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Baseball is a sport that many consider to be “America’s pastime.” It has been something that has been passed down for generations in families, along with being played across the world. According to Hanson and Ravizza (2007), the players within this specific sport have claimed that they feel the level of performance shown by them is consisting of mental and emotional elements. Since baseball is commonly started at a young age and transformed from the area of deliberate play into practice…

A time when I resisted accepting reality and kept focusing on my unattainable desire was when my sister decided to move to D.C. The news that my sister decided to move baffled me because I always thought I would be the first to move away. Before my sister moved away I was in denial. Even though my sister planned to move away my mind kept focusing on ways to keep her to stay. I kept attempting to keep my sister in Michigan by showing her places she would miss if she left. Throughout the process…

criminal. That is until opioids and prescription painkillers came around, when your white suburban mom could be just as dependent on a high as your average heroin junkie. I believe if opioids are continually available, other drugs should be legalized, focusing mainly on marijuana. Opioids: legal, completely accessible, and easily prescribed. It is truly the choice gateway drug. Though it is just as harmful as heroin, it’s only viewed as a problem when someone becomes addicted. In this case,…

I have been interested in the visual arts for a long time. I have worked on various animations in the past but something I have just come across that I love is cinematography. I was the cinematographer for a documentary recently and I captured the b-roll footage to put throughout the movie. The documentary was a group project that I did for a video production class. The footage I got was meant to be small interesting clips to cut into an interview. I have provided an edited version of my footage…

response to the Las Vegas shooting by quoting reliable sources, asking forwarding questions, and focusing on other industries. Quoting provides decent evidence by giving direct support to the argument from other sources. Rhetorical questions work as an effective forwarding strategy, acting as transitions between one aspect of the argument and the next. Overall, Lazarus's argument was fairly effective, but focusing on different industries in the middle was not highly advantageous. A distinct…

Research shows the importance of increasing protective factors in child welfare work rather than focusing primarily on risk factors. The growing recognition of protective factors as a critical aspect of all work with children and families is long overdue. There is strong consistency and overlap between established, ongoing, and new work which underscores the salience of this strength-based approach across many disciplines. There is a powerful synergy between what children need in order to thrive…

As professional helpers, it is important to have a solid foundation of the various developmental models and theories that undergird the work of human behaviors and experiences (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). In this week’s reading, we were introduced to theoretical perspectives that help to categorize human development models. In this paper, it is my hope to categorize human development theories based on the dichotomies of nature versus nurture, universality versus diversity, qualitative change…

Security; being free from danger and threats, has existed as a humanistic desire for as long as humans felt emotions. Obtaining a sense of security was the driving force behind China’s Great Wall. It curated the creation and growth of all the great armies of the world. It is why we pay hundreds of dollars a year to have our houses monitored, our cars insured, and our families protected. It is also why businesses spend millions of dollars to keep their personal and customers’ information safe.…

Art is a communication medium upon which people express their ideas and where human relate with issues that they experience in the contemporary world. A modern dimension of art in the presents the subject of advertisement and how companies are using artistic devices stylistically to pass the message to the target audience and convince them into buying a product or service. An example of a firm that has perfected its art in convincing the reader to consider the facility is McDonalds through the…

Sexual performance anxiety greatly affects a man's self-confidence. Thankfully overcoming sexual performance anxiety is possible at any age and stage of a man's life. Anxiety is a normal part of life; therefore, it is likely that most people experience anxiety at some point in their lives. Anxiety keeps us alert and helps us cope in every stressful event or situation. But, there is a type of anxiety that is common to men when we talk about sexual issues- men's sexual anxiety. Men's sexual…