Rupert Giles

Was the phone hacking the action of “rogue journalist” or something more systemic? The phone hacking incident was more systemic. This kind of behavior wasn’t an isolated event or an action of one “rogue journalist”. There were many evidence in the case to prove that the incident was normal occurrence in Murdoch’s company. In 2006, Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator were caught to have hacked into senior aides to the Britain’s royal family as well as the princes’ phone…

While Wilfred Owen may seem like the heroic soldier who embarked on a great journey to come back with great tales of World War 1, Wilfred Owen did completely the opposite of what is believed in a true hero. In order to successfully fight a war, a country would need soldiers who are capable of carrying out the demands of the country. Nowadays, soldiers are only understood as the men and women who fought and defended their nation; instead, soldiers are more complex than what they are known for.…

Longitude by Dava Sobel is a book about how the first accurate clock for determining longitude was made. The book starts off by describing the longitude problem which is about how difficult it is to determine longitude at sea. In order to determine longitude, two clocks are needed, one from the home port and one based upon the local time of the ship. The difference in times allows for the longitude of the ship to be determined. However, it is very hard to make accurate clocks at sea due to the…

Sing Him to Sleep In the three stanza poem “A Lullaby,” Randall Jarrell conveys the loneliness and alienation of all people during war. The first stanza shows what the soldier gives up to fight in the war. The second stanza shows how the soldier is treated during his time in the army and the third shows the consequences that soldiers have to face. The first stanza uses metaphors and imagery to show what a soldier gives up to fight in a war. Jarrell uses the first two lines, “ For wats his life…

The more a soldier seeks solace in the trenches, the more the earth of his mind becomes riddled with trenches and scarred from fallen shells. When a soldier returns home, he leaves the battlefield, but the battlefield has scarred his mind, and his head remains foggy with gas. Erich Maria Remarque, Ernest Hemingway, and Wilfred Owen documented the harsh reality faced by a soldier. These poets and authors words describe how loss is not just physical for a soldier. Each work describes how through…

Buster shot his head up with a loud snort, shifting from hoof to hoof, spooked by the call of a predator. "Calm down, Buster. Easy there," Aerith cooed, grasping onto the rein and tugged, gesturing him to lower his head while stroking his neck. When Buster had calmed down significantly, more howls joined the first one, each sounding closer and louder than the last. If that chorus of cries is the cue to leave the area, Aerith didn't need to be told twice. "We got to go." With haste, the brunette…

Starting from the attractive village of Welburn, this walk undertakes a circuit of the Castle Howard Estate. The scenery is stunning with beautiful parkland, ancient woodland and inspiring monuments to savour. Welburn’s church, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, stands on the hillside at the southern edge of the village. Although consecrated in 1865, St Johns’s remained a ‘Chapel of Ease’ within the parish of Bulmer until 1986 when it became a separate parish. The village has many Grade II…

Xena Vs Buffy “In a time of Ancient Gods, Warlords, and Kings; a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena a mighty princess forge in the heat of battle, the Power, the Glory, the Passion, the Danger, her courage will change the world.” “In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampire and demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.” If anyone has ever watch the late 1990’s TV show Xena Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. One…

The expert order also does not confirm the no-bein of leprechauns, protruded tyrannosaurs, or Darth Vader. Rupert Giles reply that, as far as he knew, they did not. And they point out that for faith in the no-existence of advance entities such as these it is not needment to verify the denying, which would not be possibility, but it is sufficient to show that after…