were found to be among the least reported on stories amongst media outlets. Although these disasters have not been covered nearly as much as other major catastrophes, such as hurricane Katrina, they still have far reaching physical and emotional consequences and have their own unique story. The West Fertilizer company located in West, Texas was in the business of chemical manufacturing and distribution. The night of April 17, 2013, an explosion occurred as authorities were attempting to extinguish
play began to accumulate around this man.” Miller, Proctor, and Giles Corey, another important role in The Crucible, are similar in that they all admitted to their “crimes,” but refused to blame others. Miller was expelled from a script-writing project in New York because he had communist relations. He was questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee, or the HUAC, about his political beliefs. Miller admitted that he had attended a few informal Communist Party meetings a long time ago
defined as “life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, materiel, or national security” (Dermody et. al, 1). This concern first arose in 2001 when people were mailing letters containing anthrax, and also when
After being assigned a school project, a young high school student walks into the library with plans on researching about his topic before starting. It’s a biology project about the mating rituals of animals, which was a topic that struck his interest. So he boots up the computer, signs in, and starts surfing the web and different search engines for his topic. Every site he clicks on, however, has been blocked. Anything having to do with mating and breeding has been censored by the library as inappropriate
environment? Will the participants feel their identities will remain anonymous? Moreover, as the research process continues, the presentation of results needs examination. As such, when dealing with a particular business, I must be mindful of project sponsorship.
not want to hear”. Orwell states that freedom of speech is the most important thing there is. If neglected the freedom of speech, don’t speak at all. Animals in Animal Farm never spoke what they believed because they were too scared to face the consequences that could have happened. The animals always assumed Napoleon was right. Benjamin and Clover were some of the smartest animals on the farm, they were able to read and write, but never spoke up about the changes. Benjamin knew that the commandments
Someone famous once stated, “The eyes are useless when the mind is blind”. In our present society, to find a place in which our minds are not being constantly suffocated with what the world wants us to perceive is becoming a strenuous task. From the grocery store to the rooms of our very own homes nothing seems to be of our own conscience anymore. Yet we are able to turn a blind eye to this fact. Why’s that? Just take a few seconds to think to yourself, “ How long [has] it [been]since you were really
confused? Films and novels like this have the ability to create different interpretations of the conclusion resulting in different proposed biases for each individual who sees or reads the story. The novel Fahrenheit 451 concludes with a corrupt censored society in which hundreds of oppressed individuals are killed by an atomic bomb leaving Guy Montag and a few others to rebuild humanity. Many will propose that the ending was not appropriate because there were too many questions left unanswered.
Inside Rap Music Music, like mass media and television, has such a powerful influence on our society. People think rap music is very negative towards society, which is not the case. Rappers teach people about possible consequences a person may encounter if they choose the same route. Rappers tell their life experience through their songs. Rap music does not influence violence; it educates people on what is going on in the lives of urban people. When someone mentions rap music, the first
there are more teenage single mums then ever before. The psychological effects of the increased needs of sexual drive cause STD (Sexually Transmitted disease). Over all, the easy access to “cyber porn” leading to potential negative psychological consequences. Case Against 1. Censorship for child, who is the responsible? After taking close look at the circumstances in relation to “cyber porn” and access to internet for a child, it is