Hi, need to submit a 250 words essay on the topic Why was King Leopold so Successful in suppressing information about his congo ventures.

29 March, Q: Why was King Leopold so Successful in suppressing information about his Congo ventures? Ans. It has been no more than about 90 years that King Leopold II of Belgium got ten million Africans massacred by his agents in Congo. Today, the whole rubber terror created by King Leopold has been forgotten altogether, and is not discussed at all. In the book, King Leopold’s Ghost, the author Adam Hochschild refers to this fact as “the great forgetting.” The book sufficiently offers a well researched account of the brutality, greed and exploitation that Africans were offered by the King Leopold. Through this book, the author has made an attempt to revive all events of primary importance that speak of the long forgotten brutality that King Leopold displayed in Congo. Throughout the book, the concept of Leopold has been shown as larger than life. Paradoxically, the title of the book refers to the ghost of King Leopold, and not his physical being which raises many questions in the mind of the reader. The last chapter of the book named the “great forgetting” answers all of these questions and also talks about the biggest tragedy among all that have been talked about in the preceding chapters. King Leopold made a lot of wealth from Congo and his operation made the Congolese incur a lot of cost in all respects. However, all of it suddenly came to an end after the independence of Congo in 1971. Belgium became a part of the European Union. Since then, no one remembered the reign any more. It was quite unexpected to happen but it did! Congolese had for long remained under the load of injustice and their rights had been completely subdued by King Leopold, but the opposition got blown away with the wind and public no more retained the tragic images in its imagination. Soon after the independence of Congo, its history became remote and the opposition against King Leopold did not attract any attention. “Even Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola’s big-screen version of Heart of Darkness was stripped of its context, and smashed into Vietnam instead” (Grant). Much of this can be attributed to the well developed strategy of King Leopold which he used to make the world forget about his brutality. In 1908, King Leopold burnt all records that he had of the State of Congo. After the colony’s turn over,, furnaces in the vicinity of the palace where King Leopold lived were lit up, and they continued to burn for 8 whole days. This way, King Leopold became successful in transforming the entire state records about Congo into ash. The King said, “I will give them my Congo but they have no right to know what I did there” (Hochschild cited in “Books Of The Times” 2). Even today, Congolese have not managed to completely come out of the trauma of King Leopold’s reign. The ghost of King Leopold still haunts the whole region. Although the world has largely forgotten about it, but the central Africa has seen no great forgetting. Works Cited: “Books Of The Times. Genocide With Spin Control: Kurtz Wasn’t Fiction.” The New York Times. 1 Sep. 1998. Web. 29 Feb. 2011. . Grant, Paul. “Missions Resources – Bibliography.” n.d. Web. 29 Feb. 2011. . Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold’s Ghost. Mariner Books, 1998. Print. &nbsp.

 

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Hi, need to submit a 250 words essay on the topic Writing 102 Prep.

This was mainly because of his life as a youth when he gained a scholarship as a student among England’s wealthy elite. He experienced several hardships in this cutthroat environment, and this influenced his political views.

Furthermore, Orwell could not afford to go to college after high school and was forced to join the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. His experiences in a British Colony profoundly influenced his ideas in “Shooting an Elephant”. This is because he hated how the Colonizers treated the natives of Burma and due to his experiences he could seriously relate with the poor and the oppressed. Since his job as an Indian Imperial Police officer put George in the position of the privileged oppressor, he quit after five years of service and went back to England.

It is my opinion that Orwell devoted his literary work on exposing the problems of class and government. This is after experiencing discrimination as a child by the aristocrats when he gained a scholarship. He also saw how people of lower class or race were mistreated when he was a police officer in

 

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Hi, need to submit a 250 words essay on the topic Your pick of this week’s news week 11 (responses).

China, according to US intelligence, appears ready to launch a ‘short, sharp’ war with Japan,an allegation the Chinese vehemently deny. The US on its part vows to honor the defense treaties it has with Japan. While on the surface and in public the two nations appear to have a friendly relationship, what lies below all that seems more grotesque, and the two nations seem to be edging ever closer to a full scale conflict.

The writer has also done a good job in showing the prelude to this conflict,which is one of mistrust between two of today’s superpower nations. She has written about the events leading to this conflict. She has also, without bias, presented the cases that the two nations have in laying claim to the islands in question. In my opinion this is a top class news article, and the writer deserves a pat on the back.

The article is titled “Rhode Island Settles Case on Jobs for the Disabled.” It was written by Dan Barry and was published on April 8,2014 in The New York Time newspaper. The story looks at a landmark announcement by the department of Justice regarding employment for 3000-odd disabled people in Rhode Island. Prior to this agreement, it is estimated that “450,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities while away their days in essentially cloistered environments” across the entire country.

One of the disabled people interviewed expressed his discontentment with his job saying he “did not like( the job) very much”. The new agreement has lead to praise for Rhode Island for “embracing the need for change”. Under the new agreement, people with disabilities are allowed to “obtain typical jobs within the community that pay at least the minimum wage”.

In my opinion the article is true because one cannot doctor information about changes in the law. The writer also deserves commendation for highlighting such an important piece of legislation

 

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Hi, need to submit a 250 words paper on the topic A Look at How Propellers Achieve Balance. A propeller can be balanced by removing it from the aircraft and doing the balancing from a specialized fixture. Static weights are added or removed to achieve the balance needed. Propeller static unbalance usually occurs when the propeller’s gravitational center does not coincide with the rotation of the axis (FAA, 2012).

This is a concept that has captured my attention for a greater deal of my study. Achieving a perfect balance to ensure that the plane remains in motion while in the air is rather paramount. The static balancing can be done by various methods like the suspension or the knife-edge method. With the suspension method, the propeller is hanged by a cord and the imbalance noted by the eccentricity between the disks attached firmly and the cylinder that is attached to the part under test (FAA, 2012). However, the suspension method is not used frequently as compared to the knife-edge method which is simpler and accurate to carry out.

Whenever a propeller is balanced statically, it remains in that position as compared to the one that is not statically balanced (FAA, 2012).

 

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Hi, need to submit a 250 words paper on the topic Answer one question. Marketing Trap-Ease America (Question September 14, Question The target market for Trap-Ease is composed of all home owners who are currently bothered by the rat infestation (Student Case Book 62). The homeowners are composed of several individuals. One possible homeowner is the husband. Another possible homeowner is the wife. The third homeowner is someone who is not the husband or the wife. These homeowners are in dire need of the rat reduction products. However, the homeowners want to buy a quality rat reduction product. Likewise, the same target market has already fixed its minds on purchasing certain rat reduction alternatives from Martha’s diverse competitors. Thus, Martha’s marketing strategy is to reach these rat-infested home owners.

Further, there are other target markets. One target market is the middlemen (Student Case book 62). The middlemen will sell the products to the ultimate consumers in another community where Martha does not sell its rat-reducing product. Another target is the wholesaler. The wholesaler will sell the product in another territory not being served by Martha’s company.

Furthermore, the homes will use the Trap-Ease rat-reduction product to literary end the rat population (Student Case book 62). Martha’s company targets the other possible target market. The other target market is composed of all homes with no rat infestation. The marketing plan is to emphasize that the home owners may not be able to see the rats hiding in several home rat passages. The product will ensure there are no rats within the premises. Targeting the other market will greatly boost current lackluster revenues by as much as 500 percent because there 500 percent more home owners who feel rats are not present in their homes.

 

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