...There are several matters of life that should wait for the right time to come up. Learning that the U.S. alone has enough nuclear weaponry to completely destroy the world 4 times over, may trouble some of us. As they say ignorance is bliss, and after both Testament and Alas, Babylon it’s safe to say that a good deal of the students are now both slightly paranoid and depressed. This is why future classes should not keep watching Testament. It could be said that some of us were not scared, or not even bothered by it, but for the over-thinkers in the class, save them the thirty bucks on the candles, radio, and canned food they will go out an buy immediately. The book, however, was much better than the movie. It gave just enough insight of what...
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...People have become overly dependent on technology. Thirty years ago people used dictionaries to check for spelling errors when writing a paper. Today, people rely on spell check and grammar check to prevent errors. Sadly,, it is not only spell check that people have become dependent on. Most people will quickly reach for their phone to do simple calculations of tax and tips when they are out making purchases. What is even more depressing, is to know how any people will use technology to find their way around town. More people know how to “google” a location than how to use a map to get from one location to another. It scares me to think of how the general public would find their way across the country given a paper map rather than a smart phone. Most people have access to a computer with microsfot word or a similar program installed. With the computer programs their come the availability of tools that will check your spelling, word count, grammar and countless other things that will cause your readling level of yourpaper to either increase or decrease. Most people have grown accustomed to knowing that if they do not see the little red line beneath the word they...
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...Mike Puddifant December 7th, 2012 Fred Fleron American National Government Video Analysis Paper 2 In lesson thirty eight; is America Ungovernable? “The Rich Get Richer because the Poor get poorer”, and Lesson thirty nine; “Has America Lost its Ability to function as a Democratic Nation?” The underlying truth of America’s government is both questioned and shown to viewers. These videos have given me a better understanding of the on-going problems within the government of the United States. The videos in lessons thirty eight and thirty nine expose many hardships that American citizens are forced to endure. The videos also expose the problems and issues between both political parties that govern the people of the United States of America. The videos also express ways to fix and aid the corruption of the government and its ways, giving a sense of hope for the future of America and its people. In watching the videos, it became clear that the two major issues in America’s Government today are where is the money of American citizens and its tax payers going? Also questioning the stability of the two parties leading America’s government system. I’d first like to discuss America’s two political partied systems, as the videos uncover and reveal many facts and statistics. In the “Intelligence Square Debate”; a poll was taken previous, where 46 percent of American citizens believed the two party system was in fact the main cause in the thoughts leading towards an ungovernable...
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...by new technology, discoveries, and inventions and is often known as the roaring twenties. And at the end of the 20’s, the Great Depression emerged. The 30’s were a time when the depression caused by Wall Street crash in the late 1929 and caused the world to undergo a fundamental change in their lifestyles. The 40’s were significantly dominated by World War II and after a long period of the economic recession throughout the world, the world would never again be the same. And lastly, the 50’s were a decade where people built bomb shelters, had babies and the news were filled with what the communist (Reds) were doing or going to do. Many who lived thought these years experienced the highs and lows of life, the roaring twenties, the depressing thirties, the fighting forties, and the recovering fifties. Literary Movement: Pulp Fiction Pulp magazines as the name implies were inexpensive, popular and fictional magazines printed on the cheapest pulp paper. The publishers were not really concerned with the quality of the magazines, only that they were able to deliver the magazines to the readers as cheaply and often as possible. The pulp magazines were very easy to recognize because of their rough, trimmed edges compared to high quality magazines such as Times magazine. The quality of content was the main goal for the pulp fiction magazines. Colorful, bizarre and erotic stories drew the attention of readers. This tactic was very effective during the Great Depression because...
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...Great Depression The Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash in October of 1929 which sent Wall Street into panic and millions of people went into debt and caused them their lives. According to America in color 1930’s, in the year 1929 the United States bank lost 80 million dollars of the people’s money. By 1933 over 15 million people were unemployed and nearly half of the nation’s banks had failed. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Great Depression is an immense tragedy that took millions of people in the United States from work. It marked the beginning of the most depressing time in the history of the States. After almost a decade of being in the dark,...
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...Beethoven made a living by giving music lessons and by composing music for others, and putting on good concerts. Haydn on the other hand, was a hard worker under the patronage system. He worked for the Esterhazy family for thirty years. Hayden thrived under the rules of the patronage system, it allowed his music to rely heavily on his own thoughts and ideas. Unlike Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven had been ill most of their careers. Beethoven was struggling with hearing loss and wrote some of his most famous pieces during that time. For example, my two favorite pieces: Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 and Moonlight Sonata. Beethoven was known for louder and longer symphonies, which made his work stand out and be remembered. Like the opening movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, which starts off loud with a da-da-da- Dum (short-short-short-long), which is an example of the fate movement. And is still played today in modern movies, and commercials. Maybe Beethoven made louder...
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...With the frightening idea that I would have to perform that night was utterly saddening and depressing. I got dressed with my body dragging along like that of a two-year-olds teddy bear after they wake up. I began to eat breakfast, preferably granola cereal which is one of my favorites, even though I had developed a stomach ache through the night. I brought my heavy backpack onto my shoulders to carry just like this burden of sickness was being carried upon me. Then, I walked to school pondering and becoming uneasy over the idea of what may happen that dreadful night, knowing well enough that it will end...
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...they will be doomed to become extinct. There are multiple different bird species that will become extinct. Various birds such as the Scarlet Robin, Diamond Firetail, Crested Shriketit, The Eastern Spinebill, and the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, at one point these groups of birds were considered common, but that is not true anymore. Over the years, the Mount Lofty Range is decreasing, and soon it will be completely gone. Proof of this is clearly shown as the population of the birds has dropped largely from sixty percent to forty percent in only ten years. They estimate that within the next ten years, seventy different types of birds will be disappearing fast and more than likely become extinct. Over the years Mount Lofty Range has lost over thirty percent of its original vegetation, along with much of its wildlife and a large amount of the woodlands have been...
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...Yolanda Cheney Professor Henderson English 101 October 22, 2014 School drop-outs and Employment It is well known that individuals who do not complete high school face many more obstacles than those who earn a high school diploma or the equivalent credentials such as a general education diploma (GED). Individuals who drop-out of high school will more likely be unemployed or find it difficult to find steady work with efficient pay. The lack of education can lead to financial hardship which in turn can make living comfortably a task to accomplish. It is hard to live a healthy life without a job and money. There are many various reasons as to why individuals are unemployed and one of those reasons is that he or she did not finish some type of schooling. Education is very important for advancement and provides the foundation for individuals to build upon which allows them to provide stability and comfort for themselves and their family. Some individuals cannot get hired because they do not have an education and they are not qualified to do the work required. Most companies will call a person’s references and if they do not have a good work record then they are not likely to get hired. Employers will always hire the most qualified person based on their resume, or brief account of one’s education and professional experience. One of the key reasons that signify the cause of individuals being unemployed is the lack of intelligence taken from past educational experience. Many...
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...Maycomb, Alabama was a “tired old town...there was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see...” During the nineteen twenties and thirties America took a big down hill slide. The stock market crashed, people lost their jobs, and most middle class families were in poverty. When the stock market crashed on October 28, 1929 America went rampant. All the citizens who had shares in corporations were trying to sell them back all at once. This led to factories and corporations to close down. Since the factories and corporations were closed, people had no source of income. There was also a glitch in the banking system so everyone who had a bank or savings account lost everything in their account. When people got word of this situation they went to the banks to try to cash out all of their money. This caused a big interruption in the banks counting systems. During this time there was also a drought so farmers income also went away and people now had no source of food....
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...structure is a bit “jumpy” but also wonderfully flowing. Even though the story takes place over roughly 30 years, the reader won’t find it difficult to keep track of the time. The structure itself is quite interesting, since it reveals the age of some persons beneath the lines. For example, she mentions the ‘director’ of the acts, Johnny, was an 11-years-old boy – a year younger than her brother, and a year older than herself: “Johnny was a year younger than Terry, a year older than me” (Page 1, line 29). Not much later, while mentioning the inevitability of her brother’s death, she says that the (almost) present time she’s in is 30 years later: “but now, thirty years later” (Page 2, line 50). The age of the mother is a bit curious and I will analyze that later. Even though the tragic events of her brother’s death thirty years earlier still affect the narrator, Robin Black has decided to avoid a huge climax at the end of the story. Where the last lines in such a story most often reveal a secret or a...
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...relate to and depend on in some sort of way. Everyone look to the news for current events, sport updates and scores, or even the weather, either locally or nationally. But unfortunately there are some people that just won’t watch the news. The news is said to be too depressing and sad. Then there are those that can’t go without the daily news. The news is a worldwide broadcasting information program that could be of either joyous or tragic events but most of the time it includes both. No matter what a person may turn to the news for, it is there to inform the viewers or listeners of current events. The perspective and viewpoints could easily altered if depending on the delivers of the stories. Rather the reporter is from a local surrounding or rather the story is being reported from a journalist from afar, the same story that is being reported will share similarities but it will also show differences. CNN, one of the most viewed and respected resources for worldwide news and information network, covers headline stories around the entire world. The network is available to over two billion people in more than 200 countries. It has approximately, four thousand employees worldwide within thirty-six bureaus. CNN’s coverage is carried by more than nine hundred affiliates. The station is known for inventing the twenty four hour news coverage every day of the year. Coverage can be easily accessed through television and internet, however the station have also made...
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...later years were marked by personal hard times-In in addition to his wife, two of his surviving children predeceased him. The last ten years of his life was a very hard time for him, and he was plagued with depression. Mark Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, at age 74. ( “Who Is Mark Twain”). To conclude mark twain was a very successful writer of his lifetime, and he was more known for some of his earlier writings, Some of his writings were The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was able to get through his personal life and persevere, to become one of the most successful writers of all time and of his time. Mark Twain had a sad and depressing life overall first a few of his siblings died and he was the lucky one, and then his wife died early in her thirties. “Mark Twain Biography.” Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2018, www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Twain-Mark.html. YourDictionary. “What Are Some Interesting Facts About Mark Twain?” YourDictionary, 5 May 2016, biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/facts-about-mark-twain.html. “Who Is Mark Twain? Everything You Need to Know.” Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline, 28 Nov. 2017, www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/mark-twain-64.php. Click here to Reply or Forward Using 0.15 GB Program Policies Powered by Google...
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...Morgan Spurlock and the McDonald’s Effect The basic premise of the movie, “Super Size Me,” by Morgan Spurlock, was to determine the effects of eating McDonald’s food for a period of thirty days to determine other adult’s knowledge of the regular consumption of fast-food and the psychological effects (stress and wellness) it has on an individual’s body. Morgan’s Next Thirty Days Before his study began, Morgan enlisted the aid of three medical physicians on his thirty-day journey of eating McDonald’s: a cardiologist, a gastroenterologist, and a general practitioner. The following are his overall health readings: Morgan Spurlock’s Overall Health Readings at Beginning of Study Cardiologist Gastroenterologist General Practitioner Blood Pressure 140/95 120/80 103/105...
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...psychological aspects of color; paramount among these have been effects of colors on emotion” (Jacobs & Suess, 1975, par. 2). Believe it or not colors affect our daily lives by giving off more energy, soothing affects, stimulate appetites, and sexual motivation. It was also reported that the color red as happy and blue as serene and dignified. (Jacobs & Suess, 1975, par. 2). In a study of questioning thirty males between the ages of fifteen to sixty what color bra they would like to see a girl of their dreams wearing in order to find out what colors are the most sexually stimulating? (Shpancer, 2013, par. 2). Out of thirty, fourteen chose black, four chose pink, red, blue, and white was only chosen by three. Grey and purple were each favored by someone once . There was also an experiment conducted to see what colors were connected with appetites. There was food coloring added to make eight different colored Jell-O. Out of fifteen people, seven chose red, pink and purple chosen by three a piece, as well as green and orange chosen each by one person. The color blue is either a calming or depressing color, depending on how someone is surrounded by it. Although this color is usually used as a pleasant sign, it is also associated with a cool, relaxing, and calm feeling. It increases a person’s clarity and creativity. Our autonomic nervous system has a direct effect toward the color blue. This helps humans stay calm and tends to be soothing. On the other hand dark blue is sedative and too...
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