...Harrison Liu 932273007 Rita Feinstein Writing 121 February 3, 2015 Aristotle once stated “man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual.” Looking at modern society, people often choose to conform to the “group’s” opinion. People choose to discard their own personal identity to stay under the radar and avoid being labeled a misfit. This leads to the abdication of free will. In Taylor Swift’s recent music video “Shake it Off”, she uses both her lyrics, and images in the video to display to the audience how free will is discarded to obtain collectivism. When initially listening to the song, one first notices the happy and upbeat background music. Background music is often regarded as the most essential piece of a song as it is the biggest contributor in giving the audience their first impression of the song, the message. As explained in Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society, first impressions are more than just the initial establishment of a person. First impressions create the foundation of one’s characterization of another and are the hardest to forsake in an attempt to change. Taylor Swift incorporates a very fast paced, upbeat background in her song. This generates a very positive and happy impression making the audience think of her as a cheerful buoyant person. Swift’s immediate attempt to make the...
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...Sleight of Hand, Sleight of Mind Orson Welles' F for Fake and the Art of the Cinematic Con Orson Welles' 1974 "film essay" F for Fake opens with a scene of Welles, in the role of a magician, performing a sleight of hand trick with a young child, "transforming" the key the young boy has presented him into a coin and then showing how the young boy had the key all the time in his pocket. The magic was the perfect illustration of Welles' purpose in the film. F for Fake was a film about fraud and deceit, about how the makers of art (and, in particular, film) use "trickery" to fool their intended audience into believing something that is not true. The film focuses on three known "charlatans" (Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, and Welles himself) who used their talents to produce such magnificent forgeries that they were able to fool everyone (even so-called "experts") into believing in the truth of their claims. Despite the status of this film as one of Welles' "minor" films from late in his life (it was one of the last films he completed prior to his death in 1985), it has had a tremendous impact on filmmaking, both in a technical sense (the film's complex editing of various film stocks and styles) and in a textual sense. Welles' identification of the ways in which an audience can be manipulated into believing anything as long as it has the "air" of authenticity has had a tremendous impact on current filmmaking, especially in the realm of horror filmmaking with the current crop...
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...every day life, struggles and there moments of sadness they may encounter in their lives!, Let’s just face it, the information we discover about celebrities causes young people to take into consideration there life of glamour, which can ultimately lead to teenagers admiring celebrities as role models! I believe someone's role model should have highly respectable characteristics, such as revoloutionaries.Idolizing someone just because they are pretty which is all unnatural because of all the money they spend on plastic surgery. Despite, most celebrities that get surgery claim that it is all natural, this questions teenagers on their own body image. Teenagers then have an unrealistic perspective on beauty. This just makes them look more faker each time they ever do it Ok! It’s all fake beauty! They earn money but what exactly do they really spend it on other than surgery and houses etc. We don’t see many celebrities that will donate money to the poor, people who are wishing for the things celebrities will all take for granted. To bring my essay to a close I personally believe that Celebrities need to change the way they act and...
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...glory. He gains fame through his journeys, victories and skill. As with all Homer created heroes, Odysseus possesses pride which causes him to do very unwise things. The Iliad is another epic poem written by Homer entertaining us with a story about Achilles. Achilles was the greatest warrior in the Achaean army. The most significant flaw of Achilles is his excessive pride. He is willing to subvert the good of the whole army and to endanger the lives of those who are closest to him to achieve emotional blackmail. The plot of the Odyssey is Odysseus’ 10 year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. While Odysseus battles mythical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus fight off suitors or fakers trying to steal Penelope's hand from Odysseus and Ithaca's throne long enough for Odysseus to return. The Odyssey ends with Odysseus winning a contest to prove his identity, killing the suitors, and retaking the throne of Ithaca for himself. The plot of the Iliad is about the final year of the Trojan War, a conflict in which Greek warriors sailed the Aegean (Turkey) and surrounded the fortress of Troy for ten years, three millennia ago. The plot also includes the greek hero...
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...Amanda Medina AMST101 QUIZ #1 : Popular Music “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift I choose this song because firstly, this song is one of the most popular song lately in America since the day it was released it was the #1 hit song on Billboard. For me personally, this song has a very catchy melody, where at first the band started of with an up-beat drum which could create a feelings of excitement. There are also a couple of repetition on the hook, 'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off So I think these repetition makes it easier for listeners to remember the song words, also the melody. Additionally, this song talks about a girl who’s brave, confident, happy and she doesn’t care about what people thinks on her. If we see from the lyrics, Taylor uses a different kinds of words in every new chorus which makes the song interesting and not boring. In some part of the song, she sings the melody into a slower and softer sound to show the feelings where she’s chill and just go with the flow of music she listens to, But I keep cruising.. Can't stop, won't stop moving.. It's like I got this music… In my mind, saying, "It's gonna be alright...
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...Module 1 Progress Test[->0] Module 1 Progress Test[->1] Allied American University Author Note This paper was prepared for English 160: English Composition I, Module 1 Progress Test[->2] taught by Kristina Leonard. Essay Writing: Part 1 Each word group in the student paragraph below is numbered. In the space provided, write C if a word group is a complete sentence; write F if it is a fragment. You will find ten fragments in the paragraph. Calling In Sick 1It takes skill to call in sick to work with a phony excuse. 2And not sound like a faker. 3First of all, you must be sure to speak directly to your boss. 4Not to a co-worker or secretary. 5If you talk to a person who doesn’t like you. 6The individual may “forget” to give the boss the message. 7Making you look totally irresponsible. 8Or the person may tell the boss, in a sarcastic tone, “Terry is sick again.” 9Transmitting the message that you are definitely faking. 10Second, being careful not to ruin your excuse by overacting or exaggerating. 11For example, coughing on the phone like a tuberculosis victim or sneezing after every word. 12Also, don’t tell the boss that you have a complicated disease. 13Such as bronchitis combined with pneumonia. 14A simple excuse sounds more truthful, so stick with the flu or a stomach virus. 15The most important technique involved in calling in sick is making sure you don’t get caught. 16You must, for instance, be willing to stay home all...
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...4/27/2014 MA3110 Statistics Otis Jackson Unit 4 problem set 1: Normal Probability Distributions Page.285 Ex 6,8,10,12 6. x = 80, z=80-10015 = -1.33 z= 0.0918 1-0.0918 = 0.9082 8. x = 110, z=110-10015 = 0.67 z= 0.7486 z= 75-10015 = -1.67 z= 0.0475 0.7486-0.0475= 0.7011 (shaded area) 10. z= 0.84 (shaded) z= -0.84 x= 100+(-0.84∙15) = 87 (rounded) 12. . z= 2.33 x= 100+(2.33∙15) = 135 (rounded) Page 288 Ex 34 34.Appendix B Data Set: Duration of Shuttle Flights a. Find the mean and standard deviation, and verify that the data have a distribution that is roughly normal. Mean= 25317115 = 220.15 Standard Deviation=115253172-(25317)2115(115-1) = 86 (rounded) The normal distribution is 115 b. Treat the statistics from part (a) as if they are population parameters and assume a normal distribution to find the values of the quartiles 1,2 and 3. Mean= 220.15 Standard Deviation= 86 Q1 = 220.5 + (-0.67 ∙ 86)= 162.53 Q2= 220.5 + (0.00 ∙ 86) = 220.5 Q3=220.5 + (0.67 ∙ 86) = 277.77 Page.300 Ex 20 Quality Control: Sampling Distribution of Proportion after constructing a new manufacturing machine. 5 prototype integrated circuit chips are produced and it is found that 2 are defective (D) and 3 are acceptable (A). Assume that two if the chips are randomly selected with replacement from this population a. After identifying the 25 different possible samples, find the proportion of defects in each of them, then use a table to describe...
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...givers are willing to maintain all relationships. As stated by Grant, takers and givers are similar in a way that they both have large networks, but takers only approach networks to benefit themselves. Grant has provided a great example of how a taker approach relationships to profit himself. According to Give and Take, “If you wanted to get [Ken] Lay to attend a meeting, you need to invite someone important” (32). Like all other takers, Lay is a taker who likes to mingle with powerful people who are going to be useful for him. However, takers may be able to approach relationships but it is hard for them to maintain relationships because people tend to stay away from takers. For instance, one of my classmates in elementary school was a good faker, and she approached me to fulfil her needs. She got close to me because she wanted to eat lunch at my house. By the end of the school year, my mother found out that she is a taker because she was not willing to help me when I needed her help. This experience have taught me that...
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...Ethics Game Dilemma ETH 316 Ethics Game Dilemma Various conditions come up in the office that requires employees to sit down and think about the best solution. This usually involves supervisors and subordinates. At times answers are vague and what seems to be the most clearly defined answer, is not always the suitable choice. The Ethics Game simulation displayed two different cases: The Case of the Mysterious Rose and The Case of the Cold Feet. Both cases bring the manager across different thought procedures to make him or her comprehend the magnitude of examining the situation in dissimilar ways. In The Case of the Mysterious Rose, the simulation presented the predicament of a female employee getting flowers from another anonymous employee. I, as her boss, know about this state of affairs. The employee sends an e-mail soliciting for my assurance in a meeting. The obstacle that presents itself is how I have to answer the employee’s appeal for discretion in a meeting. Because I know about flowers and the possibility of impending harassment, I know that I cannot give her my guarantee on 100% secrecy. The simulation progresses through a sequence of steps managing the user to look at the situation from diverse ethical lenses. Both the rights and responsibilities lens and the results lens take the initial step in recognizing the primary participants. The following actions differed for the lenses. The actions I took through the lenses were different, though I came to the same...
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...Adam Bock Theater Appreciation Joann White 12/11/12 BATMAN LIVE WORLD TOUR Batman Live Tour The plot of this play is about Batman as most of us know is a marvel comics super hero who dresses as a bat. This story tells of how Batman had come to be. It also tells the story of how young Dick Grayson who eventually becomes Robin grows up and eventually becomes the trusted and legendary sidekick of the fearless Batman to be Batman’s trusted sidekick. After young Bruce Wayne’s parents are murdered he turns to a life of fighting crime in the city of Gotham. Along his way after Batman has been fighting crime for years battling villains such as the Joker or the Scarecrow and all the armies of low life scum they recruit to help take over Gotham he is faced with a new dilemma which commissioner Gordon ask as a personal favor to him. This being taking care of a young boy whose parents were murdered in the same manner as young Bruce Wayne’s. After taking young Dick Grayson in he soon discovers the hidden life of Mr. Bruce Wayne. In that he is in fact Batman. This excites young dick and makes him eager to help Bruce battle crime. Alfred who is Bruce’s butler and best friend thinks this would be good for Bruce and Dick as well as they both share similar childhood experiences with the murder of their parents. As Bruce and Dick bond they start to realize that they are similar and Bruce decides that Dick should harness his rage of revenge for good...
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...Insanity is defined as “The principal legal doctrine permitting consideration of mental abnormality in assessing criminal liability. Those acquitted of criminal charges as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity are typically required to spend an indeterminate period of treatment in a secure mental health facility until they are no longer dangerous to self or others”.(Greene & Heilbrun). Each state carries its own statutes on how to deal with the insanity defense. In the state of California the follow the M’Naghten rule. The M’Naghten rule was established in 1843 after an Englishman by the name of Daniel M’Naghten murdered the secretary of the British prime minister. M’Naghten suffered from delusions that made him believe that he was being stalked and plotted against. He was charged with murder and plead not guilty by reason of insanity. He got off under his insanity plea, but ended up in a mental institution for the remainder of his life. This infuriated some people so Queen Victoria imposed the M’Naghten rule as a stricter guideline (or test) for the insanity defense. This rule implies that a person that commits a crime did not understand the difference between right and wrong at the time the crime had taken place. It must be proved by the defense that the person on trial has some sort of “disease of the mind” that would cause them to commit the crimes they have. It excuses the behavior that took place in the event that insanity can be proved. Because the M’Naghten rule is still...
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...Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake Shake it off Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake Shake it off, Shake it off I never miss a beat I'm lighting up my feet And that's what they don't see That's what they don't see I'm dancing on my own I make the moves as I go And that's what they don't know That's what they don't know But I keep cruising Can't stop, won't stop grooving It's like I got this music In my mind, saying it's gonna be alright Cause the players gonna play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake Shake it off Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake Shake it off, Shake it off Hey, hey, hey Just think while you been getting down and out about the liars And the dirty dirty cheats of the world You could have been getting down to this sick beat My ex man brought his new girlfriend She's like oh my god But I'm just gonna shake And to the fella over there with the hella good hair Won't you come on over baby we could shake, shake Cause the players gonna play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake Shake it off. Shake it off Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake Shake it...
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...the valuables in her home were God’s, not her own. Therefore, she could not be upset because God had the right to take his valuables away. Bradstreet continues to reminisce on the many memories that have occured in her home. Many biblical allusions appear in this poem. “Bradstreet’s acknowledgement of God throughout this poem shows her respect and devotion to her Puritan beliefs as well as her love for the spiritual world.” (Analysis of Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet). Executive producer Eric Evangelista has successfully created and produced several different series including “Breaking Amish.” Eric is a founding partner in Hot Snakes Media. He began his career into television in 2004 when he produced AMC’s series, “Film Fakers.” Many of his productions include programs ranging from sports and music, to entertainment and news. Eric established his career at an early age. He won two Emmy Awards while attending Boston University. “By age 26 he accumulated three Emmy Awards and 13 Associated Press awards for his work in sports production, and he accumulated over 2,000 hours of live in-studio production” (Hot Snakes Media Site). “Breaking Amish” is a reality television series that debuted in September of 2012. The show follows five young adults who move to New York City in order to experience an unsheltered lifestyle. “The Amish are very demanding. It’s either do this or that or you’re going to hell” (Reives). This quote from the reality television show “Breaking...
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...Chris Clarke on how Disney's treatment of animals has altered our sense of the wild and cleared the way for environmental decline. As the close of the twentieth century approaches and our world becomes more and more urban our knowledge of nature is increasingly second-hand. Those of us in cities, whose non-human neighbors tend toward rats, pigeons and dandelions, are dependent on the media for our understanding of the natural world – or at least that part of it not adapted to urban life. It is from movies, television and packaged tourism that we derive our sense of nature. For the last half century, it has been Walt Disney and his corporate estate that have provided that sense. In doing so Disney has instilled an appreciation of nature in generations of media consumers. Many environmentalists and animal-rights activists credit Disney with awaking their concern for the environment. But this appreciation has not been delivered in a value-free package. From the outset Disney’s nature films have supported the notion that the natural world’s chief value lies in the profit that industrial society can extract from it. At first this support took the form of simple paeans to the righteousness of logging, mining and urban development. Now, amidst the increasing commodification of everything from tribal myth to basmati rice, the value extracted from nature is the right to define nature. Disney covets that right and will gain it at our peril. Not much besides hindsight distinguishes...
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...Taylor Swift "Welcome To New York" lyrics Walking through a crowd The village is aglow Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats Under coats Everybody here wanted something more Searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before And it said Welcome to New York It’s been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It’s been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat Forevermore The lights are so bright But they never blind me, me Welcome to New York It’s been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York When we first dropped our bags On apartment floors Took our broken hearts Put them in a drawer Everybody here was someone else before And you can want who you want Boys and boys and girls and girls Welcome to New York It’s been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It’s been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York Like any great love It keeps you guessing Like any real love It’s ever changing Like any true love It drives you crazy But you know you wouldn’t change Anything, anything, anything… Welcome to New York It’s been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It’s been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York Taylor Swift "Blank Space" lyrics [Verse 1] Nice to meet you Where you been? I could show you incredible things Magic, madness, heaven, sin Saw you there and I thought...
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