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With the increase in gun violence in the United States there has been a candid discussion on gun laws.

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Assault Weapons and Federalism

With the increase in gun violence in the United States there has been a candid discussion on gun laws. If you examine the many laws that have been proposed, most are advocating for the ban of assault weapons as well as magazines that can carry a huge number of guns. Assault weapons are military style and when they are fired they can discharge many rounds thus if used in an attack then it is highly likely that many people may be injured (Jacobs, pg. 681). Assault weapons have actually been used to commit some of the most horrible shootings. Most presidential candidates especially the Democratic Parties nominees have pledged to tackle gun issues and in most of their prepositions they have suggested ban of semi-automatic weapons as they function just as well as the automatic weapons.

In 1994, there was a law that banned assault weapons and high capacity magazine. The Federal Assault Weapon Ban was passed because of the increased shooting that had happened and Americans were becoming worried of violent crimes that were happening. The bill was enacted as one of the measures that would help reduce crime as the democratic party had promised to become tough on crime. In 1989, there was also a reported mass shooting that had happened in the Stockton school yard inn California and another shooting would later follow in a law firm still in California where eight people were killed while six injured mounting pressure on the legislators to pass the bill in order to reduce the gun violence that was being experienced.

The Public Safety and Recreational Firearm Use Protection Act prohibited civilians from acquiring certain semi-automatic weapons and also banned magazines that accommodated more than 10 rounds. This law was enacted under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement act and many Americans who had been affected by gun violence felt this as a win. However, there was a catch to this law as not every legislator was on board with it. May saw it as an interference to the Second Amendment Right that allowed any American the right to bear arms. Some legislators especially the Republicans had argued that by the government having the right to infringe on the rights, then they were likely to also do so to other rights. Eventually a compromised was reached and that the ban would expire after 10 years unless renewed by congress, thus the act expired in 2004 and was never renewed (Koper, pg. 103).

After 204, some Democrats in congress tried sponsoring the bill in order to reinstate the ban. Dianne Feinstein who was among those credited for the 1994 bill made efforts over the next several years though this was not possible. The congress had been dominated by GOP (Republicans) most of whom were against the law and thus Feinstein always did not get the right number of votes to reinstate the ban. After the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, many people were hopeful that the ban would be reinstated as the conversation again had begun but this dream seemed to be farfetched. When Obama administration proclaimed they would do something about the guns, gun consumers were triggered and in a passing a message so many guns were bought during this period that gun dealers experienced stock outs. It was clear that gun consumers would not support the ban again. Till now, there is no law that has been put in place to regulate assault weapons and high capacity magazines only promises by the government that are yet to turn into anything tangible (Abrams, pg. 488).

Texas is a state that has also experienced its fair share of gun violence. However, they still seem reluctant to pass strict gun treated legislation. Most gun laws in Texas seem to favor gun owner and the legislation in place are often where to have a gun such as laws allowing people to go with a gun to church or how one cannot store a gun in car that is parked in a parking lot. There are no specific laws on assault weapons in Texas. When there was a debate by the Congress to create a ban on semi-automatic weapons, several gun owners in Texas who have assault rifles matched to the Texas Capitol with their guns in plain sight indicating displeasure (Duggan, pg. 789-799). There are no disputes between Texas and the federal laws on assault weapons because Texas are yet to pass any laws on assault weapons.

If federal government are given the sole power to create gun laws, I believe they may do a better job especially for states that have gun policies that are lenient. Federal laws on assault weapons are likely to help decrease the number of gun violence experience. However, this may also prove quite hard as most debates especially gun control in congress are argued according to party lines (McClure, pg. 197). On other hand, if states are allowed to make some decisions on guns, most laws are likely to differ based on the needs for a state. For example, if a state has many shooting from assault weapons they are likely to pass a ban on assault and military style weapons as opposed to a state that has not experience any gun related violence. States are also likely to pass gun laws based on the needs of their residents.

I believe the State government would be in a better position to pass las regarding the purchase as well as possession of military style guns. Depending on the needs of a state they can best decide what laws to create, for example a state not affected by assault weapon shooting may look to pass laws that will regulate who can purchase or possess an assault weapon instead of creating a total ban. Whereas if another state as a high number of shooting or gun related violence with the use of military weapons they may opt to create a law that supports total ban.

Works Cited

Abrams, Daniel. “Ending the Other Arms Race: An Argument for a Ban on Assault Weapons.” Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 10 (1992): 488.

Jacobs, James B. “Why Ban Assault Weapons.” Cardozo L. Rev. 37 (2015): 681.

Koper, Christopher S., Daniel J. Woods, and Jeffrey A. Roth. “An updated assessment of the federal assault weapons ban: impacts on gun markets and gun violence, 1994-2003.” University of Pennsylvania, June (2004).

McClure, James A. “Firearms and Federalism.” Idaho L. Rev. 7 (1970): 197.

trip to london

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My first overseas trip to London

The first time I went to London, I was eight years old. I went there with my mother during school vacation. My mother’s decision to fly through these cities to London had nothing to do with a particularly blazing craving for either city over other global objectives. Indeed, our long-standing travel list of things to get included Africa for safaris, Australia for koalas and Hawaii for a tropical island heaven. I was considerably more amped up for nature than present day urban communities; however, my mother did love urban areas as well. To be completely frank, we were propelled to take my first abroad trek by two universal traditions.

At the time, I had just joined junior school and commenced my first year. This was my first school vacation. My mother wanted to treat me as a result of good grades in school, despite being in my very first year. Therefore, the experience of flying to a reputable city was interesting and pleasing at the same time. I had an interest of looking at various hairstyle that peole donned around the world. Thus for me, the two composed traditions in London and Paris would be my first major universal hair traditions. A considerable lot of my hairdressing “Divine beings” and “Goddesses” would be showing their most recent styles and procedures in trimming, shading and styling.

So not just was the excursion my first taste of world travel, it was my enormous opportunity to take in hair plan from the stars. It was additionally my first ever flight – to anyplace. Doubtlessly, I was for all intents and purpose squirming out of my skirt with fervor. My father drove us to New York City to get our flight over the Atlantic. Ready for, excited to my first plane take off. Speedier and quicker we quickened down the runway. I ended up whispering, “Go, go!”

For a whole week we stepped excitedly around the city, starry-peered toward, going to each London fascination: Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the changing of gatekeepers, London Bridge, Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square, St Paul’s Cathedral, road markets, stylish neighborhoods and even Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum. I was a genuine vacationer.

After we had secured the whole city of London, we investigated further away from home in England’s lavish farmland. I had the permission to go to Windsor Castle, where I was astonished by roomy high-roof and eighteenth century rooms and lobbies, intricately ornamentation and with obsolescent furniture, well known sketches, and plated trimmings. Outside, I meandered through fence lined mazes, stately rose arrangements and all way of English formal enclosures. I turned into a moment fan.

There was no time to waste on resting, and the only time we got off the tight schedule was during the night. This was because my mother would not allow me to venture out at night. Concerning the hair tradition, it was significantly more exciting than I’d envisioned. I found different types of new scissors, hair irons, hair expansions, neon hair colors and the most recent gear and apparatuses. We went to workshops by a large number of my most loved hair fashioners – from Scotland, England, France, Germany and Australia.

My greatest rush of all was displaying in front of an audience for my total most loved architect ever: Irvin Rusk of Scotland. I rose with an improved hairdo so present day, so front line, that I was soon shocked hair specialists from around the globe capturing me amid whatever is left of my outing. While touring around London, visitors more than once asked to photo me, mixing up me for a legitimate London punk. I discovered it particularly entertaining when American vacationers shot me. If they knew, I hailed from Pennsylvania!

In London, I was even more than once pleased to see many historical places that I had only heard about. It was my defining moment as a ‘true style model. Following one week investigating each niche and crevice of London and past, we got a ship over the English Channel to the other end of the town. I moved ahead to walk around the city investigating everything that the city brought to the table. What’s more, obviously, I went to the second hair tradition.

Then again, I immediately tired of the city’s scandalous pretentiousness, left early and came back to London for my last days abroad. I was stricken with London and inspired via England’s lavish field. However with one and only week and a bit in the nation, I had no time to investigate any of England’s different acclaimed goals. I would have been a kick out of a chance to visit Shakespeare’s main residence, Stonehenge, as well as the Lake District and Liverpool- known as the home of the Beatles. I promised to give back one day to go around England all the more wild.

understanding the development psychology of the child

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In order to understand the development psychology of the child, I choose to observe a child who knows things around him and can express himself easily. This led to choosing five years old boy named Jacob. He is from the neighborhood and well knows to me, being my neighbor son. At the young age of five years he is in the preschool stage of development. This is the self-awareness and imagination stage in which a child starts understanding the things around him. at this point the child begins to know what their real identity is. It is also at this phase that they get to understand that their behaviors have consequences and that at the time they will not be positive.

A child at this age would stand out from other kids by the way of observing his characters. For instance, the physical characteristic of this child are1. Has a great appetite and eats more frequently. The energy in his body is usually burnt rapidly making it necessary for the child to eat a lot.2. Due to the many activities during the day, Jacob is usually exhausted and tends to retire early in the evening.3. At this age, Jacob is usually responsible for toileting. At some points, however, it may happen accidentally, especially if the child was busy doing something else.4. At this age, Jacob might still need some assistance in issues such as dressing and trying shoes. Though he has an idea of how it is done, he might not be able to do it perfectly.5. Jacob plays in one position for a good amount of time but keeps changing the positions frequently. They can not sit for a long time at one place.6. Jacob can also be said to have a mature eye-hand relationship, and always gets his hand he what he intended to hold.

The other characters that would make this child stand out from other are the emotional characteristics he poses. For example,

1. Jacob always tends to blame others for his own mistakes. He is not quick to accept that the mistake was his and always lays the blame on others.2. He could also be afraid of the dark. This point shows that Jacob has become aware of the dangers posed by other especially those not friendly.3. In some situations, Jacob can be said to be verbally aggressive. If he has not been accorded enough attention, this child may at times try to get by being verbally aggressive.4. At this age, Jacob will always want the approval and support of others, be it adults or peers.

At the time of observation, Jacob was out playing with other kids. Jacob seems to enjoy playing with other children and want to participate in all activities. At one point, he is seen busy trying to mold something with the soil. He then rushes to show it to his friends, saying it is his dad’s car. Somewhere before he gets to his friends he drops it and then aggressively blames it on one of his peers. After sometime, he moves on as if nothing had happened, not showing any anger even for that child he accused of dropping his creation.

These behaviors can be said to relate well with the characteristics of a child at his age discussed above. For instance, the child can be said to be friendly and corporative by the way he enjoys playing with other kids. He is also seen trying to mold a car from the soil, showing he is attempting to understand the nature and things around him. He then forgets the issues and moves on.

Work cited

Lemma, Alessandra. “Psychodynamic Therapy: The Freudian Approach”. In W. Dryden.

Handbook of individual therapy. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage. 2002

SONOSITE. CLARISONIC SKIN BRUSH

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SONOSITE; CLARISONIC SKIN BRUSH

Sonosite is an entity that has existed since 1980s. The company has seen development of phenomenal ultrasound products that have been its main source of recognition. Its products have been in use and continue to serve the whole world. The company continues to enjoy exponential growth while gaining global recognition for its progressive innovations. The company has also incorporated educational modules and awareness creation for a wider understanding of the benefits of its products. The company began by undertaking projects awarded by department of defense of the United States.

The defense department wanted the company to create an ultrasonic device that would be portable. The device would weigh not more than ten pounds. The device needed durability to withstand severe and unpredictable conditions. The device would serve soldiers in the battlefield served well with development of the first ultra sound machines. The company utilized the use of the ASIC technology to meet the technological goals of the machine. The machine contributed towards a major step forward in technological advancement and for ease of portability. It has seen continuous growth since then and acquired other companies to boost its productivity (List maker’s get-healthy guide, 2011).

The company continued to create Ultra sound systems that gave it massive recognition all over the world. The company got detached from its mother company in 1998 and has continued to develop several ultra sound systems. The company installed over Seventy thousand systems worldwide and has provided the necessary training for maintenance of the systems. It has amalgamated its operations with Fuji Film and continuous to serve over twenty medical practitioners. It also provides clinicians with comprehensive solutions for patient’s safety. The company is a world leader in development of ultra sound systems used worldwide.

Clarisonic skin brush

While it is debatable if one needs anything more than a simple wash cloth for the face and a cleanser, the idea of an electronic skin brush is the other tool that people can utilize. Skin brushing is a technique meant for the body. Many like skin brushing and there is a variety of skin brushes available in the market. While getting a smooth skin on one’s face may take some effort, maintaining the rest of the skin of the body is easier especially with a tool that brushes the body. Skin brushing is a technique meant for the body. It keeps the skin youthful, clean and glowing. Clarisonic skin brush is a perfect tool used for cleaning and smoothing skin.

How it works

It gently removes dead cells while deep cleansing, making it a preferable product for women who wear makeup. The product removes six times more makeup and two times more oil and dirt than any other cleansing with one’s hands. Exfoliation is sloughing off the skin cells that are dead and encouraging the skin to create new cells. The skin is either brushed when it is wet or dry for exfoliation benefits. Some people say that skin brush during a shower is the best. The brushing of the entire body takes place with avoidance of sensitive areas and open wounds. Some people start from heels and move upwards, and others do it oppositely. The aim is to make circular motions especially in the chest, belly, buttocks, and thighs. Areas such as breasts and decollete areas, which have thinners akin, fail the test. Once the skin is uncovered, use of towel to wipe down the skin again or shower taken. Non-drying lotion accompanies skin brush. The lotion serves to lock the moisture in (Campen, 2010).

The Clarisonic skin cleansing system uses a frequency of more than 300 movements per second to soften, clean, and smooth skin. The inner oscillating brush and the Outer stationary brush work synergistically with skin to create a deep cleansing zone. The inner brush rotates back and forth at a frequency of 300Hz. The area between the inner and the outer brush gently flexes the pores to loosen oil and dirt giving one a cleansing not possible with bare hands.

Process

Switching on Power level selection T-TIMER setting of time Exfoliation Wiping

The device gets powered on by holding down the power button for about three seconds The power level then gets selected. Three ascending audio beeps indicate normal power level while three descending beeps indicate low power level Time is set using the T-TIMER. Manufacturers recommend 20 seconds for very exposed part of the skin The device is then placed on the skin surface where the inner section of the brush oscillates working in conjunction with the outer section to smooth skin Once sloughing of the skin completes, the skin is wiped with a towel or showering done then wiped. Lotion is applied.

System features

Waterproof

The design of the tool makes it waterproof so that it is utilized during shower and sink cleanses.

Charger cradle

The system is in a way that when fully charged, the charge can last for more 30 uses. It offers two power levels: low and normal. The power level is visible and audio. When the Clarisonic switches on at normal power level, there are three ascending beeps and the yellow light illuminates. Low power level has three descending beeps and the yellow light switches off. The device offers options of toggling between settings. The power button is held down for three seconds progressively when turning on the Clarisonic. The change in beeps confirms power levels.

Cleansing timer

Thorough cleansing of the face is also achieved through timing. There is a one minute T-TIMER that beeps and stops momentarily to indicate that it is a time to move to another part of the body. Most users spend the first 20 seconds to brush the forehead, 20 seconds on chin region or nose, and 10 seconds on each cheek. The device has a minute duration by default. The yellow light then flashes and the Clarisonic remember the time left in the T-TIMER.

Sensitive brush head

The brush head is soft and works well with the skin. It does not introduce friction. The head is changeable any time.

Oscillating brush

The two oscillating brushes provide for maximum cleaning using skins flexibility. They offer no friction to the skin. The inner section makes oscillations that circulate back and forth at a frequency of three hundred cycles per second. Consequently, the outer section remains stationary to prevent splashing. The inner movements serve to cleanse and massage the skin to remove impurities and exfoliations on the skin.

Benefits

Dry skin brushing stimulates the lymphatic system, helping the body maintain its health, as well as the skin. It is also another way of removing dry patches on the skin, blemishes or dry skin. This makes the skin younger for longer. It reduces the appearance of pore size and helps skin care products such as lotions work their best. The removal of more dirt and oil by the brush also helps the skin to remain smooth and fresh. The skin care also reduces the appearance of fore lines and wrinkles. It is suitable for use with a non-abrasive cleanser and works for all skin types (Zoltners, Sinha, Lorimer, & Palgrave, 2004).

The future of Clarisonic skin brush

Any time people have acne breakouts, the main factor to carry out is preserve the skin. The skin is cleansed and oil-free. In addition to cure of acne breakouts; blemishes are also things that attract attention of people. Pimples also disturb many people making their face look grim. Clarisonic brush system minimizes pimples and oily pores on the skin. The cure of breakouts involves use of a skin brush followed by application of a lotion that will eliminate future breakouts (Sadick, Marshall, & Dinkes, 2011).

Generally speaking, most teenagers will like have a spike of breakouts due to the various physical transformations that take place at these ages. To remain beautiful and look presentable, teenagers look for ways of ensuring that their skins look smooth and clean. The run up to lotions and other form of makeup do not assure these desires. Some lotions worsen the bad conditions of skins. With the coming of the Clarisonic skin brush many skin problems got solved. This tool is inevitable and has the potential of standing the test of time.

Works cited

Campen, R. B. (2010). The comprehensive guide to skin care: From acne to wrinkles, what to do (and not do) to stay healthy and look your best. Santa Barbara, Calif: Praeger.

Sadick, N. S., Marshall, S., & Dinkes, A. (2011). The new natural: Your ultimate guide to cutting-edge age reversal. New York: Rodale Books.

List maker’s get-healthy guide: Top to-dos for an even better you!. (2010). New York, NY: Rodale.

Zoltners, A. A., Sinha, P., Lorimer, S. E., & Palgrave Connect (Online service). (2004).Sales force design for strategic advantage. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Software Defined Networking

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Software Defined Networking

Introduction

Software defined networking can be described as drastic fresh thoughts in networking that guarantees or assures dramatic simplification of network administration and permit innovation throughout network programmability. This paper describes the technical details of software defined networking with respect to what it does, what it improved, how it changes our technology and the future that comes with it (Nunes 2014). The Open Network Foundation defines software defined networking as a network architecture where network control is decoupled from forwarding and is directly programmable (Alaettinoglu 2013).

Technical aspects of Software Defined Networking

The software defined network is a group of northbound application interfaces that permits an application to reprogram the network. The software defined architecture comprises of three main components namely the application, the controller and forwarders. The application component defines bandwidth calendaring, demand placement and service deployment. The controller component defines the service, network and device control while forwarder defines the physical or virtual routers and/or switches. The centralized controller is responsible for the management of many switches. The controller can be decoupled physically from the forwarder. Programmability with no decoupling of controller to the forwarder is regularly known as software derived networking, also called software defined networking. The decoupling of controller from the forwarder might have self-governing advantage. It might make it feasible to set up switches from commercial off the shelf hardware components. Decoupling of forwarder and controller makes the protocols such as OpenFlow Open network Foundation to be utilized amid the controller and the forwarder for the purpose of programming the forwarder. The diagram in figure (A) bellow shows the architecture of software defined networking (Alaettinoglu 2013).

The major component of software defined networking is the controller which offers northbound application interface to the applications. It can make possible programming, reconfiguring and reorganizing of networks on behalf of the applications. The controller can also track all requests for applications, uphold network topology model as well as maintaining loads of traffic, utilizing this to calculate application paths in addition to programming the forwarders. The diagram in figure (B) bellow illustrates the controller component part of software defined networking (Alaettinoglu 2013).

Figure B: The controller Architecture

Figure A: Architecture of Software Defined Networking

The most well known software defined networking application is the network virtualization. Nevertheless, a number of current applications are developed as cloud applications to allow access by users irrespective of their location or device they use. The majority of virtualization applications generates a virtualization network amid virtual switches to link virtual machines. The applications makes Application interface calls to the bandwidth broker with an aim of requesting a given quantity of bandwidth to be assigned to them. This assignment can be done either immediately or at given time in future.. The broker can either accept or deny the request. In the case of acceptance,, the application traffic can be routed on the existing paths or newly established paths. Software defined networking is thus a natural approach to implementing bandwidth calendaring (Alaettinoglu 2013).

What software defined networking does

Software defined networking being a new paradigm in networking advocates the separation of data plane alongside control plane. By so doing, it makes network switches in the data plane to be simple packet forwarding devices. It also uses logically centralized software program to control the activities of the whole network. Software defined networking also permits regular modifications to network situations and state. It offers support for network design by means of high level language in addition to offering visibility. It also offers control over tasks for conducting diagnosis for network with troubleshooting. The technologies used for software defined networking also allows operators of the network to implement extensive range of policies for network in a high level language policy. Moreover, it aids in in easy determination of sources of problems in performance of the network. In the process of improving network management, software defined networking uses network policies that automatically respond to low level events of the network. (Hyojoon, and Feamster 2013).

The Open Flow which is an embodiment of software defined networking embraces the example of extremely programmable switch infrastructure which allows software to calculate the maximum routing flow choice on demand. In the case of current networks which have to deal with virtualization of host and dynamic application migration in an increasing way, OpenFlow might provide the agility required to work with dynamic network orchestration further than that which can be achieved by conventional networks (Shin 2013).

What Software defined networking Improves

Software defined networking improves network management tasks and security of communication network. It also improves the visibility and control over tasks for carrying out network diagnosis. In overall, software defined networking improves network performance, scalability, efficiency and even availability. This implies that reliability of the communication network is improved as well. The improvement in security in this case means that the incidences caused by cyber criminals such as hacking and others are also minimized (Kim 2014, Yeganeh, Amin , and Yashar 2013).

How Software defined networking changes our technology

The fresh virtual machines are added or deleted as the application user base grows or shrinks respectively. The virtual machines are also migrated to better save the user group as the user geography also changes. This virtual machine migration can also help in offering continuity of business during down time caused by rolling black outs or natural disasters. The additions, deletions and migrations of virtual machines can also be carried out by means of programming. Nonetheless, the network requires to be reconfigured to reflect these changes in order to keep the technology current. It is the network virtualization that permits this reconfiguration to be programmed by the virtual machine management system. The reconfiguration must always be normally performed during windows maintenance (Alaettinoglu 2013).

The future that comes with Software defined networking

The future that comes with software defined networking consists of increase in traffic loads which also call for increase in bandwidth and transmission speed. The past traffic volumes can be employed in producing future profiles in traffic. These profiles can determine whether the application should be allowed to run or not. As a result, fresh ideas also continues to emerge that simplifies network management and further innovation through fresh programming. Therefore, the current ideas are used to examine the future implications which are explored through research directions that are based on software defined networking paradigm.

Works cited

Nunes, B., et al. “A survey of software-defined networking: Past, present, and future of programmable networks.” (2014): 1-18.

Kim, Hyojoon, and Nick Feamster. “Improving network management with software defined networking.” Communications Magazine, IEEE 51.2 (2013): 114-119.

Shin, Seungwon, et al. “FRESCO: Modular Composable Security Services for Software-Defined Networks.” NDSS. 2013.

Alaettinoglu, Cengiz. “Software Defined Networking.” (2013).

Yeganeh, Soheil Hassas, Amin Tootoonchian, and Yashar Ganjali. “On scalability of software-defined networking.” Communications Magazine, IEEE 51.2 (2013): 136-141

Theme of Love Loyalty and Friendship in Simon Morgenstern’s The Princess Bride

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Theme of Love Loyalty and Friendship in Simon Morgenstern’s The Princess Bride

The characters in The Princess Bride go through situations that bring out the ideal meaning of true friendship, love, and loyalty for each other. The actions in the novel are majorly motivated by pure love for each other. Westley and Buttercup endure suffering and tribulations but fight for each other due to the power of true love (Goldman 2007).. The relationship between Westley and Buttercup is hailed as the epitome of true love. Morgenstern gives a reference to the rankings of different things such as beautiful women, perfect couples, and best kisses. Through the novel, he insists that Buttercup is the most beautiful woman in her early twenties. Her kiss with Westley is regarded as the perfect kiss in the universe. These kiss rankings indicate that the love between Westley and Buttercup is true, meant to be, and the perfect of all other kinds of love (Symons, 2007)

Additionally, Buttercup is ready to commit suicide for the sake of Westley. She forsakes her role as the queen in her quest to find true love. Westley, however, is saved and reappears just in time to save her from killing herself.

On the other hand, Inigo loves and is loyal to his father, a fact that motivates his thirst for revenge. Though there’s nothing spoken outright about Inigo and Fezzik as done to Westley and Buttercup, their friendship is a real example of true companionship. Fezzik’s insecurity over his strength and fear of being left alone exposes him to selfish manipulation by Vizzini (Goldman 2007).. However, Inigo treats him kindly and gently, thus making Fezzik happy. They both work together and combine their strengths to enter the Zoo of death to accomplish their goals (Gale, 2016) . It’s because of love and loyalty between Inigo and Fezzik that they are miraculously reunited.

Both Westley and Buttercup also evidence loyalty. Her loyalty remains to Westley even after agreeing to marry Humperdinck. The same is the case with Westley, who shows his loyalty to Buttercup after a long time. He risks life to save Buttercup and always responds to her every command with “As you wish.”

Through the book, Goldman creates a story that helps readers understand how to evaluate relationships. He suggests that people should not base relationships on rankings but rather on how they treat each other. The theme of true love, loyalty, and friendships supersede all other themes in this text.

Works Cited

Gale, Cengage Learning. A Study Guide for William Goldman’s” The Princess Bride”. Gale Cengage Learning, 2016.

Goldman, William. The princess bride: S. Morgenstern’s classic tale of true love and high adventure. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007.

Symons, Yoram. “Inconceivable: Genre in the ‘Princess Bride’.” Screen Education 46 (2007): 90.

Theme of Loyalty in Simon Morgenstern’s The Princess Bride

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Theme of Loyalty in Simon Morgenstern’s The Princess Bride

The characters in The Princess Bride go through situations that bring out the ideal meaning and value of loyalty for each other. The actions in the novel are majorly motivated by pure loyalty for each other. The theme of loyalty is demonstrated through different characters throughout the book. Westley and Buttercup endure suffering and tribulations but fight for each other and remain loyal to each other (Goldman 2007). The relationship between Westley and Buttercup though hailed as the epitome of true love is amplified by the level of loyalty the two have for each other.

Westley is determined to rescue Buttercup from the hands of her enemies and also to free her from getting engaged to the evil Prince. Westley encounters many problems in achieving his goals including a sword fight with Inigo, a battle of wits with Vizzini, a fist fight with Fezziki, the Giant, the fire swamp, the pit of despair and lastly the machine. Although the book initially portrays him as a young man consumes with love, his love for Buttercup later makes him more intelligent, wise and powerful. H is motivated by love and loyalty to do anything within his ability to save Buttercup. His loyalty results in subtle shifts in his personality. His incredible loyalty is shown when despite not having seen the love of his life for many years, his main goal remains finding her, regardless of the danger. On her part, Buttercup remains loyal to Westley even after being told of his death. When she pushes the pirate Roberts, he shouts his trademark words. Upon discovering that actually Roberts is her Westley she goes down and the two enjoy a romantic moment. She is still loyal to him and so is he.

Another example is that of Inigo Montoya who is fiercely loyal to his father. He sets out to avenge his father’s det in the hands of a six-fingered man. His sole goal is to kill his father’s killer, a fact that demonstrates remarkable family loyalty. He choses to become a swordsman mainly to show his undying loyalty to his father and family.

Though there’s nothing spoken outright about Inigo and Fezzik as done to Westley and Buttercup, their friendship is a real example of true companionship. Fezzik’s insecurity over his strength and fear of being left alone exposes him to selfish manipulation by Vizzini (Goldman 2007). However, Inigo treats him kindly and gently, thus making Fezzik happy. They both work together and combine their strengths to enter the Zoo of death to accomplish their goals (Gale, 2016). It’s because of love and loyalty between Inigo and Fezzik that they are miraculously reunited.

Through the book, Goldman creates a story that helps readers understand how to evaluate relationships. He suggests that people should not base relationships on rankings but rather on how they treat each other. The theme of loyalty supersedes all other themes in this text.

Works Cited

Gale, Cengage Learning. A Study Guide for William Goldman’s” The Princess Bride”. Gale Cengage Learning, 2016.

Goldman, William. The princess bride: S. Morgenstern’s classic tale of true love and high adventure. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007.

Symons, Yoram. “Inconceivable: Genre in the ‘Princess Bride’.” Screen Education 46 (2007): 90.

Question 2

The adaptation of literary art from one medium to another always comes with new elements. These elements could either make the two versions accurate or create something very different from the original work. The princess bride film ranks as one of the most successful films released by Hollywood in the ’80s. It has got most features of modern cinema, including torture, fighting, fencing, monsters, revenge, true love, escapes, and miracles, among others.

An example of the changes includes the way the film cuts Fezzik’s backstory and distills the backstory of Inigo to justify his relationship with count Rugen. Initially, the shrieking eels were sharks, and the lighting sand was snow sand. A notable difference was the change from the pit of despair to the Zoo of Death. In summary, although both the book and film are great and have a great deal of semblance, the abridging framing device modified the plot.

There also some incidences where jarring changes are ranging from fantasy and reality. From a cinematic point of view, this made the plot very confusing, and even some crucial sections were removed from the original book to make the film less severe. The reliable narrative technic evidenced in the movie makes it an exciting watch. It reflects the actual narration of the book.

Utilitarianism and situational political control

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Utilitarianism and situational political control

Utilitarianism is a concept that emerged as a result of the imminent contributions of Jeremy Bentham and John Mill. According to this philosophy, the proper reason for an action should be based on its consequences to the larger society. A moral act should be in a position of reaping the maximum possible amount of benefit to the people. Since, its inception, this theory has gained a significant prominence in the political sphere in many countries (Bayles, M. D., 2009).

On the other hand, situational political control refers to another important political theory that existing political situation in a country can fuel the formation, development, growth and success of the movement groups by its citizens. Under this situation, people get segregated into two opposing contented and those feeling oppressed buy the existing leadership. Hence, those who see themselves as being subjected to lots of oppression surp0ression, injustice and unfair treatment mobilize others from the same category to form movement groups to unite them together as they strive for a common goal.

While utilitarian conditions always tend to create harmony and bring diverse people together, the situational political control causes a great rift between the ruling class with their allied groups and the dissatisfied that are not happy with the kind of administration they are subject to. In other words, utilitarian governments formulate policies that are aimed at benefiting the common people. This actually makes people feel happier with it since they know that their interests are put primary to any other. However, this does not apply to the situational political control where people revolt by coming together to form political movement groups to help advocate for their rights.

Lastly, the responsibility of a utilitarian government is to make people happier, laws are formulated and subsequently enforced to fairly reward and punish the society appropriately. This makes people feel that the law is for them. Hence, they cooperate with their leaders whom they then offer their maximum support. Meanwhile, the situational political control creates political pluralism characterized with lots of dissent groups that end up jeopardizing the mainstream political control. However, all these may be misused if proper guidelines are not executed.

People vs. George W. Hal

Asians are the people who trace their origin from the Semitic groups in the continent Asia. However, as a result of immigrations, many of them can now be found in America, Europe, Australia and America. The nature of classifying them into the white race has been a very contentious issue for quite a long time now (Bentham, J., 2009). However, the peek of this contention was realized during the court case between the People of the state of California and George W. Hall.

It was in 1854 during an appeal case at the Supreme Court of California when the then chief justice, Hugh Murray acquitted Hall, the appellate of the murder case for which he had been charged with a life sentence. Even if he had murdered Sing Ling Sing, an innocent Chinese miner at Nevada. In my opinion, this was a very unfair ruling that could not have been delivered by such an experienced judicial officer.

This case confirmed that the Chinese were not whites to could not enjoy the privileges reserved for the whites. Justice Murray clearly institutionalized it when he based his stance on the Californian constitution section 394 on the civil cases that states that, ‘No Negro or Indian will be allowed as a witness in any proceeding where a white person is a party.’ Therefore, the chief justice dismissed the case because the testimony had been given by a Chinese, whom according to his interpretation was not a white.

Surely, this was a clear indication of the racial segregation in the larger United States of America. It was just an example of how the native whites mistreat the immigrants believing that it is their God given privilege to be on top of any other person regarded as a non white. This culminated into several racial revolts in the history of America.

Works cited

Bayles, M. D. (2009). Contemporary Utilitarianism. Anchor

Books: Doubleday.

Bentham, J. (2009). An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Dover Philosophical Classics). Dover Publications Inc.

Unwanted

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Unwanted

Created out of desire

But I cannot sire

I look up to them

But I will never be them

They call me a reject

They like when am a helper

But they don’t want to be my keeper

My only friend is my hater

And yet he is my creator

They call me a reject

Am trying to belong

But it seems wrong

Day by day I hurt

But they say I have no heart

They call me a reject

Revenge should be good

But seems am not good

All I wanted was a family

But I am extraordinaly

They call me a reject

Impossible dream

Ambition is priceless

But it left me with less

Back then it was a dream

But now it’s still a dream

Wish I could go back

Looking back to the day

When I thought I had a way

To ensure we had a tomorrow

But all we have is sorrow

Wish I could go back

They said I was inventive

But turn out I was destructive

I created a monster

And now is a disaster

Wish I could go back

Looking back to the past

I wish it was a blast

Time is running out

And it is my only out

Wish I could go back

Third Regiment of Infantry

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Third Regiment of Infantry

Under the Act of March 5, 1792, the Third United States Infantry came to be, this act was institutionalized to ensure that the frontiers of the United States protection and provisions were taken care to necessitate the raising of some other regiments of infantry and also to finish battalion of artillery. President Washington’s direction saw the Third infantry organized as the Sub-legion third infantry. Later under the Act of May 30, 1976, with Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Gaither as the first commandant, the Infantry of the Third sub-legion became the third regiment of infantry and until 1800 it was stationed along the northwestern frontier (McRae).

           The first person who became the first colonel was Colonel Pasteur after the regiment reorganization since the Act of March 16, 1802, when it had been discharged after the colonel resigned he was replaced by Colonel William, then Dent Beall, then Joseph Constant and later Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, today its commander is Colonel James J. Tuite. The unit is the oldest active regiment in the army since it was in 1784 when it was organized as the first American regiment. The regiment is organized into four battalions with the 1ST,2ND AND 4th being active with their headquarters in Fort Myer, VA, the common name associated with the unit is, “The Old Guard”. Just like how every unit has its motto, ‘We shall remain here’ is the third regiment infantry motto that came to be while they were in the second battle of the Marne as the French were retreating the then commander Maj. Gen. Joseph Dickman, gave the troops the orders in French so that they could hear “Nous resterons la!” it means we shall remain here(Elphick). The composition of this unit, the rifle squad that has 12 soldiers, 11 with semi-automatic rifles and one with an automatic one, a staff agent assisted by the sergeant are in charge. Secondly, we have the rifle platoon which is composed of three rifle squads and as small headquarter cell, the technical sergeant, a staff agent, and two messengers are usually in charge. Also, there is a rifle company it has three rifle platoons, a weapons platoon, and a company headquarters, it usually has 6 officers,187 enlisted men and is headed by a captain. Lastly, we have the infantry battalion it has three infantry rifle companies, a headquarters & headquarters company, and a heavy weapons company, a commander is usually designated(Foster).

           Since 24th October 1918 to today the third regiment infantry has had the same patch which is three white stripes on a blue field the blue field represent the soldiers that have been lost while in service while the whites symbolize the three major operations the unit was involved in the World War 1(Line). The unit has been involved in various operations since its organizations, n 1794 they emerged victorious against the Indians at Ohio, World War 1 when they got their motto after the battle with the French, World war 2 where it was the unit with the most combat days. The unit was also involved in the Korean war where they stopped a breakthrough of the enemy in 30 hours, they recorded more infantry time than any other Infantry in Korea. During the Cold war, the unit advanced to Germany where they acted as a strong symbol and to prevent communism to expand on a military level, later in 1991 the war was won. Lastly, the unit was involved in the Gulf war which saw the deployment of more than 6000 servicemen and women they comforted the refugees and also brought to an end the Saddam Hussein rule in Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The unit has also participated in the Guerilla war of Northern Luzon, Rome, Palermo, and Colmar. Despite it being the oldest unit in the US Army it is also the only one that served in all the 10 campaigns of the war, took part in four amphibious landings.

             Moreover, Lieutenant Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier in the World War 2 and he was from the 15th infantry regiment in France and Italy, the medal of honor has been awarded to 39 soldiers in world war 2,13 others in the Korean war, Paul Smith medal in Gulf war, 133 have received distinguished service crosses, over 2000 others receiving silver stars and so many others. Additionally, they are various commanders who have been noted for the amazing contribution to the army, they include MG Tony Cucolo, MG Joseph T. Dickman, MG John P. Lucas, MG Lucian Truscott, and LTG John W. O’Daniel. Currently, the unit is deployed in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the unit is also the highest with the soldiers who have been lost while on the service of duty, they are estimated to be over 33,000.

            In conclusion, thy are various units of armies with servicemen and women who have devoted their time and also sacrifice to protect our country, while they are bound to experience many troublers whole out and about it is up to us to ensure that we do not only recognize their service but also enlist. Lastly, various scholars while documenting the success of the Third Regiment Infantry have always mentioned that their glory days are not over and I agree with them since they have been shining since 1784.

 

 

 

Works Cited

Elphick, James. “This Is Why The 3Rd Infantry Division Is Called ‘Rock Of The Marne'”. Americas Military Entertainment Brand, 2017, https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/this-is-why-the-3rd-infantry-division-is-called-rock-of-the-marne. Accessed 3 Mar 2020.

Foster, Hugh. “History: Infantry Structure”. Trailblazersww2.Org, 2020, https://www.trailblazersww2.org/history_infantrystructure.htm. Accessed 3 Feb 2020.

Line, Vets. “3Rd Infantry Division Patch”. Militaryvetspx.Com, 2015, https://www.militaryvetspx.com/3rddiremipa.html. Accessed 3 Mar 2020.

McRae, James Henry. The Third Regiment of Infantry. Clark & Zugalla, 1895.