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    Forensic anthropology complements humans rights work in many ways‚ as summarized in Burns’ article. Burns breaks apart forensic anthropology and human rights work‚ by describing what the fields are fundamentally as well as‚ describing the history of forensic anthropology and the steps a forensic scientist takes. Burns also shows how each discipline promotes each other‚ differ from one another‚ are enacted simultaneously and what they can accomplish. Altogether‚ Burns argues that human rights crimes

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    a person can die in one sport. One punch can knock you down. Also if the force is strong‚ that one punch could kill you. The article “The Death of Benny Paret” is a prime example of why boxing should not be played. Boxing is just like when guys(Gladiators) would be in a arena and fight till the death back in 180AD. Benny Paret fights a man named Griffith and Griffith punches Paret 18 times and it kills him. Boxing is not a sport that should be played because it can lead to extreme injuries or possibly

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    instances‚ death has been used as a form of entertainment for adults in ways children would never find entertaining. A good example of this would be in ancient Rome in the days of the gladiators‚ where thousands of people would flock to the stadium for a show that would include the death of at least one gladiator. Another example is in the short story "Shooting an Elephant". "[The whole population of the quarter] had seen the rifle and were all shouting excitedly that I was going to shoot the elephant

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    Concussions in The NFL Concussions in the NFL have become much more prevalent‚ and the effects of these concussions appear to have become more severe‚ as this is a direct result of the development of player training systems. Over the past decade there has been vast improvements made in the training equipment and techniques used to train NFL players. This has inevitably resulted in players getting much stronger‚ faster‚ and bigger. Over the same period of time concussions have also systematically

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    University of Phoenix Material How Films Communicate Complete Part I in your first week of class. In Week Two‚ complete Parts II and III after viewing a film of your own selection from the How Films Communicate Film List located under your Week One materials. Submit Parts I‚ II‚ and III in Week Two. Part I: Beginning to Analyze Film To compete Part I‚ choose a movie you have viewed in the past (this does not have to be from the How Films Communicate Film List ). In the following table‚ enter

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    The idea of enacting brutal acts of violence for the “pleasure of the audience” has been prevalent in human history since the time of the Romans‚ the only “advancement” that has been made since then is that instead of having gladiators fight to death‚ the subjects of torture are now animals. It is surprising that anybody gets pleasure from watching cockfights and dogfights‚ for the common man finds these acts atrocious and immoral and they have a sense that these acts are not only brutal‚ but they

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    Before amphitheaters were built‚ gladiator combats were held at cemeteries. “Indeed‚ it was the custom to kill captives at the graves of powerful men; because this‚ in later days‚ seemed cruel‚ it was decided to have gladiators fight before the grave‚ gladiators who were called “Bustiari” for the tombs (busti).” (Servius‚ On the Aenied 10.519) However‚ over time‚ shows were not held exclusively in

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    on canvas A National Cultural Treasure by Juan Luna surprise us upon entering the hall. The super- sized painting depicts dark hollow beneath the Roman arena referred as the Spoliarium where the bodies of slain gladiators are being dragged away for disposal. For Luna‚ the lifeless gladiators represent the Filipinos during the Spanish period. Across the Spoliarium is the stunning painting by Hildalgo of The Assassination of General Bustamante and His Son. The painting depicts the murder of the governor

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    by the poet Ted Hughes. Ted Hughes wants us to understand his view of nature by describing it as an arena‚ "the flies furious arena"‚ which makes me think of an ancient Roman arena‚ where gladiators fought to the death of their opponents. In Ted Hughes’ mind‚ the flies are no different from the gladiators. It paints a much darker picture than the impression given by the title. The flies fight their prey to the death‚ not for entertainment but for survival. Ted Hughes however portrays this as entertainment

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    better understand this crucial issue‚ we need to examine the history of violence in entertainment as well as revelations made possible by modern science. Violence in entertainment is not new. Even in ancient Rome‚ people gathered to watch gladiators. In gladiator combats‚ two trained men (usually criminals or slaves) would fight each other in front of a cheering crowd. Sometimes‚ men would also be forced to fight wild animals. These shows were incredibly popular; in order to accommodate the huge masses

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