President Versus The Untouchable “Yo Taylor‚ I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish‚ but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time”- Kanye West at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13‚ 2009. Two-thousand-and-nine was a big year in America. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people” (nobelprize.org). Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music awards in a very rude
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Georgia O’Keeffe: A History and Art Analysis Intro to Art Instructor: Catherine Blackburn June 20‚ 2013 History of the Artist On November 15‚ 1887 in Sun Prairie‚ Wisconsin an artist by the name of Georgia O’Keeffe was born‚ the second of seven children. Her family members were famers and she grew up not only in Sun Prairie‚ but also Williamsburg‚ Virginia. Even as a child‚ she knew she wanted to be an artist. Georgia and her sister received in home art lessons from a local watercolorist
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“The God of Small Things” Masterpiece Portfolio By: Taylor Strong Bibliography on Arundhati Roy: Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her first novel The God of Small Things‚ which won numerous awards such as the Booker Prize. It is important to understand what was going on in Roy’s life as she wrote this book to make the connections. Once one has understood what her life was like it is clear to see the connection between the fictional characters and plot intertwining with the
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Major Public Health Success • Existing blood Pb threshold for action = 10 µg/dL • 1976-80‚ mean blood Pb ~14.9 µg/dL (88%>10) • 2002‚ mean blood Pb ~1.7 µg/dL (1.2%>10) But…Still a Big Problem • Nationally‚ 1.2% still >10‚ ~180‚000 kids • WI 4.7% entering school had Pb >10 (2006) • 2111 kids (2.6% tested) >10‚ ~5/day (2006) The Lead-Learning Link • • • • • Low-level Pb effect studies began 1970’s Linked IQ‚ cognitive problems with Pb Studies replicated worldwide Early study populations
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productivity. Thomas L. Friedman‚ author of The World is Flat‚ argues that‚ “As an individual‚ in a flat world is figuring out how to make yourself as an ‘untouchable’” (280). He then describes ‘untouchables’ as‚ “People whose jobs cannot be outsourced‚ digitized or automated” (280). In order to distinguish ourselves from others and be an untouchable we need to acquire unique skills and provide value to our work. Although many
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there also exists a sub-section‚ the Untouchables who do not‚ even qualify to fit into an ordered society and considered as ‘achoot’ (untouchables) because of their polluting occupations they are specified to perform and placed outside the varna system. In Hindu religion and social order they are considered as Panchama (the fifth varna)‚ ati-shudras or avarnas or Outcaste and placed outside chaturvarna (fourfold) framework. It is this section‚ the Untouchables and the backward
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the violation of the principles which were dearest to Ambedkar’s heart and mind. He resorted to the means of ‘peace’ and ‘persuasion’ even before the constitution came into force. He adopted a ‘peaceful campaign’ to secure civil rights for the untouchables even before the Indian independence. To him‚ the campaign was legal and based on ‘legitimate rights’. It was peaceful as well as reasonable. It did not involve violence against those’ who denied the fundamental rights of life‚ liberty and the
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The Prohibition Era is known as the time alcohol consumption and production was banned in the United States‚ it lasted from 1920 to 1933 but it still affects society today. The prohibition mostly put Chicago and its citizens in a worse situation‚ although there was great support. Instead of limiting abuse in homes and increasing the productivity at workplaces‚ prohibition was the start of the bootlegging business‚ the illegal production and selling of alcohol. Crime and corruption exploded in the
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Dr. Ambedkar: A Social Reformer Through the Magnifier of Antonio Gramsci SAVITA V. DEOGIRKAR Lecturer in English‚ Adarsha Mahavidyalaya‚ Dhamangaon (Rly) Distt: Amravati (M.S.) Abstract A Champion of Human Rights‚ Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was a multi dimensional personality. He was a great thinker‚ a philosopher‚ a true revolutionist‚ a prolific writer and at the top a devoted reformer. If studied and analyzed his noble saga to fight against Castes’ and
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The caste system in Hinduism was created around 1200 BC‚ during the Vedic period‚ and has been a continual tradition in Hindu society even after being outlawed in the Indian Constitution in 1950 which was a major change for Hindu society. This tradition‚ which is so deeply embedded into Hinduism‚ is hard to abolish as it has been a continued tradition and way of life for a long period of time .The Indian term for caste is jati‚ and generally designates a group that can vary in size from a handful
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