...I used to think the world was flat Rarely threw my hat into the crowd I felt I had used up my quota of yearning Used to look in on the children at night In the glow of their Donald Duck light And frighten myself with the thought of my little ones burning But oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning The tide is turning Satellite buzzing through the endless night Exclusive to moonshots and world title fights Jesus Christ imagine what it must be earning Who is the strongest, who is the best Who holds the aces, the East or the West This is the crap our children are learning But oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning The tide is turning Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning Now the satellite's confused 'cause on Saturday night The airwaves were full...
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...out of their comfort zone and do incredible things with that they have. But, at the end of the day life is temporary. In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s stories The Psalm of Life and The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, he referrers to the lesson being left behind as footprints. Each of the poems are unique in their own way of how Longfellow perceives life and past generations. However, they are similar because the writing encourages and inspires the reader to go our and do. The Psalm of Life introduces the reader to a world filled with wonder and happiness from going out and making the most of life without...
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...tropical oceans absorb an amount of solar radiation equivalent to the heat content of 250 billion barrels of oil. The ocean’s sun-warmed surface is higher in temperature than its deep water, and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is based on this gradient in temperature. There are two ways in getting the warm surface water: In the closed cycle approach, warm surface water is piped into a facility to evaporate chemicals. These evaporated gases spin turbines to generate electricity. In the open cycle approach, warm surface water is evaporated in a vacuum, and its steam turns turbines and then is condensed by cold water. We can also harness energy from tides, waves and currents. Erecting dams accomplish tidal energy across the outlets of tidal basins. The incoming tide flows through sluices past the dam, and as the outgoing tide passes through the game, it turns turbines to generate electricity. The principle of wave energy is to harness the motion of wind-driven waves at the ocean’s surface and convert this mechanical energy into electricity. Powerful year-round ocean currents, like the ones in...
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...Orwell tells a story of a condemned man seen through the narrator, a man that is given no name nor is it explained what crime he committed, leaving the reader to decide if his fate is just in the short time the narrator is with the condemned. The main idea of the story is that all life is precious. First the story shows how desensitized society can and has become to the loss of life in everyone. Throughout the story dark tones and generalities are constantly present. The essence of humanity is void instead replaced with a mechanization of the soul to the point that taking a life is seen as a duty, not a blessing or curse. Orwell is a man working away his years, only to be moved by a prisoner, whose life is condemned, causing Orwell to realize the fragility and sanctity of life. Next Orwell shows that all life is precious. He describes the prisoners’ body in vivid detail and explains that “This man is just as alive as we are alive” (Orwell 315). There is a dog, unaware of the punishment about to be handed down that breaks through and goes straight to the prisoner. He licks and plays with him and views every attempt to catch him as a game. Meanwhile the prisoner thinks this must be part of this process to dehumanize himself before he is executed. Finally it is only when the prisoner avoids a puddle on way to his death you see a change in view from Orwell. An action so simple, viewed as common place would not be thought of for a second yet it changes the entire story. A man condemned...
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...Sea Story Write an analytical essay (800-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret A.S. Byatt’s short story “Sea Story”. Part of your essay must focus on the writer’s use of literary quotations and on the role of nature in the story. Love cannot overcome every obstacle. This story serves as an example of how the ocean can be ruthless and unforgiving, and how people cannot best the ocean. The story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2012 and is set in Filey, a town east of Yorkshire. The plot of the story is the main character Harold, meeting a woman, Laura. In the beginning, he moves very slowly and carefully when interacting with her. They start spending more and more time together, but before they really get to know one another, Laura has to move to the Caribbean to study eels. The main character of the story is Harold, who was born into an ocean-loving family by a father who was an oceanographer and a mother who was an English teacher who wrote ”fierce little poems about waves and weather” p. 1 l. 8. He spent a lot of his youth around the ocean, either walking along or fishing. Despite his enormous love for the ocean, Harold chose a life as an English literature graduate at Oxford University. In the story, Harold meets a woman called Laura who is a lot like him in many ways and yet very different. Laura also loves the ocean but unlike Harold, Laura chose a career in the ocean studying it, while Harold stayed inland, finding a career in literature. When they first meet...
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...Captain of my fate? “Death and Life-in-Death have diced for the ship’s crew, and she (the latter) winneth the ancient Mariner.” (Line 195). The Rime of an Ancient Mariner is a poem that narrates the story of a Mariner who, out of no apparent reason, decides to shoot an albatross when being in a ship-wreck with the rest of his crew in the South Pole. As a result, Death and Life-in-Death, two spirits that follow the crew to punish them, are to decide his fate, his life, to a game of dice. Entities beyond mortality gamble the future of a guilty, yet helpless man. Doesn’t this sound familiar? Don’t our lives seem, sometimes, the result of a game of dice being played by someone/something bigger than ourselves, even bigger than life itself? Just the fact that we are who we are is nothing but a result of chance. This statement, beyond its recklessness appearance, has an explanation consisting of three moments of existences that are determined by the roulette. The first one goes back to before we’re born. Have you ever thought of how many billions of chances were there when your parents’ genetic material mixed to create you? I, for instance, could’ve been blond, tall and smart. Or short and dumb. Or anything. But, somehow, I turned out to be me, out of what appear to be infinite chances of who I could’ve been. And this process follows no logic or intervention from our part: is the work of randomness. The second moment, chronologically, involves our environment. Where we’re born...
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...crab fishing has tips and stories about where and how to do it, so be sure to ask any captain where you see crab pots stacked on a dock finger. How you cook them According to Wikipedia, about one-quarter of the crab's weight is meat. The flesh has what is considered to be a delicate flavor and slightly sweet taste. Live crabs are cooked simply by dropping them into boiling salt water, waiting for a boil to return, and then allowing it to continue for 15 minutes, after which time the crabs are removed and placed into cold water to cool, and then cleaned. Another method of preparing crab is called half backing. Half backing is done by flipping the crab upside down and chopping it in half (from head to "tail"), after which the guts and gills can be scooped or hosed out. Many consider half backing to be superior to cooking the entire crab, because the meat is not contaminated by the flavor and or toxins of the guts. Furthermore half backed crabs boil faster or can be quickly steamed instead of boiled. Two common tools for removing crab meat from the shell are a crab cracker and a shrimp fork. Sometimes, a cleaver, mallet, or small hammer is used for cracking Dungeness crab, but the use of these devices is not recommended, as the integrity of the meat may be compromised due to the impact. Tips from Experienced Crabbers When you’re about to drop your pots be sure to check for tide conditions. You don’t want to set your pot with too short a line at load tide only to have your crab...
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...The analysis of the story: From W.S. by L.P. Hartley Leslie Poles Hartley (1895—1972), the son of a solicitor, was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford and for more than twenty years from 1932 was a fiction reviewer for such periodicals as the Spectator, Sketch, Observer and Time and Tide. He published his first book, a collection of short stories entitled "Night Fears" in 1924. His novel "Eustace and Hilda" (1947) was recognized immediately as a major contribution to English fiction; "The Go-Between" (1953) and "The Hireling" (1957) were later made into internationally successful films. In 1967 he published "The Novelist's Responsibility", a collection of critical essays. L.P. Hartley was a highly skilled narrator and all his tales are admirably told. "W.S." comes from "The Complete Short Stories of L.P. Hartley" published posthumously in 1973. At the beginning of the story the author introduces the main character of it who is Walter Streeter. The first postcard he receives is from Forfar and is anonymous. Usually he answers to the letters but this one didn’t have any address so Walter was relieved that he doesn’t need to answer to it. The photograph of Forfar was uninteresting and he tore it up. About ten days later, Walter receives another postcard, but this time it was from Berwick –on –Tweed. After reading the second letter Walter began to wonder if the sender was a woman or a man. After some time he dismissed the stirrings of curiosity that...
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...Low visibility The story is a about a woman and her husband. Their names are Laura and John. The story is written in 3rd person and we get a clear feeling of what they are thinking. The text describes the condition of their marriage as bad and it’s becoming worse and worse. John makes Laura feel invisible and a bit insignificant. The reason why she feels invisible is that she wants to feel invisible. She feels invisible because she tries to ignore John and just let him do his thing. Even though it hurts she tries to stay calm and silent since that reduces the chance of John abusing her. Laura used to be able to fill a room with laughter but now the tides have turned. She was happy but now she is suppressed by her husband. John expected that when he married Laura she could make him happy because of her kindness and humor. However that wasn’t what happened. Instead of him becoming happy, he turned Laura into a hostage, whom got psychologically broken down. John no longer respects Laura’s opinions. He only does as he pleases. When the riots, which they saw on the TV as John was abusing Laura, came to their street Laura found her gemstone, which is called the tiger eye. Personally I think the remote control to the TV is a symbol of John’s control of the relationship. He has the remote control meaning that he has the power to control the TV and Laura. “The tiger eye, creates harmony out of chaos,”(line 109). This obviously means that she can use it to gain or create harmony out...
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...Nearly 10 typhoons hit Japan every year, having just 8 typhoons a year counts as having a few. The worst typhoon to hit Japan left five thousand missing or killed. Identically K. a character in Haruki Murakamis’ short story “The Seventh Man,” died by one. Although it was the main characters, The Seventh Mans’ idea to go outside to the beach after a small typhoon. K. went by his own choice. Although The Seventh Man was was entitled to watch K at the beach as the older figure between the two and K. being frail and small The Seventh Man took a dominant role and was of like a protector to K., but even so he should forgive himself because he did not live his life to his fullest, and punished himself until he was a middle aged man. Before anything...
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...A Gap of Sky – Anna Hope A Gap of Sky is a short story written by Anna Hope. The short story is from 2008, and it takes place in London, England. The story is about a girl who has a lot of pressure on her shoulders from both society and family. The story shoes what environments can do to a person who stands alone without the support of family and friends. The story is written in 3. Person narrative, because the author describes the main character with words like she and her. Example: “…Ellie giggles. She touches the middle finger…” The author has written the story as a Stream of Consequences, which helps to give the impression that Ellie is under the influence of drugs. The character uses a lot of short sentences with only a few words. This makes the story more confusing and it often speeds up the action of the story. The sentences work perfectly with Ellies thoughts because they are short, hectic and out of order. A girl named Ellie is a student and the main character in the story. She is a troubled nineteen-year-old girl, who probably has a drug problem, I quote: “…Coke. Does she have any left…?” One day she wakes up in her bed at half past four on a Monday and realize that she has a very important essay due to Thursday and she haven’t even started yet. Ellie has not applied herself enough at school, and risks getting kicked out of school if she doesn’t hand in her essay assignment. She is still high on drugs and alcohol from the day before when she realize...
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...Introduction In 1946, Tide was launched by a US company named Procter & Gamble (P & G). In 1949, Tide has successfully established itself as an international brand. They have a range of products which includes household detergent such as Tide Liquid, Tide Powder and many more (Procter & Gambler 2012). Besides, Tide was not just another laundry product; it is recognized as the washing miracle. It was the first heavy-duty synthetic detergent which revolutionized from the traditional laundry soaps as it does not leave the clothes stiff and dry. Tide has successfully changed the way families did their laundry. This innovation of using synthetic compounds has greatly reduced the time and effort consumers spent while doing their laundry (American Chemical Society 2007). Tide captured more than 30 percent of the laundry market in the early 1950s and therefore emerged to be the top selling detergent (Back to EurekAlert! 2006). 1 Situation Analysis According to Lamb et al. (2012), situational analysis includes SWOT analysis that affects the performance of an organization. Organizational resources such as financial resources, production costs, marketing skills, technology, employee capabilities and brand image should be taken into consideration. Environmental scanning is also essential as it affects the organization’s future as it can help in identifying market opportunities and threats. Additionally, PESTLE analysis will be conducted to analyze the relationship between...
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...Daphne du Maurier's short story “The Birds” (published in 1952) and Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 movie The Birds are both captivating pieces and share many themes and conflicts. However, the original storyline and characters written by Maurier are lost in its transition to the big screen. Hancock’s take on the story is much more geared to frighten and thrill an audience as he removes everything but the core themes of the story. In summary, the short novel “The Birds” is about a small family that lives near the sea shore in England. As the East wind blows it brings winter with it, and large flocks of a variety of birds. The birds act apart from their usually instincts and start attacking people during the tide changes. The movie, however, follows...
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...negative short term consequences and long term negative consequences. The Acadians lived in Nova Scotia since 1604, in 1755 in Halifax the British told the Acadians that they must take an oath of allegiance to Britain. “The Acadians refused and roughly 10,000 acadians were deported, some died from starvation others from illness. The Acadians that survived, were moved to many places in the Atlantic, or in the Caribbean” -states the Canadian Encyclopedia. This was very bad for the Acadians because the land that they lived on was taken away from them. This was a short term consequence, but the Acadians still are experiencing long term consequences today because they are much more spread out along the world than they used to be, and their community is not the same as it used to be....
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...time has a meaning. It moves. What was yesterday is not today. What is today will not be tomorrow. Yesterday is gone. Today is and tomorrow is yet to come. Yet time is said to have no holiday. It exists always. The entire creation moves on according to a time pattern. There is birth, growth and death. There is time for everything. Plants flower and give fruits. Seasons come according to time. A child is born, grows into boyhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and old age according to age and time. Every movement of creation is linked with time. One cannot grow paddy in a month nor can a child become an adult in a year. Everything is fixed to a time-frame. Time is a free force. It does not wait for anyone. It is commonly said that time and tide waits for no man. Time is money. A minute not usefully spent is an eternal loss. You can never get back the lost minute. One has to strike the iron when it is hot. The time flies and never returns. If you waste time it wastes you. ‘Time is the best medicine’, says Ovid. It is said that time heals all wounds and it even heals what reason cannot. All human beings are emotional. When negative emotions like fear, anger, envy and jealousy overtake them, they lose reason and act in haste leading to serious consequences. They may repent later, as emotions cool down. But the damage done is done and remains forever. Even that damage can heal with the passage of time. People involved may forget and forgive. That is the importance of time and its healing...
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