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American empires and leaders joined with European war groups to make war against others. They went after more dominant native alliances, states, and empires. “ The Indian slave trade was of central importance from the Carolina coast to the Mississippi Valley for nearly fifty years, linking southern lives and creating a whirlwind of violence and profit-making” argues Alan Gallay (The Indian Slave Trade). In most slave societies in America a free man of color would serve as a soldier to defend…

When I was in middle school, I wasn’t able to make coherent sentences and it caused me to withdrawal from conversations and class participation. During my lunch period, I would help the special education department and sit with people that didn’t care if I stuttered with my speech or fumbled with my words. In that department, there was a speech therapist who saw my struggle and knew how to help me; she would guide me to visualize a connection from my brain to my mouth and eventually I wasn’t so…

Meranze, Michael, Randall McGowen, and David Garland. America 's Death Penalty : Between Past And Present. New York: NYU Press, 2011. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 4 Apr. 2016. UCLA History Professor Michael Meranze, University of Oregon History Professor Randall McGowen, and Professor of Sociology and Law at New York University David Garland explore America’s obsession with the death penalty, from political and religious moral point of views, throughout time. Many groups against…

information, the media can essentially control how the general public will perceive the information and react. For instance, there was an article published in the Morning Call titled “Should you be concerned about the Zika virus coming to the Lehigh Valley?” (Kennedy 2016). The article gave a general summary of the virus including how Aedes aegypti is the vector, the mosquitoes’ prevalence in South America, and how people who have travelled abroad may be at risk. The information presented…

I always knew there would be a point in time where I would have to choose a career and I've always had an interest in being something medical so I decided I would research about how to become an anesthesiologist. The reason I choose this topic is actually kind of a dumb reason. I've always was interested in a medical job but what really got me thinking of having a medical job was because of the show Grey's Anatomy. It is a show about surgeons/doctors in a hospital. I always knew I probably…

reading, using the computer or videogames, showed no increase in blood pressure comparable to the TV watching (time.com). Notably, the study did not show any relation between sedentary behavior and obesity. However, in an interview done by Lehigh Valley Health Network with Jarret Patton, MD, they asked if eating or snacking while watching TV contributes to child obesity. Patton responded that while watching TV can lead to mindless eating a lifelong and difficult to break habits, there is no…

Amy Wood MGT 431 Dr. Calvano 13 October 2016 Individual Job Analysis: Infusion Center Staff Nurse The individual that I interviewed for this assignment was my mom, Alicia Wood. She works for St. Luke’s University Health Network (St. Luke’s) as an Infusion Center Staff Nurse. Her main job is administering chemotherapy and radiation drugs to patients on an outpatient basis. I selected my mother for this assignment because I am interested in working in the healthcare field post graduation.…

memories have shaped me into the man I am today. My hometown taught me valuable friendship lessons, fostered my competitive nature, and helped me endure the pain of death at a young age. My hometown of Catasauqua is a small town located in the Lehigh Valley. I moved there when I was about a year old and stayed there until I was seventeen years old. I learned most of my life lessons there. The…

For the upcoming 2016 general election between Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, there are a few states that will prove to be key role players as they shape the outcome of the election. After a candidate secures the election bid for their party, their work is not over. While securing the nomination is a big deal, in actuality, their work is just beginning as they typically have only spent time talking to the members of their own party. Now, these candidates must go out and try to…

neutral. Although they are not obligated to purchase anything, it is necessary that they interact with the sales employees. The student then has to take notes privately on what they observed and how they were looked at/treated. I went to the Lehigh Valley Mall for the first time on March 16th around 4:00pm dressed in a nice dress, a pair of flats with my hair and makeup done to the best…