Lyft is the private transportation network company (TNC) and located at San Francisco, CA. It is founded by Logan Green and John Zimmer (Wikipedia). It was originally called Zimride Inc. and launched in 2007 with keeping only college students as target market. Initially they were using Facebook profile information via Facebook Connect, to locate drivers and riders where driver would post where and when details of the trip and then passenger would apply for a ride. It took years for the company to
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their political issues facing the nation during their term in office. The wives of these two men marked their place in history and progress forward the roles of women during their husband’s time in office. Michelle Obama represents the now and Mary Todd Lincoln represents the past which characterize how women roles as the first lady have changed dramatically. In the 20th century there is the first African American “first lady” in the white house. Her presence in the Whitehouse has changed the traditional
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inside look at president Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary Todd Lincoln and lets us look inside her own life. Elizabeth Keckley was a black slave that bought her own freedom. She worked as a seamstress for many wealthy people; including working inside the white house for Mary Todd Lincoln. In the memoir, Keckley explains her life at the white house with the Lincoln’s; including both the good and bad times. Keckley created a relationship with Mary Todd Lincoln that started out to be just business but soon
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Evan Stabolitis Professor Max Seymour Political Science 6th April, 2014 Case Cameron Willingham Willingham was immediately prosecuted for arson and the murder of his three little girls to cover up the supposed “abusing” of them. Stacy Kuykendall said there was no way he abused the children and that they were spoiled rotten. Think about it, how could a man abuse two twin one year old little girls and a two year old little girl. According to his wife he was also the best the father she had ever
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Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln was a strong woman. Although she went through some hard times, she always pulled through and proved that she was not going down without a fight. She considered her early life as unhappy, even though she went to a great school and had parents who supported her. Her midlife was not something one could ever imagine. Through her last years of being First Lady, two of her sons died and her husband was shot while sitting right next to her. Lastly, after her third son
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the similarity of having been made by the same director, there are also many other similarities between his films. For example, his film style is able to be seen clearly throughout the films, Edward Scissorhands (1991), Corpse Bride (2005) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). All three of these movies showing Burton’s easily identifiable film style. The characteristics that are similar across these films are the flashbacks, the actors and actresses, the characters, the use
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the live production of the musical will be acquired from SUNY New Paltz Library.) 2. Contemporary [1960-1980s]. “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is a 2007 musical horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical of the same name and re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber and serial killer who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice
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When my drama teacher Mr. Jack Jordan exclaimed my audition number I walked up to the stage and sang a British piece from the popular musical known as “Sweeney Todd the Demon on Barber Street”. The song was comprised of a plethora of riffs, runs, glissandos, and melisma’s that were extremely challenging for a singer. I was picked to play Sweeney for the fall musical. I was extremely excited because I thought that I wouldn’t be able to let go and be myself around people in high school. By the end
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so that you don't miss out on any details of the horrible murders. The Great Fire of London is another event from the past that you will be forced to survive. You will see how people struggled and what they did to survive it. You will also meet Sweeney Todd a barber who won't necessarily cut your
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best known for his film performances as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves for which he won the BAFTA Award for best actor in a supporting role in 1991, Metatron in Dogma, The evil Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd and of course Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. Well obviously I can't talk about Alan Rickman's journey of portraying four completely different characters, so I'll just focus on my favourite one. Severus Snape, it doesn't
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