Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield is a New York based that is involved with the delivery of finances‚ health care services and long –term insurance countrywide. Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield revealed that the company had learnt of an apparent breach against their system where hackers were able to gain illegally access to its customers’ information on September 10‚ 2015. According to the company’s spokesperson‚ the information accessed included claims and financial payment information; names of clients;
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Regina McCrae Cynthia Pengilly ENG 1102 23 April 2013 “ Sonny‘s Blues” “Sonny’s Blues” is set in post-World War II New York‚ in the midst of an important cultural and political revolution that permanently changed the country. Artists from all over the world had made New York a new cultural capital‚ establishing Greenwich Village‚ where Sonny briefly lives. A diverse array of artists ‚ including the painter Jackson Pollack‚ musician Charlie Parker‚ and
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Character Analysis “Sonny’s Blues” In “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin‚ the Narrator shows his biases and opinions about “Sonny” his brother‚ his career choices and how his views change towards him and his music. The Narrator‚ and his brother “Sonny” was born and raised in Harlem in the 1950’s. During those times drugs and crime were all the streets can offer. Their parents died and their mom left the Narrator to raise his brother to look after him she said “You got to hold on to your brother
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story‚ "Sonny’s Blues"? The writer was a poor boy growing up. He was also a Negro‚ so things were bad for him and his family in white America. He probably felt sad every day of his childhood so he turned to books for entertainment and maybe escape. When he started reading‚ he found that he liked it and wanted to create stories for other people to enjoy‚ but he was a poor Negro boy who could not expect help from the whites‚ so he taught himself to write. That is similar to Sonny‚ who taught himself
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Annotated Bibliography: The power struggle in “Sonny’s Blues” Baldwin‚ James. Sonny ’s Blues. 10th ed. N.p.: publisher‚ 1957. Print. This article discusses how an unnamed narrator in “Sonny’s Blues” discovers from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested for selling and using heroin. It shows a inside view of the narrators feeling towards his brother Sonny. In the story “Sonny’s Blues” you will see how concerned he becomes about his brother. You will see a great deal of
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Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence edited by Marion Dane Bauer Evelyn V. Johnson Grade Levels and Audience: Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) edited by Marion Dane Bauer presents issues of adolescence and homosexuality in a valuable anthology of short stories. Christine Jenkins (1994‚ June)‚ reviewing the book for the School Library Journal congratulates the authors for successfully conveying “the very mixed emotions that accompany the acceptance of sexual difference at any age that
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response to Baldwin’s stranger in the village option 2 James Baldwin paints a picture of the struggle between white men and black men. Baldwin points out that‚ “the white man prefers to keep the black man at a certain human remove because it is easier for him thus to preserve his simplicity and avoid being called to account for crimes committed by his forefathers‚ or his neighbors” (p2). At this point Baldwin was contemplating on the idea that “the white man never recognize a black man as an
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Blue Collar Brilliance-Summary and Response The article “Blue- Collar Brilliance” of Mike Rose argues that path for obtaining Intelligence doesn’t depend on what type of work we do either white collar or blue collar. Important point is to use your intelligence to perform best. He focuses on the point that intelligence in blue collar worker is due to experience‚ the power of body and brain to work together to solve a certain problem which white collar worker gain through formal education. “Solution
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Introduction: Island of the Blue Dolphins is a very well written book by Scott O’Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins is a historical fiction. It took place at San Nicolas Island70 miles from the coast‚ west of Santa Barbara. It’s based on a true story about a 12-year-old girl called Karana who is stranded on an Island and must work out how to survive. Her main enemies on the Island are the wild dogs and she lives in fear of the Aleuts. Summary: One day‚ Karana and Ramo spot red sails while they
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Kaya 9/16/15 Bystander by James Preller Pages 1-223 Summary: The book Bystander‚ by James Preller‚ is about a boy named Eric Hayes. Eric moves to Bellport‚ Long Island‚ and he starts 7th grade at Bellport Middle School. Eric meets a boy named Griffin‚ as he starts school. Griffin is cool and very popular‚ but always seems to be in trouble. As Eric begins to spend more time with Griffin‚ he realizes that Griffin bullies a kid named David Hallenback. When Eric stands up for David‚ he gets on Griffin’s
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