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    Disability will be used. In addition‚ Disability and Representation written by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson‚ who is a specialist in disability studies‚ will be used to both agree and argue points involving the disabled. Finally‚ a TED talk discussing prosthetic legs‚ given by Aimee Mullins‚ who is a leg amputee as well as a former Paralympic athlete will be used to state her self-imposed views. Through comparing and contrasting along with analyzing these authors uses of rhetorical appeals‚ including pathos

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    compete against other disabled athletes which allows for them to compete on a level playing field and also create more fair competition for the athletes. The other initiative is for prosthetic limbs to be created for Oscar Pistorius and other disable athletes which replicate actual limbs. This creation of the prosthetic limbs allows people such as Oscar Pistorius to be able to compete alongside Olympic athletes should they be able to actually qualify and compete‚ even though there remains to be controversy

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    Medical Issues of WWI During World War I‚ there were many issues that surrounded the health of troops. The lack of medical advancement and the knowledge of it‚ then the struggle of keeping ones self-healthy throughout combat were key points to survival. During World War I in less than a year‚ American troops suffered more than 318‚000 injuries 120‚000 were counted as casualties. The front line soldiers are always at the highest risk in any war. With World War I though‚ trench warfare was a dangerous

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    This paper will present and discuss Jean Watson nursing theorist and her renowned Watsons Theory of Caring. The key concepts will be described as how it relates to the nurse patient relationship. The carative factors of health‚ person‚ nursing and environment will be discussed in its relation to the theory. Jean Watson is a living legend to nursing and is still practicing her” caritas” and continues to speak to audiences in the US as well as worldwide. Jean Watson was born in West Virginia US

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    leg)‚ Hazara‚ compassionate‚ young (between 14 – 16) | Conflict | Wants approval from Baba. Jealous of father’s attention towards Hassan. | Doesn’t know where to find the bus to Jalalabad. Difficulty to escape with her mother’s asthma and her prosthetic leg. They’re two women in a male world. | How is Ahmedi’s conflict similar

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    The Vietnam War As seen in Hearts and Minds The documentary film‚ Hearts and Minds‚ by Peter Davis; illustrates the brutal nature and different perspectives of the people involved in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is considered as one of the longest and horrific wars in American history. American soldiers involved in the War have diverse reactions of their experiences and encounters during the war. The Vietnamese believed that‚ “Americans were evil and the Vietnamese simply were fighting merely

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    Protein Essay- Erin Keegan What are proteins? A polypeptide is a chain of monomers joined up to make a polymer. Proteins are organic polypeptides made up of a chain of amino acid residues- they’re residues because they lose a water molecule. The amino acids (monomers) join up by forming peptide bonds. When two amino acids join together‚ they become a dipeptide. This happens when the carboxyl group of an amino acid and the amino group of another amino acid link up through a condensation reaction (which

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    doctors didn’t understand when‚ Judy Robles‚ age 16‚ gave birth to a baby boy who was missing his right leg. Doctors could not explain what went wrong or why he was missing a leg‚ all the way up to the hip with no stump to attach a prosthetic limb. Doctors work on a prosthetic leg that would help Anthony but‚ he would rather just deal with how was he was born because as his mother always told him growing up that "God made him this way for a reason" and she made sure that no matter what he would believe

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    The style of the film can be debated and compared with the style of the original Planet of the Apes (1968)‚ directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Matt Reeves decided to focus more on the apes being the central part of the story. “The organic scope of the digitized character creation is breathtaking‚ using the technology to tell the story from the point of view of the apes‚ who remain the primary focus of the narrative.”(Kermode‚ 2014) Mark Kermode even goes on to say‚ “From its origins… to this state-of-the

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    Stage makeup is thicker and a lot harder to take off. It is formulated to stay on longer than cosmetic makeup and also be used with glues‚ prosthetics‚ sweating and minor rubbing. Under the strong lights on stage‚ the actors features will look washed out and their skin will appear a lot paler than it actually is. To solve this problem‚ their makeup is exaggerated and a lot bolder than it would need to be in an everyday situation. It’s hard to take off and requires many products to do so. The audience

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