Blue Rubber Syndrome is a rare condition initially discovered by Gascoyen in 1860. In 1985 William Bennett Bean made the disease more popular for which the disease was termed Bean Syndrome. Later referenced Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome‚ this disease causes patients blood vessels to develop improperly in an area of the skin or visceral organs‚ particularly the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The malformed blood vessels form blood clots and appear on the skin as deep blue‚ soft‚ and rubbery blebs
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In this poem “The Mother” it was this mother that had many abortions. This speaker was having an emotional breakdown. For example‚ “I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children” (Brooks 1940). When reading ‘’The Mother’’ the speaker talked about her and focused on the children she aborted. But the speaker never mentioned a father. So‚ after realizing she did not mention a father this question came to an understanding. Why do people have different emotional and physical
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making of the blues tradition also had sexual connotations‚ however not as male-dominated. The blues emerged from a black culture and demonstrates the sexualisation and sexuality of this culture. Hamilton (2000‚ 132) opens the article with lyrics to Bessie Smith’s song ‘Empty Bed Blues’‚ a song about sex and the absence of her lover. Towards the end of the 1920s‚ Smith’s song ‘Empty Bed Blues’ was full of sexual innuendos and set the scene for the 1920s and 1930s that released many blues songs with
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writes about two African-American brothers growing up in Harlem‚ a black ghetto in New York‚ during the 1950’s. During this time black people were forced to live in a world of discrimination‚ poverty and suppression. After reading Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues‚ I couldn’t stop thinking about how it had affected me even though I had not gone through a similar experience myself. I just kept wondering what Baldwin had meant his story to be about. I would dare say that his main interest laid in showing the complecity
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the 1960s at the Wilkinson’s Home for Boys in Sleepers and the Larkhill Camp in V for Vendetta? Both facilities were nightmarish for the individuals who were housed there‚ and the similarities are stark. The Wilkinson’s Home was not just a place to go when one was in trouble. It was more than a place where boy’s were taken for rehabilitation. It was a place where the guards could get their pleasure by causing pain to others. They took the pain out on little boys--sometime the guards were even drunk
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In chapters 6-9 of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell‚ we learn how Karana’s younger brother gets them stranded on their island and how were brother dies. All of the villagers get on a boat ship to leave the island for good. As all of the villagers get on the ship‚ Karana worries that her brother Ramo is not of the ship. The captain of the ship is certain that Ramo is on the ship‚ but Karana sees him at the top of the cliff. Since they can not turn the ship around‚ Karana must jump off
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Kai Lin ARTD 250 Extra credit My Blue Lake When looking at Kiki Smith’s My Blue Lake‚ it maybe difficult‚ at first to understand what you are looking at. In fact‚ it might even be difficult to tell what the piece of art is. The picture has the detail and smoothness of a photograph‚ but the abstractness and lack of defining boundaries characteristic of a landscape painting. There appears to be features of a person as well as features of a room‚ but the person has no body and the room seems to narrow
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movement. The two poems that I have chose center on the civil rights movement during the 1960’s and how it affected people. I personally like reading about the 60’s because of how much the world changed during just a decade in time. There countless marches‚ protests‚ murders and beatings that happened during this time‚ but these poems symbolize what happened. The poems I chose tell the story of how the people felt when everything was going on during the 60’s. The first poem is‚ Emmett Till by
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Yolngu Boy – Film Reflection Write a reflection on the film ‘Yolngu Boy’ which demonstrates an understanding of the characters and their experiences as members of an Australian Indigenous community. Three best friends; Botj‚ Lorrpu and Milika decide to flee to Darwin to accomplish some of many aspirations. They all once shared a childhood dream of one day becoming great hunters together. As they grew older‚ they were led on different paths‚ where Botj constantly was getting into trouble and soon
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In “Blue Collar Brilliance”‚ the author‚ Mike Rose‚ expressed multiple reasons why a blue-collar worker is intelligent and capable to participate in a Democratic society (Web). He challenged the bias of today’s world that lower-class jobs that do not require a degree mean the workers are not smart. He started out sharing the experiences of his mother and uncle who worked blue-collar jobs and showed various skills that took time and intelligence to develop. He continues his essay sharing his findings
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