If we imagine walking in for a job interview; the supervisor will hand an application to fill out and after sitting down and staring at it blankly for a couple minutes the humiliation gets to you and you finally admit that you cannot read. The supervisor then politely thanks you for coming in, but says there is no way he can hire anybody who cannot read. Reading is more important than ever in today’s society. If you cannot read well than you will find it hard to have a successful career, earn people’s respect, and even operate in your daily life.

The importance of reading grows more and more everyday. With all the technology that we have today people think that they do not have to read as much when actually you probably need to be able to read better. Reading is a necessity for some people and a hobby for others, but either way it is something that we start to take for granted as adults, forgetting that there was once a time when we couldn’t read. The sad fact is that for many adults, this is still the case. They lose out on the joys and the benefits of being able to read, and quite often it stems from lack of commitment and time from the parents during childhood.

There are a lot of things that come to mind when a person hears the word literature. Usually, one thinks of a book, story, classical work or some variation of the aforementioned but to ask someone to define the term literature, proves to be a much trickier task. Many are stumped when asked this question. People often answer by giving examples of literary works but fail to actually give an encompassing definition of the term.

In conclusion, reading exercises our imagination, broadens our vocabulary, understand different points of view, think about different issues and concepts, and lastly it gives us the experience of key figures in literacy and renowned texts. Reading and writing are ways to convey ideas and information, which is essential in society. Reading is good as in developing individual reading capacity just as practice always make perfect. Reading is a necessity!

Please dont use a Spanish translator, thanks!

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“The essential and definite element of my conversion to Islam was the Qur’an. I began to study it before my conversion with the critical spirit of a Western intellectual …. There are certain verses of this book, the Qur’an, revealed more than thirteen centuries ago, which teach exactly the same notions as the most modern scientific researches do. This definitely converted me.” [Ali Selman Benoist, France, Doctor of Medicine.]

“The universal brotherhood of Islam, regardless of race, politics, color or country, has been brought home to me most keenly many times in my life — and this is another feature which drew me towards the Faith.” [Col. Donald S. Rockwell, U.S.A. Poet, Critic and Author.]

“Medieval Islam was technologically advanced and open to innovation. It achieved far higher literacy rates than in contemporary Europe; it assimilated the legacy of classical Greek civilization to such a degree that many classical books are now known to us only through Arabic copies. It invented windmills ,trigonometry, lateen sails and made major advances in metallurgy, mechanical and chemical engineering and irrigation methods. In the middle-ages the flow of technology was overwhelmingly from Islam to Europe rather from Europe to Islam. Only after the 1500’s did the net direction of flow begin to reverse.” [(pg 253) Jared Diamond a world renowned UCLA sociologist, and physiologist won the Pulitzer Prize for his book: "Guns, Germs, and Steel."]

“Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all men exercised the
greatest influence upon the human race . . . Mohammed . . . ” [John William Draper, M.D., L.L.D., A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, London 1875, Vol.1, pp.329-330]

Funny that no matter how much time you go back to those in high places, you will always see the creativity in their work and their words as they became exposed to Islam and found an understanding.
The question is, notice that only the bottom feeders are disputing things?

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Play by Play Replication
Project for Media Productions

Adobe Premier Software, Adobe Soundbooth Software,
Your Play by Play project must be 5 minute long.
One person team only

Rubric for Play by Play Replication
Project: Project is worth 300 points
Due Date: Jan 13, end of period
Students will replicate a 5 minute Play by Play of a game. Students must turn in a script and final 5 minute audio file of their game.

Competencies:
1.0 ANALYZE AND COMPARE VARIOUS AUDIO/VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CAREERS AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS
4.0 PRACTICE COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR THE AUDIO/VISUAL TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT
6.0 DEMONSTRATE TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY FOR THE AUDIO/ VISUAL FIELD
7.0 APPLY PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING SKILLS TO AUDIO/VISUAL SITUATIONS
8.0 PRACTICE SAFE WORKING PROCEDURES FOR THE AUDIO/VISUAL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSION
9.0 EXPLORE THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AUDIO/ VISUAL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSION
14.0 CREATE A PORTFOLIO TO DEMONSTRATE ABILITY
16.0 DEMONSTRATE ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS REQUIRED IN A AUDIO/VISUAL WORKPLACE
17.0 DEMONSTRATE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS REQUIRED IN A AUDIO/VISUAL WORKPLACE
22.0 EXHIBIT ETHICAL AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIO/ VISUAL INDUSTRY
24.B OPERATE STUDIO EQUIPMENT
25.B OPERATE A STUDIO CONTROL ROOM
33.B APPLY KNOWLEDGE OF AUDIO EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCTIONS

5 minutes long
100 pts___________

Script
50 pts___________

School Appropriate Game Play by Play
50 pts___________

Project turned in on time
25 pts___________

Project Summary
75 pts___________

Total Points
300 Total pts ___________

I have decided to do a horse jumping show. Please help.

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But I can’t help but wonder, how can they say that the two are compatible?

Evolutionary biologists believe that the first modern humans (god’s so called “children”) appeared at least 100,000 years ago (up to 200,000). Think about what life would have been like for them! They were left to fight for their lives in a harsh environment of constant disease and predators. The extreme climate, the wars and battles, the accidents, etc; the average life expectancy of a human would not be too much more than 25 years.

So, having witnessed the brutality and struggle for 98,000 years, the Christian god then decides that they should intervene and help humans, by impregnating a Jewish virgin, who gives birth to none other than god’s “son”. He then grows up and preaches forgiveness and love and morality, and he performs various miracles.

But in order to “save” humanity (why?) he is killed by means of the most ugly, stupid, grotesque savagery: a crucifixion. And this absolutely MUST take place in an illiterate barbaric part of Palestine? Instead of a place like China, where they had more technology and sophistication. They had better developed language and higher literacy rates…corruptions of translation and power struggles would’ve been more difficult with a people of better literacy, don’t you think?

Think about the mechanism of evolution known as natural selection. This selective force that results in varying degrees of reproductive success can be incredibly tame or incredibly savage. Animals that were too slow to outrun a cheetah would perish…but then again you can’t have animals that run too fast; otherwise, cheetahs would not have any food and would not survive. I mean, they’re all killing each other! It’s brutal, disgusting, and cruel.

The question is…how does this square up to (1) the idea of the Christian god being an all-powerful, all-perfect, intelligent, loving being; and (2) the Christian story about Jesus and his death and the reasons for his death?

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January 20, 2017 is the next two presidential inaugurations. Americans would have seen a new direction in the political spectrum. The global financial climate would have been rebirth. Technology would have shed a new paradigm shift when it comes to global finance.

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Why can’t the govt. give education to all if it can remove world-poverty? An estimated $30b only are needed for global literacy and education whereas more that $1 Trillion have been spent on wars and on buying billions in weapons in the name of public-security. Why? Is this the proper utilization of public funds? Why do we need such govts?
Bill H: That’s because some people got it for free, like those who inherited fortunes. Moreover, I don’t want it just for myself, I want i for the world, even for you. When (fiat) money is not rare at all, why can’t we all have it? Moreover, why can’t everyone get education? Of course, someone will earn but it has to be given or imparted first!
MR. JOHN,
WHAT YOU’VE JUST SAID IS ABSOLUTELY…

CORRECT.

That’s why I’m asking for free-education for these people so that they learn how to manage money.

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Is it our freedom? There are countries that have just as many freedoms, if not more than us – universal medical care, freedom from religion, legalizations of “illicit” products. Not to mention the people who have been carted away to secret prisons without trial.

Is it the quality of life? We have one of the most obese nations in the world, jobs are being pushed overseas because of the high price of labor (and in many instances lower quality of product – look at the difference in automotive quality between Asian made vehicles and U.S. made, as well as the difference in technology).

Is it education – we still don’t have equality of public education, and we don’t even come close to having the highest math, science, or literacy test scores in the world.

What exactly makes us the greatest country in the world?
My point being when people say “The Greatest Country in the World” I take it to mean they are comparing our country with other like countries – not radical Nations like Iran. Or communist nations like the former USSR.
I have traveled and lived in other nations – and I think talk about us being the “Greatest Nation in the World” blinds us to the fact that we are steadily falling behind the rest of the industrialized/advanced nations in several very important ways.

Complacency is my point – and some of you made it for me. We have more freedoms than Iran, so we are okay?

We have more opportunities than a lot of other nations – so THAT makes us the Greatest???

WHAT makes us the GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD??????

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In my Literacy Block class for our assessment we have to write a five page assessment about a natural phenomenon with a well described main character and a moral. I need help with some good plot ideas?

Natural Phenomenon: Eclipse
Plot:?
Main Character:?
Moral:?

A god who makes the eclipse happen by breaking a rule/moral but the main character tricks him bringing back the light to the villagers or something. No modern day technology or such.

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1.In Fahrenheit 451, what is the government’s reason for banning books?

A: It doesn’t believe its citizens are smart enough to comprehend books.
B: With rampant deforestation, paper is a precious commodity.
C: It claims that reading books makes people unhappy.
D: Literacy is viewed as a privilege for those in positions of power only.

2. Where does Mildred’s family reside?
A:They live with Mildred and Guy.
B:They inhabit the house across the street from the Montags.
C:They live in the parlor walls.
D:They live on a farm a good distance from the city.

3. Why is Montag different from the other firemen Clarisse has encountered?
A:Montag listens to her when she talks.
B:Montag gives her fatherly advice.
C:Montag asks her personal questions.
D:Montag thinks she behaves like a normal teenager.

4. Why did Ray Bradbury choose “Fahrenheit 451″ as the title of this novel?
A: It is the highest temperature reached during an atomic explosion.
B:It is the temperature at which a book catches fire.
C:It is the amount of heat required to thoroughly cook Montag’s favorite food, bacon.
D:It is the temperature of the flame emitted by a flame thrower.

5. Why is salamander a suitable nickname for a fire truck in this novel?
A: The fire trucks resemble the shape of a salamander.
B:Salamanders can camouflage themselves, much like the painted surfaces of the fire trucks.
C: According to myth, salamanders can withstand fire.
D:Salamanders are a symbol of stealth attack.

6. What is Montag’s electronic nemesis?
A:The Mechanical Hound
B:The parlor wall
C: The Seashell radio thimbles
D:The electric eyed snake

7. Whom does Beatty refer to as a “time bomb”?
A:Mildred
B:Guy Montag
C:The Mechanical Hound
D:Clarisse McClellan

8. In what way is the character of Beatty ironic?
A:Beatty is a fire chief, yet he is afraid of fire.
B:Beatty’s passion is to burn books, yet he is well read.
C: Beatty is a fire chief but has no leadership skills.
D:Although Beatty supports the government, he fears technology.

9. What significance does the following line have for Montag? “Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine.”
A:The sentence is part of a passage Clarisse reads to him when they first meet.
B:It is a secret code phrase for making contact with Professor Faber.
C:They are the first words Montag reads from a book.
D:The line is Montag’s first attempt at poetry.

10. What is one of Clarisse’s greatest fears?
A:She’s afraid of parlor walls.
B:She has an inordinate fear of fire.
C:She is claustrophobic, fearing small, closed-in spaces.
D:She is afraid of children her own age.

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