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Key Philosophies and the Counseling ProfessionAbstract Key philosophies of counseling professions are wellness, resilience, and prevention that provide the counselor the strategies to evaluate, form a concept of ideas, and intervention for the growth of the client's development within treatment. The roles and characteristics of an addiction counselor and a marriage and family counselor are similar in diagnosing however different when providing treatment to their clients. By comparing and contrasting American Counseling Association and American Mental Health Counseling Association will help with personal development when entering into the field counseling. In the state of Utah there are different requirements to become licensed and certified as a Licensed Professional Counselor. There are key areas that this writer will identify and evaluate of the current and future of her own professional development. When providing treatment technology may affect clinical practice, innovative solutions, and optimize this writer's performance whe |
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Archetypes in LiteratureMany of history's epics revolve around the classic struggle and journey of one man's destiny. Homer's Odysseus, King Arthur and his knights of the round table; this storyline has been classified as heroic symbolism with the defining action being character traits. These traits are better perceived by the human psyche as archetypes; Identified by psychologist Carl Jung as unconscious representation of an original model that is recognized universally; although just a prototype. Archetypes provide a deep psychological structure for meaning and understanding that are actualized when brought to the conscious level by an archetypal image. Archetypal images are the center stone for archetypes and place a concrete value on the archetype itself. The purpose of this paper is to explore Jung's archetype in society and culture based on the classic portrayal of a hero, by reviewing traditional literature and contemporary films, Jung's identification of an archetype and archetypal images can beco |
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My Plan for One United ReligionThroughout history, people worldwide have expressed their idea of a "just" God who watches over all and protects the good while punishing the bad. The problem with this is that there are too many Gods; who is to know which one is correct. By default, many people are born into their religion not ever given the chance to explore or consider other religions as an option. Because of this, people are forced, at a young age, into learning their family religion as well as learning to hate opposing beliefs that are threatening. One must consider his/her personal religious values when explaining it to children in order for them to fully understand why it is a wonderful thing. The outcome of having one world religion would do three very important things that society struggles with today having multiple religions. One is the halt of all "religious" wars. Two, the unification of all world leaders and countries, and finally with the world as one government, it can focus on solving homelan |
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Everett Rogers - Diffusion of InnovationAl-Jabri and Sohail (2012) acknowledge that Roger's diffusion model is a reliable guide for practitioners. This is because Roger's framework gives its users a standard classification scheme for describing the leading attributes of innovation, using universal terms. The diffusion of innovations theory explains how, and the rate at which new ideas and technology spread through culture. According to Roger, diffusion is the rate at which an innovation is communicated through various channels over a specified period. The result of diffusion is that people adopt a new product, idea, or social system. In this case, adoption implies that people do things differently using the new product or service. Similarly the use of Web 2.0 tools in the society has undergone similar processes before its acceptance. The essential attributes to adoption are that people must perceive the idea, product, or behave or as innovative before the diffusion can take place. According to Rogers (1995), a decision of th |
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Muammar Al-Gaddafi - Libya's Manipulative DictatorLocated in the North African Maghreb region, where ninety percent of the country is covered by desert, the Kingdom of Libya can be found. Because of the great percentage covered by desert there are only a few scattered areas where agriculture and life is possible (Nations Online). Most of Libya's population can be found along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Before there passing dictator the flag of Libya was green but through nineteen fifty one to nineteen sixty nine the Kingdom of Libya's flag was reinvented. It was made to contain three horizontal stripes; the first red, then black and on the bottom green with a crescent moon and a star in the center. After Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi took over in nineteen sixty nine this flag was used by Libyan nationals as a symbol of the revolution (Nations Online). Problems in Libya Before the decades of leadership under a cruel and corrupt dictator, Libya was part of the many areas that were under the control of a monarch. King Idris ca |
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Owning and Caring for a Great DaneI have raised and bred Great Danes for over thirty years and consider myself to be an expert on the breed. If you have ever read the cartoon strip "Marmaduke," I can assure you that it is not a work of fiction, in all his quirky comedic style; he is truly a Great Dane. The rewards and drawbacks of Great Dane ownership are as diverse as each individual dog itself. Here are some characteristics that are unique to the Great Dane breed: Each and every Great Dane is truly an exceptional individual with his or her own distinct traits. They are known as "gentle giants" and this nickname could not be more accurate. Generally, it can be said that Great Danes are remarkably loyal towards their masters. They mostly show a preference towards one particular member of their household, but they love everyone and will protect their family. Before you run out and get one to protect your home, be advised that because of their temperament, they do not make suitable guard dogs. T |
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The Philips Company - Moving Forward to the Year 2040Introduction What the business environment in the year 2040 will look like is a question of great importance for today's companies. Whether technologies and business models stay the same or whether they will radically change has a great influence on how companies will have to conduct their business in the future. The following paper will focus on a scenario where business is mainly concentrated in large specialized cosmopolitan centres in which specific industries or services are localized. The impact of such a scenario on today's companies will be explored through the perspective of Philips. Philips is a largely diversified multinational firm which was founded in the Netherlands. In order to specifically investigate the positioning of Philips in a specialized cosmopolitan centre, this paper will focus on the healthcare division of Philips and more specifically, on the research on nanotechnology. Since, in this scenario, nanotechnology is expected to be the new general purpose technolo |
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Frankenstein - The Quest to Create an Artificial LifeMary Shelley's classic novel, "Frankenstein," tells the story of young scientist Victor Frankenstein and his pursuit to create an artificial life. Intrigued as a child with unconventional science, Frankenstein isolated himself from his friends and family because of his obsession to play the role of "god"; he dreamt of giving life to an intelligent, yet unnatural being. After many months collecting pieces of bone, muscle, and flesh from cadavers, Frankenstein sews each piece together forming a hideous monster. Before Frankenstein becomes aware of what he is doing, a bolt of lightning strikes and his creation comes to life. The appearance of the creature as well as the remarkable event that has just taken place overwhelm the scientist so much so that he flees from his apartment and immediately becomes ill with a fever lasting several months (Shelley 48-56). The events which follow the creation of Frankenstein's monster, as well as aspects of Frankenstein's early life and the tribulations |
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Speech - Propaganda in the Digitial WorldGood morning fellow students and welcome to the global youth forum. Today we'll address the impact of the digital age and consider whether it is possible for traditional propaganda techniques to be effective in a digital world with the comparison of the propagandist Nazi regime of Germany within World War 2 and the modern day dictatorship of Kim Jong Un in North Korea. The three sources to be considered in the forum are: the documentary- Triumph of the Will (1935), education in North Korea compared to education in Nazi Germany and wartime posters. But where did the commonly chosen war weapon of propaganda originate from and why was it so successful in accomplishing country wide persuasion? "Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people Propaganda works on the general public from the standpoint of an idea and makes them ripe for the victory of this idea" (Nazi Propaganda, 2013). Adolf Hitler transcribed these words in his book Mein Kampf (1926), in which he first advocate |
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Resisting Change in The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe way people continue to live each day is based on a variety of reasons, and one of those reasons is the changes they choose or choose not to make. The world continues to change daily; on the other hand, people tend to lack the ability to step forward and speak their mind because of traditions that are carried out. In the short story "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson uses characterization and symbolism to emphasize that tradition is resistant to change. Followers continue to follow and changes are not made, which illustrates a theme in the story. Maintaining a tradition is habitual, and in the story, the author uses the characters Mr. Summers, and Old Man Warner to reinforce the theme of keeping a tradition. Mr. Summers was committed to keeping a tradition, for he was head of the lottery and other organizations throughout his small community. Shirley Jackson writes, "It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in |
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Movie Review - The PatriotThis movie is very inspirational and you can't help but feel a sense of patriotism while watching it. The Patriot is one of my favorite movies, maybe because I am sort of a history lover. It depicts America in the colonial period, 1776, in Charleston, South Carolina. It is the dawn of the Revolutionary War against the British and the Articles of the Confederation were barely holding together the thirteen colonies. Benjamin Martin is the main character and is a veteran war Captain who fought heroically in the French Indian war. Benjamin Martin is a widower with seven children living on a plantation outside Charleston. Martin travels to Charleston and voices his opposition of going to war with Britain at a town hall. At the town hall, the delegates are debating whether or not to levy to fund the Continental Army. Martin speaks and says he will not support war with Britain. He also states he does not support King George's taxation without representation, but wants to protest it with further diplomacy and not war. |
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Discrimination and Equal opportunities for MauritiusMauritius is focused more on a unified pluralistic society where unity and diversity continue to remain the core development and progress. One of the priorities of the Government of Mauritius is to provide its people with a quality of life based on human dignity, equality of treatment, economic empowerment and social justice. The Government is very effectual in ensuring that Mauritius is a modern democracy, which protects and provides equal rights and opportunities for all its citizens. Discrimination occurs when treating people less favorably than others because of their sex, skin colour, ethnic origin, political opinion, disability, age, class, previous conviction, etc whereas equal opportunities are ensuring fair and equal treatment for everyone, and tackling discrimination wherever it exists and in whatever form. In January 2012, Mauritius enacted the Equal Opportunities Act which provides better protection against all forms of discrimination. The Act aims at eliminating direct or |
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The Relevance of Television Broadcast NewsIn the mid 1940's, America was introduced to the home television. Following WCBW's coverage of World War II and the Pearl Harbor attack, more and more people began buying personal television sets. According to "American Media History," by Anthony R. Fellow people started to understand the benefits of set ownership, which therefore lead to a decrease in the price and an increase in the sales of home television sets. People began to rely on television for their news and entertainment. Programs like "See It Now with Edward R. Murrow," gave television news the respect and attention it would continue to earn for decades. However, the 1990's brought about a new medium that would again change the way Americans prefer to receive their news and entertainment. Since the development of the Internet, television has not disappeared as a preference for peoples' news source, but the number of preferred news vehicles available has increased. The introduction of television into the homes of American families changed the world of media forever. A nation that used to rely on the radio now turned to an option that combined visuals wit audio creating a revolutionary way to experience the |
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Abortion - Moral Judgements and the Freedom to ChooseAmerican philosopher Judith Thomson takes on the debate of abortion by presenting an analogical argument. She uses other several analogical arguments throughout her paper but the most appealing analogical argument is the sick violinist example. To begin Thomson assumes that the fetus has a right to life from the moment of conception (Thomson, CC 37) Imagine that you wake up one morning to find you've attached to a famous unconscious violinist. The violinist is attached to you because he needs your kidneys and you were the only individual to share the same blood type as the violinist (Thomson, CC 37). The doctor tells you that to keep the violinist alive he needs to be attached to you for nine months or even more and unplugging yourself would mean killing him immediately (Thomson, CC 37). Furthermore, the doctor explains that all persons have a right to life and violinist is a person, so the violinist has a right to life, but because a person's right to life is more important than your |
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Kudler Fine Foods - Professional Development PlanIntroduction Kudler Fine Foods has experienced significant growth and is currently focused on expanding services, improving the efficiency of its operations, and increasing the customer purchase cycle to boost the profitability and loyalty of its customer base (Virtual Organization Portal Apollo Group, 2013). Kathy Kudler has determined that with the rapid expansion of the company diversity training will be included as part of new hire orientation. Diversity training will benefit Kudler Fine Foods employees with understanding and celebrating individual's unique backgrounds, perspectives, values, and beliefs. Additionally, employees will gain a knowledge and understanding of what creates their cultural perspectives. Employees will learn the different communication styles between genders, the communication styles of diverse cultures, how to capitalize on the benefits of a diverse workforce and how to resolve conflicts (Cultural Diversity in the Workplace, n.d.). The objectives of the div |
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Fate and Chance in Shakespeare's MacbethFate is something that is bound to happen. Everyone and everything is destined to do something or become something. In Shakespeare's play "Macbeth," the issue of predestination vs. free will arises. Who actually controls our actions, fate or man itself? This point can be argued either way, however in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth," an emphasis on free will is displayed throughout the play. Macbeth controlled his own actions and because of that, he held great consequences as well. Macbeth had his own choices and decisions to make. Everything started off when Macbeth and his best friend Banquo encountered the three witches. The witches predict Macbeth's fate that he would become the king and the Thane of Cawdor, and Banquo's son, Fleance was also bound to become the king. The witches' prophecy had gave Macbeth a head start, "The truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme, "I am Thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid imag |
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Elements of Civil DisobedienceThe term civil disobedience means the refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation, characterized by nonviolent means. People like Mahatma Gandhi, the Boston Massacre and the Civil Rights Movement civil disobedience to be heard and to change the course of history. These three examples of civil disobedience have their own reasons why the topics practiced civil disobedience, but the view on it is in similar manner. This essay will be analyzing some of the conflicts of civil disobedience throughout history. First and foremost, in Gandhi's opinion of civil disobedience was that civil disobedience is the purest form of constitutional agitation. Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian independence leader who started the protest of British rule in India. When the British arrived in India, they started to collect some sea salt from the sea close to India. Within a few months, the citizens all over India started to make salt illegally. If the citizens in India wanted some salt they had |
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Short Story - The Girl Who Cried "Shark!""Put on some sun screen. Don't go out too deep. And for goodness sake, don't play 'Shark' anymore!" Mom was shouting her warning as we were already splashing in the water. The day started much the same as many others on the beautiful island of Oahu. The sky was the brightest blue, not a cloud in sight. The sun had already climbed high-beating its hot rays onto our shoulders and making us yearn for a swim in the ocean! Lunch was finally finished and my two brothers, sister, and I knew we would soon be taking that long awaited ride to Waikiki Beach. The four of us piled into our usual seats in the family van as mom slid behind the wheel and cranked the engine. With a quick "beep, beep" of the horn she grinned and peered over her shoulder to see the excitement in our eyes as the van began moving in reverse out of the driveway. The winding roads seemed to be longer this day than usual. Maybe there was more anticipation this particular trip because we had not been |
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Paintings by the Masters of LightOne of the most important aspects of baroque art was consideration of the emotional experience of those who would view it. This was of great concern to Michelangelo Merisi who was known as an artist by the name of Caravaggio, the northern Italian town of his birth. He invented an innovative new technique, called tenebrism that was an exaggeration of chiaroscuro, a technique used by many artists of the time using slight variations of light and dark. Caravaggio was a master at using light to create an intense dramatic effect on the viewer, and his influence is apparent in the work of one of his most important followers, Artemisia Gentileschi. "The Calling of Saint Matthew" was Caravaggio's first considerable commission after he moved to Rome. It was to be displayed in the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi thanks to his influential friend Cardinal Del Monte. As a result of this commission, the approach to religious subjects Caravaggio displayed were impressive a |
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Existentialism and Super HeroesThe superhero Spider-Man debuted in August of 1962 in the fifteenth and final issue of "Amazing Fantasy." The magazine had a declining readership, so Stan Lee set out to make a superhero different from the already popular Fantastic Four and Incredible Hulk. Stan Lee described his ideas for this new superhero as "not too handsome, not to glamorous, not too graceful, [and] not too muscular" (121). Together, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created the young Peter Parker, who after being bitten by a radioactive spider became the Amazing Spider-Man. After fifty years, Spider-Man is as popular as he has ever been with a completed movie trilogy, a movie reboot scheduled to include at least four total films, starring in three different comic books, and being a major character in multiple Avengers comic books. The fifty year journey was marred by failures by Spider-Man that lead to grief in Peter Parker's personal life. Spider-Man is an existentialist superhero, and his philosophy has led t |
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Three Missionary Journeys of the Apostle PaulThe First Missionary Journeys of Paul I. Directed by the Holy Spirit Paul and Barnabas traveled from their home base in Antioch, Syria to Seleucia, Cyprus and Pathos. A. In Pathos they found Bar Jesus (Elymas), a Jewish false prophet who claimed to be sorcerer and attempted to discredit their teaching. 1. Paul made him go blind when he tried to prevent their teaching. 2. Converted Sergus Paulus (Deputy of the Country) who witnessed this. (Acts 13:6-12 Life Application Study Bible) B. Paul's Modus Operandi: Always begin in Jewish Temple Teaching and never deny Gospel message to the Gentiles II. Paul and Barnabas continued to Perga (Pamphlia) and Antioch (Pisidia) A. Paul preached complete Biblical sermon from Noah to Jesus to Antioch (Acts 13:16-380 B. Sabbath Day |
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Hate List by Jennifer BrownThe novel, "Hate List," by Jennifer Brown is written from the point of view of teenager, Valerie Leftman whose boyfriend, Nick Levil, opened fire in a school cafeteria filled with students and faculty; he then turned the gun on himself. She was shot while trying to stop him and inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. The list he used to pick his targets. Now five months later Valerie is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year. It's a story of how Valerie has to come to terms with who she was, who she is now, and who she wants to be. Throughout the novel, Nick was portrayed as being consumed with hate and his perception is that "people hate. That's our reality. People hate and are hated. I don't know if it's possible to take hate away from people." Through Valerie's ordeal at school I was able to see that this was not true. Through high school Valerie was bullied just as much as Nick, yet she was able to handle everything with so much dignity and |
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Factors in Second Language Learning and AquisitionSecond language acquisition and learning refers to any language gain in addition to the native tongue. Acquisition is a natural and intuitive process while learning is a deliberate tactic to grasp a language (Second Language Acquisition, n.d). Acquisition is an unintentional and instinctive conduct toward which the individual is oblivious. Both adults and children are capable of instinctively acquiring a language while learning is a deliberate process achieved with effort. Language structures are present in the human mind, in the form of language design and configuration and react to correct errors. According to research (Krashen, 1981), language learning requires properly guided instructions and is less effective or fairly incompetent than acquisition. Diversity of Factors The pace and ease of acquisition and learning a second language is complex and include internal and external factors conditional to an individual's characteristics. Level of cognitive development, social-economic status, cultural background, personality, together with age and motivation are most disputed collective factors acknowledged. Some researchers (Gomleksiz, 2001), belie |
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The Driving Force of the American Working ClassThe working class in the U.S. was the driving force for the growth of the nation many years ago and still is today. The only thing about the workforce today is that it is nowhere near what it used to be back in those days. It all really started in 2009 when the U.S. economy took a huge hit and fell into a recession. Employee layoffs were happening left and right in huge chunks, day after day. During the Great Depression the highest unemployment rate was 25%. Granted, unemployment is not even close to that by a long shot, but it is t good at all. Currently the unemployment rate is at 7.9%. As far as the number of people jobless goes, it is roughly 12,258,000 people in the U.S. without jobs. We are still recovering from a recession, not close to a full recovery, but we are trying. During the recession the unemployment rate hit 9.5% in June of 2009. A couple of months after that, unemployment spiked at 10.0% in October of 2009. The amount of people that were during the recession was an as |
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Pakistan and the Application of Mortgage LawPreface Pakistan is going through a turbulent phase of its political and economic existence with the latter becoming more important all the time. This study which focuses on the need for housing finance in the country to not only provide much needed housing but also to boost the economy stresses on the need for the government and the private sector to unite together in tackling the need. This means the housing finance sector and the government have to work together. When legislation is improved for a structural framework to be installed concerning housing laws and its financing, chances for this succeeding will greatly increase. Globally developed nations are far ahead of developing countries as far as housing and its financing are concerned. Countries like Pakistan are in the very embryonic stages of studying the problem much less having a concerted effort to resolve the dilemma. Pakistan is even far behind India in this regard. In this paper I am investigating the nature of the pr |
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