David Ives

When we are little we all have our own definitions of what a hero is in our eyes. Some heroes wore capes or crowns, but a big hero that gets overlooked often are the ones in combat boots. My hero is one of the men who wore combat boots his name is Chris Kyle. Kyle is known to the world for his famous movie “American Sniper”, but to the ones who knew him personally, he wasn’t just a soldier. He was a man who had compassion for the world. Above all Chris Kyle was such a loving and selflessness man…

The word snuffles is synonymous with the action of sniffling and snivelling, meaning the sharp intake of breath or mucous which results in an audible sound. This word is supposedly not a commonly known English word, and is often replaced by its more common synonym “sniffling”. Originating from the Dutch word “snuffelen”, the word originally meant “to sniff about, pry”, which is similar to its modern day definition. To be more specific, the modern day definition of the term snuffling refers…

people claiming to know who the killer was and “Arthur Leigh Allen was a popular candidate for the Zodiac killer, having been identified as Hartnell and Mageau as their attacker.” However DNA evidence did not link Allen to any of the crimes. In 2007 David Fincher released “Zodiac” a movie made about the Zodiac killer. This is, once again, glorifying serial killers. In the United States alone “Zodiac” has grossed over 33 million dollars. Any serial killer would be at the peak of their demented…

It is never too late to learn skills and develop yourself. My preposition is to implement personal development lectures on student’s daily education. Personal development helps identify the strengths of a student. Students face different circumstances in life that can cause them to feel no hope looking into the future, personal development lectures explain what procrastination is, how to recognize the best learning style, and understand personality traits. Growing up and accepting the…

JetBlue didn’t realize how serious the problem was or that it would span over the next five days. All issues which impacted the companies operation and income. The company empowered its employees to make decision concerning operations and ability to cancel when necessary. An excerpt from JetBlue’s 2007 Environmental and Social Responsibility Report: “we were negatively impacted by an ice storm that hit the New York metropolitan area and caused the cancellation of about 1,200 flights over a…

In “Let It Snow”, David Sedaris retells a seemingly innocent story of being in fifth grade and having a week off from school because of snow days. On the fifth snow day, Sedaris’ mother has a breakdown and ends up kicking Sedaris and his siblings out of the house so she can have time to herself. Sedaris and his siblings take the opportunity to go sledding and after returning a few hours later, realize their mother is still refusing to let them inside. As day turns to night, panic sets in and the…

An Agent of Competency As children, many young boys and girls watch sports on television with the hopes of one day being the one who is scoring the game winning touchdown, or shooting the game winning shot at the buzzer, or landing the perfect 10 to bring home the gold. Upon growing up, many of these same children realize only a select few will achieve that goal and must look for other ways to earn a living. One career path that can be taken that allows one to be part of the sport they love is…

David Bosch, considered to be a foremost mission theologian, presents thorough scholarship drawing upon a vast number and breadth of sources, covering the entire chronological scope to the present era of NT church history from a "emerging ecumenical paradigm of mission" perspective in an amazingly compact fashion. The epochal treatment of missions by Bosch is notable, also in it’s scope from Primitive Christianity, Hellenistic period, middle ages Roman Catholic, Reformation, Modern…

Many of our standard societal interactions rely on the assumption that people are responsible for their actions. When someone does something good, he or she can be rewarded in some way for this act, such as getting a promotion or a medal of honor. Conversely, when one commits a wrongdoing, he or she can be punished, like when a criminal is put in jail. These interactions work because the person in question is assumed to be responsible for their actions; in other words, he or she freely chose to…

The Time I Got Stitches The worst thing that’s happened to me in my life was the time I had to get stitches. It was the summer of 2012. The weather was warm, but the wind was blazing. My cousin and I, who happened to live next door to each other in our old apartments were playing volleyball in the middle of the street, while our family were in the house hanging out. The ball we used was not hard so it could move with the wind. There were another set of apartments which everyone called the…