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Review of Satchmo Blows Up The World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War Penny von Eschen analyzes the opinion of international observers of the American construct for race with arguments supporting the notion that America failed to ease the racial tensions where African Americans persisted in racial struggle with their white counterparts. American impoliteness toward its African American populace held its negative image on the international platform during the period of Jim Crow. Federal…

Recognizing the limits of our ability to forecast could leave us healthier, safer and richer. 2016 has dealt a blow to certainty. Or it certainly should have. Just a few weeks ago, the experts were telling us that Hillary Clinton was certain to be the next President of the United States. Depending on the prediction source or betting market, the odds of a Clinton victory were anywhere from a low of 65% to a preposterous high of 99%. One betting outlet, PaddyPower, for some unfathomable reason,…

“When the Wild Wind Blows” sung by Iron Maiden Even though people often associate ballads with a story of love, some ballads can tell stories of possible futuristic scenarios. A song that demonstrates this type of story is “When the Wild Wind Blows” by Iron Maiden. Because this ballad is a song, tells a story, and contains other elements of a ballad, it easily represents a modern rock ballad. This song does not maintain a regular rhyme scheme; however, it repeats a few lines: “Can’t believe…

Charles Blow describes some of these levels of racism and its effects on people in the United States in his article “White America’s ‘Broken Heart’”. The article, as can be deciphered by the title, is about how white Americans today are handling the changing situations of equality in the United States. Blow published this article February 4, 2016, on The New York Times’ Opinion Pages on their website. Many Americans assume that racism is almost completely gone in today’s society, but Blow…

done to prevent them. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury usually caused by a blow to the head. In sports today concussions are a very hot topic, as a sports enthusiast, I love to watch anything sports related even if it’s just sports news like ESPN for example. ESPN and other new stations have been covering sport related concussions for some time now. I have seen some of my favorite players take a major blow to the head and have to be pulled from the game or even multiple games due to a…

“Opting to Blow the Whistle” This article is written by Alina Tugend. This article was written about the problems or mixed emotions of people reporting an unethical situationin their workplace ,Whether or not someone is going to speak up or just disregard the situation as if it never happened. And if so what are some of the things that makes them make this decision to speak up or just sit back.The article is aimed at everyday people in their workplace friom the managers to just the custodians.It…

The Storm That Will Blow You Away – Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy began October 22nd, 2012 and continued for 10 days, November 2nd, 2012. The Hurricane went Eastern Coast of the United States, as well as Canada, the Bahamas and the Caribbean The storm began as a tropical storm in the Western Caribbean and made land fall in Jamaica (24°15′N 76°00′W) on October 24th, 2012 and ended in Eastern Canada (47.18971° N, -70.13672° E) November 2nd, 2012. The Storm was a Category 3 major Hurricane and…

Let it Blow Respiratory Case Study Elijah Stevens is 74 year old male with a history of COPD. He is admitted to the hospital for an exacerbation of his COPD. He continues to smoke cigarettes (reports one pack a day). His current medications include theophylline, albuterol inhaler, beclomethasone dipropionate inhaler and a chewable aspirin 81 mg once a day. His lung sounds are diminished bilaterally. Pulse oximetry reading is 90%. He is receiving oxygen at 2 liters per nasal cannula. He…

“Freedom’s Plow” The United States of America has always been a place where one can prosper from hard work. People from all over the world flood to America at their chance of achieving the American Dream. In America, due to its freedoms, if one works hard, there are endless possibilities one can achieve. America is a very diverse country, and has been that way since the day it was founded. However that diversity brings much hatred and racism with it. Hate crimes and prejudices has caused a…

of women in society as a whole. While examining how culture is inherently patriarchal, feminism looks to cement the importance of women into traditional literature. When viewed through a feminist lens, Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “The Three Day Blow,” explores the fact that masculinity and femininity are merely performances which people put on conceal their true feelings. Hemingway’s short…