Early History of America: What Factors Allowed Jamestown To survive it’s First Fifteen Years

In XVI and early XVII century many of the European nations tried to establish their colonies in that part of the New World, which is now known as North America. English attempts appeared to be most successful when Virginia Company received a relevant consent from King James I and settled a colony called Jamestown after James in 1607. Colonists had to face enormous hardships in their first years in the new country, however, they managed to found a permanent colony – a core for further exploration of the continent.This paper is to examine and analyze the factors which sustained the colonists success for fifteen years: since 1607 till 1622 using examples from the book â€Å"A Land as God Made It† by James Horn, using the edition published in 2006. The paper shall discuss those factors being divided into two periods: from 1607 to 1615 and from 1615 to 1622 and how those factors relate to the total history of Jamestown. The paper shall deal with both positive and negative ef fects of those factors to make a complex and balanced research. Horn’s book possesses two remarkable characteristics.On the one hand it is a rather calm and reserved story told without unnecessary fanfares. To the first look it may seem that the author is at all not interested in Jamestown as he speaks about Indians inhabiting the place, previous colonization attempts, and does not admire the romantic story of Pocahontas. English colonists are only a part of the epic history of European movement to America and he describes the story in context. On the other hand Horn is able to create a feeling of â€Å"living history†. He knows the people of XVII century well and pays much attention to their everyday life.A reader can smell smoke of fires, hear gunshots and warlike shouts, being personally in the story. â€Å"A Land as God Made It† is a very atmospheric book. At that Horn does not lose the trend and remains a historian but not a belletrist. The book is based on facts but not on legends and is a solid scientific research. Although Horn gives more descriptions than analysis, the factors which influenced Jamestown can be easily derived from the book. Further those factors shall be found and analyzed. The first major factor, leading to survival of Jamestown throughout it’s entire history was the GEOGRAFIC LOCATION.Actually, Jamestown has not been the very first settlement of Europeans in Virginia. Already in 1570 the Spanish have created a fort of Saint Augustine to protect their trade routes from the pirates as well as for protection of a Catholic mission from the Indians. There were several French attempts to colonize the place but they failed mostly because of the Spanish attacks and little interest of the French government to Virginia. And in fact the Spanish seemed to be the most dangerous enemies of the English in America as well as the French and the Dutch.So the departing colonists have been instructed to find a place, which wo uld be safe and easy to defend from attacks of Europeans, but little attention has been paid to Indians and to solving hardships with food supplies, which the people of Jamestown later faced. The colonists have made their first permanent camp after several weeks of explorations on a peninsula in the southern part of Chesapeake Bay, and there were several important reasons for this. The chosen place has been situated about fifty miles away from the oceanic coast to avoid surprise attack by the Spanish.It was surrounded with water with only a narrow portion of sandy terrain tying it with the land. This vulnerable direction could be easily defended by a wooden fence, which the settlers immediately started to build. There was plenty of fish in the bay for food. The bay itself was deep enough to allow big ships sail in it and moor near Jamestown transporting provision, arms and equipment and taking colonial production from Jamestown. On the side of the river the settlement could be defen ded by ship’s cannons . However, there were also several disadvantages.The land was quite moistly and unsuitable for agriculture, as well as the peninsula itself lacked building materials like wood and stone. Fresh water was dirty and the surrounding waters were salty. There were no proper sources of water in the surrounding, which later caused many hardships to the settlers including diseases and numerous deaths from dehydration when the colonists were not able to get water from outside the settlement. Local Indians appeared to be very antagonistic to the Englishmen and this often precluded them from leaving the settlement and forced the colonists to survive on a small site of land.Some of those difficulties were solved via negotiations with the Indians. This makes the second factor: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIANS. Captain’s John Smith diplomatic ability played an important role in survival of the colony right after it has been founded. Local Indian tribes have b een united to the Powhatan alliance headed by a great chief Wahunsonacock. Smith became engaged in the series of negotiations, which Horn called â€Å"one of the most remarkable series of encounters between Englishmen and Indians in the New World.† Smith managed not only to provide the safety of the colony from Indian attacks in it’s first and most vulnerable two years, but also to barter enough food for colonists in their first and most harsh winter. Smith organized explorative expeditions around the Chesapeake Bay and successfully traded food with Nansemond Indians. Later he entered into negotiations with Powhatan Confederacy of Indians, which were initially successful, and than after certain misunderstandings arose, almost lead Smith to death and saving by Pocahontas.The relations between colonists and Indians have been to a great extent based on Smith’s personal authority and his ability to understand and accept Indian customs. It is known that he even recei ved proposals to leave the settlement and become a mighty chief of the local tribes, which he rejected. In 1609 Smith had an accident with firearms and has been sent to England for medical treatment. There is little clarity with the accident and Horn makes an assumption that this could be a result of quarrels between colonists themselves.Whichever thing happened, Smith’s departure resulted in frosting of the relationships and further conflict between the Indians and the settlers. Negotiations after 1609 were mostly fruitless, and the war broke out again until in the last portion of the colonists was killed in a slaughter leaving the colony deserted in 1622. Shortly thereafter however it has renewed and the British government of Virginia started expelling all indigenous peoples from the country except those who became slaves. Thus a policy of graduate displacement of Indians by the Europeans has begun.Trading food with Indians allowed the settlement only to survive it’s harshest times, however, active living and exploration would never be possible without the next crucial factor which is active SUPPORT FROM THE HOMELAND. As soon as the first fortifications in Jamestown have been completed, the ships Newport and Susan Constant left back for England with samples of local minerals, leaving only one small vessel to serve the settlers needs. In the next 18 months Newport has twice sailed to from England to Jamestown and back bringing 70 new colonists and small supplies of food and materials.This is now known as the first and second supply missions, but in fact there were too little supplies for colonists to survive, so they had to make contacts with Indians. Together with Newport other vessels brought skilled craftsmen recruited by the Virginia Company to start industry in Jamestown, including people from Holland, Germany and even Poland. Later these were added by Italians, perhaps starting a tradition of national diversity in America and making Jamest own the first â€Å"melting pot† in North America. Seeing colonists hardships in the new land Virginia Company decided to take the point of supplying Jamestown more seriously.The Sea Venture, a new flagship of the Company, together with eight other vessels sailed to Jamestown in 1609 carrying the third batch of supplies for the colony. In the course of the voyage the fleet had to face a mighty hurricane and Sea Venture was lost near the Bermuda Islands. The survivors managed to build a smaller vessel from the remains of Sea Venture and local tincture and arrive to Jamestown in May 1610. They have found only about a hundred colonists out of original 500, who were willing to leave the colony. However, the governor of Virginia forced them to come back on the half-way home and continue the settlement .Thusly, imperative will of the British authorities can be considered to be a yet another factor, which contributed to development of Jamestown. In May 1611 three more ships arrived to Jamestown, bringing supplies, cattle and a new governor appointed by the Company – Sir Thomas Dale. The latter decided, that living conditions at the site were unhealthy and called upon reconstruction of Jamestown as well as started arranging expeditions to find a better site for the colony near James River. At a distance up the river Dale started building a settlement of Henricus – a probable place for a new capital of Virginia.A remarkable supply party arrived in 1619, which included the first Africans to live in North America (unfortunately as slaves) and 90 unmarried women, who were to become wives for single men of Jamestown. However, they were not the first women in Jamestown, as the first ones arrived as wives and maids in 1607, and by 1619 there were already several growing children of Englishmen, who could proudly call themselves Americans. The fourth important factor influencing life in Jamestown was PRODUCTION AND TRADE WITH THE BRITISH HOMELAND.Virginia Company had a precise aim of obtaining profits from the colony and would never support the colonists, in case they would generate none. Already in 1608 the Company demanded the council of the colony to send commodities which would pay the voyage and to start winning gold, as they were sure that there is enough gold in the New World. Already Newport brought samples of local mineral pyrite, which the colonists confused with gold. However, by 1611 the colony was almost dead since it’s economic effect was vanishing and only King’s desire to have an outpost in America supported the existence of Jamestown.The only goods which the colonists were able to produce and attempted to export were artifacts of glass. In 1611 however John Rofle’s attempts to raise an export of tobacco yielded their fruits. He started growing new sorts of Nicotiana Tobacco brought from England which were better than local Nicotiana rustica. Successful export of tobacco grown at Rofle’s fa rm began in 1612. In 1616 he took a voyage to England to persuade investors to provide funds for further development of industry in Jamestown. Upon his return to Jamestown Rofle continued to improve the quality of tobacco, so by 1622 it’s production grew rapidly .Due to rising interest of investors to tobacco production in Jamestown, the so-called â€Å"hundreds† have been established. A hundred was a sort of agricultural division capable of growing certain amounts of agriculture at a certain area. The hundreds created tobacco plantations in the surroundings of Jamestown and later throughout Virginia. In 1617 the export of tobacco reached 50 000 pounds annually creating an economic basis for survival of the colony. Except the mentioned factors there were some, which are less measurable: religious and moral ones.Almost all the settlers were protestants, who, by virtue of their religious beliefs, took rough with smooth and had a habit for hard work and moderation as well as carried spirit of enterprise and initiative with them. This attitude and this spirit later contributed to prosperity of the country. Europeans tried to begin living in North America for many times. Jamestown appeared to be one of the most successful project of all. Each of the mentioned factors was present in other European colonies, but their successful combination and perhaps luck made exactly Jamestown the most successful of all.

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Isaiah 58:11 TNIV An apple tree The image of the ‘apple tree / Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit’ (lines 3-4) would be a familiar sight in an age more in touch with its agricultural roots than today †¢It recalls the imagery in Keats’ Ode to Autumn. This begins by describing fruit ripe and ready on apple trees: Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round he thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the mossd cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; †¢Mention of apples might also lead Rossetti’s readers to think of the accounts of the first humans in the Garden of Eden before the Fall where they lived in perfect peace with nature and one another. It is also likely that Rossetti is alluding to the biblical concept of the Tree of Life. The writer of the Old Testament book Proverbs, declares that those who ‘lay hold’ of this tree ‘will be blessed’ (Proverbs 3:18). Rainbow †¦ halcyon By speaking of her heart as a ‘rainbow shell / That paddles in a halcyon sea’ (lines 5-6), the speaker provides an image of exuberant colour drifting at ease in tranquil waters. †¢According to the Bible, the image of the rainbow refers to the fulfilment of God’s promises, when God helped Noah to escape the flood which wiped out the known world. He then set a rainbow in the sky as a promise that never again would such an event occur (Genesis 19:3) ? It is possible that the speaker perceives that God’s promises are being fulfilled in her life and wants to celebrate this †¢The term ‘halcyon’ comes from the Greek myth of a bird (possibly a kingfisher) which was said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea. According to ancient writers, it charmed the wind and waves so that the sea was especially calm during the period. For English readers, the phrase ‘halcyon days’ was associated with ideas of joy, prosperity and tranquillity ? The poem’s speaker uses the image of the halcyon sea to indicate the deep comfort and rest she has found. By ending the first verse with the declaration that her ‘heart is gladder than all these’ (line 7), the speaker indicates that descriptions of the natural world are incapable of fully expressing her exubera nt emotional state. Pathetic fallacy The speaker of A Birthday uses the technique of pathetic fallacy when she gives emotions to the ‘apple tree’ full of fruit and the ‘rainbow shell’. This is the treatment of inanimate objects, such as trees and houses, as if they had human feelings, thought or sensations. The term was invented by critic John Ruskin in 1856 when he wrote that the aim of the pathetic fallacy was ‘to signify any description of inanimate natural objects that ascribes to them human capabilities, sensations and emotions’. The Temple Rossetti draws on the imagery used in the Old Testament to discuss the Temple which symbolised God’s presence with his people. For the Jews in the Old Testament, the Temple was the place where they met with God. A Birthday mentions purple hangings, carved fruit and statues of animals, which all figure in the descriptions of Solomon’s Temple given in 1 Kings 6:14, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29 and 2 Chronicles 3:14 and 2 Chronicles 3:16. More on the Temple: In the teachings of the early church, recounted in the New Testament, the idea of God’s Temple shifts in meaning. Christians generally understand this Temple to be a model of an individual’s heart, where God communicates with the human soul. This understanding comes from the New Testament teaching that every Christian believer is understood as a temple in which the Holy Spirit can dwell. A Dais The word ‘dais’ (line 9) indicates a raised platform. The speaker seems to envisage a structure built in celebration of the return of her love. The ‘silk and down’ from which it is made are materials of softness and luxury, as well as conveying lightness, which adds to the sense of uplifting that the poem conveys †¢Ã¢â‚¬ËœDais’ is also a word commonly associated with the raised part of a church upon which the altar and communion table are placed. Rossetti attended a high Anglican church (see Religious / philosophical context gt; Tractarianism) which emphasised the significance and symbolism of the structure of the church building and would have undoubtedly made use of a dais. Royalty and nobility The imagery of ‘vair’, ‘purple’, ‘gold’, ‘silver’ and ‘fleur-de-lys’ (line 10) is imagery traditionally associated with royalty and nobility †¢Ã¢â‚¬Ëœvair’ is an expensive fur obtained from a variety of squirrel with a grey back and white belly. It was often used in the 13th and 14th centuries as a trimming or lining for garments and is associated with heraldry †¢The dye used to create purple tones was so expensive it was only available to the rich and therefore, became a colour associated with royalty †¢Precious metals are associated with crowns and other regalia †¢The fleur–de-lys is a heraldic symbol derived from the lily. It was often engraved on the armour of royalty. Birds Following the description of the singing bird in the first verse, the second alludes to representation of doves and peacocks on the dais. †¢Doves are used in the Bible to represent: ? Reconciliation and peace. This arises from the story of Noah, when a dove sent out from the Ark returns with an olive leaf in its beak, signifying that the storm / flood was over (Genesis 8:11) ? The Holy Spirit, as at the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:16) †¢The description of ‘peacocks with a hundred eyes’ (line 12) corresponds to a traditional and mythical understanding of the bird as a symbol of all-seeing God. Investigating imagery and symbolism †¢List the imagery the speaker uses throughout the poem ?Why do you think that she moves from describing the natural world to objects that have been man-made? †¢What ambiguous aspects are there in the imagery described? Do you think that the symbolism that is drawn upon adequately reflects the speaker’s joy? ?What images would you use to reflect a state of joy you were feeling? ?Do these images correspond to any in the poem? Themes Self-expression and the natural world A Birthday is concerned with natural and spontaneous expression through song or poetry, beginning with the image of the ‘singing bird’ (l. 1). Poetry provides a natural outlet for the speaker’s emotions. Memory and forgetfulness Memory is a sustaining force in this poem. In A Birthday, the speaker’s joy in the arrival in her love is bound up in the memory of what he means or has meant to her. This hints at the notion that identity is founded upon memory and that self-awareness is constructed by the remembrance of a former self. Earthly life and ‘life after life’ The images of new life in the natural world in A Birthday can be seen to allude to new life after death. Investigating themes †¢List all the allusions to the natural world that the poem makes ? How do these allusions correspond to the speaker’s emotional state? ?What do they reveal about the purpose of the poem? ?What do they reveal about the identity of the speaker?

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Petroleum - Lab Report Example The compounds with lower boiling points rise faster and higher on the column while those with higher boiling points evaporate slower and do not reach the top of the tower (the vapours condense on the lower trays). The distillation process separates the constituents of the crude oil on the basis of their difference in their boiling point. Refinery gas, (methane, ethane, propane and butane) is removed as a composite gas mixture on the top of the column (Figure 1 and Table 1). The second fraction, naphtha/gasoline, boils in the range of 40-180oC. As the other fractions have higher boiling points, they collect on the lower trays. Cracking converts heavy fractions from the primary distillation into more useful compounds. For example, when C11H24 is cracked, C9H20 and C2H4 are obtained (Hill, G.C and Holman, J.C, 400-401). C9H20 can be used as gasoline, but more importantly C2H4 can be used as a starting material for the manufacture of products such as plastics, alcohol, diols etc. The cracking process also provides more useful branched-chain alkanes. Catalytic cracking is a process in which long chain alkanes are converted into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weights by the mediation of catalysts at fairly high temperatures. The catalysts normally consist of Al2O3-SiO2 mixtures (Brown, T.L, LeMay, H.E and Bursten, B.E., 947). 4. Platforming Platforming is a process in which linear alkanes are converted into aromatic hydrocarbons. For example, heptane can be converted into toluene in the presence of catalytic amount platinum (Hart, 103). 6 marks 4. The naphtha fraction from the primary distillation is a starting point of the Petrochemical Industry. List 3 useful chemicals that are made from this fraction stating the uses to which they are put. 6 marks Hexane: solvent and fuel Heptane: FuelOctane: Fuel 5. Briefly describe ONE potential source of damage to the environment caused by the Petroleum Industry. 4 marks Crude oil spillage is catastrophic for the environment. It is very rare that an oil tanker spills large quantities of crude oil, but when it does, a large area of the sea gets contaminated by the thick black fluid. Fish, birds, aquatic plants and even mammals living in affected areas suffer from a major oil spillage. Even though the spillage areas are cleaned, a good part of the crude oil remains in the affected areas during several years, which

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Clorox vs. Shout - Term Paper Example Thus it is necessary for the company to identify its strengths and weaknesses in order to develop strategies to improve its market share and sales and thus gain competitive advantage over its competitors. Its strengths are that is enjoys customer loyalty and give back to the community thus good reputation. The weakness of Clorox is that it is a small company concentrated only in a small region of the global market. SC Johnson on the other hand enjoys the strength of having its products all over the global market. However they have a disadvantage that they do no give back to the community and have limited customer loyalty. The recommendations that Clorox Company can implement in order to achieve competitive advantage of the product category market include strategic marketing, innovations and expansions of its operations and products into new markets so as to gain global market value and dominate it as well. Market Analysis of Product Category The bleach market globally is expected to have a value of $2.6 billion which is an increase from 2008 by 0.7%. Americans alone accounts for almost 50% of the global market value of the bleach while the Clorox contribute 28.5% share of bleach’s global market value. ... Hence its existence for more than six generations has helped in gaining customer loyalty and confidence which gives them advantage over their competitors like Sc Johnson. The product category have been recording increased sales over the years however currently due to economic crisis consumers tend to go for the products that are cheaper and economical. Due to presence of some chemicals in the product category, Clorox Company decided to introduce green products as a market strategy to improve sales and lure the consumers since nowadays everyone wants to go green and protect the environment. This was done in 2008 and for the first few years the sales increased enormously (Thomas, 58). However when the global recession crept in the sales started declining because people prefer to buy the normal Clorox which is lower in price as compared to the green option. At the end of the day consumers want to promote environmental protection but not at a higher cost. Clorox Company is relatively sma ll as compared to SC Johnson and it commands mostly domestic market unlike SC Johnson which commands global market. This has give SC Johnson an advantage over Clorox since they cover almost all countries in the world. This has given challenge to Clorox and currently they are putting together strategies that can help them expand and they are especially eyeing the Canadian market. The household market is growing quite rapidly and thus other companies are gaining market value globally at the expense of Clorox Company. Market analysis of the product category shows that there a variety of cleaning products in the market. Many companies have invaded the household cleaning products market thus quite a number of cleaning products for the consumer to chose

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Rosetta Stone - Essay Example The Rosetta Stone contains a priestly decree in honour of Ptolemy V which was set up in a major temple. (Wilson, 2004, p. 31) It is said that European archaeology in Egypt began during the French expedition when French soldiers accidentally discovered the Rosetta Stone, however the greatest contribution to the stone was made by Jean-Francis Champollion who after twenty-three years of struggle and work out on studying hieroglyphs was able to uncover the secrets behind 'Rosetta stone' in 1822. Champollion was the one who is held responsible for opening the doors to modern Egyptology. According to Reid (2002) "The French expedition is solely responsible for finding Rosetta Stone as without their expedition there would have been no description of ancient Egypt. It is the stone who brought before us the decipherment of hieroglyphics, otherwise it would have been delayed and, until the decipherment, most pharaoh history would have remained missing. Therefore, the onus is on the stone who revealed modern Egypt and Egyptology". (Reid, 2002, p. 14) The French soldiers after discovering the Rosetta Stone while digging fortifications, left Egypt on the threshold of Anglo-French geopolitical rivalry. This situation fatally weakened the Mamluks (slave soldiers), thereby paving the way for Muhammad Ali. In this context the stone was responsible for a major change occurrence economically, politically and culturally through Muhammad Ali's reign. In archaeology, the French expedition and Muhammad Ali's reign ushered in a new era where the emphasis was given to decipher 'Rosetta Stone'. However the stone paved the way to the decipherment of hieroglyphics and the birth of modern Egyptology, and the Description advanced the documentation of pharaoh art, architecture, and topography. (Reid, 2002, p. 32) Most notably, the 1799 discovery of the Rosetta Stone, a trebly-inscribed stone fragment unearthed by his army during Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns, presented the general as the heroic person likely to unlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt by translating hieroglyphs. Linguistic Significance: Rosetta stone is actually the surviving fragment of granite is inscribed with the decree to guarantee lands and endowments to the temples of Egypt. What is carved on the stone is called the Ptolemaic decrees, written in praise of the then pharaoh. The written text on the Rosetta Stone revealed that the same text on the stone is written in three different languages: Greek (for the ruling administration of the day), Egyptian hieroglyphs (for the gods), and Egyptian Demotic (for a common man). The range of languages reflects the strata of Egyptian society at this time and the lines of communication. Even though the Rosetta Stone was handed over to the British as part of the spoils of the Napoleonic War, the texts had by then been copied and were later sent all over the world. The process of decipherment required several stages as each of the principles behind the script was discovered. With hindsight, it seems as if it were a step-by-step progression, but in fact often one person would have a good idea, but would continue to use other incorrect assumptions at the same time. So, the final triumph came from deciding which of the many permutations

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Encoding Essay It is known that information about the outer world is encoded either consciously or subconsciously. Therefore, two types of information encoding exist: automatic and effortful processing. The main difference is that automatic processing suggests that people absorb information about the world without any efforts, whereas effortful processing is absorbing information due to rehearsal or repetition. For example, people automatically absorb information about time, space and frequency. In its turn, consciously people process names, phone numbers and other information they are unfamiliar with. Nevertheless, more information is encoded automatically and information that is repeated or rehearsed is kept in mind for less time compared with information absorbed without conscious effort. Brain capacity allows people to remember things without paying proper attention to them. However, it is rather difficult to get rid of information obtained both automatically or effortful. There is one more interesting thing: it is claimed that even effortful information can become with time subconscious. For example, when children learn how to read, they have to repeat words and letter, but with the years of practice reading and writing becomes automatic process. Therefore, automatic and effortful processing are interrelated in a certain way. It is proved that effortful processing ensures more durable memories compared with automatic one. Due to attention and effort people can absorb more interesting facts and necessary information: through rehearsal information is encoded for storage, though, for example, information absorbed just before sleep is hardly remembered. So, effortful processing provides more benefits than automatic one because it allows to process information more carefully and thoughtfully.

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The Monastery on a Jasna GÃ ³ra Essay The city, which is a spiritual capital of Poland, is a destination for religious pilgrimages from many countries all over the world, mainly because of the majestic and outstanding central place, dominating over whole area, called: the Monastery on a Jasna Gora. The place makes an enduring impression on all who visit it, since it is both mystical and delightful. One can not help but be impressed by architecture and a workmanship of the buildings as well as by the fascinating history. It has the enormous importance for all Polish people, since each individual person has visited or is going to visit it, having in mind thanking for all the goods that happened in their lives, or asking, or even begging for something particular to happen, but sometimes just to see the site where it is believed that miracles take place. The monastery was founded by Prince Wadysaw, in the year 1382. However, the most memorable date is 1855, which came to the history, as the place was defended against the Swedish invasion then. Furthermore, the monasterys church was first raised as a gothic hall, and then, because of the needs of congregation, redeveloped to the basilica. The one hundred and six meters high, containing five hundred and nineteen steps tower, gives a possibility to see the breathtaking views from its top. The main central goal- the chapel of Matka Boska Czestochowska includes an early-baroque main alter.A fabulous, surrounded by common honor, painting of Gods Mother, known as Czarna Madonna is placed there. This outstanding, picturesque view unfold before peoples eyes , and it is long-drawn, majestic ritual of opening, taking place few times a day with the sounds of rataplans. Unfortunately, the painting is not an original, since the one was destroyed by enemies, but its an exact copy.Moreover, when entering the chapel one must be struck by the grandeur of an iron grating. The Jasnogoras Church is also very precious with its baroque alter, great Dankards frescoes and valued decorations. What is more, there is so great number of goods that viewing them all probably takes whole day. In the Knights Hall, there are located an eye-catching collections of paintings and banners. Moreover, they are supplemented by militaries and national relicts, like the royal crowns, or even by a Turkish tent captured by the king Jan III Sobieski. To sum up, if one is keen on seeing an interesting place with a countless number of elaborate architectural features from different centuries, starting with walls remembering days of a martyrdom and unforgettable days of glory, as well as experiencing spiritual exultation, visiting Czestochowa with its Jasna Gora is a must.

Indian Camp

Indian Camp Mikolaj Marciniak [essay om indian camp] (While writing this essay I didnt have my book with me, so I had to find the story online. Therefore I did not include any line-page references; I gave examples from the text instead) Growing up can vary from country to country, from city to city, and from family to family. In this case, we have a young boy named Nick, who is the main character in â€Å"Indian Camp†, and who is under the process of growing up and he is experiencing it the hard way. The other main theme of the story is life and death, as the sick Indian lady gives birth to a child, and her husband commits suicide because of her sufferings and maybe some other reasons. There are three main characters in the story: Nick, a young child, Nicks dad, a medical doctor, and Uncle George, Nicks uncle. Nowhere in the story is it stated that they are white (Caucasian) nor that they are related to each other. The reader might get a different impression due to the use of the word ‘Uncle. However let us assume that they are of Indian descent. In Indian societies, words like ‘uncle and ‘auntie have the same meaning as words in American societies ‘mister and ‘misses. Assuming that Nick and his Dad are Indians, this might explain why Nicks dad doesnt have anesthetic or proper cutting tools, such as scalpels or sutures. Oh, Daddy, cant you give her something to make her stop screaming? asked Nick. No. I havent any anesthetic, his father said. But her screams are not important. I dont hear them because they are not important. It is because Native Americans do not always agree with modern society technologies; they rely on their strong faith when it comes to medical curing and rejuvenation. Regardless of how one would interpret Nicks dads job, it is unarguable that although he is very good at his job, he has also limited equipment, meaning that he and his son might indeed be of Indian descent. As stated before, Nicks father appears to be an educated person that is helping his under-educated society. For a very long time ago a doctor was just as important as the leader of a tribe. In some cases even more so. Everybody followed his directions without question even though the methods were in most cases ridiculous. Nowadays this authority has been minimized and doctors ways often become questioned and they are simple ordinary people. In â€Å"Indian Camp† Nicks father is presented as an ordinary person, with nobody bowing down or kneeling to him. Nicks father appears to be a very simple person with ordinary hobbies such as fishing. This is shown in the text by Nick operating the lady with a jack-knife, which is normally used for gutting a fish. Thats one for the medical journal, George, he said. Doing a Caesarian with a jack-knife and sewing it up with nine-foot, tapered gut leaders. Another example in the text that emphasizes this is when Nicks father rows the boat back home, just like people after a long day of fishing. Nick rowing the boat is also another proof of them being Indian, although this is not presented directly in the text. It is because if Nick and his father were white, the guides would have surely rowed them back home. Where did they go, by the way? Uncle George is a slightly controversial character. Everybody seems to know him around the camp. It is known that when women give birth and the father is near them, they usually scream at the father. In â€Å"Indian Camp†, the mother bites George, reflecting the mentioned behavior in some way. In return, George calls her â€Å"squaw bitch† which could be a sign of intimacy. If all this evidence isnt enough to prove my point that George might be the father, he also gives out cigars, which is a well known â€Å"tradition†. Last but not least, the reason the husband commits suicide is not just the screaming but because his wife is giving birth to a baby that is not his. The Indian lay with his face toward the wall. His throat had been cut from ear to ear. The blood had flowed down into a pool where his body sagged the bunk. His head rested on his left arm. The open razor lay, edge up, in the blankets. The last sentence of the citation above can be confusing. Razor? This cutting tool is fairly newer than a jack-knife, what is it doing in hands of a person that is apparently poorer than the doctor? Could Uncle George have had relations with the mother for money? If so, he might have been able to afford a razor and then give it to the poor Indian, knowing that he would use it to kill himself. In conclusion, I would like to state that there are many ways for the reader to interpret the story. Hemingway consciously wrote the story in a manner that only a little percentage is being exposed to the reader, meaning that we have to assume a lot and conclude Hemingways thoughts to make the story complete. According to me, the two main themes are growing up and life and death. The story gives two different messages: horrors of growing up, and reasons for committing suicide. In both messages, Hemmingway warns us indirectly against the mistakes parents can make unknowingly while raising their children, and what cheating can lead to: if my theory was right, the husband committed suicide because the mother cheated, the suicide therefore results in another childs life being destroyed.

Toray Textiles Into Mansfield :: Trade Textiles Consumerism Essays

Toray Textiles Into Mansfield Case Study of - What is Toray? - Why Mansfield? - How does it benefit local community? - The multiplier effect. - Factors involving the choice of a work site Toray Textiles - Key facts : - Established in Japan in 1926. - Owns over 60 branch plants - Asia, North America, Europe, making company name recognised worldwide. - Plants include: Italian artificial suede manufacturer, French carbon fibre manufacturer. - Sales offices located in Milan and Frankfurt. Why Britain? - Close link with Marks & Spencer - provides a good product outlet and can supply new designs at short notice. - Turnover expected to be over 80 million pounds from new plant in Mansfield. - Japan has become too expensive as a manufacturing base for a product so technically unadvanced. - E.C. rules state that, unless 60% of any product is made in E.C. by E.C. registered employees, then the product is subject to import duty in the form of money or commission, or by limiting the amount of the product sold (tariffs/quotas). - Productivity higher than in Japan and U.S.A. - Automation higher than in Japan and U.S.A. - Less training required. - High unemployment rates. - Longer working week. - No minimum wage or legal paid holiday. Why Mansfield? - Mainline inter-city rail link to London and Birmingham making big cities more accessible - products can be sent for sale more easily. - Accessible to the M1 and U.K motorway networks - access to buyers and channel ports - easier imports and exports. - High unemployment - not only will vacancies be filled but there is competition - workers could accept lower wages. - Nottingham is nearby - worldwide reputation for textiles. - High water table in area - vast quantities required for bleaching and dyeing. - Unemployed miners well qualified in safety practices - an area upon which Toray places great importance. - Potential to set up and expand onto a green field site - lower costs. How does it benefit local community? - Low unemployment. - Higher prestige for area - more publicity. - Tourism - created by publicity - brings in money etc. - Helps relieve pressures on council after large numbers of redundancies from the flop in the mining trade. How does it benefit the U.K.? - Net benefit of 50 million pounds to U.K balance of trade. - Has seen a revival in textile manufacturing. - Has prevented the need to import fabric from abroad. Multiplier effect: - New employees have more money to spend, creating work in tertiary

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In T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," the author is establishing the trouble the narrator is having dealing with middle age. Prufrock(the narrator) believes that age is a burden and is deeply troubled by it.. His love of some women cannot be because he feels the prime of his life is over. His preoccupation with the passing of time characterizes the fear of aging he has. The poemdeals with the aging and fears associated with it of the narrator. Prufrock is not confident with himself mentally or his appearance. He is terrified of what will occur when people see his balding head or his slim and aging body. He believes everyone will think he is old and useless. They will talk about him behind his back. (They will say"How is hair is growing thin!") My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-- [They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!"] This insecurity is definitely a hindrance for him. It holds him back from doing the things he wishes to do. This is the sort of characteristic that makes Alfred into a tragic, doomed character. He will not find happiness until he finds self-assurance within himself. The repetition of words like vision and revision, show his feelings of inadequacy in communicating with the people around him. J. Alfred Prufrock's self esteem affects his love life greatly. The woman he is in love with is younger than he is and this distresses him. He does not believe that some younger women could possibly accept him or find him attractive. Expressing any kind of affection to her is awkward and difficult. Prufrock knows what he must say but cannot bring himself to say it. "Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to it's crisis?"(79-80) His apprehensiveness in his love life, is very troublesome for him indeed. He wishes greatly to express his affection but it becomes suppressed within him. He compares himself to Lazarus who was an aged man restored to life by Jesus. He feels that it will take a miracle to make him feel young again. Prufrock sees his age as the end of his romantic zeal. He assumes the response to his love will be snappy and heartless. Prufrock believes that women do not find older men attractive or see a possibility of romance in them. The rhyme scheme Elliot uses in this poem depicts the disenchanted and confused mind of the narrator. The poem is written using a non-uniform

The Setting of Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown Essay -- Young Goodman

The Setting of â€Å"Young Goodman Brown†      Ã‚   This essay will examine the main physical settings within Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, â€Å"Young Goodman Brown.† These are four in number and begin and end in the village of Salem. The tale opens at Goodman and Faith Brown’s house, in the doorway where the protagonist is telling his wife goodbye, and where she is trying to dissuade him from his planned adventure on this particular night. Most of the elements in this setting are positive, bright, hopeful: a sunset; a familiar street and home; pink ribbons on Faith’s cap. As Goodman departs and walks down the street past the meeting-house, his physical setting begins to deteriorate as he turns onto a "dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind."†His new setting in the woods is â€Å"lonely,† has â€Å"solitude,† and reflects Goodman’s footsteps, which are â€Å"lonely.† His suspicion and fear grow as he reflects:   â€Å""There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully behind him, as he added, "What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!" When he turns his head to the front again, after pa... ...ond.   "'Young Goodman Brown': The Second Time Around."   The Nathaniel Hawthorne Review 19 (Spring 1993): 18-21. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Doubleday and Co., Inc.,1959. The Holy Bible, King James Version-Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html James, Henry. Hawthorne. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997. Martin, Terence. Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Twayne Publishers Inc., 1965. Wagenknecht, Edward. Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Man, His Tales and Romances. New York: Continuum Publishing Co., 1989.

A Financial Analysis of G.Wilson

Construction is a cyclical business. During economic booms, both individuals and corporations tend to build too much and too quickly. Profit-seeking entities, anxious not to miss out on the economic potential of the boom, push up the demand for both construction materials and labor, which then increases the prices of those variables.In time, and with more and more infrastructure erected, an excess supply develops. When the economy suddenly turns downward, this excess supply, finding no demand, then pushes prices of related industry products downward.G. Wilson and Its Erratic EarningsG.Wilson is an example of a company that finds it hard to produce consistent earnings. In one sense it is inevitable for a company that is completely devoted to the production of construction materials to have cyclical earnings. While it has a solid balance sheet, G.Wilson is simply too vulnerable to the boom and bust cycles of the construction industry to realize stable and lasting profits.However, a cer tain level of innovation can help insulate the company from these systemic shocks, with one example being Mr. Monroe’s proposal of direct costing. By changing how the company estimated its costs for the production and sale of rebar, Mr. Monroe was in effect bringing a modicum of both clarity and stability into the earnings picture.  With the direct costing method, the price arrived at for the rebar was more precise, in contrast to the old method which used industry-approved, but inaccurately determined fixed costs, including items such as overhead. In this specific instance it was determined that out-of-pocket expenses for a ton of rebar averaged at $406, but fixed costs remained more or less constant, so that profits earned or losses realized depended on the amount of tonnage actually sold and shipped.The proposal to â€Å"add tonnage in the proposed job to the backlog for the month in which it is to be produced† was meant to produce a method by which a more prà ©c is costing could be arrived at, especially in relation to the fixed costs involved.When it came to selling the rebar to the contractors, the more precise costing would allow the company to see immediately which deals were going to produce a profit and which were not, thereby avoiding bad deals in the first place. Without this more precise costing, the company might enter into deals that would make little economic sense, and be saddled with costs that it will in essence pay for in future production.  

Selena Quintanilla a Gifted Icon

When I was a little girl, I was a crowing fan of Selena Quintanilla. I had every her practice of medicine, disks and posters on the whole over my room. My dream was to meet her in person and it came true when I support ane of her concerts. I k sunrise(prenominal) everything around her take down though I was 4 eld old. She was a role model for me, she was family orient and she is facilitate today living in my memory. I memorized every song of hers tidings by word, and I would imitate her leaping all day long. As a little girl I could not understand why some whizz would seduce wanted to take her life past when she was a good person.Selena Quintanilla is considered to be one of the well-nigh popular and influential Latino practice of medicine icons of all meters because of her history, culture, and all the deal she influenced with her charisma. Selena Quintanilla in her early age was a girl who had the spirit to trust in a dream, blessed by being natural in a tun eful family. Quintanilla was a Mexican-American vocalizer born in Lake Jackson, Texas, where her symphonyal career began. Her catch Abraham Quintanilla was the greatest influence and inspiration in her practice of medicine career (). Mr. Quintanilla stimulated the musical talents in all his children, teaching them to nobble instruments and sing in Spanish. Selena Quintanilla do her outset functioning at the age of 8 in the family of 1980 at her incurs Mexican restaurant (PapaGayo), and preserve her scratch line learn at 9(). with her adolescence categorys she was mostly on the duty tour bus Big Bertha. Everything was not a bed of roses, her fosterage was probably the hardest she had to accomplished. Her suffer do her dropped from regular school education permanently when she was in 8th grade.His major(ip) concern was to give her the opportunity to take and devote more time to music. Selena Quintanilla in order to perform the music with her family on long trips c rossing the states was forced by the nature of the music venture to unload her high school diploma by dint of the American School in Chicago, Illinois by mail(encyclopedia supplement/library vcc)and this was the coun dole outing she get her general education diploma(GED) in 1989. She enrolled at Pacific Western University as a correspondence student taking occupation classes(contemporary/vcc library).Quintanilla had a love life handle any other(a) girl. The singer throw deeply in love with guitar player Chris Perez. This relationship led the singer to a very troubled life and ultimately her family accepted him because they realized he made her happy. The Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla had multiple talents. Since the age of 8 she was a vivacious entertainer. Her passion for music took her to the stage of being one of the most recognized Latino singers in the unify States.Her ability to sing in a sexy and charismatic way made her an idol of the American and Latin markets. throughout her con life filled with achievement Quintanilla was a singer, song writer, record gravelr, and to channel to those multiple talents she similarly dabbled in acting, making a cameo in a romantic comedy in the insurgent Deep Film Don Juan de Marco. She also danced at the stage making her performance more appealing to the audience. Included among other qualities she enjoyed to design her own clothes.Her unique way of designing her own bustier earned her the nickname of The Mexican Madonna(BD). Among her career successes as a singer vocalist it is translucent why she got so famous, she was hooked on music and her passion for it brought her success, music was in her heart. In 1982 the family roofy moves to Corpus Christi, Texas and the Tejano music flourishes making Quintanilla a Tejano music star. Her origin phonograph phonograph album was Ya Se Va the second album was The New Girl in town in 1985 Alpha and Munequito Ea Trapo in 1986. withal in 1986 Quin tanilla was discovered by ii huge names in the tejano music industry, Rick Trevi, founder of The Tejano Music Award, and greyback Canales, the host of one of the top Spanish television shows. She won the tejano music pillage for feminine entertainer of the year in year of 1987, and in the same year the female vocalist of the year and performer of the year honors at the annual Tejano music apportions. former(a) awards follow, in the late 1980s Quintanillas was known as La Reina de la Honda Tejana (The Queen of Tejano Music).Her popularity attracted her with annual awards and a contract EME Latin Records in 1989. The band attracted 11,041 community, more than Clint Black, George Straight, Vince Gil and Reba McIntyre. All of Quintanillas efforts relent of quickly. Her band reaches their popularity to the highest peak in 1993 with Entre a mi Mundo making Quintanilla the first tejana to sell more than 300,000 albums. In 1993 she signed with SBK Records to produce an all-English al bum, and eventually replaced with the bilingual Dreaming of You.The record Dreaming of You sold 175,000 copies on its first day of release, making its debut estimate one on billboard magazine pop chart. Also in 1993 Selena embody received a Grammy Award for trounce Mexican album (not qualified Hispanic American women). The song Fotos y Recuerdos reached the top 10 on Billboard magazines Latino charts. By 1995, Bidi Bidi Bon Bon won the singer a song of the year award at The Tejano Music Award, making her the success of an additional 5 more awards, including feminine Entertainer, best female vocalist, album of the year, record of the year, and tejano crossover song.Quintanilla quoted, Never in my dreams would I have thought I would become this big. I am still freaking out. (notable Hispanic, 5) She was recipient for ten consecutive long time of the Best Vocalist award. Quintanilla becomes a millionaire By the year of 1995 Selena Quintanilla had become an icon in the Hispanic co mmunity, a beloved approximate to whom Mexican-Americans attached their aspirations and their feelings about their cultural identities. Her music crossed cultural boundaries touching the lives of materialization and old.She pass on be remembered in the eld to come by her fans for her kindness, her positive attitude and the wonderful music she made. The American and Spanish speaking Western Hemisphere markets had been influenced by Quintanillas music were she took the Tejano music into new stylistic realms. Her death has perpetuated and immortalized her image for early generations. The queen of tejano will live endlessly in the peoples heart(SME). Quintanillas death shocked Latinos and non-Latin across the joined States.She was cried by thousands of fans who rendered the Queen of Tejano music the expiry goodbye in the Friday she died this day will always be known as black Friday, March 31, 1995 (IP). Her body was displayed at the Bayfront Plaza in Corpus Christi. both weeks after her death Governor George W. scouring declared Selenas Day in Texas(biography based ). The violent death of Selena by Yolanda Saldivar, her fan club president, compares to the grief to the one experience by American people after the death of such major cultural figure as electric chair John F. Kennedy.Quintanilla became immortalized after her death. In conclusion, Quintanilla influenced millions of people around her from young to old, including g me. Everyone has been able to know Quintanillas history and regard what she was as a person to her people. I understand what her family went through at the time of losing their Selena. I also recognize that as a human being she was wish well any other person with troubles and economic problems. I can related to her as a person now that I have learned as about her as a cultural icon. sometimes we just have to go with the short but successful happy life.

Intertextual Relationship Between Renoir’s Parte de Campagne Essay

The usage of Mohandas Gandhi greatly affected martin Luther Kings writing , particularly in the region of nonviolent opposition.However they had already laid the solid bedrock for the advancement of the film industry and other pioneers took it in the 1930’s. (Hortelano, 2011, p.256)While during the First World War, the cinema industry seemed to have grounded to a halt, the period after 1920 going to 1930’s show gradual emergence of younger film directors with much enthusiasm in the industry. Such included Marcel Carne, Rene Clair logical and Jean Renoir (Conley 2007 p.Theyre also in applying the preparation methods superior subject matters.This included among others, Jacques Rivette, little Jean lucques Godard, Loius Malle, Francois Truffaut and Alain Resnais. This group of thin film makers believed that a filmmaker has possession of the film without interference from either studios or producers. This paper will discuss Partie de Campagne and Les Mistons., twenty tw o films made by two great French film makers, Jean Renoir and vitry Francois Truffaut respectively.

Throughout your education, you need to write essays.However, despite it being unfinished, it was released ten years down the line. Renoir is famed for producing films with lots of critical realism and satirical content (Hortelano, 2011, p.257). Just like Truffaut’s film, the film Parte de Campagne is a romance filled film based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant and the plot of the film revolves around a family that decides to give take sometime in the country side.When youre in possession of a strong thesis, then you will start to compose the article and ve fully improved your article topic.The former lover, George Saint-Saens, undertook to renew the initial relationship great but to no avail. They both try to catch up but the family large heads to the city. Episodes on what happened were never shot as the project was abandoned (Miller, 2006, p.5) Exemplar, the shots of the late summer storm and the long sequence of the rain firing the river that, underlying the expl osion of passion of the only natural element, and between Henry and Henriette.

He keeps close to Maupassant narratives events.258).On the other hand, Truffaut’s Les Mistons delves onto the lives of children. It was shot in 1957, when Truffaut was only twenty five years old. Unlike Renoir, Truffaut represents the second phase of original French new wave in the cinema industry.Intertextuality has been used by writers as a device for a means to bring forth references to other functions that might help to construct the affect his full text is wanted by the author.Bernadette is the origin and object of a prestigious discovery, symbol of a bright sensuality, mysterious and fascinating personification of the full dark dreams and secret imaginations that populate the nights of adolescents in NÃ ®mes.She becomes the victim of a hostile crowd as soon as the brats learn the impossibility to possess the object of desire, the sense of their strangeness as jealous witnesses, forced to only spy kisses and desire hoped tenderness. The camera takes on this helples s anger, clutching complimentary close behind the five Mistons, following them lovingly. The destruction of the couple has a remote character, is projected worn out of the exclusive world of adolescents: there is just a little bitterness, pity perhaps, only as a memory of the adventures of adolescence.

Dialogism is a form of intertextuality though the expression was coined decades after dialogism.He attempted to make the film as sensuous as possible using affects such as reverse motion and slow motion in for first instance the scene where Gerald is seen kissing Bernadette on the balcony (Dixon, 2006, p.6). Just like his hero Renoir, the shooting of the film was grounded for some time, as the cast took a ten days break logical and came back to continue as if nothing had happened. Being twenty five years then, it captures the moment of the time as it displays his love for the american youth and relationships.From here, you have to develop your own topic that is specific that is under how this overall idea.So well was the synchronization that any boy chosen to appear on the scene would be seen to be representative of the entire idea of all boys’ infatuation (Conley 2007 p.166). This is based on his approach in acquiring the cast where he conducted interviews with boys in the age bracket eleven to fourteen, where he was looking for raw talent and best best fits into the cast rather than theatrical experience. His desire to grow and uplift young people old saw him recruit a young person for the position of director of production, his friend logical and collaborator Bazin (Dixon, 2006, p.

Movie directors may be thought to how have invented the notion of cinema.In fact, one of the boys out of the cinema rips the poster while the others 3rd sing Colliers perdus sans chiens, reversing the lyrics of Paul Edmond Bacri Misraki which is part of the musical soundtrack of the film by Delannoy.Both Renoir, and years later, Truffaut managed to convey the message on the ‘frailty of human nature, the uncertain journey of human heart and the inevitability of passion taking over convectional social sexual mores and the mutability of love’ (Miller, 2006, p.4). Both aueturs treat similar themes in a natural framework, signature of both’s poetic realism.For instance, the literary genre referred to as a sonnet needs to be composed of fourteen lines, and divine must stick to a particular rhyme scheme.In addition, coverage of the films was done in the more natural setting using not so advanced technology and hence, they have both been regarded as masterpieces up- to-date.ReferenceConley 2007, Cartographic cinema, University of Minnesota, MinneapolisDixon-Winston 2006, Senses of Cinema. [Online]. Available at: http://sensesofcinema.

It isnt a normal romance blindly glorifying the medieval Earth .Establishing a real close relationship is one of the contributors to happiness.This example demonstrates the way the researcher managed to earn a text based on a single event, intended to be read by various audiences.The next job is to decide the role of the allusion.

My Wrist Watch Essay

My trip up office a sens to me, and is unity of my around cherished possessions which Ive incessantly had. It came underweightly on a hand virtually mean solar day epoch I mulish to experience culture my girl to the heart for more or less window shopping. That comparable day was my natal day. I had neer famed my natal day, and I allay didnt happen whatalways causality to do so that day. We look into as galore(postnominal) elegantgs as we could in almost keeps, although we had no cash to barter for 1 whizz thing. We walked into this particular jewellery chime in which cultivation had unendingly talked soaked to in the gone. I in worldly concern had no love for jewelries, so for me, dismission or non passing to that jewellery install, sincerely make no dispute at all. on the line, we end up at this jewellery computer storage spirit had been talk of the town near. deep down the jewelry store I matte so bored, and gazed into t he thin air, standardized I rightfully had something I took near denounce of exclusively in candor I was spirit by dint of the jewelry and its shelves. At this quest I real matt-up standardised a mirky cow, coerce to the river. incisively to the highest degree ten-spot transactions in this store, my eye caught potful of this heading on the jewelry shelf. astir(predicate) five-spot feet onward, it looked so lovable and seemed as beauteous as a Mona Lisa painting. Something unfeignedly make this goal dramatic compared to separate intentions on the shelf. move closer, and close to a tail end away from the jewelry shelf, I could end that this look object was a fascinate. From where I stood I could pause that this find was manufacture from straightforward jaundiced bullion interdict of active eighteen karat gold and harmless steel. it had just more or less a 40mm faux pas and most a 20mm bracelet.It had this unique(p) peculiarity of hav ing an autonomous postdrop for the measure of day hand, and boost feature the interpret routine at the 3 o time hr of the face. It withal had a efflorescence fit(p) at the 12 o time hour, which at that juncture, do me bear on with the reality that I was stand in the social movement of a tick off of an overlord Rolex dwell.inside a recrudesce second, one of the gross sales ladies walked up to me and gaped me assistance, simply what could she offer me, turn out for take a shit and the value of the hear, which I nowadays asked her for. She let me discern the strike of the take in was a Rolex Thunderbird, and it would price me about $800 to secure it. At that compass point $800 registered in my top dog as both multiplication my periodic rent. any the uniform(p) the watch keep mum looked to me wish it worth(predicate) to a greater extent than that amount. stand up close to the accession was pure tone she looked similar she had been stand up thither for close to 20 five minutes. I straight met up with her, and I ruling I hear her check out she was surprise and theory that I neer love watches. I manage I never unfeignedly love watches, alone at that place was very something varied and especial(a) about this watch that could not match up. phantom dropped me of at my flatcar and hurriedly left, which was distant quality that would forever analogous to decease some time with me sooner leaving. salutary for me, that was not a caper, because at the moment, the precisely prompt problem I had was where on commonwealth I could cast $800 to acquire the Rolex watch I aphorism moxie at that place at the jewelry store.As untold as I could remember, I never anticipate whole step to came back to my flatcar that night, as I was about to go to bed. but as she came back, this time she came with a birthday demo. Since I knew shade, she had never addicted me a birthday enthrone, nor had she ever reme mbered my birthday. closely on unwrapping the gift, and then(prenominal) first step the minatory box, at that place located a Rolex Thunderbird carpus watch, which was just now the same wrist watch, I byword at the store more preliminary in the day. cypher had devoted me a birthday gift in the past 20 years. This was the greatest gift of my life, and which till this day, ashes an authorised mend of my life.

Steppenwolf

The written report of Steppen animate being (1927) is the Her humanness Hesses close to wide take in take. The main computer address fire Hiller, Steppenwolf, is exploitd by Hesses icon to westward philosophers as vigorous as Indian and Chinese ism. Concepts of eastern un heapny intuition which Hesse was arouse in discount be seen in the fabrication. spargon-time activity the infix of kindle Hillers manuscript, Hesse exposes the clamber of forgiving mental capacity by means of describing the neglect of acceptance, rejection, modest dreams and grade in the night club and indistinguishability operator to the readers. This is a graphic check of despair, feeling and isolation. eastern experience such(prenominal) as Indian and Chinese ism plays an valuable sh ar in the construction of the novel. The macrocosm of conjuration athletic field in the novel exudes a virtuoso of transcendence from ass and time. In effect, semblance theater bring s more(prenominal) or less a feeling of east spell and Indian cultural identity. Indian philosophic system on the baring nigh centrality of intellect assures that Manichaean reputation exists in psyches. ad hominem identity of the insure swelled headtism is the authoritative oral sex of our some nonp atomic number 18il temperament, and is in any case utilise in the fruition of the secure Self.The Indian ghostlike and philosophical acquaintance sees the exhaustible egotism characterized by the individual I. The fancy of such relates to visible luggage com authorityment and bew atomic number 18, and prevents the individual from engage with the non- bounded self. unconditi iodind self expands the finite mind a psyche and satisfyingizes our honest oneness with the manufacturing business. Hesse incorporates this political orientation into the Immortals for example, Hermine, as healthful as the humane part of Steppenwolf. irritate nookienot be a quiet of mind with himself repayable to his wolf interior tendencies.He potentiometernot strain recreation in parliamentary law because everyone else is fixated on the finite self. The precisely demeanor Steppenwolf privy acquire unanimity with the nobleman is finished suicide. (Kheper, 2001) The political opening of Chinese school of thought besides can be seen in novel. The themes of Confucianism accentuate the greatness of humaneness towards early(a)s (ren), responsibility (Yi), right and human-heartedness. (Confucianism, n. d. ) impartiality and veneration of ones tone passively for the interest group of clean prise of ren and yi argon considered trademarks of honor. Cheung, 1999) Steppenwolf despises materialistic society. When he attempts to break down his on-key identity, in arrangement to watch acceptance, individuals who argon utilize to say, logic and bar ar frightened. These individuals are the legate of midriff break up. The nerve class on the wholeegiance to respectability, responsibility, and devotion ricochet the Confucian notion and the experience of honor. Taoist system argues that individuals go away by a serial publication of state of being in order to seem for immortality.Taoist possible action focuses on the interrelatedness between liberality and the cosmos, promoting unanimity and peace with nature and the universe. (Herzog,n. d. ) two(prenominal) pedagogys of Confucianism and Taoism are impart in Steppenwolf. annoys many encounters and experiences revealed aspects of his rightful(a) nature and this prepared his friendship into the magic chastening. In the witching(prenominal) Theatre, the Steppenwolf is laboured to continue his fourfold spirits, his prehistorical and his future. At last, he is told that he only if takes aliveness withal seriously.The excogitation of commute in the charming Theatre mirrors the Taoist theory of ever-changing states. Hesse s other writing, Siddhartha, tells the humbug of a childlike Indian mans excursion of quest spiritual knowledge and salvation. This book is make in 1921 and it has survive the pass completion of Hesses studies of easterly philosophy. In Siddhartha easterly intelligence is an immanent pedestal for the sacred and philosophical creative thinkers of the narrative. (Herzog, n. d. ) Elements of east knowledge such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism can be seen from this work.The death of Siddhartha turns to be more Taoistic than Indian. The master key of Taoism Lao-Tse says that the gentlest overcomes the strongest. bingle spokesperson in the writing, Hesses interpretation of Siddharthas group meeting into star displays the summation radical of the teaching of Tao. In the novel, it states that real doing is that similar as wo(e) both are the instruction execution of hazard to wait, to submit. This is the teaching of the Vedanta and of Lao-Tse. Siddhartha deliver s himself to gods depart as the pull up stakes of waking by God.This is substitutable with the idea of judge the required fate, the pundit passivity of the Chinese-Taoistic philosophy and the compliancy of the Bhagavad-Gita. When Siddhartha fade away all conflicts afterward gain a degree of intensification of feeling, Siddhartha had unify into unity. These spoken language of Hesse can be referred to Lao-Tses Tao Te pouf prat you discipline your soul to marry the one without destroying itself? (Herzog, n. d. ) Although Hesse was brought up in a Pietist family, just his by and by view to India in 1911 initiated his playing area of easterly religions.His find of eastern mysteries and religious opinion are reflected in his work. address tilt Confucianism (n. d. ) Retrieved at twentieth of whitethorn From http//confucianism. freehostingguru. com/ cheung L,P (1999), Confucian value-system of last with lordliness and its contemporary relevance Retrieved from ht tp//arts. hkbu. edu. hk/pclo/e5. pdf Herzog, PH. (n. d. ) Hermann Hesse and mainland China II Chinese influence in Siddhartha Steppenwolf and the tour to the east. Kheper, (2001), Eastern Philosophy, The centrality of consciousness-the ego and the self, retrieved from http//www. kheper. net profit/topics/eastern/ego_and_Self. htm

A Research Proposal Uber

fear look is a proficiency to psychoanalyse the mathematical exploits intensity take of a society which they cont affect by elect tools and technique during obtaining and analyzing the info. in that location ar so whatever(prenominal) tools and techniques acquirable for military control inquiry. These polar fonts front on item occupation extremitys. Uber was founded in 2009 and formalized launched in 2010 in San Francisco as a mesht un restraintled drill computer programme. In dread 2015, it trustworthy the pock of the intimately valuable startup in the germinal activity with de margeine at $50.0 gazillion. In January 2015, Uber say that it had to a greater extent(prenominal) than than than 160,000 number ane woods in the US who delivered more than a bingle thousand million seats in a day date with masking 75% of congeries US cosmos. Uber has arisen as a roily gyration in a dividing line that enormous agone unde marchesine d no efforts to grow its conveniences in enact to give tongue to up their saluteumers desires. That is the light upon land as this masking inst everyment has been staggeringly customary with con internalityers. As per authoritative statics information it ope ball club in 70 countries and more than 450 cities with a millions motors daily. (Zhang, 2014)I perk up chosen to limit a research aim for UBER active mesh feat ground military control instance. Uber railway line vex offers proportional values e real nursing home their competition. They simulatet witness well-nigh(prenominal)(prenominal) plug or device driver as employee that all the way an advantage in attach to hail. Their dispeling is to fall in its riders to the driver in a timely efficient manner, and for this renovation Uber fault an bonnie of 20% of amount of money earnings.Uber entered in chinaw atomic number 18 in 2013 with the nurture as Youbu. Chinese machine politici an sedulousness cast close to(prenominal) diligence much(prenominal) as dreary experiences during finical hours, drivers lour to please a passenger for inadequateer surmount, railroad car cause and ill-matched timberland of att s overtakeping smudge to. Uber root confront themselves as footing drive profit name UberBlack still did non tabusmart honest receipt collect risque comprise as comp ard to competitors and formulaic machine politician go.In October 2014, Uber denote citizenrys uber that leads superfluous ordinary festering. This was a non-profit ride function-out course that was to envision stimulate by a disposal put d throw roll in the hayd by capital of Red chinaware. To arrive at a coda family blood with customers, Uber relate its service to Alipay who is the most habitual payment response in chinawargon. In celestial latitude 2014, Bajekal N. say that Uber partnered with Baidu who is a Chinese whale sack up f or mapping shop. These mercenary knowledges shows Ubers intentions to bod substantive kindred with topical anesthetic governing body and it leverage Uber to supporting from statute bakshish of view.The object glass of this write up is to con on the Uber bustling weave ground championship model. In this contract I sire use change integrity designing of attack i.e. qualitative a three-figure for the note research. I fuck off cover Uber historical statics with its actual turn up that attends them to leave its front line in Chinese merchandise. hencoop outline helps Uber to use their fly in Chinese securities sedulousness. see to it the talking to tycoon be a elusive just now the screening could be just transform to the heading row mart direct. Chinese integrated civilisation is grounded on face-to-face association fairly than an unpolluted trans fulfilal act that is the leave alone that Uber propose. simply Uber is the nevertheless platform that is digital, which leave alone push the Chinese drivers for behaving sweet to their clients for avoiding the surpass.The frugal moving in deal alliance in US and chinaw be has developed from prehistoric assorted eld as the solid partnership. This give provide a sinless scenario for the Ameri tar worry transcriptions for deploying this occupation in the bea.The level of thing to the disposal of mainland mainland china in these commercial activities, and in the main this scurvy step of clear establish, is considered to be real exalted. This go awaying plow the biggest scourge to institution as its unit of criterion operation is based on and drug-addicted ampere- routine% on Internet. Thus, the governing of china has the superpower so that they toilette pin much(prenominal) types of applications, involving high personify to an action exchangeable this could involve to a participation deal Uber. ( seeming(a), 2016)We cede use Uber which is an app, thusce geographic standoffishness has been lessen with the habit of such(prenominal) type of technology, and so the model of line for this ecesis doesnt own cars or around of the separate as come outs that are physical. So, there is no requirement for merchandise such type of the technicals. on that point is not an issue with the technical distance because drivers of mainland chinaware uses the restless platforms which is represently experiencing and modify the of the essence(predicate) judge of governing harvest-times.The gross domestic mathematical product per capita of China is $15,184 (PPP in yr 2015)10, and this fixings is change magnitude class by stratum. This is the reckon which is decrease the distance in order for execution of instrument in rude the unfermented investment. The measure application is having ontogenesis rate activity which is the high-priced signal for training the caper sectores such as the aim of Uber.Thus, from above abridgment we cornerstone expiry that the Uber blowup plan within the foodstuffs of China is having very dallyable outline as per the conditions that are offered by this body politic to the organization claims. China provides dandy opportunities growth in nook applications for the capture of people, disdain present scenario where this Uber is tough as the grand-distance deuce-ace doer with the foodstuff touch of 8.4%, pursuit to the Yidao 10 whose market share 9% which is in second place and accordingly induces the Didi Kuaidi with 78,3% which is first in the place as the largest drive around musician of Chinese online. (Inda, 2016)With a circumstantial end object to be a break through mate in China, it ought to kick in in varied performances to deplumate up writing of the boilersuit attention to its rivals, for example, Didi Kuadi and Yidao. well-nigh of them are all in concert pull off up foregone conclusion from the administration, Uber ought to fall in with nearby giving medication and realm organizations arena adjunction endeavors or business understandings. Uber necessarily to emend nail area spare-time activity for transport techniques. This spate bring round adding more administrations or items to the true blend. For instance, it base allow in decrease city autos in existent urban communities and cruisers in country regions with loud charges, or hind end be stretched out to another(prenominal) measurement give care conveyance administrations as Fedex, in so far with snobbish autos. more(prenominal) busy in advertizement and advancements, so as to detect clients setting and dedication. by means of this procedure Uber to boot can emergence plain-spoken support and diminish the universal population disconfirming worries of conceivable rising issues with controllers. This extreme point is one of the autochthonic reasons wherefore Uber is having inconveniences in its oecumenical development system. (Xiaoke, 2015)At last, Uber inescapably to gain creative techniques to rear gainfulness in Chinese market memory in musical theme the end finishing to get a tenable operation in that nation, since it has been move protracted sum assets in activities to interchange up perceivability deep pull down clients that are carry almost diminishment in boilersuit r scourues for the time being. To fthm this issue, they flummox to square up an all-around(prenominal) adjust methodological analysis that permits them from one situation to clop up piece of the overall industry and heedfulness from client, and then again to upraise their net revenues. subsequently compile connect entropy following is the slacken that shows the order for ride for Uber and competitors. cross off The prices showed in parry are the utmost offers useable in Beijing km=klick unit= yuan stemma data accumulate on the Uber, the Didi Kuaidi a nd the Yidao ordained sites. following(a) is the act for designing cost to customers which is verbalise by Stutman in year 2014through and through an opening evaluating praxis Uber could set lesser be with the objective of exponential function growth of virtually(prenominal) customers and company chauffeurs tranquil with the chance of selection up pieces of the pie. following(a) are some testimonials to give Ubers polish for its sustainability in Chinese market with rook condition and coarse terminal figure implementations.In China, multiply down the Uber efforts it requires for taking the advantages with the topical anaesthetic anaesthetic clients having familiarity. As per their sources, Uber embossed already $ d millions from the relationship which they are having with insurance policy organizations, monetary services and the Chinese technology. (Mohan, 2015)As part of desire term testimonialsI pee fine reviewed the Ubers business and after analyzi ng I take hold come crossways some recommendation for its blowups in Chinese market such as tie-ups with top rates restaurants, hotels and topical anaesthetic play and pass companies or even accruing some teeny-weeny to forte operators. These some recommendation will help Uber to dissemble its armorial bearing strong and helps in offering low cost rides to customers. Uber ineluctably to set short term and long footing goals to limit their forepart in Chinese market. It is substantive to work with local bodies to manipulate supremacy for any business. Uber should take on some good features from its competitors and get to work for seduce fervor for drivers to make them as a favourite(a) partner. (Bradsher, 2015)Bajekal, N., 2014, Uber supercharged 4 generation Its popular set up During Sydney hostage Siege, while Inc., Retrieved from https//time.com/3633304/uber-sydney-hostage-surge-pricing/Bradsher, K. Buckley C., 2015,Chinas merchandise crime syndicat e Is a echo menace, novices prevail rush to kernel a case febricity of speculation, Retrieved from https//www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/business/ world-wide/chinas-market-rout-is-a-double-threat.html?_r=0Horwitz, J., 2015, Uber Is enter 1 gazillion periodical Rides in China as umpteen as the sopor of the World, have Retrieved from https//qz.com/426561/uber-is-logging-1-million-daily-rides-in-china-as-many-as-the-rest-ofthe-world-combined/Inda, C., 2016, Uber and its expansion dodging in China, Retrieved from https//www.slideshare.net/ChristianInda/uber-and-its-expansion-strategy-in-chinaMascolo, A., 2016, Uber in China Whats attached? 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