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In his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe always strived to portray the darker side of human soul: its fears, passions, desires, misconceptions and so forth. These motifs are traceable in many of his works. In particular, we may analyze such novellas as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Fall of the House of Usher . They are reminiscent to each other not only in terms of themes, but also in terms literary devices, narration mode, and imagery. One may suggest that they exemplify the so-called Gothic style, but horror elements are used only to bring out the major ideas. These stories are believed to one of the most prominent examples of the authors and in some degree, they throw light on his own personality and his most intimate feelings. While discussing the peculiarities of Poes style, we need to pay special attention to the form of narration. For instance, in such novellas as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado, readers look though the eyes of the murderers. The writer intends to gives most deep insights into the inner world of a person, who cannot perceive reality in an adequate way, the story teller says “The disease had sharpened my senses… I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth” (Poe, 1110). Poe shows that that the desire to kill can distorts his perception. As for The Cask of Amontillado, we can say that Montresor also lives in the realm of his illusion. Moreover, it should be borne in mind that both narrators cannot identify the reason why they want to commit murder. They are overwhelmed by the remorse of conscience: Montresor acknowledges “My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so” (Poe, 1097), but he refuses to believe that it is due to the atrocity he has done. In these stories, the author demonstrates the corruption of heart and soul. Naturally, we cannot argue that these works are autobiographical and occasionally, it seems that the author deliberately places himself in the position of such people. Such theme as the corruption of persons soul is explored in the story The Fall of the House of Usher . First, we may mention that Roderick Usher also suffers “from morbid acuteness of the senses” (Poe, 1099). Everything displeases him, and he is extremely disinclined to speak with others. He is ill with some malady, which does not have any logical explanation. The feeling of moral and physical decay dominates the story. At the very beginning, Poe depicts the gloominess of Ushers house, which bears striking resemblance to a tomb, and its owner is buried in it. The author eloquently proves that a man can bury his soul alive, and this is the characteristic feature of Roderick Usher and Montresor. The tragedy is that they do not realize this fact. Certainly they have some misgivings but they try to rejects them in every possible way. While reading these stories, one cannot get rid of the idea that Poe once lived through similar experience. Furthermore, these stories have the elements of a Gothic novel, because in all of them, Poe creates the atmosphere of bleakness and despondency. The action takes place mostly in the darkness, but this is not physical darkness but
Graduation rates are an important criterion for assessing the quality of the education system. At the same time, these results differ in various factors, and one of them is territorial division. Based on the analysis of academic sources and available information, it has been determined that the considered indicators in suburban areas are higher than those in urban regions. The topic of this paper is the assessment of factors influencing the high graduation rates in suburban places. The problem statement implies that there are specific reasons explaining the significant educational success of students in those establishments that are not located in cities. As research questions, the following ones can be asked as a basis for the study:  1. What factors affect high graduation rates in suburban areas?  2. Why are the indicators of urban educational institutions lower?  3. What problems do education employees face when analyzing graduation results in different regions? Based on the topic, this study includes two main variables – independent and dependent. Independent one is the learning process and those techniques that are used in working with students. The dependent variable is the graduate rates of suburban educational institutions. It is assumed that there is a positive correlation between them, which will confirm the hypothesis that special teaching techniques and approaches promoted in suburban institutions allow achieving high learning outcomes. The significance of this study lies in the fact that by analyzing current practices and evaluating the topic under consideration, it is possible to find special educational methods. The use of these techniques in rural and urban educational institutions may contribute to improving the outcomes of teaching and strengthening the system as a whole. Literature Review Relevant academic sources can help to find evidence for the proposed hypothesis and prove the existence of the problem under consideration. According to Price and Tovar (2014) 1 , engagement is one of those educational practices that is promoted in suburban schools and influences student performance. Vasquez Urias and Wood (2014) 2 assess the graduation rates of rural, suburban, and urban educational institutions as a percentage. The authors note that “suburban colleges facilitate better performance rates for midlevel achieving students than do urban colleges,” which is valuable observation (Vasquez Urias & Wood, 2014, p. 1115). Zaff et al. (2017) 3 consider those factors that affect graduation results and remark that such criteria are significant as family involvement, promoting students’ individual strengths and capabilities, and establishing positive contact with the teaching staff. According to Freeman and Simonsen (2015) 4 , improving product
Introduction Recent technological advancements have led to many changes not only to people’s lifestyles but also to commodities. Of major concern in the field of agriculture is the development of Genetically Modified (GM) products/organisms. Scientifically, biotechnologists remove a desired gene from an organism and transfer it to a different organism (Carpenter 219). According to Sargent and Shea, the United States of America introduced GM maize around 1996 (2). In USA, both humans and animals use maize as a source of food. Currently, research has shown that genetically modified crops cover over 300 million acres of land worldwide, which translates to nearly 3% of the world’s cultivated land (Lynch and Vogel par.2). Although GM maize assists in curbing food shortage in the ever-growing population, its production has received worldwide opposition. This paper does not only asses the impact of GM maize to the agricultural sector but also highlights the risk and beneficial factors the technology has caused to both environment and the public health sector (social lives) in the United States of America. The extend of Consumption of GM corn As aforementioned, GM crops occupy a significant part of the world’s cultivated crops. Many people across the globe, either knowingly or unknowingly, have consumed foods containing genetically modified ingredients. For instance, researchers have reported that nearly 250 million people in the US have consumed GM products over a period of seven years (Office of Science and Technology Policy 2010). Secondly, 80% of the maize produced in occurs through genetically modified mechanisms (OSTP 2101). Americans use maize not only as a source of starch but also for the production of popcorns, cornflakes and corn oil among others. Additionally, research has shown that in the United States about 70-75% of all the processed foods in the United States contain ingredients from Genetically Modified plants (Lynch and Vogel par.10). Therefore, besides wheat, maize is also a main source of food thus, the need for surplus production using GM technology. Due to high production of GM corn (60% of the total production) in the US, the rate of consumption is relatively high. Production of GM corn Scientifically, GM corn production starts in a laboratory environment. This is through gene transfer of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) into the seeds (Carpenter 320). Consequently, the plants become resistant to both pests and herbs. Intuitively, According to Gewin, Bt treated maize has reduced the application of both pesticide and herbicides on farms, which is beneficial to both agricultural policy makers and farmers (4). Biotechnologists modify the natural crops to enable them to produce one or more pesticide proteins that act as pest resistance agents. This cuts the cost of production since producers require little or no application of th
The North Face (TNF) was a market leader in the manufacture and marketing of outwear clothing, sleeping bags, and tents. TNF was also one of the major companies that engaged in the manufacture of backpacks. The company had dedicated sales representatives that provided it with a competitive edge over other companies in the industry. In addition, TNF had an efficient distribution network. The company used a strategy that ensured that it did not compete with the distributors of its products. The market for TNF’s products was maturing. This necessitated the company to devise new strategies. The management of the company identified skiwear as the area that had a huge growth potential. The company already commanded a significant market share despite the fact that its products did not specifically target this market. However, diversification into this market may pose several challenges that may derail the company’s efforts on its existing products. The existence of an efficient distribution network chain is one of the major factors that guarantees the ultimate success of a company. The distribution network ensures the effective movement of finished products to the consumers. Companies strive to ensure that they have a lean supply chain management. This reduces the costs of supply chain management (Lambert, 2008, p. 224). The large network of wholesalers who stock TNF’s products is one of the major strengths of the company. The wholesalers enable customers in a large geographical to access the company’s products. The company’s policies ensure that it does not compete with the wholesalers. This was one of the major factors that led to the closure of TNF’s mail order business. Employees of a company are the major stakeholders of any company. Companies strive to improve the motivation of employees. Improved motivation guarantees improved productivity of the employees (Pride, Hughes & Kapoor, 2010, p. 236). TNF’s sales representatives offer the company with a competitive edge over other companies in the industry. The representatives have extensive knowledge of the company’s products. The sales representative are the ‘foot soldiers’ who help in marketing the company’s products. Introduction of a new product line may reduce the efficiency of the sales representatives. It would require them to start marketing a new product. This may reduce their focus on other products that the company sells. To venture into the skiwear market successfully, the company should hire new sales representatives whose sole aim would be to market the products. Poaching employees from competitors is one of the major strategies that companies use to improve their competitiveness (Frey & Osterloh, 2002, p. 33). TNF may poach skilled sales representatives from other major companies that sell skiwear. TNF focuses on the manufacture of various products. It mainly distributes its products through wholesalers. TNF only has five r
Introduction There has been great concern in the world about the increasing number of cases related to radical Islamism. This problem has affected both non-Muslim and Muslim states. Radical Islam refers to a political and militant ideology that aims at converting the world into a community of Muslim beliefs. This ideology mainly uses force, violence, and manipulation to have their way. It is very difficult to distinguish genuine Islam from radical Islam. Therefore, the section of Muslims who advocate for radical Islam blend in with the ordinary Muslims. This poses great challenges especially to liberal countries as they want to accommodate everyone’s idea in the bid to implement equality among their citizens and residents. This is because if they accommodate radical Islam they are likely to compromise their values and traditions. This article focuses on the issue of radical Islamism in United States and the challenges it poses. The issues of radical Islam in the united state have been in existence for a long time. However, it became a national issue after the September 9 2001 terrorist attack by a radical Islamic movement group. Arguments and questions have emerged on how America should handle the issue of minority Islamic radical groups. Insights have shown that America’s liberal approach may disadvantage them and contribute to Islamic radical ideologies and groups taking root in the country. Therefore, this article seeks to analyze the dangers posed by these groups. Additionally, it suggests ways that America can counter this challenge of emerging radical Islam in their territory without them compromising the fundamental freedoms and liberties that represent them. Radical Islam in London Britain is the country that has had the highest number of Muslim migrations. For years, Britain has been silent and failed to address this issue. Consequently, radical Islam has flourished owing to the large numbers of Muslim migrants, need for multiculturalism, and secularization. In addition, victim culture and post-colonial guilt have prompted Britain not to act on this issue. Activists have come up with the phrase “Londonistan” to show the delicate situation is. A British journalist Melanie Philip in her book used this term to address this issue indicating that if their government does nothing Britain become an Islamic country. According to her, Britain’s negligence to address the problem earlier has led them to their current situation. She says, “Britain is currently locked into such a spiral of decadence, self-loathing, and sentimentality that it is incapable of seeing that it is setting itself up for a cultural immolation” (Philips, 2007). Melanie uses perfect examples to show how Islamic radical groups have converted Britain to an epicenter for implementation of their agendas such as recruiting and funding. Clearly, the Islamic radical groups have found a comfort zone in Britain and have one plan of transformin
The research paper will address the procedural process of a legal stop and frisk and illegality of the practice. In addition, it will also include other related issues brought about by stop and frisk, including the right to stop and frisk, reactions from the community, cases and other issues of interests, as well as a position on stop and frisk. It will also incorporate Saint Leo Core Value of Integrity. One of the chief legal systems for effecting order maintenance policing among the public is to use stop and frisk. The stop-and-frisk practice is a non-consensual interaction between a police officer and an individual that borders a total arrest (Keenan & Thomas, 2014). Stop and frisk practices, also known as ‘Terry stop’ procedures are faultlessly tolerable because of the action of the Supreme Court in the case of Terry v. Ohio . Terry stop therefore has a constitutional legitimacy. A police officer requires only a judicious ground for believing that a criminal activity has been committed, may be in the process of taking place, or is about to be committed. Further, an officer can only perform a limited frisk aspect if they suspect that an individual is armed and dangerous. In this case, the role of frisk is to guarantee the safety of an officer before they can start interrogating a person or a suspect. Rational and Justification Stop and frisk emanated from the action of the Supreme Court to support police officers as they interact with members of the community when executing order-maintenance policing activities. It was generally intended to ensure that officers could stop an individual based on reasonable grounds. Over time, however, community members have largely expressed their dissatisfaction with stop and frisk activities. It is has been observed that police officers have expanded, influenced, and applied the Terry standard to justify some policing actions that are clearly out of the contexts of the doctrine as it was originally intended. As such, many have argued that police officers, who execute the law, have failed to uphold the provisions of the Fourth Amendment, and citizens have gradually lost their judicial protection. The doctrine of reasonable suspicion is not based on practices observed in police-citizen interactions, but rather the judiciary, which has not been keen to protect citizens and police officers who are not accountable, have largely shaped problems noted with reasonable suspicion in stop and frisk and pat-down requirements. Legal Terms for Stop and Frisk Stop and frisk and pat-down may be referred to as ‘investigatory detention’. Two parts are recognized in stop and frisk. While stop and frisk are two distinct practices, they are usually viewed or performed together. However, stop and frisk must meet some legal requirements to establish its legality. First, for stop, an officer must have reasonable suspicion based on certain facts that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime. Frisk is normally conducted when a police officer’s judicious doubt is driven by facts that a person is currently armed and danger
Managing credit risk is a process that all credit companies and bank have to engage in to reduce the losses from when the risk does not pay off. When a company provides a loan to a customer, there is always a risk of them not paying up, thus resulting in net losses to the organization. If I were to design credit policies for high-risk customers, I would have made said policies easier to account for such risks. There are several strategies that could be implemented, namely risk-based pricing, loan agreements, and tightening procedures (Wilson et al., 2020). Risk-based pricing suggests giving services to risky clients at a higher interest rate to compensate for their potential inability to pay (Wilson et al., 2020). Loan agreements allow for structuring the loans in a way that mitigates the risk, either by utilizing the person’s property or some other kind of valuables as insurance (Wilson et al., 2020). Finally, tightening procedures mitigate the risk by limiting the sums available to untrustworthy customers. Monitoring of collections in banks is typically delegated to automatic banking systems. With high-risk customers, however, there may be potential circumstances that a machine would not be able to handle, thus requiring a personal touch of a dedicated credit specialist to solve (Wilson et al., 2020). They may work together with the client to come up with the best payment plan, that would ensure maximum comfort to banks and customers alike. Companies extend credit to potentially dangerous customers because of several reasons: high risk – high reward, enlarging the customer base, and philanthropic reasons (Wilson et al., 2020). Customers charged with higher interest rates will bring the organization more money if they come through with their payments. In addition, customers do not always stay in the high-risk category, and lending a loan when one needs it the most will net a loyal customer. Finally, some individuals require credit to start a new life, and credit organizations are some of the very few to help out with the endeavor.
A graduate of Barnard College with an M.A. in 18th Century English Literature, Erica Jong has thrived as a novelist, poet, and essayist and has consistently used the power of words to provide women with a rationale to stand up for themselves. She has published twenty books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, and six books of non-fiction. (Graham, 1997) Born to a Jewish family in New York City, Erica Jong lacked nothing. Her parents were happily married, her family was doing well financially, and was well respected. She had all luxuries in her hands and her family was rich and influential enough to buy her everything that she wanted. Erica’s mother was an artist and all throughout her childhood she had heard her mother complain that her work would have been more appreciated had she been a man. It was at this point in time when Erica realized she has to set up and conquer this male-dominated society and this is where she got her sense of feminism. With this feminism, she dealt with male dominance and it is reflected in all her fiction and non-fiction that she has written. From her life history, one can gather that apart from feminism, the frustration in her writings can also be credited to her life events. Her luck with marriage was not great and she ended up marrying four times, in search of the right man or as she puts it, the perfect soulmate. Her first marriage was at the age of 20 to a man named Michael which lasted a year when he had a breakdown and started thinking of himself as Jesus Christ and was taken away by his parents. Her second marriage was to Alan Jong at the age of 24 in 1996 who was a psychiatrist. After a husband who according to Erica had gone mad, with Alan she thought that he would fix everything. The marriage lasted eight years when Erica fell in love with Jonathan Fast whom she married in 1978. Unfortunate for her Jonathan also aspired to be a successful writer and was in a way, jealous of Erica and her writing abilities. They ended their marriage after eight years and Jonathan contested guardianship of their only daughter Molly. After 10 years of being alone, traveling back and forth as an internationally renowned writer, Erica tied the final knot with Ken, her fourth and final husband and according to Erica, her soul mate. (Dunea) Erica began writing as a child and published her first book of poetry, the erotic Fruits and Vegetables, in 1971. Erica over the years, when she published her first book Fear of Flying, which epitomized the sexual liberation of the nation. She has built up a bold body of works, due to which critics have come to recog