...pioneered and why they were implemented into Hitchcock’s greatest works in the coming decades. We take our first look at Hitchcock’s famed narrative technique, the MacGuffin. The MacGuffin was a plot device used by Hitchcock to hold the tension of the story without actually having any relevance to the plot itself. It was a gimmick that had the sole purpose of adding suspense to whatever situation the hero or heroine might have been in by motivating the characters to start the story. They do not know what it is but they will do anything to uncover its mystery, thus pushing the action and drama of the narrative forward. The initial use of this technique was in one of his earlier British films of the 1930’s, The 39 Steps. The character Mr. Memory had a set of secret plans for a new type of airplane engine that which he had memorized and stored inside his head. However, this does not come to fruition until the final minutes of the film. The audience does not know what it is, they only know of its existence and that the characters are...
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...When thinking of science fiction television programs, one usually thinks of aliens, space ships, and laser blasters, this tends to shed a more childish light on the genre and most people tend to dismiss it as being no more than mindless entertainment. While there has certainly been a surplus of the campy science fiction shows on the air, some shows have used the science fiction genre to tackle serious social issues as well. This essay will take a look at two shows 54 years apart and will analyze how both use social concerns of the time period and create memorable narratives that speculate about human behavior and interactions. The first show this essay will look at is the generation defining classic The Twilight Zone (1959-1964), and the second show is a modern cult hit from the United Kingdom Utopia (2013-2014). //Through a comparative analysis of the episode “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” from The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) and “Episode 5” of the British cult hit, Utopia (2013-2014) this essay illustrates how the science fiction genre can be and has been used generation after generation to highlight certain social issues. Whereas The Twilight Zone uses America’s anxieties of communism and consumer culture to cause paranoia in the early sixties, Utopia uses big business, government conspiracies, and overpopulation in a plot that stirs up concern for the environment. Ultimately this essay will illustrate how social issues lay the foundation for a compelling science fiction...
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...Hey my name is Sticky Gumbo and you’re listening to 96.7 WJAZ the escape, where you hear smooth contemporary jazz with some classic jazz to make it through your day. To start it off, here is one of the men that started where jazz was born from the bayou, Mr. Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans in a very poor part of town. His parents weren’t very good at taking care of him, his father left after Louis was born and his mom turned to prostitution and left him with is grandmother. He was sent to a home for juvenile delinquents after shooting a gun in the air on New Year’s Eve when he was eleven and that was where he fell in love with music. After he was released from the home he didn’t go into music right away, he sold papers and shoveled coal, then he played music and sang to make a living. His career really started when he was seventeen. He played in dive bars until the 1920s when he left New Orleans and played in St. Louis where he joined Joe Oliver and his band. This is one of my favorite songs by him and I know that it’s a crowd favorite for all. I’ll let Louis Armstrong introduce this song himself, here’s What a Wonderful World. What a Wonderful World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nGKqH26xlg&feature=related That song is a classic and it has been redone by many different artists. This is still my favorite version of this song and I hope you all liked it as well. The way he sings his songs puts chills through my bones and it shows he can not...
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...Berkshire’s Corporate Performance vs. the S&P 500 Annual Percentage Change in Per-Share in S&P 500 Book Value of with Dividends Berkshire Included (1) (2) ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ...................................
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...Larvicidal Potency of Marigold (Tagetes erecta) Stem and Leaf Extract against Mosquito Larvae Table of Contents Page Title Page 1 Approval Sheet 2 Acknowledgment 3 Table of Contents 4 List of Tables 5 Abstract 6 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Introduction 7-8 Statement of the Problem 9 Research Objectives 9 Statement of the Hypothesis 10 Significance of the Study 10 Scope and Limitations 11 Definition of Terms 11-12 Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Related Literature 13-16 Related Studies Foreign 16-18 Local 18-20 Chapter 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS Preparation of Marigold Leaf and Stem Extracts 21 Application of Marigold Leaf and Stem Extracts to the setups 22 Determination of effectiveness of the Marigold Extract 23 Experimental Designs 24 Schematic Diagram of the Research Methodology 25 Chapter 4 RESULTS 26 Chapter 5 DISCUSSIONS 28 Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 29 Conclusion Recommendations BIBLIOGRAPHY 30-31 APPENDICES Raw Data Pictorials Curriculum Vitae List of Tables...
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...Charlie Brehob Period 2 05/18/16 Serving as Christ to Those With Little Hope Last Sunday, I went to St. Roch School and a group of former St. Roch students and I began to make sandwiches and organizing various snacks. After the preparation we sorted the food, along with water bottles, into snack bags that would be passed out to the homeless downtown. We then drove downtown in multiple cars and began searching for any poverty stricken or homeless person we saw that appeared to need our assistance. We passed out nearly all of our 40 bags of food. When we felt we had helped a sufficient amount of people in the downtown area, we took our leftover rations to the Wheeler Mission downtown, so that none of our food would go to waste and all would help those who are less fortunate than us. Initially, I was comfortable with making food because I was surrounded by friends and peers. Furthermore, I was back in my old school, so I felt very natural. However, while driving downtown, I began to feel uncomfortable and nervous, because I did not know what to...
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...POLITICAL SCIENCE The Rise of Far Right in Europe An analysis based on the article “Far right on rise in Europe” published in “THE GUARDIAN” a study by Demos Thinktank. When thinking of the French presidential elections one may even disregard the fact that Mr.Hollande won and pay more attention to the significantly high score of Mrs.Marine Lepen. Indeed, the latter representing the Far Right Movement arrived third with 17.90%, just behind the Right Movement represented by Mr. Sarkozy with 27.18% and the Left Movement represented by the winner Mr. Hollande with 28.63%. This is extremely high when we know that generally in France, the winner party only scores on average 52%. Some people wonder why this extreme conservative party is gaining more and more credit among French citizens. wasn’t the idea of Human Rights born in France? Isn’t France known for its “liberty, equality, fraternity”? What happened to the country of freedom? In my opinion the three main events that led up to this delicate situation are: the recent economical crisis, the role of Media, and the carelessness of racist discourse. Before I begin my analysis, it is important to say that the support for the Far Right Movement is not exclusive to France but also to several European countries such as Austria, Germany or Switzerland as mentioned in the article. However, I will be essentially focusing on France since it is dear to my heart as I was born and raised there. First, the economic crisis...
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...(0:00-1:26) {Fade music out} Narrator Trevor Withers: Music has always been an important part of film. Soundtracks in Film allow the mood to be set for a particular scene, or In the beginning stages of film before the invention of “talking film” music was used in silent films to demonstrate mood, event or element. Music: {Fade in Music from Birth of the nation} Narrator TW: The first film to have a specific score written for it was Birth of a Nation. The majority of silent films were accompanied by anything from full orchestras to organists and pianists Music: {Cross layer Charlie Chaplin in The Dictator music from the globe scene} Narrator TW: The 1920’s saw the establishment...
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...concerning events, and there is always room for improvement in the identification, analysis, recommendation, and implementations of a safety-centric environment. #1 There are seven key elements in Mission Valley’s approach to safety that have evolved since Paul O’Neill became the CEO of Alcoa in June 1987. * Safety is a top priority Immediately upon his arrival, Mr. O’Neill announced that his top priority for the company would be safety. It has been shown that Health, Safety, and Environment (HS&E) is more accepted and more easily enforced when driven from the top of an organization down. * Line managers’ involvement in safety The Mission Valley Works site covers 120 acres and employs 3,850 people, but there are only five employees whose job function is exclusively HS&E. Therefore, it is crucial that line managers spend a significant amount of their time concentrating on HS&E related issues. * Investigating the root causes of injuries Mission Valley’s approach to an incident investigation included assembling a diverse team of operators and supervisors, the development of a list of root causes, implementation of corrective actions, and tracking how the corrective actions benefit the plant. * Standard Operation Procedures (SOP’s) The Alcoa case study listed several examples of SOP’s that had been introduced or updated including: Powered Industrial Trucks, Lockout/Tagout, Proper Attire, and Personal Protective Equipment. * Joint Safety and...
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...(WMT ) fresh out of college in 1978, its in-house tech staff had only 30 members and company founder Sam Walton had not yet become a believer in the power of computing to revolutionize retailing. But Mott and his cohorts developed a network of computerized distribution centers that made it simple to open and run new stores with cookie-cutter efficiency. Then in the early 1990s, Mott, by this time chief information officer, persuaded higher-ups to invest in a so-called data warehouse. That let the company collect and sift customer data to analyze buying trends as no company ever had -- right down to which flavor of Pop-Tarts sells best at a given store. "Information technology wasn't Mr. Sam's favorite topic. He viewed it as a necessary evil," recalls fellow Wal-Mart Stores Inc. alumnus Charlie McMurtry, who has worked with Mott for years. "But later, Randy got [Walton's] ultimate compliment. He said, 'Man, you'd make a great store manager."' By the time Mott took his latest job last summer, as CIO of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ ), he had become a rock star of sorts among the corporate techie set -- an executive who not only understood technology and how it could be used to improve a business but how to deliver those benefits. Besides his 22-year stint at Wal-Mart, Mott helped Dell Inc. (DELL ) hone its already huge IT advantage. By melding nearly 100 separate systems into a single data...
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...joined Wal-Mart fresh out of college in 1978, its in-house tech staff had only 30 members and company founder Sam Walton had not yet become a believer in the power of computing to revolutionize retailing. But Mott and his cohorts developed a network of computerized distribution centers that made it simple to open and run new stores with cookie-cutter efficiency. Then in the early 1990s, Mott, by this time chief information officer, persuaded higherups to invest in a so-called data warehouse. That let the company collect and sift customer data to analyze buying trends as no company ever had -- right down to which flavor of Pop-Tarts sells best at a given store. "Information technology wasn't Mr. Sam's favorite topic. He viewed it as a necessary evil," recalls fellow Wal-Mart Stores Inc. alumnus Charlie McMurtry, who has worked with Mott for years. "But later, Randy got [Walton's] ultimate compliment. He said, 'Man, you'd make a great store manager."' By the time Mott took his latest job last summer, as CIO of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) he had become a rock star of sorts among the corporate techie set -- an executive who not only understood technology and how it could be used to improve a business but how to deliver those benefits. Besides his 22-year stint at Wal-Mart, Mott helped Dell Inc. (DELL ) hone its already huge IT advantage. By melding nearly 100 separate systems into a single data warehouse, Mott's team enabled Dell to quickly spot rising inventory for a particular chip, for...
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...Color-- -1- -2- -3- -4- -5- -6- -7- -8- -9Text Size-- 10-- 11-- 12-- 13-- 14-- 15-- 16-- 17-- 18-- 19-- 20-- 21-- 22-- 23-- 24 TWILIGHT By Stephenie Meyer Contents PREFACE 1. FIRST SIGHT 2. OPEN BOOK 3. PHENOMENON 4. INVITATIONS 5. BLOOD TYPE 6. SCARY STORIES 7. NIGHTMARE 8. PORT ANGELES 9. THEORY 10. INTERROGATIONS 11. COMPLICATIONS 12. BALANCING 13. CONFESSIONS 14. MIND OVER MATTER 15. THE CULLENS 16. CARLISLE 17. THE GAME 18. THE HUNT 19. GOODBYES 20. IMPATIENCE 21. PHONE CALL 22. HIDE-AND-SEEK 23. THE ANGEL 24. AN IMPASSE EPILOGUE: AN OCCASION twilight STEPHENIE MEYER LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY New York Boston Text copyright © 2005 by Stephenie Meyer All rights reserved. Little, Brown and Company Time Warner Book Group 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Visit our Web site at www.lb-teens.com First Edition: September 2005 The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meyer, Stephanie, 1973— Twilight : a novel / by Stephanie Meyer. — 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. ISBN 0-316-16017-2 [1. Vampires — Fiction. 2. High schools — Fiction. 3. Schools — Fiction. 4. Washington...
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...TWILIGHT By:Stephenie Meyer ======================================================== Contents Contents ii PREFACE 1 1. FIRST SIGHT 2 2. OPEN BOOK 18 3. PHENOMENON 33 4. INVITATIONS 43 5. BLOOD TYPE 55 6. SCARY STORIES 73 7. NIGHTMARE 86 8. PORT ANGELES 100 9. THEORY 118 10. INTERROGATIONS 131 11. COMPLICATIONS 146 13. CONFESSIONS 175 14. MIND OVER MATTER 193 16. CARLISLE 226 17. THE GAME 235 18. THE HUNT 255 19. GOODBYES 266 20. IMPATIENCE 276 21. PHONE CALL 288 22. HIDE-AND-SEEK 295 23. THE ANGEL 307 24. AN IMPASSE 311 EPILOGUE:AN OCCASION 327 ======================================================== Meyer, Stephanie, 1973— Twilight : a novel / by Stephanie Meyer. — 1st ed. Summary: Grade 9 Up–Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year-old Bella declines her mom's invitation to move to Florida, and instead reluctantly opts to move to her dad's cabin in the dreary, rainy town of Forks, WA. She becomes intrigued with Edward Cullen, a distant, stylish, and disarmingly handsome senior, who is also a vampire. When he reveals that his specific clan hunts wildlife instead of humans, Bella deduces that she is safe from his blood-sucking instincts and therefore free to fall hopelessly in love with him. The feeling is mutual, and the resulting volatile romance smolders as they attempt to hide Edward's identity from her family and the rest of the school. Meyer adds an eerie new twist to the mismatched, star-crossed lovers theme: predator...
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...Explosion and Thee Group B have bonfires and party at the outskirts of town. THE DUNE THAT NEVER MOVES In 1923 The Ten Commandments a silent movie by Cecil B. DeMille is shot at the southern end of Guadalupe. A gigantic set is created for the film, complete with 20-ton pharaoh statues and a “City of Pharaohs”. After completion of the film the set is bulldozed with sand giving it term “The Dune that never moves”. To big city folk like those whom make movies there, Guadalupe and her surrounding area looks very different from what they are used to, from it’s farmland, to the fact that in the whole town there is not a single traffic light, to it’s cities building’s being constructed in the 19th century. CANTINFLAS WAS HERE Mr. Ishii owns a movie theater in Guadalupe, which is a very popular destination in any small town. The movie theater shows at various times English, Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog movies, which speaks to towns diversity. To the Spanish community the theater is where they go to see movies featuring Cantinflas a enormously...
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...Case Study 2: Warren E. Buffett, 1995 This case was prepared by Professor Robert F. Bruner as the basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. On August 25, 1995, Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, announced that his firm would acquire the 49.6 percent of GEICO Corporation that it did not already own. The $2.3 billion deal would give GEICO shareholders $70.00 per share, up from the $55.75 per share market price before the announcement. Observers were astonished at the 26 percent premium that Berkshire Hathaway would pay, particularly since Buffett proposed to change nothing about GEICO, and there were no apparent synergies in the combination of the two firms. At the announcement, Berkshire Hathaway’s shares closed up 2.4 percent for the day, for a gain in market value of $718 million.1 That day, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed up 0.5 percent. The acquisition of GEICO renewed public interest in its architect, Warren Buffett. In many ways he was an anomaly. One of the richest individuals in the world (with an estimated net worth of about $7 billion), he was also respected and even beloved. Though he had accumulated perhaps the best investment record in history (a compound annual increase in wealth of 28 percent from 1965 to 1994),2 Berkshire Hathaway paid him only $100,000 per year to serve as its CEO. Buffett and other insiders controlled 47.9 percent of the company, yet Buffett...
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