Louis Armstrong “The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings” Louis Armstrong Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment “Little Louis” Armstrong was born — like so many who shaped American music — poor‚ black‚ and on the far side of the American Dream. His date of birth was August 4‚ 1901‚ although he believed that he was born on the Fourth of July‚ 1900. He never knew his father‚ who abandoned the family when Armstrong was an infant‚ and his mother‚ Maryann‚ worked at whatever jobs she could
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Female representations in “Gulliver’s Travels” In Jonathan Swift’s satire‚ “Gulliver’s Travels”‚ the representation of women can be seen‚ at a superficial level‚ as offensive and extremely misogynistic and in broad lines corresponding to the image of the woman in Swift’s contemporary patriarchal society. The woman was almost objectified‚ thus reduced to her physical appearance and its status as obedient wife‚ whose sole purpose was to attend to her husband’s need. This perception of women was what
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The city of Desert Hot Springs (DHS) has been in difficult financial struggles because of their first bankruptcy. Now‚ the city has been having an on going debate on whether they should get rid of the Police Department or make more budget cuts. Doing this is a huge mistake because not only will it affect the residents of DHS it will also leave the city vulnerable. If the residents don’t feel safe who’s to say they won’t leave the city and move somewhere else. This will then cause stores to lose money
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heavier than oxygen. As it "pours" out of the bottle‚ it pushes the lighter oxygen away from the candle. The fire‚ now deprived of oxygen‚ can no longer burn. Make a Mini Hot Air Balloon + Air Density Learn about air density as you make a simple hot air balloon in this easy science project. In its simplest construction‚ a hot air balloon is comprised of an envelope (the balloon part)‚ a basket‚ and a fuel source. We’ll show you how to construct an envelope from a super-lightweight trash can liner
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Banks 1 Calvin Banks Jr. Professor Lorna Condit English 225 6 December 2011 Media Representation of Rappers The Media represents a majority of rappers in a negative manner‚ the first things that come to mind when a person here’s the word “rapper” is violence‚ guns‚ rape‚ sports cars‚ and sexual satisfaction. For Example what is the first thing that comes to mind when a person here’s the word “country singer” hardworking‚ patriotic‚ good morals‚ respecting
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In the film‚ Miss Representation‚ the media sends messages that women’s and girl’s power‚ values and worth lies in their youth‚ appearance and sexuality and not how successful they are as leaders. The film is incredibly striking and powerful because it was an eye opening and shows that the media had a great impact in our society and what kind of messages is being sends to young females. These messages that young females get from the media can be very dangerous because it can act upon their minds
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No More Excuses‚ No More Pets in Hot Cars! “I was only gone a few minutes.” “I just had a couple of stops to make.” Every year‚ pets suffer and die needlessly when their guardians make the mistake of leaving them in a parked car - even for “just a minute”- while they run an errand. It can’t be said often enough……….NEVER leave your pet unattended in a vehicle during the summer. Parked cars are deathtraps for pets. Why? Animals don’t sweat; they must rely on panting to remove heat from the body
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knowing that I had succeeded where others had fallen short. Although some of the characters in Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof were able to aggrandize through the pride they had gained throughout life‚ others fell short of this success and instead spent time drowning themselves in reminiscence and rum. Big Daddy could be considered the epitome of pride in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He owns “twenty-eight thousand acres of the richest land” (112)‚ all of which he gained through hard work and dedication
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Before we start talking about “cat on a hot tin roof” by Tennessee Williams and the film adaption that soon came later and how the homosexual undertones of the play were not included into the film because of the industry’s strict laws; it must begin with having to address the stigma of homosexuality as a whole. Bringing it back to Thomas Jefferson and his “Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments”‚ homosexuality or also referenced as sodomy was illegal and under the same consequential group
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Since the early days of the video game industry‚ there have been many controversies related to violence‚ addiction‚ explicit graphics‚ and sexual themes. The misrepresentation of women being one of the many. The Damsel in Distress has become one of the most widely used gender clichés and misrepresentations of women in the history of gaming. As a trope the Damsel in Distress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and
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