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Short Story - The Painted DoorThat was a horrible day; a giant shudder convulsed my body as the wind made contact, chilling me to the bone. My eyes scanned the surroundings looking for a shape or shadow in the blinding whiteness. The trees were all white too, like monster blobs with only a touch of green color coming through the deep snow. I wanted to back home as soon as possible because I didn't want Ann to be alone in such a terrible day. However, the time seemed to be frozen along with my feet in the blizzard of white and wind. I couldn't tell I was moving or standing completely still. I arrived home finally. I wanted to give Ann a big surprise, so I went into the house noiselessly. When I opened the door, I saw many clothes were disorder in the floor. Following the clothes, I couldn't believe what I had seen. I saw two people slept on my bed through the glimmering light. My feet were without any strength suddenly, so I relied on |
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Education and Aboriginal Studies"Although you may not realize it now or even until next year when you have finished your HSC and you reflect on your school days, you have made a great choice in making Aboriginal Studies a part of your education. Although it seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in Mr. S's class taking Aboriginal Studies it was actually a year and a half ago. In this time however I have not forgotten how enjoyable and beneficial the class was nor have I forgotten the reason I took Aboriginal Studies and the surprise I got. I returned to K. High School at the end of year ten after living in America for 2 years. On my return I was immediately given a pink form to fill in. This form listed all the subjects available to year 11 and 12 students and I was to tick the boxes of the subjects I wanted to take and return it ASAP, as all other students had already returned theirs. I knew little about the subjects being offered and what I did know came from my reliable peers and many of my choices were base |
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Film Adaptation - Sense and Sensibility1. INTRODUCTION It is truth universally acknowledge that a good novel in possession of a good love story must be in want of a screen adaptation. Yet no work of Jane Austen reached the big screen before 1940's Pride and Prejudice – which, though highly popular, was the last Austen film for a long period. Between 1948 and 1994, television was the chief medium for adaptations of Austen's novels. Then six important film and television adaptations appeared on the screen in two years. Following the 1995 Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and two more Emmas, all before the end of 1996. At the end of the twentieth century, a nineteenth-century novelist Jane Austen had become a hot media property. The present study is specifically concerned with the perception aspects of a film adaptation by the example of Emma Thompson's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995, USA/UK) film adaptation. Not all adaptations fare as well; in fact, critics literary and popular, often resort to the |
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Short Story - The MiracleA hot July day in Missouri is just a few degrees of humidity away from truly feeling like death. You aren't able to step onto your front porch to pick up the newspaper without coming back inside with a few beads of sweat on your brow. I was staying with my grandma and grandpa in St. James Missouri, a true southern cow-town with beautiful hay and cornfields for miles. Queen Anne's Lace and Black-Eyed Susans framed the old dirt roads with the beauty that comes with being a wild flower. Just a little house near the highway with a barn in the back and sunflowers that grew over six feet tall wrapped around the frame of the barn. This was bliss, and I only was able to enjoy it one week a year. I don't know about you, but there's something about Midwest sunsets and the sweet tune of your grandma humming George Jones as she dozes off to sleep holding the hand of your grandpa as he sits there and savors every moment. That's a snapshot I want to remember forever. It was an early morning when I |
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Argumentative Essay: Should Those With Disabilities Work?Disability Discrimination in the Workplace: Should Those With Developmental Disabilities Be Able to Work (dyslexia, autism, blindness, deafness, down syndrome, etc.)? Discrimination of all types is a problem society faces each day. The most upsetting form of discrimination exists amid the disabled. Today, people who suffer from disabilities are wrongly stereotyped and judged because of their impairments. Since those who are developmentally disabled present behaviors that society considers to be abnormal and possibly dangerous, they are an easier target to discriminate against. Though this has been allowed and going on historically, the issue is raised here. If someone has a mental or developmental disability, they should not be discriminated against when applying for a job. For a person to be considered disabled, he or she must have the signs of impairment, either physical or mental, with great disadvantageous and long-term effects on their ability to carry out normal everyday activi |
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Geographical Clusters and Vaccine Refusal Introduction Vaccines are one of the best defenses we have against preventable and contagious diseases. Vaccines stimulate the body's immune system to fight off the future disease. However, as dependable as vaccines are, there still exist risks like other medical products. It might cause some side effects, such as redness, swelling, or soreness at the injection site. Some might cause fever, rash, and achiness. Although the side effects are usually really mild, people are still scared of the risk that may incur with incompatibility of the body and the vaccine. More severe side effects include blood in the urine, pneumonia, and inflammation of stomach or intestine, but it is not clear if these side effects happen because of the vaccine, or just by chance occur after vaccination. Nevertheless, without receiving vaccines more serious diseases can spread to the others. There is evidence that the increase in vaccine refusal and the geographic clustering of refusal increases the risk of d |
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The Second Great AwakeningThe Second Great Awakening was a religious impulse that swept through the nation post-1790s. The churches of the nation began to reject the Calvinistic belief of, "Pre-Destination," – the belief that one's salvation or damnation was predetermined at birth. Rather than preach "Pre-Destination" they emphasized individual responsibility for salvation and they preached that people could improve themselves and society. This led to a pursuit for perfection. The Second Great Awakening placed religion in the forefront of politics. Alexis de Tocqueville said that, "I found that Religion was the foremost of the political institutions of the United States." The mediums that the preachers used to spread their messages were mostly large gatherings, where audiences counting into the 20,000s made camp to listen. The gatherings were called revivals. The revivals were emotional meetings that intended to awaken religious faith through passionate preaching and prayer |
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The Challenge of Cultural RelativismHave you ever felt that another culture was so different than yours that everything they did was just flat out absurd? This is the exact opposite of what a culture relativist would believe. Culture Relativism is essentially the act of not judging another culture's behavior based on the standards of their own culture and that every culture should be analyzed individually. This means that no absolute moral values/beliefs can be applied to all cultures, which makes "right" and "wrong" different in every society. What is considered "right" may be considered "wrong in another society. This means that every culture would have their own set of rules to live by and no one could judge them on it. This belief may lead to chaos because it may impede a society from progression/advancement. We must follow some universal rules (no murder or genocide) and cultural relativism rids an idea of a universal truth. In order to progress, we must be allowed to judge since t |
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Hard Times: The Binary of Mind and HeartHard Times: The Binary of Mind versus Heart Charles Dickens novel Hard Times, introduces us to the monotonous city of Coketown, England during the rise of Industrialization in the nineteenth century. Undoubtedly, the effects of industrialization were felt throughout the city. The growth of automation caused a peculiar obsession with facts instilling greed in the wealthy, and compassion in the poor, giving birth to the binary of mind versus heart in Dickens satire. Eventually, Industrialization caused the development of a social caste system. Who many, fell victim to. We know the Victorian Era to be the death of God for many, and the birth of extreme Utilitarianism. We see this philosophy in Dickens characters, Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby. Utilitarian thinkers of the mind philosophy lived their lives based on facts, detaching themselves completely from all human compassion, thus, making them seemingly selfish. At this time, it was largely believed that following this philoso |
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Computers and Security IssuesPeople who are attracted to the internet are doing it for different reasons. They really like the ability to quickly and inexpensively keep up with friends and family by using e-mail, or instant messenger while others love the large amounts of information they can get on a moment's notice like watching watch movies, or listening to music or even the excitement of playing a web based games like World of Warcraft. However, it is possible that many internet users tend to share several things in common as they search and play games on the internet. They are not thinking about computer security like having a Firewall1, anti-malware protection, or even an anti-virus programs. There are several areas that you should be aware of with your security and that you should address, Targeted attacks, for instance from hackers who try to trick you to reveal certain information to gain access to your computer or personal information. Through spam/phish emails, phish websites, or wanting you to download or enter personal information. So your best bet is if you d |
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Hard Work and the American DreamThe "American Dream" is an ideal that has been present since American literature's commencement, but what exactly is it? Some might say that it's a quest for wealth, prosperity, and generally a high position in society, while others might say it is nothing but the act of settling down and having a good life. What is true is that all of the mentioned notions can be ascribed to the fundamental idea of the "American Dream." Through the passing of time, the original quest for settlement and freedom has evolved into a continuing struggle to achieve a big house, a nice car, and a life of ease. Horatio Alger's book Ragged Dick is a very suitable portrait. Alger tells the reader that anyone and everyone could improve themselves with hard work, a positive attitude, and an education, and the "American Dream" is a possible dream that can be attained by anyone. Bill Rancic, an American entrepreneur, has been quoted saying, "The "American Dream" is stil |
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Vaccinations and Immune SystemsWe are in the 21st century and in 2015 to be exact, a point in time, where vaccines have become a part and a vital necessity which plays a huge role in our everyday lives. Many of us will have had a previous encounter with vaccinations at some point, possibly as a child or of an up and coming disease. If not, I guarantee that you will know of at least one person who has been vaccinated before. The worldwide acceptance and use of vaccines have for many decades, protected us from and eliminated many threatening decreases. Thus integrating itself into our bodies and becoming regular and recognized. Despite this, the matter/use of vaccination weights differently on a lot of individuals, with many people demanding against it for different reasons (2). However, in this report, we will look at the reasons as to why people are for and against vaccines as well as the implications associated with them while focusing extremely on the use of childhood vaccination in Aotearoa, New Zealand. If w |
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Nursing and Therapeutic CommunicationsAs nursing students, graduating nursing students, nurses, and other medical professional or even regular everyday people, communication is vitally important in ensuring the successful establishment and nurturing of relationships between individuals. Ineffective communication can lead to the degradation of any relationship, which can ultimately result in broken relationships, lost jobs, and other negative consequences. Therapeutic communication is a practice that allows effective rapport-building between the medical personal, regardless of current role, and the patient. What follows are some guidelines for the do's and don'ts of effective therapeutic communication. Using these guidelines will help promote the sharing of ideas and feelings the client may have. Starting with the dos of therapeutic communication, actively listening is an essential nursing skill to have. This skill does not just refer to listening to what the patient is saying verbally, but paying close attention to t |
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The Problem with Child Beauty PageantsIt is 5am Friday morning and six year old Hannah is almost ready to leave her home with her mother to start their 5 hour car ride to the other side of their state. Restless and sleep deprived, Hanna's mother hounds her to repeat her script until she has it completely memorized. Arduous rehearsals are a must to ensure that Hannah is prepared for what is to come. The rules of age for entry into a pageant vary for different competitions, but Hanna's mother has had her competing since she was 6 months old. This has become her way of life, weekend after weekend, on the hunt to win another trophy. Hanna's mother is one of the many pageant crazed mothers who spend thousands of dollars to primp and prep and show off their precious children for a shot at winning a tiara or even better, money. Most parents will argue that their children love to participate in pageants and they love to be a part of the limelight, however watching TV reality shows like Toddlers and Tiaras, an outsider will most li |
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Prejudice and Stereotypes in A Bronx TaleGrowing up, I only had interest in guys that were African-American. This reason is because I knew I would feel uncomfortable dating someone who had lighter skin, and spoke differently from me, so I wouldn't even bother thinking about dating someone outside of my ethnic circle. It is so much easier dating someone who is African-American because whether you're a light-skin or dark-skin African-American, you still get the same treatment from everyone else who are against interracial relationships. Some may say that it is racist to only date people in your own race, but its honestly better. During the slavery period interracial marriages were illegal, and slaves were not able to get married either. Though there were freed slaves, which was very rare, they weren't able to marry outside of their race, but during that time it was okay for slave owners to rape and molest Black slaves. Some may feel that just because people would rather date someone within their own ethnic circle are considere |
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Nutrition and a Healthy LifestyleNutrition is very important in living a healthy lifestyle. Keeping an eye on your personal daily nutrition values and intake is extremely important to an effective diet. In this paper I will compare and contrast my daily values totals as documented to the recommended daily totals. Then I will compare whether my diet is healthy or not as well how it affect my health and wellness now and in the future. I picked three days of the week to do my diet analysis. I chose Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. I'm off on Saturday, so I'm able to have enough time to eat and participate in my exercise. Monday is the first day of the week. I'm more energized on Monday, I have only one class I'm also able to participate in exercise. My Thursdays feel like Fridays to me because it is my last day of school and also last day of work so I'm always relaxed on Thursday. My food Journal states that in a three day period I consumed 2,242.54 calories 717 .99 of unsaturated fat, 187.32 of saturated fat 110.4 |
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The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright MillsIn C. Wright Mills' essay, The Sociological Imagination, Mills dedicates the essay to defining what the Sociological imagination is and examples of it in today's society. According the Mills, the sociological imagination is the ability to notice how people in society differ in terms of class, social, economic, and historical circumstances and how those social circumstances influence their lives and interactions. In order to understand why things are the way that they are, one needs to be able to know why those things were even put into place. For example, when Mills discusses the first fruit of the sociological imagination it is the is the idea that one can only understand one's own experience and realize his/her own fate by identifying himself/herself within that period, so that one would know the chances in life based on those who are in the same circumstances. Mills explains that one has to be able to remove themselves from their everyday lives and look at it from a new perspective. The sociological imagination not only shows the characteristics of society but it also shows what could become of society if we con |
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Prisoners and the Recidivism RateStatistics indicate that there are an alarming number of people in prison. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 2,293,157 people held in federal and local prisons in 2007. What is more alarming is that, research has indicated that two-thirds of inmates released will be re-incarcerated in the three years following their release (McKean and Ransford, 2004: 8). This is known as recidivism and it is a problem in our society as it affects communities, families, and public safety. The transition from prison life back into society is not simple. Ex-offenders must find a residence, purchase life's necessities, and locate a job. These activities are harder for ex-prisoners than the average person because many prisoners have not been rehabilitated, developed skills, or obtained an education while in prison, and have not received adequate transitional services upon leaving prison. The current strat |
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Thelma and Louise - Breaking ExpectationsExpectations come from what we are taught to believe, and whether that expectation are met or not is the result of actual experience. Gender and sexual expectations have been given general stereotypes in which case contemporary women have been viewed as soft, sympathetic, submissive and are to be kept under control. In the film, Thelma and Louise, filmmaker Ridley Scott portrays these general, female stereotypes to be far from the truth and visually shows us that women can break these expectations under enormous pressure, reshaping their own identities. First, Scott shows how resistance to danger can help break an expectation. In the face of danger, it is said that a person's true colors come about. In this case, stereotypes do not apply, and in extreme cases of pressure he or she tends to bend or break completely. It is at this moment, the resistance to danger, that expectations are forgotten and the actions shown by anyone is a direct reflection on themselves. In other words when p |
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Adults Second Language AcquisitionThere is currently a growing population of people in China that can speak more than one language. Throughout recent years, learning a new language has become very popular in China. More and more Chinese students are electing to spend time abroad in order to study a new language. According to the Chinese Ministry of Education, in 2013, there were approximately 413,900 students from China studying abroad, and this was a dramatic increase from the 399,082 students that studied abroad in 2012. However, I heard my friends said it's very difficult for them to study a new language because they are not native speaker. As a result, they combat this issue by sacrificing pronunciation and focusing solely on learning vocabulary words when they are learning a new language. They think it is more beneficial for them to have a greater bank of vocabulary knowledge, instead of distributing time to study pronunciation they utilized it to learn more vocabulary words. However, I don't agree with them. Even though it's difficult for adult learners to achieve native-like p |
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African-America Poet - Jupiter HammonHammon was the first black poet whose work were published for the first time in the United States. It is contrary to the popular beliefs. He is known famously as the writer of the poem An Evening Thought alongside other works such as Penitential Cries and Salvation by Christ (Poetry Foundation). The majority of his creative works communicates Christian subjects and maintains a strategic distance from meeting with the slaveholding class that oversaw Hammon's life. Despite the fact that he is moderately renowned, Hammon is an imperative and the first dark American poem creator to show up in print. All the themes of his works are regarded as the trailblazers of Negro spirituals and adversary conversations. Hammon's date of birth is accepted to be 11th October 1711. However, numerous sources reveal his birthday to be 172 |
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The Not So Scary TransitionAre you a senior in high school and dreading the changes that you will soon have to make when you go to college? All throughout your fourteen years at elementary, middle, and high school you have become comfortable with a certain way of living. Yes, jumping up to different schools is a small change, but those changes are not as big as the transitions you will have to go through when going to college. Even if you move to a different town or state and have to switch schools, it still won't be as big as the adjustments you will have to make going to college. The only possible way that the transition to college will not be too bad is if you went to a boarding school. There are a lot of differences and changes between high school and college; it's a totally new life, but these differences are not as bad as many people make them out to be. The first major difference is the length of the school day. Throughout your past fourteen years of schooling, you have become used to school days startin |
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Career Paper - Obstetricians-GynecologyBecoming an OB-GYN has been an exciting journey for many physicians today. Many of these physicians enjoy working with women while they go through their pregnancy and childbirth. Though numerous doctors savor their full time job, they might also sit back and realized what they had to do to achieve the goals in becoming an OB-GYN. Physicians realized that this career was fun but challenging task. Several of doctors had to think about the background, the education, and the skills that is needed to actually pursue this occupation. So for anyone who wants to be an OB-GYN, tune in to what is needed to be known for this demanding profession. Although becoming an OB-GYN is a dream come true for a variety of doctors, knowing the background of both Obstetrics and Gynecology is exceedingly influential to anyone who planing to dedicate their life to this career. Obstetrics is the specialization in delivering babies. This statement is considered true because since 1950, the development of prenata |
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Obstacles of Cultural Heritage ProtectionIt is known to all that cultural heritages can be divided into tangible ones and intangible ones. They are all created by the wisdom of our ancestors and they should be handed down from generations to generations. Everyone has the responsibility to protect this valuable wealth. However, as our society is changing every day and various things are happening unpredictably, there are some barriers to the cultural heritage conservation. On one hand, Natural disasters and natural erosion may do certain harms to cultural heritage. For example, the most recent event, Nepal earthquake caused lots of death and a great number of economic losses including the destruction of their ancient temples. They are all very precious hierons. At least 11 of these world cultura |
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Pervasive ComputingAbstract Pervasive computing is an advancement of desktop model for the interaction between human and computer, which is integration of computing in human mankind day to day life. It is integration of interaction between every object which is not even visible. Normally single user consciously interacts with a single device for a specific purpose, whereas someone using in pervasive computing makes many devices and systems interact simultaneously in routine activities and we need not be aware that they are doing in that manner which are like invisible. Pervasive computing environments involve the coordination and interaction among various computing devices which may be accessible or invisible. These devices can be connected either wired or wireless to each other. Their main aspect is to share and distribute all services throughout everyday life. Introduction Imagine the world with all sort of electronic devices taking to each other very easily and bring you the things which you need at |
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