...“The Never Ending Nightmare, a Nightmare within Itself” I will never forget the day when one of my worst nightmares became a comical reality. It started out as any normal Friday the Thirteenth, or so I had thought. For my sense of time had completely been forgotten. Beep! Beep! Beep! This was the annoying sound of my alarm clock that I would wake up too every morning. I used to dread this sound but lately, it was like a gift from God. I had been restless the past couple of nights—tossing and turning about my bed. I would have dreams, no, horrible nightmares of performing in front of a large crowd and just freeze. I was not able to move nor was I able to speak. I would just stand there in front of what seemed like the whole world and sob. This sounds like an exaggerated case of stage fright only, it was not. I had never experienced anything of the sort. I would enter stage left, cross downstage, and then begin to recite my self-published, might I add, monologue to my peers and professors. About a good four minutes in, the lights would start to flicker. It did not bother me at first, but it continued. Eventually, the lights shut off completely. The only light remaining was the ghost light placed at center stage behind me. Suddenly, an eerie fog made its way through the cracks under the doors and in the walls. Everyone in the audience seemed to twist into a sick-like, monstrous mutation. Their faces went from laughter and serenity to anger and despair. Even their bodily appearances...
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...have adapted to the fact that, one has no right to, offer tongue to their talents that lie within their physical structure. People assume they are full of natural endowments, and they are geniuses to have observed this particular gift awarded to them by the almighty. In reality, those aren’t talents unless the entire world has them as well. You may ponder upon this experience, which I reformed to, unfortunately this is the dreadful lesson New York has taught me. However, if I could accumulate enough...
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...Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.[1] The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, as well as a subject of philosophical and religious interest, throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams is called oneirology.[2] Dreams mainly occur in the rapid-eye movement (REM) stage of sleep—when brain activity is high and resembles that of being awake. REM sleep is revealed by continuous movements of the eyes during sleep. At times, dreams may occur during other stages of sleep. However, these dreams tend to be much less vivid or memorable.[3] The length of a dream can vary; they may last for a few seconds, or approximately 20–30 minutes.[3] People are more likely to remember the dream if they are awakened during the REM phase. The average person has three to five dreams per night, but some may have up to seven dreams in one night.[4] The dreams tend to last longer as the night progresses. During a full eight-hour night sleep, most dreams occur in the typical two hours of REM.[5] In modern times, dreams have been seen as a connection to the unconscious mind. They range from normal and ordinary to overly surreal and bizarre. Dreams can have varying natures, such as frightening, exciting, magical, melancholic, adventurous, or sexual. The events in dreams are generally outside the control of the...
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...will show you how he is coming to terms with adulthood throughout the film. I will use camera techniques to show you this. The opening of the film enters with a long shot of ripened cornfields and a car placed at the side of the road. It is clearly autumn with winter on its way this matches Gordie's mood and time of life. The lighting in these first images suggest sunset and the day being over. The music is peaceful and full of emotion. The music straight away indicates loneliness. This environment tells us that the man in the car, Gordie LaChance is feeling lonely and sad. The emotions on his face and his body language tell us this also. A close up of a paper, which he is clutching in his hand, is the reason for this. The headline on the paper reads, “ Attorney Chris Chambers fatally stabbed in restaurant.” Chris was Gordie’s best friend when he was twelve years old. The directors have two boys cycle past the Landover and off into the distance in a point of view shot. This camera technique is excellent as it shows us boys cycling into the distance takes us to the past, as the structure of the film is a flashback. There is a zoom in from a medium shot to a close up, then the voice over starts; this shows the audience that Gordie is telling us the story. The first image we get when the voiceover starts is three boys in a tree house. They are Gordie, Chris Chambers and Teddy Duchamp. They are gambling and smoking. Rod Reiner uses many two shots and the first two shot shows Chris...
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...Amanda Stopinski Dr. Shillock English 108 September 14, 2009 Dreams Can Be Created but Destroyed Within Minutes As we go through life we come to face many decisions, or events, that will shape who we are today and change our lives forever. I am a gymnast and have been for fifteen years, and the sport has consumed my life. I have competed for two clubs as a gymnast. At first I was competing for Parkettes and trained with top level gymnasts who have gone all the way to the Olympics. After nine years there I decided it was time for change and I needed it right away. When I arrived at 1665 E. Race St. in Allentown, Pennsylvania, I knew that Lehigh Valley Sports Academy (LVSA) was my new home. As I walked in the doors to LVSA all I saw were orange, blue, and green walls surrounded by people and future teammates ready to greet me with a friendly smile. The gym looked like an old airplane hangar that was emptied out with four, full-size spring floors, 16 balance beams, three sets of uneven bars, two bars over a foam pit, and two vaults just sitting there waiting for me to start flipping on. The gym was quiet, cold, and had that morning dew feeling to it, but as we sat there waiting to start our workout, nice and early, I met my coach, a former world champion, Natalia Yurchenko. It was an honor to be in the presence of such a great gymnast who has had so many high level skills named after her, and to know that she is my new coach. At the close to my summer in 2007,...
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...is the most effective method of educating children? To answer this question is far from easy as different parents have different ways to teach their offspring. Adopting a proper method requires parents to carefully consider as their decisions will have lifelong effects on children’s growth. Some people say that it is essential to apply harsh discipline to educate children so that they obey rules and stay away from wrongdoings, while others believe that such parenting styles can adversely affect children’s mental development and turn their childhood to unforgettable nightmares. With its drawbacks outweighing benefits, the imposition of iron discipline in raising kids is counterproductive, causes unforgettable sufferings in their memories and negatively affects the whole society. Firstly, it is believed that firm discipline is not an effective way to teach their kids because it only has temporary effects and shows parents’ inability to teach their kids. According to the article “Family Discipline Incidents: An Analysis of Parental Diaries”, “corporal punishment is a failed communication attempt” (Kremer 251-63). It is said that when parents fail to make kids to obey rules, they resort to physical punishments to stop kids from repeating mistakes. However, have parents who implement tough teaching styles ever thought of the possible consequences of their actions? Do kids truly learn something under the control of rod or harsh scolding from their parents? There is a high probability...
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...Marilyn Monroe was a troubled woman who wanted to understand herself, her institutionalized mother, and her chaotic childhood. She wanted to understand her pain and be released from it. Her whole family had seemed to yield to madness, so the threat of “insanity” stalked her at every turn. She sought to educate and get cutting edge treatment to strip off what she feared was inevitable. Most of her life she wasn’t the glamourous starlet we envision her to be. Under the glitter was a regular girl trying to get a grip on things and constantly trying to learn and improve. She read at length, and treated everyone she encountered as a teacher. Poetry was her favorite. She would delight in words, seeking to frame and define her twisting and glorious emotions. Gloria Steinem was one of the first biographers to look for Marilyn the person. After she wrote a relatable article about Marilyn in Ms. Magazine, tons of letters poured in from women who identified with Marilyn in some way. They, too, had suffered miscarriages, domestic violence, childhood molestation that no one believed. They had been overprescribed painkillers, sleeping pills and tranquilizers for common problems, they, too, struggled with the difference between their internal identity and the way others perceived them. Marilyn represented something so big on the screen, something so inaccessible and fantastic, that her vulnerability could seem aggressive. “How dare she be just as vulnerable and unconfident as I felt?” Gloria...
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...and one of the most important items to remember: Is this Venture going to make or break my company. This should scare anyone into doing as much thorough research as possible. You want to know if your product is a fit; who is your audience and will I be successful. Research and Development is a huge upfront cost but it can pay off in the end. Some key challenges that you will be facing is your branding and packaging. Your brand says a lot about the company and it should speak for itself. The packaging shows how much you care about your product and the environment. Global marketing is all about putting the right people in place at the right time to present your brand to the target market Explain the process for market research to assess foreign market potential When you are starting a new company, logo, packaging and all the design is how you get this party started. The creative process is long and tedious. Coming up with a brand and maintaining it is a dream and a nightmare (Wainainah, 2012). The first step is coming up with something that will appeal to the client. This requires a lot of research, forecasting and an audience. This process is not for the weak-minded. Due to the stiff competition, your main goal is to strive for recognition through brnding. Globally, companies such as Apple, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Google and IBM are on the lips of every household. When choosing a logo, some key fundamentals are applied. The fast moving consumer good requires a catchy and...
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...both group and individual performance and activity within an organization. It examines human behavior in a work environment and determines its impact on job structure, performance, communication, motivation, leadership, etc. The movie is about Andria Sacks a newly graduate girl from Northwestern University who aspire to be a journalist and writer. After she graduated she start applying for a job, through Elias Clark recruitment agency she got a job in the Runway fashion Magazine in New York city that job “a million girl would die for”, She was hired as the second assistant to Miranda Priestly, the Editor and chief of Runway magazine who’s well known as a powerful, demanding and career obsessed lady in her field . Although it’s not her dream job and she don’t have any knowledge about fashion and no interest of style , but she accept this job for a one year to be the stepping stone to the world of publishing . Even though fashion and glamour’s was not Andy’s passion, the...
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...(on sb) disadvantage dominate emphasis emphasize enclosed escort (v.) exhausted extrovert factor find out flat (n.) flatmate free of charge fringe furious generous get on well (with sb) graffiti guest habit hire (v.) host housework in a mess (have a lot) in common incompatible insecure irritating jealous just good friends keep in touch lazy leader liar manipulative moody move in negotiate novel (n.) nowadays obsessive obvious on the dot onion only child out of order partner personality placement test position (n.) possessions provided queue (v.) queue (v.) rebel against relationship relative (n.) relaxed rent (v.) responsible self-confident 2 selfish sense of humour sensitive (to) separated (from sb) several show (sb) round similar slim sociable staff straight stressed strict talkative tastes (n.) tidy (adj.) trophy trust (v.) unlike well built File 2 abrupt absorb accident according to (be) addicted to adrenaline affected (by sth) alarm clock apologize appendicitis arranged average (adj.) balanced based on beast behave behaviour blanket bone brain bribe (n. / v.) brim calories campaign cancelled carbohydrates 3 cereals chocolate-flavoured concentrate consume creative deal with decaffeinated deny destroy diet (n. / v.) digestive system disgusting disobey doorbell dramatically drop (v. / n.) efficiently encourage eventually excursion expert (n.) fall asleep family of means fascinating fattening fit (adj.)...
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...Copyright © 2005 Stuart Fischoff. All rights reserved. 1 Media Psychology: A Personal Essay in Definition and Purview by Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. Introduction The subject matter of media psychology is a mother lode of material that psychology has actively mined for decades, but only within the last ten to fifteen years has the enterprise emerged as a distinct and explicit subdivision of psychology. Media psychology found its inspirational roots more than 90 years ago within the discipline of social psychology and in the early work of social psychologist Hugo Münsterberg concerning the psychology and the psychological impact of film. Published in 1916 under the title, The Photoplay: A Psychological Study, it was the first empirical study of an audience reacting to a film. Münsterberg also provided such a keen analysis of a screenplay's (then called a photoplay) grammar of visual construction and nascent cinematic conventions and their psychological impact on the audience, that his incisive words still echo today in numerous film school lecture halls and classroom seminars. And there was psychologist L.L. Thurstone, arguably the Father of Attitude Scale Construction and Measurement (a signature area of theory and research in social psychology), who developed scales for the measurement of attitudes toward movies for the famous and notoriously politicized Payne Fund Research in 1928. This study’s practically avowed purpose was to indict (not investigate) the medium of film...
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...The Future of Shopping - Harvard Business Review http://hbr.org/2011/12/the-future-of-shopping/ar/pr The Future of Shopping by Darrell Rigby Idea in Brief A decade after the dot-com implosion, traditional retailers are lagging in their embrace of digital technologies. To survive, they must pursue a strategy of omnichannel retailing—an integrated sales experience that melds the advantages of physical stores with the information-rich experience of online shopping. Retailers face challenges in reaching this goal. Many traditional retailers arenʼt technology-savvy. Few are adept at test-and-learn methodologies. They will need to recruit new kinds of talent. And theyʼll need to move away from analog metrics like same-store sales and focus on measures such as return on invested capital. Traditional retailers must also transform the one big feature internet retailers lack—stores—from a liability into an asset. They must turn shopping into an entertaining, exciting, and emotionally engaging experience. Companies like Disney, Apple, and Jordanʼs Furniture are leading the way. Artwork: Rachel Perry Welty, Lost in My Life (wrapped books), 2010, pigment print Photography: Rachel Perry Welty and Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY Itʼs a snowy Saturday in Chicago, but Amy, age 28, needs resort wear for a Caribbean vacation. Five years ago, in 2011, she would have headed straight for the mall. Today she starts shopping from her couch by launching a videoconference with her personal...
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...INDEX TOPIC | PAGE NO. | INTRODUCTION | 2 | Nissan motors history | 3 | Engineering business function definition | 4 | Nissan organization performance | 4 | Departments in Nissan organization | 5 | Departments of Nissan | 5-13 | Examples of interdependence departments | 13 | Conclusion | 15 | Recommendations | 16 | Financial planning process | 17 | References | 19 | Introduction In this assignment research we will cover some specific business analyses from the Engineering side , Engineering and business are attached to each other’s because Engineering solutions may also include business solutions and the Engineer should have a brief background about the business management and the marketing strategies Therefore, and in depth understanding of business management is required in order for the engineering organization to thrive. Nissan Motor Company will be used as an example to help us grasp the concepts of business functions, how departments relate to one another and the process of decision making in an organization. Brief History of Nissan Motor Company Nissan is a Japanese multinational automaker located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama in Japan. ,they were not always known as Nissan. They actually started out as Kwaishinsha Motor car works in 1911 then changed its name to Kwaishinsha Motorcar co. around 1918. It did not actually start using the name...
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...tells the story of Ronald 'Ron' Keith Williamson of Ada, Oklahoma, a former minor league baseball player who was wrongly convicted in 1988 for the rape and murder of Debra Sue Carter in Ada and was sentenced to death. After serving 11 years on death row, he was exonerated by DNA evidence and other material introduced by the Innocence Project and was released in 1999. Contents * 1 Synopsis * 2 Book edition * 3 References * 4 External links | Synopsis Ron Williamson has returned to his hometown of Ada, Oklahoma after multiple failed attempts to play for various minor league baseball teams, including the Fort Lauderdale Yankees and two farm teams owned by the Oakland A's. An elbow injury inhibited his chances to progress. His big dreams were not enough to overcome the odds (less than 10 percent) of making it to a big league game. His failures lead to, or aggravate, his depression and problem drinking.[1] Early in the morning of December 8, 1982, the body of Debra Sue Carter, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress, was found in the bedroom of her garage apartment in Ada. She had been beaten, raped and suffocated. After five years of false starts and shoddy police work by the Ada police department, Williamson—along with his "drinking buddy", Dennis Fritz—were...
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...1. One day in Joszfow- Christopher Browing a. Emphasizes the old age of the officers- 39 b. Shows that they were trained to be like this and had a choice. They were not brainwashed o Myth that Browning is trying to disprove; that all Nazi’s were thoroughly indoctrinated • Some of the killers were old enough to think for themselves o Trying to give the lie to idea that people thought they had to kill so that they themselves would not be killed o Conclusions Browning drew about killers: • Some men did not want to appear cowardly to the other men • peer pressure of not stepping up against the idea • Testimony was consistent—gives it weight and truth • Career destruction – thought that if they refused to kill Jews that it would destroy there business/careers • Holocaust: The ignored Reality- Timothy Snyder • What is wrong with making (A) the iconic Holocaust experience? o It was the western most camp o Eastern killings are much unknown o Should view as one mass murder o Most Jews were polish Jews that were killed o Jews killed at (A) were not representative victims • Jews at (A) came mostly from western Europe • More educated/less religious than Polish Jews o (A) was not as bad other camps • Gets attention because there are a lot of survivors • Educated prisoners were able to write and share their story • Western released prisoners were able to spread their stories easier than eastern survivors who were under Soviet rule o 50% of the victims...
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