Day16
1. Phi Beta Kappa
Kappa Beta Phi(ΚΒΦ) is a secret society, best known for its Wall Street Chapter that is made up of high-ranking financial executives.
The purpose of the organization is largely social and honorific. The current honor society meets once a year at a black-tie dinner to induct new members. The current President is Alfred E. Smith IV.
The organization's name is a reversal of Phi Beta Kappa, and instead of a key, the members wear a fob tied to a red ribbon around their necks.
The organization's officers bear odd titles such as Grand Swipe (the President), Grand Smudge, Grand Loaf and Master at Arms. The annual dinner has been described by theWall Street Journalas "Part Friar's Club roast, part 'Gong Show.'"New inductees are expected to perform in a variety show to entertain the members, and many inductees benefit from professional coaches and writers to prepare them for their performances. Backed by a five-piece band, the inductees performed renditions of well-known tunes with lyrics modified to satirize Wall Street.
Insignia
Kappa Beta Phi's insignia consists of a beer stein, a Champagne glass, a pointing hand, and five stars. The group’s Latin motto, “Dum vivamus edimus et biberimus,” roughly translates as “While we live, we eat and drink”.
2.Raskolnikov
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov(Russian:Родиóн Ромáнович Раскóльников;IPA:[rəˈdʲɪˈon rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ rɐˈskolʲnʲɪkəf]) is the fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The name Raskolnikov derives from the Russian raskolnik meaning "schismatic" (traditionally referring to a member of the Old Believer movement). The name "Rodion" comes from Greek and indicates an inhabitant of Rhodes.
Raskolnikov is a young ex-law student living in extreme poverty in Saint Petersburg. He lives in a tiny garret which he rents, although due to a lack of funds has been avoiding payment for quite some time. He sleeps on a couch using old clothes as a pillow, and due to lack of money eats very rarely. He is handsome and intelligent, though generally disliked by fellow students. He is devoted to his sister (Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova) and his mother (Pulkheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova).
3. Stanford- Binet
The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales(or more commonly the Stanford-Binet) is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet-Simon Scale by Lewis M. Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University. The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale is now in its fifth edition (SB5) and was released in 2003. It is a cognitive ability and intelligence test that is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children. The test measures five weighted factors and consists of both verbal and nonverbal subtests. The five factors being tested are knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, working memory, and fluid reasoning.
The development of the Stanford–Binet initiated the modern field of intelligence testing and was one of the first examples of an adaptive test. The test originated in France, then was revised in the United States. It was initially created by the French psychologist Alfred Binet, who, following the introduction of a law mandating universal education by the French government, began developing a method of identifying "slow" children for their placement in special education programs (rather than removing them to asylums as "sick"). As Binet indicated,c se studies might be more detailed and helpful, but the time required to test many people would be excessive. In 1916, at Stanford University, the psychologist Lewis Terman released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford–Binet test".
4. Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara
Rhett Butleris a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
Katie Scarlett O'Hara is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and in the later film of the same name. She also is the main character in the 1970 musical Scarlett and the 1991 book Scarlett, a sequel to Gone with the Wind that was written by Alexandra Ripley and adapted for a television mini-series in 1994. During early drafts of the original novel, Mitchell referred to her heroine as "Pansy", and did not decide on the name "Scarlett" until just before the novel went to print.
5. Phenobarbital
Phenobarbital, also known as phenobarbitone or phenobarb, is a medication recommended by the World Health Organization for the treatment of certain types of epilepsy in developing countries.In the developed world it is commonly used to treat seizures in young children,while other medications are generally used in older children and adults.It may be used intravenously, injected into a muscle, or taken by mouth. The injectable form may be used to treat status epilepticus. Phenobarbital is occasionally used to treat trouble sleeping,anxiety, and drug withdrawal and to help with surgery.It usually begins working within five minutes when used intravenously and half an hour when administered orally.Its effects last for between four hours and two days.
Side effects include a decreased level of consciousness along with a decreased effort to breathe. There is concern about both abuse and withdrawal following long-term use. It may also increase the risk of suicide. It is pregnancy category B or D in the United States and category D in Australia, meaning that it may cause harm when taken by pregnant women.If used during breastfeeding it may result in drowsiness in the baby.A lower dose is recommended in those with poor liver or kidney function, as well as elderly people. Phenobarbital is a barbiturate that works by increasing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitterGABA.
Phenobarbital was discovered in 1912 and is the oldest still commonly used anti-seizure medication.It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.It is the least expensive anti-seizure medication at around $5 USD a year in the developing world. Access however may be difficult as some countries label it as a controlled drug.
6. count up sins of commission and omission
7. unblighted Eden
8. Appointment in Samara
Appointment In Samarra, published in 1934, is the first novel by American writerJohn O'Hara(1905 – 1970). It concerns the self-destruction and suicide of the fictional character Julian English, a wealthy car dealer who was once a member of the social elite of Gibbsville (O'Hara'sfictionalizedversion ofPottsville, Pennsylvania). The book created controversy due to O'Hara's inclusion of sexual content.[1]
In 1998, theModern LibraryrankedAppointment in Samarra22nd on its list of the100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Plot summary
The novel describes how, over the course of three days, Julian English destroys himself with a series of impulsive acts, culminating in suicide. O'Hara never gives any obvious cause or explanation for his behavior, which is apparently predestined by his character. Facts about Julian gradually emerge throughout the novel. He is about thirty years old. He is college-educated, owns a well-established Cadillac dealership, and within the Gibbsville community belongs to the prestigious "Lantenengo Street crowd."
Our introduction to him comes seven pages into the novel, in the thoughts of the wife of one of his employees: "She wouldn't trade her life for Caroline English's, not if you paid her. She wondered if Julian and Caroline were having another one of their battle royales". Within the three-day time span of the novel, Julian gets drunk several times. One lyrical long paragraph describes one of hishangovers. During the first of two suicidal reveries, we learn that his greatest fear is that he will eventually lose his wife to another man. Yet within three days, he sexually propositions two women, succeeding once, with an ease and confidence that suggest that this is well-practiced behavior.
On successive days, he commits three impulsive acts, which are serious enough to damage his reputation, his business, and his relationship with his wife. First, he throws a drink in the face of Harry Reilly, a man who, we learn later, is an important investor in his business. The man is a sufficiently well-known Catholic that Julian knows word will spread among the Gibbsville Catholic community, many of whom are his customers.
In a curious device, repeated for each of the incidents, theomniscient narratornever actually shows us the details of the incident. He shows us Julian fantasizing in great detail about throwing the drink; but, we are told, "he knew he would not throw the drink" because he was in financial debt to Harry and because "people would say he was sore because Reilly ... was elaborately attentive to Caroline English". The narrator's vision shifts elsewhere, and several pages later we are surprised to hear a character report "Jeezozz H. Kee-rist! Julian English just threw a highball in Harry Reilly's face!"
The second event occurs at a roadhouse, where Julian goes with his wife and some friends. Julian gets drunk and invites a provocatively clad woman to go out to his car with him. The woman is, in fact, a gangster's girlfriend, and one of the gangster's men is present, sent to watch her. Both Julian's wife and the gangster's aide see the couple leave. What actually happens in the car is left ambiguous but is unimportant, since all observers assume that a sexual encounter has occurred. There is not any assumption that violence will ensue. However, the gangster is a valued automobile customer who in the past has recommended Julian's dealership to his acquaintances. As Julian is driven home, pretending to be asleep, he "felt the tremendous excitement, the great thrilling lump in the chest and abdomen that comes before the administering of an unknown, well-deserved punishment. He knew he was in for it."
Third, the next day, during lunch at the Gibbsville Club, Julian engages in a complicated brawl with a one-armed war veteran named Froggy Ogden. Julian thought of Froggy as an old friend, but Froggy acknowledges to Julian that he has always detested him and had not wanted Julian's wife (Froggy's cousin) to marry him. In the brawl, which Froggy has arguably started, Julian hits Froggy and at least one of a group of bystanders in the club.
He experiences two suicidal daydreams that oddly contrast with each other. In the first of the two scenes, after Caroline's temporary departure, he places a gun in his mouth:
“Julian thought and thought about Caroline and Harry, and thought against them, against their being drawn to each other sexually, which was the big thing that mattered. "By God, no one else will have her in bed," he said, to the empty office. And immediately began the worst fear he had ever known that this day, this week, this minute, next year, sometime she would open herself to another man and close herself around him. Oh, if she did that it would be forever.”
He does not, however, commit suicide at that time. His second suicidal reverie is after a failed attempt to seduce a woman, the local society reporter. He believes that as a result of his behavior, and the community's sympathy for Caroline, "no girl in Gibbsville—worth having—would risk the loss of reputation which would be her punishment for getting herself identified with him". He believes that even if he divorces Caroline he is destined to spend the rest of his life hearing:
“No, let's not have him, he's one of the older guys. Wish Julian English would act his age.... No thanks, Julian, I'd rather walk. No thanks, Mr. English, I haven't much farther to go. Julian, I wish you wouldn't call me so much. My father gets furious. You better leave me at the corner becuss if my old man. Listen, you, leave my sister alone.”
Apparently finding this, and other indications that he had mis-gauged his social status, too much to suffer, he commits suicide bycarbon monoxide poisoning, running his car in a closed garage.
Although Julian had many difficulties, some external and many self-inflicted, it seems clear that these difficulties, though serious, were not insurmountable. His wife has departed temporarily for a long talk with her mother, but she and the reader realize that she will forgive Julian. His business had financial difficulties, but they do not seem insoluble. It even seems likely that he could have reconciled with Harry Reilly, who says, on learning of English's suicide, "I liked English and he liked me, otherwise he wouldn't have borrowed money from me... He was a real gentleman. I wonder what in God's name would make him do a thing like that?" and picks up the telephone to order flowers.
9.The Great Gatsby
he Great Gatsbyis a1925 novelwritten by American authorF. Scott Fitzgeraldthat follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperousLong Islandin the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaireJay Gatsbyand his quixotic passion andobsessionfor the beautiful formerdebutanteDaisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald'smagnum opus,The Great Gatsbyexplores themes ofdecadence,idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of theJazz Ageor theRoaring Twentiesthat has been described as a cautionary tale regarding theAmerican Dream.[1][2]
Fitzgerald—inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island's north shore—began planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, "somethingnew—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned."[3]Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to theFrench Rivierain 1924. His editor,Maxwell Perkins, felt the book was vague and persuaded the author to revise over the next winter. Fitzgerald was repeatedly ambivalent about the book's title and he considered a variety of alternatives, including titles that referenced the Roman characterTrimalchio; the title he was last documented to have desired wasUnder the Red, White, and Blue.
First published byScribner'sin April 1925,The Great Gatsbyreceived mixed reviews and sold poorly; in its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. However, the novel experienced a revival duringWorldWar II, and became a part of American high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades. Today,The Great Gatsbyis widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel." In 1998, theModern Libraryeditorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period.
10.Chinese Jordan
11. put my head in a paper bag
12.Cathy in Wuthering Heights
Wuthering HeightsisEmily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846,[1]Wuthering Heightswas published in 1847 under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell"; Brontë died the following year, aged 30.Wuthering HeightsandAnne Brontë'sAgnes Greywere accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sisterCharlotte'snovel,Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript ofWuthering Heights, and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850.[2]
AlthoughWuthering Heightsis now widely regarded as a classic ofEnglish literature, contemporary reviews for the novel were deeply polarised; it was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was unusually stark, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day regarding religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality.[3][4][5]The English poet and painterDante Gabriel Rossetti, although an admirer of the book, referred to it as "A fiend of a book – an incredible monster [...] The action is laid in hell, – only it seems places and people have English names there."[6]
The novel has inspired adaptations, including film, radio and television dramatisations, a musical byBernard J. Taylor, a ballet, operas (byBernard Herrmann,Carlisle Floyd, andFrédéric Chaslin), and a 1978songbyKate Bush.
13.Food Fair bag
速食食品袋
