Learning experience at university

schooling experience at universityCoursework 3 Reflective EssayLearning at university is an amazing experience for me as a student it is tot anyy different from the measure when I was at high school. In the past some(prenominal) months, I abide gradually conveyed my academic skills and, realized that I work to change my learning styles to be able to integrate with the new environment. Therefore, to be able to achieve the best answers, the purpose of this essay is to reflect on my strengths, weaknesses with the results and feedbacks from the last assessed grants of two previous 119ECN Coursework, 113ECN Coursework 1, 121BSS Coursework 1, 185ACC Phase Test 1 and the 119ECN Presentation. Then from that, considering what stamp down actions should be taken to take a shit up the deficiencies and improve my skills.Based on each coursework, I consider my strengths to be able to identify all the chief(prenominal) important points that need to be highlighted on a constitution essa y akin summarize an article (from 119ECN Coursework 1), and organize well the presentation of an essay like 121BSS Coursework 1,113ECN Coursework 1. Since I like to draw a plan beforehand of each essay to create a good structure, and it may be just my pursuance trying to make the essay looks nice and tidy. I understand the teachers perspective in each essay, I know what I should mention however, my academic paternity skill is not good luxuriant to take up high sucker, and the fact that I only get 55% (113ECN Coursework 1) is the highest mark that I can get from previous writing coursework. As the result that I had neer done a writing essay before in high school, and especially I am an international student so my English language skills has a quite serious problem.Normally in my essay, I will need to ingeminate a number of sentences or words because it would not make sense, and the reader find a difficult time to understand it it is clearly said in the feedback of 119ECN Cou rsework 1 and in other coursework, the teacher only said my analysis or writing is enough or satisfactory but mostly never come to good. And even thought in 121BSS Coursework 1, I tried to read to a greater extent reference books, used more academic writing styles, and I actually had a good analysis of private sector company types, I still got problem with my spelling and punctuation I did not focus enough on the second part of the essay thus overall I did not get a high mark for the assignment (46%). Eventually, I make the same mistake in 119ECN Coursework 2 I did not remunerate enough attention and effort on the second part of the essay my rendering on the first part is only enough to satisfy but it comes to unsatisfactory on the second part, in the end, I get 36% for the coursework (the belabor mark that I ever got).In 113ECN Coursework 1, the type is quite different from the other coursework like 119ECN or 121BSS I have to draw 3 4 charts and analyze them. My presentatio n and charts are quite good so they make up for my analysis hence I get 55% for overall (the highest mark up until now for writing). The 119ECN Presentation is not a writing essay but a speaking communication, so the mark was average (13/20, close 65%) my speaking is quite clear and covers the entire required subject because I practice numerous times before the presentation day. Nevertheless, the hindrance is still my writing skill, my slide consists of too much information, so it is hard for the audience to follow my speaking and they only try to read the slide, not listening. And the presentation exceeds the given time because my group only practices individually so we couldnt manage to time ourselves in time. Finally, 185ACC Phase Test 1 is not exactly a writing leaven, it is more like a test of solving math problems so it involves more in calculating so it is easily to understand why there is no feedback for this test. To me, math is the easiest subject as I practice it freque ntly since I was young, and more interesting than other subject (especially subjects that I have to write essay). The test is not too difficult and has plenty of time so I did not have much trouble to finish it with perfect mark (100%).As the result, I realize that my biggest weakness is my academic writing skills, and it is obvious that I have to do a large number of essays when I am at university as they are the main assessed mark. For that reason, I have to improve my academic skills by many ways likeRead more guide books about writing skills at university to help increase my academic words, and how to use them efficiently in the essay as I can find many examples in those books.Read more books about my subject like finance or business, and even newspaper to help improve my ability to analyze the data and have a wider range of knowledge to be able to develop the quality of the essay.Check through the essay several times when the tutor gives back the assignment with feedback and re flect on it make note of what lacking in the essay and what need to improve base on the tutors feedback.Find someone with high result to reflect the essay together and pay attention on what they have that I dont have. Listen to their opinion about my work, and try to improve it base on their comments.Scan the essay several time before hand it in to check if there is any mistake and see if it makes sense. Especially try to pay attention to the second part of the essay more as I always neglect it.In conclusion, through this essay I know all of my strengths, and weaknesses on my current academic skills based on previous assignments of several modules. I have a lot of actions that need to be taken to develop my academic skills before the end of this semester. To be able to have a good result of the first year at university, I still have to try more to get a good hold of wider knowledge.AppendicesPage 1

Germany Under Wilhelm II and Russia Under Nicholas II

Germany Under Wilhelm II and Russia Under Nicholas IIWas the Russian state under(a) Nicholas II more or less stable than the GermanReich under Wilhelm II?Seen from their end-points for Russia, from the November 1917 Revolution, the abdication and execution of the tzar, the bloodshed of millions for Germany, from defeat and the humiliation of the Versailles Treaty it is tempting to reply to the present question that Nicholas II and Wilhelm II left their countries in near equal depths of chaos, destruction, and disorder. Russia in 1918 witnessed the overthrow of a centuries-old monarchy, class- body and way of life, and launch it replaced with a Bolshevik revolution, a wholly different power structure and system of governance and gum olibanum it is hard to imagine a more tumultuous reign than that presided over by Nicholas II. At the outset of his reign in 1894 he was undoubtedly confronted with the immense problem of effecting the vast reforms promised to ordinary Russians fol l ow-spiriteding the emancipation of the serfs, and it is likely that this awesome task would have resulted in tremendous instability for Russia no matter who she was ruled by. Nonetheless, Nicholas II and the various dumas he worked beside, undoubtedly exasperated and intensified the wave of potentially destabilizing forces facing Russia in these years. Nicholas IIs suffer temper and impatience led to the dissolution of two dumas and thus to prolonged political uncertainty for the country the intransigence of certain cautious elements as healthy as the perceived weakness of several of his prime ministers further compounded this uncertainty. From 1900 onwards the various central institutions of Russian life Church, monarchy, parliament were eroded and subject to ever extensiveer change and danger culminating in the carnage and pass of 1917. In Germany there was no such perception of a gradual eroding of institutions and gathering crisis rather she was pressn into disarray b y the final four calamitous years of the Great struggle. Upon taking the throne in 1888, Wilhelm II found Germany in better condition than Nicholas Russia the euphoria and pride arising from national unification in 1870 flowed around Germany right until 1914 and 1915 her institutions were thought to be solid, stable and even invulnerable. Still, deep down four years of 1914, she had been visited by an equal if not great destruction and instability than Russia. Russia was destitute in 1918, but at least she was victorious and could wish for some continuation of her cultural way of life. Germany however had been defeated and so was in 1918 the thrall of the victorious powers and so could be shaped and moulded be them as they pleased.The general levels of stability of Germany under Wilhelm II and Russia under Nicholas II can be partially measured by comparing the stability of their political institutions. In some(prenominal) instances (Nicholas relationship with the Duma and Wilh elms with the Reichstag), the story is one of the deterioration of the authority of the monarchy and its ceding of power to political or military bodies (1). Nicholas relationship with the dumas was antagonistic from the start out of his reign in 1884. The First Duma, following the emancipation of the serfs in the 1870s, was composed of a majority of Kadets, and this composition necessarily led to a hostile chemical reaction between the Kadets and the Tsar something clearly leading to national internal instability (2). Nicholas II found his Prime Minister Sergei Witte competent and able and this relationship promised a dilution of the dispute between the Tsar and the Duma nonetheless, this relationship began to wane when Nicholas wife, Alexandra, showed distrust of Witte, thus precipitating Nicholas dissolution of the First Duma (3).This dissolution was outwardly characterized by a corrasion of personality between Witte and Alexandra inwardly, it pointed to the immense problems t he Russian Prime Minister faced in implementing the promised political and neighborly reforms. The extreme nature and proportions of these reforms, overturning centuries of Russian aristocratic government, would shake the stability of any country in Russia the problem was compounded by its vast population and geography. Tsar Nicholas task of effecting political reform in Russia was thus in many ways more difficult than Wilhelms for instance, Russia was decades behind Germany in its development and this led to greater instability in its pursuit of equality.Russians powerfulness have anticipated greater stability from the Second Duma in reality it turned out to be as problem-plagued and ineffective as the First Duma and finally its ineffectiveness precipitated the great crisis and abdication of 1917 (4). The Prime Minister of the Second Duma, Pyotr Stolypin, perceiving these problems, dissolved the parliament, and sought to manipulate its electoral nature to possess a more conserv ative composition and thus for the new Duma to be controlled by the liberal-conservative Octobrist Party of Alexander Guchov (4). Despite his conservative leaning, Stolypin, like Witte before him, initially looked like he dexterity effect some of the long-promised reforms he planned, for instance, to provide loans to the lower classes to let them purchase land, and thus forge an agricultural class faithful to the Tsar (4). Had such plans succeeded consequently they would undoubtedly brought greater stability to the Russian state in the event the opposite came about Stolypins proposed reforms were opposed by ultra-conservatives close to the Tsar, and events reached a low when Stolypin was assassinated by Dmitry Bogov in Kiev in September 1911. All in all, the huge difficulties of effecting Russias urgently needed reforms proved too great for successive Russian prime ministers these failures in turn led to a deterioration of the relationship between the Tsar and the Duma, and thus t o profound political and social instability for the Russian state.The relationship between Wilhelm II and the Reichstag was similarly blighted, though this conflict and division was, in itself, less destabilizing than in Tsarist Russia (5). In Germany the emperor moths dispute with the Reichstag and the instability it precipitated was the result of clash of personality between his own and that of his Chancellor, the formidable Otto von Bismarck. At Wilhelms succession of the throne in June 1888 Germany was in a nervous euphoria about the unification that she had engendered in the previous decade a great deal remained to be done, but Germanys reforms had constantly been those concerning the of unification of its various states, and not the reformation of social classes as in Russia (6). Wilhelm II had no intention of being a passive or token(a) monarch he wanted to rule as well as reign as one historian has put it (6). This intention antagonised Chancellor Bismarck, who cared for n o interference from the monarch. This dispute finally led to Wilhelm II dismissing Bismarck in 1890, and thus, due to the monarchs impatience and petulance, an abandonment of Bismarcks provident and wise policies for the government of Germany. Wilhelm installed Leo Graf von Caprivi, Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Shillingsfurst, Prince Bernhard von Bulow, and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg as a series of successors to Bismarck each of them being polar opposites to the former chancellor they were rather obsequious puppets to the Kaisers will. Wilhelms decision to remove Bismarck had thus weakened Germany significantly and increased its vulnerability and instability not only had the hero of unification been cruelly deposed, but his prodigious powers of statesmanship and the order those skills brought to Germany, had been replaced by those of the Kaiser a man whose character was irascible and volatile and thus of the worst possible kind to overcompensate the inflammable events that wou ld pinnacle in 1914.The relative stability of Wilhelms Germany and Nicholas Russia may also be discussed in the context of their contribution to and handling of the Great contend of 1914-1918. Anticipating somewhat the conclusion to this essay, the following may be said of the two monarchs respective attitudes to war and the instability these wrought Nicholas IIs reign is characterized by reluctance to enter the conflict, Wilhelms by the precipitation of it. A historian susceptibility expect thus that Nicholas II, being more prudent and indisposed to war, might have thus secured greater internal stability for Russia than the bellicose Germany of Wilhelm, which one would have expected to suffer the vicissitudes and fluxes of war. Nonetheless, paradoxically, despite quite different attitudes to the conflict both Germany and Russia were to endure similar levels of turmoil and upheaval in its wake Russia subjected to Revolution and anarchy and Germany the humiliation and disintegratio n of the Versailles Treaty.Wilhelms contribution to the instability of 1914-1918 can outstrip be described in terms of his personal character he did not avidly crave war even once describing it as a most unimaginable thing (7) but rather aided it by his injudicious foreign policy decisions, blunders, and errors. Wilhelm II lent his authority and power to the German generals and to others who ardently sought the conflict. His minor precipitative blunders included his support for Germanys massive increase in naval power, his telegram (8) that congratulated President Kruger for the success of the Jameson Raid against the British, and his July 1900 care encouraging German forces to support to Boxer Rebellion. Most disastrous and inflammatory of all was the Kaisers involvement in the perfunctory Telegraph Affair of 1908 (9). In this interview the Kaisers mistimed and inappropriate comments angered not only Britain, but also Japan, Russia, France and other counties also. In the years immediately preceding 1914 Bismarck conscientiously abandoned Bismarcks former successful foreign policy of ostracizing France from the other major outside(a) powers and instead invoked sympathy for France by appearing to quarrel her rule in Morocco. All in all, Bismarcks personal leadership of Germany during the years 1900-1914, whether deliberately or unintentionally, did much to antagonise Germanys supranational neighbours and so to eventually precipitate the profound instability that arose from World War I and its aftermath. Wilhelms naivety and impatience, coupled with the bellicosity of his generals, eroded many the positive reforms and strong institutions established by Bismarck during and after unification this erosion left Germany improperly balanced and leaning precariously in the direction of crippling international warfare. only when the instability that arose for Russia during and after the Great War was due not to Russias seeking such a conflict but from her fragm ented and dither response to it. Nicholas II was a main source of this indecision and his inadequate leadership, compounded by the largely failed implementation of reforms in previous years, led to the collapse of the monarchy and abdication of the Tsar, and thus a deeply distressing and turbulent period for Russia. In the wake of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, by Gavrilo Princip of the Serbian Black Hand organization, Russia and the Tsar were forced into a very awkward position. Russia had for several years advocated support for the Pan-Slav movement and had signed treaties with Serbia guaranteeing her protection on the other hand, as the Will Nicky understanding (10) shows, Nicholas II sought to avoid war at all costs fearing the devastation it would bring to himself and to the nation. In the event, Russia was truly devastated by the war her armies were destroyed en mass, the monarchy fell and millions of Russians died from fighting, disease, hunger and drought. The 1917 November Revolution led to civil war, further bloodshed, misery and suffering and to the installation of a wholly new political regime. A greater state of instability can hardly be imaginedIn the final analysis, the question as to which of Tsar Nicholas IIs Russia and Willhelm IIs Germany knew greater stability depends upon whether a historian looks at these periods from their respective beginnings or their ends. The Germany that Wilhelm inherited in 1894 was certainly more stable than that received by Nicholas in 1884. But a powerful dividing line can be made to say that despite the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia was nonetheless possessed of greater stability than Germany. This argument is given strength if one looks at events after 1918 Communism gave Russia seventy years of stable government and administration irregardless of whether one endorses such a governance or not Germany, on the other hand, was to endure the vicissitudes of Weimar, ten years of th e Nazi regime and finally the ultimate instability of World War II.BIBLIOGRAPHYAcademic Books, Journals Articles(1) Roberts, John. The Penguin History of the World. (3rd Ed.) Penguin, London,2003, pp. 707-717.(2) Perry, John P Pleshakov, Constantine. The Flight of the Romanovs. OxfordUniversity Press, Oxford, 1999, pp. 209.(3) Alexandrov, Victor. The End of the Romanovs. London, 1966.(4) Pares, Bernard. The Fall of the Russian Monarchy. London, 1939, pp. 44-48..(5) Van der Kiste, John. Kaiser Wilhelm II Germanys Last Emperor. SuttonPublishing, Stroud, 1999, pp101-103.(6) Rohl, John C. G. The Kaisers personalised Monarchy, 1888-1900. Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 133.(7) Macdonogh, Giles. The Last Kaiser The Life of Wilhelm II. St. Martins Press,New York, 2001, pp. 301.(8) Massie, Robert K. Dreadnought Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War. New York, Random House, 1991, pp. 108.(9) The interview of the Emperor Wilhelm II on October 28, 1908. London DailyTelegrap h, October 28, 1908.(10) The Kaisers letters to the Tsar, copied from the government archives in Petrograd, and brought from Russia by Isaac Don Levine, ed., with an introduction by N.F. Grant. London, Hodder and Soughton Ltd, 1920

Human Nature Essay -- essays research papers

Hu while nature is the egotistical behaviours that drive the human race to be creative and inquisitive. Although some philosophers may disagree with the validity of this statement, others such as Aristotle, John Stuart Mill and Thomas Hobbes would believe it to be true. After examining the beliefs of these philosophers and using real-life examples to rebut the beliefs of those who disagree, mans true nature of curiousity, creativity and egotismishness is all the way evident. Once inspecting the philosophical beliefs of Thomas Hobbes, Aristotle and John Stuart Mill, humans creative, inquiring and self-indulgent nature seems indisputable. Thomas Hobbes was correct in saying that self-interest is mans true nature. He spoke the truth when he described man as an aggressive, greedy, competitive, anti-social and vain (Gini- Newman et al. 28) species. Everyday, man demonstrates this nature as he whole kit and caboodle steadfastly to make money so that he peck indulge in the life of lux ury and opportunity that he trusts. He then donates to harmonic organizations so that he does not have to suffer from feelings of guilt for not sharing his wealth with those less fortunate. Even humans creativity and desire for knowledge illustrate our races egotistical nature. Aristotle once said that all men by nature desire knowledge. (Gini- Newman et al. 26) John Stuart Mill later said that no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool. (Gini- Newman et al. 26) Both of these philosophers were correct in their observations. human is an incredibly intelligent human being. He can think abstractly and develop unique ideas and theories. However, mans creative ideas and broad range of knowledge all contribute to his self-interest. Man prides himself on knowledge. His cerebral endeavors build his self esteem and ego. He feels proud and worthy when he invents something. Although many human being use their innovative nature to improve the fiber of life for others, their inte ntions argon always exalt by their innate desires to feed their selfish nature. The selfish desires of man and his needs for creativity and knowledge of self are difficult to conflict. Although philosophers such as Joseph Butler, Mengzi and Siddhartha Gautama have expressed different beliefs on this issue, there are many examples that challenge the soundness of... ...deavors, I notice the self interest that lies beneath them. I realize the self-assurance that I gain by being knowledgeable and I y soak up for the praise I put one over when I create a masterpiece. Even when I help others, by donating money to charitable organizations for example, I am being selfish because my actions are inspired by my personal desires to alleviate my feelings of guilt and sympathy. When I reflect on my life, I often feel ashamed of my self-centeredness. Unfortunately, this is my nature. I can try to witness it, but I can not change it. The writer, Alfie Kohn, was correct when he noted the negati ve connotation on the expression, I am only human. (Gini- Newman et al. 43) Mans creative and curious nature does make him distinct from all others however, he truly is a selfish specimen. Everything man does, from working hard to earn a degree to finding a cure to save the lives of others, is aimed to fulfill his personal desires. Although philosophers may disagree on the true nature of man, it is difficult to dispute his selfishness as a species because there is so much evidence that prove him to be exactly this.

Determining Overdeterminism: An Informal Reflection :: Mississippi Masala Economics Essays

ascertain Overdeterminism An Informal ReflectionEconomics has always been for me a system of curves. There are supply ones and gather up ones and curves that would tum up or cut out. In all class, my high school Economics teacher, a man approaching his late fifties, would rail on almost the wonders of expectantism. creation a two-time divorcee and therefore a man of the capitalistic world, he accredited the bulk of his knowledge through intent experiences, curiously those involving divorce. I remember sitting through one of his classes and thinking that he resembled some type of new-born evangelist preaching to us about the awesome advocator of capital and what joy it can bring. I have always wondered, however, what the world of economics would be like without a system of charts that determine the outcome of lives. College bulgeed me glum in finding other economic theories that contradicts what my high school teacher has ingrained in me for years Neo-classic economics is unflawed and absolute.ECON 100 is my first demonstration to Marxian ideals which I find I relate to more than Neo-classic theories. The idea of overdeterminism is one aspect of Marxian economics that I passionately agree with. From the experience of living, Ive learned that every doing is the reciprocal of all actions in the world. The world is connected and operates for the greater good contrary to what Neo-classic theories state. These relationships are always in flux so confining down the determinant of an economic process would be impossible. A splendid example of overdeterminism is depicted in disseminated multiple sclerosis Masala. In the film, I see situations in Demetriuss life that parallel my own. Whats interesting about Demetriuss character is that he internalizes a lot of conflicts within himself. For example, given the chance to go to college, he chooses to remain in Mississippi and take care of his father instead. Moreover, he takes on the role as head of the fami ly and is counsel for his younger brother. The breakthrough in Demetriuss life was when he met minah and fell in love with her. From there the course of Demetriuss life drastically verged because his relationship allowed him the time to reevaluate his life, and with Minas added perspective, Demetrius was no longer afraid to start afresh elsewhere. The events that led to the collapse of Demetriuss business are examples of overdeterminism. By spending the night with Mina and being discovered, Demetrius got arrested which stained his reputation as a presumptive businessman.Determining Overdeterminism An Informal Reflection Mississippi Masala Economics EssaysDetermining Overdeterminism An Informal ReflectionEconomics has always been for me a system of curves. There are supply ones and demand ones and curves that would belly up or down. In every class, my high school Economics teacher, a man approaching his late fifties, would rail on about the wonders of capitalism. Being a two-ti me divorcee and therefore a man of the capitalistic world, he accredited the bulk of his knowledge through life experiences, particularly those involving divorce. I remember sitting through one of his classes and thinking that he resembled some type of new-born evangelist preaching to us about the awesome power of capital and what joy it can bring. I have always wondered, however, what the world of economics would be like without a system of charts that determine the outcome of lives. College started me off in finding other economic theories that contradicts what my high school teacher has ingrained in me for years Neo-classic economics is unflawed and absolute.ECON 100 is my first introduction to Marxian ideals which I find I relate to more than Neo-classic theories. The idea of overdeterminism is one aspect of Marxian economics that I passionately agree with. From the experience of living, Ive learned that every action is the reciprocal of all actions in the world. The world is co nnected and operates for the greater good contrary to what Neo-classic theories state. These relationships are always in flux so narrowing down the determinant of an economic process would be impossible. A splendid example of overdeterminism is depicted in Mississippi Masala. In the film, I see situations in Demetriuss life that parallel my own. Whats interesting about Demetriuss character is that he internalizes a lot of conflicts within himself. For example, given the chance to go to college, he chooses to remain in Mississippi and take care of his father instead. Moreover, he takes on the role as head of the family and is counsel for his younger brother. The breakthrough in Demetriuss life was when he met Mina and fell in love with her. From there the course of Demetriuss life drastically verged because his relationship allowed him the time to reevaluate his life, and with Minas added perspective, Demetrius was no longer afraid to start anew elsewhere. The events that led to the collapse of Demetriuss business are examples of overdeterminism. By spending the night with Mina and being discovered, Demetrius got arrested which stained his reputation as a credible businessman.

Raymond George Neher :: essays research papers fc

Because roads, streets, highways, boulevards, and freeways are an everyday pgraphics of our life, they understandably are part of our art. In the foreground or the background, they secure our art to reality, serve as symbols, or twist and turn in ways never dreamed by the imagination. Raymond Neher used roads and highways as his subject in many of his pictures. He began painting for his own benefit, because he Enjoyed putting brush to take apart.Raymond George Neher was born in Orange, New Jersey on September 14, 1943 he was the only if child to Rudolph Neher and Evelyn Posadzki. Neher was awarded his Bachelor of Architecture form the Carnegie Mellon University and his Masters from the Columbia University. He began his career as an architect in New York City. In 1973 he transferred to San Francisco, California, where he worked on the Master Plan for a New Community in Ahwaz, Iran. He was well known and appreciated for his work in historical restorations and adaptational reuse. H is projects included work on art and science museums, hotels and spas, hospital and medical school, as well as construction administration. As an artist his career spanned approximately 40 years. Neher worked mostly in acrylic paint on canvas. His works have been shown in exhibitions all across the United States of America and are in private collections throughout the United States, as well as Amsterdam, Rome and Santorini, Greece. Neher joined the Fort Mason Printmakers in the early 1980s and created etchings and monoprints that often complemented his canvas work. Many of his subjects sprang from his travels around Californias Central Valley Interstate 5 highway. His roadscapes paintings he created were on photo quality. The images he creates, whether it is a highway, a twain or a suburban street, are always free of pollution, road kill and litter. The paintings are full of colour which makes the painting a bit surreal, as if the image is just too good to be true. All his roadsca pes are from the perspective a person in a vehicle on the road, make the viewer feel more engaged with the painting, as if they are actually there. The painting above is called Mount Hood Highway. Neher has used such contrasting colour to layer the painting. His use of straight lines and angles on the road, pine trees and the snow covered mountain in the background brake up the painting causing the painting to be easier to take in by the viewer.

Coleridges Kubla Khan and the Process of Creativity Essay -- Coleridg

Coleridges Kubla Khan and the Process of CreativityColeridges Kubla Khan is an extremely enchanting poem which isbased rough the stately pleasure dome of the emperor, Kubla Khan.Although the poem is set around this pleasure dome, it can be noticedthat the poem had profound depth to it. If one is able to scanthe obscure symbols and meanings within the poem, it becomes clear thatColeridges Kubloa Khan does not simply describe a pleasure dome,it is also a prolonged metaphore for the impact of creativity.From the immediate start of the poem, the subscriber finds themselvessubjected to interprete these hidden symbols. In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure dome decreeWhere Alph, the blessed river ranAlthough this passage seems straight forward, it contains theessential first three symbols of which the wide poem is based upon. Xanadu symbolises the poets mind, as Xanadu like the mind is thesite where all the forecoming events take place. Kubla Khan actuallyexsisted in real life as the mend ruler of an Asian empire and had anextreme amount of power. This is why perhaps, Coleridge chose KublaKhan to represent the poet, ( himself). This would not have been anextraordinary choice for Coleridge to make, as he belonged to a groupof poets called the Romantics who believed that they could see thingsclearer and feel emotions and experiences more intensely than otherpeople. Kubla Khans power over his empire of Xanadu would thereforerepresent the poets power and control over his mind. The sacredriver, Alph symbolises the poets imagination. This symbol isexceptionally significant as the poem follows the path of the flowingriver and therefore enables the read... ...d off byinspiration. The process is amazingly powerful and both mentally andphysically tiring and its results, like the pleasure dome of Xanaduare remarkable. Coleridge uses many clever techniques such asalliteration, methaphores, onamatapeia, comparisons and hidden symbolsto emphasise the impact and inte nsity of the process of creativity.Coleridge also structures his poem to suit the style of his poem. Thefirst stanza, gives an insight in to what it to come and what can beacheived by the process of creativity and acts as a sort ofintroduction for the process. The second stanza is extremely detailedand lively and shows the actual process of creativity. The thirdstanza almost defends Coleridges work and ends the poem with themessage that no-one could ever understand let alone feel theColeridges experiences in the way that he can and does.

History of R. Buckminister Fuller Essay -- Geodesic Domes R. Buckminis

History of R. Buckminister overfull Fuller was most famous for his geodesic domes, which can be seen as part of multitude radar stations, civic buildings, and arrangement attractions. Their construction is based on extending both(prenominal) basic principles to build simple tensegrity structures (tetrahedron, octahedron, and the closest packing of spheres). Built in this stylus they are extremely lightweight and stable. The unpatterned for geodesic domes was awarded in 1954, part of Fullers decades-long efforts to explore natures constructing principles to find design solutions.Previously, Fuller had designed and built prototypes of what he hoped would be a safer, aerodynamic Dymaxion railroad car (Dymaxion is contracted from DYnamic MAXimum tensION). To this end he experimented with a radical new approach. He worked with professional colleagues over a period of three years, ancestry in 1932. Based on a design idea Fuller had derived from that of aircraft, the three prototyp e cars were all quite incompatible from anything on the market. For one thing, separately of these vehicles had three, not four, wheels - with two (the drive wheels) in front, and the third, rear wheel being the one that was steered. The engine was located in the rear. both the chassis and the body were received designs. The aerodynamic, somewhat tear-shaped body (which in one of the prototypes was about 18 feet long), was large enough to seat 11 people. It somehow resembled a melding of a light aircraft (albeit without wings) and a Volkswagen van of 1950s vintage. The car was essentially a mini-bus in each of its three trial incarnations, and its concept long predated the Volkswagen transporter mini-bus that was conceived by Ben Pon in 1947 and eldest built in 1950.Despite its length, and due to its three-wheel design, the Dymaxion Car turned on a small radius and set in a nonsensical space quite easily. The prototypes were efficient in fuel consumption for their day. Fuller poured a great deal of his own funds (inherited from his mother) into the project, in addition to the monetary resource put in by one of his professional collaborators. An industrial investor was also keenly interested in the unprecedented concept. Fuller anticipated the car could conk out on an open highway safely at up to about 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) however, due to some concept oversights, the prototypes proved to be unruly over the speed of 50 mph... ...s friends with Boston artist Pietro Pezzati.He experimented with polyphasic sleep.A new allotrope of carbon (fullerene) and a crabby molecule of that allotrope (buckminsterfullerene or buckyballs) moderate been named after him.On July 12, 2004 the United States Post Office released a new commemorative stamp honoring Buckminster Fuller on the 50th anniversary of his patent for the geodesic dome and on the occasion of his 109th birthday.editNeologismsWorld-around is a term coined by Fuller to replace worldwide. The ge neral belief in a flat human beings died out in the Middle Ages, so using wide is an anachronism when referring to the go on of the Earth a spheroidal surface has area and encloses a volume, only if has no width. Fuller held that unthinking use of obsolete scientific ideas detracts from and misleads intuition. The terms sunsight and sunclipse are other neologisms, according to Allegra Fuller Snyder conjointly coined by the Fuller family, replace sunrise and sunset in order to overturn the geocentric bias of most pre-Copernican celestial mechanics.Fuller also coined the sound out Spaceship Earth, and coined the term (but did not invent) tensegrity. History of R. Buckminister Fuller Essay -- Geodesic Domes R. BuckminisHistory of R. Buckminister Fuller Fuller was most famous for his geodesic domes, which can be seen as part of military radar stations, civic buildings, and exhibition attractions. Their construction is based on extending some basic principles to bui ld simple tensegrity structures (tetrahedron, octahedron, and the closest packing of spheres). Built in this way they are extremely lightweight and stable. The patent for geodesic domes was awarded in 1954, part of Fullers decades-long efforts to explore natures constructing principles to find design solutions.Previously, Fuller had designed and built prototypes of what he hoped would be a safer, aerodynamic Dymaxion Car (Dymaxion is contracted from DYnamic MAXimum tensION). To this end he experimented with a radical new approach. He worked with professional colleagues over a period of three years, beginning in 1932. Based on a design idea Fuller had derived from that of aircraft, the three prototype cars were all quite different from anything on the market. For one thing, each of these vehicles had three, not four, wheels - with two (the drive wheels) in front, and the third, rear wheel being the one that was steered. The engine was located in the rear. Both the chassis and the bod y were original designs. The aerodynamic, somewhat tear-shaped body (which in one of the prototypes was about 18 feet long), was large enough to seat 11 people. It somehow resembled a melding of a light aircraft (albeit without wings) and a Volkswagen van of 1950s vintage. The car was essentially a mini-bus in each of its three trial incarnations, and its concept long predated the Volkswagen Transporter mini-bus that was conceived by Ben Pon in 1947 and first built in 1950.Despite its length, and due to its three-wheel design, the Dymaxion Car turned on a small radius and parked in a tight space quite easily. The prototypes were efficient in fuel consumption for their day. Fuller poured a great deal of his own money (inherited from his mother) into the project, in addition to the funds put in by one of his professional collaborators. An industrial investor was also keenly interested in the unprecedented concept. Fuller anticipated the car could travel on an open highway safely at up to about 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) however, due to some concept oversights, the prototypes proved to be unruly over the speed of 50 mph... ...s friends with Boston artist Pietro Pezzati.He experimented with polyphasic sleep.A new allotrope of carbon (fullerene) and a particular molecule of that allotrope (buckminsterfullerene or buckyballs) have been named after him.On July 12, 2004 the United States Post Office released a new commemorative stamp honoring Buckminster Fuller on the 50th anniversary of his patent for the geodesic dome and on the occasion of his 109th birthday.editNeologismsWorld-around is a term coined by Fuller to replace worldwide. The general belief in a flat Earth died out in the Middle Ages, so using wide is an anachronism when referring to the surface of the Earth a spheroidal surface has area and encloses a volume, but has no width. Fuller held that unthinking use of obsolete scientific ideas detracts from and misleads intuition. The terms sunsight and s unclipse are other neologisms, according to Allegra Fuller Snyder collectively coined by the Fuller family, replacing sunrise and sunset in order to overturn the geocentric bias of most pre-Copernican celestial mechanics.Fuller also coined the phrase Spaceship Earth, and coined the term (but did not invent) tensegrity.