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River Yangtze is the third longest river in the world, and longest in china.
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YANGTZE RIVER
Introduction
River Yangtze is the third longest river in the world, and longest in china. It is 6,300 kilometers long. Its source is on the western side of Geladandong Mountain, the main peak of the Tangula Mountains on the flat land of Geladandong southwest of china. The most attractive part of the river is the gorges. This include the Qutang, Xling, Wuxia gorges also known as the Sanxia.
Qutang Gorge
The gorge is eight kilometers long; it starts from Baidicheng in the county of Fengjie to Daxizhen in the county of Wushan. It is the shortest of the three gorges, and the most magnificent. Immediately the raging river gets into the gorge it comes together with the daunting Kuimen Gate. The Rocky Mountains stand straight on both sides of the river, narrowing the river to 100 to 200metres, with the narrowest section measuring a few meters in breadth as it gets to the gorge. The raging waters flowing into the gorge makes the most glorious scenes. There are numerous, attractive sites in the gorge. On top of the hill on the northern bank lies Baidicheng town. On the southern banks is the legendary Meng Liang’s Ladder.
Wuxia Gorge
The gorge is approximately 45 kilometers long. It begins in Danning River in the county of Wushan to Guandukou situated the county of Badong, Hubei province. The deep and peaceful scenes make the gorge a main attraction. The most beautiful is the twelve peaks found on both sides of the river banks. There are numerous historical sites too. Zigui town receives many tourists as it is the homeland of the beautiful Wang Zhaojun and the famous poet Qu Yuan. On the western entrance, of the gorge is flanked by unusual peaks such as the Dicui, Bawu, and Longmen with some going up into the clouds presenting an extraordinary sight.
Xling Gorge
It is the longest of the three gorges. It starts from the west all through to the east and is approximately 76 kilometers long. It starts from the Xiangxi River in Zigui, in the province of Hubei to Nanjing. The gorge is split in two sections; the western section is consists up of the military Book, Sword Gorge, Lung gorge, Kong ling gorge, and Bulls Liver gorge. The east section consists of the Shadow Play gorge, and the yellow Cat Gorge also called the Yinchuan in the Hubei Province. There are various ancient sites on the gorge which includes the Huangling Temple, Luyou Fountain, and the Visitors cave.
Pollution
In the recent past, the Yangtze River has been under threat due to pollution. It absorbs 40 percent of china’s waste water with 80 percent being untreated. The major culprits of polluting the river are industries, agricultural pollution, and waste from ships. It was found that most industries dumped untreated waste into the river. Chemicals being used by farmers are being washed into the river. Shipping vessels also dump untreated waste in the river. Some local people are also ignoring the damage to the river, most of them are still continuing with activities causing pollution like ship building, chemical making, and other harmful activities.
Conclusion
People living along the river should take the initiative of protecting the river themselves as it is their source of water. Local governments should take the necessary steps to deal with the people who are polluting the river, and put in place tough measures to discourage other people from polluting the river. The community living along the river should be educated on the importance of keeping the river clean.
Aloian, Molly. The Yangtze: China’s majestic river. New York: Crabtree Pub., 2010.
Jackie Hill the Pace Setter.
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Jackie Hill the Pace Setter.
Candid conversations fill the room together with lively laughter and smiles that show how content and excited Jackie Hill is as she narrates how she rose to prominence as a nurse. She works at East Bank Hospital as a registered Nurse a profession she has been working in for the past eight years. She takes me down through memory lane and remembers how she got to the nursing profession. It is evident that she understood what her purpose in life would be at a young age. Jackie Hill states that she believes God called her into service and to do something towards catering for the needs of individuals that are ailing, and to give hope to those that feel miserable and helpless. Fresh out of college, newly wedded and expecting her first child, she tenderly reflects on one of the most difficult yet exciting days she has experienced in the nursing profession over the period of close to 36years now. Having a loving and really young family to care for at that time, made it easier for her to care for other patients. The world has changed tremendously and so has the nursing profession and us certainly cannot run away from the change we got to embrace it, she states.
Jake Hills Personality can be evaluated using the Five Personality factors. The first is her openness towards her emotion, she has a big imagination and is quite inquisitive. Her confidence and professionalism is evident in the way she addresses everyone with respect and also follows the moral compass that guides her as a nurse and in this case a manager. The other directors and leaders in her institutions rely heavily on the vast knowledge and skills that Jackie Hill possess. She provides guidance, advocates for the needs of other staff members and most importantly, champions for the safety and well-being of the patients. From how she articulates issues, and responds to other leaders and colleagues in the institution it shows that she clearly loves and enjoys her job.
Her self-discipline and how she is able to do her work also portrays the second factor which is conscientiousness. With her nature of work, she is as orderly as possible and like to have her things neat. She is always full of energy and always wants to contribute in meetings bringing out her assertive nature. The position that Jackie Hill now holds is far from where she started right after graduating from nursing school. She could not get to the highest level of management during those early years as the management positions were dominated by men and most women did not get past the clerical jobs. Like most women from her generation show strived to advance her studies and to rise above the limitations that had been set by the society. This aspect of her life brings out her extroversion. She works really well with people a factor that contribute to her rising in various ranks. She loves taking on roles of group leader and leading her group through the challenges that present herself in her line of work. What motivated her the most, was the urge to break the inequalities in health witnessed and to also ensure she was competitive as her male counterparts who she felt the system favored them more than the women. Jackie Hill kept overcoming and breaking the barriers that were on her way and promised herself that she was going to be the best nurse and also show other women that they can also recreate their lives by carving out their niches and by being on top and being the best at whatever little assignment they undertake.
The fourth personality is her agreeable character. People seem to love her and she has a way with people most people liking her. She is very friendly to approach and most interns will agree that she is a nurse that people can easily approach her in case they get stuck or have any question about anything. Her dedication and diligence to the work she does is evident. Jackie Hill has studied far and wide and has acquired profound understanding and knowledge on key and critical issues. She understands that innovation is the future and for that particular reason she is the brains behind most technological trends in nursing. She advocates for the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Nursing as she strongly believes it will result in improved patient outcome as well it will improve how nurses practice. She is committed to her organization as well as the individuals she leads. “I strongly believe that, underneath the task of being a nurse is a wonderful commitment to make thigs better than they are today.” This is one of her best quotes which she always says with a lot of conviction being elaborated as she speaks. She says that what has kept her grounded is ambition and also the commitment to making things easier for everyone and hence she ensures that her colleagues and she work round the clock to make things easier because if left that way without any form of improvement a great deterioration will be witnessed.
On problem solving she really works well with people in case a problem comes up. One instance is when she worked as a nurse, a patient did come in complaining that her wound had gotten worse from an infection and she was laying blame to the hospital. She was really violent and did not want to listen to anyone. When Jackie came, she was able to calm her down by agreeing to what the patient was saying. According to her at times the patient may be wrong but at times it is important to give them a listening year so that a consensus is reached. Jackie had a talk with the patient, she helped clean her wound and gave her medication. Every single day she made time to call the patient on directions on how to clean up and take care of her wound thus avoiding the infection.
Slowly but surely, Jackie Hill has made way up her career ladder. From working as a clerk to now being a director at Mary’s Manger Hospital. She kept her vision and she took care of what she had to take care of for her to rise to that position of leadership. She shared what made her so stubborn and resilient with her goals is that she understands that she has a lot of learning to do as well as the fact that she saw the value in her entry level job. She also has not forgotten to thank the people that have played a critical role in supporting her as she grows in her career. Her patience has seen her obtain great mentors who guide her on the way she should go and how she will conduct herself and how to solve the problems as they arise. JH believes in the empowerment of women and young adults or the youth and in the course of her career she has gained and rallied dozens of women really powerful, influential and strong and intelligent women to work with her. She has changed the narrative that a field that was dominated by the men has gotten a chance and more and more women are taking up positions of leadership.
Jackie Hill legacy can be witnessed in everything that she touches. Both men and women, the young and the old hold a lot of respect and admiration for her 36years of service that has led to the creation of a wonderful professional status quo as well as influencing women to believe in themselves and be the best.
Critical Assessment of the Absolute Truth Claims Warning Sign in When Religion Becomes Evil
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Critical Assessment of the Absolute Truth Claims Warning Sign in “When Religion Becomes Evil
Introduction
This paper posits to provide a Critical Assessment of the Absolute Truth Claims Warning Sign in “When Religion Becomes Evil. Charles Kimball, in “When Religion Becomes Evil”, not only provides illustrations of corruption inside religion, but also provides warning signs that would indicate a religion’s rally toward corruption. The author also presents insights for diverse religions to embrace, in order to flourish in the contemporary pluralistic world. Regrettably, his munificent motives are loaded with logical discrepancies, exegetical myths, and theological delusions. A brief synopsis of his, the Absolute Truth Claims Warning Sign would be pursued by a rejoinder. Kimball cautions on the foremost warning indications of fraud in religion that customarily leads to violence as well as wickedness in the world (Kimball 186). Kimball’s conclusion is that religious communities require establishing what he refers as an all-encompassing faith anchored in tradition, through devising innovative paradigms, innovative ways of understanding in addition to, practicing their particularity in the center of pluralism, while at the same time maintaining their custom’s authentic sources.
THESIS STATEMENT
Humanity ought to be responsive when individuals or communities, demand that their understanding of a religious text must be regarded as the absolute truth.
A Concise Synopsis of the Absolute Truth Claims “Warning Sign”. According to Kimball, Absolute truth would refer to an inflexible approach to select truth claims that disregard or deny any verification of truth in any other traditions. Consequently, Kimball creates a dichotomy linking truth claims, and the absolute truth claims, the latter are considered as being hazardous (Kimball 44). Kimball does not conflict with the truth claims, although he advocates that when they develop into being dogmatic and rigid they transmute into “absolute” truth claims. Consequently, one ought to be aware of the intrinsic dangers of this variety of truth. Similar to the majority of pluralists, one may envisage that Kimball embraces a relativistic perception of truth; however, this is does not appear to be the case. Kimball does not hold that the truth claims in every religion are identical. In contrast, only the established religions that bear pragmatic value ought to be regarded as valid religions. Kimball is not a pure realist either, because he supposes that there are objective criterions for appraising value judgments inside religions, even though he does not provide any (25).
Kimball looks relatively at different religious causes that inspire violence. Kimball, reminiscent of Juergensmeyer, recognizes that religion is not the singular motivator or the irreproachable victim that triggers religious terrorism. Regardless of the innate human desire for religion, which Kimball affirms as essential to humanity’s sense of meaning, he nevertheless discerns that religion may become evil and inspire mankind into enacting evil (Juergensmeyer 62). Through a comparative approach, he identifies these fundamentals as underlying impetus for religious violence current in plural spiritual traditions. Kimball appends his argument of absolute truth claims to construal of scripture advocated by fundamentalist. Principally as apocalyptic literature is translated literally, it grants an appalling mandate for individuals to engage in contemporary violence (Hoffman 14).
Assessment of the Kimball’s Argument. It is regrettable, since the subject is too imperative to be handled so imprecisely. It is apparent that Kimball genuinely intends to examine and argue what it is in relation to religion that makes it susceptible to evil construal, but what makes his dignified aspiration a disappointment is his remorseful approach. Kimball, similar to numerous apologists earlier than him, is not capable to recognize that to confront the malevolence in religion, humanity must proclaim some spiritual “truths” as invalid. When, for instance, Christians declare that Jesus is the only Messiah is the single way for individuals to formulate atonement, they may either disagree with themselves or function in an unchristian manner, if they do not endeavor to plead their case other people in order that they may also have faith in Jesus. In any case, they would be rightfully accused of failing to take their own religion sincerely (Juergensmeyer 25).
So as to avoid malicious confrontations with other religions, Christians are required to be open to the likelihood that they are in the wrong, that individuals may function increasingly well exclusive of Jesus. However, that would be an unorthodox act for a genuine Christian. In the opinion of this paper, the reflection of Kimball on every one of the five warning signs is fundamentally superficial; hence, they are worth questioning. Similar to Kimball, it may be important to endeavor to find constructive alternatives to the warning precursors. Religion plays an essential part in a number of people’s lives, therefore that makes its threats the concern for everybody. It is patently obvious that religions may make declarations of absolute truth. At any rate, this is the scenario in the conventional traditions. Spiritual humanism is a comparatively new phenomenon that is only acknowledged in the Jewish society as a way for the Jewish community to uphold their identity while discarding the covenant among God and Abraham (32).
However, Kimball does not refute that every religion alleges to embrace the truths in relation to divinity. On the other hand, he emphasize that, it is not necessary to universalize these allegations, since a critical and moderate approach to truth is achievable. At the outset, it may appear as an appropriate concept, but following reflection on what it intended, it may be found to be illogical. There is some unconformity to the whole concept of truth-value, as Christians claim that Jesus is deity they make a declaration that is either factual or false. However, when relativists allege that Jesus is deity to some communities at times, they merely make an observation that communities have dissimilar opinions in relation to Jesus (Kimball 52). This may as well mean that, this solution to the impasse of absolute truth claims may not be sound, since it is not appropriate to offer a substitute answer to a question by reinstating the question.
CONCLUSION
It is uncomplicated to be in agreement with Kimball when he cautions on uncritical and selective reading of religious texts. This is the prevalent grounds for tension, since small discrepancies in understanding have frequently led to dramatic clashes in religious communities. The fact that the majority of individuals read religious texts, including the Bible, in translation it does not facilitate consistency on what is the true meaning of a certain paragraph. It follows that, religious texts are read in extremely different ways considering the deficient translations, the time span since the texts were documented, in addition to, the cultural context is entirely disparate. However, this paper concurs with Kimball in that he proposes that humanity ought to be aware when somebody demands that their understanding of a religious text must be regarded as the absolute truth. Notwithstanding several positive aspects found in the book, it is important to recognize the fundamental discrepancies between religions, in addition to, a perceptive of the nature of truth. Although his intentions are commendable, Kimball fails to offer a viable option for contemporary religious reflection.
Works Cited
Hoffman, B. Inside Terrorism. New York: Columbia U.P. 2000. Print.
Kimball, C. When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs. New York: HarSan Francisco. 2002. Print.
Juergensmeyer, M. The Latest Cold War? Spiritual Nationalism Meets the Secular State. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2000. Print.