...come second because this is a story that is going to be released worldwide so they will already know about the death. The death of this celebrity is not going to have an affect on what is happing in the community. I also want the viewers to know that our focus is on what is happing in the community. The celebrity death would be released over the Internet, radio, and on television. This is the same way that we will spread the information about the city closing down parks to save money. We could include different ways to how this will affect the city now and in the future. We could use this to the advantage of the people to figure out ways to raise money to keep the parks open and how they could save their community. The news station will still have the same ratings because they are targeting the local people and the people will spread the word to others to increase the ratings. We have to focus on what the viewers want to know. If we did not report anything about what is going on locally and the viewers found out about this, this could potentially affect the station because they would think that we do not care about what is going on in the community. We could add in the positive effects that I would have by closing the parks 3...
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...How have the modern communications technologies of the past century affected the culture of the United States? It’s like a disease spreading all over the United States but not something that you would run from. This is a type of disease you want to get because it’s the future. Technology is everywhere and everything. Over the past century technology has affected the U.S. culture in many ways. With more time and money there was a greater need for information and entertainment. Many big events were taking place and Americans did not know what was going on. There were things happening and no one knew where to go. So this brought out the inventions of the newspapers, magazines, and motion pictures. Once these things hit the market they took off. Two events, in particular, that people were unaware of were WWI and WWII. Since many Americans wanted to know what was happening to their soldiers, the newspaper was a big hit. Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press made it much easier for the newspaper to be printed. It was faster and more sufficient then any other type of news. It also gave the middle and lower classes a chance to know what was going on at a low cost. Since it was at a low cost millions of Americans bought the newspaper spreading news all across the states. So now you new events or happenings in other places other than around you. Magazines and motion pictures were a big hit as well. Both of these were more for entertainment...
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...George Santayana, a renowned Spanish-American philosopher, was a main contributor to aesthetic and philosophy. (Henfry) Many of his philosophical works such as The Last Puritan and his aphorisms are still relevant today, arguably marking his status as,”one of the best writers in the Classical American tradition”. (Flamm) One of his more relevant aphorisms, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is a significant universal truth because of its meaning. (Wikiquote) This aphorism means that if humans do not remember their past such as mistakes they have made, then they are bound to repeat their past and commit these errors once again. By learning from not only one’s past but others as well, progress can be made as history...
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...Mark Martin 103 ENGL 1001 Dr. Chege 28 October 2014 “Is Affirmative Action Still Relevant In 21st Century America?” My topic is Affirmative Action, which is discrimination, and whether or not it is still happening in 21st century America. I am interested in it because I am interested in history and Affirmative Action is a big part of this country. Any other people who are either curious about Affirmative Action or anybody that likes history in general I think would be interested in this topic. I’m so invested in this topic that I want to research it is because like I said earlier, I like history and Affirmative Action is a big part of this country whether you agree with it or disagree with it. Now, my research question is, is affirmative action still relevant in 21st century America? My chosen topic relates to the course theme of Justice because Affirmative Action is not fair or equal. It’s being in favor of one person over another because of gender or skin color and that’s Justice because it’s not right to do that at all no matter what. I am connecting the idea of Justice to my topic because I’m going to talk about how it was in the past, how and it’s happening right now, and how we can end it for the future. I’m going to talk about how it shouldn’t happen in the first place and how people are trying to stop it to bring equality to everybody and bring Justice to the matter. My question is significant because this is something that is huge in the history of the United...
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...In recent news, a German party leader said 'Europe is the continent of white people and it should remain that way'". This is a horrible thing to say and it shows that some people still have that prejudice. Another example of how it still happens is when a French party leader had compared peaceful Muslim street prayers to the military occupation of her country by the Nazis. There is no comparison between peaceful prayers and the Nazis occupying a country. These are the types of people that are making religious racism more common. Our own world leaders are making comments that are fit for the KKK. In the year 2014 there were about 1027 hate crimes recorded in Lancashire. These numbers went up about 32% from the previous year. The increase in hate crimes is a bad sign that more people are turning towards racism of all kinds. It is unbelieveable that people in our government are allowed to make such comments. Religious Racism is increasing so much and...
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...least stopped by the mid-1900s, but they keep happening even through the present day. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been violated through sexual...
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...Kenneth S. Rogoff is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and professor of economics at Harvard University. He received his PhD in Economics from MIT. He is a commentator for NPR, the Wall Street Journal. And the Financial Times. Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff made a big contribution to financial history, collected data which covered sixty-six countries and different time periods and wrote about financial crisis, inflation,international debt currency crashes and debasements. They are first researches in the history about the financial crisis over many years. The author’s were trying to explain in the book, that ‘This Time is Different’ syndrome is wrong that financial crisis is happening to other countries not to us, because we are doing better as we learn from the past. Summary At the beginning of the book authors is introducing with various crisis and their dates. In the first chapter there are explanations, and definitions, concepts which are relevant with historical economic crisis, inflation, currency crashes, debasements. The crisis happened even in...
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...change, or global warming, is the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth. Climate change has been a topic that has been talked about for awhile now. If it is happening, if it is not, if humans cause it, and if it is happening naturally. Humans could be causing it by the many things we do, but the earth could be going through natural cycles which is causing climate change. There is evidence to support all of these arguments. Even scientists are having arguments about whether it is occuring or not. It’s weird to think that so many people, like scientists, disagree on one thing. Some people think that climate change is caused by humans. Some ways humans can cause climate change is by deforestation, burning fossil fuel, driving cars, even breathing. Of course breathing isn’t the biggest contributors to climate change but it contributes some. And then some people think that climate change is happening naturally. Things that would cause this would be volcanoes, and some of the natural cycles that the earth goes through could cause climate change. Then, there are people who think that climate change is not happening. I am going to tell you everything that you should know about climate change. There is a lot of evidence that shows climate change is happening yet some people still believe that it is not happening....
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...present: I’ve lost my keys. I can’t get into the house. Teresa isn’t at home. I think she has gone shopping. We use the present perfect continuous to show that something has been continuing up to the present: It’s been raining for hours. We’ve been waiting here since six o’clock this morning. We use the past perfect to show that something continued up to a time in the past: When George died he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years. ... or was important at that time in the past: I couldn’t get into the house. I had lost my keys. Teresa wasn’t at home. She had gone shopping. We use the past perfect continuous to show that something had been continuing up to a time in the past or was important at that time in the past: Everything was wet. It had been raining for hours. He was a wonderful guitarist. He had been playing ever since he was a teenager. We use will with the perfect to show that something will be complete at some time in the future: In a few years they will have discovered a cure for the common cold. I can come out tonight. I'll have finished my homework by then. We use would with the perfect to refer to something that did not happen in the past but would have happened if the conditions had been right: If you had asked me I would have helped you. I would have helped you, but you didn’t ask me. You didn’t ask me or I would have helped you. We use other modals with perfective aspect when we are looking back from a point in time when something might...
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...Have you ever had a moment when something happens and it’s almost as if the world goes quiet? This moment is something I refer to as a moment of impact and I believe everyone has had one or will have one in their lifetime. Time will stand still and then everything that has happened will hit you all at once. There are many communities that experience these moments together. I believe our moment was the death of our classmate Chyann Banta and her sister Tiffany Banta, for the students at OSU it was the moment their homecoming festivities ended in death, and for Native Americans it was in 1830 during their forced relocation. These events are all many years apart, yet they all relate in some way. The morning of September 25, 2013 the town of...
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...Jaime Meza HIS/135 12/7/2014 Mary Barcroft Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims there are people out there who terrorize based on one’s religion or beliefs. Terrorism is happening all around the world most of the time it is reported on television and everyone is affected by it. There has always been war on terrorism which has been happening for a while and it seems that terrorist only get more radical with their leaders being brought down. It feels as if there will never be peace and that there will always be terrorist stack on innocent people. There are parts of the world who have heavier terrorist activity than others and the reason for these heavy activities vary in what part of the world it is happening. An example of heavy terrorism would be in the Middle East there are many different groups that terrorize for people not having the same views as them. There is a group called Hamas “their goal is the destruction of the state of Israel. In the 1990s, they bombarded Israel with suicide bombings.”( Sven Pöhle / nm) One of the longest lasting feuds has been between the Palestinians and the Israelis they have been fighting for a piece of land that the Palestinians believe belongs to them. They have been fighting for years now and the Palestinians keep attacking the Israelis in order to get them to leave. Every site of a terrorist act leaves the same mark no matter where it happens in the world which is sadness, anger, and death...
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...that I was near all the violence that happen in the area and it frighten me because I would of died due to two things. One being the burning houses and buildings that were around area because of all the people throwing flaming Molotov to them, which either cause them to explode due to the gas lines inside or collapse on itself due to the flames. Sometime these buildings and houses would collapse on to the streets making it even more dangerous or the fire would spread to neighboring structure and burn them. Another was the people that were participating in the riots because these people are so absorbed into the violence that is happening that you wouldn't know if they start attacking you or others. Making you think on every action that you do, so you wouldn't attract their attention. Alan: What was most significant thing you saw when this was happening?...
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...A More Perfect Union Barack Obama’s speech, “A More Perfect Union” (2008), explains that all people should come together as a whole rather than focusing on small things like race, religious views, and gender. He backs this claim up by stating that if everyone were to come together, we can all move past some of the old racial words that have been shouted and occurred in the past and become a stronger union. Obama’s purpose is to use the concept of “a more perfect union” as the prime focus for the American people and to not choose to ignore the conflicts of racism that is still occurring. The main audience that Obama is addressing his speech to are the American people. One of the main points that Obama talks about is race. He conveys...
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...Hurricane Katrina: Race and Class in America and the Failure of Its Government Carlus R. Townsend English 215 2/25/12 Introduction How hurricane Katrina exposed Racism in the US Hurricane Katrina that happened 7 years ago was a natural adversity. Few years following Hurricane Katrina, individuals are still feeling the repercussion and queries of racism. Katrina uncovered racism and division inequality in America, and the way the government failed the citizens in so many aspects. Many black people residing in New Orleans that were affected felt as if they considered themselves as genocide victims compared to what happened to them and the treatment they received after the hurricane. The majority of the affected people were blacks and this paper try to analyze how the victims of the hurricane were discriminated upon because of their race and face unbearable inequality because of their race ethnicity. Discrimination against Hurricane Katrina victims Various people, particularly the politicians, spoke out insisting that the comparison of the holocaust was inappropriate, as there was no use of any gas chambers utilization. This resulted to many people wondering if the act of racism was in existence without absolute violence. Communities residing in New Orleans insists that individuals died because of utter neglect. This took place because the affected persons were the black race, and so the government neglected them and was not concerned to what happened...
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...1960s Diary Entries Clarence McKinney HIS/135 November 25, 2012 Jennifer Landers 1960s Diary Entries Dear Diary, Today is August 17, 1965 and has been the first day in a week that I could write. The past six days here in Watts have been almost unbearable for me. I take pen in hand to record the events of this past week to have a written account of the horrific things I have witnessed. The Civil Right Act that was passed last year had given me as well as others the hope that the United States was finally on its way to racial equality, but the condition of Watts has not changed for the better. There is high unemployment, substandard housing, and inadequate schools in this district. This has lowered the self-esteem and raised the tempers of the people here. Last Wednesday on the 11th I opened my store as usual at 8am and set about my daily routine. The day progressed normally until I had to leave the store for a bite to eat. As I walked toward the diner I noticed a group of people across the street gathered around something. I could not see what it was as I was still several yards away. As I came closer I realized that a highway patrolman had pulled a car over to the side of the street. My curiosity peaked and I stopped to see what would happen. A white patrolman had a young black motorist on the sidewalk and was administering a sobriety test. I could hear words bantered back and forth between some of the onlookers and the patrolman. Tensions escalated when the patrolman...
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