On September 11th‚ 2001‚ it was a day as Franklin Delano Roosevelt said about the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ “A Date that will live in infamy”‚ in that America had suffered the worst attack since Pearl Harbor. It was attacked by terrorists from al-Qaeda‚ which was planned by their leader‚ Osama Bin Laden. 19 terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York‚ the Pentagon in Washington D.C.‚ and in a farm in Pennsylvania. Close to 3‚000 innocent people lost their
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Immediate plasmapheresis would be the appropriate answer if this child was suffering from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)‚ which is characterized by clotting in the small blood vessels that lead to thrombocytopenia. The classic pentad of full-blown TTP includes fever‚ anemia‚ thrombocytopenia‚ acute renal failure‚ and neurological impairment (altered mental status‚ seizures‚ hemiplegia‚ paresthesias‚ etc.). Laboratory values show normal coagulation studies along with a low fibrinogen
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Credibility is the quality of being trusted and believed in. Clinton makes it clear that she understands and is an important person covering the topic. “Over the past 25 years‚ I have worked persistently on issues relating to women‚ children‚ and families. Over the past two and a half years‚ I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing women in my own country and around the world.” She shows competence with her knowledge and expertise to the audience. Aristotle states‚ “Persuasion
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Burkean Analysis of Colin Powell’s Dropout Prevention Speech Name George Mason University COMM200 March 5‚ 2012 Abstract This paper is a Burkean analysis of a speech given by Colin Powell at the launch of the America’s Promise Alliance’s Dropout Prevention campaign. Elements of Burke’s Dramatism theories are used to evaluate the effectiveness of Colonel Powell’s speech. Burkean Analysis of Colin Powell’s Dropout Prevention Speech Rhetoric as the art of persuasion was a key concept
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users in 16 different organizations. The results confirm the existence of six main metaphors (journey‚ war‚ game‚ organism‚ society‚ and machine) and adds three metaphors that also emerged from the language of IS users (family‚ zoo‚ and jungle). Dramatistic analysis was used to reveal that seven of these principal metaphors are found in commonly used systems development methodologies. For example‚ the systems development life cycle draws upon the "game" metaphor‚ and structured methodologies and CASE
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Mysticism can be described as “a doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding‚ or of a direct‚ intimate union of the soul with God through contemplation or ecstasy” (Dictionary.com‚ 2016). In his “I have a dream speech”‚ the act‚ Luther being the agent‚ mentioned “Lord” and “God” five times. Many of the speaker’s “God terms” were similar to the Bible‚ where is seems Luther had paraphrased to explain his worldview. This is why I believe that King
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Introduction The artifact I have chosen to analyze is a letter titled Dear Racists‚ written by Charlemagne the God in 2015. Charlemagne the God‚ or Lenard Mckelvey‚ is a proclaimed TV and radio personality who speaks on behalf of Black Americans. Mckelvey’s letter is directed towards white Americans and its purpose is to make the end of racism start with white Americans denounce racist white Americans. He does this by reminiscing the events of racial injustices across the country. He depicts racist
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In Christopher Nolan’s film “Inception”‚ he utilizes various characters to relate to his audience. Dominick Cobb‚ the main character of the story‚ is used as the vessel to portray the many themes and ideals of the movie which relates to many chapters of the textbook. The film is told through a narrative that explores various classic topics‚ but does not directly state them. Rather‚ Nolan wrote a narrative that attaches various themes to individual items‚ people‚ and scenes. The plot of the story
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DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS As the name suggests‚ the central principle of this form of analysis is the concept of the drama. Life is a stage upon which performers play. The public performances they make (where public is what is done in the presence of other people or that affects other people—in other words‚ most acts are public) are what produce meaning. Thus meaning is produced in action. While dramaturgical analysis is generally used to explicate very public performances such as organizational rituals
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EXAM 2 REVIEW (Performance Studies) The exam will include approximately 50 questions (multiple choice‚ matching‚ and true/false). You will need a large Scantron form and #2 pencils to record your answers. Introduction to Performance Studies (K. Filbel lecture and Schechner‚ ch. 1) What does it mean to say the field of perf. studies is wide open? Richard Schechner claims that human values are not from nature‚ so where do they come from? • Basic assumptions of Performance Studies
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