Nursing Presence I recently had the privilege of being a caring presence during the last few weeks of my mother-in-law’s life. She was 80 years old and had been diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. There was no cure. Doctors informed her she had a very short time to live and she should go home and get her affairs in order. We spent quite a bit of time together during her last few weeks. Every day was a gift. She did a lot of talking and reminiscing. While I listened to her‚ I learned things
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European states colonized Africa for various reasons. In African Politics‚ political purposes behind colonization will be tended to. In this regard‚ the monetary purposes behind and the financial outcomes of development will be talked about. European strategy in Africa had two sections: the pioneer government and the provincial economy. The pioneer government was worried about the issues of a province at the focal and nearby levels. European authorities coordinated the focal government‚ which made
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16th through 19th century Europeans enslaved those from Africa for many reasons. The Portuguese were one of the first European nations to establish outposts in West Africa. In West Africa‚ and to a further extent Africa itself‚ slavery was already an old tradition. Upon discovery of the new world‚ areas in places such as Brazil were converted to cultivate highly profitable crops (such as sugar). Since the natives were very susceptible to European diseases‚ they were not a good source of labor
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Revolution Project The Scramble for Africa In the time between 1886 and 1914‚ there were events called European “scramble for Africa”. They were called “scramble for Africa” because there were a lot of European countries who colonized African countries and tried to seize lands in Africa. Soon‚ the European countries completely established themselves on the land of Africa making it open to Western exploration. As a result European countries colonized all Africa except Ethiopia and Liberia. Britain
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She heaves a deep exhale and closes her eyes. "On your father’s tenth birthday‚ the mansion was burned down and his parents were killed." She begins. "Ciel was kidnapped by noblemen who were trying to summon the devil. They claimed Ciel as their sacrifice and branded him like a cow to show that Ciel is their property." The children gasp. "The noblemen succeeded in summoning the demon‚ but instead of forming contracts with them‚ the demon formed with one with Ciel. In exchange for his soul‚
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benefit from the treatment they are receiving‚ and that there will be no improvement if they are in a permanent vegetative state. Although the concept of medical futility dates back in the Ancient Greek days with physician Hippocrates‚ it has only recently (in the past 40 years) become a controversial topic. The issue of medical futility is important because it deals with many issues such as patient-physician relationship‚ financial resources‚ and most importantly it deals with lives of people. The
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"Futility" Futility means that something is destined to fail. The quality of producing no valuable effect‚ or of coming to nothing; uselessness. The structure of the poem is in balanced stanzas - the tenderness and hopefulness at the beginning; the growing bitterness of the second‚ with its climax. Owen is telling the persona’s story of the death of a comrade as a balance. This has to happen as so many of them died that there still has to be a degree of sanity left in them. "Futility" mourns the
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It was clear from the Berlin Conference that the Europeans did not care about the African’s at all. They did not care about there opinion of the matter‚ even though it would affect the Africans the most. At around 1880 every European power wanted to colonize Africa. The started to do this because of the discovery of diamonds and gold in South Africa. Naturally as the European powers started to claim land things started to get tense. The countries in Europe started to fear war with themselves. To
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Deception through Colors Joseph Conrad throws the theory of white and black symbolizing good and bad out the window in the novella Heart of Darkness. As the main character Marlow journeys deeper into the heart of Africa the line between the two colors blurs and concepts are mingled about purity and enlightenment. White is not always as it seems‚ and the usage of the color often leads to more questions than answers. While‚ black is used constantly with the “savages‚” as Marlow continues telling
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on what happened when the Europeans came to Africa. In addition‚ to why they came to the continent in the first place. I knew one reason they came was to take blacks to America to work as slaves on the newly discovered continent with plentiful resources. But‚ I didn’t know that they also went in order to bring the gospel to Africa. Which was I very interesting notion that I had not thought of before. The episode also showed us how much modern fire power affected Africa and all the sorrows that it
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