...The Fifth Agreement Instructor: Amy Tucker BBUS 272-03 Youth just like a river going to ocean, and never coming back. Before the river move in to the ocean, it issues the final roar. Time back to five years ago, the first time I was landing in this beautiful country. I was having a lot of dreams, and though I would have a big success in my new university; however the things was not going to the right that I was thinking. I was a student in the program of the Respiratory Therapy, and I finished my first year courses. After I finished my courses, I became vanity, blindness, and relaxation. Last fall semester, I backed to university, I cannot follower the courses anymore, and I failed. Because the courses open once each year, I cannot take any courses in university on the winter. That was the end of the world to me, I lost myself, and I had stayed at home for 4 months. Fortunately, I have a wonderful family, and they rise me up. The new beginning is come to me, I back to school and take the BBA program. I did read the book of “The fifth agreement”, and I recollect my story. Then I have understood more things of the life. People always say failure could make you clear. I think so, I made a big mistake and waste my two years, but for now, I am growing up. The five agreements that, Don Migule Ruiz, Don Joe Ruiz, and Janet Mills, share their life experience from the book. I am a confuse people and I try to learn how to be a success in the future, “You are programmed to be...
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...to test the law and needed a teacher willing to be arrested for breaking the law. John T. Scopes the 24-year-old science teacher and a football coach at Dayton High School agreed to be the defendant in the case. He had thought the evolution theory at the school and had therefor broken the new law the punishment under the law was a 100$ fine under the law. In the summer of 1925 the case was brought to the Dayton courthouse with 150 members of the press in attendance. The state prosecutor was a fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan. Farmers in the families rushed though the heat wave as they were looking forward to Brian defending their bible against the idea “Everyone’s great grand pappy was a monkey”. Judge John. T. Raulston from Fiery Grizzard stated that the issue was not the truth of the evolution or the wisdom of the law it simply if the John T. Scopes had broken the law. Scopes agreed that he taught the theory of evolution and was fined a 100$. Brian had won the case but it was a hollow victory as Scopes defense Clarance Darrow had made the people of Dayton the state of Tennessee the fundamentalists and Brian himself look stupid. Darrow’s cross-examination of Bryans fundamentalists beliefs his social and his rejection of science made Bryan a laughing stock in the northern states. 5 days after the trial Bryan died in his sleep aged 65. To the fundamentalists in the southern states Bryan powerful presented their view point...
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...academically successful. “In a nutshell, the girls liked the jocks the best, and sometimes decide to give the time of day to the other team, the computer nerds” (Walker, 2004). After playing sports and videogames the last thing boys want to do is crack open their books and study. Sports and video games contribute to the decline of academic success among boys. While boys have become content with average academic performance, females have chosen to rise above and set new expectations for themselves. Over time females have become increasingly encouraged to rise above academically. Girls have excelled in school far more than boys. In 2005, David Brooks author of “Mind over Muscle”, stated that “This year 133 women will graduate from college for every 100 males.” I believe boys are...
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...Assignment 2: Report on Religious Field Research Strayer University REL 212 Misconceptions The religion I decided to research was Buddhism. When it came to most religions outside my own, I for the most part never had any misconceptions and have always kept an open mind. One of the main things I was taught growing up was if I want to know something, just ask. From a young age I was always encouraged to learn as much as I can, and do not assume anything. Following this has always served me well, but as we all know, some truths can be blurred. Watching television shows, movies, the news, and even listening to the radio seems to somehow implant things in our mind that are not necessarily true, nevertheless we become comfortable with people tell us, and over time their truths can start to become our truths. With that mind, most people do not take the time to seek out the actual truth from a reliable source such as religious texts, or the local religious leader. If I had to say that I had a few misconceptions about Buddhism, they would be: 1. All Buddhists believe in reincarnation. 2. All Buddhists wear robes. 3. Spend most of their time in meditation. After a recent family crisis, I figured visiting any place of worship would help to clear my head, and even possibly help me to understand this religion a bit better. While in Philadelphia I visited the Amitayus Kadampa Buddhist Center in center city Philadelphia. Even knowing I was a walk-in, I was...
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...Here is a list of over 100 documentaries you can watch for free online. They are about Science, Consciousness, ETs, you name it. It’s a smorgasbord of fascinating subjects to learn about. If you find a dead link please let us know and we will find another to replace it. Enjoy! 1. Home (2009) 2. Thrive (2011) 3. Paradise or Oblivion (2012) 4. Love, Reality and the Time of Transition (2011) 5. Earthlings (2005) 6. Everything You Know Is Wrong (2000) 7. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008) 8. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011) 9. The Money Fix (2009) 10. The Wikileaks Documentary (2010) 11. Owned & Operated (2012) 12. Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis (2010) 13. Apologies of an Economic Hitman (2010) 14. The Beautiful Truth (2008) 15. The Awakening (2011) 16. What Would It Look Like? (2009) 17. The World According to Monsanto (2008) 18. Esoteric Agenda (2008) 19. Making a Killing: The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging (2008) 20. College Conspiracy Scam in USA (2011) 21. The Indigo Evolution (2005) 22. Edible City: Grow the Revolution (2012) 23. Collapse (2009) 24. The Global Brain (1983) 25. The White Hole in Time (1993) 26. The Primacy of Consciousness (2011) 27. Fuel (2008) 28. Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Crisis (2006) 29. What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007) 30. Resonance: Beings of Frequency (2012) 31. War by Other Means (1992) 32. Endgame (2007) 33. War Made Easy (2007) 34. The War on Democracy (2007) 35. Rise Like...
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...Okay let's just start with ignorance. There are endless examples of ignorance at work. I could single out every type in the book. But I'll simply focus on two. For one, there's racial ignorance. I know you've heard it a million times before. The line "A man should be judged not by the color of his skin but by the actions of his heart." Never seems to get old. But in all fairness, that quote holds a great truth. Think about it. There's always that racist uncle that makes everybody uncomfortable when he gets on the subject of 'those damn niggers'. Even that sentence causes uncomfortability. Am I right? So, if there's a guilty feeling every time someone let's out a racist comment... don't you think that should tell you something? Think real hard and if you can't think of what that could be I'll let you know: Racism is wrong. Flat out. You know, I've met black people who don't do drugs, and Mexicans who actually work for a decent salary. Is that shocking? If so, you probably have racial stereotyping to blame. That's just one kind of ignorance that, quite frankly, we've all heard about a million times over. So, I'll drop the sermon and move on. Who's heard of religious ignorance? (Hands go up all around.) This is just one thing we all need to do our homework on. Okay. Because people always tend to jump to conclusions about every religion out there. I'm sure you think all Buddhists are bald Asians right? (Buzzer rings.) Wrong! I know a half Caucasian, half Mexican Buddhist. Not...
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...Michael Emminger Ms. Wanczuk English 9 Honors Period 3 11/21/13 Character Analysis Essay A time of sickness, bankruptcy, and underground liquor runs; the 1930’s were a devastating time in which our protagonists lived. Of Mice and Men is a classic book by John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, this tale shows the adventures of two poor men, George and Lennie, who are suffering in the Great Depression. The book goes through a portion of their life through different places and roads. Lennie, I believe, is the most interesting character. Lennie shows his strengths and flaws from Of Mice and Men by having a big heart but bigger hands, helping keep George sane, and accidentally killing animals and people. Lennie has extraordinary physical strength, but his mind does not have that type of power. His head and heart did not know what to do when Curley started punching him and: “he was too frightened to defend himself… Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand” (69). Lennie’s brain could not comprehend the events developing around him and his body initially shut off in the process. If it was not for George yelling at him to fight back Lennie could have been really hurt. Some might say fighting is wrong all together, but if it is not possible to walk away from it then it is important to defend yourself. Even though it took him a while to be convinced to hit Curly...
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...Mr. K. McGuire ENG 4U1 30 May 2012 King Lear vs. Holden Caulfield Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear revolves around his decision to give away the kingdom to his three daughters which marked the beginning of chaotic and uncontrollable consequences. In the middle of the play, Lear went mad and lost everything. On the other hand, the novel, The Catcher in the Rye is about a boy named Holden Caufield. He does not care about school at all and got kicked out. He ended up running away from school early because of a quarrel between him and his roommate name Stradlater about a girl that he had feelings for. He then lived on the streets and met new and old friends until the day that he is supposed to return home. But there were problems and he went to sneak home early to visit his little sister Phoebe. Throughout the story, he tries to fit in but instead feels alienated and alone. Despite the differences in settings and story lines, both of these characters are similar to each other in many ways. Despite the differences in the time periods, King Lear and The Catcher of the Rye both display similar qualities which include their poor decisions, experienced major downfalls and lost of their psychological sanity. Both King Lear and The Catcher of the Rye illustrate their own terms of insanity which compliments the two as the major theme. In chapter 25 of The Catcher of the Rye, each time Holden crosses a street, he felt like he would disappear, therefore every time he reached...
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... Ad Hominem Argument: Also, "personal attack," "poisoning the well." The fallacy of attempting to refute an argument by attacking the opposition’s personal character or reputation, using a corrupted negative argument from ethos. E.g., "He's so evil that you can't believe anything he says." See also Guilt by Association. Also applies to cases where potential opposing arguments are brushed aside without comment or consideration, as simply not worth arguing about. Appeal to Closure. The contemporary fallacy that an argument, standpoint, action or conclusion must be accepted, no matter how questionable, or else the point will remain unsettled and those affected will be denied "closure." This refuses to recognize the truth that some points will indeed remain unsettled, perhaps forever. (E.g., "Society would be protected, crime would be deterred and justice served if we sentence you to life without parole, but we need to execute you in order to provide some sense of closure.") (See also "Argument from Ignorance," "Argument from Consequences.") Appeal to Heaven: (also Deus Vult, Gott mit Uns, Manifest Destiny, the Special Covenant). An extremely dangerous fallacy (a deluded argument from ethos) of asserting that God (or a higher power) has ordered, supports or approves one's own standpoint or actions, so no further justification is required and no serious challenge is possible. (E.g., "God ordered me to kill my children," or "We need to take away your...
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...Jason Parker RWS 100 September 27, 2013 Writing Project 1 What would drive a person to abandon his or her life in society? Apparently Christopher McCandless is dumb enough to put everything he’s worked for on the line and just leave it all behind. Instead of moving on to graduate school, in May 1990, McCandless decided to abandon his family and social network to begin an adventure across North America that lasted two years and culminated in Alaska. You’re probably thinking, “Well, what’s so idiotic about that?” Well, perhaps it is his outcome that appears so mindlessly stupid, for McCandless' story of self-discovery ended tragically with the discovery of his remains in a derelict school bus by three hunters in September 1992. In “Selections from Into the Wild,” Jon Krakauer, a travel writer and biographer, attempts to piece together what happened to McCandless, trying to determine what drove him to leave his old life behind, what prompted him to travel the continent, and ultimately what caused his early demise. In my essay, I will analyze Krakauer’s argument about Christopher McCandless. Specifically, the essay will analyze claims Krakauer makes about McCandless, different types of support he uses to strengthen his main point, and how Krakauer structures his argument. What Krakauer is truly trying to grasp is why did McCandless decide to make such a decision to embark on a journey that he was not really prepared for that eventually ended up in tragedy? He is so curious as...
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...Sustainability, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK. Email: r.a.howell@sms.ed.ac.uk Investigating the LongTerm Impacts of Climate Change Communications on Individuals’ Attitudes and Behavior Rachel A. Howell1 Abstract To assess the effectiveness of climate change communications, it is important to examine their long-term impacts on individuals’ attitudes and behavior. This article offers an example study and a discussion of the challenges of conducting long-term investigations of behavioral change related to climate change communications (a vital and underresearched area). The research reported is a longitudinal panel study of the impacts on UK viewers of the climate change movie The Age of Stupid. The heightened levels of concern, motivation to act, and sense of agency about action that were initially generated by the movie did not measurably persist over the long term. The results also show that behavioral intentions do not necessarily translate into action. Data analysis raised issues concerning the reliability of participants’ causal attributions of their behavior. This and other methodological challenges are discussed, and some ways of avoiding or lessening problems are suggested. Keywords climate change communications, proenvironmental behavior, behavioral change, behavioral intentions, public attitudes Article Downloaded from eab.sagepub.com by guest on October 6,...
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...Name: William Durham Student Number: 10045343 Professor: Chris Bongie Course Code: ENG 293-001 Producing the Authentic: Oppositional Semiotics and Macklemore Introduction Macklemore and his producer Ryan Lewis have enjoyed widespread success. Their success has been both critical – 2012 album The Heist has received “generally favorable reviews” from both fans and critics (Metacritic, 2014) – and commercial – their hit single with singer Wanz, “Thrift Shop”, has been proclaimed the most popular rap song since the inception of the Hot 100 Rap Songs chart (Billboard Staff & Ramirez, 2014, March 6). Additionally, in January 2014 the duo won in the categories Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance, and Best New Artist at the 56th Grammy...
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...The truth about Danone Activia and Actimel ------------------------------------------------- Source page Introduction 3 Danone Activia 3 Danone Actimel 3 Unethical activities and irresponsible behaviour 4 Conclusion 5 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction This report is about the unethical activities and irresponsible behaviour of the company Danone and especially Danone Activia and Actimel. The first and second paragraph are about the products Danone Activia and Actimel. After these the unethical activities and irresponsible behaviour will be explained. The last paragraph is about why the company is ethical or why not. ------------------------------------------------- Danone Activia Danone Activia is a low-fat yogurt made by Danone, part of the Danone Group a company from France. Danone Activia contains Bifidis Regularis, which is a probiotic that helps regulate your digestive system. Danone Activia is available in seven different flavours and varieties. As told Activia is available in seven different flavours and varieties. The 113 grams Yogurt flavour packages are available in strawberry, vanilla, peach, blueberry, prune, cherry, mixed berry, strawberry-banana and raspberry. The yogurt is also available in a light variant. The probiotic, Bifidis Regularis, is a microorganisms which is alive. These microorganisms are known as good bacteria and can be found in food and supplements. They are...
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...Malcolm Poree II Reagan Mitchell EDCI 1001 24 September 2014 Educational Narrative Essay The importance of education is key to success in your future. Getting an education during your early years (k-5th grade) is just as important to success as graduating high school or even college. In the first video we watched, Dr.Cornel West mentioned that education is a quest for the truth. This statement makes perfect sense considering you start your educational quest from a young age, which is considered the time where humans learn the most. Success is a pre-determined mindset that one must have before even beginning their journey. Developing good learning habits from day one will help you throughout your educational career. I would encounter early that I would have a problem with reading comprehension, not because I couldn’t ready but I would just struggle with retaining the information. I started my education experience at a pre-school called Hume Center in Uptown New Orleans. Throughout pre-school I was already focused on my books. I would read every night, probably my favorites which would be a story written by Dr.Seuss. Reading these simple riddle books was an attempt to see if I could gather the information without forgetting everything I read. From there I left and went to the International School Of Louisiana where I would further my education. ISL was a very unique experience considering the majority of my learning would...
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...Performance Enhancement Drugs in Sports, the Ethical Choice In May 28, 2002, former Major League Baseball player Ken Caminiti admits to Sports Illustrated in the article “Caminiti Comes Clean” that he used steroids during his 1996 National League MVP (most valuable player) season with the San Diego Padres and he estimated that half of the players in the big leagues were also using steroids. He later died of a heart attack at age 40 where it was ruled by the New York Medical Examiner that drugs are a factor in his death. In October 5, 2007, track star Marion Jones admits to use steroids during the 2000 Olympic Games where she won three Gold Medals and two Bronze Medals. She was later sentenced to six months in prison for lying to the court and stripped off of all of her medals. Throughout history, there have been many stories of athletes using performance enhancing drugs, but none more than in the last 20 years. As technology advances in science as well as the media, more drugs has been engineer to enhance performance as well as the test to detect such drugs, as the results get to the hands of the media, the entire world would be at noticed in a manner of minutes. The fact is that performance enhancing drugs have existed since the time of the ancient Greek during the original Olympic Games from 776 BC – 393 BC. The question is why should we care? If most athletes are using it, is it a plain level field? And why is the government involved? Should the government be involved? ...
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