...Polynesian Tattoo). Each tiki that is put in the tattoo usually means protection from the ancestors and heads who have passed. Another symbol that is frequently used in Polynesian tattooing is the turtle. The turtle represents many meanings such as, long life wellness, fertility, union, family and harmony. The turtle also represents the bridge between life and death. In Polynesian culture, many believe that “the sea is regarded as the source of food and the world beyond, in which they will rest after death. Because turtles can freely move between the sea and lands, they believe that it will bring them to their destination, the rest place” (a Polynesian tattoo). The marquesan cross is another popular symbol that is used. This symbolizes the balance between elements and harmony. There are more symbols such as the lizards and geckos are used as a form of appearance of gods and ancestors of the...
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...Imagine going through life without the ability to listen, or possibly worse, the ability to talk. When added, what is the sum of listening and talking? Conversation. Surely, conversation is valuable, so wouldn’t it then be of immense importance to learn how to effectively converse? This is where Celeste Headlee comes in. Headlee hosts a daily news/talk show titled, “On Second Thought,” on Georgia Public Broadcasting. Being a radio show host, Headlee knows how to hold a conversation. In her speech “10 Ways to have a better conversation,” Celeste uses her incredible amount of knowledge to inform the audience through the form of a TED Talk. The intent of the speech appears to be to inform, but Ms. Headlee clearly desires the audience to be persuaded...
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...revolution against the British to secure independence and to set forth an ethical character for a new Republic. Most importantly, they all envisioned an equal society and individual freedom through the American Revolution. Americans achieved American Revolution from a sincere patriotism. For example, Richard Allen who became the founding pastor of the Bethel African...
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...but due to their brittle nature very few have survived. Greek sculptures are very important as the vast majority of them tell us a story about Gods, Heroes, Events, Mythical Creatures and Greek culture in general. Many of the statues that have survived are actually of Roman origin. Like many people today the Romans had a deep respect for Greek sculptures and many were copied. If the Romans had not made these copies, many of the Greek Legends and stories that we know today would have been lost to antiquity. Geometric Art was a dramatic transformation that led to the establishment of primary Greek institutions such as the Greek city and the Greek alphabet. Although primarily visual, transformation is a concept which moves it way through history. Sculptures and carvings began to be made representing each city states' heroes and past legends including animals and humans. The growth of new trade routes and the opportunities for colonization permitted Greek art to flourish. Large temples and sanctuaries were built in tribute to the Gods and were furnished with precious statues and art. The armed...
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...dark cave. They are bound in chains preventing them from moving easily. Being stuck in the same place and position all the time, they have nothing to do but stare at the wall in front of them. A fire casts a light against that wall on a platform in the cave. While people on the outside of the cave go their own business, the objects they carry cast unclear shadows on the wall. As a result, the prisoners in the cave spend their time trying to figure out what the shadows represent, assuming that sounds from the outside came from the shadows themselves. One day, a prisoner was dragged outside from his restraints by force. He was disoriented and confused when he saw the outside world for the first time. As time went by, he began to see the brilliance of the world and returned to the cave to tell the other prisoners about what he saw. His fellow prisoners think that he has gone crazy and lost his mind, rather than being relieved to hear of what else the world holds. Since they only know life within the confines of the cave, they assume that is all there is to life. ------------------------------------------------- ELEMENTS Cave - represents the physical world of illusions in which most people live. Shadows on the wall - symbolize the assumptions and guesses that people make based on what they perceive. Fire in the cave - represents the Sun, which is the greatest source of power and light in the world. Chains that bind the prisoners - represent the limitations...
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...Common sense suggests that to become brilliant, one must go through years of education. To refute this assumption however, the chapter “Blue-Collar Brilliance” notes that a man named Joe Meraglio was capable of moving from his initial job on the assembly line, to becoming a supervisor without requiring any form of higher education. With only having the education of a ninth grader, Meraglio’s thirty-three year experience at General Motors allowed him to gain knowledge on the spot that would have costed him a considerable amount of time and money if he pursued college. Meraglio was able to work efficiently, and “although he lacked formal knowledge of how the machines under his supervision worked, he had direct experience with them, hands-on knowledge, and was savvy about their quirks and operational capabilities” (Rose 277). Meraglio’s common sense of the work equipment permitted him to succeed, and later try to make new developments within the company. Through numerous promotions, Meraglio “not only solved problems but also began to find problems to solve: Joe initiated the redesign of the nozzle on a paint sprayer, thereby eliminating costly and unhealthy overspray” (Rose 277). The accomplishments Meraglio achieved in his time working at the General...
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...While the readers are never given a definite diagnosis for any of the patients it seems easy to assume that Chief Bromden is paranoid schizophrenic. At the beginning of the story I really wanted some way to distinguish Chief Bromden’s actual thoughts and the schizophrenic thoughts and delusions. I felt that using and italicized font might help the reader differentiate more easily between the two because it was hard to follow at times, especially considering he is surrounded by mentally ill people. However as the story went on I realized it was essential to not distinguish between what is real and what isn’t because all of it was real to Chief Bromden. Through the majority of the book I also wondered if this would be a story similar to the movie “Fight Club,” where one character was actually a delusion created in the mind of another. I often thought that McMurphy was someone that was created in the mind of the Chief. When McMurphy showed up he seemed to compliment everything that the Chief lacked: he got along with and knows how to charm everyone, he was friendly and liked to talk to everyone, and most of all he has confidence (sometimes too much). I don’t think it would have been too far-fetched of an idea for the story because in addition to being roommates, the two always seemed to be together. Also, as the story continues and McMurphy and Chief Bromden eventually form a relationship and McMurphy is the only person that picks up on the fact that the Chief is not actually deaf...
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...A Modest Proposal was a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift depicting the horrific conditions of Ireland and the lives of the Irish people in 1729. Swift writes the satire disguised as a social planner of the time who as Swift satirizes were known to be overly rational rather than compassionate. The author portrays and attacks the cruel and unjust oppression of Ireland by its oppressor, the mighty English and ridicules the Irish people at the same time. However, Swift's opposition is indirectly presented. Jonathan Swift is able to do so by using the persona, irony, and wit in order to expose the remarkable corruption and degradation of the Irish people, and at the same time present them with practicable solutions to their economic problem Swift uses the false persona in order to satire the social workers of the time as he saw them. Swift creates a fictional persona because by hiding his true identity he is able to convince the readers of the significance of Ireland's problem and allow them to see truth and reality. The persona is a concerned Irishman who is very intelligent, sound, and serious. He appears to be a brute and a monster for proposing something evil and immoral very calmly as if it is normal to consume the flesh of another human being. What makes his proposal to be even more depraved is that he proposes to eat the babies. The persona declares, and at exactly at one year old that I propose to provide for them, in a such a manner as, instead of being...
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...which various waiting periods lead to different enzymes depending upon the type of malt being used, its modification level and the desires of the brew master as well. The activities of these enzymes convert the starches of the grains to dextrines and then to fermentable sugars such as maltose. Lautering Lautering is the separation of the extracts won during mashing from the grain. It has two stages: i) wort run-off, during which the extract is separated in an undiluted state from the spent grains, and ii) sparging, in which extract which remains with the grains is rinsed off with hot water. A lautern tun is adopted by Stone Brewer. It is a vessel with the false bottom which has thin slits to hold back the solids and allow liquids to pass through. The solids, instead of the false bottom, form a filtration medium and hold back small solids, allowing the otherwise cloudy mash to run out of the lauter tun as a clear liquid. The false bottom of a lauter tun is made of wedge...
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...Reflection How has your participation in this self-assessment increased (or not) awareness about yourself. If you have hit a rut or a roadblock in your career, now may be the time to break out some self-assessments and find out where the problem lies. Assessments like these can help us understand why we have had trouble fitting in at certain jobs, what kinds of skills it would bring us greater enjoyment to use in our work, and which kinds of work environments would make us feel more at home. After completing this Emotional Intelligence self-Assessment, the insights and practical application were incredibly insightful for me. I identified ways in which I need to work together better and healed frustrating and difficult relationship issues. What have you learned about the topic and/or yourself? Here, our subject is emotions—and whether we know what we are feeling and what we do with that knowledge. A friend of mine takes umbrage when I broach the idea with him. “Of course, I know what I am feeling,” he protests. He points to his chest—in the vague direction of his heart—and then to his throat. “I feel my emotions so, of course, I know what I am feeling.” He is only partly right but the fact that our emotions are embodied makes us more confident about our ability to know what we are feeling and our emotional intelligence. It is “the above average” effect —our tendency to over-rate our skill set and abilities—except it is on steroids, as a study by Marc A. Brackett and others...
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...Kishman in the Classical Mystery Tour, said,“ The real Beatles never got to play with a real orchestra.” Martin’s techniques made me realize how innovative The Beatles music was because a rock band playing with orchestral arrangements had never been done before. This approach of bringing together two genres of music was revolutionary to the music industry, which is what made The Beatles popularity increase. Martin is responsible for filling in the gaps of The Beatles inexperienced talent, and creating the sound that would propel them to be the most famous band in history. Martin has been recognized for the success of dozens of classic Beatles hits throughout the bands career. The concert was designed to show off George Martin’s input and brilliance in the Beatles music. Some of the songs that he is responsible for include, Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane, A Day In The Life, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Bank/With a Little Help From My Friends, All You Need Is Love, I Am The Walrus, Hey Jude and The Long And Winding Road. According to billboard.com he is responsible for 23 No. 1 singles on the Billboard hot 100, more than any producer in history. The orchestra performed fantastic throughout the concert and used there live sound to emphasize Martin’s techniques. One of my favorites of the night was “Eleanor Rigby”. It was beautifully played, and the staccato string notes were like daggers. When the other string instruments played they sustained notes and created a perfect...
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...The traditional TOK diagram indicates four ways of knowing. Propose the inclusion of a fifth way of knowing selected from intuition, memory or imagination, and explore the knowledge issues it may raise in two areas of knowledge. The study of Theory of Knowledge (TOK) indicates four distinct ways of knowing: sense perception, emotion, reason and language; however, in this essay I will argue for the inclusion of intuition as a fifth way of knowing. Intuition is that moment of enlightenment that is unexpected in which something is revealed to give one a greater understanding on a problem or puzzle or issue of concern that is perplexing. A knowledge issue worth examining in relation to the role intuition plays in these areas of knowledge is: How does intuition lead to knowledge acquisition in the natural sciences and in ethics? Personal intuitive insight has to be in some form of communication which conforms to requirements of public knowledge, natural sciences conforming ...
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...MemoryJogger ofValues Abmdance Cheerfulness Acceptance Clarity Accountability Cleanliness Accomplishment Collaboration Acmracy longevity Achievement lnve Acknowledgement Loyalt;' Adaptability love Adventwe Making a difference Affcction Mastery Aggressiveness Maturiw efllity co-f# Alertness Ambition Anticipation Appreciation Assertiveness Attentiveness Audacity Awareness Balance Beauty Belonging Blissfulness Boldness Brarery Brilliance Calrn Cmdor Comitment Commmication Community Compassion Competence Competition Concentration Confidcnce Comection Consciouness Corxistency Contentment Contcnt ovcr fluff Continuity Confinuous Improvement Contribution Creativity Cuiosify Daring Decisiveness Delight Dependability Desire Determination Devotion Dig"ity Diligence Discipline Discovery Disaetion Diversity Drive Duty Eagerness Eduetion Effectiveness Efficicncv Elation Elegance Empathy Encouragement Enduance Energy Enjoynent Enthusiasm Equality Excellence Excitement Experience Expertise Exploration Expressiveness Fairness Faith Fame Family Fidelity Flexibility Flow Foos Forgiveness Fortitude Freedom Friendship Frugalitv Fun Generosity Giving Going the extra mile Goodness Grace Gratitude Growth Guidmce Happiness Harmonv Hard work Health Helpfulness Heroism Holiness Honesty Honor Hopefulness Hospitality Humility Humor Imagination Independence Influence Ingenuity ...
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...Introduction The Renaissance period covers the 200 years between 1400 and 1600; although exact dates are still argued by many specialists. The word “renaissance” literally means “rebirth” and is the French translation of the Italian “rinascita”. The Renaissance style is primarily composed of a revival of the classical forms developed originally by the ancient Greeks and Romans and of the deepened concern for secular life – interest in humanism and assertion of the importance of the individual. In art history, the Renaissance period corresponds to the start of the great Western age of discovery and exploration. At the time, there was great desire to study all aspects of nature and the world. During the Renaissance, artists became independent personalities. They were no longer considered as mere artisans as they have been in the medieval times. Artists tried to find new solutions to formal and visual problems. Many of them devoted to scientific experimentations. During this time, a lot of mathematical and linear outlooks were developed. This resulted to proportionality and rationality in every aspect of painting and sculpture. Paintings became a window to the natural world and it was the painters’ job to depict this world in their art. Artists at the time dedicated themselves to the rendition of landscape. In addition, artists also developed aerial perspective --- an angle where wherein objects become less distinctive and less sharply colored as the eye moves away. Painters...
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...Hamlet’s Blackberry | My Disconnected Blackberry | A way of life revisited | | Kent Olden English 20 Section 36Professor Lynda Radican | 5/12/2011 | As any teacher worth their weight in salt will tell you, they set out to give students the best possible education. Along that path they often influence the future generations. My teacher has identified one of the many problems troubling this burgeoning generation. The problem being the busyness that technology has created. The purpose of this assignment was to examine my screen habits and make change as I saw fit. By reading powers book, I was able to articulate the problem and take steps towards a remedy. I struggle as a writer; at times I am brilliant, in my mind at least. Most other times I am just sitting staring at a screen or finding some other distraction. My writing process involved discussing the books topics with others. The lesson being taught by this book made me think of my teenage child now and in the future, accordingly I wrote to that audience. Reading this book has been a help to me. I sit for hours, but it could be even longer with the distraction of a connected screen. I have taken steps to alleviate this distraction. I thank you for introducing me to William Powers. It is my hope that with this paper you will gain a degree of insight into my balanced life. Also it was my intention to fashion my thoughts into an “A” grade paper. Free of grammatical error and on task with the assignment...
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