...aware of the food chain, but he never discussed how human elitism could affect the food chain. As a result of mass production, human ignorance towards other forms of life proves their elitism. Humans believe that they are the top of the food chain, and therefore, they value their own life far above any other life. They have a biological elitism. With their biological elitism, humans begin developing a superiority complex, which, in result lends them to believe they are a step above “top of the food chain”. Finally, humans can get pleasure from watching the destruction of other life because the destruction reassures humans of their superiority complex. Although each has a unique setting, Super Sad True Love Story, “The People Pound”, and Heathers are all connected in their inherent values of life, each providing a satirical approach to biological elitism and proving the sadism of humanity. Biological elitism starts with the devaluing of other, inferior life forms, which leads to the construction of a biological dictatorship. In Hunter Breckonridge’s story, “The People Pound”, she satirizes the lack of value humans place on animals by paralleling animals with disabled humans, calling disabled humans “duds”. In her story, Gertrude is a middle-aged woman who received brain damage at her job. She is the first “dud” of many seen in the story. The term “dud”, is inherently condescending. It implies a lack of social value in the object. Breckonridge’s writes, “…she probably can’t think...
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...The legacy of the 1988 black comedy movie, Heathers is still prevalent 29 years later, as its dark take on high school social hierarchy is a breath of fresh air from its descendents, Clueless (1995) and Mean Girls (2004). The movie follows Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), token genius and witty teenager, who ‘befriends’ Westerburg High’s most popular clique. They are collectively known as the Heathers, due to all three girls sharing the same first name. During a Q&A enacted by the Heathers during their lunch period, Veronica encounters Jason Dean (Christian Slater), or JD for short. He is immediately proven as an outlandish and extreme figure, when he shoots a blank during an exchange with two stereotypical jocks to create a truly memorable...
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...a cool way for people to truly feel apart of the play. Between that and student work posted around the walls, you really felt like you were in a kids classroom. The play started with Heather, the teacher, at her desk, grading papers but seeming preoccupied and upset. Upon Corryn’s entrance, Heathers dialogue seemed very static and plain, as though reading from the script. She seemed to be relying on heavy sighs and breathing for emotion. I felt immediately this might be a one-sided performance but her speech rhythm began to loosen and flow more naturally the more she spoke. The more Heather talked the more you think she knows about Gidions suspension. She seemed to have knowledge of the issue, but plays the defensive as if she’s uncomfortable saying, or just trying to keep the conference professional and appropriate. The actor did a good job keeping that demeanor, her posture straight, face blank when possible, body language cordial but reserved and constrained. After understanding her acting choices more, I could better see the type of woman she portrayed and why she had her defenses. As the play went on, Heather finally allowed her emotions to surface, her caring concern to emerge, and the two women almost seem to bond. Key word almost. Their back and forth conversations seem very bipolar. One minute they’re talking about death, then literature...
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...Heathers is a satirical black comedy directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Winona Ryder as Veronica Sawyer and Christian Slater as Jason “J.D” Dean. Veronica Sawyer is a new addition to the most popular clique comprised of three other girls in her high school, all named Heather, but Veronica does not approve of the other girls’ petty and malicious actions. When Veronica and her unorthodox new acquaintance, J.D., attempt to confront the clique leader, Heather Chandler, they accidentally poison her, and make it out to be a suicide. As a pattern of similar suicides breaks out, Veronica realizes that J.D. may not be all that she had hoped for. Heathers features many literary elements throughout the film to add depth and meaning to the characters...
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...Heathers review This musical is based off of a black comedy movie and is about a major problem with teen depression. It all starts off as the normal first day of school where you are completely lost and you meet a girl named Veronica who is not liking the year so far. Though, the only way she could get on top of the crowd is by hanging out with the Heathers (popular girls). As for them being late for class, Veronica uses her Forging skills to help them from getting detention as they bring her into their inner circle. Though, we figure out that being popular could also be bad as to lying to a friend. Which causes a whole other story based off of how one thing could mess up a friendship. Veronica is too caring to do something like that until it might ruin her social life. Furthermore, they weren’t the only ones around but hearing over the threats was a mysterious trench coat kid named Jason Dean (JD)....
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...Knockout Mice Technology | Submitted By : Wasman ID : 11136007Course ID : BTE 402 | Knockout Mice Technology | Submitted By : Wasman ID : 11136007Course ID : BTE 402 | Modern medicine is the product of centuries of experiences in dealing with various diseases and disorders related to the human physiology. From the discovery of vaccination to the discovery of antibiotics, each medical breakthrough highlighted the success of humans in dealing with the prevailing medical issues of that time. With the discovery of the structure of DNA by Crick and Watson in the early 1950s, the focus on medical research has shifted to the understanding of the genetic cause of a particular disease. Because of this, we are now able to understand the pathophysiology behind much of the diseases that has been a mystery to us before. An example of this is cancer, which was initially untreatable, but now thanks to our ever improving understanding of the genetic and biochemical mechanisms of the disease we are almost a step closer to achieving a reliable cure. In order to understand the progression of a particular disease accurately, scientists need to recreate the symptoms in a controlled environment (e.g. a laboratory) within a living organism. Such organisms are known as model organisms, because they serve as a live model which allows us to explore the workings of the disease. Due to various ethical issues, using humans as model organisms are out of the question, so scientists...
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...The Ronald McDonald House Charities history starts in 1974 when a Philadelphia Eagles player’s daughter became sick with leukemia. Fred Hill and his wife had no place to sleep other than waiting rooms and hospital benches during their daughter’s three years of hospitalization. The Hills and other families traveled many miles for treatment and were not able to pay for hotel rooms. The Eagles’ manager and Fred’s teammates raised funds to donate to the pediatric oncology unit to give short term housing for the families with sick children at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.rmhccoastalempire.org/-mcdonald-house-charities-of-the-coastal-empire-inc. The Eagles manager, Jim Murray, requested help from the local McDonald’s advertising company and enough aid was raised to purchase an old house near the hospital. In 1974, this became the first Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of the Coastal Empire began in 1986 and is one of 338 Ronald McDonald Houses around the world. Each House is an independent, community agency. The Savannah RMCH has thirteen bedrooms and is usually on a waiting list. Other programs connected to the local RMCH are the Ronald McDonald Family Room and the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.rmhccoastalempire.org/-mcdonald-house-charities-of-the-coastal-empire-inc. “The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire is to create, find and support programs...
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...Assignment: Ethics, Responsibility & Governance – Prof. Swati Panda Case Study - Martha McCaskey 1. As Martha McCaskey, what is your plan of finishing the silicon 6 project? Please map out your detailed plan of action. The case in question requires Martha McCaskey to perform tasks in relevance to the Silicon 6 project that might hamper her integrity towards work. However, there is a major stake of her losing the promotion that she is expectant and has been promised. Furthermore, Mr. Phil Devon’s eagerness to help her in a sincere way is killing her more in the process of getting the information that she needs from him. Very primarily, our task, in imagining ourselves as Martha McCaskey lies in making sure to get the insider information from the target competitor of our company’s client. The insider information that we are now seeking is about the manufacturing of a chip for our client, so as to help our client. The constraints and challenges that lie before us in obtaining that information are as follows: 1. The potential information provider, Mr. Phil Devon is sincere in his attempt to share the information, provided that we come forth with specific information, provided by our clients. 2. Our integrity in asking for insider information, the consequence of which might invoke bad temper in Mr. Phil Devon and which might also lead Mr. Devon complaining to the concerned authorities about the whole set-up. 3. The prime challenge ahead is to get the information...
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...Bruce Almighty, A Lesson in Integrity Tenetta Griffin English 225 Melissa Rigney January 14, 2014 Bruce Almighty, A Lesson in Integrity Jim Carrey is a talented comedian and I have enjoyed every film that I’ve seen him in. I selected Bruce Almighty for an in-depth film analysis because of how the talented actors helped put a unique spin on the whole god/human relationship for the modern day moviegoer. This movie is not designed to be an in-depth expose on the god/human relationship but a platform to gently remind the audience the of how important our decisions affect where we are in life and gives us a moment to pause and think about what kind of future do we really desire. In my opinion, the film Bruce Almighty utilizes Jim Carrey's comedic talents to address the heavy topic of the god/human relationship and the moral issue that the director wants the share with the audience is that our free will should be exercised a modicum of human integrity to effectively resolve our own personal issues/dilemmas. My first step in analyzing Bruce Almighty involves taking a closer look at plot development and how this movie took the universal truth concerning how mankind in general tends to get frustrated with God when things just don’t go their way while taking it down a unconventional comedic path to help lighten up the seriousness of the topic. The director of Bruce Almighty’s tells the story from a mixed point of view which means we sometimes learn what is going on at the same...
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...Crystal Del Raso 1024 W Cullerton Chicago, IL 60608 Cdelraso@gmail.com February 2, 2012 Deloitte & Touche 111 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60606 United States To whom it may concern, I am interested in becoming a participant in the Deloitte National Leadership Conference. I am currently studying for a degree in Accountancy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. From the start of my first accounting class I read about the esteemed reputation of Deloitte services. One day after listening to current employees speak about their experiences I was immediately interested in Deloitte. My education at the University of Illinois has granted me with many opportunities to strengthen my ability to work well in a group as well as my leadership skills. In my business classes we are given multiple group projects where I have gained much experience in working together with others. I am usually working with students that I do not know personally and that has strengthened my ability to work as part of a team where I listen to the others opinions, ask for help when needed and effectively accomplish the work we are given. Aside from working with others in the classroom I am also a board member of a club named U.N.F.A.S. (Unidos Nuestra Fuerza Avanzara Siempre) which is a latino/a housing organization that provides workshops and philanthropic events to help students in a variety of ways. For example, I was involved in a workshop where we organized a panel of students to...
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...Gray Case: Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm 1. If you were Palmer at the end of the case, how would you respond? If I were in Palmer’s position, I would accept Sands and Olds choice and move on as the bottom line is to work towards accomplishing the organization’s goals. Considering the toll the situation had on Olds, it would be only fair to grant his wish and ensure that things get back right on track. In addition, I would also persuade Sands to find someone who has a skill set close to Olds, so that the slipping schedule can be brought back on track and ensure that the project is completed successfully. I would also convey my message that I did not appreciate a key resource being pulled mid way to work on another project to the senior management so that this situation can be avoided if possible in future. 2. What, if anything, could Palmer have done to avoid losing Olds? Palmer should have engaged in a conversation with the Project Sponsor to explain the importance of having Olds on the Johnsonville Project, which may have encouraged Crosby to look for another suitable employee. Considering the basic nature of the Johnsonville project and the high profile status of Crosby’s project, it makes more sense for Olds to move to Crosby’s project keeping the company’s goals in mind. In addition, Crosby seemed to be relationship oriented, indeed he gave his team some rewards such as lunch at a good restaurant, game of golf, tickets to the baseball games. In contrast, Palmer...
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...Sir Arthur Evans was a famous and somewhat controversial British archaeologist. Studying history at the Universities of Oxford and Göttingen, Evans later became Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. He was known for extracting or uncovering artifacts from ancient societies. After unearthing some of the sites, Sir Arthur Evans of Nash Mills would go on to restore his findings in an attempt to bring them back to life per say. Throughout his days, Sir Arthur made some very crucial discoveries as it pertains to ancient archaeology such as his excavation of the Palace at Knossos. Sir Arthur Evans was born in 1851 in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, England. His initial interest in archaeology stemmed from the period of 1884 to 1908 where he became interested in seals which were essentially tiny carved stones. These seals were sources of inscriptions from ancient, pre-Classical Mediterranean civilizations. He as the article reads was particularly drawn to Crete as one such source of seals containing undeciphered early inscriptions. Sir Arthur first visited Crete in 1894 to study and decipher two types of unknown scripts appearing on Cretan seals. This would be the...
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...Rubric for 5S Project | | |NEEDS FURTHER |INCORPORATES | | |LACKS ESSENTIAL |DEVELOPMENT |BEST POL PRACTICES | | |FEATURES OF EFFECTIVE POL | | | | | |50% |100% | | |0% | | | | | |The project has essential POL features but has some of the |The project has the following strengths: | | |The project has one or more of |following weaknesses: |...
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...Twelfth Night The section of the play that I have chosen is the scene in which Sir Toby and Sir Andrew are both drunk and are throwing the balls into the stage with the fool. I chose this section because it stood out very distinctively because of all the actions that were happening in it. In the scene Sir Toby and Sir Andrew were playing around with the fool and making a lot of noise whilst the others who were living in the house were asleep. Malvolio the butler kept on coming onto the stage every so often to tell Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and the fool to be quiet. It started by the fool running to the back of the stage and grabbing the foam balls and hats and then making Sir Toby and Sir Andrew put the hats on. The musicians then started playing very upbeat and loud music whilst Toby, Andrew and the fool threw the foam balls into the crowd for them to throw back at them. This then went on for several minutes. Whilst in the middle of all this, pizzas were passed through the crowd by the fool. Every so often Malvolio would come onto the stage and when he did all the music would stop and it would go silent. He did this because everyone else in the house was trying to sleep and they couldn’t because of Toby, Andrew and the fool. Once Malvolio had left the stage all the music would start again and Toby, Andrew and the fool would start throwing the balls back into the crowd. Some members of the audience were pulled out to put the hats on and stand in the middle of the stage to catch...
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...Antecedentes Deep Purple una empresa dedicada a la comercialización de equipos de sonido cambia su estrategia la misma que le causaba ganancias modestas con ventas canceladas de la siguiente manera: efectivo, tarjeta de crédito y ventas a crédito con vencimiento a 30 días, registra también cuentas incobrables por un valor mínimo de un 1%. La compañía con el objetivo de conseguir mayores ventas implementa una nueva política de crédito en la empresa denominada “Doble Cero” la misma que consiste en entregar a los clientes las mercancías sin entrada y sin intereses a un periodo de un año cuyas cuotas son el resultado únicamente de dividir el valor para doce meses. Esta nueva política incrementa las ventas significativamente pero provoca un flujo de efectivo muy pobre de manera que la empresa enfrenta dificultades en el momento de cancelar a los proveedores quienes únicamente otorgan 30 días de crédito. La empresa al enfrentar este problema desea encontrar si es o no rentable dicha política implementada y cuales serian sus consecuencias. Con este objetivo se plantea una proyección con la que se pretende conocer que tan sostenible es dicha política, consecuencias y posibles efectos para con ello tomar decisiones importantes dentro de la empresa. Primeramente se hace una proyección totalmente conservadora de la implementación de este caso sin un incremento en las ventas para estimar los valores más bajos posibles, contrario a ello se realiza un cuadro de proyección del 5.2% para determinar...
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