...Administration is a degree that I believe fits me well. I think that to achieve what I want in life that this is the best field of study for me. I want to be successful. I want to be wealthy. I want to change the world for the better. That’s the same way that one man thought back in the early 1970’s. This man was Steven Paul Jobs. Over the last 30 years he has paved the way for an industry that is constantly changing. He was a man that came from nothing and showed the world that anybody who dreams for something can accomplish it. He is a leader not only in business but also in the world. Many people look up to him, including myself, and I would one day hope to possess an ounce of the leadership that he had. I have already attained my associate’s degree in business administration in June of 2011 from Orange County Community College in Middletown New York. While there I learned the basics to what it takes to become successful in the business industry. The reason that I chose this degree is because I work for Best Buy. When I started there I knew that I wanted to be more than a part timer. I knew that one day I wanted to work my way up the ladder and become a bigger piece to the puzzle. So I worked hard and decided to start college. Now that I am a supervisor and that I have one degree under my belt I just want to continue the push myself to do more. The next step would be management in my job, and I hope to have that within the next 6 months. While trying for that, I will be completing my...
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...LEAD SCOUT- I am the lead scout, eyes and ears of the team, Equip with binocular and night vision goggles. Arm with M16 rifle NAVIGATOR- I am the navigator, driver of the team. Equip with lensatic compass and map. Arm with 60 cal Machine gun. RADIO MAN- I am the radio man, the life of the team and communication specialist. Equip with radio set and handbook. TEAM LEADER-HOWAAAA I am the team leader, command and control of the team, conversant of troop leading procedure. Equip with handheld radio, map and lensatic compass, Arm with Ar-15 rifle. HOWAAAAA. CONTACT MAN- I am the contact man, versatile actor of the team, intel and psy ops specialist, fluent in several dialects and languages. Equip with civilian clothes. Arm with M203 and grenade. ASSISTANT TEAM LEADER- I am the asst. team leader, demolition specialist. Equip with demolition equipment. Arm with M16 rifle. SNIPER- I am the sniper of team, expert in rifle, expert in estimating ranges, sharp shooter. Arm with sniper rifle with complete scope. TAIL SCOUT- I am the tail scout, my primary duty is to erase the track made by the team, medical specialist. Equip with first aid kit and camera. Arm with M16 rifle. LEAD SCOUT- He is the eyes and ears of the team. He is the sense of the visual tracker of the team. He is expert disarming and different type of traps, baits, snares and early warning devices by the enemies. He is specialized in silent hand signal. Expert to analyzed the terrain in the far sight and evaluating...
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...motivated by it. So our purpose is to share some experiences from the spirit realm that could make you desire to spend more time with God in order to want to move into that realm. II Cor. 12:1-4 I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows - and he heard things that that cannot be told, which man may not utter. Now Paul was educated and he would not be short of words as far as the average man is concerned. So you could imagine the impact of what he is saying. This is not an ordinary man who lacks the vocabulary. Paul was brought up at Gamaliel's feet. He is one of the most highly educated people in his days. And for him to make a statement that he has been in the spirit realm, and that when he came back he could not describe what it was like, imagine the impact of that. It was just like a Noble prize scientist who is on the top echelon of intellectual ability coming back from the spirit realm and say I could describe atoms, molecules but I can't describe what is there. It would have the same impact. Paul was above the ordinary in every thing that he pursued in God. So there is a spirit realm, which is quite hard to comprehend, and we want...
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...Living Legend To man, anything not human is a monster, and to them, I had fallen in that category. For centuries, I had lived happily in my cave off the coast of Sicily. That is, until Odysseus of Ithaca came along and drove a stake into my eye. For over 30 centuries, I lived in my dark cold world. Without sight, I was not been able to enjoy the colors of the world. I was not able to see my face in the water. I was not able to look upon my few sheep that hadn't escaped with Odysseus, my children. They were all I ever had. After my blinding, I began to pray to the gods more. My father, Poseidon, would often beach a whale for me to feast on as he could not stand to watch his child starve. Zeus, my uncle, did not show me any...
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...rank is how I have viewed graduate school. Until this point in my life I lacked the direction necessary to know what I wanted to study in graduate school, it is that simple. I dabbled and knew, by past performance, I did not want to blindly follow, like a lemming, the paths taken by most of my colleagues: Anesthesia, family practice, critical care, or psychology. Like everything in my life, I had to be unconventional and find my own path and in my own time. This is but a brief introduction, my personal and professional goals, methods of coping with life, the ability (or inability) to communicate, and why I chose this advanced time in my life to pursue a graduate course of instruction. Professionally, I am a Lieutenant in the Nurse Corps (NC) of the United States Navy and a 24- Navy man. Personally, I am the loving and devoted husband to Debby, doting father to Millie and Mike and grandfather to Zack. If truth be told, I sometimes forget myself and have difficulty separating the military man from the family man, a problem my wife quickly remedies. My goals follow a semi-rigid construction professionally, I am anything but a conventional NC officer, but I desire promotion to the next rank as everyone else. Because I have the attention span of a gerbil, I tend to set very short – term goals, like putting my uniform on correctly. Professionally, to fully realize a master’s degree seems awfully lofty to me, but it is my long-term goal nevertheless. Personally, I want to...
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...these gifts, “For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the status which belongs to the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12-13). This singular purpose, of equipping and building, produces an equally singular result – maturity in the life of the believer. There certainly are a number of other tasks and functions for the pastor to fulfill, but as I read these verses in Ephesians, the purpose of the pastor seems clear. Over my fifteen-plus years of fulltime, vocational ministry, I have seen some disturbing trends. I believe that ministry, pastoral ministry specifically, is a powerful and significant call, but I have seen many pastors fall into the trap of operating in an office outside of that which they have been called to. Sometimes this is based in a desire for notoriety, other times a desire for more money, or perhaps even because their intentions were good, but they simply allowed themselves to get off track a little. I have seen pastors attempt to function as an evangelist, giving their all for the lost while completely neglecting those who are already in the household of faith. Additionally, I have seen pastors who attempt to fill the role of a prophet, where they are so heavenly-minded that they’re no earthly good; operating in a strong...
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...Managing Your Priorities Part 4 of Spiritual Priorities Wednesday January 18, 2012 Point: When you see as God sees, you’ll do as God says. Intro: * Review over the series. Me: * Something I’ve learned about myself is that I have a desire to be successful. I want to succeed at everything I do. I want to make good grades, ace tests, earn any sort of academic honors possible, be the hardest worker, get the certifications, degrees, you name it. * And all of that takes huge amounts of effort. Effort that I believe is well spent. * But for all of my desire to be successful in life, the one thing that moves me so much more strongly than that is my desire to have closeness with God. * Over the past almost 7 years of me being saved (and even before that I just didn’t realize it at the time) I have found that more than anything else I want to please God. * Just the thought of missing out on His plan for my life is absolutely crushing. (Transition: And here’s what I know: You are the same way. You have a desire to walk on God’s path for your life and deep down you have a desire for, are you ready for this, commitment to God. [Whoa!!]) We: * How do I know that? Because Ecclesiastes 3:11 in the NLT says, “He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.” * God made us to worship Him and have a relationship with Him. And because He made us this way,...
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...The stop was so sudden, that Father was flung off. His arms hit the ground first, scraping badly. His ears were ringing and his vision blurred. Black dots danced in the corners of his vision. He shook his head slightly, and his vision cleared. He shakily looked back, only to see the alligator slink out of the swamp and stalk toward the horse. Its mouth seemed to be up in a gruesome smile. My father stumbled into a slow run. He didn’t get far when he heard the horse scream, and then the sickening crunch of bone. Father felt the burning of guilt as he kept running. He knew that the alligator would soon be after him. ‘Just keep running,’ Father thought. And he...
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...My name is Dominique McLeod and I reside in Atlanta, Georgia. I am one of four children, the child of two loving parents, God-fearing, a genuine person, and most importantly striving to be the leader I am destined to be. Attending college has never been just an option; it was a must. That is why I am making every effort to make that come true. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” This quote by American Scholar Warren Bennis, plainly states the goal of a true leader. A true leader has a goal, a vision as Bennis put it. The task set before that leader is to make the vision come true (a reality) by any means necessary. There are certain qualities needed to make sure the vision is successfully turned into a reality. Hard work, dedication, and perseverance are the three main qualities among many that act as a catalyst to the leader’s vision. When these qualities are put into action, the impossible becomes the possible and as Warren Bennis put it, the vision becomes a reality. One obstacle, that in my life I classified as the impossible, was attending the first charter school of Gwinnett County, The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, & Technology. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST) is a charter school that was established in 2007. It focuses on the higher end of the academic spectrum in providing exceptional students with challenging curriculum and extensive leadership responsibilities in order to prepare the students...
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...Patient safety issues that I came across during my clinic visit to Cheras Baru community clinic were patient privacy, communication between doctor and patient, and hand washing practices. As the clinic was undersized, there were not many rooms available. ECG and vision tests were held in one same room. An old lady who came in for ECG was asked to lie down on the bed and expose her chest while the nurse who attended pulled the curtain over. At the same time, another nurse called an old man into the room for vision test. Before this man took his seat, he peeped into the curtain. For a second, I was stoned by the act of the old man. The nurse did not say a word and continued with the ECG. I felt that the privacy of the lady was breached. This situation could cause embarrassment to the patient and may affect the results of the examination too. Firstly, I think that vision tests and ECG should be done in separate rooms. However, due to space constraint, nurses should be attentive and should not be oblivious of the wrong doings of other patients. If I was put in a similar situation, I would have corrected the act of the old man without any hesitation and would have explained to him the consequences of his action. During consultation, a doctor who attended the old lady was not able to explain her condition in layman’s term and did not make any initiative to make his patient understand about her condition, leaving the patient unclear about her illness. Reluctance of the doctor may lead...
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...[[move this block to the left margin]] Nicholas Petrilla Essay I Draft Analysis of Cathedral 28 September 2010 Dr. Michelle Brown Analysis of Cathedral [[descriptive title? 12-point font, not bold]] I am fortunate that each morning I wake up, look around, and am able view the world around me. Most of us take our vision for granted. Others, like the narrator, in the Raymond Carver short story, Cathedral, not only take their vision for granted, but look with prejudice on people with this disability or any disability. Too often we have a preconceived notion of how we feel about individuals before we really get to know them. The narrator only knew of Robert from the stories his wife had told him, and the poems she had written; including that first poem were she describes the last day she spent with him, and how he had asked to touch her face. But just the fact that Robert was blind was enough for the narrator to form his opinion of Robert. The theme that the narrator wanted us to see was that although he was letting Robert come into his home, there was no way he was going to be able to cope with a “blind man”. Having this man in his house was not normal, and was not something with which he was going to be comfortable. The writing of this story from the narrator’s view point allows each reader to reflect on their preconceived notions of situations that they have faced and how they dealt with them. (Thesis) As the story develops, there are many references to...
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...Event David Warner Professor Christine Prickett Hum 112 World Cultures II March 16, 2013 For my cultural event, I chose to go to the Walters Museum, in Baltimore Md. I took my wife with me as she used to do an internship there years ago, and it is her favorite museum. I myself am not a typical museum enthusiast, as well I feel there is only one good place in Baltimore, and that is Johns Hopkins hospital. Nonetheless, I looked this as a nice way to spend a day with her, and did approach the museum with an open mind, as it was a new experience, and she was excited to go. Upon arriving on Sunday March 3, 2014, the first thing that stood out was the structure itself. The building is a combination of old and new, it appears old, but has modern amenities, and one can immediately tell not a single expense was spared. First impression for me was great, it usually means a lot and the building itself is very impressive. Inside, the building is just as impressive, lots of marble and ornamental trim work, and each display is positioned allowing a good close up view. My first choice of a work to describe is “A Glass Of Lemonade” by Gerard Ter Borch, which originates from the baroque art time period. This painting was purchased by Henry Walters in 1910, which he bequeathed to the Walters Art Museum. This piece depicts a poor to middle-class young man making a glass of lemonade for a young woman, possibly to convey his feelings to her. Ter Borch was known for paintings focusing...
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...and pacifiers. Dirty diapers and car seats. So not my cup of tea. I was just starting my life and had just moved away from home to start college. This was my time to have fun, to find myself; this was my time to shine. Life, though, seems to have its own set of plans laid out for us; it’s just not what we expect, and when that curve ball gets thrown, well it’s usually a doozy. Life sure laid one on me that January day when everything changed and not in the best possible way. So I was going to be a mom. That word just didn’t fit right; I wasn’t supposed to have kids, plus, I didn’t even want kids. In “Alone on the Hilltop”, John (Fire) Lame Deer, tells us of his rite of passage. He is a sixteen year old Sioux Indian boy confined to a sacred hole dug into the side of a hilltop called a vision pit. He is left alone and scared for four days and nights, with no food or water and only a few small tokens left with him for strength and guidance. Lame Deer has a brightly colored star quilt that his grandmother made, and forty pieces of her own flesh to help him be strong. He also has with him a ceremonial pipe to help ease his fears and communicate with the Waken Tanka or “Great Spirit” in the spirit world. Being alone with only his small tokens, the earth and night sky are all part of the path he must take to find his “calling”, to become a medicine man like his grandfather before him. This is his path to becoming a man. Rites of passage are different for everyone, and although my...
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...Leadership Quotes Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker The question, 'Who ought to be boss?', is like asking, 'Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. Henry Ford Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. George S. Patton | Adlai Stevenson: It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. Al Gini: The term power comes from the Latin posse: to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well? Albert Einstein: Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Barack Obama: I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics. Carl Sagan: But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed...
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...Andy Luker MW 12:00-1:15 Organizational Behavior Final 1. Combine John Kotter’s 8 steps of organizational change with Kurt Lewin’s 3 steps of organizational change. Give the name of one of John Kotter’s books that lists and describes his 8 steps. John Kotter’s 8 steps can be broken down and put under Lewin’s three steps. I would put steps one through four under Lewin’s unfreezing step. Kotter breaks this down further than just unfreezing. He starts with creating a sense of emergency and forming a team to look at change. If there is no sense of emergency, there is no sense of need to change. Forming a coalition allows more than one person to set new vision. Steps three and four are important in unfreezing because it sets the organization ready to move. By creating a new vision and casting the new vision you can have people get onboard with where you are about to take them. You cannot just move someone without them getting on board. As Kotter describes this in his book “Our Iceberg is Melting” you have to communicate this vision by keeping it simple and through repetition. Next, steps five through seven can be placed under Lewin’s step of Movement. This is where you take the organization and implement the change. First you empower those in the organization. This may be accomplished by giving jobs to people and set responsibilities that allow them to be part of the change, and not just being forced to change. Next, you create short-term goals. This helps the group by letting...
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