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    Why Parks Were Built

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    Why Parks Were Built? A park is a place that impacts communities, has government funding, and the support of the communities around it. This place of beauty is built all over cities, rural areas, and even established up in the mountains. A park is built to preserve a monument, historical event, or to increase beauty, however, these parks could have positive or negative impacts on the communities around them. Parks are built to help communities so they have more positive impact than negative.…

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    With such a deep and sincere love of the historical value of the Bulow Plantation, the state park rangers want to share the vast history that once occurred on the 2,200 acres of cleared land owned by the Bulow family. There are several ways the state park rangers promote the land so that as many people can enjoy it as possible. One of the ways they advertise is by attracting active outdoor people to go on the many hiking trails and bicycling trails or for the water lovers to drop a small…

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    These two photos were taken in the Seth Low Playground in Brooklyn, and it is around 8 o’clock in the morning. The photos display the diversity of a country. I choose this place is because everyday I take the bus to school pass the playground, I see many people were doing exercise on the playground, and most of them are Chinese. The playground is a convenience for the people who lived around. Many apartments, house and school are around this playground. This playground located in the Bensonhurst…

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    believe that no one died in Tiananmen Square. Based on the evidence from the reading, I would infer that someone probably died in Tiananmen Square that day. The choice is up to you, as you will believe what you want to believe. Who is the audience? Throughout most of the article, it seems as if this would be a news article from a newspaper, as it's very persuasive and to the point. In addition, the article tells you what you want to hear - no one died in Tiananmen Square. This article would be…

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    Tiananmen Square, China

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    moment. In Beijing in 1989, many students were upset with China and they felt that they needed to protest against the government. Time Magazine claims that this picture has a lot of effect on what people think actually happened that day in Tiananmen Square because of the fact that the Chinese government blocks out most of the information of what happened that day. “More than a quarter century after the massacre, the Chinese government’s extensive censorship apparatus — which employs two…

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    In the photo the photographer depicts a single man, although many stepped in front of the tank at different times of the day. This action represented a small sacrifice compared to the larger one that occurred in Tiananmen Square. This time no bloodshed occurred, only a silent protest that showed the students hadn’t given up and the threat of violence wouldn’t change their steadfast beliefs. Thanks in part of this photo, the region will always be known for the courageous students…

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    canine will be playing. You must also ensure that any and all waste excreted by your dog is responsibly and promptly disposed of, or otherwise bagged. Rest assured that in a pinch, you are free to use the doggy litter bags conveniently located at the park itself. Another reason you should visit the Coronado Dog Beach…

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    enmeshed in a system that controlled people ...and by habituating them to mass campaigns of terror and intimidation. Such a system bred both fear and compliance” An example of this can be seen in the Tiananmen Square massacre. In 1989 almost a million Chinese, mostly students gathered in Tiananmen Square to protest for democracy in China…

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    control, in effort to have the upper hand on knowledge of the people. The Chinese authorities still censor information regarding the Tiananmen Square Incident of 1989, with 2 million online censors (Thomas). But the question begs, why has Tank Man made more of an impact and is one of the top chosen photos among Widener’s other images taken during the Tiananmen Square Incident of 1989? Widener’s other photos depict much more violence or focus on one side of the massacre, displaying either the…

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    Tiananmen Square massacre. Tiananmen Square, situated in China's capital, Beijing, is the largest public space in the world. Being one of the largest tourist attractions in the world, it is surrounded by monumental public buildings that line its edges and vast spaces in between that echoes this scary event. It is named after the Tiananmen Gate (Gate of Heavenly Peace) located to its North. This gate separates it from the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the Third largest city square in the…

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