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In his 2009 Inaugural Address, former President Barack Obama analyzes the crises the United States was going through at the time and defines what he intends to do to fix them. Obama’s purpose is to build faith in his people and encourage them to take action. He adopts a confident tone in order to empower the citizens of the United States. Obama effectively evokes feelings of pride and determination in his audience through use of parallelism, metaphor, and anaphora. Obama begins his speech by…

The Bad Boys The Detroit Pistons is one of the NBA’s most iconic organizations. It was not always sunshine and rainbows in Detroit though. The 1976-77 ended the season with the record 44-38, and lost in the first round of the playoffs. This would be their last winning season for the next seven years. The Pistons in the late seventies had picked up a reputation of being soft and lackadaisical, which resulted in end of season records like 16-66 and 21-61. This was a very fragile time for the…

The founding fathers of the United States never intended for the nation to be dominated by two political parties. However, over the years, the nation has become a modern two-party system, where the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated American politics. Initially, the views and issues of the Republican Party was originally the same views shared by the early democratic party. The early Democratic Party possessed conservative ideologies which opposed expansion of federal power,…

The evening of July 20, 2015 was an historic moment to put in the books. Citizens of the U.S. and Cuba watched as Cuba’s blue, red and white-starred flag was raised Monday at the country’s embassy in Washington. Bruno Rodriguez who is the Cuban Foreign Minister was in charge of the flag-raising ceremony that was taking place because full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the United States were restored thanks to the agreement of U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro. There…

From the Spoon River Anthology, the poem "Minerva Jones" by Edgar Lee Masters, in the epitaph, the speaker introduced a woman named Minerva Jones who is a poetess. Assuming by the speaker, "Hooted at, jeered at by the Yahoos of the street" Minerva Jones is not quite admired by folks, she is mocked and insulted by others. It is indisputable that Minerva Jones had a rocky relationship with others. Throughout the text, the speaker not only discusses but mentions others involved in her tragic…

In one of President Barack Obama’s speech, addressing to the American people, he announced the death of a man who had affected the people of the United States, Osama bin Laden. He speaks of the 11th day in September of 2001, that has become a significant day in the lives of the American people. The loss of life that many families have suffered from, caused by a one man. He addresses the events that occurred on that day and the effect it had on us as a nation. President Obama addresses the…

Together Forward: A Critique of Obama 's Victory Speech “Change” was the President Barack Obama 's iconic motto when he was running his presidential campaign in 2008. Infamous “change poster” appeared on the sitcoms, advertisements even in music videos to the point that his name became synonymous with the word “Change”. For his second run, “Forward” was the theme surrounding President Obama 's campaign work. Following his reelection, President Obama and his speech writers created a victory…

Social Media has been an integral part of everyday life for almost 10 years. Many people have grown accustom to it and have forgotten what life was like before it existed. Social media has such a large impact that one simple post can change a person’s perspective. “Social media…shows clearly that the ‘meaning’ or ‘effect’ of digital technologies is formed through the practices in which they are used and the social relations and institutions that develop around them” (Lövheim, Jansson, Paasonen…

The presentation regarding Impact of Social Media on Global Business made by our classmate Jugal Kajiwala explained why social media is so important to Global Business. Besides the concept of social media, we saw the evolution of social media, since before 1990’s until golden era of social media. People is using social media daily in their life, business are change and us as Global Manager need to be aware with the opportunities and challenges that social media can provide. I’ve learned by…

In a country of democracy, citizens have the rights to choose what is best for themselves. However, the governments often disregard or repulse those rights. For instance, in 2010, President Barack Obama signed an Act called ACA, which also known as the Obamacare in order to make sure all citizens have a health insurance coverage. Although at that time for some people it seemed to be a great idea, it did not balance on both sides because it did not seem to be fair for others. As Michael Hart a…