...Muscular Christianity and I wanted to know what made him invent a game that involved a religion which spread like a virus once introduced. Description of activities and lessons in this unit * KWL Chart (Know – What you Want to Know – Learned) * Ralk Chalk Video * 13 Rules of Basketball (movie) * Roosevelt’s “Strenuous Life” * Mark Oppenheimer’s “In the Fields of the Lord” * I created a quiz using the timeline of Muscular Christianity Newest Heroes * I researched Muscular Christianity Significant Figures During 1980’s - Today Analysis * KWL Chart – It helped me organize my thoughts on what I knew already about Muscular Christianity and What I wanted to know about it. * 13 Rules of Basketball – I thought the movie tried to interpret how those 13 rules belonged in Kansas and how significant they were in playing a role to spread Muscular Christianity. * Roosevelt’s “Strenuous Life” – I had high hopes for such a titled work by one of America's great leaders. This is a speech Theodore Roosevelt made in 1905 in Chicago, and in it, Roosevelt extols men--and he is very clear that he is speaking to men--to live strenuous lives full of struggle and grand dreams. He stresses on Muscular Christianity and living life through discipline and organized structure. * Mark Oppenheimer “In the Fields of the Lord” - A good beginning point is to talk about the message of Jesus. Oppenheimer says Jesus preferred the loser to the winner, the weak over the strong...
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...Rhetorical Analysis of “On the Want of Money” by William Hazlitt Nineteenth-century author William Hazlitt argues in his essay “On the Want of Money” that money is not the root of all evil but an imperative aspect to a content life. To substantiate his beliefs, he uses prompt rhetorical devices and strenuous vocabulary to develop his ethical appeal in addition to a distinct structure to create the sense of a fast-paced situation which helps engage the reader and add a sense of legitimacy to the continuous examples in the essay. Hazlitt’s purpose is to convince readers money will not corrupt your soul, but bring leisure and happiness into your life. Hazlitt engages individuals who believe money is an amoral object by connecting readers to endless examples, questioning reader’s views, and by intertwining money and the real world. Hazlitt’s entire essay is brimming with rhetorical strategies.To present the paragraph he demonstrates the literary device anaphora. Hazlitt states that, “To be in want of it, is to pass through life with little credit or pleasure; it is to live out of the world,” (Hazlitt, 1-4). The use of this rhetorical strategy gives a sense of credibility to the author in a literary standpoint. Not only does Hazlitt’s swift use of strategies portray his intelligence, but also, his use of diction and advanced vocabulary. For...
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...eruption of Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia. The mudflow destroyed the city in 1985, killing more than 25,000 people. Unfortunately, the tragedy was preventable. Better education of the local population and clear communication would have allowed warnings to be received, understood, and acted upon prior to the disaster. Volcanologist is the expert that works monitoring the activity of the volcanoes to prevent any disaster. The volcanologist’s work has direct importance to the lives of people who live near to the volcanoes but also it is a high-risk job for their own lives. There is no room for any mistake. As a result the volcanologist’s job requires an educational preparation and training to develop the functions. In addition, there are another pros and cons of working as a volcano expert and it is my purpose to develop some of them along this essay....
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...In all likelihood, we would stick to a disheveled edge for as long as our hearts would beat. All that in mind, why can't we emancipate the person we desire to be while we're still alive? After all, qualms from the public are only an obstacle to our course of life. Once we become more courageous for ourselves, we scamper for our ambitions equivalent to a strenuous lion. Then ambiguity from other's develops into something not fluently read by the naked...
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...Jason Palmer ENC 1102 [ 10 June 2013 ] The Vent Analysis Justin Scott (born August 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Big K.R.I.T (King Remembered In Time), is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Meridian, Mississippi. The lyrics of this song are commonly written like most songs with consonance, rhyme, and metaphors. In the case of the song The Vent it is fully written with other figures of language such as, imagery, allusions, that reveal the subject of the song, which is the mind of a person conflicted with emotions and nowhere to go, like holding a filled cup of water and it keeps filling and you have nowhere to empty it as it piles up and starts to overflow before the person drops and breaks the glass as a shattered psyche similar to a mental breakdown. The first topic of discussion is derived from the title. Venting is something we all at some point in our lives have been known to go through. It refers to the very moment when immense emotion is pent up in our mind our souls and most importantly our hearts so we need to find a way to channel these emotions calmly and peacefully through a listening ear. The Vent, like anyone else who has gone through this was a moment in this man's life where he had all of these emotions, these mental aches and pains, and what he goes through when he can no longer repress these emotions and needs to get something off his chest . The writer uses allusion in some parts of the lyrics, trying to explain...
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...to their greatest potential. There are many definitions of what personal responsibility is, depending on who one asks, but the common factor that they have is simply to know what choice is the best one to choose from, whether it be in their role as a leader or life in general. As Michael Korda has been quoted saying in “Leading Thought: Building a Community”(1996-2002), “Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility....In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.” While searching for information this student came across a perfect explanation of what the definition of personal responsibility is to the majority of people. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ESSAY 3 According to Ron Haskins in “The Sequence of Personal Responsibility”(2009), “Personal responsibility is the willingness to both accept the importance of standards that society establishes for individual behavior and to make strenuous personal efforts to live by those standards. But personal responsibility also means that when individuals fail to meet expected standards, they do not look around for some factor outside themselves to blame. The demise of personal responsibility occurs when individuals blame their family, their peers, their economic circumstances, or their society for their own failure to meet standards. The three...
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...People often say that Math is the subject that brings stress and apprehension upon them. However, I feel that this substantial subject provides amazing thought and insight to our lives. Usually, Math isn’t a subject that requires you to write essays, but the Quartic Polynomial Analysis Project did. This method helped me to get a clear understanding and master the different concepts of quartic polynomials. Calculators usually hinder us, because we use them so often that we are stuck when they are taken away. Nevertheless, this project required me to provide detailed information of how I came up with my solution without the use of a calculator. Therefore, I have now learned to not be so dependent on one. Keep reading if you would like to be...
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...INTRODUCTION Recognized as the most diverse health care company in the United States; leader in providing innovative health benefits and services worldwide to help people live healthier lives. UnitedHealth Group (UNH) serves the markets two ways: for health benefits through UnitedHealthcare, which was created in 1977 and is the largest health care provider in the United States; and through Optum, the growing markets for health services. UNH stands firmly on its’ mission to completely commit to the evolving needs of health care by continuously enhancing the health system through their cutting edge approaches, products and services. With their core capabilities in clinical care resources, information and technology UNH builds a stronger, higher quality health system that is sustainable for the long term. (UnitedHealth Group) STREGNTHS UnitedHealth Group named ‘World’s Most Admired Company in the Insurance and Managed Care’ sector, was ranked No. 22 in 2012 (ranked No. 17 in 2013) by Fortune’s 2012 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list. With their highly adaptable business model and rated No. 1 in innovation, they are operating in all 50 states and 20 countries worldwide and servicing more than 85 million individuals overall (Fortune 500, 2013). UNH delivers a unique influence in creating a modern health care system, by providing clinical insight to optimize care resource, advanced data and information, and enabling technology. Having UNH offering a more affordable, simpler...
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...history profession until the 1960s, when the first breakthroughs came. The field of women's history exploded dramatically after 1970, along with the growth of the new social history and the acceptance of women into graduate programs in history departments. An important development is to integrate women into the history of race and slavery. A pioneer effort was Deborah Gray White's 'Ar'n't I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South (1985), which helped to open up analysis of race, slavery, abolitionism and feminism, as well as resistance, power, and activism, and themes of violence, sexualities, and the body. A major trend in recent years has been to emphasize a global perspective. The status of women in United States today, women in the U.S. have made big advances in every field. Yet discrimination still exists. Doing "A Man's Job" As women have gradually become leaders in the professions — in medicine, law, and business, for example — they also have taken jobs once regarded as too physically strenuous. Women have become sanitation workers, police officers, fire fighters, and coal miners. Some examples of concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity in society and media are, a man or a woman in our society is not just defined by the biological traits someone possesses, but it is also defined by what is expected that a man or a woman should act like in our society, which has been socially constructed and fed to us beginning at a very young age. This construction...
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...Vinicius De Sousa Linda Peterson Phil. 271 05/16/2013 Abelard’s Analysis of Sin In Abrahamic context, sin was considered as the act of violating the will of God. In this case, sin refers to anything that violates and strains ideal relationship between any individual and God. Some actions have been considered as sins and some sins are considered more serious than others. Sin is then rated in the spectrum ranging from deadly actions to minor errors in people’s lives. Peter Abelard a renowned philosopher and all time theologian analyses sin in his own distinct form and develop what could be a controversial conclusion on sin. He uses an appealing persuasion that is to some extent convincing; yet deep evaluations present a set of flaws in his reasoning that call for doubting and even disagreement. In the Christian world, the notion of living a good life is embodied in two elements: doing the right thing basing on the societies moral standards and avoiding sin according to biblical teachings and standards. Christians have conceived the essence of sin as a transgression against God and his desires or principles (Marenbon 302). Yet this notion of sin remains alienated from the human concrete lives for it to be of any use to moral direction. The issues of the right thing to do, wrong thing to do and sin have been at the center of human questioning, which has driven the human race to perpetually seek for less abstract concept of sin. This concept, which has hitherto...
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...What Rotc Can Do to Help in the Peace and Development Efforts SPEECH MANUSCRIPT OF C/CPT AMADEUZ VINCENT JOHN R CELESTIAL FOR THE 2010 REGIONAL ROTC SPEECH CONTEST Theme: “ROTC: How can it help in peace and development effort?” Ladies and Gentlemen good afternoon. I am not here to brag about what our government, what any administration or what our Armed Forces has done, so far, to achieve peace and development in the country. I would not throw you any unnecessary info nor will I be presenting to you thorough analysis of data based on comprehensive research. But, instead, I’m simply gonna tell you how ROTC has changed my views and how these views, in my own personal opinion, can help in our search for an ultimate peace and a satisfactory socioeconomic development status. The question at hand is “How can ROTC help in the peace and development efforts,” but, should we not be asking WHAT? What we, the youth, whether we be cadets or just ordinary students, can do to contribute to this national undertaking. From my learning's as a cadet... let me suggest three Steps: First BE AWARE. Second BELIEVE. And Third ACT. From here we can derive our roles as the future leaders of this nation. It might be a cliche, but let me say again that WE ARE THE HOPE OF THE MOTHERLAND. In our hands lies the future of our country. It is for this reason that institutions of higher learning were established (for us) in the belief that knowledge can save us all. But mere knowledge is...
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...is best for athletes to show positive leadership for the upcoming generation. Some athlete’s society never hear negative news about, but there are many that is in public eye of social media. Randy Roberts wrote a book called “A Team for America, The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation” (Roberts, 2012). In the book he discusses how a few good men from the Army-Navy stopped fighting during World War II in 1944 just to play a rivalry game of football. People from over the world tuned in as the Navy, ranked number two battled it out on the field against the Army for the number one spot. War was raging around the world in places like Africa, Europe, and the Pacific, people at home had just had Thanksgiving with no turkey, not to mention the lives lost just a day before because of the Great War raging around the world. For just a moment, everyone, everywhere could forget everything and was right with the world. In the eyes of children and men alike, these men were heroes and role models because even though there were hard times threatening the shores, they gave a nation something to smile about. They were football players who happened to be soldiers playing and fighting with their best interests at heart. As time went on and...
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...Health Status and Health Care Services in China with comparison to the United States HSM310 Introduction to Health Services Management Course Project December 12, 2010 A health care system refers to the comprehensive organization, structures and strategies through which Medicare and health care is made available by the government to its citizens. A health care system is a product of countries politics. It is a nations system of governance that will dictate upon the most convenient model of health care to adopt. There is no universally acceptable method, and in adopting each; a government has to take into account a variety of factors, which would range from available finances vis-a-vis the total population. A comparison of two models of health care or two countries approach to the provision of health services has to encompass the core issues of financing and health care management. Health sector is the most vital industry in a country and how effectively or ineffectively it is handled goes forth to reveal the social, political and economic policies of a country towards its citizens. A biggest investment of a government has to be in its people and what better way to do it than to invest in the health sector. The purpose of this paper is to focus at the comparison of the United States health care system with that of China. It will focus at financing and management of both systems, how they compare and contrast as well as the merits and demerits of each. Despite the fact...
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...SPEECH MANUSCRIPT OF C/CPT AMADEUZ VINCENT JOHN R CELESTIAL FOR THE 2010 REGIONAL ROTC SPEECH CONTEST Theme: “ROTC: How can it help in peace and development effort?” Ladies and Gentlemen good afternoon. I am not here to brag about what our government, what any administration or what our Armed Forces has done, so far, to achieve peace and development in the country. I would not throw you any unnecessary info nor will I be presenting to you thorough analysis of data based on comprehensive research. But, instead, I’m simply gonna tell you how ROTC has changed my views and how these views, in my own personal opinion, can help in our search for an ultimate peace and a satisfactory socio-economic development status. The question at hand is “How can ROTC help in the peace and development efforts,” but, should we not be asking WHAT? What we, the youth, whether we be cadets or just ordinary students, can do to contribute to this national undertaking. From my learnings as a cadet... let me suggest three Steps: First BE AWARE. Second BELIEVE. And Third ACT. From here we can derive our roles as the future leaders of this nation. It might be a cliché, but let me say again that WE ARE THE HOPE OF THE MOTHERLAND. In our hands lies the future of our country. It is for this reason that institutions of higher learning were established (for us) in the belief that knowledge can save us all. But mere knowledge is never enough for a person to achieve his goals because his CHARACTER...
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...English 1020-L22 November 3, 2013 Cultural Analysis-“From Silence to Words: Writing as Struggle” “From Silence to Words: Writing as Struggle” is an essay written by Min-Zhan Lu, in which she describes the effects, both positive and negative, she experienced while trying to obtain somewhat of a balance, between the learning techniques and language forced on to her and her sisters by their parents, and the education and language taught and enforced by their country, China. Lu describes the emotional strain, confusion, and the political persecution she experienced, beginning at the young, tender age of four years old, the year after the Communist Revolution of 1949. For many years, the only memories Lu had were of the many hardships she faced during the years of getting her education, which made it difficult to recall the benefits of her education. While writing this essay, Lu was forced to reflect over these particular years of her life and the effects it had on her, both good and bad. She finally realized that as hard as it was to endure these hardships, personal benefits resulted from these difficult times as well. Lu explains her revelation by stating, “My understanding of my education was so dominated by memories of confusion and frustration that I was unable to reflect on what I could have gained from it” (148). One of the benefits Lu gained was growth, in both her reading and writing skills, by persevering through the confusion and frustration during that time. ...
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