...after Lord Rayleigh, the British physicist who discovered it in the 19th century. The sky appears blue because shorter wavelengths are scattered more by the atmosphere than longer wavelengths; so the scattered sunlight that reaches our eyes when looking at the sky (rather than at the sun itself) is predominantly blue. Once you have got your head around that, it might seem that the answer to the initial question—“Why is the sky blue?”—is rather simple. But there is a catch: not everyone would agree that the sky is blue. In 1858 William Gladstone, better known for being the Prime Minister of Britain four times during the 19th century, published a treatise on Homer. He noted, with astonishment, that the Greek poet did not once use the word blue. He used colour words rather oddly—he described the sea as “wine-dark”, iron as violet and honey as green. Further research showed that the Koran, the original Hebrew Bible, the Icelandic sagas and the Vedic hymns, written in India...
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...Fortunato has actually done to the narrator, or whether Montresor is creating it in his own mind. The point of view of the story can also affect the emotional attachment that the reader gets, or fails to get, in this case, for a given character. When a reader is involved in a story, the point of view from where the story is being told is crucial to the feelings the reader has. In this story, Montresor dominates the progression of the story in every regard. This being the case, it is difficult for the reader to develop a liking for another character, unless Montresor describes him or her in a favorable way. Montresor begins putting down Fortunato in the reader's mind with the first line of the story and even Fortunato's most prized skill, wine tasting, is described as “a weak point” (101). This puts Fortunato at a major disadvantage in the fight for the reader's liking, and ultimately the fight for his life. 1 Nielsen2 In this story, the...
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...The Eagles have produced many popular musical hits within the century. One of their most popular and recognized songs is “Hotel California.” However, there is still much stir today over what the song is actually intended to mean. There have been many speculations as to the meaning of the song, such as a trip to jail and the American dream. I disagree with these interpretations and argue that Hotel California is about the trials and tribulations of a drug addict. In the opening stanza, Don Henley, the lead singer of The Eagles, describes his path as “dark” with cold wind running through his hair. This road lay through the desert during the evening. As he is walking on this road, he can smell the “warm smell of colitas” in the air when suddenly he can see a shimmering light at the other end of the road. Since Henley had been walking down this “dark” road for an extended period of time, he feels he must rest and decides to spend the night at a hotel. It is here where he meets a young woman. This young woman both intrigues and ignites something inside of him. Still unsure if running away with this woman is a good or bad idea, he decides to follow her where she is leading him. A dark road is often referred to in the song Hotel California. The pathway is seen as dark because it was Henley's life before he dabbled into drugs. This was a long and lonely road insinuated by the way he describes the road as it lays in the desert. This period was the time he was in the...
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...Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African First Published London, 1789 NOTE: the following text is one African’s account of the “middle passage”: the horrible trip that slaves had to endure to arrive in the Americas. Slaves were captured in Africa, carried to the seacoast, sold to European traders, then carried on slave ships to the New World. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1) To what extent is African slavery, as described in Equiano’s account, different from slavery practiced by Europeans in the Atlantic economy? 2) Based on information in this passage, to what extent can white people be blamed for the African slave trade? 3) Equiano later rose to be an advocate for the abolition of the slave trade. To what degree do you think that his biography is biased, colored by his political agenda? 1. I hope the reader will not think I have trespassed on his patience in introducing myself to him with some account of the manners and customs of my country. They had been implanted in me with great care, and made an impression on my mind, which time could not erase, and which all the adversity and variety of fortune I have since experienced served only to rivet and record; for, whether the love of one's country be real or imaginary, or a lesson of reason, or an instinct of nature, I still look back with pleasure on the first scenes of my life, though that pleasure has been for the most part mingled...
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...Elijah married a missionary woman named Sarah, and together they established a "Retrenchment Society" and other organizations designed to spread the word of God. Elijah Pierson’s story mentions the poverty of the poor people and the flamboyant lives of the wealthy. “The richest men in New York drank wine and courted women who wore jewelry and silks; the worst of them even kept mistresses. When asked about God, they seemed to think He was a warm-hearted gentleman like themselves. The poor were different, too. There were untold thousands of them, and they occupied their own neighborhoods and lived beyond the reach of Christian influence and paternal benevolence. Elijah had seen nothing like them: brutal men with whiskey bottles, children who ran loose and seemed to have no homes, gaudily dressed girls who strolled the sidewalks and smiled at gentlemen who passed them....” (Page 19) This shows how the real lives of 1800s were like. The people who were poor became poorer and rich getting richer. Even in the church, where the God said the people...
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...CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………...3 1 Nouns…………………………………………………………………………….5 1 Noun phrases……………………………………………………..........5 2 What makes a word a noun?....................................................................6 1. General characteristics of the Noun…………………………………..10 2. Subcategorization of the Noun…………………………………….....10 3. Grammatical categories of the Noun…………………………….…..13 4. Irregular Plural Nouns………………………………………………..19 2 The usage of derived abstract nouns in “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens…….22 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………....29 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………30 INTRODUCTION The word "noun" comes from the latin nomen meaning "name." Word classes like nouns were first described by Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini and ancient Greeks like Dionysios Thrax, and defined in terms of their morphological properties. For example, in Ancient Greek, nouns can be inflected for grammatical case, such as dative or accusative. Verbs, on the other hand, can be inflected for tenses, such as past, present or future, while nouns cannot. Aristotle also had a notion of onomata (nouns) and rhemata (verbs) which, however, does not exactly correspond our notions of verbs and nouns. Expressions of natural language will have properties at different levels. They have formal properties...
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...The Fretful Euro Disneyland Abstract Wenhe Yue School of Management, Shenyang Jianzhu University Shenyang 110168, China E-mail: bobo1012@sina.com Euro Disneyland a theme park comprised of an updated, state of the art Disney's Magic Kingdom, is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company located outside Paris, France, and has experienced numerous complications from its inception. This article introduces the fretful of Euro Disney, analyzes the reasons why it goes to wrong and give the recommendation to overcome the rattrap. Keywords: Euro Disneyland, Cultural differences, Management hubris 1. Introduction Many companies throughout the United States and beyond are resorting to developing their business abroad. The Walt Disney Company was one of the American organizations to expand on foreign soil. Its first foreign venture Tokyo Disneyland proved to be so successful that the decision was made to further expand abroad. This next foreign expansion experience, named Euro Disneyland all hopes were high, with Michael Eisner, the chairperson of Walt Disney promising to make Euro Disney the “most lavish project that Disney had ever built”. He had an obsession with maintaining Disney’s high reputation, as Disney had already seen the success of California and Florida Disneyland. While Euro Disney did not prove to be the successful venture that had been anticipated by its creators. Euro Disneyland a theme park comprised of an updated...
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...into account while inducting the workforce * Management issues such as different attractions in the park It was understood that the chief reason for Euro Disney’s failure was a lack of understanding of European culture on Disney’s part. Based on the understanding from the case following recommendations were made: * A study in history and an understanding of the European market place would have enabled the Disney executives to anticipate many of its problems. * The mantra “think globally, act locally” would have helped Disney in better catering to the local needs. For instance, Disney does not sell alcohol within the parks and they tried to impose the same in Euro Disneyland. This was subject to opposition as French consider wine as...
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...Project In English Submitted to: Ms. Shaira C. Pavo Submitted by: Gerard C. Balazo Table Of Contents I. A Dark Brown Dog II. A Haunted House III. Araby IV. The Winepress V. A Dark Brown Dog Stephen Crane A child was standing on a street-corner. He leaned with one shoulder against a high board-fence and swayed the other to and fro, the while kicking carelessly at the gravel. Sunshine beat upon the cobbles, and a lazy summer wind raised yellow dust which trailed in clouds down the avenue. Clattering trucks moved with indistinctness through it. The child stood dreamily gazing. After a time, a little dark-brown dog came trotting with an intent air down the sidewalk. A short rope was dragging from his neck. Occasionally he trod upon the end of it and stumbled. He stopped opposite the child, and the two regarded each other. The dog hesitated for a moment, but presently he made some little advances with his tail. The child put out his hand and called him. In an apologetic manner the dog came close, and the two had an interchange of friendly pattings and waggles. The dog became more enthusiastic with each moment of the interview, until with his gleeful caperings he threatened to overturn the child. Whereupon the child lifted his hand and struck the dog a blow upon the head. This thing seemed to overpower and astonish the little dark-brown dog, and wounded him to the heart. He sank down in despair at the child's feet. When the blow was repeated, together...
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...punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation. He had a weak point -- this Fortunato -- although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit. For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity, to practise imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from him materially; --I was skilful in the Italian vintages myself, and bought largely whenever I could. It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand. I said to him --"My dear...
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...1 Akpos: I want us to be in a relationship. Jumoke: Its okay but under one condition Akpos: Which one? Jumoke: No s*x coz am preserving it for my future hubby. Akpos: Thats okay, I also have my condition jumoke: Which one? Akpos: No using of my money coz am preserving it for my future wife... 2 Which of the following is Nigeria's greatest disappointment? (A) Super Eagles (B) PHCN(NEPA) (C) MTN (D) Nigeria Police Force (E) Our Leaders 3. Okon : I saw a strap of yOur bra Teacher : Okon qet out! No class fOr yOu fOr a week (Another Boy Lauqhs) Teacher : Why did yOu Laugh? Boy : I saw both straps of yOur bra. Teacher : Get out! No class fOr yOu fOr 1 mOnth. (Teacher bends down to pick chalk's Akpos started walking out) Teacher : Akpos, why are yOu gOing out? Akpos : With what I just saw now, I think my schOOl days are Over! 3 What shall it profit a man if he slaps Usain Bolt and runs away?? 4. Akpors got a message from his girl friend on his birthday ''Message Reads ''HBD Boo....LLNP, LYSM TTYL'' Akpors provoked and called her phone ''Kate what is the meaning of HBD LLNP and Those rubbish.... Kate replied Haaa Akpors don't tell me you are this dumb.....and local Oh My Gooosh,you don't...
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...The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; sketch of Dumas in 1869, French artist Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] AUTHOR’S PREFACE IN WHICH IT IS PROVED that, notwithstanding their names’ ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them. A short time ago...
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...The longitude of Ireland extends four degrees, from the meridian of eleven degrees and a half to that of fifteen and a half, and the latitude extends also four degrees, from the parallel of fifty-four degrees to that of fifty-eight degrees. In the geographical description I will follow Cambden as formerly.4 This famous island in the Virginian sea is by old writers called Ierna, Inverna, and Iris, by the old inhabitants Erin, by the old Britains Yuerdhen, by the English at this day Ireland, and by the Irish Bards at this day Banno, in which sense of the Irish word, Avicen calls it the Holy Island; besides, Plutarch of old called it Ogygia, and after him Isidore named it Scotia.5 This Ireland, according to the inhabitants, is divided into two parts, the wild Irish, and the English-Irish, living in the English pale. But of the old kingdoms, five in number, it is divided into five parts. 1. The first is by the Irish called Mowne, by the English Munster, and is subdivided into six counties—of Kerry, of Limerick, of Cork, of Tipperary, of the Holy Cross, and of Waterford—to which the seventh county of Desmond is now added. The Gangavi, a Scythian people, coming into Spain, and from thence into Ireland, inhabited the county of Kerry, full of woody mountains, in which the Earls of Desmond had the dignity of palatines, having their house in Trailes, a little town now almost uninhabited. Not far thence lies p.215 St. Mary Wic, vulgarly called Smerwick, where the Lord Arthur Gray...
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...Pride and Prejudice JANE AUSTEN Level 5 Retold by Evelyn Attwood Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. ISBN-13: 978-0-582-41935-3 ISBN-10: 0-582-41935-2 First published in the Longman Simplified English Series 1945 First published in Longman Fiction 1993 This adaptation first published in 1996 This edition first published 1999 10 NEW EDITION Contents page Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 The Bennets New Neighbours at Netherfield Jane Gains an Admirer Mr Collins Mr Wickham The Ball at Netherfield Mr Collins Makes a Proposal of Marriage Netherfield Is Empty Mr Collins Makes Another Proposal V 1 3 9 18 22 27 33 36 38 40 43 46 48 53 59 65 70 73 80 84 89 This edition copyright © Penguin Books Ltd 1999 Cover design by Bender Richardson White Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Set in ll/14pt Bembo Printed in China SWTC/10 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Jane Goes to London All rights reserved; no part of this publication may he reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Elizabeth Visits Hunsford Lady Catherine de Bourgh Visitors to Rosings Mr Darcy Elizabeth Receives a Letter Elizabeth and Jane Return Home The Regiment...
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...TLFeBOOK Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant H A R VA R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L P R E S S BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne Copyright 2005 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kim, W. Chan. Blue ocean strategy: how to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant / W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59139-619-0 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. New products. 2. Market segmentation. I. Mauborgne, Renée. II. Title. HF5415.153.K53 2005 658.8 02—dc22 2004020857 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives Z39.48–1992 To friendship and to our families, who make our worlds...
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