...Beverly’s Heartbreak I recall the first time I kissed my first boyfriend, Steve, on my 15th birthday. He introduced himself to my parents and relatives. His parents came over for my birthday party. It was special, you know? We met in 5th grade and I instantly developed a crush on him. According to me, I got the guy of my dreams. After all, he was a Caucasian guy with blue eyes and light brown hair. It was exactly what my Hispanic parents wanted: a young man with a future ahead of him. We began dating that same day at my party. We shared everything with each other. I’d send him cool songs I found on YouTube and he’d send me the latest cat memes and clothing ideas. We always knew what was on each other’s mind. For my 16th birthday, he got me...
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...Heartbreak ridge is one of the bloodiest wars of its date, and it all started from the beginning of the Korean war. The Korean war started when forces from North Korea which is communist, attack into South Korea . The United States allies United Nations, went to the defense of South Korea and fought a long bloody three year war. Major General Clovis Byers is commander of the United States, the 2nd Infantry Division commander Brigadier General Thomas Shazo led the US forces. This war was divided into battles. The battle i am talking about, is the battle of heartbreak ridge. The battle lasted from September 13th until October 15th of 1951. Communist North Korea had the Chinese support for the battle.They were on the ground and ready for the attack on South Korea. The United Nations had sent a force of American and French troops that were supported by the South Korean, Filipino, and Dutch forces. The Communists decided set up a very large network of trenches on Heartbreak Ridge. These trenches made it even harder to assault from the really deep inclines that went to the crests on the ridge line....
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...It doesn’t always erase life; love. Mistakes. Heartbreaks. We don’t ask for what we receive, but sometimes we become better from it. We’ve never known what “love” really is, but we do know it makes are stomach ache and it makes us drop everything. So what is it that makes us feel that strong attachment to another? Is it a whimsical feeling that comes over us when we meet “the one?” Is it a naturally occurring chemical cocktail mixing together in our brains? Throughout this paper I will be sharing what I’ve found from exploring the topic of love. Hopefully by the end we will all have a better understanding of what love really is. After reading most of the articles I’ve collected about love I’ve noticed that they all refer to Sternberg’s triangular theory of love. This theory suggests that there are three components to love and a different combination of them make up different kinds of love. The three components are intimacy, passion, and commitment. Intimacy and passion make up what is called romantic love. Passion and Commitment make up fatuous love. Commitment and intimacy make up companionate love. If you combined all three components you get consummate love, which is what everyone wants their relationship to have. From a biology stand point; it is hypothesized that things such as hormonal changes, things that happen to you throughout your life, can change your brains chemistry. This can lead to someone being susceptible to stimulation from another person, which ultimately...
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...The Long-Term Care System is constantly changing; action is necessary not only for the future elderly population, but also for those currently in need, both under and over age 65. This research paper will mainly focus and point out two main concerns within the long-term care system. First issue will be discussed on how to develop a vision of a better, more responsive long-term care system and the policies to promote it. Then the second issue will clarify on financing and delivery options. Services are provided including adult day care centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospice and Home Health Care. Adult Day Care is used to relieve the caregiver usually their son or daughter from or his or her duties for the day while ensuring...
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...Seminar Paper on the Topic: Scarlett O’Hara as a Complicated Heroine INTRODUCTION Gone with the Wind, a popular romantic novel by Margaret Mitchell, differs from most Civil War novels by glorifying the South and demonizing the North. Other popular novels about the Civil War, such as Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, are told from a Northern perspective and tend to exalt the North’s values. Mitchell’s novel is unique also for its portrayal of a strong-willed, independent woman, Scarlett O’Hara, who shares many characteristics with Mitchell herself. Mitchell frequently defied convention, divorcing her first husband and pursuing a career in journalism despite the disapproval of society. Gone with the Wind was published in 1936; ten years after Mitchell began writing it. A smash success upon publication, Gone with the Wind became—and remains even now—one of the best-selling novels of all time. It received the 1937 Pulitzer Prize. In the late 1930s a film version of the novel was planned, and David O. Selznick’s nationwide search for an actress to play Scarlett O’Hara captivated the nation’s attention. The resulting film starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable as Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler, and it quickly became one of the most popular motion pictures of all time. My research paper discusses about the character of the protagonist. No doubt Scarlett O’Hara is a complicated heroine in the story. But there is nothing to say...
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...Anime addiction and Its Influence to the Lifestyle of High School students of St. Mary’s College of Tagum _________________________ A Research Presented to ______________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English IV By Acknowledgement This research paper would not be exist without the Help of our parents, who give us advice when we need them, Who inspires to work this research paper, they were a great source of support and encouragement. To Mrs. Dinah L. Mission who gives us this project to experience how to make a research paper and give us an idea to make this research paper complete. To all of our friends who give us support and to share their ideas to this research paper. To our God w Dedication This research paper is to the people who help us Table of Contents Title Page i Table of Contents ii Chapter 1 What is anime? Why is Anime Addicting? Does watching anime affect our personality? What can and can’t we learn from watching anime? How can anime influence us? What is anime? According to Dictionary.com “a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, Violence and, sexuality.” According to anime otaku (obsessed of anime) “essential...
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...Irish Americans: Cultural Implications In Psychotherapy Treatment Elizabeth Mathews Loma Linda University Table of Content Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… 3 Background………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………. 3 Culture.………………..………………………………………………………………………………...…………….3 Historical………………………………………………………………………………………………..………….. 4 Characteristics.………………………………………………………………………………......…………………………. 4 Language. ………………………………………………………………...………………………………………….4 Oppression………………………………………………………………………………………………….……….5 Alcohol…………...…………………………………………………………………………………………..……….5 Depression and Suicide…………………………………………………………………………………………...………6 Northern Ireland………………………………………………………………………………………..……….. 6 Depression and Cultural Impact………………………………………………………………….……….. 7 Suicide and Cultural Change…………………………………………………………………………………8 Family Structure….………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 Women/Mothers ……………………………………………………………………………………………….11 Men/Fathers….…………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Children………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………12 In Therapy……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13 References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 There are assumptions and stereotypes surrounding every cultural group in the world; some are true and some are far from accurate. These assumptions and stereotypes provide a lens through which one experiences people they come...
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...Hard Work Pays Off Success can be defined differently depending on the person for example, achieving the goal of graduating high school, striving to be highly educated or getting that job that is desperately needed. Eminence is something that many students want, but also something that many students are not prepared to really work for. Those learning to benefit from their mistakes use them to adapt to different situations. Research says that living in poverty during early childhood is related to lower levels of academic performance, beginning in kindergarten and extending through high school, and lower rates of high school completion. Everyone was once a student, everyone struggled even teachers had rough times in school. As a teacher having...
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...Minnesota. Her reasons for choosing each these cities varies and she realizes very quickly that making ends meet in any of these cities will not be easy to do if not impossible on a low salary. The author meets numerous people, including Holly a maid in Maine that she befriends. Ehrenreich’s view of low wage workers helps her understand their situation around the country as she comes to the realization that one cannot afford nutritious food, a protected living enviroment and provide for health insurance all on low earnings. My paper will discuss the repercussions of low wages on the working poor as well as how they are viewed by society. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America The book Nickel and Dimed begins with the author, Barbara Ehrenreich (2011), contemplating how she will take on the task of living with limited money and assets as she has a Ph.D. in Biology, but her focus became social change. Ehrenreich must ground rules for her research and decides that she must have transportation, a place to live and food to eat as these are things that she will need to get by. "Transportation is also a major barrier to financial self-sufficiency for many working poor families. Many of the working poor do not get to work with the ease that most working non-poor enjoy" (Lambert, 1998). The second leg of Ehnrenreich’s journey begins in...
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...University of La Verne Graduate School of Business BUS 585 Strategies in Change Management Individual Research Paper: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Five Stages of Loss Xiaohan Liu Professor John C. Sivie July 11, 2013 Background Information In people’s life, it is usually to be seen that some tragedies happens. This may result in horrible experience because people have to cope with such tragedies for a long time. The tragedies may be health-related, family-related, job-related, accident-related, and so on. For example, if someone in your family is diagnosed with a chronic or terminal disease, it may be regarded as a tragedy in your life. It is not only physical accident, but also mental and emotional anguish. According to Torrey (2012), millions of new victims suffer medical mistakes and errors in healthcare every year. Hundreds of thousands die. More and more people feel debilitated for different reasons, and the medical mistakes result in life-changing, which are also tragedies. The effects of how people cope with tragedies may be a combination of physical, mental and emotional. Here is a question: if you are diagnosed with a terminal disease, or if your life quality is destroyed by a medical accident, how can you get past the anguish and grief? And what are you going to do to cope with the accident? Thus, it is necessary to have general guidelines to help you to understand and get through the grieving process, as well as set the stage to help you begin coping. Introduction ...
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...Family of Diversity Cultural Assessment Kristal T. Abstract The family discussed in this paper is of German/Islamic ethnicity. They are a multigenerational family living under one roof, and making the best of what they have. Living in the household is the mother (HW), the father (AW), paternal grandmother (JW), and two children (EW & RW). The mother has some issues that she is working through from her upbringing, and the father is somewhat distant. One of the children has a severe illness that dictates how everyone lives. Both the mother and father suffer from depression, and they feel that this affects their quality time with the children. The mother was extremely open in discussing her family, while both the father and mother in-law were more distant. Both of the parents work, and leave the upbringing of the children to the paternal grandmother. Overall the W Family is pretty Americanized, with only small parts of their culture coming up in daily life. Family of Diversity Cultural Assessment Family Description The family discussed in this paper is a multigenerational family. Included in the household is the father (AW), age 37, mother (HW), age 32, paternal grandmother, (JW), age 69, and two children (EW, RW), whose ages are 6 and 4 respectively. Both AW and HW are the biological parents to the children, with this being their only marriage. HW is a 1st generation immigrant with her parents emigrating from Tehran, Iran to England, and then to America...
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...Commons, Philosophy Commons, and the Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Chapman, Heather M., "Love: A Biological, Psychological and Philosophical Study" (2011). Senior Honors Projects. Paper 254. http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/srhonorsprog/254 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors Program at the University of Rhode Island at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Senior Honors Projects by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@etal.uri.edu. 1 Running head: LOVE Love: A biological, psychological and philosophical study. Heather Chapman University of Rhode Island 2 LOVE Dedication This paper is dedicated to the love of my life Jason Matthew Nye October 4,1973 - January 26, 2011 3 LOVE Abstract The concept of love has been an eternally elusive subject. It is a definition and meaning that philosophers, psychologists, and biologists have been seeking since the beginning of time. Wars have been waged and fought over it, while friendships have been initiated and have ended because of this idea. But what exactly is love, and why is it important to define this enigma? In order to help define this idea of love, several books and numerous research articles were consulted, and interviews were conducted with faculty of The University of Rhode Island. Dr. Nasser Zawia was interviewed, in order to help understand the role of neurobiology...
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...Also, sometimes a parent's love makes them unable to let go. I've seen so many parents put their needs above their infant's because they just can't bear to suffer the grief of losing a child. It's heartbreaking when you can see parents in total denial and you know that the end will come one way or another but they just can't accept it. I don't know if that's the case here or not, but it's certainly a possibility. Parental Grief The theme of parental mourning has been a universal one throughout the centuries. In the literature on bereavement, writers repeat certain themes, thoughts, and reflections; they talk of the powerful and often conflicting emotions involved in "the pain of grief and the spiral of mourning; [they refer to] the heartbreak at the heart of things...grief's contradictions"; they speak of parents devastated by grief (Moffat 1992, xxiii). It is frequently said that the grief of bereaved parents is the most intense grief known. When a child dies, parents feel that a part of them has died, that a vital and core part of them has been ripped away. Bereaved parents indeed do feel that the death of their child is "the ultimate deprivation" (Arnold and Gemma 1994, 40). The grief caused by their child's death is not only painful but profoundly disorienting-children are not supposed to die. These parents are forced to confront an extremely painful and stressful paradox; they are faced with a situation in which they must deal both with the grief caused by their child's...
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...1 Dividing a number by zero doesn't produce an infinitely large number as an answer. The reason is that division is defined as the inverse of multiplication; if you divide by zero, and then multiply by zero, you should regain the number you started with. However, multiplying infinity by zero produces only zero, not any other number. There is nothing which can be multiplied by zero to produce a nonzero result; therefore, the result of a division by zero is literally “undefined.” 1a Renee was looking out the window when Mrs. Rivas approached. “Leaving after only a week? Hardly a real stay at all. Lord knows I won't be leaving for a long time.” Renee forced a polite smile. “I'm sure it won't be long for you.” Mrs. Rivas was the manipulator in the ward; everyone knew that her attempts were merely gestures, but the aides wearily paid attention to her lest she succeed accidentally. “Ha. They wish I'd leave. You know what kind of liability they face if you die while you're on status?” “Yes, I know.” “That's all they're worried about, you can tell. Always their liability-” Renee tuned out and returned her attention to the window, watching a contrail extrude itself across the sky. “Mrs. Norwood?” a nurse called. “Your husband's here.” Renee gave Mrs. Rivas another polite smile and left. 1b Carl signed his name yet another time, and finally the nurses took away the forms for processing. He remembered when he had brought Renee in to be admitted, and thought of all the stock...
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...black men who are equal in status (Johnson, 2010). In the video, she asserts that independent women do not need a pat on the back for doing what grownups are supposed to do: pay their bills, buy houses and cars, etc. She adds that independence discourages relationships as people begin to believe they can do everything alone, so they do not need a mate. Mia Moody, PhD, is a professor of journalism at Baylor University. She is the author of Btack and Mainstream Press' Framing of Raciat Profiling: A Historical Perspective. She teaches courses in public relations, minorities and women in the media and reporting. Acknowledgements: I would like to thank students, Courtney Webb, Jessica Foumena, and Chelsea Quackenbush, for helping me research this important topic. 187 188 ETC • A PRIL 2011 Portis' depiction of...
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