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Debra Jones explained her connection to the March of Dimes as a perinatal specialist at the Perinatal and Gynecologic Specialists of the Palm Beaches, Inc. and the benefits of the March of Dimes research to improve the health of mothers and babies and providing recourses to the medical community and community in general to insure healthy pregnancy and delivery. She explained about March of Dimes Board of Directors mission to be at the Frontline to decrease prematurity in Florida. She noted that Florida

Nickel and Dimed is about a woman, Barbara Ehrenreich, working at a number of low-income jobs and writing about the experience. Barbara moves to three different cities in the United States to experience poverty and working conditions in those cities. Barbara spends about a month in each different city, where she works as a waitress, maid, and sales assistant, and reports on her experiences. She concludes by pointing out how difficult it is for low-income employees to get by and advocates policies

In the early 1800’s, there was an outbreak of polio, a potentially life-threatening disease, in the United States affecting most of the population (“What is Polio”). The oliovirus invades the brain and spinal cord that causes that dysfunction within the muscles and can eventually cause paralysis. The virus enters through the mouth and reproduces in the throat and intestines. The virus can be transmitted through person-to-person contact such as coughing or sneezing or by feces. The most common way

Tanner Dime is a 22-year-old student currently studying criminal justice at UC Davis. Dime, suffers from major depression. Tanner was born in the United States from American and Asian parents. His father was born in Asia and his mother was born in Texas. He is the youngest of three. Tanner has two older sisters named Ariel, 29 and Sandy, 33. Tanner says ever since he can remember he always felt neglected by his family especially from his father. Tanners father Mike was a very strict man who showed

owner, Mr. Sam Walton was born in the town of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. After a few years of retail work in Newport, Arkansas, Mr. Walton moved to a much smaller town where he started a nickel and dime store. He provided cheaper, more valuable items to the citizens of small town Bentonville. The nickel and dime store was a success, and it drove Mr. Walton to open the very first Wal-Mart, which was opened in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Headquarters today still remain in the town of Bentonville, Arkansas

The March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization, has helped many children who were born prematurely. As a mother who experienced the fear and uncertainty of seeing your child in an incubator and connected to breathing devices, I empathize with people who need the expertise that this organization provides. One of the signature campaigns that March of Dimes sponsors are walk-a-thons and most people donate their time and monies during this fund-raising process. With this in mind, it is apparent that

The westward expansion of American citizens was a progressive action that helped the nation to move forward during the mid-eighteen hundreds. The land that was being claimed came to be known as the frontier and few people settled there due to the perceived threat of Indians and what they thought was a lack of economic opportunity. This land was taken over by farmers and herders that controlled buffalo and used the fertile soil to make a living. The story of “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West: Celebrity, Memory

Blood (2007) is an entertaining movie that delineates in various forms that will be discussed from other western genres. It is a story that is formed from a novel by Upton Sinclair’s book, Oil! (1927) (Belton, 2009, p.401). Many westerns were based on dime novels that were written in the mid and late 1800s (Belton, 2009, p.246). American society was going through a transitional period from an agrarian society to an industrial society in the 1800s and early 1900s (Wright 2001; Desk Encyclopedia, 1989

“The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is the virus” Nobel Prize winner Joshua Lederberg once said. Throughout history, this statement has proved to be true. In fourteenth century Europe, the Bubonic Plague killed off almost half of the European population. During the first interactions between Columbus and the natives, Smallpox eradicated entire Native tribes. And in the time of the Industrial Revolution, cholera outbreaks have left millions dead. Since their outbreaks

Silver Dimes In situations of economic instability, people usually try to secure their nest egg by purchasing precious metals. Precious stones normally increase when the price of a flat currency drops. The beauties of historical coins, like the silver dime, are difficult to beat. For a dollar, you may get a silver dime. Silver is a great investment option for the point that it is affordable historically. It is simple to sell and purchase these days, due to the internet. Silver was previously used