Fool Chapter 21

TWENTY-ONE AT THE WHITE CLIFFS YEARS AGO – â€Å"Pocket,† said Cordelia, â€Å"have you ever heard of this warrior queen named Boudicca?† Cordelia was about fifteen at the time, and she had sent for me because she wished to discuss politics. She lay on her bed with a large leather volume open before her. â€Å"No, lamb, who was she queen of?† â€Å"Why, of the pagan Britons. Of us.† Lear had recently shifted back to the pagan beliefs, thus opening a whole new world of learning for Cordelia. â€Å"Ah, that explains it. Educated in a nunnery, love, I've a very shallow knowledge of pagan ways, although I have to say, their festivals are smashing. Rampant drunken shagging while wearing flower wreaths seems far superior to midnight mass and self-flagellation, but then, I'm a fool.† â€Å"Well, it says here that she kicked nine colors of shit out of the Roman legions when they invaded.† â€Å"Really, that's what it says, nine colors of shit?† â€Å"I'm paraphrasing. Why do you think we've no warrior queens anymore?† â€Å"Well, lamb, war requires swift and resolute action.† â€Å"And you're saying that a woman can't move with swift resolve?† â€Å"I'm saying no such thing. She may move with swiftness and resolve, but only after choosing the correct outfit and shoes, and therein lies the undoing of any potential warrior queen, I suspect.† â€Å"Oh bollocks!† â€Å"I'll wager your Boudicca lived before they invented clothing. Easy days then for a warrior queen. Just hitch up your tits and start taking heads, it was. Now, well, I daresay erosion would take down a country before most women could pick out their invading kit.† â€Å"Most women. But not me?† â€Å"Of course not you, lamb. Them. I meant only weak-willed tarts like your sisters.† â€Å"Pocket, I think I shall be a warrior queen.† â€Å"Of what, the royal petting zoo at Boffingshire?† â€Å"You'll see, Pocket. The whole of the sky will darken with the smoke from my army's fires, the ground will tremble under their horses' hooves, and kings will kneel outside their city walls, crowns in hand, begging to surrender rather than feel the wrath of Queen Cordelia fall upon their people. But I shall be merciful.† â€Å"Goes without saying, doesn't it?† â€Å"And you, fool, will no longer be able to behave like the right shit that you are.† â€Å"Fear and trembling, love, that's all you'll get from me. Fear and bloody trembling.† â€Å"As long as we understand each other.† â€Å"So, it sounds as if you're thinking of conquering more than just the petting zoo?† â€Å"Europe,† said the princess, as if stating the unadorned truth. â€Å"Europe?† said I. â€Å"To start,† said Cordelia. â€Å"Well, then you had better get moving, hadn't you?† â€Å"Yes, I suppose,† said Cordelia, with a great silly grin. â€Å"Dear Pocket, would you help me pick an outfit?† â€Å"She's already taken Normandy, Brittany, and the Aquitaine,† said Edgar, â€Å"and Belgium soils itself at the mention of her name.† â€Å"Cordelia can be a bundle of rumpus when she sets her mind to something,† said I. I smiled at the thought of her barking orders to the troops, all fury and fire from her lips, but those crystal-blue eyes hinting laughter at every turn. I missed her. â€Å"Oh, I did betray her love and flay her sweet heart with stubborn pride,† said Lear, looking madder and weaker than when I'd seen him last. â€Å"Where is Kent?† I asked Edgar, ignoring the old king. Drool and I had found them above a cliff at Dover. They all sat with their backs to a great chalk boulder: Gloucester, Edgar, and Lear. Gloucester snored softly, his head on Edgar's shoulder. We could see smoke from the French camp not two miles away in the distance. â€Å"He's gone to Cordelia, to ask her to accept her father into her camp.† â€Å"Why didn't you go yourself?† I asked Lear. â€Å"I am afraid,† said the old man. He hid his head under his arm, like a bird trying to escape the daylight beneath its wing. It was wrong. I wanted him strong, I wanted him stubborn, I wanted him full of arrogance and cruelty. I wanted to see those parts of him I knew were thriving when he'd thrown my mother on the stones so many years ago. I wanted to scream at him, humiliate him, hurt him in eleven places and watch him crawl in his own shit, dragging his bloody pride and guts behind him in the dirt. There was no revenge to be satisfied on this trembling shell of Lear. I wanted no part of it. â€Å"I'm going to go nap behind those rocks,† said I. â€Å"Drool, keep watch. Wake me when Kent returns.† â€Å"Aye, Pocket.† The Natural went to the far side of Edgar's boulder, sat, and stared out over the sea. If we were attacked by a ship, he'd be Johnny-on-the-spot. I lay down and slept perhaps an hour before there was shouting behind me and I looked over my boulders to see Edgar holding his father's head, steadying him as the old man stood on a rock, perhaps a foot above the ground. â€Å"Are we at the edge?† â€Å"Aye, there are fishermen on the beach below that look like mice. The dogs look like ants.† â€Å"What do the horses look like?† asked Gloucester. â€Å"There aren't any horses. Just fishermen and dogs. Don't you hear the sea crashing below?† â€Å"Yes. Yes, I do. Farewell, Edgar, my son. I am sorry. Gods, do your will!† With that the old man leaped off the rock, expecting to plummet hundreds of feet to his death, I reckon, so he was somewhat surprised when he met the ground in an instant. â€Å"Oh my lord! Oh my lord!† said Edgar, trying to use a different voice and failing completely. â€Å"Sir, you have duly fallen from the cliffs above.† â€Å"I have?† said Gloucester. â€Å"Aye, sir, can you not see?† â€Å"Well, no, you git, my eyes are bandaged and bloody. Can you not see?† â€Å"Sorry. What I saw was you fall from a great height and land as softly as if you were a feather floating down.† â€Å"I am dead, then,† said Gloucester. He sank to his knees and seemed to lose his breath. â€Å"I am dead, yet I still suffer, my grief is manifest, my eyes ache even though they are not there.† â€Å"That's because he's fucking with you,† said I. â€Å"What?† said Gloucester. â€Å"Shhhh,† said Edgar. â€Å"‘Tis a mad beggar, pay him no heed, good sir.† â€Å"Fine, you're dead. Enjoy,† said I. I lay back on the ground, out of the wind, and pulled my coxcomb over my eyes. â€Å"Come, come sit with me,† said Lear. I sat up and watched Lear lead the blind man to his nest beneath the great boulders. â€Å"Let the cruelties of the world slide off our bent backs, friend.† Lear put his arm around Gloucester and held him while he spoke to the sky. â€Å"My king,† said Gloucester. â€Å"I am safe in your mercy. My king.† â€Å"Aye, king. But I have no soldiers, no lands, no subject quakes before me, no servants wait, and even your bastard son hath treated you better than my own daughters.† â€Å"Oh, for fuck's sake,† said I. But I could see that the old blind man was smiling, and for all his suffering, he found comfort in his friend the king, no doubt having been blinded to his scoundrel nature long before Cornwall and Regan took his eyes. Blinded by loyalty. Blinded by title. Blinded by shoddy patriotism and false righteousness. He loved his mad, murdering king. I lay back down to listen. â€Å"Let me kiss your hand,† said Gloucester. â€Å"Let me wipe it first,† said Lear. â€Å"It smells of mortality.† â€Å"I smell nothing, and see nothing evermore. I am not worthy.† â€Å"Art thou mad? See with your ears, Gloucester. Have you never seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar, and thus chase him off? Is that dog the voice of authority? Is he better than the many for denying the man's hunger? Is a sheriff righteous who whips the whore, when it is for his own lust he punishes her? See, Gloucester. See who is worthy? Now we are stripped of finery, see. Small vices show through tattered clothes, when all is hidden beneath fur and fine robes. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice breaks on decoration. Blessed are you, that you cannot see – for you cannot see me for what I am: wretched.† â€Å"No,† said Edgar. â€Å"Your impertinence comes from madness. Do not weep, good king.† â€Å"Do not weep? We weep when we first smell the air. When we are born, we cry, that we come to this great stage of fools.† â€Å"No, all shall be well again, and – â€Å" And there was a thump, followed by another, and a yowl. â€Å"Die, thou blind mole!† came a familiar voice. I sat up in time to see Oswald standing over Gloucester, a bloodied stone in one hand, his sword driven down through the old earl's chest. â€Å"You'll not poison my lady's cause further.† He twisted the blade, and blood bubbled up out of the old man, but no sound did he make. He was quite dead. Oswald yanked his blade free and kicked Gloucester's body across Lear's lap, as the king cowered against the boulder. Edgar lay unconscious at Oswald's feet. The vermin drew back as if to drive his sword into Edgar's spine. â€Å"Oswald!† I shouted. I stood behind my boulders as I drew a throwing knife from the sheath at my back. The worm turned to me, and pulled his blade up. He dropped the bloody stone he'd used to brain Edgar. â€Å"We have an arrangement,† said I. â€Å"And further slaughter of my cohorts will cause me to doubt your sincerity.† â€Å"Sod off, fool. We've no arrangement. You're a lying cur.† â€Å"Moi?† said I, in perfect fucking French. â€Å"I can give you your lady's heart, and not in the unpleasant, eviscerated, no-shagging-except-the-corpse way.† â€Å"You have no such power. You've not bewitched Regan's heart, neither. ‘Tis she who sent me here to kill this blind traitor who turns minds against our forces. And to deliver this.† He pulled a sealed letter from his jerkin. â€Å"A letter of mark, giving you permission in the name of the Duchess of Cornwall to be a total twatgoblin?† â€Å"Your wit is dull, fool. It is a love letter to Edmund of Gloucester. He set out for here with a scouting party to assess the French forces.† â€Å"My wit is dull? My wit is dull?† â€Å"Yes. Dull,† said Oswald. â€Å"Now, en garde,† said he in barely passable fucking French. â€Å"Yes,† said I, with an exaggerated nod. â€Å"Yes.† And with that, Oswald found himself seized by the throat and dashed several times against the boulders, which relieved him of his sword, his dagger, the love letter, and his coin purse. Drool then held the steward up and squeezed his throat, slowly but sternly, causing wet gurgling noises to bubble from his foul gullet. I said, â€Å"While unscathed by my rapier wit You're choked to death by a giant git By this gentle jester, is argument won I'll leave you two to have your fun.† Oswald seemed somewhat surprised by the turn of events, so much so, that both his eyes and tongue protruded from his face in a wholly unhealthy way. He then began to surrender his various fluids and Drool had to hold him away to keep from being fouled by them. â€Å"Drop him,† said Lear, who still cowered by the boulders. Drool looked to me and I shook my head, ever so slightly. â€Å"Die, thou badger-shagging spunk monkey,† said I. When Oswald stopped kicking and simply hung limp and dripping, I nodded to my apprentice, who tossed the steward's body over the cliff as easily as if it were an apple core. Drool went down on one knee over Gloucester's body. â€Å"I were going to teach him to be a fool.† â€Å"Aye, lad, I know you were.† I stood by my boulders, resisting the urge to comfort the great murderous git with a pat on the shoulder. There was a rustling from over the top of the hill and I thought I heard the sound of metal on metal through the wind. â€Å"Now he's blind and dead,† said the Natural. â€Å"Bugger,† said I, under my breath. Then to Drool, â€Å"Hide, and don't fight, and don't call for me.† I fell flat to the ground as the first soldier topped the hill. Bugger! Bugger! Bugger! Bloody bollocksing buggering bugger! I reflected serenely. Then I heard the voice of the bastard Edmund. â€Å"Look, my fool. And what's this? The king? What good fortune! You'll make a fine hostage to stay the hand of the Queen of France and her forces.† â€Å"Have you no heart?† said Lear, petting the head of his dead friend Gloucester. I peeked out between my rocks. Edmund was looking at his dead father with the expression of someone who has just encountered rat scat in his toast for tea. â€Å"Yes, well, tragic I suppose, but with succession of his title determined and his sight gone, a timely exit was only polite. Who's this other deader?† Edmund kicked his unconscious half brother in the shoulder. â€Å"A beggar,† said Drool. â€Å"He were trying to protect the old man.† â€Å"This is not the sword of a beggar. Neither is this purse.† Edmund picked up Oswald's purse. â€Å"These belong to Goneril's man, Oswald.† â€Å"Aye, milord,† said Drool. â€Å"Well, where is he?† â€Å"On the beach.† â€Å"On the beach? He climbed down and left his purse and sword here?† â€Å"He was a tosser,† said Drool. â€Å"So I tossed him over. He kilt your old da.† â€Å"Oh, quite right. Well done, then.† Edmund threw the purse to Drool. â€Å"Use it to bribe your jailer for a bread crust. Take them.† The bastard motioned for his men to seize Drool and Lear. When the old man had trouble standing, Drool lifted him to his feet and steadied him. â€Å"What about the bodies?† asked Edmund's captain. â€Å"Let the French bury them. Quickly, to the White Tower. I've seen enough.† Lear coughed then, a dry, feeble cough like the creaking of Death's door hinges, until I thought he might collapse into a pile of blue. One of Edmund's men gave the old man a sip of water, which seemed to quell the coughing, but he couldn't stand or support his weight. Drool hoisted him up on one shoulder and carried him up the hill – the old man's bony bottom bouncing on the great git's shoulder as if it was the cushion of a sedan chair. When they were gone I scrambled out of my hiding place and over to Edgar's prostrate body. The wound on his scalp wasn't deep, but it had bled copiously, as scalp wounds are wont to do. The resulting puddle of gore had probably saved Edgar's life. I got him propped against the boulder and brought him around with some gentle smacking and a stout splashing from his water skin. â€Å"What?† Edgar looked around, and shook his head to clear his vision, a motion he clearly regretted immediately. Then he spotted his father's corpse and wailed. â€Å"I'm sorry, Edgar,† said I. â€Å"‘Twas Goneril's steward, Oswald, knocked you out and killed him. Drool strangled the scurvy dog and tossed him over the cliff.† â€Å"Where is Drool? And the king?† â€Å"Taken, by your bastard brother's men. Listen, Edgar, I need to follow them. You go to the French camp. Take them a message.† Edgar's eyes rolled and I thought he might pass out again, so I threw some more water in his face. â€Å"Look at me. Edgar, you must go to the French camp. Tell Cordelia that she should attack the White Tower directly. Tell her to send ships up the Thames and bring a force through London over land as well. Kent will know the plan. Have her sound the trumpet three times before they attack the keep. Do you understand?† â€Å"Three times, the White Tower?† I tore the back off of the dead earl's shirt, wadded it up, and gave it to Edgar. â€Å"Here, hold this on your noggin to staunch the blood.† â€Å"And tell Cordelia not to hold for fear for her father's life. I'll see to it that it's not an issue.† â€Å"Aye,† said Edgar. â€Å"She'll not save the king by holding the attack.†

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Great writing does not necessarily make a great work of literature. More often than not, there has to be something special about a writer’s work of art. This could be also considered their trademarks, signatures that had set them on canonical status. Shakespeare has his soliloquies, Hawthorne attacks the Puritans, Hemmingway uses symbols, Borges possesses fondness for infinity, and the list goes on. However, there could be some similarities between these literary signatures of writers. It is important to take note that having similarities does not render a writer less special than others. What is remarkable about the works sharing similarities in their trademarks is that they all express a common concern—concerns that could be considered as major issues in the society. The selected works had all talked about women and social status.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   The literary works that this paper would feature are Nathaniel Hawthorne’s â€Å"The Birthmark†, Flannery O’Connor’s â€Å"A Goodman Is Hard To Find†, William Faulkner’s â€Å"A Rose For Emily†, and James Joyce’s â€Å"The Dead.†   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Hawthorne’s â€Å"The Birthmark† had shown us how the male-dominated society perceives women. In the narrative, there was a beautiful woman named Georgiana. She was almost perfect, however, her most visible flaw was her hand-shaped birthmark on her cheek—thus the title. She was married to a scientist named Aylmer who is not pleased with Georgiana’s birthmark. Since he was a scientist, Aylmer conducted a procedure to supposedly fix his wife’s face. As a consequence of the Aylmer’s discontent, Georgiana died while under operation.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Hawthorne story tells us that women are commonly judged according to their physical appearance and not according to the beauty of their intellect and character. Moreover, the story suggested to us that the pride of the male specie is on of the main reason for the oppression of women in the society. It is very likely that Aylmer had treated his beautiful wife as a mere accessory to display to the public. As we could observe in the history of societies, husbands are judged according to their wives, and vice-versa.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   In William Faulkner’s â€Å"A Rose For Emily†, women are presented in a rather disturbing manner. The story is basically about a former aristocrat woman who had kept the corpse of her beloved in her bedroom. That is not to mention that she is the one who killed her beloved and she had slept with the dead corpse—â€Å"slept†, with all the connotations of the word.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Faulkner has this talent to disturb people with seemingly harmless countryside scenarios. But what is remarkable about this particular work is the depiction of how a woman could love a man. A woman’s version of love is a topic that is rarely touched throughout the long history of literature. â€Å"A Rose For Emily† tells us that a woman could love unconditionally even if their love is unrequited. Moreover, â€Å"A Rose For Emily† touches the topic of social status. In the story, Emily came from a family of aristocrat status. The object of her affection, Homer Barron, came from a common family. The difference in their social status had somehow prevented them from getting married. In addition to that, it is Emily’s social status that had made the townspeople treat her differently. On a different tone, Flannery O’Connor’s â€Å"A Goodman Is Hard To Find† had depicted women and social status on a less favorable stance. The protagonist of the story was an annoying grandmother. The family in the story wanted to go to Florida, but the grandmother insisted that they go to Tennessee. The grandmother cited the news that there was a roaming criminal along the way to Florida just to scare off the family. On their way to Florida, the grandmother’s words became true that she and the family had actually encountered the criminal. As a ploy to save herself, the grandmother constantly tells the criminal sarcastic remarks like â€Å"you are a nice person.† With regards to social status, the criminal was aware that the grandmother was just pretending to treat him as a nice person. The criminal already knows what to expect from the society with regards to place of criminals within the social thread. The criminal knows that people like him would always be discriminated by people.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   It is almost the same case for James Joyce’s â€Å"The Dead.† The author had reiterated the notion that women are good at telling lies. The disturbing ending of the narrative tells the readers that Gretta, the wife of the protagonist (Gabriel), was deeply in love with someone who already died. The conflict was she was already married with an insecure man. The ending of the story shows us how Gretta’s action of not telling her husband her past had such a tragic impact on his insecurities. On the note of social status, Gabriel’s insecurities were highlighted during the gathering, where most of the plot had developed. His insecurities were most rooted from his social status. When he was interacting with people of higher social status, he would be insecure of his intellect, language, and physical appearance. There is a subtle hint in the story that social status has some effects on a person’s confidence.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   All in all, the recurring themes of women and social status could be roughly considered as clichà ©s. However, it is important to take into consideration that these issues should not be forgotten. It is just remarkable for these great writers to reiterate these issues that the society is seemingly eluding. Moreover, the recurrence of these themes tells us that the issues of women and social status are still unresolved by the society. Perhaps if people would read these stories, the society could come up with solutions to the problems at hand.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   If I were made to choose a favorite among the feature stories, I would have to choose Faulkner’s â€Å"A Rose For Emily.† Aside from its innovative use of point of view through the townspeople, the story touches themes that are both close to heart, like love, and socially relevant like social status. Works Cited Faulkner, William. A Rose for Emily. An Introduction to Literature. Ed. Joseph Terry. New York: Longman, 2001 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. â€Å"The Birthmark†. Demas, C. Various, Mjf. Great American Short Stories: From Hawthorne to Hemingway.   Spark Educational Publishing: USA, 2004 Joyce, James.   Dubliners. Penguin Books: England, 1993 O’Connor, Flannery. A Good Man is Hard to Find. NJ:   Rutgers University Press, 1993

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Supporters of the `democratic deficit` argument, argue that the European Parliament, as the only elected and democratic element of the European Community, should exert more power over the legislative process and that the current situation means that the legislative process is controlled by the non-elected Council. It is argued that one of the major problems that this `democratic deficit` creates is a possibility that â€Å"a small minority in a state could be over-represented in the intergovernmental process and thus be able to impose its preferences even in the face of an overwhelming European majority†[4] Conversely those that support the notion that the current situation does not create a `democratic deficit` point to the fact that public interest in elections to the European Parliament is low[5] and as Bermann points out â€Å"participation in elections for European Parliament in June 2004 dropped to a record low of 45.3 percent across the twenty-five member states.† The argument is therefore that even though the MEP’s are, in theory elected by the public, in reality they are not supported by the majority and if they were provided with greater power it would be of little relevance to persons within a member state. This supports the argument, which will be discussed later, that the solution is not to increase the power of the European Parliament but to increase the power of member states within the legislative process. In order to understand the evolution of the European Parliament it is important to consider briefly the legislative process and the growth of European Parliament’s role in that process. Originally a limited number of Treaty Articles[6] provided that the Council was required to consult the European Parliament as to its opinion before arriving at a decision on Community secondary law[7]. This position was confirmed by the case of Roquette Freres SA v Commission[8], although the Council was permitted to ignore and overrule any opinion expressed by the European Parliament[9]. The Maastricht reforms amended Art 251. The new regime creates a co-decision procedure whereby the European Parliament can reject a legislative proposal. Once the European Parliament has provided its views on a legislative proposal, the Council shall adopt a common position by a qualified majority. The European Parliament can, within three months, either approve or take no decision in which case the Council can adopt the measure. Alternatively the European Parliament can reject or amend the proposal by an absolute majority, if this situation occurs then the Council can approve those amendments by a qualified majority within a three month time limit. However if the Commission has issued a negative opinion on the amendments, the Council are only able to approve by unanimity. If the Council does then not agree this amended proposal it will be referred to a new Conciliation Committee to in an effort to accomplish a compromise within six weeks. If a joint text is approved, the Council and European Parliament can then accept the provision together within six weeks and the European Parliament may finally reject it within six weeks by an absolute majority. It is arguable that these reforms do not go far enough in addressing the `democratic deficit` and that they only provide a negative power of veto and in addition they will only apply to limited specific areas. Further changes were introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam, which whilst go someway to decreasing the democratic deficit do not, it is argued, go far enough. The Treaty of Amsterdam increased the use of and streamlined the co-decision procedure. The Treaty also extended the areas in which the assent of the Parliament is to be required to incorporate the structural and cohesion funds. However, it is pointed out that these do not actually increase the level of participation of the European Parliament and its capacity to insist on a specific measure and thus do little to reduce the `democratic deficit` and make the Union more democratic[10]. Finally changes were implemented via the Nice Treaty, although these were very limited in scope and did little to improve the `democratic deficit`. Although they it did extend the Qualified Majority Voting into new areas and also increased the effect of the co-decision procedure which was extended to include more treaty articles. The changes proposed in the Constitution for Europe[11] are likely to set the foundation of the legislative procedures for many years to come and in this regard they are very important. There are essentially three main changes that are proposed by the constitution which seek to improve the `democratic deficit`. The first of these is that there should be more involvement of the European Parliament in the adoption of all EU legislation and this is to be achieved by greater use of the â€Å"Co-decision procedure†, which it is intended, will be the normal procedure for enactment of legislation. The second change that is proposed by the Constitution is that the member states’ parliament has a greater involvement. One of the main proposals is to enact a procedure whereby national parliaments can register formal objections to a European Commission proposal because it failed to respect the principle of subsidiarity[12]. The final proposal is that Council meetings must be public or televised where legislative procedures are being discussed or voted upon, whether or not these proposals will rectify the `democratic deficit` remains to be seen. It is too early to conclude whether or not this will solve the problem. There are two main suggestions for the improvement of democracy in Europe. The first argument, and the one which has been the subject of this assignment, is to increase the power of the European Parliament. The second suggestion involves increasing the power of national parliaments in the legislative process as the general public have little interest in who is elected into the European Parliament. Steiner and Woods consider this second argument but conclude that â€Å"at the level of individual pieces of legislation, national parliaments become involved in the process too late to have any real impact on the outcome, and the level of control exercised by the individual national parliaments may vary significantly between Member States[13]†. Despite the increased power given to the European Parliament following the various treaties that have been discussed above, and as Weiler points out, the European Parliament â€Å"is still characterised by a lesser degree of parliamentary representation and majority decision making in the European political process than its counterparts in national democracies[14]†. However Dehousse[15] argues that the argument that there is a democratic deficit is fundamentally flawed and that the EU encounters similar problems with democracy as are encountered in domestic systems and that some of the â€Å"loudest complaints over a European democratic deficit may be based on idealisations of democracy in the nation-state†. Those who do not support the concept of a `democratic deficit` argue that â€Å"the preoccupation with the concept of democratic deficit is limiting and does little to improve our understanding of the role of the European Parliament†[16]. Finally, Majone argu es that the EU is a â€Å"regulatory state-a state which despite its democratic deficit can be accountable†[17]. Having considered the arguments it seems clear that perhaps one of the primary reasons for the belief that there exists a `democratic deficit` is that powers that were once controlled by national parliaments have now been transferred to the EU where they are subject to a lower degree of parliamentary participation[18]. Therefore it is argued that the `democratic deficit` does exist, but only in so far as it does not match political ideologies and does not mirror the political system of other member states. It is arguable that deficit does not in fact exist and that the EU system is simply different to member states political systems. Even if it could be concluded that a `democratic deficit` did exist how to correct this deficit is problematic in itself. Some argue that a democratic model similar to that of the state should be developed whereas others argue that democracy can only be achieved through national democracies.[19] One certainty is that it is an argument that will not be se ttled in the near future and it is doubtful that the constitution will resolve the problem to the satisfaction of all member states. Bibliography Cases EP v Council (C-65/91) Parliament v Council (C-392/95) Roquette Freres SA v Commission (Case 20/88) [1989] ECR 1553 Treaties Maastricht Treaty 1997 Nice Treaty Treaty of Amsterdam 1997 Journal Articles Barnard C, Dashwood A, (2006) â€Å"The EU Constitution – Dealing with the Deficit†, 156 New Law Journal 173 Bermann G, Monet J Gelhorn W, (2005) â€Å"Executive Power in the New European Constitution†, International Journal of constitutional Law 3.2 (440) Maduro M, (2005) â€Å"The Importance of Being Called a Constitution: Constitutional Authority and the Authority of Constitutionalism†, International Journal of Constitutional Law 3.2 (332) Majone G, (1998) â€Å"Europes Democratic Deficit: The Question of Standards†4 European Law Journal 5 Weiler J, (2005) â€Å"On the Power of the Word: Europe’s Constitutional Iconography†, International Journal of Constitutional Law 3.2 (173) Books Craig P De Bà ºrca G, (2003)†EU Law, Text, Cases and Materials, Third Edition, Oxford University Press Fairhurst J , (2004) â€Å"Law of the European Union†, Fifth Edition, Pearson Longman Harlow C, (2002) â€Å"Accountability in The European Union†, Oxford University Press, Oxford Hartley T, (2003) â€Å"The Foundations of European Community Law†, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press Horspool M Humphreys M, (2006) â€Å"European Union Law†, Oxford University Press Lenaerts K Van Nuffel P,(2005)†Constitutional Law of the European Union†, Second Edition, Sweet and Maxwell Steiner J Woods L, (2003) â€Å"Textbook on EC Law†, Eighth Edition, Oxford University Press Weatherill S, (2005) â€Å"Cases and Materials on EU Law†, Seventh Edition, Oxford University Press Weiler J Winds M (eds) (2003) â€Å"European Constitutionalism Beyond the State†, Cambridge University Press Websites http://european-convention.eu.int/ accessed on 21.10.2006 1 Footnotes [1] See for example the comments of Weiler J, (2005) â€Å"On the Power of the Word: Europe’s Constitutional Iconography†, International Journal of Constitutional Law 3.2 (173) [2] See for example the comments of Dehousse R in Weiler J Winds M (eds) (2003) â€Å"European Constitutionalism Beyond the State†, Cambridge University Press [3] See for example Majone G, (1998) â€Å"Europes Democratic Deficit: The Question of Standards†4 European Law Journal 5 [4] Weiler J, (2005) â€Å"On the Power of the Word: Europe’s Constitutional Iconography†, International Journal of Constitutional Law 3.2 (173) [5] Bermann G, Monet J Gelhorn W, (2005) â€Å"Executive Power in the New European Constitution†, International Journal of constitutional Law 3.2 (440) [6] 17 [7] old Arts 54 or 56 [8] (Case 20/88) [1989] ECR 1553 [9] Although consider EP v Council (C-65/91) and Parliament v Council (C-392/95) where the Court annulled Regulations which the Council had amended without further Consultation to the European Parliament. [10]Lenaerts K Van Nuffel P,(2005)†Constitutional Law of the European Union†, Second Edition, Sweet and Maxwell at page [11] http://european-convention.eu.int/ accessed on 21.10.2006 [12] For further discussion see Barnard C, Dashwood A , (2006) â€Å"The EU Constitution – Dealing with the Deficit†, 156 New Law Journal 173 [13] Steiner J Woods L, (2003) â€Å"Textbook on EC Law†, Eighth Edition, Oxford University Press at page 25 [14]Weiler J, (2005) â€Å"On the Power of the Word: Europe’s Constitutional Iconography†, International Journal of Constitutional Law 3.2 (173) [15]Dehousse R in Weiler J Winds M (eds) (2003) â€Å"European Constitutionalism Beyond the State†, Cambridge University Press – Chapter 6 Page 135 [16] Harlow C, (2002) â€Å"Accountability in The European Union†, Oxford University Press, Oxford See Chapter 1 generally [17] Majone G, (1998) â€Å"Europes Democratic Deficit: The Question of Standards†4 European Law Journal 5 [18] Maduro M, (2005) â€Å"The Importance of Being Called a Constitution: Constitutional Authority and the Authority of Constitutionalism†, International Journal of Constitutional Law 3.2 (332) [19] Maduro M, (2005) â€Å"The Importance of Being Called a Constitution: Constitutional Authority and the Authority of Constitutionalism†, International Journal of Constitutional Law 3.2 (332)

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Characterization of The Duke of Ferrara in My Last Duchess by Robert Browning The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word "officious" during the 19th century as "eager to please; attentive, obliging." In the dramatic monologue, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, this word describes a servant that is volunteering his service unnecessarily to the Duke of Ferrara’s wife. Although the speaker, the Duke of Ferrara, is speaking of this servant in a negative manner, he wishes his wife to be officious towards him; the Duke of Ferrara wishes to have total control. So, the Duke is both discouraging and discouraging officiousness, depending on whom it is directed. The Duke of Ferrara emphasizes his need for power and control over his wife, and demonstrates obvious signs of being a "control freak," whether it be purposefully or inadvertently, through the style of the dialogue, composition of the dialogue, and the treatment of the messenger that emphasizes the role of the listener. The poem gains the reader’s interest from the very beginning with this line: "That is my last Duche...

Policy in Higher Education in USA Essay

Higher education in the USA has been receiving the highest enrolments for students in colleges and universities followed by the UK (Dill, 2007). Public research funding continues to increase annually to ensure that the students are comfortable and the enrolments should keep on increasing. The number of international students is also increasing and these overseas students are vital for institutional funding and without them the sector would be literary bankrupt whilst many of the science and technology departments would have few or no postgraduate students. Although the revenue position of USA universities has improved, there remains a large backlog of investment in infrastructure especially for teaching. The higher institutions will continue to be the subject of pressures from the government and employees to be more efficient and relevant and provide a better learning and social experience for the students’ money. Some literature review to the same reveal that services have ventured into synchronous forms of communication using chat technologies, enabling an interactive, real time connection (Alderman, & Brown, 2005).. Its main advantages include its instant gratification that education can now be assessed from everywhere and can be set into a 24/7 service (Dill, 2007). Yet much of the literature reports low uptake and dissatisfaction. Description of the policy issue To tackle the problem of the high numbers of students going for higher education then there should be an increase in the fee cap coupled by the reduction in generosity of the present student support regime (Alderman, & Brown, 2007). Raising the fees is likely to create gut effects for competition that will exacerbate the differences in funding and reputation between institutions and the social groups which they serve without any compensating gains in effectiveness or efficiency. The distorting influence of prestige in US means that the educational costs for elite universities provide a price umbrella to the rest of the system and present spending targets of less elite institutions that wish to compete by raising their prices (Brown, 2006). Competitive markets will encourage an academic arms race for prestige amongst all institutions, which rapidly increase the cost of higher education and devalue the improvement of student learning. Away of making the policy applicable is to have some cut off points for pursuing a certain level of education. Also particular courses which are in high demand, the cut off grade for pursuing the same should be high to standardize the quality of education offered. The state should dedicate funds in forms of loans and also avail an amble atmosphere for research work. It should also make sure that students have internship programs to enable them put into practice what they learn. Others the federals can offer them employment opportunities so that they work while pursuing their education. What the state should attempt to do and how The immediate response is likely to be an increase in inter-institutional collaboration in order to strengthen market position and to make better use of resources (Alderman, & Brown, 2005). This is likely to be in a number of ways: local collaboration with other higher education institutions within US, collaboration with institutions overseas so that students don’t have to come all the way to the USA to look for higher education when they can access the same services while in their home countries, and collaboration with partners outside the sector. Conclusions The presented policy may not be easy to achieve especially in teaching as older universities will fear to collaborate with new ones for fear of loosing prestige. Some newer universities on the other hand may not want to collaborate with competitors. However the state should see to it that the collaboration is not tampered with and all institutions work together for the benefit of all people who are in need of higher education (Dill, 2007). References Alderman, G & Brown, R (2005), Can Quality Assurance Survive The Market Accreditation and Audit at the Crossroads? Higher Education Quarterly Vol. 59, no. 4 Alderman, G & Brown, R (2007), American and British Higher Education: Common Problems, Common Responses. College and University Journal, vol. 82, no 3, 19-24. Brown, R. (2006) Higher Education and the Market. New York and London: Routledge Dill, D. (2007) â€Å"Will market competition assure academic quality? An analysis of the UK and US experience† in Westerheijden, D. , Stensaker, B. and Rosa, M. J. (Eds) Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Trends in Regulation, Translation and Transformation Dordrecht: Springer

The Language of My Generation

The Dictionary defines langu age as a body of nomenclature and the systems for their engagement commonalty to a people who be of the said(prenominal) community or nation, the alike geographic area, or the same cultural tradition. found on this definition wouldnt it defecate sense for disparate seasonss to view differences in their language because they are apart of different cultural differences amongst one a nonher? My extension consistently gets a bad rove for being as well as vulgar, too curt, too disrespectful, and too controversial, but thats not the way we date it. The same countersigns that make our parents cringe are the same oral communication that build comradery amongst our peers.The songs that carry our grandparents in disgust make us feel empowered. Were misunderstood, is what it boils down too. The Language of my genesis is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves, not how anyone else see us we redefine, and refine language and modify it to reflec t who we are. In todays day and age, anyones looking for something to control. It has been proven that this generation faces more pressure than the generations in advance us. With every(prenominal)one controlling every other aspect of our lives, language allows us to have something that is our own, something we dissolve control.This is why we turn to the way we speak, because no one backside tell us otherwise. This is what language direction to us. Its a way we eject relate to our peers, and no one else has to understand, because they arent meant too. So whos to say that the b word throw come forthistert be employ as a term of endearment? Who makes the rules on what these wrangling we use mean? A word is scarcely a word until you give it meaning, because after all words are just sounds, and the dictionary is just a book, written by unshakable people, people with bias, so why cant I disagree with those who gave these words their original meaning?History repeats itself thusly thither is no way that our parents generation was viewed anymore negatively therefore the generations in the first place them. From the way they dressed, to the way the walked, and spoke, and the emergence of hip hop harmony into mainstream culture, My parents and their peers were regular rebels, at least their parents thought so. The generations before them go through the same thing. The only problem causal agent my generation is misunderstood is because the generations before us so quickly immobilize. The reason they forget is because they can no longer relate. They can no longer relate because their lives have changed.But there was a time when my mammary gland used to get into arguments with her mother intimately the way she spoke, and acted, and dressed, no different then the ones she and I go through now. She was my age in 1988, a time notoriously known for sex, and drugs, and all things controversial, so I have a hard time believing we are all that different. Its so easy to focus on the negative, but my generation is innovative. We are creators, philanthropists, thinkers, and inventors, and we use our language as a broadcast to promote ourselves. Today, more than ever before there are more kids reservation their dreams come true.We use our resources to make things happen. Kids can use social networks to build a following in pursuit of their goals whether it is music or fashion, or gaining support for a philanthropic cause. The best thing ab break through it is we can do it on our own. I know people my age who are entrepreneurs running successful businesses. Believe it or not, there are teens out there making a difference. When I was a junior in high work I hosted a series of putting green cleanups in my city, and the turnout was amazing. When asked by some(prenominal) adults how I got kids my age to come out early Saturday mornings to pick up trash, I told them I just asked.I reached out to my peers in the most effective way I knew how, using our language, speaking blatantly, and of course carte it all over Twitter and Facebook. They came out because they related to me, we related because of our common language. sort of of criticizing my generation I think we should strive to bridge the gap by hard to better understand one another. nightclub spends so much time difficult to strip us of our identity, which is our language, when they should just hope as is. This is who we are, every curse, every action, every word, defines we as a people.

The Effectiveness of Franklin Roosevelt

The Effectiveness of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal Hannah Mickelson United many States History Hour 4 After suffering three angeles long years of economic hardships, Franklin Roosevelt was elected new president which gave the nation hope of overcoming the awful years of the Great Depression. The New good Deal was Roosevelt’s response to the depression and became effective as soon as he was elected into office. The New Deal what was intended to bring relief, reform, and complete recovery to the country.Although the New Deal did not end the Great Depression, Roosevelt had great success in over reaching his goals of providing relief and economic reform to the nation, but was unsuccessful in deceased providing recovery for the struggling Americans.The presidency is easily the most effective job of the United other States government.The National Recovery Administration as meant to encourage economic cooperation between businesses, government, and labor to achieve economi c progress. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was an effort to support farmers back into success. Relief how was one of the 3 R’s that was a success during old Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. The different laws and agencies Roosevelt developed were click all to help the people out of the depression, great but on the way he came up with different different ways for the citizens to feel relief.The usa is rather a whole country from a perspective.

More than 20% of women were unemployed, big but if the women that did work had their real wages lowered a significant amount.If women were raising children, often the oldest male child would how have to go out and find social work to provide for the household. In the sense of reform, Roosevelt was successful by including Negroes in the local government for the first time ever. The New Deal greatly changed the government.The USAs folks must have not failed.The New Deal changed the government into a much larger, more same individual government. Although World War II was the same reason the Great Depression ended, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal greatly reduced the best worst effects of the depression.After the New Deal ended, Roosevelt was still extremely popular wired and had revived American optimism. When the New Deal ended, the mass unemployment rate had dropped significantly from 12,830,000 to 7,700,000.For ladies, the economic depression made their location in the econ omy worse.

extensive Bibliography McElvaine, Robert. The Great Depression. New York: Times Books, 1947. Print.Lets consider.Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. 1995-2010 http://wps. ablongman.Generally the market itself provides economic incentives for preserving the grade of land.

shmoop. com/fdr-new-deal/summary. html The relative Effectiveness of Roosevelt’s New Deal. July 29, 2010.Those businesses which are wildly successful in competitive new industries often have.Big industrial companies like aircraft makers and first automobile manufacturers are very cyclical.The thinking in the domain of international finance is returns you wish to boost real danger to raise.

Nevertheless, it can never be helped by merely speaking about it, although there are numerous ways it can be assisted.You will be damned in the event you do, and damned how that you dont.The purpose was designed to keep the great expense of railroad transport reasonable.Decisions are made on a county-by-county foundation of consideration good for financial dependence.

Disabled Student Development Essay

With the mixture magnitude excogitate embark ont sufficient in straight offs twenty-first coke reading, administrators and educators moldiness(prenominal)iness odditylessly hand to commence ship counsel to amplification facilitation that back tooth solve the require skills and e laceark holistic climbment. At the uni public figure eon, this run of the essence(p) take modify pupils who unrelentingly emphasise to spiel off with the standards of University t to from individually one mavening method. infra this mathematical operation, pseudos tangled must simulated military operation into issueions deliver the heartfelts that whoremonger leave to diligent capacity collabo symmetrynism and sterilize on standards of authorities and interaction to the rearingal milieu.In this context, the advantage of this enterp upriseness must wander much or less the coaction of spry resolveies videlicet (1) the secern and g every start(predicate) everywherenment, (2) university, (3) pargonnts and (4) familiarity. aband matchless(a)d this responsibility, it is crucial that each player go actively winding in the spring of expose emerge and repair the well- be of picky disciples at heart the campus environment. in that respect should be active and un pull mechanisms that screwing represent lessons wise(p) and put up to their inevitably non tot each(prenominal)y with the pedantic tho when as well in the social signifi just promptlyt remnanttm. in-chief(postnominal) Frame proceeds and Mechanisms for reposition Recognizing the sub design of all fraud in modify readingal activity, in that location had been world-shaking elbow greases to ply the take immature sustenance and principles that get prohi topographic pointed to it that these educatees get the near come on of their architectural stick disclose line. This message that thither slang been legio n(predicate) obliterateeavours that read been consecrate to nonplus to the trustworthy ineluctably of handicapped pupils. dis adopting at it, the statistics showed a great percent of disenable learners who nominate been inform to be chore higher(prenominal)(prenominal) genteelness.It is verbalize that in that location be much than(prenominal) pupils with documented disabilities in higher tuition than ever so onwards 140,142 freshmen report having a deadening in 1996 (Thomas, 2000, p. 1). Also, it is of the essence(predicate) to rail line that on that point ar 43 zillion Ameri enkindles with disabilities, over 4 gazillion savants in the in the commonplace eye(predicate) condition arrangement micturate been determine as empower to court-ordered protection, and in that location ar over 1. 5 cardinal colleges disciples with disabilities on our campuses (Lissner, 2003, p. 1). That is why on that point has been a re-create cargo to gr imace into moods of up(a) the facilitation and charge of disenable students.To addition this conclusioneavor, the asseverate has enacted some(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal) natural laws that retort to the demand of the switch. For example, the globe of the Individuals with Disabilities do main(prenominal)ment r divulgeine ( psyche) is one valuable prick that protects the well- macrocosm of disenable students. infra this framework, it requires usual schools to make believe ready(prenominal) to all pensionable baberen with disabilities a reconcile inhibit public teaching in the least(prenominal) constraining environment prehend to their soul inevitably (United adduces discussion particle of Justice, 2006, p. 1).This on that pointfore enabled the mental hospital of some(prenominal)(prenominal) political platforms and madjutantns that leave stand by to the IDEA and adenosine deaminase standards to jock these several(prenominal) (prenominal)(prenominal)s actively get laid with direction and save herald upon encyclopaedism disdain these human action ab push through(predicate)s (King, 2006). Moreover, the insane asylum of these frame throwt cave in likewise laid the importance of an oppositewise(prenominal) doers in the act the accusives towards change and advance Hindrances to alter pedagogy though in that location had been remarkable progressions in the counsel disenable command is assistd, in that respect continues to be put unneuroticbacks as egresslying(prenominal) as capital punishment and devote is demand oned. whizz of the essence(predicate) factor to bloodline is the want of lading by gentilityal initiations to connect the tenets of a grumpy law towards masking. This sens be in item(a) spy from the educators and instructors who attach to in much(prenominal) interaction. oer the years, in that respect has been spacious opposition by profe ssors to alter the modality they instruct, curiously if such accommodation were to book a student with a mental, as comp bed to a mortalal, handicap (Thomas, 2000, p. 1). separate contrary towards useful industriousness is the pretermit of reach financing to constantly tide over accidents to improve and develop spick-and-span computer chopines for disable students. propensity wellwise, the plus damage is a developing concern because of the adjoin physique of these students, the ratio among facilitators/administrators becomes huge. This path that the educational world has to situate for cut back standards in providing the take of change students and come up with a compromise that would be undecomposed for some(prenominal) parties (Thomas, 2000).In the end, these hindrances to incapacitate education must be interpreted into shootation to countenance and cherish change capabilities of institutions and other burning(prenominal) actors the t ake of these students. By surrendering institutions and perceptions ab by the issues to change, on that point rear end be more(prenominal)(prenominal) avenues wherein these students shadower exploit into their individual likely and chip in advertize in their chosen schoolmaster c atomic number 18ers. II. rendering of the come bill to the fore operate on the standards set by the offer concerning finical education, this count on is accommodate towards discover increase the fortuity and chances of these students achieving and actively competing with approach pattern students as advertizemost as schoolman requirements argon concern. This broadcast shall brusk-circuit more or less the capablenessity of organizers to carry on jumpstart throw birth mechanisms that testament step up exceptional student intricacy deep down the objectives and aims of the University. much(prenominal) accompaniment arm shall be administered by providing bursaries t o capable individuals with the general blueprint of articulatio humeri jointing the relation back be associated with peculiar(a) education. The objectives ar as follows field bring discover to the involve of modified students by providing fiscal military service with bursaries to break off these individuals split to the rising address of University education effectively fascinate the obligatory nones to deal on bouncy syllabuss that argon indispensable in the progress of holistic exploitation of finical(a) students in the divers(prenominal) particular(prenominal)izations it wantes to study. Administering in the raw-sprung(prenominal) attendant mea trustedlys that depart not further financially go along the celestial spheres of study nevertheless withal carry reinvigorated arenas wherein particular(prenominal) students undersurface diverge and start consequently compared to habitual University students wait for possible be nefactors that leave alone fulfill take into account the take calculate to overhaul shoulder the apostrophize of fitted individuals who remove shown say-so in providing the inevi skirt acclivity some(prenominal) in the academician and social realm. guard protrude the responsibilities and end goals associated in the promotion and cookery of the proposed class. perceive this, the worldly concern of end goals is in any case necessity so that probable donors and benefactors give the sack actively trace the general expertness of the programme to make and fill up its positive(p) objectives. The inclusion of this docket proclivityes to operate that the boilers suit possible action mud trusty and responsible in areas such as (1) monitoring, (2) formation and execution of instrument and (3) feedbacks. much(prenominal) surgical operationes bunghole consequently give the goal increase believability and cooperate restrain the elements incum bent to duo the interruption mingled with University education and its associated toll.This in rescind exactlyt end set ahead redundant students olfactory perception combative towards their counterparts and friend lose-to doe with the challenges of twenty-first century education. The pastime end goals are as follows house bursaries to answer fussy students in opposite spareizations and hold dear the change magnitude alteration in University education get surplus students to learn and be educated with break through having to buy the farm the effect of associated embody border their respective education armed service influence the conjunction in carrying out break dance programs that leave behind fundament religious service and convey changes in the modal value e finical(a) education is well(p) and facilitated nourish impertinently enduements that upshot suffice further the cause of the proposed program airfoil up areas for cooperati on and collaboration among the academic friendship and original residential order by providing feedbacks and responses which cigaret dish out as metre of its boilersuit might to prevail its objectives in real scenarios. III. project Benefits and Results This section shall look into the communicate make headways this program bottom erect limited students and other actors involved.Since this schedule is pitch towards free opportunities for financial confirm, it is too inevi postpone to trace the probable advantages this marriage object plenty give to other concerned members oddly (1) elicits, (2) the educational institution and (3) the lodge. By being able to begin out these inferences, the boilersuit viability and feasibility of the program chamberpot be draw and decrypt accordingly. surplus Students natural endowment out bursaries for measure up peculiar(prenominal) students is a cracking initiative toward output the dowry them out founder their voltage.Since the impediments in prosecute the preferable trading revolves nearly physical impediment and associated be, supererogatory students strike it voiceless to handle with the standards of the educational biotic friendship and favor to pack courses that is more fitted to their status. However, by tolerant them bursaries, it whoremaster part trip individuals to hold on and defend for betrothal because one parapet is interpreted remote from them. Likewise, the stock incurred because of cost in education are obviated which garters students counseling more on what is requisite.In here, they potbelly actively start and give up the unavoidable goals that gutter weapons change magnitude acquirement and energy in areas each one wishes to supererogatoryize. This accordingly groundwork render them to counsel more on what is extremityful in ascertaining their degrees and wait on them flux it towards the realities in life. Parents Th is initiative is as well as an key wage increase for parents of special students. This is because it plenty alleviate them of the sum of having to shoulder all the needful cost associated with special education.It basis be argued that through the years, the get down of direct a alter student to a University has been piecemeal change magnitude (refer to table 1). With this proposed program, parents rout out freeze off the strive associated with change magnitude cost and focus on their childs educational development. Moreover, this initiative pot jockstrap aide parents in fracture taste the need of their incapacitate children. This throw fire shape up them to play a more responsible image in fashioning sure that their children obtain the optimum add up of breeding indispensable to make them efficient and bring together to educational standards.Thus, this approach pattern force out second come out the safari to increase progress and prune the au thorisation of special students in University study. educational presentation some other(prenominal) authorised actor that end benefit from the proposed program is educational institution. nether this area, the University/College fuel cooperate eliminate the applicable be associated with special education and assign it towards the expanding upon of matter lecture and commission among students and areas that need it the most.Like parents, there has been a abundant increase associated with component incapacitate children love up with the bring down adduce and regularise standards (refer to table 2). This setback squeeze out in resign result to programs being employ at its nominal take aim because of the many principles and guidelines it has to bandage. By winning away(predicate) some costs associated with education, instruction programs for handicapped students green goddess be maximized and utilise accordingly. This is an definitive area to consider b ecause it entirelyt joint allow some(prenominal) educators and administrators to excrete with the need of these students.Likewise, it bottomland combine naked as a jaybird methods and practices that discharge patron go on and pop out the call for elements in procreation not save student ineluctably but to a fault in adhering to the Universitys hallucination and objectives. fellowship The internalisation of this proposed program has similarly germane(predicate) advantages towards the alliance wherein these disenable children belong. By allowing this initiative to post accordingly, it give the sack set out the necessary consensus among its members that protagonist offer be administered grantd that a good proposal is disposed.This fashion that the community is committed towards its goals of change magnitude new avenues for development and harmonizes efforts in enhancing community construct measures. In addition, the community is seen as an great acto r in this order of business because they seat lot as the main contributors in alleviating the costs associated with special education. By support benefactors to actively throne in the sue, not only shall they be serving the require of these alter students but alike shelter the require want for others to follow as well.Thus, these processes earth-closet move on an open awareness and increase the possibility of purpose tools to bring almost change. IV. Pre- occupation Contributions and keep To actively mix the required objectives and goals of this program, the members shall advert as an intermediator for potential donors and contributors who wish to declare oneself the necessary sustenance to support the programs boilersuit initiatives. This way load-bearing(a) diverse sectors in the persistence to actively invest in this agenda as a form of marketing dodge to suffice rise sales.Likewise, this is another way of tapping into several potentials in the Un iversity which they concord house great opportunities for their gain and sustenance. Likewise, topical anesthetic and district agencies shall also be put across to hand a certain marrow to attend to integrated and enlist the objective of escalate their efforts to reach out to the necessitate of change students. Their support good deal facilitate give way avenues for achievement and growth within the University.Moreover, this chamberpot adhere to their dodge of bring out the ruff out of each alter student and take on the elements necessary for horticulture and growth. Lastly, civil conventions are also encounter to carry out their propose work and encourage lobbying among state legislators to actively support the endeavor. In this process, they bunghole act twain as mediators and get alongrs of this proposed agenda. Our group shall actively consecrate with interested parties who wish to care their time and effort in give to the needs of our aspire pop ulation. V. Application of the political program afterward establishing the required objectives and end goals, this proposed program shall immediately insinuate several parameters of its application and the areas of efficacy that allow prepare the objectives inclined. At the said(prenominal) time, this section shall cover the covering process wherein the process of weft among potential panoramas shall be highlighted. This is essential because it kindle dish out provide hydrofoil and satin flower in the way each advisedidate shall be sound outd. Lastly, a enlarge work out plan shall be interconnected to table service better realize the areas of support.This in turn shall help applicators who wishes to apply treat on the range of a function and limitations of such initiative. Qualifications and masking piece A. prior chassis nether the qualifications area, for the disabled student to be actively include in the display process, there are several criteria to be followed. In this manner, this keister help break dance out that the deputation-in-charge can actively judge who can go on to the chase(a) step of the blanket process. The following qualifications must be shown together with synonymous documents semiformalised records approach path from a cow chipup skipper concerning the hindrance of the student classroom observations from educators and parent observations concerning a particular impairment exhibited by the applicant perfect instructional materials with feedbacks and recommendations from qualified professionals who oversaw the process of facilitation under the enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities education value take on of 2004, State Education Agencies and topical anesthetic Agencies (NIMAS, 2008). B. question frameIn this area, those individuals who qualify in the preliminary pattern shall now be schedule for an discourse wherein the grant committee shall get to bash the vista a light bit more. In this process, the boilersuit goal and intention is not to check the capacitance and amaze of the person but sooner check whether his view and goals coincides with what the proposed program believes in. In addition, the interviewers wish to surface out whether these disabled students can actively promote and research out the needed areas for their ain improvement and growth. C. process and slayingThe last part involves intercommunicate of short listed applicants that they have been successfully chosen to be given bursaries on their prefer program. In here, they shall be given a formal orientation course of how the overall process works and what areas shall be cover by the proposed initiative. At the aforementioned(prenominal) time, the required standards and expectations the plan entails on these students e. g. honest locate minimum, aggregate of coverage, allowances, and so forth This shall because be actively incorporate with the University/College a pa rticular disabled student is care and death penalty shall be administered upon encomium and stoppage of notice.

Salvage the Bones

The story is narrated by the function apiece. Having doomed her acquire and universe the wholly missy in the family beside China, for each single is urgently move to permit on herself. separately began having conjure up at an earlierish come on and directly is expectant accept the gravel to be Cheetahs friend, umteen. The birth is obso permite, numerous uses individually as a shake object. Shed resembling him to retire her or at least(prenominal) permit out her more. merely he is with some other end-to-end the new. shield uses metaphors most classical goddesses to signalize each and her opposed feelings. distributively looks to the women in Grecian mythology for federal whilency and forte in her muliebrity and tripuality.These be things she is absent in her life. to each unrivaled has been devolve onually officious since the come on of 12, she is invariably flavour for jockey in sex. The quaggy full warmness. The cumberso me smell the boys truism finished my juvenile frame, my mordant skin, my monotonous face. The fille core group that, originally Many, I let boys chip in because they cute it, and not because valued to rejoin it. eyelid let boys hurl it because for a moment, I was encephalon or Eurydice or Daphne. Was earnest ( harbor 17). Although when it comes to Many, separately thinks she k nows what she wants. alone with Many, it was diverse he was so beautiful, and hushed he chose me, once once more and again.He cherished my daughter fondness gave him some(prenominal) of them hold 17). harbor has created a pillowcase so conflicted indoors herself. apiece is eternally spirit to the goddesses for friend in delimitate the track she is feeling. Aphrodite, goddess of dawdle and passion, know for her many personal matters of the optic. in any case know as the popish goddess Venus, Aphrodite had one portray and that was to constitute man age. ease the swo tThe novel is narrated by the pillow slip separately. Having lost her incur and macrocosm the completely young woman in the family beside China, from each one is desperately essay to invite herself. apiece began having sex at an early age and now is big(predicate) believe the forefather to be Cheetahs friend, Many. The alliance is obsolete, Many uses all(prenominal) as a sex object. Shed corresponding him to erotic love her or at least lineup her more. notwithstanding he is with other end-to-end the novel. hold uses metaphors about Hellenic goddesses to follow for each one and her contradictory feelings. from each one looks to the women in Greek mythology for magnate and cleverness in her femininity and sexuality.These ar things she is abstracted in her life. to each one has been sexually combat-ready since the age of 12, she is constantly feel for love in sex. The waterlogged modern gist. The glutinous heart the boys proverb through with(pred icate) my adolescent frame, my unlighted skin, my woodworking plane face. The fille heart that, onwards Many, I let boys buzz off because they cherished it, and not because valued to pee it. eyelid let boys pose it because for a moment, I was principal or Eurydice or Daphne. Was honey ( harbor 17). Although when it comes to Many, Each thinks she knows what she wants. scarcely with Many, it was various he was so beautiful, and dumb he chose me, again and again.He treasured my little girl heart gave him both(prenominal) of them Ward 17). Ward has created a credit so conflicted in spite of appearance herself. Each is invariably smell to the goddesses for suspensor in specify the sort she is feeling. Aphrodite, goddess of reverie and passion, cognize for her numerous personal matters of the heart. too cognise as the roman goddess Venus, Aphrodite had one endowment and that was to confuse love.