...Two Patients Two Cancers One Moment of Truth By: Andrea Patterson 2/4/2013 Ms. Doris M.O.B. There are so many types of cancers. The focus in this research paper is to specify two different kinds. Where in which I will describe what type they are, where it’s located, signs to look for, treatments and reactions to those types of treatments. I will also be interviewing two cancer survivors, both of which had different cancers. Dianner Patterson, who was diagnosed with Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma and Cheryl Washington, who was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Nottingham Grade 3. Dianner Lafontaine Patterson was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with follicular cells on January 31st, 2003. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma is the most common cancer of the thyroid. It primarily affects more women than men. Symptoms include a nodule or bump on the thyroid gland that is clearly visible, swollen lymph nodes, hoarse voice, and a sore throat. If these nodes or symptoms last more than two weeks consult a doctor. Doctors can diagnose you using extensive research. The type of doctor that specializes in this disease is called an Otolaryngologist or an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor. Diagnosis can be determined by a biopsy with a fine needle, extensive blood work, or an ultrasound or sonogram of the throat. Three types of treatment include: medication, surgery, and radiation iodine. The survival rate is excellent after treatment. Dianner’s journey began when...
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...Patrick B. Reijnders, Christian Darryll A. Assong, Michael Roger G. Saxton and Leilani De Guzman Abstract Customer experience creates competitive advantage in terms of the customer, the staff and the travel agency. Thus, the critical importance of customer experience must be addressed to increase the potential of travel agencies for improving their business and leisure client’s experiences. Hence, the study analyzed the factors of product experience, outcome focus, moments of truth and peace of mind as constructs of the customer experience quality that possibly impact on customer satisfaction. The researchers probed on the data generated from consumer’s perspective and answers to assess the relationship of the customer experience juxtaposed to customer satisfaction. Apparently, the results revealed that there is no significant relationship between customer satisfaction and the customer experience. This means that customer satisfaction does not depend on the product experience, outcome focus, moment of truth, and peace of mind. However, there is a positively high relationship...
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...When looking at all four art pieces, knowing the culture that both Vermeer and Monet experienced, they feel peaceful and simple but evoke the question of how did they achieve the peace their experiencing? They communicate a story. The milkmaid pours the milk dutifully and with care, but almost too slow as if savoring the moment of the simple task and the peace that comes with it. The girl’s lips are parted as if to tell the viewer to enjoy the simplicity and peace of the moment before it’s gone and the trials begin again. Monet’s paintings of the waterlilies entrances the viewer long enough to create a moment of meditation and peace, until the moment is over and the trance ends. While the works tell their own story, the viewer’s own story is being contemplated and reflected upon. What periods in life have produced trials? Where have the periods of peace come from and how long do they last? Are the moments of peace more enjoyed, more appreciated because of the trials? As these questions...
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...expression of God to the earth. The purported changes will intensify the glory of God and bring the church to full disclosure of divine mystery and revelation. Contemporary theology is therefore the study of lost truth dating back to the mid 18th and 19th century trends in theological thought by prophets and apostles of both the Old and New Testament including but not limited to Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, John, Paul, Peter, with special reference to theological options of the present, third-day Christians. The purpose of contemporary theology is to seek—in language and thought—to reformulate the truths given to us by previous generations, and to articulate and conceive a new vision for the twenty-first century. The overarching thesis of contemporary theology is the need for the revelation of truth by the spirit of God. This truth is the only transforming agent of the New Testament. This truth is revealed by the Holy Spirit. The declaration of this truth therefore will precipitate divine revelation which will lead us to transformation. Peter, the disciple, led by the Holy Spirit penned “I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth”. (II Peter 1:12). The truth heralded in the scriptures has been...
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...Mr. AL Gore’s master piece “The Moment Of Truth” and the Canada’s own Cree playwright and novelist’s dazzling yet bitter truthful essay “what a certain visionary once said” are a hard one to compare and comment on. Though both highway’s and gore’s introductory and concluding paragraphs are effective and persuasive, both of them use a different vocabulary style. Firstly, Highway’s introduction is very descriptive which paints an image in our mind (readers).whereas gore’s introduction in “The Moment of Truth” is effective because of providing scientific data to prove we are in a crisis and about criticism of the former president of the united states Mr. George Bush’s irresponsiveness to the number of environmental issues. Highway’s introductory paragraph is catchier because he use a descriptive way of narration which he gained from his real life experiences on the beauties of his countryside’s landscapes. (2) Highway’s description of the landscapes of northern Canada paints a beautiful image in the reader’s mind. The words used to represent the beauty of the landscape. And also Al Gore’s introductory paragraph in “The moment of truth,” is also equally effective. He starts off with letting the readers about the big crisis we about experience. He makes it even more interesting by explaining the meaning of crisis in Chinese and the characters’ meaning. This makes the introductory paragraph more informative too. The whole reading “The moment of truth” is categorized based on the Chinese...
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...his movie Inception. Movies, concepts, and ideas are always being interpreted or rephrased in different forms. Aside from these two movies, there are other works that are very similar by concept. Two pieces of work that will be discussed further in detail are, the philosophical work, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and Lana Wachowski’s movie, The Matrix. Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave walks the readers through a dialogue between a character named Glaucon and Plato’s former teacher, Socrates. They discuss the predisposed beliefs of humans and how those beliefs cause them to create a false reality in which they live. Plato claims that our perceptions are not true, they only reflect what really is. He also claims that if we were to see the Truth, it would be extremely difficult for us to believe it...
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...There are 2 literary figures that have left a impact on me, not only an impact but a dent, a scar of absolute truth that cannot be healed. The scar removed the blood of innocence because how can you look at the world the same way again, when you can only see the past? When the chest full of bones, blood and human bodies are resurfaced from this dark pit of history that we choose to keep buried because ignorance is far more tranquil than the truth, but ignorance only holds the illusion of peace because it holds the reality of repetition, of this cycle of pain, death and these glamour we create in order to destroy the evidence. Once again becoming ignorant. They taught me about the shades of gray between our visions of black and white and yet the...
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...“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral; some Negro men are not to be trusted around women – black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire"(Shmoop). This quote is from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this literary piece, the search for truth in a judicial setting is the main focus. There are pieces of evidence, moral, and ethical aspects that are revealed in the book. They were used in the search for the truth. Truth is the state of mind of being real or fact. Through the ways of knowing, truth can be found. There are different ways of depicting truth. Through the arts, an artist can express him or herself and show truth through their expression. One form of art is Literature. Literature is a way of reaching truth but is not necessarily the best at “telling the truth”. Truth can also be represented in historical fiction in great literature works such as in To Kill a Mockingbird. Literature is the way that a writer can express him or herself through written language. Some might believe that literature is a more reliable way to find truth. However, there are others who might raise the questions such as “What is literature?” and “Who decides what literature is?” If questions like these...
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...What is Truth? Without thinking deeply about it, truth seems like a concrete concept. As children, we learn that everything we do, or say, fits in a box of either true or false. A statement or story is correct, real or genuine and anything else is a lie, deceitful or incorrect. The reality is that some stories do not necessarily fit in those boxes, and truth is more fluid than we learn. The definition given by Merriam Webster is “agreeing with the facts : not false : real or genuine.” Understandably, there are some truths that are irrefutable. It is a fact that the sky is blue, and that we breathe oxygen. Storytelling, however, does not have to be so concrete. I believe that truth can be concrete, fluid or ambiguous in certain situations depending on what the speaker is trying to express. There will always be concrete truth. These are details that are told with such certainty that nothing contradicts it. Those details are the ones we can identify as children. We all learned things about ourselves and the earth that are correct one hundred percent of the time and the authenticity is...
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...ANS 1 (E) Dimensions of services quality 1. Tangibles: The physical appearance of the facilities, staff, buildings, etc., e.g. Does the equipment appear modern? How clean is the waitress’s apron? 2. Reliability: The ability to reproduce the same level of service again and again 3. Responsiveness: The speed with which queries etc. and dealt with e.g. Is feedback or reply given in time to customers. 4. Communication: The clarity and understandability of the information given to the client, e.g. Does the doctor take the time to explain in terms the patient can understand, what is going to happen next? 5. Credibility: The trustworthiness of the service provider, e.g. Does the financial adviser present all the options or only those which earn him/her the most commission? 6. Security: The physical safety of the customer or privacy of client information, e.g. Are the medical records of patients kept confidential? 7. Competence: The actual technical expertise of the service provider, e.g. Is the doctor really qualified to perform heart surgery? 8. Courtesy: The attitude of the service provider and manner adopted by the server, e.g.. Is the receptionist friendly, helpful and polite? 9. Understanding: How well the provider of the service understands the client’s needs e.g. Are there mirrors positioned in the hotel bathrooms which allow guests to see the back of their hair. Ans 5 (b) ROLE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE As Services is intangible so customers often rely on tangible...
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...I love Buddhism The Four Noble Truths In his very first sermon at Sarnath, the Buddha set forth the Four Noble Truths, the foundation for all his later teachings: 1 Life inevitably involves suffering, dissatisfaction, and distress. 2 Suffering is caused by craving, rooted in ignorance. 3 Suffering will cease when craving ceases. 4 There is a way to realize this state: the Noble Eightfold Path. The Buddha was neither pessimistic nor optimistic about our human condition, but realistic. Sri Lankan monk and scholar Walpola Rahula spoke of the Buddha as “the wise and scientific doctor for the ills of the world.”7 In the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha diagnosed the human condition and proposed a cure, one step at a time. The Buddha’s First Noble Truth is the existence of dukkha: suffering and dissatisfaction. At some time or another, we all experience grief, unfulfilled desires, sickness, old age, physical pain, mental anguish, and eventually death. We may be happy for a while, but this happiness does not last. Even our personal identity is impermanent. What we regard as a “self” is an ever-changing bundle of fleeting feelings, sense impressions, ideas, and evanescent physical matter. One moment of identity leads to the next like one candle being lit from another, but no two moments are the same. The Second Noble Truth is that the origin of dukkha is craving and clinging—to sensory pleasures, to fame and fortune, for things to stay as they are or for them to be...
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...and left the royal grounds. That day he witnessed all the suffering of ordinary lives and realized that he had been hidden from the true world, even if bad things were beyond the walls. Later he decided to run away to try and solve all his questions about suffering and death. Later on he became enlightened under the Bodhi tree after six years of extreme ascetic practices. If he/she follows key aspects of Buddhism, one can reach nirvana like Siddhartha once did. Buddhism has many teachings to offer for anyone who follows the religion, but the Four Noble Truths are one of the most important. The Four Noble Truths state, “1. All life is suffering (dukkha). 2. The immediate cause of suffering is desire. The ultimate cause of suffering is ignorance concerning the nature of reality. 3. There can be liberation from suffering. 4. To eliminate dukkha, one needs to follow the Eightfold Path” (Whittaker 2/20/14). The first Noble Truth talks about the reality of living. All aspects of life contain suffering within themselves, such as sickness, sorrow and anxiety. It teaches how one should not be depressed with the dark emotions of life, but to understand...
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...Joana Marie O. Orlando BM-2 REASONS AND FUNCTION OF AUTHORITY | Obedience: we are treating the subject fearlessly even though today there is a bad press for whoever declares himself in favour of obedience and of respect for the values and virtues always considered basic to civil and spiritual life. Being free from any responsibility (which is always a cross) and from every concern for a position of power (which is always a temptation) may perhaps guarantee to a person the hope of not being misinterpreted if he attempts to express in current terms considerations which might seem—but really only seem—so out of date.If the modern age is characterized by the substitution of the principle of reason for the principle of authority, we know that in more recent years a kind of charismatic impulse has been on the increase; in every area of life, profane and religious, it takes the place of reason itself as the motive of action and is imposed in a much more decisive manner. Democracy is the daughter of reason and to it owes its definitive validity, even if it was conceived among the presumptions of the Enlightenment.The recent totalitarian regimes were linked to a will for power which in its wear and tear fashioned various ideologies as substitutes for the objective principles of the natural law, contested as it was by philosophical relativism and juridical positivism. The contestation is the expression of primordial impulses, at times defined in profane and lay circles, as charisms...
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...Visual Image of the Man on the Moon Paper # 2 A visual image is essentially visible wavelengths of light caught on camera through a lens during a specific moment in time, but the value of a visual image goes far beyond scientific explanation. These images are captured memories that allow us to recall, understand, and interpret that specific moment. These visuals may mean different things to different people, but the one thing most of these individuals have in common is that they are expecting truth from that image. Truth in this context can mean that the image embodies a certain quality or effect, represents evidence that an event took place, or that it sums up certain political and social values. One picture in particular whose truth has been frequently questioned is the iconic image of the first man on the moon. Ever since the day this image was taken of Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969 people have been creating conspiracies and theories about the validity of the event. Some believe that NASA faked man actually being able to walk on the moon once they discovered they could not exit the spacecraft in safety, and others believe the entire event was staged. Since numerous undeniable rebuttals have been made against the hoax claims we can argue that the “truth” to this picture is that it stands as evidence that something took place. Apollo 11 was the name of the spaceflight that would land Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on the moon during the time of Richard Nixon’s Presidency...
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...Inner self Mirrors exist to show our physical appearance, but nothing beyond that. Only our views, ideas, and actions can truly represent who we are and what makes us so different from one another. The true value of a person is discovered in those glimpses of light in the midst of adversity and darkness. Those traits that are highly praised are also learned and acquired in those darkest moments. The one I hold most precious, over any other trait, is the quality of honesty. Honesty is to tell the truth, to believe the truth, and to act the truth when the opportunity arises. Integrity matters most when it is difficult to act nobly. I learned to be honest by admitting that I did not know what the truth was, even though I might have, or by choosing to appear ignorant rather than condemning. When I was younger, my mind was full of assumptions. I was always so quick to judge and blame, but I soon learned that assumptions without proof were the same as lies. By hurting others in those dark moments of doubt and injustice, I learned to tell the truth as I saw it and not as I wanted it to be. The best part about honesty is that if you see yourself as you truly are, then you can shape who you will become. Pride swells within me because I believe the most sought after quality in individuals is honesty. I strive to bring positive change to myself and the people around me, so I volunteer myself as an advocate for integrity. My real character shows through my actions and beliefs, and...
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