...A Witch Hunt or Not Today, we are exposed to many details pertaining to a time when superficial abilities/powers were thought to be real and practiced. One of these situations was known as a witch hunt. A witch hunt was commonly known to take place when there was a search for those that were supposedly witches. Once caught, these individuals were usually persecuted. As time has passed, witch hunts have evolved and are looked at differently. Witch hunts now are viewed as campaigns against a person or group holding unorthodox or unpopular views which leads to persons with any known reasons wanting to punish another sometimes even for personal gains. This leads me to my question: Were people too quick to judge and given too much freedom to decide the fate of individuals whose actions were unproven, deemed against the law, or just misunderstood? It is hard to comprehend sometimes the decisions made by people and their effects on others. When decisions/judgments are made based on nothing but assumption and emotion, they can be sickening when we think about the pure injustice on the obvious innocence of the victims. These types of situations are considered, witch hunts. Sometimes, the very officials that proved whether or not the accused were guilty or innocent, forged evidence to support their own claim. Honestly, I have a difficult time looking into these stories because of how “stupid” (in my opinion) some of these people were and how outrageous their claims...
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...Witchcraft accusations may begin as petty conflicts between women, but “During witch hunts, men legitimize violence against the accused women by using rumor and conspiracy, and the women are made credible scapegoats in the process” (Chaudhuri, 2012, p. 1214). Men are the driving force behind transforming petty village conflicts into acts of violence against women through the use of conspiracy and calculated attacks; men also rely on the women’s blind faith in the established gender roles in order to make their witchcraft accusations without much opposition. Men are the decision makers in Indian tribal societies and use these conflicts to serve their own interests (Chaudhuri 2012). “The women (the accused witch and those initiating the accusation against her) are thus bait or scapegoats in the entire conspiracy by the men in the village” (Chaudhuri, 2012, p. 1220). Traditional Hindu philosophy also influences the gender relationships in tribal communities; these communities have adopted Hindu norms for the expected behavior of women. “According to Hindu philosophy, a woman is virtuous if she listens to and believes her husband pati parameshwar (the husband is equal to god)” (Chaudhuri, 2012, p. 1220)....
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...I think that the United states has definitely evolved much further than to go on actual witch hunts in this day in age but similar things still occur. Society definitely engages in witch hunts in this day in age. There are so many ways that people are targeted that maybe even you can’t see the correlation. We have turned to other distractions to distract from certain economic issues. We have always blamed our problems on something that takes people's minds off of the real problems. The overweight, liberal media, and the democratic muslim bans are just some of the ways witch hunts are occurring today. The first example that society is engaging in witch hunts today is liberal media. People blaming journalists and news reporters saying that they...
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...From 1450 to 1750, witch hunts were rampant around areas in Europe that were already ravaged by conflict. Witch hunts were roused by paranoia among both the layman and the religious authorities alike. The typically uneducated layman were easy prey for an intense paranoia and needed an outlet to blame. Sommerville, a modern historian, wrote a paper for other historians with a more neutral viewpoint than the fearful people of the past, detailing how women reaching for power was seen as evil and that was a part of how they were associated with witchcraft (Source 1). At the time, women were often treated as if they were a part of a lower class to be subjugated, and like when any member of a lower group tries to ascend to a higher one, they...
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...Its 1692 Salem, Massachusetts your neighbors are dwindling one by one. Extreme fear is in your heart, will I be next, will it be my wife, friend, preacher etc., who condemn me as a witch? That is what a witch-hunt feels like. Witch-hunts are designed to strike fear in your heart, to make you comply, to make you theirs. They are what one reverts to when they don’t want to own up to what they have done or have know idea how to explain what just really happened. In the case of Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evans this is their real life story. They were turned from envied Duke lacrosse players to hated rapists in a matter of a night of partying. Accused by Crystal Mangum, a stripper who was paid to preform at the party, who had...
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...Elizabethan Era Witchcraft, Witches, and Witch Hunts During the Elizabethan Era, the printing press had been invented and this helped spread printed copies of Bibles and other religious books. These books had contained ideas of witches and witchcraft. This had helped promote the idea of witch hunts and people became obsessed with finding witches. The supernatural belief of witches, witchcraft, and witch hunts had spread like wildfire across Europe and later to the newly made American colonies. Most people connect witches and witchcraft to the popular Salem Witchcraft Trials. Ideas such as alchemy, astronomy, and magic had also spurred the likeliness of witch hunts. Witches were blamed for events that could not be explained. The Bubonic...
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...Vulnerability to a Witch Hunt The fact is that Salem, Massachusetts is all about God and doing God’s work, yet they are believing a bunch of young girls and hanging people without evidence. People believed whoever the person before could blame, no one ever would think of anyone possibly lying or acting? If making a city vulnerable to a witch trial could be easy, Salem and the people living there definitely caused it. In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”, religion, personal vendettas, and human faults, made the individuals and society in Salem vulnerable to a witch hunt. To start off one of many reasons Salem society was vulnerable to a witch hunt was religion. Religion was the main priority in Salem and almost anything said or done that wasn’t by the bible was witchery or evil. “At any rate very few indians were converted and Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the devil’s last preserve.” This quote is simply explaining how easily things were blamed and or believed and how religion was the base of everything. Puritans believe if you swear on the bible...
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...In the past hysteria formed itself in many different way,which include the Holocaust,Muslims after September 11,2001. Hysteria changed all the world because of a person’s irrational fears. All these lead to modern day witch hunt. In present day, modern day witch hunt is still a fear in humanity. This causes people to panic over dumb things that are not factual. It has caused most people in the world to believe what they hear or what other tell them.Even some people know it’s true but say it is just so they can fit in because, they fear if they don’t believe something bad will happen The Holocaust was a good example of witch hunt. Hitler targeted Jews because,a man named Julius Streicher led all Jewish businesses to boycott(Matias 1).Things...
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...“CHOOT your dream has finally come true. We are going hunting tomorrow” my father informed as he came home. Yes it was the time when I could see my father in action and how good of a hunter he actually was. I was very excited as it was going to be my first hunting experience. We had planned to hunt wild geese in a place called Baloki. The next morning a thrill of anticipation ran through me as I opened my eyes. I quickly packed up and saw my father preparing all the huge guns for the hunt. So we finally departed from Lahore for Baloki. The way my brother and cousins had described the place made me eager to go there. That is why I had been irritating everyone by asking “Are we there yet.” After two hours we finally reached the river bank. When I saw it there were no words to describe it. It was as beautiful as heaven. There was a river bank from where you could see the blue water of the magnificent river Ravi. So after unloading our cars we finally setup camp and it was finally time to rest our legs. After a few hours of rest we took out our guns and started skeet shooting. I was very impressed by everyone’s aim. And I was even more lucky when my father came up to me and handed me the gun. As I held the gun I could feel my heart pump faster and faster. I had felt this extreme sensational feeling which was out of this world. Then I finally pulled the trigger. I missed the shot but still it was the first time I ever held a gun in my hand. I felt more of a man rather than a boy...
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...Syllabus Scavenger Hunt NAME James Bewley 25 Points Answer each question by typing directly on this document. Save it as a Word document and submit under “submit here”. You will have to explore TCC’s website to find the answers. Two Points Each: Go to TCC’s website. Find the Career Services page. Type their hours below. Monday-Thurs 9-6 Friday 10-5 Go to TCC’s Library page. Find the electronic databases tab and click it. Find the database, “Academic Search Premier – Ebscohost.” Click it. Copy and paste the URL below. http://lrcproxy.tulsacc.edu:2060/ehost/search/selectdb?sid=71f116b2-165f-4117-8794-01cf42421184%40sessionmgr113&vid=0&hid=109 On TCC’s Homepage, find the online college catalog and click on the hyperlink “view the 2014-2015 catalog.” Find the hyperlink “course descriptions.” Click it and then copy and paste the URL below. http://www.tulsacc.edu/catalog On TCC’s Homepage, click on Student Services, and find out when the fitness center is open. monday-sat early morning to evening unless college is closed Go to TCC’s Homepage, click on About TCC, and find the Academic Calendar for 2014-2015. Copy and paste the URL below. http://www.tulsacc.edu/degrees-and-programs/catalog/catalog-2014-2015/academic-calendar-2014-2015 http://www.tulsacc.edu/about-tcc/academic-calendar On TCC’s Homepage, find the Distance Learning page. Copy and Paste or type their technical requirements to take an online class. https://sites.google....
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...A Hunt for a Killer A common night on my favorite bar. The bar “Bourbon for men “I usually drink there. Yesterday I bought some pills from a guy on the street. He said that I should try them in clean bourbon. I’m going to try that. I crushed the pills with my glass. I poured the pill-dust in my glass. I drank the whole shit. I called for another bourbon. When I got it I looked down. Black tar was pouring op from the glass. I closed my eyes and shaked my head. I could not believe what I just saw. It was just a hallucination. It seemed so real. I had to get some fresh air. I rushed out from the bar and found the nearest bench. My head was killing me. It must have been the damn pills! I woke up. In an old dungeon. I got up quickly. It had to be a hallucination. No it wasn’t. I touched the cell door. Pushing it carefully. I took a peek outside the door. Nothing to see down the hallway just a faint light escaped from the ceiling. I grabbed a stone brick for defense. I stepped out on the hallway. I looked carefully around but which way should I go? left or right? On the left there was nothing but complete darkness and I didn’t have a flashlight. The right path there was at least a faint light. I headed right. I had been walking for at least 10 minutes that had to be the god damn longest hallway ever! I should probably check the cell doors for supplies. Nothing in any of the cells. I had no choice but to keep moving. I finally reached a door that was different from the others. I...
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...The First Hunt Imagine having the feeling of complete serenity as you lay still waiting; listening to every broken stick, crushed leaf, and bird chirp. Waiting for the footsteps of a deer or the image of one in the distance to fill your veins with adrenaline which gives you that feeling you dream about. All this leading up to one pull of a trigger, sending a message to your brain that tells you you’ll be a hunter for the rest of your life. This image was a very important part of my life. My brother started hunting when he was around 12 or 13 years old with my dad and I was too young to hunt. It all started with only being able to go out with them and watch them shoot deer, rabbits, turkey, and birds. I was always anxious to be able to do it myself because I thought I would be good at it and enjoy it. All I had was a pellet gun, and I was limited to showing my skills shooting by shooting bottle caps from a distance. I loved impressing my dad with my shots and looked forward to showing him how I could hunt when I was of age. Eventually I was 12 years old , got my hunting license, and a permit and that November I was ready for my first hunt. That weekend I went down to my dad’s it was all preparation. We had a checklist to make sure the night before we had everything laid out for us in the morning. We needed gloves, pants, shirts, coats, ammo, flashlight, seats, and of course the rifle. We couldn’t afford to forget anything in the morning because there was no turning back...
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...T=6, S=5, A=2, H=9, W=3, E=7 Since Y=1, that means that T and S should have a sum of 1. In order for that to be possible T and S could either be both 0.5 but that’s impossible because no two letters have the same values. It can also be 1+0 or 0+1, but again that would be impossible because T = 3xA, so if T is 0 than 3A = 0, and in the next column A+A=S so 0+0=0 but then S can’t be 0 as well because no two letters repeat. T can’t be 1 either because that would mean that A is 3 (since T=3xA), and 3(A) + 3(A) = 6(S) which would contradict the fact that S is 0 in the first column if T is 1. Thus both T and S must be digits greater than 1. So what are the possibilities that would give us 1 in the first column? 2+9, 3+8, 4+7, 5+6 which all equal to 11. But since the S in T+S and the S in A+A= S should be the same, you need to try all possibilities in both orders, (like 9+2 and 2+9) and you will find that 6 is T and 5 is S. So since we know that A3= 6(T), we simply divide 6 by 3 and get 2 which is A. As for H I looked for possibilities of a one digit number that could be equally divide into 3 parts so 9, H=9. Since W is 1/3 of H it was 3 and 9+3= 2 with 1 on top of 6 which becomes 7 so E is...
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...Name: ____________________________________ Food and Nutrition Scavenger Hunt Lab Assignment 1. Find 2 cereals and 2 breads that are excellent sources of fiber. Give the serving size and grams of fiber per serving for each. ____________________________________ _______grams ____________________________________ _______grams ____________________________________ _______grams ____________________________________ _______grams 2. Find 2 brands of margarine or spread that would be a “healthier” alternative to regular margarine. (Hint: Think heart healthy fat and look for health claims on the label) Brand: ________________________________ Serving Size: __________ Total Fat: ________ Saturated Fat: ________ Unsaturated Fat: ________ Brand: ________________________________ Serving Size: __________ Total Fat: ________ Saturated Fat: ________ Unsaturated Fat: ________ 3. Compare the following different types of dairy. List serving size and grams of protein and fat for each. Cheddar Cheese:_______________________ 2% Cheddar Cheese:___________________ Regular Cream Cheese: _____________________ ⅓ Less Fat CC:_________________________ Fat-Free Cream Cheese:______________________ Whole Milk: ____________________________ Skim Milk: ____________________________ 4. Find a corn or potato chip that is also available in a...
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...Day 2 Assignment Name: Monique Casey Day 2 Scavenger Hunt Respond to the following questions in short-answer format. Once completed, find the Assignments folder under the Classroom tab of ANGEL. Click the linked name of the assignment to access the drop box. After the drop box opens, upload the paper and click Submit. Don’t forget to include your name at the top of your assignment! Return to the Student Success Center to find the following: 1. Under the Colleges tab, where would a student go to find the name of the dean in their college? What is the name of the dean for your college? Under the colleges tab click on the College of Nursing link, then click on the Nursing Handbook. Anne M. McNamara Ph.D, RN is the dean of the college of Nursing. 2. Under the Succeed at GCU tab, what tutorials are available? The tutorials include library, CLA, writing and research tools, online learning, support services and portal, career services, and tech support. 3. Under The Writing Center tab, how many APA Templates are provided? There are 9 APA templates provided. 4. Under the Support Services tab, where would a student find the way to contact Technical Support? What are the means available to the student? Under the support services tab click the technical support tab, and students are able to email, call, and chat online. 5. Under the Support Services tab, where would a student go to get help with assignments...
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