A Complicated Kindness

United States. While socio-cultural atmospheres also vary within different regions of the South, there are still major beliefs, values, and traditions that a majority of the population abides by. The South has intrigued writers for years. It has a complicated history, but it contains some of the most loyal and passionate individuals within the United States. Some of the universal values within the South include strong religious beliefs,…

Financial exploitation of our elder society continues to reach epidemic proportions. It is a form of elder abuse that often goes under-reported or ignored. We need to educate and train our professionals and concerned citizens. We need to generate new laws and regulations to ensure the safety and well-being of our elders. As of 2013, 44.7 million people were 65 years or older. This amounts to 14.1% of the population, or 1 in 7 Americans. When we think of abuse we often don’t realize that there…

\I worked for some time on a solar project with many wonderful souls from Ananda. Several years ago on this project, I had worked out some complicated pressure and thermal dynamic equations, and I thought our solar project wouldn’t work. I came to Swamiji in a huff with pages and pages of equations that demonstrated it wouldn’t work. He simply and calmly said, “You should check those equations with Dharana.” Dharana by the way is an actual rocket scientist, a great yogi, and a dear friend.…

Persephone’s Abduction Persephone is the Greek Goddess of the blooming spring and the wife of Hades, the God of the Underworld; and daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the God of thunder and the sky, and the Goddess of the earth and grain. Persephone was said to be beautiful and kind, so much so that Hades kidnapped her to make her his bride, with the permission of Zeus of course. When Demeter found out about this, she went berserk, killing off all of the plants and nature around her until her…

The worship and teachings of Buddhism has had a significant impact on individuals and the wider Buddhist community. Buddhism claims to be a way of life that avoids the extremes of denial and indulgence and proposes a middle way. This is a key tenet that all adherents must follow, in order to achieve nirvana, the ultimate goal for all Buddhists. Subsequently, there are many teachings and practices which guide Buddhist followers on how to live a life in attaining nirvana, that affect people…

Before the start of the 2016 fall semester, the dean of undergraduate students at the University of Chicago released a letter to incoming freshman, telling them that the university “would not condone ‘the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces ' where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own’” (Brown and Mangan). The letter started a debate among many people over whether or not safe spaces were helpful. In English 131, the topic of safe spaces should be covered…

The Arthurian Legend is a collection of various stories which revolve around King Arthur, one of the legendary kings of Britain. These stories vary in their versions, interpretations, and spelling of names but their essences remain the same. They regale us with tales of the time prior to King Arthur’s conception to his rise to kinghood, tales of his adventures with his Knights of the Round Table, tales of the adulterous romance that occurred between his queen, Guinevere, and his knight and…

Successful adaptation to such changes frequently needs an advanced new plan rather than merely refining the current approach or using a prearranged possibility plan. Situational leadership fails in higher education when followers take the leader’s kindness, trust as a grant (Beer, 2001; Finkelstein,…

clothes, he reads today’s weather forecast to let you know it’s chilly outside. On your way to work, he becomes a traffic guide, saying, “Eastbound traffic on Highway is moving well, with all lanes open”. He never gets tired of you and always shows kindness whenever you need him. In this short anecdote, “he” refers to an artificial intelligence program that is built in most of today’s smartphones. It is not an unusual phenomenon anymore…

GOAL: INCREASE DONOR LOYALTY One of the primary publics of the Red Barn are their donors. However, due to certain conditions, the Red Barn have suffered a setback in achieving their financial goals. Therefore, the Red Barn foundation and their public relations teams need to formulate and execute a variety of organized plans to obtain their goals. One way to improve their financial goals is by accumulating donor loyalty. In order to do so, the foundation needs to urge donors to donate a certain…