...Gone Girl, Real Life and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Communication is a tricky thing especially in a marriage. Married people have their own unique difficulties within their relationships. There are many issues and challenges that a married couple can face, but communication is so vital to the success of their union, that one social psychologist, John Gottman, has made his reputation by studying the field of marital communications. In fact, he was able to study certain behaviors associated with communication and predict who would divorce with an accuracy of 90%! Gottman entitled his findings the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”. These findings indicate that there were four processes, and these processes combined can signal an impending divorce. The four processes are the following: Contempt, criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling. Using examples from real life friends and family as well as the novel Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, I will attempt to demonstrate the four processes. One clear indication of the first process, contempt is eye rolling. This shows that the eye roller feels that they are superior and contemptuous of their spouse. An excerpt from Gone Girl, a novel by Gillian Flynn shows the two main characters, Nick and Amy (husband and wife), who are involved in a difficult marriage. Here Nick is discussing his feelings on his marriage: I couldn't think of a decent thing I'd done in the past two years. In New York, those first few years of marriage, I'd...
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...“… The promised Armageddons—the thresholds that cannot be uncrossed, the tipping points that cannot be untipped, the existential threats to Life as We Know It—have consistently failed to materialize.” This is what Matt Ridley wants to assert in his article Apocalypse Not: Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry About End Times written for Wired Magazine on August 17, 2012. The aforementioned article explains how it is absurd for humans to think that the end of the world is coming and continue to predict it, yet it never happens. As I finished reading his article, I felt like he did a good job with his argument, but minor failures must be pointed out. His selection of examples and his manner of disproving them is excellent. Riley uses solid, and appropriate...
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...Riders, by a New York Times bestselling author, Veronica Rossi is a fictional novel written about a young man in the military who becomes one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Rossi was born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 1973. Rossi lived in several different countries including Mexico and Venezuela until she finally settled in the United States. Rossi attended the University of California; additionally, she completed her undergraduate degree, and her first novel Under the Never Sky. Rossi wrote the book because she wanted a challenge. In an interview given by Shelley Diaz in correspondence with ‘School Library Journey’, Rossi stated that she wanted to write something about a soldier and something that scared her (School Library Journal)....
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...Jack O’Neil History 198 IA The Demographic Takeover Smallpox, dandelions, rats and the British, the four horsemen of the native apocalypse of the New World. It may be surprising to think of dandelions as being a harbinger of the apocalypse but it just was a sign to the natives that more Europeans were coming to bring destruction to their homes. These four represent the key aspects of the term that Alfred Crosby coined, “demographic takeover”. In Crosby’s book, Germs, Seeds and Animals: Studies in Ecological History, Crosby makes the argument that Europeans, and in particular Western Europeans, took over the Americas, Australia and New Zealand over the course of centuries not only by wars, but by demographics. One way that Europeans took...
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...Running head: ART APPRECIATION UNIT 1 IP Unit 1 Individual Project Nathan Bates AIU Online Abstract This paper will define the word “art” from two different internet sources complete with proper quotations and citations. Secondly, it will explore 8 examples of art created by well-known artists or found in a museum. Contained within will be explanations and descriptions of each and why they were used. Art Appreciation – Unit I Definition of Art #1 Art: noun “the making or doing of something whose purpose is to bring pleasure to people through their enjoyment of what is beautiful and interesting, or things often made for this purpose, such as paintings, drawings, or sculptures.” (Cambridge Dictionary, 2013). Definition of Art #2 Art: noun “1. the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power: the art of the Renaissance great art is concerned with moral imperfections she studied art in Paris A) works produced by human creative skill and imagination: his collection of modern art an exhibition of Mexican art [as modifier]:an art critic B) creative activity resulting in the production of paintings, drawings, or sculpture: she’s good at art 2. (the arts) the various branches of creative activity...
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...Will Inflation Undermine a Country’s Financial System and eventually Ruin the Nation? Will Inflation Undermine a Country’s Financial System and eventually ruin the Nation? Abstract As with all things the answer to the question: “Will Inflation Undermine a Country’s Financial System and eventually ruin the Nation?” is a question of degrees. It is not whether inflation will ruin a nation, but how much inflation will ruin a nation. 0.00001% is still an inflationary number as is 1,000,000%. So it is not just the presence of inflation that will undermine a country’s financial system, but rather to what degree inflation impacts a country’s financial system. The original statement attributed to Vladimir Lenin that prompted this paper cannot be taken as a truism but it certainly fits in the Socialist propaganda. Will Inflation Undermine a Country’s Financial System and eventually ruin the Nation? It is easier to accept George Bernard Shaw’s statement: The lack of money is the root of all evil,” (Lawrence S. Ritter, 2009) than it is Lenin’s supposition that inflation, in a sense, is the root of all evil for a nation. To be certain, though, they are linked together. Inflation can lead to a lack of money and if it is bad enough, it can certainly be the ruin of a nation, or perhaps more succinctly: the ruin of a government. Inflation: how much is too much? This is a very debatable matter of how much is too much. To the uneducated masses, any is too much, and...
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...The seven seals (Revelation 6:1-17,8:1-5), seven trumpets (Revelation 8:6-13;11:15-19), and seven bowls/vials (Revelation 16:1-21) are three succeeding series of end-times judgments from God. The judgments get progressively worse and more devastating as the end times progress. The seven seals, trumpets, and bowls are connected to one another. The seventh seal introduces the seven trumpets (Revelation 8:1-5), and the seventh trumpet introduces the seven bowls (Revelation 11:15-19,15:1-8). The first four of the seven seals are known as the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The first seal introduces the Antichrist (Revelation 6:1-2). The second seal causes great warfare (Revelation 6:3-4). The third of the seven seals causes famine (Revelation 6:5-6). The fourth seal brings about plague, further famine, and further warfare (Revelation 6:7-8). The fifth seal tells us of those who will be martyred for their faith in Christ during the end times (Revelation 6:9-11). God hears their cries for justice and will deliver it in His timing—in the form of the sixth seal, along with the trumpet and bowl judgments. When the sixth of the seven seals is broken, a devastating earthquake occurs, causing massive upheaval and terrible devastation—along with unusual astronomical phenomena (Revelation 6:12-14). Those who survive are right to cry out, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who...
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...“The French word Renaissance, meaning “rebirth,” was first used in the nineteenth century to describe the period from the early fifteenth century to the middle of the next century” (Benton & DiYanni, 2008, p. 307). The Renaissance not only was a time when scholars became more interested in studying ancient scholars and the world around them but it also had an impact on art forms such as paintings, sculptures and architecture. The social roles and similarities during the Italian and Northern European Renaissance are the flourishing of the arts under powerful and wealthy families such as the Medici’s of Florence and in the north Philip the Good as well as many others. In both Northern and Southern Europe there was a strong desire to reconnect with the ancient past of the Greco/Roman world this desire extended beyond just ideals in art but also to philosophy and politics. The artistic endeavors of both the Northern and Southern Renaissance were dominated by their shared Christian faith, we can see examples of this in Jan Van Eyck’s Ghent “Altar Piece” (Benton & DiYanni, 2008, p. 353) at Saint Bavon Cathedral an ingenious polyptych painting which uses multiple panels to depict a religious scene an exciting blend of the Northern inventive spirit of the age and ancient faith. The works of the Italian Renaissance were also dominated by this Christian outlook possibly the most famous piece of art in the world Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel full of religious imagery while also boldly proclaiming...
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...The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II is the fiction movie that I have selected to describe the parties’ perceptions, the obstacles impeding resolution and how it might have been handled to a more satisfying resolution by using effective conflict resolution concepts (communication skills, Getting To Yes principles, TRIP goals). In this specific conflict, Michael Corleone has secured the head position in the family, and attempts to expand the family empire into Las Vegas and Cuba. The Corleone family no longer resides in New York. They have moved to Nevada where they are obtaining an influential reputation with the vague goal of some day becoming "legitimate." With Nevada Senator Pat Geary, Michael Corleone discusses the terms of a fourth state gaming license for the Corleone family, but the two only trade insults and demand payoffs. Michael: This is my lawyer, Tom Hagen; Senator Geary. He's the one who arranged this whole thing through your man Turnbull. Senator: Yes -- Yes. Senator: Well uh, it's perfectly all right with me, but I should tell you that I am a blunt man and I intend to speak very frankly to you -- maybe -- more frankly than anyone in my position's ever spoke to you before. The Corleone family has done very well here in Nevada. You own, or, you control, two major hotels in Vegas -- one in Reno. The licenses were grandfathered in, so there is no problem with the gaming commission. Now, my sources tell me that -- you plan to make a move...
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...future by describing it. This mode is often -- but not always -- dystopian. It is distinguished most by a moralistic and apocalyptic state of mind. Let's call it Cassandraism, after the daughter of Troy whose prophecies were not believed. Launched with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Cassandraism remains the most socially acceptable branch on the family tree of science fiction, embracing such respectably literary figures as Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Margaret Atwood, who with her 1986 novel The Handmaid's Tale became its foremost contemporary practitioner. In Atwood's new novel Oryx and Crake, digital convergence and genetic engineering are combined and carried to their logical conclusion, a media-filtered apocalypse that the characters (and, one senses, the author) simultaneously yearn for and struggle against. Like the Bible's Book of Revelation, Oryx and Crake should be read not as a prediction of the future, but as a nightmare of the present. It stands in a tradition of novels like Brave New World or 1984 that are vaticinia ex eventu: history disguised as prophecy. If the imaginative success of a Cassandraist novel as a warning must be measured in direct...
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...with the concept of the end of days. So if there is one topic that can create a good conversation, it’s the “Apocalypse”. In our times, we get more than our share of talk about the apocalypse. An apocalypse is a revelation, an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling (wikipedia.org). This means that no one could possibly know when this event will occur. Still, for thousands of years people have tried to predict when and how the world will end. From where do all these apocalyptic prophecies originate? Are we the victims of the hidden agendas of the media and secret societies? Are modern interpretations of ancient Mayan calendars and prophecies accurate; and do these prophecies predict the end of the world in 2012? And what has NASA said about all of this? When it comes to apocalyptic or “end of the world” prophecies it doesn’t matter. “End of the world” prophecies are ridiculous. We can’t rely on people, books, internet sites or movies to tell us an exact date because it is clearly something of the unknown? People are using prophets for profits! Apocalyptic prophecies derive from the stories told about the death of Jesus Christ and his ascension from the grave. It was said that He would one day return. The first written stories about His return are told in the Bible and are often referred to as the “apocalypse” or the “great reveal”. But even the apocalyptic prophecies of the Bible, have been altered during translation...
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...Kimberly Simon CWV-101 July 28, 2013 Ron Woodworth Role Model Review: Richard Dawkins Clinton Richard Dawkins is a retired Oxford University professor. He is also known for being an evolutionary biologist and an author. As a child, Dawkins was brought up in a Christian home, in the Anglican Church. According to Dawkins, he learned that the world had many different religions when he was nine years old. Around the age of fifteen, he discovered Darwinism and started believing in the theory of evolution. Dawkins feels that Darwinism is a better explanation of life on earth than the Biblical explanation that God created the universe, man, and everything in it. Dawkins has an atheist worldview and expresses his worldview in numerous books, journals, and lectures. In this essay, I will compare and contrast Dawkins’ values and beliefs with my own concerning family, career, social issues and the nature of God. Dawkins’ family consisted of his father, mother and sister. His parents believed in God and attended church. They were interested in natural science and taught him everything using terms of science. As Dawkins studied Darwinism, he turned away from Christianity and became a nonbeliever. As a child, my family life was similar to Dawkins’ family life. I was brought up in a Christian household. My parents taught me many things, and I have one sister. The main difference between me and Dawkins when it comes to family is that I did not turn away from my family values and Christian...
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...What about what comes after? This he knew -- he knew all too well -- but sometimes he found himself asking the human passersby in the streets, and depending on whom it was he asked, he was either granted an answer or a strange gaze and an awkward silence. So what was it he was looking for? The fact that nobody mentioned him in their viewpoints on death made him frown. It was almost as if he didn’t exist among humans. As though he was only portrayed on television, and even they could never quite get it right. It was always “Death is in the hands of God,” which was far from the truth; or, in some cases,“Science, man. Science.” Science. How foolish. Hadn’t everyone read the bible? Hadn’t anybody read about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? The oblivion that encased these humans didn’t seem to bother Pestilence, Famine and War. He couldn’t understand how. Death quite liked elevators. They were quiet and serene and usually played what he’d overheard humans call “elevator music.” There was something different about the lift today, something unbeknownst that the well-dressed passengers would have to react to when the time came. It was almost laughable to witness these obscure creatures in their quiet states, so sure of the hold their almighty God had on them when really they were all due to die in -- he glanced down at his watch -- thirty seconds. A short man in a navy blue suit looked over at him with a tight smile. “Morning,” he said. Death stared at him...
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...In 1495 Jan Van Eyck became the first Flanders painter to receive international fame. He was the court painter of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Jan Van Eyck completed “The Ghent”, one of the largest retable’s of the 15th century. His brother Hubert Van Eyck originally began work on it. Phillip the Good and his wife, Isabel Borlout commissioned this retable as a centerfold that diplomat retainer Jodocous Vyd built. It was dedicated to John the Baptist. Judicious Vyd political and social connections to the Ghent aided in him being appointed chief magistrate of Ghent. The altarpiece in its entirety expresses the Christian principal of salvation. In the oil painting of “Arnolfini and His Bride” Jan Van Eyck depicts a secular painting with religious undertones. The purpose of this painting was to record an sanctify Arnolfini‘s marriage. This retable included gold manuscript. Some scholars believe he was bestowing on his wife permission to conduct business matters in his absence .Rogier Van er Weyden became renowned for his biblical inspired paintings that stressed human action and drama. When Weyden was commissioned by the archer’s guild of Louvain for the church of Notre Dame he created “The Deposition” a center panel of a triptych. The painting resembles a relief carving and depicts Jesus after the crucifixion surrounded by key biblical figures. This oil on wood painting evokes strong emotion in the viewer and regarded as one of the most authentic religious paintings of the...
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...LATIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LATIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WIND INSTRUMENTS WIND INSTRUMENTS STRING INSTRUMENTS STRING INSTRUMENTS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS LATIN -AMERICAN MUSIC LATIN -AMERICAN MUSIC LATIN AMERICAN MUSICAL STYLES LATIN AMERICAN MUSICAL STYLES Tango Tango During the "belle epoque" (1890s), the working class of the "Boca" of Buenos Aires (Argentina) invented a new rhythm, the tango. Tan-go was the name given to the drums of the African slaves, and the music was influenced by both the Cuban habanera and the local milonga. The choreography originally devised in the brothels to mimick the obscene and violent relationship between the prostitute, her pimp and a male rival eventually turned into a dance and a style of music of a pessimistic mood, permeated by a fatalistic sense of an unavoidable destiny, a music of sorrow enhanced by the melancholy sound of the bandoneon. When lyrics were added, they drew from "lunfardo", the lingo of the underworld (the term originally meant "thief"). Tango was embraced enthusiastically in Europe and landed in the USA in the 1910s. The Viennese waltz and the Polka had been the first dances to employ the close contact between a male and a female. The tango pushed the envelope in an even more erotic direction. One of the earliest hits of tango was pianist Enrique Saborido's Yo Soy La Morocha (1906). By that time, tango had already established itself as a major genre among young Argentinians. Roberto...
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