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1. In 1997, many Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) suffered a decline in the value of their stocks. One newspaper account stated, “Just when HMOs seemed to offer an answer to the intractable problem of soaring health-care the bottom fell out. Some of the industry’s biggest names are racking up losses, grappling with unexpected rises in medical bills . . .and squirming under backlash from consumers doctors and politicians” [Anders and Winslow. 1997]. Why do you think that HMOs were unable

Radiological recovery plan Introduction A radiological emergency refers to those disasters that involve radioactive material that may occur in areas that are uncontrolled, misuse of radioactive materials in industries, malicious acts, threats, and transport emergencies. One of the greatest tragic incidents that can befall a country is a radiological bomb detonation in a crowded area. Such areas may include shopping malls, health facilities, and learning institutions. Exposure to radiological explosions

Mr. Rubio had received numerous campaign contributions of sizable amounts over the years from one of the largest for-profit prison companies GEO Group (formerly called Wackenhut Corrections based in Boca Raton, Florida). It would seem ironic that the same GEO group was awarded a state government prison contract and he even hired a former GEO trustee as an economic consultant. In turn, all these corporations will support directly/indirectly legislation and

Alphonse Bertillon Alphonse Bertillon was the first to truly create the scientific method of criminal identification. Born in 1853, Bertillon was from Paris France and came from a family of scientific background. His father, Dr. Louis Adolphe Bertillon, was a distinguished physician, statistician, and the vice president of the Anthropological society of Paris. Bertillon’s grandfather was also a well known naturalist and mathematician. (Ashbaugh, 1999). Bertillon was a poor student and lacked

Comp. of Fictional Text Story Map A comprehension strategy that helps students organize their thoughts while reading. There are several formats for this graphic organizer, depending on which aspects of fictional texts are being discussed or taught. A teacher may decide to focus on beginning, middle, or end; or in a more advanced format, focus on the characters, plot, setting, problem, and solution of a story. This strategy is beneficial during and after reading. Students may encounter this strategy

I was a “bad kid”. I spent my teenage years squandering my talents of which as a child were my strengths. I was in the first class to graduate from a brand new magnet program known as the “pre-medical academy” at Boca Raton Middle School in Florida where my parents and sweet little sister currently reside. Up till high school, I earned several awards, got second place in the state in the science fair and did well academically. My age of rebelling started roughly upon my sophomore year of high school

potential expansion locations, besides being in close proximity to military training bases, are next to large college universities or cities that have large population of college students. Potential locations include: Gainesville, Florida (Home of University of Florida), State College, Pennsylvania (Home of Penn State University), and Blacksburg, Virginia (Home of Virginia Tech).

Intro Bernie Madoff founded the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC in 1960, and was its chairman until his arrest on December 11, 2008. Madoff Investment Securities was famous for its reliable annual returns of 10 percent or more. By the end of the 1980s, his firm was handling more than 5 percent of the trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange. (insert citation here). The firm was one of the top market maker businesses on Wall Street.On March 12, 2009, Madoff pleaded

I'm amazed by the clear majority of “successful” people who overcame adversity and hardship. How do we react to ours? Do we crumble like cookies under the thought of a challenge and avoid them.. or do we conquer challenges and own them? Well, I say, it's up to us. All this [stress] plays into a huge feedback loop that can determine health, happiness, and ultimately our "success". For better or for worse. Why did patients in our readings have such different personal narratives of illness from what

French microbiologist, Louis Pasteur was the first person to invent a form of a vaccine for anthrax in the 19th century for individuals who worked with cattle. At that time, individuals were injected with a very small amount of the bacteria, so as to not cause them to become sick and therefore they would develop an immunity to the disease. The vaccine used today which is approved by the FDA was formulated in the 1960’s and is very controversial. In 1988 U.S. Military personnel received the vaccine