...American novelist, Toni Morrison in her acceptance speech “Nobel Lecture,” places a great deal of importance to the power of language, as well as reminding future generations that having such power takes a lot of responsibility. Morrison’s purpose is to urge us to recognize the lasting impact of the past and warns us against the misuse of language. With a passionate tone, she appeals to the feelings and experiences in her audience. Through her brilliant syntax along with her wonderful use of metaphors, her message is one of optimism and the guarantee that one day the power of language will eventually unite us. By opening with an anecdote of the blind, but wise old woman Morrison introduces us to the life of the bird. The bird’s life can be thought of as living or dead---the same can be said for language. There are the writers who can ‘kill’ the language; it comes to the extent where they begin to drain it, weakening the power from it. In this case, it initially seems that the youth mock the blind woman and want to destroy things the elderly cherish (for example, language) because it’s the believed nature of the youth: “For her dead language is not only one no longer spoken or written, it is an unyielding language content to admire its own paralysis.” In other words, the language with the sole reason that what its saying merely sounds beautiful, it is satisfied and living in bliss. This language that admires itself has come to the point where it doesn’t welcome the flourishing...
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...FIN 402 FALL 2012 ANSWERS - HOMEWORK #1 1. (Q2) a. financial b. financial c. real d. real e. real f. financial g. real h. financial a. PV = $100/1.0110 = $90.53 b. PV = $100/1.1310 = $29.46 c. PV = $100/1.2515 = $3.52 d. PV = $100/1.12 + $100/1.122 + $100/1.123 = $240.18 a. You can use annuity formula or Excel: PV of bond = PV of coupons + PV of principal PV of coupons = $275/0.026 * (1 – (1/1.026^20)) = $4,246.80 PV of principal = $10000/1.026^20 = $5,984.84 PV of bond = $4,246.80 + $5,984.84 = $10,231.64 b. Need to use Excel: =$10000/(1+(r/2))^20 + PV((r/2),20,-275) for 0.01 3 × Price of A + 1.5 × Price of B = 10 × Price of C 3 × $4 + $1.5 × $10 = X X = $27 If price is $25 ( For example, you can buy 10 shares of Asset C, then sell 30 shares of A and 15 shares of B. Get $270, Pay $250, and make $20 in risk-free profits. Asset A Asset B Asset C TOTAL Today $4 × 30 = $120 $10 × 15 = $150 -$25 × 10 = -$250 $20 $ if oil > $100 -$10 × 30 = -$300 $0 $30 × 10 = $300 $0 $ if oil < $100 $0 -$20 × 15 = -$300 $30 × 30 = $300 $0 5. Highlander SE: MSRP $32,845 fuel – 20 city / 25 highway Highlander Hybrid: MSRP $38,715 fuel – 28 city / 28 highway Assumptions: *Each car will drive 15,000 miles per year on highway, 25,000 miles per year in city *$3000 tax credit on hybrid *Same repair costs *Each car will need to be replaced after three years (resale value of $0) *Average gasoline price of $3.50 Monthly fuel costs: Highlander SE: 1250 hw miles / 25 mpg => 50 gallons * $3.50/gallon = $175...
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...An essay on chinchilla Think back to the first time you ever heard of chinchilla. At one stage or another, every man woman or child will be faced with the issue of chinchilla. Given that its influence pervades our society, spasmodically it returns to create a new passion amongst those who study its history. Since it was first compared to antidisestablishmentarianism much has been said concerning chinchilla by the over 50, many of whom blame the influence of television. With the primary aim of demonstrating my considerable intellect I will now demonstrate the complexity of the many faceted issue that is chinchilla. Social Factors Interweaving social trends form a strong net in which we are all trapped. The immortal and indispensable phrase ‘honesty is the best policy’ [1] was clearly refering to the impact of chinchilla on today's society. Both tyranny and democracy are tried and questioned. Yet chinchilla irons out misconceptions from our consciousness. Our post-literate society, more than ever before, relies upon chinchilla. Society says that every man must find their own truth. While one sees chinchilla, another may see monkeys playing tennis. Economic Factors Is unemployment inherently bad for an economy? Yes. Of course, chinchilla fits perfectly into the Maiden-Tuesday-Lending model, making allowances for recent changes in interest rates. Oil Prices chinchilla There are a number of reasons which may be attributed to this unquestionable correlation...
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...Issues surrounding telephone marketing can never be over analysed. There are many factors which influenced the development of telephone marketing. Cited by many as the single most important influence on post modern micro eco compartmentalism, telephone marketing is featuring more and more in the ideals of the young and upwardly mobile. Inevitably feelings run deep amongst the aristocracy, trapped by their infamous history. Relax, sit back and gasp as I display the rich tapestries of telephone marketing. Social Factors As Reflected in classical mythology society is complicated. The immortal and indispensable phrase ‘honesty is the best policy’ [1] created a monster which society has been attempting to tame ever since. Much has been said about the influence of the media on telephone marketing. Observers claim it is crunchy on the outside but soft in the middle. Our post-literate society, more than ever before, relies upon telephone marketing. To put it simply, people like telephone marketing. Economic Factors We no longer live in a world which barters 'I'll give you three cows for that hat, it’s lovely.' Our existance is a generation which cries 'Hat - $20.' Of course, telephone marketing fits perfectly into the Custard-Not-Mustard model of economics. Inflation telephone marketing It is apparent from the graph that the influence of telephone marketing is strong. What is the secret to its strength? Even a child could work out that inflation has always...
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...SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE “LOG OFF NIGHT” DRAFT 1. Salutation Assalamualaikum and a very good evening to Vip - Yg Bhg Dato blab la bla (Ikut gelaran) Advicer - All the beloved 4th-year student and all guests 2. Acknowledgement First and foremost, I would like to take the chance to express my gratitude to all the committees and to those who are involved, directly and indirectly, that have been working so hard, spending so many hours in making sure that this program will be a success. This program would not be possible without the kind support and help from these individuals. Not forgetting all the guests, for taking part in the School of Computer Science’s annual dinner. 3. Purpose 4.1. An annual tradition of the USM Computer Science committee. 4.2. To be one of the platform for students to learn how to manage and hold a program. 4.3. To strengthen the bonds between lecturers and the students of Computer Science USM. 4.4. To celebrate all final year students of Computer Science USM. 4. Goal 5.5. To celebrate the graduates-soon-to-be, final year students of School of Computer Science USM. 5. Hope 6.6. This program will be a success and will run smoothly until the end. 6.7. All final year students will pass with flying colors and have a great career waiting ahead for them. 6.8. Express gratitude to all the committees, involved directly or indirectly, who worked hard in making sure this...
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...starts after Beloved’s murder, becomes greater when Beloved shows up, but then subsides right before Beloved’s departure. Denver was only a baby after...
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...Speech Ladies and Gentlemen. good morning. My name is Peter Samir and I represent the Egyptians of the city of Vinnitsa . first I would like to greet Mr. , Mr. . It is a real honor to in front of all you . I would like start my speech with the immortal words of the author Frederick Douglass noted that "if there is no struggle, there is no progress," Today, as we prepare to move toward the future, it is pertinent that we hold fast to our support networks—those who have encouraged and grounded us throughout the years. Parents, families, friends, and mentors, I take this moment to thank you! We ask that you continue to support us as we embark on our future endeavors. Like many of my classmates, I came to the Pirogov Memorial Medical University because I desired a college experience that would challenge me.I believe the theoretical education provided by the College is, in essence, a skills-based education. And let me tell you why: First, as capable thinkers, we are great problem-solvers. When faced with a challenge, we will use both our skepticism and our knowledge to dig into the roots of the issue and tackle the problem from the center outward. Second, the teachers are very capable and sincere in their work , they love to help their students to acknowledge all the information necessary to excel in the future . the Syllabus given there is highly organized and it is taught in a marvelous and flawless timeline . We have a...
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...A family. One tight-knit, nuclear family who understands each other’s intricate personalities and complex backgrounds. This was the shadow that Sethe spotted on her way to the carnival that reeked of rotting roses. This is the shadow that represents her, Paul D, and Denver’s past, present, and future. This shadow embodies Sethe, Denver, and Paul D’s past because it represents the outline of a happy family that none of these characters previously possessed but so badly desired. Sethe fell in love and bewedded Halle while under the ownership of “schoolteacher”, their harsh, inhumane master, but still longed for a life of freedom and happiness, one where she could raise her children away from the struggles of slavery. Denver grew up at 124 loving her mother, Sethe, out of fear; a fear of her mother attempting, again, to murder her children. It was this fear that Denver previously held that never allowed her to truly love her mother and live with her as a family. Paul D was never given the chance at a family while under the possession of schoolteacher. He was poorly mistreated, like his fellow slaves, and was reprimanded with an iron to his tongue for plotting to escape with Sethe and Halle. This shadow represents Sethe, Denver, and Paul D’s present, the one of them strolling to the carnival, because it is an image that captures how they all felt at that very moment: together, as a happy family. Sethe is excited to see her old friend, Paul D, Denver is relieved to...
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...REALTIONSHIP STUDY OF STUDENTS AND IT’S IMPACT Academic Performance AS ONE IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS ENGLISH SUBJECTS 2 Sales, Monica N. BSBA-1 March, 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are deeply grateful to the following individuals for the valuable assistance, contribution and support they provided for the success of our seasonal-paper: · For Mrs. Bernardita Cruz, the beloved teacher in English, for carefully guiding us in making a successful seasonal-paper. ·The respondent, who shared their time constant in answering our questionnaire. · My family, for understanding the days we cannot be with them to be able to finish our seasonal paper, and Above all, · To our God Almighty, who never left us and gave us guidance and hope Especially those times that we were struggling. Again, thank you for being a part of the success of our paper. - Monica i TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgment i Table of contents ii-iii Chapter I, Problem and Its Environment 1 1. Introduction 1 2. Purpose of the Study 1 3. Importance of the Study 1 4. Scope and Limitations 1 5. Definition of Terminology 1 Chapter II, Related Studies and Literature 2 Chapter III, Design and Methods of Research 3 1. Research & Design 3 2. The Respondents 3 3. Instruments Used for Research 3 4. Treatment of Data 3 Chapter IV, Presentation and Interpretation of Data 4-7 ...
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...Past, Present, Future Sethe ignores her senses that Beloved is her reincarnated daughter in an older body. She assumes that Beloved is traumatized from escaping years of captivity. Beloved holds so much power in Sethe's family. She makes Denver feel rejected and lonely and seduces Paul D. Beloved chooses to interact with Sethe more than Denver, asking Sethe about stories of the past, that Denver has no interest in. Denver also knows about Beloved’s attentions to Paul D because she has noted her nighttime trips to the cold house where he sleeps. Beloveds love is so powerful that it turns the , “... tobacco tin buried in [Paul D’s] chest where a red heart used to be. Its lid rusted shut,” (135) into a,“Red heart. Red heart. Red heart.”(213) Beloved...
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...While the words of a novel tell the story, the way it is written can reveal deeper meanings in addition to the surface level words. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison uses unique structures in several of her works to provide a deeper illustration of the story. In Morrison’s most famous work, Beloved, she details the emotional story of a young mother, Sethe, who narrowly escapes her enslaved life in the South and flees to Ohio, where she is reunited with her children. Unfortunately, slave-catchers soon catch up with her, leading Sethe to kill her infant daughter in order to prevent her from the atrocities of slave life. Eighteen years later, Sethe lives an isolated life with her only remaining child, Denver, until a mysterious woman who...
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...Throughout Beloved by Toni Morrison, the motif of haunting is used to illustrate the repercussions and lasting effects of slavery. Even though when the novel begins Sethe has been living as a free person in Ohio for about eighteen years, the remains of her life as a slave still haunt her; not just in the form of her dead baby’s ghost. When Paul D first arrives at 124 Bluestone Road, the house where Sethe and Denver live, along with Baby Suggs before she dies, Sethe tells him about her escape from Sweet home - the place where she was kept as a slave, saying “I got a tree on my back and a haint in my house” (Morrison, 18), as a way to illustrate some parts of her escape and time at Sweet Home that still remain with her. Tree on her back is formed...
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...Toni Morrison’s Beloved: A Realistic Saga of Black Female Slavery by Vaseem G Qureshi Margaret Atwood in The New York Times Book Review says about The Beloved by Toni Morrison as thus: In the book, the other world exists and magic works, and the prose is up to it. If you can believe page one – and Ms Morrison’s verbal authority compels belief – you’re hooked on the rest of the book. (Atwood, 1993, 35) Toni Morrison’s fifth novel, Beloved (1987) explores the degradation imposed upon all African slaves of America. The novel is about matrilineal ancestry and the relationships among enslaved, freed, alive and dead mothers and daughters. The text is so grounded in historical reality that it could be used to teach American history classes. The protagonist of the novel, Sethe’s character is based on a factual slave woman Margaret Garner in an exaggerated way. For Random House project, The Black Book (1974), “scrap book” of three hundred years of the folk journey of Black America, Morrison had to gather details for the text. A fugitive from Kentucky, Garner attempted to kill her children rather than having them re-enslaved when they were all captured in Ohio in 1850. She succeeded in killing only one, however, whose throat she slashed. Acknowledging that she had indeed conducted research while writing Beloved, Morrison told Martha Darling: I did research about a lot of things in this book in order to narrow it, to make it narrow and deep, but I did not do much research on Margaret...
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... Beloved: Memories, Manifestation, and Malice “A fully dressed woman walked out of the water” …“nobody saw her emerge or came accidentally by” (53). In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Beloved appears out of nowhere like a lost soul stumbling and stammering until she made her way to her predisposed destination the property of I24. The moment that Sethe see’s Beloved her bladder fills to capacity, “She never made the outhouse. Right in front of the door she had to lift her skirts, and the water she voided was endless” (54). This to me symbolized a woman’s water breaking before she gives birth; it is evident to me that Beloved is a manifestation and representation of Sethe’s inner most thoughts, feelings, secrets, and past traumatic experiences and Beloved has returned to shed light on Sethe’s past, present, and future self through painful memories. In a conversation about Beloved Morrison states, “she is a spirit on one hand, literally she is what sethe thinks she is, her child returned to her from the dead” (Darling 247). Sethe feels immediately drawn to Beloved after she states her name; “Sethe was deeply touched by her sweet name; the remembrance of glittering headstone made her feel especially kindly toward her” (56). There are many instances where Beloved without knowing causes Sethe to remember things...
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...In "Sonnet 18" by Shakespeare the speaker poses a question to himself as to how to best immortalize his beloved subject. At first he compares his love to a summer's day, which the speaker sees as most beautiful. However, he finds the metaphor imperfect so he decides through internal debate and poetic expression that the best way to immortalize his love is through his own poetry. This method eternalizes both his love for her and her beauty in written words. By exploring the contrast between the subject's beauty and a summer's day, the author proves that love can withstand the course of time. The line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" (1) opens the speaker's debate with a comparison between his love and the season of summer; the author questions whether the beloved subject should be compared to a summer's day. In the consequent lines, the narrators begins to compare his subject to a "summer's day" and answer the question posed in line one, and right away makes the point that the subject is superior to summer, with the line "thou art more lovely and more temperate" (2). The faults of summer continue to be proven with phrases such as "rough winds" which describe summer's temporary nature. Unlike summer, "rough winds" do not shake the subject's beauty .The examples made regarding summer in the first quatrain show that summer's beauty does not last forever, it is merely a time of year that passes within a short period of time . Each subsequent comparison between his lover...
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