What if your biggest achievement was swimming a mile in antarctic water. Lynne cox the author of this story faces challenges through preparation‚ work ethic and determination. Lynne cox swam a mile in the frigid antarctic water. Lynne cox was the author of swimming to antarctica. She wrote this story too show that she swam a mile in the antarctic water. She was proud of herself after she did the swim and wrote the story. Lynne practiced for her swim for days and didn’t give up on practicing. She
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essay will critically evaluate the management of Mr. Cox during his 30 day stay as a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ITU). Description A pseudonym has been used to protect the identity of the patient in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2002). Past medical history Alcohol abuse (1 bottle of whisky and approximately 10 cans beer per day); Liver failure; Cardiomyopathy; Heavy smoker (23-30 cigarettes a day). Mr Cox a 61 year old gentleman was admitted to hospital following
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Branks”; here the machine called a pillory is mentioned. Cox identified the pillory as “an upright board hinged or divided in half” and he further acknowledged that it was used for treason‚ sedition‚ arson‚ blasphemy‚ witchcraft‚ perjury‚ wife beating‚ cheating‚ drunkenness‚ and more (par.24‚ par.26). These crimes‚ all of which were not related to religious beliefs and laws‚ were punishable by the pillory‚ a type of public shaming. These words by Cox reinforced that while many crimes were relative to religion
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and it is a sweettasted sugar alcohol with lowcalorie found in fruits. This artificial sweetener is often used in food‚ cosmetics and medicines manufacturer. Additionally‚ this sugar substituted is most of the time found in drugs as a laxative (Renee‚ 2014). In other words‚ it helps people relaxing and loosening as well as treating constipation. In 1978‚ the Food and Drugs Administrations (FDA) approved that sorbitol helps to draw water from the body tissues area into the colon in order to soften the stool and as a result
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Cox seems to believe that without air conditioning everyone would be happier‚ come closer together‚ and move slower. He might be right‚ but to some extent. Without air conditioning‚ many problems would arise in our comfortably cool country. Like Cox said‚ without AC businesses and schools might have to close for days‚ weeks‚ or even months at a time. While this might mean that people would have more time off to spend with their families and friends‚ it also means that those people are not making
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grandmother‚ Annie Henderson. This was the time during the Great Depression and World War 2 and she suffered financially. “In Stamps‚ the segregation was to complete that most black children didn’t really‚ absolutely know what whites looked like.” (Cox 12). Maya explains when she later visited Stamps as an adult she couldn’t bring herself to walk in the white
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PHASE 3‚ PART 1 A) Restatement of problem The problem stated in the Action Research Project was that 66% of third grade students lack the ability to draw conclusions and make inferences to answer comprehension questions correctly. This was evident by the state reading test scores‚ specifically the inference test given by their teacher. This indicated a need for increased student achievement in making inferences and drawing conclusions. Third grade students were not proficient at making inferences
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lows and standstills made me learning responsibility‚ because I had no one to blame‚ everything that went wrong was all on me. Despite the challenges I made the best of every situation and pushed forward. With my college challengges I can relate to Cox‚ Green and Bellafante on serval levels. College in the beginning was exciting for me; I loved the thought of being parent free. My mother had always told me to slow my gears because once I got a piece of responsibility‚ I would no longer want it. Boy
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Reflection * I picked reflection to be my writing genre device subgenre because throughout the sequel it will be flashbacks on why something happened. * Nonfiction Genre: * Philosophy The Story: Swimming To Antarctica * Character: Ms. Cox * Point of View: Third Person Omniscient * Writing Mode: Narrative * Swimming to Antarctica was a Narrative story because Ms.Cox was telling the story and she was the person who was actually swimming to Antarctica. *
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cells are the cells that are in control of emotion regulation. These cells are most commonly found in the parts of the whale’s brain that regulates social organization‚ empathy‚ speech‚ intuition‚ and what is considered your “gut feeling”. (Knight‚ Renee) The cells are also found in other parts of the brain‚ the scientific reason for why the blue whale has developed these excess cells is unknown. This is an example of how little we know about blue whales. A very good example of how complex the whale’s
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