At the age of 18 months I survived a bleed to the brain as well as a breakdown in my immune system ; I’m currently medicated for ITP which is a blood disorder ‚ causing me to be more susceptible to infection ‚ as my body does not have the capacity to fight infection. This is due to a low platelet count. At three years old I had to have a major operation (a splectomy) which increased my platelet count and allows my immune system to fight infection. At the time of my operation I was not aware of the
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Peer Pressure is stronger than you think. Our teens spend more waking hours of their days directly interacting with their peers than they do with their family members. This interactive influence is more powerful than the influence of teachers‚ parents‚ or other authority figures in the teen’s life. These peers with whom teens associate have a dramatic affect on the perspectives our teens hold and the decisions that our teens make. Today’s teens are connected with their peers 24/7. It seems as though
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Blood Donation There is a crisis. The crisis is a shortage of blood. The world simply needs more blood donors. There’s no substitute for human blood. Human blood is vital for delivering oxygen and nutrients‚ removing waste‚ healing‚ and fighting infection. A person’s blood can‚ however‚ be shared with others. Every day‚ thousands of Americans in need of lifesaving blood‚ including trauma victims and surgery patients‚ rely on the efforts of volunteer blood donors. We need a steady flow of blood
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The Importance of Donating Blood ATTENTION: I’d like to ask you to completely clear your mind for a moment. Now‚ imagine your father has just suffered a heart attack and must undergo open-heart surgery in order to repair the damage. Imagine your little nephew or niece was born with a heart defect and required daily transfusions of blood in order to have a chance at survival. Imagine your best friend has just been diagnosed with leukemia‚ a disease requiring regular transfusions of platelets. These
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Director and screenwriter Richard Brooks influences the viewers of In Cold Blood‚ to think not only certain things about the murder and murderers in the plot‚ which is based on a true story and nonfiction novel‚ but also tries to shape viewers’ ideas about certain social issues. In particular‚ sex becomes a theme throughout the movie and given how particular characters respond to sex‚ shapes the viewers’ sense of the character. Sex through Perry’s eyes‚ is seen as a horrific‚ violent action. While
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The following document provides sample items for each knowledge subtest of the ASTB. The sample items are not meant to provide an exhaustive list of the types of questions that will be found in the test. Instead‚ these questions are meant to familiarize examinees with the format and content of questions found within each section. Item difficulty ratings are provided for each question where applicable‚ and can be used to gauge how hard a given question is in comparison to similar types of questions
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Peer pressure‚ it has been questioned alot. Students are pressured to do good in school‚ they are also pressured by their family. So‚ children are pressured to grow up too fast‚ by many ways; Such as‚ pushed by their parents to get good grades‚ teens get pressured by a tradition to a college that was carried onto the families by generation and the pressures to get a job. Therefore‚ there are multiple ways teens can get pressured by family to do things. Teens are the future. They have to learn many
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The Importance of Donating Blood Picture this: John’s significant other ask him if he could go to the store and pickup some milk. John said: “sure‚ he grabs his wallet and keys then head for his car. On his way to the store he was stopped at a traffic light. He is waiting to make a left turn at the intersection. The light turns green and he begins to go through the intersection‚ out of nowhere “BAM” he was just hit by a speeding truck in the driver side door. His car is smashed into a tree
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Topic: Donate Blood. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate blood regularly. Visual Aid: PowerPoint / Blood Donation Advertisement. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Step: A. Attention Getter: Are you at least 17 year old? Do you weight more than 50kg? Do you fairly healthy? If your answer is yes‚ you should donate blood every two months. According to the report in Arab Times newspaper Kuwait is in need of 250 blood donors every day‚ and the demand is likely grow to 400 in the next five
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Heng Wang Section: 655 Speech date: Feb 29th‚ 2013 Specific Purpose: this speech is aimed to persuade the audience to accept the donation of blood and be willing to donate blood for times Proposition: Blood donation is safe‚ and can save many people’s life. People should donate blood regularly. Audience Type: neutral I. Attention-getter: It is a true story about my friend. I was in a club of ski in China and one of my friends in that club called Totem‚ he is more skillful than me and
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