...Man’s Best Friend Man’s Best Friend Dogs are said to be man’s best friend, but yet so many people are irresponsible dog owners. Dogs allowed by their owners to roam freely, and dogs who attack people, are often serious problems in communities. According to ASPCA (2012), “Breed specific legislation (BSL) is the blanket term for laws that either regulate or ban certain breeds completely in the hopes of reducing dog attacks” (para.2). However, from personal experience, BSL causes more problems for responsible dog owners than irresponsible owners. Breed specific legislation (BSL) includes breed banning and automatic labeling (Lynn Media Group, 2012). Breed bans prohibit future ownership and reproduction of certain breeds. Another type of breed law is to state a breed “dangerous” or “potentially dangerous.” Dog owners who own breeds considered “dangerous” must follow specific regulations set by their city. Many U.S cities have passed automatic labeling laws. Early October 2010, my boyfriend, Mark and I, moved from Baton Rouge to Denham Springs. We found a reasonably sized house on a well-maintained piece of land available for rent. I was eager to leave our city lives and move to the small community of Denham Springs. Little did Mark and I know how difficult it would be to move one town over with our Doberman pinscher, Zeus. The landlord, Mark, and I met to review the lease and discuss concerns or questions. At that time, Mark and I were informed about...
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...Fancyman John’s land, said the haymakers, “He must be a very hard worker to keep this land nice, said the president, he sure is said the haymakers. Well I best be on my way the president ordered, “see yah”, said the haymakers. Next, Puss went to the Rich Man’s Mansion. “Stop right there!” yelled the security, “who do you think you are just walking into the rich man’s castle.” “Who me” said puss well I am the presidents good friend. “Oh sorry for bothering you, you may enter.”said the guard. “Who is it!” yelled the Rich Man, “its me Puss the chimp”, Said Puss, “come here Puss the chimp.” then Puss said,“I heard that you can dress up as a sheep”, said puss, “well yes I can said the rich man.” 5 minutes later he came out, “how do I look?” he said, “you look like a sheep.” said Puss, “follow me” said Puss, “out to the field of sheep to see if they think you are one of them, okay? he said, “Here we are” ,said puss, “well here goes nothing” ,said the Rich Man. Puss started to run away behind him, he could hear the wolves howling. None ever seen the rich man again. Puss went back to invite the president to dinner at the rich mans mansion that is now Fancyman Johns. When the president got there puss told him that this was Fancy Man John’s house. The president and his family all ate dinner at his house, one day later the president told Fancy man John that he could marry his daughter. Fancyman John and...
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...kitchen where I ate cold cereal for breakfast, just like every morning for the past 3 years. It was time to go to work. I stepped outside and walked at a leisurely pace down Malcolm Ave. It was the best time of year for my line of work: the summer when all of the tourists came to New York. I got to the city square, and as usual, the very same cliques were there, and in numbers today. 'It looks to be a very good day,' I thought as I smiled to myself. I saw a white man in his late 30's. Guessed he looked kind of lost. 'Perfect,' I thought to myself. “Time to work.” I calmly and confidently stepped up to the man. "Hello, sir. Can I help you?" "Yes. I am looking for the Malcolm Hotel." "Yes, yes... Oh, okay. Go three blocks down, and take a right. It will be on your left. You can't miss it" "Thank you." "You're welcome. Have a good day sir." I walked away with not only a smile on my face, but with the man's wallet in my pocket. I opened it up to see 48 dollars, a Discover, and a MasterCard. A couple of hours and 4 wallets later, I decided to get lunch. So far, I had acquired 6 credit cards, 726 dollars, and several patent leather, hand-made Italian billfolds. I decided to go to my favourite place a little bistro called daVinci's. They have the best pizza. But then, I saw the man. He was about 6 feet tall, with a dark chocolate complexion. He was actually walking in circles - even an amateur could easily recognize that he was lost. Perfect. I cautiously approached him, like...
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...Abstract: This study attempts to investigate the representation of masculinity in the printed advertisement of Mens Biore Double Scrub. All phenomena in the advertisement are described. To present more analytical description, the signs found in the advertisement are analyzed based on Barthes’ orders of signification. Besides that, this study also employs Kress and Van Leeuwen’s method of reading images and intertextual analysis in order to obtain more comprehensive analysis. The result of this study shows that Mens Biore Double Scrub advertisement represents two different concepts of masculinity. The first one is the traditional concept of masculinity. The second one is the new concept of masculinity offered by the advertisement. Generally, words that are used to represent both concepts of masculinity are power, confidence, aggressiveness, competition, challenge, and bravery. The connotative signified success, financial independence, and physical attractiveness are emphasized to change the concept of traditional masculinity to be in line with the company’s need. Keywords: advertisement, semiotics, masculinity Abstrak: Penelitian ini berupaya untuk menganalisa representasi maskulinitas dalam iklan cetak Mens Biore Double Scrub. Seluruh fenomena dalam iklan tersebut dideskripsikan. Untuk menyajikan deskripsi yang analitis, tanda-tanda yang ditemukan dalam iklan tersebut dianalisa berdasarkan gagasan orders of signification milik Barthes. Selain itu, penelitian ini juga menerapkan...
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...was growing up, he lost his father at a young age. His father left when he was a baby and he “never had a chance to talk to him” and even after all the time that has passed, Willy feels “kind of temporary” about himself (36, Act 1). He turns to his older brother, Ben for advice. Willy repeatedly asks Ben if he is raising his boys the right way (36. Act 1). Willy can be heard asking Ben how he should teach his boys (36. Act 1). Willy’s lack of confidence in parenting ultimately affects how his sons grow up. He knows that he has not raised them to be the best they could be, but he does not want to admit it. Willy Loman’s idea of success is very shallow and money-oriented. He views averages jobs to be intolerable. When his oldest son, Biff, comes home after working a job on a farm, Willy asks: How can he find himself on a farm? Is that a Life? A farmhand? In the beginning, when he was young, I thought, well, a young man, it’s good for him to tramp around,...
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...Does Old Spice Body Wash make men more attractive? While the scent is aromatic, the product itself will not guarantee luxuries that their commercials say you will get. The commercial I am referring to is the one narrated by Isaiah Mustafa, also known as, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.” This body wash does not have the magical powers that are fundamental to making you rich, famous, or better looking. The only thing this bottle of soap can do for you is make you not smell like a foot. Commercials like these use rhetorical strategies to persuade the audience to buy their products. They use ethical appeals to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character, and they also use pathos to invoke sympathy from an audience. This thirty...
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...that establish social expectations that is within every human. This is viewed from an internal aspect, as well as what we expect from others (Stewart, 2012). One thing about humans and seeking identity is, it can be very complicating, but it is best to be multidimensional when learning someone else’s identity. For example, with the Liberty University “ What is Identity or Self” video, Alia properly introduced herself as the new co-worker, being cordial, as well as formal. Meanwhile, her co-worker went into a questionable interrogation that led to communal identity. Alia made corrections, defending who she actually is from a personal perspective; simply being a new co-worker that is a woman (2010). Another example was the “Misunderstood” video, the elderly male was identified by the younger male as an old man who wouldn’t understand his dilemma, but the elderly man acknowledged the young man’s uniqueness and provided details of why he is important and being different makes him more suitable for his purpose (2010). That video does show how we as humans face exaggeration when mistakes are made, thinking less about selves, or simply thinking the worst when it comes to our actions. (95) No matter what is learned as identities increase, the best advice to offer is, there is no right or wrong way, just outcomes of how you do it, and results that an individual may or may not want. (76) Liberty University (Producer). (2010). Presentation: Communication series I-What is I identity...
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...Introduction: My character is Candy from Of Mice and Men. Candy is the janitor of the ranch and is an old man with one hand. Direct Characterization: One direct characterization of candy is that he only has one hand Quote: Candy said “I ain’t much with on’y hand. I lost my hand right here on this ranch. That’s why they give me a job swampin (Steinbeck 58) Explanation: Don’t need much of an explanation… says it right there Direct Characterization: another direct characterization is that Candy is old. It’s stated several times in the book Quotes: “Old Candy turned slowly turned over. His eyes were wide open” (Steinbeck 56) “It was almost dark outside now. Old Candy, the swamper, came in and went to his bunk, and behind him struggles the old dog” (Steinbeck 43) Explanation: All these people are calling him old all the time, directly says he’s old Indirect Characterization: Candy is lonely because when George bring up the ranch and how he and Lennie are going to buy one Candy jumps right on that idea. Quotes: “S’pose I went with you guys. Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’s put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some. How’d that be?” (Steinbeck 59) “I’d make a will an’ leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, ‘cause I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing.” (Steinbeck 59) Explanation: Candy wants to live with people he just met leading me to infer that he has no one else. Following that quote Candy also says that he has...
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...“Bros before Hos” Kimmel exposes many believes in which society tries to establish how boys have to behave during their childhood and youth to prove that they are masculine during their adult life’s in his “Bros Before Hos” article. He states that boys have been raised to abide by certain codes, for example, “Boys don’t cry” or “Taking it like a man” to be fully functional male adults. He also states that when men try to deter from the “code” they are automatically labeled as weak or turning their backs on their own kind. Although I agree with many of the points he makes, I will have to disagree when he implies that not much has changed in the aspect of men standing up for themselves or being themselves in fear of being out casted. I do agree 100% with his opinion when he states that the weak men need to speak up because that is the only way the male aggressors will stop being bullies and society would be a better place as a whole because as long as the silence remains unbroken nothing will ever change. Way before a boy is born they are already being molded to be men. As early as being in their mothers’ womb males are being taught to be masculine. Fathers are dreaming of their boys being athletes’ way before they are born. Baby showers don’t have hints of pink, instead, it is filled with blue and anything “male” related because pink represent femininity and weakness. Personally, I can’t comprehend why society choses blue to be the male dominant color. I would have gone...
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...The conflict over the devastation of the wetlands is a destructive conflict, no parties are cooperating. There is competitive motivation to win against the oil industry in a billion-dollar lawsuit. There is a hostile attitude toward the oil companies for destroying protected land. The issue over the control of resources in Louisiana is a blame game between the Oil companies and the state. This has created credibility issues for both sides, there are many factors involved in the destruction of the wetlands near the gulf coast, the state is blindly blaming oil companies for it. This makes the conflict somewhat misattributed and displaced. The people protecting the wetlands want the oil to pay for the projects that will help stop erosion but it’s not clear if that will do any good. To promote cooperative interdependence between the oil companies involved and the people protecting the wetlands is difficult because it is close to impossible to please both parties in this situation that involves out recourses and money. I can’t see anyway to make this a mutually beneficial situation. The Board fails to see that its not just he oil companies and the oil companies fail to recognize that their drilling took a huge toll in this particular area even though there are many of factors that destroy the habitat. The credibility of both parties also makes it hard to see a positive out come. This is an international conflict involving social values in Afghanistan. Women’s rights are close...
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...from having a good-looking appearance while you have your clothes on Just imagine one day your dudes suggest going to the pool or the beach and denial is impossible And then, what’s going to be shown up next ??? Your pubs, that saggy booties, big round belly and especially man boobs So please tell me How do you feel at that moment ?? Embarrassing right ? So that one indispensable factor to be an alpha is to be looking good naked Well, I’m not talking about the man you all see on the magazines or newspaper ( Who’s got about 2% body fat and the abs are like Oh Jesus Christ ) because it’s nearly unachievable My point is not comparing you to other people, but to be in the best version of yourself you can possibly be when you are naked So now here comes 4 tips for you to be in the greatest shape like you’ve never been before (Slide 4 tips ) Tip 1: Get rid of your pubes For most people, having a blooming massive bushes might not be the good look Well I’m not talking about all men in this Universe but most people So my recommendation is to trim your pubes (slide on) just look at the picture and you can see the differences The man with chest hair, shoulder hair looks much creepier than the man with no pubes even though they are both big, strong and muscular So please gentlemen, shave it, you have a trimmer use it, you have the razor, use it And when you have a glance on the mirror again, you won’t be able to recognize yourself ! Tip 2: Having a well-defined...
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...men play, props to elevate the glory of the main hero and stepping stones to achieve his full mission. The first woman we meet is Yvonne. She’s obviously gorgeous, and somehow that’s all we know. Through the narrative we learn nothing more than the fact that she sleeps around, and is somehow annoying for wanting more than just sex. Because wanting something more than sex is somehow too much to handle for our lead. She is literally being passed around from man to man, who take her home for sex and then treat her like garbage the next day. There is no difference between her and a high class prostitute. Not only is she an annoying walking sex toy, she also happens to be an alcoholic. During a scene the audience sees Yvonne drinking more than she should, and who comes to the rescue Rick. After she tells him that she doesn’t want to go, we see Rick almost forcing her out of the bar. Her opinion and feelings don’t matter. Rick somehow knows what’s best for her, which wouldn’t be a problem if he would have done the same for a man at the bar. I’m sure many men come to his place and get pissed drunk, but the moment a woman decides to get drunk it’s somehow his responsibility, as a ‘gentlemen’ to stop it. Another horrible...
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...Tyler bond over the fact that both their fathers were not major factors in their lives. The narrator says “ Me, I knew my dad for about six years, but I don’t remember anything”(50). Tyler goes to say that his father was distant and he would only speak to him once a year. Being raised mainly by woman, they both feel they never had a man around to teach them what being a man is. Tyler and the narrator and the generation of men they represent have been trying for years to regain their masculinity and at the same time find a sense of direction. At the support group for men with testicular cancer the narrator meets Bob. Bob later enters fight club and shows he is one of the better fighters that is there. He is seen as a “true man” for his physical abilities. Later on in the book Bob also joins Tyler’s Project Mayhem. While on a mission for Project Mayhem Bob is killed. “His name is Robert Paulson”(178) becomes some kind of chant for the other members of project mayhem. The narrator, Tyler and the rest of the members of fight club and project mayhem claim to be angry because of the way they were raised by woman and emasculated, they come to admire a man who literally has been...
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...meant the world to him, if he could have taken a class titled, How to be cool 101, Mikey would be the first kid in class every day. Mikey ‘s parents recognized how much their son was struggling socially so they offered to go meet with a therapist that they had known from a family friend. It wasn’t a topic of conversation at all for Mikey however as he said, “Are you kidding Ma, If someone finds out that I talk to some lady about my problems, their gonna think I’m a freak!”. Not wanting to make their son upset Mikey’s parents decided to drop the issue as it probably wasn’t that big of deal and like they said “he was sure to get through it on his own”. The summer after Mikey’s junior year of high school, it was set in his mind to be the best one on record. He had past his road test a month earlier and his parents very generously let him have the old van. Not very good on gas mileage but it would do. Mike was pumped, for the first time in his life he was going to be able to do whatever he wanted. No more waiting around for mom to give him a ride, no more riding his bike anywhere,...
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... But, what if you wanted to spice things up? What if you want to be the one that gets him burning with desire? Like women, men are also fairly complicated sexual beings and we also enjoy our share of fun. Most women believe that it’s enough for a man to “stick it in” and that’s really all they want from sex. That’s also true if your man is in his first years of sex (or under 22) but after a while they want and expect things to be at a different level. Sex doesn’t necessarily have to start in the bedroom…it can start anywhere you want it to. I’m not talking about nakedness in public places but giving him that little taste of the action can get him in a fiery mood early on. For example, if you’re out at a romantic dinner, have a passionate look at his pants then move onto his eyes and give him the “I want you now!” look. To make it even better, you can kiss him passionately on the cab ride home. As with you, kissing passionately gets a guy going. I don’t know what it is but for most guys, when they feel some tongue action things just start going crazy. In a way, our brains directly associate making out (tongue kissing) with sex, they go hand and hand. Role-playing is always great if you want to spice things up in the bedroom. The best part about it is that you can do it without any kinky costumes or anything like that. Just imagine a story and then play a role in that story, it’s that simple. To make it even easier you can put on a wig and pretend you’re his favorite celebrity...
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