beer bottles behind their left shoulders: alcohol stains spell out initials of people they used to love and the name of that casino down the road. This is how mornings begin in the city: knee‚ shoulder‚ and right knuckle skinned in half-hearted fights; fingertips hypothermic blue‚ just for show. The alleyways are filled with tired eyes and clusters of folded yellow flowers in unfeeling hands. Glass shatters like ocean waves‚ like my mind when time stopped ticking forward. We set our watches back by an
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In researching about mental health for a project‚ I stumbled upon an article in the Atlantic called "Shock and Disbelief." In writer Daniel Smith’s article‚ he argues that the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the complete opposite of the Hollywoodized image of electroshock therapy and instead is a very safe and proven effective way of treating mental illnesses. His purpose is to destigmatize ECT and promote a positive outlook on receiving treatment for mental illnesses. He adopts an educated tone
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When a person goes into shock‚ their entire cardiovascular system is shutting down. The body first recognizes that it is going into shock and it begins to pull blood and fluid away from the nonessential organs such as the muscles and skin in order to keep blood circulating to the important organs such as the brain‚ heart‚ and lungs. If shock goes untreated the blood flow will continue to decrease until it completely stops. There are many different types of shock that happen for different reasons
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Intercultural communication What is culture? Culture is a shared system of symbols‚ values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes‚ expectations and norms of behaviour. The definition of culture therefore assumes a coherent group of people‚ that they share common basic values. People of shared culture are seen as having common understandings among members. Culture shapes experience and communication. It determines how people perceive the world and how they communicate and relate with others It is important
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public has been going on for many‚ many years. Over the years the supply chain for buying and selling equity stock has changed with innovations in technology. Today‚ the old brick and mortar environment of equity trading is being replaced by virtual trading through websites like Ameritrade‚ E-Trade‚ and Trade Station. Brick and MortarWhen a privately held company needs money to expand their business‚ quite often they choose to sell part of the company through a public stock offering. To facilitate
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lifestyle sparked various different views; those that look up to them‚ and those that look down upon them. Jack Kerouac plays a major role in this time period pertaining to this lifestyle‚ authoring many works about it‚ one being On the Road. He uses the characters in this story to depict the diverse views on the Beatniks. This strong interpretation used throughout the novel sets the stage for many other authors writing on behalf of the Beat Generation. The characters he uses in this novel are the representation
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ and "The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin presents two women‚ Louise and Charlotte‚ who tries to overcome their controlling husbands to achieve individual freedom. The stories were both feminist. Webster’s dictionary defines feminism as the belief that women should have economic‚ political‚ and social equality with men. In these two stories‚ the women fight for social equality with men as they struggle to have the freedom to do what they want.
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and his security. He was permitted to inter the Mayo Clinic in November of 1960‚ where he actually was treated by electroconvulsive therapy for several times‚ and he was released in January 1961. It can be said unhappy side special impact of shock therapy is the damage of memory‚ and for Hemingway it was a terrible loss. Deprived of his memory he could no extensive inscribe‚ could no longer remember the realities and pictures he need to form his skill. Inscription‚ that had previously
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Question: To what extend would you agree with this description of the Silk Road (Internet of Antiquity) and his (Yo-Yo Ma) comparison of it to the Internet of our world today? A comparison of the Silk Road and the Modern Internet surprisingly reveals that these two systems share their own similarities and differences. From analyzing both systems‚ it came up that the modern internet could be a repeat of what happened in the Silk Road‚ although in a more advances and modernized way! Now‚ although these
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Shock! Naked man in advertisement The first time I read Bordo’ s essay‚ Beauty (Re) discovers the Male Body‚ I was shocked by what she wrote‚ because I had never read any articles like this. It was explicitly telling about naked or near-naked models in advertisement‚ nude women attracted men and also nude men attracted women‚ and these kinds of ads influenced people’s view on what a real man was exactly. There were few books mentioned naked men or women‚ but never in specific detail. I felt really
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