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Grade 12 Culminating Activity Checkpoint #2 Sissi Zheng Source 1: News, BBC. "Looking into the Massacres of Indonesia's past." BBC News. BBC, 02 June 2016. Web. 04 Dec. 2016 Summary This article investigates one of the darkest chapters of Indonesian history in 1965, the anti-communist purge, based on the reports' interviews with the locals. As many as 1 million civilians were slaughtered, and the killers were never prosecuted. Instead, they ascended to the highest positions in government and…

in prison. He was sentenced to 25 years in jail with parole, since the option of death was not available in New York at that time. The judge was positive that Boskett was going to commit homicide and he stated that in sentencing Boskett, he is essentially sentencing an innocent man to death (Gottfried 31-44). Moreover, there was another case similar to this in 1976. Lamuel Smith had robbed a store and killed the owner and the employee. A year later he kidnapped and robbed a woman. He was finally…

Name: Zheng Huang Course Director: Dr Alison Halsall Course: HUMA 1780 C 4th April 2015 The Shining vs. The Shining Some people believed nothing can scare you if you do not do any conscience. However, a lot of things can scare people in real life. Monster is one of them. Monster, different people have different definitions; also have different perspectives for the type of monsters because people feel scared of different things. Some people think ghost is monster. Other people think ugly people…

never be completed unless ten thousand men were buried alive in it (Silverberg 55). Not even Chi’in Shih Huang Ti would do it, and the wall did not become complete. It is said that he tried to sidestep the terrible deed, and searched for a man whose name contained the character wan (10,000). He found the man, and he was buried in the Wall. Thereafter the work finished quite…

1 Running Head: DECREASING CELLPHONE USAGE Decreasing Cell Phone Usage by Using Prompting during Certain Durations of Time Omid Sadigh CUNY Queens College Abstract A self-management study was conducted to examine the success and effects of prompting on decreasing the time spent using a cell phone. In this self-management study, the participant was studied throughout the day at specific time ranges in the environment of only a household. Reducing cell phone…

Marijuana Use on GPA among College Students The road to graduations seems lengthy for some college students due to stress. That stress can lead them to indulge in risky behaviors like marijuana. In her article, “What Are the Effects of Marijuana Use on College Students”, Linda Ray states that “College students, already stressed with adult responsibilities and classes, often turn to pot for release, not fully realizing the effects of marijuana use.” Marijuana is a hallucinogen drug, so it main…

Shelley Campbell Rhet 250-08 Professor Hille Being the most widely used social media tool the statistics on Facebook usage are astounding. A 2015 Nielsen survey found that Facebook’s app was the most popular app of 2015, and Facebook 's Messenger app came in third place. A Facebook press release from July of 2016 states that on average for June 2016 Facebook had 1.13 billion daily active users, and 1.03 billion mobile device daily active users. Facebook is the most popular and powerful…

Richard Zheng Dr. Bruce Farcau POS 2041 18 November 2014 Net Neutrality: The Open Internet Since the very early days of the Internet, it had mostly been used for sending e-mails and basic communication online. However, as the years passed and the world wide web expanded further, more people began using the Internet for other services such as viewing informative and entertaining videos, enjoying their favorite music, playing unique games, and receiving countless sources of information. Because…

Cixi turned 17, she was one of the concubines of the Emperor Hsien-Feng, also known as the XianFeng Emperor of the Qing dynasty who reigned from 1850 until 1861. Cixi was one of the many concubines and wives of Hsien-Feng, but the only one with whom he got a child, a son named…

and grape products for grain. Since they were located on the coast, Greece had a strategic point for trade and cultural diffusion. Athens became a rich commercial center and Greeks had a money system. They had city-states with identities and cultures. They were considerably independent and were always competing with each other. Sparta was militaristic and agricultural while Athens was cultural, political, and commercial. In Sparta, women had more rights than in other areas. They had adult male…