While Rhetorically analyzing Terry Tempest Williams, “The Clan of One Breasted Woman,” I find that her main point is to attribute the government’s use of Nuclear Bomb testing, as the main reason why her family has cancer. She effectively argues, through her families’ personal history with Cancer, the government’s use of Nuclear Bomb testing needs to stop. Terry accomplishes this by bringing her audience in through emotional stories, personal branding and logical statements. Terry’s essay…
detonated by the United States government (17). On the 1st of March 1954 a hydrogen bomb, called Bravo was dropped on the Bikini Atoll (11). The bomb was dropped regardless of weather forecasts that predicted winds which would blow the radioactive fallout over much of the surrounding islands and the island’s inhabitants. The consequences that followed the explosion left the indigenous population of the Marshall Islands with a permanently uninhabitable homeland and people who were infected in…
Option but Are They the Right One for You Going to ground, or underground as the case may be, has been a survival tactic since humans began roaming the earth. Underground is, and has been, the preferred way to stay safe from aerial bombs, radioactive fallout, from chemical attacks and even from certain biological contaminates. Underground bunkers however, are not perfect and they are not for everyone. Are They Suitable For Long Term Survival? Today's underground shelters, as they are called,…
Free Response Grading Sample 1: The student was asked to define core-periphery, distance-decay and child migration in part A. One point for each definition could have been awarded to the student. Sample 1 student did not receive a point for the definition of part A number one because the student solely focused on the financial well-being of specific countries rather than the unequal distribution of cultural, political and economic power. Spatial distribution should have been mentioned, a…
English I only went to the volleyball game to watch my brother. There are boys everywhere. Is that boy looking at me, how do I look? Did I remember to brush my hair this morning? Do I have anything on my face? What does he see when he looks at me? Does he think I look okay? All these thoughts running through my head, part of me is thinking they are can only be judging me on my looks, ahh, what is their final judgment? I guess I can’t get too mad because I’m doing it as well, Number 6 looks…
When we think of terrorists we think of the middle east, and how they attack the United States and other countries. This paper will briefly discuss what is terrorism and the weapons of mass destruction they use, and how it can affect western areas over a period of time. Terrorism has been around for centuries, terrorism is a group of people trying to terrorize a population or overthrow a regime either through the military or communities. The english term terrorism comes from the term regime de…
Finally, the evening came. It was a chilly, dark night in November. I invited my nine friends over for dinner to dine with a famous Mayan scholar, Ixchel. She is an extraterrestrial human and plans to return to her home planet in a few days, but first, she will share her findings with the group over dinner. I chose to plan an elaborate dinner for such a special occasion. I hired a chef to prepare a five course meal. For the first course there is grilled shrimp cocktail, second course is a light…
The Radiological Dispersion Device A Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) is a combination of conventional explosives (dynamite) and radioactive components (The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2014). A RDD is any device that causes the resolute diffusion of radioactive material without a nuclear detonation (REMM, 2016).Terrorist who have utilized RDDs have labeled them as dirty bombs (Ready, 2016). However, the United States military recognizes RDDs as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)…
huge open world. Bethesda’s two most successful franchises, Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, are also the two most popular role-playing franchises in the world. Bethesda’s two most successful games, which happen to come from their two most popular franchises, are Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Both games are beautifully made and are incredibly fun to play, but which game is the greatest role-playing game in the world? Fallout 4 takes place in Boston, in the year 2287, two hundred…
Throughout the Cold War and into modern times, media outlets popularized the concept of the fallout shelter. The appeal to these structures lies in their absurdity; some think only the insane would spend the time, money, and effort to hide underground and (possibly) survive a nuclear attack. Yet, the public’s fascination with these shelters has increased over the years. Video games, such as those in the Fallout franchise, attract players by the millions who wish to experience how living in a…