...The Center Tear is a classic utility device in mentalism. Learning it is simple, and once you have learnt it you’ll have an impromptu method to gain a spectators thoughts, needing nothing more to hand than a pen and paper! Some people think that the center tear (and billet work in general) is somewhat antiquated and old fashioned, but I can assure you that with the right handling, you can create extremely powerful mind reading effects. Mentalism godfather Tony Corinda says of the center tear in his iconic book, 13 Steps to Mentalism: “The center tear is perhaps my most celebrated method of all those used in the art of mentalism.” So, lets get on with learning how to do a center tear. Though first, a quick word of warning. There are literally dozens of methods and presentations based on the center tear. I use the one that makes most sense to me – it’s loosely based on one used by Corinda. How to do a center tear You will need: - One small piece of paper (around 4×4 inches) – not see through or too thick. - One pencil (or pen) - One spectator with a mind worth reading (rare) - One ashtray (not essential) 1. Take the square of paper and explain you want them to write the name of someone close to them, that you do not know. 2. Draw a line just below the center middle of the paper, just so they know where to write. Do this casually and as you explain step 1. 3. As they write, look away. Explain that when they are done, you want them to fold the paper in...
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...C O L L E G E J O H N A V E N U E Z M I R A K Bashing Men on Campus N SEPTKMBER 23, USA TODAYpubMshed an editorial which should serve as a wake-up call to everyone who cares about American higher education. Pointing to a recent U.S. Department of Education study, the paper noted with alarm that across the country, "135 women receive bachelor's degrees for every 100 men. That gender imbalance will widen in the comingyears." As the paper warned, "This is ominous for every parent with a male child. The decline in college attendance means many will needlessly miss out on success in life. The loss of educated workers also means the country will be less able to compete economically. The social implications—women having a hard time finding equally educated mates—are already beginning to play out." USA Today cited some possible culprits for the increasing distaste young men are showing for college, pointing provisionally to our high schools, suggesting that perhaps "female teachers in elementary and middle schools, where male teachers are scarce, naturally enforce a girl-friendly environment that rewards students who can sit quietly—not a strong point for many boys, who earn poor grades and fall behind." One reader countered that in fact, "schedules, curriculum, social politics and teachingmethods have gone overboard to benefit girls" and other officially designated "protected groups"—which essentially amounts to anyone other than white males. In subsequent...
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...of Violent Sports” to explain why their have so many people like in the violent sport. He also gives good reason and example to support his idea According to my real experience and also the research from the sport event which is everybody accept it , his persuade article is successful because his opinion are reasonable and believable. Firstly, Allen Guttmann said, “The psychological term identification has been criticized because spectators are quite aware of the difference between themselves and their athletic heroes, but empathy seems too weak a term to characterize what I have called representational sports” (p.22). He explains that the spectators are crazy in the violent sports because whenever they watch the players play, they think that people are the heroes who represent themselves or their country. According to Guttmann’s example of when Jack Johnson knocked out the Great White Hope, black Americans were jubilant. Whenever Glasgow’s Celtics outscore Glasgow’s Rangers in a soccer match, Roman Catholics rejoice” (p.22). Moreover, the spectators know that the people who represent them block, tackle, kick, punch, pummel, or pin them, whoever they are. It’s just a game. They can guarantee that they will be harmless and they will be safe (p.22). Based on my real experience, when I watched the Olympic games in the summer of 2012, I was watching a Thai boxing fighter versus a Chinese boxing fighter in the final round. I really felt that the Thai boxing fighter was representing...
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...| DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYPROJECT DOCUMENTATION FOR FINAL YEAR STUDY INBachelor of Science in Computer ScienceByKiprotich Emmanuel LangatC026-1127/2011PROJECT TITLEStadium Management System Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree in BSC in Computer Science.DeclarationI declare that the ideas described herein are my original work and have not been submitted to any Institution for an award of degree or diploma:Students ConfirmationName: Kiprotich Emmanuel Langat Date: Signature………………………..……… …………………………………………….Supervisor ConfirmationName: Mr. Gabriel Kamau Date: Signature………………………………….. ……………….……………………………. | Abstract Although many stadium management systems have been developed today, major issues which could make these stadium management systems interactive towards the public/stadium users and be able to play a leading role in ensuring that a well secure stadium is realized have not been implemented. Ensuring that there is a better and efficient means by which the stadium can be able to communicate to its users today informing them of the activities which do take place in the stadium such as the day of football matches has been a pretty challenge to most stadium managers. Yet communication among relevant parties is recognized as the only means by which absolute trust and effective service delivery can be achieved. Ways of handling insecurity...
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...defense to negligence of assumption of risk? There is no risk for people who voluntarily enter into a risky situation. 2. Are there any sports events at which a spectator might not be held to have assumed the risk of an injury? Are there injuries that a spectator or a participant in a sport would likely not have assumed the risk of? Yes there are sports events a spectator might no be held to have assumed the risk of an injury,for example track. Yes, for example baseball Rangers reliever pitcher Frank Francisco after threw a chair that hit a woman and broke her nose and was charged with felony battery. 3. Suppose that George, the owner of a softball park, has a duty to provide a backstop to protect spectators who want the protection against the risk of being hit by a ball. Nikita, a visitor from Eastern Europe, sits in the stands behind the plate where the backstop should be. Nikita has never seen softball, knows nothing about it, and does not understand the danger. During the game, Nikita is struck and injured by a ball. Can Nikita recover from George for the injury? Yes Nikita can recover from George for the injury because it was his liability for not having the backstop there and she was not aware of the risk. 4. Under the circumstances described in the previous question, Eldon, another spectator, also sits in the stands behind the plate where the backstop should be. Unlike Nikita, Eldon is fully aware of the risk. During the game, Eldon is struck and injured...
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...November the temporality of the notes played permitted each chord to appear and then disappear from the stage as if it were an actor in a play. The performance on November 7th allowed the lines to blur between the performer and the spectators. Thus, this essay will examine the temporal aspects of Andrew Lee’s recital, as well as what are the implications when the audience and the artist merge during a show. Allowing each note that he played on the piano to have room to “act” as if it were a character in a play created an awareness in perception of the sound that was heard. The time that lapsed between one note and another gave time to actually listen to what the note was saying, just as if a human actor was delivering a one word line. In either case, the spectator wants to understand what is being said to them, and what deeper meaning the actor is trying to convey. Music is usually played and heard with notes overlapping and resonating with and between each other. The timing between their arrival to the listener and when...
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...[ An anecdote of the Drag Racing experience] [Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] This paper is a presentation of the experience at a drag racing event as a spectator. Drag racing is a relatively less famous event among car racing fraternity. This is mostly because it is usually organized for recreation and is not really considered as a matter of prestige to win unlike other sports. The race has both two wheeler and four wheeler versions of it and the four wheeler version, generally with cars is more famous than the motor cycle race. Having said that, there are many takers for the two wheelers races too. Drag racing rules are the simplest possible rules for any game. There will be two cars or motor cycles which go into racing for nearly 1/8th of a mile. The drivers keep accelerating till they reach the finish line and one who reaches the finish line first is declared as the winner. The races are usually held in drag strips that adhere to all the rules and regulations for safety as followed world wide. The strips are designed in such a way that they adhere to the safety guidelines for both drivers and spectators. Drivers as such do not need any special skill for participating or even winning a drag race. While experiencing a drag race live, you cannot help but notice the way the participants are called for the race. The order is not random and follows a specific set of rules. The process is briefly explained as following: There...
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...------------------------------------------------- Adeela Abrar h.no12/st.9/ sector C Islamabad. telephone: 0331-5223106 e-mail: adeelaabrar@ymail.com EDUCATION The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY Ph.D. in military history; minor in American history (2001) Dissertation: "A Winter Campaign: General Philip H. Sheridan's Operations on the Southern Plains, 1868-69" Advisor: Dr. David Syrett Drew University, Madison, NJ B.A. in History, English minor (1980) College of St. Elizabeth, Madison, NJ Education 251: Psychology of Learning -- Adolescent; Education 252: Human Intercultural Problems in Education (1977-1978) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Hunter College, New York, NY U.S. History to 1877; U.S. History from 1865; The Civil War (2001 to date) Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY U.S. History from 1865 (2004-2005) John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY World Civilization I: prehistory - A.D. 1500; World Civilization: from A.D. 1500 (1998-2004) Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ The Civil War; World Perspectives in History II (2003-2004, 2006) New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ Civilizations I (2003) Baruch College, New York, NY Senior Coordinator, Peer Tutoring Program, History Department (1996-1997) Themes in American History: The Frontier (2000) Touro College, New York, NY (Men's and Women's Divisions) U.S. History from 1865 (2001) Modern History I: Renaissance to 1815; Modern History II: 1815 to present (1994-1995) New York City Technical...
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...rise is the latest craze. However, like many new inventions, it has flaws. Many of the residents are growing furious of inconveniences such as the lack of working elevators, electrical power, and clean water. Since the building is not subject to the same regulations as the outside world, there are many residents who are committing violent acts and vandalism to demonstrate their frustration. To survive in this hostile environment, the residents either decide to join the resistance or accept these living conditions. Ballard concentrates on three main resident storylines, who each represents a level in the hierarchical social categories. These storylines come together in High Rise to prove that, contrary to popular belief, being a passive spectator is better than being an active agent in a technologically advanced environment like the high rise. Anthony Royal, Richard Wilder, and Robert Laing’s relationship is analogous to that of a zoo structure containing a zookeeper, a zoo-animal, and a zoo-visitor. Royal takes care of the birds “he brought them food”, he relates to the birds, thinking “their real motives for taking over the roof were close to his own”, and he “sketched many designs for a zoo, one of them – ironically – a high rise structure.” (99). These traits resemble that of a zookeeper. Wilder, as his name suggests is the wild vicious “animal” this was demonstrated when “[like] a large animal, pausing for breath, he followed the huge projections of himself cast upon the walls...
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...Hooliganism among Sport Spectators Name XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Professor XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Course XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Date XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Hooliganism among Sport Spectators The term hooliganism is not new to anyone who has been keeping in touch with world news, especially concerning sports. The behavior of hooliganism is one that has been existent for a long time, and is very prevalent in the contemporary world. Football matches for instance have always been marred by such developments where the spectators have turned against rival spectators. In this case, the rival spectators are identified as those supporting a rival team. The violence against different team supporters have usually led to the destruction of property, injuries and in some unfortunate events, it has resulted to the loss of lives. These are issues that the world is currently facing. The entire universe has in one way or another experienced such developments especially among the sport spectators. The emergence of football as one of the most watched and supported sport has put it at the very center of hooligan activities. Many hooliganism cases reported today are from soccer matches, where fans find it hard to accept defeat. The fact that so many people today closely follow the sport has made it prominent, with...
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...innovation regarding issues of spectacle, representation, thought and so on. Derrida‘s reading of the Artaudian insights initiates a project of scrutiny and exemplifies processes of negating and affirming. Jacques Derrida, in his essay, "The Theater of Cruelty and the Closure of Representation", raises the overarching question, whether a poststructural theater is possible or not. Theater is known for the necessity of being performed in front of spectators instead of being limited only to reading. This very nature of theater encounters many changes in regard to matters about whether the writing of the text should precede its performance or vice versa and whether it is supposed to communicate its meaning to spectators’ minds or senses. Artaud's theatrical spectacle comes to sort out these problems. In an essay entitled ’’ This Extreme and Difficult Sense of Spectacular Representation’’: Antonin Artaud’s Ontology of ’’ Live’’, Deborah Levitt concludes that the peculiarity of this spectacle resides in its aim to ’’speak to the senses of its spectators’’. This tendency bears within itself the germs of a poststructral belief toward language. In fact, language is no longer the medium of instructing the minds as a result of the skepticism that poststructuralists show to the linguistic field. Thus, Artaud stands ahead of the group saying that theatre has not to work on our mind but rather on our senses. In this respect, it is relevant to draw on the conception of theatrical language for Artaud...
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...help him with his business through proposing a new business entity, different employment types and relationships relevant to law, the liability to Acme Fireworks if spectators are injured due to his displays, and the contract and whether it is enforceable under UCC. II. Body paragraph #1 - Topic Sentence # 1 As with all other business, Acme would be no different when coming into a problem with potential personnel liability. If a spectator is injured by a stray firework from one of their display stands do you think they would be responsible or would the blame fall on someone else? A. Supporting Evidence In a recent excerpt from Findlaw.com states, “Injured spectators may be able to hold the person or company setting off the fireworks liable through negligence”. B. Explanation Regardless of where the firework display stands are set up for these different business organizations, Acme Fireworks will ultimately still be responsible for injury if for instance a stray firework were to go off and hit a spectator in most cases unless the spectator can be found guilty of causing harm upon himself with no negligence found on Acme Fireworks. C. So What? Regardless of how fun fireworks can be, if they are not monitored properly and spectators are not supervised it can put a company in jeopardy of being liable whether it is the manufacture or the company putting on the show because both are...
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...LPGA Stephanie Leger Kaplan University In this research paper, you will read about the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) and all the things they have accomplished through the years. This organization is not only for professional but for amateurs and young girls learning the fundamentals of the sport. It also has ties to the communities through its charity work. In this paper, you will also read about the LPGA Foundation. Marketing Mix Analysis Overview The LPGA is one of the longest running women’s professional sports associations in the world. It was founded in 1950, and has grown from playing in tours to a non-profit organization. The organization along with the LPGA Teaching Club Professionals has become the backbone of the sport today. The headquarters for this organization is in Daytona Beach, Florida. Product According to our textbook, product is defined as anything that can be offered to the market for attention, acquisition, use, or consumption that might satisfy the need or the want. With the LPGA, they represent the women’s side of the golf industry. The LPGA is not just an organization that has women play the game, but they also have a nonprofit foundation called the LPGA Foundation. It was founded in 1991. This foundation has four goals: develop and maintain junior golf programs across the country; develop and maintain scholarship programs for junior golfers; maintain a financial assistance fund for those in the golf industry;...
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...[start of p. 215] One of the striking characteristics of the new mass media - radio, television, and the movies - is that they give the illusion of face-to-face relationship with the performer. The conditions of response to the performer are analogous to those in a primary group. The most remote and illustrious men are met as if they were in the circle of one's peers; the same is true of a character in a story who comes to life in these media in an especially vivid and arresting way. We propose to call this seeming face-to-face relationship between spectator and performer a para-social relationship. In television, especially, the image which is presented makes available nuances of appearance and gesture to which ordinary social perception is attentive and to which interaction is cued. Sometimes the 'actor' - whether he is playing himself or performing in a fictional role - is seen engaged with others; but often he faces the spectator, uses the mode of direct address, talks as if he were conversing personally and privately. The audience, for its part, responds with something...
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...Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill’s ethical theory is known as Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism, according to Mill, is about judging the moral rightness/wrongness of an action by looking at if the outcomes produce the best balance of good over bad for all concerned. Mill develops his theory of Utilitarianism through five major tenets; the greatest happiness principle, the definition of happiness, the hierarchy of pleasures, and the impartial spectator. The foundation of Utilitarianism lays in Mill’s definition of happiness and the Greatest Happiness Principle. Mill defines happiness as the promotion of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. After defining happiness, Mill provides what he calls the “creed” of the foundation of Utilitarianism, the Greatest Happiness Principle. The Greatest Happiness Principle holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. The Greatest Happiness Principle uses an utilitarian standard; for that standard is not the agent’s own greatest happiness, but the greatest amount of happiness altogether; and if it may possibly be doubted whether a noble character is always the happier for its nobleness, there can be no doubt that it makes other people happier, and that the world in general is immensely a gainer by it (Mill 516). Mill states that humans are able to experience a higher level of pleasure than animals in the statement: “To suppose that life has (as they express...
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