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Center For Learning and Creativity at USC and observe a session there, I thought this would be a great opportunity to expand my knowledge. Advisor Interview Title and Experience The advisor that I was fortunate to be able to interview was Natalie Luna, a second-year Educational Counseling student at USC. Since August 2015, she has also been an Academic Coach for the Kortschak Center. Additionally, she has experience with guidance counseling in high schools, as well as at the career center at…

In a fast changing and highly competitive world, such as health care, the requirement for effective leadership within organizations is arguably the most critical aspect to running a successful business. Health care organizations with the most inspirational and effective leaders are often those which also lead the way when it comes to delivering high performance cultures, brilliant customer service and great places to work (Sweeney, 2013). When it comes to appointing the most senior people,…

Steven Luna Per.6/Mrs.Macintyre Compromise of the Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis marks one of the most important events not only in our country but also the United States. It is important that we define, rather explain, what the Cuban Missile Crisis was. The Cuban missile crisis was a so called “pivotal” moment in the cold war. The two great superpowers at the time (The United States and the Soviet Union) were at the brink of war. The cold war seemed to be tilting…

2.0 SWOT Analysis Dunkin’ Donuts had grown to become one of the largest coffee and baked goods chain with 11,000 outlets operating across 33 countries. The company’s products include doughnuts, sandwiches, other bakery products such as wraps, munchkins, and cookies, and a wide variety of hot and iced beverages. As a result, the company to grasp a position as one of the top 50 franchises in the world (Fitzpatrick, 2015). Besides, the company poised to combat headwinds present in this industry as…

Contraband control becomes more difficult as inmates find new, innovative ways to exploit the system. Staff members in prisons are required to think one step ahead to prevent any risk of losing their lives. Contraband, defined by The National Institute of Justice, are items illegally smuggled into correctional facilities such as weapons, drugs or anything prohibited in the monitored area including cell phones. One of the items smuggled most into facilities are cell phones. “In 2008,…

Sometimes I feel like the world purposely lies to themselves so that they don’t have to accept what they truly are like and make up for all the bad things they have done. I know what I am like already even if there are some parts I want to change about myself. I feel like a lot of people don’t like to accept the fact that they can’t be perfect and that kind of annoys me sometimes when I try to explain to them that they can’t be great at everything. In our class we took a bunch of surveys…

Often, people live in uncertainty, keeping themselves from discovering outside-the-box ideas and never straying from the well-exercised path. Perhaps they make decisions based upon a direct idea of fate they may feel forced to follow or they simply fear the consequences, crippling any deep success in personal enlightenment. To be able to act free mindedly without confining to one specific outcome allows an expansion of opportunity and adventure to arise. The literary genre, magical realism,…

Yokohama’s history goes back to the pre-Edo period, back to the year 1859. Up to the end of the feudal Edo period, when Japan still had a policy of national seclusion, with little contact with foreigners, a major turning point occurred in Yokohama, when Matthew Perry arrived just south of Yokohama with a fleet of American warships, demanding the trading ports be opened for commerce. The shogunate then agreed by signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity. It quickly grew and became the base of foreign…

As a crime film, The Godfather contains numerous violent, sexual and profane scenes as its plot centers on the Corleone family and their criminal business. However, despite its genre, Nino Rota’s score for the film is generally calm, elegant and operatic. For instance, the main theme of the film is a waltz called the “Godfather Waltz,” which counterpoints the horrible images presented on the screen. As a mournful waltz with a melancholic vibe, the “Godfather Waltz” serves as a leitmotif for Don…

Luci opened the door and my parent’s faces were speechless. “It 's so beautiful” my mother spoke. “Look at the tree honey” my father pointed to the ice tree. “Happy Christmas mum and dad” I walked over to hug them; they hugged me back. “I see you got creative with the decorations” my father replied surprised. “Well Luci helped me figure out that” we broke apart from the embrace. My parents were still in there PJ’s dad in his navy blue and black PJ’s; mom in her red PJ’s they had little dogs…