...When I received a copy of James S. Valliant’s book, The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics: The Case Against the Brandens, I was a little apprehensive about reviewing it. It seems that every time a discussion commences about the “juicy” bits of Ayn Rand’s sexual and romantic entanglements, it takes on a life of its own, and the discussion never seems to end. Cyber-forums can’t even mention this book without provoking hundreds of rancorous posts among people who are still personally involved in the developments surrounding the break between Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden and Barbara Branden. It’s as if the War of ‘68 is still raging. I was fortunate when I came to the study of Ayn Rand. I was eight years old when Rand and the Brandens went their separate ways. I knew none of the principals involved, and didn’t actually discover Rand’s work until nearly ten years later—when I was a senior in high school in 1977. And even after I’d discovered her work, I'd read everything she wrote without the assistance of going to live lectures or attending group meetings of people sitting around a vinyl turntable or an audio-tape player, listening to recordings of said lectures. I eventually listened to the vast bulk of those lectures as background for the preparation of my book, Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical, but even that research was pursued independently. My work was not the product of any assistance from any Objectivist institute or organization. Around 1992, however, as I was researching my...
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...triumph, despair, pride and shame.[1] Smith and Mackie define it by saying "The self-concept is what we think about the self; self-esteem, is the positive or negative evaluations of the self, as in how we feel about it."[2] Self-esteem is also known as the evaluative dimension of the self that includes feelings of worthiness, prides and discouragement.[3] One's self-esteem is also closely associated with self-consciousness.[4] Self-esteem is a disposition that a person has which represents their judgments of their own worthiness.[5] In the mid-1960s, Morris Rosenberg and social-learning theorists defined self-esteem as a personal worth or worthiness.[6]Nathaniel Branden in 1969 defined self-esteem as "the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy of happiness." According to Branden, self-esteem is the sum of self-confidence (a feeling of personal capacity) and self-respect (a feeling of personal worth). It exists as a consequence of the implicit judgment that every person has of their ability to face life's challenges, to understand and solve problems, and their right to achieve happiness, and be given respect.[7] As a social psychological construct, self-esteem is attractive because researchers have conceptualized it as an influential predictor of relevant outcomes, such as academic achievement (Marsh 1990) or exercise behavior (Hagger et al. 1998). In addition, self-esteem has also been treated as an important outcome due to its close...
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...Running head: Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Foard W. Womack GEN/200 December 6, 2012 2 Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility plays a critical role in the success of any person. While many people may say that personal responsibility is not essential to one’s success, history shows that people who are responsible tend to be more successful. This discussion is to show that personal responsibility is essential to the success of students. The value of having a strong, structured and responsible lifestyle is proven in the success of people all over the world. Personal responsibility corresponds to student’s success, how those responsible students have a drive to make them succeed and lastly how those students become successful in their academic studies. In students it plays a particularly vital role in compelling them to become successful. Personal responsibility corresponds to student success because responsible students have a drive to succeed. The overall success of a student is directly correspondent to one’s own responsibility. Setting goals and responsible boundaries is a good start on the road to success. Although it is possible for students to get by without being responsible, this is more the exception than the rule. As noted in an article about student success, One cannot simply rely on the luck of the draw to get through schooling, there must be a solid foundation to fall back on. As noted in...
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...1. Is Rand correct in saying that if you accept altruism, then you end up with a lack of self-esteem and a lack of respect for others? I do not believe that Rand is correct in saying this. Accepting altruism does not mean that you have a low self-esteem or a lack of respect for others. I see it as quite the opposite. A person accepting altruism has the utmost respect for other humans. By acting in a altruistic or selfless way, by saving a drowning stranger for example, a person is showing his or her respect for the value of life. Just because we don’t know the person in danger doesn’t mean that they don’t have a family or loved ones that would feel pain if that person were to die (or drown as in my example). 2. Is Rand criticizing ideal or reciprocal altruism? Do you think that she would differentiate between the two? Would you? Rand seems to be criticizing reciprocal altruism. I think that Rand would differentiate between the two but would have more of an understanding or willingness to follow ideal altruism. I would differentiate between the two and I feel that a reciprocal altruism is more on my side of the board. I do not agree with it 100% but I can look back and find instances where I did something only because I would want someone to do it for me in the future. 3. Comment on the following quotation: “The proper method of judging when or whether one should help another person is by reference to one’s own rational self-interest and one’s own hierarchy...
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...Euthanasia The word Euthanasia comes from Greek roots meaning “good death”. It refers to the practice, which ends a life in a manner, which is to relieve pain and suffering (Gielen, Van Den Branden & Broeckaert, 2009). According to Harris (2001) its meaning is specifically “a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering”. There are different characteristics of euthanasia, and different reasons for the administration of this. The act of intentionally killing a human being in the name of euthanasia is an act of omission, being for the benefit of the individual. If the death was not intentional, it cannot be defined as euthanasia. Different types of Euthanasia are as follows: * Voluntary euthanasia: The individual who was killed had requested to be killed * Non-voluntary euthanasia: The individual who was killed made no request to be killed, and the choice for the euthanasia was either passed on to a family member, loved one or a clinical physician who has decided that euthanasia was necessary * Involuntary euthanasia: The individual who was killed had made an expressed wish to the contrary of euthanasia * Assisted suicide: The individual is provided guidance, information and the means to take his or her own life. When this is done in a hospital, it is called “physician assisted suicide” * Euthanasia by Action: The intentional action causing a person’s death, such as administering a lethal...
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...since the surgery and has lost 3 pounds. Mr. Gordon has type 2 diabetes and is on oral antihyperglycemic medication. Before he came to the hospital, Mr. Gordon was able to only ambulate for short distances. He has orders to get up in a chair twice a day. Joan, a student nurse, is caring for Mr. Gordon this morning. She has reviewed his medical record and is now ready to start caring for him. 1. Joan assesses Mr. Gordon using the Braden Scale and determines that his score is 12. What does this score indicate about Mr. Gordon’s pressure ulcer risk? Explain what the Braden score is. * Mr. Gordon has a high risk of developing a pressure ulcer because his score is a 12 on the Branden Scale. The lower the score on the Branden Scale (6-23) the higher the risk of developing a pressure ulcer. The Branden Scale is used to determine any limitations with a patient’s sensory perception, activity, nutrition, moisture, and mobility. 2. Joan is assessing Mr. Gordon’s skin and notices that he has a 3 cm blister and a shallow crater on his buttock. Mr. Gordon winces when Joan palpates the area. How should Joan stage this area and Why? A. Stage I pressure ulcer B. Stage II pressure ulcer – A stage II pressure ulcer includes having blistering, shallow craters, and associated pain. C. Stage III pressure ulcer D. Stage IV pressure ulcer 3. Mr. Gordon has drainage coming from his surgical incision and his dressing needs to be changed. What...
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...The Second Battle of the Marne marked the turning of the tide in World War I. It began with the last German offensive of the conflict and was quickly followed by the first allied offensive victory of 1918 (In Viereck & In Maerker-Branden, 1929). Although US troops assumed mainly a support role in this action, the battle came to be known as the beginning of the end for Germany. 85,000 US troops participated, with 12,000 casualties, gaining the praise of not only their own officers, but the French and British commanders as well. In the Second Battle of Marne with 30,000 killed and wounded, the United States started suffering casualties on the enormous scale usually associated with the battles of the Great War (Coffman, 1968). In late May, the German high command had ordered a major offensive from the Chemin des Dames northeast of Paris towards the River Marne threatening both Paris and the Paris - Verdun rail link (Dupuy, 1956). The 2nd and 3rd divisions of the AEF helped defend along the Marne on either side of the river town of Chateau Thierry. What resulted was a rounded bulge in western front thirty miles wide at the base, extending south about 25 miles to its apex right at Chateau Thierry (In Viereck & In Maerker-Branden, 1929). With American encouragement, a plan evolved to eliminate this salient with a two pronged assault from the west and south. In July, when it became clear that the Germans would renew their assault in the area, a decision was made to absorb the assault...
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...new -- in fact, it was studied as far back as the 19th Century -- its focus in psychological terms is relatively recent. The term "self-esteem" was first used by William James, a psychologist who wrote in 1892 about the effects of negative self-images among children. The 1950s and 1960s were an important decade in the study of human emotions and one of the leading students of psychology was Nathaniel Branden, who is credited with the modern development of theory on "self-esteem. As, arguably, one of the fathers of the study of "self-esteem," it is only reasonable to quote Branden on its definition: "Self-esteem is the disposition to experience oneself as being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and of being worthy of happiness. In is confidence in the efficacy of our mind, in our ability to think. By extension, it is confidence in our ability to learn, make appropriate choices and decisions, and respond effectively to change. It is also the experience that success, achievement, fulfillment -- happiness -- are right and natural for us." As Branden notes, those with "high self-esteem" are those for whom success in life is expected and its attainment part of a natural progression. Individuals with high self-esteem believe they can achieve their goals, and that they are worthy of a good life. As such, they project positive images of themselves onto others. Conversely, individuals with low self-esteem believe they are destined to fail, and are not worthy...
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...Management Team shall immediately summon to the Primary Command Center for briefing of the crisis situation. Members of the Crisis management Team could also gain approval from the Chief executive officer to activate and summon the other members to the Primary Command Center, following a briefing providing sufficient evidence of need. After summon has been completed, the Crisis Management Team shall be briefed of crisis situation and discuss the problems and solutions to the matter. Crisis Management Team Member and Contact Information Title | Name | Cell | Work Phone | Home Phone | E-mail | Chief Executive Officer | Santiago Herrero | 305-251-8562 | 305-248-2300 ext.120 | 305-527-4521 | S.herrero@dce.com | Chief Financial Officer | Branden Todd | 305-314-5033 | 305-248-2300 ext.245 | 954-881-0508 | B.todd@dce.com | Director of Business Services & Customer Operations | Lizi Perez | 954-813-9320 | 305-248-2300 ext.260 | 954-226-1204 | L.perez@dce.com | Chief Operating Officer | Mariel Marcano | 321-742-1663 | 305-248-2300 ext.354 | 305-741-5205 | M.marcano@dce.com | Director of Media Relations | Bernard Swanson | 407-552-4296 | 305-248-2300 ext.108 | 305-362-4228 | B.swanson@dce.com | Vice President of Facilities Management | Alexis Shepard | 305-329-4144 | 305-248-2300 ext.422 | 954-487-9525 | A.shepard@dce.com | Response to...
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...Sunday’s singles matches all remained interesting as each point was crucial with the lead swinging back and forth between teams. Coming down to the last match it was Bill Haas who won his match on the 18th to secure another President’s Cup for the US. The player of the tournament was Branden Grace beyond all doubt. Many doubted him coming in as his last appearance in the tournament did not go well as he lost every match he played in. That could not have been further from the truth this time around as he went 5-0 and did everything in his power to keep his team in the competition. His pairing with Oosthuizen proved to be one of the best in team-play history and no US pairing could match them. One of Grace’s shining moments came on the only match of his to go to the 18th hole. With his partner in the water and a point up for grabs, Grace striped a 3 Wood into the wind and on the green to secure the match. Consistency has been Grace’s Achilles heel throughout his young career but he was infallible all tournament....
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...Inleiding Erfgoedtoerisme is een vorm van toerisme, gericht op het culturele erfgoed van een plaats. Zo een plaats heeft vaker materieel en immaterieel erfgoed. Erfgoed maakt de burger bewust van zijn ecultuur en geschiedenis. De waarde en betekenis van erfgoed verschilt per individu of gemeenschap. Erfgoed is sterk gebonden aan tijd en plaats. Een relatie tussen partij overheid, partij toerisme en de gemeenschap die waarde hecht aan het erfgoed. Het UNESCO , een VN-orgaan is een belangrijk internationale organisatie voor behoud en registreren van erfgoed als werelderfgoed. streeft naar de identificatie, de bescherming en het behoud van het cultureel en natuurlijk erfgoed in de hele wereld beschouwd als van uitzonderlijke waarde voor de mensheid te bevorderen. Dit is vastgelegd in een internationaal verdrag wat betreft de bescherming van het cultureel en natuurlijk erfgoed, door de UNESCO in 1972 goedgekeurd. De binnenstad van Paramaribo, Surinaams erfgoed , staat vermeld op deze lijstIn juni 2002 werd de oude binnenstad van Paramaribo op de Werelderfgoedlijst van de UNESCO geplaatst..Paramaribo is een voormalige Nederlandse koloniale stad uit de 17e en 18e eeuw en ligt aan de noordelijke kust van tropisch Zuid-Amerika. Het originele en zeer karakteristieke stratenplan van het historisch centrum is intact gebleven Inzichten in UNESCO Werelderfgoedsite en de historische binnenstad van Paramaribo zullen beschreven worden. De stadsproblematiek en uitdagingen met...
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...2.5.1: * VoiceOver problemen opgelost (dankzij: Josè Tralli, Vainer Broccoli, Roberto Fortunati and IBRISAN). * Betere VoiceOver ondersteuning in Nederlands, Engelse en Italiaanse versie (Italiaans dankzij: Josè Tralli). * Problemen met het encoderen naar DVD-Video mpg opgelost. * Nieuwe 64-bit PowerPC G5 en Intel versie. * Ondersteuning voor m4a audio bestanden toegevoegd. * Probleem met CD-Text audio bestanden zonder tags opgelost. * Probleem opgelost met het van volgorde veranderen, toevoegen en verwijderen van Audio-CD bestanden met CD-Text opgelost. * Andere problemen met CD-Text opgelost. * Diverse problemen met Brand in Mac OS X 10.3.9 opgelost. * Audio-CD bestanden die al omgezet zijn worden niet opnieuw omgezet. * Ondersteuning voor volgorde veranderen van meerdere audio en video bestanden toegevoegd. * PowerPC G4, G5 ffmpeg-mt versie bijgewerkt. 2.5: * Probleem opgelost met het authoriseren van DVD-Video schijven. * Ondersteuning for joliet lange bestandsnaam hack (103 karakters). (dankzij: mkisofs). * Probleem met 'Apple Intermediate Codec' video bestanden opgelost. * Probleem met een aantal aspect ratio's opgelost. * Maakt een .isoInfo bestand, zodat 'Brand' Audio-CD iso bestanden kunnen worden gebrand. * Probleem met Audio-CD schijven kopiëren opgelost (veroorzaakte vastlopers). * Probleem met Franse spelling opgelost (dankzij: Alexandre Leroux). * Probleem met mono audio bestanden opgelost (aardeekhoorn / chipmunk probleem). * Probleem opgelost...
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...| What I Have Become | Sandtron Leon Harrell | | | | Approaching the end of my Fall Semester of 2011 I had accomplished one of the greatest things in my life. I had become a member Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated. All was well and I felt as though there was not too much else for me to conquer. Then as the semester drew to a close being advised and selecting classes for the Spring Semester began to be advertised all over myUWG. So to rid myself of all the irksome alerts of West Georgia I went and got advised. While selecting my classes my advisor brought up Personal Relationships. When I first heard it the first two things I thought were “my girlfriend took that class” and “she said it was easy.” So with me being the collegiate student I am I decided I would take it. I figured why not I’m in a personal relationship I should be able to relate. The first day of class was definitely not what I expected. I did not know that my teacher would look, think and talk like a student! From then on I knew that this was class was going to have the biggest impact on me, the way I thought, the way I talked, the way I evaluated relationships and how I looked at my life’s up and downs all together we’re going to change in due time. From the time I got advised up to the first day of class I honestly thought that this was just going to be another class. When in reality it wasn’t just another class, it was going to be THE class. From January 10, 2012 and so on, my life would...
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...What will happen if I surround myself with the wrong people? Turns out, if you surround yourself with the wrong people, you could later end up in a lot of trouble. Take it from Kristina, the main character in the book Crank, by Ellen Hopkins. Kristina soon discovers the consequences of her actions. There actions soon become responsibilities she doesn't want to have. All this is because Kristina surrounded herself with the wrong people. Her next book, Glass, will take you through a thrilling ride of her feelings, selfish behavior, and merciless decisions. In Crank, Kristina meets Adam, a boy who lives in the same apartment building as her and her dad. Overtime, Kristina finds herself falling for him. She begins to call herself...
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...our group best defended the claim most effectively. Our claim was that the sequence of orders illustrates that as one focuses on attaining his ambitions immorally, their relationships suffer. Our group had many pieces of evidence to support it. for example when Rachel was explaining a quote on page 49 demonstrating that Macbeth and Banquo were friends. She later related this back to the claim saying that Macbeth ended up killing Banquo resulting in the destruction of their relationship. Rachel also had another piece of evidence explaining how Lady Macbeth’s relationships suffer. She explained her piece of evidence and related it back to the claim. I also believe we defended ours best because not many people tried questioning our claim. Branden did once but Priya and Rachel countered it with an answer. I also thought that group five did a nice job of defending their point. They had questions thrown left and right at them but they countered everything. Their interpretation was that as one persuades others to do his dirty work, the effects of these acts play less on one’s conscience. Their argument was well said. Cassie and Jeremy explained well using several pieces of evidence. They said that after Macbeth hired the murderers to kill banquo, he didn't feel as remorseful. After he killed Duncan, he showed sign of regret but this regret decreased after each murder. What I got from this book is that there were themes of betrayal, prophecies, revenge and many more. After...
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