...look up to them. My friends push me when I cannot and help me to be a better version of myself. My friends have helped me more than they probable know, and because of that I will always be grateful towards them and will always have a passion for them. My most important passion of all is my family, especially my parents. They raised me and made me the way I am and for that I must also thank them. They raised a daughter that I hope their proud of because I do my very best just to make them proud. I owe everything to them, they are the reason that I am here today. I love them and I will always love them. I am very passionate about these things, they mean a lot to me and I do not want anything to change that. These are the things that I live...
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...In the movie, The Best Years of Our Lives is about three soldiers adjusting to life after coming home from the war (WWII). In the film director William Wyler used an array of techniques to capture different feelings and emotions of each protagonist in the movie, as they adjust to life at home. In the bar scene where Al Stephenson and Fred Derry met to discuss Fred’s relationship with Al’s daughter, Peggy. In a wide shot view at the beginning of the scene when Fred walks into the bar, the viewer can see Al sitting in the booth at Butch’s bar then Fred walks in, into the bar in the background. Fred eventually takes a seat with Al in the booth, when Al’s Face comes into view finally He's background is dark as if he is coming from the shadows, this is different because throughout the film Al has this bright aura to him. In an over-the-shoulder shot the camera focuses on Al asking his friend if he loved his daughter Peggy, then the camera focused back onto Fred in another over-the-shoulder shot as Fred tries to process what Fred is asking of Al. When Fred answers Al with a Yes, that he did love Peggy, the view becomes a two shot view. Now both Al and Fred are in the shot, and the viewer can see both recations form each protagnoist. After a profound and heated discussion among both men, the camera as another close up Al asking Fred what was he going to do about his relationship with Peggy. Al then tells Fred that he no longer wants his friend to see his daughter and to end everything...
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...such as girl problems. The two choruses are about mothers’ putting all of their fear into their children. The song deals with some various themes. Motherhood is the main theme, why it’s mentioned several times in the song, and the song often asks the mother what to do. It also deals with isolation, upbringing and overprotection. As children we always ask our mother what to do in different situations. We recognize her as an omniscient figure who always knows what’s best for us. So when we’re in doubt we always turn to our mother. But when we grow up we start to take care of ourselves and become independent. The song tells us about a person who hasn’t become independent. The mother has been overprotective, and hasn’t been able to let her son live his own unprotected life. This shows in the two verses where the song keeps asking the mother questions. In the first chorus, line 3, it says that “Momma’s gonna put all of her fears into you”, which means that even though we overprotect our children in good faith, we are might doing them a disservice by transferring some of our fears and nightmares. This will stop the progress in our community since nobody would dare to seek their own ways and develop their own ideas. Everybody would walk around like programmed robots, looking- and acting like each other. We would all just be another brick in the wall. The song also talks about a wall being built, and in the end it asks: “did it need to be so high?” This indicates some kind of isolation...
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...aware to me that a Heart has become available for one of the three canidents on our Transplant list. After extensive consideration, it is my recommendation that the newly found heart be given to Jerry. Jerry is a better fit for this transplant; he has better chances and a better outcome with getting the transplant. After reviewing Ozzie’s chart, I felt as though he would not be a good recipient for this heart. I really appreciated the fact that he has been tutoring and mentoring to the youth, and he has signed a contract stating that if he got the transplant he would continue to tutor and stay clean for at least a year after the transplant. My concern is what happens after that year? The benefits to Ozzie getting the transplant would be he can continue to tutor the at risk youth that he has been helping and continue to make a difference in their lives. The harms of Ozzie getting this transplant would be him having a relapse and only waiting out that year before he began to use again. Even though this transplant would give him another 10 years or so to live Ozzie also has Recidivism which is sever with abuse and if he were to return to using again it would be a waste of the heart and he would die in a matter of months. Ozzie is a 38 year old man who has already wasted his life away on the choices that he has made with drugs, and I think he has been blessed to have found this shelter to help him live out the rest of his life clean. Before even reviewing Lisa’s chart the first...
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...Problem statement Hooter’s of America, a casual restaurant that serves wings and beers among other menu items, has been in operation across the country for over 30 years. It has successfully grown its business over the years, and currently operates and franchises more than 400 Hooter’s restaurants throughout America, Asia and other parts of the world. It thrives on attractive female waitresses with revealing uniforms. During the best years, it consistently saw sales of $1 billion per year. According to the Hooter’s company website, Hooter’s was the fastest-growing restaurant chain in the US in 1991 and 1992. Along with the success, Hooter’s also faced many legal issues with regards to sexual harassment and unfair work practices. Although most cases were settled out of court, it seems as though the brand image withered due to several bad press in relations to employees complaints, one of which a store manager in California videotaped female Hooter’s girls changing in the locker room. As a result, this “Breastaurant” saw its market share decrease due to new and successful competitors such as Kilted Tilts, Twin Peaks among others. In its parent holding company Chanticleer’s March 2014 10K financial statement, it states it is currently operating at a loss, citing “failure by Hooters to protect its intellectual property rights, including its brand image” as one of the reasons. In the following analysis, the Porter’s Five Forces Model will be applied to the restaurant sector...
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...of view and how they navigate through their everyday life. A worldview is created on a daily basis while going through and encountering life. It consists of morals, thoughts, feelings and the beliefs of the individual. (WC:55) Part II The Question of Origin – (How did life begin? How did mankind come into existence?) The Christian worldview about the origin life and how we all came about is that it all began with the hand of God. This worldview comes from the given facts from within the Bible. In fact, the first chapter of the Bible (New King James Version, Genesis: 1) is where the origin of mankind begins. It is said many times throughout the Bible that God says it is he who created the heavens and the earth and placed mankind into existence (New King James Version, Isaiah 45:12).Our origin of life and existence is given to us all throughout the word of God. The Question of Identity – (What does it mean to be human? Are humans more important than animals?) God created man through his own image and with his own hands (New King James Version, Genesis 1:26-27). God specifically intends for mankind to be different from any other living creation. In His word we read that man is to rule over all the birds, fish and any other creature moving on the earth. It was intended by the Holy Spirit that mankind be a superior species to all other living creatures (New King James Version, Genesis 2:15). It is also said in the Bible that God formed man from the dust of the ground and...
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...we may better understand who Jesus is. Kinlaw also emphasizes that he desires for the Holy Spirit to use this book as a tool to convict our hearts. The author yearns for us to see what the Lord desires for our lives, so that we may accomplish God’s will. In the first chapter of Mind of Christ, Dennis F. Kinlaw, begins by illustrating how as humans we lack a sense of direction for our lives. Without allowing Christ to be our navigator through life, we are left wandering around this planet aimlessly. Kinlaw emphasizes the importance of being in tune with Christ and allowing him to navigate our everyday lives. Without Godly direction, we are left unable to accomplish important goals that we have made to serve The Lord. The author explains that to have the mindset of Christ, means that we are to live our lives in such a way that we strive to have an attitude that reflects the characteristics of Jesus. Kinlaw continues to emphasize throughout the chapter that without listening to the voice of God, we are left searching for a satisfaction that we cannot find. Allowing God to be our navigator is an essential component to being a follower of Christ. As humans, we are born lost and without direction, if we search without being lead we will always be lost. Life is a journey that requires navigation, without listening to God's direction, our desires for success in the spiritual sense mine as well be forgotten, as they become unattainable. The mistake of not listening to God...
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...There are many ways to view human nature. The questions that we ask throughout our lives is there higher power that is watching our every move, regarding evaluating our choices, the way we treat others around us, and the core values the we choose to live to on. We live life based on the events that take place throughout our lives such as the decisions that we make the people that we choose to associate ourselves with and it shapes the views and beliefs that we believe in. The main question that is always asked is why we are placed on this earth, why are some humans are blessed with different traits, such as personality, ability, appearance, special talents, happens to us in the afterlife. We can find those views that are expressed through...
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...Responsibility: The Decision is Ours GEN200 Personal Responsibility: The Decision is Ours * Personal responsibility is self reflection of how we see ourselves, our responsibilities and how we want to represent that to everyone that we meet. When we are in public we are saying “this is who we are”. It is what drives us to do what we do and helps to keep us on track with our lives and our goals. It prevents us from taking the wrong fork in the road, so to speak. Personal responsibility is the sum of many parts; our decisions, our ethics, cultural values, and our experiences. It is how we make decisions and choices. However, it is the positive choices we make that are directly responsible for our successes whether it is in our personal lives, work or school. Our decisions are the products of our ethics and moral values that were established early in childhood. They have come by way of our families as well as our cultural upbringing. We have been cultivated to know what is acceptable by society in general. In quoting [ (Ellen A. Sigle and Shirley Aamidor, 2005) ]“ So do we reinforce children for behaviors that we deem appropriate? Of course we do. This is the way all societies teach their children about the mores of their culture and the behaviors required for success within that context” (Strain & Joseph, 2004; Weber, 2002)(p. 250). These influences continue to evolve our decisions throughout our lives and is affected by each of our lives experiences. So what we...
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...Theory of Individual Psychology Diana Dias Brandman University Individual Psychology Personality Theory The theory of individual psychology is based on Alfred Adler’s individual psychology proposal. Adler’s personality theory, individual psychology is a theory of human behavior stressing the attempt to overcome feelings of inferiority by benefiting the commitment to accomplish personal goals that have a purpose in the community (Schultz, 113). From his perspective he saw everyone as being social. We are all different individuals but our personalities are different based on our communication with others and our surroundings (Schultz, 113). He also thought the route of our personalities was based on the conscious versus the unconscious because more importantly we are always working on ourselves and managing our future. Summary of major principles One of the first major principles of individual psychology is “The Source for Human Striving.” Due to Alfred Adler’s early experience with his illness he felt he provided more on the inferiority and superiority complexes. In individual psychology inferiority complexes are a natural circumstance of all individuals or otherwise known as all humans striving (Shultz, 116). To overcome the inferiority complex you need to have compensation, which are the effort people need to conquer the feeling of inferiority and to tackle for more high levels of development. According to the individual psychology theory this action starts from...
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...We all have our own way of thinking when it comes to life and death affirmations. The thoughts and opinions on this subject vary and have a variety of beliefs. They have been instilled in us by a combination of things,some being our up bringing and religious beliefs. Life affirmation is how we let our attitudes and or thoughts affect our lives. It is our mind frame on whether or not we have a positive or negative attitude towards it.. Life I believe is the time that a person is given to live on this earth and the meaning of life is what we make it out to be. Death affirmation is the view that we have on mortality and what happens to us when we die. There are many opinions about whether life continues on after death or not (Janaro,Altshuler,517). There is a religious view that is expressed through the writings in Bibles and can be seen through the artistry of the words that are used to describe many different aspects of life. Life and death affirmation is something that all of us should face willingly or we might be forced to face at some point in time throughout our lives. Throughout this discovery search about life and death affirmations I have chosen to discuss what the King James Prophesy Bible and the movie It's A Wonderful Life is able to show about their views on life and death. In my opinion these two affirmations tie in together. Literature: When describing death in literature the writings enable the readers to expand their thoughts in many ways, for example...
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...What do we learn about our larger culture from this artifact? What do we learn about life in modern society? What do we learn about race in our culture? What do we learn about sex and gender in our culture? Analyze the most important signifiers. Larger Culture The Big Lebowski follows the misadventures of an aging 60s hippie and a military veteran. A closer look into the film reveals something more, a commentary on the current state of Western culture or our larger culture. The film explores friendships, masculinity, and responsibility. The movie centers on the life of Jeffery Lebowski, known as “the Dude.” Today, “dude” is used to indicate someone as a “guy,” or “man,” as in “generic male person.” The larger culture we thrive in questions what it means to be considered a “man” and what makes a “man.” As a larger culture, we are interested in drugs or the “stoner” stereotype, which sparks our curiosity of the unknown. Friendship and the value of friendship is an important aspect for the larger culture we live in. In The Big Lebowski, the value of friendship between the Dude and Walter is prominent throughout the film which proclaims the Modern Society The Dude is the original hipster. Not because of the way he dressed, with the beanie or non-prescription glasses, but because he did not fit into the modern day schema for males. He is stereotyped by slacker values and not being wealthy. In today’s modern society we are often caught up on one’s self-image, yet the Dude...
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...Mapping the Future: Preserving and Protecting our Beautiful Nature “You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.” –Tony Robbins Course Introduction: Here at Los Angeles Design and Architecture College (LADAC), we believe that it is imperative to have an education with a delicate balance between business and liberal arts focused on the environment. We aim to provide the most hands-on and forward thinking education tailored to each individual student. The goal of our curriculum is to offer an innovative curriculum that fosters a sense of creativity in our students in order to provide a gateway for her/his futures as global leaders, while maintaining a strong value for character and the environment. Throughout this course, and your education at LADAC, you will be required to take several liberal arts classes that enable you to earn your degree in Sustainable Architecture or Design with a focus in Entrepreneurial Thought and Action. Our course will feature four units titled: I. “Mapping Environmental Change” II. “Understanding (Our) Place in (Disturbing) Nature” III. “Restoring the Imagination of Place” IV. “Preserving and Protecting our Beautiful Landscape” How the course relates to the ideals of LADAC? Throughout this course, we will explore various questions and topics surrounding the broad topic of “Nature...
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...as well as the attempt to understand and establish the human strengths to improve what individuals thrive. In other terms, positive psychology isn’t meant for treating mental illness but to make a normal life more fulfilling for those who have difficulty in finding their inner contentment. Positive psychology is based on central themes in which the method aims to assess the human strengths. We are who creates our world personally and socially. We as individuals have the most control of ourselves as well as our perceptions and actions throughout our lives. When we know we are capable of choice, change, and control, the more we are influenced to pursue our goals we have set for our present and future. Through the incremental theory, positive psychology contains the importance of human adjustment as a malleable cognitive characteristic that encourages the change in ways in our beliefs and behaviors, in which such actions lead to changing our environment. It is up to us whether we choose to follow or direct our own path throughout our lives. Not only do we create our worlds, but we also have the tendency to go by another’s word, or rules. I believe that sometimes we choose to follow simply because one may not entirely know who they are, or what they want in their life. Maybe being the follower is more of their comfort zone rather than making their own decisions. It is a challenge to trust one’s self if one doesn’t even know themselves, or why they make their decisions. This could...
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...the human mind and behavior. There are many perspectives in the world of psychology and all of them affect the way we live our lives. The first psychology lab is credited to Wilhelm Wundt who was instrumental in the modern study of psychology. Some of the theories that fall under the umbrella of psychology are behaviorism, why do we behave the way we behave, the humanistic approach, we control our own destiny and cultural diversity, we live in a melting pot. Psychology The humanistic approach to psychology allows a person to be in control of their own destiny. Humanistic psychology focus heavily on participation in human relations groups to build one’s self- awareness, relationships with others and teaching humans to not be critical and judgmental of other human beings.(rsmhealth). The humanistic psychology movement materialized in the 1950s in Detroit, psychologists came together to define human beings and their features of understanding feelings associated with love, hope and other internal values. Humanistic psychology is known as the third force of psychology and believes that all humans are generally good. This practice was originally developed to study mentally ill individuals but was soon practiced throughout the country. (New World Encyclopedia). Humanistic psychology is a thriving business today as there are many self-help groups throughout the world. When the results of the 2010 Census were released earlier this month, it was noted that the total population...
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