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In order to tell you who I am, I suppose I should go back to the very beginning. I was born on the 29th of July in 1997. Now I wasn’t your average dainty baby, I came out at a whopping 10 pounds 1 ounce. Since it was still the 90’s, the ultrasound technology wasn’t as advanced as it was today. So needless to say, my parents were expecting a Jordan Troy and they got a Holly Rae. The year after I was born happened to be a very busy year for my family. We moved to a new house we were building and…

In Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, Robert B. Reich describes what he believes ails modern society. Major themes the book touches on include the so-called “free market,” describing the prevailing view, his building blocks of capitalism, the workings of property, monopoly, and contracts, and bankruptcy and associated enforcement mechanisms. He then moves on to work and worth: the myth that a person is paid equivalent to their value to society, how CEO and Wall Street pay do not…

The overarching theme discusses some of potential boundary blurring situations, “messy” or “gray areas” that one could encounter as an CC-AASP or sport psychologist. The article has a few engaging fictional stories to guide the reader toward understanding the grey areas or boundary blurring situations that could occur in the world of sport, especially when on the road. The article was both informing yet potentially alarming since the novice sport psychologist justified pushing the ethical…

Go to a bookstore and head straight to the ‘Personality and Self-help’ section, you will be amazed to see the number of books written on the topic of self-esteem. The titles of those books may vary; one may talk about how to develop self-esteem, another about dealing with low self-esteem and a third one may sound a little more fancy offering you 101 tips to improve your self-esteem in just 3 Months”. Whatever the titles are, they all point towards the importance of self-esteem to become…

addition of telomeres to the ends of chromosomes. Telomeres are repetitive non-coding segments found at the end of chromosomes with the sequence TTAGGG. Telomeres act as protective caps for the chromosomes, similar to plastic caps on the ends of shoelaces. Because DNA polymerase can only synthesize in the 5’ to 3’ direction and only adds nucleotides to an existing 3’ end, DNA polymerase is unable to replicate DNA near the 3’ end of chromosomes. This phenomenon, known as the end replication…

Developmental psychology lets me know who Joyxanne S. Alarde really is. This course functioned as my own personal researcher that uses many research designs to obtain the desired results and answers to my "divergent-like" questions as I go through different changes as an individual and how these transformations affect me as I go along in my life. Life turn us into a stronger and smarter person as we face the challenges it offers and learn the lessons of it afterwards. Erik Erikson's…

Total control of a person’s life contains faults that are displayed between Winston and Big Brother. As the novel progresses through Winston’s life, small instances of rebellion against the government, the Party, and its idol head, Big Brother, formulated in his mind. There seemed to be some flaws about the government, such as not being able to think, not being able to love, and even changing the past by rewriting all publications to fit the modern time. Therefore, it led to his decision in…

The Law enforcement system in the US is not always reliable and and trustworthy in every case. During 1993, in West Memphis there was news about three 8 year old boys being deemed missing from their families. Not too long later they were found dead in a stream. They were bruised, mutilated and tied up like hogs. These three boys were Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steve Branch. Three young adults known as, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin, were eventually convicted in…

Cats have always been a favorite among the pet lovers community. The small, adorable little furballs hold a very special place in most people's hearts,young or old, in today’s constantly changing society. From viral internet videos to playing with shoelaces on the living room floor, cats have made a big impact on many. While that is a spectacular thing, cats had to through countless cultures and civilizations before finally arriving in the present day society, alongside humans. The very first…

In the place where the United States has grown into the most powerful nation in the world, the key concepts of liberalism, idealism, and realism have flourished to form the government and; consequently, the United States’ foreign policy. The United States foreign policy has changed throughout time, being very dependent on the national interest of the country. With that being said the largest part of the United States’ outlook on foreign policy is none of these political ideas on foreign policy;…