Medicare Part D Drug Plan was created by Congress in 2003 to aid the elderly‚ disabled‚ and sick persons in affording their medication. Coverage for the drug plan went into affect January 1‚ 2006. This plan was called the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Cassel‚ 2005). The final bill that passed‚ was influenced by drug-company and health insurance lobbyists and focused mainly on the needs of those industries instead of the seniors it was meant to serve
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“It was no decision‚ no chain of ideas or reasons‚ that steered me into the war. It was an intellectual and physical stand-off‚ and I did not have the energy to see it to an end”(O’Brien 22). This nearly sums up Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone‚ Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. In O’Brien’s autobiographical novel of his grueling tour and duty during the Vietnam War‚ we constantly see him struggle with his moral and ethical beliefs while participating in a war he believes is unjust‚ clearly becoming
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Summary A&D High Tech is a US medium size company that started to operate in the business of computer systems products and services in 1988. Due to fierce competition and decreasing profit margins‚ the company founder and CEO was seeking other growth opportunities by adopting two new strategies‚ namely: * Increasing sales nationally * Utilizing modern technology to increase operational efficiency The company online store was the answer that would enable A&D High Tech to realize
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The film “Get Rich or Die Tryin” tells about the life of 50 Cent one of Americas most popular and successful Hip-Hop stars. The Drama is directed by Jim Sheridan who was nominated six times for the Oscar before. Marcus (50 Cent) grew up in a tough New York neighborhood and was left alone after his mother was murdered when he was a kid. Marcus fell in with a crime boss and he had the opportunity to have a good live by selling drugs for him. As time goes by‚ Marcus has misgivings about his life as
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Hamlet: Finding Courage to Die In William Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" we see a young man paralyzed with grief over his father. So much so that he is believed to have gone mad. Hamlet is such a complex character that one must look deeply to find what drives him. Did he really have the courage to kill the king or was it madness? Hamlet’s character will be illuminated by explaining both soliloquies and finally Hamlet himself. "To be‚ or not to be‚ that is the question‚" (Beaty‚ 1348) is one of the
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Cancer Introduction Attention Getter: More than ½ million people are expected to die of cancer this year. That’s more than 1‚500 a day. An average of ½ of men and 1/3 of women will develop cancer. Purpose: To inform my audience about cancer. Importance to Audience: Cancer can affect anyone‚ so you can gain something from this speech by being informed about cancer‚ and how to prevent it. Thesis Statement: Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. Preview: I will discuss
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Story of an Hour: Independence to Die For Imagine a life where you are forced to live a certain way‚ without the opportunity to make your own decisions‚ having to live up to certain expectations‚ and living a life of oppression; this is exactly how Louise Mallard lives. Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour shows us how freedom is just a forbidden fruit‚ which Louise dares not to eat as long as her husband is alive and well. As we read through the story we see the emergence of independence as the
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Racism had always been a problem in certain parts of the United States around the 1930s‚ but that sparked many movements‚ one especially was the Harlem Renaissance. In the poem “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay uses key phrases to show how colored people are being treated during the time of the Harlem Renaissance and how they should be able to overcome the racism and violence because he himself was colored and experienced some of the racism himself and was able to stand strong against it. One of the
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I plugged my Beats headphones into my laptop and streamed A$AP Rocky’s‚ “L$D‚” on Spotify. The song begins with a series of notes played on what seems to be a guitar. Right away it creates a hazy and mellow mood. The three notes are repeated on a slow tempo‚ slowing down the ambience that the song creates. These three repeated notes are panned mainly on the right side. This unevenness disorientates the song‚ unbalancing the mood‚ the notes have not yet kicked in and taken over both ears. With the
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Generals Die In Bed Chapter by Chapter Chapter One • Montreal‚ Quebec – Setting • Dilapidated‚ squalid red brick houses • Heavy odour of stale booze and women is in the air • Sleeping in a barn-like bunk room • “The room is fouled with the odours of dissipation.” • They are all recruits waiting to go to the war • “Men are hauled out of there bunks and strapped into their equipment.” • Main character is only 18 • The people of the city celebrate the
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