History of American Football American football is a very popular game in the US‚ also known as football in Canada. Football has some definite origins linked to Rugby football that was played during the 18th century in England. Football has a cousin in the name of soccer which also draws its origins from the game of rugby. However‚ soccer is the more stringent form of game‚ not allowing carrying of ball using hands and some other rules allowed in football like forward pass. Football is different
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August 20‚ 2013 Period 2 Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” Rhetorical Analysis In 1851 Sojourner Truth gave her powerful “Ain’t I a Woman” speech at a women’s convention in Akron‚ Ohio. Although Truth was illiterate all of her life she had a wonderful way to connect with people. Despite the fact that most of her audience was women there were also a few men that attended and she made a point to include them. Truth’s historic speech was all about gender equality and encouraging women to fight these
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Throughout history‚ women have been denounced their civil rights; thus‚ women have fought persistently for equality. In Akron‚ Ohio‚ 1851‚ a Women’s Rights Convention took place in battle for women’s suffrage. It was at this convention where significant figure Sojourner Truth‚ used rhetorical strategies in her speech‚ “And Ain’t I a Woman?”‚ to challenge the idea that women‚ specifically African American women‚ are inferior. Truth establishes her credibility and logically appeals to her audience
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“Ohio Amish girl ordered to resume chemotherapy despite pleas of parents” Akron Children’s hospital can now force a child who is Amish and only ten years old to resume chemo after her parents decided to stop the treatment. The court wrote in its ruling‚ “Parental rights‚ even if based upon firm and honest convictions can be limited in order to protect the ‘best interests’ of the child.” This decision came from an appeals court after two previous judges ruled in favor of the parent’s decision
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The United States government has formed many important regulatory agencies that have significantly influenced business in the United States. The regulatory agencies are required to oversee legislation that was put into effect by the government and protect the rights of citizens. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a regulatory agency that was created in response to the Civil Rights Movement. The EEOC protects individuals against discrimination of race‚ gender‚ sex‚ etc. in the workforce
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Classroom; Bengü Aksu; April 2005 * University of North Carolina; Biological and Sociocultural Views and Consequences of Gender Stereotyping; Lorelei Feldman; 2002 * HRM Guide; Gender Stereotyping A Key Barrier; Alan Price; November 2009 * University of Akron; Parental Influence on Children ’s Socialization to Gender Roles; Susan D. Witt‚ Ph.D.; 1997 * Qec-Eran; Gender Stereotypes: The Impact of Socialisation and Education; April 2009 * Photo Credit PhotoObjects.net/PhotoObjects.net/Getty Images -------------------------------------------------
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tee-ball (baseball that little kids play with a tee) and I was in the championship game‚ I was going for blood. It was late 2008 and I was playing for the GBSF (Green Baseball Softball Federation) team named “The Aeros.” We wore purple‚ black and had the Akron Aeros baseball team’s logo embroidered on our hats. So anyway‚ this particular season‚ we “Titans of Tee-Ball” went undefeated. I believe we went 14-0 or something like that. It was a very crazy season‚ especially the championship game; but we will
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An African American woman named Sojourner Truth‚ she was “a tall‚ gaunt woman in a gray dress and white turban‚ surmounted with an uncouth sunbonnet”. During the 1950’s she engaged in a convention for women’s rights in Akron‚ Ohio. She held her ground when listening to the white man’s cries about there is no such thing as social equality between man and woman. Mrs. Gage‚ the presiding officer‚ knows the difficulties women faced during this time. Her mission was to get the white man population to
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When I was ten‚ I lived at home with my mom‚ younger brothers Allen and Marcus‚ and our two pit bulls Willie and Rosie on Crouse Street on the east side of Akron. I was best friends with my neighbor Ron. Ron was often the one that picked out what game or activity we were going to do‚ which often involved riding bikes throughout the neighborhood. Ron was very tall‚ pale‚ and a year older than me. It was a typical‚ Friday evening‚ and I was eager to leave school early so I could get my belongings
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accomplice. Truth took him to court and won the case of being innocent. Truth‚ then grew apart from the group and their activities‚ thinking about her children. ("Truth‚ Sojourner") Truth’s speech famous speech‚ entitled “Ain’t I a Woman?” was given in Akron‚ Ohio in 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention. This speech impacted loads of woman to start standing up for themselves. One of the quotes in the speech that stuck with a bunch woman was “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the
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