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    giving the readers a horrifying image of the occurrence. The second article does not focus on any of the injuries caused but magnifies on only the boy and his current situation, refusing to mention any information on the violence. For example, Daily Telegraph writer reports on how the boy ‘has only one soccer ball and allowed into the yard for only 20mins a day’. This convinces us, the audience that he is still a normal child and makes us pity the poor childhood he is experiencing. In conversely, in the

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    Today, social media is one of the central outlets that people use to communicate and gather information. On social media, individuals “like,” “pin,” “retweet,” and more to express their satisfaction or disapproval regarding the global happenings and their personal worlds. On Twitter, sub-tweeting is a form of gossip and has caused much discord between individuals. At the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, another form of technology, telegramming, functioned as a form of

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    want to see you." ToBell’s surprise, Watson heard his voice and came to him. When Watson came in the room Bell got very excited. This was a major success and only the beginning of his career. Alexander Graham Bell called his invention the talking telegraph because you didn’t have to use Morse code. He began a telephone company and gave service to thousands of people in his lifetime. There was even more controversy questioning whether Alexander Graham Bell had stolen Elisha's Gray’s telephone

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    supposed to share their “light” to the primitive natives. Natives in the photo are showed in the darker side of the painting. They are fleeing from the giant angel heading towards them. The angel in the middle of the painting carrying a book and telegraph wires to insinuate their intellectual dominance. The painting tries to show how in the early to mid-19th century Americans believed God is always on their side and justifies everything they do from taking land to racism. In the painting, the big

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    One of the most important messages sent from the Telegraph was its first message, “What hath God wrought?” (The book of numbers 23:23) sent by its creator Samuel Morse. This message, sent to Baltimore from D.C., Would change communication for years to come. As time went on the Telegraph lead on to many more important messages, like distress signals. Before ships had GPS, tracking devices, or satellite phones they would often get lost, shipwreck, or sink to the bottom of the ocean with no one having

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    Steamboat and Telegraph The following presentation encompases two major historical milestones in the development of american engineering and ingenuity. The first being the development of the steam engine and the second the invention of the telegraph. It's the 1800s and industrialization is thriving throughout America. People are moving away from an agricultural way of life, moving into cities, developing arts and trades and trying to expand their boundaries of who, where and how they can trade marketable

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    discovery of the telegraph, communication was difficult between long distances. Upon discovery the telegraph, a machine transmitted messages to and from different places. Once the telegraph became popular, the telegraph was used for fast communication . There were two men majorly involved in the creation of the telegraph. The man that created the telegraph created morse code, which was involved in many other future forms of technology. The technology that evolved from the telegraph has been used throughout

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    The telegraph was the first major advancement in communication technology. In 1838, Samuel Morse perfected and demonstrated the first telegraph machine. His machine used Morse code to send electronic currents along a wire, allowing the first high speed long distance communications. By the 1850s, the telegraph was widespread. In 1861, Western Union installed the first trans-continental line and by 1866, the first trans-Atlantic line was completed. At this time, telegraphs were all keyed by hand and

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    A Bloody Telegraph I was walking downtown when the light rain turned into a heavy downpour. I wouldn’t have made it a few feet without getting something like pneumonia, so I decided to take shelter in the library. I would've just taken a taxi, but taxis don’t come to this side of the city. Also, something inside of me inclined me to walk through that door, so I did. It was a curious little library with a little old lady at the librarian’s desk stamping due dates on books. The library was full of

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    1. Introduction Big companies such as Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) is characteristic of the capitalist economic system which have a role as non-state actors. However, it is shown to have an important role and can determine the direction of the economy of a country that these companies invested. Multinational enterprises have developed since the early 19th century. In the 20th century, with the growth of information technology and transport, causing the expansion of international trade is increasing

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