History of Thousand Oaks‚ CA Thousand Oaks is found in the United States of America‚ in the State of California‚ Ventura County. It is located in the southern part of the county and it is an affluent city. It was named Thousand Oaks after the many oak trees within the area. The initial people who resided in the area were the Chumash community. In 1542‚ a Spanish explorer‚ Juan Rodriguez Cebrillo arrived at Point Mugu. He declared the land to be Spanish land and it eventually was part of Rancho El
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Russell Conwell is a former minister who lived in Gilded Age America‚ and aggressively promoted the ideology of success—people would achieved success with enough efforts. In Conwell’s popular lecture “Acres of Diamonds‚” he passed on the message that people ought to be rich‚ and have the duty to do so. Wealthy people were rich because they were honest‚ therefore they were trusted with the money. In contrast‚ poor people made themselves poor because of their shortcomings. In other words‚ people
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Dialectical Journals “But today he saw one of the river’s secrets‚ one that gripped his soul. He saw that the water continually flowed and flowed and yet it was always there; it was always the same and yet every moment it was new.” pg. 102 C)Siddhartha ponders about a secret of the river. It is one that he never realized before. The water flows continuously and remains constant. It is the same‚ and yet it is new. Life seems to be like this. Everyone of us has life‚ and we live it. The world seems
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Reflective Journal Psychology 5/4/2013 Campus: City Campus Subject: Psychology Topic: Understanding Human Behaviour and Diversity. Table of Contents: Topic Page Rationalization 4 Cultural Assimilation due to Globalization 6 Drive Reduction Theory 8 Rationalization The Topic I chose from unit one for my Reflective Journal is Rationalization which is based on Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory. Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory of Personality
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The painting Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand by Albrecht Durer was made in 1508. It was commissioned for the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg‚ Germany. It is Oil on panel transferred to a canvas. What I found interesting is the amount of detail and how everywhere you look there’s something happening. The painting uses a pyramid layout to get a sense of balance. A color in the painting that only appears in one location is black which can be interpreted as death. It also shows men being led to their
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Reflective Journal In this assignment‚ I am going to reflect on the previous Fresh Mart project. Before carrying out the Fresh Mart assignment my expectation of this project is that we might not successfully sell off all the fruits and vegetables as our selling day was on a Monday and Tuesday was a Wesak Day which is a public holiday where I assume most of the students might take off on a Monday but in the end we successfully sold off all the fruits and vegetables‚ not only this me and team mates
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A Critique of Dialectical Behavioral Treatment for Adolescents Psychological Research & Statistics Introduction According to a review done by Clive Robins & Alex Chapmen (2004)‚ dialectical behavior therapy (dbt) was originally created for parasuicidal women with borderline disorder. This method has been adapted to treat many other populations‚ especially adolescents‚ for it’s ability to keep patients committed to treatment as well as for its focus on reducing behaviors that interfere
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second action-packed novel called A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini‚ the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ wrote this story to let us readers experience the discourteous and rancorous effects that happened in Afghanistan during the mid-20th century to the early 21st century. This story reveals how the Afghanistan population survived and suffered because of their rambunctious laws and men. In the following review of Khaled Hosseini’s work‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ I will summarize the books
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1st Quarter: Notes to Remember… Figurative Language Simile- A simile compares two things using the words “like” and “as.” Examples: busy as a beeas dry as a bone clean as a whistle brave as a lion stand out like a sore thumbthey fought like cats and dogs Metaphor- When you use a metaphor‚ you make a statement that doesn’t make sense literally‚ like “time is a thief.” It only makes sense when the similarities between the two things become apparent or someone understands the
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Dialectical Journal Entry #1 The Road by Cormac McCarthy Quotation: “Look at me‚ the man said. He turned and looked. He looked like he’d been crying. Just tell me. We wouldn’t ever eat anybody‚ would we? No. Of course not. Even if we were starving? We’re starving now. You said we weren’t. I said we weren’t dying. I didn’t say we weren’t starving. But we wouldn’t. No. We wouldn’t. No matter what. No. No matter what. Because we’re the good guys. Yes. And we’re carrying the fire.
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