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Animal Health Technology (AHT) - Overview
Lakeland College offers you hands on clinical experience, taught by vets and vet tech professionals. You'll learn and work in a provincially inspected veterinary hospital and a nationally accredited program..
Your experience includes both small and large animals--from SPCA dogs and cats to the college's sheep, cattle and horses.
At our small animal clinic, you'll put what you learn to work. Some examples:
- use your knowledge of anatomy to take a diagnostic radiograph
- learn clinical lab procedures on blood and urine that you have collected.
- place a catheter and monitor anesthesia in surgery
- meet with real clients to talk about their pet's health and nutrition.

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Natural health watchdog group Citizens for Health wants Dannon to stop using crushed bugs in the company's yogurt.
The group said in a release that advocates are "taken aback by Dannon's blasé attitude about using an allergenic, bug-based extract and not just berries to color their yogurt."
They're urging Dannon and other food companies who use carmine, a dye made from the bodies of insects, to more clearly label the products or to switch to plant-based alternatives.
"When consumers asked Starbucks to stop using bugs in their Frappucinos last year, the company responded with sensitivity and complied within 48 hours without any further prompting," Citizens for Health president Jim Turner said in a statement.
"It's mind-boggling that Dannon would so off-handedly dismiss the very same consumer request. They're just crying out to be challenged."
Citizens for Health partnered with fitness guru Michelle Dozois, who is urging citizens to sign a Center for Science in the Public Interest-led petition on Take Action, Berries Over Bugs! Tell Dannon to Get Insect Extract Out of Yogurt.
"Instead of relying entirely on strawberries, raspberries, cherries or other healthy, wholesome fruit, Dannon sometimes uses an extract made from the pulverized dead bodies of cochineal insects to give its yogurts fruity red colors," the petition reads.
"It's deceptive and gross. But for some, cochineal insects (usually labeled as carmine on food labels) can trigger a dangerous allergic reaction. Dannon should skip the insect-extract and use more fruit to color its yogurt."
The petition, addressed to Dannon CEO Franck Riboud, had garnered 9,578 signatures Tuesday morning.
"I'm not opposed to people eating insects if that's what they want to do," Dozois said in a statement. "I just don't want to be tricked into putting bug-based extracts into my kids' lunch boxes. I want Dannon and other food companies to clearly label bugs!"


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Remember those days when turtlenecks are considered ghastly and dated? Well, the fashion industry seems to have gotten over their repulsion over this winter staple because it has made a surprisingly massive comeback. It's fast becoming one of the must-have items for winter!
It's not easy to join the bandwagon mainly because styling it is usually not a walk in the park. It adds bulk quite easily and can overwhelm a lesser mortal. But don't write this off just yet. We have some tips on how you can make turtleneck sweaters work. We sought inspiration from fashion bloggers who did an impressive job styling the turtleneck sweater;
1. Give your turtleneck a 90s flair by tying a button down shirt around your waist and using an overcoat to amp up the warmth meter.
Canadian blogger, Alyssa, gave her turtleneck sweater a more street style vibe with a printed shirt tied around her waist. To avoid making the look bulky, balance it out with a pair of cropped pants. A pair of chunky-heeled shoes will lengthen the silhouette.
2. Wear it with a midi skirt.
Turtleneck sweaters work stupendously with midi skirts! We suggest the pencil skirt kind. It gives off a stylish, just-got-out-of-the-runway effect. You can tuck the sweater in the skirt. If you have a cropped sweater like Blanca here, just let the hem hang over the skirt for an effortless flair. Complete the look with a jacket over your shoulders and a pair of ankle boots.
3. Keep it casual with loose trousers.
Fine-knitted turtlenecks team up flawlessly with semi-loose trousers. Take it from Savinad, who opted to wear her sweater with leather semi-loose pants. Punctuate the casual look with a pair of smoking slippers or fabric loafers.
4. Wear it with your favorite pair of ripped jeans.
Transition your ripped jeans to winter by teaming it up with snazzy turtleneck knitwear. Like Abigail, you can layer a button down shirt underneath the sweater so that the hem is peeking out from under. You can wear flats, pumps or smoking slippers with this look.
5. Take it to another direction with a pair of denim overalls.
The turtleneck sweater and denim overalls combo works for those whose style falls under the retro and vintage category. Catie's outfit is the perfect example. Refine the look by rolling the hem of your overalls up and then wearing a pair of ankle boots. A satchel bag can complete your preppy vintage-inspired outfit.
Pretty sure your head is already brimming with ideas on how to wear this winter trend. Now all you need to do is find that perfect, cozy, knitwear to get your started. Here are some options:
1. Three Dots Long Sleeve Turtleneck, $66.00
2. Nili Lotan 18-8 Oversized Turtleneck, $421.00
3. Burberry Prorsum Striped Sweater, $1249.38
4. Etro Roll Neck Sweater, $563.63
5. Christian Siriano Shearling Trim Turtleneck Pullover, $411.00
6. Sacai Peplum Sweater, $599.00
7. The Row Nenette Cropped Sweater, $752.49
Now these sweaters should keep you warm, comfy and stylish the rest of the winter season.


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Dining at Kumo Izakaya is an experience best shared with friends! When dining in a group of seven or more, an enkai banquet menu is available for your group's dining pleasure. Offering a number of customizations for your preference, the enkai menu is designed to enhance service efficiency, dish variation and your overall dining experience.
For private functions or parties of up to ten people, the traditional tatami room is your best bet for an unforgettable evening of mirth and sake! House-made gourmet birthday cakes can be arranged on request as well. Give us a call and we can have a chat about making your special night a night to remember!
functionsKumo Izakaya is also available to be booked out for large events. The whole venue, our mezzanine level or the main dining room can be booked depending on your guest list and size requirements. Please fill in the functions booking formand return it via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or fax at
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The Uncomfortable Implications of Morrison: City of Pontiac v. UBS (Part 2)
We are discussing CITY OF PONTIAC POLICEMEN'S AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. UBS, a decision holding that Rule 10b-5 does not apply to transactions involving securities listed on a domestic stock exchange that are co-listed on a foreign exchange, at least where the transactions occurred outside the United States.
The reasoning conflicts with the analysis in Morrison. Morrsion, for better or worse, set out two circumstances where investors could state a claim using Rule 10b-5. The first was based upon the type of security. Investors could bring actions involving securities listed on a domestic stock exchange. The second was a transactional test. Investors could bring actions where the transaction occurred in the U.S.
In City of Pontiac, the court made the transactional test the exclusive method of stating a claim under Rule 10b-5. In effect, sales invovling listed shares could only give rise to an action under Rule 10b-5 if they in fact occurred in the United States. See Id. (finding that Rule 10b-5 did not apply to "claims by a foreign purchaser of foreign‐issued shares on a foreign exchange simply because those shares are also listed on a domestic exchange.").
The court got there by asserting that the "listing theory" was simply a "proxy for a domestic transaction." Perhaps. But because the Supreme Court explicitly held that Rule 10b-5 applied to "domestic transactions in other securities," the "proxy" could only have meaning if it did something additional. The "proxy" was effectively an over-inclusive test that allowed for actions involving shares of listed companies no matter where the transactions occurred. Moreover, it was a "proxy" explicitly imposed by Congress and included in the language of Section 10(b). See 15 USC 78j(b) (provision applies to deceptive conduct "in connection with the purchase or sale of any security registered on a national securities exchange or any security not so registered.").
The court tried to divine some additional support for its position mostly from silence on the part of the majority in Morrison. The shares at issue in Morrison were listed in Australia and listed in the U.S. in the form of ADRs and this, according to the court, "did not affect the Court's analysis of the shares that were purchased on foreign exchanges." True, but this was because Morrison involved two different securities: shares in the bank and ADRs. The ADRs were listed in the U.S. But as note 1 in Morrison points out, none of the remaining plaintiffs in the case had alleged that they purchased ADRs (Ironically it was Morrison himself who had purchased ADRs but his claims were dismissed and not part of the case). Thus, Morrison did not involve the overseas purchase of a security listed on a domestic exchange.
Finally, the court in the City of Pontiac emphasized that Morrison had "rejected our prior holding that 'the Exchange Act [applies] to transactions regarding stocks traded in the United States which are effected outside the United States . . . .' " But Morrison did so in a context where the Second Circuit relied not on the type of security involved but on the possible effects of the transaction. Morrison merely rejected the test. The decision did not address or even remotely speak to whether a case decided under the effects test could nonetheless support the use of Rule 10b-5 under a different theory.
So what is going on here? The Second Circuit is uncomfortable with a test that allows the use of Rule 10b-5 in cases that have limited nexus to the U.S. Most of the plaintiffs in City of Pontiac were foreign. All of the transactions apparently occurred outside the United States. And the securities were listed on foreign exchanges.
But this was a direct consequence of the reasoning in Morrison. Morrison rendered irrelevant the location of the harm, the foreign nature of the security, or the identity of the investors. Instead, the Court substituted a bright line test that looked only to whether the security was listed on a domestic exchange or the transaction closed in the U.S. The shares in City of Pontiac were, in fact, listed on the NYSE.
As we have noted before, the type of analysis used in City of Pontiac is really a reverse effects test. Courts are apparently willing to follow the Supreme Court and reject cases that have great effect in the U.S. but otherwise do not involve listed securities or trades that occurred in the U.S. At the same time, however, the courts appear to want to reinstate the effects test where the cases brought under the Morrison standard appear to have little effect in the U.S. But that is not a determination for the lower courts to make. The Supreme Court has decreed that the effects don't matter. In this case, the shares at issue were listed on a domestic exchange. That fact alone is sufficient to permit the use of Rule 10b-5.


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Aphex Twin's Devil Face.
The beauty of the InterWeb is that sometimes you re-discover old things.
Back in the old days, people accuse Black Sabbath of sneaking satanic messages into their song (that you can only hear by playing it backwards).
That's nothing compared to Aphex Twin, who sneaked in the devil's face in their Windowlicker EP in 1999. The face is revealed when the song is played by a computer software that visualizes sound waves.
Link | Wired Article in 2002 - Thanks Dougall Meloney!
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cool i cant see the face in adobe addition but at the end i can see the spirial
How freaky would it be if you had not heard about this and all of a sudden the face popped out in front of you.
decided to try this myself. downloaded a .flac version of the song and converted it to .wav with river past. next loaded that wav into spectrogram 14 and used settings similar to this website and I found the image between 327-335 seconds into the song. took a screenie and now its my desktop (annoys the hell outta the wife!)
damn neat
damn neat
pld is correct; that's not the devil's face, it is Aphex Twin's face. Look at the rest of his work from that time - he put his face everywhere.
This was all the rage back a few years ago due to a software package that transformed digital images into sound waves. Of course due to the extreme differences in media and how they are percieved the sound is total sh-te, but it is still a nice little "easter egg" gift to the nerdy fan. I use sonograms/spectrographs/spectral analysis in my own composition and for analysis (cough published cough). Good stuff! (sorry for the propoganda, but a guy's gotta eat, ya know? ;-) )


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- Fatal motorcycle accidents occur five times more often than deadly auto crashes.
What may be more harrowing to consider are the facts that:
• More than 1,150 lives could be saved every year if riders were simply wearing a DOT-approved safety helmet when riding
• Impairment – which is 100 percent preventable – contributes to more than 1 in every 4 deadly motorcycle accidents
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text: Verdicts and Settlements Palmer Law Group LLP has provided quality legal representation and counsel for injured victims across Topeka, Kansas since 1980. We have handled thousands of personal injury cases and have proudly represented injured residents of the Topeka area, and since 2000, we have recovered more than $60 million on behalf of our clients. Contact a Topeka personal injury lawyer from the firm to discuss your case or feel free to take a look at the outcomes of our most notable cases to learn how our proven successes can help your case, too! Here are some of the representative cases handled by Palmer Law Group LLP. $11,000,000+ Class Action Settlement This important class action case involved the wrongful incarceration of over 40,000 Wichita residents for failing to pay traffic and misdemeanor fines. By imprisoning these individuals without a hearing, the City violated their due process rights under both the United States and Kansas Constitutions. The City was utilizing these methods in an effort to increase sagging city revenues. Mr. Leatherman and Mr. White worked diligently to ensure that this abusive practice was stopped and that those who were unlawfully imprisoned were fairly compensated. In total, the case was settled for over $11,000,000. $4,134,288.26 Medical Malpractice Verdict In Sedgwick County District Court against a cardiac electrophysiologist who negligently performed an electrophysiology study and ablation resulting in complete heart block and pacemaker dependency for our client. $1,000,000.00 Personal Injury Settlement Against a rancher whose cattle were on a highway at night where one was struck by our client resulting in a closed head injury and permanent disability. $900,000.00 Personal Injury Settlement For a client who suffered a comminuted tibia/fibula fracture, lumbar fracture and permanent disability as result of an automobile collision. Confidential Medical Malpractice Settlement Against a nurse anesthetist for a client who suffered cardiopulmonary arrest as a result of an improperly placed epidural injection. Confidential Property Damage Settlement Against an excavation contractor for their failure to properly close a manhole prior to an extremely heavy rain, allowing massive amounts of rainwater to enter the sanitary sewage system and causing system overload. More than 20 homeowners in the area had their homes infiltrated by raw sewage. $500,000 Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Settlement (The maximum recoverable against a municipality under Kansas law) against a County ambulance service for improperly intubating our client who suffered progressive bradycardia and hypoxia and eventually death. Confidential Insurance Bad Faith Settlement Against an insurance company for wrongful denial of coverage to its insured. As a result of its denial, the insured was personally exposed to damages in excess of $2.5 million dollars. Confidential Legal Malpractice Settlement Against a lawyer who was negligent in representation of the client in an underlying medical malpractice case. Confidential Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Settlement Against a physician's assistant staffing an emergency department who discharged our client after failing to recognize she had sepsis syndrome as a result of Influenza. A. Confidential Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Settlement Against a radiologist who failed to identify a bladder mass on a CT scan. Our client died as a result of the failure to identify the transitional cell carcinoma on a CT scan. Confidential Personal Injury Settlement For a client who sustained multiple gunshot wounds as a result of a mentally unbalanced individual obtaining access to an assault rifle. In addition, our attorneys have handled numerous cases in the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals to protect the rights of Kansas Citizens. Some examples include: LaShure v. Felts, 40 Kan. App. 2d 1001, 197 P.3d 885 (2008), holding that jury instructions in medical malpractice cases should be fair and uniform. Long v. Turk, 265 Kan. 855 (1998), Establishing the liability of gun owners to exercise the highest degree of care (one of two such rulings in the United States). David's Episcopal Church v. Westboro Baptist Church, 22 Kan. App.2d 537 (1998),review denied by the Kansas Supreme Court, certiorari denied by the United States Supreme Court, establishing for the first time anywhere the rights of privacy of worship as a governmental interest and holding those who would interfere to the standards of a mixed audience. Sheila A. v. Whiteman, 259 Kan. 549 (1996), the first case to overrule a district court on the award of attorney fees in either a class action or common fund case. Cerretti v. Flint Hills REC, 251 Kan. 347 (1992), upholding a verdict for the death of a woman by electrocution where damages of over $1 million were awarded. Harding v. K.C. Wall Products, Inc., 250 Kan. 655 (1992), a case of first impression upholding the constitutionality of a statute of repose, specially designed for latent disease cases. Glenn v. Fleming, 247 Kan. 296 (1990), a case overruling precedent that was less than one year old regarding the subject matter of settlements in association with bad faith claims against insurers. Kansas Malpractice Victims v. Bell, 243 Kan. 333 (1988), one of a team of three lawyers in the case that declared unconstitutional various statutory medical malpractice tort reforms. Jackson by Jackson v. Wood, 11 Kan. App.2d 478 (1986), a landmark case applying the landlord/tenant act to impose duties upon landlords in tort actions for injuries to invitees of tenants. Carpenter v. Johnson, 231 Kan. 783 (1982), a case applying the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to roadway defect claims under the Kansas Tort Claims Act. Flax v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 226 Kan. 1 (1979), a case overruling prior precedent and removing immunity from the Kansas Turnpike Authority on state constitutional grounds. Smith v. Union Pacific, 222 Kan. 303 (1977), a case overruling prior precedent regarding passenger look-out duties at a railroad crossing. Bell v. Kent Brown Chevrolet, 1 Kan. App.2d 131 (1977), the first appellate case involving the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.


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Being Transgender Today
Throughout history, transgender individuals have been present, as far back as early Japanese, Chinese and Greek cultures, but today, in the United States, they struggle for visibility, protection, and acceptance even among other minorities.
by Jennie Wood
Trans Woman at a demonstration in Paris, France
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With the list of states legalizing gay marriage growing and broad acceptance into pop culture, the gay and lesbian population has gained increased visibility and protection. However, transgender people have not been afforded the same rights. The numbers are one reason. In the United States, there are 8 million people who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. According to the Williams Institute at UCLA's School of Law, there are only 700,000 transgender people in the United States.
In 2011, one transgender person was killed every month because of their identity, according to the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force surveyed 6,450 transgender individuals in the United States in 2011. Of those surveyed, 41 percent reported that they had attempted suicide compared to 1.6 percent in the general population. Also, 64 percent had been sexually assaulted, and 55 percent had lost a job due to their identity. Of those who had established their transgender identity as school-age students, over 78 percent reported they had been harassed and 35 percent had been physically assaulted. Nearly 15 percent left school because the harassment was so severe.
Many people still struggle with an exact definition of transgender, confusing it with other terms. Being transgender has nothing to do with sexual orientation, sex, or genitalia. Transgender is strictly about gender identity. Many transgender individuals don't have sexual reassignment surgery for various reasons. Some cannot afford it. Often health insurance doesn't cover the expensive surgeries. Some do not want to undergo procedures. For trans men, especially, the surgeries are difficult, often with disappointing results.
The term transgender, first used in the 1980s, is an umbrella term that includes any person going against the social norms of their biological gender. This includes transsexuals, people who alter their bodies with surgery, hormones, or both. Intersex people, those born with ambiguous genitalia, are usually considered separate from transgender. Cross-dresser is a term often confused with transgender, but it simply refers to a person of one gender who wears the clothing of the opposite sex. Cross-dressers do not necessarily desire to be the opposite gender. Another term often confused with transgender is transvestite. Transvestite is a synonym for cross-dresser; however, cross-dresser is the preferred term. Finally, the term drag refers to a style of dress worn for entertaining. Drag queen refers to men in female attire while drag king describes women in male clothing.
Lack of Protection and Support
Courts have struggled with how to protect and support the transgender community. The Equal Protection Clause and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow discrimination based on gender. The issue in courts is whether the protections apply to a person born of one gender, but presents her- or himself as another.
In 2008, a Washington D.C. court ruled against the Library of Congress for retracting a job offer from a woman after she informed them that she was transitioning from male to female. However, in a 2005 case, Etsitty v. Utah Transit Authority, a court ruled that the bus company was allowed to fire a male-to-female employee based on the liability to have someone with male sex organs using the women's bathroom.
Texas has a law requiring two opposite-gender birth certificates for a couple to legally marry. In May 2011, Tennessee passed a law that only protects a person from discrimination according to the gender on his or her birth certificate. The law does not protect transgender individuals because Tennessee does not allow changes to a birth certificate. In June 2011, a gender identity anti-discrimination bill in New York failed to pass.
However, on November 23, 2011, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed historic legislation that protects transgender individuals from discrimination in employment, education, housing, and credit. The law also provides additional protection against hate crimes. In doing so, Massachusetts became the 16th state to pass a law protecting transgender individuals. Of the new law, Attorney General Martha Coakley said, "For too long, transgender people have suffered in silence in seeking employment, safe housing, and educational opportunities. With the signing of this bill, Massachusetts has created a better, and fairer, future for all residents, regardless of their gender identity or expression."
Psychiatrists have debated over the years how to define and support transgender individuals. In 1973, the term "homosexuality" was removed from the second edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM). However, in 1980, the term "transsexualism" was added to the DSM. In a later DSM volume, the term "transsexualism" was included under the controversial Gender Identity Disorder. In 2012, Gender Identity Disorder is currently under review for the next DSM volume.
Born This Way
Even among other minorities, transgender individuals have been discriminated against at times. For example, an annual feminist music festival very popular with the lesbian community, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, has a strict policy of only allowing women who were born women. The exclusion has inspired an annual protest called Camp Trans. Held across from the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Camp Trans works to educate attendees on the issue of transgender inclusion.
With less visibility than other minorities, there are many forces working against transgender individuals. However, a few influential people have shown their support. The biggest example is international music artist Lady Gaga. Through her music, videos, and charity work, Lady Gaga constantly speaks out for the transgender community. In the lyrics of her hit song, Born This Way, she includes transgender in a verse about survival: "No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgender life. I'm on the right track, baby. I was born to survive."
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, The National Center for Transgender Equality, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Williams Institute at UCLA's School of Law, FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society by Holly Devor.
- Did you know?
- For more than a billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a "month of blessing" marked by prayer, fasting, and charity.


text: In the headlining match at yesterday's K-1 HERO's Korea event in Seoul, Yoshihiro Akiyama proved that he had no ring rust from his 10-month lubrication-related suspension. Though he was generally considered an underdog in his matchup against Denis Kang — an American Top Team member who had gone 20-1-1 with one no contest in his last 23 fights — Akiyama looked razor-sharp once he settled in, busting Kang's nose with a jab and stalking his opponent until he connected with a right uppercut that put Kang's lights out. Check out 6:22-6:24 — that nose isn't so much broken as exploded.


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I found myself in the movie theater watching this movie in the middle of the week in the early evening. And not to anyone's real surprise my friend and I were the only people in the theater. We were able to act in a way that might not have been completely acceptable by any theater patrons. We laughed loudly at the jokes, sighed when it got romantic and danced to the credit music. We watched this movie light-heartedly and carefree, an experience we all should have the opportunity to take part in. The movie started out with Jason Biggs and Woody Allen on a park bench. Biggs goes on to describe how he met Allen's character, Dobel. Through Biggs recounting the past we find out about the woman he was formerly with. How they were close to marriage but one night changed all of that forever. Biggs and his girlfriend met up with one of his old friends and they decided to double date. Biggs meets Christina Ricci's character. There is a chemistry between them and they find they have similar tastes in music and life in general. An affair between the two ensues. Soon, however, they are forced to tell their significant others and they move in together. This brings us pretty much to the present. Later on the audience becomes familiar with Biggs' manager, played by Danny Devito, constantly trying to get him to resign their contract and Biggs and Ricci's dry spout. The plot of this movie is rather involved. It jumps back and forth between the present and the past. It serves the purpose of always keeping the audience well engaged and questioning what is going to happen. The character development also receives an A+. Christina Ricci does a fabulous job as always. As well as Stockard Channing...
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I thought it would be relatively easy to write about the film's efforts to make the audience sympathetic for the Algerian people. To aid my efforts, I opted to go online to learn a little more about Algiers' attempts to free themselves from France. As I was browsing around, I found several references to the film, which not only aided my argument, but also strongly opposed the singular feeling of compassion towards the Algerians. The article also suggested that the film presents cause for sympathy towards the French at this time of revolution. I found this amazing until I read an article that better explained other film's depiction of Algerian liberation in comparison to "Battle of Algiers." The article reads, "Algerian films about the national liberation war generally conform to the rule that war films are implicitly or explicitly propagandist in nature. But the most celebrated film about the Algerian war, Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers, is a striking exception. Not only does it depict both sides of the conflict with objectivity and detachment, and both its Algerian and French victims with equal sympathy, it also refuses to moralise about the methods used by the French in suppressing the terrorism of the FLN" (). After reading this, I looked back at the notes I had scribbled during the film. After reflecting for a while, I came to the conclusion that the article held more truth than I had originally thought. However, since this is supposed to reason why the film evokes sympathy for the Algerians, which is what I will focus on. The first thing that struck me was the actual number of people involved on both sides. The French have this huge army and the Algerian "revolutionaries" are a very small group. In fact, the FLN is composed of only four or...
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How the American Class System is Stereotypically Represented Because America is known as the "Melting Pot" of cultures, there are many very different types of people from different backgrounds. However as we see in the movie "Best in Show," they can all come together for a central cause. The idea behind this movie is that there are no ethnic minorities, just stereotypes of different social classes, which is the most common. (Martinez 26) As defined by Judith Andre, a stereotype is "a conventional, formulaic, and usually oversimplified conception, opinion, or belief: a person, group, event, or issue considered to typify or conform to an unvarying pattern…" (Martinez 26) Throughout the movie we are introduced with various social statuses and lifestyles. These include: the very wealthy gold digger (Sherri Ann Cabot), the "redneck" (Harlan Pepper), the lower class (Gerry and Cookie Fleck), the yuppies (Meg and Hamilton Swan), and the homosexuals (Stefan Vanderhoof and Scott Dolan). Even though these are completely different groups of people, they are able to come together for a common bond, which is training their dogs for this prestigious dog show. These people came from different states across America and although they may seem normal in their part of the country, when placed in the same situation and place, their differences come out. The reason for this is, as Lynn Weber states, "Race, class, gender and sexuality are contextual. Their meanings vary not only across historical time periods, but also across nations and regions during the same period." (Martinez 15) Throughout the movie, Sherri Cabot and her standard poodle have the edge in the dog show, because of the fact that they have been the previous winners. The dog also has its own hired trainer, which believe that this is a statement on the fact that the wealthier the people...
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No two movies in this world are exactly alike. Although there are countless number of movies have been made, every single one has its unique style, plot and characteristics. Nevertheless, only a fraction survives, being criticized and considered to be real movies. It is not an easy task to create a movie that satisfies the picky tastes of critics and audience. In recent years, Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and the Wachowski Brothers' "The Matrix" have noticeably brought stirs in our emotions. Although these two movies seem to be very different, they share a lot of both similarities and differences. The type of genre is what most audience choose before seeing a movie. In this category, both movies stand out because they are not bound to a certain genre. The two explore the boundaries of several genres, and put the characteristics of the genres together beautifully. The genre of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is defined as Adventure, Drama, Action, Fantasy and Romance. Some call it a wuxia film, which is defined as a martial-chivalric film. It's only a waste of time trying to figure out what kind of film it is, because of the wide variety of style it covers. "The Matrix" is defined as Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi and some Romance. But it certainly is a lot more than an ordinary action movie because of the heavy(?) messages and theme throught the movie. It leaves an enormous question; What is real? and what is the matrix? The bold story that aimed straight to our reason of existence was more than enough to let us question ourselves. One of the reason that these two movies cling in our minds is because they have provided and conveyed some specific messages between their intense and powerful screenplays. The story of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,"...
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Summary: The movie begins by showing Lieutenant Dunbar in an American civil war hospital tent. His leg is about to be amputated. While doctors are on a smoke break, he decides to break a long-standing stalemate by riding a horse across enemy lines. Unbelievably, he ends up being the hero after he accidentally leads the Union troops to a victory. As a reward, he gets the best doctor to fix his leg and has a choice of any duty. He requests a position on the western frontier. However, when he gets there, he finds the post deserted but decides to clean up the camp and wait for reinforcements. He soon meets a wolf and calls him "Two-socks". He also encounters an Indian tribe. He is friendly to them and the tribe accepts him. He is known as "Dances with Wolves". He communicates with the tribe through a beautiful white woman named "Stands with a Fist". She has been raised by the tribe since she was a young girl and has a large part in Dunbar switching sides. Dunbar ends up falling in love with her and marries her. The tribe packs up everything and leaves for their winter grounds. However, before Dunbar can go with them, he goes back to the once-abandoned post to retrieve something. When he gets there, he sees troops. The troops catch him and decide to take him to town. On the way there, Indians attack the troops and save Dances with Wolves. But he is worried that the white men will look for him so he leaves the tribe and tells them to move. Dances with Wolves and Stands With a Fist walk in the snow at the end of the movie and we are told that the Sioux tribe was completely wiped out 13...
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"I am Sam" is the story of mentally challenged Sam Dawson who is suddenly faced with raising his newborn daughter on his own after the mother leaves the two of them right outside of the hospital. Sam names the baby girl Lucy Diamond, after the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". With the help of Annie, a wise and also watchful neighbor, and Sam's circle of mentally challenged friends, his informal support network, Sam manages to raise Lucy. Everything goes well until Lucy reaches age 7 which is the level of Sam's mental capacity. A series of unfortunate events makes a social worker become aware of the situation. She decides that Sam is an unfit father and that he cannot take care of Lucy any longer. The legal argument is that he won't be an appropriate parent once Lucy is mentally older than him. Sam and his friends realize they need help to ensure Sam's custody of Lucy and to fight the system. Rita Harrison takes the case free of charge but for completely selfish reasons. The moment she steps into the picture it becomes clear that the purpose of this movie is not only to show how a parent with a disability is caught in the legal and social service systems. There is more to it. The movie raises some serious questions that should be of concern for everyone in our society. What defines a 'good' parent? Is it the amount of intellectual maturity displayed or the level of love given? Does being a competent parent have anything to do with money? And isn't raising a child a challenge for everyone? Director Jessie Nelson wants to make the audience think. She indicates that everyone is damaged in one way or another. Sam may be severely disabled but he...
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The plot of ¡§Wag the Dog¡¨ has the President getting into an unrecoverable scandal two weeks before re-election. The President of the United States apparently had a sexual encounter with an underage Girl Scout in the Oval Office. The president's opponents get wind of the story and use it to their advantage. Facing a desperate hour, the White House enlists a spin-control doctor, Conrad Brean, to divert the nation's attention by inventing a war with Albania. Conrad gets assistance from a presidential aide, and a Hollywood producer named Stanley Motss - together, they have to create the appearance of a war by utilizing the power of the mass media. To excite the American people to the horrors committed in that poor European nation, Motss hires a young woman to act out a skit in which she is running across her Albanian village screaming that she has just been raped by terrorists. Through a two-day process of computer animation and a hand-held camera, a fake war is unveiled before the public's eyes. This comedy focuses on the machinations of power as a presidential spin doctor teams with a celebrated Hollywood producer to manufacture a fake war. Brean decide that the best way to get the public's mind off the scandal is to give them something bigger to think about, thus they invented a war. They manipulated the media by carefully leaked news of the fake war to the press and make it to the evening news, and everyone is reporting about the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Albania, even though no troops have been moved and no shots have been fired. However, as the scam began, White House Press Secretary told the reporters that there is absolutely no truth to the rumors about the war in Albania. This movie is...
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"What's eating Gilbert Grape" Essay "The film 'What's eating Gilbert Grape' is about change, discuss." Lasse Hallstrom's film 'What's eating Gilbert Grape' is primarily about change, both within the Grape family and the whole town of Endora. In this film, in which nothing actually seems to happen and looks as thought it ends where it began, we see some clear changes within the characters. Some of them go through a long, hard journey to fight for their lives and encounter a change. The director implies that Becky is used as a catalyst, both for Gilbert and Arnie. At the beginning of the film we see that Gilbert is ashamed of his family. When some kids try to sneak a look at Gilbert's fat momma, he gives them a boost so they can see. He also refers to his mum as a "whale", secretly re-enforces the floor because her obesity has caused it to nearly collapse and has to deal with the embarrassment of Arnie climbing the water tower. Gilbert feels trapped in Endora. He feels like he has no escape from this small town where everything he has ever known is. At the start of the film when Gilbert is narrating, he tells of his older brother who "got away" and you can almost sense jealousy in his tone of voice. Betty Carver quotes, "I knew you'd always be here" when she tries to explain why she wanted to be with Gilbert and not her husband. Arnie often says how they're "not going anywhere" which ultimately drives Gilbert to his wits end. The major change in Gilbert's life is the arrival of Becky and her grandmother. They arrive in Endora because their trailer breaks down. Becky becomes trapped in Endora, much like Gilbert and his family. Becky is a very down-to-earth person who treats everyone...
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Most of the researchers started their work about gender in the soap operas in the 1980's. That fact remains interesting, since the greatest explosion of number of the viewers took place in the 1970's. Staring from the very first works in the 1940's , soaps were mainly examined on their influence to the people. Many criticised them, for the lack of realism, bad influence, addictiveness, connotations of feminine passivity, laziness and vulgarity (Seiter 1994:388). That situation changed in the 1980's when most of behaviours taken before for granted, became the subjects of work for sociologists. The soap opera phenomena, became impossible to ignore. Especially the question of why so many women enjoy them, became the interest. Whetmore and Kielwasser noticed a paradox, analysing the opinions of the soap opera viewers. Most of them thought that reality of "Dallas", "Dynasty" or "Bold and beautiful" is "silly" or "exaggerated", but still in general opinions, they thought the soaps were "realistic", "true to life" and "believable". Another aspect of interest was the time the patience and tolerance of the viewers for boredom. Since some soaps became tapeworm-like long, it was impossible to avoid the repetitions of the storyline. Still according to Carveth and Alexander some viewers had been constantly watching for even sixteen years. The research over women watching soap operas became more frequent just 20 years ago, since it became the object of interest of many feminist scientists. Basing on interviews with woman, soaps offer them "a relaxing space", away form pressure and problems. Again paradox in soaps occurred, because most of them contain huge amount of tension, turning points, confrontations and resolutions, witch in a "real life" are considered to be just the opposite to relaxing. One of the interviewed women, when asked about attraction of soap operas, answered: "This is my time...
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The cinema itself is not the storyteller, but it is essentially the medium through which the story may be told. The creative work of the writers, actors, director, producer and the movie photographers themselves bring together their talents portrayal of action and the details of the story, using the means of cinema to reach their audience. In the film 'The Untouchables' De Palma uses the techniques of music, lighting, camera angles and narrative to convey the themes of good versus evil, loyalty, persistence and not giving in on something you really believe in. The story line relates to the US city of Chicago where gang warfare takes place during an era of Prohibition. These ruthless gangs were confronted by the law. The main characters representing the law were special agents Eliot Ness, Jim Malone, George Stone and Oscar Wallace supported by regular police. At the beginning of the film the director, De Palma, brings the attention of the audience, through a written code, the exact meaning of Prohibition and the gang-wars associated with it. "Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a city at war. Rival Gangs compete for control of the city's billion-dollar empire of Illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and Tommy gun. It is the time of gang lords. It is the time of Al Capone." The film then moves into a characterization of Al Capone, the gangland kingpin, showing him as a strong, powerful and confident leader of the 'mob.' The mood is set by many cinematic techniques, for example the camera angle, lighting and dialogue. This scene opens with a Bird's Eye View camera shot, displaying Capone in the middle of the screen. Automatically the camera angle influences importance and power to the audience. As there is no music in this scene the mood must be maintained with a powerful dialogue,...
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.¡°Governments did not build the Internet, they don¡¯t own it, and they cannot control it; they will have to learn to live with this.¡± What¡¯s your view on Internet censorship.
Nowadays, Internet is commonly regarded as the most widely used source and the fastest way to exchange information and knowledge all over the world. However, the freedom and democracy on Internet, being one of its greatest beauties and drawing features, is apparently abused by the population online. Pornography and hate literature are commonly used to lure Internet surfers¡¯ attention and to generate profits. Representing the rights of the public and the power of a country while owning and operating the Internet, the government has the absolute responsibility to censor the internet so as to protect its own citizens from harmful and false information, thus in order to prevent any possible decay of social and moral values, though the extent of censorship should be carefully measured to ensure the freedom of speaking of people. Since the invention of ARPANET in 1962 by the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Project Agency in United States, Internet has developed tremendously during the past half century with the improvement in modern technology with government sponsoring the researching program. It had formerly been made only for military and research purposes, where in 1974, the general public gets its first vague hint of how networked computers can be used in daily life as the commercial version of the ARPANET goes online. Hence it is quite obvious that without the financial investment and political support from the government, Internet, being such a new technological invention at that time would never achieve as great a success as what it has achieved by today; it is apparently wrong to say governments did not build neither did they own the Internet. As a result, being counted as partially a property of the government, Internet should absolutely under government¡¯s control. Besides to exchange information and knowledge and to facilitate communication, the most important role...
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law defines reasonable doubt as a doubt about the guilt of a criminal defendant that arises or remains upon fair and thorough consideration of the evidence or lack thereof all persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The jurors provide a mixture of different backgrounds and lifestyles. None of the jurors are named, and they don't formally introduce themselves to each other except for two of them in the final brief ending. Jurors are labeled with numbers based on their jury numbers and seats at a conference table in the jury room in clock-wise order, with juror number one at the head of the table acting as the foreman. Juror number one was a high-school assistant head coach. Due to his need for authority and need to keep the proceedings formal, he was often easily frustrated and sensitive when someone objected to his control or when juror number eight would start to overshadow him with his natural leadership and start to step in as the "new leader". Some might say he was inadequate for the job as foreman because of his lack of natural leadership abilities, however he managed to stay the foreman and keep control throughout the deliberation. Juror number one is the ninth juror to change his vote from guilty to not guilty. Juror number two was a slightly wimpy, bank clerk who was easily persuaded, and at times very meek, and hesitant. He easily went along with the majority. After the initial vote when asked why he voted guilty he meekly and quite flustered struggled to put his opinions into words he finally came to say "I just think he's guilty. I thought it was obvious...
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12 Angry Men - Movie and Play This essay will compare & contrast the protagonist / antagonist's relationship with each other and the other jurors in the play and in the movie versions of Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men. There aren't any changes made to the key part of the story but yet the minor changes made in making the movie adaptation produce a different picture than what one imagines when reading the drama in the form of a play. First off, the settings in the movie are a great deal more fleshed out. In the play, the scene begins with the jurors regarding the judge's final statements concerning the case in the courtroom and then walking out into the jury room. In the movie, the audience is placed in the role of the invisible casual observer, who for perhaps the first 5 minutes of the movie, walks throughout the court building passing other court rooms, lawyers, defendants, security officers, elevators, etc. Not able to remember much about this particular part of the movie, I believe this introductory scene's purpose was to either enhanced the realism of the setting by emphasizing the court building's efficient, business like manner or to provide a timeslot in which to roll the credits for producer, director, stars, etc. The settings aren't only built upon through use of scenery and extras in the movie. Invisible and distant in the play, we see in the movie the judge, bailiff, those witnessing the trial and most importantly of all- the defendant. This is an important change because in the play, we are free to come up with our own unbiased conclusions as to the nature and identity of the defendant, whom we only know to a be a 19 year boy from the slums. Seeing his haggard and worn face in the movie changes all of that, yet for better or worse, it engages the audience deeper into the trial as they surely will sympathize...
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Reflection: Twelve Angry Men In Twelve Angry Men, I observed the traits of an undisciplined mind when two of the jurors started to play tic-tac-toe, or some sort of game, while Mr. Davis was speaking about the trial. They were displaying poor thinking because instead of being open-minded about the things Mr. Davis had to say, they completely shut him out and ignored him. By doing that, they portrayed intellectual arrogance. They should have tried to put themselves in his shoes and try to figure out the reason for Mr. Davis being sympathetic towards the defendant. Another example of an undisciplined mind is when juror #3 got very angered and he blurted out that the old man, the witness, was old and confused, so he did not know what was he was saying. With that statement, he contradicted himself because he was one of the ones that believed the boy was guilty. He just assumed that the man was senile because he was old; he used the stereotype that old people are senile and do not know what they are saying. When the jurors that believed the boy was guilty changed their decision, that was an example of intellectual fair-mindedness, courage, and humility. They believed that the boy was guilty but they were willing to reexamine the evidence and critically think about the innocence of the boy. They had to have used some intellectual standards to be able to change their decision of the verdict. When jurors #11 stood up and disprove his belief with the new rationalization of the murder that was intellectual courage. Even though he believed that the boy was guilty, he was willing to look at the evidence against his decision and point it out to his fellow jury members. The scene when one of the jurors was confronted...
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Fourteen Years of Change in Sam Shepard's Six Plays Sam Shepard wrote his first two plays, Cowboys and Rock Garden at the age of twenty. Three years later, in 1966 his plays Chicago, Icarus's Mother and Red Cross won the Village Voice Obie Award for distinguished Playwriting. In 1968 Forensic and the Navigators and Melodrama Play won him his third Obie. In this paper I will focus on three of these plays, Chicago, Icarus's Mother, and Melodrama Play, and compare them with some of the plays he wrote in the late seventies and early eighties, namely Curse of the Starving Class, Buried Child and True West. The first group of plays I will talk about all consist of only one act. They are highly experimental both in language and content. They have a certain feeling of immediacy and it is obvious that Sam Shepard most probably wrote them at one sitting and did not change anything he wrote down. Like William S. Burroughs, one of the most important names of the Beat Generation, Shepard blended different elements of popular culture, like youth culture and science fiction in his works. He used rock and roll culture in Melodrama Play and created a dystopic science fictional paranoia with the airplane whose pilot, the characters thought, might see them like some kind of a "Big Brother" and even heightened that science fictional atmosphere when he made the plane crash and cause a nuclear explosion as seen in the picture below. Yalçýnkaya 2 There is also an obvious influence of William S. Burroughs's cut up technique, a kind of verbal collage, which he first used in his notorious work Naked Lunch, as well as Jack Kerouac's jazzy improvisation – as seen in On the Road, which he wrote in three weeks without stopping - in Sam Shepard's experimental language...
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The film A Beautiful Mind by Ron Howard is an excellent movie. It has so many features that make it a good movie. Russell Crowe is a very good actor and he perfectly portrays the life of John Forbes Nash. The story of Nash is so compelling and it draws you into the movie. This movie has a wonderful soundtrack that adds so much emotion to the film. In my opinion the elements that make this such an exceptional film are the acting of Russell Crowe, the soundtrack, and the story of John Forbes Nash. Russell Crowe has been the leading actor in many feature films, but in my opinion this was his best role to date. Crowe is so real in his portrayal of John Forbes Nash that I actually believed he was the real Nash. Russell does an amazing impersonation of a man with schizophrenia and he expertly describes in his actions what it is like to live with a life altering condition. If any other actor besides Russell Crowe had played this role I don't think that this movie would have been half as good as it is. The story of John Forbes Nash is very inspirational and motivating. The way that Nash is able to deal with his disease is amazing. I find it unbelievable that even while battling schizophrenia he managed to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his study in mathematics. I think the story of John Nash has a very important message attached; if a person keeps on trying then nothing, not even a mental illness, can hold them back. A Beautiful Mind has many different elements that make it an exceptional film, but the three I think stand out the most are the soundtrack, the acting of Russell Crowe, and the story of John Forbes...
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It is not hard to believe that unusual people are found when everyone is trained to be the same in every part of life. Bernard, Helmholtz and John, the savages of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, are three odd characters. "Ninety-six identical twins working ninety-six identical machines!"(18) The director preaches with excitement, as he comments on how everyone is conditioned to like what they are and what they do; thus, creating a world where everyone is happy. But when something has gone wrong with the conditioning of someone, that individual is going to be miserable. Bernard, Helmholtz and John all wish that this "happy" world was different. Bernard Marx is a short, funny looking man. Bernard does not fit in very well with his peers. He is a highly intelligent Alpha, and part of the higher society, but he is small and looked upon as a deformed Alpha. Being small in the Utopia that he lives in is considered to be wrong and corrupt. Many people believe that too much alcohol was added to his embryo. Bernard likes to be alone and does not play sports like everyone else does. He does not like to take Soma or be a part of any activities so, therefore, he is not happy. Bernard is full of discontent in a world where everyone is happy. In the beginning the reader is led to believe that Bernard enjoys being a misfit, but later it is found out that he is a very gloomy man. When he returns to his native reserve with John, he is suddenly popular with important people and women. It is not his doings making him popular, but sadly from his association with John. 'Bernard was politely listened to, but behind his back people shook their heads. "That young man will come to a bad end," they said prophesying the more confidently in that they in due coarse see to it that...
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Joseph Campbell has spent his outstanding life finding and mapping out the myths from all over the world that seemed to be built from the same "elementary ideas." Gradually, all there is, is one story being told and retold in all sorts of different languages, times, names, and costumes, all stories are the same, which he named "The hero's Journey," or the "monomyth." Campbell had written a book called The hero with a thousand faces which gathered the themes behind countless hero stories into one universal structure. His hero's journey framework is now also applicable to movies and had indeed served as both inspiration and blueprint for his friend George Luca's movie Star Wars. Chris Vogler a former Disney story analyst worked out a system for analyzing stories based on Campbell's work. He then published a book called The Writer's Journey, which is now used as the basis for many screenwriters. My objective is to adapt the movie Finding Nemo to Vogler's movie version of the hero's journey to describe the sequence. And to see if all the The first stage starts with the departure, which is the first thirty minutes of the movie. This is where they introduce you to the hero, the problem that is throwing him out of balance, how he is called to move out of his ordinary world and start on the mission or quest. He then meets his mentor who is going to provide him with guidance. The hero then leaves the ordinary world and enters the "special world." In the movie Finding Nemo, we meet Marlin a neurotic clown fish who loses his mate and most of their spawn after an intense shark attack in the opening of the movie. Miraculously, one egg survives; he names it Nemo, honoring his mate's last wish, and...
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A Movie Review Five stars all around. This movie has made a great impact in my soul. The injustice of putting a wrongly accused black boy to the death chair is monstrous. The wrongfully accused Jefferson heard his own lawyer called him a hog. A statement that would make you loses all hope in yourself. Jefferson was just on his way to go fishing when his buddies stopped him on the road and took him up to the store with them. The clerk behind the counter was white, and proud of it. Jefferson's friends started to get loud with the clerk when he was taken his sweet time. Unfortunately, Jefferson's friends had guns on them. When the clerk got scared, he pulled out his gun, and it was all murder from then on in. The only one to survive was innocent Jefferson. He was so scared, that he did not even run from the scene of the crime. A scapegoat is at hand. In New Orleans, during the racists 1940's, there is no chance in heaven that a colored person would not get sentenced to death. A divesting word was flung at Jefferson; "hog". This made Jefferson feel so low, he did not even speak to his own Aunt. His Aunt is very concerned that her nephew passes with the knowledge that he is a man. Aunt Emma calls upon her best friends nephew, the fellow schoolteacher, grant Wiggings to boost up his confidence. It takes quite a while for Jefferson to open up to anyone. Until, Mr. Wiggings brings Jefferson a radio. This gives Jefferson time to think about something else besides God, religion, and death. Grant also gives Jefferson something that is imperative to Jefferson's confidence, the notebook. In this book, Jefferson is able to explain his thoughts and...
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A profitable method of dealing with Invisible Man is to see the action as a series of initiations in which the hero passes through several stages and groups of identification. The changes of identity are accompanied by somewhat formal rituals resembling t
A profitable method of dealing with Invisible Man is to see the action as a series of initiations in which the hero passes through several stages and groups of identification. The changes of identity are accompanied by somewhat formal rituals resembling the primitive's rites of passage. The primitive recognizes that man changes his identity as he passes from one stage or group to another and accompanies this transition by rituals that are essentially symbolic representations of birth, purification and regeneration in nature. Ellison's narrative is a series of such initiatory experiences set within a cyclical framework of the mystic initiation of the artist. The rites of passage take the hero through several stages in which he acts out his various and conflicting sub-personalities. When he has won his freedom he is reborn as the artist, the only actor in our society whose "end" is a search beneath the label for what is individual. Ellin Horowitz, "The Rebirth of the Artist," 1964 A profitable method of dealing with Invisible Man is to see the action as a series of initiations in which the hero passes through several stages and groups of identification. The changes of identity are accompanied by somewhat formal rituals resembling the primitive's rites of passage. The primitive recognizes that man changes his identity as he passes from one stage or group to another and accompanies this transition by rituals that are essentially symbolic representations of birth, purification and regeneration in nature. Ellison's narrative is a series of such initiatory experiences set within a cyclical framework of the mystic initiation of the artist. The rites of passage take the hero through several stages in which he acts out his various and conflicting sub-personalities. When he has won his freedom he is reborn as the artist, the only actor in our society whose "end"...
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BMW have recently partnered with the Bill Plant School of Motoring and will supply over 3,600 vehicles to the business over the next three years.
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Managing Director Bill Plant commented: "Since making the decision to change our whole fleet of driving instructor vehicles to BMW, I have been delighted with the feedback we have received from both our Instructors and pupils alike. The build quality, frugal fuel consumption and driving experience has far surpassed my expectations. I knew early on in our extensive evaluation process that the BMW was a far superior choice, when pitted against other manufacturers. The only thing that has been better than our car choice has been BMW's exceptional customer services."
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Along with Steve Unsworth adding "I have delivered a few lessons in the BMW and I'm now sold! My students are all positive about the new car, it looks good, feels good and drives well. Here's to the next 12 months and beyond."
Another decision the driving school has made is to significantly reduce their car livery so that the sports pedigree of the BMW 1 Series Sports Hatch can be properly appreciated. They are confident this will increase the car's appeal to younger drivers.
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Neel, a 12-year vet of the media and marketing firm, will continue to oversee work for clients such as Lionsgate Films and Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group. He'll now also manage the national broadcast department on the West Coast; Ray Dundas and Todd Gordon continue to handle national broadcast oversight in New York.
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Exec's credits at the company include working closely with Home Depot, where he struck agreements with SEC football and "ESPN Game Day" and sponsorship deals with Discovery Networks, HGTV and others.
Neel also helped bring about integration for Dr. Pepper/Snapple on shows such as "90210" and "Top Chef."
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Sacramento Bee Reports on Strong Employment Prospects for King Hall Grads
Posted By Kevin R. Johnson, Jun 4, 2014
The Sacramento Bee recently filed this story on employment prospects for law grads in the Northern California region, and it reveals that King Hall grads are faring well in the legal job market.
Reporter Phillip Reese writes, "At UC Davis, the situation is brighter, with an unemployment rate for recent graduates that is less than half the statewide rate," and "UC Davis has done better than many other law schools, too. It generally ranks among the nation's top 40 law programs in national publications -- and enrollment remains relatively small so it doesn't flood the market with graduates."
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The newspaper's graphic includes full-time and part-time legally related jobs. You can see more employment statistics here.
Our law school works hard to assist students and recent graduates in their job searches. Recent years have seen the expansion of our contract hiring program and post-graduate fellows program. The Career Services office, led by former law firm hiring principal Craig Compton, offers career advising, workshops, resume and cover letter critiques, on-campus interview opportunities, mock interviews, and more. Learn more about King Hall's outstanding Career Services Office here.


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UM's Brand Strategy Task Force works to build awareness and recognition of UM's attributes by developing a comprehensive brand strategy and marketing plan. Goals are to increase alumni engagement, receive more philanthropic and legislative support, and enhance faculty, staff, and student recruitment and retention through effective brand management and marketing.
Three phases
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Nov. 7 Proposals due
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Provost Perry Brown and Beth Hammock, UM Foundation Vice President, Strategic Communications and Marketing
Campus Representatives:
Jen Gursky, President, ASUM
Rick Hughes, Chair, Department of Media Arts
Bill Johnston, Director, Office of Alumni Relations
Rosi Keller, Associate Vice President for Administration and Finance
Peggy Kuhr, Dean, School of Journalism
Jed Liston, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services
Jakki Mohr, Regents Professor, Department of Management and Marketing
Jim O'Day, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
Sharon O'Hare, Executive Director, Office for Student Success
Cary Shimek, Senior News Editor, University Relations
Allison Squires, Staff Senate
Bill Woessner, Regents Professor, Department of Geosciences
Kim Zupan, Carpentry Program, Department of Industrial Technology
Community/Alumni Representatives:
Mike McDonough, Retired Telecommunications Executive, UM Foundation Trustee
Ginny Merriam, Public Information/Communications Director, City of Missoula
Tim O'Leary, Co-Founder and CEO, R2C Group, UM Foundation Trustee
Jeremy Sauter, Marketing Consultant
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