...It was a time of crisis, a time of tragedy and a time of courage and of undying love. The story of Mila 18 is set in German occupied Warsaw Poland before and during the German occupation of World War 2. Leon Uris's book is based upon the systematic humiliation and destruction of the Jewish population in Poland. Although the book is a fiction novel the story is based upon real historical facts and accounts from journals and survivors of the time period. The story is given a lot of depth by being told from a variety of points of view such as the German brainwashed pride, to the foreign journalist and the young Jewish boy to the Highest ranking Jewish military officer in the Polish army. Mila 18 started out as just a assignment to me that I had to complete in order to graduate high school. After about the 3rd chapter I really became intrigued with this story and I also became emotionally invested in the characters. I was nervous when there was danger and peril, I rooted for the couples, I was sad when they broke apart. The main reason why this book hit a chord with me was that it taught me what true courage is, what true strength is and what true love is. It is easy to be able to have any of that when life is easy but when pushed into a corner forced to live in sub human conditions and practically starved, that is when the true shows of courage, strength and love brought fourth. Over 600,000 Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and criminals were crammed into a ghetto only a few city blocks...
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...The film that I have been analysing is ‘Friends with Benefits’. Will Gluck directed the film and the producers were Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Janet Zucker and Will Gluck. The impact of the director of this film is a good one because he has directed many rom coms such as ‘Easy A’, this could attract the target demographic because the film was very successful which means that they would want to watch films by the director. The total budget of the film was around $67,000,000, the opening weekend was $18,622,150, the total domestic gross was $55,802,754 and the worldwide gross was $150,421,779. This shows that the film did very good at the book office. Poster The advertisement would have been seen on billboards, bus stops, on the buses, train stations, cinema. The impact on the target demographic could be that they want to see the film because it is interesting and also you can put the poster anywhere so they don’t have to go and search for it themselves. On the poster there was a release date to inform when they can go see the film. I think that the mis-en –scene was very modern and simple for example the background colour is mainly white which connotes peace and modern and the target audience is modern, this is good because it would not be difficult to understand it. It also uses things that the target demographic can understand and relate with e.g. the masthead is white and blue which connotes fresh and modern also FWB is highlighted in blue which might be linked to the...
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...The focus of this critique is on the film Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, and Vincent Cassel. A movie about a young woman’s consuming desire for perfection as a ballerina in the role of a lifetime. Throughout this film the mise-en-scene was raw and grainy with diverse camera angles that gave an out of control feel that added to the instability within the scenes. As the film progresses the viewer becomes increasingly unsure of the reality that the Nina character is experiencing. The tight quarters of the sets, apart from the practice room, emphasized and helped to showcase the pressure at the studio and the controlling atmosphere at home. The editing in this film was linear and showed the gradual and increasing mental instability of Nina. At times it was difficult to know where in her mental decline she was at and what she was experiencing versus what was only in her mind. Had the film been edited in a nonlinear fashion it would have added a tremendous amount of confusion for the viewer and destroyed the continuity of her experiences and gradual mental deterioration. Sound is effectively used in scenes depicting the reality of particular events. The harsh sounds of the cutting and clipping of Nina’s fingernails sounded like the snapping of small bones. The sound of grinding the bottoms of the ballet slippers in the resin box, the scraping, scratching sound of the knife slicing the bottoms of the shoes were...
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...Catcher In The Rye 1. Why does Holden like museums so much? What do you make of it? In the story Cather in The Rye, Holden took a liking to museums. One reason is because it was a place he visited as a child. He can go there and reminisce about his childhood and how, things once was. Another reason is he dislikes change, which is something the museum does not. He says "The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move." It’s almost as if he was frozen in time. I think Holden dislikes change because he wishes things where the same as when he was younger and he still had his brother and things were simpler. 2. What does the novel tell us about Holden’s Parents? What do you make of this information? In the novel the narrator of the story does not talk about Holden’s parents a lot but what you can infer that they are both very wealthy. In order for them to send their son to several different prestigious schools they have to be make a large amount of money. You can also infer from the novel that Holden’s parents are not hands on. By this I mean they rather send him away then to deal with his conflicts and juvenile antics in person. Even when Holden is kicked out of school he is able to venture through New York without a call from his parents. 3. Read the visit to Mr. Antolini. The episode ends abruptly. How do you understand Mr. Antolini's actions and Holden's reactions? Mr...
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...Like most people with animals, my dog, Mila, is a huge part of my life. I have had her since she was six months old, and since the moment I met her, I knew she would hold a special piece of my heart. Also, like most people with a significant other, my husband is also a large part of my life. We have been together for almost four years. Now, while both of them make me very happy, they can also drive me a little crazy from time to time. Mila, who used to be great with other animals, has developed an aggression towards other dogs since we moved to Jacksonville in June, 2016. I believe it is due to the fact that instead of having a backyard, she is taken outside on a leash. That brings me to why, Devan, my husband, is driving me crazy. He takes...
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...Zai Malaixiya Beifang Daxue SCENE 1:Sebelum peperiksaan Mila : Mingtian, women you Huayu kaoshi. Nimen zhunbei hao le ma? Shaz : Wo meiyou zhunbei yinwei wo hai you bu dong de. Farah : Mei guanxi, women keyi bang ni xuexi Huayu. Izzah : Dui, nimen yao yiqi xuexi haishi women yao jian laoshi? Mary : Women yiqi xuexi, ruguo hai you bu dong women xuyao jian laoshi. All : Hao de. SCENE 2:Selepas peperiksaan Mary : Fala he Izzah, jintian de Huayu kaoshi zenmeyang? Izzah : Huayu kaoshi ti, feichang duo danshi wo keyi huida. Farah : Wa! Ni feichang congming. Wo gaoxing yinwei women keyi huida. Shaz : , Huayu kaoshi hou, nimen xiang qu nali? Mila : Wo xiang women yiqi qu mai dongxi, hao ma? Izzah : Hao wa. Mary : Duibuqi, wo bu keyi yinwei wo you shiqing. Shaz : Mei guanxi, xia ci women yiqi qu mai dongxi. SCENE 3: Zai gouwu zhongxin Fuwuyuan : Huanying guanglin! Qingwen nimen yao chi he he shenme? Fara : Duibuqi, wo bu zhidao zheli you shenme tese cai? Fuwuyuan : Women zheli you tangcu yu, dongyan tang he jitang? Fala : Hao de, wo yao yi wan dongyan tang he yi bei liang cha. Fuwuyuan : Hao de, nimen yao shishi women de baobing? Mila : Wo xihuan baobing. Wo yao yi pan baobing he yi hu kafei. Fuwuyuan : Hao de. Ni yao leng de kafei haishi re de kafei. Mila : Re de. Shaz he Izzah, qing nimen zai dian liang ge cai ba. Shaz : Fuwuyuan, wo yao yi tiao tangcu cai. Izzah, ni ne? Izzah : Wo yao yi pan shadie he yi pan chaomifan. Fuwuyuan : Hao de, hen kuai...
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...School. Reyna and the kids are living with their paper and their stepmother Mila in a Fourplex apartment with one bedroom. They live in Highland Park, it is a Latino neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles. Papi can't afford a bigger apartment because he needs to pay back all the money he borrowed from the smuggler. So, the kids sleep in the living room for now on. Reyna goes to school at Aldama Elementary.She wasn't used to...
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...dread, confinement, culture of violence and oppression during the Marcos regime. It showcased different symbolisms in terms of Marcos’ dictatorship during his reign in the Philippines. Each character of the film reflected what role to play in line with the Marcos regime. In addition, most of what the film depicted is how much patriarchy was alive back then in the Philippines. As observed, the characters portrayed different symbolisms. The most evident character in the film is the father who symbolizes “Marcos”. He played the role passably as an oppressive, harsh, and a “control freak” kind of father that the film highlights profusely. The actions he portrayed in the film symbolized the deeds of Marcos during his reign. Noel, his son-in-law, Mila, his daughter, and even his wife were the ones who lived under fear of his power. The father, as a patriarch, was seen in different levels of his manipulation on the lives of the newlyweds. In parallel with this situation is the Marcos’ reign along with his obsolete parliament. This clearly showed the oppression that Marcos possessed towards the Filipinos during his time such as the midnight-to-dawn curfew and the limitation of what the media can report out to the people. If anything, the patriarchy shown by the film made us realized that it was also the convention among families during Marcos’ reign. The effective use of the father-figure having the power over the mother and the daughter who had no ways but to succumb to the father is a...
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...3 characters - who are they? * Psychological traits * Physical appearance * Personal history * Family history Elliott Chavez Appearance: black slightly curled hair, light brown small eyes, average length, fit, and light brown skin Age: 24? Personality: reserved, sarcastic, self-conscious, calm, hateful, Elliot is half Mexican (mom) and half American (dad) Elliot is a normal guy. He was fat as a kid and teenager which made him self-conscious. When he lost weight and got fit he started to party a lot (too much) because the stupid people started to like him more because he became handsome. He dropped out of collage to chase his dreams in becoming a DJ. But he soon realized that’s not him and he stopped caring about the stupid people that only liked him for his looks. He decided to change his life, he moved back to his home town. He then reunited with his old best friend from high school; Jason. A few people were searching for a new roommate and Elliott took the place. When he moved in it turned out that one of his new roommates is Jason. HE IS LIKE DIEGO He doesn’t really know what to do in his life, he haven’t finished any university so he has no degree. He has no plans and is a bit anxious about his future but he doesn’t share his feelings. He is reserved and doesn’t like to talk about himself or his emotions, though he is still social and likes to hang out with people and talk, just not about himself. He is very sarcastic and kind of mean but in a...
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...LEONARDO DA VINCI I LA PINTURA MURAL DEL RENAIXEMENT ÍNDEX 1. CRONOLOGIA DE LEONARDO DA VINCI 2. LA RECEPCIÓ DE LA FIGURA DE LEONARDO DA VINCI 3. ELS MESTRES 4. ELS ANYS DE FORMACIÓ 5. LEONARDO DA VINCI: OBRA DE TALLER 6. L’ANUNCIACIÓ 7. EL SANT JERONI 8. L’EPIFANIA 9. LEONARDO DA VINCI I LA MILÀ DELS SFORZA 10. LA VERGE DE LES ROQUES 11. EL CAVALL DELS SFORZA 12. CASTELLS I CIUTATS 13. LEONARDO DA VINCI I LA PINTURA DELS SFORZA 14. L’ESGLÉSIA DE SANTA MARIE DELLE GRAZIE 15. EL REFECTORI. ANTECEDENTS DEL CENACOLO 16. IL CENACOLO 17. LA REPERCUSSIÓ DEL CENACOLO 18. LEONARDO DA VINCI DESPRÉS DE MILÀ 19. LA GIOCONDA 20. ELS CÒDEX DE LEONARDO 2 7 11 14 16 19 22 24 27 30 33 36 38 41 43 46 48 50 57 62 1 1. CRONOLOGIA DE LEONARDO 1452 - Neix a Anchiano, comuna de Vinci, prop de Florència. Document que acredita la data de naixement, escrit del seu avi- quadern on l’avi escriu els fets més importants de la seva família. És fill natural del notari Ser Piero de Vinci i d’una camperola, Caterina. El mateix any del seu naixement, el pare es casa amb una jove de noble família, Albiera di Giovanni Amadori. La mare, després, es casa amb Acattabriga Piero di Vacca. Piero té moltes dones (que van morint) i molts fills. Neixen el mateix any que Leonardo: Girolamo Savonarola i Ludovico Sforza “il moro” neixen al mateix any que Leonardo. Miquel Àngel neix al 1475, 23 anys després. Rafael Sanzio neix al 1483, 31 anys després. També al 1452 Piero della Francesca pinta a Arezzo el cicle de...
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...WorldCom Characters: 1. Val- Scott Sullivan (CFO) 2. Mila- Cynthia Cooper (Internal auditor) 3. Leslie- Employee 1 4. Kylie- Employee 2 (a junior auditor working with Cynthia Cooper) 5. Donna- Arthur Andersen 6. Brynner- David Myers (Controller) 7. Patrick- Bernard Ebbers (ex-CEO) 8. Ivy- The Government (SEC) 9. Ruby- Employee 3 Scene 1: INTERROGATION Setting: Interrogation room Individual frames on each interviewee (Scott, Cynthia, The Employees, Andersen, David Myers, Bernard Ebbers) Frame 1 (Interrogation of David Myers) Ivy: What was your involvement in the WorldCom accounting fraud? David Myers only smirks confidently. Ivy: Mr. David Myers, let’s not play games here. You were controller for WorldCom. We know what you did. So, why don’t you just get this over and done with? How did you commit the fraud? He only smirks even more. Quite devilishly. Bryner: Did we, now? He looks straight into the “camera”. Bryner: Did we actually commit fraud? He smirks again and sits back confidently into his chair. Frame 2 (Interrogation of Employee, Miss Tubaga) Ivy: Miss Tubaga, you worked as accounts officer for WorldCom’s network services. I’m sure you yourself wondered about their accounting practices. You are, in fact, a certified public accountant. Miss Tubaga is only looking at her knuckles, a habit she has attained when she’s nervous. Ivy: Miss Tubaga—Leslie—you can talk to me. We’ll make this easy for you, make you a valuable...
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...ROMAN TRANSITION FROM MONARCHY TO REPUBLIC The transition period for Romans from the Monarchy system of administration to Republic system ranged between the periods (578-508). This saw the empire, as it was referred at the time undergo series of changes in its governance in pursuit of a Republic. In this essay therefore, the issues addressed are solely the basic transition protocol that accrued for the Romans. In essence, the Etruscans, who were solely behind Monarchy system, will be discussed. The essay presents a concise examination of roman feature that was solely Etruscan. The myth of Lucreatia rape as is a major contributor to patriotism for the Romans will be enlightened too. The Etruscans distinctive personality could be traced in their culture and religion as pertains development when compared to those of other people. They occupied the region between Arno and Tiber Rivers at the north of Rome. The Etruscans culture was well developed as well as advanced. Great information and rather facts regarding the Etruscans were an attribute of the Greeks. They were therefore later affirmed to have come from Lydia in Asia Minor at around 1200 B.C because of famine. Their name, `Etruscan’ which according to the Greeks was `Tyrrhenian’ came from the Lydia’s leader and King Tyrsenian. As mentioned earlier, the Etruscan’s had a well developed culture that was not only advanced but also distinct from all others. It should however be understood that though the Romans...
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...Tarea Nº 1 Entrega: debe ser entregado en documento escrito. Fecha de entrega: 2 de abril del 2014 Integrantes: máximo 3 personas. 1) De entre los principales índices bursátiles del mundo, seleccione dos de ellos y explique: a) Características principales del mercado que representan y del sector. b) Descripción del índice y procedimiento de cálculo. c) Análisis de la evolución de los últimos 20 años, identificando los episodios de crisis financieras que podrán haber afectado a los mercados que representan. El análisis debe contener la fundamentación de los movimientos del índice. Índice Bursátil de Perú (IGBVL) Refleja el promedio de cotizaciones de las principales acciones inscritas, en función de una cartera seleccionada y actualmente se representa por 32 acciones que son las más negociadas. Este índice mide el comportamiento del mercado bursátil y establece comparaciones de diferentes sectores como minero, bancario, agropecuario, industriales, servicios públicos. Para tener actualizada esta cartera de llegado al acuerdo de realizar una revisión semestral; el 2 de enero y el 1 de julio. “El Índice General de la Bolsa de Valores de Lima (IGBVL), es el índice más importante del mercado bursátil peruano. Está calculado a partir de un portafolio que incluye a las 34 acciones más representativas en términos de capitalización y liquidez. Se usa como referente para...
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...available. The tools are listed as follows, • Nlpdotnet Tokenizer • Mila Tokenizer • NLTK Word Tokenize • TextBlob Word Tokenize • MBSP Word Tokenize • Pattern Word Tokenize • Word Tokenization with Python NLTK The main goal of this paper is to compare the performance of these tools for finding the best tokenization tool. In order to perform the analysis, we provide an input document and this document are processed by these tools and the output produced by these tools is considered for analysis. Each toolhas produced different outputs for the same document input. The input document is given in Figure 2. Nlpdotnet Tokenizer In computational linguistics, tokenizing refers to the process of splitting a piece of text into a list of tokens. A token can be a word, a number, a symbol, or a punctuation mark. Tokenizing cannot be naively done by using white spaces and punctuation marks to split texts. On the contrary, the main challenge lies in the proper treatment of symbols, digits, and punctuation marks. Though it seems trivial, tokenizing is so important that it is vital to almost all advanced natural language processing activities [5]. Mila Tokenizer MILA was founded in 2003 by the Israel Ministry for Science and Technology. Its mission was to create the infrastructure necessary for computational processing of the Hebrew language and make it available to the research community as well as to commercial enterprises. The MILA Hebrew Tokenization Tool divides inputted undotted Hebrew text...
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...Civil Liberties and Rights in America Connie Palmer POL: American National Government Instructor: Sara Rogers 4-29-2013 The right to privacy is a civil liberty every American enjoys. The right to privacy is an important freedom for everyone everywhere not just in certain states. Women in America should have the right to do whatever she feels is best for her. The street law website states, “The fourteenth amendment says not state shall deny to any person with in justification the equal protection of the laws.” Women in America are concerned states having different laws concerning abortion. Women have different reasons for wanting or needing an abortion. Some women may be restrictive to the laws and her life could be in danger. The law in Texas states women cannot receive an abortion unless her life could be in danger. This restriction on abortion infringes on the civil liberties of women in the United States. Personally, I believe women should have the right to receive an abortion under certain circumstances. I agree with the law in Texas to a point. I feel if the woman’s life is in jeopardy, if the pregnancy is a result of a rape, or if the fetus is not developing normally are the only reasons I think a woman should receive an abortion. This may be hypocritical of me, but I believe an abortion should not be a justification for birth control. I feel strongly about the right of a woman to choose life or to choose an abortion. Public policy protects the rights of women to...
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