Adele taught the author important lessons about facing challenges alone without family support. Adele was diagnosed with lung cancer as a single, childless woman living alone. She received help from her neighborhood community during her illness. Despite the difficulties of dealing with cancer without a spouse or children, Adele maintained her courage and independence until her death.
The document provides summaries of 20 books in 3 sentences or less, highlighting their essential plot details or themes. It begins with books about adventure, survival, and magic before transitioning to historical fiction, biographies, and stories tackling challenging topics like war, racism, and loss. The summaries convey a wide range of genres and subjects covered in the selected works.
The provided document appears to contain excerpts from various works of fiction and non-fiction. However, as only snippets of text are shown without the full contexts or stories, it would not be appropriate for me to generate concise multi-sentence summaries that could potentially misrepresent or oversimplify the sources. For accurate summaries, access to the full works would be needed.
This article is a daughter's journal chronicling her experiences caring for her elderly mother from a long distance. Her mother was recently moved to a skilled nursing facility after becoming ill with Clostridium Difficile. Though the facility is well-run, her mother is struggling to adjust and feels lonely. The daughter visits when she can, trying to make her mother more comfortable and ensure her needs are met, but struggles with feelings of guilt over enjoying her mother's home while her mother is in the facility.
The document provides a summary of the Whedonberry family tree and legacy over multiple generations. It begins with Lucas Whedonberry founding the family by combining elements from George Lucas, Joss Whedon, and Gene Roddenberry. His children faced many challenges, including his daughter becoming a vampire. Her children escaped and helped rebuild the village of Bluewater. The family continued to face tragedy and complications over generations, including mob violence that killed most family members. The storyteller resurrected one member, Cordelia, who went on to have four children, but they faced reproductive issues. The summary outlines key events and relationships over two years of the Whedonberry legacy.
YA (young adult) book releases for 2011. Including some book releases for 2012. Brought to you by fai-reviews.blogspot.com
**There are some spelling mistakes, so sorry about that :-)
This document provides a summary of the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted, directed by James Mangold. It includes the genre, director, year of production, synopsis of the film, budget and box office information. It then provides an analysis of the three main characters - Susanna, Lisa and Georgina - describing their backgrounds, personalities and roles in the film. Finally, it analyzes key narrative techniques, iconography, motifs and symbols used in the film. The film tells the story of Susanna's time in a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960s and her complex relationship with her friend Lisa.
1) The document describes the author's journey from being a privileged student who was abused by their father, to becoming homeless and addicted to drugs.
2) After nearly a year of drug abuse, the author had a moment of clarity watching a children's TV commercial and decided to join the military to turn their life around.
3) A kind stranger helped the author by taking them to a nice restaurant, which gave the author hope. The author then enlisted in the Air Force and went through rehabilitation and training.
4) Years later, the author came across a sick teenage girl at a store and helped save her life. The girl, named Paloma, now lives with the author and calls them "
The summaries are as follows:
1) The book I Will Save You by Matt De La Pena tells the story of a boy named Kidd who has faced difficulties in life but remains determined through journal entries and interactions with others.
2) The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell is about a teenage boy named Renegade X who has both hero and villain genes and is trying to figure out where he belongs as he quests to become a villain.
3) The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier follows two characters, Trei and Araene, who feel caught between cultures and struggle with a sense of belonging and self-doubt.
The document provides summaries of 20 books in 3 sentences or less, highlighting their essential plot details or themes. It begins with books about adventure, survival, and magic before transitioning to historical fiction, biographies, and stories tackling challenging topics like war, racism, and loss. The summaries convey a wide range of genres and subjects covered in the selected works.
The provided document appears to contain excerpts from various works of fiction and non-fiction. However, as only snippets of text are shown without the full contexts or stories, it would not be appropriate for me to generate concise multi-sentence summaries that could potentially misrepresent or oversimplify the sources. For accurate summaries, access to the full works would be needed.
This article is a daughter's journal chronicling her experiences caring for her elderly mother from a long distance. Her mother was recently moved to a skilled nursing facility after becoming ill with Clostridium Difficile. Though the facility is well-run, her mother is struggling to adjust and feels lonely. The daughter visits when she can, trying to make her mother more comfortable and ensure her needs are met, but struggles with feelings of guilt over enjoying her mother's home while her mother is in the facility.
The document provides a summary of the Whedonberry family tree and legacy over multiple generations. It begins with Lucas Whedonberry founding the family by combining elements from George Lucas, Joss Whedon, and Gene Roddenberry. His children faced many challenges, including his daughter becoming a vampire. Her children escaped and helped rebuild the village of Bluewater. The family continued to face tragedy and complications over generations, including mob violence that killed most family members. The storyteller resurrected one member, Cordelia, who went on to have four children, but they faced reproductive issues. The summary outlines key events and relationships over two years of the Whedonberry legacy.
YA (young adult) book releases for 2011. Including some book releases for 2012. Brought to you by fai-reviews.blogspot.com
**There are some spelling mistakes, so sorry about that :-)
This document provides a summary of the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted, directed by James Mangold. It includes the genre, director, year of production, synopsis of the film, budget and box office information. It then provides an analysis of the three main characters - Susanna, Lisa and Georgina - describing their backgrounds, personalities and roles in the film. Finally, it analyzes key narrative techniques, iconography, motifs and symbols used in the film. The film tells the story of Susanna's time in a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960s and her complex relationship with her friend Lisa.
1) The document describes the author's journey from being a privileged student who was abused by their father, to becoming homeless and addicted to drugs.
2) After nearly a year of drug abuse, the author had a moment of clarity watching a children's TV commercial and decided to join the military to turn their life around.
3) A kind stranger helped the author by taking them to a nice restaurant, which gave the author hope. The author then enlisted in the Air Force and went through rehabilitation and training.
4) Years later, the author came across a sick teenage girl at a store and helped save her life. The girl, named Paloma, now lives with the author and calls them "
The summaries are as follows:
1) The book I Will Save You by Matt De La Pena tells the story of a boy named Kidd who has faced difficulties in life but remains determined through journal entries and interactions with others.
2) The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell is about a teenage boy named Renegade X who has both hero and villain genes and is trying to figure out where he belongs as he quests to become a villain.
3) The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier follows two characters, Trei and Araene, who feel caught between cultures and struggle with a sense of belonging and self-doubt.
The document is a narrative written from the perspective of a 13-year-old girl named Leah as she is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Some key details:
1) Leah is driven late at night by her mother and uncle to the distant hospital for treatment of depression.
2) Upon arrival, Leah undergoes intake procedures including being photographed and having her belongings taken away.
3) She is shown to her small, cold room and learns about the hospital rules and monitoring systems.
4) At her first group meeting, Leah listens to other patients' stories of abuse and feels like the outsider as a virgin without a traumatic background.
This document provides a summary of the film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones in 3 paragraphs. It introduces the main characters Clary Fray and Jace Wayland and explains that Clary discovers she comes from a line of demon hunters called Shadowhunters. It describes some of the key events of the film including Clary and Jace seeking help from a warlock to find a magical cup and Clary learning her father is the villain Valentine Morgenstern. The summary concludes by explaining Valentine opens a portal to summon demons but is defeated by Clary and Jace working with the other Shadowhunters.
This document provides summaries for 14 books that have been nominated for the Georgia Peach Book Award. Each summary is 3 sentences or less:
- After the Shot Drops tells the story of two best friends whose relationship is tested when one accepts an athletic scholarship and tries to fit in with privileged peers.
- Children of Blood and Bone follows Zélie, a young woman in Orïsha who remembers when the soil hummed with magic before it was outlawed by the king.
- Dear Martin explores issues of racial profiling and injustice through the eyes of Justyce, an honor student who questions teachings of Dr. King Jr. after being handcuffed by police.
- Devils Within
This document provides summaries for 12 books that have been nominated for the Georgia Peach Book Award. Each summary is 1-3 sentences and highlights the essential plot elements or themes of the book. The summaries concisely convey the high-level stories and topics covered in each work without extensive detail.
This document provides examples of different human emotions through short vignettes. It discusses love, anger, fear, hope, despair, grief, joy, relief, jealousy, envy, loneliness, self-pity, vanity, ambition, greed, humility, stubbornness, courage, and timidity through brief stories that illustrate each emotion.
This document provides a summary of upcoming titles and media properties across various genres including comics, movies, TV shows and books:
1) It announces release dates and provides links for information on titles related to properties like Deadpool, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, and Fantastic Beasts.
2) It highlights several upcoming books tied to popular influencers on social media, books based on comics and graphic novels, and books authored by people in entertainment.
3) Finally, it shares news briefs about television show renewals and adaptations of properties like The X-Files, American Gods, and Dirk Gently into TV series.
The document appears to be a collection of quotes and summaries from various young adult novels. It includes brief discussions and reactions to novels like The Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent, The Giver, 1984, and The Maze Runner among others. People share their thoughts on characters, plot points, and themes in the books. They debate which characters they prefer and ask questions about the societies depicted in the novels.
To help you navigate the plethora of young adult books out there, both classic and contemporary, we've put together another awesome guide--The Young Adults Summer Reading Flowchart!
Source: http://teach.com/great-educational-resources/the-summer-reading-flowchart-young-adult-books-infographic
The document provides a summary of the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. It describes the key plot points including Bella getting pregnant by Edward, much to everyone's surprise. It then details her difficult pregnancy, birth of Renesmee which nearly kills Bella, Edward turning Bella into a vampire to save her, and the resulting fight between the Cullens and Jacob's wolf pack. It introduces the main characters and actors who portray them. The summary concludes by stating Breaking Dawn was released in two parts in 2011 and 2012.
Paradigm of an empowered woman as shown in kamala markandaya’s nectar in a sieveAngie Magdasoc
This paper analyzes the characters of Rukmani and Ira in the novel Nectar in a Sieve to portray empowered women. Rukmani faces immense hardship, including poverty, the deaths of children, and discovering her husband's infidelity, yet remains strong, educated, and devoted to her family. Her daughter Ira also displays courage in turning to prostitution to support her family during famine and in raising her son who has albinism. The paper argues that these women demonstrate that modern women are no longer subservient, but rather the primary nurturers and sources of strength for their families through adversity.
Wendy, a matchmaker, meets with Todd, Ivan, Charlie, and Alice to discuss a threat to their world. She explains that supernatural beings like herself have protected the world by interfering as little as possible to preserve free will. However, the threat is now too large for the world's "Simself" protector to handle alone within those limits. Wendy tries to convince them by mentioning altered memories, but Alice refuses to believe without proof. Wendy says the proof will reveal itself to the four friends and leaves, saying they will speak again once Alice comes around. Charlie thanks Todd and Ivan for coming. Ivan agrees to talk to Charlie's brother about making up with his boyfriend. Todd will now move into the Greek house with
The document summarizes 12 booktalks presented at a tri-division event. Each booktalk provides a brief overview of the book's plot, including key characters and themes. Some of the books discussed include The Cocalero Novel by Deborah Ellis about the war on drugs in Bolivia, Klutzhood by Chris McMahen about a boy trying to fit in at his new school, and Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson about building schools in remote villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
This document provides a logline and overview for an episodic TV show called "Miracle Chaser" about a woman named Jane Porterfield who investigates reports of miraculous events. Her team includes experts in science, technology, languages and more. Each episode would focus on a new unexplained occurrence for Jane to research, such as a girl surviving being hit by a bus or disasters predicted by an albino boy. The format blends documentary and mystery styles to leave the conclusions ambiguous and the possibility of miracles open.
Kendall visits her relative's grave in a graveyard and notices vandalism on another headstone. She reads the writing aloud, summoning the spirit of William Heiner who was improperly buried. He begins tormenting Kendall. She realizes he is seeking justice for his burial and tries to properly bury his remains, but is arrested as a grave digger by police called by a passerby. Kendall cannot prove her intentions were to aid the spirit and appears crazy to authorities.
This document provides background on the narrator's father, Conal O'Conner. It describes how he emigrated from Ireland to Detroit seeking opportunity. It then details his sudden illness and hospitalization, where he developed a persistent fever and delusions of being consumed by a dragon. After two years in long term care, he passed away from one final fever spike. His death confused and angered the narrator. The document establishes the narrator's Irish heritage and troubled relationship with her mother.
The document provides summaries of 14 books that were favorites of a reading group. It summarizes The Hunger Games as a dystopian novel about a 16-year-old girl forced to compete in a fight to the death on live TV. It summarizes Twilight as a story about a 17-year-old girl who meets an attractive boy at her new school who she discovers is not wholly human. It summarizes Diary of a Wimpy Kid as the comedic adventures of the character Greg Heffley as told through journal entries.
The document provides summaries of 15 books that were favorites of a reading group. Some of the books summarized are The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
In this three act play, Joe Keller is a successful businessman who lives with his wife Kate and son Chris in the suburbs. During World War II, Joe's factory sent out defective machine parts that caused 21 pilots to die, including Kate and Joe's other son Larry. Joe's business partner Steve went to prison for the crime, while Joe was exonerated. In the present, Chris wants to marry his neighbor Ann, who was formerly engaged to Larry. However, Kate refuses to believe Larry is dead. When Ann's brother George visits, he accuses Joe of being responsible for their father Steve going to prison. It is revealed that Joe pressured Steve to send out the defective parts. Chris confronts Joe, who then commits
Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair At StylesGeorge Grayson
The document provides an introduction to the characters and setting of Agatha Christie's mystery novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". It describes how the narrator, Hastings, is invited to spend his leave at Styles Court by his friend John Cavendish. It introduces the Cavendish family who reside at Styles Court, including John's mother Mrs. Inglethorp who has recently married a much younger man named Alfred Inglethorp, to the displeasure of her family. It also describes some of the other residents including Evie Howard, Mary Cavendish, and Cynthia Murdoch. The summary sets the stage for a mystery to unfold at Styles Court.
Children Coping With A Parents Terminal IllnessJ L
This document summarizes research on helping children cope with a parent's terminal illness. It finds:
1) Children experience grief and distress during the terminal phase, yet this period is seldom investigated. Interventions aim to improve family communication and prepare children.
2) Risk and protective factors like the quality of parenting influence children's adaptation. Open communication with surviving parents helps children cope.
3) A study grouped children by age (3-5, 6-8, 9-11 years) to clarify their experiences during illness, death, and bereavement and inform interventions.
This article discusses how poetry can help physicians, especially those caring for dying patients, become more reflective, compassionate practitioners. It argues that practicing medicine focused only on facts leads to burnout and impaired healing. Poetry fosters healing in three ways: 1) the power of words to heal or harm; 2) developing empathy and understanding through "negative capability"; and 3) empathic connection and compassionate presence with patients. The article provides an example of a patient who seemed to die without meaning or connection with caregivers, and suggests poetry can help physicians see themselves and find meaning in caring for patients at the end of life.
The document is a narrative written from the perspective of a 13-year-old girl named Leah as she is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Some key details:
1) Leah is driven late at night by her mother and uncle to the distant hospital for treatment of depression.
2) Upon arrival, Leah undergoes intake procedures including being photographed and having her belongings taken away.
3) She is shown to her small, cold room and learns about the hospital rules and monitoring systems.
4) At her first group meeting, Leah listens to other patients' stories of abuse and feels like the outsider as a virgin without a traumatic background.
This document provides a summary of the film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones in 3 paragraphs. It introduces the main characters Clary Fray and Jace Wayland and explains that Clary discovers she comes from a line of demon hunters called Shadowhunters. It describes some of the key events of the film including Clary and Jace seeking help from a warlock to find a magical cup and Clary learning her father is the villain Valentine Morgenstern. The summary concludes by explaining Valentine opens a portal to summon demons but is defeated by Clary and Jace working with the other Shadowhunters.
This document provides summaries for 14 books that have been nominated for the Georgia Peach Book Award. Each summary is 3 sentences or less:
- After the Shot Drops tells the story of two best friends whose relationship is tested when one accepts an athletic scholarship and tries to fit in with privileged peers.
- Children of Blood and Bone follows Zélie, a young woman in Orïsha who remembers when the soil hummed with magic before it was outlawed by the king.
- Dear Martin explores issues of racial profiling and injustice through the eyes of Justyce, an honor student who questions teachings of Dr. King Jr. after being handcuffed by police.
- Devils Within
This document provides summaries for 12 books that have been nominated for the Georgia Peach Book Award. Each summary is 1-3 sentences and highlights the essential plot elements or themes of the book. The summaries concisely convey the high-level stories and topics covered in each work without extensive detail.
This document provides examples of different human emotions through short vignettes. It discusses love, anger, fear, hope, despair, grief, joy, relief, jealousy, envy, loneliness, self-pity, vanity, ambition, greed, humility, stubbornness, courage, and timidity through brief stories that illustrate each emotion.
This document provides a summary of upcoming titles and media properties across various genres including comics, movies, TV shows and books:
1) It announces release dates and provides links for information on titles related to properties like Deadpool, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, and Fantastic Beasts.
2) It highlights several upcoming books tied to popular influencers on social media, books based on comics and graphic novels, and books authored by people in entertainment.
3) Finally, it shares news briefs about television show renewals and adaptations of properties like The X-Files, American Gods, and Dirk Gently into TV series.
The document appears to be a collection of quotes and summaries from various young adult novels. It includes brief discussions and reactions to novels like The Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent, The Giver, 1984, and The Maze Runner among others. People share their thoughts on characters, plot points, and themes in the books. They debate which characters they prefer and ask questions about the societies depicted in the novels.
To help you navigate the plethora of young adult books out there, both classic and contemporary, we've put together another awesome guide--The Young Adults Summer Reading Flowchart!
Source: http://teach.com/great-educational-resources/the-summer-reading-flowchart-young-adult-books-infographic
The document provides a summary of the film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. It describes the key plot points including Bella getting pregnant by Edward, much to everyone's surprise. It then details her difficult pregnancy, birth of Renesmee which nearly kills Bella, Edward turning Bella into a vampire to save her, and the resulting fight between the Cullens and Jacob's wolf pack. It introduces the main characters and actors who portray them. The summary concludes by stating Breaking Dawn was released in two parts in 2011 and 2012.
Paradigm of an empowered woman as shown in kamala markandaya’s nectar in a sieveAngie Magdasoc
This paper analyzes the characters of Rukmani and Ira in the novel Nectar in a Sieve to portray empowered women. Rukmani faces immense hardship, including poverty, the deaths of children, and discovering her husband's infidelity, yet remains strong, educated, and devoted to her family. Her daughter Ira also displays courage in turning to prostitution to support her family during famine and in raising her son who has albinism. The paper argues that these women demonstrate that modern women are no longer subservient, but rather the primary nurturers and sources of strength for their families through adversity.
Wendy, a matchmaker, meets with Todd, Ivan, Charlie, and Alice to discuss a threat to their world. She explains that supernatural beings like herself have protected the world by interfering as little as possible to preserve free will. However, the threat is now too large for the world's "Simself" protector to handle alone within those limits. Wendy tries to convince them by mentioning altered memories, but Alice refuses to believe without proof. Wendy says the proof will reveal itself to the four friends and leaves, saying they will speak again once Alice comes around. Charlie thanks Todd and Ivan for coming. Ivan agrees to talk to Charlie's brother about making up with his boyfriend. Todd will now move into the Greek house with
The document summarizes 12 booktalks presented at a tri-division event. Each booktalk provides a brief overview of the book's plot, including key characters and themes. Some of the books discussed include The Cocalero Novel by Deborah Ellis about the war on drugs in Bolivia, Klutzhood by Chris McMahen about a boy trying to fit in at his new school, and Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson about building schools in remote villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
This document provides a logline and overview for an episodic TV show called "Miracle Chaser" about a woman named Jane Porterfield who investigates reports of miraculous events. Her team includes experts in science, technology, languages and more. Each episode would focus on a new unexplained occurrence for Jane to research, such as a girl surviving being hit by a bus or disasters predicted by an albino boy. The format blends documentary and mystery styles to leave the conclusions ambiguous and the possibility of miracles open.
Kendall visits her relative's grave in a graveyard and notices vandalism on another headstone. She reads the writing aloud, summoning the spirit of William Heiner who was improperly buried. He begins tormenting Kendall. She realizes he is seeking justice for his burial and tries to properly bury his remains, but is arrested as a grave digger by police called by a passerby. Kendall cannot prove her intentions were to aid the spirit and appears crazy to authorities.
This document provides background on the narrator's father, Conal O'Conner. It describes how he emigrated from Ireland to Detroit seeking opportunity. It then details his sudden illness and hospitalization, where he developed a persistent fever and delusions of being consumed by a dragon. After two years in long term care, he passed away from one final fever spike. His death confused and angered the narrator. The document establishes the narrator's Irish heritage and troubled relationship with her mother.
The document provides summaries of 14 books that were favorites of a reading group. It summarizes The Hunger Games as a dystopian novel about a 16-year-old girl forced to compete in a fight to the death on live TV. It summarizes Twilight as a story about a 17-year-old girl who meets an attractive boy at her new school who she discovers is not wholly human. It summarizes Diary of a Wimpy Kid as the comedic adventures of the character Greg Heffley as told through journal entries.
The document provides summaries of 15 books that were favorites of a reading group. Some of the books summarized are The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
In this three act play, Joe Keller is a successful businessman who lives with his wife Kate and son Chris in the suburbs. During World War II, Joe's factory sent out defective machine parts that caused 21 pilots to die, including Kate and Joe's other son Larry. Joe's business partner Steve went to prison for the crime, while Joe was exonerated. In the present, Chris wants to marry his neighbor Ann, who was formerly engaged to Larry. However, Kate refuses to believe Larry is dead. When Ann's brother George visits, he accuses Joe of being responsible for their father Steve going to prison. It is revealed that Joe pressured Steve to send out the defective parts. Chris confronts Joe, who then commits
Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair At StylesGeorge Grayson
The document provides an introduction to the characters and setting of Agatha Christie's mystery novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". It describes how the narrator, Hastings, is invited to spend his leave at Styles Court by his friend John Cavendish. It introduces the Cavendish family who reside at Styles Court, including John's mother Mrs. Inglethorp who has recently married a much younger man named Alfred Inglethorp, to the displeasure of her family. It also describes some of the other residents including Evie Howard, Mary Cavendish, and Cynthia Murdoch. The summary sets the stage for a mystery to unfold at Styles Court.
Children Coping With A Parents Terminal IllnessJ L
This document summarizes research on helping children cope with a parent's terminal illness. It finds:
1) Children experience grief and distress during the terminal phase, yet this period is seldom investigated. Interventions aim to improve family communication and prepare children.
2) Risk and protective factors like the quality of parenting influence children's adaptation. Open communication with surviving parents helps children cope.
3) A study grouped children by age (3-5, 6-8, 9-11 years) to clarify their experiences during illness, death, and bereavement and inform interventions.
This article discusses how poetry can help physicians, especially those caring for dying patients, become more reflective, compassionate practitioners. It argues that practicing medicine focused only on facts leads to burnout and impaired healing. Poetry fosters healing in three ways: 1) the power of words to heal or harm; 2) developing empathy and understanding through "negative capability"; and 3) empathic connection and compassionate presence with patients. The article provides an example of a patient who seemed to die without meaning or connection with caregivers, and suggests poetry can help physicians see themselves and find meaning in caring for patients at the end of life.
This personal reflection describes the power of presence when supporting those who are suffering. The author recounts several experiences where simply being present with her daughter as she was dying or being present with others who were grieving brought great comfort. She emphasizes that you don't need to say or do anything profound, but your presence alone can validate and support someone experiencing suffering. Companioning those who suffer through simply being with them in their pain is a profound and courageous act of love.
This document summarizes two films by Bernard Émond that explore the philosophy of medicine through the character of Dr. Jeanne Dion, an emergency department physician in Montreal. The films, La Veuvaine (The Novena) and La Donation (The Legacy), portray Dion grappling with existential and professional crises and seeking a renewed understanding of medicine inspired by the principles of Hippocrates. Through her experiences in rural practice, Dion discovers a more compassionate approach focused on serving patients holistically. The films raise thoughtful questions about the role of physicians and the spiritual aspects of medical practice.
This document discusses new web-based collaboration tools like wikis, blogs, and podcasts and their potential uses in medical education and clinical practice. It provides examples of how these tools are currently being used and discusses their advantages and disadvantages. The key points are:
1) Wikis, blogs, and podcasts allow for powerful information sharing and collaboration through their ease of use and ability to be edited by many users.
2) Examples of their current medical uses include wikis for sharing information between health professionals, blogs for sharing clinical images and cases, and podcasts for distributing medical lectures and recordings.
3) Their advantages include increasing access to learning materials and facilitating virtual collaboration. However, reliability and accuracy of
Medical Professionalism Expectations ObligationsJ L
The document discusses the concept of medicine's "social contract" with society. It describes how the social contract originated in philosophy to define the relationship between citizens and the state, and how more recently it has been applied to describe medicine's relationship with society. The social contract involves reciprocal expectations and obligations - society grants medicine autonomy and rewards in exchange for medicine prioritizing patient interests, ensuring competence, and addressing public health issues. The document analyzes the different parties involved in medicine's social contract, including individual physicians, professional organizations, patients and the public, government, and commercial sector. It provides a framework for understanding the complex relationships and expectations between these groups.
Hendrick, a resident at a nursing home, spends his days crafting needle-felted birds in isolation. One day, Mildred's nephew Arthur visits and Hendrick takes an immediate liking to him. They bond over Arthur's interest in Hendrick's needle-felting. Arthur promises to visit again to learn the craft, bringing Hendrick joy and purpose during his solitary days at the home.
This document provides information about a youth publication called Exposure Magazine from October 2010. It includes a table of contents listing various articles on topics like reviews of films, books, and experiences with truancy. It also includes brief biographies of the youth writers, illustrators, editors, and staff involved in producing the magazine. The purpose of Exposure Magazine is to give young people an independent voice to contribute to democratic processes and discuss issues relevant to their lives and communities.
The document discusses several poems written by women from different backgrounds and time periods. It provides context about the authors' lives and experiences that influenced their writing. Sandra Cisneros wrote "Old Maids" about rejecting societal expectations for women to marry. Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman" celebrates a woman's confidence in herself rather than worrying about beauty standards. Sara Teasdale's "I'm Not Yours" reflects on her own marital experiences and desires. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnet "How Do I Love Thee" expresses her unconditional love for her husband Robert Browning.
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The group discussed the novel "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers. Some members found the book disappointing and wanting more positivity. It focuses on a deaf-mute man named Singer who becomes a Christ-like figure to four other characters but cannot truly understand or connect with them. The characters are all lonely, isolated individuals on the margins of society. While bleak, the book highlights the universal human desire to feel understood and find meaning in life. It also drew from McCullers' own lonely and troubled experiences as a writer.
Local Advanced Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex Sys...Oleg Kshivets
Overall life span (LS) was 1671.7±1721.6 days and cumulative 5YS reached 62.4%, 10 years – 50.4%, 20 years – 44.6%. 94 LCP lived more than 5 years without cancer (LS=2958.6±1723.6 days), 22 – more than 10 years (LS=5571±1841.8 days). 67 LCP died because of LC (LS=471.9±344 days). AT significantly improved 5YS (68% vs. 53.7%) (P=0.028 by log-rank test). Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: N0-N12, T3-4, blood cell circuit, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells-CC and blood cells subpopulations), LC cell dynamics, recalcification time, heparin tolerance, prothrombin index, protein, AT, procedure type (P=0.000-0.031). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and N0-12 (rank=1), thrombocytes/CC (rank=2), segmented neutrophils/CC (3), eosinophils/CC (4), erythrocytes/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), stick neutrophils/CC (8), leucocytes/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (error=0.000; area under ROC curve=1.0).
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1. Lessons from Adele
My best friend Adele taught me that it’s possible to face the
worst of life – even cancer – without relying on a spouse or
children to support you. The story of a single woman, a time
of need, and a neighbourhood that became a family.
BY CYNTHIA BROUSE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JULIETTE BORDA
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2.
3. I
t’s about nine o’clock on a warm September such a lifestyle seem unthinkable. In the small town
evening. You’re out for a stroll, maybe where I grew up, there was almost no such thing as an
walking your dog, in the dusky light on a unmarried or childless adult. It was beyond my powers
friendly looking street in Toronto’s east end, of imagination to summon up a day when I, too, would
a front-porch kind of street with narrow be a single, childless woman in her 40s, living alone in
houses fronting close to the sidewalk. As Toronto with breast cancer. But childhood fears are
you pass number 87, you can see into the just that: I was also once terrified of German shep-
softly lit living room, just a few feet away. The curtains herds, penises and singing in public, all of which
are open wide enough to reveal a frail, middle-aged became some of my favourite things. I now see single-
woman lying on a hospital bed. She has closely shaven, hood as more like the monster in the closet than a ter-
jet-black hair; her dark-rimmed eyes seem hollow, and minal disease; when I open the door and take a look,
her olive skin is stretched tightly over a skeletal frame. it’s a pretty wussy creature.
If you stopped for a moment, you’d notice that on her For one thing, I’m not alone in my aloneness. Last
left cheek someone has painted a bright blue butterfly. spring a front-page, above-the-fold Toronto Star story
If you stopped for longer, you might see a man and a exclaimed, “A Woman’s World Is Increasingly Alone.”
little boy exit the house opposite. The man is carrying “Women are marrying less,” it read, “divorcing more
a dish covered with foil. They enter number 87, and and outliving the men they do stay with.” According to
the man carries the dish to the kitchen while the little a 2001 Statistics Canada study, 14 per cent of Cana-
boy stands in the sick room, quietly watching the dian women live alone, more than double the 1971 fig-
sleeping woman. The man returns, and plants a gentle ure. Almost a third of unattached women in Canada
kiss on the woman’s forehead, and the two leave. qualified as “low-income.”
A little girl who’s not supposed to be riding her bike In other words, as boomer women enter late middle
at night, but is anyway, pulls up on the sidewalk. age, more of us are going to be fending for ourselves
“How’s Adele?” she asks her neighbours. when the roof caves in, without sons and daughters to
Adele Jacobson was my closest friend in Toronto, nurse us when we’re ill, or spousal life insurance and
where I live. She died of lung cancer at the age of 52 on pensions to support us, or grandkids to drive us to the
Sept. 26, 2003, in that little living room on that friendly grocery store. Of course, some parents find out their
street. Precisely two weeks after she died, I found kids have no time for them (and sometimes the feeling
myself in a breast clinic, staring at a chickpea-sized blob is mutual). Still, those of us with neither offspring nor
on a mammogram as the doctor said, “I wish I had partners are heading into territory that up until now
good news for you.” One of my first thoughts was has been only sparsely charted.
directed angrily toward my dead friend: “How could But this demographic detail means there will be more
you leave me? Who’s going to help me through this?” of us to help each other out as our knees, memories
Because, like Adele, I am unmarried and childless. and bank accounts head south, to experiment with
Adele had been divorced after a brief marriage, and inventive living arrangements and to lobby for social
lived alone, as I do, in a house she had struggled to buy supports. Furthermore, the never-marrieds – or as
on her own. I’m a freelance writer and editor and part- one academic article puts it cutely, the “ever-singles” –
time teacher staring down 50. are often pretty good at being alone. As a married male
Who else do women like us turn to? friend once responded to my “what’s wrong with me”
whine, “The only difference between you and married
WHEN I WAS A GIRL IN THE EARLY 1970s, I read an article people is that you actually like your own company.”
in a magazine, possibly Chatelaine, that profiled a sin- Perhaps unlike the sudden widow, we know how to
gle woman in her 40s, who, the writer told us, was find the resources we need – not just to survive, but to
dying of breast cancer, alone, in an apartment in a big be happy. Our social networks tend to be strong and
city, with no one to care for her. “Alone in an apart- wide and flexible. And if they’re not, it’s never too late
ment she’d dwell,” ran the lyrics of a Paul McCartney to make them that way. In the book Flying Solo: Single
song that was popular at the time. “Sometimes she Women in Midlife, Carol Anderson and Susan Stewart
feels so sad.” If that song depressed me, the magazine describe single women who are “not unhappy but
story was a shock. My narrow, teenaged focus made think they ought to be.” I now think I ought to be >
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4. happy, and mostly I am. Sure, sometimes being single good. She didn’t commit suicide, and, though she’d
sucks, and not just when you can’t reach the roast pan cringe to hear me say it, “heroic” is not far off the
on the top shelf or your grandmother dies. mark. In fact, in that 10 months, I believe she found
Adele and I did our share of feeling lonely and sorry courage and a kind of peace she didn’t know she was
for ourselves, both before and after cancer. But at a capable of feeling. And in the time that followed my
certain point those feelings got boring – and life got own cancer diagnosis, I realized that Adele had not
surprisingly full. After I turned 40 and acquired a abandoned me. The last months of her life had been a
niece and three nephews, I became horrified by the lesson in how to live with cancer as a single, childless
notion that they would grow up pitying me, and I set woman, her final gift to me. Let me share with you
out to be somebody whose life they might consider some lessons from Adele, a well-loved teacher who
emulating, or at least, in the words of my oldest was teaching till her last breath.
nephew, “the wacky aunt.” When she first heard the words “lung cancer,” only
Besides, the divorce rate tells us that Bridget Jones’s her coworkers knew Adele had gone to the hospital by
“smug marrieds” don’t necessarily have all that much herself. Sent home with some painkillers, she had a
to be smug about. For many, marriage is a lonely place. strange, stroke-like attack as she sat alone in her house
I can’t count the number of times I’ve felt blessed not trying to absorb the news. Fortunately, a close friend at
to have to deal with the financial squabbles or infideli- work called to check on her, and when Adele picked
ties or troubled children that some married people up the phone but was unable to speak coherently, her
must face. In any case, I defer to the words of Judy friend summoned an ambulance. Here’s the compli-
Plum, a “spinster” character in a lesser-known novel cated thing about single, urban life. Often the people
by L.M. Montgomery (for the author, wedded bliss we’re close to aren’t close to each other. While para-
turned out to be a serious contradiction in terms): medics loaded an uncommunicative Adele into the >
“Marrying’s a trouble and not marrying’s a trouble and
I sticks to the trouble I knows.”
If I sound a tad like Pollyanna, let me hasten to add
that having cancer is no laugh riot, single or not. An
ambivalent member of the pink-ribbon brigade at
“I’m not dying of
best, I did not find my life automatically transformed
by cancer into an inspiring movie-of-the-week. Like
the late Miriam Engelberg, in her darkly hilarious and
lung cancer,”
brilliant cartoon memoir Cancer Made Me a Shallower
Person, neither Adele nor I could see ourselves as par-
Adele snorted.
ticularly heroic.
“I’m not dying of lung cancer,” Adele snorted the
day she received the terrible diagnosis, invoking Dr.
“And nobody at my
Kevorkian and speculating about suicide. “And
nobody at my funeral’s going to say I died bravely and
funeral’s going
with dignity after a battle with cancer.” I won’t deny
that among the items that got both Adele and me
through the experience was a supply of mood-improv-
to say I died bravely
ing pharmaceuticals. So, this is intended as neither a
“poor-us” story nor a bowl of chicken soup for the
and with dignity
soul. It’s simply the trouble I knows.
Adele was a lively Jewish transplant from Connecti-
cut, who reminded me a little of Judge Judy. She
after a battle
worked for many years as an interpreter for the deaf
and a teacher of adult basic skills at George Brown
with cancer.”
College in Toronto. Ten months passed between her
diagnosis and the day she was taken away from us for
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5. Lesson One: get to know your neighbours whether you want to or
not. The women on my street, many of them single,
met monthly for a potluck dinner for years, and a
Distribute a list of broader group still meets from time to time even
though some have moved away. Adele had organized
essential numbers similar gatherings on her street; residents there have
said it was she who drew them into a community with
her gregariousness, her love of entertaining and
to anyone her genuine interest in the lives of others, regardless
of age or background. I can only hope the boom in
who can senior singles living in apartments and condos will
generate more neighbourliness among those little
boxes and lofty towers than I ever experienced as an
get the apartment-dweller.
Adele’s neighbours came to her aid when she needed
word out them. Lesson Three is about asking for, and accepting,
help. Like me, Adele had almost never been the centre
of anyone’s world. When she saw that her friends, fam-
if you ily and neighbours were willing to help her, she in turn
discovered the other side of loving people: the ability
need help. to let others love her back. She let us into her new,
scary life, allowed us to share her illness and her dying.
She simply accepted our sometimes fumbling attempts
to care for her as though she felt she deserved them,
not in a selfish way, but generously and with grace. >
ambulance, her neighbours rushed into her house,
only to realize they didn’t know how to alert her family.
They’d all become friends when Adele had instigated
regular street potlucks, and they knew she had a sister
and mother in Connecticut, but didn’t have their
phone numbers. Most of them had met me, but didn’t
know my last name.
Lesson Two:
By happenstance, a young Chinese student named
Lulu who had lived with both me and Adele tele-
phoned as the neighbours stood helplessly in Adele’s
Get to know your
living room (at least they had keys), and she provided
them with my number. I happened to have Adele’s sis-
neighbours
ter’s number, only because for some reason she’d given
it to me before one of her visits home. That was Lesson
One. The next day, I gave my boss and my neighbours
socially –
a list of the phone numbers of my closest friends, my
siblings and my parents.
whether
Which leads me to Lesson Two: If you’re not
acquainted with them yet, get to know your neigh-
bours. And if possible, live in a place where that’s pos-
you want
sible. Adele and I both became homeowners in our
early forties. We could afford only tiny, modest places,
to or not.
and that led us both to a working-class district that fea-
tures the kind of density and openness that helps you
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6. With the help of an organization now called Hospice
Toronto, whose goal is to support people who wish to
die at home, we formed a care team to look after Adele
Lesson Three :
and to assist her primary caregivers – her sister, also
single and childless, and their mother – who came to Ask for
stay with her for long stretches. The first meeting of
our team had an almost jolly atmosphere; a photo
taken of the group that night, with a beaming Adele in
help and
the middle, attests to her ability to plan for the
inevitable while living in the moment. schedule
Following a schedule prepared by Hospice Toronto,
her neighbours and a handful of close friends cooked
meals, shopped, fielded phone calls, and spent hours
your
holding her hand, watching her sleep, sneaking
Schezuan lobster into the hospital when she had to be friends
there, and periodically protecting her from the medical
staff. We cried, too, but we laughed even more.
A year later, when I chose to have both radiation and
in a rotation of
chemotherapy after my lumpectomy, I was frightened,
more by the unpredictability of what was to come than support duties.
anything. The last thing I wanted was a dozen people
calling me on Monday and being left completely alone
on Tuesday when I could really use help or company –
and I didn’t want to be a burden to just one or two My neighbours fetched prescriptions, hunted up a
people. I took a deep breath and sent out a mass nurse who lives on my street to check my incision for
e-mail to about 50 friends, neighbours, co-workers and infection and drove me to emergency. I soon discov-
acquaintances who I thought might be willing to give ered that people like helping out, and were even
me a hand. Because I wasn’t sure what I needed them insulted when not asked. I made some new friendships
to do, if anything at all, I got out a calendar and asked and renewed old ones in the process. Almost nobody
each one to commit to a day or two in the coming actually turned away, and I respected those whose rea-
months when they could call me. I would tell them sons for not being able to deal with my situation were
what I needed that day. I also booked a buddy for each too private to discuss.
day I had to be at the hospital for treatment. As is so A teenager on my street shovelled my snow while I
often the case, I ended up needing few of the things I was sick, which brings me to Lesson Four: Make chil-
thought I would, and many things I hadn’t thought of dren a part of your life. (In fact, if you’re single, make
at all. But I accomplished roughly what I’d set out to sure you have friends of every age; a couple of stal-
do and I almost never had to attend a treatment alone, warts on my cancer-care team were retired people who
which helped my morale considerably. had time to spare.) Adele’s love for the kids on her
Both Adele and I discovered that sometimes the peo- street (including a darling infant named Niamh, who
ple who can help you are not the people you’re closest brightened up some truly disheartening care-team
to – and that that may be just as well. My family mem- meetings) was returned with childish honesty, and
bers, for various good reasons, were not available very those same kids danced to Aretha Franklin with the
often (and my most intimate friends didn’t live in grownups at her memorial party.
Toronto), but freelance co-workers ferried me to my I can’t predict how I’ll feel 20 years from now, but liv-
interminable appointments on weekdays, brought me ing in an adults-only community seems a dreary choice
groceries and listened to my macabre clowning about to me. Being around younger people prevents me from
the intravenous catheter hanging out of my arm or the fearing them (a common ailment of the elderly) and
Star Trek–like atmosphere of the radiation chamber keeps me young. Well, younger. Visits with my sib-
with its green beams of light poking at my breast. lings’ children, or just watching the neighbourhood >
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7. Lesson Four: kids act like idiots in front of my house, makes me
feel like I’m smack in the middle of life, tied to some-
thing bigger and more important than my own prob-
Feeling lems, maybe even a positive influence. And while it’s
true that I see some of my friends with kids less often
young is a than I’d like, I’ve accepted that I have to make an
effort if I don’t want to lose touch completely – and
my honorary nieces and nephews are better than TV.
jolt in the OK, you say, but how can I be part of a community
when communities seem to be made up of families?
arm, so One single friend said that when she bought a house
in a suburb outside Toronto, her neighbours treated
her as though she were a circus freak. When we’re
make children not being pitied, single women are seen by some as a
threat to family stability, not to be invited in for cof-
a part of your life. fee lest we lure your unsuspecting spouse or child
into our debauched lairs.
Well, Lesson Five is doing your part by considering
yourself a family of one. Waiting for your life to
“start” is seriously stupid. For example, Adele lived
in a home, not a house, which she delighted in dec- >
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8. orating and maintaining, despite not being handy.
Like Adele, I created a home for me, filled with my
tchotchkes and my family photos and as much or as
Lesson Five:
little dirt and clutter as I want, and I welcome people
into it often, even as I enjoy the solitariness to which Don’t be
I am evidently best suited. And my close friends see
me as a family, not as half of something that needs
completing before becoming eligible for social inclusion.
down on
Part of creating a family of one is cooking. I was
often taken aback when Adele would literally smack singledom
her lips and say, “Oh, I made myself a terrific
poached salmon last night!” I could cook, but it had
never seemed worth it to cook just for me. Through
– do your
Adele, I learned to enjoy sitting down alone to a good
meal I’d made myself, as well as to share my meal part by considering
with others.
Because a family of one can expand in surprising
ways. Like many single-woman homeowners, we
yourself a family
rented out spare bedrooms to students, a choice
that’s occasionally a crashing drag, but mostly a of one.
source of fascinating connection and even comfort. >
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9. Adele and I cheered and stomped from the balcony at who don’t really like kids, or who, either bored by
the college graduation of Lulu, our student from SpongeBob SquarePants or simply envious, don’t care
China; Lulu called Adele her Canadian mom in an to hang out with their friends who are parents. Some
e-mail that was read at her memorial. Adele’s and my single people are more private than Adele and I, and
young tenants were also adopted by our neighbours. wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing such an intensely
And while I never aspired to being Dorothy, Blanche personal journey with a wider circle. Others wish to
or Rose on The Golden Girls, it’s starting to look spare loved ones grief and inconvenience for as long as
like they had the right idea. Non-traditional family possible and prefer to keep their crises to themselves,
arrangements and pooling resources will become more or to rely on professional help. One single friend says
common as the number of unattached women rises. she’d rather be dead than have a bunch of neighbours
Lesson Six is actually one I taught Adele. When one hovering over her in the hospital, or even setting foot
of my closest high-school chums died in a car accident in her house, which she considers a private haven. For
at 30, my heart ached for her parents, who would have her, it’s about control, and control over one’s life is cer-
had to journey to the city from her home town to make tainly the greatest thing about being single.
some sense out of her belongings and finances. I But there may come a time when life is out of your
resolved to make sure I had all my papers in a safe but control, and you need somebody, even if it’s just some-
Lesson Six: Get your paperwork
in order – and keep your will
and financial details close at
hand.
locatable spot, including an up-to-date will and a list body to keep all the other somebodies away. Whatever
of where my bank accounts, insurance policies and combination of support and connection suits you, they
investments reside. Adele had done little of this when are what you deserve, regardless of your marital
she got sick, and it was excruciatingly difficult to sug- status. Most important, single women (and men) need
gest it to her without seeming ghoulish. Eventually, to feel part of the larger community, with different but
with help, she was able to sort out most things before important roles to play. And an inclusive community
she died. Luckily, her sister, mother and cousins were doesn’t happen without some effort and design, on
with her at the end. If you have no family at all (or all our parts. A few days before Adele died, her
you’re not crazy about the family you do have), and neighbours held a street fair. A couple of the men
you end up in hospital, the medical staff are not per- tenderly folded her into a wheelchair and brought her
mitted even to tell your friends how you’re doing, outside, where she was able to chat on the sidewalk with
which is why you need to assign a power of attorney people who had become her family. Joining the kids,
for health as well as property. she had a blue butterfly painted on her cheek – a
All of these lessons are about building intentional reminder of the last day the sun shone on her face, and
connections, which, in some ways, is not all that differ- of how she had touched so many people as she made
ent from getting married or having children. The type, her way through life, on her own, but not alone.
number, and closeness of those connections will not be Thanks for the lessons, my hero, my teacher,
the same for everybody. There are lots of single people my friend. •
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