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  AMDP MEMORANDUM   To:                  Professor Clark Hansen, CEO, Anima Mundi Development Partners (AMDP) From:             Zoë Mele Date:               03/02/2022 Subject:         Investment Proposal: Watts of Love   After a thorough overview of potential investments to consider this week, I propose that AMDP make an investment in Watts of Love. I will provide information on Watts of Love’s work, mission, and financials. Watts of Love also complies with AMDP’s standards for investment , which I want to reiterate. Furthermore, I will provide a final recommendation for the non-profit organization.     AMDP Investment Standards   Triple Bottom Line AMDP ensures that its investmen...

  Call Me Lindsey Vonn Beginner Skier to Black Diamond   Over President's Day weekend I went skiing for the first time. Driving up to Big Bear Mountain, I was terrified. Coming from Illinois, the closest thing we get to skiing is a hill and oftentimes fake snow. Looking at the steepness of the mountain and these tiny dots that were people traveling down did not make me excited. However, I am a very competitive and adventure-seeking person, so I knew I was going to try.  Two of my closest friends were my teachers and instructed me on some vital skills for beginner skiing:  Turn your poles straight out in the direction you want to turn  Stand perpendicular to the mountain to stop Faster skiers must look out for slower skiers Unfortunately for me, I do not know how to ski slowly. For my first time ever, I was flying down the mountain and was even asked by a worker how long I had been skiing because I was going so fast. This was the first problem of the day. Second...

Life is the Goal The Highs and Lows of Operating on the Human Brain   In my last post about Do No Harm , I asked you what your price would be for brain surgery. For Dr. Henry Marsh, life is always his goal. He would rather have his patient be healthy, and potentially dealing with a side effect such as numbness on one side of the face, but ALIVE.  In all of Dr. Marsh's cases, he cares about life but also has to think about the quality of the lives he saves. Dr. Marsh experienced this firsthand when he experienced a retinal detachment and had to undergo surgery. Retinal Detachment- the retina peels off of the eyeball, resulting in (at worst) blindness After surgery, he experienced a brief period where he lost his vision, but had a new-found respect for being able to live an otherwise healthy life. In my own way, I could relate to Dr. Marsh and how he felt after his recovery. Having undergone a massive operation myself and living with an otherwise silent illness, I love just bein...

  “How’s the Weather Down There?” A Guide to Living as a Short Woman and Dealing with Short Person Bias   “C’mon Zo-mini!” My boyfriend called to me as my five foot figure ran from my porch onto his electrical scooter—our ride into USC’s campus. Keeping my balance and clutching onto the handle bars as he turned us onto Hoover Street, I thought of what his view must look like. A whole 12 inches above my head. I then started to think about if a random stranger had just called me “Zo-mini”. Would I think this nickname was as cute as I do now? I can assure you I would not. I then realized that my boyfriend had unintentionally demonstrated something I have lived with my whole life. Short person bias—otherwise known as height discrimination. Height discrimination is defined as unfair treatment based on height especially prejudice or discrimination against short people (Merriam-Webster). In my experience, this discrimination goes beyond funny nicknames. Here are some questio...

  Life. Paralysis. Full Recovery. What is Your Price for Brain Surgery? Stories of Life, Death, and the Corruption of the British Healthcare System Dr. Henry Marsh-- Head Neurosurgeon at St. George's Hospital in London for 30 years-- recollects stories of brain surgery and his own health in his memoir Do No Harm. As an aspiring physician myself, I was drawn to how Dr. Marsh addresses the role of a doctor in a terminally ill patient's life. Typically, people look at a surgeon (especially neurosurgeon) as a superhero that will magically cure them of a serious problem. However, Dr. Marsh challenges the reader to think of a doctor as another human, and to remember that most of the mistakes surgeons make are ones of human nature, not technical error.      Arteriovenous Malformations Dr. Marsh begins each of his chapters with a medical term and tells a story of a patient and the surgery he performed. Thus far, the most interesting chapter to me has been on arteriovenous ...