Sara Gutierrez English 101 Garcia 2 November 2015 Bruce Lee Illustration Essay Bruce Lee, a martial arts film star born in San Francisco, California, has greatly impacted modern action films, even in the years following his death. Through his acting roles in both China and the United States, he forever changed the media industry and paved the way for more Asian actors and actresses to become successful in America. His tremendous influence on global culture not only brought more acceptance and
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Born William Bruce Jenner on October 28th, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York, to Esther Ruth and William Jenner, Bruce’s siblings were Lisa, Pam, and Burt. The legend of Bruce Jenner was conceived and where he increased fame as an all American Hero, and unofficially being baptized the “World’s Greatest Athlete”, was when he won the Decathlon gold medal during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. In 1977, Jenner donned the cover of the Wheaties box, called the breakfast of champions, and developed
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Donnie Yen has been my favorite martial artists to this day. His style is Wing Chun. Wing Chun, in my opinion, is very interesting to watch. Back in his younger days, he was a rebel with high expectations. His parents were well off. His mother was the founder of the Chinese Wushu research institute. While his father was a great scholar and musician. Donnie Yen was very curious and he joined a Chinatown gang in Boston. Under the influence of his mother, Donnie was very interested in martial arts
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is, in the Titanic cast of characters, a good analog for the Enron leadership. While the captain, the first officer, and the Titanic's designer did go down with the ship, there was one honcho whose behavior was more like the Enron executives': J. Bruce Ismay, director of the White Star Line, which built and ran the Titanic. Ismay was a passenger on that fateful voyage, and some said he encouraged the high speeds that contributed to the collision with the iceberg. Yet he hopped into a lifeboat early
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Blizzard, the survival activity, to be done with at least two other people and only takes 30-45 minutes to complete was just the opposite of what I thought. The activity might have come close to ruining a friendship or two, I believe helped me learn to be a better listener, moderator, and communicator. I did this activity with two of my other roommates, we read the scenario and were quick to thinking and immediately started. Finishing the activity as a group we scored a 92, I scored a 74, Corrie
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priority Project Manager (Captain Smith) didn’t trust new methodologies (ice bucket test) • Implied non-functional requirements due to perception/assumptions • • • • • Over-confidence • Old School • Political Influence • • Project Sponsor (Bruce Ismay) High Expectations set – arrive a day early Snapshot of what happened... • Business and Economic pressures • • • • • • • Under-prepared (lack of equipment) and untrained crew – 83 of 900 were mariners Under-quality material substituted
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The Elgin Marbles / Parthenon Sculptures I read two articles on the internet that provided some very interesting points in regards to the “Elgin Marble” which are better known as the “Parthenon Marbles.” Between 1801 – 1805, Thomas Bruce, Seventh Lord Elgin, procured the marble art and took them to Britain. Lord Elgin’s original intentions were to obtain some sketches and plaster casts made of the great sculptures and reliefs on the Parthenon and other nearby ruins. At the time Greece
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Think about people stealing ancient artifacts from old ancient structures like the Titanic. People have been going to these historical sites and just taking artifacts like its their own. From all my research, it shows that we should relocate this ancient artifacts and hide them from thieves. I know this is true because we need to protect our ancient structures that we found. According to the article “Retrieval of Titanic Artifacts Stirs Controversy,” In the year 1987, a controversial
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of the Elgin Marbles is irresponsible and, to some degree, disrespectful. Before a meaningful exploration of ownership can be pursued further, critical details regarding the actual acquisition of artifacts must be examined. First of all, Thomas Bruce (more commonly known as the Seventh Earl of Elgin, or Lord Elgin), and his crew brought back to Britain 247 feet of the 524 foot long Parthenon frieze. In addition to the frieze, Lord Elgin acquired 15 of the 92 metopes that “surrounded the top of
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