Heart disease can cause chest pain‚ heart attacks‚ heart failure‚ and arrhythmia. Cigarette smoking is related to heart disease because it raises triglycerides‚ damage cells that line the blood vessels‚ and its makes blood clot more often which can block blood flow to the brain and heart. Smoking cigarettes does not only affect the user but also people around them. The smoke the user exhales can be very harmful to others. CDC stated that “Secondhand smoke causes nearly 34‚000 early deaths from coronary
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How progressivism is related to curriculum? Progressivism is based largely on the belief that lessons must be relevant to the students in order for them to learn. The curriculum of a progressive school is built around the personal experiences‚ interests‚ and needs of the students. No preference is shown for curriculum materials. A progressive teacher does not rely solely upon textbooks. When he uses a textbook‚ it is usually in a selective way. He does not feel compelled to cover it all. The
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NOVA: How the Brain Works The description pretty much describes this video well. In essence‚ it’s a look into the complexity of the human brain. Trying to understand how we perceived the world around us and showing some of the experiments that try to explain how the process works. If you want to spend an hour with quirky but interesting approach to the topics of how illusions work‚ how our brains are affected by electro-magnetic impulses and what is the current status of artificial intelligence
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Over time‚ there seems to have been a progressive convergence of mental illness and violence in day-to-day clinical practice. From early declarations disavowing the competence of mental health professionals to predict violence‚ there has been a growing willingness on the part of many mental health professionals to predict and manage violent behaviour. With the advent of actuarial risk assessment tools‚ violence risk assessments are increasingly promoted as core mental health skills: expected of mental
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Frankenstein and Blade Runner – Practise Essay In what ways is your appreciation of both texts enhanced by a comparative study of ambition in Frankenstein and Blade Runner? Despite the contextual disparity‚ both Mary Shelley’s nineteenth century novel “Frankenstein” and Ridley Scott’s 1982 post-world film “Blade Runner” reflect parallel values associated with the dangers of ambition. Specifically‚ both texts highlight the consequences of man’s lack of morality and humanity due to their blind ambitions
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retired auto worker who had a terrible predisposition about the Asian‚ Latino and Blacks in his neighbourhood. All this changes when he forms an unexpected friendship with his Hmong neighbours. After I had finished watching this movie‚ I was amazed how the character Walt changes and through I felt as if had given a clear insight into modern day racism in America and it’s all because of strong‚ sense of nationalism people like Walt still has in their life. It’s hard to scrutinize Walt because majority
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Meaning: The word Shinto was adopted from the written Chinese (神道‚ pinyin: shén dào)‚ combining two words: "shin" (神?)‚ meaning "spirit"”gods” or kami; and "tō" (道?)‚ meaning a philosophical path or study This is about “ the study of Kami”‚ what is KAMI? Kami are defined in English as "spirits"‚ "essences" or "deities"‚ there are many ways to understanding this; in some cases being human-like‚ can be animals‚ and more abstract nature power in the world (mountains‚ rivers‚ lightning‚ wind‚ waves
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excused themselves because of Tom’s mistress who kept calling and interrupting evening. While Tom and Daisy left the room Jordan’s character in the film played her role wonderfully in that scene because her tone of voice and expression go very well with how Fitzgerald describes her in the novel. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was incredibly transformed into a modern day film directed by Ban Luhrmann who did a fantastic job with recreating every single important setting and character
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less than what had actually taken place. Any European confrontation is probably delayed until the early or mid 40’s...if at all. In the USA‚ black people suffer the same problems seen by the Jews of the Third Reich. Hitler’s emphasis on how he wanted space for growth is reduced because the US has a ton of room in the west and the US has not lost territories that the public feels a need to reclaim. However‚ the economic situation is poor and nothing puts people to work like making war material
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Question: What are the biblical images in ’Blade Runner’ and how do they relate to the themes of the film? Is Deckard playing God? The movie‚ Blade runner‚ directed by Ridley Scott and produced by Michael Deeley‚ is strongly reflected on the bible and poetry by William Blake. The themes are so strong you’d think it is the bible itself. Deckard does not play God; however‚ he is represented as a biblical image. When we think of God‚ we think of greatness‚ domination and creator of the world
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