...Sidney E. Frank (October 2, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was businessman who became a wealthy billionaire through his promotion of Grey Goose Vodka and Jägermeister. Frank was born in Montville, Connecticut, to a Jewish family. His father and mother were Abraham and Sarah Frank. He grew up in Norwich, Connecticut and graduated from the Norwich Free Academyin 1937. He attended Brown University in 1942 but left because he could only afford one year of tuition. He later made large gifts to the university to ensure that no student would ever have to leave Brown because of inability to pay tuition. Brown University named its new Life Sciences building (its largest capital project up to date) after Sidney Frank, the single most generous donor in the University's history. During World War II, Frank worked for Pratt and Whitney as an aircraft engine mechanic in the South Pacific. Frank's first wife, Louise Rosenstiel, was the daughter of Lewis Rosenstiel, founder of Schenley Industries, one of the largest American distiller and spirit importers. Frank joined Schenley after his marriage and rose to the company presidency, but was forced out in a family dispute in 1970. Entrepreneur In 1973 his wife died and he started his own company, Sidney Frank Importing Company, where he served as chairman and chief executive officer. The company is based in New Rochelle, New York where Frank lived part of the year (he had a home in Santa Fe, California as well). Frank's first big success...
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...Philosophical scope of fiction in Sidney Sheldon life Ume Sumayya Abstract My aspiration to contemplate what I want is the fundamental question that essentially arises whenever associate degree scholar of ideas ‘deals with a piece that he hopes to grasp. Such scholar could have centered his attention on a piece of literature - a literary composition, a play, a completely unique novel - or on a piece of philosophy – some exercise in moral, political, religious, or different such mode of thought. However the fundamental question can all tell such cases remain the same: what area unit the suitable procedures to adopt within the try of arrival at understanding of the work? This paper provides a synopsis of Sidney Sheldon life, reviews its key scientific challenges, and discusses its philosophical implications. It ends with many words concerning the implications of his work for the society. INTRODUCTION Sydney Sheldon is the most celebrated dramatic/suspense novel author of twentieth century. He’s additionally film, TV & amp; stage show/drama author and winner of an honor. Sydney’s own life was a pure drama, poorest at one stage; rich person at another. State capital wrote his 1st novel at the age of fifty three once individuals begin coming up with for retirement. It had been an enormous flop, he didn’t surrender, wrote another that clothed to be an excellent success. He thought of life as a completely unique, you never understand what happens next till you switch consecutive...
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...Tort: A harm caused by one person to another, other than through breach of contract, and for which the law provides the remedies. Trepass of Land: Wrongful interference with someone's possesion of land. Deceit or fraud: A false representation intentionally or recklessly made by one person to another that causes damages. Negligence: Unreasonable conduct, including a careless act or omission, that causes harm to another. Tort Feasor: Person who commits a tort. Intentional Tort: A harmful act that is committed on purpose. Assaults: The threat of imminent physical harm. Battery: Intentional infliction of harmful or offensive physical contact. Vicarous Liability: The liability that an employer has for the tortious acts of an employee committed in the ordinary course or scope of the employment. Joint Tort Feasor: Two or more person whom a court has held to be jointly responsible for the plaintiff's loss or injuries. Contributory negligence: A defence claiming that the plaintiff is atleast partially responsible for the harm that has occurred. Workers compensation legislation: Legislation that provides no fault for injured employees in lieu of their right to to sue in tort. Non Pecunairy: Compensation for pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of life expectancy. Pecunairy: Compensation for out of pocket expenses, loss of future income, and cost of future care. Punitive damages: An award to the plaintiff to punish the defendant for malicious...
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...Activity Report Humanities World Culture Sue Lafferty Yatrice Jones 3/15/2015 On 3/14/2015 I had the honor of visiting Sidney Lanier Cottage here in Macon, Ga along with a few members from my church called Mabel White baptist Church. When I first arrived I felt as if I was walking into a magical garden. Thee cottage was beautiful. Breathtaking might I add. The staff greeted us as we got out of our cars. I found this poet to be quite interesting because he died on my birthday which is September 7, but he died in 1881. The experience was truly amazing. All of the furniture was put in the house, but it did depict the actual furniture that Sidney had. They had workers dressed up as Lanier and his staff from earlier times. The two pieces that i found very intersting was his wife wedding dress, his flute and his clothes. Even though this was in earlier times you wouldn't think that people would want to wear this piece of clothing. But, you do see clothes and history repeating itself. His wife gown was was very beautiful and white trimmed in gold. They had several rooms were you could be entertainted. the best to me was the parlor we dressed up and acted as if we were having a tea party and we were writing poems. They give you chance to be Sidney or his wife. They have everything set up to wedding invitations to pictures of him and his wife. Another piece I was impressed by was the saving of...
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...Corridors of Transition between 12 Angry Men and 12 “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice”. Abraham Lincoln “The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom”. Aristotle ”Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck”. Orson Welles Justice = mid-12c., "the exercise of authority in vindication of right by assigning reward or punishment;" also "quality of being fair and just," from Old French justice "justice, legal rights, jurisdiction" (11c.), from Latin iustitia "righteousness, equity," from iustus "upright, just" . The Old French word had widespread senses, including "uprightness, equity, vindication of right, court of justice, judge." The word began to be used in English c.1200 as a title for a judicial officer. Meaning "right order, equity" is late 14c. Justice of the peace first attested early 14c. In the Mercian hymns, Latin iustitia is glossed by Old English rehtwisnisse. To do justice to (someone or something) "render fully and fairly showing due appreciation" is from 1670s. This word, with such a strong connotation, influenced and formed the basis of many philosophical...
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...Lauren-Ashleigh Beaudry Sidney Crosby “Sid the Kid” Special points of interest: Born on August 7, 1987 in Halifax, Nova Scotia Hometown Cole Harbour Nova Scotia Learned to skate at three years old In 2004-2005 considered the best hockey prospect in the world Drafted as Pittsburgh Penguins first overall pick July 30, 2005 Crosby’s wears jersey 87 to represent the year that he was born in January 17, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 1 Biography Sidney has excelled at every level of organized hockey he has participated in. “ His hockey skills, temperament and physical stature often bring comparisons to one of the greatest hockey players ever—the great one himself, Wayne Gretzky.” In 1997 at the age of 7, Crosby scored 159 goals in just 55 games. He was the youngest player in history to score a goal in the World Junior Championship. Sidney Crosby has a passion and love for a sport that he is very talented in. He continues to be a leader in the hockey world. Some additional accomplishments include: * Best hockey prospect for the 2005 NHL amateur entry draft. * Art Ross and Hart trophies in his second NHL season (2007). * Youngest player in NHL history to captain a team to the Stanley Cup. * Rocket Richard trophy (2010) * Scored at least one point in 25 consecutive games. 11th longest streak in NHL history (2010). * Scored the winning goal against the United States which earned Canada a gold-medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver Olympics 2010 reasons....
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...We are all different. Some of the most famous people you know have gifts. John Elder Robinson, Temple Grandin, Thomas McKean, and Jason McElwain, all these people have autism, and all of them became successful. I think people with a mental disability notice their gift earlier than people with no mental disability. Sometimes it’s hard being someone like this. Just because they are different mentally doesn’t mean we have to treat differently. This makes the gift these people have into somewhat of a curse. Like they say “what goes up must come back down.” Gifted people can have a lot going on at one time. They get put into a lot of pain, attention, and danger. One of the best hockey players in the world and one of my favorites, Sidney Crosby gets his fair share of attention on the ice. He’s only twenty-five years old and he’s already had 2 concussions and most of his bottom teeth blown off by a puck to the face. It’s hard having sometimes that one thing that you’re amazing at and most of the time you’re getting hate for it. Other times you will try and get your dream job but you’ll get rejected because the boss hired the one that’s better looking instead. Everyday these things...
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...liked all of the murders and chase scenes. They felt that it was very predictable and justifying itself. “Sequels don’t know when to stop” (Schwarzbaum). “Existing in a self-contained universe, Scream 4 is its own remake (Screamake), sequel (shriekquel), parody and critique” (Corliss). Gale Weathers’ book The Woodsboro Murders becomes a film franchise called Stab that is “modeled after Sidney Prescott’s fictional life within the film” (Legel). This franchise and even the original series of Scream films are seen by many reviewers as extremely Meta, or self-referential, within the Scream films. “Scream 4 should be subtitled That's So Meta, so pervasive is the movie's habit of commenting on itself” (Travers). In the Stab franchise in Scream 4 the “new Ghostface is mimicking the sequence of killings in the original series” (O’Hehir). Many reviewers felt these Stab films continued the horror in Woodsboro instead of letting the town, and victims, recover from it. Another aspect that almost all of the critics commented on was the progression of the repeating characters. Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and Dewey (David Arquette) were all in the original 1996 film. It has been 11 years since Scream 3 and it is very clear on the aging of those repeating characters. “We have two generations in “Scream 4”-the scarred adults and the teenagers” (LaSalle). All...
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...Courage Assignment 6/9/2010 Kaplan University Courage is a characteristic that every person successful individual displays. Life can present with many difficult challenges. Courage is demonstrated when an individual exhibits the strength to endure, persevere and withstand life’s difficult challenges and pave the way for other individuals. Sydney Poitier is a Bahamian American male who has paved the way for many individuals though his courage. He has demonstrated courage in many different ways. Mr. Poitier was born in an era that was very difficult for people with dark complexions. A native of the Bahamas, Mr. Poitier came to the U.S at the age of 15 were he first encountered racism. He lived in Miami in poverty until the age of 18. At the age of 18 he moved to New York to pursue a career in acting after servicing a year in the army. In New York, Mr. Poitier was met with a life of more poverty and homelessness. Mr. Poitier faced many challenge on his way to the top. Some of the challenge he face were racism, rejection for being different, poverty and homelessness. The financial, living and racial overtone issues Mr. Poitier faced didn’t stop him from his pursue of happiness. On the first audience at the African American Theatre, Mr. Poitier was rejected because of his heavy accent but he didn’t let this shortcoming blind him from his true talent and abilities. He dedicated six month after the first audience to focus on controlling his Bahamian accent. On the second audience...
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...characteristics. This produces poetry that flips the Pertrarchan tradition inside out, because by defying the rules of society, Lady Mary Wroth brings attention to herself and gives insight into autonomy and the tension between genders during the Early Modern period. Lady Mary Wroth existed in England at a time when women were expected to be silent and obedient. In fact, in “Lady Mary Wroth and Women’s Love Poetry”, Naomi Miller mentions that “letters that document the Court Furor indicate that Wroths’s gender, her choice of genres, and her social position outside the inner circle of power rendered her authorship unacceptable” (196). Wroth’s family was extremely literary, her father was a poet and she was the niece of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney, both of who wrote. Her father’s poems were only stumbled upon of late, and it is uncertain whether Wroth read them or not, although some critics claim that influence can be seen in several of her poems (Roberts 47). She grew up active in the courts of Elizabeth and James I and she performed for Queen Anne in Ben Jonsons’ The Masque of Blackness, Her position in the court and later, her fall from the court and status as a widow, are topics that...
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...How would you feel if you knew that one decision you make could decide someone’s fate? How would you make sure you make the right, just decision? How could you decide knowing you could end the life of an innocent victim or let a murderer go free? In the motion picture drama, 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, twelve men are given this responsibility of deciding a court case as the jury. The fate of the accused is in their hands. The twelve jurors who hold this power show their contradicting opinions and personalities early on, and are influential to the decision. In the beginning, the jury seems to have agreed that the boy is guilty, but Juror #8 stands alone in the 11 to 1 vote. He digs deeper into the evidence, bringing up points that prove possible innocence. This forces the jury to spend more time on...
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...Hockey Hockey is a national symbol of Canada. At some time or another almost every person has watched or played a game of hockey. Every day families across the country sit down to watch men battle it out on the ice and play the game we have all come to love. Hockey is the most exciting sport in the world. The fast pace game is made up of of three, sixty minute periods. If there is no winner in regulation time. The teams will play a 3 on 3 overtime period. The main purpose of the new format is entertainment. It creates a lot of thrilling odd man rushes. This is more exciting than the old 4 on 4 format. It was also designed to solve more games before they go to the shootout. The format change is designed to bring an extra level of excitement. Players are faster there ever being able to travel up to 40kph. These are speeds you just don’t see in soccer or baseball. What makes this exciting is the faster the pace of the game the more it keeps the fans on the edge of there seats, anxious to know what’s going to happen next. Secondly hockey is also exciting because it is very physical. Nothing gets the crowd going more than a hard body check or a big fight. Hitting has always been an important part of the game and a big hit the right time can change the momentum of a game. It brings your team alive and gives the something to cheer about. Fighting does the same thing by bring the crowd into the game. Teams have players that are out there just to throw big hits and fight with...
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...Similarly, Sidney Lumet’s 1957 film ‘12 Angry Men’ visually portrays a representation of the ‘truth’ by contrasting each conflicting perspective of the jurors with each other on whether the 16 year old boy murdered his father. Extreme prejudices are stated ironically - Juror 10 is prejudiced against anyone coming from a slum ‘the kids who crawl outa those places are real trash…these people are born to lie.’ This is juxtaposed with Juror 8’s comment near the end of the film with “no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.’ The film plays off the two-sided nature of justice by each character wanting justice, but ‘justice’ becomes unclear and fluid throughout the course of the drama. Juror 8 dismisses the guilty verdict with the exclamation ‘it’s possible’ demonstrating the need for objectification in finding the ‘truth’. The film does not reveal names of the jurors that serve to distance us from each jury member thus inviting us to objectively scrutinise their individual prejudices and character traits. The camera angles explicitly represent and emphasise the evolving change in perspective of each juror as the ‘truth’ unfolds with low and wide-angle shots eventually replaced by close-ups all serving to emphasise the difficulty in obtaining ‘truth’. This is highlighted in the knife scene, where for Juror 3 the knife is ironclad evidence functioning as proof of the boy’s guilt, reinforced by the exclamatory statement “You all know he is guilty! together with...
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...To begin with, Astrophel and Stella is composed of a collection of sonnets written by Sir Philip Sidney during the late 1500s. In these sonnets, Astrophel expresses his love for Stella, but it’s mentioned that Stella does not return his feelings. Furthermore, in sonnet 7, Astrophel repeatedly mentions multiple times how beautiful Stella’s eyes are such as “In color black why wrapped she beams so bright?” Throughout the short sonnet, Astrophel asks himself various rhetorical questions related to Stella’s black eyes. Eventually, at the end of the sonnet Astrophel realized the reason Stella’s eyes were black was because he could not have her. Moreover, in sonnet 39, Astrophel talks about how he can find relief only when he sleeps because it’s...
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...serve up a just verdict for the indigent minority defendant (with a criminal record) whose life is in the balance. The film is a powerful indictment, denouncement and expose of the trial by jury system. The frightened, teenaged defendant is on trial, as well as the jury and the American judicial system with its purported sense of infallibility, fairness and lack of bias. Alternatively, the slow-boiling film could also be viewed as commentary on McCarthyism, Fascism, or Communism (threatening forces in the 50s). One of the film's posters described how the workings of the judicial process can be disastrous: "LIFE IS IN THEIR HANDS - DEATH IS ON THEIR MINDS! It EXPLODES Like 12 Sticks of Dynamite." This was live television-trained director Sidney Lumet's first feature film - a low-budget ($350,000) film shot in only 17 days from a screenplay by Reginald Rose, who based his script on his own teleplay of the same name. After the initial airing of the TV play in early 1954 on Studio One CBS-TV, co-producer/star Henry Fonda asked Rose in 1956 if the teleplay could be expanded to feature-film length (similar to what occurred to Paddy Chayefsky's TV play Marty (1955)), and they became co-producers for the project (Fonda's sole instance of film production). The jury of twelve 'angry men,' entrusted with the power to send an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican, tenement-dwelling boy to the electric chair for killing his father with a switchblade knife, are literally locked into a small,...
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