...THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS BY FARID UD-DIN ATTAR The Conference Of The Birds By Farid Ud-Din Attar. This web edition created and published by Global Grey 2013. GLOBAL GREY NOTHING BUT E-BOOKS TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE BIRDS PART II. ON, TO THE CITY OF GOD PART III.THROUGH THE SEVEN VALLEYS PART IV.RECEPTION AT THE ROYAL COURT 1 The Conference Of The Birds By Farid Ud-Din Attar PART I. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE BIRDS THE PARLIAMENT OF THE BIRDS Once upon a time, in the dim old days, all the birds of the world assembled in solemn conclave to consider a momentous question. Ever since the dawn of Creation the inhabitants of every city had had a king or leader, called Shahryar, or the friend of the city, but these feathered souls had no king to befriend them. Theirs was an army without a general—a position most precarious. How could they be successful in the battle of life without a leader to guide the weakwinged party through the perils of earthly existence? Many an eloquent speaker addressed the assembly, deploring their helpless plight in plaintive terms, bringing tears to the eyes of thetiny ones, and it was unanimously agreed that it was highly desirable, nay, absolutely necessary, that they should place themselves without delay under the protection of a king. At this stage, full of fervour, leapt forward the Hoopoe (Hud-hud) renowned in the Muslim scriptures for the part she had played as King Solomon’s trusted...
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...BEY2OLLAK Table of content. Abstract-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-5 What is bey2ollak-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-7 What they do and how they do it----------------------------------------------------- 7 Success factors---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 1. They fulfilled a need------------------------------------------------------------------ 8-9 2. Creativity and using existing resources-------------------------------------- 9-10 3. They had what it takes----------------------------------------------------------- 10-11 Why bey2ollak is such a success-------------------------------------------------- 11-12 Bibliography---------------------------------------------------------------------------------13 Abstract The frustration caused by everyday traffic in Egypt’s biggest cities such as Cairo and Alexandria made people wish if they only knew that the road they are planning to drive thru is blocked they would have probably took another route to where ever they hoping to go.Bey2ollak nowadays is helping to achieve such wish throughout all Egypt. With almost one million trusted users and more than two thousand active monthly users. This five years old application is now an award-winning...
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...Maja Strzelczyk, 4KMT2 Topic: Analyse and interpret the passage below, backing up your reading of these lines with apt cultural examples, relating, too, to other literary texts: OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! There is quite possibly no greater reason for artists' trepidation and anxiety than being misunderstood and misinterpreted. Yet, it is still a common occurrence, even in modern times. First published in 1889, Rudyard Kipling's famous and extremely complex poem “The Ballad of East and West”, and more specifically its four opening lines, is one of the works that have been freely quoted and, probably to Kipling's great disappointment, very often misquoted, therefore misinterpreted in the opposite sense of Kipling's intentions, creating a spurious and misguided reputation of its author. The four lines opening Rudyard Kipling's poem, “The Ballad of East and West,” are a reflection on the topic of equality and possibility of mutual understanding and respect of polar opposites. Let us break down the quatrain into two parts. The first two lines imply that the author believes in absolute contrariety of East and West. They suggest that there is no possible way of reconciliation of the two, that seemingly they are like day...
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...Books by Saul Alinsky John L. Lewis, An Unauthorized Biography Reveille for Radicals The Professional Radical (with Marian Sanders) Rules for Radicals RULES FOR RADICALS A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals SAUL D. ALINSKY RANDOM HOUSE New York Acknowledgments This chapter "Of Means and Ends" was presented in the Auburn Lecture Series at Union Theological Seminary. Some of the other sections of this book were delivered in part in lectures before the Leaders of America series at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California; Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, April, 1970; The Willis D. Wood Fellowship Lecture, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, May, 1969; American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C., 1968; U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; March, 1968; A.F. of L.-C.I.O. Labor Press Association, Miami, Florida, December, 1967; American Whig-Cliosophic Society, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1967; Centennial Address, Episcopal Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968; Harvard Medical Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Copyright © 1971 by Saul D. Alinsky All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. ISBN: 0-394-44341-1 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 70-117651 ...
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...Makeda Price & Jamie Zanzano Professor LaSala Store Walkthrough (Draft #1) Before you enter the store pictures and mannequins are on display in the storefront showcasing the different types of clothing that will be available in our store. Our front display attracts attention, and creates interest which invites people into the store to purchase goods Entrance: creates expectation and offers promises that the store and clothing are quality, store front should entice a single message – positive store image The quality of a store front is a major determinant for a customer, particularly a new customer, and should not be underestimated. The exterior presentation offers a lavish image to the customer and the clothing and accessories inside the store. We want our entrance to grab the attention of the customer so that they don’t even realize that they are walking into the store they are just drawn to the uniqueness. Thick double- door entrance with two large brush nickel door handles on both side show the customer that our store is quality and worth coming into. After you get through the double doors and you are through the entrance cash registers are on the left side of the room in a L shape with more accessories inside the casing. The Cash registers will be Apple iPads with a credit card swipe underneath as well as a cash draw to complete transactions. On the right side we have a stair case that leads down stairs. The front part of the downstairs is going to be the...
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...Response to “Edaward Said on Orientalism” The documentary on Orientalism, talks about how most westerners has developed a preconceived notion of what kind of people live, what they believe and how they act in the eastern part of the world. The documentary focuses on the work of writer Edward Said and his ideas on Orientalism. According to Said the west and Europe look through a lens that distorts the actually reality of the eastern people. He labels this lens through which the westerners view as Orientalism. This documentary on orientalism also suggests that the knowledge acquired by the west is not objective, but it actually serves a certain interest. Edward Said in the documentary argues that the Europeans divided the world into two parts; the east and the west or the occident and the orient or the civilized and the uncivilized. This was totally an artificial boundary; and it was laid on the basis of the concept of them and us or theirs and ours. The Europeans used orientalism to define themselves. Some particular attributes were associated with the orientals, and whatever the orientals weren’t the occidents were. The Europeans defined themselves as the superior race compared to the orientals; and they justified their colonization by this concept. They said that it was their duty towards the world to civilize the uncivilized world. Said lays out an argumentation that consists of attempting to show that people of the West hold an inherent and profoundly diminutive...
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...CHAP. II. the State of Nature. Sec. 4. TO understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man. A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another; there being nothing more evident, than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection, unless the lord and master of them all should, by any manifest declaration of his will, set one above another, and confer on him, by an evident and clear appointment, an undoubted right to dominion and sovereignty. Sec. 5. This equality of men by nature, the judicious Hooker looks upon as so evident in itself, and beyond all question, that he makes it the foundation of that obligation to mutual love amongst men, on which he builds the duties they owe one another, and from whence he derives the great maxims of justice and charity. His words are, "The like natural inducement hath brought men to know that it is no less their duty, to love others than themselves; for seeing those things which are equal, must needs all have...
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...1 1 The Art of Significance – A Book Report Brandon Heimericks Webster University 2 2 What is Significance? Significance can only be defined when compared with a very similar, and often mistaken for word like success. The author defines the difference between the two as, “success is getting what you want and finding happiness on a superficial level. Success is achieving goals-without having much purpose behind those goals. Success is crating the life you want-but leaving no legacy and making no difference in the grand scheme of things. Significance is a higher state of happiness and fulfillment beyond the merely successful. Attaining significance means becoming aware of your purpose and working hard to bring that out in the world.” (Clark, p.4, 2013) When we think of the difference between the two, and we want to use real life examples to bring this to life, the author explains this in real world terms that we can understand. When using a doctor as an example, “significance is the difference between your average physician who has succeeded academically and graduated from a recognized medical school, and that rare doctor who travels to a developing country, and performs cleft lip/cleft palate surgery on children, seeking no money, recognition or glory.” (Clark, p.5, 2013) But, realistically we can infer that significance is much more than about the present. Instead, significance is about what legacy we choose to leave on this earth. Regardless of whom we...
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...figure on the very left is Mercury, the messenger of the gods who divides clouds and drives away wind with his wand, which is discussed in Virgi’s Aenid He characterizes the little flying boy as Amor (Eros in Greek mythology), the son of Mars and Venus. Venus, the goddess of love and beauty is the woman at the very center of the painting. She is accompanied by the Three Graces. He explains how these characters are often found together in other literary works, like in one of Horace’s popular verses. Moving to the right side of the painting, the woman decorated with flowers is characterized as Flora, with her pre-transformation form of Chloris clinging to her side. He assumes this, from the work of Ovid’s Fasti. Finally, the green figure at the far right is Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, which, according to Zollner, can be identified by the puffed out...
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...this shouldn't be the way Life is for us For you But I guess that's how It played out Like a tune That won't fade out Of existence, like my mind It goes back from Time to time And all that was done And left unsaid Can't be dealt with In my head I can't help, but wonder Where we would've been If this fucking mistake Would've never been Cause we should be stars right now We would go far right now And all the words that were said Wouldn't be left in my head We could be stars right now I really don't know how But all the words left unsaid Wouldn't be in my head I sat and watched you drool Today Wondering how It can be this way For all that was promised Was lost And all that's left Is nothing But a shell Of what was there So I stopped To wonder If anyone would care If it was me there And all you could do is stare At the site before you I guess we'll never know Where we would've been But I gotta go on To send The right message To them all I just hate What happened that fall... Cause we should be stars right now We would go far right now And all the words in my head Wouldn't go unsaid Cause we would be stars right now I really don't know how But all the words left unsaid Wouldn't be in my...
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...1. Clearly define the ethical problem. a. The ethical problem in this situation is whether I should do the right thing and report the security issue that has happened in my new section. 2. Employ applicable laws and regulations. a. First thing that I would check is my unit SOPs in handling secret materials. Then from there if I had any questions I would call my S-2 who is the subject matter experts in this situation. 3. Reflect on the ethical values and their ramifications. a. The Army values I would take the most time in reflecting on are Integrity, Loyalty, Duty and Courage. First one being Integrity. You have to do the right thing no matter what, where, when and who it will affect. This leading to do with Courage. Reflect on yourself to see if you have the courage to report this situation no matter what the outcome is. Loyalty to my section my company and to the army as a whole is something I hold strong. This will help in my decision making process to do the right thing a lot easier. Last, but not the least of values would be Duty. Bottom line is this is your job, your life that you chose. By doing the right thing and following through with this situation is the only answer in doing your Duty. A good Leader will never take the easy wrong over the hard right. 4. Consider other applicable moral principles. a. My moral principles are simple and the biggest one is to treat others the way you would like to be treated. I would take the time and put the shoes on the other...
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...heavy traffic and other driver’s frustration appeared; when they were swerving their cars left and right trying to make their way out of traffic. I had my radio on and the news was about a car accident on San Mateo Bridge, which already started my day off wrong from that moment. As I was counting down the miles toward my destination, driving my car on the carpool lane going 65 miles per hour which was the legal speed limit for the freeway. Cruising on the far left lane, driving a 2005 black Jeep Cherokee that had four large tires which made me higher and oversee the whole view of the freeway. The incident started when I took a quick glance over my right shoulder and saw a blue, shiny-rimmed Toyota Runner, suv spinning out of control. The car instantly took my attention; the car was at the very far right lane so at the moment I did not doubt that the driver was going to make his way towards me immediately. Because it was raining hard and the road was wet which made him to slide all the way to the far left lane. At first he hit the concrete freeway dividers suddenly, I instantly slammed my breaks until I saw smoke coming out from the tires and then blew up. He spun 180 degrees and stopped facing the incoming traffic. I look at my right side and many cars were coming and my left side was the divider of the freeway. I was trying to avoid crashing into him, but I had no other alternatives but to crash with almost half of my speed. After ten minutes all I heard were sirens...
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...Film Guide/Study Questions The Devil’s Backbone (El espinazo del diablo) First impressions It is always a good idea to register your response to a film right after viewing as you are still emotionally involved in the story. Use some of these points to help you. 1. Did you like or dislike the film? Why? (either answer is valid – but it is always interesting to explore the reasons). I did like the film because of the beautiful barren imagery, ingenious use of symbolism and Del Toro’s unique way of bringing out societal issues in a highly suggestive manner. I also enjoyed the role of the ghost to push the story line forwards with each apparition. 2. What, do you believe is the main theme of the film? The Spanish Civil War, more specifically how Franco’s army and the right-winged parties consolidated while the left-winged opposition fragmented and was, eventually, forced out. Also there is a general message about war and how such terrifying events can rob children of their childhoods. 3. Were you frightened during the story? Of what? Which characters were more frightening – Santi? Jacinto? Did this response change as the film progressed? If so, how? At first the movie seems like any other typical ghost/horror story, where one grows weary of the ghost’s presence primarily due to fear of the unknown. However, as the storyline develops, one becomes uncomfortably accustomed to the ghost’s appearance. Furthermore, after learning the circumstances behind...
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...side bank. There was nothing that was looking like there was anything that resembled a deer track to a scuf mark on any of the trees near the bank but when I got back from the scan of the area I heard a scraping so I stood still and i sat in the swamp. Then it was nothing that was heard from the scraping until I got back into the tree stand. When the scraping started again I went and started to work the sounds out andthink to of what it could be. I was about 100 yards away from the stand. I started to see that there was bark from trees that had been ripped off so went down to the bay of the swamp. I started see that there was tracks of deer but there were also prints that never seen before. It had the look of a dog but the tracks end on the far left side of the swamp were I couldn't go. I saw movement in the bush that was near the stand where my brother gutted his deer I had a idea what the animal might be so went to see if there was any way that there was a way that I couldn't an idea what the animal was than I had an idea. I went up where i the guts were there was only the intestine left, I looked up and saw the tail of the animal i rounded it up that the animal was a bobcat. I went to the house i yelled to my brother to grap his 30 odd six and I grabbed my 12 gauge. Before we went back out...
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...How does Amis subvert morality in chapter 2 Morality is the distinction between right and wrong. It is the determination of what should be done and what should not be done. Morals deal with behaviours as well as motives. Tod's morality is questioned when polar opposition is reverded for example good is evil, wrong is right and guilt is innocence. Amis does this to make the reader question on their views on morality and describe what is seen to be wrong or evil to them as something good and innocence. This links to the how Amis describes the holocaust as an ironic and humorous thing to ridicule the nazi ideology and how it was ironic as the they set out to create the perfect race and make the Germany a better place by committing genocide because in their eyes they went against their idea of the perfect race, and doing this meant exterminating millions of jews and were doing the right thing. Amis explores the theme of morality through his use of temporal inversion as this allows him to reverse ideas of morality. In chapter 2 he reverses ideas of right and wrong. We can see this when he discusses the rape of women in the ‘crisis centres’ describing the perpetrator as “the men who suddenly heal them”. The word ‘heal’ implies that the men are heroes and take them away from a life of sadness which is problematic for a reader as it reverses the idea of right and wrong as it describes the men as the innocence and sinless and the women as weak and fragile. Also it says how “there's...
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