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Ireland   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ireland is a country in Europe with a coast on the Atlantic Ocean. It is called the Emerald Isle because of its green color. Its people derived mainly from Great Britain. Most of the population is Roman Catholic. The Climate is much like ours.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The republic of Ireland covers 83% of its stand with the other 17% containing the country of Northern Ireland. There are twenty-six counties in the Republic with the over-all capitol of Dublin. The six northeastern counties form the county of Northern Ireland which is actually connected to the republic. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, where as the republic is not. The whole Island was under British rule before 1922. The island containing the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, is separated by the original ruling country of Great Britain by way of the Irish Sea.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ireland is actually a detached fragment from the European Mainland. Most of the country is 500 ft. above sea level. The surface of the country is covered by glacial drift from the Pleistocene ice age. This period left eskers, or long gavel ridges, and drumlins or small hills that were left behind by the glaciers. You can find the start of this belt in the west of the country by Clew Bay. It continues across the country.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  In the south of Ireland, there is a series of parallel ridges of Devonian sandstone. The ridges rise in elevation westward and lead up to Carrantuohill, the largest mountain in the country. The famous lakes of Killarney are located at that point. The lakes are famous for their scenic beauty.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  In the southeast of Ireland, granites from the Devonian age makeup the uplands which travel 80 mi. in a northeasterly direction towards the counties of Wexford and Wicklow, reaching the south shore of Dublin Bay. These uplands are glacier modified valleys.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Most of the soil in Ireland have been formed of Glacial Drift. Limestone, as around here, is the most common bedrock in Ireland, Making it even more like our area. Gleyed soils are commonly found where there is poor drainage, such as in the north-central lowland. Because of past wetness and acidity, peat has accumulated to form bogs that now cover thousands of acres in the midlands. These bogs are useless for agricultural purposes, but very useful in the source of peat fuel. Peat covers much of the higher hills and supports much vegetation making it actually an indirect importance to agriculture. It also makes good grazing for sheep.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The climate of all of Ireland stays mainly as a cool maritime climate. July has average temperatures ranging from 61 degrees in the south, to 57

“The Invisible Leash”: The Patty Hearst Case and the Crazy Things Victims Do

In April 1974, roughly two months after they kidnapped Patty Hearst, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) released a photo of Hearst as evidence that she was no longer a kidnap victim but a willing member of their group. In the photo, Hearst is pictured alone (no other members of the Symbionese Liberation Army are evident). She stands off centered in the photo (to the left) in front of the Symbionese Liberation Army’s symbol, a seven-headed cobra (â€Å"Symbionese Liberation Army†). Her stance is aggressive: her legs are apart as if she is braced and ready to shoot; her gun is pointed (not at the viewer, but off to the viewer’s right); and her finger is on the trigger. The gun itself is a serious weapon, a carbine. And Hearst’s attire is militaristic and revolutionary: she wears pants, tight, military-type clothing, and a beret of the same sort worn by revolutionary Che Guevera, in the famous photo of him snapped by Alberta Korda (â€Å"Che Guevara†). Moreover, the background color in the photo of Hearst is red, a color that suggests violence and aggression. In the lower right corner of the photo, another machine gun rests against the wall, only the upper portion of the gun is visible (its barrel), and it’s pointing upward, toward the top of the photo. While this photo is meant to depict Hearst as a willing member of the SLA, it isn’t quite successful. That is, it suggests a more complex truth: that people sometimes play roles that do not fully describe them and in which they are not at home. A close look at the photo reveals that Patty Hearst, though she assumes the stance of a guerrilla, is anything but that. Her gaze is not directed violently at the viewer; instead, she looks to the side, transforming herself into the object of the gaze rather than being the gazer. This is in sharp contrast to Korda’s famous photo of Che Guevara, whose hat style Hearst has adopted. In his photo, Guevara faces the audience squarely and audaciously (â€Å"Che Guevara†). Hearst’s posture may be audacious, but the direction of her gaze reveals submission. Other details in the photo also suggest that she is less than at home in her role as aggressive warrior. Her gun, for example, is pointed to the side – just as is her gaze. She’s not threatening the viewer with the gun; she’s exposing herself to the viewer. Plus, though none of the SLA members are present in the photo with Hearst, the unmanned, projecting gun in the lower right corner of the photo draws the eye and reminds the viewer that just off stage lurks a threat. With her glance to the side, Hearst seems almost focused on this threat. Indeed, a quick look at her eyes reveals dark circles under them. Her mouth is pinched and drawn. These are indicators that she may be uncomfortable, even stressed in her new role. In fact, the photo, along with an audio communication from Hearst on which she called her father a â€Å"corporate liar† and explained that she was joining the SLA and taking a new name (â€Å"SLA: Tania†), caused her fiance and her parents to â€Å"[speculate] that Hearst had been brainwashed or coerced. † They did not believe that the Patty Hearst they were seeing and hearing was the â€Å"real† Patty Hearst (â€Å"SLA: Patty Hearst). And, indeed, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, seems to have changed over the course of her kidnapping. Compare, for example, two of her communiques with her parents. The first was received February 12, only 9 days after armed gunman kidnapped her from her fiance’s apartment on the night of February 4, 1974 (â€Å"Radically†). In this communique, she says: Mom, Dad, I’m OK. I’m with a combat unit that’s armed with automatic weapons. And these people aren’t just a bunch of nuts. They’ve been really honest with me but they’re perfectly willing to die for what they’re doing. And I want to get out of here but the only way I’m going to is if we do it their way. And I just hope that you’ll do what they say Dad and just do it quickly. And I mean I hope that this puts you a little bit at ease and that you know that I really, really am alright. I just hope I can get back to everybody really soon. (â€Å"The Patty Hearst Tapes†) Here Hearst focuses almost entirely on her own situation, telling her parents who has taken her and what her parents need to do to free her. She mentions that her captors are serious but says very little about their political agenda. She sounds, in fact, very much like one might expect a kidnapped, 19-year-old to sound. By day 59 of Hearst’s captivity, her communiques reveal that her focus has changed from herself to the SLA’s cause. Mom, Dad. Tell the poor and oppressed people of this nation what the corporate state is about to do. Warn Black and poor people that they are about to be murdered down to the last man, woman, and child. Tell the people that the energy crisis is nothing more than a means to get public approval for a massive program to build nuclear power plants all over the nation. The message goes on in this vein and culminates with the following: â€Å"I have chosen to stay and fight. I have been given the name Tania after a comrade who fought alongside Che in Bolivia. It is in the spirit of Tania that I say, ‘Patria o Muerte, Venceremos’† (â€Å"The Patty Hearst Tapes†). The Latin phrase means â€Å"Fatherland or death: We shall overcome† (Cox), and it suggests Hearst’s transformation from heiress to warrior. Clearly Hearst had changed, and after she was caught on video camera robbing a bank with the SLA only a few months after she’d been kidnapped (Ramsland), Americans caught up in the story were left to debate whether a person is always responsible for his or her own actions. In an article published in the National Review during Hearst’s 1976 trial, one commentator gave specific voice to the questions many people were asking themselves: When given the opportunity, why didn’t Hearst â€Å"reassert her own individuality and [try] to escape? And, even more succinctly, the commentator asks: â€Å"Is Hearst guilty? † (â€Å"What Is Guilt? † 258). Hearst was eventually sentenced to 7 years in prison for helping the SLA with their criminal activities (including bank robberies), but President Carter had her released after only 22 months (Chua-Eoan), and, in 2001, President Clinton pardoned her (â€Å"Radically†), wiping her record clean. President Clin ton’s pardon suggests that Hearst was not responsible for what she did. It suggests that under specific conditions, a person can behave in ways for which she must not be held responsible. In a nutshell, it suggests that those who have endured traumatic experiences (victims) are not necessarily accountable for what they do. And, indeed, by most accounts, Hearst’s experience was traumatic. During the first several weeks of her captivity (prior to her participation in the first of several bank robberies), she was (according to her own accounts) kept in a dark closet. She was â€Å"sexually assaulted† (â€Å"Truth† 201). She was told that her parents were â€Å"insects† and that she was a member of a class of people that was â€Å"sucking blood† from the commoners. When her father visited San Quentin (as part of a ransom demand made by the SLA), and he reported that the conditions of the prisoners there was fine, Hearst’s captors reportedly told her that her living conditions (in the cramped, dark closet) were similar to those of the San Quentin prisoners. The take home message for Hearst was that her â€Å"tiny cell, stale air, and gloomy walls were [considered by her father to be] an acceptable environment for his daughter. † Her captors led her to feel increasingly alienated from her old life and from her family (â€Å"Tania’s World†). Subject to severe trauma, a person may not behave rationally or in keeping with what might be expected. For example, in 2007, when police found and liberated Shawn Hornbeck, a boy who had been abducted 4 years earlier (when he was only 12), one of the questions that surfaced repeatedly was: why didn’t he run? During at least the last two or three of his years of captivity, his captor (Michael Devlin) allowed Shawn a tremendous amount of freedom. Shawn went to school, rode his bike, and had multiple opportunities to report his situation to authorities, but he didn’t (Tresniowski, Grout, and Finan). Shawn’s attorney speculates that an â€Å"invisible leash† kept Shawn from running (qtd. in Tresniowski, Grout, and Finan). And C. Robert Cloninger, a medical doctor at the Sanson Center for Well-Being in St. Louis, indicates that victims may â€Å"[bond] with their abductors† in order to â€Å"feel safe†: Once you’ve begun to identify with your captor, you don’t have to fear them anymore, because you’re in harmony with them†¦We see this in hostage situations, where the emotional brain short circuits the rational brain. (qtd. in Tresniowski, Grout, and Finan) It was this same â€Å"invisible leash† that made Hearst do the seemingly crazy things she did: rob banks, hide from the law, remain with the SLA. A close look at her history and a careful look at the now infamous SLA photo of Hearst reveal the truth: she may have pretended to be Tania, but that was a temporary role, assumed under extreme circumstances to protect herself. Her transformation from â€Å"an apolitical rich girl† to a â€Å"gun-toting radical† (â€Å"Radically†) tells us more about the events that she was caught up in than about who she was.

Abraham Lincoln Essay - 1617 Words

Abraham Lincoln Why I chose to research Abraham Lincoln’s life. Ever since I was a small boy in elementary school, and all throughout my grade school days, there were many great names that were spoken of and taught about. Names such as George Washington, (our first president) John Hancock, John Adams, and Mark Twain were among many others who contributed to the betterment of our great country, the United States of America. Yet there was one name that resounded in my classrooms, and in my ears. That name was Abraham Lincoln. As a child, I had heard of great things this man had done, and wonderful things he had said. Of the many great things said by Abraham Lincoln, I recall most vividly the Gettysburg address, given on November 19,†¦show more content†¦Abraham Lincoln was not unlike the typical young boy who liked to laugh and play with his friends. He attended school on Knob Creek in Kentucky, and it was once said by one of his classmates, Austin Gollaher, that he didn’t attend classes much, and that he didn’t even have a t extbook of his own. Gollaher also recalled Abraham Lincoln not having a hat. In those times, hats were hard to come by and if you had a wool hat, you were in style. (Pg. 79 vol. 1) I find this to be an interesting recollection due only to the fact that almost all of the most common pictures or paintings of Lincoln, show him in a top hat of some sort. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Prior to the Lincoln family leaving Kentucky, Abraham and his sister were sent to schools called A B C schools. (Pg. 86 vol. 1) These were also known as â€Å"blab-schools†. The â€Å"blab-schools† received their name from the method in which was used to teach the students. As proof that the students were actually studying, the students would be required to study out loud. 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Preludes and Modernism - 1957 Words

Modernism is a terminology given by historians to literature movement around late nineteenth century. It is a movement in the arts which purpose is to produce art different traditional forms. Its literature aim is to criticize problems of their world. They use specific characteristics implicitly and explicitly; implicitly to send messages to each other or to educated people in authority or explicitly to influence public opinions. â€Å"We are talking about two chronologies. One is the sequence of texts; the other is the sequence of intellectual movements. Such as feminism or such as Marxism which change the way we read texts.† (Armstrong). One of the most influential modernist writers is Thomas Stearns Eliot. His one of many poems Preludes is†¦show more content†¦It focuses on that part of the city and nothing else and the urban part where working class mostly lives. Alliteration of the ‘s’ in â€Å"With smell of steaks in passageways.† (Eliot 9) used to create the sound of heavy labouring. ¬Ã‚ ¬Ã‚ ¬Ã‚ ¬Ã‚ ¬ Metaphor is used in â€Å"The burnt-out ends of smoky days† (Eliot 9) to show that all characters’ life is fading away like smoky days. Finally, personification make â€Å"shower wraps† (Eliot 9), â€Å"evening settles down† (Eliot 9), â€Å"light crept up† (Eliot 10), â€Å"morning comes to consciousness† (Eliot 9) and â€Å"conscience of a blackened street† (Eliot 10). Second, Marxism approach is applicable in this poem and discusses many themes. The world, as the speaker sees it, is classified into social classes. T.S. Eliot comes from a wealthy family and lives in St Louis, Missouri, America in 1888. He sees two sides of St Louis’ streets. On one of them he writes the â€Å"Prelude†. He is the voice of poor. Since poor people cannot speak, being illiterate, he writes instead of them. He writes how society is at his time. 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Water and Fire Compare and Contrast - 733 Words

Water and Fire Water and fire, two very different elements. But, What really makes these two elements different? Fire burns. It is used to hurt and to kill, but it can also be used for heat and for light. Water soothes. It is used to revive people who are sick and to help to cool off in a hot summer day, but it can it be used for torture and to drown living things. In spite of all of their differences they do have three things in common Oxygen, they both kill, and they are both necessary for survival. Fire, it was discovered by the ancient caveman and has been used for many things including heat. The cavemen realized ,when they discovered fire, that it gave off heat and that it could be used on the coldest of nights to stay warm. It†¦show more content†¦They both need Oxygen, they can kill, and they are both necessary for survival. They both need Oxygen to exist. Fire needs three things to exist; a fuel source, heat, and oxygen. 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The Diverse Benefits and Challenges

Question: What is MPA? What does MPA do. Answer: Introduction: This unit is designed to aid the learners in identifying the diverse benefits and challenges faced by the global organizations, manufacturers and the retailers in promoting the supply chain strategies . Learners will be benefitted as they would learn, how firm can gain the competitive advantage by reducing the costs, by collaborating with the suppliers and by utilizing time management and risk management techniques. Lastly the learners will be able to identify the role of SCM, in providing competitive advantage through Performance Measurement,Forecasting, Lean and Agile Supply Chain, Six Sigma and TQM and Quality Management in Supply. MPA is referred as the maritime and port authority of Singaporeformed under the jurisdiction of Singapore government on 2nd February ,1996. Its main aim is to establish premier global hub port and IMC in Singapore . It also aims at safeguarding Singapores strategic maritime interest. Key Performance Indicators of MPA: What are the 3 KPIs of MPA Efficiency, Sustainability, Speed There are basically three key performance indicators of MPA, they are efficiency, sustainability and speed. Sustainability: sustainability is one of the vital key performance indicators, which aids in measuring and monitoring the performance of the organization, by considering social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability. Speed: It measures the speed at which the raw materials are converted in to finished goods. Apart from it also consider the speed of transportation of goods. Efficiency: It is a vital key performance indicator, which measures the efficiency in the management of the diverse resources of the organization. What is leagility, How can it help to achieve the KPIs of MPA, what are the limitations of leagility? Leaagility is the combined strategy, which promotes the lean and agile thinking in an organization. As it is a vital tool, which helps in effective transformation reforms through leadership and by controlling the market forces and value added services.Due to which MPA can achieve sustainability and efficiency in its supply chain management. It is difficult for small and medium size businesses to promote this strategy Tools Identified TQM, What is TQM, how can it help to achieve the KPIs of MPA, what are the limitation of TQM Total quality management helps the firm in maintaining the quality goods and services produced by developing standards. It will help MPA, in achieving speed, Sustainability in the manufacturing of the goods and services. The main limitation of TQM is that is depends upon the feedbacks and if such feedbacks are not reliable , then it becomes difficult, to maintain the standard quality of goods and services produced by the firm. Which tool is better? Leagility or TQM? Total quality management is better tool then leagility Conclusion: As it is said Every coin has two sides, in the same way there are opportunities and threats involved in promoting the supply chain management strategies. Firms and organizations can avoid such threats with the use of latest technologies such as supply chain soft wares, 3d printing, internet facilities etc. It is also required by the firm to take several precautionary measures, to reduce the vulnerability in managing risks of supply chain activities.Supplychain management not only upsurge the revenues of the firm but it also aids the firms in gaining the competitive advantage. References Sajjad, A., Eweje, G., Tappin, D. (2015). Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Motivators and Barriers. Business Strategy And The Environment, 24(7), 643-655. Dubey, R. Gunasekaran, A. (2015). Supply chain talent: the missing link in supply chain strategy. Industrial And Commercial Training, 47(5), 257-264. Mensah, P., Merkuryev, Y., Longo, F. (2015).Using ICT in Developing a Resilient Supply Chain Strategy.Procedia Computer Science, 43, 101-108. Special Topic Forum on Supply Chain Management in Emerging Markets: Critical Research Issues. (2013). J Supply Chain Manag, 49(2), 138-138. Routroy, S. (2009). Evaluation of supply chain strategies: a case study. IJBPSCM, 1(4), 290. Xin, W. (2015).Application of Grey System Theory in the Enterprise Supply Chain Collaboration Strategy.International Journal Of Grid And Distributed Computing, 8(4), 233-242. Mensah, P., Merkuryev, Y., Manak, S. (2015). Developing a Resilient Supply Chain Strategy by Exploiting ICT.Procedia Computer Science, 77, 65-71. Special Topic Forum on Supply Chain Management in Emerging Markets: Critical Research Issues. (2013). J Supply Chain Manag, 49(1), 116-116. Chen, C. (2015). Supply Chain Strategies and Carbon Intensity: The Roles of Process Leanness, Diversification Strategy, and Outsourcing. J Bus Ethics. Priem, R. Swink, M. (2012).A Demand-side Perspective on Supply Chain Management.J Supply Chain Manag, 48(2), 7-13.

Robotics Essays (357 words) - Robot, Military Robot,

Robotics What is robotics? Robotics is combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering , and computer science that is used to create machines capable of doing tasks that are either too dangerous or too tedious for humans. People in the field of robotics are ultimately working towards creating robots capable of making logical decisions by themselves so that they may properly do a job that would usually require a human. Robotics are being developed for various practical applications whether domestically, commercially, or militarily. R o bots are now capa ble of preforming dangerous tasks such as defusing bombs, mines and exploring shipwrecks . How is this area involved in computers? A robot needs a AI program in order for it to work independently from humans. Complete autonomy is seen in many robots, such as the ones in production plants. Name one area that this branch has developed . Robotics is also making big changes in militaristic activities. UAVs (Unmanned air vehicles) are robotic drones controlled remotely by a pilot on the ground. They are capable of dropping high explosive ordinance without the need to put a pilot at risk. Most military robots are not quite perfected and are still under development Big Dog, is designed to be able to carry heavy equipment that would usually require multiple soldiers to transport. Big Dog works completely independent from humans and is capable of covering almost any terrain. It uses gyroscopic technology to recover if it falls. The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) is designed to work beside the US marines in joint operations. It is equipped with two light machine guns a short range sub machinegun and an a nt i-personnel/obstacle breaching s ystem . It is designed to minimize the amount of soldiers that need to be sent into battle, therefor minimizing casualties. What types of jobs are available in this field? Robotic engineers are tasked with the design of new robots, and figuring out how to build them Robotic t echnician s are the people who program the robots to do the task they're designed for.