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In this passage, close to the end of the short story A Rose for Emily , and at the end of Miss Emily’s life as an eccentric figure in the life of the town, Faulkner literally lays out the dead woman for the reader. In a mere two sentences, one very short, and the other very long, this passage shows how the environment of this small Southern community could foster colourful personalities and peculiar behaviours. It also hints at how a character such as Miss Emily could survive so long, and so unfettered by the constraints that seem to limit others in the town, shielded by an obsession with the past. The author uses vivid language, extended metaphor, and a rambling sentence structure to achieve this effect. The first sentence is almost abruptly brief. The relatives do their duty, promptly and correctly, just as they should, and the first, minimalist sentence signals that. There may be little love between these relatives from Alabama, who were, as noted earlier, “even more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever been” (Faulkner). However, they do what is expected for relations and no more, just like the sentence itself. The second sentence is discursive in the extreme. It begins by announcing the funeral, describes Miss Emily’s bier, the many attendees, their states of mind and their deportment. It ends by disclosing the overall confusion of past and present that Faulkner portrays as seeming endemic to the American South. This prepares the reader for the later revelation of Miss Emily’s madness. After hearing about her unwillingness to acknowledge her father’s death, and the Confederate veterans’ blithe mental abolishment of several decades of history, the reader is not totally surprised by Miss Emily’s ultimate gruesome preservation of the past in murdering her lover and then co-sleeping with his corpse for the next several decades. While he does not use any obvious similes, Faulkner uses an extended metaphor to compare the elderly veterans’ foggy perception of the past to an ever-green field. The images he evokes are of a fondly recalled antebellum golden age of courtship and dancing. He personifies the crayon portrait of the senior Grierson, referring back to the ill-fated visit by the Aldermen regarding Miss Emily’s taxes. This are yet more references to the story’s theme that the dead and the past linger on unwholesomely, relating backwards to her refusal to relinquish her dad’s remains, and forward to the funeral attendees’ discovery of her nearly mummified lover. Faulkner effectively evokes the susurration of whispered gossip by the use of ‘s’ sounds, for example, second, Miss, mass, face, musing, ladies, and the onomatopoeic sibilant. The devices he uses change slightly when he begins speaking of the Civil War veterans in attendance. Here he uses parallelism in indicating where around the house the veterans are chatting, and in the three verbs that describe their foggy state off mind;
Introduction What is true selflessness? This inquiry often is neglected while one passes through a superficial life and introspectively convinces themselves that they are a positive influence on the world. It is becoming incredibly rare that we see charity in its authentic form. The Peace Corp is the closest that one can come to an experience as aforementioned. Personally, human welfare aid, charity, and volunteering are all activities that are familiar and paramount to existence. Therefore, the Peace Corps has always been a sincere interest in my life. Everyday we hear stories of those less fortunate then ourselves and hope that they can find some relief or aid in their struggle. Not only would the Peace Corps allow for aiding individuals for just the sake of doing it, but it also is a miniscule element of the organizations overall cause and goals. Being a part of this cause would be one of the most significant aspects in my life. Past experiences and contribution to interest in Peace Corps My past has much influence on my decision to join the Peace Corps. As an adolescent I was raised as a Christian and charity was introduced at a young age. Some of my fondest childhood memories were making sandwiches for the homeless and distributing them. The really significant element that at the time I did not realize until I was much older was that my church was not focused as much on spreading the word of the God, rather to serve as many of those in need as possible. Additionally, it never really mattered to me how the individual receiving help would react. Some would be upbeat and positive while others were negative and ungrateful. This meant nothing, it was the principle of helping others that was significant. As I got older and became increasingly secular, due to churches harboring prejudices against certain groups of people, serving others was still a principal priority. Another special memory was volunteering at a charter school, where I did maintenance, painting, and general labor. This was probably my favorite experience that I had in relation to community service. It was the supporting of the youth who just wanted a chance for success. Many of the students at the school were foster participants or had parents that were addicted to narcotics. Although feeling good about yourself is what draws many people into community service, it really should not be the only thing. One must have a desire for the overall well being of everyone regardless of who they are. Ability to cope with Peace Corps Rules The Peace Corp’s expectations are intriguing and pertinent to the experience that is offered. For the most part, I feel comfortable with all the rules, believing that respect of those different to you is key in these types of interactions. Also, accountability for yourself as wel
Introduction Achieving quality in the provision of health and social care services is a fundamental aspect that every healthcare organization aspires to. Quality health and social care services are vital since they influence social, medical, and physical wellbeing of individuals. The services entail the adoption of conventional medical and social development practices that aim at enhancing effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in service delivery. In the US, achieving quality health and social care services is a priority in most institutions. However, the realization of quality service delivery is faced with numerous challenges that include but are not limited to lack of resources. Effective mitigation of the challenges commands systematic adherence to the best health care practices, integration of modern operating systems and exemplary leadership. This paper explores the primary factors that affect the attainment of superior health and social care services at NHS Trust hospital. Factors that impact the attainment of superior health and social care services Indeed, numerous factors influence the achievement of quality health and social care services in diverse health institutions including NHS Trust hospital. The factors that revolve around planning, policies, strategy formulation, communication, and resources require effective mitigation approaches. The methods are necessary to guarantee superior delivery of solutions relating to medical and social issues that affect clients. Poor planning- Lack of proper planning is a primary factor that affects the achievement of quality health and social care services in NHS hospital. Poor planning affects quality owing to the fact that it results in wrong prioritization of activities and allocation of resources (Ballard et al, 2006). It makes health institutions to lose focus on the essential activities that impede timely delivery of services to patients. For instance, a health care organization may allocate resources towards the construction of staff housing units instead of purchasing a diagnostic equipment that may be lacking. Health institutions that have no plan have poor treatment system of patients, inferior response rate to patient issues and face complications in scheduling patients for treatment or social assessment (Oleske, 2009). The delay may cause death and unwarranted suffering to the patient. Poor communication system- Lack of proper communication in hospitals has been touted as a fundamental impediment to timely and quality service delivery to patients. Inferior communication system hampers the level of response to the patients’ needs that exposes them to unwarranted suffering. As noted by Ballard et al, (2006), no hospital can achieve quality service delivery without the use of effective communication systems such as telephone and computers. Poor quality evaluation processes, policies and procedures;- Poor operating policies, legal requirements, lack of evaluati
Introduction Organizations that engage in international businesses require an enormous knowledge of international legal provisions that regulate business conducts on international fronts. This knowledge is essential in aiding organizations to ensure that they operate their international businesses in a manner that does not violate the law. In this paper, the term international business is taken to mean “business transactions crossing the national borders at any stage of the transaction” (Love & Ganotakis 2012, p.213). Due to the drawback that an organization doing business in more than one nation would have to comply with all domestic laws applicable in the different nations, international business law comes in handy to provide a universally acceptable code of business conduct (Love & Ganotakis 2012, p.214). In the global age, many organizations are seeking a competitive advantage by extending their business beyond their domestic markets. In this process, such organizations will often be required to comply with various laws that restrict certain business conducts. These laws include import law, export law, and country of origin law. In the attempt to shed light on how the laws regulate international business and hence place certain obligations to an organization that endeavors to go global, this paper discusses export law and country of origin law by drawing evidence from various case studies. The paper begins with laying fundamental backgrounds to the introspection of the case studies by defining both country of origin law and the export law first. Export Law In the United States, organizations that supply various products to the international market face regulatory challenges. One of the principal challenges is the need to comply substantively with export controls that are applicable in the U.S. Failure to comply with the controls attracts consequences, which include but are not limited to business operation disruptions, damage to the reputation of the organization, and hefty monetary fines (Bilzi et al. 2011, p.3). A company caught breaching the U.S international export law can also be subjected to erosion of certain exportation privileges. To ensure that organizations are capable to minimise instances in which they would be forced to assume the liability of breaching the ex
Martin Luther King and NAACP Known as one of the most significant persons in the struggle of African-Americans for equality, Martin Luther King was largely supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). However, in the late 1960s, he changed his strategies by making them more radical and critical towards the government and the Church. In particular, one of the documents called the “Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)” shows that King who was arrested and prisoned for illegal actions discussed the term of extremism in the realities of that time (“Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)” n.d.). The activist’s words are full of resoluteness and the sense of righteousness as he states that extremism for love coincides with just laws. One may note that the latter were viewed by King as the laws that fit moral and natural law, while unjust laws were considered as ones that promote further racial segregation. In addition to the unstable internal state of affairs, the US was leading wars in Cuba and Vietnam. The counterculture and mistrust to the government were the main features of the late 1960s, and the situation tended to become even tenser (Moss 2012). In this case, NAACP preferred to distract from radical organizations and persons in an attempt to establish peaceful solutions. Therefore, King’s statements regarding extremism in terms of the African-American movement was not supported by NAACP. It should be stressed that some organizations such as the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) accused the above organization in being too moderate and taking a non- action-oriented position. In fact, the changed strategies of the identified activist were caused by the resistance of the government and White people to legalize the rights of African-Americans (“Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement (1962)” n.d.). Since a range of non-violent efforts did not bring significant results, and they were evaluated as extremism, it seems that King found the only way out in calling for more radical actions. Feminist Consciousness of the Early 1960s and Social Reality Along with the African-American population of the US, the feminist movement also struggled for equal rights in the 1960s. The problem of women’s position in social, economic, and political areas remained unspoken for many centuries. Deadened by domesticity, women started to discuss their roles and the social reality they lived in. For example, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was created to unite women and develop necessary changes to be introduced in various fields of the country. Moss defined the mentioned period as the rebirth of feminism, when women began demanding not only equal treatment in general but also quite specific issues (Moss 2012). For example, many of them were employed outside the house, while remuneration composed only a half of those of male workers (Moss 2012). One of the key claims of women was to provide more equal compensation and ensure that women had appropriate working conditions. Feminists made their movement more public and sound
Introduction The desire to develop an efficient means of mass transit and the congestion in airports are pointed the main reason behind the birth of Maglev trains. Maglev (magnetic levitation) has been described as the brightest form of mass transit. Despite the fact that this new form of mass transit commenced operations between Birmingham airport and the main railway in 1984, research on Maglev trains began as early as 1934 by Herman Kemper of Germany in 1934. This new development in mass transport generated interest in a number of countries such as Japan, the United States and china. The levitation and propulsion of Maglev trains are based on the principles of electromagnetism. The advantage of the car over all forms of transport is that it has no contact with the rail, thus moves without friction. This enables Maglev trains to attain very high speeds of almost 500 kilometres per hour. Furthermore, the cars have no engines or any moving parts, despite the fact that they need a lot of electricity to create the desired powerful electromagnets on the tracks. According to Hillebrand (2008), “the basic principle applied in maglev trains is that of the magnetic poles, where like poles repel while unlike poles attract.” Working Principle of Maglev Trains These trains are called Maglev trains because of the fundamental concepts under which they work. These cars are fitted with huge magnets that move above their tracks, reducing the impact of friction and enabling the cars to attain much higher speeds than conventional trains. The trains’ powerful attached magnets are used to create a high density of magnetic field at the bottom. The tracks have electromagnetic magnetic field that repels this magnetic density on the bottom, thereby propelling the car forward. The magnets are U-shaped and fitted with individual coils to which an alternating current is applied in order to create repulsion between magnets. The gap between the train and the trucks is about 2 and 3 cm for I
Data Flow Diagram (DFD) can be a good tool to use when tracking students’ attendance to know those who frequently miss classes. Many colleges have policies defining the maximum number of classes a student can be absent from, and he or she may be dismissed having exceeded this number. CNAQ attendance system can be illustrated through different Data Flow Diagrams. To have the real picture of the data flow system of the class attendance, it would be appropriate, to begin with, the highest level of the data diagram. The top-level data diagram, also known as the highest level of data ranking, gives the general flow of data. Context diagram, top-level diagram show generalized functions of the whole system and the relationship of the other external factors. Like in the CNAQ Attendance System Process, there is only one process system represented by an oval shape, as shown in Diagram 1. The process always equals one in the context diagram, and it is placed at the centre like in Diagram 1 it is labelled as a Class System. When the student, who is an external factor, walks in class, the instructor who is also an external factor takes data. The data is entered into the system, and the instructor warns the student after the end of the class. The system involves order verification and isolation of the valid data, which is later sent to the student data store. For the context diagram, only the process and the external factors are shown without many details. The context diagram is mostly preferred because it does not require an understanding of technical knowledge. Context Diagram: 1 The context level diagram allows people to have an outward view of the data flow without detailed information about what is happening. More detailed information requires the next level diagram, which is called the Level Zero Diagram. Level zero diagrams explode the context diagram to obtained details on the attendance that were not shown in the context diagram. In Zero Diagrams, there are more processes, as shown in Diagram 2. Verifying the arrival time and calculating the number of times a student is present or absent are introduced. The process that was generalized initially as a class system is exploded to give more detailed information. When any student walks in class, the instructor records the arrival time, which will be processed to get the validated data on absenteeism or punctuality. The instructor informs the student of the danger of being late for class by the end of the class. A report showing the number of times a student has been absent from is presented to the student’s dean at the end of the semester for necessary actions for those students that have fallen above the minimum, which is set as 5 and 10 per cent. The dean dismisses students who happen to have fallen above the 10 per cent policy. Not all the information is explained in the context diagram, and it is not possible to see details of what is taking place within the system. Level zero diagrams are advantageous as they explain the required information in details as opposed to the co
Abortion is said to have taken place if pregnancy is terminated either unintentionally or willfully. Willful abortion, performed in 7% of total cases, is mandatorily carried out to erase the effects of rape and incest, or to prevent serious health problems from occurring to a mother or her unborn child. The remaining 93% of cases of willful abortion involve females undertaking to be purposefully aborted as a response to social and personal problems. Today, 34 nations in the world have laws in place that legally permit abortion to be performed at any stage starting from conception until giving birth (Maisie). The United States is one such nation where abortion became legal in 1973 after the country’s Supreme Court landmark ruling in the Roe vs. Wade case (Cain) because the Fourteenth Amendment assures individuals of taking their own decisions on personal and ethical issues (Graber, 26). Controversy over the pros and cons of abortion has been raging ever since 1973 with pro-abortionists and feminists praising the Supreme Court’s ruling for various reasons, and detractors seeing the ruling as the unpleasant intrusion of secularism, narcissism and materialism into the American community besides turning women into ‘structural men’ (Ginsburg, 1&2). However, in the present situation of the world in general and the United States in particular, there is no doubt that abortion is a bad practice that deserves to be banned in all cases except where the mother’s life is in danger. While there are many arguments against abortion, the following are the main ones that reveal why the practice is particularly heinous. The arguments in favor of abortion have no solid foundation Two of the main arguments favoring abortion are that it upholds women’s liberty and ability to fight against social discrimination (Ginsburg 1&2), and that it saves women from having to undergo clandestine operations that are expensive, illegal and most of all, extremely dangerous (Maisie) and could well lead to the death of the patient. Both these arguments have no solid foundation simply because with the massive advancement of science and technology, a large number of birth control methods are available to women to choose from. Even if one were to set aside the slightly uncertain abstinence method and the extreme method , there are still many safe and proven methods such as male and female condoms, diaphragms, cervical shields, implantable devices and perhaps the most commonly used oral contraceptive – The Pill, which in its latest version can even be effectively taken 72 hours after sexual intercourse. Given such tried and proven methods of birth control, one fails to see the necessity to overlook them and blindly give women the right to commit murder – that too, of their own flesh and blood. There is unquestionable medical proof that the unborn child is a living human being The United States Senate Bill 158 on the subject of human life states: “Physici