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Have you ever thought what if I had tried harder then I would have succeeded? Most likely you have and that is known as counterfactual thinking. Counterfactual thinking is the theory of what could have been. We tend to correlate our failures with counterfactual thinking. For example, if we had studied harder on that test and not gone out that night we might have gotten an A on the test not a B. We can also look at counterfactual thinking in a positive way and how that helps us in our lives. In…

Counterfactual thinking and living in imagination is another aspect of life that distracts adults and children from their realities. These individuals get captured in their thoughts of how life should be or how things should go. By adults and children carefully planning out their future’s and how certain things should happen, it causes misery when their “blueprint” does not go as planned. In Jeanette Winterson’s essay “The World and Other Places”, she introduces characters who live their lives…

Network security has been at the head of some stories in the news. Security is an aspect of the technology field that should be considered at all times. Not only can personal security be breached, the security of others can be affected as well. For example, the incident with the retail company Target, (Vijayan 2014) retailer 's failure to properly segregate systems handling sensitive payment card data from the rest of its network. In this paper, network segment security aspects will be discussed…

What is the Endangered Species Act? Why was the Endangered Species Act created? Why do we care for endangered species? The Endangered Species Act was made so that our native plants, animals, and fish would not go into extinction. This Act requires that Federal and State agencies provide suitable conditions for endangered and threatened species, not to jeopardize from federal activities but to protect and save our native species from extinction. Throughout history there have been many events to…

The Endangered Species Act has been in law for about four decades and people gave mixed opinions about this. The Act included the right to take away land to persevere for animals use and that an animal cannot be excitant anymore. Palm Spring, California about thirty-one thousand acres of Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians were taken away to save the big horn sheep. The Tribe sued the government claiming,”An economic impact of hundreds of millions of dollars”. The Tribe was paining to make a…

Blake Shelton's "Sangria" is at the Number 1 position on the Country Airplay chart. The song has become the singer's 15th consecutive chart-topper on the Country Airplay chart. Shelton's "Lonely Tonight" featuring Ashley Monroe was his fourteenth Number 1 song. With the success of "Sangria," the country singer now has 20 Number 1 singles. Shelton's consecutive number one streak dates all the way back to 2010, when he topped the singles charts with “Hillbilly Bone” featuring Trace Adkins. "Simply…

According to scientists, around 150-200 species of plant and animal go extinct every 24 hours. This statistic doesn’t seem so shocking until the realization comes that this is almost 1,000 times the natural rate for extinction. Humans contribute a great amount to this pandemic. A prime example is that of the dodo bird, which was famously hunted into extinction. Around 20,000 species are currently listed as threatened by extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).…

Robert L. Lynch (2015) highlights the arts as a catalyst of bringing people together, whom might otherwise not interact, to build stronger communities through connection. Human connection and understanding are essential to forward a community, a country. Arts organizations are unique in that they nurture the careers of those who produce art, who in turn offer historical perspective as a reflection…

All students battle boredom at times, and many are constantly searching for something to do. Fortunately, binge-watching can provide a glorious solution to boredom. Binge-watching is defined as the act of watching multiple episodes of a television program in rapid succession. According to many Thomas Jefferson students, the top ten binge-watching shows are: Modern Family: Leading the pack, Modern Family has been raved upon for being a hilarious family comedy. First airing in September of 2009,…

mustaches; in fact, they were named after the Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany because he shared this distinct facial accessory (“Emeror tamarin fact file”). The Emperor tamarins can be found in the South-western Amazon in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia (“IUCN Red List”). They typically live in tropical climates and in open-woodlands (“Mac Como Zoo”). They live in the trees, but below 95 feet high (“Animal Diversity Web”). Because…