...Death Race 2000 vs. Death Race Emory A. Deschamps III ENG/220 04/06/2015 Sherri Craig Death Race 2000 vs. Death Race Death Race 2000 initially directed by Paul Bartel has been historically positioned as a classic cult film, which consequently inspired Paul Anderson to direct the new version of the forenamed original and present it as the Death Race film in 2008. Numerous critics and journalists have skillfully compared and contrast both of the cinematographic creations giving preference either to Paul Bartel’s original movie or Paul Anderson’s modern remake. The talents of both producers have confronted each other throughout time and critically assessed by the spectators, which is particularly interesting from the perspective that both of the movies carry practically the same title. Both Death Race 2000 and Death Race focus on the devastating and bloody dystopian future. However, it needs to be said that the title along with the blood and car competition theme result to be the most significant similarities between the two films otherwise these films are to be perceived as two creation of entirely different matter. As the race itself presented in both films is extremely different from one another. In Death Race 2000 it is associated with a cross-country race that identifies its winner in accordance with the number of pedestrians the driver kills, it exposes the audience to an extensive violence show. According to the Pulitzer Prize winner...
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...Negative Behavior is a result of Violent Video Games Today, many young children who play violent games are in jeopardy of having a negative effect on their behavior due to the violence shown. Online or offline, these games can influence children in a negative way. Though the situation is hard to solve as a whole, the solution is very simple. Parents must watch what their child is playing. Parents must only buy games that are rated by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board). The ESRB rating is found on the bottom left corner on the cover of the game and rates the content of the game. The ESRB rating will indicates whether it is appropriate for a child based on age. Death Race was an arcade game that swept the United States in the 70’s. Though Death Race was a simple 8-bit game, it was...
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...Gestational Age in Neonatal Deaths Attributable to Congenital Heart Defects” was published(Chen, 2010). The purpose of the study was to determine the racial differences in mortality and morbidity rates in infants born with congenital heart defects. This study used a quantitative methodology. The investigators collected data from death and birth records from the United States. The records were public documents and are available to anyone seeking the information. The investigators then compared the data collected from birth and death records to hospital records to determine any racial differences (Chen, 2010). This study is based on the death rates of infants of different races who are affected by congenital heart defects. The process the investigators collected the data was appropriate for this study and added to the information attained at participating hospitals. The subjects in the study were protected by not disclosing any names. Most of the information collected by the investigators are public documents. However, the information obtained from hospitals is privileged information (Chen, 2010). The data collection tool was used to back up the information obtained at hospitals, families, and death records. All the information supported each other only validating the results that much more. Data Analysis and Procedures The analysis of data in a study is important to inspect data to highlight an important aspect of the data. In this study the data from the death records were analyzed...
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...All dying experiences are unique and influenced by many factors, such as the cause of death, length of the process, and beliefs of the person. Each patient understands death from his or her own point of view. Two patients with the exact same diagnosis will each comprehend their dying process differently. Whether it is age, gender, race, religion, the way he/she was raised, all people will uniquely experience the dying process. It is hard to quantify death because of this. First, we need to begin with definition of a critical word. Death anxiety is one found in almost every text describing the dying process. According to the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, death anxiety refers to the “fear and anxiety related to the anticipation, and awareness, of dying, death, and nonexistence. It can vary according to the person’s stage of development and sociocultural life experiences” (Gellman, 2013). This one definition already shows that there is going to be relationships between the dying process and age, gender, and different races. Effects of Gender on the Dying Process The connection of gender to the dying process is fairly inconsistent. Some reports state that there is no difference in gender relationship to death and the quality of the dying process (Venegas and Alvarado,...
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...Gestational Age in Neonatal Deaths Attributable to Congenital Heart Defects” was published(Chen, 2010). The purpose of the study was to determine the racial differences in mortality and morbidity rates in infants born with congenital heart defects. This study used a quantitative methodology. The investigators collected data from death and birth records from the United States. The records were public documents and are available to anyone seeking the information. The investigators then compared the data collected from birth and death records to hospital records to determine any racial differences (Chen, 2010). This study is based on the death rates of infants of different races who are affected by congenital heart defects. The process the investigators collected the data was appropriate for this study and added to the information attained at participating hospitals. The subjects in the study were protected by not disclosing any names. Most of the information collected by the investigators are public documents. However, the information obtained from hospitals is privileged information (Chen, 2010). The data collection tool was used to back up the information obtained at hospitals, families, and death records. All the information supported each other only validating the results that much more. Data Analysis and Procedures The analysis of data in a study is important to inspect data to highlight an important aspect of the data. In this study the data from the death records were analyzed...
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...A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young," also known as Lyric XIX in A Shropshire Lad, holds as its main theme the premature death of a young athlete as told from the point of view of a friend serving as pall bearer. The poem reveals the concept that those dying at the peak of their glory or youth are really quite lucky. The first few readings of "To an Athlete Dying Young" provides the reader with an understanding of Housman's view of death. Additional readings reveal Housman's attempt to convey the classical idea that youth, beauty, and glory can be preserved only in death. A line-by-line analysis helps to determine the purpose of the poem. The first stanza of the poem tells of the athlete's triumph and his glory filled parade through the town in which the crowd loves and cheers for him. As Bobby Joe Leggett defines at this point, the athlete is "carried of the shoulders of his friends after a winning race" (54). In Housman's words: The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. (Housman 967). Stanza two describes a much more somber procession. The athlete is being carried to his grave. In Leggett's opinion, "The parallels between this procession and the former triumph are carefully drawn" (54). The reader should see that Housman makes another reference to "shoulders" as an allusion to connect the first ... ... middle of paper...
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...The Death Penalty: Cruel and Unjust As Ronald Ryan fell to the ground on February 3, 1967, a flock of pigeons flew away in a scare (York). Everyone nearby knew this man’s life had been taken from him and never to be used again. This moment was the last of Australia’s executions. 50 years later, however, the United States of America still commits Capital Punishment, and regularly, too. The topic is debated whether or not the Capital Punishment should be legal. The government is already involved in the lives of those who commit crimes, but the idea of it taking away someone’s life creates an uneasy thought. Some people believe that execution is wrong, inhumane and should be abolished while others believe that it projects positive impacts and will benefit the world, in such ways as lowering crime rates and ridding the world of the worst criminals....
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...When the defendant was black and the victim was white, in what percentage of cases was the death penalty verdict given? d. When the races of the victim and the defendant were the same, in what percentage of cases was the death penalty given? 7. Refer to HOCKEY data. Did Ohio State have a home-ice advantage? Use PROC FREQ to perform Fisher’s exact test for the 2x2 table of the outcome of the game (“won” or “lost or tied”) versus location (Columbus, Ohio or elsewhere). Don’t forget to change the score of the final game to Boston College 5, Ohio State 2. 8. Refer to the HANKS data. Your task is to use a SAS program to count the number of movies in which Tom Hanks appeared in each of the years from 1984-1998, then make a scatterplot with the number of movies made in each year on the vertical axis versus the year on the horizontal axis. In some years, such as 1997, he did not appear in any movies...
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...Mortality Rate The mortality rate is the measure of the number of the deaths that occur in a population. Morbidity is an incidence of ill health and is measured as a ratio which picks individuals in the population who became ill on a specific date, located and period of time. Mortality Rate Mortality rate is the measure of certain individuals in the population who have a specific illness or condition and tis helps to determine the overall amount of illness and most instances of the condition happened when contrasted to the population. This measure is to define the ratio of infant deaths to live births. This is also depends on the country or area you are looking at. Here are some social groupings which I will be explaining: * Social Class * Gender * Age * Geographic Location * Ethnicity * Risk Behaviours Geographic location In a place like Glasgow a person’s life expectancy of life is lower at 54 than a person who lives in London would probably live to 82 years old. This could suggest that depending on where you and your race could determine a person’s life expectancy. This could be because of poor living circumstances in Glasgow then in London this could link so Social Cass. Also because the person is on a low income they won’t have the money to go to private care it may be difficult for the person to receive quality care like a person who makes a lot of money. Those in lower paid, unskilled jobs have a greater risk of accidents at work...
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...Ahmad Ibrahim English 103 David Overly, Ph.D. July 23, 2014 Paper #2 The poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” is about a young athlete from a small town who represents for his town and people by winning a footrace. The athlete is being cheered on and praised for the accomplishments he has done for his fans and town but at the end of the race the athlete has no idea what’s in store for him as soon as he reaches the finish line, sudden death. The young athlete is dead and his people are devastated after they have witnessed glory and fame cut short. Ironically A.E Housman doesn’t laminate the athlete’s sad death nor does he acknowledge it in a negative way instead Housman talks about the perks of dying at young age after accomplishing something glorifying. Bob Marley, the first superstar celebrity to sell more than 20 million records throughout his career. In 1963 Bob and his friends have formed the Wailing Wailers and in 1972 the Wailers came up strong by signing a contract with Island Records. Bob Marley has helped introduced the world with reggae music and until this day he remains one of the most beloved artist his fame has not died nor did his music because of the impact he has made to music listeners. Bob was almost assassinated in 1976 back in Jamaica due to his political beliefs; he was attacked while on stage by a group of gun-men luckily he was struck on his biceps but his wife Rita was shot on the head, Bob continued his show but even more motivated. In 1981 Bob...
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...Late Adulthood and Death Vee Dubb PSY/280 September 8, 2012 Jones Adam Late Adulthood and Death Most people agreed upon that “whatever has a beginning must come to a halt or reaches climax eventually”. The race of one’s life begins at conception in the womb and ends with death. This stage of life is a period of reminiscing, socializing with friends, family especially grandchildren, and maintain a sustainable health as one journey’s to dying. Meanwhile, human growth and development study made us understand that the race of one’s life is in stages from the point of conception to an infant, to a childhood stage, to an adolescent stage, to an adulthood stage, to an elderly, and finally to end of life and the study as well made us understand the extensive changes throughout lifespan; Consequently, it is known the reason why most toddlers says “No”, and why many adolescent pay attention to their body without criticizing any stage of these lifespan stages. The same concept is applicable to elders or late adulthood people and having a discriminatory ideology towards a person because of his/her age or people of late adulthood stage would be considered uncivilized or uneducated act or a novice to the study of human growth and development. Late adulthood can be a challenge because of the signs of aging from middle adult continues and increased as one aged. Late adulthood individual may face with significant changes including brittle bones, hearing impaired, visual problems...
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...Death is a topic rarely discussed in society, however, in the poems ‘To an Athlete Dying Young’ and ‘A Contemplation Upon Flowers’, death is openly portrayed as the natural, inevitable conclusion to life. They depict how death should be accepted and in some instances commended. Though death is the main theme in both poems, it is reflected from different perspectives. In the poem ‘A Contemplation Upon Flowers’ by Henry King the comparison of the life of a simple flower is made to the life of a human, in the sense that we both are born, we both live, and we both must die. Majority of people fear death, because of their attraction to worldly possessions or because of the ignorance of what happens after death, but the flowers accept death with open arms and a smile. This poem praises flowers for not only their humble lifestyles but also for their acceptance of death as they obey their seasons. In ‘To an Athlete Dying Young’ by A.E Housman, the persona is recalling the fact that an athlete, who was a fellow townsman, won a race for their town. As a result, the athlete was cheered by the townspeople and brought home on their shoulders. The persona then takes the poem into the present by making the reader aware that the athlete is now dead. The third stanza reveals the persona's views on the death of the athlete. He believes that the athlete was smart to die. This is the case because he has left a world where glory is easily lost. Ultimately, in both poems, the speakers...
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...Reginald Murray Dr. Hall English 132 Death Itself The act of dying; the end of life the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism is the definition of death. I feel like poets devote their time and energy to this subject a lot because it is something that happens in reality that can effect a lot of people. You cannot hide from it because soon as your born you are already dying. They also talk about it because it is rarely talked about. People do not like to talk about death. We benefit the knowledge of it from reading the authors work. It seems scary but it is not. Maybe they had a real close experience with death to be so in depth and write about it. Reading a real creepy death poem at night can send chills down your spine. It could have come from the old days of people not knowing much about death to talk so much about it to eventually writing poems about death. Poetry enables any poet to meditate upon and emotionally and lyrically respond to death, whether the death of a stranger, a loved one, oneself, or just the fact of death itself. Death is a small word that is so powerful and has the ability to change some ones mood. Just the thought of it makes you think of something bad or somebody close to you that died. In the first stanza of "To an Athlete Dying Young" the athlete is prized for winning their town the race. The town people seemed to love him a lot and thought of him as a hero kind of. He seemed to be back in the day to be carried...
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...which critically can also be determined from skeletonized remains after death.To find a biological profile they’ll need to find the age, sex, gender, geographic ancestry, and trauma.They use fragments of bones from skulls and long bones to not only find the sex, age, and gender but sometimes they can find how they died.They also use those bones to find lots of information about that individual.For example, they use the skull to find their race and long bone for height.Two steps that forensic anthropologist will take to find this person’s...
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...happens. Gilgamesh may have failed his quest in the end, but nevertheless he was thought of as hero to the readers. King Gilgamesh, loses his best friend do to a terrible illness, which reminds the king that humans are not immortal. The King wishes for immorality of all people, so he goes out on quest to find an away to prevent death. Eventually, he found this plant, which is meant to save humans from death. King Gilgamesh retrieved the plant, and soon after, dropped the plant into the water. The plant sunk to the bottom of the sea, where Gilgamesh was unable to retrieve it, essentially losing his chance at immortality....
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