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    Cross Contamination

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    Cross-contamination from endoscopes to patients are a noted problem throughout endoscopy units across the country. The media has reported exposure to harmful bacteria and viruses following endoscopic procedures from inadequately cleaned scopes‚ the efficacy of high level disinfectants used in reprocessors and the design of the scopes. Legislatures are now questioning the types of infection control programs within endoscopy units and whether qualified personnel are being hired as endoscope technicians

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    on the edge of hell for those who are not saved even though they did not sin” (University of Texas). In Limbo‚ there is a castle with seven gates which symbolize the seven virtues (historylists.org). This castle houses the great poets Homer‚ Horace‚ Ovid‚ and Lucan; it also houses great philosophers such as Aristotle‚ Socrates‚ Plato‚ Heraclitus‚ Orpheus‚ and Euclid. Dante uses the allusion of Aristotle as “[a] man with honor and respect” (http://apliterature-sasd.wikispaces.com). The second circle

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    Even though they follow the same plot in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are other events added to make the story into a play and more interesting. From this information we can draw that Shakespeare used the story first told by Ovid to develop The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. “Also love can always find a way” (Hamilton‚ 488). This quote could not be any more true for the fate of the star crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Pyramus and Thisbe. Both couples are in unfortunate

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    Dante faints. While the horrific storm continues to manifest‚ but Virgil carries Dante to the first circle of Hell. As the story continues into the next chapter‚ Cantos 4‚ the audience learns about the first layer of Hell. A loud clap of thunder woke Dante from unconsciousness. After he woke up‚ he realized he was on the other side of the river. As he looked down below him‚ he noticed that there was a deep valley that stretched in front of him; this was the first circle of Hell‚ known as Limbo.

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    Dion Mitchell Research paper Love vs. Lust The most prominent reason for examining Venus and Adonis in its historical context is that conceptions regarding love--and lust--in Elizabethan times were vastly different from those in modern times. As Russ McDonald notes in his Bedford Companion to Shakespeare‚ marriage frequently had little‚ if anything‚ to do with the degree of love shared by the partners in question. Especially among upper class families‚ who possessed capital and estates that

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    1. Every Trip is a Quest (except when it’s not): a. A quester b. A place to go c. A stated reason to go there d. Challenges and trials e. The real reason to go—always self-knowledge 2. Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion a. Whenever people eat or drink together‚ it’s communion b. Not usually religious c. An act of sharing and peace d. A failed meal carries negative connotations 3. Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires a. Literal Vampirism: Nasty old man‚ attractive but evil‚ violates

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    Apollo Resources: www.personal.psu.edu/djk189/apollo.htm www.theoi.com/olympians/apollon.html www.igreekmythology.com/apollo.html www.men-myths-minds.com/apollo-greek-god.html http://mythagora.com/bios/hera.html http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/papers/fittoncassandra/cass2.html http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Apollo.htm http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/apollo.html http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/mythology/phaeton.html Apollo‚ the Greek god of

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    the speeches." (Hillary Clinton‚ March 2008) * "I had a teacher I liked who used to say good fiction’s job was to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." (David Foster Wallace) * "I flee who chases me‚ and chase who flees me." (Ovid) * Euphemism The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. * Dan Foreman: Guys‚ I feel very terrible about what I’m about to say. But I’m afraid you’re both being let go. Lou: Let go? What does that mean

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    The fundamentals aspects that shaped the great mind of Plato The importance of understanding concepts and analyzing the true meaning of words capture the human mind to develop philosophical thinking‚ so men can determine what they know about the world. A particularly exciting aspect of the human mind has always been intrigued in understanding reality‚ and Plato was fascinated with the abstract and theoretical principles of what constitutes reality. To Plato‚ ideas or conceptual forms were essential

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    a muse of sacred song‚ a muse of lyric poetry‚ and Erato‚ a muse of love poetry and passion (Marks 34). Erato‚ whose name translates into passionate is known as the "awakener of desire" (35)‚ and most closely resembles Ellen Olenska. The poet Hesiod wrote‚ "the muse ’s spirit is free from care and for though men has sorrow and grief in his soul‚ when the Muses sing‚ at once he forgets his dark thoughts and remembers not his troubles (34). This explains Archer ’s state of mind whenever he is

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