Aurora

A minor is a person under the age of full responsibility. A minor fall in the age range of 0 to 18. In that age range, a child is still under the care of a parent or guardian. In most instances, minors aren't allowed to smoke tobacco products, drink alcohol, drive, vote, and marry. Minor is in no way capable of having full responsibility for an item that can cause injury or in the worst case, death. In the United States of America, states such as Minnesota allow 14-year-olds to purchase a long…

Background In 2014, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) published a new set of practice guidelines for Hepatic Encephalopathy (Vistrup et al., 2014). These guidelines define Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) as “a brain dysfunction caused by liver insufficiency and/or portosystemic shunting, and manifests as a wide spectrum of neurological/psychiatric abnormalities ranging from subclinical alterations to coma”…

Magnets are one of the fundamental items in physics. This paper is meant to provide a general overview of magnets and their uses, as well as an in depth look into certain aspects of magnetism and how they relate to everyday life. Most images of a magnet come to mind as a tiny object used for hanging things on a refrigerator. But other applications are much more useful in our society in general. They are used in all kinds of speakers, in many computer parts including hard drives (for recording…

From as long as I can remember my brother has always been my greatest ally, we have always been adjoined at the hip, despite our seven-year age gap. Our relationship has aged equivalently to a fine scotch, becoming more robust and smoother with time. Just like any other set of sibling fights were a common place in our home but as we grew older the dynamics of our relationship were constantly changing. Regardless of the drama that insured our mother and father instilled in us that if anything…

that leads to her eyes being beautiful because they have a perfect balance of both between the two. It gives her a sense of purity. The writer tries to impose that this beauty he is describing is more like an aurora because it is not purely physical. He gives more personification to this aurora saying it is “Thus mellowed to that tender light/ Which heaven to gaudy day denies” (5-6). When the writer says “mellow”, he suggests that she mellows the opposites to day and night, so it becomes a…

Relationships within the family are not more important than relationships outside the family. This seems more relevant in my family due to my grandmother on my mom’s side, who is racist, homophobic, and critiques everything about anyone in the family, especially me; while my friends won’t judge me because of my sexual orientation or that I am a little fatter than other girls my age, because they like me for my personality. In my family, it is hard to find a solid relationship with each other,…

crime being committed around the world every year. (FBI) In face of this large amount of criminal assaults, people need an effective method of self-defense, and guns are prone to be the best choice for people. In the case of the church shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the whole adversity was stopped by one of the church members who carried a gun. (Hunter) In another case presented by the Tampa Bay Times, a robbery happened at a corner store on May 10, 2016. The robbery was prevented because one of…

seriously mentally ill to go through with a mass shooting. Therefore, it’s no surprise that a country as mass shooting-plagued as the US also leads the developed world in untreated mental illness. “What kinds of measures might have helped prevent the Aurora massacre? Some have no connection with gun control: mental health outreach and screening might have detected that a doctoral student in neuroscience was headed into a dark corner of the mind. That might have resulted in his failing the…

Spina Bifida Spina Bifida, also known as split-back, is a serious birth defect in which a baby’s spine develops incorrectly along the neural tube. It’s classified as a form of myelodysplasia, “a group of developmental anomalies that result from defects that occur during neural tube closure” (Favazza, Myelodysplasia). This deformation can occur anywhere on the spine, and if not treated, can lead to spinal injury and both physical and mental disabilities. Currently, scientists are unsure about the…

Aurora-Hazel Blackhorse Mr. Warger Psychology of the Character January 2016 Literary Essay/Final Project Fear is an emotion that can be driven by pain or danger that is probable to occur. Whether or not the threat is imagined or real, some responses of such an emotion may include the increase of one’s heart rate, and muscle tension, sweating, racing thoughts, and a higher sense of alertness. When fear becomes the key emotion [thought and] felt,…