...transporting materials throughout the entire body. It transports nutrients, water, and oxygen to your billions of body cells and carries away wastes such as carbon dioxide that body cells produce. It is an amazing highway that travels through your entire body connecting all your body cells. Parts of the Circulatory System The circulatory System is divided into three major parts: 1. The Heart 2. The Blood 3. The Blood Vessels The Heart The Heart is an amazing organ. The heart beats about 3 BILLION times during an average lifetime. It is a muscle about the size of your fist. The heart is located in the center of your chest slightly to the left. It's job is to pump your blood and keep the blood moving throughout your body. It is your job to keep your heart healthy and there are three main things you need to remember in order to keep your heart healthy. 1. Exercise on a regular basis. Get outside and play. Keep that body moving (walk, jog, run, bike, skate, jump, swim). 2. Eat Healthy. Remember the Food Pyramid and make sure your eating your food from the bottom to top. 3. Don't Smoke! Don't Smoke! Don't Smoke! Don't Smoke! Don't Smoke! The Blood The blood is an amazing substance that is constantly flowing through our bodies. • Your blood is pumped by your heart. • Your blood travels through thousands of miles of blood vessels right within your own body. • Your blood carries nutrients, water, oxygen and waste products to and from your body cells. • A young...
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...So far, from class and the readings I found many things very interesting since I love children and I am very interested in child development. Especially the fetus development, and also the reflexes which babies have from birth. The conception to birth, the human development week by week video gave a very good feeling about the embryos and fetuses in the mother’s abdomen. It is actually amazing watching and seeing videos of how a human develop. It is shocking for me to make abortions because you can see the heart beat and there is no way for me to “get rid” of an embryo when you can see the heart beat on the screen. For me before attending class, the baby was a baby in the body of a woman and I have never thought about the three different periods;...
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...assumption. That assumption can also be reached by reading the author’s short biography on the page next to the essay as well. In order to understand the message, we must reach an understanding of the man presenting the message. It states in Doyle’s biography that his son Liam was born with an irregular heart which had three chambers instead of four. In fact, one of Doyle’s works is written describing the experience. Throughout the course of “Joyas Voladoras”, Doyle talks repeatedly of...
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...As we all know the heart is the most important organ of the body. The heart does many amazing things through its four chambers and two ventricles. The most important functions the heart does is pumping blood and oxygen through our body. Those two functions are what keeps us alive and breathing. A person's most important goal should be to remain healthy in order to avoid any type of health issues. However, most people don't really realize the health issues that can occur in your heart when your health is not up to par. One of the most common health issues regarding the heart is congestive heart failure. This health issue occurs when the right ventricle has difficulty pumping blood to your lungs. When a ventricle has difficulty pumping, the blood backs up in your blood vessels causing fluid retention in lower extremities, abdomen, lungs, and kidneys. It is possible to have left-sided and right-sided congestive heart failure at the same time. CHF can be deadly if the main cause of the disease is not treated. Symptoms of congestive heart failure can be excess urination at night, chest pains, shortness of breath, swollen feet or legs, bloating, palpitations, Persistent coughing, or fatigue....
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...My Reading Response to Amazing Grace Jacqueline Stephens My Reading Response to Amazing Grace The poem I have chosen to respond to is Amazing Grace by John Newton. Giving birth to a child creates a strong bond between a mother and daughter, the emotional bond created between my granddaughter and myself is due to the fact, I had custody of her for the first two and half years of her life and I sang Amazing Grace to her every night before bedtime. She weighted a pound and six ounces when she was born, by the Grace of God she is a thriving six year old. This gives reason for her name, Nevaeh Lee, her first name backwards with her middle name, Heaven Lee. This poem touches my heart on a level no song has ever done. It was a way we spent our special time together. I can feel her little body lying on my chest with her hand clutching my shirt collar. This is the “Intensity of Emotion” (Section 13.4) I feel when I think of those times and wish by some miracle I could experience them again. I can hear her mom calling me on the phone when she had visitation at her at bedtime, asking me, “What does Nevaeh want”. I asked her what is she saying, she replied “mazing”, my heart broke. I told her she needed to be sung Amazing Grace to go to sleep. I feel the tears now. I started singing this to her when she was six months old. That is when she was able to come home from the hospital. I think I sang this to her until she was three and there are times...
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...Assignment Newton, John. “Amazing Grace.” Hymns of the 49th Parallel. 5th ed. New York: Baptist Hymnals Publishers, 1974. In the world of music, there are many songs that bring one joy, excitement, or delight. In other cases, there are songs that lead one to sadness, depression, or loneliness. However, there are also significantly few songs that reach down to the very depths of your heart and touch you in a way that is truly moving. This sort of emotion was felt when I heard the hymnal “Amazing Grace” by John Newton, and is still felt today. As a young child, I never really understood the complexity of the Holy Bible, the stories within it, or the ‘grace’ that is so freely offered. I often admittedly fell asleep in church or simply passed the time away by drawing funny pictorials of biblical characters I was supposed to learn about in Sunday school. Considering I was just like the other typical rebellious eight year old boys, this was quite acceptable in my opinion. Nevertheless, it wasn’t until one special Sunday evening service that I finally ‘came of age.’ The standard ‘boring’ service went on as it usually did and as the preacher summed up his message, my mother, the piano player, made her way up to the front of the sanctuary. As she began to play, the choir began to sing. I began to listen, and my heart began to melt. What was this song they were singing? Surely I had heard it. Only this time it was different. The melodious words, “Amazing Grace, how sweet the...
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...Forrest Gump I’ve never met anybody like Forrest Gump, he is a man with an IQ of 75, but despite the shortage of intelligence, he has his heart with him in everything he does, and gets through life in the most fantastic way. He is simply a man you can nothing but love. Forrest Gump is a movie from 1994 directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film earned more than $677 million worldwide during its theatrical run, and became a commercial success as the top grossing film in North America released that year. Today, 20 years later, the film is still very popular and has become a classic, almost everyone knows who Forrest is, and knows his amazing life story, and there is sure a reason for that. The movie follows the amazing story about Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), who has a low IQ compared to the people around him. His mother tries to protect Forrest from the world around him, and when people call him stupid she tells Forrest that “stupid is as stupid does”. On his old days, he is sitting by a bus stop with a box of chocolate, and is sharing his life stories with some lucky people passing by. He is telling his story with every unique detail – the love of his life, his time in war and his fortunate position in almost every important event in his lifetime. The film is in that way a touching story, that keeps you stick to the screen just from the beginning to the end. Tom Hanks performance as Forrest Gump is truly some of the best acting I have ever seen. His empathy in this charming, fantastic...
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...It could be concluded that his superior running abilities, like Man o’ War, came only from his genetics. Secretariat had amazing speed, attributing from his sire, but also astonishing endurance, which can be traced back to his dam’s sire. An autopsy was done before Secretariat’s burial by Dr. Thomas Swerczek, a professor of veterinary sciences at the University of Kentucky at the time. After the autopsy, Dr. Swerczek stated “Certainly, after performing autopsies on several thousand thoroughbred horses, including mares and stallions, no other horse came close to Secretariat’s heart size… I considered the heart weight officially as 21 pounds. The heart was in perfect shape, not diseased in any way, but just considerably larger than any other horses I autopsied” (Swerczek). An average Thoroughbred’s heart is about 9 pounds. Due to his large heart size, Secretariat was able to pump more blood through his body and move considerably faster than his racing counterparts. Simply put, his genetics were why he was so successful on the track. However, with a different outlook, another conclusion can be...
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...or ethnicity all can appreciate the baritone’s magnificent voice. Groban is a very accomplished prolific singer having performed with other amazing singers such as Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. He has also sung multiple memorable performances at a variety of events including the Grammys, American Music Awards and the Super Bowl XXXVIII. Groban selected to open the show with a piano solo of “You Are Loved”. He sung to a lento tempo graciously to the crowd of 20,000 people causing an amazing silence. Following after a few second cadences Groban continues to sing another ballad “Awake”. Groban makes all the women sway their hands to the pretty grave tempo. He sings a story pleading to stay awake to avoid a broken heart as the flutes and piano softly makeup the triple composition. The song is mainly homophonic and toward the end goes into a polyphonic rondo. “Awake” ends with a pianissimo crescendo of all instruments. The band consisting of two basses, six violins, two french horns, a trumpet, two flutes, a harp, drums, a piano and two guitars helps Groban transition into “Oceano”. “Oceano” is sung in Italian and depicts an amazing abyss of love that a man attempts to hide. The mezzo forte crescendo leading to the chorus causes the forum to tremble. The piano carries strongly as the violins sing the tale of fighting off the heart break storms. Groban melody accompanied with the fierce drums and cymbals leave your racing. The crowd whistles, and screams “I love you’s”...
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...ribbon bow with a square crystal center. Perfect for holding your pens, pencils, lip glosses and more. Magnets provide a secure hold for your belongings. Create amazing style for your school locker with LockerLookz collection. Serve up a mean cup of coffee or cocoa with this mug that is...
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...Walt Disney was a person with drive, imagination, and curiosity. Like he said “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”(Jeff Kurrti, n.d). He has created an array of innovative characters and stories that ultimately won over millions of people's hearts because they were based on classical stories, giving people inspiration and happiness. Walt Disney was a movie producer that has created numerous award-winning films. In those films are unique, modernized characters connected with amazing stories and animations to go with them. Disney has created an empire worth millions of dollars and it’s worth is still rising today. Almost every child, including...
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...Candy, my sister the advocate. Candy really is not my sister but I really feel like she is my sister, and my family consider her as a part of our family too. Mom and dad calls her daughter. We met after an car accident, after moving from Kentucky my family and I got into a car accident, we were helpless and horrified, although no one gets hurt, we still was feeling miserable, because our id’s and social cards are in my dad jacket which is left in the car and they won’t let him take it. Somehow a woman from Missouri helped my dad get his ids and important cards and money back from the accident. I don’t know how she found out and stuff but she got us buses and shoes to move to Taxes. She’s such a kind hearted woman, I cross my heart and swear...
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...Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers Michelle Humble BSHS 471 December 11, 2011 Deborah Machold Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers Working in the human service field can be a very trying job for many people. I believe that there are those that were born to be that way and those that have been taught to be caring and compassionate. While not every person is cut out to be on the front line of this field, those that are become very special people. Willing to give up their lives and time to help others and not make allot of money doing so. This group of people has a unique personality that is not taught or handed out to everyone. The people that work in the human service field are a special class of people and help to make our current world a better place. Training and knowledge is just the beginning of what is needed to be successful in the human service field. A human service worker must be able to put personal prejudices aside to be able to help his or her client in the appropriate manner. Putting aside personal prejudices does not mean putting aside common sense. Ethics are another key point to be successful, without this then one truly cannot freely see the entire big picture. Not being judgmental is another key point, you are seeing them or helping them for a reason, the last thing your client needs is to be pointed at continuously be told that what they did was wrong. Education is an important...
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...colored gems and fabric. Light bouncing off them making them shine. The sound of a violin playing fast in the background. Each step they take to the rhythm. This is the world of Irish Dance. The world of the Corda Mór Irish dance school in Edina, Minnesota. Corda Mór Irish Dance is one of many Irish dance schools located in the Twin Cities. Teaching kids from age five all the way to twenty. This school has been a big part of my family for years. Both my younger sister, Clare, and my older sister, Kennedy, have been a part of it. My father, Joe, is even the emcee for the school. As Kennedy got older she moved onto other things, like college. Clare however is still very actively involved in the community and will be for some time. Dancing her heart away. Only in seventh grade Clare has been dancing all her life. Ever since she was five she has been on that dance floor. Tapping away to the beat. After...
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...what I see But every time she asks me do I look okay I say When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile, The whole world stops and stares for awhile Cause girl you're amazing Just the way you are Her nails, her nails I could kiss them all day if she'd let me Her laugh, her laugh She hates but I think its so sexy She's so beautiful Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com/bruno-mars-just-the-way-you-are-lyrics.html And I tell her every day Oh you know, you know, you know Id never ask you to change If perfect is what you're searching for Then just stay the same So don't even bother asking If you look okay You know I say When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile, The whole world stops and stares for awhile Cause girl you're amazing Just the way you are The way you are The way you are Girl you're amazing Just the way you are When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile, The whole world stops and stares for awhile Cause girl you're amazing Just the way you are Oooh yeah woahhhh My pulse is getting fast My heart is gonna crash Hey I got something to say to you We've been on overdrive Maybe we should take some time apart I'm always on the road and...
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