...The omelas was about an imaginary society that seemed to be perfect but towards the end of the story revealed its imperfections. The author talks about a festival where everybody feels free and happy they are riding horses and singing and dancing to music they pose to be worry free. The author then goes to explain that they have a little rules if only a few unlike real life societies who leaders evoke pain and strict rules as a road to happiness. The omela’s are free spirited there life is truly a fairy tale. The main point the author tries to get across is no society is perfect and every good thing comes along with a bad thing in other words life is built on sacrifice. For instance, some people are successful with college degrees while on the other side of town you have people who are not so fortune they have little...
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...My weakness as a writer is showcased in the rough draft of my first essay titled “Take One For The Team.” In the essay, I include facts about deforestation in order to relate back to my thesis on how society turns a blind eye to the corruption similarly depicted in the story of “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” For example, I excessively explain as, “deforestation allows us to expand on communities and contributes positively to businesses and finding working jobs for people, but causes suffering onto the environment through climate change, loss of habitats for species, and an abundance more of environmental issues” (Choi 1). Exemplifying improvement in my final draft, I rephrase the ineffective, complex sentence to be simply stated as, “deforestation has allowed us to further develop communities, and contribute positively to businesses by additionally allowing jobs for people” (Choi 1). Compared to the longer sentence, this straightforward sentence is not as confusing to read, and thus more effective. Also in the essay, I go into depth on my...
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...In Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” the happiness and wealth of the utopian society solely depends on the suffering of an innocent child in the city, kept away from any contact with the outside world. The city of Omelas is at a constant state of peacefulness reliant on an individual child living in an unsanitary, filthy closet where he is forced to stay. The suffering of the child in this appalling nature, is why the utopia triumphs in prosperity. The people in the city are stunned at this fact, but know that if they do anything to assist the child, will put an end to all happiness and salvation there is in the city (Rayner). In theory the story is perceived as a utopia, but in reality the story is sought to be an imperfect...
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...The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin is a short story based on the pursuit of Righteousness; in order to be truly happy, one must stand up for what is right, even if it means letting go of the familiar. The residents of Omelas have the choice to ignore a suffering of a child who is held captive in a cellar, or fight for what’s right and essentially leave their homes. What would one prefer: allow an innocent child to suffer certain death, or rid themselves of their comfort and leave their precious city of Omelas? This short story begins in the setting of a festival, explaining the beauty and comfortable feeling of Omelas. It is located next to the sea, and has a harbor with boats, broad green meadows, and is surrounded by mountains. The setting begins with a beautiful summer morning; the sun is shining, the temperature is warm, there is a light breeze in the air… it all seems so serene. The people of Omelas are dancing in a procession, down the city streets toward the Green Fields to watch the race. Every resident of Omelas is a protagonist: the child playing the flute at the Festival of Summer, the old woman passing out flowers, the young riders on the horses waiting for the race to start, and the people who feed the child and kick it to make it stand. The child is locked in a cellar with very little bit of light coming through the cracks in the floor. There is one window, covered in cobwebs, across the room. The room has one door and it is always locked...
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...dystopian setting. A dystopia is an imaginary world that intentionally overstates social problems in order to make a point about society's defects. In particular, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin is a science fiction based short story set in a dystopian society masquerading as a utopian society...
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...Many people believe that slavery in North America ended with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in the late 1800s. Yet, although slavery is no longer commonplace in Western countries, few realize how much our society depends on unpaid and underpaid workers in countries with low development rates. In “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, a utopian short story by Ursula K. Le Guin, everyone is happy and no war or violence exists. Its one flaw is a neglected young child living in a public building’s basement, without which Omelas cannot enjoy its freedoms. Omelas' freedom paradoxically depends on the sacrifice of their own and other people's freedoms, serving as an allegory for Western society. External society’s expectations do not...
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...James Lee English 110 AA Dr. M Brennan February 16, 2014 In the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin the theme is that in order to be truly happy, one must stand up for what’s right, even if it means leaving everything that they know. Society creates traditions and ways of thinking that are not easy for everyone to follow. In Omelas, the citizens have the choice to ignore the suffering of a child locked in a cellar, or leave the life and the city they are familiar with. The people of Omelas must ask themselves whether it is better for a child to suffer for the city’s happiness and wealth, or should the city suffer, just to give the child a shot at happiness? It is ironic because Omelas is a utopian city however they treat a feeble minded child horribly for the good of their city. The symbols and themes of this story play a huge role of how I interpreted the story, such as the horse, bird/swallow, flute player, and the cellar child acting as a ‘scapegoat’. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” begins with the narrator describing a beautiful utopian city called Omelas. It is a city with more happiness than can be imagined. The scene shifts from a bright Summer Festival to one of a child locked in a cellar. One reads of the isolation, neglect, abuse, and fear that this child suffers, and all of the citizens are aware of what the child is going through. They have also seen the child and decided that they are helpless. They believe that...
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...Numerous have sought after the goal they have created for themselves and their intent is shown through their decisions in life. In The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula K. Le Guin, shows how some may not be content with their goal harming others. In Robert Frost’s poem, The Road, it teaches us to go down the path that will help the goal more. In the song Unwritten, by Natasha Bedingfield it says to live life without a plan. Goals become evident in the decisions that people choose to make. When setting a goal, it must be worked toward for it to ever be attained. The choices made while one is trying to achieve the intention, will help toward the final goal. In scientific studies, it shows that, "roughly 40 percent of our happiness is within our control"(Gregoire). Even though humans do not have control over all of their happiness they can control part of it. This means that"simply trying to be happier could actually elevate mood"(Gregoire)....
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...In today's world people do evil things all the time, the person you sat next to in class could end up doing evil things everyday. In the short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” “The Sniper” and “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” all share a similar theme “Everyone has the potential for evil. The theme for The Tell-Tale Heart is the truth always comes out.This quote is relevant because in the story the man who goes on to kill the old man end up showing the police officers where the body was hidden. “Villains!” I shrieked “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! -- tear up the planks! -- here, here! -- it is the beating of his hideous heart!” (Poe par. 18) This quote is relevant because he welcomed in the police and told them nothing was wrong...
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...QA Concept Introducing LoadRunner • Why should you automate performance testing? • What are the LoadRunner components? • Understanding LoadRunner Terminology • What is the load testing process? • Getting Familiar with HP Web Tours • Application Requirements The Power of LoadRunner • Creating the Load Test • Running the Load Test • Monitoring the Load Test • Analyzing Results Building Scripts • Introducing the Virtual User Generator (VuGen) • How do I start recording user activities? • Using VuGen’s Wizard mode • How do I record a business process to create a script? • How do I view the script? Playing Back Your Script • How do I set the run-time behavior? • How do I watch my script running in real time? • Where can I view information about the replay? • How do I know if my test passed? • How do I search or filter the results? Solving Common Playback Problems • Preparing HP Web tours for playback errors • How do I work with unique server values? Preparing a Script for Load Testing • How do I measure business processes? • How do I emulate multiple users? • How do I verify Web page content? • How can I produce debugging information? • Did my test succeed? Creating a Load Testing Scenario • Introducing the LoadRunner Controller • How do I start the Controller? • The Controller window at a glance • How do I modify the script details? • How do I generate a heavy load? • How do I emulate real load...
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...Preparing Business Scenario Analyses The following general guidelines may be used in preparing for an oral or written business scenario analysis and presentation. There may be several feasible courses of action regarding the solution to any case. It is more important to concern yourself with the process of problem definition and isolation, analysis, and evaluation of alternatives, and the choice of one or more recommendations, rather than trying to find a single answer. Very often, the right answer is the one that you can propose, explain, defend, and make work. • The Process of Analyzing a Case 1. Read and study the scenario thoroughly and efficiently. Read the scenario once for familiarity, noting issues that come to the forefront. Read the scenario again. Determine all the facts, making notes about symptoms of problems, root problems, unresolved issues, and roles of key players. Watch for issues beneath the surface. 2. Isolate the problem(s). Get a feel for the overall environment by putting yourself in the position of one of the key players. Seek out the pertinent issues and problems. 3. Analyze and evaluate alternatives. a. Once the problems and issues are isolated, work at gaining a better understanding of causes. In what area of the unit do the problems exist? Why? What caused them? Examine and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the unit’s processes (e.g., planning, communication), human behaviors, and/or exhibits (e.g., financial statements,...
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...PEST Analysis One way of planning your business is to undertake a PEST analysis.1 PEST analysis involves looking at the Political, Economic, Socio-cultural and Technological factors that could affect your business. Every business needs to consider a range of external forces in order to take decisions. For many people imagination is very limited and is coloured solely by their own experience and personal beliefs. This can lead to wish fulfilment or a refusal to see reality or recognise the critical changes that are happening in the world around them. It can also lead to grabbing short-term solutions that, if they do not exacerbate problems, certainly ignore the longer term. In the business world pressure is often applied to take decisions quickly, acting on judgement and instinct rather than careful analysis. There are many driving forces in the external environment that might impact on your business. These can be categorised as: • Social; • Technological; • Economic; • Environmental; and • Political. Social forces Social forces include, for example, changing demography and education, etc. The population in Western Europe is relatively static, but the age bands are changing. The number of older people, for example, is growing rapidly. Technological forces Technological forces are changing dramatically quickly. What effects will this have on your production, marketing and distribution plans? Depending on your market, technology might either raise or lower entry barriers...
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...Fall 2015: Industry Analysis in Emerging Markets Your role in this analysis is to work with your team and to look at emerging technologies. From autonomous drones to emergent AI to 3D printers, you are going to research and get a better understanding of our fast-approaching technological future. Scientific American compiled the Top 10 List of Emerging Technologies for 2015. You can start here, but you are not limited to these technologies. You must choose an emerging industry, and will analyze the history of this technology and its industry, the trajectories of the technology, the key competitors, and the trends in the market. The end goal is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the industry, the competitive landscape, emerging trends to watch in the future, and an overall assessment as to the attractiveness of this industry. Your final deliverable for this project will be an in-class presentation, due April 26th. 1) What SIC/NAICS code does your industry fall under? 2) Describe your industry- a. Provide a brief history of your industry. (You may use a timeline in a separate appendix) b. List and describe the characteristics of the products your industry offers in the marketplace. c. Who are the key competitors in the industry? d. What are the main differences between the products offered by key competitors? e. What strengths & weaknesses (capabilities, complementary resources, related intellectual property, etc.)...
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...http://www.mysensex.comPESTLE « Pestle Summary: India | Main | Pestle summary: USA » 03/28/2009 Pestle Summary China Well, I guess this is where I get controversial, at least a bit. There are others who have predicted that China was in for a tough ride over the past few years, but they mostly got ignored, or were proven wrong by events. And, to a certain extent, if you cry doom long enough you'll always get proved right, given the laws of entropy. So this is a bit 'faux' controversy... This is the introductory note taking exercise for a Pestle analysis of China, drawn on conventional internet sources such as Wikipedia, the CIA World Factbook and Nationmaster. China is the most populous country in the world, with 1.34 billion people. It has the third largest GDP, with $4.84 trillion, behind Japan and the U.S. Like India, the currency and conditions make it useful to look at some statistics using Purchasing Power Parity, which bumps up China's GDP to $7.8 trillion, which would move it ahead of Japan. It also is the second in the world in annual military spending, although that needs a bit of context, as the world's number two spends about 15% of what the world number one (USA) spends. But with PPP, that looks like more money, and insofar as it is used to pay salaries, rather than buy Israeli rocket parts, PPP is valid in this context too. China is badly governed by the Communist Party, and in my five-year Pestle forecast I will be making the case that misgovernance will...
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...McCauley, COO * Hugh McCauley, COO of Riordan has sent a service request to us. The service request SR-rm-022 stats that Riordan wants to make improvement on their current HR tools. They are currently using a variety of HR tools and would want’s us create one integrated application. To do this we will have to do a system analysis of their current system. An analysis will be made with recommendations to upgrade and consolidate their system. * The service request is basically a project statement. This is a document from the customer who clearly states what the project should deliver and outline the high-level work required for completing this project * (SR-rm-022). Riordan Manufacturing has 550 employees worldwide and has projected earnings of $46 million. It is a fortune 1000 enterprise with $1 billion in excess revenues. It is wholly owned by Riordon Industries and based in San Jose , California. * . We will use the joint application design (JAD) for our system analysis, this should help keep the analysis efforts to a minimum. Fact finding is at the core of system analysis. Interviewing of individuals who understand the current system and any known issues, including future activities needed. To do this observation of how data is handled and how this is used for their jobs. Through study of the documents, policies, and procedures in reference to the system. * Interviewing and gathering...
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