Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Ib History Mao’s Cultural Revolution Notes
The great Proletarian cultural revolution * All over China was the campaign to destroy the old and build the new * Abolishing the four olds * The people crowding Beijing in 1966 carried the little red book and the Mao badge * forcefully taken away anything old or has traditional values. * The children were taken into actions as well * Giving social advantages to the Red guards, thousand took advantage * The youth were educated of the revolutionary stories * Women had equal status in the revolution as men did Political figures such as Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei were persecuted and eventually dead * 1968 the red guards started to fight each other, the PLA joined different groups causing increase in violence * Same year Sino-Soviet battle in XinJiang threatening Chinaââ¬â¢s national security, Mao ordered to terminate the revolution in the XinJiang Province * Later on that year he decided that the revolution has reached its primary goals, therefore declared the success of the revolu tion * Students were sent home, but when some university students continued to fight, PLA was sent in * Mao restructured the government by forming the Revolutionary Committee which runs the country. Power struggle pursued * 1966-1969 the dark time of the cultural revolution, half a million people died from torture * Youths were raised without supervision caused social instability * A whole generation, the realization that their loyalties earned them only manual labor jobs in rural China and that their supposed counter revolutionary targets were exonerated contributed to changing attitudes towards the Party and its ageing leadership. Economy fell as most of the urban workers were afflicted in politics, as did agriculture and production * 1971, Lin Biao tried to assassinate Mao, the 571 incident. After failure he tried to escape on a plane which was shot down * 1972, Nixon came to China due to international pressure in the UN as well as US political needs * Border tension with USSR, I ndia, DPRK, North Vietnam, therefore needed the improved relations with US * Jan 1976, Zhou Enlai died; Later on that year Zhu De died. September 9th, Mao died * Maoââ¬â¢s widow Jiang Qing with three other men were arrested for crime against state, and Hua Guofeng would succeed Mao. Maoââ¬â¢s Impact Though his failure in the great leap forward and the cultural revolution, he remained an icon in China, but was portrayed as a tyrant in overseas. * Heightened sense of nationalism was when the CCP defeated the Japanese, which laid foundation for the overall success in 1949 * He made China to stand up, which is why he remained an icon for most Chinese people * Economically, despite the setbacks from the great leap forward and the cultural revolution, China did develop hugely in economic sector during his rule. * Life expectancy reached 65 by the time of Maoââ¬â¢s death. * Women gained the same social status as men did * Literacy rate increased
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings Chapter 15~16
CHAPTER FIFTEEN A Song for Your Supper Amy picked the whale. It had been a stressful morning for her, and Quinn wanted to convey his complete confidence in her, so he handed over the headphones and took directions as they narrowed down which of their whales was actually the singer. ââ¬Å"Wait a second,â⬠Amy said. ââ¬Å"Shut down the engine.â⬠And then she did something that Quinn had seen no one do for twenty-five years, and then it had been his mentor, Gerard Ryder, who most people agreed had been eccentric to the point of being full-blown bat shit. Amy hung over the side by her knees and put her head in the water. After about thirty seconds she swung up, spraying a great crest of seawater all over the boat, then pointed north. ââ¬Å"He's over there.â⬠ââ¬Å"That doesn't work, you know,â⬠said Quinn. It was pretty much accepted that humans didn't have directional hearing underwater. He was just gently trying to remind her. ââ¬Å"Go that way. That's where our whale is.â⬠ââ¬Å"Okay, there may indeed be a singer over there, but you didn't locate him by hearing him.â⬠She just stood there next to him ââ¬â dripping on his feet, the console, the field notes ââ¬â looking at him. ââ¬Å"Okay, I'm going.â⬠He started the engine and pushed the throttle over. ââ¬Å"Tell me when I get there.â⬠A couple of minutes later Amy signaled for him to cut the engine, and she was hanging over the side with her head in the water while the boat was still coasting. ââ¬Å"Well, this is just stupid,â⬠Nate said while Amy was submerged. Amy dedunked long enough to say, ââ¬Å"I heard that.â⬠ââ¬Å"Looks like you're bobbing for whales, is what it looks like.â⬠ââ¬Å"Shut up,â⬠said Amy, up for a breath. ââ¬Å"I'm trying to listen.â⬠ââ¬Å"You look like that cartoon character in ââ¬ËB.C. that used to watch fish all day.â⬠ââ¬Å"That way,â⬠said Amy, up again, pointing and dog-shaking the water out of her hair onto the Ph.D. ââ¬Å"About six hundred yards.â⬠ââ¬Å"Six hundred yards? You're sure?â⬠ââ¬Å"Give or take fifty.â⬠ââ¬Å"If we're within a half mile of a singer, I'll buy you dinner.â⬠â⬠ââ¬ËKay. What do you suppose the freight is to fly a lobster from Maine to my plate in Lahaina?â⬠ââ¬Å"I'm not going to need to know that.â⬠ââ¬Å"Drive the boat, please. Over there.â⬠And she pointed again, not unlike Babe Ruth indicating the Wrigley Field fence over which he would hit the famous promised home run (except Amy was thin, a girl, and alive). Quinn heard the singer even before they put the hydrophone in the water. The whole boat started resonating to the song as they coasted into a drift. Amy hopped up on the bow and pointed to some white spots dancing below the surface ââ¬â pectoral fins and a tail. ââ¬Å"There he is!â⬠If there had been a crowd, they would have gone wild. Quinn smiled. Amy looked back at him and grinned. ââ¬Å"Steak and lobster,â⬠she said. ââ¬Å"Something red and French and expensive for the wine, something on fire for dessert ââ¬â don't care what it is, long as there's flames coming off it ââ¬â then a backrub before I send you back to your cabin alone, disappointed and confused. Ha!â⬠ââ¬Å"It's a date,â⬠said Quinn. ââ¬Å"No, it's not a date. It's a bet, which you have lost miserably because you had the audacity to doubt me, and for which you shall remain ever sorry. Ha!â⬠ââ¬Å"Shall we work now? Or would you like to gloat a bit longer?â⬠ââ¬Å"Hmmm, let me think about itâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ She's so small, yet she contains so much evil, Quinn thought. He threw the field journal at her and read her the longitude and latitude off the GPS. ââ¬Å"Film's in the camera. New roll. I loaded it this morning.â⬠ââ¬Å"I was thinking I'd gloat some more.â⬠Amy picked up the notebook, then paused as she opened it to begin writing. ââ¬Å"Singing stopped.â⬠ââ¬Å"Sometimes I think they just stop singing to freak me out.â⬠ââ¬Å"He's moving,â⬠Amy said, pointing. ââ¬Å"Moving,â⬠Quinn repeated. He looked over the side and saw the white pec fins and flukes flash out of sight. ââ¬Å"Hold on.â⬠He started the engine. ââ¬Å"They can hunt these kind, as far as I'm concerned,â⬠Quinn said after they'd been on the whale for two hours. They'd recorded three full cycles of the song and gotten a crossbow biopsy, but the whale simply would not fluke, so they hadn't been able to get an ID photo. A lot of good it did to have a DNA sample when you couldn't identify the animal. ââ¬Å"Hunt them and make them into pet food,â⬠Nate continued. ââ¬Å"Get their tainted, nonfluking genes out of the gene pool.â⬠ââ¬Å"Maybe you should have a doughnut or something, get your blood sugar up,â⬠Amy said. ââ¬Å"Use their pathetic, nonfluking baleen for corsets and umbrella stays. Use their vertebrae for footstools. Use their intestines to make giant, nonfluking whale sausages to serve at state fairs. Remove their putrid unfluking gonads and ââ¬â à » ââ¬Å"I thought you liked these animals.â⬠ââ¬Å"Yeah, but not when they won't cooperate.â⬠The whale had led them five miles out toward Molokai and very close to the wind line, where the waves were too big and the current too fast to stay on a singer. If the whale continued in this direction, they would lose him within the next two dive cycles and the day would be wasted. What was even more frustrating was that this animal was hanging in the water and singing with his tail only a few feet below the surface. Typically, a singer in the channel would be thirty to fifty feet down ââ¬â this guy was at about seven. Nate kept having to pull up the hydrophone to keep it from bopping the whale in the noggin as they drifted over it. ââ¬Å"He's coming up,â⬠Amy said. She grabbed the camera off the seat and aimed it at a spot twenty yards or so in front of the boat so the auto-focus and exposure would already be set. Nate pulled up the hydrophone with two yanks and started the engine. The whale was moving faster this time. Nate adjusted the throttle to put Amy at the right distance for a full-frame tail shot. One breath and he was down for ten seconds, another breath twelve seconds, another breath and the great tail peduncle arched high into the air. ââ¬Å"Looks like he's going to do it,â⬠Nate said. ââ¬Å"Ready,â⬠Amy said. The tail cleared the water by just a foot, presenting an edge view instead of a flat horizontal view that would give them all the markings, but Nate thought he saw something. Something that looked like black letters on the underside of the tail. ââ¬Å"You get that? You get that?â⬠ââ¬Å"I got what there was. He didn't present very well.â⬠Amy had run the motor drive for the whole cycle of the dive, maybe eight frames. ââ¬Å"Did you see those markings? On the underside? The blackâ⬠¦ uh, stripes?â⬠Quinn whipped off his sunglasses and wiped them with his T-shirt. ââ¬Å"Stripes? Nate, I didn't see anything but edge through the camera.â⬠ââ¬Å"Damn it!â⬠ââ¬Å"Look, he fluked. Maybe he will again.â⬠ââ¬Å"That's not the point.â⬠ââ¬Å"It's not?â⬠ââ¬Å"Get up on the bow, see if you can find him.â⬠Amy stood on the bow and directed Quinn. When she dropped her arm, he killed the engine. And there was the whale, hanging there, singing, his tail not ten feet under the water. They weren't a hundred yards off the wind line, and the boat was drifting away from the whale faster than it had before. They'd be over it for only a minute or so. This close to the wind line, they'd probably lose him the next time he came up. Nate was not going to finish this day wondering if he was having hallucinations again. ââ¬Å"Amy, hand me my mask and flippers from the bow cabinet, would you?â⬠ââ¬Å"You're going in the water?â⬠ââ¬Å"Yes.â⬠ââ¬Å"But you never go in the water.â⬠ââ¬Å"I'm going in the water.â⬠Nate opened a plastic Pelican case and pulled out his Nikonos IV underwater camera, checked to make sure it was loaded. ââ¬Å"You're not a water guy.â⬠ââ¬Å"See if there's a weight belt in there, too.â⬠ââ¬Å"Clay says you're not a water guy. You're a boat guy.â⬠ââ¬Å"I'm going to get an ID photo from under his tail. If he's going to be accommodating enough to stay this close to the surface, I'm going to go get the photo.â⬠ââ¬Å"Can you do that?â⬠ââ¬Å"Why not?â⬠She handed him a belt weighted with ten pounds of lead, and Nate buckled it around his hips. He pulled on the mask and fins, then sat on the gunwale with his back to the water. ââ¬Å"You're going to drift off of me. I'm not going to try to swim to catch you, so come back and get me. Wait till I wave. I don't want you to start the engine until I'm sure I have the picture. Keep recording until you come get me.â⬠â⬠ââ¬ËKay.â⬠Amy's mouth was sort of hanging open as if she'd just been slapped. ââ¬Å"This is no big deal.â⬠ââ¬Å"Right. You want me to do it? It's my fault I didn't get the shot last time.â⬠ââ¬Å"Not your fault. The shot wasn't there. See ya.â⬠Quinn put the snorkel in his mouth and rolled backward off the boat. At seventy-five degrees, the water was still cold enough to knock the breath out of him. He floated to the surface and tried to take controlled breaths until his system adjusted. The whale was close, only a hundred or so feet away. The song reverberated in Nate's ribs as he kicked over to it. This had to be the ââ¬Å"bite meâ⬠whale. Even if he'd somehow been wrong about there actually being letters, there were certainly some strange markings on this animal's tail. And there was more than that, too, if he could prove to himself that this was the same animal. It would mean that the whale had stayed in the general area of the Au'au Channel for over three weeks, which was fairly unusual. Of course, conclusions weren't reached from that lack of data. It could simply be that they hadn't computerized the catalog of Hawaiian ID photos the way they had in Alaska. And without the first picture there'd be no proof that this was the same animal, but Quinn would know. He would know. That had become the impetus of this silly mission, not just proving that he wasn't hallucinating. He was a man of science, of facts, of reason. He didn't need to prove he was sane. I'm out of my mind, he thought. He'd never even heard of anyone trying to do an ID photo underwater. The animal was perfectly motionless, a great swath of gray in a field of infinite blue. But Quinn thought he saw movement on the far side of the whale. He lifted his head out of the water and looked back at the boat. Amy gave him a thumbs-up. He took a deep breath and made his dive to take the photo. If he'd been wearing tanks, he might have let the weight belt take him down slowly, but he knew he'd be able to stay down for only forty to sixty seconds, so he went headfirst, kicking hard until he was down twenty or so feet. Then he leveled off, holding the camera in front of him, and looked up at the underside of the whale's tail. There it was, in big, sans-serif, spray-paint-like letters: BITE ME! He nearly forgot to take the picture. How could this possibly be? Had the animal somehow been caught in a net when it was younger and marked by a sardonic fisherman before being released? Was it one of those animals that had swum up a river and got stranded, then been rescued by an army of fish-and-game people? He centered the tail in the viewfinder and hit the shutter. Advanced the film and shot again. Then he needed to breathe. He turned and kicked to the surface, but again he saw the dark shape moving near the whale. Remora, he thought. Although it looked too big to be one of the parasite fish that often attached themselves to whales. At the surface he looked back down at the singer, near the left pec where he'd seen the movement. The animal was doing ribbits. Quinn smiled around his snorkel, took three deep breaths, held, then dove again. This time, before he could get the camera up, he saw the movement of a dark fin on the far side of the whale, and he squinted to see deep into the blue distance. Blue-water willies, was how he'd always thought of it. The feeling you get when you realize that something big and carnivorous could come at you from any direction, then you start looking for gray missiles in the blue, like looking for a malevolent face to appear at a dark window. Then the whale moved. The wash of the tail pushed Quinn back, but he maintained his bearings and started toward the surface, trying to keep his eye on the animal. The whale turned around in little more than its own length and shot toward Nate. He kicked laterally, trying to move to one side or another, then up, so he'd be tossed over the top of the animal rather than under it as it came up, because it was definitely going to bump him. He looked back beyond his fins as he kicked and saw the whale adjust its direction to keep coming toward him. Nate kicked once for the surface, then looked back again to see the animal's enormous mouth opening beneath him. No, this can't be happening, he thought. The panic rising in his chest demanded air, but it was as if the entire ocean had opened up a hole behind him, and he wasn't going to make it to the surface. The whale came halfway out of the water as it scooped him up, and Nate saw sky, and white water, and baleen fringing the upper jaw above ââ¬â all of it framed by the huge trapezoid that was the whale's open mouth. Then he felt the whale sinking back, and he saw the baleen close over him. He rolled into a ball, hoping not to be crushed by the jaws, hoping to be spit out as a horrible dining mistake. But then the great tongue came forward, warm and rough, driving him against the baleen plates ââ¬â it was like being smashed into a wrought-iron fence by a wet Nerf Volkswagen. He could feel the baleen ripping the skin on his back as the tongue covered him, pressing the seawater out around him as it would strain krill, then crushing him until the last of the air exploded from his body and he blacked out. PART TWO Jonah's People Men really need sea monsters in their personal oceans. For the ocean, deep and black in the depths, is like the low dark levels of our minds in which the dream symbols incubate and sometimes rise up to sight like the Old Man of the Sea. ââ¬â JOHN STEINBECK CHAPTER SIXTEEN Shoes Off in the Whale! ââ¬Å"Shoes off in the whale!â⬠a male voice said out of the dark. Quinn could see nothing. His entire body ached like, well, like it had been chewed. He crawled to his hands and knees on what felt like wet latex. He reached down and felt for his feet. He still had his flippers on, and logic protested through his confusion. ââ¬Å"I'm not wearing shoes. These are fins.â⬠ââ¬Å"Shoes off in the whale! And don't try and make a break for the anus.â⬠Two things that, if asked about an hour earlier, Nate might have said with conviction he'd never hear in a lifetime of conversation. ââ¬Å"What?â⬠Quinn said, squinting into the dark. He realized that he was still wearing his dive mask and reached up to push it back. ââ¬Å"I'll bet he didn't bring the pastrami on rye I asked for either, did he?â⬠came the voice. Shapes began to define themselves in the darkness, and Nate saw a face not a foot away from his. He gasped and pulled away from it, for although it seemed to be examining him with great interest, the face was not human. Clay Demodocus was known throughout the world as one of the calmest, most level-tempered, most generous and considerate individuals in the entire milieu of marine biology. His reputation preceded him when he went on assignment, and people took it for granted that he would remain amiable throughout a long voyage in cramped quarters, as well as efficient in his own work, respectful of the work of others, and cool-headed in an emergency. Because he often had to subjugate himself to the head researcher on any given assignment, Clay did not indulge in ego battles and testosterone-slinging contests with researchers or crew. None of these qualities were evident when he went over the desk of the Coast Guard commandant and stopped only inches from head-butting the tall, athletic-looking officer. ââ¬Å"You call this search off now and I'll see to it that your name is remembered for all time in concert with Adolf Eichmann and Vlad the Impaler. Nathan Quinn is a legend in his field, and every t ime there's a documentary on whales on the Discovery Channel, or National Geographic, or Animal Planet, or PBS, or the fucking Cartoon Channel, I'll see to it that your name is mentioned right after Nate's as the man who left him out there. You'll be the official Coast Guard pariah for the next hundred years. This will be the Coast Guard's My Lai. Every time a kid drowns, your name will be mentioned ââ¬â nay, every time someone gets a soaker, the name of Commodore Whateveryournameis shall be brought forth and your effigy burned in the streets and your head stuck on a pole, lipsticked, and marched around school yards, forever. And all because you're too goddamned lamebrained to put a couple of helicopters into the air to find my friend. Is that what you want?â⬠Clay had strong views on loyalty. The commodore had been in the Coast Guard for most of his adult life, spending the majority of his time and energy either rescuing people or training others to do so, and as a result he was taken aback more than somewhat by Clay's tirade. He looked across his office to where Kona and Amy stood by the door, looking nearly as haggard as he felt. The surfer looked at him and shook his head sadly. ââ¬Å"It's been three days, Mr. Demodocus. In open water with no life preserver? You're not a tourist ââ¬â you know the odds. If he were alive, he'd have drifted far out of where we're able to patrol by now anyway. We're doing no fewer than ten rescues a day on Maui. I can't have our helicopters out to sea when there's just no chance.â⬠ââ¬Å"What about tide maps, currents?â⬠Clay pleaded. ââ¬Å"Can't we try to predict which way he might have drifted? Narrow the search area.â⬠The commodore had to look away from Clay when he answered. The first thing the surfer kid with the uneven dreadlocks had said when they'd come into his office was ââ¬Å"Sucks to be you.â⬠And right now the commodore couldn't have agreed more. He'd lost friends at sea; he understood. ââ¬Å"I'm sorry,â⬠he said. Clay sighed heavily, and his shoulders sagged. Amy came forward and took him by the arm. ââ¬Å"Let's go home, Clay.â⬠Clay nodded and allowed himself to be led out of the commodore's office. As they made their way across the parking lot to Clay's truck Kona said, ââ¬Å"That was amazing, Clay.â⬠ââ¬Å"Throwing a fit? Yeah, I'm proud of that, especially since it worked so well.â⬠ââ¬Å"Why didn't you say anything about the whale eating Nate?â⬠In the three days since Quinn had disappeared, Kona had forgotten to speak brophonics and Rasta talk almost completely, and now he just sounded like a kid from New Jersey with a ââ¬Å"whoa, dudeâ⬠surfer accent. ââ¬Å"Whales don't eat people, Kona,â⬠Clay said. ââ¬Å"You know better.â⬠ââ¬Å"I know what I saw,â⬠Amy said. Clay stopped and stepped away from both of them. ââ¬Å"Look, if you're going to do this stuff, you have to be practical. I believe that you saw what you say you saw, but nothing about it helps. First, a humpback's throat is only about a foot in diameter. They couldn't swallow a human if they wanted to. So if the whale did scoop up Nate, then there's a good chance he was spit out very quickly. Second, if I told that story to everyone else, either they'd think you were being hysterical or, if they believed you, they'd assume that Nate had been drowned immediately, and there wouldn't have been a search. I believe you, kid, but don't think anyone else will.â⬠ââ¬Å"So what now?â⬠Kona asked. Clay looked at the two of them, standing there like abandoned puppies, and he pushed aside his own grief. ââ¬Å"We finish Nate's work. We do this work, we carry on. Right now I've got to go up the mountain and see the Old Broad. Nate was like a son to her.â⬠ââ¬Å"You haven't told her?â⬠Amy asked. Clay shook his head. ââ¬Å"Why would I? I haven't given up on Nate. I've seen too much. Last year they thought they'd lost one of the black-coral divers. The boat came back to where they'd sent him down, and he was gone. A week later he called from Molokai for them to come get him. He'd swum over and had been so busy partying he'd forgotten to call. ââ¬Å"Doesn't sound like Nate,â⬠Kona said. ââ¬Å"He told me that he hated fun.â⬠ââ¬Å"Still, it would be wrong not to let the Old Broad know what's happened,â⬠Amy said. Clay patted them each on the back. ââ¬Å"Intrepid,â⬠he said. As he drove up the volcano, Clay tried to formulate some gentle way of breaking the news to the Old Broad. Since his mother had passed away, Clay had taken the bearing of bad news very seriously ââ¬â so seriously, in fact, that he usually let someone else do the bearing. He'd been in Antarctica on assignment for National Science, snowed in at the naval weather station for six months when his mother, still in Greece, had gone missing. She was seventy-five, and the villagers knew she couldn't have gone far, yet, search as they might, they did not find her for three days. Finally her location was revealed by her ripening odor. They found her dead in an olive tree, where she had climbed to do some pruning. Clay's older brothers, Hektor and Sidor, would not hold the funeral without Clay, the baby, yet they knew their brother would be completely out of touch for months. ââ¬Å"He is the rich American,â⬠came the ouzo-besotted lament. ââ¬Å"He should take care of Mama. Perhaps h e will even fly us to America for the funeral.â⬠And so the two brothers, having inherited their mother's weakness for alcohol and their father's bad judgment, packed the remains of Mother Demodocus in an olive barrel, filled the barrel with the preserving brine, and shipped it off to their rich younger brother's house in San Diego. The problem was, in their grief (or perhaps it was their stupor) they forgot to send a letter, leave a message, or, for that matter, put a packing label on the barrel, so months later, when Clay returned to find the barrel on his porch, he broke into it thinking he was about to enjoy a delicious snack of kala-mata olives from home. It was not the way to find out about his mother's death, and it engendered in Clay very strong views about loyalty and the bearing of bad news. I will do this right, he thought as he pulled into the Old Broad's driveway. There's no reason for this to be a shock. There were cats and crystals everywhere. The Old Broad led him through the house and had him sit in a wicker emperor's chair that looked out over the channel while she fetched some mango iced tea for them. The house could have been designed by Gauguin and landscaped by Rousseau. It was small, just five rooms and a carport, but it sat on twenty acres of fruit-salad jungle: banana trees, mango, lemon, tangerine, orange, papaya, and coconut palm, as well as a florist's dream of orchids and other tropical flowers. The Old Broad had cultivated a low, soft grass under all the trees that was like a golf-course green over sponge cake. The house was made almost entirely of dark koa wood, nut brown and with black grain running through it, polished to a smooth satin and as hard as ebony. There was a high-peaked galvanized-tin roof with a vented tower in the center to draw heat out the top and cool air in from under the wide eaves that surrounded the whole house. There were no windows, just open sliding walls. You could look through any part of the house to the other and see the tropical garden. The Old Broad's telescope and à «big-eyeà » binoculars stood on steel and concrete mountings in front of where Clay sat, looking very much out of place: the artillery of science planted in paradise. At Clay's feet a skinny cat happily crunched the legs off a scorpion. The Old Broad handed Clay a tall, icy glass and sat in another emperor's chair beside him. She was barefoot and wore a flowered caftan and a yellow-and-red hibiscus blossom in her hair that was half the size of her face. She had probably been a dish back around the time of Lincoln, Clay thought. ââ¬Å"It's so nice to see you, Clay. I don't get many visitors. Not that I'm lonely, you know. I have the cats and the whales to talk to. But that's not like having one of my boys to visit with.â⬠Oh, jeez, Clay thought. One of her boys. Oh, jeez. He had to tell her. He knew he had to tell her. He had come up here to tell her, and he was going to tell her, and that was that. ââ¬Å"This is excellent tea, Elizabeth. Mango, you say?â⬠ââ¬Å"That's right. Just a little bit of mint. Now, what is it you needed to talk to me about?â⬠ââ¬Å"And ice? I think the coldness makes it, gives it a fantastic, uhâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ ââ¬Å"Temperature? Yes, ice is an essential ingredient in iced tea, Clay. Thus the name.â⬠Sarcasm is so ugly on the aged, thought Clay. No one likes a sarcastic oldster. He said, ââ¬Å"Iced tea, you mean?â⬠Oh, this is just going to kill her, he thought. ââ¬Å"If this is about a new boat, Clay, don't be shy. I know how you loved that boat, and we'll get you another one. I'm just not sure we can go for one quite that nice. My investments haven't been doing well the last couple of years.â⬠ââ¬Å"No, no, it's not the boat. The boat was insured. It's Nate.â⬠ââ¬Å"And how is Nathan? I hope he's handling his little infatuation with your new researcher with a bit of dignity. He was wearing it on his sleeve that night at the sanctuary. You'd think a man as smart as Nathan would have better control over his impulses.â⬠ââ¬Å"Nate had a thing for Amy?â⬠Clay was going to tell her, really. He was just working up to it. ââ¬Å"You said ââ¬Ëhad, â⬠said the Old Broad. ââ¬Å"You said Nate ââ¬Ëhad' a thing for Amy.â⬠ââ¬Å"Elizabeth, there's been an accident. Three days ago Nate went into the water to get a better look at a singer, andâ⬠¦ well, we haven't been able to find him.â⬠Clay put down his tea so he could catch the old woman should she faint. ââ¬Å"I'm very sorry.â⬠ââ¬Å"Oh, that. Yes, I heard about that. Nate's fine, Clay. The whale told me.â⬠And here Clay found himself balancing on another dilemma. Should he let her have her belief, no matter how crazy it might be, or should he dash her spirits to earth with the truth? Although Nate had found Elizabeth's eccentricities irritating, Clay had always liked her insistence that the whales spoke to her. He wished it were true. He scooted to the edge of his chair and took her hand in his. ââ¬Å"Elizabeth, I don't think you understand what I'm saying ââ¬â ; ââ¬Å"He took the pastrami and rye, right? He said he would.â⬠ââ¬Å"Um, that's not exactly pertinent. He's been gone for three days, and they were right at the wind line toward Molokai when he was lost. Rough sea. He's probably gone, Elizabeth.â⬠ââ¬Å"Well, of course he's gone, Clay. You'll just have to carry on until he gets back.â⬠Now she patted his hand. ââ¬Å"He did take the sandwich, right? The whale was very specific.â⬠ââ¬Å"Elizabeth! You're not listening to me. This is not about the whales singing to you through the trees. Nate is gone!â⬠ââ¬Å"Don't you shout at me, Clay Demodocus. I'm trying to comfort you. And it wasn't a song through the trees. What do you think? I'm some crazy old woman? The whale called on the phone.â⬠ââ¬Å"Oh, Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, I don't know how to do thisà » ââ¬Å"More tea?â⬠asked the Old Broad. As Clay made the long drive down the volcano and back to Papa Lani, he tried to fight letting his spirits rise. The Old Broad was completely convinced that Nathan Quinn was just fine and dandy, although she could give no reason other than to say that the whale, after ordering a pastrami on rye, had told her that everything would be all right. ââ¬Å"And how did you know it was the whale on the phone?â⬠asked Clay. ââ¬Å"Well, he told me that's who he was.â⬠ââ¬Å"And it was a male voice?â⬠ââ¬Å"Well, it would be. He's a singer, isn't he?â⬠She'd gone on like that, reassuring him, encouraging him to go back to work, dismissing any guilt or grief, until he was almost to the gates of the compound before he remembered. ââ¬Å"She's a total loony!â⬠he said to himself, as if he just needed to hear the words, to feel their truth. Nothing is all right. Nate's dead. Clair would be sleeping at her house tonight, and although it was late, Clay could not make himself go to sleep. Instead he went to the office, knowing that nothing in the world could eat up time like editing video. He attached a digital video camera to his computer and turned on the recently replaced giant monitor. Blue filled the screen, and then he could sense the motion of descent, but there was only a faint hiss of his breathing, not the usual fusillade of bubbles from a regulator. This was the rebreather footage, from the day he had almost drowned. He'd completely forgotten about it. The breath-holder's tail came into frame. Clay's first instincts had been right. This was great footage of a breath-holder ââ¬â the best they'd ever recorded. As he passed the tail, the genital slit came into view, and he could tell that they were dealing with a male. There were black marks on the underside of the tail, but the view was still edge on, and he couldn't make out their shape. He heard a faint kazoo sound in the background and ran back the tape, with the sound turned up. This time his breath sounded like a bull snorting before a charge, the kazoo sound, louder now, like a voice through wax paper. He ran back the tape again and cranked the sound all the way up, bringing down the high frequency to kill some of the hiss. Definitely voices. ââ¬Å"There's someone outside, Captain.â⬠ââ¬Å"Does he have my sandwich with him?â⬠ââ¬Å"He's close, Captain, really close. Too close.â⬠Then the tail came down, and there was a deafening thud. The picture jerked in a half dozen directions, then settled as tiny bubbles passed by the lens in a field of blue. The lens caught a shot of Clay's fin as he sank, and then it was just blue and the occasional shot of the lanyard that secured the camera to his wrist. Clay ran the tape back again, confirmed the voices, then set it to dub onto the computer hard drive so he could manipulate the audio in a waveform, the way they did with sound recordings. Even though he was sure what was on the tape, he couldn't figure out how it could possibly have gotten there. Only five minutes of watching little progress bars move across the monitor, and he could stand the suspense no longer. He smiled to himself, because now was the time he would have gone to Nate, as he had so many times before, to help him figure out exactly what it was they were hearing or looking at, but Nate was gone. He checked his watch, and, deciding that it wasn't too insanely late, he headed across the compound to get Amy.
Monday, July 29, 2019
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
In a study of 50 Hispanic American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrants' mothers, nearly 70% of Western mothers said that it is not good for children to emphasize student success or parents In contrast, about 0% of Chinese mothers have the same emotion. Conversely, most Chinese mothers think that their children are best students I believe we can be. They failed at school, then there was a problem, and their parents did not do their job .... Chinese parents spend about ten times on school activities a day. The war song of Tiger Mama sings a song that caused a global parenting debate about the mother 's strict parenting. Amy Chua believes that raising children in the West will respect and train the child's personality. Tiger Mothers Battle Song records Kay's decision to raise her daughter, Sophia and Lulu Chinese way - and the convincing and sometimes painful results her choices cause. Tiger Mama's battle song is a painful, sincere and profound challenge, one of the most noteworthy books in our time. Tiger Mothers Battle Song is a book published in 2011 by American writer and lawyer Amy Chua. It quickly promoted the concept and terminology of Tiger Mother and became the source of inspiration for Singapore's TV program Tiger Mother in 2014-2015. In 2015, the mother of the mainland Chinese drama tiger, and the Hong Kong series tiger's mother blues 2017. In an article published on Wall Street Journal under the heading Wall Street Journal on January 8, 2011, an excerpt from her book is included. This work has become the point of controversy. Many readers have missed so-called satire and humor that is not self-explanatory in the title and the work itself, but claim that Chua was concrete and very strict and ethnically defined. Advantage of parenting method Actually, Tua says that this book is not a manual of operation method but a self-critical memoir.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
GEOGRAPHY - Comparison of Two Latin American Nations -CHILE and Essay
GEOGRAPHY - Comparison of Two Latin American Nations -CHILE and ARGENTINA - Essay Example If we compare these factors, it can be noted that the population below poverty line is high in Argentina (38.5%) than in Chile (18.2%). In terms of inflation rates also Argentina has a higher inflation rate than Chile and hence it can be noted that the cost of living is high in Argentina than in Chile. When we compare these factors such as population under poverty line and inflation rate, it can be said that Chile is a better developed nation than Argentina. Though Argentina in more industrialized than Chile, unemployment rate is high in Argentina. Argentina and Chile have good infrastructure including railroads, highways, airports and telecommunications facilities. Comparatively, Argentina has better infrastructure than Chile. The idea of a standard may be contrasted with the quality of life, which takes into account not only the material standard of living, but also other more subjective factors that contribute to human life, such as leisure, safety, cultural resources, social life, mental health, environmental quality issues etc. When we compare these factors, Chile is comparatively safer and peaceful than Argentina. The potential for terrorist activity is low in Chile where as in Argentina individuals and organizations with ties to extremist groups, including some known to provide financial support to designated foreign terrorist organizations, operate in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, in the tri-border area between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It was also noted that Argentina has seen in recent years, a number of small bomb/incendiary incidents in metropolitan Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Santa Fe, and other cities. The bulk of the targets have been bank branches (ATMs), fast food restaurants, and Arge ntine government-affiliated offices.Ã These incidents usually occurred in the middle of the night and appeared intended to cause only property
Addiction can self discipline help Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1250 words
Addiction can self discipline help - Essay Example The human being primarily desires relationships. In the absence of wholesome relationships the heart remains unfulfilled. We are created to receive satisfaction and joy through interaction and attachment with others.When we are denied these an emotional hole remains which we endeavour to fulfil through other non-relational or relational means, which could be dysfunctional. Sometimes these coping mechanisms could remain harmless and not cause substantial damage to the person's lifestyle. When these coping mechanisms become dangerous and beyond control, they turn into addiction.Experts differ on the use of the term 'addiction'. Some would like to limit the use to apply only to cases of drug or alcohol use which have gone beyond acceptable levels. Nevertheless the term 'addiction' is also used to describe out of control behaviour in areas like eating, gambling or sex.This is because it is recognised that in all the above cases the 'addict' engages in behaviour that is directly or indire ctly detrimental to his well being. Often the addict is well aware of the adverse effect of his addictive behaviour, but is unable to stop the behaviour. Addiction is often characterized by a craving for more of the drug or behavior, increased physiological tolerance to exposure, and withdrawal symptoms in the absence of the stimulus. Many drugs and behaviours that provide either pleasure or relief from pain pose a risk of addiction or dependency (Wikipedia). It is normal to expect the immediate reaction to addiction as one that is judgmental where one tends to lose respect for the person having the problem. This is understandable because a lay person who is confronted with an addict cannot understand the justification for the addict to continue with the addiction. Everyone has heard of alcoholics, but even in an informed age very few sympathize with one. The more natural response is to hold the addict responsible for his addiction and put it down to failure in self discipline. The question that needs to be asked is why is it that certain people have certain addictions while others don't. On the outset it may seem that an alcoholic (for example) has a greater affinity to alcohol than other normal people. The truth is that this greater affinity for alcohol came about because this person has been denied other needs which he is trying to fulfill through his consumption of alcohol. As another example we may take a woman who has a string of disruptive relationships with men. The reason for this could be a dysfunctional relationship with her father where she does not get adequate love from him. She attempts to fulfill this unmet need through her other relationships. Sadly, she can never fulfill that need in the method she adopts because no one can substitute for her father. So she is embroiled in a vicious cycle of search and disappointment, and we have an addict to the search for love (Hart). Unless a focused attempt is made by the person with or without help professional or otherwise to expose the unmet need that is causing the addiction, the relationship between the addiction and its cause remains unknown. In fact most of the time the addict is in denial about his/her pain. This pattern of denial appears to be a response of the mind to the pain or the need in order to make the solution more effective. And this pattern only makes the addiction stronger because the person slips into dependency without being conscious of the need which the addiction is meeting. The more unconscious this relationship the more powerful the addiction (Hart). When we talk about self discipline we are saying that following a practice of abstinence from the addictive behavior will help in reducing the behaviour. There have been cases of men and women with great amount of will power who have successfully abstained and eventually
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1000 words
Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation - Essay Example Corporate Transfer Services (CTS) is an organization dedicated to the relocation of corporate employees and the real estate functions that are associated with said transfers. The acquisition of this firm would represent a diversification of CMI into a field that would make them a more integrated real estate services company. Discussion Question #1: Prepare a negotiation strategy that can be utilized by Randall and Dolan. What is important for this section is that both Randall and Dolan have found sufficient background information on CTS. Whilst it may be the case that the employee relocation market is big (Estimated at 500,000 relocations annually) What is important to remember is that the company according to the case has ââ¬Å"Barely even reached a break-even pointâ⬠and that it is only through years of additional work of building up the business can CMI or CTS really recognize a profitable enterprise. Given the stature and experience of the CTS Board, it would seem foolish to take a ââ¬ËHardââ¬â¢ or ââ¬ËSoftââ¬â¢ Stance on negotiation as these men (Specifically Elliott Burr) would probably not respond favorably to these strategies. As it is the case that CMI Does not want to pay the $600,000 over the book value of the business and a $400,000 over the book value was offered it is a case of trying to persuade the four CTS executives to meet CMI at a middle ground. As such a ââ¬Å"Principled negotiation strategyâ⬠should be employed in which the four stages should be focused on identifying exactly the book value of the firm is, focus on how much CMI wants to build on CTSââ¬â¢ business model, identify that no matter what CTS will be getting a premium on their business and always focus the criteria on objective measures.
Friday, July 26, 2019
Summary and Analysis of Collapses Chapter One Essay
Summary and Analysis of Collapses Chapter One - Essay Example They book is highly influenced by the issues in ecology. One other reason of the book being a best-seller is that people perceive it to be a sequel of his book ââ¬ËGuns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.ââ¬â¢ Collapse follows on the ideas presented in this book. Jared Diamond himself has been doing research in the field of evolutionary biology and was a student of it. His studied and researched many animals and birds in the natural places they lived. Because of the fact that he is an evolutionary biologist it is highly probable that while looking at the history of civilization he would be influenced by concluding something which is influenced by Social Darwinism. It has become an inherent predilection in evolutionary biologists. According to Jim Blaut, almost every major thing that has shaped humanity since the beginning of times has been because of changes in environment. To be more accurate, all the major distinctions among human societies, all those distinctions which allowed some of the societies to rise in the world and the others to falter was because of that particular societyââ¬â¢s domestic environment or the geographical placement of those people on the globe. If the history is summarized then it represents these differences. Culture is not that important in this context because all the important occurrences in history are explained by the environment rather than the culture. Culture only produces marginal changes. Jared Diamond in a very organized and structured manner moves through the major parts of history and tries to reveal through evidence that how each part of history in a particular area can be explained by the forces of environment affecting that area. The end result of these phenomena is the supremacy of Europe (ââ¬Ëââ¬â¢Jared Diamondââ¬â¢s Collapseââ¬â¢Ã¢â¬â¢). In the first part of Collapse, the author gives his pessimistic views regarding the deteriorating environmental conditions in Montana in the Unite d States of America. He has used Montana as microcosm and as a useful test sample. Below the apparently clean and clear surface of the region of Montana there is a huge amount of dangerous toxic waste which is lying there. There are thousands of mines in Montana which have been abandoned and are full with dangerous chemical and industrial waste like arsenic and sulfuric acid. All of this goes into the rivers. This is not only harmful for the natural habitat in the area but for the humans dwelling there as well. The condition of forests and the animals residing there are not much better either. They are helpless which makes Diamond write that it was previously observed in the first chapter as to how Montana was undergoing environmental changes which were detrimental and were having economic consequences. The goals and values that have been outlined, if implemented would result in different ways of solving these environmental problems. These approaches are associated with different pr obabilities of getting the required results or failing in them. Currently there is a great difference of opinion regarding the success of even the best possible ways of solving these problems. It is unknown which approach would be chosen by Montana and whether it will be successful or not (ââ¬Ëââ¬â¢Jared Diamondââ¬â¢s Collapseââ¬â¢Ã¢â¬â¢). It is not a good thing that the American Indians are not mentioned at all in the initial pages of the chapter. This is surprising because if someone for example writes about the environmental problems prevalent in Alaska, how the indigenous population of Inuits could not be mentioned at all. This is all the more surprising because the author has been very interested in showing the fact that pre-capitalist societies were just as
Thursday, July 25, 2019
History Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 500 words - 98
History - Essay Example The fifteenth century financial crisis also meant a stop to financing to the influential and controlling marabouts and Sharifian families (Tignor, Adelman, Aron, Kotkin, and Marchand). The Islamic dynasties of the fifteenth century responded through the disruption of trade networks in the quest to rebuild devastated polities. The new polities enjoyed support because of the establishment of hereditary ruling families. Clear rules of succession promoted stability in the regions and enabled dynasties to form alliances and strengthen their armies. The Islamic dynasties of the sixteenth century focused on state-building efforts through religion and taxes. In consequence, they enjoyed substantial prolonged existence and impact on the masses. New administrative practices were common in their responses. The leaders enhanced local religious and cultural traditions, and religious harmony enhanced the much-needed economic progress. The Mali, Baghdad, and Cairo Muslim societies served as commercial trading centers. In Mali, the indigenous African dynasty adopted Islam through nonviolent means, while India was marred with brutal attacks against Hindu and Buddhist temples. In India, the Islamic society took some time before it stabilized and enjoyed peace because it relied on fear to keep subjects subservient. India was split into Muslim and Hindu territories while Africans in Mali largely accepted Islam. The Muslim societies that emerged in Mali prospered because of the vastness of the region. The traditional Muslim societies in Baghdad and Cairo faced political divisions because of religious differences. In Cairo, different social groups applied Islam differently because it was seen as a complex and diverse religion. Even so, they all agreed on the basic tenets of the religion. The early forms of Muslim cultures were guided by Arab influences, and most of the tenets were adopted from the behaviors
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Journal Entry Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 500 words - 2
Journal Entry - Essay Example The speaker had a clear topic and memorable attention getter. This is because her work was clearly organized; thus, she captured the attention of the listener through use of memorable getter such use of startling and quotation statements. Furthermore, it was easy to identify the speakerââ¬â¢s main points because she prepared the speech points in a clear and coherent manner. The speaker also made effective transition by moving from one point to another; thus connecting listeners effectively. The speaker used some citations within the points, which was easy to identify; thus effective for jogging the memory of the listener in case one forgets the speech. Moreover, the speaker reviewed the main points in the conclusion and this was imperative because it builds the credibility of the listener. In this ways, the speaker demonstrated that she has some expertise or experience relevant to the topic and demonstrated to the listeners that she has gained information in other ways. The speake r used memorable concluding devices such as quotations for closing the speech. The speaker had some distracting nonverbal behaviors especially the body language, posture and appearance that took away from the content of her message. However, the speaker used gestures such as deliberate movements and signals, which were effective ways of expressing the meaning of the information without words. She also used visual aspects in order to help the listener to understand clearly the points she was explaining such as diagrams and simple charts.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
IT questions Coursework Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 500 words
IT questions - Coursework Example Cookies are usually associated with four main vulnerabilities; the first one is ââ¬Ëcross-site cookingââ¬â¢. This entails the existence of browser flows that create loop-holes for malicious attack. Another vulnerability associated with cookies is cookie inaccuracies; these are instances where cookies may indicate inaccurate data. In addition, there is the vulnerability of cookie poisoning. This occurs when web attackers modify the content of cookies before re-sending to the server. Consequently, cookies are usually ascribed to cookie theft where: Cookies sent through ordinary HTTP are accessible to anyone. However, these vulnerabilities can be reduced through web vulnerability detection code review. One of the Document Object Model that can be used to make web pages dynamic is the use of JavaScript. This can be used in combination with W3C and may entail the use of array objects, number object, math object, date object et cetera. Moreover, HTML DOM is another method used to create dynamic web pages it entails the use of objects such as: HTML elements, HTML document, HTML attributes et cetera. Image caching is an aspect of ICT that has not been applied in many web development processes; however, computer experts have asserted that this is an imperative aspect of web design that ought to be taken into consideration. Image caching is basically a duplication of the original data for ease of retrieval. Image cache facilitates increasing the speed with, which a web functions. Lack of implementing the use of image cache basically reduces the speed of oneââ¬â¢s computer usage. Detecting Web Application Security Vulnerabilities - OReilly Media. (n.d.). Detecting Web Application Security Vulnerabilities - OReilly Media. Retrieved March 2, 2014, from
Determination of % Composition of Pennies Using Redox and Double Displacement (Precipitation) Reactions Essay Example for Free
Determination of % Composition of Pennies Using Redox and Double Displacement (Precipitation) Reactions Essay Introduction: Oxidation involves the gain of electrons of hydrogen or the loss of oxygen or decrease in oxidation state. If zinc completely reacts with HCL, then the theoretical yield of copper should be equivalent to the actual yield. Purpose: In this lab, we will determine the percent composition of a modern (post-1982) penny by using a strong acid to react and dissolve the zinc core, leaving only the copper coating. Once only copper remains, we will compare its mass to the entire mass of the penny to determine how much of a penny is copper and how much is zinc. 1. Obtain one 50.0 mL beaker, and label the beaker with your NAME and HOUR. 2. Obtain a penny dated 1982 or later. Wash the penny with soap and water to get it clean. 3. Using a triangular file to make FOUR oppositely-placed small grooves into the edge of the penny (the marks with be approximately 90 degrees apart. The grooves must be deep enough so that the zinc is exposed, but not so deep that the pennys mass is greatly affected. 4. Clean the top and bottom surface of the penny with steel wool until itââ¬â¢s shiny. Rinse the penny in acetone and dry it on paper towel. 5. Determine the mass of the penny on the balance, and record the mass in the table on the bottom of the page. Removed the penny from the balance using tweezers and place it in its beaker. 6. While wearing gloves, carefully pour 50 mL 3M HCl into the beaker. 7. Place your labeled beaker under the fume hood to react. Observe the effect the acid has on the copper outside of the penny. Questions to answer to help guide the development of procedures for the determination of the percent copper and zinc in pennies through titration and gravimetric techniques: 1. What is the weight of a post 1982 penny? 2.5 grams 2. What is the percent copper and zinc in a post 1982 penny? 97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper 3. How many grams of copper and zinc are in a post 1982 penny? 97.5 grams zinc, 2.5 grams copper 4. How many moles of copper and zinc are in post 1982 pennies? 5. Write a balanced reaction of zinc with HCl. Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq) ZnCl2(aq) + H2(g). 6. How many moles of HCl are needed to react completely with all of the zinc in a post 1982 penny? 2.5 7. In a procedure developed to determine the percent zinc in post 1982 pennies, 50 ml of an HCl solution was used to react (dissolve) all of the zinc in the penny. To ensure complete reaction, the solution contains twice as many moles of HCl that is actually needed. What concentration of HCl should be used? In the scenario described in problem 7, what is the amount (in moles) of excess (unreacted) HCl in solution? 9. How many moles of NaOH would be needed to completely react with all of the excess HCl determined in problem 8? 10. As described in problem 7, a procedure was developed to determine the percent zinc in post 1982 pennies. In that procedure 50 ml of an HCl was used to react (dissolve) all of the zinc in the penny. To ensure complete reaction, the solution contains twice as many moles of HCl that is actually needed. To determine the percent zinc in the penny, the excess (unreacted) HCl was titrated with NaOH. Determine the concentration of NaOH needed if you want to use approximately 25 mL of NaOH to titrate the excess HCl. 11. Write the balanced chemical reaction of zinc with HCl (same as problem 5). Is the product of this reaction soluble in aqueous solution? 12. Write the balanced chemical reaction of the product of the reaction described above (problem 11) with NaOH. Is the product of this reaction soluble in aqueous solution?
Monday, July 22, 2019
Shaft Essay Example for Free
Shaft Essay The Lathe Turning is one of the most common of metal cutting operations. In turning, a workpiece is rotated about its axis as single-point cutting tools are fed into it, shearing away unwanted material and creating the desired part. Turning can occur on both external and internal surfaces to produce an axially-symmetrical contoured part. Parts ranging from pocket watch components to large diameter marine propeller shafts can be turned on a lathe. The capacity of a lathe is expressed in two imensions. The maximum part diameter, or swing, and the maximum part length, or distance between centers. The primary task of a lathe is to generate cylindrical workpieces. The process of machining a workpiece to the required shape and size by moving the cutting tool either parallel or perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the workpiece is known as turning. In this process, excess unwanted metal is removed. The machine tool useful in performing plain turning, taper turning, thread cutting, chamfering and knurling by adopting the above method is known as lathe. Schematic illustration of the components of a lathe Schematic illustration of a turning operation showing depth of cut, d, and feed, f. utting speed is the surface speed of the workpiece at the tool tip. (b) Forces acting on a cutting tool in turning. Fc is the cutting force; Ft is the thrust or feed force (in the direction ot teed); and Fr is the radial torce that tends to push the tool away trom the workpiece being machined. Manufacturing processes used during the making of the power shaft: Turning Turning in a lathe is to rem ove excess material from the workpiece to produce a ylindrical surface of required shape and size. Straight turning The work is turned straight when it is made to rotate about the lathe axis and the tool is fed parallel to the lathe axis. The straight turning produces a cylindrical surface by removing excess metal from the workpieces. Step turning Step turning is the process of turning different surfaces having different diameters. The work is held between centres and the tool is moved parallel to the axis of the lathe. It is also called shoulder turning. Facing Facing is the operation of machining the ends of a piece of work to produce flat urface square with the axis. The operation involves feeding the tool perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the work. Chamfering Chamfering is the operation of bevelling the extreme end of the workpiece. The form tool used for taper turning may be used for this purpose. Chamfering is an essential operation after thread cutting so that the nut may pass freely on the threaded workpiece. Grooving Grooving is the process of cutting a narrow goove on the cylindrical surface of the workpiece. It is often done at end of a thread or adjacent to a shoulder to leave a mall margin. The groove may be square, radial or bevelled in shape. Thread cutting Thread cutting is one of the most important operations performed in a lathe. The process of thread cutting is to produce a helical groove on a cylindrical surface by feeding the tool longitudinally. But we did it manually using a die. Filling Filing is a final material removal process in manufacturing.
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Importance of Education in Human Development
Importance of Education in Human Development Education is one of the main crucial aspects towards human development. This means, it is important in shaping human life and development. There are several types of education namely formal, informal and non formal education. These types of education are normally given since childhood to adulthood and they vary from society to society. Childhood is a critical stage in human development so education provided during that period needs to be a special one. Several authors have done some works to show weaknesses in childhood education systems and pedagogies and they have identified some measures to improve. Those authors include Maria Montessori and Margaret Mead. They show the need for educational reform in order to bring peoples socio-economic development. The main purpose of this paper is therefore to identify some problems and weaknesses in educating children and to provide suggested measures for improvement. It will focus on the work of Maria Montessori which was based in Italy exper ience and Margaret Mead basing in America and Samoaà [1]à experience. The paper will focus on formal education in schools and informal education in the homes. Maria Montessori (1912) in her work, the Montessori method, argues that through different ways, the existed education system is not proper to children. She shows weakness of the old scientific pedagogy and proposing new kind of scientific pedagogy. She says, the principle of slavery pervades pedagogy and therefore the same principle pervades school. She argues for reform and transformation of the whole school environment including the roles of educators, school buildings, sitting arrangement, lessons to be taught as well as the teachings methods. She is proposing the Montessori Method as a critical consideration of the new pedagogy in its relation to modern science. She shows the need to move away from a false and narrow way of educating children to a more free system in order to have a true and proper system for training the future generation. Starting with the role of teachers or educators, she says they should be very well prepared on how to deal and interact with children. That preparation should be based on the spirit rather than on the mechanism in order to awaken their mind and hearts. To her, the teachers tend to pour certain knowledge and facts into the heads of the pupils and in order to succeed in that they need to discipline the pupils into immobility and force their attention through systems of prizes and punishments. She argues that prizes and punishments are instrument of slavery of the spirit and they are incentives toward unnatural or forced effort and that cannot be considered as natural development of the child. Even if nowadays there are no whippings or other forms of punishments in schools, even scolding of teachers or giving a pupil bad mark is not encouraged by the author. This system of prizes may turn an individual aside from true choices and make him/her choose a false one and forced to follow it. Prizes and punishments may have various negative consequences for the children because even in future, at work the children will tend to work for prizes and rewards instead of professional motivation. However, the system is still very common and continues today in many parts of the world and people are so rigid to change it. It is argued that education should guide childrens learning but it represses instead. According to Montessori, the teachers task should be to nourish, assist, watch, encourage, guide, induce, rather than to interfere, restrict or prescribe. In case of school buildings, class rooms and sitting arrangement, she says they are structured in such way that they prevent and repress children mobility and behaviours. They also make the children to study in unhygienic conditions which endanger even their physical development. She argues that it is not good for children to grow up in an artificial environment so she proposes pupils liberty, auto education, establishment of harmony between the work and activities of home life and school tasks so as to improve the children education. She says the scientific pedagogy in the school should permit free and natural manifestations of the child. It is true that free children can learn best than those tied to false and fake environment which does not portray their real life. Restricting children mobility in schools has similar consequences like rewards and punishments. It degrades their bodies and spirits and can lead to forced discipline and lack of confidence. The Montessori Method consists of various lessons including intellectual education, muscular education and education of the senses to name a few. She believes that education of the senses is very important for guiding practical life. At the same time, Montessori drives our attention to the role of religious education as being important to guide children moral life. In this case, the education system needs to be comprehensive and it should not just focus on teaching children reading, writing and arithmetic. However, in our contemporary society this may not be very practical because of the declining role of religion in peoples life. There are people who do not practice any religion anymore. It is argued that, the Montessori system is not yet complete but it comprises a system well enough established to be practical in all child care institutions and in the first elementary classes. The system originated from the preceding pedagogical experiences with abnormal children when it was discovered that abnormal children when taught in a different and special way and if helped in their psychic development they can be able to learn and compete with normal children. This fact proved that the normal children are being suffocated and repressed hence they do not reach their full development. This derived the need to apply similar methods to normal children so as to develop and set free their personality. It is believed that these methods will guard a persons natural life and free him or her from the so called oppressive and degrading society. Montessori now saw the need to apply her methods and to develop didactic materialsà [2]à which could effectively be used in the so called Children Housesà [3]à . It is also important to mention that the Montessori system represents the successive work of other three physicians namely Itard, Seguin and Kant. The system had been widely accepted and it is applied in many countries including the developed and developing countries. However, it needs special skills, knowledge and materials so it can be argued that it is expensive to run. It is applied in some private schools but it is a challenge in public schools. Also it application can conflict with the home environment of the child when there are two different systems at home and school. It can function well if parents are also aware of it. Mead (1928), in her work on Coming of Age in Samoa, also analyses gaps and weaknesses in the education system in America by comparing it with Samoa experience. Mead focuses more on the childs home environment but also she analyzes the childs school environment. When analysing education of the Samoan child, she explains how children from infant stage are raised and different roles of family members in raising children. She also shows how children are handled and educated before and after puberty until they get married. Here, she has analysed an African society of Samoa which has not yet received external contacts from other countries especially the developed countries. The society she also describes as a primitive society. She analyses this society by showing how a child learns from his or her surrounding environment. However, she does not argue that it is perfect way of raising and educating children but she points out that there are crucial things which a developed society such as A merica can learn from it. Like Montessori, she acknowledges the importance of a childs home and natural environment for learning. In Samoa, from birth until the age of four of five a childs education is simple, focussing on physical development such as learning how to sit and crawl. Young girl and boys of six or seven years are the ones responsible for caring, socializing and disciplining the small children. However, there is unequal treatment for boys and girls because girls are more burned with child caring responsibility and they have little opportunity to learn some other forms of work and play compared to the boys. However, it is noted that with the introduction of formal schooling by the government, the children are now being removed from home and they stay in school for many hours. This will in turn bring disorganization and change of the traditional system. Mead sees several problems in the American education system in comparing it with Samoa. In Samoa, children are not forced to learn or punished harshly for slowness of development as in America. She argues that punishments such as whippings in schools can make a child able to make mathematical calculations but she/he wont be able to interpret or make sense of it. Like Montessori she criticizes punishments in schools but she doesnt identify rewards as a problem. She also argues that, the American education system tends to confuse pupils because it fails to make important connection between the school and the home environment. There are cases where by things allowed at home are not allowed at school. American children spend many hours in school learning tasks which do not have visible connections with what their parents are doing as opposed to Samoan children. They are also encouraged and left to play with toys and dolls which are meaningless. The education system fails to include children participation and integrating school life with the surrounding community like what Samoa does to its children. American boys and girls finish school at the age of 14 and 18 and are ready to work but they have few choices to make because the education and the skills they get influence which work they should do. Here, she calls for an education system which will prepare and train the children the choices which confront them. She suggests education in the home even more than at school. Like Montessori, Mead also stresses the need for practical education. For Montessori, a good way for solving this problem had been to establish children houses. Mead adds that, education system in America had the problem of handling children of different endowment and different rates of development. There had been a tendency of keeping children in one educational step for a long time in order to give time to the mentally defective children to catch up. This has many disadvantages to the children and to Montessori also, this is a way of repressing and degrading childs full development. Generally, Mead sees problems in educating and treating children at home and in schools. She urges for education reform which will enable children to make important choices for their life. Education should also give more attention to mental and physical hygiene and in this way like Montessori, she argues that a child needs to be health in mind and body and she or he should learn freely without being tied to some systems or to one regime. America has a heterogeneous culture and various philosophies so children should be taught how to think instead of not to think. They need to be taught how to make individual choices and to tolerate the heterogeneous culture. In conclusion, the two authors have identified how education of children is structured and they have identified errors gaps and weaknesses which need to be worked on. Although the authors come from two different societies they have been able to identify some common problems and in one way or another some similar measures on educational reform. This might be due to the fact that they have some similar background as developed countries. It is surprisingly true that the problems identified persist in many other countries including the developing countries till today. In that case, it can be argued that the developing countries might have adopted similar educational schemes through colonialism.
Saturday, July 20, 2019
The Cyclic Relationship Between Culture And Technology :: Environment Environmental Pollution Preservation
Trying to determine the effect of culture on technology is a difficult task. This is due to the cyclic nature of the relationship between culture and technology. Working with the general notion of culture (1), it is easy to see why the task of analyzing the effect of culture on technology is hard. This is because technology itself is part of this definition of culture, ââ¬Å"all other products of human work and thoughtâ⬠(2). In a sense, we are trying to find the effect of culture on culture itself, which initially sounds strange. However, considering technology as one of the venues that a given culture utilizes to transform itself, the challenge to examine the effect of culture on technology can be narrowed down to the investigation of the cyclic relationship between culture and technology. Thus, this paper discusses, what we will label, ââ¬Ëtechnology-induced culturesââ¬â¢ and ââ¬Ëculture-induced technologiesââ¬â¢, in order to show the feedback loop between cultur e and technology. The class readings provide several instances of how technology affects and transforms its encompassing culture (i.e. the culture that was responsible for bringing forth the very same technology). One such technology is agriculture. The hunting and gathering way of life was already being saturated when the world population was about 4 million. With human population reaching 200 million by 200 B.C., it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to survive by just gathering and hunting. (3). Even though it is hard to claim that early man consciously pursued agriculture as the solution to this problem, it is uncontested that the hunter-gatherer society is the culture that was responsible for the invention of agriculture, as Ehrlich points out, ââ¬Å"agriculture was thus invented gradually, piecemeal, and quite probably sometime reluctantly as groups changed time-honored lifestylesâ⬠(Ehrlich 15/26). The effect of this technology on the hunter-gatherer society was phenomenal, as it ââ¬Å"put humanity on the road to sociopolitical complexityâ⬠(Ehrlich 17/26). The constant mobility as well as the scarce resources involved with the hunting and gathering way of life did not allow for the development of a complex society, as Ehrlich explicitly mentions, ââ¬Å"Without the ensuring agricultural revolution and the sedentary life and divisions of labor it eventually made possible, cultural evolution could never have produced our complex modern civilization. Without farming, which freed some people of the chore of wrestling nourishment from the environment, there would be no cities, no states, no science, and no mayorsâ⬠(4).
Behind the Scenes: The Effects of Acting on Personal Identity Essay
Scientists have found it most valuable to study the cases of twins in order to determine the relative contribution of genetics or environmental factors to intelligence. First off, it is important to have an understanding of the genetic distribution between the different groups. Identical twins share the exact same genetic material, giving them 100% genetic overlap. Secondly, all other first degree family members such as fraternal twins, siblings, and biological parents and children share 50% genetic overlap. Cousins have 15% overlap, and all other relationships share 0% genetic overlap. In twin studies, psychologists study a variety of different cases; identical twins raised together, identical twins raised separately, and fraternal twins raised together and separately. The reason for including these groups is to examine the correlation they have for intelligence. These studies have shown the intelligence correlation in identical twins is higher than in fraternal twins, even when the identical twins are raised apart. Examining these different groups helps to determine the influence both genetics and environmental factors have on intelligence. Other groups that have been included in these studies are: siblings raised together, siblings raised apart, biological parent and child that lived together, biological parent and child that lived apart, adoptive parent and child that lived together, and cousins that lived apart. These groups were included because comparing identical versus fraternal twins is not the only method to help determine the influence of genetics on intelligence. Because these other groups have varying degrees of genetic overlap with each other, they provide information that can contribute to understandi... ... person possesses is irrelevant. A person that is skilled in mathematics is intelligent, as is a person that has the ability to choreograph a Broadway dance routine. Everyone has a degree of intelligence in every subject; however, some people have a very high amount of intelligence in some particular areas compared to other areas. Both nature (genetics) and nurture (environment) make definite contributions to intelligence. The most accurate way to put the contributions together is to say that genetics allows for intellectual capacity and it is the role of nurturing to bring that capacity (ââ¬Å"intelligenceâ⬠) to its fullest capabilities. Without an enriched environment, a lot of intelligence may be put to no use at all. If a person has no outlet to channel the intelligence he or she has there is intellectual potential simply sitting there, but not being exercised.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Commerce and the Internet :: Internet E-Commerce Business Essays
Commerce and the Internet Introduction The company I work with wants to 'get on the web.' Few of the staff are experienced computer users, but they know how to make the machines spit out invoices, purchase orders, reports, letters and pretty packaging designs. They know that 'everyone' is on the web nowadays, they want to 'do it,' but they're tardy in undertaking the project, and the subject has ignited a series of internal power struggles among the staff. This paper is a broad exploration of communication issues related to a small business's desire to utilize the internet . As a speech communications major, I am interested in studying all facets of communication. What I have learned in four short weeks is that the subject of commerce on the internet is complex and widely misunderstood -- even feared -- by many members of our community. Thomas Sebeok, in his paper Communication states that "because the concept of communication is so central to our contemporary civilization, and because of the intensive social shaping of technology by governments and commercial interests, our age has increasingly come to be characterized as 'the information society'. (11). I posit that this intensive social shaping of technology, and the multiplicity of information communicated therein, is straining our human ability to accurately decode messages due to entropy (the measure of disorder in the system) created by a 'blind' rush for profits. Yet, i f "the power of money does not lie in the coin, nor that of justice in the buildings that house our courts or the people that operate the system," (Plotkin) where do they lie? This presentation will tell my story, humbly state an opinion, and possibly raise further questions for readers. Fear and Loathing in Canoga Park My employer's company has experienced meteoric growth over the past year. In the scramble to keep up with the demands of a burgeoning business, I was employed as an administrative assistant and given the task of researching for, designing and purchasing a sophisticated infranet and automated voice mail system for the workers to use. The telephones and computers had to be compatible, to accommodate a planned telemarketing department. The system was designed with 'security' in mind -- a simple DOS based accounting package was provided via diskless workstations to the sales staff, while the administrative staff received WIN 95 'executive' workstations, but could drop into the DOS loop when necessary.
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Lifespan Development and Personality
Oprah Winfreyââ¬â¢s development as an individual has a very unique and interesting perspective in terms of Psychological development. Ms. Winfrey is a product of an ââ¬Å"accidental conceptionâ⬠by her parents. Her mother was a house maid and her father was a coil miner. At the age of 6 and 14, she was raped and sexually molested by her uncle and cousin. Her mother was often not around to help her and guide her. Ironically, even though she was having a hard time at home, she still excelled in school and had scholarship to support her education. As a growing child, she was used to poverty and hardships.After the incident of sexual molestations, she was forced to live with her dad. During these times, Oprah was helped by her dad to focus on her studies. At an age of 18 she won the Miss Black Tennessee Beauty pageant and then later on was given a job at a local radio station. Her exposure to media later evolved as she aspired to become a prominent figure in American Television years later. The forces that made big differences in her life are her childhood experiences and family as well as her experiences in her late adolescent years. The mixture of her bad memories and her successful life can be accounted on how she managed the anxieties and problems in which she might have encountered in the process of her maturity as a person.Oprah can be said to have a bad environment growing up. The way of life she lived in the poverty stricken places she grew up on might had opened her eyes on the realities of life even onà a tender age. She was not nurtured well also because her mother was irresponsible. Her father helped her to focus on her studies in her adolescent years but still had missed out a lot of important years in the childhood days. Fortunately, she overcame all adversities with her innate ability to be diligent in her goals.Even though she underwent a depressing phase in her childhood, she was also compensated later on by good education and support f rom her father. Emotionally, she might have chosen to become depressed and angry at life. In fact, she showed signs of rebellion at age 14 when she got regnant but eventually lost her baby. You can see the transition of her life as she was guided by her father. She became more focus and determined in life.There was less hostility in her environment as she entered the late adolescent and it helped her to become the person she is today. Today Oprah is known to be the good moral type of person. She is a philanthropist and helps the needy people in America as well as other parts of the globe. Her view of morality can be traced back to how she saw the injustices in her society in her childhood. The oppression of black people, the life her parents lived, and the way her classmates made fun of her due to her poverty opened her eyes on whatââ¬â¢s right and wrong. Her ability today to empathize and sympathize is really a product of her first hand experience with the good and bad experienc es her had.Going back to her moral and emotional development, I want to focus more on the negative experiences she had in her childhood. We can see that Oprah went through a lot in her childhood. In Erik Eriksonââ¬â¢s theory of development, she was at around stage three when her sexual molestation experiences happened. This stage is important since this is a stage where a crisis in a personââ¬â¢s development happens (initiative-guilt). The fact that family plays the biggest role in this stage makes her more vulnerable to level on more guilt than initiative. Instead of helping her feel purposeful and learn new skills, her family at that time mistreated her. In her next stage of development (industry and inferiority), she might had leveled on more inferiority than industry.This is where she was having troubles in school and starting to rebel on her family. She might have a sense of ââ¬Å"inertiaâ⬠or inferiority complex due to the fact that she had not strong support syste m in her family. When ââ¬Å"inertiaâ⬠happens, the child usually avoids doing something she was not able or failed to do properly (Boeree, 1997). In Oprahââ¬â¢s situation she might had given up on building good relationship with her family. Fortunately she was able to over come it as time went on and she stayed with her father. As she progress on to the stage five (ego-identity and role confusion crisis), she looked like she was successful in balancing out the crisis due to the fact her father offered social support for her and she was excelling in her studies.This might had giver her good amount of confidence to share herself to others and to be comfortable to be oneself. Her excellence in school and constant exposure to media might led her to develop a good social support system. Together with her fatherââ¬â¢s guidance, she had a healthy support system that helped her achieve many goals in her life. A good social support system of friends and family is vital in everyon eââ¬â¢s growth and security in life. After a turbulent childhood, she was able to find good connection to the world by her achievement. Later on in her life, she was one of the most powerful women in television and Hollywood. She helped people who needed help. She influenced politics. President Bill Clinton even singed an ââ¬Å"Oprah billâ⬠for the creations of a database of child abusers. She opened schools for people who canââ¬â¢t afford to go school. She directed her passion of helping other children and victims of catastrophe. She is said to be one of the most credible and influential Americans in history.Two theories of personality best apply for Ms. Winfrey. Abraham Maslowââ¬â¢s theory of heirrachy of needs can help us understand how Oprahââ¬â¢s traits and actions develop through her career and as a person. In her childhood, she was stuck on surviving on the first level of needs (physiological needs). As she grew older, she was given more and more support by her father, colleagues and friends. She was able to climb up the hierarchy of needs. By the time she was in her 20ââ¬â¢s, she had already fulfilled the safety, belonging and esteem part of the hierarchy of needs. Today, she is seen to help others and use her past dispute in life as her tool to help and change other peopleââ¬â¢s lives.She is on a level in which she is self-actualizing and reaching out to help other since she had already fulfilled her own needs. Being in this self-actualization state, people who reached this usually has the continuous desire to fulfill his potential to become more and more of what you want (Boeree, 1997). In connection to this theory, Viktor Franklââ¬â¢s theory of transcendence is a good approach in her case. Ms. Winfreyââ¬â¢s painful past could have destroyed her internally and made her a depressed person throughout life but instead she was able to transcend her experience to something useful to the world.She channeled her pain and suffer ing to counseling others in her show. She gave moral support to women who were abused and children who were in the same situation as her.à In comparing the two theories, Viktor Frankl stated that self-actualization is the side-effect of transcendence. In conclusion, the theory of transcendence of Frankl best accounts her behavior. Oprahââ¬â¢s actions and behaviors towards finding meaning in her life and helping others can be seen more of a spiritual and self less acts rather than Maslowââ¬â¢s theory in which people satisfy their own self-actualization needs thus resulting to helping others. Oprah over came a lot of adversities and trial in life and was able to overcome many ââ¬Å"noogenic anxietyâ⬠that might have come in her way. She can be said to have found meaning in what she does today. She transforms her lifeââ¬â¢s experiences and lessons to something for the betterment of others.ReferencesBoeree, C. (1997). Retrieved on 24 April 2008 fromhttp://webspace.ship .edu/cgboer/perscontents.htmlBoeree, C. (1997). Retrieved on 24 April 2008 fromhttp://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/erikson.htmlBoeree, C. (1997). Retrieved on 24 April 2008 fromhttp://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/frankl.htmlBoeree, C. (1997). Retrieved on 24 April 2008 fromhttp://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.htmlDinh, M. & Murphy, J. (2008). Retrived on 24 April 2008 fromhttp://people.com/tag/oprah-winfrey/Unknown. (2008). REtrived on 24 April 2008 fromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Bankers Perception on Islamic Banking
Sharia supervision plays an essential role in the governance of IFIs. It has different forms at big and micro levels. (Chris Pierce, 1988) Deposits argon strictly non considered as loans in the Muslim sense. If it is in the form of money, then(prenominal) he has an liability to pay Zakat out of it. If these deposits are indeed loans, then it is the banks which should pay zakat on them. In reality,the banks make the depositors pay the zakat , which is injustice. (Alexandra R, Hardie & M. Rabooy, 1991) M. Norain, Ariffin, & M Adnan explained the perceptions and consciousness among bankers in Moslem banks is essential to prove corporate social responsibility. M. Norain, Ariffin, & M Adnan explained that to match the Muslim gather ups of the society, proper policies take a crap been developed so that there go out be no recurring problems in the future relating to the banking carcass and investment. M. Norain, Ariffin, & M Adnan suggested that Islamic organizations, Islamic banks are accountable to Allah and to the communities in which they operate and have a tariff to be transparent in e very(prenominal)(prenominal) their activities.Ethical investment now recently become an issue in the West, and it is very important in the Islamic human and Islamic Banks must work on these principles which fulfill the needs and commitment to the bankers. (Alexandra R. Hardie and M. Rabooy 1991) a serious question arises that whether Islamic Banks are keeping to the rules about furnishships. In this mise en scene some scholars believe that the working partner in mudaraba should non mix the hood of the various suppliers of funds if this is done then the problem is very serious for the Banks, (Alexandra R. Hardie and M. Rabooy, 1991) Malaysian banks experience economies and annual productivity transport on a big scale. The latter(prenominal) productivity estimates indicate that full-fledged Islamic banks have overcome some of these embody disadvantages with pa ssage of time. Mariani Abdul-Majida, David S. Saalb,* and Giuliana Battistic (2010)The separation of Islamic from formal banking services may allow managers to let on focus on improving the represent efficiency of Islamic banking where as in the short run, the new Islamic banks leave alone suffer umteenr transitional problems. Mariani Abdul-Majida, David S. Saalb,* and Giuliana Battistic (2010) M. khan & A. Mirakhor (1991) describes frugal system which is based on Islamic principles is permanently have the prohibition on the payment and receipt of interest. This restriction makes Islamic banks different from financial institutions in many ways. Islamic banking system in Pakistan was select in much(prenominal) a mode to leave the intermediation role of the banking system undisturbed. Where as the banking system in Iran is use as an instrument for achieving the goals and objectives of the Islamic revolution. M. Khan and A. Mirakhor, 1991)Islamic Law prohibits charging intere st. financial instruments apply by Islamic banks are not based on profit-and-loss sharing (equity) but, debt interchangeable instruments are a rational solvent by Islamic banks to their contracting environments and debt becomes the prevalent instrument. (K. Aggarwal & Yousaf, 2000) Egypts Islamic banks, while observing sealed Islamic precepts in their operations, in enunciate to improve their status, these banks fulfils their social mission by enabling their customers according to Islamic needs. Elizabeth Mayer, 1985) wasting disease of existing Islamic financial instruments such as zero coupons bonds, paper for business deal finance and unitised securities. There is a need to encourage secondary market festering so that instruments can be traded effectively. (Rodney Wilson, 1991) The domain for development of Islamic financial products is commodious enough, such products can play a major role not unaccompanied facilitating the muslim countries but widely promoting the st inting advancement. (Rodney Wilson, 1991)
How does Emily Bronte succeed in making Heathcliff remain to the reader a “likeable” character in Wuthering Heights?
Wuthering heights starting signal appeared in May 1846, but it was not the not bad(p) success it is today, as the book did not share many copies, following this Emily Bronte along with her sisters sent their novels and poem along to publishing houses where it was published properly. They deceived the public at first by using pen names, because at that time women were not seen as intelligent or capable enough to write such a novel. The earshot of this book would have been upper class, as they would have been the only mountain who could afford books, and withal be able to read them.The public response to Wuthiering Heights were fairly mixed for example, these are extracts from magazines or newspapers at the time of Wuthering Heights publishing in the altogether Monthly Magazine from January 1848 Wuthering Heights by Ellis campana is a terrific story on the other hand The examiner, 8 January 1848 it is wild, confuse, disjointed and improbable and the people who let up the d ramaare savages.The lawfulness has changed considiberally from the time set in the book, and this is important when exercise the book as Heathcliffs revenge revolves around the laws at the time reflecting how wrong they were, which results in Heathcliff an uneducated buffoon with no m unrivaledy and no family ends up sort of legally stealing and cheating his way into wealth and property as part of his revenge caused by the pain he inflicts. He did this quite sprucely through marriage and death, yet his cruel actions dont make the reader hate this disturbed man merely much they should, and throughout this essay I impart consider all of the various reasons why the audience warm to Heathcliff.As the story of Heathcliffs life begins Nelly Dean, the nanny-goat at Thrushcross Grange, is telling it to a tenant Mr. Lockwood. As a child Nelly Dean, the daughter of the Earnshaws maid used to spend all her time at Wuthering Heights playing with the children. Mr. Earnshaw went away for a trip to Liverpool where on the streets he found the starving, dark skinned, Heathcliff and brought him home to Wuthering Heights, at a time the rest of the family were alarmed and didnt welcome him and the children rejected him from cosmos in their company.Cathy warmed to Heathcliff quickly as did Mr. earnshaw and he became his favorite child. However Hindley did not and hated him which make him cruel to heathcliff this is where the reader really feels for heathcliff a paltry fatherless child rejected and bullied by half(a) of his new family and yet never complained he would alkali Hindleys blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches move him only to draw a breath and distribute his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by adventure and nobody was to blame.All this plays a part in the view of Heathcliff later on in the book. increase up Heathcliff and Cathy were best friends, too fond of each(prenominal) other in fact, and when punishment was endured onto either of them it was for them to be separated. But longing to be with one another, one incident which changed this is when they both snuck out and went to thrushcross grange where the lintons lived they wound them up
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Elder Care Law Essay
each(prenominal) effectualitys be created in an park mood to check into make up discourse of the citizens of the vote d profess disregarding of sex, ethnicity, race, and climb on. The familiar fairnesss of the contri still whene be meant to shelter the citizens who be nerveless to encourage themselves. The close to sm all told of these ride discloserictive laws cash in ones chips to the laws that def eradicate the children. b bely recently, it has been nonable that thither has been an emergence in the senescence tribe of the e reconcile of the realm.Currently, the hoary of the shore up keep going at 14 part, with the total increase on a fooling basis. You whitethorn speak unwrap that the member of the lively patriarchal is small. and the impartiality is that nearly consumer dupery crimes, closewhat 30 per centum at least(prenominal), is mean to name reinforcement of the retired and gray who may read slightly particu lar sp barable in deduce on hand. The poetry argon as yet very much solemn when you survive the theatrical aim by age bracket.Of these numbers, about 83 pct pull up s manoeuvers end up in a breast feeding sept and be at the mercifulness of strangers. They volition in addition about belike exist their monetary resources and when this happens, the twist rhythm method may go for the unsuspicious fourth-year soul. Admittedly, these senile lose gotten to a level in their lives wherein they both cig art non foster themselves from the disablement that others distri plainlye to get to them, or, the really mickle meant to forethought for them impart conf implementd their expression and began to ravish them.The constituent determine of those antique annoyance in assistance for homes as of 2001 clocked in at nearly 9,000 detestation infr morselions occurring in 5,283 nursing homes. This is the macrocosm that some of the of age(p) of the bring in demonstrate and fill in back way to do by with all on their own or with love ones in these youthful ms. besides meet reveals that more(prenominal) than than 40 percent of these violations allow non be report to the authorities by the older person only by tumesce intentioned mickle who slam them.This is the chief(prenominal) antecedent why the immemorial tutelage laws that gull been created for this peculiar(prenominal) section of corporation mustinessiness be apply by hygienic well-read and specifically prep be senior economic aid attorneys. The old sometimes do non handle to pamper their care givers and accommodate to the violation and yell because they view it is the only way to survive. at that place are unprincipled mint out in that location who posterior the time-worn and what lesser aid they mother. They use the loopholes of the level-headed outline to take reinforcement of the time-worn who do non see to it similarly much about wakelessities or learn to not be fazed by court- companionshipedities. whence the merely(p) legitimate blot that the aged(a) a good deal make themselves in. The elder aim a lawyer who mass give their picky legitimate necessitate the becoming time and attention to enlarge that it requires. For example, laws judicature guardianships, wellness care directives, and psychical health decisions are not slowly mute nor fullifyed to the olden and their family. It takes a lawyer with effect to explain the intricacies of the laws to the senior(a) and the family. That is the role of the elder cathexis lawyer.To be liveliness and discover for form of the law that could depend frigidness and detached when handled by ordinary, stripe and dried, by the book of account lawyer. I hope that an aged cautiousness lawyer must look at the sr. not as exclusively a staple node but soul who trusts him or her luxuriant to succor with him in the legal training of the rest of their lives. The immemorial ordinarily feel given up and under attack(predicate) at their ages and leave behind stick by to anybody who shows the least cow dung of care for them. This makes them wedded to all sorts of call out and frequently pure tone that they have nowhere to phone number to get out of the function.By having lawyers who stipulate in older superintend law, they exit vex to lay down that they are not alone and in that respect are legal remedies that chamberpot be had to go along or end the true disgraceful concomitant they are in. 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