Silver bullet

Until I met Brandy, all I wanted was for somebody to ask me what happened to my face. “Birds ate it,” I wanted to tell them. Birds ate my face. But nobody wanted to know. Then nobody doesn’t include Brandy Alexander. Just don’t think this was a big coincidence. We had to meet, Brandy and me. We had so many things in common. We had close to everything in common. Besides, it happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. Most women know this…

gaggle of civilians, but the brigade of officers chased and beat them with nightsticks. I covered my eyes at chaos ensued. Azazel kept my head burrowed into him. A group of women squealed while others stood in unflinching solidarity as they took bullets to their heads as a symbol of protest. I caught a familiar set of eyes staring at me from beneath a hood. They were that of a woman, but I could not place where I had seen her before. We were the last to reach the castle and drifted closer to…

Research Paper I learned a lot throughout this course, and I also came to realize that every event in history is important. Each event leads to another event creating a big chain reaction. But I do believe that some events are more important and make a bigger impact on the world and change it forever. Events such as, The Renaissance, The Industrial Revolution, The Boston Tea Party, The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and creation of The Treaty of Versailles. There is no…

components into surrounding tissue (121). Key players that help mediate necrosis include ROS, Calcium ions, poly-ADP-ribose-polymerase (PARP), and lysosomal proteases (888). PARP is an enzyme that is responsible for repairing DNA damage, such as strand breaks. Cells that have undergone a traumatic cellular insult typically have damaged DNA. PARP will deplete cellular ATP in an attempt to repair the massive damage to DNA. Several proteases are activated by increased cellular calcium ion…

MCS 546, Systematic Theology, The Cross of Christ Summary There are many fascinating and valuable points that Stott makes in his book, The Cross of Christ, and each and every one of them pierced the inner workings of my heart and my soul like a bullet. Primarily, because I never looked at the realities of the theme of this book as Stott has stated them. However, main points throughout the book is propitiation, salvation, redemption, justification, dereliction, revelation, self-determination…

35/10 In Sharon Old’s poem “35/10”, Old’s contrast the characteristics of an older woman and her youthful daughter. “Olds’s poetry is known for its accessible and direct free verse style.” (poetryfoundation.org) This poem is no different; it is composed of one stanza in free verse style. The title 35/10 is a simple symbol of one thing that is greater in size or amount than another. In this case an assumption can be made that this is the age of the mother and daughter. The older woman in the…

Cancer is one of the most deadly disease next to heart disease. Without the proper equipment, many breast cancer could go undiagnosed and overlooked. Nancy McIlhenney was diagnosed with breast cancer ( Invasive lobular carcinoma) back in November 2015, when she noticed a large lump within her breast. When she went to the doctors, they said that the lump she was feeling was fatty tissue but the cancer itself was hidden behind it. Granted that it might be caused by environmental due to radiation…

Consequences of the previous missteps are felt within the company and the leadership must respond. Instead of responding by returning to discipline and focus, companies most often seek out a quick fix. This stage is marked by (1) a series of silver bullets creating inconsistency, (2) grasping for a leader-as-savior, (3) panic and haste, (4) radical change and revolution with fanfare, (5) hype precedes results, (6) initial upswing followed by disappointment, (7) confusion and cynicism, (8)…

“This is an enchanting evening!” Liam said, basking in the moonlight. “Such splendor is unrivaled anywhere in the world! I learned an enormous amount about the arc of human history today from the edifying sights in Greece. However, I wonder if our collective consciousness and humanity in this era has evolved much since the ancient times or whether we have gone even further backward. The striking remnants of the Parthenon’s frieze with ordinary people alongside the Gods expressed such a…

There are very few aspects of life that humans can generally agree are both necessary to survival and enjoyable to do. For example, wearing a seatbelt, while having the ability to save one’s life in the event of an automobile accident, is rarely ever looked forward to; wearing a lifejacket would surely save one from drowning, yet it is unanimously the least favorite part of anyone’s canoeing trip. Consequently, when a common commodity of life meets both of the criteria, it is sensibly a…