...The Patriot The Patriot takes place in South Carolina, 1776. A man by the name of Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) regrets his past experience in the French-Indian war, even though he was a war hero. When the revolutionary war against the British starts, he wanted nothing to do with it, avoiding the memories of his dark past. Fathering seven children, his oldest son decides to join the colonial army despite his father's wishes. When the oldest son, Gabriel, gets captured by the British, his father had no choice but to get him out. In the process of that, his second oldest son was shot by a British General. This event reignited his revenge-like attitude, starting up his hatred for the "red-coats". Benjamin ends up starting a militia group with...
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...In the movie the patriots Benjamin martin was a patriot also he had 6 kids 4 sons and 2 daughters. His 2 oldest sons got killed by a man name Tavington. Benjamin Martin went to fight with the patriots in the war. Benjamin Martin was a great man and a great leader, he fought for independence. His oldest son got married a the British had put her and a lot of other people in a church and burned it with everyone in it, so his son was mad with rage at him rode off and fought the British and killed a lot of people and got killed. In the war Benjamin Martin had his men surround them and make the surrender and that's how he won the war. The British leader was so disappointed in himself, he had to get a soldier to put yup the white flag and he was...
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...Did you know that The Patriot movie is not really historically accurate. In fact The Patriot movie did not even have accurate characters. The movie has historical facts and events that has happened in the Revolutionary War, but it is only somewhat accurate. I say this because Benjamin Martin was not an actual a person in history. Benjamin Martin is a character who was supposed to represent Francis Marion. In the movie the Battle of Cowpens did not result in Colonel Tavingtons death. Lastly General Cornwallis had surrendered in the movie like historical facts. First, Benjamin Martin was not a historical character. Benjamin Martin is a colonist in the movie who was going against the taxes like everyone else. But at this time his son was going into the war with the Patriots. But soon as they got back from a battle, there were plenty of injured soldiers and Benjamin allowed them to stay at his home. But Tavington came with a British fleet and said his son was caught spying and they were...
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...Bill Maher’s book, “When you ride alone you ride with Bin Laden”, is written to inform American citizens of the things they can do to help win the war on terrorism. In this book Maher criticizes our government for their failure to do so. Maher questions why we are not using methods that have been used in past wars to enlighten our citizenry. Things like posters to conserve our natural resources, providing the media with information for Americans to rally around, turning off lights that are not being used and the need for car-pooling or creating a more energy efficient form of public transportation. Some where I read that it takes eleven gallons of oil to burn a 75 watt light bulb for a year, now that is food for thought! Maher thinks the token support that Americans are engaged in is of little value; displaying flags, wearing support badges and hats, and the “shop until you drop” theme have little value. Maybe we should be doing more, but this is a totally new kind of war, not one where we are fighting another nation, but an ideology, that is supported by radical Islamists. What should our posters say “ Don’t Trust Muslims?”. Should our media televise pictures of Muslims in their Mosques preaching “kill all infidels”? I concur with Maher that we are not doing enough and that our government could do much more, but we must acknowledge the good with the bad or we are just arm chair quarterbacks that want to point fingers. Give our government credit that we haven’t had...
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...Conway, Howard Hanks, and William A. Wellman. Viva Villa it is classified as a drama and biographic film of a Mexican patriot called Pancho Villa, this film was made with a budget of 1.022 million USD and it was finished at MGM Studios in San Fernando Valley ranch in California. In the film we can see a cast that plays all these iconic people from the historical era from “La Revolucion Mexicana”. For example Wallace Beery plays the character of (Pancho Villa), Leo Carrillo (Rodolfo Fierro), Fay Wray (Teresa), Stuart Erwin (Jonny Sykes), Frank Puglia (Pancho Villa’s Father), Katherine DeMille (Rosita Morales), Pedro Regas (Tomás), George Regas (Don Rodrigo) and...
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...writer who won award in three careers—a Broadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best selling novelist. He is the author of The Other Side of Midnight, Bloodline, A stranger in the Mirror, Rage of Angels , If tomorrow comes and Master of the Fame. All have been number one international bestsellers. His first and only other book, The Naked Facem was acclaimed by the New York Times as “the best first mystery of the year”. * Copyright ©1987 by Sheldon Literary Trust All rights reserved * This Warner Books Edition id published by arrangement with William Morrow and Company, Inc., 105 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y 10016 * Cover illustration by Stanislaw Fernandes * Warner Books, Inc. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y 10103 * Printed in the United States of America On November, 1987 with 434 pages. Part II. Characters A.Major Characters * MARY ASHLEY – A loving mother of Beth and Tim from America’s hearltland, Kansas City. She’s grieving for her lost husband. She’s a brilliant professor learning how to become a tope diplomat and the one person the President is relying on to reform U.S relations with the communist block. * STANTON ROGERs – the presidential foreign affairs adviser. He was also the President’s closest friend at the same time, the Controller of the Patriot for Freedom * MIKE SLADE – the deputy of her mission; the tough career diplomat...
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...Kitty etc. Write a paper on how it has diffused throughout the product categories and how it has extended to other categories as well. Do a case study of its success (or failure) and how it has changed the landscape of product innovations. For example, Thomas and friends has clothes, stationery, household products, jewellery etc. *** She is a successful independent woman, who lives in a world of pink, where she owns a dream house in Malibu. Every day, she wears high-heels to work, and even runs a fashion chain under her name. For many, she was the influential icon of American culture in the late 20th century. Until now, I dare say that her image is still very potent worldwide. Who is she? Never before has she ever starred in a Hollywood movie or performed at a famous fashion show. Surprisingly, she never exists in real life and she is literally a toy. Yes, it can hardly be any other toy but Barbie. Nowadays, girls can be seen wearing Barbie clothing, using Barbie perfume, carrying Barbie backpacks, and sleeping in Barbie pajamas, not to mention cosmetics, sneakers etc. (Morgenson 1991, 66). Mattel, Inc., the mother company of Barbie, should feel proud of her. Because on average, an American girl has ten Barbie dolls, a British or Italian girl may own seven, while five is the number of Barbie that a German or French girl has. It was Mattel’s purpose and will when introducing Barbie that she would become a lifestyle, a fashion statement, a way of life, something sacred more than...
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...GB 320 Assignment #1: Secondary Research Bentley University How Today’s Suburban Main Street Can Remain Relevant, A Case Study in Lexington, Massachusetts Group 6: Mohamed Al Khouri, Tomas Allen, Bridget Gioia, Jeffrey Quigley, Kenneth Ukaigwe, Paul Wolfenden Section 1 “Company and Product” Description The town of Lexington, Massachusetts is cemented in the minds of many Americans due to its profound historical significance. On this site, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired, beginning the campaign for independence. On the morning of April 19, 1775, seventy-seven minutemen fought their first skirmish against the British (Tour Lexington, 2013). Today, Lexington continues to honor its place in American history with numerous statues, monuments and historical sites (Tour Lexington, 2013). Lexington’s historical significance provides an opportunity to capture tourism from both domestic and international visitors. Lexington is a mid-sized town of just over 32,000 people situated within the Greater Boston Area in Massachusetts (DemographicsNow, 2012). With families occupying 90% of all households within the town and a highly-ranked school system, Lexington attracts wealthy professional residents (Berg, Biedron, Bueller, Horst, 2011). Like many American towns, Lexington contains a central business district (CBD), a central area of the town where the majority of commerce takes place. Lexington’s CBD is the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue bordered by Clarke...
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...NIRD – OB and OD Assignment in Leadership 1. “Leaders are born not made” – Discuss your argument citing two leaders of your choice. 2. Compare and contrast the leadership styles of any two pairs listed below: a. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru b. JRD Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani c. Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Jack Welch (General Electric) 3. From the leaders cited in Question 2, discuss the following: a. How did their personality traits interact with situations to shape the outcomes b. Is there a commonality in the styles of leadership exhibited c. Are good and poor leadership, qualitatively different phenomena ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Leaders are born not made Many people say leaders are made. This is the greatest delusion ever concocted by man. Any leader who is worth his salt is a born leader. Society presents circumstances that enable one to be fashioned or molded into a leader. That’s the greatest contribution of society to mankind – it identifies a leader from its surroundings. A distinction has to be made between true leaders and quack leaders. True leaders know that they are born for a purpose. Society is their laboratory. They experiment and display various leadership skills which benefit society as a whole. There are also true leaders who...
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...Analysis of ted hughes poetry, and his life work. Along with sylvia plath's The Issues that Happened behind Poetries in Contemporary Era In this scientific work, I want to analyze four poems in the contemporary era. The works are: The seven sorrows condensed from Ted Hughes, at grass by Philip Larkin, September 1913 and the stolen child by William Butler Yeats. The four poetries that appeared in the 20th Century, From the beginning of 20th Century like William Butler Yeats till the middle of 20th Century like Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin. As we know that William Butler Yeats’s poetries existed in the First World War at that time, poets did a lot of experiments in writing their literary works. They concentrated more on technique in writing their literary works. Meanwhile, Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes created poem the World War II, whereas nowadays, poets, do not focus on confusing technique but more at content and meaning that is easier to be understood by the readers. Now, I want to analyze symbol in the poem related with the issue that happens to the real fact or the real situation at that time. Now, I want to analyze a poem titled “The Seven Sorrows” written by Ted Hughes. We can see from the first stanza namely, the word “autumn”, this word symbolizes sadness, probably sadness that is felt by the writer. In that stanza, I found a phrase “a brown poppy head”. This phrase symbolizes something that long drawn out that has not disappointed from...
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...Marketing Plan For: Worcester Bruins ECHL Professional Hockey June 2014-July 2019 Submitted to: Michael Leamy, Professor May 20, 2014 Prepared by John Dunn Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 3 2.0 Situational Analysis 3 2.1 Market summary 3 2.2 SWOT analysis 4 2.3 Competition 5 2.4 Services 5 2.5 Keys to success 6 3.0 Marketing Planning 6 3.1 Target market 6 3.2 Positioning 6 3.3Marketing mix 7 4.0 Implementation and Control of the Marketing Plan 8 5.0 Summary 10 6.0 Appendix: Financial Analysis 10 7.0 References 14 1.0 Executive Summary On November 2004, after 11 strong seasons of minor league hockey at the DCU center in Worcester, MA the city’s team, the Worcester Ice Cats announced that they would be moving to Peoria, Illinois. During this time, attendance averaged around 7,000 fans per game and provided an economical and fun night out for adults and kids alike. After a brief hiatus of two years, San Jose moved their affiliate to the city however the results were not like past years. As ticket prices rose and the product on the ice declined with several non-playoff seasons, attendance averages dropped to just over 4,000 (figure 1) and the cost of sending players across the country weighed heavily on the parent club. Although there have been bumps and struggles, Worcester remains a strong market for a professional hockey team, especially one with ties to a local NHL club such as the Boston Bruins. Boston’s current...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Improving of effective communication skills help us better understand a person or situation and enable us to resolve differences, build trust and respect, and create environments where creative ideas, problem solving, affection, and caring can flourish. As simple as communication seems, much of what we try to communicate to others and what others try to communicate to us, gets misunderstood, which can cause conflict and frustration in personal and professional relationships. By learning these effective communication skills, you can better connect with your spouse, kids, friends, and coworkers. In simply, its activity or process of expressing ideas and feelings or of giving peoples information. The successful communication include, basic four skills such as Listing, speaking Reading and writing. 2. As officers in security forces and police department, it is necessary to enhance abovementioned communication skills for betterment of our self and others. From the above mentioned skills conversation skills is important to work in any environment. There for learning of conversation skills very important as we communicate with each verbally and non-verbally. CONVERSATION 3. Conversation is the essence of interpersonal communication. In many scholarly views they are equivalent and among no scholars the words conversation...
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...The unsettling thing about living in a surveillance society is not just that you are being watched. It is that you have no idea. M a r i n e D r o u a r t L E A 3 L a e t i t i a F o u r e u r INDEX Introduction 3 I. A. B. You are Being Watched in Popular Culture The Firm by John Grisham Surveillance in Other Works 3 3 4 II. A. B. C. Surveillance in Daily Lives History Different Kinds of Surveillance Regulation of The Surveillance 5 5 7 14 III. A. B. Reversal of The Situation: Everyone can Watch One Another Exhibitionism Voyeurism 17 17 19 Conclusion 21 SOURCES 22 2 Introduction: Our freedom is always under electronic surveillance. Computer technologies have increased; this is what specialists call "traceability". Our operations, our conversations, our tastes and interests leave traces in the multiple computer systems that manage our daily lives. All these data are collected, centralized and stored by public or private organizations that can know at any time the "profile" of each individual. Every day in so many ways we are being watched. We are told it is for our own good, our own protection, to make our lives better, but is...
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...CHAPTER ONE CONVERSATION 1. Conversation is the essence of interpersonal communication. In many scholarly views they are equivalent and among no scholars the words conversation and interpersonal communication often men the same thing. Conversation occurs when two or three people exchange messages , weather face to face ,over the telephone, through apartment walls, or on internet. STAGES OF CONVERSATION PROCESS 2. There are five stages of conversation process Opening Feedback Feed forward Opening Closing 3. The opening. The first step is to open the conversation, usually with some kind of greeting. Greetings can be verbal or nonverbal and are usually both. Verbal greetings include, for example, verbal salutes ("Hi," "Hello"), initiation of the topic (The reason I called ") making reference to the other ("Hey, Joe, what's up?"), and personal inquiries ("What’s new?" " How are you doing?") Openings are also generally consistent in tone with the main part of the conversation, a cheery "How ya doing today, big guy?" is not normally followed by news of a family death. In opening a conversation, consider two general guidelines. Fist, be positive. Lead off with something positive rather than something negative. Say, for example, "I really enjoy coming here" instead of "Don't you just hate this place?" Second, don't be too...
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...An exploration of postmodernism through textual analysis of Arrested Development. This essay will consider the postmodernism within the television programme Arrested Development through postmodern theories, postmodernist techiniques and textual analysis. Through historical context, genre conventions, intertextuality and continuity; the essay will investigate the use of pastiche in modern satire. As popular situation comedies fulfil the generic conventions of using multiple cameras, linear narratives, stand alone catchphrases and aspirational ideologies, the essay will deliberate whether post modernism is legitimate in television comedy. "As Hollywood agents worry about the demise of the town's lowing cash cow, the multi-camera, staged sitcom, here to save the day is Arrested Development, a farce of such blazing wit and originality, that it must surely usher in a new era in comedy." —Alison Powell, The Guardian (UK), March 12, 2005 Television situation comedy has always appealed to mass market audiences. From ‘The Brady Bunch’(1969 – 1974), which centred on a blended family, perhaps the best-known domestic comedy in US television history to ‘Cheers’(1982 – 1993), the show set in a bar in Boston. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a common environment such as a home or workplace. Sitcoms provide the audience with iconic moments in television history. The longitivity of this genre of programming allows the audiences to build up relationships with the characters...
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