For the exclusive use of K. HORTON 9-607-143 REV: SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 FRANCES X. FREI AMY C. EDMONDSON CHRISTINE HARRIS-VAN KEUREN ELIOT SHERMAN Cleveland Clinic Dr. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, cardiothoracic surgeon and president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, emerged from the operating room on a January afternoon in 1996 having just changed the way he, and subsequently the world, approached heart surgery. A trip to Stanford University Medical School had convinced him it was possible to operate
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Company Overview Background Canyon Ranch (CR) is a health resort and spa that positioned itself such that it pioneered and evolved to bea leader in this luxury segment of spa industry. Founded by Enid and Mel Zuckerman in 1979, it aimed toattain its mission - ³ inspire people to make a commitment to healthy living, turning hopes and intentionsinto the highest enjoyment of life ´ It encompasses a range of services having both breadth and depth to various treatments and offerings, suchthat
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Then he grabbed a rifle and shells from the gun case and slung the saddlebags over his shoulder. His spurs jingled as he hustled down the stairs. A couple of cowboys tilted their heads to him, but that was the extent of their interest. Before pushing through the split doors, he hesitated, letting his
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Federal, State, and District Legal Framework Tim McCartin Grand Canyon University: UNV 555 October 8, 2014 The Legal Framework and Its Impact on Schools As schools continue to exist in an ever-increasing litigious society, the framework as to how issues are handled, and to what extent the laws reach, must be understood today’s educational administrators. It is not enough to know that Brown v. Board of Education (1954) requires the integration of schools, or that Lee v. Weisman (1992) upheld
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The road to redemption By Jared Maughan It was the summer of 1995 when kirk packed his bags and headed for the Wyoming Rocky Mountains, kirk had grown up spending every summer in Wyoming at his family’s ranch but this year was different, with only a bag full of clothes and a pocket full of cash he set out on a quest to find himself and move on with his life. It was just three years ago that kirk lost his cousin & best friend Bradly from a roll over in those same Rocky Mountains, Bradley
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As a young boy William Henry Jackson had an urge to explore and document the great unknown. Capturing nature and its creatures in the raw and uncut wilderness in which they live was coded within his DNA. It was something no person or agency had to request, but a natural want and desire to do so. Jackson had traveled many times within the Yellowstone wilderness and other National Park regions before their creation, but never had he been a part of something whose direct intention was to explore
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An essay on ecotourism Ecotourism Essay Ecotourism involves responsible traveling to fragile, pristine and mostly protected areas. This takes place for different purposes, from educating the traveler, fostering respect for different cultures to directly benefiting the economic and political empowerment of local communities (Garana, 2008). Ideally, ecotourism incorporates the following criteria; promote biological and cultural diversity, touring unspoiled natural habitats, and the main attractions
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Ecotourism Essay Ecotourism involves responsible traveling to fragile, pristine and mostly protected areas. This takes place for different purposes, from educating the traveler, fostering respect for different cultures to directly benefiting the economic and political empowerment of local communities (Garana, 2008). Ideally, ecotourism incorporates the following criteria; promote biological and cultural diversity, touring unspoiled natural habitats, and the main attractions being local culture,
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Theodore Roosevelt’s interesting life often tempts biographers to write about him with the history left out. His story offers plenty of drama. Born in 1858 to a wealthy family in New York City he waged a life and death struggle against childhood asthma. Books about brave warriors and explorers comforted the boy when he was sick. His father, Theodore Senior, believed that nature and outdoor exercise could build boys’ bodies and characters, and he put pressure on his son to throw off his invalidism
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Substance Abuse in Adolescents Seana Benham Grand Canyon University Nursing 427 Concepts in Community and Public Health November5, 2015 Prevalence of substance abuse among youth In 2013, the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey revealed than an estimated 16.6 percent of Colorado high school youth reported binge drinking, 10.7 percent reported cigarette smoking, and 19.7 percent reported marijuana use in the 30 days prior to the survey. As many as 13.6 percent abused prescription drugs at some
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