...Analysis of ’Baby Storm’s mom on gender, parenting and the media’ The text is an article written by Kathy Witterick and printed in The Ottawa Citizen on the 28th of may 2011. The dominating language function is the expressive one, and the primary message of the article is to correct the media’s misinterpretations of Kathy and her husband’s attitude to child rearing. The article was written as a result of the media’s unusually large interest not just to express the family’s opinions in general. Therefore Witterick’s receivers are the people who read about her family in the first place. The article is written in long sentences with a fairly complicated language. The language function is not directive, because the sender, Kathy Witterick, is not trying to make her receivers change their way of raising children, though obviously, she believes it would be the wisest thing to do. Nor is it informative because Witterick does not make use of statistics or hard facts, and it is not written in a formal vocabulary. Witterick uses a metaphor on page 3, line 32, ‘In my heart of hearts, I squirm when my son picks a dress from the rack…’ to let the receivers know it is not an all together easy decision to let her son wear whatever he likes, (though, she knows it is the right thing to do). The figurative language, the extensive use of adjectives and the strongly positively/negatively connoting words all point to the expressive language function, and the fact that it is an argumentative...
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...Such as the stupidities for her highly popular novel Storm Dancer (dark epic fantasy novel). “This book is too long. I had to spend many hours reading it. I’m busy and have other things to do.” “The character of Queen Matilda is not believable”. Well, there’s no Queen Matilda in the book… Digital Book World listed snippets from Bestseller reviews: “It was one of the most boring and shallow books that I have ever read.” Review of the American classic The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald “Not nearly enough consistency and far to [sic] little plot.” Review of Harry Potter And the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling “If I were you, I’d peruse it briefly at your neighborhood library before putting hard-earned money out.” Review of the children’s classic A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle “Superficial...
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...Existentialist Analysis of The Ice Storm Jose Luis Coronado PHL366 Professor Schwebel November 3, 2015 Existentialist Analysis of The Ice Storm In Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm, structures of authority are broken down through the portrayal of the film’s main characters. In the absence of traditional authoritative sources, the characters are unable to make sense of their lives. Examples of how authoritative structures are broken down are presented through how the Hood’s and Carver’s deal with being a family, and how the social relationships of the characters in the film define how they interact with one another. The absence of structure within families is evident through the affair that Ben and Janey are having. In addition, their families contribute to the lack of family structure – Jim has been away from for work, Paul is away for school, and Wendy remains distant from her family because of her opposing views and sexual behaviour. While the children’s contribution to the breakdown of family structure can be justified as trying to make sense of the lack of parental structure in their life, the contribution made by their parents are justified by the unhappiness in their current situations. Thus, they can choose to do things that breakdown a family, such as: have an affair like Ben and Janey, or bury themselves in work like Jim. Kierkegaard’s social implication of ambiguity is parallel to the breakdown of structures of authority in the film. Where ‘ambiguity’ is seen as...
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...Tyne decides to continue toward home partially due to the broken ice machine and partially due to how long he had been at sea. When asked why Billy may have done this Tommy Barrie said, “He’d been gone well over a month he probably … kept heading home” (Junger 98) Entering the first storm, the Stable Island Storm would be an immediate drastic change, with no warning. Billy would start seeing 12 feet waves and experience incredibly fast winds which would, therefore, keep raising the wave height. The wave height would grow exponentially. Billy would know he was facing danger and would have to act quickly as the crisis curve of a steel boat, how much danger the boat is in, “Starts out gradually and quickly becomes exponential.” (Junger 79) Around this point, Billy no longer answers the radio, and what he does after is not exactly known. However, it can be verified that Billy would begin facing incredibly high waves to the point where the ship would begin taking damage. It is speculated that the way the ship went down was down flooding...
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...The Storm Arising in the West, written by the future first President of the United States George Washington, mentions how Washington was sent by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Dinwiddie, to deliver a message to the French, who were at Ohio River Valley. Written in Washington's personal journal, this document is a firsthand account. Washington recalls how he wasn't expecting his journal to be presented to the press and read by many people. He also mentions the brutal conditions he faced in his journey, such as, rain, snow, and harsh waters. He notes how there was always little time to actually sit down and record everything in his journal. The purpose of this assignment that Washington was given was to strengthen relations between...
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...Dennis Oppenheim, Terrestrial Studio at Storm King Art Center (May 14 – November 13, 2016) is a giddy jaunt through pristine outdoor sculpture in its natural habitat. Featuring newly realized works such as “Entrance to a Garden” and “Dead Furrow”, this exhibition breathes new life into the meaning of a living legacy and subsequently into the 500 acre grounds of storm king itself. Oppenheim, (1938-2011) coming out of the conceptual movement, first became known for his land art pieces in the mid 1960’s. In the 1970s he used film and video in relation to performance works and through the 80’s and beyond he created with primarily industrial materials for the “transformation of everyday objects in art”. Oppenheim’s broad brushstroke of a career...
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...Tropical storms form where the sea temperature is above a temperature of 26.celicus and a depth of 60 metres. In addition to this, there must be an air humidity of 75% meaning there must be at least 75% water vapour between 5 -20 degree north/south of the equator. These specific temperatures and humidity percentage can be created by low pressure, which migrates seasonally due to the position of the sun. When these specific conditions are met, the unstable air converges and is force upwards where it cools and condenses quickly to form large cumulonimbus clouds which are associated with thunderstorms. Condensation reactions release latent heat, consequently increasing the energy resulting in more powerful wind speeds, thus resulting in pushing the storm up to 10km above sea level. At the top of the hurricane, the cooling air spreads outwards, creating a thick canopy of clouds. Furthermore, due to the low pressure at sea level created by the position of the sun, it draws in denser colder air from above the storm and surrounding areas. Finally, high pressure sinking air in the middle creates an eye and the Coriolis Effect creates a spinning effect and the winds travelling towards the void get deflected off course either to left or right, depending on the hemisphere, thus resulting in the spinning of the winds. Tropical storms pose as dangerous threats in different area of the world. For example, many LEDC’s such as Guatemala and barbarous are prone to hurricanes. Furthermore,...
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...What would be your first reaction if a storm hit your home place? In, “What Happened During the Ice Storm,” by Jim Heynen, based on two boys who want to save the lives of pheasants but risk their own. After carefully analyzing the text, the reader understands, how people handle challenging situations and how the theme affects the overall situation. Throughout the text, the reader learns that having human nature or feelings can prevent death. The narrator states, “The boys went out into the freezing rain to find the pheasants too” (Heynen 1). They wanted to be apart of saving the pheasants, so they took a chance. Taking chances is risky but the outcome would satisfy you inside. The narrator adds, “The boys had not brought clubs, or sacks, or...
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...In the article “Houston’s Human Catastrophe Started Long Before the Storm” Stephenson focuses on how the state of Texas has a huge issue on their hands after Hurricane Harvey. Their infrastructure was flooded with nearly 50 inches of water and many people were left without homes, jobs, or even family. I believe the main two issues that Marx and Engels would look at in this article is the state and the fact of class struggle. The most obvious idea that Marx and Engels would focus on is the problem of class inequality. The most vulnerable and poorest of poor individuals were the individuals who were mostly affected by this natural disaster. These individuals are being directly exploited by the bourgeoisie because they are fighting government regulations that are in interest of the proletariat. The corporations knew that disasters like Harvey were possible, but they ignored the problem and actually fought against...
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...Should the grapes be harvested immediately or after the storm If Jaeger waited after the storm, there are some chances of a warm, light rain, which will result in the formation of botrytis mold yielding the botrytized Riesling. The quantity is 30 percent lower than the normal wine, but it sells for $8 per bottle. However, a storm just before the harvest is more likely to produce rain-soaked berries, yielding a thin wine that would sell wholesale for only about $2.00 per bottle and costing Freemark Abbey Winery its reputation. It could sell the wine in bulk or sell the grapes directly to preserve its reputation but these options would bring only half as much revenue, which is the second decision problem. Hence, Freemark Abbey Winery might be better off harvesting immediately before the storm and eliminating the risk of the rain spoiling the grapes. The not-so-ripe grapes could yield wine that sells for $2.85 per bottle. If Jaeger decided to harvest later and the storm did not strike, there is a high chance that the acidity of the grapes would not fall below about 0.7 percent. In this case, the resulting wines would still sell at a higher price than wine produced from the not-so-ripe grapes harvested now, regardless of what the weather condition is like. However, there is a slight chance that the acidity of the of the grapes would drop below about 0.7, in which case the resulting wine would sell at a slightly lower price of $2.50 per bottle. To make this decision, a decision...
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...Running Head: STORM CHASERS Storm Chasers Gurpreet Singh 200298384 History Firstly the storm chasing is started by David Haodley. He also invents a magazine called storm track magazine and the main motive of that magazine is to bring chasers community together. After that Neil ward was the scientific chaser. He used to chase the storm in a scientific manner. He made many new ideas about the forecasting of upcoming storms. Early Measurements and Observations After the Thunderstorm Project in the late 1940, some of radar observations of tornadic storms were first made in 1953 in Illinois by radars in State Water Survey. These early observations showed that some of hook echoes are related to tornadoes. From the late 1950 onward, and especially in the 1960s to 1970s, Ted Fujita at the University of Chicago made some of amazing painstaking analyses of tornado damage, photographs of tornados, and integrated these analyses with “mesoanalysis” of surface data. Based on photographs of the Fargo, ND tornado of June 1957, he introduced terminology such as “wall cloud” and “tail cloud,” which persists to this day. On the basis of aircraft flights...
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...Hermalin Consulting “The Nerd in the Know” TM To: Mr. William Jaeger From: Benjamin E. Hermalin, ph.d. Re: Harvesting Decision I have analyzed your harvesting decision problem. Figure 1 represents your problem in terms of a decision tree. Botrytis [.4] 2 storm [.5] 4 wait 5 no storm 3 [.5] sell as bulk $12,000 + C $42,000 good luck [.4] okay luck [.4] bad luck [.2] $36,000 [.6] no Botrytis 1 bottle $24,000 - R $67,200 $30,000 $34,200 harvest now Figure 1: The harvesting decision represented as a decision tree. In Figure 1, R denotes the monetary value of the loss of reputation you would suffer from bottling an inferior wine, while C denotes the cost saving from not bottling your own wine, should you choose to sell in bulk. Assuming the information you gave me is correct (more on this later), R and C are irrelevant to the problem. Given the information you provided, it seems safe to assume that C < $15, 000.∗ Even assuming the worst, R ≥ $12, 000 and C = $0, the option of waiting has a greater expected value than the decision to harvest now: $35,640 versus $34,200.† If the worst is not true (i.e., R < $12, 000 or C > $0), the the option of waiting is even more valuable. Consequently, unless you strongly dislike risk, you should wait to harvest. Your expected gain from waiting is at least 4% (worst-case scenario). If the very best-case scenario in which the node (labeled as ①) is worth $28,200 (see Technical Appendix for underlying calculations), your expected gain...
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...Decision Analysis DISC 321 Case 2 Group 3 Hafsa Siddique 17110055 Faisal Ali 17110282 Aleem ud din Khan 17110267 Hassaan Butt 17110117 We first divided the mess being analyzed into a clear, structured problem statement as follows Objective: To decide if Freemark Abbey Winery should harvest the Riesling grapes immediately or leave them on the vines despite the approaching storm. Assumptions: 1-We assumed that the list of possibilities provided is mutually exclusive as well as exhaustive. This means that either one has to occur, as well as no other possible option exists. 2-The payoffs are calculated based on 1000 cases of wine. 3-The given probabilities accurately reflect reality Analysis: At the moment Freemark Abbey Winery has two alternatives: to harvest or not to harvest. If they choose not to harvest there is 50% chance that storm might hit. And if the storm hits there is a probability of 40% that Botryis mold will form which will significantly affect the revenue. Freemark Abbey Winery faces another decision if the storm hits and Botryis mold will not form, because if Botryis mold will not form the sugar level which determines the quality of wine and revenue will be different, so the decision that they faces is that whether to sell the grapes in bulk or to make and sell the wine themselves. If the storm hits and mold is formed then the revenue will be 67,200 but the chance of this happening is only 40%. As compared to this there is a 60% chance that mold...
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...City from some of the impacts of climate change. The community of Howard Beach, Queens, an area that was hard hit during Hurricane Sandy, was selected as a representative neighborhood for conceptually addressing the use of natural systems as part of a resilience strategy in the face of a changing climate and future storm events. Why was Howard Beach picked for the study? Howard Beach is low-lying and very flat, leaving it vulnerable to storm events and flooding. The 10-foot storm surge that flooded Howard Beach during Sandy left it under water and caused significant damage. Given its profile and how badly it was impacted by Hurricane Sandy, Howard Beach was a good model of a vulnerable coastal community that could be applied to other New York City and national communities. Although Howard Beach was used in the analysis, the study methodology is applicable to coastal communities across the City and around the globe. What did this study reveal? The highlights of the study found: * Natural features can be successfully used in a dense urban setting, in combination with “built” defenses, to provide efficient and cost-effective protection from sea level rise, storm surges and coastal flooding, and; * Innovative financing options are available to bring these...
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...uphold one of Freemark Abbey's greatest strengths, it's reputation. For this decision, we considered multiple points in the decision making process, considering the probability of rain, sugar and acidity levels, as well as the possibility of botrytis mold forming after a potential rainstorm. With reports of a rainstorm ahead with a 50% chance of it striking the winery, we constructed a decision tree and analysis to help guide the decision process and support the resulting recommendation. Initially, Mr. Jaeger is faced with two options; harvest the grapes immediately or wait for the storm to occur at a 50% probability. The options provide very different outcomes that will ultimately affect the winery's earnings and brand. If the grapes are harvested immediately, there is very list risk involved and they will earn $2.85 per bottle, or $34,200 for the 12,000 bottles they plan to make in the harvest. This option does't allow the opportunity to produce a premium Riesling wine, and prevents the profits from it as well. The other decision would be to wait for the storm. If the storm occurred it creates the possibility of botrytis mold forming (40% probability) and would enhance...
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