...------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1 Summary A fair-haired boy lowers himself down some rocks toward a lagoon on a beach. At the lagoon, he encounters another boy, who is chubby, intellectual, and wears thick glasses. The fair-haired boy introduces himself as Ralph and the chubby one introduces himself as Piggy. Through their conversation, we learn that in the midst of a war, a transport plane carrying a group of English boys was shot down over the ocean. It crashed in thick jungle on a deserted island. Scattered by the wreck, the surviving boys lost each other and cannot find the pilot. Ralph and Piggy look around the beach, wondering what has become of the other boys from the plane. They discover a large pink and cream-colored conch shell, which Piggy realizes could be used as a kind of makeshift trumpet. He convinces Ralph to blow through the shell to find the other boys. Summoned by the blast of sound from the shell, boys start to straggle onto the beach. The oldest among them are around twelve; the youngest are around six. Among the group is a boys’ choir, dressed in black gowns and led by an older boy named Jack. They march to the beach in two parallel lines, and Jack snaps at them to stand at attention. The boys taunt Piggy and mock his appearance and nickname. The boys decide to elect a leader. The choirboys vote for Jack, but all the other boys vote for Ralph. Ralph wins the vote, although Jack clearly wants the position. To placate Jack, Ralph...
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...Oz. Lb. 14.0 0.9 3.0 0.2 1.1 SHELTER Oz. Lb. 12.0 0.8 2.0 0.1 3.5 0.2 1.7 0.1 1.2 SLEEPING Oz. Lb. 23.0 1.4 7.0 0.4 1.9 Utralight frameless pack 3 silnyon stuffsacks Pounds Subtotal PACK Oz. Lb. 56.0 3.5 7.5 0.5 4.0 SHELTER Oz. Lb. 54.0 3.4 3.5 0.2 6.5 0.4 4.0 SLEEPING Oz. Lb. 32.0 2.0 16.0 1.0 3.0 Light 4000 ci internal frame pack 3 light nylon stuffsacks Pounds Subtotal PACK Oz. Lb. 96.0 6.0 9.0 0.6 6.6 SHELTER Oz. Lb. 70.0 4.4 4.0 0.3 6.5 0.4 5.0 SLEEPING Oz. Lb. 48.0 3.0 32.0 2.0 5.0 Typical 5000 ci internal frame pack 3 standard nylon stuffsacks Pounds Subtotal 6x8 silnylon tarp with cord 8 titanium stakes for tarp Silnylon groundsheet Bug headnet (no but protect w. tarp) Pounds Subtotal Lightweight solo tent w. guylines 6 aluminum tent stakes Tent groundsheet N/A Pounds Subtotal 3-season solo tent w. guylines Aluminum tent stakes Tent groundsheet N/A Pounds Subtotal +30 down bag Foam pad Pounds Subtotal +25 high quality down bag 3/4 length inflatable sleep pad...
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...I Ketut Ludea says that while Malet raises about 600 roosters every year, most are sold to other communities nearby. The rest are used for local ceremonies. “In our village we must sacrifice birds before turning the soil to plant our crops, so we need around 250 birds for these ceremonies,” Ludea says. “We can sell the other 350 birds, which does not make this our most important revenue for the village, but a side job that many of us use for the education of our children.” Such children include Ledea’s 12-year-old grandniece, who studies English twice a week in nearby Tampak Siring on the back of this additional income. As Clifford Geertz noted in his seminal essay “Deep Play: Notes from a Balinese Cockfight”, too much is at stake for the practice just to be a game. Finances are not the primary reason for breeding roosters in Malet. Ledea says that the village’s ancient adat, or local law, demands sacrifices to ensure good harvests. “After we harvest our rice...
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...Crude, a documentary by Joe Berlinger, provides an eye-opening look into the highly controversial battle between Texaco and the Amazon Jungle of Ecuador. The film follows the lawyers’s fight to improve the jungle’s living environment and restore the original beauty of the Amazon. Texaco has been contaminating the rainforest for around three decades, poisoning the water, air and land. The pollution has created a ‘death zone’ that has been increasing the rates of cancer, leukemia, birth defects, and several other health illnesses. This ‘David and Goliath’ story brings up an array of topics: human rights, the power of the media, global politics, multinational corporate power, and celebrity activism. The film was shot in different countries and in multiple languages. Berlinger presented the situation and issue from all viewpoints, capturing the drama and events as they slowly unfolded. There were many people involved, but their main focus was to advocate and fight against the environmental and human suffering in the Amazon. The lawsuit against Chevron, the 5th largest corporation in the world, has been going on for 16 years already. They’re hoping that Amazon will run out of funds to fight against the company. In the beginning, there were only a few people supporting and helping the Amazon. But through interviews like Vanity Fair, it allowed the families and parents living in Amazon to tell their heartbreaking stories. Many of them have lost their children from birth defects, cancer...
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...In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy realizes it could be used as a horn to summon the other boys. Once assembled, the boys set about electing a leader and devising a way to be rescued. They choose Ralph as their leader, and Ralph appoints another boy, Jack, to be in charge of the boys who will hunt food for the entire group. Ralph, Jack, and another boy, Simon, set off on an expedition to explore the island. When they return, Ralph declares that they must light a signal fire to attract the attention of passing ships. The boys succeed in igniting some dead wood by focusing sunlight through the lenses of Piggy’s eyeglasses. However, the boys pay more attention to playing than to monitoring the fire, and the flames quickly engulf the forest. A large swath of dead wood burns out of control, and one of the youngest boys in the group disappears, presumably having burned to death. At first, the boys enjoy their life without grown-ups and spend much of their time splashing in the water and playing games. Ralph, however, complains that they should be maintaining the signal fire and building huts for shelter. The hunters fail in their attempt to catch a wild pig, but their leader, Jack, becomes increasingly preoccupied with the act of hunting. When a ship passes by on the horizon one day, Ralph and Piggy notice...
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...LVMH: King of the Luxury Jungle SEPTEMBER 2009 Profit from temporary W&S woes to bag the stock at discount prices LVMH is the strongest player in the luxury goods industry, a giant in an industry where fixed costs make scale paramount; the only "two-legged" balanced player, leading with mega-brands in both Leather Goods and Wines & Spirits; enjoying stable group EBIT margins as a consequence Champagne consumer demand weakness, de-stocking and oversupply in 2010 are well understood; W&S concerns have depressed the stock close to 20-year trough multiples and in the same range of smaller and more volatile hard luxury players and other peers; an opportunity in our view On top of LVMH's unrivaled industry position, markets seem to under-appreciate cost-saving opportunities, brand-portfolio rationalization, higher FCF from lower W&S inventory investment, above-average mega-brands' results or support from first-mover EM inroads In a medium-term growth environment, LVMH has the chance to be a key consolidator in the luxury goods industry: a mega-merger with CFR would be a strategic master stroke, placing it ahead of any M&A counter move by competitors SEE DISCLOSURE APPENDIX OF THIS REPORT FOR IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES AND ANALYST CERTIFICATIONS LVMH: KING OF THE LUXURY JUNGLE 1 Portfolio Manager's Summary We have few doubts about the opportunity of investing in LVMH for the medium to long term. We expect "winners will continue to win" in the luxury industry...
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...All Summer in a Day Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Critical Reading Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question. ____ 1. What are the children doing as “All Summer in a Day” opens? |a. |They are teasing Margot. | |b. |They are reciting poetry. | |c. |They are peering out a window. | |d. |They are pushing Margot into a closet. | ____ 2. What does this passage from “All Summer in a Day” suggest about the setting? A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus. |a. |Venus was a thousand years old. | |b. |Venus had rain most of the time. | |c. |There had never been forests in Venus. | |d. |There were no forests in Venus. ...
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...Cambodian words, which are combined to mean "place of gems and mountains." The word comes from the Sanskrit words Ratna (gem) and giri (mountain). Population: 184,000 (2013) Area: 4,163 mi² Religions and Ethnicity There are 9 different hill tribes’ ethnic groups in Ratanakiri. Most of them live in the deeper jungle, on the hills and covered mountains in small separated villages. They believe in spirits, derived from their animism beliefs. Some forests are believed to be inhabited by local spirits, and local taboos forbid cutting in those areas. Within spirit forests, certain natural features such as rock formations, waterfalls, pools, and vegetation are sacred. Religions: Buddhism and Animism Ethnicity: Tampuen, Kreung, Jrai, Brou, Kawet, Kachok, Lun, Phnong, and Rhade Economic Activities The vast majority of workers in Ratanakiri are employed in agriculture. Larger-scale agriculture occurs on rubber and cashew plantations. Other economic activities in the province include gem mining and commercial logging. The most abundant gem in Ratanakiri is blue zircon. Small quantities of amethyst, peridot, and black opal are also produced. They like to live in the jungles, hills, mountains in small separated villages where they make their living through traditional ways of cultivation (shifting agriculture), hunting and collecting fruits, must from the forest. Main economic activities: Rubber plantation, Tobacco, Mining, Cashew Nuts Main industries: Farming and Tourism...
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...The Most Dangerous Game Connell, Richard Published: 1924 Categorie(s): Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, Short Stories, Thrillers Source: Feedbooks 1 About Connell: Richard Edward Connell, Jr. (October 28, 1893 – November 23, 1949) was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best original story for 1941's Meet John Doe. He died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California on November 22, 1949 at the age of fifty-six. Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. Note: This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http://www.feedbooks.com Strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 "Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large island," said Whitney." It's rather a mystery—" "What island is it?" Rainsford asked. "The old charts call it `Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied." A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition—" "Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht. "You've good eyes," said Whitney, with a laugh," and...
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...Rainsford demands to leave the island, but Zaroff refuses & forces him to become his new prey. He promises to set Rainsford free if he can survive the next three days. Rainsford receives clothes, food, & a knife from Ivan & heads out. He goes on to climb a tree & wait until darkness falls. Zaroff finds him easily & chooses to let him escape, because he finds it too easy. Rainsford unsettled that he was found so easily, heads to another part of the jungle & sets up a booby trap to kill Zaroff. The trap wounds Zaroff & promises to kill him the following...
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...Apocalypse Now-Heart of Darkness Apocalypse Now was set in Vietnam 1968. At this time the Vietnam War was controversial. The American antiwar movement was gaining power. John Milius wrote the original screenplay based on Conrad’s Heart of Darkness but updated it to take place during the Vietnam War. During both times there was a great undertaking of territory. The Congo was being acquired by European presence in Heart of Darkness. As Conrad’s experience took him into the Congo; he observed firsthand knowledge of the atrocities of European imperialism. He witnessed the enslavement of a society and the rich wealth of the ivory trade. In Apocalypse Now it was the American presence for South Vietnams independence that was at stake. America became involved in the conflict between North and South Vietnam because its policy makers feared the spread of communism. American young men were sent by the thousands every month to Vietnam. Thousands of innocent people lost their lives. The main theme of both Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now are based on a man that is known as a great military leader, and has a dossier full of accomplishments. Kurtz, which has been overtaken with darkness. His mind is not that of someone who is thinking straight. Kurtz in Heart of Darkness turns out to be emaciated and weak when Marlow first gets to see him and Kurtz in Apocalypse Now a strong figure with a sinister presence when encountered by Willard. In Apocalypse Now Kurtz is in Cambodia with...
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...Have you ever played a game with high stakes? Whether it was simply getting an extra slice of pizza at dinner, or having your sibling do your laundry for a week? Have you ever played a game where you hide from a man named General Zaroff in a jungle and try not to get killed so that your head is the newest addition to his collection? Hopefully most of us haven’t experienced that second one… Well in my case, I almost felt like I was, right there with Rainsford trying to escape Zarroff. This is because in “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell he uses appealing characterization as well as detailed setting and plot descriptions to engage the reader. On the other hand, another short story I read was “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson which in my opinion was the complete opposite. I didn’t feel connected to the story on any level, nor could I picture any of the situations or scenes. Overall this short story was a miss for me because of its lack of characterization, and descriptive language which is...
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...The Japanese invaded New Guinea in 1942, putting Australia in a position where they were desperate. Mainland Australia was at stake, as the small and soldiers who had been poorly trained, were up against the Japanese army who previously, had never been defeated. The bravery and conditions of fighting in both armies, and the victory that saved Australia are why the Kokoda track is important in Australian history today. The true ANZAC spirit was shown in this battle, as the Australian army was vastly outnumbered and the conditions were horrible. They were fighting through jungles and mountain terrains, making the battle harder than it actually was. These men were also starving and their living conditions weren't good. By 1942 the Japanese had control over most of the Pacific region and New Guinea was the last place between the Japanese and Australia. If the Japanese had won the battle, they would’ve had control over Australia, hence, this battle “saved Australia”. Australia seemed to be in serious threat, as Australia’s allies had been destroyed, making it an easy target. The Japanese were becoming...
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...Tuesday July 13th, 1999 was a day I will always remember. Lives would be affected, and several environmental issues were at stake. Trees would be destroyed, animals’ homes would no longer be, and rubble would eventually wash into streams causing problems in the ecosystem. The City of Gainesville wanted to come in and change the community for what they thought would be a better use of space, but did not realize that the elderly and kids who lived in the Butler Community, loved their apartments and environment around it. The elderly were the ones who made the best of the inconvenient circumstances, turning the Butler Project Apartments into a sustainable living area. To the City of Gainesville, the projects were just another prey they would feast...
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...Kapilan Pushparajah ENG4U1 Mr.Karantonis April 11th 2014 Imagery of Darkness The book “Heart of Darkness” is a novel written by writer Joseph Conrad. It is about the adventurers that an ivory transporter named Charles Marlow had down the Congo river to central Africa. The novel is based on a true story, of Joseph Conrad's actual journey up the Congo River in 1900. Marlow is Joseph Conrad’s alter ego. The novel had many themes such as; racism, loneliness, colonialism, good vs evil, power and many more. In this novel, Conrad uses imagery and symbolism to reveal the implication on the traits of different characters’ personalities. They represent main character traits. Main examples of imagery and symbolism in the novel occur when; Marlow meets the accountant for the first time. Marlow was amazed by how well dressed the accountant was. Imagery and symbolism also occur when Marlow looks through his binoculars to see the heads that were facing the station house which he had initially thought were just ornaments. The heads represent how kurtz is crazy and violent due to the graphicness of the heads.The imagery and symbolism in this novel describe the personality traits of the characters very well and helps the reader make better connections with the novel and helps them understand it better. When Marlow first met the chief accountant he was amazed. He was impressed with the way that the accountant looked. He seemed to be very surprised. “When near the buildings I met a white...
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