...Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1998, is a film that follows the stories of several World War two soldiers who are on a mission to find one man who is fighting somewhere else in Europe. Private James Francis Ryan, who is played by Matt Damon and Harrison Young as his elderly version has three brothers who have all been killed at different locations around the world. This situation is brought to the attention of General George Marshall and orders an immediate search. The film opens up with the prologue of elderly Private Ryan and his family visiting an American cemetery in Normandy, France. The time then quickly shifts to June of 1944 and American troops landing on Omaha Beach also known as D-Day. Once the orders of General George Marshall reach captain John Miller, who is played by Tom Hanks assembles a squad of men and starts their journey to find Private Ryan. Along their way on their journey comes obstacles they start to set out to town. There is various battles which leads to one of Miller soldiers getting injured there is no medical aid around so later on the man dies which begins...
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...Vivian Diaz 10/21/13 Ryan White Act Ryan White was a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana in the 1980s, who drew national and, eventually, worldwide attention due to his infection with HIV. It has been speculated that the reason Ryan got so much attention was that he was a heterosexual white middle class boy who was not part of any of the regular minority groups stigmatized by the disease. I believe that he deserves a holiday because a lot of people are affected by HIV/AIDS today and are discriminated because of it. Ryan was also expelled from middle school because of his infection. With Ryan’s disease, him and his mother courageously fought AIDS-related discrimination and helped educate the Nation about his disease. They fought for his right to attend school, gaining international attention as a voice of reason about HIV/AIDS. Congress passed the AIDS bill that bears his name – the Ryan White CARE (Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency) Act. The legislation has been reauthorized four times since he died in 1990 – in 1996, 2000, 2006, and 2009 – and is now called the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. He influenced change by fighting for HIV/AIDS discrimination. People today who are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS have the support that they need and will not be discriminated due to the Ryan White Program which works with cities, states, and local community-based organization to provide HIV-related services. The program is for those who do not have sufficient health care coverage or financial...
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...[Title Here, up to 12 Words, on One to Two Lines] Jim Jones Visionary Leader/Ethical Leader Synthesis Essay In this essay I will explain why Jim Jones was a Visionary Leader but by no means an ethical leader. In many ways Jim Jones was decades ahead of his time with regards to social issues. His leadership helped many disadvantaged people in Indianapolis, Indiana. At first glance it may appear he used his Visionary Leadership for a higher cause; however his unethical pursuits, ultimately resulted in the downfall of his church, his followers and himself when 914 members of his congregation committed suicide after “drinking the Kool Aid”. Visionary Leadership From early in his life Jim Jones had a vision of the world he wanted to live in. Jim Jones was born the only child of a disabled veteran father and working mother during the Great Depression. His poor upbringing shaped his vision of a world in which all people were equal. As an adult he began to attend uni-racial churches in Indianapolis. In 1961 he became the first white man to adopt and African-American child in Indiana (Ryan, 2011). Shortly thereafter he became disenfranchised with the segregation, of the congregations, in the churches he attended. In response to this social norm of the time, Jim Jones visionary leadership began. He started by establishing the Peoples Temple and invited all races and social demographics to join his congregation. Jim Jones encouraged Demographic Diversity (USAF) because...
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...JONESTOWN- JIM JONES Jonestown- Jim Jones Student: Thi Nguyen Grand Canyon University: General Psychology- 102 Date: 08-19-2012 Professor: Jennifer Jones Jonestown- Jim Jones The tragedy named Jonestown happened in the past over 30 years and it still has been suspense from the bottom of the heart of everyone. Jim Jones is known as a American leader culture, is one of the most popular historian of America and Guyana’s history as well as the world’s history (Wilkinson, B, 2011). There are many books, articles, video clips described, discussed as well as argued about Jim Jones and Jonestown event. In this research paper as known as a social psychology essay , one more time, I would like write, persuasion, and argue about Jim Jones and what his had done in the past. Furthermore, the paper will describe and discuss in detail about Jonestown events and other concerned that related to this event which gave shock to American society, Guyana, and the rest of the world. Who is Jim Jones? First of all, I would like to introduce about him as well as his life. Jim Jones is a son of James Jones who had a poor health by poisonous gasses in the World War One; and he was a son of a woman named Lynetta in a factory in Indiana. Jim Jones learned from his Mom that he should love animal and care for the people who have underprivileged; and she expected that her son would come a ministered when he grow up. Even though Jim Jones was a noisy child...
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...effective”. Discuss. Base your answers on theoretical concepts and techniques presented in class. Introduction When a person decides to undergo hypnotherapy, an induction is required to ensure they are sufficiently relaxed to experience the process completely. Various formats are used depending on why the hypnosis is being undertaken eg giving up smoking, weight loss. Some hypnotherapists use a standard format while others personalise the script to each individual. There are many techniques a therapist can adopt to suit the client and their personality, but this must be based on first impressions and using the techniques to better define that person. It is these techniques that will be addressed in further detail. This essay will attempt to describe the advantages and disadvantages of using a personalised induction. It will discuss the methods and techniques that are used to personalise screeds when working with different clients by looking at modalities and different types of scripts and, finally, give a conclusion. Each client is unique and different in many ways, and no two assessments will give the same results. This is because all people are different eg different backgrounds, the way they are brought up, different opinions, different likes and dislikes, fears and phobias, different alcohol and drug use etc Through changing simple terminology and language, screeds can be individualised to suit a specific person’s personality and individuality. The...
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...Nonverbal communication is a very interesting aspect of communication. What is nonverbal communication? “Nonverbal communication includes all aspects of communication other than words”(Wood 2013). In my opinion nonverbal communication is more interesting than verbal communication. Sometimes someone does something nonverbally purely out of instinct that tells us more than anything verbal could. Over the past couple of days I have been watching how people interact and trying to make mental notes of their nonverbal communication. Most of my observations come from the workplace. The first subject I want to touch base upon is the difference between nonverbal communication between men and women. For example the polite thing to do when you see a coworker for the first time for the day is to greet them. I noticed that the way I and my male co workers greet each other is different than I or them greet female co workers. More often than not when I greet a male co worker I say something along the lines of “hey how’s it going” and shake their hands. When I greet a female coworker I usually say the same thing but the handshake is absent. Another difference between male/female nonverbal communication I’ve noticed is the “head nod” versus the smile. Usually when I pass a male coworker in the back room I give him a slight head nod to acknowledge them. The difference when I see a female coworker is instead of the head nod we usually just exchange a friendly smile. To me, the most interesting...
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...Pay to Play: Economic Impact of Paying College Athletes 1. Purpose of Research & Analysis On April 25, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., granted Northwestern University's request to review the decision made by the regional office recognizing the school's football players as employees. In mid-April, Northwestern football players voted as a team on whether or not to unionize, but the votes will only be opened if the board ends up siding with the players, which may take at least a couple of months. Ultimately, the Northwestern football players are determining their fate through this secret ballot and their decision to form the first union amongst college athletes—a decision that has the ability to change the landscape of American college sports. If granted the right to unionize, the Northwestern football team will actually have the ability to bargain over their conditions and it is expected that this could ultimately lead to requesting salary compensation for their efforts. In light of these recent historic discussions, it is critical to analyze not only the ethical, but also the economic impact of such potential situations. My research paper has been structured to shed some light into the challenging and complicated discussions that continue to occur around this topic. Specifically, I have broken my research and analysis into three key topics. First, I explore whether or not there is an underlying issue with the current state, from an economic perspective...
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...murder/suicide; all were members of the Peoples Temple, an American religious cult. At the request of their leader, men and women administered lethal doses of cyanide-laced punch to over 300 infants and children before gulping down their own. How could so many people be convinced to kill their babies and themselves? His name was James Warren Jones. Like his idol, Hitler, he was a dominant propagandist, a charismatic leader, and an evil human being. Summaries In the piece “Propaganda under a Dictatorship” (1958/2016), Aldous Huxley, renowned English novelist, and Oxford graduate expands on ideas he first presented in his 1932 novel, Brave New World, which examines a futuristic culture in which no individual thought takes form. Huxley’s essay explores the practical use of propaganda by Adolph Hitler in controlling the minds of eighty million German people in the years leading to the Second World War. He examines, with chilling account, Hitler’s...
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...Bobby Skitt Mr. Johnson English IV 21 October 2013 All I Do is Believe My heart was beating like a drum as the coaches were walking over to let me know my fate. I gave my total effort out on the ice that day. Would it be enough, though, or would I come up short? I wanted this more than anything, and I would have been crushed if I did not accomplish my goal. It was my burning desire to make the Affton American’s Pewee AA ice hockey team. The news was coming whether I wanted to hear it or not. All I had left to do was believe, and that was exactly what I did. The days leading up to the tryout, however, I did nothing but constantly worry. The worrying got so bad that it started to affect my performance at school. My dad would try to calm me down with talks after school, but they were barely helping me. As the day inched closer, I was as worried as a mother sending her baby boy off to war. If I remember correctly, it was a Saturday, but the day of the week did not matter, because it was the day of my tryout. It could have been my birthday, and I still would have only been thinking about that tryout. About an hour before I had to leave, my mom and dad called me into their bedroom. I thought they were going to tell me some bad news. Instead, they just wanted to calm me down and pray with me. My mom took my hands and spoke wonderful words to God, asking Him to watch over me and telling Him that we were leaving my fate in His hands. I will not lie, I cried a...
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...spring, in 1970. Epilogue is titled "February 12, 1973") Ryan briefly appears in this novel. * Patriot Games (1982, based on a reference to Ryan's age, which is 31 at the beginning of the novel. This roughly fits with a reference to the Princess of Wales's first child being a baby and a few months old, Prince William was born in 1982) Discrepancies include the reference to a van having a likely year of manufacture of 1984. The subsequent events of Red Rabbit would seem to push its date back to 1981, rather than 1982. * Red Rabbit (seems to start in the spring of 1982 as Jack Ryan, Jr.'s age in the novel is given as 6 months, although the main action explicitly starts on August 15th) Discrepancies between 1982 in the Ryanverse and in actual events, aside from the date of the attempt on the Pope's life, include: the actual death of Mikhail Suslov in January 1982; frequent references to "Transformers" which did not appear until 1984; the fact that the Orioles played the Phillies in the World Series in 1983; the Baltimore Colts' relocation to Indianapolis not occurring until 1984; a reference to "Coke Classic" which did not debut until the summer of 1985. * The Hunt for Red October (1984 - although the calendar used is for 1982 and Ryan is spending his first Christmas in London, having arrived in the previous novel) * The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1986) – "The first chapter is set in January and states that Ryan is 35 years old. It also has references to the other books...
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...Jonestown Section I: The Event One of the more disturbing incidents in American History is the Jonestown Massacre that occurred on November 18th, 1978 in Georgetown, Guyana. It was the largest loss of civilian life in a non-natural tragedy until the attacks of September 11th, 2001. 909 lives were lost under the hand of Jim Jones who had cultivated a following of people over twenty-plus years. Jim Jones started his first church, named The Peoples Temple, in the mid-1950’s in Indianapolis, Indiana (I). From the beginning, he preached a message of socialism and communism. Upon scrutiny of his tactics and teachings, he moved The Peoples Temple to Redwood Valley, California in 1965 and shortly after headquarters were set up in San Francisco. The Peoples Templecame into the public eye when eight defectors and negative media spoke out against the church. Jim Jones decided at this point to move his church to Georgetown, Guyana where the chilling events of November 18th would eventually unfold. To better understand how such a tragedy could occur it is important to understand the background of Jim Jones. Jones was born in Indianaand from an early age expressed interest in socialism and communism, studying the works and lives of Stalin, Marx, Gandhi, and Hitler among others. As he grew older, he became more and more politically involved in the communism movement, joining the Communist Party USA in 1951 (II). Jones was surprised with the reaction he received from Americans when he...
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...Shannon Jackson English 101 Jonestown In the articles Jones showed how one man can take control over a large group of people and convince the group to take their lives on his command. “We are social creatures who need to feel that we belong to something greater than ourselves and rely heavily upon the approval of others to measure our worth. Such a situation leaves us vulnerable to others, quickly changing our viewpoints to fit in with those around us, denying our own instinctive values and beliefs when faced with the conflicting views of others. People such as Jim Jones, driven be their own insatiable need to be accepted and loved, have an instinctive knowledge of the weakness of others and how to manipulate them to their own advantage”(Steel). There were many people who gave up their homes for Jones. The people wanted to help Jones raise money for the Peoples Temple. Each individual had surrendered all of his or her possessions and income to the people’s temple. To leave would mean to abandon all the possessions they had, leaving them penniless and homeless. When everybody started to give up their homes for the church everyone started to do the same. “Once thrown off balance (in the exclusive company of other people who already believe it) and being shown evidence that supports the conclusion, it is not difficult to become convinced that the people have actually met the living god” (Psychology today). When the people were in the church and around everybody who already believed...
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...Jonestown, once known as a promising religion, now thought of as a cult. The story of the Jonestown massacre has made me feel very uncomfortable for years. Regarding my opinion and feelings toward the documentary, I am very mixed. Jonestown itself is a very dark subject but, at the same time, I feel like I have learned a lot from it. My belief is that in the beginning of Jonestown, Jim Jones had great intentions. His main goal was to create the “perfect” world, a world without poverty and racism. These are great ideas that everyone should strive for. However, Jim Jones’s insecurities took over his mind and caused him to be afraid and worried of the outside world. Overall, Jim Jones’s intentions were good until his own worries got to him and...
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...activities that stress the body. “ The first system is primarily the nervous system and rapidly releases hormones and increase blood pressure, heart rate and respiration”(Plooy). On top of the inability to breath, the adrenalin in the body is starting to catch up with the nervous system. Depending on the test that was performed depended on the results, however; some of the results were the same. For instance the women showed higher heart rate than the men. The woman became fearful faster and their heart rates were elevated quicker than a males. Women became more nervous and were more likely to call a quites than a man. While women have a hard time with theses two major issues if they overcome them women can be as unstoppable as a man. In Ryan Murphy's article about a trust based corperation he talks about cooperation rate. “The high the cooperation rate the higher it will pay off”(Murphy 45). Mathematically he calculated possibilities of what may or may not occur. He also chose to look at the severity of something and if people would attempt to look to do the test. Statistics show that even if a person agrees to do participate it the test they may not cooperate and their attitudes will affect the results. However, this gives the opportunity to look at the failure of the experiment and study it to improve for next time. Another main key to Murphy's study was the beliefs of the person. The stronger their beliefs the harder it was to get them to participate, but if they had a significant...
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...James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and community organizer. Jones was the founder and the leader of the Peoples Temple, best known for the mass murder-suicide in November 1978 of 909 of its members in Jonestown, Guyana,[1] and the murder of five people at a nearby airstrip, including Congressman Leo Ryan. Over two hundred children were murdered at Jonestown, almost all of them by cyanide poisoning.[2] Jones died from a gunshot wound to the head; it is suspected his death was a suicide. Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple there in the 1950s. He later moved the Temple to California in the mid-1960s, and gained notoriety with the move of the Temple's headquarters to San Francisco in the early 1970s. Jones was born in a rural area of Randolph County, Indiana,[3] to James Thurman Jones (1887 – 1951), a World War I veteran, and Lynetta Putnam (1902 – 1977). Lynetta reportedly believed she had given birth to a messiah.[4][5] He was of Irish and Welsh descent.[6] Jones later claimed partial Cherokee ancestry through his mother, though according to his maternal second cousin Barbara Shaffer, this is likely untrue.[6][note 1] Economic difficulties during the Great Depression necessitated that Jones' family move to nearby Lynn, Indiana in 1934, where he grew up in a shack without plumbing.[2][7] Jones was a voracious reader as a child and studied Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Mahatma Gandhi and Adolf Hitler carefully...
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