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MART 450 Tobin Addington Week 2/Due 09/10/16 Op-Ed Essay: How Does a Child become a Successful Adult The issue: Many children are not being taught life lessons to develop needed tools going forward in life to become successful adults. The successful adult: Are there specific parameters parents could follow in raising their children so they become successful adults and not burdens on society? Wow! I have to stop already and first get my head wrapped around the definition of “The Successful…

Superiority of Men Over Women A man and women is a figure of a partnership; a partnership that strengthen an individual whereas frequently, men has been leading this partnership and women for most of the supports her partner. For instance, one leader or a king who leads their kingdom to success and prosperity is mostly a man with his wife supporting him. One example that points out that a man leads its kingdom is the Menkaure and Khamerernebty statue; it is a sculpture from Egypt c. 2490-2472…

Article Analysis - “Should We Kill Animals to Save Them?” by Satvik Gurram Though the fees for hunting animals may presumably go to conservation and help maintain conservancies and wildlife reserves, many critics believe that endangered and big game animals shouldn’t be killed and the benefits of hunting fees are not significant at all. Nyae Nyae, a wildlife reserve in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert, protects one of the last large elephants in the world. In addition to these elephants, around 3,000…

Christopher Mouawad (915196889) Ms. Sarah Prince POL 003 27 October 2017 Senkaku Islands Dispute: Best Explained by Realist Thought For centuries, interactions between states have revolved around power, be it geopolitical, economic, militaristic, or otherwise. This concept is central to a theory of international relations known as realism. Contrary to liberalism, the other dominant theory of international relations, the tenants of realism support the idea that a state’s interests revolve around…

Malcolm X was a man of various ideologies and ways of protest. During the civil rights movement he gained high traction and large populations of radicals (and those alike) looked up to him. These ideas were prominent then and still have purpose, power, and pride today. AA.com states that in the 1960’s, Malcolm X spoke to the black community in a way which connected them to their fellow African Americans who had long suffered trauma and injustices, sparking action and change. In return for today,…

Need more food. Need less food. I’m too thin. I’m too big. How is this diet better than that one? Go to the scale and check my weight. Watch the calories. Fat free and sugar free are better. These are the thoughts that most people have at some point in their lives. Obesity has been a growing problem, along with how fat people are stigmatized and treated. There is even an organization, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), for fat people so that they have support in their…

Imagine going to a party. You haven’t been there long and you really hit it off with a highly attractive person of the opposite gender. The whole night is spent laughing, joking, really connecting, and you honestly feel like maybe this could go somewhere. They invite you over to their place, never mentioning if they share living quarters with anyone else. When the two of you walk in the door there are already two others sitting on the couch cuddling and watching a movie. This is not what you…

According to a USDA study, 14% of American households experienced some type of food insecurity in 2014 with 41.8 million Americans living in food-insecure households. (Feeding Am.) Obesity is one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide. Many have attributed the condition to a combination of excessive eating and lack of exercise, but new studies are suggesting a different cause, food. Not food per say, but what is in it. Food insecurity and obesity are rising trends among the…

Graffiti: How Shepard Fairey changed the world of Street Art It's 11 o'clock on Gratz Street, North Philadelphia. A hooded figure darts across the street, and runs up to an abandoned row-home, pulling out a can of spray paint. He nervously looks both ways, eyes scanning the street corners, before spraying the paint across the barren concrete wall. His message: one of defiance, against the status quo, against everything he believes has held him back in life. Standing back, he enjoys a brief…

report the news fairly, accurately and fully has returned to its previous low of 40%. Why has the media focused so much attention on the human rights violation in America that they have over looked the same issue in other countries? In Eric L. Adams op-ed article “We Must Stop Police Abuse Of Black Men” originally published in the New York Times on the 4th of December 2014, Brooklyn’s borough president Eric addresses the injustice of the police towards black men. He provides examples of his own…