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    Running head: PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY 1 Personal Philosophy of Nursing Darlene Cunningham Jacksonville University School of Nursing January 31‚ 2015 PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY 2 Personal Philosophy of Nursing A Philosophy of Nursing is an approach to nursing‚ usually created

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    Always Running

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    2013 Author Luis J. Rodriguez was born in the US/Mexico border in 1954‚ at the age of 2 his family moved to Los Angeles California‚ around the age of 8 they moved to San Gabriel Valley. One of his first documentaries is the Book called “Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang days in L.A”. The book narrows the struggles of the author during his childhood and adolescences in the active life of a gang member and of Chicano race. The author’s motivation to write many of the books he has written were his

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    An Analysis of The Green Mile January 10‚ 2013 "We each owe a debt‚ there are no exceptions. But oh God‚ sometimes The Green Mile seems so long." The 1999 film‚ The Green Mile was a film that touched many. Originally this film was a novel‚ written in six volumes by the award-winning author Stephen King. In this film King sought out to depict the moral issues surrounding the death penalty from the beginning but as the film continues the audience is drawn to

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    The Running Dream

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    The Real Rosa In the book The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen‚ the main character Jessica is trying to adjust to a new life without one of her legs. Another character‚ Rosa‚ helps her through this while facing a disability of her own. Rosa was born with cerebral palsy. Even though some people don’t take the time to really get to know her‚ she has some great qualities that should make people want to. In the book‚ Rosa gets those close to her to see her real self instead of just seeing her

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    On Running Away

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    individual reconcile his independence that forms his identity with the pattern that provides safety? An achievement of independence is the beauty that creates life‚ however‚ life --as fragile it may be--‚ requires security. In the biographical essay "On Running Away"‚ the author‚ John Keats implies that in order to reconcile the desire to act independently with the need for security an individual will be forced to make a decision between the two. An individual creates a perspective upon his memories

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    The Green Mile Sparknotes

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    In The Green Mile by Stephen King‚ there happens to be two men who like to have total control over the situation. The men that can take control‚ Brutus Howell and Paul Edgecombe‚ do an extremely good job‚ but Edgecombe has more of the F personality which becomes handy when dealing with his situation. Brutus Howell‚ also called Brutal‚ can be forceful when needed. Howell’s size helps when he needs to be forceful when handling difficult prisoners. Brutal obtains a few essential authoritarian traits

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    Running Persuasive Paper

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    2013 The Benefits of RunningRunning is a great way to exercise.” This was said by Jensen Orlow who is a college runner at South Dakota State University. Running has always been a very popular form of exercising. Some people run just for the joy of it and other people run for the great benefits that it provides. Given the increase in obesity in Americans over the past forty years‚ running is the perfect solution. It helps with losing weight and keeping that weight off. Running also helps psychologically

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    Thousand Pieces of Gold

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    has written several books about the role of the Chinese in American history. A Chinese American herself‚ McCunn lived in Boise‚ Idaho-the state in which her novel is set-with her father’s family. She later moved to San Francisco‚ where she wrote Thousand Pieces of Gold. The well-researched biographical novel serves as a depiction of the life of a typical female Asian immigrant in Idaho during the gold rush era. Events in History at the Time the Novel Takes Place Prostitution. While McCunn’s novel

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    Drugs and Miles Davis

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    historical figures in jazz‚ was Miles Davis. Miles came from a well off middle class family. His dad was a successful dentist‚ so money was never an issue. Miles’ father encouraged the arts‚ while his mother discouraged it because the chances of making a good living are slim to none. However‚ Miles ended up going to Juliard for trumpet and his career began when he started playing with other musicians in New York‚ rather than focusing on school. It was when Miles was playing in Billy

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    Cool Runnings

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    In the film ‘Cool Runnings’ directed by Job Turteltaub had taught me many valuable lessons for future life. Also a character had stood out for me whom is known as Derice‚ which had taught me even more. He has taught me about commitment‚ determination and also leadership and this is how it has compacted for myself. To begin with‚ Derice showed me that commitment could take me to the ultimate limit. Turteltaub used techniques such as close-ups on Derice’s running shoes and his face. Meanwhile‚ as

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