Clefts of the lip and/or palate (CL/P) affect approximately one out of 600 live births‚ making it among the most common birth defects in the United States (Cleft Palate Foundation‚ 2014). CL/P is a congenital abnormality necessitating numerous medical interventions‚ such as lip‚ palate‚ and or nose reconstruction‚ and behavioral interventions addressing feeding‚ speech‚ and language difficulties from infancy through late adolescence (Lockhart‚ 2003). When parents are faced with serious decisions
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Are The Lips a Grave – Lynne Huffer (2013) In her monograph “Are The Lips a Grave?”‚ Huffer works to stitch together queer and feminist theory in a productive antifoundational synthesis that can then be utilized as a genealogical analysis to explore – and perhaps even answer – the question of why we culturally seek (are driven?) to attach to modern sexual subjectivity a perhaps unsuitable moral code/standard. I found her intended project to be compelling‚ even provocative in both its theoretical
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two short stories‚ Lucky Lips by Paul Jennings and It Used To Be Green Once by Patricia Grace. In Lucky Lips Marcus’s problem is the fact that he has never been kissed by a girl. In It Used To Be Green Once the problem is the car. This essay will describe the problem‚ how they (the characters) tried to solve their problem and the outcome or consequences of their actions. The first story Lucky Lips addresses the problem of Marcus‚ a 16 year old who had never been kissed. He do all he could‚ he would
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A Clash of Cultures and the Hope of Rebirth In the playwrite Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing‚ Thomson Highway focuses on the life style of seven native men in the Wasachigan Hill Indian Reserve in Ontario. In this play‚ there are six important male characters. Characters such as Big Joey‚ Spooky Lacroix Creature Nataways and Pierre St. Pierre adopt Christianity and the English language. While the characters Simon Starblanket‚ Zachary Jeremiah Keechigeesik try to revive the native culture
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11/17/13 Cleft Lip is an incomplete joining of the upper lip below the nose. It is found in around one of every 1000 births. Children with cleft lip are found to be at risk for hearing‚ speech‚ language‚ academic‚ and social difficulties. This defect can occur in all ethnic groups but is most common in Asians. It is a prenatal and genetic type of birth defect. The cause of cleft lip is somewhat unknown but doctors have many ideas. Certain medications‚ and smoking while pregnant have been shown
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Research Paper What is lip Gloss? Definition: "Lip Gloss" is a cosmetic substance used for making the lips appears‚ as the name suggests‚ glossy." There are different types of lip glosses‚ some of these are: Basic lip gloss: shine to the lips and nothing more. Coloring lip gloss: shine and add color as well. Glitter lip gloss: glitter is present in the gloss‚ which can also be coloring as well. Flavored lip gloss: they come in all of the above adding a certain flavor associated with
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Lip balm addiction: myth or fact? Becca Dargatz Staff Writer Lip balm addiction can start off very innocently‚ one morning you wake up only to find out your lips are a little chapped. You make your way into the bathroom‚ searching through a drawer until you find a tube of lip balm and carelessly apply it to your lips. Sounds okay right? For some people‚ it is not a huge problem. You simply apply it when needed‚ and put it away until you need it again. The other people however‚ who find
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Lip-synching Lip-synching has been something that people have done for a long time. They lip-synching when they don’t have good voices. They lip-synching when they are sick and the concert can’t be cancelled. Many people don’t see anything wrong with this because they are still making money. Most of the time the concert goers don’t even know that it is happening. So why the big deal? Should people be allowed to lip-synching their songs? I think that lip-synching during a live concert
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examined patient’s satisfaction with repair of cleft lip and/or palate and their life perceptions. This study found that patients who had cleft lip and/or palate report that their satisfaction with their appearance improves with age. As they got older‚ they appreciated and became more satisfied with their appearance after CL repair. It was also reported that bilateral cleft lip and/or palate have more societal implications than those with unilateral cleft lip and/or palate and even less for those with CL
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My Lips Can’t Move The room was silent‚ nothing was said from the eager students since one of their classmate was given the floor to talk. But‚ not even the poor eight year old girl had enough courage to open her mouth. She remained her focus on her blue navy skirt but periodically glanced at the impatient teacher‚ who held her unoccupied journal. The journal that she was expected to write the daily notes of the day. The young child that stood prominently in the front of the room knew what she did
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