Oval Office

Electoral College is the mechanism of indirect election of public officials. For the election of the president and the vice-president of the electoral college is formed, consisting of 538 specially selected persons. This number from each state includes many people, how many congressmen and senators delegated by the state to the legislature, plus another three from the District of Columbia. To be elected, a candidate must obtain an absolute majority in the Electoral College (now is 270). If no…

with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.” Even though he was in charge of the greatest country in the world he allowed himself to be seen in a very vulnerable and emotional state as he delivered his speech from the oval office, sitting down, clearly as devastated by this accident as everyone else. He listed the seven lives lost by name and continues throughout his address to refer to them with the utmost respect. This respect allowed the people to see that he…

Held as high up as justice and mercy, for Cyrus is the virtues of moderation and prudence. Moderation is the ability to control the passions and desires of one; and, prudence is the use of reason to direct and discipline oneself. Moderation and prudence go hand in hand as to be moderate one must have prudence. However, prudence and moderation was something that Cyrus had to learn on his own, learning that the ways of the Persians and the Medes reached each extreme, which he realized neither was…

In today’s world, there are so many examples of consequentialist and non-consequentialist ethics. For example, if a person donates money to some charity or someone in need of it to show off he has a lot of money. Here’s the difference, a consequentialist would say it was a good deed because of the result of the action. But the non-consequentialist would say that there was no moral deed because there was no ethical intention. The difference is pretty clear between the two, consequentialist ethics…

A Stranger as a Sibling There I was, sitting in my father’s red truck. I was in Mexico for that summer, it was June. My father, who was sitting in the driver’s seat with his brown plaid shirt, was taking me to visit my sister. Trees flew by in the corner of my eyes, sometimes followed by the occasional cow or horse, as we drove off. I was going to stay with my sister for the day, who I only had seen twice in my whole life, and I was only fifteen at the time. An important fact about us, is that…

Attack the Block. The BUDGET of the film was £8 million and the FILMING LOCATIONS were in the London District of Brixton as well as consisting of various estates across London such as Heygate Estate in Elephant and Castle, Myatts Field in Brixton, Oval Tube Station in Kennington, Bernerton Estate in Islington and the interior scenes were at Three Mills Studios in the Newham part of the East End of London. PRODUCTION COMPANIES such as Film4, Studio Canal, Big Talk Productions and UK Film…

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, most commonly known as AIDS, is a serious medical condition that has spread from Central Africa to the rest of the world. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection, however, not everyone gets AIDS from HIV. “AIDS is the stage of infection that occurs when your immune system is badly damaged and you become vulnerable to opportunistic infections. When the number of your CD4 cells falls below 200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood (200 cells/mm3), you are…

On June 11, 1963, John F. Kennedy delivered the “Civil Rights Address” from the Oval Office to a camera placed in front of his desk. Americans around the country turned on their televisions to see their President deliver a powerful message about equal rights. Loaded with repetition, imagery, the use of first person pronouns, and occasional shifts in paragraph lengths enabled Kennedy to convey his message of persuasion through logos. John F. Kennedy, a Harvard graduate, adored president, and…

Modernism is an art movement that first awakened during the mid-eighteenth century and continued into the early twentieth century. The industrial revolution and the effects of world war one influenced many designer’s artwork as they took to designing with a new and unseen approach. By doing so they started to influence society with what could be classed as an abstract art form. Nevertheless, an art form that responded best to a new modern society. Charles Harrison (1997 p.6) describes the term…

The House of Cards Steven White Eastern New Mexico University Abstract This essay examines the relationship between the Netflix hit show House of Cards and the lies and deceit found within politics. The truth behind some of the behavior that this show portrays makes one ponder the validity that it is trying to share with the audience. To truly understand the issues that plague the U.S. government, it is important to understand the definition of political deception, why politicians lie…