The World Is Flat

Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington is set in the time in which the First and Second World Wars took place when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party were in power in Germany. During this period, homosexuals were severely discriminated against and deprived of most of their civil rights. However, there was a time before Hitler’s reign when homosexuals strived in Berlin and lived their lives freely without a worry that Nazis will come to take them from their families. Paragraph 175 was the…

this lit tribe of people. The Pueblo’s culture is about as interesting as a 90’s t.v. show. They were located in the Mesa Verde, which is the four corners. Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. They were a peaceful and creative tribe. They were world-renowned for their beautiful art, intricate in design, with bold striking colors. They settled in one area and weren't a nomadic tribe. The tribe had many traditions, mainly centered around religion. They were Shamanists,…

A new type of technology during WW1 is the machine gun. The machine gun was the best new invention during the war. The 1914 machine gun, usually was positioned on a flat tripod. A tripod helped aim more steady and took pressure or weight off the gunners arm. The gunner would not have to hold the gun up, only aim and fire. A machine gun would require a gun crew of four to six operators. They could fire 400-600 rounds of ammunition per minute. The machine gun could fire so many rounds because it…

next. However, while his conduct shows his depression, Holden reliably shies far from thoughtfulness and in this way doesn't generally know why he continues acting as he does. Since Holden relies on upon his seclusion to save his separation from the world and to keep up a level of self-insurance, he frequently subverts his own endeavors to end his forlornness. For instance, his discussion with Carl Luce and his date…

Unit 7 Discussion Sometimes companies move their corporate headquarters out of their home countries to countries with more favorable tax treatment. Which duty do you believe is higher, the duty of corporations to pay tax to government or the duty of corporations to pay dividends to shareholders? I believe that corporations have the duty to pay dividends to the shareholders. Corporations incur in double taxation; therefore, the government will tax the corporations since the taxing authorities…

that shows us why the Chicago White Sox will always be known as the Black Sox. "Eight Men Out" is a film that was written and directed by John Sayles in 1988. The film is based on Eliot Asinof’s 1963 book “Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series.” The setting of the movie is in Chicago, Illinois in 1919. In the beginning of the movie, a young boy runs down the street excitedly to tell his younger brother that they are going to see the White Sox. The boy finds his younger brother…

though quite fashionable and well-known in Brazil, the breed is sort of unknown elsewhere within the world. The Brazilian hunting dog is understood for being each and tender and prankish companion and an obsessive and tireless employee. The Brazilian hunting dog is additionally…

rich in culture. Though Armenia is a small landlocked country with only 11,484 square miles it is a very mountainous yet flat country. There are many rivers, and forest even though the forests do not have many trees. The rural area has many mountainous areas, valleys, and lava plateaus which have numerous extinct volcanoes. While the urban area of the country is mostly flat. Armenia can have devastating earthquakes. The last…

It was a warm dry sunny day, in San Francisco where the CIncinnati Reds were taking the field for practise. There was someone named Billy. He was a very kind, thoughtful, and sweet person. He looked a little different than other people. He had a mental disability. Even though he had a mental disability he was the best player at the practise by far, and everybody knew. A couple hours later there was another player who came, his name was Josh. When Josh had arrived he overheard people saying that…

What do you think when you see a white dove? Many people in the world would think that of the white dove is a peace symbol; the responsible for this thought was Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist that is often viewed as icon in the modern arts. His ability of to change and adapt to new trends in his time and even create new styles, made him one of the most famous artist of the 20th century. The influence of his work of art is every where, when you know how to find it. Pablo Picasso was born…