Chilean Mining Accident BCOM 275 Donald Marrin 4/8/12 Brittney Preece "On Aug. 5‚ 2010‚ a gold and copper mine near the northern city of Copiapó‚ Chile caved in‚ trapping 33 miners in a chamber about 2‚300 feet below the surface. For 17 days‚ there was no word on their fate. As the days passed‚ Chileans grew increasingly skeptical
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1. Ronald is experiencing a cerebral vascular accident also known as a CVA or in layman’s terms‚ he is experiencing a stroke. Cerebral vascular accidents are very serious medical emergencies that are life threatening. Stroke is a generalized term that explains injury or death of the brain tissue due to interruption of cerebral blood flow (Bledsoe‚ p.g.197). A stroke occurs when the flow of blood to a part of the brain is stopped completely or significantly reduced. With no oxygen supply from the
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17 years old‚ to many children‚ it seems nothing special. However‚ the birthday of 17 means a lot to me. It left me a piece of beautiful memory that I will never forget. At that time‚ I just came back from a culture exchange trip to America which held by our high school. Since the life of high school was extremely stressful and busy‚ it is no doubt that this 15-day travel abroad gave me a great chance to breathe some fresh air out of the piles of books. During the trip‚ I not only learnt a lot
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A Case of Cerebrovascular Accident by David F. Dean‚ Department of Biology‚ Spring Hill College Case Presentation Samuel Dexter is a -year-old African-American man who is both a husband and father. He is moderately obese (bmi of )‚ and has smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for the past years. He awakes one morning with weakness on his right side. He is a bit confused‚ sees double‚ and his speech is slurred. When he attempts to walk to
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MY FAVOURITE PERSONALITY To be favorite means to be one’s after heart or the dearest to someone. Different people have different choices. Some people like National Heroes‚ family members like father and mother and many other personalities. But I am one of the fortunate of them who like their mothers. With me‚ my mother is the best woman in the world. No one can replace her in my heart. I admire my mother‚ I don’t know why she is always busy with daily chores‚ taking care of my family but she never
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When I was young I lived in my grandmother’s house because both my mother and father had a job. The house was little bit small‚ but it was most comfortable place in the world. Color of the house was light yellow‚ so my neighbor called my home ‘yellow house’. Since my grandmother’s house was located in near mountain and also around the house‚ there were many trees‚ I could smell the scent of grass and flowers. In addition‚ early in the morning‚ I could hear the song of birds. Sometimes‚ the song
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MY UNFORGETTABLE TRIP (SEMPU ISLAND) Sempu Island is amazing island‚ located about 70 kilometers south of the center of ’Malang’ city‚ East Java. Technically‚ this island is a nature reservation under the jurisdiction of the natural resources conservation station (BKSDA IV) in Malang. The most interesting part of the Sempu Island is there are lake and lagoon inside of this island. The Lake called "Segara Lele" is a brackish water lake‚ and the unique one is why there is brackish water on the island
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local decrease in blood supply Infarction- death & deterioration of tissue resulting from lack of blood supply. 2. What is a stroke? Name the two main types of strokes and describe the mechanism(s) by which each type occurs. Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply. The most common stroke symptoms are: Numbness or weakness (paresis) of the face‚ arm‚ or leg‚ sometimes only on one side; Confusion‚ trouble speaking or understanding speech (aphasia)
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Assignment #1 I witnessed the situation that I will describe while I was working as a Help Desk Operator. The work was demanding and dynamic and required 24/7 shifts. It was almost the end of the month and I was doing the Help Desk monthly schedule. One of my colleagues came to me and told me that for the next couple of weeks she wouldn’t be at work because she had a surgery appointment. She wanted to tell me so I could prepare for the upcoming shifts accordingly. She explained that it was just
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Computers Disabled: Computers have changed many disabled people’s lives‚ especially those who are unable to leave their house because of boundaries such as wheelchairs. For people who are confined to wheelchairs‚ computers give them a chance to experience many things that would not be possible for them otherwise. They can go to a particular museum web site and learn about a Van Gogh painting‚ or they can go to a science web site and learn about NASA and the space shuttle. These things would not
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