...Homer Hickam lives a coal mining town, where he is expected to take after his father and become and coal miner. However, when Homer sees the Sputnik satellite in space, he is inspired to build his own. With no support from his family and classmates, Homer ask the school nerd, Quentin to help him build rockets. Together with Homer’s friends, Roy Lee and O’Dell, the four of them team up and build homemade rockets, testing them in an empty area away from town. The boys get support from their teacher, Miss Riley, who informs them of the science fair and getting scholarships if they win. After many failed attempts, they finally get some success, and the local paper writes a story about them. However, the “Rocket Boys” as they are known as, get...
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...The third installment of Homer Hickman’s memoir entitles Sky of Stone, dictates the struggles of a small town boy returning home after experiencing the vastly different environment of higher education. Sonny’s summer of 1961 has a vastly different plan than the one he had imaged, lazing around the hot North Carolina beaches, strolling for girls and having the summer of his life. Instead he finds himself back in Coalwood, West Virginia, doing what he vowed he would never do. As mining coal proves to be more than he bargained for, with long and tolling days, he finds himself changing physically and mentally, caring more and more about the people around him and his hometown. Sonny is dedicated to earning his way, making it back to college in the fall,...
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...and almost every man living in the town works in the mines. John Hick, the mine superintendent, loves his job and hopes that his boys, Jim and Homer, will one day join him in his mine (“Plot”). When it appears that Jim will receive a football scholarship to attend college, this leaves Homer to fulfill his father's dream, although his mother, Elsie, hopes for more for her son. In October, news of the Soviet Union's rocket launch of Sputnik 1 reaches Coalwood (“Plot”). As the townspeople gather outside the night of the broadcast, they see the satellite orbit across the sky. Filled with awe and a belief that this may be his chance out of Coalwood,...
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...A)Violence against Women -Wrestling with manhood -Violence is connected to manhood (real men invite confrontation, trash talk) -Fear and respect go hand in hand -Bark like a dog (subordination of women is part of the “man” package) -Comparison to women as a challenging idea (you are a “bitch”) -Chyna becomes so strong, she is stripped of femininity (later rejects public image) -violence as “deserved,” even really crazy awful sexual violence (“bark like a dog”) -“...it's only entertainment.” -Sex Trafficking (Trade) B)Gender, Beauty, Normalization -Wolf, beauty as a prerequisite for success for women -“girls learn that stories happen to 'beautiful' woman but don't happen to women who aren't beautiful” -beauty as a market and product -the female body as a constant -Kaw, Asian Americans (3% of pop., 6% of cosmetic surgeries), most likely ethnicity to get c. surgery -encouragement of self hatred -pressuring women to conform to standards of normality -media representation of Asians as “sleepy, dull, uninterested” -origins in facial reconstruction at WWI -now used to “fix” completely natural features -Valenti, beauty as a “shut the fuck up” tool -beauty is a distraction -women are too ugly or too pretty to be consequential/deserve public attention -Bordo, Slender Body -double bind: producer v. consumer -moral coding: fat is seen as lazy, thin as control -cultural...
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...me. Walls of memories line our apartment. Classes, friends, thoughts? They are excited to have me back, to remember what it was like with me here and them there. A nd while they deserve news, their questions ring chaotic in my ears. Remind ers of the commotion outside, of people expecting more, pushing ahead. A non - stop pace. Existence outside oneself. I pause and tell them I need a minute. Just one second and the door closes. Eyes and ears shut. I am alone again. City melts, and questions q uietly float away. I can remember the soft wind and red stones. With silence around, I can breathe again. To a certain kind of mind, what is hidden ceases to exist. My grandmother wanted me to tell her everything. A bout problems and boys. But I had nothi ng. No hidden needs, no burning desires. No secrets. Nothing exciting to share? Life is simple and I am happy. I do not know what else there can be. A nd it was not enough for her. She wanted a complex girl, a granddaughter worth picking apart. But I was wh...
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...e press How to use How to use this eBook Presents WINGS OF FIRE Published by UNIVERSITIES PRESS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED Copyright © 2003 UNIVERSITIES PRESS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED All Rights Reserved Distributed by Sulekha Epress e press Sulekha, Sulekha.com, Epress, Sulekha Epress, Epress logo and Sulekha logo are trademarks of Smart Information Worldwide Inc. NOTICE: This eBook is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution to any person via email, floppy disk, network, print out, or any other means is a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or imprisonment. This book cannot be legally lent or given to others without the written permission of Sulekha. CONTACT US: Sulekha, 4926 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 101 Austin, TX 78759, USA Sulekha, 96 Dr Radhakrishnan Salai, 2nd Floor Chennai, 600 004, India epress@sulekha.net You are viewing this eBook in the Full Screen mode. Press the Page-Down button to browse to the other pages. Press the Escape (Esc) button to exit this Full Screen view. You will then be able to see the document with all the regular Acrobat Reader features. You can return to the Full Screen view through the menu path View > Full Screen. You can also use ‘Control+L’ (Ctrl+L) to get the Full Screen view. This eBook allows you to do the following: Print any number of pages (use the print icon) Adjust the view of the document (use the...
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...Downloaded from www.lifebooks4all.blogspot.com e press How to use Downloaded from www.lifebooks4all.blogspot.com How to use this eBook Presents WINGS OF FIRE Published by Copyright © 2003 Distributed by UNIVERSITIES PRESS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED UNIVERSITIES PRESS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED You are viewing this eBook in the Full Screen mode. Press the Page-Down button to browse to the other pages. Press the Escape (Esc) button to exit this Full Screen view. You will then be able to see the document with all the regular Acrobat Reader features. You can return to the Full Screen view through the menu path View > Full Screen. You can also use ‘Control+L’ (Ctrl+L) to get the Full Screen view. This eBook allows you to do the following: Print any number of pages (use the print icon) Adjust the view of the document (use the zoom-in and zoom-out icons) Navigate in multiple ways (use the next page, first page and last page icons) For Help, use the menu path Help > Reader Help to get more details. You can also write to epress@sulekha.net for any clarifications or doubts. We love to hear from customers like you. All Rights Reserved Sulekha Epress e press Sulekha, Sulekha.com, Epress, Sulekha Epress, Epress logo and Sulekha logo are trademarks of Smart Information Worldwide Inc. NOTICE: This eBook is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution to any person via email, floppy disk, network, print out, or any other means is a violation of International...
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...Human rights violations Project in Social Studies Mick Joshua Ilano IV-Mercy Human rights violation in the Philippines. On January 18, 2013, Aquino signed a landmark law, Republic Act No. 10361, designed to protect the rights of the country’s estimated 1.9 million domestic workers. The Philippines also ratified the International Labor Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention No. 189, which would help protect the rights of the 1.5 million Filipino domestic workers abroad. The Aquino administration, however, has not made significant progress on its pledge to expedite the investigation and prosecution extrajudicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances, among other serious violations of human rights. The number of extrajudicial killings has dropped significantly since Aquino took office, but politically motivated killings are still frequently reported and the murder of petty criminals by “death squads” in urban areas continues unabated. Only two cases of extrajudicial killings have resulted in convictions in the past three years, and even in those cases, the individuals believed most responsible for the killings have not faced justice. The government took some steps to set up an inter-agency committee in 2013 to help investigate and prosecute high-profile extrajudicial killings, but it was not yet operational at time of writing. Harassment of and violence against leftist political activists and environmentalists continues. Insurgency and Ethnic Conflicts In...
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...Advance Edited Version Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/12/48 15 September 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 7 HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict ∗ ∗ Late submission A/HRC/12/48 page 2 Paragraphs Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PART ONE INTRODUCTION I. II. III. METHODOLOGY CONTEXT EVENTS OCCURRING BETWEEN THE “CEASEFIRE” OF 18 JUNE 2008 BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE GAZA AUTHORITIES AND THE START OF ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA ON 27 DECEMBER 2008 IV. APPLICABLE LAW PART TWO OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: THE GAZA STRIP Section A V. VI. THE BLOCKADE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OF MILITARY OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY ISRAEL IN GAZA BETWEEN 27 DECEMBER 2008 AND 18 JANUARY 2009 AND DATA ON CASUALTIES ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND POLICE VIII. OBLIGATION ON PALESTINIAN ARMED GROUPS IN GAZA TO TAKE FEASIBLE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THE CIVILIAN POPULATION VII. A/HRC/12/48 page 3 IX. OBLIGATION ON ISRAEL TO TAKE FEASIBLE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CIVILIAN POPULATION AND CIVILIAN OBECTS IN GAZA X. INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS BY ISRAELI ARMED FORCES RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF LIFE AND INJURY TO CIVILIANS XI. DELIBERATE ATTACKS AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION XII. THE USE OF CERTAIN WEAPONS XIII. ATTACKS ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIAN LIFE IN GAZA: DESTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FOOD PRODUCTION, WATER INSTALLATIONS, SEWAGE...
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...Nowadays, brands are taking over the world we are living in, where the process that makes a product known by the consumers is very important. Depending on how the company presents the product to the public, the product can be perceived in a positive manner (which may include from the purchase of his to loyalty to it) or in a negative way (rejection ). Previous studies show that brands that are "imprinted" in consumers’ life are trying to create their own identity by calling on emotional and sentimental side, outlining, and thus people like a certain personality. The belief that a strong brand is based on whole creative process - aiming near as possible to the consumer by building their own personalities is the idea of beginning this work. It aims tracking how a successful brand creates its personality through the public, and the perception of consumers about this. The analysis will focus on the Bergenbier brand and will be following firstly, the brand features prints and promotion through TV spots, and secondly how consumers perceive the brand. Last phase of the study is consumer profiling Bergenbier brand. Research methods used were document analysis and sociological inquiry (main methods) and telephone survey and focus group (secondary methods). Research questions The role descriptive study aimed at identifying brand characteristics Bregenbier as they appear promoted by certain media tools, namely TV spots and prints. Regarding the role of exploratory work aims perception...
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...“Harley Davidson” Team #1: Tamala Hamilton Emmy C. Rodriguez Jason N. Cedillo Nov. 17, 2007 “Harley-Davidson” Harley-Davidson motorcycles have been around for over 100 years, and from what Harley has been able to accomplish throughout the years, I think it is safe to say that Harley-Davidson will be around for another 100 years. Since its first motorcycle built in 1903 by William Harley and the Davidson brothers, Harley-Davidson has been transformed into an American icon. Every customer feels like each Harley-Davidson bike is custom built to suit their individual taste and style like the loud roaring sound, unique powerful engine, and its rugged bad boy image. With all the personas and symbolic labels that Harley-Davidson possess, this little bad boy company manages to incorporate the concept of family first to its employees making it one of the best companies to work for. The road to success did not come easy for the Harley-Davidson company. The company had several ups and downs that nearly forced the company to shut its doors of operation permanently. With the many different CEO leaders came different leadership styles, each with its own distinctiveness that rescued the company to only bring it back down to near destruction. The Harley-Davidson company finally resurrected itself when a group of senior executives managed to borrow enough money to purchase a buyout of the company to take full control of Harley-Davidson and make the necessary changes...
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...06/06/2016 MockBank United India Insurance 2016 Generalist AO Mock Test 1 Duration: 120 Minutes Total Marks: 200.0000 United India Insurance 2016 Generalist AO Mock Test 1 Reasoning Ability In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the coding and mark the letter of that combination as your answer. If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark (E) i.e. 'None of these' as your answer. Letter : D O U S P N E L T W Q K Z Digit/Symbol Code : 2 @ 9 4 # % 3 8 5 1 $ 6 + Conditions (i) If the first and the last letters are vowels then first letter is coded by the code of third letter. (ii) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is consonant then both codes are to be interchanged. (iii) If there is no any vowel in the group then third letter is coded by the code of fifth letter. 1. ESNQTO A %4$ @% 5 B %$ @4% 5 C %4% $ @ 5 D % $ @%4 5 E None of these Ans. C Sol. E S N Q T O Condition (i) % 4 % $ 5 @ 2. EEKETZ A +36353 B 35363+ C +63533 D 35336+ E None of these Ans. A Sol. E E K E T Z Condition (ii) + 3 6 3 5 3 3. PNTTSZ A #%54+4 B #%454+ C 454+#% D #%4+54 E None of these Ans. B Sol...
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...TIV The Innovator Game Design Document Group 1 Martin Hannappel (536634) Valerina Hocaku (538514) Ashley Kok (523313) Matthew Simpson (539898) TIV The Innovator Game Design Document Group 1 Martin Hannappel (536634) Valerina Hocaku (538514) Ashley Kok (523313) Matthew Simpson (539898) Contents 1. Game Mechanics 3 1.1.Core Game Play 3 1.2.Game Control 4 1.3.Game Flow (Player Experience) 4 1.4.Characters 6 1.5.Game Play Elements (Alphabetically Ordered) 7 1.6.Game Physics and Statistics 11 1.7.Artificial Intelligence 12 1.8.Game Mode: Ghost Run 13 2 User Interface 14 2.1Flowchart 14 2.2 Functional Requirements 16 2.3 MOCK-UPS 17 3. Art and Video 21 3.1 Style guide/ Overall goals: 21 3.2 2D Art & Animation/ 3D Art & Animation 21 3.3 Game Play Elements 24 3.4 Cinematics/ Video 29 4.Sound and Music 32 4.1 Overall Goals 32 4.2 Game Walkthrough 32 5.Story 37 5.1 Background 37 5.2 Synopsis 37 5.3 Story (3 Levels + The Grand Theft) 37 6.Level Requirements 39 6.1 Level Diagram (Simple linear model) 39 6.2 Asset Revelation Schedule 40 6.3 Level Design Seeds Notes About the Diagrams Below 41 1. Game Mechanics 1.1. Core Game Play Permanent running; the player only stops when falling into a gap between the houses, running into obstacles, falling through sky-windows, getting shot or caught by the persecutors/enemies Preset pathway; no “real” own direction choices possible, though...
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...In most treatments of power, this chapter would form the entire discussion. Coercion and force are often used as synonyms of power, and all too often are seen as the only type of power. Hans Morgenthau offers a definition that is representative of the literature: Power may comprise anything that establishes and maintains the control of man over man. Thus power covers all social relationships, which serve that end, from physical violence to the most subtle psychological ties by which one mind controls another. Power covers the domination of man by man, both when it is disciplined by moral ends and controlled by constitutional safeguards, as in Western democracies, and when it is that untamed and barbaric force which finds its laws in nothing but its own strength and its sole justification in its aggrandizement.[1] Power tends to be defined as force, regardless of whether the one wielding power is the initiator or the responder. No less an authority than John Locke, the 17th century enlightenment philosopher whose treatises on government provided inspiration for the U.S. Constitution, defined coercive power as the only appropriate response to the illegitimate use of coercive power: "In all states and conditions, the true remedy of force without authority is to oppose force to it."[2] The equation of force with power is not limited to theorists. Kriesberg points out that parties in social conflict, "cognizant of inequalities in resources and what that means for domination...
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...MULAN Overview In mythology, the journey of a hero is an ancient and universal theme. In every culture from ancient Greece to China, Southeast Asia, and the Americas, heroes have embarked on life-altering journeys (Kurtti 1998: 11). Stuart Voytilla states that there are twelve stages to a hero’s journey and no matter what the purpose is for their journey, in the end the heroes or in this case heroine, share the same destination. It does not matter if the hero gains a kingdom or returns home with the elixir, as mythologist Alexander Eliot puts it, “he actually earns self-integration, balance, wisdom, and spiritual health” (Kurtti 1998: 11). One of the most renowned and beloved of these “wandering heroes” says Kurtti, is a young woman named Mulan. It is a story that is well known in China and has been told from generation to generation. “Mulan” is a Disney animated film based on an ancient Chinese folktale about a brave young woman who is faced with the terrible dilemmas of war during ancient China. She is not like any of the other Disney heroines, such as Cinderella or Ariel from the “Little Mermaid”. You do not see her daydreaming or looking for her “Prince Charming” in the film. All she wanted to do was to please and honor her family. But every time she tried, it seemed as though she was destined to fail. She also had one simple motivation and that was to save her father from having to serve in the Imperial Army. So when the emperor sent his orders to the...
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