...I gave a four-star rating to "Sin City," the 2005 film based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller. Now, as I deserve, I get "300," based on another work by Miller. Of the earlier film, I wrote prophetically: "This isn't an adaptation of a comic book, it's like a comic book brought to life and pumped with steroids." They must have been buying steroids wholesale for "300." Every single male character, including the hunchback, has the muscles of a finalist for Mr. Universe. Both films are faithful to Miller's plots and drawings. "300," I learn, reflects the book almost panel-by-panel. They lean so heavily on CGI that many shots are entirely computer-created. Why did I like the first, and dislike the second? Perhaps because of the subject matter, always a good place to start. "Sin City," directed by Robert Rodriguez and Miller, is film noir, my favorite genre, taken to the extreme. "300," directed by Zack Snyder, is ancient carnage, my least favorite genre, taken beyond the extreme. "Sin City" has vividly- conceived characters and stylized dialogue. "300" has one-dimensional caricatures who talk like professional wrestlers plugging their next feud. The movie involves a legendary last stand by 300 death-obsessed Spartans against a teeming horde of Persians. So brave and strong are the Spartans that they skewer, eviscerate, behead and otherwise inconvenience tens of thousands of Persians before finally falling to the weight of overwhelming numbers. The lesson is that the Spartans...
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...Tyler Faldet Extra Credit: Film Review Assignment Professor Debauche 11/12/2012 300 Review Over the weekend I happened to rent a few movies to watch with friends at my home back in Iola Wisconsin. I also had hopes that one of them would give me a lot of information, along with motivation, to write a review on using the different concepts that we have talked about in class. So way back in 2007 the American film 300, directed by Zack Snyder, and staring popular film stars such as Gerald Butler, and Lena Headey, brought millions and millions of mainly young and old men to the theaters. I personally remembered when it came out because everyone at school was talking about how amazing it was and quoting some of the lines from the film. And even with its popularity, I never did get the opportunity to watch the film, until this weekend. The General Plot of the movie is narrated by a Spartan soldier Dillios, who narrates the story from king leonidas's boy hood through the sacrifice of the 300 Greek Spartan soldiers, which sparked the war against the advancing Persian "immortals". Previous knowledge of the movie from what I had heard from others who had seen it was that it is a war movie based on a true Greek story many hundreds of years ago. Soon into the movie I realized it was completely different from what I had envisioned it would be in my mind going in. This difference was definitely for the better and my expectations were completely blown away. The whole style of...
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...n light of Frank Miller's latest sensible novel, Xerxes and told in the staggering visual style of the blockbuster "300," this new section of the epic saga makes the move to another battle zone on the sea as Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) tries to unite all of Greece by driving the charge that will change the course of the war. It pits Themistokles against the monstrous striking Persian powers drove by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Artemisia (Eva Green), wild force of the Persian oceanic force. After its triumph over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army beneath the command of Xerxes walks towards the major city-states of Greek. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the method for Xerxes' furnished power, manufactures its quality regarding its naval force, drove by maritime officer Themistocles. Themistocles is urged to an unwilling association together with the customary rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta who may live with its overwhelming infantry troops. However Xerxes still guidelines overwhelming in numbers over sea and range. While coming to the historical accuracy of this movie, we be clear of one thing right from the saying go: this is not in any helpful sense an authentic film. It references several noteworthy verifiable occasions yet is not keen on 'getting them right'. It utilizes authentic characters yet misuses them for its own sensational, generally techno-visual finishes. It wilfully submits the grossest chronicled goofs. This...
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...Play is of an enormous importance in a young child’s life. Through play the child’s social and motor skills develop greatly. Three forms of social play have been identified as parallel play, associative play, and cooperative play (Belkin & Faw, 1980, p. 340). The child starts out at a young age enjoying their play with themselves rather than people (Gibson, J.T., 1978, p. 300). Toddlers then play house with their dolls and stuffed animals. When the child engages human peers instead of toy objects in play this is the start of social play (Gibson, J.T., 1978, p. 300). Through this development comes aspect of parallel play. Here this child may play alongside a fellow peer, but they may be engaging in two completely different activities (Belkin & Faw, 1980, p. 340). Side by side the children play, observing each other and enjoying the fact that they are present with that peer, while not directly interacting with them. At two years of age a child with participate in parallel play (Gibson, J.T., 1978, p. 300). Associative play proceeds parallel play starting at age three. The children play in groups with the same toys as their peers, but each child uses the materials in very different ways (Belkin & Faw, 1980, p. 340). When asking a child engaged in associative play to describe his activity, he often times describes a totally different activity then the other children (Belkin & Faw, 1980, p. 341). A major part of associative play is imitation. A younger...
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...Midterm Ex #2 Mgmt 443 Study Guide Chapter 4 1. Define the Principles of Supportive Communication (Explain Advising, Deflecting, Probing, Reflecting) Page Ref: 257 1. An advising response provides direction, evaluation, personal opinion, or instructions. Such a response imposes on the communicator the point of view of the listener, and it creates listener control over the topic of conversation. 2. A deflecting response switches the focus from the communicator’s problem to one select by the listener. 3. A probing response asks a question about what the communicator just said or about a topic selected by the listener. 2. What impact does culture have on interpersonal problem solving? Page Ref: 264 3. Idenitfy problems associated with electronic communication?. Page Ref: 239 3 problems 1. People are bombarded with an overabundance of information, often poorly presented, so they are less willing to consume all the messages aimed at them; 2. No one puts all these rapid-fire messages in context, so much of the information lacks significance or meaning. 3. Effective interpretation and use of the information still depends on the relationship the recipient has with the sender 4. Define the benefits of supportive communication? Page Ref: 242-243 5. Define Coaching? What are the key elements? Page Ref: 245 6. Define Counseling – What are the key elements? Page Ref: 244-245 ...
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...680,000 0.05 0.55 0.32 0.08 0.45 October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March Sales 55,000 56,000 57,000 34,000 34,000 54,400 68,000 88,400 88,400 68,000 61,200 54,400 47,600 40,800 40,800 Collected in month of sale (5%) 2,750 2,800 2,850 1,700 1,700 2,720 3,400 4,420 4,420 3,400 3,060 2,720 2,380 2,040 2,040 - - - 2nd month of sale(55%) 30,250 30,800 31,350 18,700 18,700 29,920 37,400 48,620 48,620 37,400 33,660 29,920 26,180 22,440 22,440 - - 3rd month of sale (32%) 17,600 17,920 18,240 10,880 10,880 17,408 21,760 28,288 28,288 21,760 19,584 17,408 15,232 13,056 13,056 - 4th month of sale(8%) 4,400 4,480 4,560 2,720 2,720 4,352 5,440 7,072 7,072 5,440 4,896 4,352 3,808 3,264 3,264 Total collections 2,750 33,050 51,250 55,370 43,120 36,860 46,920 61,948 79,152 85,748 75,820 65,212 57,324 50,524 44,064 39,304 16,320 3,264 Accounts Receivable 58,888 Material Purchases & payments October November December January February March April May June July August September October November...
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...Services BS COMMUNITY HEALTH—GLOBAL HEALTH 2015-2016 Catalog Year Date_______________ G#__________________________ Student____________________________________________________ Daytime Phone___________________________ E-mail_____________________________________________________________ Pending AP scores Course recommendations made without copies of transcripts/transfer equivalency worksheet. FALL SEMESTER Fall Course COMM 100 Public Speaking (F,S,#) or COMM 101Interpersonal & Group Interaction ENGH 101 Composition (F,S,#) HIST 100 History of Western Civilization or HIST 101 Foundations of Western Civilization (F,S,#) Natural Science (lab) Fall Course SPRING SEMESTER Credit Grade 3 3 3 Credit Grade 4 GCH 300 Introduction to Public Health Elective 3 3 ENGH 302 Advanced Composition (F,S,#) GCH 310 Health Behavior Theories GCH 332 Health and Disease GCH 360 Health and Environment GCH 335 Applied Health Statistics Fall Course GCH 411 Health Program Planning and Eval GCH 412 Fundamentals of Epidemiology GCH 405 Global Hlth Interv: History and Systems Elective ANTH 381 or PHIL 344 or SOCI 390 or COMM 304 Credit GCH 205 International Health (F,S,#) Natural Science (lab or non-lab) Social Science Information Technology GGS 101 Major World Regions Grade 3 3-4 3 3 3 4 BIOL 124 Hum Anatomy and Physiology I (F,#) or RBHS 270 Hum Anatomy and Physiology I Arts Literature Fall Course Spring Course ...
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...#1 State whether the following statements are true or false by writing true if it’s true and false if it’s false in the space provided. 1pts each. Total ___/5 1) In the number 198; the value of the underlined digit is 900. ___________ 2) In the number 934; the value of the underlined digit is 3. ___________ 3) In the number 646; the value of the underlined digit is 600. __________ 4) In the number 164; the value of the underline digit is 40. __________ 5) The number 981; is expressed in expanded form as 900+80+10. __________ Circle the correct answer. 3 pts each Total ______/10 6. The expanded form of the number 475 is B) 400+50+7 C) 400+70+5 D) 400+75 7 three hundred twenty is written as A) 300 B) 333 C) 320 8. 952 expressed in expanded notation form is A) 500+90+4 B) 900+20+5 C) 900+50+2 9 .three hundred thirty three is written as A) 333 B) 3300 C) 33 10. 700+60+9 expressed in standard form is B) 706 C) 796 D) 769 Using the place value chart below, enter the following numbers in their correct place value. 3 pts each. Total _____/10 Hundreds | Tens | Ones | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11) 94 12) 105 13) 404 14) 90 15) 909 State the value of the underlined digit. 2 points each. Total ____/10 16) 213 __________ 17) 823 ___________ 18) 48 __________ 19) 796 __________ 20) 349 ___________ Write these numbers is words...
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...250 - 299 | | 5 | 274.5 | 1372.5 | 300 - 349 | | 3 | 324.5 | 973.5 | 350 - 399 | | 2 | 374.4 | 749 | 400 - 449 | | 1 | 424.5 | 424.5 | 450 - 499 | | 1 | 474.5 | 474.5 | 500 - 549 | | 1 | 524.5 | 524.5 | 550 - 599 | | 4 | 574.5 | 2298 | 600 - 649 | | 2 | 624.5 | 1249 | Year 7 – Numeracy Cumulative Frequency Table TIME | FREQ | Cumulative | 50 – 99 | 1 | 1 | 100 – 149 | 2 | 3 | 150 - 199 | 3 | 6 | 200 - 249 | 5 | 11 | 250 - 299 | 5 | 16 | 300 - 349 | 3 | 19 | 350 - 399 | 2 | 21 | 400 - 449 | 1 | 22 | 450 - 499 | 1 | 23 | 500 - 549 | 1 | 24 | 550 - 599 | 4 | 28 | 600 - 649 | 2 | 30 | Year 7 Literacy TIME | TALLY | FREQ | MIDPOINT | F× | 50 - 99 | | 2 | 74.5 | 149 | 100 - 149 | | 10 | 124.5 | 1245 | 150 - 199 | | 3 | 174.5 | 523.5 | 200 - 249 | | 5 | 224.5 | 1122.5 | 250 - 299 | | 2 | 274.5 | 549 | 300 - 349 | | 7 | 324.5 | 2271.5 | 350 - 399 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 - 449 | | 1 | 424.5 | 424.5 | Year 7 Literacy Cumulative Frequency Table TIME | FREQ | Cumulative | 50 – 99 | 2 | 2 | 100 – 149 | 10 | 12 | 150 - 199 | 3 | 15 | 200 - 249 | 5 | 20 | 250 - 299 | 2 | 22 | 300 - 349 | 7 | 29 | 350 - 399 | 0 | 29 | 400 - 449 | 1 | 30 | Year 9 Literacy Table TIME | TALLY | FREQ | MIDPOINT | F× | 100 - 149 | | 8 | 124.5 | 996 | 150 - 199 | | 9 | 174.5 | 1570.5 | 200 - 249 | | 6 | 224.5 | 1347 | 250 - 299 | | 5 | 274.5 | 1372.5 | 300 - 349 | | 1 | 324.5 | 324.5 | 350 -...
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...2422-4.7507=19.4915 g | Volume added to calorimeter (mL) | 20.0 mL | 20.0 mL | 1 | Time (s) | 0 | 30 | 60 | 90 | 120 | 150 | 180 | 210 | 240 | 270 | 300 | 330 | 360 | 390 | 420 | 1 | Temp(°C) | 26.1 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 27.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Time (s) | 0 | 30 | 60 | 90 | 120 | 150 | 180 | 210 | 240 | 270 | 300 | 330 | 360 | 390 | 420 | 2 | Temp(°C) | 24.0 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 27.6 | Change in temperature of the water (°C) | 1.0°C | 3.6°C | Energy gained by the water (J) | 81.552J | 293.59J | Change in temperature of the metal (°C) | -72.9°C | -72.4°C | Calculated specific heat capacity (J/g°C) | 0.0958 J/g°C | 0.335 J/g°C | Molar mass approximation (g/mol) | 261.02g/mol | 74.73g/mol | Percent error of specific heat capacity (%) | 75.1% | 13.0% | Percent error of molar mass (%) | -310.76% | -17.60% | Enthalpy of Neutralization (Nitric Acid) | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Volume of acid (mL) | 50.0 mL | 50.0 mL | Concentration of acid (M) | 1.1 M | 1.1 M | Volume of NaOH (mL) | 50.0 mL | 50.0 mL | Concentration of NaOH (M) | 1.0 M | 1.0 M | 1 | Time(s) | 0 | 30 | 60 | 90 | 120 | 150 | 180 | 200 | 220 | 240 | 260 | 280 | 300 | 320 | 340 | 360 | 380 | 400 | 420 | 1 | Temp(°C) | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23.5 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 30.4 | 30.4 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 30...
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...Cov(x,y) -19230.75 Stdev(x) 103.8829469 y=-100-1.782*x Stdev(y) 185.1194115 Corr(x,y) -1.00000 x y x y x-xbar y-ybar (x-xbar)^2 (y-ybar)^2 (x-xbar)*(y-ybar) 1 50 -189.1 Cov(x,y)/Var(x) -1.782 1 50 -189.1 -175.00 311.85 30625.00 97250.42 -54573.75 2 60 -206.92 2 60 -206.92 -165.00 294.03 27225.00 86453.64 -48514.95 3 70 -224.74 3 70 -224.74 -155.00 276.21 24025.00 76291.96 -42812.55 4 80 -242.56 4 80 -242.56 -145.00 258.39 21025.00 66765.39 -37466.55 5 90 -260.38 5 90 -260.38 -135.00 240.57 18225.00 57873.92 -32476.95 6 100 -278.2 6 100 -278.2 -125.00 222.75 15625.00 49617.56 -27843.75 7 110 -296.02 7 110 -296.02 -115.00 204.93 13225.00 41996.30 -23566.95 8 120 -313.84 8 120 -313.84 -105.00 187.11 11025.00 35010.15 -19646.55 9 130 -331.66 9 130 -331.66 -95.00 169.29 9025.00 28659.10 -16082.55 10 140 -349.48 10 140 -349.48 -85.00 151.47 7225.00 22943.16 -12874.95 11 150 -367.3 11 150 -367.3 -75.00 133.65 5625.00 17862.32 -10023.75 12 160 -385.12 12 160 -385.12 -65.00 115.83 4225.00 13416.59 -7528.95 13 170 -402.94 13 170 -402.94 -55.00 98.01 3025.00 9605.96 -5390.55 14 180 -420.76 14 180 -420.76 -45.00 80.19 2025.00 6430.44 -3608.55 15 190 -438.58 15 190 -438.58 -35.00 62.37 1225.00 3890.02 -2182.95 16 200 -456.4 16 200 -456.4 -25.00 44.55 625.00 1984.70 -1113.75 17 210 -474.22 ...
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...King Leonidus It was a warm August day in the year 480 B.C, when I went out to meet Xerxes' legion at Thermopylae. My force consisted of 7,000 Greek men, which was nothing at all compared to the 200,000 Persians that awaited us on our path. My Spartans and I marched on the front lines toward the fight hoping that we would spark the spirits of our Greek allies by knowing they had the battle-hardened Spartans leading them. As we marched into the pass, our eyes perceived the Persian immortals, these soldiers were Persia's exclusive fighting force and they feared nothing. They wore a type of formidable mask which was all white with obsidian indentations where their eyes were supposed to be. We formed a tenacious line with our spears pointed out in front of our shields and the rocky pass covering both of our sides. We sat there in our imperishable pack waiting for the immortals to start their advance, we knew if we broke our formation it would create an inadequate spot in our line which could be penetrated and eventually over ran by the immortals. Every man was ready for this day, our Spartans were bred for war, it's all they had ever known, and now they would get to show the true meaning of what it is to be a Spartan. The immortals grew impatient and started in a full sprint at our front lines, as they came closer I gave the order for my men to hold out their spears and stand their ground at all costs. The first wave of immortals were cut down by our lengthy spears without any...
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...I would like to start off with the title of the movie “300.” The fact that movie insinuates that there were 300 Spartans that went up against 300,000 Persians is not 100 percent true in itself. In the film it is omitted that the Spartans were also accompanied at Thermopylae by as stated by Herodotus in his Histories - “500' (men) 'from Tegea, 500 from Mantinea, 120 from Orchomenus in Arcadia ... from Corinth there were 400, from Philus 200, and from Mycenae 80. In addition to these troops from the Pelopennese, there were the Boeotian contingents of 700 from Thespiae and 400 from Thebes. The Locrians of Opus and the Phocians had also obeyed the call to arms, the former sending all they had, the latter one thousand.” I think the reason it was made to look like just 300 men took on an army of 300,000 Persians and was almost successful, because this was a Hollywood movie and 300 vs 300,000 sounds that more dramatic and interesting. Another thing that I noticed is that the movie never really established why Xerxes has set out on this massive conquest in the first place in the film. The Ionian revolt is not mentioned at all and neither is the First Persian War which is strange in the fact that some aspect of background is usually incorporated into a film as to give the viewer a more in depth understanding of the nature of the film and its themes. Personally, I assumed he was trying to expand the Persian Empire. However this is fairly understandable as the film can be perceived as a...
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...Zack Snyder’s 300. 300 is a film about King Leonidas, the King of Sparta, and his 300 Spartan warriors who all stood up against the God-king Xerxes and his massive Persian army from annihilation. After watching the film very closely for my critique I believe there is a serious underlying theme that everyone has the right to be free and sometimes you have to stand up and make sacrifices to keep your freedom. Standing up for freedom is never an easy task as shown in 300 but, everyone deserves to be free. In discussing the storytelling, acting, cinematography, editing, sound, style and directing, the impact of society on the film, genre, a formalist approach to analysis, and the overall textual theme of 300 I will attempt to back up my belief. Storytelling 300’s narrative structure is the first-person point of view of Dilios, a Spartan solider under the command of King Leonidas. The film is presented in chronological order and takes place in Sparta and Thermopylae, Greece. The major conflict in the film is that the Persian army has come to Sparta and requests their submission or will kill them and enslave their women and children. King Leonidas makes the decision to stand up to the Persians but; is not allowed to go to war with the Xerxes, the Persian God-king, because the Ephors deny him the right. The Ephors are later found out to be traitors. Unfortunately, by the end the Spartans are betrayed by Ephialtes, a deformed Spartan outcast, and Xerxes orders all 300 Spartans to be...
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...There is no doubt that Zack Snyder is very capable of making a wonderful film, with all of the actions and the graphics that he gave us within the hit movie 300, released in 2007. As much of a hit as the movie was, it was also riddled with historical inaccuracies. Three of such that were rather large towards the end of the movie were that only the three hundred Spartans stayed to battle, when the death of Leonidas actually took place, and when Epialtes and the men that he’d lead to the back of the Spartan army showed up. There were also a few parts that Herodotus never mentions that must have been added to make the storyline flow easier, of course, though viewers see that in every Hollywood movie. As stated above, there are many inaccuracies within the movie. One of which was the fact that there...
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