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things for America that he hopes to do. We’ll just have to wait and see. Just hang in there….I don’t want you to be sad, at least there is something new on the news everyday. I loved reading the article on Debbie and Carrie, we weren’t able to see the HBO documentary. It’s still hard to believe but found the scientific explanation interesting. They’ll be missed. Just checked on some pine cones that we’re picking up for Connie and Rob. They use them in their fireplace, I guess to get the fire…

The Secret Thoughts of Martin Jenae Graves We are seeing a continual trend of creators giving personal, funny life stories to animals. The HBO show 'Animals' and Watchable's 'Dogs in a Park' are both inventive and highly entertaining. Downward Dog fits in with them well while standing on its own. Downward Dog circles a dog (Sadie) named Martin, voiced by Samm Hodges, who through what seems to be personal video diary is telling us about his life. Martin is deeply philosophical and at times a…

specific sexual concepts to the forefront of peoples minds. A specific example that is showcased throughout countless television series is the fixation on body image and the role that plays in a person’s sexual life. This is absolutely apparent in the HBO series Game of Thrones. According to _____the series now being “the most watched of any series in the pay cable networks for-decade history, attracting a whopping gross audience of 18.4 million viewers each week” its easy to see the enormous…

rising from the sofa groggy and lethargic when the episodes run out. If we go touch the keyboard at all, it’s to search when the next “season” will be uploaded to Netflix. All of the bookmarks on our browsers will be for Youtube, Hulu, Amazon Prime, or HBO. It doesn't matter which one: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome. Soon, the once titanic search engine of Google will die down in importance. These applications will become an entire platform for video. The Internet is morphing into…

The devastation and mass killings by the Hutu’s did not get the world intervention it needed to help stop the killings. The 2005 HBO film, Sometimes in April, gives an account of the Rwandan Genocide through the experiences of two brothers and gives the audience an overview of how and why it occurred. On April 6 1994, a plane that was carrying the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana…

One of the worst refugee crises since World War II is occurring in Europe now. As the Syrian war continues, refugees leave and try to find somewhere safe. More than 4 million have fled the wars and 1/3 of those are Syrians (Glazer 650). They are trying to escape the terrorists in their own countries. However, one of the biggest issues, that refugees are typically tied to, is the string of terrorist attacks that have been happening lately, such as the bombings in Istanbul and the Paris attack.…

looting or burning of the buildings (Rios). This was fundamental to establishing stability within the city. They sought to ensure that the black economies within the city would not be harmed, much to the disbelief of major news corporations (Hyman, HBO). The riots were the only means for the black population to exercise its political voice, and because of their actions, the US was able to have several serious reforms (Miller, Brown). Although not every state has instituted body cameras for its…

Seinfeld started his career after having such a great time (with great reactions) in college doing comedy. His first time doing stand-up comedy was in Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club. After performing he was offered a role in Rodney Dangerfield HBO special. Later, he was a reoccurring character in Benson but he was fired for being too creative. By 1981 he was on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. Jerry Seinfeld developed The Seinfeld…

of living in their natural habitats. A horse named Shanghai became hobbled when his legs were tied repeatedly together to control him because he proved to be too energetic. Animals are often treated harshly because of its manner or nature. After the HBO T.V. series “Luck” was cancelled it was discovered that multiple animals died due to different circumstances. Complaints from animal rights activists emerged after these incidents. In the movie “Snow Buddies” which was about puppies on…

In the HBO Series: An Interview with Dr. Mark Willenbring, Dr. Willenbring, the director of Treatment and Recovery Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, shares his expertise on alcoholism. During this video there were many topics covered. The three main topics included early onset alcoholism, recovery: an addicted person’s responsibilities, and the medical treatment of alcoholism. During the early onset chapter Dr. Willenbring covers facts about the onset and risk…