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    Being Co-Chair of an organization is different from what I expected. Mind you, I didn 't found this organization; joining in grade nine I had the opportunity to learn and grow over the past few years before ascending to the position of co-chair. Five months in, here 's is a recap of some of the experiences I have had. Although I understood the responsibilities associated with being co-chair before becoming co-chair, the role brought out sides of me that I didn 't know existed. Of course, I was…

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    American Olympian, Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, the determined Louis Zamperini proved Devers’ words. Although he returned home from war, bruised, broken, and mentally exhausted. If it wasn’t for…

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    After completing my graduation I joined as an Engineer in charge in Mother Merry Shipping Line LTD. There I got the opportunity to utilize my theoretical knowledge in practical works like repairing & maintenance of ships, installing navigation equipment & supplying safety and fire fighting equipment. I started my primary education in an ordinary school of my village. As I was not accustomed to urban life and my parents were engaged in private jobs so I managed very ordinary results in 6th to 8th…

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    Proposed problem The problem being studied is poor nutrition and inadequate staffing, potentiates the development of bedsores in health care facilities by the elderly. Background and rationale for its significance a). Poor nutrition may lead to bedsores b). Inadequate staffing may potentiate the development of bedsores a. Poor nutrition may lead to bedsores i. Incidence of the elderly with poor nutrition. ii. Relationship of long term hospitalization and poor outcomes. b. Inadequate staffing…

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    Since the dawn of humanity, women have been trying to achieve their personal idea of beauty. In the book, “Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women”, author Blaine Roberts, shows the racial division between white women and black women and the role perceptions of beauty also played. Women of different colors, sizes, attitudes, mindsets, and dreams all concurred that beauty was an important aspect for the Civil Rights movement. Roberts’ thesis, black and white perceptions of beauty, both played a…

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    writing. So for what I have been taught, despite everything I have to work more on style. Then again, I adapted so much and I trust I can write much player then some time recently. I am certain that I am prepared to proceed onward for next level. Buckling down and setting my full exertion, I have accomplished how to bolster and create solid ideas through better writing…

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    After having completed my first semester at college I can honestly my attitudes and perspective on college itself have drastically changed. Not only have I learned how different my ideas on schooling and the physical work that accompanies said schooling, but I have been able to make many self-realizations about myself as well. I have been able to make numerous amounts of parallels to myself in high school that I thought would change or that I at least hoped to change for the better. For me, my…

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    quietly signaled him to my baby sister. “Prank her,” I mouthed to him while he checked to make sure I was safely buckled in, my sister was too busy hyperventilating to notice. “Are you sure this ride is safe?” My little sister asked my friend who was buckling us into the ride. He didn’t answer. “Are you sure my seat belt is tight enough?” She said a little bit louder. I knew the silence was beginning to make her nervous. After a few seconds the man turned to us and said, “No hablo inglés.” I…

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    Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853. He was born in Groot-Zundert, Holland. “He was named after his grandfather and stillborn brother who died a year earlier than Van Gogh’s birth” (Riter). He was the oldest child of Theodorus van Gogh, which was a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Community, and his mother was Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Gogh grew up in a very religious family, and his father was a very strict man. “His father was a quiet, dignified, ordinary man, from whom Gogh inherited…

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    The Health Belief Model

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    Health behaviours entail actions in which the individual seeks to predict, prevent or distinguish an illness (Stanislav & Sidney, 1966). Examples of health behaviours are actions such as dieting, taking medicines and quitting smoking. Past psychological enquiry has introduced numerous stage or phase models in which individuals alter their health behaviours. These theories have been implicated in understanding and providing a framework for the motivations that lead to health behaviour changes.…

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