Essay Samples

The price of oil is rising. Gas prices at the pump keep reaching new highs as the world prices for crude oil keep rising. Every year sees a winter where gas and oil prices are higher than the year before. These events have brought significant economic pain for everyday Americans who suffer from the inflation due to rising crude prices. It is not just the US which is feeling this. In Europe, there have been protests from fishermen’s groups to trucking associations over the increasing costs of oil. These events have prompted politicians from both sides of the Atlantic to contemplate methods of lowering oil prices.

Taracorp Industries is in Granite City, in Madison County in the state of Illinois and the two bordering towns Madison and Venice. Secondary lead smelting was done by the company from 1903 to 1983, but this ceased as a result of the company’s continued violations of the lead emission air standards. The company however continues with its activities of metal refining and fabrication. The factories past and present activities have led to high level of lead which has been detected in residential and commercial soils in the neighboring areas of Venice and Granite City Madison.

Environmental management has been a great issue in this age of industrial development, since in each of an industrial process there is release of waste products. The aim of environmental management is therefore important in reduction of industrial emissions into our environment causing pollution effects. The effects of these industrial emissions are varied from mild to severe; depending on how they enter the atmosphere, that is, they may be in different states of matter.

The process referred to as the greenhouse effect has lately been a very debatable issue and has been receiving a lot of criticism due to its association with the surging rates of global warming. Despite the criticism however, it is an otherwise very natural phenomenon and one that is also very essential to human existence.

Domestic violence refers to any harmful or insulting behavior which is being repeatedly employed by an individual on his or her intimate partner in order to be in control. Such behavior could be physical (slapping, punching, hair-pulling), psychological (threat of physical harm), or emotional (name calling or nonstop criticism).

The constitution states that no one shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”. This important phrase was stated both in the fifth and fourteenth amendment. Indeed, this simple clause has been the only command found in the constitution.

Diverticulitis is a form of Diverticular disease that occurs when abnormal pouches called diverticula that form on the walls of the lower intestine become inflamed and produces a variety of symptoms such as cramps, bloating, pain in the lower left side of one’s and constipation.  Most often diverticulitis is a result of an inappropriate diet; therefore, “the sigmoid part of the colon has to exert so much pressure to propel the feces that the walls of the intestine herniate.”  [1]

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Explain why it might not always be equitable to judge a written argument, based on whether or not it changed the readers opinion about the subject.

This dissertation chapter provides descriptive literature on corporate governance via examination of the effect the characteristics of corporate governance have on the financing decisions in the listed companies of Saudi Arabia.

Research coverage should qualify in the Eligibility Criteria for Federal Funding of Research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells of the National Institute of Health (NIH) as established by President George W. Bush in August 9, 2001.