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Movie Trailer

Gladiator Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvTT29cavKo
I started from the beginning and stopped at 34 seconds

Fade to black with words "the General"
Close up - a man in army uniform with troops behind him
Fade to black with words "who became a slave"
Mid range - slaves are shown
Fade to black with words "the slave"
Close up - slaves faces with swords
Long range - Slaves are running with armor on and swords into the colosseum
Fade to black with words "who became a gladiator"
Mid range - The slaves/gladiators looking around at all the people in colosseum
Fade to black with words "the gladiator"
Close up - man's face who is angered
Mid range - the man kills an opponent in an arena
Fade to black with words "who defied an empire"
Long range - slaves/gladiators walking through streets of Rome towards colosseum
Mid range - a man with crown is waving to people
Long range - man in colosseum on horse impressively fighting
Long range - the man with the crown is now in the colosseum asking for the man fightings name
Close up - man says his name is gladiator

2nd Part Due April 2:
Close up on the generals face shows that he is in command and you can still see his large army behind him
Pan view of the slaves lets you know that this general has now somehow become a slave
Next view shows the colosseum and the slaves running out into it so you know somethings about to happen
Next shot is just a still shot of the general/gladiators face and you can tell he's angry
The words who defies an empire shows up and there are quick flashes of images of the Roman empire (Caesar, the people, the soldiers, and the colosseum)
Gladiator does some awesome moves in colosseum and a pan shot of this is shown. Then close up on Caesar watching him
Caesar goes to bottom of colosseum and is speaking to gladiator
Wide shot of colosseum is shown again but in an eerie color

Three Articles for Research Paper

Reno Gazette-Journal: Health-care rule violates the U.S. Constitution

http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201202100245/OPINION/202100314

Summary: This article is basically saying that the new healthcare rule that requires birth control to be included with insurance goes against the First Amendment and that the Federal Government has no right to go against the freedom of religion. This healthcare bill is not an argument about abortion, it is about the fact that the government is telling the church to do something that goes against the Constitution.

Washington Post Opinion Article by Charles Krauthammer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-overreach--obamacare-vs-the-constitution/2012/02/16/gIQAmupcIR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions

Summary: President Obama's accommodations was merely just an accounting trick and it still forces Catholics and all other religious institutions to provide medical insurance that guarantees free birth control. Now this is important too because with this new mandate if birth control was required to be given out for free then that is another huge financial burden for private businesses to give away free services. This article also lists out Constitutional wreckage left by Obamacare. 

Washington Post: you cant compromise on religious liberty

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/religious-right-now/post/you-cant-compromise-on-religious-liberty/2012/02/12/gIQAqVWj9Q_blog.html

Summary: This article is talking about how the liberal government needs to keep religion out of politics. This healthcare grants broad administrative regulatory authority that bypasses congress. The Obama Administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) did nothing to fix the unconstitutional part that people are forced to pay for birth control in the new "accommodations" it was just merely worded differently. This is not just an assault on Catholics, it's an assault on all 

religious institutes.

Research Paper

Is Obama's healthcare unconstitutional and go against First Amendment?
Does the government have the right to pass this bill?
If Obama does not change the bill, what will come of this?


There is a huge debate going on in today's news about Obama's healthcare being unconstitutional. This health care not only affect the Catholics, but also affects all people of the faith. Does the American government have the right to go against religious institutions and their faith? Obama cannot force a religious institution to go against their beliefs because it is unconstitutional. He recently made "accommodations" to the healthcare bill saying that the religious institutions will not have to pay for the contraceptives directly, and they will just be paying for the insurance. Are these really accommodations? No because even if it is indirect, forcing these religious institutions to go against their faith is violating the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause which separates the power of church and state. The religious institutions are paying for the insurance plans and these insurance plans carry with them the authorization to provide free contraception and abortion pills. This debate is very important for our nation today because if the government goes against the Constitution with the church and gets away with it, this will just open the door for the government to push other things as this on our nation. This is exactly what our founding fathers have feared. The government is basically telling people they have to go against their religious beliefs and faith. Because of this, the debate is bigger than the Catholic Church, it affects all religious institutions in America.

Senator Blunt said, "It’s still clear that President Obama does not understand this isn’t about cost – it’s about who controls the religious views of faith-based institutions. President Obama believes that he should have that control. Our Constitution states otherwise 

Just because you can come up with an accounting gimmick and pretend like religious institutions do not have to pay for the mandate, does not mean that you’ve satisfied the fundamental constitutional freedoms that all Americans are guaranteed."

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/religious-right-now/post/you-cant-compromise-on-religious-liberty/2012/02/12/gIQAqVWj9Q_blog.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WOnQk_OXr4



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Topic 1: Obama and the Catholic Church

Obama with his new health care is making everyone including the Catholic Church pay for the health care which includes contraception

Catholics are angry because they do not believe in contraception

Does Obama have the right to make Catholics pay for something they do not believe in?


Topic 2: how did golf come about and begin being a sport?

what types of people and class started playing?

why did they play?


Topic 3: Body image now compared to in the early 1900's

What was considered beauty in the early 1900's?

What is considered beauty in todays society?

Advertisement Picture

Upon first looking at this advertisement the first use of rhetoric that stands out is pathos as the picture exudes a fun and relaxing environment, but upon further inspection the marketers use of logos materializes as well.

Three Images with Thesis

KayaKing jumbo peanuts are so big even elephants can choke on them.

Pure Blonde beer is so good and refreshing it's out of this world.  

This advertisement is basically saying that with Ralph Lauren Romance perfume you can find love and passion while wearing Romance. 

Rhetorical Impact on Everyday Life

There are many different things that I see everyday that have a rhetorical impact on my life. For example when I walk only a couple of feet outside my dorm building I see the Wendy's food sign. This has an impact on my life because almost every time I pass by this sign, it makes me want either a Wendy's cheeseburger or a frosty. A few other things that I see everyday that have an impact on my life are some of the commercials on TV. There are many different types of commercials that impact me, for example an Audi car commercial, all of the many delicious food commercials, and the travel commercials to tropical destinations. All of these commercials never fail every single time that I see them on TV to make me want each one of them and then I find myself just sitting on my futon wishing I had an Audi or some sort of delicious food that is not Schilleter or going to a tropical destination where I was just laying on a tropical beach somewhere tanning. There are also some things that I see that have a negative impact to me. Occasionally when I walk back to my dorm from class I will pass by the Clemson student radio station team as they are playing music from their radio station and passing out fliers. This has a rhetorical impact on my life because each time I pass by them it never fails that I throw the flier away that they hand me and I have absolutely no interest in turning to their radio station and listening to that music. There are many things around me that can impact my life positively or negatively it just depends on how I choose to look at them.