...adjectives. Crane labels "To Brooklyn Bridge" a prelude, or "Proem," that will introduce the themes of The Bridge. And if we had to slap a big ol' English AP-test theme word on the whole poem, it would be "Unity," or even, "Mystic Unity." With the whole "Unity" idea, Crane is taking a cue from Walt Whitman, the great 19th-century American poet whose "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" was a direct influence on The Bridge. For Crane, as for Whitman, Brooklyn Bridge is a symbol of a manmade structure that can join together the fractured parts of society. The Brooklyn Bridge was finished in 1883. At that time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, an architectural and engineering marvel. For Crane, the bridge provides a symbol for the possibility of redeeming the modern world from the chains of money and commerce. Published in 1930, The Bridge was panned by many for being too darned difficult and wordy. We'll say it straight up: this poem, like much of Crane's work, is incredibly difficult in the sense of, "What the heck is this guy even talking about?" But the payoff is worth it, because Crane is such a master of language that you'll be carried away by the emotion and musicality of the poem even when you're scratching your head. (Don't worry – Shmoop is here to keep your head-scratchings to a minimum.) Because of the difficulty, ambition, themes, and wordplay in his poems, Crane is considered a "modernist" poet. "Modernist" is kind of a vague label, but it generally...
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...foreshadowing, and themes. The one device that stands out the most is her use of symbolism. Symbolism is defined “as a literary element that uses symbols to signify ideas or qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense” (Literary Devices 1). In The Secret Life of Bees, symbolism is shown by Black Mary, the Wailing Wall, and the bees. In the novel, Black Mary represents something different for each character. For the store clerk and the people in the town, they see Black Mary as a label on a honey bottle. The clerk tells Lily that most people do not buy the honey “‘cause it’s got the Virgin Mary pictured as a colored women” (Kidd 64). For the Boatwright sisters, it stands for something completely diverse. They call Black Mary the Black Madonna. She represents their hope and aspiration, as well as their religion. Every night before they go to sleep, the Daughters of Mary all pray and worship the wooden statue. Another symbol she stands for is female power. Because of this, August Boatwright is able to help Lily become a powerful woman, and be able to stand up to other students and even T. Ray. Lastly, Black Mary signifies a connection Lily has with her mother because she found the wooden picture with some of her belongings. Through this picture, Lily is able to find a family that will love her and take care of her as if she had been part of it from the very beginning. Not only does it bring Lily closer to her mother, it also symbolizes holding...
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...Implementation Guide for the Use of Bar Code Technology in Healthcare Sponsored by Implementation Guide for the Use of Bar Code Technology in Healthcare © 2003 HIMSS 230 E. Ohio St., Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60611 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, adapted, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. HIBCC ® and HIN® System are trademarks of the Health Industry Business Communications Council. ISBN: 0-9725371-2-0 Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi Chapter 1: The Basics What is a bar code? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How can you benefit from bar coding? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...believe that social order is extremely fragile, and only exists because people share “commonsense assumptions” about social life. When these assumptions are challenged however, stability can be undermined, as demonstrated by Garfinkel’s “breaching experiments”, where he got students to behave like lodgers in their own homes, which resulted in responses of confusion and anger. Such theories have been heavily criticised however, as if they are taken to their logical conclusion, there is no such thing as objective truth. Furthermore, Gouldner pours scorn of phenomenology for being preoccupied with trivia. Symbolic interactionism, the most “mainstream” form of the theory, proposes that to understand society, we must consider the meanings of “symbols” in social interaction,...
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...A Good Man is Hard to Find. The grandmother focuses of showing that she cares nothing about the family by concerning herself with her hat. She builds a setting in her head that if she dies she will look like a lady without any concern for her family's well being. This idea that her hat, which makes her look like a lady in her mind, is more important than her family shows selfishness. Her mistaken ethics are aware from the beginning as the hat is the symbol for this negligence to her family. When they did indeed have a car wreck the grandmother was curled up under the dashboard with her hat still attached to her head. The hat represents that goal of still being a lady no matter the cost. While her grand children are in shock and shaking she is complaining that she thinks she has a hurt organ. The symbol of the brim of her hat smashed as she says “But nobody’s killed” in a frustrated tone shows her reluctance to give up that she was wrong. She will not give up this attempt at being a lady no matter what happens to her or grand children. As she confronts the Misfit her self assurance and idea that she is a lady slowly disintegrates away as she becomes more humble that she will most likely die. The symbolism of these disintegration is when her brim actually falls off of her hat and it realization that she is not a lady by any means. The symbolism of the hat to her concept of doing anything by any means necessary to be a considered a lady by everyone including herself is quite...
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...There is also a sequence of codes underneath. There is a reference to the size on the side of the label where it has three m’s, emphasizing that the shirt is a size medium. The brand, Fruit of the Loom is also presented with an illustration of an apple surrounded by grapes. Also there are four symbols that correspond with instructions on how to wash and care for the t-shirt. Originally the t-shirt was white. It has been transformed through the tie dye process. The color chosen was orange. It was tie dyed and then splattered with the same orange dye creating a different pattern. The dye was spread in a relatively horizontal pattern, that somewhat resembles a skeletal pattern. There are three main swaths of dense orange color, segmenting the t-shirt into three quadrants. There is also dense orange color on the bottom of the top. Over several cycles in the washing machine, the dye has turned the exposed parts of the t- shirt from white to a very faint...
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...keep our society functioning, if there were no rules then our entire structure would break down. The question of this thesis is to investigate why individuals give in to less important reasons to conform. Why do a group of teenagers prefer to wear one brand of clothing over another, why do teenagers judge others for their choice of clothes, electronics, and hairstyles? Why do adults feel the need to live in certain areas over others, why do they find fulfillment in the type of car they drive? For decades, advertisers have portrayed a happy and successful lifestyle by using images of consumption. We are told that to measure our success in life we must use status symbols of designer clothes, cars, jewelry and our choice of neighborhoods and homes. Americans have been seduced into the belief that without designer labels and expensive electronics, our lives are not complete and that we are not truly fulfilled. Through advertising, consumers are persuaded to base purchases not on need or want but as a way to show others that they are happy, healthy, and successful and to show their prestige. People want others to acknowledge their prestige (Henslin 2010) and conformity is the tendency of an individual to change their thinking and behavior to the social norms to garner respect. The most apparent effect of conformity is shown in fashion and style. I wonder about whether the majority of our population likes the clothes they wear...
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...all, let alone do all the work that it does. Some people have obstacles in their lives that should prevent them from “flying” but many find a way to carry on. Lily Owens, the main character in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Secret Life of Bees, was raised by her physically and emotionally abusive father. She has never had a mother figure in her life because of her mother’s death 11 years earlier. Lily finds a wooden picture of the Black Mary in her mother’s possessions and sets out to search for her mother’s past and find a family. The Black Mary leads Lily to the Boatwright sisters, three black woman who run a honey making business. There Lily finds a family she never expected and strength she never knew she had. The Black Mary is a prominent symbol in the Secret Life of Bees because it represents faith and hope to many characters, it overcomes racial...
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...many diagramming tools and methods available that it can be difficult deciding which one to use. Before discussing the details of any template or methodology, there are two principles that are common to all diagramming techniques. First, the context of a diagram must be clear, and second, each diagram must present a view of the system that is independent of other views. A diagram's context must be fully understood by its title, title block, a reference to a larger (smaller) context, or some combination thereof. Time and version dependencies should also be considered. Care to waste your time writing a new program - from an old database document? A date and time stamp will resolve any confusion. If you can expect a second version to be made (almost always), a version identification will also help. Some media (e.g. the Internet) facilitate keeping a document within context, while others (e.g. paper) require extra care. If there will be more than one type of diagram for a system, each diagram type must be Orthogonal to all the others. Orthogonal projections show aspects of a system from perspectives that are fully independent of each other. In the same way that an architect views a building plan from front, side and planar elevations (relating to the perpendicular x, y and z axes), we we want to view a system from similar orthogonal views. Given a 3-dimensional system, any 2-dimensional view will hide components that occur in the other dimension. The same principle applies when you...
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...Differences in Religions Religion is known as a personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship and includes a set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. Religion is different for everyone, but just as important to one as it is the other. There are many different religions, but the one thing that they have in common is belief in something. They all believe in something; however that something is different for each religion. Christianity is known “as the only true religion” (All About Religion, 2002, p. 1). Christianity has evidence to back its beliefs. They feel that Jesus’ life translated in the Bible is true testament. “Jesus lived about 2,000 years ago, was a great roman teacher and does of good works, and that he was crucified on a Roman cross for the crime of blasphemy among the Jews. The only dispute is whether Jesus rose from the dead three days after his crucifixion and that He was, in fact, God incarnate”(All About Religion,2002, p. 1). Christians believe what Jesus has said to be true as Jesus was a good man and one cannot argue that point. Jesus forgives sins, heals the sick, and rose from the dead. The other religions have less reliable information written. Jehovah’s Witness believes in God, different from the Christians. Jehovah’s Witness must follow the Watchtower organization. It is an organization that sets the rules and guidelines for this religion. They do not believe that God heals people;...
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...Corporation (NASDAQ: LABL) is headquartered in Batavia Ohio. Multicolor Corporation is a member of the Services sector “deliver[ing] the world’s best label solutions that help…customers build their brands” in the “Home & Personal Care, Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirit, and Specialty Market brand owners in North, Central and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Asia”. As a global producer of “innovative decorating solutions to many of the world’s largest consumer goods companies”, Multicolor faces operational risks within the company’s control which could adversely affect the corporation’s business. These risk factors could result from breakdowns in internal procedures, people and systems. “Multicolor Corporation has grown through a series of mergers and acquisitions, and consequently, faced the challenges associated with managing [several] different plants running on disparate, and, in some cases, manual systems”. Although in 2004 the company implemented software to in a n effort “to standardize operations across all of its plants in order to maximize efficiencies and gain visibility across the entire production process” With that being said, Multicolor faces internal operational risks this software not being utilized correctly by employees which could cause a breakdown in the production and manufacture of labels. Based on the information attached information provided, the financial risk of the company, or its debt to total capitalization ratio is 59.39%...
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...Introduction A disability may be any physical or mental incapacity caused by an injury or disease, which places a limitation on an individual. Physical disabilities are commonly the result of a genetic disorder, disease, injury, aging or mental disabilities as defines by the organisations such as the Paralympics and Special Olympics, are referenced as intellectual disabilities. Studies and issues that touch on disabilities are very sensitive and therefore they require a unique approach. The best way to introduce this matter is by adopting an equally unique approach which helps in knowing and understanding he issues that are presented. Sociology in medicine focuses on research structure in a way that serves medical care needs (Rebach & Bruhn,...
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...ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Every organization has rules, regulations, and guidelines that help govern the conduct of their employees, global marketing decisions, and environmental factors. Environmental factors are often divided into two categories namely macro environment and microenvironment. In addition, environmental factors can be political, social, ecological, cultural, technological, and ethical in nature. Whereas, any organization that develops a product or service globally must consider the impact each of the environmental factors may have. For instance, factors can result in the failed attempt to market a product, which may be successful domestically, in other countries where there is a significant market potential. Furthermore, this essay will identify the environmental factors that affect global and domestic marketing decisions, impacts of technology, and the importance of social responsibility and ethics as related to PepsiCo marketing. PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient snacks, foods, and beverages with revenues of more than $39 billion and over 185,000 employees, which conducts both domestic and global marketing(PepsiCo, 2009). At the same time, PepsiCo is committed to protecting their natural resources and operating in a way that minimizes the environmental footprint, with the goal of reaching a net-neutral impact. In addition, as a multinational company, PepsiCo value the unique contributions and perspectives that people from different culture bring to...
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...unique and reasonable web design which well explains the product. Instead of lengthy and gathered product information, the ad for Resilience Lift Collection divides it into small categories. The close-up facial feature of a captivating woman with the text “ Now, look as young as you feel. Our first, multi-faceted, 24-hour lift” on the side. The picture of the woman subconsciously inject the idea to consumers that Resilience Lift Collection can make consumers look as gorgeous as the woman in the picture. The text does not promote the product directly, yet gets consumer’s curiosity to what can make them feel so fantastic. Then the ad automatically changes to second picture and reveal the answer with four videos the left side. The four videos label attractive words such as...
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...From Medscape Nurses Medication Error Prevention for Healthcare Providers Faculty and Disclosures CE Information There are between 44,000 and 98,000 individuals who die every year in hospitals due to preventable medical errors.[1] It has also been reported that this is only part of the problem, as thousands of other patients are adversely affected by medical errors or barely avoid injuries that are nonfatal.[2] These medical errors not only cost the loss of lives, but carry a financial burden that is estimated to be in a range of $17 billion to $29 billion annually. Additionally, there is physical and psychological pain and suffering related to these errors.[1] Another consequence is that medical errors diminish trust and satisfaction in the healthcare system and in healthcare professionals.[1] Ginette A. Pepper, PhD, RN, FAAN, a Professor and Helen Lowe Bamberger Colby Presidential Endowed Chair and Associate Dean for Research, University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, spoke on medication safety for the geriatric nurse practitioner (GNP).[3] Dr. Pepper was trained as a pharmacologist with a nursing focus. She was one of the first NPs to add "geriatric" to her title as well as one of the first NPs to have prescriptive authority. Safety Principles and the Medication Use Process Dr. Pepper noted that safety issues are of the utmost importance for all healthcare providers.[3] Nursing as a profession has a long history of regarding patient safety as a primary...
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