...1. Opening 2. Introduction • What is the “Swiftlets Nest” Swiftlets (collocalia) are tiny insectivorous birds that are distributed from the Indian Ocean, through Southeast Asia and North Australia to the Pacific. Amongst various species of swiftlets in the genus of Collocalia, only the nests of four species habituating in the Southeast Asian region have commercial value because of human consumption. They are Collocalia fuciphaga, Collocalia germanis, Collocalia maxima and Collocalia unicolor. Collocalia species, average 6.5g in weight, have glossy plumage. Their nests are constructed with salivary glue, a cementing substance, and may incorporate other materials such as vegetation or feathers. It takes about 20 days to finish the nest. The edible bird's nest ( 燕窩 in Chinese) making up with purely salivary glue are much more expensive than those incorporating with other materials. The demand for edible bird's nest Increase => It may be due to the fact that Hong Kong people are more and more concerned about their health. Moreover, a dual nature of edible bird's nest, that could be treated as medicine or/and food, may play a role. History In the past, people could only buy dried edible bird's nests. Nowadays, for the advancement in food technology, large variety of edible bird's nest related products emerge to the market. They are readily to serve products. No cooking process is required. Amongst those new products...
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...AND BIRD'S NEST SOUP David Jordan This is an amended version of an article first published in International Development Planning Review, Volume 26, Number 1, Liverpool University Press, 2004 Summary Almost un-noticed by outsiders, an extraordinary industry has emerged in Indonesia to meet a specialised demand from the nouveau riche of the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC). This industry produces the prime ingredient of the famous bird’s nest soup, also used in traditional Chinese medicines and cosmetics. It is an urban industry, using substantial specially designed buildings, that has transformed a number of Indonesian towns. So far there has been little serious research into this phenomenon. The Indonesian government statistical agency (Badan Pusat Statistik) confesses that the industry output, though considerable, is not captured by its GDP estimates. Enquiries are hampered by the secretive behaviour of the practitioners, who jealously guard their trade secrets. The author is an economist/planner who first observed the phenomenon when conducting fieldwork for an urban development project in North Sumatera. He is currently preparing a research project on the subject to be carried out in association with Badan Pusat Statistik. The nests of bird’s nest soup are produced by the genus aerodramus (formerly collocallia), a type of swift, known in the Malay and Indonesian languages as walet. The essential ingredient is the saliva of the bird, almost pure in the nests of the white-nest...
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...Empty nest syndrome is defined as "the experience that relates to parents' feelings of unhappiness, worry, loneliness, and depression resulting from their children's departure from home" (Feldman, 2011p. 521). Some parent’s find this time very challenging, mainly mothers because they have raised their children and cared for them most of their lives and now it has come to an end. Some parents find it rewarding that their children have left the nest, because they have more leisure time for such things as physical and psychological energies like community and recreational activities” (Feldman, 2011p.521). I think parents or caregivers should find outlets before their child or children leave the home, that way they have something to keep them distracted. Empty nest syndrome can weigh very heavily on a marriage, the husband and wife may be used to a routine and this may knock their relationship off track. Being said maybe the couple did not spent as much time together because the child or children took up most of the mother’s time. I have seen several marriages where the couples were not use to seeing each other so much verses others that wanted to spend more time together. Some men feel a loss for their children leaving also, maybe as much as the mother. "One survey of fathers whose children had left home found that although they showed signs of happiness a quarter of the father felt unhappy deep down inside"(Feldman, 2011,p.521). Parents should spend as much time as they can with...
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...midlife marriage that are transitioning to the empty nest. We identify the social aspects of the marriage relationship and the midlife issues most couples face. We look at those that grieve and those that rejoice, when their nest empties, as well as the characteristics of those prone to depression during this major life event. The biological, psychological and spiritual adjustments that take place are analyzed as well as the varied reactions that parents feel during this time of loss in their lives. Lastly, we discuss the role that the Christian counselor plays and celebrate with those couples who have newfound freedom and have reconnected as a result of their nest empting. Empty Nest: Catastrophe or Transition Midlife marriage is a comfortable and rewarding time to experience. Most couples have successfully matured and built a great life together. They have a lot to be thankful for and are proud of the family they’ve raised. One of the major adjustments that occur during this time is when the children they’ve raised reach maturity and leave home. This marks a new beginning for parents known as the empty nest. In the 70s, sociologists popularized the term ‘empty-nest syndrome” to identify parents, especially mothers who experienced depression and loss of purpose and identity when their children left the nest (Clay, 2003). Although women are mentioned as suffering the most when the nest empties, men suffer too. According to Dr. Ilona L...
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...Throughout Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, one can see the book in many ways. He uses the book to express many of his believes, some of which are quite obviously drug induced. Kesey, like other authors at the time was looking at the world from the outside. He was part of the end of the beats movement. A common belief amongst beats movement writers was the idea of not conforming to the society that went against everything they believed. Ken Kesey hinted at his beats generation views all throughout One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by reversing gender and race roles inside the mental hospital the book takes place in. Kesey also exploits the idea of conforming to, and being controlled by society norms. Early and all through One Flew...
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...When looking at a tragic hero, the first thing that comes to mind is a type of character that starts as a low key person, and then becomes relevant person within society. In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the mail McMurphy is a god like human in the minds of the other patients and gives them life as his time dwindles at the institution. Someone in my mind that reminds me of McMurphy is Barry Bonds. In his life, he started his career as a one of the most looked at players until he was tested positive for steriods. Randall McMurphy and Barry Bonds share the character traits of determination, arrogance, and isolation. To begin, the up forth of R.P McMurphy and Barry Bonds’s glory came to be from the determination they have to be the best at what they do. McMurphy, along the road for his rise amongst the patients at the home, could not have happened if it was not for the lack of enthusiasm he saw in the faces of the people he was with every day of his life at the institution. “Damn, what a sorry-looking outfit. You boys don’t look so crazy to me” (Kesey 19). McMurphy knows these men have been dragged down for being in the institution and believes in himself to help them. One way he gets them to see how his personality is, is by loosening them up and trying to me them feel better about themselves. In comparison to Barry Bonds, the way he went up in the ladder was by playing the game of baseball how every American loved to watch it be played, with lots of...
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...Following his many years working the night shift at a mental hospital in California and his frequent use of LSD, both recreationally and scientifically, Ken Kesey penned his seminal work, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Written during a time of great social change in the United States, that included the emergence of the Civil Rights and Beat movements, his novel details the workings of a mental ward through the eyes of the seemingly deaf and dumb Chief Bromden. As a result, the reader is allowed a first-hand look at what it means to be considered abnormal by society and at the brutal “therapeutic” treatment the asylum enforces in oreder to make these people “normal” again. Ken Kesey realized the prevailing notion of conformity in the post-war era and it’s almost omnipotent grip on society, yet he concurrently understood the...
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...select a nest site, and then attract a female using song and flight, and (dependent on the species) guard their territory. The size of the territory varies depending on the species of swallow; in colonial-nesting species it tends to be small, but it may be much larger for solitary nesters. Outside of the breeding season some species may form large flocks, and species may also roost communally. This is thought to provide protection from predators such as sparrowhawks and hobbies.[2] These roosts can be enormous; one winter roosting site of Barn Swallows in Nigeria attracted 1.5 million individuals.[9] Non-social species do not form flocks but recently fledged chicks may remain with their parents for a while after the breeding season.If to close to territory swallows will attack you in the perimeter of the nest. Breeding The more primitive species nest in existing cavities, for example in an old woodpecker nest, while other species excavate burrows in soft substrate such as sand banks.[2] Swallows in the genera Hirundo, Ptyonoproggne, Cecropis, Petrochelidon and Delichon build mud nests close to overhead shelter in locations that are protected from both the weather and predators. The mud-nesters are most common in the Old World, particularly Africa, whereas cavity-nesters are the rule in the New World. Mud nesting species in particular are limited in areas of high humidity, which causes the mud nests to crumble. Many cave, bank and cliff dwelling species of swallow nest in large...
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...Racism, and bias perspective. These are some of the most reason that books get banned. A question that can be raised is why did One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest get banned? This book tells about how life in this hospital ran at the whim of Nurse ratched, but once McMurphy arrives then he challenges her power, causing them all to rise up and basically strip her form her power. This gives the audience a rare opportunity to see what life was like in a mental hospital during this time. Although some may argue that this book will teach high schoolers that it is okay to revolt and defy authority, I believe that there are many essential lessons that this book is teaching us. First off, some people may argue that this book should be banned because of feeling as though it will teach us to never respect authority, but in this book it shows them sticking up for what is right. In this book, there is Nurse Ratched making sure that everyone knows that “everyone must follow the rules” because she was wanting to control every aspect if everything that occurs in this hospital (pg 25). Them standing up for themselves can be a valuable lesson for a high school student because just because someone has power over you does not mean that they are not abusing that right. In this book she is wanting to control every aspect of their lives, and taking away basic human rights away from them to she can establish...
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...Cynthia K. Nessmith Professor Shawana Stanford American Literature 2130 14 April 2013 Film adaptation of the American novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest novel was written by Ken Kesey in 1962. The film adaptation version was directed by Czech Milos Forman in 1975. My goal in this paper is not only to compare the film adaptation to the Novel but to also explain what I think the symbols represent, critic’s analysis, themes presented in this film, and the significance of the Novel. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest film’s setting begins with a police car driving down the road to people sleeping in bunk beds, ending with a glimpse of a drawing taped to the wall with a crazy face centered in it. A nurse enters a locked down facility, while another prepares medicine for the patients. The police car arrives at the facility with a prisoner in handcuffs that is released to the hospital staff. The characters in this film are as follows: Randall P. McMurphy played by Jack Nicholson, a rebellious convict with a loud mouth and a set of sexual playing cards. He’s courageous and challenges the staff/system of the mental hospital. Nurse Ratched played by Louise Fletcher is a calm, cold, well mannered, and soft spoken head nurse of the mental hospital that plays McMurphy’s enemy. Chief Bromdon played by Will Sampson is a big and tall Indian who is described as “deaf and dumb” (according to the character Billy). Billy Bibbit played by Brad Dourif is a young...
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...Judith Guest’s novel, Ordinary People, and movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, directed by Milos Forman, both share a number of traits that correlate with one another . Such traits include vulnerability, perfection, and emotional imbalance. Both Ordinary People and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest captivate the emotions of the audience by addressing these three traits through a point of view, setting, and imagery. Since Ordinary People has two perspectives of a father and son, the point of view in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest focuses on Nurse Ratched’s confrontation with Billy. Furthermore, the vulnerability that Con develops after the death of his brother also applies to Billy when Nurse Ratched humiliated him in front of the other...
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...One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest As a child, the adults in my neighborhood would always say “stop acting like a crazy person, or else people are going to think you’re really crazy”. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Randle McMurphy does exactly what the old people of my community said not to do; he pretends to be crazy. The reason he does this is to avoid the punishment of jail time, he pleads insanity and ends up in a mental institution. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was released in 1975, it was directed by Milos Forman. It starred Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy, Louise Fletcher as Nurse Rathced, and Danny Divito as Martini. Randle McMurphy is under the impression that he would rather serve time in a mental institution, than serve jail time, is admitted as a patient and attempts to play the role of an insane person. Immediately he realizes that the people who are his peers in the community have problems that go a lot deeper than his. He seems to be able to reach out to the clients and in the end; his demise is one person’s freedom. McMurphy teaches Chief, a Native American inmate how to fend for himself, and he encourages the other patients to rebel against the head nurse, Nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched does not like her authority to be challenged, and a power struggle begins between she and McMurphy. McMurphy pulls many stunts during his stay at the hospital, but the one that sends her over the edge is when McMurphy throws party and brings prostitutes to the mental...
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...In the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest the mental hospital is very strict with lots of structure. This causes many thing to happen that doesn’t necessarily have to happen. It's almost as if the patients are antagonized to overreact at points in the movie. As a human being we should be able to make our own choices, therefor its important to be able to make your own choices to feel like you are an individual. Not to mention, I would think it would be improvement to have the patients working together as a team, but Nurse Ratched didn’t reward or even compliment them on working as a team. Instead she punished them. Working as a team is an key element of human behavior, because at this point your not just thinking about yourself but of others feelings too. These situations are all very unethical to me, I believe no matter what state you are in, mental or sane,...
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...The pivotal character of Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is filled to the brim with imagery surrounding Christ—his twelve disciples, his miracles, his crucifixion—to the point where it is nearly impossible to not make a connection with the biblical. As McMurphy first lay down upon the cross-shaped table of the Shock Shop, Kesey is telling his readers something, guiding us to deeper meaning within that imagery. Through the cruel Shock Shop and sacrificial symbolism, Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest declares McMurphy a Christ figure, furthering the idea that even in the most oppressive, depairing trenches of humanity, a little hope is all it takes to spark revolution. When we get our first glimpse of McMurphy, it...
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...Ken Kesey was born in 1935 in Colorado. In 1946, his family moved to Oregon, where he become champion in wrestling, both in high school and college (Ken Kesey Biography.” Encyclopedia of World Biography). He attended Stanford University and later in 1960 Kesey volunteered in the experiment organized by U.S army, in which he was using drugs such LSD, mescaline, psilocybin and then reporting on their effect. He also spent some time communicating with patients in the hospital's psychiatric ward. It was an experience which encouraged Ken Kesey to write his 1962 novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” (the book I’m reading right now), which examined the abuses of the system against the individuals and the theory that patients weren’t insane, but...
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