...Introduction Mystery is defined as something that is a secret, something where there is no clear explanation, something difficult to understand or explain or something unexplainable or unsolvable. Some of the example of mysteries are the location of your Christmas presents, whether there is proof that God exists., how exactly people came to be., a situation where it is unclear who committed a crime. And so on. In the content will explain the importance of mystery, how to write good mystery story and Crisp Information about the content: The following paragraph contains information about how to write a good mystery stories: Write out the plot of the story. If you have more than one plot at first, don't worry about it. Choose one like the best and go with it and put the others aside for later. Include a red herring. This is when you make it appear that one of your suspects is the criminal when it was actually somebody else. You must also make your readers believe it was the red herring who did it, until it has been made clear who the real criminal was. (Note: Many people think a red herring is a misleading clue. This might not be right.). Secret codes and languages can provide an interesting addition to your tale, especially if you develop a special language for some of the characters. Think of some good main characters. You don't need a lot of characters--sometimes just two or three works well. Try to develop distinct personalities. Write the first draft and it is just to get...
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...I arrived home to find a message from Judy of the mystery shopper service I had applied to a couple months ago. "We have a mystery shopping assignment in your area and we would like you to participate". My first thought was hey this is cool -- I'll get some free merchandise and get paid for just shopping The first thing I discovered is that these people are always in a hurry. They wanted to get the paperwork to me, have me sign and return a confidentiality agreement do the shopping, fill out the paper work and have it back to them in less than a week. Next I found that I wouldn't be getting any free merchandise with this assignment. I was to go shopping for tires and get estimates then return my findings to the research firm. They told me I would be paid $20 for each location and they had three locations in my area. That didn't sound too bad. I'd be paid $60 for visiting three tire stores. I then found out that what was described as "my area" was a little farther than I would have defined. The first one was a 20 minute drive the second one a 45 minute drive and the third one was an hour and a half away. I told the representative that the third one was too far for me. She pleaded a while and then finally offered to pay me an extra $20 to do it. I'm a nice guy so I reluctantly agreed. All went smoothly and I earned my cool $80 for the assignment. Let's see how much I made per hour. I had about five hours of driving time, one hour dealing with the sales people (20 minutes...
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...1. INTRODUCTION Medieval theatre refers to the theatre of Europe between the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D. and the beginning of the Renaissance in approximately the 15th century A.D. Medieval theatre covers all drama produced in Europe over that thousand year period and refers to a variety of genres, including liturgical drama, mystery plays, morality plays, farces and masques. A theatrical performance in the Middle Ages was much more than just an example of a literary genre; it was often a social, religious, and commercial event affecting a whole community and involving not only the spoken word, but also spectacle, music, and even dance. 2. HIGH AND LATE MEDIEVAL THEATRE As the Viking invasions ceased in the middle of the 11th century A.D., liturgical drama had spread from Russia to Scandinavia to Italy. Only in Muslim-occupied Spain were liturgical dramas not presented at all. Despite the large number of liturgical dramas that have survived from the period, many churches would have only performed one or two per year and a larger number never performed any at all. The Feast of Fools was especially important in the development of comedy. The festival inverted the status of the lesser clergy and allowed them to ridicule their superiors and the routine of church life. Sometimes plays were staged as part of the occasion and a certain amount of burlesque and comedy crept into these performances. Although comic episodes had to truly wait until...
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...Mystery of the Anasazi Who were the Anasazi? Why did they live on the side of cliff faces? Where did they go? And what drove them to leave? These are the questions asked on “Mystery of the Anasazi” by the history channel. I will answer these questions as best as they can be answered with the information that is available to us today, as the Anasazi left absolutely no written documents other than some drawings on their cliff faces. Discovered in the late 19th century, the Anasazi lived in what we now know as the “Four corners” of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and surrounding areas and believed to have been in this area from as early as 1 A.D. until around 1150 A.D... Approximately 40-50 thousand people lived in this area. They grew corn, squash, and beans. At the center of this large area lies the great city of Chaco. Over 1,000 people were believed to have lived inside the city walls in the greatest prehistoric apartment complex. Crops did not grow well in this area so to feed the people smaller villages would travel many miles to trade crops for Turquoise, or shell jewelry, pottery, and other small prizes. These items were believed to have Godly powers to help their crop grow or to make it rain. They were very highly regarded and desired throughout the Anasazi Territory. The Anasazi lived like this in peace for hundreds of years to just one day vanish from the cities and smaller surrounding Kivas. The cities are carved from the rock of the canyons on the side...
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...The mystery pavilion The mystery pavilion, which is now located at Tandi Park in Shulin District,was registered as a historic building in April 2002. Earlier,the city government had just fininshed the restoration project in 2010. Residents are also encouraged to visit this precious cultural heritage. The set up of the civil mystery pavilions was originally used to revere the Chinese inventer-Cangjie.People later developed the meaning into a form--- something religious like paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead. In ancient times,people set the pavilions near the city walls,schools,and streets,they collected the paper in the furnace and burnt it into dust,and then called it “the mystery”. After a while,they then spread the dust,which was called “send the mystery”. All the series of motions were used to pray for better academic performance or fame like a social stand. If you want to take a stroll in the evening,there is lighting equipment around the pavilion; also, it provides five languages of audio tour service which allow the public more easily to get to know the historic value and the backgrounds of the heritage. Besides, there’s a “painted mandarin jacket ” in the pavilion ,people can write down their wishes in the cards and hang them on the jacket. All in all, the pavilion is a combination of cultural heritage as well as the art of architecture. Next time when you come to Shulin, don’t forget there’s a 138 years heritage waiting for you to...
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...Title: Someone To Watch Over Me Author: Judith McNaught The story begins with the perfect life of a Broadway actress Leigh, whose life has been one long dream, complete with wildly successful career, perfect home, a husband who showers her with love and affection, and a very sophisticated lifestyle. Excepting for a stalker who sends her expensive gifts, nothing was wrong or could ever go wrong. So it seemed. The next chapter opens with her lying in the hospital, rescued from an accident where the police inform her that her husband Logan was missing. The story flashes back to the previous morning, when Logan goes off to their future home in the mountains, with Leigh to follow after the matinee show. The police finally find Logan’s body in the car up in the mountains, and Leigh becomes prime suspect. The story proceeds and in comes Valente, Logan’s business partner who appears to have a violent crime history. The police shift their suspicion from Leigh to Valente, and Lt. McCord is assigned on the case primarily because there is a chance that Valente might be the culprit. Valente and Leigh come closer, and Leigh discovers who Valente’s love interest for the last fifteen years was: Liegh herself. Apparently Valente was an old acquaintance from her pre-stardom days and he had been in love with her since then. Meanwhile the police dig deeper in Logan’s life and it appears that the marriage had not been as successful as Leigh had believed. Logan was having an affair with...
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...A Red, Red Rose BY ROBERT BURNS O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; I will love thee still, my dear, While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only luve! And fare thee weel awhile! And I will come again, my luve, Though it were ten thousand mile. The Castle of Otranto- Summary The novel begins with the impending marriage of Conrad, son the lord of the Castle Otranto, to Isabella. On the day of the marriage, Conrad is mysteriously struck down by a helmet that falls from the sky and crushes his skull and killing him. Remembering the curse set over the inhabitants of Castle of Otranto declaring that, should they become too proud, they will be replaced by another family, Conrad’s father Manfred panics. Afraid that his family is about to be ended, he decides to divorce his wife, Hippolita, because she has failed to give him a healthy son. Instead, he will marry Isabella himself and attempt to continue his line. But Isabella escapes. Aided by a peasant, Theodore, she manages to escape to Friar Jerome who gives her sanctuary before Manfred can force her into marriage. Infuriated at her attempt to thwart him, Manfred sets out to get Isabella back,...
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...so powerful, it overpowered such performances and the entertainers were then converted. Actors was their new title. Plays were performed in churches until around 1200, when they were also performed outside on occasion. At the end of the 14th century, churches had less and less control over plays. Towns took over and put on shows that the churches did not. Medieval Drama was very popular during this time, as it was, for a lack of better words, their form of entertainment. The types of plays that were performed during this time were morality, miracle, and mystery plays. Morality plays are didactic allegories often of a common man’s struggle for salvation. Miracle plays are about the lives of saints. They are also historical and legendary. The third type of play that was performed was mystery plays. Mystery plays (aka dramatized scriptures) were about the Bible. They involved Christ, or stories from the Old Testament. Mystery plays were usually done in cycles. These plays were very complex, hence the reason that they were performed in cycles. They were composed of many short plays or episodes, which could or could...
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...Week 4 Assignment 1: Mysteries of the Trojans Alicia Robinson HUM 110 – World Cultures I Strayer University Dr. Bull October 31, 2013 Mysteries of the Trojans In the following paper, I will attempt to explain the mysteries surrounding the lost city of Troy, the Trojan soldiers, the Trojan War and the famous story about the Trojan horse. This paper will show why I believe that sometimes myths may not be merely myths at all, but may actually have more validity to them than one may think. These so called myths should not be so easily dismissed and I will try to explain why I truly believe this. The mysteries concerning these stories are the basis of the Homeric tales, the Odysseus, and the Iliad, written by a man whom history calls Homer, but no one is even sure if this was his name or maybe even his profession. There are many theories surrounding this alone. Many claim that he was a blind man and may be a descendent of singer, story tellers. Before Homer, epic stories were memorized and then sung. These were in fact true accounts of history, not like songs that are sung today. The Homeric stories are some of the oldest written stories of all time, (dating back to around 800 B.C.E.). The Trojan War is believed, (by scholars), to have taken place between 1800 and 1300 B.C.E., but the first written accounts were not written until, some five centuries later, after the Greeks adopted the Phoenician writing system. Stories, until then, had been handed down...
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...Situation: The observation was carried out at a Restaurant named Taste of India in Denver on March 28, Sunday at 7 p.m. The walk-ins were normal as there was no waiting line but around 80% tables were occupied. The customers constituted mostly of couples or families. To rate the entire experience, observations were made in the following categories: |Reservation |Parking/Location |Service |Ambience |Food |Ticket Time | Objective of the research: The objective of the research is to observe & rate the following: • Performance, attitudes and behavior of customer-facing staff at various levels • Required standards in and around the restaurant premises • Quality & presentation of food served • Efficiency of service delivery timing Findings: Parameters mentioned are rated at a metric of 4-1; 4 being excellent; 3 being Good; 2 being average & 1 being bad. 1. Reservation Call [pic] 2. Parking Lot/Location [pic] 3. Host/Server [pic] 4. Decor/Ambience [pic] Overall décor & ambience was comfortable & relaxing. The interiors & restrooms were clean. 5. Food Preparation [pic] The food was prepared & served well. The menu was limited but priced competitively. 6. Ticket times [pic] We had to wait for 5 minutes for our table. There was a bit of delay in food & bill delivery as the restaurant is low on staff. |Advantage of Observation over survey ...
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...Strengths; Well established store. Good sales on GM, Menswear, Womens & per una. Average basket spend is up. Good overall operating costs. Some good strong managers. Weaknesses; Sales & footfall are down. Process on all waste & returns. Security, till shortages. Opportunities; Trading hours. Location & size of some departments. Mystery shopper, focus on consistently delivering good results. Communication, cascading information down to all levels. Absence and engagement with colleagues. Threats; New out of town shopping centre opening. Local competitors. Action Plan Sales; I would look at the local competitions trading hours, extending opening hours in the evening would encourage office workers & students to come in and shop in the evening. Can we offer home delivery with groceries? How feasible is this with the restriction on parking locally? I would look into moving food to go to a more prominent position within the store to increase the lunchtime sales from local offices. With the local college are we selling enough 'value' food. As sales are strong I would look at increasing space on Per Una & Womens. Possibly reducing space on GM, but pushing online ordering. This would increase the range of items available. Can we offer any incentives to pull customers into the café? Cost; Focus on GM damaged and soiled. Why is it so high? Is it due to handling in back of house? Are there any issues with damaged stock coming in from...
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...a good indication of overall guest satisfaction. Also, if the distribution and control of comment cards is not well thought out, employees may selectively distribute comment cards to guests they feel will give a positive response. Employees may also discard negative comment cards if they have the opportunity to do so. Many companies have to card mailed to a corporate office to avoid this problem. Mystery shoppers Mystery shoppers are a $1.5 billion industry. Hospitality companies often hire disguised or mystery shoppers to pose as customers and report back on their experience. Mystery shoppers are used in all types of operations. McDonald’s uses a mystery shopping program to make sure their stores are performing to their standards. They post the results on the Web, making them accessible to local managers and corporate managers. A mystery shopper works best if there is a possibility for recognition and reward for good job performance. This is the concept of positive reinforcement. The most effective mystery shopping system provides the employees with a list of items the mystery shoppers will be checking. If employees feel...
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...Rebekka Westermeyer ENG Comp 1 McGough 3/12/2015 The Gothic Novel In the late eighteenth, early nineteenth century, gothic fiction arose as a new genre in the literary field. Functioning as cult literature gothic literature compels readers to think, and really consider the immense emotion writers could stimulate. Often overly dramatic with its supernatural, horrific, and suspenseful material, this melancholy form of literature prompted the use of darkness and mystery in order to spawn feelings of obscurity, secrecy, and trepidation. Gothic literature operates as a pulp genre that was often seen as an intense type of romance with its stylized, non-realistic, idealized or emblematic tales presented in the form of an adventure through the use of a discovery quest. Yet its evocative powers of horror and terror explore the gratification and titillations of shockingly perverse. Before being applied to the context of a literary form the term gothic originally referred to an ancient Germanic tribe that derived from what is now known as southern Sweden, before migrating to the shores of the Baltic Sea known as the Goths. This tribe eventually split into two factions that would be known as the Visigoths or West Goths and the Ostrogoths or East Goths. Centuries would pass before the term gothic would once again emerge this time with a different meaning. Sometime during the renaissance Greco-Roman culture was rediscovered by Europeans. In this rediscovery the term “gothic” now referred...
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...2f Assignment 4 Choose either A or B ”A Chess Problem” “A Chess Problem” from 1920 is one of Agatha Christie’s classic crime stories in which Hastings narrates the story of how Poirot uses his logical powers to solve the mystery of an incomprehensible crime. This plot defines the different main characters such as the head detective, the detective’s friend and the material for plots which characterize “The Golden Age” of crime fiction. As readers we all know that we’re playing the same role as the detective’s friend, because we’re asking the same questions as the detective’s friend, in this case, Hastings. This essay will take a closer look at the main characters and how they characterize “The Golden Age.” This paragraph represents the classic roles in a partnership from “The Golden Age” of crime fiction: “Poirot examined the table with what seemed to me quite unnecessary attention.” (Page 50, l. 19 – 20) According to Hastings, Poirot is paying unnecessary attention to the table. Hastings doesn’t think that Poirot’s examination has any relevance for the detection of the case, but Poirot was exactly on the scent of a very important clue. This paragraph testifies the roles between the omniscient detective and the detective’s friend, because Hastings doesn’t discover the importance of the chess table. The author exhibits Hastings as the less intelligent person in the partnership, and thereby he makes Poirot’s brilliant intelligence shine through even more. This partnership...
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...Carlos Austin-Hill Prof. Passerini ENCV-0027-80C October 20, 2014 Word Count: 617 Private Investigator Recently, there has been more TV programs and movies being made based on private investigators. A private investigator duties include gathering information on unlawful crimes. They also observe and document activities of individuals to detect unlawful acts or to obtain evidence for cases, using items such as, binoculars or spy video cameras. I am interested in being a private investigator because I love to solve problems and mysteries like Sherlock Holmes. I also have a strong desire to help others, plus it is adventurous and inquisitive. Being in this type of field also offers many services from verifying people’s background, cheating spouse investigations, finding missing people, and computer crime investigations. From the history of a Private Investigator it has been around for quite a while. A French soldier, criminal and privateer, named Eugene Francois Vidocq, founded the first known private detective agency in 1833. The name of the agency was called “Le bureau des renseignments”. It was not until the early 1900s when Private Investigators became more known, and since then the private detective industry has grown with the need of the public. “Social issues like infidelity and unionization have impacted the industry and created new types of work, as has the need for insurance, and with it insurance fraud, criminal defense investigations, the invention of low...
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