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    When considering Theodore Roethke's "In a Dark Time," it is necessary to first consider the poet. Roethke was known to have often lived in "dark times". Whether it be emotional, spiritual, or mental the struggle was a familiar one marked by periods of psychosis. This confessional poem may very well be a window into such a time of Roethke's life. A window through which Roethke reveals that darkness, as daunting as it may be, is not eternal and though one may not emerge into light, one may emerge…

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    Adventure Time is a cartoon series, currently airing on Cartoon Network, consisting of eleven-minute-long episodes that follow the adventures of a human boy Finn and his magical dog friend Jake. The series started airing in 2010 and is currently on its seventh season. Adventure Time, although originally created for kids, has gained audiences from all walks of life and that is in no small part due to the show’s effective use of different media platforms. Adventure Time engages with all kinds of…

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    performing a naming task which impacts reaction times. In the Stroop (1992) study found that color naming had a slower reaction time when the color words were printed in a different color, but even slower reaction time occurred when the color and word were completely separate from one another. The current experiment used Stroop task to determine the impacts of reaction times to test the hypothesis to see if there is a significant difference between the reaction times amongst the four levels of…

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    Hard Times Research Paper

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    As hard times goes on through everyone's life, how do you handle the situations? Hard times will come at the most unexpected times to try to knock us down. Some people act as a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean, which are you when you handle hard times? A coffee bean, the one that can can take pain and adjust to change without overreacting. The small little bean that turns into a wonderful smell and taste. As I approach hard times I react as a coffee bean would. I will change for the better…

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    With the first month of the New Year slowly fading, the time is passing with a swiftness that is both anticipated and undesired. The past year’s triumphs and blessings were received with gratitude, but oftentimes shaded with drab shadows that hang over my existence. At times, I wallowed in its sweet anguish like a pig left to wallow in its own feces, and sunk further into self-examination. Too often, I passed the weeks under a dark cloud, wondering if or when the golden light of the sun might…

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    Brad Wensil Mr. Eppes English 4 April 12, 2018 The purpose of a time capsule is to capture the era in which it was assembled. To best capture the year 2018 I would put an IPhone, a pair of joggers and a copy of “The life of a Dark Rose” by lil skies. I think these three items well represent our current year, technology, and pop culture. The iPhone is a absolutely massive part of the twenty-first century. It was first developed in the early 2000s and(site) completely dominated…

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    I completed three 30 to 45 minute observations at three different lunch times, in varying temperatures throughout the course of two week. I conducted my observation from 12:30 to 1:00pm on Wednesday, 12:30 to 1:15pm on Thursday, and 12:30 to 1:00pm on the following Friday. My observation location was located at a table that faced the machine, at this location I could see both what flavor, toppings, and vessel (what the subject put their ice cream in) of the person at the machine. I took field…

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    A Tale for the Time Being centers around three significant disasters. One of them is human-made and the other two are “natural” disasters. The three disasters are the 9/11 attack, the earthquake that hit Japan in 2011, and the tsunami of 2011 that soon followed. These three disasters affect Nao and Ruth as a result of them being connected to America and Japan. All three disasters connect Nao and Ruth, however the most crucial one is that of the tsunami. It constantly looms over the narration of…

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    Paid Time Off Benefits

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    Essentially, many organizations have converted vacation, sick time, and personal time into a policy known as “paid time off” (PTO) (Martocchio, 2013). PTO is also referred to as “personal time off” (Tobin, 2015). In general, PTO hours are used to pay compensation to employees, when they are not at work to perform their job functions (Martocchio, 2013). Nevertheless, it is imperative that the configuration of the organization’s PTO policy is created to meet its business needs (Tobin, 2015).…

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    humanity itself. So, it comes as no surprise that the idea of change is consistent and everlasting. This goes hand in hand with the concept of time which is the only constant in the world. Time is consistently consistent. From seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years to decades, it doesn’t skip a beat. And it is in each of these increments of time that movement and life are taking place. This is extremely true in nature; nature and all of its components are forever evolving. As I…

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