...The Hurricane Hope is one of the main themes in the movie, The Hurricane. Hope has the ability to keep people going. It can drive them to achieve their goals and with time, their vision. Hope gives one something to look forward to as it helps their vision to remain clear and unclouded. With hope, overcoming hardships becomes easier as a sense of direction is provided. Despite Rubin Carter’s levels of hope fluctuating, he did not lose hope. His hope escorted him through prison, shielding any ideas of giving up from consuming his thoughts. Carter was not somehow blessed with hope; he made a conscience decision to acquire and maintain it. Upholding this decision required consistent strength and will power. Carter’s undying determination and admirable self belief helped him clutch and firmly grip a scorching, red ball of hope. This results in Carter emerging from jail proud and undefeated by an unjust and racist system. The importance of communication is emphasised in The Hurricane. Many important instances of communication in the movie were written communication. Carter uses writing as a pass time as well as a method of expression. Carter writes his autobiography, The Sixteenth Round, while in jail. The power of words is seen when a boy named Lesra reads the book and takes it upon him to help Carter. Throughout the film, Lesra and Carter connect through letters and photos despite their different locations and a bond is formed. Lesra and three Canadians go to extreme lengths...
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...population suddenly lost its wealth, income and job base when the economy collapsed. The government had privatized the banks and deregulated industry, allowing speculators to finance risky operations with questionable loans. The example is jarring, but we never find out how or why a seemingly rational people allowed the government and some nefarious entrepreneurs to destroy their lives. The movie provides more historical background for the crisis in this country. The premise is that it all began in the 1980's with deregulation of the banks under Ronald Reagan's presidency. The disastrous result was the Savings and Loan debacle and subsequent bailout. The banks stepped up their debauchery under the Clinton administration. Clinton put Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers in charge of the economy, letting the business school-investment banking cabal call the shots. And shoot they did. By now most of us know that under Clinton, congress passed the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act which repealed Glass–Steagall. That legislation had maintained a firewall between banks and insurance companies. What is interesting is that it was repealed after Citigroup, a bank, had already acquired Travelers Insurance Company. The bankers had no doubt that the U.S. Government was already in their pockets. During this time investments lost all connection with real material value. Investment banks and universities hired mathematicians to promote the pseudo-science of financial engineering. They created derivatives...
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...Anthony Ligato Speech # 1 A LOST OUTLET:MEDITATION I. What do Rick Rubin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oprah, and Russell Brand all have in common? a. Meditation has seemingly become a lost, yet re-emerging, outlet in western culture(Names taken from www.tmhome.com) b. I am speaking from a place of experience. There is a language barrier between knowledge and experience. c. Quote: "There is a principal which is a bar against all information, what is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation." (Herbert Spencer: A great mind of the Victorian England era) II. Discussion of medical statistics regarding usage of anti-psychotic medication within the U.S a. Harvard Health Publication states that 23% of women in there forty's and fifty's take anti-depressants (that being the highest among any age range) b. That number has increased by almost 400% between 1988-1994 and 2005-2008 c. 1 in 10 Americans take anti-depressants d. Metco reports that 1 in 5 Americans take some kind of behavioral/psychological medication III. Some research highlights (Emphasize benefits) a. Clinical studies have proven time and time again that meditation reduces blood pressure (Sala Horowitz Studies) b. 50 college students were asked to practice mediation over time and results were extremely positive in allowing brain waves to fire at a more...
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...1. Russell Simmons has been successful as a media mogul because he was presented an idea/opportunity to create a dynamic business in the music/clothing industry and he jumped on it without second thought. With the help of Rick Rubin, he was able to dedicate his intelligence and skills in these industries to become one of the most well known entrepreneurs today. Since day one he has had a keen sense of what urban youth wanted and has stayed true to “keeping it real.” At the time, hip hop was an underground genre that Russell Simmons was able to deliver to the ears of all who wanted to tune it. 2.) In all of his business endeavors, Russell Simmons has targeted urban youth. This target values authenticity and that’s what Russell Simmons delivers. Through hand selected artists and his Phat Farm clothing line, Russell Simmons has emulated the true meaning of “real.” 3.) Growing up surrounded by hip-hop culture, Russell had an advantage in the marketplace by understanding first-hand what his peers and predecessors wanted that weren’t available at the time. He realized that he could generate revenue through rap; an underground genre that had not yet taken flight, and generate a style that urban youth felt most comfortable with. He was able to give urban youth around the world the music they idolized and the clothes they preferred to wear. 4.) Brainstorm a business ideA business idea I would pitch to Russell Simmons would be creating apps. Applications have become very popular now-a-days...
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...sentence back to the question or topic sentence Introduction: Restate the question Introduce the text and author/ director Outline of main points Conclusion: Sum up what you have written If the question asks- give opinion Link back to question Language: persuasive, detailed and formal. Question: Take the role of the Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter. Explain why justice, was not achieved. In film the hurricane direct by Norman Jewison, it unleashes the character Rubin hurricane Carter who spends 22 years in jail for a crime that he didn’t commit. It looks at how he was treated in the court of law and whether his convictions were justly completed. The film the hurricane in my opinion showed a great deal of injustice due to the choices of the jurors, judges and police force. Injustice was highly pursed in the film the hurricane because of racial discrimination against him this was justified in the scene when the majority of the population referred to him and other black people as “coloured” this automatically lets us know that they saw him as if he wasn’t a human being. Although through the 22 years that Rubin carter served in jail he was eventually freed from jail but did not stop the fact that he spent his life in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. In conclusion justice was not served in this film even though the character eventually got taken...
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...1 2 Lets Go to the Movies: Crime is big on the silver screen and the tube as well. Here you need to choose two criminal justice –related movies, which you have seen to compare and contrast them both: In this essay I will compare the similarities and contrast the differences between two crime film openings. I will be comparing The Next Three Days' and 'The Hurricane'. I will analyze the two film openings and see how they establish their own crime film genre. Genre is a way of categorizing a film. From genre, producers are able to market their films to a target audience. With some films it is difficult to categorize them as a certain genre as they may contain more than one genre. A hybrid genre is a film, which contains more than one genre. An example of a hybrid genre is 'All about the Benjamin’s' the genres in this film are comedy, romance, crime and also drama. Most films nowadays are hybrid genre as they appeal to a larger audience. These films contain both genre of drama, romance, crime, suspense, and “wrongly accusations”. A glimpse of each movie: (1) The Next Three Days: This movie stars “just to name a few” Russell Crowe as John Brennan, Elizabeth Banks as Lara Brennan, Brian Dennehy as George Brennan, and Lennie James as Lieutenant Nabulsi. This movie is about a women by the name of Lara Brennan (Banks) which is convicted of murdering her boss after an altercation at work and after a trial is sentenced to life...
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...Cash Money Records, Inc. is an American record label founded by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams, who currently act as CEO’s. They were founded in 2005 and have famous rappers to represent them such as Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Chuckee http://static.tumblr.com/c8ossbw/kzcmcip9g/ymcmb11.jpg 2. Young Money Cash Money Records, Inc. is an American record label founded by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams, who currently act as CEO’s. They were founded in 2005 and have famous rappers to represent them such as Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Chuckee http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pt/f/fb/Defjam.png Def Jam was founded in New York in 1983 by producer Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons, who'd gotten involved with hip-hop culture as a manager for artists like Run-DMC. Roughly a year following the release of its debut recording—L. L. Cool J's "I...
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...Russell Simmons has been successful because he turned an idea into an opportunity. Mariotti and Glackin (2013) states while Russell attend college he saw an opportunity in the underground music genre Hip-hop (p.154). From that moment on Russell knew he could capitalize off hip-hop. Not only did Russell take a chance on an opportunity, he formed a great record label with his friend Rick Rubin called Def Jam Records. However his success did not stop there Russell went on to create a clothing line, Rush Communications and many other ventures. With his knowledge of street entrepreneurship and the philosophy of “keeping it real” (p.154-155), Russell Simmons was able to promote his ventures with great success, making him one of the biggest entrepreneurs ever. Marketing a business can be a challenge; you must know what the people want and how to deliver what they need. Targeting a market that will buy your product is very important. For Russell Simmons his target market was geared toward his surroundings, urban youth. Jennifer Reingold (2003) illustrates “He is not a man who made it big and then abandoned his roots but rather one who is still as comfortable on the streets of the inner city as he has become on Wall Street”. Within that statement one can conclude that Russell Simmons targeted a culture he is familiar with and still associates with while achieving success. The urban youths and Russell Simmons shared the same beliefs of staying authentic and telling the truth...
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...Connie definitely surrenders her autonomous self to Arnold’s desire and domination in the end, but that does not mean that during the whole story Connie was kissing the ground Arnold walked on. I strongly disagree that part of growing up requires sexual bondage at the hands of a male “friend,” that may be the way Connie ends up but that is definitely not the way most teenage girls mature. I do not think the story is entirely about Connie’s initiation into sexual bondage. It is simply a story about a creepy man that tries to lure in a typical young girl and ultimately interact sexually. According to Larry Rubin Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? is all one big dream about her fear of the adult world. I definitely see why this interpretation is possible. Connie has an overall feeling of not having control over the situation she is in which happens in most bad dreams. Rubin explains the similarities of Arnold to that of which Connie already knows before meeting Arnold, such as his voice is the same as some disc jockey on the radio. This is very common in dreams, things from your real life somehow show up differently in dreams. The fact that Connie could not even dial the phone number when she felt in danger is a sign that it is a possibility that it was all a dream. Connie literally felt paralyzed which happens often in dreams just like you can never scream when you are in danger during a dream. According to Joyce M. Wegs the character of Arnold in Where Are You Going,...
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...the history of the recent financial crisis, which doubles as a history of the rapid decline and fall of the suddenly swindled dry American empire, reads like a Who's Who of Goldman Sachs graduates. '80ș Șțǻřș Ỳǿų Ẅǿň'ț Řěčǿģňįżě Țǿđǻỳ 5 Mįňǿř 'Șțǻř Ẅǻřș' Ǻčțǿřș Ỳǿų Đįđň'ț Řěǻŀįżě Ẅěřě İň Ěvěřỳțħįňģ Mųșįčįǻňș Ẅħǿ Ǻřěň’ț Ẅħǿ Ỳǿų Țħįňķ Țħěỳ Ǻřě Fǻmǿųș Șǿňģș Țħǻț Ẅěřě Ẅřįțțěň Ǻbǿųț Čěŀěbřįțįěș ȘİĐĚBǺŘ Invasion of the Home Snatchers By now, most of us know the major players. As George Bush's last Treasury secretary, former Goldman CEO Henry Paulson was the architect of the bailout, a suspiciously selfserving plan to funnel trillions of Your Dollars to a handful of his old friends on Wall Street. Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton's former...
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...Erika Brown Professor Mecucci Springer GEW 101 18 October 2012 Ruben “Hurricane” Carter American novelist Richard Powers once said, “We will live with racism forever but, senses of self, senses of belonging, senses of us and of others? Those are up for grabs.” What Powers is saying is racism will live among us until the end of time but, being able to have the decency to come together at a time of need is essential to our society. This reminds me of a song I once heard called Hurricane written by Bob Dylan; a 60’s American musician. Controversy in the 1960’s raised a lot of questions that influenced musicians such as Dylan to write songs regarding social and political issues; Hurricane describes the brutal story of Ruben Carter, a famous American boxer who was subjected to racism and wrongly accused of a murder crime he did not commit. Dylan told a detailed story where he used his song lyrics to take a strong stance on the case in favor of Carter’s innocence. Hurricane by Bob Dylan shows that racism in America is still in existence today. Dylan's tone of voice and its change from time to time play an outstanding effort in the conveyance of the situation at hand. The structure as well as the tone of Dylan's song is also clearly repetitive. Apart from the repetition promoting the song with rhythm it also helps with drawing the listener's attention to the parts that Dylan wants them to focus on. For example the tern 'Hurricane' which is also the title of Dylan’s song is...
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...The use of irony is the two poems “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins and “Outdistanced” by Larry Rubin punctuates the shared theme that history repeats itself, and those who fail to learn from it, repeat it. In the “The History Teacher” the teacher doesn’t teach his students correctly, he takes the violence out of the history making the ‘Ice Age’ the ‘Chilly Age’ (2-3). This exposes the audience to the fact that the teacher doesn’t value our history, despite him being a history teacher. As the teacher walks ‘past flower beds and white picket fences,’ it is revealed to the audience that he is not exposed it violence, just like his students (18). Despite the teacher protecting his students they still ‘torment the weak and the smart,’ repeating...
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...Rico had no money he got fired from his job he stayed at his girlfriend's place because he got kicked out of his mom's house. one day rico was talking with his girlfriend and said that he needs money he has no job and he needs money fast. So Rico told his girlfriend that he was going to rob a bank. his girlfriend said ok let's do it. they both hopped in the car and fueled the gas tank up. they parked right by the bank on the side. Rico's girlfriend told him that she was going to stay in the car rico said ok and put on his mask and loaded up his 44 rico busted the door open and ran inside and told everyone to get down he told the owner to not call the police cuz if she did he will shoot up the place. rico screamed at the owner and told her to fill the bag up with money she filled up the bag and he ran out. rico saw the whole place was filled with cops he ran to the corner and didn't see the car. “put your hands up and get up on your knees” rico turned around and saw it was his girlfriend she was a cop. now rico got locked up with a bond of a million. Rico met a guy named pedro and they became friends pedro told rico that he can pay his bond and he did but he needs to help out his organization build up. Rico said ok and was out. A couple months passed by Rico went to visit Pedro they was talking and pedro asked Rico how he was doing. Rico said he wants out of the dope game but loves the fast money he gets from it. Pedro said that he is about to get out in a couple weeks and he needs...
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...Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship Assignment for Course: | LED 4100 – Great World Leaders | Submitted to: | Professor Carter | Submitted by: | (Bianca Rubin) | | (N01137063) | Date of Submission: 05/10/2013 Title of Assignment: Current Event 2- Ghana Economic Forum Condemns Poor Leadership CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student's Signature: ________Bianca Rubin______________________ ***************************************************************** Instructor's Grade on Assignment: Instructor's Comments: “Integrity is a fundamental prerequisite for managers. The management of an organization may have only a few ways of influencing the degree of integrity displayed in it, namely leading by example, selecting appropriate staff, and setting clear rules of conduct (Arnold, 2012, p. 188). This statement listed in the text elucidates exactly why it is that the Ghanaian economy may be encountering many issues. According to Mr. Prince Kofi Amoabeng, CEO of UT Bank, Africa’s leaders have become very greedy, selfish, and overall corrupt (Adofo, 2013). Moreover, the economic crisis in Ghana has...
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...Management: Environmental Influence | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing strategy and innovation 2. By focusing on product innovations and upgrades of its properties, McDonald’s was able to achieve strategic competitiveness and above average returns. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium OBJ: 01-01 TYPE: application NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge and Analytical Skills | Management: Strategy| Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing strategy and innovation 3. Strategic competitiveness is achieved when a firm successfully formulates and implements a value-creating strategy. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy OBJ: 01-01 TYPE: knowledge NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge & Analytical Skills | Management: Strategy | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing strategy & innovation 4. Part of McDonald’s strategy was the choice that it would remain involved in additional food concepts such as Boston Market and Chipotle. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy OBJ: 01-01 TYPE: application NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge & Analytical Skills | Management: Strategy | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing strategy & innovation 5. Alligator Enterprises has earned above-average returns since its founding five years ago. Since no other firm has challenged Alligator in its particular market niche, the firm’s owners can feel secure that Alligator has established a competitive advantage. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Hard OBJ: 01-01 TYPE: application NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge & Analytical Skills | Management: Strategy | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing the task environment 6. permanent. The goal...
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