![]() ![]() ![]() Troy Income & Growth ( TIGT) - Ronnie Hannaīlue Planet Fin. Scottish Investment Trust ( SCIN) - James S MacLeod, John kennedy Schroder Income Growth ( SCF) - Keith M Niven ![]() Personal Assets ( PNL) - Hamish Buchan, Stuart Paul, Robin Angus, Gordon Neilly & Frank Rushbrook JPMorgan Overseas ( JMO) - Nigel Wightman Ishaan Real Estate ( ISH) - Timothy Walker Henderson High Income ( HHI) - Hugh Twiss Growth & Inc ( BPFU) - Kenneth Christopher Murray & Dean BucknellĮdinburgh Investment ( EDIN) - Gordon McQueenįinsbury Growth & Income ( FGT) - Neil Collins Including Coe, the board now counts five members with an average tenure of only 1.5 years, making this a relatively young board.Īberdeen All Asia ( ABAA) - Kevin Pakenham & Andrew BurnsĪberdeen Smaller Cos High Inc ( ASCH) - Dinah NicholsĪbsolute Return Trust GBP ( ABR) - Andrew SykesĪlliance Trust ( ATST) - Alan Trotter, Robert Burgess & Katherine Garrett-Coxīlue Planet Fin. South African Property Opps ( SAPO): Stephen Coe has replaced Simon Godwin as a non-executive director of the company. The board still numbers five members with an average tenure of 9.5 years. Schroder Japan Growth ( SJG): After six years on the board, Yoshindo Takahashi has retired as a director of the company. ![]()
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![]() ![]() On page 17, Young-sook’s mother recites a traditional haenyeo aphorism: Every woman who enters the sea carries a coffin on her back. Discuss the ways in which female relationships are depicted and the important role they play on Jeju.ģ. ![]() How are these words of warning? The friendship between Young-sook and Mi-ja is just one of many examples of powerful female relationships in the novel. When Young-sook and Mi-ja are fifteen, Young-sook’s mother says to them: "You are like sisters, and I expect you to take care of each other today and every day as those tied by blood would do" (p. What secrets or clues about the past and the present are revealed in the scenes that take place in 2008? Why do we only understand the beginning of the novel only after we have finished it?Ģ. The story begins with Young-sook as an old woman, gathering algae on the beach. ![]() ![]() ![]() Werner is an intelligent boy, though he fears that he’ll be sent to work in the mines when he turns fifteen. In 1934, Werner Pfennig is an 8-year-old boy who lives with his sister, Jutta, at an orphanage in Germany. Marie-Laure becomes concerned that her father will die from the curse, but Daniel assures her the curse is a myth. ![]() ![]() The diamond is rumored to bring eternal life to its owner, but also to kill the owner’s loved ones. As the years go on, Marie-Laure also learns of a diamond called the Sea of Flames that’s kept at the museum. On each of Marie-Laure’s birthdays, Daniel gives her a small “puzzle-box.” Marie-Laure becomes adept at solving these puzzles. Adapting to this, Daniel teaches Marie-Laure Braille and makes beautiful models of the city of Paris, training her until she’s gradually ready to navigate her way around the actual city. Marie-Laure begins to lose her eyesight, and goes blind. ![]() In 1934, Marie-Laure is a 6-year-old with a loving father, Daniel LeBlanc, who works in the Museum of Natural History in Paris. The story is told un-chronologically, but the timeline is simplified for the purposes of this summary. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaĪll the Light We Cannot See is told in almost 200 short chapters, and constantly cuts back and forth between two main characters: Werner Pfennig, a young German boy with an aptitude for radio engineering, and Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a young, blind French girl who excels at reading and studying science. Letter #10: Daniel LeBlanc to His Daughter ![]() ![]() ![]() When Harry kissed her, there was no way he could pretend this didn’t mean more than it did. But in the darkness, at least she wouldn’t be able to read him and his desires. He wanted to find the constellations on her pale skin. He longed to trace the seemingly endless freckles that sprinkled her nose and trailed down her navel with his lips. He ached to see her in the light, whether it was daylight, the warm flicker of candlelight, or even the moonlight blue-white from a simple lumos. ![]() The darkness in the room was causing a paradoxical stirring within him. ![]() □Īnd thank you especially to without whom I’m not sure I would have ever dared try to write smut or keep this story going after I got stuck on chapter two! ♥️ Tagging the lovely since she requested I do so when I posted. Please avert your eyes from this fic if that is not your cup of tea. It’s gonna be a good ‘ld mutual pining, idiots in love, angst with a happy ending story. Note: Oh goodness me, not sure what I am doing, but I am writing a friends with benefits story, which means (gah) there be some smut in future chapters. It’s my first time attempting to write smut (oh God, what was I thinking?), which first appears in the next chapter. It’s just stress relief for two friends who are far too busy with their careers for a relationship… Right? Summary: After a drunken night, Harry and Ginny find themselves tangled up in each other - in more ways than one. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect in and out of the classroom as well as for theatrical performance, this faithful translation succeeds like no other. Stallings examines the complex and multifaceted Medea in patriarchal ancient Greece. An introduction by classicist and poet A.E. bab.la arrowdropdown bab. In this stunning translation, poet Charles Martin captures the rhythms of Euripides' original text through contemporary rhyme and meter that speak directly to modern readers. Translation for Medea in the free Dutch-English dictionary and many other English translations. At its center is Medea herself, a character who refuses definition: Is she a hero, a witch, a psychopath, a goddess? All that can be said for certain is that she is a woman who has loved, has suffered, and will stop at nothing for vengeance. A barbarian woman brought to Corinth and there abandoned by her Greek husband, Medea seeks vengeance on Jason and is willing to strike out against his new wife and family-even slaughtering the sons she has born him. With engaging notes to supplement the text, this is an excellent choice for the classroom or any reader who wants to see why Medea is a masterpiece. The Medea of Euripides is one of the greatest of all Greek tragedies and arguably the one with the most significance today. Spare yet graceful, this close translation uses natural English idiom while preserving the cultural background of the original. ![]() ![]() ![]() For a time he led Hut 8, the section that was responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. During the Second World War, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre that produced Ultra intelligence. In 1938, he obtained his PhD from the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whilst he was a fellow at Cambridge, he published a proof demonstrating that some purely mathematical yes–no questions can never be answered by computation and defined a Turing machine, and went on to prove that the halting problem for Turing machines is undecidable. He graduated at King's College, Cambridge, with a degree in mathematics. īorn in Maida Vale, London, Turing was raised in southern England. He is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS ( / ˈ tj ʊər ɪ ŋ/ 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (The Indian equivalent of this milieu is the chawl.)Īt the centre of the boisterous, tragic, romantic and criminal goings on is the Five Ends Baptist Church, of which Sportcoat is a Deacon-what exactly a deacon does is a question asked by a couple of characters, and the answers are vague. James McBride’s new novel, Deacon King Kong, set in a crumbling Brooklyn housing project in the late sixties, wraps up the history of immigrant and black lives at the fringes of a prospering city, with his exuberant prose.Ĭapturing the salty tang of the speech of the poor and hard-working people (the blacks were still slaves in a way, dumped with menial jobs), he tells a story of which the protagonist is an old drunk, Cuffy Lambkin, nicknamed Sportcoat by the Cause Housing community – and it is a close knit one, in spite of gang wars and basketball rivalry with the neighbourhood projects, where everyone knows and minds everyone else’s business. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As her night unfolds, bringing with it a series of terrorist attacks, she finds herself lost in memories of the friends she made while studying at Oxford University, and the scandal that tore them apart." Plot Istanbul (1980s–2016) In short, "Set in modern-day Istanbul, this riveting book follows Peri - married, wealthy, and on her way to a party. ![]() The book also provides a look into Peri’s teenage love life and its aftermath. For this reason, while studying at Oxford University, she attends a lecture on God given by a professor of the campus, Azur. Peri is confused when it comes to matters of religion. Her parents are very different as her father never cared much about religion and her mother is a devout Muslim. She has two brothers who are quite dissimilar to her. The book describes the present and past of Peri, who was born and raised in Turkey by her parents. The book was featured on several lists of "best books" in 2018. It focuses on her categorizing her identity. The book centres on a wealthy, middle-aged housewife, her childhood in Istanbul and her time as a student at Oxford University where she fell in love with a philosophy professor. In many places, the book was recalled and retitled Confused Quest. Three Daughters of Eve is a 2016 novel by Turkish writer Elif Safak. ![]() ![]() ![]() The writing is also well-paced, which helps keep the story moving quickly. The book is full of funny conversations, steamy love scenes, and funny parts that keep the reader interested the whole time. Judge the style of writingĮlle Kennedy’s style of writing is interesting and funny. Their friends and teammates, who play important roles in the story, are also well-drawn and give it more depth. ![]() Dean, on the other hand, is a charming bad boy who is dealing with his own problems. Allie is a strong, independent woman who is trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. In “The Score,” the characters are well-developed and easy to understand. But if they want their relationship to work, they both have to face their own fears and doubts. When Allie goes to Dean for comfort, they start a relationship with no strings attached that soon becomes something more serious. In “The Score,” the main characters are Allie Hayes, a college student who wants to be an actress, and Dean Di Laurentis, a charming and cocky hockey player who is known for chasing after women. The book is fun and interesting to read, and people will want to know what happens next. ![]() ![]() It is about love, friendship, and growing up. The Score Off by Elle Kennedy is a new adult romance and fun novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has written several books about physics and related topics of science. Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist at the City College of New York, best-selling author, a futurist, and a communicator and popularizer of science. He currently holds the (Arabic: ميشيو كاكوĭr. Kaku was a Visitor and Member (19) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and New York University. Michio is the co-founder of string field theory (a branch of string theory), and continues Einstein’s search to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into one unified theory. ![]() He has written two New York Times Best Sellers, Physics of the Impossible (2008) and Physics of the Future (2011). ![]() |