...Despite the major advancements of previous research toward our understanding of DFG (derelict of fishing gear) and ghost fishing, detailed information on catch rates, mortality rates and the economic impacts of DFG is still scarce.It continues to capture fish and other marine animals after the gear is no longer under the control of a fisherman, but other types of fishing gear, like long-lines and trawls, can also ghost fish if they become DFG. There are many ways that fishing gear can become derelict, and more than one of the following can be contributing factors: 1. Environmental: storms, wave action or currents, sedimentation, ice cover, deep-water conditions. 2. Gear conflict: entanglement with other vessels or bottom topography such as...
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...anyone living there even though it was originally designed to house and entertain one million people. It has been infamous for being the largest ‘ghost city’ in China and unfortunately, it is not the only one. China’s economy has been growing rapidly over the past decades and so is realty business, but problems follow. As a result of a real estate bubble, ‘ghost cities’ sprang up all over the country. The media portrays the deserted plazas and dead stillness in daytime as the excessive Chinese infrastructure investment, and although the media shows cause great concerns, the Chinese government rarely has open discussions on this problem. In my point of view, ‘Ghost Cities’ in China is an important issue since it affects the urbanization, utilization of resources, lives of Chinese citizens and ultimately the development of the entire country. In this paper, I will use Ordos as a typical case study in order to look into some of the contributing factors to this issue such as politics, the economy, social structure and traditional culture, and I will present further thoughts in a broader context. First, I will try to answer the following questions: What are the causes of ghost cities? What are the policies in response? How did the policies work? What problems have ghost cities caused and in what degree? After having a clear understanding of ghost city issue I will move on to the solutions. In the existing conversation there are a lot of professional suggestions from economists and jurists...
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...characters, Hamlets high education and Analysis paralysis When his father's ghost came to him and told him to avenge his murder, Hamlet was eager to take immediate action. However before seeking revenge he needs to know if the ghost is telling the truth about his murder. Hamlet feels that if the ghost isn't telling the truth and he acts, he too will become a murderer. In order to determine if Claudius is truly guilty, Hamlet produces a play in which the plot...
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...There Scrooge learns about Tiny Tim, Bob’s son and how ill he is Scrooge shows a careness and asks the ghost if Tiny Tim is going to make it. After being told that it’s too late and he won’t make it Scrooge feels depressed. He also gets a view in how his nephew Fred lives at his house. Loving and caring family, Scrooge sees how his employer and nephew were both kind and generous towards him. He watches how he responded to both of them all the times they tried to talk to him or invite him places. Scrooge is disappointed in himself, and the ghost tells him that one last ghost will come...
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...Ghosts and spirits have haunted the world for centuries or so some believe. Christian theology talks of the transcending of certain ghostly imitations also known as demons or poltergeists. ( Wiebe,p.1). Although the origin of ghosts descends far back into time the belief of ghost varies from person to person. There are endless sightings, photographs, and unexplained mysteries. There has never been a confirmed announcement of the existence of ghosts but there has never been a declaration of no possibilities either. How is it known if they are real? There is no way of knowing for sure. It is a choice people must make for themselves to accept the reality or to accept the falsehood. The most important question is what convinces people of something that is not in confirmed as a fact in a science textbook? “The savage or barbarian has never learned to make that rigid distinction between imagination and reality, to enforce which is one of the main results of scientific education.” ( Wiebe, .1) Those that do believe in ghosts say that they are transparent materializations of a person who has died. Ghosts have been described as human in size and gossamer in their appearance. It is the essence of the soul that has decided to have an extended vacation on the planet. Reasons for this haunted apparition walking around without its mask varies. Fanatical experiences and brutal deaths can excrete enough energy to leave an imitation of the event behind. A bloodthirsty murder can leave an imprint...
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...‘A Christmas Carol’ covers a period of 24 hours from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. It is a simple morality tale of the radical change in the character Ebenezer Scrooge from being bitter, iron fisted and miserable to becoming a new, openhearted and charitable man. The novel was first published in 1843, a time when many of the wealthy people neglected the old Christmas spirit of charity. In addition, the Industrial Revolution had further done away with the simple pleasures of the season. Dickens’ intentions in writing ‘A Christmas Carol’ were not only linked to his own childhood and sympathy for the poor, but he was also making an appeal to the rich people of society to mend their selfish ways. Dickens is able to show the change in Scrooge’s character by establishing what Scrooge is like at the very beginning of the story with the first two words he says: ‘“Bah! Humbug!’’ ’It is clear from the dismissive tone and the two exclamation marks that Scrooge has no patience with the idea of Christmas as a special time. At the start of the novel, Dickens is using Scrooge, someone who associates happiness with nothing but money, as a classic example of a wealthy person in the 19th Century. He does this with Scrooge inquiring of his nephew ‘“What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.”’ Scrooge’s manor in saying this reveals certain elements of his character such as his shallowness and uncaring nature. In Scrooge saying this it demonstrates to the reader that Scrooge does...
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...“Ghosts” Chimamanda Adichie’s, “Ghosts,” tells a story about a day in the life of James Nwoye. The story begins with Nwoye, a retired professor, going to the University bursary to inquire about his long overdue pension. While there, he runs into an old acquaintance, Ikenna Okoro, with whom he taught with at the University prior to the Nigerian-Biafran War. It had been generally accepted within the community that Ikenna had died during the war, so James was quite surprised to see his old friend “return from the dead,” so to speak. The two talk for quite some time; inquiring about each other’s families, and saying how much has changed since they have returned to Nigeria. Nwoye informs Ikenna that he is often visited by the “ghost” of his deceased wife, and the narrative ends with Nwoye, “listen[ing] for the sound of doors opening and closing” (73). Through the employment of narratological devices such as free indirect discourse, direct discourse, and the first-person focalization, the narrative serves to highlight the major themes of impotence, sterility, and sociopolitical gaps that arose in the aftermath of the war. Through free indirect discourse, we are given insight into the impotence and sterility afflicting the poverty-stricken country. Clustered under a flame tree are men talking amongst themselves, calling down curses upon the education minister and vice chancellor whom they believe embezzled school funds. “His penis will quench,” they say, “His children will...
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...,Compare and contrast the narrative structure of at least two of the films studied. Your answer should also evaluate the reasons why these structures were chosen. Since the commercial success of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros in the year 2000, there has been an indubitable resurgence in the amount of interest in, and amount of films being produced within Mexico. This picture, as well as Y Tu Mamá También (2001) by Alfonso Cuarón both received worldwide acclaim and have set a high benchmark for the other Mexican releases since the millennium to live up to. This essay will explore the prominence of narrative structure in the aforementioned Amores Perros (2001), as well as Amat Escalante’s Los Bastardos (2008) and Guillermo Del Toro’s El Espinazo del Diablo (2001). The constituents of a film’s narrative structure come under two different entities: the content of the film’s story, and the way in which the story is presented to the spectator. Vis-à-vis the content of the films story, the essay will mention how, on a thematic level, these films each rely heavily on the use of violence to delineate its message and intentions. James Kendrick states that the use of violence in a film is employed as a structuring device and it is evident that each of these films uses violence for differing intentions, of which the essay will later make discernible. Subsequently, the essay will contrast the order in which the stories are presented to the viewer, chiefly, regarding how Amores...
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...Gilgit Bultislan, has to face ant terror trail because he was the demanded compensation for flood victims. He was tortured and beaten brutally for organizing protests Being a sovereign Islamic republic, the constitution of Pakistan gives basic rights to its citizens. They are freedom of belief, freedom to express his views publicly freedom to have information, freedom to from association, and freedom to bear arms. But in practice that freedom is not granted equally to all groups of society. If we consider the condition of regulation of government, it is going worst from bad. Take the example of education department. There are thousand “ghost schools” in the country. These schools exist only on papers. The buildings of such schools are in miserable condition and especially in most rural areas local land owners have converted them into their drawing rooms. There are also thousand ghost teachers who receive their salaries but do not appear in schools except on the appointed day to...
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...books, articles, and doctoral dissertations over the last forty years (Teahan 349). One critic, Edmund Wilson, wrote in his evaluation “There is a very good reason, however, in the fact that nowhere does James unequivocally give the thing away: everything from beginning to end can be taken equally well in either of two senses” (172). Just a few of the many unanswered questions that get asked are: Why did Miles really get sent home from school, is he as angelic as he is originally portrayed or is he a bad boy? Why does the uncle not want to have anything to do with Bly or the children, does he know what’s really going on there and avoiding it? Then there are the main questions which are asked; is the governess mad or is she truly seeing ghosts and just trying to protect the children from them, and if she is seeing them why does no one else? Or do they see them and they are just not admitting what they have seen...
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...a) Chapters 1-3 1. Why does Mr. Lockwood go to Wuthering Heights? What kind of welcome does he receive? 2. Why does Lockwood return to Wuthering Heights uninvited, and how do the results of his visit affect the remainder of the novel? 3. When Lockwood first enters Wuthering Heights, who lives there? 4. What feeling do we get from Wuthering Heights and its occupants in these first few chapters? 5. Describe Heathcliff. 6. What glimpses from the past does Lockwood get when he discovers Catherine's books? 7. Whose ghost visits Mr. Lockwood? What is Heathcliff's reaction to the ghost? B) Chapters 4-8 1. Who is Nelly Dean? 2. What do the gifts that Hindley and Catherine ask their father to bring them reveal about their characters? 3. What are Heathcliff's origins? 4. Why does Hindley despise Heathcliff? 5. Characterize Catherine. 6. Compare and contrast Catherine's and Heathcliff's reactions to the Lintons at Thrushcross Grange. 7. Why did Edgar get applesauce dumped on him? 8. Catherine is pained by Hindley's punishment of Heathcliff, yet she continues to entertain her guests. What change does this reveal? 9. What does Heathcliff begin to plan? 10. Who is Hareton Earnshaw? 11. How does Frances' death affect Hindley? 12. Edgar gets a good look at Catherine's "other side." What is his reaction? C) Chapters 9-10 1. Who saves Hareton's life? 2. Why does Catherine accept Edgar's...
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...Education is in the way of learning The problem with education is that we don’t learn anything. I am not speaking from the point of view of some adolescent who just dislikes school and will badmouth it as much as possible, nor am I just trying to create some sort of outlandish hyperbole to get the attention of others. The fact is, through my observations, we have been shuffled through the school system. We are measured in intervals, similar to a visit to the doctor measures our weight and height. But with a doctor, the height is a qualitative measurement. An inch is an inch, no questions asked. The problem is, the school system has taken upon itself to measure us the same way. Inch for inch. A for A. So they have to measure us in the qualitative respect too. They don’t care amount how much we learn. They care about how many facts we can spit out, and how fast we can do it. Impressive. The inner psychology of the school system is pretty simplistic to understand. Random facts are the easiest way to measure students. You get it right, or you don't. Yes or no. A by A. You can mark the intelligence of a student by their GPA. In my humble opinion, it doesn’t really matter what your grade is. That doesn’t show anything about intelligence. But you really didn’t need anyone to tell you that. I hope not, anyway. The irony is, knowing the year Napoleon didn’t conquer Cuba will not help us in life. Bottom line: No one wants to hire someone who knows a bunch of facts...
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...by forensic auditors to find out whether the lifestyle of an individual directly relates to their know income streams Lifestyle auditing is simply the putting together of various databases which give the management and also investigators a quick view into certain aspects of the life of an employee. The use of a life style audit will legitimately lead to the prevention and detection of fraud. HISTORY In the recent past, there has been an increase in corruption cases such as taxpayers colluding with tax collecting officials hence posing a great challenge to public service as the government cannot collect enough money to finance setting up of schools, hospitals and other infrastructure for its citizens. public servants continue to waste the money collected through dubious payments to ghost companies, over-invoicing, and other diversionary actions, the cash crunch will only get worse. Public servants continues to waste taxpayers money which are more so collected through dubious means such as over invoicing clients, payments to ghost companies and diversionary actions that...
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...southern heat. My introduction to Indian food. My amazingly strenuous graduate school education that re-taught me suffering is often worth it. My intense teaching experience at Eaton Academy. Juggling five separate courses was a serious hazing. I am thankful for twelve years spent with my brother and his adorable family. For the long walks around the Highlands. For my break-in experiences with getting laid off, meeting horrible men, living in boxcar size apartments, and taking care of myself in a strange city. I have enormous, humble gratitude to fate. The gods telephoned me in Seattle, hinting I'd find BIG love in the city with the most traveled airport. Thus, I hitched my way across country, just in time to meet him. OK. Not exactly. But, I still made it to ATL within six months of my husband (a total stranger back then). Thank you gods. Thank you, Atlanta, for teaching me I would rather live up north after all, despite my lifelong fantasy that the south is my home. You are more of a siren for me, in truth. (No offense). I get caught up in the mossy trees and ghost stories. In the sweet tea and homemade grits. No one provided me with wax in the ears, however, and for that, I am relieved. I picked up a part of myself that had stayed behind in my journey out west years ago. Rather, I think she grew up a bit. She idealizes life a bit less. She lives more in real-time than in the past. She also carries a hefty-size pocketful of kryptonite with her now. Thank you, Atlanta...
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...prepared by the United Nations. Cambodia has deficit every year and survives by foreign aid and donations both financially and technically. In response to that, donating countries and international communities introduce good governance to Cambodia, which leads to administrational and institutional reforms. In this project, I am going to talk roughly about public administration reform, and more deeply about bank restructuring programs which play crucial rules in development of the economy of this poor country. After transforming from planning economy to free market economy, public administrational and institutional reform is one of the transforming processes. The government has tried its best to reduce excessive public employees by eliminating ghost employees, creating job descriptions and decentralizing local authorities. In bank restructuring programs, the government transformed one-tier banking system...
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