Does anyone know of any examples of a tragic hero or the downfall of a protagonist in a novel?
Frankenstein - by Mary Shelley... In the novel the creation, Adam, is a misunderstood tragic hero... in the film, though, he is a mindless and frightening idiot! There is also the Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. It tells the story of a lowly farm worker - Michael Henchard - who becomes a mayor - but then falls from grace. Henchard fits the definition of a tragic hero in a book that incorporates elements of classical tragedy. Another tragic hero is Winston Smith in George Orwell's 1984 - fighting against the establishment - only to get severely punished... Yet another is Jim from the novel Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. He is a young and ambitious sailor who dreams of being a hero at sea. However, when Jim thinks that the Patna is sinking, he jumps overboard, leaving many pilgrims behind to die...
According to me:Selected means chosen from a number of things of the same kind. For example: A panel of judges is now selecting the finalists. We basically use select to describe things that are considered to be among the best of their kind. Now comes elected:Which means a person chosen by some people to represent them, by voting. For example:...the country's democratically elected presidentStudents elected the professor as their new College president.One more thing,If we elect to do something, we choose to do it. How this makes sense...
We are in a society where rejection is more comfortable because of email. It’s harder to know where you are in the rankings, it’s certainly easier for rejection. Usually we receive the email that says: “Thank you for submitting your application for the position of ….. We will review your application and contact you shortly. “Keep a constant eye on websites for that company. Since we are so focused on that one position, we forget about other possibilities that exist on that same site.Ensure you application uses as have a many ‘keywords’ they look for in the position.Every application requires data scanning, and often are not read unless they are doing hiring immediately.After three weeks re-submit another application.(What, why?) Because they receive so many, they don’t read all of them.Consider this: 95 applications scanned and in their inbox.(How many emails do you read everyday?)Lastly, if you have the ability to call and ask if they have received do it. It can’t hurt!The Employment Lady
The best example is that of dogs. Dogs have been artificially selected for various traits and bred together to enhance those traits. Wolves and coyotes, for example, don't point at birds. That's a trait that's been selected for and bred into certain breeds of dogs. Other examples would be things like broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, etc. These are all the exact same genus and species of plant, but have been bred to produce different things: leaves in the case of kale, and lateral buds in the case of brussels sprouts. These are the two best examples of artificial selection of which I"m aware.
Anyone know where I can get a custom bible?
Having lettering put on a Bible cover is called "imprinting". Standard letters is very cheap (example: $10 or less for imprinting with standard letters) http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=136767&sp=1003 A unique symbol makes the process *much* more expensive (example: $75 for imprinting with a unique symbol) http://www.allbibles.com/Bible_personalization.asp Stores such as "Things Remembered" or some Bible book stores may offer a selection of standard symbols for book cover imprinting in addition to lettering without any additional cost. I don't personally know of a store that does this, though. Another option is a Bible with a permanent Bible cover. Bible covers are usually well under $20 and some hold a photo!!! You could print an image or take a photo of a computer-generated image an place it in the photo Bible cover. Check out photo-customizable Bible covers if you can't do this any other way at a reasonable cost: http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/easy_find?N=1006756+5401&Ne=1000000&Ns=product.number_sold&Nso=1&Nu=product.endeca_rollup&event=AFF&p=1165100 - Jim, http://www.BibleSelector.com/
A moral decision is a decision made in a way so that action or inaction conforms to one’s morals. Typically, we refer to a moral decision when the choice made is not the choice that would be valid per some rationale, such as greater comfort, financial reward or lower cost or elimination of some problem.Morals are acquired (learned or self-developed) rules of behavior categorized into ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, where the rules typically omit context and nuance.Curiously, morals have a high-level of culturally and socially acquired variation. Often, this occurs for morals originating in religious rules over conduct by followers. It is also found where there is enforced social stratification.In the mid-20th century southern US it was immoral for the races to mix. At that same time, a visiting white Northerner might determine it immoral to use a white’s only water fountain or bathroom, reasoning that to drink from an obviously better fountain, for whites, only, would be an endorsement of segregation.In a manner similar to laws, violating a moral has negative consequence. Rather than fine or imprisonment, the penalty is loss of self-esteem. If the action becomes known to the group sharing the moral, the consequence may range from diminished status to more serious punishment.A shopper returns to her car outside a grocery store to find another shopping cart with one bag still in it. The bag has everyday paper products, things that would not be harmed by time outside on that sunny day. The moral decision would be to take the bag in to the store’s customer service counter, and notify them it was left behind. The moral: One does not take what does not belong to them. Not only does our shopper not take the bag, but he or she spends the time and effort to walk back into the store.Other possible decisions would be to take the bag, as a lucky find. Reasoning may be that the value of the items may not be enough to give the purchaser reason to come back for them, given the chance that the items would have been taken already. The items would be useful at home. Rain predicted for later in the day would ruin the items. Anyone else would take them. “Finders, keepers” is not a moral. After all, to not keep is also allowed, if there is no personal interest or use in keeping what is found.
How is natural selection not random?
It is not random because it depends on certain preexisting factors, such as the effects that a change in genetics will have on an organism's phenotype (that is, structure, chemistry, instincts, etc) and the environment around that organism. For example, if the environment is a desert, then a rodent that loses less water through its skin (as a result of chemistry/structure differences brought about by genetic differences) is more likely to survive and have more offspring than the other rodents around it. Whether the ability to retain water is effective or not is based on the fact that the desert environment in question is very dry and sources of water to replenish the organism's internal supply (which of course it needs to survive) are hard to come by, which is not random in the least. Of course, in some other environment such as a swamp, this ability will be less important (because water is easy to find in a swamp) and certain other traits (such as webbed feet for swimming) may be more useful, which is why different kinds of organisms tend to evolve in different types of environments. There are of course random components. Even an organism that one might think is better suited to living in its environment may get 'unlucky' and end up not surviving or reproducing, for example the rodent that can retain water better in the desert might accidentally get squished by a falling rock. However, these effects are rendered insignificant by the cumulative statistics of many organisms living over many generations. The 'lucky' and 'unlucky' cases will eventually cancel each other out, and the actual traits conducive to survival and reproduction will eventually become dominant. This is not conjecture, it is statistical fact which has also been demonstrated in computer simulations.
This whole discussion has gotten off to a wrong start with some totally incorrect notions. People aren't "offered" fuck-you money, they just happen to have it due to something, like having earned it earlier.That is, what usually happens is that someone is a co-founder or early employee and they hold enough equity that is worth enough so that they never have to work again (i.e. a few million), and perhaps some bad blood occurs at the startup they are at, and because they have that money, they don't need to stay at the job or maintain polite relationships anymore, hence they can say "fuck you" and just walk away. For instance, the founders of PayPal made enough off the sale of the company that they didn't stick around being a minion for eBay a moment longer than necessary after the sale closed.It's very rare for someone to be offered fuck-you money (i.e. a very large amount) as severance to walk away from a situation - the only example I can think of is that Philip Greenspun of Ars Digita may have been offered such a settlement, but he is bound under a confidentiality agreement so we can't know for sure. As the litigation had proceeded between him and his company's investors, he posted a story about it on his website (the story is now mirrored here: http://waxy.org/random/arsdigita/) but then afterwards, it was replaced with only the following: http://philip.greenspun.com/arsd....Regarding the original reference in the "10x ninja" thread, it means that often top-tier engineers find themselves in a position as an early employee early enough in their careers that they've been able to squirrel away "fuck-you money" (or even if they aren't set for a lifetime, perhaps they're set for a number of years) so that their subsequent career choices aren't dictated by money.----Addendum: a search through other accounts of Ars Digita's history (see: http://michael.yoon.org/arsdigita) seems to indicate that Philp Greenspun received $7.6M, which qualifies as fuck-you money.
Muhammad said that anyone who knows the 99 names of Allah will go to heaven ?
No he won't, because he wouldn't be acting upon it. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one. Whoever memorizes them will enter Paradise.” The memorizing mentioned in the hadeeth includes the following: 1. Learning them by heart. 2. Learning their meanings. 3. Acting upon their meanings. So if a person learns that He is al-Ahad (the One), he should not associate anyone else with Him. If he learns that He is al-Razzaaq (the Provider), he should not seek provision from anyone else. If he learns that He is al-Raheem (the Most Merciful), he should not despair of His mercy, and so on. 4. Calling upon Him by them, as He says (interpretation of the meaning): “And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allaah, so call on Him by them” [al-A’raaf 7:180]. That is by saying for example: Ya Rahmaan irhamni (O Most Merciful, have mercy on me), Ya Ghafoor ighfir li (O Oft Forgiving, forgive me), Ya Tawwaab tubb ‘alayya (O Accepter of repentance, accept my repentance) and so on.