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If you have ever read one of those articles on when a patient first finds out they have cancer, you immediately ponder to their reaction. I think about how their heart drops deep into their stomach, how the shock makes their facial expression as dull as a back of a butter knife and I think about how there are over 2 million thoughts running through their minds right then. I thought about how scared I would be to lose all my golden blonde locks of hair, how sickening I would look being as pale as…

Would you like to live somewhere, where nobody is ever starving or homeless? Well that place exists, it is called the"community",where brilliant Jonas lives. You get supplied with food and a house at a certain age, but all houses and meals are the same for everybody. I still support this "community" because you will never make the wrong decision. I support this community because no one is ever starving, homeless, or making the wrong decisions. Others believe this is bad, but it is not at…

subconsciously makes face based assumptions. For example, when people see an unfamiliar African American face they are more likely to show a negative bias based on the color of their skin. As an experiment, ABC did a television show called “What Would You Do” that was showed to prove that African Americans received less medical…

Countless people cringe when a do-it-yourself project is mentioned, especially when it is a home renovation project. Images of spewing plumbing, paint splattered on carpet, and tile that is slightly askew are conjured up in the minds of these fearful people, but repairing and updating a home is worth all of the trouble. Several people stress out when a renovation needs done, and having done it themselves and over with can be a relief. Others simply long for projects to be done or crave a change…

Do you have a leaky basement? Leaky basements are a sign that you have water problems. Water-related issues, such as standing water or pooling water around your home, can eventually damage your foundation and promote mold growth. When the water pressure rises, so does the risk of basement leaks. The soil around your basement becomes saturated after heavy rainfalls, causing stress to your basement walls. This increased pressure causes the basement walls to bow, lean or crack. Without proper…

1.How do you define schizophrenia? Schizophrenia can be defined as a neurological illness that involves a series of intense psychotic outbreaks, usually occurring during the period of adolescence. It does not characterize an individual with a split personality, but rather focuses on frustration between reality and make belief. There are a number of negative symptoms that are associated with this disease that John mentioned in lecture. The signs of schizophrenia development included, depression,…

In the article “Do You Speak American?” Robert MacNeil reminds us of one of the many reasons the United States is so linguistically diverse. He gives various examples of how American English has evolved throughout time. The analysis of the American language is meant for people who read the magazine, U.S.A. Today, but it also applies to a secondary audience, which are American English speakers. The author uses multicultural dialect to help explain forms of regional linguistics, rhetorical…

Specifically, while my initiative is strong and I am very tenacious, our exercise in class involving placing ourselves on the tenacity scale, made me realize that I can always do more. This is especially true considereing my chosen career path of law. One of my favorite quotes of the book is, "always ask, "what are you trying to do?"". While this may seem rather obvious, I wrote it in my notes…

normal individuals that are put in situations that they can not do anything about but do what they were told. Watson is revealing a story of an Iraq war veteran named Daniel Somers who committed suicide after fighting posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “ Somers’ suicide note is a powerful indictment of the invasion of Iraq and how it ruined the lives of both countless millions of Iraqis as well as innumerable US troops sent in to do the dirty work of the military-industrial complex.”…

The chapter entitled “Do You Want to Live for Ever?” in the book The Last Days of Innocence by Meirion and Susie Harries recounts the events of a particular battle during World War I that had a significant impact on how the rest of the countries fighting in the war— both the Allies and the Central Powers— viewed America. Using the anecdote of the battle in Belleau Wood to explain why the world’s evaluation of America’s abilities changed is a strategy that both draws the reader into the story and…