...The Dynamics of Writing and Family “Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand." -- Bruce Fairchild Barton, advertising executive and congressman Uncle would say, "There are certain inalienable truths you must accept." So when I raged about Atheists being disqualified for holding office in Arkansas or how it's illegal to carry a bible in Singapore, he'd say, "Write it down. Let it out." I've filled four journals. On an idle Thursday, when my mind was free of frustration, I read the crumpled, yellowed pages of my black leather journal and saw a natural progression from black to color. I had precisely captured all my experiences, but in an entirely aesthetic way. From then on, every time I opened my journal, I found myself in an unfamiliar environment writing to capture a mood or scene with creative language. It was my therapeutic getaway from reality. In the summertime, every Sunday, after taking a rattling cold bus, two smoky, humid subway trains, and picking up the best peanuts on 114th street, I would arrive at Riverside Park, New York. I wrote at least one piece every time I was there and shared my work with the same old man who perused the New York Times and the same skinny college student who sunbathed in her bikini. After noting any criticism they gave, I would return home, edit and embellish each piece. ...
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...This essay will describe the changes in family dynamics at the birth of a child as they affect each of the following: newborn, mother, father, siblings, and extended family of the new parents. Although a newborn baby is a bundle of joy, some adjustments should be done to welcome the new member of the family. With a new addition to the family all members should expect and be prepared for tremendous changes. These changes directly affect the mother, father, siblings and extended family of the new parents. First, we can start with the changes in the newborn’s life. With the delivery the baby undergoes a huge stress. Until the delivery the newborn is safe and sound in her mother’s uterus. She received nourishment from her mom, she heard her heartbeat and it was nice and warm in there. As soon as she leaves the uterus there are so many changes that she has to go through. Learning to breathe independently, adjusting to different temperatures and the very difficult feeding process makes her little body exhausted. It’s important that the parents provide the baby with the best medical care so the baby can grow to be a healthy child. In addition, the baby needs a positive family interaction to make the adjustment easier. Secondly, we can examine the mother, the most important figure in the baby’s early stages. We can easily say that the mother’s adjustment to her new life is the most difficult one. Mothers go through drastic hormonal changes during their pregnancies. After the labor...
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...Having a baby is a miracle in itself. In most cases it brings the parents closer together in many ways. Many changes take effect in every aspect of everyone involved from the parents, to the siblings, grandparents and extended family. When a new baby is brought into the home, everything revolves around him. Everyone in the home will need to make changes to welcome the new member of the family. Family dynamics endure many changes. Bringing a new baby home is an exciting time for everyone, especially the baby. The baby is now in a new environment outside of it’s warm, safe and quiet cocoon that it was sheltered in for nine months. Newborn’s generally sleep 2-4 hours between feedings and can get very fussy when they wake in order to be fed. The only skill they have is to cry in order to alert that they are hungry. Without this skill they would not be able to alert their caregivers that they are hungry, tired, or need to be changed. Within the first few days, babies become more alert and give cues to their parents. Being more alert means they feed more frequently. But, being alert also means they will be sensitive to all the discomforts of the new world they have entered. Some babies are better than others with dealing with stimulation and calming down when their parents try to soothe them. It is important for parents to be careful not to let them get overstimulated. As the new baby’s cries fill the air, everyone in the household will need to make adjustments in their own way. ...
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...A 61 year old male Caucasian with acute abdominal pain, presents to the ED observation unit with diaphoretic and panting respirations when experiencing abdominal cramp, BP: 168/84 HR: 92, RR: 18, SPO2: 98% on room air, Temp: 98.7(37.05C); EKG shows NSR. No ectopy patient reported decrease in pain from 10 to 7 due to pain medication received few minutes before transfer to observation unit. Abdomen distended with hypoactive, high pitch bowel sounds; tenderness around umbilical and lower quadrant. Ambulates to the bathroom to void. Unsteady on feet. Previous night he hardly slept because of abdominal pain. Vomited once before arrival to the ED. When assessed, PERRLA, alert and oriented x 4. He has IV 0.9Normal saline infusing at 100ml/hour. This patient was represented by a mane in the simulation lab and was assigned to three nursing student. The issue is the emergence of a complication during nursing care process and our ability to recognize the abrupt drop in SPO2 from 98% to 92%. This was followed by confirmation of physician order for oxygen and subsequent administration of oxygen through a nasal cannula. If we had not recognized the change early enough to intervene appropriately, crisis would have resulted. This is indication that caring is the essence of nursing practice. Being knowledgeable, skillful and focused is important in the achievement of patient optimal goal. This single act of carefulness protected patient against complications. According...
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...FAMILY DYNAMICS Relationships in Marriage and the Family Instructor: Donnie Hilliard Faulkner University April 24, 2012 Shannon Hendricks In my reading of the chapters that dealt with what relationships are about I pondered over the parts that dealt with the sexuality part I was shocked to read some of the findings. I thought that the reading would consider with that of the Holy Script but to my surprise it was more secular. I found it to be very aggressively written, so much to the degree that I question if I were reading the right material. I read that it mattered not who fell in love but that they loved each other. Now I agree with that if the relationship is heterosexual but if not I cannot agree. Love is never the same in any relationship, meaning no two people love the same at the same time. People have misinterpreted lust for love. If you were never taught the difference then it might be a controlling factor in your relationship, whether it is good or bad, that might be a communication problem with two people. Sex is very important in any relationship, I do agree but it should not control the relationship or the two persons in the relationship. How often do we talk about our sexual acts with our friends and try to compare them, wrong move. Should we be evaluating our bedroom acts with that of another? We will share that before we share with our friends how much money we make. Differences in Partners ...
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...Ways Family Roles & Dynamics Impact Addiction The conduct of individuals is often directly impacted by the social aspects surrounding his or her life; both personally and professionally. Influences of personal relationships, specifically family, substantially dictate the manner in which we eat, drink, speak, dress, etc. This could be due to foundational practices involving cultural, traditional and other adopted customs. These routines tend to be directly and/or indirectly persuasive to an individual. Van Wormer and Davis (2013) explain that an addiction is a “family illness” which is indicative of a malfunction or an anomaly in the family system and “affects the family dynamics” (Van Wormer & Davis, 2013, p. 505). Therefore, in order for an individual to find relief and recover from an addiction, changes...
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...patient. It changes the dynamics of families and friendships and effects relationships on many different levels. When a cancer patient undergoes treatment their family and friends undergo changes too, some of them physical but many of them emotional. It is important to have open and thorough communication with an experienced oncologist who can explain not just the disease and treatment, but the changes that a patient and family may experience. An experienced oncologist can give you resources to foster positive discussions between patients and their families. A Shift in Family Dynamic A cancer diagnosis can cause an immediate shift in family dynamics. If the patient was the primary breadwinner...
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...QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAM 1. What is control? 2. What is automatic control? 3. What is called as automatic control system? 4. What is the primary goal of automatic control? 5. What is called as object of management? 6. What is called as the operated size? 7. What is called as operating body? 8. What is called as a sensitive element? 9. What is the entrance and target sizes? 10. What is called as operating influence? 11. What is called as indignation? 12. What is called as a deviation from the set size? 13. What is called as the actuation device? 14. What is called as the setting device? 15. What is called as a function chart and of what it consists? 16. In what difference of a signal from physical size? 17. In what an essence of a principle of the opened management? 18. In what an essence of a principle of indemnification? 19. In what an essence of a principle of feedback? 20. List merits and demerits of principles of management? 21. What special case of management is called as regulation? 22. In what difference of systems of direct and indirect regulation? 23. List and give the short characteristic of principal views CS? 24. What is called as static mode CS? 25. What is called as static characteristics CS? 26. What is called as the equation of statics CS? 27. What difference from strengthening factor is called in transfer factor, in what? 28. In what difference...
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...Glossary of musical terminology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English), in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings. Most of the other terms are taken from French and German, indicated by "(Fr)" and "(Ger)", respectively. Others are from languages such as Portuguese, Latin, and Spanish. Unless specified, the terms are Italian or English. The list can never be complete: some terms are common, and others are used only occasionally, and new ones are coined from time to time. Some composers prefer terms from their own language rather than the standard terms here. Contents A· B· C· D· E· F· G· H· I· J· K· L· M· N· O· P· Q· R· S· T· U· V· W· Z See also· References· External links See also: Glossary of jazz and popular music A[edit] a, à (Fr): at, to, by, for, in, in the style of... a 2: see a due in this list a battuta: return to normal tempo after a deviation. Not recommended in string parts, due to possible confusion with battuto (qv.); use a tempo, which means the same thing. ab (Ger): Off, organ stops...
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...Group Dynamics Most people within the organizations belong to some formal work group that establishes temporary or permanent groups to accomplish tasks and achievements. These groups consist of different people within the organization who work together to accomplish objectives of the company (Jex & Britt, 2008). It is important that there is an examination of the behavior of the groups so that a complete understanding of the behavior is obtained. There are many types of groups that people become a part of in their everyday life including family, community, church, and within their profession. Memberships to these groups are important because it plays an important role in their behaviors and attitudes. This paper will identify an organizational group of which I have been a part of and will give analysis of the group dynamics of my chosen group. As a part of the analysis the group will be described including the purpose, goals, and demographic nature such as gender, education, and so forth. The stages are development experienced by the group is described and the structure and effect of the structure on the effectiveness of the group is written to help readers understand the importance of the group. Explanation of the dynamics of group behavior within the group and analysis of the effect that group has on me concerning group polarization, conformity, and groupthink concepts. Counseling Department for Georgia Department of Corrections There are many reasons to why a...
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...NAME: COLLINS EBUNOLUWA T MATRIC NO: 12BB013175 COURSE CODE: PSY 420 COURSE TITLE: SOCIAL PERCEPTION & GROUP PROCESSES. ASSIGNMENT. * WHAT IS A GROUP? * DISCUSS THE NATURE OF GROUP DYNAMICS. QUESTION 1: WHAT IS A GROUP. INTRODUCTION. Groups are a necessary part of social life. They can be very small including just two people or very large. Being in groups is part of everyday life and many of us will belong to a wide range of groups, for example: family groups, social groups, sports groups, committees, etc. * A group is a collection of people with some common characteristics or purpose. * A collection of individuals who have regular contact and frequent interaction, mutual influence, common feeling of solidarity, and who work together to achieve a common set of goals. * A group is a collection of individuals who have relations to one another that make them interdependent to some significant degree. * A group refers to a class of social entities having in common the property of interdependence among their constituent members. In the past decades, the collectivities of different individuals have been identified and also studied scientifically. In the last decade of the nineteenth century, Émile Durkheim established just how wrapped up individual identity was with group membership, and Gustave Le Bon argued that people changed as they joined groupings such as crowds. Soon North American sociologists such as Charles Horton Cooley (1909) began to theorize...
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...individuals who are trying to satisfy some personal need through their joint association. 2. Group dynamics - the scientific study of the nature of groups, behavior in groups, group development, and the interrelations between groups and individuals, other groups, and larger entities. 3. Group effectiveness - the ability of a group to accomplish its goals effectively. 4. Interdependence - the idea that in a group an event that affects one of them affects them all. 5. Role - expectation of the appropriate behavior of an occupant of a position toward other related positions. 6. Norm - common belief regarding group members’ appropriate behavior, attitudes, and perceptions; rules, implicit or explicit, that regulate the behavior of group members. 7. Status - the degree to which an individual’s contribution is crucial to the success and prestige of the group, how much power and control over outcomes that individual has, and the extent to which the person embodies some idealized or admired characteristic. 8. Sequential-stage theory of group development - the typical order of the phases of group development. 9. Recurring-phase theory of group development - focus on the issues that dominate group interaction again and again. 10. Primary group - small groups characterized by face-to-face interaction, interdependence, and strong group identification such as families and very...
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...CODE: GCP 421 COURSE TITLE: BEHAVIOURS IN ORGANIZATION QUESTION: GROUP DYNAMICS GROUP 6 NAMES: MATRIC NO: COMB: 1. FIFONYINKEN SERAH ANU 20120104022 GCP/YOR 2. ABDULQADIR SHUKRAH ADEFOLAKE 20120104049 GCP/ISS 3. MEDAHUNSI ELIZABETH I. 20120104023 GCP/YOR 4. AJIBUWA ROSEMARY ADERONKE 20120104033 GCP/CRS LECTURER-IN-CH ARGE DR. ONABAMIRO A. A WHAT IS A GROUP A group is defined as two or more individuals who are connected to one another by social relationships. Every organization is a group unto itself. A group refers to two or more people who share a common meaning and evaluation of themselves and come together to achieve common goals. In other words, a group is a collection of people who interact with one another; accept rights and obligations as members and who share a common identity. MEANING OF GROUP DYNAMICS The word dynamics means ‘force’. Group dynamics means the study of forces within a group. Since human beings have an innate desire for belonging to a group, group dynamism is bound to occur. In an organization or in a society, we can see groups, small or large, working for the well-being. The social process by which people interact with each other in small groups can be called group dynamism. A group has certain common objectives and goals and members are bound together with certain values and culture. In organizational development, group dynamics refers to the understanding of behaviour of people in groups that are trying...
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...Report) Guidelines For Writing the Report of Internship Activities 2 Table of Contents What You Should Know Before You Start Your Paper…………………………………………… (including what is done with your paper, how to submit your final paper AND who needs to read your paper before it is finalized) Sample Title Page………………………………………………………………………………….. Sample Internship Paper Release Form……………………………………………………………. Sample Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………. Summary of Internship Experiences………………………………………………………………. Case Summaries…………………………………………………….…………………………....... Self-Evaluation…………………………………………………………………………………...... Evaluation of the M.S. in Counseling Psychology Program………………………………………. Individual Case Summary Format…………………………………………………………………. Family Case Summary Format…………………………………………………………………….. Group Case Summary Format………………………………………………….………………….. Group Case Summary (Process)………………….………………………………………... Group Case Summary (Psycho-educational)……………………….………………............ Group Case Summary (Support/Self-Help Group)………………………………………… Couples Case Summary Format……………………………………………………........................ 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 12 13 13 14 15 16 Guidelines For Writing the Report of Internship Activities 3 WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU START YOUR PAPER Over the years the Guidelines for Writing the Report of Internship Activities has changed, thus you need to be careful to follow the format in THIS CURRENT GUIDELINE instead of relying on the format of previous students’ final...
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...Organizational Culture and Leadership Defined California University of Management and Sciences Part III Case Study Professor Victor Hernandez MBA Chih-Min Liao 2014/8/29 Table of content CH.12 HOW CULTURE EMERGES IN NEW GROUPS------------------------------------------3 Introduction---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Group Formation through Originating and Marker Events--------------------------------3 Stages of Group Evolution----------------------------------------------------------------------5 Conclusions---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Ch.13 How Founders/Leaders Create Organizational Cultures------------------------------------7 Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Culture Beginnings through Founder/Leader------------------------------------------------7 Example of Culture Evolution------------------------------------------------------------------9 Conclusions--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13 CH14. How Leaders Embed and Transmit Culture--------------------------------------------------14 Primary Embedding Mechanisms--------------------------------------------------------------15 What Leaders Pay Attention to, Measure, and Control-------------------------------------15 Leader Reactions to Critical Incidents and...
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