...When Science Takes Over Science could be pointed out in some of the most random places, it is even commonly involved in many blockbuster movies we watch today. It has always provided an amazing plot line, to keep the audience on their toes. Science ideas and/or concepts have been used to develop a plot that has both the positive or negative aspects of science included. While watching the movies “I Am Legend” and “Extraordinary Measures” we where told to watch for the differences between the uses of chemistry for “Bad” or “Good” purpose and how it affected the movie in general. Through out the remainder of this paper I would like to highlight a quick summary on the movies we watched and how chemistry came into play through out the movies. The first movie we watched was the blockbuster film “I Am Legend”, where Robert Neville (played by Will...
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...BBC 401 Principle of Management Individual Assignment NAME: Juhalil bin Jumain STUDENT ID: BEC 140001 NAME OF LECTURER: Mohd Zairiza Bin Mohd Hashim BBC 401 Principle of Management Individual Assignment Summary I already watched three videos from Forbes about woman leader in an organization. The summary of three videos that I chooses, as women continue their upward trajectory in the business world, they have yet to be fully appreciated for the unique qualities and abilities they bring to the workplace. It’s impossible to respect, value and admire great leadership if you can’t identify what makes a leader great. As a leader of some organization woman was surrounded by strong-willed, hardworking and purpose-driven women. It is through their leadership that the traditions, values and legacy of our family have been upheld. They have taught that a woman’s instincts and emotional intelligence can be off the chart. For a man it so difficult to understand about what women thinking, because what woman thinking and what man thinking is have a little different. Also in woman act and innovation, unless he has been closely influenced by the women in his life. I’ve learned that women may process things differently and in their own terms. Fortunately for me, I’ve been influenced by great women who made me appreciate their approach towards leadership. I’ve grown to understand their decision-making processes, the dynamics and subtleties of their...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study researches and analyzes YouTube usage habits amongst University students. Our study is to make the connection between the most commonly watched video categories and the type of user they are classified as. This includes what is main purpose of accessing or using YouTube, what type of entertainment are they likely to view on YouTube, and also what motivates University students to subscribe to channels on YouTube. Our study included a convenience survey sent electronically to a small portion of the entire population of University students. Therefore, this study will not be an accurate reflection of the whole University student population. INTRODUCTION This study was designed to learn usage habits on YouTube amongst University students. The observations are linked to the reasons why users are motivated to access YouTube, registration, and usage patterns. The study further explores the habits that different types of users on YouTube have with the website. Our study is aimed at drawing connections between the most commonly watched video categories and the type of user they are classified as. Since the start of YouTube, the popular site has become a massive source of communal information through a video-sharing medium. The YouTube FAQ page states, "48 hours of video are uploaded every minute, resulting in nearly 8 years of content uploaded every day.” With that many videos being watched all around...
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...Pulp Fiction In summary, I tend to strongly agree with John Haynes that the film’s crossover success as sort of an “Indiewood” (pg. 712) genre contains immense irony, as the film definitely encompasses such a star-studded cast, particularly through Travolta’s renowned casting (pg. 711), which reflect typical Hollywood and also the movie’s loyalty to some facets of mainstream films with its cultural allusions; however, the author also specifies clearly that the film adamantly projects elements of its own distinctive style and also infuses aspects that deeply strays from mainstream films, which I totally agree with without any qualm. Hayes also seems to further imply that we can “expect the unexpected” from this disorienting film as a whole, a statement that characterizes the essence of this movie for me as well. In particular, the Haynes also cites numerous examples of how the film is anything “but a conventional film” (pg. 696) in terms of its contents, style, symbolisms, etc. Examples such as the “you play with matches” shots (pg. 696), its use of 1950s iconic allusions, along with it’s playful tone (pg. 697), as well as its postmodern emphasis on surfaces and reflections (pg....
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...SUMMARY of the extract from the novel "To Kill the Mockingbird" by Harper Lee In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" the scene is laid in a small American town in Alabama. The given extract depicts a trial of Tom Robinson, a coloured man, who is in the criminal dock on a capital charge of assaulting a white girl. His defending counsel Atticus Finch is an experienced lawyer and a progressive-minded man known for his humane views. His taking up the case was an act of courage in the American world of prejudice. The story is told by Jean Louise, Atticus's daughter, who watched the progress of the trial and being a lawyer's daughter did not fail to feel the atmosphere in the court-room and see the futility of her father's efforts to win the case. It is Atticus's speech to the jury that takes up the best part of the text. Moved by his sympathy for the black man and his desire to stand for his rights Atticus spoke most convincingly and with a great emotional force. He pointed it out to the jury that the case was simple enough. Having thoroughly considered every piece of the evidence submitted Atticus exposed the false testimony of the witnesses and proved that the defendant was innocent while the guilt lay with the white girl, the chief witness for the state. It was she who had tempted the Negro thus breaking the code of the society she lived in. Next she would throw the blame on Tom Robinson thus putting his life at stake. Atticus condemned Tom Robinson's accusers for their hypocrisy...
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...great philosopher more famously known as Voltaire. He was born in Paris, France in November 1694. He died in Paris eighty-three years later. He lived during the eighteenth century in a country town in Cirey. Voltaire was imprisoned and exiled for ridiculing the great leaders of the French court. He was famous for writing books and poetry. He wrote his most famous book titled “Candide, or Optimism” in 1758. This is a brief summary of Dr. Pangloss surprising beliefs. The passage reveals Candide and his philosophical mentor Dr. Pangloss’s reaction after escaping death. The elders of Lisbon decided to sacrifice a few people in order to prevent further earthquakes and destruction from happening in the town. The elders had a grand ceremony in which they burnt a few townspeople and hung Dr. Pangloss while Candide watched in fear. Dr. Pangloss taught Candide to believe no matter what happens to you in life it is good for you. After watching the people being burnt and Dr. Pangloss being hung, Candide began to wonder if this is the best of all possible worlds, where are the others? Candide was happy as well as confused to see Dr. Pangloss alive a well again. Dr. Pangloss told Candide the story how he was cut open by a surgeon, beat on the head by the surgeons wife because she thought he was the devil lying on the table, stitched up by a Portuguese barber and nursed back to health by the barbers wife. Candide asked him after all he has encountered if he still believes everything...
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...a diverse background to give me a feeling of someone who could have had a hard time with racial identity. A feeling of moving from place to place with a different idea of how people view you. every place never really knowing who you really are. I will see the Life of a man who will become our first African-American president before that idea was thought possible. During or active reading • Pg. 4 2nd paragraph “…I had grown too comfortable in my solitude; the safest place I knew” Jumped out at me because I feel the same way. To open your feeling leaves you exposed, best way to protect something is to cover it up. • Pg. 5 November morning while making breakfast aunt Jane in Nairobi told him his father had died in a car accident…you always get bad news at the worst time. I was on my way to work at a country bar and while there I get news I never wanted, reactions are different but always difficult. Barack didn’t really know his father but the news still brought out feelings of sadness. My bad news was about the woman who gave me life. • Almost threw man over cliff over a pipe that belonged to barrack as a young man pg. 6-7 I see barrack showing anger but not his nature and all, I once choked out a soldier in my medical platoon in Germany over a very dumb argument and everyone knew that’s not my nature, got the nickname “choke’em out chuck” since then. • “secret to a man success is confidence” pg. 8...
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...Summary My name is. It is the year 1901, and I have decided to create this journal as a guide to my experience that I will soon be seeking to better my family and my life. We have decided to embark on a new life in the United States. I have received letters from my relatives, describing the extreme happiness that they have found since migrated to the land of freedom. January 1, 1901: We are experiencing severe economic hardships here in Poland. I am a land owner and farmer. Unfortunately, the political movements here and the increasing pressures have caused me make the decision to move to the United States. Here in Poland, we are considered to be among the poorest class and even though I own land, it only seems as if our way of life is decreasing. We cherish our home land, but after receiving letters from our relatives in the United States, it only seems the best choice to migrate. If you do not own land, then you are considered to be ruined; however, I am going to risk everything we own so we can venture to the land of opportunity where we can prosper in many aspects of life. January 5, 1901: I met with a local farmer, and was able to sell him my land to pay the expenses for the ship ride for me and my family. I have sold everything we own so we can afford the trip and have a little extra to help us start a new life. I am wondering if this is the right thing to do. I am scared. January 6, 1901: I met with a local business man that was able to get me and my family...
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...Affairs Programme 1 ITN National and World News This programme is a national type and is broadcast right across the British Isles on a daily basis. It is not a specialist programme in the sense that it does not focus on one particular genre of news.eg sport, instead it covers every area and delivers it in a formal manner. The particular programme that I have taken notes on appeared on our screens and was broadcast on 10/10/10 at 6:00pm. It was presented by Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale and the headlines of each individual story were read out in the studio. This was then followed by images and graphics appearing on screen as the voice-overs of the news presenters could clearly be heard explaining the story. The first story that was covered was about how the Vitamin B could potentially benefit people that suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. The first part of this story used graphics on the screen as well as the use of voice-overs to narrate what the diagrams and statistics on screen meant. The story then progressed into interviews with experts on the matter, all of a medical background and with extensive knowledge in Alzheimer’s disease and also the Vitamin B. These interviews were taken in medical rooms with clear equipment and charts visible on camera the whole time to reiterate the issue. Finally the story was concluded with footage of old age pensioners who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and a summary voice over being made on the subject. The...
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...Book Resource Text: The Statue of Liberty Porsche, M. F. (2008). The statue of liberty. Orlando, FL: Rigby. Reading level: L (Fountas & Pinnell) Summary: This book gives the history of the statue of liberty and the importance of the statue in America. This Descriptive text describes how the statue has greeted immigrants as they arrive into New York Harbor for over 100 years, and then explains the purpose of the statue now. Rationale: The New York State Social Studies Framework specifically mentions how the Statue of Liberty greeted immigrants arriving in New York City as they entered New York Harbor, and because of this, it is imperative that my student understands the importance and significance of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island....
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...“Reality” television [738 words] Summary of When Reality TV Gets Too Real by Jeremy W. Peters [153 words] In When Reality TV Gets Too Real, Jeremy W. Peters debates the ethics of not stopping dangerous situations from happening on Reality Television. For this, several examples of such occurrences are cited, first when a participant took up drunk driving in the show Intervention, as well as similar episodes in Breaking Bonaduce, The Real World and Road Rules, and citing lawsuits against Big Brother, Kid Nation and Extreme Makeover, the last one getting sued for something else entirely. A number of occasions is also named where the producer of Intervention stops dangerous situations from developing, namely when to prevent suicide, drunk driving and to call paramedics in the event of an overdose. The article also states that the practise of simply filming while not stopping developing catastrophes are not technically illegal but somewhat unethical. The text ends with the comment “It's a very, very delicate balance”, leaving the issue open for interpretation. Outline of text 2 through 4 [252 words] In When Reality TV Gets Too Real, it is debated that Reality TV has a habit of creating dangerous or traumatic situations for viewers, simply because doing so is legal and gives higher rating. At times, some producers might draw the line though, and try to stop some situations from spiralling out of control, but those a more often the exception than the rule...
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...Team Reflection Team Reflection There are many things that are taught in Chapter 6; in this paragraph is the summary of the global environment and consequences of a global economy which can lead to global strategy. How the world economy is becoming more integrated than ever before. The global economy is becoming more integrated than ever before. For example, the World Trade Organization (WTO), formed in 1995, now has 153 member countries involved in more than 95 percent of the world’s trade. The newest members are Cambodia, Nepal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tonga, Ukraine, and Viet Nam (The International Monetary Fund, set up by the United Nations in 1945, serves a similar purpose and includes 185 countries). The WTO provides a forum for nations to negotiate trade agreements and procedures for administering the agreements and resolving disputes. Integration of the global economy means for individual companies and their managers. The increasing integration of the global economy has had many consequences. First, even as the output of the world’s economies surged during the middle of the past decade, international trade expanded even faster. When trouble in the financial industry sparked an economic downturn, European and North American imports declined, and other world trade growth slowed. But those trends are expected to be temporary, eventually reversing as economic conditions improve. Also in Chapter 6, the strategies organizations use to compete in the global marketplace....
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...investments caused economic growth in the west. After the WWII usage of the automobile increased, which in turn increased the demand for the petroleum industry and oil fields of the west. More work caused more people to move West which boosted the economy to start bigger cities Television. Was the most powerful product of mass communication ever. Replaced all other forms of information sources. Television informed America of current events but also caused upheavals to spread. The Fair Deal. Domestic program submitted by President Truman that raised minimum wage, expanded Social Security System, and passed the National Housing Act of 1949 to improve living conditions of poor and low income Americans. Summary Question 1: Describe the economic resurgence following World War II and economic growth of the 1950s and early 1960s. How do culture, society, and economy combine for change? Incorporate your five topics from the matrix (100-150 words). Society, culture and the economy aided the economic growth of the 50’s and 60’s first with the fair deal that raised minimum wage and brought more money and eligible people to the Social Security System. Thus putting more money into circulation for people to spend and start new businesses. With the money used to make factories in the west to support WWII after the war was over those...
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...consumer, though these are important too. Marketing Strategy is about identifying a positioning, a clear plan for creating value for a specific and well-defined customer group. It’s about delineating a way that you will create more value for the customer you’ve chosen to serve than your competition does, because that’s how you win. Finally and importantly, it’s about creating that value for the customer in a way that creates superior value for the firm. Points of execution— communications pieces, revenue capture mechanisms, distribution partner’s incentive structures, product and service design specifications—are all both interesting and important to successful execution of a well-founded strategy. But the best execution in the world rarely helps a firm win a battle where it has no strategic advantage. If Marketing Strategy is about locating that intersection between what customers want and where an individual firm can create value better than competition, then superior understanding of customers is crucial. Having a better sense for what would create customer value than your competitor does is a huge advantage. In fact, the goal is to have a better sense of what could create value for your chosen customer than even the customer itself. So if superior customer insight is the goal, how do we get it? Below are 5 steps to take to get closer to that customer. These are easy things to do, so your first reaction may be that it can’t be this easy to gain market advantage...
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...INTRODUCTION Rationale Television is among the most important means of communication nowadays. It is used to communicate ideas to change people’s behaviors by means of several term including selected Filipino Short Film commercials that give values to the viewers. According to McLuhan (n. d.), television is a form of entertainment, and it has educational properties. It teaches all the time, doing even more educating than schools. In addition, according to Shairise (2011) Filipino values, these works call a development of a Filipino philosophy of values so that the ultimate causes and principle to be manifested. Today, the need for the solid Filipino philosophy of values is urgent in order to serve as a fundamental basis not only to speculation of the different sciences but also to the practice for Filipino philosophy of values exist. According to Patton (2006), television commercials have long been an effective means of advertising products. Today they are less dominant in the television landscape due to the rise of TiVo, commercial free cable and other forms of video entertainment. New types of advertising like sponsorship of sporting events featured on television and the placement of products within shows are growing, but traditional commercials still take up significant airtime and account for a large amount of broadcaster revenue. Few television viewers have not been exposed to television commercials. Advertising involves programming that is paid for by companies...
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