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    Colonialism on the Island of Antigua and Native American Reservations How would you feel if, in an instant, your country was destroyed by foreigners who invaded your land? A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid she writes about her life growing up on an island called Antigua. As she was getting older, she witnessed a lot of racism and colonialism. Similarly, Sherman Alexie’s essay “Indian Education”, Junior Polatkin was mistreated in school because his white instructor was very cruel to him.…

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    she probably wouldn’t be who she is today. For England to be honored, she has to believe that separating herself from Antigua is essential. out of the equation. By separating herself from her country, she is losing her reliance on her island and places it on the overbearing England. Finally, she is required to learn about how England is highlighted in her life. Repeatedly in school, she is asked to “draw a map of England” (Kincaid, line 103) to test her intelligence of “England” (Kincaid, line…

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    Aging, Place, and Technology: Toward Improving Access and Wellness in Older Populations In this article, the author states that the place of residence may affect the probability of achieving a public health objective. As he further mentions, aging in place is considered the ability to live in one’s own home independently and comfortably. However, there are certainly many challenges and additional resources needed to satisfy the demands of everyday life particularly in the decline in health and…

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    Change Is Not Always Bad As I sat in my room and reminisced over the change that happened in my life, a smile crossed my face. My smile was not because I like change, but it represented me overcoming the fear that gripped me every time change occurred. Many times in life I began to love or hate certain factors that life handed me depending on how I went through my first experience of that situations. Change is one of those factors I hated because when I first encountered it, I was young and…

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    The process of gazing at "secondary kinds of beauty" like physical beauty of a boy such as Tadzio, and it is a process, means reaching a place where one can see pure Beauty. Weil notes that "he will finally arrive at the center of the labyrinth. And there God is waiting to eat him. Later he will go out again, but he will be changed, he will have become different, after being eaten and digested by God" (Weil, 164). Obviously one is not literally eaten and digested by God, rather one climbs the…

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    I have opted to donate some of my time to give back to my community that I live in. In Mt. Zion Illinois, lays an assisted living facility known as the “Glenwood.” When I went into their office to ask them if it was permissible for me to do volunteer work, they made me aware that this is an organization is a for profit organization. That means all the employees are getting paid to do all of the work that they do, and the price to live here is going to be more expensive for the residents due to…

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    Introduction The author of Evicted, Matthew Desmond, exposes the restrictions those in extreme poverty may face daily. Based in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Desmond takes his readers into the lives of those living in poorly maintained housing where tenants experience health problems, eviction, and at times even death. The property owners are wealthy and thrive off profits made by those less fortunate, yet do minimal maintenance to preserve their rental units. The families residing in the rentals cope…

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    live their life, and face little to no consequences when doing so. Twenty-eight years ago, Eddie Murphy released his ambitious and now beloved comedy, Coming to America. Coming to America follows Prince Akeem and Semmi’s journey to the unfamiliar place of Queens, New York from Zamunda, Africa in hopes to fulfill Prince Akeem’s desire to blissfully fall in love. Overall, Coming to America’s ensemble cast did an excellent job exemplifying America’s 1980’s exuberance, which boosted Murphy’s career…

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    Background As the population of older adults grows, more people are living alone (Botia, Villa & Palma, 2012; McKenna, Klosek, Crilly & Polger, 2015; Fraisse, Perolle, Mavros & Etxeberria, 2007). In the US, the trend of living alone amongst older people has increased dramatically from 5% in 1920s to 28% in 2012 (Administration on Aging, 2012). With advancing age, various age-related conditions and accidents come along such as a fall (Dibner, 1990; Elliot, Painter & Hudson, 2009, Lee et al.,…

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    good website would need to be developed including testimonials, volunteer and donor forms, and loaded with images of the many different types of people this program serves. Brochures in various languages would need to be created and distributed in places that service elderly and low-income individuals. Water on Wheels would need to develop positioning, imagery and tone of voice that emotionally touches people and communicates the dire need…

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