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One of the most popular shows of its era, How I Met Your Mother, describes the lives of five individuals by using situations related to real life problems. These life problems coincide with comedy in order to brighten up the show and make it appeal to a vast variety of audiences. Of all scenes in the nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother, one stands out greatly when dealing with the idea of family. Not all characters are present in this scene, but the tone it sets and the problems the…

his brother quit school. Although Ponyboy works really hard in school and tries to improve, his age and lack of supports limit him to make a difference. S.E. Hinton writes “We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids. It's…

William Oughtred was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England in 1574 and died on June 30, 1660, in Albury, Surrey. He was not only an English mathematician and an inventor; he was a vicar of Shalford and then became an Anglican priest. He received schooling from Eton School where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1596 and master’s degree from King's College in 1600. He is considered one of the greatest mathematical teachers and the world's great mathematicians from the seventeenth century. He…

to private messaging, all the way to relationship status announcements. Although this is the result of facilitated and quicker means of communication in all social contexts leading to sentences and phrases becoming shorter from use of acronyms, abbreviations, and omittance of spaces and dashes,…

Texting is a great invention of the modern age, but over the years it has been used in the wrong ways. It is an easily accessible way to communicate with friends and family from anywhere in the world. However, what it has turned into is this “necessity” that teenagers and adults alike are constantly doing or thinking about. If you go into any large public area, you’ll see a lot of people on their phones, most likely texting or on their various social media networks. Even yesterday when I went to…

Can anyone really financially plan all the way up until retirement? That’s a question I thought I knew everything I needed to know when it came to finances, I’ve been paying my own bills, saving money, and not having massive amounts of credit card debt since I’ve been 18. I’m really glad I thought wrong, I would have never thought so much went into planning not only for the now but also planning for the future. After taking this class I realized that I really only knew the basics, I got to learn…

2014) There is a slight difference between HIV and AIDS. HIV is the abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and it is basically when the person is considered a carrier of the virus. When a person obtains this disease, it can never be rid of it, and therefore, carries the virus for his/her entire life. This virus attacks the T-cells of the body, and when too many T-cells are destroyed, it is considered AIDS. AIDS is the abbreviation for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, and it is the…

A job title is given to an individual, and it is that individual's responsibility to meet the guidelines of that role. To help make my point I would first like to clarify the role of a registered nurse. The role of a nurse is to primarily provide ways to help assist with positive patient health, minimize patient illness, and care for all (Taylor, C., 2015, p. 8). The one point I would like to go into great detail is the registered nursing error when pertaining to the administering of opioids.…

Lesson 301 - Capitalization Capitalize the first word of a sentence. Example: The lessons begin tomorrow. Capitalize each word that needs a capital letter. 1. You don't seem to understand. 2. Why didn't you ask me? 3. The boy will be punished for his wrongs. 4. Get out of here. 5. Did you see that! Lesson 302 - Capitalization Capitalize the word I, either alone or in a contraction. Examples : Do I get to go? I said that I'm here. Capitalize each word that needs a capital letter. 1.…

1 Schematic illustrating the experimental protocol. Abbreviations: Blood, blood sampling; Measurements: determination of muscle soreness, and Strength squat test. Exercise Protocol On the initial day of testing, subjects performed 6 sets of barbell squats to muscular failure using a 75 % of their 1-RM with 3…