Abstract
In this paper, the writer describes the case of an individual who entered into two separate legal situations, one contractual and the other relating to Agency law. The writer relates the difficulties that arose during the course of these transactions and of the legal action taken by the individual to gain compensation for alleged losses. The author examines the history of the two disputes and the legal differences between the two cases.

From the Paper
"In Jose's mind, he had accepted the Winnebago owner's final offer to sell the Winnebago for $25,000. According to the Winnebago owner, his original offer was to sell the vehicle for $30,000. When Jose offered $20,000 instead, that was a counteroffer which he rejected immediately. The Winnebago owner had then made a new offer to sell the vehicle to Jose for $25,000 which Jose never accepted, because when Jose responded "OK. If you change your mind, please call me," that was a rejection of his last offer. As of that rejection, the parties no longer had any outstanding offers or counteroffers on the table any longer except for the seller's original published offer of $30,000. Unfortunately for Jose, the lawyer he consulted confirmed the Winnebago owner's point of view and advised Jose to forget about any claim against him for breach of contract (Halbert, 24)."

Tags:law, contact, agency, claim, lawyer, business

Abstract
The paper discusses various components to be utilized when setting up a political risk analysis agency such as roles and functions, organogram, skills, methodology, templates and toolkits.

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"A political risk analysis agency is, at its most basic, a professional research organization that provides a variety of risk assessments that straddle numerous disciplines that address the relationship between state and non-state economic actors. As noted by Jarvis and Griffiths, to varying degrees, scholars concerned with developmental politics and economics, political economists concerned with the issues of trade investment and the activities of multinational enterprise and students of international business exploring risk and risk exposure and its..."

Tags:political risk agencies, business models, organograms, templates, organization

Abstract
The paper examines JP Morgan's six segments of operation and relates that all these aspects of JP Morgan's business transactions and services involve the legal matrix of agency relationship. The paper provides an overview of agency law and focuses on the application of agency law in all of JP Morgan's operations. The paper concludes that JP Morgan enjoys the profits brought about by its products and services in line with judicious application of agency law.

Outline:
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Agency Law, in General
The Scope of Agency Law in JP Morgan Transactions
Conclusion

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"In the segment of investment banking, JPMorgan offers the key products - mergers and acquisitions advise, capital raising, restructuring, risk management and research. These products are offered to businesses and entrepreneurs interested in acquiring certain companies, to raise capital or restructure loans as well as manage the risks in their chosen investments. In proprietary trading and investing and market-making, JPMorgan invests the money of its clients for profit.
"In the Retail Financial Services segment, JPMorgan hires employees and agents to offer its range of financial products and services to the public. Especially in the aspect of underwriting its range of financial protection products, there are reciprocal duties and obligations binding its insurance agents to it and vice versa."

Tags:principals, third, parties, clients

Abstract
The paper discusses the philosophical arguments about 'free will' and 'human agency,' which both focus on the capacity of human beings to act on their own. The paper looks at Marxism with regards to free will and human agency and describes the concept of alienation. The paper discusses the main classes in capitalism; the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The paper also compares free market capitalism to Marxism and contrasts their approaches to free will and human agency.

Outline:
Marxism and Free Will/ Human Agency
The Alienated Individual
The Individual and His/Her Social Class
Free Market Capitalism and Free Will/ Human Agency
Comparison of Marxism and Free Market Capitalism and Their Views on Free Will or Human Agency

From the Paper
"A similar concept is 'human agency'. Human agency states that human beings do in fact make decisions on their own and apply them accordingly to their own situations. Whether by free will or due to some other consequences that drive human beings to act is not the question. What is important is the claim that human beings can be agents of change. They are capable of altering their own conditions. Because people are seen as decision-makers, they are now regarded as under the obligation to think and apply value judgments to the consequences of their actions. Human beings are now to be held responsible for whatever decisions they make. It must be noted that 'human agency' does not merely imply the ability of the individual, rather the capacity of a group of individuals or a collective unity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_agency)."

Tags:responsibility, Marxism, alienation, free, market, capitalism

Abstract
The paper relates that if the term "agency" is understood as the power to act, a discussion of the representation of female agency in Chinese literature is revealing of the how limited was the range of action available to women in imperial China. This paper explores this theme in a number of literary works of the imperial period and shows how in the works discussed, the range of female agency is limited to varying forms and levels of control over men through sexual desire. The paper discusses how females are shown to be very limited in their agency due to a lack of capacity for mobility in contrast to men. The paper explains that the implication here is that men hold power, but women retain agency over their sexuality, and are able to use it to control men; both through fostering desire directly or fostering desire through jealousy.

From the Paper
"If the term "agency" is understood as the power to act, a discussion of the representation of female agency in Chinese literature is revealing of the how limited was the range of action available to women in imperial China. This essay will explore this theme in a number of literary works of the imperial period. As will be seen, in the works discussed the range of female agency is limited to varying forms and levels of control over men through sexual desire. As will be seen, females are shown to be very limited in their agency due to a lack of capacity for mobility in contrast..."

Tags:china, literature, poetry

Abstract
This paper explains that the formation of Mobile Care, a non-profit agency, will not only help the elderly remain in their homes longer but will also help stabilize the neighborhoods. Next, the author list the project objectives and how the proposed agency will meet these objectives. The paper includes a budget and tables from substantiating research. The paper is in a memo format and contains figures.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Introduction
The Formation Of Mobile Care, A Non-Profit Agency
Problem Statement
Nutritional Needs
Prescription Availability
Yard Work
Services Offered by Non-Medical Care Agencies Not All-Inclusive
Objectives
Project Description
Assessment of Potential Needs
Purchase of Necessary Equipment
Evaluation of Potential Clientele
Training of Staff
Evaluation
Future Funding
Budget
Personnel
Equipment
Miscellaneous
Figure 1: Services Needed
Figure 2: Survey Results

From the Paper
"Many elderly persons want to remain in their homes once they become unable to take care of themselves, yet they do not have family or friends that can stay with them on a full-time basis or at least check on them frequently enough to keep them safe and healthy. They are usually able to get nursing care through home care agencies paid for by their private insurance company or Medicare. However, simple things like grocery shopping, prescription pick-up, trips to the doctor, getting bills paid on time and healthy meals cannot be maintained."

Tags:research, services, self-sustaining, clients, equipment

Abstract
This paper examines how the idea of the chicken and the egg is one of interdependency, one cannot exist without the other and how the structure/ agency argument is one of the main issues debated in sociology today. It explores both perspectives by looking at sociologists that believe structures in society that shape the way that individuals act and those that support the agency argument who believe individuals create and shape society. These perspectives are contrasted with interpretist theories, which do see structure and agency as interdependent.

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"Talcott Parsons saw society as existing on many levels, starting with "values and choices", then "roles and institutions", which leads onto the complex social structures of society. He developed a "voluntaristic theory", this is the idea that social order is maintained through individual choice (or volunteering) to follow social norms and values. Parsons felt that sociology should study people's choice within the constraints of their societies. To identify what constrains choice, he uses the idea of the "unit act". The unit act consists of the actor, or the individual, they have goals, or desired outcomes that motivate the action. There are means that are available, which are used to meet the desired end. However there are conditions, which constrain and set the context for the action. Parsons argues that the individual unit act of person is linked to, and influenced by others individual unit acts."

Tags:giddens, goffman, habermas, mead, parsons, phenomonology, shutz

Abstract
This paper discusses the National Security Agency and the public rights in cyberspace that are being developed. By understanding how the security agency works with the ethical laws that are now being made, one can understand how laws come into being, and how this agency backs them up. The writer shows the reader that by knowing the laws of the land, the cyberspace issues that are at hand can be fully realized.

Abstract
This paper develops recommended policies for implementation by the Bladen County Mental Health Agency that are expected to lead to improved public perceptions of the quality of services provided by the Agency. Second, the improved perceptions of service quality are expected to lead higher levels of use of those services by the Agency?s target population.
Table of Contents:
Description of the Problem
Problem Definition
Statement of Purpose
Setting of the Problem
History and Background of the Problem
Scope of the Project
Significance of Project
Definition of Terms
Literature Review
Reactions to Managed Care
Health Care Marketing
Survey Methodology
Literature Summary and Transition
Option Selection
Criteria for Evaluating Options
Analyses of Option Alternatives
Applied Design Intervention
Grant Proposal Submission
Alternative Policy Decision
Option Selection
Descriptive of Alternatives
Statement of Objectives
Objective 1
Objective 2
Description of Alternatives
Alternative 1
Alternative 2
Alternative 3
Data Collection Plan
Hypotheses Related to Objectives
Objective 1
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Objective 2
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Data Collection Plan
Data Analysis Plan
Limitation of Data Collection Plan
Hypotheses Related to Alternatives
Alternative 1
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Alternative 2
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Alternative 3
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Data Collection Plan
Data Analysis Plan
Limitation of Data Collection Plan
Summary of Results
Objective 1
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Analysis of Objective
Objective 2
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Analysis of Objective
Alternative 1 (Status Quo)
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Analysis of Objective
Alternative 2
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Analysis of Objective
Alternative 3
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Analysis of Objective
Other Pertinent Data
Summary
Conclusions and Recommendations
Conclusions
Objectives
Alternative 1 (Status Quo)
Alternative 2
Alternative 3
Force-Field Analysis
Alternative 1 (Status Quo)
Alternative 2
Alternative 3
Policy Recommendations
Recommendations for Further Research

From the Paper
"Bladen County, North Carolina has a small population spread over a rather large geographic area in the southeastern part of the state. The county's population has increased by eight-percent since the 1990 census to approximately 31,000 persons in the spring of 1999 ("County Population Estimates," 1999). The proportion of lower-income households in Bladen County is 51 percent higher than the national average ("Facts and Figures," 1999)."

Tags:service, proposal, quality, research, policy

Abstract
This paper provides an insight into the Farm Service Agency which was established in 1994, essentially as a continuation of the former Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). It examines how the ASCS had long been administered by the Farmer's Home Administration (FmHA), a Depression-era agency which managed farm loans. It looks at how farm loan programs were created in response to well-established characteristics of agriculture-- the uncertainties of weather and other factors that influence crop prices, the need of farmers for operating loans and the tendency of farm commodities to come on the market all at one time (e.g., harvest time), with a resultant glut effect on prices.

Outline
Introduction
Overview of the Farm Service Agency
Mission of the FSA with Respect to Agriculture
Organization of the FSA
Sources of Loan Funds
Relationships to Funding Sources
Loans and Terms Offered
Purposes and Types of Loans
Example Loan Program
Amounts of Loans
Maturities of Loans
Repayment Terms
Loan Costs (Interest Rates, Fees, etc.)
Types of Loan Programs
What the Agriculture Industry Should Know about the FSA
The FSA in Oklahoma
References

From the Paper
"The FSA is organized into and administered through so-called County Offices, though each office may be responsible for several adjacent counties. Individual County Offices are staffed primarily by employees who formerly served in the ASCS. In addition, however, some offices have an Agricultural Loan Officer attached, or have regular scheduled appointment hours with a visiting Agricultural Loan Officer. The Southwest Farm Advisor (1999) online fact sheet recommends that borrowers try to work directly with the Agricultural Loan Officer, since the ex-ASCS staff members at County Offices "simply are not up to speed" on current loan procedures."

Tags:loans, crops, weather, government, officer