Essays on Hail

Introduction

Hail and Farewell is the traditional military event that celebrated for welcoming new members and bid goodbye to outgoing members. It is celebrated to ensure the change in command and supports a sense of continuity through change in the organization. It ensures the change in command and senior enlisted leaders the United States Army uses the government resources and provides an ethical and formal welcome to the new commanding officer and honor the old one. The ethical activities and morality choices play an important role in managing the organizational change. The paper will focus the ethical dilemmas in the ...

Describe air quality conditions in the US before steep regulations were imposed.

The United States has experienced the worst air quality conditions during the 1940s and 1950s as an effect of the progressing industrialization and urbanization. Another main reason is that the United States has no national regulation and policy towards hazardous gas emission and air pollution during these periods of time. During the 1940s and 1950s, the United States have experienced deadly photochemical smog on major cities including Los Angeles and Donora(Williams, 2013). In addition, the ozone levels in the lower layers of the atmosphere exceed its limit and become dangerous to people as well as the environment. During ...

The Angus Tornado

The distinction between watches and warnings in the case of Angus Tornado occurs in the sense that: A watch occurs in an event that there are favorable atmospheric conditions for the development of extreme thunderstorms with a potential to produce a tornado. For instance, in the case of Angus Tornado, there was a favorable atmospheric phenomenon for the occurrence of thunderstorms such as existences of winds moving at speeds 50 knots and above were recorded with hails characterized by diameters larger than 1 inch. However, warnings are imminent conditions characterized by existence of thunderstorms, which produced a tornado in ...

A film that is consistent with information in the reading materials regarding the history of a period is beneficial, and the reason is that it increases correct recollection by fifty percent. When students watch such a film, they are able to identify with the past. At the same time, they are able to approach the film history uncritically. A film’s visual imagery and powerful audio can engage the student in ways that textbooks and other readings cannot. Films are able to engage an individual by their application of cutting edge techniques. They also involve their contemporary point of ...

The ongoing internationalization process persuaded regulators and businesses worldwide to think of a common global accounting language for business affairs. This move led to the development of IFRS. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), sometimes referred to as International Accounting Standards, is a globally recognized accounting framework for businesses worldwide. The major purpose of this accounting standard is to make company accounts understandable and comparable across international boundaries. Currently, over 110 countries are following the IFRS accounting system in order to address complexities relating to international business affairs. However, the United States has not adopted IFRS yet, and the country ...

Finance

Executive Summary With growing concerns related to climate change, the farming profession is exposing the farmers to significant risk of low yields or other crop related failure. Moreover, with weather trend highly unpredictable, farmers always live under the cloud of high uncertainty relating to their livelihood. Therefore, farmers are understanding the significance of crop insurance and how these contracts mitigate the risk factor associated with the farming profession. Important to note, American farmers have two insurance options: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance(MPCI) and Crop-Hail Insurance. While the MPCI is a federal crop insurance program and is run through public-private ...

Introduction to Meteorology

Introduction to Meteorology

General Overview of Weather-related Accidents For every accident investigation attributed to a weather-related factor, NTSB was able to attach a subject modifier to the individual weather condition. This is because a single accident may be linked to several weather phenomena hence resulting in a citation of several subject modifiers for a single accident. For the purpose of this paper, several subject modifiers were amalgamated into one weather phenomenon for example under the category of wind; the paper includes reports whereby the NTSB was more specific on dust whirlwind, sudden wind shift, high wind, and crosswind as ...

The empowering poem of "Labor Speaks" was composed in 1909 of unknown origin and author. According to the literary-focused website, "What So Proudly We Hail", the poem was popularized by the Industrial Workers of the World (Labor Speaks), a long-standing organization that continues to exist until today, which encourages the organization of worker unions to demand workplace autonomy and improvement of workers' rights. As much as the poem demands for similar values upheld by such organization, "Labor Speaks" vocalizes the contributions of the working class through time and history, and demands fair compensation through boldly overturning entrenched ...

The problem of radicalization has come to characterize the poor neighborhoods of Kansas. Young adults have been the major casualties of this problem with some of them adopting extreme and warped political and religious aspirations and ideals. Most of these young people who embrace radical ideals are males between the ages 19 to 27. The political and religious ideals that these young people embrace are completely different from how most members of the Kansas communities participate in politics and view religious issues. The number of young adults who become radicalized has been on the rise, and this problem is ...

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THE FIRST VISUALS CONTRAST MYSTERIOUS, SCARY, EXOTIC FAR AWAY PLACES WITH THE FRIGHTENING STARK NEW ENGLAD UNPAINTED HOUSE

THEIR PURPOSE IS TO SET THE ATMOSPHERE FOR STRANGE, AND NIGHTMARISH LOCATIONS. THE NARRATOR IS SPEAKING AS THE FILM SHOWS SCENES OF MYSTERIOUS PLACES: ANCIENT ITALIAN CATACOMBS AND GRAVEYARDS, CRUMBLING RHINE CASTLES, RUINS OF TEMPLES IN ASIA IN SHADOWS, GERMAN FORESTS AND HIGH DANGEROUS CLIFFS IN MOUNTAINS . . . TO THE WORST A PLAIN UNPAINTED HOUSES IN NEW ENGLAND SQUATING DEEP IN THE BACK WOODS . . .

NARRATOR (SPEAKING DARKLY AS THE SCENES OF SCARY PLACES ARE VIEWED BY THE AUDIENCE

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places. For them are the catacombs of Ptolemais, and the carven mausolea of the nightmare countries. They climb to the moonlit towers of ruined Rhine castles, and ...

Q.1 The condensation occurs due to change in temperature that causes the air to lose the ability to hold water vapor. Resultantly, the water liquefies, and appears as moisture around the bottle or cane filled with some sort of liquid. In July, the area of Tucson experiences difference in air temperature and the warmth dies out as air rises to higher altitudes with the passage of time, so the gaseous form of water takes the shape of liquid because the atmosphere lacks the power to hold the water vapor. Q.2 The air that is present at ...

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“The Day After Tomorrow”, a feature US movie of 2004 directed by Roland Emmerich, was undoubtedly a commercial success. There have been many disaster movies before, but quite a few of its predecessors might have been compared to it in terms of computer effects and quasi realism. The general public liked the effect of the new Judgement Day, and the box office of ‘The Day After Tomorrow” has exceeded 550 million dollars worldwide, while the original budget was around 125 million. The filming took place in the total of 17 locations, including New York City (with a hefty amount of special effects), Los ...

Background

Poverty is broadly defined as insufficient resources for an adequate standard of living. (ECLAC, 2008). Crime is defined as action against the law or violation of the law (Finkelhor, 2009). Glaeser and Kahn (2008) have indicated in their research on Chicago inner-city communities that an adolescent getting exposed to crime due to poverty has 100 times more probabilities to commit crimes later in his life. Finkelhor (2009) in his research sought an answer for the root causes of criminal behavior. He found a relationship between poverty and criminal activity. His findings show that a poor person is five times more likely ...

Personal reflection

Joining a university is one of the main dreams that a teenager may have. The dream drives one to work hard so as to qualify and join the leading universities alongside his peers. The desire to succeed in life is a key focus and since it is entrenched in good education, therefore, there is no option out of it. In my life, this was the main driving force of my hard work. As they say, hard work pays, I managed to join the University of Hail in Saudi Arabia. When I joined the university, my Family was living in Riyadh and ...

Ratio Analysis

Ratio analysis Liquidity ratios Current ratio: Current Ratio = (Current Asset / Current Liabilities) x 100 Acid-test, or quick, ratio = (Current Assets – Inventory) / Current Liabilities

Receivables turnover:

There are no sales on the credit terms. Therefore, there are no receivables turnover days.

Inventory turnover

As AOL is not producing any products, therefore, there are no inventory turnover days. Profitability ratios Asset turnover = Sales / Total Assets Profit margin = (net profit / sales) x 100 Return on assets = net income / average total assets Return on common stockholders’ equity = Net Income / average shareholder’s ...

While driving through a thunderstorm, a person will experience many different senses pertaining to sight, touch, smell, sound and taste. In terms of sight, a person would be able to see frequent bursts of bright light caused by the bolts of lightning striking down from the clouds. One would also see dark clouds in which rain and sometimes even pieces of hail that can fall heavily on them. One would also see large puddles forming in the road from the down pouring of the rain. Another sight might also be leaves or other debris blowing around in the wind. In terms ...

Essay

Introduction Air transport is considered to be one of the most weather-dependent industries. To ensure the normal operation the most complete, detailed information about the current and expected weather conditions is required. Meteorological conditions have a vital influence not only on the economic performance of the vehicles, but as well on traffic safety, on which numerous lives and health of passengers depend every single day. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) weather conditions have been officially recognized as the cause of 6 to 20% of accidents for the last 25 years, and that is not taking into ...

There are three stages of thunderstorm formation. The first stage is towering cumulus stage. This is also referred to as the growth stage. At this stage, there is the rise of warm moisture which then cools and condenses to form cumulus cloud. In the process of condensing, there is the warming of air. It is important to note that, during condensation, there is warming of air that surrounds the cloud. With this, there is the instability that gets formed and this makes the cloud to continue forming and rising vertically. When this is taking place, updrafts help ice and ...

Introduction

How the central argument of Jonathan Kozol’s: ‘A Tale of Two Schools: How Poor Children Are Lost to the World’ essay and the reasons therein can help guide our thinking about similar issues today. In Jonathan Kozol’s article, the predominant issue being discussed is the vast gaps in the living standards of two groups (Kozol, 142). This is well elaborated using the education system. Whereas all the children have the right to education, the quality of it differs a lot. Those from the rich backgrounds, as argued by Kozol, have the privilege to learn in better equipped ...