...Favian Morales GS1140 Tuesday 7:20pm Instructor K. Fitch October 7, 2014 The DARPA project The DARPA headquarters was founded the year of 1958 in Arlington, Virginia by our very own president Dwight D Eisenhower. They have a total of 240 employees, and has an annual budget of 2.8 billion. DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. That is not the information I want to bring to your attention. The information I want you to know is about the DARPA challenge (The driverless car). From what I researched, the purpose of this vehicle is to travel into disasters that human engineering couldn’t bear to enter. The driverless vehicle must perform thee various tasks: 1. Drive a utility vehicle at the site.2. Travel dismounted across rubble.3. Remove debris blocking an entryway.4. Open a door and enter a building.5. Climb an industrial ladder and traverse an industrial walkway.6. Use a tool to break through a concrete panel.7. Locate and close a valve near a leaking pipe.8. Connect a fire hose to a standpipe and turn on a valve. I personally think it is impossible to build, for the simple fact that I would not even know where to start. While writing this essay, I was thinking of ways to engineer such a vehicle. I couldn’t come up with no analysis to such a challenge, then it hit me. What was said in the article I what Mr. Fitch been teaching us all along. The lesson of the original challenge [DARPA Grand Challenge - driverless cars] is that persistence pays....
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...father became a secret FBI agent and was witness of drug smuggling. He then became a testimony agents it. At that point they wanted him dead so they hired a hit man named Mike Vamp who attempts shooting George Corrigan but misses. He then gathers his family together and moved Florida, there they get different names. Since then they couldn’t do anything that may give away their location. April since the begging was not ok with it. She missed her boyfriend, her high school, her lifestyle. With the money she had gotten from her old home possessions she bough a plane ticket to Norwood Virginia. When she arrived at Virginia she met up with her grandma and asked her if she could live with her but they both knew it was unacceptable. They head back to Florida then noticed they were being followed later on by mike vamp, April and Lorelei (grandma) got home. Luckily no one was home but vamp locked them up in the closet. From there April used her smarts to get out thru the attic. She tried to get help but she didn’t expect Mike to be waiting outside the house for her father. She later on knocked him out with her tennis ball and he had fallen into a river and died. Overall I did like the book. The setting was in Florida. The point of view was thru first person. The protagonist was April and the antagonist was mike vamp. Other major characters are George (father), Bram (brother), Lorelei (grandmother) and Liz (mother). Major events that happen were when...
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...A Bombay Room With A View A Look at Gender in Kabhi Khushi Khabie Gham It opens with a dialogue from Amitabh and Jeya Bachchan – “Why is it that a father is never able to tell his son how much he loves him? / But the mother? She keeps repeating it, whether her son listens to it or not.” This is the first words we hear from the movie Kabhi Khushi Khabie Gham (KKKG), a Bollywood blockbuster marketed to the masses as “all about the family”. Released in 2001, following the path of director Karan Johar’s first movie, KKKG tells a multi-faceted story that is depicted over a long time period. The film centers around a family-driven drama where we track the storyline across 3 different generations. Amitabh Bachchan plays a wealthy businessman and the patriarch of the Raichand family with 2 sons – the elder Rahul, who is revealed early on to be adopted, and the younger Rohan. The crux of the film’s drama is drawn from the eldest son’s marriage to a woman from a lower socio-economic background, against the wishes of his father. Following the marriage, the father disowns Rahul and he leaves with his bride to London. The latter half of the movie is centered on Rohan’s storyline with his love interest, Pooja, and his attempts to bring Rahul and his family back into the family home in India. On the surface it seems we have entered yet another Bollywood film on family drama but KKKG goes beyond that. From the first few lines we can already witness the beginnings of a gender discourse...
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...The modern day portrayal of women on the screen, in T.V. Serials, Telefilms and in sundry other forms has played an important though shameful, role in the diminishing of respect for women as individuals and the mystique attached to them. The over sexual menaces in most forms of the mass media notably films, play a significant role in not only the creation of inappropriate stereotypes of women in the male mind but also the creation of wholly perverse role models for the pliable minds of teenage girls. The debonair hero on the screen nudges and teases the young heroine, harasses her along with his friends that are till they irrevocably fall in love. The conversion of the heroine into the vamp, the women who uses her sexuality for scandalizing the audience is a case in point. In recent years, in India, there has been a fold of movies starting perhaps with Raj Kapoor’s “Ram Teri Ganga Maili” in which female sexuality has been perversely portrayed. Since then a krishma Kapoor or a shilpa Shirodkar or a Puja Bedi has had no inhibition in terms of exposing and catering to the perverse tastes of the male audience. In the West, such portrayal goes back to many decades. A marlyn Monroe or a Brigitte Bardot were the sex symbols of a generation almost three decades back. They played the role of women slaved to their sexual instincts, and whose sense of self-worth arose only from their degree of sexual satisfaction. The myth became the reality in the male mind and women became only and...
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...Aar-Paar is a 1954 Bollywood film by Guru Dutt. I would categorize this film mainly as a Romantic genre because the main plot surrounds Kaalu trying to attain the love of Nikki and gaining the acceptance from her father to marry her. There are various subgenres and themes found throughout the film. One subgenre would be the dichotomy between the rich and the poor as Nikki’s father refuses to accept Kaalu because he is poor. Furthermore, this film also presents the theme of ‘Good versus Evil’ as Kaalu tries to escape the smuggling activities of the Captain. Consequently there are few elements of an action film such as a car race near the end of the movie. Thus, I would classify Aar-Paar as a Romantic film with Action as a subgenre and consisting of underlying themes such as ‘Rich versus Poor’ and ‘Good versus Evil’. Moreover, these genres and themes can be portrayed through the archetypes, stereotypes and songs throughout the film. The three songs that I will analyze from Aar-Paar are “Babuji Dheere Chalna”, “Sun Sun Sun Sun Zaalima”, and “Ja Ja Ja Ja Bewafa”. In observing the various genres and themes within this film, there are many archetypes and stereotypes. Nikki’s father, Laaji, represents the archetype of a ‘despotic’ father as he bans Kaalu from meeting Nikki. However, he eventually gives-in at the end and accepts Kaalu. On the other hand, Kaalu represents the archetype of a ‘Noble’ hero. He has certain goals in the film such as winning the heroine’s heart and achieving...
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...Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet, for protection against the environment, hygiene and adornment. Footwear is anything worn on the foot like- shoes, boots, sandals etc. Anything worn to cover the feet is called Footwear. Durable shoes are a relatively recent invention. Now a days people likes to wear ornamental footwear. Classifying footwear Defining footwear Footwear covered in this chapter is classified according to: • the material from which the 'upper' is made • the material from which the 'outer sole' is made The upper The upper is the part of a shoe, boot, slipper or other item of footwear that's above the sole. The upper doesn't include the tongue or any padding around the collar. If the upper is made of more than one material then you have to decide which material covers the greatest external area. You should ignore any accessories and reinforcements like: • ankle patches • edging • ornamentation • buckles, tabs, eyelet stays and similar attachments The outer sole The outer sole is the part of a shoe, boot, slipper or other item of footwear that comes into contact with the ground during use. The outer sole doesn't include any separate attached heel. To establish what the outer sole is made of, you have to identify the material that has the greatest surface area in contact with the ground. You should ignore any accessories and add-ons such as: • spikes • bars • nails • protectors and similar attachments Reinforcements...
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...Discuss the use of instruments and instrumental textures to convey Drama in two extended sections of Chicago The musical vaudeville Chicago tells the story of a couple female criminals in Chicago during the 1920s; men, crime and their search for fame, using specific instrumental techniques and their different characteristics to convey drama. The overture opens with an unconventional monophonic texture in which a trumpet solos. The trumpet solo features many characteristics of the jazz style such as growls and the wa-wa effect, immediately presenting the audience with a dark, gritty timbre which forebodes the general mood of the musical. This monophonic solo is also tonally ambiguous which creates a feeling of tension, especially as the solo doesn’t seem to resolve when it plays its last note. Following this we have a big contrast in texture as the full orchestra play a more typical overture musical theme playing chords in a homophonic texture. The glissando played by many instruments as well as the use of wood blocks, Chinese tom toms and cowbells add a slapstick type quality to the overture as they can be seen as comical features/instrumets when used in an unconventional manner as this highlights the comical aspect of the instrument. Bar 17 onwards uses Big Band like instrumentation with brass and reads playing together which helps to further emphasize the syncopated melody as well as the 3,3,2 rhythmic feature. At this point the trumpet drops out which helps to make room for...
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...imaginary evil characters. How did she garner so much hatred – was it only because she was an evil dog-hater? We feel it was necessary for author Dodie Smith to garnish her personality with a good dose of hate symbols – an angered heart, unkempt hair and a haggard face. How could we possibly justify hating a pretty damsel-in-distress even if she can’t do without coats that come from Dalmatian puppies? Perceptions about good and bad have been played around with since ancient Grecian times. What is interesting about these perceptions is that they are almost always correlated to the way you look. The good girls of the golden, silver and bronze screens have to not only look good, but also have perfect hair and skin. On the contrary, the vamp cannot be a vamp without jarring facial expressions that are further exaggerated by trashy makeup. Inception So what are these projections trying to tell us? Are they saying that beautiful is good and ugly is bad? Dr. Rachna Khanna Singh, Lifestyle expert cum Psychologist, Artemis Hospital thinks that this comes from an age old conditioning that is deeply rooted within us. For example, when a mother of a wailing child warns him to stop crying, else the ghost/ devil/ Satan will come and take matters into his own hands, instinctively the child imagines an ugly-scary person. Why? How is an infant able to attribute physical characteristics to something they have only been made to imagine (probably even before they...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS FOOTWEAR AND LEATHERGOODS SECTOR FOOTWEAR MAKING NC II | |Page No. | | | | |PREFACE | | |FOREWORD | | | | | |SECTION 1 FOOTWEAR MAKING NC II QUALIFICATION |1 - 2 | | | | | | | |SECTION 2 COMPETENCY STANDARDS |3 - 103 | | | | |Basic Competencies ...
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...Study on Evolving Medicated Footwear for Diabetic Patients by: Md. Tareq Bin Satter Chapter I Page 1 of 85 Study on Evolving Medicated Footwear for Diabetic Patients by: Md. Tareq Bin Satter 1.1 Introduction Foot is the important part of the body. If someone has diabetes he/she is more likely to have to foot problems. Diabetes can damage your nerves. This, in turn, may make you less able to feel an injury or pressure on the skin of your foot. You may not notice a foot injury until severe damage or infection develops. This may led to gangrene in the through simple injuries eventually amputation will be the final choice. So a diabetes patient always has to wear specialized footwear that can protect the foot in more sophisticated way. Diabetes changes your body's ability to fight infections. Damage to blood vessels causes because of diabetes results in less blood and oxygen getting to your feet. Because of this, small sores or breaks in the skin may become deeper skin ulcers. The affected limb may need to be amputated when these skin ulcers do not improve, get larger, or go deeper into the skin. Worldwide, 50% of all leg amputations happen to people living with diabetes. In India, an estimated 50,000 amputations are carried out every year due to diabetes related foot problems. By employing reconstructive and corrective footwear, to remove the high pressure points, a large number of such amputations can be prevented. Thus the patient can lead a near normal...
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...Sometimes, there will be people who will be horrific, and try to take power from you, because they thrive on it. To prove my theme to be true, I quote Mari Mancusi’s novel, Gamer Girl. It states, “I could feel the stares as soon as we reached the school entrance and heard the snickers. Grandma stared at a boy. Billy? Billy Henderson is that you? She cried, Hi Mrs. Miller. He mumbled. So, good to see you Billy, She said, last time I saw you, you were four feet tall and still wetting the bed”(Mancusi 16). This states that she feels like she is in a horror movie and can't get out. Also, her Grandma knows Billy, the kid who is determined to make Maddy's life a living nightmare, just because her Grandma embarrassed him, and that makes her an easy...
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...89 eller http://www.norsestore.com/commodity/15060 Nike Sportswear Dunk High str. 44.5 - http://shelta.eu/products/brand/nike-sportswear/nike-sportswear-dunk-high-317982-051 Football Manager 13 til PC Zara sweatshirt - str. L http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/dk/en/zara-neu-W2012/286512/1012529/SWEATSHIRT%20WITH%20LEATHER%20YOKE Zara skjorte - str. L http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/dk/en/zara-neu-W2012/269236/938518/CAMOUFLAGE%20SHIRT Skjorte fra Weekday - str L http://www.weekday.com/mens-wear/cedric-jacquemyn/all/shirts/lagarfljot-shit Lange underbukser fra Norse - str. L http://www.norsestore.com/commodity/15076 Trøje fra streetammo - str. XL http://www.streetammo.dk/commodity/78009-vamp-life-the-brooklyn-baseball-tee#.UMI3hoOS-po Jakke fra Obey - str. L http://www.streetmachine.com/commodity/20616 New Era hue - https://www.dropdead.dk/new-era-hue-lic-cuff-knit-oakrai-team-sort Penge SKATE 4 til PS3 (hvis dette spil ikke findes, så ønsker jeg mig SKATE 3) April 77 bukser - str 32 http://www.junkdeluxe.dk/commodity/3774-april-77-joey-eternal-black-wolf Taske fra Norse -...
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...is a normal thing. music is just a part of every day of our life. Being one of them is quite real because of their innocent young mind but for sure, they prefer certain bands and have their favorite songs that they played all over again, but in comparison to being a fan girl, that's just a drop in the ocean. (BAZILAH) Super fans, better known as fan girls, devote themselves to books, television shows, movies, music, and celebrities all the time. Whether it's purchasing the newest merchandise or attending the next concert, fan girls make it a mission to support their obsessions as much as possible. For me, it all started when a friend introduced me to the world's most famous band such as, artic monkeys, the beatles, one direction, the vamps and more! And kpop too hehehe (ANIS) What started out as a simple hobby soon became an obsession. My friends started following the band members on social media in the beginning. That quickly turned into purchasing albums, posters, notebooks, and even pillows that have their faces on them. They're the first thing on our mind when we wake up, the last thought that comes to mind before bed, and nearly every thought in-between. (MARYAM) Being a fan girl was never easy. Apart from the constant heartache that results from knowing you'll never be with them, fan girls have to face many challenges. From school mates poking fun at us to family members disapproving, the whole experience can become quite difficult. "It can be a roller coaster...
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...be Just stand up and you’ll see You can do anything (2x) (Chorus) Stand up and see All that you can be Stand up and believe You can stop the bullying Stand up and fight For your right to save your life Don’t give up tonight Just stand up and fight (Verse II) Don’t give in, Don’t let it out When you hit me you didn’t know I’d make a shout. Can you hear me now? Or am I not loud enough? There’s only one person I can truly trust (Bridge) You can be all you want to be Just stand up and you’ll see You can do anything (2x) (Chorus) Stand up and see All that you can be Stand up and believe You can stop the bullying Stand up and fight For your right to save your life Don’t give up tonight Just stand up and fight (Vamp) You didn’t realize I could be the one, The one to save me, catch me form this day dream. You didn’t know I could save my life, But tonight I will fight, fight for my right tonight. (2x) (Bridge) You can be all you want to be Just stand up and you’ll see You can do anything (2x) (Chorus) Stand up and see All that you can be Stand up and believe You can stop the bullying Stand up and fight For your right to save your life Don’t give up tonight Just stand up and...
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...on March 15, 2009 at 08:24 In Reply to: Re: Salt on a snake's tail posted by ESC on March 09, 2009 at 17:31: : : In "Salt on a Snake's Tail" (a story by Farrukh Dhondy) the saying "you put salt on a snake's tail and it'll never bother you again" is used. Can anyone tell me the deeper meaning? I believe it's an Asian saying. : There's a lot of magical thinking in many cultures regarding salt. Probably because salt is so vital to life. "...from time immemorial it has been used as a protection against all the forces of evil," according to "The Encyclopedia of Superstitions" by E. and M.A. Radford, edited and revised by Christina Hole, Barnes and Noble Books, 1996. First published in 1948. Page 297. Recently I was reading a vampire book (vamps are all the rage). One of the characters made a ring of salt to keep out a rampaging supernatural being. It worked. I was just a little surprised to see that snakes and vampires can be deterred from doing harm by putting salt either on their tails or around the beast. One of the well-known proverbial uses of salt is to catch birds, which you do by putting salt on their tails. Among the examples cited by the Oxford English Dictionary you will note that this use gives rise to some interesting metaphorical uses early on OED: "2. Proverbial and allusive uses. . . c. In allusions to the jocular advice given to children to catch birds by putting salt on their tails. 1580 LYLY Euphues (Arb.) 327 It is..a foolish bird that staieth the laying...
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