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China: Human Rights and Status of Oppressed Groups Premise: The evidence will support that the world-wide movement to protect the rights of oppressed groups has not reached nor affected China; indeed, there is strong resistance to correcting human rights abuses. In the summer of 1989, Chinese students protested in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, facing off against government troops and tanks. From this event came an iconic image, of a man holding his shopping bags, facing off against a line of…

Synthetic Biology, Science Fiction, and the Escape from Boredom Synthetic biology may seem like an area of study that is not very connected to our popular culture, and it comes across much like a field inaccessible to the non-expert, but Kurt Andersen, who reports with Eric Molinsky, the producer of the article “Biology in Pop Culture”, has seen these ideas present in popular culture for decades. Screenwriters, such as Kurt Andersen are keen to two basic archetypes. These two basic archetypes…

General Australian refugee facts and figures The 1951 UN Refugee Convention defines a refugee as “someone who has a well-founded fear of persecution in their own country, because of their race, religion, nationality or political or social affiliation” (Refugee Action Coalition, n.d.). In other words refugees are ordinary individuals who have been forced to leave their country to be able to escape war, persecution or natural disaster (Oxford, 2014). Ever since 1945 there have been over 700 000…

David Cameron, former UK prime minister, once used the word “swarm,” a word most often used for describing a group of insects, to describe incoming immigrants (BBC News, “Swarm”). John Oliver, the host of the HBO original program, Last Week Tonight, responded to Cameron by saying “A swarm of anything sounds terrifying, no matter what it is. If hear that a lot of kittens are coming my way, I’m going to be delighted…

Jacob Klingbeil Mrs. Foust Honors English 12 12/5/2017 Motives and Methods of Terrorism In the past decade, terrorism has increasingly become more of a problem. With advances in technology, terrorists have found new ways to strike fear. Identifying and preventing attacks has become much harder because of these advancements. Along with the many methods of attack, there are several different motives for attack. There may not be an easy solution to the issue of terrorism, since there are many…

A singer, songwriter and classically trained multi-instrumentalist, Alexander Kotz, otherwise known as Elderbrook, developed his love for music at an early age. Building his musical foundations upon the influences of Jazz artists Sam Cooke and Billie Holiday, London-native Kotz would forge his unique vocals with an instrumental knowledge of guitar, bass, piano, and drums. A student of the prestigious Bath Spa University, Kotz began experimenting with his sound, merging his acoustic and…

MEDIA 10 PRESENTS: THE BEST OF BRITISH - DRAFT A celebration of the very best of the British produce and culture, The Best of British will be a deluxe event showcasing the finest in British consumables including food, drink, fashion, design, culture, films and music. Launching in 2017 in Shanghai, it will bring high end products to the biggest consumer of luxury goods in the world in a hybrid event designed to attend to consumers and trade: reports have consistently shown that British produce,…

“I’d rather die in Bangladesh than be forced to return to Myanmar,” says Aisha, 19. Aisha, a Rohingya woman, was raped by soldiers that were attacking her village in Myanmar. The Myanmar soldiers violently killed her son, as the family attempted to flee the violence in Myanmar. “They threw my son in the air and cut him with a machete. Then they threw petrol bombs and burned down our houses,” reported by UNICEF. This is only one story of a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Aisha’s story is not an…

different kinds of child traffic, how to prevent it and how parents act to change this reality. FIRST ARGUMENT First point of your claim The Internet is so appropriate for traffickers for all the features that it offers. Provide Support According to BBC newspaper, the internet is the first method to get children for traffickers. SECOND ARGUMENT Second point of your claim Currently, exist seven kinds of child trafficking and you could be exposed. Provide Support Wikipedia shows the most…

candidate, Hillary Clinton, views the issue. According to BBC News, the Keystone XL pipeline is a 1,897 km long pipeline that carries crude oil from Alberta, Canada, runs vertically through the United States, and will eventually end in Houston, Texas. The pipeline is projected to produce 830,000 bpd (barrels per day). The pipeline was created by a company called TransCanada and first proposed to the US in 2008. TransCanada claims…