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Women In The Renaissance Throughout history, women have continuously been the victims of discrimination and sexism. During the Renaissance Era, which lasted from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth, things were no different. Although the Renaissance was supposed to be a time of “rebirth” and improvement in society,women did not experience these positive effects due to their treatment and society’s unfair expectations. The Renaissance was a time of rebirth during the fall of the middle…

Censorship and freedom of expression have been, and still are, controversial topics. While some may think censorship is a necessity, others are outraged that information and/or images are cut from different media outlets, such as FaceBook, Twitter, or DeviantArt. There are many types of censorship: moral, political, book, film, music, and internet censorship (Harishrustic). Before one can take a stand on the issue of censorship, questions must be asked. What should be censored? Most would answer…

world around us. Our everyday lives have progressed into what it is because of the work of historians and their impact on the human race. Benjamin Franklin is one of the most famous historians in American history. He invented bifocals, copperplate press design, copy machine design, daylight savings idea, hot water systems design, light globe model, lightning rod, mechanical arm and so much more. Even though all of his invention have been greatly appreciated and used worldwide there is one that…

It allows for the freedom of press to keep a societies citizens well informed and educated, and let people express opinions over current issues. It also allows people to question and criticize their government freely without consequences. History has shown that dictatorships or governments…

Zero, zero is the number of push-ups I could do at the beginning of the year. It was really pathetic and I was really embarrassed that I couldn’t even do one. I went home and looked at what the average push-ups a 13 year old boy should be able to do, it was 13, a lot more than I could do obviously. Now I can do 13 without collapsing. That is why I feel I grew in upper body muscular endurance this year in Wellness & Fitness. Something that showed my growth was the 30 Day Challenge. We did the 30…

The Printing Press As the torque of the press slowly moved the paper into the ink everyone was tensely waiting to see if anything would print, and surely enough as they moved the paper the ink had permeated. The men who helped Guttenberg achieve his dream were all very fortuitous to finally be done with the creation of the press, but Johannes was far from done. Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the movable type revolutionized the renaissance and coming ages. Movable type was easily rearranged…

The introduction of the printing press improved society perpetually, with the emergence of mass production of texts. Suddenly, information could be proficiently replicated, thus simplifying the dissemination procedure. Print design; however, are fundamentally constrained by their physical nature. Enter the Internet, arguably modern society’s supreme technological advancement, with its ability to digitally re-contextualize the written word. The web generated an outburst in production,…

Millions Exscinded: The Hindrances of Internet Censorship Approximately 270,000,000 million people use the internet in the US and the government hold the power to access and use the information of any one of them (“Censorship”). Furthermore, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting people’s information and censoring for the past decade (“Censorship”). The internet began as a “linkage of powerful information technology to free, open, global communications [that made] gigantic…

The Printing Revolution: Facilitating the Success of Major European Movements Gutenberg himself could not have predicted the immense impact his invention would have on forever shaping the landscape of Europe. The advent of the printing press, a revolution in and of itself, helped lay the foundation for the major movements observed in early modern Europe. Professor Daly contends that “no other single breakthrough can be as directly credited with initiating so much revolutionary change.” To…

Printing has been an intrinsic part of our life since the invention of paper. As a first means of communication, paper opened up a great deal of opportunities for people. Printing industry has undergone a variety of changes since the 90s. Jigar Shah, Founder of iPrint shares “I remember my dad bringing in one of the first Mac Machine with 4-5 different fonts in 90s with no regional language support! From letter pressing to printing, everything was manual. Today the scenario has completely…