Tony Harrison’s Long Distance II is a poem pondering the loss of our beloved‚ and how some of us cope with said loss. When someone we love is abruptly and prematurely taken from us‚ it is only natural if we experience grief. But to Harrison it seems many of us do our best to put restraints on our feelings‚ almost like we are embarrassed by our grief‚ as if it was illegal. To uncover what might lie hidden in between the lines‚ I will in this essay delve into Harrison’s thoughts and try to decipher
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Proximity vs Distance: The Influence of Charity We as humans don’t think of it immediately as it happens in front of our eyes but it’s still a thought that deeply lingers within our unconscious brain as we see that one dollar that we worked so hard for escape the tight grasp of our hands and end up being crammed into another dusty cash register. Now a days it seems as if our cringe and shiver with fear every time we walk into a store and then it practically seems to be sobbing for mercy when we
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childhood and adolescence and therefore obtaining more than one cultural identity can inhibit this aforementioned process and conversely make one’s quest of self-discovery more difficult. Likewise‚ in Rebecca G. Haile’s captivating novel‚ Held at a Distance‚ she eloquently describes her bittersweet past and her courageous journey back to her once beloved country‚ not only to immerse herself in her Ethiopian culture‚ but also to resolve her negative
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Distinguish between diminishing returns and economies of scale (15 marks) In Business Economics‚ the short run is defined as the concept that within a certain period of time‚ in the future‚ at least one input is fixed while others are variable and the long run is defined as a period of time in which all factors of production and costs are variable. The law of diminishing returns is a short run concept‚ which states that increasing successive units of a variable factor to a fixed factor
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measurements obtained with the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) for evaluation of preterm high risk infants. The present study included two scales i.e. the Alberta infant motor scale and the Peabody developmental motor scale – 2 (PDMS – 2) on high risk infants at 3 months‚ 6 months and 12 months of age. For the purpose of comparing the AIMS scale‚ the PDMS -2 scale was used as the gold standard of measure. The sensitivity and specificity of the PDMS 2 scale is 36.1%‚ 93.8% at 3 months respectively. The
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planet has the same personal story from another and that is the beauty of life. Because every person experiences life in a different way we can learn from each other’s experiences. The cultural narrative that I choose to read was Reyna Grande’s The Distance Between Us. As I was reading this memoir‚ I noticed some similarities and some differences compared to my story. I am a white female born to Cheryl and Mark Johnson in the United States in Reno‚ Nevada. I come from an Irish and German background
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PAIN Observational pain assessment scales Title two-deck for people with dementia: a review Christine While‚ Dr Angus Jocelyn Christine While is Clinical Project Officer‚ Royal District Nursing Service and Dr Angus Jocelyn is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts Education and Human Development‚ Victoria University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia Email: cwhile@rdns.com.au O lder adults have a higher propensity to experience pain associated with chronic health problems‚ such as musculoskeletal
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THE NIGERIAN HOME VIDEO INDUSTRY: A SURVEY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF VIDEO RENTALS AND THE COPYRIGHT LAW PRESENTED BY ABDULRAHMAN MALIK AT THE WEEKLY SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT‚ KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY MALETE MARCH‚ 2013 ABSTRACT The Nigerian entertainment industry‚ particularly the movie sector has been battling with the problem of copyright infringement in the last two decades or more. In spite the legal framework put in place‚ (i.e. copyright
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SMALL-SCALE MINING (Lives at risk in the Philippine Gold Mines) INTRODUCTION Gold is the number one mineral produced by the Philippines in value terms. Although total local production was low relative to world production‚ it ranked 2nd to Africa in gold production per unit land area in 1988 and ranked 29th as top gold producer in 2002(Israel and Asirot 2002). In the year 2002–2007‚ the Philippines’ gold production increased by 8.2%. This contributed an average of 2% gross domestic product (GDP)
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fish scales‚ which contains collagen and act as a glue for more stronger bind. Fish and fish products are consumed as food all over the world. With other seafoods‚ it provides the world’s prime source of high-quality protein: 14–16 percent of the animal protein consumed worldwide. Over one billion people rely on fish as their primary source of animal protein. Fish‚ along with reptiles‚ have hard protective scales on their skin for protection. The outer body of many fish is covered with scales‚ which
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