...The term "middle class" is first attested in James Bradshaw's 1745 pamphlet Scheme to prevent running Irish Wools to France.[1][2] Another phrase used in Early modern Europe was "the middling sort".[3][4] The term "middle class" has had several, sometimes contradictory, meanings. It was once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry of Europe.[by whom?] While the nobility owned the countryside, and the peasantry worked the countryside, a new bourgeoisie (literally "town-dwellers") arose around mercantile functions in the city. In France, the middle classes helped drive the French Revolution.[5] Another definition equated the middle class to the original meaning of capitalist: someone with so much capital that they could rival nobles. In fact, to be a capital-owning millionaire was the essential criterion of the middle class in the industrial revolution. The modern usage of the term "middle class", however, dates to the 1913 UK Registrar-General's report, in which the statistician T.H.C. Stevenson identified the middle class as that falling between the upper class and the working class.[citation needed] Included as belonging to the middle class are professionals, managers, and senior civil servants. The chief defining characteristic of membership in the middle class is possession of significant human capital. Within capitalism, "middle class" initially referred to the bourgeoisie and the petite bourgeoisie. However, with...
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...He mentions a lot of presidents and their attributions to today’s economy. McClelland states, “24 percent define the American dream as “not being in debt.” They’re not trying to get ahead. They’re just trying to get to zero” (McClelland 553). Most people, especially young people are not making enough money to live which has resulted in the middle class deteriorating. Although I was not happy with the results of the election I hope that Donald Trump will be able to increase minimum wage and decrease the unemployment rate. For the future I hope that the middle class is recreated and the economy becomes much better than it currently is. The presidential election has really shown just how much racism still exists. I hope that in the future we are able to eliminate racism and sexism. Overall our nation has a lot of issues that will take years or even decades to resolve but if we come together as a nation anything is...
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...Koerselman (Grandpa) Interview How was your Elementary, Middle, and High school experience? I grew up West of Matlock and went to school in Matlock. No matter the weather, my older brother, older sister, along with myself, had to walk to school every morning. This walk, or bike ride, was about a half mile and sometimes in the winter people would offer to drive us to school which was very kind of them. But sadly, I was quite shy and never accepted their offer, so in turn, my sister nor my brother could take the ride either because they couldn’t leave me alone. My mom didn’t have a license and my dad worked at the elevator in Matlock and didn’t have time to drive us. This...
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...Short Story Friday Instead of Narrative Friday, we are going to participate in Short Story Friday for the next quarter (at least!). Everyone in the class will pick a short story that they want to read, research, then re-write. There can be no more than three people per story. These three people will then read the story, research it, and re-write the story in a different context. Finally, they will present the story to the class in their chosen format. Group Members: 1)Camron 2)Hunter 3)Nick In order to be educated about story options, students must first research at least three short stories. To demonstrate understanding of these short stories, students must write an NVF for the short stories they research. You will type the three stories...
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...“Toilets Quarterly”. After receiving modest high school being a middle of the class student, he also became a star cross-country runner. Soon this sport will give him the know how to dominate the competition and become a household name in the world of running shoes and athletic wear. Because of his excellence in cross-country, he received a scholarship to Oregon University. This was a difficult decision that would weigh heavy on his conscience, seeing how his heart belonged to Mississippi State University where...
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...In The World’s Wife, Duffy takes the protagonists of each myth and tale and subverts the physical and symbolic representation of men, connoting power and strength which many critics agree is work of feminist literature. Duffy ultimately recollects a semi-biographical piece of literature in which some may argue are part of her own experiences, however influenced by the way history has silenced the female, she encourages her identities to speak out against male dominance. Influenced by the Biblical story of Jacob and Leah, Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale, strongly depicts the female role as a symbol of fertility. The Duffy conveys the difference in power between men and women through forms of language, as indicated by diminutives, satire and colloquialism. For example, in the world’s Wife, Duffy satirically demonstrates role-reversal in gender, where the women have now fought against constrictions transforming a patriarchal society into a matriarchal. In Circe, The nymph develops a scornful hatred for men, ‘Well-cleaned pig’s ears should be...boiled’ which in respect of reductionism conveys men as animals, ‘hogs and runts, their percussion of oinks and grunts. Similarly, in Valerie Solanas book; ‘SCUM’ Manifesto written in 1968, she writes about, and ‘destroying the male sex’ in order to make the world a better place for women. Additionally, through the use of satire and colloquialism in Circe, Duffy breaks the societal image of women as pure, kindly-hearted creatures similar to Valerie...
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... II. Questioning 1. Who? Women. 2. What? Feminism and Womanism: their impact on our society. 3. Why? Inequality of rights between genders. 4. Where? In America. 5. When? Past centuries, current century. 6. How? Male-dominating nation. III. Scratch outline IV. Thesis: A. Introduction: Feminism is a movement that advocates for Women’s rights in a society dominated primarily by men. Feminism arises from the inequality of gender and power; feminist activists focus on issues that mainly affect women such as, domestic violence, sexual harassment, discrimination, among others. Womanism goes by the hand of Feminism; Womanism advocates for rights of black women who face gender and racial oppression. In our class text book, Women Images and Realities: a Multicultural Anthology by Suzane Kelly, Gowri Parameswaran and Nancy Schniedewind, there are several articles, poem, songs and short stories that talk about and explain in detail both, feminism and womanism. “La Princesa”, “With No Immediate Cause”, and “Whose Body Is It, Anyway?” are three of the articles that I believe express well the concepts described above. B. 1st body paragraph: “La Princesa” by Latina Anonima is a short story in which the author talks about her experience of living in a violent home. Latina was a well-educated woman living under the oppression of a violent man who seemed to give her everything but love. “I opened package after package of clothes he had picked out for...
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...Mackenzie Neal About Me Keyboarding Essay. Hi, I’m Mackenzie Neal and i came from Stacey Roell in Good Samaritan hospital in like Dayton or wherever it is. I have lots of family. Ha believe it or not my family is from California and I guess you could say that’s why I have blond hair and blue eyes. I LOVE sports. I play softball and volleyball, and basketball. I also run track, I play JO or traveling volleyball and I play a middle and middle back in volleyball for JO. In school ball I usually play a full rotation. I also love basketball because it just runs in my family and I play summer basketball I love doing that. I play a low post but I can play a high post and shoot outside if i need to. I play softball and love that too my brother was super good at that he set all the records at Trial and i plan on doing that in South. I play a third basemen and a first basemen. The last sport is track and i do 100 meter hurdles and 200 meter hurdles and a 4x2....
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...Ryerson University Racism in Canadian Hockey Neil McGregor - 500 459 843 SOC 507- Race and Ethnicity in Canadian Society Professor Christopher Powell April 13th, 2016 ------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................3 Evidence of Racism in Hockey Minor Hockey.......................................................................................3 Professional Hockey.............................................................................6 Impacts of Racism in Hockey............................................................................8 Influencing Factors...........................................................................................8 Corrective Action.............................................................................................10 Conclusion........................................................................................................12 ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION Canada’s favourite past time hockey has and continues to endure racism throughout all levels of the sport. This paper will expose the institutional racism in Canadian hockey associations with an emphasis on black hockey players. Drawing credible news reports and personally experiences, I will provide evidence that institutional racism is deeply rooted within the fabric...
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...tortured, or condemned to slave labor. The Nazis organized sporadic and local massacres which occurred in a nationwide program in 1938. After the outbreak of World War II anti-Semitic activity increased dramatically. By the end of the war, millions of Jews and others targeted by the Nazis, had been killed in the Holocaust. The Jewish dead numbered more than 5 million: about 3 million in killing centers and other camps, 1.4 million in shooting operations, and more than 600,000 in Polish ghettos. Who were the men that carried out these terrible murders? One would think them to be savage killers specially selected for their history of brutality and violence. But, in fact, these men were typically normal middle-aged business men. How could these ordinary men be influenced in such a way to allow them to commit such atrocities? The governmental policies, pressures of comrades and individual behaviors helped to transform these men into the mass murderers of European Jews that they soon became. The government and the military were very important to the transformation of these men. The men of the battalions were often told how the German race was the greatest on earth. Their commanding officers continually reminded them that as Germans they had to be strong and ruthless. They were told to project an image of superiority and not to show any mercy on the inferior Jewish race. Anti-Semitism was practiced throughout...
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...Name Professor Subject Date Blending Fiction and Non Fiction The Repossession Mambo is an interesting book based on fiction. The book itself is entertaining, highlighting a harsh reality that may be possible in the future. In this book, a person can live virtually forever with the help of artificial organs (artiforgs). These artiforgs are sold by a large corporation named the Credit Union and they are extremely expensive. While almost anyone with credit can qualify for these expensive parts, once a person falls behind 90 days on their payments, the Credit Union will send a “courteous” repo man to take back their property. This may sound farfetched in today’s world, but the truth is that this book has a hint of truth that may be alarming to the public. The Repossession Mambo might seem to focus solely on health care, but the book also symbolizes corporate greed that uses the credit industry to extend credit to poor individuals that know they won’t be able to repay. Some examples of realities today that closely resemble the book are: the tobacco industry, the credit industry, and most definitely the current health care industry. In the book The Repossession Mambo, the Credit Union sells artificial organs to people who can’t afford them, but who need them. They claim that the person owes it to their family to stay alive. While the Union is keeping the person alive by financing the artiforgs, they are also slowly killing them because the individual can’t afford the parts....
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...Here, I’d like to talk about the TV presenter I love, Wu Zongxian, although others may have a mixed feeling about him. Being a TV presenter in Taiwan, Wu started his career in the field of variety shows in the late 1980s, and then he became famous because of his unique style of hosting TV programs and therefore the TV programs he hosted are constantly ahead in the ratings. All these earn him the top salary among those TV presenters in Taiwan, being the local king for many rs. In 2008, he even won the Golden Bell Awards in television industry. His fast reaction and tactfulness in hosting is among the first class, second to few others, and gradually, he formed his own style of hosting TV programs. Because he likes to use those popular words on the internet, and his figure is not like other middle-aged men, he is quite popular among the young audience. However, he also likes to rip on people, open the low gun, speak nonsense, and disrespect women, which, meanwhile, bring him a lot of criticisms. Thanks to the change of the criteria of assessment, Wu was nominated three times for the best TV presenter in 2006,2007 and 2008, and successfully won the golden bell award in 2008 with the popular program “guess, guess, guess”” This is also the best affirmation to him. When I feel stressed, and in my spare time, I like to watch the program he hosts, I like to enjoy the relaxation and laugh out my pressures by seeing him on the screen. He is really a great TV presenter in my mind. Describe...
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...Culture and Disease – West Nile Virus Julia Williams HCS/245 October 7, 2013 Wendy Smith Culture and Disease – West Nile Virus West Nile virus is a mosquito borne virus that was considered a minor risk to humans until the early 1990’s and according to Wikipedia (2013), by 2012 was considered an endemic pathogen in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, which has experiences one of its worst epidemics with West Nile virus. West Nile virus has an incubation period of 2 to 15 days and symptoms may include fever, headache, fatigue, muscle pain, nausea, and vomiting. West Nile virus can cause West Nile encephalitis and West Nile meningitis in the elderly population. Ages 50 and over are more susceptible to the neurological disorders associated with West Nile virus. Even though anyone can be affected by West Nile virus, the elderly have a higher rate of contracting the virus because they tend to have more pre-existing health concerns and tend to take less precautionary steps to protect themselves against the virus. There is no vaccination available for West Nile virus and the best methods of prevention are insect repellant and eliminating possible mosquito breeding grounds around the home and community. Environmental Factors and Transmission Methods Environmental factors play a large role in the spread of West Nile virus. Areas specifically that experience mild winters and hot summers are perfect breeding grounds...
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...What was the Columbian Exchange? According to the Gettysburg website, the Columbian Exchange was the interchange of crops, animals, diseases, technology, plants, architecture, and ideas that were formed between America (New World) and the European countries (Old World) after Christopher Columbus’s expedition to America way back in 1492. Because of Christopher Columbus’s expedition to the new world, the old world received crops from they've never had like sweet potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, cacao, peanuts, cassava and pineapples were introduced to the old world countries like Italy, Greece, and other Mediterranean countries. The exchange between the two worlds acquired both some wins and also some losses. Because of the contact they had with each other, diseases were able to transfer between the two worlds which caused a lot of people to take ill and die. Some of the diseases that were spread to the new world from the old world were bubonic plague, smallpox, measles, chicken pox, whooping cough typhus, and also malaria. But the new world was far from perfect. The new world managed to transfer syphilis back to the old world and back then they didn’t have a cure causing the disease to be very fatal and more severe than it is now. Now we can just go to the doctor, get a penicillin shot, and were done. They experienced genital ulcers, large tumors, rashes, dementia, severe pain and eventually death. Over time, the disease evolved and its symptoms changed, causing it...
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...Despite widespread prosperity following the end of World War II, American society was also experiencing the anxiety of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and its satellite states. This veneer of prosperity undercut with tension is thematically reflected in Dead poet’s Society. Weir chose to capture American society right at the turning point of a decade of social cohesion and conformity. Much is at stake in maintaining the status quo at Welton, a microcosm of upper-class society. For this reason,...
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