...William Wyler’s Ben Hur (1959) is a classic, set during biblical times in Jerusalem. Cinematography was done by Robert L. Surtees making it a top notch film. The classic recently just got a modern take on it in 2016. Timur Bekmambetov took his take on the century old story alongside Oliver Wood as the cinematographer. The story is told during the time of Christ with the Roman Empire in full swing. Judah Ben Hur played by Jack Huston (2016) is a Jewish prince who is accused of attempted murder and handed over as a slave by his adopted brother Messala who is played Toby Kebbell. His 5 years as a slave are spent brewing revenge for his mother and sister who were put in prison for a crime they didn't commit. Judah eventually gets his revenge in a last man standing iconic chariot race. I’m going to compare the elements of Jesus and the assassination attempt in the two movies....
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...Ethical leadership reaches beyond the direct followers and beyond the organization. The ethics of an organization and its leaders affect the communities it serves and all stakeholders within and outside of the organization. Ben-Hur and Jonsen (2012) outline in their scholarly journal a four-style leadership model based upon Moses and his attainment of the ten items on the ethical leadership scale (ELS): visionary, shepherd, teacher and servant. This paper will evaluate an ethical issue within an organization and will discuss the various traits and skills apparent and lacking in the situation based upon Ben-Hur’s and Jonsen’s model as well as several other approaches to ethical leadership. Ethical issues come up in all levels of management in all organizations. In my previous position at EDMC an ethical issue surfaced with one of my employees. One of the managers who worked for me, who I will call Sally, bumped into one of my peers who was in charge of the training department, Bob. Sally proceeded to tell Bob a story about one of his trainers, Tom, forging coaching documents to fake coaching with Sally’s employees; Bob was Tom’s boss’s boss. This story that Sally was telling Bob was not first-hand knowledge; it was hearsay from Sally’s employees who supposedly had coaching sessions with Tom. In addition, a couple of months earlier, Sally complained against Tom to Tom’s direct supervisor, and she made it very clear that she did not support Tom as a trainer. The ethical...
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...Running head: SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP Successful Leadership: The Aspiration to Inspire Others Heather Shaw Liberty University Abstract This paper addresses many of the behaviors needed to lead others effectively. Leadership is not achieved through an appointed position, but rather, through character traits that inspire others to follow. The variations of leadership power and styles identify key leadership qualities. The fundamental traits of transformational and servant leadership, focus on the empowerment of others. Ethical integrity is the foundation of leadership character, a critical factor of successful leadership abilities. Successful Leadership: The Aspiration to Inspire Others Purpose of Leadership Often, a common misconception made between leaders and managers. There is a significant difference distinguishing management and leadership. Any person has the ability to manage; however, it takes the very nature and character of an individual to lead others. Kirsten Graham published an article Leading with a Purpose: A Case for Soul Leadership in Development and Learning in Organizations, examining the very principles of leadership (2011). Graham (2011) emphasizes a crucial element of leadership stating that leadership is not acquired through processes and abilities, “but the expression of their true nature”. Leaders have a vision to explore opportunities, empowering others to follow in the same passion for success. The role of leadership is crucial...
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...1. Ben-Hur represented many characteristics typical of the classic film score. This includes broad use of different music, exposure of the full assortment of orchestral colors, credits moods during the opening title and formations of principal themes. Also, there were musical support for dramatic moods, settings, characters and action, and unity through leitmotifs and thematic transformation. Rozsa exploited a strong brass section, organ, and complete substantial orchestral medley in order to demonstrate the emotions and different plot events, by expansively using music. In addition, he employed distinct musical ideas that can be related with Roman, Hebrew, and early Christian music by maintaining stylistic uniformity and unity. Leitmotifs were also very important to the movie. Various leitmotifs and themes in the movie were displayed to give characters insight. During the scenes of “The Fall of the House of Hur,” the hate theme appears when Ben-Hur chose to protect his Jewish friends by not backstabbing them by going along with Messala’s ambitions. The Hate theme foreshadowed a twist of fate when Ben-Hur opposed Messala. It was inserted in the 2nd and 3rd measures in the Roman march for Gratus, and was reiterated repeatedly. This became the prominent theme after the accident. Another important theme was Christ’s theme. Christ’s theme involved Jesus, and during Ben Hur’s desert march, music is played to reflect his feeling of distressed and torture. But, when Christ is introduced...
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...I realize we will have more to lose if we do so, but then again we may profit from the change also. Another advantage with us doing the contract with them is if we ever decide to do a major fundraiser on than a circus as an addition to the circus we have our foot in the door with a reputable arena that can seat an audience that we should be able to fill with the right event. So in a previous message about meeting Sunday at 3PM at Ben Hur all BOD members stated they could attend except Russell. As he and I discussed he can dial into the room if he would like to participate. I do value his thoughts so I hope he does. Jerry Carruth is out of town and can dial in if needed. Ronnie Lee who I have asked to join based on his experience with the show and contract can join if needed. So with that said we will have a meeting on Sunday, November 1st at 3 PM in the Ben Hur Boardroom to talk about the issue, what we can do as recourse to Cunningham and what we can do to move forward with a new circus provider and possibly make this a better revenue even than we were expecting from...
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...The Critics Corner Roger Ebert a prolific movie critic, had this to say about “Citizen Kane,” “Citizen Kane” is more than a great movie; it is a gathering of all the lessons of the emerging era of sound, just as “Birth of a Nation” assembled everything learned at the summit of the silent era, and “2001” pointed the way beyond narrative (Ebert, 1998).” I most certainly agree with Mr. Ebert on this movie does begin to break into the categories not yet truly explored in movies sound and special effects. However being a child and growing up in the age of “Star Wars” and most recently “Avatar” I found myself losing interest quickly. “For the first time in the American cinema, the very process of telling a story on film became every bit as tricky and exhilarating as the story itself”, said columnist Owen Gleiberman. (Gleiberman, 1991) Certainly agree with the columnist here the story itself although to me took a moment to unfold at the end became a lot more plain for the viewers. Citizen Kane proved to be a slightly difficult movie to watch not because the acting was horrible or the movie production was awful but more because it was not what I was accustomed to. The movie started a little slow with the introduction of the main character in what almost seemed like a very early slide show. The takeaway from the movie as opposed to what Mr. Ebert stated in his review I believe is to see how far we have come as a movie going and producing society. The movie was a masterpiece...
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...There are many different variations of the story of Jesus that are told all the time. In the movie Ben Hur, there were multiple parallels that were drawn between the character Judah and Jesus. The parallels that are in the movie as well as in the story of Jesus are the following: being baptised, the suffering that both go through, losing everything that they have, being the messiah, saying similar words when they come faced to death, both were thought to be dead, and saving someone from dying. These parallels are hard to notice at first, but when seen are easy to recognize. Some may wonder how they can learn about Jesus by looking at Judah’s story? They can learn that Jesus gave Judah the hope to survive by giving him water when Judah was not allowed to have any. When one looks at the parallels they will understand how the story of Jesus went through the eyes of another person who has been through similar events; however, some might not see the difference that Judah is more human than Jesus. Judah has hate in his eyes at some times where as Jesus does not show hate for anyone at anytime. The first parallel that is in the movie is the baptism of Judah. This happens when Judah is a salve for Rome and is being taken to the gallies. The guards stop to get water for them and their horses. At this...
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...Americans are increasingly becoming a nation of watchers and listeners. Americans still read, to be sure, and there are few thoughtful people who would underestimate the intrinsic value of literature. Yet we are increasingly living in a society dominated by the images that come to us daily through our televisions or over the Internet. In this state of affairs, it should come as no surprise that Hollywood has been on the forefront of this techno-social wave, with movies becoming a larger part of our culture than ever before. Amid the high-tech atmosphere of the twenty-first century, it is interesting to note the recent resurgence of the ancient world as the setting for new films. In 2000, Ridley Scott's Gladiator proved that audiences could be as receptive to the ancient world as they had been in the 1950s and 1960s, when now classic movies like Ben Hur (1959) and Spartacus (1960) commanded so much attention. In 2004, Mel Gibson upped the ante further with The Passion of the Christ, daring not only to present Jesus' sufferings with gut-wrenching realism, but also to take the remarkable step of using Latin and Aramaic in the film's dialogue. Even the critically disparaged Troy (2004) managed to be financially successful on account of audiences' enduring interest in the antiquity. The success of these movies, in turn, has led to new television offerings exploring the ancient world such as HBO's Rome (2005) and ABC's Empire (2005). Given Hollywood's revived interest in antiquity...
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...Skyline High School pre-AP/AP English Summer Reading List . The following books are required summer reading for students taking AP English IV courses at Skyline High School in 2016-2017. Students must have the assigned reading completed by the first day of classes. It is recommended that students create an AP Test preparation card for each work of literary merit that has been completed. In addition, students should expect a test which evaluates their comprehension of the assigned reading within the first two weeks of the school year. AP English IV (11th grade students entering AP IV in 2016-2017) Seniors should create a synopsis card for each novel read of literary merit. Your teacher will explain how this will prepare you for the open questions for the AP Literature exam. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C, Foster Complete writing assignments from the chapter sheet that accompanies Foster. See Assignments on the back of this sheet. Access this link for tips on dialectical journal entries: https:www.YouTube.com/watch?v=CBsJTqfB1Ws AP English IV Writing Assignments Directions: Complete assignments for chapters 1-10 as you read Foster’s work. Writing Assignments for How to Read Literature like a Professor By Thomas C. Foster (Adapted from Donna Anglin by Sandra Effinger) Introduction: How’d He Do That? How do memory, symbol, and pattern affect the reading of literature? How does the recognition of patterns make it easier to...
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...The Magnificent Seven, the 1960 remake of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai – a movie itself indebted to the American western – by John Sturges is a prime example of this trend. A group of American outlaws (in Kurosawa’s original version the men were rōnin, masterless samurai who were likewise treading their lives outside of the respectable social order) come to help a Mexican village that is being periodically raided by a group of bandits. The men agree to defend the village despite the poor pay and being hopelessly outnumbered, and in the end most of them will get killed when doing so. However, at least initially it is not a question of honour or “doing the right thing” for the seven gunfighters. They all have divergent, mostly selfish reasons for taking up the job, but eventually come to appreciate each other, if not the villagers they are defending. The Magnificent Seven is thus also a representative of another subtle shift in Hollywood westerns that was related to the broadening of American military involvement...
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...Valdete Jusufi & Maja Saitović Karl Erik Gustafsson 2007-05-28 assembly line, motivation, industrial laundry business, incentives, Human Performance System Abstract The purpose of our master thesis was to investigate what motivates assembly line workers performing low-skill jobs in a small industrial laundry business. We wanted to see what factors determine and influence their motivation to work and if and how this motivation can be improved with respect to assembly line systems in general. The method of our investigation was qualitative in nature, where we studied one firm that leases clean bed clothes and textiles to hotels and restaurants around Sweden. We constructed a survey on motivation and handed it out to the assembly line workers who deal with the laundry. Furthermore, we interviewed the shift manager in order to get the company’s view on employee motivation. Our findings indicate that there are several overlapping factors that determine and influence motivation in the long run. From this particular case we saw that a unified working culture and collective efforts both boost the willingness to work and help the process run smoothly. Furthermore, proper communication is motivating, where everyone should be committed to company goals, but the workers should be able to take part in profits, and not just generate them. Also, employees have to be considered as important as customers are. Another factor is to have the right resources to...
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...Common Uses for the Comma Here are the main ways to use the comma in the average sentence. 1. Use a comma to separate three or more items in a series. T xxxx, yyyy, and zzzzz. The results of the election came in late from Utah, Colorado, and California. Trains, buses, and planes are just a few of the main modes of transportation. 2. Use a comma after the first part of a two-part sentence (compound sentence). T subject verb c.t. , and the subject verb c.t. . The race began on time, and all the fans cheered wildly. s. v. c.t. , conj. s. v. c.t. 3. Use a comma after a brief introductory phrase which begins a sentence. In the first place,…. Secondly,…. Finally,…. On the other hand,…. In spite of this,…. Consequently,…. As a result,…. Nevertheless,…. In 1991,…. Almost no one attended the meeting. In spite of this, the media reported it extensively. Everyone contributed to the food drive. As a result, it was a great success. 4. If you begin a sentence with a When…., If…., Since…., Although…., or Unless…. clause, use a comma at the end of that part of the sentence. When it began to rain, we had to cancel our baseball game. If we raise enough money at our car wash, we can go on a trip to Europe. Since I had perfect attendance, my professor said I did not have to take his final. Although everyone enjoyed the play, the cast members were exhausted at the end. Unless our team wins its next game, we won’t be in the play-offs. 5. Use a comma in front of a short not phrase which contradicts...
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...Ἀθηνᾶ Goddess magazine presents an exclusive interview with the ever-elusive Athena, goddess of wisdom, war and invention. She has been revered and worshipped for over three thousand years, is the daughter of the mightiest god, Zeus, and is the patron deity of Athens. She has counselled warriors and heroes as well as punished many mortals. Her power and beauty was renowned as was her purity and wisdom. She speaks today about her fantastical birth, her decision to remain chaste and her semi-feud with Aphrodite. T he first thing I noticed about the infamous goddess of wisdom was her undeniable beauty. Her very essence had fascinated me for years. The fact that she remained faithful to herself and her beliefs as well as the fact that she wielded her power with such grace and elegance made her my favourite deity by far. Goddess: Let’s start out first with your incredible birth. Unlike any other mortal or immortal, you were born from your father’s head. Do you think that gave you a closer relationship with him? Athena: [Nods] Certainly. I never knew my mother. He was everything to me. I believe the fact that I was born from his head allowed my father to feel a closer connection to me than any of my many other siblings. That being said, my father did initially swallow my mother, Metis, to prevent my birth. [Laughs] “I never knew my mother. He was everything to me. I believe the fact that I was born from his head allowed my father to feel a closer connection to me than any...
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...How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Chapter Reflections Introduction: How’d He Do That? * How do memory, symbol, and pattern affect the reading of literature? How does the recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated literature? Discuss a time when your appreciation of a literary work was enhanced by understanding symbol or pattern. * When reading literature: memory, symbol, and pattern help you understand the text better. If you don’t comprehend literature, then you won’t know the real meaning behind that passage. But that’s why memory, symbol, and pattern come in to help. I think the recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated literature because then we can analyze what exactly it is that we are reading. It gets readers to look more in depth of the literature itself. I think memory helps the readers connect emotionally and/or physically to that literature. Also, symbols analyze a deeper thought to something. When I read something, I picture it in my head and I would create a scene in my mind. Then by using memory, symbol, and pattern, I’ll try to sort everything out to make it clearer for my understanding. Chapter 1 – Every Trip is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) * List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read (or viewed) in the form used on pages 3-5. * The quest has five aspects, which includes: (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d)...
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...Hollywood Revival While the generation of today is more focused on who wore what on the red carpet, some tend to forget the origins of modern fashion and how much of it has evolved from ideas that will soon be a 100 years old. Many actors nowadays neglect the common standard and look towards a unique style they can call their own, whereas many rely on commercial endorsement. Almost all the benchmarks followed by directors, actors and studios alike, come from, as most critics would agree, the golden age of Hollywood. Lasting from the 1920s-1960s, films produced between these years gave true recognition and uniqueness to US cinema. Also known as Classical Hollywood, these years provided the public with a sense of fashion like no other. We...
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