Senin, 12 Mei 2014

Inspirational Story

The Fence

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there."

The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said "I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you."

"Of course I can," said the father.

Sabtu, 25 Januari 2014

Infinitives and Gerunds

Examples of Infinitives and Gerunds :

1. Do you like to watch movie? 
2. The opponents is hard to beat. 
3. She went for a run to get her her body sweaty.
4. Would you mind giving me your food?
5. Jacob wants to be a musician because he likes playing drum.
6. He's surprised to see her there.
7. He went to the shop to do some shopping.
8. She can’t do her task. She need somebody to help her.
9. John wants to be a football player because he likes playing football.
10. Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the nearest gas station?

The Next Leader

Good morning, I am running for student council president here at the Three Senior High School.

I have been a student at Three Senior High School for 2 years and during that time I’ve made some really great friends. When I look back I can’t even imagine going to any other school besides Three Senior High School. I tell everyone I know about Three Senior High School and the opportunities it has given me.

I am here to talk about why I want to run for Student Council President, my experience as a leader, and how I can bring some or many new and creative ideas and innovations to Three Senior High School. 
Student Council is a way for the students to have representation in school. It gives them a chance to make their own decisions, about how they want their school run by voting for people to represent them. The reason I want to run for student council President is not because my parents made me,  but because I want to make my year as a high school student the best one for all. By becoming President, I hope to take all of my experience from inside or outside of school and bring it to a school level. I will take my job completely seriously, but also include your ideas no matter how extreme. If you give me an idea, no matter what it is, I promise to take it to Student Council and discuss it.

If I am elected student council president I want students to know they can come to me with suggestions and I will listen to them and try to make a difference. Thank you and I look forward to your votes.


Rabu, 22 Januari 2014

Acid rain

Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. Governments have made efforts since the 1970s to reduce the release of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere with positive results. Nitrogen oxides can also be produced naturally by lightning strikes and sulfur dioxide is produced by volcanic eruptions. The chemicals in acid rain can cause paint to peel, corrosion of steel structures such as bridges, and erosion of stone statues.



Definition

"Acid rain" is a popular term referring to the deposition of wet (rain, snow, sleet, fog, cloudwater, and dew) and dry (acidifying particles and gases) acidic components. Distilled water, once carbon dioxide is removed, has a neutral pH of 7. Liquids with a pH less than 7 are acidic, and those with a pH greater than 7 are alkaline. "Clean" or unpolluted rain has an acidic pH, but usually no lower than 5.7, because carbon dioxide and water in the air react together to form carbonic acid, a weak acid according to the following reaction:
H2O (1) + CO2 (g) is in equilibrium with H2CO3 (aq)
Carbonic acid then can ionize in water forming low concentrations of hydronium and carbonate ions:
H2O (l) + H2CO3 (aq) is in equilibrium with HCO3 (aq) + H3O+ (aq)
However, unpolluted rain can also contain other chemicals which affect its pH (acidity level). A common example is nitric acid produced by electric discharge in the atmosphere such as lightning.[1] Acid deposition as an environmental issue (discussed later in the article) would include additional acids to H2CO3.

History


Trees killed by acid rain
The corrosive effect of polluted, acidic city air on limestone and marble was noted in the 17th century by John Evelyn, who remarked upon the poor condition of the Arundel marbles.[2] Since the Industrial Revolution, emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere have increased.[3][4] In 1852, Robert Angus Smith was the first to show the relationship between acid rain and atmospheric pollution in Manchester, England.[5]
Though acidic rain was discovered in 1853, it was not until the late 1960s that scientists began widely observing and studying the phenomenon.[6] The term "acid rain" was coined in 1872 by Robert Angus Smith.[7] Canadian Harold Harvey was among the first to research a "dead" lake. Public awareness of acid rain in the U.S increased in the 1970s after The New York Times published reports from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire of the myriad deleterious environmental effects shown to result from it.[8][9]
Occasional pH readings in rain and fog water of well below 2.4 have been reported in industrialized areas.[3] Industrial acid rain is a substantial problem in China and Russia[10][11] and areas downwind from them. These areas all burn sulfur-containing coal to generate heat and electricity.[12]
The problem of acid rain has not only increased with population and industrial growth, but has become more widespread. The use of tall smokestacks to reduce local pollution has contributed to the spread of acid rain by releasing gases into regional atmospheric circulation.[13][14] Often deposition occurs a considerable distance downwind of the emissions, with mountainous regions tending to receive the greatest deposition (simply because of their higher rainfall). An example of this effect is the low pH of rain which falls in Scandinavia.

History of acid rain in the United States


Since 1998, Harvard University wraps some of the bronze and marble statues on its campus, such as this "Chinese stele", with waterproof covers every winter, in order to protect them from erosion caused by acid rain (or, actually, acid snow)[15]
In 1980, the U.S. Congress passed an Acid Deposition Act.[16] This Act established an 18-year assessment and research program under the direction of the National Acidic Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP). NAPAP looked at the entire problem from a scientific perspective. It enlarged a network of monitoring sites to determine how acidic the precipitation actually was, and to determine long term trends, and established a network for dry deposition. It looked at the effects of acid rain and funded research on the effects of acid precipitation on freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems, historical buildings, monuments, and building materials. It also funded extensive studies on atmospheric processes and potential control programs.
From the start, policy advocates from all sides attempted to influence NAPAP activities to support their particular policy advocacy efforts, or to disparage those of their opponents.[16] For the U.S. Government's scientific enterprise, a significant impact of NAPAP were lessons learned in the assessment process and in environmental research management to a relatively large group of scientists, program managers and the public.[17]
In 1991, DENR provided its first assessment of acid rain in the United States. It reported that 5% of New England Lakes were acidic, with sulfates being the most common problem. They noted that 2% of the lakes could no longer support Brook Trout, and 6% of the lakes were unsuitable for the survival of many species of minnow. Subsequent Reports to Congress have documented chemical changes in soil and freshwater ecosystems, nitrogen saturation, decreases in amounts of nutrients in soil, episodic acidification, regional haze, and damage to historical monuments.
Meanwhile, in 1989, the U.S. Congress passed a series of amendments to the Clean Air Act. Title IV of these amendments established the Acid Rain Program, a cap and trade system designed to control emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Title IV called for a total reduction of about 10 million tons of SO2 emissions from power plants. It was implemented in two phases. Phase I began in 1995, and limited sulfur dioxide emissions from 110 of the largest power plants to a combined total of 8.7 million tons of sulfur dioxide. One power plant in New England (Merrimack) was in Phase I. Four other plants (Newington, Mount Tom, Brayton Point, and Salem Harbor) were added under other provisions of the program. Phase II began in 2000, and affects most of the power plants in the country.
During the 1990s, research continued. On March 10, 2005, EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). This rule provides states with a solution to the problem of power plant pollution that drifts from one state to another. CAIR will permanently cap emissions of SO2 and NOx in the eastern United States. When fully implemented, CAIR will reduce SO2 emissions in 28 eastern states and the District of Columbia by over 70% and NOx emissions by over 60% from 2003 levels.[18]
Overall, the program's cap and trade program has been successful in achieving its goals. Since the 1990s, SO2 emissions have dropped 40%, and according to the Pacific Research Institute, acid rain levels have dropped 65% since 1976.[19][20] Conventional regulation was utilized in the European Union, which saw a decrease of over 70% in SO2 emissions during the same time period.[21]
In 2007, total SO2 emissions were 8.9 million tons, achieving the program's long term goal ahead of the 2010 statutory deadline.[22]
The EPA estimates that by 2010, the overall costs of complying with the program for businesses and consumers will be $1 billion to $2 billion a year, only one fourth of what was originally predicted.[19]

Emissions of chemicals leading to acidification

The most important gas which leads to acidification is sulfur dioxide. Emissions of nitrogen oxides which are oxidized to form nitric acid are of increasing importance due to stricter controls on emissions of sulfur containing compounds. 70 Tg(S) per year in the form of SO2 comes from fossil fuel combustion and industry, 2.8 Tg(S) from wildfires and 7–8 Tg(S) per year from volcanoes.[23]

Natural phenomena

The principal natural phenomena that contribute acid-producing gases to the atmosphere are emissions from volcanoes. Thus, for example, fumaroles from the Laguna Caliente crater of Poás Volcano create extremely high amounts of acid rain and fog, with acidity as high as a pH of 2, clearing an area of any vegetation and frequently causing irritation to the eyes and lungs of inhabitants in nearby settlements.[24] Acid-producing gasses are also created by biological processes that occur on the land, in wetlands, and in the oceans. The major biological source of sulfur containing compounds is dimethyl sulfide.
Nitric acid in rainwater is an important source of fixed nitrogen for plant life, and is also produced by electrical activity in the atmosphere such as lightning.
Acidic deposits have been detected in glacial ice thousands of years old in remote parts of the globe.[13]
Soils of coniferous forests are naturally very acidic due to the shedding of needles, and the results of this phenomenon should not be confused with acid rain.

Human activity


The coal-fired Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio
The principal cause of acid rain is sulfur and nitrogen compounds from human sources, such as electricity generation, factories, and motor vehicles. Electrical power complexes utilising coal are among the greatest contributors to gaseous pollutions that are responsible for acidic rain. The gases can be carried hundreds of kilometers in the atmosphere before they are converted to acids and deposited. In the past, factories had short funnels to let out smoke but this caused many problems locally; thus, factories now have taller smoke funnels. However, dispersal from these taller stacks causes pollutants to be carried farther, causing widespread ecological damage.

Chemical processes

Combustion of fuels produces sulfur dioxide and nitric oxides. They are converted into sulfuric acid and nitric acid.[25]

Gas phase chemistry

In the gas phase sulfur dioxide is oxidized by reaction with the hydroxyl radical via an intermolecular reaction:[5]
SO2 + OH· → HOSO2·
which is followed by:
HOSO2· + O2 → HO2· + SO3
In the presence of water, sulfur trioxide (SO3) is converted rapidly to sulfuric acid:
SO3 (g) + H2O (l) → H2SO4 (aq)
Nitrogen dioxide reacts with OH to form nitric acid:
NO2 + OH· → HNO3

Chemistry in cloud droplets

When clouds are present, the loss rate of SO2 is faster than can be explained by gas phase chemistry alone. This is due to reactions in the liquid water droplets.
Hydrolysis
Sulfur dioxide dissolves in water and then, like carbon dioxide, hydrolyses in a series of equilibrium reactions:
SO2 (g) + H2O is in equilibrium with SO2·H2O
SO2·H2O is in equilibrium with H+ + HSO3
HSO3 is in equilibrium with H+ + SO32−
Oxidation
There are a large number of aqueous reactions that oxidize sulfur from S(IV) to S(VI), leading to the formation of sulfuric acid. The most important oxidation reactions are with ozone, hydrogen peroxide and oxygen (reactions with oxygen are catalyzed by iron and manganese in the cloud droplets).[5]

Acid deposition

Wet deposition

Wet deposition of acids occurs when any form of precipitation (rain, snow, and so on.) removes acids from the atmosphere and delivers it to the Earth's surface. This can result from the deposition of acids produced in the raindrops (see aqueous phase chemistry above) or by the precipitation removing the acids either in clouds or below clouds. Wet removal of both gases and aerosols are both of importance for wet deposition.

Dry deposition

Acid deposition also occurs via dry deposition in the absence of precipitation. This can be responsible for as much as 20 to 60% of total acid deposition.[26] This occurs when particles and gases stick to the ground, plants or other surfaces.

Adverse effects


This chart shows that not all fish, shellfish, or the insects that they eat can tolerate the same amount of acid; for example, frogs can tolerate water that is more acidic (i.e., has a lower pH) than trout.
Acid rain has been shown to have adverse impacts on forests, freshwaters and soils, killing insect and aquatic life-forms as well as causing damage to buildings and having impacts on human health.

Surface waters and aquatic animals

Both the lower pH and higher aluminium concentrations in surface water that occur as a result of acid rain can cause damage to fish and other aquatic animals. At pHs lower than 5 most fish eggs will not hatch and lower pHs can kill adult fish. As lakes and rivers become more acidic biodiversity is reduced. Acid rain has eliminated insect life and some fish species, including the brook trout in some lakes, streams, and creeks in geographically sensitive areas, such as the Adirondack Mountains of the United States.[27] However, the extent to which acid rain contributes directly or indirectly via runoff from the catchment to lake and river acidity (i.e., depending on characteristics of the surrounding watershed) is variable. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) website states: "Of the lakes and streams surveyed, acid rain caused acidity in 75% of the acidic lakes and about 50% of the acidic streams".[27]

Soils

Soil biology and chemistry can be seriously damaged by acid rain. Some microbes are unable to tolerate changes to low pH and are killed.[28] The enzymes of these microbes are denatured (changed in shape so they no longer function) by the acid. The hydronium ions of acid rain also mobilize toxins such as aluminium, and leach away essential nutrients and minerals such as magnesium.[29]
2 H+ (aq) + Mg2+ (clay) is in equilibrium with 2 H+ (clay) + Mg2+ (aq)
Soil chemistry can be dramatically changed when base cations, such as calcium and magnesium, are leached by acid rain thereby affecting sensitive species, such as sugar maple (Acer saccharum).[30][31]

Forests and other vegetation


Effect of acid rain on a forest, Jizera Mountains, Czech Republic
Adverse effects may be indirectly related to acid rain, like the acid's effects on soil (see above) or high concentration of gaseous precursors to acid rain. High altitude forests are especially vulnerable as they are often surrounded by clouds and fog which are more acidic than rain.
Other plants can also be damaged by acid rain, but the effect on food crops is minimized by the application of lime and fertilizers to replace lost nutrients. In cultivated areas, limestone may also be added to increase the ability of the soil to keep the pH stable, but this tactic is largely unusable in the case of wilderness lands. When calcium is leached from the needles of red spruce, these trees become less cold tolerant and exhibit winter injury and even death.[32][33]

Ocean acidification

Coral's limestone skeletal is sensitive to pH drop, because the calcium carbonate, core component of the limestone dissolves in acidic (low pH) solutions.

Human health effects

Acid rain does not directly affect human health. The acid in the rainwater is too dilute to have direct adverse effects. However, the particulates responsible for acid rain (sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) do have an adverse effect. Increased amounts of fine particulate matter in the air do contribute to heart and lung problems including asthma and bronchitis.[34]

Other adverse effects


Effect of acid rain on statues
Acid rain can damage buildings, historic monuments, and statues, especially those made of rocks, such as limestone and marble, that contain large amounts of calcium carbonate. Acids in the rain react with the calcium compounds in the stones to create gypsum, which then flakes off.
CaCO3 (s) + H2SO4 (aq) is in equilibrium with CaSO4 (s) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
The effects of this are commonly seen on old gravestones, where acid rain can cause the inscriptions to become completely illegible. Acid rain also increases the corrosion rate of metals, in particular iron, steel, copper and bronze.[35][36]

Affected areas

Places significantly impacted by acid rain around the globe include most of eastern Europe from Poland northward into Scandinavia,[37] the eastern third of the United States,[38] and southeastern Canada. Other affected areas include the southeastern coast of China and Taiwan.[citation needed]

Prevention methods

Technical solutions

Many coal-firing power stations use flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) to remove sulfur-containing gases from their stack gases. For a typical coal-fired power station, FGD will remove 95% or more of the SO2 in the flue gases. An example of FGD is the wet scrubber which is commonly used. A wet scrubber is basically a reaction tower equipped with a fan that extracts hot smoke stack gases from a power plant into the tower. Lime or limestone in slurry form is also injected into the tower to mix with the stack gases and combine with the sulfur dioxide present. The calcium carbonate of the limestone produces pH-neutral calcium sulfate that is physically removed from the scrubber. That is, the scrubber turns sulfur pollution into industrial sulfates.
In some areas the sulfates are sold to chemical companies as gypsum when the purity of calcium sulfate is high. In others, they are placed in landfill. However, the effects of acid rain can last for generations, as the effects of pH level change can stimulate the continued leaching of undesirable chemicals into otherwise pristine water sources, killing off vulnerable insect and fish species and blocking efforts to restore native life.
Fluidized bed combustion also reduces the amount of sulfur emitted by power production.
Vehicle emissions control reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides from motor vehicles.

International treaties

A number of international treaties on the long range transport of atmospheric pollutants have been agreed for example, Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. Canada and the US signed the Air Quality Agreement in 1991. Most European countries and Canada have signed the treaties.

Emissions trading

In this regulatory scheme, every current polluting facility is given or may purchase on an open market an emissions allowance for each unit of a designated pollutant it emits. Operators can then install pollution control equipment, and sell portions of their emissions allowances they no longer need for their own operations, thereby recovering some of the capital cost of their investment in such equipment. The intention is to give operators economic incentives to install pollution controls.
The first emissions trading market was established in the United States by enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The overall goal of the Acid Rain Program established by the Act[39] is to achieve significant environmental and public health benefits through reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), the primary causes of acid rain. To achieve this goal at the lowest cost to society, the program employs both regulatory and market based approaches for controlling air pollution.

See also

  • Basic precipitation
  • List of environmental issues
  • Lists of environmental topics
  • Ocean acidification
  • Rain dust (an alkaline rain)
 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_rain

Question :

1. Rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic is called
a. Acid rain
b. Sweet rain
c. Unusual rain
d. Usual rain
2. acid rain can have harmful effects on...., except
a. Plants
b. Aquatic animals
c. Infrastructure
d. Sun
3. The chemicals in acid rain can cause......
a. Heavy rain
b. Paint to peel
c. Usual rain
d. Unusual rain
4. Clean or unpolluted rain has an acidic pH, but usually no lower than
a. 5.7
b. 4.4
c. 2.2
d. 4.5
e. 5.4
5. The most important gas which leads to acidification is
a. Sulfur
b. Dioxide
c. Sulfur dioxide
d. Sulfur trioxide
e. Sulfur oxide
6. The principal cause of acid rain is
a. Sulfur and nitrogen
b. Sulfur
c. Oxygen
d. Nitrogen
e. Helium
7. The principal cause of acid rain is compounds from human sources below, except
a. Electricity generation
b. Factories
c. Motor vehicles
d. Human breath
8 Combustion of fuels produces
a. Sulfur dioxide
b. Sulfur dioxide and nitric oxides
c. Sulfur trioxide
d. Nitric oxide
e. Nitric trioxide
9. Combustion of fuels are converted into
a. Sulfuric acid and nitric acid
b. Usual acid
c. Unusual acid
d. Sulfuric acid
e. Nitric acid
10. The gases can be carried hundreds of ............ in the atmosphere before they are converted to acids and deposited
a. Meters
b. Centimeters
c. Kilometers
d. Milimeters
e. Nanometers

Answer : adbac adbac

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Kamis, 14 November 2013

Analytical Exposition

Introduction

Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content. Furthermore, social media depends on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms through which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content. It introduces substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals.

Now social media is very much used by all people, including students. They use social media for a variety of things, there are positive and negative impact. Some are using it to seek knowledge, but there also are using it just to be trendy.

Benefits :

Social media has many positive impacts, that positive impacts are can find a lot of knowledge, facilitate learning activities, facilitate communication, or just for fun

Disadvantages :

Social media has many negative impacts, that negative impacts are can make users lose many of time, can reduce social interaction with the people around him, even cyber crime

Conclusion :

If social media is used in accordance with its real function, then social media can provide many benefits for many people, but if use exceeds the limit and not according to its real function, it can give a lot of negative impact, so it all depends on the awareness of each person, each person must know what social media is used for



St. Anthony's Medical Center


St. Anthony's Medical CenterSt. Louis, Missouri, is the third-largest medical center in Greater St. Louis. It serves families in the city and coun ty of St. Louis, as well as Jefferson County, Franklin County, Saint Francois County, Sainte Genevieve County and Washington County in Missouri, along with Monroe, Randolph and St. Clair counties in Illinois. In addition, St. Anthony’s operates four urgent care facilities located in ArnoldFentonLemayand Big Bend.
St. Anthony’s is staffed by approximately 3,700 employees, served by more than 750 physicians and provides care to more than 210,000 patients each year.

History

In 1900, the Franciscan Sisters of Mary opened St. Anthony's Hospital at Grand and Chippewa in south St. Louis. The facility was named after St. Anthony of Padua who patterned his life and healing ministry after the example set by Jesus Christ.
Following St. Louis' first polio epidemic in 1946, St. Anthony's became the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis's (NFIP) designated Midwest Center for polio treatment. In 1947, convalescent polio children under the auspices of the NFIP, later known as the March of Dimes, and its city and county chapters were brought to St. Anthony's. St. Anthony's became one of the country's largest polio rehabilitation centers, treating more than 100 polio patients per day. In 1954, the incidence of new cases of polio tapered off and the hospital began offering twice-yearly Salk polio vaccine clinics.
In 1967, the Franciscan Sisters transferred ownership and control of the hospital to a board of community leaders, making St. Anthony's the first Catholic hospital in the St. Louis area to be administered by a lay board. In 1975, St. Anthony's Medical Center opened at its present location at 10010 Kennerly Road and remains the only hospital located in south St. Louis County.


Services

St. Anthony's offers medical treatment in Acute RehabilitatiBehavioral HealthCardiology/Heart careEmergency MedicineHospice,Hospice House (de Greeff)Neurology/StrokeOncology/Cancer careOrthopedicsPediatric Emergency MedicineSurgery, and Maternity Services

Awards and recognition

  • In 2013, St. Anthony's Stroke Program was honored with two awards from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association for its commitment to quality care.
  • In 2012, St. Anthony’s was one of 49 hospitals nationwide to receive an “Excellence in Patient Care Award” and the only hospital honored with the “Ambulatory Care Unit Award” from the Studer Group, a healthcare performance improvement and leadership development firm.
  • In 2011, St. Anthony’s Diabetes Education Program received a recognition certificate for quality from the American Diabetes Association.
  • In 2011, St. Anthony’s Medical Center earned the highest level of accreditation available as a Chest Pain Center with PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
  • In 2011, St. Anthony’s earned recertification as a Primary Stroke Center from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
  • In 2011, St. Anthony’s Acute Rehabilitation Department received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
  • In 2009, St. Anthony’s received the Hospital Quality Program “Meritorious Award” for Improving Patient Throughput, from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, to recognize its achievements in improving the speed and quality of patient care in its Emergency Department.
  • In 2008, St. Anthony’s earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition from the American Association for Respiratory Care for the sixth year in a row.
  • In 2007, St. Anthony's was recognized for patient safety by an independent health ranking firm. 2 April 2007
  • In 2006, St. Anthony's Medical Center was recognized with a Missouri Team Quality Award. 17 November 2006
  • In 2005, St. Anthony’s became the first hospital in St. Louis to receive Accredited Chest Pain Center designation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
  • In 2005, St. Anthony’s was named a Solucient Top 100 performance improvement leader among U.S. hospitals.
  • In 2004, St. Anthony’s was designated one of the “Best Places to Work” by the St. Louis Business Journal.
  • In 2004, St. Anthony’s received the Cardiac Center of Excellence designation from United Healthcare, the largest health plan in St. Louis.
  • In 1999, St. Anthony’s received a Top 100 Hospital designation from HCIA for orthopedic surgery – total knee replacement.

St. Anthony’s Medical Center Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarship

Source:  St. Anthony’s Medical Center Foundation
Program Description:  Made possible through the generosity of the St. Anthony Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors, this scholarship seeks to award children of the Medical Center’s full time and regular part time staff (who have been employed at least one year) who have achieved academic excellence (at least a 3.5 GPA) and will be full time undergraduate students at a regionally accredited four year Missouri college or university or any of Southern Illinois University’s five campuses or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Eligibility Criteria:  Dependent children of St. Anthony Medical Center’s full time and regular part time staff (who have been employed at least one year) who have achieved academic excellence (at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA on a 4 point scale) and will be full time undergraduate students at a regionally accredited four year Missouri college or university or any of Southern Illinois University’s five campuses or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Employees of SAMC are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
Selection Criteria:  Preference will be given to those academically qualified eligible applicants who also demonstrate the St. Anthony values of “excellence through teamwork and mutual respect” as well as “compassion and respect for all persons.”
Awards:   Typically at least five awards of $10,000
Renewable or one-time award:  Renewable
Application period:  Opens January 1; deadline is April 15

Question                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (T)(F)
1. St. Anthony's Medical CenterSt. Louis, Missouri, is the second-largest medical center in Greater St. Louis             
2. St. Anthony’s operates four urgent care facilities located in New York
3. St. Anthony's Medical Center opened at its present location at 10010 Kennerly Road and remains the only hospital located in south St. Louis County.
4. St. Anthony's offers medical treatment in Acute Rehabilitati
5. St. Anthony's offers medical treatment  Orthopedics
6. St. Anthony's offers medical treatment Emergency Medicine
7. In 2012, St. Anthony’s Diabetes Education Program received a recognition certificate for quality from the American Diabetes Association.
8. In 2011, St. Anthony’s earned recertification as a Primary Stroke Center from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
9. In 2009, St. Anthony’s received the Cardiac Center of Excellence designation from United Healthcare, the largest health plan in St. Louis.
10. The application period  opens January 1; deadline is April 4