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    Septic shock is responsible for the death of over 215‚000 people each year and is ranked in the top 10 most common causes of death worldwide (Shiramizo et al.‚ 2011). The annual hospital cost for the care of patients with sepsis in the United States has recently been estimated at $14 billion. Once the deadly cascade of sepsis starts it is difficult to stop. The mortality rate of septic shock can be as high as 50%. The best way to prevent death from sepsis is to detect it early and intervene. It

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    situations that every refugee faces as they flee their home and resettle. Both the universal refugee experience and Ha’s story involve being turned inside out by grief and discrimination‚ and back again by helpful people and opportunities for the future. Turning inside out is a part of the universal refugee experience that is caused partially by the refugee’s grief and by discrimination that they face in their new home. When refugees flee they leave behind everything they know and often miss what

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    I read the section about culture shock. According to Ferris and Stein “Peter Berger describes want kind of a person becomes a sociologist: someone with a passionate interest in the world of human affairs‚ someone who is intense‚ curious‚ and daring in the pursuit of knowledge.”(12) This area of the book helps us endure a sense of sociological perspective. When thrown into unfamiliar environments/cultures as humans‚ we tend to become uncomfortable but learn to adapt. It helps to just sit back

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    Cultural diversity and Cultural shock Variety of behavior found among the people within or far apart from the nation can be termed as cultural diversity. The way they live till the way they think varies‚ within the one from next culture. It can be seen within the community‚ where the people from around the world lives and the way of thinking varies from us. It is one of the great aspects of life too in which we can learn about other cultures and learn the way they see. It not only helps to learn

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    Shock‚ Offend and Sell The main goal of advertisement is to attract customers‚ therefore to sell a product. The methods that advertisers use to achieve this goal are not always pleasant and attractive; moreover the most popular and effective advertisement technique is shock advertisement. Hundreds of advertisements are everywhere around us‚ including in the media‚ which are designed to shock us by using religious‚ violent‚ morally offensive‚ sexual‚ vulgar and other controversial images. These

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    simple. His prospective future occupations only consisted of a few and were predetermined from birth. How simple is life when everything is already set in stone? From the age of twelve to seventeen‚ Carroll worked at a tannery and as a currier. Carroll’s job was associated with his father’s work‚ his father being a saddler and harness-maker. Only grinding the bark in the tannery‚ Carroll’s life was consistent and did not require much effort of having to plan out his future. Sadly‚ much has changed

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    happiness are all associated with the lottery in most cases. However‚ this is not the case in Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery”. Here‚ the characters in the story are not gambling for money‚ instead they are gambling for their life. A shock that surprises the reader as she unveils this horrifying tradition in the village on this beautiful summer day. This gamble for their life is a result of tradition‚ a tradition that is cruel and inhumane‚ yet upheld in this town. Shirley Jackson provides

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    is pertinent as the symbols‚ conflicts‚ and characters in the novel indicate that to be truly free‚one must have courage to face one’s fears. As a result‚ the symbols in the story show that being able to face one’s fears can give one hope for the future‚ the conflicts demonstrate that perseverance is required to get what one wants‚ and the characters show that being courageous can lead one out of dangerous consequences. It is clear that in the story‚ there are many hardships‚ but

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    today‚ Okrent’s predictions on the future of the print industry seem to be eerily accurate. However‚ a bit of wishful thinking seems to come through in his claims that “ . . . the words and pictures and ideas and images and notions and substance that we produce is what matters – and not the vessel they arrive in” (Okrent 580). Do the vessels matter? Can quality writing and accurate information find its way through the unfiltered sewage of unchecked claims‚ shock bloggers‚ and desperately aggressive

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    Last class‚ the professor let us see a picture. The picture tells us unlike America‚ Canada likes salad; different people can go into its culture and do not need to throw its own culture‚ like a melting pot. I think this metaphor is very vivid. In my eyes‚ Canadian is more friendly and more kind than American. When I get on the bus‚ I see various people from different countries. And they talk about something together‚ very happy and harmonious. If we bump somebody at school accidently‚ you will

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