Every year, 1 in 700 kids are born with cleft lip, cleft palate, or both. That means an average of six thousand plus babies are having to deal with a facial and oral deformation, that is both costly and is a long road to being accepted as normal. (RelayHealth) It is the fourth largest birth defect and you rarely hear about it. A surprising fact is the government spends an average of 66 Billion dollars every year on obesity prevention and obesity control, which could be dramatically decreased by better budgeting. ("Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery Cost") This is a disorder most people can have some control over and something scientists are trying to find a ; Cleft lip, the cause is still unknown. With this in mind, the government should not …show more content…
This can lead to lack of focus in school because of your appearance and depression if the child does not feel he looks "acceptable" or normal like other kids.(RelayHealth) We still do not know the exact cause of cleft lip like we do many birth defects and other disorders. Which is why the government needs to fund just a small portion of money to aid to the further research and study of this disease. Once researchers and scientist can find the cause, there is a possibility for a cure, but like many things you cannot do it without money.("Operation Smile FAQ") The US government spends unnecessary amounts of money on things like Defense, that we are not only in debt, but we are not spending money on funding cures for defects and diseases like cleft lip. ("What Does the Government Spend Its Money On?") The only thing the government does to try and help people know about cleft lip is every once and a while give money for research and put on commercials in magazines and television, which still does not really help. And still after that mostly organizations pay for kids effected by this. ("Operation Smile
She is portrayed throughout the story as a hermit, only being seen outside her home a handful of times. In the beginning of the story, Miss Emily refuses to pay her taxes as she denies she has any taxes to pay. “ ‘See Colonel Sartoris.’ (Colonel Sartoris has been dead almost ten years.) ‘I have no taxes in Jefferson. Tobe!’ The Negro appeared. ‘Show these gentlemen out.’ (Faulkner 31)” She believes that she is responsible for no taxes, as the Colonel stated that her father had lent money to the town years ago; however the townspeople still arrive at her home to collect the taxes. She tells them to ask the Colonel, though he has been dead for almost ten years. She refuses to acknowledge the reality around
One of the seductive factors of William Faulkner’s society in “A Rose for Emily” is the traditional and adamant mental attitude of the main character in the novel. Miss Emily Grierson was stern in her ways and refused to accept change. She was known to be a hereditary obligation to the town. When the next generation and modern ideas came into progress she creates dissatisfaction by not paying her taxes. For many years and through the time of her death she would receive a tax notice every December and it would be returned by the post office a week later unclaimed. When the town got free postal delivery, Miss Emily was opposed to the new idea. She herself did not allow them to fasten the metal numbers above her door and attach a mail box to it. She has no tolerance when it comes to modern ideas. Depression and anguish increased within her causing major conflicts after her father’s death. Being left alone and without any close family to seek support from, she dwelled in disbelief. As custom from the town all the ladies prepared to call at the house and offer condolence and aid, but Miss Emily met them at the door with no trace of grief on her face. She told them that her father was not dead. For three days she was inclined to disbelieve and what had happened while minister and doctors tried to persuade her to let them dispose of the body.
The beginning of Faulkner's story is the end for Miss Emily. Faulkner presents images of the townspeople dutifully attending the funeral of this fallen fixture. As soon as the reader becomes acclimated to this setting, however, Faulkner subtly takes the reader back in time: "Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Satoris, the mayor, [. . .] remitted her taxes" (Faulkner 75). Faulkner inserts exposition into the middle of what was a section of falling action. Rather than returning the reader to the scene of Miss Emily's funeral, Faulkner trudges forward from 1894, bringing the reader up to date on the issue of Miss Emily's taxes.
After Miss Emily's father dies, Colonel Sartoris takes it upon himself to help Miss Emily with her finances. In order to appeal to her pride while at the same time providing assistance, he comes up with a story about her father lending the town money and in order to pay it back, remits her taxes. And when the neighbors and Board of Aldermen complain about the smell coming from Miss Emily's house, Judge Stevens refuses to bother her about it. When the youngest alderman suggests that they send word to have her clean her house up, Judge Stevens replies "Dammit, sir, will you accuse a lady to her face of smelling bad?" (6) Besides the judge and the mayor, there are no others that try to help Miss Emily, or even want to see her succeed.
Emily Grierson is a reserved person and does not associate with anyone in the town. Colonial Sartoris, the mayor in 1894 remitted Emily’s taxes dating from the death of her father till th...
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Their behavior is adaptive to their purpose, but Emily’s behavior is not. The town reputation and community was threatening by Emily’s behavior and this is why they protect her as well as the town. Emily tries to keep her true identity by remaining hidden. It states that in the beginning of the story they see Emily as a “fallen monument”(book pg). Her is valued as a valuable asset to this community and town and that is what they want to keep it that way. The townspeople say “Alive. Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation of the town(pg). This quotes are explained by “The complex figure of Emily Grierson casts a long shadow in the town of Jefferson. The members of the community assume a proprietary relationship to her, extolling the image of a grand lady whose family history and reputation warranted great respect. At the same time, the townspeople criticize her unconventional life and relationship with Homer Barron. Emily is an object of fascination. Many people feel compelled to protect her, whereas others feel free to monitor her every move, hovering at the edges of her life. Emily is the last representative of a once great Jefferson family, and the townspeople feel that they have
“When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old manservant---a combined gardner and cook had seen in at least ten years. (Faulkner 1)” From the first statement of the entire story, one can assume and infer that the story will contain material that is accented in dark aspects. Throughout the time period of the Great Depression, it was a given that the majority of the population was not fit to pay taxes. The effect of Emily being unable to pay for her taxes is a direct correlation to the fact that most of the population wasn’t able to pay for their own taxes. However, the reality of the comparison between Emily and the Great Depression fade when Emily’s taxes are exempt because her father supposedly contributed to the community’s bank account.
The time frame of Miss Emily Grierson to her was the greatest time era, which was the "Old South';. How do we know that she wanted to stay in the time era of the "Old South'; is when the new generation moved into Jefferson and asked Emily for taxes. When they did this she ranted and raved that Colonel Sartoris has written her a letter in which relieves her of any taxes. She told the tax collectors "See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson.'; The fact that the tax collectors could not see Colonel Sartoris is because Colonel Sartoris had been dead almost ten years. Even the furniture that she had was not updated. Emily's parlor was furnished with heavy, leather-covered furniture that was cracked from not being used. She had been trapped in the ways "Old South';, and did not care to change as time went by.
William Faulkner takes us to his fictional town of Jefferson, Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century, a time when the ways of society were changing dramatically. His fictional character, Miss Emily, is a prime example of one that is fearful of change and lives in the past in order to resist the changes that are occurring around her. When the Board of Aldermen met to confront Miss Emily about her tax notice, she informed them that she had no taxes in Jefferson. An agreement made about a decade ago by a mayor, now dead, was long forgotten, and no longer applied. Miss Emily simply refuses to accept the changes and sends the men away. Although this part of the story seems to be irrelevant to the plot, it is significant in understanding the nature of Miss Emily and how she responds to change.
Heart valve defects include narrowing of the valves or complete closure that stops forward blood flow. Some valves do not close properly allowing blood to leak backwards. Defects in the walls between the atria and ventricles of the heart may allow abnormal mixing of oxygenated and un-oxygenated blood between the left side and the right side of the heart. Heart muscles defects often lead to heart failure due to the muscle not working properly. The vital signs that detects a congenital birth defect is a pulse oximeter and blood pressure.
...are to reverse this plague of obese children, everyone needs to realize these issues and work collectively with each other and find a resolution for the children.
In Jan Tecklin’s book, Pediatric Physical Therapy, he states that “spina bifida is the second most common birth defect after Down syndrome” (163). Spina bifida includes any birth defect where the spinal canal is not completely closed. It is considered to be a neural tube defect or an NTD. The
...ce of mortality, education can also be given to them about healthy child development and what to expect when they deliver their child. This can help reduce the amount of children becoming ill. A program such as the one described can have a positive impact and has the potential of saving millions of lives.
...omosomes or genetic/chromosomal disorders. The most common type of genetic or chromosomal disorder is Down Syndrome or trisomy 21 (Cherry, n.d.). The condition occurs when a child has three chromosomes at the site of the twenty-first chromosome rather than the normal two. Some of the most common signs of Down Syndrome include round face, thick tongue, slanted eyes, hearing problems, heart defects, and intellectual impairment.