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- 2081: Raving and Ravers
- ... are techno, happycore, trance, house, jungle, hard ‘n epic trance, breaks, ambient, acid breaks, 4 beat, hardcore, free form, acid techno, progressive, and progressive techno. These sounds are usually produced by a large variety of d.j’s. We’re talking thousands. One of the most famous rave d.j’s you might know is, Fatboy Slim. Don’t forget that music goes hand in hand with dancing. Body 2 (Dancing) : The dancing that takes place at raves is similar to how people dance ... state of mind, causing everything around them to be hyped up. The drugs are either used or abused. But with both comes the consequences of o.ding. Dying, having to be on them for 1 day to about 3days, or being arrested by the police. Kandy ravers don’t have to deal with that. Though there are 2 types of ravers, they all dress alike. Body 4 Extra (Dressing and ...
- 2082: Alexander Hamilton
- ... defended the proclamation in his "Pacifist" letters and attacked two succeeding French prime ministers for their interference in American domestic affairs. The United States has retained this policy of neutrality in foreign affairs to this day. Hamilton also became the esteemed leader of one of the two great political parties of the time, the Federalists. Once after a political victory achieved through a series of letters known as the "Camillus essays ... in public affairs. The duel was fought at Weehawken on the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River opposite New York City. At forty-nine, Hamilton was shot, fell mortally wounded, and died the following day, July 12th, 1804. It is unanimously reported that Hamilton himself did not intend to fire, his pistol going off involuntarily as he fell. Hamilton was apparently opposed to dueling following the fatal shooting of his ... T., THE YOUNG HAMILTON: A BIOGRAPHY (Little 1978). HENDRICKSON, ROBERT A., THE RISE AND FALL OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1981). Jack Hitt, America's First Lecher: Sex romps? Cover-ups? Questions of character? Public confessions? You'd think Bill Clinton would have learned something from Alexander Hamilton, GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY 347 (Nov. 1998). LODGE, HENRY CABOT, ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1898; reprint, AMS Press 1972). LODGE, HENRY CABOT, HAMILTON'S WORKS (New York, ...
- 2083: Television in the 90’s
- ... politicians, physicians, and public health advocates. (Gadcow) Every week young people, from age two and up, view an average of 16 to 17 hours of television.(Klein) With every two to three hours spent each day watching the tube, children experience many acts of violence and sex. The National Television Violence Study reviewed three years, almost 10000 hours, of television programming. They found that 61% of the programming contained some kind ... Violence Study, I. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1996 Federman J. National Television Violence Study, II. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1997 Federman J. National Television Violence Study, III. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1998 Smith SL, Donnerstein D. The Harmful Effects of Exposure to Media Violence: Learning of aggression, emotional desensitization, and fear. In: Geen R, Donnerstein E. Human Aggression: Theory Research, and Policy. San Diego, CA: Academic Press; 1998 Harris L and Associates. Sexual Material on American Network Television. New York, NY: Planned Parenthood Federation of America; 1988 Kunkel D, Cope KM, Colvin C. Sexual Messages on Family Hour Television: Content and Context. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation; 1996 Peterson JL, Moore KA, Furstenberg FF Jr. Television viewing and initiation of sexual intercourse: ...
- 2084: Utopian Societies-The Impossible Dream
- ... not thousands of religions throughout the world. Can you imagine the world consisting of only one measly religion? That is impossible, especially due to the wide range and variety of the different religions. In "A Day in Utopia," More states "In that case, they say, any fool could tell you what you ought to do. You should go all out for your own pleasure, irrespective of right and wrong."(More, "Utopia ... are ready to conform, we just have to settle for a near perfect society. Works Cited More, Thomas. "Book II: Of their Trades, and Manner of Life. World Wide Web. 3-22-99 http://www.d-hoiday.com/tmore/utopia005.htm More, Thomas. "from Utopia, "A Day in Utopia." "Current Issues and Enduring Questions" Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau. Langenscheidt Publishers, Inc. "New College Merriam-Webster English Dictionary." 1998. Pg. 1302 "Utopia"
- 2085: U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939
- ... picked up on the reports later. The London Daily Telegraph published an article on June 30 headlined, "More Than 1 Million Jews Killed in Europe."15 The New York Times covered the story that same day, skeptically putting it in the middle of the paper.16 Reports, although filing into the United States at an accelerated rate, were still considered unconfirmed. In November 1943, the Gillette-Rogers resolution was introduced in ... adopt the easier refugee policy rather than the morally correct one. The man who individually had the most power to change and direct U.S. policy was President Roosevelt. The American Jewish population adored F.D.R. and even after several years of rhetoric without action, Jewish support for the president had not wavered. It might partly have been because of this admiration that while nothing was being done, American Jews ... the imagination together with the courage to face it. It is possible to live in a twilight between knowing and not knowing."35 Furthermore, the events were taking place in towns and cities which F.D.R., let alone the average American, had never heard of before, confounding the reality of the situation making it more difficult to comprehend. Another factor supporting this view is that the casualty numbers reported ...
- 2086: The Enlightenment
- ... on reason or human understanding only, which they hoped would provide a basis for beneficial changes affecting every area of life and thought. The more extreme and radical philosophes--Denis Diderot, Claude Adrien Helvetius, Baron d'Holbach, the Marquis de Condorcet, and Julien Offroy de La Mettrie (1709-51)--advocated a philosophical rationalism deriving its method from science and natural philosophy that would replace religion as the means of knowing nature and destiny of humanity; these men were materialists, patheists, or atheists. Other enlightened thinkers, such as Pierre BAyle, Voltaire, DAvid Hume, Jean Le ROnd D'alembert, and Immanuel Kant, opposed fanatacism, but were either agnostic or left room for some kind of religious faith. All of the philosophes saw themselves as continuing the work of the great 17th century pioneers ... fear of repression. Voltaire admired the freedom he found in England and fostered the spread of English ideas on the Continent. He and his followers opposed the intolerance of the established Christian churches of their day, as well as the European governments that controlled and suppressed dissenting opinions. For example, the social disease which Pangloss caught from Paquette was traced to a "very learned Franciscan" and later to a Jesuit. ...
- 2087: The Color of Water: When Tragedy Strikes
- ... be completely unaffected. The heinous way in which whites treat Ruth eventually leads her to fully separate herself from them. She begins to refer to white people in third person. After reading the newspaper, she’d say, ”What’s the matter with these white folks?” (32), as if she herself were not white. Adding to Ruth’s frustration is her decision to leave Suffolk, which consequently means abandoning her mother, Hudis ... help her stand, but she cannot get up. Ruth recalls, “I was depressed for months. I lost weight. I was near suicide. I would go on long walks and would forget where I was. I’d be some place and couldn’t remember how I got there”(217). Ruth’s first husband Dennis helps her cope with life after the death of her mother by taking her to church, and bringing ... guidance. His death is a prominent tragedy in Ruth’s life. When she hears of his death, she huddles with her children, crying. At times, she breaks out in tears in the middle of the day. She states, “Part of me died when Dennis died. I loved that man more than life itself and at times wished that the good lord would have taken me instead of him…” (244). It ...
- 2088: Violence In Television Programs
- ... they watch contains some form of violent behavior they are more likely to select physical aggression as a means of response when in a conflict situation. According to the study conducted by Barbara Wilson, Ph.D., associate professor of communication at UC- Santa Barbara, 58 percent of TV Programs contain violence. It has also been examined that extensive viewing of television by children causes greater aggressiveness. Sometimes watching a single violent ... youngsters on the playground and in the classroom for two weeks to assess the level of aggressive and helpful behavior displayed by these children. Then, the children viewed the program diet one half hour a day, three days a week, for four weeks. They watched 12 half-hour episodes of the diet to which they were assigned. The researchers found that the youngsters who watched the Batman and Superman cartoons were ... that they may not always be able to under stand what they see, but they often mimic both the positive and the negative behaviors they witness. In a study conducted by Wendy L Josephson, Ph.D., for the department of Canadian Heritage she found that the influence this violence has on kids starts at a very young age. Furthermore, even at the age of two and half toddlers start to ...
- 2089: Douglas Hurt's The Dust Bowl
- ... a film crew to portray the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl. The film was entitled The Plow that Broke the Plains. Rexford G. Tugwell dubbed the film, “America’s first documentary film.” Franklin D. Roosevelt called it a “modern tool of government.” The film was shown to congressmen, diplomats, and New Dealers on May 10, 1936 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The film carried terrific punch, but some Dust Bowlers weren’t happy. T. E. Johnson of the Amarillo Globe noted that the film only portrayed the worst side of the Dust Bowl, and that ... would later try to improve its agricultural conservation program to by agreeing to pay 50 percent of the cost of equipment for crops, and crop shifting. Wind erosion continued into the 1970’s, forcing modern day farmers to become increasingly aware of the possibility of a dust storm. Additionally, farmers had to realize the need to plant drought resistant crops, and be able to revert to dryland farming techniques quickly ...
- 2090: George Orwell Wrote 1984 As A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
- Thesis - George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism. I. Summary II. Roles of major characters A. Big Brother B. Winston C. O'Brien D. Julia E. Shop owner III. Propaganda A. Ministry of Truth B. Ministry of Love IV. Orwell's thoughts on totalitarianism A. From life experiences B. From a writers point of view "Orwell observed that every ... People don't know what they are consciously remembering and what is told to them. "The party had invented airplanes" is just one example of the party's propaganda and false statements that change every day (Orwell 127). The other reason for the diary is so that people in the future will be able to read what went on during Winston's time and to tell them about his daily reflections ... thought I was a good party member, pure in word and deed. Banners, processions, slogans, games, community hikes all that stuff. And you [Winston] thought that if I had a quarter of a chance I'd denounce you as a thought criminal and get you killed off " (101). The owner of the antique shop is another example of someone appearing to be what he is not. Orwell uses the shop ...
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