...Time is a Healer In Katherine Mansfield’s short story “The Fly”, she tells of a man and his struggle with the loss of his son. The setting starts out in the boss’s office, where he is talking to a man we know as Mr. Woodifield. Mr. Woodifield is an older gentleman whom since he had a stroke his family keeps him boxed up in his home every day of the week, expect for Tuesdays. Mr. Woodifield and the boss talk about the new decorations of the boss’s office, there is something though that Mr. Woodifield struggles to remember that he wanted to tell the boss. He remembers that is was his daughters had ran across the boss’s son grave while looking at Reggie’s, his son whom he had lost in World War One, grave. He goes on to tell the boss of how well the place is kept, and how his son and Reggie were quite close to one another. After Mr. Woodifield leaves the boss tells his office messenger that “I’ll see nobody for half an hour.” He begins to attempt to grieve over the loss of his son the way he used to be able to. He finds himself unable to weep and he finds himself easily distracted by a simple fly. The fly falls into the ink pot and the boss watches him struggle over and over until he is finally unable to overcome and dies. The moral of this story seems to be that time can heal all grief. Mr. Woodifield is a gentleman whom was a former employee of the boss. He has retired after the stroke he had and comes to visit the boss on Tuesdays, when his wife and girls let him...
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...single black fly sat on the label of his greasy jacket. A short time later, there were already two. They ran up to him and crawled into his face, but he did not seem to notice. More flies were added, crawled over his nose, his cheeks, his lips, but he showed no reaction. It was not long, and they crept into his nostrils, in his eye and in his ears. They crawled out purely and again and showed it in no hurry. They inspected it really thoroughly, and he let it happen impassively. After some time had gathered two dozen flies on him, they now crawled into his sleeves and into the gaps between the neck and shirt collar. Walker came along the road and went between us through. They took no notice of him. As it dawned, the number of flies had grown to several hundred. I stood up and went home. When I again the next day I approached my place on the bench, hit me in the smell of vinegar from afar contrary. The man in the hat was already sitting opposite on the bench. The flies had almost completely taken possession of him. They ran all over him around, sometimes flew in small groups and then sat down again. He just sat there and looked like the day before indifferent through me. The fly took the occasion to be a little bolder. Increasingly, they were crawling now in his ears and in his nose. His face betrayed not even a twitch, as tentatively crawled the first maggots on his forehead. Dense clouds of flies buzzed around him now. His clothes were completely covered with flies. Constantly...
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...WEEK FOUR HW PROBLEMS There are four problems, each of which is worth one point. 1. Five Proteen Bars and 7 Superdrinks total 1915 calories. Four Proteen Bars and 3 Superdrinks total 1155 calories. How many calories does one Proteen Bar have? One Superdrink? One Proteen Bar has 180 calories and one Superdrink has 145 calories. 2. A plane goes from A to B against the wind in 4 hrs and 30 minutes. It goes back again (WITH the wind) in 3 hrs and 40 minutes. It is 400 miles from A to B. How fast does the plane fly in still air, and how fast is the wind? (Round to nearest hundredth.) The plane flies at 99.09 mph in still air and the wind is 10.2 mph. 3. You want 40 liters of 60% solution. How much 80% solution and how much 28% solution must you mix to produce that result? (Round to nearest hundredth.) In order to produce 40 liters of 60% solution I will need 24.62 liters of 80% solution and 15.38 liters of 28% solution. 4. Seven curly fries and four plain fries cost $16.83. Five curlies and 12 plains cost $23.45. How much does one order of curlies cost? One order of plains? One order of curlies costs $1.69 and one order of plains costs $1.25. 5. Solve the following system of equations: 2X + 3Y = 29 X + 1.5Y = 8 The system of equations is inconsistent and has no...
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...such as specimen cups, pharmacy bottles, labels, nets, and dissecting forceps. Included in their array of gear is a “killing jar,” which is a glass jar containing ethyl acetate-soaked cotton balls. There are a number of procedures forensic entomologists must follow when it comes to collecting specimen. They must first collect any live flies using nets, then the largest maggots and egg mounds found on the remains. The bug experts preserve a few of the collected maggots by plunging them into boiling water then storing them in alcohol. This stops any chance of discoloration or decomposition of the maggots. Not only do forensic entomologist need to collect any insects seen with the naked eye, they also check ear canals, nasal openings, other orifices, and any open wounds for the presence of insects....
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...Entomotoxicology The process of decomposition begins immediately after death and the process can be divided into five stages: fresh, bloated, decay, post-decay and skeletal. Therefore, the availability of tissues and blood samples for toxicological analysis is dependent on the state of decomposition. There are cases where blood and tissue samples are not available or suitable for analysis, the fly larvae found on the cadaver can be used as an alternative toxicological specimen. Successful detection of substances has been accomplished by several extraction methods from maggots, pupae and adults of Diptera and even from the feces of beetles (Miller et al. 1994). Bourel et al. (2001) conducted a study which showed that morphine was detected on third larval instar maggots of Calliphora vicina Linnaeus (Diptera: Calliphoridae) fed with an artificial diet mixed with the drug. This shows that morphine was stored inside the cuticle of the maggots during their development. However, the detection of diethylpropion (Inebex) showed negative result in larvae of Chrysomya megacephala and Chrysomya putoria suggesting the rapid excretion of drugs (Alves et al.2008). Insect succession Insect succession is the wave or pattern of insects’ colonization on dead remains and is also affected by the surrounding environment. Invasion of a body by insects and other arthropods occurs soon after death (Anderson and Goff, 2000). They are capable to arrive and colonized within minutes of the death (Wells...
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... Elise Ashley Leyva I have chosen the article “A Normative Theory of Forgetting: Lessons from the Fruit Fly” I chose this article because the name was very interested to me, and I thought it would be very interesting. I also chose this article because it consisted of theories and experimental conditionings of why we forget thing. This caught my attention because for many, many years I have always wondered why I would forget things. This raised a concern and the urgency to learn this within this lesson because it would occur very frequently to me. As I was growing up, and even throughout my adult hood people close to me also noticed this, and I never know why, until reading more about this issue and how it affect other people as well and why it happens. This article conducted of a conditioning experience that featured a Drosophila melanogaster also known as a fruit flies. Conducting this experience it revealed that the cause underlying forgetting is an active process which is modulate by the learning task and not by internal constraints of memory system. This fly has been the favorite organism for biological research, initially in the field of genetics and now for the fundamental problems in biology freedom the fields of ecology and neurobiology. This was done by taking a group of fruit flies and placing them into a tube for conditioning, of course. This group was exposed to a specific odor and the exposer was paired with an reinforcer...
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...Elisabeth Dolgetta Per.1 English Lord of the Flies Essay II. A leader is a person followed by others. Leaders who aren’t strong cannot stick to the rules and control a group. Leaders who are overly controlling become dictators and everything turns into chaos. A good leader is ambitious, intelligent, has good ideas and takes responsibility. In the novel, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, leadership is destroyed and anarchy is created. In the novel, young boys are on a plane that crashes and they arrive on a deserted island alone. There are no adults on the island. The boys were initially on the plane to be evacuated from the war. Their first thoughts are to be rescued. A boy named Ralph introduces himself to a boy whose real name is unknown but they call him Piggy, although that isn’t his wish. Ralph becomes leader because he is voted in by other children in the beginning. A leader is needed to help everyone work together and to get food, water, shelter and to be rescued from the island. Ralph had everything he wanted to stay organized, and to keep every rule he made. Ralph and Piggy discover a conch shell on the island and use it to call the boys together. "We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us—." Piggy says this. At this point the conch is used to make rules for everyone to follow and it symbolizes civilization and order. Any boy, who holds the conch, has the right to speak. Every time Ralph wants to...
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...Mayank Patel, Ahmedabad Partner & Director Mobile : 91 9662910224 Write us: mymayank@yahoo.com Manish Kharti, Deesa Partner & Director Mobile : 91 9737689393 Write us: manee.khatri@gmail.com Mayank Patel Call : 91 9662910224 Manish Kharti Call : 91 9737689393 Fly Ash Brick Project Details Key features of the Fly Ash Brick project Cost of Project Cost is INR 70 Lakhs Land cost not included in this Value. It includes Installation cost and equipment cost. Equipment cost approximately INR 25 Lakhs. Land Required 1-2 Acre Per Plant Type of Raw material Basic row material for fly ash bricks plant such as Fly Ash Lime Gypsum Cement Sand Stone Dust Down Metal Consumption of Row Material Rated - 59 Ton per shift Mayank Patel Call : 91 9662910224 Manish Kharti Call : 91 9737689393 Generation Generation per 8 hour = 18400 Units If Plant works for 24 Hours a day Generation per day = 3 * 18400 = 55200 Units Generation Per Year For 1st Year = 16560000 Units From IInd Year onwards = 17280000 Units Unit Drawing : Cost of Generation Cost of Fly Ash Brick produced is INR 1.7 to INR 2.7 /- per unit including all. Its depends as on type’s of production been used. INR 1.7 to INR 2.7 /- per unit Cost has been calculated taking into account Production as well as operation and maintenance, Interest, depreciation, cost of raw material and transportation cost. Buy back tariff Form Buyer INR 3.7 – INR 4...
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...Two years ago, a massive coal-ash spill in Tennessee awakened Americans to the fact that the billion tons of coal we use each year doesn’t vanish into thin air when it’s burned. In 2008 alone, U.S. power plants produced nearly 100 million tons of coal ash; combined with other coalburning residues, such as gypsum, the total was 133 million tons. Much of that waste is mixed with water and kept in clay-lined ponds, often remarkably close to rivers, underground wells, and residential areas. On Dec. 22, 2008, at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant, a dike broke and released 1.1 billion gallons of ash slurry. The ash spilled into the Emory River and inundated 300 acres of surrounding land. It was the largest fly-ash release in U.S. history, causing an estimated $3 billion in damages. And it could happen again, at another plant – reports have identified high-risk ash ponds across the country. Plus even when it doesn’t spill, coal ash disposal can be hazardous to your health: In many communities, concerns about groundwater contamination have been raised. Lisa P. Jackson, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, vowed to ensure no disaster like the TVA spill ever occurs again. Coal ash disposal, she argued, should be regulated to protect the public – and since early 2009, EPA has been working toward that goal. But it’s not an easy process. Since 1980, coal ash has been excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under the so-called Bevill Amendment...
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...Lord of the Flies Comprehensive Test True/False- Mark “A” for True and “B” for False. 1. When Ralph is elected chief, Jack is so frustrated that he refuses to hunt. 2. Ralph starts the signal fire by rubbing two sticks together. 3. The signal fire goes out because Jack and the hunters neglect it. 4. A wild boar eats the littlun who has a mulberry-colored birthmark on his face. 5. Piggy’s parents will come find them. 6. The conch provides a symbol for authority that the boys recognize as civilized. 7. The main source of food on the island is food scavenged from the wreckage of the airplane. 8. The boys murder Simon because they think that he is “batty.” 9. Piggy is not afraid of Jack because he knows that SamnEric will protect him. 10. Ralph and Jack initially had a mutual respect for each other that diminished by the end of the book. Match the following descriptions with the choices given (A-E) a. Ralph b. Piggy c. Jack d. Simon e. Roger 11. dies when a rock falls on him 12. the elected leader of the group 13. the most evil character; kills Piggy 14. puts his own lust for hunting ahead of everyone else’s needs 15. sees people for what they really are 16. represents the power-hungry dictator in society 17. represents the mystic philosophers in society 18. represents the good-hearted rule-following leaders in society 19. represents the evil sadist figures in society 20. represents the scholars...
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...Every now and then, one finds themselves taking a deeper look inside of their soul, often times resulting in the discovery of an inner being. This inner being is perfectly depicted through the lord of the flies. Contrary to the boys’ beliefs, the lord of the flies, or in the novel the symbol of the "beast", is not "something you could hunt and kill" (164), but rather a spirit that dwells inside of a soul, and slowly seduces one into complete and utter savagery. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding gives the reader a glimpse into a society composed of a group of young British boys, all raised in a civilized and orderly manner, that find themselves stranded on a deserted island. Fighting for survival, many of the boys surrender to the Beast that engulfs them. Others, like Ralph, find themselves in a much more complex and compromising battle- one that takes place inside the mind. In his novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the motifs of the pig dance, the conch, and the masks to convey the theme that man becomes a corrupt and savage being without a strict system of order and civilization. By dancing and singing to celebrate the brutal murdering of a pig, the boys enter into a society, or even a cult, surrounded by sadistic and brutal thoughts. The first time the boys perform this ritual, Golding describes their actions as “relieved and excited…making pig-dying noises and shouting” (81). Clearly, the boys feel a rush of exhilaration and excitement when they...
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...'LORD OF THE FLIES' by William Golding “Revision notes can never replace knowing the books thoroughly” J.W.Evans These notes should be used as pointers to the directions that your thoughts might take. They are not meant to replace your reading of the novel, you must still do that yourself.. CHARACTERISATION Never forget that we are talking about a group of boys whose maximum age is twelve. RALPH Does he represent all that is good in people? Tall, fair-skinned, blond hair, very athletic, natural leader although not that good a leader as many of his decisions are questionable, which ones?. He is middle-class, father a naval officer. Elected leader but not forceful enough to maintain position. Eventually he loses support and is reduced to the status of an outcast who must flee for his life. Ralph is an idealist and a dreamer. He needs Piggy to think for him. He finds the Conch but Piggy tells him how to use it. At the end of the book, he is a disillusioned realist who now sees his world and its inhabitants for what they are. JACK MERRIDEW Does he represent the worst in people? He is thin, tall, with red hair, light blue eyes and freckles. Leader of the choir, he becomes the leader of the hunters. Increasingly in conflict with Ralph and more particularly, Piggy, he breaks away, forms his own tribe and splits the group. He manages to get the support to do this by offering the boys the attraction of the hunting life and then by terrorising them. In the...
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...Private power plants Ash utilization MoEF Notification (3rd Nov 2009) on Fly Ash Utilisation has instructed Operating Coal/Lignite based Power Plants to Achieve the Target for 100% Coal Ash Utilisation S. No. Percentage Utilisation of Coal Ash Generation Target Date from the Date of issue of this Notification 1. At least 50% One Year 2. At least 60% Two Years 3. At least 75% Three Years 4. At least 90% Four Years 5. 100% Five Years A. TATA POWER Trombay, Jojobera and Maithon thermal power plants achieved 100% fly ash utilization whereas CGPL achieved 25% in its first year of full operation, which is in line with regulatory requirements. Innovations 1. Ultra-Thin White Topping technology: CTTL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, in association with BASF, has developed a concrete mix which can help replacing 40% of cement with Fly Ash. The polyheed admixture developed for Trombay Thermal Station Fly Ash has been used in a demonstration project. A demonstration road stretch of 3.5 m x 100 m has been laid. This road has lower absorption of solar energy (higher reflectivity) and is expected to have a longer service life. 2. Bottom ash based brick making: Bottom ash based bricks were manufactured successfully. A patent on the same has been filed. Technologies Being Reviewed / Adopted Fly ash based plaster sand: Additives are added into fly ash and mixture is processed to manufacture ceramic sand through an already patented process. This sand is well...
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...Throughout the book Lord of the Flies, Jack goes through several transformations. He starts out as the leader of his choir; someone who is seen as an orderly leader seeking precision in everything he does. This is shown when Jack yells, “Choir! Stand still!” (Golding 19). Although he is shown as orderly in the beginning, he soon gives us hints about his more aggressive and harsh side. He starts by pointing out Piggy, saying, “Shut up, Fatty.” (Golding 21). Towards the end of the book, he has turned into someone wild and untameable; he has lost control of himself and has succumb to the beast within. Jack was the leader of the hunters, or ‘savages’, on the island. He went out with his boys and hunted pigs for them to eat. Not to mention, when...
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...William Golding’s Lord of the Flies and Lauren Slater’s Opening Skinner’s Box both take a look at human perpetuation towards evil. Slater argues that humans may commit evil deeds when obeying authority, by observing Stanley Milgram’s experiment in her second chapter, “Obscura”. In chapters one through six of Lord of the Flies, Golding examines society through the perspective of young boys, and their finding of inner evil. I think both Slater and Golding would argue that it is easy to find evil, when one loses their self. I believe that the quintessential part of “Obscura” is when Lauren Slater examines Milgram’s obedience experiment’s effect on people. In other words, Slater contends that the experiment has “managed to stamp itself so solidly into these men’s undeniably real lives” (58). Those personal interviews and stories share...
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