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A Day of Unplugging from the Digital World I accepted the bold challenge of unplugging myself from the usage of any electronic devices over a time span of 24 hours during the last Saturday of April. Initially, I was hesitated to conduct the study as I have become progressively more reliant on technology for its great efficiency and convenience brought to my life. Therefore, I chose the option of 1992 in which telephone and cable TV still within the option of entertainment to increase my chance…

Making Life a Little Extra One Stick at a Time Often times people find themselves going home after a long day of school or work and relaxing on the couch, turning on the television to our favorite show. In the United States, Americans watch an average of five hours of television a day. In the average hour of television there are around fifteen and a half minutes of commercials and advertisements, which mean an American watches about an hour and a half of commercials everyday (Flint). The…

Watching TV Makes You Smarter Thesis: “I believe that the Sleeper Curve is the single most important new force altering the mental development of young people today, and I believe it is largely a force for good: enhancing our cognitive faculties, not dumbing them down.” Thinking Outside the Idiot Box Thesis: “In other words, if I understand correctly, watching TV teaches you to watch more TV—a truth already grasped by the makers of children's programming like Teletubbies, which is essentially…

The Generation of TV Influenced Doctors Over the years, TV shows have become an outlet for many people across the country, but what some people don't realize is that during the process of watching these, shows you are actually learning too. Take the show Grey's Anatomy for example, which is an inspiring and educational show on the uprise. Medical TV shows across America have increased awareness for different medical problems and influenced a new generation of doctors. One of the major pros of…

Personal Electronic Devices are a blessing and a curse to society. Some people believe that Personal Electronic Devices will spell the downfall of humanity as we know it and while I don’t personally agree with that statement I can see where people would come to that conclusion from. Personal electronic devices are more addicted to people in today’s society than any other addiction in human history. No other time in history has there been one sole thing that near every human has and uses…

for computer engineers from the start was deciding how to transfer data through the computer. The first computer, the ENIAC, required 18,000 vacuum tubes to do so, and weighed about 20 tons. Because of its huge size, its power consumption was 150,000 watts (Piguet). Evidently, size and power consumption were major issues from the start. Vacuum tubes were a continuous source of difficulty due to expenses, and the fact that they were constantly burning out. Eventually, the invention of…

What have I not learned in this class? Can I say a kick to the mouth and a blow to the brain is all I can say about this class? New terminology was something I grasp that I did not about the terminology with its definitions. In the moodule discussions, I knew bits and facts about things but never in depth to all the subjects that were discussed in class. Now, that the course is coming to an end, I take a stand back and say wow, how ignorant was I not to know much about the LBGT community.…

one of the fallopian tubes joins with a sperm, becomes fertilized, then travels to the uterus where it grows for the remainder of the pregnancy. However, there are times where the fertilized egg does not make it to the uterus to grow and instead it begins to grow elsewhere, this is called an Ectopic Pregnancy. Ectopic Pregnancy basically means “an out-of-place pregnancy”. About 1-2% of pregnancies are ectopic. In most cases (97%) Ectopic pregnancy occurs in the fallopian tube, this can also be…

During this clinical rotation, we had an opportunity to go to the different Creabrook locations and be able to observe not only clients but also Clearbrook healthcare providers and their role in providing care to Clearbrook clients. Our first stop was at the Commons, were we had to meet with doctor K. for psychiatry rounds. Unfortunately, doctor was not able to make it, but we did have a change to observe a little bit of a meeting between other nurses and social workers, where they shared a…

June space out briefly, thinking about her previous sexual act with the homeless man. "Jamie spoken out more loudly. "June, are you alright?" June snap back into focus. "A...what?" Jamie repeat himself. "I said, do you want to help Mike out or not?" June clear her throat and respond. "Well, since Mike is not our enemy. I guess it's okay to help him out." She turn her head away, plotting something mischievous. "Guys, I'm still not feeling well. Is it alright if I use the restroom for a minute?"…