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One of Emily Dickinson’s most profound poems is “Because I could not stop for death”. The poem’s vagueness creates that state of inquisitiveness in the reader prolonging the interest to get an in-depth look at the poem. The poem has received much attention from critics who mainly try to get a glimpse of the poem from another perspective. This is familiar with most of her poems, in that they have attracted both admirers and critics alike with the same vigor. At the beginning of the poem, in the first two lines; “Because I could not stop for death/He kindly stopped for me,” brings to the reader the central point or the main idea behind the whole poem. Different readers have had different understanding of the make-up of the poem, but they almost always agree on one thing in the poem, the theme- Death. There are some crucial parts in the poem that usually serve as the block towards understanding the meaning behind the writing of this poem. In the third stanza, the words “children” and “in the ring” bring out contrasting interpretations to different classes of readers. The other part of the poem that assists the reader to get the poetic meaning is the first sentence in the fourth stanza, “Or rather he passed us”. The interpretations to this line also vary a great deal. In general, the different meanings to the phrases and the themes individuals gain from the poem vary, but they agree on some very important aspects of the poem. For instance, both her supporters and critics are on terms that the poet has personified death. He likens it to a man who is on a journey or a trip with the persona in the poem. The other aspect that brings these two teams of ideologists to terms in the poem is the pictures the reader creates in his mind when he goes through the third stanza, pictures of the “children in the ring”, “Fields of gazing grain and also the mental image one creates of “the setting sun”. They agree that the levels to which they are presented and their order creates in one an image of the stages a person goes through in life. The images depict a person’s growth from the time he is young till he attains maturity and finally his death. The other aspect that they both agree is that they had set off fully aware that it would neither be a long nor permanent journey. This is evidenced by the kind of dressing they had worn, the “Gosamer” and ‘Tulle” are both indicative of his expectations about the type of journey it would have been a temporary journey. The other part of the poem with which they agree on is the line “the house that seemed/A swelling on the ground”. They agree that this in literal terms refers to a grave. In spite of there being some points with which they are in agreement over, there are some areas they have totally different opinions. One school of thought takes up the most direct interpretation, an example is that of line one, ”Because I could not stop fo
Marx has interesting views on nationalism and imperialism during the second half of the 19 th century. Indeed, most of his sentiments on these highlighted issues have been widely discussed in the current society. Karl Marx’s “communist manifesto” demonstrates a variety of critical issues that were eminent during the second of the nineteenth century. In these statements, it is evident that Karl Marx did not like the idea of nationalism and imperialism. According to him, imperialism led to the development of a biased nationalism (Kinzer 11). Therefore, nationalism is born from the much destructive theme of imperialism. He elucidated the fact that the developing nations must stay away from the detrimental impacts and manipulations of imperialism. As he indicates, imperialism is the basic means through which the western nations propagate their capitalistic and materialistic ideologies. The ideological influence from the developed nations compromised the effective advancement of the budding countries. In addition, Marx is of the opinion that imperialism contributes to the emergence of a false single identity (Kinzer 21). Consequently, this falsehood identity or tag destroyed the capacity of victim nations to develop self-realization. His basic perception is that the west have assumed greater advantages and reaped potential benefits from the less developed states. He justifies the fact that the Chinese have been secluded from the western society due to intense imperialism from the western nations. The imperialists forced their pattern of life and societal norms on the emergent nations. Karl Marx categorically highlights the fundamental objectives of the imperialists in his philosophical arguments. He denotes that they have a potential aspiration to curtail and regulate the developing nations. However, they yearn to attain this under the pretext of westernization of civilization. The process of civilization is nothing other than a typical and complete adoption or duplication of the injurious culture of the west. The developing nations are deprived of their vital natural and manmade resources. Karl Marx identifies all the negative implications associated with this practice. Brain drain and over-reliance on the western beliefs and way of life include some of the negative implications cited by Karl Marx. Generally, the philosopher noted that imperialism and nationalism impeded individuality and self-reliance (Kinzer 26). These in turn derail the self-esteem of individuals. Therefore, such nations produce citizens with typical lifestyles. They fail to think at individual level. Moreover, they also lack creativity and innovation. There is less internal development but more depende
This paper is aimed to answer two questions. The first one is why it is necessary to develop a global perspective on public health rather than national or regional ones. The second one is to dwell upon one local and one global environmental public health problem in Arabian Gulf. To start with, it is important to point out that, nowadays, public health is one of the factors which define the well-being of each citizen. Besides, public health appears to be the condition required for the valuable development of the country. Annually published data about the mean life enforce governments, as well as businesses, to invest more funds into the development of public health systems (Baltagi et al. 3). At present, it is possible to state that local public health systems have been facing a certain crisis. It results from several factors. One of them is the aging of the planet population. A notable improvement in the life quality and a simultaneous reduction in the birth rate entrain the reduction in the number of people who are able to work (including the reduction in the number of medical staff). Besides, there are a growing number of people who are in constant need of support from the part of the public health system (Zimmer et al. 374). Local public health systems are not likely to tackle the problem. That is one of the reasons why a global perspective for public health should be developed. Apart from that, according to surveys, patients would like to have the worldwide public health system. It is expected to be of higher quality. The total tendency of reductions in the level of sedentism among the planet population, as well as the elimination of the borders between states, require providing constant prompt access to information about each citizen’s health (Prince 6). This is the only way to guarantee quality medical services for patients regardless of the place where he/she finds themselves and how far it is from their home. What is more, one of the most serious problems is acknowledged to be the management of medicine-induced treatment of patients. The range of medicines tends to enlarge. Thus, doctors are incapable of remembering all of them, their characteristics, and contra-indications (Tulchinsky and Varavikova 24). Therefore, working out a single base of medicines available worldwide will help to solve this problem to some extent. One of the m
Objectives By the end of the session, the students would be expected to:  1. Identify weaknesses in the study skills that they currently apply during their studies.  2. Discuss the impact of poor study skills on their performance.  3. List at least five study skills that would help them to improve their performance.  4. Apply different and effective study skills during their studies. Materials For this session to be successful, students would be required to have reading materials such as textbooks. It would also be important for them to have notebooks to take short notes during discussions. This would be important because different subjects require unique study skills. The students would, therefore, be shown how to study various subjects by using distinct study techniques. They would be required to use the textbooks during the sessions and take short notes. Procedures Explain to the students that it is vital for them to develop good study skills. It is because there is a difference between studying and studying effectively. Effective studying can only be achieved once students acquire the right study skills. The difference between students who perform well in school and those who do not perform well is the study skills applied by individual students. Discuss with the students some of the best study skills that they can apply in their studies and study skills that they should avoid. For instance, a student should have a good study place where he/she can spread papers and books. Students should also use planners to ensure that they do not forget to do essential assignments. It is because it is easy for students in their sixth grade to forget assignments given by teachers. Students should also be told about the importance of breaking complex projects into smaller components. It is an important study skill that would ensure that they do not experience major difficulties as they do their assignments. Besides, the importance of keeping track of important reference materials should be emphasized as one of the most essential study skills that sixth-graders should adopt (Ohara, 25). Discuss some of the bad study skills that students should avoid during their reading. These include sleeping on their reading tables, listening to music while reading, or reading so many subjects at the same time. This should be discouraged because it reduces the concentration span of students and distracts them completely. Ask students how often they find themselves using some of the bad study skills mentioned, whether they plan their reading time and how often they listen to music or watch television while reading. Then, explain to the students that it is important for them to understand study skills because it is a critical area. As a result, in the next 5-10 sessions, discussions would be on how to improve their study skills. Although the first session would be an introduction to study skills and their importance to sixth graders, the following advisory sessions would explore the topic in detail. The comparison would be made among different study skills
Abstract Terrorism is one of the global commons that is of great concern to many countries, particularly the developed states, such as the United States, which is always the target of terrorists. Based on this, the United States was forced to enter into a joint military operation with the government of Philippine in order to reduce the chances of attack on the American citizens and property given the fact that Philippine border the US. The US government came up with a decision to engage in joint venture instead of going it alone because of constrained resources. The government established that terrorists pose a serious threat in Philippine, but it could not launch military strikes to flush them out. It decided to offer technical assistance through training and provision of resources to the government of Philippines. Through this partnership, some of the basic objectives pertaining to peace and security have been achieved. This paper looks at the ways in which the US armed forces used the rudiments of operational design to build up and improve the operational approach. Additionally, the paper discusses some of the factors that shape the planning and execution of the operation (Sewall, & Lambert, 2011). It is noted that the operation was successfu
Introduction Today’s age is one of the complex times for all the human beings on earth. Its complexity is apparent in all walks of life. The major factor for this complexity is ever-increasing body of knowledge that is benefiting the positive cause for the living then it is also empowering the negative forces of the very planet. With the advent of massive technological advances and space exploration, the course of life has dramatically changed in the present era. However, this very change has brought such evils to society as suicide bombing, kidnapping, mass-killing, and bioterrorism making life miserable for the general dweller almost in all parts of the world. As such, these waves of terrorism are taking new shapes with the passage of time in proportion to the development on the positive side of the acquisition of knowledge. Henceforth, the present paper, specifically investigates the issue of bioterrorism and looks at the issue from the viewpoint of emergency or disaster preparedness. As such the paper investigates the causes of bioterrorism and carries an extensive investigation to bring forth possible and effective measures against the likely influence of bioterrorism. Bioterrorism And Emergency Preparedness Today is the age of rapid change, rapid not only in progressive work, but unluckily in such areas as terrorism which gave birth to bioterrorism (Fabian, p. 62, 2004). It was during the attacks of anthrax on April 24, 1997, in Washington D.C. when this all started on a broad spectrum (Layne, p. 21, 2004), and that the United States seemed to lack an efficient preparedness for biological terrorism and prospective threats. Later, “On May 17, 2000, a release of pneumonic plague virus occurred at a local theater hosting a sold-out performance of a popular play” (Wiant, p. 50, 2000). If it had been the other way around, it would have indicated better cure and care of the infected and exposed people as happened later when Ron Brown had an idea of fixing instant bioterrorism detectors on cell-phone towers (Krause, p. 37, 2003). However, on a broader canvas what is required in this regard, that is, emergency preparedness in bioterrorism, is that the first responders to the biological threats must – who range from law enforcement bodies to technicians of medical emergency – have training which is up to date so as to effectively deal with prospective and present biological threats like anthrax. Some of the concerned departments of the US government have started to create awareness with regard to necessary precautions for such issues as influenza, smallpox, and toxic chemicals. Other agencies and bodies have begun to work in association with other organizations to prepare people and communities so that they can protect themselves. Cross-communal partnerships are also being observed in order to effectively meet the challenges in the area of bioterrorism and to treat any threat with a mass movement of expertise and resources (Abatemarco, p. 16, 2007). Public Participation in Preparedness of Bioterrorism With regard to the preparedness to biological threats, responding effectively t
McDonald’s filed a lawsuit in the United States against its former CEO, Steve Easterbrook, after it was revealed that he had several consensual sexual encounters with workers in the year before his leave and maintained them hidden. Easterbrook misled authorities and threw away proof of his wrongdoing; he prioritized his interests over McDonald’s. Shareholders have filed a lawsuit against the corporation for attempting to prevent misbehavior and prioritizing speed over accuracy in resolving the issue. Negligent recruitment and retention responsibility are widely used to describe an employer’s commitment not to recruit or keep a worker (Monteiro et al., 2019). The supervisor was aware of or should have been aware of the likelihood of engaging in behavior against other persons or otherwise subjecting workers or third parties to legal responsibility. Companies can be held accountable for their workers’ intentional misbehavior (dos Santos et al., 2017). This work is written to study the case of negligence at work since negligence is the most common type of tort. If a McDonald’s fails to vet a worker before hiring them thoroughly and they cause harm to others, the corporation may be held accountable for their conduct. A McDonald’s, for instance, should examine all prior work, certification qualifications, and current professional associations before hiring an executive chef (Rushchenko et al., 2020). If the chef commits frequent culinary errors that cause health concerns for diners, the popular fast food restaurant is likely to be held accountable since it fail
Introduction Personal responsibility helps a person to accept the fact that one is totally responsible for the actions he or she does. In most cases, when mistakes are made, human beings tend to point fingers at other people or lay the blame on other individuals instead of accepting their involvement (Brown, 2009). Personal responsibility plays a vital role in the success of many college students. Most college students find themselves not meeting the balance between personal responsibility and college success. Some students miss classes altogether while some turn in assignments late. Others cram for exams instead of reading and understanding. Sullivan argues that, personal change requires the right timing. Lack of understanding a different perspective, failure to develop a particular skill, ability or practice does not mean that a person will never succeed. Personal responsibility Personal responsibility is a person’s ability to take care of him or herself, by keeping healthy, having a sound mind, managing one’s emotion, and even treating oneself with respect. Personal responsibility requires taking responsibility of one’s actions, deeds and behavior and accepting the consequences coming from the actions (Brown, 2009). Personal responsibility requires a person to understand that what one does affects the people around him or her. Personal responsibility and college success Personal responsibility is vital for success in college. Asking for guidance and help is expected in college, but having personal responsibility is the key aspect for being successful. Personal responsibility in college teaches a person to manage time correctly and effectively for future endeavors. It also shows that setting goals and managing to accomplish them is a trait required later on in life. The American dream is to have success in life, raise a family and not have any worry about money, freedom or even health. Such a dream can only be achieved through success in college. People do become successful without going to college, but the easy and most common way is through education, and being personally responsible for a student’s success. It takes a step by step process to become successful, but when one is aware of the importance of achieving that goal, the better off a person will be in the long run. Personal responsibility requires a person to acknowledge what one wants to achieve in college, understand the need to manage time effectively and wisely, between the outside and college life (Downing, 2004). Students who are aware of their learning styles benefit th
Most business leaders and employers are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of workplace flexibility with the increasing number of jobseekers who would prefer to work on a flexible schedule rather than work in a highly paying job with a tight schedule. Therefore, more and more employers are seeking options and programs to implement workplace flexibility in their organizations. However, there is a notable gap in workplace flexibility between men and women. In fact, some business leaders such as Kathleen Christensen believe that flexibility for women in the workplace is a social and structural issue. This is a fact considering that the traditional workplace was designed to fit the male workers because they could afford to work full-time without taking breaks to attend to other social imperatives such as care-giving responsibilities (Richard Heffiner’s Open Mind, 2005, para. 3). Furthermore, most career paths were designed in such a way that people got employed in their early twenties, advanced through ranks, and retired in their sixties. This type of career path does not fit the needs of parents especially women who are currently contributing to almost half of the workforce. In the long run, people end up working for 80 hours and over while neglecting important social responsibilities such as child rearing, cooking, and cleaning. Therefore, it is obvious that this workplace structure does not fit the working parents, and hence, it is important to allow more flexibility in jobs in order to enable parents attend to other equally important matters (Richard Heffner’s Open Mind, 2005, para. 2-6). On the other hand, various factors underlie the historical trends in women’s flexibility in the workplace. According to Domenico and Jones (2006, p. 1), women have been subjects of criticism throughout history with some critics viewing working women as immoral, unfeminine, objects of pity, and negligent mothers. Therefore, for a woman, having a career was a challenge considering their responsibilities and duties as mothers and wives, which could compromise their professional responsibilities. Because of these simultaneous work-family demands, it was difficult for most women to put their career aspirations first, and thus, their careers were significantly affected (Domenico & Jones, 2006, p. 1). Furthermore, despite most women joining the workforce in large numbers over the years, their success in achieving career goals and objectives have been dwarfed by different factors including working in low-paying and less flexible jobs such as sales, nursing, social work, and teaching; or remaining in some conventional careers that could only afford them inflexible job opportunities. These factors are also closely related to stereotypical occupational roles designated to the male and female genders, which subsequently cause discrepancies in income, opportunities for growth, and career advancements between the two genders (Domenico & Jones, 2006, pp. 2-7). Accordingly, two school