Ruzy Suliza Hashim

Rediscovery of the Malay ‘local:’ youth and TV fiction in Malaysia

Abstract Previous research has shown that while TV fiction is coloured with narrative appeals, themes of love and binary opposition (good versus evil, love versus hate and rich against poor), TV producers continue to tailor their products to match audience’s pleasure. Such formula may be clichéd, but in the world where news of war, terrorism, diseases and conflicts often make the headlines, respite from harsh realities of life can often be found through studying TV fiction. Drawing from theory of cultural hybridity, this article explores how youth relate to three popular Malay TV fiction, On Dhia, Julia and Adam & Hawa through interviews and personal narratives. Their voices have shown forms of rediscovery of the Malay ‘local,’ providing glimpses into what it means to rediscover Malay local fragments in times of global risks and chaos, oscillating between a wide array of social and cultural uncertainties that continue to unfold for imagination.

Muslim revert narrative and American gaze post 9/11 in Jamilah Kolocotronis' rebounding

This paper focuses on the manifestations of the American gaze post-9/11 as portrayed in the fictional narrative, Rebounding, by Jamilah Kolocotronis . Kolocotronis, a Caucasian American Muslim revert whose novels in the Echoes Series highlight the American Muslim revert’s personal, interpersonal and multicultural complexities of living in post-9/11 America. Those complexities are made obvious through the American gaze post-9/11 as intentional views, behaviors and actions made by certain members of the non-Muslim American majority towards white and non-white Muslims minority, due to affiliation with Islam. By using the post-9/11 counter-terrorism perspective on national security, this article problematise s the American gaze post-9/11 by explicating how the protagonist Joshua Adams’ material support to a Muslim fellow in Pakistan has brought serious repercussions on his personal and public life. Efforts are also devoted to delineate the transition of the American gaze post-9/11 from the private level, i.e., Joshua’s clash with his father Sam, to the public level, through Joshua’s incarceration by the Homeland Security agents. The findings reveal that the American post-9/11 gaze move beyond the realm of race and nationality into the space of religiosity. It positions Joshua in the grip of atonality, robbing him of his faith, selfhood, and citizenship on both private and public levels . Kolocotronis’ Rebounding expounds how the severity of the post-9/11 American gaze fails to fully establish a sharp distinction between innocent Americans and terrorists. An essential feature of civic engagement which is neglected in post-9/11America as illustrated in this novel is the recognition of the American Muslim reverts public service, virtues and achievements, which demonstrates the premises of separation and association with forces of terrorism. Keywords: American gaze; American Muslim Reversion Narrative; 9/11; war on terror; Rebounding

Unravelling the Family-based Haunted House Film Patterns in Malaysian and American Haunted House Films

In this article, we attempt to unravel the family-based haunted house film patterns in both Malaysia and America. Certain types of tropes and attributes have been used by horror filmmakers over the years to define the family motif-pattern of haunted houses in the media. Some of these elements have undergone change over time but most of them still adhere to the rules that constitute the family-based haunted house film patterns based on two Malay films and two American films. These rules were compared and contrasted by applying a combination of two theories which were formulated by Propp and Bailey. Application of these formulas has resulted in the findings of twelve plot functions as examined in this article. Upon analysis of the corpus, it has also been found that there are 10 existing attributes of a haunted house. The findings suggest that the haunted house film pattern is not merely a motif but it is also able to exhibit a number of themes which are considered prominent in haunted house films such as the Manichean clash between good and evil. The convergence and divergence between the Malaysian and American horror flicks show that cultural and religious practices govern the ways in which good and evil are expressed. Keywords: family; patterns; structure; Haunted House; gothic; horror

MULTI-VARIED REALITIES OF MALAY CULTURAL IDENTITIES IN POPULAR TV FICTION

This paper discusses readings on Malay cultural identities in Malaysian context. While previous research on Malay cultural identity has presented a broad understanding, this paper attempts to frame this discussion based on three perspectives- elite constructions, socio-cultural worldviews, and resistance to Malay world. By placing Malay cultural identities in relation to the Malaysian context, it explores the dynamics concerning what is distinctive and worthwhile about Malay cultural identities. In addition, this study forms some of the bases for a renewed understanding and interests on Malay cultural identities in light of the burgeoning industries of popular TV fiction.

Pursuit of Truth in Doris Lessing’s Shikasta: Plato and Nagarjuna in Conversation

In Doris Lessing’s novels, obtaining Truth to transcend the soul has been notably emphasized. Similarly, in Shikasta, the necessity to acquire genuine awareness has been focused as the mere way to self-transcendence. The detailed inspection of the novel explicates how human species live in amnesia, unable to remember their authentic reality and trapped in the disease of individuation. While the novel does not reject reason as the mean to “remember” the Truth, it mainly regards mindfulness and intuitive knowledge as a tool to achieve authenticity. The facets of amnesia and illusionary conception of the world make the novel a satisfactory text under both Plato’s and Nagarjuna’s interpretation of visionary world. However, its tilt towards non-dual patterns to attain Truth makes Nagarjuna’s approach a contribution to Plato’s rational manner in this regard. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to apply Plato and Nagarjuna’s pursuit of Truth to examine Lessing’s elucidation of authentic knowledge in Shikasta . The methodology appropriated in the paper entails depiction of visible world as an illusion of the Real pointed in Plato’s allegory of Cave and Nagarjuna’s Mundane Truth. We clarify emotion as the main motivator of such illusionary status stressed in both Plato and Nagarjuna’s thoughts. We argue that while the importance of reason and eradicating emotion cannot be ignored, what adjoins people to Truth is mindfulness and intuitive knowledge which is close to Nagarjuna’s non-dual patterns. By examining ordinary life as the illusion of Real, and emotion as the main obstacle to achieve the Truth emphasized in both Nagarjuna and Plato’s trends, we depart from other critics who undermine the eminence of essentialist trace in Lessing’s works and examine her approach towards Truth merely under postmodern lens. This departure is significant since we clarify while essentialism has been abandoned to a large extent and supporters of Plato have become scarce, amalgamation of his thoughts with spiritual trends opens a fresh way to earn authenticity in Lessing’s novel.

Surface and groundwater quality of ex-promontory land of Carey Island, Malaysia

The Earthquake of 2005 in Pakistan destroyed more than 600,000 houses in the area covering 30,000 square km, equal to the size of New Zealand. Most of the houses were located in the rural areas i.e. on the mountains or inside the deep mountainous valleys. However, the three major urban settlements in the area, the towns of Balakot, Muzafferabad and Bagh were badly affected. The ill-fated town of Balakot with estimated population of 37,000 was destroyed completely. 5000 people died and 95% of the infrastructure facilities were demolished. Later, the national and international consortium of specialists confirmed that the town is located on two major fault lines, running parallel all along the town. It was also confirmed that the epicenter of the 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan was 10 kmdeep beneath the town of Balakot. Interestingly, originating from central Asia region, the fault line enters Pakistan from the North West and pass through the towns of Balakot, Muzaffarabad and Bagh, then continues into Hindustan (India). To provide safe living environments for the affected towns, Urban Strategy was formulated by the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority. Transitional Housing Project and City Improvement Plan also became parts of the Urban Strategy to provide a reasonable, reliable and decent residential solution. In this paper, the interventions and strategies prepared and implemented to rehabilitate and reconstruct the town of Balakot and its peripheral areas after the devastating earthquake of 2005 is highlighted.Spirulina is a filamentous cyanobacteria with many applications in food and drug industries, as a food in human, aquaculture, vet and poultry industries… . Semi and mass culture of Spirulina carries out in different countries. This study was carried out in five phases in order to produce this microalga in Iran. The first phase, Spirulina pure stock was imported from Indonesia. After identification of species, it was cultured in laboratory until we took 20 liters of biomass. The semi-mass culture was carried out in green house. Cell concentration and size of Spirulina were recorded during culture daily and their growth rates were calculated. After two weeks, when the size of Spirulina was suitable, biomass of Spirulina was harvested then accumulated Spirulina weighted and dried in 24 hours in laboratory. In order to microbiological study, the samples of Spirulina (dry and fresh) were cultured on blood agar medium and coliforms were counted. The chemical composition of produced Spirulina was measured by standard methods. Fatty acid and amino acid profiles were acquired by GC and HPLC instruments, respectively. The amount of chlorophyll in Spirulina was determined by spectroscopy method. Also astaxanthin pigment as an important carotenoid was measured by HPLC in Spirulina and Penaeus semisulcatus larvae fed on Spirulina. At final phase of this project, larva fed on produced Spirulina (biomass and dry powder) was compared to Z plus, microencapsulated Spirulina (M.C.F) and Chaetoceros algae as control. This experiment was carried from zoa to early post larvae stage then survival and growth rate of larvae were recorded. The growth rate of larvae was evaluated with ANOVA test and survival rate of treatments was assessed by Log Rank (Mantel –Cox) test. Also during larvae stage, two parameters of water such as nitrate and nitrite were measured in zoa, mysis and post larvae stages. The results of this study were shown that colifom counts were 1.85×106 and 92.3×105 coliform per ml in fresh and dry spirulina, respectively. Protein percent of dry spirulina was 50.93 % (dry weight) and the amount of astaxanthin in spirulina and larvae fed on spirulina were 0.21 and 0.01 mg/kg, respectively. The most survival rate of larvae were observed in zoa III (88.8%) with Z plus supplement treatment, in mysis III (76.5%) combination of Z plus and dry spirulina in comparative between treatments. Larvae growth (4.5mm) of control in early post larvae was the best.Manuel Martinez-Garcia was graduated with full marks and honors in Biology from the University of Alicante (Spain) and received his PhD in Molecular Microbial Ecology in 2005. He conducted three short postdoctoral European stays in reputed research centres such as the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Germany). During 2009-2011, he developed cutting-edge techniques on Single Cell Genomics combined with Metagenomics to study the metabolic capabilities of uncultured microbes at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (Maine, USA). He has published several papers in high-impact journals based on single cell technologies. Currently, he is back to Spain as assistant professor in Microbiology and is serving as an editorial board member of the Oceanography-Open Access Journal. Time to move forward: Looking at microbes by the view of single cell technologiesYan Xiaodong is a Ecological Climatologist. He had completed his Ph.D. at the age of 29 years from the Chinese Academy and postdoctoral studies from Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS. He is a Professor of Ecological Climatology in Chinese Academy and Beijing Normal University. And he was a director of Chinese Academy Key Lab. of climate-environment for East Asia Region. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals. Climatic impacts on biological invasion severity in ChinaEngineers may need to design structures for loads imposed by natural occurrences such as earthquakes and meteorological events of various kinds. No matter what event is specified as a design base, something worse is always physically possible. Hence, engineering standards imply a risk of failure due to large but unlikely external natural events. This risk is accepted. Little account is taken of earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes and hurricanes in areas that are judged not prone to them but anything that is physically possible has a finite probability of occurring. Tsunamis are possible on any exposed coastline; earthquakes and storms can occur anywhere. The probabilities of such events vary enormously but are rarely zero. The acceptance of a risk by society depends more strongly on the nature of the risk than its size. This was clearly demonstrated by the disaster at Fukushima in March 2011. The earthquakes and tsunamis killed more than 15,000 people; radiation from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station killed no-one and is unlikely to have any public health effects; but fear of radiation has dominated public, media and political reactions to the disaster worldwide. In Japan, some risks to coastal communities from tsunamis are still accepted but the risk from nuclear power is considered by many to be unacceptable. Other nations, where tsunamis (the sole cause of damage to the nuclear plant) are not a matter of wide concern, have nevertheless turned away from the use of nuclear power. This means burning more fossil fuels, with greater industrial risks, environmental damage and harm to public health.S forest management has become the primary goal of forestry institutions worldwide, as it involves managing forests to achieve production of continuous flow of services without excessive reduction of their future productivity. In this paper a case study in semi arid forest (El Rawashda forest reserve, Gedaref State, Sudan) serves as a research. Multi-temporal Landsat ETM+ and Aster data acquired on early dry season dates in 2000 and 2006 have been used for classification and mapping land cover. Training data were selected in easily identifiable areas of the following four classes: Grassland, Close forest, Open forest and bare land. Following classification of imagery from the individual years, a postclassification, approach of subtracting the classification maps, 2000 and 2006, was applied. An advantage of the approach is that provides “from-to” change information. As part of our analysis we have compared area estimates from the Landsat classifications with aster classification. In our research, the potential to derive indicators of sustainable resource use from satellite remote sensing is discussed. Particular attention focuses on indicators related to land cover condition and type in semi-arid forest environments. This includes quantitative and qualitative assessment of forest cover change as well as the impacts of human and other biophysical factors on the forest. Each of these issues is discussed with emphasis placed on the potential to increase the level of information extraction beyond that derived with conventional approaches in order to more usefully inform sustainable development practices. Wafa Nori, J Marine Sci Res Dev 2013, 3:3 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9910.S1.004T study aimed to determine the relationship between wellness and survival skills among the survivors of the devastating Typhoon Sendong in barangays Hinaplanon Proper, Upper Hinaplanon and Bayug, Iligan City, Philippines, last December 17, 2011. In addition, this study attempted to determine whether the moderating variables of age, gender, ponderal index, personal response and socioeconomic status affect the respondents survival skills. This research used a descriptive correlational method to answer the questions stated. Modified questionnaire and standardized test were used to generate the necessary data. The respondents of the study were the ninety (90) survivors who were willing to participate in the study. The study found out that most of the survivors were female, young adults, of medium weight, of average height, of very poor income, and of active personality. Most of the survivor’s house and belonging were totally devastated. Further, among the physical dimension, only taking of vitamins was significantly related with survival skills; among the mental dimension, enjoying creative and stimulating mental activities/games and good time management were significantly related with survival skills; among the emotional dimension, seeing challenges and change as opportunities for growth and being able to recognize and express feelings such as shouting for help during the devastating flood were significantly related with survival skills; among the social dimension, contributing time and/or money to social and community projects and being interested in others including those from different background have some degree of association with survival skills; among the spiritual dimension, prayer, meditation, and/or quiet personal reflection and consistently striving to grow spiritually and seeing it as a lifelong process also have high degree of association with survival skills. Among the moderating variables, however, only weight of survivors had some degree of association with survival skills. Corazon T. Biong, J Marine Sci Res Dev 2013, 3:3 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9910.S1.004Teshome Tafesse is a lecturer at Addis Ababa University, where he obtained his MA in Journalism and Communication in 2006. He also received a professional certificate in International Cooperation from Wroclaw University, Poland in 2009. He has published a book entitled “News Coverage of Regions in Ethiopia: The Case of ETV Amharic Broadcast” He has also certain high school Oromo Language text books. He is currently doing his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Communication at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Environmental beliefs and values in borana oromo: A focus on narrativesA resistant strains of bacteria are on the rise in the United States. The reason for this trend is the over utilization of antibiotics in Western medicine. Antibiotic resistant strains are more virulent capable of causing prolonged and serious infections. A common practice in alternative medicine is the utilization of herbs or the use of herbs in conjunction with antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections. Herbs are effective agents capable of eradicating bacterial infections. Many herbs possess antimicrobial constituents with bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity for a broad spectrum of gram positive and gram negative bacteria. Although herbs are generally not as potent bacteriostatic or bactericidal agents as antibiotics, herbs may be an effective adjunct or monotherapy due to their ability to stimulate the immunes system enhancing the natural defenses of the body. Another consideration is the antioxidant activity of herbs. During an infection, macrophages and phagocytes denature bacteria using hydrogen peroxide in respiratory burst producing oxidative radicals. Oxidative radicals contribute to oxidative stress capable of increasing cortisol levels down-regulating immune function. Herbs attenuate these effects. The last beneficial aspect is that many herbs either do not disrupt or promote the growth of symbiotic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Brett Martin, J Marine Sci Res Dev 2013, 3:3 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9910.S1.004T Earth is warming rapidly due to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), mainly from industrialization, deforestation and increased use of fossil fuels for transport. The GHGs from human activities are among the major causes for global warming and climate change which have contributed to the variations in rainfall patterns (high, low and intensive rainfall) and seasons. These have direct and indirect impacts on environment, water resources, agriculture, forests and biodiversity, health, infrastructure development, tourism and livelihoods. Glaciers are receding in the Himalayan region, Africa, South Pacific, Arctic, North America, South America, Europe and Antarctica. Glacial retreat is the most visually convincing evidence of climate change. The Problems: Scientific evidence, as cited by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), clearly indicates the wide scale of climate change. Average global temperatures are expected to raise 1.4-5.8oC by the end of the 21st century. Warming in the Himalayan region has been higher than global average. Weather patterns are becoming more unpredictable and extreme dry seasons become dryer and wet seasons wetter. This phenomenon is causing threat in the water supply affecting lives and livelihoods of the people and food security. Conclusions: The issues of climate change can be addressed by formulating and implementing relevant policies and programmes. Policy makers must ease the transition to a carbon-free energy industry by passing legislation that creates favorable market conditions, shaping new frameworks for change and ensuring that the Kyoto Protocol enters into force. In addition, the effective implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provisions can help to minimize the current effects. Meen B. Poudyal Chhetri, J Marine Sci Res Dev 2013, 3:3 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9910.S1.004Kunshan Gao has completed his Ph.D. at the age of 31 years from Kyoto University and postdoctoral studies from University of Hawaii. He is the Chair professor of State key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University). He has published more than 170 papers in reputed journals and serving as editorial board members of Journal of applied Phycolology, Algae and American J. of Plant Sciences. Ocean acidification and solar radiation interacts to influence marine primary producersMarisa graduated in Natural Sciences at the University of Padua in 1983. Researcher at the University of Udine, Department of Food Sciences from 1990 to 2005, and Associate Professor of Molecular Biology Techniques from 2005 ongoing. Member of various Academic Comittee and Commissions. Author of a patent for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in organic fluids by PCR (1996, C12Q). Coauthor/author of 111 papers; 8 book chapters; 62 papers/abstracts in proceedings, and 46 posters. Chairman and invited speaker at International workshops and conferences. Research fields: Development of DNA probes for pathogen detection using molecular methods methods (PCR, RT-PCR, DNA array) and biosensors. Evolution of molecular methods for microbial detection in seafoodT the world, climate change impact is the main concern for sustainability of water management and water use activities like agricultural production. Climate changes alter regional hydrologic conditions and results in a variety of impacts on water resource systems. Such hydrologic changes will affect almost every aspect of human well-being. The goal of this thesis is to assess the impact of climate change on the hydro climatology of Fincha Sub-basin located in upper Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia. The GCM derived scenarios (HadCM3 A2a & B2a SRES emission scenarios) experiments were used for the climate projection. The statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM) was used to generate future possible local meteorological variables in the study area. The down-scaled data were then used as input to the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to simulate the corresponding future stream flow in of Fincha Sub-basin located in upper Blue Nile Basin. A semi distributed hydrological model, SWAT was used to simulate future stream flow. Three benchmark periods simulated for this study were 2020s, 2050s and 2080s. The time series generated by GCM of HadCM3 A2a and B2a and Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM) indicate a significant increasing trend in maximum and minimum temperature values and a slight decreasing trend in precipitation for both A2a and B2a emission scenarios in both Shambu and Neshe stations for all three bench mark periods. The hydrologic impact analysis made with the downscaled temperature and precipitation time series as input to the SWAT model suggested an overall decreasing trend in annual and monthly stream flow in the study area, in three benchmark periods in the future. This should be considered by policymakers of water resources planning and management. The hydrologic impact analysis made with the downscaled temperature and precipitation time series as input to the hydrological model SWAT suggested for both A2a and B2a emission scenarios. As a result, at the out let of the watershed the projected on average annual flow decrease by 5.59%,9.03%,11% and 2.16%,4.15 and 3.46% for the 2020s,2050s and 2080s for both A2a and B2a emissions scenarios. Potential evapotranspiration in the watershed also will increase annually on average 3 16% for the 2020s and 4-19% for the 2050s and 2080s for both A2a and B2a emissions scenarios. Mekonnen Daba, J Marine Sci Res Dev 2013, 3:3 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9910.S1.004a b s t r a c t Vegetation dieback occurs frequently in various ecosystems and causes tremendous consequences. We here examined the impact of native reed (Phragmites australis) dieback on the salt marsh communities invaded by exotic Spartina alterniflora through monitoring dynamics of component species of Phragmites-Spartina mixture, and comparing their performances in monoculture, dieback mixture and healthy mixture in Dongtan wetland of Yangtze River estuary, China. Phragmites showed poorer performance in dieback mixture compared with other communities. Survival rate (30 ± 4.08%), ramet density (37 ± 9.15 plants/m 2 ), plant height (130.71 ± 20.39 cm) and aboveground biomass (222.64 ± 5.66 g/m 2 ) of Phragmites in dieback mixture were all significantly lower than those in healthy mixture (68 ± 4.79%; 99 ± 17.24 plants/m2; 185.06 ± 17.75 cm; 837.07 ± 205.13 g/m2, respectively) (for all P < 0.05). By contrast, Spartina resprouted well with survival rate of 100% over the course of the experiment. Both ramet density and plant height of Spartina tended to be higher in dieback mixture than in healthy mixture, and its aboveground biomass (1042.19 ± 156.46 g/m 2 ) was significantly higher than that in healthy mixture (618.76 ± 129.50 g/m2) (P < 0.05). Our results suggest that reduced dominance of native Phragmites due to

Scheherazad's Daughters: Views From A Muslim Diasporic Woman Writer

Abstract In this paper, we discuss the works of Mohja Kahf, specifically her anthology of poetry Emails from Scheherazad and her novel, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, to show the challenges facing a Muslim practising Islam within the context of post 9/11. Mohja Kahf, of Syrian origin and now a creative writer and educator of literature residing in America, describes the experiences of the diasporic Muslim community as it adapts to its new home and foreign American customs, behaviour, and people. We will show the ways in which she comprehends her situation of being a hyphenated identity and what stereotypes of Muslims she debunks, rejects, or affirms. How she resolves the conflict of being a minority in a community where Islam is perceived with suspicion and sometimes derision will also be explored in our analysis of her works. There will undoubtedly be clashes, misunderstandings, and conflicts of opinions, but the learning curve of the diasporic resident will gradually become less precipitous, the slopes more gentle as she begins to negotiate the terrain. Kahfs works show a resolution of East-West conflicts as she comes to terms with the realities of being a hyphenated identity in America, and how she negotiates old ways with practices of the new host land.In this paper, we discuss the works of Mohja Kahf, specifically her anthology of poetry Emails from Scheherazad and her novel, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, to show the challenges facing a Muslim practising Islam within the context of post 9/11. Mohja Kahf, of Syrian origin and now a creative writer and educator of literature residing in America, describes the experiences of the diasporic Muslim community as it adapts to its new home and foreign American customs, behaviour, and people. We will show the ways in which she comprehends her situation of being a hyphenated identity and what stereotypes of Muslims she debunks, rejects, or affirms. How she resolves the conflict of being a minority in a community where Islam is perceived with suspicion and sometimes derision will also be explored in our analysis of her works. There will undoubtedly be clashes, misunderstandings, and conflicts of opinions, but the learning curve of the diasporic resident will gradually become less precipitous, the slopes more gentle as she begins to negotiate the terrain. Kahf’s works show a resolution of East-West conflicts as she comes to terms with the realities of being a hyphenated identity in America, and how she negotiates old ways with practices of the new host land.

An Angry Language: A Stylistic Study of the Images of Men in the Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy”

The Spirit of the Chinese People was written in 1915, from historical view, China was undergoing great social changes in all aspects at that time. The book written by Ku Hung-Ming is considered to be the first work in modern China to introduce Chinese people to the westerners. He shows deep love, passion and pride of Chinese culture in this book, intending to change the prejudice towards Chinese people of the westerners. Cultural confidence of Ku Hung-Ming can also be sensed greatly in his great work, which is of great value nowadays. This paper mainly demonstrates cultural confidence of Chinese people conveyed in this book by Ku Hung-Ming, some personal reflections are also discussed in this paper to show the author’s understanding of Chinese cultural confidence.Anne of Green Gables, one of Canada’s best known children’s books, has gained popularity all over the world. Anne has become a household name in the children world. The paper analyses the image of Anne in Chinese readers’ eyes: a romantic, imaginative, loyal, self-spirited and loveable girl. The author of this paper also reviews a brief history of Canadian literature’s acceptance in China, and offers some constructive suggestions for the effective popularization of Canadian literature in China. Key words: Anne; Canadian literature; popularization; children’s literaturePresently, most students of normal universities know nothing about music knowledge such as music score at all, and have no musical knowledge and culture. This is a common problem existing in many Chinese normal universities. Surveys, however, show the students are fond of and thirst for learning music knowledge. Thus, universities and related institutions have been laying stress on how to cultivate and improve the music knowledge and culture of students of normal universities. In view of this, this paper aims to research the problems in music curriculum design of normal universities, and put forward corresponding countermeasures, with a hope to give assistance to related universities in music teaching. The theory knowledge of music and vocality accomplishments is one of the basic knowledge and accomplishments that modern talents should have. Besides music majors, education majors also should be offered music education, so as to make up the deficiency of musical knowledge and culture of Chinese musical talents, and comprehensively improve students’ musical skills (Kong & Jin, 2014). There are many problems in music education curriculum design of normal universities. About this, this paper aims to analyze the problems, and put forward suggestions on related curriculum design.Frye’s theory of archetypal meaning includes the apocalyptic and the demonic imagery. The apocalyptic and demonic imagery will be applied to William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, which is stuffed with symbols. Through the demonic imagery, the theme of the novel, people naturally revert to cruelty, savagery and barbarism is clearly revealed. The apocalyptic imagery gives us some hope, though.This essay is devoted to a review of Fotos and Ellis’ (1991) article about using task-based approach in teaching grammar. The choice of the article is based on the fact that it provides a good start for a discussion of the implementation of task-based approach to grammar teaching. First, a summary of the main points in the article is presented. The second part provides a discussion focusing on how the issue of teaching grammar communicatively has been tackled by other researchers. The last part is an attempt to draw some implications of task-based approach in teaching grammar for the Moroccan context.Based on the cultivating mode of special talents and cultivating target of professional talents in the higher vocational colleges, through imitating major cluster construction idea, so as to promote the efficient launch of thematic practical teaching, this paper will conduct relatively deep analysis and discussion on how to improve the practical teaching effectiveness of ideological and political course in the higher vocational colleges.As more and more Chinese farmers are moving to bigger cities, the education problems of migrant students become more and more severe in China. Based on the analysis on the current situation of compulsory education of migrant students in X City, and comparing with the successful solutions of migrant education problems in the United States, this paper offers some possible suggestions to schools in X City on solving the compulsory education problems of migrant students.This paper attempts to offer teachers effective and convenient models in explaining several basic concepts in translation theories to students in translation classes. Four models borrowed from the discipline of cognition are prototype, cognition domain, salience and the three-dimensional cognition mode. The concepts explained in this paper included translation variation, extra-linguistic knowledge for translation, translation criteria and un-translatability, all of which are among the primary concerns for students in translation classes. Key Words: translation concepts; translation theories; cognitive modelsOn the eve of the thirtieth Teachers’ Day, President Xi Jinping visited the Beijing Normal University, and gave an important speech on the forum of the teachers and students from Beijing Normal University: Be a Good Teacher Who Satisfies the Party and the People. The speech highlights the importance of education and teachers, which are of great significance to strengthen the construction of teachers’ contingent. With College counselors being an important part of teachers’ contingent, this paper analyzes the significance of college counselors practicing the Good Teacher With Four Haves Standard from this angle, and further puts forward some countermeasures on this basis, namely, a good college counselor should have clear ideal and conviction, have noble moral sentiment, have profound and relevant knowledge, and have a loving and benevolent heart, in order to provide a certain reference for the troop construction of college counselors.This paper clarified the concepts of cognitive load and combined EFL listening decoding as well as the relationship between them, and examined the change of learners’ cognitive load and its impact on their EFL listening decoding which were caused by input of pure audio information and that of combined audio information with mixtures such as pictures and images. Based on this, the author proposed some effective strategies to improve learners’ EFL listening decoding, including strengthening the training of learners’ English thinking, increasing their cognitive level, enriching the design of EFL listening teaching, creating multiple schemas and maintaining the reasonable cognitive load according to individual learners’ cognitive styles.Making a general survey of Jane·Eyre status changing process from its publication to the end of the last century, it is certain that the novel is a dynamic classic after its publication because of its own and outside factors. However, between the late 19 th and the beginning of the 20 th , the society and commentors transferred their focus from Charlotte and his works, causing Jane·Eyre to be stative classic. Since the middle period of the last century the dynamic classic position of Jane·Eyre was again raised.Most of the governments in the world provide the private colleges with necessary financial support. This is evident especially in U.S., Japan and South Korea where the private higher education is very advanced. The private colleges in these countries have undergone different development paths. As their school funds come from different sources, the public financial support they gain exhibits different characteristics. The governments of these three countries attach great important to the development of private colleges, and issued a complete set of regulations to stipulate that the private colleges qualify for the same financial support as the public colleges. Various measures that were taken by the governments to raise funds contribute to sustainable development of the private colleges.В данной работе предлагается методическая организация иероглифического минимума для обучения студентов языкового вуза письму на китайском языке, построенная с учетом принципов гнездовой и концентрической организации материала; выделяются три методически значимых типа иероглифов.There are three aspects to strengthen honest governance education to Chinese policemen which include fully utilizing policemen to construct socialist harmonious society, strengthening ideology and politics education to policemen to develop their autonomy, establishing complete the system to punish and prevent corruption in policemen to further construct system.This study investigated the strategies monolingual Saudi Arabian adults (MSAAs), Saudi EFL adult learners (SEFLALs), and native speakers of English (ENSs) used when complaining. Another related aim was investigating whether SEFLALs displayed pragmatic transfer when using complaint strategies. A total of 183 written responses were collected from MSAAs, SEFLALs, and ENSs via a three-item discourse completion task (DCT) were analyzed. Findings revealed the strategies used by the study participants when performing the speech act of complaints. First, hints, request and annoyance were the most frequently used strategies by MSAAs, SEFLALs, and ENSs. Second, there were no statistically significant differences among MSAAs, SEFLALs, and ENSs in using the strategy of direct accusation which consistent with the concept of positive pragmatic transfer. Third, hints, behavioral blame, request and indirect accusation were cases of weak negative pragmatic transfer as employed the SEFLALs in the current study. Fourth, modified blame was consistent with concept of strong negative pragmatic transfer. Finally, the last two strategies; annoyance and threat were consistent with no transfer, that is, SEFLAL employed these two strategies as ENSs.Lord Jim is an attempt by Joseph Conrad to contemplate on the failure of the dreams of a man whose romantic beliefs in classical heroism and manner of conduct finally brings about his bafflement. In fact, this writer is trying to mirror that one’s lack of knowledge in case of the “how to be of life”, or his inability to vision the modern world practically from an authentic viewpoint holds him from being conscious enough about his real existence, resulting in a tragedy: a death associated with ambiguity, absent-mindedness and fury. To be more specific, the present study intends to investigate Jim’s Romance, his character – as well as that of the other important characters – and the strategies or techniques applied by Conrad, to reflect the failures of such a romantic viewpoint. Key words: Lord Jim; Joseph Conrad; Romance; Heroism; TragedyBased on the development history of Chinese revolution, the recording in the form of painting can help to restore the scene by combining the related historic theme, thus enhance the authenticity of creation of paintings with the theme of contemporary Chinese revolutionary history and objectively help to raise collectors’ collection hobby and interest. This paper discusses the creation and collection of paintings with the theme of contemporary Chinese revolutionary history so as to realize comprehensive understanding of the creation and collection of paintings with the theme of contemporary Chinese revolutionary history and thus promote the development of paintings with the theme of contemporary Chinese revolutionary history.The work of building Party schools for vocational college students is faced with new challenges in the new situation. This paper analyzes the main problems in of the process of building Party schools for vocational college students, and suggests building a mechanism for building Party schools for vocational college students based on the process of cultivating activists.

Circulating Women as Objects of Trade in Malay Historical Texts

Abstract In this paper, we shall discuss ‘circulating women’ as objects of trade based on the corpus of three historical texts such as The Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) and Misa Melayu Perak. Barbara Andaya (2006:104) has cogently argued that “Southeast Asia is an attractive laboratory to investigate women’s economic roles” especially in the early modern period. By focusing on issues related to marriage and slave trade, we look specifically at the movements of women in the chronicles. Whether they were consorts, concubines and maids-in-waiting in the Malay courts, the traffic of women showed an intricate web of social exchange where symmetrical and asymmetrical reciprocity took place in various political situations of the day. By showing these exchanges, we unveil an aspect of women and trade in early modern Southeast Asia where women were involved in boosting male prestige and power, political hierarchy, social identity and legitimacy.