Tide

In The Hungry Tide, Piya, an Indian-American marine biologist and Kanai, a translator from New Delhi, meet on a train and again in Lusibari, India. Their lives become intertwined with Fokir, an Indian fisherman of the lower-class. The novel provides insight into the classes of Indian social status, which have been influenced by the centuries-old caste system. Within the caste system, society was divided into four main groups with the agriculturists and merchants, rulers and warriors, and…

The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the effects of the gravitational forces applied by the moon, sun, and the rotation of the Earth are known as tides. The movements of the Earth, the sun, and the moon are key in understanding how tides work. Gravitational pull, centrifugal force, distance, and mass determine the actions of the ocean’s tides. Gravity and centrifugal force work in opposite directions to keep the ocean’s water levels balanced. As the Earth rotates on its axis, gravity pulls…

demand of a given product; non-price factors that affect supply and demand; and finally market equilibrium and the effects of changes in supply or demand on it. The product selected for this analysis is Tide PODS®, launched in 2012 by Procter and Gamble (Procter and Gamble, 2016a, para. 11). Tide PODS® is an innovative product that Procter and Gamble introduced to the laundry detergent market as a “multi-benefit, multi-chambered new concept” (Branna, 2012, para. 1). According to Procter and…

Why Proctor and Gamble Should be Prosecuted for the “Tide Pod Challenge” A beautiful dark haired, blue-eyed young woman of the age of fifteen sits down to film herself engaging in the “Tide Pod Challenge.” As she bites down on the small, highly concentrated package of detergent, the great tension on the tight plastic packaging bursts, exploding the contents of the pod into her mouth. She frantically coughs in between gags as minuscule amounts of laundry soap creep down her throat. Swallowing the…

RIPE TIDE is a character driven story of self-discovery. It’s driven by solid themes about grieving, healing, and moving on with life after falling down. The tone is consistently dramatic and there’s an element of a fish out of water tale. The script features very likable and compelling characters that have strong inner conflict. The goal is clear and the risk is personal. There’s a lot to like about this script, but in every good script there’s room for more development. The story opens…

Access to previously restricted information has given commentators outside of China added insight into the change of events that came about on the eve of the Socialist High Tide. It is now evident that in the summer of 1955, when faced with party debate on the pace of collectivisation, Mao chose to hasten the speed on the road to Socialism, raising target numbers for cooperatives form 650,000 to 1.3 million. Moreover, in hindsight…

trends can be dangerous and others harmless. Today, there is a new challenge, and no not the cinnamon challenge but the Tide Pod Challenge. The Tide Pod challenge involves teens to place a Tide Pod into their mouth. Dangers of eating or ingesting the pods are: burning of the mouth or esophagus, vomiting, diarrhea, and difficulty breathing. It has been known nationally that Tide had to release a statement stating, “‘Our laundry pacs are a highly…

The ideas behind the tide mills were introduced to North America with the settlers. In particular, Maine has seen almost frequent use of tide mills since the eighteenth century. In the later part of the nineteenth century, the concept of tidal power was changed from turning wooden wheels for machinery, to producing electricity. An engineer by the name of Dexter Cooper in 1920 came up with the idea of making energy from tides, a plan that he envisioned to implement in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook…

stories behind them. People search for years in order to uncover such information. Even in modern works today, that have just been created, there are so many questions to be asked and facts to be discovered. Joseph Jeffers Dodge’s painting, Rising Tide, evokes questions and curiosity through the artwork itself and the creator behind it. One of the most intriguing mysteries behind this painting is how it came to be a series of paintings when Dodge had no intention of making the art work into a…

Red Tide Even though red tide has been around for thousands of years it is yet still unaware to some common day people. Many people do not understand the effects of red tide to the environment around us and how it plays out; there is more to red tides than just discoloration of the ocean waters. Scientists and researchers are digging deeper into the reasons of why and how this phenomenon occurs. Red tide is often overlooked despite its harmful effects, but it can be as costly and damaging as…