Is the glass half empty or half full?

building, my whistle bouncing against my chest with each step. The brick crosswalk underfoot, the flags blowing in the breeze, and cars driving on the busy streets of downtown Overland Park greet everyone who visits the center. Pushing my way through the glass doors, the employees at the front desk look up, notice my blue life guarding shirt, black swimsuit, and blue whistle, and the return to their work. Walking past the front desk, the floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the pool show that…

just entered; I trodged to the far right corner and sat in an empty booth. I took of my boots and slapped them against the wall three times in a futile attempt to shake loose some of the water; placing down my boots I opened my bag and removed a dry pair of socks, and put them on my feet. After my routine had been completed I again fell into my thoughts, only occasionally drawn away from them by the tapping of my own fingers against the glass table and the chatter of other customers. Hours went…

basketball players wanted to self-destruct their careers. Sherman Alexie made sure to show the lack of optimism and hope within the reservation when victor said “It’s hard to be optimistic on the reservation. When a glass sits on a table here, people don’t wonder if it’s half filled or half empty. They just hope it’s good beer.” (Sherman Alexie Pg. 49) Sherman Alexie makes the whole lack of optimism and regret more intense with his use of humor within this story. When Adrian…

sleeveless dress that barely went past my knees, for about ten minutes before the dimbox pulled up in front of me. All the while many traditional folks gave me some dirty looks for showing off my gam. When I entered the taxicab, Ellie was wearing a full length dress in which I could only see her hands and her face, we hadn 't been talking for more than five minutes before she started preaching. "How can you justify such evil? Making your demonizing ways seem playful as you choose the the path…

Boom! Yet another city demolished in the unending raids. This Continues bombarding edged Russia and the United States even closer to a full blown war. Peace talks were in an utter mess and the world watched in uncertainty as the two clashed head-to-head on a daily basis. Leaders from all over the world set up a meeting for President Mikhailov of Russia and President Eruzione U.S. to work out some agreement for peace. Finally, there was a proposed plan which both Presidents agreed to, a hockey…

in hiding for nearly two years until they were found and transferred to the concentration camps. Throughout this whole experience, she had to stay positive. The character trait the she showed was optimism. She always looked at the glass as half full rather than half empty. She had to have a great deal of optimism in order to overcome this obstacle in her life. Another character trait that she showed was pride. Anne was proud to be Jewish and this hardship tested her loyalty. She would not let…

The first sign of dawn colored the horizon, the light reflecting off the glass bottles of tonic on Ealhwyn's medicinal shelf. The light broke Della out of her half slumber. She had drifted into a half awake reality, the images of her vision twisting themselves into demons and shadowy figures with no faces. Both Merlin and Ealhwyn were still asleep. Merlin had fallen asleep with his head on the table again, reminiscent of the day before. Della's gaze drifted over to her aunt. She succumbed to…

PART A SECTION-I:-PROBLEM SOLVING ANALSIS AND PROCESS Ans: 1. • LIST OF INFORMATION LUKE NEED TO GATHER TO ATTAND THE MEETING IN TOWN TOMORROW 3PM.  How to get to the town?  What is the meeting time?  How far the distance is?  What are the transport services available?  What are the buses and trains timing from one place to another?  How far the walking distance from train station to meeting office?  What are the buses and train fares?  Meeting finishing time?  After meeting what are…

Often times people describe the end of the world as the sky falling down or the sun never rising. But would that still be so bad if the dark was all you ever knew? Perhaps The City Of Ember—a 270 page long dystopian fantasy novel by Jeanne Duprau—could help you figure out your answer. The book was published by Yearling in May, 2003. This novel is set in (you guessed it) a city called Ember, where the sky is black and there is no sun. The only source of light for the people living there is the…

Liberalism is together with realism and Marxism was one of the three core theories that dominated IR throughout 20th centuries or at least up to 1990s. Liberalism had however a very bumpy entrance into the field. As we’ve seen in the previous lecture, the first debate between realist on the one hand and liberals on the other are basically blablabla liberalism for the former idealism, starting out to studying the world, how we would like it to be rather than how it really was like, etc. And the…