Stayin' Alive

hope. These strengths fell in between one and six, total was 24, in my VIA Character report. As I go throughout my day I will display love to others, I always try to show gratitude, for all the good and bad things happen in my life. I do keep hope alive in my brain, dreaming of a better future for mankind. When I think about my day, its homework/study day, Wednesday October 5. I came into a problem in my Positive Psychology course, I thought about the question for minutes. Then I decided…

Of course not, he testified. I would never! Blur was silent while her dad leaned in as if he was afraid that the walls could not only hear, but they could read lips as well. Then, he spoke to her. Look, I don’t know squat about this stuff, he said with a little smile. I don’t know what’s right and what’s wrong, and you could be for all I know. What I do know is that you’re my daughter and it’s my job to stand by you and believe in you no matter what, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do.…

I’m sitting at the top of the tower, gazing down on the rest of the city. It seems to be about midnight, but I can see for miles with the light of the full moon. I lean over and let my legs dangle off the railing a little. The wind makes noises like thunder when it whips past my ears, but the sound of the heartbeat in my chest is too loud for me to really hear it. I take a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself, even though I know it won’t work. We had just left our house, when it…

“Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin ' alive, stayin ' alive,” is not only a popular disco song that almost everyone in America can sing but also a life saver measure in CPR. This song is a trick to know the right amount of compressions to do per minute to an unresponsive person. This trick is one of the many tricks a nurse remembers to do their job efficiently. While a nurse is working in a CPR situation, there are certain traits nurses need to handle this and other stressful situations. Under these…

¨It’s the (eye) of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight, risin up to the challenge of our rival." "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor is my theme song. I think this song represents some of the struggles that I have had to go through: in school, at home, and in my social life in the last couple of months. It reminds me that I need to keep going if I want to succeed and make something of myself in the future. “Eye of the Tiger” was written and performed by the American rock band Survivor. The song…

arrest is the sudden loss of blood flow from the heart’s spontaneous shut down (“Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”). Some people think of the fake dummies used in CPR classes or learning about it at swim lessons. Some people think of Bee Gee’s song “Stayin’ Alive”, but there’s a lot more to CPR than a resuscitation dummy and singing songs. Over the years, CPR has been examined and modified to produce greater results through the understanding of the body, the techniques used during CPR, and the…

The Disco Era and the Bee Gees The disco era in the United States began in the year 1975 and lasted for 5 years, until 1980. It was seen as an alternative to rock music and is characterized by the dancing rhythm and use of electronic instruments to create a somewhat repetitive sound. The name came from the European “discotheque”, a word known and used in the 1960s in Europe where clubs were devoted to dancing. In order to enter discotheques in the United States it was common for you to have to…

Competed on the First Episode Making it no different than on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon competed in the first episode of the stand-alone show. His opponent, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, performed Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” and the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive,” while Fallon performed Harry Belafonte’s “Jump in the Line” and Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.” Stay tuned for part two of our list of 15 facts you didn’t know about SpikeTV’s Lip Sync Battle, coming…

One of the most important things to learn when working with kids is cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known as CPR, is a technique used in emergencies where someone’s breathing or heartbeat has stopped. Some situations that require this is after someone has had a heart attack or a near drowning experience. Whether you are performing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation technique on a child or an adult, the series of events that make up the technique are quite…

Learn the Basics & Save a Life There are thousands of people who are not able to receive first aid or healing before emergency responders arrive. What would have happened if a bystander had the first aid or CPR training? Just performing CPR or first aid can triple the victim’s chance of survival. CPR and first aid, not just to me, but to many others, should be a mandatory lesson that people should be taught. If you learn the basics, you can save a life. CPR and first aid could be…