...Why is Oral Health Important for Men? Men are less likely than women to take care of their physical health and, according to surveys and studies, their oral health is equally ignored. Good oral health recently has been linked with longevity. Yet, one of the most common factors associated with infrequent dental checkups is just being male. Men are less likely than women to seek preventive dental care and often neglect their oral health for years, visiting a dentist only when a problem arises. When it comes to oral health, statistics show that the average man brushes his teeth 1.9 times a day and will lose 5.4 teeth by age seventy-two. If he smokes, he can plan on losing twelve teeth by age seventy-two. Men are also more likely to develop oral and throat cancer and periodontal or gum disease (“Why Is Oral Health Important for Men,” 2010). According to Lara (2010), since maintaining a good oral health is vital, you must strive to observe the proper ways of oral hygiene (1). Aside from personal practices such as brushing, gargling, and using dental floss, it is advisable for you to visit your dentist every 6 months. Moreover, it is necessary that you should inform your dentist not only of your dental, but also your medical history or recent health problems. Your dentist is usually one of the first individuals to detect and diagnose a health problem and he can help you in identifying these diseases in their earliest phase. In conclusion, people are advised to practice...
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...Before the written word, the printing press, computers, modems, the Internet and all other communication methods, people passed their beliefs, their history and their values from generation to generation through storytelling and oral tradition. Important aspects of every culture were documented in myths. Creation myths explained how a people came to be, giving them a spiritual/religious connection to a much larger universe filled with the unexplained. In addition, creation myths explained a culture’s origin, history, deities and heroes. Myths gave a culture a clear connection throughout the ages. These myths were passed on through generations to become an integral part of many cultures. Myths helped make order out of chaos, explained things in nature that could not be readily understood. Myths, frequently, expressed ideas and concepts that were common to all human beings. Questions about good and evil, life and death, fear and anxiety, heroes and heroic feats, punishment for breaking cultural values are present in every culture. The “why” of existence crosses cultural, racial and geographic challenges. These topics were the basis for many myths. The myths created to address these topics were frequently variations of the same or similar stories/oral traditions. Collectively, these universal themes or questions are referred to as universal myths. Myths existed before there was art and before the written word. The great mythic themes were known before literature. Myths existed...
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...participation in the performance which serves as primary sources.in order to collect data, the researcher acted as part of the audience meanwhile, the performance was recorded without the performers knowledge because it would have been difficult for materials to be collected through other methods such as dialogue, for example. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Theoretical framework refers to the concept that are related to the research topic to determine the statistical relationship the paper will measure. The approach that will suit this topic is the sociological approach. In the sociology of literature, Diana Laurenson and Swing Wood argue that: Essentially the scientific objective study of man, society, the study of social processes, seek to answer the question of how society is possible, how it works, why it persists. Through a rigorous examination of the social institution, religious, economic and political which together constitute what is called social structure, a picture emerges, not always clearly, of the conditioned by particular societies, of the mechanism of "socialisation",the process of culture learning, whereby individuals are allocated to and accept their respective roles in their social structures (page 22-23)....
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...Functioning is what we all would expect but in order to be a good, reliable ICU nurse you have to be extremely smart and have extreme attention to detail. I noticed that these nurses have amazing assessment skills and nothing goes unnoticed to them. They also spend a lot of time monitoring vitals and understanding why certain vitals would be off. There are so many as needed medications ordered, they have a lot of responsibility in understanding what is needed and when it is needed. I personally was overwhelmed and I don’t know if I can ever do what these nurses do and do it was well as some of them. I work in the emergency department now and I see critical patients but we stabilize and send them to the ICU. I finally got to see what happened after we walked away after dropping them off in the ICU. It was a great experience being able to see how the two units are so...
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...Throughout Flannery O’Conner’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces, the theme of “the journey” is apparent in both the physical and spiritual sense. The characters in both stories travel, but the lessons they learn on their journeys are more compelling. One of the key characters in O’Conner’s short story is the grandmother. The grandmother is a character filled with judgment and selfishness. However, these flaws came to a halt moments before her death, highlighting her sudden spiritual redemption. Similarly, the narrator of Till We Have Faces, Oral, undergoes a profound journey of self-reflection. Oral, like the grandmother, was bitter, jealous, and possessive. However, late in her life, as Orual begins to address her past, she recognizes her mistakes. While the physical journey of these...
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...Teach Africa tm World Affairs Council of Houston The Oral Traditions of Africa What are oral traditions? Oral traditions are messages that are transmitted orally from one generation to another. The messages may be passed down through speech or song and may take the form of folktales and fables, epic histories and narrations, proverbs or sayings, and songs. Oral Traditions make it possible for a society to pass knowledge across generations without writing. They help people make sense of the world and are used to teach children and adults about important aspects of their culture. The art of storytelling There is a rich tradition throughout Africa of oral storytelling. Although written history existed for centuries in West Africa, most writing was in Arabic, and the majority of people did not read or write in Arabic. So the transmission of knowledge, history and experience in West Africa was mainly through the oral tradition and performance rather than on written texts. Oral traditions guide social and human morals, giving people a sense of place and purpose. There is often a lesson or a value to instill, and the transmission of wisdom to children is a community responsibility. Parents, grandparents, and relatives take part in the process of passing down the knowledge of culture and history. Storytelling provides entertainment, develops the imagination, and teaches important lessons about everyday life. World Affairs Council of Houston PO Box 920905 Houston, TX 77292-0905 Voice...
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...toward men, and also, avoid being unsexy. Now, as I've stated in some of my other articles, I have no business telling men how to be sexy toward women. I'll leave that to a woman, seeing as she would know a hell of a lot more than I would. There are the obvious things, of course, for both sexes. Being in decent shape, having a good attitude toward each other (though some women do go for the douchebags, a concept I'll never understand), etc, are all great things. However, not every guy is going to be able to get all ripped out, and not every woman has time to tone her abs or get supermodel hot. Let me share a secret with you ladies...you don't have to in order to be sexy. But, it is good to take care of yourself, just as you would want your man to. Now, understand that when I "speak for men" we're talking about your run-of-the-mill normal guy. Sure, there are guys who think you dressing in a skin-tight latex full body suit with weird goggles for your eyes and a zipper on the mouth while you spank his ass with a spiked paddle is sexy. I'm not remotely experienced with that, so I'm going to leave that be. Nor am I getting into the men who supposedly love obese women. No experience there either. So what do you think of when you think sexy, girls? Maybe waiting for your husband to come home, candles lit and music playing, and he finds you on the bed, dressed in some killer lingerie (or nothing), and ready to fuck? Well, yeah, that is sexy, really sexy. However, you probably don't...
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...some information needs to be sourced during audience profiling. State FOUR (4) examples of this information. (Total: 2) 4. What are the rules that a presenter could follow when tackling questions from the audience? State TWO (2) of these rules. (Total: 2) 5. What is ‘kinesics’? Illustrate your answer with an example. (Total: 2) 1 OUMH1303_SEM MAY07/F_AH PART B ESSAY QUESTIONS INSTRUCTIONS Part B contains FIVE questions. Answer THREE ONLY. QUESTIONS 1. Marks In any oral presentation, using words alone would either be less effective or quite inefficient to catch the attention of an audience in the description of a concept or product. Other means of conveying message would be the use of visual aids. a) Why do we need visual aids? Give ONE (1) reason. b) What is the difference between prepared materials (2) and unprepared materials? Use examples to illustrate the contrast. (4) c) State TWO (2) important guidelines or rules that we need to follow when using visual aids. (4) (Total: 10) 2. Active listening does not mean accepting or believing everything that is heard. A listener needs to use...
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...conventions in images, gives implications without verbal prompts; we are raised to quickly distinguish their importance. Everyone knows cigarettes are unreasonable. People seldom realize the cost of smoking on their livelihood and health and take for granted, money as the only issue. The “Real Cost” ad is incredibly effective at getting the message across and compared to other anti-smoking ads, it takes a creative approach in a in a non-shocking way. This advertisement reveals to people the expense of smoking doesn't always involve money and will eventually become costly to your health. In the “Real Cost commerical the young man doesn't have enough cash to purchase the box of cigarettes, but yet with little hesitation he yanks his tooth out with pliers in exchange for payment. In watching the commerical, your first reaction is; why is the cigarettes that important? Cigarettes smoking is a addiction due to the chemical “nicotine”. According to Adweek the commerical wants to depict smoking as a “bully” and show the level of control it has on an individual. Anti-smoking campaigns for years have been working to educate youth on the effects of smoking on health and environment as a whole. Furthermore the FDA approach in these ads are to show fear in smoking and diminish the thought of smoking being “cool”, by showing obvious health risks on you teeth. Tobacco, paying little mind to the structure, dissolves a few...
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...For as long as could be remembered, oral traditions existed in African societies. For Africans, oral tradition was a means for passing down history, folklore and stories from generation to generation. Everyone’s story is different; passing along oral traditions works to convey one’s culture. Oral tradition can even go so far as to teach the traditional values of life and give religious insight. Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku explains that “voice unified a family, clan, or community”. In tradition, griots serve as storytellers, musicians and singers. They memorize these stories and songs completely, and pass them along. Thus, the role of the griot is important in the conservation of African history and culture. Throughout history, people have visited Africa and several countries within only to return home and share stories of their adventures. They recount what they see and often times regurgitate stories that they have heard. Is it possible to relate a visitor’s tale of Africa to the tales passed through generations by storytellers? While recounting a visit in a foreign country does give others an idea of that country may be like, hearing a story from someone within the culture provides a better understanding of that culture. D.T. Niane’s story of Sundiata and Ibn Battuta’s stories in Africa both provide the reader with knowledge of African history. However, given the importance of spoken word in African culture, Niane’s work serves as a more reliable source and properly provides...
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...[pic] ◆ Cover Page…………………………………………………P.1 ◆ Content Page……………………………………………….P.2 ◆ Unit 11 FOG Writing—150 words(pg168)………….…….P.3 ◆ Unit 7 FOG Exercise 10—Writing(pg 100)……………….P.4 ( Interview a foreigner walking around Star Ferry and ask about their country) ◆ Unit 6 FOG Writing— 150 words(pg 78)…………………P.5 ◆ Oral Mini- Presentation Transcript………………………..P.6 ◆ First Draft of Assessment Task 1………………….............P.7 ◆ Final Draft of Assessment Task 1………………................P.8 ◆ Overviews of the lesson……………………………………………………...P.9 [pic] Unit 11 FOG Writing—150 words(pg168) My bedroom is bright and colorful. The rooms always cheers me up when I get back from a hard day at school. For example, I felt so upset while the test results so poor. But I come back my bedroom, I will become other person and encourage myself more hard-working next time. So, let me describe my own bedroom to you. In my bedroom, I put up some colorful pictures or posters on the walls. It seems look like a garden where I live. Lt will have different kind of color such as green, blue, pink……etc. There has one big window in bedroom. I love Hong Kong’s night scenes so much. So, I prefer I can watch the scenes before I sleep. Shopping is one of my hobbies. So, I should have a big wardrobe to store my beautiful clothes and trousers. Also, there have one table and one deck in my room. When I take some revision or do homework, I must need this two furniture. In Hong...
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...INTRODUCTION Oral literature of folk literature refers to the heritage of imaginative verbal creations, stories, folk believes and songs of pre-literate societies have been evolved and passed on through the spoken word from one generation to the other. As a relatively new field of study. The African literature is a produce within an environment in the predominant of mode of communication is oral. African writers have also been falling back on the rich oral tradition of their people. The extent to see a writer uses the oral tradition is always often determined by his closeness to the Africa oral tradition. The influence of African oral tradition on African poetry helps to authenticate or establish the authencity of Africa literary tradition Orality in Modern African poetry manifest itself in a number of ways. It has to do with both the content as well as the form of African poetry. The most obvious prove that contemporary African poets are indebted to the indigenous poetic tradition of their people is in their interest in rehabilitating and excavating traditional poetic forms. For instance Wole Soyinka ‘IDANRE’ is best understood within the Ijala poetic traditions among the Yoruba culture. The poem in a sense is a form of Ijala as it celebrates Ogun- the god of Iron Kofi Awoonor also models his poem on the traditional poems of abuse among the Ewe of Ghana. Niyi Osundare has also admitted at many of his poems are written in form of ‘oriki’. Each of these poets has been...
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...Sexuality Christine Y. Liberty University Intimacy The Webster-Merriam dictionary defines intimacy as “an intimate quality or state: such as emotional warmth and closeness; sexual relations; or something that is very personal and private” (Webster, 1993). Lori Gordon (2004) in her article Intimacy: The Art of Relationship writes that intimacy should involve emotional and physical closeness. When most people think about intimacy they probably think about sex but intimacy is a much deeper connection than sex. Intimacy is more of an emotional and spiritual connection as well as a physical connection. From the moment we are born we seek for a connection, a feeling of warmth from another individual “positive bonding is important from the cradle to the grave” (Balswick & Balswick, 2008). Intimacy whether sexual or non-sexual is established through a sense of “knowing” another individual, this happens through means of honest and deep communication. Christians seek a deeper connection with God through communication, they seek to feel intimate with God, to be known by their Heavenly Father; Psalms 139:23 says “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts” there is deep desire in us to be known and sought even from the One who created us. Friendships are an intimate relationship; friendships were individuals feel comfortable to talk about their inner feelings and thoughts without the fear of being judged or without guilt and shame. According...
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...|Working Thesis Statement: |ORAL PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION | |Nuclear has been the biggest fear in the world when it is used as |Nuclear Threat Nuclear weapon and its physical damage | |weapon and it has insurmountable negative effects on societies in |Nuclear weapon deterioration of health – what kinds of radiation are | |terms of its physical destruction and deterioration on human health. |emitted in a nuclear explosion and what effect do they have on human | |Not a thesis statement but a statement of fact. |beings? | |Try: Why is it best for nuclear attack victims to be right at Ground |http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway_pre_2011| |Zero? |/living_future/4_nuclear_radiation1.shtml | |Working Thesis Statement: Countries may use the nuclear weapons in |Oral Presentation Thesis Statement (must be based on PART of the | |future because of the possibility of religious war and the other |research project): The time between 1946 and 2012, no atomic bomb had| |reasons. |been used even as an overt thread threat in any warpolitical crisis, | |I will argue that there is a strong possibility that...
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...Matthew and Luke obtain their shared stories that are not found in Mark. But both Matthew and Luke also use Luke as a source for their material, which is common to all three synoptic gospels. If one accepts this two-source hypothesis it would mean that the early Christians began to preserve the sayings and miracles of Jesus first in an oral form and then in written form. The authors of the synoptic gospels wrote decades after the crucifixion of Jesus and they pulled much of their material from the Q document and from other written or oral traditions. So when only Matthew and Luke include the miracle story of the Healing of the Centurion’s Servant (Matt 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10) or the Parable of the Talents (Matt 25:14-30; Luke 19:11-27) it demonstrates a common source, which is most likely unknown to Mark. What Does This Say About The Inspiration Of The Scriptures? If the two source hypotheses is correct it would destroy the belief of some in the plenary verbal inspiration of scripture, but not my belief in scriptural inspiration. Many ancient forms of literature had oral and or written sources from which they pulled their information. So, why should the gospels be any different? Prior to taking this class, I believed that the authors of the gospel were inspired by God to write their gospels, but I had not...
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