Disaster in Franklin County Jennifer Wadsworth Western Governors University Disaster in Franklin County Role of Major Public Health Personnel The roles of major public health personnel must be delegated properly in a disaster situation in order to facilitate effective action. In the incident presented‚ a chain of command was established and assignments given to the appropriate personnel based on their skills and experience. As a whole‚ this group reports to the Incident Commander‚ an individual
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Even so the first winter was the first big test – half of the group has died from exposure‚ cold‚ tuberculosis and malnutrition – the Puritans survived primarily because of the help from the neighboring Natives. They taught them how to hunt animals‚ cultivate corn and gave them their furs. They regarded the Puritans as helpless children.31) In 1629‚ a group of Puritans was given a grant for land from the Council of New England. They were merchants and eager to leave England behind in order to establish
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The Puritans and the Pilgrims both migrated to North America to escape religious persecution due to their views about the Church of England. They created very little literature because writing was viewed as satanic in both cultures. All that was written in Puritan New England were works to glorify God and record journeys for historical purposes. The most famous poets of this period include Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor. William Bradford‚ the governor of the Plymouth Colony‚ kept a journal of
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that we covered was the Colonial unit. We learned about Virginia‚ Plymouth‚ MBC‚ Salem‚ and Pennsylvania colonies. There were various groups like Puritans and Quakers. Puritanism was a broad topic. They believed in the five points of Calvinism; Original Sin‚ Predestination‚ Irresistible Grace‚ Limited Atonement‚ and Perseverance of Saints (Patterson). Puritans believed in a covenant of grace‚ rather than works‚ to be destined to heaven. Quakers were pacifists and they allowed religious freedom ("Quakers
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The Puritans and their choices and believes governed and organized the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was a settlement that was put in place in 1630‚ and formed a group of refugees from England. They functioned just like any other colony at the time would. They had politics and religion that were at the center of their every day lives. Their government‚ however definitely leaned more towards theocratic‚ picking political leaders directly out of church. The Puritans believed that God had created a
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Puritans‚ the people upon a hill of Christian faith‚ were known for their strict religious regimen‚ and thus often perceived as monotonous. Likewise‚ in Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ the author expresses his accusatory and judgmental view of the Puritan community mostly through the usage of selective detail‚ dismal and contemptuous diction; as well‚ he expresses his view of the Puritan community through his grim and suspenseful tone. By using details selectively‚ Hawthorne promotes his judgmental
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think that the majority of U.S. advertising looks like a walk through Times Square. However‚ much of today’s advertising is the complete opposite. When we look at modern advertising‚ we see simple ads‚ influenced by the writing style of the Puritans. Puritan plain style writing is evident in today’s advertising because advertisers use short words‚ direct statements and everyday‚ ordinary objects to promote the sales of their product or service. Short words are simple‚ yet have much power when used
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were the Puritans and the Quakers. Both groups wanted to change and hopefully enhance their lives forever. Although the Puritans‚ the Quakers‚ and their colonies have several similarities‚ these groups are more different than they are similar. Throughout the seventeenth century in Britain‚ there were many religious restrictions that kept people from freely practicing their preferred religion. Everyone in Britain had to follow the practices of the Church of England‚ and if
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The Puritan dilemma is a constant struggle inside one’s self to follow through with the demands of the bible. John Winthrop throughout this monograph deals with many different types of situations in his life that challenges a Puritan. First John Winthrop must decipher if traveling to America is a mere ploy for him to rum away from the corruption of the church of England and the English government that he had recently came in contact with‚ or whether‚ the trip offers a chance to be an example to
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When the Puritans set sail for the Americas they were looking to reform the Church of England from within and to reform ideas of the government. The Puritans major goal in leaving from England was to create a Christian utopia that thrived economically‚ politically and socially. Economically the Puritans believed that it was sinful to have excess‚ therefore they worked within their means and looked down upon materialism. Politically the Puritans had small towns that had a limited democracy and
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