Childhood’s End In the book Childhood’s End the character Rikki Stormgren faces a private passion that conflicts with his responsibility. Stormgren is the Secretary-General of the United Nations. It is his job to maintain a strong relationship with Karellen‚ the Overlord of the world. The only problem is no one ever saw Karellen before. Stormgren only talks to Karellen on his ship that hovers above earth but they communicate through a screen between two rooms. Stormgren’s private passion is to
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lift the curse of the plague off the people of ancient Thebes. However‚ in a turn of events Oedipus not only finds out he is the “stranger” who murdered King Laius but also the tragedy surrounding his birth. This discovery leads to an ethical dilemma of “Is the truth always worth finding?”. Since in the beginning Oedipus has cursed the murderer “banish this man – whoever he may be – never shelter him‚ never speak a word to him‚ never make him partner to your prayers” (Sophocles‚ 172). Even going further
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word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear that meaning and‚ unless the context otherwise indicates "sheriff" means a person appointed under section 2(1)of the Sheriffs Act‚ 1986 (Act No. 90 of 1986)‚ and includes a person appointed under section 5 or 6 of that Act as an acting sheriff or deputy sheriff; and "the Act" means the Maintenance Act‚ 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998). CHAPTER 1 COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS Complaints 2. (1) Any complaint that any person legally
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There are circumstances in which it is better to lie. In life we sometimes avoid the truth in order to prevent people from getting hurt. I do not believe lies should be used only for our convenience because that is wrong and selfish. If a small lie is told with intentions of protecting someone‚ than that is acceptable. In the book‚ My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult‚ the mother does not tell her daughter that her boyfriend has passed away. When the daughter asks where he has been‚ she simply
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Information Systems (Volume 11‚ 2003)79-93 79 CUSTOM MADE APPAREL AND INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE AT LANDS’ END Blake Ives Information Systems Research Center University of Houston blake.ives@uh.edu Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University ABSTRACT The case describes a hugely successful example of IT-driven strategy‚ the Lands’ End custom tailored apparel initiative. In less than a year‚ 40% of Lands’ End customers buying chinos and jeans from the firm’s web site were buying tailored products. Over 20% of
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of approach when making a sale‚ while others on the other end believe that merchants should do whatever it takes to make the sale‚ even if it means lying. Here I have presented the two opposite ends of the spectrum. I believe my own view on the situation lies somewhere in similarity with what Tibor R. Machan has presented in his paper “Advertising: The Whole or Only Some of the Truth?” My views on the role of advertising and merchants lie somewhere with Machan’s idea of the merchant ethic‚ meaning
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feeling of being accepted‚ comfortable in a group or sharing a connection towards something. The concept of belonging and not belonging differ and are shaped by his or her personal‚ cultural‚ historical and social context. The prescribed text ‘Rainbow’s End’ by Jane Harrison and the related text ‘Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta’ directed by Jacob Hickey are composed of many different aspects of belonging which gives the viewer a greater and in-depth understanding of belonging and not belonging. The main
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about when people lie and how at times it could be the right thing to do in certain times and how some people might view it as the wrong thing to do even if it is for a good reason. We see every day that people who are in power or famous lie about something so simple that it ends up destroying their career or even ruin their lives at home. An example of this from the reading is when Ross Perot lied about not going into the people who worked with him private life. Ross did not have to lie about going into
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the Buddha’s teaching on the nature and ending of Dukkha. The Four Noble Truths‚ Ariya-sacca‚ form the essence of the Buddha’s very first sermon which was delivered to the five ascetics in a deer park in Benares‚ after he had become enlightened. This sermon was called Dharmachakra Sutra which translates as “setting in motion the wheel of Dharma”‚ which were the Buddha’s teachings. The Four Noble Truths are called truths because‚ as well as being believed‚ they can be experienced and directly understood
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An African American woman named Sojourner Truth‚ she was “a tall‚ gaunt woman in a gray dress and white turban‚ surmounted with an uncouth sunbonnet”. During the 1950’s she engaged in a convention for women’s rights in Akron‚ Ohio. She held her ground when listening to the white man’s cries about there is no such thing as social equality between man and woman. Mrs. Gage‚ the presiding officer‚ knows the difficulties women faced during this time. Her mission was to get the white man population to
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