...Full Bright Scholars • This poem is about when he first saw Plath • Use of first person, draws us in. painstaking his own memory • "Where was it, in the strand? A display"- Questioning his memory. • "A picture of that year’s intake....."- Follows up with a series of statements. • "You" become the addressee • Very tightly Structured • Veronica Lake- actor • "Your Veronica Lake bang. Not what it hid"- Plath had a scar on her face • "It was the first fresh peach.....- returns to his own memory for the day. remembers an image • "It would appear blond. And your grin........"- change of tone • Events, feelings of memory are filtered by perspectives • "Was it then I bought a peach?"- England was coming out of the war, fruit was imported. • 1955- Plath arrived in England with a scholarship to Cambridge • She wanted everything to be perfect= writing. *Last four lines are structured around Powerful, alliterative, central imagery. The poem moves from uncertainly to certainly. • This poem is a formal address to Plath. eg Letter, Journal • Plath is the all American girl, capable, confident • Memory forms our perspective. memory is a partial truth • We only remember what is important. Therefore what memory we find is a partial truth • Photographs are also a perspective. They are often limited and distort. • In a photograph, it presents a mask, distorting the truth, perpetuating a perspective (happy and untroubled) • An essence, we don't really know what is hidden...
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...the employee could improve for the benefit of the business. Even so, performance appraisals have a major flaw in that they are not completely objective. Six major factors cause distortions in performance appraisals. 1. Stereotyping * People usually can fall into at least one general category based on physical or behavioral traits, and performance evaluators sometimes let stereotypes associated with those categories sway their employee appraisals. For example, a boss might assume that because many Asians excel, an Asian worker who doesn't meet a performance objective simply isn't working hard enough, even if the worker tried his best. Similarity * Often, people tend to seek out and rate more positively those who are similar to themselves. This tendency to approve of similarity may cause evaluators to give better ratings to employees who exhibit the same interests, work methods, points of view or standards. A major problem with this cause of distortion is that it can stifle innovation in a company, as "different" people must struggle to rise in the ranks. Leniency * Leniency, sometimes referred to as inflation, is the tendency of evaluators to give employees higher marks than deserved across the board, usually because of the desire to avoid conflicts. The issue with this distortion cause is that a person's qualifications and successes are misrepresented, with sometimes undeserving individuals getting pay raises and other perks. Related to this concept is...
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...Paul Tillich addresses faith on what is and what it isn’t. One way for me to really understand a concept is to fathom what the concept is not. Combing through the course reading I was able to accumulate what faith is not from 3 key distortions Tillich brings out about faith. In the Intellectualistic Distortion of faith he says, “The most ordinary misinterpretation of faith is to consider it an act of knowledge that has a low degree of evidence”. From this concept I gather that many deduce faith down to merely having a cerebral belief or knowledge, rather than faith itself. Trust in an authority is one way a person can gain knowledge of faith. Many will accept a proposition as faith given by an authority such as a minister or pastor with little to no evidence. Oftentimes our trust in an authority would be just enough to believe. Without this trust we hold for good authorities, our awareness and perception would be significantly smaller. With that said, acceptance of a proposition validated from an authority is not faith. Tillich barrows from Thomas Aquinas who states “the lack of evidence which faith has must be complemented by an act of will. This describes the sentiment of the second distortion called the Voluntaristic Distortion. This speaks of one having the will to believe as the basis and only that. I think that many people hinge their faith on moral interpretations of religion by creeds and commands. Commanding...
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...Assignment 1.1 Chart one Who was the sender? Friend | | Who was the receiver? Myself | | What was the message? To meet up at southland mall at 7pm in the parking lot. | | What channel was used to send the message? Verbal channel was used | | What was the misunderstanding that occurred? The miss understanding happened during the decoding process | | How could the misunderstanding have been avoided? The miss understanding could have been avoided if I would have paid more attention to the end portion of the message. | | 1. What did you learn about the communication process from this activity? What I learned about the communication process in this exercise is the complexity of the communication process steps. Every step is important to the complete success of the message leaving the sender and arriving to the receiver. In this example the message was distorted by distractions or noise that cause me to miscode the message during the decoding process. 2. What seemed to be the main causes of the misunderstandings? The main causes of the misunderstanding was the fact that I was excited and in a hurry to meet up with my friend that I didn’t pay enough attention to the details of the message and missed understood. Chart Two Who was the sender? Myself | | Who was the receiver? Coworkers | | What was the message? Grab large packages off the belt before they jam in curb. | | What channel was used to send the message? Verbal channel...
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...Defensive behavior, in short, engenders defensive listening, and this in turn produces postural, facial and verbal cues which raise the defense level of the original communicator. Defense arousal prevents the listener from concentrating upon the message. Not only do defensive communicators send off multiple value, motive and affect cues, but also defensive recipients distort what they receive. As a person becomes more and more defensive, he or she becomes less and less able to perceive accurately the motives, the values and the emotions of the sender. The writer's analysis of tape recorded discussions revealed that increases in defensive behavior were correlated positively with losses in efficiency in communication.(1) Specifically, distortions become greater when...
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...Distortion Master A Hungarian born photographer, Andre Kertesz, is known for his innovative collection of photojournalism that first began to fully develop in Paris. His collection named Distortion came to be discovered and developed when Kertesz photographed a man swimming underwater. This photo named Underwater Swimmer taken in 1917, more than slightly distinguishes what his distortion collection consists of. As seen in the photo the water morphs the body; some parts are enlarged, for example the swimmers shoulders and others are not as seen from the waist down. This un-proportional effect caused by the water developed his ideas of what and how he came to create his series of distorted photographs. In 1933, Kertesz began to work for a magazine called Le Sourire. Le Sourire was a “magazine known for its piquant illustrations of undressed girls” (Andre 18). That today would be considered a playboy type of magazine. Kertesz approached this task by photographing nude women but transformed the photos into distorted photos. He did this by using fun house mirrors to provide him the effect he wanted to convey though his photos. The fun house mirrors shifted the body, stretched, squeezed, and of course distorted it. The photograph that best exemplifies his distortion collection is Distortion #70. As mentioned before these photos were taken for a nude magazine. So, here all you see is a woman’s breast and much of her torso when you first look at it. The model’s face is morphed out...
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...Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Modern trends and the local traditions What is the thesis statement of the essay? The arrival of the modern attitudes and the movement is characterized by the gradual shift in the subject matter, application of the new styles and most importantly the change in the outlook of the artists in looking onto the arts. The visible signs of the modification are depicted by the tastes of the artists to distort, exaggerate, or eliminate selectively specific parts for the common or normal existing forms or to deviate from the established style in the work based on the realism. However, the school of realism unlike elsewhere has had a relatively short history and remains impressive and powerful (Nepali Art 147). This has taken roots especially with the arrival of the two pioneers Tej Bahadur Chitrakar and C.M Mackey with the art education of the western in Calcutta. How the thesis statement is supported by the arguments and major points In the context of the Nepali art, since the ancient times to present, Kathmandu Valley has in many cases remained a hub and the center of all the creative exercise of the entire country. With the emergence of the modern western education on art, Lainsigh Bandel, who is a domicile Nepali from the Darjeeling hills in India having no roots in the valley of Kathmandu when he appeared when he make an appearance with the distorted forms of humans described as the inspired form the past impressionistic influences...
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...portraiture. His base layer of paint consists of more typically know skin colours (e.g. brown and cream tones). However, colours such as green, yellow, pink, orange and hints of blue overlap this layer using more vigorous strokes. While exploring this technique, I also came to realise that Paul Wright also uses a range of tones for example very light green in some areas compared to very dark green in others. His brushstrokes are dynamic and rich in energy that generally imitate the outline of features of the face. The size of his strokes vary, with smaller ones near delicate features such as the eyes compared to large, less restricted strokes for the hair. These were the first steps I took in exploring the relationship between portraiture and distortion. At this stage I am mainly looking at the technique used to create a distorted image, rather than the photograph itself. Born in 1971 in Devon, Russ Mills graduated from Leeds Met University in 1995 after completing BA in Graphic Art and Design, specialising in Experimental Film and Animation. His current work is a clash of styles from pop sureealism to focusing on the human form and elements of nature....
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...family together”. There are phrases, which are cognitive distortions in client’s speech. They are: “My daughter never comes to visit me”, “I am totally on my own”, “I will never get over it”, I have failed in all aspects”, “Everyone at the streets…”. These phrases have many sings of distortions, such as magnifications (I am totally on my own, I will never get over, Everybody at the streets seems to know that I have failed as a mother, my daughter never comes to me); generalizations (never, totally); all or nothing thinking (I will never get over it if…); emotional reasoning (I feel so out of place, I’m beginning to think they are avoiding me, Don’t you think that a mother deserves more than this?); labeling and jumping to conclusions (my daughter probably think I don’t care); and making an accent on negative. These cognitive distortions are not based on real facts. They exaggerate negative sides of the problem and speak nothing about the good points. At the same time it is necessary to remember that these distortions make the part of core cognitions of the client and make a part of her picture of the world. She does not realize negative effect of these cognitions and the task of the councilor in this case is to help the women to recognize these ruining cognitions. In our case we must acquire our client with cognitive distortions, which are presented in her way of thinking. In the most of the cases these distortions are not recognized by the client and we should put effort...
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...situation. As stated in the Corey (2009) text, I believe that people with emotional difficulties often times tend to “commit characteristic logical errors that tilt objective reality in the direction of self-deprecation” (p. 288). Through my own therapy experience I came to understand the connection between my thinking, my feelings and my actions. I learned to identify distorted thinking, engage in realistic thinking, and to employ problem-solving and coping skills. This method helped me through my own difficult times and therefore I know it works and would like to help others through its use. View of Human Nature People possess faulty beliefs and maladaptive information processing (automatic thoughts) which can lead to cognitive distortions and depression (Chadwick, 1994). In cognitive therapy clients learn to identify these distorted cognitions through evaluation. Corey states (2009) that once clients gain insight into how these unrealistically negative thoughts affect them, their feelings, and behaviors; they can begin to “use their automatic thoughts to reach the core schemata and then begin to introduce the idea of schema restructuring” thus easing the depression (p. 288). Key Tenets Cognitive therapy is based on three tenets: (1) you feel the way you think, (2) thoughts are dominated by a pervasive negativity, and (3) negative thoughts related to depression are almost always irrational and distorted. Therapy includes the recognition and...
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...Company Huffman Trucking is a privately owned transportation company that has been in business for 60 years. The company has grown into a multi million-dollar company with over 1,400 employees and hundreds of vehicles. Huffman Trucking needs a better way to track the maintenance on their fleet of tractors, trailer and the roll-on/roll-offs. The fleet has to undergo periodic maintenance. Plan Putting the equipment's maintenance history, the parts used and vendor information into one database will save Huffman Trucking time and money. The database can include parts inventory information, parts catalogue information, the vendors used and their associated information, and parts purchasing history. The database will include all the maintenance history on each piece of equipment, such as the maintenance of the equipment itself, tire maintenance, the type of maintenance and the maintenance work orders. Conclusion Building a database saves money on maintenance by reducing redundant information and improving record keeping. Both the service and accounting departments will be able to utilize this database to keep track of parts purchases and costs. Having all the information in one central database would allow the diverse facilities to use the database. This type of centralization would bring more accuracy in Huffman Trucking's record keeping and would save money, time and manpower. Huffman Trucking Fleet Maintenance Database Solution Introduction Huffman Trucking is a...
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...Here are my two expressions X^2-36/3x and 7w-2/16w^2-1 The domain of a rational expression is the set of all numbers which are allowed to substitute for the variable in the expression. It is possible that some numbers will not be allowed depending on what the denominator has in it. In our Real Number System division by zero cannot be done. There is no number (or any other object)which can be the answer to division by zero so we must simply call the attempt “undefined.” A denominator cannot be zero because in a rational number or expression the denominator divides the numerator. In my first expression, the denominator is a constant term, meaning there is no variable present. Since it is impossible for 3x to equal zero, there are no excluded values for the domain. We can say the domain (D) is the set of all Real Numbers, written in set notation that would look like this: For my second expression, I need to set the denominator equal to zero to find my excluded values for w. 16w^2– 1 = 0 I notice this is a difference of squares which I can factor. (4w +1)(4w - 1) = 0 Set each factor equal to zero. 3w – 2 = 0 or 3w + 2 = 0 Add or subtract 2 from both sides. 4w = -1 or 4w = 1 Divide both sides by 4. w = 1/4 or w = -1/4 These are the excluded values for my second expression. The domain (D) for my second expression is the set of all Reals excluding ±1/4. In set notation, this can be written as D = {w| w ∈ ℜ, w ≠ ±1/4} Now, both of my...
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...ACC 3300- Access Assignment Table: Customer, field name customer phone number. I placed a validation rule and a text rule where the area code of a customer’s telephone number can only contain 303 or 720. I did because I felt that the company was too small and did not have the resources to ship baskets outside Colorado. If the company should grow and expand and if revenue increases, the validation rule will no longer exist. Table: Custom Gift Basket Order/ Design, field name order date. One of the controls that I placed in this field was that the date needed to be entered in the system a specific way. I placed an input mask of the format for the date that I wanted the system to recognize. The format for the date is 99/99/0000, once a date is added to Access; Access will then rewrite it and display it in a written format of the date and the month. An example will look something like this 04/16/2013 will equal out to be Wednesday, April 16, 2013. Table: Customer, field customer name, customer address. Another control added to these fields is that a limit was placed on how many characters a field would contain; instead of having the limit that Access provides which are 255 characters in a field. I thought was too much and decided to shorten the length requirement. In the fields the customers name can only contain 12 characters and customers address is only limited to 50 characters. Basic information is needed from the customers; the company doesn’t need any explanations...
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...boxes that appear on the screen. When you are done, click on the right arrow to go to the next page. Next Page Keep reading each page until you come to page 9. On this page you are given a task to perform. Notice that where you are to click is outlined in red. Be sure to perform all tasks as you go through the lab. Perform this task 10. Take each quick quiz as you go through the topics to help ensure that you are mastering the material. 11. You are not required to turn in any work from this online lab. Part 2 – Designing databases Review and Definitions: * The hierarchy of data begins with a character, a collection of related characters is a field, a collection of related fields is a record, a collection of related records is a file, and a collection of related files is a database. Example of fields used in a student database would be “Last Name”, “First Name”, “SSN”, “Major”, and “GPA”. A record in a student...
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...A set of real numbers used in place of a variable (x, y, z, etc…) is called the domain. Real numbers are used in place of variables to assist in the functionality of the equations. This excludes any real number that causes the denominator to be zero. The reason a denominator cannot be zero is because when we divide the denominator with the numerator, you cannot divide by zero. You can’t have a value that is undefined. The two problems that I was assigned are as follows: 1-x2x 2b-22b2-8 In my first expression, I start by transforming it to a rational expression (1-x) (1+x). Since each set contains terms that are perfect squares, I will factor using the difference of squares formula: a²-b²= (a-b) (a+b). In my problem, a = x and gives me: (-x+1) (x+1). Next, I reorder the polynomial from left to right starting with highest order term which is x = 0 As stated above, the domain of an expression is all real numbers except when the expression is undefined. Type equation here. (1-x)(1+x)x I simply the FOIL expression by multiplying and combining like terms giving me: 1-x2x I divide each term in the numerator and denominator. Then I reduce the term by removing the factor of x giving me the expression: 1x-x The Domain (D) is the set of all Real Numbers, written in set notation that would look like this: D = {x| x ∈ ℜ} The final answer is: x≠0 Undefined written in set notation. D={x|x ∈ R, x ≠ 0} In my second expression, I will start by factoring...
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