...You giggled happily as your husband carefully tossed you onto his bed. Leonardo crawled on top of your pretty body, showering you with kisses. Leonardo had just become your husband about two months ago and you were filled with joy. Though it was true you two still lived in the lair, you were perfectly fine with it. There were times you wished you and your husband could be alone, Leo wished that for you and him as well, but it's not like you were complaining. After the little giggle and kiss fest, you looked up at him. "I take it training went really well?" You asked, to which he chuckled. "Training was pretty casual, nothing new. If you're wondering why I'm so happy, it's because of you!" He began to playfully kiss your neck. Leonardo...
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...Adaptation Essay 04/08/2010 Adaptation of “Payback” and “Point Blank” to the Hunter Richard Stark’s novel “The Hunter” is about a guy name Parker who is seeking revenge after being left for dead by his partner and his wife. The novel entails the path of revenge that Parker seeks amongst his wife and partner. This novel has been adapted into the films “Point Blank” and “Payback.” Film adaptation is the transfer of printed work to a film, the novel being used as the basis of a film. John Bormann uses the novel as a blueprint that can be followed closely or completely changed to be traditional to his own vision for the film (Dick 276-289). The films “Payback” and “Point Blank” are a version of the Hunter, but not the actual version, there are many ways that the film maker’s “preserved the essence” of the novel. In the film “Point Blank,” Walker seeks his revenge after being betrayed by his partner Mal Reese and his wife, in a heist and Walker being left to die with bullet wounds. Walker being the central character in the film portrays a cold, ruthless man that will stop at nothing until he recovers the money that was stolen from him (Applegate). Parker the main character in “The Hunter” is also a ruthless man and also sought revenge against the ones who betrayed him. One example of this is in the novel, when the one guy who had betrayed him had protection of the mob since he used the money to get on the good graces of the crime organization, Parker took on the entire...
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...Hunter College, CUNY Chem104LC Spring 2015 General Chemistry 2: Spring 2015 Section 01: Tu/Fr, 9:10am - 11:00am Section 02: Sa, 10:10am – 12:00pm Instructors: Sec 01: Nadya Kobko, PhD (Room 1320HN) Sec 02: Ravichandra Bachu, PhD (Room TBA) Email: nkobko@hunter.cuny.edu Email: rbachu@hunter.cuny.edu Office Hours: We 4 to 7 pm (or by appt.) Office Hours: TBA (1403HN, Sa) Goal of the course: This is the second semester of a 2-semester general chemistry sequence that you began in Chem 102 last semester. In Chem 104 we will cover the topics of kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, buffers, complex ions, thermodynamics, electrochemistry and nuclear chemistry. Chem 104 is a demanding course (more so than Chem 102) and to achieve success in this course you will need to organize large quantities of information in coherent ways so that you are able to recall and apply your knowledge. In addition you will have to learn to organize your time efficiently. And the mathematics is more demanding than in Chem 102! This semester general chemistry is run using a flipped classroom model. In this model you will watch videos and complete online homework at home and then come to class to complete workshop assignments (during your recitation section) and participate in peer-learning activities using an iClicker (during lecture every Friday). On Tuesdays during lecture we will stream the class videos for the week. This class is an optional component of the course. You should plan to spend at least...
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...whether or not a scene in a movie takes place in reality or a fictional fantasy world can be the difference in making a movie funny, “corny” or even just flat out bad. One moment the scene seems as if the movie is taking place in our world and next something terribly random happens, which would never happen in reality and it makes you question yourself what world this is in. Blurring the line between the two makes a movie harder to follow unless it’s consistent so it actually can make sense as long as your watching the movie. The Conan Brothers did an excellent job in doing so in Raising Arizona, the blurred line between reality and fantasy makes the movie more enjoyable. There are some scenes where they are so ridiculous you can’t help but laugh, without the use of this style it could have made the movie more serious and may have not been as comical. The Main character Herbert McDunnough (“Hi”) is played by Nicolas Cage who also narrates the entire film. Herbert is a criminal who sticks up grocery stores, he is married to a policewomen named Edwina McDunnough (“Ed”) played by Holly Hunter. The two quickly fall in love after she was taking mugshots of Herbert, the couple get married after Hi proposes to her after his most recent release from prison, the two move into a arizonan mobile home in the desert. They find out Ed is infertile and because of Hi’s criminal record they are unable to adopt. They resort to stealing a child from a locally famous furniture salesman who happens...
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...Dhampir Dhampir are an extremely rare breed created by two methods. One is for a First Generation vampire to mate with a human. The second method is if a vampire goes through the process of turning a human into one of their living dead kind. There is a small window of vulnerability where powerful magical or religious forces can intervene. Generally success equals a Dhampir. These Dhampir’s often go on to be Vampire Hunter since their human half tends to amazingly mentally dominate their mental state while their physicality is powered up by the demonic vampire side. Dhampirs have increased strength, speed, agility, and somewhat limited vampire hypnosis skills. They are perfect for vampire hunting not only thanks to their increased physical abilities but the fact that they can sense, and track vampires rather easily. This includes smelling vampire blood from great distances. This is why even their vampire parents will try to eradicate them. They can’t risk the danger, and dishonor of being slayed by their own offspring. Naturally their is great dishonor among vampires if one of their kind, or even a halfling, goes around killing them. It’s a stain upon the vampire parent which can lead to their termination by the order of vampire royalty. The Dhampir urge for blood is minimal, and is easily satisfied by a moderate amount of animal blood. They simply don’t crave human blood, and therefore are not a threat to humanity. They eat a mostly carnivorous diet that is heavily...
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...FOREST HUNTERS Introduction: Ayla is back in the third book of the earth's children. Ayla who met Jondalar in the last book, has agreed to come along with him to his home place in Zelandoni. They are with whinney and runner on the move when they see a couple of men looking at them. After an unusual meeting they come along with these strangers known as the mammoth hunters. Soon Ayla feels at home there. She discovers that a boy, named Rydag, looks a lot like her son who she had left behind with the clan. The people of the mammoth hunters are very friendly and understanding for where she has grown up. She soon makes friends. Jondalar the man she loves is very jealous. There is an interesting man, named Ranec who seems to be capable of getting Ayla in to his bed after a ceremony. Jondalar is devastated and believes that Ayla has chosen for Ranac. Ayla on the other hand thinks Jondalar doesn't love her any more. This goes so far on that Ayla almost bound with Ranec. Thank god in the ending Jondalar and Ayla find one each other again and they leave the mammoth hunters. Another adventure begins. Biography: Jean Marie Untinen was born February 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the second of five children. Her father was a housepainter. After high school she married Ray Bernard Auel and raised five children of her own. In 1964 she became a member of Mensa. She earned her masters degree in 1976 - attending night school while working for a Portland electronics firm. At...
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...prohibited the setting of excessive bail, and the Judiciary Act of 1789, which served to identify bailable offenses, but it is also the foundation of what we now know as the U.S. judicial court system. The U.S. Supreme Court case, Taylor v. Taintor, in 1873, gave bounty hunters the authority to act as agents of bail bondsmen. This court ruling also allowed bounty hunters a number of overarching rights, such as the right to pursue fugitives in other states and, if necessary, break into a fugitive’s house, without a warrant, for the purpose of returning them on revoked bonds. It wasn’t until the passage of the Bail Reform Act of 1966 that laws relating to bail really began to take their current shape. The Bail Reform Act of 1966 included verbiage that permitted prisoners to be released on as little bail as possible to ensure a return for trail. The subsequent Bail Reform Act of 1984 allowed courts to refuse bail to individuals who were deemed too dangerous for release. A bounty hunter is a person who captures fugitives for a monetary reward which is a bounty (Miller, R & Cross, F 2012). The responsibility of the bounty hunter is to bring fugitives out of their hiding places and bring them to justice. Bounty hunters are usually employed...
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...Piano Teacher Most parent believe that participation in extracurricular activities affect a child in a lot of good ways. My parent were no exception. When I was a kid, after school I was always being driven from piano to volleyball to self-defense classes and so on. At the time, I thought I was the world’s busiest teenager. However, after all these years, I can easily see that I have gained some important benefits from those activities. Playing the piano is probably the greatest benefit. In the meantime, it would be a big lie for me to say that my appreciation for playing the piano came immediately. Since the time I was ten years old until I was twelve or thirteen, I absolutely detested Sunday afternoons. Of course by then, it was not called Sunday for me but the torturous “piano day”. I had to practice all the morning before the lesson in the afternoon, and became totally exhausted in the evening. When it was finally over, I had relief as of am incredible amount of weight had been pulled from my shoulders. In those days, I never got to see the importance of having those lessons, practicing for hours, and even playing those tunes. As much as I tried, I could never find a way to enjoy it; it was no more than some never-ending horrible homework for me. But today, I want to thank my teacher for forcing me to appreciate the art of music. Now, I can easily list playing the piano as one of the most refreshing aspects of my life. Whenever I feel sadness, I always have the chance...
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...Preface: The Warrior Series: Sad to say, I have read a few of them when I was deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. That’s because it’s what they would send me in care packages along with other goodies I liked. But that was another time and story in my life I care to put behind me. So, it has been expressed to me in the past that the ending to the first series was a little weak and I agree. The whole Tigerstar getting batted aside by some little wiener cat from Twolegplace rather than getting his ASS handed to him by Firestar was kind of lame in their eyes. Neither one liked it when a new “Bad Guy” shows up right at the last second and tries to take the place of a long standing relationship with a hated arch enemy, like you’re supposed to be afraid of this guy all of the sudden. Nope. The original Warriors series, released from 2003 to 2004, consists of six books, Into the Fire: Fire and Ice: Forest of Secrets: Rising Storm: A Dangerous Path and The Darkest Hour. Since The Darkest Hour is the last book I read in Iraq, I had to go to the library on Camp Pendleton to look over the book one more time before I started this. The top section in Italic is straight from the final battle in the 6th book, The Darkest Hour, which is my starting point for what you will read below. Anyway, not a great bit of writing on my part, especially the abrupt ending, but according to both my daughter’s, they thought it was a good attempt & agreed that if the story ended the way I put...
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...Why did hunter-gatherer societies switch to sedentary agriculture? The reason is because sedentary agriculture was the easiest way for them so get food. Sedentary agriculture can be more productive and even less dangerous than hunting. It is much easier to raise a bunch of sheep, or any other animal, and let them bread and domesticate them, so that whenever you need food you have it right there. This means that you would not have to go out and hunt and search for food. This definitely was the easiest lifestyle for those people and it also let them spend more time planting fruits and vegetables. The Hadza people were hunter gatherers but yet 80 percent of their diet was fruits and vegetables. They did a good job of domesticating their own animals so that they could spend more time plant foods. Why some societies are more industrially advanced than others? The reason for this was because each part of the world has their own resources. China was the richest country in the 16th and 17th Century mostly because they had the resources to produce silk, spices, and other luxuries. This then gave them ability to trade with other countries that did not have the resources to produce these items. The Spanish and Portuguese would mine and funnel gold and silver over to China in exchange for silk and spices. Later on, England then used their resources to find easier ways to produce cloth. They created the factory system by bringing in spinners, weavers, and others together in one place...
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...Greenpeace Date Formed: 1971 History and Mission of the institution: In 1971, motivated by their vision of a green and peaceful world, a small team of activists set sail from Vancouver, Canada in an old fishing boat. These activists, the founders of Greenpeace, believed a few individuals could make a difference. Their mission was to ‘bear witness’ to US nuclear testing at Amchitka, a tiny island off the West Coast of Alaska, which is one of the world's most earthquake-prone regions. Amchitka was the last refuge for 3000 endangered sea otters, and home to bald eagles, peregrine falcons and other wildlife. Even though their old boat, the Phyllis Cormack, was intercepted before it got to Amchitka, the journey sparked a flurry of public interest. The US still detonated the bomb, but the voice of reason had been heard. Nuclear testing on Amchitka ended that same year, and the island was later declared a bird sanctuary. Members of the institution: The Greenpeace organisation consists of Greenpeace International in Amsterdam and Greenpeace offices in 41 countries around the world. Each office is governed by a board, which appoints a representative called a trustee. Roles * Examine the effect of human activities on the environment * Make information known to the public * Make information known to the public * Relieve sickness and suffering of humans and animals caused by environmental issues UK involvement in this institution: * Greenpeace UK is part of...
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...Held July 6, 2012 The John Edwards Mistress Scandal Rielle Hunter has made quite a name for herself in the political world. This article talks about John Edwards’ dealings with his mistress and the book, written by Hunter, telling what she calls the truth about her dealings with Edwards. This clear and accurate article is very informative in that it reiterates the fact that Hunter was hired by Edwards to video record his campaign behind the scenes. After working together over time, Edwards and Hunter initiated an affair between each other and had a little girl. After six months of Edwards denying Hunter and her baby, the truth was brought to the light. The article ignored the fact the Edwards’ wife had been ill with cancer during his time with the mistress but goes on to inform the public of the 1 million dollars paid to two people by Edwards to hide Hunter during the earliest part of his campaign. Hunter however, was acquitted of the charges placed against him a month ago. Hunter never testified in the case against Edwards even after she was guaranteed immunity from prosecution. Hunter had another perspective. She blames John’s old friend Andrew Young implying that Young was the one who initiated the idea of claiming paternity of the Edwards and Hunter’s little girl. Young was also the one who Hunter says solicited money to help cover her expenses. The fact that John Edwards was proven innocent made Hunters allegations mere assumptions. The Scandal itself has always been...
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...Talent is often linked to success, and for some that is everything, especially when you grow up a part of getting it is by hard work. The other half is by talents, but how can you obtain success without talents? That is the question that is asked in “Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls. Here we follow a boy with absolutely no abilities at all, trying to find what he is particular good at. So when he gets the opportunity to get a free piano he will do anything to show his talents. The whole story is buildup of the narrator Michael’s flashbacks about his experiences with developing his talents. He constantly compares himself to his siblings which are incredible talented. His only accomplishment was to be “remarkable for being entirely without abilities" he can’t even obtain the nerdy/geeky role, because he is "graceless, charmless, physically and social inept". To make his parent proud, and get on the level of his siblings Michael decides to learn to play the piano. His mother despites this even though mothers are most known for being incredible supportive to their children, but it seems as he is that ungifted that not even she believes in his talents. Michael starts to get some professional instructions by Mrs. Chin, she takes the lack of Michaels progress and abilities as a personally defeat. “Mrs. Chin no longer bothered to correct my errors, sitting there instead with her eyes closed tight, taking the wrong notes as a boxer takes punches” And after playing an extremely horrible...
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...Altamont concert. They were fueled by LSD and amphetamines and became very antagonistic and unpredictable. They attacked each other, the Angels and the Musicians. LSD is a drug that makes you hallucinate and amphetamine is a drug that makes you act crazy. Drugs are very bad and at a concert can really make you do things that you will regret. One member from the audience went really crazy. His name was Meredith Hunter. He tried to get on stage but was denied by the Hells Angels. He then came back with a revolver and was attacked by several members of the crowd, including the Hells Angels. The Hells Angels did some good and some bad. The eventually saved a lot of people when they took out Meredith Hunter when he had the revolver. The Hells Angels demonstrated some bad behavior when they got drunk at the concert. They punched the lead singer Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplanes and knocked him unconscious. They also hit Denis Jewkes, a member of a local band, in the head with an empty beer bottle. She suffered a skull fracture from the incident. Lastly, when Meredith Hunter attacked them, I thought they over killed him. It was good that they stopped him and got the gun away. After that they stab him 5 times and stomped him till he was dead. He was killed by Hells Angel Alan Passaro. Passaro went to court because of murder. There was eight-man and four-woman in the jury that has a discussion for 12 and a half hours, following 17 days of testimony, Passaro’s case was dismissed because...
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...Soon, they announced the biggest donor at the party. “We have a tie for the biggest donation! The tie is between Conrad and Blake Hunter! Each donated a whopping 1 million dollars” When they got up to the podium, to a standing ovation, Conrad whispered to Blake, “Isn’t it amazing the feeling you get,” as they celebrated together. After the ball, Conrad and Blake spent a lot of time together and found that they had a lot of similar interests. They went out to Manchester in The United Kingdom to watch a soccer game and raise more money for their own charity, The Hunter Foundation. Jenkins, their only link to their father, was so happy and proud of them. Within a year, Conrad and Blake together had raised and donated over 30 million dollars to charity and were the most popular people in the world. Blake and Conrad became very close brothers and great...
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