The Bradley Martin Ball

1. The New York Times article is all about The Bradley Martin Ball. The editor of this paper may have made the assumptions that its readers were interested in the costumes and decorations. The newspaper's perspective on this issue focuses on the preparations for the ball and how big the event is going to be. 
2. This article focuses on the ball, and how amazing it was. There's a lot of positive details that help show that the ball was great. We can learn from the article how extravagant the ball was and how beautiful it was. 
3. This article is about Reverend Dr. Rainsford, and why he criticized the ball. He didn't like the ball because it was not a good idea to have it during that time, because they were showing off all the money they had which lead to the "discontent" of others. The newspaper most likely published an article featuring his views, because he's a minister, and people respect him and his opinions a lot. 
4. I could not read this article  (it wouldn't let me zoom in to read) 
5. This article is a primary source, because it's kind of like Bradley's brother, Frederick Martin Townsend's diary. He wrote about how the ball appealed to his imagination, and he did not think that the ball should be condemned. However his opinion may be biased due to the fact that it was his brother's ball.  

Thinking About Success

Definitions from Dictionary Reference /Google

• Luck- the force that seems to operate for good or ill in  a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities.
• Opportunity- an appropriate or favorable time or occasion 
• Skill- the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well 
• Hard work- a great deal of effort or endurance

Ranking

1. Hard work 
• You need hard work to get somewhere. You can not just wake up one day with an amazing skill at something like playing the guitar. It takes many hours of painfully figuring out the chords and rhythms. So hard work comes before everything else. 
2. Skill
• After working hard at something you develop a skill, and you can't get opportunities without having skills, which comes next in the list. 
3. Opportunity 
• Once you have developed a skill, you can receive opportunities. I'll use the guitar as an example again. after developing the skill to play the guitar, you can get offers to play in bands, or do solo gigs. If you have no skill or experience, no one will want to offer you the opportunity to play for/with them.
4. Luck 
•  Luck is a very unbound "force". It doesn't really have a definite outcome. The outcome could be negative or positive. Therefore, luck doesn't really have anything to do with success, which is why it is at the bottom of this list. Luck just sort of happens, there's no way of making it happen. Whereas with hard work, skills and opportunities, you can make those things happen with just the right amount of effort. 

Taylor Swift as a young teen working towards becoming successful

 Taylor Swift in 2015, winning many different awards 

including 19 Billboard awards and 7 Grammy's 

Industrial Supremacy

         Today in class, we read a few articles about major fashion retailers in the world such as Zara's, Uniqlo, and H&M. I learned that these retailers send their stores new clothing very frequently. The reason behind this is because they have many production offices around the world that quicken the shipment process. For example, H&M has 20-30 production offices that work with other production companies and they sample clothes, check their quality, and choose suppliers. This process allows them to be "responsive with trends". Also Zara uses underground trains to ship clothes from factories to the main "cube" in Spain, which also quickens the process of shipping items to their retail stores. 

Questions:

1.  How many people does it take for the whole shipment process, and how much money?
2. How much are they paid?

 Google 

Savage

     Today in class we read a few pages from an old history textbook. In the few pages we read, I learned about traditions, lifestyles, and appearance of Indians. We were also told to look up the definition of the words savage and savages, and according to Google  save means "(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled". The word savagery means "the quality of being fierce or cruel" (Google). We then searched the word 'savages' and 'savagery' in the archived textbook and read some excerpts from other parts of the textbook that used those words. These words are mostly used when describing/ talking about Indians. For example "the whites were against the savages" (p.192). If I was an american student reading this text as part of my schoolwork, I would think that Native Americans were vicious people, and that were barely human. 

Battle with the Reds Rumors

Today, July 29, the papers say that in Utah there was a battle between the Indians and the settlers. I can't imagine what the women and children are going through right now, I hope that they are safe. It says that the settlers are starting to organize companies, that I think will prevent the Indians from passing the boarder. It's becoming difficult for anyone to leave Jacksons Hole. Governor Richards says he's going to try to control the settlers and try to prevent them from attacking the Indians. I hope this all ends very soon. There are Bannocks in the area, and they steal and won't think twice before killing a white man. I am very scared for both The Whites and Indians down by Jacksons Hole.  

Newspapers

What is a newspaper?

"[A] set of large sheets of paper that have news stories, information about local events, advertisements, etc., and that are folded together and sold every day or every week" Merriam Webster 

When and where did newspapers come into existence?

According to LocalHistories the newspaper first came into existence in 1641 in England  

What were some old newspapers in the US?

Library of Congress says some old news papers include: Golden Valley Chronicle, Evening Star, South Bend News-Times, The Omaha Daily Bee and many more.

Newspapers today:

The Los Angeles Times has stories about education, sports, entertainment, politics, etc. The leading stories now are of a teacher being fired for being inappropriate with minors, El Nino, and Lamar Odom's story about his unexpected drug abuse that left him fighting for his life. 

What does is "newspaper of record" mean? 

According to Wiki being a newspaper record means the newspaper "is a major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically authoritative". The New York Times was the first newspaper of record in 1913. The Los Angeles Times is another example of a newspaper of record. 

How is looking at a newspaper different from our use of social media to stay connected?

Staying connected with what is going on in the world is much easier through social media than it is through newspapers. This is because with social media, everything is quicker, as soon as something happens it is on Twitter, or CNN. Newspapers take much longer. There's an entire process of getting the newspaper edited, published, and printed.

The New York Times 

Cultural Appropriation

      Many music festivals are banning Native American headdresses due to cultural appropriation. Including the Glastonbury Festival in England, and one in Canada. The reason Glastonbury is banning the headdresses is because of a petition created by David Round on change.org. Round states that wearing the headdresses is "an offensive and disrespectful form of cultural appropriation", and that it makes a diverse culture similar. He also says that by wearing the headdresses, people are creating "damaging and racist stereotypes".The Canadian music festival, Bass Coast, banned the headdresses to "respect the dignity of aboriginal people". Organizers of the festival tell The Guardian that since their festival 'takes place on indigenous land' they feel that they should listen to the aborigines and not allow the headdresses, they also say that they do not want to separate culture and aesthetics.  
     Music festivals are not the only place were headdresses are controversial. In the 2012 Victoria's Secret fashion show, model Karlie Kloss wore a magnificent headdress tribal jewelry and fringed details on her heels. After the fashion show Victoria's Secret apologized by saying "We are sorry that the Native American headdress replica used in our recent fashion show has upset individuals. We sincerely apologize as we absolutely had no intention to offend anyone. Out of respect, we will not be including the outfit in any broadcast, marketing materials nor in any other way." The band No Doubt shot a music video for one of their singles, and in the music video Gwen Stefani dressed as a Native American which caused many people to be angry. They too had too apologize. In their apology they said that since they are a "multi-racial" band they're built on diversity, and that they had no intention in offending anyone. They took the video down immediately because "being hurtful to people is simply not who they are". 

Gwen Stefani in No Doubt music video

    The reason I chose to research about cultural appropriation, is because I come from a culture where many things are copied as well. My friends and I often have discussions about how it annoys us when other people try to copy us and say that they're being "chic" or "trendy". I remember coming to school with henna on my hands as a kid and people always giving me weird looks and saying offensive things. Now of you go on twitter, you can see all these twitter accounts with pictures of henna with captions like "henna goals" or heat-eyed emojis. I chose to research this because I wanted to know what other cultures have traditions that they don't like being copied. 

Links:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/16/glastonbury-festival-headdress-ban_n_5991972.html

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/25/canadian-festival-bans-native-american-style-headdresses 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/karlie-kloss-victorias-secret-headdress-fashion-show_n_2091958.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/native-american-cultural-appropriation/ 

https://www.change.org/p/glastonbury-festival-ban-the-sale-of-native-american-style-headdresses-on-site-from-2015