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The discovery of oil at Spindletop on January 10th, 1901 resulted in an unprecedented economic boom. The vast amount of oil found in Texas would prove to be more than sufficient to power America for many decades. This discovery had a profound impact on Texas culture, lifestyle, and business. The book “Oil In Texas” demonstrates…

Throughout the years, there have been significant amounts of immigrants arriving in different countries around the world for the same goal of a better life. Mexican immigrants are one of the oldest immigrants and one of the newest that still keep coming today. The Mexican immigrants possibly started to immigrate to America in the 1840’s…

Malaysia is grappling with the rising cases of abandoned babies, “forcing” the Malaysian police to investigate baby-dumping cases under the Malaysian Penal Code for murder or attempt murder. The Malaysian public blame premarital sex on the over-exposure to sexually-liberal western culture, while the Malaysian government considers including sex education in school syllabus. Experts, on the…

Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21% of the earth’s land surface. Of great concern…

At the end of March 2009 (prior to the merger with Kraft), the firm had around Rs. 271.5 Crores in total cash and cash equivalents. Maintaining liquidity is essential for any business, especially to prepare for unexpected events. To establish the optimal cash reserve needed, it is important to identify potential unfavorable events and assign…

In Don Delilo’s White Noise, various themes are depicted including the fear of death, loss of identity, technology seen as the enemy, and American consumerism. The novel’s society views individuals as objects and emotionally disconnected. Death looms in the air and haunts people’s thoughts. The culture depicted in the book contributes to the decline of…

The aftermath of World War 1 in Europe was very much in turmoil and it was because the peacemakers weren’t able to see the scale of the damage of that WW1 causes. The empires of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia were nonexistent. Russia had undergone two revolutions, the states that were left behind were struggling economically…

Background In the case, background in 1990’s China Government open beer market to foreign investor. China is a huge, future potential market, a lot of foreign brewers enter to the Chinese market and making multi million dollar investment on production facilities as well as labor market. However a few years later most of the foreign…

Introduction   The Earth, third planet from the Sun in the Solar System, may not be as large as Jupiter nor does it have beautiful rings like Saturn, but it still has entities that other planets do not have. It shelters all the known living things in the universe – plants, animals, and, of course,…

The Natya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. It was written during the period between 200 BCE and 200 CE in classical India and is traditionally attributed to the Sage Bharata. As an audio-visual form, Natyashastra mirrors all the arts and crafts, higher knowledge, learning, sciences, yoga, and conduct. Its purpose is to entertain as well as educate….