The Gem

Rachel Lloyd, the author of "Girls like us " is the founder of GEMs, which stands for girls educational and mentoring services. Rachel works in New York City and her mission is to help girls that have been domestically exploited and trafficked on a regular basis. Rachel works to get these young girls off the streets and get them the education and resources they need in order to succeed outside of the lifestyle of prostitution. These girls in the commercial sex industry can range in age, race,…

In effect, it is a guarantee of quality and authenticity backed by De Beers and its reputation. Sort of a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. The De Beers brand also would assure customers that these are clean diamonds. That is, that by buying the gem, they aren 't indirectly financing wars and…

be thankful for our lives and for what we have. It’s the greatest blessing of all time! With our family by our side, everything would surely go smoothly. Knowing that we are God’s children is more than anything valuable (such as diamonds, golds, and gems) in this world. We then become sons and daughters of God. Heaven will be our home one day. Look at Christmas in a new way this year. This is the year to invite Jesus into your heart. You will then have a "Merry Christmas." The joy and peace you…

Equivalency Mappings for the practice. Medicare published a guide that indicated how to translate ICD-9 codes into their ICD-10 equivalents. These mappings are known as the General Equivalency Mappings (GEMs). Only a portion of those codes affect any given specialty. Identifying and documenting the GEMs that affect the practice will save time and effort. Tie the codes with the published guidelines. Each code, or section of codes, has certain guidelines the provider and coder must follow as far…

Amethyst- A treasurable stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz. These gems were once believed to have magical qualities, and were supposed to contain the power to prevent or cure drunkenness to its wearer. This was perhaps believed to avoid drunkenness due to its wine-like color. People would wear rings made out of amethyst before or during drinking. In Latin around 1250-1300 A.D. this was referred to as ‘amethystus’. This comes from the prefix a-, meaning "not," and methys "to…

I can't believe that I'm actually here. I'm on the outskirts of Russia walking towards the pack of the twin Alphas, pack Magni. Named after the Norse god of strength and brute force. Which in my opinion describes the twins exactly. I've never met them but everyone around the world knows of them, and I doubt the rumors are false. How could they be when so many have died at their hand. But now that I'm coming close to the gates I will no longer judge...in their presence of course. The gates are…

Pounamu is several types of nephrite jade found only in southern part of South Island of New Zealand. Pounamu is green hence the name greenstone in common English. The gem Pounamu comes from boulders on river beds (specifically the Arahura river) and when carved out, most are no bigger than the palm of a human hand. Pounamu is regarded as taonga or treasure and is significant in Maori art culture. Pounamu comes in many shapes because different shapes have different meanings from status and…

The medieval era is one that holds a large variety of ambiguity for modern scholars. This can be seen as challenging when trying to determine specific concrete facts about the period especially in context to people’s lives during the period. This concept includes a large variety of ideas since the idea of life constitutes so many different aspects from how one acts to much more complex ideas such as what a person believes. This is the main focus of this particular paper, beliefs. The idea is…

the family because they naturally focused on the visual appearance of them. With the Étagère cabinet it felt important and when touching because they knew how much it meant to Vera and the finish of the wood on the cabinet. Many of the elephants had gems and other types of decorative items on them. Vera’s Étagère cabinet in particular was tall in height and about the size of a person’s…

The afterlife and the apocalypse are significant components of these sacred stories. Although, some of these tales differ, other aspects of these tales share common themes. Features like scare tactics, stratifications, and communities are features that make these religions part of the same shared narrative. Scare tactics are the first feature that show unity amongst the scared stories. Scare tactics are the forms of punishment described in these tales of afterlife and apocalypse that are meant…