The Departed

You presented an informative post regarding the application of Lamar and Kubler-Ross stages. Knowing that someone is counting his time to death is tragic. The concerned individual as well his/her family members and friends will need counselling to mitigate the emotion and shock they are experiencing during that terrible moment. As a hospice volunteer, I would rely on the theories of Lamar and Kubler-Ross to help myself, the dying individual, his relatives, and friends to comprehend what the…

John Maynard Keynes was the most enriching economist of the 20th century. He was a British economist who preached the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation. Monetary policy is the government policy that adjusts the stock money to control inflation, increase economic growth and promote the true purpose of the national economy. Fiscal policy is another governmental policy which deals with the concerns of raising revenues and authorizing…

Research Silence and Solitude Silence and solitude are two of the most overlooked spiritual disciplines, but they are two of the most beneficial disciplines in a Christian’s life. Donald S. Whitney defines these two practices in his book “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life” as follow: “The Discipline of silence is the voluntary and temporary abstention from speaking so that a certain spiritual goals might be sought,” and “Solitude is the spiritual discipline of voluntarily and…

Oliver Goodridge and Elizabeth Hastings The Goodridge traces their roots to some of the earliest English settlers in America. They trace back to William Goodridge who was born in England and had children born in Massachusetts Bay in 1639. We will pick up the Goodridge story with Benjamin Franklin Goodridge’s parents, Oliver and Elizabeth, parents of five children. Elizabeth was born April 14, 1752 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and died at of the young age of 46 from breast cancer on November…

Finding a good job after prison or jail is a difficult task as many employers do not hire ex-offenders. Reducing recidivism and empowering ex-offenders to start their own business is a great strategy that is being well received across the [United States]. Entrepreneurship provides a means to create jobs for ex-offenders, empowering them to earn a living wage more than capable of sustaining a family (Clark & Potter-Blair, 2011, p.38). The Prison Entrepreneurship Program is a program in the…

In this story, the protagonist, Roderick Usher, attempts to rise above his mortality, but death still appears to him time and time again. As a whole, this short story is the depiction of “the kings of terror” spoken of in the book of Job (Robey 4-5). Poe uses symbolism in the details of this story to strengthen the apocalyptic theme in the short story. For example, the last name Usher, reminds the reader of the Irish Bishop of Armagh, James Ussher, who wrote the Annales Veteris et Novi…

begins with the setting, “years later” and the speaker’s relationship status, “long single” in the first sentence. Quickly it shifts into introducing another speaker, a man who has left and whom the speaker wants to address, “I want to turn to his departed back,” (2). Here is the first example of well used…

The swift breeze swept through the city collecting dust as it ventured its journey. The town doesn't have a formal name, it's mostly referred to as a ghost town. Everyone who's ever been there has always felt very empty, emotionally, physically and mentally. They always return with stories of severe depression and anxiety, mostly due to the fact that they spent a whole week without any human contact. It became a competition, who could stay the longest, who could last the longest without…

Furthermore, with Youngman's absconding the guilt of Hall appeared assured as the act of fleeing by Youngman could only be construed as an admission of guilt in the minds of the prosecutors and Hall and Youngman were linked together to the crime. Accordingly, Hall's trial commenced on the 19th May 1862, and Ben Hall was brought into the court from the attached gaol and stood in the dock reportedly indifferent to the proceedings as Bill Bacon again testified about Hall's involvement in the…

Jim Thompson's dream was to be an architect, but despite extensive study of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania his dream of becoming a fully qualified architect were thwarted as he failed to pass his qualifying exams on three separate occasions. Disheartened, Thompson enrolled in the Delaware National Guard, and at the end of the second world war was subsequently posted to Thailand. This would turn out to be a life changing event. Thompson fell in love with Bangkok, and after he was…