Rob Bliss's Video: Homeless Veteran Time-Lapse Transformation

The military has been instrumental in the protection and development of U.S interests around the world. From the Revolutionary War, which established the United States as a nation, through the World Wars, which set up the U.S as one of the world super powers, to its current war on terror, the military has helped and protected U.S. interests around the world. During all these wars American soldiers have proudly served their country. Because of these wars America is famous throughout the world for military power and its protection of freedom in the world. Today the U.S is an international symbol of wealth and power; it has the largest Gross Domestic Product in the world as well as the strongest military. Yet even America falls prey to a

INTRODUCTION: How many people have a Veteran in their family or know one? If yes do you help them or is it someone else’s problem. Well many people think it’s someone else problem, but the truth is it’s our problem.

In a series of relatively simple though complexly-worded (out of necessity) thought experiments regarding body-swapping and changes to memory and the mind, Bernard Williams attempts to demonstrate that identity should be identified with the body rather than with the mind when identity is extended into the future (and by extension during the present). That is, though it is typical for identity to be associated with the mind at any given moment, Williams argues that the logic that supports this intuitive association does not hold up over longer periods of time, and that anticipation of the future leads to an association of identity with the body rather than with the mind. Whether or not Williams is successful in this attempt is a matter of much debate, with this author finding some fundamental flaws in the very premise of the comparisons and thus the conclusions, however the argument is fairly elegant and persuasive and certainly worth of closer inspection. A careful reading of the argument might lead one to a conclusion opposite to that which was intended, but is no less rewarding for this unusual quirk.

In this essay, I am going to write a response to the objection raised by the functionalists towards identity theory. Identity theory is a form of physicalism; it states that a particular mental state is identical to a particular physical state of body and brain, for instance mental sensation such as pain is simply just the firing of C-fibres (Smart, 1959). This is a reductionist view as it reduces our psychological state to a materialistic and physical form. A prominent objection against identity theory is Functionalism, in which the main advocate Hilary Putnam stated that identity theory is too narrow as it ignores multiple realisability. In the next paragraph, I will write a little more about functionalism, and in the end, I will ultimately conclude that functionalism is a better theory than identity theory.

Thesis: The usage of drugs in the homeless veteran community, has contributed to a challenging recovery from the disadvantage of homelessness; the federal government needs to create more programs in order to help these veterans.

There has been an increase in veterans, approximately 107,000 whom are unemployed and homeless, while 1.5 million veterans are poverty and homeless. These veterans live in various dismal conditions suffering from disorders while lacking social support. (National Coalition for Homeless Veterans) This epidemic attracts the attention of politicians, sociologists, etc. whom are unconcerned with the fate of veterans in America. Professor Tull, insisted that to resolve the problem, he argued that the main reason for homelessness was that the veterans had PTSD which had negative influences. (Tull) This reason is that the PTSD should be treated with various ways, such as cognitive-behavioral treatment, which unfortunately some veterans can’t handle

Upon first inspection it would appear that there are more resources for homeless veterans in Marion County than there actually are. Throughout my research I found that, as of right now, there only seem to be governmental organizations that solely help homeless veterans. Some of these organizations are the Salem Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), which is part of the VA Portland Health Care System, and the Salem Vet Center. This shows a severe lack of assistance resources solely for our veterans within Marion County.

United States veterans have risked their lives in order to give us all the freedom we have today, yet they are struggling in the society we have today and are forced to live on the streets. One major issue in our world today is the increasing number of how many veterans are homeless. After researching I have found the five most commonly discussed topics in this subject are; the number of homeless veterans in the whole United States, the different causes of veterans homelessness, the statistics of different races, ages, and sexes affected, if these people are being helped by the government or community-based support groups, and finally the homeless veteran populations around the United States. Veteran homelessness is an important issue in the world we live in today because of the amount of people who are affected, the causes for it have to do with our society today, there is a broad variation of people who are affected, citizens should be aware of which groups/programs are helping and how, and lastly, the populations of homeless veterans in states of the United States.

As a society we are forever indebted to the men and women who place their lives in danger to protect our country. Veterans needs are dependent on individual experiences and exposures, for instance some veterans might come back and need help fitting into society while others need help with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), acquiring skills to find employment, issues with substance abuse, or even mental health needs. First health need: Homelessness There are a significant number of homeless veterans who are in need of our help.

tl;dr (Call your congressional representative) I keep seeing this meme about homeless veterans used a argument why refugees couldn't come to the states or whatever. I don’t have an opinion about that, however, I do about homeless veterans. I know public schools suck at teaching civics, so here's a PSA... There's a thing Congress critter and also a thing called right to petition/redress of grievances where you can give your opinions or make a complaint to your representative. Personality, I'd break my pen and paper then write your Congress critter a letter and how this issue needs fixing. Don't call the congressional switchboard, but type/write letter and they'll answer I've done many of times. Also that same process can used for sharing your

clip: How many homeless women's veterans do we have they hadn't been tracked as a population in addition to the women who had not served now you have this population now trying to track and support

San Francisco is attempting to end homeless veterans in the city and the city's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has particularly focused on unending strand of homelessness among veterans. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee stated,

In the world of philosophy, there has been an ever growing skepticism of the relationship between the human body and its mental state. The physical state of a person is tangible, meaning that they can be seen by anyone and touched. While the mental state of a person is embedded in their consciencousness, meaning that it can’t be observed by others unless willing expressed by said person. I will be using Leibniz’s law of identity to show that the metal states of an individual are distinct from a physical state. Using the notion of sameness, I can prove a valid argument that the physical and mental states are distinct. While this theory in part can be debated, some identity theorists can provide a rebuttal this claim. I will provide a response to an identity theorist rebuttal.

After watching the YouTube video “What Would You Do to Help a Homeless Stranger?” (What would you do to Defend a Homeless Stranger) I can honestly say I would have given him money, bought him food and even stood up for him. As a barber I had homeless guys come in twice to get free haircuts. One had found a Sport Clips coupon, but another time the guy did not have a coupon. My manager asked me what we should do. I took him in my chair and gave him a haircut and trimmed down his beard for him. He may have actually been looking for a job, like he told me he was going to, or he may not have. It is not my place to judge him or worry about what he will or won’t do. At the time he came in my shop, he needed a shampoo, haircut and a shave. I made sure he walked out with that. I also have donated stuff to the homeless as well as given money. There are times I am driving and see a homeless person on the side of the road with a sign. I do not always have cash, but if I do I am more than willing to

Every single day when I wake up in the morning, one of the first things I do is look at myself in the mirror. Am I skinny enough? Is my skin clear enough? Do I look like the girl from the magazine I was reading yesterday? No. I don’t. But I’ll keep asking these questions each and everyday because that is what the media tells me I need to look like. Because if my waist isn’t small enough I’m not pretty. Because if I have cellulite on my legs there’s something wrong with me. Because if I don’t slot into this unattainable standard. I'm not beautiful. Airbrushing and photoshopping models in pictures to display through media is something that frankly speaking is appalling. We are alienating beautiful human beings because of the media’s dictations on what we should look like. I am sick of being brainwashed to the point where all I can ever seem to do is single out the ‘flaws’ in myself. If we display, real, beautiful, raw pictures of people in media then so many problems caused by this would no longer exist.