1956 births

The short story “Through the Tunnel” Doris Lessing, the non-fiction story, “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Rider” Bruce Weber, and the novel, “The Outsiders” S.E. Hinton, all portray that coming of age is when a person goes through a changing experience which allows them to grow and become their own heroes. Bruce Weber’s non-fiction story “The Loneliness of a Long Distance Rider” portrays that loneliness is the key to coming of age and healing after going through a traumatic experience. The story begins by Weber explaining his feelings of sadness and sorrow at that very moment. “Maybe loneliness? Anxiety? Whatever it is, I’ve been feeling a little sulky the last few days… I’m battling that, more than headwinds and hills… I lost a friend to cancer a couple of weeks ago, and I’m sure that’s part of it…” (paragraph 1) Weber is feeling lonely and having anxiety about being alone the last few days. He lost a friend a couple of weeks before and he is sure that is part of the reason he is upset. Later on, Weber explains that biking across the country to find yourself is harder than it’s led on to be. “Putting yourself out in that environment at the beginning of each day takes some self-persuasion and some nervously applied discipline; it’s easier if you have company.” (paragraph 3) Bruce Weber explains that it is hard on you mentally and physically to bike across the country and he believes it would be easier if you have company. In the end, Bruce comes to terms with his…

Prospect Impressions: Sundqvist's first, plus goals scored between-the-legs and tic- tac-toe style, McCauley's dramatic goal call He's certainly not complaining, but Oskar Sundqvist scored the first goal of his NHL career and an unlikely source assisted on it. Also featured are two goals scored tie-tac-toe style, and a pair of between-the-legs efforts that are just too good to be true. Plenty more assists, goals, and Wes McCauley's dramatic goal decision encapsulate a fantastic edition…

Prospect Impressions: Mistele/Marner beckon the bears, Sparks makes history, QMJHL goals from Fontaine/Garland/Veleno Prospect Impressions is packed full of highlight-reel plays this week. Matt Mistele and Mitch Marner sent teddy bears flying with their goals, while Garret Sparks made history in his first NHL start. Three goals from the QMJHL highlight a great weekend of play in Quebec, plus goals from unexpected sources in minor hockey and Europe, including one perpetrator caught in…

Prospect Faceoff: Matthews stays hot in Zurich, Svechnikov/Garland dual, plus two top-20 teams clash in college hockey Auston Matthews is taking an unconventional path to the NHL, and has earned a few accolades already while playing in Switzerland. Two electric playmakers go head-to-head in a battle of assist machines in the QMJHL, and a pair of potential Canadian teammates will likely see a lot of each other in a weekend contest. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s newest signee lines up against a…

Introduction Failed illusions by Charles Gati examines the events leading up to and surrounding the Hungarian uprising of October 1956. Gati argues that all the major players in the drama failed to provide adequate if any reasonable leadership. Throughout the drama the USSR gave vague and often conflicting orders to their Hungarian satellite. The Hungarians responded by attempting to fulfill their soviet overseers orders to no avail. The Hungarian leadership then was thrown into turmoil, and…

I used to think that giving birth was overrated and believed that the emotional rollercoaster leading up the birth was insincere. In my opinion, giving birth had always seemed frightening, long and most of all painful. Surprisingly, my whole outlook on giving birth and its emotional impact changed when I gave birth to my first child, Joy. I remember the day as if it was yesterday, despite the fact that it took place almost nine years ago. It was a rainy Sunday in February when I invited my best…

its operations in pursuit of profits for its corporate executives. They continue to brandish themselves under the guise of McDonalds brand only because of the cultural capital it has amassed makes it easier to make profits, but if the brand ever became too toxic it is simply expendable. There are some operations though that McDonaldization does seem to exist symbiotically with, this being the temporal expansion of McDonaldization into the sector birthing and life. It must be considered that…

factor that might have an effect on functional birth order is the sex of the children and the order in which they are born. If a family has two girls then a boy the boy will often be treated similar to that of an older child because he is the first born male. The same rule for youngest first born males also applies to youngest first born females. In both of these cases, the youngest child of the different sibling sex will act similar to the oldest child or may even act like an only child or…

dynamic – birth order. Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychiatrist, first investigated the importance of birth order in 1918 (Ansbacher & Ansbacher, 1056). In his research, Adler implicitly distinguished between actual birth order and psychological birth order. In a study conducted by Shulman and Mosak (1977), these types of birth orders were defined. Actual, or ordinal,…

it was marketed as a sedative, tranquiliser and antiemetic that was found to be effective when prescribed to pregnant women to help combat the many symptoms associated with morning sickness. Chemically similar to barbituates, the drug became a popular sedative and by the following year, although it was never approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it went into general use and was present in at least 46 countries under many different brand names. Grünenthal allegedly claimed the…