Desireé Mack
Senior Art
This first quarter my senior art class we talked about recycling objects to make artwork. Looking at discarded things and seeing the beauty in them. I am inspired by nature and the changes that it goes through so I decided to create a piece with that in mind. Walking through the streets of Philadelphia trudging through the leaves I got my idea. The leaves sprout and are beautiful and through the year so many changes happen to them and then they fall from trees and die. At this point in my life I am going through so many changes, not all of them bring me happiness. With this piece of work I wanted to show that there is beauty in change even though you may not see it at first.
For this piece I gathered leaves from outside and sewed them together and with a needle and thread. At first I was going to create a blanket, then a bag but the leaves started to form a shape of their own so listened to what they wanted to be shaped into and made it so. The most important part of creating this piece was remembering to be delicate with the materials because they could crumble at any moment, just like the decisions we make in life.
A lot of artists say the best work is of a tortured artist. To me that means when you go through things in life that are not exactly the highlight of your life use it as inspiration to create something beautiful that allows you to release some of the stress and emotion you are feeling. That is what my work will start show in the future.
Title: Basic Knowledge of the Spanish Language
The purpose of this project is to teach those who are new to Spanish, some basic questions and how to conjugate verbs. To properly complete the original goals of our project, we first created our script to get an idea of the exact things that we were going to say. Then we revised and corrected all of our grammatical errors and perfect the script. From there we rehearsed and preformed the lines from our script. In our final product, we realized that we were most proud of our dedication and good use of class time, also the way that we stayed on task and completed all of our goals that we had set for ourselves.
Questions for Noah:
How has your Spanish progressed since you moved there?
Were our videos of any help to you?
What do you most understand or what was the easiest thing you have learned thus far?
Timothy Ubuntu came from a family of computer programmers, and it’s fair to say that he has loved computers since birth. On his 4th birthday he asked for his computer to be able to run emacs so he would be able to program like his dad. You see, his dad was a website developer and computer programmer, but his mom didn’t do anything that fancy; she repaired computers. However, she was damn good at repairing and you would never be able to see someone defrag a hard drive that fast. Back to Timothy, his family wasn’t exactly the wealthiest so they had dial up and every time they would get online to do something or show Timmy the beauty of the internet the series of high and low beeps of AOL ate away at him. When he was finally on it for the first time he was amazed at what he could see, what he could do, what he could have, and especially what he could give.
He loved music and games but didn’t have money to buy them so he would play online games. Free cheap ones because he couldn’t find the games he wanted online. Timmy eventually was overwhelmed by the lack of interesting games on the internet after he thought so highly of it and starting bawling.
“Why? Why can’t I find anything fun? I thought it was all supposed to be here?” Timmy cried. Shortly afterwards Timmy’s father walks into the room and says
“Timmy Why are you crying?”
“Because I can’t find anything online. I can’t find games or music and I hate it”
“Well son it pains me to see you like this so I will teach you the ways I get everything”.
From that moment on Timmy put all his effort into researching one man who his dad told him about, Sean Parker, the man who founded napster and broke the record companies.
Sean Parker showed that you will never be able to stop the free flow of information while there are people out there will to do the same things he did and napster allowed to upload and download music for free. He was sued for creating it and charged hundreds of thousands of dollars but that didn’t scare Timmy so he looked up ways to download programs where we wouldn’t get caught. He asked his-self what would the safest way be to get music and games, and that’s when his dad told him about torrent files. It is one of the biggest peer to peer sharing types imaginable and he noticed his dad already had a program called bittorrent on their computer and just like that he began. He started downloading torrent files and running them and the speed at which we would get files put him and shock.
“Its really free” Timmy asked.
“Yes Timmy it is free and it’s there”.
The only problem with this is that if the country cracks down they can still get your IP address and sue you like they did Sean Parker. They already sued one lady for uploading music to websites and was fined 220,000 dollars. Inconvenient as it may be, that day, December 4th is when the Prop-IP act was first introduced to congress. The Prop-IP act was to increase the penalties for trademark and copyright infringement. Timmy and his dad knew that if it got passed they could be made examples of and forced to be gross sums of money. Sadly in the next 5 months it would only get worse. It had traveled through the house and the senate so quickly and had an astonishing voter turnout. It got passed 410 to 11. 5 months after that it was passed, and on 10/13/2008 George Bush signed the bill and it was passed. Interestingly enough people who torrented files have not been caught and everyday Timmy wonders about how effective the bill was and will download more files for old times sake.
11/7/10
Kimberly
Yarnall
D Band
American
Government
Life for people with disabilities isn't
easy. They are stuck in a world with "normal" people.
"Normal" being defined as: people who aren't stuck to the confines of
a wheel chair, being able to care for them selves, and not being looked at
differently. Although people suffering from disabilities aren’t always looked
at differently then people without disabilities, it still happens. In 1990 was
when the Americans with Disabilities ACT passed. This made life for people with
disabilities a great deal easier because it opened up a lot of opportunities
for them. People with disabilities have a difficult time getting around if they
have problems with their legs or lower body. This could result to them in a
wheelchair. Other types of disabilities could make it hard to care for them
selves. Being someone with a disability makes it difficult for everyday living.
The
Americans with Disabilities ACT allows the people of America suffering a type
of disability the right to employment, state and local government programs and
services, and means of transportation. This makes life for someone with a
disability less complicated. People with disabilities don't want to be looked
at differently because they struggle more than others. There is a story about a
man who’s name was changed due to privacy, who was diagnosed with neurological
condition that is chronic, but controllable. All throughout his life he had
symptoms, but only became open about them later on in life. "Disability is
seen as a private matter, a personal problem that a disabled individual
struggles to negotiate in a world of 'normal' people, rather than a social or
political issue." This shows that some people feel like they have to hide
their disability so they aren't ridiculed by others. It isn't fair, and affects
the way they choose to live. This Act has made it so the people in America who
suffer with disorders and need the help from others are free to express
themselves.
Robert
Durgdorf drafted the first version if the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990. There was then numerous people that helped with the passing of the ADA.
Making a bill or a law takes a lot of time, and isn't easy. Their is various
people involved in the process and it can take awhile. I think that this Act is
so important because it is a serious matter. I'd like to know that if someone I
know, or if I ever suffer from a disability that there will be understanding
from others and ways to help me or someone else. This Act means that the people
with disabilities will be employed. They will have ways of transportation. If
they need the help of others, they'll receive it. It just gives people the
reassurance that it’ll be okay. This Act has had a positive influence on
America because it shows equality. It is equality between the people who move
around the streets without issues, and the people who need a little help.
Bibliography:
1. "Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act." US EEOC Home Page. 9 Sept. 2008. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html>.
2. Bruce, Drake. "The American Disabilities Act, and a Fall That Opened My Eyes." Politics News, Elections Coverage, Political Analysis and Opinion. Aug. 2010. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/08/01/the-american-disabilities-act-and-a-fall-that-opened-my-eyes/>.
3. "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,AS AMENDED with ADA Amendments Act of 2008." ADA Home Page - Ada.gov - Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. 15 June 2009. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08.htm#12102>.
4. Deborah. "MCIL Journal." The Memphis Center for Independent Living. 26 July 2005. Web. 09 Nov. 2010. <http://www.mcil.org/mcil/log/2005/072605s2.asp#90>.
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Journal of Richard Nixon
September 23, 1969
God, its bad enough that you have the whole country complaining about the Vietcong but no, these damned hippies have to get drugged up and push back every single incursion you try to start. I put that attorney general John Mitchell to work on drafting up a new statue. The plan is to combine every existing drug law into one comprehensive act. After I read over the whole thing we can send it over to the feds and get this going.
December 24,1969
So we’re calling it the “Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act” Clever huh? The draft ran to 91 pages. Mitchell separated the dope into five sections, section one being the highest offense and section 5 being the lowest. The section 1’s are all the highly addictive crap like heroin, pot, and Mdma. We lay it out like this.
"Placement on schedules; findings required
Except ... The findings required for each of the schedules are as follows:
(1) Schedule I.—
(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision."
Placement on schedules; findings required
Except.... The findings required for each of the schedules are as follows:
Schedule II.—
(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.
(C) Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence."
"Placement on schedules; findings required
Except... . The findings required for each of the schedules are as follows:
Schedule III.—
(A) The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II.
(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence."
"Placement on schedules; findings required
Except.... The findings required for each of the schedules are as follows:
Schedule IV.—
(A) The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III.
(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III."
"Placement on schedules; findings required
Except.... The findings required for each of the schedules are as follows:
Schedule V.—
(A) The drug or other substance a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV.
(B) The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV
Now that it is drafted we have to send it through the damn tubes. Its gonna be months before we get anything done, but hell if were gonna declare another damn war it might as well be on what’s destroying our country. War on drugs. That’s kind of catchy.
February 12, 1970
I hate the political processes that we have to go through. It’s been a long two months, and what has been accomplished? Well that damn hippie sympathizer Raymond Shafer from the Shafer commission tried to raise some interesting points to congress. During his presentation he actually said "[T]he criminal law is too harsh a tool to apply to personal possession even in the effort to discourage use. It implies an overwhelming indictment of the behavior which we believe is not appropriate. The actual and potential harm of use of the drug is not great enough to justify intrusion by the criminal law into private behavior, a step which our society takes only 'with the greatest reluctance."
Can you believe that? Do American values mean nothing? Not a Damn thing apparently! We appoint him to find the harms in these drugs and he goes all J.F.K on me. We cannot allow this infection to spread any farther then it already has! This country cant take anymore of these dope heads spreading their pro pot speeches.
March 12, 1970
Were getting close and closer to getting this law passed. Some things have been called to my attention though. Seeing as the five sections are separated by the amount of harm they do, we seem to have put some more potent drugs at underneath section one. Both morphine and fentanyl are in Schedule II, and heroin is in Schedule I. Fentanyl is approximately 80 times as potent as morphine, and heroin is around three times as potent as morphine. Just a hiccup I suppose. No bill is prefect.
October 27, 1970
Finally this bill has become an act. What a journey it has been. We wrote the damn thing up, sent it to the council, beat the committee, beat the committee again, got two thirds in senate and house, and it then received my signature. Finally we can get some control over the dirty nomads wondering through this country.
Sources
http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/csa.html
http://isomerdesign.com/Cdsa/scheduleUS.php?structure=C
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/cfr/2108cfrt.htm
This moment in time was one long lived
With oppression ravaging through the adults and kids.
Whites and blacks not getting along
Black people join hands in the streets singin songs
To over come, just to over come, just to over come, just to overcome.
Historical moments such as
When rosa parks didn’t give up her seat
Or that long march on Washington, I have a dream speech.
All this paved way for something in reach
Somethin they cant take away, cause itll stain like bleach.
The thing that remained was something important
Jim crow laws had blacks in subordinate
The civil rights act of 1968
Was one in which all Americans can relate
It defined the country for what it is today
I wish the ones that helped had the chance to stay.
(Right above it)
Johnson surrounded by other important men
Signed the bill off makin history again
No need to VETO for it was for the public
It was shown in appreciation cause they all loved it.
Unfair treatment was not tolerated
The government came through and made everyone elated
King made it to the mountiantop with that richeous statement
He didn’t go alone because we all made it
During the 50’s and 60’s there were many laws to prevent blacks in the south from doing various things. Owning property, voting, and overall treatment in the public were things that seemed hard for others to grasp at the time. There were many Civil Rights Acts as well as this one that assisted in all Americans receiving the same and equal treatment. This one however, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 prevented discrimination on the basis of sale, renting, and financing of housing. It was passed by the house of Representatives and the Senate, and actually signed into law on april 11, 1968, 7 days after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose determination and ambition provided a major influence on the laws made in the decade. Without his non-violent acts and peaceful thinking, none of this could be possible today in the lives of Americans.
Bibliography:
"Civil Rights Act of 1968." Civil Rights Act of 1968 Legal Definition. Farlex, 2010. Web. 17 Nov 2010. <http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Civil+Rights+Act+of+1968>.
Hysell, Patricia. "Civil Rights Act of 1968." Civil Rights Act of 1968. Examiner.com, 11 April 2010. Web. 17 Nov 2010. <http://www.examiner.com/this-day-history-in-national/civil-rights-act-of-1968>.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2174528/Group%202_Spanish_Tutorial.mov
