Graded Assignment Miner‚ Cowboy‚ or Farmer (100 points)Imagine it is 1880. The Civil War has been over for 15 years. Economic conditions in the town you live in have deteriorated‚ and you are struggling to make ends meet. You decide to try your luck out west‚ where there is plenty of land and plenty of opportunity. Before leaving‚ you must decide what you will do out west—be a miner‚ a cowboy‚ or a farmer. Each presents its own opportunities and difficulties. Write an essay in which you: Tell what
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The New York Times (New York Times‚ 2010)A gold and copper mine caved in ‚ trapping 33 miners in a chamber more than 2300 feet below in August‚ 2010. For about two weeks there were not any type of signs that the miners had survived. Surprisingly a small hole reached the miner’s and they sent up a message telling rescuers they were alive. These miners went on to be trapped below for two months before rescuers could reach them. They were rescued in a specially designed capsule that was a half a mile
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As a supreme monarch I‚ Frederick William the Great Elector‚ should be the active leader of Nacirema. In my times I was the best ruler and I made many of accomplishment in my life. Besides all the other candidates that is running against me‚ I believe I will be the only one who can make Nacirema the best of nations in the world. There are many of reasons why I would be the best ruler of this nation and I will highlight two accomplishments that I completed that should allow me to obtain the position
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MINERS - Wilfred Owen There was a whispering in my hearth‚ A sigh of the coal‚ Grown wistful of a former earth It might recall. I listened for a tale of leaves And smothered ferns‚ Frond-forests‚ and the low sly lives Before the fawns. My fire might show steam-phantoms simmer From Time’s old cauldron‚ Before the birds made nests in summer‚ Or men had children. But the coals were murmuring of their mine‚ And moans down there Of boys that slept wry sleep‚ and men
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Cultures‚ Belief and Behaviors. In review of the article by Horace Miners “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” I would evaluate this culture’s belief and behaviors provides a direct evident that the attitudes or characteristics of human body has an extensive influence on variety of institutions in Nasiriya society. Throughout the reading‚ he provides the reader an understanding perspective of the American rituals from a different point of view. The key word that is emphasized is the word ritual and
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33 Chilean Miners Trapped Anita Stevenson Carrie Miranda BCOM/275 33 Trapped Chilean Miners Trapped On August 5‚ 2010‚ San Jose Mines collapsed trapping 33 Chilean miners 2‚300 feet underground‚ owend by Minera San Estaban Primera. The devastating mishap has been accessed and officials have stated the 33 trapped miners will not be rescued until after Chile’s Independence day celebration‚ Fiestas Patrias held on September 18 a mere 13 days after the collapse‚ but hopefully before
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The first thing I noticed about the article‚ Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner is that Nacirema is American spelled backwards. That caught my attention right away and I thought to myself how interesting. Then as I started reading further into the article‚ I realized that the Nacirema people are us. What I found most interesting about the Nacirema people is how obsessed and focused we are on our health and body. There is always a fad diet that guarantees amazing results or a new cross
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Cause/ Effect Journal: Horace Whaley According to statistics it is estimated that one in twenty of the surviving World War II veterans suffer from some level of post-traumatic stress disorder. Also known as PTSD‚ it occurs when one experiences a tragic‚ petrifying moment. War veterans suffer from this condition all the time. There are many ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder‚ but not to completely get rid of it. Some treatments consist of medication‚ stress management classes‚ as well as
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Nacirema When I read Body Rituals Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner the first time‚ I couldn’t imagine how a culture could behave this way and live their daily lives following these rituals. They believed that their bodies were ugly and its natural tendency was to debility and disease. They devoted much of their time trying to prevent these characteristics After observing the Nacirema customs‚ I found it to be crazy that they had shrines with a box or chest built into the wall full of magic
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OVERFISHING 1. Overfishing This article was a factual article filled with facts of the beginning of fishing and negative impacts it has made. It is also informative of the fact that this issue of over fishing is hurting our world more than helping it and that we need to do things to end it. 2. Washington post article This article by the Washington post is also a factual article trying to set forth the idea of decreasing the rate of overfishing. It is trying to inform to the people that this
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