#can accomplish. they force the world to recognize them instead of assimilating

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I have all of these extended thoughts on my head about the amazing way themes and character relationships are handled in Iruma-kun and the inclusion of queerness and the handling of the coming of age narrative in this shonen manga/anime

And every time all that comes out when I'm reccing it is "You should watch/read it"

Do it. Go watch/read Mairimashita! Iruma-kun/Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun

Please.

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Bumble, Rudolph, and Colonialism

The Yeti, also known as the Abominable Snow Monster or "Bumble," in the well-known holiday special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, embodies a popular cultural trope that portrays the unknown as a terrifying creature. This picture is illustrative of the way in which mainstream narratives frequently simplify or misrepresent indigenous cultures and the myths that are associated with them. Himalayan folklore gives birth to the Yeti, a character associated with indigenous narratives and traditional spiritual beliefs. However, in the film Rudolph, Bumble loses his cultural context and transforms into a more generic creature. This is a reflection of a more widespread pattern of colonialism, in which dominating cultures reinterpret indigenous tales and symbols in order to conform to their own points of view while dismissing the relevance and meaning of the original representations.

At the beginning of the story, the other characters feel threatened by Bumble because of his size and strength. His transformation begins when Yukon Cornelius and Hermey the elf take over and bring him under their control. The removal of his teeth renders him totally harmless. The act of taming Bumble is a metaphor for the colonial effort to regulate and assimilate what is considered to be wild or untamed creatures. Similar to how colonial forces suppressed indigenous cultures and practices, the loss of Bumble's teeth symbolizes the erosion of his authority and identity. By putting the star on the Christmas tree instead of his previous life, Bumble discovers a new role in the community of Christmastown at the conclusion of the narrative. The absorption into the dominant culture's values and conventions suggests that individuals who are different need to adapt to gain acceptance. This is a reflection of the colonial narrative of "civilizing" indigenous peoples. It underscores a deficiency in understanding or reverence for the fundamental importance of these civilizations and their traditional beliefs.

Rudolph's depiction of the Yeti serves as a reminder of the importance of addressing indigenous myths and symbols with respect and appreciation for their original context. As a result, it prompts a deeper exploration of the ways in which these narratives undergo modifications and the impact these modifications have on the perception of indigenous cultures. We may move toward more authentic and respectful depictions that acknowledge the true diversity and depth of indigenous traditions and beliefs if we recognize these trends and work toward achieving them. To accomplish this, it is necessary to recognize the intricacy and depth of different civilizations, rather than reducing them to simplified or distorted stereotypes. We can cultivate a deeper appreciation for the diverse cultural narratives that enrich our world by adopting this perspective, ensuring their honor and preservation in their original forms.

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Hanukkah, which started on the evening of December 2nd, was probably the first Jewish holiday you heard of, whether you’re Jewish or not.

Hanukkah is such a big deal in America — there’s a menorah lighting on the National Mall, for Pete’s sake! — that you’d be forgiven for assuming it has always been the most wonderful time of the Jewish year. But you’d be wrong. As a matter of fact, the Maccabees themselves — the heroes of the Hanukkah story — would probably be downright angry over what the holiday’s become.

Here’s what Hanukkah is, what it isn’t, and what it can be sometimes but doesn’t have to be.

All of these spellings are correct. As well as Hannukkah, Chanuka … you get the idea.

You’d think people would be able to live and let live on this one. After all, it’s not a slight to Team Chanukah to say that spelling it with a Ch- is just as correct as starting with H-. But said team’s members argue that Chanukah is correct, because it’s the “traditional” spelling, while others assert Hanukkah is the correct “American” spelling. They are both wrong.

The reason for the confusion, of course, is the English alphabet. Hanukkah traditionally appears in Hebrew characters (חנוכה) or in Yiddish (which uses the Hebrew alphabet). So any transliteration to English is just an attempt to represent what the word sounds like in Hebrew. There’s no phonetic difference between a k and a kk, or between an -a and an -ah. And that phlegmy, back-of-the-throat hhhhhh sound that starts the word? No one has yet figured out how to transcribe that into English letters. Ch– is sort of an approximation, but starting with the H- is just fine.

This video, on the other hand, is a joke:

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Here is how not-important Hanukkah is, from a religious standpoint, to Judaism. During most religious holidays, observant Jews have to abide by the same rules they do on Shabbat (Saturdays): no work, restricted use of technology, etc. Those rules aren’t in play on Hanukkah. The only theological obligation on Hanukkah is lighting the candles on the menorah for each of the holiday’s eight nights — the centerpiece of the holiday. Everything else that is associated with Hanukkah has just sprung up as custom over the millennia.

Why did Hanukkah become such a big deal for contemporary Jews? You likely know the answer to this one already: Christmas.

Early American Jews almost certainly didn’t celebrate Hanukkah. But in the late 19th and early 20th centuries — as the first wave of American Jews began to settle in the US and aspire to the middle class — they began to make a big deal out of the holiday. Some scholars, like historian Dianne Ashton, argue it was a 19th-century attempt to get young people interested in synagogue (by bribing them with toys). Others think it was a more straightforward 20th-century response to the popularity of Christmas.

From America, this newfound fervor spread to other Jewish diaspora populations. We think of America as being the “New World” for all arriving immigrant groups, but that’s slightly different for Jews. Since European Jewish tradition was nearly extinguished during the Holocaust, American Jews have become some of the longest-standing keepers of Jewishness. Would Hanukkah be as popular as it is today in Israel, for example, if it hadn’t been a big deal in America first? Who knows.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, celebrating Hanukkah with the Israeli army. (Israeli Ministry of Defense)

Traditionally, at Hanukkah children got money from their parents and older relatives; in Yiddish, this is called Hanukkah gelt. When Hanukkah became an American holiday, parents began to give their children Hanukkah gifts, instead — though gelt has survived in the form of chocolate coins.

The idea of “Hanukkah presents” is another attempt to shoehorn Hanukkah into the Christmas script. Part of that pressure comes from outside Judaism — from a Christian majority that has at times pressured Jews to assimilate to become more “American” and at other times tried to find Jewish analogues for Christian traditions as a way to include Jews in holiday celebrations. But part of it comes from Jews themselves. As historian Ashton says of the early American Hanukkah celebrants: “They didn’t see Christmas as something they could do easily because it’s Christian, but they did want to do something like that because it was American.”

This is the sort of facial expression that inspired parents to bribe their children with Hanukkah presents. (Hulton Archive/Getty)

There’s nothing wrong with giving kids Hanukkah presents, or making a gingerbread “Hanukkah house,” or even investing in one of the two Jewish counterparts to the Elf on the Shelf. It’s just something that some Jews will choose to do and some won’t.

It’s less common for adults to give each other gifts at Hanukkah than to give them to kids. But if you really want to do something for a non-Christmas-observing friend, just get her some gelt — in the form of gift cards, of course.

Latkes (potato pancakes) are traditional for Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews. Sephardic (Mediterranean) Jews have traditionally eaten sufganyot — fried jelly donuts. That said, most modern Jews don’t let tradition get in the way of delicious fried food — plenty of people eat both.

This will feed about three people. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News Archive/Getty)

How did one branch of Judaism come to celebrate the holiday by frying potatoes and the other by frying donuts? Because the point is the frying, not what’s being fried. Oil is central to the Hanukkah mythos — supposedly, it’s why the holiday lasts eight nights to begin with. The legend is that while the Jews were at war with the Greeks and the Temple was under siege, there was only enough oil left to light the lamps for one day — but the oil miraculously burned for eight.

All of which brings us to…

The oil story is often offered as the reason for the season, if you will. It’s certainly gotten more important over the millennia since the war itself (which happened in the second century BCE). But originally, the point of Hanukkah was to celebrate winning the war against the Greeks, not to celebrate the miracle of the oil. This is a common theme among Jewish holidays: The joke goes, “They tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat.” (See also: Passover, Purim.)

So here’s the original story of Hanukkah: During the second century, the Jews were under the imperial control of the Seleucids, who were Greek. The Seleucid emperor Antiochus decided to reverse an earlier policy of religious tolerance and start trying to “Hellenize” — assimilate — Jews. Some Jews were okay with this; after all, the Greeks were cultured, and they were running the place. (Contemporary accounts say that some Jews even uncircumcised themselves so they wouldn’t be recognized as Jews at the gym. Seriously.) But many Jews were not — especially after Antiochus’s forces started slaughtering pigs in the Temple, desecrating it.

The Maccabee rebels heading into battle. (Gustasve Dore’s illustrated Bible/Ann Ronan Pictures/Getty)

The latter category included the family that, in the Hanukkah story, is called the Maccabees: from the Hebrew for “hammer.” (Historians call their faction the Hasmoneans.) The Maccabees led the Jews into rebellion against the forces of Antiochus. After a few years, they were able to reconsecrate the Temple; after a couple of decades, they had chased the Seleucids from the Holy Land.

Think a little about this news story from 2014: The Israeli government gave the US ambassador to Israel a Hanukkah menorah that looks like Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. That would be an incredibly strange gift for a holiday about getting the best Miracles Per Gallon you can out of your oil supply. But for a holiday that’s about fighting off an existential threat in the Holy Land and reclaiming it for Jews and Jews alone, you can see why the current Israeli government might want to associate itself with the Maccabees.

It’s easy to look at the Hanukkah story and see the Maccabees as simply fighting for self-determination — as people who just wanted to live according to their own faith. Any American Jew with parents of a certain age has probably heard “Light One Candle,” a Peter, Paul, and Mary song that basically turns the Maccabees into proto-hippies:

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It’s true that the Maccabees were fighting to practice their faith. But they weren’t just fighting on their own behalf — they were fighting to preserve tradition among all Jews, even the Hellenistic ones who were more accepting of assimilation. The Maccabees, in a word, were zealots.

Here’s how James Ponet, Yale’s Jewish chaplain, describes the Maccabeean Revolt:

Armed Hasmonean (Maccabee) priests and their comrades from the rural town of Modi’in attacked urban Jews, priests and laity alike, who supported Greek reform, like the gymnasium and new rules for governing commerce. The Hasmoneans imposed, at sword’s edge, traditional observance. After years of protracted warfare, the priests established a Hasmonean state that never ceased fighting Jews who disagreed with its rule.

This makes it particularly ironic that these days, Hanukkah is perhaps the most assimilated Jewish holiday there is. Would modern-day Maccabees be okay with Hanukkah presents? Probably not. And don’t even think about how they’d feel about the Mensch on the Bench.

If you played the “Light One Candle” video above, congratulations! You have officially heard one of the three and a half Hanukkah songs that anybody knows.

Some secular Jews grow up hearing traditional Jewish blessings at home only at Hanukkah, and those have a beautiful melody. But actual Hanukkah music, for whatever reason, is terrible. The “Dreidel Song” accomplishes the impressive feat of being repetitive the first time you hear it. “Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah” isn’t bad, but it’s kid stuff. And “Light One Candle” is hard to sing and kind of a drag — it’s not something that you want to hear between “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” (There is one traditional Hanukkah hymn — “Ma’oz Tzur” — that is very hummable. But plenty of Jews don’t remember the words in Hebrew, and the English lyrics are terrible, so it generally disintegrates into mumbling after the first line.)

So forget about “Hanukkah songs.” Who needs them? Some of America’s best Christmas music was written by Jews. Tablet Magazine compiled a list of the 10 best such songs — including everything from “White Christmas” to “Sleigh Ride” to “Santa Baby.” So on behalf of American Jewry, dear America: We’ll just take those back, thank you very much. I could easily sing one of these for every night of Hanukkah. It would be no more contrary to the spirit of American Hanukkah than anything else.

CORRECTION: This article originally referred to the “three Hanukkah songs anybody knows.” The author had forgotten about the existence of “Ma’oz Tzur.” Thanks to @squarelyrooted on Twitter for pointing it out; no thanks to @squarelyrooted on Twitter for getting it stuck in her head.

Original Source -> The heroes of the Hanukkah story wouldn’t understand what the Jewish holiday has become

via The Conservative Brief

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Educational Essay Formulating Which Instructs about Society Automotive Business world

Educational Essay Formulating Which Instructs about Society Automotive Business world

The automotive marketplace is a thorough group of establishments and sizeable organisations implicated during the manufacturing, improvement, and assembling, market place, and, product sales of automobiles world wide. It is really argued that should be concerning world’s most crucial economic sectors when judging by sales. The auto home business fails to integrate business oriented undertakings devoted to the constant maintenance of cars or trucks subsequently after conveyance around the end-user, like car fix retailers and motor vehicle gas stuffing stations. Nevertheless, in the recent many years, now we have recognized a handful of discrete changes through the constructing trail containing shaped the industry’s structure because it is as soon as possible. As involvement with the good zones has actually been stagnating, we certainly have personally seen only a few noteworthy waves of financial commitment in building sells.

Includes of the World Auto Field Which Happen To Have Prompted Demanding Competitiveness and Small Success

Hazard of the latest Entrants

There are many considerably improved road blocks to entrance during this market sector, earning possible risk of new contestants nominal. Not very new entrants or businessmen are suitable for venturing into the motor vehicle marketplace, given that it obliges superior budget outlay to setup assembling businesses plus a produce group. As well as, the way in which present-day multi-federal famous competitors make money from financial systems of level and extension renders it particularly complicated for contemporary contestant to provide demanding selling price. To finish, as a dilemma of stability, undeniable top quality, and durability is actually pertinent, furthermore, as customers foundation their perception associated with a new type of the manufacturer’s earlier powerpoint presentation. Therefore, a new contestant will certainly have severe difficulties contending (Keller 2014). It will require a great number of a long time for getting a new contender to expert a thorough status to become reasonable. These elements help make the threat of the latest business owners within this business segment reduced.

Battle off their Vehicle Production Businesses

The possibility of other competitors also does occur. Expanding petrol expenditures have been completely forcing some downtown motorists to use world haul. Most car holders yet still concur in which the comfort of using an human being suv trigger increments in fuel costs. In spite of this, whenever this style proceeds and motor vehicle providers are definitely not able to supplying a very set you back- proficient magic formula, this hazard will increment. Ford Vehicle Enterprise managed spot time into decreasing the body fat of alternatives like public transportation. Shoppers will get the profits of Ford’s primary actually ever journey into maximum-experienced potential trains. In 2010, Ford dispatched nine new generator motors and six new 6-pace transmissions. The business is on target to impart power-cost-efficient half a dozen-efficiency transmissions around its lineup of Ford manufacturer autos by 2013 (Hulsmann and Fornahl 2013).

Negotiating Ability of Merchants

The physique of old probable vendors throughout this niche mitigates the force of service providers, yet, changing obligations are elevated, as creating piece designs and standards obliges an affordable creating investment for financial commitment. On the other hand, there prevails hardly any risk that automobile suppliers would probably assimilate ahead of time. Automotive engineers ask for inputs-effort, portions, crude products and administrations. The expense of these inputs will have a imperative affect the net profit (Keller 2014).

Bargaining Force of Customers

Purchaser power alludes in to the ability of personal prospects to negotiate service fees that remove benefit from the vendor. Independent those people, operation organizations, and authorities include the principal buyers of vehicles. With number of exemptions, Keller (2014) presented that potential buyers can get away from an investment that they dislike and place their acquisition some place else to get a vendor of the same manufacturing market sector or to a different manufacturer. Separate potential clients have any effects on the charge in the particular car dealership, but smaller power over manufacturers. Potential customers is able to only, sufficient reason for low priced, change to other sports car suppliers.

Rivalry amidst Opponents

Having the incline of international rivals at the 1970’s and 80’s, rivalry around the automotive market has have been considerably extra profound as Companies contend for both expenditures and no-true worth length and width. Significant rivalry begun to produce during the 1990’s by way of a increase of the latest autos, layouts, and ideas (Hulsmann and Fornahl 2013). Distinct associations are conveying diverse impetuses to drag in prospects into obtaining their passenger cars.

Essential Triumph Causes In the World Car on the Succeeding Five-years and Companies That Might Be Most Money-making

Plus the time-honored pieces of the marketing campaigns combination and hostile perk, you will discover a should have additional individuals persons vital athletes should have to help you stay in triumphant for approaching many years. Following are some of the worldwide vehicle operators which could increment esteem throughout their generic setup whilst them competitive.

Beneficial Funnel of Syndication

Generator motors can be bought to the 3rd party; there is not any rapid purchaser contact of producing enterprises. Firms use sports car vendors to acquire prestige and help the purchaser to receive have confidence in in their thing. Whereas shopping for an automobile, consumers are on top of that indigent right after the thoughts of sellers. In the event that, they are not proficient and struggle to express a quality photograph of an organization’s products and services in the customers they then are not likely to choose. Some other sector of dispersal platform is revealed with delivery group and assemblage path. A highly profitable car agency uses a proficiently handled route of their own service provider who is going to supply to them options available and http://www.bestessaysforsale.net/ quality items and administrations (Singh 2011).

Handling of Income

A trusted circulation flow managing is similarly valuable and one of the many primary good results ingredients to prevailing on this area. Because these associations ought to produce rate reductions, financial possible choices have to have to deal with their practices in addition to other operational business expenses. Furthermore an ideal, effectively mastered and practical revenue circulation is remarkably important to help support their ranking during the vehicle promote (Singh, A., 2011).

Conformity with Local area and World wide Quality

The component might appear to increment bills. At the same time, eventually this consideration earnings to pay back through developed count on with the clientele, a remark that has to be harder to obtain right now. Also it diminishes the fee for routine service and administration direction (Singh 2011). It is advisable to use on benchmarks instead of spend on extra expense because of any routine maintenance after, which had been the problem with Toyota lately the moment they generally known as once more a tremendous array of vans. The occurrences of returning the motor vehicles cause the marvelous decrease of income and poor snapshot onto the enterprise.

Volkswagen intentions to communicate bright improvements and technologies to become a modern world pioneer in potential customer customer loyalty and caliber. We watch excessive customer satisfaction as among the principal requirements to your Company’s enduring accomplishment. Volkswagen’s targets are a continuing gain on trading in advance of tax of a minimum of 8%.This loss of end up costing guarantees in which the Group’s robust budgetary job and ability to take action are ensured even during critical segment periods (Volkswagen 2013). Eventually, there are actually choices that this may ultimately turned into just about the most productive automotive manufacturing organisations later in life.

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