...A veil is an article of clothing or cloth hanging that is intended to cover some part of the head or face, or an object of some significance. It is especially associated with women and sacred objects. One view is that as a religious item, it is intended to show honor to an object or space. The actual sociocultural, psychological, and sociosexual functions of veils have not been studied extensively but most likely include the maintenance of social distance and the communication of social status and cultural identity.[1][2] In Islamic society, various forms of the veil have been adopted from the Arab culture in which Islam arose The first recorded instance of veiling for women is recorded in an Assyrian legal text from the 13th century BC, which restricted its use to noble women and forbade prostitutes and common women from adopting it.[citation needed] The Mycenaean Greek term a-pu-ko-wo-ko meaning "craftsman of horse veil" written in Linear B syllabic script is also attested since ca. 1300 BC.[3][4] In ancient Greek the word for veil was "καλύπτρα" (kaluptra, Ionic Greek "καλύπτρη" - kaluptrē, from the verb "καλύπτω" - kaluptō, "I cover"[5]) and is first attested in the works of Homer.[6][7] Classical Greek and Hellenistic statues sometimes depict Greek women with both their head and face covered by a veil. Caroline Galt and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones have both argued from such representations and literary references that it was commonplace for women (at least those of higher...
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...Ethical Issues Pamela Funsch Ethics/316 November 5, 2012 Terry Burr Ethical Issues In this paper many questions will be answered. Upon completion of the simulation the ethical issues will be discussed and the decision-making steps taken to address ethical issues? What ethical perspectives, or lenses, were used to make the decisions in the simulation? How may concepts from this simulation relate to the workplace? In the Mysterious Blogger the issue to be addressed was the situation, including Jamal Moore and Aaron Webb should be addressed. The details included information from the company that had been made public information by Aaron Webb. Jamal Moore was the employee who picked up on this information and reported it to the company. ...
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...this case, Parson Hooper wears a veil to cover his “secret sin.” Being a minister, he is exposed to many sinful situations that are difficult to avoid and he covers his self- conflict with a black veil. Throughout this eye- opening parable, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are both, positive and negative effects of Mr. Hooper’s black veil. Hawthorn reveals whether or not Mr. Hooper’s black veil is worth wearing by the time he dies at the end of the story. The first time Mr. Hooper wears his black veil, people immediately feel frightened and wonder why their minister “has gone mad” (Hawthorne 9). Mr. Hooper does not mean to scare everyone, he is simply covering his face from the world, in which he says, “If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same?” (Hawthorne 35). Everyone speaks only of bad things about him, “I would not be alone with him for the world. I wonder he is not afraid to alone with himself” (Hawthorne 16). Even his fiancé questions their relationship. No one wants a husband whose face is always covered by a depressing veil. He refuses to remove it and explain to her why he is wearing this veil. Mr. Hooper loves Elizabeth dearly and does not want her to leave him, “Have patience with me, Elizabeth!” (Hawthorne 39), he cries passionately. He watches her leave and he “smiled to think that only a material emblem has separated him from happiness” (Hawthorne 43). Why...
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...Honors English 10 Rodriguez Essay Richard Rodriguez wrote an untitled passage that poignantly portrays some of the family-related Christmas events that have occurred during his life. This particular selection addresses how his mother’s prediction about her children’s future wealth foreshadowed the scarcity of satisfaction, earnest values, and close interpersonal relationships they developed as adults. In this specific piece of work, Rodriguez effectively utilizes powerful writing elements such as selection of detail, narrative structure, manipulation of language, and tone to convey his feelings of insignificance, futility, hollowness, desolation, and lack of fulfillment regarding both himself and his entire family to the reader. Rodriguez first employs selection of detail to convey his own lack of significance by exempting himself from the specifics he presents when he discusses the success of his mother’s children: “Her two daughters are business executives. Her oldest son is a lawyer.” Rodriguez, then, uses selection of detail to emphasize the importance of his mother’s prediction that her children would “all be very rich” and “have lots of money to buy [her] presents”, but that she will be “a little old lady” without “any teeth or hair” and although they will buy her “a big fur coat”, they will “only be able to see [her] eyes.” The powerful element of narrative structure is also evident in the above referenced, lengthy, verbatim quote from the author’s mother that...
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...University in Ohio. She then received her Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of California, Berkeley. While pursuing her education, Divakaruni held many odd jobs to maintain a stable living. These included babysitting, selling merchandise in an Indian boutique, slicing bread in a bakery, washing instruments in a science lab, working the dining hall in International House at Berkeley. She also taught several classes at Diablo Valley College and Foothill College. Since her writing career began, her work has been published in over fifty magazines, and her writing has been included in over fifty anthologies. By popular demand, her novels have been translated into twenty nine different languages. Two of her books, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart, have been made into movies. Currently, Divakaruni resides in Houston, Texas with her husband, two sons, and family dog. She teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Houston while also serving on two advisory boards that help South Asian women who find themselves in abusive situations. PLOT Clothes, by...
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...Unseen Analysis on the poem ‘Lament’ The poem ‘Lament’ can be seen as a series of things, which the poet is grieving for as a result of the destruction of war. The poem begins every stanza with the word “For” in order to suggest all the things, which the poet thinks the reader should feel sorrowful towards. The poem has a regular structure and comprises seven stanzas, all of which are three lines long. This regular structure allows the poet to explore specific things, in each stanza, which he believes are being impact upon by the destruction of war and the pollution it causes. Each line of the poem is end stopped and this disciplined form can be seen as paradoxical with the almost dystopian level of destruction, which is being described. The first stanza of the poem begins with the word “For,” in order to suggest the things, which the poet believes the reader should be lamenting for. The use of the present participle of the word “pulsing,” conveys to the reader a sense of the desperation of the turtle, by suggesting the energy with which it searches for a breeding ground. The personification of the word “burden,” suggests the distressing reality of the experience for the turtle, as she searches for a breading ground. The visual image of eggs laid in their “nest of sickness,” conveys a juxtaposition in the vitality and life fullness suggested by “eggs,” in contrast with the word “sickness,” which alludes to the unhealthiness of the turtle’s environment. Structurally...
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...mentioned the fertilizer fund scam, the NBN-ZTE anomalous deal, and "Hello Garci" scandal which happened in the previous administration. He then highlighted the major achievements of his 5-year administration under the "Daang Matuwid" thrust, which includes the improved economy and outlook, increased collection of revenues and benefits of his social service programs, including the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and PhilHealth. One of the more interesting part of his SONA, however, was his veiled swipes at Vice President Jejomar Binay, the standard-bearer of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) for next year elections. He answered Binay's previous tirades that his administration is 'manhid' and 'palpak' by highlighting the performance of the PhilHealth under his term. He then questioned UNA’s slogan “Gaganda any Buhay" and pushed for the passage of the Anti-Dynasty Bill, contrary to the proposal of Vice President for term extension and re-election of future presidents. At the end of his speech, the President went into valedictory mode as he thanked almost everybody, including PSGs,...
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...whereas he mentioned the fertilizer fund scam, the NBN-ZTE anomalous deal, and "Hello Garci" scandal which happened in the previous administration. He then highlighted the major achievements of his 5-year administration under the "Daang Matuwid" thrust, which includes the improved economy and outlook, increased collection of revenues and benefits of his social service programs, including the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and PhilHealth.. One of the more interesting part of his SONA, however, was his veiled swipes at Vice President Jejomar Binay, the standard-bearer of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) for next year elections.He answered Binay's previous tirades that his administration is 'manhid' and 'palpak' by highlighting the performance of the PhilHealth under his term. He then questioned UNA’s slogan “Gaganda any Buhay" and pushed for the passage of the Anti-Dynasty Bill, contrary to the proposal of Vice President for term extension and re-election of future presidents.At the end of his speech, the President went into valedictory mode as he thanked almost everybody, including PSGs, members of his...
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...favourite toy? When did you decide that it was no longer your favourite toy? Why did you decide that it was no longer your favourite toy (or maybe it’s still your favourite toy – that’s OK – this paper is for my eyes only)? Why or why not? What role do you think the toy played in your childhood (social, psychological, etc.)? Note: no outside references required; text document The secret of Vegeta and my world within . May 21st, 2014 Rohith Sothilingam 120578730 What was my favourite toy What made it my favourite toy Growing up, I was a major fan of the anime show called Dragonball Z. In this show was a character known as Vegeta who had a rough persona, yet there lingered a softer side to him as well. His endearing perseverance to never give up no matter how beaten up he was proved himself to be a hero in my eyes as a child. I wanted to grow up to live up to Vegeta’s ability to stand up toward any opposition regardless of size or potential of threat. He also happened to be married to a woman named Bulma who seemed to be the only person he would show his soft side to. As if he veiled a façade to all of society yet allowed himself to be vulnerable to the most important person in life. His emotional attachment Bulma enticed my interest toward possibly having a future marriage of a similar nature to this relationship. Due to these factors, I idolized Vegeta. Why did you decide it was no longer your favourite toy? What role did your toy...
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...Ryan Young CLA 325 3/10/11 Critical reviwe Do you ever have a dream that you have when your asleep and when u wake up it and u don’t remember? In the article Forgotten Fantasies? Modernity, Reenchantment, and Dream Consciousness by Raymond L. M. lee stats that “dreams are quickly forgotten and attempted recalls are difficult. We may remember some dreams or fragments of some dreams, but it is rare that our memory can provide unproblematic access to the detailed aspect of any singular dream or to the sequential unfolding of several dreams.” (pg288) When I think about this I feel that this is true because when I have dream and when I wake I have problems recalling my drams when I wake in the morning. Later in the article Lewis that “most people tend not to be in the habit of activating that power (to remember dreams). Unless dreams have significant meaning or arouse strong emotions, they have little immediate recall value and become cosigned to the waste bins of our memory.”(Pg289) If you think about this is significantly true it might not be to you but to me it is because all the dreams I remember are dreams that has great meaning or has some personal message connected to it. In the next part of the article Lewis starts talking about the cultures or dreams consciousness and memory. In this part Lewis talks about historic views of dreams by cultures. Most of these cultures we went over in class like the Babylon, Greece and rome. He talks about how some cultures view dreams...
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...which make up the fabric of history: it is little events, strung together and accumulated over time, which account for our place in history. Though it may have been, in certain of its parts, reconstructed incorrectly and small shards are missing here and there, history, by a well-read and descriptive author, like a Grecian urn, is a spectacle to behold; like man himself -- fascinating, seductive, intriguing, and spectacular. Maybe most are like me, I enjoy observing, at a safe distance, the follies and misfortunes2 of my fellow men. An author of history must adopt a method to gratify the natural curiosity that most of us have about the bloody events of times past. History, like all literature, must be written in a lively and descriptive manner. This is necessary, so to grip and hold the reader, in an effort, veiled and concealed as it might be, to teach a lesson or moral such that the reader might modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future. This, incidentally, is the principal reason that history ought to be at the core of any scheme of education. In this light, as John Morley observed, the actual twists and turns of the great historical happenings are not so important...
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...Post negotiation Analysis of Les Florets Case This case particularly resonates with me because it highlights the problems that arise when two individuals have reference points which do not overlap. An impasse was reached between myself (VP of operations for Les Florets) and the Restaurant owner and this was primarily due to the fact that we both had reference points with a ceiling which we felt we could not exceed. Going into this negotiation as the VP of operations my goal was to primarily succeed in buying the restaurant. Prior to starting the negotiation, i identified several certain non monetary concessions that could be made to sweeten the deal such as paying a percentage of travel expenses, and also allowing the restaurant owner to remain as a manager provided he takes a shorter leave of absence (6 months), or retaining him as a paid consultant . I also identified my reservation price as being 160,000 Euros which was the maximum amount given to me by my bosses to offer to the restaurant owner. I established that it was important to discover why the owner wanted to sell as this would enable me to know what negotiation tactic to apply . At the beginning of the negotiations, I initially controlled negotiations, I said that Les Florets was more interested in keeping him as manager even when they bought the restaurant and immediately proposed if he would be interested in remaining as manager after he sold the place while pleasantly asking why he wanted to sell the restaurant...
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...which make up the fabric of history: it is little events, strung together and accumulated over time, which account for our place in history. Though it may have been, in certain of its parts, reconstructed incorrectly and small shards are missing here and there, history, by a well-read and descriptive author, like a Grecian urn, is a spectacle to behold; like man himself -- fascinating, seductive, intriguing, and spectacular. Maybe most are like me, I enjoy observing, at a safe distance, the follies and misfortunes2 of my fellow men. An author of history must adopt a method to gratify the natural curiosity that most of us have about the bloody events of times past. History, like all literature, must be written in a lively and descriptive manner. This is necessary, so to grip and hold the reader, in an effort, veiled and concealed as it might be, to teach a lesson or moral such that the reader might modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future. This, incidentally, is the principal reason that history ought to be at the core of any scheme of education. In this light, as John Morley observed, the actual twists and turns of the great historical happenings are not so important...
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...Phases of Interpersonal Relationship Development A relationship is the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. It involves building and maintaining a bond of trust and transparency. The development of interpersonal relationship involves the initiation, development and maintenance of the relationship. The ability to identify and control the deterioration of the relationship will determine whether the relationship will continue or end on a negative note. A relationship goes through six stages that will ultimately end up in one of two endings, repairing stage or dissolution stage. They are: * Contact- When people first meet, the first perceptual reaction is to evaluate the other person and decide whether or not to engage. This takes place in a matter of seconds and is an involuntary response related to our "fight or flight" instincts. * Involvement- At the second stage, individuals disclose information about themselves and engage in deeper conversations. The involvement process may also include testing to see if the other person is ready to commit to the next level or if it is better to leave things as they are and not bother developing the relationship further. * Intimacy- A relationship is at its deepest and most committed level. Individuals self-disclose and the commitment moves into the public forum. Changing minds occur in this stage. This involves such demonstrations as getting married or individuals...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week Three EthicsGame Simulation Worksheet Student Name: _________________________ Facilitator: _________________________ Complete the interactive EthicsGame simulation located on the University of Phoenix student website for Week Three. Note. You can only go through the simulation once, so please use this worksheet to take notes. The simulation uses the following decision model with the indicated critical decision points. Take notes about your decisions or make a copy of the screen when you complete the work to ensure you have the information needed to write your reflection at the end of the simulation. |The Mysterious Blogger | |Step 1: |What is the issue? |Screen | |Be attentive. | |4 | | |Notes: | | | |How to discipline an employee who publicy revealed proprietary company information without condoning| | | |the fact that the identity of the individual was discovered via illegal means...
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