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| :: Literature :: |
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Even the setting of the novel is fated for loneliness. Soledad is
short for the town's full name Nuestra Senora de Soledad. Translated
into English it stands for "Our Lady of Loneliness" (Howe). The
place is already filled with lonesome, solitary people. The name
of the closest town being Soledad brings the reader to some kind
of malicious circle. The ranch people are already forsaken, and
going to town to fight that loneliness does not help since even
the name suggests the atmosphere of doom. Horseshoe pitching and
a good meal are about it. "Everything is spare and simple; these
people are poor but surviving" is a precise description of the living
of the California ranch-hands in the time of Depression-era (Rosenfeld).
Steinbeck masterly raises the issues of loneliness and need for
companionship "Despite a span of six decades, these hardscrabble,
solitary lives still retain the same meanings, the same emotional
truths" (Howe). … |
| …Both
characters analyze their past and Gosse regrets his inability to
fulfill the expectations of the parents, but is happy that he came
to his own self-realization as an individual. Meanwhile, Clarissa
regrets her choice of security that she preferred over her true
feelings of love, nevertheless she is happy that Richard is a kindhearted
and noble man. The characters of Clarissa and also share another
similarity where both of them go through the process of self-assessment
and formation of personal values. Their decisions had a drastic
impact on the course of their lives. Neither Clarissa nor Gosse
complain about their choice, they rather show the importance of
an individual's ability to resist the expectations of society and
be able to show the ture nature of independent decision making.
Thus the lives of Gosse and Clarissa can be viewed as parallel.
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| :: Sociology
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| …The
problem of language extinction is highly relevant due to the importance
of values that any language is capable of sustaining. To get a better
understanding of linguistic significance it is necessary to look
at the language as a part of the system of cultural values that
form the identity of a given community. A town in which Native Americans
speak their language is one of a kind, and as the language in the
community is slowly diminishing so are the numbers of older generation
Native Americans. Children represent the new generation. They
are studying American English and seem to be reluctant to learn about
their cultural heritage. Their unwillingness is a result of
influence of various factors among which are: lack of motivation
for learning language, stereotypical view on language minorities
and dominant nature of major language within the country. … |
| :: Political
science :: |
| ...
Tasmania and ACT employ Hare Clark model of voting. The voting system
works differently as compared to system employed in the New Zealand.
The territory is split into three electorates; each electorate has
a set number of members eligible for parliament. The number of members
is based on the size of the electorate. Members are elected on the
basis of percentage of the vote named quota. Quota is not a fixed
number of votes, but rather a percentage that of the common vote
calculated after the voting has been finished. After the valid quotes
have been counted and the quota has been set the candidates who
meet the criteria are selected for parliamentary lists. However,
each ballot has five selectable candidates, and to calculate the
quota for them is a time consuming process. The quota for smaller
electorate is around 16.67 percent, while larger electorate's quota
is 12.5 percent. ... |
| :: Management
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|
…Technology might affect any aspect of organizational activities
including its products, processes, functions, information and communication.
The twentieth century is marked by informational revolution as well
as rapid development of science and technology. Virgin deals with
various fields of technology. The company puts a lot of emphasis
on the technological advancement, always trying to make the best
use of perks offered by technological advantages. One of the examples
is newly purchased carriers for continental flights. The purchase
of the new planes by the Virgin Atlantic company shows continuous
investment into innovative technologies that guarantee customer
satisfaction and secure the company's image as the technological
leader and innovator. Market analysts believe that Virgin is heading
in the right direction pursuing its technological leadership: "Virgin
has shown its ability to create a cutting-edge brand and a brand
relevance, which is something no other carrier can do. Virgin Mobile's
real competition, Kountz says, won't come from traditional carriers
but from media-savvy businesses like Sony, Microsoft, and Disney,
each able to sprinkle a little of its own particular fairy dust
over a market that up until now has been characterized by stodginess."
(3) Mr.Kountz has chosen grand competitors to challenge Virgin's
entrance to the mobile market, and he has a chosen a very characteristic
phrase to describe the activities of these companies. The "fairy
dust" is what Virgin can do and did successfully in the past, it
is the way Virgin operates and the image it has both among customers
and businesses likewise. … |
| :: History
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|
...Early ideas of Canadian liberalists that reflect current views
are eloquently summarized by Wilfrid Laurier who has often been
referred to as the architect of modern Liberalism: "I am a Liberal.
I am one of these who think that everywhere, in human things, there
are abuses to be reformed, new horizons to be opened up, and new
forces to be developed." (Liberal Party of Canada) The early liberalist
thinking explicitly states its mission. The mission is to implicate
and advance reforms in social spheres. One of the ideas that was
actively changing infrastructure of the society to meet the increasing
demands of the developing society. However, liberalists were not
only interested in tangible reforms; they also embarked on a complicated
mission of increasing national consciousness and strengthening the
political influence of liberalism movements. Wilfrid Laurel became
a prominent figure in Canadian history. Under the Lauriel's government
the policies on immigration and railway building were developed.
One of the biggest changes occurred in agriculture and notably boosted
Canada's economy. Wilfried Laurel, a revolutionary reformist, who
was identified, as a person with vision of liberalism that was much
broader than that of early liberalists whose primary concern was
welfare of the citizens. Laurel saw liberalism as the core and the
essence of a human nature: "The principle of Liberalism resides
in the essence of our nature itself, in this thirst for happiness
we bring with us in life, which follows us everywhere, but which
however, is never completely quenched this side of Heaven".(Liberal
Party of Canada Ontario) ... |
| :: Environment
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…Zante's social and cultural systems can also show the strains of
ecotourism development. Cultural anthropologists, sociologists,
geographers and economists have long studied the social impact of
tourism. Again, understanding the implications of tourism development
on both developed and developing cultures can guide development
to more sustainable options. Based on Butler's resort cycle model,
Ionnides (Ionnides 27) discusses a longitudinal framework that explains
the changing attitudes of various stakeholders toward sustainability
objectives. Ionnides argues that support for sustainability occurs
first in top-down fashion as tourism develops along the cycle. Paradoxically,
Ionnides notes that at the later phase of development, when economic
gains are declining while social and environmental costs are increasing,
the various stakeholders are most likely to agree on adopting "weak"
approaches to sustainability. … |
| :: Healthcare
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…The
origin of new enemy to the health of human beings is still a puzzle
to the scientists. All that is known of the virus is that it has
originated from China: “SARS is believed to have originated
in Guangdong, but scientists are unsure how the virus first spread
to humans.” (MSNNBC News) Though one of the most popular beilefs on SARS origin that scientists
are strongly advocating relies on the fact that the first outbreak of the virus
was registered in China. At the moment one of the primary concerns is to identify
the biological origin of the plague in order to have a better profile on the
disease and information that is relevant to scientific approach. To this moment scientists
are trying to identify the cause of the disease: “Probably
an animal, many experts say. One even speculates the germ might
have come from a wild bird captured in southern China. But scientists
have precious little evidence for exploring that basic question,
let alone figuring out which animal it came from - or even ruling
out the notion that the virus is a previously harmless human germ
gone bad. Now the World Health Organization is pondering lab studies
to get some new clues.” (MSNNBC News)…
... New Zealand is one of the countries where
the problem of overweight and obesity has become increasingly threatening.
According National Nutrition Data survey overall 17 to 20 percent
of all New Zealand adult population are obese. Among them women
dominate with a 19 percent and men's share accounts for 15 percent.
As tendency shows, women are more inclined towards obesity. Ethnical
representation also has influence on the number of obese people.
One can note that out of all the New Zealand adult population among
females, Pacific peoples have the highest proportion of obesity
with 47 percent, followed by M?ori accounting for 28 percent, while
Europeans account for 17 percent. Among males, no difference was
found in the proportion of obese people between M?ori and Pacific
peoples with 27 percent in each.
Most of the obese people represent the lower income layer of the
population, therefore justifying the reason for obesity by poor
nutrition quality and scarce choice. As research indicates obesity
and overweight increase with age, being the lowest at the age of
15 to 18 and peaking in the 45 to 64 year interim, and taking a
decline in older groups. During the last two decades the trend towards
increasing of the obesity and overweight in the general population
has been on the rise. Continuous annual increases of 5 to 7 percent
have been measured. With the increase of obesity, the consequential
rise in the occurrence of obesity related diseases such as type
2 diabetes, cancer, heart failure, and hypertension have been recorded.
New Zealand is not alone facing this problem. Australia, the United
States of America and other western countries have are closely following
this trend. … |
| :: Information
technologies :: |
…Both
SAN and NAS solutions are highly optimized for providing secure
centralized data storage consolidation and efficient file access.
SANs provide a dedicated, highly reliable storage network based
on fibre channel which offers flexibility in distance and connectivity.
NAS devices connect directly to existing network infrastructure
and offer the ability to share the same file with multiple hosts
and clients in a heterogeneous environment. The major difference
between SAN and NAS storage system is their target area of usage.
SAN is more complex backup system that allows mirroring data to
remote locations safeguarding against natural disasters. The security
of SAN is higher than that of NAS since storage is isolated and
protected from general client use. NAS advantage is seen in the
ease of installation as compared to SAN, however the access is granted
to a broader audience thus making system more vulnerable to data
theft.
Finally small businesses emphasize network-connected workstations
that are backed up to remote network drives. In most instances the
network is configured such that all data is automatically saved
to a network drive by default. The user of a workstation can download
copies of data to the local machine, but the original remains on
a server. An example of this system is Microsoft Exchange Server.
The accessibility to the data on the server is protected by passwords
that designate personal level of security for each user. This system
of a remote-network drive has one significant downside that is the
location of backup server. The server is usually located in the
same facility with the rest of the network client computers, thus
the risk of losing information due to a natural disaster or theft
remains high. … |
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