American History of the Harmonica Flying through the Earth’s atmosphere into outer space, astronaut Wally Schirra, played jingle bells on his smuggled harmonica while in orbit. Even outer space is not safe from this pocket sized instrument. The harmonica has spread to almost every corner on Earth, and sold more units than any other instrument. The harmonica is considered an American icon, but the origins of the harmonica is rooted in another country, Germany. Although the actual creator of the…
Before a nurse practitioner assesses a client’s mental status from the client’s family’s concerns of possible mental decline, the practitioner should assess the patient’s hearing status. According to Jorgensen, Palmer, Pratt, Erickson, and Moncrieff (2016), “Confusion-life behaviors often concern family members and other caregivers; they may presume that the person has dementia and bias the diagnostic process toward dementia rather than hearing loss” (p. 312). A large portion of the Mini-Mental…
The future of The Beatles was threatened when in 1966 member John Lennon said, “We’re more popular than Jesus now.” This controversial remark was plastered across all mass media and set off “protests, death threats and the end to the Beatles’ touring career” (Rolling Stone 2016). Datebook, an American teen magazine, reprinted Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus now” remark and it led to a “Beatle boycott.” Families and members of the Christian church burned Beatles records and put on protests to…
question arises, where did it come from? Ken Lam, the head of microbiology at a university in Malaysia worked with Hume Field, whom found that bats were the reservoir hosts of Hendra, to find the source of Nipah. Together, they found that pigs were amplifier hosts and that flying foxes were the reservoir…
How do hearing aids paintings? hearing aids can provide the help you can want to be able to pay attention the arena around you in complete shade. hearing aids pick up all the excellent sounds around you, they process the sounds and launch the signal again into your ear - all without delay supplying you with a rounded 360-degree listening experience customized just for you. listening to Aids are available with varieties of generation: analog and virtual. The components of a listening to aid There…
The following is summary of my life after graduation. Right after graduating in 1963 John Callahan (Geibel High School class of 63) and I enlisted in the US Air Force. On the August 20th 1963 we left Connellsville for Lackland Airforce Base in Antonio TX for basic training. He and I ended up spending some of the hottest months of the year in Texas. I can still remember getting off the airplane in San Antonio at 3 AM and being shocked at the heat and humidity (~85 degrees). After our twelve weeks…
The use of distortion effects to add character to a guitar's sound goes back a long time, taking many forms. In the fifties, guitarists experimented with gain to overdrive their guitar amplifier, even poking holes in the speakers with pencils. Well before before loud overdrive/distortion effects became main staples of rock, distortion was used on electric guitars in blues. It was more subtle and in order to emphasize harmonics and enrich the bass tone to add great sustain sounds. Because…
Political campaigns often bring out the best (and also the worst) in many campaign operations and the candidates themselves. Since the prize and the objectives of a political campaign are large in magnitude and can decide the future of a state or country, political campaign operatives leave nothing to chance when organizing a political campaign. After all, the main objective of a political campaign is to influence and motivate the decisions of the body to come up with an advantageous position,…
autofocus , four-tone flash, plus a front facing flash and a 5.5” IPS LED 2k resolution screen. As for audio the phone has a state-of-the-art sound system with beam forming audio that uses three bass-boosted speakers, all linked through a smart amplifier meant to maximize volume but also control…
Fiber optic communication systems are light wave systems that employ optical fibers for transmitting information from one point to other through an optical fiber. The driving force behind the widespread use of fiber optic communications is the demand for economic, reliable transmission media that can transmit required information capacity. The transmission capacity of optical fibers has drastically improved over the years. Today, optical communications up to 100 gb/s for several kilometers have…