...Explain why Manchuria was the main battleground of the Chinese civil war in the years 1946–1948. The long-term factor that made Manchuria the main battleground in the beginning of the Civil War was its economic importance. Not only was Manchuria the industrial centre of China at the time, it was a strategic trade zone because of its infrastructure. Manchuria had some of the key railway lines connecting the region with a number of areas in China. Its economic importance was highlighted by the Japanese invasion in 1931, when they had chosen the region seeking for natural resources such as coal. Thus the region had proven to be economically beneficial for both sides, which one of the main reasons it was chosen to be the main battleground at the early stages of the war between the GMD and CPC. The fundamental reason for Manchuria being the key battleground between 1946 and 1948 however was the power vacuum created by Japanese surrender in August 1945. After a sudden retreat of Japanese troops, both the Nationalists and the Communists were determined to seize the abandoned territory, which is why both sent their troops to Manchuria as soon as Japanese had surrendered. The reason why it had been so essential for either side to take control of Manchuria was that seizing Manchuria would considerably strengthened the chances of either GMD or CPC to take over China. Therefore it was crucial to get control over Manchuria in order to have greater control over the whole of China. ...
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...The provided excerpts from the book Battleground Chicago: The Police and the 1968 Democratic National Convention by Frank Kusch, along with the article "1968 Democratic Convention: The Bosses Strike Back" by Haynes Johnson, discuss the tumultuous atmosphere surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Both texts describe the disorderly condition of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention of 1968, as well as the reason behind such disarray. However, Johnson's article focuses more on the long-lasting political results of the convention, as well as the background behind the political disunity within the Democratic Party at the time, while Kusch's book centers more on the police and protesters, specifically the confrontation between them, their actions before and during the convention, and the different judgements they had of one another. In addition, while the article concentrates further on the Democratic delegates and the reason why America never entered a "golden age" after President Johnson's political victories in 1964, the Battleground Chicago excerpts place much of their attention on the security measures taken by the...
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...I’ve decided to analyze Your body is a battleground by Barbara Kruger, which is a photographic silkscreen on vinyl created in 1989, and a poster by the Guerrilla Girls called Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, which was produced in the same year. Both of these pieces use a combination of images and words to show and express each one of their individual meanings and purposes. The year 1989 was filled numerous protest against new anti-abortion laws that arose from the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Your body is a battleground was undoubtedly a part of these protest, in fact, it was made to serve as the rallying poster for the 1989 pro-choice march on Washington in support of reproductive freedom. In the image, the woman’s face is split down the middle into positive and negative exposures and parts of her face covered in words. The positive and negative exposures are meant to emphasize that the piece is still art even though it is a protest to the other side....
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...gold which can be used for learning new skills, and abilities, and mount riding abillities. Choosing two gathering professions, and selling the materials to other players on the Auction House, will even provide you with enough gold to save for endgame. After you create your character, you start at level 1, But you want to hit level 85, so you can experience all that Wow has to offer. The fastest and most benificial way to level your character is to accept every quest that you can find and complete and turn them in 4-6 at a time, Untill you hit level 10. Once you make it to 10, start doing Battlegrounds. Battle grounds are where Members of the alliance, and members of the horde, Battle for controll, some of the battle grounds require players to capture a flag and return it to their base, other battlegrounds, are fights to the death, or secring areas and killing intruders. Battlegrounds are a great source for gaining experience points, needed to level, as well as Honor Points which can be traded in for PvP (player verses player) gear. PvP gear is special weapons and armor designed for PvP. From level 10 to level 15, Just keep doing...
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...In 1989, she created one of her most iconic works: 'Your Body Is a Battleground.' This poster portrays a woman’s face bisected into positive and negative photographic reproductions. Placed across the image is the phrase “Your body is a battleground.” 'Your Body Is a Battleground' is about the objectification and controversy in regard to women’s reproductive rights. In 1990, using the same slogan, Kruger designed a billboard that was placed directly next to another from a pro-life organization. The contrast of both sides of the situation is striking. Such work embodied the concerns of feminism from the 1980s to the 1990s. This specific piece of artwork was used during the 1989 Women’s March on Washington in support of legal abortion. Barbara Kruger’s work is not always self-explanatory. In 1992, Kruger pressed the issue of woman vs. fetus again. She created a poster that asked: “How Come Only the Unborn Have the...
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...elections. Without the electoral college presidential candidates would be have to campaign nationwide instead of focusing on a few battleground states that hold key electoral votes. This scenario would ultimately lead to the best man standing as our next president. In today’s society the Electoral College is unnecessary and unwanted. This system was introduced in 1787 because delegates were unsure if the general public would have the knowledge to make an informed decision in a presidential election. 228 years later with the inventions of the television and the Internet it would be hard to argue that the public is no longer informed on the candidates and their positions. The Electoral College is discouraging to many and therefore causes countless people to not vote. For example, in Texas many democrats will not cast a vote because they deem it useless in a Republican dominated state. The removal of the Electoral College would encourage every voter to cast a ballot and those votes would actually mean something. The removal of the Electoral College will cause presidential candidates to take notice of the entire United States. “For example a full 99% of all advertising by the two major candidates were concentrated in only 17 of the states.” (Source D) Presidential candidates tend to focus all of their attention on those states considered battleground states, states in which no party has overwhelming support, instead of campaigning to the entire nation. A popular vote would “wage...
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...seen in another Barbara Kruger’s work which is called Your body is a battleground (1989). This work was designed for March on Washington that took place in 1989 and that was organized to support women's rights and the abortion-rights movement. In this work, the spaced-apart words ‘Your body is a battleground’ nail down the image of a bifurcated female face. The image is altered compared to their original sources. To alter them, Kruger uses pop-art features and methods of manipulation with the image such as enlargement, focus on the detail, multiplication and so on. By altering of the images she makes people think about the way how images in general are apprehended today and then there opens a space for subversion of their meaning. However, the message in this work that Kruger is trying to get across to the viewer is loud, bold and clear, ‘Your body is a battleground.’ A woman’s body is no longer her own. The frame crops the image in such a way that the viewer can see only the face of a woman that has been covered in white and black and starkly cut by a line through the middle of her symmetrical face; the left is a positive image and the right is a negative one (colour contrast and effect of exposure). Moreover, Kruger has again made photographed images overlayed with large block of texts and made her text colours covered in red and white graphics. In this work, the colours of the texts ‘Your body is a battleground’ are all white on red. Another highlight of Kruger's work that ought...
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...In U.S. presidential politics, not all states are treated equally. In the final days before the November 8 election, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are focused on a small handful of so called “battleground” or “swing” states that will determine who will be the next president of the United States. About two-thirds of the 50 states generally lean toward one party or the other, leaving a dozen or so states that are up for grabs every four years. The U.S. elects a president through the state-by-state accumulation of votes through the Electoral College, where the candidate who wins the popular vote in a given state is then awarded all of that state’s electoral votes. There are two minor exceptions in Maine and Nebraska where...
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...Running Head: Tripps Restaurant Evaluation Tripps Restaurant Evaluation Joyleniz svebek ENGL135ON_AX Devry University Online Tripps Restaurant Evaluation You know when you are in a great restaurant when everyone has a huge smile on his or her face as soon as you walk through the door. It’s has a hometown feeling and military friendly attitude, since 1981 Tripps has been committed to guest satisfaction. (Battleground Group, 2008) They are well known for their amazing food quality, and there made from scratch meals. With many locations nation wide you can always fulfill your cravings. When enjoying your meal here it’s hard to even think about prices, oh but they have it covered since it has the most affordable prices you cant beat that anywhere else. The comfortable atmosphere makes you feel right at home so leaving is not an option. When it comes to 100% Certified Angus Beef they serve the most juiciest and flavorful on the planet. No place brings back memories like this amazing restaurant. You almost always consider prices when it comes to dining out whether it is expensive or affordable. When dining out at Tripps prices may vary depending on the meal you order. The economy has made a huge impact on the pricing but nevertheless it has still managed to remain affordable. Placing a price on good quality food is simply acceptable at this restaurant, because you will be willing to pay for the great taste that is promised to you. On average our family would eat for...
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...eat! And when I am to find my regiment is more than I can tell.” It is this moment where we see Orsell challenge his ideals. Now that his life is in danger and he many never see his sister Olivia or his family ever again has shaken him. In later letters especially the ones after lost battles Orsell seriously questions his motives. In the letter from September 18, 1862 Orsell told Olivia about a small battle, but does not say where. “We had a terrible and an awful battle here yesterday… The sight from where we were in line was terrifying.” This man was not a soldier, he was a businessman. He was terrified of his surrounding and he was not even called into battle. After the battle, Orsell continued by depicting the battleground post fighting. “As we passed the battleground of Middletown Heights many of the rebels lie dead along the road and hundreds were upon the mountain and in the valley unburied.” These sights deeply hurt Orsell, to see his country in ruins. “But oh! Dear Ollie it is awful to see this fine country the scene of such slaughter!” His begun to question his ideals and soon he will take part in his first battle, the Battle of...
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...Southeast Asia Games Market The World’s Fastest Growing Region C A SUAL GAMES SEC TOR REPORT 2015 Why focus on Southeast Asia? Revenues of the Southeast Asia games market will double to $2.2 Bn by 2017 Key reasons why Southeast Asia will be the key battleground for global players in the game space. 1. World’s Fastest Growing Games Region The Big 6 Representing 99% of Region Revenues Vietnam 2. Enormous Underlying Online Connectivity and Economic Growth Thailand Philippines 3. Already a $Bn Games Market Malaysia 4. Mobile Games are Dominant 75% Singapore 5. Established Western Distribution Channels Indonesia 6. High English Language Penetration Source: Newzoo 2014 Southeast Asia Games Market Report SOUTHEAST ASIA GAMES MARKET Fastest Growing Games Region Southeast Asia’s economic growth prospects, huge population, and fast-rising (mobile) internet connectivity essentially guarantee double-digit growth rates in terms of game spending for many years to come. Underlying Growth 2013 to 2017 (CAGR) +10.2% +6.6% +6.8% Southeast Asia is growing beyond other similar regions such as LATAM. Projections +4.9% show 85% of games industry growth by 2017 will come from Asia. In certain ways Southeast Asia resembles Europe as a region, not only in terms of population size, but more importantly, in terms of diversity of individual countries. +13.1% Latin America From a games market perspective, this ...
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...times of Racine on Monday, adding that they "ran the kind of race we wanted to run" and campaigned on "specific solutions and big ideas." The former GOP vice presidential nominee said the campaign was especially "shocked" by the results in Ohio, a crucial battleground that was carried by Obama. "Once we realized that we weren’t going to win Ohio, that’s when we realized that it wasn’t going to turn out for us," he said on WISN, a CNN affiliate in Milwaukee. "The numbers we were looking at looked like we stood a pretty good chance of winning," he continued. "So, when the numbers came in, going the other direction. When we saw the turnout that was occurring in urban areas that were unprecedented, it did come as a bit of a shock. So, those are the toughest losses to have - the ones that catch you by surprise." And to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he described election night-his first loss ever-as a "foreign experience" but ultimately said the race was a "very net positive experience" for him and his wife, Janna. While public polls indicated the race could potentially be too close to call on election night, President Barack Obama was projected to win the race by midnight (Eastern Standard Time). Florida, the remaining battleground that had yet to decide a winner, was called for the president on Saturday. In the end, Obama won with 51% of the vote to Romney's 48%. Ryan said Obama's campaign "did a better job of getting the voters to the polls" and ultimately "won fair...
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...for third party candidates, therefore, the majority of third parties lack a stake in the race for the presidency. The race for the white house has essentially become a two-horse race, with the two major party candidates being the only legitimate candidates. Most states are more diverse than demographics make them appear. Not every citizen of California is a Democrat, and not every Texas citizen is a Republican. However, under the Electoral College system, those two states are guaranteed to their respective party. The majority of the states are affiliated with a particular party despite being more diverse than they presented. Every election cycle, a handful of states end up being the states that decide the election. Those states called battleground states, lack the strong enough affiliation to a particular party thus they draw all the attention. Candidates and parties focus their attention on those particular states since they have a...
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...Trisha Li THEO 201_C01 Short Essay #4 Short Essay on Angelology and Satanology The truth is that Satan and God are not in any means equal. According to the Towns textbook, unlike Satan, God is omniscience, omnipotent, and omnipresent. In Elwell’s book, the definition of dualism is “two mutually hostile forces or beings in the world, the one being the source of all good, the other source of all evil” (Elwell, 2001). Good is evil is polar opposite ends of the spectrum. It is incredibly clear to acknowledge the good in God and the evil in Satan. Basically, “the universe becomes the battleground for these two opposing forces” (Elwell, 2001). It is described as a war and something of a battleground that takes place…it is the fight between good and evil, and God is said to always be on our side. Satan constantly tries in all his might to gain that power position that God intended to have and belonged to God. Revelation 20:10 demonstrates that in the end, judgment will happen for Satan, “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” The book of Revelations talks of what is to come and this is the future that has been written: Satan will lose. God and Satan are not equals. The biblical teaching of the origin of Satan clashes with the idea of dualism. Ezekiel 28 talks about Satan being created as an archangel; which was the most high. Ezekiel 28:15...
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...Anna Higgins Field Trip Project G148C Lava Beds National Monument For my class field trip I visited Lava Beds National Monument. This beautiful monument is home to the Medicine Lake Shield Volcano. Medicine Lake is the largest volcano by volume in the Cascade Range. Over the last half-million years, volcanic eruptions from this volcano have created a rugged landscape of volcanic features. It is home to over 700 caves, native american rock art sites and battlefields. It is an oasis in the high desert wilderness. I started my trip by visiting the Visitor Center located off of the cave loop road where I learned about all the caves and hiking trails. Upon leaving the visitor center I hiked the Thomas Wright battleground trail. Then I visited three caves starting with Mushpot Cave a lighted cave with interpretive signs. After exploring mushpot I ventured to Sentinel Cave which is a 3,280ft cave with two entrances, smooth floors and lots of interesting features. Last but not least I explored Skull Cave a 580ft long cave with a lower level floor made of ice year around and a huge wide open feel. The visitor center at Lava Beds National Monument was very educational. As soon as I enter the building I was greeted by a Ranger who taught me all about the caves and screened me for white nose syndrome. A disease which has been affecting the bats that live within the caves at Lava Beds National Monument. I also watched the twelve minute movie shown by the visitor center before starting...
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