...Helen Altieri UNV 303 David Steimle Take a Stand Essay 6/7/15 “Social Media’s Catalytic Effects on Mental Distress” In today’s world, one must avoid social media to avoid a heightened risk of mental stress and disorders. Today’s Internet is no longer a necessity to land connections with potential clients or employers. It is no longer just the key to heightened understanding of earthly functions; not just the door to enhancing quality of life and life’s overall level of convenience. Today, the Internet is key to keeping interpersonal relationships alive. The visibility of personal life activity is more than one wants to see; the Internet is now the racetrack on which humans today practice natural selection and evolve: Natural selection entails surviving mental distress, now due to dawn of digital, non face to face communication. Avoiding social media is necessary for optimum mental health because humans crave face-to-face interaction. Today’s information age includes technologies that make real time, distanced communication possible, diminishing the need for face-to-face communication and thus diminishing individual satisfaction of relationships. “Psychological Aspects of Social Media and Mental Well-Being” identifies the correlation between time used on social media and negative effects on cognitive function. “Individuals who spent more time on social media sites were likely to have lower self-esteem who did not believe their friendships...
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...Take A Stand: War Samuel A. Olivas Grand Canyon University: CWV-301 June 13, 2015 Where would America be if brave men and women didn’t sacrifice themselves in the greatest wars known to date? This is a huge question a lot of people do not ask themselves. A debate resides today whether war is right or wrong. I take my stand for war. Freedom seems to have lost its importance among the citizens of the United States. Many individuals or groups look at war and only see death, but its what they don’t see that makes the biggest impact and that’s the purpose. A man or woman who has served their country gets ready for battle not for their family, but for the cause. The purpose of this paper is written to inform about major wars taken place in the bible, history, and currently. Firstly, I will explain how War in the bible relates to war in the past. Secondly, I will explain the history of two wars and their significance. Lastly, I will explain the war we currently are in and why it’s crucial that we never give up. A man just laid down his life for you, would you for someone else? WAR: THE BIBLE The Bible has many wars through the Old Testament; we must take a closer look at Egypt vs. Israel. In Egypt Pharaoh had the people of Israel under his control. The Israelites were beaten, whipped, and killed. They were put to work on the Egyptian city. This bondage was held for years until a man named Moses stepped in for God. Moses states in Exodus 5:1, “ let his people go”. In Egypt...
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...Jennay Gonzales UNV-103 9/21/11 Take a Stand: Elderly Driving There are many drivers on the road today which are half made up of the elderly population. There comes a time in every elder’s life when they aren’t quite competent enough to drive themselves around anymore. It’s a time of question of their own independence and their keys. Some pose a hazard for not only themselves on the road, but also pose a hazard for the other pedestrians and drivers on the road as well. There are many who still can drive safely and still have their competencies about them, but determining if an elder should be driving can be hard to judge just by the family. The elder should be judged by not only their family but should also be overseen by a licensed individual like a doctor or a judge. There are just as many capable elderly drivers as there aren’t. Most of the elder population suffers from slight dementia and problems with eye sight. They also sometimes lose their sense of direction and can get lost easily. Having an elder driving who isn’t quit all there doesn’t thrill anyone, but letting them behind the wheel of a car can be dangerous. If they have issues with their sight or sense of direction it can pose a real hazard for the other drivers on the road and it can cause a hazard for them. The last thing anyone needs is to have their elder lost or hurt in a car accident that could have been avoided by just simply taking some time and sitting and evaluating if that elder should still...
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...Shenice Rolle English 120/16 Dr. Craig Smith Informal Text- based Argumentative Essay Let’s Take a Stand Nicholas D. Kristoff stated, “In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world.” Traditionally, men have always been known as the superior gender, while women were seen as inferior. One would think that since time has progressed and ways of thinking has evolved, the world would now be a place where men and women have equal rights; however, this is not the case. While in some countries women have been granted the same opportunities as men, there are still countries where women have little or no rights at all. Some of these countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal, Sudan and Pakistan. Consequently, women who reside in these countries run the risk of being punished or even killed, if they were to stand up for their rights. A wise author once said “Great leaders are often defined not by their beliefs, but by how they react when those beliefs are tested to the limit.” Despite the fact that she lived in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai demonstrated her bravery by fearlessly petitioning for women’s rights and girl’s education. Yousafzai is a sixteen year old girl who was shot by the Taliban for being an advocate for girl’s education. Yousafzai survived the shooting and continues...
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...could hurt him and his family. To kill a mockingbird is about the life of a little girl named scout and how her father is a lawyer that helped a black man in court. They were made fun of and hurt but still got through.Atticus should take a stand because he has courage and he is kind. The first reason is Atticus has courage for standing up for Tom Robinson even though he will be made fun of. “ In Maycomb grown men stood outside in the front yard for only two reasons death and politics. Jem and I went to the front door, But Atticus called Go back in the house”(Lee 193). This shows that Atticus stood up to Heck Tate and men who wanted to take Tom back to the county jail. Atticus also protected his kids. Atticus has reasons for taking up for Tom. “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town. I couldn’t represent this county in the legislature. I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again”(Lee 100). This shows Atticus took this case...
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...Devon P University Success 20 September 2015 Pepper Bonay-Martin Take a Stand Essay: Hiring Millennials Almost 2 million Millennials just graduated from college and According to 4 Millennial Myths Smart Employers Should Ignore they are next in line to join the working world. Similar to the generations before them, Millennials will face ridicule by companies. Businesses are terrified of the possibility of failure with this young emerging work craving generation. But this is not the only fear, Millennial’s are left with the question whether or not they will not land the job. Employers are hiring based on the rumors they hear about the upcoming generation. Millennial’s can’t wait to quit, one of the rumors spread; the fact of the matter though is they are here to stay. “An analysis of U.S. Census…Millennials are actually more likely to stay at their jobs than Generation Xers were at the same age” (4 millennial myths smart employers should ignore, 2015). Thus proving that they are taking their jobs seriously and are perfectly capable of being in the work environment. “Millennials want more balance, but they also want more responsibility and to have a greater impact” (LeBeau, 2015). Additionally many employers are also convinced that the high tech generation is digitally addicted, rather than seeing them as having an appreciation for these advancements. Millennial’s tend to be the generation with the social media platform of communication. Although...
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...Period Day Dates 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Day 31 Day 32 Day 33 Day 34 Day 35 Day 36 Day 37 Day 38 Day 39 Day 40 Day 41 Day 42 Day 43 Day 44 Day 45 Day 46 Day 47 Day 48 Day 49 6-Jan 7-Jan 8-Jan 9-Jan 10-Jan 11-Jan 12-Jan 13-Jan 14-Jan 15-Jan 16-Jan 17-Jan 18-Jan 19-Jan 20-Jan 21-Jan 22-Jan 23-Jan 24-Jan 25-Jan 26-Jan 27-Jan 28-Jan 29-Jan 30-Jan 31-Jan 1-Feb 2-Feb 3-Feb 4-Feb 5-Feb 6-Feb 7-Feb 8-Feb 9-Feb 10-Feb 11-Feb 12-Feb 13-Feb 14-Feb 15-Feb 16-Feb 17-Feb 18-Feb 19-Feb 20-Feb 21-Feb 22-Feb 23-Feb 24-Feb 25-Feb 26-Feb 27-Feb 28-Feb Weeks Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 SCHAUMBURG COMMUNITY CHURCH THROUGH THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Passages 1st Passage 2nd Passage (Old Testament) (New Testament) Genesis 1:1-2:25 Luke 5:27-39 Genesis 3-5 Luke 6:1-26 Genesis 6:1-7:24 Luke 6:27-49 Genesis 8-10 Luke 7:1-17 Genesis 11 Luke 7:18-5 Genesis 12 Luke 8:1-25 Genesis 13:1-14:24 Luke 8:26-56 Genesis 15 Luke 9:1-27 Genesis 16 Luke 9:28-62 Genesis 17 Luke 10:1-20 Genesis 18 Luke 10:21-42 Genesis 19 Luke 11:1-28 Genesis 20 Luke 11:29-54 Genesis 21 Luke 12:1-31 Genesis 22 Luke 12:32-59 Genesis 23 Luke 13:1-17 Genesis 24 Luke...
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...Stand up meetings are short daily meetings organize to discuss and give updates of ongoing project. Every day the whole team meets in order to discuss the flow of the project. If the things in the project went wrong, then those issues are discussed in order to know how to fix the issue. If there is no stand up meeting in the company, then the team leader and the project manager would do not have any updates regarding the project then if anything in the project goes wrong then the whole flow of the project goes wrong until the meeting is held and there is lot of time waste and budget waste. So in order to avoid such kind of situations stand up meetings are held by the team leader. Such meetings are important to guide the team members in the...
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...Someone who takes on these actions is called an oppressor. In other words this person is called a bully. Elie Wiesel made the comment, “Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Even if the problem is someone else’s true faith should convict someone to do the right thing. “Take sides”, Wiesel said. Why should a person take sides if they aren’t involved with the issue? Did Jesus take our side even though our sinning wasn’t His issue? Yes. Jesus went so far with doing what He felt was right that He died. Taking sides makes a huge impact on any situation. Even for a simple vote. Whether or not the decision was for the victim or the oppressor a side is taken in the matter. If a side has not been taken then it automatically goes to the oppressor because a stand wasn’t taken for the victim. No matter how a person may feel or what has been done to them it doesn’t give them the right to bully or show “oppression” towards someone else. Although neutrality may keep down confusion or drama with someone who isn’t involved in the problem, it really causes more problems. By problems I mean making the...
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...| | | | | | Increased Cost Savings | 0.40% | | V=$4,000/(.12-.04) | | | | | | | | | | k | 12% | | V= $50,000 | | | | | | | | | | | g | 4% | | NPV = $50,000+(-$35,000) = $15,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | Rainbow products should invest in this "reinvestment" act because NPV will be $15,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IRR | NPV | IRR Rank | NPV Rank | | | | | | | 2 | Concession Stand | Add a New Window | | 34.61% | $25,461.91 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | 15% Discount Rate | Update the Equipment | | 18.01% | $2,514.17 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Build a New Stand | | 31.20% | $34,825.76 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Rent a Larger Stand | | 1207.60% | $28,469.88 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IRR Rule: | We could take any of the projects since they all give us a return greater than 15% which we required. | | | | | | | Renting a Larger Stand yields us the greatest return on our investment. | | | | | | | | | | Assuming we...
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...During the time of the Vietnam War and Nixon administration the society was at a state of anger and unrest. John Lennon took a stand against the government and society by writing music and performing physical acts of protest. Immediately, he was faced with a deportation scandal, and many people were rallying for change on his behalf. His long-term impact is shown even to this day, through his song “Imagine” and other political songs that were screaming for someone to take a stand. As many already know, John Lennon was part of the ever-so popular group, the Beatles. During the time he spent with the group, his “voice” and his stance on the world was not shown much, as it was overpowered by Paul McCartney’s drippy and love-like lyrics. His...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “ A man dies when he refuses to stand up for which is right.” His words, and beliefs impacted the entire world as he took a stand against racism. This encouraged thousands of people to take a stand in their own communities. This shows it is appropriate to take a stand when the rules have an adverse impact on your life. The people or community make up a large part of everyday life. When the community is negatively affected by the laws placed on them it calls for action. In Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention, he acknowledges that his people were threatened with war and slavery by the British. He stands against the British to save his country saying, “Should I keep back my opinions of such time...I should consider myself guilty of treason towards my country.” (Henry) In other words, If she...
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...People need to help another person’s life out, take action, take control of own life. People need to stand up for what’s right and to speak up for those who need a voice. Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech and the Victims of the Holocaust help my claim because both of these sources state that we should take action and try to speak up and make a difference. Anne Frank talks about how to stay positive in conflict, though the Frank family took action by going into hiding,she stays more positive doing something about it. As these works show, taking action, taking control of the conflict is the best way to respond to it, taking action is taking control of your life, your own future. Elie Wiesel gives a speech about how he survived of the Auschwitz...
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...Reading Five-Step Strategy for Critical Reading Please refer to pages 73-77 in The Art of Thinking for this assignment. Step One: Skim the Article * Take five minutes and skim the following article. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/08/stand-your-ground-law-survives-florida-house-vote/ Step Two: Reflect on Your Views * What ideas do you have about this subject that could create a bias for or against the author’s view and prevent me from giving it a fair hearing? Please explain in 25-50 words. Being somewhat familiar with the trial against George Zimmerman and the situation that created the uproar; left me in a situation where I believed George Zimmerman should have been convicted, and the stand your ground law should have been reanalyzed. Step Three: Read the Work Step Four: Evaluate What You Read * Identify the issue of the article in 25- to 50-words. In a push to have the Florida state law, “stand your ground” repealed, the article reflects on the decisions of the legislature and some of the senseless crimes committed that should make the legislature want to change the law. * In this article, the author uses words that are open to more than one meaning. Please provide examples and explain in 25- to 50-words. When the author uses the word pushed, he/she is referring to being forced to take action rather than being forced in a certain direction physically. When the author uses the word acquitted, he/she is referring to freeing someone from...
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...Stephen King: Two Books, One Story In 1974, the world was first introduced to Stephen King through the publication of Carrie. Since then, King has released over fifty-four novels, short stories and essays (King, Written Works). His themes are vast and touch such subjects as aliens, telekinesis, life in prison, trucks coming to life, and the end of the world. In 1999, a car accident almost ended Stephen King’s life. After his recovery, he published five novels that were received with poor sales and unkind reviews. When Under the Dome was released in 2009, it showed that Stephen King was returning to a formula that worked so well for him in a previous book called The Stand. To understand these two books, one must first understand their author. Stephen King was born September 21, 1947. His father abandoned his mother, older brother, and himself when he was two (King, Writing 3). His mother, Ruth took a succession of poorly paid menial jobs, leaving her sons in the care of various relatives. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and then Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. He attended college at the University of Maine, and that is where he met his wife Tabitha, who was also a student. In 1970, he graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a B.A. in English, and his first child was born. Stephen worked as a high school English teacher for a few years in Maine while he started writing his first novel Carrie. Carrie was an instant hit and an overnight...
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