What the Rioters Are Reading This Week

What the Rioters Are Reading This Week In this feature at Book Riot, we give you a glimpse of what we are reading this very moment. Here is what the Rioters are reading today (as in literally today). This is what’s on their bedside table (or the floor, work bag, desk, whatevskis). See a Rioter who is reading your favorite book? I’ve included the link that will take you to their author archives (meaning, that magical place that organizes what they’ve written for the site). Gird your loins â€" this list combined with all of those archived posts will make your TBR list EXPLODE. We’ve shown you ours, now show us yours; let us know what you’re reading (right this very moment) in the comment section below! Jamie Canaves Auschwitz #34207: The Joe Rubinstein Story by Nancy Sprowell Geise: A devastating story, beautifully narrated, that should forever be told, known, and remembered. (audiobook) Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories by Kathleen Collins: I saw this a few months ago listed for ARC request but I passed so I could buy it when it published since I had a feeling I’d want this on my bookshelf. (Hardcover) Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia: I don’t think a day goes by where I don’t see the cover for this book somehow so maybe the Universe is telling me to read it? It promises a twist so I’m in! (egalley) Liberty Hardy   Borne by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD, April 25): Omg, this book has broken my brain. Sentient green blobs, bears as tall as skyscrapers VanderMeers brain is a thing of beauty. (e-galley) Selection Day by Aravind Adiga (Scribner, Jan. 3): Confession: I have never read The White Tiger, Adigas prize-winning novel. (e-galley) South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion (Knopf, March 7): I mean, how can I not read this, right? (e-galley) Rebecca Hussey Hammer Head by Nina MacLaughlin: I’ve heard many raves about this memoir, which tells the story of how MacLaughlin trained to become a carpenter after years working as a journalist. (Hardcover) The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri: I loved Lahiri’s previous book In Other Words and so jumped at the chance to read this short book really a long essay about the meaning and significance of book covers. (ebook) The Best American Essays 2015 by Ariel Levy, editor: I read the Best American Essays series every year, although I’ve fallen behind a bit. So far I’ve read essays by Zadie Smith and Cheryl Strayed, both superb. (Paperback) Molly Wetta The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire: Last December I binged a ton of this series about the Fae set in San Francisco, and I felt like finishing up the last few installments in this fun urban fantasy series.  (library paperback) The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: I’ve heard nothing but good things about this YA novel inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. (galley) Tasha Brandstatter Black Ice by Anne Stuart: A birthday present. (ebook) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman: Was in the mood to listen to the Harry Potter books on audio, but didn’t have the time. This seemed like a good alternative. (audiobook) Sarah Nicolas   Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn: I’ve read so much YA lately (which I love) but wanted to get some sexy paranormal simmering, so I went to Overdrive and downloaded the first thing that caught my attention. (Though it caught my attention because I have a friend who is a huge fan of Galenorn and I’ve never read anything by her.) (library audiobook) Jessica Yang   March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell: I picked up a preview of the series on Free Comic Book Day and knew I had to get the full thing! This definitely feels like it should be required reading in history class. (paperback comic) Ashlie Swicker   Revenge of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen: I adore the first in this (series, duology?) about high school theater, best friends, crushes, and demonic teachers. I’m so excited to see Cynthia’s story continued! THEY’RE AT THEATER CAMP, FRIENDS! (paperback galley) Jessi Lewis   The Burgess Boys  by Elizabeth Strout:  It’s holiday break and I promised myself I’d go head first into some older TBR. Three pages in and counting (ebook) LaRose by Louise Erdrich: I’ve been nursing this one because Erdrich’s writing takes some digesting for me. It’s lovely though in its harsh realities. (ebook) Casey Stepaniuk   Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa: So technically I just finished this book, but I loooooved it, so I wanna talk about it here. Halfway through the book I realized I had never read a YA book that reminded me so powerfully of being a teenager myself. I first found out about it because a classmate in library school did a wonderful book trailer about it for our YA services class. (audiobook) Kim Ukura   It’s Ok to Laugh (Crying is Cool, Too) by Nora McInerny Purmort: Nora is the host of a new podcast, “Terrible, Thanks for Asking,” that has been giving all the feels over the last week. This book of essays is sad and funny and has made me felt less alone as I’m struggling with grief over the holiday season. (Hardcover) Erin Burba   Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear… And Why by Sady Doyle: I’ve followed Doyle on Twitter for a while and stumbled across this audiobook on Scribd. Only about twenty minutes in and I already have the “amazing book” tingles. (audiobook) Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson: I loved Jefferson’s interview on Fresh Air a while back. When this book was recommended on one of my favorite podcasts recently, I knew I needed to read it. (library hardcover) Katie McLain   Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. I keep hearing amazing things about this super weird book, and it was available to download on audio through my library’s website. (digital audio) Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova.  This has been sitting in a stack of YA books I checked out from the library over a month ago and I’ve been meaning to read it for awhile.  Really interesting take on YA fantasy with a lot of cultural flavor.  (library hardcover) Ashley Bowen-Murphy Conviction by Julia Dahl: The third book in the Rebekah Roberts series. When  started it, I didn’t know Conviction was part of a series. Although there’s a few things I’d probably appreciate more if I’d read the first two, this book certainly stands on its own. Enjoying it so far! (e-galley) The English Agent by Phillip DePoy: Picked this up because I’m obsessed with the Voynich manuscript. A fellow Book Rioter said this new book in the series makes use of it as a plot device! (e-galley) Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson: I actually started this book a few weeks ago and keep making my way through it. The book is important and the prose is approachable, I’m just struggling to process the content and the conditions that lead to the Attica uprising. (hardback) Megan Cavitt   Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow: My husband loves Hamilton (the musical), but he thinks I’m nuts for attempting a seven-hundred-some-page biography of the eponymous Founding Father. I think it’s my duty and my pleasure as a historian. (library hardcover) Christy Childers   Between Heaven and the Real World by Steven Curtis Chapman: Because I grew up listening to Steven Curtis Chapman, and his album Beauty Will Rise has helped me through some really tough times. (galley) Elizabeth Allen   The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexandre.  I purchased this as part of my Fuck Donald Trump Starter Kit a few days after the election.  It’s not light reading, but it’s important reading.  (paperback) Jan Rosenberg   The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets by Kathleen Alcott. I finally got a library card. Don’t tell anyone. This is my first legit library book in far too long. (Paperback) NOS4A2e by Joe Hill. I wanted to listen to something scary on audiobook. Lots of Rioters have recommended this one. And Kate Mulgrew narrates this oneI cannot tell you how terrifying her voice can be. Also, it’s technically a holiday book! A disturbing one, at that, but it’s about a place called Christmasland! (Audiobook) Kristen McQuinn   All the Rage by Courtney Summers. Im not quite finished with this but its making me want to burn everything to the ground while sobbing and then give all the girls a big hug. A Prisoner in Malta by Phillip DePoy. Im the Rioter Ashley mentioned above who recommended The English Agent. I reviewed that book for the Historical Novel Society, fucking LOVED it, and went back to read the first in the series, which is this one. Graylings Song by Karen Cushman. I discovered this while Festivus shopping for my daughter. I bought it for a friend, and since Im an only child and not that selfless, got a copy for myself as well, and now were going to do a tandem reading of this delightful fantasy. Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier. I have universally loved everything Marillier has ever written and even though Im like 3 pages into this one, so far thats holding true. Lucas Maxwell   Follow Me Back by Nicci Cloke. Lizzie Summersall is missing. Just before her disappearance, she’d been talking to strangers on Facebook. When Aiden Kendrick hears about it, the police are already at his door, asking questions. What was his relationship with Lizzie? Were they friends? More than friends? Did they argue? Those kinds of questions. They assure Aiden he’s not a suspect, but despite that, her disappearance is going to change him forever. This book has been really popular with the students I work with so I wanted to see what the fuss was all about, I’m really enjoying it so far. Katie McGuire   A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I’ve had this one on my to-read list since I heard about it a few months back, and after seeing it pop up on so many best-of lists, I decided to buy myself an early Christmas present! (Hardcover) The Moneypenny Diaries by Kate Westbrook. After years of an unhealthy obsession with Sean Connery, I officially became a hardcore Bond fan just last year. And after reading a number of the Fleming novels, I’ll jump at any chance to read more about the women in Bond’s world. (Hardcover) Danika Ellis   The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times edited by Paul Loeb: When the living-in-a-post-Trump-world reading lists starting coming out on Book Riot, I requested two books from the library that both bowled me over in their relevance: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (already read and adored this) and The Impossible Will Take a Little While from Steph’s A Social Justice Reading List for Those Who Want To Rise Up. Each excerpt/essay is only a few pages, so despite the intensity of the subject matter, it’s not hard to read, and although it’s a decade old, it holds up very well. There are occasional references to the “current” Bush administration, but it doesn’t feel dated as a whole, and it really has given me hopepartially because it defines hope more as an all-weather, durable motivating force. (Library book) The Twelve Deaths Of Christmas by Marian Babson: I searched Hoopla for short Christmas audiobooks, and this came up, so I’m giving a shot! Only a few chapters in, and mystery isn’t a usual genre for me, so I’m reserving judgement. (Audiobook) It Had To Be You by Clare Lydon: This is a Christmas-themed lesbian novella that the author is giving away for free on her website. It has a great romantic comedy-style premise: Georgia is meeting her girlfriend’s mom for the first time on Christmasbut Georgia is the same age as Milly’s mother! How will the mom react? And then it gets delightfully dramatastic from there. As you can tell, I’m trying to squeeze in a little holiday-themed reading while I can. (eBook) Thomas Maluck   Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi: I recently visited the Manga Museum in Kyoto, which includes a vast collection of manga in multiple languages for in-house reading. This baseball series has been on the shelf at my local library for a while, as well as my mental TBR pile. Well, now I’m hooked. What seemed on the surface to be a late 80s/early 90s era shonen sports manga is actually a tender-hearted coming-of-age story that ran from 2005-2010. (paperback) The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu: This is another long-TBR series that Kyoto’s Manga Museum spurred me into finally reading. I bought the whole series for Nook during a digital Viz sale a couple years ago and am only now coming around to Umezu’s otherworldly terrors and the middle school forced to endure them. Umezu is adept at turning his plots on a dime, so I’m prepared for something freaky to happen with every page turn. (ebook) Amanda Kay Oaks   Superfandom by Zoe Fraade-Blanar: I saw this book up for request on NetGalley and it sounded interesting. Its a Nonfiction study of fandom and what it means, how it develops, etc. I am learning a lot of interesting stuff so far from this one! (eGalley) Junkette by Sarah Shotland: This is a novel written by one of my graduate professors, so I thought I would check it out. Its about a drug addict living in New Orleans but aspiring to escape. Im not too far in yet, but am enjoying being sad so far. Maddie Rodriguez   This Wicked Gift by Courtney Milan: Because you can never have too many holiday romances to get you in the Christmas spirit …. (ebook) Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake: … but also because sometimes you need a little darkness (murderous rival queens, poisoning, anyone?) to balance all that sweetness and light. I have heard great things about this one and I’m excited to dig in. (ebook) Chelsea Hensley   Caraval by Stephanie Garner: This is one of the books Ive been most excited about for 2017 so imagine my surprise when an ARC showed up at work and my boss said I could read it. Ive only just started but I love everything about it. (ARC) Derek Attig Anicllary Justice by Ann Leckie: I saw Leckie tweet about the relationship between politics and storytelling, and it inspired me to pick this one up off the TBR pile. (ebook) The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit: What we need right now is more Solnit. Much, much more Solnit. (galley)

The World Of War Conquest Of Land ( Political View ) Or...

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The Middle East for centuries has been a major problem for North African c ountries, Asia, as well as many European countries. From the 1900 s to the present day, the Middle East has been causing problems to the USA. The involvement of the USA with the Middle East will lead to an era of terror that will affect the US and Europe. Points of views of countries on terrorism For most countries across the world, the understanding of terrorism is more or less the same (criminal act on general population and claiming responsibility). The question proposed however is thatShow MoreRelatedIntroduction. Islam And Medieval Christianity Have Had1229 Words   |  5 Pagesline of the Prophets, while Christians consider Jesus as the Son of God who came to redeem the world from its fallen nature. These two religions are one two of the largest religions across the world and impact billions of people. 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Morality Is Culturally Dependent What May Be Moral

Morality is culturally dependent, what may be moral in our cultural may be immoral in other cultures and vice versa. America has numerous debatable topics on morality and according to the â€Å"The Presence of Other’s† textbook editor, â€Å"some Americans†¦ wonder whether their national culture can sink much lower than it already has† (Lundsford 163). One can agree with the American inquiry because humans are taking advantage of their resources. Just because one is capable of doing something, doesn’t mean that they should do it. Ethical values in America today portray this concept in situations such as academic integrity, genetics, torture and lying. To begin with, academic integrity is one of the top controversies in morality. With the rapid advancement in technology, there is no way to prevent plagiarism or cheating. Now a days, students are able to purchase professionally written research papers online as long as they can afford the cost. 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Beyond mass media Free Essays

Mass media are inherently incompatible with a participatory society because of their mass character, not just because of government control or corporate influence. Mass media should be abandoned and replaced by participatory media organised as networks, such as telephone and computer networks. Los medios de comunicacion son inherentemente incompatibles con una sociedad participativa, debido a su caracter de masas, no solo por el control del gobierno o de la influencia corporativa. We will write a custom essay sample on Beyond mass media or any similar topic only for you Order Now Los medios de comunicacion deben ser abandonados y sustituidos por los medios participativos organizados en redes, como el telefono y las redes informaticas. Complaints about the mass media are commonplace. To begin, there is the low quality of many of the programmes and articles. There is the regular portrayal of violence, given an attention out of proportion with its frequency in everyday life. – More generally, most of the mass media give much more attention to bad news–crime, deaths, disasters, wars, etc. –than to positive sides of the human condition. – The mass media frequently create unrealistic fears about criminals, foreign peoples and the like. Las denuncias de los medios de comunicacion son comunes. Para empezar, esta la baja calidad de muchos de los programas y articulos. No es la representacion ordinaria de la violencia, dada una atencion desproporcionada en relacion con su frecuencia en la vida cotidiana. -Mas en general, la mayoria de los medios de comunicacion dan mucha mas atencion a las malas noticias – la delincuencia, muertes, desastres, guerras, etc – que a los aspectos positivos de la condicion humana. -Los medios de comunicacion con frecuencia crean temores poco realistas sobre los criminales, los pueblos extranjeros y similares. â€Å"News† often is more like entertainment than information or education. -News reports, especially on television, are typically given WITHOUT much overt context. The latest events are described, but not what led up to them or caused them. The result is that consumers of the media learn a lot of facts but frequently don’t understand how they fit together. â€Å"Context† is the result of the assumptions behind the facts, and this context is all the more powerful because it is nei ther stated nor commented upon. â€Å"Noticias†, a menudo es mas como entretenimiento que la informacion o la educacion. -Los informes de prensa, sobre todo en la television, se suelen dar sin mucho contexto manifiesta. -Los ultimos acontecimientos se describen, pero no lo levaron a ellos o les causo. El resultado es que los consumidores de los medios de comunicacion aprenden mucho de los hechos, pero con frecuencia no entienden como encajan entre si. â€Å"Contexto† es el resultado de los supuestos detras de los hechos, y este contexto es aun mas potente, ya que no es ni afirmo ni comentado. Even the â€Å"facts† that are presented are often wrong or misleading. – Powerful groups, especially governments and large corporations, shape the news in a range of ways offering access to stories in exchange for favourable coverage, spreading disinformation, and threatening reprisals. Incluso los â€Å"hechos† que se presentan son a menudo erroneas o enganosas. – Los grupos poderosos, especialmente los gobiernos y las grandes corporaciones, forma la noticia en una gama de formas que ofrece acceso a las historias a cambio de una cobertura favorable, desinformar, y las represalias mortales. This argument suggests that reform of the media, although useful, should not be the goal. Instead, the aim should be to replace mass media by communication systems which are much more participatory. Este argumento sugiere que la reforma de los medios de comunicacion, aunque util, no debe ser la meta. En cambio, el objetivo debe ser la sustitucion de los medios de comunicacion mediante sistemas de comunicacion, que son mucho mas participativo. Replace undemocratic media structure: reemplazar las estructuras de comunicacion democraticos.. The usual approaches Private mass media are often justified as being a vital part of the â€Å"marketplace of ideas. † But, as a way of promoting truth, this so-called market is largely a myth, serving mainly the interests of elites. Los medios de comunicacion privados a menudo se justifican como una parte vital del â€Å"mercado de las ideas. Pero, como una forma de promover la verdad, este llamado mercado es en gran parte un mito, que sirve principalmente a los intereses de las elites. ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE MASS MEDIA (1) Emergencies. The mass media, especially radio and television, can come in handy in emergencies: messages can be broadcast, reaching a large fraction of the population. Emergencias. Los medios de comunicacion, especialme nte la radio y la television, puede ser util en situaciones de emergencia: los mensajes pueden ser transmitidos, alcanzando una gran parte de la poblacion. AGAINST—–But the mass media are not really necessary for emergency purposes. Fire alarms, for example, do not rely on conventional media. Furthermore, network media, including telephone and computer networks, can be set up to allow emergency communications. Pero los medios de comunicacion no son realmente necesarios para casos de emergencia. Las alarmas de incendio, por ejemplo, no confian en los medios de comunicacion convencionales. Por otra parte, los medios de comunicacion de red, incluyendo telefonia y redes informaticas, se pueden configurar para permitir las comunicaciones de emergencia. Actually, the mass media are a great vulnerability in certain emergencies: military coups. Because they allow a few people to communicate to a large population with little possibility of dialogue, television and radio stations are commonly the first targets in military takeovers. Censorship of newspapers is a next step. This connection between coups and mass media also highlights the role of mass media in authoritarian regimes. En realidad, los medios de comunicacion son una gran vulnerabilidad en ciertas situaciones de emergencia: los golpes militares. Porque permiten que algunas personas se comunican a una gran poblacion con poca posibilidad de dialogo, la television y la radio son normalmente los primeros blancos en golpes militares. La censura de prensa es el siguiente paso. Esta conexion entre los golpes de Estado y medios de comunicacion tambien pone de relieve el papel de los medios de comunicacion en los regimenes autoritarios. AGAINST—-Military strength is no defence against a military coup, and indeed may be the cause of one. To resist a coup, network communications are far superior to mass media (Schweik Action, 1992). So, from the point of view of preparing for emergencies, mass media are bad investments. La fuerza militar no es una defensa contra un golpe de estado militar, y de hecho puede ser la causa de una. Para resistir un golpe de Estado, las comunicaciones de red son muy superiores a los medios de comunicacion (Schweik Accion, 1992). Por lo tanto, desde el punto de vista de la preparacion para casos de emergencia, los medios de comunicacion son malas inversiones. (2) Media talent. The mass media allow many people to enjoy and learn from the efforts of some very talented people: actors, musicians, athletes, journalists and commentators. True. But just as many people can enjoy and learn from these talented people without the mass media, for example through audio and video recordings. 2) el talento Media. Los medios de comunicacion permiten que muchas personas puedan disfrutar y aprender de los esfuerzos de algunas personas muy talentosas: actores, musicos, atletas, periodistas y comentaristas. Verdadero. Pero al igual que muchas personas puedan disfrutar y aprender de estas personas con talento y sin los medios de comunicacion, por ejemplo a traves de grabaciones de audio y video. AGAINST—-Furthermore, the mass media suppress access to all but a few performers and contributors. Those who are left out have a much better chance of reaching a sympathetic audience via network media. Por otra parte, los medios de comunicacion suprimir el acceso a casi todos los artistas y colaboradores. Los que se quedan fuera tienen una mejor oportunidad de llegar a un publico mas simpatico a traves de los medios de comunicacion de la red. Richard Schickel (1985) points out that the celebrity is a twentieth-century phenomenon, created especially by movies and television. He describes a culture of celebrity, in which people strive to be well known, even if this is only because they have appeared on the screen. The culture of celebrity, he argues, is undermining many traditional practices. For example, politicians are sold on the media in terms of image rather than policies. Richard Schickel (1985) senala que la celebridad es un fenomeno del siglo XX, creado especialmente por el cine y la television. El describe la cultura de la celebridad, en la que las personas se esfuerzan por ser bien conocido, aunque esto es solo porque han aparecido en la pantalla. La cultura de la celebridad, sostiene, esta socavando muchas de las practicas tradicionales. Por ejemplo, los politicos se venden en los medios de comunicacion en terminos de imagen, mas que politicas. (3)Large resources. The mass media command enormous resources, both financial and symbolic. This makes it possible for them to pursue large or expensive projects: large-budget films, special investigative teams, in-depth coverage of key events. 3) los recursos grandes. Los enormes recursos de los medios de comunicacion de masas de comando, tanto economicos como simbolicos. Esto hace que sea posible para ellos para perseguir grandes o costosos proyectos: peliculas de gran presupuesto, equipos especiales de investigacion, la cobertura en profundidad de los principales acontecimientos. AGAINST—-Actually, large-scale projects are also possible with network systems. They simply require cooperation and collaboration. For example, some public domain software (free computer programmes) is quite sophisticated and has been produced with the help of many people. In centralised systems, far-reaching decisions can be made by just a few people. In decentralised systems, greater participation is required. En realidad, los proyectos a gran escala tambien son posibles con los sistemas de la red. Simplemente se requiere de la cooperacion y la colaboracion. Por ejemplo, algunos programas de dominio publico (programas informaticos gratuitos) es bastante sofisticado y ha sido elaborado con la ayuda de muchas personas. En los sistemas centralizados, decisiones de gran alcance se pueden hacer unas pocas personas. En los sistemas descentralizados, se requiere una mayor participacion. These four possible arguments for retaining mass media, in some reformed and improved form, actually turn out to be arguments against mass media. ABSTRACT AGAINST: – The mass media are not necessary for emergencies and are actually a key vulnerability to those who would take over a society. -The mass media are not necessary to enjoy and benefit from the talent of others, and they foster an unhealthy emphasis on image. -Finally, although the mass media can undertake large projects, such projects can also dev elop through network media, but in a way involving participation rather than central direction. Estos cuatro argumentos posibles para retener los medios de comunicacion, de una forma reformada y mejorada, en realidad resultan ser argumentos en contra de los medios de comunicacion. RESUMEN EN CONTRA – Los medios de comunicacion no son necesarios en caso de emergencia y en realidad son una vulnerabilidad clave a los que se haria cargo de una sociedad. -Los medios de comunicacion no son necesarios para disfrutar y aprovechar el talento de los demas, y fomentar un enfasis enfermizo en la imagen. -Por ultimo, aunque los medios de comunicacion pueden llevar a cabo grandes proyectos, estos proyectos tambien pueden desarrollarse a traves de los medios de comunicacion de la red, pero de una manera que implica la participacion en lugar de la direccion central. PARTICIPATORY MEDIA AGAINST–Mass media are inherently corrupting. A small number of owners and editors exercise great power over what is communicated to large numbers of people. -Mass media should be replaced by participatory media organised as networks, such as telephone and computer networks. Los medios de comunicacion son inherentemente corrompiendo. Un pequeno numero de propietarios y editores ejercen un gran poder sobre lo que se comunica a un gran numero de personas. – Los medios de comunicacion deben ser sustituidos por medios participativos organizados en redes, como el telefono y las redes informaticas. How to cite Beyond mass media, Papers

LEASE CONTRACT Essays - Economy, Law, Property, Renting,

LEASE CONTRACT Landlord: Claire ("Party A") Legal Address: Room 1320, 13/ F, No. 2 Building, JinShaZhu , No. 45 Xuelin Street, Hangzhou ID No.: 57563 66650 Tel: 010-56666461 Tenant: Danny Sebastian Bonilla Gomez ("Party B") Registered Address: Room 801, CYTS Plaza, No. 5, Wenyi Street, Hangzhou Contact: Xuelei Hou Tel: 010-55555555 Party A is a citizen of the People's Republic of China. Party A hereby agrees to lease and Party B hereby agrees to rent the House located at Xiasha , Hangzhou . Now, therefore, both Parties enter into this Contract. This Contract is entered into on the 1th day of November, 2015 by and between Party A and Party B. In order to specify the rights and obligations of both Parties, both Parties hereby enter into the following terms and conditions. ARTICLE 1 LEASED UNIT In accordance with the terms and conditions of this Contract, Party B hereby rents the property owned by Party A, which is lo cated at Room 2202 , 22/F, No. 18 Build ing, Jianwai SOHO , No. 39, Gaosha Road, Xiasha , Hangzhou ("Leased Unit"). The gross flo or space of the Leased Unit is 2 36.54 square meters. Party B's designated user will use the Leased Unit only as office. Without the consent of Party A, Party B may not sublease or assign the Leased Unit or any part thereof to any third party, or jointly use the same with any third party. Party B may not use the exterior wall of the building. ARTICLE 2 LEASE TERM AND RENT-FREE PERIOD 2.1 The lease term shall be three (3) years, as from November 1, 2015 November 1 , 201 8 ("Lease Term"). 2.2 The rent-free period sh all be 30 days, as from November 1, 2015 to December 1, 2015 . During the rent-free period, Party B is not required to pay the rent and the property management fees. ARTICLE 3 RENT AND OTHER FEES 3.1 Party B must pay the rent to Party A in accordance with this Co ntract at the rent rate of RMB 2,900 /month, including the fees of heating and initial internet connection (change to any of the costs will not change the total amount of the rent), but excluding fees of water, electricity, gas, local telephone, IP long distance telephone, broadband internet connection, property management fee, tax and any other fees and charges incurred from any other facilities exclusively used by Party B. If there is any other fee or charge incurred from the use of the Leased Unit by Party B, Party A may demand Party B to pay such fee or charge. 3.2 Party A shall issue a valid taxation invoice for the rent to Party B in accordance with the amount of rent s pecified herein. The tax of RMB 302. per month incurred from the payment of rent shall be borne by Party B. 3.3 Party A shall issue a valid invoice for the property management fee to Party B in accordance with the amount of the property management fee specified herein. The amount of property management fee is RMB 420 per month and shall be borne by Party B. 3.4 As a conclusion, Party B shall pay the gross rent of RMB 2900 per month. The time limit for the payment of any sum mentioned above shall be commenced from the date when Party B receives an invoice of rent, property management fee or any other fee issued by Party A. It is agreed that Party B may take following means to make payment: Party A issue an invoice in advance, and Party B make payment within five business days upon receipt of the invoice. If Party B makes payment according to the terms of payment mentioned above, it shall not be deemed as delay in payment. 3.3 Party B shall pay three months' rent in advance, and two months' rent are paid additionally as security deposit. 3.4 Party B shall pay the rent of the next month on or before the 10th day of each month. The initial rent s hall be paid on or before November 5, 2015 . If Party B is unable to pay the rent on time due

Using the Spanish Pronoun Nadie

Using the Spanish Pronoun Nadie Nadie  is an indefinite pronoun that typically means no one or nobody.  Nadie can replace a  noun  that has been mentioned previously in a conversation or is obvious from context; it is considered indefinite because it doesnt refer to a particular person. Key Takeaways: Nadie Nadie is usually a pronoun that means nobody or no one.When used as part of a double negative, nadie often is translated anybody.Unless the context demands otherwise, nadie is treated as masculine. Although it has no gender, it is typically used with masculine adjectives unless the context requires otherwise. The antonym of nadie is alguien. Nadie Used as a Subject Nadie when used as the subject of a sentence takes a singular verb. For example,  nadie lo cree  means nobody believes it or no one believes it. Nadie es perfecto. (Nobody is perfect.)Los mujeres soon tristes. Nadie est contenta. (The women are sad. Nobody is pleased. The feminine adjective is used here because the context indicates that nadie refers to women.)Nadie quiero viajar conmigo. (Nobody wants to travel with me.)Una encuesta revela que casi nadie va a comprar el new iPhone 8 si cuesta ms de 1.000 dà ³lares. (A new poll indicates that almost nobody is going to buy the new iPhone if it costs more than $1,000.) Nadie Used as Part of a Double Negative When nadie follows the verb of a sentence, typically it is used as part of a double negative. Because standard English does not use double negatives, nadie is sometimes translated into English as anybody or anyone in such sentences. For example, No conozco a nadie translates to, I dont know anybody.  ¡No lo digas a nadie! (Dont tell anyone!)Ellos jams comprenden a nadie. (They never understand anybody.)No veo a nadie fuera de mi trabajo. (I never see anybody outside of my work.) Nadie Used in Questions When used as part of a question, nadie is used as part of a double negative. For example,  Ã‚ ¿No ha estudiado nadie?, means,​Hasnt anybody studied? Again, because nadie is being used in a double negative, the word is translated into anybody.  ¿No quiere nadie ir contigo? (Doesnt anybody want to go with you?) ¿No sale nadie para asistir a la clase? (Isnt anybody leaving to attend class?) ¿No cree nadie que Elvis todavà ­a vive? (Doesnt anybody still believe Elvis is alive?) Nadie Used as an Object Pronoun When used as an object pronoun, nadie requires the personal a. A personal a  serves as a preposition. It has no direct translation into English.  For example, No veo a nadie means I dont see anyone. A nadie me importa. (Nobody cares about me.)Estoy sola en una ciudad donde no conoce a nadie. (Im alone in a city where I dont know anybody.)Mi misià ³n no es daà ±ar a nadie. (My mission isnt to harm anyone.) Using the Phrase Nadie De In standard Spanish, the phrase nadie de, nobody from, nobody in, or nobody of, is followed by a singular noun. The Royal Spanish Academy says that nadie de should not be used to indicate one person of a group, and that ninguno should be used instead. Thus none of my friends should be translated as ninguno de mis amigos. However, in real life nadie de mis amigos is sometimes used. These examples are of standard Spanish: Nadie del equipo est feliz. (Nobody from the team is happy.)Ninguno de los jugadores est feliz. (None of the players is happy.)No hay nadie de Madrid en el foro. (There is nobody from Madrid in the forum.)No hay ninguno de los estudiantes en el foro. (There are none of students in the forum.) Nadie Used Figuratively As with nobody in the English sentence He believes hes a nobody, nadie can be used figuratively as a noun. As a noun it can be masculine or feminine as well as singular or plural depending on whom it refers to. Quiero que sea un nadie en mi mundo. (I want to be a nobody in my world.)Ahora volvà ­a a ser la doà ±a nadie que no podà ­a tener novio. (Now I would again become the Ms. Nobody that couldnt have a boyfriend.)Los sinhogares son los nadies, los olvidados. (The homeless are the nobodies, the forgotten ones.)

African Americans in World War I

African Americans in World War I Fifty years after the end of the Civil War, the nation’s 9.8 million African Americans held a tenuous place in society. Ninety percent of African Americans lived in the South, most trapped in low-wage occupations, their daily lives shaped by restrictive â€Å"Jim Crow† laws and threats of violence. But the start of World War I in the summer of 1914 opened up new opportunities and changed American life and culture forever. â€Å"Recognizing the the significance of World War I is essential to developing a full understanding of modern African-American history and the struggle for black freedom,† argues Chad Williams, Associate Professor of African Studies at Brandeis University.      The Great Migration While the United States wouldn’t enter the conflict until 1917, the war in Europe stimulated the U.S. economy almost from the start, setting off a 44-month long period of growth, particularly in manufacturing. At the same time, immigration from Europe fell sharply, reducing the white labor pool. Combined with a boll weevil infestation that devoured millions of dollars worth of cotton crops in 1915 and other factors, thousands of African Americans across the South decided to head North. This was the start of the â€Å"Great Migration,† of more than 7 million African-Americans over the next half-century. During the World War I period, an estimated 500,000 African Americans moved out of the South, most of them heading for the cities. Between 1910-1920, the African American population of New York City grew 66%; Chicago, 148%; Philadelphia, 500%; and Detroit, 611%. As in the South, they faced discrimination and segregation in both jobs and housing in their new homes. Women, in particular, were largely relegated to the same work as domestics and childcare workers as they had at home. In some cases, tension between whites and the newcomers turned violent, as in the deadly East St Louis riots of 1917. Close Ranks African American public opinion on America’s role in the war mirrored that of white Americans: first they didn’t want to get involved in a European conflict, the quickly changing course in late 1916. When President Woodrow Wilson stood before Congress to ask for a formal declaration of war on April 2, 1917, his assertion that the world â€Å"must be made safe for democracy† resonated with African American communities as an opportunity to fight for their civil rights within the U.S. as part of a broader crusade to secure democracy for Europe. â€Å"Let us have a real democracy for the United States,† said an editorial in the Baltimore Afro-American, â€Å"and then we can advise a house-cleaning on the other side of the water.†    Some African American newspapers held that blacks shouldn’t participate in the war effort because of rampant American inequality. On the other end of the spectrum, W.E.B. DuBois wrote a powerful editorial for the NAACP’s paper, The Crisis. â€Å"Let us not hesitate. Let us, while this war lasts, forget our special grievances and close our ranks shoulder to shoulder with our own white fellow citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy.†    Over There Most young African American men were ready and willing to prove their patriotism and their mettle. Over 1 million registered for the draft, of which 370,000 were selected for service, and more than 200,000 were shipped off to Europe. From the beginning, there were disparities in how African American servicemen were treated. They were drafted at a higher percentage. In 1917, local draft boards inducted 52% of black candidates and 32% of white candidates. Despite a push by African American leaders for integrated units, black troops remained segregated, and the vast majority of these new soldiers were used for support and labor, rather than combat. While many young soldiers were probably disappointed to spend the war as truck drivers, stevedores, and laborers, their work was vital to the American effort. The War Department did agree to train 1,200 black officers at a special camp in Des Moines, Iowa and a total of 1,350 African American officers were commissioned during the War. In the face of public pressure, the Army created two all-black combat units, the 92nd and 93rd Divisions. The 92nd Division became mired in a racial politics and other white divisions spread rumors that damaged its reputation and limited its opportunities to fight. The 93rd, however, was put under French control and didn’t suffer the same indignities. They performed well on the battlefields, with the 369th- dubbed the â€Å"Harlem Hellfighters†- winning praise for their fierce resistance to the enemy.    African American troops fought at Champagne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, Belleau Woods, Chateau-Thierry, and other major operations. The 92nd and 93rd sustained over 5,000 casualties, including 1,000 soldiers killed in action. The 93rd included two Medal of Honor recipients, 75 Distinguished Service crosses, and 527 French â€Å"Croix du Guerre† medals. Red Summer If African American soldiers expected white gratitude for their service, they were quickly disappointed. Combined with labor unrest and paranoia over Russian-style â€Å"Bolshevism,† the fear that black soldiers had been â€Å"radicalized† overseas contributed to the bloody â€Å"Red Summer† of 1919. Deadly race riots broke out in 26 cities across the country, killing hundred. At least 88 black men were lynched in 1919- 11 of them newly-returned soldiers., some still in uniform. But World War I also inspired fresh resolve among African Americans to keeping working towards a racially-inclusive America that truly lived up to its claim to be the light of Democracy in the modern world. A new generation of leaders was born from the ideas and principles of their urban peers and exposure to France’s more equal view of race, and their work would help lay the groundwork for the Civil Rights movement later in the 20th Century.