Essays on Calling

Nursing professionalism

Since medieval times, the concept of nursing care has been associated with an array of meanings ranging from the provision of basic care to the young, sick and elderly to Nigthingale’s 1858 definition of the goal of nursing as being to put the patient in the most appropriate condition for nature processes to act upon him to current definitions by nursing theorists and professional nursing bodies. For example, the American Nurses Association (1995) defined nursing as the “diagnosis and treatments of human responses to health and illness” (Brunner, Bare & Smeelter, 2009, p.5). Based on these definitions and depending ...

Abstract

The protestant ethic or what is commonly known as the protestant work ethic is a concept used in economics, sociology and history. It largely attributes much of its theory from the works of Max Weber. This ethic basis its arguments upon the emphasis by the Calvinist on the usefulness of hard work, which according to the Calvinist is part of one’s worldly success and calling and a sign of individual salvation (Grossman, 2006, pp.128- 131). Weber’s ethic therefore, is a study of the relationship that occurs between the spirit of modern capitalism emergence and the ethics of Protestantism.

Introduction

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In Personal and Professional Interactions

In her article published in the New York Times. “Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You,” Pamela Paul examines the widespread acceptance of electronic communication over telephone calling. In fact, she illustrates with vivid examples how phone calling has come to be viewed as annoying and intrusive. Indeed, interpersonal communication has undergone fundamental changes from the time the telephone became part of everyday life in the late nineteenth century up to the advent of smartphones and social media in the twenty-first century. The rapid pace of life most people live today has favored electronic communication, e.g., text ...

During creation, GOD created man in HIS own image which shows that human beings are different from other. The Bible has stated that our bodies are the temples of CHRIST, and we should always use them in acts that glorify our creator. The Theology of the Body tries to explain and expound on human sexuality, the purpose of our existence as young people can be explained through understanding the theology of the body. It is through an understanding of this theology that young people will be able to understand what love is the theology gives the importance of having ...

Calling

For me, there is no higher reason for living than to have an on-going, profound, and cherishing association with God. I resound the witness Paul who said, "I need to know Christ and the force of his resurrection" (Phil 3:10). It is the deepest yearning of my spirit to know God in a cozy way, and I thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Who has made that longing conceivable. Having gotten His endowment of salvation, by confidence, I now comprehend that knowing and adoring God is inseparably connected to tailing Him. Jesus said, "On the off chance that you ...

God, or Yawheh, has a number of roles which define who God is in Old Testament writings. Among them are creator, one who calls forth, deliverer, law-giver, provider, leader, one-who-is-to-be-praised, and prophet-provider. A second identity of God is as one who calls forth. After Moses has fled to Midian to become a shepherd, God calls him forth to be a deliverer of the suffering Israelites in Egypt. Moses is very reluctant, but God overcomes that reluctance by giving him a staff, a symbol of power. The initial calling occurs in Exodus 3: 2-4: 17. God names Moses deliverer with the promise that God ...

1) Jonah’s story in the Bible depicted that God does not discriminate or choose people whom to save from destruction. It showed how understanding and patient He is to the believers and the non-believers because when Jonah disobeyed God’s calling to preach in Nineveh, He gave him a chance to repent. Likewise, the Lord was set to destroy Nineveh for their sinful ways, but when the people of Nineveh repented clad with sackcloth, He gave them another chance and halted the decision to destroy the people. In the story, God wanted people to repent from their sinful ways ...

A public service announcement (PSA) is stated by the Federal Communications Commission as any pronouncement that is passed to the public for their interest on social issues by the media without any charges (Du & Plessis 8). These announcements originate from the government or non-governmental organizations and target the cause of general public interest. The other names that are used for PSAs are public service ad and in the UK they are referred as public information films. Their objective is to promote activities and programs by the government and non-governmental organizations. A PSA is not only composed of the message ...

11-17-2013

According to Max Weber, the fundamental tenets of protestant religion, the seeking of worldly possessions is not condemned. (Edles & Appleworth, 2010) Rather, it is success in the commercial sphere that points individuals out to be ordained by God as the chosen, or elect. Thus, the seeking of wealth is not condemned as greed or avarice, but developing the trappings of wealth was a way to be singled out in society as the “elect”. (Edles & Appleworth, 2010) The more material success an individual had, the more evidence they had of their status as a member of the religious “elect”. (Edles & Appleworth, 2010) ...

Parenting is a process that contributes to the physical, intellectual, social and emotional development of a child and determines how a child is going to evolve as an adult. Parenting style varies from one parent to another. Based on the style of rearing up children, parenting is divided into four styles; authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved (Christopher Spera). Amy Chua, popularly known as the tiger mother, has created furor among western mothers with her famous but controversial book titled "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" in which she has vehemently shown the difference between the Chinese and Western style of parenting. Her ...

"Where I'm Calling From" - Raymond Carver

In Raymond Carver's short story "Where I'm Calling From," the effects of addiction on those who become addicted to them are illustrated in tragic and familiar detail. The unnamed protagonist is shown to have many of his problems come from addiction, whether it be to alcohol, to drugs, to sex and even emotional attachment; those around him also feel its effects in their own lives. The impact of addiction on the unnamed main character is shown to have tremendous difficulty shaking his addictions, which manifest themselves in several ways. The end of ...

Background

The article is a study conducted by Leona R. Zboril-Benson focusing on identifying the cause of absentee among nurses in Canada. It is apparent from the study that the country is experiencing the lack of nurses and the large number of employed nurses was shown to have higher probability of leaving their job, which manifests in the frequency of absenteeism based on the responses from the correspondences. The problem was attributed to the health-care restructuring in the public and private health-care sector in Canada. The problem in focus is the increasing number of nurses calling in sick, which in return ...

Everybody has something innate that is endowed upon a person without compensation and voluntarily. According to Richard and David, every person is endowed with a calling that help them to fulfill a unique purpose in this world. For me, there are various gifts that rejuvenate my determination and shape up means to achieve my goals in future. Such gifts include a gift of singing, a gift of storytelling and a gift of cooking. I realized that storytelling is my gift when my cousins and my neighbor’s kids started to beg me to tell them bed time stories especially about adventures. Whenever, I am telling ...

Capitalism is an economic environment in which factors of production and trade are privately controlled to maximize profits. Capitalism is characterized by such factors such as capital accumulation and competition in markets and wages. A lot of theories have been postulated in a bid to explain the origin of modern capitalism. This paper focuses on two theories on the origin of capitalism by Karl Marz and Max Weber. Special Focus is given to the alienation theory by Karl Marx and the origin of capitalism as explained in by two theories.

KARL MARX THEORY OF ALIENATION

In the theory of alienation, Karl Marx explains and discusses ...

Introduction

The calling of Saul of Tarsus is in the Books of Acts and Romans in the New Testament. Paul had been born a Jew in Tarsus, and breathing threats and murder against Christ disciples. Paul works against the church years before his calling he witness the death of the first Christian Martyr. This was Stephen who would have shaped the destiny of Paul on his way to Damascus. Paul considered himself chief sinner among peers. Paul finally met face to face the one persecuted to whom he becomes a reliable follower and servant. He set up remarkable footsteps which are followed ...

In this universe, there is some task out there that is ours in a morally valid way. This is referred to as our vocation. Education is supposed to lead us to this lifelong vocation, which is ultimately an occupation that will feel natural and we will love. The problem with most of us is that we are so conflicted in life that we never consider looking for our true vocation. Men who have been too conflicted have never found their true vocation and those who find their true vocation; they never had any conflicts about it. Often we become so ...

Istikmal al-Thawra (“Completing the Revolution” Alliance) is a new player primarily made up of the former Egypt Bloc members. It is the most significant after Islamist Alliance, with the following members: Egypt Freedom Party (EFP), Socialist Popular Alliance Party (SPAP), Egyptian Current Party (ECP), Equality and Development Party (EDP), Egyptian Liberation Party (ELP), Revolutionary Youth Coalition (RYC), Union of Independent Farmers (UIF), Youth Movement for Justice and Freedom, and al-Nahda. Istikmal al-Thawra’s make-up shifts towards the youth parties. It includes moderate, liberal, and socialist Islamist parties. Both EFP and SPAP split off from Egypt Bloc. Presented herein is a State-Building ...

The doctrine of vocation originates from days of creation when God granted man the ability to populate and take care of the earth. He has given people different abilities and talents such that no single person is independent of the other and thus each serves another depending on their calling (Veith, 9). IT is a modern profession that does not exist in history unlike its counterparts such as medicine, teaching and music. At one time, Christians even started believing that the spiritual world was inside a person and not within his daily external preoccupations and that modernity ran on meaningless natural ...

Introduction

In many societies, in the world, the role of women was that of caregiver or nursing care. The nurturing of children by mothers gave people the supposition that the women can provide the same care to the ailing and wounded in the society. Nursing history, as a piece of women’s history, has faced the paradox of being women’s work: invisible, devalued, and underpaid and yet a critical necessity to society (Judd et al., 2010). In the early years, there were no learning that existed for the caregivers, it was a trade passed from one generation to another or through try-out ...

The outbreak of a war at Fort Sumter in April 1861 prompted many northern African Americans to volunteer for service in the Union Army. Initially, this issue faced rejection notably with President Abraham Lincoln refusing various petitions presented by the black people. Even after the congress had passed an act which authorized the president to use escaped slaves and black Americans in oppressing the rebellion, the president was still adamant and refused to adhere to the act. Even after free blacks and slaves from the south had started asking for the same thing, the president and government were still not ...

The story of Samuel, the thirteenth judge in ancient Israel, overlaps with that of some of ancient Israel’s most famous and first kings: Saul, David and Solomon. The reason is that Samuel was the last of the judges-rulers who governed ancient Israel before the era of the Kings began. Some of the Bible’s most popular narratives revolve around him: including that of Eli and his own mother Hannah. Samuel’s father, Elkanah, had two wives: Hannah and Peninnah. Hannah was childless and apparently incapable of bearing, whilst Peninnah had children. Elkanah used to go to offer sacrifices ...

Introduction

Joseon Korea has been a flourishing kingdom since the ancient times. Despite being a neighbor to the power Chinese empire, the kingdom was able to establish its cultural identity that is distinct from the rest of the countries in the East-Asian region. However, a quote from a scholar during the reign of King Sejong in 1444 stipulates doubts about the country’s distinct heritage cultural heritage drawn from the idea of shared institution and writing system with China. The question of cultural identity arises from a realization that not all aspects that defines a unique heritage exist such as form of writing. Anything that was ...

Introduction

Racism denotes discrimination and prejudice that are anchored on social apprehensions of biological dissimilarity between people (Newman 1). Racism is orchestrated in the form of social actions or practices or political systems that perceive certain races to be inferior or superior on the account of qualities, abilities, and presumed shared inheritable straits (Newman 1). In addition, racism may prompt the treatment of others differently from the rest. Racism in the world soccer/football has raised eyebrows. Despite FIFA, the world’s soccer governing body’s policies and penalties, racism on the global stage in soccer has been on the rise. ...

Abstract

The research paper deals with the problem of Benghazi attack of September 11th 2012 as well as the reaction of official authorities and mass media on the tragedy. According to official sources it cost the lives of 4 American citizens, including that of the US ambassador. The opinion of state officials, such as the US president, the chief of the CIA, senators and American leading journalist are provided to address the main problem raised. Key words: Benghazi scandal, president, administration, journalist, senator It is on a daily basis thatthe entire world witnesses the events of international magnitude and ...

In this conversation, the three viewpoints expressed by each of the speakers are closely related to the different perception of genders and the acceptable language usage associate with this perception. Josh’s argument is inclined towards a belief of ‘all men are created equal’, wherein there should be no segregation of human beings based on gender. While this tenet forms a critical part of the American constitution, it does not take into consideration the cultural evolution of perceptions related to each gender. As Lakoff noted in the breakthrough 1975 article, women or ‘ladies’ are expected to use a different set of rules ...

Factual Background

The Respondent in this matter, Abel and his friends were indicted with bank robbery in the District Court, with his cohorts pleading guilty to the charge as framed. The respondent however, denied the offence and the matter went for trial whereby one of the cohorts named Ehle agreed to testify against him. The respondent then made known to the court of his intention to discredit the testimony by Ehle by calling a witness named Mills who would testify to the effect that Ehle had admitted to him that he intended to implicate the respondent so as to obtain favorable treatment ...

Director of Emergency Management

Treasure Township Emergency Deployment Services Person to who letter is being addressed Director of Development Corporate Technological Upgrades Street # and name Dear ____: RE: Follow up on Proposal Thank you for considering the grant proposal from Treasure Township Emergency Deployment Services to cover the costs associated with the purchase of and training associated with the enhanced 911 deployment system. As described, with fewer people using landline phones to place 911 calls in times of emergency and instead becoming more reliant on the use of cell phones in these instances, it is ...

Cell Phones and their Advantages

Mobile phones or cell phones form an intrinsic and vital part of our everyday lives. They are indispensable in today’s modern world with its wide ranging and numerous applications which have evolved over the time. Their usage is no more just limited to communication, the purpose for which they were originally invented, but has far outstretched to the things which might have been impossible to have been even thought of until a few decades back. The history of cell phones is a long drawn one and stretches to many a decades. Cell phones in various ways and manners have made our ...

While driving, you hear a recognizable voice, it is the ringtone of your phone, and someone is calling you. You try reaching the phone, but it seems not to be where you kept it. You continue searching for it while you try keeping an eye on the road still not finding it. The phone is still ringing but when you find it, it is already a missed call. You decide to return the call. You start dialing the number at the same time trying to focus on the road. Does this ring a bell in your mind?

Cell phones are very important ...

Understanding oneself is the way to happiness. Philosophy as taught by Socrates helps people turn inwards and in the process better themselves. Socrates apology is an account of the speech he made in a trial when he was being charged with not recognizing the gods that the state recognized. Instead, according to his accusers, he invented new gods and corrupted the youth in Athens. This speech is, however, not an apology as the modern meaning of the word suggests. The word apology in the speech is derived from the Greek word apologia that means a speech made in defense of, therefore, ...

Mobile telephones are now an integral element of everyday life in most developed countries. However, whilst for many users they have become indispensable and almost an extension of the hand – especially for the younger generation – mobile phones can also represent a real safety hazard. Using one whilst driving a vehicle, even if the phone is set to hands free mode, is a distraction from driving, and is illegal in many states and countries. Moreover, using a phone to compile a text message while driving is even more dangerous, because it requires more concentration to input text characters, and, therefore, less concentration is available for ...

2014 midterm elections November 4, the main opponent of President Barack Obama - the Republican Party - won the majority of seats in the Senate in the midterm elections in the US Congress; moreover, it is not only maintained but also reinforced majority in the House of Representatives. Thus, the newly elected Congress, which will begin work in January, next year, will be fully controlled by Republicans. The upper chamber of Congress - the Senate - the first time since the beginning of the Obama presidency fell into the hands of the Republicans. Out of a hundred seats ...

Brief History

The company was established on 15th November 2012, and the primary objective was to be the leading insurance company in the United States of America. The line of business is insurance but apart from this the company also finances new business. The company provides insurances cover for all categories starting with business risk, accidents, health among many more other. The company has various ways to reach their customers. First they have a customer care department where they address all questions that clients May seek answers. After the customer has served there are questionnaires that they fills to help the company ...

Introduction

The conceptions of law and justice vary across nations and regions. The differences in the conception of law and justice between Western and East Asian evidently compares with each other. The comparative criminal justice and law notions between East and West depend on culture and historical backgrounds. The cultural diversity in East Asia makes its law and justice perceptions vary with the West. The concept of crime and justice in the West ends up based on the individualistic concept in which units for examination are individuals. On the other hand, East Asia concept reflects on the notion of crime ...

Often in life I have found myself in a situation where I have to decide between two or more opportunities and prayerfully consider which way God wants me to go. During my teenage years I was confronted with the choice of the best high school and college, after that it was time to choose which way my career path should go. Not only have I been in this situation, but my family members, my close friends and literally everyone around me would be confronted with such choices in life. However, I think, we Christians have a different burden and different aspect ...

Introduction and Background

Remote correspondence has developed as one of the speediest diffusing mediums on the planet, filling a developing "versatile youth culture" that talks as much with thumbs as it does with tongues. His eagerness was scarcely one of a kind. Mobile phone use and, specifically, the ascent of messaging has turned into a focal part of teenagers' lives. They are utilizing their telephones to stay as a part of touch with companions and folks. They are utilizing them to impart stories and photographs. They are utilizing them to divert themselves when they are exhausted. They are utilizing them to micro-coordinate their calendars and vis-à ...

My Oceanography professor, not a very inspiring and informative individual, has led an interesting and worthwhile life. He appears so sure of what he teaches and is so passionate about his work, one would believe that this was his life’s calling from the moment he was born. However, being an oceanographer was not my professor’s primary goal from the moment he could walk and talk. He was not one of those people who became doctors with a story of how he got a stethoscope for Christmas as a child and, as he played with it, he knew he wanted to grow ...

What is the master-slave relation and how, according to Nietzsche does the slave achieve power over the master?

According to Nietzsche, the master-slave relation is determined by master-morality and slave-morality. These notions have its origin in the ruling caste as the subordinates were consciously different from the one that ruled. It is the ruler, the master who decides what is good, and displays contempt towards the weak. It refers to the “warrior caste”. Here, antithesis of “good” and “evil”, “noble” and despicable” is created. Those who are ruled are “distrustful” and deserve to be abused. On the other hand, slave-morality claims that it is a different form of power structure, in which the privileged section fails to maintain ...

The sexual culture has been a topic of great concern following critics that have faced members of the sexual minority. This is because according to the past, socials and religious beliefs, there only exists one sexual culture of which its heterosexuality. This is due to the way people have been brought up to view the sexual minorities. The society at large beliefs that heteronormativity is the only sexual orientation where man and woman have natural roles. Despite this belief there is the existence of the sexual minority, the queer people who recognize homosexuality as a sexual culture. This has been witnessed ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

‘Subject’ Gun control vs. gun right “We have to try and stop this. It will be a long journey involving the personal choices of individuals and families, public discussions, mental health reforms, a change in the culture – you name it.” “I want people to be afraid of the fact that this could happen to them. But it’s real. It doesn’t have to be understood to be real.” The above words were uttered by Peter Rodger, father of Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in Santa Barbara, and Peter Lanza, father of the Sandy Hook killer ...

Eating dog’s meat is a common practice in China. Some of the Chinese people go to the extent of having festivals for dog eating. This has resulted to the people being divided along two opinions: the people who eat dog’s meat and those who do not. The practice has sparked a lot of unwanted attention drawing interests from overseas broadcasters as well as newspapers. Some activists against infringement of animal rights have castigated the issue terming it cruelty to animals. However, there are those people who love eating dog’s meat and have their own justifications as to why ...

Introduction:

Baroque art and literature are important characteristics of the human being and personify beauty in several ways. There have been several artists who came out with various beautiful works such as Michelangelo, Bernini from Italy as well as French ones such as Fragonard and Boucher although the latter correspond more to the classical period. In ‘The Theatrical Illusion’, the author discusses several terms as length and one can observe a certain sense of exuberance in the works of Bernini for example whilst the portrayals of Michelangelo especially in his 'Pieta‘ series conveys a sense of contrast between the pain of suffering ...

Book Review: Culture Making – Recovering Our Creative Calling

Andy Crouch, the author of Culture Making, is a longtime theologist and Christian culture writer, having spend more than 15 years in the field. Crouch studied classics at Cornell University, and received a Master’s in Divinity summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. From 1998 to 2003, Andy edited re:generation quarterly, which was a magazine dedicated to Christian cultural creativity, and spent a decade at Harvard University as a campus minister for the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In 2012, Andy Crouch was named the new executive editor for Christianity Today magazine, having already executive produced their This is Our City Christian culture ...

Introduction

The Chicano Movement is traceable to the agitation of better Mexican-American human freedoms and civil rights, expanding from its humble beginnings of the 1940s, to the vocal Mexican American Movement it was during the 1960s. Its core goal was the agitation of greater Mexican American empowerment. The movement expanded from its humble beginnings, through time to later on transform into the national movement it became. As a whole, it encompassed a wide-ranging cross section of aspects and issues affecting the greater Mexican identity. As such, these included Mexican farm workers’ rights, the restoration of land grants, the enhancement of educational development, ...

Imagine being in a wilderness, in an alien place, life all around you, life going on unhindered. Despite the abundance around you, you still can’t find something to feed on, cheer you or relate to. It is like the unlikely situation where all over sudden, your friends quit speaking in a language you understand. You can no longer understand what they say, nor can they you. The world can become a very lonely place in such circumstances; when you fail to fit, not of your own doing, but a cruel mix of fate and circumstances. This is the predicament that most ...

(Nigeria vs. Shell)

Abstract

This is a proposal for a research on the topic ‘The Effect of Oil Exploration and Drilling in the Niger Delta (Nigeria vs. Shell)’. It seeks to introduce the reader to the topic of the research in addition to providing a preliminary review of literature. It highlights the proposed methodology and provides a provisional questionnaire for the formed for the purpose of data collection and analysis. 1 Introduction The topic chosen for this research is ‘The Effect of Oil Exploration and Drilling in the Niger Delta (Nigeria vs. Shell)’. The research aims to provide a more comprehensive, unbiased understanding ...

Analysis - "The Mother" and “Daughters”

Poetry about family can often reveal fascinating dynamics in these omnipresent and complex relationships. In Gwendolyn Brooks' "The Mother," the regret and guilt that a woman experiences upon reflecting on the various abortions she has had throughout her life is presented in an intriguing and haunting way. The suffering that the mother expresses in this poem is done through Brooks' expert use of figurative language and repetition, as the potential these children had before her abortions, as she sees them, is made clear. Meanwhile, Lucille Clifton’s “Daughters” allows a young woman to imagine the grandmother she never met, and the ...

Native American culture has often been a subject of fascination among Western and European-American audiences, given its wildly different perspectives on religion, judgment, knowledge and wisdom. The differences between Western and Native American culture are substantial and numerous; understanding these variations in thinking can help us to influence our understanding of our notions of knowledge and judgment. Two works in particular that shed light on this different perspective are Carlos Castaneda’s Teachings of Don Juan and John Niehardt’s Black Elk Speaks. In both works, the Native American perspective is solidified; Castaneda’s work sees him working as an ...

If a cross section of the American population were polled today and were asked their opinion of presidential campaigns the majority of them would say somewhat that they are tired of the negative campaigning that is so common in today’s politics. Many people see bipartisan politics as the end to democracy. However there was a time when politics was not as polarizing. Lynn Parsons shows that politics was also messy in the 19th century as well as he calls the election of 1828 the first modern campaign. He was not the first to coin this phrase but what he did ...

It’s Contestations in Contemporary Organizations

The Notion of Corporate Social Responsibility and It’s Contestations in Contemporary Organizations Every action or business operation of an organization is in some way related to social factors. As such, it is unavoidable for a company to lay sincere focus towards being a responsible and active corporate citizen. In order to thrive under this social dependence, corporations need to collaborate with scientists, activists and thought leaders to make Environmental Justice economically feasible. While corporate social responsibility was once considered to be philanthropic activities that could only be afforded by corporate giants, the view of the business community has changed ...

The Cuban Revolution of 1953-1959 played a crucial role in Cuba’s history as it ended another term of tyranny and oppression under Cuban President Fulgencio Batista and the benchmark for Cuban reform. Batista’s regime alienated the country through his strict security infrastructure to silence public demonstrations and linking the country to organized crime syndicates and foreign control. The public did not take Batista’s actions lightly and protested against his regime, calling his resignation in office. The protest did not just come from the working class of Cuba, but also from the younger generation that have been made ...

Introduction

Education needs Christian leaders who have an knowledge, understanding, and love of God’s Word. These leaders ought to have qualities born out of love for their fellow human beings. They should also have a spiritual insight and vision that can be shared to other people in order to lead spiritually, ethically, and/or morally. Further, Christian leaders should have competence to converge individuals because of their diverse backgrounds. Likewise, leaders ought to shepherd God’s children for them to become disciplines later on. In view of the latter statements, this paper is just about the principles of ethics for educational ...

Attack at Mers-el-Kébir The Second World War can be considered one of the deadliest wars in history especially in its early years as both the Allied and Axis Powers tried to subdue each other despite the losses it may incur due to the crossfire from both parties. Despite recovering from the first World War, the Europeans fought the growing fellow European state Germany with the United States while its allies Japan and Italy were also making their own attacks against the Allied Powers. While some of the most notable confrontations had paved the way to the end ...

This sculpture which is one of the most original in African works of the time. It is dated from 1800 to 1850 and comes from a period of intriguing self-discovery for the African continent. The common theme that the figures explore is the familial one where the man is carrying a quiver on his back while the woman is carrying a child on hers. In a sense these are the roles which have to be followed in African society where the man carries out his work as a hunter which provides for the family while the woman is left to raise the children according ...

Book Review - Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War

In Bray Hammond's Banks and Politics in America, the ways in which the practices of American politics and banking changed between the American Revolution and the time of the Civil War are explicated. Of particular interest to the author is the examination of these issues through the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian lens, which he strangely refers to as ill-defined "agrarians" and those who support laissez faire. These terms have had very negative connotations in the past, as laissez faire was used even in the 1950s as an insult, and agrarian is often used to make those with that label seem ...

Federalism is defined as a type of government in which the tasks of governing are constitutionally divided between a central/national government and sub-national units. In the case of United States of America, these units are the fifty states in the country. Under Federalism, the powers to govern are shared between the national and the state government. The whole system of governance and the country involved is often referred to as a federation.

In the United States of America, Federalism has evolved constantly over the period through various amendments in the constitution. The current system of governance cannot be described as any singe ...

Part I

The healing power of retreating to Nature has long been a natural instinct, and its use has been recorded in some of the oldest written literature. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, for example, the quest that Gilgamesh takes forces him out of his own castle and into a long march into treacherous parts of the world. In the New Testament, Jesus often followed up stressful situations, such as speaking to crowds of thousands, by retreating into Nature to meditate and pray. Nature allows for a sense of inner quiet and calm that are just not available in the hubbub of ordinary life. ...

Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral” is a small intimate story, one which effectively revolves around two characters – the narrator, a regular Average Joe, and Robert, a blind man who is a friend of the narrator’s wife. Sklenicka describes the narrator as “a typical bumbling, addictive character with a load of human stains; prejudices blunt-mindedness about his wife’s concerns and needs, a large appetite for food, drink, and marijuana” (372). One of the prejudices he expresses when his wife tells him that Robert’s wife was named Beulah. “Beulah! That’s a name for a colored woman. ‘Was his wife a Negro?’ I asked. ‘Are you crazy?’ ...

Innocence, Live! (a live concert event for the benefit of Save the Children Foundation)

Scope

Innocence Live will be held on the 1st of October 2012 at RNA Showgrounds (outdoor) in Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Brisbane. It is a concert event featuring international and local musical acts from all music genres. TV viewers can participate by calling the hot line numbers flashed on their TV screens to donate, while web viewers can submit their donations and pledges through the website live feed providers. MTV Australia will broadcast the live telecast of the concert at 8:00 PM Western Standard Time (WST), while Youtube Live, tenbreakfast.com.au and au.tv.yahoo will provide the live webcast. There would be ...

Abstract

In My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, a young Hasidic Jew experiences growth and turmoil in 1950s New York City as he demonstrates his desire to express himself through art, a concept at odds with his traditional Jewish family. Asher's artistic preferences are directly conflicted with the expectations and attitudes of his family, causing him great suffering and self-reflection. At the same time, these conflicts cause him to grow substantially as a person, and through that suffering his art flourishes, showing him new notions and concepts of beauty, and shaping his life irrevocably. The result is an incredibly touching and ...