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The Difference Between Mainstream and Alternative Media as Seen through  their Reporting of the Virginia Tech MassacreIn the 21st century, man’s knowledge of the outside world is dependent on media. The information can be relayed to him in the form of print, broadcast, TV, Websites and other Internet related means of informationdissemination. Furthermore, information such…

Kasia Whitelaw Professor Yves Saint-Pierre The Play: Page, Stage, Screen April 9th, 2013 The Imaginary Child in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ Albert Einstein once said “imagination is more important than knowledge”, however it is important to keep reality and imagination separate. In the play ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ’ by Edward Albee, it…

March fifth. 1770 was a ghastly apogee of high tensenesss between the British forces and settlers populating Boston. There is no uncertainty that this was one of the most dismaying shows of bloodshed in history ; but who is to fault for the abetment of this distressing event? I believe that it was the British…

The executive branch is one of the three branches of the government the other two being the judiciary and the legislature. The major powers of the executive branch are vested in the president who also acts as the commander in chief of the armed forces. He is also responsible for the appointment of the cabinet…

Washington, D.C., city and district, capital of the UnitedStates of America. The city of Washington has the same boundaries as theDistrict of Columbia (D.C.), a federal territory established in 1790 as thesite of the new nation’s permanent capital. Named after the first U.S. president, George Washington, the city has served since 1800 as the seat…

Culture, being a way of life, also involves among many other things, how a society appropriates for itself certain conceptions regarding the distinctions of class, ethnicity, or race. This characterization of culture makes it difficult for a society to immediately integrate ‘changes’ which would involve changing previously established social conceptions. Racism is one such social…

In the years 1862 to 1865, from Lincoln’s inauguration on March 4th to his assassination, the United States faced the challenge of preserving the Union. To understand if Lincoln’s objective of preserving the Union included freeing the slaves, one must consider their connection. Politically, President Lincoln aimed to persuade political factions that abolishing slavery would…

Apple is engaged in the development, production, and promotion of personal computers, software, portable digital music players, accessories, and third-party audio and video products. Furthermore, it provides associated services. Apple’s strong reputation enables it to command premium prices for its offerings in comparison to competitors on both local and global scales. However, the company encounters…

Bush signed into action the patriots act (Verne 3).  In section 213 of the patriot act it states that, provided a reason Information can be gathered through search of one premises and the allowance to seize any property; even electronic without informing the person of the search. Allow the search is only valid with a…

As usual, our traditional Civil War histories tell us assuring story of the victory, in an unavoidable fight, of the dynamic, free from slavery North over the traditional, enslaved South, demonstrating the freedom norms rooted in the nation’s heart. The Civil War was a complicated event in our history. Therefore historians often tried to describe…