...Vernetta Hilliard Outline summary 9/30/13 The Bombing of the 16th Street Baptiste Church General Purpose: To inform my audience about the bombing of the 16th street Baptiste church. Specific Purpose: The tragedy of the bombing of the church, and how it helped change history. Thesis Statement: The bombing of the 16th street Baptiste church was one of America’s most horrific tragedies. Introduction “Auntie can I borrow your compact, brush, and a quarter?” Those were the last words of a little girl 12 years old who died in the bombing of the 16th street Baptiste Church. She was one of four little girls who died that day, Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson. They lost their lives because of hatred and an unwillingness to change. The events that happened on September 15, 1963 would be remembered in US history forever. I have heard of this event my whole life. My mother has vivid memories of visiting this very same church as a child while on summer break visiting relatives in Birmingham. I will take you a journey of the history of this historic landmark, the tragic events of this day, and the aftermath of that day in civil rights. Transition: I want to begin by giving you a look at the start of this church. Body I. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was the first African American church to be organized in Birmingham. A. According to the church’s official website, the church was formed in 1873 on 16th and 6th st...
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...Bobby Barksdale October 16, 2012 Summary: The Logic of Suicide Terrorism As it was initially used in Lebanon in 1983, the tactic of suicide terrorism was later used in Israel and unfortunately expanded into what is now one of the most effective and deadliest tactics used to instill fear within the public. This problem has come to Israel and has been a regular security issue since its establishment there Suicide bombing is responsible for more than half of the terrorist attacks death since then. Targeting Israelis in public places where people are highly populated and killing innocent men women and children. Over the past ten years more than 750 have died as a direct result of these planned terrorist attacks. The use of suicide bombing has intensified not only in Israel but also in the U.S. , which experienced the gruesome affects of suicide bombers on September 11 2001. This outrageous action of terrorism devastated American and its defense system. Killing hundreds of innocent civilians on American soil with a airplanes. The chief spokesmen for al Qaeda went on to say after the brutal attack that “Those youths that destroyed Americans with their planes, they did a good deed. There are thousands more younger followers who looking forward to death like American look forward to living.” This statement shows the determination and willingness of those wanting to die for what in their eyes was the greater cause. The effect of these bombers...
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...PSY111- Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services Workbook- Assignment 2 Sonia Chiciak Student No.11534832 Word Counts (excl. citations) provided for each section. PSY111- Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services Exercise 1- Memory Question 1- Summary: (253 words) Grant, H. M., Lane, B.C., Clay, J., Ferrie, J., Groves, J.E., McDorman, T. A., Dark, V.J. (1998). Context-dependent memory for meaningful material: information for students. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12, 617-623. This study tested whether the environmental context dependency effect is seen through test performances where matched and mismatched study and test noise conditions were used. Throughout the study, the researcher used the same text to test the difference context dependency has on short answer (recall) and multiple choices (recognition). Using previous research that has shown that characteristics of environment are encoded in the memory, and can be used to retrieve other information; the researchers changed whether or not there was general background noise in controlled study and test conditions and measured the results based on performance in the test. Overall, studying and testing in the same environment resulted in better performance than in mismatching studying environments. This study also found that, unlike in Smith (1986, as cited in Grant 1998), the context dependency effect for newly learned material is seen regardless of whether short answer or...
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...A Summary of "National Security Justifies Censorship" by Roger S. Thomas Introduction The article "National Security Justifies Censorship" by Elmo R. Zumwalt and James G. Zumwalt, appears in Censorship, a book in the Opposing Viewpoints Series. The article asserts that information that is secret and vital to the security of the nation should not be released to the press. The arguments made by Zumwalt Senior and Junior are summarized below. Summary Although many journalists contend that the First Amendment guarantees unrestricted printing freedom, the authors believe the press has gained more power than the framers of the Constitution foresaw and therefore neglected to install safe guards that would protect national security. According to the authors, the power of the media has gone far past what the constitutional framers expected; consequently, several acts since the writing of the Constitution have been implemented to deal with the lack of protection regarding national security. The authors continue to affirm that even though significant risk exists when confidential information is released to the press, this danger has remained unresolved by the courts. The authors cite an example to prove this point. The CIA during the Reagan administration recognized Muhamar Quadaffi as a known terrorist and a potential threat to national security in a classified document. The Washington Post somehow had the document disclosed to them, and they soon...
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...equipment from a container. SUMMARY: As of 14SEP17, the Radio Muzyka Fakty (RMF24) reported the theft of U.S. equipment from a container in Zagan that contained night vision devices, laptops, telescopes, and range finders. The value of the stolen goods totals at least 200,000 USD. Police stated that the container had not been emptied entirely and that the Wroclaw Prosecutor's Office and Military Police are handling the case. http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/news-ktos-ukradl-amerykanskim-zolnierzom-noktowizory-laptopy-i-lu,nId,2440331...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is currently widespread discrimination against Muslims around the world due to numerous terrorist activities that occurred over the past decade. However, it is important for us to understand that although many of these activities were carried out by Muslims, we cannot stereotype all Muslims to be terrorists. Unjust discrimination against them may trigger more problems. Thus, a good approach to fix this problem would be educating the public not to stereotype as some Muslims may be the victims themselves. THE ISSUES AND WHO ARE INVOLVED The world has been plagued by terrorism, especially so over the past decade and this has led to widespread discrimination against Muslims. This is due to the fact that many of the terrorist acts were carried out by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiah whose members are mainly of Muslim religion. However, there are much overlooked facts such as majority of the Muslims are actually not involved in those terrorist acts and some of the Muslims may even be victims of those terrorist acts themselves. One example of discrimination against Muslims would be the Oklahoma City bombing incident executed by Timothy McVeigh, an American, whereby Muslims were suspected for the bombing even before investigations started. Another would be the very recent French study led by David Laitin of Stanford University in California which shows that Muslims in European countries are more likely to be unemployed compared to people...
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...Social Science HSP3U1 Date: May 30, 2014 Essay Most of the westerners today see Islam as a religion of hate and violence. This is due to the events of the terrorist attacks that have been happening around the world. Islam has been associated with terrorism more and more often due to few extremists who are doing terrible crimes in the name of Islam (Islam Way). The whole world knows what has been happening to Muslims in America after 9/11, but blaming 1.6 billion Muslims for the crimes of less than 10,000 people is not ethical. Those people who have never read the Quran and know nothing about Islam says that Islam teaches to kill people and to commit act of terrorism. The purpose of this essay is to resolve the misconception that Islam teaches terrorism. Islam teaches us to practice peace in every area of our daily life. The real reason why people really become terrorists is hidden from most of the people in world. Today’s media is also misrepresenting Islam and Muslims. Tragic events such as attack on World Trade Centre in New York and bombing of London and Madrid are supposed to be justified by Islam in the minds of some people (Islam Way). The actual origin of terrorism was from the Cold War between Russia and America and the place of its origin was Afghanistan. Islam is a religion of peace. To understand Islam’s point of view on terrorism one must refer to its original source which is definitely the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran turns our attention towards high value of...
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...West Papua), the western part of New Guinea. Its neighbor to the north is Malaysia and to the east is Papua New Guinea. Indonesia, part of the “ring of fire,” has the largest number of active volcanoes in the world. Earthquakes are frequent. Wallace's line, a zoological demarcation between Asian and Australian flora and fauna, divides Indonesia. Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (official), English, Dutch, Javanese, and more than 580 other languages and dialects Ethnicity/race: Javanese 45%, Sundanese 14%, Madurese 7.5%, coastal Malays 7.5%, other 26% Religions: Islam 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1% (1998) National Holiday: Independence Day, August 17 Literacy rate: 90% (2004 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $969.2 billion; per capita $4,000. Real growth rate: 4.5%. Inflation: 5%. Unemployment: 7.7%. Arable land: 11%....
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...Militarized Police: A Growing Epidemic Eric Reed Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to document the chronic spread of militarization of police agencies across the United States at the federal, state, and local levels. Police militarization is one of the most controversial issues facing our police forces and encompasses a wide range of problems, from cases of excessive force, to civil rights violations, to budgetary problems. This research will include events that led to the creation of the first SWAT units, the aftereffects of the September 11 attacks, as well as the problems that both the contemporary public and police agencies face today. Finally, this project will highlight several proposed solutions to curb the increasing prevalence of police militarization, specifically as it pertains to agency administration. Militarized Police: A Growing Epidemic Eric Reed Liberty University Every day across the United States, tens of thousands of police officers and federal agents put their lives on the line to serve their communities and their country. They face a myriad of threats that could reveal themselves at any given moment, and it's impossible to predict what the next day of work holds for these men and women. The key to survival is to be well-prepared for any situation; as such, it is of utmost importance that our officers and agents have access to the protection and tools they need to deal with and adapt to the ever-changing force of...
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...Title: UCT seeks court order against protesting students Date: February 17, 2016 Author: Jenni Evans Summary: During a violent protest against a symbols of white colonial repression in the University of Cape Town, paintings and a bus were torched as well as the vice chancellor office was petrol bombed. Luckily the price chancellor wasn’t present at the time of the bombing. The leader of Rhodes Must Fall Masixole Mlandu said that seeing symbols of colonial repression hurt black students. At a media briefing the price said the University isn’t against protests and said the students were better informed about issues that needed attention. Students who do decide to be apart of the protest they will be in violation of court order. The disciplinary action of violent protests will also face expulsion. Vice chancellor Adam Habib said that slamming and burning art, and buses wont help anything if students wanted painting of symbols taken down they can debate and get it taken down. Opinion: I think that what the protesters are doing is wrong and it’s a waste of time. If they really want to get the symbols taken down the protesters shouldn’t rely on violence. I agree with Adam Habib’s suggestion on how to get the symbols taken down, by debating or asking peacefully. Burning buses and destroying art is only going to get them arrested and it won’t even help what there trying to fight for. If they are consistent with their violent protest they’re not going to get what they want...
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...Who made these photographs, and when? Name the two styles that each image exemplifies, and give some explanation of both of those styles. Q:Edward Steichen made “The round mirror” in 1902 and “The Greta Garbo” in 1928. Steichen used the style of portraits in changing the lighting that is shown in each of the photographs, also the style of product work by making good photographs which took hard work, knowing that good things will happen. Name the artist and the title, the art movement that it comes from, and give a brief summary of some of the ideas held by that movement. Explain the term "Photomontage". Q: hannah hoch made the “cut with the kitchen knife through the Last weimar beer-belly cultural Epoch in Germany” in 1918. He was part...
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...Summary: According to the History Channel “at the end of the American civil war radical members of congress attempted to destroy the white power structures of the rebel states”(History Channel 1). The NAACP the congress of Racial Equality these campaigns wanted to give African-American a voice. Which caused the beginning of the Ku Klux Klan as well known as the (KKK) they extended far into every southern state by late 1870. Relevance to Research Question (How does this source answer my question and how does it relate to my other sources):Racism and police brutality began when the south lost the civil war against the north. They formed a group called the Ku Klux Klan to take away rights to African-Americans. The Klan became somewhat of a vehicle...
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...Executive Summary After Osama Bin Laden was killed by a U.S. military raid in Pakistan, his aides have followed his footsteps and started their own branch of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This organization was formed in January 2009 through a union of the Saudi and Yemeni branches of al-Qaeda (Masters, Jonathan. 2012). This fairly new group has the closest components and core, associated with Bin Laden’s former Al-Qaeda network. With the country of Yemen unstable, this organization looks to overtake the country with new recruits and spread their cause to its borders and beyond, from their stronghold in the southern part of the country. The AQAP’s primary goals are to try and bring down a United States airliner, spread Islamic Law, and continue to draw out a long fight forcing America to slow the economy by spending its money on security for the nation. Fighters arriving back to Yemen from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bring their experiences and provide valuable training to the new recruits. Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, mastermind of bomb making, has almost made all of his devices come to life. By gathering intelligence and focus overtime, we know more about how potentially deadly and a threat this organization is to the United States. Current operations with drone surveillance and strikes are trying to take out this organization’s operatives. Imbedded agents are trying to gather information on the ground to try and foil the next plot. The United States has been...
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...Summary of A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth is a remarkable poem describing the horrors of the aftermath of an atomic bomb explosion. This tragic poem describes the condition of the survivors of the atomic bombing by the United States on Hiroshima during the end of the World War II on 6th of August 1945. The narrator in the poem, A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945, is a doctor. The poem begins with a calm and serene note. The doctor says that it was dawn and he was in his bed, not fully clothed. When he stretched out and looked outside, he saw shining leaves and shadows. In the next moment, there were two sudden flashes of strong light and the old stone lantern in his room lit up by itself. The doctor wondered whether the flashes were magnesium flares seen during a war. In the next moment, the doctor finds out that the roof and wall of his building has collapsed and the debris were scattered all over. Dust covered up the whole place and clothes disappeared from his body. They were burnt. The doctor was wounded on his cheek, thigh and he was bleeding. A piece of glass had entered into his body which he removes ‘detachedly.’ He was wondering what suddenly took place and what had happened to him. The narrator called out his wife, ‘where are you, Yecko-san?’ Yecko-san looked pale, frightened and had blood stains on her body. The doctor assures his wife that they would be fine and they...
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...by Pulitzer- Prize winning author John Hersey in 1985. This tragic story tells how six people somehow survived an atomic bomb that was dropped on their hometown of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. This shows the hardships these six people had to face during and after the disaster. Hiroshima was written off of true events that occurred during the end of World War II. Summary On August 6, 1945, American forces dropped an atomic bomb in japan in efforts to stop the war. This attack however killed hundreds of thousands of people. Six survivors however – 2 doctors, 2 women, and 2 men somehow survived this blast. It is a miracle that these people were able to survive not only the blast itself but also the radiation that it left after the explosion. These victims survived however with no medical treatment; how they did it was unknown. Hersey not only shows the bravery of these survivors but also tells of the hardships these humans had to face just to survive. The Moral or Ethnic Struggle of Hiroshima The main moral of Hiroshima that caught my attention was the debate on whether if the U.S. should have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Hersey does an extraordinary job in telling about true accounts on which happened after the bombing. How could it affect our world if we had not dropped the bomb? We will never know because that is the past but it was a necessary cause to help end that deadly war. Without this act by the U.S., World War II might not have ended for another year. Usage of Science ...
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