Seattle Sonics On-Line Communities My first thoughts and reactions to on-line communities are I'm not interested; only people who are true technology enthusiasts use on-line communities; and on-line communities are used primarily for entertainment. Obviously my relationship with on-line communities is apparent - I really have not had much experience. I use email to keep in touch with family and friends and my experiences using DaMoo in this English class certainly qualify for experience, but I
technologies is towards streamlining our lives both personally and professionally. Instantaneous communications and available on-line services continue to reduce the physical distance between individuals. Almost anything is now available in cyberspace from shopping, schooling and education, on-line trading, banking, to social and political on-line communities. On-line service providers are shifting from a product centric approach to a more personal and customized approach to marketing their products
working at a young age to help support their family. Chaos will always be prevalent in the world. Byron Pitts provides insight into how to fix the chaos in the world during his 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Lecture, “On the Front Lines: Chaos or Community,” on January 24th at the University Center. Byron Pitts is a multiple Emmy award-winning journalist best known for his thoughtful storytelling, on-the-ground reporting, and in-depth interviews. As an experienced veteran, he has covered some
Langston Hughes’ poem “ Harlem” the speaker gives an idea of what Harlem was in the past and what people of that community dream it to be. The poem is structured by a distinct question in the first stanza: what happens when dreams are delayed. Followed by simpler questioning thoughts in the second stanza: drying up like a raisin in the sun or smelling like rotten meat. The mood from the third stanza feels like the speaker has found their answer: sagging like a heavy load. But in the fourth stanza
Henry Longfellow’s The Jewish Cemetery at Newport encompasses the main idea of death, in regard to those of Jewish heritage. In making his points, he conveys his perspective of the religious persecution against the Jewish community. He also conveys to his audience on the outlook of death of mourners and the attitude of endurance that the Jews consistently maintained. In painting the picture of the persecuted group, Longfellow utilizes figurative language, devices, and intricate vocabulary. Therefore
Mexican-American community as a whole. He pits the people that have abused them, specifically the Anglo community, against the Mexican-American with the line, “They frowned upon our way of life” (377). The choice to use “They” is a broad term that can reference not only the Spanish conquistadors, but also Anglos of today. He chooses to use “our” to incorporate the Latino experience as a
one of the proposed service lines in the attached “Service Line Development Case Study”: Trinity Community Hospital is based in an economically sound community. Structured 25 years ago, in a prime location this 150-bed, non-for-profit hospital offers to the community residents a broad range of general medical, surgical, and support services. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 signed into law requires a non-profit hospital is to conduct a community needs assessment. To justify
Langston Hughes was an activist for the African-American community and made significant artistic contributions to the Harlem Renaissance throughout his career. In one of his most famous poems, “Harlem [Dream Deferred]”, he addresses the limitations and oppression of African Americans after the Great Depression. Many African Americans dreamed of equality, but often times that dream became neglected and pushed aside. In his poem, Hughes responds to a question about a deferred dream with a series of
Albuquerque has various mural. They are all unique and they all have a different story. The mural that I will be analyzing is called “Our Community Our Family”. It is located in Kirtland Park on university Blvd. the mural was designed by Leah Lee and Joe Stephenson, the artist assistant was Leticia Thompson and it was painted with students from Lowell elementary school, Wilson middle school and Albuquerque high school as well as other volunteers. It was painted in April of 1996. At first glance
Community Policing in Canada Community policing is a relatively new model of service delivery that is employed by the majority of police forces across Canada. Community policing however, is not a “new” approach, it is more correctly a renewal or re-emergence of the old approach developed in Metropolitan London (Leighton & Normandeau, p.21). The amendments to the current system are evident in Leighton & Normandeau’s (1990) review of the future of community policing. The ideas behind the
Movement serves as a way for people to express themselves nonverbally. Much can be said based on how people move, especially how they move in a group. In this video, we observe student dance/movement therapists, and how they moved with one another in a group setting. Movement Data/Sequence of Session At the start of the group session, the students are in a circle and are engaging in a movement that involves reaching and starting to mobilize. There is also movement in the horizontal plane represented
the absences of power of some individuals, especially Henrietta Lacks, the events in the book would have never transpired. Power is held and exerted or ignored by those with the ability to act upon other people or cause an event. The scientific community held power over hospitals, scientists, and scientific progress because it can deem work valid, scientific, ethical, and otherwise. John Hopkins held power over its patients not only because they were under its care, but also because many could not
unrepresented. For African and African-Americans lake possibly associated with slavery; while for sailors it might be an opportunity to develop themselves. While “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” connects the spirit and history of the African/African-American community, and the poem, “The Secret of the Sea,” expresses the strengths and potential of the hearts of sailors, and in both of poems they illustrate that sacrifice can lead to transformation. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” by Langston Hughes has many symbolic
On June 2, 2016, Jennifer Westacott of the Mental Illness Australia organization spoke to Parliament about mental illness reform, community and innovation. She spoke about how we need to better the mental health community as it is an epidemic in Australia at the moment. She needed to keep their attention and persuade them to not sit back and to actually do something and help the cause. She tried to do so by using several literary devices to subconsciously appeal to the representatives. Westacott
the outrageous crimes committed against the Indigenous community, and praises the indigenous people on their contribution to our nation, despite the way they have been treated. In what ways does this text explore the development of belonging through connections to people, places, groups, communities or the larger world? ‘The Redfern Address’ is a text that explores the development of belonging through connections to people and communities. Throughout the text Keating connects with people on
To Kill a Mockingbird and “The Color Line” Argument The ideas put forth by To Kill a Mockingbird support that life of the African-American society in the U.S. was made just as bad by the white society after slavery was abolished. There was little change in the African-American community’s quality of life. Even though some political rights for the African American community were established, they still suffered as the white community manipulated how those rights took place. They also went to great
white dominated society and explores the prevalence of alcohol used as a mode to suppress the black community and numb the harsh realities that inhibit any social and economic mobility in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The speaker of the poem George was Clarke’s distant cousin; he was a husband and father and was unable to pay for his wife and newborn’s release from the hospital. The Black community was often subjugated to work jobs with little to no social standing, often these men worked long hours
progression, where each stanza embodies one of them. In the first stanza first the girl returning is home. The second is the way she acts when she returns. Finally the last stanza is about the situation she returns to. Each stanza has the same structure of line indents and word phrasing. Repetition adds an emphasis on the situation description of the poem. As for the situation, it helps to provide a setting for the concept of blackness. For example, blackness is personified as the girl’s mother but the idea
main themes are revenge and cycles of violence. Through his poems, Reynolds describes a young teenage boy’s thoughts of revenge after losing a loved one to gun violence. Likewise, Shakur’s poems focus on the violence seen in gangs and impoverished communities. While both Reynolds’ and Shakur’s poems take similar approaches to the theme of the cycles of violence and revenge, they are different because Reynolds’ poems conclude by breaking the cycle of violence while Shakur’s shows the cycle continuing
to a dream deferred?” The speaker of the poem at this point is unnamed. By not knowing the speaker, the question is strengthened, as the deferred dream is the dreams and desires of all the people within the African American community. The form of the question, being a single-line stanza, helps raise silence after the question, allowing the readers to open their minds. To answer the initial question, the speaker poses six additional questions. The six questions that are asked also have indefinite answers