...Using a small black cloth, provided by John, I wrapped it around my head, preventing from any further sandstorms to whip the grains into my eyes and nose. It was able to protect my nose, and only times when I needed to cover up my eyes, I extended the cloth to the top of my eyebrows. There was little conversations among John and I, just the simple questions and answers when we rode our horses throughout the Joavudd territory. The sound of the occasional wind and scurrying of animals- the sound of life in the Kingdom Joavudd, raised as the day passed by, but I knew by the end of the day, everything will be inaudible. It was an aesthetic sight-dunes of sand rose up on the flat surface, which also scooped down low, forming little valleys....
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...For my reading assignment I read the story, It's All the Same by Bewketu Seyoum. The story is about a man who has a problem with his spending habits. He proposed an Ethiopian Millennium to help beggars in Ethiopia and he ends up thinking of killing himself by drinking poison. Below is my assignment for this week. Dear Diary, So by now you are probably thought that I downed all the poison and that I do not have to worry about my spending habits anymore. Well it did not turn out quite like that. Do as it turned out, I did not drink the poison after all, I let it sit for a couple of days, until 2 days later.I woke up and looked outside of the window but nothing had changed to give me a clue on whether I should drink the poison or not.I sat...
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...A good story about war doesn't just tell the war side of the story, yet the human and individual side of the story. Tim O'Brien's book, The Things They Carried, and the film, We Were Soldiers, coordinated by Randall Wallace, both make an extraordinary showing of telling a good war story. Despite the fact that O'Brien's is in print regardless he made an extraordinary showing with getting a lot of point of interest into the book and painting a picture for the reader. One comparison that can be made is the relationship between O'Brien and his girl in the book, and Mel Gibson and his little girl in the film. The little girl in the movie helped me to remember Kathleen from the book in light of the fact that she asked plenty of...
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...Worldwide Equipment Case Analysis Discussion Weimin has not performed up to Worldwide Equipment standards. He is lacking in all aspects outlined by the company for position advancement: seniority, sales performance, sales leads generated, and team spirit. This is understandable for someone who is new to the sales position, but Weimin has shown little to no improvement. He was recently hired, so he certainly doesn’t have any seniority. Since being hired, he has generated 17 sales leads, and none of those have resulted in any sales. Both of these statistics are lows within the sales force. Weimin is also hugely lacking in team spirit; according to Wang, he is very “silent and introverted” and has “little ability to engage with people at all.” Wang hired Weimin on the basis of respecting his boss’ recommendation, but he also felt that his knowledge and connections within the textile industry could be beneficial. This is a unique characteristic that could set Weimin apart from the rest of the sales team, but he has not taken advantage of it. He has many connections within the industry, but he views them as friends, and he does not wish to mix his personal life and business life, so he neglects capitalizing on them. This is honorable, but if he doesn’t choose to find leads elsewhere, his potential for success is minimal. At one point, he tried to do business with one of his personal connections, and when it didn’t produce a sale, he burned a bridge by becoming deeply...
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...In a capitalist, materialistic society, the concept of crime is a romanticized one, far-removed and scandalous in its operation. Crime is abstruse, and after centuries of pondering the same question, both psychologists and laymen would give the same vague handful of answers as to why crime exists: poverty, lack of education, and/or negative role models. In Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery, the Victorian populace supposed crime a derivative of the above-stated sources, poverty being considered a sinful, fallen state, in which violence and filth fester. Edward Pierce, the enigmatically charming protagonist of Crichton’s historical novel, apparently suffers no such want, but is instead spurred towards his illicit actions by mere need for exhilaration....
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...This continuous cycle of life is known as samsara, and it is the aim of every Buddhist to achieve freedom from it so that they will no longer be reborn into the world. Buddhists believe people are continually reborn into this world, unless they have achieved liberation (freedom) from samsara (the continual process of birth, death and rebirth). The Buddha experienced samsara when he saw the effects of old age and sickness, leading to death. Freedom from samsara occurs when a person has reached nirvana. Buddhism began as a way to address the suffering that exists in the world, and was not overly-focused on ultimate salvation. Salvation in early Buddhism was nirvana; it is ultimately not a place or state, but the end of rebirth. Buddha said little about nirvana, because he felt that the alleviation of suffering was far more important, and that focusing on the goal of ultimate salvation would only lead to more attachments, and therefore more suffering. Nirvana literally means “blowing out”. It describes...
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...proceeded to say, "I swear if you talk like that 5 more times, I'll beat the living s*** outta you." I was quite confused as to what was going on and what I did to deserve this true life mad lib. I just stood there in silence with a look of uttermost confusion.. and I starred at the women who had once been a kind sweet old lady, who wouldn't even kill a baby piglet, now turned into this vicious beast of a monster with veins protruding from her neck like a porcupines quills on a midsummer day. She gasped, and then with the blink of an eye turned back into the sweet old lady I had once known. "Would you like some cookies, dear?" "Ummm Yes, grandma." As she went to retrieve the cookies, I was planning my escape.. Looking around pondering what unimaginable thing would happen next if I stayed. As my grandma neared the corner with her plate of cookies, I ran to the door as fast as my burning legs would take me. As I made my silent escape I heard grandma yell, "You forgot your cookies dear" Little did she know I didn't give a s*** about those...
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...of a hero. A hero born in challenging circumstances that is able to overcome all obstacles, as a child unknowingly he discovered in himself a character that denied being pulled down. This is a story about a hero and also to the reader a chance to look around and know that heros walk among us. I look at Deng and wonder so often what can I do in this world to compare to his attributes perhaps you will find yourself pondering the same questions. Paul Denga Kur is a survivor of a genocide still occurring in Southern Sudan. As a boy of 6 he like any other little boy of his village grew up in a close knit family tending the herds and playing with his fellow neighbors, idealic in his mind. Although he was vaguely aware there was a danger that would cause fear in the elders of the village of other men referred to as “ “ He wasn’t clear as to the ramifications of this fear , afterall he was only six years of age. One dreadful day as he and the other boys from the village were out tending to their herds searching for “greener pastures”, for the animals to graze on, little did he know that his village was under attack! As he stretched in the blazing sun and played childhood games while tending the herds his village and family was being...
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...In these pages I am going to talk about luck and first days of high school as a freshman. Luck is an interesting ideal because some people consider themselves lucky and others consider themselves an unlucky but not many has considered if it’s true. The first years of high school teaches how I matured and learned about Christ. Finally I would like to make sure this is not totally opinionated. Like everyone else, I had to go through the application and acceptance or denial process to get into a high school. In the eighth grade, I have realized that I didn’t really care to refer to good occurrences as good luck or bad occurrences as bad luck. In the midst of the ending of eighth grade year, I received a letter of unacceptance by five high schools...
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...Picture this: you get home from school, a long, boring, treacherous day at school, all you want to do now is endorse yourself in the deep depths of social media. Earlier that morning, you posted “so tired this morning,” now you’ve found a comment. The comment reads: “Nobody cares! Kill yourself!” As exaggerated as this example may seem, there are hurting people in the world who feel the need to bully people on social media. This epidemic is known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying has been a problem for years, and it has been negatively affecting innocent people’s lives from the start. Cyberbullying (as most people may know) is specifically known as: intentional and repeated harm inflicted on people through the use of computers, cellular telephones, and other electronic devices (Bram and Dickey). On social media and other electronic devices, anybody could fall victim to cyberbullying at any time; for the poor souls that do fall under this unfortunate category of victims are known for showing behaviors such as: depression, anxiety, or even committing suicide. According to a...
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...PROJ598 – Contract and Procurement Management Copier Confusion The Business Company, Inc., badly needed new copying machines. The company had 20 machines, but they were old and copy quality was poor. They broke down frequently. And to change paper size from 8.5 x 11 in. to legal-size, the user had to remove one paper tray containing 8.5 x 11 in. paper and replace it with a tray containing legal-size paper. Newer machines had two trays, one for each paper size, that permitted changing paper size at the push of a button without changing paper trays. John Richards, the company’s purchasing agent, thought this would be a labor-saving feature and decided to include it in a specification for purchase of new machines. The copying machine industry called this feature, “dual-cassette” design. The Business Company issued an invitation for bids for purchase and maintenance of 20 replacement machines. The solicitation included a specification that called for a machine that would permit “copying both 8.5 x 11 in. and legal-size paper without manually changing the paper trays.” The term dual cassette did not appear in the specification. John received bids from several companies, including Copies Incorporated, a reputable manufacturer. Copiers had greeted the invitation for bids with great pleasure. Their inventory included 30 of their Model 125 copying machines, which they were phasing out. The Model 125 had only one tray, which held 8.5 x 11 in. and legal-size paper, but legal-size paper...
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...Twofold Blessings "A mental imbalance is an altogether different circumstance now than 10 years prior when we were searching for the reason for Isaac's formative postponement. A significant part of the stories focusses on the tragic open doors that any issues with youthful kids can give. This is fine on the off chance that it is the evaluations you are searching for, however it truly does not educate people in general, or help folks who are pondering whether their kid could be extremely introverted, or what to do with a youngster who is mentally unbalanced." These were the expressions of single parent, Francis McCowan, as she assemble her self-restraint on a genuine note to discuss two subject that are of high repute to her heart.....Cancer...
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...and is therefore uncontrollably dominated by her husband. Being in a marriage of complete inequality and male supremacy, Jane becomes severely unstable due to her husband’s need to control her freedom and life as well as close-minded diagnosis and treatment for her. In turn, John, the dominating figure in the marriage, provokes Jane’s mental collapse through his decisions to overtake Jane’s freedom. Jane’s descent to madness is caused by a number of factors all linked to her husband’s actions. Rather than treating his equal partner Jane, as his equal partner, John treats her as child, as though she is beneath him. One can get this understanding when Jane explains how her husband “took [her] in his arms and called [her] a blessed little goose” (131). These words would normally make one feel emotionally week and therefore embarrassed. She is being spoken to as though she were a small child and not a grown woman capable of independence. Jane becomes affected by this constant behavior of her husband leading her to ignore her own wants and desires, She states that “it is as airy and comfortable a room as anyone need wish, and, of course, I would not be so silly as to make him uncomfortable just for a whim” (131). Being constantly spoken to in a childlike manner, Jane becomes affected by it through a childish form of guilt. The wallpaper bothers her, and yet she will not fight to change it, because she feels as though she has no say; it is only about what John wants. The guilt...
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...well-meaning, kind,/And Did he stoop to quibble could tell why/The little buried mole continues blind.” Here, it is made plain to us that his beliefs dictate that God is ultimately good and righteous, yet, nonetheless, life has apparently given him reasons to question his. As the title indicates, Cullen is marveling at life and human beings as God’s creations and the relationship we have with Him. Although he says he is free of doubt, skepticism appears to be present in this remark. Here perhaps the rather rhetorical question of why life is the way it is is being posed. It seems, at least up until this point, that Cullen is supposing that a truly good God would not subject His creatures to such paradoxical, even cruel, situations. Upon closer analysis of the mole and its scenario (“The little buried mole continues blind”), which may function as a metaphor for the poet himself, the possibility is not ruled out that the poet is hinting to us what seems to be an inescapably bad situation may in fact be a fixable one. A mole, like all creatures, has adapted in ways that allows it to survive, and it may be that Cullen is suggesting to us that thing are not as random and as terrible as they may seem and that there is a way out of challenging situations. The following line, though, counters this acknowledgement, corresponding more to the original direction the poem was headed in: “Why flesh that mirrors him must some day die.” Here he recognizes the absurdity in a God that would create...
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...walk down the street and see someone, sitting on their porch and enjoying themselves homegrown marijuana illegally? Do you call the police; report them for possession or possibly distribution? Most people would answer this question with a firm no. Although this seems strange, why wouldn’t they report it since it is against the law? Pondering on my thoughts and from personal experience, my reason would be simply because it’s not killing me. We walk by people every-day who smoke cigarettes out in the open. On the sidewalk and outside of building entrances. Not illegal, but the second hand smoke is just as deadly, following with third hand smoke that sticks to clothing and other materials. This has been proven to kill, slowly and painfully while it also drains our bank accounts. In my eyes this is murder by the companies and manslaughter or homicide by the people who smoke. My views will never be justified but yet we overlook this, turn the other cheek while each year; according to the United States center for disease control and prevention “about 443,000 deaths occur each year” (CDC, 2012). There are rallies, lawsuits to ban or limit smoking. Yet little to no progress shows. Marijuana does not kill and is not harmful to the body at all. In fact the only reason people claim it is harmful is because back in 1930 the bureau launched an unscientific campaign claiming that marijuana use provokes insanity, homicidal tendencies, and uncontrollable lust. Not one of these backed up with...
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