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“La mariposa torre” (“The Butterfly Tower”)
No full textThis project was completed over a cumulative three days of painting, completed on canvas. Acrylics were used, and elements of the painting derived lots of inspiration from Salvador Dali’s work. Concepts and setting were taken largely from many of Dal’s art, including butterflies, a windmill, a forties car, and desert setting
Huichol Flower Earrings
Full text linkFor my craft, I made earrings in the shape of the Huichol Flower using beads. The Huichol people are indigenous people of Mexico that live in central northwest states of Navarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango. I spent 2 hours making each earring. I spent roughly 50 dollars on all of the materials to make the earrings
A Quilling of Las Meninas
No full textThis quilling of Las Meninas puts the elusive and mysterious painting into yet another art form. The project took about 16 hours to create, including cutting the paper and holding the shapes in place while they dried. La Infanta Margarita has a 3D skirt, further emphasizing her importance in this work of art
Chinese New Year Story
Full text linkThe project I am submitting for the Modern Language Competition is a class project that highlights the storyline of Chinese New Year. On the far left of our banner represents the beginning of Chinese New Year, where it all started. The legend of the Monster Nian. Nian had sharp teeth and horns. It lived high in the darkness of the mountains but around the end of lunar year he would go onshore to hurt people and livestock. Therefore, villages in China would have to run away or hide from the Nian. Until one day they could not keep this up anymore so they found a solution. They found out that the Nian did not like the color red and loud noises. So villages started to decorate their homes and gates bright red and prepared fireworks for when the Nian came. Once the beast arrived, villages would set off the fireworks to really scared it away. This was a success for them allowing them to carry on this tradition to present day. Now people that celebrate Chinese New Year throughout the world put up bright red couplets on their doors, watch bright and loud lion dances, hang lanterns and set off fireworks right at midnight
Making Sense of Greene\u27s Panama: A Fuliginous Process
Full text linkWe examine the process by which Greene produced the memoir Getting to Know the General and The Captain and the Enemy out of his trips to Panama from 1976 to 1983. We argue that in both the process was ‘fuliginous’, that is complex and opaque, resulting in works that defy generic expectations. We explore why he failed to write the novel to be set in Panama that he had entitled On the Way Back. Citing extracts from the diaries in which he began to plan the novel, we consider the reasons for his failure, using Cyril Connolly’s Enemies of Promise to illustrate the precariousness of the creative process.
Finally we conclude that out of the fuliginous processes emerged Greene the man with a clear and simple status as a supporter of the weak against the strong
Military Culture and Its Impact on Mental Health and Stigma
Full text linkThis article reports two studies that used the Ganz Scale of Identification with Military Culture (GIMC), developed for these studies, to evaluate the relationships between military culture and aspects of mental illness, such as stigma (Study 1), substance use, and trauma (Study 2). The first two authors are veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Study 1 found that active-duty military scored higher on the GIMC total score, and on the component values of duty, selfless service, honor, and personal courage than did a general population sample, but not on the values of loyalty, integrity, and commitment. Level of GIMC endorsement (low, moderate, high), was related to attitudes toward those suffering from mental illness. Additionally, level of GIMC endorsement was found to be either a risk or protective factor toward self-harm and suicide. Study 2 found that service personnel who had sought mental health treatment after joining the military reported less concerns about whether such treatment would hurt their careers than did those who did not seek mental health services. Combined, the results of the two studies indicate that acculturation to the military culture can have positive or negative effects, and mental health stigma and concern about one’s future in the military are impediments to service members obtaining mental health services
Supervisory Support, Job Satisfaction, and Leadership Development in Non-Profit Organizations
Full text linkSupervisory support plays a role in enhancing job satisfaction and reducing turnover. Nonprofit agencies have been challenged to makes changes and create work environments that will enhance job satisfaction to combat high turnover rates which historically have exceed the public and private sector. The aim of this paper analyze literature on supervisory support regards to job satisfaction and provide and make recommendations to nonprofit leaders regards to leadership training for middle managers/direct supervisors that will enhance job satisfaction and reduce unwanted turnover
