1976 Essays

  • What is the Risk of Social Media In the Classroom?

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    There are places and content offline that is inappropriate to students and so it is online. This has been a major concern for educators and the society as a whole. However this does not deter the increased use of technology including social media in the classroom. Social media tools have become a part of people’s lives so it is easy to integrate it in the classroom, (Brooks, 2014). However, there are many risks associated with integrating social media tools in the classroom just as there are risks

  • An Evaluation of the Article: Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination

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    In today’s job market, there are many reasons an individual could be turned down for employment. According to Deborah Rhodes, author of “Why looks are the last bastion of discrimination”, appearance should not be one of them. Rhodes is a law professor at Stanford and holder of numerous titles for her outstanding work in legal matters. She is also the author and co-author of over 250 articles (Directory). In this article, she addresses an issue with profound impact on today’s society. She proposes

  • Blue Ocean Strategies for Five Products

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    The goal of this paper is to provide ‘Blue Ocean Strategies’ for five different products using the tools and techniques described in Kim and Mauborgne’s 2005 book “Blue Ocean Strategy.” Product #1: Corn Due to increasing health consciousness, mass produced genetically engineered corn is facing a lot of noncustomers including international export markets such as China and France (Bloomberg News, 2014, June 11, Deike, J., 2014, Mar, 17) and hence the blue ocean strategy for a corn farmer would be to:

  • The Cost Of Artificial Intelligence

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    unsuccessfully be able to solve. Artificial Intelligence is the correct pathway to take, if you are considering to use it on mundane tasks. It would definitely make everybody's life easier. You don't have to use your brain as much, like you used it at school. The intelligence of AI will absolutely help the society to evolve, and to also make it so much stronger than it already is. It would provide a faster way to solve problems that humans can't solve. Artificial Intelligence may be really helpful

  • Copyright Act Of 1976

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    United States to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works,” (L. 2012). We might understand what the act is, but the question is, whether the Copyright Act of 1976 is useful or not. The history of copyright all started when the printing press came into play. People started to produce more and more writings, but there was a problem. There was no copyright law, which meant anyone could claim the writing. Since

  • Personal Narrative Fiction

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    He was staring at me with those eyes. “What the hell do you want, Joey? Haven’t you done enough?” I pleaded at my boyfriend. His eyes were burning through me. “Honestly, Joey, you can go fuck yourself. You broke my heart, you fucking asshole! I have nothing more to say to you.” I turned to walk away, but he grabbed my hand. “Julien.” He paused after he said my name. He was about to say something when I cut him off. “No, you cheating, lying, bastard! I never want to see you again!!!” I tried

  • 1976 Swine Flu Outbreak

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    The 1976 Swine Flu outbreak caused widespread panic and many casualties in its wake. Permanent disability was the major result of what was thought to be to solution to the pandemic, vaccines. In early 1976, the swine flu or H1N1 caused severe respiratory illness in 13 soldiers and 1 death on the military base in Fort Dix, New Jersey (Gaydos, Top, Hodder, & Russell, 2006). This influenza outbreak resembled the fright and virulence of the 1918 Spanish Flu, which cause epidemiologist great concern.

  • Representing The Explosive Summer Of 1976 Summary

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    Summer of 1976” by Jason Heller The explosive summer or the explosive struggle? In this essay, I will explore the moments when Heller became too abstract and started drifting off topic. The article mentioned too many bad events for it really to be an “Explosive Summer.” The explosive summer of 1976 was a great time for music but a disappointment for the people who didn’t get treated with respect or equality. “Punk, Disco, and Silly Love Songs: Revisiting the Explosive Summer of 1976” by Jason

  • What Is Nadia Comaneci Essay

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    Everyone today knows Nadia Comaneci as the first female gymnast to earn a perfect score at the 1976 Olympics games in Montreal, Canada, but that was just one of her many unique accomplishments. Throughout her gymnastics career she claimed 16 gold medals and went to the Olympics two times, got first in 1976, and won second in 1980. Nadia Comaneci was born in Onesti, Romania, on November 12, 1961.When she was six years old, she was playing around outside at school, and Bela Karolyi spotted her and

  • William Eggleston At Moma 1976 Analysis

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    Theme of “Normality” in the Color Photo Innovations of “William Eggleston at MoMA 1976” This exhibition analysis will define the theme of “normalcy” that arises in the innovative use of color photography presented in “William Eggleston at MoMA 1976.” Eggleston (1976) defines the important use of color photography to challenge the black and white dominance of the medium in the 1970s. MoMA exhibited Eggleston’s work in 1976 to show the importance of minimalism and normalcy that is part of the everyday

  • The Effect of Natural Disaster on a Society

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    disaster on a society is the loss of human life. In certain types of natural disasters large number of casualties may not occur, nevertheless in the scenario of a far-reaching flood and earthquake, the death toll could be immense. It is estimated that the 1976 Tangshan earthquake caused more than 750 thousand deaths, making it rank the first among all earthquakes in the 20th century (BBC, Year unknown, internet). This figure indicates a correlation between population density and higher casualties. Furthermore

  • Gymnastics

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    sports. I like the way the athletes bodies move. They are all so flexible and interesting to look at. I wanted to be just like those athletes, or at least let my children be like them. This was my dream. Growing up in the city of Washington, DC in 1976, I used to sit on my parents’ bedroom floor, watching TV. I decided to turn the channel one day to the Olympics. I noticed that there were these girls, who were doing some amazing flips. I’d never seen anything like it before. I knew nothing about

  • Rudolf Karl Bultmann (1884-1976)

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    Rudolf Karl Bultmann (1884-1976) Rudolf Karl Bultmann (1884-1976) was born on August 20th in Wiefelstede, in (what was then known as) the grand duchy of Oldenburg. His father, Arthur Bultmann, was an Evangelical-Lutheran pastor, his paternal grandfather a missionary to Africa, and his maternal grandfather a pastor of the pietistic tradition. Thus, young Rudolf came from a family line heavily invested in the theological milieu of his time. This family's gradual move toward Protestant liberalism-especially

  • Carrie (1976): Were Carrie's Actions Justified?

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    conditions that can cause a gap between other students at school. The movie Carrie made in 1976, Carrie was bullied at school but also in way by the hands of her mother who also bullied her at home. Bullying is a form that others use to bring another persons

  • National Influenza Immunization Program - The Swine Flu of 1976

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    In 1976, due to an outbreak of influenza at Fort Dix, New Jersey, the United States set a precedent in immunology by attempting to vaccinate the entire population of the country against the possibility of a swine-type Influenza A epidemic. While a great many people were successfully immunized in a very short period of time, the National Influenza Immunization Program (NIIP) quickly became recognized as a failure, one reason being that the feared epidemic never surfaced at all. But this massive undertaking

  • The Soweto Uprising of 1976 an education Related Outcry by Students

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    terms of housing, education, political power and jobs. I will be examining a particular event, The Soweto Uprising of 1976 which was an education related outcry by students. This event carries with it a great deal of importance as it was a very powerful thing to impact South Africa and help in the deconstruction of the Apartheid government. A decree issued by the Bantu Education in 1976 caused major upset amongst black South African students, leading to their opposition and ultimate protest of marching

  • Cambodia - The Rise of the Khmer Rouge and the Genocide (1976-1978)

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    During the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia was turned into a giant labor camp creating a system of terror, genocide, and attempted cultural annihilation-a series of drastic events that the country is still recovering from. The years contained within this regime were devastating for the nation of Cambodia, with the establishment of the Khmer Rouge, a left-wing Communist political party whose actions have had an overwhelmingly detrimental effect on the political, economic and social structure of Cambodia-ruining

  • The 1976 Film Carrie Directed by Brian de Palma

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    Carrie (1976) The 1976 film Carrie was directed by Brian De Palma. The summary of the film is a young, quiet and timid 17-year-old girl name Carrie White. She experiences moments of insanity, she can move objects and make things happen unexpectedly. She has telekinesis that leads up to her ultimate revenge at the prom after a humiliating prank against her. Throughout the movie its form is to the climax of the devastating night at the prom, based on the torment and bullying that the “popular” girls

  • Analysis Of Isaac Asimov's 'Thinking About Thinking (1976)'

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    intelligence test have raised many strong and weak arguments which presented supporting both the “professional” side of the proposition and the “anti” side of the proposition. Like many anti-IQ tests’ arguments, Isaac Asimov’s “Thinking About Thinking (1976)” is a relatively common argument when he argues that intelligence is not something that can be measured or tested. In this essay, it presents common ideal that intelligence is defined by people who are subject to their own biases and to the ideas

  • The Importance Of Gestalt Therapy

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    Gestalt therapy is one of the most powerful, recognized psychotherapy systems to evolve (Smith, 1976). The word Gestalt is a German derived word that implies whole, integration and configuration (Corey, 2015). This therapy continues to influence many therapists that utilize Gestalt therapy techniques into their daily work routine with a variety of clients that benefit from this therapy alone (Corey, 2015). Gestalt therapy focuses on the “here and now” and the “what and how” based on a strong authentic