...Not many children, if you asked them, could tell you the exact color and size of Propranolol (a beta blocker) or how difficult it is to maneuver a wheelchair in a store, but I could. As a ten year-old who stayed in and out of the hospital, whirling from doctors’ offices to specialists and back again, I was prohibited from doing the very things which kids like to do and instead found my enjoyment in books. I can still recall the first time I cracked the spine of Lewis Carol’s “Alice in Wonderland” and the sense of calm that overtook my body as I lost myself in the delightful absurdity of his writing. I read his books and poems, along with many other works at a time when I was in constant pain from my chronic illness. Being an introverted child,...
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...Sitting in the library, in my hands is my favorite book , when i realized other people's cant have their favorite book in their hands the hard copy .Others can’t read their adored book because the books are banned or censored just because others dislike or disagree .Book banning and censorship has been a big deal all around the states . Google says censorship is “the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.” I believe censorship and banned books should not be required in some books for instance Alice and the adventure Wonderland have no reasonable reason to be...
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...Individuality is the vibrant streak of starlight in the black night. Individuality makes you the distinctive duckling in the crowd of adorable chicks. Yet is “different” truly such an atrocious thing? Tim Burton--renowned director and producer of movies such as Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--rebels against this common assumption by revolving his cinematic works around the importance of uniqueness. Inspired by Ray Harryhausen classic horror films and Roger Corman’s Vincent Price, he fused his contrasting light and dark moods to develop powerful themes behind his films, enhancing the value of individuality. To this day, his cinematic works empower many people with a new sense of pride in themselves. Tim Burton’s films use non-diegetic music, shot-reverse-shot, and close-up techniques to convey his thoughts about individuality and uniqueness. As long as Tim Burton uses close-ups, the unique traits of certain characters are repeatedly highlighted. Close-ups are when the images being shot take up at least 80% of the entire frame. Edward Scissorhands is a key example of Tim Burton’s ability to utilize close-up shots to add to the overall theme of individuality. Whenever Edward is using his scissor-hands--whether it’s to cut hair or chop lettuce--the scissors are consistently shown in a close-up. As a result, Edward’s hands are established as an significant feature that sets him apart from others. Similarly, in Charlie and the...
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... PHILOSOPHY/POP CULTURE S E R I E S R Can drugs take us down the rabbit-hole? R Is Alice a feminist icon? curiouser To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com and WILLIAM IRWIN is a professor of philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles, including Batman and Philosophy, House and Philosophy, and Watchmen and Philosophy. curiouser RICHARD BRIAN DAVIS is an associate professor of philosophy at Tyndale University College and the coeditor of 24 and Philosophy. R I C H A R D B R I A N D AV I S AND PHILOSOPHY Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as a blue caterpillar who smokes a hookah, a cat whose grin remains after its head has faded away, and a White Queen who lives backward and remembers forward? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book probes the deeper underlying meaning in the Alice books and reveals a world rich with philosophical life lessons. Tapping into some of the greatest philosophical minds that ever lived— Aristotle, Hume, Hobbes, and Nietzsche—Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy explores life’s ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps the most endearing ...
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...MODERN MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO CREATE VALUE MARKETING STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Organizations will always end up somewhere…. “Cheshire Puss, …would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where ----”said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter much which way you go,” said the Cat. “---So long as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation. “Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat. Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Strategic Management “Planning amid the chaos” • Assessment • Visioning and strategic thinking • Hands-on, nitty-gritty planning Strategic Planning vs. Strategic Thinking Strategic Planning • Programming • Analysis • Rearranging categories • Calculating Strategic Thinking • New visions • Synthesis • Inventing new categories • Committing = Strategic Management Strategic Management Process • Situational Analysis ü Mission, vision, values, and objectives ü Situation Assessment ü External/Internal Environment • Strategy Formulation • Strategy Implementation • Strategy Evaluation & Control SWOT Analysis Skills & Abilities Funding & Resources Commitment Networks & Contacts Existing Activities Other Organizations Politics & Policy Trends & Forces Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) Five Types of Strategy 1. Directional: What are our Mission, Vision, Values and Objectives?...
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...super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion. The telephone call initiated by Morpheus prompts the police to visit Mr. Anderson’s home with the offer of deliverance and the awakening. Morpheus is known to the government as a legendary computer hacker and a terrorist. Morpheus meets up with Mr. Anderson and offers him a choice of a blue pill or a red pill. The choice that is offered will afford Mr. Anderson to either wake up in a world beyond his imagination or to continue to exist in his current state existence. The “real world” * 2. Analysis of The conversation between Morpheus and Smith, The Battle between the humans and the machines. “Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet Cross cutting with Neo and Trinity trying to save Morpheus, testing Neo‟s powers and the length he will go to save Morpheus. * 3. Semiotic Analysis * 4. Semiotics and Structuralism• The war between man and machines.• Humans compared to a virus.• The five...
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...has begun to place less value on physical strength, power, or gender, and more value on virtue and morality. Evidence of the increasing obsoleteness of the relevance of gender and power can be found in recent literature and film. Many of society’s collective Heroes are not only female (Princess Leia, Star Wars; Daenarys Targaryen, A Game of Thrones; Janie Crawford, Their Eyes Were Watching God), but children as well (Alice, Alice in Wonderland; Scout Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird; Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games). Even male Heroes have shifted from super-human to ordinary men (The Father, The Road; Winston Smith, 1984; Guy Montag, Fahrenheit 451). A single trait relates theses Heroes and every other Hero in literature—they have made considerable sacrifices in the face of adversity in order to accomplish a task more significant than their own trivial, everyday interests. However, all of these modern Heroes differ from their more ancient Hero counterparts: they are extremely ordinary. Campbell, Vogler, and Jung were, and still are, critical figureheads in the analysis of quest literature. Their explanations of literary archetypes are paramount in describing the similarities and differences of stories in various cultures and eras. The central archetype, according to these scholars, is the Hero; however, the societal idea of a Hero, at least in most developed Western societies, has become broader over time. No longer does the Hero archetype need to be a super-human male individual...
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...Exploring Twins; towards a Social Analysis of Twinship. STEWART, Elizabeth A.. EXPLORING TWINS; Towards a Social Analysis of Twinship. New York, NY: Global Publishing at St. Martin's Press, 2003, 221 pp., $26.95 softcover. This extremely dense and turgid book, written by a sociologist who gave birth to twins herself, is rich with metaphor and literary and biblical allusion. The author exams myths and explanations of twinning throughout time and across world cultures. She also looks at why there are so many persistent myths around twins and sees these myths as a way of explaining twinning. While some cultures see twinning in positive terms [divinity, fertility], many see the phenomenon in negative terms [infanticide of one or both twins, death of the mother, banishment of the family, exposure of the twins, starvation of one or both twins, death to girls and life to boy twins]. Stewart also discusses the importance of support groups, such as MELD, to help parents strategize and cope with raising multiples. Interestingly, the Yoruba of Nigeria have the highest twinning rates in the world. Stewart spends a lot of time noting the occurrence of twins in literature, from Shakespeare, Rogers and Hart, Mark Twain, and Alice in Wonderland. They also appear prominently in films such as The Dark Mirror, The Parent Trap, Dead Ringers and Twins. She points out that twins research is often used to deduce the impact of nature vs. nurture, the extent to which the environment plays...
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...organization that strives for excellence and gives scope to apply skills to the best potential. ASSETS: An ardent worker with an open mind for improvisation. Belief in team work. Experienced in leadership. Commitment and integrity. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Professional: DEGREE | YEAR OF PASSING | INSTITUTE / UNIVERSITY | PERCENTAGE | BMMBachelors of mass media. | 2013 | R.D. National, Bandra. | 65.56 | PROJECTS HANDLED: Project Title | Project Objective | 1.College events/festivals –Cutting Chai. | * Marketing and P.R | 2. Movie making – * Naughty Nutt * Commercial ad-for a product given to us forFast Track coming up withshoes * Anaya * Systemless * Remake of Alice in Wonderland. | * A short movie on ice age character made by editing and merging clips from different movies. * Shot an ad by self-based on the story line and concept * Creative director for all 3 movies. | 3. Photography – * Cutting Chai * Zeitgiest( college fest) * Biltzkreig. | * Covered the 3 day long college festival. * Won 1st place. * Stood 2nd | 4. Other projects- a) Times & tales of Radio mirchib) Bin it Rally c) Save Water Rallyd) Calender shoot for Rotaract Club.e)Sanskruti – fund raiser. f) Graphic designing for ‘Indulgence’ cake shop, Wadala.g) Jai Constructionh) Finplan (Financial Institute) | * Comic book for project. * Led the project. * Organised the rally. * Creative director...
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...first person narrator through out the text. We met our main character Susan Cheever when she was very young. Her father has just returned home from the WW2. We are told by Susan that her family’s almost commonplace visits to Central Park Zoo and Central Park. Susan’s father started writing and because of the big success he had and the fact that they as parents wanted one more child, the family moved to the one of the suburbs of New York City. Susan was not very enamored of it, she loved to be in the enormous city, to skate on the ice rink and to visit the yak in Central Park Zoo. After they had moved, she eventually moved back the New York City and became an adult who raised her own kids, in the way that she wanted to be raised. In this analysis, we will focus on the writer’s use of contrast. We will also analyze the central- themes, which are explored in the text, and we will in the end put some comments on the title of the essay. In this paragraph, we will comment on the title. “My Little Bit of Country” was the title of the essay. The title was inspired by Andy Warhol, who Susan heard saying, that it was better to live in the city than in the country. On page 3, line 141-144, Susan wrote: “It was better to live in the city than the country because in the city he could find a bit of country, but in the country there was no little bit of city”. Susan strongly agree with Andy Warhol and she considered Central Park as her little bit of country, Central Park was where she...
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...Assignment 2: Alice In Wonderland 1. Comment on Emma’s different approach As a Managing Director of Luijk & Van Vaest in December 1995, a Dutch company in the parcel shipping business, she does not have experience in the shipping line. In the first day, she starts her presentation and wanted to build trust in her team. Her suggestion is to encourage people or employee to trust her. Besides, she has suggested some ways to build up trustee between each other. Walking The Talk Emma as a new Managing Director of L&VV, she plans to meet every level of staffs as many as she can, understand and listen to them, talk to them as well. Furthermore, she travelled around the country to all the local sub regions and talk with the management teams. She needs them to talk with her everything, what is the future of a company, what was wrong for the past and what should be changed. She work with parcel sorting personnel in the hubs and terminals to understand their needs and what is their comments on L&VV. Every time she has a regional meeting, she will walk around to the regional terminal before half an hour early and talk with the people on the shop floor. Since has many visiting, the people on the shop floor turned out to be very educational and practical. Feelings Are Facts Another of Emma’s early moves was Emma reshape her management team and needed to trust each other completely. Otherwise, Emma emphasizes the importance of a group as a real team in functioning...
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...Sample Cover Letters December 20, 2006 Ms. Elizabeth Novak Recruiting Coordinator PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting 11 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor New York, NY 10010 Dear Ms. Novak: I had the pleasure of having lunch with Will Melson after the September 22nd Duke Corporate Presentation. I spoke with him again after the December 6th PricewaterhouseCoopers corporate visit where I learned even more about your firm. Mr. Melson’s compelling description of PwC couple with my desire to work in such a dynamic environment convinced me to apply for PricewaterhouseCoopers Analyst position. I sharpened my leadership and decision-making skills while supporting operations for an industrial supply company over three summers. The environment was fast-paced and intense, thus I was constantly analyzing data to determine the root causes of given problems. I would then identify and evaluate all possible alternatives before suggesting solutions. Most of these decisions had to be quick, concise and clearly conveyed to people at all organizational levels. As a result of my efforts, the company was able to save over $25K in material costs. During my tenure, I was often praised for thinking about problems innovatively and for never losing sight of the “big picture.” These skills will definitely aid me in consulting. At Duke, I continue to look for leadership opportunities within a team setting. In the Small Business Consulting Program, I currently lead a team of four classmates redesigning...
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...The Walt Disney Company & Comparison with the Time Warner Company Cafer C. Sengonul California Intercontinental University 2015 Abstract Walt Disney (The Walt Disney Company) and Warner Bros (Time Warner Company) are the two major entertainment company in the world. These two similar rival groups are competing in the same business areas. Both companies keep producing new products to stay in the business while they keep their classics fresh in their customers' minds too by using them in different areas. This case study analysis is about the the Walt Disney Company and how they are using different business areas to keep their brand and products fresh in minds of their customers. The purpose of the study is to give examples of Disney and Warner Bros’ marketing strategies to compete to stay in the business. Keywords: Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Entertainment companies Overview In this case study, I will compare Disney with the Warner Bros. I will give information about the brands in similar business segments they are both in and their competition in the entertainment industry. I will give examples of the new and classic products from different business segments for the both companies and how they are using them for years. The Walt Disney Company & Comparison with the Time Warner Company The Walt Disney Company is one of the most famous entertainment company in the world today. The company consists of five main segments. Those segments are Consumer Products...
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...Walter Elias and Roy Disney began the “Walt Disney” Company in 1922. The Walt Disney Company is a US based entertainment company that was founded in Los Angeles, California and its headquarters is located in Burbank, California. Disney was built thanks to the animation features and motion picture from Walt Disney Studios. The motion picture and films brought characters such as Mickey Mouse and Snow White and the seven dwarfs to life. These are the world’s first animated features that helped Disney become recognized in the family entertainment industry and gain brand recognition worldwide. Furthermore, The Walt Disney Company operates in five segments: 1) Media networks- they have a vast of properties on TV networks, TV productions, distribution operations, cable networks, radio networks and stations. Furthermore, The Company produces animated television programming under the ABC Studios, ABC Media Productions, and ABC Family Productions labels. It owns ten television stations, such as ESPN and the Disney Channel. 2) Theme parks and resorts- Disneyland, Disneyworld, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom. 3) Studio entertainment- Walt Disney pictures, Miramax films, Touchstone pictures, Hollywood Pictures, motion pictures and Disney nature. The Company distributes produced films in the theaters, and home entertainment. Kingdom, the Disney Vacation Club, the Disney Cruise Line, and Adventures by Disney. Moreover, The Studio Entertainment segment...
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...Epidemiology of Mononucleosis Lori Lindner Grand Canyon University: 427V March 14, 2015 Epidemiology of Mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis is a common clinical syndrome associated with Epstein-Barr virus (Singer-Leshinsky, 2012). Individuals infected with the Epstein-Barr virus can be asymptomatic or develop one of several infections which include infectious mononucleosis. A person with mononucleosis can be asymptomatic or symptomatic. Infectious mononucleosis is an acute and self limiting virus which is usually has no lasting side effects (Morris and Edmunds, 2002). However in some uncommon cases, infectious mononucleosis has caused neurologic and malignant complications (Marshall and Foxworth, 2012). Description of Mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis, also known as the “kissing disease” is a highly infectious viral disease that most commonly occurs in adolescents and young adults in North America (Ilardi, 2009). Mononucleosis is transmitted by oral secretions and blood from one person to another. This is the reason for the nickname “kissing disease”. Symptoms of mononucleosis usually appear four to seven weeks after an individual has been infected. The symptoms include: constant fatigue, fever, sore throat, loss of appetite, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, sore muscles, swollen liver or spleen, skin rash and abdominal pain. Patients can present with all or a combination of these symptoms and the severity varies from no symptoms at all to debilitating...
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