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MOREL Surname Meaning and Family History The Morel family name is a little from the Old French increasingly, which means dim and dark (as a field). A French variation of Moor and Moore. Morel is the 21st most basic last name in France. Family name Origin: French Exchange Surname Spellings: MORELL, MORILL, MORRELL, MORRILL Popular People with the MORELSurname Guillaume Morelâ -French old style scholarOlivier Morel de La Durantaye - Colonial official in New FranceGeorge W. Morellâ â -structural architect; Union General in U.S. Common WarTheodor Morell - Adolph Hitlers individual physicianBà ©nà ©dict Morelâ - Austrian-French psychiatristAntoine Lã ©on Morel-Fatioâ -French painter Where is the MORELSurname Most Common? As per last name dispersion from Forebears, the Morelâ surname is generally normal in France, where it positions 22nd in the country, trailed by Monaco (68th), Dominican Republic (87th) and Paraguay (109th). The Morellâ spelling of the last name, then again, is generally pervasive in Spain, and furthermore basic in Puerto Rico (395th) and Cuba (413th). WorldNames PublicProfiler demonstrates a comparable dispersion, with the best level of people named Morelâ in Austria, trailed by Switzerland, Argentina and Belgium. Inside France, Morel is found in the best numbers in the Franche-Comtã © area (presently Bourgogne-Franche-Comtã ©), trailed by Rhã'ne-Alpes (now Auvergne-Rhã'ne-Alpes), Haute-Normandie (presently Normandy), Basse-Normandie (presently Normandy) and Bretagne. Family history Resources for the Surname MOREL Implications of Common French SurnamesUncover the significance of your Frenchâ last name with this free manual for the four sorts of French family names, and the implications and starting points of normal French last names. Morel Family Crest - Its Not What You ThinkContrary to what you may hear, there is nothing of the sort as a Morelâ family peak or crest for the Morel surname. Coats of arms are allowed to people, not families, and may legitimately be utilized distinctly by the continuous male line relatives of the individual to whom the crest was initially conceded. MOREL Family Genealogy ForumThis free message board is centered around relatives of Morelâ ancestors around the globe. FamilySearch - MOREL GenealogyExplore over 2â million outcomes from digitizedâ historical records and genealogy connected family trees identified with the Morel last name on this free site facilitated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. MOREL Surname Mailing ListFree mailing list for specialists of the Morelâ surname and its varieties incorporates membership subtleties and an accessible chronicles of past messages. DistantCousin.com - MOREL Genealogy Family HistoryExplore free databases and ancestry joins for the last name Morel. GeneaNet - Morel RecordsGeneaNet incorporates chronicled records, family trees, and different assets for people with the Morelâ surname, with a focus on records and families from France and other European nations. The Morel Genealogy and Family Tree PageBrowse lineage records and connections to genealogical and chronicled records for people with the Morelâ surname from the site of Genealogy Today.- References: Surname Meanings Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket release), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1989. Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press, 2003. Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1997. Smith, Elsdon C. American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Back toGlossary of Surname Meanings Origins

Why Hercules Had to Perform the 12 Labors

Why Hercules Had to Perform the 12 Labors For the vast majority of his life, Hercules (Greek: Herakles/Heracles) was in bondage to his cousin-once-evacuated, Eurystheus, the King of Tiryns, yet it was not until Hercules submitted unspeakable acts that Eurystheus got the opportunity to have a ton of fun at his cousins cost with the assistance of Hera. Hera, who had been irate with Hercules since even before he was conceived and had over and again attempted to annihilate him, presently made the legend frantic and whimsical. In this state, Hercules envisioned he saw Lycus, the despot of Thebes who murdered Creon and plans to slaughter Hercules family, joined by his family. Here is a segment on the butcher, from a 1917 English interpretation of Senecas disaster (Translated by Miller, Frank Justus. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1917): [He gets a quick look at his children.][987] But look! here prowl the offspring of the lord, my foe, the loathsome produce of Lycus; to your hated dad this hand forthwith will send you. Let my bowstring release quick bolts so it is meet that the poles of Hercules ought to fly.... THE VOICE OF MEGARA[1014] Husband, save me now, I ask. It couldn't be any more obvious, I am Megara. This is thy child, with thine own looks and bearing. It couldn't be any more obvious, how he loosens up his hands. THE VOICE OF HERCULES:[1017] I have gotten my stepdame [Juno/Hera]. Come, pay me thy obligation, and free o’ermastered Jove from a debasing burden. Yet, before the mother let this little beast perish.Seneca Hercules Furens As a general rule, the figures the Greek legend saw were his own youngsters and his all around cherished spouse, Megara. Hercules slew them all (or the vast majority of them) and burned 2 of the offspring of his sibling Iphicles, also. In certain records, Megara endure. In these, when he woke up, Hercules moved his significant other, Megara to Iolaus. [To get familiar with Hercules deadly fierceness, you should peruse the Hercules Furens catastrophes of Seneca and Euripides.] Here is an all-inclusive entry from a similar interpretation of Hercules Furens, on the inspiration of Juno: [19] But I mourn antiquated wrongs; one land, the evil and savage place that is known for Thebes, dissipated thick with bold special ladies, how oft has it made me stepdame! However, however Alcmena be lifted up and in triumph hold my place; however her child, moreover, get his guaranteed star (for whose siring the world lost a day, and Phoebus with late light shone forward from the Eastern ocean, bidden to keep his brilliant vehicle sunk underneath Oceans waves), not in such design will my scorn have its end; my furious soul will keep up a long-living fury, and my seething savvy, banishing harmony, will wage ceaseless wars.[30] What wars? Whatever fearsome animal the unfriendly earth delivers, whatever the ocean or the air has borne, marvelous, frightful, poisonous, savage, wild, has been broken and quelled. He rises again and experiences flourishes with difficulty; he makes the most of my fury; to his own credit he turns my abhor; forcing too merciless assignments, I have however d emonstrated his sire, yet give space for greatness. Where the Sun, as he brings back, and where, as he excuses day, hues both Ethiop races with neighboring light, his unconquered valor is venerated, and in all the world he is celebrated as a divine being. Presently I have no beasts left, and tis less work for Hercules to satisfy my requests than for me to arrange; with satisfaction he invites my orders. What barbarous biddings of his dictator could hurt this careless youth? Why, he bears as weapons what he once battled and survived; he goes equipped by lion and by hydra.[46] Nor is earth huge enough for him; observe, he has separated the entryways of diabolical Jove, and takes back to the upper world the spoils7 of a vanquished lord. I myself saw, truly, saw him, the shadows of under night scattered and Dis toppled, gladly showing to his dad a siblings ruins. For what reason does he not drag forward, bound and stacked down with chains, Pluto himself, who attracted a great deal equiv alent to Joves? For what reason does he not rule over vanquished Erebus and reveal the Styx? It isn't sufficient simply to restore; the law of the shades has been abrogated, a route back has been opened from the most minimal phantoms, and the riddles of fear Death lie exposed. In any case, he, happy at having blasted the jail of the shades, triumphs over me, and with self-important hand leads through the urban areas of Greece that shadowy dog. I saw the light psychologist at sight of Cerberus, and the sun pale with dread; upon me, as well, fear came, and as I looked at the three necks of the vanquished beast I trembled at my own command.[63] But I mourn an excess of oer inconsequential wrongs. Tis for paradise we should fear, in case he hold onto the most elevated domains who has beaten the least he will grab the staff from his dad. Nor will he go to the stars by a serene excursion as Bacchus did; he will look for a way through ruin, and will want to control in a vacant universe. He expands proudly of tried may, and has learned by bearing them that the sky can be vanquished by his quality; he set his head underneath the sky, nor did the weight of that boundless mass twist his shoulders, and the atmosphere laid better on the neck of Hercules. Unshaken, his back upbore the stars and the sky and me down-squeezing. He looks for a path to the divine beings above.[75] Then on, my fury, on, and pulverize this plotter of huge things; close with him, thyself tear him in pieces with thine own hands. For what reason to another endow such despise? Release the wild monsters their ways, let Eurystheus rest, himself tired with forcing undertakings. Set free the Titans who set out to attack the magnificence of Jove; unbar Sicilys mountain cavern, and let the Dorian land, which trembles at whatever point the mammoth battles, set free the covered edge of that fear beast; let Luna in the sky produce still different colossal animals. Be that as it may, he has vanquished, for exam ple, these. Dost then look for Alcides coordinate? None is there spare himself; presently with himself let him war. Energize the Eumenides from the most reduced chasm of Tartarus; let them be here, let their flaring locks drop fire, and let their savage hands display twisted whips.[89] Go now, glad one, look for the habitations of the immortals and scorn keeps an eye on bequest. Dost feel that now thou hast got away from the Styx and the savage apparitions? Here will I show thee fiendish shapes. One in profound haziness covered, far down beneath the spot of expulsion of blameworthy spirits, will I call up-the goddess Discord, whom an immense sinkhole, banished by a mountain, monitors; I will deliver her, and drag out from the most profound domain of Dis whatever thou hast left; contemptuous Crime will come and wild Impiety, recolored with related blood, Error, and Madness, equipped ever against itself-this, this be the clergyman of my hurting wrath![100] Begin, handmaids of Dis, mak e scurry to display the copying pine; let Megaera lead on her band bristling with snakes and with venemous hand grab a colossal faggot from the bursting fire. To work! guarantee retaliation for insulted Styx. Break his heart; let a fiercer fire singe his soul than seethes in Aetnas heaters. That Alcides might be driven on, looted of all sense, by strong fierceness stricken, mine must be the free for all first-Juno, why ravst thou not? Me, ye sisters, me first, deprived of reason, drive to franticness, in the event that I am to design some deed commendable a stepdames doing. Leave my solicitation alone changed; may he return and discover his children safe, that is my petition, and solid of hand may he return. I have discovered the day when Hercules abhorred valor is to be my euphoria. Me has he survived; presently may he conquer himself and long beyond words, late came back from the universe of death. In this may it benefit me that he is the child of Jove, I will remain by him and, t hat his poles may fly from string unerring, Ill balance them with my hand, control the madmans weapons, thus finally be in favor of Hercules in the quarrel. At the point when he has done this wrongdoing, at that point let his dad concede those hands to heaven![123] Now should my war be gotten under way; the sky is lighting up and the sparkling sun takes up in saffron sunrise. Hercules Seeks Purification for His Crimes Frenzy was not a reason for the massacre not even franticness sent by the divine beings so Hercules needed to present appropriate reparations. To begin with, he went to King Thespius on Mt. Helicon [see a guide of northern Greece, Dd, in Boeotia] for purging, however that wasnt enough. Hercules' Expiation and Marching Orders To realize what further course he should take, Hercules counseled the prophet at Delphi where the Pythian priestess advised him to appease his wrongdoing by serving King Eurystheus for a long time. During this 12-year time frame, Hercules needed to play out the 10 works the lord would expect of him. The Pythian additionally changed Hercules name from Alcides (after his granddad Alcaeus) to what we ordinarily call him, Heracles (in Greek) or Hercules (the Latin structure and the one most generally utilized today whether or not the reference is to a Greek or Roman legend). The Pythian likewise advised Hercules to move to Tiryns. Ready to effectively make up for his dangerous fierceness, Hercules obliged. The Twelve Labors-Introduction Eurystheus set before Hercules a progression of unthinkable undertakings. Whenever finished, some of them would have filled a helpful need since they expelled the universe of hazardous, savage beasts or stool, however others were impulsive impulses of a ruler with a feeling of inadequacy: Comparing himself with the legend will undoubtedly cause Eurystheus to feel lacking. Since Hercules was carrying out these responsibilities to make amends for his wrongdoings, Eurystheus demanded there be no ulterior thought process. On account of this limitation, when King Augeas of Elis [see Peloponnese map Bb] guaranteed Hercules an expense for cleaning his pens (Labor 5), Eurystheus denied the accomplishment: Hercules needed to do another to fill his share. That King Augeas reneged and didn't pay Hercules had no effect to Eurystheus. Different undertakings the ruler of Tiryns set his nephew were make-work. For example, when Hercules recovered the apples of the Hesperides (Labor 11), however Eurystheus had

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It struck sparks from Stefan’s nerves, melting and dissolving everything around it. He felt his control unraveling, the control he’d worked so hard to preserve since he’d lost her. Everything inside him was being jarred loose, all knots untied, all floodgates opened. He could feel his own tears as he held her to him, trying to fuse them into one flesh, one body. So that nothing could ever separate them again. They were both crying without breaking the kiss. Elena’s slender arms were around his neck now, every inch of her fitting to him as if she had never belonged anywhere else. He could taste the salt of her tears on his lips and it drenched him with sweetness. He knew, vaguely, that there was something else he should be thinking about. But the first electric touch of her cool skin had driven reason from his mind. They were in the center of a whirlwind of fire; the universe could explode or crumble or burn to ashes for all he cared, as long as he could keep her safe. But Elena was trembling. Not just from emotion, from the intensity that was making him dizzy and drunk with pleasure. From fear. He could feel it in her mind and he wanted to protect her, to shield her and to cherish her and to kill anything that dared frighten her. With something like a snarl he raised his face to look around. â€Å"What is it?† he said, hearing the predator’s rasp in his own voice. â€Å"Anything that tries to hurt you-â€Å" â€Å"Ask me anything else and I’ll do it,† Stefan said. The killer would have to shred him nerve from nerve, muscle from muscle, cell from cell to make him leave her. â€Å"Stefan, it’s only a dream,† Elena said desperately, new tears falling. â€Å"We can’t really touch, we can’t be together. It’s not allowed.† Stefan didn’t care. It didn’t seem like a dream. It felt real. And even in a dream he was not going to give up Elena, not for anyone. No force in heaven or hell could make him†¦ â€Å"Wrong, sport. Surprise!† said a new voice, a voice Stefan had never heard. He recognized it instinctively, though, as the voice of a killer. A hunter among hunters. And when he turned, he remembered what Vickie, poor Vickie, had said. He looks like the devil. If the devil was handsome and blond. He wore a threadbare raincoat, as Vickie had described. Dirty and tattered. He looked like any street person from any big city, except that he was so tall and his eyes were so clear and penetrating. Electric blue, like razor-frosted sky. His hair was almost white, standing straight up as if blown by a blast of chilly wind. His wide smile made Stefan feel sick. â€Å"Salvatore, I presume,† he said, scraping a bow. â€Å"And of course the beautiful Elena. The beautiful dead Elena. Come to join her, Stefan? You two were just meant to be together.† He looked young, older than Stefan, but still young. He wasn’t. â€Å"Stefan, leave now,† Elena whispered. â€Å"He can’t hurt me, but you’re different. He can make something happen that will follow you out of the dream.† Stefan’s arm stayed locked around her. â€Å"Bravo!† the man in the raincoat applauded, looking around as if to encourage an invisible audience. He staggered slightly, and if he’d been human, Stefan would have thought he was drunk. â€Å"Stefan, please,† Elena whispered. â€Å"It would be rude to leave before we’ve even been properly introduced,† the blond man said. Hands in coat pockets, he strode a step or two closer. â€Å"Don’t you want to know who I am?† Elena shook her head, not in negation but in defeat, and dropped it to Stefan’s shoulder. He cupped a hand around her hair, wanting to shield every part of her from this madman. â€Å"I want to know,† he said, looking at the blond man over her head. â€Å"How long?† said Stefan, unimpressed. â€Å"A long time†¦Ã¢â‚¬  The blond man’s gaze turned dreamy, as if looking back over the years. â€Å"I was tearing pretty white throats when your ancestors were building the Colosseum. I killed with Alexander’s army. I fought in the Trojan War. I’m old, Salvatore. I’m one of the Originals. In my earliest memories I carried a bronze ax.† Slowly, Stefan nodded. He’d heard of the Old Ones. They were whispered about among vampires, but no one Stefan had ever known had actually met one. Every vampire was made by another vampire, changed by the exchange of blood. But somewhere, back in time, had been the Originals, the ones who hadn’t been made. They were where the line of continuity stopped. No one knew how they’d gotten to be vampires themselves. But their Powers were legendary. â€Å"I helped bring the Roman Empire down,† the blond man continued dreamily. â€Å"They called us barbarians-they just didn’t understand! War, Salvatore! There’s nothing like it. Europe was exciting then. I decided to stick around the countryside and enjoy myself. Strange, you know, people never really seemed comfortable around me. They used to run or hold up crosses.† He shook his head. â€Å"But one woman came and asked my help. She was a maid in a baron’s household, and her little mistress was sick. Dying, she said. She wanted me to do something about it. And so†¦Ã¢â‚¬  The smile returned and broadened, getting wider and impossibly wider, â€Å"I did. She was a pretty little thing.† Stefan had turned his body to hold Elena away from the blond man, and now, for a moment, he turned his head away too. He should have known, should have guessed. And so it all came back to him. Vickie’s death, and Sue’s, were ultimately to be laid at his door. He had started the chain of events that ended here. â€Å"Katherine,† he said, lifting his head to look at the man. â€Å"You’re the vampire who changed Katherine.† â€Å"To save her life,† the blond man said, as if Stefan were stupid at learning a lesson. â€Å"Which your little sweetheart here took.† A name. Stefan was searching for a name in his mind, knowing that Katherine had told it to him, just as she must have described this man to him once. He could hear Katherine’s words in his mind: I woke in the middle of the night and I saw the man that Gudren, my maid, had brought. I was frightened. His name was Klaus and I’d heard the people in the village say he was evil †¦ â€Å"Klaus,† the blond man said mildly, as if agreeing with something. â€Å"That was what she called me, anyway. She came back to me after two little Italian boys jilted her. She’d done everything for them, changed them into vampires, given them eternal life, but they were ungrateful and threw her out. Very strange.† â€Å"What was even stranger was that she never got over you, Salvatore. You especially. She was always drawing unflattering comparisons between us. I tried to beat some sense into her, but it never really worked. Maybe I should have just killed her myself, I don’t know. But by then I’d gotten used to having her around. She never was the brightest. But she was good to look at, and she knew how to have fun. I showed her that, how to enjoy the killing. Eventually her brain turned a little, but so what? It wasn’t her brains I was keeping her for.† There was no longer any vestige of love for Katherine in Stefan’s heart, but he found he could still hate the man who had made her what she was in the end. â€Å"Me? Me, sport?† Klaus pointed to his own chest in unbelief. â€Å"You made Katherine into what she is right now, or rather your little girlfriend did. Right now, she’s dust. Worm’s meat. But your sweetie is just slightly beyond my reach at present. Vibrating on a higher plane, isn’t that what the mystics say, Elena? Why don’t you vibrate down here with the rest of us?† â€Å"If only I could,† whispered Elena, lifting her head and looking at him with hatred. â€Å"Oh, well. Meanwhile I’ve got your friends. Sue was such a sweet girl, I hear.† He licked his lips. â€Å"And Vickie was delectable. Delicate but full bodied, with a nice bouquet. More like a nineteen-year-old than seventeen.† Stefan lunged one step forward, but Elena caught him. â€Å"Stefan, don’t! This is his territory, and his mental powers are stronger than ours. He controls it.† â€Å"Precisely. This is my territory. Unreality.† Klaus grinned his staring psychotic grin again. â€Å"Where your wildest nightmares come true, free of charge. For instance,† he said, looking at Stefan, â€Å"how’d you like to see what your sweetheart really looks like right now? Without her makeup?† Elena made a soft sound, almost a moan. Stefan held her tighter. â€Å"It’s been how long since she died? About six months? Do you know what happens to a body once it’s been in the ground six months?† Klaus licked his lips again, like a dog. Now Stefan understood. Elena shivered, head bent, and tried to move away from him, but he locked his arms around her. â€Å"It’s all right,† he said to her softly. And to Klaus: â€Å"You’re forgetting yourself. I’m not a human who jumps at shadows and the sight of blood. I know about death, Klaus. It doesn’t frighten me.† â€Å"No, but does it thrill you?† Klaus’s voice dropped, low, intoxicating. â€Å"Isn’t it exciting, the stench, the rot, the fluids of decomposing flesh? Isn’t it a kick?† â€Å"Stefan, let me go. Please.† Elena was shaking, pushing at him with her hands, all the time keeping her head twisted away so he couldn’t see her face. Her voice sounded close to tears. â€Å"Please.† â€Å"The only Power you have here is the power of illusion,† Stefan said to Klaus. He held Elena to him, cheek pressed to her hair. He could feel the changes in the body he embraced. The hair under his cheek seemed to coarsen and Elena’s form to shrink on itself. â€Å"Stefan, I don’t want you to look at me-â€Å" Eyes on Klaus, Stefan gently pushed the coarsened white hair away and stroked the side of Elena’s face, ignoring the roughness against his fingertips. â€Å"But of course most of the time it just decomposes. What a way to go. You lose everything, skin, flesh, muscles, internal organs-all back into the ground†¦Ã¢â‚¬  The body in Stefan’s arms was dwindling. He shut his eyes and held tighter, hatred for Klaus burning inside him. An illusion, it was all an illusion†¦ â€Å"Stefan†¦Ã¢â‚¬  It was a dry whisper, faint as the scratch of paper blown down a sidewalk. It hung on the air a minute and then vanished, and Stefan found himself holding a pile of bones. â€Å"And finally it ends up like that, in over two hundred separate, easy-to-assemble pieces. Comes with its own handy-dandy carrying case†¦Ã¢â‚¬  On the far side of the circle of light there was a creaking sound. The white coffin there was opening by itself, the lid lifting. â€Å"Why don’t you do the honors, Salvatore? Go put Elena where she belongs.† Stefan had dropped to his knees, shaking, looking at the slender white bones in his hands. It was all an illusion-Klaus was merely controlling Bonnie’s trance and showing Stefan what he wanted Stefan to see. He hadn’t really hurt Elena, but the hot, protective fury inside Stefan wouldn’t recognize that. Carefully, Stefan laid the fragile bones on the ground and touched them once, gently. Then he looked up at Klaus, lips curled with contempt. â€Å"That is not Elena,† he said. â€Å"Of course it is. I’d recognize her anywhere.† Klaus spread his hands and declaimed, † ‘I knew a woman, lovely in her bones†¦Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ â€Å" â€Å"No.† Sweat was beading on Stefan’s forehead. He shut out Klaus’s voice and concentrated, fists clenched, muscles cracking with effort. It was like pushing a boulder uphill, fighting Klaus’s influence. But where they lay, the delicate bones began trembling, and a faint golden light shone around them. â€Å"‘A rag and a bone and a hank of hair†¦ the fool he called them his lady fair†¦ ‘ â€Å" The light was shimmering, dancing, linking the bones together. Warm and golden it folded about them, clothing them as they rose in the air. What stood there now was a featureless form of soft radiance. Sweat ran into Stefan’s eyes and he felt as if his lungs would burst. † ‘Clay lies still, but blood’s a rover†¦Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ â€Å" † ‘And the crack in the teacup opens a lane to the land of the dead . . .’ â€Å" â€Å"No.† Dizziness swept over Stefan as he felt the last surge of Power sigh out of him. A breath lifted the figure’s breast, and eyes blue as lapis lazuli opened. Elena smiled, and he felt the blaze of her love arc to meet him. â€Å"Stefan.† Her head was high, proud as any queen’s. Stefan turned to Klaus, who had stopped speaking and was glaring mutely. â€Å"This,† Stefan said distinctly, â€Å"is Elena. Not whatever empty shell she’s left behind in the ground. This is Elena, and nothing you do can ever touch her.† He held out his hand, and Elena took it and stepped to him. When they touched, he felt a jolt, and then felt her Powers flowing into him, sustaining him. They stood together, side by side, facing the blond man. Stefan had never felt as fiercely victorious in his life, or as strong. Klaus stared at them for perhaps twenty seconds and then went berserk. His face twisted in loathing. Stefan could feel waves of malignant Power battering against him and Elena, and he used all his strength to resist it. The maelstrom of dark fury was trying to tear them apart, howling through the room, destroying everything in its path. Candles snuffed out and flew into the air as if caught in a tornado. The dream was breaking up around them, shattering. Stefan clung to Elena’s other hand. The wind blew her hair, whipping it around her face. â€Å"Stefan!† She was shouting, trying to make herself heard. Then he heard her voice in his mind. â€Å"Stefan, listen to me! There is one thing you can do to stop him. You need a victim, Stefan-find one of his victims. Only a victim will know-â€Å" The noise level was unbearable, as if the very fabric of space and time was tearing. Stefan felt Elena’s hands ripped from his. With a cry of desperation, he reached out for her again, but he could feel nothing. He was already drained by the effort of fighting Klaus, and he couldn’t hold on to consciousness. The darkness took him spinning down with it. Bonnie had seen everything. It was strange, but once she stepped aside to let Stefan go to Elena, she seemed to lose physical presence in the dream. It was as if she were no longer a player but the stage the action was being played upon. She could watch, but she couldn’t do anything else. In the end, she’d been afraid. She wasn’t strong enough to hold the dream together, and the whole thing finally exploded, throwing her out of the trance, back into Stefan’s room. â€Å"Stefan? Are you okay?† He looked wildly around the room as if trying to find something. â€Å"Elena!† he said, and then he stopped, memory clearly returning. His face twisted. For one dreadful instant Bonnie thought he was going to cry, but he only shut his eyes and dropped his head into his hands. â€Å"Stefan?† â€Å"I lost her. I couldn’t hold on.† â€Å"I know.† Bonnie watched him a moment, then, gathering her courage, knelt in front of him, touching his shoulders. â€Å"I’m sorry.† His head lifted abruptly, his green eyes dry but so dilated they looked black. His nostrils were flared, his lips drawn back from his teeth. â€Å"Klaus!† He spat the name as if it were a curse. â€Å"Did you see him?† â€Å"Yes,† Bonnie said, pulling back. She gulped, her stomach churning. â€Å"He’s crazy, isn’t he, Stefan?† â€Å"Yes.† Stefan got up. â€Å"And he must be stopped.† â€Å"But how?† Since seeing Klaus, Bonnie was more frightened than ever, more frightened and less confident. â€Å"What could stop him, Stefan? I’ve never felt anything like that Power.† â€Å"But didn’t you-?† Stefan turned to her quickly. â€Å"Bonnie, didn’t you hear what Elena said at the end?† â€Å"No. What do you mean? I couldn’t hear anything; there was a slight hurricane going on at the time.† â€Å"Bonnie†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Stefan’s eyes went distant with speculation and he spoke as if to himself. â€Å"That means that he probably didn’t hear it either. So he doesn’t know, and he won’t try to stop us.† â€Å"From what? Stefan, what are you talking about?† â€Å"From finding a victim. Listen, Bonnie, Elena told me that if we can find a surviving victim of Klaus’s, we can find a way to stop him.† Bonnie was in completely over her head. â€Å"But†¦ why?† â€Å"Because vampires and their donors-their prey-share minds briefly while the blood is being exchanged. Sometimes the donor can learn things about the vampire that way. Not always, but occasionally. That’s what must have happened, and Elena knows it.† She expected Stefan to be deflated, but he wasn’t. â€Å"A vampire,† he said simply. â€Å"A human Klaus made into a vampire would qualify as a victim. As long as they’ve exchanged blood, they’ve touched minds.† â€Å"Oh. Oh. So†¦ if we can find a vampire he’s made†¦ but where?† â€Å"Maybe in Europe.† Stefan began to pace around the room, his eyes narrowed. â€Å"Klaus has a long history, and some of his vampires are bound to be there. I may have to go and look for one.† Bonnie was utterly dismayed. â€Å"But Stefan, you can’t leave us. You can’t!† Stefan stopped where he was, across the room, and stood very still. Then at last, he turned to face her. â€Å"I don’t want to,† he said quietly. â€Å"And we’ll try to think of another solution first-maybe we can get hold of Tyler again. I’ll wait a week, until next Saturday. But I may have to leave, Bonnie. You know that as well as I do.† There was a long, long silence between them. Bonnie fought the heat in her eyes, determined to be grown up and mature. She wasn’t a baby and she would prove that now, once and for all. She caught Stefan’s gaze and slowly nodded. How to cite The Vampire Diaries: Dark Reunion Chapter Twelve, Essay examples

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In my research I learned that there is no simple definition for principles of effective teaching. As we all know learning is a challenge and change in each individual. In an effort to summarize principles of learning a handful of ideas come to mind. Communication, Interaction, Diversity Recognition, Program Knowledge, Teaching Techniques, Student Exercises, and Appropriate Breaks. Learning is more likely to occur if there is a realistic and attainable learning goal. Teaching principles also are effective when information is presented at the appropriate level for the students. Students must be capable of learning the information with respect to the material presented and the program objective. Learning most definitely occurs more easily when the material matches the wants, needs, or aspirations of the organization. When delivering the material via a clear communication method, we must relate the material taught and how it affects the trainees of the organization or how it will help the organization accomplish its goal. We will write a custom essay sample on Principles of Effective Teaching or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Trainees must see the relevance of the information being delivered and how they will apply it in their current roles. In essence when communicating in the training setting learning occurs best when practice is as close as possible to real-world phases, situations and resolutions. Interactions in training programs are essential for not only the trainers benefit but the trainee. Simulations are excellent learning techniques, but cannot replace day to day experiences. Trainees appreciate feedback on their performance as soon as possible. It gives them a sense of accomplishment and boosts their learning horizons. Interesting how trainees learn more efficiently if they are required to â€Å"look up† the information rather than being given the answer. If learning materials are too easy, trainees will not perceive the activity seriously. If learning materials are too complex, trainees will give up before trying the activity. Diversity recognition in organizations have spent untold millions on multi-cultural awareness and diversity training. (Aguinis) The goal is for organizations to value and celebrate differences as well as similarities, thereby delivering a more harmonious and productive work environment. Enlightened trainers know that diversity within the business and global workforce will continue to grow into the 21st century and that this reality must be acknowledged effectively in order for organizations to compete, survive, and thrive in this innovating and competitive market. Recently human resource managers, organizational researchers and trainers have been developing criteria to help determine what programs work and what programs dont. One approach in diversity training is to take the pulse of an organization before, during, and after the training programs. Checkering) Program knowledge comes from confidence. Preparing your own slides or paper materials forces you to master your subject program. Your knowledge improves to the degree that you approach the presentation in a visual display less argumentative and with every word and chart on that visual display the trainer will give the opportunity to support the material presented. Your knowledge also increases to the extent tha t the trainer takes the time to reorganize the presentation so that the material is delivered in a learning manner. Trainers however need to be prepared that the audience may have questions or objections. Nothing disarms an objection better than a trainer who smiles in a natural manner and states: Im glad that you have asked that that questions or have advised me of your concern! (Parker) Knowledge also increases the extent that the trainer is proud of the material and visual displays. Be proud of the fact that you have been asked to present this program. It is obvious that you have been identified for you skills and knowledge, that you have what the organization requires for the delivery of it purpose, need, or what’s. After preparing a well-argued, good-looking program, the trainer will look forward to the presentation because it will provide as much information as possible to share the visual displays with the trainees. Believing in the message and being proud of the presentation will help identify the trainer’s enthusiasm and the presentation will be off to a roaring start and ultimately in a well execute finish! Teaching techniques are also an important process. Arriving early and testing out all the equipment is essential. Locate the room lighting switches and identify the rooms seating arrangements. Arrange your program materials before the trainees arrive and familiarize yourself with the environment layout. Know how to smoothly work the room. Check sound levels and know where there are blind spots for the trainees. If you are using a wireless microphone, find out its range and all hot spots in the room are. These can cause loud feedback if you talk while standing at a distance. When delivering the program the trainer must interpret the information to the trainees in an enthusiastic, conversational upbeat tone rather than reading them which is a dull sound of boredom for all present. Welcome your trainees as they enter the room. This delivers a comfort zone for the trainer and your audience. By introducing yourself to your trainees, you become a likable, vulnerable element rather than an authority figure to be challenged or disliked. Never delay the start of your training program. Start on time! This shows you are serious about your program and so should all the trainees involved. Pay no attention if a trainee walks out during your program with a bored or annoyed look on his/her faces. The trainee may have just found out they were in the wrong session or they may be just unhappy with your presentation of the material. It is possible to predict the success of your presentation as determined by the acceptance of your ideas or trainees interactions from the analysis of the trainees and the response during your presentation of the program. (Parker) Trainees need to actively participate in any program as often as possible. The reasoning behind this technique is that employers constantly want their employees to be able to work in groups. Yet, employees often complain about working in such groups, partly because it is difficult to get along. One way to get the trainees to participate more in the program is to give mini team assignments that they have to complete in a couple of minutes. This allows for a leader selection, sub leader selection, followers and bottom line participants selection. With this process the trainees will apply this grouping technique and apply it in the real life working environment. With these techniques the trainer can help the audience develop a skill for group participation and offering a way to integrate as a whole. With these changing times many organizations find themselves having to restructure and over lapping job functions in order to keep from letting personnel go. Breaks are necessary! Keep in mind that many trainees might not work in a single environment on a daily basis. It is important to recognize when the audience starts to lose interest in the presentation. Signs of distraction and need for a break can come in many forms. Restlessness, fidgeting, sighing, side conversations and a decrease in participation are all indicators a break may be needed. It is essential that these signs are not taken personal and as an experienced trainer that you revise your program schedule if need be. Allow the break to either start earlier of extend itself slightly depending in the atmosphere perceived. Trainers usually benefit from these breaks because the audience returns reenergized and ready for business. Food, drinks or basic restroom breaks can make a negative situation into a positive one. Following the break the trainer can then proceed to execute the presentation or training and deliver the organizations goal and purpose. In conclusion there are many training techniques and principals behind effective teaching. It is up to the trainer to study, plan, prepare and deliver the program required. The ultimate goal is to ascertain that the audience has benefited from the materials and training presented and the organization has positive results from such. If this is not accomplished the trainer is in the obligation the reevaluate his/her techniques and implement a different teaching style if required.