...September 25, 2013 Title: World War Z Directed by: Marc Forster Written by: Matthew Michael Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox Running time: 116 minutes Rated: PG-13 for intense frightening zombie sequences, violence and disturbing images Before the movie was released there where a lot of rumors about it, key executives were fired, the production was far above budget, scenes had to be rewritten and filmed again. On top of that creative differences between director Marc Foster and main actor/producer Brad Pitt would eventually cause the movie to come out half a year late. Whatever the rumors may have been, the result is not bad at all. The movie is immediately off to a very fast start, within 5 minutes all hell breaks loose. Before that we are introduced to Gary (Brad Pitt) who is a former UN-employee who quit working to spend more time with his family. He travels to Philadelphia where, while waiting for heavy traffic, a huge zombie outbreak takes place out of nowhere. Hundreds of people attack each other and then arise from the death, off course this is answered with huge panic from surrounding people. It doesn’t take long before it’s clear that sudden outbreak is actually a worldwide epidemic virus release. Gary is asked to travel around the world to find a cure, by finding the source of the virus. This panic and action turned out to be a great introduction for all the nerve-racking scenes that would later follow. Never before...
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...As told by Joseph Cambell “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” What is World War Z? World War Z is a 2013 American apocalyptic action horror film directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnaham, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof is from a screenplay story Carnaham and J. Michael Straczynski, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. Gerry Lane is a hero because he puts his family before himself, puts himself in danger against the zombies, and is destined to find the cure. Gerry Lane puts his family before himself by protecting them in any way possible. In the beginning, Gerry and his family were living an ordinary life. He and his family were on their way to school and work while being caught up in a traffic jam that morning which turned into something unexpectedly. People were running for their lives trying to find food, aid and shelter. Gerry had noticed...
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...Chapter 4 In this chapter, Gatsby tells nick all about his past. He says things that are very unlikely to nikc and he mentions and shows his disbelief. Gatsby makes claims of being connected to most wealthy and outstanding people in the country, and being from the world war. Towards the end of the chapter Nick learns that Gatsby loves Diasy and wants nick to arrange a meeting in order for Gatsby to come and meet her once again. Jordan is the one who informs nikc of this plan. A- Nick B- “Anything can happen now that we’ve slid over this bridge” C- Nick is very self relying, and has a lot to say to himself about everyone around him, but on the outside is very softspoken and humble. This is a good quality, and he is a very honest and trustworthy individual guy, but is often shy and a bit awkward. D- Nicks main role in this story is that he’s the narrorator, and all of these events are based on his life. He is a very down to earth guy, calm and collected with a bunch of crazy events and people surrounding him. Instead of being in surroundings thatmirror him as a person, he is almost in an opposing environment, rivaling his ways of living. “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” This quote goes to show a category for most characters in this book, for example Gatsby is a pursuer and a busy man. While someone like Daisy is the pursued. Being a go with the flow type of woman, instead of a go getter. A main symbolic item is that...
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...During World War II, as war ravaged the world during the second World War in World War II, a war was being fought in the world. It was the second one. The first World War happened before this World War, which was the second one to happen in the world. The second World War was being fought during World War II and the first one which came before the second one was fought during World War I. Both of these World Wars were fought, and they were wars where people fought in a war. The result of these wars resulted in people fighting in both world wars. This was a war that people fought in, and it was called World War II. It was called World War II because it happened after the first one that people did war in. People died because it was a war. This...
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...The Great Plains— To the Point Geography- West of the MS River *1800 Territory in the plains included North Dakota & South Dakota, Nebraska, and states such as Texas * Great Plains had very hot summers and very cold winters, very rainfall which droughts few sources of water very few trees - conditions not fit for farming *Before the late 1800s U.S. settlers did not settle the plains. Farming The Plains *Farming the plains was difficult * Gov’t encourage settlement by passing the Homestead Act -$160 acres -$10 registration fee - live on farm land for 5 yrs *Houses was made of sod because of lack of trees Farming Technologies - Cast Iron wingmill- allowed them to pump waterfrom wells. - Steel plow- to wooden plow would break in dry hard earth of the plains Cattle Industry Mechanical binder- tied and cut the grains or crops simultaneously - barbed wire- replaced wooden fences Rise of cattle industry -abundance of cattle in Great Plain -herd of cattle numbering about 2,500 were taken on long drive (cattle trails such as the chilsoln trail which was San Antonio, Texas to Abliene, Kansas) to Ship stations in Kansas and Missouri -African American Cowhand- Nat Love Decline Of cattle industry -overgrazing -overproduction costs the product to drop -weather (droughts, blizzards) -barbed wire led to development of cattle ranches ...
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...“The northeastern or America is densely populated, because of the extensive corridors of the urbanization it has been called the national “megalopolis”” as stated by Molly Doane in her statements at http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html. After years of acting as the leader for technology and the industry in America the Northeastern part of America falls off of being the leader to California’s Silicon Valley. Though it’s not towards the restaurants and businesses of the Italian, French, German, Russian, Muslims, Jews, and the English; “Huge waves of non-European immigration since the 1960s have made the United States the nation with the highest immigrant population in the world” also stated by Molly Doane in her statements at http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html and so because of this today most of the cultures that are a part of America and its history would be the Italians, Jewish, and the English cultures. This is because before the revolutionary war people emigrated from Britain to America to the 13 colonies, then there were the Italians who immigrated to America because of the English population saying it is a land of the free and people would live better and richer than they already were. The Italians are most famous for creating the mafia and godfathers that people have heard or known about today. The Jewish have more history with America than the Italians. The Americans helped free the Jews and leads them to America so...
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...Connor Cohn 3/4/11 Curry, period 4 Final Aircraft Carriers in WWII Many of World War II’s greatest battles were fought at sea, making naval technologies crucial to all sides. Many kinds of ships, such as battleships, submarines, and aircraft carriers, had been used in previous wars, but the global nature of World War II made naval battles especially important. These vessels ranged from heavily armed warships to numerous support craft such as fuel ships and troop landing boats. Of all the ships used in the war, aircraft carriers were the largest. Thus, how and why were aircraft carriers so effective in World War II, specifically how was it more effective than a battleship, and how did both Japan and the US utilize this revolution in technology? An aircraft carrier is a ship whose primary purpose is to bring airplanes closer to distant battle areas. Since most World War II aircraft had a range of just a few hundred miles, it was necessary to bring the aircraft to the battlefront, and using a ship to do so made a lot of sense in the Pacific, where much of the fighting took place on islands and along coastal areas. The first true aircraft carriers were built by the Japanese in the 1920’s. Japan remained an innovator in aircraft carrier design and construction during the years leading to World War II, operating nine aircraft carriers by 1941. Their largest carriers of the war were the Akagi and Kaga, each capable of launching over 90 aircraft (doc. Navy), only 25% of these...
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...announced the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War on every national and commercial radio station in Australia. It was the beginning of a long and strenuous journey that the country was about to embark on. Australia played an instrumental part of World War Two, and over the course of this paper, I will outline a brief history of the country’s place and actions throughout the war. Almost a million Australians, both men and women, served in the Second World War. They fought in campaigns against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east Asia and other parts of the Pacific. The Australian mainland came under direct attack for the first time, as Japanese aircraft bombed towns in north-west Australia and Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney Harbor (Long, 1973). The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) contributed in operations against Italy after its entry into the war in June 1940 (Dennis, 1995). A few Australians flew in the Battle of Britain in August and September, but the Australian army was not engaged in combat until 1941, when the 6th, 7th, and 9th...
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...“Women, like men should try to do the impossible and when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others,” that was said by Amelia Earhart. Women had as much impact as the men in World War 2. There are so many women who sacrificed their live during this time, but the main women who caught my attention because of what they did were Mary Wilson, Virginia Hall, Ruby Bradley and Reba Z Whittle. Well known for what they did, these ladies have made history and made more women to be proud to be one. First off, Mary Wilson was one of the reasons why this was the greatest generation. When she was only 16, she started working in a laundry to support her family but was later fired because she was too young. So her mother...
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...Bibliography Argibay, Carmen M. "Sexual Slavery and the Comfort Women of World War II." Berkeley Journal of International Law , 6th ser., 21, no. 2 (2003): 375-89. Accessed November 20, 2017. http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1242&context=bjil. "Comfort Women." Comfort Women | a photo story by | Panos Pictures. Accessed November 24, 2017. https://www.panos.co.uk/stories/2-13-1144-1650//Comfort-Women/#. Edwards, Wallace. Comfort women: a history of Japanese forced prostitution during the second World War. United States: Absolute Crime Books, 2013. Jonsson, Gabriel. "Can the Japan-Korea Dispute on "Comfort Women" be Resolved? ." Can the Japan-Korea Dispute on "Comfort Women" be Resolved? * 46, no. 3 (2015): 489-515. Accessed November 20, 2017....
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...with the entire class.) In his life of Alexander the Great, Plutarch reminds his readers that he is as interested in character as he is in history. "The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men," he notes. "Sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better of their characters and inclinations." The lives of the famous, he shows, can provide lessons in prudence, as in the case of the Athenian naval hero Themistocles, or in consuming greed, as in the case of the Roman general Crassus. Larry Berman's "Zumwalt" parallels Plutarch's theme, offering a chronicle of the life of Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt (1920-2000), whose naval career extended from World War II to the Vietnam War, culminating in his appointment as chief of naval operations in the early 1970s. Along the way, Mr. Berman draws the character portrait of a man who embodied the virtues of honorable leadership—and who, throughout his career, sought to nurture those virtues within the...
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...A HISTORY OF WOOMERA Maks Z Woomera was created due to the needs of the Britain's defence after World War II. Britain required a large remote area to test new weapons systems. Many sites were considered including Canada. Though in the end Australia's vast and unpopulated inland won the day, and the Long Range Weapons Establishment (Woomera rocket range) was created on the 1 April 1947 as a Joint venture between Britain and Australia. Woomera's colourful history includes testing weapons, satellite launches, tracking lunar and planetary spacecraft, as well as the Mercury manned spacecraft. Germany's use of V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets during World War II prompted the British to launch a rocket program. Though because Britain’s population...
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...Module Two: History of Advanced Practice Nursing Jamie P. Bernard Louisiana State University Health Science Center School of Nursing The historical evolution of the four Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) roles date back as early as the 1860s when nurses were administering chloroform anesthesia during the Civil War (Cockerham & Keeling). During the nineteenth century lay midwives were delivering babies without any nursing education, and the first program for psychiatric nursing in America had opened its’ doors (Cockerham & Keeling, 2014). This specialty paved the way for Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs). Around the same time the Henry Street Settlement opened its’ doors, and public health nurses started providing primary care to the poor (Cockerham & Keeling, 2014). These nurses and lay midwives were practicing based on skills taught in the fields, because there were no formal education programs at that time for the APRN specialties. During the twentieth century, schools started opening and offering specialty nursing programs for the four Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) roles: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesists (CRNAs), Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs), Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs), and Nurse Practitioners (NP). This was also the time when nursing organizations were being formed including: the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), the...
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...Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia controlled Europe. In 1914 World War One broke out in Europe. Historians have debated the causes ever since. As a historian it will be difficult to conclusively establish a single cause - a number of significant causes is a far more helpful outcome. Although the European Alliances were certainly a cause of WWI, there were many other causes as well. Along with the European Alliances there was Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and of course the physical conflicts leading up to the war. All these issues blew up the balloon of tension, which just needed a tiny pinprick to burst into war. The European Alliances had a major part in beginning WWI. After the build up of tension from Nationalism, Imperialism and Militarism, the Powers were worried about being attacked by each other. To counter this alliances were formed. Germany made a secret alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1879. Three years later Italy joined this Dual Alliance to form the Triple Alliance because it was annoyed with France for stopping its plans to colonise North Africa. The rest of the Great Powers became increasingly worried about the strength of the Triple Alliance. Believing they could be defeated by Germany, Austria and Italy acting together. France and Russia agreed to help each other if attacked. Britain was worried because it had no allies among the Powers, but it was not prepared to ally with Germany after the Boer War. In 1904 France and Britain were prepared to forget their...
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...John Edgar Hoover: The War Against All of the Presidents John Edgar Hoover once said, “No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to family,” played a key role in his success (A-Z Quotes). He was willing to keep to put in his best time to be in the FBI before he died (“Wikipedia”). He worked with everyone there and they got it done when Hoover was there (“Wikipedia”). Dedication and attention to detail led to his success at the FBI (“Wikipedia”). From improving the FBI, to his controversial leadership tactics, and his war on the FBI itself, these were some factors of his achievement (“Wikipedia”). The FBI was his favorite job because he fought crime and brought them to justice (“Wikipedia”). J. Edgar Hoover was the first...
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