... Reflective portion: * Tris learns about her identity and chooses her faction. * Tris: Tris was born into the Abnegation Faction, but she had never felt at ease with her faction’s modest, self-denying lifestyle. When she took the aptitude test at the age of sixteen to determine her future, her result proved inconclusive. It was pretty clear from the start that this decision would very trying for her, and the path she chose would mean not only sacrificing a part of herself, but also sealing her fate as to what kind of person she would become for the rest of her life. At the Choosing Ceremony, Tris decided to join Dauntless. The decision represented a significant change in her life as she realized that in order to discover who she truly was, she had to leave her family behind and start anew. This meant giving up the security of family to actively pursue her goals regardless of whether they led her to danger, rather than being subservient to others with no freedom. Tris's rash decision of choosing Dauntless brought about many trials and tribulations that ultimately aided her in finding her true self. * Family: Before going to the Choosing Ceremony, Tris’s father had been counting on her and her brother to choose Abnegation. Afterwards, seeing their own children decided to leave the Abnegation faction, they were both shocked. Even though Tris's father felt disappointed, their mother, in contrast, encouraged and supported...
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...from young adult to adult. The first series I will address is Scott Westerfield’s Uglies series, where youth undergo plastic surgery as their rite of passage. Maturation and growing up require endure body modifications to create same-ness and the perfectly pretty white race. Second, I will analyze Ally Condie’s Matched series, where social order to determined by sorters who decide vocation and spouses. All teenagers attend a ceremony where a person’s perfect match is determined by a computer program. Lastly, I will use Veronica Roth’s Divergent series to explore how the world is constructed by personality type. Youth choose to participate in factions that are determined by a psychological examination that detects a youth’s instinctual predilections when facing their fears. As readers begin to figure out the rules to this new society, they are challenged to make comparisons to their own world. We are forced to wonder whether or not, as educators, we reinforce stereotypical constructs of adolescence despite our interaction with seemingly critical texts. In the last few years, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of dystopian novels marketed to young adults. The story always begins in media res, where some kind of travesty, disease, war, or alien invasion forced those in power to re-consider how to maintain order and control. The characters...
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...1.When Hamilton uses the word "factions," whom is he referring to? What groups? "Factions" is a group of people that have an akin idea, which is a political party. There were two political parties, the Federalists, and the Democratic- Republicans. 2.Madison illustrates two methods for dealing with the violence of factions? The two methods for dealing with factions are removing its causes and controlling its effects. To remove the causes of factions is by destroying the liberty and giving to every citizen the same opinions, passions, and interest. 3.Why won't the two methods listed in question two not work? The two methods won't work because you would have to destroy the citizens' rights which would destroy the government. 4.According to Hamilton, What was the most common cause of factions? The most common cause of faction would be the...
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...Critical Thinking: Independent Book Reflection *Use this space to review and consider the choices your author made. Nearly every choice is for a purpose; so reflect on and muse over his/her choices! Write your OWN, brief, yet descriptive plot summary (overall or structure summary for certain nonfiction pieces). The main character Beatrice lives in a future Chicago in where people are divided into factions based upon their personalities. Abnegation, for the selfless, Amity, for the peaceful, Candor, for the honest, Dauntless, for the brave, and Erudite, for the intellectual. When it comes time for the choosing day, Beatrice discovers that she is Divergent, a very special case in where a person is no set faction. After surprising her family with the choice of dauntless, Beatrice is sent into the initiation protocol for the faction. Starting with jumping onto a moving train. From that moving train she then must jump off of that train onto a roof, then down into a pitch black hole. After that part they must go through three initiation trials which she goes through and is injected with this serum thing that the eurdites activate to take control of the dauntless, all except the divergents who are surprisingly revealed to us that four and tris’ (Beatrice’s dauntless name) mother are. Then all of the action starts to kick in. We have death all around us. To get to the final control room to stop this brainwashing experience tris loses her mother and father. But after all that is...
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...world attention; and although it is a major part of the Middle Eastern culture, it happens to be so much more. Like Christianity, Islam is one of the fastest growing religions today and it is rapidly spreading for several reasons. Islam has a strong political and cultural base because it happens to be the state religion of Moslem countries. Its simple creed and tenets gives it a universal appeal, and the fact that it has no racial barriers and it embraces universal unity also helps it to spread rapidly in both African and American communities. Furthermore, easy communication and practicality of its Five Pillars also helps it to spread even more swiftly in the Western Hemisphere. Many sources are available that provide information for extensive research on the topic of Islam; however, personal communication as a source, provides a more unique perspective on this topic. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to highlight as well as to summarize a recent interview with an Islamic adherent as he gives his opinion on this topic. This summary will provide an in-depth report with regard to the Islamic experience. The interviewee helps to address the religious, political, cultural, and racial aspects of Islam. Some of which include the similarities and differences between Islam and other religions and how it shapes his life. The interviewee will also give his perspective with regard to the perception of the Muslim culture; he will explore Islam’s link to...
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...London, for most of these living in Salem Town were wealthy merchants. Salem Village, on the other hand, was actually part of Salem Town but was set apart by its economy, class, and character. Residents of Salem Village were mostly poor farmers who made their living cultivating crops in the rocky terrain. Ever since the 1660’s, Salem Village began the process of trying to separate itself from the larger nearby community of Salem Town. The Putnam family supported this effort whole-heartedly. They believed that the thriving economy of Salem Town, and more specifically, thriving merchants, made people too individualistic However, not all of Salem Village's residents supported this idea, which would eventually split the settlement into two factions. Thomas Putnam was the head of the group who supported the independence of Salem Village. Opposing him and his followers were the powerful Porter...
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...International Journal of Politics and Good Governance Volume 4, No. 4.2 Quarter II 2013 ISSN: 0976 – 1195 DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS OF GODFATHERISM IN NIGERIA: THE EFFECTS AND WAY FORWARD Alabi Abdullahi Department of Social Sciences and Global Studies (Political Science Unit), Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, Nigeria Sakariyau, Rauf Tunde Department of Political Science, Centre for Distance Learning, University of Abuja, Nigeria ABSTRACT Political godfatherism is one of the factors that embedded democratic setting in Nigeria since first republic. In view of this, this research work is primarily designed to examine democracy and politics of godfatherism in Nigeria with emphasis on its effects and way forward. The study adopts primary and secondary data to analyze some critical issues, like political violence, vote buying, disenfranchisement and some other political and socio-cultural factors that embedded democratic setting in Nigeria since 1999 till current political dispensation engaged by godfathers and godsons. The study further explores the relationship between godfathers and godsons with a particular attention to who become the next strongmen in the area of politics and who retains the status quo. This study examines some key concepts, such as democracy, political violence and political godfatherism. Finally, the study concludes with recommendations in order to ensure good governance and political stability in Nigeria. INTRODUCTION Democracy in Nigeria has had a...
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...addressing these questions can give anyone a better understanding of the religion of Islam. 1. Where did the religion of Islam come from? What does the Religion of Islam teach? How does Islam relate to other Religion of the world? The focus of this essay is to answer these questions with research and studies learned. Where did the religion of Islam come from? The Religion of Islam is believed to have been established in the year of Six Hundred and Ten CE (Common Era). Islam is believed to be the youngest of all the different religions A prophet by the name of Adam is said to be the man whom created the religion but was preached throughout the city of Mecca by a prophet named Muhammad. Muhammad was born in Five Hundred and Seventy CE in the city of Mecca where he worked as a merchant and as a shepherd. According to Islamic beliefs by age forty in the month of Ramadan was where he received his first revelation from God while being in the surrounding mountains in a cave. Years later he started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that “ God is One” and that complete surrender and submission to Him is the only acceptable to God and he was the messenger of God. Islam is believed to be written in the literal Word Of God revealed in Arabic in the the book the Holy Qur'an. Muslims believe the verses were sent to Muhammad through...
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...available to provide the wounded with food and First Aid. In 1862 he published the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he described the horror of the fight and condition of the thousands of wounded left without proper care. Dunant called for the creation of national relief societies, an idea which eventually led to the formation of the Red Cross. |Name : |Jean Henri Dunant | |Born : |May 8, 1828(1828-05 08)Geneva, Switzerland | |Died: |October 30, 1910(1910-10-30) (aged 82) | | |Heiden, Switzerland | |Nationalit: |Swiss | |Awards: |Nobel Peace Prize (1901) | Dunant's appeal in his book was :- "Would there not be some means, during a period of peace and calm, of forming Relief Societies whose object would be to have the wounded cared for in time of war by enthusiastic, devoted volunteers, fully qualified for the task?" "Would it not be possible for the princes of the art of warfare from different nations, to...
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................7 Psionics ...................................................................................................................25 Equipment ..............................................................................................................33 Systems ...................................................................................................................59 The History of Space ...............................................................................................71 Game Master’s Guide ..............................................................................................78 World Generation ...................................................................................................87 Factions .................................................................................................................113 Adventure Creation ...............................................................................................128 Alien Creation .......................................................................................................138 Xenobestiary .........................................................................................................148 Designer’s Notes ....................................................................................................158 Hydra Sector .........................................................................................................164 Game Master Resources ....
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...membership? 6. union shop- anyone working for the company has to join the union or at least pay a part of the dues to cover cost of negotiating contracts 7. right-to-work laws- outlaw union shop contracts 8. benefits for group membership: solidarity- make people feel good for joining a group and working with others to make the world a better place. 9. Material- include things like discounts on goods or services, or low cost life or auto insurance. 10. Information- provide members with information that they find interesting and useful. 11. “Federalist Number 10”- how the new government created by the Constitution would help deal with the problem of factions. 12. Faction- He lumps parties and interest groups togetheras including both large groups (majority factions)and small groups (minority factions) ofpassionate people who are united bysome interest. 13. democratic pluralism- checking and balancing 14. lobbying- those activities in which people contact public officials to try and influence public policy 15. lobbyists- Those who do this work 1. legislative lobbying- aimed at Congress, or at legislatures on the state level 2. bureaucratic lobbying- contacts with the bureaucracy in an effort to affect how bureaucracy enforces laws and administers programs 3. The Federal Register- All regulations must...
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...temple, apparently with the intention of introducing the worship of Greek God Zeus to the site. He deliberately placed on the altar a dish of pork; a forbidden meat. He also forbade circumcision; a religious practice. His acts caused so much hatred among the Jews that they rebelled. Led by the Jewish family of five brothers, the Maccabees; the Jews took back the rule of their country, and the temple was rededicated to the worship of Israel’s one God. This winter festival widely kept today is a joyous memorial that recalls the rededication of the “Second Temple”, which is observed for eight days and eight nights starting on the 25th day of Kislev (according to the Hebrew calendar), which may occur any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical Menorah consists of eight branches with an additional raised branch. The extra light is called a Shamash and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest of the candles. The purpose of the Shamash is to have a light available for use, as using the Hanukkah lights themselves is forbidden. Hanukkah is often equated to Christmas because the holidays happen at the same time of year. In addition to the storyline, Judea was part of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt until 200 BCE when King Antiochus...
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...a state, the federal government, or local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. There is a very unique relationship between crime and the law. If there are no laws then what constitutes a crime? There would be no crime because there would be no violations that would be punishable. This would cause mass chaos among the people. People would take matters into their own hands. Each individual would become their own judge, juror, and executioner. This is something that society could not handle and this is why there is a need for order by making laws and enforcing them. The two most common models that society deems what and which acts are criminal are the Consensus model and the Conflict model. The Consensus model is a perspective from the criminal justice field that it is assumed that all the components work together consistently to achieve justice. If crimes go against this way of thinking they are considered a detriment to our society. The Conflict model is based on the thinking that all the components of the criminal justice system collide and have their own special interests. They based this on believing that all these different agencies have different pressures that will conflict with complete cooperation. The...
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...Muhammad Sani Isa Reviewed by: Dr Ibraheem Dooba Publisher: Society for Safety & Crisis Management ISBN: 978-978-935-256-2 Description: Everyone can write a book but certainly not a monograph. It’s very likely to see academics with many book titles in their names without a single monograph in a whole life time. A monograph is a specialist work of writing on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, usually by a single author with cogent, convincing and compelling facts and figures written mainly for an academic audience. This monograph is centered on Crisisology as an emerging academic discipline which presumably according to the author escaped the attention of earlier thinkers. In the light of current global crises and the quest for a formidable strategy of effective crisis detection, prevention and management, the author is championing the development of the academic discipline of Crisisology in the Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, Monotechnics and research institutions. He felt a new approach to crisis, conflict, emergency and disaster management is urgently needed to take us beyond a purely reactive response to that of creating fresh opportunities for improved tools, strategies and education through the study, teaching and practice of Crisisology. To underscore his resolve to lead this new intellectual campaign of pace-setting, Muhammad Sani Isa, the National President of the Society for Safety and Crisis Management, an Associate Editor of the...
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...in the center of Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east. Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has suffered brutal civil war in addition to foreign interventions in the form of the 1979 Soviet invasion and the 2001 U.S. invasion. The strategic interests of the great powers of the day in Afghanistan pitched against the potential threat of terrorism, religious extremism, smuggling and drug trafficking substantiates the assertion that Afghan security situation has the potential to generate effects far beyond its borders. Afghanistan had experienced several coups since 1973, when the Afghan monarchy was overthrown by Daud Khan, who was sympathetic to Soviet overtures. Subsequent coups reflected struggles within Afghanistan among factions with different ideas about how Afghanistan should be governed and whether it should be communist, and with degrees warmth toward the Soviet Union. The Soviets intervened following the overthrow of a pro-communist leader. In late December 1979, after several months of evident military preparation, they invaded Afganistan. At that time, the Soviet Union and the United States were engaged in the Cold War, a global competition for the fealty of other nations. The United States was, thus, deeply interested in whether the Soviet Union would succeed in establishing a communist government loyal to Moscow in Afghanistan. In order to forestall that possibility, the United States began funding insurgent forces to oppose the Soviets. The U.S.-funded...
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