...The Western Experience Ashley J. Seay HIS 110 April 8, 2015 Professor Muhammad The Western Experience The 19th century was a very prosperous and interesting moment in history for my family. Living in California at the time gave plenty of opportunities for many miners because of the overflow of gold that had been presented. Before the discovery of gold in 1848, most of the West didn't belong to the U.S. Many Americans believed it was the country's "manifest destiny" to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, and President James Polk (1845-1849) was determined to acquire the Oregon territory from Great Britain and California from Mexico. He secured Oregon through a series of treaties, but California was a lot tougher (Elder, 2013). From January 1848 to 1860, the rivers that flowed from the Sierra Nevada produced a flood and abundance of gold. As soon as word passed around many people migrated to California in hopes of getting a piece of the “pie”. In 1849 almost one hundred thousand people came over from other places, while an estimated two hundred fifty thousand came by 1855. From San Francisco to China, from Australia to Western Europe, the social, economic, and political effects of California gold were profound. Among European nations, the impact in France and on the French was perhaps the most profound. Once it hit, gold fever attracted experienced miners from Latin America, laborers from China, investors from Europe, and speculators from Australia. Almost...
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...The Western Experience My husband and I had been traveling with our group for several months now. When we first set off on the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, we never imagined that our journey would be so difficult. We left many of our loved ones behind because they were not strong enough to make the journey. Back in Missouri, the economy was harsh, especially to farmers such as us. The Panic of 1837 had greatly impacted us financially. The depression that followed motivated us to head west where the climate was less humid, the winters milder, and the land better suited to farm on. As a pioneer woman, I find my circumstances very daunting at times. Not only do I have to worry about my husband, but I have to make sure our son and daughter are cared for as well. This homestead life on the Oregon Trail has given me more responsibility, and I have faced challenges that I have never faced before. I am weary that this journey will never end. Every night as we set up camp, the other women and I prepare a meal. There are at least seventy fellow pioneers on this trip, and our supplies are limited, so we make do with what we have. I can see the faces of my fellow pioneers what this journey is doing to them. I can tell that they are weary. I can imagine that many of the men dream of sitting by a warm fire again, in a cabin, as their women prepare a meal on a stove in the kitchen. In reality, we have to cook by a campfire, food is getting scarce, and many times...
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...The Western Experience HIS/110 July 13, 2015 The Western Experience On April 3, 1848, the whole family was busy buying and loading supplies for our long journey from Independence, Missouri to Willamette Valley, Oregon, across the Oregon Trail. Traveling in our wagon is Pa, Ma, Billy (14), Maggie (6), and I. My name is Elizabeth, everyone calls me Lizzie, I am 19, single, and ready for a new adventure. Oregon sounds like it will be exciting, but I will miss my friends and family we are leaving behind. Aunt Grace and Uncle Frank are traveling with us but in their own wagon. Pa is a good hunter so we do not take as much food as everyone else; he figures he will hunt along the way. The wagons are all ready and the wagon master has just shouted “Wagon’s Ho” so here we go. Three days into our journey, it has been a quiet ride traveling over the plains of Missouri. We have met only a few of the other families. In the beginning, most of the families kept to themselves but as the journey continues people are venturing out and being neighborly. We have to corral our wagons at night to keep the livestock from wandering away. Looking around I see many campfires, children playing, women cooking, and the men take turns watching the camp. It is now April 9, 1848, and we have reached the Kansas River Crossing. I am a little scared because we have not crossed any water since we left and I am not sure how we are going to cross. As we entered the water, our wagon started to float. As we...
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...One of the first things that I had to do was make a wagon cover. I had to sew it by hand as well as all the clothes for our journey. I used sacks that I spun at night while my husband read to me, and other women that were planning to leave with us would gathered with me during the months before and sew quilts with me. It was a great bonding event while we sewed quilts together and brought closer together. When it came time for us to leave it was very sad. Some friends spend the night with us and others arrived at daylight. All places of business and the schools were closed and everyone came to say goodbye. We gathered along the Oregon Trail at small towns along the Missouri River call “jumping off points”, Independence St. Joseph and Council Bluffs were among these small towns. Our wagon was made of seasoned wood to withstand extreme temperatures and was hauled by four oxen. Tools and spare parts were stored under our wagon. We had utensils including forks and knives, plates, cups, a kettle, frypan, a coffee pot that were packed inside. Our food consisted of about 200 pounds of flour 150 pounds of bacon, 10 pounds coffee, 20 pounds of sugar, and 10 pounds of salt chips, beef, rice, dried beans, dried fruits, pickles, and other foods were also packed. Our wagon trains arrive at a jumping point in March and left in April when the snow melted enough, hopefully we will arrive in Oregon before winter. Starting the 2400 mile journey in Missouri are wagons would continue along the Missouri...
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...Anthony Ligato Speech # 1 A LOST OUTLET:MEDITATION I. What do Rick Rubin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oprah, and Russell Brand all have in common? a. Meditation has seemingly become a lost, yet re-emerging, outlet in western culture(Names taken from www.tmhome.com) b. I am speaking from a place of experience. There is a language barrier between knowledge and experience. c. Quote: "There is a principal which is a bar against all information, what is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation." (Herbert Spencer: A great mind of the Victorian England era) II. Discussion of medical statistics regarding usage of anti-psychotic medication within the U.S a. Harvard Health Publication states that 23% of women in there forty's and fifty's take anti-depressants (that being the highest among any age range) b. That number has increased by almost 400% between 1988-1994 and 2005-2008 c. 1 in 10 Americans take anti-depressants d. Metco reports that 1 in 5 Americans take some kind of behavioral/psychological medication III. Some research highlights (Emphasize benefits) a. Clinical studies have proven time and time again that meditation reduces blood pressure (Sala Horowitz Studies) b. 50 college students were asked to practice mediation over time and results were extremely positive in allowing brain waves to fire at a more...
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...Importance of diversity DeVry University Professor Jung Taking a look around your school or place of employment it’s easy to see that there is a wide range of diversity present. What aren’t visible are the many opportunities that you are presented with to broaden your experiences and knowledge. Having a diverse group of students or coworkers isn’t only beneficial to an individual but to a company as well. I am going to explain how the differences of your employees, coworkers and fellow students can be beneficial to your success as a business owner and student and how these people and their experiences can enrich your life. As a business owner having employees of different cultures, ethnicities and gender can be beneficial to your company’s success. As many patrons visit your business they will not only notice how they are treated but how your employees are treated. Many patrons’ appreciate the fair treatment of a business’s employees and will be more likely to return “Bell, 2007”. I know that two of the businesses I frequent close on holidays to allow their employees to be with their families, and another is always displaying great manners and appreciation for my business that I really enjoy going to these stores and even though they may not be the cheapest I will sacrifice a few dollars for the treatment. A second benefit to having a diverse workplace, it allows the company to appeal to a broader customer base. Having employees who have experienced different traditions...
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...Each memory, experience and event that occurs in a person’s life is essential to help discover the person they have grown to become. Our childhood, in particular, is important to reflect on because that is when we experienced things for the first time and where we learned from our mistakes (Cottingham 2008). It is through narration that we are able to understand how our childhood and our past has affected us and created who we are as a human being. We must recognize the importance of old memories and how well we are able to explain them. It will be examined how the actual occurrence of an event differs from the way it has been told. With every action we take, there is always a good reason for doing it. According to philosopher Charles Taylor, this is called “an orientation to the good.” He believes that to make sense of our lives and have any identity at all, we must have an orientation to the good (Cottingham 2008). The direction of our lives depends on this good as well as how motivated we are to get to the place relating to this good. What Taylor is trying to say is that without having motivation behind each decision we make, our reason for existence is meaningless. This is an excellent point because it is what makes us all individuals. Although many people may experience the same thing, the way it is interpreted is what makes each person’s identity unique. We are able to create incentives that push us do better in everything we do and make us work hard to achieve...
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...Jacquie Carr, Community Researcher Audrey Huntley, Community Researcher Barbara MacQuarrie, Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children, University of Western Ontario Sandy Welsh, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Names are listed in alphabetical order and reflect varied, but equal contributions to the overall project and report. We are grateful to Status of Women Canada for funding this project and for the continued sponsorship of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres. We also thank the members of our Advisory Committee for pushing and challenging us throughout this project. We thank the women who facilitated focus groups and helped us contact the women in this study. Finally, this report would not be possible without the contributions of the women who told us about their experiences. © 2004 Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children ISBN# 0-9688655-3-4 1 “To understand violence, we have to examine both the personal experience and the terrain of that experience.” Dr. Yasmin Jiawani This report is built on the personal experiences of women who have experienced workplace harassment, but their stories are also about the “terrain” or the context of those experiences. In drawing out the commonalities of their experiences, we have begun to shed light on the terrain. We must transform the terrain if women are to have equality and safety in their workplaces. 2 We dedicate this report to...
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...something beyond human. After his tape ran out Garson Poole felt an intense rush of emotion and feeling simultaneously, a literal, real, physical synesthesia; Garson Poole felt human for the first time. The details he sees, hears, tastes, smells, and touches are significant because they are what finally cause Poole to feel human. The tape filtered Garson's senses: he had one type of touch, one type of hearing, one type of sight, etc; when the tape ran out, the filter was removed, and Garson was able to experience the contrast of an unfiltered world. His statement, "I am living, I have lived, I will never live," can be interpreted as an allusion to "veni, vidi, vici" through the use of asyndeton. The Narrator describes what is happening to Poole's actual mechanical body as if it had no person relying on it, as something that is simply replaceable. After Poole discovered that he was indeed not a human, his quest was to get rid of his reality tape in order to have the "opportunity to experience everything. Simultaneously. To know the universe and its entirety, to be momentarily in contact with all reality. Something that no human can do" (Dick 236). Once Poole did cut the tape, although he had up to 40 minutes to put it back together, he choose to delay long enough so that when he looked into his chest he saw it was too late for him and came to the realization that it was going to be over finally. Dick then uses extensive imagery and metaphor usage with phrases like "the silky texture...
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...personnel I have mentored. I believe my motivation to work mostly unsupervised and the innovative ideas I have applied to GCSS-J and other programs has established a trustworthiness of my character to TEP for my own task or a current one already contracted by the company. 2. I want to continue in enhancing data accessing or mining applications for the GCSS-J program, as well as mentor others in applying the same application to their programs. Leadership: 1. Since the trust of the company’s leadership has seen fit to place me in areas of greater responsibility, I want to continue with working with peers and mentoring less experienced associates, so the company may optimize my experience. Teamwork is an essential element in TASC’s service to our government. 2. With my seasoned experience in testing protocols and the research requirements prior to fielding, my valuable knowledge would be appropriately used in leading a program or assigned more involvement in mentoring others in preparation for testing, requirements during the testing, and standards for compiling testing data. Development: 1. I would like to continue my development at TASC by submitting a bid for a government project. In so doing, I would research, coordinate, and conduct all phases required to meet the contracted project. Concurrently, if the task requires additional personnel, I want to develop an environment of responsibility while leading the task with the core competencies of leadership...
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...The article “Why We Travel” by Pico Iyer talks about his views and opinions on why people travel to foreign places and what they expect to gain from their trips. He also mentioned a few of his past experiences and his feelings based on his travelling days. Based on this article, we conclude that travelling is not only moving elsewhere other than our homes and coming back the same person. It changes a person’s perception of life in either positive or negative ways. Through his personal travels, he has highlighted travelling makes him sees in a different point of view in most of the countries like in Paris, Mickey Rourke was still known as the greatest actor since Jerry Lewis. I’m in a full agreement in his statement of his definition of the joy travelling as people have to be open minded to enjoy ourselves. An example which would be meeting and understanding the local trends like I did when I was in Japan. Their trending faster than Malaysia when I was there. Besides that, he brought up that travelling is a way to reverse time to a small extent, and make a day last a year. I also strongly support this as families tend to cram a bunch of activities all in a day because no one in this world wants to “waste time” but wanting to make use of the little time they have away from home. I have also experienced travelling and wanting to accomplish all the plans in a day as I was in Italy for 2 months of vacation but unfortunately did not manage to visit all the...
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...1. I can identify almost all type of variables that could affect performances reviewing the two interviews. The way the candidates describe their experience shows off that they have , even if in different views, a role perception about the job. Furthermore, opposite motivations and aptitude to the work are remarked through their expectancies and behavioral strategies. They present skill levels depending on their carrier’s path . I think organizational (defining only the area) and the environmental factors relating to the job are missing. 2. In my opinion, Dag Wicklo (DW) has a better perception of the work is going to do because of his previous experience in this field as employee and his love for selling and speak with people. Katharine Bryant (KB) knows the specific technical language but she never work as sales in this particular field and maybe she doesn’t know or remember what does it means to work as employee instead of being an owner. For J.P. Reynolds I think a good variable for perception could be the accuracy in the way candidates see the job with all the pro and cons, so being experienced in this particular field matters. Within motivations I can see again a remarkable will to make money from DW and but I could not for KB. She doesn’t feel stimulate to gain money and this could affect her performance as well. The company’s point of view on motivations has to be in line with maximization of the opportunities. DW seems more willing to try to exploit his balance...
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...Hope.Live.Life.Love.Experience.Learn.Laugh.Cry.Smile.Hope.Live.Love.Experience.Learn.Laugh.Cry “Not Everything That Is Learned Is Contained In Books” By: Reem HachacheENG202 Fall 2013-2014Term Paper | “Learning is defined as a human adaptation process. It is a process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. The learning cycle theory begins with...
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...“Plato does not value experience enough” Discuss (10) Plato was a philosopher and mathematician born in Greece. If someone does not value something, it suggests they do not believe in its worth, importance or usefulness. To begin with, Plato was not an empiricist; someone who believes that knowledge is derived from the experience of their senses. This was due to the fact that Plato believed in A prior knowledge; knowledge gained before experience. Plato believed that when we were born, our immortal soul already gained some sort of knowledge which we are able to use in this world. Therefore Plato does not value experience enough due to his beliefs. Furthermore, Plato understood that the world in which we live is the World of Appearances, where the objects in this life are just poor copies of their true forms in the Realm of Forms. We are deceived by our senses because they limit us to how much knowledge someone can have. For example, there is only so much that we can see from our eyes, which therefore limits our knowledge. On the other hand, pain can argue against this. If you were to hit your head on something quite hard, you will feel pain and come to understand this the world we live in is real and not an “appearance”, and the experience we get here is the only experience that exists. This illustrates that Plato did not value experience enough because he thought that our senses deceived us. Similarly, Plato argued that everything in this world, the World of Appearances...
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...never experience writing to larn, not just to learn about a particular project but to learn about themselves, their values, their experiences, their environment. As teachers of composition, at some point in our careers we have undoubtedly experienced writing apprehension. We can understand why some develop an aversion to writing and would do almost anything to avoid it. WRITING APPREHENSION DEFINED the term as the tendency to experience high degrees of anxiety when asked to write, resulting in an approach-avoidance conflictive state which manifests itself in one’s behaviors, attitudes, and written products. Behaviors 1. They tend to select careers which they perceive to require little or no writing. 2. They tend to avoid courses and majors which require writing on a daily basis. 3. They write very little out of class. 4. They lack role models for writing at home, in school, and in the society at large. 5. They score lower on tests of verbal ability (SAT), reading comprehension, and standardized tests of writing ability used for college placement. 6. They do not necessarily lack motivation. Attitudes 1. Their self-concept is often lower, and they may lack self-confidence. 2. They report low success in prior experiences with school-related writing. 3. They have received negative teacher responses to prior writing attempts. 4. They are more apprehensive when writing personal narratives in which they must express personal feelings, beliefs, and experiences. 5...
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