Essays on Jar

Introduction

Earnings or Net Income is the single most important figure in a company’s financial statement for the average investor. Even a small fall in the reported earnings can result in the loss of millions of dollars in stock value and subjects company managements to scrutiny by investors and financial analysts. Corporate executives are under therefore under pressure to meet market expectations resulting in “earnings management”. Earnings manipulations can range from minor adjustments within the law and the accounting standards to the outright fraud of showing non-existing profits (Carruth, 2011). The Sarbanes- Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 was enacted ...

Introduction

Compliance is social influence where an individual does what someone else requests. Past studies have found multiple social compliance techniques. The most common of these are the Low-Ball strategy, Door in the face strategy and Even a penny will help strategy. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of each of these techniques in trying to get donations from people. In the current study the first independent variable was compliance strategy (Control, Low-Ball, Door-in-the-face, Even a penny will help), the second independent variable was showing a donation receptacle (full jar, empty jar), and the dependent variable was compliance operationally ...

B.F Skinner (1938) came up with the Operant conditioning theory which he described as, the process that one is able to explain the behaviours of an individual by looking at the actions preceded the happening or occurrence. As per the theory, various factors when brought into the picture will cause an individual either to continue acting in a particular way or they may be used to deter him or her from acting in that particular manner. This theory was then further divided into two; Reinforcement and Punishment. As per the theory, Reinforcement is the consequences that encourage an individual ...

Human existence is marred by contradictions and Hesiod’s Pandora myth introduces man to the complexity of male-female relations as well as the futility of hope. This paper seeks to analyze Hesiod’s myth paying particular attention to the depiction of Pandora, the meaning of her name and the role that hope plays in man’s life. The paper further explores the parallels between Pandora and Eve of the Old Testament. The depiction of Pandora and Eve from the Old Testament is full of ambiguities that make it difficult to easily decipher whether they are intended to be good ...

Most of Sylvia Plath’s works are propelled by “inexorable and often terrible forces driving through her mind and bodyThe forces are fears, or nightmarish impulses towards brutality or suicide” (Knickerbocker 346). These dark emotions are present and felt in her works, alluding to the kind of life she lived before her suicide when she was just 30. There was nothing much that can be learned about her personal life which exposed her in the kind of sufferings that her works have alluded to, but her poem “Daddy” talked about a German father who was a Fascist and died ...

Introduction

The essay chooses works of art in the Museum’s collection belonging to different periods. These include ancient as well as modern examples of art and architecture from different geographical locations.

Art from 200 to 1000 - 6th–7th century

Camel with Packboards and Baggage The Bactrian camel is about 11 inches in height and is exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum. Made of Earthenware with pigment, the camel carries the right proportions and has been carefully modeled. It is captured in a movement and as it is about to take the next step. Except for the packboard, there is no other object or ornament on the camel. The ...

Discussion: Diversity Literature

Discussion: Diversity Literature

The Name Jar explores the experience of a young Korean girl in her new environment after migrating to America. When the girl joins the new school, she starts wondering by what name she should introduce herself. She considers the idea of changing her name to obtain a new English name. She promises to choose a new name in a week’s time and update her classmate on the same. However, she faces a challenge in getting a new name, with all the names like Daisy, Lex, and Amanda among others suggested by her classmates, failing to ...

In the Victorian period The Woman Question was a widely discussed topic, and engaged many Victorians, both male and female. The ideal woman of that age was associated with tenderness, understanding, innocence, domestic affection and submissiveness. The woman had to maintain the status and integrity of her husband, being always the devoted and pleasing angel in the house. Coventry Patmore supported the idea that women should be extremely pure and selfless in his popular, best-selling long poem “The Angel in the House” (1854). A woman that failed at such responsibilities was labelled either mad or hysterical. During the Victorian ...

After the Second World War, the American government entered into the global power bracket. It became an integral political and economic powerhouse in the world. As a result, most of the developing nations turned to it for support. As Vietnam struggled to free itself from the South Vietnamese communist Common Front, the American troops were sent to help the incumbent government gain control of the country. The entry of the United States into Vietnam became one of the most controversial wars in the history of the United States. In America, military conscription had been in use for years during ...

The poem “Home-Baked Brad” is about femininity and it deals with the writer’s feelings towards cooking. There is symbolism as well because the role of women is depicted by bread. This product baked by women represents the warmth that only women have. The author of this poem, Sally Croft is trying to make the readers visualize the feminine desire and the sense of power as well as tenderness. The woman in this poem embraces her role of the caretaker in a household. She is a traditional woman and is good at cooking which is a way for her ...

Myths are different from stories and legends, in that they express crucial ideas which characterize the belief system of the culture which created it, without drawing however from actual events , like legends do, and without being considered entirely fictional either, as fairytales are. The myth has been defined differently by various authors, depending on their intention and approaches. One researcher explains myth as “a traditional story that is thought of by a specific community to be of a fundamental importance and, moreover, is considered - perhaps in contrast to the common valuation categories - to be a “true‟ one” ( ...

Archeologists have documented some of the earliest Neolithic Chinese cultures near the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. The Neolithic period began around 10,000 B.C in China and ended about 8,000 years later with the introduction of metallurgy. The painted pottery of the region is among the most beautiful artifacts that show the creativity of the Neolithic inhabitants of China. The dazzling array of designs and shapes indicate a concern for functionality among the early ceramicists of the region. Recent discoveries have led to new debates on the significance of the designs that appear on the Chinese Neolithic painted ...

Background

Earnings Management Earnings management could be defined as activities that involve legal and reasonable management the ultimate aim of which is to achieve financial results that are not only predictable but also very much stable. We wouldn’t be wrong if we said that earnings management is the complete opposite of management which involves illegal activities and financial representations which do not reflect the true and accurate economic state of the company. These types of activities are also very commonly phrased as ‘cooking the books’. Earnings management could ultimately turn into a problem with the money making goals set ...

Business Decision-Making

Business

Executive Summary 2

1.1 Market Research Plan for UK Launch 2 1.2 Research Methodology 3 2.1 Employee Salary Analysis and Calculation 5 3.1 Sales Projection 6 4.1 Management Information System 8

Conclusion 10

Executive Summary Effective decision making is considered as an important factor in identifying a specific problem, analyzing possible solutions, and evaluating possibilities in order to achieve a long-term goal. In this discussion, a case of a new product aiming to enter a new market is in the process of deciding whether to push the plan through or not based on the results of the market research. The product to be ...

Vernacular Architecture – Hassan Fathy

ABSTRACT

Before his death in 1989, Hassan Fathy proved a leader and innovator in a particular focus on vernacular architecture inspired by his intention to rediscover and use the traditional materials of the desert dwelling Arab of his beloved Egypt. In his journey, he realized the importance of the spirit of culture, of community, and of the roots of Islam influence on the best sustainable architecture of the desert dwelling Muslim in the community setting. Tasked with creating the design and development of a community for several thousand displaced people from the old Gourna village Fathy incorporated the poverty of the ...

1. What did Piaget mean when he said that the preoperational child "lacked conservation"?

Piaget meant that a child does not understand that the properties of an object remain constant even though the physical appearance may have changed. For example, 1L of water in a glass of a diameter of 5cm is equal to 1L of water in a glass whose diameter is 10cm even though they may have seen it being poured out of the same container into the glasses. A child lacks operations to manipulate the idea that the water’s properties are conserved and the amount is the same. Rather, he/ she will see that the water which rises higher in the glass is ...

Introduction

The study of mental processes and behavior, Psychology, is a rapidly growing field. Until recently Psychology was not accorded the importance it holds in our lives and in some parts of the world the importance of psychology is still largely under-rated. However psychology has time and again proved its effectiveness in cases where it has been used to correct mental problems and also improve lives. In a world where people are subjected to the pressure of achieving and where there are a lot of stress factors psychology is of great importance.

Body

Classical conditioning, a type of conditioning whose originator is Ivan Pavlov, involves ...

Accrual Base Accounting and cash based accounting are 2 methods employed by managers in financial reporting of the earnings of a company over a period. As per Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), a company has a choice in application of accounting methods which is often referred to as earning management.

Accrual based accounting is a form of measuring the income where the effect of transaction is recorded when the transaction occurs rather than being recorded when cash is received or paid, which is the cash based accounting method. This method enables the combining of the current cash inflows and outflows with future expected cash ...

The lesson plan is a tool that is used by teacher to develop and enhance skills and abilities of their students. In order to implement a lesson plan in the classroom, teachers use different strategies and techniques to grab the focus developing the interest of their students in their lessons. It is not easy to develop a master assertive lesson plan for the early aged children.One is likely to observe changes in the learning process of the students or early-aged children as soon as the master template for the lesson plan is created and implemented. It is signficant that the lesson plan ...

Step 1: Description.

On my desk, there is a glass vase full of paper cranes. They tumble out of the open top of the vase, poking tails and heads into the air, the vibrant reds and blues of the origami paper catching the light from the desk lamp. The vase is incidental, a square-ish, open-topped glass candleholder from some long-forgotten candle; the cranes were made in an anxious fervor, one after another, until they reached the top of the vase and required a new vessel. There are other jars around the room full of cranes, but this is the first and the biggest. The ...

The experiment involved using the simple paper chromatography technique in the separation of a black marker ink as described in the science project lab’s website (Science Project Lab, 2014).

Materials Used

Coffee filter 1-liter glass jar Paperclip. Pencil Water soluble black marker Scissors. Vinegar and glass cleaner Procedure The chromatography strip was obtained from coffee filter and cut into a peace that can fit into the jar. A line was drawn one inch from the bottom of the strip. A line was drawn using the black marker along the marked line. The solvent (glass ...

In psychology, there is a learning theory that states that as we learn, we adjust the manner in which we perceive our environment and the manner in which we interpret the incoming stimuli. Consequently, all this alters the way we interact, or behave. It is from this theory that one learns about behaviorism. The latter is the study or our behaviors after exposure to given stimuli within the environment. This helps us in understanding the effects given stimuli have on us. In the learning theory, we have classical and operant conditioning. In classical conditioning, one learns to associate one ...

How do you imagine your regular breakfast? That might be a bowl of cereal or bacon and eggs. That might also be a crunchy toast with butter or it might be a slice of a fresh bread with a Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread on it. The last one is the sweetest treat and might be a good competitor in the competition for the best breakfast attribute ever.

What is the history of Nutella?

Originally, the name of this world-famous hazelnut chocolate spread was very much different from what we know it is now. As the aftermath of the World War II there were great shortages of cocoa import in the whole ...

Abstract - The development of fuel consumption mechanisms has been a great revolution of the time. There is research that is being developed to ensure that the fuel consumption is efficient and cost-effective. There are different technologies that are being developed to ensure that this is achieved. One of these technologies for the motorcycle is hydrogen cells. This paper will look at the development of this technologies will also review other fuel consumption technologies that have been developed over time.

Index terms – hydrogen, fuel cell, hybrid electric.

- INTRODUCTION Hydrogen cell technology has been developed so that it is used with the motorcycles. It is a technology ...

In 1798, Thomas Malthus predicted that humans would soon run out of food to eat. He thought that the limits on the world’s arable land meant that food supply would simply not rise as quickly as population would. Even in 1798, Malthus felt that the population was at the point of growing faster than food supply, so he did not see this as a problem that would show up millennia later; instead, he saw it as an imminent development. Of course, we are still here, more than 200 years later, and the plenty available for sale in supermarkets throughout ...

Human beings certainly do not perceive reality like it really is. This fact is immediately evident through both experiential and experimental evidence. If our senses do give us information about the way things truly are, then how is it that if two people go to a concert, they can walk away with different reviews? Was the concert good or was the concert bad? Which one better reflects reality? Furthermore, what explains the phenomena experienced by people who have had brain injuries? Oliver Sacks has written entire books on the subject, including “The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat.” Does a ...

“The Squeeze” is one of the chapters from the article “The Wal-Mart Effect” written by Charles Fishman. The ability of Walmart to resist the law of supply and demand not only affects the competitors and the consumers, but also the entire economy . The company focuses on pricing strategy to hold the suppliers’ business hostage to its personal agenda and distort markets in such a way that the customers don’t realize and suppliers can’t encounter. The biggest advantages of Walmart are its deflationary effect on the prices of the goods and its persistent promotion of goods all through the ...

ASSIGNMENT 2: APPLICATION PROJECT

(Course Name and Number) (Date Submitted)

Description of a Past Experience on Committing a Deviant Act

Background: My Past Experience on Deviance Perhaps one of the most memorable experiences that involve the commission of a deviant act is my intentional use of a jar filled with eighty quarter-dollar coins to pay for items that cost close to, but not more than $20 in mall stores. During that time, I was very aware that there really is nothing wrong with paying for items using quarter-dollar coins inside a jar, given that there is no state or federal law that regulates the use and amount of certain currency denominations allowed for cash ...

- Introduction I plan to teach students of grade three about ways and methods they can use to take care of their teeth. Teeth are a vital organ of the body. Healthy teeth are prerequisite for a healthy body. Defective teeth result in malnutrition of the body. Shiny and perfect denture reflects healthy soul residing in a healthy body. The students will be taught the correct method of brushing and flossing of the teeth. The students will be enabled to understand the importance of having healthy dentures. Reason of choosing grade 3- Grade 3 child belongs to age group of ...

Fallacy is defined as a misconception that is based on unsound argument. It is a misleading, false and deceptive notion and argument that does not have a rationale to be termed as a truth. The most common and popular fallacy of the past was the world is round and flat. In this essay, five fallacies shall be discussed along with the two examples each. These fallacies include, the slippery slope fallacy, fallacy of appeal to fear, straw man fallacy, fallacy of hasty generalization and the fallacy of false cause. Slippery Slope Fallacy. The slippery slope fallacy believes that one thing leads to ...

English

I. Introduction The topic that I have chosen to study is about the future of publishing, specifically, concerning the sustainability of printed books. Because information and communication technology is constantly changing, the way Americans access traditional and electronic resources are evolving, too. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, electronic gadget ownership reaches new high where 44% of American online consumers own a tablet and 32% of them have an e-reader. A growing number of people prefer eBooks because of the many advantages that it offers as compared to the traditional printed books. Nevertheless, I will argue in this paper ...

On October 27, 1932, Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1932. Her father was a professor at Boston University and her mother was a student there. Sylvia’s father died when she was a child and this loss was said to have influenced her writing in later years. She was dedicated to writing, began keeping a journal as a child, and began submitting her poetry to magazines when she was in high school. Remarkably, Sylvia graduated summa cum laude from Smith College even though she had attempted suicide at least once and suffered from depression during her college years. Sylvia moved to ...

When on January 17, 1706 in Boston in the family of a poor soap-boiler fifteenth child was born no one could imagine that this boy would not only glorify the dynasty of Franklins, but also the entire country, that he would become a world-renowned scholar and one of the founders of the new nation – the United States of America. The boy`s name was Benjamin. His life story is an example for any young person entering the life and seeking to make one's way in life. An active politician, diplomat, writer, educator, scientist, and inventor About this remarkable man many ...

The Chinese Sheng dynasty was rich in symbolism and artistic prowess even though it dates back to over 2000 BC. There are a vast number of ornaments, sculptures and artefacts which have been recovered through archaeological diggings and the two examples discussed here provide some interesting comparisons and concepts. Although the first vessel dates from almost 2000 years before the second one and is made out of bronze while the latter is composed of earthenware, there are similarities between both objects as well as a demonstration that the artefacts have developed in style. They are both supreme examples of sculpture in ...

Wine Ewer and CoverJohann Friedrich Böttger (Germany, 1682-1719)Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany, Meissen, founded 1710)Germany, Saxony, Meissen, circa 1712-1715Furnishings; ServicewareRed stoneware, glaze, gildingHeight: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Collection by exchange. This beautiful piece of porcelain demonstrates the great skills of the ceramist Johann Friedrich Bottger. It is made out of fine Meissen porcelain which was one of the most celebrated of china manufacturers. The wine ewer and cover was made to store choice wines and was made around 1712 showcasing some of the most important features ...

Introduction

Sylvia Plath is one of the most admired and dynamic poet of the 20th Century. She was mostly known for her book the Bell jar which was a collection of poems. Her poetry represented a self loathing and disturbing stance that could probably have been prompted by the tough life she had led as a child and under the care of her authoritarian father. According to Biography.com (n.p), her poetry was “highly acclaimed” due to its “confessional style,” linking her to other confessional poets like Anne Sexton and Robert Lowell. This paper should present facts about Sylvia Plath’s early life, career ...

Abstract

This is a paper that will define and illustrate the elements of figurative language. Misusing Figurative Language can be just as annoying or comical as misusing words; therefore it behooves the writer or the speaker to make sure that he or she is familiar with the term before using it. It is more acceptable to use bad grammar than to misuse a word; especially if one is in public. No one can truly say that he or she has never used figurative language. We begin to use figurative language the moment we learn to speak, albeit we do so ...

Introduction:

The Chinese Sheng dynasty was rich in symbolism and artistic prowess even though it dates back to over 2000 BC. There are a vast number of ornaments, sculptures and artefacts which have been recovered through archaeological diggings and the two examples discussed here provide some interesting comparisons and concepts. Although the first vessel dates from almost 2000 years before the second one and is made out of bronze while the latter is composed of earthenware, there are similarities between both objects as well as a demonstration that the artefacts have developed in style. They are both supreme examples of sculpture in ...

A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the Lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. As he came near, the Lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the Lion, who was ...

Abstract

Animals whose body temperatures are affected by their surroundings are said to be ectothermic. If an ectothermic organism is exposed cold conditions, the heart rate of the animal lowers. In high temperatures the heart rate of the animal is very high. Caffeine being a stimulant works by causing the nervous system to work faster. It further leads to the constriction of the blood vessels. The Daphnia magna sometimes referred to as the water flea lives in the fresh waters. It is an exothermic crustacean. The results of Table one shows that Daphnia’s heart rate lowers as temperatures the temperatures ...

The percept ‘Never trust in women; nor rely upon their vows’, a view that Kind Shahriyar firmly believed in, does not hold true. Every woman is not the same as the other and while some women may be untrustworthy, others may be epitomes of loyalty and virtue. The main cause for Shahriyar’s rage and hatred towards women is his firm belief that ever woman is deceitful, adulterous and cannot be trusted. The unfaithfulness of his brother’s wife, and that of his own, leads him to question whether they have been unfortunate or if the treachery of women is ...

Introduction

Proper selection of the material and manufacturing process to be used for a given application is crucial to the success of the manufacturing process. Material selection should be based on material suitability and the possibility of modifying the material to make it suitable for the application while the selection of the manufacturing process should be based on the material selected, the shape required, dimensions of the item being manufactured and the cost of production. A product design specification (PDS) is a crucial element of design that outlines the design and operating requirements and, therefore, facilitates the selection of suitable materials. This ...

Critical review of “Differential Effects of Normal Aging on Memory For Odor –Place and Object-Place Associations” and “Inhibitory Control of Memory in Normal Ageing: Dissociation Between Impaired Intentional and Preserved Unintentional Processes”

As medical advances and healthy lifestyle choices allow people to live to longer, age-related changes in memory are of particular interest to researchers. In their article “Differential Effects of Normal Aging on Memory for Odor-Place and Object-Place Associations,” Gilbert et. al. (2008) describes an experimental study that used associative memory tasks to assess the ability of young and aged individuals to remember odor-place and object-place associations. In ...

World Changing Accomplishments

Introduction As the world grows and matures, it is evident that a lot of discoveries have been made and most of them have had a great impact on mankind. Most of the accomplishments have been brought about as a result of science and in most cases it is clear that science has been able to change the human way of life both negatively and positively. Discovery of things such as atomic bombs has made some people develop certain claims like science is harmful to human life thus forgetting all the good discoveries that it has also brought. In this case we ...

Who was St. Jerome?

Eusebius Hieronymous Sophronius, also known as St. Jerome was born at Stridonius about the year 342. His native tongue is Illyrian but he learned Latin and Greek in Rome. St. Jerome’s father, a Christian made sure that he was instructed accordingly at home. He was sent to Rome to study where Donatus (a famous pagan grammarian) and Victorinus (a Christian rhetorician) became his teachers (St. Jerome Doctor of the Church). Grammarians, rhetoricians and philosophers were his companions in his youth (St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church of Chicago, 2001). St. Jerome has several literary works. This includes his works on the ...

Dear Professor Surname:

Upon reading the narrative Janus by Ann Beattie, I intended to understand how an individual gets drawn to something he/she loved so much, that love for other things also gets affected. Actually, I find it hard to determine how the plot of the narrative is portrayed; that is, whether it is by the story’s setting, characters, or symbolism. At first, the jar being talked about in the story seemed to be a mere symbolic factor in the narrative. In fact, the story seemed to be a pure abstract. But with the help of reading over it again and again, and ...

Christopher Lawson Epicurean Food Merchant Products are supposed to target up-market spenders. This is because the products offered are high quality and handmade. These organic goods are made for those who would not mind spending a couple more dollars on a good, healthy, organic and tasty product. The image that the product labels like to capture is that of high class goods.

The logo was done in a colorful manner, using the fonts Rockwell and Times New Roman. There are soft shadows used behind the tomato to bring in a sense of ease. This is used by creating a smoke or cloud effect. This ...

A family man made the decision to relocate to another city in order to find a better quality of life. He said goodbye to his family and left them, moving away. He caught a ship and sailed towards his new life. On arrival, the officials in the new city checked both him and his identity and then released him. Following this, he searched the city for a house and for employment. There was a language barrier between the man and the people who lived in his new city, and so he found communication difficult, despite trying to use a language dictionary. Luckily, he was ...

A) Briefly discuss the treatment of employee stock options under each of the following:

1. Previous FASB/APB/CAP on Stock Options [Hint APB Opinion #25] APB Opinion 25 calculated stock options employing the intrinsic value technique, in which compensation expense appeared to be realized as the stock price surplus at the grant date divided by the price of option exercise. This technique however overlooked any possibility that the stock price might go beyond the exercise price, since most stock options possessed exercise prices as a minimum equivalent to contemporary market values, compensation expense thus not acknowledged. 2. FASB SFAS ...

Joseph John Thompson is credited with the discovery of the electron. This was as a result of an experiment he conducted in 1897. Thomas discovered that Cathode rays, which were discovered by Philipp Lenard, could travel a lot further through air than is expected for a particle as small as an atom. Thomas first produced cathode rays and passed them to a bell jar. Here, they were deflected by a magnet. The path of the rays was detected by their fluorescence on a screen placed in the bell jar. He performed this experiment with different materials as the anode and with different gases in ...

INTRODUCTION

General overview

Preparation of yoghurt takes place through milk fermentation process with various cultures of bacteria comprising of streptococcus subspecies mixed with lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies and thermophiles (Barbano, 2009). Basically, yoghurt comes in two types: distilled and set (Augustin et al., 2003). The author further explains there is a difference in the main procedure through which these yogurts are manufactured. In the set yoghurt (inclusive of fruit on the bottom), the formation takes place in retail pots as the fermentation of the lactic acid bacteria proceeds into lactic acid generating a structure of continuous gel in the container of the consumer. ...

Question 1: Separation of mixtures

This is a method of separation of two immiscible solvent phases. It is the best method for the separation of a mixture of Cyclohexanone and Acetone (miscible)

Cyclohexanone is insoluble in water while Acetone is miscible with water. A mixture of the two compounds forms two distinct layers in water. Distillation cannot be used because the two compounds are highly flammable.

In this method of separation, water is added to the mixture. Acetone completely mixes with water while cyclohexanone does not. A funnel is then used to separate the two.

(Note: the colouration is ...