...reader the main character’s aha moment and how she reached that moment. When Ford discusses short stories in his article, he seems to think that there is a moment in every story that changes the life of the main character. He believes that they “make us believe that entire lives can change…on account of one little manufactured moment of clear-sightedness.2” Whatever his opinions on short stories, one thing he said really stood out: moment of clear-sightedness. He believes that one moment in the story stands out more than the rest because of the effect it has on the story. He explains that something magical happens in every story that causes the main characters life to makes sense and come together. Is this even possible? To understand Jing-Mei the reader needs to know a bit more about her background: In “Two Kinds,” Jing-Mei laments over how horrible her life was while her mother attempted to make her a perfect child. Her mother lost everything in China, and moved to America in order to have a better life. Putting all of her efforts into making Jing-Mei a prodigy put serious strain on their relationship, causing tension between them. Jing-Mei is finally able to be happy when her mother gives up and allows her to just be a kid and not to have to worry about pleasing anybody or trying to become something she’s not. But how did she reach her breaking point? Or as Ford would call it, her moment? Jing-Mei’s mother tells her to go and practice piano after the talent show fiasco. Especially...
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...When someone becomes aware of something it metaphorically “dawns” on them and they recognize the actual effects that it has on them. Many times when someone has a sudden awareness of a moment that usually means it has a harmful effect to come from it. Most dawning moment that are good it always feel as if it is supposed to happen and so a moment of dawning from a detrimental moment they realize the true reasons on why it has happened or what will happen because of their sudden realization from it. Juliet in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare knows that something will happen and she feels it in her soul,”O God, I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art below,As one dead in the bottom of a tomb:Either my eyesight fails,...
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...2 Background------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 1.3 Theory-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 1.3.1 Bending moment-----------------------------------------------------------------------------2 1.3.2 The Right Angle Assumption--------------------------------------------------------------------------5 2. Apparatus----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 * 3. Data-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 * 4. Procedur-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 * 4.1 Recording-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 * 4.2 Calibration------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 5. Results--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 * 5.1 Determination of the calibration constant----------------------------------------------------8 5.2 Calculation of the Bending Moments----------------------------------------------------------9 5.2.1 Analysis of the oscilloscope traces----------------------------------------------------------9 5.2.2 Calculation of...
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...Holla at for months from Accounting...There’s always someone from accounting your trying Holla out..Anyway...There you are ON the Floor...time has actually stood still....Well What do you do? Do you get up and run crying out the room? Do you get up quickly and sit in the chair and try to pretend nothing happened....Or do you...take a moment..then lift your hands up and say...THank you..I do all my Stunts.....Well according to an article written in Psychology Today by sociologist Erving Goffman...”It’s not the embarrassing moment that makes or brakes us...IT’s the recovery...It’s how we recover” People will remember our reaction, more than they will remember the actually embarrassing moment! Now lets face it..Everyone has had a moment when they wish they could just disappear right then and there. Unfortunately, it is not that easy!But once we learn how to Recognize it, Own it, and move on from it, then we can at least have a gracefully Recovery. POINT 1 Now when an Embarrassing moment happens, and It will happen..because no one is perfect. The 1st thing you should do is Recognize it. Now what I mean by Recognize it, Is take a moment for Reality to settle in... Pause and you say to yourself..Did that just happen...and your self answers...
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...In “Why It Doesn’t Make Sense to Call Addiction a Disease,” a list of myths about the Disease Model is juxtaposed next to arguments that favor the LPP. It talks about addiction being a coping mechanism that can be helped with a change of environment, and that one’s own power may be employed to fight it. This is similar to the many ideas the speaker in “Work” expresses in the excerpt discussed above. In the random moment of happiness the he experiences, the narrator is able to toss aside all of what makes him sad and revel in what he experiences in that moment, which is a night of drinking. It’s clear that he feels he and the people at the Vine are coping with their life experiences, and this enabling mentality takes place in an environment full of similar people. Furthermore, the idea that everything was perfect for the speaker in that moment also reflects the idea that recovery is done by one’s own power, which can only come when they are ready. It seems that the speaker is capable of experiencing multiple moments of clarity, and the next one he could possibly have, could be one that leads him to...
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...patients in every aspect of the person. Watson’s Theory of Human Caring is divided into three elements: the element of transpersonal caring, the element of Carative factors. The element of transpersonal caring gears towards going beyond caring for the patient’s health and includes caring for their humanity. The element of Carative factors are the framework that provides meaning to nursing in general. They are a set of guidelines that promote caring for the patient entirely. The element of the caring moment occurs when the nurse and patient form a human to human transaction that involves caring for the mind, body and spirit. The Caring Moment: The caring moment is defined as coming together in a moment that provides the opportunity for human caring to occur. ( Alligood, 2010). The caring moment creates inner harmony in both the patient and nurse. It involves the transaction of human to human contact involving the person in its entirety. Mind, body and spirit connect in the caring moment. Clark states, “ It is this “ being a caring consciousness,” while having a positive intentionality when entering into transpersonal caring relationships that should be the basis of every nursing...
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...Addie--I first want to congratulate you on your execution of the second person. I believe that it helped the story in both engaging the reader and giving your main character a distinct voice. One moment in particular was on page 3, “Now, cold under his thin sheets, you think you should not have. You don’t yet have the words to describe it; those will come in a few weeks, after a night of drunken Googling and tearful reflection.” In this moment, the second person narrative shows a pivotal moment in her character development. The two aspects of the story that should be developed in future drafts is the main character herself. As a woman, I am instantly engaged with the one line “You wanted it with all of your mind but rejected it with all of your body. But it happened anyway. You did it. Or, no, he active voice isn’t quite accurate. You let it be done to you.” (3). Honestly, that was...
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...The first moment of progress is women at work. Women being able to work during the war and after was a monumental step toward gender equality. Allowing women to go work showed that they were able to complete the same task with equal efficiency. It is significant because women began to consistently work after that point and continue to today. The second moment of progress is the battle of the Somme. This battle proved that Canadians were an effective force in the war. They gained training for the battle of Vimy Ridge, and were a feared opponent after showing their stripes at the Somme. This was significant because Canada progressed towards independence from Britain by showing their military was a forceful unit. The third event is the battle...
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...Hayley Baker It’s The Moments of Impact That Define Us Have you ever gotten news that made your chest tighten up and tears stream down your face? I find it funny how the happiest and saddest you could possibly be create the same exact physical reaction. I believe it’s the moments like this that define us. Our every step and breath add up to create our identity. The times in our life that leave a footprint on our hearts or even on someone else’s is what matters the most. But what sustains it? In December of 2004 my whole world was shaken with the news that three of my family members had a sudden cardiac arrest death syndrome called Brugada. This disease is usually detected by a death in the family, since we found out about it before this could happen I suppose you can consider us lucky. An identifying word for my family may be “lucky,” but hearing that news I knew I would never be the same. That is a moment that defines a change in identity. I never knew just how different my life would be though. I would have never assumed that I would be the one to have an anxiety attack when hearing even the faintest sounds of sirens. I would have never assumed that I would be taking a trip to the hospital at least twice a year to see one of my family members go into heart surgery. I also would have never assumed that I could be identified as “strong.” Every person carries their own cross, if they rise above it all and continue to be who they’ve always wanted to be then in my opinion...
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...! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A Boxer’s Punch A Senior Project presented to the Faculty of the Physics Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ! ! ! In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science, Physics ! ! by ! ! ! Jacob A. Ekegren ! April 2014 ! ! Advised by Dr. Matthew Moelter ! © 2014 Jacob A. Ekegren ! ! Table of Contents ! Pg. # Introduction and Setup 3 Theory Applied 4 Experimental Procedure 5 Results and Analysis 5 Conclusion! 10 References 11 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 2 Introduction and Setup For over a year now, I have been interested in the sport of boxing. This fascination led me to explore what occurs to a human head upon impact from a boxer’s punch. It is known that a knockout occurs when blood circulation to the brain is compressed. This compression results from the sudden acceleration and deceleration of the head[1]. Therefore, the primary focus of this experiment explores the relative effort necessary to cause significant movement to a head about a neck. Figure 1 - Picture of modeled head and spine secured to a table ! To achieve this, a simplistic mechanical model of a human head, a socket, and a spine was built. A volleyball was used to simulate a head. A garage door spring with a diameter of 4.0 ± .05cm was used as a spine. Lastly, a small wooden...
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...this essay is that such depiction of afterlife has never been made earlier to the best of knowledge and the aspects of afterlife which are already popular have been kept intact so that it is convenient to understand the points in this essay. First, it is useful to reflect on major points of afterlife which make it effective and influential over the lives of common man. One of the main points of afterlife is it guarantees continuity of life because it links itself with the life in this world or life before death. Another aspect of afterlife is its relation with the life before death as rewards and punishments in afterlife are based on deeds in life before death. Another aspect of afterlife is its different phases and the phase immediate after the death is temporary which leads to last destination which is permanent and would never change. Although, these aspects may not be considered in all versions of afterlife but in most of the instances these are present. In light of the literature on afterlife and writer’s own creativity has...
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...There are many differences between the movie and the book The Fault in our Stars. One of the main reasons for this is that they have to summarize or change some of the meaningless details of the book because there is not enough time in the movie for all of them. One difference from the book and the movie is the omission of two characters in the movie that appear in the book. In the book, Hazel has a really good friend from when she was still attending to the high school. Her name is Kaitlin. In the book, they talk about many things, about Augustus, and they even hang out in the mall and go shopping together. In the movie, there is no reference to this character. Hazel seems to have no friends at all in the beginning of the movie. Another omitted...
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...having children is that they give you a deep understanding of selflessness. Even when we found out that my wife was pregnant, I still carried on pretty much the same way I always had. I had no idea that my world was going to come crashing down around me. Through all of the dust and rubble of the remainder of what I thought was my great life, a brilliant light began to shine through. The light was the love that I felt for my daughter, once you have experienced that depth of love, your life will never be the same. The birth of my daughter was one of the most positively impactful events of my life. The day she was born will be etched into my memory forever. After a scheduled doctor visit we were sent straight to the hospital to begin the journey. I remember the excitement that was almost tangible as we drove to the hospital. After checking in they put us in a small examination room on the labor and delivery floor. We were to spend a long and uncomfortable night. My wife was uncomfortable for obvious reasons, me on the other hand, I had pushed to hospital chairs together to form a makeshift bed for the night. The next morning things would begin to progress rather quickly. When we woke up the next morning, and I use the term “woke up” lightly as we did not sleep much at all, we were transferred into an actual delivery room. This was a much better environment minus all the delivery tools. The Doctors had to induce my wife because she was quickly developing toxicity. It was a very...
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...Comment on the film "The moments of happiness" "The moments of happiness" describes a story of an Indian family whose family members were living separately because of work. The main character, whose name is Raj, was busily working in New York City and had not came back to his own country for about 8 years. After 8 years, he finally decided to go back and see his family, especially his father, who had some problems with him before he went to New York. While he was there, his father was diagnosed with cancer. It gave Raj a shock. Raj tried his best to make up the things that he did not do with his father during the past years and attempted to get his father cured no matter what way it took. Nevertheless, his father died in the end. But his father shared every moment of his remaining life with his family members. What is more, he was never afraid of death and made every moment happy in his remaining life. Four issues in this movie made a profound impression on me. First, gender discrimination: Raj asked his wife why she needs to work, and rather than being a wife who looks after the house and children. Besides, Raj's mother said she did not study when she was young because she is a female. Second, racial discrimination: Raj put his all efforts into his work and eventually achieved success in his project, however, his company transferred his project to another staff member who is Native American. Third, immigration problems: To a foreigner, it is really hard to be a resident...
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...arena, specifically because of the high acuity of the patient population. The practical application of this theory is explored utilizing several important elements to describe a personal interaction between the patient populations. The Caring Moment Defined Watson (2012) defines the caring moment as, “An actual caring moment occasion involves action and choice both by the nurse and the individual. The moment of coming together in a caring moment occasion presents the two persons with the opportunity to decide how to be in the relationship—what to do with the moment” (p. 71). She further explains that if the moment is spiritual then the chance of openness can occur, making the relationship limitless (Watson, 2012). The successfulness of a caring moment allows the human to human interaction to occur, regardless of the personal and social backgrounds of the participants. In each interaction, the participants display different feelings, thoughts, expectations, spiritual beliefs, environmental respects and individual implications. The historical situations that precede the interaction are multifaceted. These interactions are influenced by the previous history, present moment, and imagined future of the person. Experiences of caring moments within nursing allows opportunities for the nurse to have self-identification within others, and to address personal dilemmas. Nurses are tasked with the responsibility of not only being technically proficient in their fields, but to...
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