NIXON

 One of the most recognizable and well-known presidents in the history of America was Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon was the president of the U.S.A. from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Personally, I feel as though Richard Nixon was more negative towards America and it's people, during his presidency. One reason why he was more negative is because of his response to the situation of low American supplies that came from the war in the Arab nations, connected with the oil crisis. Many Americans were angry to see the prices of their everyday natural resources go up, as a result of this. Bread went from 28 cents to 89 cents, and gas went from 25 cents to 65 cents. Nixon was able to relax the tension that the average American citizen felt due to the ongoing Cold War. He did this through establishing a relationship with China, a communist nation. Nixon even referred to China by its real name, a huge step, and also by visiting China. Nixon was able to end the embargo that had been previously been in place between China and America. All in all i believe that ixon was a possitive ad negitive influence on america. i cant choose between either side, so i must stay neutral.

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20 songs about commbat

Beauty Never Fades- Junkie XL Featuring Saffron
Fiddle and the Drum- A Perfect Circle (cover off eMotive)
Thunderstruck- AC/DC
The Negotiation Limerick File- The Beastie Boys
Imagine- The Beatles
All Is Full Of Love- Björk
Green Onions- Booker T and the MG's
Magic Carpet Ride (Remix)- The Crystal Method
Music Sounds Better With You- Daft Punk and Stardust
Lie in Our Graves- Dave Matthews Band
Sweet Lullaby- Deep Forest
Policy Of Truth- Depeche Mode
Here With Me- Dido
Salty Dog- Flogging Molly
Now We Are Free- Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Jump Around- House of Pain
The Big Payback- James Brown
Over the Hills And Far Away- Led Zeppelin
Protection- Massive Attack
The Ocean Breathes Salty- Modest Mouse
Pink Moon- Nick Drake
Piggy- NIN
Into the Void- NIN
Born Slippy- Underworld
Cemetary Gates- Pantera
Blood of Eden- Peter Gabriel
Where Is My Mind?- The Pixies
Everything In Its Right Place- Radiohead
Sonne- Rammstein
Breaking the Girl- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)- Rob Dougan
Cupid- Sam Cooke
Waste- Smash Mouth
How Soon is Now- The Smiths
Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago- Soul Coughing
Possession- Sarah McLachlan
Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2
Lateralus- Tool
Learning to Fly- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

scavenger hunt

1. skin-deep, gleaming, acid-folk, warming, dazzling, spaced-cowboy, incredible, trouble-song, loaded, blown, battered, impending, chirpy, disarming, gorgeously.
2. “Yeah, yeah: Everyone's a critic” This phrase is ironic because he is referring to a quote in the song and he is now not only criticizing the album, but now Hermes is criticizing the character in the song for being a critic.
3.  Singer Derek Dole sounds better than ever, something that’s immediately noticeable as the shouts of "These are the restless nights! These are the sleepless nights!"- subject+quote=sentence……"If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm raw . . . and you would wait tables and soon run the store," he sings in the gorgeously appointed title song. -Quote+prep phrase….."Dazzling Blue" feels just as organic, combining country-folk melodies with South Indian percussion in a love song about driving out to the beach on Long Island.
4. On "The Afterlife," an African-pop-flavored standout from his 12th solo album, Paul Simon describes the wait at the Pearly Gates like it's a trip to traffic court, all long lines, mumbled excuses and jokey asides.
“Simon's first album in five years is full of heavy business: life's meaning, beauty, brutality and brevity.” Hermes’ most profound analysis comes in the first paragraph.
5. a vulture

brands quote

It wasn’t a street fighting contest, but it was a street fighting mentality. And frankly, that’s why the Brands brothers had a bad rap. Nobody could handle the level we competed at. Nobody—except for the people that was on our side

-Tom brands

quote

lyrics

"Lord Give Me A Sign"

[Intro:]
Yeah..Uh
In the name of Jesus
(that's right)
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
(preach)
And every tongue that shall rise against me in judgment thou shalt condemn
(preach)
(Lord give me a sign)
For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
(preach)
and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
(preach)
Amen

[Verse 1]
Lord Give me a Sign!
I really need to talk to you Lord
Since the last time we talked the walk has been hard
Now I know you haven't left me
But I feel like I'm alone
I'm a big boy now but I'm still not grown
And I'm still going through it
Pain and the hurt
Soaking up trouble like rain in the dirt
And I know!
Only I can stop the rain
Wit just the mention of my saviors name
IN THE NAME OF JESUS!
Devil I rebuke you for what I go through
And trying make me do what I used to
But all that stops right here
As long as the Lords in my life I will have no fear
I will know no pain from the light to the dark
I will show no shame spit it right from the heart
Cause its right from the start
But you held me down
And ain't nothing they can tell me now
Lord give me a sign!

[Hook:]
Let me know whats on your mind
Let me know what I'm gone find
It's all in time
Show me how to teach the mind
Show me how to reach the blind
Lord give me a sign!

Show me what I got to do
To bring me closer to you
Cause I'm gonna go through
What ever you want me to
Just let me know what to do
Lord give me a sign!

[Verse 2:]
Please show me something
I'm tired of talking to him
Knowing he fronting
Crying bout life ain't nothing
But you either be the one mad cause you trapped, or the one hunting
Trapped in your own mind waiting on the Lord
Or hunting wit the word that cuts like a sword
The spoken word is stronger than the strongest man
Carries the whole world like the strongest hand
Through the trials and tribulations you never let us down
JESUS!
I know your here with us now
JESUS!
I know your still wit us now
Keep it real wit us now
I wanna feel show me how
Let me take your hand, guide me
Ill walk slow but stay right beside me
Devil's tryna find me
Hide me, hold up I take that back
Protect me and give me the strength to fight back!

[Hook:]
Let me know whats on your mind
Let me know what I'm gone find
It's all in time
Show me how to teach the mind
Show me how to reach the blind
Lord give me a sign!

Show me what I got to do
To bring me closer to you
Cause I'm gonna go through
What ever you want me to
Just let me know what to do
Lord give me a sign!

[Verse 3:]
Life or death
Live or die
I will never live a lie
I'm going there cause I try
I wont quit until I die
I'm gone make it wrong or right
Make it through the darkest night
When the morning comes you'll see
All I have is God in me
(Lord give me a sign!)

[Outro:]
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
In the name of Jesus
Lord give me a sign
Amen lyrics

quote

quote

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi

the combat-- poem

the general dispatch

"General"

there was a decorated general with
a heart of gold, that likened him to
all the stories he told
of past battles, won and lost, and
legends of old a seasoned veteran in
his own time

on the battlefield, he gained
respectful fame with many medals
of bravery and stripes to his name
he grew a beard as soon as he could
to cover the scars on his face
and always urged his men on

but on the eve of a great battle
with the infantry in dream
the old general tossed in his sleep
and wrestled with its meaning
he awoke from the night
just to tell what he had seen
and walked slowly out of his tent

all the men held tall with their
chests in the air, with courage in
their blood and a fire in their stare
it was a grey morning and they all
wondered how they would fare
till the old general told them to go home

[CHORUS:]
He said: I have seen the others
and I have discovered
that this fight is not worth fighting
I have seen their mothers
and I will no other
to follow me where I'm going

So,take a shower, shine your shoes
you got no time to lose
you are young men you must be living
Take a shower, shine your shoes
you got no time to lose
you are young men you must be living
go now you are forgiven

but the men stood fast with their
guns on their shoulders not knowing
what to do with the contradicting orders
the general said he would do his own
duty but would extend it no further
the men could go as they pleased

but not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead
till one by one
they stepped back and not a word was said
and the old general was left with his
own words echoing in his head
he then prepared to fight

[CHORUS]

go now you are forgiven

You can’t be so prissy

                                You’re acting like a sissy

You look like the cookie monster

                                You hair looks like crap, go to the barber

an empty city

forgot to post: my bad

It is three a.m. and the city is dark and still. Even the sirens are quiet ion the distance. The mass ruins that line the deserted and empty Street seem to be holding up the sky, which hangs low over the city like a heavy shroud, black and eyeless. But the silence holds expectation, and makes me shiver with dread in the heat. This city once lived; this city was once bustling, once thrived, and once dreamed when it slept. It's almost a relief now when the air is broken by an occasional scream or broken whiskey bottle tossed out of a tenement window. At least then I know I’m not alone in this empty town

This sense of foreboding has been with me for a month. I never sleep anymore, except for an hour or two at odd times of the day when I finally force my head to the pillow, because my sleep is filled with tension and terrible terrors. So I sit and wait, staring into the murky night, sweating, my heart pounding, the quiet and the darkness pressing in on me, waiting.

Several powerful blasts shake the ground. They are distant, but have a force beyond sound; I feel them internally, resonating in my chest. I am gripped by terror, a premonition of physical mutilation, like a horrible slashing of my internal organs. The feeling that doesn’t go away, it shakes you to your core and leaves a lasting impression in your mind.

I come to a church. It is more of a meeting hall than a church really. It is a simple wood frame structure with rough wood benches. There are a few people present. They are sitting, staring straight ahead, their faces like stone, terrifying to look at. They are all sick. Some of them are already dead. In a blind panic I run toward the front of the church, tripping over the benches, knocking them over, scraping my shins, hurting myself, not caring, scrambling over dying bodies. I sit down, exhausted, sweating. It is so quiet. No one moves. No one talks. No one cries. Just dead silence, utter stillness, as if a morgue held this ceremony.

I sit trembling in horror, not believing that this could be happening. I know now that there is no future. This is the end. I can't move my legs. I feel like I have been drugged. My mind is slipping away. A heavy blackness washes over me sweeping me off my feet and into a vision.

Everything is white. I am trudging through deep sand, delirious, struggling in the swirling heat. I tell my feet to move but the ground holds on to them after every step I feel weaker. The sun blazes down from a white sky, baking my skin, sucking out my strength. In my mouth there is the taste of sand and ashes.

Where did all the people go, or were there ever any people? Was the world always a desert? Is this after the war, or before? I try to remember the past, but I cannot; the past no longer exits. I am lured on by the shining towers of a white city shimmering in the distance, but I know it is only a mirage. Still, in spite of thirst and suffering, I stagger forward, undeterred by lack of purpose or destination.

era

I do not agree with the ERA. I believe that men and women can never completely equal when it comes to some aspects of life. For example, the physical aspects, If the country was completely equal than women would play men's sports and would not be able to compete, at least at the professional level. When it comes to jobs that are usually dominated by men that tend to be stronger and that require heavy lifting women would be involved in these jobs by the standards of a completely equal society or in the healthcare job market. Also, it would be outrageous to send both men and women to war against their will. If this was the case how would the government choose who would go and who would stay? But I do agree with many of the points made by the ERA. For example I do agree that women should have an option to break away from the conformity of the kitchen and the household. not all women have to confor to the housewife model but they deffinarly play a role in society. They should have the opportunity to work and earn a education just like men. The ERA should not be but in place because many of the rights that women were looking for are coming with time and do not need laws to be passed.

critique 2

                In this Photograph of Anthony Robles from Arizona State University versus Kyle Maynard of the University of Georgia, Anthony is setting up his patented single leg shot. Through the use of shot angle, and focus the photographer was able to capture Anthony in his amazing act of one-legged wrestling.

            With Anthony’s vice like grip he holds Maynard in a venerable position for his shot.   Anthony is gearing up to drive into the Georgia grappler’s legs, the cameraman crouches down for his money shot.  The cameraman’s angle gave the viewer the best possible sight at how Anthony is able to achieve his unbelievable feat of being a successful wrestler, so successful that he became an undefeated senior, 3 times All-American and an NCAA champion.  The angle of the picture takes shows how packed the arena is where many eager fans came to watch Anthony wrestle. Also the angle shows how Anthony is angle to control his opponent so well and spring onto a leg for an almost guaranteed takedown.

            The focus of this shot was so precise that the main optical point goes straight onto Anthony but also gives you a clear view of the fans in the stands. The focus was out just far enough to know that this was a home meet because of the color of the Sun Devil Stadium chairs, and the scoring desk. Also the focus is just enough to see the reactions of the fans. Through this key picture taking skill the photographer was able to capture the entire atmosphere in a single picture.

tolstoy

Tolstoy has a very strong love for the arts, shown through his article What is Art?, he shows strong conviction and graphic descriptions of a large quantity of arts. In his excerpt he goes in depth to show each art and how every kind is special in its own special way. In a very determined way he critizes how new forms of art are ruining the real meaning behind true art and all its beauty.

Tolstoy goes in depth I his wild accusations on how theater, television, and movies are bringing down how art truly should be seen. In his completely bias opinion art should be seen in its true forms such as ballet, paintings, sculptures, and dance. In my personal opinion, great! Enjoy your art, ballet, dance, and paintings are all nice and when done well are beautiful, but I enjoy my tv, movies, and plays. A lung crushing hit over the opponents bench in hockey in my view beats the Mona Lisa any day of the week.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and Tolstoy takes full advantage f that right in his excerpt. Blasting the reader with a barrage of enflaming statements that jam his idea down your throat, via text. I won’t say that his view is flawed, but his way of communicating his ideals and thoughts need a little touching up. He does on the other hand support his thoughts with good concrete evidence from other highly respected art enjoying people from magazines, papers, and books.

John Royle        visual imagination             3/1/11                  g block

In the series Spartacus, the main character, Spartacus tries to win back his freedom through vigorous training and endless hours of battle in order to win enough coin to buy his freedom, or win it. Through his story he encounters many brutal and deadly gladiators. At this point of his life its survival of the fittest, last man standing lives and all the rest die. In the still, ”Spartacus battle” the director, Steven S. DeKnight shows through the use of an in depth and detailed background, severe and focused expressions on the men’s faces, and through aggressive actions, the true sense of battle and pure combat.

          Through the detail in the background DeKnight is able to show pure excitement and a sense of feeling back to the gladiatorial days. In the background you can see many men wagering and cheering on their men. This was a common practice to gain money in the republic. Through the use of rustic and homely tunics the feeling of an old gladiators ring is made even more profound. In the background, the men in the full tunics are the owners of the two gladiators, as the men wield their swords their owners scream and holler, encouraging their man on. Also in the background are the chains and wood barriers and stairs, furthermore enforcing the look of a gruesome battle pit.

          Using distinct facial expressions and the use of blood, DeKnight was able to show feelings on engagement and anger. On Spartacus’ face a look of power and readiness envelop his face. Blood smeared down his cheek show the gruesomeness of the battle ensuing. On the other Gaul battling Spartacus the face of a previous contender who fell to this man is attached to his face and worn as a mask. This is a sign of triumph of previous accomplishments and to further intimidate his enemy. This is a way of saying,” I am the best, if you stand in my way this will happen to you”. Even the pseudo face/mask you can still see an expression of anger and ferociousness, as well as blood splattered across his face, showing the battle’s intensity and ferocity.

          Lastly through the two men’s stance and weapons you can clearly see that a fierce battle is happening. Spartacus is aiming his sights on a quick defense as the opposing gladiator brings down his sword. The attacking gladiator is side stepping to his left for another lethal blow opportunity. Spartacus is preparing his body for an on slot of attacking blows. He is in a powerful and athletic posture for a quick defense of whatever will come next. With his sword in the air preparing to block and his free hand close by in the event he needs to power back into a blow that needs reinforcement and also puts him in a good position to counter. The blood smeared on the bodies once again proves the seriousness and intensity of the battle.

          Through the use of an authentic looking background, blood smattered amongst the men and ground, and lastly the expressions and emotions on the men’s faces, DeKnight was able to show the true passion for conflict and combat. Through each of these elements deKnight was able to produce a very strong and influential still about the gladiatorial practices.

jackie robinson

I do feel that Jackie Robinson deserves to be ranked as one of the greatest civil rights figures in American history. One reason why he deserves this title is because he carried a strong sense of courage and self-consciousness with him that made him a true hero. Jackie Robinson managed to keep a straight face while being taunted by white people and he always never got extremely nervous when being in front of large crowds of white people at his games. Another reason why he deserves this title is because he proved that talent and ability belonged to all men and people, no matter what skin color they are. Jackson Robinson blew crowds of white people away with his spectacular display of skill during his baseball games. One other reason why he deserves this title is because he encouraged people to express themselves no matter what they look like and also to encourage these people to make others respect them for who they are as people and not just based on talents and skills. although he did all these remarkable tasks he is still not the best, that title is held by MLK.

visual imagination

my declaration.

i am declaring that for the second symmester in g block Writing and Visual imagination that i will be using the idea of COMBAT ass my idea to base my projects aroound.

the butter battle

As the Zook climbed the wall, all the bricks begin to fall. The Yook's began to charge, but Van Itch did not barge. "Stop!" yelled he, from the zogaloo tree, and the Yook's did turn around. "Butter up-side down, or butter right-side up! It does not matter! We're acting like ups!" Van Itch did yell from the zoogaloo tree, "Zook's! Come back! This is silly, please do not flee!" The Zooks turned around and with a "Trum-alt-ta-roo!" Realized now what the Yook's knew too! This dispute over butter was a silly, little rup. Both the Zook's and the Yook's realized, they were acting like zups! They pulled down the bricks with a "Tee-tilly-tow!" and realized it was silly, and needed to go! This barbarzia over butter was finally through! Whether right-side up, or up-side down, it is all up to you!

sorry this is late :(

The act of a soldier killing a civilian is unjust. During war, the only people that they should be aloud to kill are those who are their actual enemies. Killing an innocent civilian is unjust even if it is a war tactic. Killing an innocent person is never just and when there is a war, the civilians would not expect to be killed. Although it does happen often, and American soldiers also take part in this act, it is still clearly unjust. It may be a good war tactic and would help to bring down the morale of both civilians and soldiers, killing innocent people will always be unjust.