War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength

1984 for whatever length of time that administrations have existed, the individuals they managed dreaded them. This dread and the longing to improve these legislatures have let to incalculable various endeavors to consummate government. From the most liberal majority rules system to the most squashing autocracy, governments have all confronted a few deficiencies. On account of the flaws characteristic in all administrations, different kinds of administration have been the point for some creators. The late writer Ayn Rand composed numerous books on the difficulty that a communist government could bring and upheld the excellence of independence. She felt that by permitting government to confine our individual opportunities, we were condemning ourselves to an unavoidable demise. She composed that â€Å"We are quick moving toward the phase of a definitive reversal: the phase where the administration is allowed to do anything it satisfies, while the residents may act just by authorization; which is the phase of the darkest times of mankind's history, the phase of rule by beast force† (Rand). Rand understood that an administration with an excessive amount of control would not have the option to help however overextend. Despite the fact that George Orwell kicked the bucket seven years before the distribution of Ayn Rand’s most notable novel Atlas Shrugged, he held a similar dread of an almighty government. Orwell felt that with the new innovation showing up during his life and the ever-expanding intensity of government, the legislators could decide to control each feature of the citizens’ lives. The epic 1984 is a portrayal of what Orwell thought would occur if an authoritarian system were left unchecked by the individuals. He illustrates this oppressed world in 1984 by the unbelievable utilization of both imagery and incongruity. Orwell lets practically no time go before he brings imagery and incongruity into his story. He starts his novel by saying that â€Å"it was a splendid, cold day in April, and the tickers were striking thirteen† (Orwell 1). By saying that it was a brilliant day in April, Orwell gives the peruser a feeling that there is trust. April, a month in the spring, is an image of a fresh start and is a great abstract device for indicating the start of a novel. Orwell’s notice of a splendid day is another reference to the expectation despite everything present in the lives of the characters. Had Orwell expressed that the day was dim or diminish, it could have given the peruser an altogether unique attitude toward how the characters lives may turn out. Regardless of these two idealistic images, Orwell likewise tosses in two exceptionally unpropitious images in a similar sentence. The explanation behind doing this is to established a pace of incongruity that brings through the remainder of the book. Notwithstanding depicting the day as brilliant, Orwell likewise depicts it to be cold. This is his unpretentious method of educating the peruser that not all things are well in the characters’ lives. Orwell likewise thought that it was essential to tell the perusers that the timekeepers were striking thirteen, an unfavorable number for some social human advancements. A case of this is in Christianity where Judas, the thirteenth individual to be situated at the last dinner, later sold out Jesus. (Imprint 14. 10-11) The advancement of the plot of 1984 is filled with instances of incongruity. Orwell for all intents and purposes explains the incongruity for the peruser when he composes, â€Å"Even the names of the four Ministries by which we are administered show a kind of impudence in their conscious inversion of the realities. The Ministry of Peace worries about war, The Ministry of Truth with lies, The Ministry of Love with torment, and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation† (Orwell 178). This is a significant case of incongruity since it is utilized to show the total separate from the ethics and standards of a free society. The principle character, Winston Smith, is to some degree an amusing character himself. He isn't the run of the mill hero. Most heroes are solid, husky and fearless, while Winston is slight and has a ulcer on his leg. Winston is utilized in the â€Å"records† division of the Ministry of Truth. In spite of its respectable name, The Ministry of Truth is really the part of government that amends the past to make the lies of the current valid. Truth be told, Winston’s work is to revise history to meet current needs. Another prevailing case of incongruity is the Party’s trademark: â€Å"WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH† (Orwell 17). The trademark is a case of shallow verbal incongruity. Be that as it may, upon closer assessment, it reveals more insight into Orwell’s expectation. By expressing that â€Å"war is peace†, Orwell sends particular messages to two limitlessly various gatherings. To the proles, the ordinary people, â€Å"war is peace† can be perused at its most strict importance, that there can one day be harmony by overcoming the adversary and making sure about triumph. In spite of the straightforward understanding the proles have of the trademark, those in the Inner Party, the gathering of individuals accountable for Oceania, have a significantly more wicked comprehension of it. To them, the trademark speaks to the shell game that they play with the normal resident. Much like the road card shark taking wagers on which shell the stone is under, the Inner Party guarantees that the populace is centered around whatever nation Oceania is battling, as opposed to on the pioneers of the nation. This case is additionally upheld on page 161 where Orwell portrays the uselessness of the wars that are being battled. â€Å"None of the three superstates ever endeavors any move which includes the danger of genuine defeat† (Orwell 161). Instead of attempt to end the wars, they keep battling to keep the brains of the common laborers busy with loathe. The pioneers in 1984 saw that it was not worthwhile to advocate a severe good code since it restricted their capacity to control the masses. Saul Alinsky shows a later case of this sort of intuition in the book Rules for Radicals. Alinsky, a network coordinator, delineated a lot of rules for individuals to follow as a tricky methods for picking up and looking after force. He saw that so as to look after force, things, for example, ethics and morals should have been adaptable. One of his most significant principles was that â€Å"generally, achievement or disappointment is a forceful determinant of ethics† (Alinsky 15). It is a protected presumption that if Alinsky’s rules were accessible to the Inner Party, they would know precisely how to utilize them. Probably the most grounded instances of incongruity in 1984 are the characters in the Junior Anti-Sex League. The name is ordinary of an association in a tragic culture that looks to disparage whatever causes one gathering to appear to be over another. Much like the Ministry of Love that handles the jails and control, the Junior Anti-Sex League is a Catch 22 too. As a matter of fact, the individuals from the alliance are extremely indiscriminate. One of the fundamental characters associated with the Junior Anti-Sex class is Julia. Ironicly while on a journey with the Junior Anti-Sex League, she finds where she and Winston initially start their undertaking. At the point when Orwell depicts her, he discusses â€Å"her sweet graceful abdomen, which appeared to request that you encompass it with your arm† (Orwell 17) and portrays the red band around it. Ironicly Orwell would go to such extraordinary lengths to portray Julia as an alluring ladylike character, since she is an individual from the Junior Anti-Sex League. Normally, those related with bunches that uphold women's liberation attempt to make light of their cultured qualities. It is additionally unexpected that the band around her abdomen is red. Red is a shading most connected with energy and love, ideas that the Junior Anti-Sex League didn't concur with. One of the key inhabitants of the Junior Anti-Sex League is celibacy. When utilizing imagery, most creators pick the shading blue so as to pass on a feeling of â€Å"loyalty, devotion, steadiness, and chastity† (Jaffe). This is the reason The Virgin Mary is commonly painted sporting blue. A case of imagery, productive all through the story, is that the lives of the characters are in â€Å"telescreens†. A telescreen is a gadget that â€Å"received and transmitted simultaneously† (Orwell 6), and permitted Big Brother to watch out for the individuals. The telescreens straightforwardly represented the inescapable idea of an extremist government’s want to control the masses. For an amazing duration, Orwell had encounters that helped shape his perspective on these administration types. As a youngster, Orwell filled in as a harmony official in Burma. There, he saw the manner in which the British government rewarded the local Burmese individuals. Orwell got shocked with the savagery that swarmed the British Imperial and in the long run distributed two of his most renowned papers, â€Å"A Hanging† and â€Å"Shooting an Elephant† (Brunsdale 7). Orwell was likewise ready to see the revulsions submitted by the Soviet Union, â€Å"where an expected 7,000,000 died in 1940 alone† (Tolstoy 283). Due to his background, Orwell utilized the telescreens as an analogy for how governments misuse their capacity, and to reveal insight into his abhorrence for authoritarianism. As the story advances, Winston finds an old fashioned shop. In addition to other things, Winston buys a glass paperweight. Inside the glass is a bit of coral. Orwell depicts the paperweight as a â€Å"heavy piece of glass, bended on one side, level on the other† with a â€Å"strange, pink, tangled item that reviewed a rose or an ocean anemone† (Orwell 80). Winston is intrigued by how huge the coral appears to him and feels that it has a feeling of perpetual quality and significance. â€Å"Winston’s [paperweight] has a bit of coral installed in it, and he looks at it eagerly, shocked that anything so fragile could get by in a ruthless age† (Shelden 431). The paperweight is significant for two reasons. One is to show how little the individuals know about how old something is. The paperweight is the modest sort of scratch nack that would be found in a blessing shop at an emergency clinic or a truck stop. In any case,

Life in the Mesopelagic Zone of the Ocean

Life in the Mesopelagic Zone of the Ocean The sea is an immense environment that is separated into a few locales comprehensive of the untamed water (pelagic zone), water close to the sea depths (demersal zone), and the sea floor (benthic zone). The pelagic zone comprises of the vast sea barring zones close to the coasts and ocean bottom. This zone is separated into five significant layers set apart by profundity. The mesopelagic zone reaches out from 200 to 1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) beneath the outside of the sea. This region is known as a twilight zone, as it sits between the epipelagic zone, which gets the most light, and the bathypelagic zone, which gets no light. The light that scopes the mesopelagic zone is diminish and doesn't take into consideration photosynthesis. Notwithstanding, qualifications among day and night can be made in the upper districts of this zone. Key Takeaways Known as a twilight zone, the mesopelagic zone stretches out from 660s incorporate fish, shrimp, squid, kill eels, jellyfish, and zooplankton. The mesopelagic zone encounters huge temperature changes which decline with profundity. This zone likewise assumes a significant job in the cycling of carbon and upkeep of the seas natural way of life. A considerable lot of the mesopelagic creatures help to control the quantities of upper sea surface living beings and thusly fill in as wellsprings of nourishment for other marine creatures. Conditions in the Mesopelagic Zone The conditions in the mesopelagic zone are more cruel than those of the upper epipelagic zone. The low degrees of light in this zone make in unimaginable for photosynthetic living beings to make due in this sea area. Light, oxygen, and temperature decline with profundity, while saltiness and weight increment. Because of these conditions, little assets for food are accessible in the mesopelagic zone, requiring the creatures that possess this territory to relocate to the epipelagic zone to discover food.â <img information srcset=https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/VQqQz0wh5T82RthltrzM6jM1VLc=/300x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thermocline_2-08b00ea3ae424cf8b6b226aabb7595cd.jpg 300w, https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/0qtTbl6D2i35nKLetajS_FSgKMo=/600x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thermocline_2-08b00ea3ae424cf8b6b226aabb7595cd.jpg 600w, https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/22WJeJt1HqcRJP6eu-EKV78qaLs=/900x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thermocline_2-08b00ea3ae424cf8b6b226aabb7595cd.jpg 900w, https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/hnvSmbRJ8a9x789w5-oA3LOqR34=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thermocline_2-08b00ea3ae424cf8b6b226aabb7595cd.jpg 1500w information src=https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/C-opfygRKFZ4yC94IjbzHxv8UYg=/1500x1000/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thermocline_2-08b00ea3ae424cf8b6b226aabb7595cd.jpg src=//:0 alt=Thermocline class=lazyload information click-tracked=true information img-lightbox=true information expand=300 id=mntl-sc-square image_1-0-10 information following container=true /> The red line in this delineation shows a run of the mill seawater temperature profile. In the thermocline, temperature diminishes quickly from the blended upper layer of the sea to a lot colder profound water in the thermocline (mesopelagic zone). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The mesopelagic zone additionally contains the thermocline layer. This is a progress layer where temperatures change quickly from the base of the epipelagic zone through the mesopelagic zone. Water in the epipelagic zone is presented to daylight and fast flows that convey warm water all through the zone. In the thermocline, the hotter water from the epipelagic zone blends in with the cooler water of the more profound mesopelagic zone. The thermocline profundity changes yearly relying upon worldwide area and season. In tropical areas, thermocline profundity is semi-perpetual. In polar areas, it is shallow, and in mild districts, it fluctuates, normally getting further in summer. Creatures That Live in the Mesopelagic Zone <img information srcset=https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/hqUyCokFO7ij5U20GwUnRfPABuI=/300x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/angler_fish-580a1c005f9b58564c51aa8e.jpg 300w, https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/gxrv2oaPspcPdnpKGyDEkYymhho=/600x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/angler_fish-580a1c005f9b58564c51aa8e.jpg 600w, https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/LjeslsHwkvKL40dI7DEGIJDLvNM=/900x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/angler_fish-580a1c005f9b58564c51aa8e.jpg 900w, https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/d7vatGd0sFM0I9zi5i9-ETJBzRE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/angler_fish-580a1c005f9b58564c51aa8e.jpg 1500w information src=https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/JF9Y4OhDQRbYGfNnqpVlZbac9Bc=/1500x1000/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/angler_fish-580a1c005f9b58564c51aa8e.jpg src=//:0 alt=Angler Fish class=lazyload information click-tracked=true information img-lightbox=true information expand=300 id=mntl-sc-square image_1-0-14 information following container=true /> Anglerfish (Melanocetus murrayi) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean. Anglerfish have sharp teeth and a luminescent bulb that is utilized to draw in prey. David Shale/Nature Picture Library/Getty Images There are various marine creatures that live inâ the mesopelagic zone. These creatures incorporate fish, shrimp, squid, kill eels, jellyfish, and zooplankton. Mesopelagic creatures assume a significant job in the worldwide carbon cycle and seas evolved way of life. These life forms relocate in huge number to the seas surface at sunset looking for food. Doing as such under the front of dim causes them to maintain a strategic distance from daytime predators. Huge numbers of the mesopelagic creatures, similar to zooplankton, feed on phytoplankton discovered richly in the upper epipelagic zone. Different predators follow zooplankton looking for food making an immense sea food web. At the point when first light emerges, the mesopelagic creatures retreat back to the front of the dim mesopelagic zone. Simultaneously, air carbon acquired by devoured surface creatures is moved to the sea profundities. Moreover, mesopelagic marine microscopic organisms additionally assume a significant job in worldwide carbon cycling by catching carbon dioxide and changing over it to natural materials, for example, proteins and starches, that can be utilized to help marine life. The creatures in the mesopelagic zone have adjustments to life in this faintly lit zone. A considerable lot of the creatures are equipped for producing light by a procedure called bioluminescence. Among such creatures are jellyfish-like animals known as salps. They use bioluminescence for correspondence and to pull in prey. Anglerfish are another case of bioluminescent remote ocean mesopelagic creatures. These bizarre looking fish have sharp teeth and a shining bulb of tissue that reaches out from their dorsal spine. This shining light draws in prey straightforwardly into the mouth of the anglerfish. Other creature adjustments to life in the mesopelagic zone incorporate brilliant scales that reflect light to assist fish with mixing in with their condition andâ well grew huge eyes that are coordinated upward. This encourages fish and shellfish to find predators or prey. Sources DallOlmo, Giorgio, et al. Generous Energy Input to the Mesopelagic Ecosystem from the Seasonal Mixed-Layer Pump. Nature Geoscience, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Nov. 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108409/. New Research Reveals Sound of Deep-Water Animal Migration. Phys.org, 19 Feb. 2016, phys.org/news/2016-02-uncovers profound water-creature migration.html. Pachiadaki, Maria G., et al. Significant Role of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria in Dark Ocean Carbon Fixation. Science, vol. 358, no. 6366, 2017, pp. 1046â€1051., doi:10.1126/science.aan8260. Pelagic Zone V. Nekton Assemblages (Crustacea, Squid, Sharks, and Bony Fishes). MBNMS, montereybay.noaa.gov/sitechar/pelagic5.html. What Is a Thermocline?† NOAAs National Ocean Service, 27 July 2015, oceanservice.noaa.gov/realities/thermocline.html.

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The Effects Of Cortisol Mediated Chronic And Acute Stress...

Overview of Cortisol-Mediated Chronic and Acute Stress and Immune System Response Introduction The nervous, endocrine, and immune systems share a close relationship critical to maintaining homeostasis during psychological and immune stress (Carlsson, Anneli, Ludvigsson, Faresjà ¶, 2014). Chronic stress, primarily mediated by the glucocorticoid cortisol, is associated with deleterious health outcomes and immune deficiency. However, acute stress is associated with protective health effects and immune enhancement. Stress has generally been regarded as adaptive when acute and short-term but maladaptive when chronic (Dhabhar, 2006; Carlsson, Anneli, Ludvigsson, Faresjà ¶, 2014; Johnson, Riley, Douglas, Riis, 2013; Flinn and England, 2003; Wiegers, Reul, Holsboer, de Kloet, 1994). 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Relational Contract Theory assignment

Introduction The term contract itself sounds to be formal, and indeed it is construed to be a formal or legal binding agreement. In todays world we have witnessed the contracts and its evolving factors which are adding new aspects to the conventional understanding of the term contract. There are different approaches to the concept of contract such as a private commercial engagements or a memorandum of understanding for achieving certain pre-determined objectives or a record of expressing the conduct with a specific intent or a relational contract.A normal , prevailing definition is adopted: Relationship contracting is depends on recognition of as well as striving fin in the area of mutual benefits and win-win situation via more cooperative relationships among the parties. Relationship contracting emphasis and underpins number of approaches, like partnering, alliancing, joint venturing, and other collaborative working arrangements and much better risk sharing mechanisms Relationship contracts are generally long-term, develop and changes over period of time, and contain substantial relations among the parties. Hence, the researcher would evaluate and express the approach of Macaulays and Macneils research in the context of relational contract theory and its implications of court in the case of Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited by refusing implied terms in a contract. Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited, [1995] HCA 24. Insight Relational Contract Theory Though the contract is a formal undertaking, it has a flavor of relationship based on trust. Irrespective of whether contract being executed between Doctor-Patient, Lawyer-Client, Principal-Agent, etc. there is always an essence of trust involved in a contract. This trust makes one party to depend on the other, which might be for a longer or shorter period. Thus, the scholars had developed and are of the opinion that every contract plays an important role socially as well economically role, in the general context of social relations. There are few examples to the relational contract which are as under: Agreement of Integrated Form, USA [Made effective for project related to sutter health in California and as well as by other healthcare service provider]; Agreement of alliances (Australia) [It is in process of finalization but still it is not final expected to be finalized vey soon ]; and AIA C191-2009 Standard Form Multi-Party Agreement of Integrated Project Delivery. Above are the apt examples to understand and find the relevance of relational contract theory in a broader perspective. Theory of relational contract is propounded through the work related to e empirical of Macaulay and Beale, Dugdale as well as by legal research related to theory of R. McNeil, who is accredited with the starting use of the contract of relation based on terms. Macaulay express in his work that, generally in a pure traditional business, the parties to the transaction are not much concerned with the terms of the contract or the contract per se. Parties are more ambitious to do the business or not choose to stop the contract, however they would re-organize so as to make performance feasible and evolve the contract as relationship develops with the business in continuation . Thus, the dominance of a party in a transaction changes as the relationship evolves between the parties during the survival of the contract. As per Macaulay, the presence of non-legal norms is much more vital than the terms and conditions of a contract or the contract law itself. He believes that, formulating a contract is always expensive and the essence of trust and relationship in a contract is more of relevance in a contract. Commonly shared norms are seen frequently law related to contract and statutory remedies were tried to be avoided or avoided as without flexibility. Macneils core research is in relation to the environment in the contest of society and the rulws and regulation of behaviour that is prevailing in every guiding principal of exchange. He further elucidates that, every contract which is between the parties, irrespective of it being discrete transaction, it always has an essence of general environment of social relations, and accordingly he renamed his own version essential contract theory. According to Macneil, in the modern times parties to a contract have a chance to choose among position and behavioural standards as provided by the state. Thus any simple transaction could involve an essence of social and economic circumstances. For example, a relation between a customer and a seller or with a producer, in context of a particular product, for an instance, a customer who buys and drinks coke of a particular producer; he/she shall develop a certain relationship with the seller or producer though he/she might be purchasing coke for the first time from that seller. This is what a relational contract theory is. Another important aspect covered up by Macneil is that, how to respond a breach coming out of a contractual relation? He by leaving back the traditional approach and by pursuing the maverick understanding shows the remedial response of adhering to the private relationship of parties to the transaction. This new approach was also adopted in European Draft Common Frame of Reference, where the remedial provisions sort its relevance in the relational contract theory. Relational Contract Theory Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited The brief facts in the matter of Byrne v Australian Airlines Limited were that, the appellants were the employed as baggage handlers by the respondent. The services of the appellants were terminated on the grounds of pilfering baggage, which was negated by the appellants and contested their dismissal to be harsh, unjust and unreasonable. This unauthorized termination was argued to be in breach of clause 11(a) of the Transport Workers (Airlines) Award, 1988 and claim damages for the breach of the contract. One question in Byrnes case was about the difference in a statue and contract arising due to obligation clause as a result both become contrary . It was proposed by the appellants that the statutory rights/obligations are not needed to be embraced in the contract, as they are considered to be the part of every silent contract. But the court adjudicated that, firstly, there are specific pre-existed intention of the parties to the contract before they put their shoes into the contractual obligation. Secondly, Terms related to contract must be so exhaustive that it implicates a reasonable and equitable position to the parties of the contract. The court finally expressed its opinion by presenting its view that, in case of a contract being silent on certain important aspect which arise dispute in future shall not conjunct by an implied term. But an appropriate test is to be applied for understanding the intention of the parties or conduct of the parties through their past course of dealin g or social and economic relationship are to be assessed. Even, in cases where there is no expressed connotation of a specific term in the contract which leads to a situation of dispute in future, then termination a contract by giving a notice would suffice. But, this does not means that we have to presume any alteration/amendment in the contract would be out of a proximate intention of parties to contract. Justice Dixon also elaborated in the context of the term relationship. He says there is always a distinction between a contractual relationship and other relationship amongst the parties to the contract. Further he illuminate by referring to the contractual relationship entered between the parties in the country itself, he says , Wrong termination of employee, terminates the employer and employee relationship irrespective of the fact thatthe employee accepts the repudiation constituted by the wrongful expulsion and make an end to the contract. Thus, here the question is not about the dismissal or breach of a contract but the question is about the conduct of the parties to the contract, whether the relationship between the parties has empowered so that they go beyond the contractual terms to achieve a fair play. Hence, the understanding of Macneil that, in the modern times parties to a contract have a chance to decide or select for position and standards related to behavioral as given and specified by the respective authority is proved to be right. Thus, it is to be understood that the conduct of a contract is not only governed by the clause containing terms ,conditions and obligation of the contract, however due to the intentions, past relations as well as demeanor of the parties to the contract. Hence, the High Court of the Australia dismissed the appeal of the appellants and gave a contemporary guise to the understanding of a contract. Conclusion The work of Macaulay and Macneil lays its very existence in todays modern contracts. The commercial relationship between the parties entering into the contract, whether it is long term or short term, the significance of the intent and the approach/conduct of the parties shall determine the vivacity of the contract and shall not be prone to breach. Even, in the construction industry in Australia has adhere to the principles and prevailing norms of relational contract, where all three leveled namely the Inspector level, Engineer level and the Project Manager levels manages the issues on the basis of relationship, as the construction projects may suffer huge in case of breach/termination of a contract on minor or petty issues, which can be resolved through mutual understanding and negotiation irrespective of the contractual terms. Hence, it was observed that the barrier which are proactive is spitted down between the parties then by the collaborative approach one can resolve the differ ence and difficulty without referring to the formal document which may end up in more complex situation then we were never before. Further, I would like to accord the theories of B. Klein, that enforcement of contract must not be alternative under the guise of court enforcement or the private enforcement. Though, the earlier one may give an amount of rigidity and the later gives flexibility in the general context to the parties facing dispute after entering into the contract. In finality what that matters is the ultimate object of the parties to the transaction. So, it is not that important to comply with the terms of contract while it at a death bed, but rather we should try to focus on its survival.

Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, the Savior of Dunkirk

Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, the Savior of Dunkirk Born January 20, 1883, Bertram Home Ramsay was the son of Captain William Ramsay in the British Army. Attending the Royal Colchester Grammar School as a youth, Ramsay elected not to follow his two older brothers into the Army. Instead, he sought a career at sea and joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1898. Posted to the training ship HMS Britannia, he attended what became the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Graduating in 1899, Ramsay was elevated to midshipman and later received a posting to the cruiser HMS Crescent. In 1903, he took part in British operations in Somaliland and earned recognition for his work with British Army forces shore. Returning home, Ramsay received orders to join the revolutionary new battleship HMS Dreadnought. World War I A modernizer at heart, Ramsay thrived in the increasingly technical Royal Navy. After attending the Naval Signal School in 1909-1910, he received admission to the new Royal Naval War College in 1913. A member of the colleges second class, Ramsay graduated a year later with the rank of lieutenant commander. Returning to the Dreadnought, he was aboard when World War I began in August 1914. Early the following year, he was offered the post of flag lieutenant for the Grand Fleets cruiser commander. Though a prestigious posting, Ramsay declined as he was seeking a command  position of his own. This proved fortuitous as it would have seen him assigned to HMS Defense, which was later lost at the Battle of Jutland. Instead, Ramsay served a brief stint in the signals section at the Admiralty before being given command of the monitor HMS M25 on the Dover Patrol. As the war progressed, he was given command of the destroyer leader HMS Broke. On May 9, 1918, Ramsay took part in Vice-Admiral Roger Keyes Second Ostend Raid. This saw the Royal Navy attempt to block the channels into the port of Ostend. Though the mission was only partly successful, Ramsay was mentioned in despatches for his performance during the operation. Remaining in command of Broke, he carried King George V to France to visit the troops of the British Expeditionary Force. With the conclusion of hostilities, Ramsay was transferred to the staff of Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe in 1919. Serving as his flag commander, Ramsay accompanied Jellicoe on a year-long tour of the British Dominions to assess naval strength and advise on policy. Interwar Years Arriving back in Britain, Ramsay was promoted to captain in 1923 and attended senior officers’ war and tactical courses. Returning to sea, he commanded the light cruiser HMS Danae between 1925 and 1927. Coming ashore, Ramsay began a two-year assignment as an instructor at the war college. Towards the end of his tenure, he married Helen Menzies with whom he would ultimately have two sons. Given command of the heavy cruiser HMS Kent, Ramsay was also made chief of staff to Admiral Sir Arthur Waistell, commander in chief of the China Squadron. Remaining abroad until 1931, he was given a teaching post at the Imperial Defense College that July. With the end of his term, Ramsay gained command of the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign in 1933. Two years later, Ramsay became chief of staff to the commander of the Home Fleet, Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse. Though the two men were friends, they differed widely on how the fleet should be administered. While Backhouse firmly believed in centralized control, Ramsay advocated for delegation and decentralization to better allow commanders to act at sea. Clashing on several occasions, Ramsay asked to be relieved after just four months. Inactive for the better part of three years, he declined an assignment to China and later began working on plans to reactivate the Dover Patrol. After reaching the top of the rear-admirals’ list in October 1938, the Royal Navy elected to move him to the Retired List. With relations with Germany deteriorating in 1939, he was coaxed from retirement by Winston Churchill in August and promoted to vice admiral commanding Royal Navy forces at Dover. World War II With the beginning of World War II in September 1939, Ramsay worked to expand his command. In May 1940, as German forces began inflicting a series of defeats on the Allies in the Low Countries and France, he was approached by Churchill to begin planning an evacuation. Meeting at Dover Castle, the two men planned Operation Dynamo which called for a large-scale evacuation of British forces from Dunkirk. Initially hoping to evacuate 45,000 men over two days, the evacuation saw Ramsay employ a massive fleet of disparate vessels which ultimately saved 332,226 men over nine days. Employing the flexible system of command and control that he had advocated in 1935, he rescued a large force which could immediately be put to use defending Britain. For his efforts, Ramsay was knighted. North Africa Through the summer and fall, Ramsay worked to develop plans for opposing Operation Sea Lion (the German invasion of Britain) while the Royal Air Force fought the Battle of Britain in the skies above. With the RAFs victory, the invasion threat quieted. Remaining at Dover until 1942, Ramsay was appointed Naval Force Commander for the invasion of Europe on April 29. As it became clear that the Allies would not be in a position to conduct landings on the continent that year, he was shifted to the Mediterranean as Deputy Naval Commander for the invasion of North Africa. Though he served under Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Ramsay was responsible for much of the planning and worked with Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Sicily and Normandy As the campaign in North Africa was coming to a successful conclusion, Ramsay was tasked with planning the invasion of Sicily. Leading the eastern task force during the invasion in July 1943, Ramsay coordinated closely with General Sir Bernard Montgomery and provided support once the campaign ashore began. With operation in Sicily winding down, Ramsay was ordered back to Britain to serve as Allied Naval Commander for the invasion of Normandy. Promoted to admiral in October, he began developing plans for a fleet that would ultimately include over 5,000 ships. Developing detailed plans, he delegated key elements to his subordinates and allowed them to act accordingly. As the date for the invasion neared, Ramsay was forced to defuse a situation between Churchill and King George VI as both desired to watch the landings from the light cruiser HMS Belfast. As the cruiser was needed for bombardment duty, he forbade either leader from embarking, stating that their presence put the ship at risk and that they would be needed ashore should key decisions need to be made. Pushing forward, the D-Day landings commenced on June 6, 1944. As Allied troops stormed ashore, Ramsays ships provided fire support and also began aiding in the rapid build-up of men and supplies. Final Weeks Continuing to support operations in Normandy through the summer, Ramsay began advocating for the rapid capture of Antwerp and its sea approaches as he anticipated that ground forces might outrun their supply lines from Normandy. Unconvinced, Eisenhower failed to quickly secure the Scheldt River, which led to the city, and instead pushed forward with Operation Market-Garden in the Netherlands. As a result, a supply crisis did develop which necessitated a protracted fight for the Scheldt. On January 2, 1945, Ramsay, who was in Paris, departed for a meeting with Montgomery in Brussels. Leaving from Toussus-le-Noble, his Lockheed Hudson crashed during takeoff and Ramsay and four others were killed. Following a funeral attended by Eisenhower and Cunningham, Ramsay was buried near Paris at St.-Germain-en-Laye. In recognition of his accomplishments, a statue of Ramsay was erected at Dover Castle, near where he planned the Dunkirk Evacuation, in 2000.

5 Publishing Lessons I Learned Working With a Professional Marketer

5 Publishing Lessons I Learned Working With a Professional Marketer 5 Publishing Lessons I Learned Working With a Professional Marketer As a life-long fan of classic science fiction as well as emerging new voices from the genre, Fabrice Stephan's underlying passion is the exploration of technology through fiction, which he shares in his latest novel, Human Starpilots. In this post, he talks about the five biggest lessons he learned about publishing by working with a professional marketer.For indie authors, it’s a no-brainer that publishing is a challenge. Where you work as a teacher, in business, or any other trade, selling books is a brand new world.Anyone who’s already been through the process will tell you that writing is only half the work, while editing, publishing, and marketing makes the other half. Some publishing books might give you a â€Å"fool proof† recipe for success. And on some account, they are right: publishing a book on Amazon or other platforms is easy and fast. But once your book is up there, you’re lost in a crowd of other writers who have little to no sales. There mi ght not be a cost in publishing your book on Amazon, but, in this case there’s no gain, either.This was the point I had reached when I turned to Reedsy to find a professional marketer. I had published two nonfiction books and was in the process of publishing my new science fiction novel. The first two had been downloaded about 200 times, but hadn’t received any reviews or ratings - nice but limited progress that I had achieved using both Kindle Countdown Deals and price promotions via different websites. I wanted to give my third novel more of a chance to reach people.So I turned to Reedsy with a clear request in mind: I wanted professional help with launching my book. And I also wanted to learn more about the trade of book marketing in general. I found marketer Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who met my needs exactly and who went above and beyond my expectations in regards to showing me the ropes.Let’s take a tour of some of the lessons I learned along the way. Is working with a professional marketer worth it for indie authors? Join the discussion here. Lesson 1: Patience is a virtueWhen it comes to promoting your book, what you need to do is engage in consistent, small-scale promotional efforts that earn you as much money as they cost - and then to increase your investments as you make progress.In this way, promoting your book is a game of patience - and requires you to set lots of long-term groundwork before you start earning profits. Those profits might not come with your first book. With the second book you publish, you will build on your author brand. With the third, you’ll have more to offer potential readers. With the fourth,   fifth, sixth, etc - you will continue to build upon (and reap rewards from) your promotional efforts.So be patient, and stick it out for the long haul.Lesson 2: Reviews are keyOf course, the more the merrier when it comes to finding readers. However, when you’re just getting started in your publishing career, you do also want to be strategic about who you’re marketing to so th at you can attract the right kind of readers: in other words, readers who enjoy your genre, who are already looking to read a book like yours, and who will, therefore, be more likely to leave a positive review.For example, someone who reads mostly militaristic sci fi might not be interested in pure adventure sci fi without any space battles. If you advertise to them and they’re let down by your book, you’re more likely to receive a negative review.That’s where refining your target market plays a big role, and Mark helped me do that in spades - as you’ll see in the next three points.Lesson 3: Your cover needs to provide key informationI don’t think I need to tell other indie authors how important a good cover is. What Mark stressed with me is that you don’t only want your cover to attract the attention of readers, but the right readers: the kind of readers who will enjoy your book and leave reviews. Therefore, your cover should immediately g ive readers an idea of your book’s genre and it’s story. Lesson 4: Get your author bio rightMark also helped me work on my author bio to make it more personal, professional, and informative.Before... I have been trained as an engineer and I work, by day, in computer science since 1996. I have already published technical books on computer science. Fan of science fiction, both of the great classics and of the new voices, this is my first full-fledged novel. I was born in the USA, I lived in France, Denmark and Australia and I have settled now in Macon, France, close to Burgundy with my wife and my two kids.After... Fabrice Stephan is an engineer and is the author of multiple technical books on computer science. As a life-long fan of classic science fiction as well as emerging new voices from the genre, his underlying passion is the exploration of technology through fiction, which he shares in his novel Human Starpilots.Partially inspired by the classic Robert Heinlein novel Have Spacesuit, Will Travel, Stephan’s debut novel Human Star pilots explores a future world, where, desperate to escape ecological disaster on earth, humankind’s fate relies on the investment in a unique and limited group of only six pilots capable of surviving the training of managing hyperspace jumps learned from a borrowed Alien technology.And, if the risks and challenges these brave pilots faces wasn’t enough, contact and collaboration with the Alien Federation begins to reveal even more surprises.When he is not exploring other worlds through science fiction, or computer technology through his work, Fabrice Stephan has traversed much of the globe. Born in the USA, he has lived in France, Denmark and Australia before settling in Macon, near the border of Burgundy, with his wife and two kids.Lesson 5: Your blurb should target your audienceMark and I also reworked my blurb to make it more efficient and direct, and to ensure it spoke to my target readers.Before... In 2130, Earth ecology is failing fast. Its inhabitants are dying and the governments are hard pressed to contain the disaster. So when an Alien Federation suddenly contacts Earth and offers assistance, everyone jumps on it. There are further surprises: those aliens prove, once their DNA analysed, to be distant cousin from us. The Federation will provide to Earth advanced technology and support against the climate change with a single condition: To trade among stars, they need pilots capable of managing hyperspace jumps and only rare humans have what it takes to survive the training and become one. To receive support, Earth has to find and provide starpilots to take its share of the load. After a careful selection, six are chosen to fly to the far away planet Adheek. There, they will try to learn their new trade. If they fail, Earth will collapse. If they succeed, it may have a chance. But no one has prepared them to what they will face to gain that chance.This debut novel was inspired by the classic â€Å"Have space suit, will travel† fro m R Heinlein and by the science-fiction work from LE Modesitt. It is a tale of adventure in a far land, of going beyond one’s own limits.After... Only augmented pilots can cross space. But at what cost? In 2130, Earth’s ecology is failing fast. Its inhabitants are dying and the governments are hard pressed to contain the disaster. An Alien Federation contacts Earth and offers assistance. We accept their offer to trade among the stars and receive their support. In exchange, they aliens, who prove to be distant cousins, need pilots capable of managing hyperspace jumps and only rare humans have the right genes and capacities to withstand them. After a careful selection, six are chosen to fly to the far away planet Adheek. There, they will compete with students from other planets to try and learn their new trade. If they fail, Earth will collapse. If they succeed, it may have a chance. But no one has prepared them to what they will face next. If you want to recapture that sense of wonder from reading Robert Heinlein’s â€Å"Have space suit, will travel† and the tale of adventure and going beyond one’s own limit from L.E. Modesitt Jr, then you won’t want to miss this thought provoking novel. The 5 major lessons I learned working a professional marketer. #indieauthor In the end, working with Mark totally changed my perspective on selling books. Time, consistency, targeting, focus, and forbearance - these are all elements you need. And only a professional can help you settle in the rhythm you need to survive the publishing world.

Assignment One Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1000 words

Assignment One - Essay Example The lives of Giovanni and Lusanna further portray the differing social statuses of women as well as the role they play in the revitalization. On the other hand, the lives of Martin and Bertrande show the arising events throughout the lives of this couple. However, all these events come back to a common ground, which is love. Love then grows and ends with marriage, and at this point, its relationship with law starts to develop2. These two stories about lives of two different couples are similar in a number of ways. To begin with, both stories reveal a lot of love between the couples, which in turn leads to marriage. According to the story about Giovanni and Lusanna, for instance, the theme of love proves to prevail on their day of marriage. The author states that their lives together proved that marriages actually happened out of love, not arrangements by parents. This means that two people had to come together and have a relationship before getting married to each other. Consequently , it served to enhance how much they knew each other and gave time for the two families to familiarize with each other. Similarly, the lives of Martin and Bertrande develop the aspect of marriage. Their story begins with the two getting married. Although their first appearance in the story is when they are teenagers, the author straight away drives us to the wedding ceremony. The usual procession then takes place after paying the bride’s dowry, and the wedding ceremony is over. However, with them it occurs in a much-unexpected manner. This renders marriage as a tremendously significant aspect in the story since it introduces it. In addition, the couples in each story go through a marriage ceremony perhaps with the intent of sealing their relationship and making it public. Furthermore, both stories incorporated the facet of law in them. In the life of Giovanni and Lusanna, her representation by her brother in the archbishop’s court incorporates the aspect of law. As men tioned in the Florence law, women could not represent themselves, but instead their legal guardians presented their cases. The author also explains the use of law to fight for the rights of women. Nevertheless, in the life story of Martin and Bertrande, law was a pivotal aspect in resolving disputes. The characteristic of law developed when Martin came back to their home and out of nowhere claimed himself as the rightful heir to the family’s wealth. Martin demanded that he get his portion of the inheritance despite his disappearance. He made it worse by threatening his uncle, who now headed the family, that if he did not give him his inheritance, he would take the disagreement to court. This tells the reader that people in the story recognized the presence of the courts, and they were subject to its ruling. Conversely, both stories had disagreeing aspects, for instance, the social interactions. In the lives of Giovanni and Lusanna, there is a clear background of social intera ctions, as opposed to the story about Martin and Bertrande. Additionally, in Giovanni’s and Lusanna’s lives, the entire process diffuses into the story in a progressive manner, perhaps in the effort to explain their background. Although support of premarital relationships was minimal in their times, people still engaged themselves in premarital intercourse. This explains the realities of

Consider the bases for motivation for terrorism. Discuss with Essay

Consider the bases for motivation for terrorism. Discuss with reference to a range of illustrative groups and action to counter violent political radicalisation - Essay Example responding are leading to a re-evaluation of what is needed to alter the affiliations with these specific groups and the agendas that they are working to fulfill. The more that is understood and analyzed about the groups, as well as the counter – actions that are taken, the more likely that the correct responses can be taken to change the rebellion against political and social arenas. The definition of terrorism is one that has grown in current years. The explosion of terrorism as a cultural affiliation began after the World Trade Centers in 2001, which caused destruction to the United States buildings and created a strong cultural and political response from America. The particular attacks led to the new terrorism, and have led to a rise in the amount of terrorist groups that are spotted around the world, especially since the 1980s. There are several definitions and identity concepts that are affiliated with this. Terrorists are known to consist of either a fanatical religious group or one that holds a political agenda. Fanaticism, rather than political interest, is usually at the base of motivation for terrorism. However, non – traditional terrorism, which consists of political agendas that are intertwined with religion, as well as the responses from groups, is prevalent. The rules for groups have led into more destruction and chaos that is created as we ll as the belief that self – destruction is honorable when being a part of war and terrorism (Morgan, 7, 2004). There are several types of terrorism that are a part of different focus groups around the world. Each has specific agendas and initiatives that are related to politics and society, as well as the need to achieve specific goals in relation to philosophies held by the groups. The new terrorism, which has developed as a part of the 20th century, has created a different understanding and analysis of terrorist groups and their agendas. The main focus of new terrorism is one that is not

Bahrain Petroleum Company Bapco Commerce Essay

Bahrain Petroleum Company Bapco Commerce Essay The company has a massive capacity of up to 250,000 barrel of refinery per day. Not only is the gigantic storage capacity of more than 14 million barrels available with the company. Not only that the company owns a marine terminal for marketing and sales of its petroleum products. The new areas of oil and gas reserves are monitored and it is calculated that if the reserves is good enough for exploration that is if the output will exceed the cost that might be input on it. Thus there is a continuous search of oil fields that can help the company to increase its output and sales. Drilling and Production: BAPCO uses advanced drilling techniques and methods to pull out the maximum oil output from its reserves. The company is also working hard to foster more gas as per the rising demand of gas around the world for the vehicle operations. The following diagram shows how the drilling process. Company output: BAPCO has the largest refinery in the Middle East. Its refinery gives an output of 250,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The company gets 1/6th of its crude oil output from Bahrain and the rest from the Saudi Arabia through a fixed pipeline which is 27 kms on land and the other 27kms under the sea. The following diagram shows the refining process. Marketing by BAPCO: As stated earlier only 5% of the BAPCO output is sold in the domestic market and the rest 95% is exported to other countries of the world. These include the countries in the Middle East, Far East, South East Asia and India. BAPCO also sells aviation fuel to Bahrain International Airport through its affiliate. The company holds 60% of the shareholding in BAFCO or Bahrain Aviation Fuelling Company. Purpose, Mission, Vision and Value statement of BAPCO: Purpose of the BAPCO includes collaboration and growth in its field of business that is petroleum and related industries. The company aims at maximizing its contribution to the national income of Bahrain by earning more foreign currency and bringing full employment to its own country citizens. Mission of the company is to create value for money for its customers in the domestic and international market by improving its present operation and quality of integrated oil and gas business. Vision of the company is to achieve excellence in its field and push back its competitors. Values of the company include the innovation, integrity, teamwork, respect and personal accountability to its customers and the kingdom of Bahrain. Sustainability Report: Sustainability report contains the information about the economic health of the company, its working internal and external environment, social and legal position of the company. Mostly the sustainability report can be found out in the operations part of the financial report of the company. In this article we will take a look at the financial report of the company in year 2010. The sustainability report of BAPCO can be figured out as follows. Economic factors. The economic factors of the company signify the development and progress of the company in the coming years. The key figures of the company economic factors include the followings. The company refinery processed 265,200 barrels per day of crude oil, which is highest ever production by the company. A new plant of the refinery worth US$151 million is inaugurated in 2010. The company has issued a number of plans which are discussed and planned to be followed in the coming years. Thus the company has a lot more to develop growth plans which are expected to come in action in following years. Environment. The environment of the company is conducive for making expansion and progress of the company in the coming years. The features of the company environment are as follows. In the challenging environment of global slowdown the company has achieved a satisfactory gross refinery margin of US$ 6.87 per barrel. The sale of 85.6 million barrel of refined oil was sold in 36 countries in the fiscal year of 2010. The company started its export to Singapore and Egypt in May. It consisted the first consignment of 62,000 tonnes of ultra low sulphur gas oil or ULSD. Thus with the global slowdown around the world, the company is still expanding its operations and earning good profits from the foreign market. Social activities. The social activities of the company include the development of awareness of key issues related to the environment, health and safety of the employees in the company premises. For this purpose the following steps are taken. An annual EHS day is celebrated by the company. In year 2010, the day was celebrated by 20,000 employees of the company with their families. The 404 Bahraini university and collegeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s student got on the job industrial training at BAPCO in 2010. A new scheme has been introduced by BAPCO, which consisted of awarding bursaries to cover the higher education fees of nearly 400 children of company employees studying in local universities and colleges. The company also supported the studentà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s enrollment in Jaz Bahrain wherein the youth is equipped with the personal and professional life skills. Thus with the improvement in the economic conditions on the target, the company also indulges in various social activities for the development and growth of its employees as well. Employees support. The employees support means the company employees participation in various activities initiated by the company to bring a sense of belongingness among the employees and their families. For this purpose the following steps are taken by the company in year 2010. Nearly 2,256 employees of BAPCO are given access to the training and development programs of the company. An agreement was reached between the employees and the managers of the BAPCO trade union on a performance based bonus delivering schemes. This bonus amount has been increased up to two months salary in 2010. To help the employees get ease of mind from work during the break, a park namely Princess Sabeeka Park has been developed in the BAPCO premises, where the employees of the company can come and relax. Thus the employees are also make participated in the various company extracurricular activities. Local and Overseas Communities. Local and Overseas communities sees BAPCO with respect and attempts are made by the company itself to get popular in the local and overseas communities. A major review of the corporate strategies has been developed which is entrusted with the task of reviewing the future path of development and growth of the company in the local and overseas areas. The company officially organized the Bahrain International Air show in year 2010. The company has contributed a total sum of US $ 2 million to more than 200 organizations inside and outside the country for financing the social support programs started by various government and nonprofit organizations. Safety records. A number of safety regulations has been followed by the company in the workplace. Due to this reason the company has been appreciated with the following awards. BAPCO was awarded The Emirates Energy Award in Dubai for following health and safety measures in the organization work area. Det Norske Veritas certified BAPCO as the best company for following the occupational health and safety assessment series standard or OHSAS. BAPCO passed ISO 14001 certification without any problem. Thus by getting the above mentioned certificates the company confirms to the have followed all the requirements of health and safety in the organization. Government compliances. BAPCO has been following all the resolutions passed by the government agencies in Bahrain. A number of resolutions have been passed in Bahrain to safeguard the health and safety of workers in factory. The security legislations and regulations consist of long list of set of rules and regulations that are required to be followed by the employer and the employee both. The latest resolutions passed and followed by BAPCO include the followings. Resolution number 3 of year 2005, which concerns the environmental requirements and standards in the work place. It basically consists of the lighting arrangements, safety from machines, proper risk assessment and education to the employees about safeguard measures. Municipal by law number 1 of 2005 concerned organizing of working hours at the work place in a residential area which can prove harmful to the life of the workforce and people living around. Thus by limiting the work place and hours near the risky machinery would not only make the work force cautious but ensure their safety for longer period. Occupational safety and health decree number 2 of 1994 helped in the accession of the state of Bahrain to Arab labor conventions number 7 of 1977 which ensures employee safety at the work place. Comments of Board of Directors on Sustainability report: The Board of Directors on Sustainability report confirms the followings. The growth and expansion plans working well in motion and on the right track. The company is fully indulging itself in social welfare practices by giving millions in donations. The social conditions of the company are healthy and employeeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s interest has been taken care of. The company has followed all government compliances. The economic condition of the company and the environment of the company was conducive in giving the company new opportunities around the globe. Financial outlook based on sustainability report: The financial of the sustainability report are as follows. The company is earning good profits in the present fiscal year. The company is opening new refineries by investing millions of dollars as part of its expansion plans. The employees are feeling financial secure by working with the company. The growth prospects are rising and the company is getting more business in Asia and Africa, specifically Singapore and Egypt. Conclusion: In the end, the company has been on the right track by taking care of the human resource as well as the economic environment of the company. This is helping the company to grow and prosper and formulate the development plans which will help the customer base expansion in other countries.

Hamlet: A Tool of a Higher Power Essay -- Shakespeare Hamlet Essays

Hamlet: A Tool of a Higher Power Throughout Shakespeare's Hamlet, it seems that a higher spiritual power is influencing the events taking place in the state of Denmark. A ghost of the recently deceased King Hamlet appears to Young Hamlet telling him of his "most foul and most unnatural murder" (1.5.30). This begins a chain of events leading up to the martyrdom of Hamlet, and the spiritual cleansing of the throne of Denmark. Firstly, Hamlet sees the evil and contemptible state of life in Denmark. Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark, marries his Uncle soon after the death of his father. ". . .The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables" (1.2.189-90). Depressed, and most likely confused, Hamlet speaks his first soliloquy in the play, else named 'the dram of evil' speech, ". . . Frailty, thy name is woman!— A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she followed my poor father's body Like Niobe, all tears—why she, even she married with my uncle . . . With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it can not come to good." (1.2.152-158,163-4). In addition, Hamlet sees the corruption in Denmark when the ghost of his recently deceased father appears to him. The ghost claims that... ...een dies from drinking Hamlet's poisoned drink, and when Hamlet realized he is not going to live to see another day, he kills the King, thus taking his revenge. Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway, takes over the throne, while Horatio (Hamlet's one true friend) tells the story of the awful, evil deeds done in the state of Denmark. Furthermore, the deaths of the nobility of Denmark act as a sort of 'spiritual cleansing', meaning that all the wrong-doing had been revenged and paid for by the deeds at the end of the play. All the evil, and the foul doings of Denmark had been absolved by the deaths of the main characters. Hamlet is also considered a martyr because he was a good person who died, so that he could, in essence, cause the purification that returned the natural order of things in the state of Denmark.

“Bartleby the Scrivener” by Herman Melville

This short story entitled â€Å"Bartleby the Scrivener† by Herman Melville gave as an idea about the several interesting characters with many poles apart personalities. But the one that was caught our attention was Bartleby. This man was a scrivener, which, in simple words, was a human description of a modern day copy machine. He did his job exceptionally well; he never stopped working, and got things done rapidly and proficiently. But, Bartleby was a man of one phrase: â€Å"I would not prefer to†. He said this as a reply to everything that was requested of him other than to copy documents.Well in fact, he absolutely refused what his boss asked him to do. This confused the reader about Bartleby. But, Melville, never seemed to present an answer to this mystery. Another thing that caught my attention was that he never said â€Å"I will not. †, but â€Å"I prefer not. † This implied us that the individual he was talking to has a choice as to what Bartleby wo uld or wouldn’t do, but in such a way, it was explained that he puzzled the narrator’s feelings, and for a long period of time, it caused him to accept the statement as a â€Å"no†.I concluded this as one of the weaknesses of the narrator as a business owner, but at the same time made me thought what was Bartleby’s reason for responding in such a way. I also found out very interesting about him was his living habits. He decided to stay at the office which he didn’t even bother to ask the permission of his boss (the narrator). He washed, slept, and worked in that place also. He refused (or stated that he would â€Å"prefer not†) to adjust his living arrangements.The narrator transferred his business because Bartleby didn’t want to vacate the place after the new occupant arrived. The narrator understood him but in the end Bartleby was put into prison because of him also. To cut the story short, Bartleby died at the prison. The narrator had an investigation and discovered that his last job caused him some mental affliction and psychological disturbance. In my own point of view, I think if the narrator learned about the real situation of Bartleby as early as possible, he would treat him with compassion and understanding.The reason of Bartleby by telling â€Å"I prefer not to,† â€Å"I prefer not to,† was to isolate his self among the rest and his lack of interest for involvement. The narrator explained in the passage below how he treated Bartleby, â€Å"I placed his desk close up to a small side window in that part of the room, a window which originally had afforded a lateral view of certain grimy backyards, and bricks, but which, owning to in subsequent erections, commanded at present, no view at all, though it gave some light.Within three feet of the panes was a wall, and the light came down from far above between two lofty buildings, as from a very small opening in a dome. Still further to satisfac tory arrangement, I procured a green folding screen, which might entirely isolate Bartleby from my sight, though, not remove him from my voice. † The narrator, himself, had separated and secluded Bartleby from the real world. In my opinion, what the narrator did wasn’t able to help Bartleby overcome his trauma from his last work.It only added to the emotional problems that he hid from the start. He used to tell the word â€Å"I prefer not to† because he thought that he couldn’t do anything aside from his work and he didn’t even bother to mingle with other people because he considered himself unacceptable to whatever or whoever. For me, Bartleby didn’t want to isolate himself from other, in such a way that they couldn’t understand him, but the truth was the people that surrounded him, did the isolation.Because of that, he developed negative impressions toward himself and others. As I analyzed this short story, I came up with the judgmen t that isolation was risky. It can drive an individual to insanity, make him speechless, or even kill his own self. The lesson was not to allow your own self to be overcomed by prejudices and discrimination, and let yourself be isolated. â€Å"Bartleby the Scrivener† by Herman Melville This short story entitled â€Å"Bartleby the Scrivener† by Herman Melville gave as an idea about the several interesting characters with many poles apart personalities. But the one that was caught our attention was Bartleby. This man was a scrivener, which, in simple words, was a human description of a modern day copy machine. He did his job exceptionally well; he never stopped working, and got things done rapidly and proficiently. But, Bartleby was a man of one phrase: â€Å"I would not prefer to†. He said this as a reply to everything that was requested of him other than to copy documents.Well in fact, he absolutely refused what his boss asked him to do. This confused the reader about Bartleby. But, Melville, never seemed to present an answer to this mystery. Another thing that caught my attention was that he never said â€Å"I will not. †, but â€Å"I prefer not. † This implied us that the individual he was talking to has a choice as to what Bartleby wo uld or wouldn’t do, but in such a way, it was explained that he puzzled the narrator’s feelings, and for a long period of time, it caused him to accept the statement as a â€Å"no†.I concluded this as one of the weaknesses of the narrator as a business owner, but at the same time made me thought what was Bartleby’s reason for responding in such a way. I also found out very interesting about him was his living habits. He decided to stay at the office which he didn’t even bother to ask the permission of his boss (the narrator). He washed, slept, and worked in that place also. He refused (or stated that he would â€Å"prefer not†) to adjust his living arrangements.The narrator transferred his business because Bartleby didn’t want to vacate the place after the new occupant arrived. The narrator understood him but in the end Bartleby was put into prison because of him also. To cut the story short, Bartleby died at the prison. The narrator had an investigation and discovered that his last job caused him some mental affliction and psychological disturbance. In my own point of view, I think if the narrator learned about the real situation of Bartleby as early as possible, he would treat him with compassion and understanding.The reason of Bartleby by telling â€Å"I prefer not to,† â€Å"I prefer not to,† was to isolate his self among the rest and his lack of interest for involvement. The narrator explained in the passage below how he treated Bartleby, â€Å"I placed his desk close up to a small side window in that part of the room, a window which originally had afforded a lateral view of certain grimy backyards, and bricks, but which, owning to in subsequent erections, commanded at present, no view at all, though it gave some light.Within three feet of the panes was a wall, and the light came down from far above between two lofty buildings, as from a very small opening in a dome. Still further to satisfac tory arrangement, I procured a green folding screen, which might entirely isolate Bartleby from my sight, though, not remove him from my voice. † The narrator, himself, had separated and secluded Bartleby from the real world. In my opinion, what the narrator did wasn’t able to help Bartleby overcome his trauma from his last work.It only added to the emotional problems that he hid from the start. He used to tell the word â€Å"I prefer not to† because he thought that he couldn’t do anything aside from his work and he didn’t even bother to mingle with other people because he considered himself unacceptable to whatever or whoever. For me, Bartleby didn’t want to isolate himself from other, in such a way that they couldn’t understand him, but the truth was the people that surrounded him, did the isolation.Because of that, he developed negative impressions toward himself and others. As I analyzed this short story, I came up with the judgmen t that isolation was risky. It can drive an individual to insanity, make him speechless, or even kill his own self. The lesson was not to allow your own self to be overcomed by prejudices and discrimination, and let yourself be isolated.

Motivation Techniques Used By Managers - 1091 Words

Motivation is used by managers in companies to encourage its employees to perform to the best of their abilities. The motivation techniques used in the first summer are quite different than those of the second. The workers were motivated in the first summer due to the Expectancy Theory as well as the Four-Drive Theory. In the first summer, workers quite enjoyed working for Joe and put great effort and time into landscaping customers’ yards. The â€Å"E-to-P expectancy† (McShane, Steen Tasa, 2014, p.119) is used by Joe. This expectancy is based on the workers’ belief that he/she can successfully complete the task required. In the first summer, Joe taught all new workers how to use the lawn equipment and was present at the job site aiding†¦show more content†¦This means, motivation techniques based on human need of emotion, bonding, and learning. â€Å"Drive to Bond† (McShane, Steen Tasa, 2014, p.116) is one out of the four theories Joe used in the first summer. The theory states that the forming of social relationships with coworkers as well as with the manager increases motivation within the company. It is clearly shown in the case that the workers all have a well established relationship with each other. They are able to communicate with each other to disting uish tasks, as well as eat and make jokes together during lunch and/or brakes. This desire to bond and create groups motivates workers to cooperate and feel confident in the environment in which they work. Another upside to the bond the workers have is that their joking and talking does not interfere with their work. The working habits and atmosphere in the second summer were quite different from the first. The new supervisors needed better motivation techniques to encourage the workers to perform well. First and foremost, it is clear the new supervisors do not have sufficient leading skills. They lacked communication with the employees and seemed to flaunt their authority. The supervisors needed to improve their â€Å"Drive to comprehend† (McShane, Steen Tasa, 2014, p.116-117). This drive enables the worker to fully understand what is happening in the environment around them. Most of the time, the new employees were forced to