International Language and Strategic Inventory Learning Language

Our universe has now become a planetary small town, the clip has long gone when it used to take several months to go from one terminal of the universe to the other, now distance is no more an issue and as distance has shortened the interaction between people from different civilizations and societies have become more frequent beef uping the communicating over the universe. When interacting with people from all over the universe, communicating barrier is faced due to difference in linguistic communication and since it is impractical to larn all the linguistic communications so we have one linguistic communication known as International Language i.e. English which is spoken and understood by a big bulk of people round the Earth. Although it is the female parent linguistic communication of really few states, it is taught and learned in the full universe since larning English has now become a necessity. Learning a new foreign linguistic communication may non be an easy occupation particu larly it requires a batch of forbearance and pattern but it can be made easier and the end can be achieved rapidly if the instruction manner is made harmonizing to the learning manner of an person and this is what Strategic Inventory Learning Language is all about. Learning of linguistic communication in the best manner can be done by first acknowledging our ain acquisition manner and so work on that form. Learning manners can be observed by an person or merely by the acquisition manner checklist. Largely our acquisition manners are developed at really early phases may be pre-school clip or early school life. I found out from the larning manner checklist that I am a Ocular Learner significance that my acquisition abilities are best with the assistance of images, graphs and images. I believe this is because from really get downing of my schooling my parents and instructors emphasized on learning me by demoing or making practical instead than merely reading to me or stating me about it. Normally our acquisition manners are at sub-conscious degree therefore before working to better larning abilities it is of import to acknowledge our manner. A scheme stock list for linguistic communication acquisition is formalized tool that answers the inquiry of what method is best for one peculiar scholar, or group of scholars, to larn a foreign linguistic communication. Harmonizing to the writer Strategic Inventory Learning Language is grouped into five schemes which are memory scheme, cognitive scheme, compensation scheme, meta-cognitive scheme, affectional scheme and societal scheme ( Griffiths and Parr, 251 ) . Normally we follow one or two of the schemes sub-consciously. To recognize our scheme we can detect our acquisition and analyzing wonts or merely make full the SILL inquirer. I found out that my sub-conscious SILL is Cognitive Strategies ; which is that I read for pleasance in English to increase my vocabulary and to guarantee speedy and right sentence formation, besides I try to happen forms in English which enables me to easy discourse in the linguistic communication. As from my larning manner I found that I am a ocular s cholar and so this explains my cognitive scheme that I prefer reading over listening to better my acquisition abilities, since reading helps me to do images of the words in my head moreover, by doing forms I easy retrieve what I have learned. I besides realized that if I have to larn something I do non declaim it several times it alternatively I prefer composing it few times as it helps me to retrieve better as I rapidly absorb the images of the words formed when I had written it down. After all the research about my ain learning manner and the schemes I have been following I feel that now I can expeditiously work upon rushing up my linguistic communication larning procedure and go an independent scholar. Another scheme which I feel I slightly follow is the Social Strategy that is I try to larn by interacting with people who I know have command in English, I besides try to discourse in English and utilize vocabulary in my conversation this is a practical attack towards larning and h ence builds up the assurance which is an of import factor. In future I plan to follow another scheme of SILL which is meta-cognitive i.e. pull offing ain acquisition accomplishments by maintaining a degree Celsius I have check and balance on my advancement and besides guarantee me about how much I have already learned. This scheme will besides enable me to schedule my clip in such a manner that I take out adequate clip to work on my linguistic communication accomplishments on routinely footing. Since I am good at retrieving things that by visual image and I already follow cognitive scheme hence, in order to follow this new scheme I will non hold to alter my acquisition manner hence it will necessitate less attempt and non much clip. Conscious working and acceptance of Strategic Inventory Learning Language will guarantee better acquisition of the linguistic communication in effortless and less clip. Strategic stock list larning linguistic communication is a really utile and efficient agencies to larn linguistic communication as it enables the scholar to larn in the manner that suits them best, this non merely rush up the acquisition procedure but besides develop assurance in the scholar. This strategic attack makes it easier for the scholar to accomplish the end and acquire bid on the linguistic communication. Hence, in order to link to the full universe and feel at easiness when interacting with people of different states holding different linguistic communications it is really of import to larn English and the best and quickest manner to accomplish this end is by following SILL schemes.

Chapter 23 The Yule Ball

Despite the very heavy load of homework that the fourth years had been given for the holidays. Harry was in no mood to work when term ended, and spent the week leading up to Christmas enjoying himself as fully as possible along with everyone else. Gryffindor Tower was hardly less crowded now than during term-time; it seemed to have shrunk slightly too, as its inhabitants were being so much rowdier than usual. Fred and George had had a great success with their Canary Creams, and for the first couple of days of the holidays, people kept bursting into feather all over the place. Before long, however, all the Gryffindors had learned to treat food anybody else offered them with extreme caution, in case it had a Canary Cream concealed in the center, and George confided to Harry that he and Fred were now working on developing something else. Harry made a mental note never to accept so much as a crisp from Fred and George in future. He still hadn't forgotten Dudley and the Ton-Tongue Toffee. Snow was falling thickly upon the castle and its grounds now. The pale blue Beauxbatons carriage looked like a large, chilly, frosted pumpkin next to the iced gingerbread house that was Hagrid's cabin, while the Durmstrang ship's portholes were glazed with ice, the rigging white with frost. The house-elves down in the kitchen were outdoing themselves with a series of rich, warming stews and savory puddings, and only Fleur Delacour seemed to be able to find anything to complain about. â€Å"It is too ‘eavy, all zis ‘Ogwarts food,† they heard her saying grumpily as they left the Great Hall behind her one evening (Ron skulking behind Harry, keen not to be spotted by Fleur). â€Å"I will not fit into my dress robes!† â€Å"Oooh there's a tragedy,† Hermione snapped as Fleur went out into the entrance hall. â€Å"She really thinks a lot of herself, that one, doesn't she?† â€Å"Hermione – who are you going to the ball with?† said Ron. He kept springing this question on her, hoping to startle her into a response by asking it when she least expected it. However, Hermione merely frowned and said, â€Å"I'm not telling you, you'll just make fun of me.† â€Å"You're joking, Weasley!† said Malfoy, behind them. â€Å"You're not telling me someone's asked that to the ball? Not the long-molared Mudblood?† Harry and Ron both whipped around, but Hermione said loudly, waving to somebody over Malfoy's shoulder, â€Å"Hello, Professor Moody!† Malfoy went pale and jumped backward, looking wildly around for Moody, but he was still up at the staff table, finishing his stew. â€Å"Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?† said Hermione scathingly, and she, Harry, and Ron went up the marble staircase laughing heartily. â€Å"Hermione,† said Ron, looking sideways at her, suddenly frowning, â€Å"your teeth†¦Ã¢â‚¬  â€Å"What about them?† she said. â€Å"Well, they're different†¦I've just noticed†¦.† â€Å"Of course they are – did you expect me to keep those fangs Malfoy gave me?† â€Å"No, I mean, they're different to how they were before he put that hex on you†¦.They're all†¦straight and – and normal-sized.† Hermione suddenly smiled very mischievously, and Harry noticed it too: It was a very different smile from the one he remembered. â€Å"Well†¦when I went up to Madam Pomfrey to get them shrunk, she held up a mirror and told me to stop her when they were back to how they normally were,† she said. â€Å"And I just†¦let her carry on a bit.† She smiled even more widely. â€Å"Mum and Dad won't be too pleased. I've been trying to persuade them to let me shrink them for ages, but they wanted me to carry on with my braces. You know, they're dentists, they just don't think teeth and magic should – look! Pigwidgeon's back!† Ron's tiny owl was twittering madly on the top of the icicle-laden banisters, a scroll of parchment tied to his leg. People passing him were pointing and laughing, and a group of third-year girls paused and said, â€Å"Oh look at the weeny owl! Isn't he cute?† Stupid little feathery git!† Ron hissed, hurrying up the stairs and snatching up Pigwidgeon. â€Å"You bring letters to the addressee! You don't hang around showing off!† Pigwidgeon hooted happily, his head protruding over Ron's fist. The third-year girls all looked very shocked. â€Å"Clear off!† Ron snapped at them, waving the fist holding Pigwidgeon, who hooted more happily than ever as he soared through the air. â€Å"Here – take it, Harry,† Ron added in an undertone as the third-year girls scuttled away looking scandalized. He pulled Sirius's reply off Pigwidgeons leg. Harry pocketed it, and they hurried back to Gryffindor Tower to read it. Everyone in the common room was much too busy in letting off more holiday steam to observe what anyone else was up to. Ron, Harry, and Hermione sat apart from everyone else by a dark window that was gradually filling up with snow, and Harry read out: Dear Harry, Congratulations on getting past the Horntail. Whoever put your name in that goblet shouldn't be feeling too happy right now! I was going to suggest a Conjunctivitus Curse, as a dragon's eyes are its weakest point – â€Å"That's what Krum did!† Hermione whispered – but your way was better, I'm impressed. Don't get complacent, though. Harry. You've only done one task; whoever put you in for the tournament's got plenty more opportunity if they're trying to hurt you. Keep your eyes open -particularly when the person we discussed is around and concentrate on keeping yourself out of trouble. Keep in touch, I still want to hear about anything unusual. Sirius â€Å"He sounds exactly like Moody,† said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. â€Å"‘Constant vigilance!' You'd think I walk around with my eyes shut, banging off the walls†¦.† â€Å"But he's right, Harry,† said Hermione, â€Å"you have still got two tasks to do. You really ought to have a look at that egg, you know, and start working out what it means†¦.† â€Å"Hermione, he's got ages!† snapped Ron. â€Å"Want a game of chess, Harry?† â€Å"Yeah, okay,† said Harry. Then, spotting the look on Hermione's face, he said, â€Å"Come on, how'm I supposed to concentrate with all this noise going on? I won't even be able to hear the egg over this lot.† â€Å"Oh I suppose not,† she sighed, and she sat down to watch their chess match, which culminated in an exciting checkmate of Ron's, involving a couple of recklessly brave pawns and a very violent bishop. Harry awoke very suddenly on Christmas Day. Wondering what had caused his abrupt return to consciousness, he opened his eyes, and saw something with very large, round, green eyes staring back at him in the darkness, so close they were almost nose to nose. â€Å"Dobby!† Harry yelled, scrambling away from the elf so fast he almost fell out of bed. â€Å"Don't do that!† â€Å"Dobby is sorry, sir!† squeaked Dobby anxiously, jumping backward with his long fingers over his mouth. â€Å"Dobby is only wanting to wish Harry Potter ‘Merry Christmas' and bring him a present, Sir! Harry Potter did say Dobby could come and see him sometimes, sir!† It's okay,† said Harry, still breathing rather faster than usual, while his heart rate returned to normal. â€Å"Just – just prod me or something in future, all right, don't bend over me like that†¦.† Harry pulled back the curtains around his four-poster, took his glasses from his bedside table, and put them on. His yell had awoken Ron, Seamus, Dean, and Neville. All of them were peering through the gaps in their own hangings, heavy-eyed and tousle-haired. â€Å"Someone attacking you, Harry?† Seamus asked sleepily. â€Å"No, it's just Dobby,† Harry muttered. â€Å"Go back to sleep.† â€Å"Nah†¦presents!† said Seamus, spotting the large pile at the foot of his bed. Ron, Dean, and Neville decided that now they were awake they might as well get down to some present-opening too. Harry turned back to Dobby, who was now standing nervously next to Harry's bed, still looking worried that he had upset Harry. There was a Christmas bauble tied to the loop on top of his tea cozy. â€Å"Can Dobby give Harry Potter his present?† he squeaked tentatively. â€Å"‘Course you can,† said Harry. â€Å"Er†¦I've got something for you too.† It was a lie; he hadn't bought anything for Dobby at all, but he quickly opened his trunk and pulled out a particularly knobbly rolled-up pair of socks. They were his oldest and foulest, mustard yellow, and had once belonged to Uncle Vernon. The reason they were extra-knobbly was that Harry had been using them to cushion his Sneakoscope for over a year now. He pulled out the Sneako-scope and handed the socks to Dobby, saying, â€Å"Sorry, I forgot to wrap them†¦Ã¢â‚¬  But Dobby was utterly delighted. â€Å"Socks are Dobby's favorite, favorite clothes, sir!† he said, ripping off his odd ones and pulling on Uncle Vernon's. â€Å"I has seven now, sir†¦.But sir†¦Ã¢â‚¬  he said, his eyes widening, having pulled both socks up to their highest extent, so that they reached to the bottom of his shorts, â€Å"they has made a mistake in the shop, Harry Potter, they is giving you two the same!† â€Å"Ah, no, Harry, how come you didn't spot that?† said Ron, grinning over from his own bed, which was now strewn with wrapping paper. â€Å"Tell you what, Dobby – here you go – take these two, and you can mix them up properly. And here's your sweater.† He threw Dobby a pair of violet socks he had just unwrapped, and the hand-knitted sweater Mrs. Weasley had sent, Dobby looked quite overwhelmed. â€Å"Sir is very kind!† he squeaked, his eyes brimming with tears again, bowing deeply to Ron. â€Å"Dobby knew sir must be a great wizard, for he is Harry Potter's greatest friend, but Dobby did not know that he was also as generous of spirit, as noble, as selfless -â€Å" â€Å"They're only socks,† said Ron, who had gone slightly pink around the ears, though he looked rather pleased all the same. â€Å"Wow, Harry -† He had just opened Harry's present, a Chudley Cannon hat. â€Å"Cool!† He jammed it onto his head, where it clashed horribly with his hair. Dobby now handed Harry a small package, which turned out to be – socks. â€Å"Dobby is making them himself, sir!† the elf said happily. â€Å"He is buying the wool out of his wages, sir!† The left sock was bright red and had a pattern of broomsticks upon it; the right sock was green with a pattern of Snitches. â€Å"They're†¦they're really†¦well, thanks, Dobby,† said Harry, and he pulled them on, causing Dobby's eyes to leak with happiness again. â€Å"Dobby must go now, sir, we is already making Christmas dinner in the kitchens!† said Dobby, and he hurried out of the dormitory, waving good-bye to Ron and the others as he passed. Harry's other presents were much more satisfactory than Dobby's odd socks – with the obvious exception of the Dursleys', which consisted of a single tissue, an all-time low – Harry supposed they too were remember ing the Ton-Tongue Toffee. Hermione had given Harry a book called Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland; Ron, a bulging bag of Dungbombs; Sirius, a handy penknife with attachments to unlock any lock and undo any knot; and Hagrid, a vast box of sweets including all Harry's favorites: Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, and Fizzing Whizbees. There was also, of course, Mrs. Weasley's usual package, including a new sweater (green, with a picture of a dragon on it – Harry supposed Charlie had told her all about the Horntail), and a large quantity of homemade mince pies. Harry and Ron met up with Hermione in the common room, and they went down to breakfast together. They spent most of the morning in Gryffindor Tower, where everyone was enjoying their presents, then returned to the Great Hall for a magnificent lunch, which included at least a hundred turkeys and Christmas puddings, and large piles of Cribbage's Wizarding Crackers. They went out onto the grounds in the afternoon; the snow was untouched except for the deep channels made by the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students on their way up to the castle. Hermione chose to watch Harry and the Weasleys' snowball fight rather than join in, and at five o'clock said she was going back upstairs to get ready for the ball. â€Å"What, you need three hours?† said Ron, looking at her incredulously and paying for his lapse in concentration when a large snowball, thrown by George, hit him hard on the side of the head. â€Å"Who're you going with?† he yelled after Hermione, but she just waved and disappeared up the stone steps into the castle. There was no Christmas tea today, as the ball included a feast, so at seven o'clock, when it had become hard to aim properly, the others abandoned their snowball fight and trooped back to the common room. The Fat Lady was sitting in her frame with her friend Violet from downstairs, both of them extremely tipsy, empty boxes of chocolate liqueurs littering the bottom other picture. â€Å"Lairy fights, that's the one!† she giggled when they gave the password, and she swung forward to let them inside. Harry, Ron, Seamus, Dean, and Neville changed into their dress robes up in their dormitory, all of them looking very self-conscious, but none as much as Ron, who surveyed himself in the long mirror in the corner with an appalled look on his face. There was just no getting around the fact that his robes looked more like a dress than anything else. In a desperate attempt to make them look more manly, he used a Severing Charm on the ruff and cuffs. It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he hadn't done a very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as the boys set off downstairs. â€Å"I still can't work out how you two got the best-looking girls in the year,† muttered Dean. â€Å"Animal magnetism,† said Ron gloomily, pulling stray threads out of his cuffs. The common room looked strange, full of people wearing different colors instead of the usual mass of black. Parvati was waiting for Harry at the foot of the stairs. She looked very pretty indeed, in robes of shocking pink, with her long dark plait braided with gold, and gold bracelets glimmering at her wrists. Harry was relieved to see that she wasn't giggling. â€Å"You – er – look nice,† he said awkwardly. â€Å"Thanks,† she said. â€Å"Padma's going to meet you in the entrance hall,† she added to Ron. â€Å"Right,† said Ron, looking around. â€Å"Where's Hermione?† Parvati shrugged. â€Å"Shall we go down then, Harry?† â€Å"Okay,† said Harry, wishing he could just stay in the common room. Fred winked at Harry as he passed him on the way out of the portrait hole. The entrance hall was packed with students too, all milling around waiting for eight o'clock, when the doors to the Great Hall would be thrown open. Those people who were meeting partners from different Houses were edging through the crowd trying to find one another. Parvati found her sister, Padma, and led her over to Harry and Ron. â€Å"Hi,† said Padma, who was looking just as pretty as Parvati in robes of bright turquoise. She didn't look too enthusiastic about having Ron as a partner, though; her dark eyes lingered on the frayed neck and sleeves of his dress robes as she looked him up and down. â€Å"Hi,† said Ron, not looking at her, but staring around at the crowd. â€Å"Oh no†¦Ã¢â‚¬  He bent his knees slightly to hide behind Harry, because Fleur Delacour was passing, looking stunning in robes of silver-gray satin, and accompanied by the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain, Roger Davies. When they had disappeared, Ron stood straight again and stared over the heads of the crowd. â€Å"Where is Hermione?† he said again. A group of Slytherins came up the steps from their dungeon common room. Malfoy was in front; he was wearing dress robes of black velvet with a high collar, which in Harry's opinion made him look like a vicar. Pansy Parkinson in very frilly robes of pale pink was clutching Malfoy's arm. Crabbe and Goyle were both wearing green; they resembled moss-colored boulders, and neither of them, Harry was pleased to see, had managed to find a partner. The oak front doors opened, and everyone turned to look as the Durmstrang students entered with Professor Karkaroff. Krum was at the front of the party, accompanied by a pretty girl in blue robes Harry didn't know. Over their heads he saw that an area of lawn right in front of the castle had been transformed into a sort of grotto full of fairy lights – meaning hundreds of actual living fairies were sitting in the rosebushes that had been conjured there, and fluttering over the statues of what seemed to be Father Christmas and his reindeer. Then Professor McGonagall's voice called, â€Å"Champions over here, please!† Parvati readjusted her bangles, beaming; she and Harry said, â€Å"See you in a minute† to Ron and Padma and walked forward, the chattering crowd parting to let them through. Professor McGonagall, who was wearing dress robes of red tartan and had arranged a rather ugly wreath of thistles around the brim other hat, told them to wait on one side of the doors while everyone else went inside; they were to enter the Great Hall in procession when the rest of the students had sat down. Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies stationed themselves nearest the doors; Davies looked so stunned by his good fortune in having Fleur for a partner that he could hardly take his eyes off her. Cedric and Cho were close to Harry too; he looked away from them so he wouldn't have to talk to them. His eyes fell instead on the girl next to Krum. His jaw dropped. It was Hermione. But she didn't look like Hermione at all. She had done something with her hair; it was no longer bushy but sleek and shiny, and twisted up into an elegant knot at the back of her head. She was wearing robes made of a floaty, periwinkle-blue material, and she was holding herself differently, somehow – or maybe it was merely the absence of the twenty or so books she usually had slung over her back. She was also smiling – rather nervously, it was true – but the reduction in the size of her front teeth was more noticeable than ever; Harry couldn't understand how he hadn't spotted it before. â€Å"Hi, Harry!† she said. â€Å"Hi, Parvati!† Parvati was gazing at Hermione in unflattering disbelief. She wasn't the only one either; when the doors to the Great Hall opened, Krum's fan club from the library stalked past, throwing Hermione looks of deepest loathing. Pansy Parkinson gaped at her as she walked by with Malfoy, and even he didn't seem to be able to find an insult to throw at her. Ron, however, walked right past Hermione without looking at her. Once everyone else was settled in the Hall, Professor McGonagall told the champions and their partners to get in line in pairs and to follow her. They did so, and everyone in the Great Hall applauded as they entered and started walking up toward a large round table at the top of the Hall, where the judges were sitting. The walls of the Hall had all been covered in sparkling silver frost, with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe and ivy crossing the starry black ceiling. The House tables had vanished; instead, there were about a hundred smaller, lantern-lit ones, each seating about a dozen people. Harry concentrated on not tripping over his feet. Parvati seemed to be enjoying herself; she was beaming around at everybody, steering Harry so forcefully that he felt as though he were a show dog she was putting through its paces. He caught sight of Ron and Padma as he neared the top table. Ron was watching Hermione pass with narrowed eyes. Padma was looking sulky. Dumbledore smiled happily as the champions approached the top table, but Karkaroff wore an expression remarkably like Ron's as he watched Krum and Hermione draw nearer. Ludo Bagman, tonight in robes of bright purple with large yellow stars, was clapping as enthusiastically as any of the students; and Madame Maxime, who had changed her usual uniform of black satin for a flowing gown of lavender silk, was applauding them politely. But Mr. Crouch, Harry suddenly realized, was not there. The fifth seat at the table was occupied by Percy Weasley. When the champions and their partners reached the table, Percy drew out the empty chair beside him, staring pointedly at Harry. Harry took the hint and sat down next to Percy, who was wearing brand-new, navy-blue dress robes and an expression of such smugness that Harry thought it ought to be fined. â€Å"I've been promoted,† Percy said before Harry could even ask, and from his tone, he might have been announcing his election as supreme ruler of the universe. â€Å"I'm now Mr. Crouch's personal assistant, and I'm here representing him.† â€Å"Why didn't he come?† Harry asked. He wasn't looking forward to being lectured on cauldron bottoms all through dinner. â€Å"I'm afraid to say Mr. Crouch isn't well, not well at all. Hasn't been right since the World Cup. Hardly surprising – overwork. He's not as young as he was – though still quite brilliant, of course, the mind remains as great as it ever was. But the World Cup was a fiasco for the whole Ministry, and then, Mr. Crouch suffered a huge personal shock with the misbehavior of that house-elf of his, Blinky, or whatever she was called. Naturally, he dismissed her immediately afterward, but – well, as I say, he's getting on, he needs looking after, and I think he's found a definite drop in his home comforts since she left. And then we had the tournament to arrange, and the aftermath of the Cup to deal with – that revolting Skeeter woman buzzing around – no, poor man, he's having a well earned, quiet Christmas. I'm just glad he knew he had someone he could rely upon to take his place.† Harry wanted very much to ask whether Mr. Crouch had stopped calling Percy â€Å"Weatherby† yet, but resisted the temptation. There was no food as yet on the glittering golden plates, but small menus were lying in front of each of them. Harry picked his up uncertainly and looked around – there were no waiters. Dumbledore, however, looked carefully down at his own menu, then said very clearly to his plate, â€Å"Pork chops!† And pork chops appeared. Getting the idea, the rest of the table placed their orders with their plates too. Harry glanced up at Hermione to see how she felt about this new and more complicated method of dining – surely it meant plenty of extra work for the house-elves? – but for once, Hermione didn't seem to be thinking about S.P.E.W. She was deep in talk with Viktor Krum and hardly seemed to notice what she was eating. It now occurred to Harry that he had never actually heard Krum speak before, but he was certainly talking now, and very enthusiastically at that. â€Å"Veil, ve have a castle also, not as big as this, nor as comfortable, I am thinking,† he was telling Hermione. â€Å"Ve have just four floors, and the fires are lit only for magical purposes. But ve have grounds larger even than these – though in vinter, ve have very little daylight, so ve are not enjoying them. But in summer ve are flying every day, over the lakes and the mountains -â€Å" â€Å"Now, now, Viktor!† said Karkaroff with a laugh that didn't reach his cold eyes, â€Å"don't go giving away anything else, now, or your charming friend will know exactly where to find us!† Dumbledore smiled, his eyes twinkling. â€Å"Igor, all this secrecy, one would almost think you didn't want visitors.† â€Å"Well, Dumbledore,† said Karkaroff, displaying his yellowing teeth to their fullest extent, â€Å"we are all protective of our private domains, are we not? Do we not jealously guard the halls of learning that have been entrusted to us? Are we not right to be proud that we alone know our school's secrets, and right to protect them?† â€Å"Oh I would never dream of assuming I know all Hogwarts' secrets, Igor,† said Dumbledore amicably. â€Å"Only this morning, for instance, I took a wrong turning on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I have never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamber pots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five-thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon – or when the seeker has an exceptionally full bladder.† Harry snorted into his plate of goulash. Percy frowned, but Harry could have sworn Dumbledore had given him a very small wink. Meanwhile Fleur Delacour was criticizing the Hogwarts decorations to Roger Davies. â€Å"Zis is nothing,† she said dismissively, looking around at the sparkling walls of the Great Hall. â€Å"At ze Palace of Beauxbatons, we ‘ave ice sculptures all around ze dining chamber at Chreestmas. Zey do not melt, of course†¦zey are like ‘uge statues of diamond, glittering around ze place. And ze food is seemply superb. And we ‘ave choirs of wood nymphs, ‘oo serenade us as we eat. We ‘ave none of zis ugly armor in ze ‘alls, and eef a poltergeist ever entaired into Beauxbatons, ‘e would be expelled like zat.† She slapped her hand onto the table impatiently. Roger Davies was watching her talk with a very dazed look on his face, and he kept missing his mouth with his fork. Harry had the impression that Davies was too busy staring at Fleur to take in a word she was saying. â€Å"Absolutely right,† he said quickly, slapping his own hand down on the table in imitation of Fleur. â€Å"Like that. Yeah.† Harry looked around the Hall. Hagrid was sitting at one of the other staff tables; he was back in his horrible hairy brown suit and gazing up at the top table. Harry saw him give a small wave, and looking around, saw Madame Maxime return it, her opals glittering in the candlelight. Hermione was now teaching Krum to say her name properly; he kept calling her â€Å"Hermy-own.† â€Å"Her-my-oh-nee,† she said slowly and clearly. â€Å"Herm-own-ninny.† â€Å"Close enough,† she said, catching Harry's eye and grinning. When all the food had been consumed, Dumbledore stood up and asked the students to do the same. Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall. A set of drums, several guitars, a lute, a cello, and some bagpipes were set upon it. The Weird Sisters now trooped up onto the stage to wildly enthusiastic applause; they were all extremely hairy and dressed in black robes that had been artfully ripped and torn. They picked up their instruments, and Harry, who had been so interested in watching them that he had almost forgotten what was coming, suddenly realized that the lanterns on all the other tables had gone out, and that the other champions and their partners were standing up. â€Å"Come on!† Parvati hissed. â€Å"We're supposed to dance!† Harry tripped over his dress robes as he stood up. The Weird Sisters struck up a slow, mournful tune; Harry walked onto the brightly lit dance floor, carefully avoiding catching anyone's eye (he could see Seamus and Dean waving at him and sniggering), and next moment, Parvati had seized his hands, placed one around her waist, and was holding the other tightly in hers. It wasn't as bad as it could have been. Harry thought, revolving slowly on the spot (Parvati was steering). He kept his eyes fixed over the heads of the watching people, and very soon many of them too had come onto the dance floor, so that the champions were no longer the center of attention. Neville and Ginny were dancing nearby – he could see Ginny wincing frequently as Neville trod on her feet – and Dumbledore was waltzing with Madame Maxime. He was so dwarfed by her that the top of his pointed hat barely tickled her chin; however, she moved very gracefully for a woman so large. Mad-Eye Moody was doing an extremely ungainly two-step with Professor Sinistra, who was nervously avoiding his wooden leg. â€Å"Nice socks. Potter,† Moody growled as he passed, his magical eye staring through Harry's robes. â€Å"Oh – yeah, Dobby the house-elf knitted them for me,† said Harry, grinning. â€Å"He is so creepy!† Parvati whispered as Moody clunked away. â€Å"I don't think that eye should be allowed.† Harry heard the final, quavering note from the bagpipe with relief. 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Who's got a model of him up in their dormitory?† Ron chose to ignore this. â€Å"I s'pose he asked you to come with him while you were both in the library?† â€Å"Yes, he did,† said Hermione, the pink patches on her cheeks glowing more brightly. â€Å"So what?† â€Å"What happened – trying to get him to join spew, were you?† â€Å"No, I wasn't! If you really want to know, he – he said he'd been coming up to the library every day to try and talk to me, but he hadn't been able to pluck up the courage!† Hermione said this very quickly, and blushed so deeply that she was the same color as Parvati's robes. â€Å"Yeah, well – that's his story,† said Ron nastily. â€Å"And what's that supposed to mean?† â€Å"Obvious, isn't it? He's Karkaroff's student, isn't he? He knows who you hang around with†¦.He's just trying to get closer to Harry – get inside information on him – or get near enough to jinx him -â€Å" Hermione looked as though Ron had slapped her. 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Shame he couldn't come.† â€Å"Oh I'm sure Mr. Crouch will be up and about in no time,† said Percy importantly, â€Å"but in the meantime, I'm more than willing to take up the slack. Of course, it's not all attending balls† – he laughed airily – â€Å"oh no, I've had to deal with all sorts of things that have cropped up in his absence – you heard Ali Bashir was caught smuggling a consignment of flying carpets into the country? And then we've been trying to persuade the Transylvanians to sign the International Ban on Dueling. I've got a meeting with their Head of Magical Cooperation in the new year -â€Å" â€Å"Let's go for a walk,† Ron muttered to Harry, â€Å"get away from Percy†¦.† Pretending they wanted more drinks. Harry and Ron left the table, edged around the dance floor, and slipped out into the entrance hall. 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They had reached a large stone reindeer now, over which they could see the sparkling jets of a tall fountain. The shadowy outlines of two enormous people were visible on a stone bench, watching the water in the moonlight. And then Harry heard Hagrid speak. â€Å"Momen' I saw yeh, I knew,† he was saying, in an oddly husky voice. Harry and Ron froze. This didn't sound like the sort of scene they ought to walk in on, somehow†¦.Harry looked around, back up the path, and saw Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies standing half-concealed in a rosebush nearby. He tapped Ron on the shoulder and jerked his head toward them, meaning that they could easily sneak off that way without being noticed (Fleur and Davies looked very busy to Harry), but Ron, eyes widening in horror at the sight of Fleur, shook his head vigorously, and pulled Harry deeper into the shadows behind the reindeer. â€Å"What did you know, ‘Agrid?† said Madame Maxime, a purr in her low voice. Harry definitely didn't want to listen to this; he knew Hagrid would hate to be overheard in a situation like this (he certainly would have) – if it had been possible he would have put his fingers in his ears and hummed loudly, but that wasn't really an option. Instead he tried to interest himself in a beetle crawling along the stone reindeer's back, but the beetle just wasn't interesting enough to block out Hagrid's next words. â€Å"I jus' knew†¦knew you were like me†¦.Was it yer mother or yer father?† â€Å"I – I don't know what you mean, ‘Agrid†¦.† â€Å"It was my mother,† said Hagrid quietly. â€Å"She was one o' the las' ones in Britain. ‘Course, I can' remember her too well†¦she left, see. When I was abou' three. She wasn' really the maternal sort. Well†¦it's not in their natures, is it? Dunno what happened to her†¦might be dead fer all I know†¦.† Madame Maxime didn't say anything. And Harry, in spite of himself, took his eyes off the beetle and looked over the top of the reindeer's antlers, listening†¦.He had never heard Hagrid talk about his childhood before. â€Å"Me dad was broken-hearted when she wen'. Tiny little bloke, my dad was. By the time I was six I could lift him up an' put him on top o' the dresser if he annoyed me. Used ter make him laugh†¦.†Hagrid's deep voice broke. Madame Maxime was listening, motionless, apparently staring at the silvery fountain. â€Å"Dad raised me†¦but he died, o' course, jus' after I started school. Sorta had ter make me own way after that. Dumbledore was a real help, mind. Very kind ter me, he was†¦.† Hagrid pulled out a large spotted silk handkerchief and blew his nose heavily. â€Å"So†¦anyway†¦enough abou' me. What about you? Which side you got it on?† But Madame Maxime had suddenly got to her feet. â€Å"It is chilly,† she said – but whatever the weather was doing, it was nowhere near as cold as her voice. â€Å"I think I will go in now.† â€Å"Eh?† said Hagrid blankly. â€Å"No, don go! I've – I've never met another one before!† â€Å"Anuzzer what, precisely?† said Madame Maxime, her tone icy. Harry could have told Hagrid it was best not to answer; he stood there in the shadows gritting his teeth, hoping against hope he wouldn't – but it was no good. â€Å"Another half-giant, o' course!† said Hagrid. â€Å"‘Ow dare you!† shrieked Madame Maxime. Her voice exploded through the peaceful night air like a foghorn; behind him. Harry heard Fleur and Roger fall out of their rosebush. â€Å"I ‘ave nevair been more insulted in my life! ‘Alf-giant? Moi? I ‘ave – I ‘ave big bones!† She stormed away; great multicolored swarms of fairies rose into the air as she passed, angrily pushing aside bushes. Hagrid was still sitting on the bench, staring after her. It was much too dark to make out his expression. Then, after about a minute, he stood up and strode away, not back to the castle, but off out into the dark grounds in the direction of his cabin. â€Å"C'mon,† Harry said, very quietly to Ron. â€Å"Let's go†¦.† But Ron didn't move. â€Å"What's up?† said Harry, looking at him. Ron looked around at Harry, his expression very serious indeed. â€Å"Did you know?† he whispered. â€Å"About Hagrid being half-giant?† â€Å"No,† Harry said, shrugging. â€Å"So what?† He knew immediately, from the look Ron was giving him, that he was once again revealing his ignorance of the wizarding world. Brought up by the Dursleys, there were many things that wizards took for granted that were revelations to Harry, but these surprises had become fewer with each successive year. 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Didn't like to mention it†¦.† â€Å"But what's it matter if his mother was a giantess?† said Harry. â€Å"Well†¦no one who knows him will care, ‘cos they'll know he's not dangerous,† said Ron slowly. â€Å"But†¦Harry, they're just vicious, giants. It's like Hagrid said, it's in their natures, they're like trolls†¦they just like killing, everyone knows that. There aren't any left in Britain now, though.† â€Å"What happened to them?† â€Å"Well, they were dying out anyway, and then loads got themselves killed by Aurors. There're supposed to be giants abroad, though†¦.They hide out in mountains mostly†¦.† â€Å"I don't know who Maxime thinks she's kidding,† Harry said, watching Madame Maxime sitting alone at the judges' table, looking very somber. â€Å"If Hagrid's half-giant, she definitely is. Big bones†¦.the only thing that's got bigger bones than her is a dinosaur.† Harry and Ron spent the rest of the ball discussing giants in their corner, neither of them having any inclination to dance. 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Cedric looked as though he didn't want to say whatever it was in front of Ron, who shrugged, looking bad-tempered, and continued to climb the stairs. â€Å"Listen†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Cedric lowered his voice as Ron disappeared. â€Å"I owe you one for telling me about the dragons. You know that golden egg? Does yours wail when you open it?† â€Å"Yeah,† said Harry. â€Å"Well†¦take a bath, okay?† â€Å"What?† â€Å"Take a bath, and – er – take the egg with you, and – er – just mull things over in the hot water. It'll help you think†¦.Trust me.† Harry stared at him. â€Å"Tell you what,† Cedric said, â€Å"use the prefects' bathroom. Fourth door to the left of that statue of Boris the Bewildered on the fifth floor. Password's ‘pine fresh.' Gotta go†¦want to say good night -â€Å" He grinned at Harry again and hurried back down the stairs to Cho. Harry walked back to Gryffindor Tower alone. That had been extremely strange advice. Why would a bath help him to work out what the wailing egg meant? Was Cedric pulling his leg? Was he trying to make Harry look like a fool, so Cho would like him even more by comparison? The Fat Lady and her friend Vi were snoozing in the picture over the portrait hole. Harry had to yell â€Å"Fairy lights!† before he woke them up, and when he did, they were extremely irritated. He climbed into the common room and found Ron and Hermione having a blazing row. Standing ten feet apart, they were bellowing at each other, each scarlet in the face. â€Å"Well, if you don't like it, you know what the solution is, don't you?† yelled Hermione; her hair was coming down out of its elegant bun now, and her face was screwed up in anger. â€Å"Oh yeah?† Ron yelled back. â€Å"What's that?† â€Å"Next time there's a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort!† Ron mouthed soundlessly like a goldfish out of water as Hermione turned on her heel and stormed up the girls' staircase to bed. Ron turned to look at Harry. â€Å"Well,† he sputtered, looking thunderstruck, â€Å"well – that just proves – completely missed the point -â€Å" Harry didn't say anything. He liked being back on speaking terms with Ron too much to speak his mind right now – but he somehow thought that Hermione had gotten the point much better than Ron had.

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Strategic and Financial Decision Making - Essay Example The cost of financing through equity is more than that of debt. The bond holders are paid fixed rate of interest every year, hence they bear no risk. The equity shareholders do not receive any fixed income every year; it is dependent on the profits of the company. Hence, there is a risk involved in holding equity shares as compared to debt capital. Therefore the equity shareholders require more return as compensation to the extra risk borne by them. On the factors discussed above, debt financing would seem more attractive as compared to equity financing. But decision cannot be made solely on the cost factor. One also has to look into the risk involved in different sources of financing. Since there is a fixed obligation every year towards interest payment, it is considered to be more risky than financing through equity on which no risk is involved. Thus, a company has to decide upon the level of debt on the basis of the risk it can undertake. Eugene, Houston (2007:1).The following ste ps involved in decision making process are: Existing capital structure: One has to evaluate the existing capital structure. In case the company has too much debt already it is not advisable to issue more debt. It can also maintain the existing debt equity ratio or change the ratio. Dividend payout policy: The dividend payout ratio should be decided be the firm, so as to maintain the same every year. This is because fluctuating dividend payout ratio would reduce the confidence of the shareholders towards the company. Effect of return: The company has to analyze the effect on return because of the cost of capital. It has to ensure that it is able to earn the desire level of return of the investors. Effect of return: In order to reduce the cost of the capital a firm might take debt equity mix. However, it should first analyze the risk involved in using debt as a source of capital. Effect on cost of capital: The effect of desired level of debt and equity on the cost of capital of the company should be evaluated. Excess debt can lead to increase in cost of capital after a certain point of time because of the high risk involved. These decisions should be based after careful study of the market. The risk appetite, the required rate of return of the shareholders, the effect on market value of the shares due to change in the capital structure of the company should be studied. Hence, these factors have to be taken into consideration in order to arrive at a sound decision. b) The investment proposal involves an initial investment of 3,000,000 along with cost of forecasting of 100,000. The proposal is expected to be financed at the existing debt-equity ratio of 2:3. It is assumed that the return required by equity investors is 10.5% (real). Therefore nominal return (inflation adjusted) expected would be 10.5% + 5% (inflation) that is 15.5%. The rate of interest payable on corporate bonds (debt) is 6% p.a. We have to now compute the weighted average cost of capital

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Construction Law Report - Essay Example The presence of the discovered iron anvils projects upon the overall construction work schedule in terms of projected period cost implications and required work force. Adding to this is the projected influence upon contractual terms of the agreement, represented in the form of signed binding agreements amongst pertinent project stakeholders. As Martin and Law elude, this would necessitate legal input from construction law, and specifically contract law. It is based on the fact that construction law legally requires both project owner and contractor to act in good faith, with regard to the performance of project contractual obligations. According to the contract – JCT SBC 2011 (with quantities without sectional completions) – terms and conditions are set upon the basis of the construction-time frame, expenditure (estimated overhead) and aspects pertaining to workforce present.The constructor’s obligations with respect to the time for completion of works under the construction contract depends on express provisions stipulated in the contract or, in cases where the terms are not express, then the obligations will be based on terms implied by the English law and in other instances the terms implied for business efficacy purposes. Construction contracts often provide for the payment of liquidated damages for certain types of the breach, for example, breaches concerning delays. The inclusion of clauses on liquidated clauses of the delayed nature has advantages for all parties on the contract.

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Best Holiday - Essay Example Judy and Alex are the customers of the travel agency. They are married couple and want to go for honey moon trip. Best Holiday is a very well reputed travel agency. It offers special discounts to customers. The agency has good reputation for offering detailed tour packages to customers. Judy and Alex felt that they do not need to worry about anything regarding their honey moon trip. Apart from special discounts the agency provides different offers to its customers. All the facilities are available with the travel agency. This is one more reason for choosing the travel agency (Smith, 2014). As it is a honey moon trip for Judy and Alex, so they have chosen Paris as the honey moon destination for them. It is one of the most exotic honey moon destinations in the world. Transportation is a very important part of any trip. In case of this honey moon trip transportation will play a significant role (Archer and Syratt, 2012). Best Holiday will create a hassle free transportation experience for the honey moon couple. The agency has booked the air ticket for Judy and Alex (Kotler, 2008). The honey moon couple will travel by AIR FRANCE flight. Judy and Alex will start their journey on 25th July 2014. They will return on 27th July 2014. The flight will take off from Heathrow airport at 6.20 am and it will reach Paris airport at 9 am. It will take two hours and forty minutes to reach Paris from London. Flight charges for each person will be  £149. For the both occasions, AIR FRANCE will be the airliner for the couple. The agency is set to offer good transportation experience to the honey moon couple which will prepare an appropriate honey moon mood for Judy and Alex. Accommodation is the nerve centre of any trip. Here the importance of accommodation is very significant because it is a honey moon trip. The agency will arrange accommodations for Judy and Alex in hotel Marriott, Paris. It is one of the most beautiful hotels in Paris. The hotel

Unions and labor relations Research Paper Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 750 words

Unions and labor relations - Research Paper Example New business concepts such as outsourcing and offshoring helped organizations to operate in a multicultural environment. In other words, employers started to deal with a much more diverse workforce because of globalization. The strategies needed to manage a diverse workforce are entirely different form the strategies needed to manage a workforce of single culture. Different employees may have different needs, especially when they operating in a multicultural environment. For example, Muslim employees always like to have a break for prayer during the mid-noon of every Friday. Same way Christian employees always like to have off on every Sundays. If the employers prevent them from taking such luxuries, they will develop dissatisfaction and their loyalty towards the management may come down. The needs of the employees are changing rapidly because of the advancements in living standards and the new challenges coming in front of them as the time goes on. For example, living expenses are g rowing day by day and it is difficult for an employee to find his livelihood if the employer is not ready to increase his salary. Same way, workloads are increasing day by day and as a result of that employees are not getting enough time for leisure activities. Work-life balancing is an important aspect of labor relations. If the employees struggle to find enough time to spend with their relatives and friends, their mental health could be damaged. Even if the employees get higher salaries for their extra work loads, they may not be satisfied if they fail to get time to spend with their beloved ones. Physical needs as well as psychological needs of the employees are important in maintaining better labor relations by the employers. â€Å"American labor unions, taken... Unions and labor relations Trade unions are organizations to protect the interests of the working class. In other words trade unions always work for the betterment of the whole employees rather than the betterment of any individual employees. However, in some particular situations trade unions may work for the individual interests also. For example, if an employee was fired unnecessarily by the employer, trade unions may come for the rescue of that employee. â€Å"The labor relation process includes recognition of the legitimate right and responsibilities of union and management†. Better Employee-employer relations or labor relations is important for the smooth functioning of an organization In a troubled organization, employees may not deliver their bests and as a result of that the productivity and the efficiency of the organization may come down. This paper analyses the effect of changes in employee relations strategies, policies, and practices on organizational performance and the relevance of trade unions in America at present. Trade unions are organizations which argue for the rights of the workers and better labor relations from the employers. Current workplaces consist of extremely diverse workforce and the needs of the diverse employees could be different. Employers should help employees to meet their physical as well as mental needs in order to maintain better labor relations. Trade unions are losing grounds in America at present because of the better treatment American employees receive from their employers.

Pablo Picasso Essay Example for Free

Pablo Picasso Essay Every artist demonstrates their thoughts and point of view of nature and of the Earth. Their masterpieces portray their artistic identity, mastery, skills and techniques. Some of them have been the founder(s) of a particular art movement, which greatly affects other artists of the world. Pablo Picasso, one of the most renowned modern artists in history, is one of the pioneers of Cubism, along with Georges Braque, who strongly exemplifies and reveals the mentioned art movement and style in his Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, The Guernica and the Three Musician, each of which would be formally evaluated and analyzed. The artistic intelligence of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) created a great impact in the development of modern and contemporary art. His masterpieces include over 20,000 works including paintings, drawings, sculptures, theater sets, prints, ceramics and costumes that delineate a number of intellectual, social, political, and ardent messages. His styles has gone beyond and transcended realism and abstraction, Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism and Neoclassicism. Pablo Picasso was born at Malaga Spain in October 25, 1881 to Jose Ruiz Blasco and Maria Picasso Y Lopez. At the age of eight, he started to paint but his drawings were very much different from the children of his age. Even when he was young, Picasso already had a highly systematic approach to art. At the end of 1897, he studied in Madrid but later on, he dropped out of school because his teachers could not help him solve the technical problems he had. Furthermore, he endeavored to become a Classical painter similar to Rembrandt or Velasquez; however, no matter how good he was at the age of 16, still he could not contest the old masters. In the year 1899 and 1900, his style was altered radically. His works showed a more romantic manner. Since then, he began to flourish, absorbing all the dominant styles of his epoch. Nevertheless, it was in between 1907 and 1914 in Paris when he discovered a new style by which the French art critic Louis Vauxcelles referred as â€Å"Cubism. † His masterpiece entitled Les Demoiselles D’Avignon divulged that style in 1907. Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon expresses and exhibits his ground-breaking style and distortion which is anchored from African Art. In the painting, the figures are arranged similar to Cezanne’s composition of bathers but it reveals an influence of primitivism. It manifests through the angular planes and well-defined outlines that create the entire solidity of the images. Moreover, it is composed of five females, all of which are depicted with angular body. The color of the figures are not confined to flesh rather there are red, blue and orange. The title of the painting, which is given by Picasso’s friend, pertains to the cabaret or maison publique on the Avignon Street, Barcelona. It showcases an expression of violence and barbaric intensity of the five women. On the other hand, his Guernica articulates the same form but it is more meaningful and more caricature in style. The themes signify death, bullfight and crucifixion. The figures are more complex as well as the content of the painting, which is illustrated by diverse and mixing images. The painting itself is a representation of the tragic events that occurred in Spain during the year 1937. It is full of political message and thus, summons the very idea of warfare as a heroic incident and renders it as a cruel and atrocious act of self-destruction. However, Picasso’s art possesses a trademark that any symbol can portray many and frequently contradicting meanings. According to Picasso when asked to explain the symbols, â€Å"It isn’t up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words. The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them. † Another painting that depicts Cubism is the Three Musicians. It is a large painting with three figures made up of geometric shapes. The central figure is a Harlequin playing a guitar while on his sides are two musicians. On the left part, is a visible figure of a dog. The work delineates a lively appearance due to its color, orange dominates the plane. The images are figuratively rendered but it can be pulled that they are people with musical instruments with them. They are painted in a way similar to a group performing on stage. Pablo Picasso’s style known as Cubism, as well as his masterpieces, has contributed much to the depiction and understanding of abstract art and modernism. His works portray figurative images wherein every art objects is dominated by symbols that carry a myriad of interpretations and meanings. Because of his discovery of Cubism, paintings have appeared to be a three-dimensional picture plane. His works exhibit harmonious colors and biomorphic sensuality which is exemplified in his Les Demoiselles D’Avignon. Moreover, Picasso paints in such a way that is very much different from other well-known artists of his time because he does not employ in his works landscapes or well-depicted everyday scenes. He upholds in his artistic career his identity of not copying nature and not utilizing traditional techniques, and perspectives. He learns to emphasize his viewpoints of the world through geometry, lively utilization of colors, and somehow calculated perspectives. He demonstrates his activism and political comprehension through symbols too and it is evident in his Guernica. Furthermore, because of his artistic career, identity and discovered style (Cubism), he had been renowned in the world of art. Bibliography â€Å"Guernica: Testimony of War.† (2008). Public Broadcasting Service. Database online. Available from http://www. pbs. org/treasuresoftheworld/guernica/gmain. html. [06 April 2009] Harris, Mark. â€Å"Guernica. † (1996). Web. org. uk. Database online. Available from http://web. org. uk/picasso/guernica. html. [06 April 2009] â€Å"Pablo Picasso, Life and Work,† (n. d). Pablo Picasso Cubism. Database online. Available from http://pablo-picasso. paintings. name/biography/. [06 April 2009] â€Å"Pablo Picasso Painting. † (n. d). Artquotes. net. Database online. Available from http://www. artquotes. net/masters/picasso/pablo_musicians1921. htm. [06 April 2009] Rewald, Sabine. â€Å"Cubism. † (2004). Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Database online. Available from http://www. metmuseum. org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube. htm. [06 April 2009] Voorhies, James. â€Å"Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). † (2004). Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Database online. 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The behavior in violent video games Essay Example for Free

The behavior in violent video games Essay In today’s society video games can cause many behavior problems. The violence in video games can affect children in many ways. Violent video games affect a person’s brain and health. At last, violent video games also affect the player’s personality in various ways. Acting violently and having nightmares are two ways of how violent video games affect children. Some games contain some graphic content, and may give children ideas that they do not understand. These games also make children believe that killing someone is acceptable and the reality of people dying can be compared to situations seen previously in games. Children’s learning abilities are also affected since they tend to do as they see, kind of like monkey see, monkey do. Basically, they learn to be violent so they will be violent in their life and react aggressively. The human brain is affected by violent video games in many ways. After so much playing the human brain believes the game is real. Video games stir up tension, and a feeling of fear, and this could have long term affects on the autonomic nerves. The autonomic nerves are connected with breathing and heart rate. If a person, who is playing video games, has suffered from seizures and continues playing, the chances over seizures coming back are extremely high. The video game player’s personality will be affected in many ways. For example, playing decreases prosocial behaviors, this includes activities such as giving to charity, volunteering, and overall â€Å"helping† behaviors. Some studies have proved that video game players lead to an increase in antisocial behavior. These frequently users rather isolate from others and play than socialize. When playing becomes an addiction, their personality has completely transformed into an isolated antisocial person. In conclusion, violent video games can cause many different behavior problems for children. It affects their brain, their health, and their personality. Finally, children should be careful when choosing the type of video game to play.

Impact of Negative Externalities in Economics

Impact of Negative Externalities in Economics Externalities are outsider impacts emerging from generation and utilization of products and administrations for which no proper remuneration is paid. Externalities happen outside of the business sector i.e. they influence individuals not straightforwardly included in the creation and/or utilization of a merchandises or administration. They are otherwise called overflow impacts. Economical movements makes overflow profits and overflow costs – with negative externalities. A negative externality happens when an individual or firm settling on a choice does not need to pay the full cost of the choice. In the event that a product has a negative externality, then the expense to society is more prominent than the expense customer is paying for it. Since purchasers settle on a choice focused around where their peripheral expense squares with their minimal profit, and since they dont consider the expense of the negative externality, negative externalities bring about business sector inefficiencies unless legitimate move is made. Negative externalities emerge when the private expenses of products are lower than the social expenses (private expense + external espenses) prompting a lower value level (as just private expenses are perceived by the business sector) and in this way to overproduction of a terrible which prompts wastefulness and diminishment out in the open welfare (does damage to society or lessens the general great to society of having autos). Pollution illustrates negative externalities clearly. Case in point, a steel creating firm may pump contaminations into the air. While the firm need to pay for power, materials, and so forth, the people living around the processing plant will pay for the contamination since it will make them have higher medicinal costs, poorer personal satisfaction, diminished aesthetic request of the air, and so on. Hence the creation of steel by the firm has an adverse expense to the individuals encompassing the manufacturing plant -a cost that the steel firm doesnt need to pay (Economics.fundamentalfinance.com, 2014) Sources equipped to economically shorten their negative externalities would definitely decrease, offering their licenses to less adaptable polluters (Blinder 1987) Some more noticeable examples from externalities include: Smokers overlook the destructive effect of harmful detached smoking on non-smokers Air contamination from street utilize and movement blockage and the effect of street exhaust on lungs Outside expenses of scratching the seabed for supplies of rock The outside expense of nourishment waste The outside expenses of cleaning up from litter and the dropping of mulling over gum The outside expenses of the miles that nourishment goes from maker to the last purchaser The externalities joined to the oil sands extend in the Canadian wild Ronald Coase points out solution to negative externalities as; Under immaculate rivalry, once government has appointed unmistakably characterized property rights in challenged capitals and till transactions expenses are insignificant, private gatherings that produce or are influenced by externalities will arrange deliberate proclamations that prompt the socially ideal asset distribution and yield blend paying little mind to how the property rights are allocated. (Coase, 1960) For instance, if the steel factory possesses the rights, then the people that live around the plant will be ready to pay the steel process not to deliver -up to the cost that they are acquiring from health services, diminished aesthetic request of the air, and so on. This sum that they are eager to pay turns into an opportunity cost for the steel factory in the event that they deliver. In this manner they will slice creation to the ideal level. Then again, if the individuals possess the air, then the steel factory would need to pay them that same sum for the right to deliver. Accordingly the negative externality is specifically added to the steel plants minimal expense. An alternate approach to take care of the negative externality issue is to just expense the maker the measure of the negative externality. This adds to the makers peripheral cost and will make them lessen yield. (Economics.fundamentalfinance.com, 2014). Externalities are likely the contention for government intercession that economists generally regard. Externalities are often used to advocate the legislatures responsibility for with positive externalities and disallowance of items with negative externalities. Monetarily talking, notwithstanding, this is pointless excess. In the event that free enterprise that is, no legislature intercession gives excessively little training, the clear result is some type of subsidy to educating, not government generation of instruction. Additionally, if free enterprise gives an excessive amount of cocaine, a measured reaction is to expense it, not boycott it totally. (Caplan, 2014) Taxation Also government can decrement externalities would be to increase the private expenses of the products to meet the social expenses so that the new market balance is at the point where social expenses approaches social profits (socially ideal point). This is possible by the administration taxation on products with externalities which will aid reducing adverse effects of products, scarcity of goods and will increase government revenue too. Yet it will draw some negative actions too such as, impact and product causing externalities measurement would be difficult, in case of inelastic demand hefty taxes won’t change demand, evasion can occur more (e.g. dumping trash illegally) and in some cases inequality can also be the resultant. Forcing laws and regulations- This is the place for administration forces law to totally deny purchasers captivating transactions with negative externalities. As an illustration, few years prior numerous nations banned use of supplies discharging CFC gas which diminished the outflow of greenhouse gasses bringing about no externality circumstance. Tradable recompenses- This is the place the legislature forces a limit up to which a certain transaction can result in negative externalities. As case, government awards authorization for a firm to take part in exercises which can result in air contamination however it is dependent upon 15% of aggregate contamination level. This will restrict the contamination level of the economy. Rather than rectifying negative externalities positive externalities are supported by government gifts/subsidies, charge reliefs for positive externalities inventors and procurement from government costs, for example, barrier costs and wellbeing costs. To study negative externalities, agriculture market of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis – soil bacteria) cotton is analyzed. China has been reported as most exhaustive pesticide using country in the globe. The countrys ranchers apply more synthetic pesticides on their products than makers in practically any nation in the world (Huang et al., 2000a). Their yearly application has expanded lately, climbing from 211,000 metric tons (mt) of dynamic fixings in 1985 to 340,000 mt in 1996. While pesticides have assumed a part in expanding Chinas farming yield, their utilization has made numerous negative externalities. The utilization, abuse and exploitation of pesticides in China have prompted poisonings of ranchers, corruption of area and water, and expanded levels of risky chemicals in Chinas sustenance supply (MOA, 1983; Peng, 1998; Lei et al., 1998; Huang et al., 2000c). In addition, the rate of increment of pesticides rose quicker than different inputs, prompting an ascent in it does impart of aggregate expenses. It was assessed that by late 1990s Chinas agriculturists will buy and apply almost US$ 5 billion of pesticides for every year, making China one of the biggest pesticide clients. Cotton makers are among the biggest pesticide clients in China regarding both total and for every hectare use. For every hectare pesticide expense arrived at US$ 101 in 1995 for cotton, much higher than that for rice, wheat or maize. Only tomato and cucumber producers apply all the more on a for every hectare premise. The terrible measure of pesticides utilized within rice generation in China is more prominent than the sum utilized for cotton generation simply because five times more land is planted to rice than to cotton and its production expends approximately US$ 500 million per annum. Pesticide use has a few potential downsides. For instance, the application of pesticides may represent a genuine peril to the agro-biological system. Pingali et al. (1994) has created confirmation of the antagonistic impact that pesticide use has on human wellbeing. Their results showed that the wellbeing and different expenses could surpass the private expenses of buying the item. Truth be told, pe sticide use in cultivating in China have even been interfaced to genuine diseases and demise. Crosswise over China, poisonings of agriculturists and their workers have brought about 45,000 instances of genuine disease and more than 500 passing every year from 1987 to 1996 (Huang et al., 2000c). Liu et al. (1995) directed study in China of pesticide residuals in nourishment in 1992. The study focused on the nourishment security impacts of ranch level utilization of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CH pesticides), the group of pesticides that incorporates DDT. The most tireless of pesticides, officials banned the utilization of CH pesticides in 1983. Despite the fact that the utilization of CH pesticides have dropped forcefully since the mid-1980s, the study exposed planters still were utilizing them as a part of the early 1990s and Chinas nourishment stock uncovered hints of pollution. Other late studies have confirmed the finding that pesticide tainting in Chinas nourishment markets is sti ll an issue for vegetables, tree grown foods, and sustenance grains. Perceiving the presence of negative externalities, Chinas pioneers started various steps to control probably the most hurtful parts of pesticide utilization. Chinas plant reproducers have effectively created a huge number of mixed bags with host-plant imperviousness to creepy crawlies and sicknesses. Just about all recently discharged assortments in China in the previous 20 years have large amounts of host-plant safety. At any rate in the instance of rice, the utilization of these mixtures has prompted decreases in pesticides. Biotechnology seems to offer a item that can drastically lessen pesticide—Bt also other GE crop mixed bags. Indeed with generally constrained speculations of government cash in exploration, augmentation and seed generation, Bt cotton assortments are spreading quickly. These mixed bags were created and advanced by a few remote and household organizations and examination foundations. Ranchers have embraced them in light of the fact that they decreased the expenses of generation without lessening aggregate incomes and on the grounds that they lessen their introduction to hazardous chemical To encounter problems with pesticides, china has contributed majorly to genetically engineered crops. Chinas farming examination framework has endeavored to enhance assortments of numerous harvests utilizing biotechnology and has moved a percentage of the new transgenic mixed bags into business use by ranchers (Huang et al., 2001). Grain, cotton and tobacco rearing projects have most nearly composed their biotechnology and ordinary examination programs. Lately, specialists have controlled a greater amount of their work towards enhancing vegetables and oil seeds employing biotechnology. Researchers have made most prominent progress in utilizing biotechnology to enhance insecticides safety of products, albeit respectable work is likewise being carried out to enhance malady safety. Interestingly, this concentrate on insect resistance and sickness safety is particular to Chinas biotechnology program. The countrys open overwhelmed examination framework has given Chinas analysts a solid mo tivation to create Genetically Modified edits that expand yields and anticipate bother flare-ups. In China, more than 90% of field trials target insects and ailment safety. Conversely, in industrialized nations, where a great part of the plant biotechnology is secretly finance, 45% of field trials are for herbicide tolerance and enhancing item quality; just 19% are for pest resistance. The advancement of bug safe harvest assortments containing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) quality has been a positive case of the application of farming biotechnology. This gene produces protein that is poisonous to some insects and can make crops pink bollworm resistant, tobacco budworm, armyworms and leaf worm resistant. China gives an interesting chance to contemplating the long haul profits of Bt innovation. Early studies demonstrated that Bt assortments expanded yield harvests and decreased insect poison utilization. Cotton gets most transgenic attention in China and in 2000, 400,000–500,000 ha Bt cotton was planted. It has been accounted for that the bugs of cotton like tobacco budworms and the American bollworm, started to develop safety in under 40 eras. In China bollworms imitate, as a rule, four times each year. Given that Bt mixtures have now been planted for more than 10 years in a few territories, it is an appropriates time to assess the long haul profits (and expens es, if any) of Bt cotton. An investigation of these issues likewise may give understanding into the long haul viability of Bt innovation in creating nations as a rule. It was demonstrated that bollworm populaces in China have advanced in a manner in which Bt cotton may have the capacity to be utilized on a long haul premise. Based on a dataset based on data gathered amid more than 10 years of checking in trial cotton fields in provincial regions of northern China, their exploration found that the quantity of bollworms fell fundamentally with time. Numerous territorial populaces given way as Bt mixed bags extended. It shows up that the Bt poisons not just smothered the bug populaces in the fields with Bt mixtures, additionally populaces on other crops which serve as hosts for bollworms. They finished up that following 10 years of utilization of Bt cotton mixtures, safety of bollworms to the Bt poison had not yet developed. Work regarding Bt cotton use in China summarizes that Bt cotton has massive significance over non-Bt one as it uses less insecticides to control bollworms. This is because non-Bt cotton could not grow resistance against pest and were infected times more than Bt one. To it, it also decreases cost on pesticides and increases cotton yeild. Hence it is experimentally proved is clear that Bt cotton lessens pesticide use, in any event in the short run. Anyhow the effect of lessening pesticide use on human wellbeing and natures turf depends to some degree on which pesticides were lessened because of the appropriation of Bt cotton. On the off chance that the diminishment s the manifestation of generally sheltered pesticides likes the manufactured pyrethroids or malathion, we would not expect much effect on human wellbeing. On the off chance that the decrease occurs as more risky pesticides, for example, any of the CH pesticides or organophosphate parathion, we would expect that poisonings of ranchers would decay and that the effect on natures domain to be more noteworthy in light of the fact that a significant number of the chemicals are relentless in the earth. The findings propose that the administration may need to contribute the cash important to spread Bt to other cotton locales and to different harvests. The paramount proviso is that legislature interests in regulation of biotech will must be expanded to guarantee that broad utilization of Bt does not prompt the quick improvement of bollworms that are impervious to crops. The second ramifications of these findings are that the government plant assurance framework is not meeting the objective of lessening pesticide utilization. Plant insurance individuals regularly propose that agriculturists not utilize Bt cotton or at most suggest more pesticide applications than the seed organizations. The administration needs to separate Integrated Pest Management exercises and staff of the plant assurance framework from the pesticide deals exercises. The legislature additionally must give the augmentation administration impetuses to push IPM and other non-pesticide-related manifestations of bug con trol. 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