...Happiest Boy in the World by NVM Gonzalez Julio , who had come from Tablas to settle in Barok, was writing a letter, of all people, Ka Ponso, his landlord, one warm June night. It was about hiks son, Jose, who wanted to go to school in Mansalay that year. Jose was in fifth grade when Julio and his family had left Tablas the year before and migrated to Mindoro; because the father had some difficulty in getting some land of his own to farm, the boy had to stop schooling for a year. As it was, Julio thought himself lucky enough to have Ka Ponso take him on as tetant. Later, when Julio's wife Fidela gave birth to a baby, Ka Ponso, whi happened to be visiting his property then, offered to become its godfather. Afetr that they began to call each other compadre. "Dear Compadre," Julio started to write in Tagalog, bending earnestly over a piece of paper which he had torn out of Jose's school notebook. It was many months ago, when, just as now, he had sat down with a writing implement in his hand. That was when he had gone to the municipio in Mansalay to file a homestead application, and he had used a pen, and to his great surprise, filled in the blank forms neatly. Nothing came of the application, although Ka Ponso had assured him he had looked into the matter and talked with the officials concerned. Now, with a pencil instead of a pen to write with, Julio was sure that he could make his letter legible enough for Ka Ponso. "It's about my boy, Jose." he wrote on. "I want him to study...
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...Tomas Alfredson’s critically acclaimed ‘let the right one in’ (based on a novel of the same name by author John Ajvide Lindqvist) is an arthouse, low budget horror-thriller set in Blackeberg (a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden) in the early 1980’s. This essay will investigate the themes of the horror genre focusing on narrative codes and conventions including Claude Lévi-Strauss’ binary oppositions and Roland Barthes’ action and enigma codes, concluding with whether ‘Let the right one in’ is a typical representation of these theories. ‘Let the right one in’ falls mainly into the category of horror, in someways staying quite typical to its genre. For example it features typical narrative elements of the horror genre including murder and survival as well as style conventions such as low-key lighting and an ominous score. However, ‘Let the right one in’ also subverts these conventions by challenging various narrative elements. Alfredson was unconcerned with vampire conventions associated with the horror genre and scaled down many...
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...consider and share how one event from the 1960s has influenced our personal life, our career choice, and the global community. It also asks us to discuss how our own life would be different if one specific event of the 1960s had never occurred and how different the world would be if that same event had never occurred. As the mother of bi-racial twin girls and as relates to the Civil Rights Movement, I thought this a very easy assignment, I was wrong. After writing several pages of text – the brutal honesty of my life - it occurred to me that I need to separate the project due to my own personal biases. Please let it be known that I am grateful for the Civil Rights movement and equal opportunity for all – race, creed, color and sex. I have a very good understanding of the Civil Rights Movement and will attempt to depict that in part two of my paper, however I have my own story as well and is that that I am going to include in part 1. Understand this is not a story I frequently share and it is a part of my life that I try to forget. It is a long story and I will attempt to give a very simple version, though I will also admit my first thoughts were to alter it – to make this project easier. My thoughts are that perhaps some of you can learn something from tale, perhaps I will make a change in the need to continue with our drastic need to forget and forgive – the need to make a future and stop living in the past. Part One – One Woman’s Story Though...
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...When George had made the decision to shoot Lennie, he had considered all the other options there were and had come to the conclusion that this was the only one where Lennie wouldn’t have suffered, and he was correct. Whether he had meant to kill Curley’s wife or not, Lennie is still a murderer. Not to mention the fact that he’d also killed countless mice given to him by his Aunt Clara mentioned by George on pages 9-10, and the young puppy from Slim he’d put to death at the beginning of Chapter 5. He is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, on top of his already soiled reputation as a result of the incident at Weed, where he’d unintentionally harassed a girl according to George on page 11, and is at this point seen by people as a full blown criminal. The fact that he has mental handicap won’t save him from the burden of being a killer, or from the punishments he would have to face as a result of his actions. In addition to that, Lennie could’ve done something bad again. His disability prevents him from making rational decisions, and the fact that, on page 7, he doesn’t even seem to remember what happened in Weed tells us that he’s forgetful to a fault. The man can even forget his own monstrous strength, and that’s what led to him killing the mice, the puppy, and even Curley’s wife. His anger issues— that are evident through him ‘punishing’ animals whenever they fought back, and him silencing Curley’s wife on page 91— only prove the fact that he is a threat to both society and wildlife...
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...The great danger of doing what is right in one’s own eyes, is that you are setting yourself up for destruction, because you are not consulting god first, you are following your own understanding of how things should go. We are living in a world today where people going about there on righteousness, as a Christian we suppose to tell them the wages of sin is death but the gift of god is ever lasting life because our way is not gods way and gods way is not our way. When we are doing what’s we think is right in our own eyes we denied god, we don’t trust god to do what he say, so god let us go our way, soon or later things starts to crumble but he still loves us. He won’t us to understand him, and to do his will, being obedient to god is much better than sacrifice. Proverbs – 3: 5 say: trust in the lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding : Proverbs 3:6, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths, we can be ignorant of god’s righteousness, we go out seeking to establish our own righteousness, we need wisdom; knowledge understanding, which all of it comes from god. If you are going by what’s right in your own eyes, you will not treat people with love and kindness. You wouldn’t want to help them. You would act like you are in control of your own life. Yes this is still occurring in our society today. In our justice system, in our government, they think they are doing right in there own eyes. They should ask god for wisdom, knowledge...
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...there were 10 years ago. Accounting has gone from a pen and paper system to accounting software/programs that are either in a server at the business, the information is on a server that is not in the business office, or more recently the information is stored in what is called the “cloud” The “cloud” has just come into play in the last few years In my paper, I will be discussing the history of accounting from the early beginning to the advances made today, a few of the different accounting software/programs, and some of the problems that include hidden costs, compatibility issues and the proper training of the accounting staff. History of Accounting The first accounting software/programs were written by the individuals who used them. One of the earliest programs written was by Bob Nadel, a CPA for an accounting firm located in New York.(Nadel,1959) As time went on businesses had heard about the new accounting software/programs that were known as “computerized” accounting systems. These new software/programs made accounting easier by allowing the accounting staff to be able to pull up reports so they could be analyzed immediately. These new ideas made the process easier by allowing the user to enter the data and be able to retrieve the information that was pertinent to the reports they wanted to print out or create and it was easily organized within the software/program. When these programs were first created they were created for use on the Commodore64, the Apple ll and...
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...B.C.J. No. 441 2006 BCPC 67 Nanaimo Registry No. 57412-1 British Columbia Provincial Court (Criminal Division) Nanaimo, British Columbia Saunders Prov. Ct. J. Heard: November 1, 14 and 28, 2005. Judgment: January 20, 2006. Constitutional law — Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Fundamental freedoms — Freedom of expression — Reasonable limits — Oakes test — Motion to declare that a bylaw of the City of Nanaimo restricting large portable advertising boards to new businesses violated the Charter right to freedom of expression dismissed — City's objective to control proliferation of portable signs to address problem of visual pollution and balance public interests with commercial interests was pressing and substantive — Bylaw rationally connected to objective, as evidence indicated that number of signs dropped since bylaw — Bylaw minimally impaired right to freedom of expression, as smaller portable signs and other advertising means were available for businesses — Means used by city to address objective and its effects were proportional. Motion to declare that a bylaw of the City of Nanaimo restricting large portable advertising boards to new businesses violated the Charter right to freedom of expression — In order to curb proliferation of portable advertising signs, City of Nanaimo passed bylaw restricting use of portable boards 32 square feet in dimension to new businesses — Northridge Fitness Centre was a business located away from the highway that used...
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...the Human Rights Act 1998 has impacted upon many areas of tort law. Choose one of these areas and assess the Act’s impact. Traditionally, up to the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) for the Convention and the all the individuals living in the United Kingdom had no domestic law.This resulted them to go to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in order for them to correct the breach of their Convention rights. Thus the domestic law needs to respect the settlement that has been made by the European Court. Surprisingly, the relationship between the Human Right issues and within Tort Liabilities, there is no exact proof that the domestic court has carried out these issues. In the case Reynolds v Times Newspaper Ltd [1999], the plaintiff, a well known public figure in Ireland, began for deformation against the Defendant. This was surrounded with the issue regarding an article being published by the Sunday Times. The article was based on Mr Reynolds that he had hidden important information about his colleague, Mr Whelenhan’s in order for him to become president of the High Court. The main issue that needs to be considered in this case, is whether the courts should identify if it is countable of holding the announcement by a newspaper of political matters. The House of Lords identified that the media’s announcement can be safe by these situation, providing a test of public right. This considers the freedom of expression under the Article 10. In 2002, the Human Rights Act came...
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...development, have made this region become a leader among other regions of Spain and some countries in Europe. The Basque region has been characterized by its history of maintaining a progressive vision of economic development, where the government has always played an important role, establishing plans and designing strategies for the development of industries in their economy. In the middle ages the development of the iron, shipbuilding industries and arms subsequently laid the foundation for the growth of the economy. The geographical location of the region gives an additional advantage because it has ports and navigable estuaries which facilitate trade, plus it is on the trade route between Spain and northern Europe. Because this development was one of the most important of the time in Spain, the Basques developed laws , and began to establish schools for research and development that attracted many European scientists. During the Industrial Revolution, large investments in transportation, communications and schools were made. Entrepreneurs began to modernize traditional industries and new industries such as paper, textile and food and drink were created. The development of the Bessemer process for making steel increased the demand for iron, causing many foreign investors to associate with locals to develop iron ore mines in the Basque Region. The iron and steel industries grew large scale due to the development of the steam engine and the ship industry. The industrial activity grew...
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... Comments 0 Facebook 2 Linkedin Twitter More The waterfall and rapid application development (RAD) processes are not the only two methodologies available, but they generally predominate among methods used to deliver projects. Each has its individual merits, but sometimes one method is more appropriate for a particular project than the other. In this column, I will look at when to select each of these approaches. As I mentioned in prior columns, I believe most, if not all projects, can be delivered with the waterfall methodology: plan, analyze, design, construct, and implement. In contrast, not all projects are candidates for RAD. Perhaps the best starting point is to take a look at some project characteristics that govern which method is best. Details on waterfall and RAD methodologies To find out more about the methodologies, read these articles: •"Examining the life cycle of a RAD project" •"How does the waterfall development methodology play in the enterprise?" How big is the project? One of the basic tenets of RAD is focusing on smaller projects that can be launched quickly and concluded with tangible deliveries. However, not all projects can be broken down into smaller pieces because they are too complex and interrelated to be split up effectively. There is no rule of thumb to determine how small a project needs to be before it is a candidate for RAD, but...
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...the community rights theory of characteristics of stock ownership Wang He Law School of Fudan University Abstract:：This article is based on the community rights theory which plays the dominant role in the contemporary academic debates about the nature of stock ownership, including the theory’s crucial points and ideas, its advantages as well as the disadvantages, then express the writer’s personal view about it. Key words：stock ownership，community rights，independence，property，one man’s company The stock ownership is used to definite shareholder’s a series of equities about the economic interests and operating management based on contribution to the investment. The Article IV in Corporate Law of china also regulate the shareholder’s rights. There are widespread debates and discussions about the characteristics of stock ownership for it’s significance to solve the problems with in the government-owned enterprise and the shared corporation, especially after the reformation in 1990s.The community rights theory holds most supporters, and it’s being taken as a popular theory. General summary and superiority of community rights theory This theory holds the view that the identity of community member in profit community is the fundamental prominent of shareholder’s rights, namely that shareholder’s rights is one of the community rights. The community rights theory was proposed by German scholar Renaud in 1875, and it divided into two main streams(single rights theory and the...
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...reward, selection – those are the strategic choices…to make” - Geoff Armstrong, CIPD. Aside from this, what other skills and qualities do you think are necessary for HR professionals today? Right Having an understanding of the purpose and role that HR plays within a successful organisation Question 2 How do the skills listed in Question1 help you as an HR professional carry out your role more effectively? Right Having an understanding of HR’s roles and purpose makes it easier to support change within the organisation Question 3 Log into www.cipd.co.uk and access the HRPM: Professional Areas. Review Professional Areas appropriate for level 3 (Bands One and Two). Why is the CIPD HR Profession Map important for HR and L&D professionals? Right The CIPD Professional Map provides clear competencies, activities and behaviours for HR professionals to aspire to in order to continuously develop their skills and experience Question 4 Which of the following are appropriate activities for Level 3 in the Professional Area of Organisational Design? Right Coaches and advises managers in the optimisation of current team design to improve performance and communication Question 5 Which of the following are appropriate activities for Level 3 in the Professional Area of Organisational Development? Right Supports a change-ready culture by anticipating barriers and obstacles and working to remove them Question...
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...Human Rights Everyone has certain fundamental rights, simply because they are a human being. They are called "human rights" instead of "privileges". 1. We are all born free and equal All humans are born free and each should be treated in the same way. They have a reason and conscience and they have a friendly manner towards each other. 2. Do not discriminate Human beings come from all different places, in all different shapes, colors, sizes, and flavors. But we are still human and so we all have the same basic human rights. 3. The right to life We as humans have the right to live and live in freedom and safety. 4. No slavery No one has the right to treat you as his slave and you should not make anyone your slave. 5. No torture No one has the right to torture you. 6. You have rights wherever you go You should be protected in the same way everywhere, and be treated like everyone else. 7. All are equal before the law The law applies to everyone. 8. Your rights are protected by law If your rights are ever disrespected, you can ask for legal help. 9. No unjust arrests They can’t put you in prison, or to send you away from your country without a good reason. 10. The right to trial The people who try you should not let themselves be influenced by others. 11. We are always innocent until proven guilty You are always an innocent person unless it is proved with evidence to be otherwise. 12. The right to privacy No one has the right to interfere with...
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...Human rights are said to be universal, inherent, inalienable, and indivisible. In this paper we will discover what each of those mean including discussions which examine if human rights are in fact universal, inherent, inalienable, and indivisible equally and without prejudice for all of humanity. Human rights are universal since they are said to belong to all humans in every society and should accommodate all persons in the world equally. To consider if human rights are in fact universal, one must considerer a wide range of factors including cultural differences and geographic setting to name a few. Human rights are said to be inherent regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. To say that human rights are inherent would infer that they exist as permanent and essential or are considered characteristic attributes of all humans. The term inalienable rights refer to a set of human rights that are fundamental, are not awarded by human power, and cannot be surrendered. Human rights are also supposed to be inalienable; because they flow from and protect human existence, they cannot be taken away without endangering the value of that existence. We must consider weather this trait is to be uniformly applied to all of humanity or if there are special considerations (such as incarceration) to which the concept of inalienable human rights may not be appropriate. Human rights are indivisible and interdependent, which means that in...
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