...Human beings can do extraordinary things in times of extreme crisis. The Holocaust was a crisis that still haunts us today. A select few survivors of the Holocaust chose to find amazing ways to cope with the horrors of the Nazis’ concentration camps. Elements of Gerda Weissmann Klein’s All But My Life and Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful explore the importance of finding ways to cope through performance. In All But My Life, Weissmann Klein describes her use of performance to endure the loss of her friends and family in Polish and Czechoslovakian camps. Similarly, Benigni creates the sad yet heartwarming Life is Beautiful, a story weaving together the love and imagination of a father to ensure his son’s survival. Both the novel and the movie prove...
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...Key Passage Page How is this passage critical to the development of the theme/character/mood/setting/conflict? Respond to the passage on a personal note. “It was too transitory, all those doorways and dark spaces between wings, the missing ceiling. It was more like a terminal, he thought, a train station or an airport, everyone passing quickly through.” 5 This passage helps develop the novel’s recurring theme of main characters traveling. Firstly, it foreshadows what life will be like after the Georgia Flu. “Everyone passing quickly through” may foreshadow many people’s quick deaths, “passing through” life, but it also may foreshadow the Traveling Symphony’s centrality in the novel. The Traveling Symphony never stays very long in any one place,...
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...in hand with the Degree of stress video by CBC. Students are more now than ever stressed out about school, in the survey conducted at Queens University, 90% of students admitted to being overwhelmed and stressed out with school, and of those 1 in 10 of them seriously considered ending their lives. Many of those students admitted that a big part of the reason of why they do not talk about those issues is because of the taboo associated with mental health issues in our society. Which then made me think of the article entitled Prejudice, Social Stress, and Mental Health in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations: Conceptual Issues and Research Evidence, the article discusses how being gay use to be viewed as a mental disorder and was listed as one in the DSM. That fact was later removed from the DSM however researchers believed that homosexual individuals were at a higher risk for developing a mental disorder due to the historical stigma associated with homosexuality in past. Clara Hughes sharing her story is just another representation of how we can break down the walls and the stigmas associated with mental health. It doesn’t have to be something we should be afraid of but instead it can be something that we overcome as a society as a team. The article Mental health: a friend, a home, a job explains how important of a role media plays on society and how influential our media is how easily society can be manipulated. But we need to be making smart choices when it comes to what we decide...
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... “The Fiftieth Gate” is a poignant interweaving of history and memory. The text follows protagonist, Mark Baker an historian, son of Holocaust survivors Genia and Yossl (Joe), on an historical journey through memory, to uncover the origins of his past and act as a catalyst for future generations to also connect with their history. Mark Baker’s journey through history and memory is also executed through his conventional ideas that memory is biased and less valid than history. There are numerous references to the discrepancies between the personal memories of his parents and the documented history Mark as an historian believes. In this way it is apparent that Mark is on a quest for verification, “my facts from the past are different”. This displays the flaw Mark traditionally notes in memory and his need for historical evidence. As responders accompany Mark on his journey, they also encounter the complexity of simultaneously being a son and an historian. This attested via the following when Mark collates his parent’s memories with documented historical evidence “His was a past written on a page…mother couldn’t point to anyone”. This quote represents the way Mark requires documented evidence, history. This is because he believed his father’s memories only when had had evidence and didn’t believe his mother as she was the sole survivor in the town...
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...How Therapists Deal with Painful Memories of Post – Traumatic Stress Disorder Victims Abstract How Therapists Deal with Painful Memories of Post – Traumatic Stress Disorder Victims On March 3, 2006, Sergeant Blaire Smith was discharged from the Navy after spending eighteen months in Iraq. While Sergeant Smith was serving time in his deployed location, he was captured and a near death experienced occurred when he was threatened with beheading by his captors. Years later he began seeing flying horses and reported hearing voices from the television that were in a foreign dialogue. It was recommended he see a psychiatrist when family members realized that the foreign dialogue he heard came from the television when it was not turned on. The symptoms that Blaire had were similar to what many other veterans of wars experienced. The doctors treating Sgt. Blaire Smith were familiar with the different types of symptoms he was experiencing and they immediately diagnosed him with Post – Traumatic Stress Disorder (also known as PTSD). PTSD is a common anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a terrifying event in which a deadly physical harm occurred (Pastorino & Doyle- Portillo, 2010, P. 585). History of PTSD After many years of dealing with the various symptoms of Post – Traumatic Stress Disorder clinicians and psychologist have worked together to develop treatments that help reduced the symptoms of PTSD. These symptoms include depression, anxiety, re-current...
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...EVERYONE HAS TWO CHOICES—EVOLVE OR DIE. It’s that simple, and that maxim holds true for every species. Either you can change with the tides or get swept away in their wake. Either you can grow or you can stagnate. Either you can stand out or simply be another face in the crowd. With their third album, American Capitalist [Prospect Park], Five Finger Death Punch—Ivan Moody [Vocals], Zoltan Bathory [Guitar], Jason Hook [Guitar], Jeremy Spencer [Drums], and Chris Kael [Bass]—morph into the melodic heavy metal machine that they’ve been moving towards since their 2007 debut, The Way of the Fist. Not only is their sound bigger; it’s better. Not only has the music become more intricate; it’s become more infectious. Not only are they more direct; they’re more dangerous. AMERICAN CAPITALIST Evolution gave birth to American Capitalist. Since their formation in 2006, Five Finger Death Punch continue to progress in the face of all odds and opposition. Darwin himself would be impressed at their list of accolades. The Way of The Fist and 2009′s War is the Answer have both surpassed Gold status. Those two albums have spawned seven consecutive top ten singles at Active Rock Radio with “Bad Company” peaking at #1 and “Far From Home” hitting #2. Other tracks have appeared on the hit game Splatterhouse and NBC’s Criminal Minds, with a brand new track set to appear on Madden 2012. The group has graced the cover of Revolver, Metal Hammer, and numerous other tastemaker publications as well as...
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...posttraumatic stress disorder, and other related anxiety issues are common problems associated with CSA. This paper will discus some of the causes, effects, interventions and treatments of CSA, along with a biblical, Christ-centered perspective that may aid in providing hope for those living through the crisis of CSA. The Crisis of Childhood Sexual Abuse Without a doubt, child sexual abuse (CSA) represents a growing crisis that affects children, families, and communities worldwide. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2010), as many as one in four children are sexually abused. In the United States alone, 80,000 cases of CSA are reported each year (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008). However, despite national efforts, many cases go unreported because prevalence rates are only accurate to the extent that victims of CSA are willing to disclose. Based on retrospective studies of adult survivors of CSA, it has been estimated that only 1 in 20 cases of sexual abuse is ever reported (Horner, 2010). Given the sheer numbers of sexually abused children, it is vital for counselors and social workers to examine and understand the causes, effects, intervention, and treatment of CSA. Understanding the consequences of CSA can aid Christian therapists in anticipating the physical, spiritual, and mental health needs of children and also may assist in the...
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...Not everyone can say that they saw the city they live in get turned upside down in one day, but I can. I was a technician for a telecommunications company on September 11, 2001, working in New York City. The day started out with clear skies and temperatures in the high 60s; just a perfect September day. No one could have anticipated what would happen, just a couple of hours later. Because of this, I got to see firsthand, a city come together like no other, and the entire country show how much they cared about, and were willing to support us. I will never forget working on the mainframe on the 3rd floor of my building on 50th St and 8th Ave. Where the mainframes are there are no windows, so it basically feels as though are in a submarine. As I was working, I got a page from my mother. I disregarded it and continued to work. A few minutes later I got a page followed by “911”. So I climbed down from the ladder I was working on and call her back. As soon as I heard her voice, I knew something was wrong. I remember her asking me if I was alright which made me slightly confused. She said, “Hello. Two planes…the Twin Towers...do you not know what happened?” After she explained what happened, I ran up the 8th floor on the south side of the building so that I could see downtown. The vision of the fire and smoke coming off of both towers is imprinted in brain. By this time, my co-workers had joined me, and we were just standing there in silence. Shortly after that,...
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...organizations to provide practical training with self-rescue knowledge, build optimistic attitudes and cultivate spirit of cooperation when training volunteers. 1.0 Introduction In nowadays society, increased attentions are gathered on public safety emergencies. Amongst one of the most important rescue and evacuation tools, the demand for ambulance is increasing rapidly. However, not everyone is suitable for handling ambulances. This study explores the qualities and characteristics individuals ought to have to become a successful ambulance volunteer, and provides recommendations for ambulance organizations on how to hire the appropriate personnel. All data and findings used in this report are obtained from official websites and academic journals. 2.0 Findings According to Shylen (2008), the demand for ambulance services is increasing dramatically in Australia, but the number of ambulance volunteers is gradually decreasing, with obvious drop-offs in numbers certain volunteer positions. These positions need a large amount of new employees. The qualities and characteristics the volunteers should have are listed as follows. 2.1 Courage Due to the dangerous nature of ambulance volunteer duties, courage is one of the most significant characteristics that are required for a volunteer. Despite saving the lives of people suffering for medical reasons, ambulance services also need to excel in public safety emergencies such as natural disasters. There is no...
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...a toll on them physically. This tragedy will often bring about many mixed emotions from someone, where some days will be easier than others. The isolation alone that results from being in hiding can have a major affect on a person. The Diary Of a Young Girl is a great body of work when referring to exile because Anne Frank wrote an entry every single day on the struggles of her daily life being in hiding. This book is a great representation of the worries that thousands were faced with when Hitler was in power. It is ironic that although Anne’s family was going through a tragedy themselves, they still felt fortunate enough to be thankful that after all, they did not end up like many of their peers. On page seventy-six, Anne writes “No one is able to keep out of it, the whole globe is waging war and although it is going better for the Allies, the end is not yet in sight. And as for us, we are fortunate. Yes, we are luckier than millions of people. It is quiet and safe here, and we are, so to speak, living on capital. We are even so selfish as to talk about ‘after the war,’ brighten up at the thought...
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...Morgan Gadley 16 September 2014 English 1102 Zhang Marijuana, The Game Changer In Medicine and Society Is marijuana as corrupt as society makes it out to be? Growing up, everyone is told that, “Drugs are bad for you,” time and time again. Now as a kid you don’t really appreciate the reasoning behind it, but you listen to your authority figure heedlessly. I remember being told this my entire life and even to this very day. But as I got older I realized that people would still use the drugs even though it’s unlawful. I could never comprehend why someone would go against the law and endanger their life just to use drugs? But as I got older I began to realize that these people truly didn’t do any harm to the public or to themselves by smoking marijuana. Many doctors and health specialist are advocates for consumers to smoke marijuana just because of its health benefits. Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America other than alcohol and tobacco, but marijuana is the only one that can benefit you the most out of the three. Alcohol and tobacco are drugs that many people have died from and harms the body as time goes by. Other medication that doctors prescribe to their patients is painkillers, and they can really kill you. According to McKnight et al. (2014), “There were 14,800 deaths from opiate overdose in 2008, according to the Center for Disease Control, and none from marijuana” (p. 4). Pain is the anxiety of disease, the symptom that reveals that...
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...Maybe it was one of the maintenance crew from the school? My mind started to reel over the day before when I found that creepy letter left in the mail. I jumped out of the couch and raced outside to check the garbage where I threw the now crumpled letter. Thankfully, the garbage man missed our house and I was able to dig through the trash to find the letter, now covered with bits of rotton fruit, and precieved to unraved and keep it and go to the police. Over the next few days more and more reports on the local news would roll in and they've came to the conclusion that the explosion of Yokeman High was ruled as an accident. One of the main gas lines had a rupture, filled the auditorium with no one the wiser. With all the catering going on the smell of the food might of drowned out the smell of gas. As the night went on, the reunion had a rock band, played by one of Robin's friends who had installed machines to shoot out sparks, during the encore of their last song would be my guess. Apparantly with the gas continuing to leak throughout the night, the sparks from the pyrotechnics eventally ignited the gas causing the explosion, taking out mostly everyone in the auditorium...
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...serious and widespread consequences for health and well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the consequences of childhood sexual abuse for women’s health and well-being. The research methodology was phenomenology. Seven women with a history of childhood sexual abuse were interviewed twice with 1–6 months interval. For all the women, the abuse started when they were between 4 and 5. All of them were repeatedly violated and traumatized ever since then and were even still being victimized at the time of the interviews. The main result of the study is that time does not heal all wounds. All the women described great repressed and silent suffering in all aspects of life, and the abuse is still seriously affecting them and their loved ones. As children, they had learning problems, experienced bullying and had unexplained physical symptoms. In adulthood, they have been suffering multiple physical and psychological symptoms: five of them have fibromyalgia; all of them have been suffering chronic and widespread pain; they have all been dealing with...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper analyzes the cost/benefit of long-term care of Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and the constraints the Department of Veterans Affairs faces in trying to meet the needs of these Soldiers. This paper uses data collected from government sources like the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Benefit Administration. The conclusions of the analysis are that: (a) The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is already overwhelmed by the number of patients it currently sees and the addition of these new Veteran’s seeking care will put a severe strain on the resources that are currently available; (b) The Veterans Benefit Association (VBA) is in need of restructuring to be able to handle the influx on claims it is currently experiencing. As it stands now the current wait time is up to 90 days before a Veteran will receive their disability rating and that time can increase with these additional claims; and (c) Providing medical care and disability compensation benefits to the Soldiers returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan can cost anywhere from $400 - $900 billion depending on the type of care required, how quickly they file their claims, and the growth rate of those benefits. The recommendations that need to be considered include: increasing the staff as well as the budget for Veterans Medical Centers especially those that specialize in mental health treatment; restructure the claims process and increase...
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...A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to a portion of the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped. This happens when one of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle is blocked by an obstruction. This blockage can be due to a condition called atherosclerosis (a buildup of fatty like substance along the wall of the artery), a blood clot or a coronary vessel spasm along with a total obstruction. If the blood supply to a portion of the heart stops, that area of the heart will no longer receive the oxygen or nutrients needed to carry out its function and will die. If it is a very small part of the heart involved, it will be able to work without it. If a large portion is damaged, irreversible damage will happen which can lead to death. Damage to the heart muscle may be so severe that it may cause abnormal heart rhythm, called arrhythmias. Most people who are of a myocardial infraction or a heart attack do so within a few hours due to a type of arrhythmia. The heart attack victim will complain of pressure, discomfort or a squeezing sensation in the center of the chest. There may be pain radiating to the arms or the neck. There may also be shortness of breath, weakness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and or indigestion. The pain that occurs is the result of heart tissue ischemia (decreased blood supply). The area that is not receiving enough blood is literally crying out for help. When a person complains of any of the symptoms mentioned, they should be transported...
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