...Resources Progress is defined as a forward or onward movement towards a goal or destination. The film “Surviving Progress” explains the progress humanity as a whole has made and the progress we continue to make. Filmmakers Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks show how much progress humans are making and how we have become into a progress trap with too much progress eventually leading to disaster and dead ends. No matter what humanity is always making progress in our civilization, economy, technology, and more; only problem, we’re making progress non-stop creating an eventual crash and destruction of Earth’s natural resources. Ronald White argues that humanity is in what he calls a “progress trap” which he explains “I came up with the term progress trap to define human behaviors that sort of seem to be good things, seem to be, to provide benefits in the short-term, but which ultimately lead to disaster, because they’re unsustainable.” Humanity as a whole has reached what is considered a “progress trap” many times already and is in the process of falling into deeper “progress traps” than ever with technology and our economics. In the past, as an example given by Ronald White, Hunting turned into a dead end when our ancestors were hunting to make their living. They went from killing one mammoth at a time and struggling to do so, to killing a whole heard of mammoths by running them over a cliff. This pushed them into a “progress trap”. These new hunting techniques had been great progress made...
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...The Pilgrims Progress The Pilgrims Progress, written by John Bunyan is well known and one of the best selling Christian books in the world. It has sold over 20 million copies. The story is about a man named Christian who went on a journey from his home town, the City of Destruction ('' Which is referring to this world'') to Celestial City ('' Referring to Heaven'') This book includes many interesting characters. Christian, his wife, Christiana, Faithful, his companion and many more. Persuaded by Evangelist, Christian decides to go and seek the kingdom of God because he was weighed down by a great burden that he couldn't cope with any more, which was the knowledge of sin. This burden, which would cause him to go to hell was so unbearable, he felt that he must seek deliverance. Evangelist directs him to the "Wicket Gate" for deliverance. Since Christian can't see the "Wicket Gate" in the distance, Evangelist directs him to go to a "shining light," which Christian thinks he sees. Christian left his home,wife, and children just to save himself: He couldn't persuade them to come. Outside the Valley of the Shadow of Death, he meets a pilgrim who as well was from the City of Destruction, His name was called Faithful. Arriving at Vanity Fair, they both were arrested and detained because of their scornfulness for the business of the fair. Faithful was put on trial, and executed as a martyr. As you read in the previous paragraph, the journey he had wasn't easy. Just like life...
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...Analysis of the dreamer “The Dreamer” by Junot Diaz is a great story about his own mother and her struggles to get an education in the Dominican Republic. She is a courageous and was settled to change her life. In this story Diaz uses his mother’s story to show people that when you want something in life, sometimes there are going to be obstacles that we have to overcome to reach our goals. Most people dream about being successful in life, some people have bigger dreams than others and work really hard to achieve their goals, however no everybody reaches their goals, most of the times this is either because they don’t have the resources or because they just lose motivation and give up on their dreams. In the case of Diaz mother this was not the case she never gave up on her dreams and was very determined to make her dreams come true. In his essay Diaz mentions some of the things his mother had to go through in order to get her education in a third world country. “Your grandmother beat me almost every day, my mother explained, “but I got my education”. (Diaz 130) Junot knowledges and gives credit to his mother for encouraging him and shaping him into the man he is today. It was all because of the results of her struggles that he was able to become a professional writer. An example of this is when Diaz says ”I do believe that who I am as an artist, everything that I’ve ever written , was possible because of a seven-year-old girl up in the hills of Azua...
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...The Works Progress Administration Introduction Americans struggled with jobs, wages, bankruptcy, unemployment, property loss and no savings. Works Progress Administration, was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the organization helped Americans. The Works Progress Administration played a big role in helping America get back on its feet by helping people find jobs and restoring America during the Great Depression. Helping Americans Religious groups and private aid societies provided the needs of the American citizens. The WPA wasn’t an official organization until the year 1935 because they President Franklin D. Roosevelt and congress didn’t create it so the people took action until the government stepped in to help. When the government...
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...Inclusion criteria for the cases will be: women over the age of 50 that have had a recent diagnosis of colon cancer. That means they have had a diagnosis of colon cancer confirmed by a pathologist within the last 30 days of study.Recruitment of cases will come from the Indiana university hospital based off of referrals from physicians within our research group. Cases could also be self-referred if they have seen ads or brochures in the hospitals. The rationale for deriving cases this way is to ensure that their responses to the ffq best reflect their status before they were diagnosed.In regards to the exclusion criteria, anyone with a previous diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, bowel disease, or any other form of cancer will be excluded. Obese individuals, anyone with a BMI of 30 or more, anyone with a history of smoking, and current smokers will also be excluded. The rationale behind that is that those factors could play a crucial role increasing their risk for colon cancer.The controls will be strictly self-referred. We will have fliers and brochures throughout common areas in the hospitals for ppl to see. We will also accept controls from Inresearch.org which has an online registry of healthy volunteers. The same exclusion criteria would apply for controls. | Our plan is to implement a case-control design for our study. We expect the study to take about an hour, before which informed consent will be authorized by all the subjects involved. Upon giving...
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...Progress Walking through the school doors as a freshman on my first day of high school, I wasn’t thinking about who I would be walking out of those same doors four years later and a senior. I didn’t know what I was going to have to overcome. I wasn’t worried about college applications or SAT tests. I had no clue. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyon demonstrates that knowledge is gained through travel. Christian is the central character of the book and the hero of the pilgrimage. Christian represents one aspect of the human experience: the search for religious truth. He is his faith (hence his name). Christian’s motivation, the search for salvation in the Celestial City, is comparable to the pilgrimage of high school. A pilgrimage depends in travel, and so a pilgrim, or high school student, must be prepared to go far and wide. High school is a pilgrimage, every student is a pilgrim united under a common goal: Graduation. The obstacles that are overcome in The Pilgrim’s Progress by the main character, Christian, correlate to the obstacles a student faces on her way to Graduation. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, the pilgrims face a series of obstacles and thwarters on their way to the Celestial City. They have to overcome their obstacles one by one. For me, achieving the grades that I needed to be successful in high school was not an easy thing for me to do. Over the course of my high school career I struggled to maintain a grade point average (GPA) that I thought would appease...
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...Records management is defined as the systematic life-cycle management of records that includes identification, collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and, eventually, disposition. There are many elements which fall under the management of patient records including but not limiting to, patient data maintenance, identifying, classifying, and storing records, and identifying information requiring capture. Questions six thru twelve of the interview assignment from week four discuss similarities and differences between the circulation, tracking and security measures for records handling and storage within small, medium, and large facilities. Upon reviewing questions six of the interview assignment which states if paper records: How many different locations are there in your department that patient files may be found? (For example, are there some temporary holding areas in addition to a permanent area? I can conclude that smaller offices which use paper filling system on average have less holding stations for medical records while medium facilities tend to have a few more holding and the majority of larger facilities use electronic medical records in which case this question does not apply. Smaller facilities likely have less holing stations than medium size facilities since they have less patient as well as less staff. In my opinion having a low number of holding stations where charts may be found helps to eliminate misplacing charts. For instance, if there are only two holding...
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...A rose for Emily In his short story, “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner intends to convey a message to his audience about the unwillingness in human nature to accept change and more specifically the secretive tendencies of aristocrats in the South during the early 20th century. In order to do this, Faulkner sets up a story in which he isolates and old aristocratic woman, Miss Emily, from her fellow townspeople and proceeds to juxtapose her lifestyle with theirs. In doing this he demonstrates her stubborn refusal to change along with the town, but also Among several literary devices the author employs to achieve this contrast, Faulkner sets up his narrator as a seemingly reliable, impartial and knowledgeable member of the community in which Miss Emily lives by using a first person plural, partially omniscient point of view. The narrator is present for all of the scenes that take place in the story, but does not play any role in the events, and speaks for the town as a whole. Faulkner immediately sets up his narrator as a member of the community in the first line of the story, saying that when Miss Emily died “our whole town went to her funeral.” Although it’s never directly explained, it appears as though the narrator is an older member of the town. This is demonstrated in statements like “the next generation, with its more modern ideas;” because the narrator does not say “with our more modern ideas” he makes it clear that he is not one of the younger members of the community...
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...What is necessary for one to achieve progress? Well, it takes many key characteristics: Hard Work, Sacrifice, Patience and Effort. With these characteristics, individuals will need to practice and train for any occupation for years. Also, they will need to sacrifice something that is enjoyed in order to create extra hours to make the difference between being good and being great. In order to make progress, people need to make sacrifices through hard work, patience and effort. For one to obtain success it is crucial to use hard work and effort regardless of the sacrifice. Hard work and effort are extremely necessary skills to possess when training. Because those skills help make sure that one can make a serious effort towards a constant exertion of power. Additionally, training is a crucial step towards success because all of the challenges in life require hours after hours of learning and repetition in order to be accomplished. For the best results, it is recommended to practice on a regular basis every day for the best results. Another main ingredient necessary to reach progress is the use of the characteristics Sacrifice and Patience. They are used in order to give up something that is generally enjoyed, but at the same time harmful by getting in the way of the pursuit of progress. Sacrifice and Patience are critical there are times in life where it is mandatory to live without the materialistic objects that are wanted. Once that is done, with the right amount of diligence...
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...Progress is defined by Webster’s dictionary as the process of developing something over time. This idea of progress is usually associated with improvement or at least being beneficial. In some circumstances this is not the case. An example of this was shown in the film Surviving Progress, where men tried to improve their methods of hunting. This improvement starts out by simply sharpening the tools so they can kill an animal more efficiently. After a period of time they discover herds of animals can be forced off a cliff in a stampede. This would kill the entire herd without much effort. While this seemed to be a simple method for an abundance of food, it ended up slaughtering more animals then needed. This forced certain species into extinction...
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...Work In Progress Title: "Inner Beauty" Size: 18" x 14" Medium: Charcoal, Graphite, Carbon on White Paper Step One: I am using charcoal for the background and graphite for the subject. I'm using Arches 140 lbs hot press watercolor paper for this drawing. This is one of my favorite papers. It has enough tooth to create dark values yet is smooth enough for very delicate textures. In this first step, I have cut out the shape of my subject(s) in frisket film and applied it to the paper. Then, I applied 3b soft charcoal to the background to begin creating a wood texture. Step Two: Next, I blended the charcoal with a piece of felt and added the beginnings of wood grain. I repeated this several times to build up a solid tone. After pulling out some highlights with a clic eraser, I used a sharp hard charcoal pencil to create shadows to help create slivers and chips in the wood. I also applied masking tape at this point. I will be drawing masking tape in these areas later. Some of the wood texture will show through from the previous step and give my drawn masking tape a little more transparency. Step Three: Then, I sprayed the drawing with fixative, Peeled off the frisket and began rendering the subjects. I used a 6h graphite pencil to add tone to the paper and blended with a chamois. In some areas, I applied the graphite with the chamois. For those of you that haven’t tried blending with a chamois, it can produce incredibly subtle tones – almost like an air brush. I...
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...What is progress ? The idea of progress has always been the central interest of us, human beings. Nowadays, we are constantly pursuing improvements to which there is no limit. In my definition, progress is an increase in wellbeing. This can mean anything from living longer to becoming richer to gaining more power. Pillars of progress There are many components in progress. Any areas in which improvement affects one’s wellbeing constitute progress. Nevertheless, there are two categories of progress : material progress and humanitarian-moral progress. * The former encompasses economic, higher income and bigger GDP, scientific, and technological development. * The later includes enhanced human rights, women empowerment, the end of dictatorship, and other humanitarian objectives. * In addition to these two, other factors such as environment also compose progress. The first pillar of progress is economic development. In our society where materialistic values have continued to dominate, economic growth has often been understood to be synonymous with progress. Ex : Over a few decades, our world’s outstanding economic performance has lifted many people in the developing world out of poverty and has enabled countries such as China or India to experience fast economic growth. Another dimension of material progress is development in science and technology. Our society has achieved great development in science and technology that have made our lives...
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...Ms Gloria friend of 12 years is migrating and decided to sell Ms Gloria her house for JMD$3,000,000.00. Ms Gloria applied to the National Housing Trust (NHT) June 26, 2014 for a loan to purchase the property and was approved for the maximum amount of JMD$4,500,000.00 that is granted by the NHT. Since she has already gotten JMD$3,000,000.00 to purchase the property, she is applying for the remaining JMD$1,500,000.00 to renovate the property and as such she provided the NHT with a progress report. The duration of the schedule is as follows: * Building plan for approval by the parish council (May 14, 2015 to August 14, 2015) * NHT approval of renovation funds by August 31, 2015. * Complete phase 1 of work by September 20, 2015. * Complete phase 2 of work by October 14, 2015. * Complete phase 3 of work by November 14. 2015. Work done prior to this application: 1. Removal of the original zinc roof. 2. Removal of windows and doors. 3. Removal of old tiles 4. Get Building plan drawn for the decking that will replace the zinc roofing. 5. Get the Building plan approve by the local parish council for the steel work in the propose deck roof. 6. Getting quotation from the construction company for labor cost. 7. Getting pro-forma invoice from material suppliers. Problems encountered during the preparation phase prior to NHT approval of renovation funds: 1. After the removal of the zinc roof, it was realized that the electrical wiring...
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...Progress Note Good morning Ms. Ella Smith, I see that you are here about the diagnosis of your father’s condition. I am prepared to explain the condition of your father. Mr. Drake was admitted to the hospital by ambulance he was suffering from fever and confusion. Mr. Drake had a physical examination done and he is suffering (encephalitis) inflammation of the brain tissue. Mr. Drake was given fluids through the IV to treat the infection around the brain tissue. Mr. Drake was placed on medication through the IV. Because of the severeness of his illness, Mr. Drake went into a light comatose state which only allowed tactile and verbal stimuli (response), but was unconscious. So a tube was placed through the nostril for feeding purposes. After 14 days of fluid injection through the IV Mr. Drake was slowly back to normal. PART 2. 1. Meningitis is swelling of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. There are different types of meningitis, but most are caused by viruses or bacteria. Viral meningitis can make you very sick but it often doesn’t have lingering effects. Bacterial meningitis is more serious. It progresses rapidly and can cause permanent damage or even become life-threatening. CT scans of the head may reveal swelling or inflammation. These tests can also help your doctor look for infection in other areas of the body that may be associated with meningitis. Spinal tap (lumbar puncture). The definitive diagnosis of meningitis requires an analysis of your cerebrospinal...
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...Hassan, Ruman Ul February 17, 2014 GESP Writing2, Villamater Writing Journal 5 Student Progress In the current society, progress of an individual is interpreted at many different levels. Some assume it to be a matter of exchanging from one problem to another and some assume that it is reaching towards the success from one level to another. However, the individual’s progress can be easily illustrated by their efforts made in attaining the success from one level to another. Similarly, the progress of a student can be estimated in the same way on the basis of different aspects as well. Therefore, the different aspects to consider the student’s progress are efforts in attaining success, increase in knowledge, and personal growth. One of the aspects to evaluate student progress is the efforts in attaining success. The first step towards achieving the success is effort. The amount of effort students put in achieving their goals helps in determining the student’s progress. In addition, this effort in turn has other different aspects to consider like discipline and time management. With the help of these two factors it is easy to determine whether the student have made an effort or not. Take the example of a graduate English skill program (GESP) student. In GESP, the progress of a student is evaluated based on the efforts made by the student. They mainly focus on amount of effort student’s put in completing an assignment. In addition to effort they also consider discipline and...
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