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Annotated Bibliography Clay, Rebecca A. "Advertising to Children: Is It Ethical?" American Psychological Association. N.p., Sept. 2000. In ‘’Advertising to Children: Is It Ethical’’ Clay speaks about how advertising to children is making a huge influence on children. Clay also speaks about how children now feel like they are minor compared to their other friends if they do not have a new product that is popularly advertised. Clay then moves on to talk about how companies are using…

In Blyden Jackson’s 1953 review of Gwendolyn Brooks’ first novel, he asked, “just what kind of novel is Maud Martha?” (Jackson 436). Maud Martha possesses aspects of the novel such as setting, characters, and relationships between those characters. However, though the novel is linear, there is no defining plot. Instead, we are presented with a series of lyric vignettes. There is no specific drama, no propelling action which can clearly define Maud Martha as a traditional novel. Yet, throughout…

required –measurements of height, reshaping the clay, and dropping the balls; the student with interpersonal skills may help to clarify the table discussion and may present the findings; and the bilingual students may help clarify some concepts the English Language Learners may struggle…

wall of dirt and clay. I’m dressed in a bright yellow jumpsuit, breathing through a mask, with a hammer in my right hand, and a chisel in my left. As I take my first break of the eight-hour workday, I look at the progress I have made. Over the last few hours I managed to clear out another foot or so of hard clay, slowly making my way to the other end of the house. I take my hammer and chisel back out, and ease myself into a hypnotic rhythm. As I gauge the chisel deep into the clay, and put my…

stock in an effort to raise money to fund further drug research and development. Seattle Genetics set the initial offering at $480 million dollars. The company, headquartered in Bothell, decided to increase the public offering to $522 million dollars. Clay Siegall, CEO, decided to increase the amount due to the enormous outcry and interest from prospective investors. The new funds will focus on research and development as well as growth for the company. This growth takes the form of…

Jatte by Georges Seurat is the most famous piece in the collection of the Art Institute (Groom & Druick, 2010). This particular piece is from the Collection of Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial. Collection of Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial In 1895, Frederic Clay Bartlett returned to the United States, graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy…

Nationalism v. Sectionalism To Begin, in the early 1800’s sectionalism was used to separate the north from the south .The Tariff of 1816 was used to protect American industry it hurt farmers in the south, and they also had to pay higher prices for consumer goods. In the north the tariff helped increase industry. Capital also helped the north by having access to money that was needed to help buy or build something, which led to an increase in factories in the north, and in the south that did not…

The demise of the Federalists, opening of the West, the 2nd national bank, and internal improvements are the four consequences of the War of 1812. First off, in December 1814 Federalists held the Hartford Convention where they lodged an official protest against the war, condemned Jeffersonians, and demanded new constitutional amendments. However, this convention backfired because Americans were proud of the war they had won against the British and saw participants of the convention as traitors.…

of the Ushabti; servant statues placed in a Pharaoh’s tomb to serve their needs in the afterlife. However, the Sumerian clay votive statues were focused on the present. Sumerian culture is unique in many ways. These individual statues show their artistic differences from other cultures both in their conical shape and in the enlarged ever watchful eyes. Their belief in clay statues to represent an individual’s devotion to God is also a unique trait of Sumerian…

Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York, was evacuated due to deadly chemicals seeping into the environment and harming people and pets. Before that, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped industrial chemicals in the unfinished canal, and capped it only clay. The Niagara Falls City School District was in need of land, so in 1953, Hooker sold the land to them for $1. Homes were built on top of the chemicals and more than 80 industrial chemicals caused mysterious ailments to the citizens. 35 years…