Icing

I would like to start by answering the question “Is it possible that movies perpetuate misconception and stigmatization of mental illness? I will say yes and no, because some of these movies portray real life happenings. For example, an article I read regarding this question, the media coverage of mass shootings and other tragedies has fed the longstanding public misconception that people with mental disabilities are prone to violence. This is not true because according to the U.S. Surgeon…

Personal beliefs can affect the typical worker in any work environment, not in just a law firm. The best example for personal beliefs in the workforce can be identified with religion. Religion is one the largest topics of personal beliefs because something out of the ordinary that interferes with a worker's religious beliefs can create chaotic results in the workforce. In Hobby Lobby, their Christian belief systems had a controversy for paying for birth control to their workers. AT&T's workers…

Since I had visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time, I had wanted to go to the Cloisters. During the afternoon in the back of my father’s Honda civic, I sat wondering what the Cloisters would have inside or even look like. From my neighborhood of Jackson Heights to Washington Heights, the demographics changed throughout. Along northern boulevard from Jackson Heights up until Long Island City, I had noticed the demographic change. Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst remained, for…

Teesdale is revered as one of the most beautiful and spectacular areas in England. Its peaceful, unspoilt landscape is richly endowed with natural beauty and provides an incredible feeling of solitude and tranquillity. In 1988 the whole of Upper Teesdale was included in the designation for the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It stretches across 772 square miles (2000km²) and takes in parts of County Durham, Cumbria and Northumbria. The area is well-known for its…

Throughout history many revolutions have been attempted, some succeed while others fail, and these revolutions have been attempted in many different ways. The National Liberation Front, referred to as the FLN, conducted one of the successful revolutions in history, removing the French from power in Algeria in 1962. This revolution was conducted militaristically and employed many new strategies to help them gain their independence, but when we look at it retrospectively we wonder whether the FLN…

I immediately got out of the pool and was attempting to hide my distress. Icing did not subdue my pain, so I called mother and we went to get my heels x-rayed. The initial x-rays were inconclusive due to the high amount of swelling and the doctor put me in two clunky, grey boots, handed me a pair of crutches, and told me to come…

Every African American should know the story of Emmett Till, and if they don’t they need to hear it. Emmett Till was 14 year old boy from Chicago, but during this tragedy he was in Mississippi. Emmett Till was accused of flirting with a white woman by whistling at her. Later o Emmett Till was beat to death, shot, and they tied a cotton gin fan with barbed wire around his neck and threw him into the Tallahatchie River. James Emanuel a poet wrote a poem entitled “Emmett Till” to express the desire…

If the weather at the departure airport is below landing minimums an alternate plan of action has to be made, in case plane has to return. There are rules for how far can a takeoff alternate airport be. FAA states that for a two-engine airplane, a takeoff alternate has to be no more than 1 hour of flight with one engine inoperative in still air. For a plane with more than 2 engines, takeoff alternate has to be no more than 2 hours of flight in still air with one engine inoperative. If a…

picked me and my sister up I told her that my ankle hurt. She said “Shake it off, it can’t hurt that bad. It’s not bleeding, and I don’t see any bones.” When I got home, I limped inside and propped my leg up on a pillow. When my family saw that I was icing it, they just thought I was being a drama queen. I was anticipating going to practice the next day, but I just couldn’t shake it…

Dia de los Meurtos - more commonly known as the Day of the Dead – is a traditional festivity dating back almost 3,000 years, that is practiced all over Mexico and in certain parts of the United States. The story behind this idiosyncratic holiday is that over 500 years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadors found what are now the remnants of the Aztec Empire, they had encountered the indigenous peoples participating in an activity that seemed to mock death. This ritual was in honor of their goddess…