a large extent Stalin's transformation of the Soviet Union into a strong industrial nation had a positive effect on the nation. This was required as the Soviet Union was 50 to 100 years behind the world's major industrial powers at that time. Stalin's transformation

?Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system that named after kings of gods in Roman mythology. Also, ancient Greeks called the Jupiter- Zeus, whom is the king of the Greek pantheon. ("Jupiter, Largest") In early days of 1610, the father of the modern astronomy Galileo, who made it first recorded sighting of the Jupiter system, only after 18 months after the first telescope was invented ("Jupiter: The"). The day in Jupiter is only 9.9 hours and orbits the Sun in 11.86 years ("Jupiter: The"). It is visible to naked eye and four hundred million miles(~5AU) away from earth. The composition of Jupiter's atmosphere is similar to that of the sun mostly hydrogen and helium. Moreover, Jupiter acts like miniature solar system. Presence of Jupiter is one very important reason why we have life on Earth, and habitable environment instead of pummeled by so many comets and astroids ("Jupiter: The"). Also, It has an enormous magnetic field and more t

"My name is Marc. My emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent" –Marc Chagall. I feel that art is subjective to the viewer's perspective. With that being said my perspective of Marc Chagall's art is that it is a feast for the eyes! I was immediately drawn to his painting titled "White Crucifixion in the Norton Mix" (Hood 293). "The White Crucifixion reimagines the single most iconic moment in the mythology of Christianity, and yet makes that reverberant representation a strikingly Jewish phenomenon as well" (Whitfield). This was one of Chagall's most famous paintings and many of his paintings were gathered inspirations from biblical themes reflecting his Jewish heritage. However, this was not all Chagall painted. Different life-changing events played a crucial role in his style of painting, memorable times such as his struggles in Russia, the death of his first wife Bella, and his various encounters with other religions. Marc Chagall, a Russian

Attempts to introduce performance related pay in the civil service took place in the 1980's and 1990's in OECD countries. Public administrations began to react in coping with what was called "the fiscal crisis of the State", a way of naming the consequences of the economic crisis originated in mid 1970s. This led many to advocating for a more businesslike approach in public administration operations. Working processes needed to be reviewed and be made more efficient and civil servants needed to produce more and better results. This was at the root of the New Public Management (NPM) doctrine. Before the NPM other developments had taken place, such as the notion of responsiveness to the needs of citizens. Responsiveness was developed mainly in the late 1970's and the early 1980's to describe and emphasize the necessity for the public administration to connect better with the real needs of citizens in order to provide better and more suitable public responses to such needs. Bus

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Getting good grades in college can be a combination of luck and skill, but its best not to leave your grades to chance. Good grades will help you transfer to your ideal university, find a well-paid job after graduation or gain admission into graduate school for study further. B. Background: What if I told you that you have the tips to do so right in college? C. Audience Relevance: Learning about how to get good grades specifically for college students who want to transfer can lead to a successful school year. D. Credibility: If there are anyone who knows about how to get good grades, it's me. Several months ago, I didn't think I could get A in all of my courses. But with a little bit of research and careful planning, so far I have got good grades. E. Thesis and Preview: Instead of conducting research, I will directly share with you some of ways, such as why you should attend all your classes, how to master your

Susie Orbach is a feminist involved in a organization "that champions body diversity" and has published several books on woman`s health and well-being. She believes that compulsive eating is a way to rebel against expectations of a sexist. In the United States it is estimated that 50% of women are overweight. According to Orback, everywhere we look there are commercials, billboards and magazines with diet related articles. Fitness and beauty are women`s goals but often taken for granted, being and feeling fat and overeating is a constant reminder for the women. Being fat implies that the woman has failed to keep her weight, appetite and impulses under control. Society is programmed to make women believe that is their own fault. Feminists in general argue that being fat is a way to express freedom from the society sex`s stereotypes. Fat is a social issue, not lack of self-control or willpower. The article states that men and women have their differences in society and labor

This is a very strange topic. Until now I did not even know that there was a polar bear extinction problem. I think they are very cool animals, or better yet my favorite of the bears because of their appealing look. In the movie "Life" that airs on Animal Planet there is a polar bear at the end. They filmed the life style of the magnificent animal and how sad it is to watch them die do to global warming. They described that there are several that get stuck on ice glaciers and due to lack of food for energy are too weak to swim and die out at sea. There are many factors to the extinction, but I am wondering how it all started. I believe it is due to change in evolution and sometime the change will cause death to an entire species. What is really the question is why the polar bears are facing extinction and why now. The U.S government's decision to set aside land as a "critical habitat" in Alaska to preserve the polar bears is a wonderful idea. It would give us the time to

Sharp suffered a record $5.6 billion loss for the fiscal year following a 75% decrease in company shares. 1 The company has admitted to saying there's "material doubt" regarding its ability to stay afloat. This report will conduct a situation analysis of Sharp Corporation, assessing the internal company and external environments, summarizing key issues that explain the company's current performance. Internal Analysis In 2004, Sharp spent $6.6 billion building two factories in Kameyama, a town in central Japan in order to combat the rising demand for LCD TVs. At the time, Sharp dominated the industry with a 22 percent market share in LCD TVs. Error: Reference source not found Fast-forward to 2012, the company has seen its market share slashed to a mere 5 percent. 2 "When the market slowed, Sharp was saddled with excess capacity and the company's losses ballooned." Error: Reference source not found This "boom-and-bust" investment has forced

Sharp suffered a record $5.6 billion loss for the fiscal year following a 75% decrease in company shares. 1 The company has admitted to saying there's "material doubt" regarding its ability to stay afloat. This report will conduct a situation analysis of Sharp Corporation, assessing the internal company and external environments, summarizing key issues that explain the company's current performance. Internal Analysis In 2004, Sharp spent $6.6 billion building two factories in Kameyama, a town in central Japan in order to combat the rising demand for LCD TVs. At the time, Sharp dominated the industry with a 22 percent market share in LCD TVs. Error: Reference source not found Fast-forward to 2012, the company has seen its market share slashed to a mere 5 percent. 2 "When the market slowed, Sharp was saddled with excess capacity and the company's losses ballooned." Error: Reference source not found This "boom-and-bust" investment has forced

"The Raven", by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem about a mysterious raven who visits the narrator, a lonely man who is mourning his lost love, Lenore. The large, shadowy raven arrives at midnight on a dark and dreary evening and taunts the unnamed man by repeating the phrase "Nevermore" each time the man tries to find out why the raven has come to him. After asking many questions, the man becomes more frustrated and anxious about the real reason the raven has visited him. The man fears that the raven has been sent by the devil and that it means he will not get to see his beloved Lenore in Heaven. All throughout the poem, the author uses many different figurative language techniques to create haunting, memorable imagery and intrigue t

Abstract This short paper is to analyze the possible answers given by David Hume and Renee Descartes to the question by Betrand Russell "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain no man could doubt it?" Descartes thorough his theory would show the existence of person beyond doubt, whereas Humes' theory would show that the existence of a person could not be valid. While discussing their possible answers I will also explain how their theories corroborate their answers. I will begin with Renee Descartes. I believe his answer to the question by Russell, "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?" I would be "Yes". Descartes proved through his "Method of Doubt" that a his existence and that God existed beyond any doubt. Descartes' philosophical method was the "Method of Doubt". He felt that through this method he could establish a basis of knowledge. He had four main rules that he follows while considering a problem.

'Jack! Jack!' I yelled. It was dark and quiet outside. Not a single star was in the sky, nor a single sound heard. I was alone and the thought of being alone, and the absence of Jack, made my heart race faster. Thoughts of what could happen to Jack started to play in my mind, 'Could he be attacked by dogs?' 'What could happen to him?' 'Has he fallen again and injured himself?' I stood where I last saw him, at the top of the hill. I was afraid to move because I had hopes of him coming back up the high hill. I was hoping that Jack and I would get home safe, though as the night sky got darker, my fear grew with each breath I took. Eventually, I had no choice but to go down the long hill. I went carefully so I wouldn't fall. I started walking and the further I walked, the closer I got to what appeared to be bushes and the edge of the forest. I started to hear wild animal sounds and strange movements in the trees. The deeper I got into the forest, the colder it was, and the strong wi

Calvinism provides some beliefs that are pretty different from their counterparts in the Reformation. I think it would be hard for me to argue that anything but the Calvinist view of salvation is its most unique facet. In a nutshell, Calvinists believe in predestination and limited salvation. Unlike most religions, Calvinism holds that man is incapable of being good because we are hopelessly sinful in everything we do. Because we are all evil, our salvation is entirely dependent upon God. That is a pretty standard theological premise. However, God does not save everyone. Only a limited number of people are chosen to be saved. It is unknown exactly what criteria God uses to keep these limited number of people, but they are unable to resist God's grace once they are chosen. This means we are predestined to go to Heaven and Hell, and there is nothing that can be done to change our outcomes. If you are not a Calvinist, I think you have to answer that the Calvinist concept of salvation is

Maya Angelou's poem "Phenomenal Woman" is a response to the abusive events experienced by the writer, which is displayed through the image and tone of the poem. Instead of feeling ashamed and blaming herself, she used the experience as motivation to gain hope. Her poem illustrates the importance of confidence and how it affects the perception of others. When a woman fails to meet societal expectations of physical appearance, she decides to shun criticism and embraces who she is. Maya Angelou wrote the poem from experience. She faced constant discrimination not only as a woman, but also as an African American. Also from a young age, she was never considered pretty by others. As she became older, she allowed this dissatisfaction to grow and she killed it with the sense of pride. When she was a child, Angelou was sexually abused. After telling her family about the terrible occurrence, the man was killed. For the next five years, she chose to remain silent because she believed that her words had killed the man. This has taught her about the power of words, and she evokes this discovery in

I'm an eighteen year old girl living in Norway. I'm healthy, I go to school, I have good friends and a nice family. I'm also very active after school and on weekends. At school, I have the same rights as everybody else. For the most part, I can have any type of career I hope for, depending on what I do with my education. In some of my classes, I get better grades than most of the boys, and in some subjects, they do better than me. I play football, hang out with friends, have fun, go to school, play soccer and wear a bikini during the summer. Where I live, girls are equal to boys. But in some parts of the world, some girls aren't as lucky as me. From reading the newspapers, watching the news or surfing the net, we see that millions of girls and women around the world

Through the memories of the narrator, Sarah, who as a child lost her brother Terry, and her son's loss of his best friend in the short story "Divorced, beheaded, survived" the author, Robin Black, deals with the theme of death in different aspects. The first-person narrative style is used to structure the story with flashbacks of Sarah's childhood and her present life. It makes the story intense and personal as she sounds reliable and authentic. The language is simple and objective even though the emotive issue of death normally is even more emotionally charged if a person has been close to it. Her emotional expression regarding her brother Terry's death is that she was shocked because of the sudden result of the very short-term period of illness (p. 3, l. 48-51), which in one way indicates some kind of indifference and acceptance of the inevitability of death or just the fact that thirty years have gone and made distance to the subject. It has left deep marks on her soul and she has actually become a bit superstitious and irrational. On purpose she chooses to wait longer between getting their first and second child

United States Navy Regulation began with the enactment by the Continental Congress of the "Rules of the Navy of the United Colonies" on November 28, 1775. The first issuance by the United States government which covered this subject matter was "an act for the Government of the Navy of the United States", enacted on March 2, 1799. This was followed the next year by "An act for the better government of the United States navy." In the years preceding the Civil War, twelve successor publications were promulgated under a number of titles by the President, the Navy Department and the Secretary of the Navy. A decision was made by the Attorney General that the last of the pre- civil war issuance was invalid led to the inclusion that "the orders, regulations, and instructions heretofore issued by the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, recognize as the regulations of the Navy Department, subject, however, to such alterations as the Secretary of the

Saint Patrick's Battalion, a unit of hundred immigrants of European descents, joined Mexican Army and fought against United States in Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848. Why did those immigrant soldiers desert U.S. and assist their enemies? The success of United States invasion and control of vast territories of Mexico must rely on soldiers' unity. However, the desertion of immigrant soldiers revealed some sharp conflicts among U.S. Army. U.S. Army's prejudice to those immigrant soldiers pushed them to desert. Soldiers' desertion was very rare in the war history; thus, the main reason of religious discrimination, poor living condition and inhuman treatment by U.S. Army and temptation by Mexican government will be explored in this paper to explain why those immigrant deserters gave up United States and changed their side in Mexican-American War. Many immigrant soldiers, especially Irish, deserted because they experienced harsh religious discrimination in the U

Willy Lowman was a man of the middle class, who appeared to be the victim of society, which played against him. This is how he is described by the person who knew him the best, and probably knew his real nature: "Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived". Being a victim, he was constantly suppressing himself and his family in false pride and lies. Willy never noticed his personal ignorance, he was insecure and self-deluded person. He believed with all his heart and soul in the idea of the American Dream, in the fact that he could easily gain a lot of money and achieve success, although he never achieved it. He was distinguishing between his dreams and the reality that was around, and when the reality started pushing on him, it hurt severely his mental health. The main conflict of the play is centered on the tremendous tensions of the Willy's disparity and his social obligations. Willy, t

A tragic hero is by definition the protagonist, the hero or chief character of a tragedy, is a person of high estate, usually a king, queen, or member of the royal family, who is neither superlatively good and just not wholly vicious and depraved, but who is brought low by some error of judgment or shortcoming." In the play, "Oedipus the King", by Sophocles, Oedipus is the tragic hero who is characterized by the definition above. This play is a Greek Tragedy which is about human suffering and pain, but is optimistic at the same time because a person can learn and benefit from it. Oedipus is a classic example of a tragic hero which can be seen in his characteristics, such as the lack of self-knowledge, the desire to be a truth seeker, and the wisdom gained in the end. The first quality of Oedipus that justifies him as a tragic hero is in his lack of self-knowledge. When he hears the story of how the king, Laius, was brutally murdered, Oedipus wants to get to the bottom of the

Is it hard for you to fall asleep or stay asleep though the night? Do you wake up feeling tired or feel very sleepy during the day, even if you have had enough sleep? You might have a sleep disorder. There are several different ones but yet the most commons ones are insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and narcolepsy. Nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking, sleep talking, head banging, wetting the bed and grinding your teeth are kinds of sleep problems called parasomnias. These sleep disorders are caused by normal things such as back pain, anxiety, neck pain, or chronic pain. Going into detail with each disorder will help you better to understand why they are caused and how they can be cured. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in year 2007, approximately 64 million Americans suffer from insomnia on a regular basis each year. Insomnia occurs 1.4 times more commonly in women than in men. Although insomnia was the most common sleep problem among abo

There is an underlying problem in the medical field that promotes racial profiling. It's the fact that a lot of people believe and try to make themselves believe that racism no longer exists, but the problem has only evolved. Such evolution meant that racism is not based on interpersonal racism but rather a structural racism. Many people today live their lives unknowingly to what is happening in the world around them, and they often try to convince themselves that racism is not a problem in the world. Other know about the problems but they don't really realize that they could possibly be adding to the problem by discriminating against someone or someone else's human rights. At the same time going around saying how open-mined they are. Some poor ideas about racial differences might play a role in medical treatments and diagnoses, based on research done by labeling racial categories. The racially biased treatment of patients is a violation of medical ethics and a threat

In 2008 to 2009, the European Union experienced a financial crisis. Economic growth slowed down and GDP decreased in several parts of the Union. The crisis could be attributed to the housing bubble that burst and sent banks into insolvency. Borrowing rates prior to the crisis were low, encouraging people to obtain loans to purchase homes. The housing market surged, with the prices of homes steadily increasing. However, because banks wanted to increase their capital, the credits and incomes of the borrowers were often not checked. When the borrowers were unable to pay off their loans, the banks were unable to collect the payments. This decreased their stability in the interbank markets, discouraging lending from other banks to balance their reserves. Confidence in the banks dropped and customers began to withdraw their funds due to speculation that the banks were going to fail. According to Pedro Gustavo Teixeira in "The Regulation of the European Financial Market After the Crisi