Smart houses Home automation is the residential extension of building automation. It is automation of the home, housework or household activity. Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security. Home automation for the elderly and disabled can provide increased quality of life for persons who might
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Shane by Angela Day “Shane” is a screenplay that was based on Jack Schaefer's 1949 book of the same name. The film is a classic western tale which is a very familiar and highly regarded in the western genre and the most successful Western of the 1950s and it is also a period piece since it is set in the late 1800’s. The film's rich color cinematography captures the beautiful environment of the frontier which was filmed on location in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with the mountains as a
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Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) Aamir Khan, whose "PK" has opened to rave reviews and roaring box office success, says he chooses a film on the basis of the script and not box office prospects. "PK", which came out Friday, has managed to gross Rs.95.21 crore in three days. When asked if it is true that he chooses films on the basis of box office prospects, Aamir said: "It's a very unfortunate trend because the moment creative people start thinking about numbers, then the shadow of the numbers influences
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Movies today are probably the most dominant industry that contributes in the production of popular culture today. What movies show depict what society is like and in turn as well decide what society would be like. Although movies are not particularly a medium meant to impart knowledge or awareness only, however it does do it and when it does it has the most impact compared to any other medium, to say for example books or news. We as mere human beings living our lives isolated by the rest of the world
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Musical Theater The evolution of musical theater is the true are of telling a story. Musical theater dates all the way back to the 5th century BOE. This was a time the Romans nailed metal to shoes to create the first tap shoes, wagons were called “stages on wheels” and poetry was cited with a melody. Musical theater is presented all around the world thru history, “boots musicals”, and many popular musical films. In ancient Greece, music and dance war introduced thru staged comedies and tragedies
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times. During his speech he inspired us with a powerful example of transformation a film society in Karnataka achieved through training. In a village near Belgaum, every evening the Belgaum film society used to freely screen film classics in world cinema to an assembly of villagers in a maidan. The films included works from masters such Akira Kurosawa, Bergman , Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Satyajit Ray. A veteran Kannada film critic used to make an introductory appreciation speech about
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User Manual Critique: Marantz DVD Player DV4003 This critique is on the Marantz DVD Player DV4003 user manual. This manual was chosen at random from brand names with which I am unfamiliar so as to provide an unbiased critique on its printed material. The user manual for this particular product is very comprehensive. Although there are 54 pages total including the covers, the information is organized well and in a logical order. The chapters are marked on the edge of the page for easy location
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Nancy J. Nabong AC 103 : MWF / 1:00 – 2:00 PM I. THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA 1. PLOT * Most important element of a story: Summary of a play’s story, concerned with what happens in the story * The order of events occurring in a play is referred to as the plot of the drama. It is the basic storyline that is narrated through a play. The entertainment one derives from a play depends largely on the sequence of events that occur in the story. The logical connection between the events and
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意大利新现实主义电影的经典代表作，也是导演维托里奥享誉最隆的一部电影。故事背景是第二次世界大战前后的罗马，在百废待兴之际，男主角好不容易才找到一份张贴海报的工作，不料第一天上班便被人偷了他工作上必须的脚踏车，于是跟他的小孩子踏破铁鞋到处找车，最后无可奈何地下手偷别人的车，却被逮个正着。全片故事简单，但拍得有笑有泪，将战后罗马的社会面貌鲜活地反映出来。非职业演员的两父子演得十分生活化，好些场面令人感动得无话可说。 《偷自行车的人》Ladri di Biciclette 意大利影片。1948年生产。C.柴伐蒂尼根据同名小说改编，V.德·西卡导演。该片为新现实主义电影的代表作之一。它通过第二次世界大战后意大利工人的悲凉遭遇，反映了当时意大利的社会状况。影片情节简练，笔触细腻，无论是思想内容还是艺术形式，都对当时及后世的电影艺术产生了深远影响。影片的写实手法不仅表现在实景拍摄上，如主人公破旧的服装、简陋的住房、罗马脏乱的街道、匆匆往来的行人等，还表现在采用了直接叙述的方法，以丢失的自行车为线索，深入到社会的各个角落，表现出社会的贫困、危机以及它们带来的后果：失业、黑市、卖淫、人的自私等。并通过这些表象去揭示政治的
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The history of Chinese film has three separate threads of development: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. The cinema of Mainland China after 1949 has grown up somewhat suppressed by the Communist regime until now. The Beginnings: Shanghai as the Center Motion pictures were introduced to China in 1896. The first recorded screening of a motion picture in China occurred in Shanghai on August 11, 1896, as an "act" on a variety bill. The first Chinese film, a recording of
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