...| The Addiction of America | The Abuse of Prescription Drugs in the United States | Sean Barnes | Western Governors University | 12/19/2014 | The abuse of prescription drugs in the United States has reached epidemic proportions and continues to get worse. Most people, however, do not realize how big the problem really is. It continues to get worse every year and it demands our attention. In 2011, just three short years ago, an estimated 52 million people in the United States over the age of 12 had used prescription drugs for a non-medical reason (National survey on drug use, 2011). The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain relievers. Why are people abusing these drugs and where do they get them? This paper will attempt to answer those questions as well as pose a possible solution on how it can be corrected. Analyzing the Problem To begin, we must first take a look at why so many American citizens are abusing prescription drugs. Most will probably tell us that they became addicted to pain relievers after some sort of horrible accident or surgery. They were prescribed these medications by their Primary Care Provider and told to take them in the correct manner, which are usually one or two tablets/pills every four to six hours apart, as needed for pain. What they were probably not told by their Primary Care Provider is that they should not take them sooner than directed, nor should they take them whenever they are not experiencing pain. The directions on...
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...Applying Problem Solving Skills In our everyday lives we face decisions that can be casual, urgent, critical, or have a strict deadline. These decisions require action and as humans we often make hasty judgments and react on impulse. The issues can involve personal, educational, or even business related decisions. To be more effective we can apply problem solving skills. Following these guidelines can save a lot of time and prevent heartache and headache. Personally, I have two examples of a problem that I encountered in my work life. Through persuasive thinking I was able to solve one, while the other was resolved through scientific thinking. Applying Persuasive Thinking Having a job in the oil field is no walk in the park. We run across different problems every minute it seems like. Recently, we have been losing mechanics left and right. As they give their two weeks’ notice, one reason that keeps popping up is the schedule. The field runs a six day on three day off schedule, which means we work six days and then have three days off. As Assistant Supervisor over Field Operations, I get to hear the grumbling and mumbling before it even hits the fan. Two of my best Field Mechanics sat down with me and got everything off their chest. They went over every single problem that the current schedule was causing. After our talk, I knew I had to do something to help these guys out (reason number one being if one more person walked out I would be forced to go back out and...
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...applications or make an attempt to run certain files, you are sure to experience issues popping up on the screen of your computer. One of the errors concerning the aepic dll file on your computer loaded with windows 7, windows 8.1 and windows 8 is that there appears a glitch with letters and numbers on the address bar. This is where you can find the VSKsoft DLL Care to be of immense importance as it shall let you fix epic.dll related errors. Pictures not getting displayed As a result of a similar type of issue, the tabs of your browser keep on getting restored and the pictures on Facebook cannot be displayed either. The identical form of errors including “aepic.dll is missing” keeps on occurring even after resorting to options such as Mali remover, hitpro, safety scan and thread adware removal. One of the other forms of issues which often happen is that the security update for the aepic dll file in the x64-based computers fail to initiate in the intended way. Possible symptoms...
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...Signs You Shouldn't Ignore Concerning Your Transmission As you may know, your transmissions is one of the main components of your vehicle. It is what keeps your car moving as well as helps hold it in place. Therefore, if it starts acting up, you need to get it looked at immediately. But, how do you know if it is acting up. Below you will find a few signs that should never be ignored. Transmission or Clutch Slipping This is one of the most common transmission issues, yet it is also one of the worst. With how important the transmission is it is understandable that a slipping transmission is dangerous. This often seems like it is popping out of gear. It is also accustomed with a high whine. If you have a manual and you learn your clutch is...
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...The hip-hop culture began in the streets of the Bronx in New York City over forty-three years ago and has gone through a lot of changes up until now. Hip-hop is made up of four elements: hip-hop/rap music, graffiti, break-dancing, and d-jaying. In this paper, I’m going to explain the evolution of rap music as well is the evolution of break dancing or what its know today as hip hop dancing. Hip-hop was introduced in the 1970’s when Kool DJ Hecr migrated to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica and settled in the West Bronx of New York City. Kool DJ Herc was a deejay that attempted to incorporate his Jamaica style of d-jaying, which involved into improvised rhymes over reggae records. Unfortuately for Kool DJ Nerc New York seemed uninterested in reggae at that time. Kool DJ Herc was forced to find another appealing sound in order to please his audiences, which he did. Kool DJ Herc adapted a new style, which involved him by chanting over the instrumental or the sections of the popular music of the day. He learned that by taking two of the same records using an audio mixer, that he could play any segment over and over, so there for he could extend one segment for entire song. In the early 1970’s and with d-jaying’s emerging such as Kool DJ Herc, hip-hop began to spread through urban areas of New York like wild fire. Kool DJ Herc, who actually came up with the term “hip hop,” began to realize that this was the beginning of a new genre. As this craze of hip-hop evolved what’s...
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...HOW TO GET RID OF ACNE Beauty has undoubtedly been the most desired trait of any person. When it comes to real beauty, every person dreams to have a fresh outlook and a flawless skin. The inner satisfaction and confidence of having a perfect personality is one in which looks count a lot. And when it comes to having acne, it’s a terrible experience! Acne can be a serious problem with the skin and can lead to low self-esteem and self-confidence resulting in emotional issues such as depression. Acne is a major setback as it can cause permanent scarring and disfiguration. Acne is the term used to describe a skin condition where the hair follicles and pores are blocked by sebaceous glands’ secretion called sebum resulting in blemishes; these include whiteheads, blackheads, and cysts. The term ‘acne’ is almost similar in meaning to ‘pimples’ and both relate to a medical condition in which the skin appears scarred and disfigured altogether. Most teenagers, almost every 8th out of 10th teenager is a victim of acne today. Researchers say mostly acne is a result of mental distress and tension. The prolonged use of makeup can cause skin issues such as acne. Acne is produced when skin pores get clotted by dead skin cells and oil. Germs can then cause redness, pus and swelling. Many people have a habit of popping their pimples believing they might get rid of them. Nevertheless, on the contrary this only results in worsening the situation. This can lead to serious skin infections -not...
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...Terry’s dad is suffering with PTSD for numerous reasons. For starters, his father’s eyes go “fa,r far away” in the middle of everyday tasks like eating or working. On pages 49-50, the author states that; “But what bothered him most even more was when his father’s eyes went away. Usually it happened when it didn’t cause any particular trouble. Sometimes during a meal his father’s fork would stop halfway in his mouth, just stop, and there would be a long pause while the eyes went far, far away.” This piece of evidence shows that Terry’s dad has traumatic flashbacks to his time in Vietnam while doing most everyday jobs, even while eating. They’re so mind-breaking to him he has to halt the task he’s currently doing to embrace the feeling of being in the warm, damp rice paddies. Second off, he has such horrible, distressing pain from his PTSD flashbacks to the point where when Terry’s dad hears a pop noise, he has to stop and army crawl to simulate being in the rice paddies.According to page 51, the author reveals that Terry’s father has a very frightening hallucination when he hears a loud...
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...Create an Office Recycling Program Most employees aren’t aware of what can be recycled beyond paper and aluminum cans. There are also toner cartridges, magazines, electronics, and cardboard boxes. Survey what’s going into the trash by asking employees to do some self-monitoring of their own habits for disposing of items. Provide them with a list of what can be recycled and let them use that to compare against what they find in their trashcan. Set out item-specific trashcans: one for items to recycle (such as paper at desks and aluminum cans in break rooms) and one for everything else (food and what is not on the recycling list). Either provide everyone with two trashcans (if there is room) or scatter bins in convenient areas. Be sure your waste collection service (i.e., janitorial staff) also recycles. Ask to see what they do now, and let them know how you expect your recycling to be handled. Designate and train selected internal personnel to resolve paperrelated issues – e.g., unjam a copier, or cancel a print job that is popping out sheet after sheet of blank paper. (This will also minimize your maintenance call service fees and equipment down times.) Teach your employees how to properly use software to decrease blank pages and reduce toner usage. For example, in MS Word, setting odd/even pages, and printing in draft mode as well as duplex format. (Be sure you have at least one printer that supports duplex printing.) Encourage black and white printing...
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...Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times Case Study Executive Summary Sun Hydraulics, an industry leader of hydraulic valves and manifolds, has seen steady growth over the past eight years. It has been a profitable company throughout the years with varying return on sales. Presently Sun is constrained by declining sales and high labor costs heading into the present recession. The horizontal corporate structure has proven ineffective in ridding itself of low performing employees that are weighing down the company and thus decreasing profitability. It is time for Allen Carlson, president and CEO of Sun Hydraulics Corporation, to address the employees and shareholders of his decision on how Sun plans to deal with labor and profits during these tough times. I recommend that Sun Hydraulics should proceed with layoffs and early retirement plans to effectively and immediately reduce labor costs during the present recession. This approach seen by some as a short-term solution, allows Sun to rid itself of low performers that the present corporate structure has failed to do. Not only will it increase overall moral over time, but also these layoffs will allow current employees to contribute more time towards future growth and less time coaching or babysitting present employees that may be unhappy or underperforming. Organizational Profile/Overview Bob Koski along with another engineer established Sun Hydraulics, describe as the BMW in the Hydraulics Industry, in 1970...
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...in church is because, much like it is in school, it is distracting and disrespectful to the people around you because it is so loud and rude. No person wants to be sitting in church or a classroom for an hour and have to hear bubbles popping the entire time. 3. You can use ethical principles when it comes to chewing gum just like you decide when it is appropriate to do other things. If you’re walking on the street or just ate something and notice that you have bad breath, you have the right to chew a piece of gum to fix this dilemma. You make the choice to chew the gum, so by doing this you also take responsibility of disposing it properly. If your chewing gum you should not just spit it on the floor for others to step in it, or in class you shouldn’t chew and pop loud bubbles, you should be courteous to the people around you. We think it would be a little extreme if our culture decided to ban chewing gum, since it has so many positive uses. Even if they tried to ban chewing gum we believe it would be a waste of time and money to enforce such an unnecessary law. Chapter 5 1. The reason this scenario could have happened, is because people feel more comfortable with those who seem to be most like themselves, and with who they have the most in common with. We believe that...
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...affect their profession. Most of these ethical dilemmas always center on employees, personal beliefs and environmental issues. In this case CEO Lee Raymond of ExxonMobil, was faced with the decision of building a pipeline in Chad and Cameroon. Until a Certain point in time, the pipeline was a shared interest among Shell and TotalFinaElf. However both the companies have backed from the project, due to future economical issues. Although on paper it seems that both companies were doing the best for the environment, but it was an environmental risk that these companies were facing. If such environmental risk was to take place the company could face up to billions in lawsuits. The CEO Lee Raymond was faced with the decision of whether building the pipeline would be ethical or not. Other than environmental factors, there were many other issues standing in his way. For example the lively hood of the people in Chad and Cameroon will be affected, as well as the indigenous people of Cameroon. Nearly 64 villages and their citizens will be affected by the construction of the pipeline. However the biggest dilemma that Lee Raymond faces is that if not ExxonMobil, than another company will continue with the project. There are many ethical issues surrounding the construction of the pipeline, such as corrupt politicians, the environment and the people. Developing countries such as Chad and Cameroon have a problem with corrupt politicians. Cases of bribery always popping up from time to time and...
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...The depression led to many different things that made the economy more worse then what the depression did. A little background story on the depression the depression was a time when we got no rain for a long while and that made the dirt not stick to the ground which made that not possible to grow crops or go anywhere on that term the people were stuck in there house with dust so they had respiratory issues in the house because of the dirt going into there lungs. Another they had wa no food and no clean water to drink or eat. That was one part of the depression that was the dustbowl. There was many different signs to the...
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...each other. Without good communication, there cannot be effective decision making at any level in the organization. Lapses in communication or ineffective communication will result in ineffective or incorrect decisions; if communication is ineffective or lacking in follow-up following the decision the decision may fail. Communication within the BDC organization is primarily downward and takes many forms. Due to the nature of the work performed a majority of communication is in the form of SOP’s, policies, and manuals. Other forms of communication utilized include email and group meetings, with email being by far the most common method for communicating to all members of the staff. It has been difficult to schedule regular ‘in person’ staff meetings. As a result there is little opportunity to get verbal and non-verbal feedback from staff, face to face, about issues, decisions being considered or that have been made. The following quote is relevant to the inability to effectively communicate with the BDC staff: “Great communicators are skilled at reading a person/group by sensing the moods, dynamics, attitudes, values and concerns of those being communicated with…. The message is not about the messenger; it has nothing to do with messenger; it is however 100% about meeting the needs and the expectations of those you’re communicating with.” (Myatt, 2012) Although email can be an acceptable communication, the lack of group meetings makes it difficult to be in tune with the BDC group...
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...made me easily forget any faults. If you like low budget, quirky flicks, that fall under the radar of corporate Hollywood and don't take themselves seriously, Bloodsucking Bastards is one flick worth sinking your teeth into (I'm sorry, that's a crappy pun). BLU-RAY Scream Factory has released Bloodsucking Bastards on Blu-ray and they've done a fine job with the video and audio, with no complaints from me. No issues are popping out at me, so I can't say anything negative. The Special Features are a little on the late side, with a few behind the scenes, audio commentary and a gag reel clip. There are also some "hidden" easter eggs to check out, which are acted out skits to promote the movie. It's nothing major, but fun nonetheless. BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES Gag Reel Behind The Scenes (Bloodsucking Bastards On Set) Audio Commentary With Dr. God Comedy Troupe Including Director Brian James O'Connell, Producer/Actor Justin Ware, Writer/Actor Sean Cowhig, Actor Neil W. Garguilo and Actor David F. Park VERDICT Bloodsucking Bastards is a dark comedy vamp flick that hits most of the right beats and is never once boring to watch. It's got some good laughs going on and the blood is running deep red. The Scream Factory Blu-ray is definitely worth a purchase if you're feeling the least bit peckish. RATING...
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...ocusing on the issue, Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City vividly describes the conditions of 1890s Chicago, Illinois. In the book, the city is depicted as dirty, polluted, and crime ridden. It was so bad that the main character, Daniel Burnham, moved his family out of the city because, as he wrote, “I could no longer bear to have my children in the streets of Chicago.” In this assignment, we will analyze how The Devil in the White City describes the nearly destitute conditions of Chicago, and how the city has changed in over a century. Throughout Devil, Larson describes the conditions of Chicago many times. One of the reader’s first introductions to the city is “It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in...
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