were knights. Some were kings. Some were queens. The character this report will focus on is a very interesting ruler. Her name was Empress Matilda. Empress Matilda was also known as Empress Maude. She was born February 7‚ 1102 C.E. and died September 10‚ 1167 C.E. Her father was King Henry I of England’s and her mother is Matilda of Scotland. She was given the throne during the civil war also known as anarchy. Did you know that she was the only daughter of King Henry I of England? Around the
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The speech I read is the ‘I have a dream’ speech by Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The speech was delivered on August 23‚ 1968‚ in the American capital of Washington D. C. by a man many people acclaimed to be a great revolutionary. However‚ there was nothing revolutionary about this man‚ but he was only affirming and restating the promises of the country’s founding fathers which is denied to certain people and enjoyed by the white supremacist. Some argued that the speech calls for the emancipation of
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More kids every year start to believe that it is cool to break laws and rules. In Frank Trippett’s passage “A Red Light for Scofflaws” he explains how america is gaining more law breakers every year. He explains how most americans do not think of themselves as lawbreakers or criminals and do not see a problem with breaking minor laws. Trippett uses a formal tone to let unaware law followers know that even they could be breaking laws. Most people break rules but do not believe any consequences will
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However‚ to comply with the Dodd-Frank act is not without obstacles for companies such as Apple‚ Nokia‚ Samsung‚ HTC‚ LG‚ and Sony. To track the “3TG” materials (tungsten‚ tin‚ tantalum and gold) used in their products is a difficult and expensive process. According to Chris Bayer‚ an independent research consultant who specializes in conflict minerals‚ “There are these cultural or practicality issues that go beyond just the fact that Congo doesn’t have passable roads. There’s limitations or constraints
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In the 1960’s‚ one plainclothes officer is sent out to work Manhattan‚ Brooklyn‚ and the Bronx. His name is Frank Serpico‚ an Italian American charged with the task of exposing various racketeering in his district. However‚ what he discovered in 1967 was not any organized crime. What he discovered was the corruption of his own police force‚ the NYPD. However‚ repeated attempts to get his evidence of corruption noticed failed. It was only when he submitted the story to the New York Times in 1970 did
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Chapter 2: Zappa and his Cultural Legacy: Authorship‚ Influences and Expressive Features in Frank Zappa’s Movies The second chapter was written by Manuel de la Fuenta‚ and it enters more in the realm for Zappa’s love for filming and movie making. It may have seemed peculiar at the time for a rock star to become so entangled with movies‚ but Zappa actually admitted that if he found a producer for his beginning works in cinema‚ he never would have performed rock music. Like his music‚ we get snippets
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The story I chose to critique is The Lady Or The Tiger by Frank R. Stockton. This book is very interesting and it has very many great elements that make the story great. The setting of the story plays a huge role in the events‚ it is in a kingdom. The characters in the story have strengths and weaknesses to make the plot more interesting. The theme and plot of the story is vary different from most books‚ it makes you think when you are done reading. The story was narrated‚ so you got to have
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The I Have A Dream Speech was created and read loudly to a massive group of civil rights protesters in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington‚ D.C. by Martin Luther King JR. He made this speech to fight for the rights of discrimination of the African Americans who were treated as lesser humans‚ consequently‚ his dream was for the American people to come together and realize that everyone is equal. When he reads “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and
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Slave and Citizen Essay It is common knowledge that slavery was an immoral and corrupt practice that destroyed lives‚ families and cultures. However‚ author Frank Tannenbaum the culture of the slave masters dictated how well the slaves were treated. Tannenbaum attributes factors including religious views‚ cultural traditions and laws granting slaves protection the credit for the polarizing differences between slave holding societies. He argues that centuries of inhumane and brutal treatment coupled
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by a tiger‚when it all relies on which door you pick? Could you take the pressure? That situation occurs in the story "The lady or the Tiger" by Frank R. Stockton. In the very olden times‚ there lived a semi-barbaric King‚ which his daughter had an affair and causes the youth to choose a door for his new wife or get eaten by a tiger. “The arena of the king...with its encircling galleries‚ its mysterious vaults‚ and its unseen passages‚ was an agent of poetic justice‚ in which crime was punished‚ or
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