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golden globe for best picture.) It’s hard for me to pick a favorite but if I had to choose I would pick The Post. Kay Graham the publisher for the Washington Post, was given the tough choice of whether or not to publish the pentagon papers in the Newspapers. Publishing them could have been treasonous and the New York Times was already under fire from the white house. Set in 1971, The Post also showed how women were viewed…

I bent my leg and put my heel down. It never occurred to me that I could get hurt. My heel slipped and I feel what seemed 500 feet, but was only 5 inches. I screamed in pain, “Agh!” My body started to panic, as if it was going into lockdown. Everything was confusing, nothing made sense, things like soap and shampoo, turned into things that didn’t even exist. My hand went instantly to my head, and the sight I saw on my hand was the scariest thing I had ever seen, blood. Us as humans like to be…

practices and games to properly diagnose a head injury. In recent studies it was shown that 40% of players continued to play regardless of having a concussion and that 16% were allowed to play the same day (CNN 2014). That can lead to future problems like Post Concussion Syndrome or Mild Traumatic Brain injury. In regards to decreasing some of the risks with football one last question could be what if they outlawed tackling and just made it flag football or two-hand touch? By changing the rules…

shows symptoms. After a brief recovery, the athlete may return to normal activity. On the other hand, a complex concussion is affiliated with chronic symptoms and diminished cognitive ability. A complex concussion more often than naught develops into post-concussion syndrome (9). The Center for Brain Injury and Repair at the University of Pennsylvania conducted research on complex concussions. At a cellular level, the brain keeps a…

Health is arguably one of the most underappreciated aspects of a person’s life. In the book Throwaway Players by Gay Culverhouse the readers learn all about concussions and the effects they have on people’s lives. From Pee Wee to the Pro’s all players are at risk of suffering from a concussion from their time on the field. Concussions have been linked to multiple brain diseases, one being Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Many former National Football League players have been diagnosed with this…

As the world becomes more advances, some people tend to adapt along and some does not. Alvin Toffler, an American write and a futurist, stated, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who can 't learn, relearn, and unlearn.” In his quote, he implies that those who cannot learn, relearn, and unlearn are illiterate because their knowledge are basic and is not advance like the other people Toffler refer to as “those”. According to Alvin Toffler,…

In this assignment, our topic area concerns concussions that occur from partaking in sports and recreational activities. Concussions are very frequent amongst athletes, however they are avoidable. The Concussion in Sport Group defines a concussion as “a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by biomechanical forces” and resulting “in the rapid onset of short-lived impairment of neurological function that resolves spontaneously” (Purcell, 2014). Concussions in sports are…

Orenthal James “O. J” Simpson was convicted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and a friend of his wife’s Ronald Goldman on June 12th 1994. Goldman was over giving Nicole Brown her cell phone when the murders took place. OJ Simpson was questioned by police the next day which would begin the trial of the century. OJ Simpson was a gentle man, people could have never imagined him murdering his wife or anyone for that matter. He stared in movies and became a role model for many…

A concussion is an trauma induced alteration in mental states that may or may not result in loss of consciousness. When an athlete encounters a trauma to the head they may have symptoms such as behavioral changes, mood disturbances, and even cognitive difficulties like paying attention or having difficulty making a judgement. Concussions should be taken seriously due to the risks that the athletes are facing. Allowing an athlete to resume their activity while having a head injury is a poor…

from Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and his deputies, the Joint Force commander and his subordinates put together a sufficient operational plan for phases I through III of the campaign. However, the glaring omission of realistic planning for phase IV post-combat stabilization operations set the stage for an explosion of insurgent and sectarian violence. This was then compounded by the inability of the MNF-I commander to accept that the operational environment had changed and required a…