A Game of Thrones Chapter Twenty-three

DaenerysThe Dothraki sea, Ser Jorah Mormont state as he reined to a halt beside her on the eliminate of the ridge. beneath them, the plain stretched out immense and empty, a vast flat expanse that reached to the distant visible horizon and beyond. It was a sea, Dany thought. Past here, there were no hills, no mountains, no trees nor cities nor roads, only the endless grasses, the t exclusively blades ripple the likes of waves when the winds blew. Its so green, she give tongue to.Here and now, Ser Jorah agreed. You ought to see it when it blooms, all dark red flowers from horizon to horizon, like a sea of blood. Come the dry season, and the world turns the color of old bronze. And this is only hranna, child. There be a hundred kinds of grass out there, grasses as yellow as lemon and as dark as indigo, blue grasses and orange grasses and grasses like rainbows. Down in the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai, they say there atomic number 18 oceans of ghost grass, taller than a man on horse jeopardize with stalks as pale as milkglass. It murders all whatever other grass and glows in the dark with the spirits of the damned. The Dothraki claim that someday ghost grass depart lot the entire world, and then all life will end.That thought gave Dany the shivers. I dont sine qua non to talk somewhat that now, she said. Its so beautiful here, I dont want to think around everything dying.As you will, Khaleesi, Ser Jorah said respectfully.She heard the extend of voices and turned to look behind her. She and Mormont had outdistanced the rest of their party, and now the others were climbing the ridge below them. Her handmaid Irri and the untried archers of her khas were fluid as centaurs, except Viserys still struggled with the short stirrups and the flat saddle. Her brother was miserable out here. He ought never have decrease. Magister Illyrio had urged him to wait in Pentos, had offered him the hospitality of his manse, but Viserys would have no(prenominal) of it. H e would deterrent with Drogo until the debt had been paid, until he had the crown he had been promised. And if he tries to cheat me, he will learn to his sorrow what it intend to wake the potassium bitartrate, Viserys had vowed, laying a hand on his borrowed sword. Illyrio had blinked at that and wished him good fortune.Dany realized that she did non want to listen to any of her brothers complaints right now. The day was also perfect. The sky was a deep blue, and high supra them a hunting hawk circled. The grass sea swayed and sighed with each breath of wind, the air was warm on her hardihood, and Dany felt at peace. She would non allow Viserys spoil it.Wait here, Dany told Ser Jorah. Tell them all to stay. Tell them I command it.The kwickedness smiled. Ser Jorah was not a handsome man. He had a neck and shoulders like a bull, and coarse sour hair c everywhereed his arms and chest so thicksetly that there was n oneness left for his head. Yet his smiles gave Dany comfort. Y ou are learning to talk like a queen, Daenerys. zero(prenominal) a queen, said Dany. A khaleesi. She wheeled her horse about and galloped down the ridge alone.The descent was steep and rocky, but Dany rode fearlessly, and the joy and the danger of it were a song in her heart. All her life Viserys had told her she was a princess, but not until she rode her silvery had Daenerys Targaryen ever felt like one.At first it had not surveil easy. The khalasar had broken camp the daybreak after her wedding, moving east toward Vaes Dothrak, and by the third day Dany thought she was going to die. Saddle sores oert on her bottom, hideous and bloody. Her thighs were chafed raw, her hands blistered from the reins, the muscles of her legs and back so wracked with pain that she could scarcely sit. By the succession dusk fell, her handmaids would need to help her down from her mount.Even the nights brought no relief. Khal Drogo ignored her when they rode, even as he had ignored her during their wedding, and spent his evenings drinking with his warriors and bloodriders, racing his prize horses, watching women dance and men die. Dany had no train in these parts of his life. She was left to sup alone, or with Ser Jorah and her brother, and afterward to cry herself to sleep. Yet every night, some time originally the dawn, Drogo would come to her inhabit and wake her in the dark, to ride her as relentlessly as he rode his stallion. He perpetually in like mannerk her from behind, Dothraki fashion, for which Dany was grateful that way her lord husband could not see the disunite that wet her face, and she could use her pillow to muffle her cries of pain. When he was done, he would close his eyeball and begin to stertor balmyly and Dany would lie beside him, her body bruised and sore, hurting also much for sleep.Day followed day, and night followed night, until Dany knew she could not lodge a moment longer. She would kill herself rather than go on, she decided one night . . .Yet when she slept that night, she dreamt the calculus dream again. Viserys was not in it this time. There was only her and the dragon. Its scales were black as night, wet and slick with blood. Her blood, Dany sensed. Its look were pools of molten magma, and when it unresolveded its mouth, the flame came roaring out in a hot jet. She could hear it telling to her, She opened her arms to the fire, embraced it, let it swallow her whole, let it cleanse her and temper her and scour her clean. She could feel her sort sear and blacken and slough away, could feel her blood boil and turn to steam, and yet there was no pain. She felt strong and new and fierce.And the next day, conflictingly, she did not seem to hurt quite so much. It was as if the gods had heard her and rentn pity. Even her handmaids noticed the change. Khaleesi, Jhiqui said, what is wrong? Are you sick?I was, she answered, standing over the dragons eggs that Illyrio had given her when she wed. She touched one, t he largest of the three, running her hand lightly over the shelf. Black-and-scarlet, she thought, like the dragon in my dream. The stone felt strangely warm beneath her fingers . . . or was she still dreaming? She pulled her hand back nervously.From that hour onward, each day was easier than the one before it. Her legs grew stronger her blisters burst and her hands grew callused her soft thighs toughened, supple as leather.The khal had commanded the handmaid Irri to get word Dany to ride in the Dothraki fashion, but it was the filly who was her real teacher. The horse seemed to know her moods, as if they share a single mind. With every passing day, Dany felt surer in her seat. The Dothraki were a hard and unsentimental pile, and it was not their custom to name their animals, so Dany thought of her only as the silver. She had never loved anything so much.As the riding became less an ordeal, Dany began to notice the beauties of the land slightly her. She rode at the head of the kh alasar with Drogo and his bloodriders, so she came to each province fresh and unspoiled. Behind them the great horde might tear the earth and muddy the rivers and send up clouds of choking dust, but the fields ahead of them were always green and verdant.They crossed the rolling hills of Norvos, past terraced farms and atomic villages where the townsfolk watched anxiously from atop white stucco walls. They forded three wide placid rivers and a ordinal that was swift and narrow and treacherous, camped beside a high blue waterfall, skirted the tumbled ruins of a vast dead urban center where ghosts were said to moan among blackened marble columns. They raced down Valyrian roads a thousand years old and sequential as a Dothraki arrow. For half a woolgather, they rode through the Forest of Qohor, where the leaves made a golden cover high above them, and the trunks of the trees were as wide as city gates. There were great elk in that wood, and spotted tigers, and lemurs with silver fur and huge purple eyeball, but all fled before the betterment of the khalasar and Dany got no glimpse of them.By then her agony was a fading memory. She still ached after a long days riding, yet somehow the pain had a sweetness to it now, and each morning she came willingly to her saddle, gauge to know what wonders waited for her in the lands ahead. She began to ascend fun even in her nights, and if she still cried out when Drogo took her, it was not always in pain.At the bottom of the ridge, the grasses rose around her, tall and supple. Dany slowed to a trot and rode out onto the plain, losing herself in the green, blessedly alone. In the khalasar she was never alone. Khal Drogo came to her only after the sun went down, but her handmaids fed her and bathed her and slept by the admittance of her tent, Drogos bloodriders and the men of her khas were never far, and her brother was an unwelcome shadow, day and night. Dany could hear him on the top of the ridge, his voice scre am with anger as he shouted at Ser Jorah. She rode on, submerging herself deeper in the Dothraki sea.The green swallowed her up. The air was robust with the scents of earth and grass, mixed with the smell of horseflesh and Danys sweat and the oil in her hair. Dothraki smells. They seemed to belong here. Dany breathed it all in, laughing. She had a choppy urge to feel the ground beneath her, to curl her toes in that thick black soil. Swinging down from her saddle, she let the silver graze piece of music she pulled off her high boots.Viserys came upon her as sudden as a summer storm, his horse rearing beneath him as he reined up too hard. You dare he screamed at her. You give commands to me? To me? He vaulted off the horse, stumbling as he landed. His face was ruby as he struggled back to his feet. He grabbed her, shook her. build you forgotten who you are? meet at you. Look at youDany did not need to look. She was barefoot, with oiled hair, wearing Dothraki riding leathers and a multicolor vest given her as a bride gift. She looked as though she belonged here. Viserys was soiled and stained in city silks and ringmail.He was still screaming. You do not command the dragon. Do you chthonianstand? I am the skipper of the Seven Kingdoms, I will not hear orders from some horselords slut, do you hear me? His hand went under her vest, his fingers jab painfully into her breast. Do you hear me?Dany shoved him away, hard.Viserys stared at her, his lilac eyes incredulous. She had never defied him. Never fought back. force twisted his features. He would hurt her now, and badly, she knew that.Crack.The whip made a sound like thunder. The coil took Viserys around the throat and yanked him backward. He went sprawling in the grass, stunned and choking. The Dothraki riders hooted at him as he struggled to free himself. The one with the whip, young Jhogo, rasped a question. Dany did not understand his words, but by then Irri was there, and Ser Jorah, and the rest of her khas. Jhogo asks if you would have him dead, Khaleesi, Irri said.No, Dany replied. No.Jhogo understood that. genius of the others barked out a comment, and the Dothraki laughed. Irri told her, Quaro thinks you should take an ear to teach him respect.Her brother was on his knees, his fingers digging under the leather coils, crying incoherently, struggling for breath. The whip was tight around his windpipe.Tell them I do not wish him harmed, Dany said.Irri repeated her words in Dothraki. Jhogo gave a pull on the whip, yanking Viserys around like a puppet on a string. He went sprawling again, freed from the leather embrace, a thin business enterprise of blood under his chin where the whip had cut deep.I warned him what would happen, my lady, Ser Jorah Mormont said. I told him to stay on the ridge, as you commanded.I know you did, Dany replied, watching Viserys. He lay on the ground, sucking in air noisily, red-faced and sobbing. He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been.Take his horse, Dany commanded Ser Jorah. Viserys gaped at her. He could not believe what he was hearing nor could Dany quite believe what she was saying. Yet the words came. Let my brother go behind us back to the khalasar. Among the Dothraki, the man who does not ride was no man at all, the utmost of the low, without honor or pride. Let everyone see him as he is.No Viserys screamed. He turned to Ser Jorah, plead in the Common Tongue with words the horsemen would not understand. Hit her, Mormont. Hurt her. Your king commands it. Kill these Dothraki dogs and teach her.The exile knight looked from Dany to her brother she barefoot, with dirt between her toes and oil in her hair, he with his silks and steel. Dany could see the close on his face. He shall walk, Khaleesi, he said. He took her brothers horse in hand while Dany remounted her silver.Viserys gaped at him, and sit down down in the dirt. He kept his silence, but he would not move, and his eyes were full of acerbate as they rode away. Soon he was lost in the tall grass. When they could not see him anymore, Dany grew afraid. Will he find his way back? she asked Ser Jorah as they rode.Even a man as blind as your brother should be able to follow our trail, he replied.He is proud. He may be too shamed to come back. Jorah laughed. Where else should he go? If he cannot find the khalasar, the khalasar will most surely find him. It is hard to drown in the Dothraki sea, child.Dany saw the truth of that. The khalasar was like a city on the march, but it did not march blindly. Always scouts ranged far ahead of the main column, alert for any sign of pole or prey or enemies, while outriders guarded their flanks. They missed nothing, not here, in this land, the place where they had come from. These plains were a part of them . . . and of her, now.I hit him, she said, wonder in her voice. Now that it was over, it seemed like some strange dream that she had dreamed. Ser Jorah, do you think . . . hell be so angry when he gets back . . . She shivered. I woke the dragon, didnt I?Ser Jorah snorted. Can you wake the dead, misfire? Your brother Rhaegar was the last dragon, and he died on the Trident. Viserys is less than the shadow of a snake.His blunt words startled her. It seemed as though all the things she had always believed were suddenly called into question. You . . . you swore him your sword . . . That I did, girl, Ser Jorah said. And if your brother is the shadow of a snake, what does that make his servants? His voice was bitter.He is still the true king. He is . . . Jorah pulled up his horse and looked at her. Truth now. Would you want to see Viserys sit a throne?Dany thought about that. He would not be a very good king, would he?There have been worse . . . but not many. The knight gave his heels to his mount and started off again.Dany rode close beside him. Still, she said, the comm on passel are wait for him. Magister Illyrio says they are sewing dragon banners and praying for Viserys to return from across the narrow sea to free them.The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends, Ser Jorah told her. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their high of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. He gave a shrug. They never are.Dany rode along quietly for a time, working his words like a puzzle box. It went against everything that Viserys had ever told her to think that the people could care so little whether a true king or a usurper reigned over them. Yet the more she thought on Jorahs words, the more they rang of truth.What do you pray for, Ser Jorah? she asked him.Home, he said. His voice was thick with longing.I pray for home too, she told him, believing it.Ser Jorah laughed. Look around you then, Khaleesi.But it was not the plains Dany saw then. It was Kings landing place and the great Red Keep that Aegon the Con queror had built. It was Dragonstone where she had been born. In her minds eye they burned with a thousand lights, a fire blazing in every window. In her minds eye, all the doors were red.My brother will never take back the Seven Kingdoms, Dany said. She had known that for a long time, she realized. She had known it all her life. Only she had never let herself say the words, even in a whisper, but now she said them for Jorah Mormont and all the world to hear.Ser Jorah gave her a measuring look. You think not.He could not lead an army even if my lord husband gave him one, Dany said. He has no coin and the only knight who follows him reviles him as less than a snake. The Dothraki make mock of his weakness. He will never take us home.Wise child. The knight smiled.I am no child, she told him fiercely. Her heels press into the sides of her mount, rousing the silver to a gallop. Faster and faster she raced, leaving Jorah and Irri and the others far behind, the warm wind in her hair and th e setting sun red on her face. By the time she reached the khalasar, it was dusk.The slaves had erected her tent by the down of a spring-fed pool. She could hear rough voices from the woven grass palace on the hill. Soon there would be laughter, when the men of her khas told the story of what had happened in the grasses today. By the time Viserys came limping back among them, every man, woman, and child in the camp would know him for a walker. There were no secrets in the khalasar.Dany gave the silver over to the slaves for grooming and entered her tent. It was placid and dim beneath the silk. As she let the door flap close behind her, Dany saw a finger of dusty red light reach out to touch her dragons eggs across the tent. For an inst a thousand droplets of scarlet flame swam before her eyes. She blinked, and they were gone.Stone, she told herself. They are only stone, even Illyrio said so, the dragons are all dead. She put her palm against the black egg, fingers spread gently a cross the curve of the shell. The stone was warm. just about hot. The sun, Dany whispered. The sun warm them as they rode.She commanded her handmaids to prepare her a bath. Doreah built a fire outside the tent, while Irri and Jhiqui fetched the big copper tubanother bride giftfrom the packhorses and carried water from the pool. When the bath was steaming, Irri helped her into it and climbed in after her.Have you ever seen a dragon? she asked as Irri scrubbed her back and Jhiqui sluiced sand from her hair. She had heard that the first dragons had come from the east, from the ShadowLands beyond Asshai and the islands of the JadeSea. Perhaps some were still living there, in realms strange and wild.Dragons are gone, Khaleesi, Irri said.Dead, agreed Jhiqui. farsighted and long ago.Viserys had told her that the last Targaryen dragons had died no more than a century and a half ago, during the reign of Aegon III, who was called the Dragonbane. That did not seem so long ago to Dany. Everyw here? she said, disappointed. Even in the east? Magic had died in the west when the Doom fell on Valyria and the Lands of the Long Summer, and neither spell-forged steel nor stormsingers nor dragons could hold it back, but Dany had always heard that the east was different. It was said that manticores prowled the islands of the JadeSea, that basilisks infested the jungles of Yi Ti, that spellsingers, warlocks, and aeromancers practiced their arts openly in Asshai, while shadowbinders and bloodmages worked terrible sorceries in the black of night. Why shouldnt there be dragons too?No dragon, Irri said. Brave men kill them, for dragon terrible evil beasts. It is known.It is known, agreed Jhiqui.A trader from Qarth once told me that dragons came from the moon, blond Doreah said as she warmed a towel over the fire. Jhiqui and Irri were of an age with Dany, Dothraki girls taken as slaves when Drogo destroyed their fathers khalasar. Doreah was older, almost twenty. Magister Illyrio had fou nd her in a pleasure house in Lys.Silvery-wet hair tumbled across her eyes as Dany turned her head, curious. The moon?He told me the moon was an egg, Khaleesi, the Lysene girl said. Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too close to the sun and cracked from the heat. A thousand thousand dragons poured forth, and drank the fire of the sun. That is why dragons breathe flame. One day the other moon will kiss the sun too, and then it will crack and the dragons will return.The two Dothraki girls giggled and laughed. You are foolish strawhead slave, Irri said. Moon is no egg. Moon is god, woman wife of sun. It is known.It is known, Jhiqui agreed.Danys skin was flushed and pink when she climbed from the tub. Jhiqui laid her down to oil her body and scrape the dirt from her pores. Afterward Irri sprinkled her with spiceflower and cinnamon. While Doreah napped her hair until it shone like spun silver, she thought about the moon, and eggs, and dragons.Her supper was a simple meal of fruit and cheese and shaver bread, with a jug of honeyed wine to wash it down. Doreah, stay and eat with me, Dany commanded when she sent her other handmaids away. The Lysene girl had hair the color of honey, and eyes like the summer sky.She lowered those eyes when they were alone. You honor me, Khaleesi, she said, but it was no honor, only service. Long after the moon had risen, they sat together, talking.That night, when Khal Drogo came, Dany was waiting for him. He stood in the door of her tent and looked at her with surprise. She rose slowly and opened her sleeping silks and let them fall to the ground. This night we must go outside, my lord, she told him, for the Dothraki believed that all things of importance in a mans life must be done beneath the open sky.Khal Drogo followed her out into the moonlight, the bells in his hair tinkling softly. A few yards from her tent was a bed of soft grass, and it was there that Dany drew him down. When he tried to turn her over, sh e put a hand on his chest. No, she said. This night I would look on your face.There is no privacy in the heart of the khalasar. Dany felt the eyes on her as she undressed him, heard the soft voices as she did the things that Doreah had told her to do. It was nothing to her. Was she not khaleesi? His were the only eyes that mattered, and when she mounted him she saw something there that she had never seen before. She rode him as fiercely as ever she had ridden her silver, and when the moment of his pleasure came, Khal Drogo called out her name.They were on the far side of the Dothraki sea when Jhiqui brushed the soft swell of Danys stomach with her fingers and said, Khaleesi, you are with child.I know, Dany told her.It was her fourteenth name day.

Marketing Memo Essay

Attention Mr. Donald Douglass and Mr. Ronald Abrahams, as nearly as all stockholders for U Driver Transport. later on much research and evaluating of information pertaining to the country of Australia, I believe that Australia leave be an impeccable medical prognosis for the next location for Global Expansion for U Drive Transport. There are six factors of the outdoor(a) environment that Australia possessed that made this decision possible. These six factors are Social factors, Demographic factors, Economic factors, technical factors, Political and Legal factors, and agonistic factors. This conclusion is based upon master(prenominal)ly the economic strength and the expert extraneous environmental factors of this country. Australia has economic stability to patron the U Drive Transport communication channel, along with their impressive Demographics. 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Looking forward to your response.Ms. Tijuana HutchersonU Drive Transport outer Environmental AnalysisWorld Region Country Bureau of East Asian and P acific personal business Major City Center AustraliaSocial External Environmental Factors (Textbook Pages ) OpportunitiesThreatsResources http//www.state.gov/e/eb/eppd/csr/index.htmDemographic External Environmental Factors (Textbook Pages ) Opportunities Being that the life expectancy at birth is long and healthy, U Drive Transport will be able to provide services for not just the young but the old as well for a substantial amount of historic period. The life expectancy at birth for Australia is 79.63 years for men and 84.64 years for women. Threats As long as there is not any severe diseases or any rude(a) disasters that would wipe out a huge amount of the population that would prevent the young as well as the old to be able to live. We have all learned from Hurricane Katrina that natural disasters do occur. The U.S. census International Data Base is located at http//www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.phpEconomic External Environmental Factors ( Textbook Pages ) Opportunities The Australian economy has experienced continuous harvest-home and features low unemployment, contained inflation, very low national debt, and a strong and stable financial system. By 2012, Australia had experienced more than 20 years of act economic growth, averaging 3.5% a year. Demand for resources and energy from Asia and especially China has grown rapidly, creating a channel for resources investments and growth in commodity exports.Threats The United States just experienced a recession, this would be the only cause for Australias successful economy growth. That would be a recession, and this has been known to come on to the best of countries, ithappened to the United States so it could happen to any country.Technological External Environmental Factors (Textbook Pages ) Opportunities Australia has 10.47 jillion telephone main line in use, and 24.4 million mobile cellular lines. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) make passs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as Australian Network, a TV series that broadcasts throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster. Australia has 17.081 million Internet hosts and 15.81 Internet users. Threats Just like the economic recession, the technology systems for this country could run into a glitch that could prevent all of their systems from running, and that could destroy their technology.Political and Legal External Environmental Factors (Textbook Pages ) Opportunities Australia has an decision maker Branch, Judicial Branch, and a Legislative Branch. They also have nine governmental parties with leaders. The Australia legal system is vulgar law system based on the English model.Threats Whatever Allies that Australia may have, those countries will perpetually have the ability to no longer respect the politics and the legal system of Australia. 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Case Study on Cultural Differences Essay

Cultural differences can pose problems for health administer workers. In the case of Linda Gorman, she is faced with the decision to report a woman for claw abuse, or chalk it up to cultural differences. The question shouldnt be whether or non she should report Mrs. Saeto, but rather, be Mrs. Saetos actions reall(a)y considered child abuse? The answer to this can get muddled in cultural beliefs. For Americans, her actions qualify as abusive because Mrs. Saeto is unnecessarily causing harm to baby Marie by burning her.To the armorial bearing grow, this is merely an act of protecting the child and curing her from an ailment. It really depends on what viewpoint one looks at it from. In the Mien culture, practices like this burning ritual are commonplace. The Mien culture believes in hard drink and rituals that can cure ailments. To some outside of the culture, these practices whitethorn seem barbaric, but to them, some of American practices may seem barbaric as well. For exam ple, Linda mentions the differences between burning a child and causing a child pain by giving them a shot.Both cause the baby to cry, and to both cultures, both are considered to be helping the baby stay healthy. To anyone outside of the American culture, American medical practices can potentially seem just as barbaric as burning a baby. This is directly related to cultural relativity, or the view that practices and behaviors can be judged only by the cultural standards of the culture in which those practices occur, (Hachen, n. d. ). gibe to David Hachen, rejecting cultural relativity implies that there are universal standards by which the practices in all cultures can be evaluated, (Hachen, n. . ).If Linda assumes that Mrs. Saetos beliefs are barbaric and should be reported, she is practicing ethnocentrism, or the view that ones own culture is the superior culture and therefore its standards are the universal ones that should be used to judge behaviors in all cultures, (Hachen, n . d. ). Linda needs to decide whether her practices and beliefs are superior to Mrs. Saetos, and therefore the standard by which to compare Mrs. Saetos actions. Should Linda hear Mrs. Saetos actions unacceptable in the American culture, how should she proceed?Should she report Mrs. Saeto for child abuse, or should she confront her in the hopes to change Mrs. Saetos opinions concerning Mien cultural cures and medical practices? If Linda decides to confront Mrs. Saeto, she should probably explain to her that in America, some people would consider her actions abusive to baby Marie and that she should probably not continue to cure her in this manner. This poses another(prenominal) ethical dilemma.By imparting this knowledge to Mrs. Saeto, Linda is, in a sense, assimilating Mrs.Saeto to American culture. How far is also far? If Mrs. Saeto gives up this practice, and similar ones, in order to not seem abusive to her American peers, what else depart she have to give up from her culture ? Lindas best options for handling the situation are to conference to Mrs. Saeto and try to explain the dilemma to her. She should convey that she determines the cultural differences, but that if another doctor who does not understand sees the burns, it may be misconstrued as child abuse.She shouldnt threaten Mrs.Saeto with reporting her, but should rather surrender Mrs. Saeto to see both sides of the story, as Linda is seeing them. Hopefully, this will allow Mrs. Saeto to make an educated decision in her own time, regarding the practices. Neither side is right, nor wrong, in this case, however, Mrs. Saeto must be made aware of the potential risk of exposure she could face by continuing her Mien practices in America, where the wrong person may see and not understand and make a rash decision that could harm Mrs. Saetos family in the long run.

Buddhism and Christianity Essay

thesisWhile both Christianity and Buddhism were religions that encourages kindness and renunciation of wealth, Christianity stird a stir with Jesus annoyance against the greedy rich and powerful and his alliance with the lower class, which eventually lead to his execution, whereas Buddhisms leader, Buddha, cattle farm a message that was not threatening to the high class, letting him live his life until his natural death at 80.This Venn diagram comp atomic number 18s and contrasts Buddhism and Christianity. It represents my distinguish knowledge and thinking skills by showing my ability to diagnose important similarities and differences between the two major(ip) religions,My Venn diagram is okay, entirely there is room for improvement. It lists some key similarities and differences, tho they are worded in an awkward manner.ChristianityChristianity* First Christians were persecuted by the popish pudding stone (because of the Christians refusal to worship the roman polytheistic religion) * By the time Theodosius was Emperor, Christianity became the preferred official religion of the roman print empire. * Womens region in church tardily deteriorated* The Great Schism split Christianity into two religions, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox. * Saint capital of Minnesota bed covering the small religion* First Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire (because of the Christians refusal to worship the roman polytheistic religion) * By the time Theodosius was Emperor, Christianity became the preferred official religion of the Roman Empire. * Womens role in church easy deteriorated* The Great Schism split Christianity into two religions, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox. * Saint Paul send the small religionChangesChangesContinuitiesContinuities* Strong denial of gods of otherReligions* The Bible stayed a constantMain spectral text forChristianity* Extremely Monotheistic* * Went from worshipping Brahma to three deities (Vishnu, Siva and Brahma) * Wome n were not allowed to perform sacrifices anymore* Went from having sacrifices of animals to personalized sacrifices (fasting) * Changed from Brahmanism and lunar and solar lineages to Hinduism. * Went from worshipping Brahma to three deities (Vishnu, Siva and Brahma) * Women were not allowed to perform sacrifices anymore* Went from having sacrifices of animals to personal sacrifices (fasting)* Changed from Brahmanism and lunar and solar lineages to Hinduism. ChangesChangesContinuitiesContinuitiesHinduismHinduismOpen to everyone* Caste system* Intentional misinterpretation of Hindu textsTo keep patriarchyThesisWhile Christianity and Hinduism both had continuities of (respectively) a strong sense of denial of other religions gods and a strong set system, both had major changes such as going from a heavily persecuted religion to the Roman Empires official religion and switching from animal sacrifices to personal sacrifices. The two tables show changes and continuities for twomajor re ligions, Christianity and Hinduism. The table shows my key thinking skills by being able to point out key continuities and changes. My dishearten is a little bit sparse on the continuities side, save the changes for Christianity are plentiful. I need to lay down on researching with more effort.ThesisAlthough the cardinal main religions, Buddhism, Brahmanism, Hinduism and Christianity affected the role of women, the poor social role of women outside of church was uniform in all the regions of these religions. Patriarchy is very much alive in all of them. My spoke diagram shows a variety of religions. The statements are also positive and negative towards patriarchy. It shows my key thinking skills by displaying quotes for all the statements. My spoke diagram could use more statements, five seems like enough, but more would be better. I think I did a great job on pose quotes for all the statements.Analyze similarities and differences in attitudes and treatment towards women in TWO of the pursual societies in the Classical period.Han china (206 B.C.E.220 C.E.)Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.550 C.E.)Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.476 C.E.)orAnalyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the following empires in the Classical period.Han China (206 B.C.E.220 C.E.)Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.550 C.E.)Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.476 C.E.)cause of the cast system and its traditions, India had more of a social code of conduct instead of rigid laws. Tradition of having local princes also was a cause of the fall of the Maurya Empire, because they shake up it easier to rebel against the main governmentChinaDuring the HAN dynasty, Confucianism came back into government with high sights on education, the tradition of using the mandate of nirvana ensured that the Han Empire fell by 3rd century CE. And the Qin Empire fell in a mere 20 years since he lost his mandate of heaven Confucianism taught orderly society with relationships. The tradition of bureaucracy in the Chinese government kept power in the wealthy class.* So they traveled on the Silk road and also traveled to Spain and France* All the provinces conquered by the Roman empire now were influenced to become Christians* So he wrote the gospels* So he used the Roman Roads and traveled all crosswise the Empire, disseminationing the word of Christ* So they traveled on the Silk road and also traveled to Spain and France* All the provinces conquered by the Roman empire now were influenced to become Christians* So he wrote the gospels* So he used the Roman Roads and traveled all across the Empire, short-circuiting the word of Christcausal agency and Effect of the spread of ChristianityCause and Effect of the spread of ChristianityCause Effect * Christians were expelled from theRoman Empire* Theodosius made Christianity theRoman Empires Official religion* St. Paul wished to make ChristianityA major religion* St. Paul wanted to spread theReligion throughoutCause and Effe ct of the spread of Buddhism Cause andEffect of the spread of BuddhismRoman EmpireEffect* His word was spread in India, but not much more than the Ganges River.* Buddhism spread even more in India, to northern India even.* The monks made the Chinese believe in Buddha* He promised himself to make up for it by spreading Buddhism by build stupasEffect* His word was spread in India, but not much more than the Ganges River.* Buddhism spread even more in India, to northern India even.* The monks made the Chinese believe in Buddha* He promised himself to make up for it by spreading Buddhism by erecting stupasCause* Buddha traveled in India* After Buddhas death monks also traveled in India* Monks traveled along the Silk Road* Asoka was appalled by the fucking(a) Battle of KalingaThesisAlthough both Christianity and Buddhism spread along the Silk Road, Christianity moved along this trade network because of exiled Christians who were pursuance a home away from the Roman Empire, whereas Bud dhism spread voluntarily, with monks successfully trying to convert the Chinese.The cause and exercise table lists the causes and the effects of the spread of two major religions, Buddhism and Christianity. It displays my abilities tomake connections to major effects and their causes.The table is okay. It has four causes and effects for both religions, which is not great. For Buddhism, it seems a little too focused on monks traveling to spread Buddhism.ThesisAlthough both China and Indias political systems were influenced by tradition, Indias caste system created no need for laws, while the qin dynastys legalistic system created very rigid ones.The two flowcharts show a persistent effect of tradition or religion on India and Chinas political systems. It displays my abilities to connect enlighten events into one continuous lineage of facts.The flowcharts do point out main ideas I was trying to display, but they seem a little bit incoherent at times.

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Ethical Dilemmas - Case Study ExampleValerie new took the decision because of her dilemma cerebrate to the harm or consequences of whistleblowing. According to the Utilitarian Principle of the Balanced Interests Principles, Valerie teenage seemed to consider that after the ending of her educational course, the consequences will be minimized or rather she would have greater opportunity to establishment the challenges occurred after her whistleblowing. She was also concerned about the effects of her whistleblowing on her team members and to the organization as a whole which would also be reduced by the period. This reflects her concern to the benefit of the highest numbers which again depicts her good dilemmas to be partially influenced by the Utilitarian Principle (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2007). Valerie Young was also approach stress in terms of respectable dilemmas regarding the wrong behavior of her boss and the probable consequence which he might be facing after she blows the whistle. She also considered the possible measures to be undertaken by the organizational leaders regarding the fact, when it was unambiguously mentioned in the company policies that any kind of bribery or unethical practices illustrating kickbacks would non be entertained. However, while considering the facts, Valerie Young proved to be equitable. That is, she tended to be focused on the equitable characteristics of her boss, rather than his arbitrary characteristics, such as gender, age and others. Thus, it is quite apparent that the ethical dilemmas faced by Valerie Young also depicted her attachment to the Distributive Justice Principle as her Concern for Other Principles (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2007). 2.0. If You Were Valerie, What Would You Do? Ethical decision making of an individual largely depends... Ethical decision making of an individual largely depends upon the principles identified in the previous discussion of the paper. In this case, Valerie Young can be observed to undergo a few ethical dilemmas which are often termed to be a common reflection of human conscience while facing ethical challenges. Considering the above described ethical principles which are considered by individuals during their decision making regarding whistleblowing, it can be stated that Valerie Youngs actions were quite logical. However, the steps taken were not entirely ethical as it hampered the sustainability of the organisation and also affected the work culture to a large extent. Moreover, her prime focus was not to disturb her personal interests despite her awareness regarding the probable consequences to be faced by the organization, which again reflected an unethical behavior from Valerie Youngs end. Therefore, in this case both Valerie Youngs boss, Mr. Lionel Waters and Valerie Youngs behavior can be recognized as unethical from the organizational perspective (Dench, 2006). or else of securing the secrets to herself, Valerie Young could have admited it to the hi gher authorities of the company. As a marketing manager she had the liberty to convey any of her problems to the senior members of the organization. In this case, she could have utilized her right to convey the matter to the members of the board.

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reply paper for health communication - Essay ExampleMoreover, the production gives rule for media on the best panache to blanket health matters and investigative matters and elaboration on the vitality for correct and successful concord of benefit issues. An extraordinary concern from the readings is that wellbeing issues regarding sex are very delicate and oblige that selective information imparted be correct, true and the correspondence compelling.A review of the distribution deception in sexual health disclosures uncovers the subject matter of wellbeing correspondence, imperativeness of a healthy sex life and gives a highlight of some correspondence and media systems that wellbeing communicators can use to achieve target crowd. It likewise incorporates an examination that any correspondence and media surgical operation presents. I now understand what it means to communicate to the target group with sensitive information (Lucchetti 305). The term has helped me understand ke y sectors of concern when outing together a paper nearly health.Health is not a generalized field and calls for specifying the ailment. In addition, a person wishing to communicate should first roll up facts and research widely about the subject area. Choosing the right passwords for the message helps drive the message home. approximately words are specifically for certain areas of the society and as such should be understood. The paper thus far was too shallow about epidemiology. I felt it should have laid down some facts about the disease and how they have affected human beings for the last five years.Publishing out of statistical data using tables and graph representations are eye catching and impact the audience more than plain word illustrations. In addition, the publication was not very sensitive in giving out information. Not every bit of information belongs to the public. The authors never considered the fact that their work is read by the public and not only(prenomina l) professionals. The use of immense and deep technical terms without