JAMES PRESCOTT JOULE James Prescott Joule was one of the most famous physicists in England in the 17th Century. On the 24th day of December 1818‚ Joule was born near Manchester‚ England in a wealthy business-owning family with five children. As a child‚ he suffered from a spinal disorder which caused him to become shy and weak. Unlike those of his age‚ he preferred to stay indoors and learn‚ instead of playing in the field. As expected by his parents‚ James and his brother were to inherit the
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thus has three distinct stages of development. In the first stage Professor Henry Higgins‚ who is an expert in phonetics‚ transforms a common flower girl into an artificial replica of a lady by teaching her how to speak correctly. Prior to this Eliza’s life has been miserable. As a poor flower girl she coaxes money out of prospective customers and is thrilled when she suddenly receives a handful of coins that Higgins throws into her basket. She lacks the capacity to express her feelings articulately
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critical to being your best self. In Pygmalion‚ George Bernard Shaw depicts Eliza Doolittle as becoming highly motivated to address her issues in hopes of a better life through the help of phonetician Henry Higgins and his associate Colonel Pickering. While this is a quality Eliza holds‚ Higgins does not. Being born into the upper class and having become extremely skilled in his speech profession‚ his manners lack tenfold. This is not something Henry finds to be a problem as he treats everyone as coarsely
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The Misogynistic Henry Higgins The key to understanding George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion lies in understanding the power struggle between the “haves” and “have-nots” – specifically the active and intentional disenfranchisement of women at the turn of the 20th century. At the core of Pygmalion there is a focus on the societal inequities of the day‚ with Shaw presenting society’s treatment of women as property without rights and with little understanding of their surroundings or place in society.
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Edward C. Prescott: Biography Edward C. Prescott is an American economist who has been one of the most influential economists in the world. He has been recognized for contributing to advancements in the economy by receiving numerous awards such as a Noble Prize for economics‚ and for writing a set of papers called Economic Theory with another famous economist Finn E. Kydland. Edward was one of the founding members of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory‚ and its first President. Prescott
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Pygmalion: Professor Higgins’ Philosophy Professor Higgins is seen throughout Pygmalion as a very rude man. While one may expect a well educated man‚ such as Higgins‚ to be a gentleman‚ he is far from it. Higgins believes that how you treated someone is not important‚ as long as you treat everyone equally. The great secret‚ Eliza‚ is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners‚ but having the same manner for all human souls: in short‚ behaving
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1.0 Guest Speaker One: Peter Higgins ‘NHS’. 1.1 Leadership Journey Higgins’ career has largely revolved around the NHS‚ spanning more than 30 years. As a first class graduate‚ Higgins pursued a Phd in Radiation Chemistry before ultimately deciding not to continue with this study for fear of being branded as an ‘academic.’ Higgins spoke fervently about ceasing opportunity‚ which perhaps explains how he acquired his first job(s) as a special duties officer and planning manager for the NHS‚ having
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Once upon a time lived a man by the name of John Higgins. John Higgins was not like anyone else‚ he could set curses and spells on people for how long they deserved it. One day‚ John Higgins was at his house cooking some food‚ and hears a knock at his door. He opens up to find a messenger with a lot of mail for him. He grabs to the mail from the messenger and starts to open them. The first one that he opened said‚ “Please come help us! There is a monster in our house and we can not go back into
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Pygmalion #9 Eliza and Professor Higgins meet in an awkward situation. Professor Higgins is studying people’s language and he noticed that Eliza speaks quite unique. Eliza is a poor girl who is selling flowers wearing poor clothes. Higgins also meets Colonel (Col.) Pickering in the beginning. They both have great amount of money and they give very little to the flower girl Eliza when she asked for it. Eliza isn’t stupid‚ but just in proverty. She over heard the time Higgins and Col. Pickering would meet
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Edward C. Prescott‚ a 63 year old professor at the Arizona State University and Finn Kydland‚ a 60 year old Norwegian professor were awarded the Nobel Prize for there economic studies‚ particularly on monetary policy. Finn Kydland teaches at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and also at the University of California at Santa Barbra. Prescott and Kydland frequently collaborate on their economic policy studies. Banks around the world undertook reforms recently do to low and stable inflation
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