...Northern Exposure At the beginning of the video Northern Exposure, Joel had a rough time adjusting to way that Thanksgiving was celebrated in this small town in Alaska called Cicely. Joel is a doctor from New York who was given scholarship money from Alaska to attend school. Now he works as a doctor in Cicely, a small town of just 860 people. Cicely is mixture of Native Americans and European Americans. Joel is having a hard time understanding the Native American way of celebrating Thanksgiving. He is only looking at the situation from his point of view. Joel is being very ethnocentric in his beliefs about Thanksgiving. He is basing Thanksgiving off of his own culture and is not understanding of the other cultures around him. Joel in being inconsiderate of the Native American way of celebrating Thanksgiving. Their way of life is very different to him. The type of food, music, decoration, or for example the throwing of the tomato is differences between the two cultures. The Native Americans kind of mixed Thanksgiving and Halloween together. They had bones, skulls, and skeletons hung up all around the town. The tomato incident was very difficult for Joel to understand. From his perspective he felt as if he did something wrong. He just couldn’t figure out why Ed had hit him with a tomato. Joel is Ed's first victim and he is angered because in his words he is "definitely not white. The throwing of the tomato was Ed's way in saying season greetings to Joel. In the Native American...
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...Black Friday: The People and the Craze Kevin Leonel Sonilal COM/156: University Composition and Communication March 16th, 2013 Professor Karen Nowak It is in our human nature to desire goods whether it is for necessity or luxury. Our appetite for shopping dates back hundreds of years to the bazaars and markets of old times. Over the years, our fascination with shopping has increased and evolved. There are more smart and sales-conscious shoppers. As a result, the markets and vendors have evolved in order to accommodate the evolved shopper. It has resulted in the creation of mass markets, industrialization, and cultural attitudes. With the increasing amount of shoppers, and countless markets and vendors, companies are competing to gain shopper interest; they invent new products, create persuasive advertising, and offer sales on current merchandise. For companies, their largest revenue gain comes around the holidays. Therefore, they make big pushes for consumer sales on those designated days. However, a large portion of their revenue comes from one non-holiday, the man-made holiday, Black Friday. On this day, consumers spend more time and money in preparation than they do on their goods. There is a significant change in their attitudes and behavior; they become more competitive and more aggressive. This single day affects both producers and consumers. The combination of aggressive shoppers, sales, and limited quantities can be a recipe for chaos and disaster...
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...Exam for Thursday Thanksgiving Day, which is always the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, is a week from today (today is Nov. 15, 2012; Thanksgiving Day is Nov. 22 this year). The day after Thanksgiving Day is called “Black Friday” in the business world. “Black Friday” is the unofficial beginning of the Christmas and Hanukkah shopping season. The word “black” in “Black Friday” is an accounting term meaning “profit.” Businesses that have been operating “in the red” prior to Thanksgiving Day will hopefully be “in the black” as a result of all the shopping and buying that people do during the holiday (Christmas and Hanukkah) season. Until about ten years ago, stores would open on Black Friday at their usual time (9:00 am or whenever). There would be a long line of people waiting to get in, as most people have the day off on Black Friday and want to begin their Christmas shopping or Hanukkah shopping that day or soon thereafter. Beginning about ten years ago, retail stores began to open earlier and earlier on Black Friday in order to gain an advantage over competitors who opened at 9:00 am. Stores began opening at 6:00 am on Black Friday, then, a few years later, would open at 4:00 am on Black Friday. Some began opening at midnight (12:01 am) on Black Friday. The retail chain Target Stores announced that this year (2012) their stores will open at 9:00 pm on Thanksgiving Day (Thurs., Nov 22). Their stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day until9:00 pm, then will...
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...Black Friday is the annual shopping holiday that occurs on the Friday following Thanksgiving. It is mostly a shopping ritual to those people living in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Black Friday is a significant day to many retail stores because it is referred to as the start of the Christmas or holiday shopping season. The origin of the popular Black Friday dates back to before 1961, in Philadelphia, where it was formally used to describe the heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic. It was always seen as extremely disruptive to the Philadelphia Police Department and always transpired on the day after Thanksgiving and thus the name Black Friday came about. As the years passed, an alternative reasoning for the title came to be known which denoted that retailers traditionally functioned at a financial loss recognized as, “in the red” from the months January to November. “Black Friday” therefore signifies the point at which retailers finally start to return a profit, “in the black”. Over the years more and more stores have begun opening at extremely early hours to help consumers get a jump-start on the sales. Some retailers have even started the trend of opening up at midnight. The Black Friday craze is tremendously popular, so popular in fact, that many incidents including violence has been seen in some cities in the past. We wanted to research if Black Friday should be considered a ritual. Our research process included secondary and primary sources. Our primary sources were...
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...Can you imagine that you are naked standing in front of a group of security officers? The new backscatter X-ray full-body scanners can see through everyone’s clothing. Also, each passenger should spend over 2 minutes to pass the machine. For instance, Boeing 747-400 have a capacity 524 passengers, so that for each airplane has to wait over 17 hours for all passengers to pass through and boarding. As a result, it is necessary for the US government to reissue the airport security. Although the Airport Security Measures ( ASM ) seem to succeed to avoid terrorists, it has only deal with many passengers complaints. In order for the ASM to be more accepted they have to pay serious attention to passengers’ privacy, time consumption and stop waste of money. First of all, paying attention to passengers’ privacy will help airport security to be more accepted. According to Los Angeles TImes ( 2010 ), A Pepperdine university student and member of wemontfly.com argued that “ The government hasn’t done a good job educating people on these scanners and what their other options are” ( para. 5 ). Therefore, the government should have trained the security officers to be professional before the new policy began which may help the security system work better. The Transportation Security Association ( TSA ) should make a public statement about standard operating procedure ( SOP ) for security officers and passengers to be prepared, understood, and follow the rules. Furthermore, not only troubles...
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...response #3”A Wobegon Holiday Dinner “ A Wobegon Holiday Dinner is an essay, that Garrison Keillor shared a memorable Thanksgiving that he had with his family. Which he recalled after calling his cousin “Duke” (Mary Ann) of an embarrassing episode that she had in thanks giving years ago, when she vomited at that thanksgiving. This essay takes back years ago, when I had to witnessed an event that is really similar which happened to Keillor’s cousin. We were taking dinner with my sister, we were eating grilled steak. But there’s was something really weird in her grilled steak, which had a big piece of fat on it , and my sister ate it , and she puked all over her plate. It was really disgusting, and disturbing. Since then I hate grilled steak. Questions 1-4 A Wobegon Holiday Dinner 1- Keillor clearly chose a particularly memorable Thanksgiving to share in this essay. What does the vomit episode contribute to the larger story about how his family celebrated Thanksgiving? The vomit episode 2- Celebrating holidays together is often viewed as one way communities – including families – stay strong. Yet, in what respects is Keillor’s essay a response to the assumption ‘ communities provide us with a sense of stability’ Keillor’s family Thanksgiving tradition were unchanging to promote a sense of stability. But his Thanksgiving tradition with his family aren’t always like it looks like to be. His essay brings out the worst of his family which not...
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...Despite it being rainy and cold, this month contained some memorable events. The Veteran’s Day program for our school consisted of many patriotic songs and ceremonies. Our choir sang “God Bless the USA.” The audience found both the choir’s and the band’s performances outstanding. What touched my heart the most was when an older veteran came up to me and thanked me for singing for and honoring the veterans. I was honored to make a difference in the life of a man who had boldy served our country. I sincerely thanked him for his service. That same week, the band performed in our community’s Veterans Day Parade. I, being the Drum Major, had the privilege of conducting the band. We played “Patriotic Spectacular.” I remembered playing this exact...
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...Jewish law says Hanukkah is one of the less important Jewish holidays. Hanukkah is much more widespread now because of the date are close to Christmas. The Hebrew calendar determines the dates of Hanukkah. Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev, and concludes on the 2nd or 3rd day of Tevet. Kislev can have 29 or 30 days. These dates correspond with late November through late December on the nonspiritual calendar. According to the Hebrew calendar, Hanukkah starts at sunset on 16 December 2014, 6 December 2015 and 24 December 2016. During the year of 2013, Hanukkah started at sunset on 27 November 2013. The American holiday Thanksgiving Day, was on 28 November 2013 during Hanukkah. This was the third time Thanksgiving occurred during Hanukkah since President Abraham Lincoln declared it a national holiday. This incident occurred last in 1899 and is said not to occur again in the foreseeable future based on the Jewish calendar. The definition of the Hebrew word Hanukkah is dedication. This definition prompts us to realize that the Jewish holiday memorializes the re-dedication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Jews successfully took conquered the Greeks in 165 B.C.E. The Jewish Temple was taken over in 165 B.C.E. by Greek military and devoted to the reverence the god Zeus. The takeover was an unexpected defeat for the Jewish people, and they feared to retaliate. The Syrian-Greek emperor Antiochus ordered all Jews to worship Greek gods and informed them...
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...She was so devastated, Trotter, W.E, and Mr. Randolph were getting much better, but Gilly decided to make the turkey for Thanksgiving. She did and she made everything else too. It turned out surprisingly good! The next day, Gilly had to pack for her grandmother’s, and then she left. Her grandmother’s house was very large. And her grandma told Gilly to call her Nonnie. She promised to write to everyone every day, and she did. It’s around Christmas time now, and Gilly is excited to hear that her mother is coming to visit! But little does she know, her mother was paid by Nonnie! They went to meet her at the airport, and it wasn’t what she expected. Courtney looked nothing like the picture Gilly had, and Courtney and Nonnie were arguing and the whole paying thing spilled out. Gilly was devastated! She ran to the airport bathroom, and cried. Then she went to go call Trotter...
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...Jehovah’s Witness are members of a Christian religion who believes that God name is Jehovah and his Son name is Jesus Christ. They base their beliefs on what is found in the Holy Bible. According to () “Jehovah’s Witnesses are not allowed to celebrate Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Thanksgiving, or any other holidays, claiming they all have pagan roots.” To a Jehovah’s Witness a Bible is more reliable, Christ died on a stake, and prayers are to be directed only to Jehovah though Christ. Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in sex before marriage and believes to be a serious sin before God. They meet three times a week, one of those three times is held on a Sunday. On that Sunday Jehovah’s Witnesses meet in a Kingdom Hall, a rented building, where there is no crosses displayed outside or inside. During the time they are there the meeting is intense and holds about 200 people. Jehovah’s Witnesses also practice door-to-door to spread the word to others. In 2005, thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses helped restored damaged homes in New Orleans due to the Hurricane Katrina. They also helped people who suffer the effects of war and other natural disasters. According to "Jehovah's Witnesses Official Media Web Site: Contributions to the Community" (2009), “In June 2011, Tropical Strom Allison dropped nearly three feet of water on the city of Houston, Texas in a single 24-hour period. Jehovah’s Witnesses quickly organized relief efforts that included developing a database to track the...
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...declined to disclose it. In October 1994, Dr. Thomas Nicely, Professor of Mathematics at Lynchburg College independently discovered the bug, and upon receiving no response from his inquiry to Intel, on October 30 posted a message on the InternetWord of the bug spread quickly on the Internet and then to the industry press. Because the bug was easy to replicate by an average user (there was a sequence of numbers one could enter into the OS calculator to show the error), Intel's statements that it was minor and "not even an erratum" were not accepted by many computer users. During Thanksgiving 1994, The New York Times ran a piece by journalist John Markoff spotlighting the error. Intel changed its position and offered to replace every chip, quickly putting in place a large end-user support organization. This resulted in a $500 million charge against Intel's 1994 revenue. Ironically, the "Pentium flaw" incident, Intel's response to it, and the surrounding media coverage propelled Intel from being a technology supplier generally unknown to most computer users to a household name. Dovetailing with an uptick in the "Intel Inside" campaign, the episode is considered by some to have been a positive event for Intel, changing some of its business practices to be more end-user focused and generating substantial public awareness, while avoiding (for most users) a lasting negative...
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...Thanks for your encouraging and thoughtful suggestions, Marc. As you alluded, there's still much work to be done regarding my capstone. WORK IN PROGRESS! The Active Shooter Exercise last week at the New Bedford District Court went extremely well. I had the opportunity to partake in role playing… I was even a Judge for one of the Scenarios and a shot victim on another. Mr. Oliveira was a complete gent. He said I should say hello to you, and that we are welcome to visit anytime. Get this Marc, lunch on Mr. Oliveira. Yes, he offered to take us out for lunch. I was also able to finally have a meeting with Worcester’s PD sergeant George yesterday. The meeting was very productive and srgt George was beyond resourceful. We had an extensive conversation...
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...the shooting death of Michael brown on August 9, 2014 in Fergusson, Missouri. Mike Brown an unarmed black teenage male was shot and killed by a white Police Officer Darren Wilson causing a uproar of riots, protest and discussion of police brutality and racism in United States. This incident gained national attention on social media, it was broadcast on television and newspaper worldwide. The facts and the circumstances of Mike Brown shooting incident still under federal and local investigation yet it resulted in protests and civil disorder and it also attracted attention of civil rights leaders, Celebrities, athletes, and the president of the United States also made a comment regarding this incident. According to the Washington times in salt Lake City, Utah Mr. Dillon Taylor 20 years old white male was exiting a 7-eleven with his brother and cousin when officers arrived into investigate of a person with a gun call in the area. Mr. Taylor whom was unarmed and wearing headphones at the time ignored officer’s command and he was shot by the officer who is African American. Mr. Taylor’s friends and family held protest outside of state and federal offices demanding justice. Mr. Taylor incident occurred 2 days after the high profile case of Mike Brown in Ferguson but yet it didn’t receive half of the attention from the media Mike Brown case did. The case appears to be identical two unarmed young man gunned down by the police just two days apart with a few roles reversed some...
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...Being raised in a family of health care providers, health care has always been a big part of my life. Learning about the history of health care has lead me to my career in the fire service. During my career in the fire service, I have learned many positive and negative health care indicators that are linked with demographics. While learning about the health care system, it has lead me to research information about the history of health care. I was raised in a family of health care providers. Growing up while most kids were having Christmas and Thanksgiving at home. I was spending my time at the fire station. As I grew older, I began to learn more about the history of the fire service and some of the traditions the fire department holds. From learning about the old times with the bucket brigade to how the advancements of how fire is extinguished today or when my father began working as a firefighter, the use of medical gloves were not used. Now today with the knowledge of blood born pathogens, the use of gloves is a common practice to keep the spread of disease minimal. Information like this has always interested me and lead me to a career in the fire department today. I have always been interested in the health care field. I began pursing my career in the health care field when I was fifteen. I started volunteering my in a position called a "fire explorers" with the Pasadena Fire Department. As a fire explorer, I learned the basics of firefighting and how physically fit...
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...magazine, he wrote several sailing books and was offered the opportunity to start the Egan Maritime Institute in 1995.He has won multiple awards for his books and his book the Mayflower was a finalist for both the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for History and the Los Angeles Times Book Award and it won the Massachusetts Book Award for nonfiction. Having this incredible education and background in English literature, Sailing and the sea as well as his remarkable interest in history, Nathaniel Philbrick was well equipped to write the Mayflower. Nathaniel knew that there is an unknown story beyond the myth of the Pilgrim Fathers. Even though most Americans learn about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower, they do not know about what happened after the First Thanksgiving. According to most history curriculums, the next important event is the American Revolution that happened 150 years later. The one thing that is left out of this version is the life, events and the fate of the Indians. Nathaniel focused on educating Americans on Kings Philip’s war, where in 14 months more than 5,000 people were dead (in a total population of 70,000) and more than three-quarters of them were Indians. Philips felt that the true legacy of the Mayflower should include this crucial and gruesome event, he also made sure that his readers knew that the story of the Pilgrim Colony isn’t just an event in the history of America but, in a great degree, foreshadows America’s unstoppable push west in the nineteenth century. In the...
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