...As the Time Draws Near This analytical essay will provide an analysis and interpretation of american writer Eowyn Ivey’s short story “As the Time Draws Near” (2012). The readers are introduced to the main character, Piper, who grew up in Alaska but later moved away. The short story follows her at a time when she has returned to Alaska in order to spread her dead father’s ashes under a particular spruce tree. She has a lot of thoughts about death and she is almost obsessed with it. Death is the focal point and theme in this short story. It raises questions such as what happens when we die? And what is death really? The story tells about our short time on earth and how fear of death can stand in the way of living life fully with all the experiences the current moment offers. This essay will focus mainly on setting and the father’s outlook on life. Furthermore this essay will also include an analysis of the symbolism in the short story. At the beginning the description of the nature in Alaska is a vivid portrayal followed by a number of incidents where people have been killed in or by this nature. Piper’s father is one of these people, he “falls out of the sky.” (p. 1, l. 10) Her father with the name Red lived his life like it was an adventure. The description of the landscape appears in the same way - like a never-ending adventure. The tundra is a big and open landscape. The mountains, the glaciers and the snow continues into infinity. The same infinity that Piper’s father...
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...first 6th graders to ever attend the school. Since it was a small amount of us, we all knew each other which made it even easier for news to spread. So anyway, there was a mandatory gym class that everyone had to take. We all had to wear these burgundy shorts and grey t-shirts with the school logo on it. Our school didn't have a gym, so we all had to cram into the small weight room. It smelled like burnt rubber. Every thing was black and silver with mirrors lining the walls. After being assigned a gym partner, we retrieved black floor mats and proceeded to lay on top of them. Our assignment was to do sit ups while our partner held our feet. My gym partner happened to be a good friend of mine. Her name was Teresa, and she loved to make fun of people. As I lay down ready to do my sit ups, she blurts out, "Dang girl, why your legs so hairy!". I sat up quickly, embarrassment soon showing on my red cheeks because she was right. My legs really were hairy. Growing up I had never worried about shaving because I had nothing to shave. The only place I had hair were my arms and my head. I had never taken notice to the new forest that decided to grow on my legs. Trust that everyone in the 6th grade had heard about Alysias hairy legs by the end of that gym class. For the rest of the week, I was called all kind of names like Sasquatch, polar bear, the wooly mammoth etc. The names weren't even the worst part. Shaving for the first time was. I didn't know you had to use things...
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...their ancient and mysterious culture revealed its true magnificence. In the last few decades a number of significant collections of Thracian treasures have been discovered in present-day Bulgaria, providing much of our present knowledge of ancient Thrace. Golden mask of a Thracian king Bulgaria’s ancient Thracian heritage was thrust into the spotlight in 2004 with a number of key archaeological discoveries in the so-called Valley of the Thracian Kings. A team of Bulgarian archaeologists, led by Professor Georgi Kitov, discovered a 2400-year old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king on August 19. The mask bears the image of a human face and is made of 500 grams of solid gold. The discovery was made near the town of Shipka, in the heart of the Stara Planina Mountain. Dozens of Thracian mounds are spread throughout this region, which archaeologists have called ‘the Bulgarian valley of the kings,’ a reference to the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, which is home to the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. “The unique mask looks even better than the famous image of King Agamemnon, the Greek anti-hero described by Homer in the Iliad,” Kitov said after making the discovery. “This is the first Thracian mask of solid gold ever found,” he said. Previously, archaeologists had only found masks covered with golden foil. It is suggested that the mask could belong to King Seuthes III, the Thracian king who in the fifth century BCE ruled the territory...
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...There is a high value for mountain gorillas. Their body parts such as arms, legs, and heads are sold to collectors. Baby gorillas are sold illegally as pets, research subjects, or private zoo animals. The pregnancy of a female gorilla is eight to nine months. The females can produce young beginning at age ten. They will bear between two and six offspring in a lifetime. The newborn is helpless. Newborns weigh about 4lbs and are as weak as a human baby. At first the mother holds the baby at its chest till three and a half years of age. By 3.5 years of age they are fully weaned from the mother's milk and start the same diet as mature mountain gorillas. The diet is plants, leaves, roots, and shoots. The first gorilla born in captivity was in the Columbus zoo in 1956. The mountain gorillas live in Africa. They live in mountain elevations of 8,000 to 13,000 feet. The start of their day an hour after sunrise. There entire world consists of 285 miles high elevation rain forests in the east, central Africa. Currently the mountain gorillas habitat is limited to protected...
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...BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TRADING AND HEDGING AND INFORMATION ON INDEX FUTURES ( WITH REFERENCE TO THE BSE MODEL) Group members : Nishma Mehta- 68 Navti Narang- 72 Jaikrishna Patel- 80 Miloni Shah- 100 Nidhi Shah- 102 Karishma Kotian- 120 TRADING Trading Rules The Derivatives Trading at BSE takes place through a fully automated screen-based trading platform called DTSS (Derivatives Trading and Settlement System).The DTSS is designed to allow trading on a real-time basis. In addition to generating trades by matching opposite orders, the DTSS also generates various reports for the member participants. Order Matching Rules Order Matching takes place after order acceptance wherein the system searches for an opposite matching order. If a match is found, a trade is generated. The order against which the trade has been generated is removed from the system. In case the order is not exhausted further matching orders are searched for and trades generated till the order gets exhausted or no more match-able orders are found. If the order is not entirely exhausted, the system retains the order in the pending order book. Matching of the orders is in the priority of price and timestamp. A unique trade-id is generated for each trade and the entire information of the trade is sent to the relevant Members. Order Conditions The derivatives market is order driven i.e. the traders can place only orders in the system. Following are the order types allowed for the derivative products...
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...gul: setting rød: fathers outlook on lifr andet: se kommentar 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Eowyn Ivey As the Time Draws Near There are more ways to die in this place than a woman can count. Ridgemont1 Glacier calves, and crushes two sightseeing kayakers. A drunken man wanders from his village in the night and freezes to death alone on the tundra. A Bush pilot lands to deliver supplies at a remote cabin and the paranoid cabin-dweller shoots him with a 30-06 hunting rifle as the pilot steps out of the plane. A young mother wraps her newborn baby against her chest beneath her parka and heads out on a snowmobile to visit a neighbour, but when she arrives she discovers that the infant has been smothered to death, a tiny trail of blood dribbling from its nose. On Kodiak Island a teenage boy shoots his first deer, but the bullet passes through the animal and hits and kills his father, who is standing in the brush on the other side. Two girls drown while trying to canoe the Matanuska River. Piper’s father falls out of the sky. Her entire life she had been waiting for this news, though she didn’t know what form it would take. She had long since fled Alaska, but continued to watch from afar – television broadcasts, the Anchorage newspaper, emails from old friends. She marvelled at the spinning, diving, spectacular deaths. She watched and waited and wondered: how long could a daredevil like her father survive when there were so many ways to die? “Take...
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...Marketing Institute of Singapore DIPLOMA IN SALES AND MARKETING MARKETING RESEACH DSM 303 |TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | | | |Page | |Branding Efforts by Malaysia Airline System (MAS) |2 - 6 | |Malaysian Hospitality | | |New Experience | | |Service and Upgrading | | |Corporate image | | |Corporate logo | | | ...
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...1 – PURPOSE The sole purpose of offering physical precious metals to the ARB clients is to increase the product offerings to its client, which in turn will increase the profitability and the bottom line of the bank. It has been established that Gold and Silver retailers, who are among ARB corporate clientele, usually buy USD from ARB and use the funds to acquire their precious metals from ANCB. Hence, herein lies the market basis of the proposed offering for the precious metals. Currently, ANCB is the only organization in the financial trade market that deals in the trade of precious metals and ARB envisions it to be its only competitor. ARB will limit itself to the corporate clients, who buy on a continuous and regular. Seasonal request to buy either gold or silver by private and affluent clients will not be accommodated. 2 – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 – INTRODUCTION Precious metals have been traded for eons. Fairly common are gold and silver which apart from their ornamental value, they have a variety of industrial and commercial uses. Among these precious metals, gold has been chosen as a special interest metal. Gold is a precious metal that a whole industry has developed and evolves into a multibillion-dollar industry led by huge corporations. The gold industry is stratified with many major and minor players working together. Key among these relevant stakeholders includes the mining companies, the gold processing companies, gold traders, and consumers. Gold mining is one...
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...Assignment on Mercantilism and Physiocracy PACourse Code: PA-511 Course Title: Public Administration Theories and Problems Submitted To: Md. Mashiur Rahman Assistant Professor Department of Public Administration Comilla University Submitted By: Md. Nazmul Haq Student of MSS Session: 2010-11 Class ID: 005 Department of Public Administration Comilla University Date of Submission: 5th February, 2013 Department of Public Administration Faculty of Social Science Comilla University Mercantilism and Physiocracy Acknowledgement In the beginning, I exert my gratitude towards Almighty Allah that I have done this great job. Then thanks to my honorable course teacher Md Mashiur Rahman that he has made the opportunity for me to do a work on such intellectual course contents. I think, in the way of accomplishing this assignment I have earned a lot of knowledge about Mercantilism and physiocracy and it is great achievement for me for sure. This assignment also has taught me about the historical knowledge of economic nature of different states in middle age.. Finally I want to get rid of my mistakes that age may be occurred in preparing this assignment such as spelling or occurred printing mistakes with the merciful mind of my course teacher Md. Mashiur Rahman.. Rahman Md. Nazmul Haq Class Roll-005 2|Page Mercantilism and Physiocracy Table of Contents Topics 1. Introduction 2. Mercantilism 2.1 Factors that Gave Rise to Mercantilism 2.2 Representative Mercantilists...
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... Traci Focarino HUM/130 9/16/12 University of Phoenix Both Jesus and Mohammad are considered the leaders of their own religion. They were also both considered to be radicals. Their deaths impacted their religions and followers. They are still being studied and their word is still being followed. This paper will trace their lives historically, compare what impact their death had on their religion, describe how each individual was and is worshipped, and explain how their messages are being carried out in the world today. According to the Bible, the Angel Gabriel told Jesus’ mother Mary, that she was chosen to bear the Son of God. This came as a surprise to Mary because she was newly married to Joseph who was a carpenter, and still a virgin. This concept is known as the Immaculate Conception. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. This fulfilled the prophecies foretold in the Old Testament about the Messiah being born in the homeland of King David. There are no stories about the time Jesus was a child up until the age of twelve. The story goes that his parents left behind Jesus and when they found him, he was in a Temple. He amazed the rabbis by “discussing the Torah” and asking “did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” . His teenage years and twenties are also a mystery. At thirty he showed up to the shores of the Jordan River to be baptized...
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...These provinces consist of the country’s industrial hub, with the largest population and more industries located in this region, more than there are in any other region. More than 75 % of the country’s population lives in the cities within a highly diversified community. Mining and production of timber were the most common industries in British Columbia, along the west coast, where these industries used the natural resources that were available. Currently, Canadian economy relies on the manufacturing industry as most of the natural resources need to be preserved. Also, some provinces such as Alberta contain large deposits of natural resources such as oil and natural gases, as well as mineral deposits of silver, zinc, uranium and nickel. Manitoba and Alberta produce more that 20% of the global wheat produce, as much as they contribute in the production of farm and cattle outputs, which have led to the growth of the Canadian economy. Due to its location and climate, Canada is popular for fishing and hunting, mainly because of its vast wilderness and oceans. Niagara Falls, which are globally recognized as a tourist destination, as the largest water fall in the world, is located in Canada. These falls contain the largest volume of water greater than any other water falls in the world. Due to the size of the country, the climate cannot be described as being of a particular kind but rather keeps on changing depending on...
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...* What Food and Beverage Serving and Related Workers Do * Food and beverage serving and related workers perform a variety of customer service, food preparation, and cleaning duties in restaurants, cafeterias, and other eating and drinking establishments. * Work Environment * Food and beverage serving and related workers are employed in restaurants, schools, hospitals, cafeterias, and other dining places. Work shifts often include early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and holidays. About half worked part time in 2012. * How to Become a Food and Beverage Serving or Related Worker * Most food and beverage serving and related workers learn their skills through short-term on-the-job training. No formal education or previous work experience is required. * Pay * The median hourly wage for food and beverage serving and related workers was $8.84 in May 2012. * Job Outlook * Employment of food and beverage serving and related workers is projected to grow 12 percent from 2012 to 2022, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Job opportunities in most dining establishments will be excellent, because many workers leave the occupation each year, resulting in numerous job openings. * Similar Occupations * Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of food and beverage serving and related workers with similar occupations. * Food and Beverage Cruise Jobs (Part 1/3) Overview of the F&B Department on Cruise Ships * Renee Ruggero...
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...save mankind from original sin. The people who repent their sin and follow the teachings of Christ will have eternal life in heaven. Muslims believe that God gave Muhammad the teachings and they were written in to the Qur’an. In Islam, other historical figures such as Abraham and Moses from Judaism and Jesus from Christianity were prophets for their respecting religions. God has always been present works through prophets. Each person was important to their respective religion, and their life and death had a great impact. (Fisher, 2014). Jesus’ Life To understand the life of Christ was first have to look at the story of his conception and birth. According to the Christian Bible, Gabriel the angel to Mary, Jesus’ mother that she would bear the son of God. This was shocking to her as she had just married Joseph and was still a virgin. This is known in Christianity as the Immaculate Conception. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, which fulfills old prophecies foretold in the Old Testament about the Messiah being born in King David’s homeland. There are few, if any stories of the time Jesus spent growing up as a child. The earliest story we have is Jesus as a child of twelve years. In this story, Jesus was accidentally left behind by his parents Mary and Joseph in the temple. When they returned they found him telling the rabbis his knowledge of the scripture, and the rabbis were amazed by what he knew. There is nothing told of his teenage years and his early twenties. The stories...
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...Chapter #2: General Principles Finance "Sharia compliant" is becoming a global phenomenon of increasing relevance in light of recent events that have rocked the financial system "Western." In recent months, in fact, we are witnessing the profound crisis of traditional financial systems and principles and, at the same (or accordingly), to an exaltation, instead, systems and financial principles Islamic (and especially its values). The global economy is linked to investment-oriented traditional finance is, in fact, came "in agony" due to expansion of the crisis caused by the "Collaterized Debt Obligations", structured bonds strongly infected with quote consisting of the notorious subprime mortgages, the primary cause of bankruptcies of known banks, until some time ago considered insecure. Paradoxically, to better withstand this crisis are not sophisticated products financial engineering of Western production, but the Islamic bond, the traditional sukuk, bonds that are compatible with the dictates of Sharia, very less sophisticated, but certainly safer, since in accordance with the QURANIC principle which prohibits investing money in financial firms tied to events of a uncertain. It is reasonable, therefore, to think that many Western financial institutions, are evaluating new and alternative financial instruments such as "Islamic Observant”, even in the face of an increasingly pressing need for a new system Financial more "ethical" and linked to the real economy. ...
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...The Twelve Apostles: History, Function, and Theology “In the history of the Christian church, the Apostles form a first central group – a nucleus, from which all future effort takes its beginning” (Wayland 5). This quote from biblical historian John Wayland epitomizes the importance of the Twelve Apostles, even close to two thousand years after their deaths. Ultimately the apostles played a pivotal role in connecting Jesus and His message to the people of the rest of the World. Without the apostles, the foundational message and teachings of Jesus would not have been able to be passed on to future believers. In this paper, we will highlight the lasting theological impact of the Twelve Apostles, why they were chosen and the symbiotic relationship between them and Jesus. Before one can understand the everlasting impact of the Twelve Apostles, author Bernard Ruffin states that, “it is important to distinguish between the terms “the Twelve,” “the apostles,” and “the disciples.” They are not interchangeable. “Disciple” is the broadest term, referring to all those who followed Jesus and studied under Him. The Twelve and all other apostles were disciples, but not all disciples were apostles, and not all apostles were members of “the Twelve” (Ruffin 11). Even with a better-defined perspective of the Twelve, the biblical accounts of who they were are slightly different. In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark & Luke) all three authors agree that there were twelve original...
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