...Pete Rose; a name that is debated upon daily between analysts, sports fans, and anyone who feels the need to argue his situation. To start in the younger years of Rose's eventful life, many controversial actions would ensue. Pete Rose, otherwise known as "Charlie Hustle" for his insane effort always given, was a baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Montreal Expos, extending his career from 1963 to 1986. Rose was truly successful, breaking records with ease and becoming an icon in Major League Baseball. After 24 seasons played with various teams in the MLB, Rose retired and started to manage the Reds organization. Posting a 412-373 record as the manager from 1984 to 1989, Rose is the 5th most successful manager...
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...The First Eagle – Analysis Adaptations An interesting aspect of Hillerman's fictions is the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural contexts in which they are set with their particular historical imperatives and consequences. The "Big Res" itself although sparsely populated by the standards of large urban enclaves is nevertheless home to a wide mix of Native American tribal entities including Navajo, Apache, Hopi, Ute, Zuni as well as Anglos and Hispanics of various national origins. Add to this cultural diversity such social elements as the disparity of power and wealth between the communities, and the opportunities for friction and conflict are significant. Therefore, a possible focus for discussions of this novel could be to examine the ways in which Hillerman ignores, acknowledges, utilizes, or highlights particular elements of the cultural and economic contexts in the service of his plot, characterization, and themes. Characters Hillerman populates the novel with a rich cast of characters whom he reveals through their speech, their actions, and their thoughts. He also describes their physical appearance so that readers form specific and distinguishing images of them. Jim Chee is portrayed as a "traditional" Navajo who has studied to become a hatathali, a traditional singer who can conduct traditional curing rituals; he is also a universityeducated (University of Arizona) lawman as is his former supervisor, now retired, Joe Leaphorn (Arizona State University). The relationship...
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...Jade Zayas Intro to World Mythology Final Paper 05/07/2012 O Brother, Where Art Thou? vs. The Odyssey When it comes to entertainment and box office hit movie making, it is not uncommon to come across films adapted from popular literature. Taking a story that is popular and well-known is a formula for a successful film, as long as it is done the right way. The Coen Brothers, famous for successful films such as “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski,” made a movie together entitled “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” This film, while unique in its setting and a little bit different in the plot, is clearly an adaptation of the ancient classic poem “The Odyssey” by the poet Homer. Even a review by the renowned film critic Roger Ebert states: “O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Homeric journey through Mississippi during the Depression (Ebert, Roger 2000).” The film itself depicts the obstacles and fate of a man during the Great Depression who escapes from jail and whose only goal is to make it back home. The struggles he and his fellow escapees meet along the way are strikingly similar to the perils that face Odysseus and his men on their mission to get back to Ithaca. Also, the character references in the film that parallel the characters in the epic poem are abundant. The film is almost a modern homage to the ancient poem in all the different ways it emulates “The Odyssey.” To fully understand all of the different ways the film relates to the poem, it is important to establish the character...
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...Penelope’s character and how she stayed faithful to her husband for twenty years. He also used this same couple to show treacherous when Odysseus had an affair with Circe. This example doesn’t only show loyalty and treacherous, it also explores the theme of double standards. This is because, Odysseus expected Penelope to stay faithful to him for twenty years without hearing anything from him, while he on the other hand had an affair. In “O Brother, where Art Thou?” loyalty is also presented throughout the film. Although it is not between penny and McGill like in the Odyssey, it is between McGill and his friends. An example of this is seen when McGill and his friends risked their life to rescue their African American friend. Furthermore, Pete tried to not tell about his friends until he was tortured almost to...
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...BMGT 380 Final Examination Question and Answers Follow Below Link to Download Tutorial https://homeworklance.com/downloads/bmgt-380-final-examination-question-and-answers/ For More Information Visit Our Website ( https://homeworklance.com/ ) Email us At: Support@homeworklance.com or lancehomework@gmail.com 1. Sam orally agreed to sell Ramie some land for $500,000. Ramie paid Sam the $500,000; Sam gave Ramie the deed to the land. Ramie took possession of the land and began building a cabin on it. One month later, Sam tried to retake possession of the land by arguing that the contract for the sale was invalid because it was oral, not written. Sam sued Ramie to invalidate the contract and retake the land. The court will likely conclude that Sam will: a) Win; the sale exceeded $500 so the contract must be written to be valid. b) Win; all land sales contracts must be written. c) Lose; because the contract was fully executed Sam cannot rescind the contract. d) Lose; because Ramie had begun building a cabin on the property, Sam cannot rescind the contract. 2. On Tuesday, Sam offered to sell his CD collection to Sandy for $100. Sandy replied, "I’m interested. I’ll think it over and let you know Thursday whether I want to buy the CDs." On Wednesday, Sam agreed to sell the CDs to Jason, and Jason immediately gave Sam a letter that stated: "Sam, I will buy your CD collection for $100. As we agreed, I will pay you on Friday when I pick up the...
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...BMGT 380 Final Examination Question and Answers Follow Below Link to Download Tutorial https://homeworklance.com/downloads/bmgt-380-final-examination-question-and-answers/ For More Information Visit Our Website ( https://homeworklance.com/ ) Email us At: Support@homeworklance.com or lancehomework@gmail.com 1. Sam orally agreed to sell Ramie some land for $500,000. Ramie paid Sam the $500,000; Sam gave Ramie the deed to the land. Ramie took possession of the land and began building a cabin on it. One month later, Sam tried to retake possession of the land by arguing that the contract for the sale was invalid because it was oral, not written. Sam sued Ramie to invalidate the contract and retake the land. The court will likely conclude that Sam will: a) Win; the sale exceeded $500 so the contract must be written to be valid. b) Win; all land sales contracts must be written. c) Lose; because the contract was fully executed Sam cannot rescind the contract. d) Lose; because Ramie had begun building a cabin on the property, Sam cannot rescind the contract. 2. On Tuesday, Sam offered to sell his CD collection to Sandy for $100. Sandy replied, "I’m interested. I’ll think it over and let you know Thursday whether I want to buy the CDs." On Wednesday, Sam agreed to sell the CDs to Jason, and Jason immediately gave Sam a letter that stated: "Sam, I will buy your CD collection for $100. As we agreed, I will pay you on Friday when I pick up the...
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...Danielle My letter to you Interpersonal communication Inst. LaFave, D. July 14, 2014 My Dearest Jonathan and Callie, Congratulations to both of you on the birth of your beautiful daughter Abigail and on your engagement, Peter and I are more than thrilled to hear all the good news. You both are about to embark on many new journeys not only with parenthood but with the journey of building a life for all three of you. I’m not sure if you knew this or not, but I have been taking a course in interpersonal communication and the things I have learned in this course have not only benefitted myself but they have benefitted my relationship with Peter. Before the course, Peter and myself struggled with communication for many different reasons, but going through this course and looking back on our problems I realized that the things we have been struggling with could have been prevented if we knew how to properly communicate with each other. My goal of this letter is to share with you my personal trials and tribulations regarding our relationship and how important interpersonal communication is in any relationship. I hope you can learn from my mistakes and use this letter as a tool and keep it in your toolbox for when you are having troubles and are not sure how to go about solving them. My wish for the three of you is to have a healthy long lasting relationship. There are a lot of things I have learned so I hope you don’t mind that this might be a lengthy letter I’m going to...
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...Pete Moran Professor Wright Unit #4 Essay ENWR 106-11 August 8, 2013 Even the Blind Can One Day See In the short story “Cathedral” the speaking voice comes from the character known as the husband. The husband appears to narrate the story with the intent of telling it like it is. He makes his opinions, usually negative, very well known to the reader, which I believe makes him appear that much more human to the audience. I chose this story for my final paper because I was able to develop a connection with the husband, or perhaps it was just a feeling of empathy. I could relate to his situation; just like him, at times I find myself feeling lost, troubled, and blind to all the positive things in my life. The husband in Raymond Carver’s short story, “Cathedral,” provides an honest depiction of the young to middle-aged adult struggling to understand his or her place in society. However, it also sheds optimism on the subject by reminding us that we are all capable of change. In this paper, I plan to prove that Raymond Carver provides an extremely honest depiction of the character known as the husband, to address to the audience that even the most flawed are capable of lasting change. The husband stays up every night drinking and smoking marijuana numbing the pain of the life he has made for himself and just feels trapped. To quote the husband, “Every night I smoked dope and stayed up as long as I could before I fell asleep” (Carver 34). I think the husband in this story uses...
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...........................................14 A Reading From the Book of Fusilli..............................................................................................15 The Book of Penelope....................................................................................................................17 The Book of Linguini.....................................................................................................................20 The Torahtellini Part 2...................................................................................................................22 The Story of the FSM and the Eastern Pirates...............................................................................25 The Book of Fearsome Pirate Pete................................................................................................30 The Tale of Dave and...
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...To quote the famous Seinfeld episode, “It was an angry sea my friend, like an old man returning soup to the kitchen...” Right at sunset the clouds would build to an inky black threatening darkness. At that point we knew we were in for another rough night riding the waves in the darkness, lit by the occasional lightening zap. One of the hardest parts of sailing at night with clouds is you don’t have the stars to steer by. We try not to use the auto-pilot either as the wind and waves push you around and it can overwhelm the autopilot. It causes unpleasant and unwanted rapid change of direction, wreaking havoc on the crew and those below trying to...
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...installing sprinkler systems. Together he and his wife founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC. Now, Madoff’s father-in-law was a retired C.P.A. who helped attract investors including famous clients such as Steven Spielber, Kyra Sedgewick, and Kevin Bacon. The Investment Securities became famous the reliable annual returns of ten percent or more. The firm handled up to five percent of the trading on the New York Stock Exchange by the 1980s. Just like every other business and company out there, Madoff Securities started using computer technology to develop their stock quotes. The firm helped to develop and test the National Association of Securities Automated Quotations knows as NASDAQ. Madoff got the privilege of serving as president of the board of directors for the NASDAQ stock exchange. Many of Madoff’s family members began to help with the company as the business expanded. Pete, his brother, in 1970 became the firm’s chief compliance officer....
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...Despite Their Old Age”, have managed to live up to 7 to 9 years. This proves that cloning is more efficient than thought since the first cloned animal, Dolly, has sisters. For the first animal clone, it is impressive that Dolly is able to have sisters just like her. To back up the previous claim, Pete Shanks tells the story of Snuppy. In 2005, Seoul National University (SNU) tried and succeeded in cloning an Afghan dog, even though there was a miscarriage and a death (Shanks). Cloning is efficient because Snuppy was able to be born without as many problems as claimed by opponents. The first Afghan dog has managed to be cloned, despite a miscarriage, which is impressive for the first cloned dog. To conclude, cloning is more efficient than those who oppose it will claim. As well as the claims opponents make about cloning, they also support the myths about cloning. According to Levine, many people believe that cloning is an exact replica of the animal or organism cloned. This raises ethical questions from people, though. People are against cloning because of how similar they are to each other, like the Clone Troopers from Star Wars. Another myth according to Levine is that clones take little time to develop. “Movies such as Multiplicity, in which an overworked contractor clones himself to help cope with his busy life, ignore the time delay essential to cloning,” says Levine. Those who believe this may think cloning is unnatural. They will think that the unnaturalness of cloning could...
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...Steve Jobs' Best Quotes Ever Owen Linzmayer Email 03.29.06 "It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." -- BusinessWeek, May 25 1998 View Slideshow View Slideshow One of the great things about Steve Jobs is what comes out of his mouth. The CEO of Apple Computer is a master of hype, hyperbole and the catchy phrase. Even when he's trying to talk normally, brilliant verbiage comes tumbling out. Here's a selection of some of the most insanely great things the man has said, organized by topic: innovation and design, fixing Apple, his greatest sales pitches, life's lessons, taking the fight to the enemy and Pixar. On Innovation and Design: "It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing." -- At age 29, in Playboy, February 1985 "I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do." -- BusinessWeek Online, Oct. 12, 2004 "Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." -- Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998 "It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." -- BusinessWeek, May 25 1998 "It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't...
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...Controversies of prisoners of war The book “Unbroken” was a seemingly impossible tale of triumph and survival of an Olympic runner and WWII veteran named Louis Zamperini. He constantly had to overcome adversity in his early years, for he was an immigrant from Italy and a trouble maker before his brother Pete steered him into running track. This immediately turned him around as he did well enough to in running to break all sorts if local records, which were accomplished while his competitors were trying to sabotage his runs. This qualified him for the 1936 Olympic in Berlin, where he met Hitler. He still had running aspirations but felt he had no choice other than fighting in the world due to the fact that the 1940 Olympics were cancelled. So he joined the Air Crops and while flying in plane suspected to break down, he crashed in the sea with two other friends and was stranded there for over 47 days. Louis overcomes great adversity again when Japanese air assaults targeted them and they jumped in the water to get cover while fighting off hungry sharks. After the planes retreated Louis and his friends took turns swatting the sharks trying to jump at them while the other kept the boat afloat by blowing like a mad man. After they were successful in doing this, they saw land but were intercepted by a Japanese boat that took them to the notorious POW camp known as Naoetsu. This is where the infamous prison guard called “The Bird” decided that he was going to do everything to break...
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...talking about something they wish they could have done when they had the chance, but were too concerned about another factor in their lives, now having to live life full of regrets. Like Gil Pender says, “That’s just the era we line in…” In the 2011 film, Midnight In Paris, written and directed by Woody Allen, tells the story of Gil Pender’s, played by Owen Wilson, longing for self-fulfillment and his love for historical 1920’s Paris, France. The film also stars veteran actress, Rachael McAdams, playing Gil’s significant other, Inez. The film starts off with Gil and Inez, two engaged Americans in modern Paris having a little vacation. On a lonesome late night stroll, Gil finds himself lost in the backstreets of Paris and sees an old car from the 20’s drive up to him with open doors. Ready for an adventure in Paris he decides to get into the vehicle. Little does he know that he just stepped into a time portal transporting Gil back to the wonderful times of 1920’s Paris. Confused and full of awe, he assures himself that, “He was born too late.” While trying to figure out where he is, he runs into another young American couple, Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, with whom he tags along with for the remainder of the night. Also introduced to Gil is one of his writing idols, Ernest Hemingway, which helps Gil get some personal insight on his novel, a work in progress that he has a hard time letting other people critique. As the night comes to an end, he wakes up in his hotel room back in...
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