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ANYONE WILLING TO READ MY CLAREMONT SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAY? 10 POINTS! ITS ABOUT THE BEATLES!! :) ? Question: Topic: Leadership is a constant theme and emphasis at CMC. In fact, one of the ways we describe CMC students is "Leaders in the Making." Identify and discuss a person, fictional or nonfictional, who has helped shape culture and thought. You may select someone from any field: literature, the arts, science, politics, history, athletics, business, education, etc. Words: 785 Music guides many through their day to day lives. Whether it’s the Doppler sound of a passing car’s radio, or a song bird’s chirping at dawn, music is impossible to avoid. Therefore, a leader in music is a leader in everyday life. The musicians that strum to the beat of existence, in all of its glories and woes, have impacted society just as much as any others whose names will forever be preserved in history books or on the covers of novels. The Beatles, as they sang of broken hearts, love, politics, drugs, and the many emotions every individual encounters, influenced the minds of many and became legendary leaders. By the time the Beatles became popular, music was far from new. It was essential for them to break the traditional mold of a musician: a center star vocalist accompanied by a group of secondary musicians. The Beatles can be considered the first official “boy band,” breeding ample sexual hysteria in their millions of shrieking pre-teen fans. The group had a non-threatening cuddliness and notably sold below the puberty line. The Beatles paved the way for bands to come, leading in group music to set the unapproachable standard for their future competitors. After building charm in the United Kingdom and abroad, the Beatles became one of the first internationally renowned bands. Viewed by over 75 million people, the Beatles’ appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show made history. Teen crime across American stopped completely. Families crowded around their television sets; men humming the tunes in harmony, women grasping their hearts in lust. The U.K. invasion had begun in the United States as the Beatles expressed their overseas homeland in an array of enjoyable sounds. A number of Americans felt that the group was relatable, despite their dissimilar backgrounds. The next few years of ‘Beatlemania’ marked an era of change for the Fab-Four. They already had a loyal fan base, and their appeal was greater than ever. It was a time to take risks. The Beatles were the first mainstream band to experiment with a number of different styles of music. Regardless of their producers’ wants, the group really pushed the envelope when recording tracks influenced by psychedelia and drug use. They sang about vivid colors and insanely high times when a huge number of people were in need of music for their drug induced hallucinations. They shaped the culture of the 60's, taking the freedom of speech in song to an entirely new level. Today, their influence can be seen in every type of music. From political musicians singing of the corruptness of their own government, to hip-hop artists openly blurbing about pricy cognacs and sex, the Beatles were the first to practice their freedoms in the form of song. Even some modern classical music has been shaped by the Beatles’ experimentation. Instead of following the traditional build of song, artists now practice outside of the original four count beat and verse-chorus formula. The Beatles truly broke the mold, yet also managed to keep appeal. In fear that the group’s many anti-war lyrics and demonstrations would cause uproar by the fragile American government, the band’s production staff limited studio time and attempted to persuade the group to practice their original simplicity. Already endowed with a large amount of capital and frustrated by their record company’s control, the Beatles founded Apple Corps to replace their earlier company and form a conglomerate. Apple Corps became the first company with a band as its steer beneficiaries. They managed the company themselves, funding unknown musicians and obscure films in an attempt to give struggling artists the big-break the band had once received. Although the members of The Beatles were ignorant in finance and naive of the true business world, they were the first band to create their own production company, using their fame to encourage artistic newcomers. Today, a number of professional musicians manage their own record labels and production companies, thanking The Beatles as their outset. The Beatles were a clear reflection of society. Their hair styles, clothes, and statements made them trendsetters, providing the stray teenage soul a path of following in an unclear time of political and economic strife. They provided desperately needed music for a generation of baby boomers, whose lives were in need of harmony. Although the Beatles only played their music for less than a decade, their influence will be felt for centuries to come. I, personally, began playing the guitar after listening to the catchy melodies of the band who performed year who performed years before my time. Millions of top-charting musicians credit The Beatles as their primary influence. The Fab-Four have, and will continue to encourage change and innovativeness in the many forms of traditional art. That's the rest of it.. Dunno why it got cut off. Thanks for reading.. I would appreciate ANY feedback what-so-ever.. Seriously though, I know it's long and tedious, but I would appreciate it so much if you read it :) Hey! Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the feedback.. Also, I'm a little bit concerned that I wrote about a small group rather than a person like the topic asked for. I worked my butt off on this paper, so I hope they won't mind. I'm actually not that worried about it. :D Also, that's not how I'm going to end it; I still need maybe a sentence or two to wrap it up. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and I meant "teen crime across America" minus the "n" :) Hey, thanks everyone for reading it. Wow, it means so much! Also.. Is it correct to write The Beatles, or the Beatles? I did a bit of both in the essay, not too sure which one is correct. Answer: It's a good essay, even though many may not think the beatles are good leadership icons you made it seem that they were! |
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Do you like this plot for a story? (Thriller/Action/Sci-fi/Romance/Gore) set in post apocolyptic California.? Question: The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world, the time frame is modern but date’s/year’s are unmentioned. The location is a big city on the coast of California, the city ‘Marshal City’ along with its three divided districts. (The rich area High gate, the middle class area Claremont, and the ghetto area Rowland) are all fictional places, I did my research, there is no Marshal city in California. I chose to set my story in a fictional city because it gives you more freedom. The story revolves around three separate groups and the people within them. Whenever a new chapter starts or you see a (*) symbol X5, it means that the spotlight is on another group of kids or character. There are four groups in total. Group A: Jace Camden’s group, he along with other kids ranging from four to fifteen live at Foodway, a two storey grocery/gardening store, the car park is surrounded by a cement wall, ideal for protection and concealment. Their main goal is to stay alive. Group B: Blaire Huston’s Group, she leads the juvenile vigilante group, by night they watch the street’s below from their hotel villa in which they stay, by day they hunt infected for entertainment and to eventually rid the world of them, the down side is that they have lost many. Group C: Aaron Samuel’s group, Aaron and four other’s have been living in a church in Claremont, they collect supplies from the abandoned supermarket and try to stay alive, they’ve had their fair share of grief, loss and violence. Group D: Finn Parker’s Group, little is known about this group of kids, They reside at BetterBite, a grocery store down the road from Foodway, Jace’s group. Group D are a bunch of feral kids that don’t live by rules and basically live like wild animals, their leader, Fin, is power mad, they are a nuisance and no better than the infected. Though these groups live in the same city, none of them know that each other exist apart from Group A and Group D that have a rivalry. The virus was released fifteen years ago, nanotechnology gone wrong. What they thought was a false alarm became detectable 15 years later. The virus was inhaled, stayed in the air for a week then dissolved. Those born after it dissolved weren’t infected. People fifteen years old and younger were uninfected. When people turned some were immune, if they were immune they were dumb, they went out and attacked the predators, they soon died. The rest that didn’t fight were attacked and eaten by the infected whilst protecting children. The result was kids ruled the street, gangs were formed, survivors banded together weather they were strong or weak, inhumane or kind. The kids that were ill equip were picked off easily, the rest that were smart lasted. Kids collected weapons from police stations, houses est. The infected are basically people but they’re not, the virus causes them to loose all rational thoughts, feel no pain, their skin becomes a sickly dark almost purple color because of their changed blood, hair falls out in messy clumps, their stomachs are see through and bruised, the males roar and the females screech, they cant come out in daylight like vampires. They are dumb, but learn quickly, they never forget, they learn from mistakes, have enhanced human abilities and enhanced animal instincts. They have know ability of rational thought, no fear, feel no pain if kicked in the crotch ect. They are 100% new and imporved and de-evolutionized. and please no body steal my idea. i dont know if there are books like this out there, but i love writing and im having fun writing this. then again there r heaps of vampire books. also, would you buy it and do you like the whole consept? please be honest, im writing it because i feel tha YA books dont have enough raw material. Teens can fall inlove but adults will just scoff at them, we swear, we fight were as most YA authors shy away from that stuff. Most of the people that have read it, teens and adults alike have been left wide eyes and impressed. im not finnished yet, but itll be interesting to see what the internet thinks. Thnkyou so much for your time. Katherine A. haha i know its similar to i am legend, and there are books done like this before, but im hoping that with my writing ill make a new kind of YA book. written by a teen. with more everything. MA15+ If you get me. yes and i was told by a friend that it reminded him of fallout alley. but thats in las vegas yes? and there are many types of zombie-like things that have been effected by radiation? mine is an airborn virus and kids 15 and undr are immune because they were born after its releace. and if anyone had any good ideas for the name of the virus, that would be amazingly helpful. Answer: Hmm...it's ok. My only gripe with it is that it seems like it's been done many times before, and when I read some of the descriptions, I was reminded of Fallout 3 (not saying you copied this idea or anything, it's just very familiar). I may add more onto my opinion later on tonight. |
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What to do when work issues is starting to affect relationship and finances? Question: I am hoping that some one could help me in regards with this issue I have an BF who is a successful Accountant. He works for a great telecommunications company in one of its main offices in California However due to family reasons, his father had recently suffered a stroke that has severely impaired his stamina and needs an oxygen tank to get around. His mom was recently diagnosed with a malignant kidney tumor and there are numerous times as of late that she was rushed to ER in the months of October-November alone. Come january she will undergo surgery to have it removed and then rehabilitation Being he is the son that lives in the nearby area to help his parents, He is obligated to pick his parents up every Thursday for church and weekly grocery as both are unstable to drive. For this, He has to leave work at least at 4:45 or 4:50 to beat the rush hour traffic from Claremont to Penasquitos Though I respects his choice of privacy on such personal matter, what worries me is that he stubbornly refuses to inform his Supervisor of the reason why he leaves early. And from the numerous complaints I hear from him about his boss, I feel that he is in what you professionally would call a " Hostile Work Environment" with a supervisor who is unaware of his current circumstances and may perceive his actions of late as a form of unprofessionalism and slack. Unfortunately, his profession as a Sr. Accountant requires him to stay overtime on month end, and it’s unfortunate that on Thursdays he has moral obligations to fulfill. I explained to him that he will not be discriminated at work due to those reasons and even pointed out that by law they cannot discrimnate him, but in exchange he must explain this to his manager as to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding. On other occasions, he has refused to contact his manager when he is late ( due to a car accident or car trouble ) and insisted on just texting another workmate; even after I have strongly advised to follow corporate standards. Often he brushes off my advice merely for the reason on his seniority over me and my lack of knowledge of office procedures. I also would like to attribute that the personal stress of his mother possibly having to fight cancer has been burdening him lately yet he has no other outlet to relieve such issues and may have been reflecting on his personality as of late. I have simply advise him to speak to his manager and simply explain the situation without the need to be fully detailed on his personal issues. Unfortunately due to my age and professional stature, he regards any professional advice from me as "insignificant" and "inappropriate" . often citing that my knowledge of office related procedures are novice in comparison to his 20 years in the industry He strongly feels that his work does not need to know the reason why he leave early on Thursday even though I told him this is a standard for any corporate place of work. He assures himself by simply sending a quick " My work is done, I'll be leaving early today" is enough to satisfy his excuse. He is not a bad person, and he is very much a hard worker though egotistic and prideful about his seniority. As many would call a Type A personality My greatest fear in this competitive times, is that California being an at will state of employment, that he would be released from his job when a simple explanation to his boss could have deterred this. In addition, the burden will also be on me to assist him financially when I myself has just gotten my new job and only make 2x less than what he makes. As much as I would like to help him if he gets laid off, I could not anymore since I need to balance my own bills and barely even make my monthly rent. The scenario is we get paid bi weekly but I still need to give him cash for lunch and gas He depletes his checking account to 0 due to the bills he has. He even uses my car because he has a truck that guzzles on gas and I gave him my car so he can save at least $50.00 a week. I often have to bus/train home or wait for him for 2 hours 3x a week so i can get home. How do I fix this problem? I am almost tempted to contact his supervisor myself because the stress is now affecting our relationship and our home. It also affects my budget and any plans of savings for the both of us. he has sometimes been hurtful in calling me out because he really disregard me as a person on a professional status. I know I am not his wife but this has gone on too bad for me. I dont want to think ill of him but his ego has just gone off the roof Answer: he must separate work from home. he must be honest to his employer they no doubt will relinquish his employment with the company, thus creating more of a dilemma towards him. he must talk to a buddy that he trust to think of other alternatives to ease some of the responsibility from his shoulder. |
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Work Concern Affecting our relationship? Hostile Work Environment issue.? Question: Serious Answers Only Please I am hoping that some one could help me in regards with this issue I have an BF who is a successful Accountant. He works for a great telecommunications company in one of its main offices in California However due to family reasons, his father had recently suffered a stroke that has severely impaired his stamina and needs an oxygen tank to get around. His mom was recently diagnosed with a malignant kidney tumor and there are numerous times as of late that she was rushed to ER in the months of October-November alone. Come january she will undergo surgery to have it removed and then rehabilitation Being he is the son that lives in the nearby area to help his parents, He is obligated to pick his parents up every Thursday for church and weekly grocery as both are unstable to drive. For this, He has to leave work at least at 4:45 or 4:50 to beat the rush hour traffic from Claremont to Penasquitos Though I respects his choice of privacy on such personal matter, what worries me is that he stubbornly refuses to inform his Supervisor of the reason why he leaves early. And from the numerous complaints I hear from him about his boss, I feel that he is in what you professionally would call a " Hostile Work Environment" with a supervisor who is unaware of his current circumstances and may perceive his actions of late as a form of unprofessionalism and slack. Unfortunately, his profession as a Sr. Accountant requires him to stay overtime on month end, and it’s unfortunate that on Thursdays he has moral obligations to fulfill. I explained to him that he will not be discriminated at work due to those reasons and even pointed out that by law they cannot discrimnate him, but in exchange he must explain this to his manager as to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding. On other occasions, he has refused to contact his manager when he is late ( due to a car accident or car trouble ) and insisted on just texting another workmate; even after I have strongly advised to follow corporate standards. Often he brushes off my advice merely for the reason on his seniority over me and my lack of knowledge of office procedures. I also would like to attribute that the personal stress of his mother possibly having to fight cancer has been burdening him lately yet he has no other outlet to relieve such issues and may have been reflecting on his personality as of late. I have simply advise him to speak to his manager and simply explain the situation without the need to be fully detailed on his personal issues. Unfortunately due to my age and professional stature, he regards any professional advice from me as "insignificant" and "inappropriate" . often citing that my knowledge of office related procedures are novice in comparison to his 20 years in the industry He strongly feels that his work does not need to know the reason why he leave early on Thursday even though I told him this is a standard for any corporate place of work. He assures himself by simply sending a quick " My work is done, I'll be leaving early today" is enough to satisfy his excuse. He is not a bad person, and he is very much a hard worker though egotistic and prideful about his seniority. As many would call a Type A personality My greatest fear in this competitive times, is that California being an at will state of employment, that he would be released from his job when a simple explanation to his boss could have deterred this. In addition, the burden will also be on me to assist him financially when I myself has just gotten my new job and only make 2x less than what he makes. As much as I would like to help him if he gets laid off, I could not anymore since I need to balance my own bills and barely even make my monthly rent. The scenario is we get paid bi weekly but I still need to give him cash for lunch and gas He depletes his checking account to 0 due to the bills he has. He even uses my car because he has a truck that guzzles on gas and I gave him my car so he can save at least $50.00 a week. I often have to bus/train home or wait for him for 2 hours 3x a week so i can get home. How do I fix this problem? I am almost tempted to contact his supervisor myself because the stress is now affecting our relationship and our home. It also affects my budget and any plans of savings for the both of us. he has sometimes been hurtful in calling me out because he really disregard me as a person on a professional status. Answer: The situation is nonsensical really. He should summon the nerve to inform his boss of the familial situation and solve the problem he has there with ease and reason. As for your financial situation if you're making decent enough money now then your concern for the future is moot unless you're living well beyond your means. What excuses your mate is using to leave early on thursdays would seem arrogant compared to the real reason. Until he has a good discussion with the boss about the situation your problem won't be solved and his indecisiveness about the conversation makes no sense. If your professional status dictates what he thinks about you then he doesn't seem like a boyfriend who really respects or values your opinions or sense of self. He needs a wake up call and from the sounds of it you won't be able to convey that to him. |
