... Mendanbar’s sword is missing?! In the fiction book entitled, Calling on Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, Morwen and her friends, Telemain, Cimorene, Brandel, Killer, Scorn, and Trouble go on an adventure through and beyond the Enchanted Forest to find Mendanbar’s, the King of the Enchanted Forest’s, sword. They find that the sword is missing when they first go to figure out what caused Killer, a rabbit, to turn into a seven foot, eleven inch, blue donkey with large wings. When they found that Killer had eaten a clover patch that had been invaded by wizards, they decided to inform the King and Queen about it. Starting from the beginning, knock! Knock! Knock! Morwen encounters a visitor. It was Chairwitch Archaniz. She came to tell her about the complaints the Deadly Nightshade Gardening Club has been getting from Arona Michaelear Vamist. Morwen was in a gardening club for witches, since she was a witch herself, and was being told that the club was becoming too normal for witches. A few minutes had passed and Archaniz left. When Morwen started to walk in, one of her nine cats, Murgatroyd, Fiddlesticks, Miss Elizaa Tudor, Scorn, Jasmine, Trouble, Jasper Darlington Higgins IV, Chaos, and Aunt Ophelia, told her that Archaniz’s cat had been chased by a rabbit and they wanted her to go check it out. When they got to where the rabbit was at, they found his paw was stuck in a lilac bush. Morwen got his paw unstuck and asked for an explanation. Since nearly eight feet wasn’t a normal height...
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...How to Approach a Case This is not the only approach that exists, but it’s a worthwhile one to try as you get started. 1. GETTING ORIENTED It’s useful to think of a case analysis as digging deeper and deeper into the layers of a case. 1. You start at the surface, Getting Oriented and examining the overall case landscape. 2. Then you begin to dig, Identifying Problems, as well as possible alternative solutions. 3. Digging deeper, Performing Analyses you identify information that exposes the issues, gather data, perform calculations that might provide insight. 4. Finally, you begin Action Planning to outline short-, medium-, and long-term well-defined steps. Typically, you’ll need to repeat this process multiple times, and as you do, you'll discover new analytical directions, evolving your assessment of the case and conclusion. a. Case Analysis Overview Analyzing a case is not just about digging. It’s also about climbing back out to examine what you’ve unearthed, deciding what it means, determining what to analyze next, and digging some more. Often your examination of information about a problem will change your idea of what the real problem is and about what to analyze next. The process is similar to when a detective investigating a crime shifts his or her opinion about the most likely suspect as more clues come to light. Gather your materials and tools. These include the case and any other related materials to supplement your reading...
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...The record player and record were invented by Thomas Edison in 1877. Its first name was the phonograph. The first words ever recorded were “Mary had a little lamb”. The first record was made of paraffin paper and a embossing point to record sound. Using a metal cylinder with tin foil wrapped around it to produce sound. Later vinyl replaced the paper and a needle or stylus was also adapted to fit into the groove of the record. In 1963 William Powell Lear invented and patented the 8-track tape and its corresponding player. Then it was introduced to the public in 1966 when the Ford Motor Company introduced as the cutting-edge automotive accessory for the Ford Mustang (Techtarget.com). 8-tracks began to quickly replace the LP’s due to their portability and they would not warp or skip. During the 60’s the compact cassette was introduced to the public, it was not so much of a music playback system instead; it was used for personal recording and as dictation machine. Then during the 70’s cassettes became very popular when record industries such as Mercury saw the growing potential for their businesses. Later in the 80’s with the invention of the Sony Walkman portable player, and boom boxes; cassettes were the most popular formats to playback music. In the 70’s a music lover frustrated that vinyl records were easily damaged James T. Russell began developing a method to record music onto a photosensitive platter that would be read by a laser (ehow.com). But it was not until...
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...would find entertaining, but it just displays the lack of discipline in today’s sports. All these highlights do is give light to the athlete’s that are camera hungry and those are the taunters. I find that athletes in today’s sports really like to taunt and disgrace. Taunting is when one disgraces others in a mocking or insulting manner. Taunting is really disrespectful to both the sport of which they are playing and other team. A great example of a disrespectful player is Terrell Owens. Until he had reached Dallas, he would disrespect his former quarterbacks, Jeff Garcia and Donovan McNabb. As a player, on the field, Terrell Owens is disrespectful, too. His taunts are rude and disrespectful, because they are so belligerent and excessive. Also, In this past season he had grabbed a fan’s box of popcorn and thrown it into his face. Terrell Owens doesn’t appear to be any kind of role model at all....
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...Do you know that in the state of Florida sending messages and talking on the phone while driving is a secondary offense? Ironically, this means that an officer cannot stop a driver for only texting or talking on the phone, it has to accompany by a second infraction, such as driving with excess speed or not respect traffic signals. While this law continues to be a secondary offense and has not given the proper attention it requires; it will result in the excessive ascent of fatal accidents, and the lives of its innocent citizens are in danger of being invested by an irresponsible driver. Even more, growing the fear and the uncertainty that could be his last day behind the wheel. Unquestionably, a radical transformation to this reform would bring...
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... Three of which being a trilogy called The Oedipus Cycle. Within the three plays, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, three characters experience pride in various degrees. Creon and Oedipus, who both exhibit an excessive amount of pride, eventually come to regret the poor choices that they have made because of the trait. Antigone, who exhibits an appropriate amount of pride, is able to use it in order to become more confident when justifying what she thinks is right. Sophocles is able to prove through portraying different degrees of pride and the different outcomes that it causes that pride can either be a good trait or a bad trait. One of the main characters throughout The Oedipus Cycle, Creon, is able to show that excessive pride leads to regret through his actions when he is in power. In the final play of the trilogy, Antigone, Creon becomes a leader who possesses so much hubris that he thinks he knows what the Gods want when it comes to Polyneices, the son of Oedipus, death: Creon: Stop! Must you doddering wrecks Go out of your heads entirely? ‘The gods!’ Intolerable! The gods favor this corpse? Why? How had he Served them? … Is it your senile opinion that the gods love to honor...
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...Monitor the Use of Cellular Phones A student Comm/215 Instructor Date Monitor the Use of Cellular Phones Cell phones have become an important factor in our lives. We cannot seem to live without them. Cellular phone users in the United States have increased from 34 million a decade ago to more than 203 million (Leo, 2006). A study made by the Insurance Institute shows that the use of cellular phones in combination with other activities can cause many negative effects. The same study confirms that those who cell phone and drive were four times more likely to cause crashes serious enough to cause injury (Leo, 2006). Unfortunately, this technology is affecting everyone, and it is cellular phone users’ responsibility to monitor the excessive and misusage of cellular phones because it is affecting our health, reflecting negatively on our behavior in public spaces and it is a genuine danger when associated with our daily routine activities. Walking, driving, and communicating are different tasks that require our full attention. Newspapers daily discuss incidents related to misuse of the technology. It is everyone’s responsibility to educate themselves and others about actions to take that will help us stop the problems before they happen. The primary reason why everyone should monitor the use of cellular phone is associated with health issues. In 1993, the cell phone industry hired specialists in the field. It took epidemiologist and pathologist Carlo six years of extensive...
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...for the two disorders. Personality Disorders According to DSM’s categorization of disorders, Axis II disorders comprise personality and mental retardation disorders. Personality disorders are defined as those behaviors that tend to deviate from cultural and individual expectations. They are an enduring pattern in behaving that departs from what would be considered normal behaviors within the culture as well as to the individual. The quality of existence of a deviating behavior occurring for a sustained (enduring) period is usually the primary diagnostic criteria for a person suffering from a personality disorder. Histrionic Personality Disorders Histrionic personality disorders are defined by the DSM as a pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. Not being the center of attention, provocative behavior, shallow expressions of emotions, uses physical appearance, speech is excessively expressionistic, and exaggerated expression of emotion. The second category that is targeted by the psychologist is the person’s impulse control. How the person is able to control...
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...are a result from learning maladaptive ways of thinking and behaving. All psychologists and theorists believe different things when it comes to how psychological disorders are developed or what causes them, but their treatment aspects are closely the same. Mood disorders are one of many different psychological disorders. Mood disorders are disturbances in mood or prolonged emotional state. Bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder. In this essay I will be discussing what bipolar disorder is, current trends of diagnosis, and the treatment available. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder in which periods of mania and depression alternate, sometimes with periods of normal mood intervening. Mania is characterized by euphoric states, excessive talking, extreme physical activity, and distractedness. People who suffer from bipolar disorder can be excited and full of energy one minute, and then be sad and depressed the next minute. Some people can function with everyday things in their life and have mild mood swings that are separated by long periods of normal mood. Others, however, have mood swings so severely and so frequently that they can't function properly at work, school, or in relationships with others. It is a long-term persistent condition like high blood pressure is. There is really no known cause for bipolar...
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...those thoughts Post traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder: intense fear of an object or situation which occurs after suffering a traumatic experience Major depressive episode: a person must show at least five symptoms in order to be diagnosed with this disorder. The following are the symptoms associated with this disorder: extreme depression which lasts most of the day for a period of time, lack of interest in activities that would normally be pleasurable, weight loss or gain, insomnia or hypersomnia, persistent fatigue, cognitive difficulties, thoughts or attempts of suicide Manic episode: elevated self-esteem, less need for sleep, racing thoughts, extreme distraction, excessive talking, excessive interest and productiveness at work, school and sexual endeavors, and excessive pleasure activities that include spending money foolishly or sexual activities Hypomanic episodes include the following symptoms: Major depressive disorder: symptoms of this disorder include physical immobility or extreme physical agitation, inability to feel happy even during times of good news, weight loss due to...
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...Media. News and social media has shown police officials using excessive force. This kind of media is nothing new to the public. The media is everywhere and never gives the full story. The media displays exciting titles to grab people’s attention and posts to social media articles to get people talking. How much of the media is actually true? Why do we hear so many negative events but when something positive happens the media is nowhere to be found? The news sources have given law enforcement a bad name. “Now is the time that not many people want to be police officers because of media” (Scott Jackson, personal interview, May 9, 2016). There are so many examples of how the media have made a bad situation even worse. Smith (2016) describes one example that occurred on August 9, 2014, when Michael...
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...difficulty. This stage may last from 5 to 10 minutes and may cause muscle contractions. The second stage is where the body prepares for deep sleep. The muscles relax, heart rate slows and the body temperature will decrease. During stage three, the brain releases waves known as delta waves. This stage is the transitional period between light and deep sleep (http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/sleep-101). Stage four is considered the deepest sleep stage where sleep walking and bed wetting can occur. In this stage, REM sleep occurs which is rapid eye movement and dreaming occurs due to increase of brain activity but voluntary muscles become paralyzed (http://psychology.about.com/od/statesofconsciousness/a/SleepStages.htm). The five common beliefs about dreaming are: people believe that external stimuli can become incorporated into their dreams, some believe that dreams last only an instant, some claim that they do not dream, penile erections are commonly assumed to be indicative of dreams with sexual content and most people believe that sleep walking and sleep talking only occur only during dreaming. There are two common theories of dreams, one made by Freud who believed that dreams are triggered by unacceptable repressed wishes, often of a sexual nature. He argued that because dreams we experience are merely disguised versions of our real dreams. The other theory made by Hobson’s is based on the observation that during REM sleep, many brain-stem circuits...
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...muscle as well as amplify performance. However, research cannot support these beliefs, and specifically the intake of certain amino acid supplements has no connection to fitness. In fact, a paper by the American Dietetic Association stated an inordinate amount has not shown to improve performance (Stockton, 1988). The amount of protein optimal is arguable when talking to nutritionists and athletic doctors. The amount of protein recommended for adults is approximately two ounces a day for a 180-pound male, although research suggests young athletes may break down muscle protein for energy. A 1987 paper by the dietary association admitted the recommended daily amount could be low for exceedingly active adults, increasing the proposed daily amount be increased by nearly 25% (Stockton, 1988). North Americans are noted to eat double the protein necessary, whether active in sports or not, and essentially people are unlikely to consume too little protein. Consuming more protein previously was thought to achieve nothing, but also not harmful; simply expelling the excess (Stockton, 1988). Evidence now indicates that excessive protein or amino acid supplements may be damaging; kidney and digestion complications may be lasting effects. Kidneys may be the biggest concern because of reduced function, as they manage the “nitrogen-containing waste products” generated when amino acids are metabolized (Stockton, 1988, para. 14). Human kidneys begin with a vast store of cells for management of...
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...found in adulthood. ADHD is more commonly found in males than females, and it is estimated that boys are two or three times more likely to have ADHD (Kinman, 2016). Males are also referred more for treatment. Some believe that a referral for males are more likely due to the fact that they have more behavioral problems. Males with ADHD are usually easier diagnosed at a younger age then females are. In their childhood, more external symptoms are shown. These symptoms include running and impulsivity, also boys tend to be more physically aggressive. While having ADHD as a child, some will misdiagnose this disorder by saying they are just boys being boys. Symptoms of ADHD in males are physical aggression, lack of focus, acting out, and excessive talking. Studies have shown that males tend to show...
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...When our children are talking sometimes we respond with uh-huh when they are trying to tell us something. Then when we are asked with a question, we respond with, “I am so sorry but what did you say again?” We tend not to listen completely because we are occupied on coming up with a response. Also even when listening to a music. Our mind tend to wonder and not really paying attention to the words of the song we are listening to. One of my experience in the past in regards to having a hard time listening was when we had a staff meeting at work and I was not able to properly decode information that did not make sense to me. It is because my own attitude of “already know the topic” that I brought to the staff meeting had an effect to my ability to listen to the manager. Since I already knew the topic, I was not that focus to the what the manager was saying and when the time came and the manager asked a question, I was not ready to respond. I was more preoccupied with my own thoughts that I did not focus on the message. Also, since the topic has been discussed many times before I was not paying attention to the speaker because I found him boring already. I thought I knew it all therefore, I was so anxious to jump in to say something instead of concentrating whose turn it was to ask questions. Another listening barrier I have experienced on that same staff meeting was the excessive talking of my peers while the manager was talking. Since they were talking...
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