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No news to report on my literary essay, still trying to find a website critiquing Robert Frost's poetry. Short survey is underway with good results.

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Literary Essay Outline

Choosing which path to follow on the continuous journey of life is never an easy task.
1. Decisions
a. opportunities
b. consequences
c. following the crowd
d. individualism
2. Regrets
a. pressures
b. procrastination
c. struggles
d. symbolism
3. Follow your heart
a. reflection
b. the unknown
c. predicting the future
d. judgement
e. be true to yourself

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In my research for my literary essay, I am trying to find a book on comments/critiquing Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken," or just books on his poetry. As of yet I haven't been able to find any....I will try different search engines and see what I can come up with. I've also started my short survey as I've mentioned before and alot of people said that they are happy right where they are in life. Some would have chosen to wait to have children, or continued their education. But the paths they chose makes them the person they are today........

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I have read Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken." It was published by Henry Holt and Company in 1920 in New York. I also found it at an online book store, Bartleby.com. I will see if I can find any more books on Robert Frost, and also do a short survey asking, "what if you had chosen a different path in life, what would it have been."

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As far as my research proposal for my literary essay, I haven't started the proposal yet, but I want to research the meaning of Robert Frost's poem,"The Road Not Taken". Throughout life people take many different paths, and then wonder what it would have been like if they had chosen a different one. It's about decision making and choosing our own personal path in the journey of life...........
Linda

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I've been working on my field research, doing a survey of how many people have checked the organ donation box on their driver's license. I'm also working on getting a picture to add to my research paper.
Linda

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I've started working on my research paper rough draft. Nothing new to report, just continuing to do research and put it on paper.

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Linda Sisko

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March 22, 2008

Outline

More people would donate organs if they only understood organ donation and transplantation.

I. Research-History

A. First organ transplant.

B. Organ transplant system.

1. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

2. Transplantation Centers.

II. Transplant types.

A. Tissue

1. Cornea

2. Skin

3. Bone Marrow

B. Organs

1. Heart

2. Lungs

3. Kidneys

4. Liver

III. Myths of organ donation

A. Brain death

1. Absence of brain function

2. Upper and lower brain

B. Discrimination

1. Diseases of ethnic groups

2. Upper class people

C. Disfigurement

1. Surgical procedure

2. Open casket

D. Black market organs

1. Laws

2. Fines and jail

IV. Religious aspects of organ donation

A. Catholics

B. Jehovah’s

V. Donor registry

A. Driver’s license

B. State registry

C. Living will

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First successful transplant was in 1954. One twin donated a kidney to his identical twin brother. He led a normal life after that, dying eight years later from causes unrelated to the transplant.

Anyone can be a donor.

Over 95,000 patients are currently waiting for an organ transplant, 10% are under age 18.

Donors are matched to recipients by a national computer registry.

All costs paid by the donor program.

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I've reviewed the wiki site and evaluated the different sources and sites that would be helpful in my research. I think that websites and search engines are the most helpful. They are easy to navigate and contain alot of information.
Linda

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Another website http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organdonation.html#cat1

or medlineplus.gov
Government organization dealing with over 750 health topics and the latest health news. Run by Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg of the national library of medicine. Deals with JAMA, the US institute of health and the american medical association.

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religious leaders and organ donation holy act http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Religious+Leaders%3A+organ+Donation+Holy+Act,-a0154358299

States revising organ donation laws
Washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/03/AR2007040302062.html

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I found a great resource using the free library resource about the religious aspect of organ transplantation. Our religious leaders have very different opinions about this subject. Please see my delicious acct for the website.
Linda

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I have found just a few books so far on my research.
1. Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain Death. "A definition of Irreversible Coma" in Updating Life and Death Ed. Donald L. Cutler, Boston: Beacon Press (1968) p55.
2. "Transplant", World Book Encyclopedia, 2005 edition. Vol 19, p379-380.
3. "Organ Donation". World book encyclopedia, 2005 Edition. vol 14, p852-853.
4. "Cyclosporine". World book encyclopedia, 2005 edition. vol 4, p 1204.

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Narrowing my topic.
I'm not sure if I can narrow down my topic too much, there is so much to research. I liked the idea of doing a survey to see how many people checked yes to being a donor on their driver's license. I may also get the chance to interview a kidney transplant patient and ask them about the whole procedure. I also like to option of finding out more about black market organs. I'm sure I can find out about transplant centers and related support groups in this area. Lots of information from the websites I found today.
http://www.righthealth.com/health
www.abcnews.go.com
www.news.bbc.co.uk
www.foxnews.com

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Keywords:
organ donation
donor
organ
transplant
waiting list
case studies
organ failure
donation laws
transplant medications
support groups
transplant centers
matching donors

I took my list of ten questions from page 39's exercise and reviewed all possible keywords. I used Merriam Websters online search for synonymous terms to my key words. I found a website that offered most all of these topics, including news reports about organ donations and costs.
http://www.righthealth.com/health

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Linda Sisko
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chapter 3 project outlined on pg 39

1. Could the donation system be improved?
2. How long do people have to be on an organ transplant waiting list?
3. Should everyone be a donor?
4. What are the laws governing donation and transplantation, what are the side effects of it, what can be donated?
5. When was the first organ transplantation?
6. Where did it take place?
7. Who suffers emotionally when dealing with donation?
8. Why does transplantation cost so much?
9. Would you donate an organ to save a life?

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I haven't really decided on which topic I want to go with yet for my research paper.I think organ donation and transplantation may be a good choice with alot of information available. The twin theory has intrigued me for a long time, but I don't think much has been written about it.

I may chose organ donation and transplantation because I think it is a very controversial topic.
I already know that many people are on waiting lists for organs, and many of those people will die waiting. I want to find out how long people have to be on the list before an organ is available, the process people have to go through in order to receive a donated organ, when they first started transplanting organs, the controversy about donating, the cost, and the emotional effects of the donor's and recipient's families.
I want to find out if there are state laws governing donation and transplantation, or if it is a world wide organization. I also want to find out the success rate among transplants.

ENGL 112 TOPICS

1. Organ donation and transplantation.
2. The twin theory.
3. Life after death.
4. Astrological signs.
5. Angels.