Chris Cooper

The Pursuit of Happiness, directed by Gabriele Muccino, tells a story about an African American man living in San Francisco. His name is Chris Gardner, who devoted all of his life savings into an investment to sell a device known as a portable "bone density scanner." He is a hard-working, caring and loving father who struggles financially to provide for his wife and son. With his wife working back to back shift to make ends meet with their rent bills. She is unable to live a life of stress with…

American adult animated sitcom created by Seth Macfarlane and is based off stereotypes and negative depictions of almost every aspect of life. It is centered on the griffin family that consists of the parents, Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their talking dog, Brain. The Griffin’s are a model family but each member is complex, different, and yet noticeable individual. The whole show resides in Quahog, Rhode island. Each episode reveals a different concept, throughout…

I love TED Talks. In the quiet morning before school, I found myself pursuing the Internet looking for a catchy title and a topic of which I wish to learn more. I am often provided with a creative idea, new perspective, or meaningful message for me to reflect upon and apply to my life in some small way. TED Talks are created by passion, intelligent individuals who have amazing messages to share with the world. While some topics have more of a direct correlation to my life than others, these…

Popculture Portrays Children As Being Carefree When I was growing up, I remember being reckless, and not having a care in the world. I didn’t care about getting hurt or getting in trouble because I did not know many dangers of the world. I would do whatever my older brother and his friends told me to do. I would always end up getting hurt if they told me to do something such as them swinging me back and forth by my hands and…

Comedian Kevin Yee I have always been a big comedy fan. I love laughing and love it when people make me laugh. I have always been told that I am always smiling for no reason, so when I heard that a comedian was going to perform I knew I couldn’t miss it. On Tuesday night at George’s, comedian Kevin Yee performed, however I have never seen a comedian performance that was mainly based on songs. He did talk but mostly performed songs throughout the show. There was about a medium size crowd that…

Aerobic capacity of endurance athletes has been a consistent topic throughout research. Different sports require a certain amount of endurance to be successful on the field or court. Much of this research has been done on soccer players. These athletes consistently show a high maximal oxygen capacity, also known as VO2 max. Due to their higher aerobic fitness level they are able to perform closer to their maximum heart rate value as well. Throughout a match the players consistently shift from…

tenth season and has been renewed for another two seasons on CBS. According to the Big Bang Theory fansite (2007-2017), The Pilot was first released on September 24, 2007. This show focuses on the daily lives of two geeky physicists named Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter. Their introverted lives change when the attractive, social butterfly Penny moves next doors to them and teaches them common sense and how to socialize with others. She soon becomes incorporated into Sheldon and Leonard’s…

Da Silva, C. D., Bloomfield, J., & Marins, J. C. B. (2008). A review of stature, body mass and maximal oxygen uptake profiles of U17, U20 and first division players in brazilian soccer. Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 7(3), 309-319. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.spu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=a9h&AN=34449337&site=ehost- The aim of this study was to review the stature, body mass, and maximum oxygen uptake in U17, U20, and first…

I watch Big BangTheory all the time and I can think of many scenes that come to mind, but one in particular involved Sheldon and Rajneesh when Rajneesh comes to work with Sheldon and they are forced to share an office. There is a bit of a power struggle that goes on when Rajneesh wants to get his own desk for the office and Sheldon refuses. The struggle begins with Rajneesh completely defying Sheldon and he goes out and buys this huge desk that is so big that Sheldon can barely push the door…

3. All three subjects attained their oxygen consumption (VO2) max. Each subject was able to pass 3 criteria to attain a VO2 max. To begin with subject 1 attained their VO2 max because the individual respiratory exchange ratio (RER) was greater than 1.15. As shown in table 1, the subject’s max RER is 1.2, which is greater than 1.15. Also, the rating of perceived exertion (RPE) was greater 17, as shown in table 1 the subject’s RPE is 20. Finally, the post VO2 max blood lactate level was 15.2, the…