...Beowulf &Superman A hero is defined in classical mythology as a man, especially the son of a god and a mortal, who is famous for possessing some extraordinary gift. Beowulf, the title character of an epic poem and Superman, a more modern day hero are both prime examples. Beowulf and Superman exhibit several differences, but they also share some similar qualities. Beowulf possessed great strength that separated him from other men. Being able to use a sword that no ordinary man was able to carry gives the feeling that Beowulf is something more than a human being. It makes him special and causes him to stand out from all other men. Fame is something that makes a hero more noted. Beowulf’s popularity had spread all over the world. He never let this go to his head and he never thought that he was better than everyone else because of it. By engaging in this foolish contest, Beowulf nearly got himself killed trying to prove he was better than Brecca. Jealousy is never a good trait, especially for a hero. Revenge is never a trait of a true hero. A hero has no scores to settle. A true hero should fight only to protect others and not out of his own rage. Also, with Beowulf being a human being, he was not invincible. Beowulf didn’t realize this until he fought the dragon. He knew nothing of the dragon, it’s strengths, weaknesses or powers. Beowulf found out what the dragon was capable of and what its powers were. He knew that it could breathe fire, so he got a shield that...
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...different kind issues for people to suffer. By the time New York City hit the worst disaster in 108 years. People have to face the reality. Super storm makes people turn into different way to face their problems. Since hurricane sandy slums New York City. About 26,000 borough resident without power at 11am on Nov. 6. According to the news articles “Con Ed working for restores power” more than 3,000 workers repairing sandy damage thought the city. Downed tree limbs and other problems caused by super storm sandy have hampered power restoration in queens. Therefore, it cause another problem was that a lot of gas stations do not have electricity to more the gas to stations. The hurricane sandy lead many issues make New York became unable to work normally. Most of people couldn’t work and students couldn’t go to school about a week because the transportation problems. There are hundreds of residents waiting and line up to get gas at gas station within hours. People need gas just want to be able get to work. However there also people have been buying the gas then turn to higher price and sell out in order to earn money. According to news articles “gas shortage worries queens drivers” on Monday a man, Lenny Streski, tries to enter his driveway on Hall Avenue in Maspeth. A lady told him that he better not hit her car. The man Streski couldn’t believe how people are turning on each other. This shows how reality brings up the worst face of people. In conclusion...
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...rats in a lab experiment, and the aisles as a maze. Most of the rats--customers, I mean--follow a routine pattern, strolling up and down the aisles and then escaping through the exit hatch. But not everyone is so dependable. My research has revealed three distinct types of abnormal customer: the amnesiac, the super shopper, and the dawdler. The amnesiac stops his car in the loading zone, leaves the engine running with the keys locked inside, and tries to enter the store by crashing into the exit door. After dusting himself off and slipping through the entrance, he grabs a cart and begins hurtling down the aisles against the normal flow of traffic. "Peaches or potatoes?" he mutters to himself. "Doughnuts or Ding Dongs?" He has, of course, left his shopping list at home. When he finally makes it to my register and starts unloading the cart, he suddenly remembers the jug of milk or the loaf of bread that brought him here in the first place. He then resumes his race around the store while the customers waiting in line begin to grumble and tap their feet. Of course, when it comes time to pay for the goods, the amnesiac discovers that he has left his wallet at home. The super shopper has been planning her assault for days. She enters the store with a pocketbook on her arm, a coupon purse around her neck, a calculator in her pocket, and in her hand a shopping list that makes the Dewey Decimal System look downright chaotic. With military-like efficiency, she trundles her cart from one...
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...Mapping the “Super” Supply Chain for Comic Books MKT/421 Introduction The supply chain is a vital part of the economic system as a whole. This system is responsible for the availability of medicine, foods, fuel and other necessary elements of life. But, more importantly the supply chain allows the movement of one of the life's essential items, comic books. This paper will map the supply chain and introduce you to three new comic book superheroes in the process. Each step of the supply chain will be detailed. These steps are manufacturing, distributing and retail (Cohen, 2011). The Manufacturer: AKA The Amazing Artist Man More powerful than Superman, cagier than The Amazing Spiderman, he is the first hero we will meet. He is the beginning of the vast comic book universe. Our first hero is known as the Amazing Artist man. He/she is the beginning of this storied process. The Amazing Artist Man gets the creative ball rolling. He or she is integral in setting the proper direction that the story will go. They also have other responsibilities that they are responsible for. Such items include:. * Design the layout and story board of the comic book * Spark the creative flow/process for continuity of the storylines. * Improves story designs based on customer feedback. * Establishes branding to amplify the quality of the product. For the largest comic book companies (DC and Marvel) creating and sustaining a brand image that focuses on excitement and...
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...Yu 1 Yue Yu (Jasmine) Kat Gonso ENGW 1102 October 5, 2013 The audience of this review should be those people who like watching science fiction movie or fans of super heroes. My intended publication would be online blog, which is special prepared for sci-fi movies and TV shows, such as the blog Atomic Anxiety on website WordPress, and so on. Review of the Avengers: Numerous Figures but Distinct Characters Recently, a new TV series was released, called The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. As a loyal fan of science fiction movies and S.H.I.E.L.D, how can I miss these episodes! However, it is really a pity that there are only few episodes right now, I have to be patient to wait for the next story. And I am sure that most fans would be like me to wait for next episodes. So, in order to make waiting time more interesting, I would like to introduce a movie, which also happened in S.H.I.E.L.D, and fans would like it. It is called Avengers. Unlike normal agents using high technology to solve various troubles in TV series The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, super heroes in the movie Avengers uses their own abilities to protect their homeland. It is true that the TV series looks more like a reality, but I think superpower makes a science fiction movie more fantasy and mysterious. So, there is no doubt that when it first showed on screen, it received a warm welcome in a large amount of fans. The poster of the Avengers Yu 2 For me, the movie attract me most is that many of audiences’ familiar heroes would...
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...the development of the female character which strongly decides their fate based on Stephan Zweig’s novel: Letter from an Unknown Woman. Key words: father-absence， the Name-of-the-Father 1. Introduction Letter from an Unknown Woman is one of the most famous novels composed by Austrian writer Stephan Zweig. Its cyclically-told tale of romantic yearning and pining for love is embodied in the doomed, delusional relationship of the two romantic leads: a young neighbor girl's steadfast, sacrificial love for a self-absorbed, dilettante writer. Zweig uses the form of the woman’s monologue as a letter to show us a tragic story of her whole life: how she falls in love with her neighbor, keeps faith for him through her whole life while the man has never recognized or remembered her. Many critics believe that the root-cause of this love-tragedy lies in the indifference roused by materialism during people’s relationship. However apart from this, there is a psychological barrier in the character of this heroin, which should also pay the price. We can deduce from the novel that she is shy, sensitive, self-enclosed and holdfast to the people she loves. To some extent, her struggle with the fate seems to be pale for it is through this character...
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...Introducing Me Lyrics By: Nick Jonas I'm, I'm good at wasting time I think lyrics need to rhyme And you're not asking But I'm trying to grow a mustache I eat cheese, but only on pizza, please And sometimes on a homemade quesadilla Otherwise it smells like feet to me And I, I really like it when the moon looks like a toenail And I love you when you say my name If you wanna know Here it goes Gonna tell you this The part of me that'll show if you're close Gonna let you see everything But remember that you asked for it I'll try to do my best to impress But it's easier to let you take a guess at the rest But you wanna hear what lives in my brain My heart, will you ask for it, for your perusing? At times confusing, slightly amusing Introducing me Doo doo, doo doo doo doo to Doo doo, doo doo doo doo to La la la la La la la la la la la la, da I never trust a dog to watch my food And I like to use to the word "dude" As a noun, or an adverb, or an adjective And I've never really been into cars I like really cool guitars and superheroes And checks with lots of zeros on 'em I love the sound of violins And making someone smile If you wanna know Here it goes Gonna tell you this The part of me that'll show if you're close Gonna let you see everything But remember that you asked for it I'll try to do my best to impress But it's easier to let you take a guess at the rest But you wanna hear what lives in my brain My heart, will you ask for it, for your perusing? At times confusing, possibly...
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...Tara Loader Wilkinson 13 Apr 2010 The world's super-yacht owners have a lot on their plate. Not only do they shoulder yearly management costs of up to 20% of their yacht's value, but they also have to find a berth for their boat - which can cost up to €2,900 ($3937) a night, according to new research on the top 10 most expensive marinas. Portofino, Italy The Italian resorts of Capri, Porto Cervo and Portofino (pictured) topped the first annual survey of the most expensive resorts in the world to berth a super-yacht, according to Wealth Bulletin, our sister title. However, prices can fluctuate wildly during peak times, especially in the famed South of France marinas of Monaco, St Tropez and Cannes. Andrea Pezzini, general manager at yacht management company Floating Life, said secret deals are common – so it helps to know someone at the marina. He said a client paid a staggering €15,000 for an overnight berth in Monaco during the Formula 1 Grand Prix race last year. 1. Capri, Italy Average daily mooring fee for super-yachts: €2,900 Number of super-yacht berths: 10 Average price of local property per sq/m: €11,688 Peak periods: The Rolex Capri Sailing week in May Officially the most expensive marina on Wealth Bulletin’s list and known as one of the Mediterranean’s most luxurious getaways for the wealthy, the tiny mountainous island of Capri off the Amalfi coast has a small marina with berths for 10 super-yachts – so space costs a premium. Berths must...
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...In words of James” Youth is the joy, the little bird that has broken out of the eggs and is eagerly waiting to spread out its wings in the open sky of freedom and hope.” Power of Youth Youth is the spring of Life. It is the age of discovery and dreams. India is of largest youth population in the world today. The entire world is eyeing India as a source of technical manpower. They are looking at our youth as a source of talents at low costs for their future super profits. If Indian youth make up their mind and work in close unity with working class people, they can hold the political power in their hands. Indian youth has the power to make our country from developing nation to a developed nation. Is it a dream? No, their dreams take them to stars and galaxies to the far corners of the unknown and some of them like our own Kalpana Chawla pursue their dream, till they realize it and die for it in process. hopes of youth The youth hopes for a world free of poverty, unemployment, inequality and exploitation of man by man. A world free of discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, language and gender. A world full of creative challenges and opportunities to conquer them. But let us convert these hopes in reality. Role of Youth: The role of youth is of most importance in today’s time. It has underplayed itself in field of politics. It should become aspiring entrepreneur rather than mere workers. It can play a vital role in elimination of terrorism. Young participation...
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...Assess the view that conscience should be obeyed Conscience is an incredibly powerful thing that many people do not understand. It has the ability to shape the way we behave and control how we feel over certain situations which includes feeling guilty. Understanding what conscience is and how it is developed is an important thing as it could shape the way we behave and effectively change how society is. Aquinas linked the conscience to God, it isn’t God telling us what to do but it is a faculty of God given reason. Aquinas described the conscience as “the mind of man making moral judgement”. Aquinas saw the conscience as the natural ability of a rational human being to understand the difference between right and wrong, and to apply the most basic moral principles to particular situations. Aquinas believed that the conscience contains two essential parts: Synderesis and Conscienta. Synderesis refers to the rational principles on which moral decisions are based; it is ‘right reason’ which stems from our natural tendency to do good and shy away from evil. The other essential part of the conscience is conscienta which refers to the moral judgement that a person makes based on those principles. Aquinas points out that your conscience should always be followed even if it leads them to do the wrong thing; the conscience can go wrong however by following your conscience, it makes a person morally blameless. Despite a person being morally blameless if they follow their conscience...
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...States has the most tornadoes than anywhere in the world. Tornadoes are very rare and unpredictable. There is an area in the United States that is hit by tornadoes, more than most places due to its weather. This place is known as Tornado Alley, which covers a region from Texas to South Dakota, and Oklahoma. This area has the highest frequency of tornadoes in the world. Tornadoes begin formation through a thunderstorm. This is when the warm air flows up from the Gulf of Mexico in the spring, and summer then clashes, with the cold air that is pushing down from Canada. The joining between the warm and cold air produces terrible rotating thunderstorms called super cells (Retrieved from http://www.environment.nationalgeographic. com/environment/natural-disasters). Let’s proceed further, with more information regarding super cells, and what it actually entails....
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...first Crow poems. Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow was first published by Faber in 1972. The poems included in Crow are part of a large number of poems which make up a ‘vast folk epic’ which tells the story of Crow. Hughes’s account of the creation of the figure of Crow is thus: God, having created the world, has a recurring nightmare. A huge hand/ voice comes from deep space, takes him by the throat, half-throttles him, drags him through space, ploughs the earth with him then throws him back into heaven in a cold sweat. Meanwhile man sits at the gates of heaven waiting for God to grant him audience. He has come to ask God to take life back. God is furious and sends him packing. The nightmare seems to be independent of the creation, and God cannot understand it. The nightmare is full of mockery of the creation, especially of man. God challenges the nightmare to do better. This is just what the nightmare has been waiting for. It plunges down to ferment and gestate in matter and a little embryo begins. This is how Crow was created. God tests Crow by putting him through a series of trials and ordeals which sometimes result in Crow being dismembered, transformed or obliterated, but Crow survives them all, little changed. Meanwhile Crow interferes in...
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...The Role of Youth In modern Word count:527 words • Introduction • Power of youth • Role of youth • Problem • Conclusion Introduction In words of James” Youth is the joy, the little bird that has broken out of the eggs and is eagerly waiting to spread out its wings in the open sky of freedom and hope.” Power of Youth Youth is the spring of Life. It is the age of discovery and dreams. India is of largest youth population in the world today. The entire world is eyeing India as a source of technical manpower. They are looking at our youth as a source of talents at low costs for their future super profits. If Indian youth make up their mind and work in close unity with working class people, they can hold the political power in their hands. Indian youth has the power to make our country from developing nation to a developed nation. Is it a dream? No, their dreams take them to stars and galaxies to the far corners of the unknown and some of them like our own Kalpana Chawla pursue their dream, till they realize it and die for it in process. hopes of youth The youth hopes for a world free of poverty, unemployment, inequality and exploitation of man by man. A world free of discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, language and gender. A world full of creative challenges and opportunities to conquer them. But let us convert these hopes in reality. Role of Youth: The role of youth is of most importance in today’s time. It has underplayed itself in field...
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...creating new and more advanced technology, even more possibilities that can help millions of humans. What are some possible consequences to these events? Well, we could build the A.I so good that it could out smart us. Maybe even lead to mass destruction if we let it. Many films as well as books are centered on this idea, that our technological creations would be cruel and thoughtless. The A.I Anxiety addresses this scenario, the journalist Joel Achnbech enlightened the fear that humans has created towards A.I’s. We assume anything else that is intelligent and has power will turn to cruelty. The A.I’s are meant to be intelligent; resorting to cruel ways is neither wise nor intelligent. Artificial intelligence wouldn’t resort to the likeness of man. In Steven Spielberg’s AI, the creator of David made him for Monica and her husband after the ‘loss’ of their child. Robots can provide love for their owner. Bioengineer can be used for not only medical but personally uses as well, like witnessed in AI. Potential problems with biomedical engineering and singularity Richard Clarke in his article, “What does it meant to be human?” asks the question all of us would like to know, “How will all of that technology change society” (71)? It’s possible technology would change society for the better, organ replacements, slowing down aging, and genetic engineering that removes health threats towards humans. Then there's the possibility our creations will backfire. In any scenario there...
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...Elctronics in Everyday Life at Panera Bread On a rising, sunny Sunday, I walked nervously to a crowded Panera Bread bakery with my mom, and my brother, Ian. When I stepped inside, Panera Bread was filled with laughter among the souls of countless different people, waiting in line to grab their food and chatted their way through the crowds. There were nonstop rows of soft pastries rising up in the streets of crispy and tasty pastries. I could taste and smell my favorite food from the displays across the room. Calming light colors on the walls were bringing the place to life and gives immense welcoming signs to Panera Bread workers and customers. Some people were texting on their phones when they were waiting on their phones. We were getting food at brunch and had not yet eaten breakfast. I was also observing how and when people at Panera Bread were using electronics. And what is the age range of these people were using these special devices? As I ate my brunch with my family, I identified, that an endless amount of people were mostly spending their time off their electronic devices; enjoying being surrounded by people...
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