...vaccinations because (1)vaccines are safe and effective (2) you reduce the chance of spreading the disease to family members and the community and (3) you don’t want to pay the price of getting sick. Attention Step Nearly everyone in the U.S. got measles before there was a vaccine, and hundreds died from it each year; today, most doctors have never even seen a case of measles. Like all of you, I am part of the lucky people who have been vaccinated, however, there are many people around the world who are not as fortunate and others who are simply beginning to deny vaccinations. After researching vaccinations, I have become very aware of how much they actually benefit our society. According to the cdc, vaccines given to infants and young children over the past two decades will prevent 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations, and 932,000 deaths over the course of their lifetimes. Vaccines will have saved $300 billion in direct costs, such as medical expenses and a total of more than $1.3 trillion in societal costs over that time, because children who were spared from sometimes-devastating illnesses will...
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...his writing. From the beginning of his life he faced emotional distress ranging from family issues, to marriage issues, to substance abuse. A traumatic beginning to his life not only negatively affected him; it also influenced his long and successful career in writing and teaching. Through his hardships, he created one of the most famous compilations of poems in history, The Dream Songs. These poems are littered with fresh and complex styles of writing, including his famous technique of using dialogue and personal revelation. Although he accomplished amazing things in the literary world, won awards and was a major arts figure in the world, he continued to struggle with himself. His never ending despair stemmed from the suicide of his father when he was young, which although very sad, shaped his life and his death to come. The Dream Song series is a modified and published version of his dream analysis treatment during rehab. By analyzing and annotating one of his most famous Dream Songs, Dream Song 14, and studying the major events of his life, it is frighteningly apparent how the effects of paternal suicide, emotional and sex abuse, and alcoholism shaped his life, his work, and his death. John Berryman was born in 1914. When he was 12 years old his father committed suicide and his mother moved him to New York City. This was during the time of the market crash; depression struck not only the country, but also 17 year old John when he attempted his own suicide in 1931. After these...
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...Haydn Schoonover American Lit, P6 Westenskow May 9, 2014 Into the Wild, Chris McCandless Analysis In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer tells the story of Chris McCandless, a man born in an affluent family. McCandless allowed his wandering thoughts and moral code guide him in a way that lead to certain death. His parents, Billie and Walt McCandless set him up for an impressive, promising life. Chris took this promising, successful future and spun into a journey filled with idealist literature and danger that skewed his world view. Chris McCandless is often seen as a narcissistic, deeply-misplaced young man that betrayed the emotional trust of his parents. He was not the ideal hero, nor was he a fool. He was rather an idealist, applying his beliefs in order to shift his purpose, unable to be influenced by the forces in his life, such as his collegiate endeavors and his family. “At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess, a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the raw throb of existence.” (Krakauer, 22). McCandless frees himself, despite being chained to the rabid chaos of the urban, modern world. The story of Into the Wild communicates that it is important to follow your own path, in spite of external opinions. Chris McCandless was a pompous fool taking into consideration the decisions he made throughout his short life. He burned all of the money his wallet...
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...Elliot, M. (2006). Spread a lot of Happiness. Mental Health Today. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.eztest.ocls.ca/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1& sid=deb92e65-4c9a-4993-a79f eb7c8b513f4d%40sessionmgr4002&hid= 4102 Maggie Elliot, a professional writer and mental health analysis, interviews with a self-proclaimed Scottish clown doctor, Margaret McCathie. The article discusses McCathie’s childhood, overcoming her mental illness though her journey to becoming a clown doctor. McCathie felt inspired by the works of Robin Williams in his performance of ‘Patch Adams’. She attended the real Dr. Patch Adam’s workshop in Scotland where he personally invited her to join him on tour at various hospitals around the world. McCathie now runs laughter therapy workshops with a critical influence of mental health in Scotland. This article is effective because it also highlights the similarities between Robin Williams’ mental illness with McCathie’s and their...
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...Summary * Uncle George * smoker * Nick Adams * maybe 10 years old * father * doctor? * volunteer? * Indian lady * pregnant * sick – trying to have her baby since 2 days (being in labour, Wehen haben) * husband * smokes a pipe * axe -> foot (3 days before) * Indians * bark peelers * work for a logging company Way to the Indian Camp * Nick, father and Uncle George * 2 Indians pick them up * row across the lake in two boats * Nick asking: Where are we going… father: to an Indian Camp because an India woman is very sick * boats arrive – walk through a meadow to the woods * follow a trail -> logging road (much lighter) * Shanties – the 2 men enter the one nearest the road @ camp – sick woman * Indian woman has been in labor for 2 days * lying on the bottom bunk of a bead * cries out in pain * father explains Nick: her muscles are trying to get the baby out of her body * Nick: anything against the pain? – no anesthetic * husband is on the top bunk with a cut foot * father prepares: boils some medical instruments, washes his hands carefully * explanations to Nick: babies are supposed to be born head first, but sometimes become turned around * may have to operate * several men must hold the woman down * she bites Uncle George * boy is born * father -> Nick: do you like being an intern? – lies: yes it’s fine * Nick...
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...Strange objects analysis - Forms of writing • Letters • Diary entries • Reports • Manuscripts • Newspaper articles • Interviews • Documents - Character/plot connections- multiple stories and there have links Wouter, Steven Messenger and the diary entries all have links because they both speak about Ela and Jan Pelgrom, Charlie Sunrise, Dr Hope Michaels and the gold ring, which Jan Pelgrom originally owned and gave to Ela before they died. Steven Messenger – is a lonely teenager who discovers the artifacts and, after keeping the ring, becomes more and more crazy and experiences visions. Nigel Kratzman – Steven’s neighbour and friend. Wouter Loos – a historical figure, Wouter (and Jan Pelgrom) were castaways, while there isn’t any evidence...
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...the end and how you should not worry about what you are getting out of love because it is essential for a well-balanced life. The main theme in the two poems is how love is not explainable, but is needed for a well-balanced life. They both portray that love is not necessarily logical. It cannot be described or explained perfectly because you do not think about it. It just needs to be in your life. Love never heals the sick or weak, but it does have a powerful influence on our well-being. Love is not all about living in the reality of things. However, at the end of it all they still represent what someone feels love is and the main theme in both of these poems is love. Even though they are comprised of the same theme they are very much different on the point of view of love and also structure. Their prospective on love can cause these poems not to be paired together because they are so different. “Love is Not All” asks the question what can love do for you, why do we hold love so highly. It also explains that even though we obviously cannot cure the sick or repair the broken with just we still seem to cling to it. It makes our lives better overall. “Since Feelings are First” says the complete opposite. It describes that love is very important in living a well-balanced life and that you cannot question what you get out of it. Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in 1892 and married Eugen Boisevain in 1923. Eugen...
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...1. How successful do you feel CNS has been in trying to put their product in each of the markets it has entered? How does this success relate to brand equity? CNS has been very successful in marketing their products to those who have trouble sleeping due to snoring, those who may be sick and have nasal congestion, or to those who are affected from a case of sinus pressure and have trouble breathing. As mentioned in the video, they based the entire business around marketing and getting this product to the public therefore not only does it account for the majority of the company’s sales, but it also helps set it apart from other sleep aids. The market for items that help you sleep is massive with over the counter things in pill & liquid form, nasal sprays used for when you are sick, prescriptions from your health care physician, vaporizers, humidifiers that emit steam, and even surgeries to open your nasal passages; however, breathe right sets itself apart by being an FDA approved product that is drug free and is easily applicable for its users. Also relating to their success is their ability to adapt to the different cultures when they promote their products. As they experienced with marketing the product here in the United States vs. marketing in the United Kingdom, everything plays a part including packaging. Where the dark packaging worked in the United States because many Americans were able to connect that with sleeping and rest, the packaging in Europe had a negative...
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...and disadvantages of taking your small business online by performing a SWOT analysis. Include 2-4 items in each category. When performing a SWOT analysis you have to take into consideration the four categorizes of SWOT which is strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats. Strengths consist of what does your company do well, for my company we make comfortable jeans, jean shorts, cargo pants, and cargo shorts along with t-shirts and collared shirts to fit the fashion of consumers today and in the future. Then you have to ask yourself is your company strong in its market, and my company is picking up momentum to being a very strong competitor in this market. With our advertising and customer care we have made a name for ourselves. Weaknesses play a part in the SWOT analysis and one is what does the company do poorly. I would have to say for my company it is that the shipping department has been doing poorly with the increase of sales, in which we are having a hard time getting the products out the door to our customers in a timely manner. The second thing we need to look at is what problems could be avoided, for my company I need to hire more employees to help with the increase load in the shipping department to be able to get customer orders out of the warehouse. So for me to avoid this I will have to hire more employees to fix this void. Opportunities also play a big part in the SWOT analysis. For example do new markets exist for your company’s products/services? In my...
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...“collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of disease, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles” (International Council of Nurses, 2014). Florence Nightingale is considered to be the most influential person in nursing. Not only did Nightingale played an essential role in reforming nursing at the time but also laid the foundation for nursing as a profession. Prior to F. Nightingale in development of mankind, nursing has been linked to traditions of caring (Egenes, 2009). Nursing originated from intuitive approach to treat the sick and it was based on instinctive actions rather than formal education. The role of caregivers was typically assigned to women for their nurturing and caring ways to take care of their children, and was believed that they could be nurturing to others (Potter, 2013). Early development of medicine and nursing as we know started in pre-biblical times with Egyptians who have mastered the art of embalming the bodies dating as far as 4000 B.C., to Indians who were able to describe disease types and developed a process of disease diagnosis about 1000 B.C.. Ancient Greece around 400 B.C. is believed the father of medicine was born, Hippocrates. He is...
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...Physicians, and Medicine During the Elizabethan Time The Elizabethan time period was from 1558 through 1603 known as the Renaissance. During the Renaissance there was not any running water, so people would have to throw their waste in the streets. With people’s waste in the street came many illnesses including The Plague. Even a minor scrap could kill you in the next minute. When people got sick they needed medicine, physicians, and health care. In the late 1500 there was not a great deal medican, there was mostly just spiritual analysis. One of the key figures of the medical world was Andreas Vesalius who became Professor of surgery and anatomy at the University of Padua, when he was only twenty three. In most detail Vesalius showed that...
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...Critical Analysis John Steinbeck an American writer was born in the year 1902 and died in the year 1968.During his time, Steinbeck was one of the most accomplished writers and his literary works received massive popularity. Most of his novels and short stories were performed as plays on stage and that is one reason why he was among the best sellers during his era. One of his great accomplishments for his involvement in literature was the Literature Nobel Prize he won in 1962. Steinbeck wrote a total of twenty seven books and some of his most common books include; “The grapes of Wrath” written in 1939, the 1952 “East of Eden, The 1937 short novel “Mice and men” (John, pg 23). John Steinbeck spent much of his early life in a rural part of America and worked on various ranches with migrants ‘on spreckler ranch and other nearby ranches during his summers. He attended Salinas high school and later joined Stanford University, although he never graduated. He did various odd jobs before beginning his career as a writer. Steinbeck wrote his first novel Cup of Gold which was published in 1929.Other books he wrote were; the pastures of heaven (1932), The Red Pony (1933), Tortilla Flat (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), and many others. During his career, Stein beck was involved in various issues and correspondence. Most of his literary works revolved around his life as well as the issues that affected people then (John, pg 56). One of the issues he wrote about was the 2nd world war in which...
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...Abstract This paper will discuss the global children health needs analysis health analysis of global children population. … Select one specific global population- child profile their health issues (at least five). Key words: Global population, Health, Children. Background Human beings are the only species whose offspring are born in a vulnerable state. Children are not able to walk, talk, feed or defend themselves. They are completely dependent on others for many years until they start learning to be independent and are able to defend themselves. Children are also completely governed by the culture, economy and social status of adults from the moment they are born. Children are considered the poorest human beings because they are unable to or it is difficult for them to thrive on their own. Global population- children profile their health issues Around the world children are facing different health issues. Beginning from the moment they are conceived. Children are exposed to different preventable and infectious illnesses and conditions beginning when they are in the womb. Some children are not fortunate enough to survive labor because of their mothers’ compromised health. If children are privileged to survive birth, they do not have access to basic things such as food or clean water. Some children around the world starve to death. Many children around the world do not have access to basic prevented health care such as medicine and vaccines, consequentially...
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...amount of people, and something needed to be changed. A new phenomenon spread across the country of switching from a grain based diet to potato, which took up way less room and was also highly nutritious. This worked wonders for the Irish until a huge disaster hit all: an airborne fungus that destroyed all the crops for several years. This left Ireland with the biggest ultimatum: to either stay there and most likely be faced with death, or to follow the quest for the new world in British North America. This phenomenon was embellished greatly by the British Empire so they could “free up land and lessen long-term financial obligation.” The British took full advantage of this famine, and continued to send the Irish off on vessels to Canada, making it our problem. The sick Irish continued to get sick, and the horrible conditions of the emigrant ships did not help. There were hundreds of poor people of all ages dying. The poor conditions included: lack of light, no clean air where they breathed in the diseases, sick people everywhere along with the rough immigration journey with a lack of food and medicine. The ships smelled, were extremely cramped, and filthy. Everything given to them was “of the worst quality” and “no cleanliness was enforced.” “The emigrant [was] enfeebled in body, and degraded in mind.” Although Canadians continued to blame the Irish’s “neglect of cleanliness, ventilation, and a generally good state of social economy” as the reasoning for their rapidly...
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...rampant. Tuberculosis is an airborne infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually affects the lungs, although other organs and tissues such as the kidney, spine and brain can be affected as well. Fortunately, TB in these parts of the body is usually not infectious. The disease can be spread through the air by coughing, sneezing, or spitting so you have to be careful around people who possibly have it. If you breathe in the bacteria it can settle in your lungs and begin to multiply. The bacteria can be transported through the blood to other parts of the body. There are quite a few symptoms that can let you know if you could possibly have TB, and they can be very scary as well. Prolonged coughing and this can even include coughing up blood, nightly sweats, a tremendous amount of weight loss that is unexplained, the loss of your appetite, fever, chills or even just tiredness in general. These can be symptoms of other diseases as well so be sure you get looked at to know for sure that TB is the problem. TB does not always cause everyone to get sick that has it. Some people have great immune systems and their bodies can fight it off. They normally call this latent or inactive TB. People that have latent TB may...
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