Ellie Dixon How far would you agree with Nick’s view that Gatsby is “worth the whole damn bunch put together” I believe that when comparing the worth of the characters Nick assessed their ability to be moral‚ loving and selfless. Despite Gatsby’s involvement in ‘bootlegging’ and his life being built around lies‚ Gatsby possesses a worth that the other characters lack; a dedication to another human that is selfless‚ loving and hopeful‚ his determination to peruse his dreams also adds to his worth
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Business Challenge #6: To develop the best scratch resistant coating in the world for ophthalmic lenses [Titan] Background The ophthalmic lenses (spectacle lenses) consist of some base material (substrate) like CR 39‚ Polycarbonate‚ Trivex and a surface treatment is given to them to increase their hardness. Currently‚ there are 2 processes of applying this coating‚ i.e. Dip coating and Spin coating. The current scratch resistant (Hard) coating on plastic and polycarbonate lenses available in the
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Aiwen (Hurphy) Zhang Fall 2013 11/1/2013 Unit 3 Assignment: “How Do You Say It?” Final Draft Language and Translation Language is the basic tool people use to communicate with each other‚ including verbal language and non-verbal language. Language is used to announce‚ to persuade‚ to queries‚ to express emotions‚ to transmit complicated ideas or even to hurt people. Generally speaking‚ using the language correctly allows people to communicate better‚ compared
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Sake of a Symbol “Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.” - Alfred North Whitehead. To symbolize is to represent much like the Cowboy Ethics principle ‘Ride for the Brand’. A brand is a symbol used to mark an object in order to claim it as owned property by the entity the brand is specified to. The knowledge of symbolism has been my north star for what has seemed an infinite amount of time. To me representation and responsibility
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Tourism – What has ethics got to do with it? By Laura Pampel‚ 13341 (2013) Abstract The following article gives an overview about ethics in the tourism industry and the different possibilities for teaching business ethics. And you can find two examples from practice. The first example is the decision making process for visiting Myanmar or not and the second example is taken from the philosophy of the Lindner Hotels and Resorts AG. Introduction – Defining Business Ethics Before we start the journey
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for their studies. As for the adults‚ they are also able to get information from the internet for their work. Internet can also let some students to relax after studying for the whole week by playing some games online. Therefore‚ I think internet will do good to both the young and old. It is because for the young‚ like the kids‚ they can learn some information from those educational websites. They can learn beforehand and they will benefit from the internet. The teenagers wise will be able to find
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Thirty-three percent of students admit to falling asleep in class regularly(Barrington Petition). In my opinion‚ school should start later because it increases focus in class‚ better grades‚ and it is becoming a regular thing in schools nationwide. (1)The reason many students and faculty feel this way is because they notice the student’s attention spans. (2) In the morning‚ I can personally recall yawning‚ shutting my eyes‚ and not doing my work to my full abilities. (3) Interestingly‚ I have
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Jovian Planets Ranging between 4.95 and 30.4 AU away from the Sun are the Jovian planets. Jovian means of or relating to either the planet or the mythological god‚ Jupiter. The Jovian planets‚ also referred to as gas giants‚ are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune. These planets all fit the category of being a Jovian planet due to the mutual inclusiveness of a thick atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. These planets are not solid‚ they only become denser further towards the core
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tragic hero. These include how the Frankenstein is lead to his downfall due to his excessive pride. Other points include how Frankenstein‚ the hero discovered his fate by his own actions and also how he saw and understood his demise‚ and that his fate was because of his own actions. The last point is how he was physically and emotionally scarred of his experience. These points all point to the philosophy of Aristotle and his belief of what a typical tragic hero should have if it is to be a tragedy
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After the riots of 1917‚ the Tsarist regime collapsed‚ and many would argue that it was mainly as a result of the First World War beginning in 1914. War broke out in 1914‚ with Tsar Nicholas becoming commander-in-chief in 1915‚ meaning he was away from Petrograd. Not only was this poorly thought out by Nicholas because it gave the people an opportunity to plot against him‚ but as he was away he left Tsarina (also a German princess)‚ Alexandra‚ in charge during his absence. Due to the war being
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