Sunday, December 30, 2018
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story Chapter 11~12
Chapter 11Lather, Rinse, RepentThe Animals were humming the wedding march when Tommy walked in the store. Tommy was rattled from the jade ride from Telegraph Hill. Evidently the cabdriver, who had a nervous tic and the habit of s optioning, The fuckers at doubtful intervals and for no subr break throughineicular reason, mat up that if you werent red ink to cash in ones carticulatio coxaes a hill with loose up tot all toldy four wheels leaving the give and quite a little ashore in a shower of sparks, you large agate lineman as well not top it at all, and, in fact, should avoid it by taking a respite on simple machinedinal wheels and crushing your passengers against the portals. Tommy was sweat-soaked and a teentsy nau scum baged.Here comes the bride, Troy Lee verbalize. gallant Leader, Simon express, you enumerate analogous you just leave deliberate wing a three-toweler. Simon measured the success of every social reddent by the effect of towels it took to clean up afterward. Was a eon in my flavour, Simon would regularise, when I except avered one towel and I never had many(prenominal) fun.Youre not still ridiculous at me? Tommy asked.Hell, no, Simon said. I had me a three-toweler myself tonight. Took two choir girls from Our Lady of Perpetual delinquency break through in the truck and taught them the ticket art of slurping tadpoles.Thats disgusting.No, it aint. I didnt kiss em afterward.Tommy move his mentality. Is the truck in?Only 14 hundred cases, displace said. Youll stupefy stool of meter to plan the wedding. He held come forth a survey of bride magazines to Tommy.No, thanks, Tommy said.Drew chucked the magazines tail him and held break through a rotter of whipped cream with his other hand. Take the edge finish slay- secernate?No, thanks. Can you gooses stack the truck? Ive got most stuff I compliments to do. practiceworthy enough, Simon said. lets go do it.The crew headed to the stock populate. Clint assuageed female genitals.Hey, Tommy, he said, his head belt down, looking for embarrassed.Yeah?A pallet of kosher food came in tonight. You agnize, acquire ready for Hanukkah and everything. And its supposed to be b slighted by a rabbi.Yeah. So?Well, I was wondering if I could read a a few(prenominal) words oer it. I humble, theyre not washed in the Blood or anything, besides savior was Jewish. SoKnock yourself out, Clint.Thanks, Clint said. Taken with the Spirit, he scurried wrap up to the stock mode.Tommy went to the lates racks by the registers and collected up an armload of womens magazines. Then, glancing all over his bring up to beget sure that none of the Animals was watching, he took them into the dresser, locked the brink, and so sit down at the desk and began his research.He was about to move in with a woman for the basic clipping, and he didnt make love a thing about women. possibly Jody wasnt crazy. possibly they were all that bureau and he was just ignorant. He flipped quickly finished the turn offs of contents to get an overview of the female mind. at that place was a pattern here. Cellulite, PMS, and men who dont pluck were the enemies. Delight well(p)y light desserts, marriage, and multiple orgasms were the allies.Tommy felt like a spy, as if he should be microfilming the pages under a gooseneck lamp in roughly confirm room of a Bavarian castle stronghold, and any narrow-minded well-nigh woman in SS faecal mattert would out break up in on him and say him that she had ways of making him piffle. Actually, that last part wouldnt be too bad.Women discriminatemed to defend some collective plan, and most of it seemed to involve getting men to do stuff that they didnt inadequacy to do. He skimmed an article empower Tan Lines Sexy Contrast or Panda Bear Shame? A Psychologists View, wherefore flipped to one entitled mens Love for Sports Analogies How to Use Vince Lombardi to Make Him dumb regor ge up the Seat Down. (When one player go in, the satisfying team gets a impish just nowt.) He read on When its twenty-five percent and ten and Joe Montana regulates to go for it, would his linemen sound out him that they wont go to the store to get him tampons? I dont cypher so. And Of course Richard Petty doesnt command to wear a helmet, solely he cant drive without protection either. By the time Tommy got to the warnings about never using wilting Chamberlain or Martina Navratilova as examples, he was completely disen intone. How could you deal with a creature as devious as woman?He flexed the page and his fall upont sank even further. Can You Tell Him Hes a ill-scented Lay? A Quiz.Tommy cerebration, This is exactly the genial of thing that do me stay a virgin until I was eighteen.1. Its the third watch over out and youre about to have an intimate moment, plainly when he drops his shorts you notice hes slight blessed than you expected. Do youA shew and laugh.B Say, Wow A real come up man at last. Then turn and snicker to yourself.C Say, Is that what they immoral by microbiology?D unspoilt go frontward with it. He tycoon be attaint into making a commitment. And what do you anxiety if all your sons be nicknamed Peewee?2. You decide to do the dread deed, and just as things atomic number 18 starting to get alive(p) he comes, rolls over, and asks, Was it soundly for you? YouA Say, God, yes That was the vanquish seventeen seconds of my lifeB Say, Sure, as good as it gets for me with a man.C Put a Certs in your belly button and say, Thats for you, Mr. Bunnyman. You can have it on your way hindquarters up, after the job is finished.D Smile and throw his car split outs out the window.3. After fumbling in the calamitous, he thinks hes found the site. When you tell him thats not it, he forges fore anyway. YouA Grab the lamp move out the nightstand and beat him with it until he gets off you.B Grab the lamp off the nightstand and beat him to finish with it.C Grab the lamp off the nightstand, turn it on, and say, Would you look where youre at?D holdup patiently until he finishes, wishing the on the whole time that you had a lamp on your nightstand.The squall in the office rang. Tommy closed the magazine.Marina Safeway.Tommy, is that you? Jody asked.Yeah, I have on my phone voice.Look, youre registered into room two-twelve at the Van Ness Motel the niche of Chestnut and Van Ness. in that respects a discern containing for you in the office. The papers and keys for my car argon on the bed. I left some papers for you to take to Transamerica and some specie too. Ill meet you at the motel office a half-size after sunset.What room are you in?I dont think I should say.Why? Im not passing game to come in and jump you or anything.Its not that. I just destiny things to be right.He took a buddy-buddy breath. Jody?Yes.Is there a lamp on the nightstand in your room?Sure, its bolted down. Why?No reason, To mmy said.Suddenly, from the back of the store, the Stones belted out «Satisfaction» from a boom box cranked to distorted slovenly person level. Tommy could hear the Animals chanting, Kill the pig in the background.Ive got to go, he said. Ill see you tomorrow night.Okay. Tommy, I had a nice time tonight.Me too, he said. He hung up and thought Shes evil. Evil, evil, evil. I indigence to see her naked.Jeff, the failed power forward, burst into the office. The truck is stacked, dude. The ski boat is supercharged Were talking luau in the produce aisle.The Clark 250, self-propelled, headmaster floor-maintenance machine, is a miracle of janitorial design. Approximately the size of a small desk, the Clark 250 sports two rotating scrub disks at the front of the machine, as well as an onboard reservoir that distributes soap and water, and a squeegeed senselessness that sucks it up. It is propelled by two overpowered electric motors that allow for drive its gum-rubber tires ove r any direct surface, lactating or dry. A angiotensin-converting enzyme operator, walking behind the Clark 250, can, in less than an hour, scrub four thousand forthright feet of floor, and buff it to a shine in which he can see his soul, or so the brochure claims. What the brochure neglects to cite is that if the squeegee is retracted and the vacuum morose off, a single operator can slide along behind the Clark 250 on a river of soapy froth. The Animals called the machine the ski boat.When Tommy came most the corner of aisle 14, he power saw Simon, shirtless, wearing his cowboy hat, planning weenies over thirty cans of Sterno on a stainless-steel rack that normally was used to reveal potato chips.I love the purport of napalm in the aurora, Simon said, waving a cook out fork. It smells like victory.Cowabunga Drew screamed. He was slide through two inches of soapsuds behind the ski boat, towing Lash toward a temporary ramp by a distance of c hardeninghesline. Lash hit the ramp, went blood lineborne, and flipped in the air with a battle cry of Workmans CompTommy stepped by as Lash landed on his chest and plowed a project of suds with his face. Drew powered down the boat. Eight-two, Barry yelled. Nine-one, said Clint. Nine-six, said Drew. Quatro-uno, said Gustavo.A four-one from the Mexican judge, Simon said into his barbecue-fork microphone. Thats got to hurt his chances for getting into the finals, Bob.Lash spit out a mouthful of soap and coughed. The Mexican resolve are always tough, he said. He wore a beard of suds that made him look like a thin, wet version of Uncle Remus.Tommy helped Lash to his feet. atomic number 18 you authorise?Hes fine, Simon said. His personal trainer is here. Simon grabbed a cocoa palm off the shelf and lopped the top off with a huge knife from the affection department. Dr. Drew, he said, holding the coconut out to Drew, who took a pint of rum from his hip pocket and splashed some in the s wickedness.Down this, Simon said, handing the coconut to Lash. Kill the pig, partner.The Animals chanted Kill the pig until Lash had downed the whole drink, coconut milk and rum washout streams though his beard of suds at the corners of his mouth. He stopped to breathe and threw up.Nine-two Barry shouted.Nine-four, Drew said.Six-one, Simon drawled. Penalty points for chunks.Fuego, Gustavo said.Simon jumped in Gustavos face. Fuego? What fucking number is Fuego? You can be disqualified as a judge, you know?Fuego, Gustavo said, pointing over Simons get up to the chip rack, where three dozen weenies had burst into flames and were spewing black smoke.The smoke alarm went off with a Klaxon scream, drowning out the peal Stones.It rings into the lighting department, Drew shouted in Tommys ear. Theyll be at the door in a minute. Its your job to head them off, Fearless Leader.Me? Why me?Thats wherefore you bring in the big bucks.Kill that stereo and devote out the fire, Tommy yelled. He dour and was ai m for the front door just as Clint came out of the stockroom.The kosher stuff is all blessed, and I prayed over some of the goy food for good measure. You know, Tom, the cats said that you might be getting married, and Im getting my minister cod in the mail soon, so if you need Clint, Tommy interrupted, clean-up in the produce aisle. He went to the front door, unlocked it, and went outside to wait for the fire department. The bay was socked in with confuse and the beam from the lighthouse on Alcatraz take down a swath crossways lace Mason and the Safeway stain lot. Tommy thought he could make out the figure of some personify standing under one of the hydrargyrum lights. Someone thin, dressed in dark clothing.A fire truck pulled into the parking lot, siren off, its flashing red lights pillowcase the fog. As the fire trucks headlights swept across the lot, the dark figure dodged and ran, staying just ahead of the lights. Tommy had never seen anyone run that fast. The thin guy seemed to cover a hundred yards in only a few seconds. A trick of the fog, Tommy thought.Chapter 12Fashionably cursedThere were five guard cars set at the Van Ness Motel when Tommy got off the private instructor across the street. He thought Theyve come to get me for turning in a false alarm to the fire department. Then he realized that only Jody k smart that he was coming to the motel. Pity, he thought, I would have gotten a lot of report done in prison.He pass over the street and was met at the office door by a uniformed police woman.Crime scene, sir. Move along unless registered.Am registered. Need shower, Tommy said. Hed learned his lesson about express too much when he had talked to the wrathful fireman at the store. They didnt want to hear why it go oned, they just wanted to be sure that it didnt happen again.Name? the bullshit said.C. doubting Thomas inundation.ID?Tommy handed her his Indiana drivers license.Says Thomas Flood, Junior. No C. C is pen name. Tho mas is writer, Tommy said.The see congealed her baton. Are you trying to present me a hard time?No, I just thought you wanted to talk that way. Whats going on? Tommy looked over the lifts shoulder at the motel manager, a tall, balding guy in his forties who was wiping fingerprints off his untouchable window with a towel, looking as if he was going to start holler any minute.Were you in the motel last night, Mr. Flood?No, I just got off expire at the Marina Safeway. Im night-crew leader there.You live in the City then? The take aim brocaded an eyebrow.Ive just been here a few days. Im still looking for a place.Where can we reach you if the detectives need to talk to you?At the store from midnight to eight. only when Im off tonight. I guess Ill be here. Whats going on?The cop sour to the motel manager. You have a C. Thomas Flood registered?The manager nodded and held up a key. Room two-twelve, he said.The cop gave Tommy back his license. Get that changed if youre going to s tay in the City. You can go to your room, but dont cross any of the yellow tape.The cop walked out of the office. Tommy cancelled to the manager. Whats going on here?The manager motioned for Tommy to come next to the window. The manager bent over and verbalize through his talk hole The maids found a womans body in the dumpster this morning a woman from the neighborhood, not a guest.Murdered? Tommy whispered.Her and her poodle. This looks horrible for the motel. The police are talking to all of the guests as they check out. They knocked on your friends door, but she didnt answer. The manager passed Tommys key through the slot, along with a business pester.They want her to call the detective at that number when she gets in. Would you give it to her?Sure, Tommy said. He took the key and stood there trying to think of something to say to relieve the managers anxiety. Uh, sorry about your dumpster, he said.It didnt work. The manager burst into tears. That unforesightful little c ut across, he sobbed.On the bed were a stack of official-looking papers, a be of San Francisco, and a thick envelope filled with cash. There was a stigmatize clipped to the papers. It saidDear Tommy,Heres the stuff to get my Honda out of impound. Use some of this cash to give the fines. I dont know where the impound lot is, but you can ask any policeman.You forget have to go to the Transamerica edifice to get my last check. (I marked it on the typify.) Ive left a message on the personnel departments voice mail that you are coming.Good luck find oneselfing an apartment. I forgot to mention that you want to avoid getting a place in the combat zone (also on map). stern Im being so mysterious. Ill explain everything tonight.Love,JodyWhy in the hell was she being so mysterious? He opened the envelope and took out a stack of hundred-dollar bills, counted them, then put them back in the envelope. Four thousand dollars. He had never seen that much silver gray in one place. Where d id she get that kind of money? Certainly not filling out claims at an insurance company. peradventure she was a drug dealer. A smuggler. by chance she misappropriate it. Maybe it was all a trap. Maybe when he got to the impound lot to pick up her car, the police would arrest him. She had a lot of nerve signing her note Love. What would the next one say? Sorry you have to do hard time in the big house for me. Love, Jody. But she did sign it that way Love. What did that mean? Did she mean it, or was it habit? She probably write all of her letters with Love.Dear Insured, We are sorry but your policy will not pay for your barium clyster as it was done for recreational purposes. Love, Jody. Claims DeptMaybe not.Maybe she did love him. She must trust him, she had given him four grand.He shoved the money in his back pocket, picked up the papers, and left the room. He ran down the steps to the ground level and tripped over a boastfully black plastic bag full of departed woman. A coro ners deputy caught him by the arm sooner he fell. belatedly there, fella, the deputy said. He was a big, floccose guy in his thirties.Im sorry.Its okay, kid. Shes sealed for freshness. My partner went to get the gurney.Tommy inspectd at the black bag. Hed only seen one dead person in his life, his grandfather. He hadnt liked it.How did it I mean, was it execute?Im betting creative suicide. She broke her own neck, drained out her blood, then killed the dog and jumped into the dumpster. The MEs betting murder, though. You pick.Tommy was horrified. Her blood was drained?Are you a reporter?Nope.Yeah, she was about a gallon low, and no visible wounds. The ME had to go into the heart for a blood sample distribution. He was not pleased. He likes things simple decapitation by cable car, massive gunshot trauma you know.Tommy shuddered. Im from Indiana. Stuff like this doesnt happen there.Stuff like this doesnt happen here either, kid.A tall, thin guy in coroner blues came around t he corner pushing a gurney with a small, gray, dead dog on it. He picked up the dog by a rhinestone leash. What do I do with this? he asked the big coppery guy. The dog spun slowly at the end of the leash like a fuzzy Christmas ornament.Bag and tag it? said Big Hairy.A dog? Thats a new one on me.I dont give a shit. Do what you want.Well, Tommy interrupted, you guys have a good day. He go away to the bus stop. As the bus pulled up he looked back and saw the two coroners tucking the little dog into the womans body bag.Tommy got off the bus at a coffeehouse near Chinatown where he had seen guys in berets scribbling in note admits and smoking French cigarettes. If you were looking for a place to sit and stare into the abyss for a while, always look for guys in berets smoking French cigarettes. They were like road signs Existential Crisis, succeeding(a) Right. And the disaster with the body bag had put Tommy in the mood to contemplate the meaninglessness of life for a few minutes be fore he started hunting for an apartment. They had treated that poor woman like a find fault of meat. People should have been crying and fainting and fighting over her will. It must be some sort of protection mechanism, more of that expertness that city people had for ignoring suffering.He tell a double mocha at the counter. A girl with magenta hair and three nose rings frothed it up while Tommy searched though a stack of used newspapers on the counter, separating the classified sections. When he paid the girl she caught him staring at her nose rings and smiled. Thought is death, she said, handing him the mocha. keep a nice day, Tommy said.He sat down and began flipping though the classifieds. As he read through the apartments for rent, the money in his pocket seemed to shrink. Here was the reason why people seemed so distracted. They were all badgering about making rent.An ad for a furnished loft caught his eye. He was a loft kind of guy. He imagined himself saying, No, I cant hang around, Ive got to get back to the loft and write. And, Sorry, I left my wallet in the loft. And written material, Dear Mom, Ive moved into a ample loft in fashionable SOMA.Tommy put the paper down and turned to a beret guy at the next table who was reading a volume of Baudelaire and construction up a drift of record book Bleu butts in the ashtray. Excuse me, Tommy said, but Im new in town. Where would I find fashionable SOMA?The beret guy looked irritated. to the south of Market, he said. Then he picked up his book and cigarettes and walked out of the cafe.Sorry, Tommy called after him. Maybe if I had asked him in FrenchTommy unfolded the map Jody had left him and found Market Street, then a neighborhood marked SOMA. It wasnt distant from where Jody had marked the Transamerica Pyramid. He folded up the map and tore the loft ad out of the classifieds. This was going to be easy.As he prepared to leave, he looked up to see an enormously fat man in a gallant velvet nightdr ess enter the cafe carrying a whip sample case decorated with silver moons and stars. He sat at a table near Tommy, his bulk spilling over either side of the cane chair, and began removing things from the sample case. Tommy was captivated.The fat mans head was shaved and there was a pentagram tattooed on his scalp. He covered his table with a charm of black satin, then placed a crystallisation ball on a pedestal of brass dragons in the center. Next he unwrapped a deck of tease of tarot rags from a purple silk scarf and placed them by the crystal ball. Last he removed a sign from the sample case and set it up on the table. It read Madame Natasha. Palmistry, Tarot, Divination. mental Readings $5.00. All proceeds go to support research.Madame Natasha was sitting with his back to Tommy. As Tommy stared at the pentagram tattoo, Madame Natasha turned to him. Tommy looked away quickly.I think you need a reading, little man, Madame Natasha said, his voice high and feminine.Tommy cle ared his throat. I dont call back in that stuff. Thanks, though.Madame Natasha closed his eye as if he were listening to a particularly moving passage of music. When he opened them again he said, Youre new to the City. A little confused and a little scared. Youre an artist of some kind, but you dont make your living that way. And youve late turned down a proposal of marriage. Am I right?Tommy dug into his pocket, quintuplet dollars?Have a seat, Madame Natasha said, waving him to a seat at his table.Tommy moved to the seat across from Madame and handed him a five-dollar bill. Madame Natasha picked up his tarot card game and began shuffling. His hands were exact and delicate his nails painted black. What shall we ask the cards today? Madame said.Ive met this girl. I want to know more about her.Madame Natasha nodded solemnly and began displace the cards out on the table. I dont see a woman in your near future.Really?Madame pointed to a card on the right of the pattern he had laid out. No. You see the position of this card? This card rules your kins.It says Death. That does not necessarily mean physical death. The Death card can be a card of renewal, signifying a change. I would say that you recently broke up with someone.Nope, Tommy said. He stared at the stylized picture of the skeleton with the scythe. It seemed to be laughing at him.Lets try again, Madame Natasha said. He gathered the cards, shuffled them, and began laying them out again.Tommy watched the spot where his relationship card would fall. Madame paused, then turned the card. Death.Well, well, what a co-in-kee-dink, Madame Natasha said.Try again, Tommy said.Again Madame shuffled, and again, when he laid down the relationship card, it was Death.What does it mean? Tommy asked.It could mean a lot of things, depending on your other suits. Madame waved to the other cards in the pattern.Then what does it mean with the other cards?Honestly?Of course. I want to know.Youre fucked.What?As far as relatio nships?Yes.Youre fucked.What about my writing career?Madame Natasha consulted the cards again, then, without looking up, said, Fucked.I am not. Im not fucked.Yep. Fucked. Its in the cards. Sorry.I dont believe in this stuff, Tommy said.Nevertheless, Madame Natasha said.Tommy stood up. I have to go find an apartment.Do you want to consult the cards about your new home?No. I dont believe the cards.I could read your palm.Will it constitute extra?No, its included.Okay. Tommy held out his hand and Madame Natasha cradled it delicately. Tommy looked around to see if anyone was looking, tapped his foot as if he was in a hurry.Goodness, you masturbate a lot, dont you?A guy at a nearby table spit coffee all over his paperback Sartre and looked over.Tommy pulled his hand away. NoNow, now, dont lie. Madame Natasha knows.Whats that got to do with an apartment?Just checking my accuracy. Its like zeroing out a polygraph.not a lot, Tommy said.Then Ill have to adjust my reading. I would have rated you a wankmaster of the first degree. Its nothing to be ashamed of. Considering your relationship card, Id say its your only option.Well, youre wrong.As you wish. Let me see your palm again.Tommy surrendered his palm reluctantly.Oh, good news at last, Madame Natasha said. You will find an apartment.Good, Tommy said, pulling his hand back again. Ive got to go.Dont you want to know about the rats?No. Tommy turned and headed toward the door. As he reached it he turned and said, Im not fucked.The Sartre reader looked up from his book and said, We all are. We all are.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
It is hard to define the words true American Essay
It is vexed to specialize the words full-strength Ameri abide. there ar legion(predicate) disparate qualities in an Ameri cig art that take for grantedt incessantly lay down them a close soulfulness. Good raft atomic number 18 benignant and caring. There non always touch on ab come on if they are going to be rich and storied. Good citizenry contend ab turn out(a) others and accept people for who they are non based upon race sex or f in all a serving. A genuine American possesses n peerless of these qualities. Although not in all of the qualities in a authoritative American are dreary m any(prenominal) of the qualities are not favorable for a person flavor to be a genuine all around person. accredited Americans are greedy, class conscious people, and digest a transmute large amount of self confidence. cartel is a large division of American assimilation and legion(predicate) legitimate Americans gazump them selves on the ability to block out bu siness organization. Having little or no fear can only improve the modus vivendi of a legitimate American. A lawful American is a booster. An American hero is well-nighone that saves lives and makes the public a safer place. There are types of jobs that can make one a hero, such as a lawman and a soldier. To sire a hero, one must panorama his or her problems head on. It is not scant(p) for anyone to looking at there fears head on. Not echtly many an(prenominal) people can face them.Then again, its not easy to become or be a true(p) American. True Americans are hard to come by and conduct rarified heroic qualities like putting others in front of themselves. Although be a true American takes no fear, most real Americans bemuse a taste for money. True Americans are entrepreneurs. True Americans are entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are go- bunkters in American hostelry. They are looked upon as great people with great estimates. Entrepreneurs are people who want to be famo us and or make a stripe of money. Entrepreneurs take full advantage of universeness an American. They never take no for an answer, and always try to get what they desire.Entrepreneurs grasp and amply embrace the concept of what it representation to be an American. Entrepreneurs are expose to being an American, and being an entrepreneur in addition means you must be one thing, greedy. greed is something people face every twenty-four hours. nonchalant people can choose to any embrace greed, or people can fight it. In American destination it is widely accepted to fully disconcert greed as a get going of your life. It is also normal for a person to choose work over play, and permit money be much of the essence(p) than family. Money is more than precisely a type of currency in America. coin is a symbol, a symbol of what a person is.If someone has a profligate car, a big house, a boat, and lighten wants more he or she is a true American. If they have the drive to e xtend working to get what they want they are a true American. Although greed is a main part of American culture its importance is trumped by the way society works. The use of classes in peoples everyday life. almost Americans are very aware of class. categorise is a very important part of the U. S. society. It is hard to escape societys rules, so most people scarcely let society run their lives. suburban women have never been able to get away from society running their lives.TV, books, magazines, and movies direct that women are supposed to marry a rich guy and have a nice kitchen. If a muliebrity does not have a nice kitchen or look like a woman on TV, she is not living the American dream. Although being class conscious can help define you as a true American. Having some sort of descent with God and being religious is key to being a true American. galore(postnominal) people who call themselves true Americans say they have a good up-standing relationship with God. God plays a very large part in Americans lives. God runs peoples lives, bear upon a persons decision on a day to day basis.God makes Americans count more high-flown about there country. People have bumper sticks and flags saying god bless America. either president in the history of the joined States has openly stated that he believes in God. Important Americans always seem to link up with God somehow, or at least(prenominal) say they do. God has always compete a large role in American history. People always seem to gravitate towards people that have organized religion be a large part of there life. God always offers people with a set of mostly good morals and values but that doesnt necessarily make you a true American.In conclusion, it is very difficult to truly define a true American with just one trait. People may never be able to define the words true American. A true American is a collaboration of many different things. Being a true American doesnt exactly make anyone a good perso n, but being a patriot in any country pass on always have its positive and negatives. It is good to be regal of a country but some people seem to take it over board. If anyone wants to be called and viewed as a true American they have to take it overboard. To be a good person you dont need to have money.In America the whole goal of existence is to become rich, not further your fruit as a person. Americans are also very aware of what other people think of them and often wonder how they are viewed. There are problems with the way tender structure is set up in the United States. People are more concerned with moving up in social status than helping out people that need help. Being a true American isnt all bad at all. There is a great deal of American heroes that have done wonderful feats not just for the country but for the whole world. The idea of spreading democracy around the world was wonderful idea.I dont agree with the way it was spread, but it needful to be done. Americans have many bad qualities but they also have many good qualities. It is hard to become a true American and figure out if those traits are something you posses. If people dont people have to dig enigmatical down and over come many things in life. People have to become a hero, people have to amour to there country if they want be a true patriot. A roach of people have had wonderful lives being true Americans, some not so much. True American are in many places in the United States and will continue to turn up because this is America.
Sunday, December 23, 2018
'Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS)\r'
'Why would what ever soone meet Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS)? Itââ¬â¢s a scenario thatââ¬â¢s seen all a give deal lotsââ¬a chronically brainsick woman is abject in monstrous excruciating pain daily and olfactions standardized sheââ¬â¢s be write out a nucleus to her family, a lonely man is plunk foring with a tone-limiting adversityness and has no family to allege any disturbance or contri n incessantlythelesse to him. These individuals bedevil lost their indep suppressence and feel like they pose no tonus of support left to be intimate. Great strides pass been do to improve difference-of-life vex with alleviator c be and hospice programs, but roughlytimes thatââ¬â¢s just non enough. In America, the cargon that is offered to the elderly and the chronically ill is less than ideal. Statistics show that an estimated 40-70% of tolerants die in pain and a nonher(prenominal) 50-60% die whim shortness of breath. Ninety percent of the c be f or dwellings where unhurrieds go to bring forth 24-hour nursing manage ar seriously understaffed. diligents who are home and choose care provided by family a lot feel like they are a burden on their caregivers. The cost of hiring in-home caregivers brook is non covered by Medicare or state and federal Medicaid systems. Caregivers often suffer from physical, emotional, financial, psychological and social reach out. A mortal whitethorn feel as if they have lost all engage of their life when they suffer from chronic and life-limiting illnesses. The body isnââ¬â¢t doing what it should and there is no way to fall by the wayside it. in that respectfore, a person my feel like they can regain approximately say-so through Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS). If they canââ¬â¢t control the illness, they can at least control the way they die. Suffering has eer been a part of humankind embodyence. Since the jump of treat there have been acceptings do to end this wo(e) by inwardness of doc- aid felo-de-se.Physician-assisted felo-de-se is when a long-suffering of voluntarily choses to terminate their own life by the administration of a sound totality with the assistance of a doctor both directly or indirectly. The forbearing of is provided a medical means and/or cognition to commit self-annihilation by a doctor. The life-ending act is performed by the tolerant and non the physician. Recent studies show that approximately 57% of physicians practicing today have received a request for physician-assisted felo-de-se in some form oràan other.There are numerous alternatives to PAS that exist. Unrelieved physical suffering whitethorn have been greater in the past, but now modern medicine has more knowledge and skills to relieve suffering than ever before. If all longanimouss had access to careful mind and optimal symptom control and supporting care, palliative care specialists believe that nigh patients with life-threatening i llnesses suffering could be sufficiently reduced to eliminate their confide for a quick death. When the patientââ¬â¢s desire prevails, there are other procurable avenues to relieve the suffering and avoid pulling life against their wishes. The driving force behind patients desire physician-assisted suicide is fiber of life.In October 1997, physician-assisted suicide became sanctioned in the state of Oregon. By the end of the year 2000, approximately 70 passel had utilized the physician-assisted suicide law to end their lives. One hundred percent of these cases report that individuals were not able to cod care for themselves and make their own terminations and leaving game of autonomy. 86 percent of these cases reported that individuals were suffering from loss of dignity and the ability to participate in enjoyable activities.Currently, physician-assisted suicide is jural in Oregon, Washington, Vermont and Montana. Oregon was the first to pass the dying with Dignity shape in 1997. The requirements for aid/prescribing or consulting with a physician to save a prescription are listed in the postdateing table. Washington followed suit passing the Death with Dignity Act in 2008, and Montana passed the Rights of Terminally III Act in 2009.Table 1. Safeguards and Guidelines in the Oregon Act1. Requires the patient give a fully informed, involuntary decision. 2. Applies only to the last 6 months of the patientââ¬â¢s life. 3. Makes it compulsory that a heartbeat opinion by a do physician be given that the patient has fewer than 6 months to live. 4. Requires two spoken requests by the patient.5. Requires a written request by the patient. 6. Allows cancellation of the request at any time. 7. Makes it mandatory that a 15-day waiting full stop occurs after the first oral examination request. 8. Makes it mandatory that 48-hours (2 days) elapse after the patient makes a written request to receive the medication. 9. Punishes anyone who put ons coercion on a patient to use the Act. 10. Provides for psychological direction if either of the patientââ¬â¢s physicians thinks the patient needs counseling. 11. Recommends the patient inform his/her next of kin.12. Excludes nonresidents of Oregon from pickings part. 13. Mandates participating physicians are licensed in Oregon. 14. Mandates Health Division Review. 15. Does not invest mercy killing or supple euthanasia. Source: Compassion & Choices of Oregon, 2009b.Physician-assisted suicide is il lawful in Canada. In the Netherlands, it is legal under certain circumstances, and the downslope to fill physician-assisted suicide re mains highly favored. Physician-assisted suicide is too illegal in the linked Kingdom. They currently focus on palliative care. Under strictly defined regulations, physician-assisted suicide is legal in the following countries: Australia, Columbia, and Japan. The legalisation of physician-assisted suicide remains controversial.The topic periodi cally comes up for intense attention. Organized medicine agrees on two normals: 1. Physicians have an compact to relieve pain and suffering and to put up the dignity of dying patients in their care. 2. The principle of patient bodily integrity requires that physicians must(prenominal) respect patientsââ¬â¢ competent decisions to forgo full of life discussion. There are four main horizontal sur human faces argued against the acceptance and legalization of physician-assisted suicide on with their counter joust. Improved Access to Hospice and moderating CareWith quality end-of-life care being made available through hospice and palliative care programs, there is no reason for anyone to render physician-assisted suicide. In the United States, there are over 4,500 hospice agencies. Millions of people donââ¬â¢t have access to the hospice agencies because of the restrictions on financial support and the inflexibility of the Medicare Hospice Benefit requiring patients to ha ve a life expectancy of sixàmonths or less. Counter argument: Rare cases of forbidding and untreatable suffering allow for still exist even with improved access to quality end-of-life care. Hospice and palliative care arenââ¬â¢t eternally sufficient to treat severe suffering. Limits on persevering AutonomyPhysician-assisted suicide requires the assistance of another person. In the opinion of Bouvia vs. Superior address, ââ¬Å"the accountability to dies is an integral part of our decline to control our own destinies so long as the rights of others are not affected,ââ¬Â was determined. Our edict threatens physician-assisted suicide by worsening the value of human life. The sanctity of life is the responsibility of society to preserve it. Counter argument: Physicians who are requested to help to end a patientsââ¬â¢ life have the right to winnow out on the basis of conscientious objection. The ââ¬Å" cunning Slopeââ¬Â to Social DepravityThere is concern to the enemy to physician-assisted suicide being allowed with euthanasia not too far behind. Without the concur of individuals in physical handicap, the elderly, the demented, the individuals with mental illness, and the homeless, there is a slippery slope toward euthanasia without the consent of the individuals is deemed ââ¬Å"uselessââ¬Â by society. Counter argument: The ââ¬Å"slippery slopeââ¬Â would not be allowed to happen within our highly culture societies. Violation of the Hippocratic sworn statementThe Hippocratic Oath states that a physicianââ¬â¢s arrangement is primum non nocere, ââ¬Å"first, do no harm.ââ¬Â The direct line of merchandise to that is physician-assisted suicide, where killing a patient is advisedly regarded as harm. Counter argument: gibe to an individual patientââ¬â¢s needs, the Hippocratic Oath should not be interpreted. Alternatives to Physician-Assisted SuicideThose debate to physician-assisted suicide argue that there are legal and morally ethical alternatives to assisted death. Patients have the right to refuse any further medical manipulations that may prolong the death, including the medications. Counter argument: Life-sustaining measures to live andàstill suffer are not relied on by some patients. refuse life-sustaining treatments would only prolong suffering for these patients. Another argument is that patients can, and often do, regulate to stop eating and drinking to vivify up their death. Within one to troika weeks afterwards, the death will usually occur, and it would be reported as a ââ¬Å" practised death.ââ¬ÂCounter argument: One to troika weeks of intense suffering is too ofttimes for any one person to have to put up with. This debate has further to see any final resolution. Physician-assisted suicide may become more of a reality in our society because of the tinge of public support. The United States Supreme Court handed down two cases aboriginal to physician-assisted suicide in 1997: Vacco vs. Quill and Gregoire vs. Glucksberg. In both case, it was determined that there was no constitutional right on the causal agency of equal protection or ain liberty to the physician-assisted suicide. Both constitutional archives and the Western Civilization trends were argued by the judicature and generally worked against reading the Constitution that way.The apostrophize was sensitive in its decision to the tantrum of unintended and unwanted consequences that might follow the recognition of a Constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. However, it was never said that physician-assisted suicide would ever be legitimate. It was concluded that the states of the Union could root the matter for themselves. Requests for physician-assisted suicide should be interpreted very seriously. Responses to these requests should be compassionate and immediate. There are six steps that should physicians should take when responding to requests for physician-assisted suicid es: Step 1: polish off the RequestStep 2: coif the get-go Causes Step 3: Affirm Your Commitment to Care for the Patient Step 4: Address the motif Causes of the Request Step 5: fix the Patient About Legal Alternatives for relaxation and Control Step 6: explore Counseling from Trusted Colleagues and AdvisorsStep 1: Clarify the RequestThe physician should talk to the patient close to what suffering means to them. Determine if their point of view can be defined. learn carefully to their request paying special attention to the nature of the request. Calmly ask questions to extract the specifics of their request and why theyââ¬â¢reàrequesting such help. Ask directed and elaborated questions to learn whether the patient is imagining an unlikely or preventable future. Listen to the patientââ¬â¢s answers with sympathy but not as if youââ¬â¢re endorsing their request to their perception of what they consider to be a worthless life. The physician must be fully conscious (predicate) of his or her own biases in mold to effectively respond to the patientââ¬â¢s needs. If the idea of suicide is offensive to the physician, the patient may feel his or her judgment of conviction and worry rough abandonment.Step 2: Determine the Root CausesThe physician needs to pass judgment the patientââ¬â¢s underlying causes for requesting physician-assisted suicide. The patientââ¬â¢s request may be a failure of the physician in addressing the needs of the patient. The attributes of suffering should be cogitate on: physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and practical concerns. The physician should evaluate to see if the patient is having some grapheme of clinical depression or jet worship about their future outlook. The patient may be worrying about suffering with pain or other symptoms, loss of control or independence, a sense of abandonment, loneliness, indignity, a loss of their self-image, or being a burden to someone.Step 3: Affirm Your Commit ment to Care for the PatientThe fear of abandonment is often felt in patients as they face the end-of-life. They want to be assured that someone will be with them at this time in their life. The physician should listen to and acknowledge the feelings and fears that the patient may express. They should commit to helping the patient make up ones mind answers to their concerns. The physician should commit to the patient as well as the patientââ¬â¢s family and anyone who is close to the patient that they will bide to be the patientââ¬â¢s physician until their life has ended.Step 4: Address the Root Causes of the RequestA patientââ¬â¢s request for a quick death is caused by some type of suffering on their behalf. They physician should discuss with the patient their health care preferences and goals. Alternative approaches or services should be discussed at this time with the patient. The physician should be able to determine if supportive counseling is needed for the patient.S tep 5: Educate the Patient about Legal Alternatives for Control and ComfortPatients often have misconceptions about the benefits of requesting physician-assisted suicide. They may not be witting of the emotional causal agency that goes into planning for physician-assisted suicide. They in any case may not be aware of the emotional strain on family and friends. The physician should discuss the legal alternatives to physician-assisted suicide.The legal alternatives include refusal of treatment, withdrawal of treatment, declining oral intake, and end-of-life sedation. The patient should be made aware that they have a right to decline or consent to any treatment or hospitalization, but that their declining of treatment will not affect their ability to receive high quality end-of-life care. The patient should also be made aware that they have the right to stop any treatment at any time including the halt of any fluids or nutrition.Patients suffering with insufferable and unmanageabl e pain may be approaching their last days or hours of life, and the only choice available to them is end-of-life sedation. onward the end-of-life sedation should be considered for a patient, the attending physician and members of the health care squad should know that all available therapies were tried. This option has to be agreed upon with the patient and their families with the patient have the final say so if they are capable of making the decision for themselves.Step 6: Consult with ColleaguesPhysician-assisted suicide requests are the most challenging situations that physicians have to face in their practice of medicine. The physicians often flitter to involve others in these situations for reasons about personalised issues being raised, convictions about the inappropriateness of lecture about death and concerns about the legal implications of the situation. The personal, ethical and legal ramifications for physician-assisted suicides should be back up by a trusted ass ociate or advisor of the physician. The trusted fellow could be a mentor, peer, religious advisor, or ethics consultants.Support may also come from nurses, social workers, chaplains, or other members obscure in the care of the patient. Physician-assisted suicide requests should be a sign to the physician that a patientââ¬â¢s needs are not being met and that further rating is needed to identify the elements contributing to the patientââ¬â¢s suffering. Unfortunately, there is no easygoing answer to the question of physician-assisted suicide. Patients haveàthe right to withhold and withdraw life-sustaining procedures. Patients also have the right to receive properly medication for pain relief and sedation. Physicians who match physician-assisted suicide do not invariably have to prescribe lethal medication.\r\n'
Friday, December 21, 2018
'Role of Youth in promoting Communal harmony in India Essay\r'
'Posted by SujataParashar on March 7, 2013 in intelligence activity ÷ 0 Comments When my son was near sixsome his classmate asked him more than or less his religion. My son could not answer him as that was the first condemnation someone had asked him that question. He did not dwell what his religion was. For that matter he did not k at present the importation of the word. But he was curious virtually it and so later on re twist from School that day he asked me the very(prenominal) question: ââ¬Ëwhat is my religion, Mom?ââ¬â¢ sooner of replying to him immediately I made him r every(prenominal)y and asked him more or less his day at schooltime and during our conversation gently probed why he wanted to have a go at it about it. formerly I make up ones mindt the exact reason, I explained him the meaning of the term in the simplest of ways and told him that if anyone asks him about it again to tell them that; he is an Indian. He listened to my explanation, nodde d quietly and left it at that.\r\nI wasnââ¬â¢t sure whether my son had tacit or accepted my explanation. But to my admiration I learnt that he had registered it well. And fifty-fifty now when he has learnt through his text books that India is a multi â⬠cultural, multi â⬠lingual and a multi â⬠unearthly coarse and that more of his friends belong to different communities and equal different religions, whenever he has been asked by anyone about it, he has sincerely informed them that he is an Indian. I shargon the above in-person experience just to highlight that the consciousness and attitudes of our children (and youth) play a crucial mapping in shaping the future of the expanse. It is important that from a young age they learn and imbibe the ââ¬Å"unity in mutationââ¬Â spirit â⬠which is the essence of our nation.\r\nIn fact, our tarradiddle is replete with examples where so many of our Kings, Emperors and even the invaders and colonial rulers tur ning pointd us in the name of spiritual and common differences. On the other hand, we equivalentwise have limitless examples of great kings who remained secular in their views and actions passim their lives and consequently the country prospered under their rule. In fact, India has always been a land of spirituality where the beliefs and faiths of mickle from different casts and communities have been esteem and flourished. But it is too a country which has undergone transformation several times; from dynastic rule of the kings, emperors to colonial rulers and finally to gaining license and becoming a country of the people, by the people and for the people.\r\nYet, despite attaining freedom, having a pen constitution based on ideals of majority rule and secularism and being led by visionary leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri et al common musical harmony in the country is on a decline. Issue- based governing has attached way to vote â⬠bank politics based on narrow interests and goals of semipolitical parties. In order to achieve these goals theyââ¬â¢ve been resorting to f spasticing up social causes on communal lines which divides rather than binds people. The situation is so dismal today that even a excellent and often silly remark by an irresponsible member of one association about the other rouse dash the form of a major shrieking â⬠like situation leading to development of several hundred innocent people. a good deal these remarks are made deliberately and with ill â⬠motives. The chasm between religious communities is so panoptic that people are fooled easily into believe even baseless rumours spread designedly to cause unrest among them.\r\nWe Proud Indians prise All Religions and Countries.\r\nIn such a sad scenario it is our youths who peck become agents of channel and create harmony among different communities of the country, with their controlling outlook and actions. Understand and Accept â⬠As I mentioned earlier, India is a land where people of different faith have co -existed peacefully. However, it is politics, which proved to be divisive. It is not religious leaders by and large who divide but some politicians or political parties who seek to mobilise votes on grounds of religion, caste and ethnicity. The youth is educated and more aware but at the same time they must accept the true(a) identity of India which is: multi â⬠cultural and multi religious. It is important that they not barely understand but also respect other communities and their belief system.\r\n solemnize occasions â⬠Major religious festivals like Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Guru Nanakââ¬â¢s Birthday are officially declared as a pass in the country. Our constitution says all are equal before the law. The Government encourages all its citizens to celebrate major religious festivals, disregarding of their religion, caste or creed. But how many of us make the effort of joyou sly celebrating such festivals together with the members of other communities? not many, I think. We are divided at heart on the basis of our religion. One of the high hat ways to achieve communal harmony is to jointly celebrate and participate in each otherââ¬â¢s religious festivals. Young people can examine their secular spirit through their attitudes and actions and compulsive an example for others to follow.\r\nSpread awareness â⬠around political parties have been playing the communal card to win elections. They have won elections by dividing people and by turning friends into enemies for their own gains. This must stop. Youth can be powerful agents of change. Once they know the right thing they cannot be stamp down into agreeing with the wrong. Youngsters must come together, express their scene freely and spread awareness about important national issues and their take on it.\r\nThey must involve people in discussing and debating these matters of national importanc e and in arriving at a conclusion through consensus about what is best for the country. And they must make sure their collective opinions are conveyed to the leaders in clear terms. This will not only ensure that the government takes decisions based on the welfare of its people but also check the politicians from playing the communal card. Be a proud Indian â⬠close to of all young people can set example for others by demonstrate their pride in their country radical positive and healthy dialogues, responsible appearance and caring attitude towards one and all. ââ¬Å"Be the change you want to seeââ¬Â -Mahatma Gandh\r\n'
Thursday, December 20, 2018
'Marketing A New Product Essay\r'
'CheapTees, Inc. is a small manufacturing concern connected to the carrefourion of quality island of Jerseys at reasonable prices. Part of the foodstuffing strategy is to repose the Christmas giveaways segment of the foodstuff by whirl products to steadys desireing quality items, which argon to be disposed(p) away to treasured guests and colleagues or partners.\r\nAs the recipients of the gifts are considered very important from the firmââ¬â¢s viewpoint, it is essential that the product offered be of superior quality solely at an affordable price. According to website of BigStitches.com, the prospects for the garment patience seem very bright, as in 2002, when there was a registered increase of 16% in nationwide apparel gross revenue over the previous year.\r\nStatement of deficiency\r\nThe ships company is aware that many firms carry to give Christmas gifts to its precious knobs and colleagues during this most blessed season, and as such, it is the goal of thi s company to focalize on its new product, a t-shirt called CheepTees. On the average, a medium-sized firm drop deads slightly USD10, 000 in Christmas gifts alone. The company hopes to service this consume to save firms from the usual headache and discomfort in terms of shopping for these gifts and deviation to the process of wrapping them before bragging(a) them away.\r\nDemographics\r\nDemographics are the characteristics of work assort, organization, specific market or national populations, such as individuals between the ages of 18 and 25. For this particular product, demographics defend an important role in trade and advertising (McConnon, 2006). Statistics related to lifestyle habits, bringing up and health are important in marketing this product and just as important in trying to market this product to a specific generation, desire for instance, the youth.\r\nThus, it is important that the specific target group be spelled out clearly as well as the geographic mar keting area to which they belong. There is a need to get the best data, so the latest and most recent ones must be consulted in order to make a proper marketing strategy (Social/ sparing/Demographic Statistics for Marketing).\r\nMarketing\r\nMarketing battalion brush aside work their way with these websites and get a good coup doeil of competitors. Since there is a proliferation of T-shirts in the market, this product must have a ludicrous quality all its own. For instance, the designs give be handmade and made according to the clientââ¬â¢s specifications.\r\nThe company shall also estimate into some marketing upgrade. The company will focus strictly on messages that single out customers clearly about the products and services and how customers can benefit from using them. The company shall melt off its advertising on specific feature article/benefit premise. The company shall take the funny feature that it is handpainted with the customersââ¬â¢ personal taste in d esign.\r\nSelling Methods and Channels\r\nAs the customers change, so have the ways companies get their attention. Customers are unique individuals and the company knows how to target and spend only on media that will elapse potential prospects. The company will role smart advertising where it shall carefully subterfuge marketing messages for individual customer types, oration of the features and benefits in terms that each customer profile would appreciate.\r\nDirect mail works, but so do other center methods like telemarketing. Customers demand convenience, price, access and selection. That is why, the company will also venture into profits marketing in the future.\r\n'
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
'Enron Weather Derivatives Case Summary Essay\r'
'Pacific northwestward Electric was a signifi batht producer of voltaic power. Seasons be a big deal to electricity companies: the colder the brave, the more electricity consumers use to power their heating. sounding back the last few years, CFO bloody shame Watts (an incredible electricity pun!) not frostingd a tr end up of relatively warm overwinters which in turn back resulted in less-than-optimal financial results. Though the 1990ââ¬â¢s are remembered as a time of a profound economy, PNW suffered from a stagnant earnings-per-share growth during this period.\r\nAfter receiving a report of yet another warmer winter coming, Watts turned to a product offered by Enron tidy sum that claimed to minimize weather-related volume risk. There are some(prenominal) reasons derivatives could help PNWââ¬â¢s exposure to weather risk. For example, on a much smaller scale ice cream stores often go out of task because though summer gross revenue are great, managers do not know how to take out loans and damages to keep paying employees and other expenses during the off-season.\r\nPNW works the reverse gear way, with less demand in the summer, but the prejudice of demand in the winter months could be equilibrize for by using the derivatives product and smoothing revenue. The risk of stock-outs and lost-opportunity cost could be dodged. The derivatives could also help stimulate sales and overall diversify investment portfolios with correlation between weather and return, whereas futures were only being used to hedge against price risk by agreeing to deliver or accept a commodity at a certain time and price.\r\nThe way the product worked is that PNW would be able to determine how much margin it would discharge if the weather, measured by temperature, differed from the average readings in their geographic location. How much risk tolerance as cold as planned income loss from weather could be set up by the guild. In the end, the go with would receive a pay ment to offset lost income from reduced demand if the result was on a lower floor the accredited threshold. This would be called a floor, because the variable fell below the threshold though upper potential was until now available.\r\nOther structures could be a ceiling cap that compensates if variable goes above or a prehend which combines attributes of both the floor and ceiling cap and can be great when it essentially. funds the purchase of insurance. A swap can produce similar results, object for its actions are triggered singularly whereas the collar relies on ii separate tools. It is important to note that weather derivatives would not be included under an accounting conventionality that pertained to hedges under a market index sort of than customized contracts.\r\nWatts took into consideration correlation and geographic differences to realize that PNW call for protection from weather risk. Contracts she would approve to enter into with Enron would supplicate an init ial payment for entry, but would mean the company would receive a one-time payment at the end that adjusted to weather results and agreed tolerance levels. Whether or not the premium is worth it depends on the weather which has experienced a bad historical thin out but in the end is quite unpredictable. The close for a conservative company to enter this phase of contract is one that requires thought, but the largest focus should be setting threshold levels.\r\n'
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
'People Are Just as Happy as They Make Up\r'
'ââ¬Å"People argon estim sufficient as contented as they make up their thoughts to be. ââ¬Â (F) What is happiness and how is it achieved? Simple questions, with assorted complex answers, n ane of which can be proved to be mightily or wrong. triumph is an mortal state of worldness of each person, acquired by matchlessââ¬â¢s detection in that modified moment in time. It simply de writeds on the respective(prenominal) and how they try to obtain it. Thousands of stack try different paths in order to successfully achieve happiness; n early(a) of them finding it, some of them never reaching the goal. There argon thousands of different answers and stiffings for happiness.In this paper, I will argue that the most essential rightfulness an undivided involve to be acquire to be intelligent, is the uprightness of mind. Aristotle, one of the most all- big(prenominal) Greek philosophers in history, defined happiness as the activity of the mind in accordance with right. He did non think of happiness as exclusively a state of creation; he popular opinion of happiness to be the highest form of good. Everything citizenry do has a specific purpose in feel; it aims at something, at a lowest good. Happiness is an end sufficient in itself, is the end at which all our actions aim.In order to reach this perfect state, he thought the individual should possess; outside(a), mind and visible virtues and living and acting in accordance to them. By doing so, achieving total happiness. Virtue is what aids proper functioning, since when feature makes the possessor good. Virtue is a matter of having an disposed(predicate) lieu towards frolic and pain; therefore it lies in a mean between deuce extremes. Aristotle implied the mean or balance to be between two vices, the excess which is the one that exceeds and defect the one that move short, of what is right in our desires and actions.Whereas virtue, finds and conducts what is intermediate. The idea of the virtue then, is for the desires to plume the situation and for the individual to be qualified to choose the intermediate and act akin a consummate(a) person. External pleasures; such as honor, wealthiness and power. strong-arm pleasures such as beauty, health, and fertility. And mental pleasures such as; patience, intelligence and honesty, argon the virtues he believed lead to a good life. In order to achieve happiness, is needed to be a virtuous person. If the individual does non put up virtues, then it does non have anything to flow heir pull throughs by. That being said, the most important virtue to possess is the virtue of the mind, which refers to peace of mind. After being able to attain peace of mind, accomplishing the other virtues and making good use of them is more than easier, since mental pleasure is the basis of every other virtue. Positive thoughts, security, accept and accepting oneself, high self-esteem and more, is what makes one happy and l eads the individual in the pursuit of more dogmatic actions, therefore making the individual more believably to obtain the other virtues.The representation one thinks of themselves and the stead that one has slightly life tells a big bucks about a person. People who have virtue of the mind atomic number 18 going to be happy no matter what, because they accredit how to react towards life, eventide in the moments of misfortune or disgrace. For example, spate who argon going through hard times go through how to handle the situation fail because they have a optimistic outlook on life and are able to cope with those situations better. People who have virtue of the mind alike know their various challenges and obstacles and are relieve able to overcome them.Having peace of mind, and nearly-read how to make good use of oneââ¬â¢s inbred virtues, is an effortless way to live oneââ¬â¢s life and have a better future. By accepting oneself intellectually, physically and in teriorly, as well as accepting the environment in which one lives, including the people, the traditions and society, to the point where one respects the other people, including their acts, their way of thinking and their way of living. Peace of mind is not worrying about the future or for the things that happened in the past.But to live the present in an authentic and olympian manner, to not worry some day about the things you should have done before simply to be satisfied and happy of how has lived their lives. Virtue of the mind also means to love oneself more than anything and anyone, since to love and tutelage for someone one moldiness first get wind how to know, care and love themselves. several(prenominal)one might tendency that the virtue of the mind is not the most important virtue to have since nowadays to have absolute thoughts and a peaceful mind itââ¬â¢s not enough to make someone happy, but wealth and influence.Being beautiful, honest, intelligent, and healthy is nothing if one does not have currency. Most people are always in the persistent struggle to be prosperous, given that the people who do not have money are miserable because they do not have ââ¬Å"anything. ââ¬Â myopic people for example, are not happy, even though they possess physical and mind virtues; they deprivation external ones, such as money and are unsuccessful because without wealth you are nothing. In the society of nowadays, being tight is not an option, but a must to be happy. One might object to it, but how can one explain that some wealthy and influence people are unhappy. wealthiness and influence does not give people happiness. Just a autocratic attitude towards life would give someone the final good. There are some famous people that contempt commodious wealth seem miserable. Some of them donââ¬â¢t even have a stable partner, usually get in misgiving with the law all the time, fall in the live drugs, and some of them even commit suicide. Heath Le dger, for example, cognize as one of the best actors in history for the leading role of the joker in ââ¬Å"The tenebrific Nightââ¬Â, recognized as one of the best-selling(predicate) movies of all time. illustrious, with family, wealthy and in the media everywhere, but despite all that ââ¬Å"happinessââ¬Â he had, he lighten committed suicide, possibly caused by a clinical depression of not fulfilling the expectations of the fans or even not knowing how to cope with the pressure of the role. For some people money can bring a lot of happiness in the sense of stability, freedom and independence. However, money with lack of peace of mind is nothing and would get the individual nowhere.A survey titled ââ¬Å"Joys and Dilemma of Wealthââ¬Â by Boston College revealed that the wealthiest people are unhappy because they are worried about seeming ungrateful, rearing bollix up children and failing to meet expectations. These people are in the mouth of everyone; their names appe ar in the media with paradoxical gossip, and their privacy is always intruded. This a mistake where the individuals revolve about their lives on the external, and are concerned too much about what other people think without accept in themselves, leading them not only to automobile destructive acts but violent actions for them and their families.For some, money and wealth gives happiness, but definitely not the truly one. simply mental pleasure; believing in oneself, having a positive attitude, having high self-esteem and loving oneself like no other, would lead one to complete happiness. textile or external possessions are not essential, if the individual knows and recognizes what their goals in live are. To corroborate the importance of the virtues of mind to reach happiness, first of all the individual needs to realize and be aware that happiness is an internal state of being of each person.There are legion(predicate) amounts of people in the world who could serve as exampl es to support the importance of the virtue of mind in the path of achieving happiness. Nelson Mandela, for example, one of the most recognized, respected and admire political leaders of our time. In spite of the super poor conditions he had to live in during his early life and nearly three decades of imprisonment, he still struggle and did everything he could to fight for his believes against racial oppression.His luxurious acts made him win the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. By this and some(prenominal) other important things that he has done, is when he saw his ideals and purpose in life, feeler true. Most likely, giving him the complete happiness he has always fought for. Nick Vujicic is an admirable person, and another great example of the importance of scarce having a positive attitude towards life to be happy. Nick was natural with no limbs, he is practically just torso, and has a small foot on his left renal pelvis which helps him with balance.Ni ckââ¬â¢s father taught him to swim at 18 months, to type with his little toe at just 6 years of age, and his mom invented a special plastic device for him to hold a pen or pencil with his mouth to be able to write. He plays golf, swims and surfs. Even though it was really sticky for him to adapt to his difference when little, he overcame every shorten he had and nowadays is an admirable person, who has traveled to 24 countries of the world sharing how this problem has become a blessing for him, and how just by changing your attitude towards life makes a great difference in every individual.Just like these examples, there are many more cases of people that just by having a positive attitude towards life have been able to succeed or overcome obstacles even though they have had a hard life. Supporting that if an individual has virtue of the mind, and has always a positive view, fights for their ideals and know what they want for their life they will achieve happiness. DO NOT USE à ¢â¬Å"YOUââ¬Âââ¬Â¦ Works Cited Little, Lyneka. Miseries of the Rich and Famous: The Concerns of the Super Rich: Wealth Does Not mold Happiness-ABC.Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Calibre Wealth Management, Boston College. 21 March. 2011. Web October 14. http://plato. stanford. edu/entries/aristotle/ http://answers. yahoo. com/question/ indicator? qid=20080716235657AAyU5iY http://www. britannica. com/EBchecked/topic/34560/Aristotle/254722/Happiness#ref923103 http://abcnews. go. com/Business/concerns-super-rich-wealth-bring-happiness/story? id=13167578#. UHsgpMVYuSo ——————————————â⬠[ 1 ]. Abraham Lincoln\r\n'
Monday, December 17, 2018
'Brompton Bicycles\r'
'LB160 TMA01 Brompton Bicycles nether achieving The new management must move quickly to increase sales and boost profits. New managing director, forget Butler-Adams is concerned that the slow production time is helplessness to keep up with demand and is damaging stigmatize name. The company is currently going through a management and production change and is hoping to triple siding and market growth. Although Trademark patents be possessed of expired the wakeless design has copyright protection. The prominent threat from low-wage Formosan competitors, and low priced bikes could prevent future growth.Prices argon fit(p) by the cost of raw materials, brand externalise and the need to retain profit margins. Retaining the highly accomplished staff and controlling the quality of the product interchange is essential for take holding the brand image. The companyââ¬â¢s founder, armorer Andrew Ritchie is concerned that quality may be compromised. Brompton Bicycles argon not i nterested the mass production of their bike. Their products are manufactured in their London factory by well established and highly trained staff.They ask a handful of retail shops in the USA. However, they have no intention of increasing the number of outlets to maintain the strong brand image. The company must lease a new overseas sales schema that will allow the company to meet strict demands. A new media toiln publicity drive should be implemented to bring the product to a new customer base. A cost compendium for new sponsorships for bike racing events should be evaluated that would trick out the product profile. (Words 251)\r\n'
Sunday, December 16, 2018
'The Children’s Hour\r'
'PACE UNIVERSITY WS 296: Dealing with leaving Dr. Karla Jay Midterm Directions: Write an raise of approximately 600-800 oral communication on two of the following questions. Lengths ar suggested. Be sure to support your position with facts, details, and examples. Check your essay structure, grammar, and spelling against the checklist on blackboard (Writing Tools). Remember to complicate a good opening paragraph and a conclusion! Please provide citations and a bibliography if you economic consumption outside sources.There are writing rubrics on Blackboard under the Writing Tools onlyton. Your midterm exam is due attest 7 at 11 p. m. (I have provided an extension. ) You exit lose three points for each day your midterm is late. Your midterm will not be authoritative more than a week late without a doctorââ¬â¢s note or other(a) valid excuse. Follow directions for Turnitin. com. Remember that our course shape is 5841197, and the password is ââ¬Å"beebo. ââ¬Â (You all seem to be registered. ) advert: Please load the two essays as bingle file. Remember to label the file as follows: Yourname.WS269. midterm. 1. How do Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein, and Angelina Weld Grimke let lesbian readers know that they are reading a lesbian story or poem without ever using terms the likes of ââ¬Å"lesbianââ¬Â or ââ¬Å"third sexââ¬Â? 2. Lillian Hellman express The Childrenââ¬â¢s Hour is not close to lesbianism but about a ââ¬Å"lie. ââ¬Â Do you agree with her? wherefore or why not? 3. In The wellhead of Loneliness, Radclyffe antechamber took the position that members of the ââ¬Å"third sexââ¬Â are diverse from birth. Though today, some critics use antithetical terminology and label characters like Stephen ââ¬Å"butch,ââ¬Â mannishââ¬Â (Esther Newton), or even ââ¬Å"transgendered,ââ¬Â do you think that Hall was forward of her time in suggesting that lesbians are biologically (essentially) different in some way? How is Stephen different from close to of the other lesbians in the novel? Even Hall sees two types of lesbian. Though this essay allows for you to be speculative, essay to ground your thoughts in some details from the novel, please. Do only one of the following questions that relate to Beebo Brinker: 4. many a(prenominal) lesbian novels have been banned or prosecuted for ââ¬Å"obscenity. ââ¬Â assume with the trial and content of the Well of Loneliness.Then connect it to the Gathings Hearings and politics concern about pulp novels like Beebo Brinker. You should aim some of the following questions: Why were they banned? Were alike non-lesbian books banned? What is the impact of banning books on lesbian readership? You MUST credit all research in the text. Please do not use Wikipedia, as it is not a reliable source. 5. What did you learn from Beebo Brinker about gay and lesbian life in Greenwich colonization in the late 1950s? Donââ¬â¢t retell the story but use limited details of to characterize the life that people led.\r\n'
Saturday, December 15, 2018
'Company’s Marketing Strategy\r'
'Companys merchandising system MARKETING MIX FOR COMPETITIVE return: Marketing program or end is demand to achieve the familiaritys desired objectives. The quad ps of good merchandising min dodging was developed by McCarthy namely the four ps point of intersection scathe, furtherance and place. Four ps consist of numerous decisions on the min of merchandising mother fuckers to USE. International companies analogous NIVEA FOR hands moldiness decide how much to adopt their marketing strategy like Four PS to local anesthetic and transnational conditions. f numerous decisions on the potpourri of marketing tools to intention. International companies like NIVEA for custody must decide how much to adopt their marketing strategy like four PS to local and international conditions. At ne extreme are companies that riding habit a internationally sundried marketing jumble worldwide. In 1993, NIVEA for Men developed a fuller throw away of male skin fretting harvest- f ourth dimension. The producer like NIVEA FOR custody adjust the marketing mix, to each jarget market since NIVEA FOR workforce in localise its crinkle from 1993 it is well cognize about the four PS method of marketing mix.After developing four ps NIVEA FOR manpower and another(prenominal) companies are using the four ps as the pillar of marketing strategy. Marketing mix decisions must be made for influencing the trade impart as well as the last-place consumers. Arranging an bewitch combination of the marketing mix four ps reaping, monetary prise, furtherance and place companies, like NIVEA FOR custody designe plan to meet inescapably of customers. In maintaining the warlike benefit in the grobal market. NIVEA FOR MEN is doing right duty the right way executing and evaluating the marketing programs.Effective marketing mix is constitutive(a) for the success of the companies such as NIVEA FOR MEN in maintaining private-enterprise(a) advantage. point of intersectio n : Product is unity of the grievous agent of four ps a Product that freighter be offered to a market to run into a want or demand, crossing is the beta element of the marketing mix which coordinated decisions on product mines, product lines brand and packaging and labeling. In the primary stage companies like NIVEA FOR MEN is maintaining competitory advantage would be product development, the company throne get advantage by the xpansion of the product range. product may differ local and global range basis. NIVEA FOR MEN nates produce a regional version of its product such as a western european virsion and getting a combative advantage. Through product invention is a pricy strategy, the company maintaining competitory advantage by backwards and forward invention of product. Backward invention is reintroducing in the first place product forms that are well adapted to a foreign countrys needs. Forward invention is creating a new-made product to meet a need in another c ountry.There is enormous need in little developed countries for rugged cost high proteins foods. NIVEA FOR MEN can offer its consumers a one-stop shop opportunity by providing majority of the products that they are looking for in one area. The individual consumer & willing be make to purchase. If the quality of the products bought satisfied the needs and preference of the consumer in that respectfrom the NIVEA FOR MEN Will get going to consumer allegiantty and bear on the customers and repeated consumption.The development of a broader product has ranges increases the gap that individual consumers will be motivated to purchase, boost higher levels of consumption is not only expert on the part of NIVEA FOR MEN but all overly boosting its revenues and the national economy. value : Price is the very main(prenominal) element of marketing mix. Price is very exquisite issue on the behalf of the company. Price are the easiest marketing mix element to adjust product features, channels and even promotion take more time. Price also communicates to the companys intend value positioning of its product or brand.Today companies like NIVEA FOR MEN is wrestling with a number of difficult determine tasks. How o serve to aggressive price cutters How to price the akin product when it goes through different channels How to price the same product in different countries. How to price an alter product while still selling the foregoing version. How to price different component of an offering When the customer wants to make his bear choice of components. NIVEA FOR MEN concenter on product development and pricing combine with an emphasis on consumer needs is mention differentiator for NIVEA FOR MEN.IT is a major reason why in the UK brand is still the market leader in the male facial skin care market. Throughout almost of history, price were set by negotiation amidst buyers and sellers traditionally price has operated as the major epitope of buyer c hoice. Selling a product price is technical strategy of a company when NIVEA FOR MEN is going to set its price has to consider umteen factors in setting its pricing policy like pricing of objective determining demand, estimating cost analyzing competitors costs prices and offers, adopting price meted etc.Appropriate pricing and promotional techniques is a good tool o maintain and achieve competitive advantage especially it competitors do not contract the ability to offer a clear pricing hierarchy. It will often of choosing from good better and surmount among the product range. Each price will lead to a different level of demand and therefore give way a different impact on companys marketing objectives. Relation between alternative prices and the ending certain demand is captured. Demand and price are inversely related. NIVEA FOR MEN using four ps as price for determining demand.Price still remains one of the most important elements determining market there and profitability. Consumers and purchasing agents have more access to price information NIVEA FOR MAN use the customers perception of value is an important determinant of the price charged. Customers draw their own mental picture of what a product is cute and worth. NIVEA FOR MEN awares too much when using low price as a marketing tool is that the customer may feel that quality is organism differentiated. Promotion: One of the most important element of the marketing mix is promotion.Promotional tools like publicize, gross revenue promotion, habitual relations and direct marketing is an role in making marketing strategy for business operating(a) globally. NIVEA FOR MEN examine both traditional and online forms of these tools, NIVEA FOR MEN main marketing strategy to attract customers, implement its consumers wishes and needs with innovations today and its the future. This will give a strong position within the global competitive environment NIVEA FOR MENs marketing team employ research data to f orecast market trends over the next three to five years.This helped them set particularised levels for increase gross revenue growing market address improving its brand image. NIVEA FOR MEN wanted great market penetration for male skin care products. It wanted not just a great share of the existing market it wanted to overstate that market, It wanted more men buying skin care products. It also aimed to sell more skincare products to women, for this aspire NIVEA FOR MEN strengthen its promotion strategy. Global companies that use a large number of ad agencies turn up in different countries and serving different divisions have suffered from uncoordinated advertising and image diffusion.NIVEA FOR MEN in a flash use only a few agencies or even one that can supply global advertising, public relations, sales promotion and web consulting. The result is integrated and more effective marketing communication theory and much lower total communication cost. The media contriver of NIV EA FOR MEN has to know the capacity of the major media types and select the media which is favor fit to the company. Major media types NIVEA FOR MEN to retain the loyal customer are likely newspapers TV direct mail Radio magazines internet. Beside these sales promotion allow in display center international trade unclouded country trade fair.This is the way to expanding product market. In maintaining competitive advantage NIVEA FOR MEN developing the promotion system. They use media for their product well known and product quality TV Advertising made stack aware and press provide more particular proposition about the product. Another way of promotion is sales promotion is a key ingredient in marketing campaigns, consists of diverse collections of incentive tool, mostly swindle term designed to bring greater purchase of particulars products or services by consumers where as advertising offers a reason to buy. Sale promotion offers an incentive to bye.Sale promotion includes *Sa mples, coupons cash refund offers, price off, premiums prices, unload trails warranties. NIVEA sought to build on and develop the admission it had used in the part Since 2000 there has been a greater emphasis on consumer needs and increasing use to experimental marketing is about good-natured consumers through two way communications that begin brand personalities to life and add value to the prat audience. Place : Another key marketing tools is place, where the company undertakes to make the product accessible and available to grade market.At the very beginning NIVEA strategy its expanded its business activities in all around the world. NIVEA has build a strong marketing channel through which it can meet customer needs economically and conveniently. NIVEA whole kit and caboodle internationally with the local distributors who lave local knowledge, present in them and set up performance goals to which they can agree. NIVEA has expanded its marketing channel for some views. The se are as follows To gather information about authorization and current customer Persuasive communications to stimulate purchasingTo assume the risks corrected with carrying out channel work. For the in series(p) storage and movement of physical products. Many times NIVEA evaluate intermediaries performance against such standards as sales quota attainment, average inventory levels, customer delivery time treatment of damage and lost goods, to achieve the competitive advantage NIVEA has given an attention to the sub-urban area is its operating places in the globalization age NIVEA wants to satisfy either customers receiving its service.Conclusion : The marketing plan is a cycle that begins and ends with evaluation. the final stage in the marketing plan is to assess the outcomes of the marketing activities against the original objective and targets. Marketing mix of four ps is an important for marketing decision. This strategy has ability to plan its market strategy will in terms of maintaining good consumers relations effective use of advertising by capitalizing on its swear brand image.The male consumer and increasing of the product skincare for men consumers are loyal to the products which are able to carry brand value and satisfied the consumers needs and demands. NIVEA FOR MEN adopted a range of key performance indicators to assess the success of the NIVEA FOR MEN re launch in the UK it looked at market share, overall sales brand image ratings, product innovation. By using proper marketing strategy four ps the companies like NIVEA FOR MEN met its overall target in local and international market.\r\n'
Friday, December 14, 2018
'Demon and Fact Faustus Essay\r'
'Mephistopheles varies gravidly in his attitude towards Faustus, sometimes on the face of it offering support and guidance while others acting in a dismissive, even disdainful manner. Through step up, Faustus is manipulated into fulfilling Mephistophelesââ¬â¢ have got goals, yet the ââ¬Ëbewitching fiendââ¬â¢ succeeds in great(p) him the belief that he wants to do these things himself whether or non he is existence direct, albeit rather forcefully, on that point. Nonetheless it stay to be seen if this is a reflection of the deceitfulness from the devils consideration or rather the weakness and arrogance sh take in by Faustus.\r\nFaustus appears vulnerable and naïve upon conjuring for the first time, low-down fallacy adding to the sombre mood, as ââ¬Ëgloomy shadow(s)ââ¬â¢ overcast the scene, obscuring what is about to happen, deviation the audience in the inconsolable and instilling a maven of terror. Therefore when Mephistopheles appears as a devil it is presumably through tutelage that Faustus describes him as ââ¬Ëtoo uglyââ¬â¢ such is the heightened sense of tension and feeling of the sublime he experiences. As opposed to reacting to Faustusââ¬â¢ needs Mephistopheles immediately gains control and begins surreptitiously asserting his dominance over him, taking return of the fact Faustus is clearly out of his depth, and indemnifying to imperatives, commanding Mephistopheles to ââ¬Ë cover!ââ¬â¢ hinting that desperation is starting to creep in.\r\nThroughout the rook it appears as though Mephistopheles is praying on Faustusââ¬â¢ weaknesses, identifying his ââ¬Ëaspiring insolenceââ¬â¢ as a pressure point and luring him towards the imagination of becoming the ââ¬Ësole kingââ¬â¢ of all the earth. erst overcome with the thought of being a ââ¬Ëgreat emperorââ¬â¢ Faustus is obviously convinced that selling his intellect is the best option he has and appears to disregard whatsoever rational l ogic, allowing Mephistopheles to sit keister only issuance short replies like ââ¬ËI exitââ¬â¢ in return to the overly ambitious notions filling Faustusââ¬â¢ conceited head. Faustusââ¬â¢ escape of control is only furthered when his ââ¬Ëown appetenceââ¬â¢ gets the better of him leading to Mephistopheles threatening to go ââ¬Ëback to snake pitââ¬â¢ â⬠forcing Faustus to implore with him not to leave â⬠to a greater extentover signalling his reliance on him to actually carry out all his frivolous desires. The compromise of being offered ââ¬Ëgreater thingsââ¬â¢ proves too much for Faustus as passion overcomes reason, which Mephistopheles is keen to distance them from, creating stark opposition and providing further usher that he is willing to manipulate Faustus through his vulnerabilities, heedless of what emotions this will invoke in the mere finite himself.\r\nIn addition to promise bringing ââ¬Ëwhirlwinds, tempests, gold rush and light ningââ¬â¢ under(a) the control of Faustus, Mephistopheles also immediately senses whenever there is slight doubt in his subject, quickly bombarding him with fantasises to ââ¬Ë make merry his mindââ¬â¢ and turn his attention away from whatever concept of repentance. This eagerness to persistently tempt Faustus towards blazing every time he wavers slightly suggests a driven character, supported through his own claims that he would do anything to ââ¬Ëobtain his soulââ¬â¢ no issue the cost, showcasing a lack of care or beneficence towards the difficult situation Faustus finds himself in. This only serves to further the take of deception and pretence when Mephistopheles calls on Faustus to ââ¬Ëstab thine develop courageouslyââ¬â¢ resorting to flattery to get his own way, cunning that Faustusââ¬â¢ ego will easily succumb to being complimented and raised above others.\r\nHowever in identify contrast, Mephistopheles shows heââ¬â¢s not afraid to resort to i ntimidation, reporting ââ¬Ëhell hath no limitsââ¬â¢ such is the gift of the devil, one should know not to cross him as ââ¬Ëunder the heavensââ¬â¢ the lines blur and the liminal becomes ever more apparent, this bold claim undoubtedly a direful one in front of a modern-day audience wherein religion was distinct in its boundaries â⬠hell and heaven two entirely different entities. later on a relatively straight forward unconscious process of persuasion Mephistopheles gains Faustusââ¬â¢ soul, leading to an apparent change in attitude from Mephistopheles â⬠more bold in his tactical manoeuvre â⬠he openly denies Faustus his wishes, sooner questioning his craziness and chastising him by warning him to ââ¬Ëtalk not of a wifeââ¬â¢ but rather concentrate on aspects of life he himself deems relevant.\r\nFaustusââ¬â¢ pitiful cry at the end of scene 5 suggests that already he realises the drastic mistake heââ¬â¢s make and that ââ¬Ëthou art deceived !ââ¬â¢ by the dishonest Mephistopheles, leaving the audience to feel slight sadness for the put trust he possessed. Nevertheless while this seems sad one cannot avoid the suggestion that Faustus was only guided down a path he desired all along and that he convinces himself to be ââ¬Ë unshakenââ¬â¢ and show willing to commit the most wicked of crimes such as ââ¬Ëoffer luke-warm blood of new-born babiesââ¬â¢ â⬠an unspeakable taboo that highlights just how far he will go in order to quench his proneness for power and fame.\r\nIn turn, this advocates Mephistopheles as more of a bystander than initially thought and while he is unambiguously determined in gaining more souls ââ¬Ëto enlarge his domainââ¬â¢, he remains open about this throughout, instead of being sly and secretive. Therefore it can be considered that Faustus is in no position to call Mephistopheles a ââ¬Ëbewitching fiendââ¬â¢ such are the failings of his own character. He is the one who condemns himself through his over ambition at becoming a ââ¬Ëconjuror honourableââ¬â¢ and arrogance in believing that he has meek Mephistopheles and made him ââ¬Ëobedientââ¬â¢. Whereas Mephistopheles only points him in the good direction and technically always remains under his command, bringing him a ââ¬Ëhot whoreââ¬â¢ for a wife, while unsatisfactory is still fulfilling the parameters of Faustusââ¬â¢ self-indulgent wish.\r\n contempt this obedience towards his supposed master, Mephistopheles can definitely be considered a ââ¬Ëbewitching fiendââ¬â¢ due to his faculty to lure Faustus into making the decisions that Mephistopheles himself wanted and the drive he holds in forcing the deal through to the end. Furthermore his lack of concern towards his own conjuror is revealing, joking ââ¬Ëtut I warrant theeââ¬â¢ in reaction to Faustusââ¬â¢ recognition he has done wrong, displaying both a lack of self-reproof and also a smugness that he has succ eeded in accomplishing coupleââ¬â¢s plan.\r\n'
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
'How the digestive, cardiovascular and respiratory system are interrelate Essay\r'
'The valet de chambre dead body has to be controlled from advanced bulge outlines intern anyy of which get in touch in order to flow effectively. There argon ten main carcasss at bottom the body of which all get along various activities and all interrelate with at least one other formation; the offensive arrangement. The most complex of all body organizations, the anxious(p) constitution controls all functions inside the body.\r\nThe main function of the respiratory organisation is to inhale oxygen and give forth the waste ware carbon dioxide. group O is respire finished the m prohibitedh and nostrils into the lungs. The tout wherefore diffuses through and through the alveolar walls and into the red daub cells. Carbon dioxide carried linchpin within erythrocytes diffuses back through the alveolar walls and is exhaled out through the mouth.\r\nThe cardiovascular agreement has a utilization of circulating broth around the body. The contents of blood being cir culated include nutrients, gases and waste products. The main organs involved within this process are blood, arteries, veins, magnetic core and the lungs.\r\nThe function of the digestive system is to absorb and change key nutrients which are call for to entertain and spoil other systems in the body. Enzymes secreted within the digestive system have a role of breaking deal food from proteins into amino vitriolics, starch into glucose and fats into a form of fatty acids and glycerol.\r\nIt can be analysed that the two body systems work together. Which are the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system. Oxygen is inhaled and enters the respiratory system. It travels down into the lungs through the trachea. one time inside the lungs, the gas enters the alveoli and diffuses through the alveolar wall. later on it diffuses through the capillary wall, it enters the cardiovascular system. Oxygen then binds with haemoglobin forming oxyhaemoglobin and is then transported aroun d to cells within the body. Carbon dioxide is transported as a waste product within red blood cells through the cardiovascular system. This needs to be exhaled as too some(prenominal) carbon dioxide present within the blood causes acidosis. The gas must vacate from the blood through the corresponding route oxygen entered the blood. It must exit through the respiratory system.\r\nCarbon dioxide diffuses back into the alveoli and then is exhaled out of the mouth through the respiratory system. It is evident that both(prenominal) systems are required in order to sufficiently exchange gas. If the human body was unable to manage gas exchange, cells within the body would die so this interrelation is important. The respiratory system interrelates with the digestive system to perform a defence mechanism. When a micro-organism has successfully entered the human body, goblet cells along the respiratory package have the ability to produce a large yield of mucous. Mucous is a defensive â â¬Å" hornyââ¬Â liquid of which has the ability to collect micro-organisms that bind with the nucleus. Cilia within the trachea slide the mucous towards the entry of the oesophagus.\r\nThe substance is then delivered through the tube and into the strong hydrochloric acid present in the stomach. To aid with the respiratory system, the digestive system provides the diaphragm with key nutrients necessary to comfort breathing. It is also noted that both the digestive system and respiratory system provide the key products to perform aerobic respiration.\r\nThe cardiovascular system interrelates with the digestive system. various nutrients produced from the digestive system are required to maintain the heart rate within the cardiovascular system at a normal rhythm. The nutrients are substantial within the whole body so formerly they have been churned; they are absorbed within the blood and then transported via the cardiovascular system to their required destination. When the digest ive system requires more blood, vessels expand to acquire the demands. The circulative system carries chemical signals which control the speed of digestion.\r\nToxins produced by the digestive system are transported via the cardiovascular system to the kidneys to excrete the material. It is identifiable from analysing the roles of the systems that both are required in order for the human body to tolerate in a healthy state. Also theyââ¬â¢re all linked by being calve of one and the same organism. Respiratory system â⬠Oxygen is inhaled, cardiovascular system â⬠oxygen is carried to every cell in the organism, nutritive substances are carried from the digestive system to every cell in the organism. Cardiovascular system â⬠carbon dioxide is carried to the respiratory system and it is exhaled. Cardiovascular system â⬠whatever remains of the nutritive substances after theyââ¬â¢ve been bear on in the cells is returned to the digestive system and is ââ¬Å"thrown a bsentââ¬Â at the end of the digestive system.\r\n'
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