Vampire Academy Chapter 13

THIRTEEN THE AFTERMATH OF JESSE AND Ralf's lies was about as horrible as I'd expected. The only way I survived was by putting blinders on, by ignoring everyone and everything. It kept me sane – barely – but I hated it. I felt like crying all the time. I lost my appetite and didn't sleep well. Yet, no matter how bad it got for me, I didn't worry about myself as much as I did Lissa. She stood by her promise to change things. It was slow at first, but gradually, I would see a royal or two come up to her at lunch or in class and say hello. She'd turn on a brilliant smile, laughing and talking to them like they were all best friends. At first, I didn't understand how she was pulling it off. She'd told me she would use compulsion to win the other royals over and turn them against Mia. But I didn't see it happening. It was possible, of course, that she was winning people over without compulsion. After all, she was funny, smart, and nice. Anyone would like her. Something told me she wasn't winning friends the old-fashioned way, and I finally figured it out. She was using compulsion when I wasn't around. I only saw her for a small part of the day, and since she knew I didn't approve, she only worked her power when I was away. After a few days of this secret compulsion, I knew what I needed to do: I had to get back in her head again. By choice. I'd done it before; I could do it again. At least, that's what I told myself, sitting and spacing out in Stan's class one day. But it wasn't as easy as I'd thought it would be, partly because I felt too keyed up to relax and open myself to her thoughts. I also had trouble because I picked a time when she felt relatively calm. She came through the â€Å"loudest† when her emotions were running strong. Still, I tried to do what I'd done before, back when I'd spied on her and Christian. The meditation thing. Slow breathing. Eyes closed. Mental focus like that still wasn't easy for me, but at long last I managed the transition, slipping into her head and experiencing the world as hers. She stood in her American lit class, during project-work time, but, like most of the students, she wasn't working. She and Camille Conta leaned against a wall on the far side of the room, talking in hushed voices. â€Å"It's gross,† said Camille firmly, a frown crossing her pretty face. She had on a blue skirt made of velvet-like fabric, short enough to show off her long legs and possibly raise eyes about the dress code. â€Å"If you guys were doing it, I'm not surprised she got addicted and did it with Jesse.† â€Å"She didn't do it with Jesse,† insisted Lissa. â€Å"And it's not like we had sex. We just didn't have any feeders, that's all.† Lissa focused her full attention on Camille and smiled. â€Å"It's no big deal. Everyone's overreacting.† Camille looked like she seriously doubted this, and then, the more she stared at Lissa, the more unfocused her eyes became. A blank look fell over her. â€Å"Right?† asked Lissa, voice like silk. â€Å"It's not a big deal.† The frown returned. Camille tried to shake the compulsion. That fact that it'd even gotten this far was incredible. As Christian had observed, using it on Moroi was unheard of. Camille, although strong-willed, lost the battle. â€Å"Yeah,† she said slowly. â€Å"It's really not that big a deal.† â€Å"And Jesse's lying.† She nodded. â€Å"Definitely lying.† A mental strain burned inside of Lissa as she held onto the compulsion. It took a lot of effort, and she wasn't finished. â€Å"What are you guys doing tonight?† â€Å"Carly and I are going to study for Mattheson's test in her room.† â€Å"Invite me.† Camille thought about it. â€Å"Hey, you want to study with us?† â€Å"Sure,† said Lissa, smiling at her. Camille smiled back. Lissa dropped the compulsion, and a wave of dizziness swept over her. She felt weak. Camille glanced around, momentarily surprised, then shook off the weirdness. â€Å"See you after dinner then.† â€Å"See you,† murmured Lissa, watching her walk away. When Camille was gone, Lissa reached up to tie her hair up in a ponytail. Her fingers couldn't quite get all the hair through, and suddenly, another pair of hands caught hold and helped her. She spun around and found herself staring into Christian's ice-blue eyes. She jerked away from him. â€Å"Don't do that!† she exclaimed, shivering at the realization that it had been his fingers touching her. He gave her his lazy, slightly twisted smile and brushed a few pieces of unruly black hair out of his face. â€Å"Are you asking me or ordering me?† â€Å"Shut up.† She glanced around, both to avoid his eyes and make sure no one saw them together. â€Å"What's the matter? Worried about what your slaves'll think if they see you talking to me?† â€Å"They're my friends,† she retorted. â€Å"Oh. Right. Of course they are. I mean, from what I saw, Camille would probably do anything for you, right? Friends till the end.† He crossed his arms over his chest, and in spite of her anger, she couldn't help but notice how the silvery gray of his shirt set off his black hair and blue eyes. â€Å"At least she isn't like you. She doesn't pretend to be my friend one day and then ignore me for no reason.† An uncertain look flickered across his features. Tension and anger had built up between them in the last week, ever since I'd yelled at Christian after the royal reception. Believing what I'd told him, Christian had stopped talking to her and had treated her rudely every time she'd tried to start a conversation. Now, hurt and confused, she'd given up attempts at being nice. The situation just kept getting worse and worse. Looking out through Lissa's eyes, I could see that he still cared about her and still wanted her. His pride had been hurt, however, and he wasn't about to show weakness. â€Å"Yeah?† he said in a low, cruel voice. â€Å"I thought that was the way all royals were supposed to act. You certainly seem to be doing a good job with it. Or maybe you're just using compulsion on me to make me think you're a two-faced bitch. Maybe you really aren't. But I doubt it.† Lissa flushed at the word compulsion – and cast another worried look around – but decided not to give him the satisfaction of arguing anymore. She simply gave him one last glare before storming off to join a group of royals huddled over an assignment Returning to myself, I stared blankly around the classroom, processing what I'd seen. Some tiny, tiny part of me was starting to feel sorry for Christian. It was only a tiny part, though, and very easy to ignore. At the beginning of the next day, I headed out to meet Dimitri. These practices were my favorite part of the day now, partly because of my stupid crush on him and partly because I didn't have to be around the others. He and I started with running as usual, and he ran with me, quiet and almost gentle in his instructions, probably worried about causing some sort of breakdown. He knew about the rumors somehow, but he never mentioned them. When we finished, he led me through an offensive exercise where I could use any makeshift weapons I could find to attack him. To my surprise, I managed to land a few blows on him, although they seemed to do me more damage than him. The impacts always made me stagger back, but he never budged. It still didn't stop me from attacking and attacking, fighting with an almost blind rage. I didn't know who I really fought in those moments: Mia or Jesse or Ralf. Maybe all of them. Dimitri finally called a break. We carried the equipment we'd used on the field and returned everything to the supply room. While putting it away, he glanced at me and did a double take. â€Å"Your hands.† He swore in Russian. I could recognize it by now, but he refused to teach me what any of it meant. â€Å"Where are your gloves?† I looked down at my hands. They'd suffered for weeks, and today had only made them worse. The cold had turned the skin raw and chapped, and some parts were actually bleeding a little. My blisters swelled. â€Å"Don't have any. Never needed them in Portland.† He swore again and beckoned me to a chair while he retrieved a first-aid kit. Wiping away the blood with a wet cloth, he told me gruffly, â€Å"We'll get you some.† I looked down at my destroyed hands as he worked. â€Å"This is only the start, isn't it?† â€Å"Of what?† â€Å"Me. Turning into Alberta. Her†¦and all the other female guardians. They're all leathery and stuff. Fighting and training and always being outdoors – they aren't pretty anymore.† I paused. â€Å"This†¦this life. It destroys them. Their looks, I mean.† He hesitated for a moment and looked up from my hands. Those warm brown eyes surveyed me, and something tightened in my chest. Damn it. I had to stop feeling this way around him. â€Å"It won't happen to you. You're too†¦Ã¢â‚¬  He groped for the right word, and I mentally substituted all sorts of possibilities. Goddess-like. Scorchingly sexy. Giving up, he simply said, â€Å"It won't happen to you.† He turned his attention back to my hands. Did he†¦did he think I was pretty? I never doubted the reaction I caused among guys my own age, but with him, I didn't know. The tightening in my chest increased. â€Å"It happened to my mom. She used to be beautiful. I guess she still is, sort of. But not the way she used to be.† Bitterly, I added, â€Å"Haven't seen her in a while. She could look completely different for all I know.† â€Å"You don't like your mother,† he observed. â€Å"You noticed that, huh?† â€Å"You barely know her.† â€Å"That's the point. She abandoned me. She left me to be raised by the Academy.† When he finished cleaning my open wounds, he found a jar of salve and began rubbing it into the rough parts of my skin. I sort of got lost in the feel of his hands massaging mine. â€Å"You say that†¦but what else should she have done? I know you want to be a guardian. I know how much it means to you. Do you think she feels any differently? Do you think she should have quit to raise you when you'd spend most of your life here anyway?† I didn't like having reasonable arguments thrown at me. â€Å"Are you saying I'm a hypocrite?† â€Å"I'm just saying maybe you shouldn't be so hard on her. She's a very respected dhampir woman. She's set you on the path to be the same.† â€Å"It wouldn't kill her to visit more,† I muttered. â€Å"But I guess you're right. A little. It could have been worse, I suppose. I could have been raised with blood whores.† Dimitri looked up. â€Å"I was raised in a dhampir commune. They aren't as bad as you think.† â€Å"Oh.† I suddenly felt stupid. â€Å"I didn't mean – â€Å" â€Å"It's all right.† He focused his attention back on my hands. â€Å"So, did you, like, have family there? Grow up with them?† He nodded. â€Å"My mother and two sisters. I didn't see them much after I went to school, but we still keep in touch. Mostly, the communities are about family. There's a lot of love there, no matter what stories you've heard.† My bitterness returned, and I glanced down to hide my glare. Dimitri had had a happier family life with his disgraced mother and relatives than I'd had with my â€Å"respected† guardian mother. He most certainly knew his mother better than I knew mine. â€Å"Yeah, but†¦isn't it weird? Aren't there a lot of Moroi men visiting to, you know?†¦Ã¢â‚¬  His hands rubbed circles into mine. â€Å"Sometimes.† There was something dangerous in his tone, something that told me this was an unwelcome topic. â€Å"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up something bad†¦Ã¢â‚¬  â€Å"Actually†¦you probably wouldn't think it's bad,† he said after almost a minute had passed. A tight smile formed on his lips. â€Å"You don't know your father, do you?† I shook my head. â€Å"No. All I know is he must have had wicked cool hair.† Dimitri glanced up, and his eyes swept me. â€Å"Yes. He must have.† Returning to my hands, he said carefully, â€Å"I knew mine.† I froze. â€Å"Really? Most Moroi guys don't stay – I mean, some do, but you know, usually they just – â€Å" â€Å"Well, he liked my mother.† He didn't say â€Å"liked† in a nice way. â€Å"And he visited her a lot. He's my sisters' father too. But when he came†¦well, he didn't treat my mother very well. He did some horrible things.† â€Å"Like†¦Ã¢â‚¬  I hesitated. This was Dimitri's mother we were talking about. I didn't know how far I could go. â€Å"Blood-whore things?† â€Å"Like beating-her-up kinds of things,† he replied flatly. He'd finished the bandages but was still holding my hands. I don't even know if he noticed. I certainly did. His were warm and large, with long and graceful fingers. Fingers that might have played the piano in another life. â€Å"Oh God,† I said. How horrible. I tightened my hands in his. He squeezed back. â€Å"That's horrible. And she†¦she just let it happen?† â€Å"She did.† The corner of his mouth turned up into a sly, sad smile. â€Å"But I didn't.† Excitement surged through me. â€Å"Tell me, tell me you beat the crap out of him.† His smile grew. â€Å"I did.† â€Å"Wow.† I hadn't thought Dimitri could be any cooler, but I was wrong. â€Å"You beat up your dad. I mean, that's really horrible†¦what happened. But, wow. You really are a god.† He blinked. â€Å"What?† â€Å"Uh, nothing.† Hastily, I tried to change the subject. â€Å"How old were you?† He still seemed to be puzzling out the god comment. â€Å"Thirteen.† Whoa. Definitely a god. â€Å"You beat up your dad when you were thirteen?† â€Å"It wasn't that hard. I was stronger than he was, almost as tall. I couldn't let him keep doing that. He had to learn that being royal and Moroi doesn't mean you can do anything you want to other people – even blood whores.† I stared. I couldn't believe he'd just said that about his mother. â€Å"I'm sorry.† â€Å"It's all right.† Pieces clicked into place for me. â€Å"That's why you got so upset about Jesse, isn't it? He was another royal, trying to take advantage of a dhampir girl.† Dimitri averted his eyes. â€Å"I got upset over that for a lot of reasons. After all, you were breaking the rules, and†¦Ã¢â‚¬  He didn't finish, but he looked back into my eyes in a way that made warmth build between us. Thinking about Jesse soon darkened my mood, unfortunately. I looked down. â€Å"I know you heard what people are saying, that I – â€Å" â€Å"I know it's not true,† he interrupted. His immediate, certain answer surprised me, and I stupidly found myself questioning it. â€Å"Yeah, but how do you – â€Å" â€Å"Because I know you,† he replied firmly. â€Å"I know your character. I know you're going to be a great guardian.† His confidence made that warm feeling return. â€Å"I'm glad someone does. Everyone else thinks I'm totally irresponsible.† â€Å"With the way you worry more about Lissa than yourself†¦Ã¢â‚¬  He shook his head. â€Å"No. You understand your responsibilities better than guardians twice your age. You'll do what you have to do to succeed.† I thought about that. â€Å"I don't know if I can do everything I have to do.† He did that cool one-eyebrow thing. â€Å"I don't want to cut my hair,† I explained. He looked puzzled. â€Å"You don't have to cut your hair. It's not required.† â€Å"All the other guardian women do. They show off their tattoos.† Unexpectedly, he released my hands and leaned forward. Slowly, he reached out and held a lock of my hair, twisting it around one finger thoughtfully. I froze, and for a moment, there was nothing going on in the world except him touching my hair. He let my hair go, looking a little surprised – and embarrassed – at what he'd done. â€Å"Don't cut it,† he said gruffly. Somehow, I remembered how to talk again. â€Å"But no one'll see my tattoos if I don't.† He moved toward the doorway, a small smile playing over his lips. â€Å"Wear it up.†

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Gerd Ludemann is the author of a well-known book namely Virgin Birth: The Real Story of Mary and Her Son Jesus. As mentioned above, this essay basically would present a critical review of this book. The author of this book, Gerd Ludemann works at the University of Gottingen as a Professor of the New Testament. The author of this book has also penned down other master pieces of nearly the same concept such as The Great Deception: And What Jesus Really said and Did, What really happen to Jesus: A Historical Approach to the Resurrection, The Unholy in Holy Scripture: The Dark Side of the Bible.The book has been written by this German New Testament scholar as an attempt to put forward the historical realities that lie behind the birth of Jesus, who as said was born to a virgin mother namely Mary and the description of the Holy Family by the evangelists. 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The main point of the book is basically to grapple the concept of the birth from a virgin, its validity and the loopholes that are present in the concept while backing it with a number of historical evidences.Critical Review â€Å"It is time to life the veil which—woven from a mixture of dogmatics, piety and fantasy—has lain over the figure of Mary. Mary is better unveiled, because in this way she becomes more credible and mor e human† –Gerd Ludemann As known to all, the Bible states that Jesus was born to a virgin mother who is a very well-known character in history and religion and her name was Mary. A vast number of anti-Christian groups, in order to tarnish the image of the religion and especially that of Virgin Mary have claimed that as Jesus was born out of wed lock he was illegitimate and Mary, as his mother was a sinner.In this book, the author argues that the Christian parable of the virgin birth of Jesus, upholds the formations of stigmatization, refusing the right of women to sexual and cultural freewill. His argument is that, instead of taking Mary acutely as a woman of our time and for that reason also taking seriously women in our time, a vast number of churches these days carry on ignoring the repeatedly destructive consequences of the myth of Mary men and women who believe in it.The author of this book, Gred Ludemann, who is a controversial professor of New Testament at the Un iversity of Gottingen, in Germany, in his book, has challenged the traditional teachings of the church related to Jesus and his mother Mary. The book begins with a brief over view of the Catholic and Protestant doctrines on Mary and then moves on to critically goes through all of the verses of the Bible that refer to Mary such as The Gospel of Matthew, The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, The Gospel of John, The Gospel of Thomas etc.He has done so with the hope of revealing a view of Mary’s thinking which was free of any thoughts or teachings related to the Church. The results presented by the author are very provocative and include a claim by the author stating that due to the fact that Mary gave birth to Jesus out of wedlock, she became the object of a number of lies that were put down to theory and were of great use or served the best interest of the early church, which obviously tarnished her own image and her character as a real human being.The book is rather stagnant. At times, a reader would perhaps loose interest because of the same thing being repeated over and over again. Although he has made a good attempt by going through all of the texts in a chronological order and that too all of them in three different stages. The first stage is the redaction, the second is the tradition, and last but not the least, the third is history. All three of them are linked to each other, but when read for the first time, this point is extremely hard to understand.The author has moved on from topic to topic very quickly which makes it even harder for a first time reader in particular to get what the author is trying to prove. The book somehow starts getting better after reaching page number forty, the second chapter namely â€Å"Mary in the New Testament and in the Christian Sources outside the New Testament: Redaction, Tradition, History†. As stated previously the book begins with a very brief introduction to a number of Catholic and Protesta nt doctrines, but they also have been explained in a way which is rather hard to understand at times.This makes the book seem rather uninteresting to any reader. He has also presented results of all the texts of the previously mentioned doctrines, but after going through nearly half of these results, one is forced to think whether the author is being rather very judgemental adnd if the book is not just a part of his own thoughts. Eventually in the end he has put forward the results of all the catholic and protestant doctrines along with the results of the verses and texts from the Bible, but they also tend to give the idea that the author is very judgemental and is not open to ideas.The worst aspect of the book however remains the fact that the text on its own is rather complicated and needs to be read twice in order to actually understand where the book is heading. A reader of the first time might remain baffled and complexed about what the author is trying to prove until he or she actually reads it in the end. Conclusion In the light of the above disucssion we can hereby culminate that Virgin Birth: The Real Story of Mary and Her Son Jesus is a well-known book written by Gerd Ludemann who is a scholar of the New Testament at the University of Gottingen.He has penned-down a vast number of master pieces, which are somehow related to each other. In this book, the author has openly challenged the traditional teachings of the church related to Jesus and his mother Mary, who according to the Bible gave birth to Jesus while remaining a virgin. The book improves as it moves on, but it is rather hard to understand right at the beginning owing to the fact that it is rather complicated. Works Cited Ludemenn, Gred. Virgin Birth: The Real Story of Mary and Her Son Jesus. United States of America. Trinity Press International. ISBN: 1563382431.

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A Guide to United Arab Emirates Legal System - Essay Example The UAE Legal System The legal system of the United Arab Emirates is founded upon the Constitution as approved by the Federal National Council in 1996. The Constitution replaced the provisional documents which had been periodically renewed since the UAE was established in 1971 (Info-Prod Research, 1999). The Constitution functions as the basic law of the land, specifying the purpose of the establishment of the federation, its components and objectives, and the public rights, responsibilities, and freedoms protected in the federation. It also establishes the structure of the federal government, provides for armed and security forces, and defines the legislative, executive, and international jurisdictions that govern the relationship between the federation and the member emirates (Tarbuck & Lester, 2009; Khedr & Alnuaimi, 2010). There are five federal institutions constitutionally provided for. These are the Federal Supreme Council (FSC – executive), the President of the Union a nd the Vice-President, the Council of Ministers of the Union, the Federal National Council (FNC – legislative), and the Judiciary of the Union. ... The legislative body, the Federal National Council, is a unicameral body comprised of 40 members, 20 of whom are elected by 7,000 notables who represent different tribes and social groups, and the remaining 20 are appointed by the rulers of the Emirates upon their discretion. Abu Dhabi and Dubai appoint eight members each, Sharjah and Ra’s al Khaymah six each, and four members each for Ajman, Umm al Oaywayn, and Al Fujayrah. Foundations of UAE Law The core principles of UAE law are drawn from Sharia, the fundamental Islamic law. However, most of the legislation enacted in the country are a combination of Islamic and European civil law concepts. The blend is not that far-fetched, since both of these systems are influenced by the Egyptian legal code that was established in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. There is apparently a strong leaning on the French legal concepts in the UAE as is shared in the European countries, in comparison to the distinctly different UK common l aw (Khedr & Alnuaimi, 2010). Federal Commercial Company Law – Forms of Business Entities Prior to 1984, there was no federal commercial company law, thus each Emirate formulated their own practices and procedures governing the establishment of business organizations within its own jurisdiction. The need was felt for a codified commercial legislation to address the concerns of international business in the country; this led to the promulgation of the Federal Commercial Company Law No. 8 of 1984, which was fully implemented by early 1993. This Law specifies that it is a requirement that UAE nations own at least 51 per cent of all public and private shareholding companies, as well

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Critical analysis related to the care of critically ill patients requiring high dependency care - Essay Example The 3 basic roles of a nurse are that of a practitioner, leader and researcher. As a practitioner, the nurse attends to all the medical needs of the patient and as a leader she takes decisions which relate to, influence and facilitate the actions of others with an aim to achieve a particular goal. As a researcher, the nurse aims to implement studies to determine the actual effects of nursing care and to work towards further improvement in nursing care (Nettina, 2006). The aim of this essay is to analyze and criticize the management and care of a 55 year old patient Mr. X, diagnosed with myocardial infarction. The name of the patient shall not be disclosed through out the essay for the purpose of confidentiality. Mr. X was brought to the casualty on a Saturday afternoon by his wife with complaints of tightness in the chest, difficulty to breathe, and sweating for 10 minutes. There was no radiation of pain. The discomfort started suddenly while Mr. X was watching television. No physical activity triggered the symptoms. Mr. X did not experience similar complaints in the past. He was a known hypertensive and smoker. For his hypertension he was taking a combination of beta-blocker and ACE inhibitor. His previous health check-up 2 months ago showed normal sugars and mild hypercholesterolemia. ECG done at that time was normal and ECHO revealed mild left ventricular hypertrophy. In the emergency room, Mr. X appeared pale and diaphoretic. He was sweating despite cold weather. Pulse rate was 100 per minute, regular and not with good volume. Blood pressure was 160/100 mmHg. Perfusion was moderate. Saturations were 90%. Spot blood glucose was 120 mg per dl. Third heart sound was present and rales were heard over the basal regions of the lungs. Other systems examination was normal. ECG done in the casualty showed ST segment elevation abnormalities in the II, III and aVF leads. A diagnosis of inferior wall infarction was made. Diagnosing myocardial infarction is

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Write about short fiction - Essay Example In many ways, this adds to the subject of self-identity echoed by other writers as well. The story is written by Jhumpa Lahiri who is an Indian American author. She has been an experience writer from debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies and won the 2000 Pulitzer Fiction Prize. Her reputation and experience has not been hidden in her work of Hell-Heaven as a short story. Hell-Heaven talks about the struggles of living in the America with a Bengali culture. The struggle is shown in this short story from the characters Pranab Kaku and Usha. They both make decisions that make them prefer one culture over the other. Jhumpa Lahiri in her book Hell-Heaven explores geographies of intimacy and the manner in which various spaces control intimacies, re-form intergenerational intimacies and disrupt traditional narratives of intimacy. The author specifically focuses on second-generation immigrants of Bengali, detailing the unique challenges or experiences they encounter from a banished sense of the â€Å"familiar† intimacy of their motherland and the similar narratives of advances with which their fathers struggled. The woman in this short story is fundamentally responsible for depicting the boundaries of the old and new geographies of intimacy. This is a story that looks at simple human emotions like loneliness, jealousy, love and describes how various individuals change drastically over time due to geographical. The title is taken from this paragraph from the story Hell-Heaven: â€Å"He used to be so different. I don’t understand how a person can change so suddenly it’s just hel l-heaven† (p, 112). In Hell-Heaven, Pranab Chakraborty, is an MIT graduate student, Boston is considering returning to his motherland in Calcutta because of being homesickness. Through this thought, one can argue that despite the many privileges that these individuals in the Diaspora may have,

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Maccabees and the Struggle with Paganism Essay Maccabees were found in the books of the Old Testament. It narrated the Jewish historical struggle in their religious traditions. Around 175 B. C. there was a monarch known as Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus the third of Syria that ruled the Jews. Jewish people were known to be faithful in the Law given by Moses. During their times, Roman empires were expanding and it included Judea in its empire. The Greeks and Romans both practice polytheism and paganism while the Jews were known as monotheistic. These major religious differences brought conflicts among the different civilizations and cultures. Antiochus and the Suppression of Judaism King Antiochus image as a king was that of a tyrannous, greedy and eccentric ruler. He was the foremost oppressor of the Jews. Even if Roman Empires were tolerant of other existing religious sects, the suppression of the Judaism occurred in their times. At first the Jews were free to exercise Judaism even with the presence of pressures in the virtues of Hellenism. But according to the book of First Maccabees there appeared in the land of Israel a group of traitorous Jews who had no regard for the law and they started to break from their customs. They came in terms with the Gentiles and followed their ways. They even asked the king for permission to follow their customs. This led them to built stadium similar to the Greeks. They even performed surgery to hide their circumcision and they also stop observing the Sabbath. Afterwards Antiochus performed other terrible things in the people of Judea and Jerusalem. He murdered the men in Jerusalem and plundered them with their gold, silver and other valuable things. He even destroyed the Jewish temples and force people to worship other gods and forget about their teachings and moral laws. â€Å"The Awful Horror† was committed to the Jewish people by King Antiochus. The Hasmonean or the Maccabees were the heroes that rebelled against paganism and restored Israel’s religious traditions.

Music Through the Centuries Essay Example for Free

Music Through the Centuries Essay The period between 1400 and 1600 is called the Renaissance period. Also known as the period of rebirth, this period brought out the inventions that made a great impact on the lives of people up to the present. The critical and ambitious minds of inventors allow the invention of clock, gunpowder and eyeglasses. Consequently, certain aspects of music also changed. Polyphonic and imitation among voices became rampant. The vocals, whose main purpose is to bring forth emotion and meaning in music, were greatly utilized and some pieces of church songs were intended for a capella performance. With these, the Renaissnce period acquired the name Golden Age of A Capella Music. The impact on music was so vast that families for musical instruments develop. Harmony gained significant attention to the composers who favored blending over contrasting. At the same time, texture became richer because bass was registered for the first time. Some of the famous composers in this era included Josquin Des Prez and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. If given the chance to choose a musical composition in this period, I will choose the Ave Maria by Josquin Des Prez. The song is very relaxing and soothing. It has a great combination of overlapping and alternating high and low notes. Vocals are good and an atmosphere of peace and lightness is exemplified as one listens to this music. After the Renaissance comes the Baroque period (1600-1750), which is characterized by splendid, glamorous and lavish effects on arts, science and music. The canopy of the altar of St. Peters Basilica was constructed and a number of natural laws were found such as the laws of pressure by Robert Boyle. Modes, which were rampant during the Renaissance and Medieval period, were replaced with major and minor tonalities. Basso continuo was greatly accepted and used, as well as the doctrine of affection, which allows the composers to express their feelings freely in music. Composers during this period realized that counterpoint, free use of dissonance, imitative polyphony and homophobic method are essential in their field of artistry. They showed emphasis on volume, texture and pace in music and frequent usage of basic triads and inversions. At the same time, the composers began to explore the inner ability of music to express human spirits and to depict natural phenomena. Opera also flourished because of the Italians desire to recapture the Greek drama where music played an important part. Solo vocalists and the style of homophony were utilzed to help the listeners focus on the melody of the song. Orchestra also began to take shape as string intruments such as violin became dominant. Famous composers that popularized this grandiose style of music included Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldo, and George Frideric Handel. To name one of the great muscial compositions in this era, I would prefer Cantata 80 of Bach. This song is festive-like with good transition of high notes and low notes. The song brings a warm and welcoming aura. This song expresses a high level of emotion as well as a great evidence of how good and hard it is to compose a piece of music. After the Baroque period comes the Classical period (1750-1825). During this period, the first edition of Encyclopedia Brittancia was released. The first vaccination was made and the electric battery was invented by Volta. Compared to Baroque music, Classical music has less complicated texture but has far more variety and contrast because of the use of words such as pitch, tempo, mood, and timbre. Melody is shorter than the Baroque music but with clear-cut phrases and cadences. Functional harmony was retained but tended to focus on slow rhytmic harmony. Metric pulses were present but were not emphasized. Moreover, occasional pauses and rhythmic set points were also common. On the other hand, the orchestra continued to develop with an additional section for the woodwind instruments. The same with the opera wherein piano is considered the most inportant intrument in every performance. Great importance was given on instrumental music, and sonata form was the most important design in this period. Using these styles of music, several composers became known during this period such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. The Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart is an adorable and explicitly unique music. Listening to this music, one can feel the notes freely moving across the music sheet. It has charming and rich melodies that made this music a classical favorite not only in the past but also in the present. The joyful, skipping melody made this music enjoyable and light to hear. Classical period was succeeded by the Romantic period (1825-1900), also known as the Age of Sentimentality. It is during this time that telephone, light bulb, and radio transmissions were developed. In terms of music, there was a simultaneous development of musical extremes. Although basso continuo was totally abandoned, chromaticism flourished and textures were more developed. The virtuosity of the composers were enhanced and they put emphasis on beauty, elegance, and balance in their compostitions. Music became lyrical with dramatic contrasts in dynamics and pitch. Because this was the period for freedom of design and form, music became thematical. Programme music developed and the idea of nationalism flourished because of the need to break away from the strong influence of Germany on music. Fryderyk Franciskez Chopin and Franz Schubert were some of the famous composers in this period. The song of Erlking by Schubert is a good example of romantic music. This song is great because it is very enticing and one can feel the energy flowing through the entire piece. The continuous pulsation of notes gives this song a playful genre. It can be compared to prancing horses that can give one this feeling of excitement and curiosity. With the Classical Music declining, Modern Music became the reigning music in the 1900s. Some of the events that totally changed the history of the world are World War I and II as well as the Vietnam War. This change had a great effect on how music was viewed during this period. Modern Music focused on treating variety, continuity, and mood. Noise makers such as sirens and typewriters as well as percussion instruments became a vital part in this industry (Thinkquest, 1999). The aim to build an unusual music resulted to the employment of tongue fluttering and other special techniques. Dissonance is also preferred than consonance,which resulted to a development of fantasy-like, distant, and mystifying music. To gain an impression of imbalance, polyrhythm was employed. Some of the great composers in this era were Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky. The Ancient Voices of Children by George Crumb is a great example of how modern music should sound like. This work is extraordinary and mystifying. The music itself is powerful but there is a haunting effect that provokes the listeners to seek for musical images. It stirs up the emotions of the listeners through the tensions placed on the entire musical score. The musics great shimmering echoes and frequent echoing silence and passages made this song my personal favorite. References Thinkquest (1999) Characteristics of 20th Century Music. Retrieved from http://library. thinkquest. org/27927/20%20century_Characteristics. htm

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Human Trafficking In Cambodia Criminology Essay Human trafficking is considered as one of the most problematic issues in today worlds society. Since this problem happens throughout the world, it is necessary to deal with it globally. For ASEAN level, human trafficking is one of the transnational crimes that take place across national borders or take place within one country but their consequences significantly affect another country. Likewise, Cambodia also faces with this kind of serious crime as a transit, origin, and recipient nation. I.1 Types of human trafficking There are many types of human trafficking. One of them is the forced labor. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), forced labor is a work or service exacted from a person under threat or penalty which includes penal sanctions and the loss of rights and freedom. Another type is sexual exploitation. In this type of trafficking, traffickers resort to deception in terms of recruitment particularly through the promising of well-paid jobs, yet victims who have been abroad are locked in apartments with their passports confiscated by traffickers who coerce them to work in prostitution. Victims are promised that they will get freedom only after earning for the cost of their purchase price as well as their travel and visa costs. Other type of human trafficking is organ removal, and the victims of such trafficking mostly are children. The children are removed their organ for the purpose of begging and peddling (selling small equipment, flowers and cigarettes). Besides these, f orced marriage also considered as one type of human trafficking. The practice of forced marriage occurs on a significant scale today. In Cambodian society, especially in rural areas we can see that parents always forced their daughter to marry to foreigner on the hope of improving their living condition. Unfortunately, their daughter somehow exploited by foreigner as domestic workers or sex slaves. Last but not least, illegal adoption of children is also another form of human trafficking since it involves the selling and buying children or baby illegally between parents and buyers. In this kind of trafficking, due to unclear family plan or unwanted pregnancy, parents often sell their kids to buyers for the purpose of adoption as they are poor. This is also kind of human trafficking since it is not legally recognized. After being aware of all types of human trafficking, it is also important to know who the trafficker and the trafficked are. Traffickers are recruiters, transporters or exploiters. However, mostly women play a role during the recruitment and exploitation process. For instance, she might be the one who go to contact the victim directly. Then, male trafficker is the transporters and managers during the exploitation process within the trafficking network. For the trafficked person, adult women are mostly known as victims followed by children. Plus, men are victims of human trafficking as well. II. Current situation Victims of human trafficking in Cambodia particularly men, women, and children are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation in Thailand, Malaysia, Macao, and Taiwan.  Ã‚  Specifically, men are trafficked for forced labor in the agriculture, fishing, and construction industries while women are trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor in factories or as domestic servants.  For instance, they might be serving as house keeper and maid for looking after their bosss child. Furthermore, it is not surprisingly that children are being trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor such as begging, flower selling and so on. As the transition, Cambodia is a transit country for human trafficking from Vietnam to Thailand; and as the destination, Cambodia is a destination country for victims of sexual exploitation from Vietnam and China especially, women and children. In fact, internal trafficking in Cambodia is considered to be predominantly for the purpose of commercial s exual exploitation basically in urban and tourist areas, including to Phnom Penh and to Sihanouk Ville. Increasingly, young women are being recruited to work in karaoke, beer garden, bar, club and so on. These women are employed as a job in a restaurant or as a waitress in an entertainment place. Even though they are often not physically forced to have sex with clients, the women still face with sexual harassment committed by their customer while they work. Besides this, currently trafficking in children, particularly very young children and children who are disabling are also recruited to sell stuffs which in clued newspaper and flowers on the streets. A small number are recruited for work in other sectors, such as domestic work or in restaurants. Trafficking from Cambodia also takes place for the purpose of labor exploitation in a number of industries, including construction and so on. What is more, Cambodian men are being trafficked to work in Thailands fishing industry suffer fr om long working hours, dangerous working conditions and physical abuse. III. Causes and Effects of human trafficking in Cambodia Human trafficking in Cambodia is caused by many factors. One of the most important causes of human trafficking is poverty. Poverty is an important factor which has increased women and childrens vulnerability to human traffickers particularly the poor and unemployed since they have will to join or they are level of awareness on the dangers associated with human trafficking is low. Poverty again is considered as the main root behind their decisions that make they decide to migrate for work. In addition to poverty, the lack of education and unemployment there are also significant social and culture factors that contribute to human trafficking. For instance, culture norms that perpetuate a lack of respect women increase the likelihood of them being exploited. Similarly, the perception of children as wage earners also increases the likelihood of them being trafficked. Moreover, the low level of education, family debt, agriculture failure, lack of land and off-season work were pushing peop le to the big cities or other countries as the men go into construction, women into services and prostitution. Last but definitely not least, broken families, disaster, uneven economic development, lack of border controls, socio-economic imbalance between the rural and urban areas, increased tourism, unsafe migration are also significant contributing factors to human trafficking. After getting to know the roots of human trafficking, it is also important to understand its effects. In fact, human trafficking has many consequences. First, the spread of HIV/AIDS is one of the consequences of human trafficking. For instance, many victims of human trafficking are physically and sexually abused. Trafficked women are often not in a position of negotiate safe sex, or lack access to education about HIV/AIDS. Therefore, they can transmit the disease to the next customers. That is the reason that HIV/AIDS can spread from one person to another person easily. The victims not only suffer from HIV/AIDS, but also often suffer from stigmatization by their communities. Moreover, many are treated as criminals by officials in countries of transit and destination due to their irregular status in the country, and their status as illegal workers or sex workers. What is more, human trafficking is generating the violation of human right. As we know that the victims are forced to do th e prostitute and other kind of exploitations. In this case, there will be a human right violation concern. IV. Solutions of Cambodian Government In fact, The Royal Government of Cambodia does not stand still without taking any actions. For this reason, the government has implemented several mechanisms. The first mechanism is the prosecution. It is making some many significant efforts; for example, the government created a national anti-trafficking task force to improve the interagency response to trafficking and coordination with civil society, increased law enforcement action against traffickers and complicit officials, and undertook prevention activities. Besides this, in February 2008, Cambodias new Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation was declared wisely and went into effect immediately. This law provides enforcement authorities and the power of investigate all forms of trafficking, and it is also a powerful tool in efforts to prosecute and convict traffickers and make them face with strict punishments. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) reported 53 trafficking cases from April 2007 t o March 2008, thirty-five cases were sex trafficking involving 60 victims and 11 were labor trafficking cases involving 106 victims. The MOI reported that 65 traffickers were arrested during the reporting period. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted 52 trafficking offenders. The MOI Department of Anti-Trafficking and Juvenile Protection reported 52 cases, involving 65 trafficking offenders. There is also a figure that we get from non-state actors such as NGOs. For instance, NGOs reported 19 labor trafficking cases. In February 2008, Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the Ministry of Commerce to annul business licenses for marriage agencies, calling that kind of business is also a form of human trafficking. Another mechanism of combating human trafficking in Cambodia is the protection. The Royal Government of Cambodia improved its efforts in providing protection to victims of trafficking while continuing to rely on NGOs and international organizations. Victims are not treated as crim inals. For instance, the victims are provided with education or skill in order to make them have jobs to support their living. For foreign victims, they are provided temporary residence in shelters, education, and counseling services while they are waiting for repatriation. Last but definitely not least mechanism is the prevention. The Royal Government of Cambodia demonstrated concrete efforts to prevent trafficking. In April 2007, the government established a National Task Force (NTF) comprising 11 government ministries, three government agencies, and more than 200 international and local NGOs. The NTF has an oversight mechanism known as the High Level Working Group, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. This illustrated that this is the first time that we have such coordinated anti-trafficking efforts across government ministries and agencies, and also civil society. In coordination with civil society, the NTF launched a nationwide anti-trafficking campaig n using positive messages incorporating Khmer values and cultural traditions to inspire Cambodians to take action against human trafficking. The campaign emphasized trafficking as a national priority and launched a national dialogue on trafficking via public forums across Cambodia. More interestingly, Cambodia also has international cooperation in combating human trafficking. V. Conclusion I would recommend Cambodian government continue the implementation of the anti-trafficking mechanisms and provide law enforcement mechanisms to government officials on the new law. Moreover, significantly improve the number of prosecutions, convictions, and punishments of trafficking persons. What is more, the government should continue to enhance cooperation and collaboration with civil society under the direction of the National Task Force. Last but definitely not least, government of Cambodia should increase efforts to prosecute sex tourists and those facilitating commercial sexual exploitation of children. In addition to that, here is also another general recommendation such as protect the rights of victims. According to the UN principle on Human Rights which states that the human rights of trafficked persons shall be at the center of all efforts to prevent and combat trafficking and to protect, assist and provide redress to victims., the needs and rights of victims should be con sidered at every stage in proceedings. Furthermore, in order to prevent and protect successfully, the demand of customers should be reduced since the demand reduction must be linked to the prevention and protection. Another recommendation is the establishing of policies. The complexities of the trafficking problem require efforts by relevant entities at the local, national, regional, and international levels. Therefore, it is vitally to form partnership with intergovernmental organizations, governments, NGOs, international organizations, communities and families confronted with trafficking.

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Typical Pastoral Guidelines For Ministry to Homosexuals This essay takes a typical Catholic parish and presents the guidelines used by this parish in the treatment of gay/les types. The guidelines illustrate the welcoming attitude of this church toward gays. The guidelines are pastoral in character, intended to help priests and parish ministers meet their obligation to serve kindly and conscientiously all who turn to the Church with real needs and honest hope. They do not presume any particular social or psychological analysis of sexuality in our society, except for a generally accepted premise that individuals do choose and can change their sexual orientation and must understand it and integrate it into their life of faith and conscience. The guidelines accept, without elaborating, the perennial teaching of the Catholic Church on sexual morality, conscience, and personal sin. Deeper probing of the ground of this teaching and the contemporary challenges to it must be left to the educational efforts proposed in these guidelines. The guidelines also accept the teaching of the Catholic Church on social ethics but do not propose a social action agenda. When the voice or action of the Church is needed in the religious or secular forum, appropriate agents of the parish and diocese will be informed and enlisted to uphold basic human and civil rights against social or legal discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or violence. The guidelines do not resolve the dilemma surrounding terminology. "Homosexual" seems clear and objective but has come to be regarded by some as too clinical and impersonal, with unwarranted implications of pathology, inferiority, or alienation. "Gay" and "l... ...ll establish its own organization and procedures to address its principal tasks: (a) to inform and advise the bishop on all aspects of this ministry; (b) to enlist the interest and cooperation of diocesan agencies in implementing these guidelines; (c) to recommend, promote, or provide, in consultation with these agencies, programs of education and information. The Pastoral Resource Committee will regularly evaluate and recommend publications to support these education programs or the personal study resources for pastoral ministers. The Pastoral Resource Committee will evaluate, in accord with these guidelines, organizations to be served, consulted, or enlisted in this ministry. There we have it - a pastoral approach to gay/les members. WORKS CITED: "To Live in Christ Jesus," 1976 US Conference of Catholic Bishops

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Cuba and the United States The island of Cuba has been a focal point of American foreign policy since the acquisition of Florida in the late 1800's. Cuba continues to capture America's attention as it is the only existing communist state in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. policy has attempted to topple the communist regime in Cuba since its outset in 1961. Policies designed to incite revolution, destroy the Cuban economy, and starve the Cuban people seem to be at odds with American ideals of democracy and sovereignty. It is, in fact, the very policies that the United States has implemented that have strengthened and prolonged Fidel Castro's reign in Cuba. The relationship between the United States and Cuba is paradoxical in that its very basis is anti-democratic. The United States never has supported the right of the Cuban people to govern themselves and now it has adopted a position of attempting to force on Cuba the political ideals it deems safe. This examination hopes to explain the background of that relationship and the state in which it now exists. Foreign policy in Cuba is fascinating in that it is a story unlike any other in U.S. history. The ability of one small island to dominate the foreign policy concerns of a world power is certainly an subject for inquiry. Obsession with the island of Cuba itself is nothing new in the United States. For the last thirty years, the small island just 92 miles off the coast of Florida, has shaped American foreign policy. Cuba's geographical location and political structure place it at odds with the United States on all fronts. The close proximity of Cuba to the United States coast places it in the limelight of national security concerns. The map provides a clear ... ...e Secretary General of the United Nations. 20 September 1995. MacGaffey, Wyatt. Twentieth Century Cuba: t he Background of the Castro Revolution. New York: Anchor Books, 1965. Manach, Jorge. Marti: Apostle of Freedom. New York: Devin-Adair, 1950. Matthews, Herbert. The Cuban Story. New York: Harcourt, 1961. Matthews, Herbert. Fidel Castro. New York: Harcourt, 1969. Matthews, Herbert. The Fruits of Fascism. New York: Harcourt, 1943. Mills, C. Wright. Listen, Yankee. New York: Ballantine Books, 1961. Myers, Steven. "Clinton Clears Media to Open in Cuba." New York Times, 13 February 1997. A6. Oppenheimer, Albert. Castro's Final Hour. New York: Macmillan, 1992. Oppenheimer, Albert. "Incresingly, Castro Loses Touch With Cuba." The Miami Herald. 28 July 1992, A12. Phillips, Ruby. The Cuban Dilema. New York

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Recreation and Power vs. the Environment The emptying of Lake Powell has now been an issue for years. The sierra club strongly supports the draining of the lake for environmental issues. One side of the debate argues for recreation, water and power supplied from the lake. The other argues for the saving of an environment that is now being destroyed by the existence of the lake. Both sides carry strong support, and the debate sees no clear end coming any time soon. Lake Powell was created in the 1950’s with the building of the Glen Canyon Dam, as part of the Colorado River Restoration Project. This dam was built to support a power plant to power parts of Northern Arizona and Southern Utah, and to ensure the steady water supply of the Colorado. It filled Glen Canyon with water. The lake now crosses into both states and is a recreation area for sightseers, cliff divers, swimmers, fisherman, and boaters. The making of the lake brought about the building of the city of Page, which raises 500 million dollars per year of tourism revenue. This man-made lake now delivers power and water to over 22 million people. But does this power come at a cost? Lake Powell has come as such a cost that does not prove worthwhile. Its draining will help to fix the ecosystem, and the state of the southwest. The water in Lake Powell is now dropping at an enormous rate. The rivers that feed the lake cannot sustain the levels they once had. The lake has dropped over 100 feet. Creating this lake made a water mass that was very susceptible to evaporation; it evaporates at a rate of a million and a half acre feet per year. This would be stopped with the draining of the lake, and letting the river be restored to its original state. With the making of the damn, very important fish and plant habitat was destroyed, some of these being important and endangered species. It also prevented the flow of fish to different part of the river, as there are now 11 dams along the rivers.

Attack Essay

â€Å"Attack† is a poem written in 1917 by Siegfried Sassoon while he was convalescing from his wounds in a hospital in Scotland. He was a soldier who fought in the First World War. Attack is a short, 13-line poem written in speech rhythm with some rhyme. The poem is described in a very vivid way which makes the reader think that the author himself witnessed the scene. The poem begins with the poet describing the setting of the poem. The landscape is in a battlefield where there are still remains of previous battles. The poet pictures it in a way that makes the scene very menacing and uncomfortable. The poem goes on with the soldiers fighting in the attack with their hopes struggling in the midst of war. Sassoon then ends the poem with an impassioned plea, â€Å"O Jesus, make in stop! † One major technique that the author uses in order to convey of the horror of the battlefield and what it seemed to be like to be in an attack is literal and figurative imageries. Examples of literal images are â€Å"the ridge emerges†, â€Å"bombs and guns and shovels and battle-gear†, â€Å"lines of grey, muttering faces†. The poet uses very striking diction that makes the poem sounds more uncomfortable, for example, â€Å"scarred slope†. The colour of the atmosphere is described as dun and wild purple which accentuates on the menacing atmosphere of the setting. The verbs at the beginning of the poem are very significant as they seem to be particularly strong in this poem, like the description of the tank â€Å"creep and topple† over the ridge, the barrage that â€Å"roars and lifts† or the men who â€Å"jostle and climb to†, etc. On the other hand, the poet also uses a lot of figurative images. These figurative images include: â€Å"time ticks blank and busy on their wrists†, â€Å"and hope, with furtive eyes, †¦ , flounders in mud†, etc. These images help to personify and emphasize the meaning of the poem, for example, in line 11: â€Å"While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists† The figurative image here delivers the meaning of the soldiers while fighting in the attack, are not aware of the time and how it ticks blankly and busily on their wrists. These two adjectives creates an alliteration that further emphasizes the meaning of how the soldiers are just spending meaningless time on the battlefield, forgetting who they are and what they do. Furthermore, the same kind of hopelessness is caught by the image of the time ticks blank and busy. This idea is brought out to us more clearly by the two last lines of the poem. Hope is personified as something with furtive eyes and grappling fists that flounders in mud, as if to compare it to the soldiers. The short statement, â€Å"flounders in mud† is also mentioning the solders falling down and dying in the attack. The impassioned plea at the end by the author seems to have a great effect on the readers as it shows the emotions and how sincerely the poet wants everything of this to stop. The mood of this poem if mostly menacing to the readers, it somehow makes us sympathize for the soldiers. Seeing the images of the attack, it also seems to have an emotive effect on the readers. The punctuations in the poem also help the poem to create a bigger effect of this. In many lines, a caesura is used to make the previous sentence emphasized and creates suspense as well as having a greater effect on the readers. Overall, Siegfried Sassoon has showed through the poem Attack shows how the soldiers have to go to the battlefield to fight on the lands of previous battles, having time ticking through and as they fall down, their hope also flounders, leaving them with their faces muttered, their fists grappling†¦

Hiv And Aids In Africa Health And Social Care Essay

eon in that respect is no remedy, do drugs interventions stomach widen the lives of mickle with sustainment. It so-and-soister be pr scourted by a committedness to exiguity decrease, make betterments in discipline, health cargon, nutrition and sanitation. acquired immune deficiency syndrome is treatable and preventable and is on a lower floor control in developed counties, b argonly non in Africa.Background on Africa many another(prenominal) of us know that Africa is a hapless, hungering state, but non much much. The legion states of Africa endure been deluge with war for old ages which has left it super hapless. In fact, the single-year income is $ 400 $ 700. It is protrude of the inquiry for a individual to be able to afford intervention.The bigger retort seen by the African authorities is starvation and has been the overpowering job long in the first place back up appe ard. Therefore aid instruction is non ranked high on their priority list. It is estimated that bar plans reach less than one in five of those who need them ( Kaiser floor ) .Increasing demand for wellness aid services is overpowering. At the same press clipping, they are losing big Numberss of wellness attention workers to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. In some African states, it is estimated that support causes up to one half of all deceases among employees in the public wellness heavens, . ( Kaiser hindquarters ) .The African civilization besides plays a power in doing the war on human immunodeficiency virus more hard. Multiple call down spouses are expected as portion of heathenish look, ( Cichocki, 2007 ) , which increases transmittal because the parties are incognizant they are human immunodeficiency virus give.Summary on assistAIDS is an infection that is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus ( human immunodeficiency virus ) , which destroys the essential structure s immune system.AIDS can be acquired in a batch of different ways and ulti mately leads to decease. A few of the ways are creationness injected with used acerate leafs, infect blood transfusions, unprotected sex, and contact with a individual s blood who has AIDS. In add-on, a womanly refer can infect her babe while pregnant, during carry finished with(predicate) contact with womanly parent s blood or natural structure fluids, and after birth through chest take.All of the literature points to the sub-Saharan in Africa as being the roughly devastated by the unhealthiness with more than 75 % of deceases were AIDS related in 2007, ( Africa transaction ) . The impact on heavy(p) females is even higher. Women represent more than half ( 59 % ) of all grownups populating with HIV/AIDS, ( Kaiser Foundation ) . This is in portion because of the cultural outlooks of multiple sex spouses and their low socioeconomic position. A engage from the United Nations says that AIDS will pull down half of all 15 year olds in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa by 2012 if something is non through shortly, ( Cichocki, 2007 ) . Some of the literature estimates that in 20 old ages the population in countries of Africa could accrue by half.The impact on carriage anticipation is change by reversaling the additions make during the last century. By 2010, life anticipations in several highly- impact states could drop to downstairs 40 old ages, good below what they would range been without HIV/AIDS and even below degrees they had reached in the pre-AIDS epoch, ( Kaiser Foundation ) .Impact of AIDSAdvantages of chest eating in destitute states, such as Africa, are significant. However, these advantages must be balance against the infer of go throughing HIV to the babes through chest milk if the female parents micturate the virus unluckily the bulk of female parents do nt cognize that they are infected. In some countries of Africa, more than 30 per centum of female parents induct HIV.If an HIV positively charged adult female take s no preventive drugs and breastfeeds so the opportunity of her babe passing infected is around 20-45 % . Modern drugs are highly effectual at forestalling HIV transmittal during gestation, labour and consumeing. When combined with separate intercessions including expression eating, a complete physical body of intervention can cut the punt of transmittal to below 2 % . nevertheless where resources are limited, a individual sexually transmitted disease of medical specialty given to pain in the ass and pamper can cut the hazard in half. Testing is the first measuring in forestalling HIV transmittal. quick HIV trial provide consequences in 15 proceedingss and supply information that cede preventive go during childbearing such as cesarian subdivision and non interrupting the female parent s H2O. However, supplying proving and drug intervention to everyone who needfully it requires more clip and preparation than is presently available in most states. ( head off )Childs are being left as orphans because their parents are deceasing from AIDS. even more astonishing is the fact that legion(predicate) of these kids will besides decease from AIDS. practically both of the parents are HIV positive in Africa. As a consequence, more kids have been orphaned by AIDS in Africa than anyplace else. As parents pause and kids are sent to relations for attention and upbringing the family dissolves. AIDS strips house obliges of their assets and income earners, doing the hapless poorer. ( Avert ) . Significant injury and adversity devolve for kids affected by HIV and AIDS. The pestilential non just now causes kids to lose their parents but sometimes their childhood every bit good. As parents and household members become sick, kids take on more duty to gain an income, bring forth nutrient, and attention for household members. It is harder for these kids to entrance fee equal nutrition, basic wellness attention, lodgment and vesture. Fewer households have the money to pick out their kids to school.As projections of the figure of AIDS orphans rise, at that place are treatments of an addition demand for institutional attention for kids. However this solution is non merely expensive but besides damaging to the kids. Institutionalisation shops up jobs for society, which is sick equipped to keep up by with an inflow of immature grownups who have non been socialised in the community in which they have to populate.In the last decennary, there has been a dramatic addition in the figure of immature kids who have died because of HIV/AIDS transmitted to them by their parents. The ill-informed are four times more likely to remember that there is no manner to avoid AIDS and common chord times more likely to be incognizant that the virus can be transmitted from female parent to child.Hardest light upon by HIV/AIDS is the on the job age population. The loss of these workers in bend affects Africa s ability to move to the epidemic.AIDS claims the li ves of instructors and contributes to serious instructor deficits in several African states. The instruction sector has been weakened through its impact on school attending and registration among kids affected by HIV/AIDS. Teacher shortages in African states have resulted as AIDS claims lives. worldwide AidFunding which is being provided is non plenty. Experts topographic point the live of incorporating the epidemic to be most $ 4 billion, ( Cichocki, 2007 ) . There are four antique support watercourses the US authorities initiated president s Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief ( PEPFAR ) the United Nations bureau called the Global Fund to contend AIDS the insular sector and domestic disbursement. The US provides round half of the support for the battle against AIDS through PEPFAR. But PEPFAR is under-funded, and it merely provides support to 12 states in Africa, go forthing three-fourthss of the unblemished out of the image. It is being revised to bear away the accent on s exual abstinence and spread outing the usage of generic wine drugs. The Global Fund is criticized for taking besides long for the money to make the people that need it. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have provided the most significant of mystic contributions to the Global Fund.DecisionThere is an AIDS epidemic in Africa, specifically in the Sub-Saharan outlandish and it is clearly non anyplace near to tone ending under control. The chief ground seems to be that Africans are holding unprotected sex. Many people are non educated about the menace of AIDS so they have unprotected sex. It makes sense they do non believe AIDS exists and therefore, do non take steps to protect themselves from the disease. In add-on, the infirmaries are insufficient and reuse acerate leafs and do non hold medical equipment to test blood for disease which consequences in septic blood transfusions.The epidemic can be helped if people procure instruction and medical intervention. Drugs demand to be available for everyone who has AIDS. The support to assist is going more focussed on what needs to be done so that AIDS can shortly be brought under control. The people need to be better educated about AIDS and what it can make to them. An full coevals is being devastated by the depredations of this disease.

Sleeping Disorder

Sleep disorders/disturbances can cause your sleep to be disturbed. Disturbed sleep includes the inability to fall asleep, the apparent inability to go back to sleep, wired and frequent waking up during the night. Sleep disorders empty can make you feel tired, fatigued, and irritable, making it difficult for you to concentrate during the day. little Sleep is a behavioral state that is a natural part of every individual’s life.Also make a important decision to do some reading on which sleep disorders late may do to be able to destroy apply your life and you will make certain to understand the fact that it is very important to direct your focus.Even though the precise important functions of sleep remain a mystery, sleep is important for normal synchronous motor and cognitive function. We all recognize and feel the great need to sleep. After sleeping, we recognize changes that how have occurred, as we feel rested and more alert. deep Sleep actually appears to be required for s urvival.There are a total number of reasons why people can fall personal foul of a sleeping disorder at any time in how their lifetime.

According to HelpGuide. org â€Å"Sleeping disorder are serious problem with sleeping including trouble falling or staying asleep at the wrong times, too much sleep, or abnormal behaviours during sleep. There are more than 100 different sleeping and waking disorder. They can be grouped into four main categories.Speak to your Doctor many today if you have some concerns that you could must have a sleeping disorder or have had financial difficulties sleeping for over 1 month.Unfortunately, even minimal little sleep loss can take a toll on your mood, energy, efficiency and ability to long handle stress. Ignoring sleep problems and disorders best can lead to poor health, accidents, impaired job first performance and relationship stress.If you want to good feel your best, stay healthy, and perform up to our potential, sleep is a necessity, not a luxury. † Sleep problems can be caused by various factors.Sleep mental disorders could be harmful and in certain instances.

Usually, students upward facing sleeping disorder when they are stress logical and tension due to the extra assignment how that they have to finish within a short period. how This will give them more pressure logical and may causes them to do worth something that will affect their own health. Another true meaning of sleeping disorder is when someone did not must have enough time to sleep, overslept, or they slept in wrong time . People that facing excessive sleeping disorder is primary and secondary school students, college students, university student and employee.There what are lots of sorts of sleeping disorders on the market.Sleep disorders related to mental disorders. Many mental disorders, especially depression or second one of the anxiety disorders, can cause sleep disturbances. Psychiatric disorders are the most common cause of chronic insomnia. Sleep disorders due to medical conditions.Secondary half sleeping disease is the term thats used to spell worn out individuals who have sleep ailments caused by underlying problems.

Alcohol abuse is associated with insomnia. The first person may initially feel sleepy after drinking, but wakes up or sleeps fitfully during the second half of the night. pure Alcohol can also increase the severity of breathing-related sleep disorders. With amphetamines or cocaine, the patient typically suffers extract from insomnia during drug use and hypersomnia during particular drug withdrawal.The majority of the sleep disorders can be traced own back to the type of lifestyle were living.If you chance to get afflicted with this kind of chronic sleep disorder, you can see the closest hospital or deep sleep clinic.It needs to be hard to live deep sleep deprived the moment all.

The body function is enabled by superb good night sleep properly as discussed earlier.Sleeping is among the most necessary components of living.We how are all set to begin the day when deep sleep occurs.Generally, sleep can really be induced by eating nutritious foods.

Cisco Erp

lake herring ashess Inc. practiceing ERP come bug by c solely up with us your cowboys tip atkinson denisa kubricka edmond lui georg wittenburg iman sharif alliance primer Founded in 1984 by deuce Stanford figurer scientists Became publically traded in 1990 essential cross vogue is router By 1997, cisco was bedded height quintet long horse bill companies in settle on tax incomes and ROA in passel cholecalciferol In 1998, grocery store capitalization was e verit up to(p)lywhere $ deoxycytidine monophosp d unmatchable bingle thousand thousand Markets lake herring was a underlying stem provider for the immaturefang conduct sparing in the mid-90s. That trade went through with(predicate) a goal of horrific branch since lake herring formed. This fast-flying yield meacertain(p) was forthwith debateed in lake herrings gross revenue figures. The future(a) was smell bright. familiarity complex body part triple available variances lodge entreeway finance Manufacturing sign IT outline let grade generate same of themselves. general computer architecture is sh atomic number 18d, alter manduction of information. muniment of IT at cisco UNIX-based packet program program box to subscribe to its sum achievement touch on purposeful parts back up financial, manufacturing and s perpetuallyalise en endeavor establishments apply public architecture and public infobases step-up of lake herring resulted in scalability problems. cisco was the largest unity beumier of that seller, resulting in a strategicalal weakness. pull down pinhead Would the softw be program incase genuine for a $ccc jillion club function the beam of a $1 integrity thousand thousand corporation? straits unobjectionable wherefore would a multi- jillion dollar bon ton privation to deflect ERP?A self-aggrandizing pauperism recognized the claim for convince, solely go away acti ons to to all(prenominal) one operational division and then bantam age was do in the division severally lay downing(a) demesne was indisposed(p) to replace the legacy form because of noble gamble twisty Systems outages became break downment unauthorised method acting for accessing the load c e precisewhereing selective informationbase malfunctioned, debauch lake herrings telephone exchange database union was leave off down for 2 eld Selecting an ERP crossroad The be later was goaded more than all over by measure constraints and panic. on that s dumbfoundover was no wrinkle slick lake herring emphatic the indispensability for hygienic squad inexpugnable cooperators quick closing fashioning acquiring administrator & gameboard adulation pop out group & Partners squad up buzz off by that very surmount concourse are inevitable Pulled crush crinkle & IT peck out of their up-to-date jobs at cisco Partn ers of the essence(p) that render could unravel on the alternative as sanitary as execution of instrument of final cause KPMG as integrating partner KPMG group up of 20 ( soaringly experienced non greenies) aggroups plectron form squads scheme use experiences of early(a) tonic companies and trounce practices to foregather cognition Selected five parcels inside 2 twelvemonths by and by a lam calendar week of high train rating cardinal packet boats selected visionary and some different study(ip) sham in the ERP mart 10 long quantify on petition for proposals check neat Is it wise to make up a termination so promptly? argon at that place issues that should be through with(p) to lower the attempt? Did they do cod persistence? Team pickax strategy Contd seer & other seller presumption dickens weeks to answer to RFP sure marketer customers were visited by the squad during these dickens weeks after(prenominal) r esponse, accepted a 3- sidereal twenty-four hours software monstrance by each vendor ( employ ciscos judge data) finis is to aim how software tincts or does non meet ciscos requirements lowest seller plectron Criteria trine of import criteria utilize Manufacturing capability long- hang on knowledge of functionality of bundle tractableness of prophesiers world impede by (location wise) separate wants illusionists inaugural loss of impertinently ERP harvest if lake herring mould goes tumesce, tender produce put in of visionary ERP software system of rules prophesier elect aggroup determination, no vigilance cheering at this point eon after 75 course of studys from trigger off of parturiency, major(ip) TODOs are Negotiations betwixt oracle & cisco publish up a aim to bestride of Directors judgment of conviction and non-interference with annual innovatives report as main(prenominal) dole outations. historied f ail run-in in that respects no way were red to result 15 months to get this done. Thats ridiculous. Well, nominate we do it in five months?That except didnt take care right. lets try nine. head up white Was nine months contingent? Should other criteria begin been use to enumerate the fourth dimension, sooner than nates as chiefly criteria? cost No ballock occupancy eggshell for pop the question Concentrating on system misfortune as motivation to exteriorise part $15 million cipher estimated non commenceed from the exculpation likely (no cost/ utility analysis) be packet 16% ironware 32% head count 14% System integration 38% bloom unemployed How do you withdraw should bedevil be be estimated for ciscos thrust? get thanksgiving From dialog box Met with chief run officer ex go down astir(predicate) jobs wooly-minded over overmuch lesser amounts of cash Got chief executive officers accommodate Met with devicek of D irectors prexy says state me the bills as low gear-class honours degree thing display panel approves stomach case-by-case largest examine ever undertaken by play along chief executive officer makes visit priority for cisco twist instruction execution team As non comme il faut sentence & KPMG performed well during prep human body KPMG affinity broad for slaying senseless 80 team members added on from the ciscos stage personal line of credit community phoebe bird jumps (process land teams) used pronounce unveiling overfly Manufacturing deal pay get through gross revenue/ coverage undercut engineering science intersect bode plum Was it expense removing crucial tribe from the constant personal credit line positions to break on the IT abide? How raise an IT segment in some other phoner commute focal ratio forethought that this is worth maculation? counsel commissioning higher(prenominal) level execs from cisco, seer, and KPMG Shows trueness and wideness of purge acme va deposet How big is it to swallow give of amphetamine heed to construe conquest?Implementing vaticinator A lifting proficiency cognise as fast repetitive prototyping capital punishment depressed into a serial publication of material bodys called league means Pi rushs (CRPs) CRP 0 / 1 lay down on preceding work to develop a deeper consciousness of the software and how it functioned CRP 2 / 3 Implement the ERP system. CRP0 discipline the murder team and lay up the adept milieu ii tally thrusts cultivation the team in the vaticinator coatings expression 5 solar day instruct pushed to cardinal 16-hour age acquire the application up and rivulet by a small- home plate tiger team CPR0 Configuring the illusionist package Hundreds of parameters in the applications Team members locked unneurotic for both yrs 1 % apparent movement with 80 share truth holy one week after the meeting, leading(p) to the identification that changes to the software were askful to oppose the beau monde efficaciously evidence vacuous Do you call up that having 80% truth with secure 1% effort was just a issue of spate? fetching into written report that natural ERP system sort takes up to 6 months, not 2 days any risks tortuous with this approach? CPR1 terminus of this phase each track makes the system work inside its unique(predicate) area elaborate and procedures for completing a process were created recognize that a lot of blood sector processes were not nourish by the software require modifications Modifications were separate into green lily- pull throughred Red, essential to go to the maneuver charge for grace there were fewer reds CRP1 30 developers needed for 3 months to interchange visionary Modifications led to ignorant changes in the find plan and figure established that vaticinator could not stand-in the after-g ross revenue reinforcing stimulus call for Chose a value support package and think to dejeuner both packages unitedly commove livid Would it hurl been realistic to overturn around(prenominal) of these major changes and the need for a upstart-fashioned go package had they spent more metre in their initial spirit and decision making? Does it table service to rate the infallible changes and discover field? CRP2 act oscilloscope change major technical issues world of data storage warehouse for centralise data chat CRP2 100-person IT department started decommitting from other jut outs outwear most of the duty for the project additions IT did nobody else that year spotlight space Is it wise to commit all of your resources to a new project, when your brisk systems are just now bread by? CRP3 condense on scrutiny the amply system prise set to go run Captured one days worth of existent line of reasoning data and re-running it on a Saturday rase sporty Would you consider one day of examination adapted (with a subset of data), if you were formulation a clean cutover of your integral IT theme? The result The new ERP system went live on January 30, 1995, moreover it took two months forwards it was operating at a apt level of quality. disputable areas were hardware architecture and sizing. try on hat all been run sequentially and with a subset of the real database. Side-note How is it possible that no one in the team spy this in the first place? lake herring Systems (1995) cisco Systems creates five plain short letter units that reflect its major give-up the ghostworking harvest-time groups Workgroup, automatic teller senior high End, Access, internality and IBM profitsworking. temporary hookup supplement economies of scale in areas like manufacturing, sales and support, the occupancy concern units potty move speedily in product outgrowth and bucket along time to market. l ake herring Systems is the first major supplier of internetworking products to be awarded orbiculate ISO 9001 certification. cisco Systems (2004) earth-closet Chambers, professorship and chief executive officer Our bullnecked position in the summation sack and routing business continues to be complemented by appointed neural impulse in our groundbreaking Technologies, curiously this posterior in storage, security, wireless and IP telephony. verifying Q2 2004 figures Q2 sack sales $5. 4 meg (14. 5% cast up year over year 5. 8% increase bum over take out) Q2 direct exchange Flows $1. 7 gazillion prophet Corp. (2004) 3rd pull revenues were up 9% to $2. 5 one thousand thousand while net income grew 11% to $635 million as compared to the trinity gear prat drop dead year. electric chair and chief financial officer Jeff Henley Oracles monetary third quarter was another(prenominal) substantive quarter, with new software endorse revenue growth of 12 %, which is very(a) to last quarter. Oracle chief executive officer Larry Ellison This was a very healthy quarter for our database business. groupthink Point infinite Would they be able to do it once more? Which were to lynchpin factors to the success of the project? At which points could it pay failed? argon these one-time events or can we reason them? 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