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Behind The Barbed Wire

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Fri, 2011-03-18 10:32 with 1 comments
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The internment camps that epitomized the lives of Japanese Americans during WWII  blatantly degraded not only their citizenship but their humanity as well. Surround by barbed wire and armed military officials the correlations to the concentration camps in Europe are horrifying and ironic to say the very least. When I came across the notion that the internments of Topaz were housed in what was formerly horse stalls before the housing was built six months later I was instantly sobered by the memory of the Jewish people of Europe being carted by horse carriers to the death camps. Both transition points to death and suffering and while neither may be the most horrific scenario they both represent countries inability to recognize humanity and treats fellow citizens as if they were nothing but animals.

Topaz: The Trials and Tribulations of the Japense Internments during WWII

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Fri, 2011-03-04 11:38 with 0 comments
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Topic: The Japanese Internment Camp Topaz
Focusing Question: The hypocrisy of freeing European Jews oversees while we intern our own citizens seems so blatantly wrong, why is this information not as well known not only in American history but documented in our states history as well?  

Interesting Facts Regarding Topaz the Utah Japanese Internment Camp.

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Tue, 2011-02-01 12:38 with 1 comments
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I am writing about the Japanese Internment Camp of Topaz located in Millard County. I was attracted to this topic for two reasons, the first being the proximity of the camp to where I live and the second the hypocrisy of our military destroying concentration camps in Europe while our government built internment camps in our own country. In my research today two of the most interesting facts I came across in my research today were;

 - Japanese-Americans from the San Francisco area, who had been housed at Tanforan Race Track since its hasty reconstruction for human inhabitants in March, were transported to Delta, Utah, by train.

Huxley's A Brave New World.

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Fri, 2010-12-10 02:01 with 0 comments
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Gov. Gary Herbert Implies Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon Would End Seminary.

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Tue, 2010-11-02 02:06 with 0 comments
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Deseretnews.com
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700060517/Gov-Gary-Herbert-implies-Salt-Lake-County-Mayor-Peter-Corroon-would-end-seminary.html

"Now, the governor is saying Corroon's call for tougher graduation requirements would force students to give up elective arts classes and release time to attend religious instruction in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"I don't know that everybody in Utah is going to think that's a good idea to give up art and seminary release time to have this more rigorous curriculum," Herbert said during the taping of his monthly news conference on KUED Channel 7.

Corroon, who recently unveiled a plan to improve public schools, said he supports allowing students to attend seminary during the school day, and that increasing the number of credits required for graduation from 18 to 22 would not prevent them from doing so."

The Ability of Articulated Argument .

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Mon, 2010-10-04 00:04 with 0 comments
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The notion of marriage is an idea that many children have grown up with, and by the time they have reached the age of five there is hardly a child who would not feel comfortable defining the term. But the act of marriage goes beyond a kindergarten term. Over the ages homosexuality has been debated, "cured", and fought. But in our modern day of age our society has made headway in accepting the sexuality of the gay and lesbian communities. Sadly, the progressive mindsets have been stunted by a conservative belief system. The topic of same-sex marriage is still passionately debated in our country, and with proposals of both triumphs and tribulations for the proponents of same-sex marriage the argument seems to be going nowhere.

An Ode to One Mr. Trevin Prince and His Incredible Right Brain.

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Fri, 2010-09-17 00:09 with 2 comments
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During an especially excruciating mid-summer day I encountered the medium of blood (the combination of congested bodies, an artist’s booth set ablaze by high sun, and the ominous perfume of blood made the experience all the more curious). The man in question, Utah resident Trevin Prince, was an engaging character to say the least, his means of expression even more so. Although the experience was unnerving, it pales in comparison to my short saga (love the oxymoron). Exercising the “Story” notion of my right brain here is an exact 50 word story on the notion of blood painting.

As she slipped into the artist's booth a metallic scent consumed her nostrils. Her eyes narrowed in on a painting of disturbing, sensual scarlet. ‘Blood’, she panicked, her knees buckling beneath her weight. She hysterically awoke to the same iron aroma, but this time, the blood was her own.

The Talentless Audrey Heburn - How Perspective Determines the Media.

Discussion by: AnnieL. on Tue, 2010-09-07 11:19 with 2 comments
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  • Oscar nominee, English actress, Emma Thompson recently called out the iconic Audrey Hepburn as having no talent. While talent is a trait left to anothers opinion, is there any way we can deny a woman who has received an Emmy, Tony, Grammy and Academy Award that characteristic? What prompted this criticism from Thompson?

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