Essays on The Onion

Introduction to Business

Companies and individuals in today’s business environment can now allocate certain business tasks to external service specialists and providers. Particular focus is provided to the third-world countries or developing economies that can offer cheap labor to the organization. Outsourcing is utilized to reduce recruitment and operational expenses, share risks, concentrate on core operations, and to promote swiftness. However, the procedure has hidden costs in the contracting process and can expose confidential information regarding people or a firm. Virtual assistants or individual outsourcing is slowly rising based on the revelations of the video. American employees are forwarding their jobs ...

In the recent past, NASA has been doing excellent and outstanding things in the outer space. The media has hyped the show and depicted NASA as a genius (Frederick). Most people says the operations of NASA are exhilarating, but on my side, I am left flabbergasted! Could the skills used to put a man on the moon duplicated to improve the state of the life of humans? Can’t they decide to invent robots that will play an essential role to curb the rising insecurities? NASA commitments and objectives just boil my blood. Personally, I am not moved by ...

Introduction

Osmosis is the process by which water molecules move from a region of low concentration of solute to a region of high concentration of solute through a semipermeable membrane (Van 3). Osmosis therefore can define the movement of water in and out of the cytoplasm of a cell. A solution with a higher concentration of solute molecules than that of the cell cytoplasm is said to be hypertonic to the cell. On the other hand, a solution with a lower concentration of solute than that of the cell cytoplasm is said to be hypotonic to the cell. Purpose: The ...

Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy

Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy is a freeverse poem written in the first person. The voice seems to be that of the poet, speaking to her lover. However, the poem is universal in that the ‘I’ and the ‘you’ characters featured could be of either sex. On the surface, the poem is about the presentation of an unusual gift on St. Valentine's Day. However, the deeper level explores the love between two individuals. Valentine uses the onion as a strong central image and metaphor for love. This concept is then expanded on throughout the poem. Duffy uses the poem’s ...

Literature differs among different people. There are those whose area of interest is poetry, short stories, novels and other literal genres. Once a reader reads the different literature articles of even books, one might get a different understanding from other readers. Poems holder deeper meaning and a reader has to ensure that he/she understands the message that the poets aim to deliver. Understanding the tone, themes and stylistic devices that have been used in a poem helps a reader in getting a deeper understanding of a poem. Some poems maybe discussing similar issues but different language, tone and stylistic devices are used. This paper compares two ...

My sister has always been asking me how I manage to make the perfect lasagna. She is an inpatient person, and I needed to explain to her that the one ingredient that cannot be bought is love towards food. Lasagna is a wonderful dish that needs a little knowledge but a lot of effort and time in order to prepare it perfectly. In my case of lasagna preparation, around three hours is needed. Lasagna can be prepared faster but it will never be perfect as it is served in an Italian restaurant. I will go step by step so that my sister ...

Introduction

The purpose of this experiment is to assist one to learn how different equipment in the laboratory is being use when carrying out the experiment. It tests the level of accuracy required when using different apparatus for measuring the volume. For very approximate result of volume, a beaker or conical flask is preferred when measuring volumes of liquids.

Accurate methods of measurement

This is done by the use of burette, conical flask and pipette. These measuring apparatus are discussed below. When a much more accurate measurement is required, always measuring cylinders are preferred Measuring cylinders, which are much more accurate than beakers and conical.

Also volumetric pipettes and volumetric flask the mostly used apparatus used when measuring accurate volume.

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Executive Summary

Aalborg Industry Vietnam has been marred by the problem of cultural adaptation for a long time. Conflicting cultures of the Danish workers and management and that of the Vietnamese workers and management often clashed, and to some extent, these clashes can be blamed for the poor performance of the company in the country in the initial years. Cultural perspectives of functionalist and constructivism have been used to explain the cultural problems and those of HRM that were experienced in the company. The functionalist perspective views dysfunctions in the operations of an organization emanating from any part of the company to ...

Introduction

The white-headed capuchin is an animal that is usually active during the day and inhabits trees (Emmons, 1997). It, however, goes down to the ground frequently than other monkeys (Morris & Bruce, 2005). It locomotes primarily through walking on all four limbs. It resides in groups, or troops, of about 40 monkeys and its ratio of male to female adult sex, is 71 on average. With unusual exceptions, females pass their whole lives with their female colleagues. Males move to new social groups many times throughout their lifetimes, moving for the first time between the first 20 months and 11 ...