...The short “Ransom of red chief” and the movie Home Alone share the theme, don't underestimate your opponent. It states on page 65, “Red chief was sitting on Bill’s chest, with one hand tangled in Bill’s hair. In the other he had a sharp knife we used for slicing bacon.” This shows that Bill underestimated Red Chief and thought that Red Chief wouldn't try to scalp him. In the movie Home Alone the thief thought Kevin wouldn't do anything, when they went to the door, but Kevin ended up tricking the into going into all these traps, And then got tricked so they got arrested. This shows that Kevin is a smart kid and was able to trick the thief’s. The main and minor character share similar traits. The two boys Red chief and Kevin both share the...
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...Yuliya Bondarchuk Essay Why do we sleep? Russell Foster Speak in public is very hard work and not many people can possess this skill. Neuroscientist Russell Foster opens a session of TEDGlobal all about us, asking the question: Why do we sleep? Thirty-six percent of our lives are spent asleep, which means, if you live to 90, you’ll have slept for 32 years. But we don’t appreciate sleep enough, says Foster. He quotes Thomas Edison — “Sleep is a criminal waste of time, inherited from our cave days” — and Margaret Thatcher — “Sleep is for wimps.” Simply put, says Foster, not only do we not appreciate sleep, but we treat it like an illness and an enemy. Of course this simply shouldn’t be the case. In fact, some areas of the brain are more active during the sleep stage than while the body is awake. But the essential question that we — ahem — lose sleep over: Why do we sleep? There is no real consensus, but Foster gives three popular answers: 1. Sleep is for restoration, to replenish and repair metabolic processes. Indeed, a whole host of genes are “turned on” only during sleep — genes associated with restoration and metabolic pathways. 2. Sleep is for energy conservation, to save calories. This may seem an intuitive answer, says Foster, except that the difference between sleeping and quietly resting is about 110 calories a night, the equivalent of a hot dog bun. Not a very gob od upshot for such a complex process. 3. Finally, sleep is for brain processing and...
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...Movie Critic Hum/150 6/6/2016 The film I chose to critique this week is the classic family comedy Home Alone (1990) directed by Chris Columbus. Leading actors in this film is eight year old Kevin McCallister played by Macaulay Culkin, along with Peter McCallister, the father, played by John Heard, Mrs. McCallister played by Catherine O’Hara, Marv, who is the first burglar, played by Daniel Stern, and Harry, the other burglar played by Joe Pesci. Other characters in this film are Buzz the brother, mean Uncle Frank, and creepy old man Marley. The title of the film hints to the audience that someone is home alone, but the viewer does not know what happens in the story until watching the film, which makes it more interesting. This film is about a large family who gets together for a Christmas trip to Paris, but the night before they leave there is a wind storm, which knocks out all of the power, which means their alarm clock does not go off, and they sleep in. This puts them in a mad rush to get to the airport, in turn leaving Kevin behind, and the rest continue on to a fun family adventure. One part of a filmmaker’s goal among others is to create the right mood through a believable mise-en-scene; different settings that took place in Home Alone were McCallister’s home, the airport, inside the airplane, church, a grocery store, the tree house, and Santa exhibit. The two filming locations used in this film were in Chicago, Illinois, and in Paris, France...
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...Kristie Tolle Mr. Burton July 23, 2014 WR121 Generation Home Alone I remembered the rules –go straight home, have a snack, if somebody comes to the door, tell them we are busy; never tell them we are not home, do not go outside, do your homework, and do not call me at work. Besides chasing my sister back into the house when she escaped, we followed the rules and waited until our parents to get home. Merriam-Webster defines a Latchkey child as a school-aged child of working parents who must spend part of the day unsupervised (as at home) —called also latchkey kid Generation X,—born between 1965 and 1980— became a generation that was pushed into adulthood at an early age. It was an era of new technology. We watched the evolution of computers the size of a room become the norm as a desktop appliance. By interacting with computers at an early age, Gen Xers have a greater understanding of its concept. We spent less time with our parents then earlier generations. It was common for Boomer mothers to stay at home and raise their children, while the fathers went off to work. Unlike Boomers, Gen Xers were the first generation to be recognized as latchkey kids. Our generation found ourselves at home taking care of our younger siblings and ourselves while our parents worked. I never considered myself a Latchkey kid. I was like all the other fifth graders with working parents and younger siblings. I babysat all the time when my parents ran to the...
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...Alone on a Rainy Night In was October 13th all over again, my parents' wedding anniversary. Every year they would go out, on what they like to call a mini honeymoon, a nights stay at mother's hotel of choice. Usually I would stay with Aunt Rose, but I begged them to let me stay home alone. In my opinion, I was a big girl and our neighborhood was very quiet. It turned out to be a rainy night, I was alone in my room reading my favorite Nancy Drew book on my new iPad. Suddenly, I heard very loud thud at the front door. I didn't expect anyone at that late hour, so I assumed it was some stray animal on our porch. But once again that mysterious thud, that was no animal. I decided to check it out, I went in to the door peeped out no one was there, maybe I was just sleepy. I checked all the doors to make sure they were all locked and started back to my room. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning as bright as daylight startled me. At that same moment I saw a tall figure at the window, I immediately started creeping towards the kitchen to get to the home phone. The lights then started flickering, and before I knew it the electricity was off. I stood their completely stunned as I thought of what to do next. Another loud thud. I peeked out of the kitchen looking at the window, to my relief the mysterious figure was no where in sight. Cautiously, I emerged from the kitchen and headed blindly to the store room to look for a flash light. After a couple minutes searching for a flashlight...
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...and Nayeli spent some time honoring some grave sites by putting flowers on them and picking up trash. Chapter 14 In this chapter, you meet a guy named Atomiko. He is in my opinion a little insane and claims to be the royal king of the dump they are all in. Nayeli agrees with me at first. However, later in this chapter she is almost mugged by some meth users and Atomiko helps her. Chapter 15 A turning point in defiantly in this chapter. The whole group aside from Nayeli have lost hope of crossing. Then Atomiko helps them meet a coyote (guy who can help them cross the border). In the darkness of that night they cross through a hole in the fence. All the girls are scared because its every person for themselves once they cross. They go down alone, so they must hurry like they have never hurried before. Chapter 16 They didn’t last long before the whole group is swooped up in this chapter by border control. Nayeli is separated from everyone and they are all sent to a border control station to be interviewed. Chapter 17 16 and 17 are both good chapters where Nayeli is exposed to some of border controls violence. And she saw a woman officer which intrigued her. In this chapter, a huge event would be how Tacho starts yelling “La Mano Caida” in honor of his restaurant and love. And the agents assumed he was yelling Al Qaeda so they escorted him away. The rest of the girls other than Tacho and Nayeli are sent back to Tijuana (where Tres Camarones is)...
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...Stress at Work Have you ever had a job or position that left you feeling pressure, anxiety, discontent, or completely disconnected? You are not alone; nearly everyone who is employed has experienced those feelings at one time or another in their life. The world, in which we live, is fast paced and ever changing. Companies have grown increasingly demanding and as a result the workload has increased while the workforce has not. As less people are used in the work force the workload is ever increasing. The stress at work can eventually spill over into all aspects of that person’s life thus causing more damage and further issues. The key is to recognize the stress and the impact it has and use the best way to manage stress while still being able to adapt to a changing working environment. Recognizing the Stress In order to solve any issue, we must first acknowledge the problem and then understand what is causing us to have that problem. Stress can creep up on anyone; it can remain un-detected for quite some time. Our body is a wonderfully constructed marvel of engineering brilliance. More often than not, when something goes wrong, there are warning signs exhibited. While it is very common to have busy days at work, there is a difference between being busy and being stressed. The various signs of stress may include frequent headaches, stomachaches, elevated blood pressure, lack of sleep, depression, and many other symptoms. There are a multitude of things that can contribute...
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...with people who may have problems that others might feel uncomfortable with. I am also a very good listener. I love to share the Gospel with others and bring the lost to know Jesus Christ. I am truly blessed to have these gifts that God has given me. PART TWO: Specifically, how can you use your gifts at this time? How might you misuse your gifts? Be specific. There are many ways I can use my gifts today. In my Church there are people who often come to me to “unload” what’s going on in their Lives. I am always there to listen and give them the best advice I can. I show mercy by going with a group from the church to visit the ones who are shut-ins and letting them know that we care for them and that they are not alone. Outside the church I volunteer for Domestic and Sexually abused women’s shelter. I do a weekly Bible study and I teach some of them how to cook. I soon will be taking the required training to be a Christian Counselor. I also post Scripture, Devotionals, and prayers on my face book page. There are many ways I can misuse my gifts as well. With being capable of earning trust quickly, and empathizing with people, I need to be very careful with caring for males. I could easily be fooled into thinking that I’m caring for a female, and it could easily become unhealthy very quickly. I need to be careful that I don’t push a solution on someone who...
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...occupation for you. Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that an idea or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Self-confidence is having confidence in oneself. Confidence can be a self-fulfilling prophecy as those without it may fail or not try because they lack it and those with it may succeed because they have it rather than because of an innate ability (Wikipedia). Just like a seed planted on soil, confidence is like a seed which we should plant in our minds and hearts and which requires our utmost attention in enabling it grow. Below are three ways by which you and I can grow this seed (Thanks to Huffington Post): 1. Affirm that you are not alone: What that means, is that we often abandon ourselves, and that creates a feeling of tremendous insecurity. You are the one who has got to have your back and heart. There are three...
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...Getting Started, No Looking Back Thesis Statement: The word, “College” can be intimidating all by itself; then to add the word, “Personal Responsibility”, can make anyone fearful but also excited at the same time. Now you start thinking, there’s no turning back now, I am a grown up, and start to think, I can do this; how hard can it be? But, the real learning starts, the real study habits are formed, and the real accountability has just begun. Introduction: While in some of our minds, getting started on any assignment, particularly doing a paper is hard to do, but can come easy to others. I have to remind myself that I am in (or should I say, back in) college now and there will be no one there to hold my hand. It is called, “personal responsibility” I. What is personal responsibility: Personal responsibility owns up to whatever is set before you, big or small, a little or a lot. It is holding your own self accountable for your actions, because all of your actions will have consequences behind them. In college life, keeping yourself on track is solely up to you, making the grade can be the difference between passing or failing, receiving a degree or not. II. Personal responsibility and college success: Personal responsibility is key to college success even more so than ever, there is so much competition in the workforce now. Good work ethics is a must and in college life this characteristic trait is a good format to get started. Looking back to your youth...
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...Text 1 Summary: The text is about the man Tal Ben-Shahar who talks about happiness. How that he for five years had trained so hard to play in the Israeli Nationals squash championship, and won. Although it gave him immediately satisfaction and he were happy, then after a while, the happiness slowly fainted away. He questioned why only hours after his big win, why he is not happy anymore. He tries to convince himself that the feeling he has is only, the temporary low following an overwhelming high. As the mouth goes by, he finds that it is not. He then realize that he has to think different on happiness. He then surges obsessed after the answer to the question: where to find lasting happiness. His conclusion is “We can experience sadness at times and still enjoy overall happiness” Text 2 outline: You cannot buy happiness; you can buy the latest smartphone, the newest car etc. However, that happy feeling, that wound last. Michael Crichton says “If you want to be happy, forget yourself” he claims that people that lives for others and dedicated their lives to the more unfortunate is often very happy. You have to get busy in life in order to live it, you have to forget your own self-importance, and help others, before you can help yourself. The key to happiness is not materiel things. If we look at the first surveys of happiness, they started in 1946, and then we can see that people actually become more and unhappy, in the progress of the technology. Japan’s economy were completely...
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...Chain of Command Owner Project direction/coordination and development. Community Manager Focuses on community input/feedback, collects information from CoC and relays back to Owners. Head Admin Head Admin of all Community Staff, reviews community promotions & demotions. Senior Admin Supervisor of administrators. In charge of handling higher community issues. Admin Deals with in-game issues and keeps moderators in check. Helps assign forum tags, TeamSpeak tags and assists Moderators. Mod Deals with lower community issues and helps out with Support Team duties. Mainly in charge of doing applications, assigning civilian tags and assisting Support team. Head Support Head Support of all Support Team, reviews Support Team demotions/Promotions, Last in Support COC Senior Support Helps with Support Team and assists Head of Support with duties, Deals with lower range Support issues. Second in the Support COC Support team Helps out the community with technical issues/doing civilian interviews. First step in the Chain of Command & the Staff Team. When you need any help you will need to follow the Chain of Command. Also unless told by Mod+ you will not contact the developers on your own, they will mostly be working on stuff that has nothing to do with your problem. If you would somehow actually need a developer someone of the staff team will get one for you. Do not contact any MOD+ unless you need them personally, if you will need a higher ranked staff member...
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...The Girl walks Home Alone at Night is a horror, romantic, and thriller movie directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. It’s about a lonely vampire that stalks the townspeople. The film is set in an Iranian ghost-town where it looks dead is a lonely town. It’s an Iranian vampire Western film about an untold love story of two tortured souls. One of who is stalking the town’s most depraved citizens. The vampire lady only stalks the male species who have done something wrong. Ana Lily Amirpour main point in creating such a film of this originality was to challenge the gender norms and make sure that people can see that women can and will be just as powerful as men in both the Western and Middle Eastern society. She did this in the film by making the vampire...
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...Baseline current go-to-market activities Posted on November 6, 2009 by Kamran How do you capture your revenue today? We asked thousands of business owners, CEOs, and VPs of sales and marketing this question. Guess what? Most of them stumbled. Do you know the answer? If your answer is yes, congratulations! You are ready for the next question:Do you know how profitable each channel is? The purpose of the baseline step is to answer these two questions with hard facts and document the underlying assumptions, beliefs and opportunities in existing go-to-market activities. The problem is that many organizations don’t know what they already know. Even in the age of the Internet, business units and departments are still working in silo, perfecting, rejecting, and innovating sales and marketing tactics without sharing with others. So the idea of the baseline activity is to bring everyone on board and create a fact base of current activities so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. The question is, what information should be collected and from where? Advances in analytics and business intelligence have allowed organizations to collect tons of data that can be sliced and diced a thousand different ways. If you are not collecting this data, don’t worry. To make reasonably accurate decisions, you really don’t need to know if Edward Jones wears a yellow shirt when he buys orange flowers for his girlfriend Jill. There is a place for such detailed data; however, for our purposes we can live...
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...asdffsThis is a quote that I first heard in Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper. A quote that I first read from William Shakespeare’s, Hamlet. A quote that I am trying to live by. A quote that definitely changed my view in life. The society, today, tends to stereotype people and categorize them into groups such as “The socialites”, “The mean girls”, “The rich kids”, “The smart ass”, “The rebels”, “The geeks”, “The jocks”, “The wannabe’s”, “The emo’s”, “The skaters”, “The dorks”, etc. This happens most with the teens and young adults. Of course, there wouldn’t be a problem if you are categorized as a mean girl or a jock or a smart ass, those are pretty good titles (when you’re in a school campus). But what about the kids that were categorized as the emo’s or the dorks and the wannabe’s? Two things can happen: First: They will think that they aren’t good enough and are not worthy of any attention at all. They will be insecure and will think lowly of themselves. They will either, stay the way they are and would not do anything to be better. They will be growing up with lots of insecurities and/or kill themselves. Second: They will try to fit in. They will change their way of living and be that someone, supposedly “a mean girl”, and try to live like them, with their ways, their looks, the way they walk, the way they talk and even the way they dress. They would not act as themselves anymore. Just to be part of a better social group. Sucks, yes? I have seen this for so...
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